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New Probation Cap for MN Called Long Overdue
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Report: Savings, Reduced Prison Population Possible with Reform in ND
With the proper supports, reformers believe people in prison could be released from prison sooner – and be safer in the community. (kwanchaift/Adobe Stock)
BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota could cut its prison population by 1,000 and save $125 million by 2025 with some key reforms, according to a new report from the American Civil Liberties Union of North Dakota.
The group has developed a Blueprint for Smart Justice in the state and proposes major changes that would reduce admissions, stays and returns to prison.
Dane DeKrey, advocacy director for the ACLU of North Dakota, says this is a bipartisan issue and he believes the Roughrider State has an appetite for reform.
"I've been very encouraged in the conversations I've had with people – elected officials, state officials, non-traditional stakeholders in the communities,” he states. “Everyone at least has a baseline agreement that some sort of criminal justice reform is appropriate for North Dakota."
DeKrey calls this report an "opening statement" on criminal justice reform. Some of the proposals include expanding mental health services, drug treatment and alternatives to prison, decriminalizing marijuana possession and eliminating cash bail.
It also suggests reforms to sentencing, such as mandatory-minimum laws, so that people are incentivized to earn time off.
DeKrey says the biggest barrier to reform is the perception that putting more people in prison makes communities safer.
He maintains that leaving people in prison without proper supports, especially as they transition back into society, actually has the opposite effect.
"We know that if we try to engage and rehabilitate and treat with dignity and respect, those people are actually much safer in the community, even if they come back to the community sooner than those who don't get any help and don't get any support but have longer stays," he states.
At the end of 2018, the state had 1,695 people in prison, according to the report. It also finds that while the average state imprisonment rate nationwide dropped by 7% between 2000 and 2016, the rate has grown by 52% in North Dakota over that time period.
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Hitting the Shelves: Global Trends -- April 2008
Many meat-eaters avoid vegetarian meals, because they feel that the meals will not leave them satisfied. To try to show consumers that vegetarian food can be nutritious and “not just for vegetarians,” U.K. retailer Sainsbury’s launched a range of prepared meals called “Designed not just for Vegetarians.” Combining adventuresome dishes, such as Malaysian Curry with Noodles and Vegetable Jambalaya, with such classic British favorites as Cumberland Pie or Vegetable Casserole with Herb Dumplings, each meal is designed to appeal to more than just vegetarians. According to the company, some vegetarians can lack some essential amino acids in their diets, but this range of ready meals contains all nine essential amino acids by combining vegetables, pulses and grains. Each meal also contains at least one portion of the recommended daily intake of vegetables, helping meat-eaters eat more vegetables. Until now, the majority of vegetarian meals were based on processed soy protein, textured vegetable protein or other meat substitutes. Now, more foods are based on vegetables, grains and pulses--and their natural goodness and health benefits.
In recent years, fruit juices and nectars have gone beyond being perceived as naturally healthy and rich in important nutrients. Instead, many products are being marketed as supplement-style drinks, often through product fortification with extra vitamins, minerals and even functional ingredients (e.g., Tropicana Essentials). This trend has even moved into other beverage markets. Coca-Cola’s Minute Maid brand is being positioned as an ideal way of supplementing the diet with vitamins. The new Nutri Top Up range is described as offering “extra vitamin goodness” and is available in three blends, where the fruits used have reportedly been chosen for their nutrients and taste and combined with extra vitamins for “daily health.” All of the blends are claimed to provide at least 30% of the RDA of B, C and E vitamins. The available varieties are Tropical (with white grape, orange and passion fruit juices, apricot, guava and mango); Citrus Blend (with orange, white grape and mandarin juices); and Apples & Berries (with apple, blackcurrant, strawberry and raspberry juices). The most interesting aspect of this new range is its clear positioning as a vitamin “top up,” enabling consumers to conveniently supplement their diet.
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Are these the patents from Google’s & Tencent's licensing deal? >
Are these the patents from Google’s & Tencent's licensing deal?
Posted by Timi Olotu on January 25, 2018 at 8:18 AM
It was announced on 19 January 2018 that Google and Tencent have exchanged friendship bracelets made of strings of patents. If you’re anything like me, you might have wondered exactly which patents were involved in this deal and why?
Well, this article will attempt to answer that question in a way that’s either completely unhinged or respectably novel. But before I unleash my Pinky and the Brain routine, it’s worth asking, “What do Google and Tencent hope to get out of this deal?”
Sundar Pichai recently said, “…I don’t know what the answers are,” on the subject of how Google can ignite meaningful business relationships in China. And Tencent was one of the companies tipped to benefit the most from Google’s China exit, but the two companies now seem on converging paths.
As explained by the Bloomberg article to which I’ve linked above, this deal is likely about intelligence—the artificial kind, mixed with a whole lot of street smarts (on Google’s part).
Since Google withdrew its search engine from China in 2010, it’s been in a quandary about how to exploit this huge market and generator of innovation. The Chinese government may have launched a cyberattack on Google, but the people of China (especially the engineers) still love Google’s technologies.
Particularly, Google’s TensorFlow AI project—an open source machine intelligence software library—has been a hit in China. According to Bloomberg, “It’s hard to find a place as fertile for AI as China. The country has one of the fastest growing TensorFlow developer communities in Asia, despite the fact that Google’s cloud services are unavailable there.”
The same Bloomberg report states, “Google has pitched Alibaba and Tencent Holdings Ltd. on using TensorFlow, an attempt to spread the software through the ranks of China’s largest tech firms…”
We also know that Tencent established its AI Lab in 2016—it is described as having “a vision of (sic) ‘Make AI Everywhere’,” and being focussed “on both fundamental research and practical application (sic) of artificial intelligence.” The nascence of Tencent’s AI programme is reflected in its patent coverage—the company’s AI-related patent count is about 6% of Google’s.
A comparison of Tencent's and Google's AI-related patents (source: PatSnap platform)
Google opened its own AI lab in 2017 and has previously said that deals such as the one with Tencent “reduce the potential of litigation over patent infringement”. Finally, Google has joined its new licensing partner’s and Sequoia China’s move to invest in XtalPi—a US-China biotech firm that uses artificial intelligence to speed up new drug development
It’s fair to say, this licensing deal probably involves several patents focussed on artificial intelligence—Google’s Trojan horse into China’s firewalled economy.
Based on the above analysis, I see 3 main reasons why Google and Tencent may have agreed this deal:
Google wants to prevent patent infringement issues, as it accelerates patent filings in China
Google wants to embed its IP and technologies in Chinese products, as a backdoor to Chinese consumers
Tencent wants to boost the capabilities of its young AI lab, using Google’s technologies
I will propose 3 sets of patents likely involved in this deal, based on these 3 scenarios and patent data analysis.
Scenario #1: to prevent patent infringement issues
A quick look at Google’s patent footprint in China, since it left in 2010, reveals an acceleration in filings—especially in the IPC G06F17 (Digital computing/data processing/methods). Many of the patents filed are focussed on AI technologies and Google already has a track record of citing Tencent's patents.
The list of companies most frequently citing Tencent's patents includes Google (Source: PatSnap platform)
Since Google just opened an AI lab in China, it’s safe to assume it plans to increase its AI-related investments and patent filings within the Chinese jurisdiction. This increases the risk of patent infringement.
For confirmation, one need only look at a landscape with Google’s (red) and Tencent’s (blue) AI-focussed patents mapped on top.
A landscape featuring Google's and Tencent's AI-focussed patents (Source: PatSnap platform)
Focusing only on filings made in China, we can see Google’s patent CN106489146A (Using the session information query rewriting)—and a couple of others—is dangerously close to Tencent’s CN104915340A (Natural Language Question-Answering Method and Device).
A landscape featuring AI-focussed patents filed in China, by Tencent and Google (Source: PatSnap platform)
Both patents involve the application of natural language processing algorithms for analysing and responding to user-generated questions. Their proximity isn’t just cosmetic, it’s also technical. If Google intends to continue innovating in China, it would make sense for the company to negotiate a license for Tencent’s patent.
On the landscape is another Tencent patent valued at $67,000, which the company already licensed out in 2016—CN102801548B (Method, device and information system of intelligent early warning). This shows Tencent’s willingness to share this patented technology and demand within the market for it.
So far, we have two patents potentially licensed to Google: CN104915340A (Natural Language Question-Answering Method and Device) and CN102801548B (Method, device and information system of intelligent early warning).
Scenario #2: to embed Google’s patents and technologies in Chinese products
Let’s begin by figuring out the areas of technology where both Google and Tencent have been placing big bets. It’s reasonable to expect the companies will optimise areas in which they’re spending more and more money, not less and less.
Since patents (and the technologies they protect) tend to be expensive, patent filings are often a good indicator of R&D investment. If we look at technology areas where Google has increased patent filings in China since 2010 and the areas where Tencent has done the same, we see some similarities.
Top IPCs for Google's patent filings in China (Source: PatSnap platform)
Top IPCs for Tencent's patent filings (Source: PatSnap platform)
Here are the top overlapping IPCs for both companies:
G06F17 (Digital computing/data processing equipment/methods)
G06F3 (Arrangements for transferring data)
G06F9 (Arrangements for programme control)
H04L29 (Apparatus/circuits/systems, not covered by a single one of groups)
G06F21 (Protecting computers/programs/data against unauthorised activity)
I constructed a search query identifying Tencent’s and Google’s patents within these IPC groups, then I pulled those patents into PatSnap’s licensee locator tool.
PatSnap's licensee locator tool (Source: PatSnap platform)
The licensee locator tool uses AI algorithms to find patterns and similarities within any list of patents, down to the IPC subgroup and textual level. It then recommends a list of potential licensees, based on the similarity of their patented technologies to those in the original list—and other criteria such as licensing history, licensability score and more.
Unsurprisingly, Google and Tencent appear in the list of top 25 potential licensees—alongside companies like Salesforce, Huawei and the omnipresent IBM.
This step basically helped me increase the depth of technological overlap between the list of patents I used for the following step of analysis.
Next, I copied the list of Google patents identified as being relevant by the licensee locator tool into Insights by PatSnap—then I filtered the list to show only patents filed in China, which discuss AI technologies in their titles, abstracts or claims.
Finally, of this segment of patents, I collected those with the highest valuations:
CN106250508A (Answering questions using environmental context), which has a valuation of $190,000
CN105045799A (Searchable index), which has a valuation of $18,000
This gives us another 2 patents.
Scenario #3: to boost the capabilities of Tencent’s AI lab
I took a straightforward approach with this scenario and assumed Tencent would want to license in Google’s most sought-after AI patents, filed in China.
So, I constructed a search query to show me AI-related patents filed by Google, in China. Then I sorted the list by patent valuation (highest to lowest) and picked the top 6.
High-valuation Google patents filed in China (Source: PatSnap platform)
The methodology which assigns valuations to patents within PatSnap employs 26 indicators, covering the robustness of the R&D poured into an invention, technology trends over time, heterogeneity of applications, evidence of use and more. The valuation amount is generally a decent proxy for judging the desirability of a patent (except for situations where a patent is too young or too niche to have built up any meaningful indicators).
The process above yielded the following list:
CN105210064A (Classifying Resources Using a Deep Network), valued at $1,900,000
CN102227724B (Machine Learning for Transliteration), valued at $1,700,000
CN102549603B (Relevance-Based Image Selection), valued at $530,000
CN106250508A (Answering Questions Using Environmental Context), valued at $190,000—although this patent was already uncovered in the previous section
CN105160397A (Training Distilled Machine Learning Models), valued at $18,000
CN105719001A (Large-Scale Classification in Neural Networks Using Hashing), valued at $18,000
Final list of 9 patents
At the end of my investigation, I’m left with a list of patents that looks like this:
CN104915340A (Natural Language Question-Answering Method and Device)—TENCENT
CN102801548B (Method, device and information system of intelligent early warning)—TENCENT
CN106250508A (Answering questions using environmental context), which has a valuation of $194,000—GOOGLE
CN105045799A (Searchable index), which has a valuation of $18,000—GOOGLE
CN105210064A (Classifying Resources Using a Deep Network), valued at $1,900,000—GOOGLE
CN102227724B (Machine Learning for Transliteration), valued at $1,700,000—GOOGLE
CN102549603B (Relevance-Based Image Selection), valued at $530,000—GOOGLE
CN105160397A (Training Distilled Machine Learning Models), valued at $18,000—GOOGLE
CN105719001A (Large-Scale Classification in Neural Networks Using Hashing), valued at $18,000—GOOGLE
It’s not the largest list but I thought it would be better to err on the conservative side—I set out to show only relevant patents, not all relevant patents. Regardless, I hope it’s been informative to show the ways a more well-informed person, armed with insider tips and the right tools, might go about spying on their competitors.
And if we have any insiders reading, please get in touch and let me know if my analysis has been more reminiscent of Pinky or The Brain.
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EC to destroy ballot papers not distributed in the South
BANGKOK, 8 February 2014 The Election Commission has announced it is making preparations to destroy ballot papers that could not be distributed from three postal centers in the South. The move is in accordance with the law.
Phuchong Nuttrawong, secretary-general of the EC, said the ballot papers for party-list candidates must be destroyed by incineration, because the election day has passed and because doing so would prevent the ballots from being exploited in future polls. Election officials in the three postal center localities, situated in Chumphon, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Songkhla, have been told to find ways to remove the ballots from the venues and to dispose of them in incinerators.
Mr. Phuchong also spoke of the discovery of ballot papers on the roadside in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, saying he had received such a report and that the papers were indeed genuine ballot papers. He believed the ballots might have been taken from an election station in the vicinity of where they were apparently dumped.
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Corporation tax self assessment
This factsheet explains the procedures for filing your company’s tax return and paying the tax due.
Call 01443 209209 or email enquiries@paulevansandco.co.uk
There are a number of procedures for filing your company's tax return and paying the tax due. We set out the basic elements here but at Paul Evans & Co, we can prepare the necessary returns and advise on the tax payments due for your company in the Pontypridd area.
The key features are:
a company is required to pay the tax due in advance of filing a tax return
a 'process now, check later' enquiry regime when the tax return is submitted
the inclusion in the tax return, and in a single self assessment, of the liabilities of close companies on loans and advances to shareholders and others, and of liabilities under Controlled Foreign Companies legislation
the requirement for companies to self assess by reference to transfer pricing legislation.
Practical effect of CTSA for companies
Notice to file
Every year, HMRC issues a notice to file to companies. In most cases, the return must be submitted to HMRC within 12 months of the end of the accounting period.
Filing your company tax return online
Companies must file their corporate return online. Their accounts and computations must also be filed in the correct format - inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL).
Unincorporated organisations and charities that don't need to prepare accounts under the Companies Act can choose to send their accounts in iXBRL or PDF format. However any computations must be sent in iXBRL format.
Penalties apply for late submission of the return of £100 if it is up to three months late and £200 if the return is over three months late. Additional tax geared penalties apply when the return is either six or twelve months late. These penalties are 10% of the outstanding tax due on those dates.
Submission of the return
The return required by a Notice to file contains the company's self assessment, which is final subject to:
taxpayer amendment
HMRC correction, or
HMRC enquiry.
The company has a right to amend a return (for example changing a claim to capital allowances). The company has 12 months from the statutory filing date to amend the return.
HMRC have nine months from the date the return is filed to correct any 'obvious' errors in the return (for example an incorrect calculation). This process should be a fairly rare occurrence. In particular the correction of errors does not involve any judgement as to the accuracy of the figures in the return. This is dealt with under the enquiry regime.
Under CTSA, HMRC check returns and has an explicit right to enquire into the completeness and accuracy of any tax return. This right covers all enquiries, from straightforward requests for further information on individual items through to full reviews of a company's business including examination of the company's records.
The main features of the rules for enquiries under CTSA are:
HMRC generally have a fixed period, of 12 months from the date the return is filed, in which to commence an enquiry
where the company is a member of a group (other than a small group), HMRC can raise an enquiry up to 12 months from the due filing date
if no enquiry is started within this time limit, the company's return becomes final - subject to the possibility of a Revenue 'discovery'
HMRC will give the company formal notice when an enquiry commences
HMRC are also required to give formal notice of the completion of an enquiry, and to state their conclusions
a company may ask the Commissioners to direct HMRC to close an enquiry if there are no reasonable grounds for continuing it.
Discovery assessments
HMRC have the power to make an assessment (a 'discovery assessment') if information comes to light after the end of the enquiry period indicating that the self assessment was inadequate as a result of fraudulent or negligent conduct, or of incomplete disclosure.
Summary of self assessment process
A company prepares accounts for the 12 months ended 31 May 2019 and submits the return by 31 December 2019. Key dates under CTSA are:
Payment of corporation tax
Deadline for filing the return
End of period for HMRC to open enquiry (being 12 months from the date the return was actually filed)
On 31 December 2020 the company tax position is finalised subject to HMRC's right to make a discovery assessment in some circumstances.
There is a single, fixed due date for payment of corporation tax, nine months and one day after the end of the accounting period (subject to the Quarterly Instalment Payment regime for large companies).
If the payment is late or is not correct, there will be late payment interest on tax paid late and repayment interest on overpayments of tax. These interest payments are tax deductible/taxable.
Credit interest
If a company pays tax before the due date, it receives credit interest on amounts paid early. Any interest received is chargeable to corporation tax.
Loans to shareholders
If a close company makes a loan to a participator (for example most shareholders in unquoted companies), the company must make a payment to HMRC if the loan is not repaid within nine months of the end of the accounting period. The amount of the tax is 32.5% of the loan for loans made or benefits conferred.
Additional rules for loans to shareholders
Further rules prevent the avoidance of the charge by repaying the loan before the nine month date and then effectively withdrawing the same money shortly afterwards.
A ‘30 day rule’ applies if at least £5,000 is repaid to the company and within 30 days new loans or advances of at least £5,000 are made to the shareholder. The old loan is effectively treated as if it has not been repaid. A further rule stops the tax charge being avoided by waiting 31 days before the company advances further funds to the shareholder. This is a complex area so please do get in touch if this is an issue for you and your company.
This tax is included within the CTSA system and the company must report loans outstanding to participators in the tax return.
If your company in the Pontypridd area do not hesitate to contact us at Paul Evans & Co if you require any further information about Corporation Tax Self Assessment.
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3.2 magnitude earthquake centered near Brea…
3.2 magnitude earthquake centered near Brea felt in region; no damage reported
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.2 struck near Brea on Wednesday night, but no damage or injuries were reported.
The quake was reported at 7:26 p.m. and was centered less than two miles north-northeast of Brea, according to U.S. Geological Survey reports.
Residents across Los Angeles and Orange counties reported feeling a 3.2 magnitude quake centered near Brea on Wednesday evening, Dec. 4, 2019. (Courtesy of United States Geological Survey)
The watch commander at the Brea Police Department said he felt “one quick jolt,” but said no damage or injuries were immediately reported.
Though centered near Brea, dozens of residents in Orange, Fullerton, and Yorba Linda also reported feeling the quake, according to the USGS.
The geological survey collected several responses from people feeling the quake as far north as Glendale and as far south as Laguna Niguel.
Staff writer Jonah Valdez contributed to this report.
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"Red 2" movie quotes bring the original "Red" movie, based on a comic book series of the same title, back for a second round of the action-comedy series. The movie, written by Jon and Erich Hoeber, was directed by Dean Parisot. "Red 2" opened in theaters in the United States on July 19, 2013.
In "Red 2," Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) is a retired CIA agent living a quiet life with his lady friend Sarah Ross (Mary-Louise Parker) when old friend and CIA coworker Marvin Boggs (John Malkovich) shows up. Marvin tells Frank that their names showed up as those responsible for stealing a Cold War era nuclear weapon codenamed Nightshade. Accordingly, Interpol is after them.
To try to clear their names, Frank and Marvin, along with Sarah, head to the creator of the weapon, a scientist now in an insane asylum, Edward Bailey (Anthony Hopkins). Edward is some help but his mental state makes locating the weapon, which is hidden in the Kremlin, quite difficult. This is only complicated when Frank learns two contract killers (portrayed by Helen Mirren and Lee Byung-hun) are also after him, as is an old flame (portrayed by Catherine Zeta Jones).
"Red 2" joins the busy summer movie season already packed with other great films such as "R.I.P.D.," "Pacific Rim," "Grown Ups 2," "The Lone Ranger," "Despicable Me 2," "The Heat," "White House Down," "World War Z," "Man of Steel," "This Is the End," "After Earth," "Fast and Furious 6," "The Hangover Part III," "The Great Gatsby," "Oblivion," "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," and "Olympus Has Fallen."
Operation Nightshade
Marvin Boggs: "96 hours ago somebody said you and I took part in an operation called Nightshade."
Pussycat: "At the height of the Cold War a megaton device was smuggled into Moscow piece by piece and then reassembled. The scientist was Edward Bailey. He's in an asylum for the criminally insane."
As if learning that your name was attached to a crime involving smuggling Cold War weapons wasn't bad enough, learning that the only person who can help clear your name is in an insane asylum surely does not help.
Should this be higher or lower?
I'm Retired
Sarah Ross: "What are we doing here with all this bulk?"
Frank Moses: "We're having a ball. We're living the life."
Marvin Boggs: "Frank!"
Frank Moses: "What are you doing here?"
Marvin Boggs: "Kemosabe, I need you. They're coming. I can feel it!"
Frank Moses: "Look, I'm retired okay. I'm happy. We are happy!"
Marvin Boggs: "You haven't killed anybody in months!"
Frank Moses: "That's a positive thing!"
Marvin Boggs: "If it makes you feel better, bring the girl."
Frank Moses: "Not bringing the girl!"
Sarah Ross: "Don't bring the girl where?"
Frank and Sarah are enjoying a nice afternoon in the local big box store when Frank's old CIA coworker Marvin appears out of the blue. Marvin wants Frank to come back but Frank is perfectly happy not killing people.
Interpol's Most Wanted
Victoria: "MI6 has just given me a contract to kill you. Apparently you're guilty of nuclear terrorism, murder and you're number one on Interpol's most wanted."
Frank Moses: "What did you say?"
Victoria: "Well, I said yes. You know, the money's good and anyway if I don't do it somebody else will."
Marvin Boggs: "It's bad, isn't it?"
Victoria: "Is that Marvin?"
Frank Moses: "Yes and Sarah"
Victoria: "Aww, send them my love, will you?"
Frank Moses: "They're driving me crazy! Marvin gave her a gun."
Victoria: "Was it loaded?"
Frank Moses: "Yes, yes"
Victoria: "Were you being controlling?"
Frank Moses: "No"
Victoria: "Well, you have to take chances in a relationship. You have to be supportive."
Frank Moses: "I don't need her to fit in. I just need her to be safe."
Victoria: "Just rent 'Dirty Dancing' and tell her you love her. You know, it's important to enjoy life while you still can."
Victoria: "They're sending in an old friend of yours as well."
Frank Moses: "He's the best contract killer in the world. We need help."
Frank's news goes from bad to worse when he hears from Victoria that there's a contract out on his life. Even worse, a top assassin has been assigned to his case.
The Kremlin?!
Sarah Ross: "Do you remember where Nightshade is?"
Edward Bailey: "Oh yes"
Edward Bailey: "Now this feels right… It's around here somewhere. I'm sure this time… Everything looks different. Maybe it's over here."
Sarah Ross: "It's been hours, hours!"
Edward Bailey: "Yes, this is it. The entrance is up there."
Frank Moses: "Entrance to what?"
Edward Bailey: "Secret tunnels to the old catacombs, Khrushchev used it to sneak his mistress in."
Sarah Ross: "In where?"
Edward Bailey: "In there"
Frank Moses: "The Kremlin? The weapon is in the Kremlin?"
Edward Bailey: "It's the one place they wouldn't look."
After wandering around for hours while Edward tries to remember where he left Nightshade, the team ends their search at an unexpected place, the Kremlin. Of all places Edward could have hidden it, the Kremlin might be the best place to keep it safe, even from himself.
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Where Ghost Hunters will go during season 10
Ghost Hunters season 10's team: Samantha Hawes, KJ McCormick, Steve Gonsalves, Jason Hawes, Dave Tango, and Dustin Pari. (Photo by Michael Cogliantry/Syfy)
by Andy Dehnart 30 Jul. 2015 | 8:45 am
Syfy’s Ghost Hunters has, incredibly, been on the air for almost 11 years now, and is about to debut its 10th season. When it debuts Aug. 26, the TAPS team–Samantha Hawes, KJ McCormick, Steve Gonsalves, Jason Hawes, Dave Tango, and Dustin Pari–will search for paranormal activity in 18 locations over 13 episodes.
Since 2004, the series has spawned two spin-offs, Ghost Hunters International and Ghost Hunters Academy. It’s produced by Pilgrim Studios.
Ghost Hunters season 10 locations
Here’s a list of the new locations, along with the date the episode will air and the episode’s title, according to Syfy.
Wild Turkey Distillery, Lawrenceburg, KY. Aug. 26, “Barrels of Boos”
Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, New York. Sept. 2, “Too Many Apparitions in the Kitchen”
Burn Brae Mansion, Glen Spey, New York, and Gallaher Mansion/Cranburg Park, Norwalk, Conn. Sept. 9, “Last Will and Evidence”
Main Street, St. Charles, Mo. Sept. 16, “Over My Dead Body”
Burlingame & Chaffee Opera House, Carthage, Mo.; Connecticut private residence. Sept. 23, “A Fright at the Opera”
Barnstable House and Beechwood Inn, Barnstable, Mass. and Joplin, Mo. family estate. Sept 30, “There Ghosts the Neighborhood”
Stadium Theatre and Stadium Building, Woonsocket, R.I. Oct. 7, “The Plot Thickens”
Fort Adams, Newport, R.I. Oct. 14, “Fortress of Phantoms”
Houghton Mansion, North Adams, Mass. Oct. 21, “Houghton Hears a Who?”
Southern Vermont College, Bennington, Vt. Oct. 28, “Darker Learning”
Conrad-Caldwell House Museum, Louisville, Ky., and Old Cumberland County Prison, Carlisle, Penn. Nov. 4, “Innocent Until Proven Dead”
USS Constitution, Boston, Mass., and Old Fort Harrod State Park, Harrodsburg, Ky. Nov. 11, “Rockets Red Scare”
Edith Wharton’s home The Mount, Lenox, Mass. Nov. 18, “1st Edition Apparition”
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Stars: Olga Sékulic, Stephen Dillane, Françoise Bertin, Thandie Newton
The Truth About Charlie is a 2002 American-French film. It is a remake of Charade (1963) and an homage to François Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player (1960) complete with the French film's star, Charles Aznavour, making two appearances singing his so… more »
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You are here: Home / News / Bush previews foreign policy speech
Bush previews foreign policy speech
November 18, 1999 By O. Kay Henderson
(Des Moines, IA) Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush is calling for what he terms an era of “New American Internationalism.”
The Texas Governor is scheduled to deliver a foreign policy address on Friday. The speech caps a week in which a biographical book about Bush has been released and Bush has stepped up his campaign appearances, making stops on the television talk-show circuit.
The foreign policy speech also comes on the heels of an embarrassing incident on a Boston TV station when Bush was quizzed by a reporter who asked Bush to name foreign leaders in four “hot spots” around the globe.
During a news conference Thursday morning in Des Moines, Bush gave reporters a brief sneak preview of the worldview he’ll formally outline Friday.
“I’m going to talk about how America must not retreat within our borders, how we must lead the world to peace,” Bush said. “We can’t lead the world to peace by ourselves, but we can with out friends and allies…We must have free trade and a stronger military and strong alliances.”
Bush rejected the clarion call of some in both his party and the democratic party who worry U.S. trade agreements are hurting American workers and leading to environmental damage in developing countries.
“America must seize the moment. That stands in stark contrast with those who believe we ought to retreat within our borders. I know we need to have a new American internationalism,” Bush said.
For example, Bush supports the idea of admitting China to the World Trade Organization.
“I hear all the talk about free trade hurts workers. I strongly disagree. I think free trade keeps our economy vibrant so people will be able to find high paying, higher-quality jobs,” he said.
But Bush supports the trade embargo against Cuba, which he termed a totalitarian regime.”
“I believe that capital flowing to Cuba will prop up Fidel Castro,” Bush said in response to a reporter’s question on the subject.
Bush was asked to contrast his worldview with that advanced by his father, who was U.S. President from January, 1989 to January, 1993.
“I’m going to give you a preview of my speech, and then you can make those conclusions,” Bush said.
Bush listed several priorities: trade markets in the Western Hemisphere; a peaceful Middle East and a secure Israel; a strong Europe, especially NATO; as well as strengthened diplomatic and trade ties with Russia, China and other countries in the Far East.
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The Apprentice 2018: meet the candidates
These are the 16 budding entrepreneurs hoping to impress Lord Sugar and become his next business partner
Sunday, 16th December 2018 at 8:46 pm
16 new candidates are about to be put through their paces by Lord Sugar on The Apprentice 2018 – and now we know who they all are.
Keen to impress Sugar and his trusted advisors Karen Brady and Claude Littner, the budding entrepreneurs will compete to be his business partner and secure a £250,000 investment in their business plan.
From a tree surgeon and a solicitor to a tax advisor and a professional speaker, there’s certainly a wide range of candidates entering the boardroom for the new series.
Here’s everything you need to know about the contestants of The Apprentice 2018…
The Apprentice will air weekly on Wednesdays at 9pm on BBC1 from 3rd October
Alex Finn – ELIMINATED WEEK 4
Job: IT Analyst
From: The Wirral
Alex credits Elon Musk amongst his role models because, in his word, “in business, he reaches for the stars, rather than everyone else who just aims to conquer the earth”. OK… He also claims his ‘gift of the gab’ is his best skill but admits that he can sometimes be too headstrong.
He says: “I know everything. Call me ‘Google’… it’s my middle name.”
Camilla Ainsworth
Job: Owner, Nut Milk Brand
From: Lancashire
From skydiving to swimming with sharks, Camilla says she’s a serious adrenaline junkie. She believes her people skills are her biggest strength, although feels her openness can sometimes work against her – and so is planning to ‘keep her cards close to her chest’ when it comes to the boardroom.
She says: “I’m a bundle of energy and creativity and certainly a one off… ain’t no Vanilla Camilla”
Daniel Elahi – ELIMINATED WEEK 11
Job: Owner, Lifestyle Brand
Daniel set up his business in 2017 and likens himself to Jordan Belfort, the main character in The Wolf of Wall Street – definitely a great role model for an Apprentice candidate…
He says: “I have the beauty and the brains, typically people only have one. I was blessed with both in abundance.”
David Alden – ELIMINATED WEEK 2
Job: Tax Advisor
From: East Yorkshire
David says he’s worried his tendency to be too trusting could be his downfall in The Apprentice – but is confident that his ability to stay positive and ‘talk to anyone about anything’ will see him through.
He says: “My friends and family call me the Duracell bunny as I take on so much and never stop. I just keep going.”
Frank Brooks – ELIMINATED WEEK 4
Job: Senior Marketing Manager
Frank freely admits he can be brutal in the boardroom and does not stand for people who shirk responsibility. He also says he can sometimes play people off against each other to get what he wants. Sounds like he’ll defend his corner hard if he’s on the losing team.
He says: “There’s no need to watch your back when I’m already two steps in front.”
Jackie Fast – ELIMINATED WEEK 9
Job: Sponsorship Consultant
Having sold her company in 2016 and published a business book in 2017, Jackie says she is a trailblazer within the sponsorship industry and wider business community and credits her success to her positive attitude.
She says: “I’m not intimidated by anybody, or anything.”
Jasmine Kundra – ELIMINATED WEEK 8
Job: Learning and Development Manager
From: West Midlands
Jasmine has built her career on training others to better themselves and develop their skills. She credits American life coach Tony Robbins as her role model and admires how he has built a global empire and success whilst also improving people’s lives. But as her quote below shows, she’s not exactly all fluffy and supportive when it comes to The Apprentice…
She says: “All is fair in love and war…and business is war.”
Kayode Damali– ELIMINATED WEEK 7
Job: Professional Speaker
From: Cheshire
Kayode’s professional speaking job means he delivers talks to inspire young people all over the country. He believes his positive personality and natural likeability will lead to Apprentice success.
He says: “I’m not here to razzle dazzle and hit you with buzzwords like ‘I’m so motivated, passionate’… Anyone can say those things and I’m not anyone, I’m Kayode Damali. If you’re not your own biggest fan, who do you expect to be it for you?”
Khadija Kalifa – ELIMINATED WEEK 11
Job: Owner, Eco Cleaning Company
From: Lincolnshire
Khadija has run her own eco-friendly cleaning business for the past three years, and considers her people skills to be her best business asset. She looks up to Richard Branson in business for ‘his success and willingness to assist others’ and plans to be likeable but focused, apparently.
She says: “Whatever I say I’m going to make happen happens. I’m a serious Mumpreneur who doesn’t have time for timewasters and idiocy.”
Kurran Pooni– ELIMINATED WEEK 6
Job: Law Graduate
Kurran is inspired in business by his father who started his own airline. He says he gets furstrated by people who are out for themselves rather than working collectively for the team – let’s see how long that team spirit lasts…
He says: “I’ll be honest, I don’t eat, sleep, breathe business but I do eat, sleep and breathe success.”
Rick Monk – ELIMINATED WEEK 5
Job: Quality Controller
Rick believes that being able to separate business from pleasure means he is good at getting the best from others, and hopes that by befriending all the contestants he’ll be able to earn their support. But be warned: he also claims he is a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ and will use this to his advantage.
He says: “I won’t pussyfoot and waste time, as time is of the essence in everything. People will have to like it or lump it.”
Sabrina Stocker – ELIMINATED WEEK 11
Job: Owner, Tennis Events Company
From: Middlesex
Sabrina first set up her own company when she was just 14, selling retro sweets as part of a Young Enterprise Scheme. She cites Emma Watson as one of her role models because she’s ‘always clear-headed and makes good decisions, whilst still having elements of fun’.
She says: “I am a mix of Willy Wonka drinking an espresso martini… classy and sophisticated on the outside; inside, a little bit crazy and wacky but full of brilliant ideas.”
Sarah Byrne – ELIMINATED WEEK 1
Job: Owner, Children’s Acting Academy
From: Manchester
Sarah owns and runs an acting academy for children. She admits she’s not good with business terminology and is angered by people in business who turn their noses up at the working-class demographic. Music to Lord Sugar’s ears?
She says: “I am me, I don’t have a posh accent or pretend to be anyone else. My personality sells me, my passion to succeed and work ethic.”
Sarah Ann Magson– ELIMINATED WEEK 10
Job: Solicitor
From: Teesside
Alongside her role as Director at a law firm, Sarah Ann has also run her own nursery furniture business since 2016. She believes her loyalty, commitment and ability to remain calm under pressure are her best qualities and thinks that her skills and charm will outwit any of her competitors.
She says: “I am used to laying down the law in the courtroom, but now I’m going to lay down the law in the boardroom.”
Sian Gabbidon
Job: Owner, Swimwear Brand
From: Leeds
Sian owns and runs a swimwear fashion brand, with clients including celebrities and celebrity stylists. She identifies with Coco Chanel as a role model in business, as she ‘came from nothing and worked her way to the top’.
She says: “I bring both the passion and the fire – in the boardroom, I will be merciless.”
Tom Bunday– ELIMINATED WEEK 9
Job: Owner, Tree Surgery Firm
From: Southampton
Having struggled at school, Tom now runs a successful tree surgery business. He says he’s drawn to situations that intimidate him and believes he can rise to any challenge.
He says: “There are very few people that can genuinely say they’re going to make it – but I know that I’m going to.”
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Rediff.com » News » INLD splits; Dushyant Chautala announces launch of new party
INLD splits; Dushyant Chautala announces launch of new party
IMAGE: Dushyant Chautala. Photograph: Kind courtesy @DChautala/Twitter
Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's grandson and Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala on Sunday launched a new outfit 'Jannayak Janata Party', an expected development that came following a power struggle in the main opposition Indian National Lok Dal last month.
The announcement by the group led by O P Chautala's elder son Ajay Singh Chautala was made at a well-attended rally at Jind, considered as the political heartland of the state.
The Indian National Lok Dal had split following differences between Ajay Singh Chautala and his younger brother Abhay Chautala.
Ajay Chautala is undergoing a 10-year jail term along with father Om Prakash Chautala since 2013 in a teachers' recruitment scam and could not make it to the rally.
The flag of the new outfit, whose predominant green colour bears resemblance with INLD flag and also has a smaller patch in yellow colour, carries picture of Om Prakash Chautala's father and former deputy prime minister Devi Lal in the centre.
The flag of the new outfit was unveiled here by Ajay's wife and MLA Naina Chautala.
Ajay's other son Digvijay Chautala, three rebel MLAs of INLD including Rajbir Phogat, former Speaker Satbir Singh Kadian, were among those present.
The name of the new party begins with 'Jannayak', a reference to Devi Lal, with various speakers at the rally pledging to walk the path shown by the late leader.
Over recent weeks, the feud saw the expulsion of Ajay Chautala and his sons, Dushyant Chautala and Digvijay Chautala, from the Haryana-based party headed by Om Prakash Chautala.
The two young leaders were shunted out after their slogan-shouting supporters allegedly targeted Abhay Chautala at an INLD rally in Gohana in October.
In the feud, Om Prakash Chautala threw his weight behind his younger son Abhay Chautala.
Addressing the public gathering here, Dushyant Chautala said that time has come to make a new beginning and bring in a change, while promising that the new outfit will follow the path shown by Devi Lal and lay foundation for ouster of Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress and the INLD in upcoming polls.
The new outfit will contest all 10 Lok Sabha seats from the state and also fight the Vidhan Sabha polls, he said.
"Today, every party has lost connect with the people..people want change and our party will provide them the alternative," Dushyant said.
He also touched upon the circumstances and developments which took place in recent weeks within INLD that ended in a split and the decision to float the new outfit.
"Flow of rivers cannot be stopped...," he said, taking a veiled dig at his uncle Abhay Singh Chautala, who while addressing a meeting of party's state executive in Chandigarh on Sunday, claimed that the new outfit will disintegrate shortly.
Abhay Chautala dared Dushyant to resign as Lok Sabha member of the INLD if he was so sure of his popularity.
He claimed that the group led by Ajay had hinted to walk a separate path when they formed organisations like Jannayak Sewa Dal and INSO.
Dushyant, meanwhile said in the rally that "Tau Devi Lal always fought for rights of farmers and weaker sections. He was always above petty politics".
About the colour of the flag, he said while green was symbolic of security, progress, brotherhood, yellow symbolises happiness, energy and optimism.
"The party will run on the path shown by Tau Devi Lal and with Ajay Singh's loyalists and by what public want..," he said.
Dushyant tried to justify why the banners and posters at the rally did not bear the photo of O P Chautala.
"Many people say we removed Chautala sahab's photos from posters. He is head of our family, but he is also head of our rival (INLD) party. There is a legal hurdle that we cannot have photo of head of our rival party in our (party) posters.
"The day when Chautala sahab will resign as national president of INLD, the same day we will have his photo in our posters. At the same time, I want to say that no-one can take him out from our hearts," he said.
Wearing a 'green' pugri with yellow on its top, he sought to assert that his father will be the real inheritor of Devi Lal's legacy after O P Chautala.
"The colour of our pugri will be green. People can take the party from Chautala sahab, they can take land and property, but as per social customs this purgri was passed on to Chautala sahab (from Devi Lal) and from him it will go to Dr Ajay Singh," he said.
Dushyant hit out at the ruling BJP, saying it had failed on all fronts including in giving jobs and on law and order front.
"Pick up any newspaper, you come across incidents of rape, murder, dacoity and Haryana has gone behind even a state like Bihar," he said.
He also hit out at the Congress, alleging several land scams took place during their rule.
Dushyant made a slew of promises to the people in case his party is voted to power.
This included providing 75 per cent reservation in jobs for youths of Haryana, enhanced MSP to farmers, sops for employees and reforms in education.
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Variability in Tuberculosis Granuloma T Cell Responses Exists, but a Balance of Pro- and Anti-inflammatory Cytokines Is Associated with Sterilization
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The characteristic feature of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection is the formation of lesions, which are organized structures of immune cells in the lungs called granulomas, which contain the bacteria. When the granuloma functions effectively, it can kill the bacteria. T cells (a type of immune cell, also present in granulomas) are known to play an important role in control of tuberculosis. However, functions of T cells at individual granuloma levels are unknown. Here, we studied the functional characteristics of T cells, which are defined by the production of chemical messengers (cytokines) at the granuloma level in a non-human primate model. We compared the relationship between cytokine response and the number of bacteria (Mtb) in each granuloma. Each granuloma was found to be unique, suggesting different types exist within an animal. Only a small proportion of T cells produced any cytokine, but different types of cytokines were observed within each granuloma. A balance between different types of cytokine was associated with more killing of bacteria in granulomas. Understanding how to improve the T cell responses to obtain killing of bacteria in the granuloma will be important for vaccine development.
Published in the journal: . PLoS Pathog 11(1): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004603
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains a major threat to global health. The latest World Health Organization analysis of the global burden of tuberculosis (TB) estimates 8.7 million new cases, 9.6–13.0 million prevalent cases, and 1.4 million deaths per year in 2011 [1]. However, only 5–10% of those infected with Mtb will develop active disease over their lifetime, while the other ∼90% remains asymptomatic (referred to as “latent” infection) with a 5–10% chance of reactivation over their lifetime. Thus, it is clear that the human immune response is quite capable of controlling Mtb infection.
Mtb infection is characterized by the formation of granulomas, usually in the lungs and lymph nodes [2]. The tuberculous granuloma is an organized structure of immune cells that forms in response to persistent Mtb infection, and consists of macrophages, neutrophils, and lymphocytes [3–6]. Granulomas function both as the niche in which bacilli can grow or persist and an immunological microenvironment in which host cells interact to control and prevent dissemination. The mere presence of granulomas is insufficient to control infection; instead, proper functioning of all granulomas in a host determines the ultimate outcome of infection [4]. T lymphocytes are considered critical to control of initial and persistent Mtb infection, mediating the inflammatory balance suggested in histological and flow cytometry studies [7–12]. Important roles for T cell produced cytokines (IFN-γ, IL-2, TNF, IL-17 and IL-10) have been demonstrated in animal model studies, with a subset of these cytokines demonstrated to be critical in humans as well [12–22]. However, in humans, responses are generally measured in blood so very little is known about T cell function at the level of the granuloma.
To study and understand the functions of T cells in granulomas requires obtaining fresh lung tissue containing granulomas, which is very difficult in humans. Therefore, an animal model that recapitulates human disease and pathology is necessary to understand the role of adaptive immune response in tuberculosis. The standard murine models, although useful for investigating immune responses and pathogenesis, do not establish latent infection and form granulomatous infiltrations rather than organized granulomas [23]. However, non-human primates, primarily macaques, are remarkably similar to humans in terms of infection outcome and presentation as well as pathology, and have the additional advantage of research reagents that permit the analysis of immunological components in controlling the disease. Cynomolgus macaques develop clinically active or latent infection with granulomas that are extremely similar to those in human TB [24–27]. We previously reported that a spectrum of lesions are found in individual animals and among animals with active or latent infection [25], as has been described for humans [28]. In addition, recent studies from our group support that progressive and healed lesions can coexist within the same animal, with nearly all animals capable of sterilizing at least a subset of individual granulomas. However, animals with active TB present with a subset of lesions that do not control infection which results in dissemination of the disease [29].
Taken together, available data support the hypothesis that the outcome of Mtb infection is determined at a local, not a systemic level. What controls infection at a local level is unknown, but is likely a combination of cellular and cytokine mediators induced by the bacilli together with physiological constraints [2]. The functionality of T cells, i.e., cytokine responses, and their correlation with bacterial burden in individual granulomas within an animal has not been investigated. Therefore, to understand the nature of individual tuberculosis granulomas within an animal with respect to T cells, cytokine profile and bacterial burden, we evaluated functional characteristics of T cell pro-inflammatory (IFN-γ, IL-2, TNF and IL-17) and anti-inflammatory or regulatory (IL-10) cytokine responses in cynomolgus macaques infected with Mtb. Our previously published studies on bacterial burden in granulomas and PET/CT and histology showed that a spectrum of granulomas exist within a host [2,25,29,30], with extensive overlap among animals of different clinical states. Here we extend our evaluation of granulomas to focus on T cell cytokine profiles associated with the ability of individual granulomas to control bacterial burden (sterilizing and non-sterilizing) initially without regard to whether the host developed active disease or remained latently infected. Finally, in a preliminary analysis, we compared local T cell cytokine responses from granulomas of each animal to those of the systemic T cell cytokine response to determine how accurately the blood can be used as a “read-out” for local immune responses.
Thirty-four NHP infected with a low dose of Mtb were necropsied primarily as controls for other studies [2,30] and were included in this study. Twenty-eight animals were necropsied >17 weeks of Mtb infection (median 313, range 124–601 days), which included 13 animals with clinically active disease and 15 animals with clinically latent infection [25]. Median time to necropsy post infection was 222 days (124–400 days) for active animals and 367 days (284–601 days) for latent animals. The animals were classified based on clinical signs and microbiologic cultures, as previously described [24,25]. In addition, six animals necropsied at approximately 11 weeks post infection (median 77.5 days, 72–85 days) as controls were also included in this analysis.
Granulomas were observed in all animals following Mtb infection with substantial variability in types and numbers of granulomas. As previously reported [2], in the animals used for this study, the number of culturable Mtb bacilli from individual granulomas covered a large range in individual animals, from 0 (sterilized) to ∼106 CFU/granuloma (S1 Fig.). The median CFU/granuloma was highest in animals infected for ∼11 weeks (log10 3.492, IQR 2.646–4.461) and those with active disease (log10 2.6, IQR: 1.5–3.1), compared to those from animals with latent infection (median log10 1, IQR: 1–1.6) (p<0.0001) (Fig. 1). However, the CFU/granuloma overlapped substantially among the clinical groups, with a significant fraction of sterile granulomas even in animals with active TB. These are in line with data previously published from our lab [2]. Since granuloma bacterial burden is variable within individual animals as well as across animals from different clinical classifications, our analysis primarily focused on the evaluation of granuloma T cell profiles based on bacterial burden without regard to clinical classification. This study only focused on individual granulomas as defined by PET/CT imaging obtained prior to necropsy [29] and at necropsy by the pathologist. Thus, complex pathologies as seen in active TB such as coalescing granulomas, consolidations, or TB pneumonia, were excluded.
Fig. 1. Bacterial burden of individual granulomas.
Bacterial burden is represented as the colony forming units (CFU) in logarithmic scale, per granuloma. Greyed area represents sterile granulomas (indicated as log10 1), which were assigned arbitrary range of values so that all granulomas can be seen in the graph. Each symbol represents a granuloma and a color represents granulomas from one animal. Granulomas are grouped as per the clinical status of the animal, where those animals that were infected for ∼11 weeks are in shades of green, active disease in shades of warm colors and latent infection in shades of cool colors. (****: p<0.0001, Dunn’s multiple test comparison).
Numbers of T cells in the granuloma vary within and among animals
Total cell numbers varied amongst individual granulomas. Overall, the median cell count of all granulomas (by counting live cells in homogenates using trypan blue exclusion prior to further manipulations) was 4×105 (IQR 1.8×104–1×106). The total cell count of granulomas from within an individual animal also varied. Non-sterile granulomas had significantly higher cell counts than sterile granulomas (Fig. 2A). Similarly, numbers and frequency of live CD3+ T cells were variable among granulomas within individual animals. Non-sterile granulomas had significantly higher T cell counts (p = 0.0011) (Fig. 2B) and frequency of live CD3+ T cells (p = 0.0172) (Fig. 2C) when compared to sterile granulomas. Due to the limited number of viable T cells obtained from many of the granulomas, our analyses of cytokine production were restricted to the CD3+ T cell population. Total cell count, T cell numbers, and bacterial burden correlate with the size of the granuloma (S1 Table).
Fig. 2. Absolute cell counts per granuloma.
A: Total number of cells obtained from granuloma. Granulomas with a cell count less than the detection limit was assigned 9×104 before the correcting for the dilution factor. B: Total number of T cell counts, defined by CD3+ per granuloma. C is the total percentage of live CD3+ cell per granulomas and was used to extrapolate the absolute T cell count per granuloma (B) from the total granuloma cell count (A). Each symbol represents a granuloma. Each color represents an animal. Granulomas are grouped based on bacterial burden of the granuloma: non-sterile (Mtb cultured, in open circles) or sterile (in open squares). Solid line indicates median in each group. Dotted line indicates the detection limit (1×105) before correcting for the dilution factor. (****: p<0.0001, **: p≤0.001, Non-parametric Mann-Whitney).
Limited numbers of T cells producing cytokines from individual granulomas
It is generally accepted that Th1-type T cell responses (characterized by the cytokines IFN-γ, IL-2, or TNF) are important in control of Mtb infection [10,12,18,20,31,32]. Th17 CD4+ T cells (producing IL-17) have also been implicated in control of this infection, particularly in the early phases [7,33,34]. These pro-inflammatory responses are considered to be necessary for activating macrophages to kill Mtb and organizing cell recruitment to the granuloma. On the other hand, the importance of anti-inflammatory (regulatory) responses, such as T cells producing IL-10, in the granuloma is more controversial [35]. In fact, little data exist regarding the types of T cell responses in individual granulomas in humans or in a model with substantial similarity to humans [36–38]. Thus, we investigated the patterns of pro-inflammatory (T-1 and T-17: with reference to CD3+ T cells producing Th-1/Th-17 type cytokines) and anti-inflammatory/regulatory (IL-10) T cell cytokine production in individual granulomas following stimulation with peptides from Mtb-specific RD-1 encoded proteins ESAT-6 and CFP-10.
As with bacterial and T cell numbers, individual granulomas, even within a single animal, displayed highly distinct and variable cytokine profiles. In most animals, the range of T cell cytokine responses was noted to be approximately 1–8% with occasional outlier granulomas that either did not mount any detectable cytokine response or had a higher frequency of T cells making cytokines. For instance, IFN-γ responses were very low or undetectable in all granulomas obtained from 4 animals (20612, 9711,15312 and 17211), while in others the range of IFN-γ responses was from <5 to 15%, with granulomas from a subset of animals giving responses over 15% (Fig. 3). This pattern was observed for all single cytokines tested, with the majority of granulomas having low frequencies of T cells producing T-1 or T-17 cytokines (S2A–S2E Fig.). When all granulomas are analyzed across all animals, the average frequency of T cells making any of the cytokines measured was ∼8%, a surprisingly low frequency given the importance of T cells in control of this infection.
Fig. 3. Proportion of T cells with IFN-γ response from each animal included in the study.
Each symbol represents an individual granuloma. Each individual granuloma had a distinct cytokine profile and there was a range of cytokine response in each animal. Similar responses were seen for other cytokines (S2 Fig.). Each symbol represents a granuloma. Each color represents an animal. Granulomas are marked based on bacterial burden of the granuloma: non-sterile (Mtb cultured, in open circles) or sterile (in open squares). Clinical status is represented for each animal along with monkey number [“E”: ∼11 weeks post infection; “A”: Active disease; “L”: Latent Infection]. Animals are arranged in the order of increasing post-Mtb infection time.
As a spectrum of granuloma T cell cytokine profile was noted even within an individual host, we compared T cell responses in granulomas with or without culturable bacteria. The frequency of cytokine producing T cells overlapped considerably across both sterile and non-sterile granulomas. Nevertheless, sterile granulomas had modestly higher TNF (p = 0.0091), IL-17 (p = 0.0344) and T-1/T-17 (CD3+ T cells producing single or combinations of IFN-γ, IL-2, TNF, or IL-17 cytokines) (p = 0.0273) cytokine producing T cells than non-sterile granulomas. This finding is independent of the clinical classification of animals from which sterile or non-sterile granulomas were obtained (Fig. 4).
Fig. 4. The proportion of T cells with cytokine response of IFN-γ (A), IL-2 (B), TNF (C), IL-17 (D), T-1/T-17 (E) and IL-10 (F).
Each symbol represents a granuloma. Each color represents an animal. Granulomas are marked and grouped based on bacterial burden of the granuloma: non-sterile in open circles and sterile in open squares. The frequency of cytokine producing T cells overlapped considerably between the groups (* = <0.05; **<0.01, Nonparametric Mann-Whitney test).
T cell exhaustion does not appear to account for the low frequencies of cytokine producing T cells in most granulomas
In chronic infections, T cell exhaustion can contribute to a reduced ability to produce cytokines [39–41]. To explore this as a possible contributor to the low frequency of T cell responses in granulomas, a subset of granulomas was stimulated with the non-specific stimulators PDBu and ionomycin and cytokine responses were measured. In response to PDBu and ionomycin, higher frequencies of T cells from individual granulomas produced IFN-γ (median 27.25%, IQR 8.7%–47.40%) and TNF (32.25%, 16.23%–40.85%), with modestly higher frequencies of IL-2 (5.67%, 3.5%–12.43%) producing cells and no change in IL-17 (3.8%, 2.3%–6.49%) production. When examining combined cytokine responses (i.e. ability to produce any of the T-1/T-17 cytokines) in response to non-specific stimulation, ∼50% of granuloma T cells on average produced cytokines (S3 Fig.). This is much higher than stimulation with ESAT-6/CFP-10, suggesting that in most granulomas, the T cells are capable of producing cytokines. However, there was a subset of granulomas that still gave very low responses, and these may be granulomas in which the majority of T cells are not capable of responding to stimulation or are exhausted.
In a subset of granulomas, we evaluated the expression of exhaustion markers CTLA-4 and PD-1 on T cells. Although overall frequencies of cells positive for these markers were low (S4 Fig.), CTLA-4−/PD-1+ were most common, while CTLA-4+/PD-1− or CTLA-4+/PD-1+ were only seen at very low frequency in granulomas (S4A Fig.). Next, we explored the cytokine production capacity in T cells expressing these markers, following stimulation with Mtb-specific RD-1 antigens (S4B–S4F Fig.). Overall, the frequency of cytokine producing T cells that also expressed CTLA-4 or PD-1 or both was very low, with the highest being 2.4% of IL-10 producing T cells co-expressing PD-1 (S4F Fig.). CTLA-4−/PD-1+ T cells generally had slightly higher cytokine responses than those expressing only CTLA-4 or both CTLA-4 and PD1 (S4B–S4F Fig.). Taken together these data suggest that the limited T cell response observed in the T cell of granulomas is not solely due to the exhaustion of T cells.
Single cytokine producing T cells are predominant in lung granulomas
Multifunctional T cells (those producing several cytokines) have been suggested to be important in the control of infections, although there are conflicting data on the protective capacity of these cells in tuberculosis [42–46]. Most human TB studies on multifunctional T cells have focused on cells derived from the periphery (e.g. blood), where the frequency of multifunctional T cells is often, although not always, associated with active disease rather than protection [44,47,48]. We investigated whether cytokine producing T cells in granulomas are multifunctional by assessing the ability to produce 1–5 cytokines. IL-10 is not usually considered to be produced by T cells making other pro-inflammatory cytokines, although in a minor subset of granulomas examined, there was a small population of T cells (1.2%) that made both IL-10 and IL-17. Interestingly, T cells with this phenotype have been associated with control of some bacterial infections rather than with autoimmune disease [49,50]. Thus, we excluded IL-10 from the analysis of multifunctional T cells. Surprisingly, T cells producing single cytokines were most frequently observed in the granulomas (Fig. 5), particularly TNF and IL-17. There were T cells present that were producing both TNF and IL-2 in a subset of granulomas. However, very few granulomas had T cells that were classically multi-functional (Fig. 5). There was no significant difference in the multiple cytokine responses between sterile and non-sterile lesions and amongst different clinical groups.
Fig. 5. CD3+ T cells making single (one) or multiple (two, three or four) cytokines from individual granulomas.
Non-sterile granulomas are in open circles (red) and sterile granulomas are represented as open squares (blue). Solid line indicates median response. The table on the X axis reflects the groups positive for each cytokine represented by a dot. There was no significant difference between the multiple cytokine pattern of response between sterile and non-sterile granulomas or between various clinical states of the animal. (n = 121).
Balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine producing T cells in lung granuloma
To investigate the relationships of functional T cell populations within individual granulomas, we assessed correlations among cytokine responses. The cytokine balance may ultimately determine control of bacterial burden in the granuloma. Overall, there was a significant direct correlation between each of the T-1 pro-inflammatory cytokines (IFN-γ, IL-2 and TNF) and among T-1 and T-17 cytokines (i.e., in individual granulomas, higher responses of cytokine X were observed with higher responses of cytokine Y) (Table 1). Thus, even though there are few T cells that produce multiple cytokines, T cells producing individual T-1 and T-17 cytokines tend to be present together in the same granulomas, suggesting that granulomas are “multi-functional”. Surprisingly, there was also a direct correlation of T-1 and T-17 cells with T cells producing IL-10 in individual granulomas (Table 1). The correlation between IL-17 and IL-10 producing T cells was significant in both non-sterile and sterile granulomas. In addition, sterile granuloma had a significant direct correlation between IL-10 and IFN-γ and total T cells producing T-1 or T-17 cytokines (Table 1), suggesting that a balance between pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines are required for reduced pathology and control of bacterial burden.
Tab. 1. Pairwise correlation of cytokine levels within granulomas based on bacterial burden.
Pro-inflammatory cytokine levels are inversely correlated with bacterial burden
We next explored whether T cell cytokine responses were related to bacterial burden in individual lesions. Overall, a significant inverse correlation was observed between T-1/T-17 and TNF cytokine producing T cells and bacterial burden (CFU per granuloma), i.e., higher frequencies of cytokine responses were related to lower the bacterial burden (Fig. 6, Table 2). This suggests that a pro-inflammatory cytokine environment associates with decreased bacterial burden, most likely by stimulating cells to kill bacilli in the granuloma. When only non-sterile granulomas were analyzed, there was a significant inverse correlation between bacterial burden and IFN-γ and T-1/T-17 cytokine producing T cells, further supporting that higher pro-inflammatory cytokines are associated with control of bacterial burden (Table 2).
Fig. 6. Correlation of pro-inflammatory T cell cytokine response to the bacterial burden (CFU per granuloma) in each of the individual granulomas.
Significant inverse correlation was observed between frequencies of TNF (A) and T-1/T-17 (B) producing T cells and bacterial burden. CFU per granuloma value of zero were transformed to “1” and included in this analysis. Each symbol represents a granuloma. Line indicates the slope. The clinical status of an animal is represented by the color of the granuloma. Animals with active disease are in red, latent infection in blue and those with ∼11 weeks of infection are in green.
Tab. 2. Correlation between granuloma bacterial burden and T cell cytokine response.
Combination of pro- and anti- inflammatory cytokines are associated with sterilization of granulomas
To further evaluate the direct relationship between T cell cytokines and granuloma sterilization, we evaluated the effects of pairwise-cytokine combinations and magnitude of response on the frequency of sterilization using Matlab. First, for each granuloma (N = 133, only from animals necropsied after 17 weeks post-infection), T cell cytokines were binned according to the quartile distributions. Binned data provide the ability to evaluate the combinatorial trends without specific focus on absolute percentages. Briefly, for each pair of cytokines, for example IFN-γ and IL-2 across all granulomas, quartiles were calculated (Fig. 7A). The continuous percentages were transformed into discrete bins representing bin 1 (quartile 1, 0–25th percentile), bin 2 (quartile 2, 25th–50th), bin 3 (quartile 3, 50th–75th), and bin 4 (quartile 4, 75th–100) of cytokine responses, as described in Fig. 7A. Numbers of granulomas in each bin were counted and summarized in a 4×4 co-occurrence matrix. Frequencies at which each of the pairwise combination occurred in the total number of granulomas were also calculated and plotted (Fig. 7A & B) as a density heat map (Fig. 7B) ranging from low represented by “dark blue” to high by “dark red”. Even though there were 133 granulomas included in this analysis, not all bins have equal representative number of granulomas, due to the variation in the magnitudes of response. However, the most commonly occurring pair of cytokines was IFN-γ in combination with IL-2 and TNF, and IL-10 with IL-2, IL-17 and TNF ranging from low to high magnitude. These heat maps confirm the correlation data detailed above, including the high frequency of granulomas with pro- and anti-inflammatory T cells.
Fig. 7. Pairwise occurrence matrix and sterilization frequency of T cell cytokines.
A is an example figure: For each cytokine variable of the granuloma, continuous percentage values were binned into one of four categories depending on quartile distribution (bins 1, 2, 3, or 4). Number of granulomas (number of times particular combination of binned cytokines occurred) in each of the bins were counted, for example, low IFN-γ (bin 1) and high IL-2 (bin 4) had 10 granulomas and summarized in a 4×4 co-occurrence matrix. For each pairwise cytokine comparison, the frequency of occurrence was summarized in heat-map form. B is the frequency of occurrence for all pairwise combination of T cell cytokines from individual granulomas. The scale represents the frequency of occurrence ranging from none/low to high. C is the sterilization frequency where matrices were constructed in a similar fashion by calculating the number of times sterilization occurred in a given particular cytokine combination and magnitude. Each square in each 4×4 heat-map therefore represents the frequency of sterilization under that particular combination of feature bins (# of sterilizing granulomas with cytokine A at level X and cytokine B at level Y out of total # of granulomas with cytokine A at level X and cytokine B at level Y). For each pairwise cytokine comparison, the frequency of sterilization under that particular combination of cytokines and levels is plotted and summarized in heat-map form. White squares indicate that granulomas with particular combination of cytokines at those levels did not occur.
Next, to evaluate the combinatorial effect of different cytokine combinations and magnitudes on the ability to attain bacterial containment, we calculated the frequency with which sterilization occurred under different cytokine combinations (Fig. 7C). Sterilization frequency matrices were constructed in a similar fashion as described above by calculating the number of times sterilization of a granuloma was observed (e.g. 0 CFU) given in a particular combination of cytokines and frequencies in granulomas. For example, there were 5 granulomas binned at bin 3/3 for IL-2 and IFN-γ (Fig. 7A) cytokine combinations respectively, of which 4 granulomas were sterile and 1 grew Mtb (non-sterile). Therefore the sterilization frequency for bin 3/3 is 80%, and represented at the respective density (color) heat map for 80% (Fig. 7C.a). These resulting density heat maps allowed us to visualize which conditions are associated with the highest frequency of sterilization. This approach revealed interesting features relating to bacterial containment and T cell cytokines.
For a large majority of cytokine combinations, there was no apparent direct relationship between cytokine combinations, magnitudes and bacterial control. However, the notable exceptions are the combinations of IL-10 with IL-2 (Fig. 7C.e) or IL-17 (Fig. 7C.h) or TNF (Fig. 7C.i), which had highest rates of sterilization, with frequencies >70%. Interestingly, T cells producing higher frequencies of IL-17 and IL-10 in the same granuloma give rise to high rates of sterilization, supporting our findings described in Table 1. A similar trend was also observed for IL-10 and TNF, whereas the more traditional T-1 responses (e.g. high frequencies of IFN-γ, IL-2 or TNF in the same granuloma) were not strongly associated with sterilization. These results reinforce that the balance of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine responses is important for bacterial containment in the granuloma.
Granuloma T cell profiles overlap amongst different clinical states
Our primary goal was to investigate and understand the dynamics of T cell function within the spectrum of Mtb lung granulomas irrespective of the clinical status of the animal. Nonetheless, to address whether clinical state was important in the T cell responses observed, we further analyzed the granuloma T cell profiles based on clinical status (active disease, latent infection, and 11 weeks post-infection). Overall, as with the bacterial burden, there was substantial overlap in cell profiles and T cell cytokine responses of granulomas amongst all clinical classifications. Animals infected for ∼11 weeks presented with granulomas having total cell numbers similar to those of active disease. However, the median total cell numbers were significantly greater in granulomas from monkeys with active disease (p = 0.027, Dunn’s multiple comparison test) when compared to those with latent infection (S5A Fig.). Similarly, granulomas from animals with active disease had significantly higher CD3+ T cell counts and frequency of CD3+ T cells when compared to granulomas from animals with latent infection (S5B–S5C Fig.). Granulomas from animals infected for ∼11weeks had the highest T cell counts compared to all other animals (p<0.0001) (S5B–S5C Fig.), suggesting that early in infection, the T cell response in granulomas is more robust.
Frequencies of cytokine-producing T cells in granulomas also overlapped across monkeys of different clinical classifications (Fig. 8A–F), however, there were some modestly distinguishing features. The frequency of IFN-γ and IL-17 producing T cells was modestly (but significantly) higher in granulomas from animals with latent infection, compared to granulomas from active disease animals. Granulomas from animals with latent infection had significantly higher frequencies of T-1/T-17 (p = 0.0012) T cells than those from animals with active disease and those infected for ∼11 weeks. The frequencies of IL-10 cytokine producing T cells were significantly lower in granulomas from animals with active disease (1.5%) compared to those infected for ∼11 weeks (9.3%) or with latent infection (5.5%) (Fig. 8F). Nonetheless, the responses in individual granulomas from animals of all infection outcome classifications were variable, with both high and low responding granulomas seen in most animals.
Each symbol represents a granuloma. Each color represents an animal. Granulomas are grouped based on the clinical status of the animals. Solid line indicates median response. (*: p<0.05; **: p<0.001, ***: p<0.0001. Dunn’s multiple test comparison).
We assessed correlation amongst cytokine responses of individual granulomas to understand the relationship of T cell function in different clinical categories. There was a significant negative correlation between IL-2 and IL-10 exclusively (S2 Table) in those animals infected for ∼11 weeks. Granulomas from animals with active TB demonstrated a significant positive correlation between T cells producing IFN-γ and those producing IL-10 in addition to T cells producing pro-inflammatory cytokines. However, granulomas from animals with latent infection had a significant direct correlation between multiple pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines (S2 Table). When we analyzed the association between T cell cytokines and bacterial burden, granulomas that had the highest bacterial burden in individual lesions from animals infected for ∼11 weeks had a negative correlation between IL-10 and bacterial burden, suggesting that IL-10 might also play a role in the early establishment of bacterial control in the granulomas (S3 Table).
Systemic T cell responses do not reflect local responses
Studies in humans to understand immune responses during the course of Mtb infection, drug treatment, or vaccine testing rely primarily on analysis of systemic (blood) T cell responses. There is a significant knowledge gap as to how systemic responses relate to local responses in the lung, particularly at the granuloma level. This study provided an opportunity to perform preliminary evaluation of the relationship of T cell cytokine responses between the peripheral blood (systemic compartment) and granulomas (local compartment). To evaluate the complex dataset (comparing one measure of blood data to multiple measures of granuloma data from an animal), we used a simple mathematical equation to calculate Euclidean distances.
We calculated Euclidean distances on datasets for which complete cytokine data were available for blood (PBMC) and granulomas (N = 120 granulomas and 28 animals). We calculated the Euclidean distance between the blood of an animal and all lesions from that animal. We then calculated the average distance for each animal. This provides an estimate for “relatedness” in terms of distance between the systemic and local T cell responses (i.e., smaller distance means closer or more similar the T cell responses, while larger distance means further away or more dissimilar the T cell responses between blood and granulomas are). Surprisingly, we observed a range of distances ranging from 2 to 48 (Fig. 9). This suggests, that for some animals, systemic T cell responses can reflect and are a reasonably good estimate of the local T cell response. While, for other (most) animals, systemic T cell responses are very different from local T cell responses and therefore do not reflect the local T cell responses accurately. The Euclidean distance between blood and granuloma responses was not related to disease state, as animals that are 11 weeks post-infection, active and latent infection were found all along the spectrum of responses.
Fig. 9. Systemic and local T cell responses.
Euclidean distance between T cell cytokines from blood (systemic) and each of the individual granulomas (local) of animal were calculated. The distances were averaged per animal and represented as the average Euclidean distance. Average Euclidean distance provides an estimate for “relatedness” between the systemic T cell response and local T cell response. Each bar represents an animal. Animals with active disease are represented in red, latent infection in blue and those infected for ∼11 weeks in green. Animals are arranged in increasing average Euclidean distance.
We further explored the factors that could be associated with the variation in the T cell responses between systemic and local compartments. We correlated the average distance between systemic and local response with overall bacterial burden (CFU score), gross pathology (pathology score) and total number of lung granulomas of the animal. There was no significant correlation observed with either bacterial burden or the pathology score of the animal. However, there was significant correlation between the average distance and the total number of lung granulomas (lesions) of the animal (Spearman ρ 0.4046, Prob>| ρ| 0.0327) (S6 Fig.), (i.e., the greater the number of lung granulomas, the larger the difference in T cell responses between blood and granuloma). This further suggests the existence of spectrum of granulomas within an animal affects the systemic T cell responses. This has important implications for the search for blood biomarkers.
Next, we investigated whether the average T cell granuloma cytokine response of an animal correlated with its systemic (blood) cytokine response. We performed a multivariate analysis, and used non-parametric Spearman’s ρ for correlations. In animals with active disease and latent infection, overall there was no correlation observed with the exception of a significant direct correlation between local and systemic TNF producing T cells (S4 Table). When analyzed according to the clinical status of the animals, those with active disease had significant direct correlation between local and systemic responses for TNF and IL-17 producing T cells, while there was no correlation observed in animals with latent infection. Similarly, in animals infected for ∼11 weeks, there was a significant negative correlation (S4 Table) between blood and average granuloma responses for IL-17 and IL-10 producing T cells. These findings suggest that the systemic T cell responses do not accurately reflect the local (lung) T cell responses.
T cells are a major cellular component of tuberculosis lung granulomas and are known to play an important role in containment and progression of Mtb infection. Yet, there are many unanswered questions regarding the functional characteristics of T cells within granulomas, including the relationship between T cell cytokine responses and bacterial burden at the local level, and how T cell systemic responses (in the blood) relate to the T cell responses in granulomas. Much of what we know about T cell function in tuberculous lungs comes from mice, which do not develop the full spectrum of granulomas seen in human tuberculosis. Furthermore, functional data assessing T cell activity within individual granulomas in clinically active disease and latent infection are lacking. To address these questions, we used the cynomolgus macaque model of TB, a non-human primate model that recapitulates key hallmarks of human TB [26].
Our primary goal was to investigate and understand the dynamics of T cell function within the spectrum of Mtb lung granulomas. We show here that each granuloma within a single host is independent with respect to total cell numbers, frequency of T cells, the pattern of cytokine profile, and bacterial burden. We observed considerable overlap within these components amongst various clinical states of the animals. This study and a recent publication from our lab [2] support that individual granulomas themselves are unique representations of infection state and cannot be classified as “active” or “latent”. Conventional clinical classifications of active disease and latent infection states are thus more suited for a global or “whole host” classification to reflect overall host status on infection and pathology. These findings are further supported by the radiological and histological studies from our and other laboratories, which demonstrate the highly dynamic and variable nature of granulomas during Mtb infection, establishing that each granuloma is unique even within the same animal [2,25,27,29,51–53]. Individual animals have a full spectrum of lesions varying from progressive granulomas with high bacterial burden to healed sterile granulomas, each with varying proportions of functional T cells producing both pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Our current data provide further evidence to support the concept that a spectrum of Mtb infection not only exists amongst animals [52,54,55], but also within an individual animal where granulomas are independent of each other with varying magnitudes of bacterial numbers and host responses.
T cells secreting IFN-γ, TNF and IL-17 are generally assumed to be necessary for activation of macrophages and initiation of antimicrobial activity [12,14,56]. Due to the recruitment of activated T cells to the site of disease, T cell responses are also considered to be enriched at the site of disease (i.e. the granuloma) compared to the periphery (blood). These concepts are supported by studies from small animal models where whole lung homogenates were studied, and from studies using cells from pleural TB [57], bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples from active TB patients [31,45,58,59] and non-human primates [60]. Our study supports the notion that cells are continuously recruited to the non-sterile granulomas, resulting in increased total cell count, T cell number and increase size of the granuloma, while the sterile granulomas are maintained with the minimum required cell numbers for the continued maintenance. Although our studies support a higher proportion of T cells in granulomas that produce cytokines following stimulation with Mtb-specific peptides in granulomas as compared to blood, a striking finding from the current study is that only a limited proportion of T cells in granulomas were making any of the 5 major cytokines chosen for analysis, irrespective of clinical disease status. The average frequency of T cells producing any of these cytokines was about 8%.
There are several possibilities for the unexpected low frequency of T cells observed in the granulomas. It is possible that re-stimulation with a limited number of antigen peptide pools simply does not represent the full T cell recognition of Mtb antigens. We think this is unlikely, since granuloma homogenates likely contains large numbers of Mtb antigens, and our stimulation assays were carried out in granuloma homogenates. Analysis of granulomas that were not restimulated with ESAT-6/CFP-10 peptides showed only slightly lower frequencies of T cell responses, supporting the notion that antigens are present in the homogenate. In addition, stimulation with Mtb-infected dendritic cells, which would present more Mtb antigens, did not yield a higher frequency of T cells expressing cytokines. Separate analysis of T cells from granulomas with multiple antigen peptide pools and analyzed by IFN-γ ELISPOT (similar to our previous findings [24,25]) gave comparable or even lower frequencies of T cells producing IFN-γ, compared to our ICS analysis. Thus, it is unlikely that the low frequency of responding T cells in granulomas is simply due to stimulation with a limited number of Mtb antigens, or relative insensitivity of the ICS method. There may be inhibition of T cell function due to regulatory T cells or inhibitory cytokines. Preliminary data on a small subset of granulomas suggests that most of IL-10 producing T cells in the granulomas are not Foxp3+Tregs (S7 Fig.), however, larger studies are needed to address the effect of regulatory T cells on other cytokines in granulomas. Another possibility is that Mtb itself might be down-regulating of T cell activity, as suggested in the literature [61,62]. Further evaluation of bacterial or host factors on T cell function at the local granuloma level is certainly warranted to address this possibility.
T cell exhaustion in granulomas is also another possible explanation for the low frequency of T cell responses. In chronic infections, including TB, T cells can become exhausted or down-regulated [39–41]. However, in most granulomas, non-specific stimulation of T cells resulted in an average of 50% of the cells capable of producing T-1/T-17 cytokines, suggesting that the T cells were not exhausted. Our limited data on T cell exhaustion markers (CTLA-4 and PD-1) did not support an inverse correlation with the cytokine response from granulomas. Nonetheless, this warrants further investigation. In addition to the very limited numbers of cells obtained from individual granulomas, tetramers for use in “Chinese” cynomolgus macaques are not currently available, which currently precludes a more thorough investigation of exhaustion of antigen specific T cells. It remains a distinct possibility that many of the T cells in non-human primate Mtb granulomas are not specific for Mtb antigens as described in mice [39], but are simply recruited to the granuloma due to inflammatory signals.
T cell responses in blood and lung tissues are complex. Recently, Nikitina, et al., showed that increased proportion of IFN-γ produced by effector T cell within lung tissues and blood is associated with increased lung pathology in humans [63], while Theron, et al., showed that there was no correlation in either Mtb-specific and non-specific IFN-γ responses in a high TB burden setting [41]. Current TB literature strongly suggests an association between high bacterial burden, and the poly-functional T cell response in the periphery [12,32,45,48,64,65]. In contrast, we demonstrated an inverse correlation between bacterial burden and total pro-inflammatory cytokine responses by T cells in granulomas. However, very few T cells in granulomas were poly-functional, even with re-stimulation. Our data support that higher frequencies of overall responding T cells are associated with fewer bacteria within a granuloma. Although most individual T cells appear to primarily produce a single cytokine, the granuloma itself is “poly-functional” since T cells producing T-1, T-17 or IL-10 cytokines are significantly correlated amongst each other within granulomas, and therefore must co-exist within the same granuloma. In our study, granulomas that had a higher proportion of T cells producing IL-10 in combination with T cells producing pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-2, TNF or IL-17 were associated with sterilization. Further, our data provide evidence for the co-existence of pro- and anti-inflammatory T cells in granulomas, in both sterile and non-sterile granulomas and in animals with active disease or latent infection. This supports the idea that a balance of inflammatory mediators at the individual granuloma level may contribute to the ability of granulomas to both kill bacteria [2] and limit pathology [10,12,36–38].
Assessing immune responses as a biomarker in human Mtb infection and in vaccine studies in humans relies heavily on sampling of blood [66–68]. However, there is no clear understanding of the relationship between systemic and local responses. In fact, our data support that the systemic responses do not accurately reflect local responses in granulomas. This relationship might be further complicated due to the existence of a spectrum at both local and systemic levels in macaques and humans. Even though BAL is considered to be a closer approximation of the lung, airway T cell responses differ from granulomas responses [24], and lung granulomas provide us with exact measures of local responses at the site of bacterial interactions with the host. Thus, caution should be used in interpreting and extrapolating data from peripheral T cell responses in humans, although that does not exclude the potential for biomarkers of risk to be determined in the blood.
The major limitation of our study is the paucity of cells from individual granulomas and the size of the multi-parametric flow cytometric panel. Although we started with more than 300 granulomas and obtained usable data from ∼150 granulomas for this manuscript, the unexpectedly high heterogeneity observed in the T cell responses in granulomas suggests that this is relatively small data set and more samples are necessary for further robust analyses and modeling. Therefore, the statistically significant differences in the responses reported on single cytokine responses between sterile and non-sterile responses here are only modest. Due to the low numbers of T cells in individual granulomas, which can be quite small in size [2], individual CD4+ and CD8+ T cell cytokine responses were not analyzed. Variable number of granulomas from animals could be considered as a potential bias. Even though this is a limitation of the study design, the major focus of this manuscript is the analysis based on individual granulomas irrespective of animals, and therefore it does not affect the outcome of analysis. Another limitation of this study is the lack of evaluation of Th2- type T cell responses at the site of disease. This is largely due to the restricted number of flow cytometry channels that were available for use, and difficulty in detecting IL-4 responses in our preliminary studies. Finally, only a pairwise-combinatorial cytokine effect on sterilization was performed, so that 133 granulomas were included in the analysis. A more complex combinatorial analysis requires larger numbers of granulomas. Clearly there is much more work to be done in this area, and we expect that further work will uncover additional factors that contribute to sterilization of granulomas.
In summary, we find that a range of granuloma T cell responses exists within an individual animal. Surprisingly, only limited numbers of T cells produce cytokines at the site of disease, which nonetheless were still able to control bacterial burden given the inverse correlation with the number of recoverable bacteria from the granuloma. Our findings provide further evidence for the importance of the balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines at the granuloma level for control of bacterial burden. Finally, the systemic responses do not generally reflect the local responses, which have considerable implications in terms of biomarker discovery and interpretation and provides insights into the functioning of T cells within granulomas.
All experimental manipulations, protocols, and care of the animals were approved by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). The protocol assurance number for our IACUC is A3187-01. Our specific protocol approval numbers for this project are 13122689, 11090030, 1105870, 12060181, and 11110045. The IACUC adheres to national guidelines established in the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. Sections 2131–2159) and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (8th Edition) as mandated by the U.S. Public Health Service Policy.
All macaques used in this study were housed at the University of Pittsburgh in rooms with autonomously controlled temperature, humidity, and lighting. Animals were singly housed in caging at least 2 square meters apart that allowed visual and tactile contact with neighboring conspecifics. The macaques were fed twice daily with biscuits formulated for nonhuman primates, supplemented at least 4 days/week with large pieces of fresh fruits or vegetables. Animals had access to water ad libitem. Because our macaques were singly housed due to the infectious nature of these studies, an enhanced enrichment plan was designed and overseen by our nonhuman primate enrichment specialist. This plan has three components. First, species-specific behaviors are encouraged. All animals have access to toys and other manipulata, some of which will be filled with food treats (e.g. frozen fruit, peanut butter, etc.). These are rotated on a regular basis. Puzzle feeders foraging boards, and cardboard tubes containing small food items also are placed in the cage to stimulate foraging behaviors. Adjustable mirrors accessible to the animals stimulate interaction between animals. Second, routine interaction between humans and macaques are encouraged. These interactions occur daily and consist mainly of small food objects offered as enrichment and adhere to established safety protocols. Animal caretakers are encouraged to interact with the animals (by talking or with facial expressions) while performing tasks in the housing area. Routine procedures (e.g. feeding, cage cleaning, etc) are done on a strict schedule to allow the animals to acclimate to a routine daily schedule. Third, all macaques are provided with a variety of visual and auditory stimulation. Housing areas contain either radios or TV/video equipment that play cartoons or other formats designed for children for at least 3 hours each day. The videos and radios are rotated between animal rooms so that the same enrichment is not played repetitively for the same group of animals.
All animals are checked at least twice daily to assess appetite, attitude, activity level, hydration status, etc. Following M. tuberculosis infection, the animals are monitored closely for evidence of disease (e.g., anorexia, weight loss, tachypnea, dyspnea, coughing). Physical exams, including weights, are performed on a regular basis. Animals are sedated prior to all veterinary procedures (e.g. blood draws, etc.) using ketamine or other approved drugs. Regular PET/CT imaging is conducted on most of our macaques following infection and has proved very useful for monitoring disease progression. Our veterinary technicians monitor animals especially closely for any signs of pain or distress. If any are noted, appropriate supportive care (e.g. dietary supplementation, rehydration) and clinical treatments (analgesics) are given. Any animal considered to have advanced disease or intractable pain or distress from any cause is sedated with ketamine and then humanely euthanatized using sodium pentobarbital.
Cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis), >4 years of age, (Valley Biosystems, Sacramento, CA) were housed within a Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) primate facility as previously described [17,24,25] and as above. Animals were infected with low dose M. tuberculosis (Erdman strain) via bronchoscopic instillation of about 25 colony-forming units (CFUs)/ monkey to the lower lung lobe. Infection was confirmed by tuberculin skin test conversion and/or lymphocyte proliferation assay six weeks post-infection [24]. Serial clinical, microbiologic, immunologic, and radiographic examinations were performed, as previously described. Based on defined clinical criteria, radiographic, and microbiologic assessments during the course of infection monkeys were classified as having latent infection or active disease 6–8 months after infection as described previously [25,26,29]. In addition, animals that were infected with Mtb and necropsied ≤11 weeks after infection were also included in this study.
Necropsy was performed as previously described [17,24,25,29]. Briefly, an 18F-FDG PET-CT scan was performed on every animal 1–3 days prior to necropsy to measure disease progression and identify individual granulomas as described [29]. At necropsy, monkeys were maximally bled and humanely sacrificed using pentobarbital and phenytoin (Beuthanasia; Schering-Plough, Kenilworth, NJ). Individual lesions previously identified by PET-CT and those that were not seen on imaging from lung and mediastinal lymph nodes were obtained for histological analysis, bacterial burden, and immunological studies [29]. A veterinary pathologist described gross pathologic findings. To quantify gross pathologic disease (disease burden), a necropsy score was developed in which points were given for TB disease: number, size, and pattern of granulomas distributed in each lung lobe and mediastinal lymph node and in other organs each lung lobe, lymph node, and visceral organ were included and enumerated, and an overall score was determined as previously described [25]. The size of each granuloma was measured at necropsy and by pre necropsy scan [69]. Representative sections of each tissue were homogenized into single-cell suspensions for immunologic studies, flow cytometric analysis, and bacterial burden, as previously described [17,24,26,65].
Bacterial burden
200μl of each granuloma homogenate were plated in serial dilutions onto 7H11 medium, and the CFU of M. tuberculosis growth were enumerated 21 days later to determine the number of bacilli in each granuloma [2,25]. As a quantitative measure of overall bacterial burden, a CFU score was derived from the summation of the log-transformed CFU/gram of each sample at the time of necropsy, as previously described [25].
Flow cytometry was performed on a random sampling of granulomas (4–12 granulomas per animal). Although about 300 granulomas were initially analyzed, a cutoff of total number of T cells by flow cytometry was used to avoid introducing error due to analysis of very small T cell populations. Thus, a total of 149 granulomas from 34 animals were fully analyzed for this study. Single cell suspension of individual lung granulomas was stimulated with peptide pools of Mtb specific antigens ESAT-6 and CFP-10 (10μg/ml of every peptide) in the presence of Brefeldin A (Golgiplug: BD biosciences) for 3.5 hours at 37°C with 5% CO2. Positive control included stimulation with phorbol dibutyrate (PDBu) and ionomycin and an isotype control were included whenever additional cells were available. The cells were then stained for Viability marker (Invitrogen), surface and intracellular cytokine markers. Flow cytometry for cell surface markers for T cells included CD3 (clone SP34-2; BD Pharmingen), CD4 (clone L200; BD Horizon) and CD8 (clone SK1; BD biosciences). In addition, B cell marker CD20 (clone 2H7; eBioscience) and macrophage marker CD11b (clone Mac-1; BD Pharmingen) were included as the dump channel. Intracellular cytokine staining panel included pro-inflammatory cytokines: T-1 [IFN-γ (clone B27), IL-2 (clone MQ1-17H12), TNF (clone MAB11)], T-17 [IL-17 (clone eBio64CAP17) and anti-inflammatory (Regulatory) IL-10 (clone JES3-9D7) markers. In a subset of granulomas, exhaustion markers PD-1 (clone EH12.2H7, Biolegend) and CTLA-4 (Clone BN13, BD Pharmigen) were used to stain a subset of granulomas. Data acquisition was performed using a LSR II (BD) and analyzed using FlowJo Software v.9.7 (Treestar Inc, Ashland, OR). Supplementary figure 8 (S8 Fig.) describes the gating strategies employed for analysis. Supplementary figure 9 (S9 Fig.) provides detailed description of gating strategies in comparison with PBMC for clarity. Cytokine data presented in this manuscript are gated on CD3+ T cells.
PBMC isolation
Heparinized blood was drawn from the animals prior to necropsy (terminal bleed). PBMCs were isolated via Percoll gradient centrifugation as previously described [70]. One million cells were stimulated with each of the antigens and controls, and incubated in similar conditions as described above for 6 hours. Stimulated PBMC were stained using the same panel of markers, acquired and analyzed as described above.
D’Agostino & Pearson Omibus normality test was performed, on all data described in this manuscript. Since the data were not normally distributed, nonparametric t test was used when comparing two groups (Mann-Whitney test). Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare more than two groups with post hoc analysis Dunn’s multiple test comparisons. P values ≤0.05 were considered significant. Statistical analysis was performed using GraphPad Prism v6 (GraphPad Software, San Diego, CA). For multivariate analysis, JMP Pro 10 (SAS) package was used. Nonparametric Spearman’s ρ was calculated for correlations (multivariate analysis) using JMP Pro v10 (SAS Institute Inc.).
Frequency of cytokine co-expression and sterilization in granulomas was implemented using Matlab (Mathworks, Natick, MA). Briefly, for each variable of T cell cytokine (IFN-γ, IL-2, TNF, IL-17 and IL-10) dataset, continuous values for each individual granuloma were binned into one of four categories depending on quartile distribution (bins 1, 2, 3, or 4) (Fig. 7A). We counted the number of times a particular combination of the variables occur and summarized these in a 4×4 co-occurrence matrices spanning all four bins comparing in a pairwise fashion across all the potential combinations. For each of the pairwise combination, the frequency of that occurrence is plotted and summarized in a heat map. Similarly, sterilization frequency matrices were constructed calculating the number of times sterilization occurred in a given combination of bins (number of sterilizing granulomas with a variable A at level X and variable B at level Y out of the total number of granulomas with variable A at level X and variable B at level Y). Each comparison was plotted as a heat map. For this analysis granulomas from animals with established clinical status (active disease or latent infection) were used (N = 113).
Euclidean distances were calculated in Microsoft Excel (for mac 2011), by utilizing the formula
where suffix “G” represents T cell cytokine response from the granuloma (local) and “B” represents those from blood (systemic). Datasets for which complete cytokine data were available for individual granulomas (N = 120 granulomas) and blood (PBMC) (N = 28 animals) were used for this analysis. Distances were calculated for each granuloma with the T cell cytokine response of granuloma and blood of that animal. Average distances were then obtained by averaging the granuloma to blood distance for all the granulomas from a particular animal
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'Dirty Dancing': Through The Years With Jennifer Grey
Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey
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The movie Dirty Dancing was not only a huge success in its own right, but it also was the foundation for many other dance movies that came after it, due to it‘s phenomenal dancing-scenes and choreography!
Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze
(© imago / ZUMA Press)
…, of course, Dirty Dancing! Next to Patrick Swayze, Grey became an international celebrity, after she’d embodied the cute and beautiful “Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman“.
November 12, 2019 - 21:25 / Administrator User
Most people know Jennifer Grey as "Frances 'Baby' Houseman" from the amazing movie Dirty Dancing. But before she starred in the 1987 cult classic, she had already acted alongside Hollywood great like Richard Gere and Kevin Costner.
Dirty Dancing: Through The Years With Jennifer Grey
After her breakthrough with Dirty Dancing though, her acting career did not take off as much as many had anticipated. The reason for that was a plastic surgery, but she never had to leave the limelight completely and still stars on TV today...
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Renter's Guide to Houston
Houston, TX is a place for those with unlimited thinking. While “Houston” was the first word heard from the Moon, the city is also known for the first domed stadium and the first artificial heart transplant. Forbes ranked Houston the Fastest-Growing US City in 2015, and according to Travel + Leisure, Space City is the best place for foodies.
As the fourth largest in the US, the city of Houston only trails New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago in population. Houston, TX counts 2 million plus residents inside the city limits. However, the region is a 13-county area known as Greater Houston and covers more than 8,778 square miles (larger than the state of New Jersey and almost as big as Massachusetts.)
Houston is the largest of the four cities included in the popular Texas Triangle. San Antonio is only a 3-hour drive (197 miles) to the West, and Austin is about a 162-mile drive. Traveling North, Dallas is only 239 miles away.
Known for its hot, humid summers, there are only an average of 99 days with a temperature above 90°F and the city has moderate weather year-round. Since 1939, Houston has only experienced 15 measurable snowfalls. In fact, the temperature in Houston only drops below freezing for 18 days per year on average
Houston, TX Demographics
Total Population2,267,336
Female 1,135,634
Male 1,131,702
Cost of Living in Houston, TX
Perhaps the most attractive feature of the area is the unrivaled affordability compared to other big cities. There is something for every “age and stage” in life. Residents can choose from a downtown loft or a master-planned community in the suburbs for very reasonable rental costs compared to other large US cities.
Utility costs for an average one-bedroom unit will range between $85-200. Eating out is also easy on the wallet with a meal at a mid-range restaurant averaging somewhere between $40-75. At an inexpensive restaurant you can get a good meal for as low as $14.
The public transport system serves only a small portion of the city. Those who live close to the METRORail and bus system pay a little more than $45 for a monthly pass. A Metro Day Pass is only $3 a day for unlimited stops.
Average Rent in Houston, TX
Houston, TX Average Rental Price, November 2019 $1,114 /mo
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Houston, TX Rent Trends
Houston, TX $1,050 $1,041 $1,050 $1,074 $1,086 $1,097 $1,094 $1,097 $1,103 $1,114
National $1,351 $1,347 $1,379 $1,381 $1,384 $1,420 $1,429 $1,433 $1,469 $1,473
Check out the average rent prices in Houston by neighborhood.
Living in Houston
The metropolitan area is affordable, relaxed and pleasant. With more than 100 languages spoken in the city, it’s one of the most ethnically diverse major metro areas in the nation. 92 countries have consular offices in Houston, which is the third highest count in any US city.
There are pros and cons of living in Houston. Residents are rightfully proud of the city’s diversity, culture and friendly “can-do” attitude. However, most would complain about traffic and urban sprawl. With no zoning, the city is a sprawling metroplex requiring most people to own a car. While this sounds awful to some, the population density of less than 3,500 people per square mile is inviting (compared to 26,000 in New York City).
Houston residents can find an endless number of activities in the vast green spaces, cultural venues and professional sports. It’s easy to find a restaurant - with more than 10,000 food establishments - ranging from the inexpensive and casual to world-class fine dining. There are also more than 150 private and public golf courses in and around the city.
The most popular annual attraction is the Houston Rodeo: about 2.2 million attend this non-profit event each year. More than $400 million in scholarships have been awarded to youth who participate.
Like major league sports? Enjoy a Houston Texans football match, root for the Houston Astros baseball team, watch the Houston Rockets slam dunk their way to victory, or book a ticket to see the Houston Dynamo soccer team play.
The downtown Theater District includes one of the few US cities to offer world-class and award-winning resident companies in all four major performing arts—live theater, symphony, ballet and opera. The district has about 13,000 seats (2nd only to New York City.)
The fun never ends with Houston’s 83 museums. The dinosaur exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is packed with active prehistoric predators and prey showing how plants and animals have evolved over time. Budget-friendly options include more than 10 museums that are accessible free of charge. Other museums have special free hours (or even days) each week. Families are thrilled to visit the Space Center Experience adjacent to NASA’s Space Center Houston and the Houston Zoo. Adults may enjoy a tour, concert or lecture at the Rice University or University of Houston campuses.
The region includes two of the largest public parks in the nation. It also boasts a lively 12-acre, non-profit, downtown park across the street from the 1.9-million-square-foot George Brown Convention Center with more than 600 events each year. The city’s Bikeway Program is a 345-mile network. Memorial Park is 1,466 acres centrally located inside Loop 610. Amenities include 30 miles for hiking, bike trails, picnic grounds, playgrounds, golf, tennis and a fitness center.
Houstonians also know how to shop! Variety is key as you can choose from more than a dozen shopping centers, from vintage clothing to the most up-to-date fashion. The three most popular shopping destinations are the Galleria boasting 375+ stores, Highland Village and Uptown Park with its 50+ quirky boutiques, spas and restaurants.
Employment & Economy
Houston maintains a robust and thriving economy. Once known for space, oil and gas exploration only, diversification and international promotion has infused the local economy with dozens of Fortune 500 companies and even more promising start-ups and rapidly advancing small to mid-size businesses. One of the fast growing employment opportunities are in the technology sector. The Texas Medical Center is the largest medical center in the world, employing 106,000 to serve more than 7.2 million visitors each year.
Houston, TX Households
Total Number of Households838,950
Family 510,538
Non-family 328,412
Children 278,210
No Children 560,740
Education in Houston
There are a whopping seventeen different school districts in Houston, including the Houston Independent School District, one of the largest in the county. The city also has more than 300 private schools and 100 magnet schools.
As for higher education, there's the University of Houston, the third-largest school in the state. You also have Rice University, The University of St. Thomas, and Houston Baptist University, as well as the historically black college, Texas Southern University.
Or if you'd prefer a two-year degree, you'll be well served by the massive Houston Community College System and Lone Star College System.
Houston, TX Education Statistics
No High School12%
Tips for Renting in Houston
In Texas it is most common for landlords to require your signature on a written lease, however, some of them prefer oral agreements. The Texas Attorney General controls laws applying to tenants. These cover a wide range of issues including Fair Housing, Health and Environmental matters.
Your rights as a tenant include the right to "quiet enjoyment," as it is called in the law—meaning that the landlord cannot evict you without cause or otherwise disturb your right to live in peace and quiet. You also have a right to demand that the landlord repair any condition that materially affects your health and safety. Under Texas law, by renting you the property, the landlord guarantees that the unit will be a fit place to live. Security measures include smoke detectors, window locks, keyed deadbolts on exterior doors and pin locks for sliding glass doors.
Although standard leases can be quite stringent, your landlord may be willing to modify the contract in special cases—for example, allow a pet if you put down extra money as security.
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New Approach to Stormwater Management in the Paint Creek Watershed
In 2003, Michigan developed the country’s only watershed-based municipal stormwater general permit. The permit required, for the first time, that cities with populations between 50,000 and 100,000 control stormwater coming out of their systems. Before the permit was finalized, the Clinton River Watershed Council (CRWC) convened the municipalities in their watershed to discuss the upcoming stormwater permit requirements.
This approach helped lessen anxiety about these new requirements and gave the municipalities a forum to discuss their questions and concerns, resulting in a majority of them opting to apply for the watershed-based permit, rather than one just based on their own jurisdiction. CRWC offered to take on two of the “minimum measures” in the permit: public education and outreach, and public involvement at a watershed-wide scale, for consistency and cost-effectiveness. The municipalities agreed to pay for this service.
River Network admired the Michigan watershed-based permit approach and the efforts of CRWC to make it work smoothly for the permittees. For that reason, River Network asked the CRWC to join forces on a project that was intended to focus on the effectiveness of the watershed permit in order to share lessons learned, replicable strategies, and methods for the possible adoption of such a permit in other states.
River Network, together with CRWC, Charles River Watershed Association, ECONorthwest and Nature’s Voice, Our Choice worked with local officials in Rochester and Rochester Hills, Michigan from Spring 2011 to Summer 2013 to identify opportunities to involve Paint Creek (a tributary of Clinton River and the last naturally-reproducing trout stream in southeastern Michigan) in municipal decisions about stormwater management, road improvements and planning for more intentional connection to the Creek in both cities.
The team applied Charles River Watershed Association’s (CRWA) Blue Cities® approach, starting with examination of the historical hydrology in Paint Creek watershed and proposing improved green infrastructure practices to better mimic the historical patterns and timing of flows.
The analysis identified places where green infrastructure solutions could improve management of the stormwater, enhance the riparian corridor, and improve human connections to the Creek. The team examined historic hydrology, stormwater system conveyance, historic, current and potential land uses, municipal infrastructure investment, community values, treatment costs, green infrastructure benefits, energy costs, and climate impacts to make recommendations in three locations to the cities and local landowners.
The project focused on three specific locations in the subwatershed that represented different opportunities to influence municipal decisions: private development along the riparian corridor, public investment in road improvements and improvements to municipal facilities situated adjacent to the Creek.
River Network requested a meeting with the private owners and developers of important, centrally-located vacant parcels in Rochester in order to convey project ideas and influence the negotiations associated with the near-term riparian development.
CRWC applied for, and received, three years of funding from one of their core funders, the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, to build on the ideas from the original project and their long-term fee-for-service municipal stormwater permit work throughout the Clinton River watershed. With the funds, they hired a local planner to focus on increasing watershed-based planning, especially around stormwater management opportunities in the cities most connected to Clinton River and its tributaries. They started their new project, named “Water Towns”, with Rochester and Paint Creek.
Many thanks to the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation and U.S. EPA Region V for supporting this work.
Jaymes Vettraino, City Manager, Rochester, MI
Michele Arquete-Palermo, Clinton River Watershed Council
Bryan Barnett, Mayor, Rochester Hills, MI
Bill Bohlen, Director, Department of Public Works, Rochester, MI
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Temporary Stop-Editing Time
August 3, 2014 •Posted in News •21 Comments »
Okay, let’s just get this out in the open now.
I am trying to get Tall, Silent and Lethal and the How to Write books out soon. I am working my buns off right now to make that happen and my editors, beta readers and proof readers are going to be working very hard to help.
We are trying to get this all done within a month. I probably will not return to the Chronicles for a month. I know that there are many of you who look forward to the Chronicle and I’m sorry for the temporary stop to them, but I am doing my best to get these books out so that I can return to the NFH books.
I will keep everyone posted.
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21 Responses to “Temporary Stop-Editing Time”
Deb+MacArthur says: August 3, 2014 at 12:06 pm
an authors work is never done… get the books out- though I haven’t read the Pyte series many of my friends are waiting with baited breath…we who LOVE the chronicles can wait ( ok I admit it- don’ wanna) . Good luck on the next release
Cilicia White says: August 3, 2014 at 12:12 pm
We understand. You have a lot to do with your new releases coming, so we will have to be patient… Can’t wait for your new releases.
mary says: August 3, 2014 at 12:14 pm
Do what you have to do as soon as you can. Then we know you will get on the NFH series and the chronicles. Good luck with all you have to do.
Anissa says: August 3, 2014 at 12:17 pm
WHATEVER IT TAKES to bring us Christofer 🙂 GOOD LUCK!
Kersten says: August 3, 2014 at 12:23 pm
You are very busy….understandable. now worries. Great Job and Go Team.
Helen says: August 3, 2014 at 12:25 pm
As much as I love the chronicles l’m really really looking forward to the next pyte/sentinel and NFH books so you just do what you need to. I’m sure everyone will understand. Have a few chocolates to treat yourself.
Terry Dixon says: August 3, 2014 at 12:30 pm
Books come first! (I initially wrote, Boobs come first. Glad I caught it because that would have been all kinds of confusing!)
barb Kiser says: August 3, 2014 at 12:47 pm
Can’t wait!!!! Love ur books
Denise Navone says: August 3, 2014 at 1:04 pm
You are a busy, busy single mom, writing 2 books and handling a complete household, and business. Take the time you need. We love you and appreciate your awesomeness. Do what is best, we will still be here ready and waiting.
Sue Roome says: August 3, 2014 at 1:15 pm
Hi, I am reaaaaalllly looking forward to the next pyte install net. I have seen it up on amazon (US) site but it is not available on the UK one as of yet. Do you know if and when I will be able to pre-order it?
R.L. Mathewson says: August 5, 2014 at 3:26 pm
I’m sorry about that. It’s on Amazon? I didn’t see it there.
tiffany says: August 3, 2014 at 1:19 pm
Do what you have to and know we will be here to help you anyway we can yes we love our books and chronicles but we do understand
Donnia Cartwright says: August 3, 2014 at 1:26 pm
R. L. …love the Sunday chronicles, but your books are amazing. Take a deep breath, take your time and don’t burn yourself out! We are a somewhat patient group (insert laughter here) and we will wait for you!! Take care!!
Loretta says: August 3, 2014 at 1:54 pm
Willing to wait as long as needed.
jamie says: August 3, 2014 at 4:44 pm
You take the time you need. What might be interesting to do in the interim is have fans give you their “fan fiction” stories of their favorite characters and you can chose the ones that make you laugh to post for the chronicle.
Got your email!
There will be a spot in the forum for that 🙂
Tracy M says: August 3, 2014 at 5:14 pm
R.L. I do love your Sunday posts BUT The Chronicles will keep.
You have to just focus on what you want/need to get done and spend your time where it’s needed most.
Don’t work too hard lovely, don’t want you burning yourself out!!!
H.L. Lola says: August 4, 2014 at 5:11 am
I can understand having a lot on your plate. The Chronicles can wait.
Trinesha says: August 4, 2014 at 12:29 pm
Most authors don’t take the time to give readers extra glimpses of their beloved characters, so we really appreciate the Chronicles you’ve been giving us. But that said, I really need the next NFH and Tall Silent & Lethal, so the Chronicles can wait. No worries, no stress, you just keep doing what you do best! (that’s creating awesome books!)
Michelle says: August 4, 2014 at 9:48 pm
Thanks for the heads up! Happy writing 🙂
Donna says: August 6, 2014 at 7:45 am
I do LOVE the Chronicles, but you gotta get those books out! 🙂
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IT'S TIME WE ALL WORK HAPPY.™
Happiness at work – is it natural or necessary?
By Robert Half 27th February 2017
When asked whether they're happy in their job, few people would claim that they are happy every moment of every day. The daily stresses of work, such as last-minute deadlines, difficult projects, and challenges with co-workers can all test our emotions.
But an employee who is frustrated with things not always going smoothly can also be happy in their job, provided that this dissatisfaction doesn't become overwhelming in the grand scheme of things. So is happiness at work simply an emotion that occurs naturally while employees are juggling the responsibilities of daily life? Or is it something that a company's leadership can actively cultivate? And, if so, what are the factors that can influence workplace happiness?
Defining happiness
First of all, it helps to know what happiness actually means in the context of the workplace. Is it that feeling we experience when a project is successfully completed and we get a pat on the back from our manager? Or does it run deeper, to underlying factors that drive morale, productivity and engagement?
According to Dr. Christine Carter, senior fellow at the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, people often confuse happiness at work (and in life) with fleeting moments of gratification. She says that happiness actually involves the ability to access “a wide range of positive emotions”, including hope, optimism, confidence, gratitude, inspiration and awe.
Nic Marks, an expert on employee happiness and CEO of Happiness Works, says it boils down to three positive emotions:
Enthusiasm: A high-energy state that helps people create and seize opportunities. It can also work to mobilise the efforts of ourselves and others.
Interest: This is a “focusing energy” that helps us commit to tasks that may be challenging in the short term, but which have medium-term or long-term benefits.
Contentment: This relates to the “glow” that comes from having achieved something, which can lead to being more motivated to perform the actions that will repeat that success in the future.
According to a study commissioned by Robert Half, a growing body of research indicates that successful companies have happy employees who are more engaged, loyal and creative than their less-satisfied counterparts.
It also plays a significant role in productivity and work quality. Nearly two-thirds of happy employees report consistently putting in extra effort at work, according to a Horizons Workforce Consulting study. And research published in the Journal of Applied Psychology shows that employees with high levels of on-the-job satisfaction are more likely to help others and are more cooperative. Importantly, happiness is simply good for health – when there's less burnout and chronic frustration around, illness and absenteeism also go down.
Still, many companies see happiness at work as an intangible “nice to have”, rather than an important organisational priority. While you can't force employees to be happy – or control every factor that contributes to happiness – it's still possible to create the conditions that will help to promote happiness and positivity at work.
6 factors that influence happiness at work
Happiness is an individual experience and there is no “magic formula” that works for everybody. There are, however, some universal factors that have been found to directly affect employee happiness, according to our report The secrets of the happiest companies and employees.
Right fit for the job and company: When you hire people who mesh well with your workplace culture, they assimilate with greater ease and begin making substantive contributions quickly. Conversely, a poor fit can dampen the morale of the entire team.
A sense of empowerment: Empowering staff to make their own decisions improves happiness at work in several ways. It can build their confidence, make them feel more invested in their job, and help them develop critical skills that they can use to advance their careers, while making more meaningful contributions to the company.
Feeling appreciated: When you show your staff that you appreciate their hard work and dedication, you instil loyalty and create a positive working environment. For maximum effect, Dr. Christine Carter recommends making your praise sincere, specific, and given as soon as possible.
Interesting and meaningful work: Employees who see their work as worthwhile are nearly 2.5 times happier than others – with research by Robert Half finding that it's the biggest driver of happiness for people in the marketing and creative fields. An important part of this is being able to provide employees with a shared vision that helps them stay focused on their goals during both the good times and the challenging times. According to author Todd Henry: “Happy workers understand why their work matters.”
A sense of fairness: Always strive for fairness and transparency in your decision making. That means clear policies around pay, promotions and projects. Make sure employees feel heard, and have a chance to speak out when they feel a sense of inequity.
Positive workplace relationships: A sense of camaraderie at work improves employee communication, cooperation and collaboration, and feeds innovation. According to Dr. Aymee Coget, founder of Happiness for HumanKIND, it starts with better leadership. “When a manager embodies positivity, their influence touches their team, clients and even their clients’ customers.”
While it will never be possible for employers to control all the factors that contribute to happiness at work, you can certainly help to create the right conditions for it. Ultimately, happiness is a choice, and a positive, healthy workplace environment is a good starting point. The benefits will be seen in better quality work, and significant improvements in recruitment and retention.
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ALBUM PREMIERE: STILL DREAMING
OFFICIAL RELEASE: JULY 20TH, 2019
Robert Ranson’s lifelong dedication to making music began with his infatuation with drums at the tender age of two. By the time he turned 12, he also developed what would prove to be a lifelong love of guitar. Throughout the ‘70s,‘80s and ‘90s, he played in a variety of cover bands in his hometown of Richmond Virginia, eventually leading him to start his own outfit, The Aimless Drifters. He also managed to record and self-release an album of original songs which he aptly titled Chase Your Dreams. Though satisfied with the songs, Ranson wasn’t happy with the album and ultimately decided to keep it under wraps in lieu of wider distribution.
Flash forward more than 20 years. Ranson revisits that earlier effort with an upcoming album he’s dubbed Still Dreaming. Due out in the next few months, it features new versions of the original songs that were on that initial album, with one additional track, “For You,” as well.
For Ranson, persistence clearly pays.
“I’m a determined soul that can be tough and tenacious,” Ranson insists. “To a large degree, that’s what has made me successful in life. I don’t quit until I have given it my all. My musician friends felt I had a bunch of great original tunes and that I should consider recording them in a professional studio. So in February of 2018, I started recording Still Dreaming at Red Amp Audio. I worked on the album for the next ten months and refused to stop until I had truly given it my best effort.”
The results clearly affirm his assessment. Ranson composed all the songs in the set, imbuing them with a sense of his own passion and purpose. By his own definition, blues, jazz, rock, reggae, afro-cuban and country all enter into his musical mix. Echoes of Steely Dan, Pablo Cruise and Eric Clapton are also evident throughout.
“The album is something I’m proud of,” he says assuredly. “It’s my hope this music can be shared extensively and win the appeal of a broad audience that can enjoy it.”
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"...Ranson coaxes salvation and the sense of finding oneself to listeners."
-Top Shelf Reggae (April, 2019)
"This song goes down smooth like wine on a cooling night but awakens my mind like the first cup of coffee on an easy Saturday morning."
-SWEPT (June, 2019)
"There’s grit in this. There’s grace to this.
And for fans of face-melters, there’s definitely a place for this."
-Odd Nugget (July, 2019)
"Inspired by Ranson’s love of Jamaica, the island grooves fused with upbeat lyrics, make Still Dreaming the perfect emulation of that pure, distinctive island vibe."
-The Urban Twist (July, 2019)
"Still Dreaming” is a collection of personal stories and themes explored through the lens of a story teller. Never afraid to explore ideas musically, each track provides a fresh sound that keeps the complete album feeling fresh."
-Blinking Mad (July, 2019)
MOBTORONTO: ALBUM FEATURE (July 2019)
MIX 98.1 FM: RADIO INTERVIEW + PREMIERE (July 2019)
THE ROCKPIT: VIDEO PREMIERE (June 2019)
VENTS MAGAZINE: INTERVIEW (June 2019)
100 PERCENT ROCK MAGAZINE: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW (May, 2019)
STUDIO B RVA: LIVE STUDIO INTERVIEW (April, 2019)
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Right Place by Robert Ranson
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A Short Mega Man 11 Post-Launch Interview with Producer Kazuhiro Tsuchiya
To commemorate Mega Man 11's one-month anniversary, I had the chance to ask the game's producer, Kazuhiro Tsuchiya, a few of your burning questions. It's short, sweet and I couldn't be more thankful for the opportunity.
Before you read ahead, do note that at least one question contains spoilers. Steer clear if you haven't beaten the game!
Q1: Now that Mega Man 11 is in the hands of players all over the world, are you pleased by the response? It seems that even people who weren't previously familiar with Mega Man are enjoying the game as well!.
A1: The response from Mega Man fans is overwhelmingly encouraging, and the Mega Man 11 development team greatly appreciates the support and feedback. There are many new Mega Man fans as a result of MM11, and we look forward to these players joining long-time series fans to create an even stronger and more supportive community.
Q2: It's been eight years between Mega Man 10 and Mega Man 11. Was there a lot of pressure riding on the development team to meet the expectations of fans?
A2: Of course, one of the development team’s primary goals was to meet fans’ expectations. That said, the pressure didn’t necessarily come from others; each member of the development team made it their own personal goal to create a memorable game, which I think helped everyone work very well together.
Q3: Could you talk a little about why some of the more popular side characters, like Proto Man and Bass, weren't part of Mega Man 11's story?
A3: What we struggled with the most was how to develop a clear and engaging story that builds upon the previous installments while appealing to a wide range of players; new players picking up a Mega Man game for the first time, those who may have forgotten the series’ backstory, and the hardcore fans who remember the events of MM9 and MM10 as though they happened yesterday. After the long gap between MM10 and MM11, we decided to focus on sharing an untold story that touches on the past of Dr. Light and Dr. Wily.
Q4: Are there any plans to expand on Mega Man 11? Can fans expect to see downloadable content in the future? Many fans overseas are already hungry for more!
A4: Unfortunately, we can’t make any promises at this time. We’d love for even more players to give MM11 a try and get excited about the game.
Q5: I think it's safe to say that everyone that has played the game REALLY love the Robot Masters. They're all so unique from one another. Out of all eight, who is your favorite?
A5: Each of the Robot Masters has their fans within the MM11 development team. Personally, I’m quite fond of Tundra Man because he’s designed in a way that makes skillful use of the classic Mega Man design method, and maintains that retro feel while showing off a modern design.
And there you have it. Question 3 and question 4 will no doubt be a hot topic; I know many of you were waiting for that answer. If we really want to pick apart Tsuchiya's comment, I suppose Mega Man 11 will need additional support from players to warrant future DLC. We'll see what happens.
In any case, I'd like to thank Tsuchiya-san for taking his time out to answer these questions and our friends at Capcom USA for setting all this up! It was a pleasure. I'll see if I can fire more questions at him - and maybe Oda-san - in the near future.
Posted by Protodude at 5:23 PM
turianx9 November 5, 2018 at 6:50 PM
Those are really lame excuses. I really want some dlc. I guess they are holding it hostage and don't want money? Okay then.
Jack Kilby November 6, 2018 at 4:33 AM
I hate to tell you this, but it's probably not HIS decision. HIS BOSSES are mostly likely telling him not to start with any DLC until sales tick up some more.
Of course. Also, I'm not trying to bag on the director, he is only allowed to say ertain canned responses if wants to stay employed. That doesn't mean I have to like it.
Majin's Eye November 5, 2018 at 7:54 PM
It's great he was willing to partake in this interview. But that comment on DLC leaves me a little worried, not going to lie. If the game was doing strongly, I'd expect a more optimistic response. It just strikes me as PR-speak for "The game's doing okay, but the well isn't deep enough to provide the bucketfuls of cash CAPCOM wants to fetch". Since CAPCOM definitely is not the sort of company that will only put out DLC if there's fan demand, given the amount they've pumped into projects that mostly elicited groans (*cough* MvC Infinite *cough*).
in the end I'm just glad that 11 even happened
A little disappointed with most of the questions, you look like an average journalist and not the premier mega man blogger, the DLC question is fine and welcome but fans are concerned about the sales, if the music dlc is going to be on sale someday and other topics, even the stupid concern about the doors, like arrow says, you have failed this city. Sorry if I sound harsh but it's my opinion.
Protodude November 5, 2018 at 9:32 PM
FYI several topics we're off limits/he couldn't answer. Thanks for the comment.
ALSO, Tsuchiya_san's time is limited. We're fortunate he answered these are all.
So they let you ask if there is plans for DLC but you couldn't ask if the music DLC is going to be available?, something that is a concern of the community. Put this message on twitter too, this way your mob can lynch me for being critical.
Francisco Ponce November 6, 2018 at 4:51 AM
Why are you being rude? He told you some topics are off limit which usually means they have something in the works.
Japanese game companies tend to be secretive about stuff like this so its expected he couldnt confirm some stuff due to nda etc.
How about for being disrespectul and malicious?
Azdrerios November 6, 2018 at 8:38 AM
OP is having a temper tantrum. Did someone step on his cat or something?
Big difference between being critical or constructive and just being an ass.
Disappointing news. Mega Man 11 is very short and needs more DLC. I won't look foward to a future game if this keeps up.
I agree, it's sort of ironic, MM11 isn't selling that great partly because it's a bare bones game, and won't get DLC because its bare-bones nature is stifling sales, meaning sales will continue to not be great.
It probably would have sold more copies if it were a full game at $60, instead of a half game at $30.
Seems you missed all of the challenges.
So what. Its great game just like 1-6. Perfect! Since you don't like it because of short game then I am sorry to hear that. Can't wait for more sequels. That's fine. Its short game just like Megaman 1-6
Protoman has been in every MegaMan game since 3. For argument sake, I wonder what it would be like if Dr. Light put the double gear system in him. That is my first idea for DLC. The second idea would be Wily put it into Bass, only for Bass to use it against Wily. As more ideas come to mind, I will return to this forum.
```we look forward to these (new) players joining long-time series fans to create an even stronger and more supportive community.```
```Unfortunately, we can’t make any (DLC) promises at this time. We’d love for even more players to give MM11 a try and get excited about the game.```
I don't know about you guys, but these two quotes have me worried. R
Like, really freaking worried. I may be reading too deep into the words, but it really does sound like the game hasn't sold as much as CAPCOM wanted it to. "Looking forward to a more supportive community" is usually not something you say when you're happy with a game's reception.
We may get another shot at this somewhere down the line, maybe in the form of MM12 or perhaps X9, but if those bomb too... we might as well kiss the series goodbye once again.
Petition Pewdiepie to stream it, even if he refuses and just bashes the game, the exposure will likely move a few copies, worth the risk at this point.
Azdrerios November 6, 2018 at 1:04 PM
Well... at this point, I'm just banking on someone speedrunning it in AGDQ 2019/SGDQ 2019. That *might* end up creating more traction for sales.
I hate how it's like the entire MM series is on a tightrope right now, but I guess **** like this always happens when big companies call the shots. Blehh.
@Jack Kilby: Is Fruity Pie actually still relevant? I thought he would have died off as a failed fad by now.
No, I just want them to focus on the next sequel -- Rockman 12. No DLC is needed, really.
Krazy Monkey November 6, 2018 at 10:56 PM
I'm so sick of this crap. Like I said before, I just hate how every damn time the series returns after a hiatus, they always have to unnecessarily exclude something. There's absolutely no reason why Proto Man and Bass couldn't have been included in this game in some way, shape, or form. Especially since they didn't provide an explanation of any kind as to why they weren't present. As half-assed as that Bass cameo was in Mega Man 9, at least it was something. To me, leaving out prominent characters like those two would have been like excluding Tails and Knuckles from Sonic Mania.
MegaMac November 7, 2018 at 8:49 AM
Krazy Monkey gets it about the characters. Consider if Sonic Mania came out and it was every bit as upgraded and polished as Mania is, but it's basically Sonic 1, without Tails, or Knuckles for that matter.
For Q3, the backstory about Light and Wily is neat, but ultimately nothing was progressed in any significant way with the "story" thus far. I don't know about you, but I do want more meaningful plot to push the series forward. From a marketing standpoint, it's easy to the "robot master of the week" formula, but that risks running it into the ground. Really felt like the ending of MM10 was going somewhere.
The way I see it, the whole point of MM11 was to establish the canon for the double gear system, so that the mechanic can be used in all subsequent Classic series games without having to explain it every time.
MM12 is where a new, multi-game plotline can start. If 12 ever even happens, that is.
MegaMac November 7, 2018 at 7:56 PM
If I'm honest, I think the double gear system kinda cheapens the Mega Man experience a bit. I pretty much never used the Power Gear, and maybe Speed Gear once or twice just to get my bearings in certain spots. It's there for players who wish to use it, but I think it can make segments far too easy. Power Gear can almost embarrassingly whittle down Robot Masters to the point where their weaknesses aren't really needed. Even more so than the standard charge shot.
I think they could have done more with the game's overall plot while still introducing the mechanic. It doesn't take long to properly explain it anyway, what with their tutorial. But yeah, here's hoping a future installment touches on more things and reintroduces characters properly.
Mark Havick November 9, 2018 at 1:26 PM
"weaknesses aren't really needed"
I get the sentiment but boss weaknesses were always optional I think DGS is more balance breaking to boss weapons in the stages than anything. But I like it overall I think it being optional is a FANTASTIC way to implement it.
A. It allows more options to play the way you want, if it is too easy and you want to steamroll your way through the game, that is not necessarily a bad thing because that combine with difficulty settings allows you to replay the game in whatever mood suits you. If you want to test your skill don't use it, if you do not want to test your skills and want to play recreationally the option is there. It also accommodates lower skilled players opening up a larger demographic. I also don't see how it will effect balance any worse than some items in the shop since some of those completely over power Mega Man and it could also be a good case for an additional playable character that increases the difficulty by not allowing access to the DGS or the shop.
B. In terms of lore it adds power up and speed to Mega Man as a core mechanic making him much more than that Jump and Shoot Man more so than he already was (stupid label), which is cool. It also adds that powered up dynamic to bosses.
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Ross Morin
Films Overview
In a Landscape, Dreaming
A Peculiar Thud
Complete Filmography
"The Citizen Kane of Bad Movies"
Films
A Peculiar Thud (2016)
(official trailer)
13 mins. HD.
Writer/Director/Producer - Ross Morin.
www.APeculiarThud.com
A short horror/thriller film about a home invasion in the middle of the night that takes place in real time as Bill wakes up to an unusual sound downstairs. He makes his way through his labyrinthine home to find a man at his door asking to come in – and he won’t take no for an answer.
Awards and Nominations:
Macabre Faire Film Festival. Ronkomkoma, NY. 2018. Nominee - Best Editing
Sanford International Film Festival. Sanford, ME. 2017. Nominee - Best Horror
Great Lakes International Film Festival. Erie, PA. 2017 Nominee - Best Horror
Coney Island Film Festival. Coney Island, NY. 2017. Winner - Best Horror
Liberty Massacre Horror Short Film Festival. Philadelphia, PA. 2017. Winner - Best Actor
Sydney Indie Film Festival. Sydney, AUS. Semi-Finalist.
Atlanta Shortsfest. Atlanta, GA. 2017. Nominee - Best Thriller Short
Southeast New England Film Music and Art Fest. Providence, RI. 2017 - Winner - Best Horror Short;
Winner - Audience Award - Best Regional Horror Short
International Horror Hotel Film Festival. Cleveland, OH. 2017 - Honorable Mention
Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival. Detroit, MI. 2017. Finalist
Kickstarter - Project We Love
Official Selections:
Macabre Faire Film Festival. Ronkomkoma, NY. 2018
Blow-Up International Film Festival. Chicago, IL. 2017
Terror in the Bay Film Festival. Ontario, CAN. 2017
Atlanta Horror Film Festival. Atlanta, GA. 2017
East Lansing Film Festival. East Lansing, MI. 2017
Kansas International Film Festival. Overland Park, KS. 2017
Cornwall Film Festival. Cornwall, UK. 2017
Orlando Film Festival. Orlando, FL. 2017
Fargo Fantastic Film Festival. Fargo, ND. 2017
Grimmfest. Manchester, UK. 2017.
Halloween Horror Picture Show. Tampa, FL. 2017
Great Lakes International Film Festival. Erie, PA. 2017
Wreak Havoc Horror Film Festival. Greensboro, NC. 2017
Coney Island Film Festival. Coney Island, NY. 2017
Sanford International Film Festival. Sanford, ME. 2017
Liberty Massacre Horror Short Film Festival. Philadelphia, PA. 2017
San Antonio Film Festival. San Antonio, TX. 2017
NewFilmmakers New York. New York, NY. 2017
Atlanta Shortsfest. Atlanta, GA. 2017
Pennine Film Festival. Accrington, UK. 2017
Long Island International Film Expo. Bellmore, NY. 2017
Cape Fear Independent Film Festival. Wilmington, NC. 2017
International Horror Hotel Film Festival. Cleveland, OH. 2017
Film Festival of Columbus. Columbus, OH. 2017
Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival. Detroit, MI. 2017
New Haven International Film Festival. New Haven, CT. 2017
Unrestricted View Film Festival. London, UK. 2017
Emerge Film Festival. Lewiston, ME. 2017
Southeast New England Film, Music & Arts Festival. Providence, RI. 2017
Riverside International Film Festival. Riverside, CA. 2017
Short to the Point International Short Film Festival. Romania. 2017
D.C. Independent Film Festival. Washington DC. 2017
Screenings with DAMNATIONLAND 2016
October 29, 2016. The Gem. Bethel, ME.
October 28, 2016. The Levitt Theater. Ogunquit, ME.
October 28, 2016. Magic Lantern. Bridgton, ME.
October 28, 2016. Apple Cinemas. Cambridge, MA.
October 27-30, 2016. Frontier Cafe. Brunswick, ME.
October 17, 2016. Nickelodeon Cinemas. Portland, ME.
October 14, 2016. PREMIERE. State Theater. Portland, ME.
Deadpoint (2016)
(complete film streaming)
Co-writer/Editor - Ross Morin
Director - Matthew Herbertz
Emily heads for a backpacking weekend in the mountains to clear her mind, but when she stumbles upon a dead body, she sees that life is only going to get more complicated... And that she's being watched. Deadpoint is a genre-mashing adrenaline ride following Emily as she uses her intelligence and physical power to fight the forces of nature - and of evil. It's Deliverance meets Halloween with a heroine who refuses to put down the knife.
Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase. Fort Worth, TX. 2017
Southwest Indiana Film Festival. Jasper, IN. 2016
Princeton Independent Film Festival. Princeton, NJ. 2016
River Bend Film Festival. Goshen, IN. 2017
A Wheel out of Kilter (2015)
Writer/Director/Producer/Actor, Co-editor, Co-cinematographer - Ross Morin
A Zen Buddhist mountain biker on the verge of a nervous breakdown goes into the woods and never returns in this genre mashup of character drama, philosophical documentary, bromance and psychological thriller film.
Macabre Faire Film Festival. Ronkonkoma, NY. 2017. Winner - Best Feature Film. Nominated - Best Cinematography in a Feature, Best Editing in a Feature, Best Sound in a Feature, Best Screenplay in a Feature, Best Actor in a Feature, Best Director in a Feature
Broken Knuckle Film Festival. New York, NY. 2016. Nominated - Freaky Feature Award
Spotlight Horror Film Awards 2016. Winner - Bronze Award
Emerge Film Festival. Lewiston, ME. 2016. Nominated - Best Maine Film
Horror Hotel International Film Festival. Hudson, OH. 2016. Winner - 3rd place - Feature Suspense/Thriller
Mountain Film Festival. Mammoth Lakes, CA. 2016. Winner - Sir Edmund Hillary award - Feature Film
Santa Monica Independent Film Festival. Santa Monica, CA. 2015. Winner - Honorable Mention.
Princeton Independent Film Festival. Princeton, NJ. 2015. Winner - Indie Spirit Award.
Macabre Faire Film Festival. Ronkonkoma, NY. 2017
Broken Knuckle Film Festival. New York, NY. 2016
University Film and Video Association Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 2016
Spotlight Horror Film Awards 2016
Horror Hotel International Film Festival. Hudson, OH. 2016
Mountain Film Festival. Mammoth Lakes, CA. 2016
Little Rock Picture Show. Little Rock, AR. 2016
Blow-Up Chicago International Art House Film Festival. Chicago, IL. 2015
St. Cloud Film Festival. St. Cloud, MN. 2015
Santa Monica Independent Film Festival. Santa Monica, CA. 2015
A Man of God (2015)
16 mins. HD. Drama
Directed by Matthew Herbertz
Editor/Executive Producer - Ross Morin
On his journey to escape a country where organized religion is punishable by death, a man of faith seeks refuge with a small family in an old farmhouse for the evening. As the priest befriends the daughter, his true intentions become clear to everyone around him and he must choose between his faith and his life.
Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase, Fort Worth, TX. 2016. Award Nominee
Moving Media Film Festival, Detroit, MI. 2016. Winner - 2nd place Best Narrative Short
The Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, Des Moines, IA. 2016. Winner - Distinguished Filmmaker Award. Distinguished Cinematography Award
Blow-up Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival. New York, NY. 2016.
Fort Worth Independent Film Festival, Fort Worth, TX. 2016. Award Nominee
Southway Film Festival, Mykolaiyv, Ukraine. 2016
Sydney Independent Film Festival, Sydney, Australia. 2016
Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, OH. 2016
Film Fest 52, Bethel, CT. 2016
University Film and Video Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV. 2016
The Wild Rose Independent Film Festival, Des Moines, IA. 2016.
The Blackbird Film Festival, Cortland, NY. 2016
Los Angeles CineFest, Los Angeles, CA. 2016
Middle Coast Film Festival, Bloomington, IN. 2016
The Ukrainian International Short Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine. 2016
Moving Media Film Festival, Detroit, MI. 2016
River Bend Film Festival, Goshen, IN. 2016
Green Mountain Film Festival, Montpelier, VT. 2016
Silk Road Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland. 2016
Artfools Video Festival, Larissa, Greece. 2016
Union City International Film Festival, Union City, NJ/Bogota, Columbia. 2016
Miami Independent Film Festival, Miami, FL. 2016
Pune Short Film Festival, Pune, India. 2015
Cincinnati Film Festival, Cincinnati, OH. 2015
Cigar Man (2013)
14mins. HD. Drama
Editor/Producer/Sound designer - Ross Morin
Director - Evan Clar
Starring M. Emmet Walsh and Steven Culp
A man is forced to come to terms with the inevitable against his will.
Official Selection:
University Film and Video Association Conference. Washington, D.C. 2015
Emerge Film Festival. Lewiston, ME. 2015. Nominated - Best Short Film, Best Actor.
Raindance Film Festival. London, UK. 2014
Dam Short Film Festival. Boulder City, NV. 2014.
Ad Noctum (2011)
10mins HD. Horror.
Writer/Director - Ross Morin and R.J. Wilson
Editor - Brian Newell
Director of Photography - Ross Morin
A man is haunted by dismembered limbs on the darkest night of the year.
Illinois International Film Festival. Chicago, IL. 2011. Winner - Best Short Horror Film.
Creative Arts Film Festival. 2011. Nominated - Best Short Horror Film
University Film and Video Association Conference. Orange, CA. 2013
Love Your Shorts Film Festival. Sanford, FL. 2012
Boston Underground Film Festival. Boston, MA. 2012
NewFilmmakers New York, Anthology Film Archives. New York, NY. 2012
Glen Rose Neo Relix Film Festival. Glen Rose, TX. 2011
Coney Island Film Festival. Brooklyn, NY. 2011
Rumschpringe Short Film Festival. Lancaster, PA. 2011
Shockerfest International Film Festival. Modesto, CA. 2011
Silk City Flick Festival. Hartford, CT. 2011
Thriller! Chillier! Film Festival. Grand Rapids, MI. 2011
Wanderings Film Festival. Huntsville AL. 2011
Illinois International Film Festival. Chicago, IL. 2011
Creative Arts Film Festival. 2011
Les Moulins (2009)
10mins. Documentary
Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor - Ross Morin
A young woman contemplates the loss of the cultural identity of the French Canadians in a mill town in Maine.
Los Angeles Reel Film Festival. Los Angeles, CA. 2009. Winner - Honorable Mention.
Portland Phoenix Maine Short Film Festival. Portland, ME. 2007. Winner - Best Production.
Lewiston Auburn Film Festival. Lewiston, ME. 2011
Washington DC Independent Film Festival. Washington DC. 2010
Los Angeles Reel Film Festival. Los Angeles, CA. 2009
Museum L-A. Lewiston, ME. 2008
Athens International Film and Video Festival. Athens, OH. 2008
Portland Phoenix Maine Short Film Festival. Portland, ME. 2007
The Shut-in's Window (2010)
The Shut-in's Window (2010)
10mins. Experimental
Standard Definition 4:3
A man explores his guilt after he witnesses the death of a young girl.
University Film and Video Association Conference, Chicago, IL 2012
Creative Arts Film Festival, 2011
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DECARBonising the Railway
RSSB’s new programme of research, in response to the Rail Industry Decarbonisation Taskforce’s recommendations.
The Rail Industry Decarbonsation Taskforce final report, published on 22 July 2019, sets out how the industry will contribute to the UK’s target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. RSSB is named as lead body for several of the recommendations in the report.
Most of rail’s progress in reducing carbon will come from lowcarbon traction options, including hydrogen and battery. Projects in the DECARB programme will define an industry-wide carbon measurement methodology, interim and long-term targets, and the route to service for hydrogenand battery-powered trains, including the cost of fuelling and battery-charging infrastructure.
Stakeholders from across the industry are invited to participate by providing support in an advisory or technical capacity. If you would like to get involved, particularly in hydrogen fuelling and batterycharging infrastructure and standardisation, contact Andrew Kluth, Lead Carbon Specialist.
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Iran makes arrests following 'unforgivable' downing of Ukrainian passenger jet
An Iranian woman walks past a poster reading in Persian 'we are all in pain and sympathize' to honor the victims of Ukrainian passenger jet shot down last week. Source: EPA
Arrests have been made over the downing of a Ukrainian plane that killed all 176 people on board, Iran's judiciary says.
Iran's judiciary says arrests have been made over the shooting down of a Ukrainian plane that killed all 176 people on board.
"Extensive investigations have taken place and some individuals are arrested," the judiciary spokesman, Gholamhossein Esmaili, said on Tuesday.
Rescue teams work amidst debris after a Ukrainian plane carrying 176 passengers crashed near Imam Khomeini airport in the Iranian capital Tehran.
He was quoted by Iranian state media but did not say how many individuals have been detained or name them.
Iran's president on Tuesday called for a special court to be set up to probe the downing of the plane last week just after takeoff from Tehran.
Protests over downed Ukrainian plane erupt in Iran for second day
Iran, which initially dismissed allegations that a missile had brought down the jetliner, acknowledged that its Revolutionary Guard had shot down the plane by mistake.
Rouhani called the incident "a painful and unforgivable" mistake and promised that his administration would pursue the case "by all means."
Iranians light candles for victims of Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 during as they protest in front of the Amir Kabir University in Tehran.
Grief and mourning after Ukrainian plane crash in Iran kills 176
Iran shot down the plane when it was bracing for possible US retaliation for a ballistic missile attack on two military bases housing US troops in Iraq. No one was hurt in that attack, which was carried out to avenge the stunning killing of Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani in an American airstrike in Baghdad.
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Salou / Sightseeing in Salou
Torre Vella of Salou
La Torre Vella de Salou was built by the Archbishop of Tarragona Pere Cardona in 1530 with the aim to protect and warn the city of pirate attacks and looting.
Church of Santa Maria del Mar of Salou
This temple is the oldest in the city, was originally a modest chapel of worship registered guild of sailors who, since the mid-eighteenth century exclusively caring tasks and fishing port, was blessed on October 31, 1776. It was a single nave and bell tower for use by sailors.
Masia Catalana of Salou
The plot of the Catalan Farm Park is 5.260m square, the land adjacent to the street where it Carles Buïgas the main facade and the street and the street Vendrell Ramon Llull at the sides. The park is mostly occupied by garden areas and several rural buildings typical of Catalan Craft Market.
Path round the coast of salou
One of the most beautiful and emblematic tour of the Costa Dorada: the Way Rond / elCamí de Ronda. A road remodeled a few years ago and is still unknown to many salouenses, a special beauty and spectacular views.
Monument to King Jaume I
This monument on the Paseo Jaime I designed by the architect and sculptor Salvador Ripoll Saumells Lluís Maria, who made the stone figure of the king and the horse's head in stone and covered with gold leaf.
Xalet Bonet or Xalet Voramar
El Xalet Bonet o Xalet Voramar, situat al Passeig Jaume I, va ser edificat per Ciríac Bonet el 1918 i constitueix un magnífic exemple del modernisme tardà.
Moll gleaned / L'Espigó del Moll
Dividided Jaume I and Miramar stretts, and the beaches of Ponent and Llevant. Although it has been modernized now, spring is the beginning of the segle XIX. Until the end of the first half of the century, it was helpful for the fishermen of Salou only to guard the boats.
Olive trees monumental Salou
These olives from the region of Maestrat make the Passeig de la Segregació a special place to visit.
Old Carrilet station
Today, this historic resort has been recovered, restored and converted into a leisure area for children. Now, Salou has a new children's center is meant to be a space open to children of Salou, where you can enjoy recreational and educational activities
Punta de Cavall
In the Punta del Cavall is more pronounced outgoing Cape Salou. From here you can enjoy a magnificent view of the Costa Dorada
Light Source / Font Lluminosa
Located at the end of the promenade Jaume I, this fountain is a symbol of the city and a regular meeting point. During the summer, every day you can see a wonderful show of water, light and colors
Passeig Miramar of Salou
The Passeig Miramar is one of the avenues of Salou elapsed, neighbors, visitors and bicycles will bring life and colours throughout the year.
Capitania / Old Duana
The buildings of the Customs and the Captain were built around 1820, just when the decline of the port of Salou was already irreversible. Both buildings were disentailed early last century and passed into private hands.
Promenade Jaume I
El Paseo Jaime I is parallel to the Levante beach, the longest beach in Salou. It is considered the flagship ride of the population and is characterized by palm trees and a variety of plants and flowers all the way.
City Park Salou.Costa Dorada
This park located in the part of the site was the old Salou Camping now Carles Buïgas street, 200 meters from the light source
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Q&A – Would you like eihrul to change the healthboost?
Posted by Frosty
Note: This post contains traces of opinion
Lately there has been discussion amongst the FFA community about changing the Health Boost mechanic. With the current mechanic, it is possible and even common to have games decided by the 5 minute mark due to insurmountable health boost leads. This was the case in the deciding map of last month’s Sauer Duels final, as well as countless other tournaments throughout the years. In addition, because the pickup requires nothing more than for you to touch it and die, and because of its open position on many maps, there is a significant amount of luck that goes into collecting it. The health boost on tumwalk, where you can quickly rush it off of any spawn, is a good example. These two factors seem to many to be anti competitive, as they stifle the potential for comebacks, overweight the significance of the first few minutes, and lead to results being too easily influenced by random chance.
The proposed solution is as follows: HB grants you an immediate +100 hp – the same as picking up 4 normal health pickups – up to your maxhealth. Simultaneously, your max health is increased by 50. However, this only lasts until you die – at that point it resets to the default 100. If you are able to pick up two health boosts in a row without dying, you will have a max health of 200, but any further consecutive health boosts will only grant the +100 hp, with your max health remaining capped at 200 until you are killed.
Here are what some of the players who tested or endorsed this mode said:
<Lokio> currently the HB is more of a frustrating annoyance, and has no relevance to the outcome of the game unless 1 player gets all of them, in which case it almost entirely determines the outcome of the game. with frosty’s changes, players are always incentivized to go for the HB, it actually makes a difference when you do get it, and overall makes the mode more balanced, fun, and skillful
<raffael> after many games on HB test server, I think the HB change would greatly improve the playing experience. Definitely a huge balance to the mode
<Honzik1> It worked good. Game didnt disbalance after any minute. There was still chance to take a lead back. By this way FFA is more about picking and aim than luck.
<Redon> i like that it shifts the focus of the game away from the early game and gives players a chance to come back into the game, it’s just a change that fixes a mechanic that is currently broken in many ways
<Rexus> I would be willing to forego my ffa abstinance if this happened. I quit trying to improve because I would still lose big time to some bad moments always involving HB.And it enrages me more than anything else on this game :p
<lagout> i like this hb so much more than the regular one. it just piss me off so much when some guys spawn and nade jumps on the hb
<notas> The current HB is an infuriating mechanic. There is no reason that your success bum rushing a particular item off the spawn should have such a massive bearing on the outcome of the game 5 minutes later. In the rare instances that a player truly earns their HBs, it only serves to rule out comebacks and make the second half of the game a complete waste of time. The best possible outcome with the current HB is when both players collect an equal amount of them and it ends up completely not mattering.
<Acuerta> it seems like a step in the right direction
<Frosty> As the admin of the current organization for hosting Sauer tourneys, it’s discouraging for me to try and encourage players to play or watch, but have them refuse to participate or give up in the middle of the game because of the healthboost. It seems that the one player that collects more healthboosts by the 5 minute mark will win the game every single time. I would like to see it have less of an impact on determining the outcome of games, I think this change would make games more interesting to watch until the end, as well as make it more newcomer friendly for weaker players who are learning how to play ffa and have a better chance to win or at least make it competitive.
Connect to sauerduels.me to playtest this mode. If you would like to weigh in on this new proposal for a better HB, you can add a comment or submit your vote on our latest poll.
Sauertracker link for games using tested HB: Link
Do you support the idea of changing the healthboost?
Yes. I would like to see the health boost changed.
No. I would like to have the health boost stay the same.
I don't care/I don't play FFA
FFA for Dummies – by notas by Captain Cannon 27/02/2016
New Gamemods! by Star 26/06/2016
Map Discovery #4 – Arena of Death, by Suicizer by Captain Cannon 26/03/2015
It is possible to create a map where there is no luck taking the HB. a solid accumulation of small advantages throughout the game is something
the problem is not the HB blame the maps, make new HB, remove the old in the maps where it obviously does not work. replace with the new
what about ctf, damnation and mbt1 HB?
You’re right that you can create maps where there is less luck than others, but its extremely difficult. It still doesn’t address the deeper problems. Besides, who is going to create all these new maps?
Every map in the official sauer duels FFA pool plays fine with this modded health boost, at least according to everyone who’s played them.
This version of HB would in CTF would simply mean that instead of one team and one player needing to collect every HB to make a difference, one player could collect it, take their teams YA, and make a strong flagrun attempt.
HB mechanics definitely could be revised, but I don’t like your proposal.
The whole concept of permanent max health is bonkus in a game where you can’t find a single health to replenish propperly. Mappers just fucked this part of the game up.
Better fix health, too, by setting it’s respawn times down. This way the game gets shifted away from retarded health boost and back to good ol, proven pickup game mechanics.
That’s a fair point, but you should try playing it too and I think you would like it, you’re not taking in account that the boost adds 100+ hp when you pick it up though.
Have you played this proposal? Because it plays great
You’re essentially right, but the reason the maps in the current FFA pool stand out is that many of them have more health than your standard sauer pit map. Off the top of my head, nmp8 has at least 7. I think metl4 has more than that. More importantly, this HB mechanic functions as a mega as well as a HB, so if you take it while there’s a lot of health on the map you will be fully overstacked and be able to make use of it. We’ve already seen in playtesting that its not that hard to get up to the full 200 overstack and hold that control if you play your cards right.
Let me lay out the problems with HB for people to better understand.
Say you have a perfectly balanced map where HB is completely fair to defend for the player in control. That’s almost impossible because of the lack of knockback and the scale of sauer maps, but lets imagine it anyway. This means that if that player can keep control for a stretch of 3 minutes, or, even easier, manage to have the better stack during just the time when HB comes up for a stretch of 3 minutes, they will have amassed 30 extra damage that the player out of control has to do in order to kill them every time. On a higher scoring FFA map, scores are in the 30s or 40s per player, and the 3rd health boost will come up at the 4 minute mark. If we (unrealistically) imagine that the frags will be evenly distributed throughout, there are still 24 frags remaining to get to a score of 40. For each of those 24 frags, the player will already have to deal an extra 30 damage in order to secure the kill, which adds up to 720 damage, or the equivalent of almost 6 more frags from starting stack. Does a minimum of 6 frag advantage for managing to take a pickup 3 times seem fair? Bear in mind that if the player were to get 4 health boosts, it balloons to almost 8 frags. And bear in mind also that we chose to ignore the extra damage that had to be dealt when the player only had +10 and +20, and also assumed that the player not picking up health boosts was getting any kills at all.
However, this is too simplified. It effectively ignores map control. In reality, the HB’d player will have the chance to pick up more health boosts, and have the chance to stack back up to their new max health, further increasing the difficulty of killing them. On a lower scoring map, that will happen more often, because players are able to run away and replenish their health. So instead of, or rather in addition to, the primary problem being the cumulative extra damage, the problem is the fact that the more HB’d player has an advantage that can win them each fight, with each fight being much more meaningful, making them more likely to continue controlling the items (including the HB) and put the game even more blatantly out of reach.
The result is that games are decided by the 4 or 5 minute mark. It is not enough for the player who played worse the first 4 minutes, or who simply had the worse luck, to play slightly better for the second half than his opponent did the first half. They will have to play almost flawlessly to both deal significantly more damage per kill, and get these kills without losing control against an opponent who has an advantage over them, at least until they can (hopefully) equalize the health boost tally. Does this sound fun or reasonable? A PLAYER CAN PLAY THE BETTER GAME OVER THE CUMULATIVE TEN MINUTES BUT THEY WILL LOSE BECAUSE OF THEIR PLAY/LUCK IN THE FIRST 4.
Remember, all of this was just a thought experiment for a perfectly dependable health boost that could only be won through more talented gameplay. That doesn’t really exist. So you get all these negative effects through a murky combination of skill and luck, further sapping the joy out of FFA.
As a final thought, consider this duel: https://sauertracker.net/game/623091
You can also watch it on my stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/233190205 at about 1:50:20, if you want.
This game was played with the new HB mechanic. Looks close, right? But nyamms was up 15-2 near the 5 minute mark after taking the first 3 healthboosts. He could probably have taken the 4th if he had wanted to. There is no way I could have made such a huge comeback against such a talented opponent if he was +30 or +40 max hp after 4/5 minutes. Even though I obviously played extremely well, since i was able to get to 20-19 before he won in the final minute. This kind of exciting comeback is simply not possible with the current HB mechanic. I might as well have ragequit halfway through.
so hard tl;dr;
Acuerta
I’d like to expand on my statement that’s already included in the post.
it seems like a step in the right direction
The “step in the right direction” was to implement changes independently. We all know by now that eihrul does not like theoretical suggestions without proper field data and, above all, a consensus among the players.
The new HB mechanics is not only a step forward, but a 100 percent improvement compared to the the old system.
Why (does the current HB suck)?
The 1st HB spawns at 9:00, thus being effective for the remaining 9 minutes (= 540 seconds) of the game.
The last HB, and this is without factoring in pickup delays (!), is effective for a mere 60 seconds.
This disparity leaves us with game-deciding healthboosts in the beginning and meaningless crap, or rather idiot-bait, in the end.
the new mechanic is interesting. theoretically, it seems to make it easier for one player to dominate the game once he gets the first two HB (200 HP) and 1 YA in the first 2 mins of the game. The opponent then has to do 100 extra damage to kill the player which is unlikely if the players of similar skill.
But given how the stack melts against MG and health bubbles are sparse, it would still be a challenge to hold on to that stack.
It creates more room for strategy. Notas needs to write another tutorial soon :D
I disagree with that, a player getting the first two or three old boosts is a devastating, almost impossible uphill battle because you have to deal an extra 30 dmg every single life, and possibly more if he can escape with low HP and re-stack.
Sauer’s guns are deadly enough with the new mechanic that any well-timed sneak attack and smart aggressive play should be enough to take out your temporarily boosted enemy.
that was the point I made above… the whole uphill battle which is impossible. the first one who can get the advantage will keep it. there is just no excitement possible. no comeback, just 10 minutes of pain. one could rather think about reducing ffa time to 5 minutes, so that we don’t have to waste 2x the time.
Then there would definitely be no comebacks because whoever can maintain control for the first couple minutes will win.
h8 you’re pretty much dead on. With this mechanic there’s a possibility for longer bursts of control, but because of the op weapons and low amount of health you have to really work to make that happen, and there’s always a way back in for the other player.
well play testing it a bit, I found it hard to hold on to the stack (if I was lucky to get it in the first place). Then again, I only played vs people like nyamms or lokio and that’s quite pointless.
Secondly, the first HB requires a trade off between the first HB and second YA as they both spawn at the same time, so a player is very unlikely to get both.
So while one player gets +50 HP, the other gets +200 armour, and if the second player manages to kill the HB taker, the early advantage is completely offset.
This would not have been the case in the older HB, where the player would get permanent +10 health.
Finally, making a come back here seems easier. You may need to die a few times to ruin the opponent’s stack but once u manage to kill him, you both begin with the same HP and armour and its a level playing field again.
So I really want to test this mode with someone more suited to my skill.
instead of talking about HB add a sword like in halo 2
Timakrov_Gunn
Does this mean the semen ingredient is being considered to get taken out of HBs? lol
An_old_player
Leave the healthboost the way it is. It’s a shame this game’s dying, and these n00bs think about the healthboost… new generations of silly individuals. >:(
If you want to give weight to your “argument” (hint: there is none) you should post it under whatever alias you used to use back in the day when Argentinian pros ruled over the “n00bs” in ffa modes (hint: that day didn’t exist).
I wish that change the hb and/or any change in game would bring players and clans back to the game. Any change in game is welcomed and expected.
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Seeking Volunteer “Scientists” for City Stream Watch Program
Chelsey Ellis
City Stream Watch Coordinator
May 22, 2018, OTTAWA — The City Stream Watch Program is looking for volunteer “scientists” to help monitor, protect and cleanup Ottawa streams. Now is the best time to get involved — a Stream Watch Training Session will be held for volunteers on Saturday, June 2. The training session will welcome new volunteers and introduce them to the basics of stream sampling and environmental data collection.
“The City Stream Watch program is driven by volunteer participation and gives the community a chance to contribute to the health of their local streams,” said Chelsey Ellis, City Stream Watch Coordinator. “By helping to assess these unique urban features, volunteers play a crucial role in environmental protection and enhancement.”
This year’s City Stream Watch Training Session is scheduled for Saturday, June 2 from 10 a.m. to noon along the shores of Sawmill Creek. All necessary equipment is provided and there is no cost to volunteers; however, pre-registration is required. To register or for more information, please contact Chelsey Ellis, City Stream Watch Coordinator at .
This year the City Stream Watch Program is collecting data on Taylor (Orleans), Mud (Gloucester), Black (Gloucester/Mer Bleue) and Nepean Creek (Nepean). The 2018 sampling season will focus on assessing the habitat, water and shoreline conditions of the stream, and includes fish community sampling. There are also additional opportunities for cleanups, shoreline planting and invasive species removals.
“Over the last 16 years the City Stream Watch Program has enlisted the help of over 2,400 volunteers, contributing over 14,000 hours towards conservation projects and monitoring,” said Ellis. “Anyone who wants to get involved is welcomed.”
The City Stream Watch program is a community-based partnership, which includes the City of Ottawa, the Canadian Forces Fish & Game Club, the Ottawa Flyfishers Society, the Rideau Roundtable, the Ottawa Stewardship Council, National Capital Commission and Rideau Valley Conservation Authority.
For more information about the program, including the reports of streams previously studied, please visit www.rvca.ca/volunteer/city-stream-watch.
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Focus: The Focus Family Album
Here's a great 2CD compilation from Dutch progressive rock legends Focus that brings together rare and unreleased material from various band & solo sessions, which is why it's very appropriately titled The Focus Family Album. Adorned with some pretty cool artwork from the equally legendary Roger Dean, The Focus Family Album contains a wealth of material that includes the Focus X sessions, solo tracks from all the current members, as well as recordings from the upcoming Focus 11 album.
The current line-up of Focus features:
Thijs Van Leer- Hammond organ, flute, vocoder, vocals
Pierre Van der Linden- drums, bass drum, percussion
Menno Gootjes - guitars
Udo Pannekeet -bass
Pannekeet now takes over for longtime bassist Bobby Jacobs, who does appear on much of the band material here but has recently stepped down from Focus to pursue other projects. There are a wealth of styles and flavors to be found on this enjoyable set, with the unreleased band material probably the most of interest to fans but there's also a wealth of great solo tracks and the experimental/improvisational Swung stuff, which was all recorded at various soundchecks as a way for the guys to get loose before Van Leer would show up. Through it all, Gootjes proves to be a beast on guitar, whether he's laying down some delicate jazz licks or distorted rock firepower, and he shines on "Raga Reverence 1" and the gorgeous "Song for Eva". As a unit, the current line-up can rock pretty hard, as they do on "The Fifth Man", complete with heavy guitar riffs and Van Leer's snarling Hammond organ, as well as atmospheric blues rock, which you'll hear on "Five Fourth".
Toss in some stellar solo pieces on guitar, bass (Pannekeet is a hell of a player!), drums, and flute, as well as two pieces from the upcoming Focus 11 album, the best of which is the majestic "Winnie", and you have a fascinating sampling of recent rare Focus recordings that once again displays just how much of a musical force this longstanding outfit still is.
See more about this release on our recent YouTube show!
1. Nature Is Our Friend - Thijs Van Leer
2. Song for Eva - Focus
3. Riverdance - Pierre Van Der Linden
4. Victoria - Focus
5. Two-Part Intervention - Menno Gootjes
6. Mosh Blues - Focus
7. Raga Reverence 1 - Swung
8. The Fifth Man - Focus
9. Song for Yaminah - Udo Pannekeet
10. Claire Obscure - Focus
1. Let Us Wander? - Thijs Van Leer
2. Birds Come Fly Over (Le Tango) - Focus
3. Spiritual Swung - Pierre Van Der Linden
4. Santa Teresa - Focus
5. Hazel - Menno Gootjes
6. Fine Without You - Focus
8. Five Fourth - Focus
9. Anaya - Udo Pannekeet
10. Winnie - Focus
Added: January 15th 2018
Reviewer: Pete Pardo
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The Focus Family Album is a neat idea, part compilation, part introduction to the wider catalogue of the band's 'family' and part look into the future. Only every second track here is an actual Focus song, whereas all the odd numbers on both discs are taken up by the extracurricular works of the two most recent line-ups of this outfit. Interestingly the full-band tracks are all gathered from the Focus X album sessions or previous and current sessions for the forthcoming Focus 11; the opportunity to sample works in progress before they see the light of day in finished form a most unusual and welcome one. Hence "Song For Eva" is a lengthy piece intended for Focus X, but left aside so as not to affect the album's flow, its easy languid bluesy style possessing a very strong identity of its own. While "Victoria" is a vocal remix and edit of a track that did make the Focus X album but not in this guise.
Both "Mosh Blues" and "The Fifth Man" were ideas the band worked up in Mosh Studios in Sao Paulo, and originally intended for first Focus 11, then an EP that never came to fruition. The former sees Focus main man Thijs van Leer scatting quite superbly over a deep blues groove and Hammond swirl before bringing on the flute action, while the latter is the album's first real rocker. The final Focus track on disc one is "Clair-Obscur", the reference demo for Focus 11 taking its name from a technique in painting, film or photography where the contrast of light and dark is stronger than reality, the piano led piece conveying those elements with expert subtlety.
Moving on to disc two, "Birds Come Fly Over (Le Tango)" is a track again from Focus X, but with guest vocalist Ivan Lins featuring on that already released version, here we get the full rich tones of van Leer. "Santa Teresa" however does have Lins on vocals, this track originally featuring as a Japanese bonus cut on Focus X, although its the singer Jo de Roeck who features on "Fine Without You", a vocal rework of "Mosh Blues" that comes off second best compared to the instrumental version on disc 1� "Five Fourth" is the first take of another piece from the Mosh sessions where the band sight-read from van Leer's manuscripts � leaving little doubt as to the talent on show � whereas "Winnie" closes the collection out, the second cut from the Focus 11 sessions an enigmatic shimmer of progressive beauty that suggests great things.
So what of the 'odd' numbers? Well here too each disc mirrors the other, track one on both a flute led piece from Van Leer recorded in nature (by that meaning you can genuinely hear the birds singing and the gentle splash of waves as he plays). Tracks three come from the other long standing Focuseer, Pierre van der Linden, "Riverdance" and "Spiritual Swung" both percussion only pieces recorded for his Drum Poetry album � both of which prove to be surprise highlights. Having been with the band since 2010 Menno Gootjes is up next, tracks five, "Two-Part Intervention" and "Hazel", beautiful solo acoustic guitar pieces recorded especially for this album. The band Swung then swing into place, "Raga Reverence 1" and "Raga Reverence 5" tracks by the three piece of Gootjes, van der Linden and ex-Focus bassist Bobby Jacobs, who used to jam out ideas while waiting for van Leer at soundcheck. Swung have released two albums and these improvised ideas give a good representation of what they're about. Leaving the newest member of Focus, bassist Udo Pannkeet, to use his custom built six string bass in pure solo mode on "Song For Yaminah" and "Anaya", the surprisingly melodic pair proving decidedly interesting asides.
In truth this two disc set can at times be a curious collection, the kind of stop-start method of its construction leaving it lacking in cohesion. The solo pieces feel far removed from each other and further removed from the band tracks, while even the actual Focus songs don't necessarily click together in terms of tone and style. In fairness that was maybe the point � as I'm sure it was to highlight the huge and wide ranging talent the recent incarnations of Focus possess. Ironically, even though it features members of Focus from start to finish, what this collection lacks, is indeed, focus. That said, long time followers will see this as an essential purchase, even if those looking for a compilation to sample what this underrated Dutch act are capable of should begin that quest elsewhere.
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Vietnamese dual language program a big hit at White Center school
Posted on Jan 30, 2015 by Sarah Stuteville
Tu Thanh Dinh, a first grade teacher at White Center Heights Elementary in Burien, leads a lesson to his first grade students in their Vietnamese immersion language class. (Photo by Ellen Banner / The Seattle Times)
If you’re like me, any foreign language you learned in school is now a distant memory of vocabulary drills and embarrassing skits (I wrote an inspired one about riding my vélo to the boulangerie for my Ballard High School French class).
Sure, it was a daily dose of international culture, but 20 years later my language skills don’t extend much beyond a pastry case.
As the world has grown smaller, our country more diverse and language skills increasingly coveted, many in my generation feel trapped in one language or frustrated to have learned a European language when others — say Mandarin or Arabic — seem far more relevant (and marketable).
But a new Vietnamese-language immersion program at White Center Heights Elementary School in the Highline School District hopes to prove the power of dual language learning — especially when it’s done with the local community in mind.
“Biliterate and bilingual, that’s the goal,” says White Center Heights Principal Anne Reece, who considers the two teachers and 50 students in this 1½-year-old program “pioneers.”
At a glance, this pioneering first-grade class looks pretty average. There’s a wall of cubbyholes and puffy winter coats on pegs and a dozen or so students reading colorful books in miniature turquoise chairs. But then you notice that many of those books are in Vietnamese — as are the posted classroom rules.
These kids will spend half their day here and the second half in English-language classrooms.
“There are the cultural reasons, the economic reasons and the cognitive reasons,” says Highline Language Learning Director Bernard Koontz of the district goal to graduate all of its students biliterate and bilingual by 2026.
There are the jobs and the academic advantages to consider but also, says Koontz, the powerful rewards that come with teaching in a “community language” — or locally spoken language — such as Vietnamese (which is widely spoken in the White Center neighborhood).
“By valuing other languages, we just change the whole game on how we treat kids,” says Koontz, whose district is home to some of the most intense linguistic diversity in the region with what he estimates are “100-plus languages spoken.”
Of those 100-plus languages, Spanish, Vietnamese, Somali, Amharic and Punjabi top the list after English. And while there are some Spanish, Japanese and Mandarin dual-immersion programs available in other local public schools (White Center Heights has a Spanish-immersion program as well), this is the first Vietnamese program in the state.
There is a lack of language programs for public school students in the international community. Students can study Spanish, French and German but there are no East African languages and very few Asian languages despite the fact that we have many speakers from those regions. The White Center Heights dual langauge Vietnamese program is one exception. (Photo by Ellen Banner / The Seattle Times)
There’s no doubt parents are interested. Koontz says there’s more of a problem with overflow than recruitment at White Center Heights, which is intended to be the first step in a program that will offer Vietnamese-English and Spanish-English dual-language learning through high school.
And, it’s important to note, not all of those eager families are ethnically Vietnamese. A quick scan of the classroom reveals students of all different backgrounds — a crucial element to the success of a dual-language program, which can run the risk of isolating or segregating certain groups of kids.
Instead, says Reece, you see the opposite.
“What I’ve noticed is once you have the language [taught] at the school it gives it social status,” she says, adding that school awards ceremonies and assemblies are conducted in English, Spanish and Vietnamese now.
That idea, of Vietnamese as a prestigious language in an American school, is exciting to Thao Tran, who teaches kindergarten in the program. Tran, who was recruited for this position straight out of graduate school at the University of Washington, grew up in a Vietnamese-speaking household but went to school in English.
“As a kid I didn’t really realize the importance of my heritage language,” she says, explaining her decision to take this experimental new job where she can teach something different to her students, “… I am here because I answered the call.”
The job is rewarding but challenging, too — it can be difficult to locate Vietnamese-language materials and to find colleagues who share the language-specific issues these teachers may face.
But it’s worth it, she says a few minutes before kids start bustling back in from recess.
Because it might be too late for Tran and me to have the bilingual education we wanted — but it’s not too late for them.
Tags: bilingual education, Vietnam, White Center.
Sarah Stuteville
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Ground Floor (TBS) Episode 3 “The New Office”
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Ground Floor Episode 3 “The New Office” airs Thursday, November 21 at 10PM ET/PT on TBS. Episode Synopsis: Ground Floor Episode 3 “The New Office”- When a new office opens up on the top floor, Brody will do what it takes to beat out Threepeat to get it. Jenny doesn’t like this competitive streak in Brody, who then gives the downstairs crew something worth fighting over to prove everybody gets competitive. Meanwhile, Harvard is thrilled to have a new female admirer… until he discovers it’s overprotective Mansfield’s daughter. Now he has to end it before Mansfield finds out. Read More... //www.tvequals.com/2013/11/21/ground-floor-tbs-episode-3-the-new-office/
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Watch Gina Rodriguez Have Some ~Trouble~ With Cara Delevingne's Name at the TCAs
At least she didn't call her Carla.
Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez is doing an awesome job co-hosting the 2015 Teen Choice Awards. She's both hilarious and adorable! But she just had one teeny, tiny little (well, medium) flub that she recovered from amazingly. It was when she tried to pronounce Cara Delevingne's name!
Reading off the teleprompter, Gina looked like she was struggling with Cara's last name. She pulled it off, though! It's just her first name she got a bit wrong. Check it out:
Super close! Cara's first name is really pronounced like "car" (vroom, vroom) with a soft "a", Gina. We've got you, girl.
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Weeks after Pasadena apartment fire, tenants…
Weeks after Pasadena apartment fire, tenants can’t go home
Tenants of 215 S. Madison Ave. in Pasadena, CA begged the City Council for help on Jan. 13 after their landlord had barred them from re-entering their homes nearly a month after an apartment fire forced them to evacuate. City officials say the building is safe to enter. (Staff photo by Bradley Bermont/SCNG)
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Days before Christmas, the tenants of 215 S. Madison Ave. were evacuated after a late-night fire destroyed an apartment in the 34-unit building; now, nearly a month later, residents say the property manager won’t let them back in, even for a few minutes to collect their belongings.
They told their stories to the City Council at its Monday meeting.
An apartment fire tore through a unit in 215 S. Madison Ave. in Pasadena, CA on Dec. 19, 2019. Residents were still displaced nearly a month later. (Photo courtesy city of Pasadena)
“We have been systematically denied access to the building to even assess the damage to our property,” resident Tia Strozier said during the public comments portion of the agenda.
The property manager has told residents and city officials the building’s air is contaminated with “toxins,” which city officials believe is asbestos, saying no one can return home until it’s completely clean.
“I understand public safety, and certainly there are some limitations, but I think (the landlord is) being unreasonable,” Councilman Andy Wilson said, suggesting residents could sign a waiver to return for a few minutes and gather their possessions. He represents District 7 where the building is located.
More than a dozen tenants joined Strozier Monday night, begging officials for help while leveling accusations of corporate greed at Erik Rivera, chief executive of Los Angeles-based Trilliant Property Management.
“They have tried everything to get us to terminate our property rights and surrender our property to them, including refusing to provide temporary relocation fees,” Strozier said. “They’ve claimed structural and environmental hazards that remain unsubstantiated by private or public vendors.”
Rivera said in a statement the company would “move forward on the remediation project with the continued guidance of legal counsel and the protocols and best practices” provided by local and state officials.
He added the company had maintained consistent communication with tenants and was abiding by all applicable laws.
The fire broke out in the onsite property manager’s apartment around 11:30 p.m. Dec. 19, officials say. The cause was pinpointed to faulty appliance, according to a city spokeswoman.
Hearing fire alarms ringing in the hallway, resident Joshua Blumenkopf raced outside with his husband, leaving his phone and wallet behind, he said. Minutes later, firefighters rushed into the smoky building, he said.
Blumenkopf and his husband stood around for three hours before firefighters advised them to find a place to stay for the night. The ensuing building inspection was going to take a while, they told him.
Blumenkopf didn’t know he’d still be hearing that same line nearly a month later, except it would be coming from his property manager.
“We will get you back into your homes as soon as it is safe,” Rivera wrote in a Dec. 20 email to residents. He offered a two-hour window that day during which residents could collect some of their belongings, and a four-hour window the next day.
“Unfortunately, residents won’t be able to move back in for what we are anticipating to be a two- to three-day time frame,” he wrote.
That timeline got pushed back again and again as Rivera wrote to residents, telling them about air quality problems, test results and mitigation measures.
Residents who couldn’t get to their apartments initially were told no one was allowed in “until further notice due to safety and air quality orders.”
Even the ones who made it, like Blumenkopf and his husband, only grabbed a few days’ worth of stuff. They weren’t expecting to be displaced for weeks.
Rivera sent an email to residents Dec. 28, offering two months’ rent to anyone wishing to permanently relocate. Tenants would have to vacate the apartment within 72 hours, but Rivera said there was no guarantee the could grab their belongings “as they may be contaminated.”
At this point, Pasadena’s building inspector had walked the site, but it took a few tries, according to tenants and city officials — a security guard hired by the property manager turned the inspector away several times, they said.
The inspector determined the building was structurally sound, except for the apartment that caught fire. He did not check for asbestos exposure, according to a city spokeswoman.
For weeks, Rivera wrote to residents who asked for updates, saying the building was contaminated with “toxins,” and no one could be allowed back in. When tenants asked for test results, Rivera didn’t reply to their emails, residents said.
On Monday, Jan. 13, hours after more than a dozen tenants appeared before the City Council, Rivera said in an email to residents that he requested “emergency clearance” from the fire cleanup contractors, but the work wouldn’t get underway for another week or two.
“We will contact each respective tenant when/if items can be recovered and entrance can be granted,” he wrote. “There is no need to contact us at this time.”
In front of the City Council, Stroizer relayed the impacts: One tenant couldn’t apply for a job because her professional documents were locked in the apartment. Another couldn’t access his immigration visa, putting his citizenship on the line.
Rivera has told residents in emails that the firm isn’t obligated to pay for relocation or temporary shelter assistance, urging residents to seek reimbursement from their renter’s insurance.
Per city law, landlords must pay temporary relocation fees to tenants if a landlord has to displace them to comply with housing, health, building or safety laws. However, this only applies to residents earning less than 140% of the area’s median income — about $78,000, officials estimate.
The City Attorney’s Office has written a letter to the landlord about this obligation, according to a spokeswoman.
City Manager Steve Mermell said city staff “is very sympathetic with the plight of the residents, … but primarily the issue is between the tenants and the property owners.”
Mermell didn’t believe the landlord had violated the city’s Tenant Protection Ordinance, “but that doesn’t mean the tenants don’t have recourse through civil action.”
In an interview, Wilson said he would be arranging a meeting within the week for tenants to confer with the City Attorney’s Office and other officials, explaining what their options are for litigation.
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Wilson said he wanted the landlord to be there, but didn’t have anything confirmed yet.
His email exchanges with Rivera had been “very dissatisfying,” Wilson said. “They’ve given me very mechanical responses about the safety of residents. We understand that issue, but they’re so recalcitrant. There could be some accommodations. I just don’t buy it.”
In a statement emailed to this news group, Rivera said a tenant meeting was planned for the near future.
Bradley Bermont
Bradley Bermont is a reporter in Los Angeles. He covers city hall and school board meetings for Pasadena, Pico Rivera, and El Monte. His work has been featured on KPCC, KQED, the Daily Beast, and others. He is the proud owner of a mostly toothless, asthmatic cat who believes she is a dog.
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Chesterman 24" Rule
By Stuart0742, March 22, 2010 in MADE IN SHEFFIELD
Stuart0742 9
Location:Bradway, Sheffield
Received this by email
I have in my possession a Chesterman 24 inch steel ruler but upon comparing it against a tape measure I find that it is only 23 inches and the metric scale showing 61 cm is actually 59 cms. It appears to be rather old and I cannot understand why there would be a difference between the readings. Could it be that it was made like this for a specific reason and if so can you supply an answer to this puzzle?
Many thanks Rod Allen
My first thoughts are that the 1st inch was been cut off, but
If you study the photos carefully, the discrepancy gradually moves over the length of the rule, unfortunately the markings at the beginning can not be seen.
Markbaby 4
Location:Rotherham
Speaking as a Sheffielder Rod. I think someone has sold you a dodgy tape measure there pal ;-)
hilldweller 21
hilldweller
Pattern makers use contraction rules which are bigger than standard rules in order that the wooden pattens are larger to allow for the shrinkage that takes place when molten metal cools. Perhaps this rule is made for making patterns for something that expands when cooling.
DaveH 11
Interests:This, That and the Other
Did someone leave it out in the rain and it shrunk?
Is it used by dodgy salesmen selling, for example, cloth off a roll, so that they can short measure you?
Is it used by estate agents to measure up rooms so that they can describe a small box room as a spacious bedroom?
The possibilities are endless, - but it wouldn't get past the weights and measures people would it?
This is quite an unusual property as most substances contract as they cool, and those that do expand when they cool only do so when they actually freeze and change state from liquid to solid. Even then, it is not common.
The most notable substance to do this is water which expands as it freezes to ice, as witnessed by many a burst pipe during a cold winter
Of the others a handfull of metals, such as Bismuth and Antimony have this property.
These metals were long used in the printing industry to make "type metal" for 2 main reasons, firstly their low melting point made them very easy to melt and cast and secondly their expansion on freezing pushed them out to fill the mould giving a good, solid typeface impression.
With this in mind could the rule have been used by typesetters in the printing industry?
The measurements could indicate the final, printable, size while its shorter length would allow type to be be set up at its true size.
Only an idea, I'm not a printer, - although my brother is.
Location:Crookes
Looks like this is what you have Stuart.
There is one important pattern making tool that will make you wince when you purchase, but it is an important tool to have if you want to make accurate patterns where shrinkage rates are concerned.
The tool is the "Pattern Makers Rule", this is a ruler about 500mm (20")long. Made by Rabone Of England. No B5. And the graduations are marked as: 1/30-1/40-1/60-1/80,
The graduations represent the amount of shrinkage allowance for different types of metals. The pattern makers ruler provides a built in shrinkage percentage, which means you don't have to calculate the final measurement or size of your pattern, you simply take your measurement from your shrink rule, and transfer the measurement to the pattern being made.
The system is quite clever in the way it's all been calculated.
For a quick example, the 1/30 scale measurement seems to give
the correct result with patterns used for cast aluminium items.
It must be 30 years ago now so it's a bit hazy but:
I used to have a 3ft rule which had different scales on it, each one slightly longer than the other.
It also had other information on it to do with temperatures.
I assumed that it was a blacksmith's expansion rule for measuring hot metal.
I used it only as a straight edge because the risk of getting the wrong measurement by reading the wrong scale was too great.
Wonder if I've still got it in the cellar somewhere.
I've googled Expansion Rule but no luck.
I think I get this now,
You measure the metal with this ruler while it is hot.
The ruler will give you a measurement which is less than its actual size while hot due to its scaling.
However, when the metal cools and contracts it will shrink to the actual size indicated by the ruler when it was hot.
Sounds about right, - clever!
Except that it would of course only be right at one given very hot temperature and for one particular metal with a given co-efficient of expansion,
hence the need for multiple scales.
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I think 1 in 24 is a MASSIVE contraction rate, i'm fairly sure that for iron it's something like 1 in 120 (one inch in ten feet)
John :)
What temperature range would that be over johnbaz?
We are talking perhaps a 500 degree change in temperature, but as you say the coefficient of expansion of most metals is small (Mercury being the main exception, - hence its use in thermometers)
Further to this the expansion depends upon the original length of the metal so the scales could be a bit more awkward than I thought.
Sorry but i don't know for sure but i think it may be from as soon as the steel solidifies from liquid to fully cooled, i only know the rough contraction rate as i once queried it with our manager, he replied 1 in 120, the contraction rates for the various steels/ iron that we make is used by our planning/technical department..
So, we are looking at a much greater range of temperature as iron (steel) melts at around 1370 to 1510 degrees C depending on its exact composition.
My data book gives the linear coefficient of expansion of stainless steel as between 14.4 and 17.3 micrometres per metre per degree C which is pretty small.
Taking a mean value of 16 this means that a 24" length of steel (0.609m) would contract by 9.75mm when cooled by 1000 degrees, or if you prefer between a third and half an inch.
Perhaps we now need to check that 24 inch Chesterman ruler to see if it fits this pattern.
When my wife worked at Chestermans Pomona St there was a display cabinet showing measuring devices they had made in the past. It used to amuse me seeing the 12 inch steel rules of differing lengths.
Each one was marked with the country it was made for. Apparently before the metric system each country defined their own length for an Inch. I remember the Russian 12 inch rule was considerably longer than any of the others.
Have you asked the Hawley Collection at Kelham Island? If anyone knows they will.
Tinbasher dave 0
I bought a 1 foot chesterman rule from Chesterfield market a couple of weeks ago. I am a Sheetmetal-worker by trade, (industrial units Sheffield off the wicker) and progressed to business owner, over 40 yrs, and remain proud of my heritage and trade, from this Great Steel city. All the tools from my youth were made in Sheffield and were the best around, not like some of the crappy stuff today, and if I see it in the flea markets I buy it, hence my Chesterman 1 foot. I too was shocked when I put my Stanley tape on it, and was mystified, as it’s the real McCoy, then noticed the 1/30 & 1/40 No 1324D !! Anyway, I will check with the guys at kelham island, but think one of your bloggers may be right, it could be a pattern makers rule to take account of shrinkage of different materials, and hope to find that out. My point is though, The old masters of Sheffield tooling were very very right boys, and in my opinion deserve MASSIVE credit for quality and manufacturing techniques, that led the world, sadly dismissed in the rose tinted glasses of the computer/robotic world of today, and derided by as dirty factory jobs, by those who don’t have a clue of the skill or brain power involved. MASSIVE respect to our forefathers !!!
Forgot to add the excellent women who contributed massively too !!
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Manchester United Sign Shinji Kagawa – Now Where Do They Play Him?
by David on June 5, 2012
United have confirmed that they have signed Shinji Kagawa from Borussia Dortmund for around £17m. The deal is subject to a medical and work permit.
A club statement read:
“Manchester United is delighted to announce that it has agreed terms with both Borussia Dortmund and Shinji Kagawa for his transfer to the club.
“The deal is subject only to the player medical and obtaining a UK work permit. These conditions are anticipated to be completed by the end of June. Further details will be announced in due course.”
By all accounts Kagawa is a terrific young player (he is 23), who scored 13 goals in 31 Bundesliga games for Dortmund last year, helping them to a league and cup double. And he doesn’t just score goals, Kagawa also assisted on more goals last season than anyone in Germany.
Kagawa is a basically a cheaper alternative than Eden Hazard in both transfer fee (Chelsea paid £32m for Hazard), and wages. Kagawa is on nowhere near the reported £150,000-a-week wages that Hazard is getting at Chelsea.
The big question in regards to Kagawa is where he will fit into United’s 4-4-2 formation?
Kagawa’s best position is playing in the “number 10” position between the midfield and defenders. That is where he played his best football for Dortmund. But that position at United is where Wayne Rooney plays, and I cannot see Sir Alex moving Rooney out of that spot.
When he plays for Japan Kagawa plays out on the left of an attacking three, which at United is the spot usually held by Ashley Young or Nani. I wrote yesterday about Nani stalling on a new contract, and maybe Kagawa is being viewed as left sided player if Nani leaves?
Another option would be to play Kagawa as an attacking midfield player, similar to where Frank Lampard had a lot of success for Chelsea over the years, arriving late into the box to score goals. The downside of that role for Kagawa, is that it leaves United a little exposed defensively in midfield as it will be only Carrick left in front of the back four.
What do you think of the Kagawa signing? Where do you think he will fit into the United line-up?
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John John Florence starts his comeback at the Billabong Pipe Masters
By Nick Abramo nabramo@staradvertiser.com
Haleiwa’s John John Florence made his comeback from a knee injury in 10-foot waves Tuesday at the Billabong Pipe Masters. Read more
Television and radio - Dec. 10, 2019
Haleiwa’s John John Florence made his comeback from a knee injury in 10-foot waves Tuesday at the Billabong Pipe Masters.
The two-time World Surf League champion won his second-round elimination heat against Kauai’s Sebastian Zietz and Portugal’s Frederico Morais to make it through to Round 3, which could be as soon as today, conditions permitting.
Florence is fighting for ratings points against 11-time world champion Kelly Slater for a spot on the two-man U.S. team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Slater placed second in his first-round heat to make it straight to the third round.
“It feels super good to be back competing again,” Florence said. “I’ve only had a few sessions here and there, kind of getting the knee moving. It would be awesome to be in the Olympics. That was one of the main reasons I came back (now). We’ll see what happens. It was fun today with some good waves, but it was definitely tricky and difficult out there. The knee is feeling super good. It was nerve-wracking this morning, getting back in the jersey and I was like, ‘OK, here we go,’ but once I got a few waves I tried not to think about it any more.”
In the season-long race, Florence, ranked No. 8 on tour, has 33,220 ratings points even though he missed five events with the injury. Slater, at No. 10, is 3,130 behind, with 30,090.
Who gets farther at Pipe has the better shot at the Olympics. By making it to the third round, both are guaranteed at least 1,330 points, and any advancement after that will pile up more — 3,320 for surfing into the fourth round, 4,745 for getting into the quarterfinals, 6,085 for a semifinals appearance, 7,800 for placing second and 10,000 for a Pipe victory.
It may have been gamesmanship, but Slater sounded like he was conceding the Olympic berth to Florence.
“I probably gotta beat John by two or three results,” he said. “If I get first, he has to get (third or fifth), something like that. Look, he’s in. He surfed a great year. If I do happen to get in, I’ll think about it. I wish we could both be in. If he gets in, I’m happy for him, and if I get it, it means I had a great contest, so we’ll see what happens.”
Florence started the day by placing third out of three competitors in his first-round heat, and, unlike Slater, then needed to get through possible elimination in Round 2.
Hawaii’s Ezekiel Lau, Billy Kemperand Seth Moniz won their first-round heats Tuesday to also get to Round 3, and Zietz, with his runner-up heat finish to Florence in the second round, also advanced.
Lau had the best wave score of the day, a 9.73 for a big barrel.
“To get waves like that, the ones that matter in heats like that, it means the world to me,” Lau said. “I just kept telling myself, ‘The wave will pick you and I just sat there and it came to me.’ ”
As the Pipe Masters moves forward, three big prizes — the world championship, the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing title, and the coveted Pipe Masters crown — will be scooped up.
The five surfers who are in the chase for the world crown all made it through to Round 3 with big performances Tuesday — No. 1 Italo Ferreira, No. 2 Gabriel Medina and No. 4 Filipe Toledo of Brazil, No. 3 Jordy Smith of South Africa and No. 5 Kolohe Andino of San Clemente, Calif.
Andino has already secured a U.S. spot in the 2020 Olympics.
The Triple Crown standings leaders are Morais and Australia’s Ethan Ewing and Jack Robinson.
VANS TRIPLE CROWN OF SURFING
>> Hawaiian Pro Frederico Morais (Portugal) champion
>> Vans World Cup of Surfing Jack Robinson (Australia) champion
>> Billabong Pipe Masters through Dec. 20, conditions permitting, at Pipeline
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Strong Demand for STEALTHbits Cybersecurity Solutions Fuels Explosive Growth Featured
Company Announces Executive Promotion and Several Key Senior Management Hires to Manage Expansion
HAWTHORNE, NJ--December 4, 2019 --STEALTHbits Technologies, Inc., a cybersecurity software company focused on protecting an organization’s sensitive data and the credentials attackers use to steal that data, today announced new strategic management hires and an executive promotion to manage strong demand for the company’s core cybersecurity products and technology.
Joining STEALTHbits are Gerrit Lansing as Field CTO, Ralph Martino as Vice President of Product Strategy for Data Access Governance, and Mike Vick as Vice President of Sales. Adam Laub was promoted to Chief Marketing Officer from Senior Vice President of Product Management.
“STEALTHbits’ momentum in the marketplace is undeniable and we are fortunate to have been able to bring in seasoned veterans to fill important roles on our management team. I believe these additions will be critical to fueling our next stage of growth.”, said Steve Cochran, Founder and CEO, STEALTHbits. “I’m also delighted that Adam Laub has agreed to become our new Chief Marketing Officer after many successful years of laying the groundwork for our cybersecurity products that are in such high demand.”
Gerrit Lansing, Field CTO
Gerrit Lansing joins STEALTHbits from CyberArk, where he spent ten years in various roles, including Director of Consulting Services and Chief Architect, working with enterprise customers to secure privileges. In these roles, he also led CyberArk’s incident remediation program, working to help organizations recover from major data breaches. Lansing got his start in information security at Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, working in their systems security group immediately following his graduation from Colby College. In the Field CTO role, Lansing will be responsible for overseeing strategic initiatives focused on improving the company’s technical enablement, customer engagement, and product positioning.
Ralph Martino, VP of Product Strategy, Data Access Governance (DAG)
Ralph Martino will oversee product strategy for the company’s Data Access Governance solution portfolio. Prior to joining STEALTHbits, Martino was a Practice Director at Optiv with a focus on helping clients build capable services to help manage risk associated with sensitive unstructured data and provide machine learning analytics to determine identity misuse. This included building services around technologies that integrate with clients’ IGA platforms, as well as providing identity analytics to client data protection programs. Martino has 21 years of IT/IS management experience within network security, DLP, and identity program management, Data Access Governance, technology engineering, and regulatory policy development.
Mike Vick, Vice President of Sales
Mike Vick joins STEALTHbits as Vice President of Sales for the Central region. He has 20 years of sales and management experience with hyper-growth Cybersecurity companies Check Point and CyberArk. Mike joined Check Point in 2000 and collaborated with International peers to establish the company’s Global Accounts program. Subsequently, he led all aspects of sales and marketing, including channel sales for Central US and Canada. In 2014, he joined CyberArk (pre-IPO) and grew the Central US & Canada team from a team of three to 16 over four years, nearly quadrupling revenue.
Adam Laub, Chief Marketing Officer from Senior Vice President of Product Management
Laub joined STEALTHbits in 2005 and has held a variety of roles within the company. His leadership and technical expertise have fueled the company’s growth from an early stage start up to a leader in credential and data security. Laub began his STEALTHbits career in 2005 as one of the company’s first employees. He’s spearheaded and helped develop multiple departments within the organization, serving as Vice President of Marketing and Technical Operations, Vice President of Global Product Management, and Senior Vice President of Product Management in more recent years. In his role as CMO, Laub now oversees all of the company’s outbound marketing and lead generation efforts and is frequently quoted in business and trade media on breaking cybersecurity stories.
“I’m excited to be stepping into this new role within STEALTHbits as we continue to grow and attract top talent. New security threats and privacy requirements are absolutely driving interest in the business and our solutions, but the most exciting part is the tremendous feedback our customers are giving us about the real protection we’re providing their businesses.”
To learn more visit https://www.stealthbits.com and follow @STEALTHbits on Twitter for updates during the conference.
About STEALTHbits Technologies
Identify threats. Secure data. Reduce risk.
STEALTHbits Technologies, Inc. is a cybersecurity software company focused on protecting an organization's sensitive data and the credentials attackers use to steal that data. By removing inappropriate data access, enforcing security policy, and detecting advanced threats, we reduce security risk, fulfill compliance requirements, and decrease operations expense.
For more information, visit http://www.stealthbits.com, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or call +1-201-447-9300.
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Akdong Musician’s Lee Chan Hyuk Reveals Why He Wants His Sister Lee Soo Hyun To Fall In Love
by E. Cha
On the latest episode of “Ask Us Anything,” Akdong Musician’s Lee Chan Hyuk shared that he wants his sister to experience true love!
The brother-sister duo appeared together as guests on the June 8 broadcast of the JTBC variety show, making their very first television appearance since Lee Chan Hyuk’s recent discharge from the Marine Corps.
During the guessing game segment of the program, Lee Soo Hyun asked the “Ask Us Anything” cast to guess a question that Lee Chan Hyuk had been asking her a lot recently. She explained, “He didn’t use to do this when we were younger, but these days, he keeps asking me [the same question].”
After a long streak of incorrect guesses, fellow guest Jeon Somi finally managed to come close to the correct answer: “When are you going to experience true love?”
Lee Chan Hyuk went on to explain, “In my opinion, Soo Hyun is very wise. She doesn’t easily date just anyone. But many of the songs that I’m writing now [for Akdong Musician] are about breakups and love. I’d like it if we could share those kinds of feelings when she sings those songs.”
Kang Ho Dong then asked, “Do [an artist’s] songs change after experiencing true love?” Lee Chan Hyuk replied, “Yes, they change a lot,” and Lee Soo Hyun chimed in, “They really do change. I’ve seen all of the music and lyrics written by Chan Hyuk from the very beginning up until now, without missing a single thing, and [the songs] really do change.”
Super Junior’s Kim Heechul asked the singer, “What do you think is a song that was inspired by your brother’s true love?” Lee Soo Hyun responded, “I don’t think one’s come out yet. I think they’ll be included on our upcoming album.”
Kim Heechul went on to ask Lee Chan Hyuk, “What kind of boyfriend would you like your sister to meet?” Seo Jang Hoon then suggested that Lee Chan Hyuk choose one member out of the “Ask Us Anything” cast that he thought would make a good boyfriend for his sister.
After giving it some thought, Lee Chan Hyuk chose Lee Sang Min, explaining, “Sang Min seems thoughtful and reflective. And he doesn’t talk much, but when he says something, it’s witty and makes everyone laugh.”
Check out a recent episode of “Ask Us Anything” with English subtitles below!
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New HIV Clinical Champion for Southwark
The CCG is pleased to announce the appointment of an HIV Clinical Champion to support practices and federations in raising the profile of HIV in Southwark.
Funding for the new post has been secured for six months, and local GP Dr Cristina Guallar, a partner at the New Mill Street Surgery, has been appointed following a successful recruitment process. She has been an HIV specialist doctor for the last 15 years and has worked on HIV care projects internationally.
In her new role, she will work in member practices one day a week, taking forward the local campaign on HIV testing within primary care, aiming to increase rates of testing in local practices through targeted education and support. She will also work closely with the Public Health, specialist HIV GUM teams, HIV charitable organisations and the 'Change the Face of HIV' Awareness in Primary Care (HIVAP) campaign team.
Dr Guallar said: "I am truly enthusiastic about this project. We know that people living with HIV who are treated are no longer infectious to others. This means we could potentially stop HIV transmission and avoid new infections by diagnosing people earlier and starting them immediately on treatment.
'The new NICE guidelines recommend GPs offer an HIV test to everyone at least once a year in high prevalence areas. This approach requires a change in our mindset, normalising HIV testing as a routine screening in general practice. I look forward to working with my GP colleagues in Southwark to improve the outcomes for people with HIV in the borough."
Southwark has the second highest prevalence of HIV nationally, and there are an estimated 560 people who are yet to be diagnosed across the CCG area. In 2014, 190 patients were newly diagnosed with HIV, of whom 74 were diagnosed at a late stage of infection.
CCG Chair Dr Jonty Heaversedge said: "In recruiting to this new role we had some excellent candidates and I am delighted that Cristina has been successful. She has commendable experience and interest in HIV care. I'm sure she will help us change the face of HIV in Southwark, helping ensure those living with undiagnosed HIV are identified and treated as early as possible."
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University of Connecticut and startup developing colon cancer vaccine
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The University of Connecticut and emerging immunotherapy company CaroGen Corp. have begun a collaboration to develop a vaccine for treatment of patients with colon cancer.
CaroGen’s proprietary technology platform will be applied to a specific target studied by UConn Health researchers Kepeng Wang, assistant professor of immunology, and Anthony T. Vella, professor and Boehringer Ingelheim Chair in Immunology.
CaroGen Corp.’s platform is a transformative virus-like vesicle (VLV) technology developed at Yale University School of Medicine and exclusively licensed by CaroGen for the development and commercialization of immunotherapies worldwide.
Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. It is expected to cause over 49,000 deaths during 2016, and the risk to individuals increases with age. Wang’s target, Interleukin-17 (IL-17), a pleiotropic pro inflammatory cytokine, can promote cancer-elicited inflammation and prevent cancer cells from immune surveillance.
The company will have the right to exclusively license intellectual property developed by UConn through this collaboration, for human and animal health use.
The company is one of 21 biotech startups now housed at the Technology Incubator Program (TIP) on the UConn Health campus in Farmington, which helps develop new biotechnology concepts into businesses. CaroGen is leveraging the resources of the program to develop a portfolio of immunotherapies, with a lead program in chronic hepatitis B viral infection in collaboration with researchers from Yale University School of Medicine and Albany Medical College.
It is also working on the development of VLV immunotherapies against C. difficile bacterial infection in collaboration with Kamal Khanna, assistant professor of immunology at UConn Health, and a vaccine against the Zika virus with Paulo Verardi, associate professor of pathology at UConn Storrs.
“CaroGen is proving to be both a scientific and entrepreneurial leader in Connecticut,” said Dr. Jeff Seemann, UConn’s vice president for research. “Dr. Almassian has led multiple efforts to apply the CaroGen technology in collaborations with UConn researchers where critical and urgent health care needs exist. We are very excited about this latest endeavor, which we believe will yield significant therapeutic and commercial opportunities through the combined expertise of UConn Health’s Department of Immunology and CaroGen.”
UConn’s Technology Incubator Program is a key component of BioScience Connecticut, the state’s initiative to position Connecticut to be a leader in bioscience research, boost the economy, and improve residents’ access to world-class medicine.
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Nine Inch Nails - Glasgow Feb 2007 Review
Nine Inch Nails - Glasgow Feb 2007
Review Type: Gig
Nine Inch Nails make a very rare trip to Scotland, so naturally the team have to go and check them out!
Myself and Tel were at the Glasgow Carling Academy last night for the first sold out show at that venue for Nine Inch Nails it's been a long time since Trent and his band have been in this neck of the woods and that was clear to see by the maniacal crowd!
I have to confess I was disappointed with the selection of support band, having never heard of Ladytron before and expecting someone really 'big' to support NIN. How wrong was I?! I've been converted and I'll be looking out some of their CD's very soon. Their mix of pop-goth-electronica made me think of a soundtrack to an art-weirdo-horror movie. A real surprise treat!
NIN's arrival on stage was almost a bit of a comedy. There was more smoke poured onto that stage than all the gigs I've been to combined! The result was that for the first 3 songs you couldn't see anything on stage! Not a single thing. Now I'm all for Reznor teasing us a bit and adding to the atmospherics with a bit of mystical smoke and lighting but this was farcical and I was beginning to think I could have saved myself some cash and gone home and listened to a CD with the lights out. Fortunately though the smoke eventually gave way to reveal the hero of the moment in full swing racing about the stage and putting so much energy into the performance you would think he would explode if he stood still for a moment. Despite early visual problems one thing no-one could fault was the sound, it was razor sharp from the opening notes of Mr Self Destruct to the final screech of feedback on Head Like A Hole. I don't think I've heard a bands sound fill a room quite as powerfully as this before. And of the music I have to say I was again pleasantly surprised, I wasn't sure how NIN's music would fare in a live setting given the heavy sampling of their records but again I was completely wrong. Trent Reznor has assembled a band of excellent musicians who take his creations to new levels that I wouldn't have imagined possible.
And finally to the set list, and again, no complaints. It really was a fans dream playlist! Something I Can Never Have, Wish, March Of The Pigs, Closer&do I need to go on? OK, just a little bit, the encore was utterly stunning. Johnny Cash may have added new depth to the song Hurt but live on stage Trent has taken it back with a jaw dropping rendition which had the crowd in the palm of his hand. Blistering versions of Bite The Hand That Feeds and Head Like A Hole brought the night to a magnificent close.
Reviewer: Marky Boy
The verdict: 10 - 15 minutes of too much smoke can't detract from a truly outstanding performance.
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Stratus Releases Newest Additions to its ztC Edge Computing Portfolio to Help Empower Operational Professionals
Highly reliable, secure, and automated infrastructure simplifies computing at the edge of corporate networks for non-IT specialists, saving them time and money
MAYNARD, Mass., — June 3, 2019 — Stratus Technologies, a global leader in simplified, protected, autonomous edge computing solutions, today announced the availability of Stratus Redundant Linux 2.0, the virtualization and availability software layer that powers ztC Edge, as well as a new hardware model, the 110i. These updates to Stratus’ ztC Edge computing portfolio, developed with input from end users, as well as system integrator and reseller partners, addresses customers’ most pressing needs for enhanced security, monitoring and performance at the edge of corporate networks, while continuing to offer the simplicity and unmatched reliability of the original platform. By using ztC Edge, operators at the edge with limited IT resources can easily deploy, manage and maintain highly secure, reliable, and efficient edge computing systems by themselves, unlocking the true potential of their digital transformation initiatives, and helping them improve productivity while lowering risk.
Highlights and Key New Features:
ztC Edge is a rugged, secure, highly automated industrial computing system that protects and delivers business critical applications quickly, reliably, and efficiently in distributed, under-resourced locations. This newest version includes updated software and new hardware options:
Security – ztC Edge includes new features that address and solve the biggest threat to an industrial control system – adding devices to the network that do not protect themselves. This new solution offers a host-based firewall, restricted USB ports, improved authentication, updated secure communications protocols, and secure trusted boot.
Monitoring – ztC Edge extends its monitoring capabilities by providing better visibility and more fine-grained control. The new solution offers additional hardware sensors, application and VM performance monitoring, and OPC UA support, so customers can easily incorporate ztC Edge system health information into their existing industrial monitoring tools and dashboards.
Performance – ztC Edge addresses the need to efficiently meet a wider variety of availability requirements for workloads at the edge. The product introduces support for mixed fault tolerant and highly available workloads, providing customers the ability to meet stringent recovery time and recovery point objectives, while allowing them to match the level of protection to the criticality of their applications.
The updated software is available with a more powerful hardware model, the 110i, as well as with the current model, the 100i. The larger, more powerful 110i system supports customers requiring more processing and data storage for their edge workloads. Unlike simple gateway products, ztC Edge is designed for critical business applications, including those that support the collection and analysis of real-time data at the edge. Unlike complex IT-like computing solutions, ztC Edge is designed for operational professionals to deploy, manage and maintain on their own.
Dave Laurello, CEO, Stratus
“With the latest additions to our ztC Edge computing solution, Stratus is responding quickly to the changing needs of our industrial, manufacturing, retail, transportation and emergency response customers, as their formerly-insulated operations are now becoming more decentralized and connected. Our heritage in fault tolerance has made Stratus the trusted choice for these companies’ computing needs, and with that, our solution has evolved to address a new set of issues around security, interoperability, and manageability. With 40 years of experience protecting business critical environments, our partners and customers can trust Stratus’ edge computing solutions to maximize their operational efficiency and help them compete more effectively, while also minimizing their financial and reputational risk.”
Jason Dietrich, CRO, Stratus
“Stratus collaborated with leading SIs and reseller partners to identify and resolve the next iteration of pain points exposed as a result of the growing adoption of edge deployments. The ability to easily access and analyze real-time data at the edge without the risk of unplanned downtime or cyber-attack will enable our joint customers to streamline their operations and create actionable insights for their businesses. The result of our collaboration is mutually-beneficial – a premium iteration of ztC Edge that remains simple to implement, manage and maintain, yet offers unmatched total cost of ownership benefits for joint customers.”
Christian Renaud, Research Vice President, IoT, 451 Research
“Edge computing continues to grow in interest and adoption. With every new technology or paradigm shift promising improved operational efficiency, the allure is powerful, but it isn’t until the security, availability, and manageability concerns are minimized that we see an accelerated rate of adoption, especially among the mainstream customers. Stratus’ latest solution addresses the pressing security and manageability needs operational professionals have, while also meeting the requirements of IT, enabling industrial and other organizations across sectors to continue to modernize their environments and digitally transform as they’re ready.”
Brian M. Beitler, Controls Engineer, Kline Process Systems
“As a long-time Stratus partner, we were pleased to be part of the testing of the latest version of ztC Edge and even more impressed with the results. The company’s commitment to simplicity in design, matched with the ability to perform reliably and securely in any environment, make ztC Edge an excellent choice for our varied customers, who are often resource-constrained. Ease-of-use and built-in redundancy have always been necessary for industrial deployments. And, with security, monitoring and performance capabilities baked-in, Stratus has delivered on the requirements that are now top of mind with our customers, so their data and applications stay safe and always online.”
Stratus has begun shipping its newest version of ztC Edge to customers. ztC Edge is available through Stratus’ extensive network of partners and distributors.
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Stratus takes the complexity out of unplanned downtime no matter the environment or industry. We enable global Fortune 500 companies and small-to-medium sized businesses in a wide range of industries, along with our growing partner and distributor network, to securely deliver information to applications at the Edge, cloud and data center so they can turn this data into actionable information – all while minimizing their financial and reputational risk. We bring operations and IT together to unlock the potential of digital transformation and enable our customers to improve the quality of life for people and communities – and we’ve been protecting these business critical environments for nearly 40 years. For more information, please visit www.stratus.com or follow on Twitter @StratusAlwaysOn.
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January 17, 2019 by Divya in Science
Conservation of Plants and Animals Class 8 Science Chapter 7 as per NCERT Book used in CBSE and other Schools. The lesson covers the complete explanation of class 8 Chapter 7 Conservation of Plants and Animals. Topics covered are the ecosystem, forest and its conservation, wildlife and its conservation, wildlife species and its types, red data book and migration. The lesson covers all important questions based on Conservation of Plants and Animals. NCERT solutions to book questions have also been provided for convenience of the students.
Ecosystem Conservation of forests Sanctuaries Red data book
biodiversity wildlife Flora and Fauna Migration
Deforestation Conservation of wildlife Species NCERT Book solutions
The topics we will cover in this chapter are as follows:
Introduction of Ecosystem
Forest and its Conservation
Wildlife and its Conservation
Wildlife species and its types
Red data book
Every living organism on earth is a member of a dynamic community. That dynamic community is called the ecosystem.
Nature is a boon to us. The part of earth in which living and non – living organisms exist is called the biosphere. It contains a huge variety of species living in it that depends on each other. The interrelationship of the species and their relationship with the environment to support life is called biological diversity.
This community of organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment is called the ecosystem.
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Ecosystem is a complete unit that consists of living creatures and non living matters. This community of organisms interacting with each other and their physical environment including climate change is called the ecosystem.
Do you know? Earth is the only planet with life.
There are numerous kinds of plants and animals that exist on earth. Earth has all suitable conditions that are necessary for survival. Thus, we can say that on earth, diverse forms of life exist. Like a variety of plants (some have flowers and some give fruits) and animals (lion, deer, dog, snake) exist on earth.
It is the term used for a number of different forms of plants and animals found on earth. Maximum diversity is found in forests. For example: In forests, there are a variety of plants and animals. We can say that it is a natural treasure.
It refers to the variety of organisms existing on the earth. All of these organisms have their interrelationships and their relationship with the environment. It includes a variety of plants, animals and microorganisms.
Loss of biodiversity is a serious problem and the following are the reasons that cause loss of biodiversity.
The loss of biodiversity is mainly due to sudden, unplanned and disorganised change in environment. In the ecosystem, the interaction between living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) is very important.
There are a number of threats to biodiversity to be seen due to human behavior and activities. For example: Human activities like deforestation.
It is defined as removal or falling of trees for industrial setups, making building for rehabilitation, lodging, agricultural or grazing operation. The variety of plants and animals existing on earth are essential for the well being and survival of mankind. Today a major threat to survival of mankind is deforestation.
Causes of deforestation
Rapid urban development.
Clearance of agricultural fields to grow more food. Nowadays, with the growing population, the need of human beings has also increased. To meet the daily needs, the balance in nature is getting imbalanced. Huge population requires more space to live in, more food to eat, more accessories and equipment to lead a comfortable life. Consequently, the nature is suffering.
It may be used to fulfill fuel requirement for cooking, etc.
Timber exploitation for construction purpose. Huge numbers of trees are being cut down to meet the need for increased land for housing, food, industries set up.
Using land for setting up industries etc. Trees are cut to meet the need for wood used in manufacturing paper, furniture, in food industry, etc.
Consequences of Deforestation
The various consequences of deforestation are as follows:
Reduced rainfall
Imbalance of atmospheric gases
Loss of Natural Habitat
Change in Climate
Decrease in Water level
The areas that are devoid of forests get reduced rainfall and may create drought like situation.
Deforestation leads to a decrease in the rainfall and hence lowers the level of ground water. This may lead to situation called droughts where people suffer from scarcity of water and hunger.
Plants take in the carbon-dioxide during the process of photosynthesis and exhale oxygen. But less number of trees leads to an increase in the level of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere.
Deforestation disturbs the balance between carbon dioxide and oxygen gas in atmosphere, which further results in increase in carbon dioxide leading to global warming. Once the carbon dioxide is increased, then, the carbon dioxide gas traps the heat rays reflected from earth’s surface and this will result in increase in temperature on earth and it will disturb the water cycle too and may reduce rainfall. This could cause drought.
There are some species which live on trees and thereby cutting down of trees destroys home of those species.
Deforestation changes the climatic condition. The increased temperature alters the water cycle and leads to reduction of rainfall. This results in occurrence of a situation called drought.
It also results in the alteration of properties of soil. Deforestation leads to soil erosion because roots of plants holds the soil firmly and hence prevents soil erosion. But lesser number of trees results in removal of top layer of soil which in turn exposes the lower portion of soil which is hard, rocky, contains less humus and is less fertile. In this way, a fertile land gets converted to a barren land. This is called desertification.
Deforestation decreases the water holding capacity of soil which in turn reduces the movement of water to the lower ground from the upper part of the ground resulting in the increased chances of flood or we can say that it also decreases the infiltration rate of water into the ground.
As you know now forests play an Important role, therefore, they have to be conserved.
Conservation of forests
As forests are helpful to maintain ecological equilibrium in environment and thereby, there is an immediate need to conserve it. Also, we know that forests play an important role.
Different ways of Conserving Forests
Preventing Forests Fires
Grazing in forests is to be controlled
It means the process of restoring and recreating areas of forests. It includes growing more and more plants.
To make sure fires are not carelessly ignited, we should take special precautions. This might threaten people and kill wildlife and also destroys forests. Thus, we can say that prevention of forest fire is very necessary.
We should keep an eye on grazing in forests. As grazing control actually prevents soil erosion which is again essential as we know top layer is fertile as well as a habitat for various organisms. Plants grows on the top layer and it is also a habitat of many small organisms.
wildlife represents all non domesticated animals living in their natural habitats. Like lion, elephant, etc. are found in forests.
Increase in population also leads to increase in demand for using land for various purpose including housing. Due to this, the habitats of many organisms are being destroyed and thus, we can say that our wildlife is in threat.
Causes of Depletion of wildlife
The following are the various causes of depletion of wildlife:
Climate changes
Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals
Hunting and poaching
Habitat is a place where living and non-living organism lives. Sometimes the cause of depletion of wildlife is the loss of their habitat that is the place where they live and develop. For example: Elephant lives in forest and if the forest is destroyed, the habitat of elephant gets destroyed. Also, the number of elephants decreases.
Climate change (like sudden changes in environment) can actually cause disastrous loss of wildlife. Thereby, habitat of different kinds of plants and animals gets destroyed. We need optimum temperature for survival. For example: A slight drop or rise in average rainfall will lead to seasonal changes that can harm hibernating mammals.
The use of pesticides or other chemicals can harm wildlife as they are toxic. For example: Petroleum by products, Antifreeze etc.
Unregulated hunting and poaching can harm wildlife. Due to this the number of wildlife animals will decrease.
Natural phenomenon like Floods, Earthquakes, Volcanoes etc can also harm wildlife.
Pollution released in environment are ingested by variety of organisms. Pollution can be fatal. Hence, we can say that pollution is harmful for wildlife.
Conservation of Wildlife
To prevent deforestation and for conservation of forests and wildlife, the government has implemented many rules, methods and policies. Amongst many steps, areas called sanctuaries, national parks and biosphere reserves have been marked where activities like plantation, cultivation, grazing, hunting, poaching, etc. are prohibited.
It refers to preservation, protection or restoration of wildlife and their environment.
It includes the following activities:
The inaction of wildlife act
Species preservation and assemblage
National parks sanctuary
It provides the protection of rare species like python, elephants, tigress of wildlife by prohibiting their hunting for various reasons. In this way, we can save them.
Species preservation and assemblage can be done by setting up national parks and sanctuaries.
It is an area reserved for welfare of wildlife and it strictly ban the activities like hunting, poaching, grazing etc.
We can also say that it is large and diverse enough to protect whole set of ecosystem. National Parks preserve flora, fauna, landscape and historic objects of an area. For example. In the Satpura National Park, Rock shelters and Rock paintings are also preserved along with flora and fauna. Jim Corbett National Park is a national park which is located in Nainital where people can go and see the natural beauty, but they are not supposed to do hunting and poaching.
Sactuary is an area preserved for the conservation and protection of wildlife and operations like cutting timbre trees, collection of minor forest products etc. are allowed. In Sanctuaries, hunting and poaching is strictly prohibited.
A sanctuary may be a reserved natural area meant for the preservation and development of threatened/endangered species. For example, there is the Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary for Rhinoceros in Assam.
The plants and animals found in a particular area are termed as flora and fauna of that area. Flora is a term which is used for plants and fauna is used for animals.
They maintain a balance in the food chain of nature. Food chain is a sequence of transfer of energy from one organism to another. The food chain begins with autotrophs (producers) and ends with the consumption of the final energy by the heterotrophs (consumers).
Plants that produce food by the process of photosynthesis are the autotrophs. The energy produced by the food produced by plants is taken up by the herbivores (animals that eat plants and plant products, eg. Deer, goat, etc.). The energy is then taken up by the carnivores (animals that eat other animals, eg. Tiger, lion, etc.) and omnivores (animal that eat both plants and animals, eg. Bear, human beings, etc.).
In the absence of any one of these organisms the food chain will get disturbed and will affect rest of the organisms. Therefore it is important to take necessary initiatives to conserve the flora and fauna.
They are a group of the population capable of interbreeding to produce fertile offsprings and have common characteristics. Normally, members of a same species breed amongst themselves and not with members of other species. For example, in forests there are a variety of animals like lion, deer, elephant. Lion is able to breed with only lion. Lion cannot breed with deer.
Wildlife species on the basis of being threatened or extinct are being classified into different categories:
Critically endangered species
Endemic species are those species of plants and animals which are found exclusively in a particular area. They are not naturally found anywhere else.
A particular type of animal or plant may be endemic to a zone, a state or a country. For example: Giant squirrel, which is found only in South Asia. Wild Mango Tree, which is only found in Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve.
It includes those organisms that are likely to become endangered unless the circumstances that are not fit for its survival improve. They are not at present in endangered, but will be in endangered.
For example: Tiger is a vulnerable species. Venus fly trap plant is a insectivorous plant and feeds in insects. They have special modification through which it can trap insects.
It includes all those organisms that are at a risk of becoming extinct. For example: Tiger.
These are at a risk of becoming extinct due to the following reasons-
Changing environment
Predation parameters
They are already few in number
It includes those organisms who are very few in number and their number is likely to decrease further. It indicates the organisms with highest risk category of endangered species.
Red data book is the source book which keeps a record of all the endangered animals and plants. There are different Red Data Books for plants, animals and other species. Each species has a different red book data and it helps to remind the names of species which are in endangered.
It is maintained by the International union for the Conservation of Nature Resources (IUCN).
It contains the most updated information of the global conservation status of species.
Migration is defined as the movement of animals from one place to another.
For example: Red knot bird is a migratory bird which moves in order to have better living situations.
It occurs due to the following reasons:
Sudden climatic change
To find food or more livable conditions
For breeding purpose etc.
NCERT Book solutions
Time to check your knowledge by answering the following questions-
1. A place in environment where an organism lives is ________
a. Home
b. Resort
c. Habitat
d. Reservoir
2. Cutting of trees on large scale is called as______
a. Deforestation
b. Reforestation
c. Afforestation
d. None of these
3. Deforestation takes place by____
a. Human activities
b. Only by natural resources
c. Both of these
4. The species which are at the verge of the extinction are called as______
a. Endemic
b. Extinct
c. Endangered
5. The growing more and more plants is called as _____
b. Afforestation
c. Reforestation
6. Fauna indicates for
a. Plants
b. Animals
c. Both plants and animals
7. The places where animals receive protection is called as____
a. Zoo
b. National parks
c. Rock shelters
8. Project Tiger was launched on______
a. 1 April 1973
c. 21 September 1973
d. 25 December 1973
9. Sanctuary is a place where_____
a. Animals are protected
b. Plants are protected
c. Office of forest department
10. Part of earth which supports the biodiversity is called as _____
a. Biosphere
b. Sanctuary
c. Ecosystem reserve
d. Biotic community
Question: What is project Tiger?
Answer: It is a project launched by government to protect tigers in the country. The objective of this project was to ensure the survival of tigers and maintenance of tiger population in country.
Question: What is recycling of paper?
Answer: It is defined as reuse of used paper in order to conserve natural resources as it can be a preventive measure against deforestation. For example: We get paper from forests. If we will reuse paper, then we need not to cut more trees. In this way, we can conserve our natural resources. Therefore, we should use paper economically.
Question: How does recycling and saving of paper relate to deforestation?
Answer: Trees are used in making paper. We get trees from forest. With the increase in demand for paper, we need to cut more trees. In this way it causes deforestation. Therefore, we should reuse and recycle paper. By doing so we can save trees.
Question: Write names of threatened animals
Answer: The threatened animals are Blue whale, African Elephant, Bengal Tiger and Black Rhino.
Question: Define species
Answer: They are a group of individuals capable of interbreeding among themselves.
Question: Define Desertification
Answer: Desertification changes the physical properties of soil. It causes soil erosion that is removal of top layer which exposes the lower, hard and rocky layers. This soil is less fertile and has low quantity of humus.
Choose the correct option
Question 1: Which of the following animal is endemic to Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve?
a. Flying squirrel
b. Bengal tiger
c. Elephant
d. Gharial
Answer: (a) flying squirrel
Question 2: Which of the following plants is endemic to Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve?
a. Jackfruit
b. Wild Guava
c. Wild mango
d. Mahua
Answer: (c) Wild mango
Question 3: Kanha National Park is in which state?
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Assam
c. West Bengal
d. Uttarakhand
Answer: (a) Madhya Pradesh
Question 4: Gir National Forest is in which state?
b. Gujarat
c. Kerala
d. Rajasthan
Answer: (b) Gujarat
Question 5: Project Tiger was launched in which year?
a. 1963
d. 1993
Answer: (b) 1973
Question 6: Indian Forest (conservation) Act came into effect in which year?
Answer: (c) 1927
Question 7: What is the total number of national parks in Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
Answer: (a) One
Question 8: What is the total number of wildlife sanctuaries in Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve?
Answer: (b) Two
Question 9: The Red Data Book was originally prepared by which of the following?
a. IUCN
b. WWF
c. UNICEF
d. UNO
Answer: (a) IUCN
Question: Wild life is continuously decreasing. What is the main reason of this?
a. predation
b. cutting down of forest
c. destruction of habitat
d. hunting.
Answer: (c) destruction of habitat
Wild life refers to all living organisms (terrestrial, aquatic and aerial) living in all possible natural habitats of their own, other than the cultivated plants and domesticated animals. Thus “wildlife” does not exist only in forest and are hunted down, but wildlife includes even the migrating birds, turtles, coral reefs, microorganisms, insects, fishes, etc. Several hundred organisms are endangered or on the verge of extinction.
The reasons are deforestation, pollution, killing, over exploitation etc. The most important among them is deforestation or destruction of their natural habitat because it will affect the species (flora and fauna) of complete area and not only the few organisms. The natural habitat may be destroyed by man for his settlements, grazing grounds, agriculture, mining, industries, dam building etc. As a consequence of this, the species must adapt to the changes, move elsewhere or may succumb to predation, starvation or disease, and eventually dies.
Question: Which group of vertebrates comprises the highest number of endangered species?
(a) mammals
(b) fishes
(c) reptiles
(d) birds
Answer: (a) mammals
A taxon is endangered when its populations have decreased or habitats have been reduced to the levels that pose immediate danger of extinction. They are not likely to survive if the factors threatening their extinction continue. IUCN Red List (2004) documents the extinction of 784 species (including 338 vertebrate species, 359 invertebrate species and 87 plant species) in the last 500 years.
On worldwide basis, more than 15,500 species are facing the threat of extinction. At present, 12% of the bird species, 23% of mammal species, 23% of mammal species, 32% of amphibian species and 31% of gymnosperm species are facing the threat of extinction in the world.
Several endangered mammalian species are Panthera pandus (Leopard), Panthera leo persica (Lion), Presbytis pilaelus (capped langur) etc.
Here are some one word questions:
A place where animals are protected in their natural habitat is called a _____________ .
Answer: Sanctuary.
Species found only in a particular area are known as ______.
Answer: Endemic species
Migratory birds fly to far away places because of ____ changes.
Answer: Weather /climatic
___________ National Park is the first Reserve Forest of India where the finest Indian teak is found.
Answer: Satpura National
A group of populations which are capable of interbreeding is called _______________
Answer: Species
Differentiate between the following
(i) Wildlife sanctuary and biosphere reserve
Biosphere Reserve : Large areas of protected land for conservation of wildlife, plant and animal resources and traditional life of the tribals living in the area.
Wildlife sanctuary: Areas where animals are protected from any disturbance to them and their habitat.
(ii) Zoo and wildlife sanctuary
Answer: The zoo keeps animals in captivity, within artificially created habitat, whereas the sanctuary provides home to animals in their natural habitat without captivity.
(iii) Endangered and extinct species
Answer: Animals whose numbers are diminishing to a level that they might face extinction are known as the endangered animal. For example: Tiger where as a species that has completely disappeared from the planet like the pink-headed duck and the cheetah are called extinct species.
(iv) Flora and fauna
Answer: All the different kinds of plants on earth constitute its flora and all its different kinds of animals are collectively called its fauna.
2 marks Questions
1. How does deforestation reduce rainfall on land?
Answer: Since plants help in evaporation of water, deforestation reduce rainfall on land.
2. How does deforestation lead to floods on the land?
Answer: Deforestation also leads to a decrease in the water holding capacity of the soil. The movement of water from the soil surface into the ground (infiltration rate) is reduced. So, they might cause floods.
3. What is the purpose of making national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and biosphere reserves?
Answer: The purpose of making national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and biosphere reserves is to conserve and protect the whole ecosystem from exploitation and to protect the ecosystem.
3 mark Questions.
1. Why should we conserve biodiversity?
Answer: This is because Biodiversity maintains the environment around us. Plants and animals together maintain several natural cycles such as the oxygen, nitrogen and carbon cycles. These gases in turn play a crucial role in maintaining life on earth.
2. Protected forests are also not completely safe for wild animals. Why?
Answer: It is a pity that even protected forests are not safe because people living in the neighborhood encroach upon them and destroy them.
3. Some tribals depend on the jungle. How?
Answer: Some tribals depend on the jungle as they live in the deep forest like primitive people had lived in ancient times. They are still away from the basic amenities of modern life. Forests provide them food like seed grains, fruit, raw vegetables and other products like honey, meat of hunted wild animals for themselves, fodder for their animals, wood fuel for heating and cooking, even clothing using natural fibers, leaves and animal skins.
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Book Review: CROSSED & KNOTTED - Composite Novel by fourteen authors
Crossed &Knotted
India's First Composite Novel
The novel begins with a bang with Sutapa Basu’s first chapter. It makes the reader sit up and take notice. Hey, what the hell is happening? Something incredible indeed! Ayan Pal continues with the second chapter and he has already moved to the next generation. Press you hand against the dropping jaw. Yes, it continues with Shivi’s story – the girl who is fascinated with diaries. Are James and Joseph one and the same as James claims? You need to read the book to find out more. Chapter Three is about Shivi’s friend Siya and her boyfriend Siddharth. He leaves on a trip to the US and barely a few hours later a plane crashes. Siya’s petrified. Is Siddharth safe? This chapter has been penned by Sanchita Sen Das.
The story continues with the introduction of many characters as different authors write each chapter, weaving everything – crossing and knotting – into one long story. I always like reading Deepti Menon’s writing. The Dragon Lady is the chapter penned by Menon. Her characterisation of Kamu is simply amazing and so real - a dangerous woman to reckon with. The other authors who have continued the story are Arvind Passey, Mithun Mukherjee, Avanti Sopory, Bhaswar Mukherjee, Anupama Jain, Amrit Sinha, Monika Nair, Amar Lakshya Pawar, Bhuvaneshwari Shankar and Arpita Banerjee.
It makes the mind boggle when you think of fourteen people getting together to create a novel seamlessly. I must say it’s an achievement by itself. While the story appears to take off in many different directions, all the threads come together in the end to create one whole. A special kudos to Readomania for this one!
Having said all that, I do have one nit to pick. There were just too many characters, too many incidents; too many life spans, especially 2-3 generations handled together in the same chapter – I have a niggling thought that they have gone a bit overboard. It was kind of difficult to read the book. Like it’s too much at one go. Then again, if you read over a period of time, you tend to lose the thread.
Crossed & Knotted is India’s first Composite Novel, a book written by fourteen authors in close collaboration with each other. The chapters, each a story in itself, are knotted with one another through characters, events, settings and emotions. The result is a read that criss-crosses through a multitude of emotions bringing out deep rooted human desires. They narrate tales of love and betrayal, suspense and mystery, courage and dilemma, along with hope and resilience. Read it for a taste so tantalizing, that your mind will surely be craving for more!
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Sutapa Basu is an Honours scholar from Santiniketan and holds a Masters degree in English Literature. Her professional career has seen her as a teacher, editor, and publisher. She has worked with renowned international publishing houses like Oxford University Press and Encyclopaedia Britannica. In the last five years of her professional career, she has launched 111 educational titles, 33 CDs and digital products, a language lab and a website. She has also developed and edited over 450 books over the last thirteen years.
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER : READOMANIA
India has traditionally been the land of storytellers and a lot of us have an inherent skill of creating good plots, stories and narrations. With a little encouragement and support, many more authors can be widely read. This is the essence of Readomania-an initiative that nurtures emerging stars of the literary world.
Readomania is an online content discovery platform that brings to life a whole new literary world, with stories, authors, books and a lot more. We also have a publishing house that takes the best of Readomania from the online format to print editions and launches debut authors. Our focus is to bring to the market, new authors and novel concepts, a composite novel being one of them. Our previous book, Chronicles of Urban Nomads, a collection of short stories, was also an experimental publication.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Readomania is the talent hunt in fiction that goes a step beyond, nurtures talent and showcases it to the world, in the process, creating a powerhouse of content.
Our website also has a lot in store for the reader. Since the content is edited and curated, by a strong team of editors, readers get quality reads on a platter. The variety on Readomania is impressively vast; we have romance, emotions, thrills, travel, humour and drama.
Accessing Readomania makes for a perfect break of fifteen minutes from your daily grind. The website was launched in January, 2014 and is already very popular with about 3500 registered users, of which 300 members are active contributors and authors. The site also boasts of 800 online publications and more than three lakh page views till date.
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Arvind Passey April 29, 2015 at 12:53 PM
Thanks a lot for your assessment of this composite novel... :)
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Sundari Venkatraman April 29, 2015 at 1:02 PM
Thank you for stopping by Arvind Passey! And you are welcome :)
Sanchita Sen April 30, 2015 at 7:15 AM
Thanks for highlighting the USPs of this book!
Sundari Venkatraman April 30, 2015 at 12:46 PM
You are welcome Sanchita Sen. Thank you for stopping by :)
Thank you Sundari
Sundari Venkatraman May 1, 2015 at 7:41 PM
You are welcome Sutapa :)
deepti menon May 1, 2015 at 8:49 AM
Sundari, how did I miss your review? Thank you so much for taking the time out to write such a riveting interview. As always, you are so generous with your praise! Thank you so much, again!
Hey you are welcome Deepti :D
Ayan Pal May 8, 2015 at 12:23 PM
Thanks for the wonderful review Sundari! Glad to know you liked the bok and found my story/chapter - 'The Diary of Joseph Varughese' jaw dropping!
You are welcome Ayan Pal. It was 'jaw dropping' indeed :)
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Home » Chicken of the Sea Doesn't Want Same Old Canned Approach to Trade Promotions
Chicken of the Sea Doesn't Want Same Old Canned Approach to Trade Promotions
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Seafood shelf products such as canned tuna have long been kind of a conservative grocery brand vertical, with a heavy reliance on healthy claims for awareness and couponing to move items in the checkout line. But Chicken of the Sea has decided to try to break out of that shoal and hook customers with an integrated campaign that brings its iconic "mermaid' character to a number of different platforms, from Web video spots and Facebook to Twitter, casual games and sweepstakes.
Up to now, Chicken of the Sea has concentrated mostly on trade promotions in-store. "In the recent past, we haven't done a lot of consumer advertising," says Erin Mrozek, consumer marketing manager for the brand. "There are lots of great recipes and health benefits around canned seafood, but to explain them in a way that stands out from the crowd, we felt we needed to use two of our best assets: the Mermaid and her jingle."
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Home » Standards for Sustainability: An Update
Standards for Sustainability: An Update
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Over the past 12 months, the Sustainable Supply Chain Foundation has continued its partnership with the International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA), working to add facilities and create a library of best practices.
The foundation has also been demonstrating to retail companies how their operations can become more sustainable in the area of transportation and distribution. And it's been contacted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), part of the U.S. Commerce Department, which is developing standards and metrics for industry.
The message, says Bank, is that sustainability makes companies more economically viable. "They can hire more people," he says. "They're more competitive."
What's going on in warehouses these days is a continuation of efforts that previously took place in the industrial planning and manufacturing sector. Activities such as product assembly, small manufacturing and pick and pack are all ripe for better and more sustainable practices, Bank says.
Many elements within the warehouse are ripe for standardization. A manufacturer might ship a variety of parts to the warehouse that's assembling product. The key is standardizing those materials, and carrying out the process in the most time-efficient way possible.
Over the past year, says Bank, the foundation has come to view sustainability in the warehouse in two ways. One concerns the building itself - how heat, light and water can be used more efficiently. The second, which the group is addressing jointly with NIST, concerns activities that take place within the facility. In the process, all material-handling systems come under scrutiny.
"There's the realization that this is an economic win, in addition to doing good for the environment," says Bank. "There's no driver that's as good as an economic one."
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Home » A Look Inside Airbus's Epic Assembly Line
A Look Inside Airbus's Epic Assembly Line
The ships from Hamburg steam into Mobile Bay several times a month. Loaded upon them are the titanic parts of flying machines: tails, already painted; wings, already functional; the fuselage, in two segments, front and rear. The pieces are set on flatbed trucks and escorted by police cars to a decommissioned Air Force base, Brookley Field, about four miles from the harbor. There, between the runways, the European aerospace company Airbus has built a $600m factory to assemble airplanes in the United States.
It’s an odd arrangement for many reasons, not least among them being the fact that Airbus could assemble its planes almost anywhere. The finished product is easy to move (it flies), and the hardest work of making it is buried in its components. The vertical stabilizer is made in Getafe, Spain. The wings come from Broughton, Wales. The front of the fuselage is made in Saint-Nazaire, France; the back, in Hamburg. What happens in Mobile doesn’t resemble manufacturing so much as the assembly of a particularly large and tremendously complicated piece of Ikea furniture. Here, the American workers attach the pieces of the airplane using tools and connectors, many of which are also imported from Europe. Many of the supervisors come from the continent, too; the Mobile factory manager was raised about 10 miles from the wing plant in Wales. And the company says that it saves no money by building planes in Mobile.
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Bootlegs from Mike Scott & The Waterboys
Bootlegs from Beth Hart
Various other artists
Concert Playlists
Mike Scott & The Waterboys and related bands
Written by Sven-Erik Andersen
The Bootlegs
Another Pretty Face
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Below you will find this shared collection of Mike Scott and The Waterboys related bootlegs; some have been collected by me but most have been shared by fellow WB fans from the Facebook group Mike Scott & The Waterboys.
Whenever I get access to a new concert recording, this list will be updated with the details about the concert, and a separate page will be created for the track list that is available by clicking on the linked concert details. All the recordings are available in mp3 format (with a few exceptions that are in m4a or wma format, many are also available in FLAC format. See the individual concert listing for what formats are available.
If you have some related concert recordings that you want to share with fellow fans, then please take contact with me in the Facebook group Mike Scott & The Waterboys.
Downloading bootlegs
All these recordings are available for download from my Dropbox together with some bootlegs from a few other artists.
Read more: Mike Scott & The Waterboys and related bands
I finally took the time to clean up this collection, fixed inaccurate namings of songs, added correct metadata, etc.
All these recordings are available for download from my Dropbox in mp3 format.
Read more: Bootlegs from Beth Hart
Bootlegs from other artists
In addition to my Mike Scott/Waterboys and Beth Hart collections, I have a few other concert recordings with various artists that are available from my Dropbox.
1976-03-06 - Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, USA
1976-10-10 - Music Hall, Boston, MA
1978-10-16 - Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
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Home News NBA Jonas Valanciunas recorded 27 points as the Grizzlies lost to the Warriors
Jonas Valanciunas recorded 27 points as the Grizzlies lost to the Warriors
Mar 28, 2019 4:39
The Memphis Grizzlies (30-45) center Jonas Valanciunas scored 27 points (12/25 FG, 3/5 FT), grabbed 13 rebounds, blocked two shots and dished out two assists in the Joakim Noah-less Grizzlies’ 118-103 home loss over the two-time defending champion Jordan Bell-less Golden State Warriors (51-23) at FedExForum on Wednesday night.
Mike Conley added 22 points and eight assists for the Grizzlies. Conley joined LeBron James and Reggie Miller as the only players in NBA history to lead a franchise in points, 3-pointers, games played, assists and steals.
MIke Conley has done it all for Memphis. pic.twitter.com/dfqmHe5xdy
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 28, 2019
On the other hand, Kevin Durant with the best career shooting performance contributed 28 points (12/13 FG, 1/1 3PT, 3/3 FT), nine boards, five assists and two steals.
Kevin Durant on his 12-of-13 shooting night, the most efficient game of his efficient career pic.twitter.com/i6YNx9bZE2
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) March 28, 2019
Stephen Curry scored 28 points (7/20 FG), 10 boards, seven assists and two blocks, DeMarcus Cousins finished with 16 points, nine boards, six assists, three steals and three blocks for the Warriors.
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Muralitharan's paramilitary coordinator shot dead in Batticaloa
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 22:28 GMT]
Two unidentified gunmen, who came in a motorbike, shot and killed 38-year-old Rasamanikkam Mathiyalakan, a SLFP coordinator and an assistant to the paramilitary leader cum SL deputy minister Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna, Wednesday around 2:00 p.m. The killing took place at Mathiyalakan's residence located along Kalladiththeru Lagoon. Mr. Mathiyalakan was earlier an operative of the EPDP and later was associated with the Sri Lanka Army intelligence unit.
Mathialagan has also been holding the post of president of the Batticaloa-Aanaippanthi Pi'l'laiyaar Koayil and has been an organizer of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the main constituent of the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) of Rajapaksa regime.
Sri Lanka Army and SL Police Wednesday evening launched a large scale search operation in several parts of the Batticaloa district following the killing of Mathiyalakan.
The SLA soldiers and police blocked all roads in the city and its suburbs and checked all vehicles and pedestrians.
Two of the paramilitary groups operated by the SL military in the district are said to be working against each other, especially after Mr. Muralitharan joined the ruling UPFA.
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Thirteenth Century and Late Medieval Philosophers
In which the four universal causes of all human ignorance are removed. There are four distinctions in this part, and in the first distinction there are four chapters. In the first chapter, after the intention of the whole demonstration has been stated, these four causes are criticized in general.
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African Ranger Awards honor rangers fighting wildlife poaching
Jack Ma, the founder and Executive Chairman of the Alibaba Group, was among those present at the African Ranger Awards to honor 50 rangers who work on the continent to protect wildlife. The awards ceremony was organizes by The Paradise Foundation, a Chinese conservation charity co-led by Jack Ma.
Asha Mnkeni, one of the 50 rangers honored by the Paradise Foundation. Mnkeni was the first female ranger employed by Tanzania’s National Parks service.
The African Ranger Awards were held on 7 August 2018.
“These rangers are sacrificing so much to protect Africa’s wildlife against illegal hunting and trading. With this award, we hope both to recognize their important work and to bring greater attention to the ways in which we can all contribute to protecting the natural world. These awards were not only set up to reward rangers, but also to alert more and more people to pay attention to rangers, and to the protection of wild animals and the natural environment,” Ma said.
Ma is not the first well known technology billionaire to come to Afrika and contribute towards helping protect wildlife. In 2017, Microsoft Co-founder, Paul Allen, embarked on a project that seeks to stop elephant poachers in Afrika using Big Data.
Elephant population trends in GEC landscapes over the past ten years based on GEC data and comparable previous surveys (methodology in Chase et al. 2016). Red landscapes declining >5%/year, orange declining 2-5%/year, yellow declining or increasing <2%/year, pale green increasing 2-5%/year, dark green increasing >5%/year. | Great Elephant Census
Other efforts to combat wildlife poaching, and specifically the poaching of elephants, include the use of tracking collars on elephants in Gabon as well as the use of Artificial Intelligence and drones in Southern Afrika to catch elephant and rhino poachers.
The African Ranger Awards honored 50 rangers on the frontlines of wildlife conservation in 17 countries across the continent. Each of the 50 winners each receiver a $3,000 grant. In total, there were 146 nominations from 21 countries.
“Compared to everything these rangers sacrifice, our contribution is small. We hope that these awards will show them our appreciation and draw attention to their important work,” said Shawn Zhang, CEO of the Paradise Foundation.
Cover Image Credit: Jack Ma with some of the rangers fighting wildlife poaching. Alibaba Group
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'Mutant' snowdrop sells for £725
The world's most expensive snowdrop bulb, cultivated "by accident" by an elderly couple in Scotland, has sold for more than £700.
The first specimen sold on eBay for £725.10 Photo: GEOFF ROBINSON
By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent
6:50AM GMT 17 Feb 2012
The unusual flower, with a yellow head and yellow markings on white petals, was spotted about ten years ago in a Perthshire garden among the more common green and white varieties.
Ian Christie, a local nurseryman, spotted the “one in ten million” plant and has managed to propagate a new variation from a single bulb named Elizabeth Harrison.
Yesterday, he sold the first specimen on eBay for £725.10, more than twice as much as the previous record of £350 achieved earlier this year. He said the money will go towards helping the elderly couple maintain their garden, which has become more challenging in recent years.
However they wish to keep a low profile because of the risk of the valuable snowdrops being stolen.
Mr Christie is also concerned about security at his nursery and has been asked not to name the UK buyer.
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“I am blown away,” he said. “I am stunned by the price, £725 for one snowdrop is twice as much as the world record. It is not real. Now I am now considerably worried about the security. I will never see a price like that as long as I live.”
The ‘Elizabeth Harrison’ is most likely to be a genetic mutation or recessive gene from the more common species galanthus woronowii.
There are around 20 species of snowdrop in the UK but up to 3,000 variations within the species. These become know as “cultivars” once they are identified by a reputable source.
The Elizabeth Harrison was recognised by a branch of the Royal Horticultural Society around four years ago.
Most galanthus, meaning milk flower and also known as February fairmaids, are white and green. Some varieties have yellow stalks but it is extremely rare to have a yellow ovary.
An increasing number of galanthopiles – snowdrop collectors – are willing to pay hundreds of pounds for the non-native small white flowers, which come from the Caucasus and first became fashionable in the mid-19th Century.
Random variations can appear in anyone’s garden, although it is also possible to breed new hybrids through pollination.
It is then relatively simple to split the bulbs in order to create copies of the new variation.
Joe Sharman, a nurseryman from Cambridgeshire, has recently created a variety named “Mr Grumpy” because the green markings on the white petal look like a glum face.
However with snowdrops suddenly becoming so valuable many collectors are now hiring security guards or using tags to protect their rare species, which are becoming increasingly popular.
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Business destination Digha
This is not the first time that the Mamata government has held a business summit outside Calcutta
By Devadeep Purohit in Digha
Published 12.12.19, 3:43 AM
Updated 12.12.19, 3:43 AM
Mamata Banerjee at the meeting in Digha on Wednesday. Pictures by Pintu Pradhan and Devadeep Purohit
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched an initiative to transform Digha, a dusty sea town in East Midnapore, into a tourism hotspot-cum-convention centre in Bengal by flagging off the state’s flagship business conclave at a venue 190km from Calcutta.
The initiative yielded immediate results as two investors — Harsh Neotia and Nityananda Kundu — promised to set up a five-star and a four-star hotel, respectively. “We want to decentralise. We want to develop areas that are not developed,” said Mamata.
The presence of delegates from 20-odd countries and senior ministers from neighbouring Bhutan and Bangladesh, presentations on Bengal’s attractiveness as a business destination, exchange of MoUs and expression of interests — Day One of the conclave wasn’t much different from standard industry summits the state has been holding for the past several years.
The only difference was the selection of the venue for the Bengal Business Conclave as Mamata took care to explain that her aim was to promote Digha.
The stage at the convention centre.
“Initially, we had decided that we would not organise the Bengal Global Business Summit this year. Then, suddenly we decided let’s do something in Digha, which is well connected, and can attract people because of the beautiful sea side,” she said at the inaugural programme held at a newly constructed convention centre here.
Several other projects were announced on Wednesday and more are lined up for Thursday. Among the projects announced, one led to an MoU between KFW (a German Development Bank) and WBSEDCL for a 150MW solar power project.
The other plans included a Ship building project by Titagarh Wagons, an affordable housing project by Singapore’s Infraco Asia in Andal and a Rs 1,700-crore ITC personal care product manufacturing facility at Patton Industrial Park near Calcutta.
Speaking about his project, Neotia said: “Now, there are hotels that charge Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000 a night. It means the market is ready to pay a little extra for better facilities. That’s why we want to set up a five-star hotel.” He added that work on the 100-room facility will start early next year and take 24 to 30 months.
Local businessmen said the process of Digha’s transformation has already started, with land prices going up six to seven times in less than five years. “Besides Bengali cuisine, we are keeping other types of food like Chinese and North Indian. So many bars have also come up,” said Radheshyam Jana, a restaurateur.
At the conclave, state industry and finance minister Amit Mitra said the government had been trying to create the right environment through which the multiplier effect of higher economic activity kicks in. “You can see the change already and the pace of it will pick up after the conclave. We want to promote economic activity in smaller towns and that’s why we organised the programme in Digha.”
This is not the first time that the Mamata government has held a business summit outside Calcutta. In March 2018, she had taken barons to Darjeeling in an attempt to give the hill economy a big push.
Additional reporting by Anshuman Phadikar
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We collect personal information by various means including when clients complete an application, enter into an agreement with us, contact us by phone, send us a letter, visit one of our websites or visit in person. Personal information can also be collected via cameras installed in our venues or chapels or via recordings when a client contacts us.
Whilst the choice of how much personal information is disclosed to us is left completely up to the client and, from time to time, clients may be able to deal with us anonymously or by pseudonym, if clients do not provide us with certain personal information we may not be able to provide clients with the services and products that they seek.
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We may also use or disclose personal information for related purposes, such as servicing and managing our relationship with clients, our internal accounting or business management processes and in order to comply with our regulatory reporting and legal obligations.
To conduct our business, we rely on third party service providers, agents, suppliers and contractors to provide some of our services. For example memorialisation services and transfer services. Any personal information that is provided to third parties is to assist in performing their agreed tasks, or as authorised or required under law. We also provide deceased data to bereavement registers to assist with the management of mail to deceased persons. To protect personal information we require all of these organisations to be bound by strict confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements with us in respect of any personal information we disclose to them.
Should we arrange repatriation or the return of remains to an overseas destination, we may also be required to disclose next of kin details to a funeral service provider at the overseas destination. Should such a need arise, we will obtain consent from the next of kin at that time.
In the future, we may use personal information to develop, identify and offer products and services that may be of interest to clients. Such information will only be sent if consent has been given as part of the initial application process.
A client may receive a customer satisfaction survey approximately two weeks after a funeral ceremony or the arrangement of a memorial. This is a highly effective method of gaining feedback from our customers and plays a vital role in measuring, managing and improving our services.
If at any time a client chooses not to receive any future communications about our products or services, they can opt out by contacting our Privacy Officer.
Consistent with our commitment to protecting personal information, we make all reasonable endeavours to protect such information securely against unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure. Client information will be recorded, amended and used only by authorised personnel who are instructed to keep your information confidential.
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These digital security measures are augmented with document storage security policies, security measures for systems access, providing a discreet environment for confidential discussions, only allowing access to personal information where the individual seeking access has satisfied our identification requirements and access control for our buildings and sensitive infrastructure.
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Verizon Fios Lets You Pick Channel Packs by Genre
By Marshall Honorof 2015-04-17T21:42:00Z
Customers will soon be able to purchase Verizon's FiOS TV cable service with channel packs that are relevant to their interests.
Verizon's latest pitch isn't quite as good as paying only for the cable channels you want to watch, but it's one step closer to an à-la-carte TV service that cord-cutters dream about. Starting soon, customers will be able to purchase Verizon's FiOS TV cable service, starting at $55 per month, with channel packs that are relevant to their interests rather than broad swaths of cable programming.
Tech news site Re/code provided a breakdown of Verizon's proposed structure. Every customer will get local TV channels, as well as a host of general interest cable channels (like the Food Network, AMC and CNN) as part of a Base Channels package.
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From there, customers can choose additional channel packs all themed around specific genres. A Kids' Channel pack, for example, includes networks like Disney and Nickelodeon, while the sports Channel pack includes Fox Sports and ESPN.
The Verizon package covers base channels and two channel packs of the customer's choice, but provides no Internet service. It costs $55 per month, and prices increase from there depending on what other kind of services you want, ranging up to $95 per month for base channels, two channel packs, 75 Mbps Internet and landline phone service. Verizon does not seem to offer a plan with more than two channel packs, as simply purchasing a comprehensive cable plan would be cheaper at that point.
We contacted Verizon to find out exactly how many channels it will include in the base and additional channel packs. The base package will include at least 35 channels, while the packs will include anywhere between 10 and 17 channels.
While the service is not exactly picking and choosing only the channels you want, it's arguably a step in the right direction. After all, it seems silly to make users pay for sports channels if their eyes glaze over every time a ballgame starts, or five different kids' channels if they live alone. The price, however, might raise a few eyebrows.
Fifty-five dollars for standalone cable service is comparable to the PlayStation Vue service, which costs $50 for over 50 channels. (Vue also requires a separate Internet connection, plus a PlayStation console, to boot.) However, Fios' new packages are much more expensive than Sling TV ($20 per month). Sling TV offers a much more pared-down package of 20 channels, with several of its own add-on channel packs, for $5 each.
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re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by Fox Mulder on 2/11/19 at 8:24 am to MeatCleaverWeaver
power level: 12/10
UnitedFruitCompany
Stanford Fan
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by UnitedFruitCompany on 2/11/19 at 8:28 am to BurningHeart
Found the Derek Zoolander Center for kids who cant read good graduate!
We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness
Sentrius
Fort Rozz
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by Sentrius on 2/11/19 at 8:29 am to cajunangelle
The UK is the most pussified country on Earth.
It's beyond insane how far they've fallen.
Going from from a major global empire that whipped everybody's arse and controlled significant parts of Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, and so on.........
To a bunch of fairies that has a few sparse colonies no one gives a shite about and refusing to do anything about the muzzie invasion in their country and arresting their own citizens for stating what reality actually is.
Nguyener
UNO Fan
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by Nguyener on 2/11/19 at 8:29 am to TBoy
Sounds like England has online harassment laws. Trump says it’s insane. Is he referring to the insanity of unrestricted online harassment?
Making a comment on a random public blog should be an arrestable offense is OK with you?
Or are you of the camp that we should just follow all laws without question?
PickupAutist
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by PickupAutist on 2/11/19 at 8:33 am to cajunangelle
Cops coming to your door to arrest you in front of your children for not having a misgendering loicence. The most absurd greentext /pol/ stories are now becoming a reality.
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by Fox Mulder on 2/11/19 at 8:48 am to Sentrius
Placebeaux
Bobby Fischer Fan Club President
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by Placebeaux on 2/11/19 at 8:51 am to cajunangelle
Cal Michelle Obama a man on Facebook and watch what happens
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by Fox Mulder on 2/11/19 at 8:52 am to Placebeaux
I would never call her a man. That’s ridiculous
She’s a tranny with a big ole anaconda in her pants
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by Sentrius on 2/11/19 at 9:03 am to Fox Mulder
Even with Trudeau there, they still have a ways to go before they get as bad as the UK. It really helps to be sharing a border with and living next door to Big Daddy USA.
The UK has whole towns in it where it looks like afghanistan and ISIS's syria and not one word of english is spoken.
RogerTheShrubber
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by RogerTheShrubber on 2/11/19 at 9:06 am to cajunangelle
activist on Twitter
Every stupid person with a terrible idea thinks they are an "activist"
BurningHeart
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by BurningHeart on 2/11/19 at 9:11 am to Revelator
The Declaration of Independence brings religion into politics. Should we ignore it?
Political decisions should not be made on a basis of religion.
Assume you are Catholic, do you want Baptist, Islamic, or any other religion to guide political decisions?
Bulldogblitz
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by Bulldogblitz on 2/11/19 at 9:15 am to RogerTheShrubber
community organizer seems to work about the same way too.
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by Placebeaux on 2/11/19 at 9:22 am to Fox Mulder
ChineseBandit58
west of the pines
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by ChineseBandit58 on 2/11/19 at 9:28 am to BestBanker
Posted on 2/11/19 at 7:04 am to DisplacedBuckeye
.Don't be a denier of facts
You are speaking to an empty barrel.
He thrives on someone trying to engage him in serious conversation while he just ignores content, context, conscience - and instead belches out trivial nonsense.
In the entropy world he is the friction.
DisplacedBuckeye
Ohio State Fan
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by DisplacedBuckeye on 2/11/19 at 9:32 am to Robin Masters
We're dealing with people who have no idea how this country was founded. I mean, seriously. Citing the Declaration of Independence.
Find the reference to your god in the Constitution.
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by DisplacedBuckeye on 2/11/19 at 9:34 am to ChineseBandit58
t ignores content, context, conscience
Your version of each, absolutely.
When your content or context tries to ignore the Constitution, I will absolutely ignore that trash. Every time.
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by RogerTheShrubber on 2/11/19 at 9:34 am to Fox Mulder
Eastern Canada and Vancouver
The rest of Western and Northern Canada is cool.
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by TBoy on 2/11/19 at 9:39 am to NIH
Would you like to see similar laws here? Do you want to see hate speech criminalized? Please be specific. Thanks.
I don't know what the law says, and none of us know what the lady actually said to get a visit from the English police. I know that Don Trump Jr's sister-n-law, Melania, doesn't like online bullying. It is very difficult to regulate, however. I have no desire to draft a law for you.
Robin Masters
re: Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children after calling a transgender woman a manPosted by Robin Masters on 2/11/19 at 9:40 am to DisplacedBuckeye
We're dealing with people who have no idea how this country was founded. I mean, seriously. Citing the Declaration of Independence. Find the reference to your god in the Constitution.
Image: https://www.jeffsetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Comic-Book-Guy.png
I can't be the first person to tell you that your god isn't included in the Constitution. You know that was intentional, right?
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CHICAGO – The Bank of America Chicago Marathon today announced its full elite athlete field for the event’s 35th running on October 7. Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Kebede tops a stacked roster of athletes hungry for a breakthrough performance on Chicago’s international stage, while the women’s field welcomes, among others, Werknesh Kidane of Ethiopia, coming off a fourth-place finish in the 10,000-meter race at the London Olympics. These athletes join previously announced 2012 Boston Marathon champion and Chicago runner-up Wesley Korir of Kenya, three-time U.S. Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein, and three-time defending champion Liliya Shobukhova of Russia.
“The men’s field is the deepest we’ve ever had in Chicago, and I think it will take a career performance to win on October 7,” said Carey Pinkowski, executive race director of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. “In the women’s field, with the addition of Werknesh Kidane, you are looking at some of the most talented athletes on the planet, each of whom will be trying to figure out a way to beat Liliya Shobukhova on what has become her home course. These are going to be magnificent races to help celebrate the Chicago Marathon’s 35th anniversary.”
Kebede returns to Chicago after a memorable duel against the late Sammy Wanjiru at the 2010 race. During the Olympic champion’s brief but spectacular period of dominance in the sport, Kebede, the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, was Wanjiru’s most famous opponent, with the 2010 Chicago Marathon being the pinnacle of their rivalry. He’ll be joined by countrymen Feyisa Lilesa, the 2011 World Championship bronze medalist; 2:05 performers Dadi Yami and Shami Dawit; 2012 Paris Marathon runner-up Raji Assefa; and Tilahun Regassa in his highly anticipated debut.
Kenya’s Levy Matebo is the fastest entrant in the field, with a 2:05:16 performance at the 2011 Frankfurt Marathon. He’ll challenge fellow Kenyan Wesley Korir, who came from behind to steal victory away from him at the 2012 Boston Marathon. The Kenyan contingent also includes 2012 Tokyo Marathon champion Michael Kipyego, 2011 Chicago Marathon runner-up Bernard Kipyego, 2011 Amsterdam Marathon runner-up Laban Korir, 2012 Lake Biwa Marathon champion Samuel Ndungu, and Sammy Kitwara, the fifth-fastest half marathon performer of all time.
A strong group of Japanese men is led by Takashi Horiguchi, who cracked the top 10 in Chicago last fall and ran a personal best of 2:09:16 at the Lake Biwa Marathon in February.
Kidane owns history’s eighth-fastest 10,000-meter performance, and, like former track stars Shobukhova and Ejegayehu Dibaba, she’ll look to Chicago’s flat and fast course to capitalize on her superior track speed. She’s joined by fellow Ethiopians Atsede Baysa, the 2010 Chicago Marathon runner-up and two-time Paris Marathon champion, and Belainesh Gebre, the fourth-place Chicago finisher last year.
In addition to 2:19 performer Lucy Kabuu, the Kenyan women will be represented by former Boston Marathon champion Rita Jeptoo and Caroline Rotich.
Shobukhova will be joined by Russian teammate Maria Konovalova, the third-place finisher from the 2010 Chicago Marathon.
Smyth, Grabow and Metivier Baille highlight U.S. contingent
Along with Ritzenhein, the top U.S. entrants include Notre Dame University All-American and 2010 U.S. Half Marathon runner-up Patrick Smyth; California’s Jimmy Grabow, who ran 2:12:35 in his debut at the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon in January; 2:13 athletes Jeffrey Eggleston of Arizona and Patrick Rizzo, a Chicago native; and Oregon’s Craig Leon.
Recent U.S. 20K champion and 11-time NCAA All-American Renee Metivier Baille of Oregon headlines the U.S. women in her marathon debut. She’s joined by fellow debutant Stephanie Pezzullo, and U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon qualifiers Deanna Ardrey and Addie Bracy.
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THE HERTFORDSHIRE (TEMPORARY CLOSING OF ASCOT ROAD, WATFORD) ORDER NO.2 2019
22nd November 2019 to 22nd December 2019
NOTICE is given that Hertfordshire County Council intends to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, to prohibit all vehicular traffic from using thatlength of Ascot Road, Watford from apoint 100 metres south east of its junction with the Whippendell Road roundabout south eastwards for adistance of approximately 40 metres ("the Road"). An alternative route will be via Ascot Road.
The Order is needed because railway bridge inspection works are proposed to be executed near the Road.
If the Order is made, it shall come into force on 8December 2019 for aperiod of up to 18 months. However, the restrictions specified shall only take effect at the times indicated by signs on or near the Road.
Acopy of the proposed Order may be inspected free of charge at County Hall, Hertford between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm (excluding weekends, bank and public holidays). If you have anyqueries about the proposed Order, please contact Louise Pape tel. 01132 775 360 at Centurion Site Services or Tommy Clee tel. 0300 123 4047 at Hertfordshire County Council.
The Order is needed because works are proposed to be executed on or near the Roads. The Order has been made and shall come into force on 25 November 2019 for aperiod of up to 18 months. However, the restrictions specified shall only take effect at the times indicated by signs on or near the Roads.
Acopy of the Order may be inspected free of charge at County Hall, Hertford between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm (excluding weekends, bank and public holidays). If you have anyqueries about the Order please contact Adrian Redrup tel. 0300 123 4047 at Hertfordshire County Council.
If you have anyqueries about the Order, please contact Sonya Masters tel. 0330 053 7225 at Herts Traffic Management or Karen Turney tel. 0300 123 4047 at Hertfordshire County Council.
THE HERTFORDSHIRE (TEMPORARY CLOSING OF VARIOUS ROADS IN LANGLEYBURY, WATFORD, GROVE MILL, ABBOTS LANGLEY AND CHANDLERS CROSS)
ORDER 2019
NOTICE is given thatHertfordshire County Council has made the above Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, to prohibit all vehicular traffic from using the following lengths of roads ("the Roads"):-
1. thatlength of LangleyburyLane, LangleyburyLane from its junction with FirTree Hill north eastwards, north westwards and north eastwards to its junction with A41 Watford Road, adistance of approximately 2400 metres.
An alternative route will be via FirTree Hill,Redhall Lane, Chandlers Lane, Toms Hill, Bucks Hill, The Common, The Street, Chapel Croft, LangleyRoad, Chipperfield Road, Vicarage Lane, A4251 (High Street/Watford Road) and A41 Watford Road.
2. thatlengthofGrove Mill Lane, Watford/Grove Mill from its junction with A411 Hempstead Road south westwards and north westwards to its junction with LangleyburyLane, adistance of approximately 1962 metres.
An alternative route will be via A411 Hempstead Road, A41 (Hempstead Road/Watford Road) and LangleyburyLane.
3. thatlength of A411 Hempstead Road,Watfordfrom its junction with Courtlands Drive north westwards to its junction with the A41 North Western Avenue/M25 (junction 19) roundabout, adistance of approximately 1050 metres.
An alternative route will be via A411 (Hempstead Road/Hyde Road/The Avenue), A412 St Albans Road and A41 North Western Avenue
or via A41 North Western Avenue, A412 St Albans Road and A411 Hempstead Road.
4. thatlengthof Old House Lane, Abbots Langley from its junction with LangleyburyLane south westwards, north westwards and south westwards to its junction with Bucks Hill, adistance of approximately 1700 metres.
An alternative route will be via LangleyburyLane, FirTree Hill, Redhall Lane, Chandlers Lane, Toms Hilland Bucks Hill.
5. thatlength of FirTree Hill, Chandlers Cross from its junction with LangleyburyLane south westwards to its junction with Redhall Lane, a distance of approximately 1130 metres.
An alternative route will be via Langleybury Lane, A41 Watford Road, A4251 (Watford Road/High Street), Vicarage Lane, Chipperfield Road, Langley Road, Chapel Croft, The Street, The Common, Bucks Hill, Toms Hill, Chandlers Lane and Redhall Lane.
The Order is needed because activities to support event management are proposed to be executed on or near the Roads.
The Order has been made and shall come into force on 23 November 2019 for aperiod of up to 18 months. However,the restrictions specified shall only take effect at the times indicated by signs on or near the Roads.
Acopy of the Order may be inspected free of charge at County Hall, Hertford between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm (excluding weekends, bankand public holidays). If you have anyqueries about the Order please contact Crawford Simpkins tel. 01923 472389 at Hertfordshire ConstabularyorGeoff Bailey at Hertfordshire County Council.
THE HERTFORDSHIRE (TEMPORARYCLOSING OF THE CYCLEWAY SITUATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF A412 RICKMANSWORTH ROAD, WATFORD) ORDER 2019
NOTICE is given thatHertfordshire County Council has made the above Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, to prohibit all pedal cycles from using the cycleway situated on the west side of A412 Rickmansworth Road, Watford from apoint 12 metres north east of apoint in line with the south western boundaryofthe 'Watford Colosseum' north eastwards for adistance of approximately 65 metres ("the Cycleway"). Pedal Cyclists will need to dismount and use the adjacent footway. The Order is needed because utility service works are proposed to be executed on or near the Cycleway.
The Order has been made and shall come into force on 25 November 2019 for aperiod of up to 18 months. However, the restrictions specified shall only take effect at the times indicated by signs on or near the Cycleway.
Acopy of the Order may be inspected free of charge at County Hall, Hertford between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm (excluding weekends, bankand public holidays). If you have anyqueries about the Order, please contact Zoe Shawtel. 07807 824 317 at Telent or Tommy Clee tel. 0300 123 4047 at Hertfordshire County Council.
THE HERTFORDSHIRE (TEMPORARYCLOSING AND TEMPORARYWAITING RESTRICTIONS IN VARIOUS ROADS IN WATFORD,BUSHEY AND BOREHAMWOOD) ORDER 2019
NOTICE is given thatHertfordshire County Council intends to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, to prohibit all vehicular traffic from using the following lengths of roads ("the Roads"), except for access and to prohibit all vehicles from waiting at any time on both sides of these lengths of Roads whilst works are in progress:-
1. thatlength of Russell Crescent, Watford from its junction with High Road north eastwards and clockwise for its entire length.
There is no alternative route available for vehicles when the works are being carried out. However vehicular access to properties in this road will be maintained whenever possible throughout the duration of the works.
2. the road fronting Nos.1-12 Burchell Court, Bushey from its junction with Catsey Lane south eastwards for its entire length.
3. thatlength of Risingholme Close, Bushey from its junction with A411 High Street south westwards and south eastwards for its entire length.
4. thatlength of Hillside Road, Bushey from its junction with B462 Aldenham Road south eastwards to its junction with Grange Road, adistance of approximately 283 metres.
An alternative route will be via B462 Aldenham Road, Silverdale Road and Grange Road.
5. thatlength of Holme Park, Borehamwood from its junction with Red Road north westwards, south westwards and north westwards for its entire length.
The Order is needed because works are proposed to be executed on or near the Roads. If the Order is made, it shall come into force on 9December 2019 for aperiod of up to 18 months. However, the restrictions specified shall only take effect at the times indicated by signs on or near the Roads.
Acopy of the proposed Order may be inspected free of charge at County Hall, Hertford between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm (excluding weekends, bank and public holidays). If you have anyqueries about the proposed Order please contact Chris Stubbs tel. 0300 123 4047 at Hertfordshire County Council.
THE HERTFORDSHIRE (TEMPORARYCLOSING AND TEMPORARYWAITING RESTRICTIONS IN VARIOUS ROADS IN RICKMANSWORTH, CARPENDERS PARK, SOUTH OXHEY AND WATFORD)
NOTICE is given thatHertfordshire County Council has made the above Order under Section 14(1) of the Road TrafficRegulation Act 1984, to prohibit all vehicular traffic from using the following lengths of roads ("the Roads"), except for access and to prohibit all vehicles from waiting at any time on both sides of these lengths of Roads whilst works are in progress:-
1. thatlengthofValley Road, Rickmansworth from its junction with A404 Chorleywood Road westwards to its junction with The Drive, adistanceof approximately 153 metres.
An alternative route willbevia A404 Chorleywood Road, Nightingale Road and The Drive.
2. thatlength of Margeholes, Carpenders Park fromits easternmost junction with By The Wood southwards, north westwards and northwards for adistanceofapproximately 177 metres.
An alternative route will be via By The Wood.
3. thatlength of LythamAvenue, South Oxhey from its junction with B4542 Little Oxhey Lane south eastwards for its entire length.
4. thatlength of Bramshot Way, South Oxhey from its junction with Hayling Road north westwards for its entire length.
5. thatlength of Ashburnham Close, South Oxhey from its junction with Ashburnham Drive south eastwards for its entire length.
6. thatlength of Benton Road, South Oxhey from its junction with Lytham Avenue south westwards, north westwards and south westwards to its junction with Ilkley Road, adistance of approximately 204 metres.
An alternative route will be via Lytham Avenue and Ilkley Road.
7. thatlength of Leven Close, South Oxhey from its junction with Benton Road south eastwards for its entire length.
8. thatlength of Longcliffe Path, South Oxhey from its junction with Gosforth Lane north westwards for its entire length.
9. thatlength of Holtsmere Close, Watford from its junction with A412 St Albans Road south eastwards, north eastwards and south westwards for its entire length.
10. thatlengthofSherwoods Road, Watford from its junction with A4008 Pinner Road north eastwards to its junction with Bucks Avenue, adistance of approximately 259 metres.
An alternative route will be via A4008 Pinner Road and Bucks Avenue.
11. thatlengthofBucks Avenue, Watford from its junction with Sherwoods Road north westwards to its junction with Wilcot Avenue, adistance of approximately 134 metres.
12. thatlengthofGrover Road, Watford from its junction with A4008 Pinner Road westwards, southwards and eastwards to its junction with Oxhey Avenue, adistance of approximately 308 metres.
An alternative route will be via A4008 Pinner Road and Oxhey Avenue.
13. thatlengthofCaroline Place, Watford from its junction with Capel Road south eastwards for its entire length.
Acopy of the Order may be inspected free of charge at County Hall, Hertford between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm (excluding weekends, bank and public holidays). If you have anyqueries about the Order please contact Chris Stubbs tel. 0300 123 4047 at Hertfordshire County Council.
THE HERTFORDSHIRE (TEMPORARYCLOSING AND TEMPORARYWAITING RESTRICTIONS IN
NIGHTINGALE ROAD,RICKMANSWORTH) ORDER 2019
NOTICE is given thatHertfordshire County Council has made the above Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, to prohibit all vehicular traffic from using thatlength of Nightingale Road, Rickmansworth from its junction with A412 Uxbridge Road north westwards and north eastwards to its junction with The Drive ("the Road"), adistance of approximately 644 metres, except for access.
An alternative route will be via A412 (Uxbridge Road/RectoryRoad), A404 Chorleywood Road and Nightingale Road.
ADDITIONALLYall vehicles are prohibited from waiting at anytime on both sides of this length of the Road whilst works are in progress.
The Order is needed because works are proposed to be executed on or near the Road. The Order has been made and shall come into force on 25 November 2019 for aperiod of up to 18 months. However, the restrictions specified shall only take effect at the times indicated by signs on or near the Road.
Acopy of the Order may be inspected free of charge at County Hall, Hertford between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm (excluding weekends, bank and public holidays). If you have anyqueries about the Order, please contact Jordan Gadd tel. 0300 123 4047 at Hertfordshire County Council.
THE HERTFORDSHIRE (TEMPORARYCLOSING OF THE BUS/CYCLE LANE SITUATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF A412 ST ALBANS ROAD, WATFORD) ORDER NO.3 2019
NOTICE is given thatHertfordshire County Council intends to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, to prohibit all public service vehicles and pedal cycles from using the bus lane situated on the east side of A412 St Albans Road, Watford from its junction with Garston Park Parade south westwards to its junction with Garston Lane ("the Bus/ Cycle Lane"), adistance of approximately 78 metres. An alternative route will be via A412 St Albans Road.
The definition of a'public service vehicle' has the same meaning as in Section 1ofthe Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.
The definition of a'pedal cycle' means acycle powered only by foot or hand.
The Order is needed because utility service works are proposed to be executed on or near the
Bus/Cycle Lane.
If the Order is made, it shall come into force on 9December 2019 for aperiod of up to 18 months. However, the restrictions specified shall only take effect at the times indicated by signs on or near the Bus/Cycle Lane.
Acopy of the proposed Order may be inspected free of charge at County Hall, Hertford between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm (excluding weekends, bank and public holidays). If you have anyqueries about the proposed Order, please contact Meg Lloyd tel. 03700 500 792 at APlant Lux Traffic Control ^Management or TommyClee tel. 0300 123 4047 at Hertfordshire County Council.
THE HERTFORDSHIRE (BUCKNALLS LANE AND FARRIERS WAY, GARSTON)
(RESTRICTION OF WAITING) ORDER 2019
NOTICE is given thatthe Hertfordshire County Council has made an Order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to introduce waiting restrictions in part of Garston as specified in the Schedule to this Notice. The Order will come into effect on Monday 25 November 2019. Documents giving more detailed particulars of the Order may be inspected from 22 November 2019 to 3January2020 during normal office hours, at the offices of Three Rivers District Council, Three Rivers House, Northway, Rickmansworth; Abbots Langley Parish Council, Parish Council Offices, Langley Road, Abbots Langley and at MainReception, Hertfordshire County Council, County Hall, Pegs Lane, Hertford or may be viewed online at
www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/trafficorders
by selecting Three Rivers and looking at Ref: TR00219. Enquiries relating to the Order should be referred to the TRO Officer concerned Nichola Shaw tel: 01992 658364 or
nichola.shaw@hertfordshire.gov.uk
Anyperson wishing to question the validity of the Order, orofany provision contained in it, on the grounds thatit is not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or on the grounds thatany requirement of the Act or anyInstrument made under it has not been complied with in relation to the Order, may within 6weeks from the date of this Notice applytothe High Court for this purpose.
SCHEDULE: No waiting at anytime - effecting those sections of road hereinlisted and as setout in the Order and accompanying plan -Bucknalls Lane junction with FarriersWay.
No waiting at anytime - effecting those sections of road hereinlisted and as setout in the Order and accompanying plan -Bucknalls Lane junction with FarriersWay.
THE HERTFORDSHIRE (TEMPORARYCLOSING AND TEMPORARYWAITINGRESTRICTIONS IN KINGSWOOD ROAD,WATFORD) ORDER 2019
NOTICE is given thatHertfordshire County Council has made the above Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, to prohibit all vehicular traffic from using thatlength of Kingswood Road, Watford from its junction with Greenwood Drive south westwards to its junction with Briar Road ("the Road"), adistance of approximately 157 metres, except for access. An alternative route will be via Greenwood Drive and Briar Road. ADDITIONALLYall vehicles are prohibited from waiting at anytime on both sides of this length of the Road whilst works are in progress.
Acopy of the Order may be inspected free of charge at County Hall, Hertford between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm (excluding weekends, bank and public holidays). If you have anyqueries about the Order, please contact Hamid Kassrai tel. 0300 123 4047 at Ringway.
THE HERTFORDSHIRE (UXBRIDGE ROAD,RICKMANSWORTH) (RESTRICTION OFWAITING) ORDER 2019
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Pneumonia | Why It Is So Deadly?
Our immune system has a whole arsenal, like macrophages, cytokines, t-cells and many more, to fight off an infection. But when it comes to some diseases, the way the body defends itself can have unintended consequences. In the case of Pneumonia, the immune system’s response can be very lethal hence earning it the nickname the ‘captain of the men of death.’
Pneumonia doesn’t just refer to a single virus or bacteria. It’s a condition that can actually be caused by a number of different bacteria, viruses or even fungi. The most common being the bacteria streptococcus pneumoniae, who will be our main bad guy today. So when we are talking about pneumonia, we are really referring to something that is happening to our lungs.
So pneumonia is an infection of the lungs and it is a very common infection. The problem is that the lungs are thought to be sterile, in fact, the lungs aren't sterile. But generally, there are very few bugs in your lungs. The problem is that our mouth and our nose are actually filled with bacteria and viruses and these can something get down into the lungs.
We are constantly being exposed to the bacteria and viruses that cause pneumonia-like Streptococcus pneumoniae. These pathogens can live in your upper respiratory tract without you even knowing it. That’s because, for most people, the immune system should be able to step in and stop them in their tracks, leading to immunity.
You become immune to the bugs that you encounter when you are very young and by about five years of age, you are pretty much immune. But, for children under 5, the immune system is weaker, leaving the body susceptible to infection.
It’s not just children who are at risk. Unfortunately, pneumonia risk comes back again in the elderly. "Who is elderly?" you might say. Generally defined as people older than 65. So pneumonia is a disease of the extremes of life, the very young and the very old.
Now, it’s not only young children and older adults, anyone with a compromised immune system is at risk. With the immune system unable to mount a defence in the respiratory tract, the bacteria are able to pass into the lungs. Once there, the immune system will still try to defend the body.
But unfortunately, they have a lot of side effects when this response occurs. Macrophages first try to fight off the infection, but they can become overwhelmed, triggering the release of cytokines. These cytokines lead to inflammation of the lungs, causing air sacs called alveoli to fill with fluid.
So alveoli are air sacs in the lungs that are where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place. It is these alveoli that get filled with the fluid that's come from your bloodstream. Now, there's no particular reason for red cells to get out of the bloodstream but white cells that are included in the bloodstream are very potent cells able to kill bacteria and they move in from the bloodstream out into the tissues at the site of infection.
But, filling the alveoli with fluid does more than just fight off the infection. That’s because, basically, your lung sacs are filling with pus. The lungs are there and exquisitely designed for oxygen to pass from the air into your bloodstream.
So, unfortunately, instead of having nice, clear air pockets where this exchange can take place, they are filled with fluid. Then the exchange of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide, which you breathe out, is impaired.
This causes difficulty breathing as well as a whole host of symptoms that vary greatly in severity. The effects of walking or atypical pneumonia can be so mild, someone might not know even know they have it. In other cases, the infection can lead to death.
But, while pneumonia is still a disease that kills millions of people worldwide, there isn’t a good reason why it should still be so lethal. The main driver of mortality from pneumonia is access to treatment or lack thereof.
There are vaccines that work to protect from both bacterial and viral pneumonia. In fact, the most successful vaccine for prevention of pneumonia is a bacterial vaccine. So pneumonia deaths are really preventable by vaccines and can also be treatable by antibiotics.
Because of this, pneumonia deaths are much more common in poorer countries with fewer resources. Which is why Doctors are working on ways to develop more effective treatments in these areas of the world.
But pneumonia deaths can still happen in places like USA, UK, Franch or any developed nation especially if something were to lead to people having compromised immune systems. That could happen from contracting other illnesses, some of which are entirely preventable.
There have been outbreaks of measles recently in some developed country. And globally, measles has not been eradicated. One of the major problems with measles is that it diminishes your immune response. Kids who have measles can get bacterial and viral pneumonia after their measles.
So, in fact, pneumonia is a major killer following measles exposure. And measles prevention is a very important way of preventing deaths from pneumonia. That's why you should take the vaccine and there's a very potent vaccine for measles avalable as well.
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12 Things to Know About Metal Roofing
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No longer a novelty, metal roofing has many advantages
By Lee Wallender
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Metal roofing has now entered the mainstream and has become a viable option for nearly all homes, except those with very flat roof pitches. Nor do all metal roofs scream "metal." There are now shingle-style metal roofing products that are almost indistinguishable from traditional asphalt shingle roofs. If you are wondering about the merits of metal roofing, here are 12 things to know.
Metal Roofs Are Not Just a Novelty
Once, metal roofing was found only on high-end, architect-designed homes. That's no longer true. Metal roofing is increasingly found in conventional houses, thanks to increasing availability and improved manufacturing processes. According to industry statistics, market share for metal roofing has been increasing at a rate of roughly 3 percent each year over the past few years; currently, about 15 percent of all roofing installations use metal roofing materials. At the same time, the market share for asphalt shingle roofing has fallen, now accounting for about 59 percent of the total roofing installed.
Metal Roofing Can Be Installed Over Existing Roofs
Metal roofs can be installed over your existing roof without tearing off shingles, provided local building codes allow it. While shingle removal is the preferred route, tear-off is messy and raises the cost of the job.
A potential problem with this type of installation is trapped water vapor. If trapped between the metal roofing and old roofing, moisture can build up and cause mold and rot. But roofers can install a vented metal roof that eliminates this potential problem. Or, installing the new metal roofing over furring strips (1 x 3s or similar) will raise the metal and provide a ventilating air pocket between layers.
Make sure to consult local building codes before having a metal roof installed directly over old shingles. Some jurisdictions may require full tear-off whenever a new roof is installed.
Metal Roofs Are No Noisier Than Asphalt Roofing
Although it's a common misconception that metal roofs are noisy when rain or hail falls on them, the reality is that when properly installed, metal roofing is no noisier than any other type. Metal roofing is typically installed over a solid substrate. Additionally, the attic and insulation provide a sound barrier. From interior living spaces, inhabitants rarely notice any increase in sound levels when a metal roof is installed.
Metal Roofing Does Not Attract Lightning
You might think that a metal roof will attract lightning, but this is not borne out by facts or statistics. According to a technical bulletin from the Metal Construction Association, "Metal roofing does not in any way increase the risk of a lightning strike." Not only that but if metal roofing does happen to get struck by lightning, it is less combustible than conventional roofing materials such as wood shakes or shingles.
As the bulletin asserts, "Because metal roofing is both an electrical conductor and a noncombustible material, the risks associated with its use and behavior during a lightning event make it the most desirable construction available."
The reason that metal roofs do not attract lighting is simple: lighting seeks a path to ground, which is why trees, telephone poles, and other such structures tend to attract lightning. Metal roofs are isolated structural components, with no direct path to ground inherent in their design. Hence, there is no scientific reason for lighting to strike a metal roof any more often than it strikes an asphalt shingle roof.
Metal Roofing Can Be More Cost-Effective
Although most metal roofing products carry warranties comparable to the very best asphalt shingles(about 30 years), in practice, metal roofs have been known to last 50 years or more. According to State Farm Insurance statistics, metal roofs routinely have a longevity of 40 to 70 years. It is therefore very rare for a homeowner to install more than one metal roof over the time he or she lives in the home. By contrast, a homeowner will likely replace an asphalt shingle roof two or even three or four times over a 50-year period. Overall, while the cost of a metal roof is more expensive than asphalt roofing (about double), it can save money over a long period.
Metal Roofing Is Impervious to Fire, Rot, and Insect Damage
One of the principal reasons metal roofing has exploded in popularity is that it is virtually fireproof. With the dangers of wildfire on the rise, metal roofing has become the roofing material of choice in many parts of the country. And not only that:
Insects such as termites can never eat metal roofing.
Metal roofing is impervious to rot and mildew.
Since it conducts heat quickly from the sun, snow slides off more quickly than with conventional roofing.
Metal Roofs Are More Energy Efficient
Industry studies show that metal roofs reflect solar radiant heat, which can reduce cooling costs by 10 to 25 percent. In climates where cooling costs are higher than heating costs, coating a metal roof with a shiny or granular coating can maximize the reflective capacity of the roof and improve energy savings.
Metal Roofing Can Work on Roofs With Low Slopes
It's often believed that metal roofing is suitable only for roofs with a steep slope, but standing-seam metal roofing can work fine on gently pitched roofs. This type of roofing is installed in large sheets with seams that are raised and sealed tightly together to resist water. While some slope is necessary to ensure water run-off, most homes can accept metal roofing.
Severe Hail Can Ruin Metal Roofing
Although metal roofs are considerably more durable and maintenance-free than asphalt shingles and other forms of roofing, they are not indestructible. There is one weather condition in particular that bodes ill for metal roofing: large hail. Aluminum and copper, in particular, can be susceptible to denting when hailstones approach golf-ball size. Steel is harder and fares better in hailstorms, but if you live in a region where such catastrophic hail can occur, be aware of this when considering metal. Pea-sized or even dime-sized hail is rarely a problem, but hailstones larger than this have been known to ruin metal roofs.
Then again, large hail can also destroy an asphalt shingle roof, so if you make sure to have good homeowner's insurance that covers such storm damage, there is no reason not to install metal roofing.
Installation and Repair Usually Requires a Professional
DIYers have been known to install and repair metal roofing, but it is generally not advised. Metal roofing is generally available only through select retailers, and the techniques for installation and repair are specialized skills. If you opt for metal roofing, you will likely be calling a specialist should problems occur. Fortunately, such problems are rare with metal roofs.
Ridge Vents Are More Obvious
On most homes today, attic venting is provided by a continuous ridge vent that runs across the peak of the roof. On a shingled roof, this continuous ridge vent (CRV) is a strip of shingle-like material that runs the entire length of the peak of the house, masking outflow holes on the sides of the ridge. You likely have seen this countless times, but probably never really noticed because the CRV usually lies very flat and blends in perfectly with the surrounding roof.
On many metal roofs, especially standing-seam roofs, the CRV is also metal, and it stands out further and is thus much more noticeable. These thick, prominent lines or ridges are inherent in metal roofs and add to their distinctive look.
Metal Roofs Are Recyclable
Although metal roofs are very long-lasting, when the time comes to replace one, the old metal is readily accepted at metal recycling outlets. Old asphalt roofing, on the other hand, is usually destined to take up space at a landfill.
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civil partnerships: the unpublished news
on Sunday, 31 July 2005 at 10.03 pm by Simon Sarmiento
categorised as Anglican Communion
According to various American websites, the London-based Sunday Times published a news report concerning the reaction of Archbishop Peter Akinola and others to the CofE statement.
The purported story, headlined AKINOLA: C of E Should be Suspended from Anglican Communion can be read here, for example. Update It has now also been published here.
But the newspaper did not publish this report. Instead it published this squib Church gay clergy row deepens which gives only the barest outline, with no names or other details.
If – or more likely when – any further information about this emerges, I will add a note here.
Update in the comments, Andrew Brown has confirmed that the story really was written as shown, and was cut from the newspaper only for reasons of space.
ecclesiastical exemption
on Saturday, 30 July 2005 at 10.50 am by Simon Sarmiento
A Church of England press release reports Way forward on the ‘ecclesiastical exemption’ from listed building control.
This relates to an announcement by the DCMS Places Of Worship Supported In Changing Times. This in turn refers to a report The Ecclesiastical Exemption: The Way Forward which is the outcome of the consultation conducted last year
The link at the foot of the CofE press release is, at present, broken, hence this level of detail here.
on Saturday, 30 July 2005 at 6.24 am by Simon Sarmiento
Three related items:
Christopher Howse in the Telegraph asks Who are the ummah?
Oliver McTernan in the Guardian discusses The textual analysis of terrorism
And from Fulcrum Graham Kings writes London Bombings:Warnings and Support
In The Times Geoffrey Rowell writes that The truth of Christian faith prevails in even our most faltering words
Also in The Times, an article by Nick Wyke on the Cammino di San Francesco (the URL within the article is wrongly spelled)
on Friday, 29 July 2005 at 11.39 am by Simon Sarmiento
The CEN reports in New alliance of traditionalists threatens truce that a meeting was held in Nassau at which a body called Council of Anglican Provinces of the Americas and Caribbean (CAPAC) was formed.
This body, despite its name, includes only two provinces of the Anglican Communion (West Indies, Southern Cone) but also includes the Diocese of Recife (in Brazil), The Anglican Communion Network (ACN) and The Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC).
It does not include Anglican provinces in Canada, the US, Mexico, Central America, any of the dioceses in the northern part of South America which are part of the Episcopal Church, or the Episcopal Church of Brazil.
The press releases about this event originate from Ekklesia:
A Statement from the Anglican Pan American Conference (scroll down for a Resolution on Recife)
Press Release from the Council of Anglican Provinces of the Americas and Caribbean
and the same website carries an article from the Christian Challenge:
Conservative Anglicans Envision Western Hemisphere Alliance
The NACDAP website carries Network joins Western Hemisphere Alliance which includes (scroll down) A Covenant of Understanding.
Other news reports about this:
TLC Nassau Covenant Signed and earlier Nassau Meeting Concludes
As TLC notes, this Nassau meeting was first mentioned by the Guardian in connection with the revelation of the Anglican Global Initiative, see here.
developments in Connecticut
on Friday, 29 July 2005 at 8.00 am by Simon Sarmiento
categorised as ECUSA
Updated Sunday 31 July
Since the last report there have been some major developments.
The Living Church published a further report headlined Archbishop’s Panel Stays Out of Connecticut Dispute.
Then, a group of nine ECUSA diocesan bishops issued a public letter to Andrew Smith.
In response, the Bishop of Connecticut has published his reply (PDF copy) which is reproduced below the fold here.
Update Another letter, dated one day earlier, addressed to the members of the parish, has now also been published. PDF file here, full text below the fold (scroll down).
The Living Church has reported this here.
Earlier TLC had published this interview with Jack Iker one of the signatories to the 9 bishops letter.
The Associated Press reported Bishops plan to take Connecticut cleric to church court.
Reuters had US Episcopal clerics to sue bishop in church court
Bristol Press Bishop’s peers threaten charges
New London The Day Out-of-state Bishops Threaten Action
more reactions to CP statement
Earlier responses can be found here. New news reports and press releases will be added here as they become available.
Church of England Newspaper Jonathan Wynne-Jones
Church allows gay clergy to register partnerships
Guardian Giles Fraser
Rachel Harden Civil partnerships require sensitivity, say Bishops
Leader It’s still about not telling
Ecumenical News International via ENS
England’s Anglican clergy may register ‘chaste’ same-sex unions
on Wednesday, 27 July 2005 at 2.42 pm by Simon Sarmiento
categorised as News
An item from the BBC Radio 4 Today programme:
0832 What is it that motivates a suicide bomber? Jane Little explores what Islam has to say about violence.
Listen here with Real Audio 4.5 minutes
Stigamup
on Wednesday, 27 July 2005 at 10.12 am by Tom Ambrose
categorised as just thinking
Some small Parisian boys, back from their Saturday morning at the pictures almost half a century ago, were anxious to know the formula spoken by a cowboy holding a gun when he required someone to raise their hands in the air. The films had sub titles, rather than being dubbed, and the boys were convinced that there ought to be a definitive, universally understood expression. To their way of thinking, saying “Stigamup”, or something like it, usually guaranteed that in the lawless western frontiers of the USA, an unnecessary shooting was often avoided. Whilst the first application of this expression would be in their games, maybe they were thinking that, were they ever to travel to the wild west, they would need to recognise the one phrase which demanded instant obedience.
reactions to CP statement
on Monday, 25 July 2005 at 7.30 pm by Simon Sarmiento
Updated again Wednesday
News reports and press releases will be collected here as they appear.
The Times published this before the release of the statement
Gay clergy can ‘marry’ but no sex
and this onine (only?) afterwards (both Ruth Gledhill)
Catch 22 for gay clergy in new church sex code
LGCM issued this statement
Guardian Stephen Bates
Church struggles with the concept of celibacy in same-sex partnerships
and this column Stop the denial
The Church of England has announced that it will support civil partnerships for gay priests, as long as they don’t have sex for the rest of their lives. Here, Richard Haggis, a practising priest and homosexual, calls for his superiors to see the error of their ways
Letters in response to the above item
Telegraph Jonathan Petre
‘Marriages’ but no sex for gay clergy
Letters in response to this report
Eastern Daily Press (local paper in Norwich)
No blessings for gay marriages
Church of England bans clergy from blessing gay civil partnerships
Church row over gay unions
(perhaps more a local reaction to this entirely separate Scottish story from the Herald Episcopal gay clergy row heads for tribunal hearings)
BBC Today radio programme
Two segments:
0724 Has the Church of England changed its policy towards recognising same-sex partnerships? Our Religious Affairs Correspondent Robert Pigott reports. Listen here (Real Audio – 3 minutes)
0856 Canon Dr Chris Sugden, Executive Secretary of Anglican Mainstream, and Rev Colin Coward, Director of Changing Attitude, discuss the Church of England’s stance on gay marriage. Listen here (Real Audio – 5 minutes)
Affirming Catholicism has Bishops’ statement on Civil Partnerships ‘deeply disappointing’
Ekklesia says Affirming Catholics challenge C of E on same-sex unions
Church bans same-sex blessings
BBC Radio 4 News World at One:Interview with David Page, also short clip of Graham James Bp of Norwich, and comment from Ruth Gledhill.
This segment starts some 23 minutes into the 30 minute programme.
This link is no longer available.
InclusiveChurch has Bishops’ Pastoral Care Lacking
Anglican Mainstream has Need for clear teaching
Gay couples ‘will not be blessed’
The Times Ruth Gledhill comment column Bishops in the mire
Civil Partnerships statement
on Monday, 25 July 2005 at 10.34 am by Peter Owen
As expected the Church of England bishops issued their pastoral statement on civil partnerships this morning. You can read it here.
Another copy is here
The right, good old way
on Sunday, 24 July 2005 at 9.52 pm by Simon Kershaw
A couple of weeks ago, I visited Little Gidding. Not for the first time, and not, I hope, for the last, either. But it was the first time I had been in about five years, so it was good to be back.
A long time before, back in 1993, at the dawn of the popular internet, I wrote a piece about a visit to Little Gidding for an Anglican email list. (You can read a copy of that piece here.) At that time Little Gidding was the home of a small community, as well as a wider group of Friends, but in the intervening years the community disbanded and there was some dispute over the future ownership of the community buildings. But now the dispute has been settled, the Friends of Little Gidding have been reconstituted, new wardens installed in Ferrar House, and the ministry of hospitality continues.
So, on a lovely Sunday afternoon we headed up the A14, across the A1, turning off at Leighton Bromswold (to pay homage to George Herbert) and on to Little Gidding. The ‘dull facade’ looked almost beautiful in the late afternoon sun, the noticeboard (new since our last visit) slightly detracting from the composition. Inside, the sun shone brightly through the clear glass and the stained glass of the windows, and the old familiar place looked just the same. This is the place where the Ferrar family, led by Deacon Nicholas, came to say their prayers, morning and evening each day, the centre of their spiritual life. This is the place, hallowed by their community, where ‘prayer has been valid’, this is the place closest to us, now and in England.
Nicholas Ferrar lived in a time of increasing prosperity, with the foundations being laid for the later British commercial and imperial greatness. Ferrar himself came from a wealthy mercantile family, involved in foreign trade and the settlement of English colonies in North America.
It was also a time of religious turmoil in England. Just five years before his birth an attempted invasion by a foreign power aiming to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I and her protestant government had been foiled by a combination of the heroics of Sir Francis Drake and the stormy weather. When Ferrar was 12 a conspiracy to blow up the Houses of Parliament and to kill the king and his government was only narrowly averted, thanks to careful intelligence and leaks from the inside. And not long after his death England erupted into civil war.
Ferrar’s response to this, like that of his contemporary George Herbert, was to live a quiet and godly life. He abandoned the pursuit of worldly wealth and status for a life of prayer and contemplation, in a community of family and other associates. But this was not escapism. Rather, it was an engagement in real life, an engagement with ordinary people and their everyday concerns, as a teacher, as a healer (Ferrar had studied medicine at Cambridge, Padua and Leipzig), as a counsellor. He and his community were consulted by the poor, by the politically active, and by the great and the good — right up to the king himself.
Although Nicholas Ferrar died in his 40s on 4 December 1637 and his community survived only another decade before it was ransacked by the victorious Puritans, and dissolved a further decade later at the death of Nicholas’s eldest brother John, his example still shines as a beacon of sanity in a complex and sometimes frightening world. A life of caring for ordinary people, of ministering to their needs, physical, intellectual and spiritual, a life of quiet, undemonstrative prayer and study, is one that we would all do well to emulate. ‘It is the right, good old way you are in,’ Nicholas Ferrar said to his brother, shortly before he died; ‘keep in it.’
civil partnerships and the CofE
on Sunday, 24 July 2005 at 11.47 am by Simon Sarmiento
The Church of England bishops are about to issue their promised pastoral statement on civil partnerships. This is expected to occur tomorrow. Two excellent briefing items have appeared.
The BBC Sunday programme had this item:
Gay Anglicans
Tomorrow the Church of England will reveal how it will deal with clergy who are in same sex relationships and who want to register their partnerships.
Report by Christopher Landau.
Listen (4m 35s) (Real Audio)
Fulcrum has published a Fulcrum response to the Civil Partnerships Act by Andrew Goddard. This is a comprehensive analysis of the UK civil partnership legislation and its implications for the Church of England, and also indicates the potential for a positive way forward.
final amendments to ordinal
on Saturday, 23 July 2005 at 1.13 pm by Simon Sarmiento
categorised as General Synod
As this information is not yet available online elsewhere, the textual amendments contained in GS 1535C are reproduced below the fold.
UPDATE (26 July 2005)
This paper (which includes an explanation of the bishops’ actions) is now available on the CofE website.
weekend columns of opinion
From The Times
Christian conservatives find a common crusade by Gordon Urquhart
We must continue in joy and hope — astonishingly optimistic or not by John Wilkins
From the Guardian
Fundamentally speaking by Giles Fraser
From the Telegraph
Islam: cut out and keep by Christopher Howse
From Fulcrum
General Synod Reflections July 2005 by Francis Bridger
From the Church Times
Feelings, nothing more than feelings? by Giles Fraser
From the Tablet
Islam’s ‘heart of darkness’ by Abdal Hakim Murad
A martyr in Connecticut?
on Friday, 22 July 2005 at 4.59 pm by Simon Sarmiento
There has been intensive coverage elsewhere this week of the disciplinary action taken by the Bishop of Connecticut towards the Reverend Mark Hansen, one of the Connecticut Six about whom TA has reported in the past.
The official diocesan statement is here, together with links to several other documents that give more background, and ENS earlier included a similar report in this diocesan news roundup.
The report by The Living Church magazine is here and further information is in this report.
The New York Times carried Episcopal Priest Is Removed in Connecticut
and the Associated Press had Episcopal bishop suspends one of six embattled priests
while the Bristol Press reported that Bishop suspends Episcopal priest
The CEN has this week reported the story as Mediating Panel not wanted in US diocese.
The Church Times also has a report, not yet available on the web except to its paid subscribers, titled Dispute over support for gay Bishop worsens, which says in part:
The six asked to be released from their ordination vows of obedience to the Bishop, and for suspension of selected canons, and withdrew their parish share.
They refused the terms of the offer of Delegated Episcopal Pastoral Oversight approved by ECUSA’s House of Bishops last year, asking that the delegated rather than the diocesan bishop take responsibility for the future succession of clergy and future candidates for ordination in the diocese.
In March, the diocese determined that the six rectors had “abandoned communion” and recommended the inhibition of all six priests — the first step towards unfrocking. A meeting between Bishop Smith and the six in April reached an impasse, but the recommendation was not carried out (News, 22 April).
Mr Hansen has been on sabbatical leave since 10 April, having declared to his parishioners on 15 March that the day would be “my last Sunday as your priest”. Bishop Smith has declared his absence unauthorised.
The St John’s Church Vestry accused the Bishop on Sunday of violating canon, civil, and criminal law, and refused to accept the ministry as priest-in-charge of the Revd Susan McCone, the executive director of Affirming Catholicism.
Mr Hansen declared himself “personally devastated” by Bishop Smith’s action in inhibiting him on the grounds of abandonment of communion, and accused him of misrepresenting the facts. “The Bishop is fully aware that family circumstances necessitated a sabbatical leave. . . [He] has knowingly and wilfully endangered my family’s well-being and security,” he said.
Here is the website of the Connecticut Six which contains links to many who support them. They include the Moderator of NACDAP and the AAC and there is also this riveting eyewitness account of the events when the bishop came to the parish on Tuesday.
A comprehensive report from Fr Jake The Making of a Connecticut Martyr suggests that the facts are not as straightforward as the supporters of Fr Hansen have made out.
Kendall Harmon has expressed surprise more than once that so few people other than conservatives have criticised the bishop’s actions.
I do not think this is because there is widespread support for Smith, but rather that there is very little support for the position taken by the Connecticut Six in the first place.
See also this commentary from Alistair Highet in the Hartford Advocate.
And this criticism from AKMA.
General Synod: church press coverage
Women bishops clear first hurdle in Synod
Women bishops: law to be tackled
Admitting children to communion is ‘gaining ground’
Euthanasia rejected as ‘bad medicine’
Southwell name
Ordinal passed after last-minute changes
Synod hears of impatience for unity
‘Learn from good interfaith experience’ Synod told
Fund launched to fight poverty gets Synod backing
Code for clergy discipline agreed
‘In God we trust – but everybody else we audit’
synod revue
Hind follow-up
parochial fees
Church of England Newspaper reports are below the fold.
General Synod papers
on Monday, 18 July 2005 at 9.03 pm by Peter Owen
The official record of the business done at this month’s General Synod is now online here.
English bombers 1605-2005
on Sunday, 17 July 2005 at 8.31 pm by Tom Ambrose
The revelation that those who carried out the suicide bombings in London were British citizens is a shock. It would have been far easier to be able to regard the terrorists as people from out there, people who were totally different, people with whom we had nothing in common, and for whom were needed have no fellow feeling.
But we have been here before, and we need to learn from our history. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, possibly the most audacious acts of terrorism ever planned. It was planned by Englishmen. It was planned not by the poor or the dispossessed, but by people who largely were privileged and comfortable.
At the accession of King James VI of Scotland to the throne of England in 1603, those who wanted to worship as Catholics had hoped that the new king would be more sympathetic to them than Queen Elizabeth had been. At first James had appeared to favour them, but the Puritans objected to the new relaxed attitudes. James brought back the fines for those who would not worship as Anglicans, and expelled Catholic priests and Jesuits. This intolerance proved to be a breeding ground for extremism of the most audacious kind. And this was within the hearts of Englishmen who loved England. Like the men who successfully bombed London last week, they were indistinguishable from the rest of the population.
Today we have to learn from history. 400 years ago a religious war was beginning in England. The Puritans were determined to get the king to treat Catholics so harshly that they didn’t feel they had a future in England. The Gunpowder Plot led to more repression, partly to the Civil War, certainly to Cromwell’s hated campaigns in Ireland. In the city of Drogheda he ordered the death of every man in the garrison, describing this as “a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous wretches”. In Wexford he slaughtered townspeople and garrison alike.
The legacy of the response to the gunpowder plot has been severe repression and hostility particularly in Ireland which has continued until our own day. It has set the native largely catholic population against the immigrant ruling protestant class for generation after generation. The two communities have been unable to trust each other, and the reason both catholic and protestant terrorists were able to function was that on both sides they knew no-one in their own community would betray them.
Today we stand at that same point in relation to the recent bombings in London as people stood on November 5th 1605. And today we have to reach out and acknowledge that people of Muslim faith have a legitimate and valuable part to play in British society today. We cannot afford to reject people of good will. We need them on our side if good is to triumph.
The Bush administration in the USA with its war on terror has been just as misguided as that of Oliver Cromwell. Its indiscriminate bombing, destruction of infrastructure and failure to establish a rule of law which could be trusted, its treatment of prisoners and detainees have all made things infinitely worse since 9-11.
Jesus tells a parable (Matthew 13.24-30,36-43) which is appropriate to today’s situation. An enemy comes by night and sows weeds in the field. The slaves of the household are up in arms, and want to rush into the field and gather up the weeds. But Jesus says “No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them.”
Our danger is that we could, as in the heavy handed and intolerant response to the gunpowder plot 400 years ago, rush in and make things infinitely worse, alienating good citizens of Muslim faith here, and breeding terrorists across the world. We have, fortunately, the good example of the dignified and appropriate response of Spain to the Madrid bombings as a much better example to follow.
The parable of the weeds sown in the crop has an important lesson. We are to live with those who are different. We do not know, and we do not decide which of us is ultimately the good seed which God will harvest at the end of the age. He sends his angels to do that. But we trample down those who are different at our peril, for in doing so, we spoil the good crop, we spoil even ourselves. We find our good intentions turned to hatred and our zeal to oppose what is wrong carries us away in a fury of righteous anger. And we become like an Oliver Cromwell, trampling on the whole of Ireland, turning people against each other for generation after generation.
Our task is to produce the good seed for the harvest, so that at the judgement we will be those whose response to God’s grace will find its fulfilment in his kingdom.
women bishops: more radio discussion
on Sunday, 17 July 2005 at 1.33 pm by Simon Sarmiento
The BBC Sunday programme had this piece:
On Monday, The Church of England took its most significant step yet towards enabling women to become Bishops. Its General Synod authorised the drafting of legislation to remove obstacles that prevent women being enthroned. But a significant minority remain adamantly opposed to such a move. They have long argued for the creation of a separate or third province of the church to be created for them, which would have only male bishops and priests. Now the Bishop who leads them has said that if their demands aren’t met, they will consider setting up a church of their own. Christopher Landau reports.
Listen here with Real Audio
(nearly 6 minutes)
godslots on Saturday
Tom Wright writes in the Guardian on a Reason to be cheerful. This is mainly about the General Synod debate on women bishops, and what was wrong with it.
…Much of our contemporary discourse – I sat through two days of general synod a week ago – has degenerated into a competition between the relative woundedness of people’s feelings. I am not saying that wounded feelings do not matter, only that saying “I’m more hurt than you are” cannot settle an argument on a point of principle. Unfortunately, since victimhood is the only high moral ground left after the collapse of reasoned discourse, speeches become harangues, name-calling replaces respectful engagement and party spirit trumps public wisdom.
Not for the first time, the Church of England has copied the surrounding culture, greatly to its disadvantage. True, “reason” is sometimes overemphasised. Like “clarity”, it needs something to work on; in Christian thinking, scripture and tradition. But you would have thought we could at least apply it to our own documents.
Last week’s debate about women bishops mostly consisted of people making passionate speeches on a question that was not on the order paper. The official question was about a way of proceeding, not about whether we approved of women bishops. If people had wanted to debate that, they should have amended the motion…
Roderick Strange writes in The Times, Pray within your own solitude – however noisy it is
Also in The Times Jonathan Romain writes about The silliness and brilliance of religion on the box.
Christopher Howse writes in the Telegraph about Jews, Christians and Muslims.
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Surprises aplenty on TravelManagers’ Holy Land walking famil
Israel and Palestine are among the less well-known destinations in the Middle East, so when six personal travel managers (PTMs) were invited to represent TravelManagers on a Crooked Compass seven-day hiking famil, they were quick to sign up.
On the road to Tell Balata, the site of the Bronze Age city of Shechem, where Abraham arrived in the Land of Canaan. From left to right Bev Fitzsimons, Cath Graham Theresa Kwong, Di Yates, Kirsten Rheinlander and Karen Doyle
For all participants, this was their first visit to this part of the world, but they were all captivated by the chance to step back in time and visit historic sites that are of great significance to millions of people. Karen Doyle, representative for South Yarra in Victoria, likens her experience to stepping back into history, and says she was equally surprised and delighted by the warmth of the Palestinian people everywhere they went.
“They are very warm, friendly and welcoming, wanting to know where we were from and offering us sweet tea and food. They were a generous people, who often had very little in terms of material possessions, but were always very generous to us as their guests,” she says.
Doyle chose to make the most of her time in Palestine by adding on a side trip to neighbouring Jordan, and says it was relatively easy to reach Palestine, flying via Dubai and Amman to Tel Aviv. However, she warns that patience is required when crossing borders as the process can be quite time-consuming.
On high ground approaching Mar Saba, considered to be one of the oldest inhabited monasteries in the world and halfway between the Old City of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, are PTMs from left to right Di Yates, Bev Fitzsimons, Kirsten Rheinlander and Theres
“Be prepared for lengthy questioning from Israeli officials about your intended visit on entering and leaving Israel after visiting Palestine: it can take a long time to get through immigration on arrival and departure, with multiple checkpoints and a lot of questions asked.”
Personal travel manager Kerstin Rheinlander representative for Sinnamon Park in Queensland, describes herself as a huge fan of the Middle Eastern countries in general, but even so was also amazed by the welcoming kindness of the Palestinian people and their generous hospitality.
“They shared everything they possibly could, even though they had so little for themselves,” she explains. “Strangers walking in the street called out, ‘Welcome to Palestine’ to us, shopkeepers beckoned us to hear their stories. A family with young children even stopped harvesting their olives to chat with us and invited us to join them for tea but unfortunately we had to continue on our path!”
Personal travel managers on Crooked Compass’ Walking through Palestine famil from left to right Karen Doyle, Theresa Kwong, Di Yates, Cath Graham, Bev Fitzsimons and Kerstin Rheinlander
For Theresa Kwong, representative for Hughesdale in Victoria, along with the wonderful hospitality they experienced at every turn, the main highlights included taking a drink from Jacob’s well, floating in the Dead Sea, hiking across mountains and discovering and exploring hidden valleys and ancient secrets.
“This was my first time visiting Israel and Palestine, and there was so much to learn about both countries’ political and religious history,” she says. “But the feeling when we reached the end of our walk to view the cliffside Mar Saba Monastery in Palestine, and visiting Nativity Church in Bethlehem to touch the spot where Jesus was believed to be born, were truly awe inspiring. For me these were two remarkable experiences in a trip packed with highlights.”
For Doyle, the local cuisine was another highlight of the trip.
“I enjoyed Palestinian tea, which is sweet and strong, and also the cardamom-spiced coffee which is by far the best option for coffee in Palestine.”
TravelManagers’ Bev Fitzsimons with a local shepherd encountered during a day hiking in Palestine
Doyle adds the food was simple but delicious, with a focus on fresh, locally-produced ingredients, “spiced flat bread with hummus, baba ganosh, tabbuleh, fried chicken, yoghurt and soft cheese with olive oil and zaatar spice – yum.”
TravelManagers’ Executive General Manager Michael Gazal, says although client enquiry for travel to Palestine is not particularly high, it is valuable for PTMs to have first-hand experience of more niche destinations.
“One of the key strengths of our business model is that our PTMs are able to tap into each other’s product knowledge quickly and easily. That means that no matter how obscure the destination a client is looking at, they’re getting the best possible advice and insider tips.”
With a destination like Palestine, which has such a complicated and controversial political status, it seems reasonable that prospective visitors would be concerned about personal safety when visiting an Occupied Territory. However, Doyle says at no time did she feel unsafe during her visit.
PTMs from left to right Di Yates, Cath Graham, Kerstin Rheinlander, Theresa Kwong, Bev Fitzsimons and Karen Doyle in the ancient Roman Theatre at Sebastia
“It was interesting to hear the stories from the locals and our guides of life living under Israeli domination. You can only admire and sympathise with these people, who demonstrate amazing resilience and perseverance under difficult conditions.”
The seven-day itinerary, which started and ended in Tel Aviv, took the group through remote but beautiful terrain in the Nablus region, hiking on remote trails shared by shepherds and their flocks, and saw them visit iconic sites in and around Bethlehem. They also visited the ancient city of Jericho and swam in the Dead Sea.
Rheinlander believes the itinerary her group followed would best suit history buffs, but also those with religious interests, too.
“Participants need to have a reasonable level of fitness so I wouldn’t recommend this particular tour to families with younger children, but older teenagers would be able to handle it. If they were simply travelling through Palestine independently, then the region itself would be of great interest for families of all ages.”
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OPINIONFrom the Window Seat
Asia is eating the travel world
Arnie Weissmann
It's been five years since Marc Andreessen penned a now-famous essay in the Wall Street Journal titled "Software is Eating the World." The world took note because Andreessen had been co-author of the pioneering web browser Mosaic; co-founder of Netscape, the software company that created the once-industry-dominant Netscape browser; and general partner of the tech-focused venture capital firm Andreessen-Horowitz.
The essay laid out the argument that in almost any field of industry, a software-driven company will "win" over an analog competitor, citing the number of huge tech companies -- Apple, Google, Amazon -- that operate primarily on software platforms.
Today, it reads a bit like overstating the obvious. There have been follow-ups by tech gurus in subsequent years: Mobile is Eating the World; Big Data is Eating the World; Virtual Reality is Eating the World; and Artificial Intelligence is Eating the World. All these world-eating things are actually subsets of software, but I was reminded last week in Singapore that not all world-eaters wear technology labels.
At the 13th edition of Web in Travel (WIT), a tech conference and sister company within Northstar Travel Group, Filip Filipov, vice president of product management for meta-search company Skyscanner, presented his argument for why he thinks Asia is eating the world. The issue is personal for Filipov: Skyscanner, born and raised in Scotland, is now owned by Ctrip, one of China's largest OTAs.
Filipov's technology-focused presentation demonstrated how, in many areas and aspects, the products of software-driven companies in Asia -- especially, though not exclusively in China -- are simply being adopted more quickly and growing faster than those of companies in the West.
I had come to a similar conclusion while preparing both a presentation on cruising to entrepreneurs at the conference's "Bootcamp" and to moderate a panel of Asian cruise executives in a general session.
I was aware of predictions that Asia is on track to be the world's largest cruise market and that, shortly thereafter, China by itself will be able to claim that title.
The growth of cruising in Asia is phenomenal by any standard. CLIA reports departures are up 250% since 2012, with capacity increasing 300% in the same time frame.
WIT is a tech conference, and one reason cruising as a topic was making its debut only this year is that consumer-facing cruise booking technology, even in app-happy Asia, is conspicuous by its absence. Why is software not eating Asian cruise bookings?
I put the question to Sean Treacy, managing director of the Asia Pacific region at Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) and a panelist at the WIT conference.
"We don't make it easy," he said, citing the number of cabin types on each ship. While travel agents still book 65% to 70% of cruises in the U.S., Treacy said, it remains as high as 90% in some Asian countries.
Observing that OTAs have been a mixed blessing for hotels, I asked if cruise lines had concluded that they might not want to engage with a channel that can sometimes have a depressive effect on pricing.
"We want to be where our customers want us to be," Treacy replied, suggesting RCCL was open to the possibility.
One other contributing factor to the slow development of consumer-facing cruise booking tech is that software developers carefully calculate the size of an opportunity. Despite rapid growth, the entire cruise industry is peanuts compared with hotels, where booking technology is competitive. All the cruise inventory worldwide is still considerably less than the number of rooms managed by any one of the top five multinational hotel companies.
If that should change, it will likely be due to further growth in Asia. Treacy and Dream Cruises president Thatcher Brown both pointed to the potential of Indonesia, which has a population of 255 million but is still in the early stages of cruise development. Also mentioned as ripe for growth were the Philippines, with more than 100 million inhabitants, and Vietnam, with 91 million.
Many residents of those three countries who do cruise currently do so out of Singapore, the regional hub.
The nationality that cruises out of Singapore most is Indian. I asked Brown and Treacy why India itself was not being developed as a cruise market. They pointed to a lack of cruise infrastructure, the paucity of ports of call near enough to India's coastline and an unfavorable tax environment.
One other thing that struck me about the development of cruising in Asia is the dominance of U.S.-based companies, in striking contrast to commercial air, where most regional traffic is handled by home-grown enterprises.
Hong Kong-based Genting's Star Cruises claims to be "the most popular cruise line in Asia," but it has only six ships. The company's upscale Dream Cruises will soon become a fleet of only two. (Genting's two-ship luxury Crystal brand is based out of Los Angeles and, while it calls at ports in Asia, it is not viewed as an Asian brand.)
Thus far, cruise companies' attention to Asia has not come at the expense of North America. New ships are still being home-ported in the U.S., and Carnival Cruise Line just last week expanded its trade-facing sales efforts.
But given the explosive growth in Asia, U.S.-based travel agents must continually demonstrate their value or risk losing the attention and affection of cruise lines, which are easily distracted by the demands of ravenous Asian appetites.
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From the Window SeatAsia is eating the travel world
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A peek at Regal Princess prior to its christening
By Rebecca Tobin
ONBOARD THE REGAL PRINCESS — On a walkthrough Nov. 4 while the Regal Princess was docked and readying for its naming ceremony by the original "Love Boat" cast, the atrium appeared as busy as it would be on a regular embarkation day.
Invited guests streamed on and pulled up chairs in the Piazza, or settled into the bars and lounges ringing the atrium.
Several of those guests were travel agents inspecting the ship as part of the CruiseWorld conference in Fort Lauderdale.
Princess said the atrium on the Regal and Royal Princesses is 50% larger than its venues on its other ships — at 141,000 gross tons and 3,560 passengers, the ships are also the largest in the fleet. And the atrium is certainly an impressive sight, with bars, lounges and eateries on each deck.
There's Bellini's, for example, a bellini bar that's a new feature of the Regal and Royal Princesses and provides a perfect spot for sipping a drink and people-watching on the Piazza below.
Other spots include martini bar Crooners and Gelato for, well, gelato.
That's one thing about the Regal Princess: Passengers won't want for sweet treats. There's a hallway in the Lido buffet restaurant reserved strictly for desserts.
And there's also Princess' new partnership with chocolatier Norman Love, which takes several forms, including the option to buy wine and chocolate pairings at Vines wine bar — also to be found in the atrium.
Another area that took advantage of the Regal's size is the Lotus Spa, which occupies the forward third of Deck 5, not including the fitness center, which has its home on one of the top decks.
The highlight of the Lotus Spa is the Enclave, the Regal/
Royal's take on the thermal suite, dressed in a dramatic dark palette and devoted to a hydrotherapy pool with pounding jets of water, heated tile loungers, water beds and a collection of sauna and steam rooms.
The Regal was just one option available to agents as part of the CruiseWorld ship inspection program. In addition to the Regal and Ruby Princesses, it included vessels from Royal Caribbean International, Carnival Cruise Lines, Norwegian Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Celebrity Cruises, MSC Cruises and Disney Cruise Line.
As CruiseWorld kicked off in Fort Lauderdale, the Regal Princess was the closest to the show: It was docked in Port Everglades adjacent to the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center, and its funnel and SeaWitch logo were visible from the convention center's windows.
Carnival Corp. CEO Arnold Donald, who was the first keynote speaker at the show, made an early exit in order to be on hand for the ship's star-studded naming ceremony, which ran the gamut from the "Love Boat" cast to musician Charo (frequent guest star on the “Love Boat”) to Tori Spelling (daughter of the late "Love Boat" producer Aaron Spelling).
Take a walk through the Regal Princess with Rebecca Tobin.
On the eve of the Regal Princess’ naming ceremony, Managing Editor Rebecca Tobin tours the ship and looks at the spa, Sanctuary and Princess Cruises' biggest atrium design.
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Producing fields
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The Ceiba field is located on the present day continental slope.
The field is a series of stacked deep-water channel complexes which sit within a NE-SW trending belt of salt-cored structural highs, interpreted as base-of-slope compressional features (also known as a “toe-thrust”).
Following its discovery in 1999, drill stem tests flowed rates up to 12,400bopd (28°API) from high-quality late Cretaceous sands. In December 1999, a Plan of Development was approved by the Government, and in 2000 a 3D seismic survey was completed. Three additional appraisal wells, Ceiba-3, -4 and -5, were drilled in 2000.
Ceiba deepwater field and connectivity
In Ceiba the oil API gravities vary from 24-34o, the oil viscosity is 0.8 cP and the Bo is 1.3 rb/stb. Within the Okume complex, API gravities vary from 21o (Okume-3) to 38o (Akom North) and viscosities range from 0.35-0.6 cP in Akom North to 1.5-2.0 cP in Elon Main.
Oil formation volume factors range from 1.2 to 1.6 rb/stb. Elon, Oveng, Akom North and Okume-1 oils are slightly under-saturated (by between ~100 and 400psi), with Okume -2, -3, -5 and Ebano more significantly under-saturated (by around 1000-1600psi).
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Champagne Region Map and Travel Guide
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The Champagne region of France is less than 100 miles east of Paris and is made up of the Aube, Marne, Haute-Marne, and Ardennes departments. It is easily accessible by car or train. There is a small airport at Reims (Reims-Champagne Airport) and another in Troyes, and both cities have rail access.
See also: Map of French Wine Regions
When to Visit Champagne
Summers in the Champagne region are quite nice, and spring offers the best in wildflower viewing, but real wine connoisseurs will find the best time to go to Champagne is the fall, during the harvest season.
How Long to Stay in Champagne
One thing to bear in mind when traveling by public transport is that the vineyards are often not near train or bus stations, you'll often need a car. But cars need designated drivers, and who wants to visit a vineyard and not drink?!
As a result, if you want to visit as a day trip, I would recommend a guided tour.
How to Get to the Vineyards of Champagne
The main vineyard areas are shown in purple on the map with the largest concentration--the Marne Valley, the Mountain of Reims, and the Cote de Blancs--around Reims and Epernay. Reims is the biggest city in the area so tends to be where most visitors head to. It also has a nice cathedral, so it's worth visiting in its own right.
From Paris: You can take the train from Paris to Reims. The journey takes approximately 45 minutes. You sometimes need to change in Champagne-Ardennes or Epernay. There are trains from around 8am, with the last train back at around 8pm.
Guided Tour: Champagne Day Trip from Paris
See also: Interactive Rail Map of France
From Lille: There is no direct train from Lille to Champagne. Take a bus instead: Flixbus.fr
From Brussels There are no trains from Brussels to Reims or Epernay and bus connections are usually badly timed. You'll usually need to stay the night in Lille. You'll probably find it most convenient to take the train from Brussels to Lille and then a bus from Lille to Reims.
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Visiting Reims and Epernay: Champagne Houses and More
Reims is the capital of the region, and you'll find many opportunities to taste champagne here, as well as visit the renowned Notre-Dame Cathedral with its circular stained glass window, called a rose window, and the 1974 set of stained glass windows by Marc Chagall.
There are several champagne houses in Reims, with Mumm, Piper-Heidsieck, and Taittinger offering public tastings.
You may also wish to consider Epernay, which also makes an excellent base for exploring the champagne route. The local cellars are listed on the Epernay Tourism website.
But if you'd like to visit the vineyards themselves, you're still going to need either a car or a guided tour. Check these out: Champagne Tasting Tour from Reims and Champagne Tasting Tour from Epernay
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If you aren't really interested in seeing the winemaking process, why not do a champagne tasting session in Paris instead?
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Paris Champagne Tasting With Lunch
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The Vineyards of Champagne
The vines of Champagne take root in a great layer of chalk under a thin layer of fertilized soil. The Champenois vineyards are planted only with Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, and Chardonnay grape varieties. It wasn't until the late 17th century that the tart wines of Champagne became sparkling wines.
How do you find artisan champagne? Look for a bottle marked "R.M." (Recoltant-Manipulant) or "S.R." (Societé-Manipulant). Those initials signify that the grower vinifies, bottles, and markets Champagne from grapes he grows.
For more about the wines of the Champagne region, see our guide to Champagne and Sparkling Wine Basics.
As in any wine region, the food is excellent in Champagne.
Other Popular Cities in Champagne
Sedan has the largest chateau fort in Europe. It's worth a visit, especially if you stay in the hotel in the castle. There is a Medieval festival the third weekend in May.
Troyes is a lovely city in the south of the region of Champagne. Troyes' old quarter, with well-preserved and sometimes slanting 16th-century half-timbered houses lining the pedestrian streets, is quite charming, and the restaurants and bars offer a good value in this rather expensive region.
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Stream Pumice's New Album 'Puddles' (UTR Preview)
Monday 23rd November, 2015 12:30PM
This weekend will see Pumice (aka Stefan Neville) unveiling his new album Puddles with an afternoon show at the Audio Foundation in Auckland. The remarkable nine-track record is coming out via Minneapolis-based label Soft Abuse and marks a change of pace for Pumice. Following the death of two loved ones, Neville took a step away from making music, and when he was ready to return he sought comfort in numbers and gathered together a group of talented friends and family to lend a hand.
Puddles includes contributions from Hermione Johnson, Claire Mahoney (It Hurts), Kraus, Leighton Craig, Tina and Sjionel (The Coolies), GFrenzy, Matthew De Gennaro and family members Indira Neville (sister), Lucy Danko (niece) and Ponzo Danko (nephew). In anticipation of the album's official release, UnderTheRadar is delighted to share a preview of Puddles, as well as a few thoughts pertaining to the album from Stefan himself...
It's hard to know exactly what counts as an "album" amongst all the music we have put out but I think Puddles is approximately the 17th Pumice album. Here are some things & thoughts that relate to its existence...........
* Puddles. She was the family dog growing up in Northland & Bay Of Plenty. That's her on the album cover. Dad would burn off her ticks with a cigar. She used to sleep in the middle of intersections where there was gravel to scratch her back. Locals got used to her but she got run over quite a lot.
* Death. My mother Hazel died 4 years ago. After that making music wasn't important so I didn't. Hazel now commands a legion of praying mantis from beyond the grave. When I did start making music again I used Hazel's big black acoustic guitar which is where most of the Puddles songs started. My friend Garbott also died. Her passing is marked by every carrot, egg, tiger & by the old Sugar Jon Arcus composition 'Medallion'. My old Small Silver guitar only made it on to one song on Puddles. It's not dead but it is completely buggered. The beautiful & horrible Kelly valve amplifier I have used since the late 90s died in a cloud of stink smoke after recording bass parts on Puddles.
* Apparently the great Kiwi's Rugby League stand off Olsen Filipaina used to have a band in the eighties called Mutilator. I heard they recorded & performed rituals in the changing sheds at Carlaw Park. With blast beats on hollow logs and corpse paint made of seagull shit & tomato sauce. Olsen had a necklace made of rival Wally Lewis' cheek bones from when he smashed his face in. Around the same time these brothers who played for Pt Chev Pirates set fire to heaps of Rugby Union clubrooms. They'd steal trophies and melt them down to make swords and studded wrist bands.
* Patience & People. I always meant to get contributors for other Pumice albums but I had no patience & would always need the instant gratification of getting things done. So I would plow on alone and race to the finish. I'm quite good at making do & coping on my own which means I'm quite good at isolating myself & losing perspective. For Puddles, making music wasn't important but my friends & family were, so I took my time and got them to help and this made Pumice mean something again.
* Instead of pressed up on the windscreen of a car I like breasts pressed up against the glasses on my face. But I get allergies so sometimes the boobs get snot on them. I think thats why Sir Mix-a-Lot prefers the windscreen actually.
* Real life. Real jobs. A real relationship. Disability & illness. Supporting a team that always loses. Babies & cats & weddings. Staying in one place. Fights & swearing. Eating properly. Sleeping properly. Doing nothing. An eternal blackhead. Reissues of teenage recordings. Ahipara. Taupaki. Hokianga. Kawhia. Matata. Hamilton East, Mt Albert. Ellerslie, Waterview. A synthesizer for xmas. A piano for my birthday. The sweet force horror and hilarity of being alive. You can't just have marshmallow, you need more meat.
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Radix’s domains and the Startup League RISE in Hong Kong
July 26, 2017 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment
The Startup League sponsored 11 startups on Radix TLDs to exhibit at the RISE Conference
24th July 2017, Hong Kong. Startup League, a unique startup-support program by Radix, offered to give 5 free booths to select startups at the RISE Conference in Hong Kong, held from 11th to 13th July. In addition to this, the Startup League offered to give 25% sponsorship the remaining startups who qualified to exhibit at the event.
The program received over 100 applications from interesting startups across the APAC region, and eventually 11 startups were selected for the sponsorship by the Startup League and RISE teams. These startups were also supported with branded merchandise and PR exposure to help amplify their brand presence.
The RISE conference is a celebrated event in Asia and is hosted by the organizers behind Web Summit. The event was host to 580 startups, 400 investors, 565 journalists and 240 speakers, including elite leaders such as John Collision – Co-Founder of Stripe and one of the youngest billionaires in the world today, Joe Tsai – the Executive Chairman at the Alibaba group amongst others. Gary Vaynerchuk, American serial entrepreneur and four-time New York Times bestselling author, was also one of the speakers at this conference.
Speaking about the event, Suman Das from the Startup League said, “RISE was an exciting opportunity for startups to showcase their innovations to investors and media. Our team personally met with over 400 people from across the Asian startup community. We are now looking forward to forging new ties and exploring partnerships in APAC with the vision to support them across other events in this part of the world.”
The Startup League is a program exclusively for startups using any of Radix’s 9 domain extensions. Some of the startups supported at RISE had switched from their original domain to a Radix domain. Examples include mycrop.tech, which moved from mycrop.asia because it wanted to expand beyond Asia and needed to highlight its tech expertise; and sunami.tech, which moved from smssunami.com because it was long, complicated and confusing. Others, such as loop.space and habhub.tech launched on Radix domains right from the start due to the relevance and availability of these domains.
In May this year, the Startup League had supported 15 startups at the Next Web Conference in Amsterdam. The Startup League is now gearing up for events such as Web Summit (Portugal), TechCrunch Disrupt (USA), TechSparks (India) and SLUSH (Finland).
The Startup League was launched by Radix in September 2016 to support startups in getting exposure at key startup events through booth sponsorships and other benefits. Currently, it is a community of 90+ startups, and is supported by 50+ partners from the global startup ecosystem.
About Radix:
Started in 2012, Radix is the world’s 3rd largest domain portfolio registry. Radix is part of the Directi Group, which is currently valued at $1.4 billion. Radix has been an active participant in ICANN’s process to expand the internet naming system, and has obtained the rights to operate over 9 new gTLDs (generic Top Level Domains) including .ONLINE, .STORE, .TECH, .WEBSITE, .SPACE, .PRESS, .SITE, .HOST, and .FUN.
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Published On: Fri, Mar 1st, 2019
Hometown News / US Headlines / US News / World News | By The Dispatch
Boston: ICE busts Manila human trafficking ring linked, 9 minors rescued, including a one-year-old
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Manila special agents, the HSI Manila Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit (TCIU), and HSI Boston coordinated a real-time surveillance operation in the U.S. and the Philippines, which led to the arrests of two Philippine nationals and the rescue of nine trafficked minor victims, ranging in ages from one to 17 years of age. This operation was supported by the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and the International Justice Mission (IJM), a non-governmental organization. The nine children were taken into DSWD custody. HSI Manila shared his information with IJM and efforts to locate additional victimized children are ongoing.
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The Philippine nationals were arrested for violations of the Philippine Republic Act 10364 (RA 10364) Expanded Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012, in relation to Republic Act 10175, Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, Philippine Republic Act 9775 (RA 9775), Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009, and Philippine Republic Act 9208 (RA 9208) as amended by RA 10364, Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003. RA 9208 is a no-bail offense and if convicted, they will be sentenced to life imprisonment.
In November 2018, HSI Boston provided information to the HSI Manila TCIU regarding an ongoing investigation into two Philippine nationals involved in child exploitation. HSI Boston provided information to the HSI Manila TCIU that one of the Philippine nationals offered online sex shows for monetary compensation depicting under-aged girls performing sexually-related activities. The investigation ultimately led to numerous joint international surveillance operations involving HSI Boston and the HSI Manila TCIU. This HSI- led investigation is being worked as a collaborative effort between HSI Manila, HSI Manila TCIU, HSI Boston, DSWD, and the IJM.
TCIUs are comprised of foreign law enforcement officials, customs officers, immigration officers, and prosecutors who receive ICE training. Partnering with these TCIUs enables ICE to promote direct action via information sharing and investigative leads while respecting the sovereignty of the host country and cultivating international partnerships. Aligned with the President’s Strategy in Combatting Transnational Organized Crime, TCIUs identify targets, collect evidence, share intelligence, and facilitate the prosecution of TCOs both in-country and in the United States.
HSI has over 60 offices in approximately 50 countries worldwide, where its nearly 6,500 special agents enforce over 400 federal laws governing border control, customs, trade and immigration to promote homeland security and public safety.
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Customers mull legal action to revoke RBI order on PMC Bank, access funds
Our Bureau Mumbai | Updated on September 25, 2019 Published on September 25, 2019
Depositors gather outside PMC Bank’s Mahakali branch at Andheri, Mumbai, on Wednesday, to withdraw money - Vijay Bate
Thousands of distraught customers of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank gathered at the bank’s branches in Mumbai for a second day on Wednesday to protest against the Reserve Bank of India’s direction to impose restrictions on withdrawal amounts.
Some of them said they would initiate legal action.
“I had saved up for my daughter’s marriage in December, but my money is now stuck,” said Harshit Rane, a customer. “I have no option but to approach the courts.”
He said he was in touch with like-minded customers.
Sawarna Maudaankar, 68, wondered why consumers were being penalised for the bank’s fault.
“I use this account for my daily expenses, and I cannot survive on ₹1,000 (the maximim permissible withdrawal).”
According to media reports, what triggered the RBI action was a loan extended by PMC Bank to the now-bankrupt real estate firm Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL).
Political angle
The controversy turned political, with senior Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam writing to the RBI seeking action against the bank management and asking for the restrictions on withdrawal to be lifted.
Nirupam’s letter stated: “The bank has exposure in several real estate companies which should be investigated. RBI must explain... whether it was just HDIL which failed the bank or are there other such NPAs.
“Accountability must be fixed and RBI must lift the restriction of withdrawal...”
Analysts, however, said customers had few options. “Depositholders have a right to go to court against the bank, but the situation will take years to resolve. Unless the RBI acts fast, confidence in cooperative banks will fall,”said Capitalmind.in Founder Deepak Shenoy.
Experts said consumers should first withdraw the ₹1,000 permitted, and then look for other sources of money. If loan EMIs are linked to the PMC bank account, users should link it to another account.
RBI spikes rumours
Meanwhile, to assuage concerns over similar action over other banks, the RBI issued a statement rejecting rumours about closure of nine banks.
“Reports appearing in some sections of social media about RBI closing down certain commercial banks are false,” the RBI said in a tweet.
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We have just announced that we have made 27 partner promotions across our International and Europe network. A third of these promotions are female which is in line with our goal to achieve 30% female representation at partner level by 2021. Read the full story here.
We are also pleased to announce that 122 lawyers have been recognised globally as stand-out lawyers in the 2019 Acritas Stars: Independently Rated Lawyers report. View all Eversheds Sutherland lawyers recognised as Acritas Stars here.
We have announced global revenues of $1.175bn for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, representing a 10% increase over the previous year. Read the full story here.
As a global top 15 law practice, Eversheds Sutherland provides legal advice and solutions to a global client base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest multinationals.
Our teams of lawyers around the world operate seamlessly to deliver the legal know-how and strategic alignment that clients need from their advisors to help further their business interests. Clients describe us as creative and well-versed in cutting edge legal work – we listen well in order to understand how and where we can be most effective and add the greatest value.
We shape our advice to the unique circumstances and challenges of each project, and ensure the right people are in the right places to offer insight and certainty – from the day-to-day to the most complex, multijurisdictional matters.
What unites us is our commitment to service excellence through a solution-oriented approach. We know our clients’ businesses, the industries and markets they operate in, and we know that great relationships yield the best outcomes.
Number of Offices 68
No of Partners 375
No of Lawyers 4000
Firm Revenue / Yr
2018 - £700,000,000
Our training contracts offer the perfect route into law. Over a two-year period, we’ll give you the knowledge, tools and opportunities to make a truly successful and rewarding legal career.
Whether you are based in the UK, Middle East or Asia, your training will consist of four seats of six months each. During each seat, you’ll have a supervisor who will give you regular feedback. You will also receive formal feedback through an appraisal system that takes place in the middle and at the end of each seat.
This system has been honed over a number of years to ensure that you get the most out of your time with us. Ultimately, we want to help you become the next leader in your field and hope that you’ll be part of the next generation to help drive us forward onto even greater heights.
Legal training contracts in the UK
Our UK legal training contracts give you the opportunity to experience four six-month seats over two years. At least one seat must be in a contentious area. You will also have the chance to apply for a secondment at a client office or at another Eversheds Sutherland office in the UK or internationally.
You won’t simply be given a conventional development path: you’ll work closely with your supervisor to identify and build on your strengths – and we’ll talk to you about how you see your future evolving. We recommend trying as many seats as possible but if there’s one you really want to experience, we’ll do our best to accommodate you.
Once you qualify, you’ll be able to apply for any of the vacancies on offer. As you might expect, our aim is to retain every trainee on qualification.
Legal training contracts in the Middle East
The Middle East training programme allows you to focus your technical skills in multiple practice groups as you rotate through four six-month seats, predominantly in the Middle East but culminating in qualification in England & Wales.
You’ll also take part in a full programme of personal and commercial development skills training including finance and business, communication, presenting, business writing, client care, professional standards and advocacy. Once you qualify, you’ll be able to apply for any of the vacancies on offer in the Middle East.
Legal training contracts in Hong Kong
Our Hong Kong training contracts consist of four seats of six months each over two years across Litigation, Banking, Corporate and a secondment to one of our overseas offices.
As with all our training contracts, you’ll be fully supported throughout to ensure your career develops in the way you want it to. Once you qualify, you’ll be able to apply for any of the vacancies on offer. Historically, every Hong Kong Eversheds trainee has been offered a permanent position on qualification.
Average Retention Rates 80%
A levels ABB or equivalent
LPC / GDL Provider
Online Interview
Partner Interview
Written Exercise
Vacation Scheme Requirement?
No (not a requirement of TC application)
Compulsory Seats - Additional comments Need to complete 3 different areas of law and one contentious seat
Secondment Seats Various client secondment opportunities
Overseas Seats Various international seat opportunities
Our Vacation Scheme gives you the opportunity to earn money whilst getting valuable hands-on experience in one of our offices. Each vacation placement will encourage you to really get under the skin of life at Eversheds Sutherland, providing a range of opportunities that typically include: :
attending court
assisting with research
drafting documents
spending time in two different fee-earning departments
meeting partners, solicitors and trainees at social events
taking part in one of our corporate responsibility events
attending a range of informal talks to discover more about Eversheds Sutherland
Applying for a work placement with Eversheds Sutherland
We welcome applications from penultimate year law under-graduates, final year non-law graduates as well as candidates who’ve already graduated or taken different career paths.
Selected candidates will be shortlisted to video interview. If you pass that interview you will be invited to a selection day and if you are successful and do well on the Vacation Scheme, you may be offered a training contract.
Average % of Vacation Schemers who secure a Training Contract 40
Training Contract Interview included? Additional comments Automatically assessed as part of the vac scheme but no formal interview on the scheme.
Our legal apprenticeship scheme offers a paid alternative to the traditional route of qualifying to become a solicitor. Please consider the following questions carefully:
do you want to become a solicitor?
are you unsure if you want to go to university?
could you learn better by actually doing something?
would you like to start earning a salary?
If you’ve answered yes to the above, our Level Seven Solicitor Apprenticeship may be the right option for you. Offered in conjunction with the BPP University Law school, it gives apprentice lawyers the chance to qualify as a solicitor following a six-year programme of work-based learning and part-time study. At the end of the apprenticeship you will have completed everything to qualify as a solicitor and be awarded an LLB in Legal Practice.
The benefits of our legal apprenticeship scheme
This apprenticeship gives you the opportunity to qualify as a solicitor whilst earning a salary, rather than paying the tuition fees required for full-time study. It also represents a chance to forge a long-term career at one of the world’s largest law practices while receiving an outstanding range of benefits including:
competitive starting salary of £18,600 in London and £16,000 outside London
employee recognition scheme
subsidised staff restaurants on site
interest-free season ticket loans
How does our apprentice lawyer scheme work?
Our legal apprenticeship training is delivered by BPP University Law School.
Eversheds Sutherland will support you with paid time off to attend classes together and assessments. By the end of the six-year programme, if you have passed the BPP University assessments you will get an LLB degree. You will also gain further Masters Level Seven credits which can be used towards an LLM or masters at BPP University.
In the workplace, you will carry out supervised work-based learning in order to meet the SRA’s competence statement and will produce a work-based assessment portfolio. In addition to examinations throughout the apprenticeship, there will also be an SRA centralized assessment that you will need to pass to qualify as a solicitor.
What will you study on the legal apprenticeship programme?
Our legal apprenticeship scheme includes a range of modules online and face-to-face, covering the subjects currently required by a qualifying law degree as well as vocational practice areas and skills.
The modules you will study will be based upon those modules which typically make up a law degree such as introduction to practice, English legal systems and research, contract law, public law, criminal law, tort law, land law and equity and trusts. You will also study those modules which typically make up the Legal Practice Course such as business law and practice, property, litigation, wills and administration of estates.
Our apprentices study for one day a week with BPP. This is currently a Monday. The learning is mostly interactive e-learning with other apprentices. Every three weeks, our apprentices attend their local BPP centre to have a day of face-to-face skills sessions.
Throughout the six-year programme, our apprentices will complete a portfolio of work. This will show their development throughout the six-year programme.
No of Apprenticeships 10
A Levels BBB or equivalent
Eversheds Sutherland Unlocked
What does a career in law involve? What’s the difference between a barrister and a solicitor? What would I do day to day? Am I good enough? Should I go to university or do an apprenticeship? Who can I talk to?
Have you asked yourself some or all of these questions? If so, then our Unlocked Programme is right for you.
This innovative programme is aimed at students who have academic potential and an interest in law, but who may believe that a legal career is out of their reach. We’re here to prove that it isn’t.
It is aimed at state school students in their first year of A-Levels, with mainly GCSE 9 – 6/A* – B grades, little or no family history of higher education and a genuine interest in law – and lots of enthusiasm.
You see, we’re passionate about opening up legal careers to the best and brightest young minds – especially students, like you, who may not share the typical background of most legal professionals.
You attend a state school, for example. You may be the very first person in your family destined to go to university. You could come from a disadvantaged community.
Over the course of three days spent at one of our offices, you will engage in a range of different activities to help you think about the actions you need to take to get to where you want to be in your career, both in the short term and the long term.
The programme will:
Dispel myths about what it’s like to work in a major law firm.
Give you the chance to interact with current apprentices, trainees, partners, clients and barristers.
Explore the benefits of setting ambitious but achievable goals.
Offer advice on different ways of entering a firm.
Support you with one-to-one coaching sessions.
Help you develop non-academic strengths such as communication skills.
In short, Eversheds Sutherland Unlocked will actively engage you, inform you and inspire you to start your journey into law, whichever route you decide to take.
It’s informative. It’s interesting. It’s useful. And, most importantly, it’s fun. So why not get some brilliant experience and explore what a law career looks like from the inside out?
You should:
attend a state (non-fee paying) school; and
be in Year 12; and
be or have been eligible for free school meals (or where this information is difficult or sensitive to obtain, the participant attends a school that is significantly above the regional average in terms of number of students eligible for free school meals); and
be of the first generation in their immediate family to attend university.
The programme runs in Birmingham, Cardiff, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham and the next dates will be in February/April 2020 depending on location.
No of Opportunities 100
Aimed as those:
At a Non Fee Paying School
Eligible for Free School Meals
In year 12 to year 13 (England and Wales)
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Boys Golf Finishes Early
Boys Golf finishes in 10th place at districts at Elmcrest Country Club
The City High boys golf team ended their season at Districts, without an answer to West High, but with an unanticipated response to Jefferson.
According to the Iowa High School Golf Coaches Association, City High ranked 29th out of 40 teams, and according to Quickstats, which takes into account all of the teams in class 4A, City High ranked 25th or 26th out of 50 teams.
The team placed 10th out of 13 teams at districts, making the team ineligible for state, but ahead of Jefferson by two strokes, who had placed ahead of City all season. The team was eight strokes behind West High.
Yet Head City High Boys Golf coach Jerry Hora believes there are more important aspects to the game than rankings.
“We always set goals to try to, not necessarily compete against a team, but to establish what we think our individual scores should be, and what our team score should be,” Hora said.
These goals were set at the beginning of the season, and some were realized with time.
“To start off, we weren’t that great,” Co-captain Braxton Bell ’14 said. “At the beginning of the season we had low expectations, but as the season went on we noticed we could actually post some good scores and compete with most of the teams.”
There were some objectives, however, both individually and collectively that were not achieved.
“I guess I played how I had been playing, but I didn’t improve really, ” Co-captain Brady Swenning ’14 said. “I just kind of stayed the same. I wasn’t able to eliminate the mistakes that caused my problems.”
Coach Hora complies.
“I’d say they’re probably disappointed with the season as far as taking a look at what their record was and how low [score-wise] they played,” Hora said.
Regardless of the outcome of the season, Coach Hora is proud of the team.
“I like the work ethic of the boys. They came to practice every day, worked hard, and did what we asked them to do,” Hora said.
On the other hand, Hora is working with Athletic Director Mr. Coleman to install a ball hitting simulator at City High in order for the golfers to have the ability to practice year round, and with Coach Casey to construct a weightlifting program.”We’re going to try to give them more opportunities to improve themselves, and hopefully they’ll take advantage of it,” Hora said.
Bell, Swenning, and Hora all recognize the importance of practicing on the offseason as well.
“[The boys] also need to play in some competitive situations so they understand how their body is going to react when they get in competition. It’s different when you’re playing with your friends on the weekend to when you’re playing and your school name is on your shirt,” Hora said.
Despite the bogies of the season, the birdies overtook them.
“It was a fun last year,” Bell said. “It wasn’t our best year score-wise, but it was probably the most fun I’ve had.”
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Boys Golf Finishes 13th in District
Sarah Overton Playmaker Profile
JV Boys Golf Meet Canceled
Crandic Tournament on the Horizon for Boys’ Golf
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Dollars For Golfers: Girls’ Golf to Hold Tournament Fundraiser
Golf Places Sixth at District Meet
Varsity Boys Golf Places Fourth at MVC Divisional-Photo Slideshow
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Funko to Release New Marvel Products in 2014
January 17, 2014 Marvel, Merchandise, Star Wars No comments
Funko is set to launch several new lines under the Marvel license including a series of Pop! Marvel Vinyl Figures for Marvel’s upcoming release of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” and a Marvel series of blind-box Mystery Minis.
Funko has seen a rapid expansion in the past few years for its popular lines of vinyl figures and other collectibles. A wider distribution network and more product lines are fueling the growth, President Brian Mariotti says. “We think that our industry is design driven,” says Mariotti. Artists at Funko come up with products “uniquely styled in the Funko way”
New Marvel Products from Funko:
-Captain America: The Winter Soldier Pop! Marvel Vinyl Figures – Funko’s Pop! Marvel: Captain America: The Winter Soldier line will include 3.75” stylized vinyl figures of the following characters: Captain America, Black Widow, Winter Solider Masked, and Winter Soldier Unmasked. (Ages 5+)
-Marvel Mystery Minis – Funko’s line of Mystery Minis is expanding to include a Marvel series. The series will include 16 new blind-box Marvel figures in the form of 2.5” bobble- heads. Each character will have a unique rarity factor, making some pieces more limited than others. (Ages 5+)
Funko products are available nationwide at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Toys R Us, Hot Topic, Target, Walmart, 7-Eleven, specialty toy retailers, and online at www.amazon.com.
As a collector of Vinylmations, I first saw the funko action figures in the stores and loved how they looked. I have purchased many over my years of collecting. They have a great line of Marvel, Star Wars and Disney figures already.
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New Additions Debut at The Landing at Disney Springs
May 11, 2016 Disney Springs, Walt Disney World No comments
From Darcy Clark, Disney Springs Marketing Manager and posted on the Disney Parks Blog.
With its opening just days away, all eyes are on Town Center, the newest Disney Springs neighborhood set to debut this Sunday, May 15, 2016. While there’s much to buzz about – new locations include ZARA, Under Armour Brand House and Sprinkles Cupcakes – it’s not the only neighborhood with “new” on the horizon.
The Landing, home to Morimoto Asia, The BOATHOUSE and unique boutiques like Chapel Hats, is also getting some exciting additions. Lest they be left out, check out a few of my favorite enhancements being added to the area near Portobello Country Italian Trattoria and the opening-this-fall Paddlefish restaurant:
What a view: With the removal of several construction walls, the spring of Disney Springs is now in clear view – and it’s gorgeous! I predict that this stunning waterway will be the site of many family photos, and maybe even an engagement or two.
Waterworks: A new water feature with intricately carved horses and fanciful birds is a stately fountain. The sound of cascading water creates a peaceful oasis, making this a perfect resting spot for guests en route to the nearby Marketplace.
New retailers: Two new kiosk locations will offer unique delights for Disney Springs guests:
Savannah Bee Company will feature a variety of specialty and everyday honey as well as all-natural body care products ranging from body wash and lotion to lip balm and body butter. The company’s mission is to provide pure, delicious honey and luxurious honeybee products to consumers while educating them about the wonders of the hive. How sweet is that? When it opens on May 15th, it will be the only Savannah Bee retail location in the state of Florida.
Filthy Rich, also opening May 15, will showcase celebrity-inspired jewelry at far-less-than-Beverly-Hills prices. The location specializes in authentic replicas of iconic jewelry and accessories worn by past legends of the silver screen and current celebrity style icons.
s Pam Brandon recently shared, Morimoto Asia will also open their new Asian Street Food window at The Landing on May 15th – I’ve seen the menu and it’s definitely worth a visit!
With so much opening so soon, I hope to see you out at Disney Springs throughout the spring and summer months! Over the next several weeks, we’ll be sharing more updates about what’s new and what’s next, so stay tuned to the Disney Parks Blog and be sure to follow us on Twitter andInstagram via @DisneySprings.
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It costs $600 to unlock everything in Red Dead Online
Buying everything in Red Dead Online with gold will hurt your wallet
By: Derek Strickland from Dec 16, 2018 @ 19:10 CST
Red Dead Online's new microtransactions are now live, and if you want to buy everything outright it'll cost you the equivalent of two PS4's.
It's no surprise that Red Dead Online, Red Dead Redemption 2's online mode, is monetized in a similar fashion to GTA Online. After all, GTA Online has pulled in over $1 billion and remains a top earner for Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar. Red Dead Online lets players buy a premium currency called gold that can quickly unlock items and gear, or earn it for free at a slower pace by playing the game.
Based on current numbers players can earn a gold bar every two hours. Unlocking everything in the store with gold costs about 2,134 gold bars, as per Forbes' calculations. But what if you want to just buy everything right away with real money? Let's take a look at the easiest possible route to buy that much gold. Rockstar current sells gold in five tiers ranging from $10 for 25 bars to $100 for 350, and of course this last one gets you the most bang for your buck. So 2,134 divided by 350 is roughly 6.09, meaning you'd have to spend $600 to buy six 350 gold bundles to unlock everything.
Red Dead Online Gold bar prices:
25 Gold Bars - $10
150 Gold Bars - $50
350 Gold Bars - $100
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Advanced Characterisation of Carbon Nanotubes
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I have chosen to use a Carbon nanotubes (CNT) as an example material for my analysis of both electronic devices and nanomaterials. Carbon nanotubes any attractive physio-chemical properties such as high mechanical strength, excellent thermal, and electrical conductivity and this has made Carbon CNT an important material for the broad-spectrum applications in the fields of optoelectronics, nanorobotics, electrochemical catalysis, microarray chips, and sensors as memory, semiconductor components and transparent conducting films for touch screens, displays, solar cells, sensors and other devices.
The material is best described as carbon sheets rolled in a tube-like network to form either a seamless cylinder, known as single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), or many cylinders stacked one inside the other, known as multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) (see figures a and b). Conceptually, a SWCNT is a one-atom-thick layer of graphite, called graphene, wrapped into a seamless cylinder with either open or closed ends. As their name implies, MWCNTs consist of multiple concentric layers of graphene that form a tube shape. The lengths of these tubes generally range from several hundred nanometers (nm) to several micrometers (µm), though tubes in the millimeter range have also been reported. Their diameter is dependent on the number of walls and is usually less than 100 nm.
On further analysis of all the characterization techniques that we have covered this semester it has been clear that some characterization techniques could be in theory used to analyze carbon nanotubes but there are practical and experimental constraints that make them unsuitable. Characterization techniques such as Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) would accurately give information regarding lattice structures, sidewalls, diameters, lengths, impurities, and defects. However, sample preparation is extensive and troublesome and drying may cause ambiguous results. Another factor is that TEM is based on the transmission of electrons through a sample. As a result, the darker the area is, the thicker the sample is on that point. In the case of tangled MWCNTs, it is very hard to differentiate between dark areas where the thickness is because the nanotubes are tangled or to the presence of other micro-sized materials.
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), is another option that would accurately show the morphology of the sample, but it would not provide any element specific information, so I also would rule it out for this application. While in scanning electron microscopy (SEM), only the surface of the sample is analysed, and the structures caged within the MWCNTs will not be imaged. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS/EDX), would provide a quantitative estimate of CNTs’ metal contents or impurities however errors can occur when a large-scale CNT characterization is required. Many elements such as Titanium and Vanadium, Magnesium and Iron in CNTs also show overlapping peaks, for these reasons I would also rule these techniques out.
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) would provide surface composition and, in principle, information about CNT functional groups. But it requires relatively large amounts of sample (~5 mg) and peak-fitting is often ambiguous and very hard to interpret. This method is also not valid for assessing CNT purity.
Methods such as thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) would provide very accurate chemical information but would not give any information on the crystal structure of the sample, this is critical as nanomaterials can exist in structurally different but chemically identical forms. These techniques also do not provide an unambiguous separation between the content of SWCNTs and carbonaceous impurities and data interpretation is often troublesome with this material.
Among the aforementioned techniques, morphological probes mainly unveil local CNT features however XRD possesses unique advantages as it simultaneously reveals most of the physiochemical aspects of CNTs both at the local and global scales. Since bulk CNT is a combination of many structural orientation, lattices, and crystals; its complete characterization needs a global probe and XRD is because of this reason in my opinion a good option for characterisation of CNT’s.
As we know in XRD an x-ray beam is forced onto the sample and the interactions of these incident X-rays with the sample atomic planes create diffracted, transmitted, refracted, scattered and adsorbed beams according to Bragg’s law. The degree of diffracted X-rays depends on arranging the material’s atomic planes within the crystal lattices. Usually, a detector is used to detect diffracted X-rays followed by their processing and counting to give rise diffracted or pattern beams. Conversion of diffracted patterns into d-spacing allows recognition of an unknown sample. Materials are then identified by comparing the diffracted pattern beams with many reference patterns which could possibly be found in the Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards or JCPDS library or another database of diffraction patterns.
Although CNT is considered as a noncrystalline material, its periodic structure results in distinct X-ray diffraction peaks. The carbon atoms in CNTs act as 3D optical diffractors that scatter light at different, but specific angles. From the diffracted angles, it would be possible to extract information on aligning graphene sheets of CNT from the position and intensity of the diffracted beam. XRD pattern of CNTs has shown some distinct similarities to those of graphite probably because of their similar intrinsic graphene properties (see figure 1). The atomic carbon structure in graphene has random orientations and translations rather than graphite sheet which has piled up sequential carbon atoms. Therefore, there is no lattice atom plane existing especially (001) and it makes the diffraction pattern peaks specific and different from other.
In conclusion, XRD diffraction pattern positions and intensities of the CNT sample are taken and analyzed against previously known data to characterize all physio-chemical features of nanotube structures such as lattice structure, ropes identification, crystallinity, domain size, bundle characterization etc which is not easily done on any of the other characterization techniques mentioned previously.
For my example of a surface/coating analysis and contaminants, I have chosen to look at the process of how a plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) creates a nanostructured coating on the surface layer of a NiTi alloy and how I would go about analysing and characterizing the composition of the surface.
PEO is an electrochemical surface treatment process for generating oxide coatings on metals. The sample is charged in a bath containing an electrode and a generally concentrated orthophosphoric acid with an addition of copper II nitrate. This process is similar to anodizing however, it employs higher potentials so that discharges occur, and the resulting plasma modifies the structure of the oxide layer. This process is used to grow thick (tens or hundreds of micrometers), largely crystalline, oxide coatings which are then used to increase the hardness, corrosion resistant and mechanical properties of the sample. The coating is a chemical conversion of the substrate metal into its oxide which grows both inwards and outwards from the original metal surface. As it grows inward into the substrate, it has excellent adhesion to the substrate metal. On this basis, I would characterize it as both a bulk analysis as well as a surface analysis. The analysis methods I would use would include scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in conjunction with the energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).
SEM would provide data in relation to the porosity of the surface layer as evident in the sample given in figure 2. The EDS would give initial bulk chemical analysis data. As seen in figures 3 and 5, the amount of copper nitrate added during the PEO process greatly influences the chemical composition of the surface layer that forms. Additionally, the amount of phosphorus, as detected by the data provided by the EDS in figure 5 in comparison to Figure 3, suggests that the coating is composed of oxides/hydroxides and phosphates. In this case, one should emphasize that the coating obtained on NiTi alloy (figure 5) after the PEO process can be considered as a biocompatible one. (Rokosz, K et al. 2017)
Because by the EDS measurements the signals of a matrix cannot be separated from the signals of coatings, additional quantitive data, i.e. coming from the X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), would be needed in order to better determine the exact elemental composition of the surface. From the data shown by the XPS spectra, it is clear that the PEO coating is composed mainly of phosphorus and oxygen with a small amount of copper, titanium, and nickel. In order to better determine the chemical composition of the PEO coating, the high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements were performed, which are given in the sample Fig. 9 taken from Rokosz, K et al. (2017). This figure shows the binding energies needed throughout the oxidation process on the surface material and also more importantly they give more accurate data in relation to the peak intensities of the elements present which for a better understanding of the oxide coatings composition on the surface of the titanium.
The information given by the sample high resolution XPS data it shows the presence of carbon and nickel in the surface of the sample (as shown in table 4) which would be contaminants in this sample materials application. So, the amount of copper nitrate added to the PEO process would then be changed in order to give results similar to those shown in table 6 where no nickel or carbon contaminants are present on the surface of the material. Another method that is often used to access surface contaminants is TOF sims however XPS is more relevant for this material.
As we have learned throughout this module there are several different characterization techniques available to analyze a given material and after looking at all of these in detail I felt the best characterization techniques for this particular material were SEM with an EDS detector and then a further XPS process, as this would give me the porosity of the coatings surface, the chemical composition and the percentage of the contaminants on the surface of the material.
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CHICAGO – "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett’s legal team said Tuesday that they “welcome” cameras in the courtroom as prosecutors present their case that the actor staged an attack that made him look like the victim of a vicious hate crime.
Smollett was in court for a brief hearing, where attorney Tina Glandian said she wants cameras in the courtroom “so (the public) can see evidence and lack thereof” in the disorderly conduct case against the actor.
Illinois courts typically do not allow cameras in the courts, but state judges have discretion to allow proceedings to be filmed if they feel it is in the public interest.
“There has been a lot of misinformation in this case that has been presented as fact,” Glandian told reporters following Tuesday’s hearing. “The evidence against Mr. Smollett is demonstrably false. We welcome cameras in the courtroom so the public and media can see the actual evidence and what we believe is going to be, actually, a lack of evidence against Mr. Smollett.”
Prosecutors said they have no objections to allowing cameras in the courtroom.
Judge LeRoy Martin Jr., Cook County Circuit Court's criminal division presiding judge, said that he will allow a videographer for Smollett’s Thursday court appearance, when he is expected to be arraigned. Martin is also expected to assign the case to a trial judge at the next hearing.
Martin said that the trial judge will determine whether cameras should be allowed in the courtroom for proceedings in Smollet’s case beyond Thursday.
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Smollett did not comment following the hearing. He was accompanied to court Tuesday by two of his brothers, a sister-in-law and his assistant.
A grand jury indicted Smollett last week on 16 felony counts, accusing him of staging a racist and homophobic attack by two masked men near his Chicago apartment.
Police allege that Smollett, who is black and gay, staged the Jan. 29 attack because he was unhappy with his salary and wanted to bolster his profile.
He told police that two assailants beat him and threw a rope around his neck, while hurling racial and anti-gay slurs at him. Smollett also told police that one of the attackers also yelled, “This is MAGA country,” a reference to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan.
Police arrested two men, brothers who knew Smollett and had worked with him on “Empire,” weeks after the incident and identified them as suspects. They later released the brothers, Abel and Ola Osundairo, without charge.
The brothers told police that Smollett plotted the assault, gave them money to purchase supplies for the ruse and paid them $3,500 for taking part in the alleged plot.
Smollett is free on $100,000 bond.
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Deadline Hollywood Daily Acquisition Rumors Spark More Hollywood Catfighting
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The hilarious fallout continues today over Monday’s revelation that it was a botched attempt by Variety to purchase Nikki Finke’s blog, Deadline Hollywood Daily, that prompted the trade’s triple attack on her over the weekend. In her response to the hit pieces, Finke said there were “other interested parties,” prompting much speculation over who, exactly, those parties might be. Possibly the Huffington Post?
Yesterday, the Wrap’s Sharon Waxman asked Finke about it, and claims Finke responded “evasively” and implied that one of those offers may still result in a sale (“It may not,” she’s quoted as saying, “I’m very picky”). But Finke says on her own blog that Waxman used parts of “‘Umms’ and ‘Hmms’ and other noncommittal responses” from an off-the-record conversation to draw incorrect assumptions, though she doesn’t specify what those assumptions were.
Interestingly enough, Finke hasn’t yet responded to Business Insider’s report today on rumors that the Huffington Post — which recently secured $25 million in funding to use, in part, on “select, focused acquisitions” — may be in talks to buy DHD. Might she, herself, soon be the subject of someone else’s “TOLDJA!”?
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Open Carry, Guns-On-Campus Proposals Move Forward in Florida Senate
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TALLAHASSEE —Two Florida Senate committees advanced controversial proposals Tuesday that would make it easier for the 1.4 million Floridians with concealed-weapons permits — including more than 300,000 in South Florida — to carry guns openly in public and on college campuses and universities.
The bills, supported by gun-rights advocates, relax Florida’s restrictions on where and how gun owners can carry their firearms.
Both bills still have to be vetted by two other committees each before they could even reach the Senate floor for an up-or-down vote. Companion bills are also being considered in the House and face similar hurdles.
Legislation allowing concealed guns on Florida’s colleges and university campuses passed the Senate Higher Education Committee by a 5-3 vote along party lines with the panel’s three Democrats opposed. Senate Bill 68 is sponsored by Sen. Greg Evers, R-Baker.
Supporters of the “campus-carry” bill argued that it would allow students, professors and staff members to defend themselves against active shooters or sexual assault attacks.
“You certainly have my support to defend yourself the way you see fit,” Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto, R-Fort Myers, told a woman who testified that having the ability to carry a gun on campus could have helped her when she was raped.
But opponents — including police chiefs, college and university presidents, professors and students — said that argument isn’t sound. They argue the proposal is likely to help attackers as much as or more than victims and will create a more dangerous environment, while also potentially costing colleges tens of millions of dollars in increased security expenses.
“We will have campus security that will need to be armed, and I mean militarized,” said Sen. Maria Sachs, D-Delray Beach, who called on the senators to better fund mental health services instead, if campus security is the goal.
Sachs withdrew an amendment she had initially filed that would have allowed colleges and universities to opt out of allowing concealed weapons on their campuses.
“I don’t think the bill is going to pass,” she told the Herald/Times. “Why decorate, with failed amendments, a bill that I don’t think is going to make it to the floor? … I can always add it back in if it gets there.”
Twenty states, including Florida, ban concealed weapons on all college campuses. Another 23 states allow each university or college to decide its own gun policies.
303,652of Florida’s 1.4 million concealed weapons permits — or about 21 percent — are held by individuals in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Meanwhile, in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, senators also favorably recommended Senate Bill 300, which would allow anyone with a concealed-weapons permit to carry that weapon openly wherever they’re allowed to carry concealed weapons. It passed by a 3-2 vote, also with Democrats opposed.
Should both bills become law, concealed-weapons permit-holders would be able to, by default, openly carry weapons on college campuses.
Businesses have concerns about the open-carry legislation. Business owners don’t want to be sued if they choose not to allow people to carry weapons in their shops. Business owners already have that right under current law, but an amendment that lawmakers are still fleshing out would offer them further protection, said Sen. Don Gaetz, a Niceville Republican who sponsored the bill.
Gaetz — whose son, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, sponsored the House version — said the bill strengthens Second Amendment rights. Florida is one of only five states and the District of Columbia that prohibit the open carrying of handguns altogether.
But critics argue an open-carry law in Florida could invoke fear, rather than protection.
“It intimidates people and it makes for a less-friendly downtown shopping environment and it’s not the kind of world I want to live in,” said Sen. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth.
Florida law requires individuals to be 21 years old to get a concealed-carry permit. Of the 1.4 million permits statewide, about 21 percent — or nearly 304,000 — of those are held by residents in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
The guns-on-campus proposal drew two hours of passionate testimony Tuesday from several dozen people on both sides of the debate. There was organized support from Florida Students for Concealed Carry, which flooded the committee with comment cards in favor of the bill — although only about a dozen members were actually present. Those that spoke said students and professors are “sitting ducks” now for criminals.
“Right now, the only individuals that are armed on campus are criminals. Let us have the right to defend ourselves,” said Bekah Hargrove, the group’s state director. “If you’re afraid of law-abiding students carrying firearms on campus, you must be terrified of the criminals that are already carrying guns around us today.”
Michael Brawer, CEO of the Association of Florida Colleges, estimates it could cost $74 million to beef up security on the campuses of Florida’s 28 colleges if the bill is enacted. Only five have armed security or campus police, he said.
He said Miami Dade College alone had identified $12 million in potential costs. The 28 colleges unanimously oppose the bill.
“I urge you to, please, look at other solutions” to campus security, Brawer said, “and not look at just outsourcing it to common citizens to do the job.”
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Last Weekend, at Least 10,000 Dogs Were Slaughtered and Eaten in China
Activists tried to rescue pups from the Yulin Dog Meat Festival, but locals filled their bellies anyway.
by Isobel Yeung
24 June 2014, 7:00am
Over the last week, there's been some pretty intense media coverage of China's Dog Meat Festival, which has become something of a tradition over the last two decades. As the name suggests – and much to the dismay of all the people who see dogs as friends rather than food – tens of thousands of dogs are slaughtered and eaten each year at the event, which takes place in the city of Yulin, Guangxi province.
I was in Yulin on Saturday, when locals once again raised glasses loaded with lychee wine to the heavens and tucked into bowls full of freshly roasted, fried and boiled dog.
Pet-lovers across China and the rest of the world have been quick to lament Yulin's apparently boundless appetite for puppy flesh, and several Chinese celebrities have made online pleas to bring the festival to a halt. However, locals are reluctant to give up their annual gathering. When I spoke to one female vendor in the downtown Dong Kou meat market, she told me she’d lost count of the number of dogs she’d sold in the last week but guessed it was well over a hundred a day – business has rarely been better.
Shandai, from animal protection group the Guangdong Shoushan Volunteer Center, reckoned that previous estimations of 10,000 dogs being sacrificed for the festival are too low, claiming the figure is more like 40,000. (Plus 10,000 cats, in case you're not really a "dog person".)
Walking around the city, the presence of animal rights protesters seemed to have resulted in an unapologetic backlash. Locals filling their baskets with freshly chopped paws and tails were defensive over their dog-eating customs, one woman in the market declaring indignantly, “I’m not forcing them to eat dog, so they can't force me to stop.”
“Even more people are eating dog this year," complained Pian Shan Kong, an animal activist from Guizhou who has been observing the festival for three years. "As outsiders come to protest, locals are spurred on to resist.” Kong is currently holding four rescued pups in his Yulin hotel room – the guy who sold him them reportedly got angry when he realised they weren't destined for the dinner plate, and threatened to slice all four open on the spot if Kong couldn't match his inflated asking price.
Dog lover Yang Xiaoyun took it one step further and purchased a total of 300 caged dogs, which she spent 11 hours ferrying back to her hometown in Tianjin. Despite her good intentions, the 90,000 RMB (£8,500) she spent buying them will no doubt continue to feed dog sellers across the region.
China’s dog meat industry is a largely unregulated trade, with activists claiming that the animals are usually stolen pets or strays, posing a health-risk to anyone tucking in. Dog dealers however, insist that the dogs are "tu gou", a type of dog that are mostly bred on farms for their meat, and that the moral objections are therefore no different to eating other cute animals, like lambs.
An attempted demonstration by animal rights activists took place on Saturday outside the Yulin city government building, culminating in a few banners being snatched and quickly torn to shreds. This was followed by an angry exchange of abuse between locals and protesters, before security guards were called on to disperse the crowd.
While the rest of China continues to debate the morality of putting dog meat on their plates, it’s clear that for Yulin residents no puppy dog eyes are going to stop them having their banquet.
As one local proudly pointed out, “If you’re not talking about the World Cup, you’re talking about our festival – that can only be good for our reputation as having the best dog meat in China. In the future, Yulin will become even more famous!”
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The pioneering 'Best of Giggs' series was akin to the Grand Theft Auto loading screen soundtrack, but set to the grey concrete streets of Peckham.
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This article originally appeared on Noisey UK.
We live in the year 2017, which means many strange things. Among them is the fact The Sunday Times now purrs enthusiastically about Peckham. Although perhaps enthusiasm doesn't quite capture the rhapsodic serenity of tone the paper takes in its justification of tagging the once-derided neighbourhood as "the best place to live in London".
"The area's story in a nutshell," it beams, "is the swift transformation of a crime-ridden, no-go patch of south London into a hipster rival to Dalston, and latterly a middle-class hotspot." What they're trying to say, of course, is that now Peckham has been gentrified, it's considered what they deem "respectable": the sort of place white male graphic designers put in their Tinder bios, where broadsheet writers cycle in search of the best sourdough spot and where middle-class Home Counties Goldsmiths students down pints at pool club Canavans. It's astonishing the difference a decade makes.
Back in the day, though, it was the kind of neighbourhood used as a spook story for suburban parents to frighten their rebellious kids. Reportage would only ever zero in on its long-standing reputation for gang violence and/or mass unemployment. This was—the narrative dictates—an area gripped by poverty and everything that comes with it; crime, violence, generational worklessness and despair. A hard place, with slum pockets. The days of white-washed gentrification and "We Love Peckham" tote bags still gleamed well in the future. It rarely, if ever, found itself mentioned in the same vicinity as monetary success and never in terms of what estate agents would call "desirability".
The story of Peckham finds its odd reflection in the career of one of its most famous sons: Nathaniel Thompson, better known as Giggs—the godfather of UK rap. For fans only dimly aware of the past, viewing Giggs through the prism of 2017 can seem as though he is the quintessential A-list rap mega star: features with Drake; a groaning shelf of awards; a number 2 album (last year's excoriating Landlord); ubiquitous hit singles; iconic, mythology-building anthems ("Talkin Da Hardest"); sold out tours. Even The Telegraph praised his recent sold out show at The Royal Festival Hall for its "energy" (though the praise is modified slightly by their referral to Giggs as a "grime veteran" but full marks for effort). UK rap and, yes, grime are apparently now broadsheet-friendly pursuits.
But take a step back into the mid to late 2000s, and the very idea of a sold out Giggs show on the Southbank would have seemed like a fever dream fantasy. This was an artist hemmed in by his past, having spent two years in prison for fire arms possession in 2003. His attempts at live performance in those early days were often aborted before they had a whiff of success through the efforts of Trident (the specialist Metropolitan Police unit tasked with investigating gun crime) as well as the legislative dead hand of Form 696, the risk-assessment document that many promoters and artists have claimed racially discriminates against shows performed by black and brown MCs and DJs.
This much is now common knowledge, but what it doesn't explain is how an artist with little conventional industry buzz eventually became a desirable proposition for one of the most prestigious labels in the country, when he was signed to XL Recordings in 2009. You can't simmer the answer down to one factor, or even a simple causal chain of events, but to come anywhere near you'd need to acknowledge the importance of a set of compilation mixtapes that shaped, perhaps inadvertently, the future dynamics of UK urban music culture as a whole.
The Best of Giggs series, hosted by DJ Big Ryde was, hyperbole aside, like no other hood tape before it. Offering a prolific mixture of new tracks, freestyles, prior releases, skits and fragments, the four-part series—made by assorted members of SN1, the collective comprised of Giggs, his brothers Joe Grind and Gunna D, plus Kyze and Tiny Boost—acted as a broad and brilliant snapshot of Giggs's range as an MC and lyricist. Released as physical mixtapes and drip-released online throughout the late 2000s, they quickly became a local phenomenon, available around the area in a variety of guises and spread almost solely through that most difficult to assess barometer: word-of-mouth.
Upon the arrival of Best of Giggs' first edition in 2008, UK rap seemed to contain little in the way of street-oriented content and themes. It was grime, not rap, that still had a monopoly on that—for the time being. Before the series was released, the genre only existed in form of what Giggs has referred to in conversation with Tim Westwood as "old school man like London Posse, Rodney P. They used to do their thing and that—but it wasn't like gangster shit… I was just the one that jumped through the furthest. The UK rap scene was already there, before me." So it still existed, in the margins—but only as a vague eccentricity that was separate to garage and grime. However, despite a few outliers like Roots Manuva or Foreign Beggars, often the lyrics and beats sounded either recycled or reflective of American norms rather than UK realities.
The Best of Giggs series kickstarted a fresh, UK-orientated, self-consciously street element. This was unapologetically harsh music that held a mirror up to real life. If it was violent, well, life was violent. If it seemed unduly harsh, well, life was unduly harsh. Guns, the omnipresent threat of violence, random acts of terror, hyper competitiveness, drugs, gangs—this was life. In an interview in these very pages, Giggs is asked about growing up in the Peckham of that era. "It's just what you grew up in. You don't know any different," he says. "Peckham's a mad place. Unpredictable. You don't know what's going to happen throughout the day or the night. Today in the morning everything's cool. In the afternoon you're in mad beef."
These tracks found a ready audience all over the city from people living similar lives, who found no cultural representation—outside those first flowerings of grime—that seemed to adequately reflect the texture of their experience. Flogged from car boots and stalls, or greedily downloaded from MySpace or more illicit music-sharing sites, it's hard to put a precise number on sales, but the spread and reach became obvious upon Giggs's first performance of "Talkin Da Hardest" (the first track on Best of Giggs 2) in Ayia Napa. At the time, he actually thought the women in the audience were paid to help beef out the crowd. It was only when the lyrics started to get enthusiastically spat back at him did he realise that his sound had spread far beyond the narrow confines of his home postcode.
This, aligned with the relative, cumulative success of his myriad of other tapes, such as 2007's Hollow Meets Blade (bearing the dark, underground hit "Sink A Boat" with Blade Brown) cemented his reputation as a distinctive voice offering something almost entirely new. It was only with the street level success of his own compilations that the idea of signing to a label of XL's stature became a reality.
Another crucially important fact was production. Before the Best of Giggs tapes, UK rap instrumentals didn't really exist in the way they do now. There just wasn't a Ruff Squad, Footsie or Jammer at the forefront. It's not that the talent wasn't there, it just hadn't yet found the necessary conditions under which to flourish. Giggs himself notes how in the very earliest days it was matter of spitting over either garage or old American beats until the influence of Buck "making hard shit" galvanised him and others in Peckham to do the same.
It's a progression you can clearly hear throughout the Best Of compilations. The first is full of repurposed old school rap beats. But by 3 and 4, it's an entirely different matter as the likes of West Coast tinged banger "Pain is the Essence" (with frequent collaborator Dubz), "Always on the Rebound", or standout "Ice Cream Man" from Best of Giggs 3 show a growing instrumental maturity and complexity. The production is dark, allusive, unique and completely indivisible from what we like to think of as the distinctive Giggs sound. Where grime ran into the short-fused ADD realm of 140bpm, the slower contours of rap instrumentals brought out the latent menace, pain and subtlety of Giggs's lyrical style. The result sounds akin to the soundtrack to a Grand Theft Auto loading screen, but set to the grey concrete streets of Old Kent Road.
A decade later—in a vastly changed musical landscape and a radically altered London—it all seems so distant. 2017 might be the year in which mainstream media channels can enthuse over young black men whose art they despised and whose lives they found frightening, or a year that sees middle class university students sincerely throwing up gang signs to 67. It might be the year that holds the mainstream breakthrough of Nines, or a slightly undersurface takeover by Skrapz. Yet without Giggs's immense, boulder-rolling labour in the preceding decade, as the "first UK gangbanger stepping on red carpet", it would have remained an impossibility. These tapes are both testament to that past and the foundation on which the present lays. Influence doesn't come in much more comprehensive package than that.
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