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The Mediterranean Diet
Sometimes I wonder if we really appreciate how lucky we are to live on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
All countries that border the Mediterranean Basin benefit from a sunny and warm climate, two main ingredients which contribute to one of the largest variety of fruit and vegetables available in this world. Every season bears its own signature, be it fruits or be it vegetables. Tomatoes, cucumbers, salads, oranges, peaches, cereals
the list is endless and it represents the largest portion of the Mediterranean diet.
But thats just for starters, because the Mediterranean also means lots of fresh fish and shell fish, which are the other healthy ingredients that make up the Mediterranean Food Pyramid. Spains additional access to some Atlantic fishing is an added advantage.
The countries that border the Mediterranean Basin are many, each with its own traditions, its own ideas of flavours and thousands of different recipes used to cook or prepare what seem to be the same basic ingredients. Even though the Middle Eastern cuisine may present different flavours these are created with the use of spices and condiments; the same produce in Spain will taste quite different using different spices and condiments. This is what makes the variety of basic produce appear so vast across the Mediterranean.
The diets of countries like Greece and Southern Italy have been under extensive studies since the 60s in an effort to discover the reason for the low incidence of chronic diseases and high life-expectancy rates in those areas, compared to Northern countries. It would seem that the traditional Mediterranean diet delivers as much as 40% of total daily calories from fat, yet the associated incidence of cardiovascular diseases is significantly decreased.
This has been attributed to one common ingredient that is most extensively used in the preparation of food both in Greece and Southern Italy: olive oil. As a matter of fact olive oil is extensively used throughout the Mediterranean countries.
As a mono-saturated fatty acid, olive oil does not have the same cholesterol-raising effect of saturated fats and it is also a good source of antioxidants. Combining this with eating fish a few times per week, it benefits the Mediterranean people by increasing the amount of Omega-3 fatty acids - something that the rest of the developed societies dont get enough of.
There is also a general consensus among health professionals that the Mediterranean Diet is healthier than the North European because more grains, such as spaghetti, fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and olive oil are consumed, whereas red meat is eaten more sparingly.
The health and therapeutic benefits of olive oil were first mentioned by Hippocrates, the father of medicine. For centuries, the nutritional, cosmetic and medicinal benefits of olive oil have been recognized by the people of the Mediterranean and were used to maintain skin and muscle suppleness, heal abrasions, and soothe the burning and drying effects of sun and water.
Recent research has now provided firm proof that a Mediterranean diet, which includes olive oil, is not only generally healthy, but that consuming olive oil can actually help lower harmful LDL cholesterol. Olive oil contains antioxidants that discourage artery clogging and chronic diseases, including cancer, whereas animal fats, which contain saturated fatty acids, exponentially increase blood cholesterol levels.
As doctors say, prevention is the number one factor for good health, so lets make the most of living on the Mediterranean and live healthily for many years to come.
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President Trump signs TRACED Act into law to combat robocallers
Basking Ridge, N.J. – WEBWIRE – Friday, January 3, 2020
The President signed the TRACED Act into law. The new law includes measures to restore consumers’ trust in Caller ID, penalties against illegal robocallers and carriers who knowingly accept their traffic, and enhanced industry-government coordination on tracing back illegal calls. The following statement should be attributed to Ronan Dunne, Verizon Executive Vice President and CEO of Verizon Consumer Group:
“Verizon has long been a proponent of this legislation and on behalf of our customers, we’re thrilled to see another major step achieved in the fight to eliminate the scourge of unwanted and illegal robocalls.
In 2019, we helped our customers avoid nearly 3 billion spam calls thanks to enhancements in our network like STIR/SHAKEN and the introduction of our free Call Filter service. We’re continuing the fight against unwanted robocalls and this newly signed law will help us do even more to protect consumers.
We’re not in this alone and it will take the industry, along with officials at both the State and Federal level working with us to put an end to these illegal calls. I look forward to continuing this incredibly important initiative on behalf of our customers"
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911 call released in fatal dog attack
Man shoots pit bull attacking other dog, Animal Services investigating
Updated: 8:19 PM EST Mar 6, 2017
Greg Fox
WEBVTT HAPPENED.THE 911 CALL YOU ARE ABOUT TOHEAR IS GRAPHIC.GREG: THAT FRANTIC VOICE YOUHEAR IN THE 911 CALL BELONGS TOELIZABETH ARROYO.SHE WAS TOO UPSET TO BEINTERVIEWED ABOUT THE ATTACK ONHER DOG BEAR FRIDAY NIGHT ANDTHE EVENTS THAT LED TO BEAR'SDEATH AND THAT OF THE PITBULLTHAT LIVED ACROSS THE STREET.THE 911 CALL IS FRIGHTENING ANDGRAPHIC.>> HELLO, 911?>> HI, MY NEIGHBOR'S DOG, ITHINK HE JUST KILLED MY DOG.MY NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR'S DOG HADMY DOG BY THE NECK, AND HE'SBLEEDING.GREG: THERE ARE TWO HOMES ONTHIS PROPERTY.THAT ONE IN THE BACK IS WHERETHE PITBULL TYPICALLY IS, ANDTHE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE WHOOWN IT SAY SOMEBODY LEFT THEDOOR OPEN, THE DOG RAN OUT, ANDATTACK TO THE OTHER DOG.A WOMAN WHO DID NOT WANT TO BEIDENTIFIED WATCHED AS ANOTHERNEIGHBOR CAME OUT OF THIS HOUSE,TRIED TO SEPARATE THE DOGS, THATWHEN THAT FAILED, HE WENT INTOHIS HOUSE TO GET A HANDGUN.>> BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.HE KILLED THE DOG.I THINK HE SHOT BOTH DOGS.GREG: ANOTHER NEIGHBOR HEARDSHOTS AND CALLED 911.>> I HEARD FOR GUNSHOTS.GREG: THE OWNER OF THE PITBULL--[NO AUDIO]HER FAMILY IS DEVASTATED BY THELOSS OF THEIR BELOVED PET WHO
A dog attack in Volusia County led to a neighbor grabbing a gun, and now two dogs are dead. Elisabeth Arroyo screamed at a dispatcher on the phone Friday night. “Oh my God. Oh my God," she said. Arroyo's Labrador-dingo dog, "Bear," was being mauled by a pit bull that lived across the road on East Hubbard Avenue in unincorporated DeLand. The pit bull was named “Taz,” according to a witness who spoke to WESH 2 News under the condition that we not identify her. Here is an excerpt from Arroyo’s call to 911 as the pit bull was biting down on her dog’s neck. "Hello? 911," a dispatcher said. "Hi. My next-door neighbor’s dog, I think he just killed my dog," Arroyo said. "My next-door neighbor’s dog had my dog by the neck and now it’s on the floor, bleeding." "OK," the dispatcher said. "So, I am -- we’re trying to get him off, but we can’t," Arroyo said. Witnesses told the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office that a man who lives across the street saw what had happened and then saw another neighbor run across the street to help. When that man could not separate the dogs, he got a handgun from his home and shot the pit bull. "Boom, boom, boom. He killed the dog. I think he shot both dogs, but I don’t know," said the woman, who does not wish to be identified by WESH 2 News. Another neighbor heard the shots and called 911. "I heard four gunshots. And I heard a bunch of, like, screaming," the caller told a 911 dispatcher. The owner of the pit bull, Zuleyka Sanchez Rodriguez, lives across the street with at least one other dog and three children. Animal Services has no prior record of her pets causing any problems, but is continuing to investigate. Arroyo said her family is devastated by the loss of their beloved pet, who was 3 years old. They laid him to rest in the backyard over the weekend. The man who shot the pit bull is not being charged, because he was protecting others at the time, WESH 2 News has learned.
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. —
A dog attack in Volusia County led to a neighbor grabbing a gun, and now two dogs are dead.
Elisabeth Arroyo screamed at a dispatcher on the phone Friday night.
“Oh my God. Oh my God," she said.
Arroyo's Labrador-dingo dog, "Bear," was being mauled by a pit bull that lived across the road on East Hubbard Avenue in unincorporated DeLand. The pit bull was named “Taz,” according to a witness who spoke to WESH 2 News under the condition that we not identify her.
Here is an excerpt from Arroyo’s call to 911 as the pit bull was biting down on her dog’s neck.
"Hello? 911," a dispatcher said.
"Hi. My next-door neighbor’s dog, I think he just killed my dog," Arroyo said. "My next-door neighbor’s dog had my dog by the neck and now it’s on the floor, bleeding."
"OK," the dispatcher said.
"So, I am -- we’re trying to get him off, but we can’t," Arroyo said.
Witnesses told the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office that a man who lives across the street saw what had happened and then saw another neighbor run across the street to help. When that man could not separate the dogs, he got a handgun from his home and shot the pit bull.
"Boom, boom, boom. He killed the dog. I think he shot both dogs, but I don’t know," said the woman, who does not wish to be identified by WESH 2 News.
Another neighbor heard the shots and called 911.
"I heard four gunshots. And I heard a bunch of, like, screaming," the caller told a 911 dispatcher.
The owner of the pit bull, Zuleyka Sanchez Rodriguez, lives across the street with at least one other dog and three children. Animal Services has no prior record of her pets causing any problems, but is continuing to investigate.
Arroyo said her family is devastated by the loss of their beloved pet, who was 3 years old. They laid him to rest in the backyard over the weekend.
The man who shot the pit bull is not being charged, because he was protecting others at the time, WESH 2 News has learned.
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Sad Loss of Club President
Joe Shellhorn,President, West Cheshire AC.
We regret to announce that Joe Shellhorn passed away peacefully at home overnight of April 2/3, aged 86.
He was awaiting a heart valve replacement, which sadly did not take place in time.
Joe, who was born in Doncaster, was widely known in athletics largely due to his role as a Field Events official.
Joe came into athletics in the early 1970’s due to his two daughters’ participation in the sport while at school.
Moving to Chester in 1972 from Cheltenham, along with his wife Ruth, they soon became involved in helping and officiating. They rapidly became known as accomplished officials and Joe mentored many officials over the years he was involved in athletics.
Joe was due to receive the British Athletics long service award in recognition of his 40 years’ service as an official at the annual Officials’ Conference on April 19, 2015.
Although Joe’s wife sadly passed away in 1988, he continued his involvement in the sport and officiated at all levels.
He was involved with his local club, which is now West Cheshire AC, taking on a number of committee roles throughout his time in Chester and was its current president.
For many years he was the officials secretary for Cheshire County AA and was instrumental in ensuring that the county and its clubs, recruited officials.
He was also the current President of the Cheshire County AA. Joe enjoyed the sport immensely and made many friends in all parts of the World.
He was just as happy at a local schools event as being at an International level meeting. On a number of occasions he was at the World Master’s T&F Championships in a variety of countries working with the technical team of officials – with many amusing stories to tell.
We will miss him greatly and we send our condolences to his family.
The words sent by Malcolm Rogers on learning of the news sum up Joe : : “Sad news indeed. Joe was a mentor to hundreds of officials and was one of life’s absolute gentlemen”.
Joe’s funeral will be held at Blacon Crematorium, Chester on Friday, April 24, at 2pm.
There will be a celebration of his life after the service at a venue to be decided.
In order to gauge numbers would all those intent on attending please send an e-mail to Joe’s daughter: carole333@talktalk.net ASAP. Thank you.
Alan Morris and John Driscoll, West Cheshire AC.
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Zola’s future at Chelsea in doubt, Times say
By West London Sport 14/06/2019
Stories in Friday’s newspapers involving Chelsea…
Gianfranco Zola’s future at Chelsea is in doubt, The Times reports.
The legendary former Blues player was given a one-year contract when he returned to the club as assistant manager last summer.
The Times reports he has not been offered a new deal and fears for his future at Stamford Bridge.
It comes as head coach Maurizio Sarri is preparing to leave Chelsea to take over as Juventus boss.
Zola is a hugely popular figure among Chelsea fans
Several newspapers report that outgoing Juve boss Massimiliano Allegri, who had been linked with the Chelsea job, is out of the running after announcing that he plans to take a year off.
Meanwhile, the Daily Star say Chelsea will refuse to sell Kurt Zouma because of the prospect of a transfer ban.
Zouma spent last season on loan at Everton, who are keen to buy him this summer.
However, with Gary Cahill having left and a transfer ban preventing Chelsea from signing another defender, the Star reckon Zouma will be staying at the Bridge.
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Listen as officers search for shooter's photo
Students at the scene provided details to officers.
Updated: Feb 20, 2018 7:30 AM
For 78 minutes, from the time the first 911 call came in to the arrest, officers frantically searched for Nikolas Cruz after he fatally shot 17 people Wednesday at his former high school in Parkland, Florida.
Here are some of the communications among Broward County sheriff's officers during the search. All are direct quotes, with some edited for clarity.
Shooter's identification
The first 911 call came in at 2:23 p.m. Officers quickly identified him:
Officer: "White male, burgundy shirt, wearing a black hat and either long black pants or shorts. He mixed in with a group of students who were running westbound. ..."
Officer: "I'm being told, advised by the employees that it should be a student: Nikolas Cruz, Nikolas Cruz, who came in on campus with a backpack."
Dispatch: "Nikolas Cruz, is that confirmed?"
Officer: "I'm getting that from the baseball coach -- they were told it was Nikolas Cruz."
Too terrified to open doors
Students called 911 before opening doors:
Dispatch: "Student in Classroom 1255 says somebody's pushing on her door -- is that a police officer? Any units pushing on 1255?"
Officer: "Yes, yes, 1255, that's going to be us."
Dispatch: "You want them to open it or do you want me to tell them to stand down?"
Voice: "Tell her to open her door, have her open her door right now!"
Dispatch: "All right, I'm telling her right now."
Calls for extra officers
As the clock ticked, officers expanded the search area:
Officer: "Anybody who's not doing anything right now, I need to spread this perimeter out. ... Our east perimeter is fine, just start getting units down to the west and lock down Walmart!"
Officer: "There's a lot of units here on scene. If they're not doing anything they need to get to the perimeter -- we have more than enough units on scene."
Officer: "Any units that have access to a computer or can open media that they can look up an Instagram account, it's going to be cruz_nikolas -- I'm advised that might be the suspect -- he has a recent post holding a gun."
Officer: "Anybody evacuating students, I don't need them going west -- they should be going east toward school buses. East toward school buses if you're evaccing students."
Search for shooter's photo
Students at the scene provided details to officers:
Officer to dispatch: "I need a suspect's name again -- I'm going to talk to a student who may get a picture."
(Dispatch repeats name)
Officer: "I just talked to a student, I know somebody's looking for a photo. He should be a ginger, red hair with freckles. Always wears a hoodie, was part of the ROTC program. He's about 5 feet 8."
Officer: "I'm being advised by ROTC students that he was kicked out last year. We're still looking for a photo -- he worked at a Dollar Store on Magnolia. Last name spelling is C-R-U-Z."
All student evacuees checked
There was fear the gunman could be among the rescued students:
Officer: "Someone checking the IDs of those kids before they get up and leave the area?"
Officer: "Attention all units, be advised -- a repeat of the last instruction -- juveniles being loaded onto the buses are going to park. The IDs need to be checked of the juveniles before they get on the buses. Make sure that Nikolas Cruz isn't part of this group."
False sightings, unattended bags
As the search progressed, there were false reports of the shooter's sighting:
Dispatch: "Shooter in building, 1305, science building, first floor."
Officer: "That's a negative on 1305"
Dispatch: "We're being advised of a report of unattended bags at the east side of the school. ... I'm being told to pass that on to you, that there's an unattended backpack on the east side of the school."
Officer: "Leave all unattended bags alone, just leave them alone. We'll sweep them ... later."
Shooter's caretaker
The family he lived with provided crucial information:
Officer: "I just spoke with Nikolas' father. He said he spoke with him and he said he was at a McDonald's by the school -- I'm trying to see what that address is. ..." (Officers provide an address for the nearest McDonald's.)
Officer: "I'm talking to Nikolas' caregiver. We need some units to go to his house. ... He's got a safe with guns, he doesn't know if his wife is OK."
Officer: "I've got bad radio service, I've got the mom. She's 10-4. (OK) I'm going to need a couple extra units out here to secure the house. There's possibly a male in the house, not the suspect. We're trying to talk him out."
'Nikolas Cruz is in custody'
At 3:41 p.m., Cruz was arrested
Officer: "We have the suspect detained."
Officer: "Can we get a positive identification that Nikolas Cruz has been detained?"
Officer: "10-4 -- confirmed that Nikolas Cruz is in custody."
Officer: "I'm ... here at the apprehension scene. The clothing is identical. We are going to need homicide or whoever is going to be working this here on scene ASAP, especially when they're going to do the one on one. We need investigators."
Officer: "Also ... we'll want to send some dogs this way to do article search. You want to get them out of staging, and get them over this way?"
Officer: "We're gonna get investigators here. ... They're going to show up and then start doing article searches to see if he dropped anything in this neighborhood."
Additional suspects?
After the arrest, there were concerns of another gunman:
Officer: "I just want to confirm: We have no intel of any other suspects, just the one?"
Dispatch: "Any units have additional information about any potential additional participants involved in this incident?"
Officer: Positive ID. That's the only one.
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Books in the Divergent series
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NERC Case Notes: Reliability Standard COM-001-1.1
Cleco Corporation, FERC Docket No. NP11-265-000 (August 31, 2011)
Reliability Standard: COM-001-1.1
Requirement: R1
Violation Risk Factor: Lower
Violation Severity Level: Severe
Region: SPP
Issue: During a compliance audit in April 2010, SPP found that Cleco Corporation (Cleco), as a Balancing Authority and Transmission Owner, did not possess sufficient documentation showing that Cleco would be able to communicate with its substations if there was a loss of telecommunications connection. In addition, Cleco did not specify that its operations would move to a backup control center if the telecommunications connection was lost at Cleco's primary control center nor did it provide its operating personnel with written operating instructions and procedures for continuing system operations after a loss of the telecommunications facilities.
Finding: SPP and Cleco entered into a settlement agreement to resolve multiple violations, whereby Cleco agreed to pay a penalty of $27,000 and to undertake other mitigation measures. SPP found that the COM-001-1.1 violation only constituted a minimal risk to bulk power system reliability since SPP had procedures in place that would provide for the staffing of the substations with field personnel after a loss of communications with the substations. In addition, Cleco had multiple communication systems in place, which provided for numerous options in the face of telecommunications system failure. The duration of the COM-001-1.1 violation was from June 18, 2007 through May 13, 2010. In approving the settlement agreement, NERC found that these were Cleco's first violations of the relevant Reliability Standards; Cleco was cooperative during the enforcement process and did not conceal the violations; Cleco had a compliance program in place (which was evaluated as a mitigating factor); and there were no additional aggravating or mitigating factors or other extenuating circumstances.
Penalty: $27,000 (aggregate for 6 violations)
FERC Order: Issued September 30, 2011 (no further review)
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Smaller classes, better nursing and help for first-time buyers - the Lib Dem manifesto pledges
The Liberal Democrats have published their Assembly election manifesto - this is what it promises you
Kirsty Williams is today describing how her party wants to use the Assembly's powers to change Wales
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The Welsh Liberal Democrats have launched their manifesto for the May Assembly elections with the claim that the nation needs “nothing short of a revolution”.
Party leader Kirsty Williams says people have been “sorely disappointed” by the Assembly’s record of delivery and today’s manifesto sets out the policies Lib Dems claim could forge a nation which “works for you”.
Key policies include the creation of a Welsh Development Bank, a reduction in infant class sizes to no more than 25 pupils, better nursing levels and access to GPs, 20,000 extra affordable homes, a lower voting age, help for farmers and council tax cuts for energy efficient homes.
Kirsty's pitch to Wales
Ms Williams states: “Wales should be a dynamic, innovative and vibrant economy; a nation, proud of our past yet confident of our future and our place in the world. To get there, politics in Wales needs nothing short of a revolution...
“People have similar aspirations now as they did when our National Assembly was first established. As a minimum, they expect their government to deliver effective public services.
“But we all had hoped for more – innovative policies enabling Wales to outperform its neighbours. We have been sorely disappointed on both counts. It is time for Wales to have politicians that listen and then work to solve problems.”
What they’re promising on... the economy
The Lib Dems are promising to “change the fate of the Welsh economy” by setting up a Welsh Development Bank.
They say this would:
Bring together finance and support for small businesses seeking to grow;
Develop export markets for Welsh businesses;
Draw in funding for major infrastructure projects.
Warning that “public transport is expensive and often infrequent”, the party pledges to create regional transport authorities to “meet local need by re-regulating the buses”.
The Lib Dems say Wales has the “lowest level of superfast broadband of anywhere in the UK and unacceptably poor levels of mobile coverage”.
Stating that the “current snail’s pace of delivery will not be tolerated”, they pledge to “hold negotiations with BT Openreach for a timetable of delivery”.
The big Lib Dem promise is to reduce infant class sizes to 25.
The party says that class sizes in Wales are “some of the highest in the developed world” and it would introduce a ‘Class Sizes Reduction Fund’ to get numbers down.
Claiming that Labour’s tuition fees policy is “draining our universities of funding”, the Lib Dems argue it is “living costs, not tuition fees” which are the biggest barrier to going to university.
The party says it would bring in a “Student Living Support Grant’ for all Welsh-domiciled pupils, “no matter where they study”.
A Lib Dem priority is ensuring there are more nurses on Welsh hospital wards.
Kirsty Williams’ More Nurses Bill recently made Wales the “first country in Europe to introduce safe staffing levels”.
The party now wants to expand it to include maternity wards, mental health wards and community care teams.
Further pledges include:
A £10m investment in a “GP Access Fund” which would see extended general practice opening hours and “innovative ways of providing care services”.
Ending mental health discrimination – the Lib Dems say they would “legislate to put mental health care on an equal footing with physical health in our NHS and reduce waiting times”.
(Image: Chris Ison/PA Wire)
The Lib Dems have the goal of funding 20,000 extra affordable homes by 2021.
They say they would:
Increase the Social Housing Grant from £35m to £75m per year;
Help first-time buyers to get on the property ladder with a “Rent to Own” model – people will “steadily build up a share in their home through monthly payments equivalent to rent until they own the property outright after 30 years”.
The party hopes to deliver at least 2,500 Rent to Own homes over an Assembly term.
Lib Dems also want to “protect and empower tenants” and say they would “take action to protect vulnerable people in the private housing sector, with a cap on letting agency fees and rent increases” and a “dedicated housing tribunal with the power to mediate on disputes”.
The party pledges to “enshrine renewable energy and greenhouse gas targets in law”.
It would set a target for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with Wales producing all its electricity from renewable sources by 2025.
The Lib Dems also want to promote small-scale energy projects and say they would ensure “microgeneration projects are considered with a presumption in favour of development, given priority access to the grid and enabled to sell energy within their own locality.”
They further want to introduce a drinks container deposit return scheme under which “customers will receive a small cash payment when they when they return drinks bottles to a collection point”.
The Lib Dems promise a 'far' voting system (Image: Rui Vieira/PA Wire)
The Lib Dems say they want a “flourishing system of democratic local government” and promise to:
Devolve new powers to community councils;
Give local authorities new powers over public health, regeneration, strategic transport and economic development;
Reform local government to make it more accountable and transparent;
Introduce a “fair voting system” for all local elections.
The Lib Dems also pledge to pass a “Community Bill of Rights” which would give communities a “Right to Bid” so that “assets of community value can be kept in public use”.
A further pledge is a “Right to Build” which would allow local communities to “propose small-scale, site-specific, community-led developments”.
Community councils would have the “automatic right to bid to take over services that local authorities are closing”.
Lib Dems say they want to help ensure the survival of the family farm by promoting “share farming and succession planning”.
Other pledges include:
Dedicated support for hill farming – the Lib Dems would deliver an “‘Areas of Natural Constraint’ scheme to support those farming in moorland areas and help them diversify into more profitable areas of farming”;
Small-scale grants to farmers to help them to diversify, cut carbon emissions, and improve their competitiveness.
The Lib Dems say agri-environment schemes need to be simplified and farmers must receive payments on time.
The Lib Dems pledge not to increase income tax.
Their “long-term aim” is to “reduce the income tax burden for the low and middle income earners when Government expenditure is increasing again”.
They also promise to:
Cut council tax by £100 for homes that have their energy efficiency rating improved by two bands or more.
Establish a business rates relief fund for new occupants of empty premises;
Remove plant and machinery from the rateable value of premises.
The Lib Dems say they want to “restore trust in politics” and claim politics and politicians have a “bad reputation”.
They pledge to:
Enable you to recall your AM for wrongdoing;
Clean up the ministerial code;
Link AMs’ pay to public sector pay;
Lower the voting age to 16;
Strengthen citizenship education;
Establish a National Youth Assembly for Wales;
Introduce a fair voting system.
Welsh language and culture
Raising the National Eisteddfod's Pink Pavilion
The big pledges here are to:
Create a Wales Cultural Endowment to fund the arts – the vision is that over time it will build up to “a level where it can be used to fund all non-commercial cultural events in Wales”;
Reform the teaching of Welsh in English medium schools;
Launch an intensive national campaign to encourage more parents to choose Welsh language education;
Make sure oral language skills suitable for the workplace are embedded in the Welsh language curriculum;
Ensure everyone who wishes to speak Welsh can do so.
Wales engaging the wider world
The party is fighting for Wales to stay in the EU and wants the nation to “play our role in international development”.
This would involve:
Building genuine partnerships with the developing world, involving marginalised groups in Wales;
Supporting cultural exchanges;
Helping people out of poverty.
Lib Dems want to cement Wales’ as a “Nation of Sanctuary”.
Although immigration and asylum are the responsibility of the UK Government, the Welsh Lib Dems plan to “use devolved powers over equalities, housing and social care to make sure that all people living in Wales, including asylum seekers and refugees, are treated with equal respect and care across the country.”
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Rosenstein to meet with lawmakers over report he sought to secretly record Trump
Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein at the White House on Thursday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
September 28, 2018 at 2:25 PM EDT
The House Judiciary Committee expects to interview Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein behind closed doors sometime in the next few weeks, according to its chairman, who said Friday that he is finalizing the meeting’s details with the Justice Department.
“There are many questions we have for Mr. Rosenstein, including questions about allegations made against him in a recent news article,” said the chairman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.). “We need to get to the bottom of these very serious claims.”
Rosenstein agreed to a meeting after speaking with Goodlatte on Thursday, said an administration official with knowledge of their discussion.
A spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) said that the Judiciary Committee “is calling the shots” and that “we support the Judiciary chairman.”
Memos kept by former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe say Rosenstein suggested secretly recording President Trump, potentially as part of a plan to remove him from office under the 25th Amendment. Rosenstein has denied this but offered to resign after the report’s publication last week.
He is expected to meet with Trump next week to discuss the matter.
McCabe memos say Rosenstein considered secretly recording Trump
Last week’s report by the New York Times touched off a firestorm among conservative Republicans, who have pressured Rosenstein to turn over documents as part of their ongoing scrutiny of the Justice Department and FBI and how the agencies conducted their investigations of Trump’s campaign and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.
Rosenstein appeared on the brink of impeachment over the summer, but in recent weeks top GOP officials have said they felt he had become more compliant with lawmakers’ requests.
Now Republican leaders say they support demands for more information. On Thursday, the Judiciary Committee subpoenaed McCabe’s memos, along with documents related to the FBI’s application to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and other materials about the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election already shared with the “Gang of Eight,” a bipartisan group of congressional and intelligence committee leaders.
House Judiciary panel subpoenas McCabe memos, Page surveillance documents
Trump has said he is inclined to let Rosenstein remain in his job for now, though it is expected that he will depart the Justice Department along with Attorney General Jeff Sessions after November’s elections.
The House Judiciary and Oversight committees plan to meet with former FBI general counsel James Baker next week as part of their ongoing probe. Lawmakers expect to meet in late October with Nellie Ohr, a former contractor for Fusion GPS, the private research firm that produced a dossier detailing Trump’s alleged personal and business ties to Russia, according to two members. Ohr is married to Bruce Ohr, a Justice Department official who met on several occasions with Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer who compiled the information contained in the dossier.
The committees also have invited Glenn Simpson, the founder of Fusion GPS, to speak with them and have sent requests to former FBI director James B. Comey, former attorney general Loretta E. Lynch, former acting attorney general Sally Yates and former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos. Simpson rejected the invitation, raising the possibility lawmakers will issue a subpoena for his testimony.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that the House committees invited Christopher Steele to speak with them. The committees invited Glenn Simpson, the founder of Fusion GPS, to speak with them.
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BOND STREET STATION, CROSSRAIL UPGRADE.
The initial remit for the subcontract was to provide a 24 hours per day, 7 days per week cleaning service of the temporary purpose built welfare facilities situated directly above the construction site. The site is part of a major redevelopment to increase capacity and accessibility and to create an interchange with the Elizabeth line currently being constructed by Crossrail Ltd.
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP.
The subcontract package for the cleaning service was awarded in June 2014 as we had worked for one of the contractors on many previous occasions including cleaning of both the building and the welfare facilities for them at a large Berkshire rail station from commencement until completion.
The unit consists of engineering offices, toilets, showering facilities and a kitchen / dining area over 3 levels and in the initial stages had a workforce of over 150 staff over each of the 2 shifts worked by the contractor.
CONSTANTLY EVOLVING.
Starting with 5 full-time operatives working the site on a rota basis of 3 during the day and 2 overnight, a variety of tasks were undertaken to keep the facility clean and functional for the staff that used it.
This also included providing a daily laundering and drying service of the mining staff’s uniforms when this aspect was in progress.
The 5 operatives remained consistent throughout the contract which proved invaluable as this has meant that the service level did not fluctuate with the arrival and training of new staff and benefited both ourselves and the contractor.
The project is now drawing to its conclusion and was reduced accordingly but we retain 2 full time daily operatives on the site.
“When the challenge was diverting the services along Oxford Street, demolition of the OSD & tunnels the challenges have got no easier just more complicated and what a great team there is here to guide them challenges to success and I have work alongside with some great people.
It’s been a pleasure working with you I’m sure we will cross paths again.”
Bryan Williams, General Foremen
Bond Street Station Upgrade
Rail, construction, welfare facilities, builders cleans
24 hour, 7 days a week service delivery
Welfare facilities
Package value: £365k
June 2014 to present day
Welfare facilities, cleaning, laundry, 24 hours, Crossrail
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Sting Reveals Vince McMahon's Reaction To Him Signing With TNA
By William Windsor | October 03, 2018
Recently on The Apter Chat, legendary pro wrestling personality Bill Apter and host Josh Shernoff spoke with WWE Hall Of Famer Sting. Among many other things, Sting talked about why it took him so long to have a WWE run, what WWE Chairman Vince McMahon told Sting about signing with Impact Wrestling, and how long Sting initially planned on staying with Impact Wrestling, then known as TNA Wrestling.
According to Sting, he had a few conversations with McMahon over the years about going to WWE and 'Stinger' even came close to leaving WCW a couple of times.
"I had probably had three… on three separate occasions, I had a conversation with Vince [McMahon] and I was close on a couple of those occasions to leaving [WCW]." Sting recalled, "two reasons why I never did, number one, WCW always ended up giving me what I asked for as far as… it wasn't just financial - it was how much I work - I wanted to have it be in black and white, contractually, 'I want to work X number of days and blah, blah, blah, only a certain number of house shows that I want to do throughout the year,' so they gave me what I wanted."
The man called Sting divulged that the second reason he had for never leaving WCW for WWE was that he always felt that McMahon wanted to sign Sting away from WCW to undermine WCW more than anything else. Interestingly, Sting noted that WWE's risqué programming would not have stopped him from making a run up north.
"And as far as Vince, Vince and I would always talk and it was great. And then, the attorneys would talk and things would kind of change, but I always thought in the earlier days, I thought that Vince wanted me more to undermine WCW than he did want me as a talent." Sting continued, "well, in the later years, you could that, yes. I mean, that was definitely a part of it as well, but that wouldn't have stopped me from going up there, honestly. I mean, I'm a pro wrestlers. This is what I do. And I'm not going to… I mean, I always thought everyone knows who I am. They know what I stand for. They know what I believe. And if I go up there and they ask me to do something that's maybe against my conscience and I just can't do it, then, I just won't do it. And if it's 'goodbye' at that point, I was ready to say, 'goodbye'. I mean, that's all there is to it."
Apparently, when Sting informed McMahon that the former was signing with Impact Wrestling, 'The Genetic Jackhammer' suggested that going there would have ruined Sting's legacy.
"I ended up going to TNA and I'll never forget having that conversation with Vince." Sting remembered, "he's on the phone with me and he says, 'you know, Sting,' he said, 'I find this hard to believe. The legacy that you leave behind and the thought of you going to TNA is just, blah.' That's exactly what he said, 'blah!' And so then you fast forward to me coming back to do WrestleMania, I sent out a text to Vince and Triple H, and I simply said, 'have you guys turned the page on Sting yet?' because I honestly didn't know. Did they turn the page? Are they done or would they consider a run up there?"
Sting Reveals Who He Got The Scorpion Deathlock From
Notably, Sting shared that he planned on being with Impact for only one or two years and that he was there to help attract other stars.
"Yeah, I thought, 'let's try TNA.' And, again, they kind of gave me what I wanted. Obviously, it wasn't all about money with TNA, but the schedule though that I ended up having, that I could attain and they were very agreeable. And so, we did that and the rest is history. I planned on doing it for a year maybe or a couple of years. But they brought me in in hopes that other bigger name guys might want to come in and I thought that worked because, quite frankly, quite a few of them ended up coming in. Kurt Angle was the first. Mick Foley was there. [Scott] Hall and [Kevin] Nash, they were there. Scotty Steiner was there. Hulk Hogan was there." Sting professed, "a lot of guys ended up coming in and it was a lot of fun. It really was."
Check out the show below. If you use any of the quotes from this article, please credit The Apter Chat with an H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.
Source: The Apter Chat
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Crews extinguish fire in bedroom closet of Savannah home
by: WSAV Staff
Crews on scene of fire at 729 E. Waldburg St. (Savannah Fire Rescue)
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Crews extinguished a fire in a bedroom closet Tuesday at a Savannah home.
According to Savannah Fire Rescue, firefighters were dispatched to 729 E. Waldburg St. around 11:30 a.m.
The department says crews found a fire in a second-story bedroom closet. They were able to quickly extinguish the fire before it could extend beyond the closet.
No one was injured in the fire, but officials say one person was displaced because of water damage.
No word yet on the cause of the fire.
As a part of Savannah Fire’s “Keep the Wreath Green” campaign, they have added a red bulb to a wreath hanging outside of their headquarters.
It serves as a visual reminder to practice fire safety steps throughout the holiday season.
The department has reported nine fires since the campaign launched on Nov. 18.
Holiday Fire #9 = Red Bulb #9
Waldburg St., 12/10
Oak St., 12/9
Eleanor St., 12/8
Brentwood Apts., 12/8
Speir St., 12/6
Stillwood Dr., 12/4
Helmken St., 12/4
Maupas St., 11/30
E. 62nd St., 11/18@cityofsavannah #safekidssavannah pic.twitter.com/wlpwBhZE02
— Savannah Fire Rescue (@savannahfire) December 10, 2019
Launch of Savannah Fire’s ‘Keep the Wreath Green’ campaign met with first incident
by WSAV Staff / Jan 18, 2020
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) - The family of a missing 24-year-old woman joined the Savannah Police Department Saturday to ask the public for information.
Melanie Steele disappeared more than four months ago. Cpl. Michael Rowan said Saturday that Steele has not spoken to friends or family since the night of Sept. 13. Rowan said SPD knows other people are involved in Steele's disappearance.
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) - The Back River Bridge on Highway 17 has re-opened after an accident with injuries Friday night.
Officials say a driver pulled over on the bridge and was hit by a passing vehicle just after 9:30 p.m. The driver then fell off the bridge and into the Savannah River.
Dog Days reading program a ‘win-win’ for kids and therapy dogs
by Claire Going / Jan 17, 2020
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV)—The Live Oak Public Library System’s “Dog Days” reading program is a win-win for kids and their furry friends.
“For children who are learning how to read, or who may not feel very confident, or who are just growing their reading skills, these critters are completely uncritical,” Children’s Librarian Sha Dishong said.
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Jury convicts man for drive-thru shooting for second time
Posted: Feb 8, 2019 / 03:08 PM EST / Updated: Feb 8, 2019 / 03:08 PM EST
A Connecticut man has been found guilty for the second time of fatally shooting another man at a fast-food restaurant drive-thru window in 2012.
The New Haven Register reports that 25-year-old Quavon Torres was convicted Thursday of murder and carrying a pistol without a permit in the death of 59-year-old Donald Bradley.
Prosecutors say Torres and Bradley were in a car at a Burger King drive-thru when they had a dispute and Torres opened fire.
Torres was previously convicted of the charges in 2014. His conviction was overturned by an appellate court, which said the trial judge shouldn’t have allowed a witness to make an in-court identification of Torres.
Attorney Walter Bansley says Torres maintains his innocence.
He faces up to 45 years in prison at sentencing.
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EAST HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH)-- Connecticut is seeing a spike in flu-related deaths. Six people in the state died from the flu last week alone, bringing the total for the season to 13.
"I've been here for 33 years as the coach. This is the first game where we've been affected," said Louis Pane, Hockey Coach, East Haven High.
No warning for Alpine Manor killer’s new neighbors
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Circle of Care presents talk with Mitch Albom
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https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/schools/article/Town-receives-partial-reimbursement-for-school-13992147.php
Town receives partial reimbursement for school project
Jeannette Ross
Published 12:08 pm EDT, Friday, April 14, 2017
The town has received $2.9 million from the state as partial reimbursement for the Miller-Driscoll School renovation, Chris Burney, the town’s facilities director, said Thursday, April 13, at a meeting of the Miller-Driscoll Building Committee.
The state funds were calculated on $15 million in reimbursable costs submitted by the town. The costs are being reimbursed at a rate of 21%.
“A lot of us at town hall feel a lot better about the process than a month ago,” Burney said, when the state announced it had not sold any of the bonds meant to fund reimbursement for some 20 school projects taking place around the state.
The town expects to get about another $5 million from the state, and the project is expected to come in around $35 million to $36 million total, committee chair Glenn Hemmerle said.
The town is submitting another $15 million in expenses to the state for reimbursement.
Wood ceiling retained
Also at the meeting, the committee voted to retain the architectural design that calls for a decorative wood panel ceiling in the main corridor outside the media center at the school. Burney raised the possibility of saving about $63,000 if the design were changed to use regular ceiling tiles instead.
Architect Randall Luther said use of the wood was an aesthetic choice to make the area, which is close to the entrance, more attractive. There were not many choices, he said, because the ceiling must be accessible to equipment overhead.
In a discussion of the pros and cons of changing the design, committee member Mandi Schmauch said, “that is the ugliest part of the building, when you walk in … the library is so ugly … anything we can do to make this for someone who is checking out the school for the first time, a potential Wilton homeowner, anything we can do to make this look nice I’m all in agreement for …”
Committee member John Kalamarides asked project manager Mike Douyard if Turner Construction was expecting any significant change orders between now and the end of the project that would presumably increase costs.
“Not that we know about,” he replied.
Schmauch also asked if the money could be used instead for the media center, but Burney replied that renovation of the media center was not part of this project.
After a bit more discussion, the committee voted to keep the wood ceiling.
The building committee will meet again Thursday, June 8.
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Mary had a quantum lamb
Microsoft's 'do more' vision of quantum computing
On November 20, 2016, Microsoft announced its next step in the field of quantum computing.
Per Corporate Vice-President of Microsoft's quantum computing program Todd Holmdahl, they're "at an inflection point in which [they] are ready to go from research to engineering." This could result in a historic exponential leap in computing.
Microsoft's venture into this unknown future is a baby step into what even sci-fi fans would have thought impossible in our lifetimes. Granted, we won't see a useful quantum computer tomorrow. Still, Microsoft's laying the groundwork for a profound "quantum-computing-as-a-platform" future.
Microsoft wants to be the world's quantum computing platform.
Before considering the implications of Microsoft's ambition, we'll answer the question, "What's quantum computing?" We'll then entertain its profound impact.
Microsoft is a platform company. With the Cloud, an aggressive Windows 10 push and the Universal Windows Platform, Redmond wants to be the platform for personal computing.
With that in mind, what might that ambition look like if Microsoft becomes the world's platform of history-defining quantum computing-based tools and services?
What is Quantum Computing?
Quantum computing is where computer science and quantum physics meet. Scientists like Isaac Newton gave us an understanding of how the physical universe behaves on a macro, or large scale. At the microscopic level, however, particles behave differently. On a molecular scale, particles can enter a quantum state called superposition where they exist in two distinct states simultaneously.
Superposition's impact on computing is profound. Current computers process individual units of data or bits, which present as either 1s or 0s.
Qubits and superposition increase computation power exponentially.
Today's computing is limited to a linear flow of 1s and 0s that must be processed sequentially.
A quantum computer will use quantum bits, or qubits. Qubits, because of superposition, can exist as both a 1 and 0 simultaneously. Thus, qubits can do twice as many calculations as a bit. Consequently, a quantum computer, with strings of qubits, could solve in a fraction of the time the kind of problems that would take conventional computers years.
Building a Quantum Computer
Holmdahl heads the team of researchers and engineers tasked with making this scalable quantum hardware and software a reality. As Microsoft is leveraging its strength as a software company in this venture Matthias Troyer, a leader in the field, said:
Similar to classical high-performance computing, we need not just hardware but also optimized software.
Microsoft has deliberately torn down walls between disciplines to bring the necessary players to the table. Quantum computing expert, Charles Marcus added:
I knew that to get...to the point where you started to be able to create machines that have never existed before, it was necessary to change the way we did business. We need scientists, engineers of all sorts, technicians, programmers, all working on the same team.
As the team takes shape, they're working on producing a topological qubit system; which yields a more stable version of a qubit. Holmdahl shared, "A topological design is less impacted by changes in its environment." This allows the qubit to persist in the required quantum state longer.
The do more (quantum) company
CEO Satya Nadella said this of Microsoft's vision to help individuals and organizations to do more:
We're the company that enables people to do more, play, have more fun, create more. Sometimes we refer to ourselves as the "do more" company....I want us to be able to take that focus and innovation forward.
As a company that provides an intelligent cloud, a universal platform, a range of widely used products and services and a growing family of category-defining hardware, Microsoft's ecosystem is a comprehensive personal computing platform for industries and individuals.
A quantum platform will help Microsoft help people do even more.
Nadella's goal for "every individual and organization to get more out of every moment in their lives" will take on new meaning if Redmond successfully builds a quantum computing platform to power its ecosystem.
Imagine the power
Data encryption, database searching and simulations are some areas quantum computing is expected to impact.
Current computers would take years to crack the strongest encryption used today. Conversely, a quantum system could do the job with ease. Such technology would be courted by governments for both international and domestic surveillance. On the flip side, quantum-based security could bolster Microsoft's device management services and infrastructure exponentially.
Microsoft's quantum platform would empower diverse industries.
Furthermore, an intelligent quantum cloud could empower any industry to run an unprecedented number of complex simulation scenarios simultaneously. Predicting outcomes and potential paths of action would be possible with incredible accuracy. Long-term effects of medications could be predicted, the impact of urban projects could be calculated, military offensives could be anticipated, years of academic research could be reduced to days. The list goes on.
Moreover, a quantum system could make searching for information vastly more efficient. An intelligent system that knows a user, recalls past behavior, monitors current activity, and accesses relevant data from the general activity of others could potentially anticipate (via proactive background simulations) the reasons for a particular query rather than just recognizing that a query was made. This could yield results so tailored to a user's immediate need that it seems almost magical. Not unlike how a spouse who's frantically searching for something is handed exactly what they need by their husband/wife without ever divulging what they're looking for.
These are just some scenario's quantum computing may enable.
A Quantum Cortana
Cortana, the boundless, cross-platform AI, could become vastly more intelligent and proactive on a quantum platform. Her ability to synthesize data from Bing, Windows and other input sources and data repositories would be greatly increased. Moreover, her working in conjunction with a quantum-based Bot Framework would make computer intelligence more ambient, pervasive, proactive and personal.
Imagine a student that grows up with Cortana as a personal assistant who's now searching for colleges. Cortana could use years of data synthesized from behavior, preferences, grades and more; collaborate with bots from potential colleges and provide ideal matches in nanoseconds, from the simple query, "Cortana, what colleges should I consider?"
A boundless quantum-based Cortana could be game-changing.
Furthermore, a single AI that intimately knows each of us, our schedules, preferences, habits and connections with one another could coordinate our lives in profound (and scary) ways. If I suddenly fell ill and couldn't attend a scheduled meeting, Cortana could proactively alert the other attendees' that I cannot attend.
That sounds efficient. But what of the negative impact of a single intelligence that potentially possesses intimate and real-time knowledge about a billion of us?
Homdahl admits Microsoft's efforts aren't guaranteed to succeed. If, however, they do Microsoft is resolved to be the quantum computing platform to help individuals and organizations do more. Only time will tell where this will lead.
We do know, however, that the leap in computing will be like the difference between a child and an accomplished pianist playing "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
These are the best motherboards for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600
The motherboard is the heart of your PC, connecting your CPU, RAM, GPU, storage and all other devices together, allowing the OS to communicate between components. Here are the best motherboards for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600.
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People are ambiguous about new technology
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WIN has published the second part of the 2018 WIN World Survey (WWS) exploring the outlook, expectations, views and beliefs of 30,890 people from 40 countries across the world.
In particular, this time, the PR is related to Questions 12-13-14 of the survey on the Artificial Intelligence (AI). Data show that the 42% of people is concerned that Apps may use their personal data.
Vilma Scarpino, President of WIN, said: “Technology is increasingly impacting on the daily life of people around the world, but we are reacting in contrary ways. 42% of people are concerned about Apps that use their personal data, the majority (53%) of people around the world would be happy to have AI assist doctors but not to fully replace them. Many of the workers in the low-cost countries are afraid that AI/Automation will replace their jobs while workers in the advanced economies are less afraid. This global survey shows the value of education in understanding the advantages of technology and its likely impact on our daily lives”.
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THQ Measures <cite>Frontlines</cite> Players' Brain Waves
Author: Susan ArendtSusan Arendt
Rather than rely on questionnaires or surveys to find out how people feel about their games, THQ has decided to go for a more scientific approach by hooking players up to an EEG readout.
A company called EmSense is helping THQ out by using EEG technology to measure the brain waves, heart rates, and sweat responses of people playing Frontlines. Bob Aniello, THQ's chief marketing officer, thinks the EEG readouts will provide better information about a game's effectiveness:
We typically rely on people to tell us what they think. With this kind technology, it's not what people say, but what they're thinking about, and that's much more accurate.
This kind of research is, as you might expect, quite pricey, so it's questionable as to whether or not gaming companies will embrace it.
Video game testing taken to new level [The Daily Vidette]
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Trial Begins In Key West Terrorism Case
By Nancy Klingener • Jan 23, 2017
Nancy Klingener / WLRN
A Key West man charged with attempting to use a backpack bomb and trying to help ISIS went on trial in U.S. District Court Monday.
"This is a case of a man who believed in the ideals of ISIS, or ISIL," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Marc Anton in opening arguments, calling Harlem Suarez, 25, "an individual who was obsessed with ISIS and set on violence."
Suarez's attorney said his client's Facebook posts were "just talk and no action" and that he only took any steps toward action after "persistent pressure and intimidation" from undercover federal operatives.
"You Cannot Go Around Life Terrified," Insights On Living With Threats Of 'Soft Target' Attacks
By Rowan Moore Gerety • Jan 12, 2017
Courtesy Nadav Alkoby
Marcelo Salup grew up in Spain in the last years of the Franco dictatorship, mindful of the state police and their long batons, and ETA, a Basque separatist group that waged an increasingly intense terror campaign from the 1960s until a ceasefire in 2010.
“My formative years were spent in an atmosphere where you were very conscious ETA could just bomb anything,” Salup says. In fact, the group bombed the residential building where he lived as a kid, and later, the university where he went to school.
Rubio's Re-Run May Be Harder Than The GOP Thinks – Especially After Orlando
By Tim Padgett • Jun 22, 2016
Joshua Lim / AP via Miami Herald
COMMENTARY -
So it seems the Orlando massacre helped prod Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, like a guy leaping back onto a subway train as its doors are closing, to change his mind Wednesday and run for reelection.
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5 Lessons for Overcoming Obstacles from the Ultimate Underdog
Empower yourself with what one star learned in her role as an extraordinary woman
By Martha Sorren
From the Rough Productions/Freestyle Releasing
Academy Award–nominated actress Taraji P. Henson is playing a real-life inspiration in her new film From the Rough, which opens April 25. The true story tells the tale of Dr. Catana Starks, the first African American woman ever to coach an all-male college team. Not only did she take charge of the Tennessee State golfers but also led them to a championship victory and the college's best record at that time. But you don't have to be a sports fan to appreciate the film; it's really a story about beating the odds. We talked to Henson to get the advice she picked up on getting past personal hurdles.
1. Believe in yourself; it's more powerful than anyone else believing in you. "Catana Starks proved what I've always known: Anything is possible if you believe," Henson says about why she took the role. In the coach's world, almost nothing was at her fingertips, but trusting her abilities was something no one could take away from her. That kind of confidence can fuel your own drive to achieve goals.
2. Keep your resolve even when a goal seems impossible. Starks's tenacity is what carried her over a lot of the barriers in her path. "You have to be passionate," says Henson. "When you hit obstacles, you have to get over them and keep dreaming. You can't give up hope, because hope is everything."
3. Have a strong support system. When obstacles look unbeatable, Henson suggests turning to those closest to you. "I have a tight-knit network of friends to remind me why I'm doing something and to talk me off the ledge."
4. Don't be afraid of hard work. Women hoping to break into male-dominated fields like Coach Starks did have a tough road ahead of them. "You have to strap on your big girl boots because there's a lot to do," Henson cautions. Unfortunately, you may need to put forth more effort than the men, but as Coach Starks illustrated, it can be worth it.
5. Pay no attention to the naysayers. Ever. Coach Starks prevailed against the doubters in a major way when she led her rag-tag team to a record-breaking victory. Henson takes away from that win the lesson that "no matter what the odds are or what society says, you can do it."
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The Young Women’s Freedom Center works to break cycles of poverty, incarceration, criminalization, exploitation and violence that harm girls, women and transgender, gender non-conforming (TGNC) people of color. ABOUT US Join us March 9th on the steps of the State Capitol in Sacramento to launch Freedom 2030 - a ten-year political organizing, culture change and legislative campaign to end the incarceration and criminalization of girls, women and TGNC people. FREEDOM 2030 Ending the Incarceration of Girls in Santa Clara County - YWFC San Jose to act as diversion site for girls, young women and TGNC youth. LEARN MORE
By 2030, the Young Women’s Freedom Center will have built a groundswell of formerly incarcerated and systems-impacted girls, women and TGNC people to lead Freedom 2030 – a ten-year campaign toward the ultimate goal of decarcerating and decriminalizing girls, women and TGNC people in California.
YWFC has contributed to an annual 79%-85% reduction in recidivism among women and TGNC people who complete our program. Up to 90% of those who complete the program maintain employment and reach educational goals at 6-, 12-, and 18-month follow up.
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The Sister Warrior Freedom Coalition brings together girls, women and TGNC people most impacted by incarceration and other public systems. Having created a Freedom Charter as our guiding radical vision, the Coalition is informing and providing leadership for the Freedom 2030 campaign to end incarceration and criminalization.
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A Majority of Board of Supervisors Support Legislation to Close SF’s Juvenile Hall by December 2021
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ASUS ZenFone 5 In-Depth Hands-on
by Zen Estacio · February 28, 2018
After numerous speculations, leaks, and rumors, ASUS finally took the wraps off of their latest generation Zenfone. Not to be confused with the earlier Zenfone 5 released back in 2014. Although, we did expect this confusing road bump when the company started naming their phones by generation instead of by screen size. This new flagship is actually ASUS’ first deep step into artificial intelligence (AI) as they are touting it to be an “Intelligent Phone” rather than just a “Smart Phone”. So without further ado, say hello to the new and improved Zenfone 5.
You may also watch our video hands-on below.
The very first thing you’ll notice when you lay your eyes upon the Zenfone 5 for the first time, is its uncanny resemblance to the iPhone X. Like Apple’s anniversary device, ASUS’ latest also has that weird looking top notch. Although, that notch does fit well with the device’ overall look and design. Despite the eerie similarity with the iPhone X, the Zenfone 5 was still able to distinguish itself thanks to its glass back panel and the signature ASUS Zen Circle design.
The company has been known to create elegant flagships since the introduction of the Zenfone 3, and the Zenfone 5 continues that trend.
Up front, we have the 6.2-inch 19:9 aspect ratio FHD+ (2246 x 1080) display protected by 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass and the top notch that houses the 8MP f/2.0 front camera, speakerphone, notification LED, and sensors.
On the left, we’ll see the Hybrid SIM tray slot and on the right are the power/lock button and volume rockers.
The top is left bare while down below, we have the USB Type-C port, dual speakers, and a 3.5mm audio port.
The Zenfone 5 is a thin, light, and overall sleek looking device. It’s easy to hold thanks to its circular body and 5.5-inch frame. Speaking of that frame, we have to give props to ASUS for cramming in a 6.2-inch screen in a much smaller body. Apart from that, the phone feels solid, well-made, and exudes an elegant and premium aura.
ASUS equipped the Zenfone 5 with a 6.2-inch FHD+ 19:9 aspect ratio IPS display. This is actually our first time seeing a device using the said aspect ratio, looks like 18:9 is no longer enough. In any case, the display itself has good color reproduction, accuracy, and viewing angles. Icons are also crisp and clear despite the stretched screen aspect ratio. Overall, it’s a pleasant screen to look at and would suffice for a good viewing and gaming experience.
Audio-wise, we get a pretty loud dual speaker that maintains clarity at max volumes. Although, there are some small barely noticeable audio cracks here and there. Mids and Highs are good but Lows are somewhat lacking. Overall, you’ll get a pretty standard speaker with above-average audio quality.
The Zenfone 5 is equipped with dual 12MP + 8MP rear cameras and an 8MP front. The second rear camera serves as a wide-angle lens with a 120-degree field of view while the main rear camera is equipped with a Sony IMX363 sensor with an aperture of f/1.8. The front is your standard 8MP shooter with a f/2.0 aperture. To stay true to their “Intelligent phone” claim, ASUS equipped the Zenfone 5 with AI photography.
Basically, the phone’s cameras have AI Scene Detection, AI photo learning, real-time portrait mode, and real-time beautification. As for features, the rear cameras have beauty, super-resolution, panorama, time lapse, auto, pro, GIF animation, slow motion, and a set of filters. The front, on the other hand, has fewer options namely beauty, GIF animation, auto, selfie panorama, and a set of filters.
Image quality for the rear cameras is a mixed bag. The main 12MP shooter is quite the performer. Shots taken by it have great detail, color reproduction, accuracy, and sharpness. Exposure is also well-maintained. However, the same cannot be said for the 8MP wide-angle shooter as shots, while still good in detail, now have noticeable grain and noise, even in well-lit conditions.
As for the front, it’s a decent performer. Selfies have good detail despite the noticeable grain and noise and beautification provides just the right amount of adjustment. Maxing the beauty options though make changes look eerily artificial, but still at acceptable levels.
Handling the software department is ASUS’ ZenUI 5.0 on top of Android 8.0 Oreo. The UI makes use of home screens instead of app drawers to organize your apps. If you’re not a fan of that then you can easily download your preferred launcher at the Play Store.
In any case, the UI is clean and pre-installed apps only include the standard Google set and a few homebrew. This leaves about 51.85GB of usable space from the initial 64GB.
It’s also worth noting that the display has an auto color temperature feature, courtesy of AI. Other than that, the device also has an always-on smart screen feature for notifications and AI boost that optimizes the device based on your usage. Facial recognition is now a lot better, unlike with the Zenfone Max Plus. Setup was fast and easy and unlocking the device is now a breeze. I registered my face without any accessories, so I was quite surprised when I was still able to unlock the device once I wore glasses. A testament that ASUS has learned from its mistake with the Max Plus.
Powering the Zenfone 5 is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 636 with ASUS’ so-called AI Boost, 4GB/6GB of RAM, and 64GB of internal storage. Mundane tasks such as browsing, light video viewing, and texting are a breeze. Multitasking is also not a problem thanks to the hefty 4GB of RAM. AnTuTu scored the device at 124,816 during our initial tests, which is not bad.
We weren’t able to fully test the device’s battery but ASUS claims it has a smart charging feature. Basically, during the day, the phone activates fast charging while at night time it slows it down to allow for overnight charging. By doing this, the company assures that the phone will prolong and preserve battery shelf life.
ASUS might be right in calling the Zenfone 5 their most intelligent device to date. Its components are laden with AI features that are actually helpful rather than just gimmicky. While it does have that resemblance to Apple’s iPhone X, the company was wise enough to give the device its own intricate design touch. The Zenfone 5 is shaping up to be quite a strong contender this early 2018.
Zenfone 5 specs:
6.2-inch 19:9 FHD+ IPS display @ 2246 x 1080px, 90% Screen to Body Ratio
2.5D Gorilla Glass
Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 1.8GHz Octa-core processor (w/ multi-core AI)
4GB/6GB RAM
expandable up to 2TB via microSD card
Hybrid dual-SIM (nano)
12MP Sony IMX363 1.4?m, 1/2.55” w/ f/1.8 Night HDR, OIS/EIS, PDAF main 8MP 120-degrees wide-angle secondary
4K video recording (RAW file support)
8MP f/2.0 front camera
Dual 4G LTE
Dual speakers with Smart Amp Audio Wizard
Android 8.0 Oreo with Zen UI 5.0
3,300mAh battery with BoostMaster & Smart Charging S
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Zen Estacio is a Multimedia Producer for YugaTech. He is the team's laptop guru and one of their resident gamers. He has a monthly column compiling the latest and greatest the Nintendo Switch has to offer. Aside from that, he regularly writes gaming news, reviews, and impressions. You can hit him up at @papanZEN
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Yeag says:
Obviously, this is a FAKE version of iPhoneX.
Well, for whatever copying or crappy designs the Zenfone 5 series would have… They won’t still make a market share at least in PH for their OVERPRICED lineup. :D
And yes, I want to be proven wrong. Zenfone 5 lite might be at 20k mark.. Zenfone 5 at 30k.. and Zenfone 5Z is around 40k… That’s what they do when they say “will be priced competetively” :D
for the specs you’re getting at the 40k for the 5z, I think that’s just about right considering the 8GB RAM and 256GB ROM.
Welp, official prices are out and you are indeed proven wrong. ZenFone 5Q/5 Lite is 16,995, ZenFone 5 is 19,995 and ZenFone 5Z with Snapdragon 845 is 29,995. That’s freakin competitive pricing if I ever saw one, considering the “premium” market they wanna play in.
Does it have a notification light?
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Fairbanks 0 0 0.00 02/14 11:10 6 14
North Pole Dog Drop 02/14 14:30 9 14 0:03:20 9.60 02/14 14:32 13 14 0 0:00:02
Angel Creek 02/15 0:23 21 14 0:09:51 6.90 02/15 5:45 15 14 0 0:05:22
101 Mile Dog Drop 02/15 11:54 11 14 0:06:09 7.20 02/15 17:52 17 14 0 0:05:58
Circle City 02/16 21:00 13 14 0:15:40 4.80 02/17 5:30 11 13 1 0:08:30
Central 02/15 21:50 16 14 0:03:58 8.30 02/16 5:20 10 14 0 0:07:30
Slaven's Cabin Dog Drop 02/17 12:25 0 13 0:06:55 9.00 02/17 20:34 0 13 0 0:08:09
Eagle 02/18 20:43 12 13 1:00:09 4.00 02/19 9:30 16 11 2 0:12:47
40 Mile River Hospitality Point 02/20 11:00 15 11 1:00:30 4.10 02/20 19:10 15 0 0:08:10
Dawson City 02/21 3:20 15 11 0:08:10 6.12 02/22 16:10 15 10 1 1:12:00
Scroggie Creek (a.k.a. Stewart River) Dog Drop 02/23 15:50 15 10 0:23:40 4.30 02/23 20:15 15 10 0 0:04:25
Stepping Stone Hospitality Point 02/24 11:32 14 10 0:15:17 4.60 02/24 17:30 14 0 0:05:58
Pelly Crossing 02/24 22:08 14 10 0:04:38 6.90 02/25 3:00 13 10 0 0:04:52
McCabe Creek Dog Drop 02/25 7:15 13 9 0:04:15 7.30 02/25 12:04 13 9 0 0:04:49
Carmacks 02/25 17:35 13 8 0:05:31 8.00 02/26 0:43 13 8 0 0:07:08
Braeburn 02/26 15:27 13 8 0:14:44 5.40 02/26 23:27 13 8 0 0:08:00
Whitehorse 02/27 11:16 13 8 0:11:49 8.50 0 0
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Looking Back at ShipRocked 2019 & Looking Toward SR20
March 19, 2019 by Tiffany Neufeld
What better way to spend a week of your life other than at an adult summer camp or on a booze cruise? Well, how about both? How about a week with your favorite rock bands complete with booze, summer camp activities, and a beach vacation? That exists?! Yes! It sounds more like a once in a lifetime experience. And though it feels like a once in a lifetime experience, it’s actually an annual one. Each year, going on 11 years now, Ask4 Entertainment recruits some of the hottest rock bands and relevant rockers to blow ShipRockers’ minds. Sign up for presale for the next ShipRocked has opened! You’ll want to sign up to get up your individual access or “token” for presale bookings. Why? Just, look at this last ShipRocked! Thursday, Jan. 31st the Carnival Valor sailed back into the port of Galveston, Texas after five days of rocking in one of the best ShipRocked experiences to date. ZRock has been with ShipRocked since the beginning and in keeping with that longstanding relationship here’s a walk through the insanity and joy of our tenth annual vacation at sea – ShipRocked 2019!
ShipRocked 2019 featured 24 bands for its tenth anniversary experience – Papa Roach, Bullet for My Valentine, I Prevail, Nothing More, Suicidal Tendencies, Sevendust, Motionless in White, Atreyu, 10 Years, Tremonti, Nonpoint, Monster Truck, Wilson, ’68, Raveneye, Hyro the Hero, Badflower, Them Evils, Islander, Royal Thunder, Blacktop Mojo, Rivals, The Stowaways, and Altitudes and Attitude. Skindred originally filled the bill too, but missed the boat (Not literally even though that paints a fun picture. They simply weren’t able to attend). One of the many cool things about ShipRocked is that each one of these artists can usually expect two sets on board the ship. This year, the weather tested everybody and shows were delayed or moved around. Although the changes forced the fans and the artists to be flexible, they also led to some of the most spontaneous and iconic moments of the trip. For example after a crazy storm smashed the sound system in Cozumel, Mexico, Wilson improvised and partied on the beach with a fun DJ set as they danced and drank with ShipRockers. A Wilson show is usually out of control in the best possible way, but this unique, impulsive adventure felt even more so and helped ShipRockers make peace with the unusual boat rocking from the night before. Keep reading to hear about all of the bands onboard.
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The guys from Vacaville, California (Jacoby Shaddix, Vocals, Tobin Esperance, Bassist, Tony Palermo, Drums, and Jerry Horton, Guitar) performed on the ship twice – Monday, Jan. 28th and Wednesday, Jan. 30th. Both shows raged on the deck stage. Wilson opened it up on Saturday, Jan. 26th and Papa Roach closed it out on the last night. To say they brought the house down with their last show would not be hyperbole. The riffs and the bass in single “Who Do You Trust” off of their most recent album bang and go so hard that the audience couldn’t resist matching that energy with their jumping and excitement, which led to the bar ceiling collapsing – literally.
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ShipRocked 2019 Engagement | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
How much more exciting could the set get? Well, how about an engagement? Shaddix brought Texas ShipRocker Ian on stage where he shared that two years prior on the boathe met the “sexiest rocker” of his life. She soon joined him where he hit his knees, and “in front of (his) biggest family, ShipRocked and with the blessings of Papa Roach” he proposed.
Now back to the music. Ian wasn’t the only guest during this set. Islander’s Mikey Carvajal hopped on stage for the performance of “Last Resort.” The high energy, the love for the song, and the clear personal connection most fans had to the lyrics created an electric atmosphere. The camaraderie continued with “Forever” when festival goers filled in the words, “Little dirty girl.” The guys played the bonus track “Tightrope” off of their second studio album Infest, reminding fans of their longevity and success in the industry. Papa Roach has been going strong for almost 20 years. Shaddix attributed their evolution and continued relevance to “always challenging yourself.” He went on to say, “And when I’m living like that, I’m living with purpose.”
Shaddix exudes wisdom. From talking about living with purpose, to speaking on “passion and conviction” to encouraging “anybody walking through some darkness in their mind,” he seems to offer the right words at the right time. The other songs on the setlist “Scars,” “Help,” and “Born for Greatness” embody that wisdom and motivation. The set was purposeful, but not in a hokey, redundant, WWJD way.
Sometimes, rock finds itself lumped in this category with black clothes, headless bats, and depressing images that seems to leave no room for positivity and lightness. That’s not the reality of rock though. Papa Roach personifies and demonstrates that with their music and live show. The inspiring words paired with the heavy staples of rock, the daring electronic components, and the message make living with purpose and embracing your greatness the cool thing to do. Shaddux ended his set by exclaiming, “Happy 10 year anniversary! We are grateful for each and everyone of you!”
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Jacoby Shaddix | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Papa Roach | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Mikey Carvajal & Jacoby Shaddix | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
BFMV set their ShipRocked experience off in the theater on Saturday, Jan. 26th. The four piece band from Bridgend, Wales moved listeners with their lightning fast guitar riffs and heavy sound. Tears didn’t fall (see what happened there) in either of their sets that consisted of hits like “Letting You Go,” “Tears Don’t Fall,” and “Your Betrayal.”
Michael Paget, Bullet for My Valentine | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Jamie Mathias, Bullet for My Valentine | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Matthew Tuck, Bullet for My Valentine | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Jason Bowld, Bullet for My Valentine | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Most know these guys as the band who covered Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space.” That connection and cover represent I Prevail fairly well. The song choice demonstrates a fun sense of humor, security in their style, and showcases their talent and creativity. Vocalists Brian Burkheiser (Clean vocals) and Eric Vanlerberghe (Unclean vocals) bounce their energies and styles off one another in the track and if that’s what you know the band for then, that’s not too far off from their live show.
Their shows on ShipRocked were personally significant for Burkheiser – following a serious vocal injury and surgery in 2017, this was his first time performing post recovery. Burkheiser, Vanelerberghe, Steve Menoian (Lead guitar), Dylan Bowman (Rhythm guitar/Backing vocals), and Gabe Helguera (Drums) made up for lost time. The members weaved in and out of each other from one side of the stage to another with a seemingly endless vigor.
As easily as they transitioned between each other, they moved through the tracks. Faces were rocked off with deep, rowdy high energy tracks like “Pull the Plug,” “Already Dead,” and “Face Your Demons.” After the former, one audience member remarked, “They’re so much better live.” They were not wrong. The music was enough to propel the crowd to their feet, but the in-between song banter helped.
Between the “Shots! Shots! Shots!” and the typical calls to get up off your feet, Burkheiser soliloquized that, “Being away from home, home is where you make it… I think it’s funny because we’re on a floating hotel above mermaids and none of you know if it’s not true because you’re up here. So yea, mermaids.” Vanelerberghe affected the crowd when he shared that they lost their youngest crew member to suicide and moved them when he said, “No matter what you’re feeling you are worth more than you know. You are worth something…Reach out and talk to someone.” He dedicated “Crossroads” to their brother Kyle whom they lost.
The message showed the versatility of the band. They’re not simply a group of guys that covered a Taylor Swift song. They are a group of guys who have joined together to create songs of substance that matter while banging their heads and jumping around. Before closing their set out with their biggest song, “Scars,” – joking that “No it’s not Papa Roach’s “Scars” they hinted at new music. Since then, they have released “Breaking Down” and “Bow Down” off of their forthcoming album, Trauma. They begin their Trauma Tour on April 24, 2019 in Kansas City, MO. The set ended with Vanelerberghe wedging his way into the crowd, hair flailing, and screaming, “Try to tear us apart but know that we’ll wear our scars,” further intimating that they’re here to stay.
I Prevail | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Brian Burkheiser, I Prevail | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Eric Vanlerberghe, I Prevail | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Gabe Helguera, I Prevail | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
The two time Grammy nominated band has a heavy, experimental, prog rock sound that shines in the studio and slays in the live show. Between their onstage props and their intense energy, no other band is provoking the emotion and awe, which Nothing More inspires each and every time they perform. The ShipRocked vets did not disappoint in either onboard performance. They played twice – once on Sunday, Jan. 27th and again on Tuesday, Jan. 29th. The shows differed in beautiful ways.
The first show the guys played “Matthew Effect” off of their self-titled 2014 album. For someone who has seen them no less than eight times, this was the first live performance of this cathartic, exhaustive track. All four guys go hard in this song. Ben Anderson bangs heavy, seemingly nonstop in a fast tempo as he keeps the time, yet still shines on the drums. Daniel Oliver swings a heavy bass. Mark Vollengua strums, fast and heavy in a down tuned drop ‘d.’ Jonny Hawkins vacillates between a melodic harmony to a hardcore yell and scream. The track is phenomenal and the performance did not disappoint. The guys reached out to fans on social media prior to SR19 and asked what they should play and it was refreshing to see they actually listened to fans.
Jacoby Shaddix joined the quartet onstage for “Don’t Stop.” Not only is Nothing More experimental and high energy, they’re inspirational. This track highlights that motivational, positive spirit. When Jonny sings, “Keep on digging deep, keep on digging deep, keep digging!” you dig. This message is something that aligns with Shaddix’s own feelings and that shows in the rap feature in this version. Hawkins dedicated “Who We Are” to his girlfriend. The guys played fan favorites “Go to War,” “Fade In/Fade Out,” and “Jenny.” The fan favorites are easy to spot; everyone sings along and fills in the blanks of the tracks. The energy buzzed as people lost themselves in the drums, strings and the lyrics a top Jonny’s emotive vocals. While “Fade In/Fade Out is written for Mark’s son, when Jonny sings,
“Go and find your way
Leave me in your wake
Always push through the pain
And don’t run away from change
Never settle
those words are sources of strength for everyone in the crowd. (Interesting fact: The band’s first-ever live performance of Fade In/Fade Out was on the deck stage at ShipRocked 2018 last year). Of course, this first performance included Hawkins ascending high in the air on his scorpion. He gave shout outs to Clint Lowery and Sevendust, which was great foreshadowing to the second show.
The second set included more tracks that had never been played live before – “Tunnels” and “Funny Little Creatures.” Clint Lowery joined the band onstage for these amazing performances. This is one of the moments that typically only occur on ShipRocked. Lowery cowrote both songs, but with his own touring schedule with Sevendust, never had the opportunity to perform them live with the band. Since both Sevendust and Nothing More were onboard, they did it. And it was awesome. Jacoby Shaddix watched on side stage as the guys did their thing and then hopped back on for “Don’t Stop.” Brandon Saller of Atreyu joined the party during “Fade in / Fade Out.”
Before ending with “Salem (Burn the Witch)” off of The Few Not Fleeting, Jonny shared that they “realized things can be self-fulfilling prophecies,” and began “writing [their] lyrics more positively.” This positive message is continued in “Here’s to The Heartache,” where Hawkins reminds us that everything works out just the way it’s supposed to. And Nothing More was meant to blow everyone’s mind on ShipRocked 2019, which they did.
Jonny Hawkins, Nothing More | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Nothing More | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Mark Vollelunga, Nothing More | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Daniel Oliver, Nothing More | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Jacoby Shaddix & Jonny Hawkins | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Suicidal Tendencies are iconic in sound, style, and name. They have paved the road for many modern bands, such as Fever 333 who attribute their space that they occupy in music to Suicidal Tendencies. Their originality and ingenuity can be seen in the motivation for starting the band. In the ShipRocked Artist Q&A Mike Muir said, “I didn’t like anything I was listening to…I don’t give a f*ck what other people like… My aha! moment is to just be yourself.” Muir was certainly true to himself and the band in their performances on ShipRocked. Guitarist Ben Weidman (formerly of Dillinger Escape Plan) performed one of the craziest stunts on the ship when he jumped off of the rafters of the bar into crowd! Their performances were insane.
Mike Muir, Suicidal Tendencies | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Suicidal Tendencies | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Ben Weinman, Suicidal Tendencies | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Dean Pleasants, Suicidal Tendencies | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
This was the ninth ShipRocked for the guys in Sevendust. On which vocalist Lajon Witherspoon remarked during their first performance, “I’ve seen so many people come together, living breathing and loving each other. We don’t have concerts anymore. We have family reunions!” This was right before they lead into “Will It Bleed” where most notably Clint Lowery and Lajon threw their bodies back and forth to the music with smiles on their faces; a true representation of the love felt in one of their reunions. Their first show was full of older tracks. They played “Terminator,” (1997) “Too Close to Hate,”(1997) “Shine,” (2001), and “Enemy” (2003) on the deck stage, Saturday, Jan. 26th.
Clint Lowery & Lajon Witherspoon, Sevendust | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Clint Lowery, Sevendust | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Lajon Witherspoon, Sevendust | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Lajon Witherspoon & Vince Hornsby, Sevendust | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
John Connolly, Sevendust | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Sevendust | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Lajon Witherspoon & John Connolly, Sevendust | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Morgan Rose, Sevendust | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
“We’re having a f*cking blast up here…we ask that you sing along or move your f*cking body!” Chris Motionless announced to ShipRockers. He went on to command them to create their “worst ShipRocked bangover” of their “entire f*cking life.” That’s how Motionless in White started their set. They followed it up with “Necessary Evil,” which is pretty easy to thrash to. The track off of their 2017 Graveyard Shift, which features Jonathan Davis pivots on Leslie Gore’s “It’s My Party” to create a dark, trippy, heavy banger. Other striking tracks were “Generation Lost,” “Reincarnate,” and “Untouchable”. Chris Motionless more than hinted at new songs to add to the mix when he said, “We’re recording a new album right now.”
During the Artist Q&A the lead singer revealed that he “(pushes) people away with (his) dad jokes.” He shared a couple during their set:
“What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t come back?
To which, some in the crowd replied, “STICK!”
“Does anybody know what Forrest Gump’s Facebook password is?”
One. Forrest. One.
He continued to display some of his personality and authenticity when he talked about ShipRocked. He communicated that, “Anybody we ever met who said we HAD to be on ShipRocked said, ‘You have to be on ShipRocked,’.” The simple, matter of fact, silliness of the comment that restated the obvious made more clear his penchant for dad jokes. Some of his heavy metal cred was given back to him when they played “Contemptress” (originally recorded with Maria Brink of In This Moment) and “570,” which was dedicated to all of their northeast neighbors and friends.
Vinny Mauro, Motionless in White | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Motionless in White | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Ryan Sitkowski, Motionless in White
Ricky Olson, Motionless in White | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Chris Motionless, Motionless in White | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Who matches their visuals to their wardrobe? Atreyu! When the band played their second performance of ShipRocked on Wednesday, Jan. 30th they each adorned lovely, brightly colored, Hawaiian shirts. To which, it appeared that pictures were taken of and blown up and displayed under the all capital letters of “ATREYU” on the big screen behind the band as they played. The detail was clever and fit with the theme of vacation. The theme continued in their song selection.
They played the title track off of their 2018 album In Our Wake secondly in their set. Brandon Saller, drums and vocals, along with Alex Varkatzas, vocals, sing, “We break like the ocean, we rise like the tide,” which mirrored the blue expanse under ShipRockers as the boat cut through the water towards Galveston, Texas as the crew left Mexico farther and father behind in their wake. An aside, Dan Jacobs shreds in this track. The song though isn’t about vacation. It’s about life and legacy. The song was inspired by the deaths of the band’s loved ones during the writing the album.
Atreyu projected their legacy onto the crowd, much like their shirts projected on the big screen. The metalcore group played songs off The Curse (2004), A Death-Grip on Yesterday (2006), Lead Sails Paper Anchor (2007), Long Live (2015), and of course In Our Wake ,showing off their legacy of hard hitting music that spans for more than ten years. The guys illuminated the meaning behind some of the tracks, explaining that “Ex’s And Oh’s” is about vodka and booze (During which Varkatzas and Porter McKnight jumped into the crowd). “When Two Are One” is about sex. “Falling Down” is about “losing your fucking mind.” “House of Gold” goes out to “those who left their kids at home.”
“You give me a reason to feel like I belong here,” is the first line in each verse of “House of Gold” and each time it was sung the lyrics could be figuratively seen connecting the crowd with Atreyu. Then, Varkatzas jumped back into the crowd and ran upstairs and downstairs on the deck hugging fans and personifying those lyrics as he literally connected himself to them. All of this while the strings shred onstage and Saller lost his mind on drums. They asked, “Who the fuck thought you could do this on a boat? You’re either having a good fucking time in this life or a bad time, but you can choose.” And if you chose to have a bad time during the second performance of Atreyu, then you had to work hard at it because they brought an intense, palpable energy and backed it up with a stellar performance that ended with “Blow.”
“Who the fuck thought you could do this on a boat? You’re either having a good fucking time in this life or a bad time, but you can choose.”
Alex Varkatzas, Atreyu, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Atreyu, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Travis Miguel, Atreyu, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Porter McKnight, Atreyu, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Dan Jacobs, Atreyu, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Brandon Saller, Atreyu, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
10 Years’ first ShipRocked was in 2009. Onstage Jesse Hasek described it as a family “where everyone knows everybody.” They played Saturday, Jan. 26th and Monday, Jan. 28th. The theater show on Monday was incredibly intimate and profound. During this show, Hasek expressed how important it is to them to “pay homage to those that inspired [them].” This lead into a haunting cover of Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box.” The guys also played “Fix Me,” “Beautiful,” “Shoot It Out,” “Wasteland,” and “Novacaine.”
Chad Grennor, 10 Years, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Jesse, Hasek, 10 Years, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
10 Years, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Brian Vodinh, 10 Years, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Matt Wantland, 10 Years, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Tremonti played both Sunday, Jan. 27th and Wednesday, Jan. 30th. Their first set on the deck stage on Sunday was delayed about an hour. Most shows, aside from Them Evils and Monster Truck were delayed this day as a result of weather. That didn’t dampen the intensity of the show though. It began hard and heavy with the title track off of Cauterize. They also played “Flying Monkeys” and “Radical Change” off of this 2015 album. Guitarist Eric Friedman was absorbed in his performance during “Radical Change” and vigorously hopped around. Outside of the hopping and not to be dulled by Mark Tremonti’s brilliant guitar playing, Friedman shred during this performance, particularly in “The Things I’ve Seen” off of All I Was (2012).
“We love you guys. We love this cruise.”
Mark Tremonti is known most for his stunning guitar playing, but he can sing. In “Catching Fire” his voice stood out against Tanner Keagan’s bass and Ryan Bennett’s drums so beautifully. His hands though, move so fast in most songs. It’s a marvel to watch. He shred low on the fretboard during “My Last Mistake” and when he shred during “Bringer of War” he would lean forward and backward slowly with his shred like a dance. He moves with the guitar so intuitively it’s like the guitar is a living, breathing person that he’s been dancing with for decades knows exactly how to move and bend with it to show off its strengths.
This was Tremonti’s fourth time on the ship. He said to the crowd during the first set, “We love you guys. We love this cruise.” They ended with “Wish You Well” amid loud deafening cheers and applause that indicated that the cruise loves them too.
Tanner Keagan, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Eric Friedman, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Mark Tremonti, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Tanner Keagan & Mark Tremonti, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Mark Tremonti & Eric Friedman, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
RAAWWRR! That’s the best way to describe Nonpoint’s first set. Nonpoint played both on Saturday, Jan. 26th and Tuesday, Jan. 29th. According to the Florida rock band, 90% of what they performed the first night was not played the second. What they did play the first go around consisted of “Chaos and Earthquakes,” “Miracle,” “What a Day” and “Bullet With a Name.” Hyro The Hero jumped onstage for “Chaos and Earthquakes.” The crowd sang along to just about every song. The drums, the bass, and Elias Soriano all were fantastic. Soriano said at one point, “This song is about finding yourself and we have found ourselves here amongst family and friends,” which was clearly reciprocated by the crowd.
Nonpoint, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Elias Soriano, Nonpoint, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
BC Kochmit & Adam Woloszyn, Nonpoint, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Adam Woloszyn, Nonpoint, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
BC Kochmit, Nonpoint, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Who likes dirty, swampy, bluesy, 70’s-style rock? If it’s you, you’ll love Monster Truck. The Canadian rock group made up of Jon Harvey (Bass and Vocals), Brandon Bliss (Keys and Vocals), Steve Kiely (Drums and vocals) and Jer Widerman (Guitar and Vocals) joined ShipRocked for their second time ever. They played two sets – the first on Sunday, Jan. 27th and the second, Tuesday, Jan. 29th. They played across their discography in the first set -with songs off of True Rockers (2018), Sitting Heavy (2016), and Furiosity (2013).
The first set began with “True Rockers,” which originally features Dee Snider, and transitioned into the “The Lion” and then “Devil Don’t Care.” Listeners learned that “The Enforcer” is written about hockey. That IDGAF, aggressive, boss attitude that’s likened to hockey can also be seen in “Don’t Tell Me How to Live.” The guys played that and fans forcefully joined them in singing, “Ain’t nobody gonna tell me how to live.” It’s anthemic.
“Evolution” too, which they played in this set, is anthemic. The quartet brought feel good, relatable lyrics and paired them with roaring guitar shreds, positive energy, and 70’s-style rock to create a powerful set on ShipRocked.
Jeremy Widerman, Monster Truck, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Jon Harvey, Monster Truck, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Steve Kiely, Monster Truck, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Monster Truck, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
What better way to sail away on a week long rock vacation than to Wilson singing, “Like A Baller”? With lyrics like, “My boss said, ‘Chad this isn’t your bed!’ I’m like ‘Damn, oh, this isn’t my bed!’” make it the perfect segue into a week of tasty nasty debauchery. There is a high likelihood that there was more than one ShipRocker who woke up saying, “Damn, oh, this isn’t my bed!” Other songs like “Fuck up My High” and “Windows Down!” make the guys from Michigan the perfect ones to kick off a vacation and later host a beach party. Wilson has an immeasurable energy and carefree persona that make you just want to party. On a more serious note, they also possess a large amount of gratitude for ShipRockers and the ShipRocked cruise. Chad Nicefield remarked that many had never heard of them prior to ShipRocked.
Chad Nicefield, Wilson, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Jason Spencer, Wilson, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Wilson, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Kyle Landry, Wilson, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
HYRO THE HERO
“Put your hand on the person in front of you and pray, ‘God, forgive me for fucking all the bitches, gambling all of my money and all the dumb shit I’ve done on this boat.’” Amen. That’s the kind of energy Houston, Texas native Hyro The Hero brings to the stage. Oh, wait, that’s not it. He also scales speakers, jumps off, sings at security, and runs into his band. After his deck stage show on Wednesday, Jan. 30th one member of the crowd said, “That’s energy right there. We should start every day off that way.” Hyro joined Wilson during their first show and Chad Nicefield returned the favor by crowd surfing during his. Hyro The Hero blends rock with rap and infuses it with his energy to create a fun, all over the place show.
Hyro the Hero, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Chad Nicefield crow surfing, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
BADFLOWER
Badflower: Josh Katz is a little scary with his intensity; Alex Espiritu is nuts with his stage presence; Joseph Morrow feels every note in his body and transmits that feeling to the audience; Anthony Sonetti drenches his seat with sweat, he plays so hard; Altogether, they create music that is hauntingly beautiful, yet raunchy that makes you want to have sex, cry, dance, and kick something all at once. They’re the new favorite band of Nothing More’s Daniel Oliver and many more after ShipRocked. That’s really all you need to know. But, to explain a little better, let’s look at their first onboard performance.
Picking a favorite show is akin to picking a favorite child. Each one is unique and valuable in their own way. However, Badflower’s first set of the cruise stood apart from the next. The guys had fun with it. Katz said, “We never usually talk like this on stage, but we were told to go on ShipRocked and have fun.” So, they did and the banter enhanced the experience. Katz said once, “We’re not one of those bands that try to hype you up. We’re one of those bands that are like, ‘Be quiet. There are people trying to read in the back.’” Another time, when the crowd cheered, Katz asked, “Is it cool?” pausing for everyone to cheer, which they did. Then he replied playfully, “Are you sure?” He also said, “We just play our songs like we’re in our garage and that’s that. Right now it’s a moving garage and if we’re not sure, it’ll knock us on our ass.”
“We’re not one of those bands that try to hype you up. We’re one of those bands that are like, ‘Be quiet. There are people trying to read in the back.’”
The guys joked between each other every time they would debut a new song. One time Katz said, “This is a big deal for us. We’ve never played it before.” To which Morrow expanded on by saying, “The drunker you are the better this will sound.” Who knows how true that it is, but it sounded fantastic. Each. Song. Whether the track had been on previous set lists or not, each one lifted from the guys like a phoenix rising and spun around the room enrapturing the audience. They opened with “Soap” (2015). This is one of those tracks that makes listeners want to take action, but what action? The bass and the drums at the beginning make you want to dance. When Katz sings, “Sometimes I cannot be respectable,” and purses/pouts his lips as he sings the last part of “So-ap,” you kind of want to have sex. The riff during the verses inspires more dancing. Then, when Morrow speeds up the tempo in the breakdown and starts shredding, you kind of want to kick things.
The track is heavy, sexy, and everything that rock should be. That embodiment of rock perfection also continued in the new tracks. “Die” was the first to be debuted on stage. “Die” is pretty political. It opens with a distorted riff. The drums come in at a medium tempo. Katz flirts with the lyrics and sings playfully as he goes between notes as he sings, “And if deplorable is moral ‘cause it’s what you’re told…” More notably, the second one was “Cry.” Before leading in the guys said, “It’s a little quiet so we’d appreciate it if you’d shut the fuck up.” The song was quiet — until the parts where Katz screamed at you. A Katz scream is a haunting scream. Ironically, as he yells, “You won’t feel the pain,” you feel pain. The lyrics and his delivery cut you with every emotion he must have felt as he wrote the song. And then, when the drums bap along with the solo guitar listeners are blanketed in this eerie, weighty, “I need an adult, an adult beverage, or a hug” kind of feeling.
Badflower plays songs that are written about things that matter. Their topics are heavy weighty, especially such as “Heroin” and “Ghost.” They also notably played “Animal,” “Drop Dead,” “Girlfriend” “The Jester,” and “X Ana X.” Each song was either heavy, raw, groovy, sexy, or all of the above. Whatever category it fell in though, it was good. Between their stage presence, banter, and amazing music, it’s no wonder they are a new fan favorite.
Badflower, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Josh Katz, Badflower, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Joseph Morrow, Badflower, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Anthony Sonetti, Badflower, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Alex Espiritu, Badflower, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
BLACKTOP MOJO
Blacktop Mojo kicked off their performances early. They played the first night of Saturday, Jan. 26th in the American Lobby. They were scheduled for two performances, but wound up playing three. The second and third performances were influenced and born out of one of those “be flexible moments.” The guys from Palestine, Texas were slated to play the beach in Cozumel on Monday, Jan. 28th. A big storm came in the night before (as many who were curled up in their room avoiding seasickness could tell you about) and destroyed the PA system. Instead of a fully plugged in set, they did an acoustic one that consisted of Alice and Chains, Stevie Ray Vaughn and original tracks like “Why.” Some fans walked up confused as their first beach set was wrapping up. There was some dilemma with ship time vs. local time and the band played a whole hour early. The Blacktop Mojo guys are so cool though, that they just played another set. At which point they had found their missing guitarist Chuck Wepfer. Vocalist Matt James interacted with the crowd, cheersing and chatting with them. Everyone was smiles during this sunny, beach performance.
Blacktop Mojo, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Matt James, Blacktop Mojo, ShipRocked | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Chuck Wepfer, Blacktop Mojo | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Matt Curtis, Blacktop Mojo | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Ryan Kiefer, Blacktop Mojo | Photo by Tiffany Noviski Neufeld
Casino. Meet & Greets with the bands. Live band karaoke. DJ Conman Twitty. Blackjack Tourney. Blindfold Musical Chairs, Love & Marriage Show. Bloodys & Bingos. Artist Q&A. Slots Tourney. Cozumel. Progresso. Frontier Yoga. ASK4 Q&A. Captain Quarters. Metal Art Exhibition. Beer Pong Tournament. LOUD KRAZY LOVE (Jacoby Shaddix got emotional during the Q&A after the movie to share how much it meant to him and inspires him and how Brian Head Welch inspires him as a whole. In talking about the movie, one ShipRocker said, “That shit was beautiful.”) The Feud. Cancer Sucks Charity Auction. Post your pictures of your favorite moment with the #zrockworldtour tag!
Check back for more information on The Stowaways and the Artist Q&A.
Some ShipRockers have been with Ask4 Entertainment since the first sailing in 2009. Some for more than six years (They make up the 666 club). Of course, those folks would be close and feel like family. Whether you’re a vet or a newb though, you’re a part of the ShipRocked family. This is evident in all of the bracelets, pics, and other swag that passes from hand to hand on the boat. Additionally, when seasickness hit from the unusual rocking due to the storm, guests took to the ShipRockers page asking for aid. Many people jumped on the thread with their room number and commands to come by. These posts would be followed up with posts of gratitude the next day; talking about how amazing the ShipRocked family is and how much better they feel. The love spreads to the artists too:– Davey Suicide credited ShipRockers with his spot on ShipRocked. He said, “We don’t have a song on the radio or a label. It was you guys!” Jesse Hasek of 10 Years reminded SRers that their first ShipRocked was in 2009 and said, “It’s a family and everybody knows everybody.” Lajon of Sevendust in talking about ShipRocked said, “I’ve never seen so many people come together…living, breathing, and loving each other. We don’t have concerts anymore. WE have family reunions.” Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach agrees with LJ and said as much as he walked through the crowd giving hugs and singing “American Dreams.” Did you get a selfie with Jacoby during this moment? Drop your favorite photos in the comments or tag #zrockworldtour on posts in Instagram or Twitter.
Proud to be part of ShipRocked from the beginning. It’s more than a festival at sea – it’s a family reunion ?????#shiprocked #paparoach #zrockworldtour
Posted by ZRock on Saturday, February 2, 2019
Mental health and self care were hot topics on ShipRocked 2019. Between the advocacy during the Q&A, the tributes to those who lost their battles with depression and anxiety, relatable lyrics in many of the songs, to the rousing calls by vocalists to check on our friends – even the strong ones, the light was shone on this disease that claims so many. In spite of the attention (or perhaps a devastating extension and example of the inexplicable, precarious, severity of this epidemic), ShipRockers lost another member of their family. As we look back at ShipRocked 2019 and sign up for presale of ShipRocked 2020, take a moment to remember Michel-Frenchy Barbeau, get help if you need it and check on your friends.
ShipRocked is the best kind of family! The best kind of cruise! And will sail again February 1-6, 2020! Make sure to sign up for the presale! You don’t want to miss out on New Orleans, Cozumel, Key West and all of the special moments and amazing music that only a ShipRocked cruise provides!
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In July, the Tunisian parliament passed a law allowing the government to issue sukuk, enabling the finance ministry to raise $700 million later in 2013 and help close more than $3 billion of the budget deficit.
In the same month, Muhammad Mursi was ousted following a popular uprising against him in Egypt that was supported by the army.
During his troubled one year in office, Mursi tried to further the cause of Islamic finance by speeding up policies and procedures to allow the issuance of sukuk, enable Islamic finance companies to raise funds and reform Islamic endowments or funds.
For the time being it seems these issues are no longer a priority for the new economic and finance team as they clearly put it.
According to Finance Minister Ahmed Galal, the interim government had no problem in principle with using sukuk, but would not make them its principal instrument.
However, some analysts think that with the ouster of Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood, the political backing for Islamic finance will no longer be there to boost support for various Islamic finance products to take roots.
This approach is wrong on at least two accounts: First, it links Islamic finance and for that matter the whole of Islam, with a specific political group.
Second, it assumes that the fact that Muslim Brothers are no longer in power will impact negatively on Islamic finance.
Regardless of the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic finance is continuing its existence on its own out of sheer necessity and its ability to attract millions of depositors, who were keen to follow the principles of their religion in day-to-day life.
This is underlined by the fact that the volume of Islamic finance is estimated to be in the range of $1.3 trillion.
To add value, this massive amount of money is an available source of finance that is interest free. And because of this lucrative market many typical conventional Western financial institutions like Citibank, HSBC and Chase Manhattan have all Islamic finance windows to cater for the needs of some valuable customers and are able to tap a large pool of savings for a growing number of depositors who do not want to deal with conventional finance.
This demand led an explosion of Islamic finance institutions which, according to some estimates, are believed to have topped more than 2,000 from typical Islamic banking, insurance (Takaful), Islamic funds, mudaraba and sukuk.
That is why Egypt will continue to consider issuing sukuk as planned to raise some money even if not the $10 billion targeted by Mursi’s government.
The stalled talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the much talked about the $4.8 billion will press toward tapping other possible sources of finance.
Moreover, there is still some room for Islamic finance in Egypt as its share is estimated to be in the range of 5 percent of the fiscal activity against 25 percent in the more mature Gulf markets.
Also with some 85 million population, between 10-15 percent of them using some kind of banking service, potential growth remains good both in Islamic and conventional finance.
Depoliticization of Islamic finance will help address serious issues related to the actual practice and whether these practices really honor the ultimate goal of the Shariah.
For instance, microfinance has been adopted as a tool to enable the poor make a breakthrough and change their lives for the better.
Available figures show that only between $800 million to $1 billion out of a $1.3 trillion volume of the Islamic finance industry as a whole is directed for microfinance.
And that amount is serving only 1.3 million people out of the global Muslim population of more than 1.6 billion.
In other words, only around 1 percent of available financial resources are going to only less than 1 percent beneficiaries in the whole Muslim world.
Does this mean that Islamic finance in its present format favors the rich at the expense of the poor and to what extent other modes of finance like murabaha and mudaraba are really serving the ultimate goal of Islam.
That can only be answered in a less politicized environment when criticism against a political force like the Muslim Brotherhood is not taken as criticism against Islam itself.
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MOE Sexuality Education in Schools
Sexuality Education (SEd) in Yu Neng Primary School enables students to understand the physiological, social and emotional changes they experience as they mature, develop healthy and rewarding relationships including those with members of the opposite sex, and make wise, informed and responsible decisions on sexuality matters. SEd is premised on the importance of the family as the basic unit of society. This means encouraging healthy, heterosexual marriages and stable nuclear family units with extended family support. The teaching and learning of SEd is based on respect for the values and beliefs of the different ethnic and religious communities in Singapore on sexuality issues.
The goals of Sexuality Education are:
To help students make wise, responsible and informed decisions through the provision of accurate, current and age-appropriate knowledge on human sexuality and the consequences of sexual activity;
To help students know themselves and build healthy and rewarding relationships through the acquisition of social and emotional skills of self-awareness, management of their thoughts, feelings and behaviours, development of empathy for others, possession of effective communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills; and
To help students develop a moral compass, respect for themselves and for others as sexual beings, premised on the family as the basic unit of society, through the inculcation of positive mainstream values and attitudes about sexuality.
The key message of Sexuality Education are:
Love and respect yourself as you love and respect others;
Build positive relationships based on love and respect (which are the foundation for strong families);
Make responsible decisions for yourself, your family and society; and
Abstinence before marriage is the best protection against STIs/HIV and unintended pregnancies. Casual sex can harm and hurt you and your loved ones.
You may click here for more information on MOE Sexuality Education.
Overview of YU NENG Primary School’s Sexuality Education Programme for 2018
Sexuality Education is delivered in a holistic manner through the school curriculum. The content for Sexuality Education is grouped into five main themes: Human Development, Interpersonal Relationships, Sexual Health, Sexual Behaviour, and, Culture, Society and Law. You may click here for more information on the scope of Sexuality Education in the school curriculum.
The subjects that incorporate topics on sexuality include:
Form Teacher Guidance Period (FTGP)
Character and Citizenship Education (CCE)
The upper primary years mark the onset of puberty. With better nutrition and improved health care, children are reaching puberty at a younger age and have to grapple with physical, emotional and psychological changes in themselves. The implication is that our children are becoming biologically ready for sexual activity sooner without necessarily having the corresponding cognitive or emotional maturity to modulate their behaviours. “Curious Minds” is a response to these challenges.
The Primary 5 & 6 Growing Years (GY) package, “Curious Minds (2nd Edition)”, aims to meet students’ developmental needs, give emphasis to the teaching of skills and values, and focus on helping students navigate changes, build healthy relationships, especially online relationships, and exercise safety.
Parents may opt their children out of the Growing Years programme, and/or supplementary sexuality education programmes by MOE-approved external providers.
Parents who wish to opt their children out of the Growing Years (GY) programme need to complete an opt-out form. This form can be downloaded here (please upload parents opt-out form found in Annex A and insert a hyperlink for parents to download the form). A hardcopy of the form, duly completed and signed, is to be submitted to the school office by 15 Feb.
Parents can contact the school at 64490121 for discussion or to seek clarification about the school’s sexuality education programme.
At Yu Neng Primary School, the following lessons from the Growing Years Programme will be taught in 2018:
UNIT LESSONS / DURATION Lesson Objectives
At the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to: TIME PERIOD
Gosh! I Am Changing What Is Happening To Me?
(30 min)
know what puberty is
identify the physical changes during puberty
What Can I Do? (Part 1)
identify the stresses caused by physical and emotional changes during puberty
describe healthy ways to manage the stresses caused by physical and emotional changes during puberty
describe the emotions caused by physical changes during puberty
recognise that one’s identity does not change even when one’s body is experiencing change due to puberty
describe healthy ways to manage the stresses caused by these physical and emotional changes during puberty
Main Task
(30 min) Description of the Main Task:
Pupils are to play the role of an Uncle/Aunt Agony to help a peer address his/her experiences during puberty. They will consider the situation from the point of view of the peer and share ways to help him/her cope with the changes he/she is going through. Term 1
Where I Belong What Are Families?
know that there are different types of family structures
know that every family is unique
state that the three basic functions of families are to provide love, protection and guidance
identify the right sources of help to turn to when in need
Where I Belong What is My Role?
know that gender is about being male or female
choose not to stereotype by gender
How Do I Keep Myself Safe? What is Safety?
know what sexual abuse is
know that there are laws in Singapore that can protect them from sexual abuse
know their rights in keeping themselves safe from sexual abuse
Stop It! Run! Tell!
protect themselves by resisting, removing themselves from harm and seeking help from a trusted adult
know their responsibilities in minimising the risk of sexual harm
Are We More Than Friends? Who Are My Friends?
identify the qualities of a healthy friendship
recognise the importance of making wise choices in friendship
Am I A Good Friend?
identify the qualities that they have as a friend
recognise the importance of developing in oneself the qualities of a good friend
identify the characteristics of love and infatuation
distinguish between the characteristics of love versus infatuation
identify strong feelings arising from infatuation
Am I Falling In Love?
manage strong feelings arising from infatuation
identify ways to manage and cope with teasing from peers
Pupils are to play the role of a game designer who wants to create a board game to help pupils of their age learn more about the Big Idea of Relationships, specifically on family, friendships, love and infatuation. They will consider the issues that their peers would face and craft questions and answers that they believe their peers would benefit most from knowing. Term 2
Friends or Foes? Are You Really My Friend?
identify the pros and cons of forming relationships through social networking websites
know ways to keep themselves safe when using social networking websites
Is It All Safe?
know that some information (like pornography) received through the Internet may be harmful
know ways to keep themselves safe when using social networking websites or the Internet
Pupils are to apply their understanding of Safety in a variety of scenarios where the main character could be in a precarious situation. They will consider the situation from the point of view of the main character, discuss what they think and feel about the situation and what they will do or say to ensure their safety. These scenarios will provide pupils with the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of Safety and that safety is a right and a responsibility.
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