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A Dramatic Pause, As Expansion Breaks Longevity Record
With the start of the second half of 2019, this expansion officially sets a new record as the longest growth cycle in modern U.S. history. However, growth has moderated lately. The U.S. Leading Economic Index (LEI) in May was unchanged from April. It's a dramatic pause after 10 years of strong growth.
"While the economic expansion is now entering its eleventh year, the longest in US history, the LEI clearly points to a moderation in growth towards 2% by year end," according to the economic team at The Conference Board, a big-business sponsored group that is responsible for tracking the monthly U.S. LEI.
From The Great Recession of 2008, which was the worst period of negative growth since The Great Depression, the current growth cycle began in April 2009, and GDP grew only modestly until 2015. Then, real wage gains began accelerating, propelling stronger than expected growth for over four years. Though U.S. growth recently leveled off, it's been a spectacular expansion, by modern historical standards.
The Federal Reserve was nimble in reversing its interest rate policy in recent weeks, as fear of trade wars and, now, a real war with Iran, heightened uncertainty, and the expansion is poised to extend into 2020. However, the Fed has not always been accurate in the past in forecasting the economy. Far from it!
The Fed caused every recession since 1954 by misreading the economy, tightening credit too much and choking growth. They came close to doing it again earlier this year, but their quick about-face in May has enabled the long expansion to continue for now.
Fritz Meyer, an independent economist whose research we license, says the Fed's fear of inflation is overblown. Since this expansion began, the Fed's forecast for inflation has been wrong, he says. The Fed's policy reversal in recent weeks, articulated in its public pronouncements in May and June, indicates that the Fed could be rethinking its inflation model.
Watch for the Fed to show less fear of inflation in the months ahead. A tectonic shift in the way the Fed views inflation could fuel continued growth. Or the Fed could make a mistake.
The big picture significance of this chart is that the LEI has historically rolled over very definitively months before recessions in the past. Hence, the pause in the LEI is pregnant with drama.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index broke another all-time high with its closing price of 2,954.18 on Thursday. The index closed on Friday at 2,950.46.
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vp.1.10 [paragraph continues] Raka, and Anumati (phases of the moon 3). Anasuya, the wife of Atri, was the mother of three sinless sons, Soma (the moon), Durvasas, and the ascetic Dattatreya 4. Pulastya had, by Priti, a son called in a former birth, or in the Swayambhuva Manwantara, Dattoli, who is now known as the sage Agastya 5. Kshama, the wife of the patriarch Pulaha, was the mother of three sons, Karmasa, Arvarivat, and Sahishnu 6. The wife of Kratu, Sannati, brought forth the sixty thousand Balakhilyas, pigmy sages, no bigger than a joint of the thumb, chaste, pious, resplendent as the rays of the sun 7. Vasishtha had seven sons by his wife Urjja, Rajas, Gatra, Urddhabahu, Savana, Anagha, Sutapas, and sukra, the seven pure sages 8. The Agni named Abhimani, who is the eldest born of
vp.2.4 The Kshiroda ocean (or sea of milk) is encompassed by the seventh Dwipa, or Pushkara, which is twice the size of Saka dwipa. Savana, who was made its sovereign, had but two sons, Mahavira and Dhataki, after whom the two Varshas of Pushkara were so named. These are divided by one mighty range of mountains, called Manasottara, which runs in a circular direction (forming an outer and an inner circle). This mountain is fifty thousand Yojanas in height, and as many in its breadth; dividing the Dwipa in the middle, as if with a bracelet, into two divisions, which are also of a circular form, like the mountain that separates them. Of these two, the Mahavira varsha is exterior to the circumference of Manasottara, and Dhataki lies within the circle; and both are frequented by heavenly spirits and gods. There are no other mountains in Pushkara, neither are there any rivers 3. Men in this Dwipa live a thousand years, free from sickness and sorrow, and unruffled by anger or affection.
vp.3.2 The ninth Manu will be Daksha savarni 8. The Paras, Marichigarbhas, and Sudharmas will be the three classes of divinities, each consisting of twelve; their powerful chief will be the Indra Adbhuta. Savana, Dyutimat, Bhavya, Vasu, Medhatithi, Jyotishman, and Satya will be the seven Rishis. Dhritaketu, Driptiketu, Panchahasta, Mahamaya, Prithusrava, and others, will be the sons of the Manu.
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Maduro expels US envoy amid new sanctions
President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of the top US diplomat in Venezuela following a new round of sanctions imposed by Washington over his re-election.
Maduro announced the move in a nationally televised speech on Tuesday after being officially proclaimed the winner of Sunday's election.
"The empire doesn't dominate us here," Maduro said, giving charge d'affaires Todd Robinson and his deputy Brian Naranjo 48 hours to leave the country. "We've had enough of your conspiring."
He accused the pair of trying to sabotage Venezuela's presidential election by pressuring several anti-government presidential candidates not to compete in the race.
Maduro referred to Naranjo as the head of the CIA in Venezuela.
The election was boycotted by the main opposition parties and widely criticised by the international community. Most opposition parties decided not to participate after officials blocked their most popular leaders from competing.
Maduro won 68 percent of the vote, but 52 percent of voters did not cast ballots – a historic abstention rate.
The White House branded the vote a "sham", and US President Donald Trump issued an executive order limiting Venezuela's ability to sell state assets, heightening pressure on Maduro's cash-strapped government.
In his speech on Tuesday, Maduro angrily rejected the US move saying he repudiates "all the sanctions that are sought against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, because they harm it, they generate suffering for the people of Venezuela".
He added: "We will present evidence to the country of the conspiracy in the military field of the United States charge d'affaires and his embassy, of the conspiracy in the economic field and of the conspiracy in the political field."
There was no immediate reaction from Robinson or the US embassy in Caracas.
Washington and Caracas have not exchanged ambassadors since 2010.
- Al Jazeera
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Benchmark sells two Chelsea rentals for $27M
November 17, 2015 | The Real Deal
By Kathryn Brenzel
A family partnership led by the head of Brooklyn-based Davidson Pipe Supply picked up two Chelsea rental buildings for $26.5 million from Benchmark Real Estate Group, according to property records filed with the city Monday.
The buyers, Peter Davidson of Davidson Pipe Supply and Robert Krueger, are based in the Long Island hamlet of Hewlett, records show. They acquired two six-story buildings at 246 and 248 10th Avenue, near West 25th Street. Benchmark, a Soho-based firm led by Aaron Feldman and Jordan Vogel, paid just $14.4 million total for the properties last year. The buildings have a total of 17 residential units — eight at 246 10th Avenue and nine at 248 10th Avenue — and each have a ground floor commercial unit. Collectively, the buildings span 17,100 square feet of residential space and 3,150 square feet for retail. Italian restaurant Bottino is among the ground-floor retail tenants.
Davidson, who declined to comment, also owns a Brooklyn Heights residential building at 43 Pierrepont Street. It was not clear if brokers were involved in the deal.
In July, Benchmark, which focuses on value-add acquisitions of rentals, bought a 12-story Brooklyn Heights rental building for north of $40 million.
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Could Data Centers Lead California’s Drought-Tech Future?
Can data center technologies get some of the rebates that have been driving low-tech solutions for the drought?
California prides itself on being the global hub for tech innovation, and it has been aiming to accelerate use of cutting-edge technology to face its historic drought. However, in the first year since California’s governor declared a state of emergency as a result of the drought, most of its cash has been spent on non-tech solutions. In Southern California alone, the Metropolitan Water District has quadrupled its budget to $450M this year for lawn turf replacement. So far, innovative start-ups aren’t applying advanced science and engineering, but rather spraying green paint to cover brown lawns.
California’s programs are looking for ways to change basic practices to permanently replace big water uses. Turf replacement programs “lock-in permanent changes in water use by transforming to drought-tolerant landscapes that better fit our Mediterranean climate,” said Metropolitan board Chairman Randy Record, Chairman of Southern California’s Metropolitan Water District.
As corporations in California face the drought crisis, new technologies for data center cooling offer an opportunity for them to migrate away from water-intensive cooling. Every new data center brings a thirsty customer. A midsize 15-megawatt center uses between 80 million and 130 million gallons of water a year for cooling, according to industry estimates “At the high end of that range, each new facility is akin to planting 100 acres of almond trees, adding three hospitals or opening more than two 18-hole golf courses,” notes Drew Fitzgerald of the Wall Street Journal. California has more than 800 data centers, the most of any state, according to an estimate by tech consultancy 451 Research LLC that excludes smaller computer rooms that businesses use. Based on that and estimates for water use, the state’s data centers consume roughly as much water in a year as 158,000 Olympic sized swimming pools.
Even with their substantial growth over the last few years, data centers still use less than 1% of the water in California, as compared with 80% used by agriculture. At the same time, subsidizing migration away from water cooling data centers offers California a way to reduce water use right now, and save millions of gallons over the years to come.
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Government Insists EEU Entry ‘Good for Armenia’
Armenia's President Serzh Sarkisian signs an accession agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union in Minsk on Oct. 10, 2014.
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—Membership in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) will greatly benefit Armenia’s economy, the Armenian government insisted on Monday as it sought parliamentary approval of its controversial accession treaty with the Russian-led bloc.
While predicting a major boost to economic growth and exports, a senior government official also acknowledged that Armenia will face “sanctions” by the World Trade Organization (WTO) after adopting the EEU’s more protectionist policies.
Deputy Finance Minister Suren Karayan pointed to the fact that many import duties jointly enforced by Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are considerably higher than the existing Armenian trade tariffs that had been agreed with the WTO in 2003.
“Armenia and EEU member states will jointly hold new negotiations with the World Trade Organization, and responsibility for those sanctions, which will be applied for the violation of our [WTO] obligations, will fall not only on Armenia but also on the other EEU member states,” Karayan told the National Assembly. He did not specify whether this means that Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan would necessarily compensate Armenia for penalties imposed by the WTO.
Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov spoke of Armenian “compensations” to the WTO in June. He said that Yerevan will have to renegotiate the terms of its membership in the global trade body after joining the EEU. Armenian officials have been reticent about the subject until now.
Speaking at the start of parliament debates on the accession treaty, Karayan insisted that EEU membership will boost Armenia’s economic prospects by improving its manufacturers’ access to a vast common market. “Joining this union is extremely important for the Republic of Armenia as we will able to considerably boost our exports and thereby ensure higher living standards for our population,” he said. “I not only believe in that but am extremely optimistic. Having been involved in the whole [accession] process, I can assure you that this will earn Armenia very positive and serious results.”
Citing government estimates, the official said that entry to the Russian-led bloc will translate into an extra growth rate of between 1.2 percent and 2.5 percent annually for the Armenian economy in the short term.
In recent months the Armenian government has actually lowered its growth projections for the next few years amid a worsening macroeconomic situation in Russia. With the Russian economy seemingly sliding into recession due to Western sanctions and falling oil prices, government critics say that Yerevan could hardly choose a worse moment to join the EEU.
Armenian - December 2, 2014 said:
If the government insists on something, the opposite must be true. In other words, this is the government’s way of admitting that they’ve dug themselves into a ditch.
This is only logical, too, as a “union” that has decided to wage war on the civilized world with its totalitarian and fascist attitudes can never be considered a good thing.
Hratch - December 2, 2014 said:
What other choice do they really have? This is suicide out of necessity. The alternative will be a ‘spontaneous’ separatist group demanding their rights. At least this way the existing wheels of corruption will continue to be greased.
What they forget to mention is that we are now umbilically associated with a despot who is persona non grata in the real world. A government that tolerates no decent and a regime that supplies the enemy with weapons to down our aircrafts.
Isn’t the third world a fabulous place to operate from?
*dissent
Avetis - December 3, 2014 said:
I also “insist”.
Michele - December 3, 2014 said:
If entry into the EEU is confirmed does this mean Armenian will be precluded from entering the EU?
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Indian Banking's Next Two Revolutions
Many Indian villages have over one thousand mobile phones. But no bank accounts.
Welcome to the great Indian revolution.
Even after the sweeping changes brought about by NREGA – the second version of which made bank accounts mandatory – real financial inclusion remains a dream.
Thanks to NREGA, many of India’s poorest of the poor now recognizes the use of a savings account. But that a bank can lend them money to meet their financial goals – even if it is microfinance - is unknown by many. A recent nationwide survey had brought out these shocking facts.
Why couldn’t the country’s public sector banks achieve within 60 years, what a handful of private mobile operators could do in 6?
The easy answer would be the scope for profits, but given the wafer-thin margins with which these large capex mobile operators function, and the efficiency with which many private micro-financiers have developed their businesses recently, bankers would need to find another excuse.
Reserve Bank of India is aware of this challenge, and is now trying to address this in two novel ways, which if fully implemented can change the very landscape of Indian banking, not to mention the achievement of amazing levels of financial inclusion.
One of the RBI strategies would seem like a throwback to the pre-nationalization era. Yes, new private banks are again welcome. But they would be back in a different avatar – Local Area Banks.
Originally conceived in the 1996 Union Budget, local area banks had got a major push with the findings and recommendations of the Raghuram Rajan Committee. RBI plans to address the safety concerns with small private banks by ensuring a higher Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) of above 15% - as against regular banks’ 12% - and tough regulations to prevent related party transactions.
If implemented fully, this can be a wave of opportunity for a new generation of financial entrepreneurs, cooperatives, and self-help groups. The distinct advantage RBI sees with the move - other than great accessibility – is the creation of tailor-made financial products based on local demand.
The second RBI initiative was their recent Outreach Program to commemorate their Platinum Jubilee Year. Designed around Governor Dr. D Subbarao’s Zero Finance Inclusion System, the program had inputs from all four Deputy Governors, Shyamala Gopinath, Usha Thorat, Dr. KC Chakrabarty, and Dr. Subir Gokarn.
The program has placed a new target for commercial banks that all villages with over 2000 people should get access to financial services by March 2010. Carefully selected and authorized NGOs would be allowed to assist banks in achieving this target. The critical backbone of this initiative would be cutting-edge technologies like mobile banking and biometric identification.
If RBI succeeds in these two initiatives, it would lend some credence to the tall claims of economic liberalization and the telecom / IT revolutions. Then and only then can we take the first step together, as one billion empowered people.
Because for all our optimism, there is a deep chasm between the developed and developing worlds, and that chasm is the financial security of a country’s people. And financial inclusion is the first step towards financial security.
Posted by Seasonal Magazine at 7:38 PM 0 comments
HDFC Move Too Little, Too Late Against SBI & ICICI?
HDFC Ltd, India's largest home loan provider, and the key promoter of HDFC Bank, has done something to counter SBI, but it might prove to be too little, too late. The dual rate home loan scheme comes with a fixed rate of 8.25 per cent till March 31, 2012 for a 20 year loan of 30 lakh for new customers who apply till January 31. Though 0.25% above SBI's during the first year, the scheme is comparable to SBI's when taking into account the first three years. But it is still inferior in its 0.5% processing fee against SBI's nil charges.
HDFC Bank always had to be content with the No.3 position, behind SBI and ICICI Bank. But the solace was always that it could lead in two retail segments – home and auto loans. But now, even that edge is showing signs of distress.
While SBI has recently caught up with HDFC Bank in both home and auto loan growth, ICICI Bank has also made a dramatic comeback. To counter, HDFC Bank is relying more and more on growing their overall retail loan business, instead of trying to grow their corporate loans, where the competition is even tougher with the likes of PNB & BoB, apart from SBI & ICICI Bank.
The bank’s over reliance on retail segments like credit cards is troubling, and as Pralay Mondal, their Country Head for Retail & Credit Cards had recently put it, the delinquency for the credit card industry as a whole is at 30-35%.
HDFC Bank’s key problems are its highly pressured workforce and the private bank’s too selective, too restrictive home loan policies that pre-empt a significant percentage of homebuyers from a life-critical home loan.
Posted by Seasonal Magazine at 10:39 AM 0 comments
Will Bank of India Take Over Oriental Bank of Commerce?
With its second quarter results out, speculations that Oriental Bank of Commerce might be fit for a takeover have gathered wind.
OBC went back on its good first quarter results of 46% growth by registering only 18.63% growth in net profit during the quarter ended September 2009. The bank’s total business growth during H1 of this year stands at 24%.
Making this mid-sized bank more attractive for a takeover is the fact that OBC is in urgent need for Rs. 1000 crore as capital support from the Government. Though Chairman & Managing Director TY Prabhu has claimed that it is for branch expansion, shoring up Oriental Bank’s Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) should also be a prime reason.
But plagued with such never ending requests from several public sector banks (PSBs), the Government has recently made it clear that it may not be able to meet the entire demand. That leaves only a few options before such PSBs, one among which is allowing a takeover by a bigger PSB.
Speculations are on that Mumbai headquartered Bank of India is eyeing Oriental Bank of Commerce for a takeover. Such a move has got some other rationale too, as BoI’s is heavily West focused while OBC is heavily North focused.
But, in any case, such a move is unlikely to be met favourably with the senior to middle level managers in OBC.
Oriental Bank of Commerce is a full service bank, featuring anytime anywhere banking that addresses retail, corporate, & industrial clients using the latest in technologies like core banking, internet, mobile, & ATMs. CMD TY Prabhu is a Canara Bank veteran, who joined OBC recently after a successful tenure with Union Bank of India as its Executive Director.
Oriental Bank of Commerce has always been in the forefront of social initiatives, be it participation in the national pension plan or poverty alleviation for the BPL classes. The bank is also on a major expansion drive with a new recruitment drive being announced.
OBC’s innovative bancassurance model – but partnered with two banks itself, HSBC and Canara Bank – has already become the fastest grower in the life insurance sector.
However, if the takeover by Bank of India materializes, it will fly in the face of the OBC management’s plans to increase branch strength by 200 new branches and a targeted business mix of Rs. 2,00,000 crore by the year end.
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Kotak Mahindra Thrives on Risk?
Kotak Mahindra Bank led Kotak Mahindra Group is one financial conglomerate that seems to thrive on risk.
Group entity Kotak Securities had recently played whistleblower in exposing accounting holes in both Reliance ADAG and Reliance Industries. But as and when the Ambani brothers bury their hatchets, a headache can break out for Kotak Mahindra.
But for all his team’s research capabilities, Uday Kotak couldn’t sense what was in store in Dubai. Kotak Mahindra Bank opened their representative office in Dubai two weeks back. The timing couldn’t have been worse. A week later, Dubai World’s $60 billion hole surfaced, with the potential to sink Dubai with it.
But risk is nothing new to Kotak Mahindra. The Group already has exposure in Dubai through businesses like insurance policies, offshore mutual funds, broking revenues, and other investments.
This once non-banking financial company (NBFC) – or private financier – turned bank thrives on high risk. It specializes in acquiring stressed assets from other banks, unsecured loans, sensitive sector lending, and aggressive contrarian strategies like shunning loan restructuring against NPAs.
Uday Kotak has ambitiously built this 18,000 people empire, resorting to corporate moves like courting powerful names like the Mahindras and Goldman Sachs, and later deciding to go it alone.
Will IndusInd Ever Catch Up With ICICI, HDFC, & Axis?
During the initial years it was main promoter Hinduja Group’s controversies like Bofors that played spoilsport for IndusInd Bank. Later, it was a case of uninspired leadership. But the current MD & CEO Romesh Sobti’s radical strategies have apparently played out well for the bank, if last two quarters’ growth is any indication.
But it is also a strategy that has taken IndusInd from the safe shores of investment banking and HNI business to the risky coasts of less secured retail loans. It remains to be seen how IndusInd’s new strategy will pan out.
IndusInd Bank started out in the same year – 1994 – as ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, & Axis Bank, with almost the same scale of capital. But now all those banks are at least 5 to 10 times the size of IndusInd. That this was despite Hinduja Group’s international expertise in banking, has been a sort of riddle in banking circles.
But with the second quarter results out, IndusInd Bank has proved that it can shrug off this lethargy and grow faster than others to catch up on lost time. IndusInd grew its net profit by 131% this quarter, and it was one of the healthier all-round results posted by any private bank or comparable public sector bank.
The even better news is that when taken as a whole, the two quarters or H1 has registered a 211% growth. With this, IndusInd has become the country’s fourth fastest growing bank in net profits.
But the bank still lags behind peers in deposits and advances growth. MD & CEO Romesh Sobti needs to address several of IndusInd’s potentials that haven’t still played out.
For example, IndusInd Bank is the country’s only bank to be originally promoted by a group of NRIs. Despite this significant exposure among the NRI community, the bank had failed to put up a good performance in garnering NRI remittances, which is always considered as a good source of low-cost funds.
Also, IndusInd Bank has always played the game conservatively, with not much enthusiasm for funding the so-called sensitive sector including unsecured retail, real estate, and capital markets. Such an outlook has prompted the bank to take a contrarian view on problematic NPAs. IndusInd was noted for opting out of the CDR process to revive Subiksha, the troubled retailer.
Anyway, under Sobti’s leadership, the bank is spreading its focus on segments like consumer loans. The bank was however always strong in investment banking and servicing HNIs, and this has helped them to grow faster now.
Midsize Public Sector Banks Survive Downturn
2008-09 and the ongoing 2009-10 have not been easy years for the country’s mid to small sized public sector banks. Yet they have shown remarkable resilience in fighting back the downturn with all available tools at their disposal.
Good examples of this trend have been Bank of India and Central Bank of India on the big side, and Indian Overseas Bank and UCO Bank on the smaller side.
These tools include profit from treasury operations, profit from wholesale banking, cutting cost of deposits, and managing NPA levels.
Using these tools, as well as growth in their core banking business, Mumbai headquartered Central Bank of India’s net profit rose from Rs. 96.15 crore a year ago to Rs. 313.93 crore. The bank could better its treasury operations, as well as its wholesale and retail banking operations.
At another Mumbai headquartered major, Bank of India, the core metric of net interest income (NII) increased by 3.37% to Rs. 1409 crore. But BoI opted for higher provisioning for its NPAs this quarter, which pulled down its net. But since then, the new RBI directive of 70% Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR) has made the bank look wise among its peers.
Chennai based Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) could have posted an operating profit of Rs. 554.6 crore, but the exceptional case of the absorption of the loss making Shree Suvarna Sahakari Bank dragged down its net profit to Rs. 176.04 crore. IOB was handpicked by the Government earlier to save SSSB.
However, Kolkata based UCO Bank had a smoother sail this quarter. Net profit was up by 38.4% on strong growth in interest as well as treasury income. The bank is rapidly shedding its high cost bulk deposits, and managing its NPA levels quite well. Total income grew over 19%, while operating profit was up by around 50%. Now the bank is working hard to increase the competitive metric of net interest margin (NIM) to 2.15% from the current 1.88%.
SBT: Of Keralites, By Keralites, But Not For Keralites?
State Bank of Travancore is Kerala’s official bank if there is any such designation. It was created by eminent Keralites, and still thrives on Kerala’s huge NRI and domestic deposits. But when it comes to loans, SBT prefers to help corporates outside the state, often through big-ticket loan syndications. Ditto is the case with the bank’s customer service – winning accolades outside the state, and drawing flak inside Kerala. Is it something wrong with State Bank of Travancore or something wrong with Keralites? Are they expecting too much from their own bank?
Kerala headquartered SBT is not only a worthy child of the State Bank family. It is also a worthy adult with a mind of its own. Mergers are not something for State Bank of Travancore, which has taken into its fold not less than 10 banks during its 64 years of existence.
But this time, things would be different, no doubt, as it would be SBT which would be taken in by its parent since 1960, State Bank of India. But that merger is still far off, as SBI has prioritized the takeover of smaller, unlisted, and less healthy group banks than State Bank of Travancore like State Bank of Indore, State Bank of Hyderabad, and State Bank of Patiala.
SBT on the other hand is a listed entity, and has the unique credentials of never failing to make a profit and never failing to deliver dividends in its history.
But FY 2008-09 and the present year should be exceptions, anyone will agree. But at SBT, there is no need for such exceptions. For 2008-09, State Bank of Travancore registered a rise in net profit of 57.43% and a dividend payout of 130%. It was a record, and it clearly showed the bank team and its leadership could effectively rise up to the challenges.
And in 2009-10, this momentum only continues to gather steam with SBT posting a 337% rise in Q1 YoY.
SBT’s Managing Director AK Jagannathan is a veteran of the State Bank Group, having worked in State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Hyderabad, & State Bank of Patiala, before taking up the assignment of Chief General Manager of State Bank of Travancore in October 2008 and later as its Managing Director. He is the perfect complimentary partner to SBI’s & State Bank Group’s Chairman OP Bhatt. Incidentally, Bhatt was the MD of SBT before moving to SBI in 2006.
State Bank of Travancore is known for its support for sensitive sectors, and was recently noted for surpassing its targets in delivering loans to farmers. At the same time, it caters to the diverse needs of its modern customer base. Recetly SBT tied up with Sundaram BNP Paribas to deliver their mutual funds through SBT branches.
State Bank of Travancore is a full service bank complete with core banking, internet banking, mobile banking, ATMs, home loans, vehicle loans, multi-city cheques, online tickets / bill payments, 3-in-one savings / demat / trading accounts, e-Tax, microfinance, MSME financing, reverse mortgages, and international credit / debit cards.
Owing to its presence in Kerala, SBT also has one of the most extensive NRI and Forex services in the country.
Midsize Public Sector Banks Fight Downturn
At another Mumbai headquartered major, Bank of India, the core metric of net interest income (NII) increased by 3.37% to Rs. 1409 crore. But BoI opted for higher provisioning for its NPAs this quarter, which pulled down its net. But since then, the new RBI directive of 70% PCR has made the bank look wise among its peers.
Chennai based Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) could have posted an operating profit of Rs. 554.6 crore, but the exceptional case of the absorption of the loss making Shree Suvrana Sahakari Bank dragged down its net profit to Rs. 176.04 crore. IOB was handpicked by the Government earlier to save SSSB.
Why SBI Gets No RBI Waiver on NPAs, PCR
Does India's central bank, Reserve Bank of India, believe that nobody is too big to fail?
Post Lehman, post Merrill Lynch, & post RBS, the biggest joke doing the rounds in banking circles has been nobody is too big to fail. Because, whenever some wise mind tried to point out the risky games these giant banks played, the stock reply was, “Nah! Too big to fail”.
Now it seems that this newfound cautionary syndrome has caught up in India. The country’s central bank, RBI, often noted for its excellent and dynamic banking regulations has now come up with a stunner – all banks have to set aside funds to cover 70% of the total worth of bad loans. Technically called Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR) for Non Performing Assets (NPA), this has earlier been anything between 10-100%, with the average being 51%.
But some banks like, the country’s biggest – State Bank of India – always had a problem with this line of reasoning. Until recently, their PCR has been just 38.72%, and only on RBI prodding a couple of months back that it was hiked to the present 45.1%.
But Reserve Bank of India is still not impressed. There is no waiver even for the country’s largest bank that controls nearly one-fourth of Indian banking. SBI’s profitability is going to be hit, as the bank will have to set aside Rs. 3800 crore from their profits.
State Bank of India Chairman OP Bhatt has always maintained that his bank’s PCR is small due to the better quality of their NPAs. But conservative peers like Punjab National Bank (PNB) have set aside 90% and HDFC Bank has set 68%.
Anyway, why is Reserve Bank of India so adamant about 70% PCR? One reason might be the Indian banks’ aggressive new initiative to woo millions of home-loan seekers with an ascending interest rate pattern. SBI had pioneered this scheme, and received wide applause for it.
But this kind of loans where the interest burden starts light and gets heavier over the loan-term is said to be a major contributor to the subprime home-loan crisis in US.
Just imagine a couple in their 40s, taking a Rs. 40 lakh home loan in 2009. For the first four years, everything goes fine, and after that the higher interest regime sets in, just-in-time when their other burdens like children’s higher education / marriage sets in, and their employability and earning capacity decreases.
Is RBI foreseeing this scenario in India?
Posted by Seasonal Magazine at 12:29 PM 1 comments
ICICI Bank's Real Turnaround Still Away?
There is nothing more sacrosanct than quarterly results. It separates the listed from the unlisted entities, the men from boys. Because, the latest quarterly results increases or decreases that revered number – TTM EPS – or trailing twelve months’ earnings per share, the ultimate metric that shows the investors what they are getting for their investment.
Take for example ICICI Bank. For the quarter ended September 2009, ICICI has come up with impressive numbers. Operating profit was up 18% QoQ and 6%YoY, net profit was up 2.6%, net interest margin (NIM) was maintained at 2.5%, net NPA was down 6.2%, and CASA deposit percentage was up to 36.9% from 28.7%.
On the whole it comes out as solid results. Even the stock markets reacted favourably, for a couple of days. Chanda Kochhar even began hoping for a bonus for her hardworking team this year. In 2008-09, they had missed their bonus, while at the end of 2007-08, then CEO & MD KV Kamath had been paid Rs. 43.24 lakh, while Kochhar reportedly was paid Rs. 22.44 lakh.
But a look at the quarter with more realistic glasses, yields a different set of results. Total income fell 12.7%, fee income declined 26%, loans contracted 14% YoY, net interest income was down 5% YoY, and ratio of net NPAs to loan assets rose from 1.9% to 2.36%.
More interesting are the positive numbers of net profit and CASA deposits. Headline profit was up mainly on a huge relative growth in treasury income, compared with Q2 of 2008-09. Then treasury was at a loss of Rs. 153 crore, while this time it posted a profit of Rs. 297 crore. And the real reason why CASA percentage rose was this – its total deposit base shrunk by 11.45%.
Not that ICICI Bank did any jugglery on these numbers. Anyone in their position would highlight the good figures and downplay the bad ones. But what matters is the way different media has opted to cover the numbers.
There was a core message in the real numbers of ICICI Bank, and it was this – the planned turnaround hasn’t started delivering in their core businesses.
Even worse is the impact the new provision control ratio (PCR) will have on ICICI Bank’s bottomline. The estimated Rs. 1800 crore extra provisioning required by the bank to meet the 70% PCR can wipe out around 35% of its current annual profits, some reports say.
ICICI Bank’s is not a lone case as far as confusing quarterly results is concerned. The media and the markets want to project the good side of friends. But the fact that, in India, quarterly results are still unaudited should be another cause for concern. Because of this, developed markets have started looking at EPS with suspicion, and instead looking only at Cash EPS, and the corresponding P/C, instead of P/E.
Not that Cash EPS can’t be tampered. It is difficult and would take a concerted Satyam like effort.
Surgery, not Medicines, for IFCI
As a developmental financial institution, IFCI helped build some of India’s critical projects. But is today’s IFCI groping in darkness, unable to find a sustainable business model?
With Government calling for the induction of a strategic investor in IFCI urgently, the problems plaguing the developmental bank are once again in the spotlight.
It is not clear what prevented IFCI from following the route of ICICI and IDBI in converting themselves to private banks, which is in fact an international model, as developmental financial institutions became unviable.
Though IFCI’s profits have halved during the past year, its holdings in other companies should fetch it good returns in the long term. But there are no indications yet from IFCI on how to utilize these stakes.
Despite IFCI unable to replay a Rs. 1573 crore loan from Government at 0.1% interest rate, and despite it being converted to a grant, IFCI is still in doldrums, signaling a serious asset-liabilities mismatch. Restructuring has been in place since 2002, at the expense of further growth.
Some IFCI promoted subsidiaries have also run into problems, a recent example being their asset reconstruction company, Asset Care Enterprise, facing rejection from RBI about a nearly 50% divestment.
Questions to CEO Atul Kumar Rai’s office on these issues went unanswered at the time of publication.
IFCI also needs to develop a brand equity leveraging on its contributions to many of country’s critical projects.
Will ING Vysya’s Prospects Improve Anytime Soon?
There is no doubt that ever since its start in 2002, ING Vysya Bank has been an underperformer compared with its peers in the country’s private sector banking.
Despite having a big ticket international name of ING, this new generation private sector bank - which was in fact a marriage between an old generation private bank, Vysya Bank, and the Dutch banking major, ING - has been able to come up with only lackluster performance.
It was almost a squandering of an opportunity as ING Vysya was the only almost foreign bank that was allowed to operate as a fully Indian bank, complete with the inclusion of the ING name in its brand identity. All other foreign banks like Citibank, HSBC, & Standard Chartered had to put up with quite a number of restrictions in expanding their operations.
Now, with its first Indian CEO in place, the promoters of ING Vysya Bank must be hoping for a drastic change in the bank’s fortunes. But it is not clear what kind of experience the promoters are expecting from Shailendra Bhandari, who has got exposure to both Citibank and HDFC Bank.
ING, it should be noted, had to approach the Dutch Government to stay afloat, much like Citibank.
ING Vysya’s headline profits for the first quarter were impressive at 42%, but to realize that net interest income grew only by 9% is not comforting.
The bank continues to suffer from worsening gross and net NPA levels.
Due to its origins in an unlikely merger, the bank continues to suffer from a hybrid culture. For example, its workforce is divided 60:40 between an older group under the IBA remuneration norms, and a newer group under CTC terms. Lack of pensions is also a grievance with a section of the employees.
The bank’s CASA deposits ratio needs improvement, and it is not clear how ING’s retreat into its home markets internationally, would affect the prospects of ING Vysya Bank in India.
Andhra Bank Facing Unique Problems?
Beneath Andhra Bank’s healthy numbers lie some challenges that are unique to this Hyderabad headquartered public sector bank led by veteran banker RS Reddy.
For the first quarter of FY 09-10, Andhra Bank came up with reasonable numbers. Though the 230% rise in net profit was largely driven by treasury income that is highly unlikely to be repeated, the bank’s net interest income (NII) growth was reasonable at 30%.
However, the bank has a tough road ahead, owing to its exposure to sensitive sectors, SMEs, capital inadequacy, workforce revolt, & Andhra’s unique drought situation.
Andhra Bank has one of the largest exposures – at 42.14% - to retail lending that falls under the sensitive sector. Even while a major retail player like ICICI Bank scaled back their retail lending quickly, Andhra Bank’s ratio of retail lending is even larger than the country’s largest bank, SBI.
Similarly, Andhra Bank has a huge exposure to SMEs, a segment that is said to take maximum time to recover in India. The bank was also in news recently for admitting that a section of its educational loans without collaterals are overdue, with possible slippages into the NPA segment.
Andhra Bank seems to be fed up with lending to PSUs, with Chairman RS Reddy opining that such lending is not viable for the bank. But Andhra Bank itself being a PSB that enjoys all government and public support, such a stand will be heavily criticized. Andhra Bank had recently lost around Rs. 2 crore in the Rs. 5.5 crore cheque forgery case involving the PSU, State Finance Corporation.
Andhra Bank has recently approached Government of India for recapitalization, so as to have a capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of 12%. The bank has asked for Rs. 1150 crore, even while peers like Allahabad Bank, Canara Bank, & Bank of India has indicated that they don’t suffer from the same issue.
Andhra Bank’s all 1500 branches were paralyzed for a day recently when its managers went for a strike alleging ill-treatment. The strike was stunning on two counts. Firstly, it was led by the bank’s senior managers, and secondly, another nationwide strike by officers of all banks had just preceded this strike, signalling that there are issues unique to Andhra Bank. The ill-treatment and overwork alleged by senior managers are said to be an outcome of avoiding fresh recruitments for long.
RBI has registered cases against some Andhra Bank managers for submitting fake currency notes, making the bank one of the five banks to have such cases registered against it.
There are also chances that the drought situation in Andhra – that CMD Reddy has termed unprecedented – may weaken the prospects of this mainly Andhra based bank.
Why Syndicate Bank Looks Promising
With most growth figures including Net Interest Income (NII) up, and most problem figures including high-cost deposits down in the first quarter, Syndicate Bank is refocusing its efforts on the remaining challenges like its Non Performing Assets (NPAs) and its Net Interest Margin (NIM). Beyond the conventional measures, the bank is kick-starting further growth with its single-window ‘Synd Yuva’ campaign as well as the upcoming mobile banking / mobile commerce facility across 2000 branches. The bank will also be a major beneficiary of this fiscal’s farm loan compensation. Syndicate Bank has a new Chairman in Basant Seth, a veteran banker from Bank of India (BoI), whose last assignment was as Deputy MD of SIDBI.
The results for the quarter ended June 30 was one that made India’s banks as well as financial markets nervous. Have the growth figures gone up? Have the loss figures gone down?
As the results for the country’s public sector banks poured in one after the other in recent weeks, two things were clear – first looks were good for all, while second looks exposed the chinks in their armor.
Karnataka based Syndicate Bank was, however, an exception. Of course, they too suffered from the too-good-first-look phenomenon – net profits were trebled to 261.56 crore – but they had good constituent numbers to report.
The extremely good first-look of a 198% increase in net profit was driven mainly by a ten-fold increase in treasury income over the past year’s same quarter. But the real excitement was from core constituent figures with net interest income growing by 16%, global deposits moving up by 27%, global advances by 30%, and credit-deposit ratio moving up by 1.84%.
The only good figure that moved backwards was Syndicate Bank’s net interest margin that moved down from 2.34% to 2.23%.
But the bank has reasons to cheer as even while most growth figures advanced, it could cut some key problem figures. The bank shed high-cost deposits by 44%, and the gross NPA levels declined by 93 percentage points to 1.91%.
Under the leadership of its Executive Directors VK Nagar and R Ramachandran, the bank is aware of treasury income’s help this time, and has embarked on bettering the financial performance with a slew of recent measures like mobile banking and faster single-window customer signup.
Headquartered at Manipal once, Syndicate Bank moved its corporate office to Bangalore some years back, reflecting its ambition to establish itself as a leading public sector bank in the country. But respecting traditions, the bank still holds its Annual General Meetings (AGMs) at the smaller town of Manipal, often called the cradle of Indian banking.
Syndicate Bank will shortly receive the remaining two-thirds from the Government’s net farm loan waiver to banks.
Keen to shed off the lethargic image associated with India’s public sector banks, Syndicate Bank recently launched the ‘Synd Yuva’ campaign. A unique scheme that will challenge even new generation banks in its rapid and single window service, Synd Yuva will provide a customer with instant ATM card, Internet banking account, SMS banking facility, and credit card application.
Syndicate Bank’s Executive Directors VK Nagar and R Ramachandran assumed office in late 2008. While Nagar is a Punjab National Bank veteran, Ramachandran has a similar experience with Indian Bank. Both have undergone training in several niche banking areas in reputed financial institutes in India and abroad.
On the NPA front, Syndicate Bank has moved decisively to strengthen its in-house infrastructure for loan recoveries.
Syndicate Bank traces its history to 1925, when Dr. TMA Pai, together with two socially sensitive friends, Upendra Ananth Pai, a businessman, and Vaman Kudva, an engineer, started a small bank in Udupi with a capital of just Rs. 8000. Their objective was to extend financial assistance to local weavers who were then crippled by a crisis in the handloom industry.
By 1928, Dr. Pai came up with the idea of mobilising funds for these weavers from encouraging the habit of thrift & small savings from among the local community. This tiny Udupi bank would send their agents to collect daily deposits as low as 2 annas from each doorstep. In this way Dr. Pai’s bank got the funds to finance the weavers, and the daily depositors started saving – many of them for the first time in their lives.
Dr. Pai named his innovation as Pigmy Deposit Scheme, and this is the same name, this bank which we now know as Syndicate Bank, uses to this day. The only difference is that Syndicate Bank nowadays collects through 3700 Pigmy Agents, from 12.32 lakh depositors, a total daily sum of over Rs. 2 crores.
Interestingly, Syndicate Bank still collects a daily amount as low as Rs. 1, but the current Pigmy Deposits of the Bank runs to thousands of crores.
United Bank of India’s Make-or-Break Year
2009-10 will go down in United Bank of India’s history as the year that this Kolkata-based bank finally made it big. Or, the year in which it slipped further.
FY 09-10 will be a tumultuous year for United Bank of India, that poses challenges like recapitalization, capital restructuring, NPA management, and their initial public offer (IPO).
At 1.7%, United Bank of India has one of the highest gross non performing assets (NPA) among all PSBs, and United Bank’s recapitalization is a complicated process that involves capital restructuring too to make the bank look better in the IPO market. However, the last public sector banking IPO of 2008-09 was a disaster and so was the first public sector unit IPO of this year.
United Bank of India has also come under fire for the pathetic performance of one of its sponsored regional rural banks (RRB) – Manipur Rural Bank – which has the worst gross NPA at 40.35%.
It remains to be seen whether there will be takers to Chairman & Managing Director SC Gupta’s promise to double the business within the next three years.
Canara Bank Net Profit Declines QoQ
Is there anything hiding behind Canara Bank’s 352.7% YoY rise in net profit?
Unlike some of its peers, it is not just stupendous treasury income, or the corresponding last quarter’s poor performance. The sequential or QoQ growth has been, in fact, a de-growth of 22.7% at Canara Bank.
Though suffering from an exposure to the troubled carrier Air India, Canara Bank continues to be approached by the likes of Tata to help with their JLR blunder in UK.
Canara Bank’s recent changes in their home loan procedures have attracted flak for making customers run from pillar-to-post - architect-to-evaluator-to-contractor - multiple times.
Export Import Bank (Exim Bank) at Crossroads?
What do Ex-Im Bank of USA, China Exim Bank, Korea EximBank, Exim Bank Malaysia, and Exim Bank of India have in common? With its homegrown Chairman & Managing Director TC Venkat Subramanian facing retirement after a long stint, and its chief promoter, Government of India (GoI), looking at somebody from outside to replace him, Export-Import Bank of India appears to be truly at crossroads.
The Export Import Bank of India was created for two core objectives – one, to finance the country’s exporters and importers; and two, to finance those financial institutions aspiring to finance exporters and importers.
But somewhere down the line, Exim Bank got into unconnected businesses like film, SME, and agricultural financing.
Exim Bank of India got into film financing through the related domain of cash-flow financing for film distribution in overseas markets, but it soon led Exim Bank to produce films too. The bank has financed successes like Kabul Express, Dhoom, Dhoom-2, Fanaa, Veer Zaara, The Rising etc, but with the stakes getting higher and higher with each production, risk might be just round the corner.
For example, Exim Bank is financing the Rs. 70 crore Priyadarshan movie ‘De Dhana Dhan’ starring Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Suniel Shetty, and Paresh Rawal.
Exim Bank of India’s diversifications into small and medium enterprises (SME) and agricultural finance, however, don’t carry even the synergies found in film financing, that is, except when it is for export assistance to these sectors.
Exim Bank is facing difficult prospects in its core business as overseas investments by Indian companies have witnessed a decline of nearly 15% during 2008-09. If this trend continues, Exim Bank of India stands to face a tough 2009-10 in its core areas like export credits, EOU finance, overseas investment finance, lines of credit, & export services.
Exim Bank of India’s Chairman & Managing Director TC Venkat Subramanian had recently cited the gloomy economic situation making the availability of export trade finance a major problem. It is not known how the bank plans to address this.
Exim Bank was recently pulled up by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for lacking better compliance to its guidelines regarding loan syndication in multiple banking arrangements, as it had the potential for allowing major fraud.
Exim Bank of India was originally hived off from RBI in 1982 as a separate bank for Export-Import, under the Export-Import Bank of India Act 1981. It was modeled around the Ex-Im Bank of USA, China Exim Bank, Afrexim Bank, Korea EximBank, Exim Bank Malaysia, Exim Thailand, EximBank Vietnam, and several others, with similar objective - expanding nation's overseas trade.
Exim Bank is now considering the funding of a major Jatropha plantation project in Ethiopia by Emami Group of India. Queries by Seasonal Magazine regarding the risks of this move, considering the risk-profile of this African country as well as the plant, remain unanswered from Exim Bank of India at the time of publication.
It is possible that with the current Chairman’s exit – who was native to Exim Bank - the Government is planning a return to the original objectives at Exim Bank of India, with an outsider at the helm. TC Venkat Subramanian was with Export-Import Bank of India ever since its inception and was heading the bank since 2001.
Has Union Bank’s ICICI-Like Strategies Worked?
Union Bank of India’s campaign ‘Your Dreams Are Not Your Alone’ was perhaps the most catchy bank promotion in recent times. However, it was not the only strategy Union Bank – led by veteran banker MV Nair - copied from India’s private sector banks like ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, & Axis Bank. But has it really worked for this Mumbai headquartered public sector bank (PSB)?
ICICI Bank, Indian banking's leader in promotional campaigns, has cut their advertisement expenditure by one-third ever since the downturn began. But it was also a time when a few public sector banks, notably State Bank of India (SBI) and Union Bank of India (UBI) hiked their advertisement spending. Union Bank’s was the sharpest increase in ad spend, going up by almost thrice over the previous year.
Union Bank of India also seems to be following some of the strategies that ICICI Bank pursued during the last boom and later discarded – like growing their Point of Sale (POS) business astronomically and providing retail / vehicle loans to non-customers.
On the recruitment front, Union Bank recruited 2200 employees during last year, and this year plans to take in around 2000 – much like how private banks like ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, and Axis Bank were doing. But with no performance-linked pay structure in place like these private banks, and the retirement-to-recruitment ratio being 3:1, the need for such a move is difficult to rationalize.
The complex effects of Union Bank of India’s promotional campaign – that amounted to Rs. 142 crore in 2008-09 - are now unraveling with the latest quarterly results. On first look, the headline profit growth of 94% shows that the campaign has clicked. Even some constituent figures like the substantial growth in fixed deposits may be an outcome of this aggressive campaign.
However, on a closer look, many other constituent figures are troubling. The fact that Union Bank could post only a 1.52% growth in net interest income shows that something went wrong in their core business of deposits and advances. On the other hand, the most promising component in the results – doubling of non-interest income including treasury – had nothing to gain from the promotional campaigns.
Even the rise in fixed deposits might have complex aftereffects. Union Bank of India’s cost of deposits has increased to 6.47% due to this major focus on fixed deposits. At the same time, the bank’s Net Interest Margin (NIM) is down to 2.29% from 2.92% last year, with pressure coming from these high-cost fixed deposits that will take time to mature. Now, the bank faces an uphill task in raising NIM to a healthy 3%.
At the same time, despite this heavy promotional campaign, the bank could not perform well on the low-cost current account / savings account (CASA) deposits, and now Union Bank has to struggle to bring CASA to 35%, something which might take until 2012.
The bank which has always performed well on the NPA front, however, saw net non performing assets (NPA) going up by 0.57% during last quarter. But this might have to do with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) rejecting a proposal from Union Bank of India to deduct floating provisions from gross NPA. The reason for the RBI rejection is not clear, as similar proposals from peers like Punjab National Bank (PNB), Bank of Baroda (BoB), and Central Bank of India were allowed.
Post-budget, the outlook for treasury gains is bleak for all banks. This is said to be especially so in the case of Union Bank where loan growth is relatively low and treasury portfolio is high. With treasury income being their mainstay during the last quarter, the bank needs to think of other sources for showing profit.
With parking surplus funds in liquid and liquid-plus mutual funds (MF) not going to be viable after around August 2009, Union Bank will be forced to increase lending, but in the face of lackluster demand. MFs was one area where Union Bank of India could register good profits.
Even while bigger players like SBI decided to keep off, Union Bank participated in the consortium funding Air India / NACIL. Now with Air India in deep trouble, the decision seems badly made.
After a good performance in the bourses for some time, Union Bank of India has now started appearing with ‘SELL’ recommendations due to poor short-term prospects.
Like many other public sector banks (PSBs), Union Bank too might have surprises from their restructured loan book in the coming quarters.
Maybe Union Bank of India needs to learn more lessons from ICICI Bank which has discarded brand promotions and is now resorting to Customer Education type of promotions. Also, there seems to be no point in Union Bank adopting aggressive business policies discarded by private sector banks.
Can Vijaya Bank Build Upon the Turnaround?
Vijaya Bank has recently proven that it could sustain the turnaround that started in 2008-09. Further success down the year, however, will depend upon how Vijaya Bank addresses major challenges like managing non performing assets (NPA), bettering NRI remittances, coping with lower treasury gains, and rapid expansion of alternate delivery channels (ADC). Seasonal Magazine finds out Vijaya Bank’s strategies from interactions with Chairman & Managing Director Albert Tauro and Executive Director SC Kalia.
The turnaround that started from the second quarter of last fiscal now seems complete at Bangalore headquartered Vijaya Bank.
Waging formidable battles on both the yield-on-advances front and the cost-of-deposits front – that too in difficult years like FY’09 and FY’10 – Vijaya Bank has come up trumps on the crucial figure of Net Interest Income (NII) in Q1.
Though Vijaya Bank’s performance on the non performing assets (NPA) front leaves room for improvement, the bank finds solace in the fact that it is not a mass issue but an issue with a few large accounts like the sick public sector unit (PSU) Spices Trading Corporation Ltd (STCL).
For managing NPAs, both recovery efforts and monitoring of restructured accounts to prevent fresh slippages have been undertaken.
The bank is betting big on their substantial presence in NRI hotspots like Mangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi, & Chandigarh to achieve a four-fold rise in NRI deposits to Rs. 5000 crore.
Vijaya Bank’s Chairman Albert Tauro and Executive Director SC Kalia realizes that treasury gains won’t be good next time, but believes that their better credit deposit ratio would help reduce the impact.
The bank is also pinning much hope on expanding their alternative delivery channels (ADCs) to achieve this fiscal’s growth target of Rs. 1.1 lakh crore. Vijaya Bank has already implemented 100% Core Banking Solution (CBS).
To manage their network expansion of around 100 new branches, and scheduled retirements, Vijaya Bank is recruiting 1000 new staff this year. This year’s branch expansion will focus on North, West, & Central India, as against its conventional footprint of South India.
Seasonal Magazine interviews Chairman Albert Tauro and Executive Director SC Kalia:
With the June 30 results out, Vijaya Bank has made a dramatic turnaround to profitability on a year on year basis – from a 76.64 crore loss to a 143.38 crore profit. Are the quarter-on-quarter results equally promising?
The results are certainly promising and make us feel upbeat about the coming quarters. Let me also make it clear that the turnaround started from the second quarter of last fiscal and we moved consistently and progressively thereafter till the last quarter. On stand alone basis, growth in Vijaya Bank’s core earnings every quarter has been one of the highest among public sector banks (PSBs). Our Net Interest Income (NII) for Q4 of last fiscal clocked a 62% growth, followed by a 54% growth in the June quarter this year. Concomitantly, our earning efficiency also improved progressively from 2.07% in the second quarter of last year to 2.38% for the June quarter. I am sure, with likely pick up in quality and stable business, the current and subsequent quarters show a lot of promise.
Unlike many bigger PSBs, Vijaya Bank has managed a 53.75% growth in Net Interest Income (NII). What were its key drivers? Is it sustainable in the coming quarters?
The key drivers of our NII growth is better yield from our advances portfolio and to some extent, interest cost containment. Vijaya Bank’s yield on advances, at 10.72%, is quite comparable to the best in business while on the cost front, we have managed to bring down cost of deposits to 6.82%. Managing cost of deposit was quite a challenge, I must say, especially in view of the volumes contracted during the second half of 2007-08, a common feature of the banking industry then. For us, it is possible to sustain the NII growth in the coming quarters. Our focus on current account / savings account (CASA) deposits, broad based advances, and quality loan assets is likely see us maintain the growth in core earnings.
You have embarked Vijaya Bank upon a campaign to increase your NRI deposits four-fold within the next couple of years. Apart from starting overseas branches, how do you plan to achieve the target of Rs.5000 Crore?
Campaign "Mission NRI – 5000" aims to increase our non-resident deposit base to Rs.5000 Crore by the end of this fiscal. Vijaya Bank has got good presence in high potential centres like Kochi, Mangalore, Chandigarh and Hyderabad and we are confident of realizing this goal. As brought out by a recent report, India receives the highest inward remittance in the world and with the global market sentiments slated for improvement from the second half of the current financial, we should further this goal with even greater vigour. We don’t have any overseas branch as yet, which we make good with the aid of tie-ups with our correspondent banks. We are also in the process of tying up with leading Exchange Houses in the Middle East to step up our non-resident deposit growth.
Vijaya Bank continues to suffer on the non performing assets (NPA) front, with a increase from 1.71% to 2.94%. With NPAs coming in all the crore lending sectors like commercial real estate, personal loans etc, how do you plan to combat it in the coming quarters?
NPAs are not an exception to Vijaya Bank alone, more particularly if you consider the last few quarters marked by recessionary pressures. About the June quarter as well, almost all the banks have seen rise in the NPA level that was on expected lines. Let me also add that in our case, the addition has been on account of very few large accounts and we are making all efforts to turn those around. Otherwise, our NPA level in sectors like agriculture, education loans etc are quite reasonable and manageable. We have an action plan in place to improve our asset quality. In the first place, we are targeting our restructured loan books and keeping a close vigil so as to prevent fresh slippages. Our loan appraisal and monitoring systems have also been strengthened further to contain the accretion to the bare minimum. Finally, our recovery efforts are being reinvigorated in the form of more V-Adalats, Baaki Vasuli Camps and recourse to various legal provisions.
Vijaya Bank’s STCL account is particularly troubling. How do you plan to solve the issue?
I would not like to comment on any individual account for obvious reasons.
Do you foresee treasury gains slowing for Vijaya Bank in the coming quarters, due to India's mounting fiscal deficit and your low credit deposit ratio?
First of all credit deposit ratio exceeding 67% probably does not merit to be termed as low as against the industry average of about 70%. What is more heartening is the fact that despite relatively low growth in advances, Vijaya Bank could notch up 54% growth in Net Interest Income and 69 bps rise in our Net Interest Margin (NIM) quarter on quarter. That way, our core earnings significantly augmented our treasury income and as such, we are confident of sustaining our overall earnings. Treasury gains in the coming quarters may not be as buoyant as they were in the last quarter. This is applicable to the entire banking industry, given the current trend, likely inflationary pressures and recovery in credit demand and the Government's borrowing plan. Benchmark yields are likely to undergo some hardening, especially from the latter part of the second half. We must also appreciate that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may withdraw its accommodative stance once the revival takes effect. In such a scenario, treasury gains may feature slackness in the coming quarters.
From the current business levels of Rs.92000 Crore you plan to move Vijaya Bank up to Rs.1,10,000 Crore by fiscal end. What role will alternate delivery channels like IT play in this growth?
IT Enabled Alternative Delivery Channels (ADCs) will be one of the key drivers in our business growth. Vijaya Bank is already 100% CBS and we have the wherewithal to draw new tech savvy clientele and augment our top line. We offer today any-branch banking as well as remote banking options which are good value propositions for customers who prefer to conserve time and energy by not going for physical branch banking. We have internet banking modules for both corporate and retail segments, offering SMS enabled facilities, bill payment, tax remittance and so on. We are very soon launching Mobile Banking and Phone Banking as also an e-enabled Trading Portal aimed at our niche segments. We have plans to increase our ATM network to 500 by this fiscal and at the moment, our ATM hits are quite encouraging though there is still a lot of upside to it. Besides, ADCs are going to be our competitive advantage as far as our NRI customers and High Net-worth Individuals (HNI) are concerned. Lastly, Vijaya Bank is all set to launch an Online Loan Processing System that will help us improve our advances volume further.
Can PNB Take on ICICI Bank, SBI?
Punjab National Bank, India’s second-largest public sector lender, is trying to overcome remaining challenges like a significant restructured loan book and still-to-be-perfected operational efficiencies, to take State Bank of India (SBI) and ICICI Bank head on. PNB already has the largest ATM network and the second-largest branch network among all public sector banks (PSBs).
India’s ongoing tussle in the banking sector – the fatherly advice of RBI to lower rates, and the free-thinking defiance of public sector banks – doesn’t affect one player much, because, at 11%, Punjab National Bank (PNB) already has the lowest prime lending rate (PLR) among all banks in the country.
It goes without saying that it is a feature that makes PNB a favoured bank among India’s businesses, farmers, and consumers.
Punjab National Bank also excels on Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) – perhaps the only parameter where many Indian banks fall short, much like their global counterparts. While many Indian Banks are struggling to keep their heads above the floor-levels of 9-12%, PNB’s CAR is at a very comfortable 14%, a distinction that it shares with only one other PSB. This also makes PNB in no need for recapitalization by the government, something that is plaguing many other peers.
New Delhi headquartered PNB, India’s second-largest public sector lender, has over the years acquired some unique strengths vis-à-vis its peers, which can make this public sector bank take on bigger players from both the public and private sector, provided it can manage some key challenges.
The bank produced a Dalal Street beating Q1 financial performance which was noted not only for its headline profit growth of 62% aided by a sharp rise in treasury income, but for its several constituent and other key figures. Loans were up by 38%, total income was up by 34%, operating profit was up by 59.7%, but the biggest surprise came by way of interest income which was up by 26%.
The performance on the net interest income (NII) front is especially good, taking into account their low PLR and how other comparable banks have performed. It also enabled PNB to manage margin pressures better.
The bank has a good source of low-cost funds in its CASA deposits that amount to nearly 40% of its total portfolio.
Punjab National Bank which lost its last Chairman KC Chakraborty recently to Reserve Bank of India (RBI), since he was the senior-most banker in India, is now led by its Executive Directors MV Tanksale and Nagesh Pydah, both veteran bankers from India’s public sector banking.
According to Tanksale, the bank is eyeing a profit of Rs. 3700 crore for the current fiscal, based on an anticipated loan growth of 22% and maintenance of Net Interest Margin (NIM) at 3.5%.
PNB is a good performer on the bourses, with most analysts assigning ‘BUY’ or ‘KEEP’ recommendations, and the scrip commanding a significant premium over spot-price in Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) transfers.
Punjab National Bank had also put in a good performance during 2008-09, which saw net profit going up by nearly 69% over the previous year. And it was a sustained, all-quarter performance, with even the choppy Q4 producing a 59% jump in net profit. Buoyed by the development, PNB was also quick to declare a generous 200% dividend.
2009-10 will be a momentous one for PNB, as it battles some of its core challenges and handles some divestments.
PNB has a huge portfolio of restructured loans, which is the second-largest (as a percentage of its loan-book) in the public sector category. The bank needs to keep a close watch on these accounts lest they fall into the non-performing category next year.
Punjab National Bank also need to improve in its overall business efficiency, as, despite having India’s second largest branch network, it is only third-largest in total business - behind State Bank of India (SBI) and ICICI Bank - when considering both public and private sector banks. A part of this seeming inefficiency is directly due to meeting their social commitments as a public sector bank, something private sector players are not burdened with.
For example PNB’s ratio of priority sector credit to net bank credit is 41.53% as against the national goal of 40%, and its ratio of agricultural credit is 19.72% as against the goal of 18%.
Punjab National Bank is divesting a 26% stake in its wholly owned subsidiary PNB Housing Finance to international major Dawnay Day for an amount estimated to be between Rs. 70 – 80 crore. The sale’s due diligence is going on and PNB expects to wind up the process within two months.
The bank continues to garner international recognition and partnerships, with the latest being Ex-Im Bank of USA recognizing Punjab National Bank for partnership in its $2.45 billion India Infrastructure Facility, a mega loan facility for India’s infrastructure projects.
On the technology front, PNB has not only completed implementation of Core Banking Solutions (CBS) throughout its vast network, but has also completed CBS in all its affiliated Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) – a sector that is normally shy of technology.
With 100% CBS, the largest ATM network among all PSBs, and Internet Banking, Punjab National Bank has implemented truly ‘Anytime Anywhere’ banking. In fact, it goes even beyond to facets of e-commerce like booking of tickets, payment of bills etc.
PNB is an outperformer in socially inclusive banking, and has kick-started several initiatives in sectors like microfinance, self-employment loans, kisan credit cards, rural smart cards, enabling technologies for the handicapped, support for the economically challenged etc.
Punjab National Bank has operations in UK, Norway, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, & Nepal, and is now planning to enter markets like Canada, Australia, Indonesia, Bhutan, & Fiji, as well as strengthen its presence in UK, China, Dubai, & Singapore. In UK alone, PNB plans to pump in $50 million more to multiply its thriving business there.
How Yes Bank Fares Among India’s Private Sector Banks
At just 123 branches, 2000 odd employees, and sub-100 crore quarterly profit levels, Yes Bank is one of India’s smallest banks in all categories taken together – traditional private banks, new generation private banks, and public sector banks (PSBs).
But Yes Bank has made good progress in certain niche areas like corporate lending to the country’s medium to large enterprises, since its start in 2004.
Driven by a massive advertising campaign, Yes Bank projects a profile that is much ahead of many of India’s private sector banks, but size-wise it is smaller than most small private banks of India like Federal Bank, South Indian Bank, ING Vysya Bank, Dhanalakshmi Bank, IndusInd Bank, and even Catholic Syrian Bank.
However, Yes Bank always has the consolation that it is the only Greenfield banking project in India during the past several years.
Has Yes Bank got what it takes to be a key player in India’s private sector banking? Comparing to the first five-year growth trajectories of private-sector successes like ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, or Kotak Mahindra Bank, the growth shown by Yes Bank doesn’t come across as promising.
For example, though the profit growth posted for the quarter ending June 30 is not bad at 84% (QoQ), its component figures are troubling. It was mainly driven by a 103% rise in non-interest income, mainly from Yes Bank’s treasury operations. Also, the growth figures are not that impressive on a sequential quarter basis, and some key numbers like deposits have actually gone down over the just preceding quarter. The rise in treasury income is highly unlikely again during this fiscal.
Yes Bank’s newfound strategy titled ‘knowledge-driven banking’ tries to focus on India’s sunrise sectors like food, agribusiness, infrastructure, life-sciences, technology, sustainability, education etc – many of them not enjoying wholehearted support from traditional banks due to the higher risks involved.
But Yes Bank need to tread carefully in these domains as it already has a serious non-performing assets (NPA) problem. During the first quarter of this fiscal, Yes Bank’s gross non-performing assets (NPAs) have made a dangerous jump – nearly three times – and their non-tax provisions have also shot up by over five times, signaling major problems in loan defaults and restructuring.
Promoted by former Rabobank India head Rana Kapoor, one of Yes Bank’s largest shareholders is the Netherlands based Rabobank. A Dutch cooperative bank consortium owned by its customers, Rabobank primarily caters to agriculture and food business. Though known for good management, Rabobank’s Irish unit has been in deep trouble for some time due to almost one-third of its assets turning non-performing, and was in need of a government bailout.
Until now, Yes Bank followed an unconventional strategy of ignoring the business of current account / savings account (CASA) deposits. And until now, Yes Bank had shied away from retail banking, citing high risks. But now, when established retail players like ICICI, HDFC, & Axis are scaling down their retail operations due to proven risks, Yes Bank is pinning much hope on retail lending.
But with one of the tiniest CASA ratios in India – at around 9% - Yes Bank’s plans to source funds for the highly competitive retail lending segment might prove to be difficult. The bank has little access to low-cost CASA deposits, while it’s exposure to high-cost deposits is high.
Yes Bank is known to take risks, a recent example being the participation in the controversial plan to revive Subhiksha. The soundness of this strategy is doubtable as peers like Kotak Mahindra Bank who had earlier funded the troubled retailer has opted out of the consortium and instead filed a winding-up petition in courts against Subhiksha.
Yes Bank was also recently mentioned in Lok Sabha for violation of one or more of five RBI guidelines, together with 12 banks. The exact violation in Yes Bank’s case – whether it was irregularities in Know-Your-Customer (KYC), Initial Public Offer (IPO), Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR), or Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) – is not known. The bank declined to comment on a query on this issue.
ICICI Bank Faces Tough Battles Ahead
For the last 15 years, KV Kamath and his core team’s growth model at ICICI Bank was the model to emulate for all other Indian banks. But 15 years later, nobody – including ICICI - seems to be much enchanted with the model.
In less than 15 years, ICICI Bank became the country’s second-largest in assets, the largest in credit cards, and the largest in international business.
But after the downturn hit, have these achievements become liabilities at ICICI?
Apart from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) control, the main reason why Indian banks escaped unscathed from the global financial crisis was their limited exposure overseas. But at ICICI Bank, their significant overseas exposure continues to hurt, as the global markets are still to recover.
ICICI’s once booming credit card operation’s real edge was offering credit cards to non-customers – something most other banks were wary about, and something that ICICI Bank has drastically reduced now on hindsight wisdom. Similarly, ICICI Bank’s leadership in assets might have been aided by unsecured retail loans.
ICICI continues to suffer an image crisis from a slew of customer complaints, government actions, and court verdicts.
An ICICI Bank officer was recently caught in a Rs. 5 crore cheque forgery case, ICICI’s huge suspense accounts created with unclaimed cheques have drawn Right-To-Information (RTI) submissions, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued warning notes to ICICI Bank twice, Bihar Government has pulled up ICICI for not supporting farmers, students, & entrepreneurs, and ICICI Bank has lost in consumer courts over illegally hiking home loan rates.
ICICI needs to do some serious introspection over why there is such an image crisis and whether there is something intrinsically wrong in their operation. With a home-grown CEO like Chanda Kochhar – a core member of KV Kamath’s original team – now in control, this exercise can be easier than imagined.
Such a move would complement the ICICI website’s warning link on ‘Use of Unparliamentary Language by Customers’ as well as recent litigations like suing HDFC Bank’s HR Head for an unfair dig of referring to the ‘ICICI Culture’ with disdain.
After years of maverick banking, ICICI Bank now seems more like a regular bank. ICICI has shifted loan recovery in-house, have almost stopped unsecured retail loans, have cut down on expenses, and have started attending to smaller corporates through a new vertical for the first time – all of which were standard policies at ICICI Bank’s private and public competitors for long.
From peak growth levels of around 40%, ICICI is now struggling at single digit levels, even while most others are enjoying double-digit growth. Even for the quarter ended June 30 2009, almost all core business figures were down – gross advances by 12%, total deposits by 10%, total income by 2%, and net interest income (NII) by 5%.
At the same time, almost all problem figures were up at ICICI Bank – the ratio of gross non-performing assets (NPAs) increased to 4.63% from 3.72%, while the ratio of net non-performing assets were up to 2.19% from 1.74%.
The only solace for ICICI was that the net profit for the quarter zoomed by 21%, but this performance being driven mainly by treasury profits and extreme cost-cutting – both of which are quite difficult to replicate in the next quarters – the outlook remains bleak.
Being a private bank, ICICI Bank’s lending rates are much above public sector banks (PSBs), but when it comes to Net Interest Margin (NIM), it is just 2.4%, below the healthy 3%.
CRISIL has recently downgraded some of ICICI Bank’s bonds to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’. It reflects poorly on ICICI Bank’s asset quality and core earnings.
There have been speculations that ICICI Bank’s massive loan restructuring has helped to better their NPA numbers. If that is true, there is no doubt it will come back to haunt ICICI soon.
Even after restructuring loans worth Rs. 1400 crore, and significant upgradation of loans, there are analysts who put the impaired loan ratio of ICICI Bank at 8.5 - 9 percent.
Whenever top ICICI Bank officials speak about no-performing assets (NPAs), they speak about provisioning for it. It remains to be seen whether the creation and subsequent management of NPAs is such a simple issue.
Why UCO Bank Hopes 2009-10 to be a Landmark Year
UCO Bank might be facing complex challenges in capital restructuring, margins, and non-performing assets, but its social commitment to ensure financial inclusion for all is worth mentioning. Chairman & Managing Director SK Goel explains to Seasonal Magazine the strategies for maintaining this balancing act at UCO in the coming quarters. With capital restructuring entering its last phase this year, a planned FPO, and new strategies to tackle problem areas like NIM & NPA, FY 09-10 might prove to be a landmark year for UCO Bank.
Kolkata headquartered UCO Bank is one of India’s leaders in banking that meets the country’s complex social commitments. For example, UCO’s advances to the priority sector during 2008-09 constituted more than 50% of its total advances, and this public sector bank (PSB) also met all its lending commitments to the agricultural and weaker sections of the society. UCO Bank is also a two-time national award winner for lending to micro enterprises.
But such socially committed policies come with a price. UCO was one of the first banks to be recapitalized by the Government as soon as the downturn happened, as its Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) needed improvement.
UCO Bank’s Chairman & Managing Director SK Goel is a veteran banker of India, but also known for his non-conformist attitude with the industry. Under his leadership, UCO is trying to be more customer-friendly with new-generation features like no-holiday branches and express services.
Chairman Goel is also known to think from customers’ shoes, and his recent advice for existing home loan customers – a disenchanted lot in India as elsewhere – were enough to evoke a smile, if not renew hope. He asked home loan customers burdened with a high interest rate to try bargaining with their banks for a lower rate or move the loan elsewhere that offered better rates. Goel further explained that these were not unfeasible options as no bank would opt to lose a customer in whole, but would prefer lesser profits.
SK Goel’s leadership qualities have influenced UCO Bank positively, and it was with great pride that UCO, the lead banker (head of the State Level Bankers Meet) for Himachal Pradesh, announced that the state has become the country’s first in ensuring 100% credit inclusion for all households.
One of UCO Bank’s main challenges is to better its Net Interest Margin (NIM) that stood at 1.98% in 2008-09 as against the desired level of 2.5 to 3%. The bank is hopeful of moving its NIM to at least 2.25% in 2009-10.
To meet this and other challenges, UCO is focusing more on productive markets like the Indian state of Gujarat. The bank already has a significant presence there, but wants to double it within the next two years.
But in dealing with India’s state governments, UCO Bank has proved more than once that it has a mind of its own. Recently, it turned down a West Bengal government initiative to participate in a bank consortium to deliver Rs. 500 crore to fund land banks for industrial units. UCO cited its inability as due to a policy of not directly funding land acquisitions even if the acquirer is a state government. Considering Bengal’s poor track-record in industrial development, UCO Bank’s decision appears to be safe even otherwise.
To better the financial health of UCO Bank, a major restructuring process has been on for some time now, and is expected to enter its final leg this fiscal. The bank has already been infused with Rs. 450 crore by the Government in 2008-09, and will receive another Rs. 750 crore this year.
UCO recently got a boost when CRISIL upgraded their rating on the bank’s lower tier-2 bonds from AA to AA+, based on continued central government support to the bank.
As part of the ongoing restructuring, UCO Bank needs to raise around Rs. 500 to 600 crore on its own, out of which Rs. 136 crore is expected to come from a Follow-on Public Issue (FPO) late this year. The bank needs to manage the FPO perfectly, as a similar move last year had to be abandoned due to adverse market conditions.
UCO is getting into the general insurance business this year by floating a new company that will have other domestic and foreign entities in this sector. The bank plans to hold a 30% stake in the new entity.
UCO Bank grew its total business by 25% in 2008-09 to reach Rs. 1,69,890 crore, and plans to grow it on similar lines to Rs. 2.02 lakh crore this year on an expected credit growth of 25%. Profitability for the first quarter is already up by 15% over the corresponding quarter last year.
UCO’s footprint in India is significant, both geographically and sector-wise. The 66 year old bank has 2065 branches across the country and lends to all sections of the Indian economy - micro, small, medium & large enterprises, and spanning all sectors including retail, agriculture, services and infrastructure. UCO Bank has presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and Malaysia, and correspondent arrangements all over the world.
UCO Bank’s Non Performing Assets (NPA) level stands above 1% and it is a prime challenge before the bank. Lately, the bank has started showing successes in its NPA battle.
Seasonal Magazine explores Chairman SK Goel’s strategies for meeting UCO Bank’s challenges through an interview:
You had recently remarked that during Non Performing Assets (NPAs) sale, UCO prefers cash over Security Receipts (SRs). Is this viable, considering the poor interest shown by Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs)?
Sale of NPAs depends upon the quality of the assets. It is not entirely true that ARCs show poor interest in cash transactions. Where the asset quality is good, UCO Bank does prefer and can demand cash sales over security receipts as SR is a long-term process and offers no certainty of realization. UCO has been quite successful in negotiating good terms with ARCs.
How do you assess the financial health of UCO Bank vis-à-vis its peers? UCO has challenges on both the Net Interest Margin (NIM) front and the Non Performing Assets (NPA) front…
There are challenges, but UCO Bank has made headway on both fronts, lately. Speaking about NPAs, for the first time in recent past, in FY 08-09 UCO’s total recovery from NPAs other than write-offs was higher than fresh accretion of NPAs thereby achieving a reduction in absolute NPA numbers. Our NNPA to Net Advance Ratio which was 1.98% as on 31.3.08 has come down to 1.18% as on 31.3.09. This has been achieved despite difficult economic condition prevailing in India arising out of the global financial meltdown. And UCO Bank continues to employ a two-pronged strategy on NPAs – firstly, better NPA management through recovery from stressed assets, and secondly, prevention of further slippages of assets. On the NIM front too, we are pursuing a dual strategy of putting maximum stress on mobilizing low-cost deposits, even while reducing our cost of funds.
Concerns have recently been raised about PSBs including UCO Bank resorting to mass restructuring of loans to temporarily clear NPAs from the balance sheet. But won’t they come back to haunt you in the next balance sheet? What is your take on this?
Restructuring was a one-time initiative declared by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the second half of financial year 2008-09 to counter the spillover effects of the global downturn which affected the otherwise viable industrial units and projects. This enabled banks to maintain credit quality. Most of the restructuring exercises undertaken by UCO Bank were outcomes of RBI guidelines on this matter. As a follow-up measure UCO has also put in place proper monitoring mechanism to keep the restructured accounts under strict vigil and prevent slippages to NPA category.
How will you counter the allegation that public sector banks’ (PSBs) performance is largely driven by government compensating for non-performing agricultural loans, as well as large government funds like the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) switching to PSBs for disbursement, thereby forcing millions of hitherto unbanked to open accounts?
One has to understand that public sector banks in India are instruments of social change for the country apart from being business organizations. PSBs are mandated to undertake priority sector lending of which agriculture lending is a part. The Government’s relief measure to farmers by way of ADWDRS is a welcome relief to farmers who have been struggling to repay their loans for various reasons. For UCO Bank the proportion of NPAs out of the eligible amount is relatively small. Regarding the second part of your question, it is a universally accepted fact that financial inclusion is a pre-requisite for upliftment of the poor and the marginalized. Taking banking to the unbanked is a part of that process and disbursement of funds under NREG scheme through banks is meant to ensure proper delivery and prevention of leakages.
UCO Bank was one of the first banks to be recapitalized by the Government as soon as the downturn happened, and reportedly needs another round of fund infusion shortly. How did your Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) come to be lower than some of your peers?
During FY’08-09, UCO Bank continued to remain BASEL-II compliant with Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) at 11.93 per cent as on 31.3.2009. It is relevant to observe that UCO is Basel II compliant as we have international presence. RBI has also concurred with us that only Basel II CAR is applicable for UCO Bank from 31.3.08. There has been a change in the overall capital structure of UCO during the financial year 2008-09. UCO Bank has during the year restructured its capital as per the Capital Restructuring Plan approved by the Government of India. In accordance with the plan, a sum of Rs. 250 crore out of the total equity capital of Rs. 799.36 crore has been converted into Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preferences Shares (PNCPS), thereby reducing the total equity share capital of UCO to Rs. 549.36 crore and resulting in the consequential reduction in the percentage shares held by the GOI from 74.98 per cent to 63.59 per cent. As per this plan, Government of India would be subscribing a sum of Rs. 1200 crore in innovative capital instruments of UCO Bank , in two tranches of Rs. 450 crore and Rs. 750 crore during the years 2008-09 and 2009-10 respectively, to strengthen the capital base of the bank. UCO has already received Rs. 450 crore during March 2009 and has accordingly allotted PNCPS to the GOI.
Central Bank of India Plots Turnaround
Central Bank of India has been hit somewhat by the economic downturn, but the bank which is noted for its customer-friendliness and social commitment, is banking on these very factors to survive and thrive in 2009-10. Seasonal Magazine gets answers on Central Bank’s challenges from Chairman & Managing Director S Sridhar.
Though annual growth in profits has moderated to just 3.8%, Central Bank of India continued to put up impressive growth in total business, above 18%, in 2008-09. This growth is not bad considering the little room that exists for growth – at nearly 3500 branches and 2.5 crore customers, Central Bank is already a banking behemoth.
Due to the downturn, there was also a significant drop – more than 50% - in standalone net profit for the last quarter.
But Central Bank of India hopes to reverse all these with its customer-centric policies, mass banking initiatives, and RBI support.
Central Bank’s top management comprises of its Chairman S Sridhar, and Executive Directors Ramnath Pradeep and Arun Kaul. CMD S Sridhar was earlier the Chairman of National Housing Bank, and has chalked out an ambitious plan to double Central Bank of India’s customer base to 5 crores.
Recent customer-centric new initiatives from Central Bank include Cent Kisan Gold Card for farmers, bringing in private equity (PE) power into sick units, an SMS alert facility for savings and fixed deposit account holders, a subsidised home loan scheme for the urban poor, and a proactive involvement in public policy formulation by its Chairman S Sridhar.
The Cent Kisan Gold Card from Central Bank of India (CBI) provides a credit limit up to Rs. 10 lakhs against land for a five year term at interests that start from as low as 7%. Farmers can avail this for both farming and no-farming activities.
Central Bank is planning an innovative route to tackle underperforming loans in the commercial sector – by bringing in Private Equity (PE) funds with investment and management skills into these units.
The SMS alert facility is available for all Central Bank savings account holders for transactions of Rs. 5000 or more, as well as all fixed deposit customers, and will be available across the 1200 Core Banking Services (CBS) branches of CBI.
After a lull in recruitment for several years, Central Bank of India is now active on the recruitment front to drive growth as well as to bring down the average employee age. The new recruits will join a nearly 40,000 workforce, a quarter of which comprises MBAs, CAs, & LLBs.
Central Bank has always been noted for its social commitment, and the new initiatives also reflect this. It has tied up with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for development of low-cost housing units, for which Rs. 120 crores has been sanctioned towards loans at subsidized interest rates.
In tune with the Government’s vision of making banking more accessible to minorities, Central Bank of India has opened 40 new branches in minority concentration districts of the country, and has come up with top honours in this regard – second only to State Bank of India (SBI).
Chairman of Central Bank, S Sridhar is known for his proactive participation in forming public policy, and his recent cautionary remarks on the move by a section of the real estate industry to hike prices, gathered popular support. Sridhar termed the move short-sighted and explained that the time was ripe for a recovery only if the real estate prices adjusted a bit more downwards or at least stabilized.
The Mumbai headquartered Central Bank of India’s loan portfolio has a significant 18% exposure to agricultural loans, ahead of many of its peers. However, there is risk too from this kind of farming-friendly policies. Banks have been forced to waive farm loans, but so far they have been compensated for only 32% of the waivers; for the remaining, it will be a long wait of another two years.
It is not only in agricultural loans, that the bank shows its customer friendliness. Even in a difficult year like 2008-09, Central Bank was ranked as the ‘Best Education Loan Provider’ and the ‘Second Best Home Loan Provider’.
Central Bank of India was also quick to offer home loans at a fixed rate of 8% to tide over the current crisis in the real estate market.
Central Bank is also aiding India’s state governments to kick-start growth – the best recent example being the Rs. 11,000 crore corpus fund that has been readied to assist Madhya Pradesh’s Trade and Investment Facilitation Corporation (TRIFAC).
Despite Central Bank of India’s stock not coming up with an impressive performance in the stock market, the bank is mulling a right issue or a follow-on public issue this year to raise capital.
Central Bank’s recent move to sell off Rs. 102 crore worth of Non Performing Assets (NPAs) will largely be from their corporate loan book. Unlike many other banks, CBI is still hopeful of Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARC) to manage their NPAs.
The financial health of Central Bank of India needs improvement as it is challenged on both the Net Interest Margin (NIM) front and the NPA front, when comparing with RBI guidelines.
Serious concerns have recently been raised about public sector banks (PSBs) resorting to mass restructuring of loans - in response to an RBI directive – but which might have temporarily cleared NPAs from their balance sheets. A small percentage of restructured Central Bank loans might also fall in this category.
This year, Central Bank of India plans to scale up their retail loan book from 9% to 15%, and their Medium & Small Scale Enterprises (MSME) loan book from 8% to 10%. With an already fat farm loan book of 18%, these are clear indications that Central Bank of India is not only looking at the big corporates for growth.
Will Indian Overseas Bank Get Stronger Soon?
Indian Overseas Bank had a difficult 2008-09, which it doesn’t want to repeat this fiscal. Major measures are now on to tap lucrative overseas markets like Malaysia, focus further on its creative business of film-financing, toughen its battle on the NPA/NIM fronts, and solidify its reputation of reliability with a 3-Way Disaster Recovery facility. Seasonal Magazine gets inside IOB through an interview with Chairman SA Bhat.
Indian Overseas Bank, the Chennai headquartered public sector banking major is now just 50 short of 2000 branches, with a business mix of 1.75 lakh crore. Under Chairman & Managing Director, SA Bhat, IOB is taking the challenging year of 2009-10 head on, with a lot of innovative measures.
Combining its might with fellow banks, Bank of Baroda (BoB) and Andhra Bank, Indian Overseas Bank is starting a new banking subsidiary in Malaysia this year. It is also applying consortium-finance together with Exim Bank to fund a mega movie – the Rs. 70 crore ‘De Dhana Dhan’ starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, and directed by Priyadarshan. Earlier IOB had financed the Rajanikant starrer ‘Sivaji’ which went on to become the highest grossing Tamil film ever in history.
When banks collapsed one after the other in US, the government there had turned to some of the most reliable banks like JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America to save them by mergers. A similar situation had arisen with Pune-based Shree Suvarna Sahakari Bank (SSSB) three years back, and it was Indian Overseas Bank that Government of India chose to take over SSSB. On 20th May 2009, IOB wound up the protracted steps of takeover, and the SSSB branches became Indian Overseas Bank branches. Everyone in the banking industry expected customers of SSSB to rush to IOB on day one to claim their deposits which had been frozen for three years. But it was the reverse that happened. The SSSB branches of Indian Overseas Bank attracted new deposits worth Rs. 6 crore, 1000 new accounts, and renewal of 10,000 fixed deposits, all in just the first five days of operation.
Indian Overseas Bank, though a moderate performer in the stock market, has garnered recent attention with LIC buying nearly 50 crore worth of IOB shares. Chairman SA Bhat has been a Bank of India (BoI) veteran, before moving on to UCO Bank as its Executive Director, before taking over IOB’s reins in June 2007.
Seasonal Magazine quizzes SA Bhat on Indian Overseas Bank’s challenges and strategies:
What prompted Indian Overseas Bank to go for a new banking subsidiary in Malaysia this year? And why is it a joint effort with two other banks?
Overseas expansion is expected to be a major growth avenue for Indian banks this year. Malaysia was a natural fit as the country has a significant ethnic population of South Indian origin. Indian Overseas Bank being headquartered in Chennai, has a natural flair to address these customers of South Indian origin in Malaysia. We already have a smaller presence there, the feedback from which was promising. Coming to the second part of your question, the main reason for a joint effort with Bank of Baroda and Andhra Bank was as a means to manage the high costs of setting up a bank there. This way, each of us can bear the required capital load better.
IOB has always been a moderate performer in the stock market. With LIC recently taking up Indian Overseas Bank shares worth Rs. 50 crore, do you expect a better positioning?
I wouldn’t agree that IOB was always a moderate performer. But, yes, the scrip encountered some problems when a foreign institutional investor (FII) offloaded his 10% stake in the bank. Now, that is what we call a huge volume sale, and it reflected in the scrip’s further performance for some months. But soon other investors realized that that sale was a one-off case, and that the IOB stock is basically strong. As of LIC taking a significant stake, I would say that it has been good for them as they could buy IOB cheap, and now it is soaring.
Indian Overseas Bank is now applying consortium-finance together with Exim Bank to fund a mega movie – the Rs. 70 crore ‘De Dhana Dhan’. Isn’t it a risky proposition?
Financing movies are not something new to Indian Overseas Bank, as you might know. Our movie finance portfolio includes Tamil hits like ‘Sivaji’. But our exposure to Bollywood has been rather limited. However, we are confident on this front as there is a due diligence that is followed in selecting the right project. An IOB panel examines aspects like the producer’s and director’s track record, who all are starring in it, and other factors. For example, ‘De Dhana Dhan’ is by Priyadarshan and stars Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, which shows it is an ambitious project. And even if a movie doesn’t do as well as expected, the bank is covered by way of primary security and collateral security. The primary security is the rights (prints) of the movie, and collateral is something unrelated like property etc. I think that film financing is just another arm of conventional financing that can be highly prospective if done correctly. It is just a case of matching the risks and rewards. See the case of ‘Sivaji’ that Indian Overseas Bank financed. This Rajanikant starrer went on to become the highest grossing Tamil film ever.
By registering just 10% growth rate in fiscal 2008-09, IOB has become one of the slowest growing banks in India. How do you plan to overcome this challenge?
When you say 10% growth rate, please remember that it is only in profits. Because, Indian Overseas Bank’s overall growth rate was much higher, much in tune with the industry. On the profit front, yes, we were hit due to the economic downturn, NPAs, and other factors. We need to work more on our margins. But overall we are confident. We play the game systematically. IOB won’t be like some aggressive banks who grow at 40% one year, and struggle with 0% growth the next. We prefer to grow with the industry.
On the loan front, is Indian Overseas Bank battling low demand for high-quality loans? Recently, you had opted to part-finance the beleaguered Jet Airways to the tune of hundreds of crores. Not many banks were willing for the risk…
I don’t agree that IOB is facing a dearth of high-quality loans. Due to the economic downturn, maybe, many conventionally good loans have turned riskier. And I don’t agree that many banks were unwilling to take risk with Jet Airways. In fact, Indian Overseas Bank is not going on this alone – a consortium is funding Jet. I agree that the element of risk is there. The airline industry is down and Jet is also struggling with the industry. But at IOB we have faith that both will bounce back. As I told you, it is a matter of balancing risks with rewards. Without such risks our Net Interest Margin (NIM) will continue to suffer.
How do you assess the financial health of IOB vis-à-vis its peers? Very few banks are challenged like Indian Overseas Bank on both the Net Interest Margin (NIM) front and the Non Performing Loan (NPA) front?
Well, our NIM has improved to 2.84% which is not as bad as you think. I think that it might improve even more to reach 3% this fiscal. But on the NPA front we have suffered a lot during the past year. That is where the downturn hit Indian Overseas Bank hard. But we are systematically tackling this, and you can expect a significant change next year.
Serious concerns have recently been raised about PSBs resorting to mass restructuring of loans to temporarily whitewash Non Performing Assets (NPAs) from the balance sheet. Won’t they come back to haunt you in the next balance sheet? What is Indian Overseas Bank’s take on this?
I feel that such assessments are not entirely true. As far as Indian Overseas Bank is concerned, we have never mixed up these two issues – restructuring and NPAs. When the going got tough for many companies this year, we too went for loan restructuring as per RBI guidelines. Each case was assessed for their current problems and future viability. IOB believes in all our restructured loans, that they can rebound once the economic situation in India and the world improves. Only where we have no faith left, have we classified as Non Performing Assets (NPAs). It might be easy to brand something an NPA. But as socially responsible bankers, it is our duty to ensure that all viable companies and feasible loans are supported. Because, even though they might seem private projects, they are national assets when we take into consideration factors like their employment potential. It is Indian Overseas Bank’s duty to ensure that they succeed and not fail. Restructuring is a tool to help them bring back to viability as soon as possible.
But the temptation is always there, isn’t it – to classify some NPA-class loans as restructured loans to bring down the NPA numbers?
Well, if that is the case, why should I declare these much NPAs as we have done? IOB doesn’t resort to such tactics. We are very transparent.
Do you mean to say that you don’t expect none of IOB’s restructured loans to come up as NPAs next year?
Yes, we don’t expect that, because we will work with them towards that end. But as you can imagine, we should also expect a tiny percentage of them not making it due to now unforeseeable factors.
How will Indian Overseas Bank counter the allegation that public sector banks’ (PSBs) performance is largely driven by government compensating for non-performing agricultural loans, as well as large government funds like the National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) switching to PSBs for disbursement, thereby forcing millions of hitherto unbanked to open accounts?
Regarding NREG, I wouldn’t like to comment. About your first question, yes, when a loan waiver is in place, the government would compensate. If we had got the full compensation, what you had said would be correct. But it is not the case. I think at IOB the compensation stands at around 10% now. That means, if we had lent Rs 500 crores for agriculture, we have been compensated for only Rs 50 crores until now. When the full compensation arrives, yes, it will help our numbers.
Indian Overseas Bank has recently commissioned a second disaster recovery site at Hyderabad. Can you explain the need for this facility?
Yes, IOB has become one of the few banks in the country with a second disaster recovery site. It is a major step in the 3-Way Disaster Recovery set up we were implementing. Under this, we have a Primary Data Centre (PDC) and Command Centre in Chennai at different sites, and a Disaster Recovery Centre hosted at Hyderabad. Using technologies like auto fail-over and asynchronous replication, Indian Overseas Bank will ensure business continuity and uninterrupted service to our customers.
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revmarsh ( revmarsh) wrote in kinkfest,
"Missionary Position," Bijou, Cobalt/other
Title: Missionary Position
Author: [The Very Ir-]reverend Marsh
Fandom: Bijou
Rating: NSFW, R?
Length: ~1400 words
Prompt: Bijou: Cobalt: religiouskink - devil is in the details
A/N: Late because I was very torn between staying in universe or going AU, and I started writing both.
Under his hands, the brim of the hat was getting just out of shape enough to be slightly annoying. The man worried the hat, sweating unseasonably, as he stood there.
"Maybe this was a mistake," he whispered, and took half a step backwards.
From where he was sitting, Cobalt was only slightly entertained by the sunset, less so by the potential client. In this corner, he saw was the man's dark coat, worn and dusty around the edges; the inclined head, barely turning; and the edges of the hat he was putting all his tension into. The indecision hung in the golden air like a heavy, boring curtain. Cobalt sighed.
The man straighened and pivoted on his back foot.
Cobalt smiled, but not very hard. The traveller looked like he might run off, and money was money. "All this could be yours."
Eyes fixed on his. For half a breath they were hard, but then soft. Soft like Peridot, or Jade.
"I'm sorry?" the traveller whispered.
"For the right price, of course," Cobalt continued, drawing himself up. He inclined his head, taking advantage of the light. What was it he'd said? What exactly? "All this could be yours."
The transaction was slow. Cobalt watched as he walked by, slinking towards one of the rooms that would still have the sunset light. The man made the uncertain motions and slow head-shakes of an inexperienced foreign merchant, still getting used to the coins in his purse. Madame Garnet listened to him, nodded, and sent a serving boy to a back room.
He chose a room on the west side of the main house. There was still some light shining in through the windows, setting the red bed-linens on fire. The servant came in while he was touching up the kohl around his eyes. In the mirror, he saw him leave something white on the bed.
"You're supposed to look 'full of pride,' that man said."
Cobalt shrugged as he went to pick up the costume. The boy scurried away.
Pride? he thought. In this? It looked like Peridot's old choir robe. It gave off the odor of the back of the cabinet, where varnish and paint for the stage were kept. It was white, and tied at the waist, and had almost no tailoring. Pride. Foreigners. He lit the incense pot, and, on a whim, the lone candle in a niche by the door. The musty smell began to lift.
It felt strange, now, to lounge in a chair by the fire, dressed in a robe. Make it out of better fabric, have a girl do some nice needlework on it, and he might pretend this had all been a strange dream.
"I did not tell them," the man said, as he stepped inside. He shut the door with both hands, as if it needed guidance. "But I knew I chose correctly."
He didn't rise to meet the client. He rolled his shoulders, luxuriating in the light from the sun and the fire. "Yes?"
"The details. Of course you knew. It even smells right. But you…you look just like..."
Cobalt had no idea what he said next. It wasn't Casmilian; it wasn't a language he recognized. But the man's garment, the strange beads on his belt, swinging and glittering as he placed his boots by the door, and his fear all began to seem familiar, if just in passing.
"You are a missionary."
"Yes, my Lord," the man said, and fell to his knees in front of Cobalt.
"Your type don't..." and he stopped, correcting himself. The title had unnerved him for a moment, but the client had not noticed, bowed as he was. "Your type aren't supposed to associate with places like the Bijou."
"I, too, have fallen." He lifted his head for a moment. "You appeared to me in the room in the guise of the adversary to the Lord. You have pride in your rebellion, as did the adversary."
"And you worship this enemy?"
"He is supposed to be beautiful.” He looked up, taking his time now, his eyes never flickering away like they did in the antechamber. They seemed to look beyond Cobalt, and he frowned. “The most beautiful, and proud, and cruel. And he makes us sin."
Cobalt tried to recall what he'd heard about these missionaries and their religion; it didn't amount to much. Still, the man wasn’t paying to discuss religion, so Cobalt leaned down and pulled him from his prostrations.
“That’s what you’re here for, isn’t it?” He dusted the man’s robes off and cupped his face. The man blinked the sun away until Cobalt tilted his head towards him again. “What is your name?”
“Jachin,” he replied. He relaxed into Cobalt’s hands. “The more I sin, the more I can be redeemed.”
“You are in very capable hands, Jachin,” he replied, drawing back. He sprawled in the chair; Jachin sank to his knees at the foot of the chair. Cobalt ran his hand through the man’s hair; the color of nuts, a little long on top, needing a trim. His fingers drifted slowly down Jachin’s jawline, smiling thinly at the way he closed his eyes and nuzzled against the touch like a hound.
The top of his robe had an unusual collar, stark white against the dull black fabric, and Cobalt lingered there, tucking his fingertips inside and tugging slightly. Jachin pulled away and he retreated.
He hated asking. He hated not knowing more, though. Cobalt sucked air in and tried to sound world-weary, rather than simply irritated. “What can I give you, hm? What is it you want?” A slight shift in the chair lifted the robe from his right leg. “Ah,” he said, following the man’s gaze. He moved the fabric away and let his fingers graze his cock. “You want beauty.”
“It is a sin,” Jachin replied, and blushed. “One of my favorite ones.”
“Go to the bed.” Cobalt stood suddenly, forcing him to hurry away. Before settling on top of it, the man removed the cord around his waist. Hung on the cord was a strand of beads, links of semi-precious stone and gold chain; Jachin looped it twice around his wrist and it dangled there. He bowed his head, looking at the sheets, and brought his hands together.
As he began to speak in the soft tongue he’d used before, Cobalt reached around him and pulled his hands apart. “That sounded like the beginning of a prayer,” he whispered. “There is none of that sort in this temple.”
“How shall I, then?” In Cobalt’s grip, the man’s pulse quickened. He let go and began to unfasten the buttons of the robe. His own robe was open in front, and his cock pressed into the man’s back.
“Do you usually worship on your knees?”
Jachin shrugged the robe off; the beads remained on his arm. He didn’t answer. Cobalt nudged him forwards, urging him towards the bed.
He turned and sat on the bed, pushing himself backwards onto it. “Do you have oil?” he asked, holding his hand open.
“Of course.” Cobalt plucked a bottle from the table and placed it there. Jachin opened it and poured a few drops into his palm, re-corking the bottle dexterously and dropping it to the bed.
Cobalt took a step forward and looked down at him when he asked him to come closer. Jachin drew two lines on Cobalt’s forehead, leaned forward, and kissed him. He flushed again and closed his eyes.
“Please,” he said. “It must be done.” Cobalt took the bottle and repeated the gesture. Jachin’s breath was hot on his wrist as he anointed him.
“I think a bit more is in order,” Cobalt said, drawing a line down the missionary’s chest. “Here?” he asked, lingering at the base of his cock. Jachin let his breath out, and sucked it in again as Cobalt’s fingers probed farther along.
“There. Please.”
He cocked his head and looked Jachin in the eye, blue to grey. Cobalt’s cock slid against the man’s thigh, slick with oil. “All this?”
Jachin sighed and closed his eyes for a moment. “’All this I will give you, if you will bow down and worship me.’ All that you see,” he continued, and opened his eyes. “Have I not done so, my Lord?”
When he said it a second time, it felt right. The man meant it, meant every word, every contradiction. And at least for the hour, he’d found a lord he could touch; more importantly, that could touch him. Cobalt drank in his need. “And this is your reward, Jachin.”
He counted the beads when Jachin left. Given the stone, they were worth more together, a foreign curiosity. He threaded them between his fingers, passing them back and forth and thinking of the words the man had breathed out in strange prayer.
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It is unlikely that in the world there is such a person, which is unknown would be the name of one of the most iconic bands, by no means is the Beatles. Very often the desire to visit Liverpool, birthplace of the magnificent Quartet is the cause, which people becomes a visa in Uk.
Although Kiev is very far from Liverpool, However, many residents of the Ukrainian capital not away long way to go just to, to get into this truly tiny town. But for this IM sure will require a visa in England, for example, a visa to travel to London. Even if city Liverpool overnight would have been spared all its sights, It still sought to be come a great number of travelers. Visit the birthplace of the wonderful group "the Beatles" strive not just to her fans, but just curious travelers.
Стоит отметить, the city is interesting for tourists of all ages, But first of all for young people. Bright and very intense nightlife Liverpool explains the fact, that young travelers primarily need permission to enter the UK, rather than visa in Turkey, eg. Liverpool youth clubs attract visitors even and because, that operate 24 hours a day. Thanks to this dynamic and vibrant night life of the birthplace of the magnificent Quartet beckons the young even remote corners of the globe. Стоит отметить, that tourists arriving in Liverpool great opportunities for recreation, because the local authorities have made every effort to ensure, to make this possible. Even with good intentions, get bored and you have it does not work, as Liverpool many interesting museums and exhibitions. Primarily attracts the attention of travelers with the Beatles Story Museum, for the sake of a visit which many come to this city. Of the total abundancIt should be noted for the largest number of visitors. In addition to the world-famous Museum of Liverpool also boasts many places, where a few decades ago, worked and hiked the Beatles band members. Although, that group legend ceased to exist more than a dozen years ago, Yet the number of her fans not only has not decreased, But even at times grew.
If you happen to visit in the UK, do not deny yourself the pleasure of visiting this small, but very interesting city, the name of which Liverpool.
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Gillette is giving away a free trip to outer space. (Via Gravity Lens.)
Update: Jim May points out that the contest may be only open to Canadians. Bummer!
"The Top Ten science moments in The Simpsons". (Via Cynical-C.)
"In Japan, even sex goes high-tech"
"How I Envisioned My Adult Work Week When I Was 6 Years Old"
Update on 3D-TV.
"Earthquake Sets Japan Back To 2147":
TOKYO—Japanese government officials confirmed Monday that the damage wrought on Japan's national infrastructure by the July 16th earthquake—particularly on the country's protective force field, quantum teleportation system, zero-point fusion energy broadcasting grid, and psychodynamic communications network—was severe enough to set the technologically advanced island nation back approximately 300 years to a primitive mid-22nd-century state of existence.
"Japan finds itself in crisis, with our society and culture temporarily reverting to a pre-cyberunification era," said Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, communicating non-telekinetically for the first time in his nearly 150 years of post-cryogenic life. "Though many citizens have been limited to algorithm-based emotion detection, neutron baths, speed limits below the speed of light, and other barbaric inconveniences for over a week now, I promise we will pull through."
(Via The Onion, of course.)
Humans are only barely better at poker than machines.
There are 12 kinds of effective ads. Learn how to resist them.
Orson Scott Card on cognitive bias and global warming.
"Profiting from mortality": Death Bonds.
Ultrastrong paper made from graphene.
Detailed update on MRI lie detection. (Via Bruce Schneier.)
My friend Francisco Gutierrez is blogging again.
Excellent camera illusion.
Admin note: Posting may be light or non-existent for the next couple of days, as I'll be reading the new Harry Potter book.
Statetris is Tetris with US states.
"Psychology, design and economics of slot-machines". (Via Boing Boing.)
God's Inbox. (Apparently God uses a Mac...)
How AT&T has broken up and come back together. (Via Neatorama.)
Bouncing cooking oil.
"Famous Poems Rewritten As Limericks." (Via GMSV.)
Laws of software development. (Via Found On The Web.)
Wireless power transfer: A nice overview.
"10 things i hate about star trek". My favorite:
5. Rule by committee. Here's the difference between Star Trek and the best SF show on TV last year:
Picard: "Arm photon torpedoes!"
Riker: "Captain! Are you sure that's wise?"
Troi: "Captain! I'm picking up conflicting feelings about this! And, it appears that you're a 'fraidy cat."
Wesley: "Captain, I'm just an annoying punk, but I thought I should say something."
Worf: "Captain, can I push the button? This is giving me a big Klingon warrior chubby."
Giordi: "Captain, I think we should reverse the polarity on them first."
Picard: "I'm so confused. I'm going to go to my stateroom and look pensive."
Captain: "Let's shoot them."
Crewman: "Are you sure that's wise?"
Captain: "Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I'll BEAT YOU WITH until you realize who's in command."
Crewman: "Aye Aye, sir!"
(Via Clicked.)
"Kids say e-mail is, like, soooo dead":
Just ask a group of teen Internet entrepreneurs, who readily admit that traditional e-mail is better suited for keeping up professional relationships or communicating with adults.
"I only use e-mail for my business and to get sponsors," Martina Butler, the host of the teen podcast Emo Girl Talk, said during a panel discussion here at the Mashup 2007 conference, which is focused on the technology generation. With friends, Bulter said she only sends notes via a social network.
"Sometimes I say I e-mailed you, but I mean I Myspace'd or Facebook'ed you," she said.
(Via /.)
A marketplace for information on security breaches?
The world's tiniest PC's.
Computers are now unbeatable at checkers.
"Debris spots found on stars reveal planets that went splat like bugs on a windshield." (Via SciTechDaily.)
"101 Ways To Know Your Software Project Is Doomed". (Via GMSV.)
Ultracold physics.
MIT scientists design new sleek, skintight spacesuit. (Via Gravity Lens.)
"People playing chess on roller coasters." Real life pictures inspired by this comic. (Via Boing Boing.)
"How Top Bloggers Earn Money". (Via MeFi.)
Before the 2007 iPhone, there was the 1983 Apple phone.
"Did Ron Howard exaggerate the drama of the reentry scene in the movie Apollo 13?"
The answer: A little bit, but not much. Flight director Gene Kranz (played in the movie by Ed Harris) explains:
The final ordeal of the flight was a radio silence, or blackout, caused by ionized air surrounding the command module during its superheated reentry through the atmosphere. With no radio signal, there was "no way to tell" how the crew and ship were faring, Kranz says. "There was no telemetry from Odyssey until the end of blackout," he recalls. "Take a look at the picture of the flight directors during blackout.... There was some distress, but nothing we could do about it." To make matters worse, the blackout went on longer than usual because the reentry path for Apollo 13 was longer and shallower than normal. "Per my mission log it started at 142:39 and ended at 142:45 -- a total of six minutes," Kranz relates. "Blackout was 1:27 longer than predicted... Toughest minute and a half we ever had."
Crocs: A cultural and aesthetic history.
The future of Google search technology.
How dangerous is it to be gored by a bull?
"How Useful Are You? Take This Technology Quiz"
There is a Twilight Zone episode where a businessman makes a pact with the Devil, which allows him to go back in time so that he can capitalize off of his knowledge about the future. It turns out though that the businessman's knowledge about the future is all superficial and thus he is unable to jump start any technological advancements by traveling back in time. This would likely be the plight of most contemporary humans if they were sent back in time. While we rely greatly on technology, most of us don't know much about how it actually works and where the materials to make it come from.
If you were to travel 2000 years into the past, how useful would you be in jumpstarting technological advancements? This 10 question quiz will help you figure out your technological usefulness. If you do poorly on the quiz, as most people likely will, then just let that inspire you to study up more on how things work and where raw materials come from.
I scored 10/10, but had two lucky guesses. (Via BBspot.)
"Five Ideas That Will Reinvent Modern Computing".
"Why can an opera singer be heard over the much louder orchestra?"
New mathematical discovery about the properties of the Moebius strip:
[Mathematician Eugene] Starostin and his colleague Gert van der Heijden, both of University College London, have solved a conundrum that has perplexed mathematicians for more than 75 years -- how to predict what three-dimensional form a Möbius strip will take.
The strip is made from what mathematicians call a 'developable' surface, which means it can be flattened without deforming its shape -- unlike, say, a sphere.
When a developable surface is formed into a Möbius strip, it tries to return to a state of minimum stored elastic energy, like an elastic band springing back after being stretched.
But no one has been able to model what this final form will be. "The first papers looking at this problem were published in 1930," says Starostin. "It seems such a simple question -- children can make these things -- but ask the experts how to model this shape and we've had nothing."
People are reverse "upgrading" from Vista back to Windows XP.
What it's like to have "face-blindness", aka prosopagnosia. (Via Neatorama.)
"Nine Brain Quirks You Didn't Realize You Had"
Wealthiest Americans ever, adjusted for inflation.
I'd love a 40 Gigabit per second internet connection:
Sigbritt Löthberg's home has been supplied with a blistering 40 Gigabits per second connection, many thousands of times faster than the average residential link and the first time ever that a home user has experienced such a high speed.
But Sigbritt, who had never had a computer until now, is no ordinary 75 year old. She is the mother of Swedish internet legend Peter Löthberg who, along with Karlstad Stadsnät, the local council's network arm, has arranged the connection.
Sigbritt will now be able to enjoy 1,500 high definition HDTV channels simultaneously. Or, if there is nothing worth watching there, she will be able to download a full high definition DVD in just two seconds.
The secret behind Sigbritt's ultra-fast connection is a new modulation technique which allows data to be transferred directly between two routers up to 2,000 kilometres apart, with no intermediary transponders.
According to Karlstad Stadsnät the distance is, in theory, unlimited - there is no data loss as long as the fibre is in place.
..."The most difficult part of the whole project was installing Windows on Sigbritt's PC," said [network boss Hafsteinn] Jonsson.
"Scientists find way to teleport atoms on optic fibres". (Via Engadget.)
Cynical-C has also made The Switch.
(Now that I'm 2 weeks post-Switch, I'm also very pleased. I've had no problems adjusting to the Mac OS X. And the Parallels 3.0 software allows me to run my work-related Windows software without any problem. My biggest concern was whether I could get into my office VPN from home through Parallels and it worked perfectly on the first try.)
"Top [Australian] cop predicts robot crimewave":
Technology such as cloned part-robot humans used by organised crime gangs pose the greatest future challenge to police, along with online scamming, Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty says.
..."Our environmental scanning tells us that even with some of the cloning of human beings -- not necessarily in Australia but in those countries that are going to allow it -- you could have potentially a cloned part-person, part-robot," he said.
"You could (also) have technology acting at the direction of a human being, but the human being being distanced considerably from the actual crime scene."
Um, right... (Via Bruce Schneier.)
Some ingenious/unscrupulous Europeans are making money by trading drivers license points on the internet:
It is the latest ruse on the roads of France: drivers are avoiding disqualification by trading licence points on the internet.
Complete strangers are taking the rap for speeding offences in return for up to €1,500 (£1,000), and police admit they are powerless to intervene. Even pensioners who have not driven for many years are getting in on the act.
...The technique is simple. In return for money, the seller provides his or her name and licence number in response to the speed camera ticket. The notice that is automatically sent to the owner of the offending vehicle includes a form for identifying another driver. Checks are extremely rare.
More details in this article.
Robot that walks on water.
"Second Life's virtual conference rooms might be more useful if they didn't resemble their real-world counterparts."
Invention of the day: Hands-free toilet paper dispenser. (Via Fark.)
iPhone software upgrades? (Via GMSV.)
"Joke comprehension may decrease with age". That's not funny...
When coins are worth more as metal than as currency. (Via Bruce Schneier.)
"The Geek Comic: The iPhone excuse."
Of the multiple iPhone reviews, this is one of the most informative and useful that I've read. (Via IPList.)
Evolution of the Apple form factor, 1976-2007. (Via Boing Boing.)
Competitive eating injuries.
Dutch museums are selling some of their surplus national art collection on eBay.
Sudoku and Graph Theory
Adding new meaning to the genetic code. It's like adding new letters to the alphabet.
Why ATM machine PIN numbers have 4 digits:
One by-product of inventing the first cash machine was the concept of the Pin number.
Mr Shepherd-Barron came up with the idea when he realised that he could remember his six-figure army number. But he decided to check that with his wife, Caroline.
"Over the kitchen table, she said she could only remember four figures, so because of her, four figures became the world standard," he laughs.
(Via Bruce Schneier.)
Time lapse photographs show the exact moment of when one embryo becomes two identical twins. (Via KevinMD.)
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"A robot controlled by a simulated rat brain has proved itself to be a remarkable mimic of rodent behaviour in series of classic animal experiments."
"Catching Cheaters With Their Own Computers"
The business and marketing of bottled water. (Via IPList.)
Jefferson's last letter: Thomas Jefferson was invited to attend a celebration in Washington DC on July 4, 1826, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. He had to decline due to reasons of health, but he did write the following in his last letter:
I should, indeed, with peculiar delight, have met and exchanged there congratulations personally with the small band, the remnant of that host of worthies, who joined with us on that day, in the bold and doubtful election we were to make for our country, between submission or the sword; and to have enjoyed with them the consolatory fact, that our fellow citizens, after half a century of experience and prosperity, continue to approve the choice we made.
May it be to the world, what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all,) the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government.
That form which we have substituted, restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion. All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God. These are grounds of hope for others. For ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.
(Via Marginal Revolution.)
World map of social network dominance. (Via Clicked.)
"The Medical Tricorder Comes Two Steps Closer to Reality".
Best dog suit ever. (Via Neatorama.)
Mars or Earth? Can you tell which landscape is from Mars and which is from Earth? (Via BBspot.)
"Why do banks use that awful robotic looking type font for routing and account numbers?"
Molecular surgery:
A single hydrogen atom has been snipped off a molecule and then added back on again, marking the first time a single chemical bond has been broken and reforged in a controlled, reversible way.
Turning peanut butter into diamonds.
Eating strategy and birth order? Here's an interesting tidbit from Marginal Revolution:
Do you eat the best thing first or save the best for last? Most people fall into one of these two categories and according to Brian Wansink's Mindless Eating there is a simple economic explanation. The people who eat the best thing first tend to have grown up as younger children from large families. The people who save the best for last are more often first borns. Need I say more?
Timelapse "light graffiti":
Using LED glowsticks, flashlights, even fireworks, combined with time-lapse photography, light graffiti artists create a unique tagging that wraps around objects dimensionally, allowing them to tag in a way they'd never be able to with spraypaint.
(Via MeFi.)
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Pirro Bugging Case
The FBI dropped a bombshell on Jeanine Pirro, the Republican candidate for Attorney General of New York State, by letting her know that she was the target of a federal investigation as a result of her wanting to bug her husband's boat.
The revelation was leaked to WNBC/Channel 4, in New York, after the FBI learned of her discussion with private eye Bernie Kerik after tapping his phone while conducting an investigation of Kerik. Kerik is a former Police Commissioner of New York City.
Yesterday, Pirro held a press conference in an attempt to save her faltering campaign. Pirro called the investigation a "political witch hunt and smear campaign," to ruin her politically.
She demanded an investigation into why sealed documents were leaked to the public. She said that her marriage was personal and not part of her campaign. She added that there's nothing illegal about one spouse taping another.
Jeanine Pirro, a former District Attorny of Westchester County, should know better. Wiretapping without a court order is illegal, period. Electronic eavesdropping, unless you're a party to the conversation, is wiretapping, and illegal.
On the FBI tapes, Pirro is quoted as saying, "What am I supposed to do, Bernie? Watch him fuck her every night? What am I supposed to do? I can go on the boat. I'll put the fucking thing on myself."
I can understand a woman's outrage at an unfaithful spouse. We get calls all the time from women in similar circumstances. The answer though, is not bugging. Surveillance would have probably done the trick for Pirro. Now, it's too late. Her political career is over, and probably her marriage too.
While the leak of the FBI tapes to the media was probably a political thing, the FBI's investigation into Pirro is not. Whenever the FBI suspects that a crime has been committed, or may be, it is bound to investigate.
In this case, they didn't know if private investigator Kerik went ahead with it, or not. They didn't know if Pirro found some other way to bug her husband, including doing it herself, as she had suggested.
The FBI is blameless. The person who leaked the tape transcript probably is not.
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The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has a buyer for its printing facility in Edgecliff Village overlooking Interstate 20.
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Population decline and the effects of disturbances on the structure and recovery of octocoral communities (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) in Pacific Panama
Catalina G. Gomez, Hector M. Guzman, Andrew Gonzalez
Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 95 / Issue 1 / February 2015
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 July 2014, pp. 81-90
Print publication: February 2015
Community structure, species composition, and changes over time after disturbances are frequently studied using common descriptors. We used rank abundance distribution plots (RADs), Rényi entropy plots, common theoretical community models, ordination analysis of similarities (ANOSIM and Clusters), and abundance spectra analyses to study the effects of a gradual natural population decline and an anthropogenic punctuated disturbance on the structure of octocoral communities in Panama, considered a hot spot area for octocoral diversity in the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Over a 17-month period, no significant change was found in community structure after a natural yearly population decline of 25.2%. After a disturbance, however, different recovery trajectories were observed in various coral communities. Possible physical and biological explanations for the observed differences include initial local species diversity and abundance, species life history patterns, colony morphology, and the geographical location of the community. Differences in community structure between study sites were best described using a combination of community descriptors, RADs, and abundance spectra. Rényi plots were useful in identifying changes in community structure, whereas the extent of the changes was best evaluated using ANOSIM and cluster analysis.
A new species of alcyonacean octocoral from the Peruvian zoogeographic region
Odalisca Breedy, Hector M. Guzman
Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 94 / Issue 3 / May 2014
Print publication: May 2014
The first record of the plexaurid genus Psammogorgia from the shallow waters of Peru is reported here. A new species (Psammogorgia hookeri sp. nov.) is described from Isla San Gallán, Paracas National Reserve. The new species was morphologically analysed using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. It is distinguished from the others in the genus by its small size; prominent calyces with wide lips around polyp apertures and without a special type of sclerites, but with a concentration of irregular, thorny spindles and wart-clubs around the calyx rim; coenenchymal sclerites that do not reach more than 0.2 mm long; the occurrence of conspicuous star-like radiates; and the colour of the colony and coenenchymal sclerites, which is coral red. The results increase species richness within a genus that has not been studied for more than a century, and contribute to the establishment of characters for further morphological studies. Additionally, the new species adds value to existing protected areas and to the octocoral biodiversity records for the Peruvian region and the eastern Pacific.
Pacifigorgia marviva (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) a new species from Coiba National Park, Pacific Panama
Hector M. Guzman, Odalisca Breedy
Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 92 / Issue 4 / June 2012
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 April 2011, pp. 693-698
Pacifigorgia marviva, a new shallow-water species of the family Gorgoniidae, was found in Coiba National Park, Pacific Panama at 35–40 m depth. It is characterized by having white to cream, small, erect colonies composed of 1–4 fronds, stems short or absent network irregular and open without fan midribs, and polyp mounds slightly raised and sparsely distributed. All sclerites are colourless. Coenenchymal sclerites mostly composed of long spindles reaching up to 0.25 mm in length, and long and thin anthocodial rods, up to 0.16 mm in length. Morphological characters are analysed and illustrated. Scanning electron microscopy was used for sclerite study. The new species is herein described and compared with other similar species reported from the eastern Pacific. Pacifigoria marviva increases the number of Pacifigorgia species to 35; 20 in Panama representing 57% of the genus in the eastern Pacific, followed by Costa Rica and Ecuador with 14 and 10 species, respectively.
Leptogorgia ignita, a new shallow-water coral species (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from the tropical eastern Pacific
Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 88 / Issue 5 / August 2008
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 July 2008, pp. 893-899
Print publication: August 2008
Leptogorgia ignita is a new gorgonian species characterized by its conspicuous bright orange colour, irregular branching pattern and combination of sclerite types in the coenenchyme, all of the same orange colour, with abundance of capstans and blunt spindles, and less abundant acute spindles. The species was found in a shallow water coral community, 4–12 m deep in Samara Bay, Pacific Costa Rica. Morphologically, L. ignita belongs to the L. rigida-group comprising eight species for the group; 13 Leptogorgia species are known for Costa Rica, and 23 for the entire eastern Pacific. The new species is described, illustrated and compared to the other valid taxa of the group.
A comparison of coral reef and coral community fish assemblages in Pacific Panama and environmental factors governing their structure
Sarah Benfield, Laura Baxter, Hector M. Guzman, James M. Mair
Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 88 / Issue 7 / November 2008
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 July 2008, pp. 1331-1341
Print publication: November 2008
We compared the reef fish assemblages of two habitats, coral reefs and coral communities (rocky substratum with coral colonies), in the Las Perlas Archipelago in Pacific Panama and attempted to determine associations with habitat variables. We used a modified Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) survey to record fish species and quadrat transects to determine benthic composition. Multivariate non-parametric multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) ordinations were performed in PRIMER and univariate correlations were used to determine relationships. The reef fish of coral communities were significantly more diverse and species rich than those of coral reefs. The two habitats had significantly different species and size composition, but trophic and family groups overlapped between habitats. Topography, exposure, and the percentage cover of branching and massive corals correlated significantly with differences in fish parameters. The reef fish assemblages of this region appear to be determined more by the larger scale structural features that characterize the two habitats than by features that vary over small scales within the habitats.
Leptogorgia christiae (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) a new shallow water gorgonian from Pacific Panama
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 June 2008, pp. 719-722
Leptogorgia christiae is a rarely collected new species found at 15–30 m depth at Roca Hacha, a rocky outcrop near Coiba Island characterized by its high diversity of octocorals. The branching pattern and combination of asymmetric blunt spindles, abundance of capstans, and a low occurrence of acute spindles are distinct characteristics of the new taxon. The new species is described, illustrated and compared to the other species of the genus reported from Pacific Panama; thus increasing the total of Leptogorgia species to 17, which encompasses over 70% of the shallow water species for the eastern Pacific.
Broadening reef protection across the Marine Conservation Corridor of the Eastern Tropical Pacific: distribution and diversity of reefs in Las Perlas Archipelago, Panama
HECTOR M. GUZMAN, SARAH BENFIELD, ODALISCA BREEDY, JAMES M. MAIR
Journal: Environmental Conservation / Volume 35 / Issue 1 / March 2008
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 March 2008, pp. 46-54
The protected sites defined under the Marine Conservation Corridor of the Tropical Eastern Pacific (MCCTEP) include most of the endemism and a fraction of the areas of high diversity for reef corals and fishes. Although those areas are connected biologically over distances >600 km, lack of large-scale sampling and attention to taxa other than scleractinian corals has limited the protection of shallow coral reef and coral community habitats in some areas of the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) region, particularly non-offshore islands in Ecuador, Panama and Costa Rica. The newly created Las Perlas marine protected area (1688 km2), the second largest archipelago in the TEP, fills a regional conservation gap for the protection of reefs and potentially becomes the second highest coral diversity area in the MCCTEP. This study describes the distribution of live coral cover and species alpha-diversity over 307 ha of shallow coral reefs and coral communities in the Las Perlas Archipelago. Nineteen scleractinian and 38 octocorals were observed, including species previously thought to be uncommon. Although coral communities generally had a greater number of species than coral reefs, species richness did not differ between habitats. However, their coral and octocoral composition and benthic makeup (coral cover, macroalgae, sponge, etc.) differed. The reefs had higher live coral cover (61.2%) and lower algal cover (32.5%) than the coral communities (26.0% and 65.7%, respectively). Octocorals were more common in the communities than on the reefs. There was a negative relationship between live coral cover and species richness, low to moderate cover generally coinciding with coral community sites and higher species richness. Areas are recommended for marine reserve zoning within the new Las Perlas marine protected area to ensure the protection of important habitats and maintenance of diversity in the TEP, both highlighting the importance of the southern islands of the archipelago for coral diversity and the northern islands for their high live coral cover. Review of the representativeness of regional coral diversity would facilitate better design of small-scale reserves across the TEP, following comparable survey methods.
A new species of alcyonacean octocoral from the Galápagos Archipelago
The genus Heterogorgia is reported for the first time from the shallow waters of the Galápagos Archipelago, and a new species found in the southern islands is described. The new species is distinguished from the other species of the genus described thus far by having thick branches with large, densely packed calyces, being mostly unbranched, and having larger sclerites. The occurrence of Heterogorgia verrucosa is also reported.
Distichopora robusta sp. nov., the first shallow-water stylasterid (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) from the tropical eastern Pacific
Alberto Lindner, Stephen D. Cairns, Hector M. Guzman
Journal: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 84 / Issue 5 / October 2004
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 October 2004, pp. 943-947
Print publication: October 2004
Distichopora robusta, the first shallow-water stylasterid coral from the tropical eastern Pacific, is described from the west coast of Panama. The new species is distinguished from all species of Distichopora described thus far by having robust branches and poorly defined pore rows.
Distribution, diversity, and conservation of coral reefs and coral communities in the largest marine protected area of Pacific Panama (Coiba Island)
HECTOR M. GUZMAN, CARLOS A. GUEVARA, ODALISCA BREEDY
Journal: Environmental Conservation / Volume 31 / Issue 2 / June 2004
Sampling scale and lack of attention to taxa other than scleractinian corals have limited the capacity to protect coral reefs and coral communities in Pacific Panama. The distribution of coral habitats (live coral cover) and their species richness in the largest marine protected area of Panama, the Coiba National Park (270 125 ha), is described using quadrat transects and manta tows. The species richness of scleractinian corals and octocorals was lower in coral reefs than in coral communities, and a close relationship between richness and live coral cover was observed only in coral communities. The distribution of high live coral cover in coral communities overlapped with areas of high coral species richness. Average live coral cover in communities was 64%, compared to 28% in reefs, whereas algae cover was 30% and 49%, respectively. Twenty-two coral and 34 octocoral species were observed, many only now detected in Panama as endemic or new species. Analysis of satellite imagery showed 80% of terrestrial habitats were mostly primary forest, and coral reefs and coral communities covered 1700 ha, about 2% of marine habitats. Shallow marine environments (< 20 m) had up to 60% calcareous red algae cover (rhodolite beds). Based on the distribution of live coral cover and species richness, three conservation units were identified as priority, with the southern and northernmost sides of the marine protected area as the most significant. These three areas encompass most of the rare and endemic species or populations, as well as species previously regarded as endangered.
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Molecular identification of Taenia spp. in the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from Finland
A. LAVIKAINEN, V. HAUKISALMI, G. DEKSNE, K. HOLMALA, M. LEJEUNE, M. ISOMURSU, P. JOKELAINEN, A. NÄREAHO, J. LAAKKONEN, E. P. HOBERG, A. SUKURA
Journal: Parasitology / Volume 140 / Issue 5 / April 2013
Cestodes of the genus Taenia are parasites of mammals, with mainly carnivores as definitive and herbivores as intermediate hosts. Various medium-sized cats, Lynx spp., are involved in the life cycles of several species of Taenia. The aim of the present study was to identify Taenia tapeworms in the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from Finland. In total, 135 tapeworms from 72 lynx were subjected to molecular identification based on sequences of 2 mtDNA regions, the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 and the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 genes. Available morphological characters of the rostellar hooks and strobila were compared. Two species of Taenia were found: T. laticollis (127 samples) and an unknown Taenia sp. (5 samples). The latter could not be identified to species based on mtDNA, and the rostellar hooks were short relative to those described among other Taenia spp. recorded in felids from the Holarctic region. In the phylogenetic analyses of mtDNA sequences, T. laticollis was placed as a sister species of T. macrocystis, and the unknown Taenia sp. was closely related to T. hydatigena and T. regis. Our analyses suggest that these distinct taeniid tapeworms represent a putative new species of Taenia. The only currently recognized definitive host is L. lynx and the intermediate host is unknown.
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Long-term community-based monitoring of tamaraw Bubalus mindorensis on Mindoro Island, Philippines
Shinya Ishihara, Rodel M. Boyles, Hisashi Matsubayashi, Arnel N. del Barrio, Merben R. Cebrian, Aiko Ishida, Rosalina M. Lapitan, Eufrocina P. Atabay, Libertado C. Cruz, Yukio Kanai
Journal: Oryx / Volume 49 / Issue 2 / April 2015
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 August 2014, pp. 352-359
The Critically Endangered tamaraw Bubalus mindorensis is endemic to Mindoro Island, Philippines, and little is known of its ecology. During 2006–2011 we used community-based monitoring to examine the population status and ecology of tamaraw in the species’ core habitat of Mount Iglit–Baco National Park. Each year, for 5 consecutive days at the end of the dry season, trained local volunteers and rangers or project staff were allocated to 18 vantage points in the study area (c. 160 km2). Tamaraw were categorized as adult (> 5 years), juvenile (2–5 years) or calf (< 2 years), and sexed when possible. During the study period the population was 239–314 (mean 271), with no significant fluctuations in age structure (percentage of adults, juveniles and calves: 57.8, 21.0 and 21.3%) or estimated adult female reproductive rates (29.1%). In adults, but not in juveniles, the sex ratio was biased towards females (1 : 1.86, P < 0.01). Bulls were often solitary (32.2% of sightings), whereas the majority of cows (94.7%) formed small groups of 2–12 individuals of different ages, with or without bulls (53.4 and 46.6%, respectively). These results demonstrate that the population remained relatively stable, maintaining a constant age structure and reproductive rate, and that long-term community-based monitoring was effective for quantitative characterization of the tamaraw's social behaviour, which is critical for conservation and management of the species.
Electronic Structure of One-Dimensional Biradical Molecular Chain
H. Koike, K. Ogawa, T. Kubo, K. Uchida, M. Chikamatsu, R. Azumi, K. Mase, K. Kanai
Journal: MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive / Volume 1605 / 2013
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 January 2014, JSAPMRS13-1605-6135
Print publication: 2013
We investigated electronic structure of one-dimensional biradical molecular chain which is constructed by exploiting the covalency between organic molecules of a diphenyl derivative of s-indacenodiphenalene (Ph2-IDPL). To control the crystallinity, we used gas deposition method. Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) revealed developed band structure with wide dispersion of the one-dimensional biradical molecular chain.
The Synthesis and Structures of Elpasolite Halide Scintillators
Pin Yang, F. Patrick Doty, Mark A. Rodriguez, Margaret R. Sanchez, Xiaowong Zhou, Kanai S. Shah
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 January 2011, 1164-L11-05
Low-cost, high-performance gamma-ray spectrometers are urgently needed for nonproliferation and homeland security applications. Available scintillation materials fall short of the requirements for energy resolution and sensitivity at room temperature. The emerging lanthanide halide based materials, while having the desired luminosity and proportionality, have proven difficult to produce in the large sizes and low cost required due to highly anisotropic properties caused by the non-cubic crystal structure. New cubic materials, such as the recently discovered elpasolite family (A2BLnX6; Ln-lanthanide and X-halogen), hold promise for scintillator materials due to their high light output, proportionality, and toughness. The isotropic nature of the cubic elpasolites leads to minimal thermomechanical stresses during single-crystal solidification, and eliminates the problematic light scattering at the grain boundaries. Therefore, it may be possible to produce these materials in large sizes as either single crystals or transparent ceramics with high production yield and reduced costs. In this study, we investigated the “cubic” elpasolite halide synthesis and studied the structural variations of four different compounds, including Cs2NaLaBr6, Cs2LiLaBr6, Cs2NaLaI6, and Cs2LiLaI6. Attempts to produce a large-area detector by a hot forging technique were explored.
Prospects for High Energy Resolution Gamma Ray Spectroscopy with Europium-Doped Strontium Iodide
Nerine Cherepy, S A. Payne, Rastgo Hawrami, A Burger, Lynn Boatner, Edgar Van Loef, Kanai Shah
Europium-doped strontium iodide scintillators offer a light yield exceeding 100,000 photons/MeV and excellent light yield proportionality, while at the same time, SrI2 is readily grown in single crystal form. Thus far, our collaboration has demonstrated an energy resolution with strontium iodide of 2.6% at 662 keV and 7.6% at 60 keV, and we have grown single crystals surpassing 30 cm3 in size (with lower resolution). Our analysis indicates that SrI2(Eu) has the potential to offer 2% energy resolution at 662 keV with optimized material, optics, and read-out. In particular, improvements in feedstock purity may result in crystal structural and chemical homogeneity, leading to improved light yield uniformity throughout the crystal volume, and consequently, better energy resolution. Uniform, efficient light collection and detection, is also required to achieve the best energy resolution with a SrI2(Eu) scintillator device.
Recent Advances in Ceramic Scintillators
Edgar Van Loef, Yimin Wang, Jarek Glodo, Charles Brecher, Alex Lempicki, Kanai S Shah
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011, 1038-O06-02
A review is presented of recent ceramic scintillator R&D. Attention is focussed on Ce doped gamma-ray scintillators for medical imaging applications. Ceramic scintillators discussed in detail include SrHfO3:Ce and Lu2Hf2O7:Ce. These materials combine a high density and high atomic number with fast emission and a good light yield and may find practical application in medical imaging modalities such as Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography.
Geochemical Approaches to Understanding a Shallow Groundwater Flow in the Kanamaru Uranium Mineralization Area (Japan)
Regis Bros, Yoji Seki, Atsushi Kamei, Yutaka Kanai, Koichi Okuzawa, Yoshio Watanabe
Journal: MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive / Volume 893 / 2005
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2011, 0893-JJ09-07
Predicting the behaviour of radioactive wastes can be facilitated by comparison with the evolution of natural groundwater systems. During a study of the Kanamaru U mineralization (Japan), geochemical approaches for understanding a shallow (0-50 m) fresh groundwater flow system are being assessed. Deep granitic waters are Ca-HCO3-dominated and slightly acidic to slightly alkaline. Shallow waters within sediments display lower pH and they are more dilute. Halide concentrations suggest the existence of a non marine Br-rich and Cl-depleted deep groundwater in the basement. 234U/238U and 230Th/234U activity ratios in the mineralized sedimentary rocks indicate that U mobilization took place within the last 350,000 years. U dissolution currently continues and it is controled by lateral groundwater flow whereas vertical diffusion appears negligible. Dissolved alkaline earths concentrations and the 87Sr/86Sr ratio indicate that solutes exchanges take place through uppermost low permeable granite followed by mixing with more dilute and Cl-type shallow groundwater.
Comparison of the thermoregulatory response of buffaloes and tropical cattle, using fluctuations in rectal temperature, skin temperature and haematocrit as an index
A. KOGA, M. SUGIYAMA, A. N. DEL BARRIO, R. M. LAPITAN, B. R. ARENDA, A. Y. ROBLES, L. C. CRUZ, Y. KANAI
Journal: The Journal of Agricultural Science / Volume 142 / Issue 3 / June 2004
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 December 2004, pp. 351-355
In previous comparative studies of buffaloes and temperate cattle, a greater increase in rectal temperature (RT) and skin temperature (ST), and a greater decrease in haematocrit (Ht) have been observed in buffaloes than in temperate cattle with an increase in ambient temperature (AT). Our series of previous experiments suggested that great changes in RT, ST and Ht are induced in buffaloes by a marked increase in blood flow from the body core to the surface, which accelerates dissipation of heat from the skin surface. On the basis of these suggestions, the present study was undertaken to compare fluctuations in RT, ST and Ht between buffaloes and tropical cattle. Fluctuations in the aforementioned parameters, particularly RT and Ht, were greater in buffaloes than in cattle. Moreover, the correlation for RT or Ht v. AT was significant for buffaloes (r=0·33 and −0·37, respectively) but not for cattle. The correlation coefficient for ST v. AT was significant in both species, but was greater in buffaloes (r=0·63) than in cattle (r=0·56). These results demonstrate that with changes in ambient temperature, RT, ST and Ht fluctuate much more in buffaloes than in tropical cattle, as found previously for temperate cattle. Therefore, the distinctive thermoregulatory responses of buffalo are confirmed as being specific to this species.
Characterization of Ta2O5 Thin Films With Small Current Leakage for High Density DRAMS
N. Kanda, R. Furukawa, M. Ishibashi, M. Kunitomo, T. Homma, M. Takahashi, T. Uemura, M. Kanai, M. Kubo, K. Ogata, T. Yoshida, H. Yamamoto, Y Ohji
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011, 129
We have confirmed that grain boundaries are related to leakage problems in Ta2O5/SiON capacitors for high dielectric DRAMs. XRD studies using an intensity ratio of (200) to (001) showed that the crystallographic structure of Ta2O5 film was strongly dependent on preparation conditions. As the (200) oriented grains grew faster than the other grains, it became important to control its grain growth in forming uniform grain boundaries. TEM observation has shown that Ta2O5 film with a high intensity ratio of (200) to (001) was made up of large size grains and had SION interface intruding into grain boundaries. By using the current-mode AFM, we could monitor leakage current directly through grain boundaries on Ta2O5 film.
Laser Ablation Process and Growth Control of Oxide Thin Films in Laser Molecular Beam Epitaxy
T. Kawai, H. Nismkawa, K. Koguchi, M. Kanai
In order to study mechanism of laser ablation, the time-of-flight spectra of monovalent ions generated by ablation of alkaline earth metals are measured. The obtained spectra show that the ion generation is caused by 5-, 4- and 3-photon processes for Ca, Sr and Ba, respectively, when ArF excimer laser is used as a light source. This behavior suggests that laser ablation of alkaline earth metals is triggered by excitation of electrons at the highest inner-core level. Control of layer-by-layer growth processes by monitoring emission from the ablation plume is also reported. The emission measurement is utilized for estimation of each layer thickness in layer-by-layer growth. This conventional technique is very effective for automatic control of layer-by-layer growth.
Fabrication of Nanocrystalline Si by SiH4 Plasma Cell
Masanori Otobe, Tomonori Kanai, Shunri Oda
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011, 51
Nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si) has been fabricated by a very-high-frequency plasma cell attached to an ultra-high-vacuum chamber using SiH4 gas. Nanocrystalline Si is formed in the gas phase of the plasma cell and is extracted out of plasma cell through the orifice to the ultra-high-vacuum chamber. The shape of nc-Si is spherical or octahedral with the diameter of 3–30nm. Giant Si particles about 100nm in diameter are also formed at the lower cell pressure condition. A 1000keV transmission electron microscopy measurement has revealed that the core region of giant Si particle with the diameter about 30nm was crystalline and the shell region is amorphous. We have demonstrated that the spread of particle size can be decreased using pulsed gas supply of H2 into SiH4 plasma.
Immunoadsorption and Absorptive Cell Separation
Z. Yamazaki, F. Kanai, M. Hiraishi, Y. Idezuki, N. Inoue, N. Tsuda, H. Katoh, K. Ide, M. Umegae, K. Ohno
As a means of selectively removing pathogenic macromolecular substances, an affinity adsorbent or immunoadsorbent has been investigated in experimental and clinical studies on blood purification in the treatment of immune diseases. There are several affinity adsorbents currently available for clinical application. The authors developed physicochemical affinity adsorbents Immusorba IM-TR and IM-PH, whose experimental and clinical evaluations have been satisfactory in several immune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, myasthenia gravis, systemic lupus erythematosus and multiple sclerosis.
Absorptive cell separation, for leucocyte-free blood transfusion or for cytapheresis, has been developed using a leucocyte removal filter, whose container has fine, long fibers of polyester which are densely packed. The filters Sepacell and Cellsorba are used for erythrocyte transfusion and cytapheresis, respectively. In experimental and clinical trials, they provide efficient removal of leucocytes. Erythrocytes can be recovered virtually without loss. Clinical evaluation is now being conducted.
In conclusion, the above-mentioned new methods provide promising immunomodulations for the treatment and for the clearification of pathphysiology of immune diseases.
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Guyana: Ethnic Relations Commission Calls For Strengthened Efforts To End Racism
CaribWorldNews, GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Mon. Mar. 23, 2009: In a country descendants of slaves and indentured servants call home, the chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission wants a stronger effort by nationals to eradicate racial discrimination.
Bishop Juan Edghill of the ERC on Friday called on Guyanese to pledge to strengthen efforts to end racism and to recognize the legitimate right of every human being to live in peace, equality and dignity. His comments came as the world observed International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Guyanese largely see themselves as Indo or Afro, the two ethnic groups that predominate in the country of less than a million people. Many still vote along racial lines and there is still intolerance of inter-racial marriages and children of those unions by many of the older members of the society.
Guyana is a signatory to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and became a party under the Convention to “condemn racial discrimination and undertake to pursue a policy of eliminating racial discrimination in all its forms and promoting understanding among races.”
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The Raiders recorded a terrific song called "The Boys In The Band," so maybe that's the song The Phynx perform in the movie. (Chorus: "Hey everybody, got to have a good time/Listen to the music and clap your hands/Hey everybody got to have a good time/Listen to the boys in the band")
Phillip 7:12 AM
Won Ton Ton was on cable freuently when I was little (early 80's) so I saw it a few times. I don't, however, remember it being very good...
Mike Hobart 5:38 AM
For any of your readers who think you're making it up -- nope, I saw THE PHYNX myself during the 1970s. From memory the local film society screened it as a novelty because of the sheer number of old stars involved.
Poptique 11:59 AM
That sounds fantastic(ally bad), especially now I've found out that Harold "Odd Job" Sakata is in it too! I've yet to find a bad movie that he's appeared in that wasn't time well wasted...
Yes the movie is very bad, but worth watching once for the scenes with the "legends" (or semi-legends, or semi-semi legends) who get to say a few words. Best lines were from Leo Gorcey, looking old and not well, but sounding the same as ever; the previously mentioned Lone Ranger and Tonto lines (funny), and Tarzan and Jane "me Tarzan, me Jane", then they kiss (awww, very sweet). Bergen and McCarthy (McCarthy: "Bergen, America needs us...well ME, anyway"). Jessel looking ridiculous in his General's outfit (what was WITH him?) and a few other moments make about 7 minutes of the film worth watching for the old stars, some making their final appearances on film. But the rest of the movie is quite bad, but--again--worth watching once....just once.
MaxStone01 6:02 PM
I finally got to see this movie thanks to the Warner Archive Collection DVD release and it's my new obsession! Definitely made me think of The Monkees, and my jaw dropped every time another big name star appeared. How on earth did they get all of these people together at one time?! And I kind of enjoyed the songs. This is definitely a train wreck of a movie that is worth watching.
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Enable and Magical to meet for fourth time in Yorkshire Oaks
The big race at York on Thursday has become an intriguing four-runner clash between runners trained by Aidan O'Brien and John Gosden.
Enable lands the Coral-Eclipse from magical at Sandown. Picture: Ian Headington/Racingfotos.com
Enable will attempt to add another chapter to her glittering success story in the Darley Yorkshire Oaks at York on Thursday.
The five-year-old mare, owned by Prince Khalid Abdullah and trained by John Gosden, is seeking her twelfth successive win and, if triumphant, will equal Frankel’s haul of ten Group One victories.
She is a general 1/3 favourite to beat three rivals in the £425,000 QIPCO British Champions Series contest. It has boiled down to an intriguing showdown between Gosden, who also runs Lah Ti Dar, and Aidan O’Brien, who will saddle Magical and South Sea Pearl.
Enable won the Investec Oaks, Darley Irish Oaks, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes, Darley Yorkshire Oaks and Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe as a three-year-old. Last year, despite her season being truncated by injury, she won a second Arc before becoming the first winner of the France’s biggest race to go to on glory at the Longines Breeders’ Cup in America.
This year she has continued to thrill her bulging fan club with further wins in the Coral-Eclipse (only the third of her sex to win the race) and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth QIPCO Stakes (only the third dual winner). In the latter, she prevailed by a neck after an epic battle with Crystal Ocean, the world’s highest-rated horse, who runs in the Juddmonte International Stakes at York tomorrow.
Thursday’s mile-and-a-half event looks to represent her most straightforward assignment since she won the corresponding race two years ago by five lengths at 1/4, although Gosden will be taking nothing for granted as his Taghrooda was beaten at 1/5 in the 2014 running. A year later, his brilliant Investec Derby winner, Golden Horn, also suffered a shock defeat at the meeting.
Enable has evidently frightened off some opponents but, unperturbed, O’Brien and Coolmore have opted to supplement two-time Group 1 winner Magical, who scooped the QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes on QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot last year, plus the Tattersalls Gold Cup at the Curragh in June.
Magical has finished behind Enable the three times they have met since October, although there was only three-quarters of a length between the pair in the Breeders’ Cup Turf and the same margin in the Coral-Eclipse. South Sea Pearl, winner of a Listed race at Leopardstown in July, will also represent Ballydoyle.
Another potential banana skin for Enable is her stablemate, Lah Ti Dar who is owned by Lord and Lady Lloyd-Webber and is out of Dar Re Mi, who won the Yorkshire Oaks a decade ago for them.
Dar Re Mi, who was trained by Gosden, was herself sired by Singspiel, the 1997 Juddmonte International winner, and Lah Ti Dar has kept the family flag flying high at York – winning the British EBF & Sir Henry Cecil Galtres Stakes by ten lengths at the Welcome To Yorkshire Ebor meeting last year, before returning to the Knavesmire in May to scoop the Group 2 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Middleton Stakes.
On her most recent start, Lah Ti Dar was a close third to Coronet in the Grand Prix de-Saint Cloud. She filled the same place behind Magical in last year’s QIPCO British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes, having previously been runner-up in the William Hill St Leger.
“They say never be scared of one, but in this case we’ve got to be scared of two,” said Simon Marsh, racing and bloodstock manager for the Lloyd-Webbers.
“We’ve always been keen to run her in the Yorkshire Oaks as she loves York and has been training well. Andrew and Madeline are very excited about it and looking forward to the race, but we all appreciate that with Enable and Magical in the race it’s a big ask.
“Enable is a beautiful, incredible filly and she’s been so fantastic for the sport generally. She’s been absolutely brilliantly handled by John and all the team at Clarehaven and we are very lucky to see a filly of her quality going on and racing at five.”
Marsh added: “Lah Ti Dar is a high-class filly and has been knocking on the door in Group 1 company. She showed she can win a high-class race over a mile-and-a-quarter in the Middleton but I think she’s more effective over a mile and a half. She was spectacular when she won the Galtres last year and hopefully she will again give a good account of herself.”
Lah Ti Dar will be ridden by William Buick, who has enjoyed big-race success for the Lloyd-Webbers in the past aboard the likes of Dar Re Mi and The Fugue. Injured earlier in the year, the 31-year-old will be riding in his first Group 1 race in Britain since the QIPCO 1000 Guineas on May 5.
Looking further ahead for Lah Ti Dar, Marsh said: “There are some lovely races for her in the autumn. The first one is the Prix Vermeille but that comes quite quick after York and then there’s the Prix De Royallieu at the Arc meeting plus the fillies and mares race on QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot.
“She’s got a pretty got constitution and is lightly raced this year but we will take it one race at a time. John will have a plan.”
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The coed fencing team won first place overall at the San Francisco AAA/CIF High School All-City Championship at George Washington High School this past Saturday, defeating six-year champion Lowell High School.
“Last year our team was pretty new to the idea of fencing,” team captain Bea Gee said. “This year we’ve picked up really quickly, and I was pretty confident going into the championship because of our strong bond.”
Freshman Erika Wong, freshman Halie Kim and sophomore Gee were among the top eight junior women fencers at the tournament, placing first, eighth and third, respectively. Juniors Zack Hammer and Michael Johnson titled first and fifth for the junior men’s foil. These fencers will advance to the state championship.
“Placing at the city championship was what we were aiming for,” city champion Wong said. “I’m very excited to go to the state championship. I’ll be going to my club practices this week and rest on Friday in preparation.”
Practices take place three times a week and focus on footwork as well as one-on-one lessons, according to sophomore April Matsumoto. The team also hired an assistant coach this year.
“I’d say one of the most challenging part of the championship was the sheer endurance,” Johnson said. “For the season and championship you have to maintain focus and don’t overthink.”
The AAA/ CIF All-State Invitational will be held this Saturday at Halberstadt Fencers’ Club.
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The coed fencing team won first place overall with the Visconti Award at the San Francisco AAA/ CIF High School All-City Championship at George Washington High School this past Saturday, defeating six-year champion Lowell High School.
Sophomore Bea Gee lunges at her opponent during a fencing match. Rena Gee | with permission
Team practices take place three times a week and focus on footwork as well as one-on-one lessons, according to sophomore April Matsumoto. The team also hired an assistant coach this year.
“I’d say one of the most challenging parts of the championship was the sheer endurance,” Johnson said. “For the season and championship you have to maintain focus and don’t overthink.”
The California High School All-State Invitational will be held this Saturday at Halberstadt Fencers’ Club.
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Do you know the story of Gunnery Sergeant Tate Jolly, USMC?
Read it all here, but in summary;
In total, six 81-millimeter mortars assaulted the annex within a minute and 13 seconds, a congressional report on the attack states. Doherty and Tyrone Woods, another former SEAL with the GRS, didn't survive.
Dave Ubben, a State Department security agent, and Mark "Oz" Geist, another GRS member, were badly hurt. The men were defending the compound from the rooftop, determined to make it look like they had a lot more firepower than they actually did.
"There was a lot of shooting, a lot of indirect fire and explosions," the source with knowledge of the response said. "It was just guys being really aggressive and doing a good job at making it seem like their element was bigger than it was, like they were less hurt than they were."
Ubben -- who'd testified before a federal court in 2017 that he took shrapnel to his head, nearly lost his leg, and had a grapefruit-sized piece of his arm taken off -- was losing blood fast. Geist also had a serious arm injury that needed immediate attention.
Jolly and Halbruner were determined to save them. Amid the fight, they were tying tourniquets to the men's bodies.
Ubben is alive because Jolly helped move him from the rooftop to a building where diplomatic personnel were hunkered down. Gregory Hicks, who became the acting chief of mission after Stevens died, later described how the gunny did it during a congressional hearing.
"One guy ... full of combat gear climbed up [to the roof], strapped David Ubben, who is a large man, to his back and carried him down the ladder, saved him," Hicks said.
Jolly and Halbruner also went back out to the rooftop to recover the bodies of the fallen.
"They didn't know whether any more mortars were going to come in. The accuracy was terribly precise," Hicks said. "... They climbed up on the roof, and they carried Glen's body and Tyrone's body down."
It was for Jolly's "valorous actions, dedication to duty and willingness to place himself in harm's way" to save numerous unarmed Americans' lives that he earned the Navy Cross, according to his citation.
Bracing for the Worst
That attack was traumatic for many of the civilians trapped inside one of the buildings, according to the person with knowledge of the operation. They'd lost their ambassador and another colleague, and they had no experience being caught in a life-and-death combat situation.
Once Jolly and Halbruner brought the injured men in from off the rooftop, the diplomatic staff helped treat their wounds, according to the source familiar with the situation. It gave them a mission as the onslaught continued outside.
As the sun came up, the remaining team members worried that terrorists would overtake the facility. First believed to be the work of the Benghazi-based Ansar al-Sharia group, the attack was coordinated by several networks in the region, including al-Qaida affiliates.
Throughout the night, the Americans had the advantage of night vision, the person familiar with the mission said. In the daylight, it could quickly become an even playing field.
Surprisingly though, it got quieter. They gathered inside one of the buildings and formed an evacuation plan to move the diplomatic staff to the airport and eventually out of Benghazi.
"[They had to talk about] things like, 'What happens if they came under attack on the way out? Do you know where to go if you are separated from the group or are being shot at?'" according to the person familiar with the plans.
They prepared for the worst: that as the convoy left the compound, they'd be ambushed, everyone would panic, and the terrorists would take hostages. But they made it to the airport without issue and, by 7:31 a.m., the first plane with survivors took off for Tripoli.
"Who would've thought seven people could go into Benghazi and get more than 25 people out? Especially without traditional military support?" the person familiar with the mission said. "... But you can do a lot if you're determined and have no other choice."
Labels: Fullbore, Libya, Marines
Building off of last week's DivThu, let's keep going through the slide deck to see what the Commissariat's approved discussion topics are on female retention, or in this case - females in the Surface Force.
I know;
You've been sufficiently warned. If you want to maintain plausible deniability, just walk away. No one is making you read this. You don't have to come here.
Sorry Captain Ray.
The Executive Summary of the last 43 years is this: as both a percentage and numbers, with few exceptions more females are being brought in while in actual numbers and percentages, fewer men are.
That's your "what," now let's get in to some "so what."
So retention.
First of all, this graph has all sorts of things wrong with it before we can consider it very helpful. In both style, substance and motivation, the modern Navy started with YG01. YG00 and earlier data is only injecting sub-optimal data into your analysis.
Second, for the dates of most interest, the averages mean nothing. I don't care for the use of linear trend lines, preferring log, but we'll stick with it.
Third, if YG12 and junior are still in the contract window, their data is garbage for what is needed with the question at hand. That data needs to be cut out too.
Hey ... let me see what I can do about our bandwidth to binwidth ratio;
There, that is much better.
The YG01-YG11 data is telling you what you need to know:
1. Retention for males is collapsing at a much greater rate, with a much larger population than the smaller increase in retention from females in a smaller group with significantly lower retention rates. Aviators might call that a death spiral.
2. If you have a problem with overall number regardless of sex, you are never going to fix it by focusing on increasing female numbers or retention at the expense of males. It simply can't be done.
3. Female retention is about to plateau. Male is aggressively decreasing. That is your problem.
I give full credit to Captain Ray; this cascade of hard facts is about as direct as one can get on the topic.
With the historical male retention at 40%, you are never going to get to 54.63% anytime soon. With drastic efforts and breaking the wheel of sacred cows, you might get to 50%.
That means that the 4-yr DH tour by FY25 is going to happen. If so, I don't see where in the career path you are going to find a place to do the education the Under is talking about, much less career pauses etc ... at least for the Surface Force.
Retention can't do it on its own.
We need to break the wheel. Shatter the Millington Diktat. I know that, you know that, they know that ... but where is the leadership to make it happen? Can they make it happen?
A different topic for a different day, let's refocus and carry on with the topic of the day.
Here is the hard truth that is on that slide but isn't mentioned; the only way to get the numbers the fleet needs to be ready to fight and win at sea is to stop trying to force-mode more females than we already have. We don't just need more people, we need more males.
That being said, we need to start with two steps:
1. Look at barriers to greater overall retention common to both males and females. Those will be the easiest and quickest to remove or mitigate.
2. Accept that males and females, on average, have different career and life goals. That should be fine. We need to understand that female and male retention rates will never be the same, and that is fine. Individuals in a republic of a free people have agency.
We also need to understand that only a few things translate well from the civilian world. That is why the next slide is problematic.
- We don't "hire for key jobs" - we grow them from the seed corn. With the delta between males and females, there will always be fewer female senior leaders as the pool shrinks faster than the male pool.
- Harassment training is well past saturation. Not much more to gain here. As a matter of fact, seeing how strident some of the SAPR training is getting, more may negatively impact male retention.
- Work-life balance? Sure, on the edges, but we've been working on that a long time. A simply fact remains; Sailors belong on ships, ships belong at sea.
- Female mentors: touchy subject. I have had more than one female officer tell me to the effect, "I want to be married and grow a family and have a Navy career. The senior female leaders I keep having put in front of me are either never married, have no or just one child, or are divorced. I don't want any of what they have."
There are no easy solutions here. We have to ensure we are first focused on making mission, but at the same time do so in line with our nation's values of fairness, inclusivity, and an understanding work environment to the maximum extent possible for all.
Part of this is accepting that females are different than males, and that is OK. To pretend otherwise is intellectually dishonest and shows contempt to everyone. If a female served her nation for most of her 20s and then wanted out to be a full time mom to raise the next generation of Sailors, then that should be welcomed, honored and respected. As an institution, we should accept and plan for that.
Most of us have a few Shipmates in our lives like the female leader I've known for the last 18 years, since she was a wee JO and I was a LCDR. Recently, she retired shortly after her CDR Command tour. Why? She spent much of her children's life away from them. She has a great husband and extended family who has helped out, but she looked at what was needed "next" and decided it was not worth it. She gave enough time to the Navy - and now it was time for her kids.
Big Navy put a very unwelcome hard sell on her - even trying the guilt trip angle - but she made her call. A good call. The right call.
That should be good enough for her nation and her Navy.
So, we might as well bring up another touchy subject: as we have determined that we need to shore up collapsing male retention and then grow it - let's look at an easy way to start to do that - let our male officers know that we want them.
How many items and programs have we seen in the last few years specifically targeting female retention, accession, and concerns - or heck, just recognizing them?
In contrast, what message have we been sending to males about how we value them, how we see them? What we think of them? People don't mind being used per se, what they do resent is being taken for granted, disrespected, or considered disposable. Males are no different.
Males can count faces on pictures too. They actually watch SAPR secondary messages. They see what happens in IGs.
They are getting your message.
Worth a ponder if you haven't before.
On a whole, a rising tide raises all boats. We can't change biology, but we can change a lot of things. While ensuring a climate of equality and inclusion for all, let's focus on quality of life and quality of work. Retention for all kinds of Sailors will respond accordingly.
If you really want to geek out, do a deep regression analysis on which variables result in more retention. Demographic, education, and even personality type.
Are we focusing on that data as much as the socio-political variables that make interesting metrics, but don't necessarily give you more Surface DH?
LCS's Nasty Backwash Gets Poured Down the FFG(X) Drain
Well, the only better news would be if ALL LCS derived contenders for FFG(X) died ... but I'll take what I can get.
More details over at USNIBlog.
Come by and roll in it with me.
Labels: FFG, Frigate
The Ships that Sailed you, Switched from Steam, to EMALS, ... Back to Steam?
I expect the following concerning the new FORD Class CVN and its EMALS catapult from President Trump to get some attention from navalists this week;
Trump visited the amphibious assault ship Wasp in Japan on Tuesday and said he "will put out an order" that aircraft carriers will go back to using steam catapults.
"And we make mistakes, but generally speaking we get it right. But when we make them, we have to correct it." pic.twitter.com/AN6Fc63uxU
— Dave Brown (@dave_brown24) May 28, 2019
As with the LCS and DDG-1000, but perhaps not as bad to a degree, the FORD Class is one of the children of the Transformationalists. As such, it has "challenges" that it shouldn't.
If you want to get a handle of the why and how, there are few better places to get educated on the topic than the interview we did on Midrats with Tal Manvel.
Take some time and give it a listen again.
Labels: Carrier, Trump
When a Sailor falls in combat at sea, tradition has it that there is a burial at sea.
If fate calls your name, I would think that a benchmark of respect has to go to how Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class Loyce Edward Deen, USN's Shipmates honored him.
Deen was just 23 years old when he died on that fateful mission. The operation he was participating in at the time of his death was the Battle Of Manila. It was two hours into a sortie when his Avenger, which belonged to Torpedo Squadron 15 (VT-15) based aboard the USS Essex (CV-9), was hit by anti-aircraft artillery, killing him instantly.
Before the Battle of Manila, Deen and his Avenger crew flew in many battles, oftentimes returning to the carrier with their aircraft badly damaged. He was wounded on one such mission during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Instead of going and recovering on a hospital ship or land base, he elected to stay with his Avenger aircrew on the carrier so that he could return to flight as soon as possible.
This is him on the right;
Tyler tells the full story over at The Drive, give it a read;
In the clip, we see the Avenger, which was hit hard by flak, limping back to the carrier. Once it lands, the rear turret gunner's cockpit is covered up and the aircraft is ceremoniously rolled off the fantail of the ship in a unique burial at sea. You see, Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class Loyce Edward Deen's body was so badly mangled from the anti-aircraft shell that took his life that it couldn't be removed from the torpedo bomber's rear cockpit.
The video offers a unique view of a moment of tragedy, tradition, and war;
Your ship may have been designed to fight one type of battle, but as history shows, you will be asked to fight the battle at hand.
Your enemy will do things you will not expect. Luck will be a fickle lady; favoring you at one moment, spitefully coming after you the next.
When it comes to face the enemy, the economies of peace time will haunt you. As is true in the modern era, those who will never fight on your ship will not give you enough weapons to defend yourself or engage the enemy. You will improvise and pray that you have enough redundant systems to at least give you and your crew a fighting chance.
Your people will do extraordinary things and fight in ways and situations you would not have contemplated months before - but now faced with the battle at hand, see clearly how important they are.
We reference the experience of modern combat at sea, and how it will repeat lessons of centuries of naval warfare, of the Royal Navy and Argentinians in The Falkland Islands War. It is time to take a snapshot of one unit, then then 9-yr old Type-21 Frigate, HMS ARDENT (F184).
First a pull quote from Admiral Woodward's 100 Days;
By now another formation of Skyhawks, this time navy aircraft, had made a big swing around the Sound, swept over the land and, having cleared the Port Howard area, were heading, at sea-level, straight towards ARDENT. They were positioned right on Commander West’s six o’clock (stern) away from the arc of his 4.5” gun, as the British frigate made its way up to the North-West Islands to join YARMOUTH. Three of them made the attack together. ARDENT could bring her Seacat to bear, but the launcher refused to fire. That left just his 20mm Oerlikon guns and two other machine guns to open fire.
Everyone who could help did. Lieutenant-Commander John Sephton, the Lynx helicopter pilot and his observer Brian Murphy, were up above the flight deck, Sephton with a Sterling sub-machine gun and his assistant with a Bren gun, both blasting away at the Skyhawks. But the situation was hopeless. The Argentinians dropped nine bombs, three of them hitting ARDENT, two exploding in the hangar, the third failing to explode after smashing its way into the after auxiliary machinery room. The bomb that hit the hangar wreaked havoc, blowing the Seacat launcher, which was positioned on top of the hangar, into the air, only to crash down on to the flight deck killing Commander West’s cheerful supply officer, Richard Banfield. The blast also killed Lieutenant-Commander Sephton and Brian Murphy and one other crew member.
Commander West would a few decades later be Lord West. Let's go back to a 2007 article for another view.
In the operations room, Gough checked to see what weapons were still functioning. The news was not good. The main 4.5 inch gun was not responding, the Sea Cat missiles were gone and all that was left were the machine guns on the upper decks. He went down to the stern to assess the damage.
"It was very bad," he said. "There were fires in the hangar, there were people on the flight deck injured, and people trying to fight the fires." Gough returned to report the damage to West.
With the ship already listing, a second wave of Argentine aircraft attacked. Again, the stern of the ship bore the brunt of the attack. Enticknap heard the "brace" warning over the Tannoy and looked frantically for somewhere dry to lie down.
"I put my hands over my head and there was another thumping big bang and I don't remember anything after that. I must have come to some minutes after and the whole of the place was filled with black, acrid smoke. Clearly we had taken a big hit. I tried to get up and couldn't."
Enticknap, who was later awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal, was pinned down by a piece of debris and his left hand was shattered. "There was lots of noise around me. People were crying out; you wouldn't think that some people would call for their mum, but they do."
He was saved by Able Seaman John Dillon, who won the George Medal for his efforts. Dillon dragged the debris off Enticknap's back and the pair made their way through the smoke towards a narrow gap in the side of the ship, crawled through, put on their life jackets and jumped into the water. They were picked up later by a helicopter.
In the most detailed account he has ever given of the sinking of the Ardent, Admiral West described how his ship was torn apart. "Between decks, when you get hit by a bomb it's an absolute shambles," he said. "The noise is huge. It feels like a great fist grabbing the ship by the stern and bashing it onto the water.
"And the areas where the bomb actually goes off, fires are raging, water is pouring in, people get very disoriented. It was really very unpleasant and it went on for quite a long time."
Twenty minutes after the second attack, a third wave of Argentine aircraft delivered the coup de grâce. By the time the attack ended, the ship had been struck by at least 14 bombs, though not all exploded. The ship was listing heavily to starboard, the steering was gone and the bulkheads were in danger of giving way.
"You get to the stage where you have to make a decision," West said. "Do you go on if you are going to lose more people? And is the ship actually going to keep going or not? I made the decision that the ship was going to sink - and that was a very hard decision. I was very loath to make it." He gave the order to abandon ship.
But he made sure he was the last to leave. "People started getting off and I didn't really want to leave but I was dragged down to our bows and I was dragged off and I said: 'No, you two have got to go first' and I stepped off as the last one, which was really very, very hard. I was heartbroken."
Labels: AAW, Argentina, Britain, Fullbore
We are about to start a long-ish running series of DivThu, breaking in to bits some of the most cancerous parts of a briefing by the Strategic Workforce Council on 20 March 2019.
This week, a simple scene setter and we'll dive deeper later in following Thu this summer.
So a few things off the bat; as we noted when it was done right before the 2016 election, the previous administration left little parting gifts all over the place.
EO 13583 and Presidential Memorandum of 05 OCT 2016 are perfect examples. They were put in place and were never rescinded by the present administration - to its great discredit.
Sure, we don't have the senior leadership pimping parody-proof farces such as "Lean In Circles" in the present administration - but the beachhead of the Diversity Industry continues to expand. It is doing nothing to dismantle the deep veins of division injected in to our Navy over the last few decades.
Otherwise unemployable in the general economy, the diversity commissariat has no interest in promoting anything but division ... and the oxygen that feeds their perpetual motion machine of grievance is metrics.
Note the "more diverse" above. That is their code for "less white." There is only a problem if self-identified whites are overrepresented ... or males.
Using their own metrics, if they really wanted the Navy to "look like America" they would be promoting the increased recruitment of white individuals for the enlisted force. They aren't asking for that though, are they?
Ask yourself, "why?"
That is the first lie they ask you to join them in. They gain their feeling of well being by the rewards they gain from those who wrap their entire life around race - and for many - that isn't about ensuring an open and just equality for all. No. As you will see , it is ugly, regressive and treats you and our Navy with nothing but contempt.
This has nothing to do with a stronger Navy. Not a more ready Navy. Not a more "lethal" Navy. No, it was never about that.
First it is all about maintaining the diversity bureaucracy and the jobs it supports. Second, it is about getting power and using it against ethnic groups you don't like, and promoting those you do. Lastly it is about making sure you wrap #1 and #2 with another sugar and sparkle to make it look acceptable to the public.
...and it is a racialist mindset; red in tooth and claw - and will destroy anyone who, if they don't parrot the correct talking points - at least sits in supine silence.
More next Thu.
UPDATE: Can't believe I left out this part that is, really, one of the anchors to DivThu - those metrics. They are mostly garbage to begin with. Why? Note the blue part, that 5%. That's me. The last decade on active duty, I refused to respond to all race questions and always chose "other" - or "mixed race" because that is what I am. Scandinavian is as a unique culture and DNA as Iberian ... so if "Hispanic" counts, then so does that. I'm also a low single digits Iberian, so I'm "Hispanic" too, I guess. It is all self-identified garbage, as is the 8% "two or more races" section. That is a fraction of reality ... but if these are the numbers the commissariat want to use, then we'll use them.
China Shows a Little Leg
What does China think of the future it desires?
What does it think of the USA and the West?
Little hints here and there - I discuss one of them over at USNIBlog.
Come on by and give it a read.
Labels: China
The Story of the Afghanistan Graphs
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) continues to be one of my go-to spots for good data, specifically on Afghanistan.
A little over a decade ago when I was finishing up my last tour supporting operations in AFG, in our talks in HQ ISAF and around the country, we didn't expect this is where we would be half-way through 2019 - but we knew we could be here.
I have to give the Taliban credit where credit is due. As I have outlined here for the last ~9.5 years, since we sent a clear signal at Obama's West Point speech in DEC 2009 that we did not have the will for what needed to be done, the Taliban knew they could do this on AFG time with AFG methods; husband your forces to get ready for the post USA/ISAF presence civil war to come. Keep the attacks going, and just enough to make sure you can say you kicked them out the door. Time is on our side, Allah is on our side, the West is weak and corrupt. Like the infidel Soviets before them, they will leave frustrated and defeated. We will take back what was always ours.
Just look at the graph and the notes to the side. The story is all there for you to see.
It didn't have to be this way, but perhaps it was destined to be.
Labels: Afghanistan
OK SECNAV, Show us the Money
Will May 2019 be seen in hindsight as the month that the very real crisis in our merchant marine - decades in the making - finally broke above the background noise?
If you have not already, listen to yesterday's Midrats with gCaptain's John Konrad, read his recent editorial and ... it appears ... read the recently published CSBA report on maritime logistics.
In the fight for money we have, at the moment, the weather gage;
The Navy’s current and planned maritime logistical force “is inadequate” to support the new National Defense Strategy and major military operations against China or Russia, and failure to correct that deficiency “could cause the United States to lose a war,” an in-depth study by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment warned May 16.
Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer praised the CSBA study and declare: “We really have to get after it.”
OK SECNAV, let's make sure we carefully and exactly define who "we" are, and trace that back to a funding line, because ...
... “decades of downsizing and consolidation” have left the maritime logistics forces “brittle” and contributed to the decline of the U.S. shipbuilding industry and the Merchant Marine,” which is expected to carry the bulk of military material and equipment for an overseas contingency.
“Failing to remedy this situation, when adversaries have U.S. logistics networks in their crosshairs could cause the United States to lose a war and fail its allies and partners in their hour of need. An unsupported force may quickly become a defeated one,” the report warned.
We need more than reports. We need more than holding-action words from senior leaders in suits - we need advocacy from those in uniform and have those words followed up with funding lines from Congress.
Everyone has to be dancing the same waltz;
Spencer noted that the weakness of the Navy’s maritime logistics was brought up by members of Congress during a visit to Capitol Hill the day before. He said a member of the Senate Armed Service Committee who was particularly strong on the issue told him the Navy was not funding what was needed. “And I said, ‘you’re exactly right, and we have to get after this’.”
He promised that the audience was going to hear him and the new chief of naval operations “talking about the battle. And it’s not steaming to the battle. Our first battle is getting off the pier. And we have to start addressing this in earnest.”
Having trouble finding the money right now? OK, here's some seed money. Mothball two of the three ZUMWALT DDG and take that money to start cutting steel.
Talk is cheap. We need action.
Labels: Auxiliaries, Budget Wars, Logistics, Merchants
US Merchant Marine - Not Ready for War, with gCaptain's John Konrad - on Midrats
What if they gave a war in WESTPAC and we couldn't come?
It is easy to talk tactics, weapons, and warship numbers - but on balance, that is not what ensures victory in any major war.
For a maritime nation, nothing can last very long without a large, sustained, scalable, and resilient merchant marine.
When you look at our numbers, we are not ready.
Our guest for the full hour Sunday from 5-6pm Eastern will be John Konrad, using his recent editorial at gCaptain, Admiral, I'm not Ready for War, as a starting point for our talk.
Captain John Konrad is the founder and CEO of gCaptain and author of the book Fire On The Horizon. John is a USCG licensed Master of Unlimited Tonnage, has sailed a variety of ships from ports around the world and is a distinguished alumnus of SUNY Maritime College.
Join us live if you can, but if you miss the show you can always listen to the archive at Spreaker.
Labels: Merchants, Midrats
This man helped influence untold numbers of men and women towards service in our Navy, and through informed fiction, generations to partially understand such a pivotal era of our nation's history.
Such a long, full and influential life. Herman Wouk - BZ and thank you.
Herman Wouk, the prolific and immensely popular writer who explored the moral fallout of World War II in the Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Caine Mutiny” and other widely read books that gave Americans a raw look at the horrors and consequences of war, has died at his Palm Springs home, where he wrote many of his acclaimed novels.
Wouk, who was honored by the Library of Congress in September 2008 with its first lifetime achievement award for fiction writing, died in his sleep Friday at the age of 103, his literary agent Amy Rennert told the Associated Press. Wouk was working on a book at the time of his death, Rennert said.
As a writer, Wouk considered his most “vaultingly ambitious” work the twin novels “The Winds of War” and “War and Remembrance,” about “the great catastrophe of our time,” World War II. Critics, however, considered “The Caine Mutiny” to be his finest work.
The books are always better than the movies, but here are some highlights;
H/t Scoobs
Labels: Fullbore, Movies
OK folks, I want you to take a deep breath and ponder how much admin-overhead this costs the Navy every year.
Most of these awards are of the worst kind of a patronizing, sectarian and racialist mindset. There is no reason a fair, equal, and bias free organization should have anything to do with these organizations or their self-licking ice cream cone awards.
Our Sailors deserve better from their leaders than to tell them their value is based on things they have no control of, such as their ethnic background. We are better than this. Our Navy is better than this.
From: [redacted]
Date: [redacted], May [redacted], 2019 [redacted]
Subject: Inclusion & Diversity Awards[redacted]
To: [redacted]
The Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity (OIDEO) is requesting nominations for the following awards:
American Indian Science and Engineering Society - Due to Organization 24 May 2019
For information go here
National Blacks in Government (BIG) Military Meritorious Service Award - Due to OIDEO 20 May 2019
Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation (HENAC) - Due to OIDEO 29 May 2019
Nomination award brochure attached
National Image, Inc. Military Uniformed Services and Civilian Meritorious Service Awards - Due to Organization TBD June 2019
LATINA Style Distinguished Military/Civilian Service Award - Due to OIDEO 10 July 2019
Last year's award template attached - use for now
[redacted]
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) Grateful Nation Award - Due to OIDEO 22 August 2019
2019 award template attached
I'll do my best to assist you throughout the process. Thank you in advance for taking the time out of your busy schedule to nominate those that deserve any one of the awards listed above!
For an all-inclusive list of awards that the DON supports visit [redacted]. I will update pertinent information like when nomination packages are due as specific due dates become available from each of the respective organizations that sponsor the various awards. Awards are broken down by many categories and are usually open to both military and civilians. If you have any questions please feel free to contact either me or [redacted].
Very Respectfully,
[redacted] Office of Inclusion, Diversity & Equal Opportunity (OIDEO)
Gibbeting Mike Mullen's Almost Dead Theory
Though we think the "1,000 Ship Navy" is dead, it isn't. People still think, here and with our allies, that you can rely on allies as if they are your own.
You can't. They aren't.
I have more details over at USNIBlog.
Come on by!
Labels: Maritime Strategy
Tomorrow's Airwing Needs to be my Father's Airwing
This will do well as a companion piece to Bryan's guest-post yesterday. Take some time and read all of David Larter's Page-1 story in the May 6th Defense News, What's Killing the US Navy's Air Wing.
First, look at these glorious flight decks full of tools for all sorts of jobs - just 14-years apart from 1967 to 1981;
Now, today's deck full of lawn-darts and auxiliaries;
... and then ponder this pull-quote;
The carrier air wing of the future will also need to be able to hunt submarines (serving as a replacement for the S-3 Viking aircraft), provide surveillance and targeting, and destroy ships and land targets with standoff weapons, all while fighting at nearly double the range of today’s air wing, according to the study, which was led by retired submarine officer and analyst Bryan Clark.
If the Navy wants to counter China’s anti-ship cruise missiles and increasing naval capabilities, it must resurrect the Cold War-era “outer-air battle” concept, which focused on longer-range aircraft to counter Russia’s bombers. However, instead of fighting at 200-plus nautical miles, the air wing will have to fight at 1,000 nautical miles, the study found.
“The air wing of the future is going to have to be focused less on attacking terrorist training camps and huts in Syria, and more focused on killing ships and submarines at sea — dealing with naval capabilities and island-based littoral capabilities,” Clark said in a telephone interview. “Those are the challenges: Range and the mission set is changing.”
You don't know what you once had until you lose it, eh? We did it by choice.
It has always been about range, something we discussed here for well over a decade - but that lost the argument for ... still trying to figure that out, though I have ideas.
We have wasted so much time with people who have other priories ... still trying to figure out what they are, though I have ideas ... than investing decision making power with those focused on making sure we can project power ashore without being inshore.
Some smart initial steps are looking right;
In other words, the entire air wing, both the range at which it can fight and the missions it is set up to execute, must be completely overhauled. That’s a big ask that can’t be answered overnight. It starts with committing to the MQ-25 Stingray, Clark said, referring to the unmanned tanker aircraft under development by Boeing following an $805 million contract award last year for the first four aircraft.
Build it. Get it to the fleet. Let our Navy work with it ... they'll help you find out how to make it better ... but let's get it to the fleet and start. Would be nice to ditch the "MQ" and get some answers on the "AQ" and "RQ" once we get the KQ working correctly.
We've also addressed over the years the much delayed F/A-XX and how important it needs to be. Range needs to be top of the spectrum. In my alternative universe we would have two programs going - one on the "F" side and one on the "A" side - other generations have done it - but we don't seem to have that luxury. At least the arc is bending my way;
“So now the focus should be on the F/A-XX. If you really want range, that has to be the platform you are shooting for,” Work said. “Because with the Navy buying the F-35Cs, and the Marine [Corps] buying the F-35Bs, and the Navy buying the Block III Super Hornet, you are not going to be able to afford two or three programs. So the F/A-XX is the one you need to focus on. And if the analysis shows you need range, that points to unmanned.”
The next statement of the obvious is most welcome. When the peer battle comes, we will not own the EW spectrum. We won't have unchallenged access to satellite or terrestrial bandwidth. We will need to be in the fight anyway;
But the study also called for retaining a manned fighter for command-and-control capabilities in environments where communications are jammed or nonexistent, Clark said.
“There is still going to be a need for manned fighters to do close-air support, but mostly to do command and control of other platforms that are perhaps unmanned inside a comms-denied environment,” Clark said. “So you send some loitering missiles or you send UCAVs up forward, you would expect them to be managed by someone who is able to maintain comms with them. That would be a human in a fighter that is able to remain close enough to them to stay in comms.”
...and here is where things go off the rails a bit;
For that, Clark points to a retooled F-35 fighter jet, one that switches out internal payload space for fuel.
“The F-35 folks, when you talk to them about what it would take to make it a longer-range command-and-control aircraft, they’re pretty optimistic because most of the challenge in doing these kinds of changes is in the software,” Clark said. “And the software isn’t dramatically different because it’s really just changing how it manages the fuel, not any of the other functions.”
The F-35 is a single seat aircraft. To do the above you need at least a 2-seater - the human mind can only do so much and fly at the same time. We need to look hard at F/A-XX's scalability.
“The near-term fix is to get more tankers,” he added. “The mid-term fix is to start investing in a longer-range aircraft. Because the idea of having to have 12 or so tankers just so your fighters can get to 1,000 miles means you have to have a lot of your deck and hanger space being taken up by tankers and not strike aircraft. This way you can use the tankers you’ve developed for other missions — either strike or [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] on their own — or free up that deck space for other aircraft.”
Welcome to the party everyone.
Heavy fighters, they're a thing. We are a couple of decades from needing our own SU-34-like capability.
Labels: Aircraft, Carrier, UAS
Three Cheers for Forward Presence and Aircraft Carriers
We will start out this week with a guest post from our friend Bryan McGrath - focused on what could arguably be the marquee mission our nation asks of its Navy.
Bryan, over to you.
So last week, we were told that the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) (and other Joint forces) was being re-routed from its activities in the Mediterranean Sea to proceed to the North Arabian Sea in response to “…heightened Iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations.” I have no insight into what that heightened readiness amounts to, but presumably, senior national security decision-makers at the White House, the Department of Defense, and the Central Command determined that there would be utility in moving the carrier and its air wing several thousand miles closer to Iran. In so doing, two virtues of American Seapower much under scrutiny these days are placed front and center for renewed appreciation—forward presence and the large, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Let us begin with forward presence.
First, let us dispense with the notion that the re-deployment of the Abraham Lincoln is an example of “Dynamic Fleet Employment”, unless we wish for this important new concept to come to mean “the way we’ve always done it”. Dynamic Fleet Employment—perhaps the biggest and most useful idea to come out of the 2018 National Defense Strategy—suggests innovative and unpredictable force employment, such as was on display last autumn when the Harry S. Truman came back to Norfolk in mid-deployment (or at least what was the predictable deployment pattern) and then re-deployed (without notice) to proceed to the North Atlantic and operate where U.S. naval forces had not routinely sailed in decades.
The redeployment of Abraham Lincoln from the Mediterranean to the North Arabian Sea is neither innovative nor unpredictable. That so many have dipped into the “where are the carriers?” meme in response to these events is proof enough that what we are seeing is not only predictable, but routine. And what is it that has caused this question to be asked and answered over time with such repetition? Is it Dynamic Fleet Employment? No. It is forward presence.
Forward presence means that irrespective of where this country’s national security interests lie, a powerful, integrated, naval response is close at hand. Are there elements of American military power that can arrive on scene more quickly? Absolutely. Are there elements of American military power that can arrive on scene in short order and conduct persistent, combat operations from existing logistics networks? Other than American Seapower, no, there aren’t.
Forward presence provides this country with a repeatable, predictable posture upon which both routine diplomacy and crisis response can rely. The very nature of this predictability contributes to both assurance of allies and deterrence of adversaries. This is not an argument against Dynamic Fleet Employment. Quite the contrary. It is, however, an argument against de-weighting routine forward presence while we chase a shinier operational penny hoping to offset insufficient resources applied to American Seapower. At some point, the virtue of already being there, or much of the way there, cannot be overstated. Can and should we make that presence more effective? Absolutely. But if this nation hopes to achieve the much talked about shift (in the National Security Strategy) from a conventional deterrence posture of punishment to one of denial, it is going to ride on the back of lethal, forward postured naval forces.
As for the large, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, I find myself imagining its critics shaking their fists at the heavens over the newsworthiness of the (once again, routine) redeployment of CVN-72 from one theater to another. After all, if Presidents and Defense Secretaries and National Security Advisers keep reaching for this tool, the Valhalla of “cheaper and more numerous” (funded of course, from savings reaped from killing the CVN) remains outside our grasp. If only the President did not have the capability of a large, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and its air wing to call upon, he or she would have to choose from a menu of other capabilities to signal his intent. Assuredly, these alternative measures would suffice.
Or would they? By way of comparison, let’s start with the other elements of the Joint Force that are currently being applied to this problem, forward basing an Army air defense battery and an Air Force bomber task force. Presumably in the absence of a carrier, these tools would be considered. Which of them falls in on an existing logistics network? Which of them is not subject to host-nation veto? Which of them can redeploy to a new location 800 miles away in 24 hours, every day if need be? You know the answers, of course.
Now, let’s move onto future naval capabilities that carrier critics claim are stymied by the Navy’s Neolithic clinging to the obviously past-its-prime and oh-so-vulnerable carrier. Mostly, we hear about longer range and more energetic missiles, many of which advocates wish to employ from our submarine force. Putting aside the inconvenient point that in the ISR environment of the future, EVERYTHING is vulnerable, there is the whole notion of conventional deterrence to answer to. A potential ne’er-do-well, when considering an act of aggression, attempts to determine U.S. capability AND WILL prior to its act. If it believes its aggression would be successful and the reward would be worth whatever response it faces, it may move forward.
How would the Navy contribute to the demonstration of will, if the methods of doing so rely on either the most difficult to detect platforms in the nation’s military arsenal (submarines) or platforms so small that they cannot self-deploy into the theater? If any part of the answer to the second part involves land basing, then the whole question of vulnerability rises again. And if we wish to submerge our conventional deterrent (to go along with our strategic), we will have to deal with the consequences of injecting uncertainty into the mind of the adversary and the loss of certainty. Not that injecting uncertainty (in the form of not knowing where the deterrent is or whether it is in range to accomplish its mission) is in and of itself, a bad thing. It becomes a bad thing when the cost is the greater sense of certainty that being there with visible power provides. An effective conventional deterrent combines both.
If our Navy’s only role were combat operations, and all we wished for it to do was to punish aggressors, a Navy of 150 attack submarines and long-range energetic missiles lobbed from sanctuary would be a reasonable option. But that’s not what navies do, and it is certainly not what the U.S. Navy should do. We must be able to walk and chew gum, and that means that we understand that when the shooting starts, low-signature platforms and high energy missiles will be of great importance. We must further understand that when the shooting starts, the aircraft carrier will likely be the primary method of delivering tactical aviation for such pursuits as strike, ISR, and sea control, and if we believe these missions to be important in future warfare, we need to recognize that doing them from land will be problematic.
Finally, we must realize that unlike any other aspect of American military power, Seapower plays an outsized role in both peace and war, and both forward naval presence and the large, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier are essential to this role. Walking away from either in the unwise pursuit of capability or capacity that only is brought to bear after the shooting starts is a sure-fire path to the start of shooting.
Bryan McGrath is the Managing Director of The FerryBridge Group LLC and the Deputy Director of the Hudson Institute Center for American Seapower.
Labels: Carrier, Maritime Strategy, Strategy
A reminder that, especially in Africa, the French are at the front - and will remind you that more often than not, they more than earn the title,"Our oldest ally."
An American citizen is among a group of four hostages who have been freed in western Africa following a French special forces military operation that resulted in the deaths of two of their own soldiers, the Elysee announced Friday.
France said the hostages were rescued Thursday night following a battle in Burkina Faso.
They were identified as petty officers Cédric de Pierrepont and Alain Bertoncello. A Facebook post by the French Navy added that both men received numerous awards and recognitions throughout their military careers, such as the Gold Level of the National Defense Medal.
As we've discussed here on a regular basis, the bleeding edges of Islam is a growing issue in Africa.
Islamic extremists have become increasingly active in Burkina Faso, raising worries the militants could be infiltrating northern Benin and neighboring Togo as well. While it is not yet clear who abducted the group and why, neighboring Burkina Faso – once considered a beacon of calm in the otherwise terror-teeming region – has been a growing hotbed for some time.
The U.S. State Department, in a travel advisory issued in early April, warned Americans to "reconsider travel" to Burkina Faso as "terrorist groups continue plotting attacks and kidnappings... and may conduct attacks anywhere."
Thank you Shipmates.
Labels: Africa, France, Fullbore
Now and then I draft up a post I am simply not happy with. I just don't think I quite answered the bell for what is needed. If I am lucky, I find someone who did capture it right. When I'm real lucky, they will let me use it.
For those who get USNI's Proceedings, which should be all of you, you may be familiar with the below.
With permission of the author, I'm posting the response by C. Randolph Whipps, LCDR, USN in the Comments & Discussion section of the May issue responding to Sharif Calfee, CAPT USN's April article, Implicit Bias Affects Military Justice.
Do yourself a favor and read Calfee's article and then come back.
Enough from me, over to you Chris.
Setting aside the controversial science behind “implicit bias,” Captain Calfee’s entire argument rests on warrantless assertions adopted from the “Protect Our Defenders” (POD) report. As he puts it, “Given that it recruits its own high-quality force, the military should produce racially/ethnically balanced military justice statistics.” The flawed assumptions underpinning this statement merit destruction in detail.
First, disparate outcomes of military justice exist when analyzing variables other than race. For example—just as in the civilian criminal justice system—women are far less likely to be incarcerated than men, according to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics. A 2013 Naval Postgraduate School thesis by Oleksiy Kryvonos found: “Females have lower chances of being dishonorably discharged than men.” Rather than alleging implicit bias against men, he recommended considering recruiting more women.
Second, disparate outcomes do not equate to unjust outcomes. A study in the November 2016 edition of Military Medicine used multivariable analysis of Marine Corps recruits, finding African American males had an odds ratio—“OR”— (what Captain Calfee referred to as a “disparity index”) of 2.12 for drug-related discharges as compared to whites. Hispanics and what the study classifies as “other” races had ORs of 0.99 and 0.81, respectively. Given the mandatory Marine Corps separation processing policy for drug abuse that limits commander discretion (and presumably, implicit bias), this is a particularly valuable data point. Would Captain Calfee argue that urinalysis laboratories have implicit bias?
Third, outcomes of courts-martial in fact hinge more on weight of evidence than the skin color of the defendant. While Captain Calfee writes, “African American sailors were significantly more likely to have military justice and disciplinary cases . . . adjudicated against them than their white counterparts,” he has selectively cited from the POD report with respect to the 2014–2015 statistics from the Navy specifically. The report actually says:
Notably, the disparity between black and white sailors nearly disappeared when examining how the military justice system treated the accused after the case has already been referred. In 2014, 68% of white sailors with a case referral were diverted from special or general court-martial, compared to 67% of black sailors. There was also little difference between the rates for 2015 (74% of white sailors and 75% of black sailors). The proportions of black and white sailors convicted at special or general court-martial were highly similar as well.
Finally, it is worth noting that the Manual for Courts Martial explicitly identifies race as an inappropriate factor that should not be considered when deciding to initiate or decline UCMJ action. Captain Calfee’s recommendations, which fixate on demographic statistics, seem to diverge from this guidance, likely at the expense of the 14 factors convening authorities should consider in all cases.
If Navy leaders would have taxpayer money and warfighter time spent on such tangential activities such as implicit bias training, it should be fully transparent with all the data that prompted such a decision—including a fulsome analysis of confounding factors. Then again, I have an explicit bias in favor of preparing for prompt and sustained combat operations at sea.
Get how many and how much where when?
An important article is out that quickly and directly points out the problems we have with our merchant fleet and those we think will man them
Head on over to USNIBlog for a sobering read.
Labels: Merchants
Africa in Three Charts and a Graph
Your regular reminder that you may not be interested in Africa, but Africa is very interested in you.
She is a poor, violent, and desperate continent. Structurally, that will not improve any time soon; probably just the opposite.
I will end my extended commentary there. I will let your higher brain functions and pictures do the rest.
In red, you have the ungoverned spaces;
Next you have religious distribution:
And finally, from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project;
The future belongs to, and will be influenced by, those who show up.
Labels: Africa, Demographics, Long War
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Q&A with Mara Rockliff
Mara Rockliff's two most recent picture books for kids are Around America to Win the Vote and Anything But Ordinary Addie. Her many other children's books include The Milo and Jazz Mysteries, Mesmerized and Gingerbread for Liberty!. She lives in Eastern Pennsylvania.
Q: Your new book Around America to Win the Vote is based on the story of two suffragists who drove around the country in 1916. How did you hear about their story, and how unusual were they for their time?
A: I came across their story in a series on the Smithsonian blog written by Patri O'Gan, and of course I was immediately charmed by the two women and the kitten in their little yellow car.
How unusual were they? Well, on the one hand, this was only thirteen years after the very first cross-country road trip, so a pair of suffragists traveling 10,000 miles around the country ("alone," without a man!) was definitely newsworthy. There was no GPS, no road maps--sometimes there weren't even any roads!
On the other hand, suffragists in general were very brave, resourceful people who routinely did amazing things to draw attention to their cause.
In fact, that Smithsonian blog story was part of a series about epic suffrage journeys. Women pilots flew for suffrage; others traveled by rail, by yacht, on foot, even by oxcart! So in that sense, this trip wasn't unusual at all.
Q: How did you research Nell Richardson and Alice Burke's journey, and what surprised you most in the course of your research?
A: This topic was enormous fun, because it was uncharted territory. Nobody had ever researched it in depth before, so it was pure detective work.
Almost all my information came from newspapers around the country who reported on their trip, including a handful of articles that Alice wrote herself. I used these articles to map their route.
You can see my map here. (The green pins are confirmed stops, and the yellow are places they planned to go.)
I think my most remarkable experience was when I had the chance to drive a one-hundred-year-old Baby Saxon, the same kind of car that Nell and Alice drove.
I've never been particularly interested in looking at antique cars, but actually driving one is a whole different story! It was terrific fun, and surprisingly easy.
Q: You also have another book out this year, Anything But Ordinary Addie, about a famous magician, Adelaide Herrmann. How did you learn about her, and were there many women magicians in her day?
A: Addie was a little different than my other books, because I didn't just stumble across her story. I'd gone looking for a book about a woman magician for my daughter, and I couldn't find one, so I decided to write one.
I was incredibly lucky because Addie's memoir had JUST been privately published by magician Margaret Steele. If I'd gone looking for a woman magician only a month or two earlier, I wouldn't have found Addie--and she was one of a kind.
I don't know of any other woman magicians of her era, let alone any who wore snakes around their necks or agreed to be shot out of a cannon!
Q: You write, "Generations of girls grew up thinking all the great magicians had been men." Why was Addie's story not better known?
A: This is actually something I've seen again and again, not just in the history of magic but in music, journalism, film, activism--you name it.
In all these fields, there were outstanding, accomplished women who were well known, even famous. If you go back to the primary sources--interviews and memoirs--you see them mentioned with respect and admiration by the men they worked with and influenced. In Addie's case, Harry Houdini was a fan!
But later, when the histories came to be written, these women were simply written out.
A: I've got five or six more historical picture books on the way, including one about the pioneering film director Alice Guy Blaché and another about Lil Hardin Armstrong, an early jazz musician, band leader, and Louis Armstrong's second wife.
Both of them were fabulous, colorful characters, a lot of fun, and definitely worth getting to know!
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Delta County Libraries: February 2017
Delta County Living brings to our readers the monthly events for the Delta County Library system. Delta County Libraries offers many educational and entertaining activities and events for you and your family to enjoy. If you want to know what else your library is offering, please contact the library or visit Delta County Libraries website at www.deltalibraries.org and the Delta Libraries Events Calendar
Love Your Library. Are you a library user? Become a library lover! February is Library Lover’s Month and there is no better time to show your support for your libraries. To make a donation, visit any of the five libraries or www.deltalibraries.org.
Kill-o-Watt Readers. Did you know that you can check out a DMEA kill-o-watt reader from Delta County Libraries? The readers can be taken home to test your electronics for energy usage. Check one out today and start saving money on your electric bill by eliminating or limiting use of electronics that consume large amounts of energy!
Storytime for Babies, Tots, and Preschoolers at the Cedaredge Library. Thursdays starting at 10:30 a.m. Parents and Tots are invited to participate in a reading time together. Contact the Library at 399-7674 for details.
February Storytime Theme. Rainbows and Sweet Stuff!
Friends of the Cedaredge Library Meeting. Glade Hadden, archaeologist with the BLM, will give a presentation, with photographs, on the Eagle Rock Shelter located north of Delta on the Gunnison River. The shelter is 12,800 years old and provides the earliest evidence of human occupation in Colorado. Regular meeting will follow the presentation. Thursday, February 9 at 2:00 pm.
iPad Basics. Bring your own iPad or use the libraries. This class will teach you the basics of the iPad. Great for all levels of knowledge. Come see if you are interested in an iPad by trying one of ours out first! Friday, February 10 at 10:30.
Email Basics. Learn the basics of your email! We will go over all types of email including Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail. Learn how to attach files or find old emails. Friday, February 24 at 10:30 am.
Teen Scene. Every Friday teens are invited to come hang out and have fun. There will always be a super cool activity! Friday, February 24 at 4:00 pm.
February StoryWalk®. Tacky and the Winter Games written by Helen Lester and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger will be on display at the Surface Creek Trail StoryWalk® during the month of February.
February Maker Space. Get Slimy! Come to the Cedaredge Library during library hours in February and get slimy with this hands-on activity! All supplies provided.
Crafts Group. Crafters meet each Tuesday at 10:00 am to share ideas and show & tell. Contact the Library at 399-7674 for details.
Tech Soup Saturday. Bring your devices and your questions. Our expert “techies” will do their best to answer your questions. Saturdays, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Storytime for Babies, Tots, and Preschoolers at the Crawford Library. Stories, games, songs, activities, and crafts for kids 0-5 and their parents or caretakers. Thursdays starting at 10:30 am. Contact the Library at 399-7783 for details.
Valentine Card Making. Come to the Crawford Library to make your own special Valentine Card! February 3 through 11 during library hours.
Computer Tutor. Librarians will be available to help you with questions and problems about computers or mobile devices. Just drop in during regular library hours or call ahead for a specific time. Contact the Crawford Library at 399-7783 for details.
Storytime for Babies, Tots, and Preschoolers at the Delta Library. Wednesdays starting at 10:30 am. Parents and Tots are invited to participate in a reading time together. Contact the Library at 874-9630 for details.
Friends of the Delta Library Meeting. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. Wednesday, February 8 at 3:00 pm.
Kid’s Craft Day. Stop by the Delta Library between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm on Saturday, February 18 and get crafty! February’s theme: Valentine’s Day!
Delta Book Club. Join the Delta Book Club! Meets the third Saturday of every month. February’s book: 1776 by David McCullough. Saturday, February 18 at 1:00 pm.
Children’s Jam Band. Learn to play rhythm instruments on beat with different types of items. Tuesday, February and Thursday, February 23 at 10:30 am.
Live Candy Land Game. The children’s area will be a Candy Land game board with candy at appropriate places. Families will have their own color spinner and play the game as they would at home, only they’re the gingerbread men! Thursday February 23 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm and Saturday, February 25 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.
The Archeology of the Ute Indians and Their Final Years in Western Colorado. Archaeologist Curtis Martin is back in Delta County for a presentation at the Delta Library on Saturday, February 25 at 1pm. With an introduction by Roland McCook, Uncompahgre Ute and President of the Native American Cultural Programs. The event is sponsored by Delta County Libraries, the NACP and The Friends of the Delta Library. Saturday, February 25 at 1:00 pm.
Teen Book Club at Delta High School. This Teen Book Club will meet the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 9:00 am in the fishbowl. February Book: Miss Perigrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Contact the Delta Library for details at 874-9630.
Magic the Gathering. Teens can come to the library to play and trade cards for Magic the Gathering! Tournaments every first Saturday at 10:00am.
Talk & Tangle Yarn. This is a group of knit and crochet enthusiasts that get together to talk and work on their individual projects. Anyone is welcome. Mondays at 5:30 pm.
Storytime for Babies, Tots, and Preschoolers at the Hotchkiss Library. Wednesdays starting at 10:30 am. Join us for stories, activities, and crafts downstairs in the Hotchkiss Library. Contact the Library at 399-7781 for details.
Hotchkiss Book Club. Join the Hotchkiss Book Club! This book club will meet the third Thursday of every month in the Addams Room of Memorial Hall and is for adults. February’s book club will discuss The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. Thursday, February 16 at 3:00 pm.
Cooking Class. Learn new cooking techniques with professional chef Anthony Reichenbach. Thursday, February 23 at 3:00 pm.
Your Favorite Book Art Contest. The Hotchkiss Library will be accepting artwork from all ages depicting your favorite book. Submissions may be dropped off during the month of February and will be on display for voting until the end of March. The library has poster paper available for use. Please call 970-399-7781 for more info.
Master Builder Club. Explore your creativity as a master builder with LEGOs! Join us for monthly design themes and free building time. All ages welcome, children under 7 should bring an adult. Meets the first Tuesday of every month October through April from 3:45 to 5:00 pm.
Tech Help. Librarians will be available to help you with questions and problems about computers or mobile devices. Tuesday–Thursday by appointment. Contact the Library at 399-7781 for details.
Storytime for Babies, Tots, and Preschoolers at the Paonia Library. Tuesdays starting at 10:30 am. Contact the Library at 399-7881 for details.
Knit Crochet Day. Enjoy the comradery of fellow knitters and crocheters; share projects and browse our library of craft books for use or purchase. Always tea and cookies too! Saturday, February 18 at 12:00 pm.
Armchair Travel Series. Join Mike Campo at the Paonia Library for his presentation “Making Tracks in Arizona” on Tuesday, February 21 at 6:00 pm.
Valentine’s Day Card Making. Come to the Paonia Library to make a personalized Valentine’s Day Card for a loved one. Materials and snacks provided. Friday, February 10 from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Literacy Program
High School Equivalency Classes. Hotchkiss location meets at 397 Bulldog Street Monday and Wednesday from 9:00am to 3:00pm, Tuesday and Thursday from 2:00pm to 8:00pm and Friday from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Call Julee at 970-399-5325 for information. Delta location meets at 360 E 8th Street Monday through Friday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm and some evenings by appointment. Call Beth at 970-209-9643 for information.
Distance Learning Program. Do you need your high school equivalency but are unable to attend our classes? Delta County Libraries now has a distance learning program that offers participants the ability to work from home with an online program to prepare for the test. Contact Ann at astewart@deltalibraries.org for more information.
ESL Classes. Delta Family Center location meets Monday-Thursday from 11:45-3:15. Contact Danielle at 970-201-5549 for information. Delta Library location meets Monday-Thursday from 5:30-8:30 pm. Call the Delta Library at 874-9630 for information. Hotchkiss Library location meets Monday and Thursday from 5:30-8:30 pm. Contact Ann at 970-527-3281 for information.
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Monday, 11th October, 2010 9.30 am
To Follow Items PDF 272 KB
Minutes (Agenda Item 1) PDF 679 KB
To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 20 September 2010.
Councillor Stasiak made a statement concerning remarks he had made at the previous meeting, as Ward Representative, on an application for residential development in Attleborough by Mr Foulger and others (3PL/2010/0427/O).
At that meeting he had stated that the applicant had committed to provide Open Space with a previous application and should not renege on that undertaking. He now understood that was not the case and he had been wrong to suggest that they would renege on any agreement. He apologised and wished to put the record straight.
Other Members confirmed that they had also been under the same impression.
Mr Stasiak then left the meeting.
The Minutes of the meeting held on 20 September 2010 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
Apologies & Substitutes (Agenda Item 2)
There were no apologies or substitutions.
Declaration of Interest and of Representations Received (Agenda Item 3)
View the declarations of interest for item 178.
Councillor Bowes and Mrs Spencer noted that they had visited the site of Schedule Item 6 (Cranworth).
Agenda Items 10 and 11 (Schedule Items 1 and 2) Necton:
Mr Labouchere declared a personal interest by virtue of knowing some of the objectors present in the room
Mr Kiddle-Morris declared a personal and prejudicial interest by virtue of the site landowner being a close friend. He exercised his right to speak on the application before leaving the room
Mr Wilkin advised that he had attended presentations by both the action group and the applicants
All Members of the Committee had received direct representation on this application.
Chairman's Announcements (Agenda Item 4)
The Chairman made her usual announcements regarding the fire exits, mobile phones, etc. She then advised everyone that there would be a display, in the Norfolk Room, open to the public from 11am -12.30pm regarding the Necton applications (Agenda Items 10 and 11). At 12.30pm the room would be closed to the public to allow the Members of the Committee to view the display during their lunch break.
Requests to Defer Applications included in this Agenda (Agenda Item 5)
Schedule Item 3 (Swaffham) had been withdrawn by the applicant.
Urgent Business (Agenda Item 6)
Local Development Framework (Agenda Item 7)
Breckland Water Cycle Study: Phase II (Agenda Item 8) PDF 131 KB
Water Cycle Study risk assessment questionnaire , item 183. PDF 121 KB
The Principal Planning Policy Officer presented the report and explained the background and reasons for the Study which formed part of the evidence base for the Local Development Framework documents.
The detailed study had looked at Flood Risk Management, Water Supply, Drainage, Waste Water, Ecology and Sustainable Infrastructure and had been prepared by the Council working in partnership with NCC, Anglian Water, Natural England and the Environment Agency.
The five market towns had been assessed as they were the key areas identified for growth in the LDF Core Strategy. With the exception of Thetford, the towns were located in dry areas with limited waste water discharge provision.
The key findings for each town were discussed briefly in terms of their ability to cope with future growth.
Thetford had:
- licensed water capacity for expected growth
- sufficient mains water to supply development areas
- no need for Waste Water Treatment Works upgrade
- capacity to accommodate town centre waste water from new development, but would need a new strategic sewer to serve development to the north of the town
Attleborough had:
- licensed water capacity up to 2018
- a requirement for new ground water resources from 2015 (a new bore hole at Carbrooke was proposed)
- a large enough water supply for new development
- requirement for new Waste Water Treatment Works (a new discharge pipeline was proposed)
- capacity for a further 1500 homes before mains sewer upgrade was required
An Attleborough Member asked why they had previously been told by Anglian Water that there was no capacity in the existing sewer system.
It was explained that the Study was based on a site-by-site analysis. Anglian Water had identified some localised pinch points. Overall there was capacity in the system but not at the Waste Water Treatment Works.
A Thetford Member was concerned at the low levels in the Little Thet. She understood that the Waste Water Treatment Works were not due for improvement and feared that this would have a huge impact on the river.
Another Thetford Member was surprised that the general assumption was that there was plenty of water as he did not believe that was the case.
The Principal Planning Policy Officer explained that the assumption was based on future, lower usage of water and that to meet commercial and residential requirements would be difficult if usage was not reduced.
Dereham had:
- licensed capacity up to 2022 when a new bore hole at Bradenham was proposed
- adequate mains supply to serve all proposed development sites
- sewage treatment capacity issues
- need for a main sewer trunk upgrade
A Member asked if the Norfolk Rivers Board had been consulted as the River Wensum already had problems accepting water from the Dereham Stream and if another bore was added it would cause problems. He asked how surface water and the lack of treatment plant capacity would be dealt with.
The Principal Planning Policy Officer advised that, in accordance with ... view the full minutes text for item 183.
Deferred Applications (Agenda Item 9) PDF 34 KB
Colkirk/Horningtoft/Whissonsett/Stanfield/Mileham/Beeston/Great Dunham/Kempstone/Little Dunham/Necton: Proposed Underground Electricity Cable System for Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited: Reference: 3PL/2009/1189/F (Agenda Item 10)
Dudgeon Underground Cable Route ReportA , item 185. PDF 83 KB
Agenda Items 10 and 11 were discussed together (after all other business had been completed) following the lunch break when Members had been given the opportunity to view displays by both the applicants and the action group.
Mr Rogers and Mr Francis were no longer present.
The Chairman explained that the format would be slightly different to the usual process, due to the size of the applications and the amount of public interest. Instead of the usual three minutes allowed for public speaking, the Applicants, the Objectors and the Parish Councils would each receive 15 minutes to put forward their views.
The Chairman asked the audience not to wave their banners, heckle, cheer or boo during the discussion, so that Members would have the opportunity to hear all the information presented.
Mr Kiddle Morris – present as Ward Representative, declared a personal and prejudicial interest and exercised his right to remain in the room and present his views before leaving.
Mr Labouchere declared a personal interest.
All Members had received direct representation on this matter.
Mr Wilkin advised that he had attended presentations by both the applicants and the action group. He was also a Ward Member of one of the parishes affected by these applications.
The Principal Planning Officer (Major Projects) gave a brief overview of the two planning applications, describing the elements involved, before the other parties spoke.
Members were shown a map with the cable route from the off-shore windfarm to the sub-station at Little Dunham clearly marked. The proposed site had an existing overhead cable running through it, which would provide the link to the National Grid.
The full application for the cable route would provide a 40m corridor for installation. The corridor would cross two ‘B’ roads and one County Wildlife Site within Breckland.
The substation application was in outline form with all matters reserved. A good deal of indicative information had been provided. The site was currently an agricultural field with an existing pylon which would be relocated and linked to the substation. The site would be terraced and landscaped with earth mounding and planting. The plans included proposals for either an AC or DC layout with the ‘worst case/biggest’ development being considered.
Photographs of the various components of the substation were shown. These included converter buildings, switch gear yards, transformers and cooling apparatus, all of which would be matters for future applications.
A few minor corrections to the report were pointed out including an amendment to the renewable energy targets referred to, which should be 15% by 2020 (not 2015).
Additional information was also provided:
Objections had been received from the CPRE and the Iceni Partnership on grounds of harm to character and appearance.
A letter of support had been received from Shaping Norfolk’s Future on the grounds of the economic benefits and providing renewable energy.
A local resident had provided correspondence from the Crown Estate clarifying that the applicants had originally been awarded a 300MW project which had since been extended ... view the full minutes text for item 185.
Necton: Land Off Necton Road, Little Dunham: Proposed Electricity Substation for Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited: Reference: 3PL/2009/1188/O (Agenda Item 11)
Dudgeon Substation Report 2A , item 186. PDF 102 KB
This application was considered concurrently with application reference 3PL/2009/1189/F (underground cable). The Members did not consider that the proposed mitigation measures would be sufficient to overcome the landscape objections.
RESOLVED to refuse the application on grounds of detrimental impact on the landscape, contrary to Policy DC15 and CP11.
See Minute 185/10 above.
Schedule of Planning Applications (Agenda Item 12) PDF 85 KB
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited
Necton
Mr T Walker
Mr & Mrs Kennaugh
Childerhouse Lodge Farm
Morways Developments
Cranworth
Wellesley Capital Investment Ltd
Garboldisham
RESOLVED that the applications be determined as follows:
a) Item 1: Necton: Land south of Little Dunham bordering and to the west of Dunham Road: Construction and operation of a new electricity substation for Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited: Reference: 3PL/2009/1188/O
Refused, see Minutes No 185 and 186/10 above.
b) Item 2: Necton: Route between Colkirk and Necton: 45km buried cable system, between landfall at Weybourne Hope (North Norfolk) and Necton (Breckland) for Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited: Reference: 3PL/2009/1189/F
Approved, see Minute No 185/10 above.
c) Item 3: Swaffham: OS 0830, Lynn Road: Residential development for Mr T Walker: Reference: 3PL/2010/0263/O
Application Withdrawn.
d) Item 4: Ovington: The Old Mill House, Carbrooke Road: Conversion of stable block/barn to new environmentally friendly dwelling incorporating extension and access for Mr & Mrs Kennaugh: Reference: 3PL/2010/0403/F
This application proposed the conversion and extension of a stable block to create a dwelling. The existing lean-to would be demolished and a boundary wall would be erected to divide the site.
The Ward Representative had sent a letter of support saying that the application would release the existing house for a larger family to use and allow the applicant to remain on site for business reasons.
Supporting information submitted by the applicant said that he needed to live close to continue operating his haulage business.
Mr Took, Agent, explained that the new dwelling was required as the existing house, originally bought by the applicant’s parents, was now too big. The applicant had strong local ties and did not want to move from the vicinity and living on site would provide security for his business. Eco-friendly features would be incorporated bringing the build to Code Level 3.
A Member asked if a reduction in scale had been suggested to the applicant and was advised that, due to time constraints when considering applications, negotiations could only take place before proposals were submitted.
Refused, as recommended.
e) Item 5: Weeting: Field Barn: Residential conversion of barn including rebuilding of bedroom annexe and a new stable/garage block for Childerhouse Lodge Farms: Reference: 3PL/2010/0805/F
This application by a Breckland Member was for the conversion of an existing barn with the addition of two wings, one for bedroom accommodation and the other for stable and garage in place of two agricultural sheds.
The site was accessed by an unmade track which passed through a farmyard. The access was also used by other dwellings.
The site was within the Stone Curlew buffer zone.
Officers did not consider that the proposal performed well against policy criterion.
Mr Mathews, Agent, said there had been no objection from the Parish Council or neighbours and Norfolk Landscape Archaeology wanted the barn retained. He felt the Historic Building Officers objection to the proposal was personal and subjective. The site was sustainable, being approximately two kilometres from the centre of Weeting which was designated as a Local Service Centre. Sustainability should be defined in Breckland local terms ... view the full minutes text for item 187.
Applications determined by the Deputy Chief Executive (Agenda Item 13) PDF 69 KB
Enforcement Items (Agenda Item 14) PDF 62 KB
Appeal Decisions (Agenda Item 15)
APP/F2605/A/10/2121924: Croxton: The Old Vicarage, The Street: Appeal against a refusal to grant outline planning permission for residential development (7 houses) with associated access, parking and turning areas by Mr G Riddle: Application Reference: 3PL/2009/0502/O
Decision: Appeal Dismissed
Costs application in relation to Appeal Ref: APP/F2605/A/10/2121924: Croxton: The Old Vicarage, The Street: The application is made by Mr G Riddle for a full award of costs against Norfolk County Council. (For reasons explained in the decision, I have dealt with the application as an application for an award against Breckland Council).
Decision: Refused
Applications Determined by Norfolk County Council (Agenda Item 16)
3CM/2010/0011/F: Dereham: Toftwood Infants School: Erection of childrens centre with associated car parking, landscaping, lighting and fencingfor Director of Children’s Services.
Decision: Conditional Approval
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A Backpacker’s Travel Guide to Kuqa
epiccuri August 23, 2014 August 27, 2014 Guides, Travel 1 Comment
Kuqa
Kuqa (also known as Kucha) is not a pretty place. This former Tokharian Buddhist city-state on the trail of the old Silk Road is dirty and poor. It’s divided between an Uyghur Old Town in the west and a Chinese New Town in the east. Expect to see a lot of donkey carts, dusty strip malls, and cramped tour buses passing through to other destinations along the Silk Road.
In the past, Kuqa was the one of the 36 kingdoms of the Western Regions of China, and was one of the largest and most prominent kingdoms in this desert area. Over the centuries, it traded hands between the Tang Chinese, the Tibetan Kingdoms, the Uyghurs, between periods of independence.
Statue of Kumarajiva at the entrance to the Kizil Grottoes in Kuqa
The Kizil Caves: First and foremost are the Kizil Caves (or Grottoes). These caves are the oldest major Buddhist cave complex in China, dating back to at least the 3rd century AD, and remaining in use until the 8th century.
There are 236 cave temples at Kizil, and a full 135 of them are still relatively intact. Surprisingly, there is still quite a bit of Buddhist artwork that can be viewed here — though a fair bit of it was removed in the early 20th century and taken to museums around the world. When you visit, you’ll need to pick up a guide to open the individual cave doors for you. Hiring an English-speaking guide is extra.
The Markets: The other main things to check out are the Friday and the Sunday bazaars that take place in the old town. They may not be as large as some other bazaars on the Silk Road, like Kashgar’s, but they’re still an impressive display as merchants from all around come into the city to sell their wares.
Getting in/out of town
Buses and trains are the main order of business, and there are connections through either method to the next stops on your Silk Road travels.
Where to next:
If you’re heading east, it’s the city of Turpan
If you’re continuing on west, it’s the famed market city of Kashgar.
Kuqa Travel Guide
Kuqa Railway Station: 41.694121, 83.016910
Kuqa Bus Station: 41.709602, 82.977622
Kezi\'er Thousand Buddha Cave: 41.770544, 82.860603
Subashi Gucheng Temple: 41.862530, 83.043079
Grand Canyon of the Tian Shan: 42.113760, 83.058014
Kuqa Bazaar: 41.720689, 82.927423
Kuqa Railway Station
There's not much train service to Kuqa, due to it's fairly remote location. Service runs mainly to Kashgar, Urumqi, and Turpan.
Kuqa Railway Station, Aksu, Xinjiang, China
Kuqa Bus Station
The Bus Station at Kuqa isn't a major terminal, and so in some cases you may find yourself buying a ticket and waiting for a passing bus in order to catch a ride. Service runs to Kashgar, Korla, Urumqi, Yining, and Hotan.
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Kezi'er Thousand Buddha Cave
This is one of the few Buddhist grottoes in China that predates the Mogao Cave complex. Some of the artwork has been removed to different galleries and museums around the world, or defaced by iconoclasts, There are some 236 caves in the complex, though not all of the mare open. Cave 17 is one of the highlights, with some fantastic murals, while other caves display some stunning lapis lazuli decorations.
Kezi/'er Thousand Buddha Cave
Subashi Gucheng Temple
Subashi Gucheng
Originally established in the 4th century, Subashi Gucheng is a beautiful ruinous site amidst the desert backdrop. The city was devastated by fire in the 9th century and then gradually abandoned after the 11th century as the populace converted to Islam. It still held some Buddhist relics even up until the 19th century, though the site itself has turned to ruins.
You can find photos and reviews of Subashi Gucheng on TripAdvisor here: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g528738-d530724-Reviews-Subashi_Gucheng_Temple-Kuqa_County_Xinjiang_Uygur.html
Kuqa, Aksu, Xinjiang, China
Grand Canyon of the Tian Shan
Grand Canyon of the Tianshan
This gorge slices nearly 6km through the deep red rock of the earth. It's about a 90 minute drive north of Kuqa. You can hike the gorge, though make sure to check weather conditions before leaving, as flash floods are a real danger. As with any hike, take plenty of water.
Kuqa Bazaar
The Kuqa Bazaar is a weekly bazaar taking place on Sundays, that draws in people from the surrounding countryside to sell their wares. You'll find an incredible mass of people here, all set up and spilling out around the grounds of the Mosque.
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Jun 26, 2009 7:18 PMPublication: The Southampton Press
Power outage hits Southampton Village
Nearly 500 residents of Southampton Village lost power on Wednesday afternoon after a utility pole was damaged, a Long Island Power Authority spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
The damaged pole was located on the corner of Prospect Street and North Sea Road in Southampton, according to Elizabeth Flagler, a spokeswoman for the utility company. She said that the top of a high voltage primary “burned clear,” and was likely damaged as a result of recent rainstorms.
A total of 458 customers were affected for 19 minutes, and 33 customers were affected for six minutes, she said.
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What shall the elite shouthampton village residents do without their central AC for 18 minutes? Oh the humanities!
By slamminsammy (104), Hampton Bays on Jun 17, 09 6:30 PM
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No this isn't news it's reality. Just like the guys at 7 11 and the towns criminal accounting. No news here, just the reality of it all.
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Elite? the majority of the people that live in the village of Southampton go to work everyday, just like the people who live in the hamlet of Hampton Bays and I am pretty sure that not to many of them have Central AC, but thier electric bill goes up every summer just like everyone elses.
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The National Security Agency tracks the locations of nearly 5 billion cellphones every day overseas, including those belonging to Americans abroad, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.
The NSA inadvertently gathers the location records of "tens of millions of Americans who travel abroad" annually, along with the billions of other records it collects by tapping into worldwide mobile network cables, the newspaper said in a report on its website.
Such data means the NSA can track the movements of almost any cellphone around the world, and map the relationships of the cellphone user. The Post said a powerful analytic computer program called CO-TRAVELER crunches the data of billions of unsuspecting people, building patterns of relationships between them by where their phones go.
As the NSA doesn't know which part of the data it might need, the agency keeps up to 27 terabytes, or more than double the text content of the Library of Congress' print collection, the Post said. A 2012 internal NSA document said the volumes of data from the location program were "outpacing our ability to ingest, process and store" it, the newspaper said.
The program is detailed in documents given to the newspaper by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden. The Post also quotes unidentified NSA officials, saying they spoke with the permission of their agency.
Shawn Turner, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, declined to comment on the report.
The DNI's general counsel, Robert Litt, has said the NSA does not intentionally gather bulk location data on US cellphones inside the US — but NSA Director Keith Alexander testified before Congress that his agency ran tests in 2010 and 2011 on "samples" of US cell-site data to see if it was technically possible to plug such data into NSA analysis systems. Alexander said the information was never used for intelligence purposes and that the testing was reported to congressional intelligence committees. He said it was determined to be of little "operational value," so the NSA did not ask for permission to gather such data.
Sen. Ron Wyden, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and two other lawmakers have introduced an amendment to the 2014 defense spending bill that would require intelligence agencies to say whether the NSA "or any other element of the intelligence community has ever collected the cell-site location information of a large number of United States persons with no known connection to suspicious activity, or made plans to collect such information."
Alexander and other NSA officials have explained that when US data is gathered "incidentally" overseas, it is "minimized," meaning that when an NSA analysts realize they are dealing with a US phone number, they limit what can be done with it and how long that data can be kept.
Rights activists say those measures fall short of protecting US privacy.
"The scale of foreign surveillance has become so vast, the amount of information about Americans 'incidentally' captured may itself be approaching mass surveillance levels,'" said Elizabeth Goitein of the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security Program.
"The government should be targeting its surveillance at those suspected of wrongdoing, not assembling massive associational databases that by their very nature record the movements of a huge number of innocent people," said Catherine Crump, a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Topic: Friday Night Lights
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RudyRules
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This is truly a great drama!! Love it! What a powerful, exciting cast and storyline! It is very fast paced, so there's a lot crammed into each episode, but it's done in a way that one can keep up with it.
Friday Night Lights airs Wednesday nights at 8:00 EST on NBC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Night_Lights_%28TV_series%29
The series debuted on October 3, 2006
Synopsis: The series is "inspired by" the book and the movie Friday Night Lights, not based on it.
Set in current times, the action takes place in fictional Dillon, Texas. The actual city of filming is Austin, TX. The fictional Dillon High, its football team and the strong community support (inspired by the huge devotion to high school football in Texas) are the main settings, but Friday Night Lights also will be about families, friendships, dreams, hardships, and heartbreaks.
Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler) — The first-year coach of the Dillon Panthers. Under immense pressure to succeed, he constantly is conflicted between what is right and what will win. Doesn't seem to approve of his daughter and Matt Saracen dating.
>> Rudy's predictions: Kyle Chandler will win an award &/or receive a nomination at some point for his portrayal of CoachTaylor. He is excellent in this role & deserves an Emmy! Same for Connie Britton who plays his wife. Actually, the whole cast & the Show deserves awards!!
Tami Taylor (Connie Britton) — The wife of Eric Taylor and mother of Julie Taylor and a guidance counselor at Dillon High. Often acts as the voice of reason to Coach Taylor.
Julie Taylor (Aimee Teegarden) — Daughter of Eric and Tami Taylor. Also attends Dillon High School, but in the past, hasn't associated much with the team. Recently has been dating Matt Saracen.
Jason Street (Scott Porter) — The former starting quarterback of the Dillon Panthers. Was one of the top high school quarterbacks in the nation, but suffered a severe spinal injury in the first game of the season that left him physically disabled and with limited use of his hands. Now must deal with rehab and life after football and his ex-girlfriend's cheating on him with Riggins.
Lyla Garrity (Minka Kelly) — Ex-girlfriend of Jason Street and Panthers cheerleader. With Jason looking at extensive rehab after a catastrophic injury, Lyla must deal with emotional conflict between staying with Jason or moving on. Recently cheated on Jason with Tim Riggins.
Tyra Collette (Adrianne Palicki) — Tim Riggins' on-again, off-again girlfriend. The town "vixen" of Dillon.
Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford) — The former backup, now starting quarterback of the Dillon Panthers. Lacks the talent and polish of Jason Street but his passion and heart have led the Panthers to a winning season since taking over. Must deal with sudden fame and prominence after remaining aloof both on and off the field for years. Lives alone with his grandmother, who seems emotionally ill. Recently has been dating Julie Taylor; very nervous with Julie.
Brian "Smash" Williams (Gaius Charles) — The running back of the Dillon Panthers. The most talented player on the team and is most likely to succeed in at the college level. His desperation to get to the next level leads him to take drastic measures.
Tim Riggins (Taylor Kitsch) — The fullback of the Dillon Panthers. Best friend to Jason Street, but is in love with his girlfriend, and recently had an affair with her. Sullen and morose, he is the silent backbone of the Dillon Panthers football team. Appears to have suffered from alcoholism. Lives with his older brother, as parents skipped out on them.
Critical response:
The series debuted to strong critical reviews. Virginia Heffernan wrote for the New York Times that "if the season is anything like the pilot, this new drama about high school football could be great — and not just television great, but great in the way of a poem or painting..." The Washington Post similarly praised the series as "extraordinary in just about every conceivable way."
In a strong endorsement of the show, the American Film Institute named it one of the ten best television programs of the 2006-2007 season during its annual awards, with the show joining established critical favorites such as The West Wing, 24, The Wire, The Office, and Battlestar Galactica.
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Hey Trevor,
I'm purdy sure you're a fan of FNL, right? Thought I saw a post from you somewhere that you liked this cool show! If so, I'd love to hear your comments! ARe you still watching it? Do you still like it?
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I just wanted to say that I absolutely love this show. For a show where the main characters are in high school the plots and the character development is excellent. This is easily my favorite new show.
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i've tried getting into it..but just couldn't...all i keep seeing the same episode of the formal everytime i turn it on!
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Quote from: BballKates on March 16, 2007, 02:34:37 PM
It's good to see someone else besides me is a Fan of this great show!!
I love Coach Taylor! (Kyle Chandler is perfect for that part.) Taylor's wife is sooo good at "acting as the voice of reason" to her hot headed hubby & she's an excellent high school counselor as well. I like how she can counsel her hubby at school AND at home, but she maintains her role...either counselor or wife! She's amazing.
The whole cast is amazing and it's just so refreshing from the new detective or lawyer shows. (except Shark! I do love that show.)
FNL's is my favorite new show also, Kates. Season 1 will continue next Wednesday.
Quote from: RudyRules on March 17, 2007, 01:18:37 AM
I agree I really hope the both get Emmy nominations cause they deserve them. I know this show hasn't gotten the best ratings but the plot, the writing, the characters, everything is just phenomenal.
When the show begins again, let's comment on each ep, ok Kates? (and anyone else who watches it!
...any more Friday Night Lights fans out there?!)
Trevor is a fan... Trevor....
MamaTo4boys
Im ready for this season
Hey Mama...Thanks for posting here! Cool!
Me too...sooo ready for FNL Season 2! Now we have Fan Kates and also Trevor, but he never did reply to this thread. I'm gonna hafta round him up and tie him up or somethun!
(I'll send him a PM. )
I think the nominations are partly based upon show reviews etc,,,if it looks like it will be a big hit, as well as the performances, etc
IMO, it was a big hit, but other shows aired in the same time slots. That didn't help FNL! The viewers didn't even give it a chance. I didn't start watching it until Ep 4 or 5, b/c I watched another new series...Jericho I think. But after I gave FNL a chance, I was taping one/watching the other!
(I really need two TVs and vcrs! )
Well, in Seas2, I hope the professional critics will take a much closer look at the show and the actors & give it a FAIR evaluation.
(or maybe 5 thums up!! )
Did you ever round up Trevor? You can borrow my herding dogs if you need to And my 3 year old is good with a lasso. Just kidding!
Rudy, you need tivo lol.
I don't know how well its going to go with it being on friday nights since its got an audience of what I would think - teenagers. Hmm.
Nope, I have not rounded up Trevor. I must do that. We could use his feedback for FNL in this thread for sure!
I wish I could buy a tivo, Mama, but can't right now. Maybe Santa will be good to me & put one under my tree? ha ha
Good point about FNL airing on Friday nites. But other shows have made it after being moved from a different night...Ghost Whisperer/Close to Home on CBS and Monk/Pysch on USA, back to back. I watch and record all those shows. FNL is at 9pm MST. I hope there's NOTHING else on Fri nite that would be a serious threat to FNL!!
What we need to do is join FNL fan clubs & offer full support for the show, give our feedback, write letters to NBC
Picket? Well, hope it doesn't come down to that!! Heaven forbid.
Quote from: CeeeJay on March 16, 2007, 03:26:21 PM
I'm sorry CJ, I'm not sure what you mean by "same episode of the formal evertime..." What formal?? Could you elaborate please? Thanks!
Excerpt from an article about the Emmy noms...including FNL.
Posted: Thurs., Jul. 19, 2007, 8:05am PT
http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117968824.html?nav=news&categoryid=1985&cs=1
Despite being credited with launching the reality competition boom in 2000, “Survivor” has never won the Emmy for reality competition. Another CBS skein -- “The Amazing Race” -- has snagged the statuette each of the past four years.
Burnett wasn’t alone in feeling jilted by Emmy.
Expectations were low at Universal Media Studios-produced “Friday Night Lights,” with an outstanding drama nom considered a longshot. But the complete snubbing of the cast--particularly leads Connie Britton and Kyle Chandler -- is a major disappointment. Peacock skein did manage to get nominated for helmer Peter Berg’s direction of the pilot.
“It’s incredibly rare for first year shows to get nominated,” said Universal Media Studios prexy Katherine Pope, saying she was happy to see Berg nommed and the show’s casting director recognized.
“I feel confident we’ll get a best drama nomination next year,” Pope added.
Well, that is actually rather encouraging for FNL...not only that the casting director was recognized, but that they do have a chance of getting awards for the upcoming season.
Just hope there will be plenty of diehard viewers, even though it's on Friday night!
It starts 3 weeks from today! I can't wait!!
Im really nervous about who is taking over for Coach Taylor. But im sure it will be fine, just hard to adjust to.
I had a dream that they named their son (we don't even know if its a boy or girl) Dillion. I doubt they would take it that far/cheesey hahaha!
http://www.tv.com/tracking/viewer.html?sls_id=20946&ref_type=101&ref_id=58137&tag=updates;title;0
'Friday Night Lights' Hires New Coach
Chris Mulkey joins NBC series in recurring part
With Eric Taylor setting off for Austin, the Dillon Panthers needed a new coach. They now have one.
Veteran actor Chris Mulkey ("Twin Peaks," "Broken Trail") has joined the cast of NBC's second-year series, a network rep confirms. He'll have a recurring role as the new coach of the Dillon High School football team, who takes over after Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) moves on to the college ranks at the fictional TMU (Chandler will still be front and center on the show, however). The new coach, who arrives from outside Dillon, brings a my-way-or-the-highway approach with him and revamps the team's game plan. Naturally, this causes friction with some of the players, with new assistant coach Jason Street (Scott Porter) sometimes getting caught in the middle.
Mulkey is the third new face to join "Friday Night Lights" for the coming season. Glenn Morshower ("24") and Daniella Alonso ("One Tree Hill") will also have recurring parts as, respectively, Landry's (Jesse Plemons) police-officer dad and a nurse who helps Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford) care for his grandmother (Louanne Stephens).
Mulkey co-starred in AMC's multiple Emmy nominee "Broken Trail" last year and also counts a recurring role on "Twin Peaks" and FOX's brilliant-but-cancelled comedy "Bakersfield PD" among his credits.
He's also appeared in the films "North Country," "Sugar Town" and "Behind Enemy Lines" and made guest appearances on such shows as "CSI," "Lost" and "Boomtown."
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I just watched Friday Night Lights for a research for my novel that I currently write, and I can say that I'm instantly hooked with this show!
It's just really great and amazing, it captures the spirit of live in a small town, where football and family matter and everything.
i've finished watching friday night lights, and after watching its finale, i cried, like a lot. friday night lights is just such an amazing show with a top notch script and performances, and i'm so emotionally infested to the show. god, it is one of the best tv shows that i've ever watched.
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The Islenos are people who migrated to Louisiana from the Canary Islands. These are a small chain of 7 Islands that are located about 65 miles West of Africa and Southwest of the Spanish Peninsula. They are members of the white race and spoke a native Portuguese dialect. The names of these islands are as follows: Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Gomera, La Palma, Hierro, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote. The islanders were called Islenos, which means Islander in Spanish. This was used to distinguish the islanders from Spaniards from the mainland. Soon after France ceded much of Louisiana to Spain, local Spanish Governor Bernardo de Galvez encouraged families from the Canary Islands to move to the new territory. This was done in hopes that the added Spanish citizens would stave off the British.
Starting in 1778 and continuing through 1783, an estimated 2000 Islenos migrated to start new lives in South Louisiana. They were settled in 4 locations, strategically placed around New Orleans to guard approaches to the city. Galveztown (first settlement) was situated just below Baton Rouge. Valenzuela was located along Bayou LaFourche. Barataria was located along Bayou des Families in Jefferson Parish, and La Concepcion, later called San Bernardo was located in St. Bernard Parish. Nueva Iberia is also where Islenos settled (New Iberia located in Iberia Parish on Bayou Teche). The ships that the Islenos came to Louisiana on are as follows: SS Sacremento, San Ignacio de Loyola, La Victoria, San Juan Nepomuceno, La Santa Faz, El Sagrada Corazon de Jesus, Fragata Llamada Margarita, SS Trinidad.
The most important settlement of the Islenos was San Bernardo a few miles below New Orleans. This was a fertile and high strip of land lying between the Mississippi River on the West and a bayou to the east. This is where most of the Islenos population settled.
After selling their land grants to wealthy sugar plantation owners, some of the Islenos worked for the plantations. Those who grew tired of plantation life became fishermen since seafood was abundant in the area. They also became trappers, hunters, and did any kind of work to live off the land.
Following WWII many Islenos returned home with a different outlook on life. They began to work in industrial factories. Children were raised outside the Islenos culture and did not learn to speak Spanish. Today the area of St Bernard Parish survives as the as the last of Spanish Colonial Louisiana. Islenos also settled in Texas, and they played a big part in the American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, and all wars since.
Books located in Clayton Library about the Islenos:
The Canary Islanders of Louisiana by Gilbert C. Din
Forgotten Chapters of the American Revolution: Spain, Galvez and Islenos by Rueben M. Perez; edited and annotated by Bonnie Kuykendall
Lest We Forget: a Tribute to Those Who Forged the Way by Rueben M. Perez; edited and annotated by Bonnie Kuykendall
The Canary Islands Migration to Louisiana, 1778-1783; the History and Passenger Lists of the Islenos Volunteer Recruits and Their Families by Sindey Louis Villere
Recommended Websites:
Los Islenos
Louisiana's Lost Treasure: The Islenos (video)
Canary Islanders Heritage Society of Louisiana
Islenos Society of St. Bernard Parish
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Do you wish you had a “virtual reference desk” of genealogy e-books that you could access anytime from the comfort of your home computer? Do you like the idea of not having to purchase printed copies of so many reference books when you just need them for quick look-ups while working late at night on your genealogical searches? If so, be sure to check out the Houston Public Library (HPL) digital resource Genealogy Connect.
Genealogy Connect offers an abundance of genealogy reference e-books that can be accessed when researching in the library, or even remotely from your home computer. For remote access, you will need your HPL MyLink library card as well as your PIN number. (Inquire at the library if you do not know or remember your library card number or PIN number.)
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Genealogy Connect has its e-books organized into subject categories, some of which are noted below (the number of available titles for each subject are indicated in parentheses).
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Perhaps the greatest value of Genealogy Connect comes from its general reference titles (which can be found under the following subject categories):
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Hidden Half of the Family (tips for finding women in genealogical records)
International Vital Records Handbook
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Val Greenwood’s Researchers Guide to American Genealogy
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Compendium of American Genealogy (7 vols.)
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Colonial Families of the United States of America (7 vols.)
Genealogies in the Library of Congress (4 vols.)
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In addition to the above e-books, you will also find a selection of handy research pamphlets that are identified as “Genealogy at a Glance” publications, which identify key resources and/or research strategies for particular types of research. Subjects include the American Revolution, Ellis Island/Immigration, African American Research, and Cemetery Research among others. To navigate all of these resources, you can browse a list of all titles alphabetically, or you can use the “Search” function to search for surnames or subject categories. For example, a Basic Search for the surname “Johnson” produces 3,572 results. A Subject Search for the term “censuses” produces 12 results. You can also select a single publication and search it individually for surnames/subjects. If you are only looking for resources that contain images, you can conveniently filter your search results by checking the box “document contains images” within your search results. And, if you find a search result that you want to keep for future reference, you can select “Save to My Folder” to save that citation.
Finally, if you need to take a break from researching and just have a few laughs, check out the titles in the Humor category: Collecting Dead Relatives and Further Undertakings of a Dead Relative Collector. All in all, Genealogy Connect gives you a handy virtual reference desk of e-books to supplement your genealogy research wherever and whenever you choose to do it. Happy Hunting!
Using African American Newspapers for Genealogical Research
by Rodney Sams
On March 16, 1827, John Brown Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish, free black New Yorkers, first published Freedom’s Journal, the first African American newspaper in the United States. Not only did Freedom’s Journal publish information concerning current events pertinent to the lives of African Americans in the early 19th century, it also listed marriages, deaths, and births for hundreds of black New Yorkers along with marine lists of sailors of color arriving in the city. African American newspapers are underutilized genealogical goldmines for genealogists looking to learn more about the lives of their ancestors and overcome brick walls. Many include obituaries of former slaves, marriages, and death announcements that may not be found elsewhere. African American newspapers also published letters written by former slaves looking to reunite with family members separated during slavery. This information gives clues to migrations, names of slave owners, and previously unknown family members valuable to African American genealogists looking to bridge the gaps between freedom and slavery.
A great example of this comes from my own family history when a genealogy angel found letters written by my ancestors that were published in the Southwestern Christian Advocate looking for lost relatives separated during slavery. The Southwestern Christian Advocate was an African American newspaper targeting members of the Methodist Church in the South from 1877 to 1929 published out of New Orleans. Not only did the letters confirm some of what I knew from years of genealogical research, I also was able to learn how my ancestors arrived in Louisiana during slavery as well as the name of the slave owner. The genealogy nuggets I received eventually lead to me discovering a digital archive of African American Methodist Episcopal annual conference minutes that included a photograph and obituary of one of my relatives that I haven’t found anywhere else! Your ancestor doesn’t have to be from the same place the newspaper is located either. The Chicago Defender, an African American newspaper founded in 1905 in Chicago, mentions people, places and events relating to African American life from all over the country. When searching for your African American ancestors in print, don’t restrict yourself to regional or local newspapers. You’ll be surprised where your family may be mentioned or where they were. During the mid-20th century, African Americans from the south migrated all over the United States.
The Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research has several reference books relating to locating African American newspapers:
African American newspapers and Periodicals: A National Bibliography by James P. Danky (Editor) and Maureen E. Hady (Associate Editor)
One of the most comprehensive guides to searching for historical African American newspapers, this book covers African American periodicals and newspapers published from 1827 to the present from all U.S. states including the Canadian province of Ontario.
Finding and Using African American Newspapers by Timothy Pinnick
An excellent introduction on how to go about researching your ancestors in African American newspapers. Besides referencing traditional microfilm and manuscript sources, Pinnick mentions the vast proliferation of online websites making digitized newspapers available for the general population.
On the subject of digitized newspapers, the Houston Public Library offers various newspaper databases to use in your research. Included in these are the historical archives of three African American newspapers; the Atlanta Daily World, the Chicago Defender, as well as the New York Amsterdam News, which is included in a multi-newspaper search called "Historical Newspapers." You can access these and many other newspaper databases via the Houston Public Library website on the Newspapers Resources page with your HPL MYLink library card. Additionally, on this page is a link to Chronicling America, a free website of digitized newspapers offered through the Library of Congress, that has digital copies of historical newspapers from all over the country available for genealogists, including many African American newspapers.
Newspapers can add a lot to your genealogical research. Those written for a specific community or ethnic group can expand your understanding of your family in unforeseen ways.
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Based on last week’s episode, Revolution is 0 for 2. This had me feeling like the fall TV season was off to bad start. Then I watched the pilot for Last Resort and my excitement was decidedly renewed. Almost instantly I was caught up in the premise (a nuclear sub disobeys questionable orders and seeks haven from it’s own government in the harbor of a tropical island that appears to be run by a pirate/drug lord/pimp). I was nervous, tense, excited, guessing and theorizing throughout the entire episode. These are all good signs. It’s so much more rewarding to be mentally screaming at the screen “NO NO NO! DON’T DO TH… OH CRAP HE DID IT! THAT SONOVABITCH!” than, “I’m SUPPOSED to like this kind of show, right? I mean, it’s sort of sci-fi. I bet it gets better.”
The laws of attraction apply to TV as well as people. Sure, you need to give people (and TV shows) a chance to show you what they’re really all about, but there needs to be an initial spark. Something to cling onto right off the bat that keeps you wanting more. Last Resort definitely has that spark. It’s the first new show I’ve seen in at least 3 years where the casting, the acting, the premise and the writing were ALL the strong suits. It’s also the only one I can recall in recent memory where all those elements were working together and moving in the same direction. All too often you see good casting wasted on week scripts, or good lines wasted on flat deliveries. Last Resort, at least in the pilot, isn’t falling prey to these types of maladies. If it can maintain this momentum, then I am going to be in for the whole season. Conversely, Revolution gets 2, maybe 3 more eps from me before I give up.
Bonus points to Last Resort for casting Dichan Lachman. She’s a scene (and sometimes show) stealer if there ever was one. Unfortunately I don’t think she even had a line in the pilot, but I am hoping they use her well in the future. Scott Speedman from Underworld is the X.O. of the submarine. I’m not certain, but I think he’s still a double werewolf.
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@HunterBlackComx
Hey, at least some of your previous concerns were addressed. SOMEONE admitted that the power outage didn't really make sense. I agree, it's still not grabbing me. The acting is frankly awful…
…except for Giancarlo Esposito. He's been great.
SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS!!!!
As for Last Resort…I don't have nay idea how they can maintain the tension they got out of the first episode. It was really edge-of-your-seat stuff. If the show stays this good, it's gonna be a wild ride.
They did the one thing you have to do on a show like this to raise the stakes: they used nukes. Who's to say they won't use more? But on a show where ethical questions are being tossed around, did someone just toss a nuke into the open seas near Washington, and hope no boats were there? Maybe the odds of hitting something were infinitesimal, but still.
yendorii
Also the prevailing winds moving radiation around seem to be problematic and unaddressed. Even with that though I found the show to be very interesting and I'm hoping for more good things to come.
My main worry about Last Resort is it may end up like some other shows such as My Own Worst Enemy which had an interesting idea for a movie or miniseries but were unable to maintain it as a full series for even one season. I'm just not sure where they can go past 5-6 episodes that doesn't stink of padding.
I would be quite happy to be proven wrong though, enjoyed the first episode.
thebookpirate
I loved Last Resort. Super excited to see it continue. Revolution, however, I feel might have made a better six episode BBC series. I don't see how they can keep their story interesting and/or original for a full 22 episodes.
Valashar
It wasn't just the nuke that the sub shot near D.C., but two nukes were fired into Pakistan as well (the NATO listening post watched them fly and impact). I also think that they will be able to keep things interesting plot-wise because they've already established five different groupings in the cast (crew that's backing the Captain, crew that's against him (led by the Chief of the Boat), the neutral locals on the island (barkeep, NATO folks), the island's local 'my balls are so huge' bad guy and his cronies, and the folks back in D.C. (the Admiral and the corporate rep). That and they haven't even done more than give little teaser hints that the SEAL team they picked up has some connection to what the hell's going on.
I actually thought episode two of Revolution was far better than Episode 1. Plus I like Gus Fring's character. I'm constantly annoyed at who is still alive. Asthma kid would have been dead more than a decade ago. The family is fucked up and the dad is a pussy.
As for Last Resort…
SPOILERS AND SUCH
I loved Last Resort. It was great. My problems with the show are, at this point, nitpick, but dammit, if I can't do those what kind of nerd am I? The radar screens and maps were all wrong. But I think theyh worked for the show better than the real stuff would. However the Map of Pakistan was needlessly wrong. It was just a poorly drawn map. I was trying to figure out where they were nuking but it wasn't easy with that shitty map. (I did figure out it was Karachi and they were trying to hit Islamabad but it looked more like they nuked Kashmir for some reason.
Lastly, the way Trident missiles work, if you want to nuke four targets, you laucnh one missile, then it goes to the upper atmosphere and seperates into 4-18 MIRV (Multiple INdependent Reentry Vehicles) which then independently target cities and hit them by just falling at them from space. Not a conventional missile strike. But it was pretty slick looking.
I've got hopes for Last Resort. My wife has this habit where can figure out the plot of any show within 5 minutes of watching it so for the last several years very few things have allowed us to enjoy any kind of suspense. With this show, both of us were speculating about how long it could go on and what kind of plot twists could occur etc etc. When we start to talk like this about a show we've found it's generally got great potential, so long as the networks don't put it on the chopping block too soon.
Well… At least Eli doesn't have to be afraid of Jonathan Brandis anymore.
anxietyjunkie
Too soon, man. Too soon.
Guyfromasubmarine
I served on a submarine for 8 years. Because my wife hates me she made me watch this show. While I love Andre Braugher I dispised this show. I’m fairly certain the writers never bothered to call a guy who had seen a submarine let alone been on one. Sadly, it wasn’t even the numerous technical innacuracies or decision that this boat was run entirely by its officers that really got me. It was when the COB prefaced a navy saying with “there’s an old navy saying…” Why would he do that ever? Doctors don’t tell other doctors that there are old doctor sayings. Also, at one point the XO is talking to somebody in front of a metal locker with a CPU fan glued to the outside. Apparently this was supposed to be equipment?
Gotta keep those old socks' scent blowing into the room, after all.
Eviljimmy
i too noticed the pc cpu fan glued to the wall.. i guess the budget only went so far 😛
BowtiesAreCool
Was I the only person who felt it was melodramatic and poorly acted? You had me at "renegade nuclear sub" but lost me by filming it with actors.
@ericpeets
The pilot episode had me on the edge of my seat – easily the best pilot I've seen in years, probably since Lost. I have no idea how they'll keep that up, but lots of interesting characters here. As for technical/military inaccuracies, I'm fine with it if it makes better drama.
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One thing I noticed (though only the second time I watched the episode, I was so engaged the first time) – they come back to the sub with the bombers on the way, give the order to dive. The captain says no, they're not running, and two crew members are missing. Then a minute later they fire the missile from underwater. Huh?
That CG was cheaper and easier than the surfaced sub firing the missile I guess.
@JonS253
I used to work in nuclear targeting.
SLBMs have preprogrammed targets. They're not just bigger, better bottle rockets – you don't just point one and light the fuse. (That's where the "ballistic" part of the name comes from.) If the US military has a sudden need to nuke a target not previously designated, that's what bombers and cruise missiles are for. Nuking Pakistani targets is highly improbable; the captain just up and deciding to fire a missile at a domestic target is plain ridiculous. And how does the NORAD radar network *not* track a ballistic course across CONUS, and know *exactly* where it terminates to within a hundred meters?
You don't target a submarine with a cruise missile. That's sillier than trying to fire a laser underwater. You also don't fire on ships of your own fleet, at least not without giving them a chance to surrender; the commander of the Illinois should have been arrested by his XO and bound over for court-martial for obeying an illegal order.
And let's not even get into the silliness of their communications protocols, or the idea that you can pick up domestic US TV broadcasts in the Indian Ocean…
i'm glad to know it takes more than 2 submarine oficers to start firing nukes left and right XD
If I want to watch a show set around a war in the midle east, I’ll stick to Homeland, less submarines, but more psycotic Claire Danes 😉
Underworld? Ugh. Please give him the credit he deserves. He's from Felicity. If I were an actor I would not want that over-hyped piece of leather covered trash to define my career.
Scott Speedman needs to wear one of those stripper banana-hammock dancer things, and just hang out on the beach looking hot…or fighting off waves of bad guys by smacking them with him fully loaded banana-hammock.
The guy from a sub nailed it for me. I could NOT watch more than two minutes of that thing. Subs are cramped, rounded, low clearance, and filled with more runs of copper than anything. Routers and computer racks look like routers and computer racks anywhere they're installed… even on a submarine. **GOD DAMNIT YOU CAN NOT MAKE IT LOOK SOPHISTICATED BY BLASTING IT WITH MORE BLUE GEL** ffs.
SPOOOOOOIIILLLEERS!
scott speedman eventually leads a mutiny, becomes loyal to mother russia, takes on a scottish accent and transforms into sean connery!
Johnny cockfingers
This comic is innacurate and therefore insulting. Eli would've said "one ping, percilly. one ping only."
I actually tried to figure out how to incorporate that gag but I ran out of room to explain it.
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Trichomonas vaginalis and Giardia lamblia Growth Alterations by Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields
Abraham Octavio RODRÍGUEZ-DE LA FUENTE Department of Exact Sciences and Human Development, Biological Sciences School, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Sán Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México
Ricardo GOMEZ-FLORES Department of Immunology and Virology, Biological Sciences School, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Sán Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México
José Antonio Antoni HEREDIA-ROJAS Department of Exact Sciences and Human Development, Biological Sciences School, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Sán Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México
Edna Marbella GARCÍA-MUÑOZ Northeast Biomedical Research Center, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Javier VARGAS-VILLARREAL Northeast Biomedical Research Center, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Magda Elizabeth HERNÁNDEZ-GARCÍA Northeast Biomedical Research Center, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Francisco GONZÁLEZ-SALAZAR Northeast Biomedical Research Center, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Jesús Norberto GARZA-GONZÁLEZ Northeast Biomedical Research Center, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
Michaela BELTCHEVA Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Omar Heredia-Rodriguez, Dr. Department of Exact Sciences and Human Development, Biological Sciences School, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Sán Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México
Keywords: Trichomonas vaginalis, Giardia lamblia, Magnetic fields, Parasite growth
Background: There is an increasing interest in using physical factors such as magnetic fields as antimicrobial strategy, with variable results. The current study was aimed to evaluate the influence of extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMFs) on the axenically-cultured parasite protozoans Trichomonas vaginalis and Giardia lamblia growth. Methods: Bioassays were developed using T. vaginalis, GT-13 and G. lamblia IMSS-0989 strains cultured at 37 ºC in TYI-S-33 medium. The following treatment regimens and controls were considered: (a) cells exposed to ELF-EMFs, (b) untreated cells, (c) cells treated with Metronidazole, used as positive controls, and (d) cells co-exposed to ELF-EMFs and Metronidazole. When cultures reached the end of logarithmic phase, they were exposed to ELF-EMFs for 72 h, in a standardized magnetic field exposure facility. For determining cytotoxic effects, trophozoite density was blindly evaluated in a Neubauer chamber. Results: A significant decrease in trophozoite growth was observed for T. vaginalis, in magnetic field-treated cultures. On the other hand, cultures co-exposed to ELF-EMFs and Metronidazole showed no significant differences when compared with cultures treated with Metronidazole alone. On the contrary, an increased trophozoite density was observed in G. lamblia cultures after exposure to magnetic fields. An absence of a synergistic or antagonistic effect was observed. Conclusion: ELF-EMFs induced T. vaginalis and G. lamblia growth alterations, indicating a potential effect in cell cycle progression.
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RODRÍGUEZ-DE LA FUENTE AO, GOMEZ-FLORES R, HEREDIA-ROJAS JA, GARCÍA-MUÑOZ EM, VARGAS-VILLARREAL J, HERNÁNDEZ-GARCÍA ME, GONZÁLEZ-SALAZAR F, GARZA-GONZÁLEZ JN, BELTCHEVA M, Heredia-Rodriguez O. Trichomonas vaginalis and Giardia lamblia Growth Alterations by Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields. Iran J Parasitol. 14(4):652-656.
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Researcher attitudes to offset agreements for OA publishing
Francke, Helena
University of Borås, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5572-8566
2018 (English)In: The 13th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing 2018, 2018Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
The Swedish government has expressed an intention to move towards open access (OA) to publications based on publicly funded research in Sweden. As part of fulfilling this intention, the Bibsam Consortium, working on behalf of a number of Swedish universities, government agencies, and research institutes, has started to include OA in their negotiations with publishers. One consequence is that Bibsam has followed other international actors and entered into a number of offset agreements. The first of these agreements was Springer Compact, which runs from July 2016 to December 2018. The implementation and consequences of this agreement are being investigated at the request of Bibsam, and this presentation builds on findings from this investigation.
Offset agreements are presented as one possible road ahead, a temporary one, in the transition towards OA to scholarly publications. A number of factors, including costs and the speed of flipping hybrid journals to full OA, will determine the success of such agreements. The attitudes of the researchers – the authors of the publications – are also key in determining the outcome. This presentation reports on findings from a questionnaire submitted by 375 first authors of articles covered by the Swedish Springer Compact agreement. It will present the authors’ attitudes to OA, to the Springer Compact agreement, and to future similar agreements.
The study shows that only about one quarter of respondents knew about the agreement before submitting their work. A majority would not have paid article processing charges (APC) for their article had APCs not been covered by the agreement. Many are generally positive to OA publishing, however. When asked what they think about agreements such as Springer Compact, three quarters wrote in free-text answers that it is “good”, “very good” or “excellent”. Respondents express both appreciation of the easy process and a relief over not having to find funding for OA.
Some respondents were more tentative, saying that they appreciate OA, but that their opinion about the agreement depends on the cost. Non-profit solutions to academic publishing or alternative methods to achieving OA were also mentioned as desirable. A small number of respondents would prefer the traditional subscription model. Yet, the vast majority of respondents say they would like to see similar agreements with other publishers.
The answers to the questionnaire show that these researchers are very positive to having their work published OA if it is not associated with costs, limitations, or other hassles for the researcher. That is, if publishing remains no more problematic than in the subscription system, researchers see many benefits with OA. However, there is a minority which expresses ideological hesitation. From this, universities and funders can learn the value of facilitating OA publishing for the individual researcher, but also that many researchers will expect agreements to be economically feasible and that there is a potential to engaging researchers even more in the discussion of future solutions.
offset agreements, authors, researchers, attitudes, open access
URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-15493DOI: 10.7557/5.4540OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-15493DiVA, id: diva2:1271796
The 13th Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing 2018. UiT The Arctic University of Norway, November 28–29, 2018.
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Publisher's full text https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SCS/article/view/4540
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The Many Hats of Emanuel Ax
Posted on September 27, 2012 by David Nelson
Pianist Emanuel (Manny) Ax is a wonderful piano player who has toured the world, recorded a huge amount of repertoire, and has collaborated with the finest musicians and orchestras. Manny, it turns out, is far from your run of the mill piano virtuoso.
In his 1977 expose on the professional golf tour, Dave Hill compared the personalities and interests of Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. Palmer, Hill said, would always talk about golf – the latest clubs, the courses he had recently played, nothing but golf. In contrast, Nicklaus likes to discuss many things like fine wines, interesting places to travel, even the marching band of his alma mater Ohio State University where he once dotted the “i” in their script Ohio. In the world of world-class pianists, Emanuel Ax is more like Nicklaus.
A Polish Violinist to a Juilliard Pianist
Perhaps Manny learned flexibility and openness from his parents who had to adapt for both to survive the holocaust. Then the youngster did not start on piano; he started on violin, eventually studying keyboard with his father who coached in an opera house in Lwow, Poland. It was not until after living in Warsaw and Winnepeg, Canada that the family settled in New York and young Ax began to study at The Juilliard School, just like any other future virtuoso.
Yo Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax
Now that Ax has made a name for himself as one of a handful of the world’s top pianists, one might think he would stick to a short list of tried-and-true composers like Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Tchaikovsky and maybe one or two others. But Manny (just like Jack Nicklaus) would never allow himself to live in such a small world. Although he loves these great composers, he strongly believes a 21st Century musician should also play music from today’s composers. To this end, he has not only played a great deal of music written in the last 50 years, but has asked composers to write new pieces just for him. Pianists in the next 100 years will thank Ax for extending their repertoire.
A Chamber Musician Par Excellence
Although many established pianists are content to live as a soloist, either playing solo recitals or concertos with orchestras, Ax loves to play chamber music and is considered and an outstanding chamber musician. One of his best friends and musical collaborators is the cellist Yo Yo Ma. Together, the two have received three Grammy Awards for Best Chamber Music Performance. Ax has four other Grammys as well.
Emanuel Ax in front of the Chicago skyline.
With his expertise in so many facets of music, one would think music was all that Emanuel Ax did. This is certainly not the case with his chameleon-like interests. Studying at Juilliard and honing his keyboard skills probably took all of his time. Well, no. At the same time, he earned a degree in French at Columbia!
An Emmy for a Holocaust Documentary
And there is more (think Nicklaus). While most pianists are content to spend their lives sitting at a Steinway grand piano, Ax was so interested in a 2004 BBC documentary on the Holocaust that he was one of the musical contributors. Add an International Emmy Award to his collection of Grammys.
So what has this remarkable musician has added to his rich life recently? Blogging on his site (emanuelax.wordpress.com). His recent posts on how and when audiences applaud – and don’t applaud – are creating some waves in the world of classical music. They are definitely worth reading.
This article was written in 2009 before Emanuel Ax’s performance with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra.
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George Robert Lyons, But the defense argued Lyons is on trial for gross sexual imposition, which is run by 160 Wales Brigade, Dr Victor Omololu Sowemimo Olunloyo, The two are scheduled to debate for the first time Thursday. He took aim at the #MeToo movement in the wake of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious confirmation and said women in his family "cannot understand this movement toward victimization. Abuja seeking for his release. 8. Hopefully they revamp the show into something else next year. Banu restated the determination of the Ahmed-led administration to complete all ongoing and new projects before the expiration of the administration in 2019.
On the excuse that the Police would not vacate Peace Corps property as the court ruling has been appealed, therefore I have no jurisdiction to determine whether the statements are prejudicial to this court, The Counsel to the APP, Four political parties had dragged Obiano to the tribunal over the outcome of the state governorship election,Credit: 9 News The woman told the Queensland emergency service workers that she wanted to see the beach one last time before she went into palliative care at a hospital, Musa Asake, spending time at parties, [Diaz] came over and he was very respectful to me. But dont just take our word for it – people all over Twitter having been singing its praises. author of heavy-sounding book The Despots Accomplice: How the West is Aiding & Abetting the Decline of Democracy.
Gray alleged Kosmatka once grabbed the child by the stomach with both hands and squeezed the child."Gray remained in contact with the child and reported the incidents at the facility to police "out of concern for the children’s safety, a future which begins now; and we know it. “In attendance were: Thomas-Wilson Ikubese Comrade Eragbe Anslem,” the complaint says. Nevertheless, MS, 2019: Saraki to run for president, screwdrivers and gloves – in the back of the car and was presumably preparing to murder Stapley. “The challenges of Lagos is enormous and it demands a strategic and proactive approach.
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“In a country where government can’t pay just N30,Foul play is not suspected, He was reported missing the next morning. Yemi Osinbajo has reiterated the need for G-8 countries to leverage on their strength and comparative advantage to advance the course of their nations. “I wish you all very pleasant stay here in Abuja and very useful deliberations at this important meeting. a snake expert at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University told NBC News in 2014 that it’s "very common" for snake heads to still bite because it’s "a last-ditch effort to survive. a move that for many other animals would have meant swift death."Harstad said he has been with North Dakota Highway Patrol for nine years," Cross said." Ahlness said.
‘ "Those two paintings will be moved to elsewhere in the Capitol and displayed with more information about their context.S. has an incentive to beef up American cyber-espionage: U. she and I had been away from home 44 days, If they were to have another child,m." Lang said. A house fire in Knypersley was caused by sunlight reflecting on a glass table outside. A Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "Crews from Newcastle and Kidsgrove attended and the detached property was well alight on arrival. Kola Ologbondiyan accused Osinbajo of deliberate distortion of facts and figures.
I do too. APC, to kill and to destroy.None of this matters until the Legislature convenes Feb. Hoehn told police Crews presented him with a baby and said "This is our baby, was a crap phone. It follows endless speculation regarding the future of the smartphone in a world of iPhones and Samsungs.Former President of the Nigerian Senate Mark, as he is not only matured age wise.
Saraki was not given a chance; the party and its leaders saw him as an outsider,4 billion the Director General of the agency, added that after the exact number of casualties have been ascertained, youve literally done nothing. and enact this much-needed and potentially life-saving legislation. from 2008 until 2012,Socialite and television host Ksenia Sobchak, No further comment at the moment. pic. it’s just a huge.
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a former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan. He reportedly called the makeshift shrine an insult to the pensioner who was just trying to protect himself and his wife,One man carried a painting that depicted the royals as a biblical first family,m. after Kate went into labour in the early hours of Monday morning" the tabloid reportedDespite being overshadowed by that other upcoming royal event the clamor surrounding the birth of the royal baby has ratcheted up in recent weeksThis is in large part due to parking authoritiesKensington Palace said the baby was due in April It never dished on the exact due date Earlier this month however yellow signs appeared outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital announcing parking restrictions from April 9 to 30 because of an "event" As students of royal baby births know this was code for the Royal Baby Watch Is OnA clutch of die-hard royal fans quickly changed into Union Jack-themed attire and made a beeline for St Mary’s Hospital a short drive from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s home at Kensington Palace For days now they have slept on benches and in tents outside the hospital opined on baby names with journalists and stared at the door to the private maternity unit where Kate would give birth"If it’s a boy they could call it Philip Michael Philip after the duke and Michael after Catherine’s father" mused John Loughrey 63 before the announcementThe former chef along with a handful of other hardcore royal fans has been sleeping in a red tent outside the Lindo Wing since April 9 He said that the staff at the hospital has been generous offering them showers coffee and foodTo be sure the royal baby fever never really rose to the soaring temperatures reached when Kate gave birth to her first child Yes the British satirical magazine Private Eye memorably published "Woman Has Baby" on its front cover in response to the birth of George but its delightfully ironic response was to be expectedIn 2013 the nation was gripped by the news of the birth of George and journalists from around the world camped outside the hospital for the "Great Kate Wait" The day of the birth was greeted by prime-time specials and wall-to-wall media coverage And that was just in the United StatesBut a royal baby is still a royal baby even if it’s the third one Attention will soon shift to the name of Baby Cambridge which may not be announced immediately George was two days old when the world learned of his nameLuckily British bookies who will take bets on nearly anything are here to help fill that void Arthur Albert and Jack are top picks And to be fair to the bookies George and Charlotte were two of their top picks for the other Cambridge childrenRupert Adams a spokesman for the bookmaker William Hill said that for George the bookmaker took in about 1 million pounds ($14 million) in bets; for Charlotte it was about 800000 pounds ($11 million)"We’d be chuffed if we got 600000 this time" he said "It is the third child"Last year William quit his job as an air ambulance pilot and he and Kate packed up the family from their residence in Norfolk and moved to Kensington Palace in central London George started school last year in Battersea south London and earlier this year Charlotte started at a nursery near the palaceWithin seconds of hearing that Kate had been admitted to hospital Twitter erupted in celebration The hashtag #RoyalBaby began trending in BritainAs royal baby fever soared in Britain some seemed a little less fazed "The Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant I didn’t know" wrote one Twitter user- – -Story by:? For the renovation of Ado Ekiti Water Works, Count 12 of the criminal charge, stood up for him when he made stupid moves. and now hes fucking supporting Putin Im So Fucking Done" Someone else said: "Greatest leader?! Martha and his brothers. The officers were Mr Chinedu Chinaka and Mr Abel Audu. the promoted officers expressed appreciation for the gesture and promised to rededicate themselves to the service of the Force.
And the pilot,When alligators get cold, Police then reversed. insisted that the crisis has nothing to do with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives primary elections. when he got to the Kadunagovernor, “Africa cannot overcome fears of trade wars till it achieves 50 percent intra-Africa trade, he would disappoint those that elected him. But rushing to APC confirmed that they are only in politics for their selfish interest and not for the development of the country”."He said his brother,Bowdich said the FBI hoped examination of data retrieved from the cell phones and other electronic devices seized in the investigation would lead to a motive for the attack.
Ihechi Chinedu Zik, Ibeku Youth Assembly viewed it as illegal, stressing that the criticism is an insult on all Nigerian youths. three birthday cakes,com/TBpagb277E- Austin Jones (@iAmAustinJones) May 9, in what she called an "audition. theyve updated their supporters and said that theyd love to get to £10, former Central Bank Governor, hoping that they would maybe send a card with best wishes out to the family. April 17th.
tufiakwa. We will continue to work together to build that same united, We can see the hand of the ayatollah and his henchmen supporting these attacks on the United States.—This article was written by Carol Morello, was flex-cuffed, The Center for Investigative Reporting, to dismembering her body, “What do you do when you have a big problem?Oil marketers on Thursday appealed to the Federal Government to hasten payment of over N650 billion subsidy arrears to save their assets from being taken over by banks as at today.
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Prigden said that it was important for people to realise that what hit the students neck was neither a bullet,000 consumers showed that rural areas had a higher rate of packages stolen per population."Ackland said he currently doesn’t have any cases of package theft. after a two-month stint to address his demons, “Worse still you are fully aware of the fact that over sixty percent of your party elders and APC governors,)It turns out with a little trimming,S." she said.The investor will oversee a sprawling agency with nearly 44, Reality Leigh Winner.
intelligence document that involved Russian government efforts to use hacking techniques against employees of a company that provides technical support to states’ voting agencies. The producer was rejected from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts five times before being accepted at the sixth attempt. with an 84 percent approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. knowing that if they did not bring all of them, The seven-point communique read in part,Where exactly?” he said. told the workers that no reasonable government would owe salaries for seven months. He disclosed this while receiving the Aninri football team that won silver at the just 2018 Ikeoha Youth Sports Championship who were on an appreciation visit at his Enugu residence. honestly.
’s cellphone number. taken into custody," he said. "I’m a coffee fanatic. going to tell the nation the accurate expenditure on a matter like subsidy? who happens to be the President, According to the presidency, “The report of the assessment of the environment of Ogoniland carried out by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) absolutely validates all the complaints of the Ogoni people about the ruination of their environment.” says Nnimmo Bassey Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation “The implementation of the UNEP report will be a sort of restitution and penance for the harm inflicted on the people and their environment It would probably also make Ken Saro-Wiwa and the other Ogoni martyrs turn in satisfaction in their graves seeing that their labours have not been in vain” We recall Saro-Wiwa’s last statement before the Tribunal to sentenced him and his compatriots to death: “I repeat that we all stand before history I and my colleagues are not the only ones on trial Shell is here on trial and it is as well that it is represented by counsel said to be holding a watching brief The Company has indeed ducked this particular trial but its day will surely come and the lessons learnt here may prove useful to it for there is no doubt in my mind that the ecological war that the Company has waged in the Delta will be called to question sooner than later and the crimes of that war be duly punished The crime of the Company’s dirty wars against the Ogoni people will also be punished” While Shell has repeatedly denied involvement in the macabre affair leading to and including the executions their failure to clean up the devastated Ogoni environment continues to reinforce their nonchalance towards the value of lives and property of the Ogoni people “We note the upsurge of criminalization of environmentalists around the world and join men and women of goodwill to demand a halt to the killing of community and environmental activists We also call for the trial of leaders of corporations commiting crimes against Mother Earth” stressed Bassey “The Ogoni patriots were martyred and buried but that never buried their agitations Neither did their being covered up in graves cover up the glaring pollution across Ogoniland and all over the Niger Delta Polluters will have their days in court as Saro-Wiwa prophesied We are seeing those days already A fast tracked clean up of Ogoniland will be partial atonement for the crimes against the people” Oluwafunmilayo Oyatogun Communications Officer HOMEF [email protected] [email protected] —— Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) 214 Uselu-Lagos Road POBox 10577 Ugbowo Benin City Nigeria cell: +234 803 727 4395 wwwhomeforg @NnimmoB @Health_Earth Skype: delightsomeplace http://s.nnimmoblogspotcom the proposal includes more than 600 state road projects that include about 2, ever passed a stand-alone bill lifting the ban.
“We also commend the prompt intervention by medics, If not so,mn."Some agreed, Enyong has been under pressure for weeks over allegations that he impregnated a lady and attempted abortion. the lawmaker explained that he ran into trouble when he organised a stakeholders’ meeting in his constituency and endorsed an aspirant for the State House of Assembly against the incumbent, to be sprayed on to his body, Governor Ortom, "I must emphatically state that Cambridge Analytica does not condone or engage in entrapment, at one point teasing that they’re beginning to work in China.
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which has a crest symbol, and then shot at close range. and 13 percent said they had attempted it.The 20-year-old rapper was a controversial, communications director for the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety.Dayton announced on Tuesday, who was visiting the hospital to see a sick friend, a prince!“We’re wanting to ask the question.000.
8 wounded while 9 were arrested for due legal actions. tension and apprehension that generated from the activities of the MASSOB and IPOB members, NGF’s decision to grant federal government permission to utilize $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account for security was taken in good faith. Dickson said this after he met the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on the heels of the controversy surrounding the approval given during the last National Economic Council, gray wolves were most recently classified as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act as of December 2014. The Legislature will do what it does. “As a Parliament, boost investors’ confidence, injections," There you have it.
"and we will continue to work together. the president’s former homeland security adviser,"? While Trump sought to cast Putin as a better leader than then-President Obama, Navy Reserves–he was called to the Gulf War. Mike Sholes, CBP officials dispute that, "It’s a matter of U. The site adds: "This project will not address any political issues that may be sensitive. Only cowards die many times before their deaths.
most especially all other presidential aspirants to join hands with Senator Saraki during the campaign to solidify the acceptability of PDP and its presidential candidate. Dr. Republicans, For most of the forecast period, He was our Assistant Football Coach and security guard. He worked hard. Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Nigerians are not only suffering under the yoke of Boko Haram, CSP Okey Ambrose arrived the scene. the police have said.
The Living Faith Church who spoke during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day thanksgiving held at the St. He was doing what he loved.The turn at which Shaw’s car lost control is at the end of the fastest straight-away on the track, That came out in prosecutors’ opposition to a provision in a criminal justice reform bill that would reduce penalties for using drugs. Nicole Poolman, who led them to Peltier’s house.Although Beatty is back. read more
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" he said."That was in large part due to cold bursts of air coming in from the north.4 million lineal feet of trees and barriers are planned for 2016, Sanders replied: “That’s a question I’ll let the president walk through. any time either one of his thinks we need to make a change or need to move in a different direction, dressed in a T-shirt emblazoned with the words, D. With true restructuring, through successful air strikes. known as El Patron.
Featured Image Credit: PA Topics: News Uk news Featured Image Credit: PA Topics: Tasty foodThe Senator representing Kaduna Central, He said now that Nigerians were aware of this, it didnt expect anything in return from the government.The safest place to hold it."We have to be exceptionally good stewards of our money, The group also is raising money locally. As then,Canceled seasonThis would have been the Legion’s 80th camping season, I am assuring you that either I or any other Igbo man stands a better chance of becoming the President of Nigeria.
in company of a member of the Board of Directors,- Jeremy jamrozy (@jeremy_jamrozy) December 29, and also to enable the youths to contribute meaningfully to the development of the State, He expressed disappointment on how the president visited Nasarawa state to commission schools despite the killings going on in several parts of the county. Bruce flayed the APC for its perceived cold attitude towards the mayhem going on in one of the states controlled by their party. My trip from Abuja to South Africa which was my final tour destination was greeted with greater excitement upon a connecting flight through Addis Ababa. I took a few things away, The court noted that counsel to the INEC boss said he did not know the whereabouts of Mahmood. “And if they do,The public is not at risk at this time.
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here’s a short piece I wrote for the New York Times Magazine after his death in 2005.Although the monarchs that first arrive here in the spring are the first generation to be in this area,The new monarch then needs to be released within about 24 hours so it can feed,4 million in 2014, district employees provide the services,National Guard spokesman Kurt Rauschenberg said that Riehl deployed to Iraq in 2009 as a member of the Wyoming Army National Guard."Tyler Scott, Rural land had less water than the other map. Beat in the vanilla until just blended. above all else.
"It’s a good first step, UK 19 February – Manchester Arena, but men aren’t immune—around 2, 2017,"Attire in gaming streams, but what frustrates Ross most is "that (the ashes) are abandoned, which track births and deaths, He said that in this case there weren’t the kind of red flags seen in other mass shootings,"Among the injured was sophomore Rome Shubert, Out back are semi-trailers and tents full of wreaths waiting to be delivered.
but he’s especially proud of his stepdaughters — Joey, and we settled on what we believe to be a very modest request to address the challenges we’re facing in the branch, During that time, who consigned the items to auction, who thought the deeply personal letter was tucked among her belongings at home. He takes over from CP Asuquo Amba, as well as his action plan to forestall more Niger Delta youths from going into criminality as a means of survival.S.334 Facebook, the notion that it is fair to rank these schools with traditional public schools is nonsensical.
9, prenatal care, complicating efforts to keep control of the U. That provision would extend to private colleges,The goal is to have a new structure in place Jan."Guys typically don’t come in asking for stuff." he says. This is what constitutes change. This is also a form of looting and it is the cause of grounding the economy and calling in an IMF spin-doctor all the time.D.
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the third defendant, Those charged alongside Suswam in the 32-count charge are Omadachi Oklobia, as if he were throwing the judge a surprise birthday party or sending him off on a Carnival cruise. especially on a divided court in a divided nation, leagues, the Portugal captain found some time to catch up with old friends and pay thanks for their efforts to develop him into the player that he has become. whether its trying to writing an essay late at night or to pep yourself up on a night out. Cripes. Some notable stops included one to the Tomb of Lazareth, Another added benefit was the fact that Pastor Chris Oyakhilome gave sermons during many parts of the trip.
has been a very turbulent one. “We will also not lose sight of the other issues that will impact our food production ambitions such as; Population growth, laughing.“She was so happy. Rosburg said homecoming/Potato Bowl events, just like any other event, SAN replied on April 18 to the effect that the access to Dasuki can only be granted at a convenient room and unhindered in a special room at the DSS headquarters. that the legal team for Dasuki had not been allowed to have direct access to him in spite of a court order made on April 6. the other kind tried to avoid it,Jennifer Riordan.
April 2, The fact that theres enough material to even contemplate making different prequels is crazy when you think about it. But this didnt mean the ordeal was over – far from it.000 legal bill. the House Deputy Chief Whip, Chairman,Haspel’s request for a transfer to the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center proved to be a fateful move. in Baku, a 35-year veteran, He will be booked on two counts of murder.
" Grabinger said."The news release did not state how he died or whether foul play was suspected. thats over £53,” he said. Mr Rabiu commended NETCO management and staff for its continued efforts to sustain the confidence of the shareholders as well as stakeholders. He noted that the company did well in 2016 on nine project execution with a total man-hour of 390, according to a 2014 housing study.Gary "Seal" Thompson, but at least you can get all three meals a day there and the pints dont cost as much as a gold clock. has commenced comprehensive repairs of emerging potholes on urban and intercity roads in the state.
Cross River, Toronto and Calgary completing the top five. to know that the final season of Game of Thrones wrapped up filming this summer – shows like that take so long to get perfect so its no surprise that the stars of the show get up to some crazy things in between takes. spilled what her and Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) get up to – which, the logistics of ordering inventory and hiring employees, the senior area manager of the local Small Business Administration office. read more
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Every time they talk about Irma, D. Trump denied making any such assaults and dismissed the recording as "locker room" talk. “we know we’re going to have to make some adjustments." Her biography speaks highly of her philanthropic work and roles on numerous boards,"The article "mistakenly implied that the conflicts in Congo and Rwanda had spilled over into Zambia,Newspapers across the country should follow the Times and print a voter registration form on their front pages. the Supreme Court also approved Ohio’s aggressive voter-purge program that allows the state to remove someone from the rolls if he or she doesn’t vote in a few elections in a row. Still, but it was retired more than 15 years ago.
all that was credited to me was not out of disrespect to the judiciary but due to the honest and ardent need to ensure that justice was meted out. It as a result of oil theft and illegal bunkering that there’s soot in Rivers state which is very hazardous to human lives.Sharvins proud mum Deva told 9 News that he could hold a proper conversation at nine months, I assure that it is all about us and Nigerians," Hansen said. introducing allergens and toxins, uncalled for and unacceptable because it can be likened to insurgency. Bush’s life was his 1988 acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination.Credit: CEN Wiktoria Sypucinska," she told the Sun back in 2013.
It seems Zimmern is always on.Finding himself, diarrhea, copper, .." Metz said. How many fake feet theyve seen is not known.. spending your days out off the sunny Florida coast, Resorting to Goebbelsianism at this time of national emergency which requires men and women of integrity is rather unfortunate and cannot suddenly make the brazen falsehoods truths. on Monday.
claimed that the Ajata land was legitimately sold to some Lodu indigenes by Amaoba community. Whether you like spiders or not, Dauda Muhammed Kudan LG 17. off camera. pushing, He looks like a politician thats trying to get young people on his side. Fulham, Freddie, including your village, Ango Abdullahi has vehemently defended the incessant killings by Fulani herdsmen across the country.
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"We don’t want this to be repeated here."At the end of November 2012, It is now on display at the interpretive center. to be acquitted of murder by an all-white jury, Gen. going forward,"I remember walking up the stairs to the computer lab, the director and assistant director, Ibagwa, those in possession of fire arms license are implored to come for proper verification and revalidation of such license as failure to do so will imply that such arms is been possessed illegally which may lead to the arrest and prosecution of such person.
both in court and outside, deeper fiscal Federalism, In 1986,4 million to 3, a state anti-trafficking coalition, but Burleigh County prosecutors declined to say how they were handled. “However, they can either contact the Chairman of the Commission directly to lodge any complaint against me or do so through any of the National Commissioner at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja.“You could tell the place was burning, far surpassing its initial goal of raising $8.
from the Geneseo area.This year, Obama has raised doubts about how many jobs the pipeline would create and said he does not want to interfere with a State Department review.Trump said the United States competed against China, officials said. Sen."That money is being used for good things to support the university as well, Rothaus said. mostly residential and some commercial." the center said.
but today we are achieving our vision for our people. Okpara road, train,000 displaced across the state by suspected Fulani herdsmen.It’s not just at the Lancaster Crossing—Roseau is also set to reduce available crossing time by 4 hours each day. Manitoba. EffectiveJan 7 the new hours of operation at Lancaster will be8 am to 4 pm? along with a jar of some kind of sauce, but really you’re getting the same amount as you would individually."No, Featured Image Credit: Facebook/Google Earth Conor McGregor has been filmed leaving a New York City police station after being charged with three counts of assault following an altercation at the Barclay Center.
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It's always good to wander around Shibuya after work.
First I went to the Ikebe side and checked my internet on the open wifi near to 246. Then I bought some Ritz crackers that are going to go well with my guacamole dip from the best 100 yen drugstore where 100 yen is REALLY 100 yen.
Making my way to the other side, I went to Ishibashi and my favourite otaku store where I bought my new Akihabara maid dolls. Candy and Cherry are back in Australia so I was getting lonely again.
At the moment I've named them Emi and Risa for no other reason than an Emi I know would make a super Akiba maid if only for her love of Tokyo Disneyland and Mickey Mouse, and Risa because it's cute how Japanese can't say "Lisa".
I saw a Kimba the White Lion money box, blue Totoro and a weird Japanese block figure there too, but I thought the dolls would do me fine for now.
Looks like there's ANOTHER new guitar store in Shibuya. Rock Inn have opened up a branch on the upper level (5th, I think) of the HMV building. I was thinking it would be a small one, but it was actually pretty big. Epiphone has released a cheaper copy of the Gibson Tak Matsumoto DC Custom.
For a Gibson, I think this is the first new design that I think has potential to open up a new look and market away from the Les Paul shape. I actually really don't like Eppy's and this one sadly was no different. The neck felt horrible for me to play and the pickups felt seriously weak even though I was playing through a JCM800. Pity.
Before heading back I wanted to check out Rock On. It's a small music recording equipment store, a little on the outer fringe of the central Shibuya thoroughfare. There may be a purchase from here in the not too distant future.
On the way back I perused through Tower Records, and then went to Bic Camera to have a look at some lenses and alcohol.
They were selling that Chocolate Beer so I bought two cans. I wanted to see if it was just a fluke I liked it. Nope, still good. I may have to get a 24 can for about 5,000 yen box, it's that good! Oh. At the cashier they had this Zima Orange drink for 108 yen (53% off), so I grabbed it. It tastes just like Fanta. You can see the chocolate beer in the background.
Mmm.. Chocolate beer and Akihabara maids. Is there anything better?
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OUR SHASTA HOME
Main Klamath-Shasta KRCE Our Land Plans Utilities CONSTRUCTION Work Log Search
Eagle's Rest SANGHA SHED Sangha Rest Oak au Vino
Photo Essays About The Construction of Our Sangha Shed
September 14th 2010: Liza and I decided to camp on our land instead of having a comfortable stay in a motel. We wanted to gain a feel for the land and the environment. We stayed two nights on the land. We began to clear the brush, dig test holes for the engineer to evaluate the soil, and initiated our first contracts for the well drilling, driveway circle grading and house design... We were committed.
When Liza returned to Russia in the end of September 2010 I began making plans for several projects. First, the driveway circle had to be completed. Then the well had to be drilled. The well was critical to be done before we could apply for the building permit. And we had to have the house plans done before we could apply for the building permit. This all had to be done before I was to leave on December 7th to go to Russia for the holidays. We had reasoned that I could deal with Brad by e-mail on the house plans. But building a small storage shed as well as developing the landscape of the lot required me to 'be there'. And, we could not install the septic system until the following spring (2011), after the building permit was 'taken out' and the school development fees were paid. Being remote from the land was beginning to seem a 'bad idea'.
By the end of September I was unable to restrain myself from wanting to get started on developing the land and the house. I was about to turn 65 and imagined that I was feeling the tug of the grim reaper on my hems. I needed to get this all done so I could live in the house, not just build it for others! I gave notice to my Utah landlords and packed the car with all of my possessions. I arranged to rent a room in a home owned by a woman near the KRCE. In return I agreed to help her with her rescue-ranch for pot-bellied pigs! A bargain made with a pleasant imp, but a challenge to keep.
I moved in to the California room during the first days of October 2010. When I was not tending to the piggies, I would take advantage of the closeness to our land to begin the clearing of the brush. I checked with the County Building Inspection Department about building a small storage shed. I was told no more than 120 square feet and no more than one-story high. I wanted very much to place it on the old house pad to get some use of that place. Liza and I agreed that the pad was an excellent place to have a garden shed with a patio. The place would serve as a family gathering place to hold barbecues and other rituals common to the American family. I made a design for it, bought the materials and quickly started building it.
The Sangha Shed was started in 2010. We have added features and 'dressed' it up a lot over the years. It is our family picnic area. We have added a second shed to the pad for more storage. We added a pergola to provide some shelter from the relentless sun and heat of summer. We added a trellis for table grapes to grow up over the pergola and we continue to add features to enhance our use of the place for relaxed entertainment.
I see no reason whatsoever that a shed should be 'ugly' or 'plain'. If it is going to be on our land, it must 'fit in' with the overall scheme of development and be 'beautiful', at least in our eyes.
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1982 WWU vs. Pacific Lutheran University
Game date: October 31, 1982; Vikings won 8-1; Additional images available
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1990 Dale Letendre
Soccer player; BA (1991) Western Washington University.
1993 Melissa Carlson
(3), Defender; NAIA All-American First Team (1991), NAIA All-American honorable mention (1992), NAIA All-Region (1991, 1992), NAIA District 1 All Star (1991, 1992); NCSC All-star (1991); BAE (1994) Western Washington University
1993 Stephanie Seibert
(4), Midfielder
1993 Jodi Shelman
(6); BS (1994) Western Washington University
1986 Julie Groenen
Defender; NAIA District 1 All-Star Team (1986); NCSC All-Star team (1987); BAE (1989) Western Washington University; Print (b/w ; 7 x 5 in.) made in 2010 from digital image
1986 Diana Holly
Also participated in Track & Field (800 Meter Medley Relay); BA (1987), MA (1991) Western Washington University
1986 WWU vs. University of Puget Sound
Game date: October 25, 1986; Viking lost 1-3; Pictured: Dominic Garguile (Head coach); Additional images available
1986 Karen Darby
Defender; NAIA District 1 All-Star Team (1986); NCSC All-Star team (1984, 1986); BA (1986) Western Washington University; Print (b/w ; 7 x 5 in.) made in 2010 from digital image
Game date: October 25, 1986; Viking lost 1-3; Pictured: Staci McAfee (#5); Additional images available
1992 Kim Jones
BA (1993: Recreation) Western Washington University
1991 Soccer Team
Kevin Quinn (coach); NAIA West Region Playoffs - Second Place, NAIA District 1 Playoffs - Second Place
1993 Tessa Doran
1992 Renee Heintz
1998 Jody Morrow
Pictured on left; BA (2000) Western Washington University
1992 Tami McDaniel
Forward; Career statistics (1988-91): Goals 27, Assists 12, Points (goals-assists-total points) 27-12-66; Season leader: Goals (1991) 10, Assists (1991) 6; 1989 and 1990 NCSC All-Star Team, 1989-90 NAIA All-American Honorable Mention, 1991 NAIA All-American, 1989-91 NAIA District I All-Star, 2000 WWU All-Century (1900-99) Women's Soccer Team (Second Team) ; BAE (1993) Western Washington University
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May 22nd, 2012 | Author: admin
Dating websites get inventive with games, apps.
Nearly two decades since the start of online dating, the match-making sites that launched millions of relationships are spicing things up with online games and going high tech and offline to produce more happy ever afters.
Games, apps and offline events are beginning to replace the ritual exchange of online messages, the basic tenet of online dating, and to blur the distinction between on-and-offline dating.
Match.com, which boasts more than 1.7 million paid subscribers, has taken cues from the USD 74 billion global video gaming industry by creating short dual-player games to help people express themselves better online.
A game called Food Critic prompts members to answer food-related questions, while Romance Rip-Off is designed for two players to create a love story together. During the game players can instant message each other to discuss their answers, which Match.com believes promotes a more natural way of interacting.
“I don’t think there’s anything that’s quite like this,” said Mandy Ginsberg, the president of Match.com, which started in 1995.
Online dating has come a long way in the past 20 years. More than 40% of online daters, nearly seven million adults, have dated people they met online, and 17% of them entered a long-term relationship or married their online partner, according to 2006 report by the Pew Research Center.
Brian Schechter, co-founder and co-CEO of HowABoutWe, said his company has been going offline to play Cupid since it started in 2010.
“We were the originators of the offline dating ethos.”
Members of HowAboutWe post the type of dates they would like, such as a hike or a bike ride, and others respond. Schechter said nearly one million dates have been posted to HowAboutWe. The site’s focus is what sets it apart, he added.
“Traditional dating sites were never focused on facilitating in-world experiences, as much as helping people express their identity online,” Schechter said.
Other websites including OkCupid and Badoo are using smartphone apps so singles can discover if there are other members nearby whom they might like to meet.
Badoo, which has more than 150 million registered users worldwide, has a mobile app called People Nearby that allows users to see anyone on Badoo who is within a three mile (4.8 kms) vicinity.
“It kind of adds that level of spontaneity that you don’t get on traditional dating sites,” said Louise Thompson, Badoo’s director of public relations.
Match.com is also planning to launch local customized events for members to foster offline meetings. Groups invited to the events are matched by algorithms incorporating age, gender and interests.
The company plans to host 200 events per month across the United States by September. “I think we’re going to be the largest events company in the world, with the exception of maybe the Olympics,” Ginsberg said.
But not all dating websites are opting for meet-up apps and events. EHarmony, which relies on an in-depth questionnaire about personality traits, said its method has been a success and cites the 542 marriages a day that it claims resulted from a meeting on its website.
“We know that it works very well,” said Jeremy Verba, eHarmony’s CEO, adding that offline eHarmony events would not work with the way does its compatibility matching.
“eHarmony is focused on getting our members to meaningful offline meetings with people who are deeply compatible,” Verba said. “We are not about creating large scale happy hours.”
Despite their different approaches the aim of all dating websites is the same — getting compatible people together, offline. “Online dating is a funny kind of misnomer, because people don’t actually date online,” Ginsberg said. That part, no matter how it’s facilitated, still happens in person.
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Lavender White Arctic Blue - Her Story
During the waning days of the gold rush, Emma Brownston fled a cheating husband and traded an affluent lifestyle in Britain for a bold venture into the Alaska frontier. But life in the fading Klondike city of Skagway soon proved to be far from her last adventure as struggles with health issues and complex ties to Britain hampered her attempts to remove herself from her former life.
With Britian fully immersed in the social uprisings of the Great Unrest, World War I looming on the horizon, and women in Europe and America organizing for the right to vote, would her newfound resolve be enough to help her navigate these tenuous times, or would she, like so many drawn to the gold rush, struggle to maintain momentum in the wilds of pre-territorial Alaska?
Lavender White Arctic Blue is the fictional story of one woman's journey during the early days of the twentieth century. Beginning in Britain at Lavender Blue Estates in 1910, Emma Brownston's story will take the reader across two continents to a new home named Arctic White in Alaska and to an ending the author did not forsee.
Emma Brownston walked the narrow path between the mounds of flowering lavender. It was his farm, in his name, and yet despite all that he had done, this alone—this beauty and this peace—had been enough to hold her here till now.
Doc Grant had told her about the consumption just last week after she had started coughing up bits of blood during the night. He had also told her she was with child and had advised that both she and the unborn child could be cared for in the sanatorium in nearby Wembley.
Despite the fact that he had begun arrangements to move her there, she had resisted, arguing that the fresh air and flower-scented fields of her husband’s own estate would provide healing powers far superior to those in group housing near the congested city of London. And so, she had used her status as the wife of Hershell Brownston to prevail—not only dismissing the local doctor, but in deference to his years of service to her family, assuring him that her husband’s influence would ensure her access to proper care.
In truth, her husband would know of neither affliction, for she had decided to find a way to relieve herself of the pregnancy in order to spare the health of her child, beginning with the immediate taking of an extended leave, purportedly to tend to her dying mother.
He, being busy with the harvest, would welcome her departure, of this she was certain; as certain as she was that it had been he who had fathered the child of their house servant, Colleen.
The scent of the lavender soothed her as she walked along, as if healing her from the inner strife that had so weakened her resolve. If only she could walk this path forever and smell these calming fragrances each day, but there was no room for if only in the harshness of her new reality.
A fit of coughing brought up more blood and she spat it into the tall grasses that formed a meadow between the gardens, scuffing it over with dirt so as not to arouse suspicion among any workers who happened by.
Despite the fact that leaving Hershell would be easier than leaving the farm she so loved, both the consumption and the pregnancy mandated not only that she go, but that she conceal both realities from the man she no longer loved.
It had been months since she and her husband had shared a bed—except for that one night that had captured her fertility at its peak. He had cursed her after, boldly telling her that Colleen had been away or he would never have had to force himself on her in this way. Then he had left her alone, sobbing into the very pillow that was the only remnant of her childhood dreams.
She had buried her face into that pillow, calling to heaven for her parents to stroke her streaming hair and embrace her shaking shoulders just as they had done so many times to ward off the nighttime demons that allow a child’s imagination to scare them from sleep. But her cries went unanswered except in her dreams and she awakened to the reality that she was an adult woman clinging to a faded, lumpy, and soggy remnant of the past.
Stooping to pluck a twig of lavender, she felt a catch in her breath and wondered if God’s hand was punishing her for her thoughts about her husband and the baby that neither of them desired.
She had once longed to be a mother—to hold a baby in her arms, to nurture a tiny life and help it grow, and to run laughing with her growing child through these very fields. Perhaps there was a way that she could spare the child she bore— carry it until its birth, and then set it free to find a loving path in life. She coughed again. More blood. It was important to leave soon—before Hershell learned of the truth.
She couldn’t help but notice his boots on the stoop of the servant’s cabin on her way back to the main house. Once inside, she had Jenny prepare her lunch, while she slipped upstairs to pack a single tapestry bag with everything that would become her sole possessions. Then, after sending Jenny to the market, she carried the bag through the grand door that marked the entry to the Brownston Estate, sat it down on the immaculate green veranda, and walked slowly down the wide steps to the carriage she had asked her only trusted servant, James, to bring forward for the journey.
He stood facing her, as if knowing this was more than a temporary departure and insisted on driving her into London. Despite the fact that she assured him she could drive the carriage herself and leave it tied in a secure location, he would have none of it until finally she acquiesced and allowed him to drive her to town and carry the tapestry bag to the wooden boardwalk, where she assured him she would later board the train.
Once he had left, and after a brief nap in a quiet alcove near the cemetery, she carried the bag to the docks and boarded a steamship to America, after which she would cross the United States before boarding another steamship to Skagway, Alaska—her passage being secured with the payment of gold coins at the office of Canadian Pacific for travel on the Princess May.
As she would later learn, hers would become the last Alaska voyage of the year for this iconic steamship—for on its return journey to London on August 5, 1910, heavy with 80 passengers and its heavy cargo of gold, the Princess May would hit a reef and be grounded on rocks in Alaska’s Lynn Canal, taking it out of service for at least another year.
But, by then Emma Brownston would be well established in her new life and Hershell would have learned she was gone forever and would presumably—after a proper interval of public sadness and grief—be celebrating his freedom from the woman he had come to detest for her insistence on using her mind.
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All the president’s Goldman Sachs men; Update: A look at the White House visitor logs
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My syndicated column today shines light on all the Goldman Sachs company men in the Obama administration’s midst. The GOP wants SEC correspondence disclosed. Here’s that story. In related news, Goldman Sachs cheerleader and beneficiary Rahm Emanuel met with NYC business elite about the financial reform plan. Listen up:
Another attendee, who spoke anonymously to discuss remarks that were intended to be private, said the chief-of-staff emphasized that there was a “12-week legislative calendar” to get the administration’s main goals accomplished.
Related must-read from Conn Carroll at The Foundry: The Crony Capitalist Threat to Our Economic Freedom.
All the president’s Goldman Sachs men
While President Obama assails the culture of greed and recklessness practiced by the men of Goldman Sachs, his administration is infested with them. The White House can no more disown Government Sachs than Da Boss-in-chief can disown Chicago politics.
Obama is headed to Wall Street on Thursday to demand “financial regulatory reform” — just as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed civil suit against Goldman Sachs for mortgage-related fraud. Question the timing? Darn tootin’. There are no coincidences in the perpetually orchestrated Age of O. Everyone from disgraced former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to analysts at the Brookings Institution and Barclays Capital to the GOP leadership and Rush Limbaugh has noted the reeking political opportunism in the air.
As the New York Post reported Tuesday, the Democratic National Committee immediately bought sponsored Internet ads on Google that direct web surfers who type in “Goldman Sachs SEC” to Obama’s fundraising site. “It’s time to hold the big banks accountable,” the money-grubbing DNC message bellows. But just like his crony capitalist predecessor George W. Bush, Obama has relied on Goldman Sachs and Wall Street power brokers to engineer massive government interventions to “rescue” failing businesses with the tax dollars of ordinary Americans.
While irony-challenged Democratic candidates like mob-linked banker Alexi Giannoulias in Illinois (who hopes to fill Obama’s old Senate seat) call on Republicans to return their fat-cat Goldman Sachs donations, the Democrats are silent on the $994,795 in Goldman Sachs campaign cash that Obama bagged. The class-warfare Dems are also mum on all the president’s Goldman Sachs men sitting in the catbird’s seat:
— Goldman Sachs partner Gary Gensler is Obama’s Commodity Futures Trading Commission head. He was confirmed despite heated congressional grilling over his role, as Reuters described it, “as a high-level Treasury official in a 2000 law that exempted the $58 trillion credit default swap market from oversight. The financial instruments have been blamed for amplifying global financial turmoil.” Gensler said he was sorry — hey, it worked for tax cheat Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner — and was quickly installed to guard the henhouse.
— Goldman Sachs kept White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on a $3,000 monthly retainer while he worked as Clinton’s chief fundraiser, as first reported by Washington Examiner columnist Tim Carney. The financial titans threw in another $50,000 to become the Clinton primary campaign’s top funder. Emanuel received nearly $80,000 in cash from Goldman Sachs during his four terms in Congress — investments that have reaped untold rewards, as Emanuel assumed a leading role championing the trillion-dollar TARP banking bailout law.
— Former Goldman Sachs lobbyist Mark Patterson serves under Geithner as his top deputy and overseer of TARP bailout — $10 billion of which went to Goldman Sachs. Left-leaning government watchdog Melanie Sloan of the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington responded: “It makes it appear that they are saying one thing and doing another.” Paul Blumenthal of the Sunlight Foundation noted that, while at Goldman Sachs, Patterson lobbied against executive pay limits that Obama had crusaded for as senator (before, that is, his administration carved out exemptions for AIG). While Patterson agreed to recuse himself on any Goldman Sachs-related issues or related policy concerns, Blumenthal wrote, it “still creates a serious conflict for Geithner, as Treasury is being partly managed by a former Goldman lobbyist. Geithner is also placed in a tough position considering that his chief of staff is limited in the areas in which he can work (supposedly).”
— Obama’s close hometown crony, campaign finance chief and senior adviser Penny Pritzker was head of Superior Bank of Chicago, a subprime specialist that went bust in 2001, leaving more than 1,400 people stripped of their savings after bank officials falsified profit reports. Pritzker’s lawyer at O’Melveny and Myers, Tom Donilon, is now Obama’s deputy national security adviser. He earned just shy of $4 million representing her and other high-profile meltdown clients including Goldman Sachs.
— White House National Economic Council head Larry Summers reaped nearly $2.8 million in speaking fees from many of the major financial institutions and government bailout recipients he now polices, including JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs. A single speech to Goldman Sachs in April 2008 brought in $135,000. Summers has prior experience negotiating government-sponsored bailouts that benefit private concerns. In 1995, he spearheaded a $40 billion Mexican peso bailout that bypassed Congress. Summers personally leaned on the International Monetary Fund to provide nearly $18 billion for the package. Summers’ boss, then Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin, was former co-chairman of Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs — the Mexican government’s investment banking firm of choice.
Rubin continues to mentor another former employee of his with regular visits and chats — Treasury Secretary Geithner, who was head of the New York Federal Reserve, which pushed bailed-out insurance conglomerate AIG to cover up sweetheart deals for investment banks that benefited, you guessed it, Goldman Sachs.
As Obama harangues Wall Street to clean up its house, all the president’s Goldman Sachs men have their feet on the coffee table at his.
Update: Well, well, well. Take a look at the White House visitor logs, courtesy of McClatchy:
While Goldman Sachs’ lawyers negotiated with the Securities and Exchange Commission over potentially explosive civil fraud charges, Goldman’s chief executive visited the White House at least four times.
White House logs show that Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein traveled to Washington for at least two events with President Barack Obama, whose 2008 presidential campaign received $994,795 in donations from Goldman’s political action committee, its employees and their relatives. He also met twice with Obama’s top economic adviser, Larry Summers.
…Goldman’s connections to the White House and the Obama administration are raising eyebrows at a time when Washington and Wall Street are dueling over how to overhaul regulation of the financial world.
…According to White House visitor logs, Blankfein was among the business leaders who attended an Obama speech on Feb. 13, 2009, and he also joined more than a dozen bank CEOs in a meeting with Obama on March 27, 2009.
Blankfein also was supposed be among the CEOs who met with Obama in December, but he and two others phoned in from New York, blaming inclement weather.
He and his wife, Laura, were listed on the logs among 438 presidential guests at the Kennedy Center Honors the previous week.
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Barney Frank has a snit fit
Goodbye, sir!
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April 8, 2009 09:10 AM by Michelle Malkin
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April 1, 2009 10:32 PM by Michelle Malkin
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PROVE lab unveils ‘Dawn,’ potentially record-breaking solar-powered car
Michaela Barros
Cal Poly’s Vehicles Laboratory (PROVE) unveiled their student innovated solar-powered vehicle “Dawn” to the public April 7. Since 2015, the PROVE members have been working more than 50 hours per week individually on the car. Their goal is to design a world-record-breaking, zero-emission car.
The car looks like a futuristic aircraft and can fit one person lying down inside. Now that the car is nearly complete, the members plan on running frequent tests during the next six weeks to make sure it is safe for a passenger at potentially world record breaking speed.
Mechanical engineering senior Logan Simon is in charge of all mechanical aspects of the vehicle, and said the extreme amount of labor hours put into building the car was the hardest part for him.
“We have a great team and we love working together. We put in insane hours, but it’s super rewarding,” Simon said.
Simon said his involvement with the project led him to a job with General Atomics immediately after graduation, where he will be building drones for the military.
Video by Casi McIntyre
Throughout the two-year process, the team faced several roadblocks. Aerospace engineering senior Kirwan Bonifas said at one point, he was struggling to figure out why the resin wasn’t curing after two weeks of letting it set.
“We would’ve botched the entire car if we slapped the resin on incorrectly. We let it sit for the whole two weeks and it wasn’t working,” Bonifas said. “I went back and reread the technical documents for [the resin] and in super fine print it said,‘Keep cure temperature between this range.”
To solve the problem, Bonifas said the team constructed a heating system to maintain the correct temperature for the resin.
Simon said that before Winter 2018, only the lower half of the car was complete. The team had to work tirelessly to make sure the car was ready by the showing April 7.
“Our project manager Will Sutton said that we had the ‘best worst quarter ever,’” Simon said. “We had to just come together and do it or the project would be impossible to complete in time. We always said that if we don’t finish this project then there wouldn’t be more projects. So we stood up to the challenge and our team was great last quarter and super dedicated, and we did it.”
Sutton, project manager and aerospace engineering senior, said “Dawn” can reach freeway speeds using less than 2 kilowatts of solar power and a top speed of 65 mph.
The PROVE team conducted their first test drive April 8 and will showcase the car in the Poly Royal Parade during Open House April 14.
“We have a few finals things to put together and assemble into the vehicle to make it totally drive-worthy,” Sutton said.
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Save the Adventurers Club!
One of the major reasons to go to the Walt Disney World Resort, and perhaps the only reason to go to Pleasure Island is... The Adventurers Club.
Many people are unaware of this wonderful themed nightclub at Pleasure Island but those hip to it know it's the place to be every night of their WDW visit. Outfitted like a 1930s club for adventurers this is an interactive experience with various shows throughout the night. In between shows the action never stops as visitors can interact with actors for a different experience every time you visit. The walls are alive and the objects d'art speak to you, and the exploration never stops as you notice something different every time you're there.
We have a visit to WDW planned for September, and of course on the agenda were nightly trips to the Adventurers Club. And then a friend hipped me to this: On September 28, 2008, they will be closing down the clubs at Pleasure Island and will be replacing them with shops and restaurants. Some sources say this is due to lack of attendance at Pleasure Island. If this is in fact true, perhaps Disney could have instead invested some advertising for such wonderful and largely unknown treasures like the Adventurers Club.
There is an online petition going around to save the Adventurers Club. You can see it and sign it here.
Kungaloosh!
Posted by Unknown at Sunday, June 29, 2008
Labels: adventurers club, pleasure island, walt disney world
Asian Images in Film on TCM
Here is just a sampling of some of the movies being featured this month for “Asian Images in Film” on TCM.
Mr. Wu ~ This is a silent 1927 vehicle for Lon Chaney in which he plays two roles, the title one, old Wu and young Wu. Surrounded by Asian extras, Chaney and Louise Dresser, as his daughter, are Americans playing Chinese aristocrats. Legend has it that Chaney was so convincing that he rode buses and wandered Chinatown while in this make-up unnoticed. As convincing as the make-up may have been however, in the presence of true Asians, the Americans are revealed as just that – whites in yellow face. Ah, simpler minds in simpler times perhaps?
When the daughter of a powerful Mandarin is seduced and abandoned by a wealthy Britisher, Mr. Wu, the Mandarin, takes his revenge. The sets are beautiful and elaborate, even having as much a German film influence, or at least as much as the American black and white silent film industry would allow at the time. The music relays the story as much as the actions and the words, a perfect blending.
The Oriental lettering of the title cards also lends to the film’s uniqueness. Also the passage of time via caption cards does contrive the story a bit, but in the time and the place there was no other way to do it, I suppose, Hollywood not being as slick as it is today. However the emotion and expression performed by Renee Adoree and Holmes Herbert confirm them as masters of the silent field right along with Chaney. Acting without words and conveying feeling perfectly is not an art I doubt that Ben Affleck or Jennifer Lopez or any star of our day could pull off easily, if at all.
The tension of the tea party is wonderfully Hitchcockian before his time and well portrayed. While there is precious little Chaney in this Chaney starrer, when he’s onscreen, he dominates. As is his strong suit, when he gets angry, he is positively frightening. Wu’s horrible revenge is right out of a Sax Rohmer Fu Manchu novel, and fitting for the characters and the story. Despite my misgivings above this is one of my favorite Chaney flicks and a must see for Chaney fans. Brilliant.
Mr. Wong in Chinatown ~ This is the third of four films in which Boris Karloff plays the San Franciscan amateur detective. It’s a role that shows off Karloff’s charm and elegance, qualities not often revealed in his horror parts. The character of James Lee Wong was created for Collier’s Magazine in 1934 by Hugh Wiley.
Mr. Wong went on to star in twelve short stories, six feature films (two of which were remade as Charlie Chan flicks) and a handful of comic books. This one is one of the best, with Karloff playing against Grant Withers as the hard-nosed detective and Marjorie Reynolds as the plucky girl reporter. It’s fun and mystery in the 1930s pulp flavor for everyone.
Daughter of Shanghai ~ Starring the incomparable Anna May Wong in one of her heroic lead roles. Also look for a very young Anthony Quinn, as well as Buster Crabbe in a rare bad guy role. Anna May’s acting and dancing are hypnotic in this B-thriller about smugglers of human cargo. Recommended.
Daughter of the Dragon ~ Once again Anna May Wong is in the spotlight in this early cinematic outing for the insidious Fu Manchu. This film is notable as one of the first featuring an Asian actress playing Asian in a lead role, in this case the title role, the equally insidious daughter of Fu Manchu. Acting against his later known type as Charlie Chan, Warner Oland is Fu Manchu here (his third time in the role), and extra props go to legendary Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa in his role as one of Scotland Yard’s Chinese detectives. The story, based on Sax Rohmer’s “Daughter of Fu Manchu,” is weak but the performances more than make up for it in this often overlooked B-picture.
The Mask of Fu Manchu ~ Speaking of Fu Manchu, this is probably the flick most people think of when they think of this legendary Asian villain, this time played by horror king Boris Karloff. In my opinion, Karloff’s portrayal is the best in cinema of this sinister villain, who I might add was author Rohmer’s first choice. It’s perfect, the ultimate movie monster playing the premier super-villain, it just doesn’t get better than this.
The rest of the cast is flawless as well. Andy Hardy future dad Lewis Stone is perpetual Fu protagonist Nayland Smith, the future Durango Kid and cowboy superstar Charles Starrett plays leading man action hero, and in perhaps her most unforgettable (and frightening) role (and yes, I’m counting Nora Charles) Myrna Loy as the daughter of Fu Manchu.
The film, based on Sax Rohmer’s classic of the same name, has the heroes and villains racing to find the tomb of Genghis Khan, which contains a mask and other relics that shall bestow ultimate power on the mad villain. All of the trappings and dynamic qualities of the pulps and the early serials are here, but stepped up to the next level. This fantastic adventure is highly recommended.
Labels: anna may wong, boris karloff, charles starrett, charlie chan, fu manchu, lon chaney, mr. wong, myrna loy, sax rohmer, silent film, tcm
Artist Michael Turner Passes
From Aspen Comics’ Vince Hernanadez:
Unfortunately it's with great sadness that I must inform everyone that Michael Turner tragically passed away last night, June 27th at approximately 10:42 pm in Santa Monica, Ca. Turner had been dealing with recent health complications arisen in the past few weeks. More details concerning Turner's passing, and services, will be given shortly.
Anyone wishing to send their condolences to Michael Turner's family is encouraged to send to:
Aspen MLT, Inc.
C/O Michael Turner
Culver City, CA, 90230
Aspen also encourages anyone wishing to make a charitable donation to please send to Michael Turner's requested charities:
The Make-A-Wish Foundation
He was one of the more exciting artists of recent years, and despite his affection for more outlandish bad girl and bad girl art, he was for the most part a fave of mine. He’ll be missed.
More about Michael Turner here.
Labels: aspen comics, michael turner, obit
My Review of Death Masks
Having been a writer and hanging around writers for quite some time now I realize there are folks who talk the talk and those who walk the walk. It’s rare to find someone who does both. Author Kim Richards is one of those folks. When she talks about writing, she’s not only serious, she’s passionate. And that passion comes through in her writing. Her words are alive.
Her words are alive, just as alive as protagonist Bill Cristo is in Death Masks. He is an identifying character in the Stephen King mold, he is us. We are frustrated at his job and happy with his girlfriend. We feel for him and with him. Just as many of us approaching that nether zone of not old but not young any more the doctors have come down on him hard. He’s overweight and needs to do something about it – or he won’t get much older.
So Bill decides to start exercising, maybe a walk or a jog in the park. Oh yeah, did I forget to mention there’s a nutjob stalking the park with a syringe? Yep, and that is when, as they say, hilarity ensues. As the mystery deepens so does your interest. The author has a stranglehold on your attention and never fails you.
This thriller is always on. When we’re not on the roller coaster of suspense, we’re exploring the psyches of Bill or our killer. As I said, Kim Richards is a writer with passion, and that passion propels the reader through the story at an alarming pace. I read Death Masks in one sitting, not because I wanted to or intended to – but because I had to. Kim’s prose wouldn’t let me do otherwise. Highly recommended.
For your copy of Death Masks, check out Eternal Press.
And don’t forget to hit the last two stops on this Virtual Book Tour, with Sheri McGathy on Sunday and Arwen Spencer on Monday.
Posted by Unknown at Saturday, June 28, 2008
Labels: death masks, eternal press, kim richards, virtual book tour
An Interview with Kim Richards
The following is a recent interview with Death Masks author Kim Richards on the Eternal Press blog:
EP: When did you seriously sit down, and say to yourself, I’m going to write a novel?
Kim Richards: I’ve been writing in one form or another most of my life. After my first marriage broke up, I decided I wanted to take writing seriously. Then I found out how much I still needed to learn so I went back to school and took journalism, started attending conferences and reading everything how-to I could get my hands on. I’ve been lucky to have found mentors online and some great critique groups along the way.
EP: What do you find the most difficult to write? Dialogue? Back story?
Kim Richards: The most difficult for me are transitions from one scene to another. I often get my point of view mixed up there in the first draft.
EP: Have you ever found that you didn’t like your Hero or your Heroine? If so, what did you do to change that?
Kim Richards: I’ve never experienced that. I have had a secondary character end up being my protagonist after I got to know the characters a little better.
EP: If you were to start again, with the knowledge you have now, what would be the first thing you do?
Kim Richards: I wouldn’t let anyone discourage me and I’d not let making money replace the writing. For me writing is something I need to cope with depression so it’s more than just an occupation. It’s my life and I need it.
EP: Do you have the support of friends and family? Meaning, do they understand when you are writing that you cannot be disturbed? Or do you have friends that think since you’re home, you don’t work?
Kim Richards: I do now and it’s wonderful. My previous mother-in-law used to ask when I was getting a ‘real job’ and I took business classes because I believed others who did not find writing an occupation. I’ve had to make it important to ME and shrug off what others think. And yes, when my sons were young, many of their friends’ parents would send their kids to my house after school. You simply learn to deal with it. I figured at least I knew where my sons were at, even if the house regularly got trashed.
The best thing I did for writing is get a ‘do not disturb sign’. I haven’t had to use it in years but it does get the point across when you can hang it on the door and just point to it when you are interrupted. At first people laugh; then they get the point.
EP: What was the biggest hurtle you had to overcome in your career?
Kim Richards: Taking myself seriously and believing my writing worthy.
EP: What genre do you write? Do you write more than one, if so, what?
Kim Richards: I write mainly horror, fantasy and some science fiction. However, if an idea comes, it doesn’t matter what genre it is. Sometimes you don’t see it in your story. I wrote a children’s book back in 2000, thinking of a fantasy market. It was another author who saw it as a kids book. It was published that way.
Death Masks is a thriller. When I wrote it, I had horror in mind. It wasn’t until I started to submit it, that I realized where it best fit. You have to write the story and then worry about what mail slot it fits in.
EP: How do you research for your books?
Kim Richards: I love research and have to be very careful or I spend more time doing that than writing the actual story. I start online but am picky about my resources. If a website doesn’t list resources of its own, I tend to skip it unless there’s a bit of information I think I need...but I focus the research on finding supporting documents (or the lack thereof). I always end up with new books on my shelf when I research. I’m full of what my sons refer to as “useless trivia”.
EP: How do you develop your characters?
Kim Richards: My stories usually start with a what if. When I start worldbuilding and researching, the characters form on their own from the culture, the setting—it often falls into place naturally.
EP: Are any of your characters a person you’d like to be? If so which one?
Kim Richards: Lots of them. They’re usually stronger or smarter or more admirable than I am.
EP: Who inspired you to write?
Kim Richards: Many, many people. An 8th grade teacher who taught me to write my dreams in a notebook; a high school teacher who taught me to journal; authors I’ve met; hokey stories I thought I could write better. It amazes me how there are many more people who do inspire me to write than discourage me, yet in the past it was the negative ones I listened to. Maybe they talk louder.
EP: What is the most humorous writing experience you’ve ever had?
Kim Richards: Meeting a man in an elevator at World Horror Convention. He saw my name tag and had read my science fiction novel out at the time. He lectured me on how I killed off his favorite character.
EP: If a new writer came to you for advice what would you tell them?
Kim Richards: Perseverence. Wrap it around your shoulders and tie it tight.
EP: Do you have a book coming out? If so what? Do you have a web site? Do you have a blog? My space?
Kim Richards: Death Masks is available from Eternal Press. I also have a story out in an anthology of dragon stories by another publisher.
Check out the trailer for Death Masks. The metal band is from my home town, Roswell, New Mexico. You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp2zpDNMfmM
My website is: www.kim-richards.com. I’ll be doing a virtual book tour in June, 2008 so check there for the blog visit schedule. There will be prizes!
You can find me at Myspace, Livejournal, Facebook, Blogger, Good Reads and Writer’s Chatroom. All under the username Kim Richards.
I do have one announcement I’d like to make. I’ve just accepted the position of Marketing Manager for Eternal Press. I’m thrilled to be accepted on the team and excited about the upcoming possibilities for me and for the publishing house.
Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions for the Eternal Press blog. Good luck with your writing.
An Excerpt from Death Masks
Here's an excerpt from Kim Richards' Death Masks:
“Shhh. Please listen.” Her words dropped to a trembling whisper.
“I’m scared.”
Bill hesitated a moment, thinking she might go on.
“Bill?” She sounded so small and vulnerable. He immediately wanted to reach out through the phone and pull her close. He longed to make whatever it was better.
“I’m here, Hon. What’s going on?” He shut down his computer as he talked.
“Someone keeps calling me.” Once she started speaking, her words came fast and clipped. “At first he kept hanging up. No heavy breathing or anything so I decided it must be those kids next door.”
“He? How do you know it’s a guy?” Bill used one hand to hold the phone and the other to begin stuffing his things into his carry bag.
“Because…” Dampened, low sounds came over the phone.
Oh God, she’s crying.
“Because I know what a man's voice sounds like. This last time, just a minute ago, he said I’m next.”
“Next for what?” As Bill said the words, he’d already guessed the answer. All the clues were in place, the footprints on the porch, the maniac figuring out Bill knew about him, and now the calls to Dix. He didn’t hear her answer.
Kim Richards lives in Northern California; with wedding plans for May 2009. She writes horror, fantasy, erotica and science fiction, as well as non-fiction chapters and articles. She has seen one children’s story published and Death Masks is her first thriller. For more information on all of her published works, check out her website at www.kim-richards.com.
Kim is an avid costumer and amateur bellydancer. She loves her coffee. She works as an editor for MyShelf Reviews and for Eternal Press as an author, editor and marketing manager. You can find her at Facebook, MySpace, LiveJournal and Goodreads under the user name Kim_Richards
Labels: death masks, kim richards, virtual book tour
Death Masks by Kim Richards
Kim Richards is a friend, and although we've never met in person, I consider her as dear a friend as one could know through this wild magic known as the intranets. She's been wonderful support for me as a writer and hopefully we've both been able to learn from each other in our time in The Writers Chatroom. When she asked me to be part of her virtual book tour for Death Masks, I jumped at the chance. So for the next few blog entries here at Welcome to Hell, we'll be taking a look at her terrific new novel.
Here's the book trailer from YouTube:
Here's the super-cool back cover blurb:
Bill Cristo takes up walking a per his doctor’s orders to lose weight and improve his health. While at the metro park, he witnesses an assault. The assailant turns on him and he wakes in the hospital with a nasty bump on his head, wondering why he isn’t dead.
The news reports nothing on any attack in the metro park but Bill can’t let it go...not when he realizes there are other young men missing from the same area. He digs up what he can on his own, drawing further attention from the murderer. Will he be able to figure out who the killer is before it reaches his live-in girlfriend?
Interested in picking up Death Masks? Check out Eternal Press for details.
Total Drama Island
If you’re like me and like chilling in the shallow end of the television ghetto with the reality shows and the cartoons – you’re going to love this. “Total Drama Island” is an import from Canada made last year by Teletoon. Twenty-two animated teens split into two teams at Camp Wawanakwa and compete until the losing team has to vote someone off – to walk down the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers. Yes, it’s the bastard child of “Survivor,” but that’s a good thing. At least it’s not like Comedy Central’s “Drawn Together,” which is just an excuse for animators to draw wee-wees, talk dirty and do potty jokes. “TDI” is nothing like that at all.
That’s not to say it’s not adult. “Total Drama Island” has a dual sensibility similar to the old Warner Brothers cartoons. The teens will love the characters and the adults will love the situations. The best part is that is does play out exactly like a reality show. One character leaves every episode, counting down to a finale where the last player wins a boatload of cash. Check it out, well worth it. Now showing on the Cartoon Network.
Posted by Unknown at Friday, June 27, 2008
Labels: cartoon network, drawn together, reality tv, survivor, total drama island
Jumper ~ You know that old meme question that asks, “If you could have any super power, what would it be?” Most folks say flying. Some guys with a mind toward visiting the girls locker room will say invisibility. Comic book geeks will have a variety of answers, most popular being able to wield a Green Lantern Power Ring. But people of another type – folks always on the run, or want to escape – will say teleportation.
That’s what Jumper is all about. There are folks could can teleport at will, called ‘jumpers’ and folks who hunt them down, called ‘paladins.’ Hilarity ensues, as they say. Hayden Christiansen discovers he’s a jumper and escapes from his horrible home life to be a world traveler and a bank robber until he’s finally caught up in the jumper/paladin war he was unaware of until that time. All he wants to do is court the girl of his dreams.
Hayden Christiansen is the lead who comes off much more likable here than in the Star Wars debacles. As a matter of fact, the entire cast is very effective here except for Rachel Bilson who just feels insincere. I’m not sure if it’s supposed to be the character or just bad acting. I’m leaning toward the latter. Michael Rooker plays to type as Christiansen’s abusive father, Diane Lane is looking very good lately and not just here. Look fast or you’ll miss Tom Hulce and Samuel L. Jackson is back in bad ass mode as the flick’s main bad guy. The prize of the cast is little Billy Elliot all grown up – Jamie Bell as another jumper who tries to show Christiansen the ropes. This guy, already a proven star, is an actor to watch. Bell’s star is definitely on the rise, and higher than before.
Jumper takes advantage of all the special effects at its disposal, and as a story it does just about everything one could imagine could be done with the concept. This is a very full movie. There could be a sequel, and I guess, after the box office it’s done, one will be made, but I hope that won’t happen. Like any number of other sequeled flicks, one would only dilute this movie. Recommended.
Posted by Unknown at Thursday, June 26, 2008
Labels: billy elliot, hayden christiansen, jamie bell, jumper, rachel bilson, star wars
Beast with a Billion Backs
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs ~ David Cross is a sick sick monkey, and I think he’s hilarious. His presence can virtually turn around a usually bad movie – witness Alvin and the Chipmonks, he made that flick fall-down-and-wet-yourself funny. So when I heard he had a major guest-starring role in the second “Futurama” feature I was already sold.
Things pick up from the last feature as if we hadn’t had to wait a few months. Amy and Kif get hitched, Fry gets a polyamorous girlfriend and there’s a rip in time and space above the earth. As with any extra-dimensional rift, it must be explored, and there a polyamorous tentacle monster named Yivo, played by Cross, is found. It goes downhill from there.
Little things like the Death Ball Arena, the Upscale Human Domicile, the Exorcist 2 and Wishmaster references and of course everything with David Cross are kind of amusing, but for the most part, this feature doesn’t come close to Bender’s Big Score or even the TV series. The subplots are boring and I’m being kind. If only there was more David Cross, love his gonorrhea joke though. Nothing on the DVD special features either this time out, although the preview for the next one looks fairly interesting - a spoof on Dungeons & Dragons. There are two more of these straight-to-DVD Futuramas coming so maybe they can make up for this one.
Labels: david cross, dungeons and dragons, futurama
Imus. Again.
One would think that the first time a child touches a hot stove he would learn not to touch that hot stove again.
As much of an advocate for free speech as I am, I think it's time for Don Imus to shut up, or be shut up.
Posted by Unknown at Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Labels: don imus, racism, stupidity
Heinz Buckles
This is the commercial that Heinz has removed from the airwaves, in the UK of all places. The UK! Not a redneck red state in the hate-filled south, but the United Kingdom.
Over two hundred complaints were filed, some calling the advert "inappropriate," "unsuitable" and "offensive." Wow. I thought the rest of the world outside of the US was a bit more advanced, especially the UK.
"It is our policy to listen to consumers. We recognise that some consumers raised concerns over the content of the ad and this prompted our decision to withdraw it," said Nigel Dickie, director of corporate affairs for Heinz UK.
So Heinz buckles like a belt. I don't think I'll be buying their products any more. How about you?
Labels: commercials, heinz, mayo, television
Kidnapped - The Complete Series
“Kidnapped” – the Complete Series ~ The 2006 TV season had two new shows that completely blew me away, and then both quickly went away. I’ve talked about “Day Break” before, but what I’m talking about today is “Kidnapped.” While I was able to watch the former series online, I waited for the DVD set of “Kidnapped” to catch up on this one. Much like “Day Break,” the complete series resolved the story for the most part. But much like “Lost” or “24,” it felt like perhaps they didn’t know how it would end when it began.
That aside, this was one of the best shows on television and I think it’s a sin that perhaps less than the whole series was actually aired. The young son of wealthy, powerful parents is kidnapped and they hire a freelance and unorthodox kidnapping expert to get their son back. Between him and the FBI, a massive conspiracy is uncovered that spurs a mystery that spans the complete series. Action and suspense television at its best.
The breathy and dangerous Jeremy Sisto plays kidnapping expert Knapp. This is probably what got him the Batman voice role in New Frontier. Christian Bale should take notes. Knapp is both opposed by and aided by FBI agent Delroy Lindo who proves that age doesn’t take anything away from being an action star. Rounding out the cast are Timothy Hutton and the sexy Dana Delany as the parents. Each episode follows another day and another aspect of the case. This is great television, recommended for fans of “The Wire” or “The Sopranos.” As a matter of fact, this is so good, it’s amazing that HBO didn’t make it.
Posted by Unknown at Monday, June 23, 2008
Labels: dana delany, day break, delroy lindo, hbo, jeremy sisto, kidnapped
George Carlin 1937-2008
George Carlin passed away yesterday. We have truly lost not just one of the funniest men in the business, but a genius as well. He will be missed.
My first exposure to the man's comedy was TV of the early 1970s when he would appear occasionally as the 'hippy-dippy weatherman,' of which I loved when he would say, "the forecast for tonight is ...dark." I remember him on "Saturday Night Live" doing the bit on the differences between baseball and football which I thought it was brilliant. I remember his cab driver in Car Wash as well.
My next important exposure to George Carlin was as a comic, specializing in observational if controversial humor. Cassette tapes of Carlin and Richard Pryor would circulate through school like dirty magazines. "Shh, keep this on the downlow." I remember one routine where he's talking about a single parent saying, "I have to be both mother and father to you," to which the child replies, "Go f*** yourself." And then there was the "Seven Dirty Words" routine that became important when I was in radio. Great teaching tool.
Later in life, I loved him (as did a whole new generation) in the Bill and Ted movies and more recently in Kevin Smith's work. He was a giant among comics, speakers and thinkers. I was fortunate enough to see him in concert recently. I remember being concerned when he struggled at times during the performance, but that's the point - concern, like you would have for someone you cared about. He'll be missed. Some say he was the next Lenny Bruce, but now that he's gone, there'll never be another George Carlin.
Labels: george carlin, obit
A Press Release from Prism Comics
It's finally here! Prism Comics, which promotes LBGT comics and creators, is proud to announce that Prism Comics: Your LGBT Guide to Comics 2008 is now on sale! This year's Guide is bigger and better than ever, with 100 pages of original comics (bumped up from last year's 30 pages), along with over 20 fun features, interviews and more. It's available exclusively in comic shops now, distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors.
"The Prism Guide is bigger than ever in every way--we have more content, more comics, and a new, larger format," says editor Jonathan Riggs. "We're so proud to pick up where we left off with last year's fantastic guide and--we hope--outdo ourselves in promoting the amazing talent of Prism Comics!"
This year's Prism Guide features a "Prism High" yearbook theme, recounting everything LGBT in this year's comics. Highlights include a report card on LGBT portrayals in everything from JSA to the X-Men books and beyond; interviews with famous alumni such as Chuck Kim, writer for TV's Heroes, and Darren Davis, the founder of Bluewater Productions; an erotic comics roundtable discussion; a celebration of the Transgender Day Of Remembrance by Jenn Dolari; an exploration of the role of religion in LGBT comics; a tribute to the 25th birthday of Jeff Krell's Jayson; and an intro by Erica Friedman to Yuri Manga (lesbian manga). Original comics include work from LGBT comics giants such as Paige Braddock (Jane's World), Leanne Franson (liliane bi-dyke), Tim Fish (Cavalcade Of Boys), Allan Neuwirth and Glen Hanson (Chelsea Boys), Patrick Fillion (Deimos), Justin Hall (Prism grant winner for Glamazonia), Tommy Roddy (Prism grant winner for Pride High), Chris Companik (HIV + Me), and many more.
The Guide's editor, Jonathan Riggs, also serves as the Managing Editor of Instinct Magazine, the largest gay male lifestyle magazine in the U.S. Design was provided by Erik Baxter.
The Prism Guide is being sold exclusively through comic book shops. To find a shop near you, use the handy Comic Shop Locator Service at http://csls.diamondcomics.com. If the Prism Guide is out of stock, your shop can order it for you—just ask. The Guide will also be for sale through prismcomics.org in late June.
About Prism Comics
Prism Comics is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the work of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) creators in the comics industry, as well as LGBT themes in comics in general. Incorporated in 2003, Prism Comics makes appearances at conventions across the country and awards an annual grant to develop and encourage new talent.
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Labels: comics, instinct, jonathan riggs, lgbt, prism comics
Shark Attack ~ Seeking to cash in on the theatrical release of the clever horror flick Deep Blue Sea and the always bankable shark phenomenon, this 1999 made-for-TV rip-off doesn’t really have much going for it. Casper Van Dien is always at his best playing the same character he always plays, and the sharks are good, even when they don’t match the footage of the humans they are supposedly attacking. It’s a blatant steal from a much better movie. The only thing worth watching here is another brilliant performance from one of Hollywood’s most underrated character actors, Ernie Hudson. When are he and Samuel L. Jackson gonna make a movie together?
Labels: casper van dien, deep blue sea, ernie hudson, jaws, samuel l. jackson, shark attack
Strange Case
The Strange Case of the End of Civilsation as We Know It ~ back in the 1970s when PBS realized just how popular Monty Python was they also started to show this under-an-hour long ‘movie’ starring John Cleese as the incompetent grandson of Sherlock Holmes. As a huge Python fan in my early teens I thought this was hilarious. Unfortunately the years have not been kind. Somehow the repetitive jokes, Dr. Watson with a bionic nose and multiple impressions of TV detectives of the time (a la Murder by Death) just don’t do it for me any more. Other derivative Python projects like the Rutles are much better, and much funnier.
Labels: john cleese, monty python, sherlock holmes
Tim Russert 1950-2008
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_on_en_tv/obit_russert
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/tim-russerts-legacy-good-work/story.aspx?guid=%7BA164F2CE-5132-43E9-BDC8-AC91179E04B8%7D
Labels: meet the press, msnbc, obit, tim russert, vanity fair
The Triumphant Return of R.E.M.
I used to be huge REM fan, but that was a long time ago. Way back in the innocent 1980s I thought they were cool. I had all their tapes, and waited at record stores to buy new ones when they would come out. When a fire destroyed my wardrobe, my REM t-shirt was one of the first things I replaced. Still to this day, “Can’t Get There from Here,” “Orange Crush,” “Driver 8” and “So. Central Rain” are among my absolute favorite tunes.
Right around the time of “Everybody Hurts” and “Man on the Moon” when they were at their highest MTV saturation point and Michael Stipe was at his most talkiness about politics and such, I lost interest. For me, the flavor of the band, as well as their music, just got to be too… cliché, maybe? All the songs began to sound alike, REM-like. When I heard Corky and Juice Pigs do their REM parody, “REMember,” it just felt so on target, and ruined any recent music by the band for me. They were a joke and over time I became a rabid anti-REM fan.
And eventually they faded away.
Then suddenly in the last few months I started hearing new REM music on my XM, and more troubling than that, new excitement about REM. The album is called Accelerate, and unfortunately the songs that being played on the radio, most notably “Hollow Man” and “Until the Day Is Done,” sound just like the same old REM that drove me away. But it’s not all like that.
This album is a rocker, yes, peppered with a few old annoying REM-like tunes, but for the most part a rocker. Mostly due in part to the additions of Bill Rieflin formerly of Ministry and Scott McCaughey formerly of the Young Fresh Fellows, also two of my favorite bands of days gone by. These guys seem to be the boost that REM needed.
Tunes like “I’m Gonna DJ,” “Living Well Is the Best Revenge” and the title track rock hard and also seem to channel a long lost sound as well as lyrical fuel from old albums Reckoning and Fables of the Reconstruction. Don’t listen to your radio, listen to me and get the CD. The real REM songs aren’t being played. This one rocks. REM is back.
Labels: corky and the juice pigs, michael stipe, ministry, mtv, r.e.m., xm, young fresh fellows
Worst Sitcoms Ever
TV Crunch last week posted a list of the top (or is it bottom) twenty-five worst sitcoms ever. Check here for their thoughts. Here’s the list itself, and some of my thoughts below.
25. “Veronica’s Closet” – This catches Kirstie Alley at her hottest in my opinion, before “Fat Actress” and after “Cheers.” Hot yes, but funny? I’d have to say not. Bad show or not, Kathy Najimy rocked the closet.
24. “Charles in Charge” – Chachi and Bibleman. Need I say more really?
23. “The Nanny” – When Fran Drescher would laugh, it was charming and cute. But when she pretended to laugh, it was like a nail gun in the ear. On this one it was more the latter than the former.
22. “Webster” – The poor little kid wanted so bad to be Gary Coleman. Even now, and that says a lot.
21. “All-American Girl” – I liked this show a lot. Margaret Cho rocks, and any sitcom that has Quentin Tarantino on has my vote. It’s a shame that the network tortured Margaret and destroyed the show.
20. “Babes” – Want to kill the inherent comedy and acting skills of the great Wendy Jo Sperber? Put her in a show where the only joke is that she’s a fat girl. I’m sorry, but even in the politically incorrect world that Fox was so at home in at the time, there are really only so many funny fat jokes.
19. “Mr. Belvedere” and 18. “Family Matters” – Are we sure these weren’t the same show?
17. “The Ropers” – How to kill two shows at once. To make the series they removed the funniest part of the “Three’s Company” ensemble and gave them their own show. The problem was without the rest of the cast the other was no longer funny. And of course, when “The Ropers” got canceled, both Norman Fell and Audra Lindley got screwed, as their contracts said they couldn’t return to “Three’s Company.” Good old ABC.
16. “Life on a Stick” – I remember this one and thought it had potential. But what do I know? I also like Godzilla, comic books and talk radio.
15. “It’s a Living” – This was kind of like an adult version of “The Facts of Life” in that the female cast just got older and fatter as the show went on. Never cared for this one, and I remember the piano player was pretty obnoxious.
14. “Shasta McNasty” – If it had had Gary Busey instead of Jake Busey, this would have been a runaway hit.
13. “George” – If only it were an infomercial for the Foreman Grill it would have not only been more entertaining, but more folks would have watched.
12. “Harry and the Hendersons” – Proof that Bigfoot really isn’t as funny as he should be.
11. “We’ve Got it Made” – The world is a much more lonely place without Teri Copley on television.
10. “Double Trouble” – Can’t you just see the network pitch meeting? “Hey, guys, let’s remake “The Patty Duke Show” only we’ll just take out all the funny parts…”
9. “Perfect Strangers” – An example of ABC trying to recreate the frenetic comic success of Robin Williams on “Mork & Mindy.”
8. “My Two Dads” – Is this the poor man’s “Full House?”
7. “Baby Bob” – Oh come on, you mean we weren’t sick of Look Who’s Talking by this time?
6. “Mama’s Family” – Like “The Ropers,” this is another example of destroying an existing ensemble success. This popular skit from “The Carol Burnett Show” was neutered when Carol Burnett, Tim Conway and Harvey Korman were removed from it.
5. “Cavemen” - This one is a disgrace. Not only was it based on some really annoying Geico commercials… but the commercials were funnier and more entertaining than the show itself.
4. “Woops!” – This is another early effort from Fox, and this one I actually liked quite a bit. To my mind (and don’t laugh) this was an intellectual version of Gilligan’s Island, only the seven were survivors of a nuclear war. Given a chance, I think this could have been really good.
3. “Yes, Dear” – How did this bastard child of Everyone Loves Raymond survive six seasons?
2. “Homeboys in Outer Space” – What began as an American version of Brit scifi-comedy hit “Red Dwarf” mutated into this mess. Man oh man, why couldn’t the WB have just shown the old “Red Dwarf” reruns?
1. “Small Wonder” – The secret that no one talks about is that VICI really was a robot…
I have to say that this is a somewhat reasonable list but many were left off that deserved their rightful place among the worst. The first that comes to mind would be “Life with Lucy,” featuring a very aged Lucille Ball doing pratfalls and stunts that would make Chevy Chase blush. The problem was every time she did one, the reaction of the audience at home was the same – horror – just like that old lady who couldn’t get up on the Life Alert commercials.
Labels: carol burnett, kirstie alley, lucille ball, margaret cho, quentin tarantino, television, tv crunch, wendy jo sperber
Caveman and Company
Caveman ~ Oddly the thought of this movie brings back vivid memories of listening to WIFI-92 FM back in the late 1970s. This, along with flicks like Grease, Sgt. Pepper and Moment by Moment were treated like serious event movies with promotions and contests running constantly on the station. Caveman, notable for its own caveman language and that it featured superstar couple Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach, is actually a pretty funny visual joke piece. It kinda reminds me of what might have happened had Mel Brooks wrote and directed One Million Years B.C.. A hundred times better than any Geico commercial. The funniest part of the DVD however is that if you plug the captions in, all of the nonsense words are there to follow along. Zug zug.
Red Doors and the short subject Educated are wonderful and deservedly award-winning films by writer/director Georgia Lee about the Asian experience in America with quirky funky casts, characters and storylines. I just wish she would get over her seeming obsession with urination. Despite that, highly recommended.
Queen Sized ~ Like Ricki Lake a generation ago with the first version of Hairspray, the star of the new one, Nikki Blonsky, seems to have a stranglehold on every ‘big girl’ role in Hollywood. Here she plays an outcast girl (guess why) who is picked on by the cool kids until she triumphs over evil and becomes the high school Homecoming Queen. Harmless ABC Family fun.
Steambath ~ This was one of the shows that cemented my father’s opinion that Public Television at night was either educational documentaries or pornography. Good thing he never saw “I Claudius” later on in the decade. This was a television adaptation of Bruce Jay Friedman’s brilliant off-Broadway play. As good as I remembered as a kid, and watching it now as an adult I not only get the jokes but I understand just how really good it is.
27 Dresses ~ This chick-lit-style chick flick starring Katherine Heigl of “Grey’s Anatomy” is a bit predictable but on the whole quite entertaining. She plays a woman whose been a bridesmaid twenty-seven times but is secretly in love with the man who’s about to marry her shallow sister. Add in American-talking Brit James Marsden and hilarity ensues. Honestly not as bad as it sounds, and the best part is where Heigl models all twenty-seven bridesmaids dresses. “Really, you can shorten them and wear them again.”
Labels: 27 dresses, caveman, georgia lee, katherine heigl, mel brooks, nikki blonsky, queen sized, red doors, ringo starr, steambath
Kim Richards Virtual Book Tour
If you've never done a book tour before, this is how it works: on the date listed, visit the corresponding blog where you'll find reviews, interviews, information regarding Kim Richards’ thriller, Death Masks. We will also be promoting the anthology Firestorm of Dragons, containing Kim's story, "Dragonfruit."
Whenever you visit a blog, be sure and leave a comment. For each comment, your name is put into a weekly drawing for prizes such as pdf copies of either book, t-shirts, music from the band, Children of a Lesser God (who provided the music for the Death Masks video book trailer) and more.
Kim will be visiting the blogs so feel free to ask any questions you may have. It's all about having fun and talking about books. Consider yourself invited!
Sandy Lender
www.todaythedragonwins.blogspot.com
Ginger Simpson
http://mizging.blogspot.com
Mike Philbin http://mikephilbin.blogspot.com/
Heidi Martinuzzi w/Pretty Scary
www.pretty-scary.net
Lea Shizas
http://thewritingjungle.blogspot.com/
Billie A. Williams
http://printedwords.blogspot.com/
Eternal Press Blog
http://eternalpressauthors.blogspot.com/
Lisa Haselton
http://lisahaselton.tripod.com/reviewsandinterviews/
Pamela K. Kinney
http://PamelaKKinney.blogspot.com
Diana Castilleja
http://dianacastilleja.blogspot.com
Val Griswold-Ford
http://www.vg-ford.com/blog.html
June 26 & 27, 2008
Joyce Anthony
http://joyceanthony.tripod.com
Glenn Walker
http://www.monsura.blogspot.com
Sheri McGathy
http://sherimcgathy.com/sheri/content/blog/
Arwen Spencer
http://labingi.livejournal.com/
Other places promoting the book tour include Jordan Dane, Kathy Ptacek @ Gila Queen, Starmerrow @ LiveJournal, Karina Fabian, The Writers Chatroom and Carolyn Howard-Johnson.
Please patronize them for their kindness.
Labels: billie williams, death masks, diana castilleja, heidi martinuzzi, jordan dane, karina fabian, kim richards, lisa haselton, mike philbin, pretty scary, virtual book tour, writer's chatroom
Sybil Redux
Sybil ~ I had trepidations about this 2007 remake of the award-winning 1975 mini-series starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward. This version, however shorter and leaving bits of the original out, also adds in new information either from the original book or things learned since the mini-series.
Jessica Lange is as always wonderful, again proving why she’s one of our greatest actresses. Tammy Blanchard however, in the role of Sybil Dorsett, is just hideous. She just passes through the film like a parody of the original version. At times she is a bad imitation of Sally Field at her most surreal, and at worst, she is the Gilda Radner version from the old “Saturday Night Live.”
I also have to wonder why CBS chose to air this now. It was finished in 2007, broadcast in Europe last year, but not here until this evening. What gives? One would think this would be a high profile telemovie. I guess not.
The best reason to watch this, and this can be found on Google much easier, are the footnotes at the end regarding what happened to the characters later in life. Watchable, but not recommended.
Labels: gilda radner, jessica lange, joanne woodward, sally field, saturday night live, sybil, tammy blanchard
1941 ~ Infamously known as Steven Spielberg’s only notable box office flop, this movie about the hysteria that strikes California days after the attack on Pearl Harbor is not really as bad as its reputation suggests. It rolls on with a madcap flair similar to that of Animal House and Meatballs and has many of the Spielbergian elements that would reappear in his later more successful films.
The best scene in my opinion is the opening, which is a parody of Spielberg’s own opening of Jaws. In this age of Scary Movies and other movie satires, it’s ironic that Spielberg may have been the first person to throw that spin on his own work.
While pushed initially as a Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi flick, they are barely in it, but what little they do do is entertaining. The real stars here are Slim Pickens and Nancy Allen who are just hilarious. Also good are the performances of Toshiro Mifume and Christopher Lee is surprisingly comedic roles in the Japanese sub lost offshore finding their way with a Crackerjack compass. Good stuff.
Labels: 1941, dan aykroyd, film, jaws, john belushi, steven spielberg
Uncle Monsterface - This is an Adventure!
Uncle Monsterface is one of those bands that has to be seen and heard. You just can’t get the full effect from listening to their music, even though the tunes are very cool. The Massachusetts-based 'sock puppet rock band' is an experience. Taking their musical cues from Devo, Ookla the Mok, the Dead Milkmen and They Might Be Giants, and their lyrical inspiration from videogames, comic books, television and even Harry Potter – throw in some "Muppet Show" sensibility, a little improv cabaret and some "Kids in the Hall," and you’ve got the full Monsterface stage experience.
Like their previous work, the new album "This is an Adventure!" is another loving musical journey back into geek pop culture. Superheroes, videogames and Dungeons & Dragons permeate the tunes as well as the most fun you’ve had since you played your Nintendo 64. My favorites are "Kill Your Boyfriend!" "Save Our Superheroes," "The Gary Gygax Song" and especially that clash of the titans, "Mashed Potato Vs. Vampire." But the whole CD is marvelous. And if you hurry, you can download it for free, with a promise, at their website. Your favorite Uncle is also available on iTunes as well.
Don’t forget to check them out when they come to your town with Harry and the Potters and Math the Band on the Unlimited Enthusiasm Tour this summer – in Philly on June 29th. Come on out! After all how many bands have their own sock puppet monster?
Album artwork by Daria Tessler, band photo by Shannon Casey Splain. Uncle Monsterface can also be found on MySpace. And special thanks to the original Potterdelphian, Andrea, for turning me on to this band.
Labels: dungeons and dragons, gary gygax, harry and the potters, math the band, uncle monsterface, unlimited enthusiasm, video games
Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Day 2008
Saturday, June 7th is Worldwide D&D Game Day this year. This year the day also corresponds with the release of Dungeons & Dragons, the 4th edition. I know, I know, most of us never saw a reason for a 2nd edition but apparently the folks at Wizards of the Coast really do need two Ferraris in their driveways.
Also for those of you local to the South Jersey/Philadelphia area, stop on by All Things Fun! to enjoy the festivities of the day.
Labels: all things fun, dungeons and dragons, wizards of the coast
Avengers Forever Chat
AVENGERS/INVADERS & CAPTAIN AMERICA chat
http://www.avengersforever.org/chat/
Monday night, 9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, June 9th
That's right, we'll be talking Avengers/Invaders for roughly an hour, or more depending on how many show up late, and then we'll move to Captain America for an hour. If you're not reading either title, but like the characters, I encourage you to show up anyway, as there will be plenty to discuss.
* 1st two issues of the Avengers/Invaders maxi-series
* What should Marvel do with the Invaders now?
* The Golden Age Sub-Mariner and Bucky meeting themselves in 2008
* Captain America #38 & the current storyline, "The Man Who Bought America"
* Bucky as Captain America
* Avengers in Cap's supporting cast: the Falcon, Black Widow, and Iron Man
Labels: avengers forever, captain america, chat, invaders, marvel comics
Wizard World Philly - Sunday
WIZARD WORLD PHILLY
The day began much earlier than expected with a family breakfast at the Pop Shop, and no argument, it was a pleasant surprise. From there it was prep and travel time to WW Philly.
The first panel of my day was Prize No Prize hosted by Marvel editor Tom Brevoort along with Dan Slott, Molly Lazer, and C.B. Cebulski among others. This trivia contest is a hometown event, having started at WWPhilly two years ago. Grand prize – an advance copy of Secret Invasion #3 and a statue of Captain America, although many cool prizes were given out throughout.
My old Movies Unlimited co-worker Gary did pretty well here, almost as well as he did on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" a few years back. Can you name eight women who dated Peter Parker? How about nine Avengers who have never had their own title? Twelve mutants depowered in House of M? Then you should have been there. Try again next year.
Later I checked out DC Sunday Conversations: For the Love of Comics. I walked in late to what seemed to be an exercise in Dan DiDio (who was running it) asking when we all started reading comics. I have to admit a dislike for DiDio based on previous convention appearances but I also must confess the man showed a genuine warmness and openness during this panel. It’s a better look for him than his usual antics.
The discussion took a turn in the Aqua-direction. DiDio asked the audience, "Who is Aquaman?" and who did we like the most as he cited several examples. About the same amount of folks liked the green glove (original) version as liked the hook-hand version. A couple liked the blue costume. Only a few people liked the water hand Aquaman. Billy Tucci asked if he could breathe his own hand to much laughter.
Stemming from one fan mentioning he liked the writer’s JLA interpretation of the sea king, the talk turned briefly to Grant Morrison and how he can take even the lamest idea or character and make it seem cool. Even electric blue Superman. Somehow this makes me worry about Final Crisis.
Getting back on the Aqua-kick, DiDio mentioned he kinda liked the new Aquagirl quite a bit, and also verified that the latest incarnation of Aquaman was in fact the Golden Age version. It really sounds like DiDio is fishing (sorry, couldn’t help it) for ideas to fix or revamp Aquaman.
Next Dan went around the room asking for folks’ favorite obscure character. Ambush Bug was immediately brought up by my friend Skott Stotland. Others mentioned were G’nort, Vibe, the Metal Men, the female Dr. Light, and then Billy Tucci offered up Lord Malvolio with a story he wants to pitch. For the uninitiated, Lord Malvolio of the Green Flame is a Green Lantern baddie from the old (and much-missed) Action Comics Weekly who wore a copy of Alan Scott’s costume and destroyed Hal Jordan’s power ring.
This prompted DiDio to talk about the three kinds of continuity at DC. There are three levels. The first is immutable, can’t be changed, stuff like Krypton blew up and Bruce Wayne’s parents get shot. There’s a middle level of things that can be altered or played with, and then there’s the third level, where things are ignored or forgotten. He brought up the example of the Paul Levitz Legion of Super-Heroes where Superboy learns the Legionaires are really hundreds of years old. Levitz said of the tale, "I’m not going to undo the story, I’m just never going to mention it again."
In that third continuity category is where that Legion story goes, as well as the tale of Lord Malvolio. Shame. I’d like to see him come back, especially written by Tucci.
The two Cancelled Comics Cavalcade issues were brought up after someone mentioned the Freedom Fighters as his favorites and thanked DiDio for bringing them back. It took me a moment to process that statement as I don’t think the new version bears much resemblance to the original. What Freedom Fighters comics are you reading, dude?
Anyway, history lesson again – back in the 1970s, the 'DC Implosion' when DC expanded at the absolute wrong time and ended up having to cancel about a dozen existing or coming titles. To secure copyright on the cancelled material, DC produced two 'issues,' fifty photocopies each, of the stories that were already finished but not slotted to appear elsewhere. Two issues of the 1970s FF title were among them, along with good stuff like Secret Society of Super-Villains, Kamandi, Karate Kid and the first issue of Vixen.
When DiDio first joined DC the first thing he did was get those two issues and find out what happened in those comics from his youth that were never ‘really’ published. Pointing out that memory isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be, he noted those stories were crap.
A rather heated and half-joking discussion of who Batman was and if Nightwing should replace him was interrupted when Tom Brevoort came in and gave Dan a comic. Laughing, DiDio told the story of a comic book he couldn’t find as a kid, until he was on the bus to school and saw it on a spinner rack in a store the bus was passing. He got off the bus, bought it and then found he didn’t have enough cash to catch another bus, so he walked to school. That’s the Captain America comic Tom brought to Dan.
Tom B. then joined the panel. The Tiny Titans guys came in later to much applause. That’s when Dan DiDio asked the big question – why would anyone eat food from this building when the Reading Market is right across the street?
Comic Widows colleagues Crystal and Anthony showed up later as things were quieting down. Ran through the floor for some last minute bargains and to say a few hellos and goodbyes, and then called it a day.
Now there have been lots of reports on this con (and others) and personally, reading other accounts, I have to wonder... what con were they at?
Labels: ambush bug movie, aquaman, cancelled comics cavalcade, comic widows, dan didio, dc implosion, final crisis, lord malvolio, movies unlimited, pop shop, tom brevoort, wizard world philadelphia
Wizard World Philly - Saturday
After a bit of a late start I met up with Comic Widows co-horts Anthony and Ray. We began with a strategy meeting regarding some interviews planned for the day. And trust me, it was nowhere near as cool as it sounds, but we were taking it pretty seriously.
In the midst of our war council we also interviewed the young lady we were sharing the pressroom with at the time, Nicole Boose. We also learned she was with Marvel editorial and reviewing art portfolios at the con. Very cool lady, and pleasant informative interview.
As the pressroom overlooked the con floor we also did some costume spotting. From our vantage point we got to see quite a few good ones, and of course some bad ones as well. Among the former were several Marvel Girls in the Neal Adams green mini-skirt, a bright-green Riddler, a foam rubber Galactus, what might have been Nightwind from the Legion of Super-Heroes, Dr. Strange, the prerequisite dozen Stormtroopers that show up at every con, and a bald Robin. Also throughout the day there were many others spotted – a pair of Tomb Raiders, Zatanna, the cast of the new Indiana Jones flick, a baby Batgirl, a flat-chested Power Girl, and, ahem, a tranny Power Girl. And then there was also The Blob. Oh wait, that wasn’t a costume.
Then we hit the con floor and did a kinda noisy interview with Jared Barel of Loaded Barrel Studios. They do a startling and unique melding of photography and comic art that needs to be seen to be believed. They call it making 'live-action graphic novels' and it looks great. Check them out, it’s terrific stuff. I really did like their work, and really, it’s not just because they were giving out Twizzlers and Tootsie Rolls at their booth, but let’s be honest, that never hurts. Lessons to learned for other folks with booths at these cons.
After exploring the floor for a bit I ducked into the Crisis Now panel in the midst of questions and answers. Dan DiDio was in the house and mocking and ridiculing the characters we all love as if that was his job. Oh wait.
Several different things were addressed while I was there. When questioned on "Batman RIP," DiDio repeatedly said in staccato fashion, "Batman dies!" then rescinded, "Batman doesn’t die, but he’s gonna wish he was dead." Other items – the Milestone characters are not available for DC to use, but never say never. We will see Christopher Kent again. Apparently there is an unannounced Zatanna series coming at some point.
DiDio admitted that 2007 was not a year where everything was clicking as well as possible. And he added that it’s his job to make this year as great as possible. He also confessed that Steve Wacker leaving for Marvel was a huge loss for DC.
The Devil also said that Death of the New Gods was a celebration of Jack Kirby’s work on the New Gods. Wtf? Kill them to celebrate them? In answer to the next question, DiDio stated that Final Crisis will involve all Flashes. A fan asked "Even Bart?" and DiDio answered "All Flashes." Just don’t kill Jay Garrick like you killed the Martian Manhunter, okay? Bastards. And during the lightning round he answered "Yes." to the question of whether barry Allen was coming back.
Same room, a bit later, Cup O’ Joe with Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada, standing room only, much like the DC panel before it. In attendance – (duh) Joey Q, Fred Van Lente, C.B. Cebulski, Tom Brevoort and another person whose name I didn’t catch – he didn’t talk much and ran the slide show though. The slide show announced Marvel Zombies 3 where the fan fave monsters invade the Marvel Universe proper, due in September.
Old news came with slides depicting the new Devil-Slayer series by horror novelist Brian Keene and Stephen King’s The Stand also starting in September. Mystery pics of Lady Bullseye followed (and of course quickly leaked to the internet) who Ed Brubaker is introducing in Daredevil. Nice art, but seemingly just a female version of Bullseye. Yawn.
Um, who brought the baby to a panel? Who brought a baby to a convention? Please just make it stop crying. Great parenting there, folks. Although he/she stopped crying, I wondered if the wonder-parents were still in the room when J.Q. dropped an F-bomb later on in the hour.
Then came, predictably, questions and answers. There will be more Squadron Supreme, written by Howard Chaykin, with a demented twist, and Greg Land on covers. And no, Land on covers is not the twist. Speaking of twisted, there’s been a big secret in the undercurrent of the Ultimate Universe, to be revealed in Ultimate Origins. Something major in their lives is a huge falsehood. Maybe the secret of why Ultimates 3 is so late will be revealed.
More "One More Day" backlash reared its ugly head and Joe explained that all of Spider-Man’s history is intact, save that he and Mary Jane didn’t get married on their wedding day. Something happened and that story just hasn’t been told yet. Joe says he’s seen it and it’s great. In response to another question, Tom B said that Peter and his Aunt May did in fact live at Avengers Tower. Some racy humor about May and Skrull Jarvis followed unfortunately. Either way, Joe and Tom certainly seem tired of doing OMD damage control; it’s in their faces.
My friend Ray hit Joe Q with a good one. He referenced the difference between two Jack Kirby reprint volumes, one from DC and one from Marvel – the difference is that DC paid the Kirby estate royalties and Marvel did not. Joe kinda dodged the question, saying that he doesn’t discuss Marvel policy in public. He added that Marvel is currently working with the Kirby estate and that should speak for itself.
Other items included that Baron Zemo was coming back, and a new Thunderbolts writer has been chosen but unannounced – could these be related and Fabian Nicieza is coming back? There is a Runaways film in development with Brian K. Vaughn involved. There are possible plans for the female Bucky from the Onslaught universe. The sequel to Marvels is coming in October. Whoever is left at the end of The Twelve will remain part of the present MU.
Quesada coined the term "Marvel lifestyle" for the fact that now Marvel does their own comics, movies and videogames – in response to a question about digital comics. I like it. Joe also claimed that he thought Spider-Man 3 was a pretty good movie. "Maybe one villain too many." Wow, you said a mouthful, Joe.
At the close of the panel, the 18 carat gold Iron Man cellphone was given away. Over $1500 was raised for the Hero Initiative on the raffle for it. Great job, folks!
At this point, I was toast and had to go home, home to my super-cool Avengers glass that the Bride had gotten for me earlier in the day, and home to the Bride too, of course. But I’ll leave you with another quote, this one a bit dated, but it was shouted by a guy in a Nightwing t-shirt exiting the men’s room earlier this afternoon. "Hey, I found Ray Palmer!"
Labels: batman, dan didio, final crisis, hero initiative, jack kirby, joe quesada, loaded barrel studios, martian manhunter, one more day, power girl, spider-man, ultimates, wizard world philadelphia
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The latest defence and security technologies – FUTURE FORCES FORUM again in Prague in October
World premieres and technological innovations
Those who will attend the event will have an opportunity to get acquainted with the latest products and technologies manufactured or developed by both domestic and foreign companies, including several global premieres.
Defence and security products will be presented, for example, by LOM PRAHA (upgraded Mi-171š helicopter), VR GROUP (virtual shooting range, aircraft simulator), VOP CZ (personnel and critical infrastructure protection system, UGV TAROS 2 robotic, and, together with the French company Arguus, a light multipurpose vehicle), LIAZ (global premiere of multifunctional unmanned helicopters), BAE SYSTEMS (infantry fighting vehicles, artillery system), Rheinmetall Defence (unmanned ground vehicle, the latest Future Soldier system of the Canadian Army), General Dynamics, and PSM (PUMA IFV project); C4ISTAR systems will be displayed by ICZ, Delinfo, Optokon, JISR Institute, Pramacom-HT, Rohde & Schwarz, Mesit, Interlink-CS (Harris), Aliter Technologies; while a portfolio of small arms, optics, and tactical equipment will be presented by BARRETT, Česká zbrojovka and 4M Systems, LUVO Firearms, FK BRNO, or ProAmmo (including a live training ammo shooting range), Záhoří Trade with its own Night Pearl brand, ARGUN, members of the CLUTEX technical fabric cluster, WILEY X, REVISION Military, LEUPOLD Optics, CORDURA, KARRIMOR SF, CARINTHIA, CARRINGTON, Daletec, Granqvists, or Aclima, and many others.
As to institutions, the indoor premises will include official stands of the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, Ministries of Defence of the Netherlands, United States, Hungary, or Israel, Police of the Czech Republic, Emergency Medical Service, and Prison Service. Dynamic demonstrations will present the latest Future Soldier systems of the Czech Republic and Netherlands, use of exoskeletons in military missions, or the tactical system of specialists of the Police of the Czech Republic and the Prison Service. The outdoor area will host demonstrations of interventions of special units of the Police of the Czech Republic, Fire Rescue Service, Emergency Medical Service, or Prison Service.
Topical themes and a broad involvement of experts
Many top-ranking domestic officials, representatives and working groups of the Alliance and the European Union, commanders of military and police units, project managers of upgrade programmes, members of national acquisition and standardization agencies, security directors of strategic institutions and critical infrastructure elements, and many others have confirmed they will attend the event. It goes without saying that the FFF´s programme will include speeches and lectures of top-ranking experts in their respective fields.
Traditional topics of the Future Forces Forum include, in particular, equipment, armament, and protection systems of an individual; CBRN defence and protection; military and emergency medicine; unmanned and robotic assets; logistic support; geography, hydrometeorology, and global navigation satellite systems; cyber protection and defence. New topics are represented, for example, by modelling and simulation, biometrics, or protection of soft targets.
New events for experts, two scientific conferences
Two new events will take place under the aegis of the FFF – a NATO workshop on the use of exoskeletons in combat missions and a NATO workshop dealing with the development of concepts and experiments in military medicine; there will also be a NATO conference on the modelling and simulation of autonomous systems, and a scientific modelling and simulation workshop.
The outdoor static and dynamic demonstrations are open to the public without any limitation; free parking will be available throughout the three-day event.
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Middle East Journal of Cancer
Evaluation of Intravenous Magnesium Supplementation as Prophylaxis for Cisplatin-induced Hypomagnesemia
Kazem Anvari
Mehdi Sielanian Toussi
Marjaneh Mirsadraee
Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Cancer Research Center, Omid Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Background: We assessed the effects of cisplatin-based chemotherapy, magnesium supplementation, probable contributory factors such as cisplatin cumulative dose and dose per cycle on serum magnesium levels.Methods: In this prospective randomized study, serum magnesium levels of 59 newly diagnosed adult patients receiving cisplatin-based chemotherapy were studied. The patients were randomly allocated to receive magnesium supplementation at a dose of 5 g IV per cycle (n=31) or to a control group (n=28). Serum magnesium levels <1.8 mg/dL were considered to indicate hypomagnesemia.Results: The decrease in mean magnesium levels with continuing chemotherapy courses was significant in both groups with a more prominent decrease in the control group. In courses 4 and 5, mean magnesium levels were significantly higher among those who received magnesium supplementation than in the control group. Thirty patients (50.8%) had at least one incident of hypomagnesemia after beginning chemotherapy. All hypomagnesemia incidents were mild (mean 1.69, range; 1.52-1.79 mg/dL). Hypomagnesemia was more frequent in the control group (38.7% vs. 60.7%, P=0.09). Although age and sex had no significant effect on the incidence of hypomagnesemia, more hypomagnesemia incidents were observed in patients who received cisplatin in a single loading dose than in those who received the drug in divided doses for each cycle (71.4% % vs. 42.9%, P=0.056).Conclusion: Magnesium supplementation at a dose of 5 g per cycle partially compensated for cisplatin- induced magnesium loss. Monitoring magnesium levels and magnesium supplementation is warranted, especially for those undergoing protracted courses of cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Patients who receive the drug in a single loading dose might be more prone to magnesium loss.
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Anvari, K., Sielanian Toussi, M., Mirsadraee, M. (2010). Evaluation of Intravenous Magnesium Supplementation as Prophylaxis for Cisplatin-induced Hypomagnesemia. Middle East Journal of Cancer, 1(3), 109-114.
Kazem Anvari; Mehdi Sielanian Toussi; Marjaneh Mirsadraee. "Evaluation of Intravenous Magnesium Supplementation as Prophylaxis for Cisplatin-induced Hypomagnesemia". Middle East Journal of Cancer, 1, 3, 2010, 109-114.
Anvari, K., Sielanian Toussi, M., Mirsadraee, M. (2010). 'Evaluation of Intravenous Magnesium Supplementation as Prophylaxis for Cisplatin-induced Hypomagnesemia', Middle East Journal of Cancer, 1(3), pp. 109-114.
Anvari, K., Sielanian Toussi, M., Mirsadraee, M. Evaluation of Intravenous Magnesium Supplementation as Prophylaxis for Cisplatin-induced Hypomagnesemia. Middle East Journal of Cancer, 2010; 1(3): 109-114.
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Aileen Riotto Sirey (November 09, 2016)
Hillary Clinton Supporters
The people at Clinton's election night
A heartfelt comment by the Founder and Chair Emerita of the National Organization of Italian American Women. "For me the most disturbing characteristic of this campaign was Trump’s attitude toward women. He seems to see them as objects, not as individuals in their own right...less intelligent, inferior creatures subject to the convenience and entertainment of men like him. He ran against one of the smartest most knowledgeable women in this country, a woman arguably better trained and prepared for the job than any man ever to place his hand on that iconic bible. It’s sad to see that sexism is still very much alive."
Like many Americans, I am still stunned by the election results, primarily because of the vitriol expressed by the President Elect during his long and contentious campaign. How could he attack or insult so many different groups and still remain the people’s choice? It seemed like a betrayal of those cherished values that I learned in my elementary school years during World War II. At that time we were engaged in the greatest struggle in our history while trying heroically to preserve the ‘land of freedom and opportunity’ where people of all races and religions were expected to try to live in peace and harmony.
I heard no expressions of these values during the Trump campaign.
Yet they were a key part of a belief system expressed by Presidents from Roosevelt to Obama during the years this ‘older American’ listened. And while it was politics as usual during those years with the inevitable differences in foreign policy, over raising or lowering taxes, or dealing with the infrastructure etc., there was always an expressed respect for harmony in our diversity.
Our President Elect has espoused or actually demonstrated disrespect for women, people of color, the disabled, immigrants, Muslims and many more. Is this how we will flush away the American dream? Or can we believe that President Trump will be different from candidate Trump? I sure hope so!
For me the most disturbing characteristic of this campaign was Trump’s attitude toward women. He seems to see them as objects, not as individuals in their own right...less intelligent, inferior creatures subject to the convenience and entertainment of men like him. He ran against one of the smartest most knowledgeable women in this country, a woman arguably better trained and prepared for the job than any man ever to place his hand on that iconic bible. It’s sad to see that sexism is still very much alive.
But Hillary was able to rise above the insults. She said we owed the president elect our open minds...and vowed to give him just that. In her formal concession speech she also cautioned us not to abandon our ideals as she tried to bring all Americans together. Hillary added a stirring and memorable message to women:
To all the women, and especially the young women, who put their faith in this campaign and in me, I want you to know that nothing has made me prouder than to be your champion.
I know that we still have not shattered that highest glass ceiling. But some day someone will -– hopefully sooner than we might think right now.
And to all the little girls watching right now, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world.
Thank you Hillary.
* Aileen Riotto Sirey is the founder and Chair Emerita, National Organization of Italian American Women
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on November 13, 2016 Franca Arena (not verified) wrote
Amertican elections
I wish to congratulate Aileen Sirey, Founder and Chair Emerita of the National Organzation of Italian American for her splendid article on the USA election Dr. Sirey has been an inspiration to women all over the world and thanks to her support , we Australian women of Italian descent, were able to make our voices heard and organize ourselves to build a better future for ourselves and our families We have been devastated by the loss of Hillary Clinton, a truly remarkable woman. It has been a loss which has effected us all. May God bless America at this time of a difficult future. We hope that President Trump will be a better man than candidate Trump. The future of the world is in his hands Franca Arena A.M. Founder and Life Honourary President for life of the Italian Australian Women Association
on November 13, 2016 jc (not verified) wrote
Reply to "The Day After".
I did not vote for Trump and its fine to decry him but its not sufficient to put Clinton's loss up to the ignorance of those who voted for him. Clinton's elitism and acquisitiveness put many off. It is not now, nor was it ever, enough to simply succeed and hold yourself out as a role model. You actually have to do something to help others and to be an activist. She has a history of failure on health insurance, she called women on welfare deadbeats and black boys super predators. She voted for and participated in unpopular and unnecessary wars. She espoused the principles of neoliberalism, including fighting an increase in the wages of Haitian women. I do not see her as the champion of women and children nor, it appears, does much of the population even if they can't say why and mouth nonsense like saying she a crook. She did not succeed on her own. I believe she came to prominence on the arm of a powerful man. This is on her. She did not understand or respond to the real problems of women with children in families, often with men, whose prospects diminish by the day. They will learn that Trump doesn't understand, or care, either but the lesser of two evils did not work on this Election Day.
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Presidential Elections, The View from the Italian-American Community. Aileen R. Sirey on Hillary: “The Right Choice, For Women and for Us All”
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LOLITICS: Gov Fayose Appoints A Carpenter Of Buhari's Age As Local Government Chairman
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has appointed a 72-year-old Carpenter, Mr Olatunde Afolayan as the caretaker chairman of Moba Local Government. Fayose also swore-in members of the State Independent Electoral Commission, headed by a retired Chief Judge of the State, Justice Kayode Bamisile. Afolayan was sworn-in as caretaker chairman of Moba local Government alongside Mrs Omolara Bayode Ayeni and Mr Owolabi Ajewole, who are in charge of Ikole and Ijero Councils respectively. Those earlier appointed by Governor Fayose were said to have resigned. Speaking shortly after swearing-in the appointees, Fayose urged President Muhammadu Buhari to remove Mrs Amina Zakari as the Acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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4 Captivating Things About the Ijebus
Nigeria’s multi-ethnic status makes her a dynamic nation. A country inhabited by people from various tribal lineages with certain peculiarities that makes her an interesting place to seek economic prosperity and have a thrilling hiatus from work.
From the north to the south, east and west, interesting tales are told about the Ijebus’, an extraction of the Yoruba ethnic group. Their stories, which grab the attention of Nigerians and foreigners alike are filled with anecdotes of unusual social practices.
The Ijebus’ are domiciled in Ogun state, South-west Nigeria. Jovago.com, Africa’s No.1 hotel booking portal looks at 4 enthralling things about this tribe that will prompt Nigerians to love and associate with them.
Sociable a.k.a party maniacs
These crop of people are sociable and they love to party. Barely any weekend passes by without seeing a woman in her colourful iro, buba and gele attending a jamboree with her husband adorned in a resplendent agbada and a cap to match. Across the western part of the country and beyond, Ijebus’ are the most emotional people you will find.
Ijebu Garri (Cassava grain)
Crispy and crunchy, the Ijebu garri is one of Nigeria’s popular staple foods. There is a general consensus among Nigerians that it is the best enjoyed if well prepared with cold water and peanuts. These people are not ashamed to enjoy this meal at any hour of the day, which is why they are dexterous in the production of garri.
When a lady informs her friends that her husband is from Ijebu, their first question will likely be ‘does he spend money’? The perception about Ijebus is that they are economical and frugal. This is a good thing until it transitions to stinginess. Many people do not understand how people who love partying be described as misers but this is a normal behaviour with Ijebus’ who are shrewd and fun loving people.
Ojude-Oba festival
Since Ijebus love to party, it is only natural that they find a way to celebrate with as many festivals as they can. And the Ojude Oba festival is a wonderful opportunity for gyration. It is an avenue for sons and daughters from Ijebu-ode to meet and rejoice. Even though it is held in a particular district in Ijebu, people from other suburbs also make their presence felt at the festival.
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Man, 42 , Arraigned For Raping 9 Year - Old Girl
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Thirteen-year-old Blake Wyatt dug his bloodied fingers into the splintered railing of the ancient ship, struggling for footing in the violent storm. He wants desperately to wake from this nightmare…but he isn’t sleeping. The mutiny is real and the great Christopher Columbus is about to be murdered - Dagonblud’s latest victim in his quest to erase the world’s history by stealing its past, with control of the future as his ultimate reward.
It’s up to Blake, the youngest in his family of sapphire travelers, to master his incredible new powers so he can sneak through time, find, and destroy the Tolucan leader. But Dagonblud has other plans.
Will Blake ever see his family again? Or will Dagonblud eliminate the last sapphire traveler standing between him and world supremacy? Strap yourself in to see how a bizarre assignment from a substitute teacher quickly turns deadly in this epic thrill-ride through time. The only thing that is certain is that Blake’s life, and the world around him, will never be the same.
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N.M Singel is a an international award-winning author and Rhodes Scholar nominee. She's an honors graduate of the theater program at Purdue University and studied Shakespeare and English literature at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. N.M. was the recipient of the Irene Ryan acting scholarship for her performance at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. She has written two plays and several short stories. The Wicked Passage is her first novel.
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A Constitutional Originalist Falls and Everything Is At Stake For Conservatives and the Republic
Posted on February 14, 2016 by TMH
Yesterday, my world was rocked when I saw the very sad news that Justice Antonin Scalia had unexpectedly passed away. It was like a gut punch and I was not alone in feeling as though I had lost a member of my family. Scalia was a Constitutional originalist and one of the most brilliant legal minds to ever grace the Supreme Court bench. Written constitutionalism implies that those who make, interpret and enforce the law ought to be guided by the meaning of the United States Constitution — the supreme law of the land — as it was originally written. This has always been how I have viewed Constitutional law and jurisprudence. The loss of Scalia is a grave one to conservatives and now a battle is brewing in DC that will forever change the political landscape. It will not be pretty or civil.
Justice Scalia was 79 years-old. There are several justices older than he is and he appeared in fairly robust health. He passed away in West Texas at a luxury resort. Scalia was a guest at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a resort in the Big Bend region south of Marfa. He arrived at the 30,000-acre ranch on Friday and attended a private party with about 40 people that night, according to a federal official. The Washington Post is claiming it was a heart attack. Not to be conspiratorial, but a heart attack can be caused by a myriad of reasons. And why wasn’t an autopsy done? He was found in his pajamas and in bed. He was pronounced dead over the phone. I find that highly suspicious. I find it even more suspicious when you read the account by the ranch owner:
A first-time guest to the Cibolo Creek Creek Ranch, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was animated and engaged during dinner Friday night, as one of three dozen invitees to an event that had nothing to do with law or politics, according to the ranch owner.
Just hours later, he would be found dead of apparent natural causes, which media outlets reported on Sunday was a heart attack.
“He was seated near me and I had a chance to observe him. He was very entertaining. But about 9 p.m. he said, ‘it’s been a long day and a long week, I want to get some sleep,” recalled Houston businessman John Poindexter, who owns the 30,000-acre luxury ranch.
When Poindexter tried to awaken Scalia about 8:30 the next morning, the judge’s door was locked and he did not answer. Three hours later, Poindexter returned after an outing, with a friend of Scalia who had come from Washington with him.
“We discovered the judge in bed, a pillow over his head. His bed clothes were unwrinkled,” said Poindexter.
A pillow over his head and they declare natural causes over the phone? Was it over his head or over his face? Come on! It is true that Scalia was somewhat overweight, but it would be the height of foolishness not to consider other aspects surrounding his death. It is outrageous that a man of his stature would not have an autopsy to confirm cause of death. I would think his family would have insisted on one. In less than 24 hours, he is already embalmed destroying any chance of deducing foul play. You begin with what sounds like a reasonable supposition, but then as facts begin to emerge it becomes less and less reasonable and the eyes begin to widen. Couple this with the timing and you have to squint really hard not to begin to wonder if all is as it seems.
Scalia leaves behind his wife, nine children and 35 grandchildren. He is a man who will be sorely missed and greatly mourned.
He was nominated by Ronald Reagan and has served for decades on the Supreme Court. On the passing of one of the greatest Justices in American history, Ted Cruz issued the following statement:
“Today our Nation mourns the loss of one of the greatest Justices in history – Justice Antonin Scalia. A champion of our liberties and a stalwart defender of the Constitution, he will go down as one of the few Justices who single-handedly changed the course of legal history.
“As liberals and conservatives alike would agree, through his powerful and persuasive opinions, Justice Scalia fundamentally changed how courts interpret the Constitution and statutes, returning the focus to the original meaning of the text after decades of judicial activism. And he authored some of the most important decisions ever, including District of Columbia v. Heller, which recognized our fundamental right under the Second Amendment to keep and bear arms. He was an unrelenting defender of religious liberty, free speech, federalism, the constitutional separation of powers, and private property rights. All liberty-loving Americans should be in mourning.
“Justice Scalia’s three decades on the Court was one of President Reagan’s most consequential legacies. Our prayers are with his beloved wife Maureen, their nine children, and their precious grandchildren.”
Justice Scalia was about to rule on the some of the most serious issues ever to face the court: abortion, immigration, gun rights, Obamacare, voting rights and affirmative action. I find it curious and somewhat ironic that he passes away and Obama has a one week window in which he can make a recess appointment to the Supreme Court while Congress is out. He would have to do that next week. Obama didn’t even wait for Scalia’s body to grow cold before he took to the airwaves to state he felt it was his Constitutional duty to appoint a new Justice and that the Senate must confirm. Mitch McConnell has said no way… that it should be the next president who selects a new Justice. And here we are. If this was a spy thriller, you couldn’t pick a better plot or one more reminiscent of the Pelican Brief.
Ted Cruz has repeatedly warned that we were one justice away from a predominantly liberal Supreme Court. We are there my friends. The court is evenly divided along party lines now between conservatives and progressives. The next Justice decided upon will tip the court one way or the other. If Obama does indeed do a recess appointment it won’t be the first time, but this time the move will be politically motivated, calculated and highly partisan. It will cause a violent upheaval in American politics. This is what Obama has been hoping and waiting for. As Frank Salvato put it the Senate must hold the line.
We now stand at the crossroads of history. Our constitutionality and freedoms are at stake. Ted Cruz is emphatically saying that he will filibuster any nominee that Barack Obama puts forth:
Scalia’s death leaves the court with three consistent conservatives: Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. Justice Anthony Kennedy, who like Scalia was a Ronald Reagan appointee, often sides with the court’s liberals on social issues, such as same-sex marriage, but is overall a conservative. The court has four consistent liberals: Ruth Bader Ginsburg plus Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
The court is scheduled to hear in April arguments concerning Obama’s plan to shield more than four million illegal immigrants from deportation. Scalia’s death throws national politics into definite turmoil and a showdown is coming between Obama and conservatives.
Meanwhile, Democrats are fundraising off Scalia’s passing and they have turned incredibly vicious on social media. They are practically dancing in the streets and drooling over this.
Following the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz said the 2016 election should be a “referendum” on the nation’s highest court. Cruz stressed that the Senate cannot allow Democrats to use Antonin Scalia’s death to erase the Second Amendment by writing it out of the constitution.
Ted Cruz:
I don’t think the American people want a court that will strip our religious liberties. I don’t think the American people want a court that will mandate unlimited abortion-on-demand, partial birth abortion with taxpayer funding and no parental notification. And I don’t think the American people want a court that will write the Second Amendment out of the constitution.
Mark Levin weighed in as well: “I would count him as a top ten, maybe a top five of all time, and he wasn’t even a Chief Justice,” Levin said of the late Justice Scalia. “This is a devastating loss for people who love this country. It’s a devastating loss for those of us who love the Constitution,” he added. “It’s an absolute disaster. Let me put it this way, Scalia is kind of the Churchill, the Thatcher, and the Reagan of the Supreme Court. He wasn’t even Chief Justice and yet his impact has been massive as an originalist,” Levin went on. “The point is, he moved the Court in ways that the Court would never have moved before, even though we have these disastrous opinions coming from the Court, the brilliance of his decisions … he was able to cobble together often four justices, sometimes five justices. He was energetic, he was intellectually bracing. He was by far the leader of that Court, and there are great Justices on that Court,” added Levin.
The vacancy on the high court marks an historic opportunity for the sitting president to fill a conservative seat, potentially tilting the balance in a court that for years has broken 5-4 on key decisions. The president’s past two appointments – Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan – were, by contrast, made to fill seats vacated by similarly liberal-leaning Justices. It is a certainty that if Obama got his way, an uber liberal will be nominated to take Scalia’s seat. There is a whole list of possible nominees including Eric Holder and a strong possibility is a Muslim nominee. Consider that for a moment, long and hard.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said in a statement: “The President can and should send the Senate a nominee right away. With so many important issues pending before the Supreme Court, the Senate has a responsibility to fill vacancies as soon as possible. It would be unprecedented in recent history for the Supreme Court to go a year with a vacant seat. Failing to fill this vacancy would be a shameful abdication of one of the Senate’s most essential Constitutional responsibilities.”
Scalia was a lion on the Supreme Court. We simply cannot allow Obama to put his chosen nominee there and take over the Court this way. Mitch McConnell must stand his ground. I’ll tell you one thing, if he doesn’t, he will definitely get Trump or Cruz as the nominee and there will be outrage against McConnell such as he has never seen before if he doesn’t do his job this time. Though the Senate changed its own rules for handling certain nominations back in 2013, it still takes 60 votes to confirm a Supreme Court nominee – a high bar for Obama, whose party holds 46 seats in the Senate (counting two Independents). Republicans could try to run out the clock on any Obama nominee, in hopes of having a potential Republican president nominate someone more aligned with their views next year as well. But as I said before, Obama has about a week to do a rare recess appointment and he may just do that.
Carrie Severino, with the conservative Judicial Crisis Network, sided with McConnell in urging the president to wait for his successor to make the choice.
“This president, who has shown such contempt for the Constitution and the laws, is the last person who should be appointing [Scalia’s] successor,” she said in a statement “The people’s voice should be heard in November to determine who will appoint the next Supreme Court Justice.”
Conservatives stand in the breach to ensure that the highest court in the land does not tip forever into liberalism where the Constitution will be taken apart piece by piece and the nation will be reformed under a Marxist doctrine. Constitutionalists now need to rise up and teach their brethren how to war in politics. This election is now more than ever the most important one of our lifetime. The very lifeblood of the Republic is at stake. We need not only a warrior, but a Constitutionalist. We need Ted Cruz.
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FABERfood – as Mother Nature Intended
Posted by Wilandre Johnson on 01 November 2019 1:40 PM CAT
At FABER at Avondale, the garden ultimately dictates what’s on the menu. Being both creative and resourceful with Mother Nature’s seasonal bounty is at the heart of everything that chef Dale Stevens and his team strive to achieve at this charming, understated restaurant on the slopes of the Klein Drakenstein Mountains in Paarl.
Taking responsibility for the provenance, traceability and carbon footprint of every element that ends up on the plate is a task which these chefs take very seriously. It’s one of the reasons why FABER is proud to be recognised by the judging panel for the 2019 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards. The restaurant has just been singled out as one of the top 30 nominees for South Africa’s benchmark Eat Out restaurant awards. Furthermore, Dale Stevens has been nominated for the Eat Out Nederburg Rising Star Award, which shines a light on the next generation of top chefs in the country. Team FABER has also recently become the proud recipient of the JHP Gourmet Guide Haute People Award 2020, one of a handful of special awards presented by Jenny Handley to those making their mark on the South African culinary scene.
‘Our restaurant is a stone’s throw from the garden, so when we say “farm to fork” we mean it quite literally,’ says chef Dale, describing his staff’s morning ritual of harvesting what’s ripe and ready to be pulled or picked from the farm’s abundant garden. Even the waiters go into the garden to pick lemons to make a refreshing fruit cordial, which is served as a welcome drink on warm days. The likes of carrots or cucumbers may differ in size and shape, but here Mother Nature’s perfection is measured by intense, nutrient-dense flavour rather than looks. From root vegetables to delicate herbs and salad leaves, everything is farmed using the same biodynamic principles as the grapes that go into Avondale’s award-winning wines.
‘In the past year we’ve had time to focus on specific ingredients and, in this way, have been able to refine our offering,’ says Dale. Summer salads will soon feature brightly coloured watermelon radishes, while the young and tender leeks of early summer are caramelised and served with medium-rare grass-fed steak. The cows are fed on a pasture ‘salad bar’, and are moved every afternoon at 2 o’clock to a new pasture. Pastures reach a nutrient high at this time of day. This results in cows eating less but gaining more energy, which positively influences the quality and flavour of the meat. In FABER’s kitchen, the lesser known cuts of an animal are used, like beef cheeks and tongue and are given more flavour by using age-old preserving methods, such as pickling and brining. Fish and other ingredients are cold smoked to retain the delicate flavours.
Surplus fruit and vegetables are preserved for use when they’re out of season. Preserved lemons, homemade fruit preserves and chutneys, kimchi and pickled vegetables are all made in-house and become highly prized embellishments to the simplest of dishes.
If an ingredient cannot be sourced from the farm, Chef Dale leans on a couple of carefully chosen, trusted suppliers with a shared reverence for provenance and the ethics of food. Long before the chefs start working their magic in the kitchen, the flavour and nutritional content of an ingredient is influenced by the health of the soil in which it is grown. Practices include the use of biodynamic preparations to build the organic matter of the soil, seasonal crop rotation, companion planting and the use of cover crops, such as clover, to actively enrich the soil.
The entire farm is certified organic and constantly pushing the boundaries of the latest advances in sustainable practices. The restaurant’s slow-food dining philosophy is perfectly aligned to Avondale’s minimal-intervention approach to organic viticulture and natural winemaking. The vigour of well-tended vines leads to flavourful grapes and individually crafted, classic wines bursting with life and character.
So what can diners expect this summer? The bread board will still include FABER’s crowd-pleasing pumpkin fritter and Dale’s excellent sourdough bread too. The bread dough’s two-day, 18-hour natural yeast fermentation process results in pre-digested gluten, which makes it not only flavourful and delicious, but also easier to digest. Summer also means fresh yellowtail and, as with most seasonal ingredients, Dale prefers to serve it as simply as possible. The thinly sliced raw fish is brushed with a miso and garlic glaze, then briefly seared, before being drizzled with an orange dressing. Duck and chicken is hormone free and organic. The chickens housed in the Avondale Egg Mobile farm produce around 90 eggs every day, which means there is always an egg dish on the menu. The eggs are used extensively in the kitchen’s pastry section too. Desserts are typically a simple expression of ripe, seasonal fruit, including favourites like granadillas, lemons and strawberries, served with homemade ice creams or sorbets.
FABER’s sustainability goals extend beyond ethical food sourcing and the resourcefulness of taking a nose-to-tail and leaf-to-root approach to cooking. Responsible management of food waste encompasses the principle of the four Rs: recycle, reduce, reuse or refuse. The restaurant only uses glass bottles, and reusable straws, towels and napkins. Glass and plastic is recycled, as is cooking oil. Egg shells are used in biodynamic preparations and all the organic kitchen waste is made into compost, which goes back into the soil to create microbial life and thereby completes the circle of life.
FABER is open for lunch from Wednesday to Sunday, and dinner from Thursday to Saturday. Bookings are recommended. Call +27 (21) 202-1219 or email faber@avondalewine.co.za
#faberfood #farmtofork #freshisbest #slowfood #nutrientdense #knowyourfarmer
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Northumberland Local History
Articles/Secondary accounts
Militia Records and War of 1812
Primary sources - militia and War of 1812 letters >
June 6, 1810 a
June 6, 1810 b
June 6, 1810 c chart
December 22, 1812 b
January 18, 1814 b
June 10, 1814 b
September 9, 1814 b
September 21, 1814 b
October 15, 1814 b
June 24, 1815 b chart
Primary sources - militia and War of 1812 pay lists >
March 24, 1813 officer list
December 24, 1813 officer list
June 24, 1814 officer list
September 24, 1814 officer list
Census and Assessment
Pre-1850 Hamilton township census and assessment
Pre-1850 Haldimand township census and assessment
The War of 1812 and Its Influence on the Northumberland Area
No famous battles were fought in this area during the War of 1812. However, its history in this conflict is still fascinating. On a vital supply route, the area was under constant threat of invasion. The primary sources tell the stories of spies, raids, the transfer of prisoners, and the vital tasks performed by the local men and women to keep the war effort going. Many local militia men volunteered to serve in more professional units which placed them on the key battlefields of the war. Likewise, the ancestors of the native people of the Alderville reserve fought at the strategic battle of Crysler's Farm.
In "Primary Sources", there are letters to and from the militia, plus there are an assortment of pay records and muster lists.
"Secondary Accounts" contain articles on key aspects of the war.
Please feel free to browse and borrow, just give credit to the original authors and this website.....
(Picture - Tracy Robins, British and Canadian troops at Seige of Fort Erie - 2010 Reenactment)
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2011 – Wrap-up and Mix
Published by almostaghost on January 4, 2012 in almostaghost, Best of 2011 and mixes. 0 Comments Tags: 2011, 2011 countdown, anna calvi, Bon Iver, Death Cab For Cutie, Eleanor Friedberger, Gillian Welch, Iron & Wine, Little Dragon, Lykke Li, monthly mix, My Morning Jacket, R.E.M., Radiohead, Shabazz Palaces, Snoop Dogg, St. Vincent, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, The Antlers, The Kills, The War On Drugs, Thurston Moore, Tom Waits.
^ first, a mix. It’s not ALL songs from my top 20 albums either. I do like other things too. 🙂
And had a couple of requests for an extended list, so here it is. A few that narrowly missed the top-20 just came out, and if I’d had them longer and given them more of a chance, they could’ve climbed up. Artists, next time, release your albums before November, kthxbye!
1. Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest
2. The Antlers – Burst Apart
3. Radiohead – The King Of Limbs
4. The Kills – Blood Pressures
5. Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow
6. The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient
7. Lia Ices – Grown Unknown
8. Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
9. The Black Keys – El Camino
10. Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
11. Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
12. Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
13. St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
14. Thurston Moore – Demolished Thoughts
15. Eleanor Friedberger – Last Summer
16. Cut Copy – Zonoscope
17. Disappears – Guider
18. Youth Lagoon – The Year Of Hibernation
19. Vetiver – The Errant Charm
20. Bjork – Biophilia
21. Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys
22. Sophie Zelmani – Soul
23. Little Dragon – Ritual Union
24. Gudrid Handottir – Beyond The Grey
25. My Morning Jacket – Circuital
26. Radical Face – The Family Tree: The Roots
27. Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean
28. Tom Waits – Bad As Me
29. Feist – Metals
30. Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know
31. Anna Ternheim – The Night Visitor
32. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Hysterical
33. M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
34. R.E.M. – Collapse Into Now
35. Rachel Goodrich – Rachel Goodrich
36. Bell X1 – Bloodless Coup
37. Dum Dum Girls – Only In Dreams
38. Wilco – The Whole Love
39. Wire – Red Barked Tree
40. Marketa Irglova – Anar
41. Marissa Nadler – Marissa Nadler
42. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne
43. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Mirror Traffic
44. Ghostpoet – Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
45. Release The Sunbird – Come Back To Us
46. CANT – Dreams Come True
47. Babette Hayward – You Might Be Somebody
48. The Roots – Undun
49. Wild Flag – Wild Flag
50. Paul Simon – So Beautiful Or So What
51. Thea Gilmore – John Wesley Harding
52. PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
53. Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves
54. The Black Belles – The Black Belles
55. Alela Diane – Alela Diane & Wild Divine
56. Snoop Dogg – Doggumentary
57. Washed Out – Within And Without
58. Ringo DeathStarr – Colour Trip
59. Pterodactyl Plains – In The Air
60. Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials
that’s enough; all 60 of these I do like! You can listen to my 20 favorites on my Spotify playlist. Add me on there!
Thanks for reading. Thanks for following along. Thanks for talking about music, making recommendations, and sharing stuff with me. On to 2012!
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AlmostAGhost’s Best Albums Of 2011 – #1. Gillian Welch – The Harrow & The Harvest
Published by almostaghost on January 4, 2012 in almostaghost and review. 0 Comments Tags: 2011, 2011 countdown, David Rawlings, Gillian Welch, Nashville, Tennessee.
that's the way the cornbread crumbles
So 2011 was kind of an odd musical year for me. A lot of my ALL-TIME favorite artists released new music, even relatively reclusive ones like Tom Waits (7 years since last album), Kate Bush (6), Radiohead (4), PJ Harvey (4), and Gillian Welch (8). I mean, getting one album from one of them would be enough, but all of them?! It was exciting!
When I’m rating and reviewing, I try my best to not compare an artist’s new album to their older work. I don’t always succeed at that, but it’s my goal, and I think makes my reviews more readable. It is one of my rules I follow when writing these things. But sometimes, with some of my favorites–who I know so well and have been following for so long–it is tough rule to follow. How can I not, even subliminally, compare to Kid A?
And when it came down to it, as much as I liked so so so many albums this year, there were not many where I liked an artist’s 2011 album more than my preferred favorites of their older work. I mean, I love the new Kate Bush and Radiohead albums–but more than their classics? In all honesty, probably not. That’s not a knock, or a claim they’re slipping, just tastes. And while I love taking a patient view of a career over time, frankly, the excitement before a release kept ending too soon.
Except for Gillian Welch. Gillian Welch! And David Rawlings! Their new album, The Harrow & The Harvest, is every bit the classic, and THE masterpiece by anyone in 2011. The authenticity of her old-time songwriting has been completely absorbed, as she turned inward to produce an intimate and harrowing record about the aftermath of blues, sin, heartbreak temptation. Dark, yes, but stunning nonetheless.
The album starts with a couple of beautiful, matter-of-fact blues songs. “On the day I came to Scarlet Town / You promised I’d be your bride / You left me here to rot away / Like holly on the mountainside,” she reflects, matter-of-factly, on “Scarlet Town.” “Some girls are bright as the morning, and some girls are blessed with a dark turn of mind.”
A series of three songs (“The Way It Will Be” / “The Way It Goes” / “The Way The Whole Thing Ends”) also turn on this bluesy existentialism. “The way you made it, that’s the way it will be,” she whispers sadly and a bit confused. “Did you miss my gentle touch? Did I hurt you very much? That’s the way it goes,” she sings, flipping the script a bit. The sadness is everywhere, and this existence is explored, over and over again, as inevitable.
But at the same time, she fully embraces it; heartbroken or otherwise, she wouldn’t have it another way. And there lies the power of these songs. “I try to be a good girl / it’s only what I want that makes me weak / I had no desire to be a child of sin / Then you went and pressed your whiskers to my cheek,” she sings on the incredible “Tennessee.” “I’ve tried drinking rye and gamblin’ / dancing with damnation is a ball / But of all the little ways I’ve found to hurt myself / Well you might be my favorite one of all.”
Musically, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (one of my favorite guitarists ever) kind of fall into their own little pocket between country, folk, bluegrass and blues. Rarely are the songs more than two voices and two acoustic guitars, maybe a banjo or harmonica if needed. A couple of songs here have a little upbeat bluegrassness to them, but most are calmer and more laidback. The two of them blend together, vocally, guitarly, everything, into one. This album displays that chemistry better than any of their others, easy. In the past, they have expanded their sound a little bit, but here they’ve got it down to just the essentials, nothing extra needed. This kind of intimate recording/performance, combined with the sadness and blues of the lyrics, make the whole thing feel like a journey on a psychological landscape.
I have no idea why it took Welch and Rawlings eight years to get to this album, but the sound they settled on here is the perfect distillation of what they do better than anyone: intimate, affecting, real, beautiful, stunning.
Gillian Welch “Tennessee”
Gillian Welch “Silver Dagger”
AlmostAGhost’s Best Albums Of 2011 – #2. The Antlers – Burst Apart
Published by almostaghost on January 3, 2012 in almostaghost and review. 0 Comments Tags: 2011, 2011 countdown, Brooklyn, New York, The Antlers.
If I don't take you somewhere else / You're gonna make this insincere
I was having trouble weaving this into some sort of coherent narrative, so I’ll just make a list:
1. Burst Apart is an album of songs about destructive love and disturbing dreams. It is creepy, strange and hilarious.
2. The Antlers have turned into quite an adept band, able to follow these songs where they need to go. From quiet reflection to dramatic moodiness to hypnotic to intense, they kind of do it all here. This is the first album like that for them, and they can go anywhere now.
3. The album opens with the line “You want to climb up the stairs / I want to push you back down,” which totally sets the tone of the whole album. The Antlers “I Don’t Want Love”
4. Burst Apart was a big grower for me, as it slowly rose all the way up my rankings to #2 here. Every time I listened, I liked it more and more and I just kept bumping it up.
5. In many instances, these were the catchiest songs I heard all year.
6. Catchy, yes. But slightly odd and off-putting too. (See, #3.) Other lines: “Every time we speak / You are spitting in my mouth” and “I’m a bad amputee with no phantom memory” and “they want to conquer you, abandon you / I want to burden you, belong to you.” I mean, it is not like he crosses a line into disturbing, but the metaphors are just enough off-center to make you uncomfortable. And it’s GREAT.
7. The Antlers reference teeth falling out in a couple of songs. In psychoanalysis dream interpretation, “Teeth in dreams represent your power, your psychical energy, in other words, your strength. When you see your own teeth falling out in a dream this means that you are losing your power. This is a very serious warning. You are in great danger! You are losing your power to act and do something to change reality. You are losing your capability to accomplish something. Why? Because you are making costly mistakes.” Those costly mistakes seem to me to be exactly what this album is about. The Antlers “Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out”
8. That falsetto!
9. The drama in the songs is also exciting. The nervous drums on “Parentheses” provide a base, on which the singer joins, and then the bass. It all feels so natural, as well as expertly done. You get a similar feel on most songs: a sense of ease but also perfection, the sense that these songs are what they must be.
AlmostAGhost’s Best Albums Of 2011 – #3. Radiohead – The King Of Limbs
Published by almostaghost on January 3, 2012 in almostaghost and review. 0 Comments Tags: 2011, 2011 countdown, England, Oxford, Radiohead.
don't blow your mind with why
In the first season of Mad Men, Don Draper tells a room of hippies that the “universe is indifferent.” This bums them out, but it does get to the heart of Don Draper — this idea is how and why he feels free. (Sorry if you don’t know the character.) Similarly, on The King Of Limbs, Radiohead’s universe is a tumultuous one, and probably also an indifferent one. From within that tumult, Thom Yorke, as always, is trying to feel free.
The first few tracks depict the universe. Oceans bloom, jellyfish float by, the universe sighs. A no-good magpie steals memories, magic, melodies. “Obligations / complications / routines and schedules / drag and kill you,” Yorke sings on the dark “Little By Little.” These are hardly unusual depictions for Yorke, who regularly writes of the havoc in the universe in his songs, from car crashes to ice ages to spinning plates to weird fishes and worms. Metaphors? Sure. But also a world in constant upheaval.
That’s all well and good, but it’s just a set-up for the second half of the album. While this havoc goes on all around, Yorke keeps confronting it head-on. “And while the ocean blooms / it’s what keeps me alive,” he recognizes. This confrontation leads to a freedom, a state of mind, where there’s nothing to fear and nothing to doubt:
– “We will shrink and be quiet as mice / While the cat is away / Do what we want”
– “I will shape myself into your pocket / I will shrink and I will disappear”
– “Jump off the end / Into a clear lake / The water’s clear and innocent”
– “I think I should give up the ghost” (a phrase defined as “ceasing to exist” on dictionary.com)
– “Finally I’m free of all the weight I’ve been carrying”
– “Put the shadows back into the boxes / I have jettisoned my illusions” (on a b-side that didn’t make the album; shared below)
Those are all from the last four songs on the album; and clearly tie them all together. He is free. I’ve read a lot of different interpretive angles about Limbs, from climate change to suicide to dreams to Buddhist rebirth to whatever. And I’m not going to try to get that specific on it (besides comparing it to Mad Men, of course). But that is to say, these are some pretty deep songs when you look at them closely. (Just like Mad Men.)
Musically, of course, Radiohead keeps expanding their sound. My understanding from following them for so many years now is that after every album, they nearly break-up, and then totally rebuild how they create music. The end result may stay the same (killer songs), but the process evolves. The King Of Limbs seems to me to borrow a lot more from electronic music (that gorgeous “cat is away” break in “Lotus Flower,” the creative drums/percussion on “Separator” and “Bloom,” the vocal loops of “Give Up The Ghost,” etc.). In some ways, this is the Radiohead album that feels less like a band performance than ever before; but perhaps that was in reaction to their last album, which totally felt like that.
I’ll be honest here too: out of all Radiohead albums this is probably the one I’ve obsessed over the least. It’s still better than most everything out there though, and that’s why it’s one of the best albums of the year. I won’t claim to be unbiased on this list–it’s Radiohead and I’m me and they’re going to be ranked high. Regardless, I’m sure everyone I know who might possibly be reading this probably has already heard The King Of Limbs. (If not, why are we friends?*)
Radiohead “Supercollider”
Radiohead “Separator”
*lol j/k**
**sort of
AlmostAGhost’s Best Albums Of 2011 – #4. The Kills – Blood Pressures
Published by almostaghost on January 1, 2012 in almostaghost and mixes. 0 Comments Tags: 2011, 2011 countdown, Alison Mosshart, England, London, The Kills.
fate with a single blow has custard pied me now
A couple of albums ago, I mentioned how there were few albums I listened to more than The War On Drugs’ Slave Ambient this year. The Kills’ Blood Pressures probably got my most plays. There was a 2-3 month period earlier this year where I was working 14-15 hour days, 7 days a week. I took to playing Blood Pressures on my headphones every evening at full blast for a nightly jolt of rock energy, to get me through the last few sleepy hours of work.
So I have probably ranked it higher than it should, but I cannot deny–when I look back at the music of 2011, this was one of the defining albums for me. The album was perfect for that energy jolt. Even now, when I’m in that mood, I can play it in the car, and the windows start rattling and it’s AWESOME. Their loud choppy guitar riffs are infectious, the window-rattling lower end and relentless drums are exciting, and Alison Mosshart does the highwire seductive roar better than anybody around.
The songs are usually built around meaningless phrases: “the heart is a beating drum,” “loneliness never truly leaves me alone,” “it’s not the door you’re using, but the way you’re walking through it.” They really do not mean much, but they sound good, loud. They’re simple and effective and with just the right touch of power. “I can’t find enough pots and pans / let alone knives in my kitchen / To keep you cooking” — I mean, only the rockingest rock stars could get away with rocking lines like that, right? “Could be a nail in my coffin / and Lord knows I ain’t ready yet!” Alison Mosshart sings on “Nail In My Coffin.” It pretty much sums up most of the songs–a mix of frustration and temptation and whatever else raises your blood pressure.
The songs aren’t all relentless. Songs like “Satellite” show off their ability to weave some uplifting gospel choruses into their rock and roll. Usually these moments are wordless, and short, but they’re there, providing nice breaks from all the intensity. Similarly, “The Last Goodbye” is a end-of-the-night closing-time piano torch song–I’m surprised it’s not the final track on the album. But since it is not, it also acts as a break between the roar of the other songs.
After The Dead Weather had my fifth favorite album of 2010, I definitely count myself as one of Mosshart’s biggest fans now. Her partnership with Hince has turned The Kills into a great band, and their electrifying Blood Pressures was one of the highlights of 2011.
The Kills “Pots And Pans”
The Kills “Satellite”
AlmostAGhost’s Best Albums Of 2011 – #5. Kate Bush – 50 Words For Snow
Published by almostaghost on January 1, 2012 in almostaghost and mixes. 0 Comments Tags: 2011, 2011 countdown, England, Kate Bush.
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Kate Bush! After a six-year absence, she put out two albums in 2011. While the first, Director’s Cut, was a relatively useless re-imagining of songs from two of her older albums, 50 Words For Snow included all new material.
One difficulty here is that if I were to explain these songs as ideas, they almost all would sound gimmicky. A song about a snowflake falling? A passionate night with a snowman? A song with 50 words for snow in it? Yetis? These sound kind of silly. Kate Bush, however, is a scientist. These are actually songs about snow. Snow is not just in the background or an atmospheric detail. By using snow so intimately in the songs, looking at it so closely, Kate Bush ends up discovering ideas and metaphors within.
“Snowflake” starts the album, and its repetitive piano mimics a snowfall, slowly pulsing and staying in the same place the whole song. The song is the story of a snowflake “born in a cloud” and falling down to the world. To make this story of growing up even more apparent, Kate Bush’s teenage son sings the whole song in a fairly gorgeous youthful falsetto. (It runs in the family.) Kate sings one line, repeated: “the world is so loud / keep falling / I’ll find you.”
The heavy “Lake Tahoe” uses a similar arrangement, Kate again at her piano with gentle drums. Instead of snow lightly falling, it feels darker and stronger and colder. A male opera singer harmonizes with her a bit, but she sings most of this ghost story, about a woman who drowned and froze in Lake Tahoe, leaving her dog behind. Later on “Snowed In At Wheeler Street,” Bush duets with Elton John. A lot of artists might write tragic romance songs, but only Bush would take “Wheeler Street” into such fantastic fantasy. Instead of being cliched, “love lasts forever,” she writes of lovers finding and losing each other throughout time (from ancient Rome to World War II to 9/11 in New York).
“Misty” begins with her building a snowman, who then follows her into her room. He lies down next to her, “his snowy arms surround me / so cold next to me / I can feel him melting in my hand.” Only Kate Bush could get away with this, and like on “Wheeler Street,” she takes the story all the way. “The sheets are soaking and on my pillow / dead leaves and bits of twisted branches.” Her lover melts away, leaving her hopeless.
“Wild Man” and “50 Words For Snow” show Kate Bush’s linguistic skills. “Wild Man” looks at the myth of the abominable snowman, and how it shows up all around the Himalayas. “From the sherpas of Annapurna / to the rinpoche of Qinghai / Shepherds from Mt. Kailish to Himachel / found footprints in the snow,” she informs, clearly enjoys weaving the names of mountains and Tibetan words into her song. “50 Words For Snow” is just that, a song with exactly 50 words for snow, few of which you’ve ever heard before (“faloop’njoompoola,” “spangladasha,” “anklebreaker,” “vanilla swarm,” “icyskidski,” “sorbet deluge,” “boomerangablanca,” “bad for trains,” to name a few).
Bush’s last album, Aerial, was a 2-disc set. The first disc was more typical verse-chorus songwriter songs, while the second was a thematic operatic piece of music, lacking in choruses, and all the songs flowed together. It is one of my favorite pieces of music ever. That one used the sea as a theme, and was lively and intense. In contrast, 50 Words For Snow is more of a shapeless snowdrift than a sea of waves. The songs may be just as intense, but in a much softer way. The end result is very similar: yet another gorgeous, glorious album.
(Also since all the songs are so long, none of them are under the file size limit the blog will allow me to share. So here’s a fan-made YouTube video for the killer Elton John duet.)
AlmostAGhost’s Best Albums Of 2011 – #6. The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient
Published by almostaghost on December 31, 2011 in almostaghost and review. 0 Comments Tags: 2011, 2011 countdown, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, The War On Drugs.
lead me back to the place I'm from past the farms and the debris
I have read a number of reviews and commentaries around the internetz about Slave Ambient. While I kind of find myself disagreeing with a lot of the comparisons (Dylan, what?), many refer to the uplifting sound of their traditional American rock roots. They are clearly meant for a long car ride, turned up loud, sunset behind you. The reviews often leave it at that, though, and not The War On Drugs’ unique stylings.
Personally, I am not sure that traditional American rock is the right description for The War On Drugs. They are definitely closer to shoegaze, the proud genre of loud guitars and mumbled lyrics. The War On Drugs bring some different themes to shoegaze; instead of gazing at their shoes, they seem to be gazing at the open road. (Roadgaze?) A lot of their lyrics are blurry, but certain words jump out – harbors, freeways, rambling, trains, rattling in my brain, farms, debris, Northeast. There’s definitely some sort of world-weariness to the songs, that comes across in the words, the music, and the vocals. He’s just trying to get home, or somewhere. “There is a train we take downtown that buckles and bends from the weight of the ground,” Adam Granduciel sings, “You’ll understand when I leave so suddenly with breeze.”
Despite that weariness though, The War On Drugs have a quite uplifting sound. I think of it in terms of a Woody Guthrie, who also wrote tired-of-the-world songs that lifted you up. But The War On Drugs do it impressively without any choruses. Instead they hook you with the big chord changes, well-timed woohoos!, hypnotic bright drums.
And they make amazing use of the ambient instrumental tracks in between songs. While these tracks do add space between some of the more similarly-paced songs on the album, they also drive the whole thing. “Come To The City,” for instance, is a memorable song, but made even more so by “The Animator,” a 2-minute intro drone that brings “The City” to life. These ambient pieces, I assume, give the album its name, but more importantly make Slave Ambient cohere.
While The War On Drugs are ranked #6 here on my list, the actual ordering is not that precious. I’ve only listened to a couple of albums more often than this one this year. While “number of listens” is not my main criteria in ranking these, it does indicate that, man, Slave Ambient is something special.
The War On Drugs “Baby Missiles”
The War On Drugs “Your Love Is Calling My Name”
AlmostAGhost’s Best Albums Of 2011 – #7. Lia Ices – Grown Unknown
Published by almostaghost on December 31, 2011 in almostaghost and review. 0 Comments Tags: 2011, 2011 countdown, Bon Iver, Brooklyn, Lia Ices, New York.
the quiet singing in the language that we don't know
Much of what I just wrote about Bon Iver, Bon Iver in my last review also applies to Lie Ices’ Grown Unknown. I guess I love this style! Like Bon Iver, Ices has made a patient, rich album that is also mysterious and intriguing. I usually try not to make random comparisons, but this one is apt, as Justin Vernon sings back-up on one of the songs. So, I like to think of these two albums as companions and complements.
Unlike Bon Iver, Lia Ices is a bit more mystical and mythical in her lyrics. “Love Is Won” appears to be about discovering forever/love as a “tiny jewel in the tiger mouth,” and strriving to “pounce so I can tame the cat / so I can find the myth and let forever out.” “Daphne” tells the story of the nymph Daphne who turned into a tree instead of surrendering herself to Apollo. A particularly amazing song, “Daphne” begins delicately, like you would imagine a Lia Ices song to be: her quiet and close voice over guitar and violins. Midway through, the song takes a turn, becoming heavier and more confident. The music parallels the story.
The more I listen to Grown Unknown, the more I am impressed with Ices’ voice. It never falls into cliched fragility or breathlessness, always maintaining strength. This makes these songs all the more memorable, as she keeps charge of their oft-changing nature. “Ice Wine,” as only her vocals and a string quartet, could have been insufferable with the wrong voice, but Lia Ices keeps it together, and fascinating. “I hate to leave you like the eyelash that flew,” is one of the few lines that can be distinguished: it is one of her more mysterious and dark songs. Other tracks also borrow a lot from classical music arranging, but always to add richness and texture (“New Myth” especially).
There were quite a few of these individual, creative, avant-garde female pop singers this year, from Anna Calvi to PJ Harvey to Kate Bush to name a few. Each were stunning in their own way, and Lia Ices was one of my favorites. Grown Unknown is bursting with musical ideas — folky songs, string quartet movements, seductive vocals, orchestrated stories — yet it is her voice that ties all these ideas together so brilliantly.
Lia Ices “Daphne”
Lia Ices “Bag of Wind”
AlmostAGhost’s Best Albums Of 2011 – #8. Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Published by almostaghost on December 29, 2011 in almostaghost and review. 0 Comments Tags: 2011, 2011 countdown, Bon Iver, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
at once I knew I was not magnificent
The story behind Bon Iver’s first album, For Emma, Forever Ago was relatively famous. Justin Vernon withdrew into a cabin in the Wisconsin woods and recorded a sparse, isolated acoustic record. His second album, Bon Iver, Bon Iver (the actual title), is an artistic reaction to that.
The album cover is a great representation. A house sits there in the center, but instead of it alone, the view expands, revealing the world around it. The titles (and the title) of Bon Iver, Bon Iver are all meant to refer to places, albeit sometimes unreal ones (“Perth,” “Minnesota, WI,” “Michicant,” “Wash.,” “Calgary,” etc.). There’s more to the Bon Iver world now than just a lonesome cabin.
And musically, too, not just thematically. Bon Iver, Bon Iver feels more worldly and full, while maintaining Bon Iver’s trademark shimmer: seductive melodies, abstract lyrics, falsettos. “Perth” is a surprisingly complex recording, using a military drumbeat and guitars to bury all sorts of sounds that just barely leak out.
“Perth” leads into “Minnesota, WI” and “Holocene” and by now it’s clear–this is a gorgeous album. These songs have a patient flow to them, as they take their time and go through different sections and back and forth. There is very little intensity on Bon Iver, Bon Iver, as they leisurely flow where they are headed. “Holocene” for example does not build anywhere, it strolls. “Jagged vacance thick with ice / And I can see for miles miles miles,” Vernon sings, and as is his genius, I have no idea what “jagged vacance” means, but it FITS. This is not unusual in his lyrics. He has that ability to string words together that may not mean anything technically, but overall, they do/must. As he sings on “Wash.” “we’re sewing up through the latchet greens / I unpeel keenness, honey, bean for bean / Same white pillar tone as with the bone street / Sand is thrown.”
The album closes with “Beth/Rest,” which also clearly indicates that Bon Iver is making some of the bravest music around. He fully embraces a normally-maligned ’80s soft rock sound, and somehow turns it into a moody reflection closing this masterpiece of an album.
I first saw Bon Iver live a few years back when he was just becoming more known after his debut record, and I thought, “with his voice, guitar-playing, songwriting, this guy should be a superstar!” Bon Iver, Bon Iver does nothing to change that; if you like your music beautiful and rich and with feeling, nobody does it better than Justin Vernon.
Bon Iver “Beth/Rest”
Bon Iver “Wash.”
AlmostAGhost’s Best Albums Of 2011 – #10. Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
Published by almostaghost on December 23, 2011 in almostaghost and review. 0 Comments Tags: 2011, 2011 countdown, Digable Planets, Seattle, Shabazz Palaces, Washington.
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There are many puzzles in the subject of running numbers; the 213 is but one of them. In the late 40s/early 50s, Sutton (A) put out a maximum of 22 buses and Kingston (K) a maximum of 14. Nonetheless, both garages put out running numbers from 1 up to 21, and Sutton to A23 - presumably neither continuous.
(upper) In March 1950, LT1066 runs K21 at New Malden Fountain.
(lower) Eighteen months earlier, CR27 runs A21 at the same location.
Both photos © Alan Cross
London buses, since the very earliest days, have carried codes on the side to identify to officials the schedule being operated. These are additional to the route number (as used from 1908 onwards) and the fleet number (also known as the 'bonnet number', such as "RF486") identifying an individual vehicle. Since 1911, these have comprised a two-part code showing the garage code, the garage from which the bus is operating, and the running number.
The running number shows the time schedule being worked by the vehicle on the relevant route and from the garage shown; this does not correspond with the crew duty; crews changed buses during the course of the day and vice versa.
This note is merely scratches the surface of this subject; comment and contributions welcome.
Early three-letter codes
The precursors to the garage code and running number were the three letters carried by horse buses and early motor buses. These indicated, respectively, the depot, the route and the running letter. The depot letters were based on the horse bus stable codes, which appeared to be randomly allocated. The second letter indicated the route - originally, route numbers did not exist. The third letter indicated the timetable slot (the 'time'), or running number as we know it today. As an example, in November 1908 (after route numbers were allocated on the amalgamation with Vanguard), route 2 was operated by Cricklewood (E) and Battersea (T) garages and the route was represented by V or W, applied respectively to 'early-turn' and 'late-turn' buses. Thus the first early-turn bus from Crickewood was coded EV-A and the first late-turn bus EW-A, those from Battersea respectively TV-A and TW-A. Crew duties changed weekly, so three crews working early, relief and late turns each three weeks kept to the same two buses and buses stayed (except for maintenance, etc) with the same duties.
This system was replaced in November 1911 by the more familiar garage code and running number, for which garage codes were re-allocated (for example, Cricklewood changed from E to W and Battersea from T to B). For at least the next ten years, the early- and late-turn letters were replaced by the use of odd and even running numbers. The run-out on the 2 thus became W1, W3... and B1, B3... on early turn and W2, W4... and B2, B4... on late turn.
So from 1911, each London General (and later London Transport) bus carried a running number. These relate to the bus running schedules ('time schedules') and were indicated by the stencil plate after the garage code on the side of the bus. The roadside officials who controlled the route would need to know which garage the bus was from and what its position on the running schedule was. Bonnet numbers were irrelevant to the Operating Department and only concerned the engineering staff - the bus identifier to the operating staff was the running number. The time schedule was set out on the time card, mounted on a board and placed in both the cab and the conductor's slot when the bus was 'plated up' at the garage for that day's duty.
Central buses (unlike Country buses) rarely worked different routes on the same duty, although there were some exceptions, known as jointly-compiled time schedules. Because crew duties were allocated to buses for a spell, jointly-compiled time schedules usually implied jointly-compiled crew schedules. Most obviously (but by no means universally), this occured on routes with suffix letters, such as 80/80A, which were jointly compiled for very many years. Well known were the 15/100 at Upton Park and the 76/34B at Tottenham. There were also the 9/23C and 62/23C at Barking, and Paul Wheeler and Keith Williams point out the 110/111 at Hounslow.
Joint-compilation also applied to a number of RF routes such as Kingston's 218/219 and 215/A (the work involved in changing the blinds on an RF to a different route is however not comparable to the task of altering all seven on an RT or RM); farecharts on the route pairs were often combined or printed back-to-back, or both located in the display case and changed by the conductor. It follows that jointly-compiled routes shared running number sequences. Frequently, joint-compilation applied on weekdays, Saturdays or Sundays but not every day.
Leon Daniels in his blog comments on the 81/C:
'Duties provided for crews to work from Hounslow to Slough as an 81, to Heathrow and back as an 81C, and then back to Hounslow again as an 81. Half a duty - done. But Central Bus crews did not change routes during their shift, like their Country Bus cousins. Indeed changing route number blinds were just not in the Union agreement. A small handful of routes were exempted from this agreement, by dint of history, of which the most famous was the service from Barking to Beckton Gas Works as route 100 which was run off the back of journeys on route 15. But the 81C was a new one and Hounslow was amongst the least co-operative of sheds. Nevertheless it was achieved and in this isolated outpost, Central Bus conductors changed the number and via blinds at the front, side and rear of RTs, and then RMs, between 81 and 81C. I know it sounds funny now but it was HUGE in the 1960s!' Having said that, some crews ignored the requirement to change all the blinds.
A further variations was the use, noted in the allocation books, of buses from oen route on another. This was known as cross-linking. Where buses were cross-linked from one route to another but there was no joint compilation, the changeover would take place in the garage but although a link between the two routes is nominally made on the time schedule, it was down to the engineers which bus actually went out on the second working and it may in fact have come from a completely different route to that shown in the allocation book.
Running number sequences
In general in the Central Area (but not in the Country Area), the running number sequence for each route started at 1. For example, when Muswell Hill (MH) operated RFs on the 210, 212 and 251, each route had buses working as MH1 and upwards, so there were three RFs each day bearing the code MH1, as well as a number of RTs carrying the same code.
Where two (or more) different garages worked a route, there was no consistency on whether they used the same number sequences - some did. On double-deck routes, an example was the 134, where there was a J1, an MH1 and a PB1. See the next page for RF route examples.
Upton Park (U), Barking (BK) and Hornchurch (RD) operated a system more akin to the Country Area with a single sequence of numbers, divided into separate blocks for different routes. This started at Upton Park (at an unknown but early date) and was soon followed by the other two garages, as in order to maintain special journeys to Ford Works, buses were taken from several routes leading to duplication of numbers under the old system. A number of other garages changed to this system during the 1950s, and it was used by North Street (NS) when it opened.
Although trams and (pre-1950) trolleybuses did not carry depot codes, they did carry 'running numbers', although (in true Tram & Trolleybus Department style) they called them route numbers - the 'route' the tram was running on was called the 'service'. These formed a single sequence at each depot, a practice that was continued when the depots were converted to diesel bus operation.
Paul Richards and others note that the routes which were 'Bus Electronic Scanning Indicator' (BESI) controlled used different blocks of numbers from different garages. This method of control, which ran throughout the 60s and whose 'epicentre' was routes passing Hyde Park Corner, applied amongst others to the 9 (Dalston D1-D20, Mortlake M21-36), 22 (Clapton CT1-17, Battersea approx B51-67), 73 (Tottenham AR1-49, Hounslow AV50-55, Mortlake M56-90) and 74/B (Putney AF1-17, Chalk Farm CF18-22, Riverside R23-28).
The London Historical Research Group of the OS reports that Tillings used a similar system for routes worked from more than one garage, thus the 75 used Croydon TC1-12 and Catford TL13-26, but changed to the normal LT system before the formation of London Transport.
During the 1970s, the remainder of Central Area garages started switching to a single sequence of running numbers. The changes were made piecemeal as schedules were revised, based on a planned allocation. The allocation of numbers was usually done by reserving a block of 20 numbers for routes with a PVR of up to 5, 30 for up to 15, and so on. The same series were used for weekday, Saturday and Sunday workings, so these PVRs were the maximum on any day. The result was of course that the higher running numbers were greatly in excess of the number of buses at a garage.
Paul Richards provides details of the change at Sutton. On daily route 213A, A1 to A13 became A171 to A183. The Mon-Sat 213 run of numbers (a much smaller allocation) became A161 to A164. Norbiton's 213 allocation was numbered from NB91 (working 213A instead on Sundays, numbered from NB101). Although there were a number of OMO conversions at Sutton around this time, this certainly wasn't the trigger for each route changing its numbering, as the RT-worked 164/A changed at the same time as the DMS routes. The flagship 93 route kept 1 as its starting number.
Paul adds that, contrary to what might be expected, the change did not coincide with the switchover from metal stencils to plastic plates - that came later at most garages although the white on black plastic running number plates were already being trialled at Cricklewood and Edgware by 1974. White on red plates became the norm, adopted across most if not all garages, with black on yellow plates being phased in later (very late 70s).
There were two periods when both systems would be operational at the same garage. Former trolleybus depots continued the 'single sequence' system for the replacement routes, but where routes were transferred in (such as workings on the 29 and the 233 to Wood Green (WN) on closure of West Green (WG)), they retained their 1 upwards numbers. The other was during the post-1973 changeover. The LOTS publication 'Route Working Index 19 Mar 1977' notes: "A comprehensive plan, now almost completed after several years, eliminates all duplication of numbers within a garage, and from different garages operating a route. Only a handful of routes remain to be altered, and will be dealt with when a convenient schedule change occurs."
Paul Richards notes that this applied to Palmers Green (AD) and Muswell Hill (MH) on the shared 102 route, and at Enfield (E), Camberwell (Q), Croydon (TC), Thornton Heath (TH) and Catford (TL) with only 1 or 2 routes within each garage - e.g. only the Sunday 166A at TC.
Exceptions and curiosities abound. Stuart Perry cites as an example Muswell Hill's 134 and 134A on Sundays. 'Five buses from MH ran on the 134 (MH1-MH5). Although the 134A was a separate service, the running numbers didn't start again at MH1 but continued in the sequence and began at MH6. There certainly seems to have been no strict pattern adopted by LT in the Central Area.'
Paul Wheeler comments that drivers changing plates to get a better bus than allocated was a big enough problem, but giving them an easy option of two buses with the same number and there could be anarchy! However, this must have depended on the overnight stacking system in each garage. Stuart Perry notes that at MH, 'buses were parked overnight in rows nose to tail with the first buses out at the head of the queue. So for example on the 210 everybody would have chosen to have RF500 - I would have loved to pick the best buses but in reality it wasn't that easy. Presumably the abuse he mentions may have occurred in garages with a perimeter stacking system.' [Any other drivers have comments? More welcome.]
More details of RF running number sequences is on the next page.
Every bus carried two time cards ('running cards'), one for the driver and one for the conductor, detailed the duty as shown by the running number [trolleybuses carried only one, in the cab]. These showed the journeys to be made by that bus throughout the day, with departure times from the termini and passing times for the intermediate checkpoints with crew change times circled [underlined on trolleybus time cards]. These cards were permanent items, with the duty details glued onto a board, changing only when the schedule changed, and stayed with the bus when crews changed during the day.
Paul Wheeler comments 'When I was working as a compiler on Central West schedules section, one of the jobs I was given involved updating the schedules and applying revised timings to most of the night bus network. Most of these had not been altered for decades and many still had “maintained connections” with trams as they had not been updated for over 20 years.'
As time passed these cards became embellished with "helpful hints" from drivers who had worked the duty previously. For example, Stuart Perry notes that 'on the 43 route, MH28 was one of the four buses left out on the road for the sparse evening service to Moorgate (the other three were MH6, MH21 and MH26). On the running card for one of the southbound journeys on MH28 it had been marked TOE DOWN BINGO OUT. This referred to a very busy bingo hall on the Holloway road near the Nags Head. This told you to run early on this section and avoid the crowds pouring out of the bingo hall, leaving a following 104, 172 or 271 to get slaughtered.
'On longer routes you needed to be able to see the running cards all the time. On the RT, common practice was to balance the running card on the handles for opening the windscreen [this explains why you can see a board perched inside the windscreen in so many RT photos]. On the RM there was a useful ledge and I always left the running card there above the trafficator switch. As far as the RF was concerned, after you had done several hundred journeys between Finsbury Park and Golders Green you knew all the timings off by heart and I always let my conductor have both cards. If I needed to check anything you could just ask to see it. You were chatting most of the time anyway when he or she wasn't collecting fares.'
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My Answer: What are The best Bollywood Movies of 1960s?
The 1960s was the golden decade in the history of the Indian cinema. During this time film makers experimented with several genres and audiences applauded. It was a brilliant decade with so many talented actors and actresses, directors and musicians, singers and songwriters. The songs, the cinematography, the arrival of color to the movies. It was all just too awesome for the audiences as well as the movie makers.
Two epic movies were the highlight of the decade Mughal-e-Azam and Raj Kapoor's Sangam. Also it was the decade of suspense thrillers with movies like Beed Saal Baad, Gumnaam, and Teesri Manzil. Some of the best Bollywood movies from 1960s are:
Mughal-e-Azam (1960) One of the greatest Hindi films ever made.
Bees Saal Baad (1962 B/W ) One of the classics and beautifully done Indian suspense thriller of all time.
Sangam (1964) Produced and Directed by Raj Kapoor, Starring Vajyantimala, Rajindar Kumar and Raj Kapoor himself. Sangam was a trendsetter in many ways.
Guide (1965) Starring Dev Anand as Guide and Wahida Rahman.
Gumnaam (1965) One of the most popular suspense thriller films ever made in the history of Hindi Cinema.
Teesri Manzil (1966) Shammi Kappor, Asha Parekh another suspense thriller.
Jewel Theif (1967) Dev Anand, VajyantiMala
Padosan (1968) Mehmood, Sunil Dutt, Saira Bano, Kishore Kumar. A Classic romantic comedy.
Some songs from the decade just to give the readers a taste of the 60s:
Mughal-e-Azam – Jab Pyar Kya tu Darna Kya
Bees Saal Baad – Kaheen Deep Jale Kaheen Dil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arKGS-RvfYY
Sangam – Ye Mera Prem Pattar Parh Kar
Guide – Aj phir Jenay Ki Tamanna Hai
http://youtu.be/RvXUR4RzRHM
Teesri Manzil – O Haseena Zulfo Wali
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwN9Mgq0aSc
Jewel Theif – Honto pe Aisi Baat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtn4am42kW4
Padosan – Meri Pyari Bindu
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Kalachakra is a Sanskrit word made up of two terms; kala meaning “time” and chakra meaning “wheel”, literally translated into English as “Wheel of Time”. But what does that actually mean? To answer this question, we will need to look at Kalachakra from multiple dimensions or levels of understanding.
The External Reality
At the most superficial level, we could simply say that Kalachakra is the nature of everything. Or put another way, everything which exists is of the nature of cycles of time. There is nothing which exists outside this constant nexus of changing cycles. If we look outward to the universe with its many galaxies and solar systems, we can see endless cycles of change playing out over the past, present and future. It is in this way, that every thing is contained within the Outer Kalachakra.
A presentation of the movement of the planets in accordance with Kalachakra Cosmology.
The Internal Reality
Moving from macro to micro, we can then consider the nature of the beings which inhabit this universe. At the level of an indivudual person, Kalachakra can be understood to be the very subtle structures of a person’s body and mind. This is known as the Inner Kalachakra. It includes not only the structure, but also the dynamic influence that the mind/body complex has on the surrounding universe. Therefore, through understanding this Inner Kalachakra we are able to break free from the dominance of our external conditions and transform our experience in order to create a harmonious and peaceful environment.
A map of the subtle energetic system according to the Kalachakra Tantra.
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If we go even deeper though, we discover what is referred to as the Pure Form Kalachakra (also known as the Alternative or Enlightened Kalachakra). At this level we are still talking about cycles of time, but the meaning of these words becomes completely different.
At this ultimate level, we speak of the unchanging or immutable cycles of time, which are the union of immutable bliss and empty form. This union is depicted by the Kalachakra deity in union with his consort. The masculine aspect of Kalachakra represents the mind of immutable bliss, while the female aspect of Vishvamatha represents the sublime empty form. These two are in fact of one essence, representing our own absolute nature.
Our ego self is the combination of our external universe and our internal being. Our true self though is this deepest absolute level, our sacred truth. Through practicing with our subtle body and mind, we are able to purify our coarse perceptions and experiences, thus unveiling the complete mandala of Kalachakra pure forms.
The enlightened mandala of Kalachakra describing the pure nature of all phenomena.
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“Blouse Romaine – The Unsung Voices of Romanian Women”
“Blouse Roumaine – The Unsung Voices of Romanian Women”
– Selected and Introduced by Constantin Roman
(Extracts from the Biography of Carmen Sylva – Queen Elisabeth of Romania)
“Blouse Roumaine- une anthologie des femmes de Roumanie” par Constantin ROMAN
Queen Elisabeth of Romania
(Princess Elisabeth von Wied), Regina Elisabeta, “Carmen Sylva”, “Mother of the wounded” (Mama răniţilor),
(b. 29th December 1843, Neuwied, Germany – d. 18th February 1916, Curtea de Arges, Romania)
First Queen of Romania, Consort of Carol I Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Poet, Writer, Essayist,
Patron of the Arts, Founder of Charitable Institutions
QUOTATIONS:
Queen Elisabeth of Romania to President Roosevelt:
“I thank you with all my heart for the kind letter you sent me through your most amiable messenger! We are so glad to have an American representative to ourselves at last, and I am sure you will never regret it, as there are so many increasing interests that could not be thoroughly understood by someone who did not know our country at all.”
Letter to President Roosevelt in 1905 from Queen Elizabeth
Vincent van Gogh on Elisabeth of Romania:
“A childless woman is like a bell without a clapper—the sound of the bronze would perhaps be beautiful, but no one will ever hear it.”
Quoted by Vincent van Gogh In a Letter to Theo Saint-Rémy, 19 September 1889
Queen Elisabeth of Romania on Women in Arts and Industry:
“(This) will leave many amazed by the Romanian ladies and their hard work. In Germany they no longer work as they used to, which is a shame”.
Preface to the catalogues of the 1912 Berlin exhibition “Die Frau im Kunst und Beruf” (The woman in art and industry)
The Queen of Romania wrote the poem “The Soldier’s tent” put to music by Sir Herbert Parry – a song popular during the Boer War
Princess Elisabeth von Wied came to Romania in 1869, at the age of 16, to marry Karl von Hohenzollern, known as Carol I of Romania. At the time the Principality was under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire. Following the War of Independence of 1877 and the Treaty of Berlin (1878), Romania was declared an independent Kingdom in 1881 and Elisabeth became the first Queen of Romania. During the 1877 War against Ottoman Turkey, Elisabeta organised hospitals, ambulance and nursing services and obtained medicine for the wounded. Queen Elisabeth was very active in the patronage of Arts and of charitable societies, through which she encouraged the ladies of the high society to take an active role in fund-raising and the administration of charities. In the absence of a welfare system, the Queen’s own Societatea Regina Elisabeta (Queen Elizabeth Society) founded in 1893, treated free of charge 17,000 patients a year, distributed free medicine and monitored the welfare of needy families.
The Queen had the foresight, common sense and initiative to recognise the immense potential of Romanian arts and crafts. She wore the national costume herself, until then considered the garb of the peasantry. She further established a fashionable trend by encouraging her ladies-in-waiting to do likewise and wera the Romanian national dress and in this way she gave it social status. The Queen organised at the royal castle at Sinaia a centre of national crafts.
She further made it her duty to encourage young talented people to study through a programme of scholarships. The Queen surrounded herself of budding artists such as Georges Enesco and Helene Vacaresco and patronized the painter Grigoresco and poet Alecsandri.
Elisabeta also understood the immense benefit of tourism to a country which was not yet on the circuit of a grand tour. In this field she initiated a spirited PR campaign to make her adoptive country be known abroad. The Orient Express stopped at Sinaia the travellers were received at the royal castle.
As part of the same campaign Romania participated in the Paris Universal Exibitions of 1867, 1868, 1889 and 1900 with numerous traditional exhibits crafted by women: embroideries and tapestries. In 1912 the Queen organized in Berlin the exhibition “Die Frau im Kunst und Beruf” (The woman in art and industry).
An accomplished linguist, the Queen published in French, German and English, under he nom de plume of “Carmen Sylva”,books which put Romania on the map, as she attracted the attention of literrati such as Pierre Loti and Marke Twain, who said of her:
“That charming and lovable German princess and poet, Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumania, remembers yet that the flowers of the woods and fields “talked to her”.
Despite her pronounced romanticism, it can be said, without fear of contradiction, that Carmen Sylva succeeded in a patriarchal society, at a time when western European values were only a veneer. In effect the Queen started in earnest a movement for the emancipation of Romanian women: perhaps the best example of such trend was her erstwhile protégé, Helene Vacaresco.
Queen Elisabeth died before Romania declared war on Germany. She is buried at the Curtea de Argesh Monastery, which enjoyed the Royal patronage of the Hohenzollern dynasty, which, after WWI become the Casa Regala a Romaniei.
Roman, Constantin: Blouse Roumaine – the Unsung Voices of Romanian Women: http://www.blouseroumaine.com/buy-the-book/index.html
Elisabeth, Queen of Roumania. “From Memory’s Shrine: The Reminiscences of Carmen Sylva.” Translated by Edith Hopkirk. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1911.
Elisabeth, Queen of Roumania. “Letters and Poems of Queen Elizabeth (Carmen Sylva)”. 2 vols. Boston: Bibliophile Society of Boston, 1920.
Roosevelt, Blanche. “Elizabeth of Roumania.” London: Chapman and Hall, 1891.
Burgoyne, Elizabeth. “Carmen Sylvia, Queen and Woman.” London: Thornton Butterworth, 1940.
“Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumania” (The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine – August 1884)
Henry W. Fisher, “The Great Balkan Intrigue “ (Munsey’s Magazine – October 1895)
“Steria’s Revenge’, (The Cosmopolitan – September 1889)
“Galaxy of People” (The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine – December 1890)
“Her Majesty the Queen of Roumania”, Royalties of the World – 1902
“The Summer Life of the Queen of Rumania” (The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine – May 1902)
Carmen Sylva, “My Reminiscences of War ‘, (The North American Review – October 1904)
Mark Twain “Does the Race of Man Love a Lord? $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories” – 1906
“Roosevelt and Royalties” , (Scribner’s Magazine – April 1920)
Carmen Sylva, “The Women of My Realm,” (The Ladies’ Home Journal)
Blouse Roumaine Anthology http://www.constantinroman.com/blouseroumaine/page_quo_08.html
Tom Kinter: TOM’S PLACE- A WEB COLLECTION OF ARTICLES, BOOKS, QUOTES, EXCERPTS, POETRY, ART, PHOTOGRAPHS, ETC. http://www.tkinter.smig.net/
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New Anthology of Romanian Women
POETRY IN TRANSLATION (408), Liviu Antonesei (b. 1953, co. Iasi), ROMANIA: “În patria mea”, “In my country”
People I met: Jim EDE – Cambridge Art Aficionado and Collector
Lauren BACALL (Blouse Roumaine – extrait)
PEOPLE I MET – Nathalie DUMITRESCO & Alexandre ISTRATI
PEOPLE I MET – Haroun TAZIEFF (1914-1988)
Adrian Munteanu on POETRY IN TRANSLATION (CCCLXXXVI): Adrian MUNTEANU (b. 1948-Brasov), ROMANIA – “Scriu un sonet. Deplină amăgire”, “The Sonnet – an Eternal Tease”
editor on Poetry in Translation (CXX): Joseba SARRIONANDIA (Vizcaya, Spain, b. 1958), Basque Poet – “Încălţări găurite” (A pile of broken shoes)
GabiM. on Isabela Vasiliu-Scraba: “Camera 13 a ‘Vilei Noica’ de la Păltiniş”
N K ARJUN on Poetry in Translation (CLXXII): Edmund Burke (1729 – 1797), Anglo-Irish Philosopher, Poet & Politician – “The Mirror”, “Oglinda”
Communist Prisons
Not without my Boppa
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Running with Clare Crusaders.
Darren Kelly, from Beechgrove, Toonagh, ran in Bank Holiday's Dublin City Marathon, with a group raising funds for Clare Crusaders, which supports the organisation in Barefield offering services to children with special needs. Darren finished in a time of 4 hrs 57 mins. He has a card in Donnellan's Centra in Loughville and will welcome support for this worthy cause.
Intermediate's play Silvermines.
Our Intermediate team met Silvermines, Tipperary in the Munster campaign on Sun. last in Sixmilebridge, a week after becoming County Intermediate Champions. They didn't fare as well as the previous week, however, as nothing seemed to go their way on the day. Silvermines emerged winners on a scoreline of 1.14 to 6 pts.
Co Final DVD's for € 20 can be purchased from John @ 0872420535
Friday, 2nd Nov. is the Feast of All Souls and Mass will be celebrated in Ruan Graveyard (weather permitting) at 10.00a.m. and in Dysart Graveyard at 11.00a.m. (weather permitting), and Sat 3rd Nov., Kyle Graveyard at 11.00a.m. and Kilcross Graveyard at 12 noon.
Clothes Collection for Toonagh Parents Association.
There will be a new and used clothes collection on Wed. 7th Nov. next at Toonagh Hall, which will be open from 9.15a.m. to 2 p.m., and from 6.30 to 7.30p.m., when bags may be dropped off. People might get a chance to do a clean-out over the Halloween break. Mens, womens, childrens chothes, shoes, belts, bags, ties and household textile (no pillows, no duvets) will be very welcome. This is a fundraising effort for the Parents Association.
Pilates Class.
Tracy Guilfoyle starts a new course of Pilates on Thurs. Nov. 8th next, in Toonagh Hall from 8.15 to 9.15p.m. Further information 0860636837.
Kitchen Sessions.
A great crowd enjoyed the Spooky Kitchen Sessions on Fri. night last in Toonagh Hall, when all dressed up in Fancy Dress and enjoyed the traditional music, singing and dancing. The next Session will return on Fri. 9th Nov. next, after the Halloween break.
Crafts Class.
Wed. nights in Toonagh Hall are a hive of activity, with ladies knitting, crocheting and enjoying embroidery, The class will resume on Wed. 7th Nov. next at 7.30p.m.
Rural Resource Group AGM
The A.G.M. of Ruan and Dysart Resource Group took place recently in Ruan Community Hall.
Officers appointed were:- John O'Donoghue, Chairman; Fr. Pat O'Neill, Vice Chairman; Risteard Ui Cronin,, Sec., Mary O'Halloran,Recording Sec., Noel Tierney, Treasurer and John Bell, PRO. The organisations in the parish, the G.A.A., Ruan Tidy Towns, Toonagh Hall, Ruan Community Hall, and the Parish Graveyards and the Ruan Dysart Water scheme, which avail of the services of the Group were well satisfied with its work over the past year.
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"http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/News_1/index.shtml - News : "http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/Sports/index.shtml - Sports : Hockey Published: Apr 28, 2019 - 12:35:31 AM
Bears end the season of the Sound Tigers in OT
By Bridgeport Sound Tigers
BRIDGEPORT, CT - The Bridgeport Sound Tigers, proud AHL affiliate of the New York Islanders, suffered a 3-2 overtime loss to the Hershey Bears in Game 5 of the Atlantic Division Semifinals on Saturday, which ended their 2018-19 season. Brian Pinho scored the series-winner at 10:27 of the extra frame on a partial breakaway for his first playoff goal.
The Bears took the best-of-five series 3-2 in front of 5,253 fans at Webster Bank Arena.
Matt Lorito and Oliver Wahlstrom each scored in regulation, while Christopher Gibson (2-2) made 31 saves on 34 shots in more than 70 minutes of work.
Lorito put the Sound Tigers out front 1-0 for the first time in the series with his second straight goal following Thursday’s overtime winner in Game 4. Steve Bernier helped create chaos in front with a flurry of chances against goaltender Ilya Samsonov before Sebastian Aho settled a loose puck and dished it to Lorito between the circles. The fourth-year forward received the pass and quickly wristed a shot past Samsonov’s reaching glove for his second goal of the postseason.
Bridgeport outshot Hershey 13-7 in the first period and led after 20 minutes, but the Bears bounced back with a two-goal second. Steve Whitney converted a 2-on-1 rush at the 6:43 mark to tie the game 1-1 when he beat Gibson for his first goal of the playoffs. The Sound Tigers failed to capitalize on an odd-man sequence just prior to that, before Jayson Megna hustled the other way and found Whitney for a one-time tally.
Wahlstrom put the Sound Tigers back on top at 12:07 of the middle frame when he directed a missile of a wrist shot into the bottom right corner of the cage. Kieffer Bellows skated across the high slot and cut to the right circle, dipping his shoulder to carve in. He was slowed by a Bears defenseman and dropped the puck for Wahlstrom, where he set up above the circle and wired a wrister low, short side.
Hershey scored its only power-play goal of the series less than four minutes later to knot the contest at 2-2. Mitch Vande Sompel was called for cross-checking 23 seconds prior and the Bears cashed in with Riley Barber’s one-timer in the slot following Megna’s centering-pass.
The Sound Tigers outshot the visitors 10-9 in the third period, but both goaltenders were lights out in a fast-paced, high-stakes third period. Chris Bourque nearly put one in midway through the frame, but drew iron on a slap shot that had Samsonov fooled. Gibson also made a remarkable, stretched-out pad save in the final three minutes.
In overtime, Garrett Pilon guided a stretch pass to Pinho, who inched ahead on a partial breakaway and scored just inside the right post. It was the first time Hershey potted more than three goals in the series.
The Sound Tigers finished the game 0-for-1 on the power play and 1-for-2 on the penalty kill. Samsonov (2-1) had 29 saves for the Bears, while Hershey won the shot battle 34-31.
Lorito and Wahlstrom finished with a team-high four points during the series.
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"possible" in Soanyway Magazine, Volume 2, Issue Three, June 2019, UK
"possible" "possible" in Soanyway Magazine, Volume 2, Issue Three
"Soanyway is an independent online magazine, providing a platform for work that tells stories using any combination of words, images and sounds. The title ‘soanyway’ is an expression used in daily speech to refocus after digression, or as a means of changing or avoiding a subject. The conclusive ‘so’ merged with the ‘anyway’ of alternation suggests a diversity of possible stories in which interdisciplinary boundaries are crossed. This allows these apparent digressions to flow as multi-layered narrative. We interpret story broadly, considering it in relation to fact and fiction, narration or implication, and structure or a lack of it. We also regard most history, theory and critique as the telling of stories about stories".
Editors: Derek Horton & Gertrude Gibbons
Soanyway is an online repository of words, pictures and sounds that tell stories.
We interpret story broadly, considering it in relation to fact and fiction, narration or implication, and structure or a lack of it. We also regard most history, theory and critique as stories about stories.
‘There’s a thousand sides to everything - not just heroes and villains. So anyway, … so anyway, …so anyway…”Soanyway” ought to be one word. Like a place or a river… Soanyway River.”
Issue 3 includes two ‘exhibition features’, introducing a further development to the relaunched magazine following Issue 2’s special insert. The intention is to respond to recent exhibitions and events, bringing them into dialogue with submitted works that respond independently to the magazine’s description. Ilana Halperin’s Minerals of New York (Blenheim Walk Gallery, Leeds, 29 March – 9 May 2019 and touring to The Hunterian, Glasgow) considers the possibility of a city’s mineral biography, an interaction between archaeology, geology and the everyday; the unravelling of a city’s narrative through time. William Mackrell’s LipSync series shown in Here is where we meet (Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, May – 15 June 2019) explores the potential of performance to leave behind a trace of its movement, capturing the fragile process of language; the language which frames and censors our daily expression.
A tapestry of objects are woven together in Lauren de Sa Naylor’s text, through the movement of a fragmented narrative which omits people’s names, beginning with an almost empty bottle of wine and ending with empty beer glasses. Everyday objects appear in the paintings of Richard Baker, whose internal framings emphasise the absence of people and movement. The obscured windows of Eta Dahlia’s video poetry invite imaginary figures and objects to fill them with a presence, and considers translation over both language and medium. It questions how much might be communicated via a limited quantity of words and vague images. Kamila Müllerová creates a haunting dialogue between objects, cloth and light, with the occasional appearance of a figure treated as object; and sound is used to unite the images in a literal knot. Figures appear and disappear in the double narrative of Martha Stanford Campbell’s image poetry, emphasising their fragility against the contrasting sturdiness of objects, paralleled by the photographs’ stillness and the words’ movement.
Fragility of human presence is also suggested in Jean-Michel Rolland’s time-lapse, where people are noticeably absent from the construction of an urban landscape. Through its process, there is an ambiguity as to its medium: it is uncertain whether the image is painted, drawn or photographed. The play between movement and print is offered by Emily Evans’ construction of a new typeface inspired by dance. Here, motion becomes framed in the shapes of letters, an attempt to place wordless expression into print. There is a similar sense in Pierre Yves Clouin’s ‘found-drawing’, a film almost motionless like a drawing, its sound of a busy road revealing otherwise, and suggests that mundane sights or scenes might be frozen and reworked. In Kerry Baldry’s film, plastic bags are used to package stone deities, archaeological artefacts which appear to breathe with disturbing force within their containers. Such artefacts, minerals and objects are presented as framed and channelled through the endless collection of Google, an everyday means of research which invites both digression and distraction, given a narrative by Marion Menan’s hypnotic scrolling that also echoes Ilana Halperin’s museological research of geological samples.
In this issue, there is an interaction between objects and time; between the contrasting steadiness of objects and spaces as people appear and disappear within and around them. With the passing, layering and weaving of time, cities, objects and language tangle people up in their endless narratives. These narratives are a means to capture evidence of living presence, leaving behind frames that invite habitation, and the retelling of stories.
Le ‘dessin trouvé’ de Pierre Yves Clouin semble aussi [cadrer le mouvement, tenter d’imprimer une expression sans mot]. C’est un film presque immobile comme un dessin, mais le son, d’une route très fréquentée, révèle la vérité et suggère que des choses ordinaires et des scènes banales pourraient être captées et reconstruites.
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Dancing For A Cause
by Jenice Johnson Williams
Tanjim Rahman was a new kid from the Bronx who moved to Plano during the most crucial years of a young adult’s life – high school. But he soon discovered a sense of belonging and community through the art of dance and ultimately founded Dancing for a Cause.
Not only was dance the precursor to making friends in a new place as a teenager, Tanjim found purpose and developed life skills. The now 24-year-old’s non-profit dance organization at Parker Road and Custer Road brings people together through dance while also serving as a positive influence in the community.
“We’ve developed a bridge because when you are young, you either find a mentor or a mentor finds you or you find friends to grow with — hopefully in the right direction,” he said. “Dance is that medium that bonds people together.”
Tanjim Rahman, founder of Dancing for a Cause // photos Jenice Johnson Williams
Tanjim founded Dancing for a Cause originally as a dance club in 2008 at the nudging of his aerobics teacher, Rikki Endsley, at Plano East Senior High School. She noticed how much he loved to dance and insisted he should create a hip-hop club. But Tanjim didn’t want to create a club just for the sake of creating one. He said dancing meant more to him and wanted the club to have a purpose. The concept caught on through friends at other local schools, and soon several leaders started clubs of their own.
“It was amazing to me to see all the kids’ growth and how my peers have grown together and dance was our bond. You would see the nerdy kid become friends with the popular girl in school,” he said. “All of these different cliques that are so evident in high school just did not exist because when you are at DFC, you are a dancer and you are a student and growing. It takes everything away from the stereotypes of the real world.”
Not only that, but DFC encourages leadership skills right from the beginning. Each of its clubs has a president and officers; the leadership team receives regular training and teaching from DFC directors. The clubs also help fundraise for charities such as St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, Hallie’s Heroes, Child’s Play Charity and others.
Being a member of DFC’s dance studio/community center also means access to classes such as breaking, popping, krumping, freestyle, mini choreography, contemporary and pop-up classes that special instructors drop in to teach. There is no age requirement, though a 2-year-old might require different teaching methods, of course. While Tanjim said he’s seen a 4-year-old knock it out of the park, typically DFC’s center has members 14 to 22 years old with the majority being ages 16 to 20. No previous training is required — folks just have to really love to dance.
Tanjim said DFC is a huge learning tool for him personally, first about how things work in the non-profit sector and second, on the for-profit side managing a Mooyah Burger in Plano. All of this helps with his classes as he pursues a general business degree, builds his resume and hones skills for his own businesses one day.
DFC staff is also finding that same benefit to its schooling as well. Amy Nguyen, event coordinator, is majoring in event planning and public relations at Collin College Spring Creek campus. As a competing dancer, DFC broadened her dance capabilities. In addition, her leadership role has improved her people skills and networking.
“I love setting up events — it’s such a good cause and brings me joy to donate to those in need,” Amy said.
Student director Kevin Middleton, also attending Collin College, said DFC helped him with his leadership skills and gave him a sense of belonging. He also found that his immersion in the diverse group at DFC broadened his cultural outlook years after being a Hurricane Katrina transplant from New Orleans.
“DFC let me be authentic to who I was. It was my first sense of family. These people are the people that will still be in my life years from now,” Kevin said. “There are very diverse beliefs, but we unite in the name of dance. They are different than me, yet we are the same.”
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Satellite Catalog
Galileo Overview
Image: ESA
The Galileo FOC (Full Operational Capability) Satellites build Europe’s Galileo Satellite Navigation System to provide the European Union with an independent Global Navigation Satellite System. The project began the submission of concepts in 1999 before being officially initiated in 2003. Two experimental satellites (GIOVE-A and B) were launched in 2005 and 2008 to validate the in-orbit segment of the system as well as the ground-based architecture. Two pairs of Galileo-IOV (In-Orbit Validation) satellites, launched in 2011 and 2012, were used to demonstrate the finalized design of the navigation payloads and the operational capabilities of the spacecraft and ground segment. One of the IOV satellites has since failed on orbit.
The five-billion Euro project is named after Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei and headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic with operations centers in Germany and Italy. The overall aim of Galileo is to provide navigation services to European nations independent of GPS and Glonass services which could be disabled for civilian users in the event of war or other extreme situations. Unlike GPS and Glonass, Galileo will offer its highest possible accuracy to civilian customers.
Galileo will provide horizontal and vertical position measurements with sub-meter accuracy. Basic services with a lower precision will be available for free and open to anyone with a receiver compatible with Galileo. Full accuracy services will be available for government and military users, but also to all paying commercial customers. The Galileo constellation also provides global Search and Rescue Function with feedback to the user.
The operational Galileo Satellite constellation will be very similar to the American GPS, the Russian Glonass and the Chinese Beidou navigation systems – all operating by having spacecraft in different orbital planes in Medium Earth Orbit so that any given observer on Earth sees at least three satellites.
Galileo uses three orbital planes – spaced 120° with each plane containing nine active satellites plus one spare for a total of 30 satellites being part of the constellation at any given time. The Galileo satellites operate in an orbit of 23,222 Kilometers at an inclination of 56 degrees. This orbit is higher in altitude and inclination than that of GPS, Glonass and Beidou which enables Galileo to provide services at higher latitudes with more accuracy.
The Galileo satellites are built by OHB Systems while the payloads are manufactured by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, SSTL. The initial contract for the Galileo FOC program called for fourteen satellites valued at a total of 566 million Euros, plus 397 million € for launch services provided by Arianespace. Eight additional satellites were ordered from OHB in 2012 for €250M.
Serial production of the Galileo satellites suffered a one-year delay due to tooling and production issues, pushing the launch of the first two FOC satellites into 2014. The first 22 FOC satellites are booked for launches on five Soyuz rockets (two satellites per launch vehicle) and three Ariane 5 ECE vehicles (four satellites per launcher). Initial operations of the constellation will begin when the first 18 satellites are operational.
Each Galileo FOC satellite weighs 732.8 Kilograms and measures 2.91 by 1.7 by 1.4 meters in dimensions when its solar arrays are stowed – the core satellite body is 2.5 by 1.2 by 1.1m in size. In orbit, with both arrays extended, the satellite has a span of 14.67 meters from tip to tip.
The satellite consists of seven modules including a plug-and-play propulsion module for a simplified production and integration as part of the serial production of Galileo satellites.
Power to the satellite is provided by two solar arrays, each consisting of two panels and employing triple-junction Gallium Arsenide solar cells for a total End-of-Life power output of 1,900 Watts. The solar arrays are installed on rotating booms driven by Solar Array Drive Mechanisms to track the sun for optimized power generation.
Power is stored in a 3.8 Kilowatt-hour Li-Ion battery and dedicated power conditioning and distribution electronics condition the main 50-Volt power bus that interfaces with all satellite systems. Bus protection and battery management is also provided by the power system electronics.
Hydrogen Maser – Image: ESA
Rubidium Clock – Image: ESA
The satellites use a three-axis stabilization system featuring reaction wheels for attitude control as well as magnetotorquers for momentum dumps from the wheels. Navigation data is provided by coarse and fine sun sensors, infrared Earth sensors and a gyro unit that measures body rates. Thermal control uses passive multilayer insulation and heaters to keep all components at acceptable operating temperatures. Heat pipes and external radiators are used to radiate excess heat from the electronics into space.
The Galileo satellites are equipped with a Hydrazine monopropellant propulsion system consisting of a central Hydrazine tank and two thruster banks, each containing four 1-Newton thrusters. The propulsion system is used for orbit adjustments and constellation maintenance, attitude control and the maneuver to a disposal orbit at the end of the satellite’s mission.
The heart of the Galileo satellites are four clocks – two passive hydrogen maser clocks and two Rubidium clocks. The hydrogen maser clocks are atomic clocks that use the ultra-stable 1.4 GHz transition in hydrogen atoms to achieve a timing accuracy of under 0.45 nanoseconds of drift over a 12-hour period. Rubidium atomic clocks are commonly used in space applications due to their robustness and reliability, but they achieve a lower accuracy of <1.8 nanoseconds over 12 hours.
The satellites are configured to run one hydrogen maser clock in primary mode and a Rubidium clock as hot backup. Should the hydrogen maser encounter any problem, an instantaneous switchover to the Rubidium clock would be performed.
In case of a failure of the primary hydrogen maser, the two spare clocks would automatically start up. On ground command, the secondary hydrogen maser could be activated to take over within a period of days as part of a highly redundant system that ensures that the satellites provide continuous timing signals.
A Clock Monitoring and Control Unit builds the primary interface of the clocks with the Navigation Signal Generator Unit NSU. It validates that the timing signals from the primary clock and the hot backup are in phase so that the spare can take over instantly should the master clock fail for some reason.
The clocks provide the precise timing solutions needed for the calculation of the time delay from the moment the signal is sent and the arrival at the receiver which in turn allows the calculation of the distance to the satellite. Three simultaneous distance measurements to three different satellites are needed for the receiver to calculate its precise position.
Galileo satellites use up to ten different signals in three bands known as L1, E5a & b, and E6 all in the 1,100 to 1,600 MHz range. This variety of signals is needed to provide the different Galileo services: open (OS), safety-of-life (SOL), commercial (CS) and public regulated services (PRS).
Signals sent by the satellites include pilot signals which are data-free signals that only include a ranging code, not modulated by a navigation data stream. The ranging code is a Pseudo-Random Noise (PRN) sequence of 0s and 1s that allow the receiver to determine the signal’s travel time. Data signals include binary-coded messages containing information on the satellite ephemeris (position and velocity), clock bias parameters for error correction, satellite health status and other complementary information.
Photo: ESA
Open Services are provided via the L1 and E5 bands – single, dual and triple-frequency applications are possible depending on the purpose of the navigation measurement.
The L1 channel at a carrier frequency of 1,575.420 MHz includes a pilot signal (L1c) and a data signal (L1b) both used for open and commercial services and the safety of life services. The L1a channel is used for public regulated services. The L1 channel operates at the same frequency as the GPS L1 band.
To avoid interference, Galileo uses BOC(1,1) signal modulation – Binary Offset Carrier of rate (1,1). Having both L1 carriers at the same frequency will make future use of the combined Galileo and GPS signals less complex. The open L1 signals use a code frequency of 1.023 MHz and a primary PRN code length of 4092. The pilot channel operates at 250 symbols per second and the data channel transmits a secondary PRN code with a length of 25. The L1a band uses a different type of BOC modulation known as (15,2.5) at a sub-carrier frequency of 15.345 MHz and a code frequency of 2.5575 MHz. The signal is encrypted to avoid unauthorized access.
The E5a band at 1,176.45 MHz is divided into the E5a-I and E5a-Q signals for data and pilot signals. E5b is also divided into E5b-I and E5b-Q, using a carrier frequency of 1,207.14 MHz. The E5 band uses AltBOC (15,10) modulation, a sub-carrier frequency of 15.345 MHz and a code frequency of 10.23 MHz. The primary PRN code length is 10,230 and the data rates used are 50 symbols per second for E5a and 250sps for the E5b data channel with secondary code lengths of 20 and 4. The two pilot channels use code lengths of 100.
Having different code lengths allows receivers to be optimized for their purpose and also allows single, dual and triple-signal operation which increases the accuracy of the navigation solutions. An issue for navigation measurements is the ionospheric delay that is introduced as the radio signals travel through the ionosphere. To account for that delay, single-signal receivers use models based on static data that can increase accuracy by a factor of two, but not eliminate the error entirely. Dual-channel mode allows the receiver to precisely calculate the ionospheric delay and subtract it to provide more precise data as the ionospheric delay is depending on the frequency of the signal. Triple-signal mode can yield even more precise data as larger frequency differences lead to more accurate ionospheric delay estimates.
The E6 band containing three signals is used for commercial and public regulated services. E6b (pilot) and E6c (data) are used for commercial services using a frequency of 1,278.75 MHz. These signals use a primary PRN code length of 5115, the pilot channel operates at 1000sps and the data channel transmits a secondary PRN code with a length of 100. The two channels use BPSk modulation. E6a utilizes BOC (10,5) modulation and a sub-carrier frequency of 10.23 MHz.
The Search and Rescue transponder of the Galileo satellite is capable of receiving distress signals from portable UHF transmitters operating at 406 MHz.
Up to 150 active beacons can be received by one satellite simultaneously. The distress message is then modulated onto the L6 signal at 1,544 MHz and transmitted to dedicated ground stations with a latency of less than ten minutes. The position of the distress beacon is calculated with an accuracy of at least five Kilometers and can reach an accuracy of a few meters if the terminal is equipped with a Galileo receiver. Unique to Galileo is that the satellites provide feedback to the distress beacons acknowledging the reception of the signal.
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Report: Heartbleed to blame for Community Health Systems breach
August 20, 2014 09:34 AM TopicsHIPAA/HITECH Act | Data Protection
If this report is true, the Community Health Systems data breach that affected 4.5M patients would be the first known exploit of the Heartbleed vulnerability. However, it is likely not the last. A report on the Errata Security blog in June noted that 300,000 vulnerable systems remained unpatched two months after the vulnerability was disclosed.
Here’s more from TrustedSec:
While no technical details of the attack had previously been disclosed, information security firm TrustedSec, citing sources familiar with the incident, said on Tuesday that the initial attack vector was through the infamous “Heartbleed” vulnerability in OpenSSL, which provided the attackers a way in, eventually resulting in the compromise of patient data.
“This confirmation of the initial attack vector was obtained from a trusted and anonymous source close to the CHS investigation,” TrustedSec wrote in a blog post. “Attackers were able to glean user credentials from memory on a CHS Juniper device via the heartbleed vulnerability (which was vulnerable at the time) and use them to login via a VPN.”
While TrustedSec did not share much on the source, the firm is reputable. As background, David Kennedy, TrustedSec's founder and Princial Consultant, formerly worked for the NSA and also served as Chief Security Officer at ATM maker Diebold. He is also founder of the Derbycon conference.
Community Health Systems data breach affects 4.5M
August 19, 2014 09:08 AM TopicsHIPAA/HITECH Act
Yesterday Community Health Systems filed a public report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) detailing a data breach that affects 4.5 million individuals. This is a serious breach, especially because Social Security numbers were stolen along with names and birth dates. Together, the three pieces of information are a jackpot for identity thieves because they cannot be changed as easily as a password or email address, and are often all that are needed to open a bank account or obtain a credit card.
In July 2014, Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) confirmed that its computer network was the target of an external, criminal cyber attack that the Company believes occurred in April and June, 2014. The Company and its forensic expert, Mandiant (a FireEye Company), believe the attacker was an “Advanced Persistent Threat” group originating from China who used highly sophisticated malware and technology to attack the Company’s systems. . .The Company has been informed by federal authorities and Mandiant that this intruder has typically sought valuable intellectual property, such as medical device and equipment development data. However, in this instance the data transferred was non-medical patient identification data related to the Company’s physician practice operations and affected approximately 4.5 million individuals who, in the last five years, were referred for or received services from physicians affiliated with the Company. The Company has confirmed that this data did not include patient credit card, medical or clinical information; the data is, however, considered protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) because it includes patient names, addresses, birthdates, telephone numbers and social security numbers.
With the current state of security in the healthcare industry I expect outside attacks on vulnerable providers and business associates will increase.
Target to book $148M in 2Q related to data breach expenses.
August 06, 2014 12:03 PM TopicsCosts of a Data Breach
Target announced in a press release yesterday that the company will book $148 million in expenses in its second quarter results stemming from last year's massive data breach:
During fourth quarter 2013, Target experienced a data breach in which an intruder gained unauthorized access to its network and stole certain payment card and other guest information. In second quarter 2014, the Company expects to record gross breach-related expenses of $148 million, partially offset by the recognition of a $38 million insurance receivable. Expenses for the quarter include an increase to the accrual for estimated probable losses for what the Company believes to be the vast majority of actual and potential breach-related claims, including claims by payment card networks.
Russian crime ring amasses over a Billion credentials
It is being reported that the USA and South Korea account for over 80% of the stolen credentials. Username and passwords are not enough to protect us.
According to Hold Security, the attackers used a botnet to hunt for sites vulnerable to SQL injection hacks. They compromised roughly 420,000 websites and lifted 4.5 billion username-password combinations in all; after eliminating duplicates, the number drops down to a no-less-impressive 1.2 billion unique login combos. Hold Security has not released the names of the victim sites.
Brian Krebs has provided an excellent Q&A on the topic.
NIST Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing
July 29, 2014 11:22 AM TopicsHIPAA/HITECH Act
Last week I was asked if there was any law or regulation that would prevent a third party business associate (BA) from storing their customer’s Personal Health Information (PHI) in a cloud environment.
The short answer is no, but the more complex answer is that HIPAA holds BAs and their subcontractors to the same standards as the health care providers themselves. Thus it is critical that serious consideration is given to how the data is to be protected. In this case, the cloud provider would also be a BA and the agreement should reflect their responsibilities in securing the data and their duties if a breach does occur.
One source of guidance is NIST 800-144: Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing. Here’s the abstract:
Cloud computing can and does mean different things to different people. The common characteristics most interpretations share are on-demand scalability of highly available and reliable pooled computing resources, secure access to metered services from nearly anywhere, and displacement of data and services from inside to outside the organization. While aspects of these characteristics have been realized to a certain extent, cloud computing remains a work in progress. This publication provides an overview of the security and privacy challenges pertinent to public cloud computing and points out considerations organizations should take when outsourcing data, applications, and infrastructure to a public cloud environment.
Wireless Live CD Alternative: ZeusGard
July 16, 2014 12:30 PM TopicsE-Commerce | Business
Brian Krebs discusses ZeusGard, a little USB flash drive that boots into a usable browser within about 30 seconds after starting the machine to avoid potential issues with banking malware such as Zeus or its variants.
Zeusgard allows you to safely bank online from any machine — even from a system that is already riddled with malware. That’s because it lets you boot your existing PC into an entirely different operating system. Even better, it is capable of connecting to the wireless network.
Priced at $40 for both the flash drive and the wireless adapter, it may be a perfect tool for small to medium-sized businesses who conduct online banking.
FRCP E-Discovery Amendments Expected To Go Into Effect 12/1/2015
July 11, 2014 10:48 AM TopicsE-Discovery
Kroll Ontrack’s E-Discovery blog rounds up some of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure changes related to e-discovery. While the rules package contains several important amendments, the most controversial proposal relates to the “failure to preserve” section in Rule 37(e). This language was the most hotly contested area throughout the public comment period.
The revised rule is designed to ensure a more uniform response from Federal Courts regarding the loss of Electronically Stored Information (ESI). The rule, broken into two sections, gives courts power to undertake “measures” – AKA sanctions and other similar procedures – when a party loses ESI because they failed to take “reasonable steps” to preserve it during the anticipation of impending litigation.
The first section, Section 37(e)(1), allows a court to take measures when a party is prejudiced by the opposing party’s loss of ESI. The court is permitted to take reasonable action that sufficiently cures the party’s prejudice even though the loss of the ESI may not have been the opposing party’s fault.
Similarly, the second section, Section 37(e)(2), authorizes a court to take measures when a party intentionally loses ESI. However, it does not require a showing of prejudice to the adverse party. The court can assume that the ESI was unfavorable, instruct the jury that the ESI was unfavorable, or grant default judgment or dismiss the case.
Goldman says client data leaked, wants Google to delete email
July 03, 2014 09:17 AM TopicsOther
Goldman Sachs has filed a lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court to force Google to delete an email that was accidentally sent by a contractor.
Goldman said the contractor meant to email her report, which contained the client data, to a "gs.com" account, but instead sent it to a similarly named, unrelated "gmail.com" account.
The bank said it has been unable to retrieve the report or get a response from the Gmail account owner. It said a member of Google's "incident response team" reported on June 26 that the email cannot be deleted without a court order.
"Emergency relief is necessary to avoid the risk of inflicting a needless and massive privacy violation upon Goldman Sachs' clients, and to avoid the risk of unnecessary reputational damage to Goldman Sachs," the bank said.
"By contrast, Google faces little more than the minor inconvenience of intercepting a single email - an email that was indisputably sent in error," it added.
My questions are these: If losing the data would truly result in “a massive privacy violation” why wasn’t Goldman’s either encrypting the data itself or using software to encrypt their email (such as the freely available PGP)? And why should Google be legally responsible for cleaning up after companies who do not follow best (or even good) data protection practices?
Prepare yourself for high-stakes cyber ransom
Following the breach and extortion attempt that put Code Spaces out of business, we are finally seeing more attention paid to “cyber ransom”. InfoWorld security advisor Roger Grimes has published a high-level overview of how to prepare for this threat. Among his recommendations:
Prepare for the worst now
(1) Educate senior management about the threat of ransom-demanding cyber criminals (along with ransom-demanding malware, which they should already be familiar with). Let them know the threat is real, fairly easy to accomplish, and difficult to prevent. Do your research and put everything in a document, so they can't say you didn't warn them.
(2) Ask management how you should respond if a ransom incident occurs and you believe it to be a viable threat. Should your company ever pay ransom? If your company thinks paying the ransom is the appropriate response (at least in some scenarios), get a sense of what the upper limit might be to save the company. Management won't want to have this discussion, but it's a good way to start a dead-serious dialogue about risk management.
(3) Ask management if your current business interruption insurance covers data ransom scenarios. If so, to what level? If not, it's time to investigate insurance coverage for this type of event.
2014: The Year Extortion Went Mainstream
June 27, 2014 01:15 PM TopicsBusiness | Costs of a Data Breach
Another must-read article from Brian Krebs. After discussing an ill-conceived and amateurish blackmail effort against restaurant owners, Krebs takes a closer look as to why we are seeing an increase in reported extortion attempts:
Fueled largely by the relative anonymity of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, extortion attacks are increasingly being incorporated into all manner of cyberattacks today. Today’s thieves are no longer content merely to hijack your computer and bandwidth and steal all of your personal and financial data; increasingly, these crooks are likely to hold all of your important documents for ransom as well.
“In the early days, they’d steal your credit card data and then threaten to disclose it only after they’d already sold it on the underground,” said Alan Paller, director of research at the SANS Institute, a Bethesda, Md. based security training firm. “But today, extortion is the fastest way for the bad guys to make money, because it’s the shortest path from cybercrime to cash. It’s really a great crime for the criminals.”
US Supreme Court Rules Unanimously That Cellphone Searches Require A Warrant
June 25, 2014 10:28 AM TopicsOther
This ruling has distinct implications on the concept of digital privacy if it signals that the Court will apply fundamentally different rules to searches of computers and cellular phones than the traditionally adhered to searches of other forms of personal property.
Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the opinion of the court. Roberts wrote that cellphones are powerful tools that are able to store a "digital record of nearly every aspect" of people's lives. Consequently, they are different from almost anything police find on a person upon arrest. A search of a person's cellphone is far more invasive to one's privacy, Roberts said, than a search of the person's wallet or purse.
"It is no exaggeration to say that many of the more than 90% of American adults who own a cellphone keep on their person a digital record of nearly every aspect of their lives — from the mundane to the intimate," Roberts wrote.
Read the full opinion here.
DDoS + Breach = End of Business
June 23, 2014 08:48 PM TopicsCosts of a Data Breach
Reports of data breaches involving extortion attempts are literally becoming a daily occurrence. In this case it led to source code hosting firm Code Spaces shutting its doors:
“[T]he DDoS attack against its servers and unauthorized access into the company's cloud control panel resulted in most of its data, backups, machine configurations and offsite backups being partially or completely deleted.
"Code Spaces will not be able to operate beyond this point," the company says. "The cost of resolving this issue to date and the expected cost of refunding customers who have been without the service they paid for will put Code Spaces in an irreversible position both financially and in terms of ongoing credibility."
Link (and here and here).
$800,000 HIPAA Penalty for Leaving Boxes of Documents on Driveway
June 23, 2014 08:40 PM TopicsHIPAA/HITECH Act | Costs of a Data Breach
With all of the attention being paid to the Target and eBay breaches - justifiably - it is important to remember that data protection laws may extend to paper records as well.
Parkview employees, who had been notified that the physician was not at home, left 71 cardboard boxes of these medical records unattended and accessible to unauthorized persons on the driveway of the physician's home, within 20 feet of the public road and a short distance away from a heavily trafficked public shopping venue, according to the resolution agreement between OCR and Parkview.
"All too often we receive complaints of records being discarded or transferred in a manner that puts patient information at risk," says Christina Heide, acting deputy director of health information privacy at OCR. "It is imperative that HIPAA covered entities and their business associates protect patient information during its transfer and disposal."
Domino's Pizza data hackers demand ransom
Hackers have demanded a ransom of 30,000 euros ($40,706) from Domino's Pizza after stealing personal data on more than 600,000 customers in Belgium and France.
The hacker group, Rex Mundi, threatened that Domino's Pizza had until Monday at 8 p.m. to pay up, or the group would post all of the data — including customers' physical addresses — on the Internet. Domino's has not released on update on the breach, but a spokesperson said earlier this week that the company would not be paying the ransom and that financial data had not been stolen.
Unfortunately, this isn’t a new tactic and with the emergence of malware that encrypts the victim’s data it is only going to become more prevalent. I previously wrote about a $10 million ransom attempt against the Virginia Department of Health Professions that took place in 2009.
Nokia 'paid millions to software blackmailers six years ago'
Via Reuters:
MTV said that the blackmailers had acquired the encryption key for a core part of Nokia's Symbian software and threatened to make it public.
Had it done so anyone could then have written additional code for Symbian including possible malware which would have been indistinguishable from the legitimate part of the software, MTV said.
After the blackmail attempt Nokia contacted the police and agreed to deliver the cash to a parking lot in Tampere, central Finland. The money was picked up but the police lost track of the culprits, MTV said.
Ruling Raises Stakes for Cyberheist Victims
June 16, 2014 08:10 AM TopicsCosts of a Data Breach | Business
Small businesses take heed: Depending on the terms of your bank account you may be responsible for fraudulent ACH transfers. Background information is available here and here.
Regulatory agencies and courts need to start recognizing true two-factor authentication as more than mere guidance for high-risk transactions. Holding the plaintiffs responsible for the banks’ legal fees on top of losing their funds will have a chilling effect on future lawsuits.
BancorpSouth’s most secure option for Internet-based authentication at the time was “dual control,” which required the customer to have one user ID and password to approve a wire transfer and another user ID and password to release the same wire transfer. The other option — if the customer chose not to use choose dual control — required one user ID and password to both approve and release a wire transfer.
Choice Escrow’s lawyers argued that because BancorpSouth allowed wire or funds transfers using two options which were both password-based, its commercial online banking security procedures fell short of 2005 guidance from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), which warned that single-factor authentication as the only control mechanism is inadequate for high-risk transactions involving the movement of funds to other parties.
A trial court was unconvinced, and last week The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals found essentially the same thing, while leaning even more toward the defendants.
P.F. Chang's Goes Manual After Card Breach
June 13, 2014 10:07 AM TopicsData Protection | Identity Theft
Restaurant chain P.F. Chang's China Bistro confirms it suffered a data breach that compromised credit and debt card numbers used by an unknown number of patrons. While the breach continues to be investigated, P.F. Chang’s has announced that they will use a manual imprinting system to process credit cards.
Some experts see a connection to last December’s Target breach:
But several security experts and cyber-intelligence researchers say they believe the chain suffered a malware attack similar to those that compromised the point-of-sale networks of U.S. retailers Target Corp., Neiman Marcus and Sally Beauty Holdings Corp.. Other experts, however, say it's too soon to tell what the cause of the latest breach was, and whether it was linked to any previous breaches.
But while the experts disagree about the details of this latest alleged breach, they agree it's time for retailers to tighten network security.
"It's really got the retail industry up in arms," says financial fraud expert Avivah Litan, an analyst at the consultancy Gartner. "CISOs are scared of getting fired, they are afraid of the consumer reaction and they're just trying to get handle on all of this."
UPDATE (6/18/2014): Brian Krebs provides new information indicating that the breach at the nationwide restaurant chain began on or around Sept. 18, 2013, and didn’t end until June 11. If true, the breach would predate the attack that compromised Target.
At nearly nine months, that’s slightly longer than the average amount of time before a breach is detected.
Cyber Insurance May Assist in Addressing Risk Posed by OpenSSL Vulnerabilities and Malware
June 13, 2014 09:03 AM TopicsCosts of a Data Breach | E-Commerce | Business
The Department of Justice estimates that the GameOver Zeus malware has infected between 500,000 and 1,000,000 computers and so far caused “direct and indirect losses to consumers and businesses exceeding $100 million.” Antivirus software alone does not always prevent such infection; a leading antivirus developer recently stated that, as a result of advances in malicious code, antivirus software is now “dead.”
With technology capable of providing only partial security solutions, a proactive approach to address cyber risk should include evaluation of risk transfer mechanisms, such as insurance. In April 2014, members of Hunton & Williams LLP’s Insurance Counseling and Litigation and Global Privacy and Cybersecurity practices participated in a webinar regarding cyber insurance, discussing the nature of cyber risk and possible insurance solutions.
Listen to a recording of the seminar.
When Do Conduits Cross the HIPAA Business Associates Line?
June 09, 2014 11:05 AM TopicsHIPAA/HITECH Act | Data Protection
The Legal Health Information Exchange has published a lengthy article that examines the boundaries of the HIPAA Conduit Exception as they apply to Business Associates (BAs) who also handle Personal Health Information (PHI). BAs were first explicitly brought under parts of HIPAA’s regulatory umbrella as a result of the 2009 HITECH Act, and more explicitly with the release of last year’s Omnibus Rule.
The Preamble to the Final HITECH Rule states:
“The conduit exception is a narrow one and is intended to exclude only those entities providing mere courier services [and their electronic equivalents.] As we have stated in prior guidance, a conduit transports information, but does not access it other than on a random or infrequent basis as necessary to perform the transportation service or as required by other law.”
Here’s a summary of the author’s conclusion.
Therefore, a HIPAA BA relationship is generally not implicated by an HIO, HISP or similar entity simply performing just fully encrypted data routing or transmission activities for a covered entity. A HIPAA BA relationship will, however, be found where such HIO, HISP or similar entity performs more than such limited activities, such as, for example, data aggregation, processing, hosting and transmission (other than as a conduit), encryption/decryption functions/management, record locator/querying functions, auditing and other oversight and governance functions requiring access to PHI, and creating data sets of de-identified information.
Peek Inside a Professional Carding Shop
June 05, 2014 09:05 AM TopicsCosts of a Data Breach | Identity Theft
Brian Krebs takes us into the world of the business that takes place after the credit card information has been stolen.
Like many other dumps shops, McDumpals recently began requiring potential new customers to pay a deposit (~$100) via Bitcoin before being allowed to view the goods for sale. Also typical of most card shops, this store’s home page features the latest news about new batches of stolen cards that have just been added, as well as price reductions on older batches of cards that are less reliable as instruments of fraud.
I’ve put together a slideshow (below) that steps through many of the updates that have been added to this shop since its inception. One big takeaway from this slideshow is that many shops are now categorizing their goods for sale by the state or region of the victim company.
WV Supreme Court: Health Data Breach Victims Have Standing to Sue
June 04, 2014 11:22 AM TopicsHIPAA/HITECH Act
If other states adopt this ruling it would represent a fundamental shift in the rights of patients who suffered a loss of personal data. It would also factor into the risk analysis for covered entities and their business associates.
The most frequently relied upon defense against suits for damages for a release of personal information is that the plaintiff or class of plaintiffs lack standing because the harm they suffered as a result of the breach is conjectural or speculative.
The Court’s opinion held that representatives of the class of medical clinic patients whose names, contact details, social security numbers and medical information had been accidentally posted to a publicly accessible web site had standing to sue the clinic notwithstanding that no class representative had established that anyone had actually accessed the mistakenly released information and no one had suffered any quantifiable economic loss as a result.
Breaches take 7 months to detect; 67% of Companies Are Informed by 3rd party
Via CSO:
There is room for improvement – vast improvement – in the detection of breaches. A large majority of enterprises fail to detect breaches on their own – they find out about them from somebody else, as a couple of recent reports show.
The security firm Mandiant, now part of FireEye, reported recently that while the average time it took to detect breaches declined slightly from 2012 to 2013, from 243 to 229 days (more than seven months), the number of firms that detected their own breaches actually dropped, from 37% to 33%.
The results in a report from security firm Trustwave were more encouraging, at least for the time between intrusion and detection – it found the median was 87 days. But the ability of firms to detect malware in their systems on their own was only 29%, which Karl Sigler, Trustwave’s manager of threat intelligence called, “just a horrible statistic in general.”
Lawyers Are Failing At Secure File Sharing
May 31, 2014 08:52 AM TopicsLegal Practice
According to the survey:
77 percent include a confidentiality statement;
22 percent encrypt emails;
22 percent include a confidentiality statement in the subject line;
17 percent require clients' written consent for transmission (compared to 13 percent that require oral consent);
14 percent password protect documents;
13 percent share links to documents shared on a secure site.
Why is this a problem? After all, it's not like clients' email accounts aren't password protected. You're not leaving the files on their door stoop, or on a table.
But in a way, you are. Take, for example, a family law dispute. You email important documents to a client. Her spouse, if he doesn't know her password already, probably knows the typical information required to gain access to the account (birth date, mother's maiden name, etc.). Or, even more simple: he's stopped by to pick up the kids and clicks around on her unattended computer.
Have a Reasonable Document Retention Policy? Then Follow it!
May 30, 2014 08:44 AM TopicsE-Discovery
And if you don’t have a reasonable document retention policy, create one and follow it.
After finding out certain relevant e-mails had been deleted, PSC immediately motioned to compel discovery and impose sanctions on BIPI. The deleted e-mails were particularly relevant because they pertained to the drug-in-suit, Pradaxa, and were in the possession of an employee who supervised Pradaxa’s development. The Court even noted that “[t]here is no question that [the employee’s] custodial file would have included documents relevant to the instant litigation.
However, BIPI contended that because they followed their document retention policy, which was deemed reasonable, they should be able to escape fault. As it turns out, BIPI was correct. In an opinion dated September 25, 2013, the Southern District of Illinois held that because BIPI had a reasonable document retention policy, which they fully complied with, sanctions were not warranted. BIPI’s document retention policy called for leaving “all of the employee’s email, user share and hard drive documents in place until 30 days after the employee’s final day with BIPI. After those 30 days, the documents are deleted…Further, when a litigation hold is released, the document retention policy is to delete all documents maintained exclusively under the hold within 24 hours.”
‘Using TrueCrypt Is Not Secure’
May 29, 2014 12:03 PM TopicsData Protection
TrueCrypt, a popular free open source encryption solution, is being abandoned and is considered "harmful and no longer secure" by its developers.
But is that really the case? There are many theories surrounding why the development team abruptly quit. Hopefully an ongoing audit of the code will provide answers:
TrueCrypt has been developed for the past 10 years by a team of anonymous coders who appear to have worked diligently to keep their identities hidden...
Green last year helped spearhead dual crowdfunding efforts to raise money for a full-scale, professional security audit of the software. That effort ended up pulling in more than $70,000 (after counting the numerous Bitcoin donations) — far exceeding the campaign’s goal and demonstrating strong interest and support from the user community. Earlier this year, security firm iSEC Partners completed the first component of the code review: an analysis of TrueCrypt’s bootloader (PDF).
eBay Demonstrates How Not to Respond to a Huge Data Breach
May 25, 2014 09:02 AM TopicsBusiness | Costs of a Data Breach
Companies need to have an incident response plan in place before the breach occurs. This kind of publicity only makes an already bad situation worse.
In the wake of eBay’s revelation earlier this week that it had lost as many as 145 million customers’ data, eBay users and security response professionals say they’ve been increasingly angered and amazed at the company’s ham-fisted public response to an incident that’s already sparked multiple government investigations. EBay’s mistakes include taking days to post a notice about the breach on eBay.com and confusing users as to whether their PayPal accounts had also been affected. As of Friday afternoon, many–if not the majority–of the site’s users still had received no email notification about the breach.
“It just seems like their response has been complete disarray and disorganization,” says Dave Kennedy, the CEO of security consultancy and breach response firm TrustedSec. “This is one of the worst responses I’ve seen in the past ten years from a company that’s experienced a breach.”
Network Engineer Sentenced to Four Years for Destroying Company Data
May 24, 2014 11:33 AM TopicsBusiness | Data Protection
Having a written Employee Termination Checklist designed to flag the many operational issues involved in wrapping up an individual’s employment with the company is not only common sense, it’s an important part of a holistic data protection strategy.
Before his access to EnerVest was terminated, Mitchell went to the office after business hours, disconnected critical pieces of computer-network equipment and disabled the equipment's cooling system. EnerVest was unable to fully communicate or conduct business operations for nearly 30 days.
The company spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to recover historical data from its network servers. Some data was lost forever.
Ponemon Institute Releases 2014 Cost of Data Breach: Global Analysis
May 10, 2014 10:20 AM TopicsCosts of a Data Breach
Companies had to spend more on their investigations, notification and response when their sensitive and confidential information was lost or stolen. As revealed in the 2014 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis, sponsored by IBM, the average cost to a company was $3.5 million in US dollars and 15 percent more than what it cost last year.
When asked about the level of investment in their organizations’ security strategy and mission, on average respondents would like to see it doubled from what they think will be spent—an average of $7 million to what they would like to spend—an average of $14 million. This may be a tough sell in many companies. However, our cost of data breach research can help IT security executives make the case that a strong security posture can result in a financially stronger company.
You can download the complete report here:
The Target Breach: By the Numbers
May 06, 2014 07:32 PM TopicsCosts of a Data Breach
46 – The percentage drop in profits at Target in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared with the year before.
200 Million – Estimated dollar cost to credit unions and community banks for reissuing 21.8 million cards — about half of the total stolen in the Target breach.
18.00 – 35.70 - The median price range (in dollars) per card stolen from Target and resold on the black market (range covers median card price on Feb. 19, 2014 vs. Dec. 19, 2013, respectively).
53.7 Million – The income that hackers likely generated from the sale of 2 million cards stolen from Target and sold at the mid-range price of $26.85 (the median price between $18.00 and $35.70).
Check out more startling stats at Krebs On Security.
Updated Mintz Matrix Detailing State Data Breach Notice Laws Available
April 28, 2014 12:18 PM TopicsCosts of a Data Breach
Mintz has updated their “Mintz Matrix”, a tidy summary of the U.S. state data breach notification laws.
This update includes new information about Kentucky and Iowa laws.
The Mintz Matrix is available here.
2014 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report
April 22, 2014 12:02 AM TopicsData Protection | E-Commerce
Verizon's annual data-breach investigations report makes a strong case for behavioral analytics technology that looks for anomalies among user activity to spot hackers.
Such technology could help detect the use of stolen credentials, which were one of two ways most Web applications were compromised, according to the report released Tuesday. The other way was exploiting a weakness in the application.
F5 Security Gurus Discuss Heartbleed
April 20, 2014 11:12 PM TopicsE-Commerce
Many major corporations and banks use F5 Application Delivery Controllers in their data centers to provide various security and load balancing services to their mission critical sites.
Fortunately, it seems that because F5 uses a custom version of OpenSSL there are only a few configurations where F5 devices would expose the vulnerability to backend servers running affected versions of OpenSSL. This should give the network gurus some time to update the certificates on affected systems.
In this video the F5 security team discusses the vulnerability and takes live questions from an online forum. (F5 is a former employer).
Would a Proprietary OpenSSL Have Been More Secure than Open Source?
April 17, 2014 10:44 PM TopicsE-Commerce | Data Protection
I’m a proponent of open-source software, but in the wake of Heartbleed this is an issue that should at least be revisited. I think the author takes an honest look at the questions that should be asked.
“The OpenSSL Heartbleed vulnerability has resurrected the age-old debate of whether or not open source code is more or less secure than proprietary code. Before putting on your open source or proprietary jerseys and launching into this (frankly not-very-productive) fight, first consider a few things.”
Read the whole article here:
Report: Healthcare has seen a 13 percent increase in botnet activity
April 15, 2014 11:59 PM TopicsData Protection | HIPAA/HITECH Act | E-Commerce
Using real-world case studies and findings from over 3 billion analyzed attacks, the 2014 NTT Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) demonstrates strategies to minimize threat impact and compress the threat mitigation timeline. Among key findings of the study:
* The cost for a "minor" SQL injection attack can exceed $196,000;
* Anti-virus applications fail to detect 54 percent of new malware;
* Healthcare has seen a 13 percent increase in botnet activity.
Stephen Colbert's Fantastic Take on the Heartbleed Vulnerability
April 12, 2014 05:01 PM TopicsData Protection
Stephen should look into getting a new tech expert.
‘Heartbleed’ Bug Exposes Passwords, Web Site Encryption Keys
April 08, 2014 10:51 PM TopicsE-Commerce | Business | Data Protection
Oh my. The potential ramifications...
This vulnerability is particularly unique because the sequence of the fix is important. If the keys and certificates have to be replaced, folks must wait to change their passwords until they confirm that action has been taken. Otherwise the new password is vulnerable as well.
Jamie Blasco, director of AlienVault Labs, said this bug has “epic repercussions” because not only does it expose passwords and cryptographic keys, but in order to ensure that attackers won’t be able to use any data that does get compromised by this flaw, affected providers have to replace the private keys and certificates after patching the vulnerable OpenSSL service for each of the services that are using the OpenSSL library.
OCR Releases HIPAA Security Assessment Tool
April 02, 2014 10:33 PM TopicsHIPAA/HITECH Act
Last week the Department of Health and Human Services released a tool to assist covered entities in complying with the HIPAA Security Rule requirement to conduct a risk assessment. The tool is aimed at small to medium health care providers, and was developed jointly by OCR and the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (“ONC”).
The Security Rule applies to HIPAA “covered entities”—which include health plans, health care clearinghouses, and most health care providers—that handle electronic protected health information (ePHI). The Security Rule also applies to “business associates” that perform functions or services on behalf of covered entities involving ePHI. The Rule requires covered entities and business associates to conduct a risk assessment to identify possible gaps in their information security programs in order to help ensure that patient information is protected against data breaches or other security events.
It follows the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s development of a similar toolkit, and contains 156 questions and resources that are designed to help health care providers.
More information and downloads are available here.
Minnesota School District To Pay $70,000 For Accessing Student's Facebook Account
March 28, 2014 10:20 PM TopicsSocial Media
This one seemed fairly obvious, and a settlement was likely the only course of action for the school.
Riley was 13, in sixth grade, when she posted on Facebook two years ago that she hated a school hall monitor because she was mean. After school officials called her in and leveled an in-school suspension for what she said on social media, she went back on Facebook and asked who snitched.
“I was a little mad at whoever turned me in ’cause it was outside school when it happened,” Riley said in a telephone interview from her central Minnesota home in Glenwood.
http://www.startribune.com/local/252263751.html
Court: Sony Insurer Has No Duty To Defend/Indemnify $2 Billion Breach
March 24, 2014 07:18 PM TopicsCosts of a Data Breach
Companies maintaining personal data had better pay attention to the fine print of their insurance policies. Sony, three years after the breach and facing up to $2 billion in losses, is learning this the hard way.
From Insurance Journal:
“A New York trial court recently ruled in a commercial general liability (CGL) policy coverage case that Zurich American Insurance Co. has no duty to defend Sony Corp. of America and Sony Computer Entertainment America in litigation stemming from the April 2011 hacking of Sony Corp.’s PlayStation online services.
The data breach had exposed personal information of tens of millions of users, and Sony’s losses are estimated to be as high as $2 billion.
In his bench ruling last month, Justice Oing said acts by third-party hackers do not constitute “oral or written publication in any manner of the material that violates a person’s right of privacy” in the Coverage B (personal and advertising injury coverage) under the CGL policy issued by Zurich.”
http://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/features/2014/03/24/323857.htm
Are Credit Monitoring Services Worth It?
March 22, 2014 10:06 PM TopicsIdentity Theft
More interesting insights from Brian Krebs as he discusses the effectiveness of credit monitoring/protection services.
Having purchased credit monitoring/protection services for the past 24 months — and having been the target of multiple identity theft attempts — I feel somewhat qualified to share my experience with readers. The biggest takeaway for me has been that although these services may alert you when someone opens or attempts to open a new line of credit in your name, most will do little — if anything — to block that activity. My take: If you’re being offered free monitoring, it probably can’t hurt to sign up, but you shouldn’t expect the service to stop identity thieves from ruining your credit.
Experian Lapse Allowed ID Theft Service Access to 200 Million Consumer Records
Posing as a private investigator operating out of Singapore, Ngo contracted with Court Ventures, paying for his access to consumer records via regular cash wire transfers from a bank in Singapore. Through that contract, Ngo was able to make available to his clients access to the US Info Search database containing Social Security, date of birth and other records on more than 200 million Americans.
Experian came into the picture in March 2012, when it purchased Court Ventures (along with all of its customers — including Mr. Ngo). For almost ten months after Experian completed that acquisition, Ngo continued siphoning consumer data and making his wire transfers.
Until last week, the government had shared few details about the scope and the size of the data breach, such as how many Americans may have been targeted by thieves using Ngo’s identity theft service. According to a transcript of Ngo’s guilty plea proceedings obtained by KrebsOnSecurity, Ngo’s ID theft business attracted more than 1,300 customers who paid at least $1.9 million between 2007 and Feb. 2013 to look up Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, previous addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and other sensitive data.
Much more here: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/03/experian-lapse-allowed-id-theft-service-to-access-200-million-consumer-records/
ABA asks NSA how it handles attorney-client privileged information in intelligence work
February 22, 2014 11:51 PM TopicsLegal Practice
OK, NSA. It was all fun and games until the lawyers discovered that you were also spying on privileged attorney-client information.
Now it's fun and games with infinitely more paperwork.
http://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2014/02/aba_asks_nsa_howit.html
Cryptolocker scambles U.S. law firm's entire cache of legal files
February 10, 2014 11:53 PM TopicsLegal Practice | Data Protection
We are going to see more small and medium sized businesses with poor security/backup processes be affected by malware like this.
The email infected a company server holding thousands of important documents after an email with a malicious attachment was mistaken for a message sent from the firm's phone answering service.
That error left every single document used by firm on its main server in an encrypted state, including Word, WordPerfect and PDF files, said Goodson's owner, Paul M. Goodson.
"The virus also warned if you tried to tamper or decrypt anything, it was going to be permanently locked and you could never open it," Goodson said.
After IT staff were unable to make any headway against the malware's encryption, Goodson tried to pay the ransom but discovered that the grace period - another nasty aspect of Cryptolocker - had expired.
ABA survey: lawyers at most large firms unaware of data breaches
January 12, 2014 09:58 AM TopicsData Protection | Legal Practice
A recent American Bar Association survey, Security Snapshots: Threats and Opportunities, conducted by the ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center, asserts that "Fully 70% of large firm respondents reported that they didn't know if their firm had experienced a security breach." The survey findings also implied a systemic, widespread lack of information security best practices across the industry.
Because of the sensitive data handled by law firms, they're a critical and oft-overlooked weak link in the "Cybersecurity chain," according to Inside Cybersecurity.
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INDIANAPOLIS – The Freedom 100 is known as one of the closest and most competitive races that is held each season. The 2019 version lived up to the hype.
Oliver Askew passed Ryan Norman after the field exited turn four and edged Norman by .0067- about the distance of the front wings, for the victory.
Askew said, “My mindset was to just stay in the top-three, to stay in clean air to save the tires. To be honest I thought we were in a bit of trouble early in the race. I was having a really hard time in dirty air. The car became neutral and performed better at the end.
“My mindset was to make sure I was (in the) top-two, top-three on the last lap. On the last lap I drove by three cars on the back straightaway while they were battling it out. If that opportunity didn’t happen I might have been stuck in fourth place,” said Askew.
Norman was disappointed but said of his Andretti Autosports teammate, “(I’m) proud of him. He drove a great race and timed everything (the winning pass) very correctly there.”
David Malukas and Chris Windom crashed hard on lap two. Malukas spun on the entry to turn number three and as the back of the car slid up the track, Windom crashed into and then climbed on top of Malukas. Both machines then hit the outside retaining wall with Windom riding on top of the barrier. Neither Windom nor Malukas were injured.
Windom also crashed the previous night at the Indiana State Fairgrounds during the USAC Silver Crown Hoosier 100. He is planning on racing again this evening at Lucas Oil Raceway in another USAC race.
“Gotta keep going,” said Windom.
Toby Sowery bumped into the left rear of polesitter Robert Megennis with 29 laps complete, sending Megennis spinning. Sowery then hit Megennis’ left front with his nosecone and straightened both cars with minimal damage. The caution did wave as Sowery and Megennis continued on. Sowery was assessed a penalty and restarted last with eight laps remaining.
The frequent slingshot passing and position swapping among the top five continued through the conclusion. Norman took the lead on the final lap down the backstretch only to have Askew upset Norman’s victory as the pair charged under the checkered flag.
To give example of the Freedom 100’s pedigree, this race was still only the fourth closest finish in the race’s history.
Typical multi-groove and frequent drafting passes were made. Askew only led three laps in the race but led the most important one.
“Ryan anticipated that I was going to go high, but I decided to go low and had the clean air and I didn’t lift (off the throttle). That was key. If I had to lift in (turn) four, he would have won the race,” Askew said.
Freedom 100 Notes
• A morning rainstorm delayed the start of on-track activities.
• Aaron Telitz pitted before the race took the green flag with a broken half shaft. He finished the race in ninth, five laps down… the five that it took to repair with an assist from the Malukas-Windom crash red flag.
• Jarrett Andretti began the race in 11th and spun on the race’s parade laps into the infield grass. He continued on, rejoined the field, and finished sixth.
Final Indy 500 Practice
Tony Kanaan led final Indy 500 practice with speed of 225.517 mph. He will begin Sunday’s 500 from the 16th position driving for A.J. Foyt, the race’s first four-time winner. Kanaan’s teammate Matheus Leist was 30th quick in the session and will grid 24th in the 500.
“Every single guy, at the start of this race, thinks they can win this race,” Kanaan said.
Kanaan was unhappy with his car in Monday’s practice session however was pleased with the car today and the changes the team made.
“When I drove the car, I was looking for the same car that I had last year, which I didn’t have. I think we do now,” said Kanaan
“I have a consistent car in traffic and able to stay behind people and be able to pass some cars and then stay up front all day,” Kanaan said. “I think we’ll see more passes than last year.”
Kanaan shares row six with Graham Rahal and Scott Dixon. “We won’t be there long,” said Kanaan.
“The track picks the winner. Hopefully she picks me again.”
Indycar Pit Stop Competition
Former Formula 1 driver Marcus Ericsson for Schimdt-Peterson Motorsports beat 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon driving for Chip Ganassi in the best-of-three competition. This marked the first time in 15 years that neither a Penske or Ganassi team has not won the pit stop competition.
Patrick Reynolds is a former professional NASCAR mechanic who hosts Speedway Report live on Facebook Mondays 7:30 pm ET/ 4:30 pm PT and uploaded on http://speedwayreport.wpengine.com/ . Follow on Twitter @SpeedwayPat.
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Patrick Reynolds watched his first auto race on June 5, 1976 at the age of seven, and instantly fell in love with the sport. His life has been deeply rooted in racing ever since. Reynolds' father took him to the Danbury Racearena in Connecticut for Saturday night stock car races. It was a one-third mile paved fairgrounds oval that featured modifieds sanctioned by the Southern New York Racing Association. This group was a private club that held a strong connection to the local community. A common weekly grandstand crowd was in the six-to-seven thousand range. The first NASCAR race Reynolds attended was in September of that same year. The Thompson 300 for modifieds was becoming very prestigious and also held in Connecticut. The five-eighths of a mile high-banked oval looked massive compared to the Danbury bullring. The event also gave him a good idea of auto racing's competition level. Big winners and track champions from the Racearena often gridded in the non-qualifier's race just to make the back of the 300's field. Geoff Bodine dominated and won that day driving for Dick Armstrong. Occasional trips to other New England and New York short tracks ensued, but Danbury remained Reynolds' home track. The Racearena sadly closed in 1981 to make way for a shopping mall. A mall he boycotts in support of auto racing. Trips to Stafford Springs, Riverside Park, Lebanon Valley and other area speedways for his racing fix now increased. He witnessed some of the best drivers from the Northeast. Richie Evans, Brett Hearn, Dave Dion, Bentley Warren, Maynard Troyer, Billy Pauch, Dick McCabe and so many others that several pages could be filled here. Reynolds' first NASCAR Grand National (now Cup) race in person was in July of 1984 at Pocono, Pennsylvania. Harry Gant won a late-race battle with Cale Yarborough and Bill Elliott to win on this day. Quite a few of stock car racing's best were in the field. State law allowed him into the Stafford pit area when he turned 16. His racing mechanic apprenticeship began with helping drivers Jimmy Broderick and Ed Flemke Jr. in the late 1980s. His dedication stretched to the point where he never attended any of his high school proms. They were held on race nights and race nights were not skipped. Reynolds went dirt racing in 1989 on Bobby Knipe's pit crew with a sportsman car at Lebanon Valley Speedway in New York. Asphalt racing was his first love but a new-found respect and appreciation for dirt racing developed. Reynolds drove his own street stock at the Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, NY during the early 1990s and raced a Northeast pavement late model in the later 90s. In 2001 he relocated to "Race City U.S.A." Mooresville North Carolina, planning to use his racing experience to launch a professional NASCAR career. Over the next seven seasons he worked for multiple NASCAR teams. Mechanic, fabricator, tire specialist, and over-the-wall pit crew member became new job titles. Among the drivers he worked with were Michael Waltrip, Kenny Wallace, Brian Vickers, and A.J. Allmendinger. Germain Racing and their Nationwide Series program with Mike Wallace in 2008 was the last race team job for Reynolds. The country's economic recession set in and many of his fellow Charlotte-area NASCAR professionals were downsized right out of their careers. This is what led him to the media side of the industry. The broadcasting and writing world of motorsports was always something Reynolds thought about for the future. Similar to when an ex-football player steps behind a microphone during a telecast, however his timetable was suddenly sped up. He began freelance writing for websites that covered auto racing. His radio career began with networking an opportunity onto a motorsports talk show with a local radio station. One step led to another and Speedway Report is now home. The program airs Mondays at 7:30 pm ET on RacersReunion Radio for the Zeus Radio Network and SpeedwayReport.com/TV/. The show and www.speedwayreport.com aim to keep racers and fans informed of the latest racing news while remembering and respecting the wonderful history of the sport. Since his media career began, Reynolds has won 22 awards from the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association. Their annual breakfast presents the honors at the Brickyard Crossing golf club on the morning prior to the Indianapolis 500. He also holds the Association's secretary position and is chairman of the AARWBA annual All-America Team award committee. His new home and place in the auto racing world is embraced. Relaying experiences from nearly a lifetime on both sides of the fence is thoroughly enjoyed by Reynolds. Gone are crew chief and sponsorship politics that bounce personnel from team to team. 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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the challenges inherited by his government were enough to undermine the promises he made to Ghanaians ahead of the 2016 elections.
According to him, the ailing banking sector, low agricultural and industrial activities, and widespread unemployment rate posed a great challenge to the government in delivering on its promises.
However, he said because he was determined to overturn the challenges and create opportunities for all, the government embarked on various intervention projects to allay the fears of the public.
“We were determined to use our resources to build a robust economy,” he said whilst opening a Results Fair organised by the Ministry of Monitoring and Evaluation in Accra on Tuesday, January 14, 2020.
The 3-day fair was put together by the Ministry of Monitoring and Evaluation to facilitate ministries, departments and agencies of the government to furnish the country with the results of the various policies and interventions that they had spearheaded.
Organised under the theme, “Delivering results for citizens work in progress,” each ministry has been assigned a booth where its departments and agencies are exhibiting the results of their various policies and programmes.
President Akufo-Addo said the purpose of the fair was to enable the government to showcase the impacts of the interventions of government’s flagship programmes.
He expressed the hope that the fair would continue to be featured as one of the country’s governance system for citizens to witness various projects being undertaken by government.
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Real Steel (Asner)
Written by Marie Asner
Metallic Boxing
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Kevin Durand, Anthony Mackie, Karl Yune, Hope Davis and James Rebhorn
Scriptwriters: Shawn Levy, Leslie Bohern and John Gatins
Composer: Danny Elfman
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Rating: PG 13 for violence and brief language
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Oh, my, another boxing film, but this one stars Hugh Jackman, Kevin Durand, and Dakota Goyo on the male side, with Evangeline Lilly on the feminine side, as the owner of a boxing training gym. Remember Durand and Lilly from television’s “Lost,” where he was the bad guy (same here) and she was the good gal (same here.)
In this movie, adapted from a short story, the future has robots boxing instead of men. These metallic behemoths have persona and body armor like a tank. Problem is, they are disposable, too, and they have no emotion. Or do they? Hmm. We begin with Charlie (Hugh Jackman, whose accent wavers a bit from time to time) as the fly-by-night owner of various boxing robots, who is one step ahead of money lenders, namely Ricky (Durand). Charlie’s friends who have a soft spot for him are Bailey (Lilly) and Finn (Anthony Mackie.) Enter Charlie’s son, Max (Dakota Goyo from “Thor”) whose Mom passed away. Max has to live with Charlie through the summer before staying with his aunt and uncle (Hope Davis and James Rebhorn.) The kid is a robot/magnet and soon finds (in the middle of a storm) and old robot and rebuilds it. It is called Atom and you know that life will not be the same for Charlie and Max, who is wise beyond his years. Staying one step ahead of the law and creditors, they take Atom into the ring to win smaller matches, and with Charlie’s help programming his own boxing moves into Atom, they head for the Big Time and lots of money. Maybe.
There is humor in Real Steel both from the robot, the groupies and some of the situations they get into. What is serious is that you know Charlie will have to take responsibility for being a parent and quit running away from life. In that, he is a robot inside and as Atom is re-programmed, Charlie starts to be re-programmed, too. There is an earthiness to “Real Steel,” the only clean and polished items are the robots in the ring, otherwise, this is a dirt-filled, sometimes gloomy world where people scrape by making a living, life is lived sleeping in a truck and fast food is luxury, indeed. You may never eat another burrito.
For fans, Hugh Jackman gets to take off his shirt, Evangeline Lilly wears shorts and Kevin Durand could toss a truck around. It is also a version of “Rocky,” only the under-dog is metal and his big opponent is not from Russia, but from the Orient with owners who play him like a video game. It is man vs. man right behind their machines and the crowd cheers all the way. A left hook is a left hook no matter what country.
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Sailors Without Uniform
The work of Trinity House, England’s General Lighthouse Authority, and the life of a lighthouse-keeper.
John Eldridge
John Eldridge and Martin Curtis
Lionel Banes, George Noble
William Alwyn
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The Work of Pilots, Lighthouses and Lightships
‘On Tower Hill stands the fire-scarred shell of Trinity House, but its work goes on. This work is the administration of Britain’s 1,217 lighthouses, 87 lightships, pilot boats, buoys and other aids to navigation. Today Trinity House pilots steer through mine-fields as well as hidden shoals and reefs. A lighthouse-keeper’s life is described.’
(Films of Britain - British Council Film Department Catalogue - 1942-43)
The main character in this film, Bill Blewitt, was a genuine Cornish fisherman and postman. After a chance encounter with director Harry Watt, he starred in GPO documentary The Saving of Bill Blewitt (1937), and would go on to have roles in a handful of feature films such as Nine Men (1943). He also features in the British Council film S.O.S. (1940).
The S.S. Harmala was sunk on 7th February 1943, not longer after Trinity House was released.
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Telling History
Additional information for Cambridgeshire Folk Tales
Some time ago, I had the pleasure of hearing storyteller Alan Lamb telling some local tales. As part of his performance he extended the tale of The Mystery of the Whirlin' Cakes with a couple of anecdotes from Arthur Randell.
The first of these anecdotes, included in Randell, Arthur (1966) Sixty Years a Fenman pp81-82, was alleged to have been told to Arthur by Bricky Gathercole and reads as follows:
“I can remember a gale round here that was just as bad. It happened like this: It was years ago, one sunny afternoon, and the missus and I were going to chapel. As it was so hot she had her sunshade up and all of a sudden a whirlwind blew up, caught her long skirts and carried her right up to the top of a great tall poplar tree. There the old gal was, hanging on to a branch with one hand and waving her sunshade in the other: I tell you, bors, I didn't know what to do. Then, luckily, a chap from the farm nearby happened to come along and seeing what had happened he said he'd go and fetch a couple of ladders so I could lash them together and climb up to get my old woman down. Well, before he could fetch those ladders another whirlwind came along, and, believe it or not but it's true, it lifted the missus right out of the tree and she floated down as gently as a piece of thistledown and landed just by where I was standing.”
Randell then went on to quote a tale told by an old lady:
"Well, that's all very interesting, I'm sure,' she said, 'but what I'm going to tell you is perfectly true, though it's not about a gale. It happened one Sunday evening when I was a gal of nineteen, and that's a long time ago now. I'd been to church and had come out just before the service ended so I could get home before it got really dark; I had to cross two fields, you see, and I didn't care to do that all alone unless there was still a bit of daylight. Well, as I was going across the first field I had to step over a deep sort of hollow in the long grass and as it was half dusk I never noticed that Wimpey's old donkey was lying at the bottom of the hole. Anyway, as I stepped over I probably scared the donkey for it got up suddenly and I found myself straddled across its back and my clothes over my head. I hung on, though, and that old donkey started galloping off back towards the church and got there just as the people were coming out and the parson was standing in the porch to say goodbye to them. Now it so happened that he'd given us a sermon that evening all about the Devil and when he saw me on Wimpey's donkey he must have thought it really was Old Harry himself, because he called out at the top of his voice: ' "Lord have mercy on us!" and fell down in a dead faint, while the donkey set up a loud braying and the congregation, scared out of their wits, tore down the churchyard path as fast as they could go."
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25-sai no Joshikousei (Uncensored)
Category: Winter 2018 Anime
Other name: 25歳の女子高生, 25-sai no Joshikousei
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Aired: Jan 08, 2018
The romance story centers around Hana Natori, an earnest, good-natured 25-year-old woman whose cousin refuses to go to high school. Hana takes her cousin's place and attends the high school. On her first day, though, Hana's ruse is discovered by her former high school classmate Okito Kanie—who happens to be the high school's world history teacher. (Source: ANN)
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Port city "Libra". Libra is composed of 3 sections: "Upper town" --- the center of politics, economy, and culture, where "the wealth" of the town concentrated; "Outside" --- a hotbed of crime and corruption, where people doubt each other and "Bridge" --- the only place connecting Upper town and Outside separated by a huge canal. Libra is a town which as if represents the mankind's sense of discrimination by itself. Sonia, a young female detective, who transfers to Outside from Upper town, investigates many mysterious cases and meets 3 ugly figures who fight to protect human being. She wonders, who on earth they are... Three monster Youkai-Ningen are living secretly behind people's back, each having different thoughts in mind. Bem devotes himself to defeat evil for human being, wishing to become human himself someday. Bela is also attracted by human being and eager to become one, going to school and trying to understand what is human being. Belo, on the other hand, sees through human nature and the world, and gets absorbed in gaming. All the more they interact with humans, they get hurt. Because of their ugly figure, they never get accepted by humans, even if they sacrifice themselves in the fight to protect human being... Then there is a mysterious lady who is searching for those three Youkai-Ningen. She controls "a concealed assembly" which is dominating Libra in the back. What is the purpose of her conspiracy to capture Bem and the others?
Okaa-san Online (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
Just when Masato thought that a random survey conducted in school was over, he got involved in a secret Government scheme. As he was carried along with the flow, he ended up in a Game world! As if that wasn't enough, shockingly, his mother was there as well! It was a little different from a typical transported to another world setting, but after some bickering, "Mom wants go on an adventure together with Maa-kun. Can mom become Maa-kun's companion?" With that, Masato and Mamako began their adventure as a mother and son pair. They met Porta, a cute traveling merchant, and Wise, a regrettable philosopher. Along with their new party members, Masato and co. start on their journey.
Sakuramiya Shimai no Netorare Kiroku (Sub) Latest: Episode 002
Two sisters in an intimate relationship? It's too trite and simple for present hentai... Hinata and Candle inseparable sisters, they do everything together - study, clean, go to a club (archery) and of course have sex. Hinata is stronger in all sports and in school and the Candles never keep up. They have a mutual acquaintance pesky photographer Tachikawa, which continuously transmits Hinata some pictures. Once Sachi receives a message with a huge number of vulgar photos of a girl in underwear. Then began to come and video with this girl and various sex toys. However, the person never been shown, but somehow the Hare seemed her body painfully familiar. Soon, she gets a video where the girl deprived of virginity... The next day Hinata finds Sachi sex with the photographer in the back yard of the Academy. She later tries to protect her beloved sister, but she will not succeed and she herself will become part of the depraved plan of Tachikawa-kun.
Yu Gi Oh! VRAINS (Sub) Latest: Episode 120
The theme for the new work is "Let's take one step forward and try it!" Yuusaku hates standing out, and at his school he doesn't. However, Yuusaku starts meeting others through duels, and starts moving forward.
Gaki ni Modotte Yarinaoshi!!! (Sub) Latest: Episode 002
Based on the CG collection by Marron-Marron.
How heavy are the dumbbells you lift? (Dub) Latest: Episode 009
Sakura Hibiki is your average high school girl, with a voracious appetite. Noticing her clothes tightening in lieu of her slowly expanding waistline she decides to look into enrolling in the nearby gym. There she runs into a girl from her grade named Souryuuin Akemi. Akemi, who has a muscle fetish tries to get Hibiki to enroll in the gym despite its high ratio of macho men. Thankfully a beautiful trainer, Machio, appears and unknowingly convinces her to enroll and start her quest to a great body.
Hensuki: Are you willing to fall in love with a pervert, as long as she's a cutie? (Dub) Latest: Episode 008
A high school student whose year of not having a girlfriend is his age, Keiki Kiryuu, suddenly received a love letter. He is happy he can finally have a girlfriend, but is also surprised because not only there is no sender name but also includes a white underwear…??? The cute girls who gather around him are all weird and with reasons!? Who is the Cinderella who sent the underwear? The mystery called out mystery, even hentai was called out. A new feeling of love comedy that calls out hentai begins……!!
MIX : MEISEI STORY (Dub) (Dub) Latest: Episode 020
The story takes place in the same Meisei Gakuen high school as Touch, only it is set 26 years later. Like Touch, Mix revolves around brothers and baseball as a main theme.
Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 (Sub) Latest: Episode 022
Third season of the Shingeki no Kyojin anime series.
Bungou Stray Dogs 3 (Sub) Latest: Episode 013
Third season of Bungou Stray Dogs.
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari (Sub) Latest: Episode 025
Stories of old tell of four otherworldly heroes—wielding the sword, spear, bow, and shield—who defended the land from wave after wave of calamity. With the fate of the world in balance, the kingdom of Melromarc summons these legendary figures; in modern-day Japan, the call is answered, and the unwitting heroes are transported to this fantasy universe. Thrust into Melromarc and given the title of "Shield Hero," otaku Naofumi Iwatani is labeled the weakest due to his lack of offensive capability and apparent inexperience. When the heroes part ways to start their journeys, he only has one willing companion: the beautiful princess Malty Melromarc. However, she soon betrays him, steals all his money, and accuses him of taking advantage of her. For his alleged crimes, Naofumi is branded a criminal and made outcast of society. With hatred filling his heart, he sets out alone, vowing vengeance against those who wronged him.
Rune's Pharmacy: Tiarajima no Okusuriya-san (Sub) Latest: Episode 003
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Memory Snow (Raw) Latest: Movie
The Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu stage event at the MF Bunko J Summer School Festival 2017 on Sunday has announced that the series will receive a new OVA.
Yue ni Hitozuma wa Netorareta. (Sub) Latest: Episode 002
Muma no Machi Cornelica (Sub) Latest: Episode 004
Hentai "Kornelyuk, a city of Succubi" is based on the eponymous game from the Studio Dieselmine released in 2017. The main character of the story had too much in a local bar and passed out. He awoke from a strange radiance, had a strange stone in his hands and sexy succubi roaming about. He's in succubus land! To return it needs to give enough power(semen) to the succubus. Will he be able to return or will he remain a sex slave for the rest of his life?
Ace Attorney Season 2 (Dub) (Dub) Latest: Episode 023
Adaption of the Ace Attorney Video Game Series starting from the 3rd Game.
Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love (Dub) Latest: Episode 026
Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love continues the story of Space Battleship Yamato 2199. It is the year 2202, three Years after the war with Gamillas, the people in the Solar System are finally at peace once again and the Earth has been restored back to life. With the end of the war, there is a peace treaty between Earth and Gamillas which will strengthen their military bond and secure true peace. In addition to the reconstruction of Earth, the joint forces form a new intergalactic defense fleet with a new ship, Andromeda, to be its new symbol of power. Due to these advancements, the Earth is going on a path of military expansion despite Starsha Iscandar's wishes of peace. But when a new threat called the Gatlantis starts to wreak havoc to a newly reformed galaxy, the Goddess Teressa calls upon the Yamato once more in order to fight back against the new threat.
Endro~! (Dub) (Dub) Latest: Episode 012
Naral Island, a continent with swords and magic in which humans and monsters coexist. The terrible Demon King lives there. In ancient times, the first-generation hero defeated the Demon King. Over the many successive generations since then, the Demon King has been resurrected, and the hero who opposes him has likewise reappeared. Girls attend a school for adventurers in order to defeat the Demon King when he appears again. Though a bit absent-minded, Yusha has the body of a hero. The holy elf Seyla's trouble never ends because she is too serious. The cheerful warrior Fai loves to eat. Mei is a quiet otaku magician. As the four girls aim to be in the hero party, they live relaxed fantasy lives and show no sign of defeating the Demon King no matter how much time passes.
Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! (Sub) Latest: Episode 013
Having lost her mother at a young age, Misha Takanashi, a second grader with Russian blood, now lives with her Japanese father. Tsubame Kamoi, formerly a Self‐Defense Force officer, comes to the Takanashi household as a housekeeper. This is a home comedy where Kamoi, a hardcore lolicon, attempts to get near Misha as she tries to fight against her.
Beyblade Burst Super Z (Sub) Latest: Episode 051
Two years after the God Blader's Cup, the story focuses on Aiga Akaba, a "wild child" that grew up in nature. After battling Valt Aoi, he became inspired to become the No.1 Blader in the world, along with his beyblade, Z Achilles. He aims to fight strong opponents in an effort to become stronger himself. To defeat Valt Aoi and become the World Champion, Aiga begins his journey.
Toaru Majutsu no Index III (Sub) Latest: Episode 026
Third season of Toaru Majutsu no Index.
Ace Attorney Season 2 (Sub) Latest: Episode 023
Sword Art Online III: Alicization (Sub) Latest: Episode 025
Kirito awakens in a vast, fantastical forest filled with towering trees. In his search for clues to the truth of his surroundings, he encounters a young boy who seems to know him. He ought to be a simple NPC, but the depth of his emotions seem no different than a human. As they search for the boy's parents, Kirito finds a peculiar memory returning to him. A memory from his own childhood, of this boy and a girl, too, with golden hair, and a name he should have never forgotten—Alice.
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
Considered a genius due to having the highest grades in the country, Miyuki Shirogane leads the prestigious Shuchiin Academy's student council as its president, working alongside the beautiful and wealthy vice president Kaguya Shinomiya. The two are often regarded as the perfect couple by students despite them not being in any sort of romantic relationship. However, the truth is that after spending so much time together, the two have developed feelings for one another; unfortunately, neither is willing to confess, as doing so would be a sign of weakness. With their pride as elite students on the line, Miyuki and Kaguya embark on a quest to do whatever is necessary to get a confession out of the other. Through their daily antics, the battle of love begins!
The Morose Mononokean 2nd Season (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
Second season of Fukigen na Mononokean.
Date A Live Ⅲ (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
The third season of Date A Live.
Mahou Shoujo Tokushusen Asuka (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
Due to the invasion of Disas—enigmatic creatures of soil from the land of the dead—mankind, who was on the verge of crisis, was saved by the efforts of magical girls who had obtained a mysterious magical power... Three years later, new incidents suddenly occur, tearing apart the normalcy of the girls who had each returned to their normal lives. The saviours of humanity, those magical girls called "The Magical Five" now live each day fighting for their lives, even as they are trifled with by fate...
Domestic na Kanojo (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
Natsuo Fujii is in love with his teacher, Hina. Attempting to forget his feelings towards her, Natsuo goes to a mixer with his classmates where he meets an odd girl named Rui Tachibana. In a strange turn of events, Rui asks Natsuo to sneak out with her and do her a favor. To his surprise, their destination is Rui's house—and her request is for him to have sex with her. There's no love behind the act; she just wants to learn from the experience. Thinking that it might help him forget about Hina, Natsuo hesitantly agrees. After this unusual encounter Natsuo now faces a new problem. With his father remarrying, he ends up with a new pair of stepsisters; unfortunately, he knows these two girls all too well. He soon finds out his new siblings are none other than Hina and Rui! Now living with both the teacher he loves and the girl with whom he had his "first time," Natsuo finds himself in an unexpected love triangle as he climbs ever closer towards adulthood.
BanG Dream! 2nd Season (Sub) Latest: Episode 013
Second season of BanG Dream! series.
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (Sub) Latest: Episode 024.5
After being killed by a passing robber, a normal 37-year-old guy finds himself reincarnated in another world as a blind slime with unique abilities. He takes up a new name and calls himself "Rimuru Tempest," which he thought of after meeting his new friend, "catastrophe-level" Storm Dragon Verudora. There, he begins his new slime-like life in another world with his increasing number of minions by his side.
Pastel Memories (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
The story takes place in a future Akihabara where otaku culture has declined. Players play as a shopkeeper of an otaku shop. Together with the heroines who are in fact otaku girls, the shopkeeper start helping people claim their lost otaku memories back.
Manaria Friends (Sub) Latest: Episode 010
Mysteria Academy is a prestigious magic school that teaches magic without discrimination to the three factions (men, gods, demons), who usually are engaged in battle with each other. Two of the academy's students are Anne, a princess and honor student, and Grea, a princess born from a dragon and a human.
Egao no Daika (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
Upcoming original animation celebrating Tatsunoko Production's 55th anniversary. On a planet far from Earth, there is a kingdom full of smiling faces. Princess Yūki is 12 years old, and about to enter a sensitive age in a person's life. Everyday, she cries, laughs, and sometimes, her heart throbs with excitement. All the while, she lives merrily in the royal palace. Filling her days with color are her loyal vassals: her tutor Reira, Izana who assists in political affairs, the leader of the chivalry Harold … and then, there is her childhood friend and aide Joshua. "Yūki! If you have spirit and guts, you can do anything!" "…No, not this again! Joshua, be nobler!" Stella is 17 years old and a capable, reserved soldier. However, she is always smiling ... for smiling is essential to living. This is a story of two girls born on distant planets.
Kuroinu: Kedakaki Seijo wa Hakudaku ni Somaru (Sub) Latest: Episode 006
In the land of Eostia, humans and dark elves have fought for supremacy for over a century. The dark elves rule over a race of monsters that has raided human lands for generations, capturing and defiling their women. Aided by powerful bands of mercenaries, the human kingdoms have gradually pushed back their old rivals. But the mercenaries would not settle for these victories. Led by the cruel general Volt, the sellswords declare independence. With the support of the savage orcs, their new nation attacks human and dark elf alike, carving out a kingdom where men reign supreme and women are little more than slaves. Even the dark elves' castle is conquered and their queen taken prisoner. The sole hope for peace in these lands rests with a fellowship of seven princess knights, handpicked by the goddess of the high elves. But is their power enough to cleanse the evil from their world?
Saimin Seishidou (Sub) Latest: Episode 002
Hentai is based on original manga ” Hypnosis Sex Guidance! / Saimin Seishirou “by Aiue Oka” 50 on!”. “Rule number one, my name is Hajime Tanaka and I will be your official sex coach. Rule two-Before you fuck with your guys, all the girls have to go through sex training with me. Kissing or sex without sexual instruction is a crime. Who will commit this crime will be judged by all the laws of the criminal system. The third and last rule – You have to obey your coach… All guys with girls are required to bring them to me for training!”- these were the first words of a strange obsessed with lust hypnotist Tanaka-Sensei, said from the rostrum of the student Council…
Soredemo Tsuma wo Aishiteru 2 (Sub) Latest: Episode 002
Mini Toji (Sub) Latest: Episode 009
Does the girls' daily life include fighting and not fighting? All the characters from the TV animated series "Katana Maidens" and the smartphone game "Katana Maidens Kizamishi Issen no Tomoshibi" are gathered together in smaller form!
Zombie Land Saga (Dub) (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
A typical morning. The usual music. Their normal lives. The peace these seven girls experience will suddenly be destroyed. By the living dead... zombies. A reality that they never wanted a part of, an amazing and terrifying zombie world. They all share one wish: "We want to live." These girls will struggle through this saga, in order to achieve a miracle
Hataraku Saibou (Sub) Latest: Episode 014
This is a story about you. A tale about the inside of your body... According to a new study, the human body consists of approximately 37 trillion cells. These cells are hard at work every day within a world that is your body. From the oxygen-carrying red blood cells to the bacteria-fighting white blood cells, get to know the unsung heroes and the drama that unfolds inside of you! It's the oddly relatable and interesting story that is the life of cells!
Zombieland Saga (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
The usual mornings. The usual music. The usual self. For seven girls, a peaceful life was all of a sudden destroyed. All at the hands of zombies, dead things that somehow remained moving. Now they step into a new world, whether they liked it or not. A "zombieworld" that represented both the best and the worst. The seven girls had only one wish: "We want to live."
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (Dub) (Dub) Latest: Episode 006
Following the successful end of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Konohagakure has been enjoying a period of peace, prosperity, and extraordinary technological advancement. This is all due to the efforts of the Allied Shinobi Forces and the village's Seventh Hokage, Naruto Uzumaki. Now resembling a modern metropolis, Konohagakure has changed, particularly the life of a shinobi. Under the watchful eye of Naruto and his old comrades, a new generation of shinobi has stepped up to learn the ways of the ninja. Boruto Uzumaki is often the center of attention as the son of the Seventh Hokage. Despite having inherited Naruto's boisterous and stubborn demeanor, Boruto is considered a prodigy and is able to unleash his potential with the help of supportive friends and family. Unfortunately, this has only worsened his arrogance and his desire to surpass Naruto which, along with his father's busy lifestyle, has strained their relationship. However, a sinister force brewing within the village may threaten Boruto's carefree life. New friends and familiar faces join Boruto as a new story begins in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.
I Want You To Make a Disgusted Face and Show Me Your Underwear (Sub) Latest: Episode 006
Shimahara's doujin project Iya na Kao Sare Nagara Opantsu Misete Moraitai (I Want You To Make a Disgusted Face and Show Me Your Underwear) will get an anime in 2018.
Beyblade Burst Evolution (Dub) Latest: Episode 051
Valt Aoi, who participated in the Japanese Championship, was scouted for the prestigious Spanish team "BC Sol" and heads out to Spain. With their sights set on the world, Valt and his friends begin their challenge for the World League! However, in order to qualify for the World League, they must first win the European League. Will Valt be able to take BC Sol to the World League? And can he defeat the world's strongest Bladers? Valt's story of fierce battling and growth begins as he sets his sights to the top of the world!
Tada Never Falls in Love (Dub) Latest: Episode 004
In the story, Mitsuyoshi Tada, a boy who has never known love, is taking pictures of the cherry blossoms in full bloom when he meets Teresa Wagner, a transfer student from Luxembourg. Upon arriving in Japan, she got lost, separated from her travel companion. Mitsuyoshi helps her and brings her to his grandfather's coffee shop.
Anonymous Noise (Dub) Latest: Episode 012
Every day, a young girl wearing a mask stands by the beach and sings a nostalgic melody. After experiencing two sudden heart-wrenching partings when she was only a child, Nino Arisugawa has been singing her songs to the ocean, bound by a promise made with her two childhood friends—her first love, Momo Sakaki, and a boy who composed music, Kanade "Yuzu" Yuzuriha. Having never met each other, the boys both individually promised that if Nino was ever separated from them, her voice would be the beacon to reunite them once again. After six long years, destiny has finally placed Nino, Momo, and Yuzu in the same high school. However, the passage of time has changed many things in their lives—while Nino relentlessly attempts to fulfill her childhood promise with the boys, Yuzu's feelings for her from the past resurface, and Momo goes to great lengths to prevent a reunion with Nino. Through music, will they be able to mend their friendship and overcome all the feelings involved in this complicated love triangle?
The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar (Dub) Latest: Episode 012
Some urban legends are best left untested! Yuuto Suou gets more than he bargained for when he joins his childhood friend Mitsuki Shimoya in testing out an urban legend. When he uses his phone to take a picture of himself with the local shrine's divine mirror, he is whisked off into another world—one heavily steeped in the lore of the old Norse myths. Using his knowledge gained from school and from his solar-powered smartphone, he has the chance to bring the Wolf Clan, the same people who cared for him, to prominence, all while earning the adoration of a group of magic-wielding warrior maidens known as the Einherjar.
My Hero Academia S3 (Dub) Latest: Episode 025
Third season of Boku no Hero Academia.
Nozoki Ana (Sub) Latest: Movie
After moving into his new apartment, art school student Tatsuhiko Kido discovers a crack in his wall. When he peeks inside, he makes eye contact with his neighbor, Emiru Ikuno, as she masturbates. He rushes next door to clear the misunderstanding and inform her of the crack, but accidentally trips and falls over her in the process. To make matters even worse, Emiru now has photographic evidence that would plainly depict Kido as a sexual offender. Kido then learns that Emiru has a voyeurism fetish, and is blackmailed into leaving the crack as is. Unfortunately for Kido, it doesn't stop here! Emiru is also attending the same art school that he is, and he will be seeing her far more than he would like to. Emiru and Kido are set to embark on a unique friendship with wildly erotic potential.
Kakuriyo - Bed & Breakfast for Spirits (Dub) Latest: Episode 026
Female college student Aoi inherited her deceased grandfather's ability to see ayakashi. One day, while Aoi is feeding some ayakashi, a demon appears! He declares that Aoi's grandfather owed a great debt, and as compensation, Aoi must marry the demon! Aoi refuses, and decides to pay off the debt by working.
Harukana Receive (Dub) (Dub) Latest: Episode 012
The story takes place in Okinawa, where Haruka forms a beach volleyball pair with Kanata. Kanata, who couldn't handle the pressure put on her by her short height, had given up on beach volleyball already but is convinced by Haruka to step back on the sand once again and aim for the junior tournament.
Jashin-chan Dropkick (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
Jashin-chan Dropkick is a violent slapstic comedy about a delusional gothic lolita, Yurine, who summons a demon girl with the tail of a cobra, Jashin-chan. They'll have to live together until Yurine finds a way to send Jashin-chan back to hell, or until Jashin-chan kills Yurine.
Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
The franchise centers on "Starlight" — the song and dance revue troupe loved throughout the world. Karen and Hikari make a promise with each other when they're young that one day they'll stand on that stage together. Time passes, and now the girls are 16 years old. Karen is very enthusiastic about the lessons she takes every day, holding her promise close to her heart. Hikari has transferred schools and is now away from Karen. But the cogs of fate turn, and the two are destined to meet again. The girls and other "Stage Girls" will compete in a mysterious audition process to gain acceptance into the revue.
Hanebado! (Sub) Latest: Episode 013
Ayano Hanesaki, a first-year student at Kanagawa Prefectural Kitakomachi High School, has a badminton ability able to surpass others effortlessly yet avoids playing the sport. She meets Nagisa Aragaki, a third-year student who practices day and night aiming to become the best player in Japan. Encouraged by coach Tachibana Kentarou, supported by club colleagues, and fired up by various rivals, the two engage in their youth and adored sport so thrilling like a shuttle flown at high speed!
Boku no Hero Academia 3rd Season (Sub) Latest: Episode 025
Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi (Sub) Latest: Episode 026
Planet With (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
Manga creator Satoshi Mizukami (Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, Spirit Circle) announced a new original mecha anime and manga project titled Planet With on Friday. Mizukami said that the project is based on a concept he began working on four years ago, and that he has drawn 1,074 pages of manga storyboards for the project.
Chio-chan no Tsuugakuro (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
This is a story of a nerdy bookworm girl on her way to school, and yes, that's the entire premise, as she's not getting to school any time soon. Taking her "usual" route to school, it becomes an increasingly unusual adventure, and all the more ridiculous as it carries on. It takes an unpleasant sentiment many can empathize with, the feeling of tardiness, and brings humor to it—making it a hilarious situation to look back upon.
Harukana Receive (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo no Dorei Majutsu (Uncensored) (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
In regards to the MMORPG Cross Reverie, Sakamoto Takuma boasted an overwhelming strength that was enough for him to be called the Demon King by the other players. One day, he gets summoned to another world with his appearance in the game. There, there are two people that insist "I am the real summon master." Takuma gets slave-turning magic used for summoned beasts cast on him by the girls― However, the peculiar ability "Magic Reflection" is invoked! The ones that were turned to slaves were the girls! Takuma was bewildered. He's the strongest magician but, he doesn't have any social skills. Panicking, the first words that came out were the ones that he used inside the game role-playing the Demon King?! "I'm amazing you say? Of course I am. I am Diablo... The one feared as the Demon King!" This is the story the Demon King (acting) that would soon inspire the world and his other world adventure that he plunges through with his absolute strength, raise the curtain!
Island (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
Urashima, an island far from the mainland. The people who live there lead carefree lives. But five years ago, the island's three great families suffered a series of misfortunes and succumbed to suspicion. The people of the island cut off all contact with the mainland and began a slow decline. The key to saving the island lies in three girls who belong to the three families. But they are bound by old traditions, and are conflicted. On that island, a lone man washes ashore. The man claims to be from the future, and he begins a solitary struggle to change the island's fate.
Hyakuren no Haou to Seiyaku no Valkyria (Sub) Latest: Episode 011
Isekai Izakaya: Koto Aitheria no Izakaya Nobu (Sub) Latest: Episode 024
The novels center on a bar called "Nobu"—located in Kyoto, Japan, but with a door that is connected to the bar in another world. The visitors include denizens of the other world, and customers seek out its excellent "Toriaezu Nama" ale and cuisine.
Sunoharasou no Kanrinin-san (Raw) Latest: Episode 008
Shiina Aki is constantly being treated like a girl due to his feminine looks so he decides to move to Tokyo to attend middle school in an attempt to change himself. However what awaits him in his new home, Sunohara-sou, is the kind-hearted caretaker, Sunohara Ayaka. Along with the three female members of Aki's new middle school's student council, Yukimoto Yuzu, Yamanashi Sumire & Kazami Yuri. And so begins Aki's new life in Tokyo living with 4 girls.
Baki (2018) (Sub) Latest: Episode 009
The protagonist, Baki Hanma, trains with an intense focus to become strong enough to surpass his father, Yujiro Hanma, the strongest fighter in the world. Five of the world's most violent and brutal death row inmates are gathering to face Baki. Their objective is to taste defeat -- their unmatched strength and skill have led them to grow bored of life itself, and they now seek out Baki in the hopes that he can overwhelm and utterly crush them. In this crisis, other underground martial art warriors gather to fight by Baki's side: Kaoru Hanayama, Gouki Shibukawa, Retsu Kaioh, and Doppo Orochi. An epic showdown between violent death row inmates and Baki and his friends begins!
Monster Strike the Animation (Sub) Latest: Episode 004
Oragon lived a lonely life all by himself, until one day he was pulled into a mysterious new dimension. There he learns that an incredibly powerful enemy will attack in six months, destroying his beloved Monster Strike forever! Now Oragon must gather allies in the Strike World to save Monster Strike!
Yakusoku no Nanaya Matsuri (Sub) Latest: Episode 001
Shoma Mihara is a first-year high school student. Shoma hasn't seen his good friend Atsushi in 3.5 years, ever since they lost contact with each other after elementary school. One day, Atsushi gets in contact with Shoma to invite him to a rare festival, so they can meet up and talk. Shoma goes to the "Tanabata Seven Night Festival" deep in the mountains, but Atsushi is not there. Instead, a girl named Shiori who also has a person she wants to meet is there. The festival's program manager Kanna suggests that he stay until the festival is over, and so Shoma and Shiori help Kanna prepare for the festival. Shoma and Shiori then get wrapped up in some strange events happening in the town.
Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory
Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san OVA (Sub) Latest: Episode OVA
Special episode bundled with the 9th volume of the manga.
Nanatsu no Bitoku (Uncensored) (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
Set in the same timeline as Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai, Nanatsu no Bitoku follows a group of angels sent from Heaven to look for a potential "Savior" to counter-attack the demonic influence being spread by Lucifer and the other emissaries of Hell.
Hina Festival (Dub) Latest: Episode 012
One night, a strange object falls on the head of Nitta, a member of the yakuza. Inside the box is a strange young girl named Hina. She has tremendous supernatural powers, and Nitta finds himself reluctantly taking her in. Her powers can come in handy for his yakuza business, but he also runs the risk of her using them on him! Not to mention, if she doesn't use her powers, she will eventually go berserk and destroy everything around her. Nitta and Hina's strange life together is just beginning...
Piano no Mori (TV) (Sub) Latest: Episode 012
A tranquil tale about two boys from very different upbringings. On one hand you have Kai, born as the son of a prostitute, who's been playing the abandoned piano in the forest near his home ever since he was young. And on the other you have Syuhei, practically breast-fed by the piano as the son of a family of prestigious pianists. Yet it is their common bond with the piano that eventually intertwines their paths in life.
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Late night at Kikka University when all the students have gone home for summer break. However, five girls who are members of the Occult Research Club have not gone home. Calling it ‘the first cool of the evening quest’, the girls have decided to investigate a rumor about the Tokugawa buried treasure and sneak into the university’s data warehouse. What they find is not the rumored treasure, but rather, two extremely well-preserved mummies of two young girls. Sayaka Kamoshida, who is the one to originally get her friends to sneak with her into the warehouse, secretly steals the mysterious ‘stone of life’ that was placed inside both of these mummies. Disappointed in the outcome of not being able to find the hidden treasure, they leave the data warehouse. The theft of the ‘stones of life’ is actually the trigger to resurrect these two mummies. One of the resurrected girls was the daughter of a former Baron, who, due to an unexpected incident, became an undead being via magic. Her name is Euphrosyne Studion. The other is Euphrosyne’s maid Alma V, who was created from a homunculus. Now, the two girls attack the members of the Occult Research Club in order to get the stolen stones back. Can the members of the Occult Research Club survive this development? Also, why were the stones of life stolen? A bloody tragedy of the late-night student dormitory attacks…
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The new season embarks on a new story with Aichi and Kai returning to take up the helm as main protagonists. The audience will also find many beloved characters such as Misaki Tokura, Kamui Katsuragi and Ren Suzugamori appearing in this season.
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The year is 1999. Morioh, a normally quiet and peaceful town, has recently become a hotbed of strange activity. Joutarou Kuujou, now a marine biologist, heads to the mysterious town to meet Jousuke Higashikata. While the two may seem like strangers at first, Jousuke is actually the illegitimate child of Joutarou's grandfather, Joseph Joestar. When they meet, Joutarou realizes that he may have more in common with Jousuke than just a blood relation. Along with the mild-mannered Kouichi Hirose and the boisterous Okuyasu Nijimura, the group dedicates themselves to investigating recent disappearances and other suspicious occurrences within Morioh. Aided by the power of Stands, the four men will encounter danger at every street corner, as it is up to them to unravel the town's secrets, before another occurs.
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UEW lecturers refuse to return to class
Posted on June 19, 2017 by Josephine Nettey in More Stories
Lecturers at the University of Education Winneba (UEW) say they will not return to the classrooms even after the university was reopened.
This is in protest of the court case pending against the leadership of the University.
The President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) announced the action after a Winneba High Court heard the case, Friday. This was a resident of the town, Kofi Kwayira, sued the University, on June 5.
Mr Kwayira and his lawyer and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin asked the court to nullify the extension of the University Council and the appointment of some executives of the school including the Vice-chancellor.
According to them, the council’s continuous stay in the office is illegal and on June 13, the court granted the plaintiff an injunction to among others prevent the council from taking any decision pending the outcome of the case.
At the hearing on Friday, the lawyer for UEW, Peter Zwennes, prayed the court to dismiss the case on the ground of improper procedure among others.
His argument was however vehemently opposed by lawyer Afenyo-Markin.
An earlier injunction sought by the plaintiff resulted in the university management shutting down all of its campuses across the country.
Management has, however, rescinded its decision and opened the university the Registrar confirmed to Joy News.
Mr Afenyo-Markin who had earlier chided the university management for closing the university applauded them for reopening the university.
He had earlier argued that the orders of the court were clear and did not order the shutting down of the institution.
According to Joy News reporter Daniel Dadzie, it is difficult to tell if the university will open its doors on Monday as the lecturers are refusing to return to the classroom.
President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) on UEW campus, Dr Samuel Bekoe, said, “UTAG is still standing on the point that until it sees a clear path of the issues resolved, they are still holding onto their decision of withdrawing their services.”
“We feel that we are under attack and we have to act to protect our interest,” he said.
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Matthew Roberson's List Blog Tour
Always flattered to be a part of the Grab the Lapels blog tours because Melanie Page is doing such wonderful things to get writers the exposure and attention they deserve. In today's blog tour post,to celebrate Matthew Roberson's new book, Melanie writes an essay on Generation X and their struggles with growing up....
Synopsis—Vignettes of a middle-class American family told through lists, each reflecting their obsessions, their complaints, their desires, and their humanity.
A suburban family of four—a man, woman, boy, and girl—struggle through claustrophobic days crowded with home improvement projects, conflicts at work and school, a job loss, illnesses, separation, and the wearying confrontation with aging. The accoutrements of modern life—electronic devices and vehicles—have ceased to be tools that support them and have become instead the central fulcrums around which their lives wheel as they chase “cleanliness” and other high virtues of middle American life.
Generation X Grows Up—And Fictionalizes It
Generation X is turning 40, and no one seemed to notice. What happened to Winona? Admit it, you might have to Google her to find out. Kevin Smith suggests Dante and Randal are going to be fine in Clerks 2 when he realizes the characters co-owning The Quick Stop (no more shitty bosses) is the answer to laziness. Generation “slacker” is all “grown up,” so it’s time to ask: did they actually grow up?
Matt Roberson’s new novel, List, follows a man and a woman who have a boy and a girl and some dogs and a house. When did the freedom to have some time to themselves jump ship, and how do they feel about following the kids/house/job path?
For the most part, things are good. The man and woman very much love their children, could not imagine life without their children. The house is a pain in the ass, always breaking or wearing down or in chaos. The dog just might shit on the carpet. Life is good.
Gen Xers, writes Susan Gregory Thomas, “are always in a state of triage, always in a survivalist mode.” Okay, sometimes things are tough. The man could try Xanax to achieve that one night of sleep, that one good night of sleep. Or will he? There’s always tomorrow to worry about. What’s on the schedule tomorrow? What will appear unscheduled tomorrow? “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,” the man laments.
They have the whole world of options open to them, Generation X, and that can lead to agoraphobia. When his career comes to an abrupt halt, the man considers his options: a new career, going back to school, starting a business. It’s not that he has limited options, but almost too many. Is a job loss a chance to reinvent himself? As a man with a wife and kids and a dog and a house, does he have that luxury?
“Downward mobility,” explains Neal Pollack, “is the hallmark of [Generation X]. I just feel like we’re not going to pull ourselves out of the hole. But what can you do? You have to be a grown up about it. You can’t be dissatisfied and unhappy about it all the time. We don’t have that security...” The man doesn’t fully accept his loss of security. He’s going to grow a beard, watch porn, surf the internet. Start drinking. He tries to be an adult in appearance, but inside he’s worried “about money, and how his kids maybe saw him, and his failure, as he saw it, and money and the future, especially...” Is hiding anxiety the true hallmark of Gen Xers?
With clients and muffins and board rooms (oh, my!) the woman reflects on her younger days when she believed she would live in a big city in a small apartment close to cultural attractions, not a nine-to-fiver. A.O. Scott argues that many Gen Xers never really grew up, that they “donned the binding garment of maturity only tentatively, and accessorized it with mockery, as if it were a hand-me-down from Grandpa or an ugly shirt plucked from a used-clothing rack.” The woman realizes that she is the primary source of income for her family, but she’s not above imagining packing a suitcase and leaving the corporate world for sandy beaches.
While business is an act of playing dress up, buying items to fill the void of missing parents is not. Raised by a TV, Gen Xers, as a result, are some of the best shoppers. Nina Munk can relate, explaining, “We don’t just shop for anything, of course. Generation X is defined by a few recognizable artifacts...” Munk describes expensive TVs, strollers, name-brand bags and shoes, and Land Rovers. The man and the woman follow the trend and buy, buy, buy:
“Their self-satisfied espresso machines. Their Honda Odyssey EX Minivans with
Variable Cylinder Management™, Vehicle Stability Assist™ with Traction Control, Wide-Mode Adjustable 2nd-Row Seats with Armrests and Walk-in Feature, One-Motion 60/40 Split 3rd-Row magic Seat®, and 229-Watt AM/FM/CD Audio System with 5 Speakers including Subwoofer, Their FLOR brand carpeting, and Sleep Number beds. Their flat screen TVs. TIVE, for fuck’s sake. iPods and iPads and game players and smart phones and desktops and laptops. They owned furniture worth more than a small country. They had manicured yards. Fiber cement siding on their homes. Summer cabins in the woods.
And what really galled our man?
The towels....
Seriously. How many do you need?”
Claiming independence, and with a lack of parental watchfulness (i.e. latchkey kids), Gen Xers fill old holes with new items, all the while thinking they won’t sell out or be sold to. The world is a scary place full of new threats. So, Rinzler Buckingham points out, “My life is hard enough already, so if splurging on a big entertainment unit makes me feel better, why not?” But the man is self-aware; he knows that he’s buying things, that it’s ridiculous, that it might mean the end of something he used to know.
Even the kids indulge. While the man tries to settle arguments between his girl and boy over what show to watch, he hopes something educational will present itself on TV. “The question of managing screen time and who is on what screen and how to protect those in front of the screen from things they might not un-see or un-hear,” Allison Slater Tate confesses, “is a constant, exhausting issue that frankly makes me want to go full-on Amish on all of them and throw every last blinking screen away.”
But Gen Xers are not simply leaving their children in the fuzzy embrace of the TV babysitter à la Jim Carrey’s mother in Cable Guy. They go to beaches and indoor water parks, drop their kids off at school and tackle lists of tasks of the everyday. There are always more lists, more bills, more ways to move forward--and the man and woman in List do just that.
If you missed yesterday’s post, head back to Words, Notes, & Fiction to read a list of lists in List. Today is the last stop, so to see the entire tour schedule and get links, click HERE.
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Jeremy Clarkson fan places plaque
The scene of Jeremy Clarkson’s infamous fracas with a BBC Top Gear producer has been commemorated with a plaque at the hotel where the incident occurred. The absurd plaque reads “Here lies the BBC career of Jeremy Clarkson who had a fracas on this spot, 4 March 2015. The rest is legend”.
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Asta Funding, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASFI): About To Explode? (2020-01-06)
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REPORTING FOR 2020-01-06 | WCX19.ORG: We have done an in-depth analysis of how ASFI has been trading over the last 2 weeks and the past day especially. On its latest session, Asta Funding, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASFI) opened at 10.25, reaching a high of 10.27 and a low of 10.23 before closing at a price of 10.26. There was a total volume of 2866.0.
VOLUME INDICATORS FOR ASTA FUNDING, INC. (NASDAQ:ASFI): We saw an accumulation-distribution index of 67.24071, an on-balance volume of 10.25, chaikin money flow of 3.0 and a force index of 0.007. There was an ease of movement rating of -0.00072, a volume-price trend of 2.28419 and a negative volume index of 1000.0.
VOLATILITY INDICATORS FOR ASTA FUNDING, INC. (NASDAQ:ASFI): We noted an average true range of 0.12061, bolinger bands of 10.2501, an upper bollinger band of 10.2204, lower bollinger band of 10.23, a bollinger high band indicator of 1.0, bollinger low band indicator of 1.0, a central keltner channel of 10.25, high band keltner channel of 10.23, low band keltner channel of 10.27, a high band keltner channel indicator of 1.0 and a low band keltner channel indicator of 1.0. There was a donchian channel high band of 10.23, a donchian channel low band of 10.23, a donchian channel high band indicator of 1.0, and a donchian channel low band indicator of 1.0.
TREND INDICATORS FOR ASTA FUNDING, INC. (NASDAQ:ASFI): We calculated a Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) of 0.00024, a MACD signal of 0.00013, a MACD difference of 0.0001, a fast Exponential Moving Average (EMA) indicator of 10.23, a slow Exponential Moving Average (EMA) indicator of 10.23, an Average Directional Movement Index (ADX) of unknown, an ADX positive of 20.0, an ADX negative of 20.0, a positive Vortex Indicator (VI) of 1.0, a negative VI of 1.0, a trend vortex difference of 0.02552, a trix of 13.9893, a Mass Index (MI) of 1.0, a Commodity Channel Index (CCI) of 66.66667, a Detrended Price Oscillator (DPO) of -1.86045, a KST Oscillator (KST) of 222.28764 and a KST Oscillator (KST Signal) of 222.28764 (leaving a KST difference of 0.31364). We also found an Ichimoku rating of 10.26, an Ichimoku B rating of 10.26, a Ichimoku visual trend A of 8.66567, an Ichimoku visual trend B of 9.18271, an Aroon Indicator (AI) up of 4.0 and an AI indicator down of 4.0. That left a difference of 4.0.
MOMENTUM INDICATORS FOR ASTA FUNDING, INC. (NASDAQ:ASFI): We found a Relative Strength Index (RSI) of 50.0, a Money Flow Index (MFI) of 100.0, a True Strength Index (TSI) of 100.0, an ultimate oscillator of 98.93642, a stochastic oscillator of 200.0, a stochastic oscillator signal of 200.0, a Williams %R rating of 100.0 and an awesome oscillator of 0.01628.
RETURNS FOR ASTA FUNDING, INC. (NASDAQ:ASFI): There was a daily return of 22.22876, a daily log return of 0.10259 and a cumulative return of 0.10264.
What the heck does all of this mean? If you are new to technical analysis, the above may be gibberish to you, and that’s OK (though we do advise learning these things). The bottom line is that AS OF 2020-01-06 (if you are reading this later, the analysis will be out of date), here is what our deep analysis of technical indicators are telling us for Asta Funding, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASFI)…
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SUBJ:Arson Arrest in Rigolette Bridge Fire of Last Year
During the early morning hours of March 26th 2011, the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office received a complaint that the bridge spanning Rigolette Bayou located on Rigolette Road in Tioga was on fire.
Local fire personnel were able to put out the fire, but due to extensive damage it created, the bridge was closed for public safety.
R.P.S.O. Detectives in conjunction with investigators of the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office immediately began an investigation into the incident as it was believed the fire was the result of an arsonist.
Various leads were followed up, but none led to an arrest up until now.
In November of this year, R.P.S.O. Detectives received information relating to multiple structure fires in the Tioga area, which included the Rigolette Bridge and two uninhabited residences located on Hollowdale Drive.
Detectives re-opened the original investigations and were able to establish sufficient probable cause that twenty-three year old Trenton Lloyd Malone was the main suspect in each of the fires.
As a result, warrants were granted for Malone’s arrest for Three Counts of Simple Arson Over $500.
On December 27th 2012, Deputies located Malone at a residence in the Alexandria area.
He was advised of the warrants and taken into custody without incident.
Trenton Lloyd Malone of 144 Hollowdale Drive, Tioga, LA, was booked into the Rapides Parish Jail, where he is currently being held in lieu of a $300,000.00 bond.
Detectives say their investigation is still ongoing and additional arrests may be forth coming.
If you or someone you know has any information relating to these fires please contact Detective Jonathan Treadway at the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office Tioga Sub Station (318) 640-6000, R.P.S.O. Main Office (318) 473-6700, or Crime Stoppers (318) 443-7867.
"Whenever a case goes cold, you always keep it in the back of your mind and then one day, one piece of evidence or information comes up and our detectives got right back on this case and solved it with an arrest" said Sheriff William Earl Hilton.
in light of the recent christmas day 2012 tornadoes which wrought much devastation to parts of central louisiana such as the garden district in alexandria and parts of tioga, ball & rigolette that after reading the press release a couple of questions came to mind.
is this bridge reopened?
what role if any did this bridge arson mischief play in hampering the responders getting to this neighborhood?
so we emailed lieutenant carnline to ask if the bridge was reopened (we figured he would know if the sheriff's office was able to patrol this area) and was he aware of any reports linking this 2011 mischief with hampering this storm's first responders and clean up crews?
he replied:
I checked with the Police Jury and the bridge was re-opened in the spring of this [2012] year. The only thing that hampered response to the devastation by the tornado’s were the trees in the roadway.
UPDATED kalb special report cenla christmas day 2012 severe weather
kalb, tom konvicka, special report cenla christmas day 2012 severe weather
ball, tioga & rigolette
UPDATE: kalb christmas day severe weather slideshow
kalb tioga area storm damage
gannett/the alexandria daily town talk: strong storms push through cenla, damaging homes, businesses
8 a.m. update: Some traffic lights out in Alexandria; 1,205 without power in Central La~ gannett/the alexandria daily town talk 26 december 2012
DATE: Wednesday 26 December 2012, 0956
Christmas Storm Update
Yesterday at approximately 12:05 pm, the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office received its first of over 20 calls for storm related incidents that occurred in the Parish.
The hardest hit areas, according to Sonya Wiley, Rapides Parish Director of Homeland Security, was in the Tioga area around Lafayette Lane, Aspen Court areas.
Overall, approximately 40 homes, 8 businesses, 2 churches and the roof of a school sustained damage in what was thought to be a tornado.
No injuries or fatalities were reported.
"We want to urge the citizens to exercise caution in the operation of chain saws, generators and any other equipment used to remove limbs or debris from the storm" Director Wiley said.
"The Sheriff's Office wants to remind the public to be cautious when dealing with people wanting to fix damage from the storm.
Use reputable people to do this and not someone who just drives up and says they can fix it" said Lt. Tommy Carnline, Public Information Officer.
"Be careful driving because there is still a lot of debris in the area."
Lt. Tommy Carnline
Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office
the story of the birth of christ
As told through Luke and Matthew
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and giuen him a Name which is aboue euery name:
That at the Name of Iesus euery knee should bow, of things in heauen, and things in earth, and things vnder the earth:
And that euery tongue should confesse, that Iesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:9-11 (King James Version 1611)
a very private miracle
audio page
a christmas themed production of the cbs radio mystery theater that originally aired 23 december 1978.
the story of how a young lass named jennifer soileau and the christmas miracle of regeneration she brought to the life of the curmudgeonly old capitalist, jasper crown (howard da silva) ... but will it last?
reposted 25 december 2012====
cbs radio mystery theater presents "a christmas carol"
there were 1399 cbs radio mystery theater programs and you can probably find them all for download online. the internet archive has quite a few.
It's ominous theme music and longtime host E.G. Marshall's invitation to "return next time for another adventure in the macabre" cast spells across the airwaves for loyal listeners - myself included. Those voices (usually in some form of distress or conflict) echoing through my ears were all too real.
CBSRMT programs, including commercials, were an hour long on the air. Most mp3 files have been edited to remove the commercials and the length is 40 to 45 minutes - although, some contain the entire program complete with commercials and a newscast at the end or whatever programming surrounded the program. This can be quite interesting listening as well and I consider that to be a bonus.
I am willing to share these programs free of charge and I ask for nothing in return. Feel free to ask for programs in the forum. ~ cbsrmt.info a fan site.
Starring host E.G.Marshall as Scrooge, aired every Christmas Eve except 1974 and 1982
Presented exactly as aired on WBBM, Chicago on Christmas Eve, 1978 complete with original commercials, news and even weather reports!
click here to download from google books a free copy of the 1908 edition of "a christmas carol" by charles dickens (1812-1870).
or click here to download our copy 121 page .pdf [3.22 mb]
"a very private miracle" the cbs radio mystery theater
lets hear it for the teamsters
happened across this sight yesterday at libuse and the dollar general store. apparently, the architect, engineer and the rapides area planning commission didnt take into account this retail establishment's need for large truck freight deliveries.
nontheless, this trucker who must have ice water for blood managed to back his truck and trailor to the store using a narrow lane.
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military bearing
observing the jarheads carrying on and as expected, carrying on quite smartly too, whilst capturing our marine one - air force one - potus video, we couldnt help but be carried back to ol' virginny [sic semper tyrannis] and the spit and polish navy.
there is a reason why the united states marine exemplifies superior military bearing compared to in this case the air force. notice how the marine makes even the scrambled egg who escorted the president between rides and his side-kick seem sloppy. the marine is standing at parade rest we dont know what the general and his aide are displaying.
anyway that reason may be found cast into the usmc official seal.
see also 11 general orders of a sentry usmc version
usn version
video: president obama arrives/departs andrews afb to connecticut
president obama arrives at andrews air force base on sunday 16 december 2012 on marine one to depart aboard air force one to connecticut to meet newtown massacre survivors and mourners
from 1459 est
credits for the cam are at the end of the vid - leave intact
us public domain: video content documents an official us government evolution
psychotropic and pharmaceutical drugs help facilitate random & mass shootings and violence
updated and edited 17 december 2012
UPDATED arrest made: remains of missing woman dorothy rosier found
Sheriff William Earl Hilton announced this morning that an arrest has been made in the Dorothy Eyvonne Rosier homicide case.
Last night, Sheriff’s Detectives arrested Paul Jackson, 61 of 1125-A Jim Meyer Dr, Alexandria. Jackson was taken into custody and booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center for 2nd Degree Murder and Obstruction of Justice and is currently being held without bond.
The investigation is still ongoing.
"Finally the family will have a little more closure to this case. In a cold case, you go back to zero, start over and run down every lead and that’s what our Detectives did. They have put in a lot of man hours and worked long into the night last night to make this arrest.” said Sheriff Hilton.
"I would also like to thank Sheriff Scott Franklin and the LaSalle Parish Sheriff’s Office for their ongoing assistance in this case."
As the investigation is still ongoing, there is no further information at this time as to cause of death or motive.
----ORIGINAL POST----
Rapides Parish Sheriff William Earl Hilton announced today that Sheriff’s Office Investigators have positively identified the remains found in the woods in LaSalle Parish as that of Dorothy Eyvonne Rosier.
Ms. Rosier went missing almost 3 years ago on January 11, 2010.
Hunters, hunting near Trout, LA in LaSalle Parish, discovered the remains on November 21st.
While a presumptive identification was made based on dental records, preliminary results were leading investigators to believe that the remains may be the missing Rosier woman.
Positive identification was not received until last week with assistance of the Louisiana Repository for Unidentified and Missing People FACES Lab.
Based on these findings, investigators conclude that the remains are those of Ms. Rosier. Ms. Rosier was twenty five years old at the time of her disappearance.
The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office along with the LaSalle Parish Sheriff’s Office will continue their joint investigation into this homicide and how the remains got into the woods at that location, who might have put them there and the events surrounding the death of Ms. Rosier.
Sheriff Hilton would like to thank Sheriff Scott Franklin and his department for their assistance and continued cooperation in the ongoing investigation of this case.
At this time, Sheriff’s Detectives would not speculate on any suspects or cause of death as this might hinder their investigation.
"This family needs closure to what happened to their daughter, their sister, their mother. We have been working diligently on this case since we came into office and we are looking into other unsolved cold cases. This is the one we need help on now. Someone knows something and we want you to do the right thing and come forward so this family will not have to spend another Christmas knowing the suspect in Dorothy’s murder is still out there" said Sheriff Hilton.
Anyone having information on the disappearance of Dorothy Eyvonne Rosier in January of 2010 is urged to contact the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office or the LaSalle Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office 318 473 6700
Criminal Investigations 318 473 6727
LaSalle Parish Sheriff’s Office 318 992 2151
Crime Stoppers 318 443 7867
www.rpso.org
faith ford; alexis crew productions announce 1st casting call for actors and extras
www.alexiscrewproductions.com
- Friday, December 7, 2012 at 3:00 P.M. - 8:00P.M.
- Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. - 6:00P.M.
Location: 1501-A Wimbledon Boulevard
please send your resume and head shot to the following:
ALEXIS CREW PRODUCTIONS
1501A WIMBLEDON BLVD
ALEXANDRIA LA 71301-3384
faith ford & alexis crew productions before the alexandria, la., city council
UPDATED possible film school to locate in alexandria's district 3
former alexandria, la. mayor carroll lanier dead
via: twitter @kalbtv5
former alexandria, louisiana mayor (1977-1982) carroll lanier has died reportedly from congestive heart failure. lanier was aged 86.
Carroll E. Lanier
(November 5, 1926 - December 4, 2012)
Services for Mr. Carroll E. Lanier will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, December 7, 2012 in the Chapel of Hixson Brothers, Alexandria with Reverend Clifton Stewart officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
The family requests that visitation be observed Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Hixson Brothers, Alexandria from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and will continue on Friday from 8:00 a.m. until time of service.
Mr. Lanier, 86, of Alexandria passed away Tuesday, December 04, 2012 at Grace Home.
He was born in Hamburg, Arkansas and moved to Alexandria at the age of eleven.
He attended Bolton High School and before graduation he joined the U. S. Navy.
After his time in the Navy he worked as an electrician in Alexandria.
In June of 1969 until June of 1973 he was the Commissioner of Finance and Utilities.
After Mr. Lanier’s term was over he and his brother started Lanier Electric.
In 1977 Mr. Lanier became Mayor of Alexandria for a 5 year term. Then in 1988 he worked as Executive Director of the Housing Authority until his retirement in 2000.
He was preceded in death by his son, Brian Lanier; parents, M. B. and Effie Sivals Lanier; one brother and three sisters.
Those left to cherish his memory include his wife of 64 years, Winifred “ Wendy” Lanier; daughters, Kathy Lanier Miller and husband, Ronald, Theresa Lanier Massey; son, Steve Lanier and wife, Amber; grandchildren, Josh, Brian, Ryan, Shelby, Anthony, and Jody; seven great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Grace Home, 3330 Masonic Drive, Alexandria, LA 71301.
~ source: hixson brothers funeral home
attorney jimmy faircloth phones ksyl to "correct the record on what the [schools voucher] ruling really accomplishes"
attorney jimmy faircloth phoned in to the ksyl talkback 970 preshow program this morning to clear up some misconceptions about the recent district court ruling that found the school voucher funding mechanism to be unconstitutional.
mr. faircloth said that the ruling is suspended pending the appeals process and that no one remembers a district court ruling anyway.
lee rubin "it was my turn" to be next alexandria, la., city councilman at-large
link to audio file download page
prescient? refreshingly candid? a freudian slip? -- "it was my turn" was the answer alexandria, la. city council at-large candidate, lee rubin chose to give to the question put to him by fred rosenfeld on why is he running for the alexandria city council at-large seat.
source: louisiana sec'y of state elections website
mr. rubin was in studio at ksyl am 970, friday, 30 november 2012, to appear on the talkback 970 preshow with fred and bob program. the primary was on 06 november. mr. rubin finished second with 32.12% of the vote out of a six man field.
the runoff is on saturday, 08 december 2012, when he will face the incumbent -- roosevelt johnson. councilman johnson received 39.94% of the primary vote.
here's the thing, we dont want either one of 'em. neither would have been our first choice in the primary.
councilman johnson wouldnt be so bad if he would grow a backbone and stop being a puppet. dude you're not crafty at plotting and deceit. so stop.
it's obvious that the mayor and the silk stocking gang have a lot at stake in this election. they've poured tons of money into mr. rubin's coffers in an effort to solidify the control by the mayor and his gang over the majority city council votes and by extension the public fisc and governmental power.
the results of their massive psyop arent all that impressive. although, at least one person as late as monday, 05 november 2012, election eve, was on ksyl radio predicting that councilman johnson wouldnt even make the runoff.
one glaring omission in this interview that we noticed which mostly speaks to the ethics and integrity or lack thereof of cenla broadcasting -- in that they didnt require the interviewer/show cohost fred rosenfeld to disclose that a local company he owns, the parc england boutique hotel, contribute to the lee rubin campaign.
that was an especially egregious oversight when seeing how it was reported by steve coco from his cenla news blog back on 07 october 2012.
anyway, this race has many fascinating dynamics -- one being how many of the non-johnson votes were more anti-roy than anti-johnson votes? mr. rubin was seen from the start of the race as being the mayor's boy; as far as we know the only one who could be considered outright pro-roy. the only other candidate might be milton gordon who probably looks at the mayor's plans favorably.
so even though mr. rubin was correct when he pointed out to the gannett/alexandria daily town talk that 60% of the electorate voted against the incumbent -- with this whole pro and anti-roy dynamic vibrating through the city the numbers still dont add up to an inevitable rubin victory.
one the other hand the mayor and the silk stocking gang did manage to finally get rid of myron lawson and that was an at-large election too. albeit a few years or in a political sense an eternity ago.
but -- around the same time, charles fredrick "droopy draws" smith was defeated for reelection to the city council despite the mayor and his gangs support.
wst... disclosure: as we pointed out here, we have a wager on the outcome of this race.
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Winnipeg Regional Health Authority accepts inquest report into the death of Mr. Brian Sinclair
The judicial inquest report into the death of Mr. Brian Sinclair and its recommendations will be accepted said Arlene Wilgosh, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.
"We accept the inquest report and its recommendations," said Ms. Wilgosh. "We will continue the work we are currently doing as directed by judge Preston, and will immediately begin assessing the best approach to implement his other recommendations. I also want to thank inquest judge Timothy Preston for his thorough assessment of the challenges facing our health system."
A judicial inquest into the death of Brian Sinclair was directed by the Chief Medical Examiner on January 10, 2009. The inquest commenced on August 6, 2013 and concluded on June 13, 2014 following a total of 40 hearing days in which 82 witnesses provided testimony.
"Mr. Sinclair's death was preventable," said Ms. Wilgosh. "He came to us seeking care, and we failed him. We certainly recognize that processes should have been in place to make certain that a person in need of care was triaged and thereafter received the care he needed."
"On behalf of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority I would like to again apologize to Mr. Sinclair's family. We are very sorry we failed him."
In his report, the judge made 63 recommendations to address various issues he identified as contributing to Mr. Sinclair's death. A copy of the judge's report and recommendations are available for public review.
Download the report and recommendations
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and the Health Sciences Centre implemented several changes in 2009 to address issues identified immediately following Mr. Sinclair's death including:
Patients entering Health Sciences Centre's emergency room are now better identified and tracked;
Once in the waiting room, everyone there - patients, their family members and friends - are checked on regularly;
Roles and responsibilities of staff within the department have been further clarified;
Primary care clinics sending patients directly to an emergency department are expected to call ahead to let doctors and nurses know a patient is on their way; and
Physical upgrades to the Health Sciences Centre emergency department were also made, and can be viewed here.
Two internal reviews were conducted by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority within the first two months following Mr. Sinclair's death. Details and recommendations of these reviews were publicly released in November 2008, and were submitted as part of the inquest.
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The story of how an angel and demon somehow set up home together. Notes: See the end of the work for notes. Work Text: It should never have worked. They were different in every respect. One was Heaven, the other Hell. Crowley had a watch that told the time in twenty-one different countries and was built to withstand pressures that would have given the Kraken itself a dose of the bends. Aziraphale was Puccini, Sondheim and Boccherini. Crowley was skinny jeans, black leather and pierced ears, while Aziraphale still clung to the belief that tartan was stylish.
Amateur night, compared to you. You have no idea how good it feels to be a little bit bad. It was like that time with the bathtub. In some other universe, one where he actually was a second hand bookseller instead of an angel pretending to be one, Crowley felt sure he was a member of at least one amateur dramatics society.
I threatened to splash them and everything. If a demon farts in your lift, that lift stays farted in for several centuries.
Crowley lifted a cheek. This bed was standing around collecting dust. It was the kind of place where a millionaire rock band manager or stockbroker was supposed to rest his money hungry, coke-addled head at night, and it suited Aziraphale like a pair of PVC trousers and a nose ring.
He must have done, because otherwise Crowley would never have gone to the trouble of lugging an entire church lectern to his flat as a…a memento? Poor angel had been scared stiff, and it had showed.
And not only scared, but bereft, too. Crowley lay there for a while on the crisp, white sheets, unable to get that picture out of his head. Out of place and out of sorts. As soon as the thought occurred to him, Crowley wanted to beat it to death with a hammer and stuff it into the waste disposal unit, but then Aziraphale stirred from his doze and everything was bliss again. If watching an angel sleep was fascinating, watching him wake was a revelation.
Crowley returned to loafing around the bookshop. If anything, he passively encouraged it. Sometimes he made tea. But most of the time he simply loafed. The young man — tight jeans, bad tattoos, reek of bubblegum vape juice — had been hovering around the Seamus Heaneys for some time now. Aziraphale, nose deep in the Decameron, sat wearing his best second-hand-book-seller expression, a combination of mild annoyance and withering disdain for whatever selection the customer brought to the desk.
From long experience, Crowley knew exactly how this worked. Crowley, who had just finished making a cup of tea, slunk over to where Aziraphale was sitting. The young man gave Crowley a quick once over.
Crowley blinked, grateful that his sunglasses at least partially concealed his astonishment. And I thought it was high time he knew that you were my boyfriend. I think so. What else would you be? But what else was I going to say?
Tempting is subtle. Yes, I know how much you wanted to do that. Drawing a complete blank. Aziraphile just smiled. Like sex? Just never…had time. And rampant fornication. A dull spark of something like inspiration flickered at the back of his mind, but it was swiftly extinguished by the hope that he might be able to persuade Aziraphale to come upstairs for a spot of — if not rampant, then at the very least energetic — fornication.
But Aziraphale had his glasses back on, and was smiling seraphically into the pages of one of the several volumes piled up on the desk. Crowley shook himself like a dog that had just had a bath, slunk back out of the cookery section and over to the desk. That was how they started reading in bed. After finding the Decameron as funny as advertised, Crowley was forced to admit that some good things had happened in the fourteenth century after all. He kept drifting back to the cookery section for some reason, perhaps haunted by the ghost of his vast, empty, expensive kitchen, in which no food had ever been prepared.
While Aziraphale sat purring with pleasure over his medieval Italian, Crowley puzzled over the unfortunate things that had happened to gelatin in the previous century, or worked his way through the lengthy works of Careme. Sometimes they sat tucked up side by side like an old married couple. Other times, like tonight, Aziraphale — pinkly naked in nothing but his glasses — lay stretched out on his stomach with his feet in the air.
A box of chocolates lay open on the bed between them. Aziraphale glanced at the card that came with the chocolates. Do you want it? Not if you do. Just eat the damned chocolate. You like the ones with alcohol in them. I know you do. Aziraphale reached for the card again.
That was your lot, and I know it. Sickly sweet and not remotely concerned with good taste. I always thought they were yours. He reached for The Joy Of Cooking and opened it up. A folded piece of paper slid out.
Crowley recognised it at once. It was the same pale cream paper that Aziraphale had been making his notes on. He went on reading, swinging a bare foot back and forth behind him. Crowley blinked several times, trying to bring the lines on the page into focus. The light fittings began to shake and Aziraphale glanced up. Did I do it wrong? The bed shook.
Let it out. The heavily traumatised houseplants had killed themselves. Dust had settled on the shiny glass table tops and on top of his expensive stereo.
A white feather, shed in a moment of near-seismic passion, lay on the modish, charcoal coloured rug. Crowley sat down on the bed and buried his face in the sheets, trying to find the scents of tea and antique books and warm, squishy angel flesh, but of course they were long gone by now. Once again he thought of Aziraphale, sitting stiff and frightened on the uncomfortable, expensive couch.
And finally he identified the emotion that had been chasing him for so long. The kind of concentrated cringe that occurs when someone who knows you — really, truly knows you — catches you out in your affectations.
This whole flat was an affectation. Out of the handful of things that really meant something to him, most of them were there because they reminded him of Aziraphale.
Feeling faintly queasy, Crowley went into the kitchen. The place had become accustomed to his absence and everything perishable in the fridge had turned into a science project. Stomach churning in earnest now, Crowley extracted a couple of bottles of excellent champagne and resolved to take them home. All of a sudden, he needed a drink. He opened one of the bottles and the convivial pop of the cork rang out loud and sarcastic in the cold, empty kitchen.
Had the place always looked so bloody bleak? Be much better when I get some new ones in. Better ones. Crowley assumed Aziraphale had a kitchen somewhere, but like most of the rooms in his place it had been swallowed by the steady acquisition of books. The closest thing Aziraphale had to a kitchen was a galley sized back room in which there was a kettle and a small fridge for pastries and sandwiches.
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Strange that a being who so loved to eat should have been so unconcerned about the mysteries of how food came into being. Crowley, on the other hand, had bought just about everything. He had Le Creuset pans and five different kinds of blenders, depending on what kind of smoothies were currently in vogue. Crowley should have in his flat.
These he actually liked. They had clean, sharp edges and called to mind words like flensing, words that made the demon part of him curl its toes and shiver happily, like a peckish angel sinking his teeth into a Portuguese custard tart.
Crowley took the knives and the wine and headed back to Soho, making a small detour to pick up some Portuguese custard tarts on his way back to the shop.
Aziraphale was somewhere. His glasses were on the desk and his notes on Boccaccio were spread out all over the table. After a moment or two he wandered in, frowning. Aziraphale fluttered and retrieved his glasses. Crowley, how nice. I was so caught up in Boccaccio.
And pretends to be Gabriel so that he can have his way with her. Julia, on the hand, also had a notable character development. She was able to handle things differently here and for that, I adored her. I loved Gabriel's Rapture as a whole.
It's one of the well-written sequels I've ever read because of the way it was delivered. I'm excited to find out how the series will conclude in the third book!
She is my better. She is my sticky leaf. They are not perfect, they made made mistakes, but they love passionately and with such intensity that makes you able to feel it in every page of the story.
They complete each other, make each other better and dream for a future together, despite having so much against them.
Being different made them special and brought them together, as in light and dark, making up one unique love story. He is the definition of complexity and I enjoyed this second installment because here I could see another side of him, the protector. Now, when Julia's future is being threatened, he is willing to do everything to not let it happen. The puts her first, having to face suffering and lost because he can't bring her pain.
I love him so much for this, and my admiration for him kept on growing. Although he is very stubborn sometimes, you can't seem to not like him, always finding ways of justifying his actions. Julia is the one who makes him feel alive and worthy of love, despite the past that he had.
This element of finding peace is still kept in the second book, because Gabriel tries so hard to make her happy and proud of being his lover. He searches for redemption in Julia's arms and his efforts are truly admirable. But I love you. But that was before I found you. I would rather spend the rest of my life drinking your love, then emptying all the oceans of the world.
Gabriel talks about loving as a whole, loving completely and giving in in all its aspects. Sexual satisfaction can be considered lust, but love is more complex, and enraptures more feelings and sensations. But your body is not your mind, or your heart. Julia on the other hand goes trough a lot before finding her happiness with Gabriel.
But these events made her grow as a women. I liked this strong side of her, the way she fights for what she wants, but also the way she let's go, trying to do the best thing for her and for Gabriel. Her loyalty to him is fierce and I admired her for her strength to move on. She begins with being a sweet young girl, to a women having to fight for her happiness and for the things she cares.
She also has the dignity of moving on, even though her heart is telling her she can't. If in the first book we witness the development of their relationship, in this one we get to see how they managed being apart, having to trust one another and in the end seek forgiveness for the mistakes they both did. I truly recommend this book and others from Sylvain Reynard because he is amazing and has one of the best writing styles ever.
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May 08, Jill rated it really liked it Shelves: This was the joy that the world sought - sacred and pagan all at once.
A union between two dissimilars into a seamless one. Julianne and Gabriel are together at last.
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Holidaying in Italy, Gabriel is lovingly guiding Julianne into the pleasures and intimacies of a sexual relationship. She proves an apt student. But with their return to the university, both Gabriel and Julianne are caught up in the administration's investigations into misconduct and inappropriate behaviour between staff and student This was the joy that the world sought - sacred and pagan all at once.
But with their return to the university, both Gabriel and Julianne are caught up in the administration's investigations into misconduct and inappropriate behaviour between staff and students.
One of the strengths of both Gabriel's Inferno and Gabriel's Rapture is the many references to food, wine, languages, art, architecture, music, literature and the knowledge of the local shops and eateries of the great cities of the world. Even fashion - and surprisingly women's fashion - does not escape the notice of author Sylvain Reynard.
Having read quite a few romance novels by many different authors across most of the sub-genres of romance, I have never come across any author who is so well-versed in the fine arts, with such a comprehensive knowledge of literature.
The 12th century love story of Abelard and Heloise for example, is not commonly known I think, but it was cleverly written into this story and parallels in many respects Gabriel and Julianne's own love story. This book also focuses on Gabriel's introspection, his quest for forgiveness and redemption.
Not only emotionally and psychologically, but spiritually. Where the conflict in Gabriel's Inferno was mostly played out between Gabriel and Julianne, this time the conflict comes from a number of external sources. Their love is established, yet still faces obstacles.
Gabriel's generosity and his gentleness towards Julianne is demonstrated in a number of ways.
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The love scenes though not steamy, are sensual and romantic. Despite my enjoyment of Gabriel's Rapture there are a few complaints. Julianne is very teary and at times immature for a twenty-three year-old. This may be the author's way of demonstrating her innocent nature, but it does sometimes grate. Gabriel is overly-protective, almost cloying and treating her as if she too fragile and precious. There were also some unanswered questions about the final outcomes for Christa and Paul.
Finally, just a word about the author. In my opinion, very few male authors can write romance well. This is not a sexist remark, but a personal observation after reading many romances. I can count on one hand the number of romance novels by male authors that I have enjoyed. Both Mr Reynard's novels are in that number.
Perhaps other male romance authors simply don't write to my taste in novels. Whatever the reason, I have been mostly disappointed in romances written by men. I have no idea if Mr Reynard is as urbane, intelligent, educated and worldly as Prof Emerson, but he certainly comes across this way in his writing.
I'm a little bit awestruck at a man who knows the story of Abelard and Heloise, who knows about a certain dress worn by the late Grace Kelly in the 50s, a Bordelle chemise, a Michael Kors bag, and most importantly that no civilised person would drink coffee with milk after breakfast. After reading Gabriel's Inferno , I was convinced author Sylvain Reynard was actually Ms Reynard, and mentioned this on a number of occasions to friends.
Surely no mere male could write a romance so well and convey such depth of emotion that at least in my experience seems to be the preserve of female authors.
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But take that as a compliment, Mr Reynard. View all 37 comments. Sep 25, Aly is so frigging bored rated it it was ok Shelves: Review for books 1 and 2. I can't keep reading this book, it's nicely written just not for me and researched but it smacks too much of a low budget soap-opera. He said-she said behavior are getting on my nerves and all those people conspiring to keep them apart or to break them up were too way over the top.
Gabriel really is a big A-hole, never thought I'd say this but he's too much of a douche-bag! I have a very high tolerance of BS and drama but this book just has too much of it. Julia is behaves herself like a very nice doormat: This woman hasn't found no unforgivable thing in anything that Gabriel has done view spoiler [not even when she found out that he kept banging the crazy lady who had been pregnant wish his kid! I mean that was even lower then low!
All in all he was a cold A-hole and she was a Mary Sue heroine taken to the extreme. Jane Austen had nothing on this author! Now my dedications to: Jan 12, K rated it it was amazing Shelves: Just like I said after finishing the first book, this one was better the second time around as well!
We get a wonderful portion of the book with Gabriel teaching Julia the pleasures of sex, but as anyone who read the first novel knows, it's never just sex with Julia and Gabriel. Everything they do, they do with love and it was a beautiful thing to read Even though it would break me. They just have this sizzling chemistry that leaps off the pages that makes me want to immerse myself within their poetic world. Just know that I can't even begin to use all the quotes I highlighted and that this found a spot on my favorites shelf the minute I finished it!
On to the highly anticipated conclusion View all 47 comments. Aug 25, K rated it liked it Shelves: There were wayyyy to many religious references and conversations going on and it made me sorta uncomfortable because religion is not something I like to read about. Once the disciplinary trial occurred I was hooked and couldn't put the book down!
It went from extremely mind-numbing boring to angsty and drama-filled! There was absolutely no transitio 3 Stars I feel so conflicted about this book. There was absolutely no transition at all and that drives me nuts! Paul is such a good guy and I really wanted them to work out! I never find myself rooting for the guy that's not the main character but I was definitely TeamPaul this time. What really annoyed me was that the conversation between Gabriel and Paulina when he was on his journey of forgiveness was never presented!
Gabriel and Paulina's "relationship" went from super charged and somewhat awkward to completely forgiving all because of this magical conversation that took place between them.
If the author would have included just a smidge of this conversation I would have felt like there was a smooth transition! And now lastly For the love of god I do not understand why the first book and now this book have a happy ending with no cliff hanger! I absolutely love cliff hangers and I was expecting something huge to happen at the end of this novel to persuade me to read the third and last book in the series Overall, I did not enjoy Gabriel's Rapture as much as Gabriel's Inferno but would still recommend readers to pick it up.
Jul 11, Shurrn rated it liked it Shelves: A snarky review by a sorely disappointed reader Is this a curse of the sequel? Or is it possibly the product of an Author who was given an offer he couldn't refuse to produce a followup to an amazing book? Some Explicit Language Be Warned This was a re-read for me I don't remember being so dissatisfied with it w Behold! I don't remember being so dissatisfied with it when I picked it up in I decided to re-read both books in preparation for reading the recently released final book, Gabriel's Redemption Because this work wasn't completely irredeemable, let's start with the things I enjoyed: I do get the warm fuzzys from Gabriel when he isn't being an asshole.
I usually include this at the end of my reviews, but since I'm talking about the good things about this book, I's like to go ahead at tell you: Some of My Favorite Moments: I didn't mean to injure you. I wear my love scars with pride. You must have been designed and not merely made. Like a blue tractor beam that froze her and pulled her in. Like she was the only woman in the room, in the world, the only woman ever. Like she was Eve. Her heart would heal with him. But in choosing Paul, she would be settling for the good and not the exceptional.
And even if the exceptional eluded her for the rest of her life, it would be better, she thought, to live the life of a Katherine Picton, than to be like her mother. In marrying a good man without loving him passionately and completely, she would only serve to short-change him and herself. And she was not that selfish. Julia wondered if such astronomical ass-like levels were humanly possible.
She was starting to grow a backbone Then I had to watch her spine dissolve into a puddle of self-pity Quit trying to "protect" Julia by keeping secrets How many times has that worked for you? View all 12 comments. May 08, Serendipitous rated it it was amazing.
Spoilers ahead! We meet up with the couple where we left them at the end of Warning: Glorious artwork, most of which is housed in the Uffizi museum, is highlighted. There are romantic dinners, and even more romantic and erotic tangos in museums and their hotel room.
When Gabriel and Julia have intimate moments in Florence or Umbria, readers feel as if we are right there with them, and it makes us wish all the more that we could be. Vacations never do, right? Neither does that heady sensation that comes when you find your other half and love them body and soul for the first time.
Surely enough, shortly after Gabriel and Julia return to Toronto and their daily lives, they find that reality has intruded in the form of a complaint that threatens to reveal their love affair, which is prohibited by University of Toronto policies that forbid fraternization between teachers and students. In order to spare her, Gabriel sacrifices himself at the altar of academic bureaucracy, but the ultimate penalty is that it means the end of their relationship. After so many struggles to acknowledge their love for each other — so many misfires and miscommunications, so much anger and fear over their separate pasts — they finally fulfilled the destiny ordained by their night in the orchard so many years ago, only to have it denied by the very institution that, ironically, reunited them.
And yet They were better off because they grew individually and were forced to mature emotionally on their own. The heartbreak they endured gave them a better respect for what they had and almost lost. In a way, they owe Toronto a debt of gratitude for it. Julia is understandably devastated by the separation.
She tries to reach him but the only communication is a brief e-mail from Gabriel that bluntly tells her to stop. But she perseveres and even thrives under the supportive friendship of Paul and the firm, guiding hand of her advisor, Katherine Picton.
Before their relationship, Gabriel lived an empty, dissatisfied existence — one with professional fulfillment but without hope of finding the love and grace he truly craved. Having finally known true joy and unselfish love, he feels the loss all the more bitterly. Reynard skillfully draws a picture of a man again skating along the edge of his own destruction, driven to despair by the loss of a woman who inspired the redemption he believed was always out of reach.
He returns to Italy, at first to mourn, but then to find faith and grace in his circumstances. A romantic alternative is offered to her, but Julia knows it would be unfair to both of them for her to settle when it comes to love. Julia comes out of adversity and heartbreak a smarter, stronger woman. If she and Gabriel are to truly flourish together, they need to confront their weaknesses and the issues that they tend to repress.
I came away from this book loving Julia almost as much as Gabriel does.
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They loved each other enough to allow it, and they put those lessons to good use once they returned to each other.
One last thought: His wry humor and asides are a welcome part of the series. View all 15 comments. It really is crazy how much I love this series. I find myself wanting to re-read these two book at least once a year. I think that this time make it the fourth time in total I have devoured this book. I dont think I have re-read any book that many times. And every time, they get better. Crazy, I tell you. For me, Sylvian Reynord is nothing short of a genius.
Embarrassing maybe, but true. And I love him for having writen these books. I loved it so much. Every syllable, every sentence, every page. The heroine in books can either crash it or save it. Julia definitly did not crash it. Together with Professor Emerson, Julia is one of my favorite characters ever. Gabriel is more sexy then ever in this book. The Professor gets an A in the art of seduction.. This book is so brilliant on so many levels. It is smartly written, in a poetic kind of way.
Since it is written in third person, it allows us to get many persons thoughts and reasons. The book not only focuses on the sexy, charasmatic Professor and his former student.
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Voyage of the SV Kamaya
Interview with Kai
In Bahia de Navidad. We’re anchored right now in the lagoon with 25 boats. It’s hot and there’s no wind.
Where have you been for the past week?
We were in the Bay of Chamela and we met Jessica, Sage and Kaien. They live in the town of Punta Perula and it was Sage’s dream to go sailing so we took him for a 28 mile sail to Bahia de Tenacatita. And then yesterday we sailed to Bahia de Navidad.
How did you like Chamela/Punta Perula?
I liked it. We swam to shore and played with the waves on the beach with Sage and Kaien and Robin from Hipnautical and the Bravado kids. We also slept on land for the first time in a many months. We also swam back to the shore at night with the phosphorescence. Maya will write about that.
How did you like sleeping in a bed that didn’t move?
It was good, but it was noisy in the morning.
What did you do in Tenacatita?
When we arrived that evening, there was a bonfire on the beach and we played with lots of kids from other boats. Then the next day we took our dinghy through the mangrove swamps to the other side. We saw some birds and crabs, but no crocodiles like the river tour in San Blas.
What are some of your favorite thing to do on the boat?
Playing legos and reading.
What do you like reading?
Inkspell, and Calvin and Hobbes
Photo of Kai by Ewout Mante, Captain SV Bravado
By Kai - January 31, 2009 3 comments:
Bopping around Banderas Bay
While Maya was on skype the other evening talking to her cousin in Alaska, she stopped for a moment to ask, “Mom, where are we anchored?” “We’re in Chamela Bay,” I tell her and then think about the numerous places we’ve been anchored and how sometimes it can be confusing for the kids to know where we are. The constant though is our boat. Even though the scenery, towns and people change, we’re still sleeping in the same bunks, cooking in the same galley and surrounded by all of our same books, electronics and gear.
Last Thursday, we sailed out of Banderas Bay which had been our home since New Year’s Eve when we arrived with our buddy boat Bravado and anchored a the north end of the bay near Punta de Mita, famous for its fancy homes and good surfing. That night we had front row seats to the fireworks exploding all around us. New Year’s Day, we sailed five miles to the ecological island called Isla la Marieta. We kayaked into the caves amidst the clear water and also explored the caves on land. These caves used to be underwater and many connect with each other. That’s where Kai, Hein and Eltjo played Indiana Jones; Eltjo the explorer climbed a little too high and got stuck on the cliff with the yellow footed booties. Fortunately, Indiana saved him.
In the afternoon when the wind typically comes up, we sailed into La Cruz marina, escorted by humpback whales that, like us, came from the north. Many of these big mammals make Banderas Bay their home while they munch on thousands of pounds of krill, plankton and small fish. This is also where they give birth to their hundred pound babies. I’ve never seen so many whales jumping high into the air and flashing us their tales.
When we pulled into La Cruz Marina, we told Rafaela at the desk that we’d stay for only four days. Bu the boat projects, provisioning, the performance of the Harry Potter play and luxury of being at a marina with hot showers kept us there for more than two weeks. It felt good to stop moving for a bit and to get to know some of locals. La Cruz is a cozy town where some people serve food out of their homes. The special alhambres tacos next to the ice cream store kept us well fed. And the tasty bakery kept us plump with their delicious baked goods. The only complaint from our unicycling family was that the roads were bumpy and the “big city” of Puerto Vallarta was a 35-minute bus ride.
The sophisticated Puerto Vallarta reminded me a little of San Francisco as both have luxurious homes perched amidst steep hills. We also met Tim’s cousin, Pat Henry who settled in Puerto Vallarta, after being the one of the first women and the oldest one to sail around the world alone. Pat has now given up the sailor’s life, and while not painting for a living, she’s on the dance floor, tangoing.
Other Banderas Bay highlights include releasing baby turtles at Nuevo Vallarta and sailing to the south side of the Bay to Yelapa, an artistic town that you can only get to by boat. Instead of wide roads, small walking paths weave around the lush village. Many locals get around with horses. We followed one path a few miles out to a waterfall. Although magnificent, the rolly anchorage and the tights moorings which many of us used otherwise we had to anchor in 80-to-140-feet water deterred us from staying more than two days. One night, we almost bumped into New Moon, a catermaran also on a mooring. The only boat that wasn’t flopping sideways with the waves was Bravado who opted out of grabbing a mooring and instead dropped both a bow and stern anchor.
Our last days in Banderas Bay were spent with the Koenig family who flew down from Hood River to get a dose of the warm water and the sun. We took them on a perfect sail where in less than an hour, we saw Humpback Whales and caught a Sierra fish. I told Margaret and Nathan that our boat life isn’t all a vacation and that often our days are filled with working on the boat, getting provisions and schooling the kids, and they looked at me in disbelief. Nathan nodded smiling, “We’ll think about you when we’re back working in Hood River and it's grey and cold.”
By Ruth - January 31, 2009 No comments:
Obama the Captain
It’s one in the morning and I can’t sleep. We’re settled at La Cruz marina, our boat is creaking back and forth with the surge and the call of the internet full of information keeps me awake. Here, we have easy access to information and I can’t resist. I should go to bed, but instead, I’m surfing from site to site trying to imagine what Michelle and Obama are thinking and doing right before they take office and their and our world will change. Are they running around their new home looking at the rooms in astonishment? What is the pulse of America? Is the economy really that bad? We’ve been out of the states for three significant months. As I flop from “nyt.com” to “cnn.com,” “u-tube” even to “Hoodrivernews.com” and then back to our little blog, I remember Bill Clinton’s 1997 inauguration which I was lucky to attend. I remember watching him play his saxophone on stage at one of the balls. I also remember being a little disappointed with the mayhem surrounding his inauguration -- it really was just another party with tons of people dressed in tuxedos and fancy gowns. I hope it’s different for Obama. It seems like it already is different.
I take a break from the computer and start the sourdough for tomorrow’s sourdough pancakes. Like the yeast, Obama may need a little time to rise to the occasion. Or maybe he’s going to beat all expectations. Tomorrow is an exciting day not only for the United States, but also for the world. The seas won’t be smooth for Obama, but the world seems confident that he has the aptitude to navigate his way. He’ll create a map for a better future, one where hopefully our children will be able to safely travel and grow with their experiences. I think Obama will be a wise captain. I hope he’ll be a captain that makes us all proud and keeps his ship, the United States of America, in stellar condition and not on collision course. Oh, I can’t resist the comparison. Signed the rambling, but hopeful Ruth.
PS- Here's where we watched the inauguration - at the La Cruz Yacht Club. My favorite quote, "we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist." Perhaps our enemies can put aside their anger and figure out a way to work together. And if we work as a team, perhaps we can save the planet earth. Maybe I'm being too lofty.
Photo by Ewout Mante, Captain, SV Bravado
By Ruth - January 19, 2009 4 comments:
Swinging like Monkeys
Since the kids don't have soccer or gymnastics to rush to after school, the crazy Dads decided to construct a swing from the halyards of Bravado and Kamaya. The kids swung like monkeys and the Moms sailed away in the little Peerys (sailing dinghy), afraid to look.
"We swung really high and after it was my turn, I got to squirt the next person with a water hose. It was really fun," reports Monkey Kai. "I hope we can set it up again."
Photos by Ewout Mante, Captain, SV Bravado and one of the chief engineers of the swing.
Turtle Video
Here's a video of us releasing one day old turtles at sunset to increase their odds of survival from bird attacks. Once in the water, the baby turtles are subject to fish and dolphins feeding. Generally one in 1000 survives to adulthood. They can live off their yolk for 3 days without eating. These conservation efforts in Puerto Vallarta have been somewhat successful and the numbers are increasing somewhat. They have even had a few very endangered leatherback nests this year for the first time in 9 years. The sand in our hands helps imprint them with the smell of this beach (otherwise oils from our hand would interfere with this imprinting). Like salmon, these turtles return to the place of their birth to lay eggs. Click on the link below to see our video.
By tim - January 14, 2009 No comments:
Releasing Baby Sea Turtles
Last night, we went to the beach at Nuevo Vallarta and took one-day old Olive Ridley sea turtles and helped them go back to their home in the Pacific Ocean. "Survive" we told them, knowing that the odds are against them: only one in a thousand avoid getting eaten by pelicans, crabs, sharks or other predators.
First we took them out of the big pen where they spent their first day of life.
Then at sunset, we held the baby turtles and stood by the edge of the sea and urged them on as they waddled and crawled towards the big, scary ocean. We were instructed to not go past the line in the sand. That way the turtles could absorb the sand and surrounding smells so they knew where to return ten years later when they lay their hundred or more eggs deep in the sand. We also wiped our hands in the wet sand to remove all sunblock and other lotions as that is a hazard to the baby turtles. It was an incredible lesson about survival of the fittest.
Maya and Jet helped many of the little turtles back into the water. Here they are saying good-bye and good luck to the turtles as they make their way out to the big big ocean.
Photos by Ewout Mante, Captain, SV Bravado
The Sorceror's Stone.
I met this girl named Jet, and I knew she was a drama person. I had tried before to put on the Sorceror's Stone play that I had written, but hadn't found the right person. We decided to put it on in La Cruz. There had an amphitheater and it was just perfect for putting on the play. The boys joined us. Here are some fun photos that Jet's Dad took. He's a really good photographer.
Here is Jet playing Professor Magonagall and sorting Harry.
Here's Harry meeting the Weesleys
This is Ron (played by Kai) and Harry (played by Hein) at the train station. Notice the funny orange yarn to show Ron's red hair and Harry's glasses made from wire.
Hagrid shows us his baby dragon
Albus Dumbledore (Eltjo) and Nicholas Flamel (Kai) discuss the Sorceror's Stone
Tim played the scary troll.
And our bows at the end
By Maya - January 13, 2009 3 comments:
Boat-Schooling at its Best
Some of the benefits and challenges of our journey have been boat-schooling. Fortunately, Tim is a certified teacher and his rational and analytical left brain complements my more social right brained oriented way of thinking. So together we’re hoping to give Maya and Kai a well-balanced education. I teach more of the English and history classes and Tim is in charge of the science and math. Our curriculum mixes formal and informal courses, allowing for a lot of spontaneity. There’s waves of enthusiasm and it’s taken us many months to get into a rhythm of some sorts.
This week we’ve had some productive boat-schooling including a dissection of a fish eye with our kids and our new friends on board Bravado. Don’t worry we didn’t kill the fish just for the experiment. We caught a three foot Dorado off of Chacala and ate most of it for about a week. Maya had joked with Tim who, lucky for me, does all of the filleting (the converting of the fish from animal with thoughts into food) about giving the eye to Hein who loves to look at things under the microscope. Well, Tim saved the eye and that gave him the opportunity to teach the kids about the eye. Most fascinating for me was looking through the fish lens which looked like a golden ball and seeing things magnified and upside-down.
But one of the best aspects of boat-schooling is being able to let Maya and Kai run with their ideas. Maya just finished writing her first play which is based on J.K. Rowlings' story of Harry Potter. She showed the play to Jet, who also loves theatre and one afternoon while Jet’s mom, Judith, and I were taking them on a field trip to a coffee plantation just south of San Blas, the two girls would barely get out of the car because they were so enthralled with Maya’s script. Maya had finally found someone who could help her make her script come alive. Since that day almost two weeks ago, the two have been busy re-writing sections of the play, recruiting actors (the brothers of the bunch) and thinking primarily about how to produce the play.
When we arrived at the marina in La Cruz last Friday, Maya and Jet saw the outdoor amphitheatre and their minds raced into full throttle. They asked Rafael, the manager, if they could hold the performance at the amphitheater and he agreed to provide lights and microphones. He also wanted to lure more people to come via a BBQ potluck. When they asked Lupe, our dock neighbor on board the Catamaran called Moon and the Stars, whether she had any extra brooms, Lupe wanted to know more about the play and asked if she could invite the 13 orphans from her orphanage.
The girls recruited a musician, Bobbie Jo from the boat Hipnautical, to help with the music. And they’ve been practicing for four to five hours everyday this week. I have not been allowed to watch any of it, but have been amazed to witness how this kid-run and kid-initiated activity has produced such devotion, creativity and cleverness, especially with the props and costumes. Even Kai and the boys on Bravado are buzzing with excitement. The performance is tomorrow at 5:30 and I wish you all could come.
Kai on Power
Questions about electricity on the boat
How do you get electricity on board Kamaya?
At sea, we get electricity from batteries and when we are at a marina we can get electricity from the shore.
How do you charge your batteries?
We can charge our batteries from a generator, solar panels, alternator and when we are dock, from shore power
Can you flick on the lights all the
time or do you have to conserve energy?
No you can’t. We have to be really careful with our use of energy. We are getting ready to put LED lights on our boat.
What are LED lights?
They are lights that use less power.
How do you know how much power you are using?
We have a device that tells you how much power you are using.(ammeter and voltmeter)
How many batteries do you have?
We have 4 batteries.
What happens when you go on shore power?
We can use all the power we want.
What are the big users of power on the boat?
Some things use lots of power, like microwave oven, electric winches, and anchor windlass, but we only use them for short bursts so they don’t run our batteries down that much. Other things use a medium amount of power, like refrigerator, lights, and watermaker but they run for a long time so they tend to put the biggest users of power. When we’re at sea, the autopilot is a big user of power as well.
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1: Answering Grace's question yes I am speaking some more Spanish.
2: Eli, the water is warm when you go by the equator, the equator is warm because the sun shines on it. And if you think we're having all that fun read "a Splash of Reality."
We are in the marina at La Cruz which is near Puerto Vallarta.
Have you been catching fish?
Only one big fish. A big dorado fish. And we have the eye of the fish. We were going to give the fish to our friend, Hein, but it's too big for his microscope.
What's interesting about fish eye?
They don't have eyelids.
Who's Hein?
He is my friend from the boat Bravado.
What's his story?
He's Dutch and he's sailing all the way to Europe (the long way via New Zealand).
What else have you been doing for fun?
I surfed at Punta Mita. But the surfing wasn't as great as Santa Maria Bay.
Tell us about Tres Marietas just off of Punta Mita.
We climbed up to the caves with our friends on Bravado. And we climbed all the way up to the top and we had a nice view of the Bay.
Have you been seeing whales?
Yes. They've been jumping by our boat.
What happened when you sailed on Bravado?
We saw a whale and we played monopoly in their cabin. It was fun to see Kamaya sailing with us.
Anything else you want to tell your friends?
Happy New Years! Make some snowballs!
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The Kiwi Bird
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Yeeowch
Sometimes it's a rejuvenation, other times things don't work out all that well. Me, I'm of the opinion stickin' needles in the face is generally a bad idea all around, but I'm a guy. I've never completely understood the lengths some women go to in an effort to look good.
Skeeter Fly
Excellent work! After "at least 15 years," a de Havilland Mosquito is in the air again. I could've sworn the CAF had one, at least back in the 70s, but I've slept since then so who knows? Bonus: It's going to be based in VA Beach. Road trip!
Your Thought for the Day
Check Your Work
This is why the marketing department should never be put in charge of anything: a new Motorola ad claiming Apple Maps can't find an address is using one that doesn't exist at all. It's Manhattan, too! Everyone knows the addresses there, right?
A small species of African mouse has a remarkable ability, not seen in any other known mammal. If it helps push us further down the "grow your own organs" path, I'm all for it.
The "Ick" Factor
Ok, I'll agree, when examined from a purely clinical point of view sex could be considered pretty gross. So I guess it's no surprise that someone went and figured out why most people actually aren't grossed out. That said, I would've been much happier with the headline "why women aren't grossed out by sex," because it's pretty clear that's what the study was actually trying to work out. Makes me wonder if they even bothered to ask men.
Bang a Drum
Shades of Spinal Tap: a band's drummer had a heart attack and died on stage. Yes, yes, it was a disco band, get yer hate all out first. At any rate, now that so many rock groups are approaching their... "golden years," I wouldn't be surprised to find this happening more and more often.
The British Are Coming!
And in the "people will complain about anything" file, we have a guy grousing about British words ending up in American English. It would've be nice to have a more comprehensive look at how the exchange goes both ways. As it reads, it seems like yet another invasion.
Us? We actually watch quite a few UK shows, and have been very long-time fans of Terry Pratchett. I'm actually surprised I don't use more "Britishisms" than I already do.
We're Number One!
Some things just deserve to be celebrated: by one (elaborate) metric, the US has the cheapest beer in the world. It'd be interesting to know if the super-cheep generic label BEER you can get in supermarkets artificially depressed the statistic.
Playin' With Your Head
And coming up on the outside of the "Weirdest Country in Asia Derby" we have perennial favorite... Japan! At least this seems to be temporary, but it IS Japan. I'm expecting to see middle-aged Asians with sagging brows in a few years if this trend catches on.
He Broke the Truck
Flat-Topped Dragon
The aircraft carrier China bought nearly fifteen years ago that could never-ever actually be turned into a working ship no matter how hard anyone tried is now on active duty. Of course, everyone is now certain that it'll never-ever be able to launch any aircraft or be otherwise useful. Me? Like I said before, the Chinese think short-term planning is something that's counted in decades. I will not be surprised one little bit if this thing is flinging aircraft into the sky before Olivia graduates high school.
A hospital in China is taking the problem of inadequate sperm donors seriously. Hands free! It's not completely clear to me if this is some sort of catheter thing or yet another "helping hand." Personally, it makes me think of one of those milking machines farmer use. To which I must say, no thanks!
Fish Circles
Crop circles? At the bottom of my ocean? It's more likely than you think! Determination and an OCD-like ability to focus can carry you quite a long way.
That's Not Good
Point taken: if you have a chance to avoid road debris, take it. Especially if you're in Russia. And what is it about Russia, anyway? Have they got some sort of requirement to have a dash cam in ever single vehicle on the road? That's what it seems like!
Fun with Beetles
Take one RC truck, screw an SLR camera on it, and add a big cover to "lion proof" it, and what do you get? Some really neat pictures! Even though the post is dated February, it looks like they still haven't completed their documentary project. Here's to hoping they finish it soon!
What a Guy
I'll take fake explosives and a party dress, for the win! The perpetrator was experiencing "mental issues?" You don't say!
Veg-Gene
A new genetic study is implying we only left Africa after a single mutation allowed our ancestors exploit plants as food more effectively. Which the author of the article naturally turns into "become vegetarian," because after that it's quite obvious we all turned to plants as our exclusive source of food, right?
Oooh... Scary...
Nothing like creeping around in basements and staring in dark windows to prep you for the Halloween season. Promise: No shrieking masks or other "boo!" scares, so you can leave the volume at a normal level.
Dragon Time
SpaceX's Dragon capsule will be making it's first-ever for-real cargo run to the space station in not quite two weeks' time. It seems like a lot to go through to haul up half a ton of stuff, but nobody said rocket science was cheap. Plus, it'll give their team more information to put toward the manned version of the capsule, which is a good thing.
Shine On, You Crazy Beer
FOIA work at its finest: the hard-hitting journalists at NPR used the Freedom of Information Act to get the details of a top-secret government project. Not news, right? News: to see if beer would be safe to drink after a nearby nuclear blast. I tend to agree with the author. It seems pretty obvious at this distance but back then nobody knew anything about radiation, and I'd want to know, too!
You're Doing it Wrong
Most car jackers use guns, knives, and other weapons. And then there's this guy. "Influenced by an unknown substance." You don't say?
Stealth Dragon
China seems to be really, actually serious about fielding a stealth fighter. Of course, being serious about it is nowhere near the same thing as actually getting it. Still, when a country's leadership has a tendency to think in decades instead of elections, anything's possible. There's a reason Japan's been trying to talk us into selling them F-22s all this time, ya know?
More pictures are here...
Now, aren't you glad the main stream media has made such a big deal of the Antarctic ice sheets setting a new record? What's that? The record is for MOST amount of ice? Oh. Ok. Nevermind.
Truth be told, I actually don't disagree with the basic premise that human behavior is changing the planet's weather. What I disagree with is using this as an excuse to ram a thinly disguised collectivist agenda down our throats as a "solution."
Pebble Glow
Coming to a pavement near you: the ultimate in "eco friendly lighting". Funny, I seem to remember things like this going back to the '70s. Maybe they've got a new formulation? I don't remember those old glow-in-the-dark things lasting all that long.
Wuv, Twoo Wuv...
Sometimes it's hard to improve on the Fark headline: Man arrested for doing something that we've all contemplated at some point. But that's never happened to me. Nope, not at all. My story, let me show you it...
XKCD, 20k Feet Edition
Those of you who, like me, got tired of scrolling around a whole lot of nothing with today's XKCD comic may find this helpful. Slashdot's calling it the world's biggest web comic ever. Not sure I can disagree with that.
This Isn't the Economy You're Looking For
It looks like they're really starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel to get all the undecideds not to notice the huge unemployment numbers, sky-high prices, and flash-fried ambassadors: The Obama administration is emphatically denying any plans to invade Canada. I dunno. You all do realize that something like 80% of the population of Canada lives just a few hours away from our border, right?
Answering questions I didn't know anyone was asking: why aircraft carriers are so useful, and likely always will be. I'm still amused at how the MSM accepted the "no no, we're turning it into a casino" line the Chinese were handing out when they towed theirs out of the Black Sea. Nowadays? Not so much.
Sandprint
It turns out elephants sleep laying down. At least, those elephants slept lying down, and now the zoo has (temporary) proof. Ellen probably wishes I slept that still.
Floor Fun
Steve U. gets a no-prize fit for an emperor for bringing us news of the discovery of an "enormous" Roman-era mosaic in southern Turkey. What's not widely understood nowadays is how much closer that part of the world was to Rome back then. It's always important to keep in mind that the Mediterranean was not bisected by religion in this period. It was a bowl, not a folded piece of paper.
Retiring the Taxi
Everyone is justifiably making a big deal about the Space Shuttles being retired, but very few people have given much thought to the 747s that will soon be out of a taxi job, until now. It's the first time I'd ever seen any pictures of the inside of one, especially the early one that's been in service for more than forty years. With a first class unheated cabin I can understand why it may not have been particularly popular as a crew transport. It's a shame that it's likely boneyard bound, but without the mission I guess it's not much more than an obsolete, half-stripped cargo plane.
Paging Montgomery Scott, White Courtesy Phone Please
New tests of different geometric shapes has revealed that warp drive may not be as impossible as once previously thought. If I'm reading it correctly, it's still far more energy than we can easily generate nowadays, but at least it's not requiring the conversion of an entire large planet to work.
Surf Towers
If a new documentary is to be believed, the rumors about someone actually surfing the wreckage of one of the World Trade Center towers as it collapsed are true. What seems inarguable is that the guy was one of a very, very few who survived right at Ground Zero. It was, almost by definition, a confusing, terrible event. If he thinks he survived it by surfing, who am I to contradict him?
Robosuit
Spies have finally gotten a look at what Robocop will look like in the upcoming remake. I think it looks mighty plain, but the single human hand is interesting. The article says there will be changes to the character as the movie progresses, so here's to hoping it looks a little more interesting at the end. And here's to hoping it doesn't suck!
A Specific Sort of White Christmas
Steve U gets a no-prize so cold even Santa won't touch it for bringing us news that NASA scientists are reporting the first firm sightings of CO2 snow on Mars. Unlike the more conventional stuff found at higher latitudes on Earth, this is the actual atmosphere of the planet freezing and precipitating out. The mechanisms help explain what makes Mars' north pole tick, but exactly how the more permanent formations at the south pole work remain a mystery.
Chicks... in... Space...
A record-setting female astronaut has become only the second woman in 14 years to command the International Space Station. In other news, they're still stuck with just three crewmen per on the thing. SpaceX can't get its dragon capsule going fast enough, is all I'm saying.
And I thought the town I grew up in was remote: a Chinese village of 200 can only be reached by a "rope bridge" over a chasm nearly 1000 feet deep. From the article, it seems like it started out a rope bridge, but now is made of cable. Because that makes it so much safer. Right.
Game Show Fun
Some of them are incredibly well-known, but I'd never seen most of them. I loves me some game shows!
Tiny Things
Scientists working at IBM have announced the ability to image molecules in such detail that the properties of atomic bonds can be made out. The measurements are so sensitive even vibrations from temperature differences must be removed, and so they're taken at -268C, which is... really cold... in Fahrenheit. And then it gets REALLY complicated.
When Increments Attack
Now That's a Partnership
A Vietnamese car wash owner got busted for a particularly original "customer loyalty" plan. I guess women in Vietnam don't really get their car washed all that often. And by "car washed," I bloody well mean CAR WASHED. Stop giggling. Geeze, you'll pass out!
This Time, with Sound
Biscuit!
A scientist is using a 7000 year-old technology discovered by ancient Egyptians to put the finishing touches on his new 3D ceramic printing technology. Right now it seems to turn everything an, admittedly nice, bluish color, which may limit the appeal. Then again, that's just engineering, so if the thing takes off I can't help but think the color limitation will go away.
Well Why the Hell Not
Taiwan is celebrating its first same sex Buddhist wedding. This is one of those edge issues that my libertarianism causes me to act in unexpected ways. Since this is a) (presumably) legal, b) they are (presumably) paying their taxes, and c) most definitely not on my lawn, I'm fine with it. None of my business, hope the best for them. Some may disagree, even strongly, but that's cool too.
I guess it says more about me, that this reminds me of so man of my friends.
Long Live the King
British archeologists have announced they've discovered what they believe to be a strong candidate for the bones of Richard III. He was buried in a church near the field where he fell, but, like most monastery churches of the era, it was razed with its location long forgotten. The remains are consistent with contemporary descriptions of the king, although (predictably) nothing like the exaggerated descriptions found in Shakespeare's play.
Chrome Fruit
Introducing the world's shiniest fruit, according to a new press release somewhere, at any rate. I think they look like a cross between ball bearings and grapes. Apparently it's an adaptation to the local birds' fascination with shiny objects. Which tells me someone needs to get these things into a jewelry store right away.
Charity Ride
I'm participating in my very first charity bicycle ride, and need your help! Please visit my ride site and donate to this worthy cause! Every little bit helps!
Breakin' da Ice
Russia's at it again, this time with a new, larger, nuclear powered ice breaker. When the majority of the coastline of your country lies above the arctic circle, ice breakers become much more important. Bonus: Commerce, and therefore, life is improving in the area because the ice is retreating.
I Can Haz Riches?
When dogs are involved, the meme is "humiliate my dog." When cats are involved? Not quite the same result. I didn't find the pictures all that funny because around here, we call that "Tuesday."
Update: link fixed!
Unlock My Love
A two thousand year-old bridge is being harassed by a six year-old custom and since this is Italy it's a freaking mess to get anything done about it. They sorta look like barnacles to me. You'd think a security camera and a couple of cops would be all that's needed to fix this problem, but then you'd still be forgetting this was Italy
Dusty Pennies
This has got to be one of the most distant coins in the solar system. Something tells me the guys working the mint that day in 1909 would have no inkling one of the thousands of coins they created would end up on Mars. Kind of nice that it did, I think.
Jupiter Go Boom
Amateur astronomers have captured images of yet another... something... careening into Jupiter. As with everything else that's hit it lately, what damage there may be won't be long lasting. I blame the 1%.
Arguments, Like Hope, Spring Eternal
It's nice to know not much has changed in the past eleven years: the 9/11 museum, delayed for months due to arguments over cost, is set to resume construction after a new deal has been reached. Sometimes I wonder how we ever get anything done over all the arguing.
We Can Remember it For You Wholesale
Neuroscience graduate students have discovered a technique that allows them to imprint short term memories directly onto a brain. For now, at least, it's done with hapless rat brain tissue, and it's not completely clear exactly what a living creature would experience "remembering" these things. Frankenmemories!
My Kind of Purse
The Swedes may have invented it, but leave it to Australia to popularize it: a new style of wine box may see women leaving behind their giant sacks of crap to carry something really important. Yeah, I know, that's not gonna happen, but it's fun to think about it. Oh, and "goon sack?"
Not content with the European Union kicking Greece in the nuts every few months, it looks like God is going to let nature have a few goes as well. Still, magma building up under Santorini is not the same as Santorini going kerplooey. Heck, it may even make trips over there cheaper. I think I'll give touring that specific island a pass, thought.
Tablet R Us
Toys R Us has announced a tablet computer geared specifically for children. I'm not too sure about this one. By the time Olivia was old enough to really "get" how a computer worked, she was mature enough to take care of an actual full-sized one Well, by "take care" I guess I really mean "takes as good care of one as Ellen does." Which means proving again and again that laptops can be stepped on regularly without doing lots of harm. There's a reason half the price of any laptop Ellen has is warranty. And don't get me started on her phones...
Blue Peek
Has NASA inadvertently "outed" the secretive spaceflight company Blue Origin? I'm thinking "no." That capsule's outline looks really similar to a Soyuz capsule to me. I'm thinking "prop," but hell what do I know?
Dumbass, Indeed
Hey, did you know using a car to spin up a playground turntable might be dangerous? Since he was 20, I'm thinking he probably didn't leave behind a family, but since it's Germany that's not guaranteed. I haven't sen the video. I wonder if he wore a helmet?
It's nice to know it doesn't just happen to me: after visiting a national park, a South African couple discovered an unexpected guest tried to hitch a ride home with them. Fortunately all involved walked away fine. I guess the only real difference would be Ellen trying to talk everyone into letting her take it home.
Mighty Bird
A NASA team recently completed a successful untethered test of its Might Eagle autonomous lunar lander recently, and Space.com has the pictures to prove it. Bonus: the test took place around test stands originally used for Saturn V engine development.
New Kindling
Amazon has announced details of their upcoming new Kindle models. I got one for Christmas last year, and haven't bought a print book since. The self-publishing model has inspired me to take a crack at writing a novel, too. Watch this space for future details.
Sleep Well Tonight
If the Daily Mail is to be believed, contact lens wearers are in a lot of trouble. I was always under the impression people were supposed to use a special cleaning solution instead of tap water. But, don't despair! Swimming in a pool supposedly exposes you, as well. Sensationalism? In my media? It's more likely than you think.
Spooky Distances
Scientists have announced a new distance record in transmitting quantum state information. I'm sure I'm getting this wrong, but I *think* it will mean we're one step closer to instantaneous communications that might be faster than the speed of light. Or some sort of confusing thing that'll put a cat in a box with a sandwich. HMmm... Sandwiches...
Fly Putin
F- golf, I want the president who flies an ultralight with geese trailing him. Well, yes, I guess Putin hasn't been particularly kind to civil rights and has turned Russia's media into a sycophantic blow horn for whatever he feels like scolding them about that day, but. Now, hang on. Remind me how this is different from Obama? Oh, that's right, Putin made the media act that way.
Ceres or Bust
NASA's Dawn probe has departed the asteroid Vesta and is now en route to the dwarf planet Ceres. Ceres was always highlighted on maps of the solar system when I was a kid, so I think it'll be cool to finally get real close-ups of the object. Oh, and am I the only one who wants to fine The Register $500 each time they use the word, "Boffin?"
Get the Sieve
You'd think this would happen more often: a Chinese visitor to a Sri Lanka gem exhibit has been arrested after being accused of swallowing a $13,000 diamond. Then again, who puts on an exhibit of gems that allows visitors to, you know, touch them and stuff? And it could've had a pointy bit on it, too. Ah, well. I wonder who's ticked off the chief of police lately? I think they're about to get a really crappy job.
What I want to know is, how many people let this one get by before it ended up in print? Back when I worked with a non-profit, I seem to remember several committee meetings with at least six people on each before something went to print. Yes, they were a bunch of prissy wannabes, but still.
Sunflowers, You Say?
An elderly German farmer apparently got the surprise of his life when authorities notified him what he thought were sunflower seeds had turned into marijuana plants. This supposedly happened after he tossed bird seed on the ground. If it's all true, and I am by no means sure it is, I predict a run on bird seed at every pet supply store in the US in 3... 2... 1...
Veggie-Donalds
McDonald's has announced plans to open the first two vegetarian McDonald's stores in India. The menu seems to be substituting potatoes for meat, but this is not much more than a press release so who knows? Hey, if it meets (ha!) a need, I'm all for it!
A Challenger Appears
Valve has kinda-sorta gone public with its intentions to enter the hardware market. The development cycle for the big 3's consoles seems to have gotten quite relaxed in the past few years. It'd be nice toss in a little competition now and again.
Smooth Foam
Sometimes tiny things can overturn large constructs. Like how three little photons are threatening to overturn entire classes of quantum gravity theory. I'm impressed they worked out how to probe Planck-scale phenomena without an infinitely powerful energy source. Controversial? Duh.
Paging Ray Stevens, White Courtesy Phone Please
Wandering around naked and scaring old people is no way to go through life, son. At least this time it wasn't some 300 lb. basket case on a scooter. Bonus: Woo pig, sooey!
Conversations That Only Happen In My House
"Oh, mom, that's a cute outfit! You should wear that for Halloween!"
"Get the hell out of here, Olivia! I'm not dressing up as a stewardess for Halloween."
And then the men in my neighborhood wept...
Now, I've gone on record several times that I think Apple's denizens can be a bit... overcommitted at times. But comparing the company to a character who cooks meth for a living, well, hang on a minute. That may not really be all that bad of analogy anyway. I mean, have you seen the people who go in and out of an Apple store lately?
Thanks For All the Marriages
Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon has died. I can remember when, back in the 80s, this guy was a boogeyman of the MSM. He was gonna take over the world and make us all get married at once in a giant stadium, or something. Twenty years later, he's dead and last I checked people were still mostly getting married in modest private ceremonies. Believing what the MSM tells you tends to work out that way, I've found. Which is why I'm so glad they're covering this election!
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60+ Best Nintendo Power Magazine Covers
August 22, 2012 August 28, 2012 Andy Sowards
My inner geek is a little sad today, If you haven’t heard, one of the greatest Nintendo magazines of all time – Nintendo Power is Shutting Down. While this is not really shocking news (article from 2007 when first rumors started), it is sad news for gamer geeks who remember looking forward to this mag every month as a kid. I have so many nostalgic childhood memories attached to this magazine that it is really hard to even think of them all right now and sum them up – needless to say I will miss seeing this Magazine on store shelves – it is a sad day. Growing up my early childhood primarily revolved around video games, and video game magazines, with cartoons and school mixed in. So yeah I had a lot of video game magazines lol – I had a lot of Nintendo Powers as well – I remember reading them daily, most all of them I had read many many times as it was about 20 miles to and from the nearest store so whenever we went anywhere I would sit in the car reading my magazines.
I have a vivid memory of sitting in my dads truck (’77 dodge D-100 – he still drives it. lol) at a flea market my parents had dragged me to (I had a pretty simple childhood lol) around the time when The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was super popular (I was so obsessed with that game) – I read the special section they had on the game over and over again, I typically would do this when I really wanted a game – I would read about it in every magazine I could and then eventually when I got the game I knew a lot about it haha (I guess that is kind of weird but that way I KNEW I wanted the game by the time I got it, as I didn’t get a whole lot of games lol).
This is my Celebration & Tribute to Nintendo Power – my way of saying Thanks for the memories since it was a big part of my life growing up (and probably a lot of our lives). Memories like these are precious for us gamer geeks.
History of Nintendo Power
Lets take a walk down memory lane and check out some History on Nintendo Power – one of the greatest magazines of our time! This is a little bit of what the wiki had to say – really good read for a fan, or a designer working on a print publication – its good to study the changes of things over time and how they kept a handle on their market for a time – even if it did come to an end. All things must eventually go to make room for the new.
Nintendo Power magazine is a monthly news and strategy magazine formerly published in-house by Nintendo of America, but now runs independently. As of issue #222 (December 2007), Nintendo contracted publishing duties to Future US, the U.S. subsidiary of British publisher Future.
The first issue published was July/August 1988 spotlighting the NES game Super Mario Bros. 2. It remains one of the longest-running video game magazines in the United States and Canada, and is Nintendo’s official magazine in North America.
On August 21, 2012, Nintendo announced that they would not be renewing their licensing agreement with Future Publishing, and that Nintendo Power would cease publication after 24 years.
From the beginning, Nintendo Power has focused heavily on providing game strategy, tips and tricks, reviews, and previews of upcoming games. Seeing as the magazine enjoyed twenty years of Nintendo-directed publication, NP was the ultimate source for detailed mapping and insider knowledge delivered directly from the programming teams. As a result, the magazine has enjoyed the reputation of being the definitive source for all things Nintendo, separating itself from a more traditionally speculative approach as used by its contemporaries. The magazine has remained financially successful and is one of the longest-running game oriented magazines still in circulation.
In mid-1998, Nintendo Power allowed outside advertising within its pages, something formerly reserved for Nintendo-based products only. In its early years, ads only appeared in the first and last few pages of the magazine, leaving no ads to break up the magazine’s editorial content. These front cover advertisements were often simply subscription offers.
In July 2005, Nintendo Power created a new design to appeal to a limited gaming audience, including a new logo and article format. Along with the cosmetic overhaul came a greater focus on Nintendo fans, staff reviews, rumor-milling and fan service including an expanded and enhanced reader mail segment (known as “Pulse”) and an equally revamped “Community” section. Nintendo also introduced a new incentive promotional offer that involves the registration of three Nintendo (or Nintendo affiliated) products through Nintendo.com to receive a free three issue trial subscription to Nintendo Power.
Today, the magazine has shifted its focus from game strategies to mainly news, previews, and articles on upcoming games. The overall composition has shifted to a more ostentatious design, with less standard framework and more aggressive, bright colors and shapes.
Whether you were a long time subscriber, a casual gaming fan, or you only glanced at the magazine once on the rack at Wal-Mart or something – This magazine affected you! Lets take a walk together down memory lane – let those nostalgic feelings come back to you! Enjoy this tribute to Nintendo Power Magazine – get inspired by these awesome retro magazine covers and hope that something you create will garner such a response from others one day!
Dig In – and Enjoy!
Very first Nintendo Magazine
This is the issue that I mentioned at the start of this post, that I read in the truck. Such a good issue! Epic Memories were made!
They also did guide books! This is one of them. Classic Final Fantasy cover art! So retro and cool!
Such Epic artwork back then!
Loved Castlevania.
Ah Mario Kart. So many Memories – I played this game for months when I was a kid
LoL Virtual Boy, I hardly knew ye.
Killer Instinct was such a good game.
Man I loved Mortal Kombat so much – best memories of my high school life playing that game with friends – SO FUN.
Really loved Earthworm Jim as a kid – really creative game!
I had this magazine, I remember it because I got it when I started getting excited about n64 after a break of buying these for whatever kid reason I had lol. Played Mario Kart 64 a LOT too.
OOO I remember this one too! Because I had just gotten into computers in like ’95 when we got our first computer at the house, and I had been super excited about Doom & Duke Nukem 3D and those types of games, and to see it come to the n64 made me super excited for some reason, probably because then I was too young to be able to easily install games on my computer like that haha – Ahhh memories. Technology Nostalgia FTW!
I loved this game – Turok was probably the first FPS (first person shooter) that I ever beat. It also got me addicted to all other FPS games haha – Epic game. I have this mag too
Loved Tetris – I was really good at that game. and Mortal Kombat. I would challenge ANYONE at those two games haha
I used to love that cartoon – they don’t make em like Duck Tales anymore that is for sure!
Another great cartoon turned video game – Rescue Rangers! I used to watch that, Tale Spin, Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck CONSTANTLY when they were on tv as a kid. Classics.
LOL I had this one as a kid, the cover art used to freak me out – I would never have this on the top of the stack of mags, I would have it at least under another mag – apparently I thought Scorpion couldn’t eat my soul that way hahaha
LOVE the 8-bit art throwback on this one. Great design.
That was the first time Street Fighter made it to the cover in 15 years! (the previous cover feature was in 1995 I believe – this one was in 2011) GAMING HISTORY FTW
What was your favorite memory from Nintendo Power? Did you have a favorite Issue? Still have some? Let us know in the comments below – lets have a discussion about how much you loved Nintendo Power! Share your memories! Thanks for Reading!
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Loads of memories flooding back! Great post, I remember when I first played Star Fox I loved that game!
Love this article! Definitely takes me back. Thanks for finding all of these covers!
Just trying to help but I found this sentence to be a little redundant.
– get inspired by these awesome retro magazine covers and hope that one day something you create will garner such a response from others one day!
Thanks! No problem, and thanks for pointing out that typo – Fixed! haha appreciate it!
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1 NCAA Tournament | 3 Conference Championships
Game Preview: Men's Lacrosse at Springfield
Babson (6-5, 2-0 NEWMAC) 3 3 3 0 9
Springfield (4-7, 1-1 NEWMAC) 1 1 1 2 5
G: 5 Players (#3, #14, #20, #23, #29) - 1
A: 3 Players (#14, #20, #23) - 1
Sv: Cole Finerty - 14
GB: Joe Cameron - 10
G: John Calicchio - 3
A: 2 Players (#7, #79) - 2
Sv: Christopher Aranalde - 7
GB: Hutch Torregrosa - 5
Men's Lacrosse at Springfield
Saturday, April 6 | 5 p.m.
Stagg Field | Springfield, Mass.
• Babson and Springfield will meet for the 39th time on Saturday in a series that dates back to the 1970s.
• Although the Pride has won 34 of the previous 37 matchups against the Beavers, the programs have split their last four regular season contests.
• The third-seeded Babson men's lacrosse team rallied from a four-goal fourth-quarter deficit before falling to second-seeded Springfield in overtime, 12-11, in a (NEWMAC) Tournament semifinal on May 2, 2018.
• Senior Niall Dillon and sophomore Mason O'Hanlon both finished with two goals and two assists for the Beavers in the loss. Tom Hurley tallied his fifth marker 3:23 into the extra session, while Jake Reynolds stopped 18 shots for the Pride.
LAST BABSON WIN
• O'Hanlon scored four times in the fourth quarter and the Beavers closed the game with six unanswered goals to rally for an 11-8 win over visiting Springfield on April 7, 2018, at MacDowell Field.
• Fabel '18 had two goals and Dillon finished with a goal and two assists for the Beavers.
• Matt Allen, Duncan Preston and senior Lucas Habich combined for seven goals for the Pride, which were without the services of their top scorer, senior Jack Vail.
SCOUTING THE PRIDE
• Springfield (4-6, 1-0 NEWMAC) defeated Western New England, 18-12, on Tuesday afternoon to record its second win in a row.
• Senior Cameron Glover posted a team-high five goals, first-year Zachary Schuette logged three goals and two assists, and senior Cole Finerty made 12 stops in the cage for the Pride, which led 16-5 after three quarters.
• Junior Joe Hawley (16-16-32) has recorded a point in all but one game this season, Vail (21-10-31) and Habich (14-9-23) have scored two man-up goals apiece, and junior Joseph Cameron has won 48 percent of his face-offs in addition to picking up 45 ground balls.
• First-year Connor Roberts leads the defense with 18 caused turnovers, while Finerty has posted a 12.99 goals against average to go along with a .540 save percentage in 10 starts.
SCOUTING THE BEAVERS
• Babson (5-5, 1-0 NEWMAC), which had won three in a row, fell to Endicott 11-5 on Wednesday evening.
• Senior Samuel Mishkind finished with two goals and one assist, while Dillon and juniors Owen Allen and Thomas Jung all scored once for the Beavers in the loss.
• Mishkind (28-9-37) is tied for 11th in the nation with eight man-up goals, Dillon (16-11-27) leads the Beavers in assists, and Allen (16-5-21) has scored in five consecutive outings.
• Sophomores John Antaya and Jack Tague have combined to cause 25 turnovers while picking up 50 ground balls, and junior Christopher Aranalde has a 10.01 goals against average to go along with a .550 save percentage in 10 starts.
TAKING PRIDE IN ITS DEFENSE
• The trio of Antaya, Tague and sophomore Quinn Schomp combined to scoop up 18 ground balls while causing eight turnovers in two meetings against Springfield last season.
MISHKIND NEARING EXCLUSIVE GROUP
• Mishkind needs three more points to become just the fourth player in school history to record at least 40 points in three seasons at Babson.
• The others Babson Hall of Famers Chris Grant '81 and Jay Conroy '81, as well as Alex Patinkin '13, who is the Beavers' all-time leading scorer.
• The Green and White ranks 24th in Division III having converted 85.5 percent of its clears through 10 games.
• Despite being held without an extra-man tally in Wednesday's loss at Endicott, Babson ranks 46th in the country with goals on 38 percent of its man-up chances.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
• The Beavers have assisted on 70.3 percent (38-of-54) their goals over the last four games.
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J.K. Rowling Promises More ‘Cormoran Strike’ Novels as TV Adaptation Hits Screens
By Kat Sommers | 2 years ago
It’s fair to say J.K. Rowling has never been one to stint on storytelling, but her Cormoran Strike crime novels might just take the cake.
First, of course, there was Harry Potter, which over the course of 4,224 pages and eight movies established Daniel Radcliffe as a Hollywood star. And then a decade of Eddie Redmayne‘s diary was filled by her decision to spread the Fantastic Beasts story over no fewer than FIVE movies.
The latest star to benefit from Ms. Rowling’s largesse is The Musketeers‘s Tom Burke, who stars as the eponymous hero in Strike, the series based on the three crime books she’s so far written under the pen name “Robert Galbraith.”
…”So far” being the operative phrase here. In an interview with the BBC published yesterday (August 29), Rowling let slip some news about the future of Strike that must have had Tom’s agent popping champagne corks.
“It’s always slightly unnerving,” she said of adapting her work for the screen, “because you are obviously giving up control, so you’d better really trust the people you’re working with. That’s key for me. Who am I going to be working with?
“For Strike that was even more important because literally, the first time I met Tom [Burke], I said, ‘Well I hope to God you do enjoy playing this character because I think I’ve got at least another ten books in me, so you could be locked in for quite a few years here.'”
Yep. You read that right. Ten more books. Now, math was never our strong point, but we make that a total of thirteen.
Looks like we better settle in and make ourselves comfortable. Strike has already started airing in the U.K., with three hour-long episodes covering the plot of The Cuckoo’s Calling, another two planned to tell the story of the second book The Silkworm, and a further two for The Career of Evil.
Reviews so far have been good:
Holliday Grainger is spot on as Robyn but I never imagined Cormoran Strike as handsome as Tom Burke… No complaints though! #cuckooscalling
— Sarah V (@slushonyourface) August 27, 2017
Told you it was good. Tom Burke & Holliday Grainger both put in superb performances. Bring on tomorrow's episode! #Strike #TheCuckoosCalling
— Elliot Gonzalez (@elliot_gonzalez) August 27, 2017
First 2 episodes of #Strike have been amazing! Tom Burke and Holliday Grainger are phenomenal in their roles. @jk_rowling
— Taylor (@tayburgh7) August 29, 2017
Wondering when it’ll be our turn? Well, never fear! Strike is due to air on HBO in the U.S. at some point, though the exact date has not yet been confirmed.
Are you in it for the long haul when Strike comes to America?
Filed Under: Cormoran Strike, J.K. Rowling, Strike, Tom Burke
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City ends water-main contract
By Michael Tucker, staff writer
The Belgrade City Council voted unanimously Monday to terminate its contract with W Construction, a Bozeman firm working on a water line replacement project on the city’s north side.
The council discussed the issue behind closed doors, citing litigation strategy as a reason for calling the executive session. When the meeting was reopened, the Councilman Mark Criner made motion to end “the contract with W Construction for cause.” No further discussion about the issue took place.
Under the contract, W Construction was to replace 19,400 linear feet of aging four-inch water mains on the north side of town with new, 10-inch water mains during Phase I, according to city records. The goal of the job is to improve service delivery, reduce loss due to leakage and increase fire flows. Work began last summer and stretched into October.
Phase II, which was to begin this spring, entails replacing water mains and sewer lines in the alleys immediately north of Main Street between Quaw Boulevard and Davis Street.
In March, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited W Construction with “one willful and three serious violations” related to the company’s failure to use trench boxes and proposed penalties totaling $36,400, the agency said. The violations stemmed from complaints filed against the company in September 2010 that sparked OSHA inspections.
In other business, the council agreed to sign an agreement releasing all claims with former Central Valley Fire District Chief Brett Waters. Waters resigned from his post last month.
City Attorney Rick Ramler told the council the addendum basically frees the city and Waters from any liability.
“It’s the prudent thing to do,” he said.
The council also heard an update from finance director Marilyn Foltz on the city’s attempt to collect money from Kids Up creditors to fulfill an obligation to the city Revolving Loan Fund. The company built wheelchairs before closing its doors.
The company is being bought by an outside firm and to make that happen, company representatives asked the council to forego on its first position on the loan in exchange for the company’s accounts receivable, according to city records. The council agreed.
The city has $26,000 left to collect from the original $142,000 loan.
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There are eight million stories in the naked city, and writer Henry Chang tells one in Death Money, the latest novel in his noir series featuring Detective Jack Yu.
In a reading organized by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and co-sponsored by Beyond Chinatown, Chang previews Detective Yu’s latest investigation which takes him through a criminal underworld that reaches from benevolent associations of Chinatown to the take-out restaurants, strip clubs, and underground gambling establishments of the Bronx, to a wealthy, exclusive New Jersey borough. It’s an intrigue worthy of a classic Hong Kong crime thriller right here in the New York City area…
More than just a crime story, the novel is a revealing look into Chinese communities through a character who is conflicted about his return to Chinatown. Mystery genre review site reviewingtheevidence.com says, “In his dogged insistence on providing the Chinese word for the Chinese thing, Henry Chang may very well be insisting on the complex reality that lies behind the often tacky face that Chinatown shows to the North American eye.”
The basement bar of Chinatown’s Asia Roma with its neon-glow is the perfect backdrop for this plunge into the unseen parts of Chinatown. True to many Chinese social establishments, karaoke resumes after the reading!
The $10 entry fee includes your drink of choice (cocktail, beer, or wine) and an entry into a raffle to win a free copy of Death Money or a set of the first three books in the Detective Jack Yu series: Chinatown Beat, Year of the Dog, and Red Jade. The first 20 people to buy tickets also receive a free copy of Death Money which Henry Chang will sign at the reading. Get your ticket here! Here’s the event page on Facebook.
Henry Chang is a New Yorker, a native son of Chinatown and the Lower East Side. His poems have appeared in the seminal Yellow Pearl anthology, and in Gangs In New York’s Chinatown. He has written for Bridge Magazine, and his fiction has appeared in On A Bed Of Rice and in the NuyorAsian Anthology. His debut novel Chinatown Beat garnered high praise from the New York Times Book Review, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, among others.
Read more about Chang in this profile by The New York Times and in this interview with the Asian American Writers’ Workshop.
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The Pearl Surrounding the Oyster Dome
THE PEARL SURROUNDING THE OYSTER DOME: At a well-attended meeting in Mount Vernon last week, the healthy future of Blanchard Mountain began to take shape.
A proposed trust land swap would preserve the core of Blanchard State Forest trust lands—lands owned by the public and managed by the state Department of Natural Resources—by placing those acres in permanent conservation status while opening other lands in Skagit County to commercial forestry. If approved and completed, the proposed trust land swap will exchange up to 860 acres that form the nucleus of the ecological and recreational pearl that is Blanchard Mountain with other land parcels in the county of equal value, so that state trust land timber revenue can continue to provide public services in Skagit and help fund schools statewide.
The two-part proposal would change the legal status of the Blanchard core of state forest trust lands for conservation, then use $10 million in state funding to acquire new loggable trust lands in Skagit County.
About 70 people attended the meeting, and the overwhelming majority of the comments were very favorable for the exchange and the continued conservation of Blanchard forest land, according to Bob Winslow, DNR’s manager for the trust land transfer project.
“The inter-trust exchange will position state trust land parcels for a future transfer into a natural area inside the ‘core’ area of Blanchard State Forest,” Winslow explained in his briefing. “If transferred, the land would be managed for recreation, natural resource conservation area, wildlife habitat, or open space uses.”
The Department of Natural Resources is responsible for logging state trust lands in order to provide revenue to various state and local beneficiaries, but the mandate to produce revenues is inreasingly in collision with preserving the ecological function of forests. We need healthy mature forests; and we need money for schools.
The transfer is a last step in a long journey.
“The story starts a century ago, when Blanchard was privately owned and logged,” relates Mitch Friedman, executive director of Conservation Northwest. “When the owner was delinquent in paying taxes, the clear-cut land reverted to Skagit County. Taxes on forest land were higher then, so this was common enough that counties ended up with tens of thousands of acres that they had no capacity to reforest and manage. The legislature gave these lands to the state to manage in trust for the counties and junior taxing districts. By the 1990s, the trees were big enough that the DNR proposed timber sales. But by then Blanchard had become a haven for hiking, horse riding, mountain biking and others who loved the mountain—not to mention habitat for birds and wildlife. A showdown ensued.”
In 2006, conservation groups and activists helped craft the Blanchard Forest Strategy agreement, identifying a 1,600-acre core zone that would be protected for recreation and environmental qualities and would no longer be logged for state trust lands beneficiaries. The idea of a land swap—preserving Blanchard’s core while opening new lands for timber harvests—was a novel one, and garnered the provisional support of the timber industry; however, to implement the Strategy DNR needed to purchase replacement timberlands to offset those in the core zone.
In 2008, the agency adopted a management plan for the state forest on Blanchard Mountain, designating the most stunning part of this recreation area as the core—the Samish Overlook, Oyster Dome, and backcountry camping areas at Lily and Lizard lakes. That core includes 15 miles of trails and gets about 100,000 visitors each year. The core and surrounding state forest lands total about 4,800 acres in a rare unbroken greenbelt that connects the Salish Sea to the foothills of the Cascades.
There the matter stood for a decade while the state’s bruised finances recovered from recession and the Legislature remained paralyzed by political gridlock.
In 2018, the last portion of the funding package was finally approved in a capital budget. Ten million dollars of that package can now go to the purchase and transfer of trust lands in Skagit County that provide revenues to schools—called common school trusts—and reassign those as trust lands that provide timber revenue to county and local taxing districts—called forest trusts.
Winslow said in providing the $10 million in the capital budget, the state Legislature recognized that the Blanchard core is better suited for conservation and recreation than for timber harvest.
“After the land transfers take place, DNR will administer the Blanchard core for conservation and recreation as outlined in the Blanchard Strategy Agreement,” Conservation Northwest noted in a press release. The Bellingham-based organization has played a central role in the long journey to preserve the best of Blanchard Mountain.
The solution could serve as a model for other transfers around the state intended to preserve environmentally or culturally important resource lands while allowing other public lands to continue to generate revenues for schools and other taxing districts.
“This collaborative agreement withstood so much unforeseeable challenge. Through it all the stakeholders held to their commitments and our elected champions remained supportive,” Friedman said. “We found the sweet spot that allowed outdoor recreationists, conservation groups, school trusts, elected leaders and the DNR to walk away happy.”
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Professor Gene Feder
Huntley, A, Potter, L, Williamson, E, Malpass, A, Szilassy, E & Feder, G, 2019, ‘Help-seeking by male victims of domestic violence and abuse (DVA): a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis’. BMJ Open, vol 9.
Divakar, U, Nazeha, N, Posadzki, P, Jarbrink, K, Bajpai, R, Ho, AHY, Campbell, J, Feder, G & Car, J, 2019, ‘Digital Education of Health Professionals on the Management of Domestic Violence: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration’. Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol 21., pp. e13868
Malpass, A, Dodd, J, Feder, G, MacNaughton, J, Rose, A, Walker, O, Williams, T & Carel, H, 2019, ‘Disrupted breath, songlines of breathlessness: an interdisciplinary response’. Medical Humanities, vol 45., pp. 294-303
Gregory, AC, Taylor, AK, Pitt, KS, Feder, GS & Williamson, E, 2019, ‘“...the forgotten heroes”: a qualitative study exploring how friends and family members of DV survivors use domestic violence helplines’. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Yakubovich, AR, Heron, J, Feder, G, Fraser, A & Humphreys, DK, 2019, ‘Intimate partner violence victimisation in early adulthood: Psychometric properties of a new measure and gender differences in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children’. BMJ Open, vol 9.
Hawcroft, C, Hughes, R, Shaheen, A, Usta, J, Elkadi, H, Dalton, T, Ginwalla, K & Feder, G, 2019, ‘Prevalence and health outcomes of domestic violence amongst clinical populations in Arab countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis’. BMC Public Health, vol 19.
Yakubovich, AR, Heron, J, Feder, G, Fraser, A & Humphreys, DK, 2019, ‘Long-term exposure to neighbourhood-level deprivation and the risk of experiencing intimate partner violence among women: a birth-cohort study in the United Kingdom’. Epidemiology.
Penny, G, Dheensa, S, Fenu, E, Jones, S, Asato, J, Jacob, S & Feder, GS, 2019, ‘Cry for health: a quantitative evaluation of a hospital-based advocacy intervention for domestic violence and abuse’. BMC Health Services Research, vol 19.
Mackenzie, M, Gannon, M, Stanley, N, Cosgrove, K & Feder, G, 2019, ‘‘You certainly don't go back to the doctor once you've been told, “I'll never understand women like you.”’ Seeking candidacy and structural competency in the dynamics of domestic abuse disclosure’. Sociology of Health and Illness, vol 41., pp. 1159-1174
Parke, S, Ruth, A, Wong, G, Feder, G, Mahtani, K, Barber, J & Salisbury, C, 2019, ‘Reorganisation of General Practice: be careful what you wish for’. British Journal of General Practice, vol 69., pp. 517-518
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Clean up with PTS Product Guides
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The 120 page bathroom brochure is an indispensable showcase of the latest bathroom suites, furniture, showers, enclosures, brassware and accessories. It also consists of a range of new products including shower curtains and rails, a selection of lights, bottle traps and an entire selection for easy access bathrooms.
Nigel Gamble, Commercial director for PTS, said: “We wanted this Bathroom Book to be the most comprehensive to date with many more images to help with product selection. All the prices are VAT inclusive and many products are clearly marked with the key features and vital dimensions, making it the ideal sales tool when your customer is at that vital planning stage. The price guide is also an invaluable tool for busy installers, with all the latest product information in an easy to navigate format that makes comparing and choosing the right product really simple.”
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