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'The environment ... is where we live'
A New Mexico neighborhood offers a case study in the successes, and failures, of the environmental justice movement
Arla Shephard and Ray Ring Feb. 1, 2010 From the print edition
The neighborhood of Mountain View, just south of Albuquerque. Residents thought they had won a victory when they got the county to shut down this former race track. But the concrete recycling facility that replaced it isn't any better.
Jaelyn deMaria
Lauro Silva works on environmental issues from his Mountain View home.
A Mountain View home backs up against a car auction and a tank company.
Julio Dominguez used to pedal around Mountain View on his bike, taking Polaroids of the latest chemical spills.
SNEEJ Director Bianca Encinias, with her son, Abeslin Encinias-Gonzales, at the Mountain View Community Center.
Mountain View Neighborhood Association President Patty Grice in front of an air quality monitoring station.
1 Abq. Liquid Waste; 2 Abq. Foreign Auto Parts; 3 Abq. Metal Recycling; 4 Abq. Auto Auction; 5 Abq. Refined Products; 6 American Pipe Division; 7 Approved Oil Service; 8 AT&SF (Superfund site); 9 Conoco Abq. Products; 10 Creamland Dairies Ice Cream; 11 Cutter Flying Service; 12 Delta Person Limited; 13 Discount Auto Parts; 14 DPC Industries Inc; 15 DPC Industries Inc.; 16 El Encanto Inc.; 17 Env. Transportation; 18 Ethicon Endo-Surgery; 19 Federal Express; 20 Fox Manufacturing; 21 Fox Manufacturing; 22 Furrow Bldg. Materials; 23 GE Aircraft engines; 24 Kinney Brick Co.; 25 Mesa Oil Inc; 26 Olgin's Auto Sales; 27 Premier Iation President Patty Grice in front of an air quality monitoring station.
Sources: Google Maps; South Valley Partners For Environmental Justice Promoteores Project, Mountain View 2008
The General Electric jet-engine plant, a Superfund site, has contaminated the acequia system that fed the farms of Mountain View.
This story introduces our Green Justice Web page and continuing coverage.
Mountain View, New Mexico
Lauro Silva shifts his minivan into gear on a sunny autumn day and begins a tour of Mountain View, a loose unincorporated neighborhood on Albuquerque's southern fringe, beside the lush Rio Grande bosque. The streets have optimistic names like Prosperity Avenue and Community Lane, but they're mostly gravel or dusty pavement or just dirt.
We tool past manufactured houses, trailers, old adobes and other modest homes, some well-kept and some with broken or boarded-up windows. There are vast naked-dirt vacant lots where buildings have been torn down and not replaced. And warehouses, junkyards, cement plants, door-manufacturing and dog-food companies, enormous tanks filled with gasoline, diesel fuel and liquid nitrogen.
Silva, a stocky 65-year-old lawyer with graying hair, bushy eyebrows and dark eyes, has lived in this neighborhood for 12 years and is working hard to improve it. About 4,300 residents are scattered across 8,400 acres here, he says. Their homes are mingled with more than 25 junkyards, five gravel and concrete companies, seven petroleum bulk terminals, a brick company, the odiferous sewage treatment plant that serves all of Albuquerque, and dozens of other industries, many surrounded by razor wire.
Railroad tracks and a four-lane truck route slice through the neighborhood and the noise is inescapable. I-25 sits along one edge, visible from homes, and low-flying jets scream as they approach and take off from the nearby international airport and Kirtland Air Force Base. "It's like the Wild West out here," Silva says -- a modern version.
He recalls the time when so much billowing smoke darkened the sky that he thought a plane had crashed. It turned out to be fuel oil burning at the power plant. He points out some of the places where companies have spilled chemicals. The neighborhood hosts two Superfund sites, where a railroad and a General Electric jet-engine plant polluted the land and groundwater with solvents and creosote. He talks about pollution monitoring by state and federal agencies and describes cleanups done in the past. Other cleanups still need to be done: A huge plume of nitrates, for instance, is drifting through the groundwater, the result of fertilizer runoff from farm fields.
Many residents with private wells drank that water for decades. Government agencies knew of the nitrate problem but failed to address it until the 1980s. Most of the homes now have city water, but people still worry about health impacts from all the local industry. Environmental laws are not always strictly enforced here. Dust from a concrete-crushing operation hangs in the air, along with high levels of diesel smoke, and the area has high rates of asthma and other respiratory illnesses. "When they crush (the concrete), all the dust flies into people's homes and (even) their ice cubes taste like concrete," Silva says. Sometimes the dust is so bad that "people actually have to go to the hospital ER for breathing difficulties." There also appear to be elevated rates for more than 10 varieties of cancer, including brain, kidney and thyroid.
"Seventy-eight percent of the people in Mountain View are Chicano/Mexicano." More than half speak Spanish as their primary language. And nearly 40 percent of the families with children are so poor, they'd have to triple their income to climb above the federal poverty line.
"Albuquerque prefers not to have these kinds of industrial facilities within city limits," so city officials use zoning to "push everything to Mountain View," Silva says. The county government allows it. "This is an institutional process put in place by policies for many generations, and that's hard to break through."
In other words, Mountain View is like other poor neighborhoods of color, both rural and urban, that disproportionately house dirtier industries. Their residents bear an unfair share of the nation's environmental problems.
Silva calls it "environmental racism" that can only be solved by "environmental justice." Tough terms, but thousands of people around the country describe the inequality in the same way. They make up a low-budget, neighborhood-based movement that confronts intrusive industries and unresponsive governments. They simply want their neighborhoods and their health to be treated with the same respect as everyone else's.
They're environmentalists, but not philosophical descendants of John Muir and Aldo Leopold. They often have a rough relationship with the relatively wealthy, white-skinned national groups that concentrate on issues such as pristine wilderness and grizzly bears.
Mountain View is a good place to explore the difficulties and tensions. People here were involved in the beginning of the nationwide rebellion several decades ago and a series of notable leaders have been rooted here. They've also spearheaded the criticism of the big national groups, which still aren't doing much for the neighborhood. Environmentalism here is all about the local people trying to stand up for themselves.
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Early Menopause Onset During Breast Cancer Treatment: What To Know
These therapies may bring on menopause during childbearing years.
One aspect of breast cancer treatment that often gets overlooked is its effect on the reproductive system. Certain types of breast cancer treatment can affect a woman’s fertility, and they can also create menopausal symptoms for women who have not yet reached the typical age of menopause onset (which is usually between ages 45 and 55).
Even if women are not trying to get pregnant, having early menopause symptoms during breast cancer treatment can be a difficult and emotional experience.
“They’re not only dealing with the cancer diagnosis and the side effects of the treatment they’re being given, [but] they’re also dealing with an abrupt menopause, so sometimes hot flashes and other menopausal-type symptoms become an issue,” Amy Tiersten, MD, hematologist and oncologist at Dubin Breast Center, Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
In addition to the infamous hot flashes, menopause symptoms can include trouble sleeping, mood swings, and painful sex. These can be difficult to deal with when a patient is already undergoing treatment side effects like nausea, fatigue, and potentially hair loss—not to mention the stress and fear that come with a cancer diagnosis.
There are several treatment options for breast cancer, and two types in particular are known to increase a woman’s chance for menopausal symptoms: chemotherapy and hormone therapy.
Chemotherapy + Menopause Symptoms
Although newer treatment options are more effective and cause fewer side effects than chemotherapy, one subtype of breast cancer—known as triple-negative breast cancer—still relies primarily on chemotherapy. Learn more about treating triple-negative breast cancer here.
The problem with chemotherapy is that it can damage the ovaries while it’s attempting to attack cancer cells. Because the ovaries are responsible for producing estrogen, damaged ovaries result in reduced levels of estrogen. The drop in estrogen causes the body to mimic natural menopause.
Younger women are less likely to experience early menopause from chemo. “Over the age of 40, a course of chemotherapy is more than 50 percent likely to put someone in an early menopause,” says Dr. Tiersten.
Hormone Therapy + Menopause Symptoms
Hormone therapy—specifically anti-estrogen therapy—can also lead to early menopause symptoms. This type of therapy is used to treat hormone receptor-positive breast cancers, a subtype of breast cancer that is fueled by either estrogen or progesterone.
Because anti-estrogen therapy aims to lower the amount of estrogen in the body, it’s perhaps not surprising that it can induce symptoms of menopause.
Dr. Tiersten encourages women to have open dialogue with their doctors about the side effects and symptoms they are experiencing. For example, vaginal dryness can be uncomfortable to bring up, but there are options to help you deal with them. (Learn more here about how breast cancer treatment can affect your sex life here.)
“[Vaginal dryness] is a normal side effect of the drug they’re on, and there are things that can be offered that might help,” says Dr. Tiersten. “Thankfully, there [are] new drugs that have been studied that have been shown to be effective to minimize hot flashes or vaginal dryness.”
This video features information from Amy Tiersten, MD. Dr. Tiersten is a professor of medicine, hematology, and medical oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She sees patients at the Dubin Breast Center.
Duration: 1:31. Last Updated On: May 15, 2019, 1:01 p.m.
Reviewed by: Preeti Parikh, MD . Review date: May 8, 2019
00:02 A lot of our treatments for breast cancer involve menopausal symptoms.
00:14 Many of these women will go on to need five or
00:17 ten years of an anti-estrogen pill.
00:20 Many of the anti-estrogen medications have menopausal symptoms as side effects.
00:25 And if that occurs during childbearing years that is,
00:29 of course, potentially devastating.
00:31 We have various techniques that patients can use in terms
00:36 of freezing embryos or eggs.
00:38 Because we're frequently in a situation where we're putting a young
00:42 person into premature menopause and having to manage the side effects of menopause.
00:46 Thankfully, there's new drugs that have been studied that have been shown to be
00:49 effective to minimize hot flashes or vaginal dryness.
00:50 This is not something that someone might offer on their own,
00:57 and for them to know that it's a normal side effect of the drug they're on, and
01:00 and there are things that can be offered that might help, is really important.
01:05 I think it's extremely important for the patient and
01:09 the medical oncology team to have a very open dialogue.
01:13 I think being able to have realistic conversations about prognosis and
01:18 expectations, in terms of long-term outcome,
01:21 is something that is very important as well.
Cancer treatment - early menopause. Washington, DC: MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine. (Accessed on May 1, 2019 at https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000912.htm.)
What is menopause? Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Aging. (Accessed on May 1, 2019 at https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-menopause.)
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How Breast Cancer Can Affect Your Sex Life + What to Do About It
For starters, sex is not off-limits during treatment.
Treating Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: What Works, What Doesn’t
Here’s why treating this type of breast cancer can be tricky.
How Immunotherapy Is Used to Treat Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
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“Metastatic breast cancer used to be considered a death sentence; that’s absolutely not true anymore.”
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10 Iconic Movie Weddings that Still Give Us All the Feels
By Mehera Bonner
It's a nice day for a white wedding! By which we mean, it's a nice day to binge watch cute wedding scenes from some of the most romantic movies of all time. We've rounded up our favorite iconic Hollywood nuptials to put you in the mood for love — or, in the case of The Godfather, put you in the mood for Italian food and mob movies.
Arguably the *most* iconic movie wedding scene in cinematic history — and with an amazing soundtrack to boot.
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Big and Carrie's New York nuptials didn't exactly go as planned (ahem, that's an understatement), but this scene will go down as one of the best wedding moments ever. (And don't stress, they get together in the end.)
There's nothing more classic than watching Julia Roberts and Richard Gere ride horses into the great unknown after getting hitched on Runaway Bride. Though this moment happens during the movie's end credits, so, er, spoiler alert.
Behold, Edward and Bella cementing their vampire-human love with a angsty/emo wedding.Swoon. By the way, Bella's dress is seriously stunning — is it any wonder you can buy recreations all over the internet.
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If you only have time to watch one scene from The Graduate, make it this one. Sure, Ben doesn't make it in time to stop Elaine's wedding, but they most definitely run away together right after she says "I do" to another man. It's a truly poignant ending, and Elaine's bridal look is on point.
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No one does a wedding like Disney! Cinderella got her happy ending when she married Prince Charming, and they looked fabulous (girl is totally on the choker trend). The only royal wedding that even comes close is Will and Kate's. Almost.
The entire plot of Mamma Mia! revolves around Meryl Streep reconnecting with her one true love, and at the end of the movie they totally get married and it's totally adorable. If there was an Oscar for great wedding scenes, Meryl would clearly win.
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Mixed reaction from industry to new ASIC funding
While the industry has for the most part welcomed ASIC's additional funding, there are concerns that the new $127.2 million does not make up for cuts in the 2014 federal budget.
The announcement of an additional $127.2 million in funding for ASIC has been welcomed by the Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) as well as both retail and industry superannuation groups.
The ABA said it "supported" both expanding the powers of ASIC, as announced yesterday, as well as increasing the regulator's resources.
"The banking industry supports, in principle, the product intervention power for ASIC to bolster consumer protections. However, we need to be wary of any action that may have unintended consequences and adversely impact on product innovation or consumer choice," the ABA said.
"We also support a new obligation on product manufacturers, including banks and other financial institutions, to ensure design and distribution of financial products meets the needs of all consumers," it said.
But Governance Institute of Australia chief executive Steven Burrell warned that the "one-off" funding boost of $127.2 million does not address the "urgent need" for a "sustainable long-term funding model" for the regulator.
"The $127 million funding increase is a positive move but at the end of the day, all it does is restore ASIC’s coffers to their level prior to the 2014 budget cuts," Mr Burrell said.
"Importantly, it misses the opportunity to take up the Financial System Inquiry’s recommendation to introduce a three-year funding model supported by a user-pays system so that ASIC has long-term financial certainty and is not subject to government revenue swings.
"ASIC needs more money when it is busiest in a downturn, which is exactly when Canberra dips into deficit and tightens the screws on expenditure.
"The seeds of misbehaviour are sown when markets are strong, but by the time the economy is in bad shape and ASIC needs more resources to sort out the wreckage from the boom times, government funding has dried up," Mr Burrell said.
The regulator must be "visible and active" in order to police and enforce high standards of corporate conduct, he said.
"ASIC needs to be given the chance to do its job properly, now and into the future, and this boils down to a simple question of stable long-term funding. We urge the government to go beyond a one-off funding boost and back a sustainable funding solution for ASIC without delay," Mr Burrell said.
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Man wins ‘fleeting defamation’ case against Luas and is awarded €500
Leo Diop (24) claimed a tram security guard had racially profiled him and his brother
Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 13:11 Updated: Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 15:06
Leon Diop, of Ashgrove, Springfield, Tallaght, Dublin, pictured leaving court. The judge said he and and his brother Adam “were most impressive witnesses.” Photograph: Collins Courts
A man has been awarded €500 and his legal costs after the High Court found he was subject to a “fleeting defamation” during an incident in which he claimed a Luas tram security guard racially profiled him and his brother.
Leon Diop (24), Ashgrove, Springfield, Tallaght, Dublin, sued Luas operators Transdev Dublin Light Rail and STT Risk Management, which provides security on the tram.
After he lost his defamation case in the Circuit Court, he appealed to the High Court.
On Thursday, Mr Justice Robert Barr found there was a “fleeting defamation” of Mr Diop but, “having regard to the fact it was almost immediately expunged”, he could not find any lasting damage to his reputation or good name.
In the circumstances, he awarded nominal damages of €500 and granted Mr Diop his costs in the High and Circuit Courts.
The court heard Mr Diop, who was president of Maynooth University Students’ Union at the time, got on the tram in Dublin city centre with his brother Adam on June 8th 2016.
Two STT security guards boarded at Blackhorse. The guards claimed there had been a problem that day with three black youths hopping on and off the tram without tickets and generally behaving badly.
As the guards got on, a black youth got off and immediately the first security guard went over to the Diop brothers.
Mr Justice Barr was satisfied the security guard only asked the Diops for the tickets after Leon said: “This is slightly racially profiling.”
The judge rejected the security guard’s evidence the “racially profiling” comment was made when he (guard) said “get off” to the youth who exited the tram when the security got on.
He said the guard’s evidence was a lie “to justify his approach to the plaintiff and his brother in seeking production of their tickets.”
‘Overstepped the mark’
Both security guards had claimed the racial profiling comment was made before tickets were asked for. This was so as to avoid an accusation they had in fact been engaged in racially profiling, he said.
The judge found the request to produce their tickets was not defamatory. However, when the first guard said, “I don’t like your attitude, just step off please”, and gestured at Leon to leave the tram, this was defamatory, he said. The brothers had valid tickets for travel.
The second security man issued a countermanding order permitting the brothers to remain because he could see his colleague had “overstepped the mark”, the judge said.
There was a “momentary defamation” which was almost immediately corrected such that people in the vicinity could not have reasonably formed any lasting adverse opinion of the plaintiff, he said.
The judge also rejected the defendants’ argument that the posting by Leon of an account of the incident to his 1,000 Facebook followers was not a republication such as to diminish any award of damages.
In relation to the claim that the first security guard called Leon “a c***” as he left the carriage, the judge was not satisfied any such remark was made.
It was not for the court to say whether the actions of the security man in selecting the Diops for ticket inspection, alone among passengers that day, amounted to racial profiling or discriminatory conduct.
“All the court can say is that the plaintiff and his brother were most impressive witnesses.”
They were treated badly but the court “cannot award compensation for the fact that people may have been treated badly or unfairly; this was purely a case about defamation.”
Mr Diop graduated in psychology through science while Adam, who did not bring a claim, graduated in multimedia studies from DCU.
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Marrakesh E-Prix Driver Ratings
Formula E had its first race of 2019 in Marrakesh last Sunday and what a race it was: a late safety car caused by two team-mates colliding, a last-lap shootout as a result of the safety car and Attack Mode working well - something Maximilian Guenther used to his advantage.
But how did we rate the drivers after the Marrakesh E-Prix?
Using the same process as before, members of the Just Electric team gave ratings out of 10 with the average rating the one used. We've also given the highest rating as an indicator as to who we thought gave the best performances throughout qualifying and the race.
You can see the results below.
Highest rating: 10
d'Ambrosio made it two podiums in a row after taking victory for the Marrakesh E-Prix. Although he did not start near the front, he quietly made his way into podium contention throughout the race. A collision between the two BMW i Andretti Motorsport drivers allowed the Belgian to take advantage and claim victory - but only after a final-lap shootout where he was pressured by Envision Virgin Racing's Robin Frijns. The gap at the end was less than two tenths.
Robin Frijns
Frijns claimed only his second podium in Formula E with second in Marrakesh. He was close to taking victory, losing out by 0.143s, but was unable to find a way past race winner d'Ambrosio. It was a promising second race of the season for Envision Virgin Racing after a difficult start in Saudi Arabia. The Audi-customer outfit managed to beat the works team with a double podium finish.
Highest rating: 9
Bird started off qualifying with a bizarre incident with team-mate Frijns and NIO driver Tom Dillmann. Dillmann's brakes failed, meaning he drove into Frijns who hit the rear of Bird. Bird's car was damaged but he still managed to snatch pole from Jean-Eric Vergne. In the race, he received damage after Vergne made a very ambitious move at Turn 1. Although the car had damage, Bird stayed with the lead group to eventually finish in third place.
It's perhaps a bit harsh for the driver who finished fourth to have an average rating below eight. But finishing fourth does not tell the story of Sims' race. He qualified in fourth place, only ahead of team-mate Antonio Felix da Costa through a penalty for the Portuguese driver. They were running one-two before the pair collided with 10 minutes to go. What should've been for BMW...
Jean-Eric Vergne
Jean-Eric Vergne's race was certainly a bit of a rollerocaster. Starting from second, he attempted a late move down the inside of Sam Bird at Turn 1. It left the Frenchman spinning across the track and, after not being collected, last. His comeback through the field to fifth was a very good driver, but Vergne loses points for throwing away what could have been a podium result.
Andre Lotterer
It did not take a lot of time for Andre Lotterer to adapt to Formula E. In fact, the German was nominated for the Autosport’s ‘Rookie of the Year’ award, for his good results in Season 4. His versatility and talent were displayed once again in the streets of Ad Diriyah.
He ran at the front for an important part of the race, only to drop places as he got given a drive-through penalty. However, he was able to fight back and gain positions, finishing in P5 and playing an important role in Techeeath’s first place in the Teams’ Championship.
Lotterer is another DS Techeetah driver who had to make a comeback drive work, but he was also able to show the pace of his car to end up finishing in sixth place. A show of his usual attacking driver helped Lotterer secure another points finish. It was a decent effort to finish in sixth after starting 20th. Perhaps the only regret for Lotterer would be not beating Jean-Eric Vergne after his team-mate's spin.
Lucas di Grassi
Di Grassi finished in the points despite starting outside the top 10, showing his, and his Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler car's pace. It was another positive race for the Season 3 champion who secured yet another points finish. It will be disappointing for di Grassi to see the two customer Audi cars ahead of the works team, but it is also a positive he can take that the Audi car is fast.
Sebastien Buemi
It was another solid if not unspectacular race for Season 2 champion Sebastien Buemi. He started in third but fell backwards through the race before coming home to finish in the points. A points finish never looked off the cards for one of Formula E's most consistent performers. Qualifying will please Nissan as their Formula E adventure gets fully into swing, although Buemi falling backwards will be a concern.
Mitch Evans
Mitch Evans is one of Formula E's hottest properties when he's on form and he was on form during qualifying for the Marrakesh E-Prix. Like Buemi, he fell backwards throughout the race - something the Jaguar Racing cars have done ever since the team entered Formula E. The Kiwi secured a points finish for the Jaguar outfit despite going backwards.
Another driver who had to make their way through the field, Daniel Abt started in 16th place before fighting through to finish in the points. A negative will be the lowly starting place, but the fight through the field will give hope to Daniel Abt and team-mate di Grassi. And the pace of the two customer Audi cars will give Abt some positives ahead of Santiago.
Jose Maria Lopez
Jose Maria Lopez only just missed out on a points finish after ending the race in 11th place, but he did make up two places compared to his starting position. Finishing ahead of team-mate Maximilian Guenther will please the three-time WTCC champion but the fact the young German was so close - aided by a late Safety Car - will be a small disappointment.
Maximilian Guenther
Guenther had a quiet but solid race to start 2019. Although he started the race towards the back of the grid, a clever Attack Mode strategy enabled him to finish just one place behind Dragon Racing team-mate Jose Maria Lopez. Guenther's first two races have been a building block as the young German tries to make his mark on the all-electric series.
Edoardo Mortara managed to finish ahead of team-mate Felipe Massa in Marrakesh despite starting two places behind him. Both drivers finished outside the points in what was a challenging race with Venturi Formula E, although Mortara was only three places outside the top 10. One-time podium finisher Mortara will look to improve as Santiago looms.
Nelson Piquet had a better qualifying in Marrakesh when compared to Saudi Arabia, although he still started four places behind team-mate Evans. Like Evans, Piquet fell backwards throughout the race and finished in 14th place - four places outside the points. A tough weekend for the Season 1 champion who will look to bounce back in Santiago.
Oliver Rowland
Rowland made his second appearance for Nissan e.dams and his third in Formula E and he qualified a respectable 12th. But he was another driver who fell backwards during the race to finish in 15th place. It was certainly not as good as his Saudi Arabia debut but Buemi's performance will give Rowland a positive to take given the pace of the Nissan.
Oliver Turvey
It was another difficult day for highly-rated Turvey after starting in 12th place. Falling four places during the race meant Turvey finished in 16th place rather than moving forward, with a points finish out of the question for Turvey. His NIO team-mate also had a difficult day and the team picking up no points.
Tom Dillmann
A mechanical issue in qualifying meant Dillmann started off in a bizarre incident where he hit Robin Frijns into Sam Bird, damaging the polesitter's car. It was a sign of things to come and he started 18th for the race. He was able to move up the field but sadly for the Frenchman, it was only one place and a points finish eluded him.
After an entertaining debut in the middle east, Massa's second race was more disappointing than entertaining. The former Formula 1 driver started back in 15th place and finished in 18th place after a quiet weekend. It was a difficult day all round for Venturi, who did not score any points between Massa or team-mate Mortara.
Antonio Felix da Costa
Another interesting race weekend for Antonio Felix da Costa - a three-place grid drop meant he started in sixth place. A mega start for the Portuguese driver meant he was soon in the top three and, eventually, found himself running one-two with team-mate Alexander Sims. With 10 minutes to go, the two drivers collided. Da Costa ended yup in the barrier while Sims finished in fourth.
The two BMW drivers were not the only two team-mates to have a collision. Gary Paffett and Stoffel Vandoorne collided on lap one with both drivers retiring due to the damage collected. Paffett started the race in 19th and was unable to move up, eventually retiring after three laps.
Pascal Wehrlein
Wehrlein made his Formula E debut in Marrakesh and promptly showed what to expect of the former Mercedes junior driver by qualifying in seventh place. Unfortunately for the German driver, he retired on the opening lap which makes rating his overall weekend difficult. However, an impressive qualifying performance meant he received a high rating of seven with an average of six.
If Wehrlein was hard to rate, then Vandoorne was even harder: a powertrain issue meant he did not get a proper time in and started 22nd. A collision with team-mate Paffett put the former McLaren F1 driver out of the race on lap one. HWA's race was summed up by their press release title: "Dismal day for HWA Racelab at the Marrakesh E-Prix". Brutal, but honest.
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Jigsmith
- featuring established favourites as well as new and previously unheard songs and tunes
“Jigsmith are one of the foremost ceilidh bands in North Shropshire -using a range of traditional instruments, coupled with more modern instruments such as bass guitar, stomp board and electric violin they create a much larger and contemporary sound which, whilst essentially traditional English in content, transcends the generations and becomes an upbeat foot-stompin’ ceilidh dance sensation.”
“The six musicians of Jigsmith, from North Shropshire, play an assortment of instruments between them, including melodeons, whistles, harmonica, angloconcertina, flute, violin, guitars, percussion, bass and stomp box.
Many of the tunes on the CD took me back to when I first started playing in a ceilidh band some 35 years ago, others are more recent, and some are composed by band members Neil Moore and Rob Lewis – I particularly enjoyed Neil’s waltz ‘TJ’s’, composed for the birth of his grandson. this CD presents the band sounding upbeat and lively, much as I guess it would sound playing at a local hop.”
(Review by Jenny Coxon for the English Dance & Song magazine, www.efdss.org )
By request we have made some of the manuscript and notes we used during the creation of the cd available so you can play along. Click on the image below to download the pdfs.
Moromelodious CD
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Civil Rights Groups Pay Tribute To Edith Windsor
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From the ACLU: Today, we lost one of this country’s great civil rights pioneers, Edie Windsor. The wheels of progress turn forward because of people like Edie who are willing to stand up in the face of injustice. One simply cannot write the history of the gay rights movement without reserving immense credit and gratitude for Edie Windsor. We were …
Obama Thanks Supporters In Final Weekly Address: I Look Forward To Working With You As A Citizen [VIDEO]
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A partial transcript: Our success depends on our participation, regardless of which way the pendulum of power swings. It falls on each of us to be guardians of our democracy; to embrace the joyous task we’ve been given to continually try to improve this great nation of ours. Because for all our outward differences, we all share the same proud …
MISSOURI: Democrats Filibuster Record Of Filibuster
Two days ago Democrats in the Missouri Senate launched a 39-hour filibuster in an ultimately failed attempt to thwart a vote on an anti-LGBT RFRA bill. They are at again today, this time filibustering the record of their filibuster. Listen at this link. #HEROES.
AUSTRALIA: Murdered Hero In Sydney Cafe Siege Was Openly Gay Man
The Sydney cafe manager murdered yesterday after being held hostage by a deranged Islamist was an openly gay man in a 14-year relationship. The manager of the Lindt cafe who was fatally shot in the Martin Place siege is being praised as a hero who helped others trapped in the cafe to escape. Tori Johnson, 34, was wrestling a gun …
Wonkette: Actor Paul Rudd Was Among Bystanders Who Took Down Homophobe After Assault At Dallas Airport
Wonkette reports today that actor Paul Rudd was among the bystanders that rushed to take down a drunk redneck homophobe who had just assaulted a man after calling him a “faggot.” At this writing, it doesn’t appear that Rudd has confirmed the story, but after watching the clip again, it does look like him. The original video of the attack …
One year ago today, Edith Windsor emerged from the doors of the Supreme Court to the wild cheers of hundreds of adoring fans following oral arguments in United States Vs Windsor. Three months later the Supreme Court ruled in Windsor’s favor, setting off an avalanche of pro-LGBT changes by the federal government and a still unbroken cascade of marriage equality …
AZ State Rep. Chad Campbell Celebrates
Campbell, you should ALL remember, was a fiery and passionate defender of our people when the bill was being debated on the Arizona House floor. He is being term-limited out of office this year and many thought him to be a top Democratic prospect for governor, but several months ago he said would not run.
AZ Rep. Chad Campbell Reports Death Threat After Epic Defense Of LGBT Rights
If you watched yesterday’s Arizona House debate, you’ll know that the only bright points of the entire disgusting exercise were the impassioned defenses of the LGBT community delivered by Democratic Minority Leader Rep. Chad Campbell. Apparently some of God’s Gentle People didn’t like that. Campbell, not incidentally, is straight and married to a woman. RELATED: Last year the Phoenix Tea …
White House: Thank You Edie Windsor
A message of thanks to DOMA champion Edith Windsor was posted today on the White House blog. The statement is attributed to White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett. An excerpt: When the Court handed down its decision last June, President Obama called Edie from Air Force One to congratulate her on her victory. And earlier this week, the President invited …
Edith Windsor Attends White House State Dinner Honoring French President
DOMA champion Edith Windsor was among the guests attending last night’s White House state dinner honoring French President Francois Hollande, who guided his nation to marriage equality last May. Climbing out of his limousine just after 7 p.m., he [Hollande] was greeted by the Obamas, the first lady in a full liberty-blue skirt and black beaded top by Carolina Herrera. …
SEATTLE: Two US Soldiers Credited For Dousing Arson Attempt At Gay Nightclub
Seattle’s KIRO-TV reports: In the first few seconds after the fire roared up the back stairway of Neighbours nightclub in Seattle, US Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Bostick [ABOVE] was one of a few New Year’s Eve revelers who reacted immediately. “I’m embarrassed to say, my first move was to go after it with cups of water. Then I quickly realized, …
Nelson Mandela Dead At Age 95
Thank A Lesbian Today
One of the most beautiful and moving aspects of the early plague years was the unprecedented response of the lesbian community. Our sisters stepped up when no one else would and became caregivers, companions, and fierce advocates. While the marriage equality movement has certainly united gay men and lesbians, in the early years of HIV/AIDS the two communities were at …
NEBRASKA: Gay-Bashing Of Straight Marine Investigated As Hate Crime
The attack on the straight Marine who was gay-bashed in Omaha after standing up for a friend in drag will be investigated as a hate crime. Omaha Police said Thursday officers are investigating this incident as a hate crime. Gay rights activists in Omaha want people to know there’s nothing scary about a man in a dress. They will be …
Edith Windsor Celebrates Her Historic Win
At today’s press conference at the New York City LGBT Community Center. Windsor will be at the Stonewall celebration this afternoon at 5:30PM.
Edith Windsor: Pride Magazine Cover Gal
The national edition of Pride Magazine 2013 can be found in a gayborhood near you. This year’s cover is totally frame-worthy. I’ll have details on a digital download of the title soon.
Edith Windsor Gets The News
Via New Yorker: Everyone at the apartment of Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer who argued Edith Windsor’s successful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, exploded in screams and sobs when the ruling came down. Kaplan called her mother and said, “Total victory, Mom: it couldn’t be better.” Windsor said, “I wanna go to Stonewall right now!” Then she called a …
And Still They Danced
At tonight’s gala fundraiser marking the 30th anniversary of the NYC LGBT Community Center, the headlining honoree was DOMA plaintiff Edie Windsor. Upon taking the stage, Edie led us through her 42-year relationship with her late wife, Thea Spyer, starting with their closeted courtship and through the decades until their 2007 wedding in Toronto. During her speech, Edie spoke of …
Passengers Applaud When Gay Man Stands Up To Homophobic Subway Preacher
(Tipped by JMG reader David)
Late PFLAG Founder Jeanne Manford To Receive Presidential Citizens Medal
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PFLAG founder Jeanne Manford, who died last month at the age of 92, will be posthumously honored with the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second-highest honor the government gives a civilian. Twelve others will receive the medal at an upcoming White House ceremony. Paul Schindler reports at Gay City News: When Manford died last month at the age of 92, Jody …
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Fortune Telling Weighing Machine
While waiting at a bus stop for a bus, a woman stepped onto a weight machine that told your fortune and weight for a quarter.
She put a quarter in, and out came a card that read:
"Your age is 32, You weigh 135 lbs, and you play the fiddle."
She found the fortune amusing, since she didn't play the fiddle, but it did have her age correct. About that time, an old gentleman walked up carrying a fiddle. She asked him if she could see his fiddle. He agreed and to their amazement, she began playing the fiddle with great natural skill.
She wondered if the fortune machine had actually known something about her that she didn't. She thought about it, and decided to try the weight machine again. She put another quarter in the machine, and out comes the card that reads:
"Your age is 32, you weigh 135 lbs., and you have gastritis."
She found this one to be absurd, as she was in perfect health. So she went back to the bus-stop to wait for her bus.
While sitting there, she develops abdominal pains that continue to get worse until she lets rip a humongous batch of anal air. She wondered about the fortune, and again was curious if the machine was capable of knowing stuff about her that she didn't know.
She goes back and puts another quarter in the machine. Out comes a card that reads:
"Your age is 32, you weigh 135 lbs., and you are about to have sex."
She laughed out loud, as she had been trying to find a decent guy to screw around with for months, with no luck. She is sitting there waiting for the bus, when this attractive young man sits down and immediately their eyes locked, and they both knew that they were right for each other. They quickly ducked down an alley and began to go at it like rutting pigs.
The woman was so simply amazed at the ability of the machine, that she had to try it one more time. She stood on the machine,
put her last quarter in, and out came a card that read:
"Your age is 32, you weigh 135 lbs. You've fiddled, you've farted, you've screwed around, and now you've missed your bus."
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A husband and his wife advertised for a live-in maid to cook and do the housework. They hired a lovely lass for the job.
She worked out fine, was a good cook, was polite, and kept the house neat. One day, after about six months, she came in and said she would have to quite.
"But why?" asked the disappointed wife.
She hemmed and hawed and said she didn't want to say, but the wife was persistent, so finally she said, "Well on my day off a couple of months ago I met this good-looking fellow from over in the next county, and
well, I'm pregnant."
The wife said, "Look, we don't want to lose you. My husband and I don't have children, and we'll adopt your baby if you will stay."
She talked to her husband; he agreed, and the maid said she would stay. The baby came, they adopted it, and all went well.
After several months though, the maid came in again and said that she would have to quit. The wife questioned her, found out that she was pregnant again, talked to her husband, and offered to adopt the baby if she would stay.
She agreed, had the baby, they adopted it, and life went on as usual.
In a few months, however, she again said she would have to leave. Same thing. She was pregnant. They made the same offer, she agreed, and they adopted the third baby. She worked for a week or two, but then said, "I am definitely leaving this time."
"Don't tell me you're pregnant again?" asked the lady of the house.
"No," she said, "I just can't handle all these damned kids."
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire...
My wife and I are watching "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" while we are in bed.
I turned to her and said,
"Do you want to have sex?"
"No." She answered.
I then said,
"Is that your final answer?"
"Yes." She replied.
" I'd like to phone a friend."
That's the last thing I remember.
The Plucked Parrot
A parrot developed the bad habit of fucking the farmer's hens, making them quit laying. The farmer tells the parrot if he does it again he will pull out every feather in the parrot's head. The next day, the farmer again catches the parrot humping a hen, and snatches the parrot bald.
The following day, the farmer's wife hosts a formal dinner. She thinks it would be unique if the parrot greeted the guests and told them where to go. She had spent nearly a year training the parrot for this.
As the guests began entering, the parrot dutifully announced, "Ladies to the right! Gentlemen to the left!" Spotting two bald guys entering, the parrot says, "And you two chicken-fuckers get up here with me."
The Father of the Child
A bloke is in a queue at the Super Market when he notices that the rather dishy blonde behind him has just raised her hand and smiled hello to him.
He is rather taken aback that such a looker would be waving to him, and although familiar he can't place where he might know her from, so he says "Sorry, do you know me?"
She replies "I maybe mistaken, but I thought you might be the father of one of my children!"
His mind shoots back to the one and only time he has been unfaithful, "Christ!" he says "are you that stripogram on my stag night that I shagged on the snooker table in front of all my mates whilst your mate whipped me with some wet celery and stuck a cucumber up my @rse?"
"No" she replies, "I'm your son's English Teacher"
Little Johnny and Arithmetic
Little Johnny returns from school and says he got an F in arithmetic.
"Why?" asks the father.
"The teacher asked 'How much is 2 x 3?' I said 6.
"But that's right!"
"Then she asked me 'How much is 3 x 2?'
"What's the fucking difference?" asks the father.
"That's what I said!"
Little Johnny Watched his Mother put on her Makeup
Little Johnny watched, fascinated, as his mother gently rubbed cold cream on her face.
"Why are you rubbing cold cream on your face, Mommy" he asked?
"To make myself beautiful", said his mother.
A few minutes later, she began removing the cream with a tissue.
"What's the matter" asked Little Johnny. "Giving up"?
Little Johnny in Biology Class
Little Johnny is sitting in a biology class, and the teacher says that an interesting phenomenon of nature is that only humans stutter, no other animal in the world does this.
Johnny's hand shoots up. "Not correct, Miss!" he says.
"Please explain, Johnny," replies the teacher.
"Well, Miss, the other day I was playing with my cat in the front yard. The neighbors' Great Dane came around the corner, and my cat went "ffffffffff! ffffffffffff! ffffffffff!", and before he could say "FUCK OFF!", the dog ate him!"
Little Johnny and the S&M Magazines
One day Little Johnny's Mom was cleaning his room. In the closet, she found a bondage S&M magazine. This was *highly* upsetting to her. She hid the magazine until his father got home. When Little Johnny's father walked in the door, she irately handed the magazine to him, and said, "THIS is what I found in "your" son's closet".
He looked at it and handed it back to her without a word.
Several minutes passed, then she finally asked him, "Well what should we do about this"?
Little Johnny's Dad looked at her and said, "Well I don't think you should spank him".
Public Apology
Eric Burdon, spokesman for the sixties band The Animals, today made a public apology.
Apparently, there isn't a house in New Orleans!
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JBN.CO.ID ■ The special criminal investigator of the Attorney General's Office, continues to develop an investigation into the allege... BALINEWS ECONOMY INDONESIA TODAY Friday, January 17, 2020, 12:38 WIB Last Updated 2020-01-17T05:38:28Z
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Jakarta Flood, Yuni Shara: Alhamdulillah, welcome to 2020
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There was a ring solar eclipse, Muhammadiyah asked Muslims to pray Khusuf
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Anies Baswedan Attends Hafidz Al-Quran Graduation Ceremony
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Selayar Regent Will Remove Retribution For Fisheries Industry Investors
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HIV sufferers in Sukabumi district are increasing
JBN.CO.ID ■ Sukabumi District Health Office, noted the Suspect Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) had an increase that was dominated by m... INDONESIA TODAY LIFE STYLE Monday, December 2, 2019, 16:09 WIB Last Updated 2019-12-02T09:09:36Z
Siti Nur Azizah: I Hope the Nationalist Religious Spirit becomes the Selayar Identity
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Selayar Islands Regent: Alhamdulillah, Economic Growth in 2018 Reached 8.77 percent
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A STRONGER KINSHIP
One Town’s Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith
by Anna-Lisa Cox
A gladdening, unsentimental chronicle of a Midwestern town that practiced racial equality against all late-19th-century odds.
The town was Covert, Mich. “Starting in the 1860s the people of this place broke both laws and social expectations to develop a community of radical equality,” writes Cox, scholar in residence at Chicago’s Newberry Library. Though it was very much an abolitionist community, Covert was not a utopian experiment, the author makes plain. Yankees from Massachusetts, free black farmers from North Carolina, deeply accented Europeans, Native Americans and black frontier folk born and raised in the Midwest all gathered there to promote the idea that a vibrant community should tap the strengths of all its citizens. A series of small yet profound acts had big consequences. For example, a black man ran for elective office when it was still a crime, and a largely white electorate voted him in because he was the right person for the job. Working from local records, newspapers and personal reflections, Cox credits the town’s integrated success to the most prosaic of reasons: Its residents were more interested in thriving economically than in expending energy on efforts to promote racism. “Covert’s unusual culture not only blossomed but bore good harvest, while the rest of the nation saw the meager fruits of Reconstruction wither on the vine,” the author notes. Still, it was never entirely about economic self-interest; Covertites were well aware of their anti-establishmentarianism and pursued it with thumb-nosing disregard for the bigotry in which the Midwest trafficked with gusto during the second half of the 19th century. After 50 years of going its own way, the town fell victim to changing demographics; as the graybeards died off, ignorance wheedled its way into the town’s fabric, and Covert’s rare time faded.
Covert well deserves the limelight thrown by Cox as a grand example of decency and defiance of Jim Crow’s gathering venality.
Pub Date: Feb. 6th, 2006
Publisher: Little, Brown
Review Posted Online: May 20th, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Dec. 15th, 2005
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Home Cookbooks Cook Like A Pro: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
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In her new cookbook, Cook Like a Pro, Ina Garten shares a brand-new collection of recipes, tips, and techniques, so readers can cook with confidence no matter how much experience they have in the kitchen.
As America's most trusted and beloved cookbook author, Ina Garten "the Barefoot Contessa" has taught millions of people how to cook. In Cook Like a Pro, Ina shares some of her most irresistible recipes and very best pro tips, from the secret to making her custardy, slow-cooked Truffled Scrambled Eggs to the key to the crispiest and juiciest Fried Chicken Sandwiches. Ina will even show you how to make an easy yet showstopping pattern for her Chocolate Chevron Cake- your friends won't believe you decorated it yourself!
For Ina, cooking like a pro also means hosting like a pro, and along with know-how like how to tell when a filet of beef is perfectly cooked, you'll find dozens of other great ideas to boost your cooking and entertaining skills such as how to set up an elegant home bar and how to make an impressive Raspberry Baked Alaska that can be completely prepared ahead of time so all you need to do is finish it for your guests before serving. Beginner and advanced cooks alike will love Ina's delectable recipes, and if you have questions along the way, don't worry, Ina's practical guidance talks you through every detail, as though she were right there by your side.
With beautiful photos and a treasury of pro tips that span prepping, making, and serving, as Ina says, "You don't have to be a pro to cook like one!"
Cook Like a Pro By Ina Garten. Published by Clarkson Potter. Hardcover. 272 pages.
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3 dead in Robstown nursing home shooting; 2 others dead at separate scene
The Texas Rangers will aid in the murder investigation.
Author: Jared Cruz-Aedo
Updated: 8:53 AM CDT July 28, 2018
Robstown (KIII News) — Robstown police responding to a call of an active shooter at a nursing home found three people dead. Two other people were found dead at a separate location that police believe was related.
It started Friday night at around 7 p.m. when people were called to the Retama Manor Nursing Center in the 600 block of East Avenue J.
According to Chief Administrator and City Secretary Herman Rodriguez, police found two males and one female dead. Police say one of those dead is the gunman.
There was another call about a shooting at a home. Two male victims were found dead there.
The exact chain of events or motive at this point is unclear.
"Anything that we would state at this point at such a early time in this tragedy would be speculation and we definitely don't want to speculate," Rodriguez told KIII. "This is a profound incident that doesn't really transpire here too often in Robstown. We've got to keep the empathy of the family; this is a small town here in Robstown."
Robstown police say Retama Manor Nursing Center is a medium-sized for-profit nursing home with 94 beds. It has been in operation for a number of years in south Texas..
The Texas Rangers will aid in the potential murder investigation.
If you have any information about the incident please contact the Robstown Police Department at 361-387-3531.
At this time the case is still being investigated.
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Independence residents call for councilman's resignation
Councilman spent thousands on travel
By: Jessica McMaster
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Across social media, people from Independence are calling for the resignation of an Independence city councilman.
The swift backlash comes just hours after a 41 Action News investigation revealed Tom Van Camp, councilman for District 4, spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on trips that don't appear to be related to city business.
Several people have shared their anger and frustration about the councilman's travel on the 41 Action News Facebook page:
Janet Jones Rush writes, "Stay on this 41 Action News! There needs to be a lot more refunded to the tax payers by all of them!"
Marcie Gragg, a former Independence councilwoman, also commented saying, "Tom did a lot of traveling, even before I left the Council. He never shared anything with Council that he learned on his trips though."
Several people are also calling for an independent audit on the matter.
The 41 Action News investigators examined travel records for all members of the city council dating back to January 2015.
Since that time, council members Mike Huff, Curt Dougherty, Karen DeLuccie, Scott Roberson and John Perkins have not spent any money on travel, according to city records.
Mayor Eileen Weir is on par with Van Camp in terms of travel expenses.
They've both spent around $24,000 since 2015.
However, nothing appears to be out of the ordinary, or personal in nature, in regards to the mayor's travels.
In Independence, there is no cap on the amount of money elected officials can spend on travels pertaining to city related business.
41 Action News attempted to speak with Van Camp again on Friday.
E-mails to Meg Lewis, spokesperson for Independence, were not immediately returned.
Several people have also said they plan to attend Monday night's city council meeting.
On an Independence citizen's group Facebook page , one person wrote, "We all need to attend Mondays meeting at city hall and demand answers."
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MRI probes targeting glutamate receptors in the brain: Antagonist-based approach.
Receptor targeting is widely used for competitive binding in brain imaging using techniques such as positron emission tomography and optical imaging. It is also an ongoing debate whether antagonist- or agonist-based approaches are more beneficial. However, an application of competitive binding for brain functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has not yet been shown. Our intention is to develop antagonist-based glutamate responsive MRI contrast agents (CAs) to image glutamate fluctuations in specific brain regions associated with neural activity. We have chosen CAs that bind to the metabotropic glutamate-receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5) [1]. Such molecules can bind both to neuronal postsynaptic receptors as well as to those expressed on astrocytes. They can therefore act both as markers of receptor density and as indicator of neuronal activation. For the latter, ideally, upon glutamate binding to the receptor (i.e. after glutamate release at the synapse) the CA will be released, hence leading to a reduction in image contrast, followed by a restoration of equilibrium and re-binding of the CA to the receptor. These events are believed to occur over a period of few seconds allowing data acquisition using modern fast MR-techniques[2].
The study aims on developing functional MRI methods that are not based on the BOLD signal. Such methods would allow opening up a complete new way of functional assessment of how the brain works.
We have designed and synthesized different prospective CAs derived from various potent mGluR5-receptor antagonists (Figure 1, alkynes like MPEP, MTEP shown in green and dipyridyl/heterobiaryl amides shown in brown) coupled to DOTA-derived macrocyclic gadolinium chelates. The CAs were evaluated in cultured primary cortical rat astrocytes, expressing mGluR5 (verified by immunofluorescence). MRI-measurements to examine the ability of the CAs for cellular labeling were done with a 3T human whole body scanner. Antagonistic potency of the CAs was assessed with a calcium fluorescence assay, by which glutamate induced intracellular calcium transients mediated by mGluR5 were measured. Antagonistic activity of the CAs was calculated as changes in EC50 of glutamate. Receptor binding was monitored for the dipyridyl derivatives, as these compounds have an inherent fluorescence that changes upon binding. Commercially available receptor membrane preparations containing recombinant human mGluR5A were used for these experiments.
Initial Results
Two of the gadolinium complexes retained significant antagonistic activity, one in each structural class. For the alkyne-derivative Gd.L3, an about fourfold increase of the EC50(glutamate) (100µM CA, 15min, P<0.001) was found while under similar conditions the cellular relaxation rate R1,cell increased to 126% of control (100µM, 45 minutes incubation time, P<0.001, Figure 2). The CA Gd.L8 derived from dipyridyl amides increased the EC50(glutamate) about threefold (p<0.001) and the R1,cell to 115% (p<0.05, Figure 2). Fluorescence measurements of the latter CA showed enhanced emission upon binding to mGluR5-membrane preparations. This effect was reversed when increasing concentrations of glutamate were added, consistent with the reversibility of CA-receptor binding.
Using primary rat astrocytes as cellular model system to investigate newly developed glutamate-responsive MRI contrast agents, we were able to identify two promising candidates. These CAs are based on the structures of antagonists to mGluR5 and our studies establish the validity of the concept, by which it might be possible to use MRI for brain functional measurements employing competitive binding approaches.
Figure 1: Structures of mGluR5 targeted MRI probes.
Figure 2: Cellular 1H-MR relaxation rates R1,cell in cell suspensions after treatment of primary astrocytes with 100µM of [Gd.DOTA] or [Gd.L1-8] for 45 min.
Figure 3: Representative T1-weighted MR-images of 1x107 cells treated for 45 min with 100µM [Gd.DOTA] or [Gd.L2].
[1] Mishra, A., Gottschalk, S., Engelmann, J., Parker, D., Chemical Science 3(1)(2012)131-135
[2] Logothetis, N.K., Nature 453(2008)869-878
Application of CyLoP-1 for the induction of apoptosis in cancer cells.
Cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) are known as transduction vectors for several years and their feasibility has been demonstrated in a wide range of in vitro studies [1]. Due to their ability to deliver a variety of compounds through cellular membranes they have also gained attention in the biomedical field. Unfortunately, uptake via endocytotic pathways and hence vesicular encapsulation limits the application of CPPs, particularly when it comes to a cargo that needs to be delivered to the cytosol of a cell. We have recently developed the new cysteine-rich CPP CyLoP-1 (Figure 1) [2]. It could be shown that the cysteines were essential for efficient uptake as well as cytosolic distribution and it was also proved that CyLoP-1 is taken up most efficiently in its natural L-form. To verify the capability of CyLoP-1 to transport a biological active cargo across cellular membranes, we attached the pro-apoptotic peptide-sequence AVPIAQK (SmacN7) to CyLoP-1. SmacN7 is derived from the N-terminus of the second mitochondria-derived activator of caspase (Smac) protein which is released from mitochondria in response to apoptotic stimuli and promotes caspase-3 activation in the cytosol [3]. The short sequence SmacN7 has been shown to be sufficient enough to maintain the original function of Smac [4]. However, SmacN7 alone is not capable of passing through cellular membranes and it needs to bind to its cytosolic target protein to exert its pro-apoptotic action [3, 4]. By measuring the apoptotic level in treated cells, SmacN7 can thus be used to prove the cytosolic delivery of CPP-SmacN7 conjugates [5].
The project aims on demonstrating the potential capability of CyLoP-1 for targeted cytosolic delivery of drugs or other compounds that are unable of crossing cellular membranes on their own.
CyLoP-1 (CRWRWKCCKK, Figure 1) was synthesized by Fmoc solid-phase synthesis. An additional lysine was attached as linker. Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) as fluorophore was coupled to the ?-amino group of this additional lysine. At the ?-amino group of the same lysine SmacN7 (AVPIAQK) was covalently conjugated, yielding the construct SmacN7-K(FITC)-CyLoP-1. Internalization was evaluated on NIH3T3 mouse fibroblasts [2]. Briefly, confluent cells were incubated for 18 h with 2.5 µM of CPP-conjugate. Then, nuclei were counter-stained with Hoechst 33342 and extracellular fluorescence was quenched with trypan blue. Intracellular FITC- and Hoechst-fluorescence were measured in a plate reader and microscopic images of the same cells were taken afterwards.
Apoptosis was induced in confluently grown human cancer cell line (HeLa) with the combination of an agonistic anti-Fas antibody and cycloheximide (CHX) [5]. Incubations were done for 18 hours with or without SmacN7-K(FITC)-CyLoP-1 (2.5 or 5 µM). The extent of apoptosis was also assessed after 18 hours of treatment with the SmacN7-CyLoP-1 construct alone. Caspase-3 activity as marker for the extent of apoptosis was measured in the supernatant of lysed cells with a standard enzymatic assay. The caspase-3 activity measurements were normalized on the protein content of the samples which was quantified with a standard Bradford protein assay.
Treatment of HeLa cells with only SmacN7-K(FITC)-CyLoP-1 induced already a significant and concentration dependent increase of caspase-3 activity (Figure 2). However, this increase was on a lower absolute level as compared to apoptosis induced by CHX+anti-Fas-treatment (the caspase-3 activities were 0.4±0.1 and 4.7±0.8 [DFU sec-1] for untreated control and CHX+anti-Fas, respectively). Furthermore, co-treatment of HeLa cells with CHX, anti-Fas antibody and the SmacN7-CyLoP-1 construct enhanced the level of apoptosis in addition to that already induced by CHX+anti-Fas-treatment alone (Figure 3).
We have shown that our newly developed cysteine-rich peptide CyLoP-1 is superior in reaching the cytosol of cells in comparison to other established CPPs. We have also demonstrated that the cargo construct SmacN7-CyLoP-1 was capable of inducing and enhancing apoptosis in cancer cells, thus proving the ability of CyLoP-1 to successfully deliver a fully functional attached bioactive cargo to its cytosolic site of action.
Figure 1: Schematic structure of a CyLoP-1 cargo conjugate.
Figure 2: Induction of apoptosis; Caspase-3 activity 18 h after incubation with SmacN7-K(FITC)-CyLoP-1.
Figure 3: Enhancement of apoptosis; Caspase-3 activity 18 h after incubation with CHX, anti-Fas and SmacN7-K(FITC)-CyLoP-1.
[1] Lundberg et al., J. Mol. Recognit. 16(2003)227.
[2] Jha D, Mishra R, Gottschalk S, Wiesmüller KH, Ugurbil K, Maier ME, Engelmann J. Bioconjug Chem, 22(2011)319.
[3] Fandy et al., Mol. Cancer 7(2008)60.
[4] Heckl et al., Med. Chem. 4(2008)348.
[5] Duchardt et al., Traffic 8(2007)848.
since March 2009 - Research scientist at the High-field Magnetic Resonance Centre of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany in the Contrast Agent Development Group of Joern Engelmann, Ph.D.
August 2005 - February 2009 - Postdoc at CRC CHUM, Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montréal, Canada in the laboratories of Marc Bilodeau, MD and Claudia Zwingmann, Ph.D.
November 2006 - September 2008 - Scholarship from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
"Metabolic, biochemical and molecular changes associated with early changes in energy metabolism during the hepatocellular apoptotic process."
December 1999 - January 2004 - Ph.D. student at the university of Bremen (Germany)
"The Molecular Mechanisms of the Neurotoxicity of the Immunosuppressants Ciclosporin, Sirolimus and Everolimus."
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Promise Team Spotlight - Amanda Bashore
TEAM KZOOCONNECT - 11.21.2019
This month’s installment in our Promise Team Spotlight series demonstrates what happens when one finds joy in pursuing a different path than what was originally planned. So without any further delay, let’s meet Amanda Bashore, Promise Pathway Coach for The Kalamazoo Promise (The Promise).
After graduating from Kalamazoo Central High School in 2008, Bashore decided to study industrial and operations engineering at the University of Michigan (U of M).
“While at U of M, I went back and forth about engineering,” she recalled. “If I switched my major, I would have added another year to my education, so I remained in engineering even though I had other interests.”
After graduating from U of M, Bashore began working in the TRIO Upward Bound program at Central Michigan University (CMU). It was in this role that she found passion in a new career path.
“I fell in love with talking to students about what they wanted to do and where they wanted to go,” she said of her time in the program.
Reinvigorated by the experience, Bashore earned a master’s degree in counseling from CMU and started her new career as a school counselor. During a move back to Kalamazoo, she heard about an opportunity as a Promise Pathway Coach with The Promise and decided to set out on the next chapter of her life.
As a Promise Pathway Coach, Bashore works directly with Kalamazoo Public School students and assists them in filling out Promise paperwork, financial aid documents, college applications, and other preparations for life after high school.
“I talk with students about what path they want to take and how they can leverage The Promise to get them to where they want to go,” she explained.
Bashore often uses her own story as a means of guidance for her students, reminding them to pursue what makes them happy.
“I like being able to talk to students about how I went into a field I didn’t enjoy and how I wished I would’ve thought about what I valued,” she said. “At the end of the day, I wasn’t passionate about manufacturing and engineering. That wasn’t what got me out of bed in the morning.”
Bashore is appreciative of every conversation she gets to have with students, reminding them that they have the options and resources to carve out a future that they will find fulfillment in.
Now a parent, Bashore looks forward to raising her son in the community that she grew up in. It is her hope that he will be able to use The Promise’s offerings to his path towards a career he loves.
Kalamazoo appreciates the effort you put into our future leaders, Amanda. Keep up the excellent work!
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Posted on January 27, 2017 | Featured, Shipping and Transport, Tourism
Jan 27, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Sail Lanka Charter hosted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe and his wife on-board their 53ft sailing catamaran, Sapphire, during the Fairway Galle Literary Festival.
The vessel reflects local talent as it was built in Sri Lanka using local materials, the company said.
Established in 2014 as part of the Sri Lanka Yachting Group, Sail Lanka Charter aims to enhance local boat building skills and expand its presence in the Sri Lankan tourism industry.
“We are proud to have had the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka grace our boat during his private visit to the Fairway Galle Literary Festival, and wish to thank him for taking an interest in the dynamic boat building industry and for appreciating our company’s efforts to add value to the sector,” Pierre Pringiers chairman of Sail Lanka Charter said.
“I believe there is tremendous scope to grow the boat building industry while simultaneously introducing aquatic tourism in this beautiful island.”
Sail Lanka Charter was founded as an initiative of “Building A Future Foundation”. The foundation initiated Sail Lanka Charter (SLC) by rebuilding boats and infrastructure destroyed in the tsunami of 2004.
In 2007, the foundation expanded into creating employment in sustainable socioeconomic industries related to the ocean.
In 2008, they formed the first whale watching company in Mirissa, Mirissa Water Sports, giving rise to the Whale Watching industry with over 60 licensed boats in operation today.
The company is the pioneering force of luxury aquatic tourism in Sri Lanka. Sail Lanka Charter is the first chartering company in Sri Lanka with more than 5 boats in operation around the island, offering cruises from three hours to ten days.
Sail Lanka’s 3-day and 6-day trips to Jaffna are fast gaining in popularity amongst local and foreign tourists, the company said.
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Assistive Technology: Outcomes and Efficiency.
Mike Beazley and Kim Conner
CareKnowledge Special Report No.62, February 2012
N.B. You can read this report as full text, below, or as a PDF using the icon at the bottom of the page.
Assistive Technology is one of the key areas the Government is investigating as it takes forward its thinking about the NHS and social care. We published a Special Report on this topic in June of last year. That introductory report looked at some of our general attitudes to the increasing use of technology in everyday life, and at the emotional reactions that can affect our willingness to accept it when it becomes a care necessity - rather than an active personal choice.
The report also provided a brief description of current and developing technology types - with an annex highlighting a selection of recent resources; and went on to discuss some of the key policies and on-going research affecting the use of assistive technology; and the wider challenges that confront its further positive development as a tool to improve care, support and independence.
This special report takes the issue into much more practice-focussed territory and discusses the evidence - and the challenges - emerging from a series of evaluations that have attempted to identify, and quantify, the results of real, local investment in telecare services.
Written by Mike Beazley and Kim Conner*, the report includes debate on the outcomes impact of telecare and its possible contribution to efficiency savings. The report concludes with practice recommendations, based on the programme of evaluations that Mike and Kim believe can help to improve the quality of life for people who use services and their carers, and which may also help them, and funding organisations, achieve better value for money.
The term, Assistive Technology (AT), is used in this article to describe both telecare and telehealth services. An excellent plain English description of telecare and telehealth is produced by Counsel and Care in association with Tunstall Ltd, and can be found on Careknowledge here.
Telecare is a major part of today's assistive technology and among the most promising developments in personalised care for the future. It can be effective in improving safety and making independent living more sustainable. As council charges for personal care at home continue to rise above inflation, it is also increasingly cost effective for people who use services and for their carers. For councils too, it has potential to achieve significant efficiencies. The careful choice of equipment and the right balance with other services are both critical in supporting better outcomes and in keeping costs reasonable.
This article looks at the results of a series of evaluations carried out over 2 years using a method designed to demonstrate the service outcomes and costs associated with telecare use.
It is not known accurately how many people currently use telecare and telehealth in England. The most recent estimate in 2010, suggested that about 1.7m people had one or more items of telecare equipment, (perhaps as many as 300,000 of these are simple personal alarms or smoke alarms linked to a call centre): with perhaps 5000 using telehealth equipment of different kinds.
3. How do Telehealth and Telecare make a difference?
3.1 Telehealth
The main evidence on telehealth effectiveness in the UK is flowing from the Dept of Health's sponsored research in three "Whole System Demonstrator Sites" where randomised control trials have been taking place since 2008. The early headline findings published by the Department of Health are:
"…if used correctly telehealth can deliver a 15% reduction in A&E visits, a 20% reduction in emergency admissions, a 14% reduction in elective admissions, a 14% reduction in bed days and an 8% reduction in tariff costs. More strikingly, they also demonstrate a 45% reduction in mortality rates."
The mortality improvements are the most remarkable, and bring long-awaited evidence to commissioners and clinicians. The Government says that three million people with Long Term Conditions (diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and/or social care needs could benefit from using telehealth and telecare. The headlines emphasise the potential to avoid hospitalisation wherever possible.
3.2 Telecare
The evidence for telecare is less firmly established in formal research but the results of our own work since 2009 with teams in 50 council areas across England suggests that telecare is also effective, especially with older people, and in particular in:
improving safety at home and supporting independent living
delaying or avoiding admissions to care homes
reducing the escalation of care needs at home (e.g. stepping up the level of home care support )
reducing the number of emergency admissions to hospital
reducing the number of days spent in hospital
4. Why evaluate telecare?
Typically, little routine information about the performance, outcomes or costs of telecare or telehealth is available, locally, or nationally. In general, local commissioning teams are interested in questions such as:
Are we getting telecare to the right people?
How effective is it in sustaining independent living?
Is it cost-effective when compared with alternative services?
Is it worth investing in an expansion of the service?
How can we monitor the performance of the service?
Across the 50+ council areas we visited in 2009-2011, none had any significant telecare performance measures in their normal performance reports in spite of significant financial investment. There are no national indicators in this field, and local arrangements still tend to mirror national reporting requirements, in spite of their different purposes.
5. Evaluating service outcomes and costs
The method we have used in our work with local authorities, takes a representative sample of service users who were using the telecare service on a specific past date - normally about one year previously - so that outcomes can be demonstrated. Detailed service histories are collated and costed. Case reviews build a picture of key events and services over the evaluation period. Crucially, the review determines what would have been the most likely alternative service outcome if telecare had not been available: and how much would that alternative have cost?
The evaluation report shows what is currently being achieved, but also indicates the potential for further changes to service outcomes. It can be used to help model the financial impact of telecare expansion over several years.
5.1 Evaluation Results
In this article we look briefly at the results of an evaluation carried out across a single English region in 2011, with a sample of 642 people living in 8 local authority areas.
5.2 How telecare helps to sustain independent living and who can benefit
The results showed that telecare was effective in all areas, but to varying degrees:
in prolonging independent living, by reducing the escalation of care service needs, most often when used as part of a wider support package. Numerically, the greatest beneficiaries were older people, particularly those who had dementia or who were frail and at risk from falls.
in reducing avoidable admissions to hospitals and supporting safe discharge home
in deferring or avoiding admissions to care homes
Table 1 shows how telecare helped to avoid the escalation of particular services. The key points of interest include the extent to which high cost services such as hospital admissions, care homes and home care services were avoided. This suggests positive outcomes for people who use services and carers.
Table1: Service Escalation Deferred or Avoided
Continuing Health Care
NHS provision
Sitting Service
Sleeping night
The most frequently occurring instances of service escalation deferred or avoided were hospital episodes - usually due to:
the prevention of, or faster response to, falls amongst older people
avoided or delayed admissions to residential care (especially for people with dementia), and reductions in home care provision
the reduced use of reablement services, as a result of the reduction in hospital episodes
5.3 Who gets telecare and why
Table 2 shows the 'primary client categories' of people using telecare. A significant proportion of people - 38% of the sample - were allocated telecare for 'reassurance'. This may be desirable as an early step towards prevention, but is not necessarily an effective use of overall resources where those for people who have complex, intensive or unstable health are under severe pressure. Less than half of the people in the sample were allocated telecare in response to specific 'eligible' needs, such as dementia or severe disability.
Table 2: primary client group of telecare users
All Telecare Users
Other Telecare Users
Sensory Impairment
5.4 Efficiency savings
The evaluation showed variable efficiency savings. Where telecare was provided for 'prevention' or 'reassurance' purposes, telecare added extra cost, but where it was used to meet a more defined need, it was shown to produce efficiency savings, and these were substantial in some cases.
For the 642 people included in the evaluation, annual savings were achieved of between £449,512 and £499,458 for social care and from £137,224 to £152,471 for the NHS.
Table 4 shows the values of costs deferred or avoided (i.e. average per head, averaged across all councils) over a single year. The efficiencies are given in a range, to allow for the fact that the method is designed to produce results for management use, not for research purposes.
Note: The higher rate estimate results directly from the calculated comparisons of expenditure saved where telecare was used as a substitute service and 'avoided' other services. The lower estimate is offered as a conservative figure that can be used safely for financial planning, to reflect the degree of judgement involved in the calculations.
Table 3: Efficiency Savings Estimates
Average Annual Saving
Lower estimate
Higher estimate
-Dementia
-Frailty
-Learning Disability
-Mental Health
-Physical Disability
-Sensory Impairment
Some key points to note are:
The high social care efficiency savings were from costs avoided for people with learning disability and people with dementia, (but note the relatively small samples, suggesting the need to investigate in more detail)
In many cases, telecare was very cost effective where it substituted for high cost care home placements, and where it reduced night staffing, safely, in group home settings or independent accommodation.
The more frequently found savings from people with dementia: especially in deferring or avoiding care home admissions
Significant efficiency gains for NHS services - typically not recognised by the NHS - mainly from avoided hospital admissions
The costs associated with prevention and reassurance (but note that the long term preventative value of telecare use for these people cannot be easily assessed)
The results of this study in one region, are similar to the wider experience across English council areas, and have helped to support a number of conclusions. These are set out below with practice recommendations that we believe can help to improve the quality of life for people who use services and their carers, and can also help them and funding organisations to achieve better value for money.
NB: In order to make best use of HTML format, the paragraphs below are set out in narrative form. In the PDF, for the report, the conclusions are set out in tabular form, which works better in that form of presentation.
6.1 Where Telecare forms part of a carefully planned package of support, it is effective in helping to prolong independent living and increasing safety. To take account of this conclusion, commissioning organisations need to:
Make sure that care managers and reviewers properly understand telecare's potential and limitations, and can get expert advice
Strengthen skills and knowledge through quality training at induction, ongoing and PQ levels
Check that business processes and guidance include telecare, so that it is a consistent part of integrated support planning for independent living
People who use services and their carers should be advised to
Take action early to get a skilled and independent assessment and insist that telecare and /or telehealth options are considered
Ask for advice, even if they don't qualify for financial support. This can be helpful in making independent arrangements
Remember that carers may be entitled to an assessment of their own needs - and telecare may be very helpful
6.2 Older people are likely to be the most numerous telecare users to benefit, followed by younger adults with physical or learning disabilities. We found few users from mental health services, and this is a potential area for cost effective growth. To take account of this conclusion, commissioning organisations need to:
Allocate telecare use on a consciously targeted basis, according to local population needs and gaps in support and include particular consideration of people with dementia and people with learning disabilities
People who use services and their carers should be advised to:
Make sure that - whatever their particular needs - assistive technology is considered as a serious option in meeting some or all of them. It may be less intrusive and costly than the alternatives, and there may well be benefits for carers
6.3 Telecare can be effective in getting people back on their feet after illness or accident, or a stay in hospital, especially where it can be provided quickly, and by skilled advisers. For example, it may substitute effectively for one or more home care visits within a multi-visit daily care plan. To take account of this conclusion, commissioning organisations need to:
Check that reablement/ intermediate care teams are aware and knowledgeable and ensure that rapid installation is available - on a same day basis if possible
ask if telecare options are available to get help quickly or stay in touch with carers if they need help - particularly if they want to get home from hospital quickly but are unsure about being on their own
6.4 Telecare can be good value for money for people who use services, and help councils achieve efficiency gains. To take account of this conclusion, commissioning organisations need to:
Establish benchmarks to review costs and efficiency on a periodic basis.
Check the costs of telecare and ask a care manager about the value of this, compared to the alternatives - particularly If they are eligible for financial support and are using a direct payment
6.5 The commissioning of telecare is not always clearly targeted and is even supplier-led in some areas. Where Telecare has been used without clear purposes - for "reassurance" (usually as an add-on) - it cannot be demonstrated as an effective use of resources. To take account of this conclusion, commissioning organisations need to:
Re-visit commissioning strategies to ensure that telecare is included as a component and is a consciously targeted, and costed element
6.6 It is not easy to demonstrate evidence that telecare is effective in prevention: but this does not mean its use should be discontinued. More often, prevention needs to improve, and telecare has an important role to play in reducing isolation and containing costs. To take account of this conclusion, commissioning organisations need to:
Review prevention strategies to include marketing of telecare to self-funding individuals
Ask for an assessment or advice from the council on telecare options, if they are worried about getting help in an emergency - this might help bring peace of mind
6.7 Telecare is not widely embedded in most council's mainstream care systems - there are separate rules and processes for access, eligibility, charging, assessment, and review. This can be wasteful and counter-productive. To take account of this conclusion, commissioning organisations need to:
Check that business processes for assessment, support planning and review and associated guidance all include telecare
6.8 Telecare is effective in reducing avoidable use of health services, especially unplanned hospital admissions and (to a lesser extent) delayed discharges. However, only one PCT in our programme was currently investing in this service. To take account of this conclusion, commissioning organisations need to:
Recognise that "Rapid response telecare" - i.e. same day installation, is helpful in reablement and in enabling prompt discharge from hospital.
Mike Beazley
Kim Conner
Care Performance Partners Ltd
West Yorkshire 2011
1. M. Clark and N Goodwin. Sustaining Innovation in Telehealth and Telecare. London: King's Fund, 2010
2.Whole System Demonstrator Programme: Headline Findings. London: Department of Health, 2011
Mike has more than forty years experience in social care, as a care worker, manager, educator, inspector and consultant in England and Scotland. With a management background in the County of Avon, he joined the Social Services Inspectorate, and managed the team that set up the social care performance assessment system in England from 2000. He transferred to the CSCI in 2004 and left to set up an independent consultancy, Care Performance Partners, in 2006.
Since then, his work has included projects with DH (CSED), with CQC, with ADASS, (regionally and nationally) and with numerous councils with social care responsibilities. The focus of most of this work has been on performance and quality, management, and improvement strategies.
Kim is a founding partner of CaPP, and has over 15 years of experience in performance management across health and social care. In her former career with the Department of Health, she worked on NHS performance management systems and reports. Joining the Social Services Inspectorate in 1998, she was a key designer and manager of the national information and evidence system, PADI, and also developed systems for the Inspectorate's Victoria Climbié Audit.
After joining CaPP, she worked with the DH CSED team to develop a methodology and toolkit for evaluating and planning efficiency improvements through Telecare. She has led on analytical methods and publications for CSCI / CQC, developed quality analysis tools for ADASS and worked on transformation strategies with local councils.
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Judgment Search Results Home > Cases Phrase: citizenship constitution of india Court: allahabad Year: 1972 Page 1 of about 4 results (0.015 seconds)
Apr 06 1972 (HC)
State of U.P. Vs. Wali Mohammad
Court : Allahabad
Decided on : Apr-06-1972
Reported in : AIR1973All44
..... of the enforcement of article 7. actcording to him by virtue of being born in india and having resided in india till somedate in 1949 the respondent acquired theright of citizenship and must be deemedunder article 5 to have become a citizen ofindia at the commencement of the constitution. he can be disentitled from that rightonly when he comes within the mischief ofarticle 7 ..... india and- (a) who was born in the territory of india; or (b) either of whose parents was born in ..... paragraph 7 (2) of the foreigners order. before the enactment of the citizenship act, 1955 (no. 57 of 1955) the only provisions of law on the basis of which citizenship could be determined were those contained in the constitution of india. article 5 of the constitution reads as under:-- '5. at the commencement of this constitution, every person who has his domicile in the territory of ..... the territory now included in pakistan shall not be deemed to be a citizen of india,' it would be seen that while article 5 confers the right of citizenship on a person if at the date of the commencement of the constitution he fulfills any of the conditions enumerated therein, article 7 engrafts a kind of proviso thereto. the opening words of article .....
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Sep 22 1972 (HC)
Fida HusaIn Vs. the Senior Superintendent of Police and ors.
Decided on : Sep-22-1972
Reported in : AIR1973All364
..... 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 etc. of the constitution came into force article 394 provides that the aforesaid article shall come into force at once and the ..... of the commencement of the constitution he fulfils any of the conditions enumerated therein, article 7 is a distinct provision which prevents the consequences contemplated ..... was on that basis a citizen of india. this argument completely overlooks the implications of article 7 of the constitution which are clearly attracted by the facts of the instant case. it would be seen that while article 5 confers a right of citizenship on a person if at the date ..... be a citizen of india.10. sri sadiq ali attempted to steer clear of article 7 by resorting to a rather ingenious argument. according to his contention the interpretation of article 7 must be made with reference to the specific date on which the provisions of the constitution relating to citizenship i.e. articles ..... india notwithstanding his complying with the conditions of article 5. it is quite clear from state of m. p. v. peer mohammad that it would be article 7 and not the citizenship act, 1955 which would apply to a case where a person has migrated to pakistan between march 1, 1947 and january 26, 1950 when the constitution .....
State of Uttar Pradesh Vs. Ahsan Ali
Reported in : 1973CriLJ1471
..... the trial court that the respondent had migrated to pakistan before 1950 cannot, therefore be interfered with.34. since the respondent had migrated to pakistan before the commencement of the constitution he was not an indian national and consequently there is no question of his ceasing to be an indian national and a declaration being given in that connection by the ..... visa and the application moved by the respondent for that purpose and he held on the basis thereof that the respondent had migrated to pakistan before the commencement of the constitution. in case state of uttar pradesh v. zafar ali : air1963all18 decided by d. p. uniyal and k. b. asthana, jj., it was observed :-the question therefore that arises for consideration ..... raised on behalf of the respondent did not find favour with the trial court and it was held that the respondent migrated to pakistan before the commencement of the indian constitution. it was, however, accepted by the trial court that the respondent was not a 'foreigner' within the meaning of foreigners' act and it was in consequence of that finding that ..... is whether the respondent who had come on pakistani passport and a visa can be held to be citizen of india. prima facie the nationality of the person holding the passport is that which is described in the passport. under pakistani citizenship act, a person can obtain a pakistani passport, if he is a citizen of that country and not otherwise. it .....
Oct 12 1972 (HC)
Union of India (Uoi) and anr. Vs. Smt. Chand Putli
Decided on : Oct-12-1972
..... presumption will not bar that citizen to convince the authority that though he got the passport but he never really intended to renounce his indian citizenship. similar is the caseof the plaintiff smt. chand putli. she had submitted her statement and affidavit to the central government. the evidence shows ..... smt. kariman, by caste musalman, resident of idgah kutlupur lohron ki bagichi, agra has claimed indian citizenship notwithstanding her having obtained a pakistan passport and a short term visa for entry into india from pakistan, and whereas a question has arisen as to whether the said smt. chand putli has ..... acquired the citizenship of pakistan. now therefore the central government acting under section 9(2) of the citizenship act, 1955, and rule 30 of the citizenship rules, 1956, and ..... the union of india. the suit was contested on behalf of the union of india on the ground that the plaintiff was a citizen of pakistan and not a citizen of india and that the civil court had no jurisdiction to entertain the suit and determine the question of citizenship. the plaintiff ..... then got the hearing of the suit stayed and applied to the central government for determination of her status under section 9 of the citizenship act, 1955. .....
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RACING AFFAIRS: What English horses should we be afraid of as Cheltenham approaches?
Get the expert view from Robert Catterson
Robert Catterson
editor@leinsterleader.ie
Will Faugheen make the trip this year?
It goes without saying that English-trained horses have a much better record at the Cheltenham festival than their travelling counterparts. Every year, bar just three times, England have won the Betbright Trophy, and it’s physically impossible for the home team to suffer the same fate that Ireland did in 1989 and end the festival on a blank.
There’s every chance that Ireland will have bragging rights after Day 1 of the festival as the Arkle Trophy, Mares Hurdle and possibly the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle look ours for the taking.
The Champion Hurdle trophy might not be travelling overseas though and if Faugheen doesn’t turn up, then it’s surely Buveur D’Air’s for the taking.
There’s nothing to suggest otherwise on what he’s shown since he won last year’s crown and he could be the English banker of the week. In fact, if Faugheen is a no show, he will be.
England’s chances of winning the Queen Mother Champion Chase will undoubtedly rest on the participation of Altior.
Our own chances very much hinge on the chances of Douvan and Yorkhill turning up. It’s a fairly muddy picture at the moment but if all the major prospects turn up, then it would be the race of the week with Altior probably favourite to oblige for the home team.
The two big novice races on day two already look competitive to say the least and while we look to hold a strong hand, particularly with Samcro, so do the home team. On The Blind Side appears to be the main pretender on the novice hurdle scene in the UK right now and he’ll be putting his unbeaten record on the line here. He’s already won two Grade 2 contests and if something was to go amiss with Samcro, he’d be the one to beat.
The RSA Chase also looks like being a really good renewal and I’d fancy us to win this. However, Fountains Windfall brings a solid case to this race and will be fancied by home punters.
The odds of a UK winner in Coral Cup will more than likely be short while the same will be said about the Fred Winter Juvenile Hurdle. reland will probably call the shots in the Champion Bumper while England’s best chance of a winner on day three of the festival will probably come in the Stayers Hurdle. While Un De Sceaux and Coney Island will probably give us a major chance of winning the Ryanair Chase, Ireland have a deplorable record in the Brown Advisory Plate so it’s probably safe to assume that there might be a home triumph there.
Cheltenham Gold Cup day will be what determines the winner between Ireland and England throughout the week and traditionally, this day is usually when the home horses come out on top.
There’s one Clane man in particular who thinks Might Bite only has to turn up to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup and he’ll be favourite to do so. He may very well win Anthony but he’ll have to re-write history if he does triumph as no horse in the modern era has ever won the RSA Chase, the King George VI Chase and the Chelten-
ham Gold Cup in succession, as hard as it is to believe.
A few horses have won all three races but not all within a 12 months cycle or so. At least one Irish-trained horse has been placed in the race since 2012 so you can be sure we’ll have a big say on where the blue riband trophy goes.
Given England’s record in the Triumph Hurdle, along with Apple’s Shakira’s presence, a home victory in that race looks on the cards while they’ll also be confident of winning races like the Albert Bartlett, Christies Foxhunters Chase and Grand Annual given their recent success in all of those races.
Everything went right for Ireland when we accumulated 19 winners throughout last year’s Cheltenham festival. I doubt that will ever happen again however and we’ll do well to outscore the home team in less than two months’ time. The week of Cheltenham is always considered an away game for us and you can be sure that the home team won’t go down without a proper fight.
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7 Best Project Management Apps to Boost Productivity
Chief of Product Management at Lifehack Read full profile
Project management doesn’t need to be a complicated thing, not if you have apps that make things a whole lot simpler. When you have project management apps, you can take care of your team, tasks and deadlines, without even being in the office. You don’t even have to spend a lot of money to get most of the apps you might need.
Here are the 7 best project management apps to super boost your team’s productivity:
1. Basecamp
It’s probably the most well-known project management app out there. It allows you to organize projects that act as a central location for everything and contains such things as to-do lists, notes, events, files, and much more.
It is user-friendly, and has a free 30-day trial period. After that, the plan is $99 per month.
Find out more about Basecamp here.
2. Asana
If you are looking for something that is not difficult to use, check out Asana. This is a great task management app that can be used for managing projects as well.
In a nutshell, Asana helps you create and share task lists with your team. The app is simple but smart enough and has got a lot of integrations. Teams with up to 15 members can use Asana for free. Teams with 15 members and up can choose plans that range from $10.99 per month.
Find out more about Asana here.
3. Casual
This is a unique app that offers a different way of doing things. On Casual, you plan your tasks just by drawing them as a flowchart. The neat thing is that Casual helps you visualize and track dependencies between tasks.
This app is incredibly intuitive and works great for personal projects, as well as for organizing projects for small teams. You can try it for free, and if you don’t like it, there is no obligation to pay for anything.
Find out more about Casual here.
4. Trello
This app is incredibly user-friendly, and is based on Kanban boards. It actually works like a virtual whiteboard with post-it-notes.
Trello is great for organizing your to-do lists, ideas, and is very easy to use. You can create several boards to use for various projects, and it’s free of cost. Trello is available to iOS and Android users as well.
Find out more about Trello here.
5. OmniPlan
This is an awesome app for iPhone and iPad users. If you love Gantt charts, this is definitely an app that you can get a lot out of.
You start out by creating a simple project outline. Then you can use the app to help you through every step of the project until its completion.
A standard plan for iOS costs just $99.99, and the pro plan is only $199.99.
Find out more about OmniPlan here.
6. Podio
This is a great app for medium and large-sized teams working on projects. The special point about Podio is that there are additional features such as CRM and social intranet.
There are four different packages: Free, which is free for up to five employees and five external users; Basic, which is $9 per month per employee; Plus, which is $14 per month per employee, and Premium, which is $24 per month per employee.
Find out more about Podio here.
7. Microsoft Project
This is one of the most commonly-used project management apps. However, it is also one of the most difficult apps to use. It does have a lot of features that are popular with project managers, which is why we have chosen to include in on this list. You can customize reports, track burn rates, and stay on track until projects are complete.
The basic plan starts with $7 per month, which allows you project team members to collaborate in the cloud, via web browser or mobile.
Find out more about Microsoft Project here.
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Whether at work or at school, people these days are under tremendous pressure to perform, perform and perform! Stress and pressure can have adverse affects on the well-being of a person, and need to be controlled.
Now, this doesn’t mean you make a dash to your nearest therapist. There are a number of wonderful and smart apps that you can use on your phone. These brain training apps have been scientifically designed to target specific areas of the human mind and control harmful emotions such as anxiety, as well as to improve memory and sharpness of the brain.
Here are 11 iPhone apps that you will not only enjoy but also find useful in keeping your mental health balanced at all times.
1. Lumosity
This app consists of games that focus on improving the user’s memory, problem-solving capability, attention span, and thinking. There are three games in each session, and they challenge the brain by changing every time. The user has to complete the games while playing against a clock.
Free of trial. $15 per month for the full version.
2. Fit Brains Trainer
This brain training app has 10 sets of games that work on different areas of the brain and improve memory as well as concentration. A user is required to finish a particular task from each category on a daily basis and the app tracks the progress by a color coded graph.
3. CogniFit Brain Fitness
Developed with the help of neuroscientists, this fun app improves a person’s cognitive abilities, which includes memory and concentration. The progress made by the user over a period of time can be tracked. Users can also play challenge rounds with their friends. The app also modifies the difficulty level to suit the profile of the user and provide recommendations based on the results. Spending 20–30 minutes a few times every week can give measurable improvement in the performance of a user.
First four games free, then $13 a month.
4. Brain Fitness Pro
The makers of this app claim that it can improve the IQ of a user, and improve intelligence and memory. The app is fun and is user friendly, and 30 minutes a day can fetch you results in less than three weeks.
Buy for $3.99.
5. Happify
If nothing else makes you happy in life, this app will. Well, this is what the developers claim at least. This app comes loaded with lots of quizzes, polls and gratitude journals, which work on the fundamentals of positive psychology. The app also helps to control stress and emotions to make you feel better.
Free to use.
6. Clockwork Brain
You will like the little gold robot that comes in every time to explain the next game you are going to play. While the games are not much different to those offered in apps such as Luminosity, the look and feel reminds me of a workshop from old times.
7. ReliefLink
Initially created as an app for suicide prevention, it has found its use as a great app for tracking the mood of the user by taking measure of all things relevant to the user’s mental health. In case the user experiences high emotional stress, the app has a coping mechanism that includes voice-recorded mindfulness, exercises and music for relaxation. There is also a map that informs the user of the nearest therapist and medical facilities for mental health treatment.
8. Eidetic
Eidetic is a memory enhancement app and uses a ‘spaced repetition’ technique to help users memorize information such as important phone numbers, words, credit card details or passwords. It also notifies you when it’s time to take a test to see what you remember, so that you retain information in your long-term memory.
9. Braingle
Braingle helps to maintain the sharpness of the brain and improve the reasoning ability of a person through riddles and optical illusions. It is different from other brain training apps that employ memory and reaction based tests. You can also compete with your friends and family members in figuring out the fun riddles.
10. Not The Hole Story
If you have a penchant for solving hard riddles, then this app is a must-have for you. Filled with exclusive riddles along with a simple-to-use interface, the app gives you riddles that you have to solve through a book. You will be given hints along the way, and when you give up, the answers will be revealed. This app will encourage you to broaden your thinking and put your mind to a challenging test.
11. Personal Zen
This fun brain training app follows the journey of two animated characters who travel through a field of grass. Personal Zen is a nice app meant for reducing anxiety and trains the brain to focus on the positive aspects. The developer’s advice is to use the app for 10 minutes a day to see the best results.
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EU publishes draft guidelines for “trustworthy” AI
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14 January 2019 Bobby Butcher Artificial intelligence and automation - Regulatory framework
The EU Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on AI recently published its draft Ethical Guidelines for Trustworthy AI. These Guidelines, which will be primarily relevant to those involved in the design, development and deployment of AI systems in the EU, are open to feedback until 18 January 2019.
The Guidelines follow the Commission’s release of its coordinated plan to boost AI based innovation in Europe and are a significant step towards achieving the coordinated plan’s commitment to implementing clear ethics guidelines for the development and the use of AI in the EU.
The Guidelines propose certain ethical principles for AI which are expanded into 10 main requirements for trustworthy AI and suggestions on methods to implement those requirements. The Guidelines also propose a series of self-assessment questions for identifying whether the principles and requirements are being met.
Whilst the Guidelines, which will be finalised in March 2019, will not be legally binding, institutions will be invited to voluntarily endorse them, and they may therefore attain considerable soft law power. The AI Expert Group will be separately considering what regulation may need to be revised, adapted or introduced and will publish its recommendations in May 2019.
What is considered to be AI?
The Guidelines define AI as:
“systems designed by humans that, given a complex goal, act in the physical or digital world by perceiving their environment, interpreting the collected structured or unstructured data, reasoning on the knowledge derived from this data and deciding the best action(s) to take (according to pre-defined parameters) to achieve the given goal.”
AI developers and users will need to carefully assess whether their systems fall within this definition. This will no doubt prove difficult in a significant number of cases due to the various interpretational questions raised by the definition.
What is Trustworthy AI?
Trustworthy AI has two components
It should be human-centric and respect fundamental rights, applicable regulation and core principles, ensuring an ethical purpose; and
It should be technically robust and reliable.
What are the 5 key ethical principles?
Do good (which can include commercial prosperity).
Do no harm (which is defined very broadly to include psychological, financial and social harm and which can raise difficult questions in practice, such as for an AI vehicle which faces a decision on whether to injure a pedestrian or another road user).
Preserve human agency (including a right for human users to opt out and to have knowledge of their interaction with an AI)
Be fair (which includes protecting against discrimination and which should include effective redress if harm occurs).
Operate transparently (which should include measures to ensure informed consent by users and measures to ensure accountability).
What are the 10 requirements?
To realise trustworthy AI, the 5 ethical principles are expanded into the following 10 requirements
Design for all
Governance of AI Autonomy
Respect for human autonomy
Respect for privacy
Each requirement raises complex issues and, whilst existing regulation, such as the GDPR, may adequately cover certain aspects of certain requirements, the accompanying commentary suggests the AI Expert Group may well identify areas where this is not currently the case.
What methods can achieve Trustworthy AI?
The Guidelines recommend technical and non-technical methods to achieve the requirements, including a recommendation that organisations appoint a person (internal or external) or committee to advise on ethical issues.
The Guidelines also urge organisations to adopt codes of conduct to demonstrate their acceptance of ethical AI use (including the option of incorporating the Guidelines).
How do you know you are compliant?
The Guidelines include a non-exhaustive list of questions that relevant stakeholders can use as a self-assessment guide.
Regulation at the EU level?
We are expecting more AI-related publications to come from the AI Expert Group over the next few months, including
final guidelines in March 2019; and
policy and investment recommendations in May 2019.
This latter publication will feed into the European Commission’s assessment as to whether existing legislation is fit for purpose.
Separately, the Expert Group on Liability and New Technologies will be assisting the European Commission in drawing up guidance on the Product Liability Directive. The results of this will be particularly relevant to the European AI sector, given the influence of the product liability regime in providing for extra-contractual liability and existing debate as to whether AI systems are generally already within its scope.
All this activity suggests the real possibility of future AI specific regulation at the European level – we will keep you updated. For more information, please refer to our AI Toolkit or contact one of our team.
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1. How did the prologue set up the story for the present? Did you feel as if were back in time on the journey with Sasha and Missie and her little boy?
2. The author departs from the traditional single point of view of having one person, the sleuth, show what's happening in The Map Quilt, by letting Hart, the male protagonist, live out his side of the events. Does this practice help or hinder solving the mystery?
3. How did you see the character Hart develop throughout the story? What were his real issues?
4. Hart and Judy have a great relationship with Hart’s mother, Ellen. It takes both parents and children to make that happen. What ways were they helpful and encouraging to each other? What were their conflicts and how did they resolve them?
5. Ardyth Belters Edwards is in her seventies while Judy is still in her late twenties/early thirties. What makes their friendship work? Is it healthy to have such a close companion who is so different age-wise?
6. Ardyth and Bryce married when they were in their seventies. Ardyth had been married before and had certain expectations of Bryce, who had never been married. What were they? How did they handle their problems? What was Ardyth’s secret and why was she afraid to tell anyone?
7. Pancho Villa the cat, like his father Carranza, has unique talents. What were they, and how they help or hinder the story?
8. Julietta Barslow carried a huge secret burden. What was it, and why was she afraid to talk about it? Did you believe her story?
9. Are Hart and Judy a typical contemporary couple? Why or why not? What struggles and triumphs did they share?
10. Hart’s supervisor, John Harding, was troubled on many fronts. What were some of his problems and how did he deal with them? What happened to him?
11. Ardyth felt guilty about her grandson Bryan’s behavior. Do you think she deserved to feel that way? Have you ever blamed yourself for someone else’s actions?
12. Cheyenne Valley, Wisconsin, is a real place, settled by black farmers in the early days of Wisconsin history. How did the Talbots and the Burnses come into the story and what information did they have that was crucial to solving the case?
13. What was the buried treasure in The Map Quilt, and what clues led to finding it?
14. Which characters had the most to lose? Which had the most to gain? Have you ever worried about the choices of your family members? How did you handle it?
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Psephology Rocks: Holiday Grab Bag Edition
Well, there's lots to talk about post-Election Day, not only in America, but there's a few bits and bobs from around the world worth touching on as well. We'll start local and work upwards:
Local: Well, I went three for three in my City Council Endorsements- Botchway, Salih took the At-Large Seats and Susan Mims took the District B Seat. The District B race between incumbent Susan Mims and student Ryan Hall was less of a contest than I think people were anticipating, as Mims won handily 59% to 41%.
I had nothing in particular against Hall, per say- but I feel like if Raj Patel who was another student who ran a few cycles back (I want to say 2010?) had serious money and a serious platform behind him and didn't win, then Hall was going to be a long shot. He checked all the right progressive boxes for Iowa City, but he was running against an incumbent who might not be uber-Progressive, but not say, Terry Dickens either. I think Hall would have had a better shot against Dickens than he had against Mims- but the precinct by precinct results are somewhat telling:
IC3, which covers the West Dorms had a whopping 46 votes. Hall won 67%-33%. IC5, which covers the East Dorms had a whopping 55 votes- but Hall actually lost this precinct by a single vote. IC19, which covers Johnson-Van Buren-Dodge areas south of Burlington Street also had a whopping 46 votes and Hall won again, 61%-39%. IC7, which covers the Hawkeye Campus area also went to Mims by a wide margin. I don't know if a student will ever get elected to the City Council but if any of them are considering jumping in next time, you have to, have to, have to, get out the vote in Precincts 3, 5 and I would say 19 as well. 7 would be a nice bonus, but it also includes Walnut Ridge which I'm not sure would flip for a student, but you never know.
(In general, I wasn't that impressed with Hall's website. He spoke in broad metaphors, while Mims in her candidate profile cited specifics- plus that Press-Citizen article I linked too above drops a nice little surprise in at the bottom: Hall works for current Council Member Rockne Cole which raised some questions about possible conflict of interest- Hall said had he won and the City Attorney advised him that there was a conflict, he would have resigned. Which raises the question: what would have been the point of it all? Don't get me wrong: props to Hall for standing up and getting involved- Lord knows, I'm just a dude with a keyboard here- but if you're going to do the thing, then you've gotta come out and play like Iowa did against Ohio State last Saturday because as a student you've already got a ton working against you locally and Hall didn't do that.)
Interesting bit of history might have been last night in Iowa City too, I saw a tweet go by (I think from Mazahir Salih's husband, I'm guessing) saying that Mazahir Salih was the first Sudanese woman to be elected to office outside of Sudan and a basic (though not exhaustive) search of the internet this morning seems to back that up. If so: awesome! (Side note: both Sudans do pretty well for representation for women in their national parliaments- South Sudan comes in at 29% of their seats and Sudan has 31%.)
Other interesting things around the county: University Heights voted for a hotel tax to possibly get a hotel all up in their little enclave and Tiffin turned down a library levy to increase the annual operating budget of the Tiffin Public Library- which surprised me, because I didn't honestly know that Tiffin had a public library.
State and Regional: Looking around the geographical neighborhood, it's sort of a mixed bag of delights. Dallas County approved 1-cent sales tax and now the question becomes whether or not Polk County is going to do the same thing. I checked Omaha.com and didn't really see anything from Nebraska that caught my eye- Kansas City voters approved a massive overhaul of KCI, so they're going to have a shiny new single terminal airport down there, I guess. In Saint Louis, Prop P passed with ease, giving cops and firefighters a raise.
The Medium White North saw some impressive firsts in local races... Melvin Carter was elected as St. Paul's first mayor of color and in the 8th Ward of Minneapolis, Andrea Jenkins won more than 70% of the votes to become the first transgender woman of color elected to public office in the nation. Cool thing about local races in the Cities: it's all done by ranked choice voting. (Oh and voters voted the Mankato School District some more dinero. Shout out to my former employers, lol.)
National: Good news everyone, the Democratic Party seems to have life left in it yet! Ralph Northam was elected Governor in Virginia, Phil Murphy took New Jersey- holding Virginia for the Democrats and picking up New Jersey from outgoing Republican Governor Chris Christie. The bigger news out of Virginia is probably the 16 seat pick-up the Democrats made to erase a massive GOP majority and give them a 50-50 split. Democrat Justin Fairfax took the Lt. Governor's slot for the Democrats becoming only the second African-American to win a statewide office since Reconstruction.* and they also held the Attorney General slot as well. (Plus: Danica Roem became the first transgender state legislator ever!)
Washington flipped to all blue as well, as an open Senate seat went to the Democrats, giving them full control of all legislative houses/Governorships along the West Coast. They flipped a GOP state house seat in New Hampshire, won the Mayor's races in St. Petersburg, FL and Manchester, NH and flipped a couple of deep red seats in Georgia. (Maine approved a Medicaid Expansion by a wide margin, New York said no to a Constitutional Convention and Ohio shot down a measure to limit prices on prescription drugs purchased by the state. Texas had seven constitutional amendments on the ballot as well that all passed.)
So, all in all, I'd say good news. This bodes well for 2018, but like the wise man said: "Don't get cocky."
We'll see how it plays out over the next year or so, but for right now, today, color me cautiously optimistic. My general gut feeling is that voters want politicians to do the business that needs doing and get turned off (after awhile) by ideological swings to the extreme ends of the spectrum. You go too far with the ideological crazy and voters will slap you down. I think an unpopular President might be more of a liability for Republicans than they think- and with their failure to deliver on repealing the ACA and a looming potential failure on tax reform, their base might be pissed by November of next year. Unpopular President + Pissed of GOP Base = Democratic Congress. (At least that's what it seems like to me- of course, once in control, the Democrats could easily shoot themselves in the foot by pursuing a potentially partisan impeachment of the President**- but for right now, I think the message to the GOPers has to be: get your shit together or pay the price next November.)
International: Biggish news out of Kyrgyzstan of all places, but it looks like they're headed for the first peaceful transfer of power between Presidents since they gained their independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The elections were... well, from what I can tell, 'free-ish' seems to be the best way to describe them, but 'free-ish' is a refreshing change of pace from how things usually go down in the regional. Though, interestingly enough looking at this article about Sooronbay Jeenbekov's victory, I guess there were allegation of interference in their election as well- though from Kazakhstan and not Russia.
Kenya's election mess continues. Uhuru Kenyatta won the re-vote ordered by the Supreme Court, but opposition candidate Raila Odinga actually withdrew from the election two weeks before it all went down at the end of last month and now there's an effort underway to annul the second vote as well. No idea if there's going to be more twists and turns in the story, but keep an eye out on it nonetheless. Mercifully, the process seems to have been largely free of the widespread violence of elections past.
*You know what I'd like, I'd like to read a story about an election down south and have it be for like the 100th African American to win a statewide office since Reconstruction. That's an America I hope to live in some day.
**I think any impeachment will be partisan, no matter what these days. But it'd be nice to have actual hard evidence instead of vague charges of 'collusion.' What's the simpler explanation: that Russia fucked with voting machines in Wisconsin and Michigan or that the Democrats ran a candidate who didn't bother to go to either state after the Convention and lost both as a result? Collusion gets to be an awfully vague word, because you come close to implying that voters are idiots for believing everything they read on Facebook- but the problem is that the dumb shit on Facebook cuts across ideological boundaries. For every alt-right conspiracy theory spun out of thin air, you can find another one from the left about vaccines or climate change or some shit like that. Coming to the conclusion that Russia influenced are election because people believe anything on the Internet these days might be a correct conclusion, but the implications aren't going to be ones that a lot of voters are going to warm to, I think.
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Maths Whizz - Top in NZ
By John Lewis (ODT) | Posted: Monday October 23, 2017
Paxton Hall scored the top mark in NZ in the ICAS Maths exam.
For many, mathematics is just numbers. But 13-year-old Paxton Hall says mathematics is a set of keys which have opened many doors to success for him.
"I really like maths because it ties into everything. If you’re good at maths, you can be good at so many other things.
"You can be good at music, you can be good at science. Maths is the gateway to a lot of other subjects."
The Logan Park High School pupil just won the International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) year 9 mathematics medal for gaining the top examination mark in New Zealand.
Not surprisingly, this is not his first academic success in any subject, let alone maths.
He was also a top prize winner in the Australian Maths Competition and a member of the winning year 9 team at the Otago O’Mathlon competition earlier this year.
He has also won a special prize in the Australian Computational and Algorithmic Thinking Competition, and placed in the top 200 competitors of the Otago University Junior Maths Competition (competing against older pupils).
Despite still being in year 9, he is sitting NCEA level 1 maths and gaining excellence endorsements — something usually achieved by top year 11 pupils.
Paxton believed his love of maths had helped him become one of the school's top young chess players and a top English pupil, having won an award in the school’s year 9 Extreme Reading Challenge and an award in the ODT Extra! poetry-writing competition.
Co-principal Kristan Mouat said Paxton was awarded an academic scholarship for being one of Logan Park High School’s top all-round academic pupils.
"So he’s a pretty talented and really humble student.’’ What does the future hold for Paxton?
"I am only 13. I don’t really know at this stage, but probably something to do with maths."
Paxton will receive his ICAS maths medal at an official ceremony in Wellington later this year.
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ARCHBISHOP Philip Wilson allegedly told a boy he “should be ashamed of himself for lying” and ordered him to “say 10 Hail Marys” after the child allegedly disclosed he had been sexually abused by Hunter priest Jim Fletcher, a landmark trial has heard. Archbishop Wilson, then a junior Maitland-Newcastle priest, allegedly asked the boy “where he got the story from”, and told him he did not believe him after the boy protested he was not making it up. The court heard the boy allegedly told the then Father Philip Wilson during confession in 1976 that Father Fletcher “asked me to put my mouth on his penis, where you go to the toilet” while helping as an altar boy at an East Maitland Catholic church. The boy was one of two alleged to have told Father Wilson in 1976 that they had been sexually abused by Fletcher. Archbishop Wilson sat in Newcastle Courthouse as an accused man for the first time on Wednesday after he was charged in March, 2015 with failing to report the Fletcher child sex allegations to police between 2004 and 2006, after Fletcher had been charged with child sex offences and before his death in jail. He has pleaded not guilty. The landmark trial of the most senior Catholic cleric in the world to be charged with concealing child sex allegations involving another priest started on Wednesday after three failed attempts to have the charge dismissed, including a NSW Court of Appeal hearing in June. It also followed a delay in the expected two-week trial after the archbishop was assessed with a “working diagnosis” of Alzheimer’s disease by a neurologist in November. The trial resumed on Wednesday after a neuropsychologist on Tuesday evening found the archbishop had “some degree of cognitive impairment” but was “fit to stand trial”. The court heard a teenager, 15, allegedly spoke to Father Wilson in 1976 about being sexually abused by Fletcher in 1971. The teenager had “a good relationship” with the young Father Wilson and greatly respected him. He alleges he told Father Wilson that when he was 10 and working as an altar boy at St Joseph’s Church, East Maitland, Fletcher had engaged in multiple counts of masturbation and oral sex with the boy and had attempted to have anal intercourse with the child. The former altar boy, who is expected to give evidence on Thursday, alleges he told Father Wilson that Fletcher said the sexual offences were “forms of punishment” for “not having performed his duties properly”. The young priest Father Wilson was the first person the boy disclosed to, the court was told. The court will hear that the priest allegedly expressed shock, said he would pass the information to the parish priest and would get back to the boy. The court will hear that some time later the boy asked Father Wilson if anything had happened with his complaint and the priest allegedly replied “They were still looking into it”. Barrister Stephen Odgers, SC, for Archbishop Wilson told the court the defence case was that there was a conversation between the teenager and the priest about Fletcher and “some form of punishment” but the former altar boy’s “memory of the details of that first conversation is not reliable”. The court heard the former altar boy wrote to former Maitland-Newcastle Bishop Michael Malone in 2010 to complain about Fletcher’s abuse and the alleged disclosures made to Father Wilson. In the letter he wrote: “The abuse was bad enough to live with but it was the hint of a cover-up or lack of action some years later that really hurts”, the court heard. The trial before Newcastle magistrate Robert Stone continues.
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ARCHBISHOP Philip Wilson allegedly told a boy he “should be ashamed of himself for lying” and ordered him to “say 10 Hail Marys” after the child allegedly disclosed he had been sexually abused by Hunter priest Jim Fletcher, a landmark trial has heard.
Archbishop Wilson, then a junior Maitland-Newcastle priest, allegedly asked the boy “where he got the story from”, and told him he did not believe him after the boy protested he was not making it up.
The court heard the boy allegedly told the then Father Philip Wilson during confession in 1976 that Father Fletcher “asked me to put my mouth on his penis, where you go to the toilet” while helping as an altar boy at an East Maitland Catholic church.
The boy was one of two alleged to have told Father Wilson in 1976 that they had been sexually abused by Fletcher.
Archbishop Wilson sat in Newcastle Courthouse as an accused man for the first time on Wednesday after he was charged in March, 2015 with failing to report the Fletcher child sex allegations to police between 2004 and 2006, after Fletcher had been charged with child sex offences and before his death in jail.
He has pleaded not guilty. The landmark trial of the most senior Catholic cleric in the world to be charged with concealing child sex allegations involving another priest started on Wednesday after three failed attempts to have the charge dismissed, including a NSW Court of Appeal hearing in June.
It also followed a delay in the expected two-week trial after the archbishop was assessed with a “working diagnosis” of Alzheimer’s disease by a neurologist in November. The trial resumed on Wednesday after a neuropsychologist on Tuesday evening found the archbishop had “some degree of cognitive impairment” but was “fit to stand trial”.
The court heard a teenager, 15, allegedly spoke to Father Wilson in 1976 about being sexually abused by Fletcher in 1971.
The teenager had “a good relationship” with the young Father Wilson and greatly respected him.
He alleges he told Father Wilson that when he was 10 and working as an altar boy at St Joseph’s Church, East Maitland, Fletcher had engaged in multiple counts of masturbation and oral sex with the boy and had attempted to have anal intercourse with the child.
The former altar boy, who is expected to give evidence on Thursday, alleges he told Father Wilson that Fletcher said the sexual offences were “forms of punishment” for “not having performed his duties properly”.
The young priest Father Wilson was the first person the boy disclosed to, the court was told.
The court will hear that the priest allegedly expressed shock, said he would pass the information to the parish priest and would get back to the boy. The court will hear that some time later the boy asked Father Wilson if anything had happened with his complaint and the priest allegedly replied “They were still looking into it”.
Barrister Stephen Odgers, SC, for Archbishop Wilson told the court the defence case was that there was a conversation between the teenager and the priest about Fletcher and “some form of punishment” but the former altar boy’s “memory of the details of that first conversation is not reliable”.
The court heard the former altar boy wrote to former Maitland-Newcastle Bishop Michael Malone in 2010 to complain about Fletcher’s abuse and the alleged disclosures made to Father Wilson.
In the letter he wrote: “The abuse was bad enough to live with but it was the hint of a cover-up or lack of action some years later that really hurts”, the court heard.
The trial before Newcastle magistrate Robert Stone continues.
This story Archbishop Philip Wilson allegedly tells boy he ‘should be ashamed for lying’ about abusive priest: court first appeared on Newcastle Herald.
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High profile inheritance disputes follow celebrities and the super-rich as surely as night follows day, but such challenges are becoming increasingly common, whatever the values involved.
Some of the names to have made headlines include the artist Salvador Dali, whose body was exhumed last year for a DNA test after a woman claimed to be his daughter and entitled to a share of his $1bn estate. Former South African President Nelson Mandela left the bulk of his estate to his current wife, but his late ex-wife Winnie challenged the will, claiming that a country home was rightfully hers. Or actor Robin Williams, whose children of his first and second marriage found themselves in a legal battle with his third wife over distribution of his $100m estate.
As with Mandela and Williams, many of these disputes arise because of re-marriage, where children or spouses from different relationships challenge a decision that they feel is unfair, and with rising property prices, often families can see more to fight for. In figures published by the Royal Courts of Justice, claims under the Inheritance Act 1975 rose by almost 40 percent in 2016.
And while many people think they can challenge a will on the basis that a parent should leave their estate to their children, or because they lived together as if they were married, the basic rule under English law is still that an individual can leave their assets to whoever they like. However if a spouse, child, cohabitee or other dependant can show they have not been left adequate financial provision under the will of a deceased person, a claim can be made under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
The Act can also be used to make a claim when there is no will. Here, the intestacy laws come in, which determine how the estates of those who die without having made valid wills are distributed. As these are not reflective of today’s relationships, cohabitees or civil partners will find themselves excluded and a claim under the Inheritance Act may be the only option.
Where a claim is made under the act, the court can exercise discretion and award reasonable financial provision out of the deceased’s estate, whether there is a valid Will in existence or not, but two recent cases highlight the challenges involved in predicting the outcome of such action.
For Carole Anne Taylor, who lived with her partner James Redmond for seven years before his death, a claim for financial provision was successful. She was able to show they had lived as a couple and she had cared for him when his health failed, and that she had limited retirement income and nowhere else to live. The estate had been left to Redmond’s two daughters, who had insisted on selling the property the couple had shared, forcing Taylor to move in with her son. The daughters challenged the claim, arguing that Taylor was just one of many girlfriends. But the judge said their evidence lacked credibility and ruled that Taylor should receive regular payments to top up her pension income and a capital sum to enable her to buy a property, with the property reverting to the daughters upon her death.
But when Danielle Ames claimed that her father should have provided for her, instead of leaving his entire £1m estate to his second wife of 30 years, she was unsuccessful. Her claim was based on having previously worked for one of her father’s businesses and his ongoing contribution to her maintenance; she argued that being left out of his will left her facing crushing debts and a shortfall of £2,000 per month. She claimed £300,000 as reasonable financial provision, but found herself with nothing, when she failed to convince the judge, who dismissed the case saying her lack of income was a ‘lifestyle’ choice and questioned the extent of the contact and the warmth of the relationship she had with her late father.
Wills and Probate expert Paul Rothwell commented: “These disputes can often excite strong emotions and a sense of injustice, but it’s important to get advice before you start, as you may be in for the long haul. Each case tends to turn on its own very particular circumstances, and it’s important that you have a credible, reliable claim.
“There are also time conditions to be met. Any claim for financial provision under the Act must be made within six months from the date that probate is granted, which is generally some three to six months from the date of death. Also, for a cohabitee to claim, they must be able to prove they lived as husband and wife for at least two years before their partner died.”
He added: “But this is after the event advice for unhappy family members left behind, and if you want to leave the gift of family harmony, the best option is to deal with the difficulties in advance. When you are estate planning, make sure your will is kept up to date and that it is properly drafted and executed. A specialist lawyer will highlight any areas that may lead to challenge later, and help you work through the possible scenarios. They may also be able to suggest arrangements that will satisfy what may have appeared to be irreconcilable claims.
“Finally, if you do make decisions that you know to be contentious, then think about sharing your plans with your extended family. It may mean a tough conversation, particularly if relations have soured following a divorce, but it may potentially forestall any later disputes.”
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Ruling on competency of Nia Wilson’s accused…
Ruling on competency of Nia Wilson’s accused BART killer
John Cowell found competent as first jurors brought in
By Angela Ruggiero | aruggiero@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: January 15, 2020 at 2:50 pm | UPDATED: January 16, 2020 at 6:32 am
OAKLAND — A judge found the man accused of killing Nia Wilson competent for trial on Wedneday, the same day the first set of prospective jurors were brought in for the murder trial.
John Lee Cowell, 29, is accused of fatally stabbing the 18-year-old and her sister Letifah Wilson at the MacArthur BART station platform on July 22, 2018. He also is accused of the special circumstance of lying in wait, which could make him eligible for life in prison without the possibility of parole. The prosecution is not seeking the death penalty.
After the judge ruled Cowell competent, Nia Wilson’s family was overjoyed, some wiping away tears.
“They are happy tears. I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long,” said Tashiya Wilson, another sister who was also present that night, but was not attacked.
Tashiya Wilson said she hasn’t been able to sleep since December, in anticipation of these hearings.
“Now I can finally sleep, knowing that my sister is getting the justice that she deserves,” she said.
She believes Cowell was putting on an act in terms of his competency.
“It’s just irritating that he played a role the whole time, to be something that he’s not,” Tashiya Wilson said. She said Cowell followed them that night from one BART station to another.
Family members and friends of the Wilson family, who packed the courtroom of Judge James Cramer on Wednesday, were seen hugging in relief that Nia Wilson’s accused killer was ruled competent for trial. Although it was silent in the courtroom when Cramer made his ruling, some wept in the hallway afterward.
On Wednesday morning, Judge Allan Hymer oversaw the first set of potential jurors, a panel of 110, to be questioned in the selection process for the trial. During the afternoon, the hearing was held in Cramer’s courtroom to determine if Cowell’s mental competency would play a factor in the trial.
UC Davis psychiatrist Dr. James Roof evaluated Cowell on Monday, and in his report found him competent. His report was crucial in determining if the case would be delayed or continue as planned.
Based on Roof’s report and other factors such as the way Cowell has acted in court before him, and the jail’s mental health record of Cowell since last May, Cramer found that there was not “substantial evidence” or changed circumstances to pause the trial again.
Christina Moore, Cowell’s attorney, had previously objected to the use of Roof, since he was hired by the prosecution and evaluated Cowell last year. She made no objections, or comments, Wednesday afternoon.
This particular report came about after Moore expressed doubt last month over her client’s competency to stand trial. Because Cowell has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, two doctors were assigned to evaluate his current mental state. One of those doctors, however, told Moore that Cowell refused to meet with her, and suggested competency proceedings should start again.
This wasn’t the first time Cowell’s mental health was questioned. In December 2018, Moore also expressed doubt, and court-appointed psychiatrists were assigned to evaluate him. One found he was competent, another could not reach a conclusion and a third doctor said he was competent. Judge Cramer found him in July to be competent to stand trial and proceedings resumed.
Jury selection continues Thursday. Opening statements are expected Feb. 5.
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WCMU Public Radio: Bills in the state senate aim to remove some state oversight of critical access hospitals
Adam Carlson, the MHA’s senior director of government & political affairs, was interviewed by WCMU Public Radio on Jan. 9 for a story on Senate Bill 670, which would exempt critical access hospitals from Certificate of Need oversight.
MHA In The News | January 14
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A story published Jan. 10 by the Lansing State Journal reviews a study published by the National Center for Health Statistics on the overall decline in opioid prescriptions issued after an emergency room visit.
Bridge Magazine: Michigan Republican pushes to deregulate health care. Some hospitals call foul.
On Jan. 8 Bridge Magazine published an article on a seven-bill package introduced in the Michigan Senate that would reform Certificate of Need.
MiBiz: State Legislature considers bills to significantly change health care certificate of need regs
On Dec. 6 MiBiz published an article that recaps testimony heard Dec. 5 in the Senate Health Policy Committee on a seven-bill package that would reform Certificate of Need.
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Peters Talks Food Insecurity on WJR’s Food for Thought
MHA CEO Brian Peters spoke to Dr. Phil Knight about food insecurity for WJR’s Food for Thought radio broadcast Dec. 1.
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MHA In The News | November 11
Crain’s Detroit Business: Spencer Johnson, former Michigan Health & Hospital Association president, dies
On Nov. 8, Crain’s Detroit Business published an article that recapped the life and accomplishments of Spencer Johnson, the MHA’s president and leader for three decades before retiring in 2015, who passed away on Nov. 8.
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MHA Featured in Detroit Free Press Article on Challenges in Rural Michigan
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Crain’s Detroit Business: Are there solutions to surprise medical billing?
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MLive: Rural areas hit hard by vetoes may see relief under new spending bills
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Crain’s Detroit Business: Michigan hospitals sponsor trustee day at the state Legislature
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Crain's Detroit Business: Legislators approve 3.7% state health budget hike
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MLive: Michigan becomes first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes
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Brian Peters Shares Hospitals’ Part in Caring for Kids on WJR 760AM
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Day 32 – Kidsgrove to Stone
September 29, 2016 Michael Tyler Comments 2 comments
A full day. In every respect.
Camera gave up, and refused to record any timelapse through the Harecastle.
Harecastle Tunnel
Turns out the SD card was full. It ran the battery down anyhow.
Waterexplorer tells me it’s 17 locks and 16.16 miles total for the day.
Had to wait about 30 minutes to go in.
The CRT attendant was friendly and professional. Talked me through all aspect. Couldn’t ask for a lot more.
The tunnel itself is a touch over 3,000 metres long and was built in the 18th century, you can read a little more about it here.
People still fear going through it today.
I’ve no idea why. The roofs are low. It drips. It’s dark.
It’s not much fun for rentals. If you know your boat, it’s just a long dark tunnel.
There is however this creepy story associated with the tunnel:-
It is said that many years ago, in the early years of the canals, a young lady was traveling from Liverpool to meet her husband in London who had recently taken up work there. He had sent a guinea to her to enable her to pay for her transport, and she was carrying all the goods she owned with her in trunks.
After a long ride on a cart that was taking corn to the mill at Hardingswood, she stopped to take rest at the Canal Tavern, a lock-side pub in Kidsgrove. She was trying to arrange her further passage south by road, with no offers. Someone in the tavern suggested that she travel by canal barge, and although she was not very happy about the idea, she could find no other choice.
The Tavern landlord agreed to watch over her luggage whilst she went to the wharf, and there she met three boatmen who promised her they would give her transport to London on their canal barge. They wanted to go on that night, and she was reluctant. They convinced her that the passage through the tunnel was dark in day or night, so they may as well set off as soon as possible. She did not like the idea too much, but because she could find no one else, she accepted. She noticed then that they had all been drinking, and that may have been to do with the cargo they were carrying which was wine and spirits.
The Boatmen went back to the Tavern with her to collect her luggage, and they took a pint of porter and then set off with the lady due South via the Harecastle Tunnel. At the mouth of the tunnel, one of the boatmen took the pony up the track to Boathorse Road, and the other two set off into the tunnel with the lady.
The barge emerged at the other side carrying the boatmen, but the lady never came out. In the hope that she had riches in her trunks, they had murdered her and hid her body in the underground culvert to Goldenhill Colliery, known as Gilbert’s Hole. On the search for her, she was found some days later in the tunnel, without her head.
The boatmen were tried and executed for her murder, but it has been said over the years that the Kidsgrove Buggut has been heard wailing in and around the tunnel and along Boathorse Road. This is the road that runs directly above the tunnel where the tow-ponies used to walk when the barges were going through the tunnel.
There’s quite an interesting blog on the Harecastle Tunnel here.
Stoke on a boat
After that, you get a lake at Westport, then to journey through Stoke, past all the disused potteries by boat.
Nothing like Wigan, it’s very picturesque. Very pretty even. Passing by the industrial innards of Stoke, functioning, some not. Nature plays a surprising large part on your journey through city.
From the canal, you might think it was all trees and hills.
I appreciate the Graffiti they’ve put on the walls here. Some of the best you’re going to see on the canal, (in my experience).
I can imagine how they could have said this name 200 years ago. Like it was an industrial utopia.
It’s named by the Wedgewood family after an area of Italy.
Etruria Graffiti
They used it to produce their ceramics, and created a factory to ship Wedgewood across the world.
During the second world war, the factory closed down.
Things went down hill after that.
It’s like driving through an open-air museum on the canal.
Made it to Stone, and through all the locks.
Parked up not far from Aston, which is considered the last of the ‘Stone’ locks.
Stone moorings
Cooked some toad in the hole.
Drunk some beer.
Bed soon.
Day 31 – Map
Day 45 – Great Bedwyn to Honey Street Day 38 – Flecknoe to Claydon Day 31 – Wheelock to Kidsgrove Day 33 – Stone to Little Haywood
Bonny Journey, England, Narrowboat, travel
Day 33 – Stone to Little Haywood
Day 31 – Wheelock to Kidsgrove
2 thoughts on “Day 32 – Kidsgrove to Stone”
Pauline Morell says:
Thought you would like Stoke..very different from the canal 🙂 you do travel a long way each day.
Michael Tyler says:
It’s a full day, starting at 9 and usually ending at 6 or 7, whenever the sun goes down or I reach a mooring I like.
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Path Guide: A New Approach to Indoor Navigation
July 14, 2017 | By Microsoft blog editor
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By Yuanchao Shu, Associate Researcher, and Börje Karlsson, Sr. Research Dev Lead, Microsoft Research
Mobile outdoor GPS navigation apps have proven to be lifesavers to countless people. With a smartphone in hand, it is easy to find your way to a destination, even in an unfamiliar city. However, it is still easy to get lost indoors, where GPS satellite signals are not accurately traceable for navigation applications.
How often have you had a hard time locating that new café inside in a bustling shopping center where you were supposed to meet your friends? How often have you wandered the hallways of some office building trying desperately to find that meeting room you were supposed to be in? How convenient would it be to have an app, similar to the ones used outdoors, that works indoors? We at Microsoft Research Asia’s Cloud & Mobile Research group recently launched Path Guide, a research-based application that provides low-cost, plug-and-play indoor navigation services. Users can easily find the correct path to their destinations by simply following traces created by a “leader,” or user who has been to the location before.
Microsoft Path Guide app for Android devices.
Indoor Navigation Anywhere: Is It Beyond Reach?
Let’s start by examining why GPS cannot be relied upon for indoor navigation. The first step in GPS navigation is positioning. Essentially, the receiver chip of the GPS system running on a handheld device picks up positioning signals from satellites and calculates the coordinates of the receiving device. Signals from a GPS satellite have poor penetration and are often blocked by building walls. Moreover, even with accurate positioning results, map information that most navigation applications depend on is not widely available for indoor scenarios. Real-time GPS-based indoor navigation is therefore out of the question.
So, what are the current applicable ideas for indoor navigation? A relatively well-known navigation approach is based on Bluetooth beacon positioning. Taking Apple’s iBeacon as an example, a smartphone app can roughly work out the device’s location on a map via signals from one or more iBeacons. Based on this information, the app then can calculate a route and navigate the user to her destination. However, this solution only works in buildings where iBeacons exist and the limited Bluetooth transmission range results in high costs for deployment and maintenance in large-sized indoor environments (shopping malls and office buildings, for instance).
Another popular indoor navigation approach is built upon Wi-Fi-based positioning. Wi-Fi signals are more commonly found in indoor environments than Bluetooth beacons. Similar to the Bluetooth method, this type of solution determines the approximate position of mobile devices through radio frequency (RF) signal characteristics and triangulation processes. Different positioning systems rely on signal strength, signal phase, transmission time, RF angle of arrival, channel state information, etc., but in general, they all leverage the differences and correlations between various Wi-Fi signals to determine positioning.
These systems can also use signal propagation models and learning algorithms to build a fingerprint map of indoor areas, and then train the system with, let’s say, radio signal strength information for positioning. However, due to the complexity of indoor environments, Wi-Fi signals are easily affected by interference and can fluctuate widely. Keeping Wi-Fi signal data up to date can lead to high maintenance costs. Additionally, positioning accuracy is limited by other factors such as the deployment density of Wi-Fi routers, how often the indoor environment changes, and the effort required to train and calibrate the system.
There are also solutions based on dedicated equipment within various indoor locations, which require the deployment of a certain number of special-purpose sensing devices, including cameras, visible light communication systems, RFID, Ultra-Wideband (UWB), infrared, ultrasound, or even laser-based instruments gears. These solutions can greatly improve system accuracy, but widespread deployments are heavily constrained by high hardware and labor costs.
Finally, indoor navigation generally relies on indoor maps, but map collection, data representation and data manipulation in large-sized indoor spaces are outstanding and costly issues, placing a huge question mark over the universal application of indoor navigation technologies. And for smaller buildings, owners may not have the means to collect and expose the necessary data.
So, how can we achieve low-cost, plug-and-play, scalable indoor navigation?
Path Guide: A Flexible Solution to Indoor Navigation
Taking the above knowledge into account, we turned our eyes to the smartphones that everyone uses. Could we rely only on what’s already available there?
After generations of upgrades, mobile phones today have an increasing variety of sensors, such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, electronic compasses, barometers, etc. Based on our previous research on making the most of such smartphone sensors and in using sensor data for indoor navigation, we decided to switch approaches. Instead of doing positioning first, why not focus only on navigation, as that’s our goal? Experiments have determined that the indoor geomagnetic field is disturbed by building structures, and that it is relatively stable inside buildings. This gave us the idea of creating an indoor navigation system based on the magnetic sensor data gathered from different locations, while leveraging the other phone sensors to support real time navigation instructions.
Combining the teams’ knowledge and expertise in mobile computing, pervasive computing, and intelligent sensing, we developed Path Guide. The Path Guide Android-based mobile app is user-friendly and can be installed directly onto a user’s smartphone, without the need for indoor maps or for building to have any special pre-installed hardware (including Wi-Fi routers).
To make the system work for anyone, we developed a peer-to-peer leader/follower model. Once a user goes to an indoor location using the app to record sensor data along a path, any other user can follow that path and get there. As more users collect data, different paths can be combined that make the system even more useful. This approach has two main benefits: First, the system is completely plug-and-play. Any two users in any building can use indoor navigation from scratch. Second, by combining data from multiple users, we can amplify the benefits of every single collected path, providing more navigation opportunities to more people with improved user experience.
The Path Guide app can be used in many scenarios. For example, if you are going to a large office building for the first time to attend a client meeting, a colleague who knows where the meeting room is can act as a “guide leader” and, using Path Guide, record a trace from the entrance of the building to the meeting room.
After arriving at the meeting room, the “leader” clicks the “finish recording” button to upload the path data trace to Path Guide’s backend in the cloud. Anyone who subsequently enters the building for the meeting and is using Path Guide can then follow the shared trace step-by-step to easily locate the correct room.
In more open areas, like shopping malls, any person or even shop owners can act as “guide leader” and share path traces from multiple locations (e.g., different entrances) to get to a certain destination, such as a relatively hidden restaurant or a clothing store.
Users of Path Guide can also record a trace and follow it backwards to its starting point. For instance, in an unfamiliar garage, you can record a trace from your parking spot to the elevator, and later follow it in reverse to find your car.
Another Path Guide feature is its support of annotations during trace recording. Text, audio, and photos can be added along a path, providing more information and interactivity.
Moreover, all traces that are uploaded to the cloud can be viewed from a web browser and shared with others using a unique trace ID. This way, shop owners can post wayfinding instructions on their own websites, and meeting coordinators can attach a route to an email meeting request.
Path Guide is a research project and admittedly still has rough edges. We hope you’ll download the app. Any feedback on improvements to the app UI, its usability, or in dealing with problematic situations are greatly welcome by the research team. You can either search for Path Guide in Google Play or download it directly from the project’s official website.
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Virtual reality (VR) has continually pushed the boundaries of how we perceive, from its early days of Ivan Sutherland’s Sword of Damocles to today. With the technology emerging from its early stages of bulky equipment tethered to one place out of necessity, researchers now are working with increased possibilities derived from hardware and new input sensors. The result is a unique set of challenges requiring innovative approaches to answering some of the most prevalent questions as far as what VR is capable of, where VR can happen, and how humans are able to experience it.
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Breaking the false promise
Updated: Dec 29, 2019, 07:58 IST | Paromita Vohra | Mumbai
How will these understandings of the past and the future, be in conversation or concert with other, varying visions as everyone pushes for a change?
In the last week of this decade I listened, at Azad Maidan, to a young man from Jamia Millia, speak with clarity and eloquence about a vision of India: a place where one exists with one's complete identity (shaksiyat). A Muslim with his dadi-topi, kurta-pyjama, al-hamdulila and bismillah, Sikhs with kirapan and turban, Hindus with Jai Shri Ram and ritual prayers. I noted the default masculine, but knew the women of Shaheen Bagh, were its parallel counter and modification.
The tussle between who we are and who we are allowed to be, at multiple levels, is an eternal one. Each generation, experiencing its unique contexts and innovations, throws up new iterations.
As the promised aspirations of liberalisation revealed themselves to be limited to only a few, we have found ourselves in increasingly authoritarian times. The Internet is emblematic of this. From a place of fluid exploration, where those who didn't fit in went to work, love, play and create newness, it became a place of control, surveillance, binaries, followers—capitalist engineering pretending to be freedom. Political mirrored, by shrill insistence on majority, conformity, homogeneity—fascism pretending to be democracy.
Now we see a revolt against masks, the breaking of false promises built on fake premises. The saas-bahu era of barbed euphemisms, is suddenly countered with a frank expression and assertion of identity—whether Muslim or Adivasi or Dalit. The digital word wars are being heavily replaced, by offline political and cultural activity and expression.
The constant references to colonial history, whether in a play like Jamiawala Bagh or in the pinpoint comparison between the colonial reserves for denotified tribes with the government's planned detention centres, also points to a new iteration of the discussion around what it means to be secular, democratic and national. The protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act has expanded to become something very fundamental, but with a very different leadership too.
Earlier notions of the secular Indian, while accepting the co-existence of religions, cohered around a figure, seen as modern and progressive through a dilution or disavowal of religious and regional identity—interfaith marriages (not so much inter-caste), children with Sufiyana names, an emphasis on rationality. Implicit here, was that identifiably religious or regional identities were somehow narrow and backward. The modern individual was a hybrid of the old and new for whom culture was a consumable heritage. In older Hindi films such figures were hero-heroine surrounded by a cast of lesser, stereotypically 'desi', costumed figures, as if pant-shirt and sari are not, also, costumes, masking the unremarked identity of being upper caste, usually North Indian.
Contemporary discussions are shrugging off this hybridity for heterogeneity: where we might be strongly rooted in religious identity, while partaking of all kinds of markets, politics, books, clothes, sexualities and relationships. The leaderless nature of this movement, where women, students, Dalits, Adivasis, queer groups, trans groups protest both, concurrently across locations, as well as leading in turns at common locations like Jantar Mantar mirrors this. There is a surge towards self-determination and a move away from the idea of nation as identity and entity, versus nation as a place we call home and can be ourselves.
How will these understandings of the past and the future, be in conversation or concert with other, varying visions as everyone pushes for a change? What will be the contours of this new plurality? A decade awaits curiously, some newer, truer promises based on new premises.
Paromita Vohra is an award-winning Mumbai-based filmmaker, writer and curator working with fiction and non-fiction. Reach her at paromita.vohra@mid-day.com
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An extensive self-drive trip, exploring the island of Ireland from top to bottom.
Enjoy your own self-drive tour throughout the whole of Ireland, from the Wild Atlantic West Coast and islands to the geological splendour of the Giant’s Causeway in the North. We’ve captured this as a 16 night self-drive holiday, though, of course, we can always tweak it, shorten it or extend it to suit your exact requirements.
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Day One – Dublin
Your first base is the capital city, now a bustling European metropolis. With its mix of urban cool, lush parkland, sweeping coastline and hip designer boutiques, Dublin pulsates with energy while still retaining a warm, laid-back atmosphere.
Your hotel in Dublin
Your guest house accommodation is in a pair of fine Georgian town houses conveniently situated in a quiet street. You’re just a short walk from the southern edge of the city centre, St Stephen’s Green and Grafton Street. You’ll be spoilt for choice for local bars and restaurants, yet they are just far enough away not to disturb the tranqullity of this garden-lined residential location. The houses are traditionally decorated to a high standard, combining Georgian elegance with modern facilities.
What to see and do in Dublin
Once home to literary greats such as James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde, the city boasts an abundance of Georgian architecture, as well as cosy bars and lots of great restaurants. Wander into Trinity College, with the famous Book of Kells on display or head to the Guinness Storehouse to sample the nectar in its historic homeland – you’ll be following the example of both The Queen and Barack Obama! Pay a visit to one or both of the city cathedrals, cross the Liffey on the Ha’penny bridge and visit the GPO, site of the famous 1916 Easter Rising. Take in the Dublin Writers Museum, or catch an Irish play at the Abbey Theatre.
Day Three – County Cork
Start your exploration by heading south, past Wicklow & Waterford, with beaches and beautiful scenery as you travel into County Cork. Pass the city of Cork to the colourful and popular village of Kinsale, now firmly established as one of Ireland’s premier destinations for foodies, with a host of restaurants covering all styles and preferences.
Your hotel in Kinsale
This unique, personally run, bed and breakfast is in the heart of Kinsale, yet with its peaceful garden and gated entrances offers genuine sanctuary away from the bustle of the village. All rooms are very tastefully decorated, with a focus on natural textures and colours, with dark wood floors, white walls and beautiful art-work giving an immediate sense of sophistication. However, this is perfectly balanced with the warm reception that you will receive from your hosts, who are mines of information on the numerous local eateries.
What to see and do in Kinsale
This medieval town is not just about food, it’s also about traditional bars, beautiful buildings, narrow streets, shops and galleries and lots of activities on land and sea. Take a trip along the coast, to find plenty of beaches and welcoming villages. Perhaps head into the nearby city of Cork and visit the world-famous English Market.
Day Five – County Kerry
Your journey now takes you to the west coast, with options to explore one or more of the fingers of land at the south of Ireland, including the Bere peninsula, before reaching the famous Ring of Kerry, and your next base.
Your hotel in County Kerry
This family run small guest house has an enviable waterside location, just off the Ring of Kerry near the village of Sneem. With beautiful lawns and swaying palm trees, its easy to forget you are in Ireland. Summer sunsets can be spectacular here. You will enjoy a hearty Irish breakfast with plenty of home-made breads and jams, and there is even a small bar, which serves light meals. You are not far from several good restaurants for the evenings.
What to see and do in Kerry
For anyone that loves the great outdoors, Kerry is a dream destination. This charming county has it all, with sublime scenery, exceptionally friendly locals, gorgeous little villages and excellent restaurants.
Kerry’s magnificent coastline is a series of peninsulas that open out into larger bays and give a totally unique feeling to the county, with craggy hills that tumble down into the choppy ocean below.
A drive around the Ring of Kerry or the less busy Ring of Beara in adjacent County Cork is an unforgettable way to experience the best that this awe-inspiring landscape has to offer. It’s great walking country, too, with plenty of trails into the hills and along the coast.
Day Seven – County Clare
Now you head further north, crossing the River Shannon by ferry and entering County Clare. The Atlantic Ocean pounds the dramatic cliff-lined coastline. Your next base is an award-winning gastro pub in the historic village of Lisdoonvarna.
Your hotel in County Clare
The family owned and run inn is a great touring base. The owners have created a welcoming hotel, with a blend of contemporary and traditional, in the unique setting of the Burren region. Built in 1860 this country inn oozes old world charm and character. Open log fires, a walled garden and 14 en-suite bedrooms all with views of the surrounding countryside.
What to see and do in County Clare
You are within a short drive of the imposing Cliffs of Moher, stretching five miles along the coast, at a height of over 200 meters above sea level, with often breathtaking views, Take a boat trip to get up close and feel the refreshing (we mean cold!) sea spray. Head inland to explore the almost mystical landscape of The Burren, with mile upon mile of limestone pavement. It’s a landscape like no other: rich with ancient history, cave systems and unique flora. Let us arrange a local guide to help you decipher the wonders of this unique area.
Day Nine – County Galway
For the next leg of your coastal tour, pass Galway City and head to the west and the mountains and loughs of Connemara, where you will stay in an historic castle.
Your castle hotel in Connemara
This award-winning castle hotel is set in a private 450 acre estate of woodland, rivers and walks in the heart of Connemara. Though luxurious, the atmosphere is unpretentious. The setting is superb, overlooking the river which is also the hotel’s own famous salmon fishery, with a backdrop of the beautiful 12 Bens Mountain range. As well as a well-renowned restaurant there is an atmospheric bar with an open log fire. Rooms are either in the older castle or the more modern riverside wing which has even better views.
You are within a few miles of the villages of Roundstone and the popular tourist town of Clifden. Here you will find delightful shops, traditional music bars and a choice of excellent restaurants.
What to see and do in Connemara
One of the last true wild areas of Ireland – Connemara is a broad peninsula to the west of Galway city and is bounded on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean. Its name derives from “Conmhaicne Mara” (meaning: descendants of Con Mhac, of the sea). With dramatic coastlines, high mountains, sandy beaches, great walking and cycling, you will not be short of diversions. If social history interests you, go for a hike along boardwalks over the Irish bog to visit the landing site of the first non-stop transatlantic flight, completed – just – by Alcock and Brown in 1919.
Day Eleven – County Mayo
A shorter drive today, following the route of the Wild Atlantic Way through Connemara into Mayo, and your next base in the colourful small town of Westport.
Your hotel in Mayo
Your accommodation is a classic and traditional B&B very close to the centre of Westport itself. The very warmest of Mayo welcomes awaits from your hostess, who is happy to give advice on how to get the most from your visit to this charming corner of Ireland.
With just three beautifully presented en-suite rooms and a cosy guest lounge, this is the perfect spot from which to explore the town and surrounding area, set up for the day on a fabulous Irish breakfast.
What to see and do in Mayo
Mayo stands out as one of Ireland’s most scenic counties. But while you may gasp in awe at the craggy coastline that has been lashed by the powerful Atlantic, make sure to remember that there’s a lot more going on in Mayo. Ceide Fields is the most extensive Stone Age monument in the world, Croagh Patrick is where Ireland’s patron saint fasted for 40 days in 441AD, and Achill Island is a stunning spot on the edge of Western Europe bursting with history and awe-inspiring sights. And if all that isn’t enough, there’s an abundance of charming villages to visit from beautifully situated Westport to the peaceful town of Cong.
Day Twelve – Donegal
Continue your tour of the west, driving through Sligo then into County Donegal, passing Donegal Town, and keep on to the Inishowen peninsula, the most northerly part of the whole island of Ireland and an area rich with ancient history.
Your hotel in Donegal
Close your eyes and imagine the perfect Irish pub/hotel: brightly painted, in a small village surrounded by beautiful countryside and glorious beaches, where you will be welcomed as one of the family, treated to home-cooked food and the perfect pint of Guinness while you chat to passers-by. Chances are there will be music too – perhaps a local jamming session in the bar, or maybe a concert by some famous Irish names in the atmospheric venue just through the back. Well you don’t need to imagine, as we have found it.
What to see and do in Donegal
This corner of Donegal is a delight to explore, with many kilometres of scenic driving and some of the best beaches in Ireland. Malin Head, at the tip of the Inishowen peninsula, is the most Northerly point on mainland Ireland (yet it is in the “South” rather than Northern Ireland…). On a clear day, the views stretch across to the Scottish Hebrides and Kintyre peninsula.
There are many Neolithic sites – standing stones and cairns – if you are interested in pre-history, and a must-visit is the Doagh Famine Village, which tells the story of Ireland from 1845 to the present day in a very different style from any other tourist attraction.
Day Fourteen – County Antrim
Next you cross the border into Northern Ireland, perhaps stopping to explore Derry/Londonderry. You can take a tour of the historic walls and learn more about the city’s role in Ireland’s history for over 350 years. Continue on to the famous Antrim coast and the market town of Bushmills, famous for whiskey, and just a stone’s throw from the Giant’s Causeway.
Your hotel in County Antrim
Centuries of history exude from the old timber beams and rough plaster walls of this landmark inn. At its heart is the gaslit sixteenth century snug, with soot-stained walls and ceilings and a pulley suspended above the fireplace. You could spend hours here over a Guinness or a dram, dreaming up romantic notions of encounters goneby. The snug is encased by a mere two-hundred year old inn, with an even more modern, yet sympathetically designed, outer shell. Guest rooms are spacious and atmospheric, with individual character and attention to detail in-keeping with the building’s charm.
Exploring the coast and glens of Antrim
This famous coastline is packed with sights within a short drive, including the geological phenomenon of the Giant’s Causeway, and the much-photographed clifftop ruins of haunting Dunluce Castle. For the more adventurous, test your nerve and head for heights by venturing across the suspended rope bridge at Carrick-a-Rede. And why not end one of your days with a visit to the famous Bushmills distillery, just a short stroll from your hotel?
Day Sixteen – Carlingford
To complete your journey, head south from Country Antrim to the coastal town of Carlingford, just back across the border. You could take a detour into the revitalised Victorian city of Belfast en route if you wish.
Your Hotel
This unique 18th century Georgian house sits just yards from the gate to the historic old town of Carlingford. Nestling at the foot of Slieve Foy it has breathtaking views of Carlingford Lough and the Mourne mountains. It is a comfortable and relaxed place to stay, with occasional creaking floorboards adding to the character. Treat yourself to a candlelit dinner in the award-winning restaurant.
What to see and do in Carlingford
The Medieval Heritage town of Carlingford was raided by the Vikings in the 8th and 9th centuries and then the Normans in the 12th century. Walking the narrow streets you can discover atmospheric pubs and other gems such as craft and antique shops, as well as the ruins of the castle. The inherent natural beauty of the area has been harnessed by the variety of activities available locally. You are also perfectly located to visit the wonderful 5000 year old archaeological site at Newgrange.
Day Seventeen – Return home
You are not much more than an hour by motorway from Dublin, for your onward travel.
A tour of the island, covering Dublin, Cork, Kerry, Clare, Galway, Mayo, Donegal, the Antrim Coast, and County Louth.
£1725 per person for March & November, £1825 for April & October, £2015 per person for May, June & September, £2075 per person for July & August.
Prices are based on two adults sharing a double or twin room for 16 nights on a bed & breakfast basis, staying in our hand-picked selection of small hotels and guesthouses. Car hire is not included but can be arranged, starting from £35 per day.
We would be delighted to book your travel to Ireland from Britain for this holiday. The holiday can be tailored to match the ferry routes from Holyhead or Fishguard in Wales, or to Belfast from Cairnryan in Scotland.
Flights to Dublin, Cork, Shannon or Belfast would also be ideal starting points, and we can arrange car rental to match.
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Proposed Rehabilitation Standards Need Your Professional Feedback
Written by: Darlene D'Altorio-Jones (1959-2015) on Monday, September 8, 2014 Posted in: Inpatient Rehab
CARF states, “In keeping with CARF’s field-driven process, we are seeking your feedback on several proposed new standards for Medical Rehabilitation and Aging Services specialty programs, which were developed based on recent feedback from stakeholders in the field. The proposed standards will be published in the 2015 standards manuals.”
At every opportunity, we should take the time to review and comment on standards of practice that will define the professional expectations as a baseline for our patients. At the present time CARF is looking for a field review and comment in the area of Peer Support Services or Amputation Specialty Program services that may be expected in the various programs served by our population of patients. Follow the link to provide your input on these standards by Sept. 19, 2014.
As an individual that worked hard to demonstrate CARF standards of practice in various programs in a previous position that I held, I can attest to the fact that the care provided and vigilance to process that was outlined in those expectations made our services the very best possible. Having both a skilled level of care and a rehabilitation program under the same facility demonstrated even greater the differences between intensity that made each program specific to the needs of the patient; not equal in the expectations for both.
As a profession we are facing site neutral payment proposals from Congress and deeper confusion in the level of cost and resources required to provide rehabilitation services for patients’ unique needs. Time, resources and special training above and beyond a skilled level of care is unique to IRF/U. Now is the time to provide feedback that will distinguish the very best of care, outcomes and resources to re-engage patients at their highest capability. This will not only mold the standard expectations but deliver on the goals as professionals we expect when serving the populations needing rehabilitation expertise.
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Stephen (Steve) Greenberg is responsible for Mediware’s Homeless & Community, Behavioral Health and LTSS businesses. Prior to joining Mediware, Steve was President of DecisionHealth, LLC for six years, after which time he successfully helped execute the sale of this revenue cycle management decision-support company. Before that, he worked at OptumInsight for 12 years as a senior leader of many of its provider software and service solutions and, in his last role as SVP, Government Solutions, built a prospective and retrospective fraud, waste and abuse detection capability for UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare and Medicaid businesses.
Dana Streck
Senior Vice President, Human Capital
Dana Streck leads Mediware’s human capital organization. Before joining Mediware, Dana was senior director of workforce transitions for Cerner Corporation, where she welcomed and transitioned new team members into Cerner through client partnerships and acquisitions. With more than 15 years of experience in human resources, Dana has successfully partnered with business leaders to drive workforce initiatives that benefit both companies and clients, while simultaneously creating environments that support growth and innovation.
Jason Baker
VP, Corporate Development
As vice president of corporate development for Mediware, Jason Baker is responsible for acquisitions, partnerships, and new market strategies. Prior to joining Mediware, he was a managing director for Alpine Healthcare Advisors and Healthcare Growth Partners, both of which provide investment banking services in healthcare technology and services. Jason also served as head corporate development executive for Cerner Corporation. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Missouri.
Wes Little
Vice President, Applied Insights
As vice president of analytics, Wes Little leads Mediware’s unified analytics strategy to deliver data-driven insights and innovative solutions. He previously served as director of product management for Kinnser Software, where he oversaw rapid product innovation for the company’s home health electronic medical record software. Wes holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Washington and Lee University.
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CMS (Chemotherapy)
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MintTwist MintTwist’s blog Catching Fire: A Hunger Games Digital Marketing Case Study
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Catching Fire: A Hunger Games Digital Marketing Case Study
Published on Friday, November 22nd, 2013 by Colin Chung
Welcome, welcome to our 2nd Hunger Games case study blog. Last year I had the honour of looking at the social media marketing campaign for the first Hunger Games movie. I’m a massive Hunger Games fan and would devour Katniss’ tale late into the night when I really ought to be sleeping.
Catching Fire, the second movie based on the second book in the series has just been released internationally and is expected to break box office records. As with the marketing of the first movie, Lionsgate have really understood their target audience and set a precedent in using digital and social media marketing.
So grab your bow (or scary camouflage makeup skills) and join us as we take a dive into the digital marketing campaign of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire!
Catching Fire’s Target Channels
The Hunger Games invests a significant amount of time into their Facebook page, and boasting nearly 12 million likes shows it’s clearly working.
The Hunger Games Facebook page boasts nearly 12 million likes.
However, unlike when I originally looked at the Hunger Games’ social media marketing, they have reduced the focus on user generated content. As we’ll see later in this case study, they still place a huge focus on quality user generated content, but they currently centre their Facebook effort on promoting the upcoming movie.
One thing that they excel at is focusing on the visual. Each post is accompanied by picture ensuring a significant amount of likes, comments and shares.
A new weapon in the Hunger Games marketing artillery is the Capitol Couture Instagram profile. With so much visual content, you’d think it would be easy for Lionsgate to set up an official Instagram account but I think their focus on it being under their Capitol Couture brand (a sub-marketing brand focused on the fashion and design of the Hunger Games world), is a really smart move.
There are only so many photos of Katniss you can post on Instagram without being too repetitive. By focusing on their fashion and design, they can engage with a niche part of their audience. One of Instagram’s largest audiences is the fashion savvy hipsters that would never miss an #ootd.
Lionsgate have tailored their marketing approach on Instagram to the audience that they know is already there – putting the audience first and not their content.
Another new element of their marketing strategy is their Google+ account. I’m glad that more brands are using Google+; I personally like it and find that the engagement levels are more genuine and it is easier to communicate and create conversation.
Currently they are only using Google+ as an extension of their Facebook or Twitter accounts – pushing out movie related content. But with over 2 million encirclers, it’s certainly working and they often receive significant amounts of engagement.
In the future, I would like to see them push their Google+ community and be far more engaged with it. Google+ has a lot of interesting features – apps that can make use of Google Hangouts and YouTube to create an interactive, video-focused user experience.
Catching Fire’s User Generated Content
Capitol Couture is one of my favourite marketing channels Lionsgate have launched. One of the defining elements of the Hunger Games universe is the Capitol – a utopian, hyper-commercialised vision of the future where the visual is everything.
Tumblr’s focus on images, gifs and videos means any visual content gets devoured.
Capitol Couture focuses on the fashion and design of the Hunger Games world and highlights the unique, inspirational style of the world. Not only do they encourage audience participation but they also highlight the work and pieces of the designers that worked on the film.
But perhaps one of the smartest moves was to host this on Tumblr. Tumblr’s focus on images, animated gifs (you can now create a gif through Tumblr and your webcam) and videos means any visual content gets devoured.
But, more importantly they place a significant emphasis on user generated content – reinforcing their brand ambassadors and exponentially increasing their reach. They even have a whole tag dedicated to ‘Citizen Activity’.
Ultimate Fan Challenge
Consistently I am amazed at just how much focus Lionsgate have placed on the fans and the Hunger Games community – a lot of their marketing activity isn’t even necessarily directed at potential movie goers but how to engage the fans that no doubt will see the movie anyway.
Gamification also features in the Hunger Games marketing
For example, they have launched a whole gamification competition called the ‘Ultimate Fan Challenge’. People can register, use specific hashtags, earn points and enter competitions. They can also unlock badges for ultimate bragging rights which when shared by participants increases their social shares and reach.
But why would a film company spend so much time, effort and money on a marketing campaign that is preaching to the converted?
Importantly, they are encouraging the creation, and then utilising, an almost infinite amount of content. Companies would kill to have as much high quality, unique and truly engaging content as created by the Hunger Games fans.
By embracing this content, it only fuels the fire and encourages more fans to participate and get involved.
Embracing user generated content only fuels the fire and encourages more fans to participate
It also creates brand ambassadors overnight. If each one of their fans on Facebook shared one update from them and had on average 200 friends, they could have a potential reach of billions – can you imagine the cost for a traditional print or television campaign aimed at securing the same amount of viewership?
The Hunger Games’ social growth
When we originally wrote about the Hunger Games’ social media marketing, they had 6,308,164 Facebook likes and more than 550,000 Twitter followers.
The Hunger Games regularly engages with fans on Twitter
Now, approximately 18 months later they have 11,647,406 Facebook likes – approximately 85% growth. This has bolstered by the smart move to consolidate their local Facebook pages into one (thanks for the heads up, Katie!). The Twitter account has grown to 969,372 followers – a 75% growth over the same period. They’ve also added to their social presence with a Google+ page with 2,271,856 encirclers and an Instagram profile with 31,464 followers.
That’s also not mentioning the hundreds of thousands of fans on their other profiles (for example the official Facebook and Twitter accounts of the Capitol), or the individual District Facebook pages.
Top digital marketing takeaway
For me, the number one takeaway that we can learn from the Hunger Gamers digital marketing campaign is to place the customer (or audience) at the heart of the campaign.
Start with understanding who your audience is.
What are they interested in?
Where do they congregate online?
What kind of content resonates best with them?
Once you have identified this information – place it at the heart of your activity and never lose sight of it. Frequently I am asked as a digital marketer ‘but how do you know it will work?’ and of course I can’t always answer this question.
Good content should always engage with your target audience regardless of its purpose
But if you consider your target audience first and structure your digital marketing around them you have the best chance at resonating with them and ensuring you do not waste your time trying to push your marketing message on them.
Good content should always engage with your target audience regardless of its purpose. If you find that you are simply not getting any traction with your audience, consider going back to the planning phase and look at where and how you are considering your customers.
If you have any questions on digital marketing, social media marketing or content marketing then why not get in touch via hello@minttwist.com! Our digital marketing consultants would love to speak with you about your project.
Colin Chung
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Police lay charges over hit and run – Cronulla
Mirage News Life March 12, 2019 4:33 pm AEDT Date Time
No. 4 Squadron Combat Controllers – Commander’s eyes and ears on ground
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) No. 4 Squadron (4SQN) Combat Control Team (CCT) has the important job of being the first on the ground to assess the viability for aircraft and personnel arrival.
During Exercise Cope North, 4SQN worked with United States Air Force (USAF) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) to enhance the air and ground crew’s ability to work together.
The RAAF CCT is comprised of Combat Controllers who have specialist skills in reconnaissance, assault zone control and clearance of an airfield.
Combat Controllers provide a range of capabilities, including declaring a landing zone safe for aircraft to land, meteorology observation and controlling air strikes from the ground.
During training activities at Exercise Cope North NORTH, the RAAF CCT practiced two types of airfield insertions into Baker Airfield at Tinian Island. The team conducted tactical air land operations by ground via a JASDF C-130H Hercules and practised parachuting from USAF C-130J Hercules aircraft.
The 4SQN Detachment Commander, Squadron Leader (SQNLDR) J explained that the CCT play a critical role in securing the ground for advanced force arrival.
“Our role is to be the commander’s first eyes and ears on the ground and exercises such as Cope North allow us to sharpen our skills in rapid airfield clearance.
“One of our most valuable experiences was parachuting into a simulated disaster zone from a USAF C-130J Hercules. We worked with a USAF Jump master, conducting jumps at both 6,000 and 10,000 feet.
“It’s important for us to continue to integrate our skills with the USAF and JASDF so that we can effectively work together in the Asia-Pacific region.
“In a disaster situation we want to be able to get our forces in as soon as practicable. Training with multi-national crews expands our contingency options, allowing us to successfully work with each other’s aircraft and personnel,” SQNLDR J said.
Exercise Cope North helps cultivate common bonds and foster goodwill between regional nations by conducting multi-lateral humanitarian and civil assistance operations.
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Remote centre reawakens language
The Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Miriwoong Language and Cultural Centre is developing innovative ways to reawaken languages.
The language centre in Kununurra, Western Australia, has been supporting the preservation, revitalisation and nurturing of the Miriwoong language and culture since the 1970s.
A Language Nest and a master-apprentice program, are two new additions to the award-winning language centre’s work to revitalise language.
The Language Nest uses immersion techniques, based on a successful model developed by the Maori in New Zealand, to surround youngsters with language and culture. The initiative has been positively received, with more than 400 children participating in sessions each week.
The Language Nest team has also released a book entitled ‘Gooloo-gooloob Yarroondayan’, which means ‘We are all happy’. This book is yet another example of the strong work being done by the language centre to include community in revitalising language.
Both the ideas and illustrations for the book were created by Year One Language Nest participants at Kununurra District High School.
Founding Member of the Language and Cultural Centre David Newry said, ‘if we lose language, we will be lost. There will be nobody to look to’.
‘The children are now teaching their parents, grandparents and guardians new Miriwoong words.’
Further success has been seen in the adoption of the Knowledge Cycle – a master-apprentice style program which brings together Elders and youth and focuses on ways to help young people relate to, and connect with, their ancient language.
‘There are only a limited number of Elders who can share their precious knowledge of language and the traditional way of life. We depend on these Elders, as long as they are with us, to pass on wisdom to younger generations.’
The innovative Miriwoong Language and Cultural Centre has won numerous awards and was a finalist at the Curtin University Teaching Excellence Award (WA Regional Achievement and Community Awards).
The International Year of Indigenous Languages provides an opportunity to raise further awareness of the crucial role that organisations like Miriwoong play in helping maintain and revitalise language.
Watch their video here:
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French startup Diabeloop announces €31m Series B funding round
The company now wants to accelerate the commercial rollout of a system for management of Type 1 diabetes.
By Leontina Postelnicu
Grenoble, France-based startup Diabeloop has secured €31m in a Series B funding round led by Cemag Invest, with ADAG, Odyssée Venture, previous backers Supernova Invest, Air Liquide Venture Capital and others also participating.
Founded in 2015 out of a medical research project, the company’s primary product is what is referred to as a hybrid closed-loop system for management of Type 1 diabetes. Called DBLG1 (Diabeloop Generation 1), it connects a continuous glucose monitor, a patch insulin pump and a handset that hosts the company's unique algorithm.
It works by transmitting a glucose measurement via Bluetooth to the handset every five minutes. Diabeloop’s algorithm analyses the data, along with other information about the patient, to determine the correct dose of insulin that needs to be administered. The result is a system that the company said “almost completely automates the treatment of Type 1 diabetes”.
“The Diabeloop-developed algorithm adapts to the physiology and lifestyle of each person, which means the glucose trend prediction and insulin delivery are customised,” said founder and co-chief executive Erik Huneker.
WHAT IT’S FOR
With the new money, Diabeloop now plans to accelerate the commercial rollout of its system, ramp up R&D activities and submit its application for FDA clearance, having already obtained CE marking.
The company also said it was “in the process” of securing a national reimbursement agreement in its home country, and was in discussions with health insurers in Germany.
THE LARGER TREND
A study funded by Diabeloop and the French Innovation Fund involving Type 1 diabetes patients, published in the Lancet Digital Health earlier this year, found that the DBLG1 system improved glucose control compared to sensor-augmented insulin pumps.
But the biggest name within the world of automated diabetes management systems is Medtronic’s MiniMed 670G. The MiniMed was the first hybrid closed-loop system for patients with Type 1 diabetes to be cleared by the FDA back in 2016.
“Having been able to combine the new syndicate of investors with historical backers on this Series B round of financing is a notable expression of confidence in the foundation and capabilities of Diabeloop,” said Marc Julien, co-chief executive of the startup.
“The new investors, led by CEMAG Invest, which is particularly interested in creating value for patients, enable us to launch an unprecedented fundraising event in the therapeutic artificial intelligence sector. Today we can say that Diabeloop is on track for rapid international deployment, which will make our devices accessible to the greatest possible number of patients,” Julien added.
hybrid closed loop system, Type 1 Diabetes, French startup, France, digital health funding, Diabeloop
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Chilean women's attitudes toward Pap screening reminder texts vary by age
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Age played a major role in Chilean women’s attitudes toward text message reminders for Papanicolaou (Pap) testing, according to a small study published by JMIR mHealth and uHealth. The study set out to investigate the barriers preventing Chilean women from getting tested for cervical cancer by setting up focus groups to talk to patients. Twenty-seven women between the ages of 25 and 64 who did...
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Home » Reviews » Road Tests » 2018 Chevrolet Traverse
General Motors pretty much kicked off the large 3-row crossover movement with their 2007 Saturn Outlook. but, it didn’t take long for rivals to one-up the general with slightly smaller and nimbler competition. Since 2009, the Chevrolet Traverse has been the lambda platform’s volume leader. and, while clearly a sales success, it really hasn’t changed much over the years. until now that is. For 2018, what’s old is new again.
Indeed, GM has plenty of experience building 3-row utilities; both in the old school SUV fashion, as well as in today’s more popular crossover style. This 2018 Chevrolet Traverse shares the new global C1XX…or “Chi” platform…with the GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave as before, but thankfully GM continues to increase separation between brands.
On that note, the Traverse is on the long wheelbase version, same as Enclave, while Acadia is on the standard “Chi”.
At 204.3-inches, that gives Traverse about a foot more overall length than its GMC kin. Also, Traverse is the only one of the trio setup for 8-passenger seating.
Styling is always personal, but sleeker is a word we’ll use. While it’s slightly longer, the new Traverse looks leaner and less bloated, especially on profile, which we think favors the rival Ford Explorer.
Base engine is still a 3.6-liter V6. Now with automatic stop/start, it also adds a tiny bit more displacement thanks to a larger cylinder bore, and ekes out a few more horsepower, at 310. Torque stays the same at 266 lb-ft.
It’s also helped by a new 9-speed automatic transmission.
Believe it or not, a 2.0-liter turbo-4 is the engine upgrade. It features less horsepower, at 255, but more torque at 295 lb-ft. Currently available only in sporty RS trim, and only in front-wheel-drive. All other trims except for the base L, can be equipped with all-wheel-drive; while top level High Country models get a more advanced twin-clutch traction system.
Our time with a front-wheel-drive 3.6-liter, revealed that it remains totally adequate for performing family hauling and commuting duties, but never feels overly powerful. Max. towing is actually down 200-lbs. from last year to an even 5,000.
The 9-speed certainly helps fuel economy, as the Government Ratings are up across the board; now at 18-City, 27-Highway, and 21-Combined. We averaged a good 22.9 miles-per-gallon of Regular.
For a reasonable, for an SUV, Energy Impact Score of 15.7-barrels of yearly oil use and 6.9 tons of CO2 emissions. 2.0-liter fuel economy ratings are 20-City, 26-Highway, and 22-Combined.
Better news than all of that, is that the new Traverse fully feels nimbler behind the wheel; on the street at least, which is certainly where the Traverse behaves best. But with that, comes a sense that it’s not quite as solid feeling as some in the segment.
And, on our handling course, we still fought plenty of understeer; steering feel has noticeably improved, but we’d still consider it slow to respond to inputs.
Grunty low-end torque makes for an efficient leap off the line. The quick-revving 6 delivers power stoically throughout the range. We hit 60 more than a second quicker than in our last Traverse test at 6.9-seconds; with the full ¼-mile taking 15.3-seconds at 93 miles-per-hour.
With fade-free, consistent stops from 60 of just 118-feet; we give it very high marks for braking too.
Don’t know if it’s an early software issue or not; but away from the track, the new 9-speed transmission seemed a little clumsy at times; something we didn’t notice with the more refined driving experience of the new Buick Enclave.
“Large and in charge” is the theme inside, with more than adequate room in all seating positions, including the 3rd row…and cargo capacity that’s among class best at 23.0 cubic-ft. behind the 3rd row, 58.1 behind the 2nd, and 98.2 with all seats folded.
Our tester was sensibly equipped in LT trim, which some found a little disappointing. But, High-dollar High Country and RS trims are available if maxing out the bling factor is important to you.
There’s plenty of tech to go around, including GM’s rear camera mirror, 4G LTE Wi-Fi, Apple Car Play and Android Auto, along with lane keep assist and automatic braking.
Traverse pricing is on par with the segment, starting at a reasonable $30,925 and escalating to the very cushy High Country at $53,095.
It’s no secret that GM’s big 3-row crossovers were long overdue for a complete update. And there’s no argument that the 2018 Chevrolet Traverse is now fully improved and modernized. However, we do wonder if GM went far enough. Just being bigger and a bit better doesn’t really cut it in a class where options are many. Still, we do think Chevrolet did enough to be solidly competitive, and the new Traverse will certainly be plenty appealing to all those that prefer their family ride have a domestic name.
Engine: 3.6 liter / 2.0 liter
Horsepower: 310 / 255
Torque: 266 lb-ft. / 295 lb-ft.
0-60 mph: 6.9 seconds
1/4 mile: 15.3 seconds @ 93 mph
EPA: 18 mpg city / 27 mpg highway
Energy Impact: 15.7 barrels of oil/yr
CO2 Emissions: 6.9 tons/yr
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Max Planck Institutes
MPI for Software Systems, Kaiserslautern
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Computer systems permeate our daily life. In addition to conventional desktop computing and Internet applications, sophisticated software systems can be found in almost all technical devices, from mobile phones to traffic lights. They support the operations of banks, hospitals, universities and public authorities, to name just a few. The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, located in Kaiserslauten and Saarbrücken, carries out basic research that is dedicated to language design, analysis, modelling, implementation and evaluation of software systems, among other applications. Particular areas of interest include programming systems, the comparison of distributed and networked systems and of embedded and autonomous systems, as well as aspects of the formal modelling, analysis, security and stability of cutting-edge software engineering.
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Machines in dialogue
Complex Systems (M&T) Computer Science
Rupak Majumdar, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Kaiserslautern, develops mathematical methods for ensuring the reliability of networked systems.
Early alert system for fake news
MaxPlanckResearch 4/2018
Fighting fake news in social media more efficiently and accurately: Manuel Gomez Rodriguez of the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems combines artificial intelligence techniques and human judgments to design an early alert system for fake news.
Photo without a face
We have barely any control over where information about us and even photos bearing our likeness are displayed. In the future, however, it may at least be possible to prevent ourselves from appearing as bystanders in photos on other people’s Facebook pages. This is thanks to technology developed by a team working under Paarijaat Aditya, Rijurekha Sen and Peter Druschel from the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems.
Machines in Dialog
4/2014 Material & Technology
Cyber-physical systems are in strong demand for their ability to increase road traffic safety and optimize electricity consumption from renewable sources. They link vehicles to sensors that monitor traffic and order the car to brake if a dangerous situation arises, for example. Or they distribute electricity from multiple power plants to consumers as efficiently as possible. Rupak Majumdar, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Kaiserslautern, develops mathematical methods for ensuring the reliability of these networked systems.
The Data Cloak
Material & Technology
Data is the raw material of the modern information society. All too often, however, companies that require comprehensive data analyses risk breaching data protection guidelines. Paul Francis, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Kaiserslautern, seeks to strike a balance between these conflicting interests. His company, Aircloak, plays an important role in this endeavor.
On Time – For Sure
When a computer takes forever to load a website, it may be annoying, but it is nothing more serious than that. If, however, the electronics in a car or a plane don’t process commands exactly when they are supposed to, the consequences can be fatal. Björn Brandenburg and his team at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Kaiserslautern and Saarbrücken study how to construct real-time systems in such a way that it can be proven that they always react on time.
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Automated numerical approximations
2018 Darulova, Eva
Approximations permeate our computing systems. They help to save computing resources such as time and energy, but they also necessarily introduce errors. How do these errors affect the overall correctness of our computations? To handle the complexity of today's computer programs, we need to develop tools, which automatically analyze the effects of approximation errors and thus help engineers to write correct and efficient code.
Enhancing the creation, consumption and dissemination of trustworthy knowledge in the Web and social media
2016 Gomez Rodriguez, Manuel
The Web has become a vast repository of information and knowledge about a wide range of topics and real-world events. There are a growing number of sites, ranging from question answering sites and online communities to microblogs, where knowledge is crowdsourced and it also the crowd who curates the contributed knowledge. These sites also contain an ever-growing number of unverified stories of questionable origin. There is a growing need for computational methods to understand, predict and enhance the creation, consumption and dissemination of trustworthy knowledge.
Bringing transparency to algorithmic decision making in social computing systems
2015 Gummadi, Krishna P.
Social computing systems refer to an emerging class of societal-scale human-computer systems. Examples include social networking sites like Facebook and Google Plus, blogging and microblogging sites like Twitter and LiveJournal, anonymous social media sites like Whisper and 4chan, content sharing sites like YouTube and Instagram, social bookmarking sites like Reddit and Pinterest, crowdsourced opinion sites like Yelp and eBay seller ratings, and social peer production sites like Wikipedia and Amazon's Mechanical Turk.
Towards a “structural analysis” for the computer age
2014 Brandenburg, Björn B.
Computers permeate all modern technologies: they monitor, they control, they decide. If everything goes as planned, they keep cars on the road and unmanned aerial vehicles in the air. But what happens if something goes wrong? What if the ever-present computers, so called cyber-physical systems, are erroneous? To ensure that future technologies remain safe and trustworthy despite the pervasive use of embedded computers, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems develop the foundations for provably correct cyber-physical systems.
System robustness through replication
2013 Clement, Allen
Computer systems mediate many aspects of modern life, from the smart phones used to access websites, to the services hosted by those websites, to the computer systems managing core infrastructures. These systems compose of hundreds, even thousands, of computers that work together to provide services upon which we rely on a daily basis. Ensuring that these services are reliable—both correct and available—is a fundamental challenge for distributed systems research. Replication is a tool that can be used to ensure both correct behavior and availability.
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Children as Young as SIX to Be Taught ‘Rules About Touching Yourself’ as Part of Compulsory Sex-Ed Program
Monica Sanchez , @moniii328
What is this world coming to…
According to UK news site Daily Mail, children as young as six-years-old will soon be taught how to “stimulate” their genitals as part of a compulsory sex-ed program being rolled out to hundreds of primary schools in England.
Daily Mail reports,
All About Me is being rolled out across 241 primaries by Warwickshire County Council and could be adopted by other local authorities next year as part of the Government’s overhaul of Relationship and Sex Education (RSE).
Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday detail how All About Me classes involve pupils aged between six and ten being told by teachers that there are ‘rules about touching yourself’. An explanation of ‘rules about self-stimulation’ appears in the scheme’s Year Two lesson plan for six and seven-year-olds.
Under a section called Touching Myself, teachers are advised to tell children that ‘lots of people like to tickle or stroke themselves as it might feel nice’. They are also instructed to inform youngsters that this may include touching their ‘private parts’ and, that while some people may say this behaviour is ‘dirty’, it is in fact ‘very normal’.
Curiously, the webpage for “All About Me” on the Warwickshire County Council’s website is “currently under review.”
On the Curdworth Primary School’s website, the program is described as “a relationship and sex education package” that delves into issues of puberty in children. Curdworth is a primary school located in Birmingham within Warwickshire County.
The program includes lessons such as “Me and My Body” where children will be taught “the similarities and differences in bodies between friends, including the physical differences between boys and girls,” as well as “the correct names for their personal body parts.”
Another lesson is about “My Choices and Personal Boundaries: Touch & Feel,” in which, “Children will be given the opportunity to explore a variety of different touch and feel sensations and allowed to decide which they like and dislike.”
Excuse me, what? And how exactly will this be taught?
The content clearly is sensitive and there are no real parameters or specifics for teaching such lesson plans.
As Daily Mail points out, many are concerned about the program's vague guidelines:
Family campaigners and religious groups warned that vague guidelines issued by the Department for Education meant schools could soon be providing sexual material to young children that many parents would consider inappropriate.
Even politicians who had supported the RSE legislation expressed concern. Tory MP David Davies said: ‘I and many other parents would be furious at completely inappropriate sexual matters being taught to children as young as six. These classes go way beyond the guidance the Government is producing and are effectively sexualising very young children.’
(Cover Photo via Pixabay - Vladvictoria)
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Successful ‘On Food and Faith’ conference concludes
More than 100 religious leaders, scholars, scientists, farmers and activists gathered on the MTSO campus May 30-June 1 for “On Food and Faith: Ministry in the Time of Climate Change.” The conference was presented by MTSO, the Center for Earth Ethics, The Climate Reality Project and the Ohio State University Initiative for Food and AgriCultural Transformation (InFACT).
Karenna Gore and Tim Van Meter
“This is the first time that we have done this outside of Union Seminary,” said Center for Earth Ethics Director Karenna Gore at the opening plenary session. “We felt an incredible opportunity to come here and be at a place that is actually growing and harvesting food as part of the seminary.”
See the full event schedule.
Former Vice President Al Gore, founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, participated in all three days of the conference, delivering a multimedia climate presentation during the Day 2 plenary session.
In introducing Al Gore, MTSO President Jay Rundell highlighted his achievements and honors, including the Nobel Peace Prize, an Oscar and a Grammy Award. “What we sense here with you in our midst,” he told Gore, “is a certain synergy between the kinds of things you’ve committed yourself to and the kinds of things we’re about on an everyday basis.”
Early in his 90-minute talk, Gore spoke dramatically of the consequences of climate change, declaring, “We are in the process of visiting destruction upon God’s creation.” Still, he said, there is much good news, including dramatic strides in renewable energy: “It’s now cheaper in most parts of the world to get energy from solar and wind than to burn fossil fuels.”
“If anyone doubts for one moment that we as human beings have the will to change, just remember that the will to change itself is a renewable resource,” Gore concluded.
Also speaking on Day 2 was Ohio State Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science Rattan Lal, recipient of the 2019 Japan Prize, one of the most prestigious honors in science and technology.
Participants tour MTSO’s Seminary Hill Farm
“A part of the biomass produced by soil must be returned to it,” Lal told conference participants. “Taking away everything without returning any biomass is a robbery of the soil and a banditry.”
The conference also included 18 breakout sessions – ranging from “Islam, Ramadan and Hunger” to “Standing with Farm Workers.”
The session “Grief, Climate Change and Prophetic Hope” was moderated by Tim Van Meter, associate professor in MTSO’s Alford Chair of Christian Education and Youth Ministry. Van Meter, who also serves as MTSO’s coordinator of ecological initiatives, has worked with Karenna Gore on a number of projects, and their working relationship paved the way for MTSO to host “On Food and Faith.”
Jay Rundell leads the closing ceremony
Before conference participants toured MTSO’s Seminary Hill Farm on Day 1, Van Meter said, “I hope as you wander around with us, you’ll understand we have an incredible farm staff. And we have an incredible food staff. These are people we’re deeply, deeply grateful for.”
In brief remarks reflecting on the founding of the five-year-old farm, Rundell said, “Over time in our curriculum, we had a number of things happening that planted the seed, so to speak, for this work. Almost all religious traditions have some understanding of food in the center of who they are. We’re fairly deeply rooted in a number of Christian traditions here. We have sacramentalized food. We recognized that and found this was not so much doing something new but revitalizing our traditions.”
During Day 3’s final plenary session, a number of leaders and participants shared their reflections with the group. “If we can get people of faith to believe that the language we use is not geopolitical – it is spiritual language – then we can get this work done," said MTSO Dean Valerie Bridgeman.
And 15-year-old Hadessa Henry of Indiana, who attended with her grandmother, Aster Bekele, founder of Felege Hiwot Center, inspired sustained applause with a plea: “Maybe next time we have this, we could invite more kids. We’re going to be here for a long time.”
Video and media coverage
Karenna Gore explains why MTSO is the perfect place to talk about food and ministry:
Al Gore discusses the opportunity to hold the conference on the MTSO campus:
The Columbus Dispatch covered the conference with a newspaper story and this video:
NowThis News reported on the conference with a video including interviews with alums Alexander Clemetson and Steve Putka.
View a Facebook photo album from the conference.
Methodist Theological School in Ohio provides theological education and leadership in pursuit of a just, sustainable and generative world. In addition to the Master of Divinity degree, the school offers master’s degrees in counseling, social justice, theological studies and practical theology, along with a Doctor of Ministry degree.
Danny Russell, communications director
drussell@mtso.edu, 740-362-3322
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In this document you will find the detailed terms and conditions of service for Bionic Services Ltd.
For your benefit and ease of use, we have highlighted the following conditions to explain how we will put things right if have done something wrong, the circumstances in which you may be charged directly, and how we as a business earn our money.
The circumstances under which Bionic Services Ltd will compensate customers for any loss occurring as a result of an act or omission made by Bionic Services Ltd in carrying out the Services are set out at Clause 9.4.
There is no fee due from a customer directly to Bionic Services Ltd for its Switching Service (or any other Service), except when a customer subsequently decides not to continue with the transfer to the new energy supplier after having agreed upon a contract, in which case Bionic Services Ltd may charge an administration fee. See Clause 4.18 for more information.
Bionic Services Ltd makes its money through receiving commission from the energy supplier we switch you to, or your current supplier if we renew your existing contract for you. Bionic receives its commission directly from the supplier based on the estimated consumption for the term of that contract and the commission agreement with the supplier.
This commission is included in the rates we arrange for you with the supplier, there are no extra payments that you have to pay directly to us.
Some suppliers may make additional payments to us based on the size and/or profitability of our account with them, or new initiatives; for instance if we place more than one of your meters, or arrange a certain volume of contracts and/or repeat contracts with a supplier, they may pay us more commission than for a single switch.
Additionally, we may continue to receive commission with the supplier we place you with after your contract has ended, but you haven’t renewed your contract or switched elsewhere.
We are happy to share with you how much commission we may have earned, and you can request this at any time by contacting us at commission@bionic.co.uk.
See clauses 5.2 and 5.3 for more information.
Bionic will arrange the Contract based on the information provided by the Customer to Bionic. Prior to completion of the Contract, the Customer’s information will be confirmed by Bionic with the Customer by email, via the Call Centre or by letter. It is the Customer’s responsibility to ensure at this point that all the Customer information is true, accurate, complete, reliable and current in all respects and to inform Bionic promptly if there are any errors and/or if any amendments are required. If any of the Customer information needs to be amended or rectified, this may result in the transfer being delayed or rejected by the Supplier.
See clause 4.16 for more information.
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These Terms govern the use by the Customer of any of the Services that Bionic agrees to provide to the Customer from time to time, whether via the Site, the Call Centre or otherwise. Please read these Terms carefully before accepting these Terms and using the Services. By using the Services you signify that you have read, understand and agree to be bound by these Terms as well as the terms and conditions set out in our Privacy Policy https://bionic.co.uk/about-bionic/privacy
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The following definitions apply to these Terms and Conditions of Service (the “Terms”):
Bionic: means Bionic Services Limited, which is a company registered in England and Wales under company number 05949018 and which has its registered and trading office at 4th Floor, The Minster Building, 21 Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7AG.
Contract Cancellation Administration Fee: has the meaning set out in clause 4.18.
Call Centre: means the call centre operated by Bionic for the purposes of providing the Services.
Contract Checking Service: means the contract checking service that Bionic agrees to provide to the Customer whereby Bionic obtains, on the Customer’s behalf, information about the Customer’s existing contractual position with the Customer’s Existing Supplier.
Credit Score Criteria: means the credit rating requirements as may be determined and required by Bionic and/or the Supplier from time to time in order for a Customer to qualify to use the Services and contract with a Supplier.
Customer: means any non-domestic commercial customer who satisfies the eligibility requirements set out in clause 3.2 and to whom Bionic agrees to supply any of the Services from time to time.
Do It For You: means the renewal service that Bionic provides to the Customer whereby the Customer appoints Bionic as its exclusive agent with authority to negotiate, secure and enter into new Supply Contracts on behalf of the Customer and to terminate any existing Supply Contracts relating to each separate Supply Number during the Term applicable to any such Supply Number.
Existing Supplier: means the Customer’s existing third party energy/utilities supplier.
Intellectual Property Rights: means any and all intellectual property rights, including without limitation; copyright, patents, rights in inventions, design rights, trademarks, service marks (in each case whether registered, unregistered or the subject of an application to register), moral rights, database rights, rights in computer programs, semi-conductor topographies, confidential information, trade secrets, know-how, business, trade and domain names, rights in goodwill and rights to bring a claim for passing off, unfair competition rights and all similar, like and analogous rights wherever held in the world and all extensions revivals and reversions thereof and, in each case, all equivalent forms of protection which subsist now or which subsist in the future.
Letter of Authority: means a letter that the Customer will sign authorising Bionic to act on its behalf and to contact and liaise with the Customer’s Existing Supplier, as may be required in the course of Bionic providing the Services.
Price Comparison Service: means the price comparison service that Bionic agrees to provide to the Customer whereby the Customer is provided with impartial information on Suppliers’ prices in relation to the services and products offered by the Suppliers.
Quotation: means a quotation provided to the Customer by Bionic on behalf a Supplier which sets out the terms and prices upon which a Supplier may be prepared to supply the Supplier Services to the Customer.
Services: the services provided by Bionic whether via the Site, the Call Centre or otherwise, to which the Customer chooses to subscribe from time to time, which shall include the Price Comparison Service, Do It For You, the Switching Service and the Contract Checking Service.
Site: means the website www.bionic.co.uk
Supplier: means any third party energy/utilities supplier of services and/or products as may be selected by Bionic and/or listed on the Site from time to time.
Supplier Services: means the energy/utilities supply services and/or products as may be agreed to be provided by a Supplier to a Customer from time to time.
Supply Contracts: means contracts with energy Suppliers for the supply of electricity and/or gas.
Supply Number: means electricity or gas meter points with administration or reference numbers.
Switching Service: means the switching service that Bionic agrees to provide to the Customer whereby Bionic agrees to either: (i) facilitate the switching of the Customer to the Supplier; or (ii) assist in the renegotiation of the Customer’s arrangements with its Existing Supplier; in each case if the Customer has accepted a Supplier’s Quotation presented to it as part of the Price Comparison Service.
2. Application of Terms
2.1 Subject to clause 2.2 below, these Terms shall apply to the provision of any Service by Bionic to a Customer and shall apply in place of, prevail over and supersede any other terms or conditions contained or referred to elsewhere (whether in correspondence or otherwise) or implied by trade, custom, practice or course of dealing unless specifically agreed to in writing by Bionic or a Bionic authorised representative.
2.2 From time to time Bionic may supplement these Terms with additional terms relevant to the provision of certain Services, including without limitation the Contract Management Services. These additional terms may be placed on the Site and/or sent to you and you agree that any such additional terms are hereby incorporated into these Terms.
3. Subscribing to the Services
3.1 In order to use any of the Services, the Customer will need to register with Bionic via the Call Centre or the Site. Bionic may, in their sole discretion, refuse to register any business as a Customer.
3.2 In order to be eligible to register to use the Services, the Customer must:
a) be a business that is resident in the UK;
b) be aged eighteen years or over (if a sole trader);
c) meet any Credit Score Criteria required by Bionic and/or any Supplier; and
d) be able to provide Bionic with all such relevant information as Bionic may require in order to provide the Services to the Customer.
4. Provision of Services
Price Comparison Service
4.1 If the Customer opts for and Bionic agrees to provide the Price Comparison Service, Bionic will use its reasonable endeavours to negotiate and secure as favourable and competitive prices as possible on behalf of the Customer and will provide the Customer with any relevant Quotations obtained by the Suppliers for consideration by the Customer. Bionic and the Supplier reserve the right to revise, amend or withdraw any Quotation at any time upon informing the Customer.
4.2 The provision of any Quotation by a Supplier via Bionic does not constitute an offer to the Customer and the terms of a Quotation and duration for which any Quotation will be valid will vary depending on the Supplier. The Customer’s acceptance of a Quotation constitutes a non-revocable offer by the Customer to engage the Supplier to provide the Supplier Services and once such an offer has been made by the Customer, the Customer shall be committed to such offer and shall not be entitled to revoke the offer.
4.3 All offers made by Customers shall be subject at all times to the Supplier’s acceptance and the Supplier shall be entitled at any time to refuse to accept a Customer’s offer for any reason at the Supplier’s sole discretion. No offer placed by the Customer shall be accepted by the Supplier other than: (a) by a written acknowledgement issued and executed by the Supplier; or (b) (if earlier) by the Supplier starting to provide any of the Services.
Do It For You Service
4.4 If the Customer opts for and Bionic agrees to provide the Do It For You Service, Bionic will use all reasonable endeavours to secure a new Supply Contract relating to any Supply Number at the best available rates for which the customer is then eligible from Energy Suppliers featured in the Bionic Supplier Panel.
4.5 The Do It For You service will commence on the date the Customer signs a copy of the Do It For You contract and end on the date on which either the customer or Bionic terminates the agreement in accordance with the directions on the Do It For You Contract.
4.6 By signing the Do It For You contract the Customer agrees to the terms of that contract which also includes these general Bionic Terms and Conditions of Service.
4.7 The Customer then appoints Bionic to act as its exclusive agent in relation to the negotiation and execution of a new Supply Contract once the then existing Supply Contract has reached its Do It For You date for that Supply Number or the first business day thereafter.
4.8 The Do It For You Date is one of twelve possible dates in the calendar year, with one occurring every calendar month. Bionic will select the most suitable date that provides the optimum time frame to secure your new Supply Contract. The date is stated in the Do It For You contract and will be confirmed to the customer when signing.
4.9 The Customer has the right to terminate the Do It For You Service Contract by following the directions in the Do It For You contract, and Bionic will take no action on the next Do It For You Date for any Supply Number (s) in respect of which Term of its appointment has been terminated.
4.10 Bionic will provide the Customer with updates at appropriate times to their designated email account detailing the status of the Supply Contracts, the Do It For You dates for each Supply Contract, and a reminder of how to revoke the Do It For You contract with Bionic.
4.11 The Customer undertakes to inform Bionic promptly, and not less than 5 working days prior to any relevant Do It For You date of the following:
4.11.1 A change of tenancy (COT) of the Customer
4.11.2 Any significant increase or decrease of electricity or gas requirements at the Customer’s premises.
4.11.3 If the Customer’s business changes hands or another party assumes financial responsibility.
4.11.4 If the Customer’s designated email address changes
4.11.5 If the Customer’s business ceases trading, or enters into any form of insolvency procedure.
Any changes should be sent to Bionic via email at doitforyou@bionic.co.uk or to our address.
4.12 In the event that a new Supply Contract does not go live for any unforeseen reason beyond Bionic’s control, the applicable Supply Number will be removed from the Do It For You contract, other Supply Numbers on the contract will not be affected.
4.13 Bionic may check your credit score before the contract starts, before the start of a pricing period and at other times during this contract.
4.14 Bionic promises to make it easy for Customers to use the Do It For You service. If, for whatever reason, the Customer feels Bionic have not delivered to this promise, the Customer may choose to claim against the ‘Make It Easy Guarantee’. This guarantee entitles the Customer to receive any commission earned by Bionic for that Supply Contract. The request should be sent to Bionic via email at doitforyou@bionic.co.uk or in writing to Bionic Services Ltd, 4th Floor, The Minster Building, 21 Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7AG or to such other email address or address as Bionic may from time to time notify to the Customer via the Customer’s designated email address.
Switching Service
4.15 If the Customer makes an offer based on a Quotation and if the Supplier accepts the Customer’s offer, Bionic will provide the Switching Service which will include organising the contract between the Supplier and the Customer (the “Contract”) for the supply and purchase of the Supplier Services. Bionic shall not be responsible for any delay or failure caused by any Supplier or Existing Supplier in relation to effecting any transfer.
4.16 Bionic will arrange the Contract based on the information provided by the Customer to Bionic. Prior to completion of the Contract, the Customer’s information will be confirmed by Bionic with the Customer by email, via the Call Centre or by letter. It is the Customer’s responsibility to ensure at this point that all the Customer information is true, accurate, complete, reliable and current in all respects and to inform Bionic promptly if there are any errors and/or if any amendments are required. If any of the Customer information needs to be amended or rectified, this may result in the transfer being delayed or rejected by the Supplier.
4.17 Once the Contract is in final form, Bionic will send a summary of the key terms of the Contract to the Customer. The Customer must check that all the details are correct and must inform Bionic of any errors and/or amendments within 24 hours of receipt.
4.18 If a Customer subsequently decides to not proceed with providing its custom to the Supplier in respect of which Bionic has performed the Price Comparison Service and the Switching Service, Bionic shall be entitled to charge the Customer an administration fee of £150 plus VAT (the “Contract Cancellation Administration Fee”).
4.19 The Customer agrees that within reasonable time and by no later than 15 days prior to the last day upon which notice to terminate the Contract can be served by the Customer, the Customer shall contact Bionic so as to enable Bionic to perform the Price Comparison Service again on behalf of the Customer. Bionic shall also be entitled, but not obliged to, contact the Customer for the same purpose.
4.20 The Customer acknowledges that by entering into a Contract with a Supplier, the Customer will be contracting directly with the Supplier and not with Bionic. The Customer agrees that Bionic is not liable in any way in relation to any transactions, dealings or arrangements of any kind made between the Customer and any Supplier and that any such transaction, dealing or arrangements (including, without limitation, any payment obligations of the Customer thereunder) are the Customer’s sole risk and responsibility.
Contract Checking Service
4.21 If the Customer opts for and Bionic agrees to provide the Contract Checking Service, the Customer will be required to sign a Letter of Authority authorising Bionic to contact and liaise directly with the Customer’s Existing Supplier and the Customer agrees to promptly provide to Bionic all such information and assistance as Bionic may require in order to carry out the Contract Checking Service.
4.22 Upon receipt of a signed Letter of Authority Bionic will send to the Customer’s Existing Supplier a questionnaire requesting details of the key terms of the Customer’s arrangements with the Existing Supplier, including the contract end date, notice period, termination process, current prices and details of the Customer’s consumption.
4.23 Once Bionic has received a response to the questionnaire from the Existing Supplier, Bionic will use its reasonable endeavours to forward such response to the Customer. However, Bionic shall not be responsible for any delay or failure by the Existing Supplier to respond to the questionnaire and/or to cooperate with Bionic in relation to any request Bionic may make whilst performing the Contract Checking Service.
4.24 For the avoidance of doubt, Bionic shall not be responsible for the provision of any Supplier Services.
5.1 Save in respect of clause 4.18 above, there is no fee due from a Customer to Bionic for providing the Services. However, Bionic reserves the right to be entitled to charge for any of the Services and/or impose charges at any time in its sole discretion, upon reasonable notification to the Customer. If the Customer does not agree to such charges, the Customer shall be entitled to opt out of receiving the Services to which it had subscribed.
5.2 Bionic is remunerated by commission from the Supplier as a result of Bionic securing and finalising the Supply Contract between the Customer and the Supplier. This commission is included in the rates Bionic arranges for the Customer and is based on the estimated consumption for the term of the Supply Contract and the commission agreement we have with the Supplier. There are no extra payments that the Customer has to pay directly to Bionic.
Some Suppliers may make additional payments to Bionic based on the size and/or profitability of its account with that Supplier or new initiatives; for instance if Bionic places more than one meter for a Customer, or arranges a certain volume of contracts and/or repeat contracts with a Supplier, that Supplier may pay Bionic more commission than for a single switch.
Additionally, Bionic may continue to receive commission from the Supplier Bionic places a Customer with after their contract has ended, but the Customer has not renewed their contract or switched elsewhere.
Bionic earns commission in order to make sure it can keep providing you with the best possible and most comprehensive service. Bionic measures the amount of commission it will earn on any one contract or meter per year in order to gain a fair return while balancing customer needs and ensure we retain trust from our Customers and maintain a competitive position in the market.
5.3 The Customer can request the amount of commission that Bionic has received as a result of arranging the Supply Contract, by emailing their Bionic Customer ID to commission@bionic.co.uk.
5.4 Any Administration Fee payable under clause 4.18 above shall be payable to Bionic by no later than 30 days from the date of the invoice for the same.
5.5 Without prejudice to Bionic’s other rights and remedies, if the Customer fails to pay when due any amount payable by it under or in connection with these Terms, it shall forthwith on demand by Bionic pay interest on the overdue amount from the due date until the date of actual payment (after as well as before judgment) at the rate of 8 per cent per annum or such percentage equivalent to the statutory rate of interest prescribed for judgments from time to time in place. In the alternative and where appropriate, Bionic reserves the right to claim interest pursuant to the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.
6. Customer's obligations
6.1 In addition to the Customer’s other obligations set out in these Terms, the Customer warrants, represents and undertakes:
a) to co-operate with the Supplier(s) in all matters relating to the Services including, without limitation, providing all relevant information in a timely manner as the Supplier(s) and/or Bionic may require from time to time and that all such Customer information will be true, accurate, complete, reliable and current in all respects;
b) to comply at all times with these Terms and any applicable terms and conditions imposed by a Supplier in relation to the supply of the Supplier Services;
c) that any password, user details and/or account number allocated to or created by the Customer to enable the Customer to use the Services shall be kept confidential by the Customer at all times. Bionic will be entitled to assume that any person using the Customer’s password, user details and/or account number is the Customer or someone doing so with the Customer’s permission. The Customer shall be responsible and liable for any actions of any person using the Customer’s password, user details and/or account number and shall immediately notify Bionic of any unauthorised use of the same.
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Drugged driving in Maryland
On behalf of Law Offices of Thomas C. Mooney posted in Drug Charges on Friday, August 4, 2017.
Maryland law enforcement can file drug charges against individuals who possess or distribute drugs. Police can also make arrests of motorists who drive under the influence of drugs. A person may be guilty of driving under the influence for operating any vehicle unsafely because they are too impaired by any drug. It is also illegal to operate a vehicle while being impaired by a controlled substance.
Maryland courts have found that the state's medical cannabis laws do not legally allow any person to use cannabis. Patients may still face criminal penalties but the state's Compassionate Use Act allows courts to lessen penalties for possession and use of marijuana. However, the Compassionate Use Act applies to prosecutions for use and possession but may not mitigate penalties in a DUI prosecution.
Drivers legally consented to take a test, as a condition of holding a driver's license, when they are stopped for suspicion of driving while impaired by alcohol, a controlled substance or other drugs. Drivers, however, may not be forced to take a test unless there was an accident that caused death or threatening injury to someone else.
The driver's license will be suspended for up to 45 days for a refusal to submit to a chemical test. Drivers have the right to speak to an attorney before submitting to a test by this cannot unreasonably delay the test's administration. Chemical tests may help prove that a driver is impaired but are not necessary for a conviction. A conviction may be based upon observation of the driver's behavior.
Maryland may operate sobriety checkpoints and stop vehicles and their occupants. Law enforcement must run the checkpoints in accordance with regulations that carefully restrict police discretion and assure that motorists are not stopped without cause.
Criminal penalties run from two months imprisonment for the first offense to up to three years in jail for the third offense within five years. Additionally, motorists may face fines, completion of drug or alcohol rehabilitation programs and license suspension for convictions.
A driver stopped or arrested for suspicion of impaired driving should seek immediate legal assistance. An attorney can help assure that their rights are protected, that illegally seized evidence is excluded and that other evidence is challenged when appropriate.
Source: NORML, "Maryland drugged driving," Accessed Aug. 1, 2017
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Andy Cavins, the all-time winningest volleyball coach at Lindsey Wilson College (LWC), produced an .877 winning percentage (272-38) during his eight-year stay at the Columbia, Ky., school. He led the Blue Raiders to eight consecutive NAIA National Tournament appearances, including a national title in 2017, two NAIA Fab Fours and four straight national quarterfinal appearances.
He guided LWC to eight straight 30-win seasons, including a 33-4 mark in 2018. His 2017 national champions posted a 35-0 record and dropped only five sets during the season. In 2015, Blue Raiders won a program record 37 matches. Before his arrival, LWC had one 30-win season (1999).
Cavins recruited and coached one NAIA National Player of the Year, 13 NAIA All-Americans, nine honorable mention all-Americans, seven Mid-South Conference Players of the Year, seven MSC Freshmen of the Year, and 45 All Mid-South Conference performers. Off the court, Lindsey Wilson volleyball has earned seven straight NAIA Scholar Team honors with an eighth most likely coming at the end of the academic year. During his time at Lindsey Wilson, 24 student-athletes earned NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors while 78 picked up Academic All Mid-South Conference accolades.
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Florida lawmaker proposes background checks on delivery drivers after man allegedly sets woman on fire
Southwest Florida lawmaker Heather Fitzenhagen wants to make sure nothing like that ever happens again.
Friday, November 1st 2019, 6:41 PM EDT by Dave Elias
The State of Florida is seeking the death penalty for a Boca Raton delivery driver.
Jorge Luis Depre Lachazo, 21, allegedly attacked Evelyn Smith Udell with a mallet and set her on fire after he installed a washer and dryer this past summer.
Now Southwest Florida lawmaker Heather Fitzenhagen, (R) District 78, wants to make sure nothing like that ever happens again.
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There is no law that says companies must conduct background checks on people delivering their products, but now, a new bill she’s working on with State Rep. Michael Caruso could change that.
The bill would require companies to screen delivery drivers to make sure they don't have a criminal background.
“The idea is we don't want anyone to feel threatened in their home. So we can eliminate bad actors from being delivery people,” Fitzenhagen said.
Brandon Phillips runs Global HR Research, headquartered in Fort Myers, and supports the bill.
“It would increase chances to catch a reoccurring criminal...multiple offenses type scenario,” Phillips said.
His company has conducted four million background checks. He admits they can't catch them all.
“If they've never committed a crime, the background check won't check it,” Phillips stressed.
But knowing that his company and others were looking for those who have committed a crime gives homeowners like Steven Lux of Fort Myers peace of mind.
“I think some background checks would be good,” Lux said.
Any bill would have to be approved by both houses before it becomes law.
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By Chris Kamka August 08, 2019 4:50 PM
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Joe Jackson has been in the news since 2019 is the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Black Sox scandal season. Even more so today because it was announced that the White Sox will meet the Yankees on August 13, 2020 in the “MLB at Field of Dreams” game to be held in Dyersville, Iowa, the site of the popular 1989 baseball film.
Field of Dreams helped pull Joe Jackson from the dustbin of history, and all of a sudden, most baseball fans today know who he was. But how good was he?
Shoeless Joe Jackson is a player often distorted by myth and legend, but is best appreciated by simply examining the facts.
Joe could never exist today. Perhaps this is why he remains one of the more intriguing figures in baseball history. Can you imagine a guy playing an actual game in his socks? Even in the minors? Even for one game? For that matter, who was the last illiterate superstar to grace the diamond?
Consider the circumstances under which his career ended. A group of players throwing a World Series just to make an extra buck? Today’s average salary is a little over $4 million. Forget about it.
Jackson’s last season was 1920; his age 32 season. Plenty of good baseball left. His first sniff of the live-ball era. What would he have done with league production trending like this:
American League average BA/SLG for the last five seasons of Jackson’s career
1916 .248/.324
AL average BA/SLG for the first five seasons after Jackson
How many more .400 seasons? In the inflated offensive era of the 1920s, many doubles & triples would turn into homers. Would White Sox fans not have had to wait until Bill Melton in 1971 for the first 30-HR season in franchise history? It’s a compelling thought because of his limited but incredible body of work. The inflated numbers would counteract the inevitable decline phase for a while, so he’d certainly build on his 1,772 hits, 307 doubles, 168 triples, and 54 home runs.
Jackson hit .408, .395 & .378 in his first three full seasons – but thanks to Ty Cobb, he finished second in the American League each time.
Amazingly, he put up a .356 lifetime average (3rd all-time among players with 3,000 career plate appearances) without a single batting title. He had a .423 OBP, good for 16th all-time. He slugged a very respectable .517. Struck out only 233 times against 519 walks.
Jackson’s career wRC+ of 165 is tied with Cobb for 8th all-time. Only Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Mike Trout, Rogers Hornsby, Barry Bonds & Mickey Mantle are better. Sure, that might slip a little in his mid-to-late 30s, but where would he fall? All the way to the Willie Mays-Frank Thomas-Henry Aaron tier? You could do worse.
He compiled 2,800 plate appearances for two original American League franchises (Indians & White Sox) and still owns the highest lifetime average for each (.375 for Cleveland, .340 for Chicago).
His game was not just limited to hitting. He could also run (202 SB), and throw (183 outfield assists).
This is a player who could conceivably make a list of the top 50 players period; not just limited to those not enshrined in Cooperstown.
Shoeless Joe Jackson (along with the other seven Black Sox) and John D. Rockefeller (a stunning $29 million fine imposed in 1907 on his Standard Oil in antitrust case) were the two most notable opponents taken down by Kenesaw Mountain Landis. The Standard Oil fine was overturned long ago. Isn’t it about time to give Joe his due?
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Believe in 'Magic': For White Sox, a matter of when, not if, Nick Madrigal starts raking in the majors
By Vinnie Duber January 17, 2020 12:55 PM
When will Nick Madrigal reach the majors?
That, now that Luis Robert's path to an Opening Day roster spot has been cleared by a big-money contract extension, is the most pressing of the prospect-related queries facing the 2020 White Sox, a team that, it should be noted, will be turning its focus away from the minors and toward playing big league baseball in October for the first time in more than a decade.
Not unlike Robert, Madrigal shredded minor league pitching in 2019, playing at three levels and showing just how successful his elite bat-to-ball skills can make him as an offensive producer. He stepped to the plate 532 times and struck out only 16 times.
There's a reason even Rick Renteria is already calling the 22-year-old "Magic."
The general feeling seems to be that Madrigal will start the season at Triple-A Charlotte, though with the waiting game apparently over on the South Side and the intent to win as many games as possible, perhaps a strong showing at spring training will see Madrigal starting at second base in the March 26 opener.
That's a question better answered after the White Sox have been in Glendale for a few weeks.
But Madrigal's goal is clear.
"I definitely want to be in Chicago as soon as I can," Madrigal said earlier this week at the team's hitters' camp out in the desert. "I know they have a plan for me one way or another, but I think that’s the ultimate goal: being in Chicago and winning with that team.
"I know this offseason there’s been a lot of moves, and I’m excited to be a part of that, hopefully, in the near future. The ultimate goal is winning. There’s nothing else at this point."
Madrigal might not have blown the doors off the minors like Robert, who finished with a 30-30 season, but he wasn't fazed by climbing through the system. Madrigal put up good-not-great numbers in nearly 50 games at Class A Winston-Salem but exploded for a .341 batting average and a .400 on-base percentage in 42 games at Double-A Birmingham before batting .331 and reaching base at a .398 clip in 29 games at Charlotte.
That he didn't even reach 30 games in a Knights uniform could signal that the White Sox might prefer a little more seasoning, but he didn't see any problems facing the pitching at Triple-A.
“Honestly, it wasn’t too different at all. There was nothing I hadn’t seen before," he said. "There were some older guys in the league, more consistent arms. I thought it wasn’t anything too different.”
Madrigal's earning high praise all over the place, rated among the best prospects in the game. He's earned rave reviews for his ability on both sides of the ball, picked by team executives (in an MLB Pipeline poll) as having one of the best hit tools and gloves of any player in the minor leagues.
There still might be some skepticism, or perhaps mere curiosity, as to how Madrigal's skill set will translate to the major leagues. Players like him, who focus on making contact and putting the ball in play, are becoming rarer in today's game, which sees a focus on power and launch angle and an acceptance of strikeouts. His manager, one of "Magic's" biggest fans, isn't too concerned about Madrigal finding success once he finally makes the jump to the bigs.
"Watching him swing the bat yesterday, I'm amazed at his bat-to-ball skills. It's incredible," Renteria said Wednesday from Arizona. "He's actually filling out a little bit more. All these guys, we've seen them for the last four years, they're growing up. And even though Magic just joined us last year, you can see a difference in him, physically speaking.
"I think his skill set, in terms of his bat-to-ball skills, as he continues to develop, you may see a ball leave the ballpark here and there. But the fact he can put the bat on the ball and manage the barrel as well as he does, he'll be able to find holes. Continuing to improve upon and cleaning his swing path, staying through the ball a little bit more and still being able to use all parts of the field, his skill set will play. He'll find a way to get on base at a high rate through probably contact and eye recognition, pitch recognition."
Rick Hahn has said that he expects Madrigal to be the White Sox second baseman for the bulk of the 2020 campaign, so even if he doesn't make the 26-man roster out of spring training, keep your eyes peeled for a Madrigal sighting not too deep into the baseball calendar.
This is a matter of when, not if. So the walk-up music folks at Guaranteed Rate Field better start getting ready. Will it be "Magic Man" by Heart? Or "Strange Magic" by Electric Light Orchestra? "Do You Believe in Magic" by The Lovin' Spoonful is, of course, also acceptable.
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Focus shifting to major league White Sox, but they still have some of baseball's best prospects
By Vinnie Duber January 17, 2020 10:20 AM
White Sox fans suddenly have reason to stop focusing on the minor leagues.
Rick Hahn's front office has done an incredible amount of work this winter adding impact veterans to the team's young core, and because of it, there are realistic playoff expectations on the South Side. The summer figures to be spent focusing on what Yasmani Grandal, Dallas Keuchel, Edwin Encarnacion, Jose Abreu, Yoan Moncada, Lucas Giolito, Tim Anderson, Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease are doing at the major league level rather than what the potential stars of the future are doing in the minors.
In other words, the future is here.
But it's worth noting that the White Sox still have some of the best prospects in the game. It's true that a few of the biggest names among that group won't be prospects for much longer. Luis Robert just got a high-priced contract extension that clears the way for him to be in the lineup on Opening Day. While Michael Kopech will be limited in some fashion as the White Sox manage his workload in his return from Tommy John surgery, it's hardly out of the question that he could be a part of the 26-man group that leaves Glendale at the end of March. And Nick Madrigal, Hahn has said, figures to be the White Sox second baseman for the bulk of the 2020 campaign after he reached the doorstep of the majors last year.
The point is, however, that the White Sox core is not done growing. Moncada, Giolito, Anderson and Jimenez all broke out in big ways in 2019, and the veterans added to that group could push the team into contention mode as soon as this season. But Robert, Kopech, Madrigal and Andrew Vaughn are set to join that core, too, expanding it to one the White Sox hope will power championship contenders for years to come.
The Athletic's Jim Bowden ranked Robert as his No. 1 prospect in baseball, picking the 22-year-old center fielder to win the AL Rookie of the Year Award. And that's no stretch after the way Robert lit the minor leagues on fire in 2019. Playing at three different levels, he slashed .328/.376/.624 with 32 home runs, 92 RBIs, 31 doubles, 108 runs scored and 36 stolen bases. He's a true five-tool threat who receives rave reviews that peg him as potentially the best of all the White Sox young talent. MLB Pipeline is in the middle of rolling out their rankings ahead of the 2020 season, and we'll learn where Robert ranks on the site's updated list next weekend during SoxFest. But most recently, Robert was the site's No. 3 prospect in the game.
Kopech still has prospect status despite the fact that he made his big league debut in August 2018. That Tommy John surgery limited his major league experience to this point to just four games, wiping out his 2019 season. Whether he'll be the same elite pitcher that was promised prior to his surgery is one of several important questions facing the 2020 White Sox, but it doesn't seem to be deterring the rankers. Bowden has Kopech as the No. 11 prospect in baseball, and MLB Pipeline ranked him as the No. 4 right-handed pitching prospect in the game. Kopech is said to still be capable of unleashing the blazing fastball that made him such a tantalizing prospect in the first place. The big question now is how often he'll be able to use it, with the White Sox planning to limit him in some capacity. We'll have to wait until spring to find out exactly what those limitations look like.
Madrigal might not spend a long time at Triple-A Charlotte, expected to be manning second base for the big league White Sox for the majority of the 2020 season. But like they did with Moncada, Jimenez and Robert before him, the White Sox have no plans to rush Madrigal to the majors. Bowden has him ranked as the No. 14 prospect in the game, and we'll find out soon where MLB Pipeline has him among second basemen. We already know they think the world of his glove — which was touted as Gold Glove caliber by the White Sox the night they drafted him in 2018 — naming him the second baseman on their all-defense team (he won a minor league Gold Glove for his work last season, too). MLB Pipeline also polled general managers, scouting directors and executives across all 30 teams, and Madrigal's name popped up often, voted to possess the third best hit tool, the third best glove and the highest baseball IQ among all of the game's prospects. The guy struck out just 16 times in 532 trips to the plate last season, so he's obviously doing something right.
Vaughn is receiving similarly rave reviews this winter. Bowden ranked him as the game's No. 35 prospect, and MLB Pipeline might end up putting the White Sox most recent first-round pick even higher, naming him the top first-base prospect in baseball. A slugger whose bat earned high praise when he came out of Cal last summer, Vaughn might not reach the South Side in 2020 like the rest of the guys discussed here. But he does figure to have a similar impact when he finally does. He played just 52 games between Class A Kannapolis and Class A Winston-Salem after joining the organization, hitting a combined five homers at those stops. He's still swinging the bat that launched 50 homers and drove in 163 runs over three seasons in college. That aforementioned MLB Pipeline executive poll? In it, Vaughn was picked as having the second best hit tool in the game. The White Sox just gave Abreu a three-year contract extension that will keep him on the South Side through at least the 2022 campaign, but the 37-year-old Encarnacion could be here as briefly as one year (his contract has an option for 2021), potentially opening up a spot for Vaughn should everything go right in the minors.
And this is without even mentioning guys like Dane Dunning, Jimmy Lambert and Jonathan Stiever, who could all wind up playing important roles on the pitching staff.
So while there is plenty of reason for your minor league interest to wane — because meaningful baseball is expected to be happening at the major league level in 2020 — know that the White Sox farm system (at least the tippy top of it) is still worth salivating over. These guys should be on the South Side soon, only adding fuel to the fire Hahn has built this winter.
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J Radiat Res. 2014 Jul;55(4):613-28. doi: 10.1093/jrr/rrt227. Epub 2014 Feb 11.
Chromatin-regulating proteins as targets for cancer therapy.
Oike T1, Ogiwara H2, Amornwichet N3, Nakano T4, Kohno T5.
Division of Genome Biology, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1, Tsukiji 5-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan Department of Radiation Oncology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
Division of Genome Biology, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1, Tsukiji 5-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan.
Department of Radiation Oncology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan Department of Radiology, Chulalongkorn University, 1873, Rama 4 Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Department of Radiation Oncology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan.
Division of Genome Biology, National Cancer Center Research Institute, 1-1, Tsukiji 5-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan tkkohno@ncc.go.jp.
Chromatin-regulating proteins represent a large class of novel targets for cancer therapy. In the context of radiotherapy, acetylation and deacetylation of histones by histone acetyltransferases (HATs) and histone deacetylases (HDACs) play important roles in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks generated by ionizing irradiation, and are therefore attractive targets for radiosensitization. Small-molecule inhibitors of HATs (garcinol, anacardic acid and curcumin) and HDACs (vorinostat, sodium butyrate and valproic acid) have been shown to sensitize cancer cells to ionizing irradiation in preclinical models, and some of these molecules are being tested in clinical trials, either alone or in combination with radiotherapy. Meanwhile, recent large-scale genome analyses have identified frequent mutations in genes encoding chromatin-regulating proteins, especially in those encoding subunits of the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex, in various human cancers. These observations have driven researchers toward development of targeted therapies against cancers carrying these mutations. DOT1L inhibition in MLL-rearranged leukemia, EZH2 inhibition in EZH2-mutant or MLL-rearranged hematologic malignancies and SNF5-deficient tumors, BRD4 inhibition in various hematologic malignancies, and BRM inhibition in BRG1-deficient tumors have demonstrated promising anti-tumor effects in preclinical models, and these strategies are currently awaiting clinical application. Overall, the data collected so far suggest that targeting chromatin-regulating proteins is a promising strategy for tomorrow's cancer therapy, including radiotherapy and molecularly targeted chemotherapy.
© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Japan Radiation Research Society and Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology.
BRM; SWI/SNF complex; chromatin remodeling; histone acetyltransferase; histone modification; synthetic lethality
10.1093/jrr/rrt227
Chromatin structure and its alteration by two distinct mechanisms: histone modification and chromatin remodeling. (a) Structure of chromatin and nucleosome. (b) Examples of histone modification. Ac = acetylation, PAR = poly-ADP-ribosylation, P = phosphorylation, SUMO = SUMOylation, Ub = ubiquitination. (c) Chromatin remodeling: DNA-loop formation (left) and nucleosome sliding (right).
Chromatin-regulating proteins as targets for cancer therapy
J Radiat Res. 2014 Jul;55(4):613-628.
Composition of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex.
Specific cell killing of BRG1-deficient H1299 cells, but not BRG-proficient HeLa cells, by BRM knockdown based on synthetic lethality. Cells were treated with BRM-siRNA (BRM knockdown) or non-targeting siRNA (control) (Dharmacon). After 48 h, the cells were subjected to clonogenic survival assays. Colonies fixed and stained after incubation for an additional 10 d are shown.
Chromatin/metabolism*
Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly
Histone Acetyltransferases/antagonists & inhibitors
Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors/pharmacology
Histones/metabolism
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Madaxtooyo
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Diblomaasiyiinta
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Baasaboor iyo Viiso
Adeegyada Muwaadiniinta
Sharciyaynta
Faafin
Jadwalka Dhacdooyinka
Khudbado
Warar iyo War-Saxaafadeed
Xiriirka Kenya
Siyaasadda
Siyaasadda Arrimaha Dibadda
Xuquuqda Aadanaha iyo Dimoqraadiyadda
Tamarta iyo Cimillada
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Xiriirka Dibadda
Heshiisyada
Somalia’s Foreign Policy Parameters
Somali Foreign Policy Context
Somalia’s long struggles for liberation from colonialism, military dictatorship and civil conflict have shaped its Foreign Policy. The founders of the Republic highlighted the long-lasting link between national independence and humanity’s larger freedom, equity and the indisputable right to a shared heritage.
Somalia assumed its place as a sovereign state and actor in international relations on gaining independence in July 1960. Somalia’s Foreign Policy is guided by a strong belief that its own future is inseparable from the stability and security of its environment. Unfortunately, this stability and security have been undermined by a coup d’état in 1969, by an undemocratic regime that lasted 21 years and then by more than two decades of civil war and terrorism.
Today the nation is moving to a pluralistic and democratic system. To strategically place the country in the international arena, the framers of Somalia’s Foreign Policy have charted a pragmatic approach informed by principles that have stood the test of time. This approach is aimed at ensuring that Somalia can forge mutually beneficial partnerships.
Somali Foreign Policy parameters
The primary aim of Somali foreign policy is to protect and promote the nation’s interests and values. In a wider context, these interests and values include peace, unity and prosperity throughout the world. The Federal Republic of Somalia pursues its Foreign Policy within the African integration process, in cooperation with its neighbors in East Africa, and as a member of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
Somalia seeks to encourage an international environment oriented toward the development of political and economic cooperation on the basis of mutual benefit. The joint identification and management of threats to regional and global security is as important as resolving conflicts through political and peaceful means. Somalia recognizes the value of pursuing peaceful ends to conflict because the country has experienced the immense suffering of internal strife and war.
Implementation of Somalia’s Foreign Policy and the conduct of its international relations are to be guided by the following general principles:
Promotion of national, regional and international peace and security
Promotion of commercial and economic activity for sustainable development
Effective participation in multilateral diplomacy
Implementation of obligations regarding international treaties and conventions
The key specific objectives of Somalia’s Foreign Policy are the following:
Protection of Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity
Advancement of the sustainable economic prosperity of the country and its people
The promotion of Somalia as an international investment destination and a strategic hub for African and global trade
Mobilization of national, bilateral and multilateral resources for Somali-led development
Promotion of sub-regional, regional and continental economic integration with Somalia as an active and respected member of the East African Community
Provision of services for the Somali Diaspora and utilization of the presence of Somali people throughout the world to promote the interests of their motherland in constructive ways for all concerned
The return home of Somali refugees in a peaceful and structured manner and reversal of the illegal flow of migrants from Somalia
Enhancement of the cultural identity of the Somali people
Active encouragement of peace and security through the promotion of Somalia as a neutral venue for dialogue and mediation
Promotion of Somalia’s national image abroad through public diplomacy about its constructive, peaceful and cooperative policies and intentions
Somalia’s Foreign Policy addresses five interlinked areas:
Peace and Security Policy
Socioeconomic Development Policy
Diaspora Policy
Sustainable Environment Policy
Bilateral Relations and Regional focuses
Somalia continues to embrace the goal of sustainable development in pursuing its Foreign Policy objectives through bilateral trade and political, environmental and cultural agreements with all countries and organizations. Priority partners include neighboring countries that have hosted a number of representatives from Somalia’s business community and settled refugees and others. These countries are at the center of Somali Foreign Policy. Somalia also seeks to enter into bilateral partnership with countries in other African sub-regions, in keeping with its Afrocentric policy, and also with Arab and Muslim countries.
The implementation of bilateral arrangements with foreign countries beyond Africa is a critical element of Somalia’s Foreign Policy agenda, which lays the foundation for emerging economies and economic zones. Somalia looks forward to further enhancing its relations and interactions with China and other important countries and economies of East Asia.
Somalia will further strengthen its bilateral diplomacy by establishing diplomatic missions in countries of strategic importance and exchanging high-level delegations. Furthermore, the promotion and protection of the interests of the large, worldwide Somali Diaspora will continue to inform the strengthening of bilateral relations with other countries.
Somalia will engage in South-South cooperation and similar approaches, and participate in multilateral organizations that promote international cooperation and collaboration in finding lasting solutions to global challenges. Somalia will continue to advance its overall Foreign Policy goals through robust engagement with the World Trade Organization and other efforts to create a predictable, transparent and enabling environment for fair multilateral trading. Somalia recognizes the need to clamp down on illegal businesses (drugs, weapons smuggling and piracy) and improve internal certification systems to enable greater economic links with the globalizing economy.
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Hamilton is the story of America’s Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington’s right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation’s first Treasury Secretary. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B and Broadway, Hamilton is the story of America then, as told by America now.
With book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and music supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton is based on Ron Chernow’s biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.
The Hamilton creative team previously collaborated on the 2008 Tony Award® winning Best Musical, In the Heights. Hamilton features scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Howell Binkley, sound design by Nevin Steinberg, hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe, casting by Telsey + Company, Bethany Knox, CSA and General Management by Baseline Theatrical.
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Richard Wilson (1714-1782), Landscape painter. Sitter associated with 8 portraits, Artist associated with 6 portraits.
Unknown artist, Artist. Artist associated with 6556 portraits.
Second Parliament under George III. Robert Walpole maintains a substantial majority. Lord Bolingbroke gives up active opposition to Walpole and retires to France. Walpole moves into 10 Downing Street.
Welsh Methodist revival begins.
Celebrated dandy Richard 'Beau' Nash appoints himself Master of Ceremonies at Tunbridge Wells.
William Hogarth founds the second St Martin's Lane Academy of Painting.
Lawyer and amateur meteorologist George Hadley publishes the first explanation of the trade winds
Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus publishes a 'system of nature', capable of classifying all living things.
Swedish chemist Georg Brandt discovers a new metallic element, which he names cobalt.
A revivalist movement in America, led by Jonathan Edwards, becomes known as the Great Awakening.
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach debuts his Ascension Oratorio in Leipzig.
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Rise in drug alcohol abuse fuels more cries for help
Author: By Liza Frenette
Addictions mess not only with the addict or alcoholic, but with spouses, parents, siblings and children. They are an equal opportunity destroyer.
When a parent has an active addiction, children suffer acutely. "It affects their core beliefs about security and safety," said Brian Freidenberg, University at Albany clinical psychologist and addiction behavior specialist. He is a member of United University Professions, NYSUT's higher education affiliate at SUNY.
Spouses worry about finances as dollars go to drugs or booze. A job may be in jeopardy. Typically, a spouse is embarrassed and can become secretive.
Families also struggle when a son or daughter is abusing alcohol or drugs. Confusion, fear and helplessness reign. In this culture, Freidenberg said, people often blame the parents, even when they are trying hard to help. Parents and siblings sometimes blame themselves.
"There's great shame that comes with it," he said.
Of the 100--150 cases handled every month by NYSUT Social Services, about 15 percent are about substance abuse issues, said Scott Hicks, a recently retired social worker with the union's Social Services department. The services are free to NYSUT members and/or their families.
The dramatic impact of the rise in heroin use has wreaked havoc on many families. Anonymous surveys about drug use on campus now include questions about heroin for the first time, Freidenberg said.
Freidenberg also believes use and abuse of marijuana will rise with its legalization. New York legalized medical marijuana last year.
"My concerns include driving while ability impaired," said Freidenberg, who makes classroom presentations about substance abuse. Marijuana, he said, "causes
tremendous anxiety when a person tries to quit."
Synthetic marijuana is known to cause psychosis and even death. Often, the chaos addictions bring into the family unit is not discussed, so other family members learn not to trust their own perceptions. Parental conflict over the abuse can distract a mom or dad from providing emotional support to children needing comfort and security, and the child might then turn to unhealthy people for support, said Friedenburg, who presented information about addiction to school health care professionals at a NYSUT forum. These children may exhibit depression, anxiety, self harm, suicidal thoughts or poor impulse control.
The heroin epidemic is heightening. "Heroin is huge. I'd say it's the No. 1 topic right now. People coming off opiate abuse want a stronger high, or they can't get pills as easily," said Lee Livern, public education coordinator for the SUNY Upstate Medical Center Poison Center and a UUP member.
Heroin is "highly addictive very rapidly. It's in all of our communities. It's cheap and plentiful," he said.
In 2014, New York state-certified treatment programs for heroin and prescription opioid abuse saw more than 118,000 admissions — a 17.8 percent increase over 2009, according to the state's Office of Children and Family Services. The largest increase in opioid admissions during that time was patients ages 18 to 34.
The federal Drug Enforcement Agency says a heroin distribution center exists in every major city in the United States as well as in Canada.
A statewide campaign of public service announcements, a new website, online ads, social media and print materials kicked off last June after state legislation was passed to target people who have suffered consequences of opioid and heroin use. Resources include communication tools for schools about the campaign, flagging the risks and warning signs.
When a call comes in to NYSUT Social Services, Ani Shahinian, a social worker employed by NYSUT,determines the core problems. She researches appropriate services, based on health insurance, geographic location, and inside knowledge about the credibility of a treatment program or therapist. She may tap programs such as the Long Island Council on Alcoholism or the Physicians Committee for Health in New York City, other experts in the field or a resource database. These tools are supplemented by conversation and site visits.
"A lot of college-age kids are struggling with addiction or alcohol abuse," Shahinian said. "They're so angry and scared." Even if they refuse treatment, Shahinian refers the mother and father to counseling for guidance.
Sometimes the person abusing drugs or alcohol may resist going into a treatment program, but can be directed to a therapist who can establish a rapport and move them to the next level, Hicks said. "That may be more important than trying to jam them into an intensive program three times a week that's 25 miles away and they're not going to get to it."
Fear of being discovered keeps some people from seeking help, even if their family is in great distress. They do not want others to know they have a problem, or that their spouse or child has a problem endangering their life.
"They may not go (seek help) if it's a small town and they're a teacher," said Shahinian. "There is still a tremendous amount of stigma and bias ... Sometimes the first time somebody talks about an issue is with us. There's something about us being anonymous. I consider ourselves a bridge to getting them the help they need," she said.
Members can contact NYSUT Social Services at 800-342-9810, ext. 6206 or email socsvcs@nysutmail.org. All contact is confidential.
Family members of someone abusing alcohol or drugs can visit www.al–anon.org to find local support groups. Call 888-4AL–ANON (425–2666) 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, for meetings, or 757-563–1600 for free materials.
Call 1-877-8-HOPENY or visit www.combatheroin.ny.gov and click on resources for posters, fliers, fact sheets, medicine cabinet inventories, prescription safety information or links to the Department of Health, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, or the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration.
Visit www.samhsa.gov, www.niaaa.nih.gov or www.drugabuse.gov.
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Wild Onion brewery poised to open in July
by Timothy Inklebarger
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Mike Kainz and Jennifer Kainz (above) say Wild Onion Tied House, 1111 South Blvd., will be open for business sometime in July. The brewery will offer specialty beers.
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It's been more than a year since Wild Onion Brewery announced plans to open its second location in Oak Park. Now the business is a less than a month away from opening its doors for business.
The Wild Onion Tied House folks have spent the last year working on rehabbing the historic "Playhouse Theater" at 1111 South Blvd., in Oak Park's Pleasant District, and while not much was discovered in terms of historic artifacts, it was learned after the rehab began that significant work had to be done to make the building accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Mike Kainz, co-owner of Wild Onion, said he and the building owner did not realize that the foyer of the establishment was not at ground level, which is an ADA access requirement, so the ground floor — "layers and layers" of concrete and wood, Kainz said — had to be completely removed as part of the building rehab.
That delayed the project, but now that the work is done, Kainz said. Wild Onion and its construction contractors are putting the final touches on the bar and dining room, which will seat 122 patrons. Seating for another 33 will be available on the sidewalk outside the establishment, he said.
According to a press release, the Wild Onion Tied House will serve many of the same beers offered at its location in Lake Barrington, but the Oak Park location will also brew small-scale specialty batches.
"Some of those styles include the brewery's original flagship brand, Paddy Pale Ale, along with Beggar's Brown, Misfit IPA, and a long list of other seasonal styles and cask-conditioned ales," the news release states.
Some of the new styles only available in Oak Park will include a Dortmunder-style German lager, a nitro IPA, and variations on Wild Onion's "Drago", a Russian Imperial Stout.
Kainz told Wednesday Journal that Wild Onion Tied House plans a "soft opening" on July 12.
"We don't want to get too busy too fast," he said, noting that "the light is at the end of the tunnel here."
Kainz was quick to point out the rehab of the skylight in the building, which originally (the building originally opened in 1913) served as a retractable sky roof which helped cool the building.
"It's like you're outside," Kainz said. "It gives a wonderful open feel."
Kainz and the Wild Onion staff have collected photos and historic information about the building, which was converted to a movie production company in the 1920s under the name Atlas Educational Film Co.
"We've done some digging at the Historical Society (of Oak Park-River Forest)," Kainz said, noting that there were a few pictures and some information on plays performed at the theater.
"I wish there was more photographic evidence," he said, adding that once the business opens, he hopes more images and historic information will surface.
"We're going to put the feelers out there for any and all information we can get about the building."
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Timothy Inklebarger is the government, police and business reporter for Wednesday Journal. He also writes for a number publications in and around Chicago. His favorite food is whatever you got.
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Kingdom’s Edge represents British photojournalist Richard Humphries’ eight year journey documenting Thailand’s deep south region. Through this collection of 79 colour photographs Richard, a fluent Malay speaker, examines the complex intricacies and subtle incongruities of daily life in South East Asia’s deadliest conflict. Moving away from the mainstream media’s monotonous coverage Richard has found a region that teems and bustles with life and culture. It is a region of trade and commerce, of young people and free wifi, of tea shops and markets. A place where tudong clad girls ride four on a motorbike, where twice a day people freeze on the spot to the sound of the national anthem, and where the call to prayer fills the air five times a day. It is a complex society that is both Muslim and Buddhist, Malay and Thai. It is both old and youthful, calm and restive. It is a place that has more in common with Kuala Lumpur than distant Bangkok. Through this visual narrative Richard presents a timely and alternative view from one of the world’s most underreported conflict zones, a largely forgotten pocket of territory at the farthest edge of the Kingdom of Thailand.
The book includes a foreword and captions by Richard Humphries and an introductory essay by Gerard McDermott.
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Richard is a photographer and published author. He spends his time between the UK and Malaysia. South East Asia has been Richard’s passion for a number of years now so he knows his Dim Sums from his Durians and his Laksas from his Longans. He has also lived in Indonesia, Thailand, and South Africa. Richard’s work is focused on exploring stories that are so often passed by in today’s monotonous mainstream media and he is especially interested in social and environmental related stories with a particular interest in identity and borders. When not not taking pictures or writing about himself in the first person he is spending time with his wife and their seven adopted cats that have traveled with them on all their adventures.
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Fairness for middle kids
The middle child can often get caught in a no-man's land of sorts, writes parenting columnist Ian Munro.
Ian Munro
"It's not fair. All I get is his old stuff and they get all the new stuff."
This claim, shared by a reader, can sum up the sense of unfairness that a middle child can feel. Firstborn and Youngest get the new stuff and Master In-between gets Firstborn's hand-me-downs.
The middle child can often get caught in a no-man's land of sorts. It's not just the hand-me-downs either. They're often bossed around by Firstborn and pestered by Youngest. Firstborn has extra privileges such as a later bedtime, and Youngest may take much parent time.
Middle children can react by being very vocal about how unfairly they feel treated or become withdrawn. It would be unwise to underestimate the quietness of the withdrawn child. Deep resentments might be building up that could bring an unexpected and seemingly unexplainable eruption later.
However, they can also react by developing an independence of spirit and their own strengths and pathways.
In the end it's about how each individual is treated. Trying to treat every child equally is impossible. Don't try to. It's about treating each fairly and showing them that you're doing this.
Teach them the difference between the two. For example, treating them equally would mean they would have matching everything, whether bedspreads or clothes. If you bought one a doll or rugby boots, then equality would mean they should all have the same doll or rugby boots whether or not they wanted them.
On the other hand, being fair would mean each having a bedspread they liked, the clothes that suited and the most appropriate toy for them.
Each would have a bedtime suited to their age and needs and arrangements made for differing hobbies and sports. That's fair.
Things that should be equally distributed would be love, shelter and food.
Our Master In-between quoted above is at a point where he probably needs an extra dose of reassurance and attention. That's fair.
He needs to know he's loved for the special person he is and to have his particular strengths acknowledged. And no comparison made with his siblings.
Master and Miss In-between need to know you understand what they're telling you; that you're taking on board how they're feeling.
This attention can be given with hugs, maybe some rough and tumble, extra help with homework and by having them out with you by themselves.
Talk about their abilities, their sport, their artwork. Notice when they've been patient or helpful to others. Comment on these things as you tuck them in at night rather than in front of their brothers and sisters. They're nice thoughts to go to sleep on.
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MOBY DICK: A MUSICAL RECKONING - A.R.T., Cambridge, MA
THE INHERITANCE – Ethel Barrymore Theatre
SEARED – MCC
THE SOUND INSIDE - Lincoln Center Theatre and Williamstown Theatre Festival
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TORCH SONG
DAN DWYER
From a cultural and political POV, the revival of Harvey Fierstein's TORCH SONG is, as the French say, “plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose”. Since 1981, when Fierstein’s trilogy covering the life and loves of drag queen Arnold Beckoff appeared as one play, there have been historic advances in gay rights, but the characters and conflicts in TORCH SONG still persist. Like Ed, Arnolds’ on-again-off-again lover, many gay men use a bisexual cover to avoid loving, same-sex relationships. Like Alan, Arnold’s lover murdered with savage hate, gays are being attacked by Proud Boys marauding the streets (even in Manhattan). Arnold’s mother is pretty accepting of Arnold's sexuality but still harbors reservations about his “lifestyle”: today, evangelical Christian parents (even a Vice President) advocate conversion therapy. Kudos to TORCH SONG on Broadway to remind the struggle for individual rights and dignity isn’t over.
From a dramatic POV, this TORCH SONG disappoints. Being of a certain age, I remember vividly Fierstein’s TORCH SONG TRILOGY way back when, and although it’s unfair to compare ANYbody to the one-and-only Harvey, there was an immediacy and revelation that’s missing now. Fierstein has shrewdly adapted the play and reduced it from four to two hours, forty five minutes but its narrative weaknesses get exposed and its shortened length seems endless. Director Moises Kaufman’s casting complicates matters. Ward Horton’s Ed, Arnold’s man-of-his-dreams, is All-American blond , blue-eyed and handsomely built, but doesn’t get much beyond bisexual cipher. Michael Hsu Rosen as Arnold’s “boytoy” Alan with whom he finds “true love” is okay, but their relationship is so undeveloped it’s almost incomprehensible that there’s anything to Arnold’s attraction to him other than the prizes underneath his revealingly snug, low cut briefs. Jack DiFalco’s David, whom Arnold wants to adopt as a teenager, gets reduced to a shtick caricature: besides looking well beyond sixteen-years old, he acts like he spent more time in the Borsch Belt than in foster homes.
The uber-talented Michael Urie carries TORCH SONG beginning to end, even in the interminable, third part of the trilogy. The first act, “International Stud” is his finest, when he introduces himself as he gets into drag, then when he goes looking for love in all the wrong places. Give Urie credit just for sustaining a performance after hilariously executing a scene of vigorously taking back entry in a back room while trying to light a Marlboro in the dark. It’s so over the top, how do you top that? Urie manages a lot of repetitive histrionics in the final part, “Widows and Children First”, when he’s playing off an excellent Mercedes Ruehl as his widowed mother (and she off him). Arnold’s still grieving the loss of Alan, which is hard to pull off because the weakest second part, "Fugue in a Nursery", never dramatizes how deep their love was. Still, there’s a beautiful reconciliatory discovery between mother and son near the end. The torch song Arnold’s mother knew is only in the movies. Arnold’s challenge going forward with Ed, this time for good, is to get the torch song out of his life for good. And THAT’s for the better.
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Rhode Island School for the Disabled Accused of Running Sweatshop
Sarah Fruchtnicht
A school for the developmentally disabled in Providence, RI., allegedly forced students to work manual labor for little or no pay. A letter from the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice called the operation at the Harold H. Birch Vocational School a “sheltered workshop,” according to a report from WPRI Target 12 News.
For years the school has been violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.
"Birch obtains contracts with private businesses to perform work, such as bagging, labeling, collating and assembling jewelry," stated the DOJ letter obtained by WPRI. "One former student stated that she was required to spend a much greater portion of her school day in the workshop, including full days, when the workshop had important production deadlines."
The DOJ said students received subminimum wages or no payment at all. Sometimes working weekends, the DOJ found kids were making 50 cents to $2 an hour.
Mayor Angel Taveras said he had no idea the workshop existed until a federal investigation started in January.
"I think there were very low expectations at that school ... we weren't preparing them to be successful as young adults," Taveras told WPRI. "I think we all let these kids down."
Taveras said he has spoken with public safety officials about launching a criminal investigation.
"Were there people who benefited financially from this?" Taveras said. "Who were they — did they know what was going on? These kids deserve justice, they deserve better, and people should know what happened, and [that's] the only way we can ensure that it doesn't happen again."
Birch School has shut down the program, according to the mayor. He said the city is attempting to reach a settlement with the DOJ. School principal, Larry Roberti, was originally put on leave. He resigned Tuesday, according to an attorney for the city.
A 17-page letter from the DOJ dated June 7 outlined federal investigators’ findings and the appropriate ways to fix the problem.
"The City, in part, by operating an in-school sheltered workshop at Birch, has planned, structured, administered and funded its transition service system in a manner that imposes a serious risk of unnecessary segregation upon Birch students," the letter stated.
The investigation also found that Birch was feeding students ages 14 to 20 into the workshop through the Training Through Placement (TTP) program by offering them few prospects if they wanted to work after leaving Birch.
"TTP is a segregated setting with many of the hallmarks of other segregated settings,” the letter stated. “[Participants] are required to follow fixed, highly regimented schedules and routines; individuals with disabilities do not have private or personal space and are separated from spaces for managers and staff without disabilities; individuals exercise very limited choice over the activities that they engage in throughout the day."
The DOJ letter stated that the school board had been warned about potential hazards at Birch in 2011. Taveras and Providence School Superintendent Susan Lusi said they are not aware of the findings of that report.
Sources: Intelligencer, WPRI Target 12 News
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Organisation Organisation
The Orchideeën Hoeve has expanded into the largest tropical attraction in Europe. By highlighting the ingenuity of nature in a thematic way, we give more than 250,000 people the opportunity every year to experience and observe how plants and animals survive, seduce, and cooperate.
The Orchideeën Hoeve is more than 25,000 square metres large. It consists of the Orchid Garden, the Amazonian Rainforest, the Lory Garden, the Butterfly Valley, the ‘Suspended’ Flower Garden, the Mangrove Forest Play Paradise, the Meerkat Garden, the Lemur Kingdom, the Citrus Avenue, the Jungle Theatre, a modern shop, a cosy greenhouse restaurant, and the orchid nursery. It is a family business run by two brothers, Thomas and Jeroen Maarssen - the fourth generation of the Maarssen family of gardeners. For several consecutive years, it has been crowned by the Royal Dutch Touring Club (Algemene Nederlandse Wielrijdersbond, ANWB) as the ‘most fun outing in Flevoland’.
History of the Orchideeën Hoeve
In 1915, grandfather Maarssen decided to strike out on his own. He bought acreage in Aalsmeer, on which he grew carnations, chrysanthemums, and lilac, together with his son. In 1930, the first greenhouse was built by a friend who was a carpenter. This greenhouse became the foundation for the Orchideeën Hoeve.
The first orchids
The small horticultural business survived the Second World War as well as a number of financially challenging years. Thomas Maarssen Sr (the father of the current owners) took over the reins of the family business together with his brother. Thomas Sr soon aspired to take on another challenge: orchids. However, his father rejected the plan. He believed that growing orchids was something for specialists. Yet, this did not prevent the young horticulturist from buying his first orchids in 1957, namely one hundred cymbidiums in a box of violets for ten guilders. It turned out to be a success.
‘Orchideeën Maarssen’ nursery
In the 1970s, the business ‘Orchideeën Maarssen’ - which has moved since then to Haarlemmermeerpolder in Aalsmeerderbrug - evolved into a well-known name in the world of orchids. The nursery became a leader in breeding and the family won many awards at shows and exhibitions.
Move to North-East Polder
In 1979, Thomas Maarssen Sr moved his family and orchid nursery to the North-East Polder. The former farm to which the company relocated served as an inspiration to the family, and they called the business ‘De Orchideeën Hoeve’. By participating in ‘Kom in de Kas’ (annual event of the Dutch greenhouse horticulture sector), Maarssen discovered that there was a significant interest in the orchid nursery. They started receiving requests for guided tours and the family increasingly frequently welcomed local groups and associations. Initially, the family members provided a guided tour in return for a cake or apple pie. After a few years and with attendance growing, they decided to ask a fee for their services. In 1984, the nursery officially opened to the public.
The first garden
The public turned out to be interested. This was a reason for the family Maarssen to convert the business in 1989 and to invest more in the recreational activity. A shop and a restaurant were added and the collection of orchid species accumulated over the years received a unique spot in the Tropical Garden. These 1,000 square meters of jungle garden can still be admired at the Orchideeën Hoeve and has since been converted into the Orchid Garden.
In 1991, the Taiwanese garden was built and the brothers Thomas Jr and Jeroen Maarssen assumed the leadership of the business. The following years, the Orchideeën Hoeve was expanded with new theme gardens and started focusing entirely on the tourism market.
Orchid nursery
The orchid nursery - the foundation of the business - is still operating at the Orchideeën Hoeve. In the first months of the year, you can visit the nursery sections to enjoy magnificent fields filled with various species of orchids. While the Orchideeën Hoeve no longer sells the flowers at auction, it does process them into fresh floral arrangements sold in the modern shop.
Opening gardens and expansions
1989: Addition of shop, restaurant, and tropical garden (currently referred to as the Orchid Garden)
1991: Opening Taiwan Garden (currently referred to as the Lory Garden)
2000: Expansion of car park, addition of halls for parties and festivities and the opening of the Malaysian garden (currently referred to as the Amazonian Rainforest)
2008: Opening Butterfly Garden
2010: Opening Play Paradise
2012: Opening Lori Garden
2014: Zoo license
2014: Opening Citrus Avenue
2016: Reopening Play Paradise
2016: Opening ‘Suspended’ Flower Garden
2017: Opening Jungle Theatre
2018: Opening Lemur Kingdom
2019: Opening Meerkat Garden
Renovation and development
The Orchideeën Hoeve is continuously innovating and developing to ensure that each visit to its premises remains a unique experience. For example, a brand-new nature experience was launched in October 2016: the ‘Suspended’ Flower Garden. In April 2017, the tropical Park inaugurated the Jungle Theatre. Furthermore, thanks to its zoo license and the AAP foundation, the Orchideeën Hoeve provides a home for a multitude of animal species such as monkeys, ducks, fish, tropical birds, butterflies, flamingos, alpacas, meerkats and reptiles.
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Lucy Kurrein: 'Seating is my favourite thing'
Words by Dominic Lutyens Photo by Alun Callender
Lucy Kurrein's eponymous sofa for Offecct made its debut at this year's Stockholm Furniture Fair, revealing itself to be as multifaceted as its up-and-coming British designer
Lucy Kurrein
British Designer
Enter the mind of designer Lucy Kurrein and you realise what a complex, sophisticated form of seating sofas are. They mirror different needs, aspirations and tastes of mind and indicate what kind of environment they are intended for, be it a workplace or home or, in some cases, both.
A good example of a truly multivalent sofa is Kurrein’s modular Lucy for Offecct – named after her by this Swedish company specialising in furniture for working environments. Launched at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this year, it was conceived to suit a hotel or workspace lobby and has domestic and office connotations. Of course, the term “working environments” is ambiguous today given the blurring of boundaries between office and domestic spaces and Lucy encapsulates this.
The Lucy sofa for Offect combines domestic softness and workplace structure
The sofa’s form, reveals the London-based designer, isn’t accidental. Not slouchy like a sofa you might find in a living room, it is very structured yet incorporates elements that invite lounging. It has deep seats you can sprawl on and horizontal backrests you can lean against – rounded on one side, straight-edged on another. Lucy incorporates upholstered platforms, tables you can rest laptops or trays with drinks on, a coatstand and USB ports.There’s the option of inserting spacer tables in lacquered steel between the cushions. You could describe this self-contained piece – in a wide array of colours, from utilitarian grey to luscious lipstick-red – as an alternative workstation.
"I did my research at the lobbies of Ace hotel and Shoreditch House in east London. I live in Bethnal Green so they were on my doorstep,” recalls Kurrein, who woke up one day thrilled to find an email from Offecct that said: Hi Lucy,We like your work. Would you like to work for us? “Offecct said to me they feel that domestic furniture is increasingly relevant in working environments. Originally, my design was more domestic, looser, then we tightened it up. I’m pleased with how it’s turned out. When you get close to it and touch between the seams, it’s rounded, amorphous. But at a distance it looks square. So it feels both architectural and human.”
Lucy’s nuanced character reflects Kurrein’s extensive experience as a designer – and long- standing love of art and design. “I was always drawing as a child,” she recalls. “I wanted to be an artist.” Having grown up in a “leafy suburb” of Leeds, she did a foundation course at Leeds College of Art. She speaks with pride of its artistic pedigree – its alumni include Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore – and fondly remembers the city’s “buzzing” music scene. “I didn’t know whether I was going to be a graphic or fashion designer but my tutors were convinced I was a 3D designer.”
She then did a BA in Contemporary Furniture and Related Product Design at Buckinghamshire New University. “I loved it,” she says. “I had brilliant tutors like [designers] Carl Clerkin and Alex Hellum.The students were taken on a tour of Italy, visiting Edra’s showroom in Milan.” And, in 2006, she took part in SaloneSatellite, the showcase for young designers at the Salone del Mobile in Milan.
In her third year, she took part in a project set by Ercol, whose factory is in nearby Princes Risborough. “The students presented their ideas to Ercol, which then chose its favourite designs to prototype. It was very exciting.”
At her degree show, Kurrein exhibited Ercol’s prototypes of her designs for a dining chair and table, a shelving unit and a bent plywood stool. In 2007, she participated in New Designers, the design graduates show in London, where she displayed her Ercol pieces and stool.
The Rondo armchair's backrest was inspired by a boxing punchbag
By now she was hooked on furniture design. Why did it appeal to her? “I’m attracted to its human scale – to anything that relates to the body and ergonomics. I’m less drawn to making small things; I’m not a natural product designer. I’m not a gallery designer either – what makes me tick is knowing, or hoping, that what I design will be used.”
A mix of serendipity, initiative and sheer dedication have driven Kurrein’s career to date. After college, she secured a two-month internship with Matthew Hilton, who was working with Ercol and had spotted her prototypes. She moved to London, staying with a cousin in Greenwich. She then briefly worked as an office administrator for Chris McCourt, director of furniture manufacturer Isokon Plus, but Hilton took her on full-time soon after. “Matthew, who was also designing for [London retailer] SCP, would give me a sketch, then I’d draw it up in CAD,” she remembers. “He’d tweak it and together we’d develop it for production. It was a very good way to learn to design for industry.”
From 2009 to 2013, Kurrein worked at London design studio and consultancy PearsonLloyd. “I worked on everything from workplace, retail and healthcare to public realm and transport projects for many of the international clients, including Modus, the NHS and the Vienna Tourist Board. It gave me the opportunity to expand my experience beyond domestic furniture.”
Kurrein's steel Lily table was launched by SCP in 2013
The association between Kurrein and PearsonLloyd lives on: she showed her 2016 Rondo sofa for Molinari Living along with PearsonLloyd’s 2015 Towards New Workplace Paradigms furniture collection for Teknion at the recent exhibition Designers Select Designers at the Aram Gallery in London, which paired the work of established designers with emerging ones.
At one point, however, she had an itch to go freelance. “I wanted to do my own work,” says Kurrein, who set up her own studio in 2013. “I spent the rst month building a portfolio of rough concepts.” She then made a beeline for the Salone del Mobile. “I marched up and down the aisles of the Rho Fiera, iPad in tow, approaching companies I thought could be up for working with an unknown. I was mostly dismissed by sales reps.”
But she had one fruitful encounter with Spanish brand Capdell. “I was sitting with its design director and the CEO, who pointed at one of my renders and commissioned the design on the spot.” The resulting Panel chair has a slender folded felt or leather seat. “It was about deconstructing upholstery,” she says.
The year turned out to be a busy one for Kurrein. Thanks to working for Hilton, she had links with SCP and sent founder Sheridan Coakley a proposal for another design – her Lincoln sofa. “I was interested in a high- backed sofa supporting shoulders and maybe your head. It’s like a lounge chair that’s been stretched into a sofa – streamlined yet reclined. Fashion designer John Rocha bought one in lime green – a nice accolade.” But she admits that it’s not her best design: “Perhaps it’s confused about which market it’s for – it may be too firm for the domestic market. But, as a designer, you learn on the job.” In 2013, SCP also manufactured her powder-coated Lily table, available in a spectrum of funky shades, and her super-squashy Elmer sofa in 2014.
That year, she moved into a studio near East India Dock, and loves it. “It’s south facing, catches sunbeams and overlooks the river,” says Kurrein, who is also a visiting lecturer on the BA Product and Furniture Design course at Kingston University. “It’s quiet. It’s useful to be away from the Shoreditch design scene and not be influenced by it.”
In 2015, SCP put her unequivocally domestic, canvas-backed Tepee sofa with duck feather- lled cushions and oak legs into production. “It was SCP’s 30th anniversary and the company commissioned several designers to create pieces for it. Others included Michael Anastassiades and Konstantin Grcic. It was daunting showing alongside these maestros! I’d just been travelling to Mexico and the sofa was inspired by hammocks people sleep in all night there. I like its back view: I thought the canvas would stay taut at the top but it sags slightly and forms a scalloped line.”
Kurrein at her desk in her Docklands studio with a model of Rondo. Photo: Allun Callender
That year, Kurrein’s profile was considerably raised when she won the Homes and Gardens Young Designer of the Year award. The same year she created her dressing table-desk hybrid Aponi for Joined + Jointed. Independently, in 2016, she produced a dressing table incorporating a mirror called Perch.
Technically, perhaps her most challenging design has been the upscale Rondo sofa and armchair, made by Italian company Molinari Living, and now stocked by the Conran Shop. “Molinari Living approached [London Design Fair] founder Jimmy MacDonald to suggest designers to collaborate with, and he recommended me.’
The Rondo’s “sausagey” backrest, as she describes it, is inspired by a boxing punchbag and made of vegetable tan leather. “It’s a very friendly backrest that encourages you to drape yourself over it,” she says.
The Panel chair was commissioned on the spot by Capdell
“I was free with its shape as Molinari Living weren’t afraid to invest.There’s a lot of craftsmanship to it. Its rounded shapes are hard to achieve.The back isn’t totally cylindrical. The front of the arms are highlighted by a top stitch, which helps to sculpt the sofa.” The slender front legs also push into the sides of the arms, emphasising the leather’s soft form. “It was an unconventional approach.”
Although Italian-looking – it’s reminiscent of classic, 1970s leather-upholstered furniture, for example by Mario Bellini – the grown up-looking Rondo “draws comparisons”, she says, “with British Chesterfield sofas because of its low back and streamlined outline”.
Where next? “I’ve started doing lighting too. I’m interested in branching out, seeing what opportunities arise.” Even so, it’s hard to imagine her drifting too far from furniture. Earlier in our conversation, she told me: “Seating is my favourite thing.There are so many ways of sitting and it comes with so many different types of support that I think that’s a nice boundary to work with.” And, given her constant experimentation with seating ideas, it seems inevitable she will continue to devise other innovative ideas.
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I KNOW I'M GONNA GET SLATED
By owls4effa, December 21, 2010 in SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY MATCHDAY
DJMortimer 8,868
Football fans are fickle, forgetful, spoilt little brats.
Not really. We got the results and aint that all that matters?
In the short term perhaps, but taking a longer term view it's much less encouraging. And I would argue that whatever our position, results should have been better regardless. Also, as I pointed out before, our league position is currently deceptive. If we maintain our current performance levels (when compared with previous seasons), it's possible we could not only miss out on automatic promotion but even be excluded from the play-offs.
It's a weel known fact that teams will play higher than their usual standard when faced with a team a lot higher up the leagues than them. That's why Havant and Waterlooville done themselves justice against Liverpool, but will go and get thumped by Fisher Athletic. It's the reason why Leeds beat Man United at Old Trafford last season. It's called the giant killing mentality and we need to counter it by not being complacent.
That's a rather simplistic view, especially when we are not talking about a one-off but four out of four games against lower division opponents this season, not to mention a number of other examples against lowly teams at our own current level.
mcmigo 2,632
So you don't think it has any bearing on our abilities or likely finishing position that we were on a par with a bunch of part-timers for over an hour and were extremely fortunate to beat Bury, Northampton and Chesterfield?
I appreciate what you say and clearly we are not in a terrible position, just one rather worse than we ought to be. And to be clear, not a single time have I actually called for Irvine to be sacked for a number of different reasons. However, citing how utterly woeful our contemporaries are is hardly the most resounding case for keeping our manager in place is it? And if we are promoted, how confident are we that Irvine is the right man for a higher level?
I have no confidence that AI is the right man for the CCC based on what happened last season. But we have a much better chance of getting a top manager in if we are in the CCC and not Lg 1. Silly to sack him now, as I don't think the next man in would be that special manager we've been wanting for years - at the end of the day we are in the 3rd tier of English football, with massive expectations and a trigger happy Chairman. Not that attractive. It looks a better proposition in the League above.
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Can't agree with that at all - firstly it's a high risk strategy because we may not get promoted - and even if we get to the play-offs i'd rather have Cardiff Owl leading us than Alan "let's get a valuable draw even though we need to win" Irvine
Secondly MM and his vision and money make us already a hugely better draw than we were as a skint club in the Championship - i keep saying this and i can't see how anybody capable of independent thought can argue - if you think AI is the right man for SWFC then back him to the hilt and stick with him - if you don't then he gets punted like yesterday and on we go with who we do think is the right man.
Don't play infantile games with our managers position - especially when the strategy involves us getting promted led by a guy that is showing regularly that he's got it all oin the be a top 6 manager - never mind top 2.
Scram - I have every confidence we'll be promoted this season with AI at the helm. We won't need the play offs either. No need to can the guy this season in my opinion.
sonofbert2 20,874
I can't remember a manager being so disliked when the team's been in such a "good" position but I think he'll take us up automatically with a couple of signings in January.
Doesn't alter my basic point - if you think he's the man to take us forward into the MM era then fine - i don't so he needs to go asap imo.
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Those of you thinking AI will get us promoted, what are you basing it on?
I'm basing my opinion that he's poo poo on how we got relegated without a whimper last season, how we've been outplayed by 95% of the teams we've played this season (including a couple of League Two sides), and how his record against teams we're supposed to be competing against for promotion is absolutely rumbleing abysmal.
I can't take you seriously if you're going to say it's "just a feeling" or blind hope. Give me some substance. In my opinion NOTHING he's done makes me believe he's the man to take us forward into our supposed new era of success.
We are 2nd in the league. There's your substance.
This means that all other sides in this league apart from the top team Brighton have bigger issues than those you point out above.
We are the Man City of League 1 - best squad, occasionally brilliant, occasionally horrible, often too defensive and really not playing that well. Yet we, like City, are right up there and have as good a chance as any of winning this league.
We're not second really though are we?
You seem to be forgetting how in recent weeks Irvine has blown two opportunites to lay down a marker while no other team was playing. He lost them both, including presiding over the single worst result in Sheffield Wednesday history, a 5-1 demolition at the hands of the mighty Exeter City.
consilio 174
I love the comment about "being outplayed by 95% of teams" It wasn't so long ago we were outplaying most teams under laws but still losing, have people forgotten so quickly? I don't care if we play like donkeys for 90mins as long as we score more than the opposition
2nd in the league, points in the bag an probably 85% on the way to promotion taking into account those games in hand. A couple more top notch signings in jan should see us there, we've still got half a season to play yet!!
A bizarre comment.
Is there another league table I am not party to? Is there actually a secret and complex formula, based on chances created, possession, number of fans who vote to keep the manager on an internet poll etc that gives you a league position? Or is it still 3 points for a win?
No-one can defend getting smacked at Exeter of all places, just as no-one can argue with us slamming 6 goals in the previous weekend. This season was always going to be a rollercoaster - it is the Wednesday way.
If someone had said to be at Christmas we'd be 2nd and still in the FA Cup - I'd have taken it. So would any other SWFC fan I suspect.
oldishowl 4,216
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the reason people rated King Sturrock is that he took us up with a completely mediocre team and overachieved
the reason people dont rate Irvine is because we have one of the biggest wage bills in the league and the best squad of players in the league (maybe peterborough apart). the fact is to most we simply havnt looked at all like a team capable of promotion
Anybody who thinks we have the best squad of players in this league is watching a different set of defenders to me.
Individually there have been some absolute shocking performances and terrible mistakes made by our defenders this season . This is not down to tactics , formation , motivation it is down to the fact that individual players have played poorly and continue to do so. How can AI legislate for some of the defensive mistakes made by Beevers , Purse , Spurr and Jones .
In the main these are the players that AI inherited on big wages and has had no opportunity to change. I expect he will change some in Jan and we will then improve once the new players bed in. Whether it will be in time for us or AI I am not sure.
2nd in the league, points in the bag an probably 85% on the way to promotion taking into account those games in hand.
Absolute gibberish. You are part of a worryingly large portion of our fanbase who are incapable of analytical thought. Because we've been in the bottom halves of tables for the last 10 years you see we're at the bottom end of the playoffs/just outside the playoffs (which is where we'll be after the games in hand are played) and you think "HURR HURR DAT'S GUD!!!". But it's not. Far from it. We're not a financially poor club with a poo poo team trying to keep our heads above water anymore. We're a financially stable club with a great team for this level. Alan Irvine is massively underachieving and has done so since he first stepped foot into Hillsborough.
Yeah sorry mate, what was I thinking?
Huddersfield, Charlton, Bournemouth and Colchester are all going to lose their 2 games in hand. Panic over. We are actually 2nd afterall.
But we are 2nd.
You are basing our league position on a load of hypothetical results and maybes. I am basing our league position on our league position.
Trust me - we are a centre half and central midfielder away from winning this league. Both I expect will be arriving in January.
No, I am basing our league position on mathematical probabilities and realism, you're basing it on a dream world where Sheffield Wednesday are allowed to play two more games than our promotion rivals.
Wednesday wonderland, keep your opinions on my intellectual abilities to yourself please, this is a football forum.
You make a valid point that were not a financially poor club. However this has been the case for what, 3 weeks?? And Irvine has been able to change what exactly in that time? However he did manage to bring a number of good players in with sod all in the summer!
We've made 2nd on the tail end of a devastating period for the club, the worst in our history. That's all over now, let's look to the future, pull together and support the club
It's not going to be easy, look at our first season last time in league 1, that was horrendous!
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We arent 2nd on a points per game analysis we are in 7th. FFS hoow stupid is that 'we are in 2nd arguement' when in real terms we arent.
Its no different to saying look my wages have gone in the bank I am worth 1500 quid, when all the bills have come out there's a quarter of it left.
flipping bizarre some people
dobbo 596
Location:Southampton
This is more or less the same group of defenders who up until last season were part of a team finishing comfortably in the championship,
so how can it not be down to motivation?? have they just become crap overnight?
if its confidence then who's job is it to give them the confidence and belief???
How on earth u can say he's had no opportunity to change i dont know, hes bought in EIGHT players
if we dont have one of the best squads in the division then why the hell are we paying them the best wages?
its because they are players that have had prem/championship experience and should NOT be losing 5-1 to bloody exeter!!
Orlando_Trustful 7,895
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These dilluded fans need to wake the *** up. We would not be 2nd had the other teams played, we'd probably be 5/6 at best, we've lost 8 bloody games already this season and been outplayed on numerous occasions by real footballing powerhouses like leyton orient, Carlisle, Exeter, Swindon etc. It it was a one of then fair enough, but this is happening every other fukin week, not exceptable. Irvine is the most boring and uninspiring manager I've ever known us to have, he's made not connection with the fans, and the football he sets us out to play is pathetic, place that with the fact he continually picks woeful players who were the main cause for our relegation is staggering. Get the fukwit out asap.
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The Other Day ~ A Studio Blog
Pat Kinevane in Silent
The other day I went to see a play at the Irish Art Center that completely blew me away. I was invited to the play because a few weeks ago I did a collaborative mural workshop with kids from the Police Athletic League for the Irish Art Center (IAC) and it was a blast. The IAC is a theater and cultural center that is a divinely inspired concentration of all things Ireland located in hells kitchen. But I digress, as a generous thank you for the workshop, the amazing crew at the Irish Art Center invited me to the opening of a one man play they were hosting entitled “Silent”, written and performed by Pat Kinevane with Fishamble: The New Play Company. Now I fully expected that the play would be great, the Irish do have an extremely rich and diverse pool of talented artist, everybody knows that. But what I did not expect was to be taken on a trip that would move me so deeply that it hit me at a molecular level. Pat Kinevane’s performance of Tino Mc Goldrich, a homeless man from County Cork was like experiencing a living painting, a painting constantly in the process of creating and un-creating itself just as we are created and uncreated by our own life experiences. “Silent” is equally beautiful, tragic, hilarious and oh so very real. Blew my mind. The after party for the play was held on a terrace over 50 stories up high in the Manhattan skyline, it was an epic view that would inspire the most jaded New Yorker. Against this colossal urban backdrop I had a quick meet and chat with Pat Kinevan who is as sweet and generous in person as he is talented and intense on stage. The fact that he could be so open and grounded with everyone after giving such an intense performance says a lot about this guy, he’s “good people”. It is just after sun down now and the NY skyline begins to light up like some kind of urban constellation, everyone is mixing and mingling as I spark up a chat with a funny young Irish dude named Moley. Turns out that Moley and his brother Owen make music and together form a duo called size2shoes. After a bit of prodding they bless us with two impromptu songs that frickin mesmerized me! These two easy going Irish brothers vocalize in a combination of human beat box, Gregorian Chants, Rap and Pop, these boys are Fierce! I have always had a thing for Gregorian Chants but these two brothers bring it to a whole other place. At this point I’m floating, first the play that left me speechless followed by an evening of meeting, cocktailing, music and chatting with some fantastic Irish folks. I figure its time to call it a perfect night so I float on outa there heading for home.
Heading down 2nd avenue with my mind blown and I’m rolling a cigarette as I make a beeline for the 4 line. I turn onto 50th street when the sound of a man singing pricks up my ears. The sound and timber of his voice is unique, but its strangely familiar to me with a grainy quality like it is floating in from some other time. Instantly I am caught in a Vulcan-time-warp, you know those moments when a sound, a smell, or a visual puts you somewhere else and you find that you are lost and caught in between two memories. In this moment you know that your feet are firmly planted in two places in time, like a double exposed photo with one image layered into the other. But this sound, this voice it literally pulls me across the street to its source. As I get closer I recognize the music is a jazz standard, the voice pauses in song and says, “Good evening Nubian Goddess come in, join us”. Still rolling my cigarette and caught up in my Vulcan-time-warp, I do not see the source of the voice so I don’t respond but I notice that I am now standing under the wide open windows of a beautiful little bar, all amber and candle lit inside. Music is still playing and I finally respond to the voice from beyond with a smile but I still can’t see its source when the voice again says, “Come in Nubian Goddess, don’t be shy, come in and join us for a glass of wine”.
As I enter Sofia Wine Bar, the room is intimate, warm and lit only by candles on the tables that combine with the street lights shining in from the open windows to bath the room in a golden amber hue. With a big smile and open arms, Richie Q greets me at the door and introduces me to everyone in the small room and again I find myself surrounded by strangers, who are not so strange at all, who treat me like friends. The bartender brings a glass of wine and I join a table of Richie’s friends, Tony Middleton (the lead singer of the Willows) his agent Phyllis and another friend Ina who tease me lightheartedly telling me that I looked like a dear in the headlights, certainly that was how I felt, all caught up in my Vulcan-time-warp. Richie launches into another song and a couple gets up to dance in the small space between the tables. Richie Q is a real musician and a real gentleman, back in the day he sang with a doo-wop group called the Chaperones and still makes his living making music. With each song, he plays a different instrument; he even sang me a Bob Marley tune in honor of my homeland Jamaica. The last song of the night was a duet with Tony Middleton such resonant voices, such class. Listening to them I am once again carried off to another time.
Kennete and his bride.
Yet again, I’m heading home with my mind now blown to the 3rd power and I’m back en route to the
4 train. As I’m trucking down Lexington Ave, a huge white bus pulls up and I watch as a group of well-dressed folks begin to disembark, with the sight of the bride I realize it’s a wedding party. As they get off of the bus the bride and groom are all aglow as brides and grooms always are and they are striking together. Its obvious that these two are completely un-encumbered by anybodies dictates as to who they should love based on the color of their skins, the fact that he is black and she is white is irrelevant to their connection to each other. They remind me that love is a rare and unique thing that holds no confines, it lives by no ones rules and it thrives. More inspiration on this night from two more “strangers” who are not so strange at all.
Continuing up Lexington Ave now and just a door away from the entrance to the 4 Train. As I glance left I see a man asleep on a marble slap in front of a vacant store. He is in fetal position deeply asleep, hands tucked between his legs above the knee and lying on a thin piece of cardboard oblivious to the movements of the city streets at his back, he seems so vulnerable. Seeing him brings me back to the beginning of the day to Pat Kinevane’s play Silent, it brings me to wonder about this sleeping man.
Questions rush in, who is he, who does he love, where is his family, is someone looking for him, someone must be missing him, why, why is he sleeping here? Compassion rushes in and I wish peace for him, I wish a home for him, I wish love and protection for him. As I mark the end of my mind-blowing night, thoughts swell in my head and swirl in my heart. These thoughts dwell on giving thanks for strangers made into friends and they dwell on feelings of pure compassion. I wish that I could help him but I don’t know how, I don’t know how to tell him that even though we are strangers we are not so strange at all, so I send up a silent prayer for him. I send up a silent prayer.
Your writing is as stunning as your visual art. Thanks for taking us along on a marvelous evening!
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What a fantastic post. You make me see everything in technicolor!
thank you for taking a lil technicolor trip with me
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Pamella, this is a beautiful piece of writing. What a day. The more I see, and the more I meet people, the more I find, far more connects us than divides us. What a day! Forever recorded. Recorded. As another jazz standard... What A Differnce (The Other) Day Made. X
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Military commissary at Little Creek to be one of the first in U.S. to sell beer and wine
By Brock Vergakis
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Shoppers at a Virginia Beach commissary soon will be able to buy beer with their pretzels and wine with their cheese.
The commissary at Joint Expeditionary Base-Little Creek will be one of the first in the nation to sell beer and wine starting July 26, according to the Defense Commissary Agency.
Commissaries already sell just about every other item typically found in a grocery store. But the only places to get beer and wine to go on military bases are exchanges. Selling alcohol at commissaries will allow customers to eliminate an extra stop that they wouldn't have to make at a commercial store.
The Little Creek location is one of 12 commissaries around the country that will be part of a 90-day test period that will ensure the business systems and ordering processes between exchanges and commissaries are in sync before beer and alcohol sales are rolled out to other U.S. locations, according to Defense Commissary Agency spokesman Kevin Robinson.
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No beer and wine sales are planned for overseas locations and Robinson said a decision hasn't been made on whether to sell beer and wine at "very small" U.S. commissaries. The other commissary locations in Hampton Roads are at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth and Langley Air Force Base in Hampton.
Robinson said beer and wine prices at commissaries will be similar to what they are at local exchanges. The commissaries will purchase their beer and wine from local exchanges, which use sales to fund morale, welfare and recreation programs.
Commissaries sell their products at cost, often leading to significant discounts compared with commercial retailers. In the South Atlantic region, commissary shoppers saved an average of 18.4 percent on their groceries compared with what they would pay at commercial stores. To help fund the modernization of old stores and construction of new ones, all commissary customers pay a 5 percent surcharge.
The commissary is open to those on active duty, National Guard and Reserve members, military retirees, Medal of Honor recipients, 100 percent disabled veterans, and their authorized family members.
Brock Vergakis, 757-222-5846, brock.vergakis@pilotonline.com
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DC providers retain only 21% of 2003 rollover contributions
A total of $150 billion in rollover contributions was made last year, but defined contribution plan providers retained only 21%, or $32 billion, according to a report from Cerulli Associates. The amount lost to providers was a record high, despite the increase in overall rollover assets that reversed a three-year decline, Cerulli said. The proportion of cash-out DC distributions remained roughly unchanged at 20% since Cerulli's last measurement four years ago.
Providers' losses were attributed to problems with retention strategies linking institutional and retail platforms for services and products, the report said.
"Direct-sold mutual fund companies and broker-dealers are experiencing the greatest success at retention," according to the report. "Mutual fund companies only hold 44% of the 401(k) marketplace but represent 66%," or $22 billion, of retained rollover assets. "Broker-dealers only represent 7% of the 401(k) arena but hold 14% of retained rollover assets." Third-party administrators, which represent 29% of 401(k) assets, account for 5% of retained rollover assets.
Some $1.9 trillion will be rolled over from qualified plans to IRAs from this year through 2010, the report estimates.
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Rage to ship with full level editor, id studio
By Tim Edwards 2011-05-05T17:04:14.124Z
Want to mod Rage? Good. Speaking to PC Gamer at a recent press event, Id Creative Director Tim Willits revealed that the PC version of Rage will support modding and level design right out of the box. All you need to do, says Tim, is "Pull down the console, type 'id studio', then press enter. Then, bam, there's all the tools we use."
As for what you'll be creating, that's a little trickier; Id's technology has moved on since you could fit 100's of Doom levels on a CD. "Building levels from scratch is more difficult," says Tim, "because we have a layer system in some of the levels. I can foresee somebody modding up Wellspring (a town in-game) and adding different characters, giving them different voice-over." But if you've got the development skills to use it, the level editor will be there. "It's built into the engine," says Tim.
Will you be creating levels for Rage? Do let us know. We'll try and feature the best mods when Rage launches in September.
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Cars & Auto
2015 Infiniti QX60 3.5 Review
By Doug Newcomb
MSRP $54690
Spacious third row.
Good fuel economy.
No connected infotainment.
Mediocre performance and handling.
The 2015 Infiniti QX60 provides some of the best fuel economy and comfort in the crossover segment, but lags in performance and tech compared with competitors.
When it was introduced as a 2014 model to replace the JX35, the Infiniti QX60 luxury crossover saw no significant changes, save for a few option package revisions. Similarly, the 2015 QX60 only gets new programming of its continuously variable transmission (CVT). It still provides plenty of room for passengers of all sizes in all three of its rows, with second-row seats that slide and recline to increase access and comfort for those all the way in the back. Both the interior and ride are exceptionally comfortable and quiet, while the infotainment interface is user-friendly. But the 2015 QX60 can't keep up performance-wise with the top cars in the segment, and it also lacks their connected infotainment options.
The 2015 QX 3.5 starts at $42,400 for the front-wheel drive version, and at $43,800 for all-wheel drive. This is on the low side for the segment, but Infiniti's standalone option packages significantly add to the sticker price. Our 3.5 FWD test vehicle, for example, had four separate options packages as well as $495 roof rails, and a destination charge of $995 that bumped the final sticker up to $54,690.
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What Does It Come With?
The 2015 QX60 comes with a 3.5-liter, 265-horsepower V6 engine with front-wheel drive and a CVT, as well as Infiniti's Drive Mode Selector with Sport, Eco and Snow modes. Standard features include automatic high intensity discharge (HID) xenon headlights, power-folding and heated side mirrors, keyless entry and ignition, power liftgate, leather seating, an eight-way heated driver's seat, a six-way heated front passenger seat, a rearview monitor, Bluetooth, and an AM/FM/CD head unit with SiriusXM satellite radio, a USB port, and an aux-in jack.
The $2,800 Technology Package includes Backup Collision Prevention, Intelligent Brake Assist with Forward Collision Warning, Blind Spot Warning and Intervention, Lane Departure Warning and Prevention, Intelligent Cruise Control, and Distance Control Assist. A $3,450 Deluxe Touring Package adds 20-inch aluminum alloy wheels, cooled front seats and heated second-row seats, power-folding third-row seats, a second- and third-row moonroof with a power shade, and maple interior accents. A $1,550 Premium Package includes remote starting, a heated steering wheel, front-seat memory, driver-seat power lumbar support, and a 13-speaker Bose Premium Sound system. The $3,000 Premium Plus package adds a hard-drive navigation system with an 8-inch color touch screen, XM NavTraffic and Weather, voice activation, Bluetooth audio, reverse tilt-down side mirrors, rain-sensing wipers, the Infiniti Connection telematics system, and an Around View monitor with Moving Object Detection and front and rear sonar sensors.
How's the Tech?
Infiniti is a bit behind in connectivity compared with the competition. The QX60's navigation system has a Connected Search feature and can sync with a Google calendar to read appointments aloud and set a related address. Unfortunately, these features weren't activated on our test vehicle, but in a Q70L ($72,655.00 at Truecar) we recently drove, we found that the system often had trouble connecting and required the user to sync information from various sources.
Like the Q70, the QX60 also doesn't have the Infiniti InTouch infotainment system, which means it doesn't have any type of cloud-connected infotainment or apps. At least we prefer the QX60's interface, which consists of a combination of a dash-mounted rotary controller and a touch screen, over other non-touch systems in Audi, Lexus, and Mercedes-Benz vehicles. The QX60 also has very accurate voice recognition and some of the best driver assists in the segment. The subscription-based Infiniti Connection telematics system, which is free for the first year of ownership, provides all the basics, such as automatic crash notification and a smartphone remote app for access to features such as door lock/unlock.
How Does It Perform?
The QX60's standard 3.5-liter, 265-horsepower V6 engine and CVT felt sluggish when the pedal was pushed during passing, while the supple suspension provided a smooth ride but mediocre handling. The trade-off is some of the best fuel economy in the segment: 21 mpg city, 27 mpg highway, and 23 mpg combined.
Should I Buy It?
The 2015 Infiniti QX60 3.5 lacks the power and performance of the Audi Q7 and the BMW X5, though both vehicles are priced considerably higher. It also doesn't have as much cargo space as the Buick Enclave and the Acura MDX, and is missing the connected features found in most rivals. That makes the QX60 tricky to recommend, especially if you're interested in connectivity. But if third-row comfort and fuel economy are top priorities, the QX60 is worth considering.
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On my return to Crete I decided to utilize my combined accumulated experience within the Greek market as niche Touroperator (special interests programs), Leisure Industry Consultant; further diversifying my activities into the fields of web publishing and Event Management. Now based in Rethymnon I head a dynamic, highly qualified team.
Private Guide in Athens - Papamichail Matthaios
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My name is Matthew and I would like to show you Athens around, the capital of Greece, where I live since I was born. Just after the Olympics, Athens became friendlier and easy-going for the inhabitants and the tourists.
Capital: Athens
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The country of Greece is officially named the Hellenic Republic, and is comprised of a peninsula and group of islands situated at a location that acts as a crossroads for Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Greece shares borders with Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey, and has coastlines in three seas: the Mediterranean, the Ionian and the Aegean. The climate of Greece is Mediterranean, featuring mild winters and hot, dry summers that are perfect for the multitude of holiday makers who choose Greece as their vacation destination.
In fact, Greece is one of the most popular destinations in the world for tourism, attracting millions of visitors to relax on sunny, pristine beaches and play in the crystal clear waters. The towering mountains that cover 80% of Greece offer magnificent scenery and a plethora of outdoor activities for nature lovers. In addition, Greece is one of the world’s most ancient civilizations and the historical and cultural attractions are incredible.
One of the most recognizable ancient ruins in the world is located in Athens, the capital city of Greece. The Parthenon is a historical Greek temple built on top of the Acropolis in 432 BC, and its soaring white stone columns have come to symbolize Greece and its historical heritage. The Acropolis Museum displays artifacts dating from the Bronze Age to Byzantine and is one of the premiere archaeological museums in the world.
The volcanic island of Santorini is a popular tourist destination, with its spectacular cliff-top views, white washed houses and cobblestone streets. Mykonos is another picturesque destination that in addition to its incredible white sand beaches and stunning vistas also offers cosmopolitan entertainments with popular bars and nightclubs.
Mystras, with its beautiful medieval ruins, is a fascinating place to explore, as is the historical village of Lindos on the isle of Rhodes. Some of the most amazing scenery in the world can be found at Myrtos Beach, which is famous for its turquoise colored waters, white marble pebble beaches and soaring cliffs that rise above the beach. The monastery atop the rock pillars of Meteora is a “must-see” sight in Greece, and the Delphi Theater and Mount Athos are other notable landmarks not to miss.
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In order to become a tour guide in Greece you have to be of a legal adult age, citizen of Greece or possessing a permanent working visa. The process starts with a five-semester training course conducted by the Schools of Tour Guides, which are governed by the Organization of Tourism Education and Training. Upon completing the courses, the solicitor is obliged to pass the final exam, and in case of success he or she will be registered with the local authorities and issued a valid license.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6 to be announced tomorrow?
Chris Hall · 8 March 2012
Samsung could be lining up to announce the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6 tomorrow, bringing the new iPad's resolutionary reign to an abrupt halt.
Pocket-lint has received information from a source close to the matter, claiming a new Samsung Tab 11.6 will be announced at an event in Texas, but couldn't confirm any other details on the new device.
That chimes nicely with SXSW, in Austin, Texas, where Samsung is lining up a "special announcement" tomorrow, 9 March, at 4pm (10pm GMT). (UPDATE: See below, it seems that slot is for an Angry Birds launch.)
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6 was first rumoured in December 2011, citing a screen resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels. Although the absolute pixel numbers would then be higher than the new iPad, announced yesterday, the pixel density would be almost the same at 260ppi.
Other expected specs include the 2GHz dual-core Exynos 5250 chip and a design that doesn't swell the tablet much over the size of the Tab 10.1 thanks to the thin bezel, along with Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.
Samsung is no stranger to the 11.6-inch size, as the company already has an 11.6-inch Windows tablet, the Samsung Series 7 Slate, although we'd expect the design to be somewhat slimmer on a consumer Android tablet.
We've asked Samsung to comment, but it hasn't come back to us yet. We'll know whether our tipster was correct very shortly.
Thanks for the tip.
UPDATE: Samsung have now fleshed out the details of their "special announcement", and it's not quite as special as we hoped: the unveiling of Angry Birds Space. Still, we'll watch and see if this tablet makes an appearance at any stage.
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MH370: China Vessel Back After 216-Day Search
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Government Constantly Watching Out For Militancy, Extremism – Najib
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15 Houses Damaged In Pendang, Kuala Kedah Hit By Tornado
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The “Specifiers’ Thursday” #18 with François Caumont (University CAEN): Meeting Minutes
On Thursday, February 7th, manufacturers and AEC professionals attended in the premises of the Club Prescrire -co-organizer of the morning meeting- the presentation of François Caumont who is Director of Real Estate and Logistics of the University of Caen in the Normandy.
The University of Caen, an eclectic heritage
The real estate heritage of the University in Caen covers 118 hectares with 17 sites in 3 departments with a total of 97 buildings. Upon his arrival as Director of Real Estate and Logistics in 2013, François Caumont and his team embarked on a BIM approach. François explains: “We observed that maintenance was done separately pole by pole of skills, there was no overall vision in the service.” Indeed, problems related to the management of the premises were abundant: for example, a rationalization error when a 500-seat amphitheater was blocked for 10 students, a power cut across the campus, or a general power cut in the Law Buildings due to aging pipes in poor condition.
Beyond the desire to improve the maintenance and operation of buildings, what was the goal of that approach? That the university registers itself in a digital approach related to teaching methods.
Anticipate in order to begin with peace of mind
Before starting anything, François Caumont and his team wanted to understand how a BIM approach works in order not to be mere silent partners. François Caumont said: “I have warned everyone that we would step out from our comfort zone, that we’d go back to school, that we’d put a training plan in place, that we’d change our working habits, that everything would change.”
After conducting an audit that made it possible to make an assessment of the roles and skills of everyone in the team, the needs of the service (both material and financial) and the possible providers, the conclusion were as followed: between 2015 and 2019, the team should be able to operate and maintain the heritage of the University using BIM independently.
Digital strategy of the University: the need linked to real estate
Returning to the complementary objective to that of improving the operation and maintenance of buildings, the inclusion of the University in a digital approach related to teaching methods: what were the needs for students and teachers?
High speed Wi-Fi access at all locations of all buildings;
Deployment and generalization of video projection;
Access control management;
Surface management (Sequoia and RT-ESR);
Interoperability of programs forming the SI Heritage and more generally « data management »;
Video protection management;
Space occupation management (ADE: student timetable);
Energy count management;
Interconnection of teaching premises with the university multimedia teaching center.
The operation and maintenance of these materials would be optimized thanks to the BIM method with a main objective of reducing operating costs (payroll, error management, quality plan…etc.)
Two pilot operations
First project: the renovation of the Building B (2014-2015) for which disadvantages and points of vigilance were identified from the beginning.
Entry into innovation, management of the unexpected
Changes into the information management
Financial slippage in case of poor apprehension of the interest of the BIM and the objectives pursued in its implementation
Assessment of the level of skills of internal and external stakeholders (study on the perimeter of the local territory)
Impact on the budgets
Need to operate on an education and a research building
Lose of control in the fundamental objectives
Risk of dissipation of collective effort and group cohesion
These disadvantages have been offset by some advantages and benefits:
Innovative building with digital integration (internal and external connectivity of the building)
Global cost and operation/maintenance maximized for the coming years
Necessity to understand the materials to be considered in the BIM for the management of operation and maintenance
Improved management of heritage and financial data (improved knowledge of operating costs and their perimeters)
Federation and dynamism of the team on a common goal
Growing competence of the real estate function
Identification of roles and responsibilities (RAM)
What kind of assessment has the University made at the end of the operation? The team has benefited from a rise in managerial and organizational skills and has proven its ability to drive change.
The second pilot project involved a very complex building which is dedicated to research only: a marine station at the seaside with a pumping station, that allows researchers at high tide to study the marine environment. It is the first time that a BIM approach has been set up for such a building. The operation is in progress.
Financial, social, environmental economies… thanks to BIM
In view of the implementation of these pilot operations and pre-existing means, an expected return on investment has been established.
The estimated costs are available for consultation below:
During the presentation of these charts, a guest explained that, according to him, BIM doesn’t generate savings itself, but thanks to the information it contains it is a great decision-making tool.
François Caumont went on further: according to him, there are many savings linked to the adoption of a BIM approach. They are financial, social, environmental or even related to human resources. Regarding the University, the gains will be recorded by 2024.
Polantis equips itself with a Marketplace
Polantis unveils its new website with a revisited design and a new section: the Polantis Marketplace
This space is open to all Polantis users: it allows them to sell or buy CAD and BIM objects.
The Polantis Marketplace, how does it work?
In the seller’s perspective, downloading one’s object on the platform and filling up useful information is necessary. The final step for the seller? Set his price considering what he would be willing to pay for this object, the amounts ranging from a few cents to several tens of euros.
The architects and engineers’ teams of Polantis do a systematic sorting of the objects put on sale by members of the community in order to guarantee the quality of the objects.
The evaluation criteria are the following: the aesthetic of the object, the good integration into a digital model, the practicality, the realism, the level of detail and, for the BIM objects, the « parameter ability ».
The seller gets 80% of the sum for each sold object, the remaining 20% belong to Polantis: they will be used to improve the service or modelling other objects for the Polantis Marketplace.
In the buyer’s perspective, the navigation is like on the classic website of Polantis (for the downloads of manufacturers’ objects which are completely free) but a price is given for the objects in the Marketplace.
Several objects that have been modelled for the needs of specific projects “sleep” in the software libraries of designers. Polantis thought of bringing them back to life likely to second-hand clothing websites such as videdressing.us or vented.co.uk.
Polantis therefore incites architecture agencies to sell their objects: that moulding modelled for the need of a renovation project could be used to save time to another agency for example…
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The “Specifiers’ Thursday” #17 with Anis Naroura (Setec TPI): Meeting Minutes
On Thursday, December 6th, manufacturers and construction professionals attended the presentation of Anis Naroura, who works as architect and BIM manager at Setec TPI, at Polantis’ facilities in Paris.
Anis Naroura starts his presentation with two questions for the audience. Who of you was already involved in a BIM project? What questions did you think about before the start of the project?
The participants mention the following questions: What are the project’s objectives? What do we want to achieve? Do we want to achieve tools for virtualization? Extent? A tool for the operating phase? Which parts have to get modelled? What kind of contract has to be set? Who does what? How can we share the model? …
Anis Naroura confirmes that it is very important to ask oneself why one does BIM and for which objective. That’s the starting point of all BIM projects. He states several objectives:
Better quality of development
Energy-efficient work
Reducing the costs
A consistent documentation with less errors
Better cooperation of builder and contractor
Better monitoring and control of production
If the teams start a BIM project without any objective, they will quickly be in drouble.
L’Îlot Pasteur, a Monacan project facing more than one challenge
Anis Naroura worked as BIM Manager on the project ‘l’Îlot Pasteur’.
It’s a very complex project situated on a closed down railway line for earthworks of 300 000 cubic meter.
The site covers 3000 m² of underground tunnels, is located 7m below sea level and is in earthquake zone 3.
The project consists of 11 programs (11 000 m² of offices, a college with 1 500 pupils, a swimming pool, a gym, a waste treatment center, …) for each of which the cooperation with another partner is necessary.
Moreover, Monaco has a digital model of the entire city. That’s why every new project has to be digitally modelized in order to integrate it into the model of the city.
The building will be delivered in 2021.
Anis asks the participants the following questions: If you were the project manager of this kind of project, what would your team look alike? What experience in BIM should the team members have?
Obviously, the participants would ask proven experience and a good knowledge of a BIM software.
Anis clarifies the situation for the Îlot Pasteur project: apart from the BIM coordinator all team members made there first BIM experience. Several were even trained by Anis in working with Revit.
The builder didn’t have a BIM manager.
The project management will remark the following benefits through working with BIM if it’s accompanied correctly and if it has clear objectives.
A better coordination of the team (also in cooperation with other teams)
Quality studies
Better exchange with future users
Anis tells about an exchange with an important design office – when Anis asked why they were not working with BIM, they told him that they actually started with BIM in 2010, when the test project crashed. Two weeks before deadline they decided to better stop trying with BIM and working with Autocad instead. Lesson to be learned? The next BIM test project should be better accompanied.
For the project Îlot Pasteur it was impossible to abandon the work with BIM. That’s why Anis had to involve all partners in the cooperation and the work on the digital model.
Anis decided to give the right information in the right moment and not all at once in order not to put to much pressure on the team or to frighten them with BIM. He let the teams proceed at their own pace.
From a geographical point of view the project management was spread all over – architects in Monaco, a design office for networks in Nice and a design office for structural planning in Marseille. Each of them could directly modify the digital model, that’s why the project was carried out on BIM level 3.
The teams collaborated via a platform with the possibility of exchanging and validating documents.
The project of a subway for Riyad
In Arabia they are about to build 6 subway lines: 26 billion dollars budget, 7 depots, 87 stations, 180 km of lines and 10 elevated railroad stations.
Together with Setec TPI Anis worked on the design of two depots, one elevated depot and one underground depot in the city center. The teams had to suggest the concept and to deliver the models to the constructors.
There were 5,700 deliverables to be provided and managed for both depots.
The complexity and the quantity of information to be provided were very important as the model should serve for construction. Anis estimates that without the help of BIM they would have needed more time and four times the number of teams.
Anis challenges the participants to find errors in the provided information – but that’s impossible as everything is handled automatically.
As for the project in Monaco, the question of the client’s anticipation was raised within the construction process. Anis was surprised to find too general information in the first version of the BIM execution plan.
It seemed impossible to him to engage in the project without specifying unavoidable elements: What should be found in the models? What level of modeling was expected? How should we name the objects? What information should be transmitted? Etc…
Without these elements, Setec would have had worked very long to satisfy the customer. The BIM execution plan was revised from 33 to 72 pages, proving that even the biggest must clearly define their needs, applied to each project, before starting with BIM.
Grande Arche de la Défense in Paris, final digital implementation file
The project concerned the redevelopment and renovation of the wing of the south wall of the Grande Arche and the opening of the roof to the public.
The Ministry for the Environment, which set up its offices at the Grande Arche, wanted to centralize the data, to be able to access it quickly, to visualize the information by the CMMS and to define its future management strategy. The company Eiffage Construction therefore asked Anis’ teams to create a digital model designed to interface with the CMMS on behalf of the ministry.
The result: a model which will be delivered in one package per 7 levels. The challenge: the model has to provide accurate and precise information. For instance, it has to identify the objects and to associate the right information to each of them.
This work had to be done for 2 000 categories, 55 000 fields of information parameters, link all documentation, technical sheets and installation instructions, …
Once again, the question of anticipation was at the heart of the project: in order to make a reliable model (native file Revit and IFC), Anis’ team members – who arrived along the way and therefore did not have the memory of the project – had to « redo the work » relying heavily on the company’s project manager.
« At what point of the project would it be necessary to make the decision to build the maintenance operation model?” asks Anis.
The answer is clear: as soon as possible. If the work would have been planned, the necessary fields could have been added to the model and the companies could have informed about them. It would have been way easier to capture all essential information sooner.
Here the information wasn’t captured in due time. That’s why the research has to be done again.
Anis concludes his presentation with the following words: “If one just does BIM to do so, there is no guaranteed profit. It’s necessary to have a clear vision of the team’s direction – the key to success is always the anticipation.”
The “Specifiers’ Thursday” #16 with Cécile Jolas (Tipee)
The “Specifiers’ Thursday” #15 with Emmanuel Sorin (Agence SONA)
The “Specifiers’ Thursday” #10 with Delphine Rousseau (Ingerop)
Polantis designs BIM objects for Resopal
Polantis announces to post the BIM catalogue of Resopal online
The most renowned laminate manufacturer in Europe makes its BIM catalogue available to specifiers. The 272 references are available on Polantis’ platform from now on.
Resopal’s BIM textures (latest collection) enable to realize projects for the exterior and the interior (sanitary included).
RESOPAL® – the brand, the company and the surface, traditional and contemporary.
Resopal GmbH with approx. 600 employees in Groß-Umstadt produces functional and decorative high pressure laminates (HPL). The products are used in trains, in cruise ships, in interior fittings and on external facades, in swimming pools, hospitals and sports facilities as well as on furniture. End users associate the name with 1950s design: kidney-shaped tables, kitchens and small breakfast worksurfaces.
The brand goes back to the patent registered in 1930 by August-Hermann Römmler. As a result of its high level of brand awareness, the company, founded in 1867, was renamed in 1971. The present-day Resopal GmbH company considers itself the pioneer of laminate surfaces and continues to supply one of the hardest material surfaces for trendsetting solutions in contemporary interior design.
The company belongs to Wilsonart International Holdings LLC. It is FSC® and PEFC™-certified and is certificated for environmental and energy management systems in accordance with ISO 9001, 14001 and 50001. Since 2000 Resopal has continuously attracted attention with its sustainable corporate strategy.
The following references are provided on Polantis.com:
Resopal Colours
Resopal Dancing Lines
Resopal Woods
Resopal Stones and Materials
Resopal Metallics and Metals
Resopal Traceless und Tracele+ss Premium
Resopal Crushed Stone
Resopal AEON
Resoplan
Resopal X-Line
Resopal Doors
Coordinated Surfaces MFC
Resopal SpaStyling Floor
Resopal SpaStyling Board
All references are available in the following formats on Polantis.com: Revit, Archicad, Sketchup and TEX (a texture to download to place the product in any design or rendering software): click here.
Visit Resopal’s web site to find out more about the company.
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The “Specifiers’ Thursday” #16 with Cécile Jolas (Tipee): Meeting Minutes
On Thursday, November 8th, manufacturers and AEC professionals attended the presentation of Cécile Jolas – who works as an Engineering and BIM project manager at Tipee – at Polantis’ facilities in Paris.
Tipee is not originally specialized in BIM technology. The society based in La Rochelle brings together scientific and complementary technical skills of several researchers and engineers’ profiles. Each one of them is specialized in different sustainable building themes to effectively meet the challenges of the energy transition.
Since 2014, Tipee has developed a digital activity around several axes: the assistance to the owner builder, BIM management and consulting (e.g. the Social Union for Housing or the French Building Federation).
Cécile Jolas coordinates this pole, born with the project presented that morning.
Hold by the Public Office for Housing of the Urban Area of La Rochelle and coordinated by Tipee, Rupella-Reha is a winning project of the “Call for Expression of Interests” launched by the Environment and Energy Management Agency on the theme “buildings and islands with positive energy and minimum carbon footprint”. In 2013, Tipee wins the call for tender.
A small operation to “test” the BIM
This is a small rehabilitation operation of 16 housing in La Rochelle: 1,000 m² for 650 000 € of work budget.
It is since this test operation that all the BIM methodologies that Tipee now uses on a daily basis have been designed. Tipee has accompanied – and been accompanied – on this project by the architect’s drawing board and the owner builder who launched their BIM activity as well.
Between the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014, the question whether to throw yourself into BIM was far from being obvious. Cécile Jolas even explains that “at the time, everyone was in total discovery mode”.
The building in rubble, from 1954, is a typical set of the hinterland of the Charente, which offers accommodation from a studio apartment (T1) to a flat of about 95m2 (T5) with a repeating pattern per floor. The building has not been subjected to any modification (on the structure, in terms of energy improvement, …): the 1954 plans are therefore accurate.
The rehabilitation in occupied site presents an objective of 50 square meters per year, the architects will use insulation from the outside.
The 3D scan, mixed results
At the beginning, the decision was made to test the 3D scan technology for the project.
In 2014, the price was prohibitive: the scan costed 8000€ for 1000 meters for the statement of points only (therefore no modeling).
It was also an operation in an occupied site: in order to make this statement the approval of the tenants was needed: this scan constituted an access to the private life. It was also necessary to make appointments with each tenant.
The report of such an operation is nowadays mitigated as it has been time-consuming: a day work was needed for the outside and four for the inside. Every apartment has been stated within an hour.
Indeed, the advantage of such a scan is that it was no longer necessary to return to the site for additional statements but the apartments being occupied, the furniture and the people present sometimes distorted the statements.
Nine versions of the digital model in a year
The general contractor (architects drawing board and design office) spontaneously proposed to build the digital model of the project from the point cloud: it was formed and equipped with software for this purpose. The architect chose to use Archicad while the design office equipped itself with Revit. The project being a public order, it had to be delivered in the IFC exchange format.
The first digital model was not « exceptional » according to the euphemism used by Cécile Jolas. It took 9 versions to be fully exploitable and importable in IFC.
NB: the architect of the operation now intervenes as an expert during days devoted to the exchange of models between different software. It is this project that has allowed him to develop such expertise.
The quality of the models
To realize its digital model the design office Fluides first chose a software that “has been inconclusive” and finally equipped itself with Revit.
At this point of the presentation, Cécile Jolas points out the fact that a complete and detailed model is necessary to make its exploitation possible. For example, in the case of the Fluides model, the integrity of the connectors (above the sheath and the ducts) had to be present in order to make relevant calculations. Cécile Jolas insists on the necessity for manufacturers to provide their BIM objects.
Tipee’s teams have focused on the models’ quality and the need to obtain workable elements for studies… With “perfect” models, the synthesis part was reduced: it simply had to be superimposed.
In order to obtain this quality, Tipee has worked a lot on the working documents given to the project’s stakeholders. For example, the team developed a very precise method for reviewing the model: each element that was not correct was captured and integrated into an excel with the mention of what was wrong so that the designer of the model could make corrections.
The part under construction
The project is today under construction. That part also posed question to Tipee: how to integrate in the BIM the very small companies that work on the site (in separate state bodies)?
The integration was made from a digital and collaboration perspective: the companies were asked to connect on the platform set up by Tipee (on the base of the actual Kroqi of PTNB). They had to submit the data sheets of the products laid down, their commercial references, their guarantees and maintenance notes…
The tree structure of the platform was tailored to the project with the general contractor and each company had a space dedicated to his batch to file his documents.
At first, such an operation required a lot of pedagogy and technical assistance but today these companies see the interest and the value of that digitalization.
The general contractor first since it recovers files very easily: this greatly facilitated the realization of the record of executed works for example.
The project will be delivered in 2019, Tipee keeps on supporting project stakeholders to promote their rise in competence.
In parallel with this project, the design of a tool to optimize energy costs
From this test project, Tipee also wanted to go further by creating a tool more in relation with the primary skills of the team: the optimization of energy costs for new projects or rehabilitation. The project was supported by the Environment and Energy Management Agency .
Generally, and for a project like the one that Cécile Jolas presented, we study two or three scenarios of rehabilitation. The economist, the Fluides office, etc. make their quantitative and simulations on their side.
The tool developed by Tipee reviews many interesting scenarios to better assist the design. Based on the product information found on Edibatec, it incorporates different variables for high floor, walls, windows, low floor, exterior joinery, heating system, etc.
These different products are combined to determine what is the most optimal combination of products and the best cost/consumption/performances ratio. There are a few thousand possible combination that are calculated by this algorithm (which represents around 200 years of work for a human being).
The interest of that tool? Give priority to innovative and efficient products (beyond those that one would have chosen for ease or habit).
The “Specifiers’ Thursday” #14 with Esther Sélo: Meeting Minutes
The “Specifiers’ Thursday” #15 with Emmanuel Sorin: Meeting Minutes
On Thursday, October 18th, manufacturers and construction professionals attended the presentation of Emmanuel Sorin, architect and co-founder of the agency SONA, at Polantis’ facilities in Nantes.
Moreover Camille Foucher (developer and integrator of 3D Unity in augmented reality and virtuality at Bloc in Bloc) and Arthur Rousseaux (managing partner of Liber – D) talked about their work on the presented projects.
Emmanuel Sorin wanted to give the morning a special meaning: He presented an overview of projects to the audience in order to show that the digital model is an aid to all projects if we know the objective we want to achieve.
He started his presentation with a comparison: Why use the point cloud to make an inventory and what are the advantages of using this approach compared to a 2D method?
With the classic 2D method:
The inventory is:
time-consuming, incomplete, there is a risk of error, a risk of access and a risk to return to the site to perform additional inventory
The development:
the development and the drawing are purely coincidental, the technical presynthesis is tedious, the cost forecast is unreliable
For the builder there is:
little guarantee on the sales areas, little means of communication, the delivery date is uncertain, etc.
For the implementation:
there may be delays due to unforeseen circumstances, understanding is sometimes difficult, etc.
With the 3D inventory and BIM:
fast, complete and controllable (360 shots, easy access to information), with little or no error, accessible, it does not need any additional inventory, etc.
is simplified, there is a technical presynthesis (structure and fluidity, cost forecasting during the design phase, access to thermal and structural calculations, etc.)
a guarantee on the sales areas, important messages (virtual tour, overviews, etc.)
For the implementation/ graphic extrapolation:
the delivery deadline is met, instruments for the follow-up of the construction works (augmented reality, etc.) are available
The modeling process of the agency SONA
As part of its modeling process, the agency SONA works with three software programs: Scene (software for 3D documentation from FARO), ReCap (reality capture and 3D digitization) and Revit Architecture.
Scene allows you to choose the starting point of the height measurement, the ceiling height, the height of the stringers, the dimensions of the built elements.
Recap allows you to clean up the points and create zones. It allows the zones of a document to be linked: each zone can be identified and geolocalized using a URL.
Revit allows modeling. It takes several days of work before you can start working with the software. The modeling takes place in 4 stages:
Insert data
Balancing the levels
If these steps are not followed in advance, modeling will be poor, and the inventory will ultimately not be reliable.
After this technical excursus, Emmanuel gives an overview of each project and the benefits of the BIM for each situation.
The case of a Parisian building with six floors speaks for itself
In order to understand the structure of the building and the benefits of part of the facade, the architect requires modeling the building in two « parts ». One includes the part to which the question relates, the other does not. Thus, building rehabilitation research may be performed with or without reference to that part of the structure.
If the builder needs to revert to the modeling here (next phase, the point cloud), that’s because it was useful to integrate the intelligence of the engineer, who said « this must be like that, even if we’re not sure », in addition to the simple inventory.
The digital model of the building with six floors
A factory where the machines need to be replaced
Artelia asked the agency SONA for an analysis to find out how machines can be exchanged in a factory. The building shows many obstacles to the project (elevator, ceiling height of 1,70m …). How can this project be best organized? Will the size of the machines be problematic? In this case, we move away from the work of the architect. SONA’s work here provides a dimensional guarantee: the digital model allows the transition to a technical investigation.
The renovation of the Samaritaine
The inventory of the skeleton building of the « shop 3 » (concrete building with metal skeleton construction) of the Samaritaine, former Parisian department store, was problematic. In order to obtain a detailed structure, the builder commissioned SONA to scan the entire building. After completion of the work, each bearer received an identification number, which allowed the architect and the design office ‘Structure’ to define – for example – the bearers that were the first to be relevant to the refurbishment of the building. In this case, the model created by SONA was used as a diagnostic tool.
The digital model of the Samaritaine’s ‚store 3‘
Usable in many ways
A tool for decision making, a technical examination, a diagnostic tool or even an augmented reality for museums, communication tools … the digital model can be used in many ways: the important thing is to define the goal of the modeling before starting the modeling itself.
As a rule, the more expensive the land, the more likely the client will use BIM to support his project.
The “Specifiers’ Thursday” #14 with Esther Sélo
The “Specifiers’ Thursday” #13 with Emmanuel Chocq
The « Specifiers’ Thursday” #12 with Simon Moreau
Polantis designs BIM objects for Kingspan
Polantis announces to post the BIM catalogue of Kingspan online
The Irish Kingspan Group is specialized in building and insulation materials. It is represented with 6000 employees in 85 countries, including France.
Kingspan is creating the products of the future today. Innovation is at the heart of every product, every project and every step in the manufacturing process. Kingspan innovates to propose efficient, sustainable and safe solutions to their specifiers.
Facade system Linea with Laine HD insulation by Kingspan
Kingspan proposes different product groups:
Insulated Panel Systems
Architectural Facade Systems
Data Centre Systems
In order to strengthen their presence on the French market and to provide their products to the French specifiers, Kingspan called on Polantis. Polantis is the leader of BIM objects on the French market and has already modeled objects for the French company Ecodis, which was recently taken over by Kingspan Group.
Three product ranges are available on Polantis’ platform: facade systems, wall panel systems and roof panel systems.
They represent 266 references modelized by Polantis’ architects and engineers in CAD and BIM (Revit) format.
Particulary noteworthy are the following three unavoidable references:
Architectural Facade System
KW 1000 RW with QuadCore Insulation (roof)
Trapezoidal Roof Panel System KS1000 RW
Kingspan’s CAD and BIM objects are available on Polantis.com.
For further information access Kingspan’s web site by clicking here.
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Tremco illbruck’s BIM catalogue
On Thursday, September 27th, manufacturers and construction professionals attended the presentation of Esther Sélo, an architect in charge of the BIM department at Art Graphique et Patrimoine, in the facilities of the “Club Prescrire”.
The DNA of AGP : built heritage
Art Graphique & Patrimoine (AGP) was born in 1994 from the passion for stone crafts and the restoration of historical monuments. Its R&D center, specialized in 2D and 3D architectural and archaeological surveys, has contributed over the years to the evolution of digital techniques for protecting and enhancing built heritage.
Project by project, between traditional know-how and innovative spirit, AGP has collected more than 1700 prestigious references in France and abroad. Today it is considered one of the leaders in France in its field.
The agency has a BIM department which is managed by Esther Sélo.
BIM and existing built heritage: the example of the Villa Majorelle
©Art Graphique & Patrimoine – BIM model of the Villa Majorelle in Nancy
Esther Sélo presented the agency’s methodology for designing the model of the existing built heritage.
The creation of the building’s digital copy always starts with a laser survey on site. Depending on the complexity of its architecture, the building may require more or less work.
The Villa Majorelle has required a lot of work because it is a very complex architectural work. With its sculptures, its typical Art Nouveau decorations, its ornamental, floral and organic forms, it required no less than 275 scan positions on the site, inside and out.
In order to create a perfect digital copy, the teams mix several techniques: they proceed to the laser capture of the building and its restitution in photogrammetry. Then they assemble these data into a cloud of points. For Villa Majorelle the cloud of points was composed of 40 billion points: the accuracy of the survey was quite exhaustive.
After the on-site survey, the teams proceed to assemble the obtained material: they gather the stations but also carry out topographical calculations to ensure that there is no deviation of the stations.
The Webshare viewer makes it easy to take ribs fast, without requiring additional trips to the site.
Once the building is modeled with the help of the point cloud it gets inserted in Revit to create the digital model.
The BIM objects
The teams of AGP occasionally work with generic objects included in Revit or according to the study book with artifacts found on Polantis.com. This use makes it possible to produce the nomenclatures from which the BEs and the architects will realize their quantity and thus get a more precise idea of the economy of the project.
The particularity of AGP’s work, specialists in existing BIM heritage modeling, consists of designing customized objects from the point cloud.
The importance of not interpreting
The elements on which no information is known are systematically indicated on the model requiring a survey and diagnostic work.
The connection of the networks, to provide an example, will be the object of particular attention: the connections can be interpreted provided that this interpretation is notified on the object through a color code or a comment.
Potential usage of the digital model
Esther Sélo concludes her presentation with a range of possible uses of BIM regarding the existing built heritage.
Teams can do analysis of the site’s surroundings. The environment impacts the work and therefore also the project. That’s why using this method is so important.
Of course, there is the modeling of the existing. In this way, the work of AGP participates in the diagnostic phases on which the architect of the project can establish his analyzes.
Realization of the model of the existing in the form of a video path. As the exceptional locations are not always accessible, thanks to a video they can be made public.
Data extraction of the object’s nomenclatures (windows, doors, materials) and information such as the surface area on the ground … in fact, all that can be useful to the project and the analysis of its feasibility.
The model can also be used for the management of works and equipment. Linked to the right management tools, it allows controlled operation and maintenance of the work.
Manufacturer’s Thursday #13 with Emmanuel Chocq
Manufacturer’s Thursday #12 withSimon Moreau
Manufacturer’s Thursday #10 with Delphine Rousseau
Polantis announces to post the BIM catalogue of Tellier Brise-Soleil online
TELLIER BRISE-SOLEIL, the specialist in shading systems and external cladding, provides its BIM catalogue for the prescribers.
Environmental concern and appealing design
Combining thermal comfort and natural light, Tellier Brise-Soleil’s sun protection systems made of aluminium permit to optimize energy consumption and reduce blindness phenomena. It is an effective and aesthetic bioclimatic solution designed to protect buildings from high temperatures.
Beyond their functional aspects, these sun protection systems contribute to a nice ambience. With a neat design, they fit aesthetically on all buildings regardless of the architectural style.
With a wide range of profiles and finishings, the product range offers multiple design possibilities.
Customized, independent and responsiveness thanks to BIM
The main objective of the manufacturer’s BIM approach is to offer total autonomy to the prescribers in the design and modeling of their architectural projects. The BIM catalogue of Tellier Brise-Soleil has been modeled by Polantis’ architects and engineers.
The BIM catalogue is composed of 12 BIM objects (Revit, Ifc…):
fixed sunshades,
external cladding with slats,
shutters.
Simple and intuitive, these parametric objects allow prescribers to create customized sun protection systems within just a few clicks, whatever the applications and dimensions desired. Beyond the 3D representation of the products, all technical information is accessible through a detailed sheet (Building references, Installation and maintenance …).
Visit Polantis.com in order to find the entire range of Tellier Brise-Soleil’s BIM catalogue.
Trespa’s BIM catalogue
Polantis designs BIM objects for GEGGUS GmbH
Polantis announces to post the BIM catalogue of GEGGUS GmbH online
GEGGUS GmbH’s reputation of excellence
GEGGUS GmbH was established over 70 years ago and is specialized in the manufacturing of entrance matting systems with aluprofile (TOP CLEAN). Today GEGGUS GmbH manufactures a full range of products, for the interior as well as the exterior.
They offer a wide selection of finishing touches (ripped carpet, rubber mats, cassette brush, scraper bar), colours and accessories of 10/17/22/27 and 42mm height. Besides they offer custom-produced designs (special cutting and finishing for frames and mats) in order to respond to the demand of all designers. In addition they offer honeycomb rubber mats (Karo As, Domino), coarse haired rep mat (Master) and ripped carpet (Enter).
The company’s reputation of excellence is based on the high product quality and their constant research for customer satisfaction: GEGGUS GmbH proposes an outstanding cost effectiveness and short delivery time.
Custom-produced BIM objects
GEGGUS GmbH represents their excellent work through BIM objects. The company took the decision to offer their architects the full range of entrance matting systems in CAD and BIM formats (Revit format). Therefore GEGGUS GmbH called on Polantis whose team of architects and engineers knows how to meet the needs of the users of the BIM method.
Easy access to BIM objects
In order to access the available BIM objects of GEGGUS GmbH the architect proceeds on the manufacturer’s web site, product section (accessible here) and makes his joice among the products with the help of a filter. Once a product is selected the indication “demonstrate showpiece” appears and leads you to the product sheet.
If the product is digitally available the link “download” leads you directly to the product page on Polantis.com.
You will find all BIM objects of GEGGUS GmbH on Polantis.com by clicking here.
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William Bratton
Bratton Retires After Decades in Law Enforcement
Commanders lined up in formation outside of New York Police Department headquarters to bid farewell to the 68-year-old Bratton as he left the building for the last time as commissioner.
NYPD Commissioner Bratton Blames Lax Gun Laws for Chicago Murder Spike
Bratton agreed with Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, who recently said, "If we had the gun laws in Chicago that L.A. and New York have we would see our violent crime cut in half."
NYPD Commissioner Bratton Steps Down
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton, chief of the nation's largest police department, is quitting his high-profile job, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday.
NYPD Commissioner Says Police Plagued by People Filming Arrests
The United States is suffering from an "epidemic" of people recording law enforcement officers making arrests, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said Wednesday.
Bratton Advises New Yorkers on How to Not Get Shot by Police
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has some simple advice for New Yorkers – if you don’t want to get shot by cops, don’t point a gun at them.
NYPD Officers Unhappy and Feel Less Safe, Union Survey Shows
Roughly 87 percent of cops said the Big Apple has become “less safe” since the new administration took over at the beginning of 2014, with 55 percent of those respondents describing New York City as “a lot less safe.”
NYPD Working to Handle Homeless Problem
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton on Monday urged New Yorkers to harden their hearts and close their wallets if they want to help stem the city's vagrancy crisis.
LAPD Police Chief & NYC Police Commissioner Bet on Dodgers vs. Mets
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and New York Police Commissioner William J. Bratton have placed public bets with each other over the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets battle for the National League Championship Series.
Bratton Aims to Stay Step Ahead of Watchdogs
On the same day the inspector general for the police issued a report detailing deficiencies in how force is defined and tracked by the New York Police Department, Commissioner William J. Bratton announced on Thursday that many of the changes called for were already being addressed.
Bratton Says NYPD Officers Should See Body Camera Footage Before Questioning by Investigators
New York City’s police commissioner says he strongly objects to an inspector general's recommendation that police officers be prevented from viewing body camera footage before giving a statement to investigators.
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This Is the New Nuke Putin Is Gloating About
Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted today that Russia has unstoppable weapons. Here's what he's probably talking about.
By Joe Pappalardo
The great thing about nuclear weapons is that they work best when a politician talks about them, as opposed to actually using them. Case in point: Vladimir Putin today grabbed the world’s attention by touting new nuclear missiles that, he says, could defeat any missile defense system. "Efforts to contain Russia have failed, face it," he said during a state of the union speech.
What Is He Talking About?
From the description, Putin is most likely talking about the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile. Its NATO codename name is SS-X-30 Satan 2. Like a typical nuclear missile, it launches into space on a rocket. But Sarmat uses a more capable liquid-fuel engine (rather than solid fuel) that makes it more powerful.
A missile could use that power to send warheads higher, which means they come down faster and makes them harder to intercept. However, the Sarmat II opts for a shallower trajectory. Instead of a jump shot ballistic arc, the missile releases a bunch of warheads that each behave like guided cruise missiles. By gliding along closer to the ground at reported hypersonic speeds, such weapons would avoid the latest U.S. missile defense systems, which are designed to counter the predictable trajectories of those traditional ballistic arcs.
One Russian military analyst, Alexei Leonkov, told Sputnik News that the missile’s range is an estimated 18,000 kilometers (more than 11,000 miles). “It also has a large number of divided parts, from 10 to 15 warheads, each with a capacity of up to 750 kilotons,” he said. “They will fly to their target at hypersonic speeds performing maneuvers so that the existing American missile defense system would be incapable of intercepting them."
Have We Heard of This Tech Before?
Reports of Russia’s new missile have been circulating for years, and Putin's engineers are not alone. Russia, the United States, and China have all dedicated time and money to hypersonic missiles. U.S. tests have ended in crashes, revealing a fundamental flaw in the missile’s ability to steer or even remain in control at ultra-high speeds. Nevertheless, these missiles can strike targets anywhere in the world within a few minutes, a promise too tantalizing to ignore. The idea that they can carry nukes or conventional weapons is a worry for those who fear an accidental nuclear exchange.
What does this do to the calculus of mutually assured destruction? In one way, not much. Any attack from Russia today would overwhelm the limited number of U.S. interceptors. The idea that Putin can use missiles to destroy America is nothing new.
This system is a sign of future threats to come. It's not how fast the missile can reach a target (traditional ICBMs cross the world in 30 minutes) but these can come from unexpected directions. That alone changes the calculus of a nuclear exchange. A missile defense system that does not guard against cruise missiles leaves a big chink in the armor. According to the Pentagon, an upcoming review of America’s missile defense system will address this vulnerability. Expect defense companies with hypersonic missile defenses to be adapting their Pentagon pitches accordingly.
Why is Putin Talking About This Now?
Nukes are all about diplomacy and internal politics. Putin’s goal is the same goal he's always had: to put NATO in check and stop its influence at his borders. The idea of putting missile defenses in NATO nations that border Russia has always been a major problem for Putin’s regime.
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This hypersonic missile system is meant to remind the world of this anger, and show that Russia will leverage its military investments to diplomatic ends. “No one listened to us,” Putin said during his speech. “Listen to us now.”
This message is also meant to be heard by Russians. Pride in the military runs deep in Russia, and Putin is delivering messages of strength that shore up his power base. This is not dissimilar to the Trump administration’s focus on modernizing nuclear weapons (and for all the Obama administration spoke of a nuclear-free world, it set the wheels in motion for U.S. ICBM modernization).
The truth is that both nations' nuclear arms are aging and both are due for modernization, and given the current international climate of proxy wars and border tension, the mood for disarmament is gone.
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An F-16 Shot Down a Cruise Missile with a Rocket
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What Putin Would Nuke
The Number of U.S. Nukes is a Secret Again
The Nuke Silo Cheating Scandal, Explained
Why Russia's Plan to Put Nukes on Trains Won't Work
Russian TV Presents Target List for New Nukes
Watch Russia's Warrior Android Drive Around in a Circle for Vladimir Putin
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Mr Hutchinson and Mr Dare outside Hutchinson's shop.
Between 1906 -1914 the population of Porthcawl doubled to around 5500. Gas lighting was available in most areas , with electricity becoming more accepted.Motor cars were beginning to replace horse drawn carriages which concerned pedestrians to such an extent that policemen were instructed to flag down any persons found speeding.10mph was dangerous in town!
Porthcawl of 1914 was a town with ambition. The docks had closed in 1906 yet the Porthcawl Urban District Council (P.U.D.C) was intent on developing Porthcawl into "the Brighton of Wales." Support both financially and physically was readily available to improve roads, amenities,buildings and facilities to attract residents and seaside visitors.
By Christmas of 1913 John Street was described thus "What a difference John Street is to what it was 10years ago,with its latest designs in shop front,its music hall and well illuminated thoroughfare. People no longer need to go to Aberavon or Bridgend to shop."
"The Porthcawl News" ran from 1910-1925. It's offices were on the corner of Wells Street and John Street.
Local News "Bits"
Lectures at the YMCA January -March are printed and ready. All lectures 7.30pm. Room holds 150.
Miss Waddle entertained the Catholic Community to a party on New Year's Eve at Waddle's Hall. (Today Stella Maris stands on the same spot)
The sewerage system may improve on an electrolytic system.(electric today)
A gang of young lads congregate outside the Coliseum (Spar today)and annoy passers-by.
A successful Poultry Show was enjoyed at the Old School Room, Nottage.( Baptist Church today)
A tollgate is needed at Newton. The roads are in a terrible state.
3rd February 1914 witnessed the consecration of All Saints Church.
February 1914 - George Yewlett , Proprietor of the Royal Oak, was fined for driving a trap in New Road without lights. In his defence he said that the candles had blown out. He was fined 10/6d.
Note - there is as yet no mention of war!
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MAN Roland Sees 40% Increase in New Orders
WESTMONT, Ill. -- MAN Roland returned to the fast track during the first half of 2005, with a 40 percent increase in new orders, representing 1.47 billion. The significant gains over the first six months of last year were accelerated by a 30 percent surge in sheetfed orders in North America.
"The success in the first half of this fiscal year along with the measures we have taken to improve our efficiency give us a strong platform for reaching our ambitious goals, one being to ensure the future growth of our business and another to ensure that our business divisions have a healthy structure," says Gerd Finkbeiner, chief executive officer of MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG.
Outstanding performances in sheetfed activity in numerous geographic territories contributed to the rise, as did a continuation of strong web press sales in both the commercial and newspaper sectors.
In North America, the upward trend has been accelerating over the past four and a half years in several key categories. From 2001 to mid-2005, MAN Roland Inc. achieved:
-- An 87 percent increase in new orders for sheetfed units.
-- An 81 percent boost in the value of new orders for sheetfed units.
-- A 56 percent rise in the value of new orders for web units.
"We're seeing sustained gains in the newspaper segment, record-breaking activity in the commercial web sector, and now significant rises in sheetfed orders," says Yves Rogivue, chief executive officer of MAN Roland Inc., the press provider's North American arm. "These latest performance figures confirm MAN Roland's position as the industry's technology leader in both the web press and sheetfed markets. Printers are increasingly responding to the fact that breakthroughs like CIM and larger format presses can help them be more competitive and more profitable."
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What does the public want from devolution?
Devolution has the potential to be game-changing for good growth and public service reform across the regions, but to what extent has the public been engaged in the process? With ‘metro’ mayoral elections approaching in 2017, it’s time for the public to have their say in the devolution debate.
of the public know little or nothing about the Government’s plans for devolution
of the public support giving more decision-making powers to local areas
say integrity and honesty are the most important quality in a mayor
believe public service standards should be equal no matter where you live
Bringing the public voice to the devolution debate
Devolution has a part to play in delivering good growth and public service reform across the regions, but only if devolving power, resource and accountability results in a real impact on the day to day aspiration, experience and engagement of citizens and communities.
Yet, to date, the devolution debate has largely been confined to Whitehall and City Halls, with little success in bringing devolution to life with the public. Indeed, our research with Ipsos Mori and NLGN has shown that while the public are supportive of localising powers and decision-making in principle, they know less about what is happening in practice.
Better citizen engagement will lead to stronger turn-outs come Election Day and help the new Mayors to set and deliver priorities based on the outcomes that matter most for the public.
Devolution Citizens’ Juries
In order to address the devolution engagement deficit, during the 2016 Party Conference season, we worked with BritainThinks to convene Citizens’ Juries exploring public perspectives on devolution in the West Midlands and Liverpool. Each Jury brought together 24 members of the public, from across the different geographies, to spend a day deliberating on devolution issues including:
Do the public identify with their Combined Authority area?
What are the priorities for devolution and for the future of their region?
What are the qualities of a good mayor?
How can the public best be engaged in devolution and decision-making?
Watch our short video for the Jurors’ recommendations
"With a round of mayoral elections coming up in May 2017, engaging the public in the devolution debate is more critical than ever. "
Stephanie Hyde, Head of Regions, PwC
Knowledge and attitudes
Mayoral qualities
Local identity is a challenging concept for members of the public to pinpoint, and tends to relate to a person’s immediate locality rather than a wider sense of regional identity. With a lack of a strong shared identity in many areas, Combined Authorities need to make the case for building links and connectivity across places.
The political boundaries created by the Liverpool City Region and the West Midlands, similar to other Combined Authority areas, do not correspond to an existing sense of local or regional identity. However, most members of the public can see the logic behind grouping areas together in order to build the international brand of a place, generate investment and improve connectivity. Combined Authorities and the new mayors will need to continue to make the case for working together.
Jurors’ knowledge of the upcoming changes related to devolution and mayoral elections was limited and our national polling shows that only 15% of the wider public know a ‘great deal’ or a ‘fair amount’ about the changes. The newly created Combined Authorities will require extensive explanation and public engagement. For citizens to engage with the election of a mayor, they must feel that the mayor has the power to make real change to the lives of those in the region.
Jurors had a low level of knowledge about devolution and the 2017 mayoral elections and also a low level of awareness of the current mayoral candidates, with only a small minority able to name a candidate in either location. For some, there is concern about introducing additional layers of bureaucracy, and Jurors voiced confusion over where the new mayor would sit in existing governance structures. However, in both locations jurors were also able to see the potential benefits of upcoming changes: some welcomed the idea of having a figurehead who can think about the region’s needs now and in the future and develop strategies for growth and investment, and others recognised the benefits of working together from an efficiency perspective.
How much, if anything, would you say you knew about the proposals for devolving more power to local councils, or groups of councils, whithin England?
Heard the proposals, but know nothing about them
Never heard of them
A fair amount
A great deal
Citizens are looking for evidence that the new Mayor will be different from their perceptions of most existing politicians: an individual who understands them and their lives, is motivated by what is best for the region, and who can communicate a compelling vision of the region to the public.
The jurors were eager for the mayor to be someone who has a genuine passion for their area and who understands the lives of ordinary people. They felt that the new Mayor should be a strong and charismatic leader, who could appeal to all sections of society and act as an ambassador for the region across the UK and globally. While jurors were clear that the new mayor should be an effective politician and able to exert influence, they were also keen to see an individual who had experience outside of politics, such as in business. Communication skills are seen as essential, with a good mayor being someone who listens, can deal with the media and is transparent about the reasons for their decisions.
What makes a good mayor?
Commited and passionate about your area
Understands the lives of ordinary people
A track record of “getting things done”
Non-conformist who challenges political conventions
Political experience
Education and skills emerged as the top priority in both Juries. There is real potential for the mayor to play a convening and campaigning role across all priority areas – bringing people together to make change, and championing the region and its best interests.
Priorities for the Mayor
Jurors focused their priorities for the region on three policy areas:
Education and skills: jurors were concerned about children and young people being provided with appropriate skills for the available jobs in their area and there was a strong emphasis on vocational training and a desire to connect up businesses with schools in the region;
Housing and planning: the priority was for more affordable homes to be built and to make better use of derelict land and vacant buildings;
Transport: jurors wanted to see the mayor develop a holistic plan for improving roads and public transport across the region, and focus on improving connectivity within the region.
Under each area, jurors felt the Mayor could be most effective as a convener of local bodies inside the region and an ambassador from the region to the rest of the world. In the context of some concern about the limited budget allocated to the regions, emphasising this role of the new mayor will be critical in bringing to life what mayors can achieve and why they are important.
Jurors felt that it would take a concerted communications effort to reach people in the region, and that there was some way to go before citizens like them feel genuinely engaged in the devolution agenda. As a first step, creating more awareness of the May 2017 mayoral elections is critical.
Jurors felt that better communication and engagement should be achieved through approaches which are accessible to all sections of society, for example, using social media and a ‘Mayoral App’, in combination with traditional methods such as town hall meetings to ensure a wide appeal. Although there is a desire for frequent communication from the new Mayor, it was accepted that citizens would be unlikely to spend their time looking for or reading this information, and that building knowledge and engagement will be a challenging task.
What do the people of Liverpool and the West Midlands want from the new Mayor?
Taking control: What do the people of the West Midlands want from devolution?
Our West Midlands Jury, held in Birmingham during Conservative Party Conference, explored the need to build connections across the region in order to deliver real results. Key priorities for the mayor include improving local skills, developing more affordable housing and investing in transport. The Jurors felt that a good mayor needs to be a listener, talker and doer, and also to understand what it means to 'walk in the shoes' of the people living and working across the region.
Watch our short video from the West Midlands Jury to find out more.
The West Midlands Devolution Citizens’ Jury
Liverpool Devolution Citizens’ Jury
Power to the people: What do the people of Liverpool want from the new mayor?
Our Liverpool Jury, held during Labour Party Conference, brought together members of the public from across the Liverpool City Region to explore what a good mayor for the city would look like and what their key priorities should be for their time in office. While the Jurors felt bound together by the Mersey, there were concerns that the city regions boundaries tested the limits of common identity. Topping the list of mayoral priorities are improving skills through better engagement with business, and turning around the city's most deprived areas.
Watch our short video from the Liverpool City Region Jury to find out more.
Download the full report from BritainThinks
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Stephanie Hyde
Global Clients & Industries leader, PwC United Kingdom
Tina Hallett
Partner, PwC United Kingdom
Nick C Jones
Director of PwC’s Public Services Research, PwC United Kingdom
Julia Goldsworthy
Devolution Driver, PwC United Kingdom
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Qualcomm Announces New Highly Integrated CDMA Cell Site Modem
Feb 23, 1998ATLANTA
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced the introduction of the CSM2000, a next-generation Cell Site Modem for Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) infrastructure and test equipment. The CSM2000 is a multiple-channel CDMA digital baseband modem capable of supporting up to eight forward link channels and eight reverse link channels. CDMA infrastructure manufacturers will benefit from a significant cost reduction per channel, a very large reduction in the circuit board space required, as well as lower power consumption per channel.
"The new CSM2000 device enables design of much smaller, lower cost CDMA base stations. The 8x integration allows a single CSM to demodulate up to eight simultaneous channels as required for IS-95B high speed data services and supported by MSM3000," said Johan Lodenius, vice president of marketing for Qualcomm's ASIC Products Division.
The CSM2000 incorporates eight channel elements into a single device. Each channel element performs CDMA modulation, CDMA demodulation and Viterbi decoding. The channel elements are chained together internally requiring only one set of transmit outputs and therefore reducing the drive power required per channel. The high integration of the CSM2000 allows substantial power savings over previous CSM devices. The CSM2000 provides more than 75 percent power savings when replacing eight CSM1.0 devices and more than 25 percent power savings when replacing eight CSM1.5 devices. The CSM2000 requires a single power supply operating between 2.7 and 3.6 volts.
The CSM2000 contains improved time tracking and lock detect circuitry in the demodulator of each channel element. This design enhancement providesup to 1.2 dB improvement over CSM1.0 and CSM1.5 depending on vehicle speedand the number of fingers combining at a given time. It also reduces theoutput power required from the phone, resulting in longer battery life andincreased reverse link system capacity.
Each channel element within the CSM2000 can be accessed as if it were a single CSM1.0 or CSM1.5. The registers are shared between channel elements whenever possible. These features allow the CSM2000 to be software compatible with the CSM1.0 and CSM1.5 with very minor changes.
The CSM2000 comes in a 128-pin Metric Quad Flat Pack (MQFP) package allowing a significant space savings for base station hardware. The footprint of a single CSM2000 is only 18 percent of the area occupied by eight CSM1.5 devices.
"It is very important for us to continue to support CDMA infrastructure andtest equipment manufacturers with higher efficiency parts fornext-generation base stations and testers. The CSM2000 provides a leap in both integration and cost efficiency," said Don Schrock, president of Qualcomm's ASIC Products Division.
Engineering samples are expected to be available in the third quarter of 1998 with production quantities expected in the fourth quarter of 1998.
Headquartered in San Diego, Qualcomm develops, manufactures, markets, licenses, and operates advanced communications systems and products based on its proprietary digital wireless technologies. The Company's primary product areas are CDMA wireless communications systems and products, the OmniTRACS® system (a geostationary satellite-based, mobile communications system providing two-way data and position reporting services) and, in conjunction with others, the development of the Globalstar™ low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite communications system. Other Company products include the Eudora Pro™ electronic mail software, ASIC products, and communications equipment and systems for government and commercial customers worldwide. For more information on Qualcomm products and technologies, please visit the Company's web site at http://www.qualcomm.com/.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including timely product development and commercial implementation of the Company's products, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 28, 1997 and most recent Form 10-Q.
Qualcomm, OmniTRACS, QCELP and Eudora are registered trademarks and Eudora Pro, MSM and MSM3000 are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. Globalstar is a trademark of Loral Qualcomm Satellite Services.
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Richard Anthony Marin Quotes
You know you’re in a bad movie when the Catholic clergy is being played by Jews.
Richard Anthony Marin
Tags in Bad, Movie, Played
Yeah, I’m the go-to guy for Mexican priests.
Tags in Guy, Mexican
What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience, that’s a combination of both of those things and is informed by my knowledge and something new that I see the artist doing.
Topics in Art, Experience
Tags in Time
Well, sometimes you need the fields to lie fallow in order to gain nutrients.
Tags in Lie, Need, Sometimes
To do a comedy team, it requires so much extracurricular stuff, so much compromise, so much intuitiveness to know what the other guy is doing. That’s why it’s so hard to do it.
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My marriage was breaking up, and my marriage with Chong was breaking up. I had to come back and kind of start on my own again.
Tags in Marriage, Back, Come
Mexicans are quasi-legal.
Tags in Mexicans
I was part of the draft resistance movement in L.A. where we did demonstrations at the draft centre and burned our cards and made a lot of trouble on campus. I had a student classification and they said that anybody who’d taken part in these demonstrations would be reclassified and drafted. And that’s when I went to Canada.
Tags in Made, Did, Said
I was an altar boy and a choir member.
Tags in Boy, Choir, Altar
I love voice work.
Topics in Love, Work
Tags in Voice
I grew up half in South Central and half in the San Fernando valley.
Tags in Half, Valley
I always wanted to work with Betty White, because she is one of my heroes of all time, and I just love her.
Hey, I was raised in the church.
Tags in Church, Hey, Raised
Being a Chicano in Hollywood, my experience is that you’re not given credit for any sophistication… You’re just kind of some guy that just crossed the border, you know, on the back of a truck and that’s it.
Topics in Experience
Tags in Back, Kind
Our first gig was a battle of the bands. We did 45 minutes of comedy and never played a note – and we won!
Tags in Battle, Did, Comedy
The reason we’re so dangerous is because we’re totally harmless.
Tags in Reason, Dangerous, Totally
We did six records, then six movies. Now we need to do six of something else, so we get 666 – and then our master Satan can return!
Tags in Need, Did, Else
I was part of the draft resistance movement in LA where we did demonstrations at the draft centre and burned our cards and made a lot of trouble on campus.
Tags in Made, Trouble
Richard Anthony Marin (18)
Birth: 13th July, 1946
Profession: Actor, Comedian, Writer
Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin is an American comedian, actor and writer who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s, and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez on Nash Bridges. He has also voiced characters in several Disney productions, including Oliver and Company, The Lion King, It's Tough to be a Bug!, Cars, Cars 2 and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
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Doctor Who, Star Wars and Game of Thrones stars unite for Netflix’s Trollhunters
Guillermo Del Toro's worked magic to bring stars of the three franchises together in his Netflix animated series
By Sarah Doran
Friday, 22nd September 2017 at 9:54 am
What do Game of Thrones’ Cersei Lannister, Star Wars’ Luke Skywalker and Doctor Who’s second First Doctor have in common?
Well, they’re all working on Netflix’s Trollhunters: actors Lena Headey, Mark Hamill and David Bradley have signed on to voice characters in the show’s second series.
Variety reports that Headey, Hamill and Bradley are joining the cast of Guillermo Del Toro’s animated series for its second 13 episode run, which is due to premiere on Netflix in late 2017.
Trollhunters tells the tale of teenager Jim (voiced by the late Anton Yelchin) who discovers he’s the first human charged with protecting a secret civilisation of good trolls from a secret civilisation of bad trolls (the Gumm Gumms from the Darklands).
Yelchin will continue to voice the lead character as he recorded enough dialogue before his death, Del Toro told Entertainment Weekly.
Who will the new cast members be playing? Well, Heady’s keeping things totally Cersei by taking on the role of a villainous sorceress and Hamill’s embracing the dark side as the evil older brother of one of the show’s established characters.
Bradley, meanwhile, will lend his voice to a mysterious figure with magical powers. We can’t help but wonder if this curious character might come with a big blue police box too?
Stranger things have happened in the Whoniverse, in fairness…
Trollhunters season 2 will be available to stream on Netflix in 2017
Emilia Clarke dyed her hair blonde and now she really looks like Daenerys
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Genres and cultures collide in the music of this virtuoso guitarist
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Canadian guitarist, producer, and nuevo flamenco star Cook turns his lighting quick fingers to flamenco, rumba, jazz plus various other forms of world music into his work. A Juno Award winner, he has also received accolades from Acoustic Guitar magazine and is a three-time winner of the Canadian Smooth Jazz award for Guitarist of the Year. To top that off, he has also sold more than 1.5 million worldwide, cementing himself as a global guitar superstar.
Guitar virtuoso and producer Cook is renowned for his signature rumba-flamenco musical style which takes elements from others around the world. To the uninitiated, you may be familiar with his works through TV shows such as Sex in the City, and featuring on the Buddha Bar compilations and throughout several Olympic games. All of his album releases have charted on Billboard's top 10 lists with over 1.5 million records worldwide. Cook has spent two decades crisscrossing the world in his restless pursuit of inspiration and innovation.
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The SGV that Washington SyCip left behind
(UPDATED) Washington SyCip's passing creates a void in the business relationships that directly involve or are dependent on him that will be difficult, if not impossible, to fill
Lala Rimando
Published 9:00 PM, October 08, 2017
Updated 10:28 AM, October 17, 2017
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The oldest accounting firm in the country remains the most sought after by the country's biggest corporations.
But the market share of SyCip, Gorres, Velayo & Co. (SGV), the homegrown giant founded by the recently departed business icon Washington SyCip, has been slipping. (READ: Business icon Washington SyCip dies at 96)
As of December 2016, SGV audits 54% of the 304 publicly listed firms in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).
As of 2014 and among the Top 1,000 Corporations compiled by BusinessWorld and previously reported by the defunct Forbes Philippines, SGV's share was 41%.
These prove that SGV, currently a member firm of Ernst & Young, still corners a massive client base among the Philippines' largest and most influential companies.
But it's a long way down from almost 90% decades ago. For generations, it was far and away the industry leader almost instinctively thought of when businesses look for an external auditor. Founded after World War II, SGV has been virtually synonymous with Philippine auditing.
In the past 3 decades or so, competitors have been slowly eating into SGV's share. These competitors were founded by former SGV senior partners who decided to put up their own after slugging it out at SGV.
The 'next SGV'
In the normally staid accounting world, corporate drama has been a fixture when an unhappy SGV partner leaves to put up his own.
While it is inevitable, even in the best of institutions, that partners occasionally break away, in the case of SGV these have occurred in a series. In a few instances, the departure of key partners was even simultaneous.
Every time senior partners leave SGV, they bring with them other partners and major SGV clients, contributing to the decline of SGV's slice of the pie.
Ex-SGV partners founded 3 firms that are now on the heels of SGV – Punongbayan & Araullo, KPMG RG Manabat & Co., and Reyes Tacandong & Co.
Among the first to break away was Benjamin Punongbayan, a senior partner at SGV in the late 1980s who was up for the chairmanship but was passed over by Gloria Tan-Climaco, then known as SyCip's protégé (and who would later be removed in a company mutiny). Punongbayan left SGV and formed Punongbayan & Araullo in 1988 with Jose Araullo, a banker. Other SGV senior partners later joined Punongbayan in his new firm.
Punongbayan & Araullo has been able to carve for itself a solid 12% share of the listed firms as of end-2016.
Too, the local affiliate of Swiss firm KPMG has a 12% share of the listed firms.
Mario Mananghaya, the founder of original KPMG member firm Laya Mananghaya & Co., was a former SGV partner who decided to get out of the SGV shadow. In 2007, after growing the firm as the second or third largest accounting company in the country, he cashed in and sold the firm to a consortium that Cesar Purisima, a former SGV chairman and managing partner, put together. The consortium was led by two former SGV officials who had served in government and wanted to return to private practice.
Banking on, among others, their government and private contacts, former Securities and Exchange Commission general accountant Roberto Manabat and former finance undersecretary Emmanuel Bonoan are the chair and vice chair, respectively, of KPMG RG Manabat & Co.
Wholesale departure
More drama at SGV happened after Ernst & Young dumped its then local affiliate, Punongbayan & Araullo, in favor of SGV.
In 2002, SGV was up for the taking when Arthur Andersen, the foreign partner of SGV, was embroiled in the Enron financial mess and was found concealing the energy and trading company's true debt levels.
After the dust had settled, other bruising fights within SGV ensued.
In 2008, then SGV vice chairman Roman Felipe "Manny" Reyes led what was then referred to as the "SGV 14" mutinous partners. They vehemently protested the integration of SGV's local operations with Ernst & Young's international operations. They cited, among others, a constitutional breach since accounting is a profession that's still limited to Filipinos. With the SGV 14 was chairman David Balangue who was later ousted by the group of Cirilo Noel, who assumed the top position in 2009.
Reyes and the rest of the SGV 14 team eventually bowed out with a "withdrawal package," which included a non-compete clause that barred them from engaging in a business that rivals SGV for several years. Reyes, together with 11 of the SGV 14, eventually set up the upstart Reyes Tacandong & Co., which became a member firm of RSM, a global auditing group.
Despite being the newest kid on the block, Reyes Tacandong has been aggressive in signing up clients. It cornered 5% of the listed firms in the local bourse as of end-2016, not a small feat considering it started only in 2010.
The way leadership changes at SGV shows cutthroat competition to bag the juiciest posts in private firms is no different from the slew of compromises that politicians use to advance their interests. In the private sector, however, executives prefer not to wash their dirty linen in public.
Stability at the top
The series of breakaways and boardroom coup d'état at SGV broke momentum. From 1999 to 2009, there was a new chairman and managing partner every 5 years. Recently retired top boss Cirilo Noel stayed for 8 years. His successor, J. Carlitos Cruz, assumed the new role only a few months ago.
The constant changing of the guard is an issue the competitors don't have to contend with since their founders remain actively involved in the business of serving existing clients and courting new ones.
And in a business that thrives on relationship building, leadership stability is a big plus.
SyCip somehow provided some sort of security, at least as far as the company brand is concerned. His name, after all, is the "S" in SGV.
He retired as group chairman in 1996, when he reached the age of 75, the mandated retirement age under affiliate Arthur Andersen then. But he continued to go to the office daily, and was a constant presence in the boardrooms of over two dozen of the country's top 1,000 companies. He also remained active in social gatherings here and abroad.
His name commands respect and attention. He has been sought after by key companies who want to include him in their boards, not only to benefit from the breadth and depth of his experience and network, but also from the prestige of his name.
Those on the heels of SGV shared they could not penetrate companies where SyCip is part of the board because the family owners owe SyCip debt of gratitude from the challenging years in the past. SyCip has either provided them wisdom, suggested a winning strategy, or linked them with white knights.
Requests from and to clients, especially those who have survived the ups and downs of the Marcos years, the different crises – oil, dollar, credit, housing, and other financial crises – in the 1970s up to the 2000s, are a phone call or a chat away from SyCip. Most, if not all, of the country's top companies have gone through the scrutiny of SGV.
SGV has a first-comer advantage since it started after World War II, in the 1940s, long before other local accounting firms began.
There are also a myriad of businessmen and professionals in large and medium companies who previously worked at SGV, which they still associate with SyCip. They are grateful for the discipline, work ethic, and professionalism they have been exposed to early in their careers. Some are now SGV clients.
SyCip's passing creates a void on these intricate relationships that directly involve or are dependent on him that will be difficult, if not impossible, to fill.
The SGV that SyCip has left behind is also in a battlefield that's shifting. Not only is it facing stiffer competition among its local peers in terms of clients, the fundamentals of the industry are changing, too.
Aside from the traditional auditing and tax services, the local players are expanding their portfolio to include high-level consultancy services, including meeting global corporate governance standards, which Filipino firms that want to access financing abroad must heed.
On the other hand, the competition for the dwindling supply of accounting and business graduates has become more challenging as business process outsourcing firms in the Philippines that engage in financial services have also joined the fray.
But the most pressing challenge so far is how technology is set to disrupt the status quo, if it has not already.
Industry players are in the process of automating tedious, repetitive, and manually conducted processes, such as checking inventories, processing paperwork, and even drafting audit reports. These will reduce manual tasks that the accounting world has been known for.
This will free up auditors to do higher value tasks, such as examining all corporate contracts, which are currently cost prohibitive or too complex for unaided human minds.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is seen to also improve the identification of accounting fraud to help improve audit quality. Machine learning, when applied to a company's financial statements, can produce a predictive model that learns from the company's previous financial reports, thus flagging areas of a current financial statement indicative of a misstatement or even fraud.
These and many more deep-learning capabilities of machines are all still at an early stage. But the wider use of technology to shake up the industry here and elsewhere is not a question of if, but when.
Will SGV be up to it? – Rappler.com
Editor's note: Data on the list of clients for each accounting firm came from the Philippine Stock Exchange research team.
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The most interesting robot toys modernity
DavidMar 16, 2015GADGETS, REVIEWS0
Our article we decided to dedicate for young fans of technology. The selection criteria were simple: a thing (a robot, a game designer…) should be sufficiently affordable for ordinary modern man and sold on open exchanges.
Robotics – an important part of the front edge of modern science and industry. Robots active there as a military research and industrial vehicles. At home with robots can be found in the form of home appliances and promising commercial projects. Another area where the robots are not particularly surprised no one – goods for children and adolescents: toys, games, designers. Quite possibly, this focus on the mechanisms of smart developers younger generation there is an ulterior motive. Yet I want to believe that the generation of kids will communicate with the robots are much more likely than adults of today.
Wonder Workshop Dash & Dot
A couple of Dash and Dot Wonder Workshop on the company can be considered the champions in the category “my first robot.” These toys are designed specifically for children aged 5 to 12 years and have a corresponding “cartoon” appearance. However, you could say that that Dot is more like an octopus, and Dash – Wedge.
What makes funny Dash and Dot in robots? Ability to control toys via smartphone or tablet applications, among which there is quite a serious programming package (with graphic blocks commands). Of course, programming Dash and Dot – this activity for older users. But the youngest couples are offered to owners of applications that allow you to use your smartphone as a remote control.
Functionality Dash and Dot as educational toys include that they have speakers, microphones, port USB, Bluetooth module and placed LEDs. The little Dot no wheels or legs – so no sensors or motors are not necessary. But mobile Dash knows how to ride on the surface, turn the “head” trying to avoid obstacles and can be synchronized with Dot to perform various funny tricks.
The company produces Wonder Workshop for Dot Dash and a few toys, accessories, among which the most interesting is the xylophone. By attaching a shock stick to Dash, you can make the robot play the melody unsophisticated.
Buy Dot Dash and easiest on the website Wonder Workshop. One Dash will cost US residents and Canada $ 179, and a couple of Dash and Dot again – in 229. The manufacturer performs and sending robots to the world – but Russia in the list of available countries do not have.
Sony AIBO ERS-7
It seems that the most famous “child” robot on the planet is probably the dog Aibo. The robot was developed in the mid-1990s by Sony, and the commercial release of its first version was held in 1999.
During the existence of robots, Aibo was released three generations of models and 11 modifications. The last of the nomenclature has created name AIBO ERS-7M3, its production is completed in early 2006. However, until the spring of 2013 Sony has not waived firm support and repair the AIBO ERS-7M3 branded services ceased in the autumn of 2014.
Currently robopёs AIBO ERS-7M3 lives at the expense of components manufactured by third-party companies, and with the support of fan communities. Although, as mentioned above, the model is not issued for more than 9 years, buy it is still possible – at least in the online stores. However, the price on the AIBO ERS-7M3 in rubles does not fall below $ 150,000.
What is it like to Japanese dog-robot third generation? Letting AIBO ERS-7M3, Sony engineers solved the problem of creating a device whose artificial intelligence can reliably simulate consciousness pet. Namely: to move freely oriented in space, mimic emotions, respond to kindness and host team, be able to play with the app to set a bone and a ball, run commands, recognize the host in the face … To use such a vast palette of skills AIBO ERS-7M3 is equipped with 64 -bit MIPS R7000 processor with a frequency of 576 MHz, 64 MB of memory, a camera with a resolution of 0.3 megapixels, vibration sensors, temperature, interference, pressure (pressure on the legs and head) and acceleration, infrared range finder, microphone, speaker and the front display, and helper Memory Stick and the module Wi-Fi. The design of AIBO ERS-7M3 has a total of more than 20 degrees of freedom: moving legs, head, tail, ears, and lower jaw.
In addition to simulating a “live” activity, AIBO ERS-7M3 can behave like a robot. On the memory card, you can record the dog additional software to Aibo can connect to the network via HTML-interface now for iOS and Android platforms to create an application that let you control the dog from your smartphone and tablet.
Deservedly won fame as the best tool for home robots create designer Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0 significantly outdated. Appearing on the shelves in 2009, he found himself in the era that gave the world smartphones, tablets and other gadgets, which can and should be friends. Introduced in 2013, the designer Lego Mindstorms EV3 corrects these deficiencies.
As before, the third generation of designer Lego Mindstorms – EV3 – is a set of branded items Lego, which can be divided into three classes. The first – the details. This is all kinds of gears and bushings, plastic beams of various sizes, fasteners, brackets, wheels, clamps, plates. All are compatible with standard fixings “cubes» Lego. The second class of elements – it motors and sensors. They are represented by large and medium-sized motors (at first higher maximum torque, but lower speed), as well as touch sensors, color recognition, IR, gyro and ultrasound. Finally, for this class of elements includes infrared beacon which can be used in tandem with an infrared sensor as a remote.
Note that in the sale are two kinds of designers Lego Mindstorms EV3: Home Set and Education Core Set. They differ in the number of elements of the first class and the representation of different sensors.
The third in a row, but the main element is essentially Lego Mindstorms EV3 is the block itself EV3. It is associated with the main evolution of all generations Lego Mindstorms.
This time EV3 contains a processor Texas Instruments Sitara AM1808 ARM9 architecture with a core clock of 300 MHz. To this was added 16 megabytes of Flash memory and 64 MB of RAM. EV3 also has a slot for MicroSD cards up to 32 GB, the port miniUSB, speaker, six control buttons and a monochrome display with a resolution of 178 by 128 pixels.
The biggest innovation is the support unit EV3 Wi-Fi (via an external USB-transmitter) and USB-host. EV3 also supports synchronization with devices Apple.
Note that the unit EV3 is backward compatible with sensors and motors previous generations designer, but the software in your unit.
Programming Lego Mindstorms EV3 has plenty of tools: a graphical package creation algorithms LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Home Edition, an application for iOS and Android, firmware interpreters wide variety of programming languages …
Modular Robotics MOSS
If and Lego Mindstorms series seem to be too sophisticated, complex and small, the company Modular Robotics has a kind of alternative – set of cubes MOSS.
MOSS cubes are plastic cubes with recesses in the corners, painted in different colors and faces the contact pads on the same faces. Recesses cubes are needed to connect with each other using magnetic beads. This ensures ease of assembly structures and a certain freedom of compounds. Color labels on the faces of MOSS is a functional of the surface: green conducts electricity, red – output data path, brown – input, blue – just contact pad for energy and data transmission. In addition to the simple blocks in sets have special MOSS: sensors, batteries, motors, “processors” – all of them can also be fastened to the structure using magnetic beads.
The main advantage of Modular Robotics MOSS – ease of assembly robots. Perhaps because of the geometric roughness of elementary units and their size structure are somewhat primitive. However, with due skill and perseverance of their variety and functionality issues will not cause even the veterans amateur robotics.
The company currently Modular Robotics supplies the market with two variants of sets of dice MOSS: Zombonitron 1600 for $ 200 and Exofabulatronixx 5200 for 600. In the first 16 cubes can be found primitives, 56 magnetic beads, light sensor, proximity sensor, two motors and a dozen additional details-dodger. Set Exofabulatronixx 5200, of course, richer: 52 dice, 140 balls, power supply, 2 motors, 2 knee compound 2 flashlight, 2 light sensor, proximity sensor 2, microphone, and a lot of details-dodger. Also included is a cube-processor red. It has built-in Bluetooth and is compatible with the gadgets on Android and iOS.
In Russia MOSS Exofabulatronixx, 5200 can be ordered online at the price of about 45 thousand rubles. Offers for sale MOSS Zombonitron 1600 could not be found – perhaps in Russia, this set does not enjoy success.
Anki Drive and Overdrive
Compete with the robot – the cherished dream and the main fear of mankind. Well, if the robot hand, home – and resists strictly within the rules. Excellent balance between flashy invincibility and mystery game giveaway – this is a robot that people need, and especially – children.
Anki company could create if not an ideal, it is pretty close approach to it. Although their game Drive at first glance is just a racing simulator with radio-controlled cars, where instead of a bulky remote control can be used smartphones and tablets Apple, it’s not so simple.
Basic set Anki Drive includes carpet track sizes 1.07 to 2.6 meters and two cars (plus not relevant for our discussion accessories). The most logical to use them – is obvious: to spread a track, pose at the start of the machine, include them, taking up the smartphones on iOS, is charged with the AppStore application and start the race.
The secret, however, that in Anki Drive can be played alone. In fact, the cars in the game – not just a radio-controlled models and robots capable of 50 times per second to analyze his position on the track and through the development of artificial intelligence alone fight for the leadership. In fact, Anki Drive – a real embodiment of computer arcade race to the bottom with well-implemented single-user and multi-user modes.
The concept of “real video” made many elements Anki Drive. For example, cars have their own names, coloring, behavior of artificial intelligence and game performance. The basic package includes fireballs “Boson” and “Kur”. The other five can be purchased at any time, at the very Anki for $ 50 apiece. You can also purchase additional tracks ($ 70) – two types with different, rather than at the start, the configuration of the track. On the nuances of their bending robot machine, of course, well known.
In the US and Canada Anki Drive, starter kit can be purchased for $ 150. However, in other countries in their development Anki not officially delivers -a means that Russian prices include some “additive” for “anxiety”. As a result, our market can be bought for 11-15 thousand rubles. Additional machines can be found for about $ 6000.
Finally say that in early 2015 Anki announced the upcoming release of an updated version of the game – Overdrive. In the new product, which will appear in September, will be modular track that will have 8 different configurations, cars can be organized into teams, and the game itself will appear points for victory, which can be spent on improving the characteristics of the car.
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Inside the evolving world of wireless charging technology
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Infrared lasers must replace data center wiring, say engineers
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Thought-provoking commentary on technologies that are changing the way mankind does things.
Lasers could power computers wirelessly
A combination of laser wireless charging and faster mobile networks could mean the end of the tethered computer.
Mark Stone/University of Washington
A thin beam of invisible laser light has been used to safely charge a smartphone across a room. The experiment by researchers at the Univeristy of Washington lends credence to the futuristic idea that one day all computers could operate without any plugs or wires — that’s both for data and power.
The revolutionary smartphone-charging laser system, which functions from up to 40 feet away, detects devices through inaudible acoustic chirps, according to its desginers at the university. It then zaps a couple watts of power at them using laser beams. Importantly, it does it safely and is potentially scalable to computers.
If one were to add to this news the speculation that there may soon be a shift away from traditional Ethernet to 5G wireless for infinitely fatter and faster data networks, then conceivably the end of all physical connections between computers may become a reality in the not-too-distant future.
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Charging over the air, called Wireless Power Transfer (WPT), is in use now at short ranges, using coils and magnetic fields. We see WPT in inductive consumer charging systems such as toothbrushes and smartphones, for example.
However, range is limited. To send power over longer distances, or to provide more power, a radiative power-beaming transmission form is needed, such as a laser or microwave. The problem with that, though, is those are hazardous to humans — you can’t allow people to get in the path of the beam.
The University of Washington researchers say they have solved that major safety problem.
“The laser emitter will terminate the charging beam before a person comes into the path of the laser,” says Shyam Gollakota, an associate professor at the institution’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and one of the developers, in a news release published by the university.
The group claims to be able to shut down the laser when someone crosses the path, and to do it so quickly there no chance that the person becomes injured. They achieve this through the use of what they call a “rapid-response safety mechanism,” which ingeniously uses low-power, guard laser beams to surround the principal high-power beam. If the low-power sensor beams become interrupted, the adjacent main beam is quickly shut down before injuries can occur.
“The guard beams are able to act faster than our quickest motions because those beams are reflected back to the emitter at the speed of light,” claims Gollakota. The researchers say the human subject would have to be traveling at more than 98 miles per hour before the system might fail to turn off.
“Delivering greater than a watt of power across the room, minimizing the exposure of the resulting high-power lasers to human tissue, and finally ensuring that the design meets the form-factor requirements of a smartphone” are satisfied, the team claims in an abstract of their paper.
And it “can potentially charge a smartphone as quickly as a standard USB cable,” they say.
Additionally, “wireless, laser-based charging of other devices, such as cameras, tablets, and even desktop computers,” could all be possible, the researchers say.
Add wireless data to that mix, and for the first time, its possible eventually there will be no umbilical cords at all for computing.
Patrick Nelson was editor and publisher of the music industry trade publication Producer Report and has written for a number of technology blogs. Nelson wrote the cult-classic novel Sprawlism.
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Newmont Announces First Production at Boddington; Ramp-up To Full Production Continues
DENVER, Aug 13, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) ("Newmont" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that its Boddington mine in Western Australia successfully produced its first gold and copper concentrate, processing approximately 100,000 tonnes of ore during the first two weeks of August.
Richard O'Brien, President and Chief Executive Officer of Newmont said, "I am proud to have been at site to witness the production of our first concentrate, which is a testament to the dedication and focus of the talented Newmont employees and contractors who have worked so diligently to safely complete this project. As we continue to ramp-up toward commercial production, Boddington will become a cornerstone asset in our portfolio."
Key operating highlights for Boddington are expected to include:
-- First five year average annual gold production: ~1,000,000 ounces;
-- First five year average costs applicable to sales (net of by-product credits): $300 per ounce;
-- Proven and probable gold reserves: 20.1 million ounces; and
-- Estimated mine life in excess of 24 years.
About Boddington:
Boddington is a large, open pit mine in Western Australia, located 130 kilometers southeast of Perth. The Company continues to expect total capital costs to be between $2.8 and $2.9 billion on a 100% basis.
Boddington will be Australia's largest gold producer upon completion. Newmont believes Boddington has significant exploration potential with gold reserves increasing from 16.6 million ounces in 2007 to 20.1 million ounces in 2008.
In June, Newmont completed the acquisition of the remaining 33.33% interest in the Boddington project from AngloGold Ashanti Australia Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.
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This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended that are intended to be covered by the safe harbor created by such sections and other applicable laws. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation (i) estimates of gold and copper production and sales; (ii) estimates of costs applicable to sales; (iii) estimates of capital expenditures, project costs, and expenses; (iv) estimates regarding timing of future development, construction, production or closure activities; (v) statements regarding future exploration results, exploration expenditures, and reserves; and (vi) expectations regarding the start-up time, design, mine life, production, costs applicable to sales and exploration potential of the Boddington mine. Where the Company expresses or implies an expectation or belief as to future events or results, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis. However, forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed, projected or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to, gold and other metals price volatility, currency fluctuations, increased production costs and variances in ore grade or recovery rates from those assumed in mining plans, political and operational risks in the countries in which we operate, and governmental regulation and judicial outcomes. For a more detailed discussion of such risks and other factors, see the Company's 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed February 19, 2009, as amended by Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed June 8, 2009, on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as the Company's other SEC filings. The Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly revisions to any "forward-looking statement" to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news release, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
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MotoGP's eSports Fan World Championship Turns Up Some Unlikely Winners
Dorna Sports, the operator and promoter of the MotoGP World Championship racing series has entered a brave new world of eSports and if it's early results are anything to go by, they are on to a winning formula with a Championship series which puts the fans front and center. It is just the latest in a series of moves from the Spanish company that is elevating the elite level motorcycling series to rival Formla 1 for thrills, spills and dollar bills.
Jerez, Spain, April 27, 2016 (Newswire.com) - At the opening race of the 2016 season in Qatar, Dorna Sports quietly announced the creation of the first eSports series in the elite level, motorcycle racing series. The MotoGP Fan World Championship was created to enhance the fan experience and capitalize on the global uptake of smart phones and tablets. The newly launched MotoGP Championship Quest app heralded a new approach for MotoGP as the app is the first and currently only free one offered. In doing so it it would enable the hundreds of millions of fans across the globe the opportunity to engage with the sport, and of course their favorite riders.
By the conclusion of the fly aways and at the European calendar opener in Jerez, the first evidence of the successful launch of the Fan World Championship emerged. While the app remained in a “soft launch” state and available only in select countries and exclusively on the Apple platform, hundreds of thousands of fans had downloaded the game and begun to represent their rider of choice in the Fan World Championship.
Leading the pack is an English fan, Sam Knott, who had quickly established a capacity for the skillful timing the game requires and began to amass points in such a prodigious way that he not only clinched the first round, but the 2nd, 3rd and 4th as well.
Knott’s efforts lifted an unlikely racer to the podium, as Eugene Laverty, the Irish rider of the number 50 Aspar Ducati emerged as the Fan World Championship winner. How this occurred is the genius of the MotoGP Fan World Championship and the reason why Dorna’s approach is not only customarily smart, but deeply insightful.
For a start, the Fan World Championship could not be decided by a simple algorithm of the quantum of players and the sum of their scores. If it were the obvious winner would be Valentino Rossi who is said by many to be almost, if not bigger, than the sport itself. Instead the Fan World Championship addressed the new “buzz word” in digital marketing speak. Engagement.
The Fan World Championship is simple and elegant in it’s conception and execution. The rider who has the highest average fan score at the end of each week wins that round of the sSports series. The fan who contributed the highest score to that rider joins them on the podium, and in doing so is awarded with a beautiful trophy and prizes.
Due to the powerful performance of Knott in the opening rounds, the Englishman was invited to join his favorite rider, Eugene Laverty, in the box on Saturday and was interviewed by BT Sports. Knott revealed that his winning streak was no accident, in fact he had logged points for Laverty in the billions and clocked up to 3 hours of game play each day in order to secure the podiums top step. It also demonstrated the affinity between fans and their national hero's of the sport, and while Laverty is Irish, Knott cheerfully said "we won't hold that against him" while winking for the cameras.
Behind him was Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro, each represented by their top scorers, showing that the dominance of the “Alien” brigade and their factory mounts, does not necessarily guarantee a podium in the Fan World Championship. In fact it seems that the underdogs may have a distinct advantage in this series, as their fans, being the die hard group they are, are perhaps more willing to go the extra mile and commit the time to ensure they are well rewarded.
So has Dorna come up with a field leveling method of ensuring that big budgets and fan bases do not guarantee success? If so, perhaps their foray into eSports may have succeeded ahead of other such initiatives as the unified software from Magneti Marelli and Michelin tires, both new for the 2016 season and introduced to reduce cost and level out out budgetary advantage.
One thing is for sure that the commitment and passion of the fans who turned up at Jerez in record numbers is real and runs deep. Dorna’s efforts to connect them with the ubiquitous smart phone is likely to be another smart move for the sports promoter that is gaining notoriety for its management of a race series which is even winning the hearts and minds of Formula 1 drivers such as Lewis Hamilton and F1 boss and former champion Nicky Lauder. Both have recently commented that MotoGP has what F1 lacks, excitement, noise and unpredictability, each of which is fodder for the fans who lap it up at the track and on television.
Adding the second screen, the phone or tablet, also ensures that Dorna delivers even more screen time for sponsors. In the week leading up to Jerez, a spokesperson for the game Graeme Warring said "this week alone we saw over 8.2 million minutes of game play, close to 140,000 hours of screen time which is great added value for the sponsors of MotoGP whose track signs and bike and rider livery is front and center of the players gaming experience and this is going to increase massively as we release the game world wide on iOS and add the Android platform."
As Dorna Sports confronts a brave new world of cable cutters and a broadly distributed media environment, it's move to engage with fans on the screens they carry around in their pockets or purses, may well prove to be a master stroke. If the smiles on the face of Sam Knott and his wife are any indication, the future looks to be a bright and incredibly happy one.
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Current: Ace Combat 7 release date delayed until 2018, demo coming to E3 2017
Ace Combat 7 release date delayed until 2018, demo coming to E3 2017
Simon Sayers / May 16, 2017
The Ace Combat 7 release date has been pushed back until 2018. In a press release, franchise director, Kazutoki Kono, explained the reasons why the Project Aces has decided to delay launch.
Read the Ace Combat 7 interview
“The Project ACES team and I have been working hard on ACE COMBAT 7 and we’re determined to achieve the vision we have set for the game. To reach that vision, we have decided to move the launch of ACE COMBAT 7 to 2018,” wrote Kono.
“We would have loved to launch ACE COMBAT 7 at the end of 2017 as we originally intended, but doing so would compromise our goal for the game. We take our art very seriously and that means we have instead chosen to devote additional time and effort to perfect and optimize this newest chapter of the ACE COMBAT saga. The combination of the Unreal 4 Engine and the power of current generation consoles and PC hardware have literally opened the “skies of opportunity” to us to develop the best ACE COMBAT experience to-date. At no other time in ACE COMBAT’s 20+ year history has gaming technology allowed us to deliver the minute details of flight combat – such as cloud cover and air currents – or give players a new way to experience dogfights and attack sorties through hardware such as the new PlayStation VR.”
Watch the latest Ace Combat 7 trailer
He goes on to say that fans of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown will be able to play a demo of one of the non-VR missions at E3 2017.
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Minimum Wage Raise Gives Republicans Chance To Turn The Tables
"We want economic fairness, we want economic justice, & we want it now. - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (joined by Hillary Clinton) upon signing a law that will raise the minimum wage in NYC & its suburbs to $15/hr by 2021 & eventually set a statewide $15/hr wage floor (indexed for inflation & wage growth) for other parts of the state as well. Current minimum wage in NY is $9/hr.
"Economically, minimum wages may not make sense. But morally & socially & politically they make every sense, because it binds the community together & makes sure that parents can take care of their kids in a much more satisfactory way." - California Governor Jerry Brown upon signing a law that will raise the minimum wage in California to $15/hr by 2022 with indexation for inflation thereafter. Current minimum wage in California is $10/hr. See graphic below.
Neither Bernie, Hillary, or any other proponent of raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hr mentions that such a raise is pre-tax. Taxes – federal, state, & payroll, plus lost or reduced government benefits all lower the $15/hr gross figure received by affected workers.
For instance, Henry Schmid, writing in the WSJ - points out that a family of four with both spouses working @ the minimum wage in California (going from $10/hr to $15/hr) would see over one third of the wage increase going to government either as increased taxes or reduced benefits. Mr. Schmid calculates that the couple's annual federal income tax will increase from $4,106 to $7,219, their annual Social Security payroll tax will increase from $2,579 to $3,869, their current $596 Earned Income Tax Credit will be eliminated, California state income taxes will increase from zero to $379/yr, & the annual $2,400 food-stamp credit will be lost. These figures do not include the Medicare tax increase of $302/yr paid by the couple or the $1,591/yr paid by the employer as the employer's half of the Social Security & Medicare taxes on the wage increase – thereby making it even harder to believe the couple would retain employment with this added financial burden on the employer. Add in the loss of other income-dependent welfare programs & added costs due to inflation resulting from the $5/hr wage increase means the $15/hr minimum wage rate is more accurately expressed as the gross hourly wage rate that needs to be corrected for inflation each month of the year. Hardly the way Bernie or Hillary expresses it.
But the rise of the minimum wage from $10/hr to $15/hr is not done in a vacuum. Every employee currently making more than $10/hr will demand raises so that the relative pay positions throughout all pay grades are maintained – this is just common sense & human nature. As such, the cost of all goods & services will increase as a result of the minimum wage mandate unless there is a corresponding increase in productivity. Since the subject minimum wage increase is the result of
an unreasoned, unsupported, groundless, & arbitrary order of
government rather than any real increase in economic productivity everyone will be in the same economic position when all the dust settles – except for the people whose jobs are eliminated along the way because of this higher priced economy – i.e., no one who is not worth $15/hr to an employer will be employed @ all. This large an increase in wages will also make it that much harder for America to compete in the global economy.
In summary, the government mandated minimum wage is the bottom rung of the pay scale that everyone's compensation is based on – move the minimum wage up 50% & you move the entire pay scale with it. Since the increase is based on government fiat & not value increasing economic principles such as productivity increases you also obtain the resulting inflation that keeps everyone pretty much where they started regarding purchasing power.
Union labor contracts peg their baseline wages to the federal minimum wage so that any increase in the federal minimum wage results in union wages rising also. In addition companies with union & non-union sectors also increase the wages of their non-union portion when union wages go up. All of this adds to a rising inflation pressure.
"We cannot distribute more wealth than is created. We cannot in the long run pay labor as a whole more than it produces . . . The more the individual worker produces, the more he increases the wealth of the whole community. The more he produces, the more his services are worth to consumers, & hence to employers. And the more he is worth to employers, the more he will be paid. Real wages come out of production, not out of government decrees . . . wages are basically determined by labor productivity." Henry Hazlitt – Economics In One Lesson – pages 139 & 140
The last post pointed out that "a
ll of the presidential candidates in the two main political parties have tax plans in one form or another but none have detailed spending plans that will make a difference in reducing taxes & the national debt." It is the non-existent spending reduction plans of our Republican presidential candidates that is uninspiring.
In this same light the Republican presidential candidates only go so far in promoting their vision of "jobs, jobs, jobs." They talk about undefined economic growth & a promise of possible rising wages. Again uninspiring.
A successful candidate will use the minimum wage issue to explain to the uninformed & those who have forgotten exactly what a job is under a free enterprise system – namely,
an opportunity by an employee to create more present or future value for an employer than it costs to maintain the worker in the job. If the employee's value drops below the cost of maintaining the employee the job disappears & that of course includes minimum wage jobs. This understanding reestablishes the beneficial partnership of employers & workers in that both are trying to create value for each other which in turn means value for their customers. This is the basis of economic growth – a win, win, win situation.
This message has to become second nature to the point that every time we hear the term "creating jobs" we understand that only entrepreneurs create value producing jobs & that no entrepreneur has ever had the objective of "creating jobs" – his only motive in starting or running a business is to make a profit. In fact entrepreneurs not only do not want to create jobs they constantly seek to eliminate them. If any jobs are created in the process there is no way to avoid it. This is the mindset needed to restore prosperity to the American people. No other stimulus is necessary. Thanks to Bill Burbage for making this clear.
Of course this reverses the brainwashing of the last eight years - none of BO's, Hillary's, or Bernie's policies create one job that results in wealth creation - how do you create sustainable wealth-producing jobs by taxing income? How do small businesses expand when you increase taxes? What economic freedom principles are enhanced when you raise taxes? Answers – you don't, they don't, & none.
The Democrat pleas to make the federal minimum wage a living wage is a false hope for many people who will lose their jobs in the process meaning that the real minimum wage for them is zero.
Does the American worker only aspire to do government mandated minimum wage menial jobs? If so we should realize we have given up our place in the world already. All that is left is for us to watch the deterioration set in as the global economy swallows us up.
Republicans have the chance in this presidential election year to go back to basics & campaign like they really believe it – that the general Welfare of the United States is best served by people – men & women, homosexual & straight, Hispanic, Black, & Asian, – working in the cooperation that is the free market capitalistic system – this is the inclusive message that Republicans never clearly deliver. America's brightest future will be realized when all of the really unclever gamesmanships that BO, Hillary, & Bernie play are not just put aside but are unmasked as the domestic enemy of America that has infected our country with the clear intent of ruining everyone's chance @ the American dream – like pretending that a raise in the federal minimum wage is the answer to a better life for everyone. Republicans have to show government dependent Democrats – "Romney's 47%" of the people who are dependent on government, believe they are victims entitled to government handouts, & pay no income tax - that they are not getting anywhere. Republicans have to positively reach these people to improve their lives with free market policies they undertake.
To have any chance to return to the excellence of the prosperity of our founding we have to throw off the collectivist veil – in this case raises in the federal minimum wage - that has been put upon us & once again "secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves & our posterity" that allow us to cherish individual rights that are the bedrock of America as defined in our Constitution.
Reference post: An Analysis - Raising The Federal Minimum Wage
Government Spending & Tax Freedom Day - 2016
Thanks to Congressman Frelinghuysen for letting me know that "Tax Freedom Day – 2016", the day that taxpayers nationally can finally stop working to satisfy their government obligations, is April 24th, or 114 days into the year (excluding Leap Day) thereby equating to a percentage tax burden of 31%.
The congressman also let me know that New Jersey's Tax Freedom Day will not arrive until May 13, later than every other state in the nation with the exception of Connecticut.
Since RTE has a ton of readers in NJ & some that I know of in Connecticut I offer my condolences regarding the above results.
Tax Freedom Day has been calculated by The Tax Foundation since 1971 under a trademark transferred to it by the originator, Florida businessman Dallas Hostetler.
The calculation takes all federal, state, & local taxes & divides them by the nation's income – federal, state, & local individual income taxes (46 days), payroll taxes (26 days), sales & excise taxes (15 days), corporate income taxes (9 days), property taxes (11 days), & the remaining 7 days are spent paying estate & inheritance taxes, custom duties, & other taxes for a total of 114 days. By comparison - in 1910 Tax Freedom Day was January 19 equating to a percentage tax burden of 5%.
The Tax Foundation reports: Since 2002, federal expenses have surpassed federal revenues, with the budget deficit exceeding $1 trillion annually from 2009 to 2012. In calendar year 2016, the deficit will grow significantly, from $592 billion to $698 billion. If we include this annual federal borrowing, which represents future taxes owed, Tax Freedom Day would occur on May 10, 16 days later. The latest ever deficit-inclusive Tax Freedom Day occurred during World War II on May 25, 1945.
In 2016 American taxpayers will pay more in taxes than the entire American citizenry will spend on food, clothing, & housing combined – see graph below.
Check the following graphic to see where your state ranks.
Discerning readers realize that Tax Freedom Day does not represent the tax burden of an average American but rather is an expression of the economy's overall average tax burden. Since half of the citizens in the country pay no income tax & many of them receive a rebate for payroll taxes paid through the Earned Income Tax Credit, Tax Freedom Day overstates the typical tax burden of most Americans. But the Tax Foundation explains that "Tax Freedom Day is a significant date for taxpayers and lawmakers because it represents how long Americans as a whole have to work in order to pay the nation's tax burden."
The above explanation of what Tax Freedom Day means & represents reveals why the trend shown on the above graph since 1940 has been persistently up so that now more than half the population believes that the government should redistribute wealth by heavy taxes on the rich. These Gallup results are in line with similar surveys from Pew Research which found that 54% of Americans think the government should "raise taxes on the wealthy & corporations to expand programs for the poor," & that 58% say "upper-income Americans pay too little in taxes." Biggest support for these views are 75% of Democrats, 50% of Independents, 56% of moderates, 76% of liberals, 61% of those making under $30,000 per year, 55% of those making between $30,000 & $74,999 per year, 52% of those 35 to 54, & most disappointingly 59% of those 18 to 34 years old.
These stats quite simply show why socialist Bernie Sanders has repeatedly beaten all Republican opponents in head to head matchups for months – if only Bernie can get past Hillary Clinton in the Democrat primary where the super delegates are stacked against him we will speed toward The Road To Serfdom.
Note below some results that confirm this government favoring trend from Gallup for what Sean Hannity calls a center right country (don't believe that for a second) – only 18% agree to eliminate the Departments of Education, Energy, Commerce, & HUD while only 34% would like to abolish the IRS – not surprising since half the population pays no federal income tax & @ least another 20% pays so little federal income tax that it is not important to them. This 70% doesn't realize that unleashing the 30% who are shackled by the federal income tax would provide the stimulus to improve the entire economy & everyone's lives.
We can only expect government spending, & therefore taxes, to increase as ObamaCare becomes more entrenched every day. For instance in January 2014 the Pew Research Center found that 47% of respondents thought it was the responsibility of the federal government to make sure all Americans had healthcare insurance & 50% did not. In March 2016, 51% were in favor of government being responsible for healthcare insurance & 46% were not.
All of the presidential candidates in the two main political parties have tax plans in one form or another but none have detailed spending plans that will make a difference in reducing taxes & the national debt.
Accordingly, the missing point from supply-side economic principles in all these candidates' plans is that the reduction of the size of government & its claims on earned income is what fuels economic growth when coupled with lower marginal tax rates for the highest income earners and sound-money policies.
Ellen Sandles, writing in the WSJ, sums this up nicely – "The real crux of our tax exasperation is a spending problem from a government that has grown too big & promised too much to too many for far too long."
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Trump Does Away With The Poison Of Political Correctness
The "never Trump" establishment Republican freight train reached full momentum (mass times velocity in both physics & politics) last Tuesday in Wisconsin as Ted Cruz (won 48% of the popular vote) - 36 delegates to Trump's (35%) - 6 delegates with no delegates for Kasich (14%).
Cruz has a big enough ego (meaning he is just foolish enough) to believe that all of a sudden people are falling in line & voting for his divisive message. Oh please. After instigating the 2013 government shut down Cruz only had the support of Mike Lee (UT) in the Senate before Lindsey Graham (SC) joined the Cruz team out of desperation because of Graham's hatred for Trump. Ninety seven to two among his Senate colleagues says a lot about Cruz's divisiveness.
With each losing or proportionately-delegate-dividing primary making it harder for Trump to reach the 1,237 delegate majority needed to secure the GOP nomination before the Republican National Convention in July – with no one else having a mathematical chance to get to 1,237 based on bound delegates – Cruz's & Kasich's roles are that of spoilers to stop Trump so that the activist delegates @ the convention are released to elect whomever they prefer including those currently not in the running – like Paul Ryan.
There are really two distinct & separate voting contests going on – one for primary voters which may amount to nothing & one for delegates who have the power to determine each party's nominee. The delegates we see on television every four years @ the conventions are not just there wearing funny hats & partying – we may find out they really mean business that will affect all of us.
It has been decades since there has been a contested convention in either party meaning that no candidate comes to the convention with enough delegates to secure the nomination on the first ballot when the vast majority of delegates are required to vote for the state's or district's primary vote winner. But Trump is sensing (as does Cruz & even Kasich) that the delegates are the ones who really make the decision if no one receives 1,237 bound delegates that will secure the nomination on the first ballot. In essence it is Republican party faithful who will decide who the nominee is if the primary voters lose their chance after the first ballot. After all, this is what most of us have been watching our entire adult lives without actually knowing it – the two parties are really taking turns being in power while serving the elites @ our expense. It is truly one big government party with two wings – the Democrats & the Republicans. Both the Republican & Democrat conventions have the job of selecting a nominee that can win the election to keep the party elites in power & money – not to make the voters feel good or represented.
Selection of presidential nominees have been determined by different ways but party leaders have always been in control whether people knew it or not. Although there were some primaries before 1968 the majority of national convention delegates were selected by means of state party caucuses controlled by party leaders. In the North Dakota convention earlier this month no Republican presidential candidate had won a North Dakota primary but Cruz made it his business to appear @ the convention & as far as possible secured 18 of North Dakota's 25 delegates with Trump securing none for sure. Cruz is counting on his ground game that is superior to Trump's in this regard.
A vivid example of party leaders controlling the selection process involved the Democrat party of 1952 in which Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver won 12 of the 13 primaries & was the overwhelming choice prior to the national convention; however, the party bosses inserted Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson who had not even been in the running for the nomination. Of course Eisenhower defeated Stevenson in both 1952 & 1956.
Something like this is entirely possible in the Republican party this year with both front runners, Trump & Cruz, despised by the party bosses who just want to get rid of both of them.
So all the big guns came out in Wisconsin against Trump pretending to support Cruz.
Governor Scott Walker endorsed Cruz – Walker had been an early leader for the Republican nomination & also an early drop out from the presidential race after flip flopping twice on illegal immigration early in 2015 including @ a private NH dinner on March 13, 2015 in which he backed the concept of illegal immigrants staying in the country with a path to citizenship as opposed to his previous no amnesty position. Walker had backed the pathway to citizenship amnesty position for years prior to his reversal earlier in 2015. These inconsistencies caught up to Walker & he now clearly looks ensconced in the Republican establishment below the presidential level – but he had an influence against Trump in the Wisconsin primaries with Republicans.
Next Mitt Romney [& by extension (& to a lesser degree) Paul Ryan] bad mouthed Trump to anyone who would listen. This is the same Romney-Ryan ticket that lost Wisconsin by 7% in 2012 as well as Ryan's hometown of Janesville to BO-Biden 62% to 37%. Ryan also lost Janesville in his 2012 simultaneous congressional race 55% to 44%. So Ryan lost his home town twice in 2012 by double digits both times & is now looked @ as the savior of the Republican party by the RNC. Ryan has a favorable rating of 30% among Republicans, an unfavorable rating of 40%, with 29% undecided according to a Fox poll in late March. See graph below to see the trend lines the past several months.
Now Romney does not look like someone Republicans should be taking advice from – in 2012 Mitt lost every state he ever lived in except for Utah, one of the most reliably Republican states where he was helped by a heavy Mormon population. Mitt lost his adopted home state of Massachusetts 61% to 37%, Michigan (his birthplace) 54% to 45%, New Hampshire (where he owns a vacation home) 52% to 46%, & California (where he went to Stanford & now owns a home) 60% to 37%, but he won Utah 73% to 25%.
In addition, there were third parties like anti-Trump super PACS & the Club For Growth who spent $1 million in Wisconsin on anti-Trump ads as well as Wisconsin talk-radio that plastered the air waves with so much anti-Trump talk that people believed it.
Looking @ the turnout of the primaries shows why the party bosses understand they must maintain control of the nomination process. This election year, 2016, is regarded as a high voter turnout year - see graphic below – & it is @ 29% total (11.7% Democrat & 17.3% Republican) of the voting-eligible-population (VEP). The powerful elites cannot & will not let 11.7% or 17.3% of the voting-eligible population control their personal fates – these elites are too highly motivated & have too much @ stake to let this happen.
It is the poison of political correctness that has brainwashed the citizenry into continuing the slide of voting for one mediocre candidate or another election after election thereby keeping the two-party political system going – to our disadvantage & ultimate undoing. Accordingly, the partisan Republican activist delegates will not of their own volition nominate a man (Trump) whose positions rock their boat out of the water. They will take any & every opportunity (or ballot) they have to vote against anyone (Trump & Cruz) who is against most of what they believe in. They will nominate someone who represents their values (McCain & Romney the last two cycles & people like Jeb, Rubio, Kasich, & Ryan now) thereby continuing the decline of the American Republic.
It is this mindset of political correctness that Trump does away with &, regardless of his position on any issue, it is this mindset change for America that is the biggest contribution Trump brings about to make America great again.
Reference post: Laura Ingraham Was Right - Shut Down The Republican Party
A Republican Strategy For Filling Supreme Court Vacancies
Filling the vacancy left on the Supreme Court by the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia in February continues to boil beneath the surface as many of the twenty-four Republican senators up for reelection this year heard from their constituents during the two week Easter spring break regarding their refusal to provide advice & consent (i.e., confirmation hearings & a vote) regarding any of BO's nominees to the Supreme Court starting with Judge Merrick Garland – the current chief judge of the U.S. Court Of Appeals for the District Of Columbia circuit, a previously vetted, congressionally approved, & reportedly eminently qualified individual for a Supreme Court position.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell showed his party's hand, & how much the Supreme Court has been politicized, immediately upon learning of Scalia's death saying "the American people need to weigh in & decide who's going to make this decision – not this lame duck president on the way out the door, but the next president next year." By McConnell's logic we should only have the one third of senators who are elected in 2016 advise & provide consent for any nominees of the new president.
Now if there ever was a case of being careful what you ask for this is it – if you take McConnell literally the chances of the next president being Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders making the nomination to a Senate with a Democrat majority is very high.
McConnell bases his decision not to advise or provide consent regarding Supreme Court nominations this year based on what he calls the "Biden Rule" – a statement by current V.P. Joe Biden in a June 1992 speech in which the then Judiciary Committee Chairman spoke about not filling a hypothetical Supreme Court vacancy in George H. W. Bush's final year in office. Biden's comments do not establish a formal or informal rule & certainly do not replace the Constitution on this matter so McConnell is way out on a thin limb with his position which includes not even meeting with BO's nominees.
Republicans currently are in the majority 54 to 46 in the Senate. In addition to six closely contested races - Rob Portman (OH), Pat Toomey (PA), Ron Johnson (WI), Kelly Ayotte (NH), Mark Kirk (IL), & John McCain (AZ) – Marco Rubio leaves an open Senate seat in Florida for Republicans to defend & 82 year old Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (IA) has been targeted by Democrats because of his reluctance to hold hearings on BO's Supreme Court nominees. In short Republicans are not in an enviable position for holding the Senate majority.
Illinois Senator Kirk was the first Republican senator to break ranks with McConnell by meeting with Judge Garland & fifteen other Republican senators have also agreed to do the same so just under a third of the Republican caucus are not standing strong with their leadership's erroneous position. These sixteen senators are not relying on the Biden Rule & certainly have not mentioned the Constitution as they try to move BO's nominees forward. Their actions despicably show that all they are doing is following whatever path they think will get them reelected – if we let them.
The first prominent Supreme Court decision after Scalia's death involved forced union dues & it resulted in a 4 to 4 tie meaning the lower court ruling stands. As a result public-sector unions preserved compulsory union dues being forced on public employees whether or not the employees choose to join the union. Scalia's record & certain vote in this case would obviously have been against such First Amendment offenses to liberty & based on his record it is with equal certainty that Garland would have broken the tie siding with the Ginsburg statists. In summary with Scalia the forced union dues case would have been overturned & with Garland it would stand. This is an example of what will be @ stake with this Supreme Court nominee.
Now I am as big an admirer of Justice Scalia as you can find & have been concerned about the sway of the Supreme Court for years. Even before his death Scalia was elderly – & so is Kennedy. If a Democrat president replaced both of them the Court would have swung to a 6 to 3 statist majority with turncoat Roberts being one of the three – hardly reassuring that anything good would come from the Judiciary Branch with this make-up of justices. Accordingly, virtually anyone who replaces Scalia would move the Court to the left & with the current make-up of the Court Judge Garland would certainly be the reliable fifth statist vote even without the defection of Roberts or Kennedy.
But I am a bigger supporter & defender of the Constitution than I am an admirer of Scalia – just the way the great Justice would want.
The Constitution's Appointments Claus - Article II, Section 2, Claus 2 states "The President shall nominate, & by & with the Advice & Consent of the Senate, shall appoint . . . Judges of the supreme Court ."
A simple reading of the above Claus as well as a study of debates among the writers of the Constitution confirm that BO has plenary power to nominate Judges to the supreme Court – like he did with Garland. Accordingly, the Senate has the plenary authority to reject or confirm the nominee – not to delay or reject out of hand the nominee which is providing no advice or consent regarding the nominee. And of course the final step of appointment, that is separated in the Appointments Claus by a comma & a conjunction, can only come after the Senate acts.
The Constitution is clear – McConnell does not have a leg to stand on by waiting for the next president to make a nomination.
The advantage this incident does provide McConnell & the Senate he leads is a forum to use BO's nominations as an excellent election opportunity (both presidential & senatorial) to point out example after example of how BO's nominees' records would hurt America – like in the union case described above. Any Senate denial should include a clear explanation why the nominee would be unsuitable – if done eloquently the explanation could persuade voters that the nominee would indeed be harmful to the country thereby helping turn the election away from Democrats. This seems a far superior approach than the confrontational approaches Republicans keep making – confrontations BO has always won in the Supreme court of public opinion.
Article III of the Constitution established a supreme Court (now known as the Supreme Court) & inferior Courts but left it to Congress to decide how many justices would make up the Court - the Judiciary Act of 1789 set the number @ six, all nominated by George Washington the day the Act passed into law. All were confirmed by the Senate. In 1807, Congress increased the number of justices to seven; in 1837, the number was increased to nine; & in 1863, it rose to ten. In 1866 it dropped to seven & in 1869 Congress raised the number of justices to nine – where it has remained ever since.
Jimmy Carter is the only modern day President who did not make a Supreme Court appointment. John Tyler made nine nominations during his four years in office & only one of them was confirmed by the Senate so that in addition to the clear reading of the Constitution there is precedent for McConnell to proceed as described above.
But after so many let downs over the past several years McConnell (& House Speaker Paul Ryan) would like to deliver a stand tough fighting message for conservatives to get behind – no matter how losing the message is. To my dismay the conservatives don't care about the Constitution in this matter & are more than happy to resort to central authority (i.e., Republican control of the Senate), just like the Democrats always resort to central authority, because it serves their purpose of temporarily blocking a Democrat Supreme Court nominee.
Establishment Republicans have put aside the Constitution & any principles @ all & that is how we have come to vote for the lesser of two evils in far too many elections. The ineffectiveness of the Republican Party can best be shown by looking @ the defeat of Romney – a successful businessman who lost the presidency to the biggest enemy the country has ever known in what should have been a gimmee election. Now Romney reappears & is leading a campaign against Trump in Wisconsin & every other state thereby helping to ensure Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders wins the presidency.
But getting back to the nomination of Merrick Garland. This post opened by saying that Garland was "reportedly eminently qualified . . . for a Supreme Court position." Well in fact students of the Constitution know there are no specific qualifications to be on the Supreme Court – not age, education, profession, native-born citizenship or anything else.
But there is something that is necessary before a justice can be seated on the Court – & it is found in the two oaths that prospective Supreme Court justices must make – that condition is to support & defend the Constitution meaning the Constitution as written – the one you can hold in your hand & read & understand the God given liberties America was founded upon - not as a living document that can be interpreted any old way @ all that suits some political purpose. By this standard Judge Garland is not qualified to be a Supreme Court justice & Mitch McConnell can not make that clear fast enough to suit me.
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Raiders Nation in Oakland bids farewell to Raiders before move to Las Vegas
The game between the Raiders and the Jacksonville Jaguars marks the final appearance in Oakland, California, for the Silver and Black before they move to Las Vegas to start the next chapter in their vagabond existence.
Raiders superfan "Violator" prepares for final game in Oakland
Raiders super fan Wayne Mabry, known as "Violator," in his hotel room at 4 a.m. in Dublin, Calif. before the final Raider home game at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. Mabry drives six hours from Moreno Valley, Calif., for each Oakland home game, and has been a cornerstone of the infamous Raiders "Black Hole" for the past 28 years. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
Raiders super fan Wayne Mabry, known as "Violator," applies makeup in his hotel room at 4 a.m. in Dublin, Calif. in preparation for the final Raider home game at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. Mabry drives six hours from Moreno Valley, Calif., for each Oakland home game, and has been a cornerstone of the infamous Raiders "Black Hole" for the past 28 years. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
Raiders super fan Wayne Mabry, known as "Violator," takes a moment to reflect in his hotel room at 4 a.m. in Dublin, Calif. before the final Raider home game at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. Mabry drives six hours from Moreno Valley, Calif., for each Oakland home game, and has been a cornerstone of the infamous Raiders "Black Hole" for the past 28 years. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
Raiders super fan Wayne Mabry, known as "Violator," puts his trademark earring in at his hotel room at 4 a.m. in Dublin, Calif. in preparation for the final Raider home game at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. Mabry drives six hours from Moreno Valley, Calif., for each Oakland home game, and has been a cornerstone of the infamous Raiders "Black Hole" for the past 28 years. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
Gloves and arm bands line the counter in Wayne Mabry's hotel room at 4 a.m. in Dublin, Calif. as the Raider super fan, known as "Violator," prepares for the final Raider home game at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. Mabry drives six hours from Moreno Valley, Calif., for each Oakland home game, and has been a cornerstone of the infamous Raiders "Black Hole" for the past 28 years. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
Oakland Raiders superfan Wayne Mabry, known as “Violator,” talks about the inspiration behind his character before Sunday’s final football game in Oakland.
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Raiders see 60 percent of PSL sales from inside Nevada
More than half of the fans who bought personal seat licenses for Raiders games at Allegiant Stadium hail from Nevada, team officials said Thursday.
January 16, 2020 - 5:01 pm January 17, 2020 - 4:45 am
The parking program for Allegiant Stadium has 25,000 parking spaces near the 65,000-seat, $2 billion stadium in place, with 15,000 spaces within walking distance.
Raiders tell authority board Allegiant Stadium will open on time
By Richard N. Velotta / RJ
January 16, 2020 - 4:48 pm January 16, 2020 - 10:02 pm
“Mortenson has never failed to complete a sports facility on time,” said Don Webb. “Allegiant Stadium will not be their first failure because Allegiant Stadium will be completed on time.”
Draft, free agent wide-receiver targets for the Raiders
By Vincent Bonsignore / RJ
The Raiders plan to add a No. 1 wide receiver. Here is a look at where they might turn in the draft and free agency to fine one.
Stadium authority uses Knights music for Allegiant Stadium video
By Rochelle Richards / RJ
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority showed a timelapse of the construction of Allegiant Stadium at their meeting Thursday, accompanied by the Golden Knights’ intro music.
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Trespass Against Us
Trespass Against Us (2017)
Michael Fassbender as Chad Cutler
Brendan Gleeson as Colby Culter
Lyndsey Marshal as Kelly Cutler
Georgie Smith as Tyson Cutler
Killian Scott as Kenny
Rory Kinnear as P.C Lovage
Billy Cook as Pockets
Alastair Siddons
Eduard Grau
Kristina Hetherington
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Rated R for pervasive language, some disturbing behavior and brief graphic nudity.
| Godfrey Cheshire
Though many bad movies are simply depressing, Adam Smith’s “Trespass Against Us” is so exceptionally bad that it at least has this bright sidelight: Unless 2017 turns into a truly disastrous time for movies, it may be the worst of the year is already here.
Given that it left last fall’s Toronto International Film Festival trailing a sheaf of negative notices, with one trade reviewer calling it “without a doubt the worst film I’ve seen” at the festival, the question naturally arises: How does such a stink-bomb of a movie even get into a top-drawer fest like Toronto?
One likely answer: Michael Fassbender. Though he’s built a formidable career veering between cartoon-franchise blockbusters and far more artistically ambitious projects, including the three films he’s starred in for Steve McQueen, the actor evidently likes to stay busy—or perhaps likes to help untalented filmmakers—because he also lends his talents to projects that aren’t worthy of them. 2015’s “Slow West” was one. “Trespass Against Us,” though, may take the cake as the most completely ludicrous.
While the filmmakers had obvious commercial reasons for including him, Fassbender, from a purely artistic angle, is spectacularly misplaced. The movie concerns an extended crime family of Anglo-Irish vagabonds in contemporary rural England, and most of the characters are the grungiest of low-lifes. In this context, Fassbender is a like a tulip in a field of turds. Granted, the guy can’t help that he looks like a Nordic god. But he and the director could’ve made an effort to integrate him with the dramatic surroundings; they don’t.
This results in a contrast that’s unfortunate for the actor. The other name in the cast, Brendan Gleeson, plays the father of Fassbender’s character. This guy may be the most odious of human beings—smarmy, sanctimonious, manipulative—but Gleeson brings him to life. It’s a sharp, nuanced and believable performance, next to which Fassbender seems to be walking through a role that he’s not given a moment’s thought to.
The movie’s main set is a trashy caravan park where the characters live like pigs, drinking, trashing the countryside and, for sport, chasing rabbits in their beat-up cars. Although the context seems inimical to any kind of settled family life, Chad Cutler (Fassbender) and his wife (Lyndsey Marshal) are rather improbably trying to maintain something of a normal existence for their two kids, who attend school and wear uniforms that set them aside from the ambient grubbiness.
Realizing that he can’t give his closest kin any real normalcy unless he escapes the criminal life and his domineering dad, Chad makes a few feeble motions toward leaving the caravan park, which gives the film’s shapeless story a few hints of dramatic purpose and direction. But these end up going nowhere, and most of the film just follows the characters as they hoot, holler and ride around in their crummy cars.
The tale’s automotive aspects seem designed to give it the momentum that the drama so blatantly lacks—the car chases offer precious little excitement but arrive with the regularity of shoot-outs in a formulaic gangster film—and they entail one of the film’s most risible elements, its portrayal of the police as almost entirely inept, failing to apprehend or arrest Chad and his gang at even the most opportune times.
Overall, the film’s attitude toward officialdom has a curious Englishness that Americans may find laughably absurd. In one scene, Chad will be eluding the cops or killing the beloved dog of one. In the next, he and his wife go to the police boohooing because their kids haven’t come home from school. Likewise, there’s a scene where they cast angry accusations at a sympathetic teacher who’s reluctantly expelled the kids due to their truancy, for which of course the parents are primarily responsible. More than petty criminals, the Cutlers are pouty narcissists, expecting help from the government even while flouting its laws.
All things considered, Alastair Siddons’ script must be counted the lamest in recent memory. Whether or not they’re based on real-life people, the characters he creates are contrivances who, Gleeson’s toxic patriarch apart, rarely attain a shred of believability. First-time feature director Smith, who has a background in television and music videos, contributes little beyond a facile naturalism in his TV-style visuals.
A film like this needs sociological credibility, artistic distinction or, at the very least, interesting, engaging characters. Lacking all of the above, the thoroughly unpleasant “Trespass” does indeed trespass against its audience, ending up more endurance test than entertainment.
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I fully support every one of your rights, including the right to hold an opposing political position, and don’t care what kind of sports you play in your bedroom. Then why, because I support the president, am I deemed the divisive hater who must be destroyed by any means necessary?
How come it is alright for one side to investigate every rumor and accusation, with the press demanding deep dives and resignations, but the other side can’t even ask basic questions? At what point did putting blind faith in intelligence services, press, fact-checkers, politicians and bureaucrats become patriotic?
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How This Pot Loving Metalhead Became an Ignorant Hateful Tool of the Far Right.
I have a friend of thirty years, Jesse, who is an extremely talented musician. Way back in the eighties and nineties, his world class rock ‘n’ soul band drew hundreds of fans to packed Sunset Strip shows. Ultimately, Jesse never received that one lucky big-break. Or he lacked the songwriting skills, and cutthroat hunger of those who achieved fame and fortune. By the time he hit retirement age, all Jesse had was an ancient Dodge van, a dozen sweet guitars, a closet full of slick threads, and an inadequate monthly Social Security check. My friend is a fun-loving, talented, opinionated guy that always had my back. Because he treated me like a brother, I invited him to store his guitars in an extra bedroom at my house. And also move in to keep an eye on them.
That was fall, 2015. The loud, obnoxious, opinionated Donald J. Trump was just entering the political scene. At first, I believed it was all a publicity stunt, designed to boost the ratings for the upcoming season...
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Rap, Uncle Ted & the Rock Hall of Fame
“Rap overtakes rock as the most popular genre among music fans,” shouted a 2018 USA Today headline. Born on the streets of 1970’s inner-city America, the influential genre has dispatched to second place the formally dominant, seemingly immortal art form known as rock ‘n’ roll. Way to go rap music. So happy for you and yours. While I’m fairly sure we can all agree that the modern-day minstrel show known as rap music has been an overall net positive for generations of urban youths, I haven’t actually listened to much of the melody challenged genre during the last two decades.
I know it sounds like I’m coming at y’all like a hater. Please don’t misunderstand. At times I still get into some of the really hardcore stuff, mostly the old school West Coast of NWA, Dre, Snoop. Truth be told, my favorite tunes are the really old, old school. Many of you will undoubtedly understand my reasons for sticking to the upbeat, fun stuff – Sugarhill to Jazzy and Fresh Prince. You see...
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Home Homepage ‘Another Record-Breaking Fundraising Month’: RNC Hauls Major Cash Amid Impeachment
‘Another Record-Breaking Fundraising Month’: RNC Hauls Major Cash Amid Impeachment
Lawrence Richard
Democrats have admitted themselves that they are pursuing impeachment as a means to prevent President Trump from being re-elected but is it working?
Not by any metric.
Support for impeachment is falling, President Trump’s approval is rising, and the Republican National Committee just announced another record-breaking fundraising effort for the month of October.
After hauling in a record-breaking $27 million in the month of September, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced the RNC raised $25.3 million in October, the Washington Examiner reports.
These massive figures give the debt-free RNC more than $61.4 million cash on hand, totaling nearly $400 million in the Trump 2020 campaign effort.
The Washington Examiner adds:
The party credited support for Trump and anger by many Republicans at impeachment. Its anti-impeachment effort called “Stop the Madness” has brought in 75,000 volunteers.
“While Democrats are focused on their sham impeachment charade, Republicans had another record-breaking fundraising month in October — the best off-cycle October in our party’s history,” said McDaniel.
“When you look beyond the Beltway, it’s clear that the American people are sick and tired of the Democrats’ baseless investigations. In 2020, voters will choose results over the Democrats’ polarizing political rhetoric, and the RNC is in the strongest position possible to reelect President Trump and Republicans up-and-down the ballot,” she added.
While House Democrats tried to distract you with their charade…
*the DOW hit 28,000 for the first time EVER
*@realDonaldTrump increased healthcare transparency
*@IvankaTrump is fighting for paid family leave
The Trump Admin never stops fighting for you!
— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) November 17, 2019
Democrats are not fairing well at all. They were $7 million in debt last month. And, at this point in former President Obama’s re-election effort in 2011, the Democratic National Committee had raised under $150 million.
The DNC claims their fundraising numbers are affected by the dozen candidates seeking the party’s nomination. Once a nominee is selected, it is expected for liberal donors to rally behind him or her.
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De Young's CULT OF THE MACHINE Exhibit “Precise”-ly What We Need
23 Mar'18
Be the first to vote…
Sometime between using the “1-Click” function on Amazon, buying groceries at Safeway using an automated self checkout machine, and downloading an app on my phone that makes it look like I’m drinking beer off the screen, I attended the de Young Museum’s preview for their latest exhibit Cult of the Machine: Precisionism and American Art (on display March 24 – August 12, 2018), an exhibit that showcases a rival time in American history when the feats of technology were also powerful, fast, and overwhelming, but for altogether different reasons.
Between the World Wars, after America had become a major economic and global superpower, industry was booming and our long-held notions of technology crawled out from under their murky depths of hand-held tools and horse-drawn carriages, leaping for the skies and their scrapers, for automobiles, airplanes and jet engines, for cinema and the radio. An entirely new conception of machinery, efficiency, and precision arrived all at once; and with it came excitement, fear, apprehension, and a band of artists known as the Precisionists.
Look everyone, it’s Technology!
Precisionism is an art movement that mostly took place during the 1920s and 1930s (AKA “The Machine Age”), consisting of works depicting highly structured, geometric compositions with smooth surfaces meant to show a sleek, unnatural, “machined” aesthetic. Influenced by avant-garde European art styles such as Purism, Cubism, and Futurism, Precisionism was America’s first indigenous modern art movement, and tackled major American themes, like cities and industry, and other big, loud things.
Major players of the movement are Charles Sheeler, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Charles Demuth, alongside photographers such as Imogen Cunningham and Paul Strand.
Watch, Gerald Murphy, Dallas Museum of Art
I know what you’re thinking: Where are the robots? Show me the robots, please. Sadly, although exhibition curator Emma Acker did note that the term “robot” was indeed coined during this time, no cold-hearted metal monsters stalk the exhibit. Still, there’s plenty of strange and fascinating depictions of machinery to behold.
Being there felt, in some parts, like walking through an old movie, quite literally. Right from the start was a screening of Ralph Steiner’s Mechanical Principles (1930), an experimental film depicting various machines and mechanisms operating in repetitive, balletic motions. It was mesmerizing, and, like much of Precisionism, its purpose was to abstract technology from its functional context, emphasizing the beauty and peculiarity of these bizarre new machines on their own, outside of the services they provide.
We also got to see short clips of Charlie Chaplin’s film Modern Times, inspired after Chaplin visited one of Henry Ford’s automobile assembly lines. The film famously depicts Chaplin as a poor factory worker who makes a mess of things and ends up zipping around in the cogs of some great machine.
Fans of skyscrapers cannot miss this show. These enormous buildings were favorite subjects of the Precisionists, especially Georgia O’Keeffe, and their innovation inspired more than just paintings.
For the book-nerd, a “skyscraper” bookcase:
“Skyscraper” bookcase, Paul T. Frankl, Minneapolis Institute of Art
For the cocktail connoisseur, a “Skyscraper” cocktail shaker:
“Skyscraper” cocktail shaker, lid, and eight glasses, William Waldo Dodge Jr., Dallas Museum of Art
Not into architecture? How about classic cars? Rocket ships? Futuristic Lightning-Melded Money Gates? There’s something for everyone at this show.
Chanin Building Gate, Rene Paul Chambellan, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, New York*
*Please note the stacks of coins at the bottom holding up both the gate doors and their corresponding “symbols” of “industry”
The Precisionist paintings themselves range in level of detail and complexity, but there is a clear compositional theme among all of them that suggests each of these artists really enjoyed their geometry classes in high school. Every piece has fine lines, clear shapes, and neat, solid brushstrokes, creating a clean look. Almost too clean. Unnaturally clean. Like, sophisticated, technical, machine clean. Got it?
Overseas Highway, Ralston Crawford, Private Collection
Mmmm, efficient...
Hudson Street, George Copeland Ault, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Like people of today, the Precisionists also thought the world would be better without people in it.
Golden Gate, Charles Sheeler, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Sheeler probably painted this one while he was stuck in traffic...
Circuit Breakers, Edmund Lewandowski, Myron Kunin Collection of American Art, Minneapolis, MN
The detail on these lines is shocking-ly good!
As you can see, bridges, highways, and streets were common subjects, as well as other kinds of technology featuring electrical power. Advertisements too had their place among the artists’ work, who saw advertisement and even typography as geometric, machine-like forms worthy of imitation.
Razor, Gerald Murphy, Dallas Museum of Art
“For that close, very precise, virtually perfect shave only robots can execute.”
Many Precisionist paintings were devoid of people, but when figures were represented, their placement was carefully designed to emphasize isolation and loneliness.
The two nuns shown in Francis Criss’s Astor Place look totally out of place, if you ask me. Besides being on a street that is otherwise eerily devoid of people, the nuns themselves represent an antiquated tradition that feels threatened by the oncoming industrial changes taking shape around them, epitomized by the looming “STEEL” billboard in the background. Note the billboard is complete with a stick figure/robot construction man.
Astor Place, Francis Criss, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
End times, this painting suggests, are coming. #RobotApocalypse
Sure, they look like us, but where’s the humanity??
Just like today, with all our devices and 1-clicks and robot checkout stands, America was apprehensive about the industrial and technological changes taking place so rapidly across the country. Nobody knew what the eventual effect would be of all of these innovations, and many, like the Precisionists, were skeptical towards an unthinking idolization of them. The Cult of the Machine exhibit strives to draw many comparisons between then and now, and even encourages its visitors to express their personal input over our own modern times.
Technology: Good? Bad? Txt yr vote to 12345 (standard text messaging rates apply)
Towards the end of the exhibit, we were able to choose from a variety of opinions displayed on a screen to express how we felt about technology. Using some fancy algorithm, the answers we chose were organized by their frequency and compared with similar responses of those who had lived during the Machine Age and had written about these very same topics. The results were enlightening. (No spoilers!)
There’s so much to see and marvel at in the de Young’s latest exhibit Cult of the Machine, a show which provokes thought and discussion over an extremely relevant topic that history proves has been grappled with more than once before. Refreshing, too, is how this exhibit does not take sides, but rather faithfully showcases both the public excitement America has had for the innovations of this powerful technology as well as our understandable anxieties over its rapid and thoughtless deployment.
So everyone, set a reminder on your phones. With the agility and swiftness of a company that offers same-day delivery, get on down to the de Young and photobomb, record, and live-tweet the sh*t out of this awesome exhibit. Go now, before the robots finish taking our jobs!
Daniel Bresnahan
Cult of the Machine
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As the holidays approach and merrymaking intensifies, the pressure to cross everyone’s name off your shopping list mounts, but fear not! We’ve...
Great Art History Gifts for the Holidays
At the turn of the 20th century, creating art movements in Europe had become quite a fad. Dadaism, cubism, surrealism, fauvism, the artists...
Sartle School of Art History: Der Blaue Reiter
1 Nov'19
(source) He may have been a tiny guy, but no one could’ve survived as many Earthquakes as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec did. The elixir, if you could...
Art History Happy Hour: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's Earthquake
29 Oct'19
If it weren’t for the Medici family, some of our favorite Renaissance artists would have died of starvation and even worse, in obscurity. Some of...
Art Patrons: The Medicis
Autumn is fast upon us, and you know what that means! Warm beverage season is here. And does there even exist an art history enthusiast who isn’t...
14 Mugs for Art History Lovers
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