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Desperate for Donuts
June 5, 2015 Laurie Graves 7 Comments
Frosty’s donuts
Every day, it seems, is national something or other day, but June 5 just happens to be National Donut Day. I am a donut lover from way, way back, when I worked at Dunkin’ Donuts during those halcyon times when each store had honest-to-God bakers who made donuts fresh every six hours. I ate more donuts than I care to admit, but because I was biking to work—ten miles round trip—I was fit and lean.
In 2008, I wrote a longish essay called “Desperate for Donuts.” In honor of National Donut Day, here are some excerpts, slightly edited, from that piece:
Ironically, they are the perfect shape—a circle, round like a mandala, the symbol of eternity—and this should make them the perfect food. But fried in oil, perhaps drenched in glaze, covered with sugar, frosted, or even plain, they are not good for you. Not even a little bit.
Then there is their status. Jill Lightner, a West Coast writer, has called them the “dumb blonde of the pastry world. ” Patric Kuh, another West Coast writer, described them as a “street thug…strutting past Madeleine and Éclair.” There are also all the donut/cop jokes that have become so ubiquitous they are now clichés.
But…there is something about fried dough that transcends its lowly status, that crosses class lines, that worms its way into people’s appetites, even though they might not like to admit it. Simply put, fried dough is delicious, and donuts are the epitome of fried dough. There is nothing more sublime, say, than a raised donut, newly fried, dipped in glaze, and eaten just as soon as that glaze has dried.
A Brief History of Donuts
“When it comes to donuts New England is a place apart.” —John T. Edge, Donuts, An American Passion
New England can reasonably claim to be the epicenter of the American donut world, and its donut tradition stretches all the way back to the Pilgrims, who, after staying in Holland, brought fried dough, which the Dutch called olykoeks (oily cakes), to the New World. These ur-donuts had no holes, were yeasted, and had raisins, apples, and almonds in them. John T. Edge…has described them as “deep fried fruitcake.” A daunting thought, but I would certainly give them a try if the opportunity presented itself. Naturally, as the Dutch settled New York, they brought their olykoeks to this region as well, and fried dough had a firm foothold in what would become the thirteen colonies.
According to legend, Sea Captain Hanson Crockett Gregory, from Rockport, Maine, invented the hole in the donut sometime in the mid-1800s. Out at sea, with a holeless, olykoek-type donut in one hand and the ship’s wheel in the other, he supposedly stuck the donut on the spoke of the wheel, thus inventing the donut hole. Is this true? Only Captain Gregory knew for sure, but he somehow managed to convince the Boston Post his story was true and was duly accorded fame for his “invention.”
From there, donuts, complete with holes, went international, and they did so in a most unusual way—they went to France during World War I with the Salvation Army. Here again, we have the stuff of legend. In 1917, four Lassies (as the women in the Salvation Army were called) traveled to the camp of the 1st Ammunition Train in France. The soldiers wanted pie, but there were no bake ovens for the Lassies to use. However, they did have a kettle, oil, and the ingredients for donuts. From that first day, when two of the Lassies fried 150 donuts, word spread, and other Lassies soon began making donuts for the troops. Eventually, Lassies, often only two of them, would go on to make as many as 2,500 in one day for the grateful soldiers. Hence, the term “doughboy” was born. You might die miserably in the trench or be poisoned by mustard gas, but at least there were donuts to be had before the horrors of battle. It wasn’t much, but it was something.
A Donut Tour
“We devalue the things that give us pleasure.” —John T. Edge
I have a dream, a fantasy of sorts, that John T. Edge, a food writer who hails from the South, would come as far north as central Maine and that we would go on a donut tour together. We would start in Augusta, at Bolley’s Famous Franks, early in the morning when their donuts…are still warm. Taking time to savor Bolley’s tender, old-fashioned cinnamon donuts, we would then hurry to Frosty’s in Gardiner…marveling at the oh-so-fresh honey-dipped donuts.
From there it would be off to Willow Bake Shoppe in Rockport, whose cake donuts are impossibly tender and whose chocolate donuts are satisfyingly rich. I would perhaps introduce “wicked good” into Edge’s vocabulary. After all these donuts we would need a bit of a break, and Camden, on a sparkling day, would be the perfect place to rest. Finding a bench in the park overlooking the shimmering harbor, we would discuss the various donuts we had eaten, and I expect Edge would want to compare them to donuts he has eaten in other parts of the country. But in the end, Edge would return to a line from his own Donuts: An American Passion. That is, when it comes to donuts, New England is a place apart.
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7 thoughts on “Desperate for Donuts”
Shannon Mulkeen says:
Happy Donut Day!! 🙂
Thanks for answering a question I’ve wondered about. Years ago when we traveled to Maine on family vacation, we were surprised at how many places there were selling donuts. I would’ve guessed they were a Southern invention. Now I know the story!
Laurie@hinterlands.me says:
Bill, always glad to be informative ;
quercuscommunity says:
Thank you for reposting Laurie. A very enjoyable tour through the history of donuts – I could almost taste them.
Mention of the Dutch got me to thinking of my younger days when I was still keen on foreign travel. You may like this, though be careful if tempted by the idea of rooibos tea – it tastes like boiled hedge clippings.
http://thekatetin.com/best-south-african-koeksister-recipe/
Nice piece! My mouth was watering. Those koeksisters looked oh so good. And funny how one baker wouldn’t share the recipe while the other would. Perhaps rooibos tea is an acquired taste. 😉
The boss just brought us some back from his holiday in South Africa – we are brewing a pot tomorrow so watch this space. 🙂
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Playboy Playmate Carrie Minter is a hot babe.
A stunning beauty & fitness guru, Carrie has appeared in several pictorials and magazines including GQ, Maxim, FHM, and Seventeen. She is most reknown for appearing in three separate issues of Playboy as a Playmate; would you play with her if she asked? I think you would, sir.
Carrie is also a full-time entrepreneur who has created a successful and lucrative personal brand as CEO & Founder of Carrie’s Pilates Plus.
Carrie besides being scorching hot, what are you up to these days?
Carrie Minter: “I’m focused on my business, a Pilates studio here in Los Angeles called “Carries Pilates Plus”. I took over a studio a year ago. It’s a workout similar to Pilates with a little more cardio; like Pilates with a punch. You can burn up to 700 calories in one 45-minute class. We have 18 machines, amazing customer service and the best trainers in LA.”
Can dudes do Pilates?
Can dudes wear spandex and do Pilates?
“Sure! But if you wear a sports bra with them, it will be a little off-putting.
Noted! Talk about being a Playboy Playmate.
“It was fun! I had just moved to LA was shooting with a photographer and he sent my pictures to Playboy and they called me two days later. And I did a test shoot, Heff saw my pics and I went to the mansion and that was it! I’ve met some of my best girlfriends working for Playboy, it’s been a great experience.”
How was your “first time”? How do people react that you know in your “real life”?
“The first time it happened I was so young I wasn’t ready for it. I had just turned 21. I remember wanting to drink so bad, and they wouldn’t let me because I was underage. But it was the coolest thing ever because I wasn’t one of the more popular girls in school. It was like, “Ha ha, I got into Playboy; fuck all you bitches!” Then it was cool to come back and do it again a couple years later. Both the response and the fans have always been great.”
What was Hugh Heffner like?
Carrie Minter: “He was super, super nice. He’s just a nice guy. It’s amazing how he opens up his house and his life to everyone. He’s just a sweet man.”
When I guy approaches you, what’s the first thing you look at?
“How they are approaching me; if it’s in a rude way, or a nice way. I look for politeness.”
One thing I just gotten hip to lately as I’ve upgraded my “Clothes Game” is that women like to see a guy in tight pants. Not skinny jeans, but a nice pair of Hugo Boss slacks, for instance.
“Yeah, yeah. That’s always good! I am not a fan of baggy jeans at all!”
In this hypothetical situation, how important is it for you to be able to assess a guy’s package?
“I usually don’t look at that right away (laughing). I have friends that do, it’s kind of an important thing…’
Carrie Minter even looks great when she isn’t on a beach.
As far as men’s grooming, is there one thing you see guys doing that is the ultimate turnoff?
“Guys that are too feminine. I was dating a guy who was a male model and was constantly checking himself out in the mirror. I need a “man’s man”. Things that turn me off; guys who brush their teeth in the shower, general messiness.”
So a “Man’s Man” it is. Hypothetically, let’s say we’ve got this good looking mechanic. How would you feel if he spray-tanned?
“I would not like that at all; I can’t stand guys who spend more time on their appearance than I do! I guess maybe once in a while, but…no. Just no. Go out in the sun!”
What about height requirements for dudes that are trying to “step to you”, if you will?
“I’m almost 5-9, so I do like men on the taller side, six feet at least. But I don’t discriminate.”
Is there anything you see on a guy and you can immediately figure him out? Like, clothes, a watch, anything?
“If they’re trying to be too trendy, I don’t like that. But usually I can tell by personality. If a guy talks about money constantly it’s a huge turn-off. Last night I was out for my girlfriends birthday and this guy was trying to talk to me. And he kept trying to get attention. And finally he handed me a $20 bill and said, ‘Oh – I thought you were our waitress.’ I mean, I’m all decked out in a dress and heels. So, little comments like that are just douchey. ‘I can’t get your attention so I’ll just be a jerk.'”
Does that ever work?
“No! I actually just took the $20 and paid for a cab home.”
Now a serious question. How often in these shoots are they like, “Carrie we need some more boob”?
“(Laughing) Not recently! I don’t think I’ve done anything where they’re like, ‘We need a little more boob, Carrie!'”
Another hypothetical situation; say we’ve got the smoothest guy in the world, ever. How soon could he make a comment about your breasts and not be seen as sleazy?
“Hmm…..I don’t know! I guess it just depends. Maybe if I was drunk and he said it in the way a doctor would say it?”
What’s the coolest experience you’ve had as a result of being a model and being in Playboy?
“I’d say just where I am now with my Pilates studio and the charity work I’ve done with Playboy for Easter called, ‘Bunnies for Bunnies.'”
Getting back now to your body, your “Body of Work”, I bet you’ve never heard that joke, is there anything about your body that you feel insecure about?
“Yes. There are days I feel fat or my jeans are too tight, or tired for sure. I’m pretty confident but definitely have my insecurities like everyone else. I’m really easy-going, I like to wear my sweats on off days, relax, things like that. So there are some things that can make me feel insecure, but nothing out of the ordinary.”
What’s one thing a guy can do besides being really, really, really, really, ridiculously good-looking like Derrick Zoolander to get your attention?
“Anybody who just came over and introduced themselves and didn’t sound like a douchebag would get my attention. Not a guy saying, ‘I own this company, are you my waitress’ etc. Anything other than that!”
Is it weird when dudes come up to you who recognize you from Playboy?
“Generally it’s positive, but it can be weird. It happened last night and it was very creepy and strange. For the most part it’s flattering.”
Carrie Minter Is A Pilates Teacher
What’s the worst thing about being a Hot Babe?
“Probably all the work that goes into it; people don’t realize that! The tanning, the working out, eating. And the way some people judge and react to you because you look a certain way.”
What’s the best thing about being a Hot Babe?
Definitely the opportunities you get to have. I’m kind of modest and I don’t think of myself as the hottest girl though!”
That only makes you hotter. You’re definitely a Hot Babe and I think that has to be acknowledged, Carrie.
You are sweet!
Now, are you my waitress, or who do I tip?
If you’re in the LA area, go and check out her Pilates Studio. Visit the company website at carriespilatesplus.com
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Industrial conglomerate which brought the world Post-It-Notes, 3M (NYSE:MMM) is suffering due to consequences of the trade war between US and China. Besides scotch-tapes, the company also has a drug delivery business and makes pretty much everything, automotive adhesives and touchscreen displays included. And it is also known to regularly buy and sell businesses as part of its strategy. And according to Bloomberg, the newest sale that the company is exploring is of its drug delivery unit. Consequently, shares rose about 4% to $171.01 during the morning trade on Friday.
Divestiture strategy
The St. Paul, Minnesota-based company had its biggest-ever deal by buying a bandage maker this year for $4.4 billion. Last year, it sold a communications business for about $900 million. Its CEO, Mike Roman, spoke on Thursday and although he did not name a business segment in particular, he clearly emphasized that if there is a better ‘natural’ owner out there, the company’s management will divert that asset as part of its strategy to create value for shareholders. What would be strange, however, is that the company would consider selling part of its very bright segment, healthcare. In its latest quarter, total sales of this segment rose 4.7 percent.
On October 24th, third quarter revenue fell below analyst estimates as sales amounted to $8.0 billion, which is a year-on-year drop of 2 percent. The company has cut its full-year profit forecast as many other US corporations who are suffering from the consequences of the intensifying trade war. Its organic local currency sales declined 1.3 percent. But its acquisitions, net of divestitures, increased sales by 0.6 percent.
Due to its diversified business model, this conglomerate belongs to two sectors, the industrial goods and diversified machinery. But, the landscape of both industries is filled with fierce competitors. And its market capitalization of $94.99 billion is not enough to make it invincible. There’s General Electric (NYSE:GE) with historical ties to no other than Thomas Edison, Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) but also many others. And 3M’s transportation and electronics segment sales fell 4.4 percent in the latest quarter. Meanwhile, despite not generating as much profit after accounting for expenses as its peers nor doing such a good job of managing its assets, GE’s stock rose 2.87 percent on Friday, December 6th. Although Wall Street has somewhat mixed reviews, it is overall also a stock with reasonable ROI potential.
Back in the good old days, this was the one company that didn’t have a “Pepsi to its Coca Cola”. By all means, it defied being pigeonholed. But a lot has changed since it was founded in 1902 and after its many innovations that became parts of our everyday lives. Until 2016, it managed to outperformed the market for three consecutive years. But, it is not immune to a weakening macroeconomy that now remains a challenge. And 3M needs to continue improving its operational effectiveness, managing costs, reducing inventory levels but moreover, it needs new innovations to generate strong growth and premium returns.
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On Wednesday, January 8, third quarter earnings and revenue miss caused the share price of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (NASDAQ:BBBY) to plunge 8 percent with the retailer withdrawing fiscal 2019 outlook. On Thursday, stock was down 11 percent in premarket trading.
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Oh, how the mighty have fallen seems as the appropriate phrase to describe net earnings from of $24.4 million from one year ago dropping to a net loss of $38.6 million. Refinitiv expected earnings of 2 cents whereas the retailer delivered an adjusted loss per share of 38 cents. Revenue dropped 9 percent and amounted to $2.76 billion with same store sales dropping 8.3 percent versus the 5 percent expected. Both sales and profitability are expected to remain under heavy pressure in the fourth quarter as well. The retailer found that its results were significantly impacted by the fact Thanksgiving fell later than usual, resulting in one week less of holiday sales.
Tritton’s shakeup
On Monday, the retailer announced that it accomplished a real estate deal that netted the company $250 million in proceeds, what according to Tritton is the first step towards unlocking valuable capital. And only in December, Tritton decided to let six senior executives go and is currently in the recruitment process for their roles. Bed Bath and Beyond’s turnaround strategy is well underway with these swift changes but surely, there are many more to come as some of these executives have been with the company for more than 20 years – so “out with the old, in with the new” it is.
Intense competition
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has vigorously shaken up the retail landscape, but Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) are by no means, left behind, but are in fact doing beyond great as they are successfully luring customers with more attractive websites and speedier shipping. And all of them are selling pretty much all the products that Bed Bath & Beyond has in store, leaving the struggling company in quite a turmoil.
But Amazon is by no means still the emperor sitting on the e-commerce throne as it is literally bleeding out to retain its crown. The world’s biggest online stores is losing money on its sales in order to achieve its shipping policy and in the world of ‘free-shipping’, it seems it could soon be beaten by Walmart, world’s third largest store but America’s largest retailer. And it is growing fast into online retail with its online sales exploding 78 percent up since 2016, but more importantly, now growing twice as fast as Amazon. And here’s the trick, Walmart is using its physical stores as warehouses for online sales. And since these stores are already turning a profit, maintaining extra warehouse space is nothing but a small addition to costs and that makes its strategy far different. Amazon only has 110 warehouses across the US so Walmart will soon have the biggest and more effective shipping network. Although both have great growth potential, Walmart is going full speed ahead in the online retail wars. Not good news for Amazon and especially for poor old Bed Bath & Beyond.
CEO Mark Tritton, a Target veteran who started commanding the ship in October has announced that strategic plans for creating a long-term profitable growth will be revealed within the next two months, showing his discontent with these unsatisfactory results which are more than an imperative for change of the current business model. Bed Bath & Beyond desperately needs a new vision and hopefully, Tritton will be able to deliver it, otherwise things could get even worse.
Walgreens Isn’t Getting Closer to Turning Sickness to Health
Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) reported its first fiscal quarter earnings on Wednesday, January 8 before the market opened. Its profits were harmed by increased competition from online and discount retailers, resulting in less prescriptions. Despite the slow start of 2020, the company hopes to be one of the rare survivals of the intense shakeout that is upon the pharmacy sector and is expected to wipe out thousands in the years to come.
Wall Street expected $34.6 billion in revenue and earnings per share of $1.41. And results fell short of expectations with revenue of $34.34 billion. Net profits declined sharply, 25 percent to be exact to $845 million for the period ended November 30th, 2019. Despite rumours that that the global pharmacy chain could be taken private in a massive leveraged buyout but Chief Executive, Stefano Pessina, didn’t address this speculation but rather emphasized that the company is making a progress in reinventing new services and digitizing its drugstore chain. The company is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in this reinvention while under a massive cost management program. And at least sales went up 1.6 percent. But the weak pharmacy spots cost its shares a consequent fall of 7 percent after the earnings report and even dragged those of rival CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) down 2 percent as investors are concerned that the pressures on reimbursement rates from insurers is likely to make further damage to profits.
Miserable 2019
The pharmacy and retail company ‘won’ the award of worst performer for 2019 when it comes to Dow Jones Industrial Average. S&P gained 27% over the last 12 months whereas Walgreens fell 16 percent. During this everything but memorable fiscal year, Walgreens sales grew just 4% and earnings per shares were down from fiscal 2018.
Along with its rival CVS Health Corp., Walgreens is managing to help itself somewhat by benefiting from many closed up pharmacies and acquiring their customers and consequently, their prescriptions. But, Walgreens itself has closed some of its stores as the company announced in August it will close an additional 200 stores to the already announced shutdown of 750 stores. But Walgreens’ strategy is different to of its rival that aims to attract customers with lower cost personal care items and primary care services. Yet, Pessina is more than confident in Walgreens’ strategic partnership approach, which most recently included expanding its relationship with The Kroger Co (NYSE:KR) in order to include a new group purchasing organisation and simply, cushion the impact from all those blows.
The two strong headwinds that have hampered the company—the falling reimbursement rates insurance companies pay for prescription drugs and the struggles of its retail business aren’t going to change direction anytime soon. Giants known as insurers are pressuring pharmacies on margins and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) along with many other digital competitors are already doing a great job in luring customers. Surely, Walgreens cannot be saved by LED lighting that will save money, which was mentioned by one of its executives during the conference call, but long-term, maybe a very long and severe flu season can help Walgreens in turning its own sickness into health. Yet, Wall Street remains sceptical. Since news broke in November about a possible LBO, the pharmacy chain has now lost all the gains it made since then. One thing is for sure, whoever you are, if you are anywhere near being a pharmacy, it is a very difficult place to be at.
Xerox Continues Pursuit of HP by Showing the Money, $24 billion That Is
On Monday, Xerox Holdings Corp (NYSE:XRX) revealed a financing commitment with the aim to ease concerns that it is unable to fund its HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) buyout proposal. In order to remove any doubt and prove it is capable to take over its much larger rival, Xerox secured binding financing commitments worth $24 billion from Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C), Mizuho Financial Group Inc (NYSE:MFG) and Bank of America (NYSE:BAC).
The Takeover Saga
Xerox has a market cap of $8 billion whereas HP’s kingdom is valued at $30 billion but this isn’t the common ‘big fish eat little fish’ scenario. The $33.5 billion takeover bid was daringly offered by Xerox in early November. This cash-and-stock offer was rejected twice HP who felt that $22 per share is not in the best interest of its shareholders and furthermore, that it significantly undervalues their company. When the executives rejected the proposal yet again in late November, they criticized Xerox’s aggressive approach and questioned its 10 percent decline in revenue since last year, further showing concerns about Xerox’s financial abilities to pursue this merger. But Xerox has now shown publicly its capability to pursue this value enhancing opportunity. And although profitable for now, when it comes to printing, earnings are dropping year after year as both companies are struggling and spinning off different ventures in order to leave this aging business behind. According to Xerox, this deal would save both companies $2 billion in costs over the next two years and would boost revenue for $1.5 billion over the next three years.
Xerox strongly believes that this union would result in valuable synergy to both parties: increasing the addressable market as well as shareholder returns, ease debt and drive innovation that both companies desperately need to survive in the new era as the printing business continues to age. Moreover, Xerox also finds that it is strong in areas where HP has key market gaps, such as managed services. It obviously presented its value-creating case successfully to the big banks, winning their vote of confidence. But what will it take to win over HP? Now that the major concern is resolved, some shareholders might rethink Xerox’s proposal. But here’s an even bigger question. If successful, what does Xerox intend to do with HP’s PC business which accounts for the majority of HP’s revenues, and moreover, why does it want to get further into not only one but two markets that are slowing down? Or maybe Xerox knows something about printing and PCs that we don’t and this very same reason could also be behind HP’s self-confidence. But Xerox has now shown the money and the ability to get its agenda though so this saga is far from over.
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Done Deal: Cliffs group of communities sold to Kiawah owners
Written by Larry Gavrich
For months, rumors have been strong in and around the Cliffs communities in the Carolinas that South Street Partners, the firm that owns the amenities at Kiawah Island, were negotiating to purchase The Cliffs from Arendale Partners. An agreed-upon deal was finally announced late last week. No financial terms were disclosed.
The deal was announced separately by both Arendale and South Street. In their announcement, the new owners indicated that "we acquired all Cliffs Land Partners and Cliffs Club Partners entities previously owned by Arendale Holdings Corp...South Street will oversee the development, management, operations, sales, and marketing for The Cliffs."
The 50 year old South Street Partners maintains more than $1 billion in assets under management and is headquartered in both Charlotte, NC, and Charleston, SC. If they work their magic at The Cliffs as they have done at Kiawah, which they purchased in 2013, Cliffs owners can look forward to enhanced real estate values and a continuation of top-drawer club amenities.
"Since acquiring Kiawah Partners, the master developer of Kiawah Island, SC, in 2013," the South Street letter to Cliffs owners indicated, "median pricing of properties within the community has increased significantly, new home construction is at an all-time high, inventory levels have decreased to the lowest levels in over a decade and sales have topped $1.5 billion."
Prior to Arendale taking over at The Cliffs, the deluxe group of communities had something of a topsy turvy history. Jim Anthony acquired thousands of acres of land in the upstate region of South Carolina and began to build high-end golf communities that attracted well-to-do buyers from the Atlanta area and elsewhere around the country. Drawn by the luxury nature of the amenities Anthony installed inside the gates of the multiple communities -- an equestrian center here, a wellness center there, and beautifully groomed golf courses everywhere -- buyers signed up for club memberships that, at one point, required an initiaion fee of $125,000. Membership was mandatory at the point of property purchase; if you did not choose to join the club, you were not permitted to join it at a later date, and anyone interested in buying your lot or home at a later date could not join the club.
Anthony ran into financial trouble just before the recession started in 2008. A project to build another Cliffs community featuring Tiger Woods' first American design was scrapped as the Anthony real estate empire began to unravel. After a Texas couple, residents of The Cliffs, stepped in with some temporary life-saving injection of cash, Arendale and others combined to purchase some acreage and the amenities, including the golf courses.
A new purchaser must still sign up for membership within a few weeks of closing, but joining fees are now a much more reasonable $50,000, not outrageous when you consider the six clubs and the high standards of maintenance at each. Given South Street's record at Kiawah, we should expect a continuation of those high standards and, at least, some initial investments to enhance the quality of The Cliffs experience.
If you are interested in more information about The Cliffs or an introduction to a professional agent who can provide you with a tour of any of the communities, please contact me.
Gary Player did an excellent job of shaping the Cliffs at Mountain Park course in Travelers Rest, SC, not far from the popular city of Greenville. It is one of the half-dozen layouts included with a Cliffs membership.
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This blog was conceived and is published by me, Larry Gavrich, a former corporate communications executive who founded HomeOnTheCourse, LLC, in 2005. Our firm advises baby boomers and others seeking a lifestyle in which golf is a major component. My wife Connie and I own a home in Connecticut (not on a golf course) and a condo at Pawleys Plantation in Pawleys Island, SC, on a Jack Nicklaus layout. We began our search for our home on the course more than 15 years ago, and the challenges of the search inspired me to research golf communities and write objective reviews of them.
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Disabled mum left broke after 10-year-old son spent thousands on Fortnite
By Holly Richards| 1 year ago
He spent more than $2,000
An online video game has left a disabled single mother with "no money" after her 10-year-old son spent more than £1,000 (AU$1,784) playing Fortnite.
According to Cleo Duckett, from Wales, her son Jayden-Lee used her bank card to spend £1,193.25 (AU$2,129.17) on the popular video game.
The mother-of-two, who is bound to a wheelchair due to polio, only learned she was broke when she checked her bank balance on Friday night.
"I only found out about it all when I went to use the cash machine and there was only £8 left in my account," Duckett told the MailOnline.
"My son started crying and admitted everything that he had done.
"He had used my bank card behind my back, typed my details into his Xbox and bought lots of games on Fortnite.
The single parent receives around £700 (AU$1,251) a month in benefits and has been forced to dip into her son's savings until she is paid her next benefit payment on Thursday.
"I've got to survive five days with no money. It's scary," she said.
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"I've got to buy food and pay for electric and gas and I've been left to manage on my own."
Fortnite is a hugely popular online platform developed by Epic Games.
The game is set in 'contemporary Earth' where the sudden appearance of a worldwide storm causes majority of the world's population to disappear, and zombie-like creatures to rise and attack survivors.
Players connect with friends online to create support teams and 'Microtransations' can be used as in-game currency to upgrade their arsenal.
Duckett claimed she has gone £245 (AU$438) into her overdraft and that the bank is "refusing to help me".
"They said my boy is my responsibility and I am responsible for his actions," Cleo said.
"I'm not a criminal. I haven't stolen the money or spent it on games for myself.
"I've been with the bank for more than 20 years and they're just not helping me at all."
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The distraught mother has also contacted the game makers of Fortnite but is yet to receive a response.
"I'll probably never see that money again," she confessed.
"My boy didn't understand what he was doing - he's only 10.
"He didn't understand that it was real money. He thought he was only getting credits."
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Palestinian Ministry Presses for Investigation of Israeli Killing of Disabled Palestinian
December 6, 2018 4:31 AM Ali Salam Human rights, News brief, News Report, Palestine, Tulkarem, West Bank 0
The killing of 22-year-old disabled Palestinian Mohammad Husam Abdul-Latif Habali by Israeli forces Tuesday has drawn the attention of the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates.
Riyad Malki, the head of the Ministry, issued a statement Tuesday condemning the shooting, and blaming the Israeli government for this “heinous crime”, according to the Palestine News Network.
The statement went on to say that this incident is “a crime added to the series of ongoing crimes and executions committed by the occupation authorities.”
Malki urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation and to bring the killers to trial. However, Israel has refused to sign on to the ICC, and will not allow its citizens to be summoned there to face charges.
The young man who was killed Tuesday was shot in the leg and the head by Israeli forces storming Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank. A video surfaced on social media showing the large amount of blood left on the street.
Video of the moment the young man was shot also appeared on social media, and the video showed the young man walking away from the soldiers and immediately falling down when he was shot.
According to WAFA, Israeli soldiers raided Tulkarem City again on Wednesday morning, seizing the surveillance evidence of the shooting from the restaurant close to the shooting.
WAFA also quoted the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Riyad Malki, speaking to the ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda Wednesday, stating “Any delay in the investigation is a delay in bringing justice and gives the occupying power impunity and more time to commit it daily crimes.”
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Coalition of Community Groups Demand Enforcement of Illinois TRUST Act After Lawsuits Reveal Clear Violations in Two Counties
Contact NIJC Communications Director Tara Tidwell Cullen at (312) 660-1337 or by email.
A coalition of community groups, led by PASO-West Suburban Action Project, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, the National Immigrant Justice Center, the ACLU of Illinois, and Access Living have joined together in launching an effort to ensure uniform enforcement of the Illinois TRUST Act.
The Illinois legislature passed the TRUST Act and immediately took effect on August 28, 2017. The law prohibits local law enforcement from holding or detaining a person based on an administrative hold or “detainer” issued by immigration authorities unless presented with a signed judicial warrant.
The call for TRUST Act enforcement comes after three men recently filed lawsuits against the Sheriffs in Ogle and Stephenson Counties for flagrant violations of the TRUST Act. Each of the men was stopped and arrested for minor traffic infractions. The Sheriffs continued to detain them, even after they had posted bond, until federal immigration authorities came to pick them up.
“The police in Illinois do not work for ICE. People should not be detained because of how they look, what they believe or what paperwork they may or may not have. That’s why I sponsored the Trust Act, and it’s why this law needs to be followed,” said Illinois Senate President John Cullerton.
Plaintiff Marcio Hernandez Rodriguez of Rockford said: “Fue aterrador estar en la cárcel de Ogle County sabiendo que ICE iba a venir a recogerme. Ahora sé que eso también es ilegal. Nadie debería de pasar por esto. Por eso soy parte de esta demanda.” (“It was frightening to be in the Ogle County Jail for days, knowing that ICE was coming to pick me up. Now I know that it was also illegal. No one should have to go through something like this. That is why I am a part of this lawsuit.”)
Along with Mr. Hernandez Rodriguez, Artemio Castillo Arteaga is suing Ogle County, and Pedro Tlapa Castillo is suing the Stephenson County Sheriff’s Office for flagrantly violating the Illinois TRUST Act. The Stephenson County Sheriff held and turned over Mr. Tlapa Castillo to ICE after sheriff’s deputies pulled him over and arrested him for sliding through a stop sign on an icy road.
“Thousands across the State of Illinois called, emailed, marched and went to Springfield to win passage of the TRUST Act,” said Mony Ruiz-Velasco, Executive Director of PASO - West Suburban Action Project. “It is critical that law enforcement -- those charged with enforcing our laws -- obey all laws passed and enacted in Illinois. A county sheriff or local police chief cannot view the TRUST Act as optional.”
Although the Ogle County and Stephenson County litigation is the first known lawsuit of its kind filed under the TRUST Act, many community groups working with populations of newcomers have heard similar reports from other communities. There are documented violations of the TRUST Act in Cicero, Ogle County, Streamwood, and other places across the state. This coalition of groups is demanding that all law enforcement agencies abide by the TRUST Act.
“Our clients came to this country in search of a better life and, through their hard work, have become integral members of their communities. What happened to them was unjust and illegal. We are putting Ogle County, Stephenson County and all other law enforcement agencies on notice – if you violate the TRUST Act, we will find out about it and you will hear from us,” said Aarón Siebert-Llera, Immigrants’ Rights Attorney, ACLU of Illinois.
Lawyers from the ACLU, the National Immigrant Justice Center, and the Chicago office of Schiff Hardin represent Mr. Hernandez Rodriquez, Mr. Castillo Arteaga, and Mr. Tlapa Castillo in the lawsuits announced today.
Supporting Organizations: PASO - West Suburban Action Project, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights, Access Living, Mujeres Latinas en Accion, Unitarian Universalist Advocacy Network of Illinois, the National Immigrant Justice Center, the ACLU of Illinois.
Anna Marin, 312-339-3125, email
Max Bever, 312-201-9740 ext 306, email
Tara Tidwell-Cullen, 312-833-2967, email
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Erythropoietin fails to reverse the anemia in mice continuously exposed to tumor necrosis factor-alpha in vivo
U. Clibon, Lynda Bonewald, J. Caro, G. David Roodman
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF) is a monokine produced by activated macrophages that has cytotoxic and cytostatic effects on erythroid progenitor cells. We have recently shown that Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with the human TNF gene and which constitutively express TNF induced a hypoproliferative anemia, mild thrombocytopenia, and mild leukocytosis when injected into nude mice. We have used this murine model to determine if treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin can prevent or ameliorate the anemia seen with long-term continuous exposure to high concentrations of TNF. Mice bearing TNF-producing tumors became anemic with hematocrits ranging from 30 to 32%. Treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin (100-1000 U/kg body weight three times per week) increased the reticulocyte counts initially in mice bearing TNF-producing tumors but failed to reverse the anemia seen in these animals. Erythropoietin did not significantly increase the number of marrow erythroid colony-forming units (CFU-E) or erythroid burst-forming units (BFU-E) in mice bearing TNF-producing tumors. The data suggest that erythropoietin could not sufficiently overcome the decreased number of erythroid progenitors in mice bearing tumors producing high levels of TNF to correct their anemia.
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Clibon, U., Bonewald, L., Caro, J., & Roodman, G. D. (1990). Erythropoietin fails to reverse the anemia in mice continuously exposed to tumor necrosis factor-alpha in vivo. Experimental Hematology, 18(5), 438-441.
Erythropoietin fails to reverse the anemia in mice continuously exposed to tumor necrosis factor-alpha in vivo. / Clibon, U.; Bonewald, Lynda; Caro, J.; Roodman, G. David.
In: Experimental Hematology, Vol. 18, No. 5, 1990, p. 438-441.
Clibon, U, Bonewald, L, Caro, J & Roodman, GD 1990, 'Erythropoietin fails to reverse the anemia in mice continuously exposed to tumor necrosis factor-alpha in vivo', Experimental Hematology, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 438-441.
Clibon U, Bonewald L, Caro J, Roodman GD. Erythropoietin fails to reverse the anemia in mice continuously exposed to tumor necrosis factor-alpha in vivo. Experimental Hematology. 1990;18(5):438-441.
Clibon, U. ; Bonewald, Lynda ; Caro, J. ; Roodman, G. David. / Erythropoietin fails to reverse the anemia in mice continuously exposed to tumor necrosis factor-alpha in vivo. In: Experimental Hematology. 1990 ; Vol. 18, No. 5. pp. 438-441.
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N2 - Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF) is a monokine produced by activated macrophages that has cytotoxic and cytostatic effects on erythroid progenitor cells. We have recently shown that Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with the human TNF gene and which constitutively express TNF induced a hypoproliferative anemia, mild thrombocytopenia, and mild leukocytosis when injected into nude mice. We have used this murine model to determine if treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin can prevent or ameliorate the anemia seen with long-term continuous exposure to high concentrations of TNF. Mice bearing TNF-producing tumors became anemic with hematocrits ranging from 30 to 32%. Treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin (100-1000 U/kg body weight three times per week) increased the reticulocyte counts initially in mice bearing TNF-producing tumors but failed to reverse the anemia seen in these animals. Erythropoietin did not significantly increase the number of marrow erythroid colony-forming units (CFU-E) or erythroid burst-forming units (BFU-E) in mice bearing TNF-producing tumors. The data suggest that erythropoietin could not sufficiently overcome the decreased number of erythroid progenitors in mice bearing tumors producing high levels of TNF to correct their anemia.
AB - Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF) is a monokine produced by activated macrophages that has cytotoxic and cytostatic effects on erythroid progenitor cells. We have recently shown that Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with the human TNF gene and which constitutively express TNF induced a hypoproliferative anemia, mild thrombocytopenia, and mild leukocytosis when injected into nude mice. We have used this murine model to determine if treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin can prevent or ameliorate the anemia seen with long-term continuous exposure to high concentrations of TNF. Mice bearing TNF-producing tumors became anemic with hematocrits ranging from 30 to 32%. Treatment with recombinant human erythropoietin (100-1000 U/kg body weight three times per week) increased the reticulocyte counts initially in mice bearing TNF-producing tumors but failed to reverse the anemia seen in these animals. Erythropoietin did not significantly increase the number of marrow erythroid colony-forming units (CFU-E) or erythroid burst-forming units (BFU-E) in mice bearing TNF-producing tumors. The data suggest that erythropoietin could not sufficiently overcome the decreased number of erythroid progenitors in mice bearing tumors producing high levels of TNF to correct their anemia.
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Chinese 2,485-Year Tibetan Tree-Ring Study Shows NATURAL CYCLES CONTROL CLIMATE, Predicts Temperatures To COOL Until 2068
December 25, 2011 by Infinite
– Chinese 2,485 year tree ring study shows natural cycles control climate, temps may cool til 2068 (JoNova, Dec. 8, 2011):
A blockbuster Chinese study of Tibetan tree rings by Liu et al 2011 shows, with detail, that the modern era is a dog-standard normal climate when compared to the last 2,500 years. The temperature, the rate of change — it’s all been seen before. Nothing about the current period is “abnormal”, indeed the current warming period in Tibet can be produced through calculation of cycles. Liu et al do a Fourier analysis on the underlying cycles and do brave predictions as well.
In Tibet, it was about the same temperature on at least four occasions — back in late Roman times (those chariots!), then again in the dark ages (blame the collapse of industry), then in the middle ages (the Vikings?), then in modern times (blame the rise of industry).
Clearly, these climate cycles have nothing to with human civilization. Their team finds natural cycles of many different lengths are at work: 2-3 years, 100 years, 199 years, 800 years, and 1,324 years. The cold periods are associated with sunspot cycles. What we are not used to seeing are brave scientists willing to publish exact predictions of future temperatures for 100 years that include rises and falls. Apparently, it will cool til 2068, then warm again, though not to the same warmth as 2006 levels.
On “tree-rings”
Now some will argue that skeptics scoff at tree rings, and we do — sometimes — especially ones based on the wrong kind of tree (like the bristlecone) or ones based on small samples (like Yamal), ones with aberrant statistical tricks that produce the same curve regardless of the data (Mann’s hockey-stick), and especially ones that truncate data because it doesn’t agree with thermometers placed near air-conditioner outlets and in carparks (Mann again). Only time will tell if this analysis has nailed it, but, yes, it is worthy of our attention.
Some will also, rightly, point out this is just Tibet, not a global average. True. But the results agree reasonably well with hundreds of other studies from all around the world (from Medieval times, Roman times, the Greenland cores). Why can’t we do solid tree-ring analysis like this from many locations?
Amplitudes, rates, periodicities and causes of temperature variations in the past 2,485 years and future trends over the central-eastern Tibetan Plateau [Chinese Sci Bull,]
Figure 5 Prediction of temperature trends on the central-eastern Tibetan Plateau for the next 120 years. Blue line, initial series; orange line, calibration series, 464 BC–834 AD; purple line, verification series, 835–1980 AD; red line, forecasting series, 1980–2134 AD. (Click to enlarge)
There are beautiful graphs. Have a look at the power spectrum analysis and the cycles below…
Amplitudes, rates, periodicities and causes of temperature variations in the past 2,485 years and future trends over the central-eastern Tibetan Plateau
Amplitudes, rates, periodicities, causes and future trends of temperature variations based on tree rings for the past 2485 years on the central-eastern Tibetan Plateau were analyzed. The results showed that extreme climatic events on the Plateau, such as the Medieval Warm Period, Little Ice Age and 20th Century Warming appeared synchronously with those in other places worldwide. The largest amplitude and rate of temperature change occurred during the Eastern Jin Event (343–425 AD), and not in the late 20th century. There were significant cycles of 1324 a, 800 a, 199 a, 110 a and 2–3 a in the 2485-year temperature series. The 1324 a, 800 a, 199 a and 110 a cycles are associated with solar activity, which greatly affects the Earth surface temperature. The long-term trends (>1000 a) of temperature were controlled by the millennium-scale cycle, and amplitudes were dominated by multi-century cycles. Moreover, cold intervals corresponded to sunspot minimums. The prediction indicated that the temperature will decrease in the future until to 2068 AD and then increase again.
Figure 1 Tree-ring-based temperature reconstruction for the central-eastern Tibetan Plateau during the past 2485 years (gray line), the 40-year moving average (thick black line) and the 40-year running standard deviation (thin black line); the horizontal line is the mean temperature for the 2485 years. (Click to enlarge)
Figure 2 Power spectrum analysis of the 2485-year temperature series. (Click to enlarge)
Figure 3 Millennium-scale cycle in the temperature variation during the last 2485 years. (Click to enlarge)
Figure 4 Decomposition of the main cycles of the 2485-year temperature series on the Tibetan Plateau and periodic function simulation. Top: Gray line,original series; red line, 1324 a cycle; green line, 199 a cycle; blue line, 110 a cycle. Bottom: Three sine functions for different timescales. 1324 a, red dashed line (y = 0.848 sin(0.005 t + 0.23)); 199 a, green line (y = 1.40 sin(0.032 t – 0.369)); 110 a, blue line (y = 1.875 sin(0.057 t + 2.846)); time t is the year from 484 BC to 2000 AD. (Click to enlarge)
Climate events worldwide, such as the MWP and LIA, were seen in a 2,485-year temperature series. The largest Figure 6 Temperature comparison between the forecast and observation data taken from seven stations on the central-eastern Tibetan Plateau (seven stations: Delingha, Dulan, Golmud, Lhasa, Nagqu, Dachaidan and Bange). amplitude and rate of temperature both occurred during the EJE, but not in the late 20th century. The millennium-scale cycle of solar activity determined the long-term temperature variation trends, while century-scale cycles controlled the amplitudes of temperature. Sunspot minimum events were associated with cold periods. The prediction results obtained using caterpillar-SSA showed that the temperature would increase until 2006 AD on the central-eastern Plateau, and then decrease until 2068 AD, and then increase again. The regularity of 600-year temperature increases and 600-year decreases (Figure 3) suggest that the temperature will continue to increase for another 200 years, since it has only been about 400 years since the LIA. However, a decrease in temperature for a short period controlled by century- scale cycles cannot be excluded. Obviously, solar activity has greatly affected temperature on the central-eastern Plateau. However, there are still uncertainties in our understanding of climate change, and the concentration of CO2 affects the climate. Further investigations are thus needed. –
Liu Y, Cai Q F, Song H M, et al. Amplitudes, rates, periodicities and causes of temperature variations in the past 2485 years and future trends over the central-eastern Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Sci Bull, 2011, 56: 29862994, doi: 10.1007/s11434-011-4713-7 [ Climate Change over the Past Millennium in China.] … Hat Tip: Geoffrey Gold.
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Yeeeargh, that’s not a shut-out argument. Sure, there were swings in temp. before… doesn’t mean our burning of 100’s Billions barrels of oil isn’t having an “artificial” spike now. And the rise will be very, very sharp. By analogy; due to overwhelming probability, every single day many pedestrians get hit by cars in cases often where no fault can be lain other than bad luck or “misadventure”. That doesn’t mean we should keep letting off without charge some truck-driving psycho who has a fascination with running people over… Time and statistics will show what’s natural or not. But then it might be too late.
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Hangar 1: Is the Extraterrestrial Government hiding in this Base?
For years it has been speculating about what is stored inside this hangar or maximum security complex. Citizens of the area do not fail to highlight the strange activity, the schedules to which you begin to see maneuvers or strange things within said complexes. Even causing an incredible unease among the population as uncertainty that may be what they have at hand, the governments and these supposed extraterrestrial entities.(Extraterrestrial Government hiding)
Investigator Phil Schneider aroused a great deal of controversy with his statements about aliens, and in particular what he said about a being named Valiant Thor at a conference back in 95, where he said that while working in the government’s secret operations, he met with the aforesaid Valiant.
“Valiant Thor seems human, but it has some important physiological differences and above all comes from Venus. He allegedly worked for the US government. from the year 37 “. At least this is the story told by Schneider, a geologist and engineer who said he had Level 1 security clearance on the government’s secret projects. He helped build underground military bases and worked at the famous Area 51 base.
“It came in 1937, but sometime in the 1950s it left Earth on its spaceship,” wrote Frank E. Stranges. “Thor was about 2 meters tall, had brown hair, clear eyes and six fingers in each hand. I was about 500 years old, IQ of 1200 and the blood system was like an octopus. But the most surprising thing was that he could speak about 100 languages. ”
There are few military men who have talked about aliens as explicitly as Schneider. But there are also many who have believed in Schneider after watching his videos, as Gordon Duff, who called him a “UFO Phenomenon Real Disclosure Exhibitor”, said in an issue of Veterans Today magazine. Sadly, Schneider was found dead in his apartment on January 17, 1996 under suspicious circumstances. Many believe he was killed despite the fact that it was reported that he was dealing with a suicide.
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Home News Press Room Robby Moses and Clayton Miller Crowned Iron-Man Series Champions
Robby Moses and Clayton Miller Crowned Iron-Man Series Champions
Richard Allen December 4, 2019 December 4, 2019 Press Room
Robby Moses was the Iron-Man Late Model champion
SOMERSET, KENTUCKY (December 3, 2019)—The 2019 season for the Schaeffer’s Oil Iron-Man Late Model Series presented by DirtonDirt and the Brucebilt Iron-Man Open Wheel Series officially came to a close after the cancellation of the Leftover Race which was scheduled for November 30th at 411 Motor Speedway.
With the cancellation, Robby Moses of Maryville, Tenn. was crowned the 2019 Iron-Man Late Model Series Champion. Moses’ lone victory came on June 21st at Wartburg (Tenn.) Speedway. Moses claimed three top-five finishes and eight top-ten finishes during the 10-race campaign. Moses drives for Double Down Motorsports and earned $2,000 for his series title. Moses earned a total of $11,925 this season on the tour.
Joseph Faulkner of Fayetteville, Tenn. finished second in the series points and finished with one top five and six top-ten finishes. He earned $6,110 this season on the tour. His best finish was third at Clarksville Speedway on March 2nd during the Tuckasee Toilet Bowl Classic. Joseph drives for Robby Faulkner.
Joey Standridge of Tellico Plains, Tenn., the defending tour champion, finished third in the final points and earned $4,895 this season while on his way to three top-ten finishes. His best finish came on March 2nd at Clarksville Speedway where he finished sixth.
Casey Turman of LaFayette, Ga. finished fourth in the point standings but did not attend every race. During eight feature races, he finished in the top-ten twice with his best finish coming on August 24th at 411 Motor Speedway where he finished sixth in the feature event. He earned $3,485 but also earned a free ‘Cruise with the Champions’ cruise sponsored by Cindy Knowles, series supporter.
The Late Model series saw nine different winners during the ten-race season. Ashton Winger claimed two victories (Crossville and Smoky Mountain) while single paydays went to Brian Shirley (Clarksville), David Seibers (Clarksville), Jimmy Owens (411 Motor Speedway), Robby Moses (Wartburg), Kyle Strickler (Tazewell), Chase King (411 Motor Speedway), Dakotah Knuckles (Tazewell) and David Payne (Tri-County). The average car count for the season was 21. The highest car count of 28 came on May 27 at 411 Motor Speedway. A total of $171,270 was paid out in prize money including money from the points fund.
Clayton Miller was the Iron-Man Modified champion
Clayton Miller of Elkton, Ky. claimed his second series title in the Brucebilt Performance Iron-Man Open Wheel Series. He was a two-time winner this season while driving for Richard Elliott. Miller claimed seven top-five finishes and seven top-ten finishes. Miller earned $2,000 for his series title. Miller’s grand total this season was $7,610 for the eight races.
Jesse Rupe of Sophia, W.V. finished second in the final points garnering five top-five finishes and seven top-ten finishes. His earnings was $3,795 this season. Rupe’s best finish of the season came on August 10th at Wartburg Speedway where he finished second.
Amos Bunch of Wartburg, Tenn. finished third in the final points where he earned $2,810 and rallied to four top-five finishes and seven top-ten finishes. His best finish of the season came at Tri-County Race Track on May 3rd where he finished second.
Wayne James of Newport, Tenn. finished fourth in the final points where he earned $2,355 and had two top-five finishes and seven top-ten finishes. His best finish of the season came at Tazewell Speedway on September 1st where he finished third.
Rick Standridge of Vonore, Tenn. finished fifth in the final points where he earned $1,845 during the season and captured two top-five finishes and five top-ten finishes. His best finish of fourth came on June 15th at I-75 Raceway.
Tyler James of Newport, Tenn. only missed one race but finished sixth in the final points where he earned $1,000 during the season. He captured one top-five finish and two top-ten finishes on the tour. His best finish of fifth came at Tri-County Race Track on May 3rd.
The Open Wheel Series saw six different winners in eight races ran. Clayton Miller claimed two paydays, both coming at Tri-County Race Track. Ricky Arms also claimed two victories (Smoky Mountain and Tazewell) with single victories going to Tyler Nicely (Clarksville), Ryan Ayers (I-75 Raceway), Ricky Tinch (Wartburg) and Taylor Cook (411 Motor Speedway). The average car count was 18 for the season and the highest car count came during the season opener on March 2nd at Clarksville Speedway where 40 entrants filled the pits. A total of $44,015 was paid out in prize money including money from the points fund.
The Iron-Man Series would like to thank the following sponsors and supporters for making the 2019 season another huge success: Schaeffer’s Oil, Brucebilt Performance, Custom Suspension, American Race Tires, Hoosier Tire South, AR Bodies, DirtonDirt, Wiles Driveshafts, Knowles Race Parts & Bodies, Cruise with the Champions and VP Racing Fuels.
Final Late Model Series Points:
Robby Moses-1,872
Joseph Faulkner-1,782
Joey Standridge-1,742
Casey Turman-1,536
Donald McIntosh-926
Final Open Wheel Series Points:
Clayton Miller-1,552
Jesse Rupe-1,506
Amos Bunch-1,492
Wayne James-1,476
Rick Standridge-1,335
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Japanese Workers Are Very Upset About Their Upcoming 10-Day Holiday
It’s no secret that Japan is an industrious nation. The place has some of the longest working hours in the world, with nearly one quarter of companies requiring employees to work more than 80 hours of overtime a month, according to CNBC.
Moreover, a 2017 survey by Expedia Japan found workers only used about half of the vacation days owed to them, and 63 percent felt guilty for taking paid leave. That might go some way towards explaining why so many Japanese people are freaking out about the prospect of a 10-day holiday, set to take place later this month. The extended break begins in Japan on April 27th—in honour of the emperor’s abdication from the throne—before coinciding with the traditional “Golden Week” holiday in early May, The Guardian reports. It’s an unprecedented amount of time off for a population that spends so much of their waking life on the job. And workaholics around the country are none too pleased by the news.
A recent survey by local publication Asahi Shumbun found that 45 percent of Japanese people “felt unhappy” about the lengthy vacation, with a mere 35 percent admitting they “felt happy” to take the time off, NDTV reports. Part of that is a result of people being on non-regular contracts, with many worried they stand to lose income over the break. Some parents in the service sector are also worried about finding after-school carers and nurseries that are open for their kids. But other people simply don’t know what to do with their time off.
“To be honest, I don’t know how to spend the time when we are suddenly given 10 days of holidays,” said 31-year-old finance worker Seishu Sato. “If you want to go travelling, it’s going to be crowded everywhere and tour costs have surged… I might end up staying at my parents’ place.”
Japanese workers may have to get more comfortable with the idea of a holiday though, with a new law taking effect this month requiring employees who are due 10 days or more of paid vacation to take at least five days off a year.
Keizo Ishii, head of Expedia Japan, told Nikkei Asian Review that while this is a step towards addressing the problems of the country’s intensive working culture—which has recently resulted in incidents of karoshi, or death through overwork—the upcoming break at the end of April isn’t helping the guilt workers feel for taking leave.
“The revised law may help Japanese workers take more paid holidays, at least on the surface, but many may feel awkward taking more days off since the government decided to create a 10-day Golden Week holiday in late April and early May,” he said. “We have to change the mentality of feeling guilty for taking days off.”
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Molecular cloning and characterization of an adherence-related operon of Mycoplasma genitalium.
S P Reddy, W G Rasmussen, J B Baseman
S P Reddy
Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 78284-7758, USA.
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J B Baseman
DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.20.5943-5951.1995
Adhesins and adhesin-related accessory proteins of pathogenic mycoplasmas are required for cytadherence and the subsequent development of disease pathology. The classic example has been Mycoplasma pneumoniae, which causes primary atypical pneumonia in humans. Mutants of M. pneumoniae defective in adhesins (P1 and P30) or in adherence-accessory proteins (HMW1 through HMW4) are unable to colonize host tissues and are avirulent. Mycoplasma genitalium, implicated in nongonococcal, nonchlamydial urethritis, pneumonia, arthritis, and AIDS progression, was found to encode a 140-kDa adhesin that shared both DNA and protein sequence similarities with P1, a major adhesin of M. pneumoniae. In this report, we show that M. genitalium possesses additional homolog sequences to well-characterized adherence-related genes and proteins of M. pneumoniae. The M. genitalium homologs are designated P32 and P69 and correspond to P30 and HMW3 of M. pneumoniae, respectively (J. B. Baseman, p. 243-259, in S. Rottem and I. Kahane, ed., Subcellular biochemistry, vol. 20. Mycoplasma cell membranes, 1993, and D. C. Krause, D. K. Leith, R. M. Wilson, and J. B. Baseman, Infect. Immun. 35:809-817, 1982). Interestingly, the operon-like organizations of P32 and P69 in the M. genitalium genome are similar to the organizations of P30 and HMW3 genes of M. pneumoniae, suggesting that the conservation of these adherence-related genes and proteins might have occurred through horizontal gene transfer events originating from an ancestral gene family.
Journal of Bacteriology Oct 1995, 177 (20) 5943-5951; DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.20.5943-5951.1995
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Bestselling writer Daniel Abraham and acclaimed illustrator Tommy Patterson bring their stunning graphic-novel adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s classic A Game of Thrones to a stunning finish that merits a place alongside the majestic original on the bookshelf of every fantasy fan. The death of King Robert Baratheon and the imprisonment of his Hand, Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell, has set the great houses of Westeros at one another’s throats. In Winterfell, Eddard’s eldest son and heir, Robb Stark, has gathered an army and is pushing south, determined to free his father. Along the way, he pledges to marry the daughter of Lord Walder Frey in exchange for a military advantage that allows him to capture Jaime Lannister—a powerful bargaining chip to ensure Lord Eddard’s safe release. But it is one thing to capture the Kingslayer and quite another to hold him. Meanwhile, in King’s Landing, young King Joffrey has other ideas than an exchange of prisoners. Ignoring the advice of his mother, Queen Cersei, he throws oil on the flames of conflict and ignites a conflagration that seems likely to consume not only the Starks but all of Westeros—unless Tyrion Lannister, the Imp, can bring the mad boy-king to heel. Beyond the Wall, greater dangers are brewing, as a winter as brutal as any in history approaches, bringing with it unnatural creatures out of legend. There, Eddard’s bastard, Jon Snow, must decide once and for all where his loyalties lie. And across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen will learn the true measure of grief—and emerge from its fiery depths transformed, hardened, and ready to claim what is hers by right: the Iron Throne.
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In 1912, 30 charitable organizations came together as United Jewish Charities with the mission of providing financial assistance to those in need. The organization also aided victims of influenza epidemic, helped immigrants with child welfare ,helped with interest free loans, medical and legal aid and burial assistance. In 1926 United Jewish Charities formed and affiliation with the Greater Hartford Community Chest , a relationship that still continues today with the United Way. By 1940 the name became United Jewish Social Services. This reflected the fact that the Social Security Act relieved private agencies of having to provide financial assistance to families with long term financial need. This allowed the organization to move toward its focus on family service. The organization also absorbed the German Jewish Refugee Committee and aided in resettlement by the late 1930s.
From 1940 - 1960 the agency’s work also grew to include foster care placement, summer camp for children and resettling of Cuban refugees. In 1968 the agency became Jewish Family Service and subsequently Jewish Family Services of Greater Hartford. From 1960 - 1980 new programs included resettlement of Soviet Jews, marital, family and parent counseling, adoption services, family life education, outreach to inter-married couples and coordination of services to older adults. In 1981 JFS first received national accreditation from the Council on Accreditation for Family and Children’s Service Agencies.
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Kohala High students explain the importance of having talent shows
Deja Ann Ramos prepares for the K-Factor Talent Show.
Daryl Diaz
Daryl Diaz, Staff
Kohala High School will be presenting a talent show early November, especially after the success of last year’s show. Last year, Kohala High’s talent showcase for the community was titled “Kohala’s Got Talent.” The showcase consisted of singing, dancing, comedian acts, and stand up comedy. There were no prizes or winners in the previous talent show. It was all in the fun of performing. This year’s talent show will have awards for first, second, and third place, along with an audience choice award.
Jasmine Santana, sophomore, performed in last year’s show and will be performing in this year’s talent show. “I thought last year’s talent show was fun! I have performed many times before, but it was the first time in front of my community, which made it scary.” She believes it is important to have events like talent shows because it gives students a chance to show their talents aside from academics or athletics.
Deja Ramos, junior, also feels having talent shows are important. “People hide their talents and sometimes lose it when they don’t show. It’s good to let it out.” She also performed in last year’s show and will be singing this year.
Students who are in the audience also believe it is very important. An anonymous student says, “It’s a great opportunity to learn talents about your peers that you might have not known and for any student to get a chance to be involved and show what they got.”
Both, Santana and Ramos, are very excited for the upcoming talent show, the K-FACTOR, it will be a contest with prizes and winners. Ramos says, “I’m excited about it being a competition. Last year it was just about fun, this year its about fun and good rivalry, though the main aspect is to have fun and bring students together through our talents.”
This year’s talent show will be on Thursday, November 10, 2011 in Kohala High’s Cafeteria.
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We need to start talking about who is gathering our personal information and how they are using it.
Jagat Bahadur Kunwar
Published at : August 2, 2019
Updated at : August 2, 2019 14:52
It is quite challenging to work as a researcher in Nepal. I had made repeated requests to a UN-based organisation, a US-based think tank and a Nepal-based non-governmental organisation for the raw data they had collected during the survey of a marginalised community. While these institutions did not expressly deny the request, most of the representatives I contacted dodged the issue under one pretext or another. This situation raises some important concerns.
First, the stated mission of these organisations is to empower the community concerned. But it is not possible to empower the community if they are not willing to share the data that concerns our local communities. Second, the report is published in English. So who is the targeted audience? Third, the data has been used to publish at least one journal article which is behind a paywall. What sort of transparency are we talking about? Fourth, there is a need to verify the survey findings because their accuracy has been questioned. There should, therefore, be checks and balances for the claims made.
Lack of transparency
This is a reflection specifically of researches being conducted by non-governmental organisations and international non-governmental organisations in Nepal and broadly of the issue of data privacy. Barring some obvious exceptions, the issue of empowerment seems to be a masquerade for a few select foreigners to further their research careers. It is more so when there is a lack of transparency of the source data, and the findings are reported in an inaccessible medium and language. In the case in question, the community was mobilised for collecting the data concerning themselves. Could it be that a marginalised community is being exploited as a begging bowl for external funding?
As researchers, journalists, concerned citizens, representatives of our particular communities and unbiased observers, we need to check the validity of the claims made so that they do not become a pretext for those without a genuine concern for the research subjects to further their academic careers. Most researches deal with marginalised communities without the ability to access their own information and understand the consequences of the research. Without question, these people are also unaware of the particulars of research ethics and data privacy, even if they are provided with a consent form. Paradoxically, those who ‘own’ the data in the real sense have the least authority over how the information regarding them is represented and utilised.
As citizens, we are constantly bombarded with direct requests for our personal information through survey mediums. Our online and social media behaviours are tracked through indirect and more insidious means without our express consent. But most of us seem oblivious to who is collecting our private data. Neither do we know who is profiting from it. What’s more, we have barely reflected on the compatibility of the data collected with the stated intent. As citizens, we need to be aware of these activities and protest techniques that violate our privacy. One is prone to discard these concerns as a case of extreme paranoia, but that does not make it any less important. It is petrifying to imagine a situation when the data reaches the wrong hands.
This is even more alarming in the Nepali context as there are no appropriate regulatory frameworks to monitor data privacy. The few that exist are antiquated. Very recent regulatory guidelines such as the Individual Privacy Act 2018 are trying to catch up with established protocols such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development guidelines and EU General Data Protection Regulations. Further, the provisions are woefully inadequate with regard to digital privacy. They are not geared towards academically-oriented researches at all. they also do not effectively regulate the key sectors handling large amounts of consumer data such as internet service providers and mobile service providers, especially those with significant foreign shares. Overall, awareness, dissemination and implementation of such provisions are minimal.
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On the other hand, a well-designed database of citizens can facilitate handling of administrative processes efficiently, and help design extremely effective targeted policies. For instance, single social security identification and other secure authentication tools enable citizens in the Nordic countries to complete and submit government forms online. A police officer can detect whether the driver of a vehicle on the move has paid the road tax by referring to its registration number.
Of course, there is a danger of overstepping the line towards a dystopian ‘panopticon’, but there is no doubt that an efficient and effective civil infrastructure is based on the foundation of a well-managed citizen database. As policymakers and representatives of the government, it is high time we focused on strengthening data privacy concerns and building a database infrastructure which enables personalised services to citizens. Data collection and privacy are important concerns for not only researchers but also citizens, businesses and the government in general. Before we have to face undesirable or even unforeseen events, it would be prudent to initiate a discourse concerning these practices seriously.
Kunwar works as a lecturer at the South-Eastern University of Applied Sciences at the Hanken School of Economics, Finland.
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Pussy Riot launches a prisoners rights center in Russia, demands freedom in Wisconsin
Published on March 17, 2014 March 17, 2014 by khalper
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Pussy Riot is opening a prisoners rights center in Russia and engaging in transnational solidarity with… Wisconsin.
Thursday, released (Ed note: former) Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina launched a center for prisoners’ rights in Mordovia, a region 320 miles southeast of Moscow, which is notorious for its numerous and cruel penal colonies. It was in Mordovia’s Penal Colony No 14 that Tolokonnikova spent the majority of her two-year sentence. As a prisoner there, she went on hunger strike on more than one occasion to protest the “slavery-like conditions.” Tolokonnikova estimates that Mordovia “has probably the most scary network of camps, and we know that from experience…our activity is strictly to support human rights.” And Alyokhina explains, ”We have talked a lot about these camps, what the situation is in various areas and we came to the conclusion that Mordovia needs a rights office more than anyone…. They can beat you or finally beat you to death and no one will know about it…”
The center, whose director Vladimir Rubashny is a former prison psychologist, has a hotline for the victims of prison abuse as well as their relatives and offers legal advice. Rubashny said, ”People are being turned into cattle, they are forced to become even worse and therefore the re-offending rate is one of the highest in the world….”I would really like the situation in Mordovia to change although there is a huge amount of work to do.”
But Pussy Riot isn’t limiting itself to its home turf. Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina are urging Wisconsin’s Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to drop the cases against over 400 people arrested last summer for singing in the Capitol rotunda to protest Governor Scott Walker’s plan attack on public workers’ collective bargaining rights. The two members appear in a video released on Tuesday and say (in Russian):
Solidarity with Wisconsin. Use music to change the world in the direction you want it to change. Music touches people and makes them act…. Solidarity forever.
You can show your solidarity and support here.
It would be relatively easy for Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina to leave Russia, since they case attracted attention from media, human rights organizations and celebrities around the world. And yet they remain in their country, where, just last week, they were attacked in a McDonalds is Moscow by men who threw garbage and paint on them and told them to “go to America.” During the Sochi Games, they were beaten, punched and whipped by Cossacks working for the Russian government. But they remain. It would also be easy to stay focused on Russia, where they have their work cut out for them. But they are engaging in transnational solidarity. And their focus on Wisconsin reminds us that, for all our condemnation of Russia and blind American exceptionalism, our own country is no stranger to state violence.
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On the Eve of Author: With Adam Byatt
Posted on May 31, 2012 by Jodi Cleghorn
Strange things happened out here… like when you and your writing partner find yourselves on the precipice of writing your first full length novel on the same day without actually planning to do so!
We’ve been writing Post Marked: Pipers Reach since the start of January. At the time Adam was preparing his novel and looking forward to taking his long service leave to write. I on the other hand was still sorting myself out. By the time I had myself straightened out and decided to clock off time to write a novel, Adam was well into his planning.
Across the last three weeks we’ve been texting “to do lists” to each other in the morning, keeping each other on track as we both worked to reach a June 1st start date. So I feel charmed to be standing (virtually) with Adam tonight, should to shoulder… equal parts excited and shit-scared…. ready to do it. Really, do it!
Tomorrow we descend into our bat caves of creativity (one in Brisbane and one in Sydney), throw on our “will-be author” capes (mine’s an eye catching red and comes with fingerless gloves attached on strings) and hammer down the highway, word counts ticking over like the speedo on the batmobile.
But before we do, a few words from Adam, after I wet-willied him into submission and he agreed to answer a few questions on what happens next.
Tell us a little about your novel eagerly waiting in the wings?
This novel was a seed planted about six, maybe seven, years ago. Over the years I have had different ideas as to what form it might take when it broke the surface, from poem to picture book to short story (I have a half finished multimedia novella based on a similar concept to finish at a later date). Now it has germinated into a novel.
In my flash fiction and short stories I explore facets of people’s everyday existence and see how they play out. Even the most “average” of characters has a complexity of life, reflected in multiple shades of colour, not simple black and white. I call this “suburban realism.” It sounds less pretentious and avoids the narcissistic overtones of calling it literary fiction. And I can’t write literary fiction–whatever it’s supposed to look like.
Parallel Lines follows the life of Sarah McDonald and her relationships with her mother, Marie and eldest daughter, Elizabeth. Anxiety and depression plague Sarah’s life, leading to an act of self-harm that leaves her clinging to life. She is found by Elizabeth and it forces her to confront her mental state. Sarah’s decision to enter into a psychiatric hospital at the beginning of the school year has major implications for Elizabeth.
While in hospital Sarah begins a journal, while Elizabeth begins a blog. Each woman chronicles her response to the event and how it impacts on her life. Sarah looks for the answers in the relationship with her mother while Elizabeth wonders if she will replicate the life of her mother, particularly as she is in the final year of high school.
How does mental illness affect a person and their relationship with family and friends? Should it be kept in the private world or can it be shared in the public sphere?
How would you encapsulate each major character in your novel in a single sentence?
Sarah is a 42 year-old mother, an accountant and pianist who understands patterns and systematic order, whose life begins to fall apart when mental illness usurps her understanding of who she is, sending her into a self-destructive cycle.
Elizabeth, Sarah’s 17 year-old daughter in her last year of high school, picks up the pieces dropped by her mother and tries to work out if the picture she is putting together is a reflection of what she will become while attempting to create an understanding of herself.
What preparation have you done prior to writing?
I am a little OCD in some things and the idea of writing a novel without prior planning and a blank page sends my underpants into a state of disrepair. I doubt that those novelists who “pants” their novels haven’t thought long and hard about what they are going to write.
Using Karen Weisner’s book, “First Draft in 30 Days” was my way of constructing a viable narrative. Modifying the activities in Weisner’s plan gave me a strong novel outline to tinker with. It resembles a long rambling essay, without dialogue and description, but it had the key events written out.
I had key points serving as markers for the division of Acts 1, 2 and 3, and built the framework around that. After one version I printed it off, read through it and scribbled notes in the margin of new scenes, fleshing out subplots or tightening the tension for the characters. Add in the new notes and details, print and re-read. Rinse and repeat as necessary.
I needed a road map, directions to follow, so even if my characters take a divergent stroll through a random street, I can bring them back. However, I am prepared to change the story if the tangent makes a stronger narrative.
Will you have a daily word count to keep you on track or do you write until you feel you’ve done enough?
My (idealistic) aim is 3,000 words a day, following the Stephen King model of putting my backside in a chair and not getting out until the word count is reached. I’ve set aside June as the month to complete my novel (taking long service leave to do so). It was not my original plan, but the death of a relative changed the first few weeks of my planning and involved rescheduling. This would mean a novel of 90,000 words, yet it if comes under or goes over, I have no problem with that, although anything less than 75,000 and I’ll feel a little cheated.
Where do you see yourself this time next week? What’s the biggest obstacle you face in the next 10 days?
By this time next week, I hope to have crossed the 20,000 word mark, about the end of Act 1. This weekend I have 3 shows to play (a previous commitment) so that takes a large chunk of the weekend and limits writing time, but I’ll put in what I can.
The biggest obstacle I face is maintaining momentum. And not procrastinating.
After having had this idea in my head for so long, I fear I will not be able to do it justice. I hope the vision I have for this novel will come to pass on the page in front of me.
My interview On the Last Day of Being Something Other Than Writer is here.
Adam is an English teacher and occasional drummer sifting through the ennui, minutiae and detritus of life and cataloguing them as potential story ideas. They are pretty much a pad of sticky notes on the fridge door. Occasionally he finds loose change. He inhabits twitter as @revhappiness and writes flash fiction and blogs at A Fullness in Brevity
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Eighty Nine
Available today in full and free at Amazon USA and Amazon UK.
When it came time to create the third Literary Mix Tapes, I wanted to do something different. I wanted to do an actual “mix tape” and base it in a single year.
I chose 1989 for many reasons, but the core of the inspiration came several years ago when I ran across someone from my high school days on Facebook and I was given a small insight to what might have been that year. A novel idea immediately followed, but in the interim I created EIGHTY NINE and wrote “Cocaine, My Sweetheart” which is a small glimpse into what that novel might be one day.
A Playlist of Champions
I asked all the authors from Nothing But Flowers if they’d nominate a song from 1989. Those 26 songs created the backbone of the anthology. There is everything from Bon Jovi to Bob Dylan on the list… and just about everything in between, from hit to obscurities. I contributed Deacon Blue’s “Real Gone Kid” and I find myself wondering what Rebecca Dobbie may have written had I chosen Madonna’s “Express Yourself”.
Constructing EIGHTY NINE
The interpretation of the theme by the authors is as varied and colourful as the music and events of the time. ~ Alan Baxter
I struggled to succinctly articulate my vision for EIGHTY NINE. I started the project just before my first fall into depression last year. It was frustrating when the concept for Nothing But Flowers had been so easy to share. So I told the authors they had to create a story using:
the song they’d be randomly assigned
an event from 1989
spec-fic parametres
A Rolling Stone Gathers….
By using lyrics to inspire authors, editor extraordinaire Jodi Cleghorn has compiled a body of work that doesn’t have a single cementing theme… In a way it led to the creation of its own theme: a bunch of writers having a whole heap of fun. ~ Zena Shapter
It was one of those experiences (of which I seem to be accumulating) where stepping away from the concept allowed authors and their stories to blossom across genres which include, but are not limited to, alternative history, horror, science fiction, urban fantasy, paranormal fiction, cyberpunk, ghost stories and modern mythology.
Who You’ll Find
Journeying into worlds populated by book-burning terrorists and shape-shifting political activists, by ghosts, vampires, devils and a cybernetic freedom crusader with one last trick to play, “Eighty-Nine” is a testament to the imagination. ~ Zena Shapter
There are some brilliant characters in EIGHTY NINE: creepy wax workers, a lost Russian soul, a revolutionary who is more than the sum of his parts, a Japanese seer who is consort to the Emperor, a band of futuristic criminals looking for the ultimate jailbreak, a book-loving air-guitar playing priest, aliens in the skin of secret police and a vampire with tragic imprinting.
Some of my all-time favourite stories are in this anthology. It was a pleasure to publish stories from a number of authors I’ve worked with for a long time, who really producing tour de forces for this anthology.
Why Am I Blathering About EIGHTY NINE?
Today for the first time EIGHTY NINE is available in full and free at Amazon USA and Amazon UK. You don’t need a Kindle to read it. You can read it on your phone, tablet or computer with a quick click of one of the nifty Kindle apps.
So you want the official low down…
Blurb (abridged)
Eighty Nine re-imagines the social, political, cultural and personal experiences at the end of the decade which gave the world mullets, crimped hair, neon-coloured clothing, acid-wash denim, keytars, the walkman, Live Aid, the first compact disc and MTV.
Ashes to Ashes – Adam Byatt
Shrödinger’s Cat – Dale Challener Roe
Diavol – Devin Watson
Nowhere Land – Maria Kelly
Chronicle Child – Lily Mulholland
Angelgate – Tanya Bell
All I Wanted – Rob Diaz
Drilling Oil – Kaolin Imago Fire
30 Years in the Bathroom – Icy Sedgwick
Amir – Benjamin Solah
Over the Wall in a Bubble – Susan May James
Disintegration – Stacey Larner
Choices – Laura Eno
Divided – Emma Newman
Blueprints in the Dark – Rebecca Dobbie
Eighteen for Life – Jo Hart
New Year, Old Love – Jim Bronyaur
Solider Out of Time – Laura Meyer
The Story Bridge – Josh Donellan
If I Could Turn Back Time – Alison Wells
An Exquisite Addition – Paul Anderson
Maggie’s Rat – Cath Barton
The Banging on the Door – Jonathan Crossfield
Now Voyager II – Monica Marier
Cocaine, My Sweetheart – Jodi Cleghorn
Paragon – Jason Coggins
Go forth and enjoy some truly amazing stories and if you are inclined, consider leaving a review or rating on Amazon USA, Amazon UK or Goodreads.
Next week’s free promo is Emma Newman’s FROM DARK PLACES. A truly nifty pick up considering the gorgeous Emma has just signed a three book deal with Angry Robot for her Split World project (which is the world her story, Divided from EIGHTY NINE, is bound in).
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Fabric by Jessica Bell
Today I’m celebrating the release of Jessica Bell’s new poetry collection, Fabric. Yes, I said poetry… but don’t run away!
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Jessica (she has a powerful story “Muted” in the upcoming Tiny Dancer anthology and my vignette “Intersected” appeared in the second edition of Vine Leave) and immersing myself in String Bridge and it’s accompanying soundtrack. I’ve also come to know Jessica in the past nine months and admire her not only as a multi-talented artist, but as a passionate woman who just makes you feel good about yourself.
It’s through knowing Jessica and admiring her work I’ve been brave enough to read and enjoy poetry again, and contemplate it as an alternate creative outlet to prose.
Since you haven’t closed the tab at the mention of POETRY, or my cheer squad blather about just how wonderful Jessica is, please take the time to read the little note by the author herself…
My poetry will not baffle you with phrasing that scholars award for academic genius and that can only be understood by those who wrote it. My poetry is for the everyday reader. In fact, it is even for those who don’t like to read poetry at all. Because it is real, stark and simple.
The poems in Fabric are no different. They explore specific moments in different people’s lives that are significant to whom they have become, the choices they’ve made. It’s about how they perceive the world around them, and how each and every one of their thoughts and actions contributes to the fabric of society. Perhaps you will even learn something new about yourself.
So, even if you do not usually read poetry, I urge you to give this one a go. Not because I want sales (though, they are fun!), but because I want more people to understand that not all poetry is scary and complex. Not all poetry is going to take you back to high school English, and not all poetry is going make you feel “stupid”.
You can still say to people that you don’t read poetry … I really don’t mind. Because if you read Fabric, you’re not reading poetry, you’re reading about people. And that’s what reading is about, yes? Living the lives of others?
Please support the life of poetry today by spreading the news about Fabric. Hey, perhaps you might even like to purchase a copy for yourself? The e-book is only $1.99 and the paperback $5.50.
Here are the links:
Let’s keep poetry alive! Because not all poetry is “dead” boring … Jessica says so!
About Jessica Bell:
If Jessica Bell could choose only one creative mentor, she’d give the role to Euterpe, the Greek muse of music and lyrics. And not because she currently lives in Greece, either. The Australian-native author, poet and singer/songwriter/guitarist has her roots firmly planted in music, and admits inspiration often stems from lyrics she’s written.
She is the Co-Publishing Editor of Vine Leaves Literary Journal, and co-hosts the Homeric Writers’ Retreat & Workshop on the Greek Isle of Ithaca, with Chuck Sambuchino of Writer’s Digest.
For more information about Jessica Bell, please visit:
String Bridge (a novel)
Homeric Writers’ Retreat & Workshop
Vine Leaves
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Nothing But Flowers Free Until Friday on Kindle
This is the second week of eMergent Publishing’s 90 Day Promo [insert additional hypey weasel word marketing talk] Bonanza full of wonderful freebies. This week it’s Nothing But Flowers: Tales of Post-Apocalyptic Love up for grabs, nada, for your reading enjoyment.
You can drop into Amazon US or Amazon UK and with a single click, get a copy and enter into the world of love after the end of the world.
In a devastated world, a voice calls out through the darkness of space, a young woman embraces Darwin, a man lays flowers in a shattered doorway, a two-dimensional wedding feast awaits guests, a Dodge Challenger roars down the deserted highway…and that’s just the beginning.
Inspired by the Talking Heads’ song of the same name, Nothing but Flowers explores the complexities and challenges of love in a post-apocalyptic landscape; from a take-away coffee mug to a gun to the head, a fortune cookie to a guitar, the open road and beyond. Poignant, funny, horrifying and sensual, this collection of short fiction leaves an indelible mark on ideas of what it means to love and be loved.
It’s one of those concepts I look at and go, “wow, I came up with that.” I even know exactly where and when all the bits fell into place, because I’d spent an entire week, including several long open highway drives, trying to work out how to create a Valentines Day anthology for my fledgling Literary Mix Tapes imprint (back then LMT did not fall under the eP umbrella), which:
incorporated music (without relying on a list of the 20 most terrible love songs ever)
was weird and twisted enough to fit the LMT bill, and
would appeal to the writers I wanted to work with… who (with several limited exception), aren’t really into writing “love stories”.
And somewhere around Goodna, which a week later would be devastated by flooding, Nothing But Flowers came on the stereo and I knew instantly what I’d pitch as an idea… post-apocalyptic love stories. I wanted to see how authors made sense of what love looked like in a devastated world. I also desperately wanted to write a story about daisies reclaiming Pizza Hut (which sadly ended up on the editing floor during the writing of Scarecrow Man, but artfully appeared in Sam Adamson in Daisy’s Cafe.)
I didn’t set any parameters once the 26 writers had scrambled aboard post haste assembled. I gave them the song and told them to create a post-apocalyptic landscape and set a love story in it… to explore what it meant to love and be loved there. I didn’t curate the apocalypses. I didn’t curate the lyrical prompts. I sat back and waited to see what arrived three weeks later.
And I got stories I couldn’t even have imagined at the time… and so many different takes on “the apocalypse” and “love”. It’s no secret how enamored I was with Dan Powell‘s Driver and the Beautiful Highway (so much so I went on to try and emulate the nestled-vignettes structure in Cocaine, My Sweet Heart… as did Maria Kelly in Nowhere Land in the follow anthology, EIGHTY NINE).
It’s also no secret how totally blown away I was when Nothing But Flowers went from obscurity to number one in the UK Amazon charts in the space of minutes and stayed there in the top 100 as a paid paperback, among the 99c downloads, for a month!
Now it’s time to reach a greater audience and hopefully revive sales, on what is a solid and intriguing collection of stories. Nothing But Flowers really defined what Literary Mix Tapes was all about and set the bench mark for future anthologies when it came to reader expectations.
Now you have the opportunity, no string attached, to fall in love with some brilliant stories and perhaps, spark your own moments of amor with some exceptionally talented emerging authors.
Nothing But Flowers UK Download
Nothing But Flowers USA (and elsewhere) Download
Until June 2012 all proceeds from the sales of Nothing But Flowers will go to the Grantham community in the Lockyer Valler, devastated by a flash flooding in January, 2011.
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Chinese Whisperings Anthologies: Still Free for 10 Hours
We’re stoked! Our Chinese Whisperings promotions has drive both The Red Book and The Yin and Yang Book right up the anthology and short story charts in the free section of the Kindle book store. As this goes to print The Red Book is hovering in there at #7 on the US anthology charts, and The Yin and Yang Book stuck at #2 behind a NOVEL! Don’t get me started on how being a professional PUBLISHED author also includes knowing the difference between a novel which is one of a series and an anthology which is a collection. Anyway…
The books are still free, but if you need additional incentive to download them… read on McDuff.
WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH YIN AND YANG?
Wednesday you read how The Red Book works – how it’s circular in nature, drawing from one story and adding and expanding it in the next. The Yin and Yang Book built on this idea, but rather than a chain story we created a “mated anthology”. A prologue sets the scene, and ends on a cliffhanger:
Medae Newman has stolen a priceless painting from her employer, but as she attempts to escape the painting is impounded, a victim of seeming bad luck as the airline Medae is flying with is shut down. Does she stay and try to retrieve the painting, or does she run?
We follow the consequences of each side of this decision, as Medae’s actions, and those of her pursuers, ripple out across the airport and the wider world. In The Yin Book ten female authors explore the consequences of escape, whilst in The Yang Book ten male writers imagine what would happen if Medae stays to retrieve the painting. Across both realities lives intersect, interact and interrupt each other. Characters live and die depending on this choice. Futures are written and unwritten for better or for worse as one act of revenge spirals out of control. Both realities clash head on to be resolved by a common epilogue which brings the story full circle.
Love, romance, sex, death, revenge, espionage, assassination, abduction, smuggling, politics, fraud, business rivalries, celebrities—and internet dating. All the joy and debris of human life which is an airport!
THE YIN AND YANG BOOK BLURB
7.30AM. THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL OF A MAJOR EUROPEAN AIRPORT IS POISED ON THE BRINK OF CHAOS.
7.35AM. PANGAEAN AIRLINES, EUROPE’S PREMIER CARRIER, IS PLACED INTO RECEIVERSHIP, CANCELLING ALL FLIGHTS AND IMPOUNDING THOUSANDS OF ITEMS OF LUGGAGE.
The Yin and Yang Book follows the complicated web of events stemming from a suitcase, a stolen van Gogh painting, one woman on the run from her employers and the consequences of her decision to stay or go.
Twenty writers came on board for this anthology. All the original Red Book authors returned, and were joined by a further twelve writers, including Yeovil Prize winner Dan Powell, Crooked Fang author Carrie Clevenger, thriller writer Richard Jay Parker, Friday Flash founder J.M Strother, Smudge’s Mark author, Claudia Osmond and prolific self-publishing star Laura Eno.
Prologue by Jodi Cleghorn (Ed)
Three Monkeys by Paul Servini
Three Rings by Chris Chartrand
Dogs of War by Tony Noland
This Be the Verse by Dan Powell
Providence by Dale Challener Roe
No Passengers Allowed by J.M. Strother
Thirteen Feathers by Rob Diaz II
One Behind the Eye by Richard Jay Parker
Chase the Day by Jason Coggins
Somewhere to Pray (Kurush) by Benjamin Solah
The Guilty One by Emma Newman
Excess Baggage by Carrie Clevenger
Where the Heart Is by Tina Hunter
The Other Side of Limbo by Claudia Osmond
Freedom by Laura Eno
Cobalt Blue by Jasmine Gallant
The Strangest Comfort by Icy Sedgwick
Lost and Found by Jen Brubacher
Kanyasulkam by Annie Evett
Double Talk by Lily Mulholland
Epilogue by Paul Anderson (Ed)
If your looking for a unique reading experience this is it. Until 5:59pm today The Red Book and The Yin and Yang Book are free. What are you waiting for? Oh, you don’t need a Kindle eReader – in fact you don’t need an eReader full stop. Kindle provides apps: for smart phones (short stories are perfect for phones!), computer and tablets. Really no excuse now…
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#NFFD: The Man Who Would
It’s National Flash Fiction Day today in the UK, but like any good “national” initiative (think National Novel Writing Month) it’s really become a global celebration. After a conversation on Facebook with Adam Byatt and Stacey Larner on community, schooling and litigation, I’ve chosen to publish for the first time outside 50 Stories for Pakistan “The Man Who Would”.
I stumbled on the kernel of the story when I was researching events from 1960 for my step-Mum’s birthday invitation in 2010 on wiki and stumbled across Joseph Kittinger’s record breaking sky dive. “The Man Who Would” is my (not so thinly veiled) finger point at the stupidity of litigation.
Herman watched Jack pack his parachute, suit up and calibrate the oxygen mask which would keep him alive while the retrieval pod descended to Elara’s surface. Then, and only then, Herman broached the subject.
“Jack.”
A gloved hand went up. “It’s all good, Herman. Seriously man, you don’t need to say anything.”
Herman, as Jack’s best friend and legal representative, struggled with the possibility Jack might not make it. Jack on the other hand, accepted it was an occupational hazard when leaping from perfectly functional aircraft and spaceships. Jack also understood how he came to be on a low orbiting spaceship. Each record-breaking jump invited another and another, until all the possibilities on Earth were exhausted. Elara offered the possibility to jump higher, longer and faster than ever before. No atmosphere, no clouds and next to no gravity. Nothing stood between him and the surface of Jupiter’s eighth largest moon.
“I’m not worried about the jump. It’s this.” Herman pulled the contract and covering letter from his pocket, thrusting them into Jack’s hand.
“I don’t understand?”
Jack shoved the folded papers back at Herman. “It’s all been said and done. Signed.”
“First World found something. It’s not going to stop you from jumping in the future… you just can’t today.”
When FirstWorld Corporation acquired Elara in a hostile takeover, Jack considered it an endnote for Herman to handle. But the new owners refused to give Jack permission to jump. The negotiations, protracted and nasty, should have forced Jack to find a new site, but he was stubborn, refusing to give in to the fear of litigation which motivated FirstWorld.
Jack snatched the contract from Herman and ripped it, until the contract became hundreds of tiny paper pieces floating about him.
“I guess you’re not concerned that FirstWorld found a potential complainant.”
“No. They what, bribed an ex girlfriend to be concerned?”
Herman shook his head. “It’s more complicated than that.”
He retrieved the photo and piece of paper from his other pocket.
Jack hesitated then took them. He read the birth certificate and then stared at the photograph.
“She never told me.”
“You think Julianna wanted you to know?”
Jack shook his head. “She said she’d never stand in the way of what I had to do. But…” He stared at the photo of the young boy.
“I’m sorry.” Herman put his hand on Jack’s shoulder. “I can let the crew know to-”
“Hold on. The contract is null and void?”
Herman nodded. “The contract is based on the fact no potential complainants existed to sue for death by misadventure or negligence.”
“So, they can’t sue for breach of contract?’
“And can’t collect the associated 30 percent royalties?’
“No, but-”
“What’s the worst they can legally throw at me?”
“Trespass.”
Jack tucked the photograph and birth certificate inside his suit and picked up the mask.
“Jack, are you sure?”
“I want my son to know me as the man who would.”
For a bunch of other brilliant flash pieces check out Flash Flood, Jaw Breaker and the #nnfd hashtag on Twitter. A special nod of the head to J.M. Strother and the Friday Flash community, supporting flash fiction writers across the world since 2009!
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Chinese Whisperings Anthologies Free on Kindle
FREE! Yes, you read correctly. For the first time The Red Book and The Yin and Yang Book are free and complete. But only for the next 48 hours on Kindle. For those of you late to this blog, Chinese Whisperings was eP’s publishing foray and became in imprint in its own right at the end of 2012. It’s actually out of The Red Book which eMergent Publishing was born. All our successive publishing endeavours have stood on the shoulders of The Red Book. It’s where I cut my teeth as an editor and found even when I had my ‘bad cap’ hat on, writers were willing to come back and work with me again.
Once we’d pushed the boundaries of short story form, the anthology structure and collaborative writing, we did it again with The Yin and Yang Book, taking interconnected to a whole new level of madness with 22 writers!
WHAT MAKES CHINESE WHISPERINGS ANTHOLOGIES UNIQUE?
Each anthology is a collection of interwoven short stories by emerging writers handpicked from across the English-speaking world. Unlike other anthologies, Chinese Whisperings is created in a sequential fashion and each story stands on its own merits while contributing to a larger, connected narrative. It takes around nine months to complete each anthology because of this.
The Red Book has each successive writer taking a minor character from the preceding story and telling their story as the major character in the next story. Each writer also references events from the preceding story to tie the ten stories together. The anthology can be read forward, or backward, and you can begin with any story you want because of its circular nature. (I’ll focus a bit more on The Yin and Yang Book tomorrow.)
In a small North American university town ten lives are intersecting…
Miranda reaps what she has sown.
Mitchell understands there is no resisting fate.
Clint dreams of forging a violent destiny.
Elizabeth is about to make a discovery.
Robin hides a terrible secret.
Simon hasn’t slept in ten days.
Sam is pursued by nightmares.
Susie has lost everything.
David has just been found.
Jake atones for past evils.
Ten ordinary people struggling to keep their sanity in an insane world.
Eight other hearty souls set off on the initial experiment with us, including Emma Newman who has gone on to publish From Dark Places and 20 Years Later as E.J. Newman and is currently working on the Split Worlds series. Jason Coggins has gone on to write three series of Bloggin’ Brimstone. Tina Hunter co-founded Tyche Books last year under the name Tina Moreau. All eight authors also penned stories for the Yin and Yang Book and many have contributed to Literary Mix Tapes anthologies as well.
Mercurial Jodi Cleghorn (Ed)
Something Mean in the Dream Scene Jason Coggins
Kraepelin’s Child Annie Evett
Discovery Paul Servini
Innocence Tina Hunter
Not Myself Dale Challener Roe
Not My Name Jasmine Gallant
Out Of The Darkness Rob Diaz II
Heartache Emma Newman
One in the Chamber Paul Anderson (Ed)
If your looking for a unique reading experience this is it. And for today and tomorrow The Red Book and The Yin and Yang Book are free. Honestly it doesn’t get better than that.
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10/11/2015 25/02/2016 Feature, Life, Short Story, Society, Writing 1 Comment AccidentBodiesBodyBoxBrotherColleaguesCorpseDeadDirectorFatherFire BrigadeGarageHomeMechanicMessageMorgurMortuaryMysteryRealityToolTricksVillageWomanWorkWreckage
His Body Disappeared From The Morgue
Aftermath of the serious headlong coalition involving two buses, which claimed ten lives on the spot, the fire service was called in to pull out the dead bodies from the wreckage. Identification wasn’t easy because of the state of the corpses, yet a woman identifies one of the corpses as her brother. He was an auto mechanic. His tool box which was with him before the tragedy occurred was found close to his dead body.
She rushes home wailing, to narrate the sad news to her mother and father. They quickly rushed to the scene but the bodies were already transferred to the mortuary. When they went to the mortuary, they saw their son’s body and the tool box among the items of those who lost their lives. It wasn’t a mistaken identity because Jame’s name is boldly written on his tool box. It was the saddest day for James’ family. When the family were leaving the mortuary, they went home with the deceased’s tool box.
When ready to bury James, they went to the mortuary to collect his body, but the body was nowhere to be found. The corpse has disappeared from the morgue without a trace. Their fears increased when they found out later at home that his tool box has also vanished. It was as if the mind is playing tricks on them but it is a reality.
Years passed, then one day, a woman from the village where the mechanic died, saw him working in an auto garage, in one of the big cities hundreds of kilometers from the village. “James, everyone thought you were dead after the accident. Why for a very long time you’ve failed to visit your mother and father aftermath the accident? The woman noticed something strange about James. Even though he didn’t give her an answer, she conluded: “Tomorrow I will tell your parents that I saw you here.”
When the woman went back to the village she quickly sped towards James’ family compound to tell them what she had seen. They refused to accept her story, asking if she is out of her mind, but she insisted that she is speaking the truth. The following day, they quickly joined the bus to where the mechanic is working but he was absent that day.
According to the director of the garage where James works, he received a message from one of his colleagues that he wasn’t feeling well and therefore will not be at work. Astonishingly, from the day James failed to come to work, he has never been seen again with his tool box. Is he going to begin a new life in another garage? Asked James family. The strange story remains a mystery.
01/11/2015 20/07/2016 Feature, Food, History, Life, Short Story, Uncategorized, Writing 1 Comment AfricaAshanti KingdomBushChildhoodComaCreatureDeadDeadlyDeerDramaticFamilyFightGhanaGodGolden stoolGreedHeavenHunterLeafLifelessMouthOkomfo AnokyeOpponentProfessionalReptileShadeStoriesSwordThirstyTreeTropical
The Hunter Who Couldn’t Find The Leaf Of Life
Two snakes fighting
Certain stories make your ears tingle, capture your attention and make you feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Since childhood, I have heard certain stories from my original native country, Ghana. Many of these stories are real, like that of Okomfo Anokye, who danced and chanted down the golden stool from heaven.
Since the golden stool is still available in the Ashanti Kingdom and the sword he planted and said no one can pull it out, still stands at the place, there is no room to say that the stories are untrue.
I still think about this story, because I don’t know if it’s true or false. A hunter went hunting for a deer to feed his family. It was very sunny, as usual in tropical Africa. Tired and thirsty, he leaned his back against a tree, as he sits in the shade of a very big tree. Adjacent him, he witnessed something he had never experienced in his entire life as a professional hunter.
The hunter was treated to a dramatic fight between two deadly snakes. The fight which lasted over thirty minutes resulted in the death of one of the snakes. The hunter wasn’t sure if the snake was actually dead or was in coma because the creature was lifeless and every effort of the other snake to revive the dead reptile or bring it back to life was futile.
The live snake abandoned its lifeless opponent and went into the bush. Less than a minute the reptile emerged from the bush with a leaf in its mouth and inserted into the mouth of the dead snake, then suddenly the creature woke up and the two retreated into the bush. The amazed hunter tried to find the leaf the snake brought to wake the dead, but his search yielded to fruitless result.
He was totally disappointed and frustrated, as the wise snake didn’t leave behind a piece of the leaf for him to identify what that magic leaf was. Could that leaf wake up a dead body? That was the question spinning in his mind. This is more than a mystery. God will never reveal everything to man because of greed. The rich would have bought everything to live forever and the poor man would never get the chance to enjoy a second life.
19/10/2015 11/08/2018 Feature, Health, Life, Psychology, Social problems, Society AdviceAfricaAidsBossCinema HallColleagueDeadDepressionDestructionExtravagantFakeFalseFamilyFriendGun manHappinessHappyHarassingHealthHelpHIVHuman BeingsImperfectJobLessonLonelinessMedicineMoralMournersNeighbourPressurePretendProblemsProverbsPsychologicalResearchersScarsShootingSick personSmileSocietySolutionWisdom
If One Pretends To Be Dead, Mourners Will Pretend To Bury You Alive
Discussing your problems with someone you love is the best way to get help and solutions to the problem.
“If one pretends to be dead, mourners will pretend to bury you alive,” is one of the thousands of African proverbs meant to educate, shape our lives and inspire us, as each proverb carries a moral lesson, advice, and wisdom. This particular proverb speaks against pretending.
As imperfect human beings, we are responsible for both the good and bad things we do. Whichever way one takes it, to pretend is also considered to be something bad. The question is why do people pretend? According to a study, pretending has both advantages and disadvantages.
Sometimes one needs to pretend. For example, when all of a sudden in a cinema hall, a gunman on a shooting spree takes everyone by surprise without any escaping route, pretending to be dead among those already dead could save your life. But in other ways, pretending can cause self-destruction, depression, loneliness and other psychological problems. How?
The pressure in the society is enormous. Things are not going well, yet many people prefer to hide their problems behind a false smile. If you don’t share your problem with your family or a trustworthy friend, how can someone know your problem to give the attention or help you need? Researchers reveal that hiding a problem behind a false smile or faking happiness, is more likely to bring you harmful feelings.
You might not be happy with your job, because your boss or a colleague is sexually harassing you, exploiting you physically, emotionally and mentally, yet you wear a false smile behind such psychological scars. Instead of pretending to be okay, it’s always better to tell your problem to someone to receive help.
Many wish to be someone, because of the extravagant lives other people live. But we must be careful about what we sometimes wish for. We must be content with whatever we have to live a happy life. Don’t let your neighbor’s expensive car, push you to live beyond your means, and put on a fake smile, deceiving people that you are living great, while you know that you are struggling to make ends meet.
In Africa and other countries around the world, many are believed to be sick of HIV but scared to go and see the doctor, because they aren’t ready to be told they have contracted HIV or Aids. They rather prefer to hide their problems with a fake smile, forgetting that no one drinks medicine on the behalf of a sick person.
To pretend that everything is okay, while suffering, is not good for our health, we must, therefore, confine our problems to those close to us for help and solutions. That’s the only way we can overcome and defeat our problems.
30/09/2015 02/10/2015 Feature, Health, Life, Psychology, Review, Social problems, Society 2 Comments AbominableBabiesBelgiumChildrenDeadDeath PenaltyDiseasesElijahElishaEuthanasiaGeorgiaHealthHealth ProblemsIncubatorJesusKelly GissendanerMankindMurderOldPaulPersonPeterPope FrancisPrematureScripturesSufferingTechnologyThe BibleThe NetherlandsUS StateWomanWorld
Euthanasia: Why The Pope Quiet If He Is Against Death Penalty?
In his recent tour in the United States of America, Pope Francis, who is an opponent of the death penalty pled for clemency for a woman on the death row, who allegedly killed her husband in 1997. Despite the Pope’s plea, the US State of Georgia executed Kelly Gissendaner. The Pope’s action shows his love for humanity and respect for mankind. The question is: Why Pope Francis hasn’t made any effort to stop Euthanasia, since many consider it as murder?
Many are born with serious birth defects, including other life threatening diseases. As we grow old, we encounter health problems, often robbing us of our happiness. In this painful situation many wish to die instead of living.
Thanks to the amazing progress of modern technology, this has brought comfort to mankind in every field, including medical. There is life saving machines to ease our pains, incubators to save premature babies etc; but I haven’t heard of any doctor or scientist putting breath into a dead man’s nostrils to bring the person back to life.
Apart from Biblical account which indicates that Jesus, Elijah, Elisha, Paul and Peter raised the dead, no doctor or scientist has been able to do that, so why do some doctors take the life of terminally ill patients to avoid suffering?
When one kills a person, he faces a murder charge. In this case when a person is not dead, but because of suffering or chronic disease, someone helps, in any means to support or speed up his death, the person is also a murderer. If many will take certain abominable things into consideration, this world would have been a better place.
From historical times, man has dominated man to his own injury, ignoring the scriptures and doing whatever seems good to him, which results have been fatal and disastrous. Euthanasia has got nothing to do with ‘Dying in dignity’ it is murder. Euthanasia is now legal in many countries, including Belgium and the Netherlands.
Euthanasia in Belgium is reportedly “out of control” with a 500% increase in cases in ten years and currently there are plans to extend euthanasia to children and people with dementia.
“It’s the choice of the sufferer to die,” is it that calls for euthanasia? But who are you to play God and terminate one’s life? I tell you the truth, there shouldn’t be any hope that this world will be better place. We are in a very dangerous, sinful world and those responsible can’t escape the wrath to come, whether they do it for money or ‘dignity.’
21/09/2015 02/08/2016 Books, Feature, Health, History, Life, Non-fiction, Review, Society AfricansAmputationBelgiumBlack lives matterChildrenCongoCrimeDeadEvilGhostGodGrandchildrenGraveHomelessHusbandsInterviewKing Leopold 11LimbsMockedNeo-Gothic ChurchRubberStatueStreetsSwordThe MormonsVillagersWickednessWives
A Special Interview With The Idi Amin Of Belgium, King Leopold II
Journalist and author Joel Savage, interviews the White Idi Amin of Belgium, King Leopold II
I believe everyone knows or heard of King Leopold II. He was one of Belgium’s greediest and bloodthirstiest kings, who killed and maimed over ten million Africans, including children, during the colonial era in Congo. Despite that there isn’t any statue of Adolf Hitler for killing six million Jews, Belgium built a statue and named streets after this lunatic. So I took a trip to the Neo-Gothic Church of our Lady in Laeken, Brussels, where all the monarchs, including Leopold II, are buried, for this exclusive interview.
Joel: King Leopold, how do you feel about this interview?
Leopold: I need peace in my grave. How can you interview a dead man?
Joel: If the Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (The Mormons) could baptize the dead, then I could possibly interview a dead man.
Leopold: Please allow me to sleep peacefully in my grave. Why are you disturbing me?
Joel: You know what you did. You rendered thousands of villagers homeless, by putting fire into their huts, amputated the hands and limbs of children, mutilated the genitals of fathers and killed wives of husbands, for the greed of rubber and the desire to be the world’s richest king, yet your country praised and applauded your crimes and named streets after you. That’s not the end; you have a statue in addition. Are you happy in your grave for such horrendous crimes you committed?
Leopold: Even if I am not happy at all in my grave, I wasn’t the one responsible for my statue, because I didn’t ask anyone to build my statue and named streets after me.
Joel: Who are you trying to shift the blame to? For remembrance and honor, wreaths are laid at cemeteries for people, including soldiers that sacrificed their lives for your country, but the innocent blood of Africans you shed and the children you murdered are being mocked with your statue. Black Lives Matter, do you think Belgium can mock the dead and be a happy country?
Leopold: I want to repeat it once again if you didn’t hear me. I didn’t tell my country to build statue and name streets after me. They did it out of ignorance and foolish pride. They should be intelligent enough to know that I don’t deserve such statue.
Joel: Many believe you are not human, because during that time span, greed and power propelled you to commit the most serious crimes you deserve to go down the gallows, but nobody gave a damn for what you were doing because everybody else did almost the same. African soil was cut into pieces and confiscated by the foreigners. The way of thinking at that time was black people can be used for everything as a resource and as a disposable and Africa is ours. So who is the ignorant or the one who lacks wisdom, when you wore a sheep’s clothing deceiving the world as a good king, yet on a killing spree?
Leopold: Don’t let me start scratching my head when there isn’t any itching. I have had enough in my grave, tell my people to break down my statue and denounce the name of the streets named after me, because I can feel that my country is doomed because of this evil thing they did.
Joel: Your country is stubborn like a He-goat. They are confused because it’s one of the divided and difficult countries to rule in the world. Their confusion is very deep that they can’t even differentiate good from evil. They have thousands of journalists but none has written about this because they are not Africans. They don’t care.
Leopold: You have said the right thing, but be careful, else you will be an enemy. I know my people; they are pretenders and bad just like me.
Joel: I want to be an enemy Leopold because that makes me an important person. When you are not important no one hates you in the society.
Joel: I have two questions from my mentor, Professor Johan Dongen for you. The first question is: You killed over ten million Africans, including children. Do you think there will be enough Africans left to kill by your grandchildren?
Leopold: Don’t bring my family into this. I did all those evil things alone.
Joel: I need to bring your family into this, because wickedness and evil acts can be inherited by family, including grandchildren.
Joel: Professor Dongen’s second question is: You always carry a sword on your statues and portraits. He may like see it. Will you give it to him if it’s in your grave?
Leopold: That sword is cursed, because of the evil things I did with it. If I give it to anyone, it will bring more disaster upon Belgium.
Leopold: Before I leave, please ask God to forgive me and let the same God touch the heart of my people that I don’t deserve those statues and streets named after me. If they are wise enough, then they should break down the statue or keep it, because the chicken always comes back home to roost.
Joel: Are you sure you know God King Leopold and you did this? Anyway, thank you for granting me this interview.
Leopold: You are welcome.
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I am Living But Inactive
I am neither in jail nor dead. I am still living but inactive. As a fearless critic writer, when ever I am not online for a number of days, many think something terrible has happened to me. I am not scared of anything terribly happening to me, because what ever happens to me benefits me. I don’t run away from fights, because you will live to fight another day.
My wife, the children and I, moved into a new house, which has been our dream for many years. God lifts those who lift up themselves. That’s one of my plans for a better integration and education for my children. I haven’t been online over a week now, because I have no access to internet until September 16, 2015.
I have missed reading the articles of my favourite writers and bloggers at WordPress, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. I will be back very soon to spread the provocative, taunting, educative, nightmare and arrow piercing flesh articles. You can only like the articles of Joel Savage, if you are friend of ‘Truth.” I am happy to have friends that live in the realms of truth. Thank you all my followers.
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Voice Of The Dead: The Dead Will No Longer Be Silenced
Dr. Lauren Harris is a brilliant nationally respected forensic psychologist with a secret. She is an empath who can emotionally connect with the spirits of dead, seeing through their eyes, and giving them a voice. When she is called upon by the FBI to help track down and stop The Phantom, a hedonistic serial killer, she is confronted with the one thing she has always feared when she meets Agent Nicholas Bennette.
The two find it difficult to work with each other at first due to their differences and the sexual tension building like wild fire between them. As Lauren connects with The Phantom’s victims she finds herself trying to make sense of the visions feeling overwhelmed with the knowledge that so much has been left undone in their lives. She learns that the dead will no longer be silenced when they have a voice through her.
As the body count rises and a passionate romance begins with Nicholas, Lauren discovers that she has been targeted by The Phantom, and she is frightened to learn that she too has left much undone in her life as well.
Tracee Ford has been telling stories her whole life. Tracee dreamed big and worked to make her dreams come true by becoming an award-winning novelist and now founder of Ozwind Publishing, LLC. Tracee is a member of the Paranormal Romance Guild. Her first novel, “The Fine Line,” won a Reader’s Choice Award in 2013 and her second novel, “Idolum: Visions of the Undone,” was nominated by PRG for Best Paranormal Romantic Suspense novel of 2013, and secured and won second place.
Tracee has walked many paths in her life as a playwright, director, and a puppeteer. She has also delved into the darkest parts of our society and culture with the Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences and Psychology which she earned from Shawnee State University and a Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology from the University of North Dakota. Tracee’s interest in the paranormal, her life experience, and education has given her a keen insight into the shadows that haunt our society making her a brilliant author of thrillers and suspense.
Tracee is excited to expand her writing by exploring other genres inspired by her love of such classics as L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” and Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone With The Wind.” Tracee Ford is ready to take your hand and lead you on fantastic and thrilling new adventures.
http://www.amazon.com/Tracee-Ford/e/B00AXL5538/
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Metadata In, Library Out. A Simple, Robust Digital Library System
Tired of being held hostage to expensive systems that did not meet our needs, the University of Alabama Libraries developed an XML schema-agnostic, light-weight digital library delivery system based on the principles of “Keep It Simple, Stupid!” Metadata and derivatives reside in openly accessible web directories, which support the development of web agents and new usability software, as well as modification and complete retrieval at any time. The file name structure is echoed in the file system structure, enabling the delivery software to make inferences about relationships, sequencing, and complex object structure without having to encapsulate files in complex metadata schemas. The web delivery system, Acumen, is built of PHP, JSON, JavaScript and HTML5, using MySQL to support fielded searching. Recognizing that spreadsheets are more user-friendly than XML, an accompanying widget, Archivists Utility, transforms spreadsheets into MODS based on rules selected by the user. Acumen, Archivists Utility, and all supporting software scripts will be made available as open source.
By Tonio Loewald and Jody DeRidder, University of Alabama
At the University of Alabama, we have developed a simple, robust digital library system using PHP, MySQL, and Apache. The new system is free, easy to set up and administer, imposes no new work flows or skill set requirements on archivists, bypasses the need to create extra metadata wrappers, works in all major browsers, runs on the most common web server stack, and automatically creates and updates its own index database (while storing no valuable data inside it). Details can be seen at http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/project.
Why a new system?
Experience and frustration with our former digital collections platform had resulted in considerable discussion as to what a perfect, or at least “good”, system might look like. By the time the first author joined the project, a number of key considerations had already been settled on, for example:
Ingestion needs to be streamlined and lossless (“what goes in comes out”)
Lightweight web services architecture
Modular rather than Monolithic (small, individually useful components)
Work with the outside world (e.g. outside search engines), not against it
Do not place new burdens on archivists (who were already on our critical path)
It seemed that what our stakeholders really wanted was something that would automatically scan repositories and then make the content searchable and readable online without requiring them to perform any extra work. No such thing appeared to exist. So we decided to build one.
Figure 1. This is a high level view of the Acumen architecture. It’s built on the most widely deployed and inexpensive server stack and makes very few assumptions about the contents of the repository whose content it will index and display. Click here for a larger image
Our solution, which we call Acumen, is free, and built on top of other free, open source technologies such as PHP, MySQL, and Apache[1]. It comprises three main components: Indexer, which locates files and creates index entries for them; Search, which provides a user interface for searching the index database and displaying results; and Presentation, which turns XML metadata files and associated media assets into something easy to view and navigate.
A free tool can quickly become expensive if it is hard to use. Our goal is for Acumen to be as easy to install as popular, well-written free web applications (e.g. WordPress or PHPBB)[2], to run on not just free but ubiquitous, popular, and well-documented server stacks (PHP, MySQL, Apache), and require no extra work or training of anyone, including the people who create and maintain metadata, system administrators, and end-users.
No special Apache configuration is required (a simple .htaccess file can redirect URLs to the PHP script directory) and the only slightly unusual PHP module we currently use is php_xsl (which is included in default installations, but may need to be “toggled on” by changing a configuration file).
Metadata does not need to be prepared, tweaked, or modified in order to allow Acumen to provide users with access to it; it merely needs to be valid XML. Just as Google (and other web crawlers) index the web without placing any special requirements on the creators of web pages, Acumen indexes metadata without placing special requirements on archivists. Just as Google will send users to a web page that has changed since it was indexed, Acumen shows the data in the repository, not the data it scanned when it created or updated its index.
Acumen indexes raw metadata directly by summarizing it on-the-fly using XSL. The output is a simple XML file largely consisting of some content nodes — the indexing engine parses the output and stores the content of each node as an authority record attached to the metadata file record of the specified type.
Acumen renders metadata as web pages the same way, and then builds a user interface around the results (inside the end-user’s browser) using JavaScript and CSS. All of the original data lives in the repository — Acumen does not touch it.
Acumen makes few assumptions about how a repository is created. A repository is assumed to be a collection of metadata and digital asset files that adhere to a naming convention. How those files are created and managed is outside its purview. As such, Acumen has virtually no impact on existing workflows — produce the metadata and digital assets, name them in a specified way, and stick them on a web server where Acumen can find them. That’s it.
In practice, when we capture digital objects (e.g. by scanning or audio capture), we enter metadata into large spreadsheets. This metadata is then converted into standards-compliant XML. In the past this process was both labor-intensive and prone to errors. Furthermore, ingestion into our previous tool had left much of our data in something of an undefined state.
As of version 1.0, Acumen will only index metadata that is in a format it recognizes, i.e. EAD, MODS, and METS XML. Adding support for a new kind of XML file requires two XSL files (one for summarization and one for presentation) and a row added to the file_type table.
Archivist Utility
Figure 2. This is the data view of Archivist Utility. On the left is a collection of spreadsheets (exported as text) ready for batch-processing. On the right is a “database” view of the contents of the selected file. Click here for a larger image
To streamline the process of getting raw data into XML we developed a desktop application —Archivist Utility[3]— which processes spreadsheet data into XML using a flexible template system that is rather more sophisticated than, but similar in concept to, mail merge. Unlike typical mail merge, our template system supports conditional tags, repeating sections, transformations on incoming data, stores unused data from the spreadsheet in XML comments, strips empty tags from the resulting XML, and “pretty prints” its output (e.g. with nice indentation). A more complete description of Archivist Utility is beyond the scope of this article.
Figure 3. This is the Archivist Utility’s template view. The template “language” allows for conditional and looping constructs; e.g. a spreadsheet field which contains a comma-delimited set of subjects can be converted into a sequence of node hierarchies. Template insertions are marked with doubled cURLy braces, e.g. “{{if:Publisher:Data ISO}}” inserts the content of the “Data ISO” column if the “Publisher” column is non-empty. The template language also supports looping structures and error reporting mechanisms. Click here for a larger image
We should note that Archivist Utility is in no way needed to use Acumen. If, as of version 1.0, metadata is already in EAD, MODS, or METS, nothing else needs to be done for Acumen to index and display it. Adding support for additional types of metadata is straightforward and discussed earlier.
Figure 4. Archivist Utility allows the user to preview its output. Archivist Utility both strips empty sub-hierarchies out of its output, and “pretty prints” the files to make them easier for human beings to read. Click here for a larger image
Archivist Utility may also be of use even without Acumen. It is useful for both converting large spreadsheets into XML via templates that can be created and tweaked quite easily (by populating a sample XML file with tags), and for interactively editing XSL and seeing its effect on source XML files.
Acumen’s Naming Convention
Acumen’s file-naming convention comprises four simple rules, and should make sense even without formal documentation:
A file (metadata or asset) has a name comprising a base (e.g. “foo_bar”) and a tail (e.g. “_2048.jpg” or “.ead.xml”).
The base is assumed to be unique for a given kind of file, and files of different type with the same base are assumed to be related (assets with a given base name are assumed to be described by metadata files with the same base name). E.g. foo_bar.xml is assumed to describe foo_bar.jpg, foo_bar.ocr.txt, foo_bar.txt, and foo_bar.mp3.
The tail denotes the file’s type, and Acumen allows types to be more specific than simple file type, e.g. “_2048px.jpg” is used to indicate an image scaled to fit inside a 2048 x 2048 pixel square.[6]
Base names are assumed to be hierarchical, comprising a series of alphanumeric identifiers separated by underscores (“_”)[7] , with the underscores denoting hierarchical relationship. E.g. “foo” contains “foo_bar” and “foo_baz”; “foo_bar” contains “foo_bar_001” and “foo_bar_002”.
Of these rules, the only one that Acumen strictly requires is uniqueness. Acumen assumes that foo_bar.xml is foo_bar.xml regardless of where it finds it. If two or more metadata files share the same base name (e.g. two files named foo.xml, or foo.ead.xml and foo.mods.xml) then this will be flagged as a potential error, and only one file will be visible to end-users (based on a configurable order-of-precedence per file types and, for files of the same type, latest modification date). Because file base names are unique, Acumen uses them to provide stable URLs. It follows that if a metadata file is replaced by a new file of a different type, the URL will stay the same.
Automatic Indexing
The following snippet of code (from our config.php source file) shows how Acumen can be configured to handle local and remote repositories. A repository must have a specified web root; if no file system root is provided, Acumen indexes the repository by crawling web directories (by parsing the default “index.html” listing produced by Apache, and most other web servers, by default), otherwise it uses the file system (which is faster and provides better information).
// $REPOSITORIES is a global array of repository instances
$REPOSITORIES = array();
// ‘Test Files’ is local so we provide a file-system path to it
$REPOSITORIES []= new repository( 'Test Files', 'http://localhost:8888/repository/', '/Users/tal/Sites/repository/' );
// ‘Acumen Content’ is remote repository so we simply provide a URL
$REPOSITORIES []= new repository( 'Acumen Content', 'http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/content/' );
Assuming the metadata follows a specified naming convention and resides on a web server, simply point Acumen at the repository and its content automatically gets indexed. Once indexed, it is automatically searchable and automatically rendered for end-users. For fully-automatic indexing, one further step is needed: a cron task somewhere that periodically requests auto.php (wherever it is installed) via http. Our system uses cron to request auto.php once per minute. Acumen can also perform index passes interactively via its admin interface, and for testing purposes we’ve also created a simple desktop app which can poll auto.php as well.
For all of this to work, Acumen requires that:
Files in the repository adhere to Acumen’s naming convention. The naming convention allows hierarchical relationships to be encoded in names (e.g. foo contains foo_bar contains foo_bar_baz) and file types and purposes to be consistently represented at the end of file names (e.g. .XML indicates an XML file, .ead.XML specifically indicates an EAD, and _2048px.jpg indicates an image that fits inside a 2048×2048 pixel square).[4] In our repository, the first portion of a name reflects provenance, the second collection, the third item number, and the fourth is sequence.[5]
The indexer is schema-agnostic (and can identify XML files either by naming convention or by “sniffing” for signature strings). To support a given kind of metadata one need simply provide two XSL files (one to summarize it and one to render it). We have thus far implemented XSL to support METS, MODS, and EAD.
The digital assets exposed to end users will need to be in certain formats and also follow certain (customizable) naming conventions. These assets can be created automatically from whatever archival formats are being used.
Thumbnail and web-distributable images may need to be created from archived images files. Again, this can be done automatically and fairly easily. As noted above, the indexing engine can be invoked manually (via a web admin interface) or automatically (via a cron job or similar). There is also the desktop application that can drive automatic indexing from any computer with web access.
The indexer performs a complete scan in three stages:
Scanning. The indexer recursively walks each repository one folder at a time. Each folder encountered is added to a task list, while files are categorized as metadata (generally XML), digital assets (e.g. JPEG, MP3, MPEG4), or something else (ignored or logged). Each metadata file is summarized using XSL and the results stored in a database. Each asset is simply recorded in the asset table.
Figure 5. Assets are associated with metadata via our naming convention. In this case page one of chapter one of austen_pride has three associated assets, an image, some OCR text, and some text (the latter presumably a hand-edited version of the OCR text). Click here for a larger image
Asset Assignment. Assets are assigned to metadata files based on naming convention. An asset with the same base name as a metadata file is assigned to that file; if no such file exists then it is assigned to the file which would be that file’s “parent” if it existed, and so on. E.g. austen_pride_01_01.txt has the base name austen_pride_01_01, which is identical to that of the metadata file austen_pride_01_01.xml and thus is assigned to it. If austen_pride_01_01 did not exist, the assets currently assigned to it would instead be assigned to austen_pride_01.
Assets with no parents are considered “orphans”. Orphan assets are not visible to end-users because access to content is via metadata (and an orphan, by definition, has no metadata). During the indexing process, an asset indexed before its corresponding metadata file will temporarily be an orphan. When an indexing pass is complete, the presence of any remaining orphans is recorded, since these may be errors or omissions.
Figure 6. Our admin interface provides access to current and past scan results. The presence of orphan assets is immediately apparent in the results.Click here for a larger image
When a user views a metadata file, the presentation system looks for assets already in the index that ought to belong to a metadata file and assigns them “just in time”; if no one looks at that file, the assets will still be assigned when the indexing engine gets to that file as a matter of course.
Because we can infer relationships between metadata files and assets purely from our naming convention, the need to create XML metadata wrappers (such as METS) for individual elements of complex objects (e.g. pages of a book) is eliminated.
This system works admirably for objects that are ordered sets of things (as books are of pages or record albums are of tracks), but not all relationships between assets and metadata can be inferred purely from naming convention. We are in the process of ironing out how to handle some more complex examples, such as:
Assets which themselves contain metadata which might need to be assigned to the metadata file that owns the asset (e.g. text transcripts of an image or audio track)
Assets which are in themselves “more than one thing,” such as concert recordings which comprise performances of several different pieces.
Ultimately, if a relationship can be represented in XML in some satisfactory way then it can be parsed out via XSL, but we certainly haven’t covered every possible case.
Figure 7. If metadata files in a repository follow Acumen’s naming convention the indexer can infer hierarchical relationships between them. This diagram shows how our naming convention would represent a hierarchy of related items. (File extensions have been omitted for clarity, and our actual names are not in themselves meaningful, e.g. u0003_000345_000002.) Click here for a larger image
Metadata Hierarchy. Each metadata file not already owned by the “obviously correct” parent is assigned (if possible) to a parent metadata file. Metadata files with no parents are considered “apical” (i.e. they are the top of a hierarchy — which makes them more prominent in collection listings). Metadata files with no children (“leaves”) are suppressed in collection listings, unless they also happen to be apical.
It is important to note that a complete scan against an empty database rebuilds the index from scratch while a complete scan against an existing database updates it (including flagging missing files as missing, moved files as moved, obsolete files as obsolete, and so on).
Once a repository has been indexed by Acumen (and during the indexing process itself) it may be searched Acumen’s search interface, which allows users to create arbitrarily specific queries, refine existing queries, and exchange stable query URLs.
Owing to our very simple database architecture (three main tables), search queries are both simple and efficient. The user interface restricts queries to ANDs, which keeps searches very fast. Our search back end is completely flexible and allows queries to be built from URLs in Polish notation[8], defined thus:
/s/{/[_and|_or/]_contains(_all|_any|_exact)[_considercase]//{+}}
In concrete terms this UI:
Generates (and is generated by) this URL[9]:
/s/all/_and/_contains_all/All/cabanis/_contains_all/box_number/252/_contains_all/folder_number/4
Which becomes this SQL fragment:
INNER JOIN authority as a0 ON file.id = a0.file_id
((a0.authority_type_id = '17' AND (a0.value LIKE '%4%') AND a1.authority_type_id = '16' AND (a1.value LIKE '%252%') AND (a2.value LIKE '%cabanis%')))
Search results are rendered conventionally on the server, but an obvious (and planned) refinement of this would be to allow XSL rendering of search listings so that different kinds of records can be rendered more flexibly. Here is an example of what our search results currently look like:
Categories. Acumen allows for categories to be specified simply by providing a category name and a query that will specify members of that category.
Collections. Acumen provides support for collections, currently based on naming hierarchies. The logic which determines relationships could easily be modified by other institutions to handle other methods of representing hierarchies and other relationships, such as folder hierarchies or explicit links.
Discovery. Acumen provides a simple discovery interface comprising randomly selected thumbnails picked from the currently selected search category. We plan to substantially improve our discovery interface and add curatorial tools.
Immediate Indexing. In addition to automatic indexing, Acumen allows archivists to index a specific directory interactively and out-of-order so that it immediately becomes available.
URL Stability. Providing stable, clean URLs is a core design goal of Acumen. Because we require metadata files and assets to have unique names, our URLs are completely independent of repository structure (so repositories can be restructured without changing object URLs).
Exposure to Search Engines. Acumen automatically generates site maps and complete listings of all its content in the form of stable URLs.
Once Acumen is installed on a web server and has completed indexing a repository (or repositories) it will allow users to search and view the repository’s content in any modern web browser (we’ve tested it with IE7 and IE8, as well as current and recent releases of Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera).
When a user clicks a link, the original metadata file is located in the repository, its type is retrieved from the index database, and the appropriate XSL stylesheet is located to render it into human-readable form. At this point the original metadata is then rendered to HTML on the server “just in time” and sent to the user’s browser or — if the link ends in “.xml” — the stylesheet is linked to the metadata file and the file itself is sent to the user’s browser which then renders it to HTML in the browser.
It follows that changes made to metadata files are immediately reflected on the end-user’s browser, even if the indexer hasn’t scanned them yet.[10]
No data access API is needed — Acumen does not ingest data, and the raw data is made available to anyone.
By default we create HTML representations of raw metadata files (such as EAD and MODS files) via XSLT on the server, and then pass the resulting HTML to a user’s web browser. But if “.XML” is added to one of our metadata URLs, we send the original XML with an XSL stylesheet tag inserted to the end user’s browser, which (a) gives end users complete access to raw data with no intermediate translation or loss, and (b) looks just like a regular web page.[11]
Moreover, we make our entire repository — both metadata and digital objects — available via the web (Apache can be configured to block access to files by type, if desired, or a repository may simply be a mirror of an archive which omits some files), allowing third-party software, web crawlers, agents, and web applications to access our data.
It follows that any changes to existing metadata files become available to end-users as soon as they are placed in the (web-accessible) repository and are searchable as soon as the indexer scans them. One of the fields we store as a matter of course is the full content of each metadata file stripped of tags. Searching for content contained in a tag which is not handled by the existing XSL is always possible (by searching metadata file content).
Furthermore, if we want to store data in a new searchable field we can simply add it in the XSL (e.g. we might want to add a new field named “medium” which we could do simply by outputting in our XSL summary). When the indexing engine parses this tag it will simply create a new entry in the authority_type table for “medium” and the search interface will immediately pick this up and make it searchable.
As a final note, the indexing engine skips metadata files which it has already scanned if neither they nor the summary XSL file has changed since the last time they were scanned. Thus, changing a summary XSL file will force all metadata files of the type it summarizes to be reindexed.
Summing up and moving forward
The system described has been in development for slightly more than twelve months to reach release (“1.0”) quality, having been in usable “beta” form for six of those months. Moving forward we plan to make it more modular and easier to configure and use, while adding functionality.
This is a project that can be infinitely refined, but our goal has always been to do as little as possible while asking as little as possible of everyone else. While we have not chosen to use an off-the-shelf product, we have made use of some very powerful off-the-shelf components, including XSLT — which does most of the heavy lifting in our indexing and presentation components, and affords us almost limitless opportunities to improve both without writing another line of “code” — and jQuery — which vastly simplifies the client-side interactivity layer.
In essence, Acumen is a lightweight wrapper around XSLT, and a great deal can be achieved (e.g. different or more attractive presentation, customization, improved indexing) simply by adding to and refining our XSL.
“In the long run,” to quote John Maynard Keynes, “we’re all dead.” It is worth considering what will be left behind when our software is no longer there.
Acumen specializes in discovery and presentation, effectively modularizing digital delivery so that maintenance and archiving remain outside of the system, under the direct control of the implementers. This simplifies workflows and reduces time and effort in metadata remediation, migrations, and content management.
To deploy Acumen, repository content must adhere to a self-explanatory naming convention, and the contents of metadata files must adhere to standards and be kept in good order, and all of this must reside on a web-accessible server.
Remove Acumen, and what remains is repositories of standards-compliant metadata with consistent file names.
[1] Acumen requires (or at least has only been tested with) PHP 5.2.x, MySQL 5.x, and Apache 2.x. It works with current and recent installations of Ubuntu Linux, MAMP (on the Mac), and WAMP (on Windows).
[2] Our installation and hot fix processes are both documented and will be available for download. The installation process is comparable in complexity to WordPress or PHPBB.
[3] Although this tool will be made available for free along with its source code, it was developed in Realbasic (http://realbasic.com/) which is not free or open source (although the basic Linux version is free). Archivist Utility runs on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. We plan to port this tool to our web platform.
[4] Names are assumed to be unique in the sense that if multiple things (e.g. a metadata file and an image) have the same “base name” (i.e. not including file type “tail”) then the system considers them to be part of the same object.
[5] This naming convention reflects the LOCKSS journal hierarchy, and also works well with our automated LOCKSS system.
[6] We use unique tails for the various specific types of metadata files, e.g. “.ead.xml” for EADs, but because Acumen started being used before these conventions were in use it is also able to identify XML files by examining their contents.
[7] Different characters may be used with a change to the configuration file.
[8] Best known for being used, backwards, in HP calculators. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_notation
[9] Note that the URL explicitly conjoins the search criteria with AND (rather than OR, or some parenthesized combination). As of version 1.0, the back end supports arbitrarily complex searches, but the UI only supports AND.
[10] A metadata file’s type could (and probably should) be determined on-the-fly just as it is during scanning, which would allow a metadata file to be replaced by a new type of metadata file and the new information to be correctly presented even if the changes had not yet been scanned by the indexer. We will probably revisit this issue when we implement a caching mechanism for rendered HTML.
[11] Until supporting older versions of Internet Explorer became a requirement, Acumen emitted XML by default and only sent HTML by request. It turns out that IE6 and 7 do not correctly handle even moderately large XML files.
Jody DeRidder (jlderidder@ua.edu) is Head of Digital Services at the University of Alabama Libraries. She is interested in developing and supporting practical, low-cost, scalable solutions to digital library problems, from capture and description, through improved usability, to long-term access and preservation.
Tonio Loewald (taloewald@ua.edu) is an Analyst/Programmer at the University of Alabama Libraries. He has developed educational and game software for both small children and large ones with advanced degrees, as well as a program for creating and deploying electronic questionnaires for social science research (RiddleMeThis). He believes that bad user interfaces are a kind of bug that manifests when software runs on people.
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How does this Acumen thing work? | Digital Services @ the University of Alabama , 2011-05-19
[…] live as open source. Tonio Loewald is the developer, and we published an article about Acumen in Code4Lib last year, which will contain more detail than this blog […]
Jody DeRidder , 2011-05-23
Acumen has FINALLY been released open source:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/acumendls/
The long-awaited day has finally arrived. After many trials and tribulations, we have at long last released Acumen Digital Library Software open source!!!
This software is light-weight, easy to install (intended for Linux or OSX), easy to use, and it does *not* require munging your XML metadata into some software-specific form. You can load multiple kinds of content into it — finding aids in EAD, images with simple Dublin Core, TEI transcribed documents, audio with XML play lists, any kind of digital content you want with your OWN form of XML metadata.
You can have Acumen index content all together from multiple sites!! Thus this is an option for those wanting to set up state-wide digitization projects — or wanting to move away from CONTENTdm multi-site server software. Just include the base of the web-accessible directories in the configuration file.
The file naming is the key to organization and to delivery. But besides that — you can add, remove, change content at will in the web directory where you put it, and Acumen will automatically update the display during the next round of indexing.
How easy can it get? Acumen. Finally out there for free!! :-)
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The journey of Kizomba Heart2Heart dates back to 2014 in NYC – the first city in the United States that served to promote this lamabada-esque dance craze. Now, we are a virtual gathering place for lovers of this dance craze to learn the basics, reinforce techniques and spread the love of this beautiful dance through live performances in our community.
Your kizomba membership affords you the following --
Full videos of Advanced Exclusive Team Choreography
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On top of the basic beginner's kizomba curriculum--
Eight (8) Clear Modules of Instruction in fundamental Kizomba steps using video, voice and text
Lead and Follow Techniques
The Importance of Musicality in Kizomba dance
Dance Terminology in Portuguese and its English translation and explanation
Close-ups of body motions
Kizomba steps that build into Intuitive Combinations
Kizomba Fundamental Reviews and Checklists
In addition, you will receive the following perks:
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View the first video in our series as a sample of our style and instruction.
Stanley Noel and Tiffani Knowles
Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tiffani Knowles co-teaches a beginners Kizomba class with Stanley Noel - co-founder of Kizomba Heart2Heart. She is a native of Miami, Florida and he is a native of Haiti. However, the pair both fell in love with Kizomba dance while living in New York City.
While Stanley has a background in Kompa and Zouk music and dance from his native island of Haiti, Tiffani trained for years in ballet, jazz, tap and Afro-Caribbean dance styles before being introduced to Angolan dance styles while attending graduate school in New York. After receiving her master's in Arts and Humanities Education for New York University, she stumbled upon the newest African dance crazes of Afro-House, Azonto, Kizomba and Semba in New York and actively began training within the Kizomba Heart2Heart community in Brooklyn, New York. She met Stanley, one of the promoters of this Kizomba community hub in Brooklyn. He doubled as an event deejay (DJ Pash).
After they both relocated to South Florida in 2016, they planted roots and now dance, perform and teach in the region.
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You will receive direct email correspondence from the email associated with your account and you will be added to an exclusive WhatsApp group for the Kizomba Heart2Heart Performance team where we share practice videos, venue and event dates and urgent, timely info.
How long do I have access to the membership?
How does monthly access sound? After enrolling, your membership is good for an entire month - across any and all devices you own.
What if I have an idea for choreography or performance opportunities?
We are welcoming of choreography/music ideas and referrals for performance venues in and around Florida. We will soon expand to dates around the United States.
Are performance opportunities paid?
Our performance opportunities are generally unpaid as part of our desire to spread the love of kizomba at underrepresented festivals, socials and community events. When a performance event is paid, we will use proceeds to compensate dancers for travel, costumes, etc.
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Category: Family Celebrations
Shabbos Parshas Shimini – April 13 -14, 2018
On May 8, 2018 By mitchmorgensternIn Divrei Torah, Family Celebrations, My Life, Yahrzeit SpeechesLeave a comment
Sheloshim for Reb Avraham Mordechai Janowski
Yahrzeit for the Yunge Bubbi- 1 Rosh Chodosh Iyar
The Legacy of Nadav V’Avihu
This Shabbos is the Sheloshim for our dear Uncle, Avraham Mordechai Janowski. His parents, Eliyahu and Shoshana Bracha Janowski, had 4 children; Kelcha, Simon (my father-in-law), Sam, and the youngest son, Reb Avraham Mordechai. His kids, Rachel and Aryeh Benjamin, made a Kiddush for their father at Bnei Ruvain. I davened at Bnei Ruvain in honor of my uncle. I took Naftali with me. Of course Naftali disappeared and came back right before the opening of the ark. And of course, when the ark was about to be opened, Naftali zoomed up to the ark and opened it. Since Naftali was born, there was a new condition in the world. Naftali has first rights to opening the ark in the entire world, even if someone else was given the honor and paid for it
The Kiddush was sumptuous, including sushi salad. Aryeh Benjamin spoke beautifully about his father in law. He praised his wife, Rachel, for her dedication to her father.
I spoke about Reb Avraham Mordechai Janowski, and then made a Siyum on Meschita Avodah Zarah. I felt a kinship to him. He and his wife graciously made a Shevah Brochos for me when I married Serka in May 1980. I was impressed by his family. They had a very nice suburban home on Cactus Drive in Toronto in the Bnei Torah neighborhood. I was (and some say, still) a ghetto Jew. My family and I lived in an apartment in the city. We were not upwardly mobile and did not move to the suburbs with the majority of Jews, primarily secular Jews. I would visit Reb Avraham Mordechai when I would go into Toronto. I did not realize his name was Avraham Mordechai. Avraham Mordechai is a major Gerrer name as it is the name of the oldest son of the Chidusshei Harim. The Janowski family in Europe was Gerrer Chassidim, so it is very lively that he was named for the Chidusshei Harim’s son (or the Imrei Emes).
Shalosh Seudas Meal – The Legacy of Nadav V’Avihu
I spoke at the Shalosh Seudas meal. I dedicated my Torah to:
The Sheloshim of my uncle Reb Avraham Mordechai Janowski
The 85th Yahrzeit of my mother’s Bubbe, known as the Yunge Bubbi.
To a speedy recovery for my mother who was in the hospital
When I first learned about Nadav and Avihu, I had a hard time with the unfairness of it all – to his father, Aaron, and the Jewish people. Is this the legacy of the Jewish people that even in a time of great joy, we have to have tragedy? What was their sin that had to be a tragedy? The simple answer is that, imagine at the inauguration of a President in the US, a soldier breaks protocol and does something on his own. That soldier would be reprimanded by either being put in the brig, reduced in rank, or even discharged from the Army. If it happened with a King, that soldier would in all likelihood be executed on the spot. What Nadav and Avihu did was equally as bad.
Let us understand the event in depth. The following Verses discuss the death of Nadav and Avihu and its aftermath.
Vayikra – Chapter 10:
Verse 1 tells us what Nadav and Avihu did –
And Aaron’s sons, Nadav and Avihu, each took his pan, put fire in them, and placed incense upon it, and they brought before the Lord foreign fire, which He had not commanded them.
Verse 2 tells us how they died:
And fire went forth from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
Verse 3 tells us what Moshe told Aaron and that Aaron was silent, he accepted what happened:
Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, [when He said], ‘I will be sanctified through those near to me, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ “And Aaron was silent.
Verse 4 and 5 talk about removing the dead bodies –
4. And Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Draw near; carry your brothers (actually first cousins) from within the Sanctuary, to the outside of the camp.
5. So they approached and carried them with their tunics to the outside of the camp, as Moses had spoken.
Verse 6 and7 tells Aaron and his remaining g sons that they should not go into mourning –
6. And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, “Do not leave your heads unshorn, and do not rend your garments, so that you shall not die, and lest He be angry with the entire community, but your brothers, the entire house of Israel, shall bewail the conflagration that the Lord has burned
7. And do not go out of the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, lest you die, because the Lord’s anointing oil is upon you.” And they did according to Moses’ order.
Verse 7 – 11 warns Cohanim not to walk into the Ohel Moad after drinking wine.
Verse 12 goes back to the story of the dedication of the Mishkan.
Nadav and Avihu’s sin:
Aaron sees his dead sons. Aaron is beyond words, The Ranban says the Aaron is weeping loudly. At that moment Aaron was agonizing over the following:
1) He sees his two sons’ dead.
2) He also sees his sons ignore the two great leaders, their uncle and father, Moshe and himself. Not only that, they walked into the Mishkan after drinking wine. He is aghast.
Rashi on Verse 2 brings down two opinions. 1) Rebbe Eliezer who says that they decided a question of Jewish law themselves and did not go to their leaders, Moshe and Aaron. 2) Rebbe Yishmoel says that Nadav and Avihu entered the Mishkan after having drunk wine.
3) He blames himself. He feels he failed his kids.
Rashi on Verse 12 says that at as result of his sin by the golden calf, all of Aaron’s 4 sons were to die as punishment. Moshe prayers helped to save two of them.
4) Aaron is worried that even his remaining two sons would die.
In Verse 3 Moshe consoles Aaron and Rashi eloquently explains:
“ ‘וגו ‘הוא אשר דבר ה: THIS IS WHAT GOD SPOKE, etc. — Where had He spoken this? In the statement (Exodus 29:43), “And there I will be met by the children of Israel and the Tabernacle shall be sanctified by My glory (בכבודי).” Read not here בִכְבוֹדִי, “by My Glory” but בִּמְכֻבָּדַי, “through My honoured ones” (Zevachim 115b). “
Moses here said to Aaron: “ אָחִי אַהֲרֹן” – “Aaron My brother!” – with all the love of one brother to another – do not agonize over the circumstances and death of your sons –
“I knew that this House was to be sanctified by those who are beloved of the Omnipresent God and I thought it would be either through me or through thee; now I see that these (thy sons who have died) are greater than me and than thee!” (Leviticus Rabbah 12 .
Aaron – your sons were great people, greater then us two. The death of your two sons was preordained by God, their death had to happen at this time. Do not focus on our and their shortcomings, we are all human. What happened is Gods plan.
Aaron accepts Moshe’s words and is consoled as he silences himself.
Nadav is an accepted Jewish name.
Rashi on Verse 4 says that Moshe told Aaron’s nephews to remove the dead bodies, as not to disturb the joy of the dedication of the Mishkan. The Mishkan and its deduction was a great moment for the Jewish people and the Jewish people. The Mishkan is God’s place in this world. The acceptance by God and bringing his presence into the Mishkan is evidence that the sin of the golden calf was forgiven. Rashi In effect is saying the death of Nadav and Avihu in Gods plan is not a tragedy. in fact the Nadav and Avihi are rejoicing as their souls ascend heavenward towards God. If I may add, the same way we believe that those that were martyred in the holocaust, were embraced by God as their souls rose heavenward. Moshe understands and relates to Aaron that Nadav and Avihu in the next world are in joy realize they were integral to building and dedicating the Mishkan, therefore remove their bodies and let the joy continue. If I have the Chutzpah to suggest the martyrs of the holocaust were integral to creating a State of Israel and the building of Torah both in Israel and America.
During the week of Pesach Shenei I was by the Shul in Buckingham and Rabbi Unger spoke between Mincha and Maariv. Rabbi Unger mentioned a Chidusshei Harim. Pesach Shenei is discussed in Numbers 9:6-13. Mishael and Elzaphan want desperately to do a Korban Pesach and go to Moshe and Aaron expressing their desire to serve God like the rest of the Jews. Verse 8 says:
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֖ם משֶׁ֑ה עִמְד֣וּ וְאֶשְׁמְעָ֔ה מַה־יְּצַוֶּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה לָכֶֽם:
The Rim focuses on the last work in Verse 8 – לָכֶֽם:.
Moshe says, what God will answer “you”, how will He respond to your strong wish to get closer to God. The Rim continues and says that Hashem created a new law just for them. There is a make up Pesach sacrifice for them. This is something we find no where else in the Torah. This was enacted solely because of the desire for Mishael and Elzaphan for closeness to God. Perhaps this is the answer to Nadav and Avihu. Nadav and Avihu wanted to feel closeness to God. However, they decided for themselves how to get closer to God. Our spiritual needs cannot be met by innovating against the Torah. Mishaal and Elzaphan wanted the same close spiritual connection to God. In contrast to their cousins, they went to their leaders to Moshe and Aaron and said we want to feel this closeness to God; we want to bring a Pesach Sacrifice.
BALTIMORE – A Jewish Wedding
On August 2, 2013 August 3, 2013 By mitchmorgensternIn Family Celebrations, My LifeLeave a comment
July 27, 2013 – Saturday Night 10:30 PM – Motzei Shabbos:
Left Chicago for a 12 hour drive to Baltimore for Nachum Caplan’s wedding. I had 15 hours to make the afternoon wedding in Baltimore. 2:15 PM Kabulis Ponim and 3:00 PM Chuppah.
I folded the seats in the second and third row so I would have a comfortable place to sleep. I had my son Eli download Torah classes. I first listened to two Blatt of Daf Yomi. I was frustrated because I could not think through my drowsiness to fully understand the Shiurim. Pulled over at 1:30 PM to sleep for an hour and again at 4:00 PM. I got up at 6:30 AM. I was still tired, so I purchased a 5 hour energy drink. The drink hit me with a boost of energy and I was wide awake. I used up my three hour window, so I had to put the pedal to the metal.
I listened to two classes on Zionism from Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner given in Toronto. The classes were: The Roots of Anti- Zionism and the Unique Zionism of Menachem Begin, Was Menachem Begin a Religions Zionist. Great lectures. One thing that was said is that one of the reasons for opposition to the Zionist movement was the way the religious Jews were supported. They had no economic base. It was done from donations collected from Hungary and Poland and divided among the people. Israel was to be a spiritual place only. The Zionists wanted to build up a land so that the jews in Israel would be self-sustaining. My great-great grandfather, the Kozker – Pilaver Rebbe wrote in the 1880’s in his prophetic book, Sholem Yerushalim, that there is no commandment to live in Israel and be supported by donations from outside Israel. Israel is to build up as an agricultural society and be self sustaining. When I saw this, I understand the opposition to my great, great-grandfather. I believe that this idea was also the position of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Engel, the author fo the Gelyon Hashas.
I had a problem as I would be pulling into the wedding right before the ceremony. I would prefer a shower, however I did not think it would happen. My mother called me a 1:00 PM that the caterer, Simcha Gross (who shadowed the holy Reb Naftoli in camp), would help. I called Simcha Gross and he told me that I can shower and change at the wedding hall. Problem solved thanks to my mother.
I pulled in at 2:56 PM, met Simcha Gross, thanked him profusely, showered, changed, and made it to the wedding as they were starting the Bedecking. I wished everyone a Mazel Tov. It was great. I was the sole representative of my family. My aunt, the grandmother of the Groom teared up when she saw me. The 12 hour drive and lack of sleep was all worth it.
Bonus – Rabbi Efrem Goldberg came in for the wedding. I thanked him for everything.
Even better, Rabbi Jonathan and Mashie Gross, the Rabbi in Middle America, were at the wedding. Mashie is from Baltimore and they were visiting her parents.
Great wedding. Good meal. Thank you Simcha Gross for putting out the smorgasbord food during the meal. Everyone was happy, much dancing. After the wedding went to my cousin’s house, Elya and Chanie. Got a chance to catch up with this side of the family. My aunt was there along with some of her kids. Great conversation. Went to bed at 12:30 AM.
In Baltimore, right after the wedding at Shomrei Emunah, I met a man whose wife is a descendant of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1881). I expressed my love of the book of Haphtarah’s from Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch. Among Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch’s themes is the need for Jews to be the Light to the Nations. I also see Zionism as a major theme. I reconcile the Zionism of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch to religious Zionism. He said that Jews can only go back to Israel with God bringing the messiah and the Jews have to wait in Europe and America. Had Rabbi SRH seen the Dreyfus trial, the Kishinev massacre, spoken to Herzl, and read Moses Hess’s Rome and Jerusalem his views would have changed.
July 29, 2013 – Monday Morning:
Opened my eyes at 7:00 AM. Stayed in bed as it was the morning after. I felt a headache coming on, so I stayed in bed. Made it to the Agudah at 8:20 AM for morning prayers.
Went to visit Rabbi Jonathan Gross’s father in law, Aaron, Mashie’s father. I had a great visit. We are very much alike and enjoyed his company. They have a lovely home. Aaron has a mini-farm in his backyard. He gave me two bottles of his home-made wine. Aaron and his wife grew up in the 60s and 70s. We shared stories. Aaron should be teaching kids farming, carpentry, and other practical courses. He would be perfect.
At 10:30 AM left Baltimore.
Whirlwind of Simchos
On June 14, 2013 May 26, 2014 By mitchmorgensternIn Divrei Torah, Family Celebrations, My LifeLeave a comment
I had a wonderful May and June. It was a whirlwind of family Simchos and I was able to visit with most of the family. The kids are going to be okay.
I met a number of Rabbonin and people much greater than me, including but not limited to:
Rabbi Jonathan Gross, Rov of Beth Israel Synogague, Omaha, NE and my cousin.
Rabbi Abraham Kelman, Rov of Prospect Park Shul, Brookyn, NY. Rabbi Kelman inspired me to learn about Kotzker Chassidus and is a cousin via marriage to me.
Rabbi Yitzchok Wasserman, Rosh Hayeshiva of Yeshvia Toras Chaim, Denver, CO. Rabbi Wasserman is a cousin of Rabbi Avrohom Kelman, who is a cousin to me via marriage.
Rabbi Yisroel Meir Kagan, Rosh Hayeshiva of Yeshvia Toras Chaim, Denver, CO
Rabbi Solomon Maimon, Rov of Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation, Seattle, WA
Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, Rov of Boca Raton Synogague, Boca Raton, FL
Rabbi Ben Sugerman, Rov of Boca Raton Synogague, Boca Raton, FL
Rabbi Zev Reichman Rov of the East Hill Synogague, Englewood, NY and RAM in YU.
Rabbi Sholem Baum, Rov of Keter Torah of Teaneck, NJ
Rabbi Stanley Miles, Rabbi of Temple Sholem in Louisville, KY
Rabbi Moshe Peleg and Rabbi Pinchos Levy of Jerusalam of Beera Miriam Seminary located in the Ben Yehuda area, http://www.shorashim-org.co.il/about.html
Chazzan Moshe Kraus of Ungvar, Hungary; Muncaz, Hungary; and Ottawa, CA
Rabbi Elliot Gertel , Rabbi of Rodfei Tedek in Hyde Park, Chicago, IL
Rabbi Moshe Schmuel Rotenberg, Rov of Rotenberg’s Shul on East 28th and Avenue R, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Barry Freundel, Rov of Kesser Israel in Georgetown, D.C. Kesser Israel was the first great Shul across America I attended in 1978 when Rabbi Israel Rabinowitz was Rabbi.
Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchok Levin of Lower Merion, PA, grandson of the holy Rabbi Aryeh Levin. Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchok Levin was the first child named after Reb Avrohom Yitzchok Kook, after Rabbi Kook passed away.
Rabbi Chaim Dovid Janowski of Coral Springs, FL, RAM in the Lubavitch Yeshiva in Coral Springs, FL and my nephew.
FAMILY SIMCHOS:
May 1-6, 2013 – Boca Raton, FL. Upsherin of my grandson, Aryeh Moshe Levy
May 7, 2013 -Brooklyn, NY. Being honored by Yeshiva Toras Chaim. Highlight was giving Ephraim Chase and Rabbi Yitzchok Wasserman shoes.
May 12, 2013 – Philadelphia, PA. Shoshana Parker’s wedding
May 24-26, 2013 – Omaha, NE. Hosted by Rabbi and Rebbitzen Jonathan Gross
May 30, 2013 – Chicago, IL. Dinner with Chazzan Moshe Kraus and Chazzan Silber
June 1, 2013 – Brooklyn, NY. Amitai Schwartz’s Auf Ruf
June 2, 2013 – Closter, NJ. Amitai Schwartz’s wedding
June 9, 2013 – Lakewood, NJ. Chana Tzipora Saltz’s wedding.
June 12, 2103 – Chicago, IL Had dnner with Rabbi Moshe Peleg and Rabbi Pinchos Levy both of Jeruslaem, June 13, 2013 – Chicago, IL. Dinner with Avi Maza at Milt
DEVAR TORAH ON CHUKAS:
The below Torah though has been percolating in my head for years and this year I am writing about it. Chapter 20, Verse 1 in this week’s Bible portion states:
א וַיָּבֹאוּ בְנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל כָּל-הָעֵדָה מִדְבַּר-צִן, בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן, וַיֵּשֶׁב הָעָם, בְּקָדֵשׁ; וַתָּמָת שָׁם מִרְיָם, וַתִּקָּבֵר שָׁם. 1 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month; and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
What is unique about this Verse?
Observation 1:
The Bible portion before this Verse is about the laws of the Parah Aduma, the Red Heifer. That Bible portion and everything before this verse in B’Midbar (Numbers) took place in the second year of leaving Egypt. The previous verse to Chapter 20, Verse 1 was the final verse of the laws of the Red Heifer. The very next verse, Chapter 20, Verse 1 takes place 38 years later. In one verse 38 years pass, seemingly uneventful. There is zero mention in the Bible as to what happened during these 38 years. People lived their lives, had children, got married, mourned their losses, but nothing eventful happened that the Bible felt it was important to mention.
Compounding this is the first story in year 40 is the death of Miriam. This makes sense as the Bible is telling us of the passing of the old generation to make way for new leadership. However, Miriam dies and there is no water. Over 3 million people are dying of thirst. The same complaints heard 40 years ago by their parents, are echoed by the children, Why did you take us out of Egypt. This is followed by Moshe hitting the rock and not speaking to it, saying, “listen you rebels” and Moshe being punished. Tough times again. Nothing changed.
To me the simple but unsatisfying answer for the second observation and without looking at the Commentators is that life is tough. Nothing changed. Despite the fact that the Jews had all their needs met in the desert for 40 years, they still had to live life and life is not idyllic. I will say that in our day and age, for many people life has never been this good. However, don’t ever think that you can float by in life. Life will always catch up.
Comment on Observation 1:
I told the below to Rabbi Lopatin and he did not think I was correct. However, the below is my gut feel.
Time passes. Whether we live for 20 years or 80 years, after those 80 years life ceases and your 80 years is no different than that of another person living for 20 years, both are gone. Sometimes a full life is 20 years, sometimes 80 years, and sometimes one day. The quality is the same. We know that someone can acquire merit in the world to come in one hour. This is what the Torah is saying about the Jews in the desert. The years that mattered to the destiny of the Jewish people were up to and including year 2 after leaving Egypt and year 40. The intervening years were unimportant. Year 2 merges with year 40 and that is the continuum of time.
I have a friend who I did not see for 30 years. He moved on to Israel, married, had kids, etc. When I first met with him after the 30 years absence. I was looking for that youthful person I knew from 30 years earlier. I did not see it in him and I could not relate to my friend. I wondered what happened to the young man I met and it bothered me. We were sitting together the last time I was in israel and he sang. He was a Chazzan and only then was I able to see the same person from 30 years earlier. Time merged and the 30 years dropped out of the time continuum.
This coming Wednesday, Tamuz 11, is my father’s Yahrzeit. I did not see my father from 1970 to 1994, for 24 years. I spoke to him on the phone but it was not a relationship. My mother was very angry that I went to visit, but it was something I had to do. On January 17, 1994 when I knocked on his door, and for the next 8 years I went twice a year to visit him we did have a relationship. I was with my father from the date I was born in 1953 to 1970, then from 1994 to his death in 2002. 1970 merged with 1994 and it was a continuous relationship. The distance of time did not matter. It was an entire lifetime. The 24 years just dropped out of the timeline. This is what observation 1 in communicating. At times life truncates, years merge, and intervening years drop out because they do not matter to the relationship. I believe similar to Yaakov our forefather. My years may be off, but he leaves his father at age 58, comes back to his father at age 94, is with his father for 15+- years, goes thorough suffering when his son, Joseph, is gone for 22 years, reunites with Joseph at age 130. It is a great life, the bad times are gone and it is glorious life bound together by the times he spent with his father and with Joseph in peace and harmony.
Korach (and family email)
On June 7, 2013 July 4, 2014 By mitchmorgensternIn Divrei Torah, Family Celebrations, My LifeLeave a comment
This is an e-mail sent to my family on 6/29/2008. A beautiful Vort on this week’s sedra is in the e-mail.
From: Mitch Morgenstern
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 8:35 PM
To: Mitch Morgenstern
Subject: Update
It has been a while. I hope everyone if fine. It is a quarter-end at work and I am busy. But then, I am always busy.
Last Wednesday we had lunch with Kenny and Tzippy who were in Chicago for a wedding.
Shoshana, Danny, Tova Tamara, and Tiferet Tzippora moved to Indianapolis. They are settling in.
I am trying to get into marathon training. I ran 6 miles today, not enough. The weather was perfect at 70 degrees.
Martin– How is your running going. I am looking forward to December.
Menucha – please send me stories about your father, what he stood for, what he said about his family in Europe. Why he left Europe, etc. etc. Write a biography about your parents. Thanks.
The following is the words of Torah, I developed and spoke out this Shabbos. I have attached a scan of the sources.
1) In this past Shabbos’s Torah portion – Korach challenged Moshe’s leadership. Korach initially appears to be motivated by spirituality, however, he aligns himself with bad characters, Dasan and Aviram, the same Dasan and Aviram who were Moshe’s enemies from Egypt. Who can forget Edward G. Robinson’s great portrayal of Dasan (or Dathan) in the movie, the Ten Commandments. I read that Edward G. Robinson was the only Jewish actor in the movie.
2) Moshe sends a messenger to Dasan and Aviram to meet with Moshe and try to make peace. Dasan and Aviram reject’s Moshe’s olive branch, refuses to meet with Moshe, and sends a verbal assault via the messenger back to Moshe, as conveyed in verses 13 and 14..
Verse 15 says
I thought the word meant “anger”. I was surprised that Rashi translates it as “distressed” . Rashi choose to not translate V”Yichar word as anger. Rashi seems to argue on Targum Onkyls who translates V’Yichar as anger. Per Rashi, Moshe was distressed, grieved. Refer to the scanned attachment for Rashi. It is clear that by itself does not mean anger. The source of Rashi is the Medresh, as follows:
Refer to the explanation in the bottom of the Medresh who explains it, as follows:
When someone has an argument with another and is able to respond to his antagonist, the person has satisfaction (he is able to answer the verbal assaults). However, when the person being attacked – the victim, cannot answer his antagonist, the victim has pain, grief, and aggravation. Dasan and Aviram challenged Moshe’s leadership. They did not appear before Moshe with their attack, so that Moshe could not respond to them. Moshe tried to make peace, they turned on him, and got the upper hand. Moshe was publicly humiliated, embarrassed and he was distressed.
This is the meaning of the word –
I want to add another meaning of the Medresh.
The Medresh employees the words . These words imply personal satisfaction and not answering your enemy or being victorious.
I want to say that the Medresh is telling us a comment on human psyche. If we are fighting with someone and we answer that person, we have personal satisfaction and we are at peace with ourselves. However, if we do not answer a verbal assault on ourselves, then we have pain and anguish. It eats away at us, with negative, negative results. It can take years to forget the hurt.
A personal story to illustrate.
Years ago, two distant cousins of mine were talking to one another and the older gentleman tried to humiliate his younger cousin. He said that he does not see how his cousin is a Kotzker descendant, because his cousin was not sharp. Neither my cousin nor I, who witnessed this exchange, answered these older gentlemen. The younger cousin was silent in the face of a verbal assault. He should have said and could have said that the older gentlemen was at one time the Rabbi of a non-Orthodox Synagogue, that he is not trustworthy, that his business ethics could be questioned, and that it is doubtful that he served Kosher food in his business to Jewish residents.
It would have been different if my cousin had a ready answer, but we both held our tongues. It was true that my younger cousin does not have the Kotzker sharpness. The correct answer is that there are many aspects of Kotzker Chassidus and this individual did not embody at all Kotzker Chassidus. He did have a quick mind, but otherwise was a boor. This hurt my younger cousin for years
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The Yunge Bubbe’s Yahrzeit and Family News
On April 11, 2013 May 20, 2016 By mitchmorgensternIn Family Celebrations, My LifeLeave a comment
Today is the Yahrzeit of my mother’s grandmother, (Alta) Chana Henya Sklar , who left this world on the first of Iyar, April 27, 1933. (Alta) Chana Henya Sklar was the mother of my Zeidi, Reb Sholom Sklar. She was known as the Yunge Bubbe (young grandmother).
The Alte Bubbe (older grandmother) was the mother of Archik Tikotsky. Archik
Tikotsky was married to Beilke, the oldest sister of my Zedie. She and her husband brought the family to America in the early part of the 20th century, with my Zeide coming last in 1924. Beilke is buried in the old Krinker cemetery, which I cannot find. The Alte Bubbe lived by my Zeide because her kids were no longer Orthodox. My mother told me that she died in my Zeide’s arms. Continue reading “The Yunge Bubbe’s Yahrzeit and Family News” →
On March 22, 2013 July 4, 2014 By mitchmorgensternIn Divrei Torah, Family CelebrationsLeave a comment
I would like to wish everyone a holiday that is joyous, festive, and inspiring. Mazel Tov to Daniel and Chayala Glenner of the birth of a son, and to Menachem Mendel and Shoshana Janowski on the birth of a son. Daniel and Chayla named thier baby Yehoshua Nissan, after Chayala’s great – grandfather and a great-great grandfather. Menacham Mendel and Shoshana’s baby’s Circumcision should, God willing, take place on Shabbos, 3/24/13.
(Mazel Tov – the baby’s name is Itamer Yaakov. This is indeed a great Simcha and the name Itamer Yaakov is after my father-in-law, Itamer Yaakov Janowski.)
Mazel Tov to Yossi and Elisheva Chase on the birth of a daughter, this past Tuesday. The baby naming and Kiddush is this Shabbos at Bais Chaim Dovid East, Rabbi Menachem Fine.
Continue reading “Pesach 2013” →
Avrumi Perl’s Bar Mitzvah – February 25-27, 2012
On March 4, 2012 March 4, 2012 By mitchmorgensternIn Family CelebrationsLeave a comment
Last week at this time I was in Toronto for Avrohom – Avrumi Perl’s bar Mitzvah. Great weekend and the following is my diary with some Kotzker Torah.
Thursday, February 24, 2012:
Departure date. I was trying to leave before 3:00 PM for my drive to Toronto for Avrumi Perl’s Bar Mitzvah. Too much drama with my customers and I ended up leaving at 5:00 PM. My mother, Bubbi Jean, and the two Chase girls were in the car with me for the trip, Penina Leah and Sarah. Hit rush hour traffic and took an extra 45 minutes. I told over Yehuda Avneir’s inspirational stories from his speech at the 2008 Lubavitch Shilach convention, the story that Chazzen Silber told to David Willner the Kiddush Hashem his grandchildren are doing in the IDF. I listened to two classes on tape. My son- in-law burned them for me last week when I was in Indianapolis. I heard Eli Mansour and Zacharya Wallerstein. Both were excellent, both talked about faith and belief in God – Emunah and Bitachon. Eli Mansour talked how we think one thing and the opposite happens. Hamen set up a tree 50 Amos high for Mordechai. Hamen was on top of the world, and within a few days he was hanging from the tree. Zecharya Wallerstein spoke that we cannot live in the past and dwell on our sins. We have to always look forward. Zecharya Wallerstein quoted a Midrash that said when Hamen was walking home at the height of his glory; he stopped into a Yeshiva to see what the students were learning. They were learning the laws of the incense that the Cohen burned on the alter, the laws of Kemitzah. Hamen goes homes and tells his family that despite the fact that there is a decree to kill all Jews and that Hamen was at the peak of power and influence, the Jews would prevail and all is lost.
The meaning of this Midrash per Zacharya Wallenstein is that Hamen expected the students to be studying the laws of Kiddush Hashem, how to die sanctifying Gods name due to their impending destruction at the hands of Hamen and Achesveirosh. Yet the students were looking toward the future when the Temple would be rebuilt in Jerusalem. They looked forward and not back. They did not beg Hamen for mercy. They ignored Hamen as if Hamen was meaningless. This is the concept of Bitachon, everything is in God’s hands and Hamen is a puppet. He cannot do anything unless God wants it to happen. This is the message of the Midrash.
Arrived in Toronto at 3:00 AM.
Friday, February 14, 2012:
Woke up at 10:00 AM. Did not realize it was really 11:00 AM. Spoke to work and arrived at the boat Synagogue at 11:30 AM, hoping to catch a Minyan. It was then that I realized how late it was. I went up the Amud to lead the prayer services. We had 4 people praying with us, not a Minyan, however, we davened as if we had a MInyan, including saying Kiddusha out loud. We read from the Torah and davened Musaf together. It was highly satisfying for me. After the prayer services, I spoke about my joy at davening with other Jews at this late hour, as we all felt connected. I told over the story of the Kotzker when he was in yeshiva in Zamusz. One morning when the Kotzker was late in praying morning services, the dean of the school, Rabbi Yosef Hochgalenter 1740 -1807, chased the Kotzker to the Synagogue. The Kotzker bolted the doors and davened.
At Shul I saw Rabbi Yosef Spiro, my roommate from Ner Yisroel in Toronto. He is not well. He needs a kidney transplant. I asked him for a D’var Halalch. He told me about the law of “C’dei Achelas Peras”, that to be considered a valid Acelah -“eating” for Jewish law, the complete eating has to be within a certain time limit called “C’dei Achelas Peras” . Rabbi Spiro said that there is a disagreement between the Mishna Berurah and the Pri Migadim or the Magan Avrohom that to say the grace after meals one has to have an Acelah. The question is what happens if one eats less than the amount that is considered an Aceliah, but one is satisfied, does he have to say grace after meals. The Mishna Berurah says no and the Pri Migadim says yes.
One of the 4 people praying with us is from the old city of Jerusalem was Goldberg, and is good friends with Rabbi Yosef Soloveichik, “Joe Brisker”.
After Shul, I received a call from work that highly agitated me. I raised my voice at a customer over the phone.
Afterwards, I went to Pesach Chase’s house for lunch and talk. My mother, my sister, Karen, and Karen’s daughter were there. We had a great time. We told over the family stories and they were just as funny as when I heard them the first time.
I had to go to the bank to take care of something and just made it back just in time to get ready for Shabbos.
Friday Night, Shabbos, Parshas Trumah, and February 24, 2012:
Arrived to Tzi’vi and Chaim Perl’s house for the Friday night meal. It was great seeing all of the family. The kids are growing up.
Tzi’vi and Chaim’s kids were there, including their married son; Moshe Yaakov and Miriam and their baby, Yitzchok and Bracha’s and kids were there from New York including their two older yeshiva boys; Mayer and Chana and kid; Elisheva and Yossi and their daughter, and Sholem Chase. I sat next to Pesach, Esther, and my mother.
Great food, everything was home made. Great speeches. Went back to the place I was staying. Could not sleep as I was still agitated from before Shabbos. Schmoozed with Karen and my mother.
Saturday Morning, Shabbos, Parshas Trumah, February 25, 2012:
Arrived at Synagogue at 10:00 AM, a little late, as the prayer services started at 8:30 AM. The Synagogue was on Lawrence Avenue at the old Yesodai Torah Shul. It was established in the 1950’s by Holocaust survivors who came from Hungary. The Bar Mitzvah boy is named after his great – grandfather, Avrohom Friedman, who prayed at the Synagogue. Avrohom Friedman owned a wholesale dry goods warehouse in Toronto, supplying small grocery stores. Mr. Friedman closed his place of business at noon every Friday to prepare for Shabbos, learn, and make it to Shul early.
Avrumi Perl read from the Torah like poetry. His leining was clear, loud, with every word pronounced with the Trop perfect. I only heard one missed trop sound. I sat next to a Mr. Blumenfeld. Mr. Blumenfeld is married to a Kaiser. I went to Yeshiva with his wife’s brother, Mike Kaiser. Mr. Blumenfeld ’s father came to America with his sister in 1939. Unfortunately the rest of his family could not get out of Europe and they perished. His father was on General Douglas Macarthur’s staff in the Philippines during World War II. Mr. Blumenfeld said that his father worshipped General Macarthur. His father got his college degree on the GI bill.
The Kiddush was lively. I asked Helen Friedmen for a Brocha. Helen Friedman is Esther Chase’s mother and the great-grandmother of Avrumi. I talked to the Chaim Perl’s siblings and told them that I met their first cousin, David Willner. I told them the great work David Willner is doing with Rabbi Barnei Selevan.
I met a Mr. Eckstein who was visiting from Brooklyn, NY. Eckstein is in the insurance business. We began to play Jewish Geography and I mentioned that I met a Joseph Eckstein from Queens last summer in LA at the ice cream store on Robertson. Eckstein tells me that Joseph Eckstein is his brother. Joseph Eckstein’s father-in-law ate by my cousins in Queens this past Rosh Hashana. Small world.
After the meal went back to Tzi’vi and Chaim’s house for the rest of the afternoon. I was asked to speak. I read two great stories of the greatness of the Kotzker Rebbe. Kotzker Story #1 – The Chidushai Harim’s Manuscript. Kotzker Story #2 – The Avnei Nezer’s Pshat in a Rambam.
After Shabbos slept for an hour, then went back to Tzi’vi and Chaim’s house for more food and talk.
Sunday, February 26, 2012:
Went to the boat synagogue for morning prayers. The person leading the prayers was Yehuda Berkowitz. I blogged about him earlier. Yehuda Berkowitz is from Har Nof, Israel and ate over my house a few weeks earlier on a Friday night. Yehuda Berkowitz left Chicago and I felt bad that he left Chicago without my donation. I gave him what I was planning to give him.
Drove back to Chicago in less than 8.5 hours.
Great weekend, great times.
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Bean, Merrill Lead Aggies To Win Over SJSU In Conference Opener
By Kyle Ireland, KSL Sports
Utah State guard Sam Merrill, left, celebrates USU's victory over Nevada with teammate Justin Bean on March 2 at the Spectrum in Logan. Courtesy of Deseret News.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – No. 25 Utah State’s Justin Bean and Sam Merrill led the Aggies to a win in their first Mountain West Conference game of the season against the San Jose State Spartans.
The forward and guard put the Aggies on top of the Spartans 71-59 in USU’s first conference game of the 2019-20 season.
Bean and Merrill combined for 32 of Utah State’s 71 points in San Jose on Wednesday, December 4.
FINAL | 🔵🔵
Aggies defeat San Jose State 71-59 in the Mountain West opener! Yet ANOTHER huge night from @justinbean12, 18 points – 14 rebounds! #AggiesAllTheWay pic.twitter.com/1KxGVCGs90
— USU Men's Hoops (@USUBasketball) December 5, 2019
Bean shot 9-15 on field goals for 18 points. He pulled down 14 rebounds and added an assist and 3 steals.
Merrill went 5-14 on the floor for 14 points. He added 2 boards, 3 assists, and 2 steals in the win.
Every time we hear a TV announcer say, "Sam Merrill is not a terrific athlete." pic.twitter.com/fJFwZECpZl
The Aggies shot the ball 42.4 percent and only 23.5 percent from three-point range.
Utah State won the game by outrebounding San Jose State 42-34 and by forcing 15 Spartan turnovers.
With the win, USU improved to 8-1 (1-0 MWC) on the season. SJSU fell to 3-6 (0-1 MWC).
#25 @USUBasketball defeats @SanJoseStateMBB 71-59.
The Aggies improve to 8-1 on the season.
Justin Bean led with 18 points. Sam Merrill added 14 points. #AggiesAllTheWay
The Aggies continue conference play by hosting Fresno State on Saturday, December 7 at 4 p.m.
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Georgia: “12-year-old girls are married off”
In Georgia, women’s sexuality, men’s violence against women and child marriage are all highly controversial topics. The women’s rights organisation StudioMobile uses documentary films to initiate discussions and break taboos – work that is met with opposition and threats.
Liana Jaqeli, Marine Margalitadze, Tamar Lejava, Natia Vardosanidze, Sophio Chkheidze and Lulu Kalandadze from StudioMobile address sensitive topics like child marriage by making documentary films. Photo: Emma Söderström.
“Many Georgian women believe it’s their duty to have sex with their husband, even when they don’t want to. It’s tragic!,” says Liana Jaqeli, film producer and founder of StudioMobile-Accent on Action, one of Kvinna till Kvinna’s partner organisations in Georgia.
With its documentary films, StudioMobile wants to strengthen women and girls’ sexual and reproductive rights. The films have been screened in villages in the Georgian countryside and broadcasted on national TV. Women’s rights organisations across the country use the material to change public opinion.
Protests by the Orthodox church
The organisation’s studio is housed in one of their members’ homes, an apartment on the outskirts of the capital Tbilisi. Here, Liana Jaqeli and the others from StudioMobile edit films at night, when the child of the mother who owns the house has gone to sleep.
The films cover topics that are controversial in Georgia, such as men’s violence against women or women’s sexuality. Many of these topics are entirely absent from public debate in the country.
In the past, representatives of the Orthodox church and other conservative actors broke one of StudioMobile’s cameras and demonstrated outside the broadcasting company’s office after one of the organisation’s documentaries had been aired.
“I’m certain that Orthodox organisations would attack us if they knew where we met and worked,” says Tamar Lejava, screenwriter and board member for StudioMobile.
Breaking taboos by provoking viewers
It is clear StudioMobile’s documentaries provoke people. But that is exactly the point.
“We know this approach works. Film is the most effective way to initiate discussions and break taboos. It makes people identify with those who are affected by a problem,” explains Liana Jaqeli. She adds that many of those featured in the organisation’s documentaries also develop a better understanding of their own situation .
During filming, one young man featured in a documentary about lethal violence against women talked about he had started feeling remorse and guilt for not being able to stop his parents from marrying off his sister when she was 15.
“We simply took away her school backpack and married her off,” he can be heard saying in the film. His sister was forced to quit school, had three children and was subjected to violence by her husband. He killed her when she was just 23 years old.
Child marriage common in Georgia
At the moment, StudioMobile focuses on child marriage. According to Liana Jaqueli, many Georgians mistakenly want to believe the problem only occurs in minority groups in the country.
In reality, child marriage takes place across Georgian society, from urban to rural areas. One in six women in Georgia is married off before turning 18. And these statistics do not even reveal the whole picture, as they only cover registered marriages.
Although marriages with children under the age of 16 have been prohibited by law, many such marriages still take place in accordance with traditions – and without registration. A new law prohibiting marriage under the age of 18 will probably also be circumvented.
“Girls as young as 12 or 13 are taken out of school to be married. They are forced to have sex and become pregnant. This is sexual violence against children, and it occurs throughout Georgia. The law is constantly broken and no one gets punished. That is why it is important to change attitudes,” says Liana Jaqueli.
Besides facing threats, StudioMobile’s members also struggle with a heavy workload and limited resources.
“We’re just so tired. We work all night long and are always available. It’s stressful and painful to think we might be left without any funding. That’s why we’re so happy to cooperate with Kvinna till Kvinna: they share our vision on what it takes to change society,” says Liana Jaqueli.
Currently, StudioMobile is in the middle of making a new documentary.
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Home Jagran School of Journalism and Communication "My journey from Jagran Lakecity University to University of the Arts London, UK": Tanya Goyal (BAJMC III Semester), School of Media and Communication
"My journey from Jagran Lakecity University to University of the Arts London, UK": Tanya Goyal (BAJMC III Semester), School of Media and Communication
The dream was no longer a dream when I actually boarded the flight from Delhi to London, everything seemed perfect. All I could think throughout was how thankful I am to Jagran Lakecity University for giving me this opportunity to go for this three weeks Public Relations and Advertising Summer School Programme at The London College of Communication (LCC), University of the Arts London.
The complete duration of the flight was spent in the thoughts of the city of dreams. 9 hours later, I landed at terminal 2 of the London Heathrow Airport, trust me when I say, “It’s a never-ending terminal.” I was shortly done with immigration and out of the airport in a black hybrid Toyota. It took me around 45 minutes to reach King’s cross from Heathrow, where my homestay with a British family was arranged. Everything was perfect, from the streets to houses to even the smallest of details. The lady of the house, Miss. Natalie was a sweetheart. She lived with her 8-year-old daughter, Isabelle. They welcomed me with a cup of coffee and showed me around in the evening.
Next morning was my first day at the London College of Communication, situated at Elephant and Castle, which was six stops away via tube from King’s cross. We were given a short orientation to the Summer Program which included an introduction to all students and an overview of LCC, followed by a tour of the college. I had already met a few girls before the orientation and luckily they all were from my course.
Soon, it was time for our first lecture. We were a total of five girls; Ana from Mexico, Shuwan from China, Valeria from Peru and Wad from Saudi Arabia along with me.
Our Advertising lecturer was Andy. He started his lecture by explaining about Agencies, and how to work with them. He also told us that it’s always efficient to work in agencies instead of working individually because reaching a conclusion with a team is easier than working alone. He divided the five of us into two agencies for giving us an insight into how an advertising agency works and its departments. My partner was Valeria and we named our agency, “Translation”. He navigated us through various aspects of advertising for the next three weeks. We designed a poster for a company, wrote a copy for it, designed content-based ads, designed a comedy Ad for a serious topic like Cancer or Dementia, and made a quick & short film on “Fake news”. We even designed a social media campaign for the brand “Corona”. We were taught about various advertising semiotics as well. Andy also took us for an Industrial visit to The JWT i.e. The J. Walter Thomson situated at South Kensington, where we were told about “Brand Ads” and how digital marketing has boomed over the recent years.
In the last week, we were taken for a Pink Floyd exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
It was the best exhibition I had ever seen. Being a Pink Floyd fan myself, I just couldn't stop being mesmerized by the exuberance. It was a beautiful experience!
Our Public Relations lectures were taken by Ruth. She was the best to learn Fashion PR from. The lecture started with an introduction to “Press Release”, post that we were instructed to write three press releases each. When compared to Andy, Ruth’s classes were serious. She told us all about Luxury fashion and High Street Fashion PR. Her guidelines on how to cover an event, making of a look-book, types of a press release, making a media list and designing an invite were a few of our major lessons. two group assignments given to us post lectures were sufficient to put our knowledge to test. Ruth organized two guest lectures for strategic planning, one with Mrs. Gaelle, Senior PR Manager, Chopard and another with Mr. Tanner, crisis management professional and Political PR for Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith from the UK Labor Party. During our last week, writing industry-standard curriculum vitae and cover letters were taught to us.
This was an outline of my experience at a Summer School Programme. I sincerely thank Jagran Lakecity University for giving me an opportunity to explore the details of my course internationally. Travelling globally isn’t just about knowledge, but also about the sense of independence that we feel being in an unknown continent all by ourselves. I highly recommend students to go for such programmes, they enhance you completely!
Tanya Goyal
BAJMC (III Semester),
School of Media and Communication,
Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal.
Glimpse of my journey and experiences in London during the Summer School Programme.... :-)
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JLU in general and JLU School of Media and Communication in particular, have number of student jewels. Tanya , you are one amongst the finest student who are bringing glory to all. I have got some fantastic feedback from your mentors at LCC, UAL London and we all are proud of you. I hope to see more of our students travelling to partner universities in the coming year. Cheers...Diwakar Shukla
yayy!! you go girrlll!! so proud of you!
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Pavilion at Gateway Park Nears Completion
Ted Olinger, KP News
Eddie Vannausdle adds anchor pegs to joints in new open-span timber structure. Photo: Lisa Bryan, KP News
Children, families, hikers, bikers and equestrians have been flocking to the playgrounds, trails and fields of Gateway Park on State Route 302 near Wauna since it opened Sept. 30, 2017. The latest showpiece in the 72-acre park, still under construction, should be ready for the public by April.
Originally conceived as a simple picnic shelter, what has come to be known as the Gateway Pavilion is a 30-by-60-foot traditional timber-frame work of art designed and constructed by volunteers and Key Pen Parks staff.
Longtime Key Peninsula residents and volunteers Jeff and Marcia Harris approached fellow Gig Harbor Rotary Club members last spring about supporting the project with a grant of $20,000 and a cadre of volunteers to help with construction.
“This park should be and will be the signature facility for the Key Peninsula as a true gateway between the Key Peninsula and the Gig Harbor peninsula,” Jeff Harris said at the time. “As such, I and others think the pavilion can serve as something of a symbol for the Key Peninsula to represent us and to tell our story.”
Harris also worked with Bob Green and the KP Parks Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization created six years ago to help fund park projects with tax-deductible donations. The foundation was able to pay for enhancements to the pavilion, including carved knee braces and stainless-steel support brackets that double as sculptures depicting slices of KP life.
Key Pen Parks board President Ed Robison, P.E., designed the pavilion for ease of assembly by volunteers under professional supervision; that leadership came from longtime KP resident and builder Tim Keolker of RTK Construction.
“It’s all timber-frame, mortise and tenon, but Ed Robison engineered it to also stand as an independent structure,” Keolker said. Long, heavy timbers fit together like a giant puzzle, making load-bearing walls unnecessary and creating a sweeping, cathedral-like interior. “It’s really pretty spectacular,” he said.
“This is tight-knot, kiln-dried Douglas fir from Gray Lumber and it is the best they could find,” Keolker said. “Steve Gray has had a family house out here over the years. I asked him if he would be interested in doing this and he really did help us out by getting us the best material he could at the best cost.”
The open structure resembles the frames of a traditional wooden sailing ship, with large posts anchored by bright, stainless-steel brackets shaped and etched with an image evocative of a place or experience on the KP.
“I just took a photograph for each side of each bracket, gave it to the metal guy and he turned it into a line drawing to feed into his computer,” Keolker said. “Each one is different on each side, and that’s so you can walk up and see a story that leads you all the way around.”
The brackets were fabricated by Tacoma Steel and paid for by a grant from The Tremaine Foundation facilitated by the local Stanley family through the KP Parks Foundation.
Much of the labor of sanding and sealing the thousands of feet of lumber fell to work crews from the Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women in Belfair.
“The girls did it, all of these timbers and 500 pieces of car decking,” Keolker said, referring to the tongue-and-groove boards of the pavilion ceiling. “It was at least three months’ worth of work for eight or 10 women once a week. It was no problem for them; they wanted to be a part of something.”
But according to Scott Gallacher, executive director of Key Pen Parks, it is Keolker and his son, Matt, who have done the bulk of the prefabrication and assembly, working as volunteers with help from the Key Pen Parks staff.
“You look at this thing, this incredible building—how do you say thank you for that?” Gallacher asked.
“Tim is both passionate and exceedingly knowledgeable about the KP,” Jeff Harris said. “I talked to him long before the pavilion was anything but a few white flags identifying the location. You see today what that passion, along with his extreme skill and tenacity, has resulted in.”
“The rest of the buildings we have in the parks are really utilitarian,” Keolker said. “When we started planning to do something really nice here, somebody said, ‘Oh, this kind of building belongs in Gig Harbor.’ No, it doesn’t. It belongs right here, to these people here who live on this peninsula. The whole place should be proud of it. I am; I’m honored to be able to do it.”
Gateway Park is in the first two phases of a master construction plan. “Phase three is the splash pad, the amphitheater and a smaller pavilion,” Gallacher said. “We are applying for grant money for that phase, but we’re not going to start construction for that probably until 2020.”
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2017 NFL Preview: All You Need to Know About the AFC
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The 2017 NFL season starts Thursday when the New England Patriots host the Kansas City Chiefs. Here’s all you need to know about the AFC heading into the 2017 season.
Key AFC Questions
Can the Patriots Replace Julian Edelman?
The last time we saw New England wide receiver Julian Edelman in an NFL game that meant something, he was making a catch that seemingly defied science — and helping his team rally to a Super Bowl title. Problem is, Edelman played in a few NFL games that meant nothing this preseason — and tore his anterior cruciate ligament during one of them. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady haven’t won five titles with the Pats by allowing injuries to stop them, but they aren’t likely to find a wideout as in sync with Brady as Edelman was. Holdover Chris Hogan and new acquisitions Brandin Cooks (free agent; New Orleans) and Phillip Dorsett (trade; Indianapolis) will try to fill the key role.
Is Derek Carr Fully Healthy?
After more than a decade of futility, the Oakland Raiders rose to a 12-4 record and nearly won the AFC West title last season. The Raiders incredible run was derailed when Derek Carr suffered a broken leg in a Week 16 win over Indianapolis. How important was Carr?Oakland dropped its season finale to Denver, 24-6, then got hammered in the wild card round by Houston, 27-14. While Carr has looked solid in his team’s winless preseason, he still must face first-string defenses at regular-season speed. We’ll know sooner than later if he’s truly back.
How Long Until Andrew Luck Starts?
Another NFL season; another injury report on Andrew Luck. Indianapolis’ franchise quarterback will miss at least the first week of the regular season while he continues his recovery from offseason shoulder surgery. It’s no great shock: Luck missed all of training camp and the preseason. Backup Scott Tolzien will start against the Rams, but he won’t ever be able to “replace” Luck. Ever. The longer the Colts are without Luck, the closer they come to being an also-ran in the ever-mediocre AFC South. When he’s healthy, they are a playoff contender.
Most Likely to Win the AFC
Pittsburgh Steelers: Sure, running back Le’Veon Bell held out of camp, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger got a year older and wide receiver Martavis Bryant has had trouble ‘playing on grass’ in the past. Who cares? The Steelers are an elite-level offensive team that upgraded its defense with youth (and recently signed former Browns cornerback Joe Haden). If any team in the AFC can unseat New England, it’s Pittsburgh.
New England Patriots: Do you seriously want to bet against the Patriots winning it all (again)? That’s a good way to lose. Between the pathetic excuse for a division that is the AFC East, the continuing excellence of execution that has defined the Belichick/Brady era and the return of tight end Rob Gronkowski, it’s hard to imagine New England not getting a bye into the second round of the playoffs. It might be more difficult from there with the Steelers, Chiefs, Titans and Raiders lurking, but this team could go 9-7 and still make a Super Bowl run.
Tennessee Titans: Perhaps the Titans are further away from a title run than this, but why not? If quarterback Marcus Mariota is fully recovered from his broken leg, he now has free agent receiver Eric Decker and newly drafted wideouts Corey Davis and Taywan Taylor as targets. AFC rushing leader DeMarco Murray and backup running back Derrick Henry add more firepower. Sure, the defense will give up lots of points, but the Titans should rule their division. If they can figure out how to stop a few teams in the playoffs, they have as much offensive talent — and perhaps the best offensive line — of any team in the game.
AFC Contenders Who Will Fall Short
Oakland Raiders: When Super Bowl-winning running back (and Oakland-native) Marshawn Lynch comes out of retirement to play for the team that he was born to play for, it’s easy to get swept up in the romance of the Raiders winning it all (before abandoning their fans for Las Vegas). The truth: they won a lot of close games last year thanks to Derek Carr’s magic, and the team often benefitted from other teams’ mistakes. The defense, especially the linebacking corps, has to keep pace with All-Pro pass rusher Khalil Mack and the defensive line before the Silver & Black will truly be back.
Kansas City Chiefs: As usual, the Chiefs will be talented and experienced enough to win 10 games or more. And, as usual, they’ll flame out in the playoffs. With running back Spencer Ware gone for the season with a knee injury, Kansas City will rely on quarterback Alex Smith to shoulder more of the offensive load. If Smith isn’t up to it, rookie Patrick Mahomes and his rocket arm seem like they may be ready sooner than later. The defense, led by Justin Houston, Marcus Peters and Eric Berry, is tough as ever.
Houston Texans: There’s an old Bear Bryant adage about offense selling tickets, while defense wins championships. Bless your houndstooth hat if you think that still holds true in modern-day football. As good as J.J. Watt, Jadeveon Clowney and the rest of the Houston defense has been/is, the Texans won’t make a deep postseason run until they have a quarterback who can lead them there. Maybe rookie Deshaun Watson is the guy, but he couldn’t beat out Tom Savage this preseason.
AFC Rookies to Watch
DeShone Kizer, QB, Cleveland Browns: Stop us if you’ve heard this before: the Browns have a new starting quarterback. OK, we’ll say it: DeShone Kizer deserves his shot at leading Cleveland out of eternal double-digit loss seasons. The second-round pick out of Notre Dame won’t have a lot of weapons around him, but he will have left tackle Joe Thomas protecting his back. If the Browns can land a real running back and some receiving help with all their draft picks in the next two years, they may finally not suck (in 2019). Till then…
Leonard Fornette, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars: The Jacksonville Jaguars have to get better one of these years. When they do, this year’s rookie running back Leonard Fornette figures to lead the charge. The first-round pick out of LSU won’t have as much success as Ezekiel Elliott did last year in Dallas — his line isn’t as good — but he will be a welcome distraction to Blake Bortles’ errant third-down tosses into the parabolic mics on the sidelines.
Joe Mixon, RB, Cincinnati Bengals: For now, Jeremy Hill is the starting running back in Cincinnati, but it figures to be only a matter of time before second-round draft pick Joe Mixon out of Oklahoma runs past Hill to the top of the Bengals depth chart. Backsliding Cincinnati figures to get by on the strength of its offense, and Andy Dalton and A.J. Green need a complementary running game. A first-round talent that dropped because of ugly off-field issues, Mixon has the explosiveness that can add to the Bengals weapons.
Player on the Hot Seat: Jay Cutler, QB, Miami Dolphins
What, exactly, does Jay Cutler need to be happy? A middling quarterback who played well enough to cash in before flaming out with the Bears, Cutler has millions of dollars, a beautiful wife and plenty of time to smoke cigarettes. Apparently, that was not enough for Cutler, who has un-retired to play for his former Chicago offensive coordinator Adam Gase in Miami this season after the Dolphins lost Ryan Tannehill to a preseason knee injury.
Needless to say, Cutler will be watched closely, since he was supposed to be providing color commentary on televised broadcasts this season, not comic relief under center. Receiver DeVante Parker and running back Jay Ajayi will help (but they can’t run down every interception return).
Coach on the Hot Seat: Todd Bowles, N.Y. Jets
No one envies Todd Bowles. As head coach of the New York Jets, Bowles has what could be the worst high-profile job in pro football. The Browns, Bills, Rams and Niners might all be worse teams than the Jets this season, but at least those coaches aren’t in the largest media market in the country. Bowles’ hopes to not get canned will rest on the arm of Josh McCown. Yeesh. If (when) McCown falters, Bowles can go to Bryce Petty or Christian Hackenberg in relief. Maybe he should offer Dellin Betances a contract?
Playoff Picks
Division Champs:
AFC East: New England
AFC North: Pittsburgh
AFC South: Tennessee
AFC West: Oakland
AFC Wild Cards: Houston and Kansas City
Source: 2017 NFL Preview: All You Need to Know About the AFC
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Greenyz: Definitely. It’s a such drastic difference comparing the 3DS and the original DS. Although my screen does seem a bit wobbly which can be distracting.
BigGumby: Yeah, the screen doesn’t seem to stick in a position as well as the DSi did. What do you think about the new Circle Pad? Personally, I think it’s fantastic. It works great, and it’s super comfortable. It is a huge step up for handhelds in terms of control.
Greenyz: Yeah it’s really surprising how great it is. It’s extremely smooth. Although I did seem to rely a bit more on the d-pad when playing Street Fighter since it doesn’t seem to detect subtle movements that well. But other games that use the circle pad don’t seem to have the same problem, so it might just be the game.
BigGumby: I had problems with the circle pad in street fighter as well, it hurt my thumb after awhile. Besides all of this, everything else is all pretty much like the older DS models (besides a plethora of helpful LEDs!). One complaint I do have, though, is the placement of the stylus. I was so used to having it on the right side of the DSi that having it on the back is a major downgrade and an annoying issue.
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Greenyz: Haha yeah. When my friend first tried out the 3DS he had a bit of trouble finding the stylus. I’m also glad to see the return of the volume slider. I feel I have more control over the volume when I have one. I also feel it’s a bit weird having the headphone jack in the center of the device as opposed to somewhere off to the side.
BigGumby: Yeah, some weird design choices. Another weird design flaw would be that if you leave your 3DS closed for too long, it’ll eventually leave 2 straight line on the top screen, this can be easily wiped off with your fingers, but it’s kind of odd that this is present, although it’s not a big deal. I love the telescopic stylus though, it’s pretty helpful with people with big hands!
Greenyz: Yeah I agree. How do you feel about the colors? I’m pretty disappointed really. Cosmo Blue seems a bit distracting and black seems a bit too boring.
BigGumby: Yeah, the colors are a bit lacking, but I’m sure they’ll be more down the line. I personally got the black one and I think it looks pretty nice. All in all, it’s a wonderfully crafted system, but with a few tiny flaws here and there.
Greenyz: Yeah I’m pretty satisfied.
Greenyz: So the biggest thing about the 3DS is its ability to display 3D without the need for expensive glasses. It’s pretty crazy seeing it in person. Surprisingly, rather than seeing objects popping out of the screen, you get a feeling that you’re looking into a window.
Seeing the HUD of games on different planes has to be my favorite use of the effect so far. How about you?
BigGumby: I love the 3D, but most of all I love showing it to people for the first time. Those videos Nintendo made with 3DS first time reactions are almost spot on!
My favorite use of the effect is probably the 3D dioramas in Pilotwings. If you move one in the perfect position, it literally seems to be popping out of the screen 1 or 2 inches! I had to show everyone!
Greenyz: I should spend more time with that game since I haven’t even seen one yet, haha. So how high do you usually set the 3D slider to get your preferred 3D effect?
When I first opened the device, the slider was usually at the lower settings but as I spent more time with the device I seemed to prefer putting the 3D slider really high sometimes at its maximum level.
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BigGumby: I’ve had pretty much had the same experience as you did with the 3D slider. Start low, then eventually slide it up higher and higher. I think it depends on the game. For most of the built in software, I can put it on maximum and it looks great, but for Pilotwings I usually put it up 3/4 the way to the top. The effect looks great nonetheless.
So, what’s your opinion on the 3D’s viewing angle?
Greenyz: I felt the sweetspot for the 3D was at a reasonable distance but at times of intense gaming, like in Street Fighter, I found myself moving outside the angle either through the wobbly screen or my reactions to the matches.
Anyone that’s ever tried a 3DS knows when you move out the sweetspot not only does you lose the 3D effect but your screen gets really blurry which can sometimes really mess up your game. How do you feel about this?
BigGumby: The “sweet spot” isn’t very flexible, for sure, but it’s not as big of a problem as some may assume. Occasionally my hands start to drift to the left or right during playtime (bringing the system along with it). This causes the screen to get a little blurry or start to show a double image. It’s quick to fix but I wish it were a bit more flexible.
BigGumby: So, let’s get into the user-interface of the system. The UI is quite similar to the DSi’s menu system, but with a list of improvements. This includes improvements to both the functionality of the menu and the visual finesse.
Greenyz: My favorite feature is how easy it is to organize applications. Having control over how many rows and columns is a welcome feature. Easy access to the web browser and friends list is great as well.
BigGumby: Yep, it’s pretty much easier to do everything. Speaking of the friends list, let’s go more in depth about that. Friend codes are still present, but luckily you will not need to exchange friend codes for each individual game! It’s definitely a step forward, and the friends list is presented in a pretty cool way. You can see your friend’s Mii, when he/she was last online, what their favorite game is, and what they are currently playing. It’s definitely an improvement over the Wii and DS!
Greenyz: Yeah it’s great. The only real problem is the fact that you can’t talk or message any of your friends through the 3DS. It’s a small complaint and Nintendo can always add it in if they want to in a later update.
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BigGumby: Yeah, it’s kind of annoying when the only way to communicate with a friend is through a 12 letter status message everyone else on your friends list can see. I spent like 20 minutes trying to figure out how to fit a sentence that asked you whether Super Mario Land was any good or not in 12 characters, I ended up using “SML worth it?” Nintendo has the ability to change this, let’s hope they do!
Greenyz: Yeah the text limit is weird. So with the new system Nintendo’s set up you’re now able to do multiple things at once. For example, you can browse the Internet, check your friends list, write notes, and take pictures even while you have game running. It’s really neat.
BigGumby: Yep, it’s a powerful machine. If you get stuck on a certain point in the game, you can click the home button, then the internet browser to look up a walk-through, all while not interrupting your game! You can also take notes on certain games to help you out.
BigGumby: Let’s get into StreetPass now, I think it is one of the system’s most unique features!
Greenyz: It’s the best new feature the 3DS in my opinion! I love it. Being able to get new content in-game just by passing by a person that has a 3DS is great. Just seeing random 3DS owners that you passed by is fun in itself.
BigGumby: To me, it’s a system seller. It’s fantastic and makes you want to bring your 3DS everywhere you go! Which is helpful with getting Spotpass updates, too (we’ll go more into that in minute). StreetPass is utilized in many retail games, such as figure battling and collecting in Street Fighter, but it is also used in a few built in games on the 3DS. There is a mini-RPG built into the system, called Find Mii. Your Mii is taken captive and you must use other people’s Miis you find with StreetPass to defeat monsters to save your Mii! Really cool! Also, there is my favorite, Puzzle Swap. In Puzzle Swap you exchange puzzle pieces that other 3DS users have obtained to complete a 3D diorama or picture based on famous Nintendo franchises. It’s super fun and addicting. Have you had any StreetPass hits?
StreetPass is easily one of the best reasons to get a 3DS
Greenyz: Yeah I’ve had a few, mostly when on campus. Find Mii and Puzzle Swap are some of my favorite games on the 3DS. It’s really fun to pop open your 3DS each day and play a short game of Find Mii and collect a puzzle piece that others have collected before.
BigGumby: It’s a great feature, but if you can’t get any StreetPass hits (keep trying!) you can use Playcoins. You gain play coins by simply walking. There is a built in pedometer, every 100 steps you take you get a play coin. You can use these to buy Puzzle Pieces, to hire characters to fight in Find Mii, or use them in retail games that support them (like buying costumes in Street Fighter). Another cool feature built into the 3DS is SpotPass. Your 3DS is always looking for an access point, SpotPass automatically connects your 3DS to the internet and downloads DLC and other cool things to your system. This gives you a persistent online experience not unlike Xbox Live.
Greenyz: So the camera functions of the DSi make a return in the 3DS. This time though, you’re able to take 3D pictures as well. Have you tried it out?
BigGumby: I have, actually. I’ve taken a few pictures just to test the 3D out, and I have to say, it works great! It’s really cool seeing the objects in your house popping out of your screen, but it doesn’t end there. There is this really cool mountain-making thing you can do when editing pictures, it makes for a sweet 3D effect. You gotta try it! The interface is pretty much the same as the DSi’s, but sadly there isn’t an option to upload to Facebook. Also, the image quality isn’t great, but it gets the job done. Have you tried it out?
Greenyz: Yeah I have. I actually haven’t messed around much with the editing tools but seeing 3D pictures is really cool. Camera quality is pretty bad at times but when you’re outside on a sunny day, you can get some really nice shots.
Lack of Facebook sharing is a bit disappointing but it makes sense since you can only really see 3D pictures on displays that can show 3D. It would have been nice, at least, for Nintendo to have added a feature where you could share pictures with other 3DSes.
Miis are back!
BigGumby: Yeah, hopefully there is a firmware update in the future that related to the lack of sharing photos. The 3D photos are definitely worth messing with, though! So, next up is 3DS sound, yeah?
Greenyz: Sure. So another returning feature of the 3DS is a sound app where you can listen and record your own sounds and music. Unlike the DSi though, you can listen to music when the console is closed. That was a problem the DSi had and it’s good that Nintendo fixed it for the 3DS.
BigGumby: Yep, you can also listen to MP3s this time around, thankfully. You can also listen to what others are listening to via streetpass, which is a pretty cool feature. Other than that, nothing else has changed much from the DSi’s sound app.
Greenyz: So besides Find Mii and Puzzle Swap, Nintendo had other pre-installed games like Face Raiders and the AR Games. These games use the 3DS’ camera to capture your environment as their backdrops. I honestly just enjoying drawing 3D stuff on my desk which game did you find the most enjoyable?
BigGumby: Face Raiders is a really fun way to show off the system to other people, but it’s not something you’re going to keep coming back to (although there is a surprisingly large amount of content packed into the game). AR Games are cool, but I played them once and never went back. You definitely need to check them out though, I had more fun taking pictures of my Mii and Nintendo characters like Samus and Mario in the real world. It’s pretty cool but won’t hold your attention for a long time.
The built-in software is fun… but not for long
Greenyz: So besides playing games and taking pictures, the camera for the 3DS can also be used to create Miis, the avatars that first appeared on the Wii. I haven’t had much luck getting accurate representations using the camera creator, how about you?
BigGumby: I made a Mii of myself and a Mii of a few of my family members and friends from scratch, they resembled who I was trying to portray, but didn’t look exactly like them. Then, once I met up with my friends, I tried the picture feature and was pleasantly surprised by the accuracy! The creations from the picture were better than the ones I made from scratch, so I suppose it varies from person to person and how you take the picture. Although sometimes it can be a bit unflattering!
Greenyz: Haha definitely. Anyway after getting past Mii creation you can use your Mii in a ton of different games just like the Wii. Like you said earlier it’s used for Street Pass games and some AR stuff.It’s cool that you can accessorize your Mii with hats that you’ve earned from Find Mii but it’s too bad they don’t show up anywhere else except for the Mii Plaza games. My favorite hat so far is the Kirby hat! What’s yours?
BigGumby: Haha, I’m loving my Metroid hat! You’re right, it’d be cool if they carried over to the Mii represented on your Gamecard. Oh well!
BigGumby: So, the eShop was recently added to the 3DS in a firmware update. It’s a huge improvement over any online distribution Nintendo has ever done! It blows the slow and ugly DSiWare shop and Wii Shop channel out of the water!
Greenyz: Haha I guess. Since I only ever go to the shops when I know what I’m going to buy, I rarely had problems with the shop. The interface is much nicer though.
BigGumby: Before, that is all you could do in a Nintendo shop. But now, you can discover things! The setup is great, it gives a lot of advertisement to games I’ve never even heard of before! It’s a huge improvement, and there’s even more coming soon! Netflix is coming this summer, and 3D trailers for games and upcoming movies (a 3D Green Lantern trailer was released recently) are already on the store. I’m looking forward to what’s to come.
Greenyz: I have one criticism though about the new shop. Like you said, there’s a bunch of new trailers that released recently. I was so excited to see all the new trailers in 3D. For once people would get a better grasp of what the games would look like when running on a system. The problem though is I had to wait for each trailer to download individually before I could download the other. It would have been much nicer if I could have downloaded multiple videos at a time instead of waiting. Did you have an issue with this?
The eShop is a huge improvement over the Wii and DS shops
BigGumby: This has been an issue with all Nintendo systems. Unlike the Xbox 360 or PS3, you cannot download videos or games in the background while you do something else. You have to watch a little animation that shows the progress of your download until it’s done. It’s a bummer, as that’s something I really would have liked fixed. Luckily the progress is more apparent than it was on the Wii.
Greenyz: Alternatively Nintendo could release a video channel just like the Wii’s Nintendo Channel, where we could stream multiple videos. Easy access is really all I care about.
BigGumby: You can go to a game’s page on the eShop and check out screen shots, a description, and even videos. These videos stream, but it seems to only work for 2D games (like DSiWare games).
Greenyz: Oh cool. Hopefully 3D games get the same treatment. Anyway most of the DSiWare games and apps have made it back on the 3DS. It’s great for those who missed some games, but for those who’ve already bought software on the DSi, there’s an option to transfer those games to the 3DS. I recently gave my DSi to my brother so I haven’t tried it out. Have you?
BigGumby: I actually sold my DSi to one of my friends (yeah, I’m not nice enough to just give it to him like you did to your brother, haha), so I couldn’t try this out. Haha, so I guess we’ll skip that part! But yeah, there are over 250 DSiWare games to download right now. You can either buy an eShop card at a store, which only come in an increment of 20 dollars, or use a credit card. The lowest amount of money you can put in with a credit card is 5 dollars. Along with DSiWare and video downloads, there is also the Virtual Console and original 3DS downloads. Pokedex 3D and a remastered version of Excite Bike in 3D are free.
Pokedex 3D: Free on the eShop!
Greenyz: (haha I bought my original DS from a friend :P) That brings another thing I’m not too wild about but I’m willing to look past about the eShop. I was hoping now that Nintendo embraced cash prices, as opposed to points, you would be able to directly buy games and spend the amount of the actual game. Instead you have to prepay a certain amount of money for an in-store balance that you can then buy games with. It sort of causes problems when your left with a dollar’s worth of “change”. Everything is price above a dollar so my balance is basically useless.
BigGumby: That does get annoying, everything is priced at $_.99 plus tax, so you always have left over change after buying something. I guess at some point it’ll amount to something, right? I am glad that Nintendo got away from the “Every NES games is [blank] dollars and every [blank] game is [blank] dollars.” The pricing is much more dynamic now, it all starts at 1.99 dollars and can go up in increments of 1 dollar from there. It makes sense for when a game that doesn’t have much content, like the Gameboy game RadarScope, costs less than another Gamboy game, like The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX, that is worth more. In the end, I’d say the positives definitely out-weight the negatives, wouldn’t you say?
Greenyz: Yeah, definitely.
BigGumby: I think that that statement, that the positives definitely outweigh the negatives, works not only for the eShop, but for the whole system itself. It’s a fantastic system and has a lot of potential! I’d definitely recommend you make the investment, especially considering all of the great games coming out this year!
Greenyz: It’s really tough to say. I usually buy new gaming consoles at launch just to mess around with the system and see what kind of potential the feature could bring to gaming. But if what you want is content, I’d say wait a bit. The 3DS is in its early stages. The software lineup is small at the moment, a lot of promised features like Netflix haven’t come out yet, and there’s few 3DS eShop exclusive games at the moment. So if you want a lot of games and features on your 3DS, it’s best to wait for more content to come out first.
BigGumby: I say take the investment route, games ARE coming, so why not buy it now? If you are thinking of trading in your old DS for a 3DS, I say do it now. But hey, we both like the system and we both understand that there aren’t many retails games worth buying right now. You make the choice that suits you best! Hopefully this feature will help you on your purchasing decision!
Greenyz: Bye!
This entry was posted on June 22, 2011 by biggumby. It was filed under Uncategorized and was tagged with 3DS, acid, battery, buy, buyers, drop, DS, facts, guide, i, in, info, information, Mario, Metroid, Nintendo, out, should, Zelda.
Sparkycooltoo
I want to know if the nintendo 3DS is worth buying. Do the pictures actually pop out like in a 3d movie? I am intrested to know the features. Can you take a picture of your self and then the DS makes a mii that looks like you. Is is a aunique piece of technology. And is it worth buying?
stupid idiots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you bitch it doesnt pop even though i dont know nothing about it since i played once at a flea market well i dont know if it was a 3ds the bitches above are just fuking liers since i am the smartest person in the world
biggumby=gay greenz=to much of a bitch
hey shutup I just wanted to know
Samuslovr1
lol fail troll is fail.
You should seriously try learning from a pro like me.
That’s right, Samus knows a thing or two about trolling 😉
To answer all of your questions in one answer Sparkycooltoo… “Yes”.
Why thank you Gumby.
And yes Sparky the 3D effects are actually really good.
I like my 3DS. I don’t play it much these days though.
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Difference Between an Arrest & an Indictment
By: Cam Merritt
Petition to a Judge for Leniency
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What Does it Mean to Be Indicted?
How Long Does a DUI Stay on Your Record in New York?
What Is a Court Arraignment?
Indictment and arrest are two major steps in the criminal justice system. One is an accusation, the other is an action.
An indictment is a formal statement of criminal charges. Indictments are issued, or "handed up," by grand juries.
Alternative to Indictment
An indictment is not the only way to charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor can file charges--known as a "complaint"--directly with the court. To "press charges" is to request that a prosecutor do so, and to agree to testify in court.
To arrest someone is to place him under direct control and custody, depriving him of liberty.
Arrest Authority
Courts can issue arrest warrants, but police can arrest a person without a warrant if they have "probable cause" that she has committed a crime.
Because an indicted person has already been charged, he will be arrested. But an arrest based on probable cause doesn't necessarily result in charges, and many arrested people are freed without charge.
"Black's Law Dictionary"; Brian A. Garner, ed.; 2004
Cam Merritt is a writer and editor specializing in business, personal finance and home design. He has contributed to USA Today, The Des Moines Register and Better Homes and Gardens"publications. Merritt has a journalism degree from Drake University and is pursuing an MBA from the University of Iowa.
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Techniques of Manual Therapy for the Knee
William E. Prentice
Various techniques of manual therapy are available to the sports therapist supervising a rehabilitation program. Joint mobilization and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) techniques can be effectively used in rehabilitation of the injured knee for achieving normal joint range of motion and for strengthening the weak components of a movement pattern. Joint mobilization is used to restore normal accessory motion to the joint. The PNF strengthening techniques are used for improving normal physiological motion. These manual therapy techniques allow the sports therapist to concentrate on the rotational component of motion at the knee joint, which is often neglected in rehabilitation programs.
In Journal of Sport Rehabilitation Volume 1 (1992): Issue 3 (Jan 1992)
A Biomechanical Comparison of the Yurchenko Vault and Two Associated Teaching Drills
Bruce Elliott and Joanne Mitchell
Two-dimensional high-speed photography was used to compare the performances of six elite gymnasts on a Yurchenko vault and two associated teaching drills. Analysis of variance with repeated measures was used to test the significance of the differences between those variables common to both drills and the vault, while a one-way analysis of variance was used to test for differences between biomechanical variables common to only one drill and the vault. Results indicated that in general the variables common to each drill and the vault were similar in magnitude. However, a number of kinematic characteristics recorded in the drills differed from those recorded for the vault both in this study and from data reported in the literature for international level performers. These included horizontal velocity at takeoff from beat board; knee joint, lower trunk, midtrunk, and head/neck segments at takeoff from beat board; knee joint angle and vertical velocity of CG at impact with horse; vertical velocity, trunk angles, and ankle joint angle at takeoff from horse; horizontal displacement of CG while hands were in contact with horse; and the time the hands were in contact with horse. Variables identified as being important for success in the vault were also reported.
In Journal of Applied Biomechanics Volume 7 (1991): Issue 1 (Jan 1991)
A Comparison of Body Segment Inertial Parameter Estimation Methods and Joint Moment and Power Calculations During a Drop Vertical Jump in Collegiate Female Soccer Players
Sara L. Arena, Kelsey McLaughlin, Anh-Dung Nguyen, James M. Smoliga and Kevin R. Ford
Athletic individuals may differ in body segment inertial parameter (BSIP) estimates due to differences in body composition, and this may influence calculation of joint kinetics. The purposes of this study were to (1) compare BSIPs predicted by the method introduced by de Leva1 with DXA-derived BSIPs in collegiate female soccer players, and (2) examine the effects of these BSIP estimation methods on joint moment and power calculations during a drop vertical jump (DVJ). Twenty female NCAA Division I soccer players were recruited. BSIPs of the shank and thigh (mass, COM location, and radius of gyration) were determined using de Leva’s method and analysis of whole-body DXA scans. These estimates were used to determine peak knee joint moments and power during the DVJ. Compared with DXA, de Leva’s method located the COM more distally in the shank (P = .008) and more proximally in the thigh (P < .001), and the radius of gyration of the thigh to be further from the thigh COM (P < .001). All knee joint moment and power measures were similar between methods. These findings suggest that BSIP estimation may vary between methods, but the impact on joint moment calculations during a dynamic task is negligible.
In Journal of Applied Biomechanics Volume 33 (2017): Issue 1 (Jan 2017)
Determining Subject-Specific Torque Parameters for Use in a Torque-Driven Simulation Model of Dynamic Jumping
Mark A. King and Maurice R. Yeadon
This paper describes a method for defining the maximum torque that can be produced at a joint from isovelocity torque measurements on an individual. The method is applied to an elite male gymnast in order to calculate subject-specific joint torque parameters for the knee joint. Isovelocity knee extension torque data were collected for the gymnast using a two-repetition concentric-eccentric protocol over a 75° range of crank motion at preset crank angular velocities ranging from 20 to 250°s–1. During these isovelocity movements, differences of up to 35° were found between the angle of the dynamometer crank and the knee joint angle of the participant. In addition, faster preset crank angular velocities gave smaller ranges of isovelocity motion for both the crank and joint. The simulation of an isovelocity movement at a joint angular velocity of 150°s–1 showed that, for realistic series elastic component extensions, the angular velocity of the joint can be assumed to be the same as the angular velocity of the contractile component during most of the isovelocity trial. Fitting an 18-parameter exponential function to experimental isovelocity joint torque/ angle/ angular velocity data resulted in a surface that was well behaved over the complete range of angular velocities and within the specified range of joint angles used to calculate the surface.
Examining the Role of the Gastrocnemius during the Leg Curl Exercise
Jason G. Gallucci and John H. Challis
This study examined the moment-producing capabilities of the gastrocnemius during isokinetic knee flexion tasks. Nine healthy men were tested using a Biodex isokinetic dynamometer. Each one completed 3 maximum repetitions at 3 angular velocities, 30, 75, and 150º/s, with his ankle braced in either full dorsiflexion or full plantar flexion. A computer model was used to simulate the experimental tasks. Experimentally, the moment produced at the knee joint with the ankle dorsiflexed was significantly higher than the moment with the ankle plantar-flexed at all 3 angular velocities, p < 0.05. This suggests that lengthening the gastrocnemius allowed for greater contribution of the gastrocnemius to the total moment produced at the knee during isokinetic knee flexions. The simulations supported the experimental data and suggested that, with the ankle dorsiflexed, the gastrocnemius acts on a more favorable part of the muscle’s force-length curve compared with the plantar-flexed condition. The results of the experimental work, along with the simulations, demonstrated that lengthening the gastrocnemius significantly increased the moment produced at the knee joint during isokinetic knee flexion tasks. These results have implications for instructions given to persons who perform leg curls for muscle strengthening, and for the design of knee flexion exercise machines.
The Effect of Isolated Hamstrings Fatigue on Landing and Cutting Mechanics
Kristian M. O’Connor, Carl Johnson and Lauren C. Benson
The function of the hamstrings in protecting the ACL is not fully understood. The purpose of this study was to determine how landing knee mechanics were affected by hamstrings fatigue, analyzed with principal components analysis (PCA). Knee joint mechanics were collected during single-leg stride landings that were followed by lateral and vertical jumps. An isokinetic fatigue protocol was employed to reduce hamstrings strength by 75% at the cessation of the exercise protocol. On the landing test day, participants performed the stride landing maneuvers before and after the fatigue protocol. PCA was performed on the landing knee joint angle, moment, and power waveforms, and MANOVAs were conducted on the retained PCs of each waveform (P < .05). On the strength test day, hamstrings strength recovery was assessed with an identical fatigue protocol followed by strength assessment ~75 s after the cessation of exercise. Pre- and postexercise hamstrings strength on this day was assessed with a dependent t test (P < .05). The hamstrings strength remained significantly reduced by ~8% postexercise (75 s). For stride landings followed by vertical jumps, there were significantly reduced knee flexion angles, extensor moments, and energy absorption. This was indicative of a stiffer landing strategy postfatigue, which has been associated with increased ACL loading.
The Effect of Work Boots on Knee Mechanics and the Center of Pressure at the Knee During Static Kneeling
Liana Tennant, David Kingston, Helen Chong and Stacey Acker
Occupational kneeling is associated with an increased risk for the development of knee osteoarthritis. Previous work studying occupational kneeling has neglected to account for the fact that in many industrial settings, workers are required to wear steeltoe work boots. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of work boot wear on the center of pressure location of the ground reaction force, knee joint angle, and magnitude of the ground reaction force in a kneeling posture. Fifteen healthy males were fit with 3D motion capture markers and knelt statically over a force plate embedded in the floor. Using the tibial tuberosity as the point of reference, the center of pressure in shod condition was shifted significantly medially (on average 0.009 m [P = .005]) compared with the barefoot condition. The knee was significantly less internally rotated (shod: –12.5° vs. barefoot: –17.4° [P = .009]) and the anterior/posterior shear force was significantly greater in the shod condition (shod: 6.0% body weight vs. barefoot: 1.5% body weight [P = .002]). Therefore, wearing work boots alters the kneeling posture compared with barefoot kneeling, potentially loading different surfaces of the knee, as well as altering knee joint moments.
A Biomechanical Analysis of Amputee Athlete Gait
Andrew W. Smith
The aims of the present study were to quantify lower limb kinetics and kinematics during walking and slow jogging of below-knee amputee athletes and to demonstrate the usefulness of the additional information provided by kinetic analyses as compared to that of kinematic assessments alone. Kinematic and force platform data from three amputee subjects were collected while the subjects walked and jogged in the laboratory. Results indicated that neither prosthesis (SACH and an energy-storing carbon fiber or ESCF) emulated the kinetics or the kinematics of so-called normal gait during walking. While the knee joint on the prosthetic side clearly tended to be biased toward extension during stance, the knee flexors were dominant and acted concentrically during this phase of the gait cycle. An examination of prosthetic limb hip and knee joint kinetics at both cadences revealed the functional role played by the hamstrings early in stance. The results indicated that with increasing cadence, less variability, measured by coefficients of variation, was evident in the kinematic data while the opposite was true for the kinetics.
The Snatch Technique of World Class Weightlifters at the 1985 World Championships
Wolfgang Baumann, Volker Gross, Karl Quade, Peter Galbierz and Ansgar Schwirtz
The purpose of this study was (a) to describe the snatch technique in terms of kinematic and external and internal kinetic parameters, and (b) to compare the results for athletes of different groups and weight categories. By means of three-dimensional film analysis and measurements of ground reaction forces during the 1985 World Championships in Sweden, it was possible to analyze the spatial movements and to calculate joint moments of force in each leg. Concerning the kinematics, a snatch technique starting with a strong pull toward the lifter could be established. The most interesting kinetic results are that the knee joint moments are relatively small (one third of the hip joint moments of force) and do not correlate very well with the total load. The best lifters seem able to limit the knee joint moment by precise control of the knee position with respect to the ground reaction force. Altogether, the results concerning the internal kinetic parameters question the logic of the classical division of the lifting technique into phases according to external kinetic parameters.
The Effects of Ankle Restriction on the Multijoint Coordination of Vertical Jumping
Hiroshi Arakawa, Akinori Nagano, Dean C. Hay and Hiroaki Kanehisa
The current study aimed to investigate the effect of ankle restriction on the coordination of vertical jumping and discuss the influence of energy transfer through m. gastrocnemius on the multijoint movement. Eight participants performed two types of vertical jumps: a normal squat jump, and a squat jump with restricted ankle joint movement. Mechanical outputs were calculated using an inverse dynamics analysis. Custom-made shoes were used to restrict plantar flexion, resulting in significantly (P < .001) reduced maximum power and work at the ankle joint to below 2% and 3%, while maintaining natural range of motion at the hip and knee. Based on the comparison between the two types of jumps, we determined that the ankle restriction increased (P < .001) the power (827 ± 346 W vs. 1276 ± 326 W) and work (92 ± 34 J vs. 144 ± 36 J) at the knee joint. A large part of the enhanced output at the knee is assumed to be due to ankle restriction, which results in the nullification of energy transport via m. gastrocnemius; that is, reduced contribution of the energy transfer with ankle restriction appeared as augmentation at the knee joint.
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An analysis of mutational signatures in breast cancer among young women
Nicole Ewert University of Calgary
Dr. Darren Brenner* University of Calgary
Dr. Edwin Wang* University of Calgary
BACKGROUND. Approximately 7% of breast cancer cases are diagnosed among women 40 years of age or younger, and over 40% of all cancer diagnoses in this population are breast cancer. In 1969-2012, there was an increasing incidence of breast cancer among young (≤40 years) Canadian women, and in 1995-2006 there was also an increase in incidence of 3% and 1% among European women 20-29 years and 30-39 years respectively. Younger age is related to later stage at diagnosis, and worse outcomes even when controlling for disease stage and other prognostic features. The most aggressive tumour subtypes, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive and triple-negative breast cancer have a higher prevalence among young women. Clinical and molecular differences between tumours diagnosed at different ages motivates study of differences in patterns of mutations at a genomic level. Mutational signatures are patterns in the type and three-nucleotide neighbourhood of somatic single-nucleotide variants across the exome, which may provide insight into the exposures and processes leading to carcinogenesis.
METHODS. Clinical and variant call data for 1098 breast cancer patients was taken from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Cases were separated into young (≤40 years) and old (>40 years) age groups, and the mutational load was found for each. The SomaticSignatures R package was used to determine the mutational spectrum of one young patient. This package will be used to construct mutational spectra for each age group, then decompose them into mutational signatures.
RESULTS. There were 91 and 951 patients in the young and old categories respectively. The young group had a median mutational load of 166.5 mutations, slightly less than the median of 198 in the older group. The mutational spectrum showed a high frequency of TCA>TTA and TCT>TTT variants, which is similar to the previously identified Signature 2, and similarly a high frequency of TCA>TGA and TCT>TGT transitions which resembles Signature 13. These two signatures are commonly found in the same tumour, and are thought to be caused by cytidine deaminase activity of AID/APOBEC proteins.
CONCLUSIONS. Patterns in a mutational spectrum suggest that Signatures 2 and 13 may be present in at least one young breast cancer tumour, but this approach should be continued to confirm this hypothesis. Further research should be conducted with a larger sample of young breast cancer patients with known exposures to risk factors.
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Category Archives: Circle of the Unseen Hand
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Overview of Qeynos
The free city of Qeynos controls most of the plains to the west of the Serpent’s Spine Mountains. The city is ruled by the firm yet just hand of Antonius Bayle IV. Qeynos represents the pinnacle of human achievement and is a haven from the fierce wilderness of Norrath. Bayle is a well-liked and respected leader, but the seeds of corruption are being sown by the Circle of the Unseen Hand and their allies in the city guard.
Qeynos is set atop small cliffs that run along the coastline to the west. Due to their composition of eroding sandstone and rock, climbing them is virtually impossible. The cliffs act as a natural barrier, making Qeynos impenetrable to attacks from the west or from the ocean. At a low point in the cliffs, the people of Qeynos have built a treat pier, protected in a harbor naturally formed form the stone and a bend of in the coastline.
The ocean is a deep, dark blue. The waters are usually fairly calm, although waves crash roughly against the cliff base. Many ships safely come and go daily from Qeynos’ harbor. These include naval, fishing, trading, and transport vessels from Erudin. Adventurers and tradesmen will often been see at the docks, awaiting one of the two vessels that travel between the two coastal cities through the oceanic pass known as Erud’s Crossing.
Northern Qeynos
Northern Qeynos is, in fact, the original City of Qeynos. During an invasion of the city a surprise night attack that started a war many years ago, the southern and eastern walls took heavy damage. Some of the buildings in these areas were destroyed but the militia and able-bodied citizen fought the invasion and saved much of the city including the palace. Later, instead of fixing the old castle wall, it was decided to expand the city of Qeynos by building a new one further out.
Most of the buildings in Northern Qeynos are very old looking, but a few have been remodeled or rebuilt. Made mostly of gray stone blocks and brown bricks, the houses and shops in this area are now showing their age. The paint is worn away and dark vertical trails have formed from rain water erosion. These buildings are sturdy and have been around for ages, but were obviously built for function over style during Qeynos’ early years when the kingdom was small and poor. From the towers and some of the outer walls of the city hang cloth flags and banners, displaying the colors and insignia of the kingdom of Qeynos.
A local tribe of gnolls, the Darkpaw has become a stubborn and enduring threat to Northern Qeynos, striking terror in the civilian population due to their constant raiding. While the city guardsmen have valiantly fended off the assaults, the have failed to stop them outright. At their wits end, the frustrated citizens have taken to offering adventurers a bounty in return for the delivery of gnoll teeth an fangs
Southern Qeynos
Southern Qeynos holds in it the main docks for passage between Antonica and Odus. This is a bustling area full of people transporting their wares between the two continents. Also on the ships logs are adventurers seeking new wealth and new fame that can be found in the different lands.
The Southern District of Qeynos also houses the bank that is heavily guarded by barbarian warriors. Near the bank lies the Ground of Fate. This is an area where combatants can prove their skill in combat with one another. The ringing sounds of sword melee can often be heard throughout the entire city.
Many guildhalls lie in South Qeynos where they can train young students interested in their art. Though Qeynos is a grand city, beggars and rats can often be found in dark corners.
Qeynos Catacombs, the Qeynos Aqueduct System
Located in the sewers below the human city of Qeynos, the Qeynos Catacombs is a large system of aqueducts. At first glance the sewers seem to be a normal rat infested dungeon with a variety of colorful graffiti written on the walls. But there is a dark secret hidden in the catacombs. Minions of the dark god Bertoxxulous, the Plague Bringer, have set up a secret shrine and base of operations within the catacombs. Entrance into the catacombs can found in the northern and southern sections of Qeynos; some hidden and some not so hidden.
Minions of Bertoxxulous roam the hidden passages; all not allied with his minions should avoid the secret tunnels. The rest of the catacombs are fairly safe for most adventurers.
The Lineage of Antonius Bayle
After the fall of the Combine Empire, the majority of humankind spread out and occupied the center of what was then called Tunaria. These humans lived in small villages upon the fertile plains of Karana. Over time the villages prospered and grew into small towns. Two of these towns were so successful as to grow into full-fledged cities. On the eastern coast, Freeport grew as a dangerous and bustling port of call frequented by those braving the journey across the Ocean of Tears. To the west, the city of Qeynos grew under the noble rule of law under a man named Antonius Bayle.
Humanity continued to prosper and grew strong. Much to the disdain of the elder races, the humans chose to rename the continent after one of their own, rather than a god. From that point forth, the continent was known as Antonica, in honor of all Antonius had done for the people of the races who lived there.
Antonius I was successful in incorporating the lawful city of Qeynos. He was given the role of ruler around the age of 25. For his success in bringing together the humans of the Plains of Karana and for founding the city of Qeynos, he was named “The Great Unifier.”
Antonius Bayle II became ruler of Qeynos when he was around 36 years of age. He led the movement to rename the continent of Tunaria to Antonica, ostensibly after his father. Of course, there were those who noted that he also shared the name of his father. During the period of his reign, the heretic Erudite necromancers revolted and left Erudin. Shortly thereafter, the disaster which formed The Hole occurred. Thus began what is known as the “Age of Turmoil.” Antonius II became known as “The Great Defender.”
Antonius Bayle III grew up during the beginning of this Age of Turmoil. During his childhood, he witnessed the construction of the heretic city of Paineel and saw Sir Lucan take control of the city of Freeport. When he came to power at the age of 26, he did his best to remain neutral and, as such, was named “The Great Diplomat.” Antonius Bayle III, for reasons unknown, chose to break tradition and name his first son Kyle rather than Antonius. In an attempt to establish a new seat of power in Antonica and extend his lands southward, Antonius III charged his eldest son Kyle with the expansion. Kyle left with a cadre of men to find a suitable location and to begin building.
A great deal of time passed without hearing any word or report of progress on this project. Antonius Bayle III sent a series of scouts to investigate but none ever returned. Kyle, his men and those sent to investigate were never heard from again. Roughly 25 years after the mysterious disappearance of Kyle, Antonius Bayle III had another son. This one he chose to name Antonius and he became Antonius Bayle IV. At the age of 24, Antonius Bayle IV was installed as the ruler of Qeynos, which he remains to this day.
It is believe that it will one day become tradition for the ruling leader of the Bayle line changes his/her name to a variation of Antonius upon taking the throne in honor of the first Antonius Bayle.
Antonius Bayle IV
Antonius Bayle IV is a highly devout Paladin of Karana. Though still relatively young, he is about as righteous, lawful and goodly as they come. He rules the city of Qeynos and its territories with a firm, but just hand.
He is simply referred to as “ruler”. Though some citizens may call mistakenly call him Your Honor, Grace and even Your Majesty, he does not expect to be referred to as such. He prefers to be called “Lord” if any title must be used. In his humility, he finds himself mildly embarrassed when referred to by any of the more lavish titles bandied about by those citizens who view him in awe – even as king – but know no better.
He considers himself a citizen in service to the city and views his role as the benevolent protector of Qeynos and the surrounding area. The government of Qeynos consists of the Circle of Ten, which is comprised of the heads of each of the guilds, including the Merchants of Qeynos, the Captain of the Guard (Kane Bayle) and a few of the more influential lords of the city.
Antonius Bayle holds veto power over the council and only Antonius may declare war or enter into treaties on behalf of Qeynos. The council may remove Antonius by unanimous vote, in which case a new ruler would be selected by popular election.
The Bayle line is by no means a hereditary monarchy. It is possible that some day a non-Bayle could rule Qeynos. In the simplest terms, the Bayles are very wealthy landowners who have a long history intimately attached to the city of Qeynos. Antonius IV is an incredibly popular, well-loved and respected ruler. This is due in part to his selfless personality, humility and devotion to his duties to the city and its people. It is also due to the trust the people have put in the Bayle lineage for producing skilled, trustworthy and reliable leaders.
The city of Qeynos oversees and protects most of the land west of the Serpent’s Spine, which includes the Plains of Karana. Qeynos represents the pinnacle of human achievement in the eyes of many. Though Antonius thinks of the Plains of Karana as his own, these feelings are best described as protective rather than possessive. He would also never state these feelings out loud for fear of angering one of his constituents.
The Bayle family tends to have children later in life. In fact, Antonius IV was born a full 35 years after the disappearance of Antonius III’s first son, Kyle Bayle. Kane Bayle was born two years after Antonius IV.
Antonius IV never knew Kyle. All he knows of his older brother is what was learned through stories told by his elders. Though he does occasionally wonder about what happened to him, he is too focused and dedicated to his duties as ruler to consider spending the time and resources that would be needed to search for the answers. This is a purely personal concern and he would not feel right about using city resources for such a selfish, wistful and sentimental reason. And thus, he seldom, if ever, discusses the matter.
Antonius is also an unparalleled swordsman. His closest rival in armed combat is his younger brother Kane Bayle, who himself has only been bested in combat by Antonius and Ebon Strongbear.
As a youth, Antonius IV spent much time escaping into the Jaggedpine Forest where he befriended another youth called Frenway Marthank. He still maintains a strong bond with his childhood friend. It was during their days as youths that Antonius came to appreciate the wonders of the forest and eventually do more than any other ruler to protect the forest ecosystem.
Ebon Strongbear, with whom he has a strong relationship, trained Antonius IV as a youngster in the Hall of Steel. Bayle then went on to the Temple of Thunder as most local aspiring paladins would in Qeynos.
While in the Hall of Steel, Antonius and Kane made great friends with Milea Clothspinner of the prestigious Clothspinners of Qeynos, one of the wealthiest families in the realm of Qeynos. Milea is currently an adventurer, a fact of which her family disapproves.
Later, Antonius IV went on an epic quest with the Qeynos Claymore at his side. This was before he became ruler and after he was a full fledged paladin. His father knew of the quest and its importance and allowed Antonius to wield the Qeynos Claymore for the purpose.
The Qeynos Claymore is what the city is named after and dates back to a time when the humans were living in small communities. Qeynos is an old sort of slang Combine word roughly translating to “manifest destiny for humanity”. The sword is magical and sentient.
The warrior Milea Clothspinner, who often uses a different last name when adventuring, accompanied Antonius IV on this quest. The ranger Frenway Marthank and the bard Vhalen Nostrolo also began the quest with Antonius, but Vhalen left before its completion. Along the way, the high elf Lady Shae of Felwithe joined them. There was also a halfling that assisted Antonius in this quest as well and there are rumors that say that this halfling was none other than Mayor Gubbin of Rivervale. The purpose of the quest was mostly unknown save that it was very important. Though he may speak wistfully of his old friends and adventure, the quest itself and its outcome are something personal and private to Antonius. Thus he does not discuss it other then to say that it was something he had to do in the past.
Antonius IV became romantically involved with Lady Shae after the completion of his quest. However, the Circle of Ten and the Felwithe ruling houses eventually caused the relationship to be broken off. As of right now, Antonius is not married or romantically involved in a public manner with anyone, and as yet has no heir. Milea, ever the adventurer, has been seen in the Plains of Karana lately. She is closer to Kane than Antonius and has put her total trust in the younger Bayle, asking him to watch over her little sister for her. She does not know of Kane’s corrupt soul.
Vhalen is still about in the Karanas and is currently despondent over the disappearance of his love, Metalla. And of course, Mayor Gubbin is the richest halfling around and the current mayor of Rivervale. For reasons known only to him, the mayor does not want the “exploits” of his youth known publicly. Antonius respects his friend’s wish, though he may drop a vague hint now and then. Frenway still lives in Surefall Glade. The recent death of his son in Mammoth Cave has left him in a state of severe grief.
Another of Antonius’ close and trusted friends is Vegalys Keldrane. Vegalys is a paladin of Rodcet Nife and is a few years younger than Antonius. Vegalys acts as advisor and confidant to Antonius Bayle and is also a public servant acting as Lord Magistrate for the city of Qeynos. Vegalys generally concerns himself with investigations into such things as organized crime though he is not directly involved with law enforcement, which is a duty that falls to the Qeynos City Guard.
Kane Bayle
Kane Bayle is Antonius’ younger brother, by two years. Kane acts as Captain of the Guard in times of peace; however, in times of war, Antonius himself assumes direct control of the Guard and the armies of Qeynos. Kane secretly wants to overthrow his older brother and take control of Qeynos, a fact of which Antonius is blissfully unaware. If Antonius ever heard talk of such a thing, he would be certain to set the record straight that he and his brother have a close relationship and such things are the ranting of drunkards and madmen.
Kane has been lulled into an alliance with the Bloodsabers and has begun to turn toward the ways of Bertoxxulous, the Plaguebringer.
Guildmasters
The guildmasters in Qeynos are based on deity worship. There is a guildmaster for each class that is available to humans and half elves with the exception of Druids and Rangers guilds which are in Surefall Glade instead. Spell and tome merchants are also available for each class. Here is a list of the main guildmasters:
Good and Neutral
Belious Naliedin – (Bard, Agnostic, Karana, Rallos Zek, Rodcet Nife)
Renic Losaren – (Cleric, Karana)
Runethar Hamest – (Paladin, Karana)
Priestess Jahnda – (Cleric, Rodcet Nife)
Camlend Serbold – (Paladin, Rodcet Nife)
Mespha Tevalian – (Enchanter, Agnostic, Karana, Rodcet Nife)
Kinloc Flamepaw – (Magician, Agnostic, Karana, Rodcet Nife)
LuSun – (Monk, Agnostic, Quellious)
Ebon Strongbear – (Warrior, Agnostic, Karana, Rallos Zek, Rodcet Nife)
Gahlith Wrannstad – (Wizard, Agnostic, Karana, Rodcet Nife)
Hanns Krieghor – (Rogue, Agnostic, Bristlebane, Karana, Rodcet Nife)
Lyris Moonbane – (Necromancer, Bertoxxulous)
Sragg Bloodheart – (Shadow Knight, Bertoxxulous)
Xeture Demiagar – (Clerics, Bertoxxulous)
Perkon Malok – (Magician, Bertoxxulous)
Reania Jukle – (Enchanter, Bertoxxulous)
Tranon Callust – (Wizard, Bertoxxulous)
Rocthar Bekesena – (Warrior, Bertoxxulous)
Hanns Krieghor – (Rogue, Bertoxxulous)
Qeynos provides the basic necessities of adventuring: Bankers, a Soulbinder, a Tribute Master, Task Masters, augmentation needs, and merchants that sell backpacks, ale, bandages, food, drink, armor, weapons, shields, and fishing gear.
You’ll also find a Priest of Discord, Tradeskill Quest Masters, tradeskill crafting objects, and supply merchants for alchemy, baking, jewelcrafting, pottery, tailoring, and blacksmithing.
Just outside the city gates, adventurers can make use of a Plane of Knowledge portal.
The Temple of Life
The Temple of Life is where the resident priests and paladins of Rodcet Nife train and worship. The grounds of the temple include buildings, lush grass, shrubs, tress, and a large pool called the Pool of Jahnda. The temple itself is a circular gem-encrusted marble structure that hovers above the pool. A fountain of sparkling holy water flows from within the temple down to pool below. Throughout the temple and its grounds, the structures are made of white granite with marble floors and thick, light colored, velvet curtains.
Priestess Jahnda is the High Priestess of the Temple of Life. She is wise beyond her years, although no one seems to know how old she really is. The pool, over which the Temple of Life hangs, is named in her honor. The Pool of Jahnda is not meant for public use. It is a sacred pool created for the Koalindl. The Koalindl are fish that were a gift to Priestess Jahnda from the Prime Healer. They are said to be magical in nature. It is rumored that, every so often, the Prime Healer visits our plane in the guise of a Koalindl and swims in the pool.
The Silent Fist Clan
The Silent Fist Clan is the order of monks native to Qeynos. The guild hall is located in the northwest corner of the city against the outer wall. It is a medium-sized, light brown colored wooden building that is clean, unworn, and well-kept. Used as a training hall, the main room is a large open space with smooth, hardwood floor and thatch roof. There is a small room attached to the main building that serves as LuSun’s study and the living quarters. LuSun is the powerful teacher of the Silent Fist Clan. He teaches his pupils that their greatest weapon is the power of their spirit.
Crow’s Pub and Casino and the Circle of Unseen Hands
Crow’s is a run down, old, brown brick building that entertains the local hooligans. The establishment offers a fine selection of brews and ales including Crow’s Special Brew. This brew is one of the finest drinks that can be found. It use to be sold only at Crow’s bar, but apparently Crow is allowing it into other bars for a very hefty price.
One of the pub’s bartenders, Hanns Krieghor, frequently holds secret meetings a back room where a secret passageway leads to the rogue guild, the Circle of Unseen Hands. Hanns always has henchmen guarding all entrances to the guild, so unwanted people can’t get in. Hanns looks like a rough and tumble cutthroat when tending bar, but when he dons his black cloak of the Circle of Unseen Hands, he blends into the shadows and darkness and is rarely seen. He can pick almost any lock and is a master pick pocket. However, the Circle frowns upon stealing from Qeynos locals because they don’t want to run the risk of having the guild being discovered.
Ironforge Estate
The Ironforge Estate includes a weapon shop, a jewelry shop and the home of the Ironforge family. Headed by Brohan and his wife Hurrieta, the Ironforge family is one of wealthiest family’s in Qeynos, if not the wealthiest, and produces the finest craftsmanship. Also crafters, the Ironforge children run the shops. The entire estate is well protected, as the Ironforge family has well known close ties with the local officials and the militia.
Ironforge’s Weapon Shop
This weapon shop is run by the Ironforge family. The main room is a large workshop, with a smaller storage room in the back. There are various weapons for sale displayed along the walls and in the counter display case.
The Jewel Box is a shop that is run by Svena Ironforge. It is made from wood and is attached to the front of a large wooden house, both of which are clean and well kept. The shop has a large wooden display counter, which shows off the gems and jewelry for sale, and there is also a locked set of cabinets, which holds the more valuable items and class specific items. Svena’s father was the town’s previous jeweler; she was fascinated with gems as a young girl, and is now the most reliable source for appraising gems and jewelry, for a small fee.
Sneed Galliway’s Trading Post
Qeynos largest general store, this shop is run by Sneed Galliway. Sneed is friendly, middle-aged man, who runs his shop with his wife and children. They have a wide variety of new and used items for sale, from small knives to torches to bags to clothes to ropes and even food. The lower floor is Sneed’s shop, and it is filled with brass racks and wooden crates and cases, which display the various goods for sale. The second floor is divided into rooms, including the living family’s living quarters.
This shop is run by craftsman Gerault Takenmaul. Gerault makes and sells shoes, boots, belts, and bags in this small shop, and lives upstairs in a tight, but cozy nook. The shop is a wood and red brick building, with an old, wood shingled roof. The floor is made of wood, but is mostly covered by colorful rugs. Spools of thread, yards of leather, and various tools clutter the floor and workbench of this small shop.
Hall of Steel
The Hall of Steel is the guild hall for the Steel Warriors of Qeynos. It is the training ground for some of the greatest warriors of Antonica. The Steel Warriors’ Guildmaster Ebon Strongbear, Earron Huntlan, and a few others, led the city’s militia to victory against the Sabertooths of Blackburrow, a small gnoll tribe that lives in the nearby forest, and they are now known as local heroes.
The hall is a large, light gray stone building that decorated with banners of the guild’s symbols and colors and is located adjacent to the Grounds of Fate area. The training room has various weapons displayed on the wall, as well as other training equipment. The upstairs has a large open window overlooking the arena, to watch the various events and other warriors competing.
Grounds of Fate
This is an area where combatants can prove their skill in combat with one another. The ringing sounds of sword melee can often be heard throughout the entire city.
The Wind Spirit’s Song
The Wind Spirit’s Song is the bard’s guild of Qeynos. Guildmaster Belious Naliedin use to work as one of the King’s private entertainers, but now he confers his time-earned wisdom and skills on to others, confining his performances to shows at the local tavern. His financial resources are meager, but he is quite content with his lot.
Hall of Sorcery
Within the Hall of Sorcery, Qeynos citizens study the three circles of magic and lend their services to citizens of Qeynos. Master Enchantress Mespha Tevalian oversees the Hall of Sorcery and the Order of Three.
The hall has a few rooms including a large, round room made of tall dark gray slabs of granite. Long colorful banners line the outside walls of the building and represent the three classes of magic studied within – red represents wizard, gold represents enchanter, and blue represents magician. Inside, the back part of the building is partitioned off by a thick black, velvet curtain, behind which is a private study. Along the walls off the main room, there are a few small tables for studying, and in center of the room there is a large stone altar, with a round firepit in the middle of it and various writings around the edges.
Temple of Thunder
The Temple of Thunder is where the Knights of Thunder worship Karana, the Rainkeeper, the Deity of Storms. The paladins and clerics of the Knights of Thunder are well respected in the city. They often assist the Qeynos Tower Guards in the Plains of Karana.
The temple is located to the side of the arena and beyond a few homes. It is surrounded by a stone wall and has a large grassy area attached. This area is where the cleric and paladin of Karana train and practice.
Lord Runethar Hammerfist is the master of the Temple of Thunder. All paladins report to him and all clerics report to High Priest Renic Losaren.
Tin Soldier
Run by Blacksmith Rane Sedder, the Tin Soldier buys, sells, and trades new and used armor. Merchants within offer chain armor, molds for chain and plate armor, and other various blacksmithing supplies.
The first floor of the shop displays various, new and used metal and leather armor pieces that are for sale. The second floor has a store room and the living quarters for Rane’s family.
Fhara’s Leather and Thread<
Shop owner Fhara Semhart makes and sells a variety of clothing and sewn goods made from leather. She also offers various patterns and other tailoring supplies. Fhara’s shop is connected to her home where she lives alone. This small wooden building is filled with bolts of fabrics and spools of thread on the walls, and a counter where Fhara does her work.
Bag & Barrel
Raheim Varshen and his wife Fellesha run this shop together. They sell various types of containers and satchels. The shop also serves as their home. Raheim is a carpenter who makes small water barrels, tinder and jewelry boxes, crates, etc., and Fellesha is a seamstress who crafts various sizes of bags, skins, pouches and backpacks. Inside, the walls are full of merchandise and equipment and in the backyard, they have a pottery wheel and kiln.
Nesiff’s Wooden Weapons
Nesiff Tallaherd is an excellent craftsman and woodworker. He makes walking sticks, bows and arrows, poles, staffs, javelins, halberds, pikes, pole-arms, and boar-spears, all handcrafted from wood from the local forests. Nesiff has been known to import wood from far away lands, to make specially ordered bows, staffs, and ax handles. A merchant stationed outside the shop sells various fletching supplies.
Lion’s Mane Tavern and Inn
The Lion’s Mane Tavern and the Lion’s Mane Inn are located in the Common’s Square section of Qeynos and are run by Earron and Tasya Huntlan. Both buildings are made of sturdy lumber and are kept fairly clean. The Tavern is connected to the Inn, but is only about half the size.
Lion’s Mane Tavern
Earron Huntlan runs the Tavern with an old war buddy, and both are like local heroes who like to trade old war stories with the customers. The outside of the tavern is made from wood and the inside walls are lined with bricks. The entryway has a colorful painting of lions playing poker. Behind the bar counter, rows of shelves are filled with various types of drinks.
The Tavern is usually quiet during the day, but can sometimes get pretty rowdy at night after the locals have had a few too many, but Earron is usually able to force the troublemakers out of his bar with no problems.
Earron seems to think there is something going on in Qeynos. He thinks there is something more than just a few shady characters moving into town. I think it’s just normal progress and growth. Have you ever been to Freeport? Qeynos isn’t nearly as bad as that place yet! The town’s just getting older, that’s all.
Lion’s Mane Inn
Tasya Huntlan runs the Lion’s Mane Inn. It is a large, two story, wooden building, that is attached to the Lion’s Mane Tavern. At the entrance, there is wooden receptionist desk, where Tasya Huntlan greets people with a friendly smile. The Huntlan family lives in the inn. Tasya and her daughter Sissy sell various ales, wine, and other drinks to quench the thirst of weary travelers staying at the inn.
Office of the People
This is a small, wooden building where a list of city events, ordinances, advertisements, and other documents are held. Rucio Divella knows a lot about the city and also is the one to see about buildings for rent. Hansl Bigroon is the office manager and a great engineer. He has designed most of the structures in Qeynos. He has been working with other great engineers from various cities to design some bridge that will span Erud’s Crossing and into Odus itself.
Qeynos Hold
The Qeynos Hold is the main bank of Qeynos and is run by the Copperhold family. Kendall Copperhold is well trusted and has close ties to the city government. The bank is a medium sized, sturdy brick building. The main room is divided in half by a long counter. Behind the counter, there is an inaccessible stairwell that leads down to an underground vault that is behind a locked iron door. The bank is heavily guarded by strong barbarian warriors.
The Herb Jar
A small shop that has changed ownership many times over the years, The Herb Jar is currently run by Caleah Herblender. Caleah is a mysterious gypsy woman, sort of vagabond look to her. She is a former student of Kinloc Flamepaw, and still has close ties with the Hall of Sorcery. This is why she’s allowed to operate her fairly successful business here. Caleah makes a good living, but it doesn’t flaunt it.
The shop has a scent of burning incense and has various books and potions on the shelves. A large, deep blue and purple rug covers most of the badly worn wooden floor.
Mermaid’s Lure
The Mermaid’s Lure is located on the south-side of the docks. The wooden walls are badly worn and the iron bolts and hinges are rusted from the harsh, salty seawater and air. It is adjacent to a dock that extends out into the ocean, where various seagoing craft are tied up.
Captain Rohand runs the Mermaid’s Lure and trades goods with the sea merchants from Odus. He is a rough looking man with tangled dirty beard and hair, and his skin is dark brown and tougher than leather. The Ol’ Captain is more than ready to tell his tales of adventures and legends to anyone willing to listen.
Fishing nets and gear hang on the walls of the shop in addition to the shells of sea creatures. The shop sells all sorts of nautical supplies.
The Port Authority can be found near the southern docks. Ships leave for other cities on a regular basis.
Fish’s Ale
Fish’s Ale is a pub owned by Fish Ranamer. It is located just off the Qeynos Harbor docks. This pub is a rough and tumble mix of drunken warriors and sailors. A night without a fight here is the exception, not the rule. The City Guards pass by as if the pub doesn’t exist, and pay no attention to the drunks or brawls heard from within. Fish himself is an ex-sailor, and runs the pub with some old sea dog partners. Fish serves up brews, in the quiet, private bar in the back of the building, to shady smugglers and people who want to keep a low profile. An open brew barrel can be found inside. There are also a few places for drunken travelers to rest after a long night of drinking fighting.
Voleen’s Fine Baked Goods
Owned by Voleen Tassen, Volee’s Bakery can be found in the southern part of town, just east of the docks and north of Fish’s Ale. The bakery sells bread, pastries, muffins, cookies and baked goods and baking supplies. Brewing supplies are also available. An oven inside is available for use when Voleen and her staff aren’t busy making goods with it.
Firepride’s
Firepride’s is a metalworks shop run by armor smiths Ton and Lanhern Firepride. The shop is an average size wooden building. The main room is separated by a long display counter. The front half of the room displays the pieces of armor that is for sale, and the back half is Lanhern’s workshop, which is cluttered with various tools and there is a small forge in the center of it. Lanhern is hardworking and is known for producing quality goods at a fair price. Ton believes that he is the finest of all blacksmiths.
Source: http://www.everquest.com/places
Circle of the Unseen Hand, Circle Of Unseen Hands, Everquest Lore
Circle of Unseen Hands insignia
The Circle of Unseen Hands insignia from beneath the crow's tavern in Everquest 1
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Circle of Unseen Hands
November 8, 2010 Michael Leave a comment
One faction I truly enjoyed bringing into the world is the Circle of the Unseen Hand. In the original EverQuest, the Hand was a thieves’ guild located in the lawful city of Qeynos. As you might guess, over a period of 400 years, the law discovered them and booted them out of the city, but that was not the end of the Hand. They evolved into a global thieves’ guild that maintains secret guild taverns in every major city on Norrath. These taverns are safe houses for not only the members of the Hand, but for their allies or those willing to earn the right to carry one of the valuable tavern coins. In the Swords of Destiny we get a greater glimpse of Crow’s Resting Place, the Hand tavern located beneath the lawful city of Qeynos. You just can’t keep a good thief away.
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Sexual Harassment: 5 Essential Reads
Is sexual harassment inevitable in the workplace?
by Danielle Douez
Issues // Politics and Society
More women are stepping forward to share their experiences of alleged sexual assault and harassment by Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein. Some of the alleged incidents happened as long ago as the early 1990s. You might wonder, why did the women wait until now to speak out?
1. Delayed disclosures
Yale psychiatry professor Joan Cook explains that a number of factors influence people’s decisions not to disclose traumatic events until long after they occur.
“The reasons for this are multi-fold and likely include shame, perceived stigma of being a ‘victim,’ past negative disclosure experiences and fears of being blamed or told that the event was somehow their fault,” she writes. “And when it comes to reporting sexual harassment, women fear for their jobs, promotions or placements.”
2. One bad apple?
What’s an organization like The Weinstein Company to do when allegations arise? Spiking a bad leader like Weinstein seems like a natural solution – but is it enough? Research from Katina Sawyer and Christian Thoroughgood of Villanova University suggests it is not.
Often, the entire culture of an organization has turned toxic under bad leadership, they write. Part of the leader’s power came from people who were willing to follow and even collude with them.
“But companies obviously can’t fire everyone,” they write. “As such, targeted interventions that seek to retrain these individuals must be a primary goal.”
3. Macho culture
One type of toxic work environment is macho culture. Business and strategy expert Bert Spector of Northeastern University writes that such workplaces have “stereotypically masculine characteristics such as assertiveness, top-down control, overconfidence, daring and competitiveness are held to be attributes of top performance, valued above all others.”
While we may no longer be in the era of “Mad Men,” he writes macho culture still runs wild within corporate America, as we have seen with the downfalls of other leaders like Fox’s Roger Ailes and Uber’s Travis Kalanick.
4. A pervasive issue
Sexual assault is not just a problem in corporate America – it’s everywhere. According to Sarah Cook at Georgia State, data on sexual harassment and assault of women are pervasive across the U.S. – from college campuses to the military.
“The sad truth is that despite public outrage, sexual harassment and assault continue to be as widespread a problem today as they were 25 years ago,” she writes.
5. Normalizing ‘locker room talk’
Of course, issues of sexual harassment and power have also tinged our politics at the highest level. During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump denied multiple allegations of sexual assault and dismissed a hot mic recording in which he described sexually assaulting a woman as innocuous “locker room talk.” This type of response is alarming, writes Kathryn Holland of the University of Michigan. She identifies four ways that minimizing experiences of harassment and assault can add insult to injury.
“Making light of sexual aggression against women makes it even more difficult for women who experience it to come forward,” she writes.
“Studies suggest that fewer than 25 percent of women who experience sexual harassment actually file formal complaints.”
Danielle Douez is Associate Editor on Politics and Society at The Conversation.
This article was first published on The Conversation, a global media resource that provides cutting edge ideas and people who know what they are talking about.
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Is the Instagram Shadowban Killing Your Engagement? Here’s How to Fix It
Have you noticed your engagement dropping, follower count declining, or photos not showing up in hashtags? You might be a victim of the mysterious Instagram shadowban — and you wouldn’t even know it. Behavior as innocent as using the same hashtag repeatedly could hide all of your Instagram posts from people who aren’t following you!
In the past few months, a growing number of users have been affected by the Instagram shadowban—and it’s killing their engagement! Never heard of a shadowban? In the following post, we explain exactly what the Instagram shadowban is, why it’s here, and how you can avoid it:
What is an Instagram Shadowban?
The term “shadowban” has been around since 2006, but it’s only recently that it’s gone mainstream. You may recognize it from Twitter—just two months ago, Twitter announced that it had begun filtering out abusive tweets on its platform by applying a sort of temporary “time-out” on users who broke their terms of service. In Twitter’s case, they actually inform their users that they’ve been shadowbanned, but, by definition, a shadowban is the act of blocking a user from an online community in such a way that they don’t realize that they’ve been banned.
On Instagram, a shadowban hides your Instagram posts from users who don’t follow you, which can be detrimental to growing your account and getting more followers. More specifically, if you get shadowbanned on Instagram and use hashtags in your post, only you and your current followers will see your post when they search for the hashtags you used. If someone who doesn’t follow your account searches for one of those hashtags, they won’t be able to see your post! Which basically defeats the whole purpose of using strategic hashtags to grow your Instagram community.
Given how important hashtags are for discovery on Instagram, getting shadowbanned can be a big problem. It basically means that you won’t be able to reach users who don’t already follow you. As a result, your follower growth and engagement rate could stagnate or even decline. And if you use Instagram for business, it can mean fewer customers and revenue!
What Causes an Instagram Shadowban?
Shadowbans exist to deter users from a specific kind of behavior—whether that’s being spammy, inappropriate, or even abusive. In the case of Instagram, the platform seems to mostly be targeting users who display spammy or inappropriate behavior.
What’s interesting, however, is that certain “non-spammy” behaviors have also been lumped-in as a way to get shadowbanned, such as using the same hashtags over and over again. In fact, on February 1st, Instagram released the following statement:
This is interesting because it’s the only time that Instagram has ever confirmed that an issue with hashtag search exists. However, rather than admitting to implementing a shadowban, Instagram simply describes it as “improvements to our system” and then offers advice about not relying on hashtags to grow your account. As Alex Tooby wrote in her blog post, this could be Instagram’s way of addressing the issue without admitting that they’ve actually implemented a shadowban. In fact, when pressed for more details about the issue, Instagram responded with the following explanation:
But it could also point to something bigger—maybe even a change to how Instagram generates revenue through paid ads. As we just mentioned, the whole point of a shadowban is to deter users from toxic behavior. This makes complete sense in the context of people using bots, auto-posting software, and other black hat strategies that Instagram has explicitly banned. But using the same hashtags over and over again doesn’t seem like the kind of offense that warrants a shadowban, it just means that you’re engaging with your Instagram community. Finding the best hashtags for your industry and using them consistently in your posts is all part of an effective Instagram marketing strategy! Or so everyone thought.
So why is Instagram penalizing accounts for using the same hashtags over and over? Some have made the point that it’s a way for Instagram to crack down on influencer marketing and force business accounts to invest in paid advertising. Think of it this way: hashtags are designed to get your content found. If Instagram wanted to quickly increase paid revenue on ads, what would be their best course of action? Probably to tinker with an account’s ability to reach a wider audience using hashtags.
How to Avoid the Instagram Shadowban: Tips from Alex Tooby
Instagram marketing expert Alex Tooby recently published an article on her blog with a ton of great points explaining why your account was shadowbanned and how to avoid being shadowbanned in the future. Here are 4 tips to keep in mind:
1. Don’t use banned or broken hashtags on your posts
With over 700 million active monthly users, it’s pretty difficult for Instagram to completely control what people share and what hashtags they use. A lot of times, a totally innocent hashtag can become invaded with inappropriate content—like the hashtag #kansas, for example. Last year, #kansas was banned by Instagram because too many users were using it on posts that violated Instagram’s community guidelines.
When something like this happens and Instagram notices, they’ll either block the hashtag outright, meaning you can’t even search for it on Instagram, or they’ll limit its usage. With the shadowban, however, it appears that even if you use just a single banned hashtag in your post, Instagram will prevent your post from appearing on any of the hashtags you used!
2. Don’t use software that violates Instagram’s terms of service:
Instagram recently updated its algorithm to be tougher on bots, including bots that auto-like, auto-comment, and bots that grow your followers. If you use any kind of automation or bot-like software on your account, there’s a good chance that a) Instagram knows, and b) you’re going to be shadowbanned.
Furthermore, if you use software that automatically posts to Instagram for you (this doesn’t include Later, which abides by Instagram’s terms and sends a push notification to your phone when it’s time to post), you’re also violating Instagram’s terms of service and could be at risk of not only getting shadowbanned, but getting your entire Instagram account banned.
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3. Avoid big surges in your Instagram activity:
If you weren’t aware, there are limits on how many photos you can like, comments you can leave, and accounts you can follow or unfollow. However, everyone’s limits are different! According to AndroidTipster, your account’s ability to like, follow, and comment grows at the 3 months mark—but there are a ton of other factors that Instagram considers when determining your account’s daily limits. In any case, try not to exceed 150-200 likes, 60 comments, and 60 follows/unfollows per hour!
The reason Instagram imposes limits on user activity is to crack down on bots. If all of a sudden you follow 50 accounts, and then immediately unfollow 25 of them, Instagram might interpret this as “bot activity” and shadowban your account as a result.
4. Avoid being reported by other users:
According to Alex, another way to show up on Instagram’s shadowban radar is by getting reported by another user. It’s important to note that getting reported alone isn’t enough for Instagram to take action against your account—they would also have to determine that you actually violated their terms of service. However, if Instagram does determine that you’re at fault, they may fully disable ban account, or they might just shadowban you.
How to Find Out if You’re a Target of Instagram’s Shadowban:
Maybe you noticed that you aren’t getting as much engagement on your posts—or that your follower growth has suddenly leveled off. Because Instagram doesn’t say outright whether your account has been shadowbanned, there are only a couple of ways to know for sure:
1. Use someone else’s account:
The best way to find out if you’ve been shadowbanned is to check if your posts appear in hashtag searches. To do this, create a new post on Instagram and include 2-3 unpopular hashtags in the caption, and another 2-3 unpopular hashtags in the first comment.
Next, ask a friend to unfollow your account and then search for one of the hashtags that you used in your recent post. If your post appears under the hashtag (either in the Top Posts or Recent Posts) then you’re safe. If your post doesn’t show up, however, it’s likely that your account was shadowbanned.
2. Use an Instagram shadowban analyzer
You can also check if you’ve been shadowbanned by using this shadowban analyzer tool, however, it’s unclear how accurate the tool is. Simply enter your username or the link to a specific Instagram post to see if your account has been shadowbanned. It works by searching the list of hashtags you use in a post and then checking if your post shows up under those hashtags. But be careful! If you have to log in with your Instagram account, it could be a phishing scam. The tool above lets you search without having to log in with your credentials.
How Can You Lift an Instagram Shadowban?
Try as we might, we haven’t been able to find a “fix all” solution to Instagram’s shadowban. However, the good news is that shadowbans don’t appear to be permanent—most users tend to get theirs lifted within 2-3 weeks.
Here are 5 solutions from Alex Tooby that could help shorten the length of your Instagram shadowban:
1. Stop using banned or broken hashtags
Look through your hashtag “sets” (i.e. the community-oriented hashtags that you frequently use) to make sure that none of them are “banned” by Instagram. To do this, simply search for the hashtag on Instagram. If the top posts section appears but nothing else, it’s likely that the hashtag was banned by Instagram. Sometimes Instagram will even leave a short message on a hashtag page explaining that posts have been hidden for not meeting the community guidelines.
If any of the hashtags you use were banned, make sure to stop using them! They could be preventing your posts from appearing on any of the hashtags you use!
2. Stop using bots and auto-posting software
We get it: using an Instagram scheduler that automatically posts your photos to Instagram sounds like a great way to save time. (Plus, once you get shadowbanned for using an auto-poster, you’ll have all the time in the world!). But it’s also one of the quickest ways to end up on the Instagram shadowban list.
Have you ever used a bot before? Even if you signed up for a bot service years ago, they could still be linked to your account. To find out, log into Instagram on your desktop computer to see if any of them are still connected to your account. Navigate to your feed by clicking the “user” icon in top right-hand corner, then click “Edit Profile.” Next, select “Authorized Applications.” From here, you can check for any applications that look suspicious.
3. Take a short break from Instagram
Some users have said that taking 2-3 days off of Instagram has helped them lift their Instagram shadowban. If you decide to take a break, avoid posting, commenting, and even logging-into the app!
After your 2-3 day break, you can start engaging with Instagram community again like you normally would. But remember to engage with them manually! It might take more time and effort, but it proves to Instagram that you’re abiding by their terms of service.
4. Report your shadowban to Instagram
Both Instagram and Facebook can be very difficult to get in touch with—believe us, we’ve tried! But reporting your shadowban to Instagram is definitely worth a shot.
Instagram does have an official support email (support@instagram.com), but it’s a much better idea to use the native “Report a Problem” option within the Instagram app. To do this, simply navigate to your Instagram profile and select the “cog” icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen. Next, scroll down and select “Report a Problem.” A pop-up should appear with a few options. Select “Something Isn’t Working,” and write a short message that clearly describes the issue.
Alex Tooby recommends that you tell Instagram that your posts aren’t being categorized in the hashtags that you use, not that your engagement has dropped. Meanwhile, Magoptix Studio recommends against telling Instagram that your account was hacked, as the team that deals with hacked accounts doesn’t seem to be able to help with shadowbans.
5. Switch from a business account to a personal account
We’re least certain about this one, but some Instagram users have said that switching from a business account to a personal account helped them lift their Instagram shadowban.
The reason this might work is because ever since Facebook acquired Instagram, they’ve tried to monetize the platform by limiting the reach and engagement of business accounts. This, in effect, forces businesses to purchase ads.
Continuing the narrative above, it could be that Instagram is clamping down on business accounts because they’re more likely to be negatively impacted by a shadowban—and, likewise, more likely to buy ads on Instagram. So by switching from a business account to a personal account, it’s possible that you might fall off Instagram’s radar.
For a lot of Instagram users, hashtags are one of the best ways to grow your engagement and attract new followers. And while Instagram has yet to confirm or deny a shadowban, it’s important to be conscious of how you behave on the platform to avoid being penalized. We’ll continue to update you as the Instagram shadowban story unfolds!
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NDIS Funded State Public Service
“A National Approach, or More of the Same!”
Victorian Entities moving towards State Dominance of Services under NDIS!
Current systems differ between states and territories, but the NDIS quality and safeguarding framework aims to be consistent across the country.
Moreover, existing arrangements for quality and safeguarding are based on funding agreements between governments and providers of support.
Our extensive evidence, over many years, shows the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) in Victoria, has been unable to ensure its direct care service delivery consistently equals its very extensive and very comprehensive service intent.
If this state government department becomes a service provider throughout Victoria, we are at a loss to understand how it will consistently adhere to the NDIS Act and the National Quality and Safeguarding Framework (NQSF).
Attending the NDIS, NQSF seminar in Melbourne recently, ratified the absolute need NOT to allow existing state government and pseudo government departments/services to be part of, or associated with the NDIS.
Staff of the Office of the Public Advocate, Victoria, attended this event in force, making a very strong voice for maintaining such state entities within their existing, secure and well remunerated bureaucratic positions within the NDIS to continue their aversive power over vulnerable people and their families.
This is in total contrast to the NDIS key factor of choice and control by the consumer - The NDIS, by contrast with such state funded services, funds individual participants who make choices about their own supports.
The original intention of the NDIS being, (a) to reduce the waiting list for services and, (b) improve service, accessibility, quality and accountability to the consumer. Put the person with disabilities and their stakeholders in the driving seat, in contrast to state government bureaucrats driving consumers.
This creates the need for a new quality and safeguarding framework whereby people with disabilities and their stakeholders will/should, within this framework make, or be the key part of making judgments and decisions about the quality of providers, rather than the bureaucrats of such organisations as the Department of Health & Human Services, the Office of the Public Advocate or the Office of the Disability Services Commissioner.
The national quality and safeguarding framework has been shaped by principles such as choice and control, where the NDIS maximizes opportunities for people with disability to make decisions about their supports. Whereas, the current bureaucratic processes in Victoria are in total control of the person with disabilities and their stakeholders.
Presumption of capacity — the NDIS should presume that all people with disability have the capacity to make decisions and exercise choice and control. Unlike the current bureaucratic processes in Victoria, recognising when the person with disabilities does not have the capacity, and readily accept their stakeholders.
Supporting people to build natural safeguards:
Ensure service delivery consistently equals service intent.
Ensure service providers are not consistently in denial and avoidance of consumer scrutiny. With the consumer treated as ‘always right’ rather than always wrong and, having a service entitlement. This is not how it will be if DHHS in Victoria is one’s direct care service provider!
National consistency — the quality and safeguarding framework should provide the same protection to people regardless of where they live in Australia.
Reducing/minimising regulation — the quality and safeguarding framework should create the least burden possible on individuals and providers of supports while still achieving the agreed quality and safeguarding aims of the framework.
Various elements will come together to form the quality and safeguards framework for the NDIS. In the consultation paper these elements have been grouped under three domains: developmental, preventative and corrective.
The NDIA also has a role in developing individuals' natural safeguards through its Local Area Coordinators (LACs), who help people with disability connect to providers, including providers of mainstream supports such as community and health services.
The NDIS service model is very different from former arrangements in most states and territories or in the Australian Government. So long as it is totally different to that of the DHHS, Victoria!
In the NDIS, the most important relationship will be between participants and providers.
The capacity and intention of providers to deliver safe, high quality supports is therefore a critical safeguard.
A quality provider will usually have strong governance, policies and procedures and a corporate culture that fosters respect and openness.
Monitoring and Oversight.
Most important!
Complaints must be seen as tools to service improvement!
A complaints body must cover both systemic and individual complaints from consumers.
A complaints body must be a body of people not associated with government, pseudo government or the disability field. The body should comprise of management people from various marketplace industries, independent of the disability field. Such industries will provide ‘managers’ pro-bono, as a community service. And, they are soon able to learn the ropes, yet be totally independent when evaluating complaints
Community Visitors:
Should there be community visitors (CVs) similar to those in Victoria? Yes, but not with the current restrictive factors and watering down now being imposed by the OPA on the initial concept.
The service evaluation of consumers (the person with disabilities and their stakeholder/s) must be included in the CV service evaluation reports.
Consumers must be permitted to meet with the CVs who evaluate their service. Persons with disabilities must always be permitted to be represented by their stakeholder.
The current OPA/CV system does not allow either of the above .
Questionable practices by those associated with the present state disability services - practices which may adversely impact services under the NDIS when the scheme goes statewide.
Almost all the current state disability services are totally controlled by the Department of Health and Human Services within their extensive and comprehensive care policies, standards, guidelines and values, and with the support of the Office of the Public Advocate (OPA), the Disability Service Commissioner and the Victorian Ombudsman.
With all the above mentioned government and pseudo government departments not wishing to lose influence, and employees their well-paid positions, to that of the NDIS - well demonstrated by the OPA in force at the NDIS seminar on the ‘National Quality and Safeguarding Framework (NQSF)’ in Melbourne recently, we cannot envisage the said state organisations disbanding or scrapping their influential and well entrenched policies and practices to the ‘NQSF’(national standards, policies and practice), and being under the direction of the NDIA when the NDIS goes fully national within the ‘National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, rather than the Disability Act 2006,
Section 4(9) of the ‘National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 enshrines ‘Choices and Control’ in the lives of those entitled to services under this Act. Whereas, our extensive findings and well documented evidence illustrates quite the reverse for many receiving direct care services from the ‘Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)’.
Therefore, we are at a loss to understand the DHHS being accepted by the NDIA as an intended service provider across the state of Victoria.
This state government department is currently a direct care service provider of its group homes in the Barwon Region within a proven track-record for which we have extensive documented evidence of the department being unable to consistently, properly and proactively manage their direct care services to ensure there are no disconnections between service intent and service delivery – a problem highlighted by the Victorian Auditor General in his report entitled ‘Accommodation for People with a Disability’, March 2008.
Most current residents of group homes throughout Victoria will see no other benefit from the NDIS, other than the right to move.
They are currently restricted from moving by the DHHS Disability Support Register - a despotic procedure which controls the movement of all group home residents throughout the state.
In contrast to CSOs under NDIS, the DHHS as a service provider under the NDIS will have the benefit of access to its state government funding sources to stay viable in what is intended to be a competitive marketplace - in contrast to the current and well established captive market.
Established group homes (residents) on transition to the NDIS, will see the state government’s block support service funding stop - replaced by ISPs from the NDIS. DHHS direct care staff will see little more than a transparent change of funding, and will carry on as usual… If the service was poor, it will remain poor!
The Productivity Commission’s only answer to this was/is, “If a resident or their stakeholder does not like the service being provided, the resident is now free, and has the financial ability to move”.
Whereas, (a) most people with high support needs do not move easily, (b) there is unlikely to be much service choice in the near future, (c) The DHHS residential charge is much lower than CSO’s can allow within the overall funding they receive from the DHHS and, (c) the DHHS promote themselves to people with a disability and their stakeholders as having a far more secure tenure than CSOs, as they have the backing of the state government. This is not equal opportunity in the marketplace!
The following is a new concept in the DHHS Residential Statement. A movement toward their intent to be a dominant service provider under the NDIS. This ‘sales pitch’ includes support to be provided, and mention of the staff duty roster. Normally the inference is that consumers should feel lucky and grateful for whatever they might get, and the staff roster is guarded from consumers like the crown jewels.
New DHHS (Pre: NDIS) Group Home Residential Statement (extract)
Rostered staff provide person centred active support to residents in their daily activities such as personal care routines, preparation for day activities, meal preparation, managing money, travel, communication, support to manage health and wellbeing, community participation and inclusion. A roster is available in the group home identifying staff and the shift hours. Rosters are reviewed regularly and updated to reflect resident need. Rosters usually include overnight support such as sleepover or active night models.
Support will be based on the information provided to us in relation to your day to day support requirements, your goals and aspirations as outlined in your support plan (when developed) and be governed by any other planning that may be required. Our staff will work with you to provide options and experiences that reflect your goals and needs. (LISA Comment – Link)
In Summary: This all translates into little more, than more of the same supported accommodation under NDIS. Yet the original intention of the NDIS was, (a) to reduce the waiting list for services and, (b) encourage better service provision with the service consumer, rather than the service provider in the driving seat.
Extra 1: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria - DHS House of Horrors &
State Government Cover-ups
Extra 2: Bureaucratic Barriers Obdurate - The Age, by Max Jackson,
Extra 3: Captive-Market to Marketplace with NDIS
Extra 4: A Safeguarding Framework for the NDIS by JacksonRyan
Partmers - May 2015
Extra 5: What does good support look like?
Beyond Qualifications and pay-rates
Griffith University NDIS Symposium
Extra 6: News Items
Extra 7: Review of Victoria’s Charter of Human Rights
Government Funded Hypocrisy – “Governments fund services for people with disabilities. : They then fund advocates to keep the services honest : Then, they protect the services from the advocates”
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Lizette Gesuden
Filling The Gaps
For 2 years, I was a staff video producer at Skypunch Creative, a startup company focused on creating videos, print materials and websites for energy, climate science and eco-related clients. I was tasked with creating a feature length documentary on the Weatherization Assistance Program for one of their clients.
Essentially, I had to find a way to make insulation, building science and carpentry as interesting as possible for a lay audience. I worked with staff writer Chris Shreve to shape the narrative of the film based on interviews of weatherization workers and recipients filmed by videographers across the country. Motion graphics Duane Dobbels brought life to all the archival stills that I sourced, and he also created the construction themed graphics and lower thirds throughout the film.
The best part of this project was getting to film some of these interviews myself and meeting some of the blue-collar workers providing the weatherization service. Their dedication to their jobs and sense of purpose to serve the less fortunate were so admirable, and I found it important to make sure that came through in the film.
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About Llanishen and Thornhill
Llanishen and Thornhill are communities in the north of Cardiff, and are home to over 15,000 people
Llanishen and Thornhill are two communities in the north of Cardiff. Llanishen dates back over 1,000 years and Thornhill “slightly” less at just under 40 years.
Llanishen and Thornhill are two communities in the north of Cardiff, with a combined total of over 15,000 people living in them. Although they are two distinct communities, they both form the “Llanishen ward” represented on Cardiff Council by 4 Councillors (find out more about your Councillors).
A “ward” is a term used for an area that is part of an administrative area, or local authority (Council). Everyone in the UK lives in a ward, and is represented by at least one Councillor.
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Shaun Jenkins, Sian-Elin Melbourne, John Lancaster and Tom Parkhill represent Llanishen & Thornhill on Cardiff Council. They have campaigned on issues such as removing the road narrowings on Heol Hir, keeping Wedal Road recycling centre open, reducing litter (find out more about the local campaigns here) and tackling ASB and local crime.
We’re proud to represent Llanishen & Thornhill and deliver for our community. We live in the area and are determined to do everything we can to make local life the best it can be.
– Shaun Jenkins, Sian-Elin Melbourne, John Lancaster and Tom Parkhill, Councillors for Llanishen & Thornhill
Thornhill has 1 local police officer and 2 PCSOs. Find out more about the local policing team for Thornhill here.
Llanishen has 1 local police officer and 2 PCSOs. Find out more about the local policing team for Llanishen here.
There is one Primary School in Thornhill (Thornhill Primary School). And 3 Primary Schools (Christ the King, Coed Glas, Ysgol-Y-Wern) and 1 High School (Llanishen High) in Llanishen.
The director of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (Richard Marquand) was from Llanishen.
Thornhill was originally going to be the “Villages of Thornhill”, but as the years went by, more and more green areas got filled in with housing developments :-(.
Thornhill Cemetery is actually in Rhiwbina, and Thornhill farm shop is actually in Lisvane (quirks of the sizes and shapes of Council wards).
If you’d like to know more, or are a local resident and are looking for help with a local matter, please get in touch with Shaun, Sian, John and Tom.
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Travelers transfer into a cult preparing for mass suicide. MacLaren's team, the cult, and many other travelers, including senior engineer Bloom, meet at the antimatter facility. Bloom reveals that the future has been subtly rewritten and is not as united as it once was. Dosed with antitoxin, they release a toxic cloud to force a local evacuation. Gleason interrogates Delaney until MacLaren returns her to the facility and explains the nature of travelers. Gleason discovers Delaney's escape and prepares to return to her lab. Using the antimatter to power an x-ray laser, the travelers intend to deflect asteroid Helios 685, saving millions of lives and preventing the environmental catastrophes and devastating wars that led to their dark future. Deflecting Helios has been the Director's main goal, even though it could possibly prevent the travelers' own births in the future. Gleason leads an assault, killing most of the cult travelers and Bloom before she can fire the laser. However, travelers transfer into his soldiers and eventually into him, sacrificing themselves to complete the mission. The traveler within Gleason fires the laser while MacLaren and his team save Delaney from the antimatter explosion on Bloom's orders. MacLaren is unsure of the mission's success, as his team remains in the present.
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This German town lays claim to not one but two of the world’s greatest opera houses. Most music lovers know about the acoustically perfect Bayreuth Festspielhaus, built in 1876 by composer Richard Wagner as the home for his summer music festival. But the city also contains the grandest Baroque theater in the world, the Margravial Opera House, built between 1744 and 1748 by Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia. Named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2012, the theater has been closed for repairs for the past six years. It reopens in April 2018 with a performance of Artaserse by the 18th-century German composer Johann Adolph Hasse (tickets go on sale in February). Bayreuth also makes an excellent starting point from which to explore the rest of the region, famous for its hundreds of Bavarian biergartens and vineyards producing internationally renowned Franconian wines. —Christopher Tkaczyk
Three high-ranking Travelers are sent back by the Director to put Grace on trial for violating protocols, overwriting a person who was not assigned to be her host, and sabotaging the Grand Plan. Mac and the team must give testimony at the trial that will determine if she should be overwritten or not. Meanwhile, the Faction is trying to replenish its numbers by overwriting people with the stored minds in the Quantum Frame. It transpires the trial was staged by the Director to flush out a Faction member from within the three Travelers judging Grace, which it successfully does, this leading to Mac's team securing the Quantum Frame.
Of all the islands that make up Italy’s Aeolian archipelago, Salina is arguably the most alluring: it is not yet a celebrity haven like its neighbor Stromboli, where Giorgio Armani, Domenico Dolce, and Stefano Gabbana have homes; and it’s not yet overrun with the luxury yachts of affluent soccer players like nearby Panarea. That the isle has stayed blissfully unspoiled for this long eludes those who know of its imposing natural beauty — steep mountains blanketed in blossoming trees and wildflowers, small villages speckled with olive and lemon groves, fig trees, and miles of terraced Malvasia vineyards. The Relais & Châteaux property Capofaro Malvasia & Resort is one of Salina’s finest places to check in to, thanks to its secluded location, private beach, Tasca d’Almerita wines, and restaurant spotlighting local flavors (think wild fennel, orange, and caper leaves). Once you’ve settled in, skip on over to the town of Lingua to watch the sun set on the Marina Garibaldi, and order the best almond granita of your life at the Da Alfredo waterfront café. —Rocky Casale
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In 1998, the Travelers Group merged with Citicorp to form Citigroup.[10] However, the synergies between the banking and insurance arms of the company did not work as well as planned, so Citigroup spun off Travelers Property and Casualty into a subsidiary company in 2002,[12] although it kept the red umbrella logo. Three years later, Citigroup sold Travelers Life & Annuity to MetLife.[13] In 2003, Travelers bought renewal rights for Royal & SunAlliance Personal Insurance and Commercial businesses.[14][15]
In August 2012, Travelers sued the National Football League for forcing the company and its subsidiaries to pay to defend the league for failing to protect players from brain injury, in a case filed in the New York State Supreme Court called Discover Property & Casualty Co. et al. vs. National Football League et al., New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No. 652933/2012. The league had sued over three dozen insurance companies the week before in an attempt to cover the claims that players made against the league.[41][42][43]
Move over, Croatia. Long overshadowed by its neighbor to the northwest, Montenegro is ready for the spotlight. The ancient city of Kotor is already attracting plenty of visitors, like the celebrities vacationing at luxurious boutique hotel Forza Terra, just outside the medieval walls, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of cruisers who’ve arrived with companies like Viking, Celebrity, and Princess. The swank marina Porto Montenegro is thriving in the formerly sleepy coastal town of Tivat, and the complex’s Regent hotel unveiled an expansion in 2017. Nearby, luxury development Luštica Bay is slated to open this summer, with plans for villas, a golf course, and a five-star Chedi hotel. Further west on the Bay of Kotor’s jagged coastline is the site of the country’s most anticipated arrival, the One&Only Portonovi, which will be the brand’s first European outpost when it opens this summer. Plans for the resort, situated on a 60-acre site overlooking the Adriatic, include 140 villas and residences, a tennis club, and a spa. —Meredith Bethune
Kathryn confronts MacLaren about an affair she believes he is having, leading him to end his relationship with Carly. Charlotte, the misfire historian, is overwritten and murders her team. She attempts to assassinate Grace, but Trevor stops her. Grace reveals that the anti-Director faction was responsible for the team's abduction. Charlotte is shot by Jeff while attempting to kill Carly. Ellis reveals that he has built a quantum frame that the Director, an advanced AI, can use to travel to the present to escape the faction. David is held at gunpoint by another assassin but is saved by Marcy. The team arrives at the farm where Trevor has received a text to destroy the frame. Boyd reveals she received an order to kill MacLaren and holds him at gunpoint; Carly later reveals having been given the same mission. Assassins surround the farm as Ellis shoots Trevor to keep him from harming the frame. Grace jumps in front of Trevor and is shot as well. Ellis shuts down the perimeter shield in the hope that the Director will help them and delivers a message to destroy the frame shortly before he dies. It is revealed that the people surrounding them are not anti-Director assassins, but FBI agents led by Forbes.
This year is San Antonio’s 300th anniversary, and the city is marking the occasion with events, activities, and new infrastructure. Ahead of the festivities, there’s been a flurry of development: In the past few months, the botanical gardens completed an expansion; the city’s first food hall, the Bottling Department, debuted at the Pearl; and San Antonio’s iconic passenger barges got an upgrade, with colorful electric models replacing the old gas-fueled boats. In January, the city will unveil Confluence Park, an expanse of trails and science-focused education facilities near the convergence of San Pedro Creek and the San Antonio River. A commemorative week is planned for early May, with celebrations at each of San Antonio’s five missions and the dedication of San Pedro Creek Culture Park, a once-unremarkable drainage ditch that’s been transformed into a waterfront promenade with public art and performance spaces. Ruby City, a new David Adjaye–designed art center that will house more than 800 pieces from the Linda Pace Foundation Collection, is expected to be completed at the end of 2018. And boutique stays still in the works — including a Thompson Hotel and the third location of the Saint Hotel — hint that San Antonio’s heyday is just beginning. —Devorah Lev-Tov
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DTE’s Reason for Buying M-U Pipes: NatGas-Fired Electric Plants
October 3, 2016 DTE Energy, Electrical Generation, Energy Services, Industrywide Issues, Pipelines
Last week MDN brought you the news that DTE Energy, a BIG utility and midstream company based in Detroit, MI, is buying 100% of M3 Midstream’s Appalachia Gathering System (AGS), located in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and 40% of M3’s Stonewall Gas Gathering (SGG), located in West Virginia (see DTE Energy Buys Marcellus/Utica Pipelines for $1.3B). MDN speculated that DTE wants the pipelines because DTE wants a reliable source cheap, abundant, clean-burning Marcellus/Utica natural gas for its utility customers in the Midwest. While that’s true, there’s a bigger reason why DTE is making a play for the pipelines–because they intend to build $1.5 billion of new natural gas-fired electric plants in Michigan. Since that price tag will build one, maybe two plants, and because DTE is shutting down three of its five coal-fired plants in the state, we think there’s a good chance DTE will build more new gas-fired plants–powered by Marcellus/Utica gas…
FERC Tells Columbia to Open Valves on Utica Access Pipeline in WV
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If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways: Unofficial meeting records and more from SD61 Greater Victoria
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Diane McNally SD61 Greater Victoria School Trustee: Democratically Elected
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SD61 Board Meeting, May 21/13: The Record Off The Record: The Civil Discourse Edition
The Record Off The Record is my personal record of and commentary on Board and Standing Committee meetings in School District 61 (Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Victoria, View Royal and a portion of Saanich and Highlands ). “Official” approved minutes of Board and Standing Committee meetings are posted on the SD61 website under the “Board of Education” menu, (Education Policy Development Committee is posted as “Education Meetings”; Operations Policy and Planning Committee is posted as “Operations Meetings”) generally one month after the meeting. Reports from Camera meetings are posted on the Board meeting page as “Section 72 Reports”. “Section 72” refers to Section 72 (3) of the BC the School Act which states “ A board must prepare a record containing a general statement as to the nature of the matters discussed and the general nature of the decisions reached at a meeting from which persons other than trustees or officers of the board, or both, were excluded, and the record must be open for inspection at all reasonable times by any person, who may make copies and extracts on payment of a fee set by the board.” The meeting schedule is posted on the District Calendar. Trustees are referred to by last name only for brevity; “the Board of Education of SD No. 61 (Greater Victoria) is referred to as “the Board [etc]”. No audio recordings are made of Standing Committee meetings, only of Board meetings. (No record of how the audio recording decision was made, or any debate on proposed uses of and storage of the record appears to exist.)
https://linedpaper1.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/may-21-2013-1.mp3
Letters / emails received: 10 WiFi, 1 wind turbines, 1 elementary school rugby and safety, 1 public funds subsidizing private school.
An In Camera Meeting preceded the public Board meeting: 6:45 – 7:30.
A. Commencement of Meeting: Board Chair: Trustee Orcherton
Recognition of Songhees and Esquimalt Nations’ traditional territories.
A.1. Approval of the Agenda: Approved; addition of Karen Weiss and Peter Milne at A.6.
A.2. Approval of the Minutes:
a) Minutes of April 15, 2013: Approved
b) Minutes of April 17, 2013 (Special Budget Meeting): Approved
A.3. Business Arising From the Minutes: None
A.4. Student Achievement: [A decision was made via vote to discontinue recording of students who present at Board meetings. A majority of trustees believed that audio and public video recording of students at a public meeting somehow endangers students; thus recording begins after student presentations have finished. Photos of students and their first names along with their school appear on the District Board Highlights page.]
a) Island Ukuleles: Tina Horwood along with Matthew Martin from Rockheights and students: Members of this group are “virtuousos of joy”! This presentation left everyone wanting more. A delight.
A.5. District Presentations:
a) Donald Adams, Oaklands Elementary School, Teacher
Mr. Adams was presented with an award recognizing his selection as the 2013 Todd Rogers Research Award, “..from the Canadian Educational Researchers’ Association for leadership in evidence based research. The ceremony will take place on June 3rd at the University of Victoria during the association’s annual general meeting. “ Mr. Adams is enrolled in UBC’s Master of Educational Technology graduate program. “The Master of Educational Technology (MET) is a graduate-level program offered by The University of British Columbia…. The MET curriculum is designed for educators at all levels and in diverse contexts.”
A.6. Community Presentations:
a) Clint Lalonde, Client Services Manager, Curriculum Services & Applied Research at BCCampus; parent (two children at Willows School), active in the school Parent Advisory Council. Mr. Lalonde has posted his presentation on his “Wifi In Schools: Because Our Kids Need It” site. His website summarizes the first three speakers’ presentations.
Applications use WiFi [Many don’t need WiFi to operate .]
Removing WiFi has pedagogical implications [Some Silicon Valley IT executives think the implications are positive ones as screen time is reduced, and send their children to a no-screen Waldorf school in Los Altos.]
Wired connections encourage a sedentary lifestyle: “Indeed, wired internet connections have health risks of their own as they enforce sedentary behaviour as children are forced to remain in one spot to use computers. Sedentary behaviour is actually something that has been proven to be a health risks.” [Walking from a chair to the floor with an iPad hasn’t been recognized as a significant part of an active lifestyle. Any screen time cuts into physical activity. Running with an iPad is about as safe as running with scissors. The BC Ministry of Education on one hand seems believe we can’t learn much worth knowing in the 21st century without iPads and bring-your-own-smartphones constantly on in classrooms, while on the other hand the Ministry funds Action Schools BC which recommends less than two hours a day of screen time for children. Willows School (along with almost every other school in SD61) is an Action Schools member. The Action School program is aligned with the Childhood Obesity Foundation: “Reducing inactive screen time has many benefits from better grades and school performance to improved health and well-being. Screen Smart does NOT ask students to give up screens. Instead the program teaches children and their families how to manage screen time. “]
Health Canada, Vancouver Island Health Authority, Alberta Health, Ontario Health, and BC Provincial Health Officer all tasked with protecting public health [all referenced and linked in Lined Paper May 13, 2013 ] say WiFi is safe. [At one time such organizations said asbestos, tobacco and thalidomide for morning sickness were safe, too.]
WiFi opponents are discrediting public health officials. [This is an interesting redefinition of “disagreement” as “discrediting”. Note: Health Canada’s Safety Code 6 EMF safety standards are based only on thermal effects and are considered obsolete and in adequate by many international bodies.In November 2007 – more than five years ago – Toronto’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David McKeown recommended Health Canada’s Safety levels for microwave exposure be lowered by a factor of 100x.]
People need to know what is and what is not valid information. [Given hundreds of studies questioning the safety of electromagnetic frequency radiation, determining what is “valid” science may be difficult. Choosing to disregard conclusions of research scientists that lead to a recommendation of at the very least, employing the “Precautionary Principle”, may well be the equivalent of enthusiastically endorsing industry-promoted WiFi ubiquity while ignoring safety concerns. )
“When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context the proponent of an activity, rather than the public, should bear the burden of proof. The process of applying the precautionary principle must be open, informed and democratic and must include potentially affected parties. It must also involve an examination of the full range of alternatives, including no action.” – Wingspread Statement on the Precautionary Principle, Jan. 1998
In December 2001 the New York Times Magazine listed the principle as one of the most influential ideas of the year, describing the intellectual, ethical, and policy framework SEHN had developed around the principle.
My own comment from the March 24, 2013 SD61 meeting [At D.1] was quoted back to me. in this presentation. Here’s what I said”: A lot of the research [on EMF effects] is hard for me to understand since I’m not a physicist.” That’s why I read the research and the summaries by the many PhDs and MDs who have concluded that Health Canada’s Safety Code 6 is obsolete.
Meta analysis vs single studies are important. [Many meta analyses are readily available on a range of specific topics related to electromagnetic frequency radiation exposure. One meta-analysis examining the possibility of increased risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with EMF exposure concluded “Our data suggest a slight but significant ALS risk increase among those with job titles related to relatively high levels of ELF-EMF exposure.“ They all look interesting.]
Take a proactive approach and ask public health officials if the following studies and organizations are are credible: The BioInitiative Report, American Academy of Environmental Medicine. [The study and the organization certainly have their share of detractors. Consider reading Dr. Martin Blank‘s book as soon as it’ published: “Martin Blank earned PhDs in physical chemistry (1957) from Columbia University and in colloid science (1960) from University of Cambridge. He came to the department in 1959, retired as Associate Professor in 2011 and is now a Special Lecturer. His research has been on membranes, transport processes, excitation, and recently on health effects of electromagnetic radiation (EMR). His book on health effects of EMR is due out at the end of 2013.“]
Some people are raising fear and uncertainty and doubt about the safety of our kids [I guess I’m one of them.]
So, WiFi K-5: “Because our kids need it”? Compilations of scientific opinions concluding that our kids don’t need it keep me aligned with the Precautionary Principle, particularly for K-5 schools. Hard wired computers and laptops on battery are available K-5. Many apps don’t need WiFi to operate. All middle schools (Grades 6-8) and secondary schools in SD61 have already been WiFi’d.
b) Valerie Irvine,PhD : Associate professor UVic, parent (children in Grades 1 and 4). Presentation: Learning Design Powerpoint: WiFi (The slides for “From Fixed to Free Learning Design” are available on Mr. Lalonde’s blog, “Wifi In Schools”: Because Our Kids Need It.”)
Dr. Irvine prefaced her talk by saying some would accuse her of a conflict of interest as she is an assistant professor at the University of Victoria, working as the Director of the TIE Lab, which is funded by various funders, and a number of corporate sponsors.
From the TIE site: ” {Dr Irvine] is the co-founder and co-director of the new $750,000 CFI/BCKDF-funded Technology Integration and Evaluation (TIE) Research Lab, which includes high definition codecs, mobile laptop carts, recording and streaming solutions, graduate student research space, an experimental classroom, and advanced video, statistical, qualitative, and log data analysis software. The lab was also funded by multiple sources at the University of Victoria and Knowledge North (CANARIE). Her research interests involve integrating and evaluating educational technologies into various learning environments (distributed or face-to-face) and with various populations (health, higher ed, K-12). ….Formerly called the CFI/BCKDF Resource Office, the new Institutional Programs Office provides administrative and strategic support to researchers pursuing major federal, provincial and regional infrastructure awards. These awards are primarily offered at the federal level by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, at the provincial level by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Several Other Things via the BCKDF fund, and regionally by WD (Western Economic Diversification Canada). ”
So what is “Fixed Learning Design”? Looks like the “fixed” part has something to do with furniture as the second slide (first slide is a title page) is a photo of c 1940 bolted down desks, in rows.
The third slide is a typical teacher-dissing cartoon: kids in rows (in newer desks than the previous slide, though) looking at a teacher at the front of the room, captioned “I expect you all to be independent, innovative, critical thinkers who will do exactly as I say!” I’m not laughing, because as a former CUPE classroom assistant for 10 years, and teacher in public schools for 25 years I find this cartoon deeply insulting.
Fourth slide: more furniture, more modern desks, a blackboard, desks not in rows, which must be an indicator of improved learning as the slides appear to be arranged in evolutionary sequence.I haven’t foudn any research that says desks in rows actually prevent learning, though.
Five: student sitting at hardwired computer in a “computer lab”. True enough, computers are not an exotic element in education any more, and should not remain captive in a “lab”, although there may be desirable aspects at times to having everyone on the same operating system and using the same apps, with instant ability to print as needed, particularly in K=5 settings. The computer labs I’ve seen in public schools are there because of cash raised by parents at bake sales and dances and schools scrimping and saving (some of that “surplus” in the School District budget is due to schools saving for long term project such as computer labs, which probably aren’t on the wish list any more – more likely the list includes mobile laptop carts, etc). By the time the school can afford to buy computers for he lab (and the school then had to keep them for as long as possible to justify the expense) they were well behind in power what many students had at home, particularly in affluent areas The BC Ed Plan plans to to solve that problem for the future by this innovative step: you buy it yourself! Parents will be expected to pay for the technology and data plans – students will be expected to bring their own device. Problem solved. Or problem offloaded.
Six: hardwired laptop in computer lab. We get it. Unnecessarily static placement. Could be hardwired in a classroom, hardwired to a mobile cart.
Seven: Elementary school students more or less in rows at even more up to date desks, with laptops on the desks. Yes, it looks physically static. Some would say “orderly”. Doesn’t by definition prevent learning, though.
Eight: students in desks in squares, peering at tablets on desks.
Nine: A Twitter feed screen capture superimposed on a forest. Scary, given the rush to WiFi public parks and National parks..
Ten: Students on floor or in beanbags peering at tablets. Maybe this is the “free” part. Or the “free” part is access to the Internet through the School District firewall that hopefully prevents access to “inappropriate” content.But that access is available with hardwired access. “Free” can’t mean just “not sitting in desks”.
West Hartford (Connecticut) School’s BYOD page outlines some of the supervision and responsibility problems inherent to BYOD. It’s interesting reading, for the issues raised and for the ubiquitous “21s Century Learning” boilerplate text. Reading this stuff is getting to be the education equivalent of going to McDonald’s.
Eleven: Student walking around with tablet using a visual application to do something with a giant map on the floor.
Twelve: Students all over the floor with tablets and other learning items. No desks. Can’t complain. Sitting in desks for hours each day was never something I thought was good for kids.
Thirteen: Students in overstuffed chairs or on couches working with tablets, books, paper. No desks. Looks preferable to desks, unless you want to write, and perhaps writing is giving way to typing on screens.
Fourteen: Back to desks with tablets; two students interacting about what is on the screen of one tablet. I’ve actually seen this happen without a tablet. Students interact about all kinds of aspects of their learning, encouraged by teachers..
Fifteen: A sign planted in grass: “No Tecknolegy”. This could be insulting, but I can’t be bothered. Let’s move on.
Sixteen: Secondary School with lots of money? A University study space? Students at large square desks with paper, laptops.
Seventeen: Outside on Salt Spring Island: Tour With Ministry of Education and John Abbott. No tablets evident. (Salt Spring Public School District 64 Superintendent Jeff Hopkins has started his own private school which will open in September 2013. He is no longer listed on the “staff page” for SD64.One of the exciting things that student can do, apparently, is math drills on an iPod touch deices instead of worksheets. I wonder how long the excitement will last.)
Eighteen: Primary class students trying to copy using pencils from posters on a wall, holding their papers up to the wall. I used to do this a lot as I could not see, and no one twigged to a need for corrective lenses till Grade Six. I hated doing this; it was uncomfortable and difficult. I’ll bet these kids feel the same. Maybe some of them need glasses.
Nineteen: A multiplication worksheet, a page of repetitive addition and subtraction drill “facts”. Split screen shot of a device with a more interesting visual – not static – that can achieve the same drill end for memorization. Looks marginally more fun. But here’s the question: Is there still a place for memorization of math facts? Of anything? Can raw memorization be “fun”? Does all learning have to be “fun”?
An interesting discussion on Staffroom Confidential blog: “Learning is hard. And learning hard things is harder. Learning also is often uncomfortable. And sometimes it is boring. Anyone who has learned to play the violin knows that it takes at least 10,000 hours of often repetitive practice that sounds bad. There is no shortcut. You can play with others, play pieces you like, and perform. These all make it more fun. And you hopefully learn along the way that the practice is worth it. And this is what motivates you to practice more.”
Twenty: Two young girls in a big chair, each looking at her own handheld device. Let’s hope that school WiFi firewall is working, and that there is no unauthorized hotspot or router as, if everyone’s got their own device, it’s difficult for one teacher to see what each student is looking at, and without the District firewall in place, it could be anything.
Twenty-One: Smiling young girl with block construction, art projects in the background, one of them an electronic display. “Rearranging the building blocks has risk… but we otherwise risk irrelevance.”
Some very progressive schools, notably Los Altos Waldorf School of the Peninsula, have no screens at all. None. This is an affluent area, much of the wealth driven by high tech.
Not many schools are going to buck the industry-promoted screen trend, and the mistaken idea that WiFi connectivity and a lot of screen time are necessary for “21st Century Learning”, though, so a caveat: “In the 21st Century Learning model technology defines the learning methods. It is absolutely backwards – rather than pedagogy defining if and what technologies are used, instead, it is technology driving the choices for learning. As such, it is fundamentally different than the type of technology integration we’ve seen in the past. It is also, ironically, antithetical to a student-centred or personalized approach because the technology is driving decisions, not student needs.”
Twenty-Two: A Thank You slide.
The evolution from “fixed learning” to “free learning” seems to be a move from desks to kids on floors and comfy chairs, using tablets instead of books and paper. I’m all for getting out of those desks, even the modern ones, as much as practical. But remember, the BC Ministry of Education funds Active Schools, aligned with the Childhood Obesity Foundation that recommends less than two hours of screen time a day. So after two hours (and that’s assuming no hours after school), the students will be on the floor and in the comfy chairs doing… what? A table or two – even some desks – could prove useful. On and off switches on WiFi routers, and actually using them, seems to be part of “unfreeness” and a “teacher centred classroom”. It’s not clear how turning off a WiFi router makes a classroom “teacher centred”.
The presentation concluded with Dr. Irvine saying “Elementary Schools are getting the shaft” as there is at present no WiFi access in K-5 schools in SD61. For some people, no WiFi seems to equate to “no learning”. The wealthy California parents, many of whom work in the high tech industry, who send their children to the Waldorf School of the Peninsula would obviously argue against that. They don’t even seem to mind their children sitting in desks in rows, some of the time.
Lots to think about.
c) David Leach, Director of the Technology and Society program at UVic, parent of two children in SD61, kindergarten and Grade One: WiFi Mr. Leach’s presentation is on the “Because They Need It” site.
Mr. Leach’s child read a poster from Citizens For Safe Technology (possibly this one, below) that was posted close to the school, and asked if WiFi would make him sick.
WiFi Information Session March 7 2013
Mr Leach says the Precautionary Principle is already enshrined: ”The fact is, the Precautionary Principle is already implemented in the Wifi guidelines and exposure limits set by the World Health Organization, Health Canada, and other public-health bodies. “
Nope. The Canadian Environmental Law Association states: “The precautionary principle denotes a duty to prevent harm, when it is within our power to do so, even when all the evidence is not in. “
There are many studies pointing toward likely harm, particularity for children, from the effects of non thermal electromagnetic radiation. A few have been posted on the SD61 WiFi page, and on Lined Paper, March 20, 2013.
Mr. Leach says “withholding an educational tool is inexcusable”. Internet access is the “tool”, not the device, or access via WiFi. Internet access is available in every school in SD 61. WiFi is not the tool, but simply a way to get online.
Mr. Leach wants the Board to say “WiFi is safe”. All I can say in conscience is “Health Canada Safety Code 6 says WiFi is safe but it only measures thermal effects. Many people think that is enough but many legislators and scientists internationally think that is an obsolete standard and have concluded that exposure levels need to be much lower, especially for children”.
The safety of WiFi in K-5 schools in SD61 will eventually come to a vote of the Board. We are all waiting on a Victoria Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils survey, and a subsequent report.
d) Karen Weiss, community member, parent of SD61 student: Bullying
Ms. Weiss stated School District 61 has a Discrimination Policy which states : Discrimination includes harassment, any negative or adverse conduct, comment, gesture or contact, and systemic barriers based on the above grounds. This conduct is harmful and can create a working or learning environment that is intimidating, humiliating, or uncomfortable. It includes any behaviour that is known, or reasonably should be known, to be offensive.…Unfortunately the WiFi in School issue has become and area where disrespectful and bullying behaviour continues to take place.”
Ms Weiss handed out a list of social media comments [backed up by screen shots] of an ongoing Twitter exchange about WiFi in schools using a variety of hashtags, It’s interesting reading. The entire speech is posted on Parents For A Safe School. Sample tweets, hashtags #WTF, #zerocredibility:
“Maybe we should have wifi activism days. Wear tinfoil to show support” (VI)
“He presented himself as an oddity… BCEducation is bowing to THIS lowest common denominator? Shame” (VI)
“Thank heavens ignorance and superstition is not acquired via osmosis.” (VI r/t)
“Now we have inequity in BCED because of parent extremists hijacking School District” (VI)
“They have SD hostage. Apparently some radical parent group threatening to sue” (VI)
“Bizzaro”
“Nutbars”
“This could be a Pseudo-science drinking game”
“Ridiculous. They may as well confine their children to bomb shelters their whole lives“
“Well if it was for the weird couple at my PAC meeting tonight Asking me to turn my phone to airplane mode” (VI)
“A nutter at the PAC asked me to turn my cell to airplane mode” (VI)
“They’re uneducated because wifi distracted them from learning. Haha. Or lack of WiFi”
Followed by “No, their tinfoil hats protect them from the “danger”
“WiFi and internet make a mass of knowledge available. If they used it, they’d find that wifi doesn’t pose risks”
“Would they be anti-printing press?”
“Tinfoil Hats Mandatory”
“I wonder if people who object to integrating technology into learning have ever tried it? (VI)
Response: I remember using a pencil once. But it broke” I’ve been afraid of them ever since”
To SD63: “Disappointing you don’t yet have wifi in your elementary schools to implement” #FAIL
“We won’t have a sci-fi future if the Luddites win” (DL)
“Surreal moral hysteria” (DL)
“I helped my 7 year old son build an AM radio this afternoon … which is, of course, the gateway drug to experimenting with wifi” (DL)
“Alas, scientists who reviewed “evidence” found it less compelling. In related news: they’re from France” (DL)
“Madzers, all of them”
“Religious revival meeting”
“Circular reasoning of moral panic” (DL) (In reference to the recent OPPS Meeting expert presenter Katharina Gustavs)
Ms Weiss noted that in response to Trustee Deborah Nohr’s Times Colonist letter (VI r/t); hashtags include #rollingmyeyes, #whonottovoteforinSD61 (VI), #FAIL
“Tin Foil Alert” followed by
“Has she USED a laptop or iPad?” followed by
“I need to encourage a Board with sense to open here” (V)
Ms Weiss listed these tweets as “On the bullying issue”:
“We should focus on responsible citizenship. It shocks me how horrible some people can be.” (VI)
“A bully is a bully, cyber or not”
“Your informed consent remark makes me chuckle”
“Fasten your, uh, tinfoil helmet” (followed by a link to a Guardian editorial with a photo of a man wearing a ridiculous expression and a tin foil hat.)·
After someone posted “Ridicule is counterproductive… Education Principles and Strategies more effective” was this response:
“I met some of the activists. [they are] Ridicule worthy” (VI)
Ridicule, dismissal of research that does not align with mainstream results, and ad hominem attacks do not equate to reasoned argument.
e) Peter Milne, IT business owner, parent of child in SD61 school: Conflicts of Interest Mr. Milne’s submission is not published online. Some excerpts:
“There is evidence of conflicts of interests in the decision making to implement and use wireless technologies in our district locally, beyond Health Canada as high up as the World Health Organization. As elected officials you are accountable to our school community and to the public and it is therefore imperative that you be aware of any and all potential conflicts of interests, especially where there are confirmed or potential risks to those in our school community.”
“As time is limited I am formally requesting a position on the next board meetings agenda to specifically address the documented conflicts of interest from our Health Authorities both locally and World Wide.”
A.7. Trustees’ Reports :
School Groups’ Assigned Trustees ( Secondary Schools, and their neighbourhood Middle and K-5 schools): Esquimalt: Leonard, McNally / Mt Doug: Nohr / Oak Bay: McEvoy / Vic High: Ferris / Reynolds: Horsman / Spectrum: Alpha, Loring-Kuhanga / Lambrick: Orcherton
Reports from Horsman, McNally, Nohr.
McNally: Jane’s Walk with local urban historian Vincent Gornall, focussing on the Burnside-Gorge Community Plan, the part that Tillicum School plays in the community, and the part schools in general as community organizations play in neighbourhoods, including how the land and building is utilized for community purposes in addition to schooling. Burnside School was closed in 2006.It is now leased to the Burnside-Gorge Community Association, and used for a variety of purposes.Two visits to and two-session participation in Craigflower School’s volunteer-delivered reading support program. Attended Esquimalt Secondary School’s musical production Guys and Dolls. A delight!
Guys and Dolls: Esquimalt High Production
B. Chair’s Report: The Chair reported on activities undertaken in the role as Board Chair, and thanked Trustee McEvoy for past service as President of the BCSTA.
C. Board Committee Reports
C.1 Education Policy Development Committee
a) Minutes: May 6, 2013: Information only (official minutes need approval at the next Education Policy meeting, June 10, before posting to the SD61 website)
C.2 Operations, [sic] Policy and Planning Committee Meeting [Operations Policy and Planning]
a) Minutes: May 13, 2013: Information only ( official minutes need approval at the next combined Ed Policy and Operations meeting, June 10, before posting to the SD61 website)
D. District Leadership Team Reports
a) Learning Improvement Fund Summary: Deputy Superintendent
Equivalent of approximately 16 teacher positions (GVTA) added over the school year, with 7 FTE (full time equivalent) added in September.
212 top-up hours for CUPE Education Assistants to bring part time EAs closer to full time, and 61 additional hours for meetings. 284 new Education Assistant hours provided via new hires.
$15, 649 allotted to professional development.
As of April 2013, $17,800 remained in the fund. Disbursement (round figures) $1,240,000 to GVTA; $660,000 to CUPE 947; $15,000 for professional development.
A similar allocation for the funding when it arrives from the Ministry of Education is contemplated for the next school year.
E. Reports From Trustee Representatives:
BCPSEA Trustee Rep: Ferrris: No report.
BCSTA Provincial Council Rep: Horsman: No report.
Budget Advisory: Alpha, Ferris, Horsman, Orcherton: Needs budget motion (below)
Culture and Community: Nohr, Orcherton: No report.
District Gay-Straight Alliance Council: Alpha, Horsman: No report.
Aboriginal Nations Education Council: Loring-Kuhanga: No report
French Immersion Advisory: Ferris: No report
Healthy Schools: Nohr: No report
Junior Achievement BC Regional Committee: Ferris: No report
Joint Job Evaluation (District): Alpha, Ferris: No report
Negotiation Advisory Committees (District):
ASA: Leonard: No report
CUPE 382: Ferris; No report
CUPE 947: Ferris: No report
Exempt: Nohr: No report
Vice Principals and Principals Association: Nohr: No report
Teachers (local issues): McNally, Orcherton: No report (No meetings; GVTA bargaining objectives are public; as “the employer”, I have no idea what the Board’s bargaining objectives are. )
Saanich,[sic] Arts, Culture&Heritage Advisory Committee:Loring-Kuhanga: No report
Saanich,[sic] Healthy Advisory Committee: McNally: Report below
Saanich, [sic] Parks, Trails and Recreation: Loring-Kuhanga No report
Success By Six: McEvoy, McNally No report (no meetings this school year)
Swan Lake / Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary: Horsman: No report
Vancouver Island Labour Relations Association: Ferris: No report
Victoria Chamber of Commerce: Nohr: No report
The Healthy Saanich Advisory Committee has been re-formed with a new chair, Saanich Councillor Paul Gerrard. Former Chair Dean Murdock was appointed Chair of the Environment and Natural Areas Advisory Committee as of April 1, 2013. Angie, a student representative from the Saanich Youth Council, who is also a student at Mt Douglas Secondary School in SD61 attended the April 18 meeting. Her thoughtful participation was much appreciated. Next meeting of the HSAC June 20.
F. New Business / Notice of Motions:
F.1 Needs Budget: Ferris:
That the Board [etc] submit the District Needs Budget [appended to agenda] as well as our balanced budget. / Carried. For: Alpha, Ferris, Horsman, Loring-Kuhanga, McEvoy, McNally, Nohr, Orcherton. Abstain: Leonard.
A true “needs budget “ motion was defeated at the March 25, 2913 Board meeting: McNally: That The Board of Education School District 61 Greater Victoria submit only a needs budget reflecting remedies for the ongoing structural deficit, and reflecting current costs for restoration of all service levels to the general levels of service in all departments that existed in 2001. / Defeated. Against: Ferris, Horsman, Leonard, Loring-Kuhanga, McEvoy, Orcherton For: McNally, Nohr Absent: Alpha
The “needs budget:” in this motion (appended to agenda) contemplates a 5% increase in funding.
Horsman: Board has submitted “restoration budget “ along with balanced budget in the past which addressed all the cuts I SD61; what if the Provincial government could see what a difference even 5% would make?
Restoration Budget (Trustee Catherine Alpha [2009] ) It was moved and seconded That the Annual Budget Bylaw on the Agenda for consideration by the Board be amended to include the amount of $29,824,000 in order to reflect the amount of the Restoration Budget as prepared by the Secretary-Treasurer. Motion Defeated For: Trustees Alpha, Orcherton and Young Against: Trustees Ferris, Holland, Horsman, Leonard, McEvoy and Pitre
McNally: The move to per-pupil funding and continual offloading of unfunded liabilities to School Districts is the problem; at his point, would take the additional 5% if it were offered as it’s better than no increase.
Leonard: Can’t support this; the District is overdrawn by $8,000,000 [the structural deficit carried every year] and that’s because we have too much staffing. Can’t support this.
F.2 Technology Installation:
McNally: That the SD61 IT department research and report back to the Board on costs for purchase, setup and maintenance of a live feed camera(s) in the Board room, the objective being live streaming and archiving (archive function to include key-word searches and RSS function) of Board meetings online. [Rationale at #8, Lined Paper May 13, 2013.]
Chair asked if the mover would withdraw. Declined.
Leonard: Motion to table. / Carried. Unanimous.
“It’s never in order to use the motion to lay on the table to kill a motion or to delay its consideration. If the motion is made with improper intentions, the presiding officer should simply clarify the motion based on the maker’s intent.” Regardless of Robert’s Rules, a motion to table is used to kill or delay all the time, in this setting. It will be taken from the table after the Committee on Public Engagement makes a report.
G. Communications: None.
H. Public Disclosure of In Camera Items: the death of former SD61 Principal Maeva Sundher was announced.
I. Adjournment: 9:25 pm
Monday, June 10, 7 pm Board Room: Combined Education Policy and Operations Policy and Planning Standing Committees
Monday, June 17, 7 pm Board Room: Board Meeting
About Diane McNally
May 13/13 Operations Policy and Planning Committee: The Record, Off the Record: If We Don't Measure It, It's Not There
In Camera Meetings: You Don't Need To Know, Part II
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Club Nokia
http://www.clubnokia.com/
X-Games MUSIC
Source 1a: Video - PROSHOT (Webcast: Myspace.com)
Format: FLV / 1.39 GB
Comments: Live webcast. The last half of 'Bleed It Out' and the show ending is missing, otherwise full show. Audio volume issues. Poor quality.
Source 1b: Video - PROSHOT (Webcast: Myspace.com)
Format: .mp4 / 912 MB
Comments: Webcasted July 3. Full show. Better quality.
Source 2: Video - AUD (iPhone 4S)
Format: .mov (1080p) / 12.80 GB
Comments: Full Show. 'TINFOIL' is cut.
Tinfoil
2012 Ext. Intro; Ext. Scratch Outro
Ext. Outro w/ Extra Note
2012 Ext. Intro
New Divide
Lies Greed Misery
Waiting For The End
Apaches Intro w/ Until It Breaks Verse 3; Wall Of Noise Outro
LOATR/SOTD/Iridescent
Ballad Medley
Ext. Intro; Ext. Bridge w/ 'Sabotage'; Ext. Outro
- On the intro of 'With You', Mike demanded that the crowd up top in the balcony stand up.
- Mike rapped verse two of 'Until It Breaks' over the intro to 'Waiting For The End'.
- Even though the setlist listed an encore break, the band stayed on stage after 'One Step Closer' and performed the show without an encore break.
- 'Bleed It Out' featured the Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' bridge.
- The day of this show was Linkin Park Day at Dodger Stadium, where the Dodgers took on the New York Mets. Mike, Phoenix and Joe participated in pregame activities at the ballpark and Joe wore a Dodgers jersey on stage during the show.
By sotrix, September 2, 2012
Added by sotrix
2012.09.01 Calgary, Alberta
Fort Calgary
http://www.xfestcalgary.com/
X-FEST
Incubus (canceled), Silversun Pickups, Young The Giant, fun., The Joy Formidable, MUTEMATH, L.P., The Pack Ad, The Suppliers
showwithoutsources
Source 0: Audio - SBD (LP LIVE)
Format: mp3 / 320 kbit/s
2012 Intro
In My Remains
Victimized (w/ QWERTY)
Für Elise
Beethoven cover
2012 Intro w/ Holding Company Synth
Numb/Encore Outro
Ext. Bridge w/ 'Sabotage' & Mike Einzinger; Ext. Outro
- The band played US Set A again for the second show in a row and third show out of the last four.
- After 'Breaking The Habit', Chester imitated Elvis and said "thank you very much", prompting Mike to say "Chester, this one's for you" before he played part of Beethoven's Für Elise on keyboard. This is the first time that Mike has played it live.
- Mike and Chester both sang part of the lyrics to 'Numb/Encore' over the outro of 'Numb'.
- 'Bleed It Out' featured the Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' bridge. Although Incubus canceled their set earlier in the day due to Brandon being sick, their guitarist Mike Einziger still came out after the 'Sabotage' portion of the bridge and jammed with the band on the song.
- This was the band's first show in western Canada since they played Vancouver on the Meteora World Tour in early 2004.
By SouthernGirlAM, April 15, 2012
2012.12.07 Culver City, California
Sony Pictures Studio
VGA 10
Tenacious D, Gustavo Santaolalla, Wolfgang Gartner
Source 1a: Video - PROSHOT (Spike TV)
Source 1b: Video - PROSHOT (Spike.com)
Taper: Tort
Format: FLV (720p) / 92 MB
Comments: Multicamera view video.
Source 1c: Video - PROSHOT (Feed)
Format: .ts (1080i) / 1.08 GB
Source 1d: Video - PROSHOT (YouTube: linkinparktv)
Format: .mp4 (1080p)
Castle Of Glass
- Joe messed up the intro to the song.
- This was the first time that 'Castle Of Glass' was performed live.
- Linkin Park was nominated for 'Best Song In Game' for 'Castle Of Glass' (in Medal of Honor: Warfighter), but lost to Beck's 'Cities' (in Sound Shapes).
By Hahninator, May 21, 2013
http://www.lanxess-arena.de/
TV total Autoball EM 2012
Source 1a: Video - PROSHOT (ProSieben)
Source 1b: Video - PROSHOT (ProSieben HD)
Taper: MelC4Eva
Format: .ts (1080p) / 403 MB
Comments: Corrupted file, about 30 seconds are missing.
- It is very likely (essentially confirmed by a crew member) that at least the vocal track was lipsynched at this performance since it matches exactly with the Rio+Social 'Burn It Down' vocal track from May 2012. This is the first known time that the band has done this at a show.
http://www.telekom-streetgigs.de/
Telekom Street Gigs
Source 0: Video - PROSHOT (Official Release)
Comments: Shown in theaters throughout the US on June 25. The Living Things+ DVD is the theatrical cut (we combined the old theatrical source with the official release source). 'Runaway', 'Points Of Authority', 'The Catalyst' and 'Crawling' were cut. 5.1/stereo audio.
Source 1a: Video - PROSHOT (ProSieben HD)
Taper: killer
Comments: Broadcasted June 22 and 23. Only 'TINFOIL', 'Faint', 'With You', 'Somewhere I Belong', 'New Divide', 'Lies Greed Misery', 'What I've Done', 'One Step Closer', 'Burn It Down', 'In The End', 'Numb' and 'Bleed It Out'.
Source 1b: Video - PROSHOT (Telekom Street Gigs Webcast)
Comments: Webcasted June 25. 'Runaway', 'Points Of Authority', 'The Catalyst' and 'Crawling' were not included. Interviews were shown after the concert.
Source 1c: Video - PROSHOT (Telekom Street Gigs Webcast)
Taper: BlackChester
Format: .mp4 HD 720 / 3.23 GB
Source 1d: Audio - FM (Fritz)
Taper: _volta_
Comments: Broadcasted June 21. 'Runaway', 'Points Of Authority', 'The Catalyst' and 'Crawling' were not broadcasted. Recording glitch during 'Faint' between 3:00 and 3:07.
Source 1e: Video - PROSHOT (Viva)
Taper: [AndOne]
Format: .ts (576i) / 1.41 GB
Comments: Broadcasted June 23 and 24. Same songs as source 1b but different interviews in the beginning.
Pre-Show Music Video Filming
- Before the show, Linkin Park "performed" Powerless at soundcheck to be included in a video of the song to promote Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (including footage from the song, the film, and other portions of the Berlin show). It was directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Very few shots of Brad are shown due to Mike recording the guitars on the song in the studio. It is unknown if they played along with a backing track, halfway performed it, or played the full song. This is the only time that the song has been played live in any form by the band.
- The show was filmed for the Living Things concert event in USA theaters June 25, 2012. Later, the theatrical release was released on the Living Things+ DVD.
- Tickets for this show were given out for free in limited numbers to LPU members. Non-LPU members could win tickets from a Telekom Street Gigs contest to gain admission.
- There was no LPU M&G or opening band at this show.
- A DSP was listed for this show originally and then removed from the DSP site after the show. Finally, on July 13 after people emailed the DSP support, they received the following reply: "Unfortunately, the June 5 Berlin show was accidentally added to the LP bootleg series. For contractual reasons we are unable to release the show for download. To make up for the mistake we would like to offer you free downloads of any two Linkin Park shows. We are very sorry for the mistake and apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you."
By [AndOne], May 12, 2012
Added by [AndOne]
2012.09.02 Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton EXPO Center
http://www.sonicboomfestival.com/
Incubus (canceled), Silversun Pickups, Young The Giant, The Joy Formidable, fun., MUTEMATH, L.P., The Pack Ad, Zerbin
Long Intro; Ext. Outro
2012 Ext. Intro; Ext Scratch Outro
Ext. Bridge w/ 'Sabotage'; Ext. Outro
Lying From You / Papercut
- 'In My Remains' had a false start. The sample was started, stopped and the song was started again.
- 'Bleed It Out' featured the Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' bridge. Incubus's guitarist Mike Einziger did not come out on the song at this show, perhaps because Incubus didn't play their set that day due to Brandon being sick.
2012.05.30 Skive, Denmark
Strandtangen v/Skive Lystbådehavn
http://skivefestival.dk/
Skive Festival
Morten Breum Live, *, The Offspring, L.O.C.
- Linkin Park was not the last band at this show. Morten Breum Live, a DJ, played after them on the same stage.
- Due to the DSP's (Digital Souvenir Packages) being posted between Pinkpop and this show, this was the first show of the tour that you could preorder.
SiriusXM's Town Hall
Source 1a: Audio - SBD (SiriusXM Octane)
Taper: BrunoAgnello
Format: mp3 (320kbit/s) / 81.5 MB
Comments: 'Waiting For The End' and 'What I've Done' were not broadcasted.
Source 1b: Video - PROSHOT (YouTube: sirius)
Format: FLV
Comments: Only 'Burn It Down'.
- There were about 20 or so fans that were in attendance. The event was invite only by SiriusXM and a Q&A was done between a few of the songs.
- After 'In The End', Mike mentioned it was the first time in a few years that Chester sang the bridge of the song.
- This was the first time that 'Lost In The Echo' was performed live.
2012.05.26 Lisboa, Portugal
Parque da Bela Vista
http://rockinriolisboa.sapo.pt
Rock in Rio Lisboa V
Palco Mundo
Smashing Pumpkins, *, The Offspring, Limp Bizkit
Comments: 'A Place For My Head' is titled 'A Place'. The drum sample error on 'Faint' was fixed.
Source 1a: Video - PROSHOT (YouTube Webcast) (Stage Camera)
Format: .ts / 726 MB
Comments: Includes about 6 minutes of preshow video including the walk to the stage by the band.
Source 1b: Video - PROSHOT (YouTube Webcast) (Sony Camera)
Source 1c: Video - PROSHOT (SIC Radical)
Transfer: SIC Radical TV > Set-Top Box Motorola VIP 1200 > Philips HDD (HQ) > DVD > HDD > TMPGEnc DVD Author
Taper: João Samuel (Kobra)
Comments: Letterboxed. Random chapters. Wrong music in the DVD menu.
Source 1d: Video - PROSHOT (DVB-S webcast feed)
Taper: EFOi
Comments: Released in February 2014 on LPBits.
2012 Ext. Intro; False Start
- A new setlist was debuted for this show.
- 'A Place For My Head' was performed for the first time since 2010.10.25 Paris when it was played for a one-off performance for the Hybrid Theory 10th Anniversary. The song featured a new, extended intro and an extended outro. It was also the first time it has opened a show since June 8, 2001 in Tinley Park, IL.
- Random drum samples started playing during the first verse of 'Faint'. This is very audible in the webcast and TV versions of the show.
- The sample part of the intro to 'Somewhere I Belong' was stopped and restarted.
- Chester went into the crowd on the bridge of 'Somewhere I Belong' until the end of the song, the end of 'What I've Done', and on the first verse of 'Crawling' until the end of the song. Mike went in the crowd on 'In The End'.
- Joe messed up the 'Numb' intro and 'Crawling' intro.
- Chester messed up the lyrics to the first verse of 'Crawling'.
- When Chester was in the crowd on 'Crawling', someone draped him with a big scarf for the FC Porto soccer team and the Lisboa fans let him know they weren't happy with it! When Mike was in the crowd on 'In The End', fans tried to put a Lisbon team scarf around him unsuccessfully.
- After 'Bleed It Out', the intro sample to 'Papercut' started right away but Mike said something like "Hold on a sec". The intro was stopped immediately and after a few seconds he said "Alright Pooch, crank that shit up" before the song restarted.
- This was the first time that 'Lies Greed Misery' was performed live.
- The band did not play last at the festival. They were in between The Offspring and Smashing Pumpkins (who played after them) on the bill.
- Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit (who played earlier in the day) gave a shout out to Linkin Park during the LB set and sang part of 'In The End'.
- The DSPs (Digital Souvenir Packages) for Rock In Rio and Pinkpop were not offered for presale until May 28, 2012. This is the first time DSPs were not offered for presale before the tour started since they began on January 24, 2008 in Nottingham, ENG.
Seat Centerstage
Soundgarden, Gossip, Kasabian, Cypress Hill, The Subways, The Tribe
Comments: 'Lies Greed Misery' and 'Burn It Down' only. Same mix as Source 0a but slight editing done (fade-in, fade-out, etc). Released on the 'Castle Of Glass' single and the tour edition of Living Things.
Source 1a: Video - PROSHOT (Bayerisches Fernsehen HD)
Transfer: BR HD > Sat Receiver > HDD > tsMuxeR > .ts
Format: .ts (720p) / 1.08 GB
Comments: Only 'Lies Greed Misery', 'Points Of Authority' and 'Waiting For The End'.
Source 1b: Video - PROSHOT (Bayerisches Fernsehen HD)
Comments: Broadcasted April 26, 2013. 'A Place For My Head', 'With You', 'Runaway', 'Points Of Authority', 'The Catalyst', 'Crawling' and 'Bleed It Out' were not broadcasted. 'Numb' and 'Breaking The Habit' have visuals overlayed. That's how they where shown at the festival video screens too.
Source 2: Video - AUD (HD: Sony HDR-CX130E)
Location: 2nd barrier, in the front
Taper: ratmbootlegs
Ext. Intro; Ext. Bridge w/ Proposal + 'Sabotage'; Ext. Outro
- 'Numb' had a false start - the song was started, stopped and started again.
- Mike played a keyboard outro to 'Breaking The Habit' that transitioned into the 'LOATR/SOTD/Iridescent' Ballad Medley.
- During the bridge to 'Bleed It Out', the band brought a fan named Richard, who played guitar on 'There They Go / Faint' at the April 28, 2007 show in Berlin on stage to propose to his girlfriend. After that, the band went into the Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' bridge. Chester messed up the lyrics to 'Sabotage'.
- This was the first proposal on stage at a Linkin Park show. Richard asked the band during the LPU M&G if he could ask the question on stage and the band said yes. He watched the show from the side of the stage with his girlfriend, who had no idea about it, and then proposed during 'Bleed It Out'. It was their six year anniversary of being together.
- The exact same flag by Thomas Eger from two days prior at Rock am Ring was hung from Mike's keyboard for the show. Thomas was not at the Rock im Park show so it was a surprise for him to hear of his flag being put back on stage by the crew.
- Both Rock am Ring and Rock im Park sold out months in advance for the first time.
Soundgarden, Gossip, Kasabian, Cypress Hill, The Subways, Tribes
Source 1a: Video - PROSHOT (EinsPlus)
Format: .mkv (576i) / 605 MB
Comments: Only 'Numb', 'Bleed It Out' and 'Burn It Down'. 5.1 audio.
Source 1b: Video - Proshot (SWR HD)
Transfer: Sat Receiver > HDD > mkvmerge > .mkv
Format: .mkv (720p) / 352 MB
Comments: Only 'Numb', 'Bleed It Out' and 'Burn It Down'.
Long Intro; Ext. Bridge; Ext. Outro
- The band extended the bridge of 'A Place For My Head'.
- Sound problems plagued the show for the band. Due to new German legislation saying that the show can't be over 99dBA, the PA wasn't turned up very loud and quite a few fans left during the performance. These limits were not around in 2004 and they were very loose in 2007.
- A flag by Thomas Eger, given to the band during the LPU M&G, was hung on Mike's keyboard during the show. It featured three fansites, including LPLive, on it. The same flag reappeared two days later at Rock im Park, which was a surprise for Thomas.
Rio+Social
Source 1: Video - PROSHOT (YouTube: TheWarnerSound)
Format: .mp4 (1080p) / 720 MB
Comments: Excellent quality.
- 'Waiting For The End' was played without an intro or an outro for the only time in 2012. The new 2012 intro was played the day prior and both the intro and outro were played the day after at the first full 2012 show.
- Six songs from Third Encore were shown on a projector at the Rio+Social event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 19, 2012. Before that date, this performance was unknown. The projector at the event that showed the LP performance to attendees was filmed and webcasted, resulting in a very bad quality webcast. Talking from attendees at the event is audible in the webcast.
- The stage design at Third Encore was set up for the next day's LP Underground / Music For Relief (Power The World) show in West Hollywood. It is unknown whether this is the exact order or not of the songs performed, although it is likely this is not the order they were performed in since the band was rehearsing for their first full 2012 show the next day. It is likely these six songs were taken from a full rehearsal setlist that day.
- The audio was not professionally mixed before being shown, resulting in guitars being louder than normal, etc. Editing was done to the video to include track titles at the start of each song.
- Mike and Phoenix joined the Rio+Social event via webcast before the Linkin Park performance was shown.
- At least the vocal track from 'Burn It Down' was used as playback at the TV total Autoball EM 2012 performance in Köln in June.
2012.06.12 Odesa, Ukraine
Stadion Chernomorets
http://www.chernomorets.odessa.ua/sport_buildings/new_stadium/
Prostorock
Garbage, Boombox, O.Torvald
Taper: Виталий Суренков
Time: 92:37 mins (full show)
Format: ? / ? GB
Comments: Added in May 2016. Uploaded to
in October 2015. Shot from far back left stands, good zoom.
Source 2: Audio - AUD (Cowon J3)
Location: Somewhere from seats, left.
Taper: SergSlim
Format: wma / 170 MB
Comments: "It had high recording volume set for recording, so it's all very distorted." - Taper
- This is the first festival of the tour that the "headline" setlist was played at.
- Chester dropped one of his drumsticks on 'Blackout' and played with one until he could get another.
- This was Linkin Park's first show in Ukraine.
- A flag by LPCrimea.com was hung on Mike's keyboard during the show.
2012.08.10 Bristow, Virginia
Jiffy Lube Live
http://www.thejiffylubelive.com/
Private Production Rehearsal
Source 1: Video - AUD (Digicam HD: Sony DSC-HX9V)
Format: .mts
Comments: Includes only the portion that fans were allowed to watch (first seven songs). Released on the LPLive YouTube account on September 15 2012.
2012 Intro w/ Holding Company Synth; Partial
Game Of Thrones + 2012 Ext. Intro; Ext. Scratch Outro
Live Debut; Medley
Empty Spaces
- A new intro to 'With You' was debuted, entitled the 'Game Of Thrones Intro', which was mashed with the existing 2012 Intro the song already had.
- Mike attempted to talk to the fans before 'Victimized (w/ QWERTY)' but the song was started immediately after 'Given Up'.
- Brad's guitar was muted for the beginning of 'Lying From You / Papercut'. This was a mashup of both songs, with both missing the second verses. After the song, Chester said 'I thought we'd sell more tickets. Apparently Incubus is not going to play tonight, so thank you guys for showing up."
- The band played the outro to 'Bleed It Out' three to four times after the song just to rehearse it and also played the 'One Step Closer' intro once before playing the full song. There was a considerable break (over ten minutes) between 'Bleed It Out' and the outro rehearsals.
- This was the first time that 'In My Remains' was performed live.
- First performances of 'Victimized (w/ QWERTY)' and 'Lying From You / Papercut'.
- About 30 LP Underground members were selected through a random lottery to attend the soundcheck with about 30 radio contest winners. While eating pizza in the VIP section of the venue (not in view of the stage), the band rehearsed part of US Set A. After that, they did a M&G with everyone in attendance backstage. Fans were then allowed to watch seven songs of the US Set C rehearsal before being asked to leave (after 'New Divide'), presumably because the set was to remain a surprise for the tour. LPLive staff hung around with other fans outside the venue to hear the rest of the rehearsal.
- "We would like to invite a group of LPU members to attend Linkin Park's PRIVATE production rehearsal at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, VA on August 10. The rehearsal will take place around 6:30pm."
By sotrix, August 11, 2012
http://www.pinkpop.nl/
Soundgarden, The Kyteman Orchestra, Racoon, Babylon Circus
Comments: 'With You' titled 'Without You'. The intro noise to 'Numb' was edited out (the sample before Joe comes in). Both Chester's vocal mess up and Mike's keyboard mess up on 'The Catalyst' were fixed.
Source 1a: Video - PROSHOT (NED3HD)
Transfer: HD sat receiver > tsdoctor > mkvmerge
Taper: verbatim2
Format: .mkv (1080i) / 601 MB
Comments: Only 'In The End' and 'Bleed It Out'.
Source 1b: Video - PROSHOT (NED3HD)
Comments: 'What I've Done' and 'Burn It Down' only. Shown at a later time than Source 1a.
Source 1c: Video - PROSHOT (Cultura24)
Comments: Only 'What I've Done' and 'In The End'.
- Joe messed up the beginning of 'Numb'.
- Chester messed up the vocals in the middle of 'The Catalyst'. He stopped singing right before the second half of the song but picked up a second later. Also, Mike stopped playing keyboard for a second on the beginning of the second half of the song because his timing was off.
- The DSPs (Digital Souvenir Packages) for Rock In Rio and Pinkpop were not offered for presale until May 28. This is the first time DSPs were not offered for presale before the tour started since they began on January 24, 2008 in Nottingham, ENG.
2012.06.09 Warsaw, Poland
Pepsi Arena
http://orangewarsawfestival.pl/
Orange Warsaw Festival
Garbage, De La Soul, Fisz Emade Tworzywo
Source 1: Video - PROSHOT (TVN HD)
Comments: Full 'Burn It Down', clips of 'Given Up' and 'A Place For My Head' and an interview with Chester.
Source 2: Video - AUD (Digicam HD: Samsung WB560)
Location: In front of the FOH.
Taper: michalangelo
Format: .mp4 (720p) / 3.65 GB
Comments: With DSP audio.
Source 3: Audio - AUD (MD: SP-CMC-8A > SP-SPSB-1 (no roll-off)> Sony MZ-R30)
Time: ~90 mins
Comments: Not transfered.
Source 4: Video - AUD (Unknown HD Cam)
Taper: Marcin K.
Format: .mts (1080i) / 4.69 GB
Comments: Incomplete. Most of the songs are cut. Only 'A Place For My Head', 'Somewhere I Belong', 'Lies Greed Misery', 'In The End' and 'Papercut' are full. Nice quality and zooms. Right shot.
Taper: Martinez
Format: .mts (1080i)
Comments: Incomplete. Only 'Somewhere I Belong', 'Numb', 'Lies Greed Misery', 'Breaking The Habit', 'Burn It Down', 'What I've Done', 'In The End', 'The Catalyst' and Breaking The Habit.
- 'A Place For My Head' did not have its 2012 outro played at this show.
- Chester screamed the "c'mon" at the beginning of 'With You' for the first time on the tour. It was common on almost all live performances of the song prior to this tour.
- Chester mistakenly said the last time the band was in Poland was 2006 instead of 2007.
- 'New Divide' was on the setlist after 'Crawling' but it was mistakenly skipped by the band. There is an LPUTV episode about this.
- This is the band's second show in Poland after they played Chorzow in 2007, but their first headlining show in Poland since they opened for Pearl Jam at the 2007 show.
- A flag from linkinpark.pl, a Polish Linkin Park fansite, was hung on Mike's keyboard during the show.
2012.06.08 Nickelsdorf, Austria
Pannonia Fields II
http://www.novarock.at/
NovaRock
Blue Stage
Rise Against, The Offspring, The Baseballs, The Gaslight Anthem, Lagwagon, The Answer, Royal Republic, Gun
Source 1: Video - AUD (Digicam HD: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7)
Taper: galvanization85
Format: .MTS / ? GB
Comments: Starts during the intro of 'A Place For My Head'. The taper uploaded all of the songs individually to their YouTube account. A fan took all of the videos, compiled them into one video and replaced the audio with DSP audio. That video can be found here.
- The band was forced to play a shortened setlist due to their show time being pushed back because of weather. There was a storm headed towards the venue with 40mph+ wind gusts so the promoter made the decision in the afternoon to move fans away from the stage area for 45 minutes. This delayed Rise Against's set, forcing them to cut songs, and forced Linkin Park to play an abbreviated sixteen song setlist. Songs dropped include 'With You', 'Runaway', 'Somewhere I Belong', 'Breaking The Habit', 'LOATR/SOTD/Iridescent' (Ballad Medley), and 'Crawling'. This was the first time 'Crawling' has ever been dropped from two shows in a row.
- Marilyn Manson, who played at the same time as Linkin Park, canceled their show due to the weather. Rise Against, who played before LP, also cut songs from their set.
http://www.rogersarena.ca/
Non Honda Civic Tour Show
Incubus, MUTEMATH
Comments: This show was not released in September because of technical problems and reportedly had to be mixed again. It was made available for download on November 17, 2012.
- Mike sang part of the lyrics to 'Numb/Encore' over the outro of 'Numb'.
- 'Bleed It Out' featured the Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' bridge. Incubus's guitarist Mike Einziger came out after the 'Sabotage' portion of the bridge and jammed with the band on the song.
- This show was not a part of the Honda Civic Tour, presumably because Honda simply doesn't take the Civic Tour to Canada.
TV Asahi Studios
Source 1a: Video - PROSHOT (Music Station)
Comments: Full TV show.
Source 1b: Video - PROSHOT (Music Station)
- The broadcast of the song is messed up. It appears that a playback pre-recorded version of the song (except the vocals) started early on the broadcast for some reason and the actual instrumental starts about 34 seconds in, which the crowd reacts to. On stage, the performance seems to have no issue. At about a minute and fifteen seconds in, the problem is fixed. Regardless, it seems that the performance is all playback except for the live vocals.
- Brad did not travel to Japan for the two promo shows because he was sick. These are the first two shows Brad has ever missed and his guitar tech Sean Paden did not travel either. Instead, Mike's guitar tech at the time, Jeremy Nielsen, filled in for Brad.
2012.09.12 Monterrey, Mexico
Arena Monterrey
http://www.arenamonterrey.com
Comments: Released as a bonus DVD to The Hunting Party on June 17, 2014 at Best Buy. Censored. 'A Place For My Head', 'New Divide', 'Somewhere I Belong', 'Points Of Authority', 'Lies Greed Misery', 'Lost In The Echo', 'What I've Done', 'Burn It Down', 'In The End', 'Bleed It Out', and 'One Step Closer' only. Listed as ten songs only on the Best Buy website, but 'New Divide' is included as well (which is not in the tracklisting), making it eleven songs.
Source 0b: Audio - SBD (Unreleased)
Comments: Two songs, 'LOATR/SOTD/Iridescent' and ''One Step Closer', leaked on June 13, 2019 with the "LP LIVE EXPERIENCE DRAFT ONE 14.02.14" mix by Mike. Files are professionally mixed and are longer than the audio in the broadcasted versions. Possible that 'Faint' is also from this source.
Source 1a: Video - PROSHOT (MTVLA: MTV World Stage)
Comments: Uncensored. 'A Place For My Head', 'New Divide', 'Somewhere I Belong', 'Points Of Authority', 'Lies Greed Misery', 'LOATR/SOTD/Iridescent', 'Lost In The Echo', 'What I've Done', 'Burn It Down', 'In The End', 'Bleed It Out' and 'One Step Closer'. Broadcasted October 5th.
Source 1b: Video - PROSHOT (MTV Live HD: MTV World Stage)
Taper: jTV
Comments: Censored. 'A Place For My Head', 'New Divide', 'Somewhere I Belong', 'Points Of Authority', 'Lies Greed Misery', 'Lost In The Echo', 'What I've Done', 'Burn It Down', 'In The End', 'Bleed It Out' and 'One Step Closer'. Broadcasted 3 weeks after the premiere on MTVLA.
Source 1c: Video - PROSHOT (MTVLA.com)
Format: .mp4 (720p) / 123 MB
Comments: 'Given Up' and 'In My Remains'.
- This is the band's first show in Mexico since March 2, 2002 when they played in Mexico City with Korn just after Projekt Revolution 2002.
- The stage for this show was a combination of what the band used on the Honda Civic Tour and a stage idea MTV had for the World Stage performance.
By lgr, September 17, 2012
Added by lgr
2012.06.23 Chiba, Japan
http://www.m-messe.co.jp/en/
MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Source 1: Video - PROSHOT (MTV Japan)
Comments: 1440x1080. 'Lies Greed Misery', 'Numb' and 'Burn It Down'.
Shortened (No Second Verse)
Shortened (No Second Verse or Second Chorus)
- Due to the songs airing on television, the band performed abbreviated/shortened versions of 'Lies Greed Misery' and 'Numb', the first time either song had been played in that form.
MFR & PTW Benefit
Source 1: Video - AUD (iPhone 4)
Taper: Kudrios
Format: .mov (720p) / 4.4 GB
Comments: Incomplete. 'Papercut' is missing, 'Somewhere I Belong', 'Points Of Authority',
'Breaking The Habit', 'One Step Closer' and 'In The End' are cut.
Taper: WhoooooreHeeeey
Format: .mov (1080p) / 9.87 GB
Comments: Incomplete. 'Points Of Authority', 'The Catalyst', 'One Step Closer' and 'Numb' are missing.
Shortened; Live Debut
Live Debut; Ballad Medley
- 'With You' was performed for the first time since 2006.08.15 Sendai. It was played with a short new intro that had Joe scratching over a beat and an outro that was Joe scratching over the ending sample and continuing shortly after the song. Chester did not scream his "C'MON" intro like he used to. This was the third version of the song the band has performed over the years. The album version was played from 2000 to 2002, while the "Reanimated" version was played from 2003 to 2006.
- 'Runaway' was performed for the first time since 2007.05.06 East Rutherford. It was the first time Mike has ever played keyboard on the song.
- Joe messed up the intro to 'Blackout'.
- 'Somewhere I Belong' was performed for the first time since 2009.08.22 Pomona. The House of Blues performance was the debut of a new "2012 Ext. Intro" for the song. 'Somewhere I Belong' was on one of two potential setlists (the other having 'Points Of Authority' on it) for November 11, 2010 in London, ENG but ended up not being played due to 'No More Sorrow' taking its place.
- 'Points Of Authority' was performed for the first time since 2009.08.22 Pomona, but it was the first time the true studio version has been played since March 15, 2004 in Inglewood, CA. It is worth nothing that a studio version with a very brief "hits" outro was played in Japan in 2006, the last one being on August 15, 2006 in Sendai, JP. As mentioned above, it was on a potential setlist for November 11, 2010 in London, ENG.
- 'Waiting For The End' was played with its extended outro, which was omitted during the May 16, 2012 KROQ Dressing Room Rehearsal show. The outro is titled the "Wall of Noise outro" on the setlist. Mike rapped verse two from 'Until It Breaks' over the intro to the song.
- 'Bleed It Out' had an extended intro, a new bridge with part of 'Sabotage' by the Beastie Boys, and an extended outro. The band sped up the part of the song after the 'Sabotage' bridge to fit the tempo of the cover.
- This was the first time that 'Tinfoil' was performed live. The only thing that is played live on the song is a guitar part offstage/backstage by Mike.
- The band debuted a new medley at the show (the first medley since 2004, when 'It's Goin' Down'/Nobody's Listening/It's Goin' Down' was performed) that included parts of 'Leave Out All The Rest', 'Shadow Of The Day', and 'Iridescent'.
- The show was an intimate show for LP Underground members only (the first since 2003). Tickets were $99 and sold out within minutes. Proceeds from each ticket were given to "Power The World" by Music For Relief and Linkin Park.
- There was no opening band at this show.
2012.06.10 Moscow, Russia
Tushino Airfield
http://maxidrom.ru/
Maxidrom
The Rasmus, Clawfinger, Therapy?, Biting Elbows
Source 1: Video - AUD (Panasonic NV-GS47)
Taper: FLAME-XIII
Format: .mpg (576i) / 3.88 GB
Comments: 4:3. Watermark in the top left corner. Left shot.
Source 2: Video - AUD (HDD HD: Sony HDR-XR260VE)
Taper: Psinka
Format: .mkv (720p) / 4.79 GB
- Russian fans flash mobbed the band again at this show (like 2011) during four different songs.
- A "Wisdom, Justice, Linkin Park" Russian flag was hung on Mike's keyboard during the show.
KROQ Dressing Room Rehearsal
Apaches Intro w/ Until It Breaks Verse 3
- 'Waiting For The End' was played with a new intro for the first time, entitled the 'Apaches Intro', which featured Mike rapping the second verse from 'Until It Breaks' over a 'Waiting For The End' beat. The song had an outro rehearsed but at this show it was not played (hence 'No ext. outro' on the setlist). The outro made its debut at the following show in West Hollywood, CA.
- 'Given Up' was played with the short extended outro it had on the previous touring cycles with the "extra note," but the "extra note" was the same as the last note of the song this time, instead of modulating to whatever note the next song started on like it did in 2010-2011.
- This was the first time that 'Burn It Down' was performed live.
- The band performed this small show for less than 100 lucky KROQ winners in their rehearsal space, Third Encore. To win passes to the show, you had to call in to win LA Honda Civic Tour tickets on KROQ and winners were rewarded with a pass to this performance.
2012.12.08 Universal City, California
Gibson Amphitheatre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Amphitheatre
KROQ Almost Acoustic X-Mas
Rise Against, Bush, Garbage, Slightly Stupid, AWOLNATION, The Lumineers, Walk the Moon, The Gaslight Anthem, Two Door Cinema Club, Youngblood Hawke
Source 1: Video - PROSHOT (Webcast)
Comments: 'Lost In The Echo' was cut. Censored during speeches. Bad audio mix. Webcasted on December 10.
Short Synth Intro
Short Keyboard Cover
- The band performed an abbreviated setlist due to time constraints. This was the only time that 'Lost In The Echo' ever opened a show.
- Mike rapped the second verse from 'Until It Breaks' over the intro to 'Waiting For The End'.
- The band dedicated 'Castle Of Glass' to the servicemen who have fought for the United States.
- Mike played part of 'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen' on keyboard between 'Numb' and 'What I've Done'. It was five years to the day after the first and only other time he played it (KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2007).
- Mike jumped down from the stage and walked through the crowd on 'In The End', the first time he had done this at a Linkin Park show in at least a decade.
- 'Bleed It Out' did not feature any song over the bridge. The setlist listed "w/ Sabotage bridge [to be retired]" for the song.
- Sixth time playing at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas (2000, twice in 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2012).
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Odin Borson
Alias(es) God of War
God of Wisdom
Allfather
King Odin
King of Asgard
Protector of the Nine Realms
King of the Gods
Appeared in Thor
Status Deceased
Actor Anthony Hopkins
"I have sacrificed much to achieve peace. So too must a new generation sacrifice to maintain that peace. Responsibility! Duty! Honor! These are not mere virtues to which we must aspire! They are essential to every soldier, to every king!"
―Odin[src]
Odin Borson was the father of Thor Odinson and the late Hela Odinsdottir, the adopted father of the late Loki Laufeyson, the Asgardian God of War and Wisdom, and the king of Asgard. A powerful yet peaceful leader, Odin was the Allfather of all Asgard and was dedicated to preserving peace between the Nine Realms of Yggdrasil before his disappearance, his status was unknown as Loki appeared masquerading him during a brief conversation with Thor.
In Thor: Ragnarok, it was revealed that Loki had placed Odin under the influence of his mind control (causing him to believe that he was a normal human) and send him to Earth. Odin eventually broke free from Loki's mind control, but chose not to return to Asgard, as he knew that his life was coming to an end. Instead, he chose to spend his last remaining days on earth, in Norway. He then dies peacefully with both his sons at his side. He later reappeared in a vision to Thor to help his son realize his true power and what he had to do to defeat Hela.
After Odin's death; his son, Thor succeeded him as the king of Asgard.
Thor Prologue
Odin is a member of the Asgardian race, once looked upon by people of Northern Europe as Gods, and is the ruler of Asgard. At one time he led a force of Asgardians against the jotuns in defense of people on Earth. The Asgardians beat the jotuns back to their home realm of Jotunheim where Odin granted them mercy and offered them a truce. In the process, he also confiscated the Casket of Ancient Winters that gave them much of their power and rescued a baby jotun who had been abandoned in the conflict. The infant Loki grew up as a brother to Odin's real son Thor, and Odin kept the boy's heritage a secret in the hope that he would one day come to end the enmity between the two races.
Odin was mentioned by Johann Schmidt as keeping the Cosmic Cube in his trophy room, and for some reason leaving the cube on Earth eons ago.
Centuries after the Asgardian/Jotunheim war, Odin held a ceremony to name Thor as his heir but the event was interrupted by several jotuns breaking into Odin's vault. He activated The Destroyer in defense of the vault, thus ending the threat of the jotuns reclaiming their artifact but opted not to press the matter any further. Thor insisted that he launch an attack on Jotunheim but Odin rejected the idea, preferring instead to preserve the shaky truce. Thor then defied his father's will and launched a small-scale attack of his own. Upon learning of Thor's defiance, Odin went to Jotunheim himself and drew his sons and their friends back to Asgard. Thor had foolishly reignited the war with the jotuns and, for his transgression, Odin banished him to Earth.
Loki had discovered the truth of his long-concealed ancestry during the fight on Jotunheim and confronted Odin with the discovery. Odin could only relate a historical account of how he had found and rescued Loki before lapsing into his restorative "Odinsleep." With Odin incapacitated and Thor exiled, Loki seized the throne of Asgard for himself. He manipulated the others around him as Odin slept, even going so far as to arrange Odin's assassination at the hands of the jotuns, but when Laufey, King of the Frost Giants was about to kill Odin, Loki revealed his true plan of double-crossing and killed Laufey to make his father proud of him.
Odin finally awoke after Thor had secured a return to Asgard with an act of self-sacrifice and had defeated Loki. He raced to witness Thor grabbing hold of Loki's spear as Loki fell into an endless void and in turn grabbed Thor to prevent both of his sons from falling. Loki, dangling from the spear, looked up and appealed to Odin that he did what he did to make Odin proud of him, as he felt unloved. Odin quietly rejected this with a sad smile, and then watched with sadness when Loki released the spear and fell in to a vortex of time and space.
Some time later, Odin was approached by a sullen Thor. They both had suffered losses, and Thor had come to make an admission that he'd been wrong and hoped that one day he'd make his father proud. Odin, understanding the personal sacrifices that Thor had made for the good of three races, told Thor that he had made him proud.
Thor: The Dark World Prelude #1
When Heimdall noted that the destruction of the Bifrost "continues to shift the balance of power across the nine realms...and into the worlds beyond Yggdrasil." Thor realized that by saving Jotunheim, he had weakened the other realms. Odin indicated this has brought the universe closer to Ragnarok. A guard told Odin that Tyr had requested to speak with him.
One year later, Frigga discovered that Loki had survived and told Thor and Odin, but Odin didn't think it was possible, noting that since he fell in Yggdrasil his body should have been scattered around the universe, but Frigga was sure that Loki was alive and planning to do something with the Tesseract. Heimdall confirmed Frigga's concerns but Thor didn't think he'd be able to return to Earth without the Bifrost. Odin told Thor that there was another way to go back to Midgard. Using dark energy, Odin told Thor to bring Loki and the Tesseract home and that with the Tesseract they could rebuild the Bifrost.
After discovering that Loki was on Earth after the Cosmic Cube, with the Bifrost destroyed, Odin had to summon dark energy to send Thor to Earth, so he could stop Loki.
After Loki and Thor returned to Asgard, Loki told Odin why he had to attack Earth, but Odin no longer considered Loki his son and called him a "creature I do not recognize". Odin informed Loki that the only reason he wouldn't be executed was because Frigga still loved him. Odin then sent Loki to the dungeon.
"Some believe that before the universe, there was nothing, they're wrong, there was darkness and it has survived!"
Loki was brought before Odin, who confronted him for his crimes. Odin did not execute Loki because Frigga did not want him dead, so he sentenced him to life imprisonment.
When Jane Foster was taken to Asgard, Odin initially tried to have her taken back to Earth, believing her to be suffering from human illness, until he realized the Aether was inside her. He told Thor about the Aether and the Dark Elves, and that he did not know how to get the Aether out of Jane.
When Malekith and Algrim attacked Asgard, and Algrim killed Frigga, Odin decided to wait for Malekith to attack again so that he could fight back and kill him. Thor opposed this plan, since many Asgardian lives could be lost and Malekith could potentially win, and suggested the alternative of taking Jane to Svartalfheim to draw Malekith away from Asgard, but Odin refused, apparently blinded by hatred and grief from Frigga's death, as well as thinking Thor's plan to draw Malekith away from Asgard by taking Jane to Svartalfheim was too risky. When Thor asked how Odin was different than Malekith, Odin said the difference is that he will win.
Thor then released Loki and the pair took Jane to Svartalfheim with help from Volstagg, Sif, and Heimdall. Odin sent his soldiers to stop Thor by any means necessary, but the soldiers were unsuccessful.
After faking his death, Loki appeared before Odin disguised as a warrior. He told Odin that Loki's body had been found. Afterward, Loki usurped the throne from Odin and now rules Asgard, disguised as Odin, leaving his current whereabouts unknown.
"Asgard is not a place, it's a people. And its people need your help."
Odin was the all-powerful ruler of Asgard. As such, he was wise, honorable, and dedicated to keeping the peace between the Nine Realms. He believes in responsibility (in terms of being careful and responsible for your actions) duty (in terms of the protection and keeping of peace between the Nine Realms) and honor (always being a man of your word). However, when angered or upset, he can be very stern or borderline ruthless, such as when he stripped Thor of his powers and exiled him to Earth. However, Odin had only done this because it was necessary for Thor to learn how to be a good ruler. As Frigga stated, "everything he did, he did with an purpose". After Thor reclaimed his powers and returned to Asgard, Odin expressed pride in his son and his belief that he will be a wise king.
Asgardian Physiology: As the king of Asgard, Odin was extremely powerful, as Odin was by far the most powerful being yet revealed in the Nine Realms, seemingly far more powerful than either Loki, or any other superpowered individual. Odin possessed various superhuman physical attributes common among the Asgardians; such as superhuman strength, durability, speed, agility, reflexes, stamina, longevity, etc. However, many of these attributes were significantly superior to those possessed by the majority of his race (with the exceptions of Hela, Thor and Heimdall).
Superhuman Strength: In spite of Odin's advanced age, he possessed superhuman strength surpassing that of most Asgardians. Odin was capable of lifting over 100 tons. He was able to lift a Frost Giant over his head with his spear and throw him a good distance. He was able to catch Thor by his leg while Thor was using the spear to hold on to Loki, essentially hold them both.
Superhuman Durability: Odin's body was considerably more resistant to physical injury than the body of a normal human or even most other Asgardians for that matter (with the exceptions of Thor, Loki and Heimdall). Odin's body was capable of withstanding great impact forces, exposure to temperature and pressure extremes, falls from great heights, and powerful energy blasts from cosmic level beings without sustaining injury; however, to what extent was unknown.
Superhuman Agility: Odin's agility, balance, and bodily coordination were far superior to the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.
Superhuman Reflexes: Odin's reflexes were superior to the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete, to a much greater extent than one would think.
Superhuman Stamina: Odin's musculature produces considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of a normal human, and most other Asgardians. As a result, he possessed superhuman stamina in all physical activities. He could exert himself at peak capacity for years before fatigue would begin to impair him.
Accelerated Healing Factor: Despite Odin's incredible durability, he could be injured just like any Asgardian. However, his metabolism allowed him to heal much faster than that of normal humans.
Superhuman Immunity: Odin was immune to all known earthly diseases and infections.
Superhuman Longevity: Like all Asgardians, Odin was extremely long-lived, as he ages far slower than normal humans. During the last Great War between Asgard and Jotunheim, Odin was at least 18,00 years old, when he died, he was over 5,000 years old, if not older.
Sorcery: Odin possessed vast knowledge of the mystical arts; for example, he was able to place an enchantment on Loki Laufeyson (when he was an infant at the time) giving him the physical appearance of an Asgardian, he also had the ability to take away Thor's power and to put a spell on Mjölnir to enable the one who is worthy of it to wield it.
Odinforce: Odin was capable of manipulating vast amounts of magical energy, referred to as the Odin Power, or the Odin Force, for a number of purposes. With this power, Odin was capable of feats such as reading minds from across even dimensions (as he was about to crown Thor king before he notices that Frost Giants were in his trophy room) projecting force blasts (mainly through either Gungnir or Mjolnir while it was unknown if he was physically capable of doing so without any of these items and even so, with his spear, he was able to destroy hordes of Frost Giants) and although it seems to be frowned upon to do so, generating "dark energy", which enabled him to conjure Thor to Earth without the Bifrost. Odin was highly skilled in the use of his powers during combat situations, and was able to casually take down and kill Frost Giants with ease during the war. Odin's full power was thus considered at the least equal to that most every other "deity of Earth" (if they exist, which could be more than likely). Odin was also capable of placing multiple permanent enchantments on items, as he did for Mjölnir when he exiled Thor to Earth. After Frigga's death, she and the other fallen Asgardian warriors, were given a grand funeral ceremony and at the end Odin slammed Gungnir on the ground, and the bodies of the dead transformed into a glittering mist that flew up into the night sky. When he died, Odin's body dispersed into energy; despite this, his mystical power allowed him to transcend death and exist as a spirit, allowing Thor to have visions of his father to communicate with him.
Telepathy: Odin could sense the minds of other individuals from across even dimensions; for example, when he was about to crown Thor king, he notices that Frost Giants were in his trophy room.
Telekinesis: Odin could telekinetically move objects or other individuals without physically touching them; for example, he was able to take Mjölnir from Thor, without physically touching it.
Master Hand-To-Hand Combatant: As the God of War, Odin was a master hand-to-hand combatant and close quarters fighter. In battles against opponents of similar power, Odin carried the magical spear Gungnir ("The Spear of Heaven") an artifact made of the metal uru, that can be used to channel the Odin Force. Even without the Odinforce it can still match Thor's hammer in battle.
Master Tactician: As the God of Wisdom, Odin's thousands of years of experience resulted in him becoming a master tactician. He had led the armies of Asgard into battle for countless years in wars over all the Nine Realms.
Master Leader: As the God of Wisdom, Odin's thousands of years of experience resulted in him becoming an exceptional leader. He had effectively led the armies of Asgard into victory in countless wars over all the Nine Realms.
Intimidation: As the king of Asgard, Odin command an intimidating presence to the point where many of his enemies across the Nine Realms fear him.
Odinsleep: While possessing the Odinforce that was inherently opposed to the need for outward sustenance, Odin must, once a year, during the Asgardian winter, undertake the Odinsleep for 24 hours to regenerate. During this time Odin was guarded closely as he was vulnerable. Despite his limitations and weaknesses, such as the need for the Odinsleep annually, despite this, Odin was still the most powerful being in all of the Nine Realms.
Thor Odinson - Son.
Frigga - Wife; deceased.
Sif - Ally.
Jane Foster - Ally.
Fandral - Ally; deceased.
Volstagg - Ally; deceased.
Hogun - Ally; deceased.
Heimdall - Ally.
Tyr - Ally.
The Destroyer - Weapon.
Sleipnir - Mount.
Bor Burison - Father; deceased.
Buri - Grandfather; deceased.
Loki Laufeyson - Adopted son turned enemy.
Laufey - Enemy; deceased.
Malekith - Enemy; deceased.
Hela - Daughter turned enemy; deceased.
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Marvel Cinematic Universe (9 films)
Thor (First appearance) - Anthony Hopkins
Captain America: The First Avenger (Mentioned only)
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Thor: The Dark World - Anthony Hopkins
Avengers: Age of Ultron (Mentioned only)
Doctor Strange (Mentioned only)
Thor: Ragnarok - Anthony Hopkins
Avengers: Infinity War (Mentioned only)
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"Yes Men" (Mentioned only)
"Who You Really Are" (Mentioned only)
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Thor: The Dark World Prelude
In an interview Hopkins stated he knew nothing of the comic. About the film he said, "It's a superhero movie, but with a bit of Shakespeare thrown in. I'm very interested in that relationship between fathers and sons," and that "My father's relationship with me was cold. He was a hot-blood character but to me, cold. When I was young, he expressed his disappointment because I was bad in school and all of that. He didn't mean any harm, but I felt I could never meet up to his expectations."
Hopkins expressed that he found a personal resonance in the Odin role, saying, "He's a stern man. He's a man with purpose. I play the god who banishes his son from the kingdom of Asgard because he screwed up. He's a hot-headed, temperamental young man... probably a chip off of the old block but I decide he's not really ready to rule the future kingdom, so I banish him. I'm harsh and my wife complains and I say, "That is why I'm king". He's ruthless, take-it-or-leave-it. Women are much more forgiving; men are not so forgiving. I know in my life, my karma is, "If you don't like it, tough, move on". And I move on. "I'm a little like Odin myself".
In the comics, Odin has several more sons, such as classic Thor supporting characters Tyr and Balder. Balder was originally in several drafts for Thor but was cut for time. Tyr appears in Thor: The Dark World portrayed by Clive Russell but is not mentioned to be Odin's son.
In the comics, Odin is the son of Bor and the grandson of Buri, the first Asgardian. Thor: The Dark World Prelude confirms that this is still the case in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Anthony Hopkin's revealed Odin's fate at the end of The Dark World by saying: "He's dead. I've done two, that's enough.", with Alan Taylor chiming in: "That was a big twist. It took us a while to realize that we were actually going to kill him. And then it took us a while to realize that we were going to do that at the end."What Happened to Odin in 'Thor 2'?
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Facebook Hires Former Univision Exec to Run U.S. Sales Team
By Seth Fiegerman 2013-10-01 15:15:03 UTC
Facebook has a new U.S. sales chief: David Lawenda.
Lawenda, Univision's former advertising sales president, has been named Facebook's VP of Global Sales, U.S., managing the social network's U.S. sales team and overseeing Facebook's relationship with brands and agencies across the country. He replaces Tom Arrix, who left Facebook in July after seven years with the company.
See also: This Is What Facebook's First Ads Looked Like
Lawenda takes over at a key time for Facebook as the company is reportedly working on several new ad products — including Instagram ads and video ads for the homepage — while continuing its efforts to explain the payoff of its existing ad products to advertisers.
Carolyn Everson, the Facebook marketing vice president who ran the U.S. sales team during the interim period, described Lawenda in a statement as a "proven leader," who has experience building brands both at Univision and before that working at Viacom. Lawenda, who will now report to Everson, described his goal as helping marketers transition to using Facebook's platform for digital ads.
"We intend to help every marketer use the power of Facebook to drive their business in the years ahead," Lawenda wrote in a statement. "As media consumption continues to shift to digital, and consumers recognize mobile as the first screen, our team will support clients in redefining how they market on these platforms."
Facebook generated $1.6 billion in ad revenue in the most recent quarter, up 61% from the same quarter a year earlier.
Image: Facebook
Topics: Business, Facebook, Marketing, sales, Univision
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William Gallas - page 4
Wenger: Gallas has Gunners future
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger refused to reveal the reasons behind his decision to strip William Gallas of the captaincy after his side crashed 3-0 to Manchester City at Eastlands.
Gunners suffer loss at Eastlands
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger stripped William Gallas of the captaincy at Eastlands - then saw his team stripped bare in a 3-0 defeat to Manchester City.
Reports raise doubts over Gallas
William Gallas' future at Arsenal has been thrown into doubt following reports from France that he has been stripped of the captaincy and dropped for the trip to Manchester City.
Gallas reveals Arsenal rifts
Arsenal skipper William Gallas has revealed rifts in the dressing room undermining the club's current campaign and has suggested his team-mates have been unsettled by one member of the squad.
Angry Gallas reveals Arsenal in-fighting
William Gallas has revealed all is not well behind the scenes at Arsenal, claiming players have been arguing on an off the pitch, and suggesting some players don't have the fight needed to win the Premier League.
Arsenal star targets title after victory over United
Arsenal captain William Gallas has his sights on the Barclays Premier League title, following the victory over Manchester United which galvanised a dressing room that was previously demoralised.
Gallas injury scuppers Wenger plan
Arsene Wenger's problems at centre-back have been complicated by a hamstring injury to Arsenal skipper William Gallas ahead of Saturday's clash at Stoke.
angry wenger
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was furious with his players after Harry Redknapp's magic touch led to rivals Tottenham earning a 4-4 draw at the Emirates Stadium. The hosts were two goals ahead with a minute to play of the Barclays Premier League clash before Jermaine Jenas and Aaron Lennon struck. Wenger blamed naivety from his young side, insisting they must mature. "I am angry," said the Frenchman. "We have to look at ourselves and improve. The players are very down. We were two levels above Tottenham and they were there for the taking. It was damaging. "The maturity problem will improve with intelligence. They will learn from their mistakes. We have to work out why that happened and make sure it doesn't happen again." Former Arsenal midfielder David Bentley opened the scoring with a stunning 40-yard volley that dipped over Manuel Almunia. "I feel like superman, I could fly home," he said after Spurs' fightback ensured his strike did not go to waste. Mikael Silvestre and William Gallas struck either side of the interval to establish a lead, which was extended by Emmanuel Adebayor's eighth in seven starts against Spurs. Darren Bent was brought on and pulled one back, although there appeared to be no hope after Robin van Persie struck. With time running out, Jenas found the top corner, then Lennon tapped in after Luka Modric struck a post. Jenas saluted the effect of Redknapp, who was appointed on Sunday to replace Juande Ramos as boss. They secured a win against Bolton that day and now have a memorable result against their bitter rivals. "Harry is great motivationally," Jenas said. "The lads have done him a favour by reacting to it. It showed complete team spirit and togetherness. We always believed. "We just showed that never-give-in spirit. Any team who comes to the Emirates and gets a result has done well but given the circumstances, this is just brilliant." Spurs remain bottom of the table but Redknapp wants to use the result as a springboard for their season. "It's going to be a long season, but there was a great atmosphere in that dressing room," Redknapp said. "I've tried to make them believe in themselves. There's ability in the squad. Bring on Liverpool. We'll give them a good go on Saturday. "I've not thought about points. I like to see us when we play and pass the ball. We had long spells in the first half where we passed the ball ever so well. We just encourage them to play."
Wenger puts faith in Gallas
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger firmly believes captain William Gallas remains as "motivated" as ever to lead his young Gunners.
Gallas injury adds to Wenger’s woes
William Gallas has emerged as Arsene Wenger's latest injury concern after the Arsenal skipper picked up a thigh injury and pulled out of France's squad to face Romania.
Gallas the perfect leader for Adebayor
Emmanuel Adebayor has no doubt captain William Gallas possesses all the qualities required to guide Arsenal's young side through a successful campaign at home and in Europe.
Wenger happy to keep the momentum
Arsene Wenger feels Arsenal's 'momentum' was maintained following a dramatic late equaliser by captain William Gallas which rescued a point from their Champions League opener against Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine.
Wenger frustrated after Kiev draw
Arsene Wenger feels Arsenal's "momentum" was maintained following a dramatic late equaliser by captain William Gallas which rescued a 1-1 draw from their Champions League opener against Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine.
Late Gallas strike denies Kiev
Captain William Gallas bundled in a late equaliser to rescue a 1-1 draw for Arsenal from their opening Champions League Group G game against Dynamo Kiev in the Ukraine.
Rosicky explains Gunners comments
Tomas Rosicky maintains Arsenal are all 'in it together' following reports he had criticised team-mates William Gallas and Gael Clichy.
Gallas: Experience will help me this season
Arsenal captain William Gallas insists he has learned from the experiences of last season and is ready to lead the young Gunners in their title quest once again.
Gallas stays as Gunners skipper
Fabregas backs skipper Gallas
Gallas admits he made mistakes
Arsenal star set to miss start of season
Euro 2008 dream team
Arsenal star Fabregas insists Gunners will win silverware
Cesc Fabregas is convinced Arsenal will win a trophy next season - and he has backed William Gallas as the right captain to lift it.
Arsenal v Liverpool preview
Gunners celebrate remarkable win
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Drought warning remains in force for Tonga
Thursday, February 19, 2015 - 17:22
With below average rainfall expected over the next three-months, drought warnings remain in force for the whole of the Tonga group, and the public is advised to use water wisely and collect as much rainwater as possible during the current peak of the rainy season. However, the El Nino warning previously in force for Tonga has now been downgraded to an El Nino watch.
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Andrew W. Reynolds
Partner Toronto, T: 416.869.8542 F: 416.862.8247 areynolds@mathewsdinsdale.com vCard
Karen Farinha, Law Clerk Assistant 416.862.8280 x253 kfarinha@mathewsdinsdale.com
Osgoode Hall Law School, LL.B.
Queen’s University, B.A. (Hons.)
Membership and affiliations
Construction labour relations
Andrew is a Partner with Mathews Dinsdale, and currently practices in all areas of labour, employment and human rights law. He has represented employers in many different legal forums and, in particular, regularly appears on behalf of employers at the Ontario Labour Relations Board and at labour arbitration.
Andrew acts on behalf of a wide variety of employers, with a particular focus on the construction industry as well as long-term care and health care sector employers. In this context, Andrew has significant experience in representing employers during certification applications, grievance arbitrations, collective bargaining, interest arbitration, human rights matters, wrongful dismissal claims, employment standards appeals and other labour relations and employment law matters.
For more than a half a decade, Andrew held a number of different roles on the Ontario Bar Association Labour and Employment Section Executive. For the last two of his years on the Executive, Andrew was also a member of the Ontario Labour Relations Board Advisory Committee.
Andrew articled with Mathews Dinsdale before returning to the firm following his call to the Bar. Prior to joining the firm, Andrew completed his LL.B. at Osgoode Hall Law School, where he was a recipient of the Blakes Scholar Award for academic achievement.
Employer successfully argued that a union’s “sale of business/related employer” application filed against it should be dismissed because the union had failed to particularize its allegations against the company. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that it was not required to pay premium pay in a variety of different circumstances. All six of the Union’s grievances were dismissed — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that it should not be automatically certified as a result of alleged unfair labour practices — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that eligibility for participation in the company’s benefit plan was not dependent upon employees’ seniority dates, but rather was based upon shifts actually worked — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully defended against a Certification Application by establishing that certain individuals who the union claimed were its employees were actually independent contractors –Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that the Board should not order a second vote as a result of an altercation that took place on the day of the representation vote. The union lost the first vote and its Certification Application was dismissed — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that a particular position did not fall within the Union’s bargaining unit. The Union’s grievance was dismissed — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that an interest arbitrator should determine that the terms of a collective agreement be consistent with what was agreed to between the employer and the union, but subsequently rejected by the employees in a ratification vote — Counsel: Rick Baldwin and Andrew Reynolds
Employer, a construction manager, successfully defended against a Certification Application by establishing that certain individuals who the union claimed were its employees were actually employees of a different company — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer, a large general contractor, successfully defended against a Certification Application by establishing that certain individuals who the union claimed were its employees were actually employees of a different company — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that it was not a related or successor employer to a unionized company — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that the Labour Board should rescind orders made against the company by an MOL Employment Standards Officer — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successful argued that it had not violated a “mutual non-disparagement” clause contained in a Memorandum of Settlement. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that a Human Rights Code application filed against it should be dismissed on the basis of delay. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that a union’s “sale of business/related employer” application filed against it should be dismissed on the basis of delay. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that part-time employees were not entitled to various benefits provided to full-time employees in the collective agreement. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully defended against a Certification Application in which the union claimed that certain individuals were not entitled to be included on the list of employees. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that statements taken from employees in the context of a Certification Application were subject to litigation privilege. The union subsequently withdrew the Certification Application. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that certain layoffs were not implemented in bad faith or in violation of various provisions of the collective agreement. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully defended against a Certification Application by establishing that the union had not applied to represent an appropriate group of employees. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully defended against a Certification Application in which the union disputed the employer’s position as to which individuals should be included on the list of employees. Ruling in favour of the employer’s position as to the identities of the individuals properly included on the list of employees, the Ontario Labour Relations Board dismissed the Certification Application. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that it should be permitted to raise an additional ground of defence to a Certification Application, in a case where the employer had retained counsel after the deadlines for filing a response had already expired. The union subsequently withdrew the Certification Application. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully defended against two Certification Applications by establishing that the union had misidentified the nature of a construction project affected by both applications. One Certification Application was dismissed by the Ontario Labour Relations Board, and the other Certification Application was subsequently withdrawn by the Union. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully defended against a Certification Application in which the union claimed that certain individuals were not entitled to be included on the list of employees. After the Ontario Labour Relations Board issued a number of decisions in connection with the matter, the Certification Application was ultimately dismissed. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that it should be permitted to defend against a Certification Application despite retaining counsel after a certificate had already been issued to the union. The certificate was revoked and the union subsequently withdrew the Certification Application. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that it was entitled to request that an employee attend an independent medical examination prior to returning to work from medical leave, due to the insufficiency of the medical information provided by the employee’s own doctor. The employer also successfully argued that it was entitled deal directly with the employee regarding return to work matters, as opposed to through the employee’s legal counsel. The employee’s unjust dismissal complaint was dismissed — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that the union had failed to properly particularize the majority of its allegations in a grievance. The union also requested reconsideration of this decision, and the employer successfully argued that the request for reconsideration should be dismissed. The union subsequently abandoned the grievance. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully defended against a Certification Application in which the union claimed that certain individuals were not entitled to be included on the list of employees. After the Ontario Labour Relations Board issued a number of decisions in connection with the matter, the union ultimately withdrew the Certification Application — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Cleaning services provider successfully argued that a union’s unfair labour practice complaint, as well as the union’s related application that the cleaning services provider had effectively purchased the business of a unionized property manager, ought to be dismissed on a preliminary basis — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully defended against a Certification Application by establishing that an individual who was working for the employer on the day the union filed its Certification Application was an employee of the company rather than an independent contractor — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that it should be permitted to defend against a Certification Application despite retaining counsel after the deadline for filing a response had already expired. The union also requested reconsideration of this decision, and the employer successfully argued that the request for reconsideration should be dismissed. The union subsequently withdrew the Certification Application. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully defended against an allegation that it had discriminated against a job applicant by not selecting him for the position of Fire Chief due to his age. The human rights complaint was dismissed — Counsel: Paula Rusak (Employer), Andrew Reynolds (Incumbent Fire Chief)
Employer successfully defended against a Certification Application by establishing that an individual who was the son of the owner and a partial shareholder of the company was, in terms of the duties he actually performed, a non-managerial employee who was properly included on the list of employees — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
In a case where the employer retained counsel after the presumptive deadline for filing a response had already expired, the employer successfully established that the Certification Application had not been properly delivered to it. As such, the employer defeated the union’s claim that the employer’s response to the Certification Application was untimely. The union subsequently withdrew the Certification Application. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that an employee was a supervisor who was excluded from the union’s bargaining unit and was therefore not covered by the provisions of the union’s collective agreement. The union’s grievance was dismissed. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that statements taken from employees in the context of a Certification Application were subject to litigation privilege. The union subsequently withdrew the Certification Application — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully defended against a Certification Application by establishing that certain individuals who the union claimed were its employees were actually employees of a different company — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Canada Industrial Relations Board overturns federal certification application by the CAW to represent employees of ambulance service on First Nations’ Reserve in light of recent Supreme Court of Canada decisions outlining federal–provincial divide for labour relations. – Counsel: Rick Baldwin, Andrew Reynolds
Employer successfully argued that it was not bound to a “cross-over clause” in the union’s collective agreement which purported to require the employer to perform high-rise residential construction work on a unionized basis. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Company successfully defended against a recruiting agency’s claim that it had been responsible for the referrals of two employees who were later hired by the company. The company successfully established that the hiring of the employees was unrelated to any referrals made by the recruiting agency. — Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Andrew Reynolds gave a presentation to a client on Union Organizing and the Application for Certification Process in Ontario
Elizabeth Keenan, Kyle MacIsaac, Andrew Reynolds and Gradin Tyler presented a webinar entitled Labour Pains: A Cross-Canada Update on New and Developing Issues in Labour Law. Archived video available here.
Tara Erskine, Loretta Bouwmeester and Andrew Reynolds presented a webinar entitled Marijuana & Workplace Safety – What’s an Employer to Do? Medical and Legal Issues wth Marijuana Legalization
Andrew Reynolds and Susan Houston presented a Workplace Surveillance Workshop to various firm clients.
Andrew Reynolds participated as a panellist at the Construction Sector In-House Counsel Forum event on the world of labour relations within the construction sector.
Andrew Reynolds and Sarah Smith gave a presentation to a client on Workplace Investigations.
Andrew Reynolds participated as a panellist at the Ontario Bar Association program What You Need to Know About the 2016 Construction Industry Open Period.
Andrew Reynolds presented on The Ontario College of Trades and the Construction Industry at the Heavy Construction Association of Toronto.
Andrew Reynolds gave a presentation to the Niagara Parks School of Horticulture regarding human rights, employment standards and union organizing issues in the workplace
Andrew Reynolds gave a presentation to a client on How to Conduct Proper Progressive Discipline.
Andrew Reynolds gave a presentation to a client on sale of business and related employer issues in the context of labour relations. – Counsel: Andrew Reynolds
Bill Phelps and Andrew Reynolds spoke to the Human Resources Department of a client in the education sector on how to utilize reports from the Labour Arbitration Cases, leading arbitration textbooks and online legal research tools.
Complimentary Webinar
Labour Pains: A Cross-Canada Update on New and Developing Issues in Labour Law
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Marijuana & Workplace Safety – What’s an Employer to Do? Medical and Legal Issues with Marijuana Legalization
Author, Mitigation of Damages Following Dismissal: New Instructions from the Court of Appeal. For the Ontario Bar Association Labour and Employment Law Newsletter.
Author, “’Vaccinate or Mask’ Policies: A Reasonable Exercise of Management Rights?” For the Ontario Bar Association Labour and Employment Law Newsletter.
Author, “Court Confirms that Individuals May Claim Damages for Alleged Breaches of their Personal Privacy.” For the Ontario Bar Association Labour and Employment Law Newsletter.
Author, “Supreme Court Rules that Mounties have the Right to Engage in Collective Bargaining.” For the Ontario Bar Association Labour and Employment Law Newsletter.
Author, “Three New Job-Protected Leaves Now in Force.” For the Ontario Bar Association Labour and Employment Law Newsletter.
Author, “Ontario Human Rights Commission Issues New Policy on Mental Disabilities and Addictions.” For the Ontario Bar Association Labour and Employment Law Newsletter.
November 22, 2013 Co-author, “Off Duty but Online: Employee Discipline in the Age of Social Media.” For the Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace, Faculty of Law, Queen’s University Conference on Privacy, Law, and the Contemporary Workplace: New Challenges and Directions.
Co-author, “Choice of Forum for Human Rights Complaints in the Unionized Environment: The Human Rights Tribunal and Grievance Arbitration.” For the 2011 Police Association of Ontario Conference.
Co-author, “Investigating Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Complaints – Best Practices and Big Mistakes.” For the 2010 Police Association of Ontario Conference.
Co-author, “The Duty to Accommodate and Attendance Management Programs.” For the 2009 Ontario Association of Police Services Boards Annual Conference
Co-author, “The Duty to Bargain in Good Faith” for the 2009 Ontario Association of Police Services Boards Annual Conference
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200 Small Businesses in Texas Stand up for Transgender Rights
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The business community in Texas is taking a stand against Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick’s version of North Carolina’s HB2 law in an open letter written by over 200 small businesses.
Last Thursday Lt. Governor Patrick announced his anti-LGBT “bathroom bill” would be a priority in 2017. “Transgender people have obviously been going into the ladies’ room for a long time, and there hasn’t been an issue that I know of,” Patrick said. “But, if laws are passed by cities and counties and school districts allow men to go into a bathroom because of the way they feel, we will not be able to stop sexual predators from taking advantage of that law, like sexual predators take advantage of the internet The announcement came in a speech to the Dallas Regional Chamber as he advised he is rebranding the bathroom bill with the title the “Women’s Privacy Act”
“…WE OPPOSE ANY TEXAS LEGISLATION – BROAD OR NARROW – THAT WOULD LEGALIZE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ANY GROUP.”
On Tuesday, over 200 small businesses in Texas responded with an open letter sponsored by Equality Texas. The group expressed its concern over the economic devastation caused by North Carolina’s HB2 Law and are looking to avoid a repeat of the same scenario in Texas. “We love Texas and we’re proud to call it home. We want to continue to provide great jobs and great experiences for our employees and our customers. That’s why we oppose any Texas legislation – broad or narrow – that would legalize discrimination against any group. That kind of legislation doesn’t just go against our values to be welcoming to everyone, it jeopardizes the businesses we’ve worked so hard to create, and it threatens the jobs and livelihoods of everyday Texans,” states the letter which also points to almost $400 million dollars lost by North Carolina due to their controversial bathroom law.
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (Photo: danpatrick.org)
“We can’t afford the losses seen in North Carolina, Indiana, and elsewhere. We want Texas to stay open for business for everyone. In 2017, we hope our elected officials will remember the small business community when they go to work,” the group also said while urging legislators to consider their position.
“…WE MUST HAVE WORKPLACES AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DIVERSE AND WELCOMING FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE.”
Texas Competes, a group of over 1200 Texas businesses have also pledged to stand up for the LGBT community. “We believe that in order for Texas businesses to compete for top talent, we must have workplaces and communities that are diverse and welcoming for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people,” the group says on its website. “We believe that treating all Texans and visitors fairly is essential to maintaining Texas’ strong brand as the premier home for talented workers, growing businesses, entrepreneurial innovation, and a thriving travel and tourism industry.”
It looks like the 2017 legislative session is going to be a hotly contested one.
View a report on the bill by KHOU Texas below.
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New Trailer for Controversial Transgender Film “Anything” Released
Martina Navratilova Apologizes for Transphobic Comment, but Still Doesn't Get It
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This Group of Transgender Gamers is Making a Difference
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Gavin Grimm Wins Federal Case Against Virginia School Board
All Four Anti-Transgender Bills Defeated in South Dakota
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Valencia Gardens tenants say property manager trying to evict mother and children from public housing is overly aggressive
By Eric Murphy | Jul 14, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Housing, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics | 9
Shantel McClendon outside of her Valencia Gardens apartment. Photo by Eric Murphy.
As a trial opened Thursday to evict a woman and her five children from their apartment at Valencia Gardens, a public housing complex in the Mission, residents there said that the complex’s management company harasses and surveils its tenants, fails to communicate with them, and can be aggressive and unfair in its enforcement of the rules.
The John Stewart Company has been trying to evict Shantel McClendon, the mother of five children ranging from 18 months to 19 years old, for years. Since November 2017, they have given McClendon seven 14-day notices to quit, a technical term for eviction notices. McClendon said that each time she fixes the problem, management identifies another issue and she is quickly served with another notice.
“They keep on, they keep on,” McClendon said on Tuesday before the trial. “I feel like I’m being targeted, I feel like I’m being harassed.”
Residents of Valencia Gardens, a 250-unit public housing complex taking up nearly a whole block between Valencia and Guerrero between 14th and 15th Streets, said these tactics are not out of character for a management company that is overly aggressive in enforcing its rules while not doing enough to communicate with tenants. The company became more aggressive, some tenants said, after a new on-site manager, Carlos Uribe, began working for the management company.
“I wish there was more understanding between people in the community and the office,” said Patrick Kelley, referring to property management. “Right now they’re two separate things.”
Kelley, who lives a few doors down from McClendon in the same building, said he had never seen anything criminal, disruptive, or out of the ordinary from her unit. Instead, he said, the biggest issue was a management company that tries to solve problems with discipline instead of a conversation.
Judge Richard Ulmer, who began hearing McClendon’s case on Thursday, said he could decide as early as Monday if McClendon has the right to stay in the $700-a-month apartment where she has lived for 14 years. He could also move the proceedings to a jury trial.
The main entrance to Valencia Gardens at 390 Valencia St. Photo by Eric Murphy.
During the proceedings on Thursday, the two sides fought over the history of the eviction notices. McClendon’s first notice was given in 2017 for owing $3,400 in back rent, which she was able to pay with the help of Hamilton Families, a nonprofit that works to prevent homelessness. But rent was not the only issue at that time, according to Mercedes Gavin, a lawyer for The John Stewart Company. Eight days after Hamilton Families made the payment, the company issued another eviction notice to McClendon.
Gavin said that the property management company failed to advise Hamilton Families of the other ongoing issues it had with McClendon because if the nonprofit had known, they would not have made the rent payment.
Judge Ulmer took issue with that tactic. “It sort of sounds like you’re hiding the ball to try to get the money from them,” he said to Gavin. “Why would you try to fool someone like that?”
The bigger issue, Gavin argued, was that Rasheed Loveless, the father of three of McClendon’s children, had been staying at the apartment without authorization. The rules at Valencia Gardens prohibit overnight guests from staying more than 14 nights per year.
McClendon said Loveless was there to help provide childcare and other help for her and her children while she dealt with the aftermath of a high-risk pregnancy.
The John Stewart Company said in its lawsuit that they are trying to evict McClendon in part because they allege Loveless engaged in illegal gambling and other unidentified criminal activity on or near the property in late 2018 and early 2019.
Loveless is currently serving a two-year sentence in state prison on a drug charge. It’s unclear when that sentence began.
Neighbors said they had seen no signs of criminal activity outside or near McClendon’s unit.
“It’s pretty much just kids playing outside there,” said Teakeysha Brittany, who lives across the street.
Valencia Gardens, January 2017. Photo by Lydia Chávez.
Management did meet with McClendon last July to try to resolve the issue of Loveless’s unauthorized stay. They suggested that Loveless apply to be a live-in aide for McClendon to help her deal with her high-risk pregnancy and recovery. However, public subsidy regulations did not allow a family member to become a live-in aid, which management said they did not know at the time they advised Loveless to apply.
Management denied the application in late September and filed an eviction lawsuit the following day.
McClendon, 35 years old, said she’s unsure why the John Stewart Company has continued to pursue the eviction. “It’s mind-boggling how you can want something like this for someone’s family,” she said.
Earlier in the week, Ryan Murphy of the Eviction Defense Collaborative, McClendon’s lawyer, said that the property manager had been unusually aggressive with his client. Murphy said if his client loses, she will be barred from subsidized housing for years.
“This is so disrespectful to the family and the kids,” said Murphy. “It’s over-policing of low-income families. It’s just so heartless.”
McClendon said she has never had a problem with management or a threat of eviction until Uribe arrived in 2016.
If McClendon is evicted, she said she doesn’t know where she and her family will go. Her $700-a-month rent in Valencia Gardens is thousands of dollars cheaper than market-rate housing in the area and she is currently unable to work. She said she might have to go to a shelter, something she was forced to do 18 years ago with her two youngest children before she got into public housing. “I couldn’t possibly see myself going back,” said McClendon, choking up a little. “With five kids? To a shelter?”
McClendon is not the only Valencia Gardens tenant who has experienced the threat of eviction from the new property manager.
Bridget, who started living in Valencia Gardens in 2010 and did not want to give her last name, has also faced a series of notices to quit since Uribe took over. The notices came for issues like an unauthorized pet and a sign on her front door. She also said she is being watched and followed by the complex’s security guards, who may be monitoring who comes in and out of her unit.
Like McClendon, Bridget said her problems began when Uribe took over and she had no issues with previous managers. “They were cool, they were friendly, I never got any eviction notice from them,” she said of previous management. “It was stress-free.”
She says things changed when Uribe took over. “Ever since he started, I was receiving eviction notices left to right,” she said. She keeps a binder of these notices and her communications with management.
Both tenants also noted that new cameras had been added on their street. One five-day notice to quit given to Bridget in 2016 read in part, “We have surveillance recordings showing you have had overnight guests that have not been reported to management.”
The overnight guest in question was her partner and the father of her son who lives in the unit, she said. Later, when Bridget’s mother became ill, her partner was able to become a live-in aide to care for her. But once Bridget’s mother passed away, he was again barred from staying overnight in the apartment more than 14 days per year. Bridget tried to add him to the lease, but he was denied after a credit check.
Terrance Hall (left) speaks with KPIX reporter Mark Sayer (right) during a March 7 broadcast in his grandmother’s apartment.
In March of this year, The John Stewart Company attempted to evict a teenager named Terrance Hall from Valencia Gardens. Management attempted multiple times to add him to an eviction notice issued for his grandmother while Hall was a minor. Hall’s grandmother passed away while fighting the eviction, and Hall was given his notice to vacate three days after her death.
Several other tenants not facing eviction still had complaints about treatment from security and felt that the manager was trying to surveil them and their guests. “It’s like a prison,” said Anthony Reyes in a nearby unit on Meadow Court.
For McClendon, the company has kept her and her family on the edge after more than a decade of stability in her housing. “I was safe, I felt,” she said. “Now I don’t feel safe.”
McClendon’s trial will continue Monday.
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T.W on July 14, 2019 at 3:38 pm
Its a shame to hear this & i know exactly how they feel…i am currently going through the very same thing..only thing makes mine different is that its a Crisis Center / Domestic Violence shelter trying to evict me & my 2 children even though they knowwe have no place else to go.
Shanta on July 14, 2019 at 4:07 pm
It’s seems like every affordable housing complex is doing this to their tenants and it’s sad because people who work their abuse the powers and look down on people who are in low-income housing complexes and affordable housing. They take everything from you when you make a little bit of money and expect for you to find security for somewhere new to move with $4 left your name which they know is impossible. Affordable housing is suppose to help you not burden you or stress you out and that’s what they have been doing. Stressing and burden tenants.
Ines Caraballo on July 14, 2019 at 4:26 pm
ITS A SHAME ON THEM THE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO INTERFERE WITH PERSONAL FAMILY PROBLEMS AS LONG AS THEY PAY THERE RENT ON TIME AND A FAMILY MEMBER TAKING CARE OF AN ELDERLY.
Loretta Franklin on July 15, 2019 at 5:09 am
The Poperty Manager is only followi g the rules whi h sre paased down from the company. HUD also has rules which all tenants are to folliw. People illegally move in that are not on the lease. Felons, for one. That is why dont apply with the prospective tenant. They wait till they obain the unit then they move in illegally. Then there is the matter of unreported income which people bring in to the household when luving there illegally.
While this may remain unseen to other tenants there maybe some reporting illegal activity or broken rules and they do not want their names mentioned.
As a retired PM for 25 years in section 8 housi g all we ask is the rules to be followed, pay the rent, and keep a clean unit. If all is o eyed they can li e there as lo g as the need is there.
Property Managers are made to look like villians but in all actuality they are there to enforce the rules and to make sure the property is safe, decent and affordable for all to enjoy.
Rochele on July 16, 2019 at 7:44 am
Wrong, the article clearly states whats going on.
Gilland McGuire on July 15, 2019 at 8:20 am
Well, at least there’s A Judge to hear both Party’s Defense, in the Washington DC SUPERIOR Landlords& Tenant Court, The Court System doesn’t understand when serving Summons, Under Congressional , Washington DC. Law, the Defendant ” GUARANTEE A HEARING”, BUT !!! Defendants evicted without A BENCH JUDGE REVIEWS.. What’s more Disturbing This is The Nation’s Capitol of LAWS..
Janice b on July 31, 2019 at 3:19 pm
I can attest to this. Dc landlord tenant court is awful and the resources that they have are not helpful. I was evicted in February no notice of the eviction date I wasn’t on any of the online lists it was during the shutdown. The next day after I immediately applied for an emergency stay and tried to get help from the law students in court. The head attorney decided my case wasn’t an emergency and I couldn’t see a judge that day I was given a date 2 weeks out. I wasn’t given the 14 days of any date in any form but we had multiple visits from management inspecting the unit doing pest control and even knocking on my door asking when we were going to pay days prior then boom here’s the marshal I should have not been evicted the day I was without notice but I was unable to afford a lawyer or get any help from the courts smh
M. P. R. Howard on July 15, 2019 at 9:34 am
I grew up in housing projects decades ago, while they may be prettier they still are a ghetto. While my children are now all grown, I put these projects in the same league as shelters, to warehouse people.
And like the latter I think even at my age and health would prefer to sleep in my car rather make anything the government would offer.
Margaret Howard on July 15, 2019 at 9:19 pm
Leaved in Tyler Tx. On Sec 8 choice voucher for 22 years with my two children until they were grown yes Section 8 do have their rules but a lot of apartment managers seem to learn harass tenants I have faced a few problems with managers especially the president one I just tried to make sure I pay my rent on time check my unit clean I keep to myself it was pretty hard it times when light my air condition had went out I bet you they ignored me to the fullest for several months and went cold Tim Beck summer again they did not care until I reported them to housing and then housing was kind of slow to me ignoring me and then I reported them to Austin Urban Development they sent someone out and report it I checked on the situation then they started trying to get some act right in them. Just said
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President Museveni letter to PM Ruhakana Rugunda – “Re: Existence of a “Sugar Board” in Kampala” (19.08.2018)
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Amuru Land Grab – Apaa Village Evictions: A long process of failure from the state!
That the Northern Uganda have been in deep end of the stick in many eyes is evident, by how lax the state has been to take care of their needs and their rights. That can now be proven by the forceful evictions from land in Apaa Village in Amuru District/Adjumani District. Where the previously have been attempts to make a giant farm for an investor called Bruce Martin and also become sugar cane plantations and factory for Kakira Sugar Factory owned by the Madhvani Group, this goes all the way back to 2006. Therefore, the plans to evict these people has been slow process from the state.
Now in 2018, the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) have evicted dozens upon dozens of the local residents from their lands. As the purge on the village and the area continues, this has been in the making, but the ones losing their lands get nothing, but lose their homes and their livelihoods at the same time. The government authorities have torched the houses and left nothing behind, as they are continuing to evict people. Their lives are no meaningless, as they have to flee their land and are living on the United Nations Compound in Gulu, while awaiting their future, as the state, UWA and the Uganda People’s Defence Force have been evicting them over the last two months. Surely, the hurt is felt and real.
Who can wonder if the state is finalizing the agreement with Madhvani Group to deliver his second sugar factory and also sugar plantation in the area or they are making a game drive from Bruce Martin. However, this is still grabbing the land without any forewarning and also taking their livelihoods without any compensation for the hurt.
The District Land Board and Area Land Board cannot been informed or care to inform the people, as the army and UWA have been busy evicting people with force. They are just pawns on the chess-set, and the authorities in Kampala let it happen. The leadership from afar are accepting it and have gazetted the land and taken the land. Therefore, the people who has settled in Apaa have to flee or be evicted from the land, without any justice or law helping them out. No compensation and nothing left for them.
This sort of play has to stop; I am sure the State House is fully aware and let it happen, as they are getting their cut of the transaction of the land for whatever purposes it has. Its been planned for years, but doesn’t make it better, when they could have had solutions back-in-the-day as the government knew this would come. They were already in talks with both Kakira and with Martin. They knew perfectly well, what was up. There is even a third scenario where the land is sold to someone else named Linton Brimblecombe.
Clearly someone forgot the memo and left it stranded. They just evicting people in the favour of one lucky bastard who capture all lands, without paying the needed ones who was actually living their and done so for generations. This is a violation of the trust between the citizens and the government. Because someone accepted the trade of the land people where living on and had rights too.
The Apaa village and Apaa community deserves better, all of the Acholi deserves better. They are being misused and taken for granted by the government. They are just pawns on the chess-set. No value, the first one in the battle-line to take out so the ones of value can be put into play. That is how it looks from the outside.
This have been planned for decades and now it happens.
Amuru Land Grab: What is ours, is OURS; What is their’s, is OURS; and Whatever is your’s, is still OURS. Peace.
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Kakira Sugar Limited addressing farmers strike (02.07.2018)
Posted in Africa, Civil Service, Development, Economic Measures, Economy, Governance, Government, Industry, Politics, Trade, Transparency and tagged Acholi District, Acholi Parliamentary Group, Adjumani, Adjumani District, ADR, AfDB, African Development Bank, African Development Bank Group, Agago, Agago County, Agri-SA, Aitak, ALC, Alternative dispute resolution, Amina Hersi, Amuru, Amuru District, Amuru District Land Board, Amuru Land Grab, Amuru Sugar Works, Apa Village, Apaa, APG, Area Land Committee, Armed Conflict, Aswa Ranch, Attorney General, Attorney General Peter Nyombi, Bruce Martin, Central Government, Citizens, Commerical Sugar Production, Communal Cultivation, Communal Grazing, Communal Land Management, Crown Land, Customary Land, Customary Land Certificate, Customary Land Titles, Daudi Migereko, Democratic Party Uganda, Demonstrate, Development, District Land Board, DLBs, DP, East Africa, ethanol, Friends of Earth Uganda, Friends of the Earth, Gilbert Olanya, Godfrey Nyakahuma, GoU, Government of Uganda, Gulu, Gulu District, H. E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, His Royal Highness Lawii Rwodi David Onen Acana II, Hon Gilbert Olanya, Hon Livingstone Okello-Okello, Hon Peter Nyombi, Hon Simon Oyet, Hon. Daudi Migereko, Housing and Urban Development, Hunting Grounds, IDPs, Internal Displaced People, Internally Displaced Persons’ Camps and urban areas, Investment, J.J. Okello-Okello, Jim Kabeho, Jinja District, Kakira, Kakira Millers, Kakira Sugar, Kakira Sugar Works Limited, Kaweeri coffee plantation, Kinyara, Kinyara Millers, Kinyara Sugar, Kinyara Sugar Factory, Lakang, Land Act 1998, Land for Sale, Land Grab, Land Grabbing, Land law, Land Title, LDC, Leaders of Opposistion, Lira, Livelihood, Livelihoods, Local District Council, Lord Resistance Army, LRA, Lugazi, Lugazi Millers, Lugazi Sugar, Madhavani Group, Madhvani, Major General Julius Oketa, Maruzi Ranch, Mary Mujumura, Masindi, Masindi Police Station, Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives, Minster of Land, Moses Byaruhanga, NAPE, National Resistance Movement, Natural Resources, Nebbi, Nile, Norbert Mao, Northern Uganda, Northern Uganda Land Platform, NRM, NRM Regime, Nyakahuma, Ogenga Latigo, Okoth-Ogendo, Penal Code Act, Peter Nyombi, Plantations, Population, Poverty, Power, President Museveni, Professor Ogenga Latigo, Progress, Property, Public Land, RDC Masindi, Refugee, Residents, Resources, River Nile, Roads, Rule of Law, RUM, Rwot Otinga Otto, SCOUL, Simon Oyet, South Africa, Stanbic Bank, State of Uganda, Sugar, Sugar Cane Plantation, Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited, Sugar Factory, Sugar Farming, Sugar Industry Investor in Atiak, Sugar Milles, Sugar Prices, Sugarcane, Sugarcane Factory, Sugarcane Industry, TDA, Tenants, Tenants at Sufferance, Tenure Arrangement, The Democratic Alliance Uganda, Trust, Uganda, Uganda Sugar Manufactures Association, US Dollars, USD, USMA, WB, World Bank, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni | Leave a comment
Mzee complains today about waste, however he haven’t rehabilitated sugar industry or revamped pharmaceutical industry either!
“In this regard, we need to learn and apply lessons from emerging economies such as India, whose total healthcare industry revenue is expected to increase from US$ 110 billion in 2016 to US$ 372 billion in 2022 in response to deliberate investments in telemedicine, manufacturing of medicines and health technologies, medical tourism, health workforce training and risk pooling/health insurance, among others. In order to achieve this, we need to plan in a harmonized way. In Uganda, for instance, we, indeed, have a nascent pharmaceutical industry producing Aids/HIV, Malaria, Hepatitis-B, pharmaceuticals, etc. drugs. These are, however, still using imported pharmaceutical grade starch and imported pharmaceutical grade sugar. The pharmaceutical grade starch and sugar are crucial for making tablets and syrups for children’s medicines. Yet, the starch is from maize and cassava and the pharmaceutical grade sugar is from sugar. I am told the drugs would be 20% cheaper. Moreover, apart from helping in the pharmaceutical industry, more refined sugar is also needed in the soft drinks industry. Uganda is squandering US$34 million per year importing refined sugar for the soft drinks, about US$ 20 million for importing the pharmaceutical grade starches not including the other raw materials, US$ 77million for taking patients to India etc. Africa is incredibly rich but wasteful” (Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE JOINT EAC HEADS OF STATE RETREAT ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEALTH FINANCING AND DEVELOPMENT, 22.02.2018).
Seems like the 1980s World Bank loans to restart Kakira Sugar Works hasn’t done enough, since the Ugandan state did right after the National Resistance Army takeover of the state. They went into an arrangement with the World Bank getting loans for the company, to restart. That deal was done 8th March 1988. As the documents said back in 198:
“Uganda currently imports US$15-20 million worth of sugar annually, which ranks second only to petroleum imports. Import substitution through restoration of domestic production capacity is therefore a high priority and eminently justified given the considerable comparative advantage Uganda enjoys as a result of its landlocked situation. Conditions for sugar production at Kakira are highly favorable. Cane growing benefits from excellent soils, good rainfall distribution (requiring only limited sunplementary irrigation) and relatively low levels of inputs of fertilizers and pesticides. The project brings back to the Kakira complex the original owners who have a demonstrated ability to manage sugar operations at Kakira and elsewhere” (SUGAR REHABILITATION PROJECT, 08.03.1988).
Therefore, what the President said today, the Sugar Rehabilitation Project, which was done to stop the heavy imports of sugar and for consumption, has clearly not worked as projected. Since his own state is squandering their resources and not even following the loans to make the project work. That is my take on it. The president of 32 years has clearly mismanaged this and not finished his job. Since he hasn’t been able to rehabilitate the industry.
When it comes to pharmaceutical industry there massive challenges, not just the sugar starch for medicine coverage of the pills. Nevertheless, the whole arrangement, since the technology to operate these machines are imported, as well is the parts. Not only the sugar starch, but also the ingredients are imported too, than you have few companies who has automated manufactures, which makes hard to make medicine on a larger scale. It is also high operation cost, because of use of back-up generators because of blackouts and shortfall of electricity. Because of this, it is expensive to have cold storage of the medicine and have a storage for the final products.
So the Idea from Museveni that it is simple, it is the whole system around it, that makes it more profitable to import ready made medicine, than actually produce it. Even if the added value of production would be there, but with the circumstances put by United Nations Industrial Development Organization, seemingly it is from 2009. However, the state of affairs hasn’t changed that much.
We can really estimate, that the adjustment and the needed organization to pull forward both industries during the years of NRM hasn’t been totally fruitful. If so, why would he complain about the imports of sugar and medicine, when he hasn’t been able to make it function with his 32 years of reign? Someone who has 3 decades, should have the ability and time to find the information, finalize plans and execute as seen fit. That is if he cared about the industries in question and their possible engines for growth and riches of Africa. Nevertheless, he hasn’t cared and haven’t used the time wisely. He has used the time bitching and not acting. That is just the way things is and it isn’t becoming better either.
He could have made sure that the pharmaceutical industry had energy, had the sufficient organization behind it to make the medicine, not only import and assemble certain medicine, he could have made sure the sugar industry was profitable and had the equipment to make the refined sugar used in the pharmaceutical industry. However, both is a lost cause, because it takes money and time. Both, is something he doesn’t have, since the narrative isn’t making him wealthy.
Alas, he we are at the status quo, with a President running for life and complaining about waste. When he has wasted 32 years and not made effort to change it. It is all talk and no fire. Peace.
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Looking into the inflation of 1987 as the Sugar prices are rising in today’s Uganda!
“We have had a wonderful collaboration with IMF since 1987. We have managed to control inflation. By controlling inflation, we have succeeded in preserving the people’s earnings” – Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (State House, 2017).
Well, there been many who has set similarities with the inflation and price shocks of the year 1987. The Republic of Uganda has been through their mess before. The government of Uganda and the National Resistance Movement/Army (NRM/A) had just taken power in 1986. This was a year after the coup d‘etat, which brought the NRA into power. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in collaboration with International Monetary Fund (IMF), which had agreements and Structural Adjustment Program (SAP), which promoted deregulation and less state control of the economy. This was also put forward to settle inflation and the deficit that the state had.
So, because some has put similarities between 1987 and 2017, as the prices has gone from about 3,000 Uganda Shillings (UGX) in 2016 and 7,000 Uganda Shillings (UGX) in 2017. There is clearly that there was problems in 1987, but whole another level. The Sugar Industry wasn’t established, the economy of Uganda needed export of coffee and this was the sole benefit of foreign currency into the economy.
“Inflation in Uganda is running as high as 200 percent, and low prices to farmers serve as a disincentive to agricultural production in a country of rich soil and mild equatorial climate” (…) “At the center of the debate is the issue of devaluation. In its first year in office, the Government revalued the currency from 5,000 to 1,400 shillings to the dollar, saying that the move would make imports cheaper. But exports have become increasingly expensive. Devaluation Debated. Some hard-line nationalists in Government insist that the cost of devaluation would be devastating. The cost of such imports as sugar, cooking oil and soap would increase significantly, they say, making the average Ugandan even worse off than he is now” (Rule, 1987).
“In 1987 the Uganda shilling was demonetizated during the currency reform and a currency conversion tax at a rate of 30% was imposed to further reduce excessive liquidity in the economy. There was an immediate drop in average inflation from 360.7% in May to about 200% cent in June. However, with the possible fears of complex and drastic currency reform, the premium shot up, representing essentially a portfolio shift to foreign currency, and possible capital flight, and suppressed inflation. The intended aim of the conversion tax, apart from reducing excessive liquidity, was to lend money raised through this tax to the government. This was to finance the budget deficit over a short period, rather than financing it through printing more money. Nonetheless, inflation shot up again within three months mainly due to renewed monetary financing of increased government expenditure, domestic credit expansion by commercial banks to meet coffee financing requirements and financing of the newly launched rural farmers scheme” (Barungi, P: 10-11, 1997)
“Prices for sugar and vegetable oil (both imported goods) increased rapidly in the early part of the year, falling between May and August — replicating the pattern of the premium between the parallel and the official exchange rate. The subsequent fall in sugar prices and stability of cooking oil prices were due to greater official imports. Inflationary pressures on food prices have been aggravated by supply shortages on account of severe transportation problems” (World Bank; P: 36, 1988).
“In October 1986, Mulema was replaced by Dr. Crispus Kiyonga, who has a medical background Kiyonga has a difficult task. The government’s finances are shaky at best. In an attempt to enable Ugandan citizens to purchase imported consumer goods, the government fixes their prices below world prices. This, of course, puts considerable pressure on the government’s finances: for example, in July 1986 the government imported $4.8 million worth of sugar to sell at subsidized prices” (Warnock & Conway, 1999).
Perspective from Kakensa: “Today sugar costs 7000/- per kilo. When Museveni came to power in 1986 each kilo was at 4/-(four shillings). Immediately he came to power he said Ugandan shilling had lost value, in 1987 all money was changed, not only changed but two zeros were cut off to give it value on addition to the 30% levied on each shilling. This means on every 100 shillings, you got 70cents. Those who had 100,000/- got 700/-” (Kakensa Media, 12.05.2017).
We can see there was certain aspects, but the sugar industry now is different. The Sugar factories are now real and the business are now in full affect. While, in 1987 the state needed coffee exports to get funding and foreign currency. The sugar was imported and was put on fixed prices. The inflation back then was because of the crashing economy after the bush-war and the effects of it. The Sugar prices now are rising for different reasons. These reasons are the yields of sugar-cane, the hoarding of sugar and the export of surplus sugar. Also, the production of ethanol and bio-fuel. That was not the situation and context in the past.
Still, history is repeating itself, since the NRM, let the prices run as crazy in the past. The price has gone up a 100% in a years time. Which, means the prices who doubled from 3000 to 7000 Uganda Shillings. This is not a stable and the ones who get hurt is the consumer and Ugandan citizens. Peace.
Barungi, Barbara Mbire – ‘EXCHANGE RATE POLICY AND INFLATION: THE CASE OF UGANDA’ (March 1997).
Rule, Sheila – ‘UGANDA, AT PEACE, IS FACING ECONOMIC BATTLES’ (28.01.2017) link:http://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/28/world/uganda-at-peace-is-facing-economic-battles.html
State House Uganda – ‘President commends Uganda – IMF collaboration since 1987’ (27.01.2017) link: http://statehouse.go.ug/media/news/2017/01/27/president-commends-uganda-%E2%80%93-imf-collaboration-1987
Warnock, Frank & Conway, Patrick – ‘Post-Conflict Recovery in Uganda’ (1999)
World Bank – ‘Report No. 7439-UG: Uganda – Towards Stabilization and Economic Recovery’ (29.09.1988)
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A look into the rising Sugar prices in Uganda!
I commissioned a state-of-the-art ethanol distillery at Kakira Sugar Factory in Jinja today (Museveni, 23rd January 2017)
There are various of reasons for the rising prices of Sugar and processed sugar in Uganda. This isn’t the first time or last cycle of inflation on the prices of this common commodity. Sugar is common in Uganda for concept of having in it in the chai or the milk tea. To sweeten the milk and the black tea the Ugandans drink. Therefore, the Ugandans are needing and using lots of it on daily basis. It isn’t a luxurious goods, but a daily usage, for ordinary use. It has become staple and is staple together with matooke, cassava, rice and maize flour. This is all seemed as basic for the Ugandan people. Sugar is something very important. Therefore, the rising prices says something is out balance.
The balance have now been lost a year after the election. The prices of goods and food was also rising in 2011, therefore, the Republic had the Walk 2 Work demonstrations. These was demonstrations against the rising food prices, which also meant the sugar at that time went up. The same is happening now. With also on alternative exception, that the producers are not only creating sugar for consumption anymore, but ethanol and bio-fuel. Therefore, the produce and profits are going to export bio-fuel and other products, instead of the sugar that the consumers in Uganda uses. This also is an explanation for the rising prices, as well the added exports to Kenya, where the producers gain more selling it there. Than in Uganda, take a look!
In April 2017 USMA commented:
“Uganda Sugar Manufacturers Association (USMA) says the increase in sugar prices has been prompted by the increase in cost of production and the deprecating shillings against major currencies. The Association’s Chairperson, Jim Kabeho says sugar millers were forced to announce what he called a paltry 4 percent increase on each 50-kilogram bag on ex-factory price. The increase according to Kabeho saw a 50-kilogram bag of sugar trading at one hundred and eighty five thousand shillings up from one hundred and seventy thousand shillings” (…) “Meanwhile a source at the Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives who asked for anonymity says the Ministry suspects that the big players like Kakira could have decided not sell its sugar to the market so as to increase production at the ethanol its ethanol plant. The sources says sugar mills with ethanol plants are finally making money on sugar through on co-generation of power, alcohol and ethanol” (URN, 2017).
In April in Masindi:
“Masindi district leaders have risen up against the Masindi district Resident Commissioner, Godfrey Nyakahuma over stopping sugar cane buyers from buying cane from Masindi district. Last week, Nyakahuma launched an operation of impounding trucks of all sugar cane buyers who buy sugar cane from Kinyara sugar limited out growers and over five trucks loaded with cane were impounded by police” (…) “Byaruhanga added that that is a sign indicating that Kinyara sugar Factory has no capacity to crush the available sugar cane adding that since Uganda has a liberalized economy let everyone come and buy the abundant cane available instead of leaving the farmers suffer with the monopoly of Kinyara sugar factory. Amanyire Joshua the former mayor Masindi municipality said that if Kinyara is saying that sugar cane buyers are poachers, Kinyara sugar factory is a smuggler because it is also doing the same. Mary Mujumura the deputy speaker Masindi district blamed Byaruhanga Moses the presidential advisor on political affairs for failing to advise the president on political issues saying that he is not supposed to enter into business matters” (Gucwaki, 2017).
In May 2017:
“From last year’s average of Shs 3,000 per kilo of sugar, the price shot to Shs 4,000 early this year and is now hovering over Shs 5,500. A kilo of Kinyara sugar is the cheapest at Shs 5000, while Kakira sugar is selling at 6,000 a kilo. On the shelves, Kakira sugar and Lugazi sugar are scarce compared to Kinyara sugar, which is in plenty. Many dealers have now started hoarding sugar in order to benefit from anticipated price hike in the short term” (URN, 2017).
In May 2017 – Stanbic Statement:
“The only category to buck that trend was wholesale & retail, where staff costs rose and employment fell. Average purchasing costs also rose in April, reflecting increased prices for animal feed, food stuffs, raw materials and sugar. Higher cost burdens were passed on to clients, leading to a further increase in output charges” (Stanbic Bank, 2017).
President Museveni praises Kakira Millers:
“I would like to thank the Madhvani Group, despite the disappointment by Idi Amin. The family pioneered the production of sugar in Uganda. By 1972 they were producing 70,000 tons but today they have almost tripled the production to 180,000 tons,” he said. The President was today commissioning a state of the art ethanol distillery at Kakira Sugar Limited in Jinja district. The US$36 million facility, which is the largest in the East African Region, will be producing 20 million litres of ethanol annually” (…) “President Museveni pledged to address the issues to regulate the sugar industry but urged the Madhvanis to partner with farmers with large chunks of land for production of sugar-cane, as the cane is not a high value crop. He said people with small land holdings should be left to do intensive farming like the growing of fruits that give high returns. Turning to the issue of prices payable to sugar-cane out-growers, President Museveni advised the buyers and out-growers to sit together and agree on the prices taking into consideration the market prices globally” (Uganda Media Centre, 2017).
Government statement on the 11th May:
“Speaking to 256BN on condition of anonymity a government official monitoring the situation said the manufacturers have not increased the factory price, but he conceded that the situation is worrying. “At the factory prices are stable. Why is it that the prices at the retail gate are high. This means that there are some distributors who are using the hiding strategy in order to rob Ugandans. As Government we shall continue monitoring the situation until we come up with the solution” the official said. Affordability of sugar is considered a key barometer of an ordinary person’s well-being and its pricing can take on political dimensions when people cannot have sugar with their tea” (256BusinessNews, 2017).
Putting the price in pespective:
Kakensa Media reported this today: “Today sugar costs 7000/- per kilo. When Museveni came to power in 1986 each kilo was at 4/-(four shillings). Immediately he came to power he said Ugandan shilling had lost value, in 1987 all money was changed, not only changed but two zeros were cut off to give it value on addition to the 30% levied on each shilling. This means on every 100 shillings, you got 70cents. Those who had 100,000/- got 700/-” (Kakensa Media, 12.05.2017).
This is all proof of a systemic malpractice, where both export, together with lacking yields because of drought and also the production of ethanol and bio-fuel. All of this collected together are reasons for the rising prices of sugar. The sugar price goes up because the use of cane for other things than millers producers sugar for consumption, but for other export products. This is all making sure even as the Republic of Uganda has in the past produces to much, it now doesn’t. Since it elaborately uses the sugarcane for other products.
That has made the Madhvani Group rich and their exports of sugarcane products are clearly selling. Now even their basic milled sugar are sold more expensive on the Ugandan market. There are also proven problems by other millers, who either has to much cane like Kinyara Sugar Factor in Masindi. Which is ironical problem, as the Kakira and Lugazi sugar is empty on the shelves, while the sugarcane hoarding Kinyara are still in the shops. But Kakira which is produced by Madhvani Group, we can now understand, since they have bigger operation and is blessed by the President for their industrial production of ethanol and bio-fuel.
Therefore, the are more reasons than just shopkeepers not getting enough stocks. That the rising prices are not only that there is lacking production. It is the system of export and production. Where the cane isn’t only becoming milled sugar for consumption, but for all the expensive industrial exports like bio-fuel and ethanol. This is all good business, but also bad for consumers and citizens who are accustom with decent prices for their sugar. That is not the fact anymore, as the business and millers has found new profitable ways. So that the surplus sugarcane and also the other gains massive profits. This is all good business for the owners of the sugar-millers and sugar industry. The one who feels the pitch is the consumer and the citizens. Who see scarcity of sugar inside the shops and also the inflation of prices on the sugar. Peace.
256BusinessNews – ‘Government to issue statement on sugar’ (11.05.2017) link:http://256businessnews.com/government-to-issue-statement-on-sugar/
Gucwaki, Yosam – ‘MASINDI RDC IN TROUBLE OVER STOPPING SUGAR CANE BUYERS’ (28.04.2017) link: http://mknewslink.com/2017/04/28/masindi-rdc-trouble-stopping-sugar-cane-buyers/
Stanbic Bank Uganda – ‘Ugandan economic growth continues at start of second quarter’ (04.05.2017) link: https://www.markiteconomics.com/Survey/PressRelease.mvc/143ca2b8e3d84c79b96aed4885b7337e
URN – ‘Sugar manufacturer’s association explains price hikes’ (14.04.2017) link: https://dispatch.ug/2017/04/14/sugar-manufacturers-association-explains-price-hikes/
URN – ‘Uganda: Sugar Crisis On for Another 2 Years – Manufacturers’ (09.05.2017) link: http://allafrica.com/stories/201705100129.html
Uganda Media Centre – ‘President Praises Madhvani Group’ (05.05.2017) link: https://mediacentre.go.ug/news/president-praises-madhvani-group
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$50M sugar plant to open in Amuru district (Youtube-Clip)
“A multi billion shilling sugar processing plant in Atiak within the northern district of Amuru, will be commissioned soon” (…)”The USD$50M (UGX 175B) investment will have an installed capacity of 5,000Metric Tons, according to the project managers” (…)”The facility sits on 15,000 hectares of land half of which has now been planted with sugarcane” (NTV-Uganda, 2015).
You want more meat to the barbeque:
Check these blogs:
Here you get certain information about the land-grabs that is vital and pivotal to building of this kind of factory and development in Amuru:
Amuru Land Grab: What is Our’s is Our’s; What is theirs is ours; Whatever is yours, is still ours
Some prequel stuff as well:
Amuru Land Grabbing and MP arrested
Hope you also found this interesting! Peace.
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Amuru Land Grab: What is ours, is OURS; What is their’s, is OURS; and Whatever is your’s, is still OURS
There has been a lot of news and articles on this matter because of the sensitive issue of owning land. Land can secure families and secure the heritage of the local people in the area. The issue is how to deal with wish of growing society and also keeping traditions. Also settling people in after years of war with the LRA and settle especially the ones that are seen as Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs). Another issue is if the government tries to deal with big monies and doesn’t include local patrons or community. That disfranchises the people and also grows a bigger distrust from the community about the government institution. That also shows the true color of especially some of that is, also the matter in the Amuru Land grabbing. I will not look into the local squats between families and also IDPs and local farmers stealing land from each other. That is equally important. But don’t have the space to write and find a good way to put it into this one. NRM-Regime has from day one been laisses faire economics and not governmental business orientated even if the President of 29 years was into communist thinking in the 70s. Also into business that gains the government, but not actually the public and citizens always. Therefore we have the heavy prices and expenditure of roads. The deals and arrangements hasn’t been made in sincerity of the public, therefore has also the MPs from the area in now bot the 8th Parliament and the 9th Parliament has reacted to deals that been set in fruition. The Madhvani deal is the big one and the one with the most flesh and grants. Also the Apaa village dispute over the land becoming a hunting ground instead of being a village for the people who actually live there. Then I will show other deals that have been questioned. This was the gist!
Professor Ogenga Latigo spoke his mind:
“While referring to the process of land acquisition for the project, Professor Ogenga Latigo, the former Member of Parliament for Agago county and Leader of Opposition in the 8th Parliament indicated that ―Government mishandled the Amuru case, while others informants argued: ―”The idea is not bad but the approach of establishing the sugarcane factory [was wrong, and besides the project] is imposed on the people, the project should be started when the people have returned to their land. The priority should be to give chance to the locals to resettle before establishment of the sugarcane factory” (Serwajja, 2012).
Basic information from 2005:
“Gulu district in her endeavor to alleviate poverty and promote development is committed to mainstream environmental concerns in its implementation strategies. The district continues to rely on the natural resources as important sources of income. It is been noted that over 82% of the population depend on agriculture and this can call for immediate up-date on status of the natural resources in the district” (Langoya & Ochora Odoch, 2005).
Land Law information about in Uganda:
“Tenure arrangement:
Until 1995, customary tenants did not legally own land they occupied. The land belonged to the State, and the tenants were merely permitted to live on it (Tenants at Sufferance). According to its preamble, the Decree was intended to provide for the vesting of title to all land in Uganda IN TRUST for the people of Uganda. The Constitution of 1995 vested land in the citizens of Uganda as opposed to land vested in the State, as was the case with the Crown Land and consequently Public Land.
• Customary tenants on Public Land were empowered to own land occupied.
• Three quarters of land in Gulu falls under customary tenancy hence Communal Land Management.
• The Land Act 1998 favoured the Acholi customary land holding e g. communal cultivation, communal grazing, and settlements” (Langoya & Ochora Odoch, 2005).
Important land law:
“Section 92 of Uganda’s Land Act (1998, Cap. 227) states that “a person who…makes a false declaration in any manner relating to land” or “willfully and without the consent of the owner occupies land belonging to another person”… “commits an offence.” Notably, however, the Penal Code Act does not mention land-related crime or theft, robbery, or grabbing of immovable property” (Northern Uganda Land Platform, P: 6, 2014).
“Alternative dispute resolution (ADR), or ‘mediation’ as it is known, is not as technical, costly, or time-consuming as formal court processes, and aims to promote harmony among community members rather than naming a winner and a loser” (Northern Uganda Land Platform, P: 18, 2014).
“Migration characteristics:
Virtually, there are no refugee settlements in the district. However, large number of people in rural areas has moved to the forty six Internally Displaced Persons’ Camps and urban areas (RUM). It is noted that the Population in camps have risen from 291,000 people in 2001 to 438,765 people in 2004 and those in the urban centres from 38,297 people in 1991 to 113,144 people in 2002. Due to the same insurgency, there is also movement of people from Gulu district to the neighboring districts of Nebbi, Adjumani, Apac, Lira, Masindi and other Districts, not mentioned here” (Langoya & Ochora Odoch, 2005).
“Three criteria are found to be reliable indicators of bad faith. These reveal themselves as the ADR process unfolds, and include:” (…)”RIGHTS: Land rights of each party. These are determined by family ties, marital status, and transactions (gifts and sales)” (…)”INTENT: Parties’ demonstrated willingness to (not) respect these land rights. Usually evidenced by the presence of any “warning signs” and/or similar actions, body language, and statements” (…)”POWER: Parties’ perceived ability/opportunity to deprive opponent of land rights. This is context-specific, and may be assessed through probing” (Northern Uganda Land Platform, P: 7, 2014).
Some information on the Area Land Committee(ALC):
“A major point of breakdown apparently concerns the integrity of the Lands Administration itself. Although Area Land Committees are the “eyes and ears” of the District Land Board—thus vital to the process of land surveying and registration at the grassroots—these bodies remain under-facilitated, unsupervised, and unsurprisingly corrupt” (Northern Uganda Land Platform, P: 75, 2014).
Witnesses from the ALC:
”There’s no supervision of ALCs. So they go and do the work the way they want… because they’re human, sometimes they’re stubborn. On the basis of relationship… they can favor somebody. There may be a boundary dispute that was really not resolved – but in their report they say the dispute was ‘decided” (…)”“…a nightmare. The Kakira Sugar Works Limited overdemands money! Your file can be lost if you don’t pay them. I have to be very bold with these people, and tell applicants what really goes on. The corruption is highly coordinated, you can’t penetrate it. They look at you as if you are stupid if you don’t hand them extra money. I think the reason why no official fee structure exists has to do with the people behind private survey firms. If survey rates become fixed, then they lose business.” (…)”If I want to do something, you have the knowledge, I have the money. Money is very evil. However principled I am in my work, there’s some degree to which I will bend. All government offices are strained. No department says they have enough facilitation to do their work… We need to agitate, put it to the government that resources be looked at. Facilitating the ALCs alone will not solve the problem. Instead of centralizing the court, where people cannot afford travel costs (80-100km away), can we facilitate departments to do their work?” (Northern Uganda Land Platform, P: 75, 2014).
One set of background for Acholi land grab:
“To a number of locals in Northern Uganda, the issue of Customary Land Titles/ Certificates continues to evolve, and the rush to pilot this project has raised a number of questions and concerns about state involvement in land-related issues” (…)”In 1995, the Constitution of Uganda gave the right to own land to Ugandan citizens and any Ugandan could settle anywhere following due procedure. Following the passage of the 1995 Constitution the customary land tenure system was uplifted to the level of freehold tenure” (…)”As such, a clear definition and understanding of public land becomes imperative to securing access to land rights. One such example is the act of Amuru District Land Board allocating 40,000 hectares of land to Madhvani Group of Companies for sugar cane plantations. This allocation was made in the understanding that the land was public land. To community members this was a clear mismanagement by the land boards and manipulation of customary land rights by state institutions” (Otim, Ina & Cody, 2012)
“Lending credence to the perception of threat was highly public pressure from central government (including the President personally) for the opening up of Acholi land to investors, large-scale commercial farming, and other forms of ‘development’. From early 2007 this pressure was focused on giving land – originally 40,000 hectares, later reduced to 20,000 – in western most Amuru District to the Madhvani-owned Kakira Sugar Works Limited for a sugar cane plantation” (United Nation, 2013).
Main issues in Acholiland on land:
“Many Acholis oppose the project not only because Acholi cultural land is not to be sold, but also because many of the owners of that land are still in camps and, because of displacement due to war and the consequences, have not yet been able to return to their ancestral birthplace” (Kligerman, P:28, 2009). A World Bank report in July 2008 recommended a moratorium on land titles to investors in Acholiland until residents had residents had returned home from camps and people had been “sensitized” to land issues (Atkinson, R, 2008). The report also recommended that the government demonstrate its commitment to protecting natural resource rights (Atkinson, R, 2008); this is remarkable support for the Acholi people, particularly considering that the World Bank is one of major promoters of land privatization globally” (Kligerman, P: 29, 2009).
Insecurity when it comes to Land in Acholiland:
“Previous and on-going attempts by private individuals to acquire private interests in land which is perceived to be owned communally. Acholi leaders believe that Government is engaged in designs to help well placed and politically influential people from other parts of the country to access and enclose land in Acholi land. Common Property Resources are particularly targeted by individuals as well as government agencies” (Rugadya, P: 3, 2009).
Second one:
“Investor interest in the region; Pursuit of land access by large-scale commercial interests, speculators and grabbers was also causing tension particularly in the Acholi sub-region. The concern is that commercial agricultural interests will be cavalier in their treatment/understanding of land rights and land use issues. A number of highly publicized multiple attempts to acquire land in the sub-region presumably for investment and potential government development programmes, while some of these proposals may have been legitimate investment programmes to help re-establish peace and spur economic development activities in the region, the absence of a clear national policy and institutional framework for pursuing these initiatives has fueled the suspicion that “government” or investors as trying to usurp their land” (Rugadya, P: 4, 2009).
On Land Policy:
“Hostility towards government land policy is acute. MP Reagan Okumu asserts that there is a kind of ‘scramble’ for Northern Uganda, accompanied by a deliberate effort to deny Northern Uganda any development by scaring away investors. He says that because people in Northern Uganda are poor, whenever one flashes money around, they will sell their land at even low prices” (Otim & Mugisha, P:9, 2014).
Continuation on land and allocation of it:
“In Uganda, land is the single greatest resource for which a large majority of the population derives its livelihoods – because of the importance attached to land in all communities, conflicting interests in are unavoidable” (…)”Okoth-Ogendo describes land as a political resource which defines power relations between and among individuals, families and communities under established systems of governance” (Mabikke, P:6, 2011).
Allocation Part II:
“These land allocations dominate in the western area of Amuru district. These concessions have spurred major discussions on land grabbing in Acholi land. Central to these concerns has been highly public pressure from central government for opening up of Acholi land for “development” since early 2007 to allocate” (…)”land in Amuru district to the Madhvani Group for a large-scale sugar cane plantation. Reports from aggrieved Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) – a group of Acholi parliamentarians accuse the GoU for assisting investors to grab land in northern Uganda. According to APG, the Central Government’s support for alienating land for commercial sugar cane farming in the north has been accompanied by powerful individuals gaining, or attempting to gain, private title to land that overwhelmingly belongs to communal landholding groups” (Mabikke, P:19-20, 2011).
On IDPs and Returnees:
“Some returnees allege that the government grabbed large tracts of their land while they were in the IDP camps and offered these tracts to private investors. For example, in March 2008, the Madhvani Group submitted an application to the Amura District Land Board for 20,000 ha of land near to the Nile River for a sugarcane plantation. The local government approved the application with an initial allocation of 10,000 ha for a period of 49 years. Some of this land is claimed by returnees. In November 2008, several parliamentarians from the Acholi sub-region filed an application in the High Court in Gulu and obtained an ex-parte (temporary) injunction against the Madhvani Group, Amuru District Land Board and other respondents for interfering or encroaching on the disputed land. In ensuing court hearings, the Amuru District Land Board was forbidden from issuing new leases on the disputed land until the hearing and determination of the main suit. As of June 2010, the suit is still pending in the High Court” (Veit, 2010).
“The Land Matrix database indicates that four large scale land deals amounting to 76,512 hectares were concluded in Uganda. In 1992, the government of Uganda signed an agreement with the Libyan government to allocate three large chunks of land, i.e. Bukaleba Beef Ranch (4,000 hectares), Aswa Ranch (46,000 hectares) and Maruzi Ranch (16, 376 hectares (Okello, 2006). Meanwhile, Egyptian government planned to establish grain farms on land totalling to 840,000 hectares (Kugelman and Levenstein, 2009) and Agri-SA holds about 170,000 hectares of arable land in Uganda (Mabikke, 2011). Similarly, the Ugandan government tried to allocate 7,100 hectares of land to the Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL) to produce more sugar although the civil society resisted the allocation through massive demonstrations and appealing to donors to block the proposal (NAPE and Friends of the Earth International, 2012)” (Serwajja, 2012).
First information on Sugar factory in Amuru district:
“Box 1. Madhvani Amuru sugar works proposal:
In 2006 news began to emerge of a planned sugar works to be built by the Madhvani Group on 40,000 hectares of land in Amuru district. The proposal envisaged a joint venture between the Amuru Sugar Works (owned by the Madhvani family) and the government, with a projected cost of US$80 million (Shs 162 billion) and included construction of a factory, a power generation plant, a water treatment plant and reservoir, workshops, stores, fuel stations and administration blocks, staff housing and amenities including hospital and educational facilities, etc.34 Amuru Sugar Works anticipated employing up to 7,200 people (25 foreign and the rest local) directly at the factory and some 5,000 on outgrowers’ farms, providing a livelihood to around 70,000 people in total. Five villages to accommodate 200 farmers each were to be built in the nucleus estate. In these villages, farmers would benefit from education and health services, while extension and credit services, agricultural equipment for land clearing, ploughing and furrowing, and a development fund would be used to support outgrowers. According to the proposal, 200km of road network would be built on both the nucleus estate and surrounding areas.5 Despite the proposed benefits of the project, a political storm over the proposal quickly grew, with the Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG), under the leadership of MP Hon Livingstone Okello-Okello, arguing that the investment should not proceed until all internally displaced persons (IDPs) had safely returned and that the required land of 40,000 hectares was too big to be given out for a single investor, since the population was growing fast and in the process of returning from camps.6 Madhvani Group representatives, accompanied by President Yoweri Museveni, visited the north at the end of 2007 in a bid to gain support for the project. Museveni asked the Acholi paramount chief, His Royal Highness Lawii Rwodi David Onen Acana II, to undertake a consultative process by setting up a committee to assess the land in question, research the sugar industry and gather community views. The proposal has subsequently been reduced to 20,000 hectares for the nucleus estate and 10,000 for outgrowers. In July 2008 newspapers reported that during a meeting organised by the APG, residents resolved unanimously not to give their land to any investors. Most recently, following dissatisfaction regarding the ruling of the Amuru Land Board in favour of the Madhvani Group, a group of residents from Amuru district, led by MP Hon Simon Oyet, secured a court order stopping any transactions on land in the district, with the deputy paramount chief of the Acholi, Rwot Otinga Otto, calling on clan leaders and cultural heads to resist giving land to Madhvani if they are not consulted, saying: ‘Just rise up against whoever gives away land without your consent’” (International Alert, 2009).
The background to deal:
“The first public indication of Madhvani’s interest in a sugar cane plantation in the ‘north’s central part’ of Uganda – that is, Acholi – came in a New Year’s Day New Vision Business article, ‘Madhvani to set up second sugar factory’ (1 January 2007) . By July, this interest had become specifically identified as a 40,000 hectare tract of land in Amuru District – see, for example, two New Vision articles from 30 July 2007, one from the Local North section, ‘Acholi MPs asked to support sugar factory’, the other an Opinion piece by Gulu District
Chairman, Norbert Mao, ‘Sugar is sweet but Acholi cannot afford a raw deal’. It is important to note that the land sought by Madhvani is situated in an area cleared of people by the colonial government almost a hundred years ago and made a game reserve. But evidence of various Acholi group’s historical claims to customary land in the area, and its continued use through most of the 20th century for hunting by groups with recognized customary rights is extensive. It is also worth noting that this is also a part of Amuru where preliminary research indicates possible oil reserves, and where Government has given out licenses for oil exploration – as confirmed in a letter dd. 4 September 2008 from Daudi Migereko, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, in response to a request for information on the matter by J.J. Okello-Okello, Chairman of the Acholi Parliamentary Group” (United Nation, 2013).
“The project entails acquisition of 40,000 hectares of land in perpetuity and at zero cost, implicitly the people of Lakang are meant to give away the land for development of the sugar industry. Half of the land, 20,000 hectares, will be used to establish a central business district (nucleus estate) of the factory that will entirely be under the management of the Madhvani Group and the remaining land will leased to the communities to grow sugarcane under the out-grower scheme. At the same time, the Madhvani Group will acquire a title deed to the land in question (40,000 hectares) in a quest to secure additional funding of about US$50 million from the African Development Bank” (Serwajja, 2012).
“A review of the feasibility study report for proposed sugar project in Amuru district revealed that the area was preferred because of availability of permanent source of water which would provide water for irrigation and proposed factory. The proposed project is located about 6 kms is near the river Nile. Other suitable conditions for sugar cane growing identified included suitable topography with undulating plains, reliable rainfall of 1029 mm annually and fertile soils (sandy clay loam and loam) and availability of spear type of grass which is easy to clear (Madhivani Group March 2007). For the investors acquiring land from the UIA, they had to ensure that the land had no conflicts. For investors who acquired land from the UIA and DLBs, there are guidelines that prescribe all the processes for acquisition” (…)”In Amuru district, an investor had fenced off land cutting off adjustment villages from a health centre and a weekly market. Similarly, in the Kaweeri coffee plantation, the community complained about restrictions of movement through the plantation to access their villages. Since part of the process of land acquisition does not require understanding a gender analysis, its implications on women and men will not be understood and therefore such scales and effects will not inform planned actions“(Kanyesigye, P:13 & 15, 2014).
On the 11th December 2014 Attorney General Peter Nyombi wrote this in a letter:
“In a cabinet meeting presided over by H.E. the President, while briefing cabinet on the progress made so far by regarding the above project you informed cabinet that the survey of the project land would be done after the by-elections in Amuru District” (…)”Could you therefore have the land surveyed and the occupants of the same established and their property on the same recorded and valued so that the project can go ahead” (Nyombi, 2014).
Two other cases:
First case:
“According to the minister’s letter dated 7th January 2008, Major General Julius Oketa had applied to be issued with a certificate of title for approximately 10,000 hectares of land located in Amuru district for a sugar industry. The letter shows that there was no functional
Area Land Committees (ALC) in place which would inspect the land before issuing the title” (Mabikke, P: 20, 2011)
Second Case:
“A similar case of alleged land grabbing is cited in the petition presented to the Speaker of the Parliament, filed by Hon. Okello-Okello John Livingstone – chairman APG. Okello reported several attempts of land grabbing involving senior government officials in northern Uganda.
In 1992 the GoU signed a protocol with the Government of Libya giving away the following large chunks of land namely;
• Bukaleba Beef Ranch 4,000 hectares,
• Aswa Ranch 46,000 hectares
• Maruzi Ranch 16,376 hectares” (Mabikke, P:20, 2011).
A third case:
“The case of land in Apaa Village (Amuru District) illustrates the suspicions of local people concerning the acquisition of large tracts of land. In 2005, when people were still living in the camps, land was given to Bruce Martin from South Africa who was investing in game reserves for sports hunting. When resistance from the community intensified, it is claimed that the government changed tactics and asked the neighbouring district of Adjumani to contest ownership and claim that this land actually lies within Adjumani District. The Adjumani District authorities then passed a council resolution giving the land away to the ‘investor’. Some participants in this research argued that the boundaries between the two districts of Adjumani and Acholi are clear, and that some district politicians are manufacturing the boundary conflict. During an interview with the District Chairperson of Adjumani, he showed a map of the area in dispute claiming the area belongs to Adjumani District” (Otim & Mugisha, P: 8, 2014).
Fourth Case:
On the 9th of September of 2015 the police arrested the Amuru MP Hon Gilbert Olanya. Residents has reacted to buy of land and grabbing of Apaa village. The Villages and the MP was forced into the Police car even with the NTV camera crew in the place.
The TDA press release said this: “Three people are now confirmed dead by sources in Apa. Several people suffered grave injuries and are being treated at Amuru health centre. The Member of Parliament Gilbert Olanya was arrested and is believed to be detained in Masindi police station” (Minbane, 2015).
Afterthought:
I think I have said enough. If you’re not enlighten and gotten more clear information on the subject and the issue that these people are living through, then I am sure you should read more reports and dwell on the matter at hand. It is a sensitive matter that by my reckoning hasn’t been dealt in the best way. The arrangement and deals has been beneficiary for the government and state institutions, but not in favor of the demand in the districts. Also it has not put into an account what the local area needs or settlement of the IDPs after the long war in the war-torn area of the Northern Uganda. So many people are still in tents in the camps instead of building themselves into a stabile life. That is really growing prosperity and not just short and quick bucks with the sale of big areas located to foreign and not local merchants. Also fertile land is being sold to either facilitate a giant sugar-factory or as another big time deal to become hunting grounds instead of a place where the citizens can live and earn a livelihood. When this kind of actions happen from the government officials in Kampala and not directly with due diligence locally, then there will be frictions and anger towards the men who gave the businessmen the opportunity to occupy the lands. There are already as seen in many of the reports many smaller incidents between neighbors and family members to allocate lands in the Amuru and Adjumani district. Therefore this will be a sensitive issue that will not be over, especially not over until the next sunset. There will be many moons and even more hot air before a certainty is there. Especially when the Government overrules and sells the land without doing proper procedure and allocations, without checking the status of the area as it unfolds. They the government officials are just pocketing money quick and then send police to get rid of those who live there. At the same time having citizens in the camps as IDPs without a possibility to land and harvest, to find work to sustain them and live. That should have been the priority and not the businessmen from a far. Which is also the main reason why the locals reacts that strongly towards this land grabs and how they feel overrun and not listen to by the powers to be. In this case of the Government of Uganda and their LDC and certain ministries that have put the allocations into effect. An in this particular cases might put the quick monies before the additional and usually most important feature of any government institutions the people and the citizens before the contracts of selling the lands. Henceforth it’s understandable why people react and demonstrate when they feel wronged by the ones that supposed to serve you and secure security and care so you earn your livelihood. And that shouldn’t be too much to ask from the NRM-Regime, though it seems more likely that the big sums of monies matter more than the public reactions at this present time. Also that the continuation of disfranchising the northern districts of Uganda continues, especially with the Oil findings in Western/North Western Uganda – Bunyoro while Amuru and Adjumani will lose more to that area than even before. Peace.
Kanyesigye, Juliet – ‘Hearing the other Voice: Investor perspectives on Protection of Women’s Land Rights in Large scale Land Acquisition in Uganda’, Submitted to the World Bank Conference 2014 on Land and Poverty 23-27th 2015, Washington D.C.
Kligerman, Nicole – ‘Alienation in Acholiland: War, Privatization and Land Displacement in Northern Uganda (2009)
Langoya & Ochora Odoch, Walter – Gulu District Local Government – ‘District State of Enviroment Report (2005) – Gulu, Uganda
Mabikke, Samuel B – ‘Escalating Land Grabbing In Post-conflict Regions of
Northern Uganda: A Need for Strengthening Good Land Governance in Acholi Region’ (08-11.04.2011) – Paper presented at the International Conference on Global Land Grabbing, University of Sussex
Minbane – ‘Press Release: TDA condems the violent and forceful eviction in Apa Uganda’ (08.09.2015) link: https://minbane.wordpress.com/2015/09/08/press-release-a-condemns-the-violent-and-forceful-eviction-in-apa-uganda-08-09-2015/
Northern Uganda Land Platform – ‘Power & Vulnerability in land Dispute Resolution – Evaluating Responses to Domestic Land Grabbing in Northern Uganda’ (Lira, May, 2014)
Nyombi, Peter – ADM/7/168/01 – ‘Re: Land for the Sugar Project in Amuru District’ to Hon. Daudi Migereko, Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Kampala
International Alert – ‘Contributing to a Peace Economy in Northern Uganda:
A Guide for Investors’ (06.2009)
Rugadya, Margaret A. – ‘UNVEILING GENDER, LAND AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IN
POST-CONFLICT NORTHERN UGANDA’ (November, 2008)
Serwajja, Eric – ‘The Quest for Development Through Dispossession: Examining Amuru Sugar Works in Lakang-Amuru District of Northern Uganda’ (17-19.10 2012) – Land Deal Politics Initiative (LDPI)
Otim, Denis Barnabas, Ina, Jahn & Cody, Emily – Refugee Law Project MUK – ‘Conflict Watch: “Land and Investment” – Balancing Local and Investor Interest’ (August 2012)
Otim, David & Mugisha, Police Charles – Saferworld: ‘Beyond the reach of the hoe: The struggle for land and minerals in Northern Uganda’ (April 2014)
United Nation – ‘LAND CONFLICT MONITORING and MAPPING TOOL for the Acholi Sub-region – Final Report March 2013’
Veit, Peter – ‘Focus on LAND in Africa – Breif: CONFLICT, DISPLACEMENT, AND LAND RIGHTS IN UGANDA: Uganda’ (December, 2010)
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Underestimate the Suns at your own peril
JarrydBarca Junior Columnist
So much vague anticipation over what the new boys on the block could achieve in their maiden AFL season. The exciting prospects of David Swallow, Harley Bennell and Dion Prestia and the highly-publicised arrival of Gary Ablett Jr had us all eager to witness their Round one clash against Carlton.
On that occasion and many more, it was an absolute romping.
Fast track to the following three seasons and the Suns began to transition from potential to real aptitude. But at the same time, questions began to emerge about whether the Suns would fall behind the other new franchise, the GWS Giants.
Eight wins in 2013 and a second Brownlow Medal for star midfielder Gary Ablett – teams were no longer treating the plane ride to Metricon Stadium as a sunny getaway. But despite the vast improvement that came in 2014 with the Suns winning 10 matches, another year without finals saw the conclusion of Guy Mckenna’s coaching tenure.
In came the experienced Rodney Eade – in came a lacklustre four wins. Harley Bennell, Brandon Matera, Danny Stanley, Trent McKenzie, Charlie Dixon and Jack Martin all missed games throughout 2015 (for alcoholic reasons) and the cultural problems up on the coast began to spiral. Add to that successive injuries to Gary Ablett and Jaeger O’Meara in 2016 and yet again you’ll find them in the bottom four. Meanwhile, the Giants have made a preliminary final.
And here we are. Many people out there are tipping the Suns to have another under-achieving season, but when you delve into the stats and think about the necessities for a team to make finals, the Suns should surprise everyone.
When you’re looking for new teams to make the finals at the start of each season, you need to be able to dissect where the improvement is going to come from. You can look at it blatantly with the loss of Jaeger O’Meara and Dion Prestia – but that’s not good enough.
Let’s look at their inclusions over the pre-season and dig into what went right during the JLT Community Series. Two recent acquisitions, Jarryd Lyons (Adelaide) and Michael Barlow (Fremantle), are going to have a massive impact on the overall quality of the Gold Coast midfield. It adds depth, grunt and more importantly experience which is a quality they have lacked in the last couple of years.
Former Magpie Jarrod Witts (24) will play the majority of the season as their number one ruckman ahead of Tom Nicholls (25) and is the second tallest player in the league right now. Both of these players are at a perfect age for a potential breakout and add to an already impressive spine.
Oh and Pearce Hanley. There has been hardly-to-no talk about the Irishmen from neighbour club Brisbane. The 28-year-old oozes class and skill and can feature prominently in either part of the ground.
If anything, 2016 was the year the Suns had to learn to play without some guy named Gary Ablett, so he is an obvious huge inclusion given he is also basically a new recruit. I won’t talk about David Swallow or the five ready-made draftees from 2016 (Jack Bowes, Ben Ainsworth, Will Brodie, Brad Scheer and Jack Scrimshaw) who we know are going to be stars.
Do their ins outweigh the outs? I certainly think so.
As I touched on before improvement is essential. Year after year clubs that don’t improve hardly feature in September. Like most teams, issues from 2016 need to be rectified and that’s something we witnessed over the Suns’ three JLT matches.
Since Rodney Eade joined the club, the assumption was that we will be seeing an ultra-attacking possession game similar to his time at the Bulldogs. But this was far from the truth.
According to Champion Data’s 2017 AFL Prospectus, under Eade, the Suns are ranked 18th for both disposal differential (-59 per game) and uncontested possession differential (-50.5 per game). In the past two seasons, the Suns have lost the disposal count by over 100 more often than the Lions.
There’s the problem, we should be comparing this team to the Giants who are currently our premiership favourites, but instead their numbers are stacking up against a side tipped to win the wooden spoon.
But not for long.
We also need to remember that Gold Coast used the second-most players in the AFL last season (40). You can call it an excuse, but when you’re chopping and changing your line-up week after week you lose valuable continuity, not to mention the players they lost.
It’s easy to say it but that could have been the difference between a finals appearance when you compare their total players used to the team who used the least (Adelaide, 29). Bottom line is injuries play a more vital role in the outcome of a season than people think. Luck is necessary.
Over the four weeks of JLT matches, the Suns recorded more handballs than kicks in all three of their outings – a massive sign for a bold ‘run and carry’ game plan. With the players acquired over pre-season and the one year of experience blooded into a host of its youngsters, the Gold Coast well and truly look like a team on the rise.
Forget about the midfield depth, if you don’t have a spine you may as well forfeit the season. On one end of the spectrum we have a team who were ranked 18th for disposal differential, but at the other end we have a team with potentially the best spine in the game and plenty of key position strength.
It all starts with Tom Lynch. The 24-year-old was in contention for the Coleman Medal until very late last year despite his team being ranked 14th for inside 50s. His importance to the team is also something worth taking note of, with the 2017 AFL Prospectus suggesting he was the most targeted player in the league with 36 per cent of kicks inside 50. Lynch also impressively took the most contested marks in the competition in 2016.
Is it even possible to have a Gold Coast related article and not mention two-metre Peter? You already have the best young key forward in the game in Lynch, but when you add tall counterpart Peter Wright to the mix all of a sudden it’s potentially the best one-two forward punch in the game.
Down back, Steven May has been an exceptional asset for the Gold Coast Suns. He averaged 6.5 marks, 3.9 rebound 50s, three score involvements and 17 disposals throughout 2016. His role in 2017 becomes even more significant with promising key back Sam Day out of the season after succumbing to a hip injury in the JLT Series. Day is a big loss but Rory Thompson should also be solid down back. If these ‘spine’ players stay fit throughout the season it is going to be a massive bonus.
The Suns have key position stock that is the envy of other clubs and have plenty of outside run to compliment their inside grunt. All the pieces are there but now it’s time for Rodney Eade and his staff to start completing the puzzle.
Likely Round one line-up:
*Players who did not feature in the JLT Series will not be considered
FB: Adam Saad, Steven May, Kade Kolodjashnij
HB: Jack Bowes, Rory Thompson, Sean Lemmens
C: Alex Sexton, Touk Miller, Pearce Hanley
HF: Gary Ablett, Tom Lynch, Jack Martin
FF: Callum Ah Chee, Peter Wright, Brandon Matera
FOL: Jarrod Witts, Michael Barlow, Aaron Hall
I/C: Jarryd Lyons, Jesse Lonergan, David Swallow, Matt Rosa
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Author’s Note: This is the final story in this anthology, while not the last of the Passions Multiverse Mythology. With any luck, this anthology’s climax will ultimately be satisfying for those following. Enjoy!
“Are you sure this is a wise choice?” a feminine voice said quietly. “The First Truly Great One could not control this creature.” The two beings stood in a universe now being consumed by the relentless Bacchic Expansion. They had very little time do fulfill their orders before the Bacchic Wave of the Expansion totally consumed everything in that universe, remaking it in their Truly Great One’s image of ultimate sexual ecstasy.
“You know as well as I that our New Truly Great One is far more powerful,” a deep genderless voice stated quietly. The ailing hum of the ancient space station was maddening. “With this creature, OUR Truly Great One could end the ancient Vampire rivalries, which has held us all back. The Trifold Vampire will be controlled!”
A metal door slowly slid open before them. It loudly ground against thousands of years of dust and decay. Behind it, a blackened room lit up brightly from unseen sources. In the center lay the lifeless, humanoid husk of the once powerful Trifold. It patiently waited to be revived with the taste of fresh blood …
Four powerful beings awaken on a quiet field in a universe just beyond the madness of passions. The sun shown brightly on a cool summer evening. They know who they are, or were about to, but they don’t know how they were brought there. They slowly stoop up in confusion.
“This is not my universe,” the fit blonde Zia stated, looking somewhat lost. The last thing she remembered was her world ripping itself apart with sexual passions.
The dark haired beauty Liona looked her over in amazement. “No, it is not, Zia.”
Zia and Liona knew what they were instantly. They were Succubi, albeit of different breeds. Liona was a Natural Born, while Zia was an Artificial. Normally, a Natural Born is far more powerful than an Artificial, but Zia’s strength and power was very close to Liona’s. Liona more than sensed Zia’s hidden strands of alien DNA, which opened the doors to Zia’s great power. They lightly touched each other in reverence of the remarkable power within them.
Lightly stroking Liona’s cheek, Itra stated, “The true power of a Succubus is hard to describe in written form.” Of the four of them, only Itra and Liona were native, while they were intense lovers.
“This isn’t my world either …” Jack stated bewildered, not yet sure why he knew that. “The last thing I remember, I was with Julie in bed … And then, a wave of catastrophic passion smothered us … Julie is lost in the passions …” Julie was the woman he loved in the last universe he resided. His true memories then slowly, finally began to return to him. The weight of millions of years almost visibly fell onto his shoulders. “… I have no true universe …”
“The power of a O’unidiathicosisian of the First Truly Great One, on the other hand, is easy to describe,” Itra smiled slyly. Though, he knew very little of their origins.
Zia then realized who Itra was. “It can’t be! You are the Mad Minoan Itra Eleutheros. The one who wrote Liber Lubidinum: the Book of Passions!”
“I was reborn as mythographer Zane Mallords, and regained the memories of my past life as a result of the Bacchic Expansion,” Itra stated. “The First Truly Great One’s fragments of power snowballed, while the Second Truly Great One ripped through the Multiverse in its great hunger. This universe, the Edge Universe, is where that snowballed power hit critical mass. That is why we are here.”
Jack then stated, “But, what are we supposed to do? Who brought us here?”
Itra smiled knowingly, “When we find out who brought us here, we shall understand our destiny.”
“Destiny!” Zia stated defiantly. “The only solid destiny a Succubus bows down to is her becoming a Succubus!”
Jack clarified, “There is no such thing as ‘set in stone.’ There is only a ball rolling down a hill. We all have certainties, but we can morph what is to come.”
“Wisdom is the birthright of your kind, Jack,” Itra stated. “You will be so important in our understanding of what is to come.”
The powerful Succubi looked at each other in horror, sensing the same thing. “The first Trifold …” Zia barely stated. The first Trifold Vampire just arrived on the Earth of the Edge Universe. In her universe, Zia knew and loved the second before it was transformed, and destroyed it. The emotional price was devastating.
“A Trifold?” Liona asked, sensing the horror of it.
Itra then answered, “An anomaly whispered in code within my Liber Lubidinum, yet should not exist …”
Jack continued, “It is a horrible mutation brought into existence by the right set of variables in the right moment … All of us here know that there are three breeds of Vampires, and three associated Gods. Those three breeds have always been at odds. However, a Trifold is a mix of all three, and is therefore insane by being at odds with itself. It loves and requires blood like all Vampires, while it is also obsessed with passion like the Luthurians, power like the Phil’iantathians, and Life Energy like the Domoriosians. The more it consumes, the more it wants. It is a parasite destined to consume the Multiverse if not stopped.”
“It has bowed down to Baccheiaosis for the moment,” Zia said terrified. “I can’t believe it … The Trifold was supposed to end the ancient Vampire rivalries, but it liked the rivalries too much to end them. Instead, it has made itself the Left Hand of the Truly Great One. It has fed upon the Truly Great Baccheiaosis, and is here to stop us.”
“Then it must know why we are here, what we are supposed to do!” Jack stated uncomfortably.
“No, it doesn’t,” Zia stated shakily. “Baccheiaosis is merely afraid. If that can be believed. We are four of the most powerful beings of the Multiverse under the Cosmic Entities themselves …”
Liona tenderly placed her hand on Zia’s shoulder, feeling the painful emotions she hid so well from everyone else. “We’ll give that Trifold a hell of a ride, Zia!”
They made their way to the closest town, which turned out to be the village of Belioko near the city of Yellowknife in Canada. Zia and Liona sensed a remarkable secret within that village, but knew that its protection was well in hand. They quickly decided silently to keep that knowledge from the others, whatever it may be, because the Trifold’s threat trumped all else.
The four of them were sitting in the local diner having a meal, while the TV on the other side of the diner mumbled something about a scientist named Cornelia Reynolds advancing research in retroviruses. They paid no serious attention, while Itra set up a last minute flight reservation to London on his cell phone. Liona and Zia told the other’s the Trifold’s approximate location within that city, and that it was patiently waiting for them.
Customs on both ends were easy to deal with, thanks to the two powerful Succubi. Through their telepathy, they made the customs agents see things like passports, which they did not have on them. They could not do anything about the cameras, but they went through the airports quickly enough for that not to be a problem in the short term.
They soon found their way to where the Trifold was waiting for them: a large community room in an upperclass apartment complex off the Thames River. The Succubi easily convinced Itra and Jack to stay behind, because only Succubi of their remarkable power even have a chance at destroying a Trifold …
The two Succubi soon found themselves standing across the room before the sitting Trifold. Its appearance was most certainly of a naked, voluptuous female, leaning on its upward knee. Its long black hair was not even close to how deeply, emptily black its eyes were. The black hair and onyx eyes made its skin look more than deathly pale. Its bloodied fangs were long and proud. Surrounding it were several husks of what were Humans. All their blood and Life Energies were drained from them. Liona’s spine shivered at the sight of it, while Zia was one of total determination.
“They’re all so tasteless now, but you two know how I can’t stop,” the Trifold depressingly hissed. “Nothing ever quite compares to the taste of a God, I suppose …” A Trifold was the only humanoid Vampire capable of feeding on beings other than Human, and happily so. It sniffed at the Succubi, while looking them over. “You two smell quite unique for Succubi. Maybe you two won’t be so tasteless!”
The Trifold suddenly lunged at them with blinding speed, and in an instant, its fangs were deep inside Liona’s neck. She screamed in pain, while the Trifold’s venom invaded her bloodstream. As quickly as she could, Zia ripped the parasite off of Liona, and tossed it across the room.
Liona went to her knees in the blinding pain, holding her violated neck, before Zia fed her some of her Devine Sexual Life Energy with a sweet kiss. Liona healed quickly, and brought herself to her feet with Zia’s help.
“Better?” Zia asked.
“Much!” Liona answered.
Looking at them with a blood stained smile and liking its lips, it hissed, “Not as tasteless as a Human at least!”
Zia then said to Liona, “I get top, you get bottom!”
“Oh, but I wanted top!” Liona said lightly.
“I know!” Zia confirmed, before they both lunged at the Trifold with devastating speed all but equalling the Trifold. Their clothes were shed, while they flew through the air.
The Trifold fell to the carpeted floor, while Zia drank large swaths if Sexual Energy from its mouth, and Liona violently fingered and sucked its pussy. The Trifold tried to free itself, but the Succubi had too firm a grasp on its body and Sexual Energy to do much of anything but enjoy. The three of them moaned and grunted wildly from the building passion. Soon, the Trifold exploded in orgasm, while the hungry Succubi actively worked as hard as they could to drink and absorb every bit of expelled Sexual Energy.
Zia and Liona breathlessly pulled themselves away from the still barely conscious Trifold. Though a Trifold was one of the few beings that could survive all their Sexual Energy being drained, they almost couldn’t believe it wasn’t at least fucked into a coma!
Zia was preparing herself mentally for what needed to be done, when the Trifold barely pleaded, “Do it … Please!” The Succubi sensed in that moment that the Trifold understood things it was trying so hard not to. After thousands of years of lonely captivity, it somehow gained a small amount of sanity. It came to better understand its fate. After consuming every living thing across the finite Multiverse, including the Cosmic Gods of Passion and the like, it will die alone in starvation. It now knew that it was a fate that it did not want, and Zia had the power to change it. What Zia offered was death, but it was willing to accept that.
“You’re gonna have to leave the room, now, Liona. Even I can barely handle this artificial power!” Zia ordered.
Liona nodded, and sweetly kissed her fellow Succubus on her full lips, before leaving.
Zia stood before the willing Trifold, and then blasted a powerful ray of her Devine Sexual Life Energy at the creature. Everything in the room burned instantly from the bright Cosmic Ray, while the Trifold slowly disintegrated. The windows violently exploded outwards, while the sign stating “Weyland-Baine Capital, Ltd., board meeting” turned to dust. In its last moment of life, the Trifold reached out into Zia’s mind, and whispered, ‘Thank you …’
The powerful Succubus fell to her knees in debilitating weakness. She was just barely able to pick herself back up, and drag herself out to the hall, before the room’s ceiling caved. Liona barely made it back to Zia before she fell into her arms in mental and physical weakness.
In Liona’s caring arms, Zia barely said, “I didn’t know it … it would be more devastating to use that power a second time …”
“You must feed on me now, Zia! I can feel your debilitating weakness and hunger,” she offered.
Zia quietly answered in Liona’s mind, ‘No … I shouldn’t …’ It was, indeed, very rare for Succubi to feed on each other, even for training purposes. Succubi do not have true Sexual Energy, so if they feed on each other, that means they default to their sexualized Life Energy, which can be more than dangerous. However, as shown in the heat of battle, they had more than enough reason to feed on each other.
“Don’t be an idiot, Artificial! I’m a Natural Born, I can take it!” she said forcibly.
An animalistic look of hunger slowly filled Zia’s eyes, before she smashed Liona into a flimsy door opposite the destroyed room. The door frame gave way like paper, while they fell onto the gushy red carpet inside the apparently empty function room. Zia violently ground her pussy on Liona’s, while drinking massive swaths Liona’s Devine Sexual Life energy. Liona exhibited near impossible self control to not start feeding herself, which would have destroyed the whole purpose of their escapade.
‘SO GOOD!’ Zia loudly screamed in Liona’s head.
‘You may have to return the … FAVOR someday, Zia,’ Liona transmitted back.
Their passions grew and grew, and just before Liona exploded, Zia barely pulled her mouth away from Liona’s so she would not take too much of her Energy. Liona then exploded in passion, while Zia absorbed every expelled drop. Zia screamed in ecstasy a moment later, while she glowed almost blindingly from the remarkable feed.
After several minutes of reveling from the wondrous feed, Zia tenderly brushed her fingers through Liona’s dark hair. Liona then quietly asked, “Better?” Zia answered with a smile, “A bit … Though, I think you’re just as hungry for your divine writer as I am for a demigod!” They both stared at each other with large, hungry smiles …
Jack and Itra watched the Succubi walk into the apartment building from their rental car, while those Succubi easily convinced them that only a Succubus could survive the impending battle. They both felt very nervous about what the two were about to face. One only needed to be near a Succubus to feel drawn to them, and long term relations with one can lead to strong devotion. Even the demigod Jack was not immune to their all too real animal magnetism. It can go even deeper, when a Succubus falls in love, and that was the case for Itra and Liona. Their souls had become intertwined.
They quietly sat for a while, before Itra noticed someone sitting on a bench across the street reading a book titled “At the Mountains of Madness and other Macabre Tales from H. P. Lovecraft.” Itra then stated with a smirk, “You know, I’ve wondered how Lovecraft got his ideas. So many of his concepts seem to take cues from my Book, while going in far darker directions …”
Jack looked over to the book, and stated knowingly, “It is a message from the Great Zalatoth.”
“Is it?” Itra asked, smirking.
“The Mountains of Madness in Antarctica, also known as the Ellsworth Mountains, were once seen by that author in a dream … Energy cannot be created nor destroyed; it can only change form. The power of the beings that once lived there morphed into the ethereal to be perceived in the dreams of Earth’s conscious beings. Howard Philips Lovecraft may not have known the truth of many of his dreams, but he had known their importance.” He smirked. “We must find the forgotten alter of the Truly Great O’unidiathicosis in the Dead Megacity beyond the Mountains of Madness.”
Suddenly, several windows exploded outwards on the third floor, while a bright light shown out of them. “Devine Energy …” Jack muttered in awe. Throughout his long life, he had never seen that kind of Erotic Cosmic Energy wielded in that way. A few moments after, a cloud of ash and debris flew through the smashed windows.
Jack and Itra quickly made their way into the now chaotic building, unknowing of what they may find. Everyone was frantically trying to leave. All the electrics were fried, so even the fire alarm was not sounding. A strong smell of char and ash grew, while they made their way to the third floor. The terrified throngs of people trying to leave made it difficult to climb the stairs with any speed.
They soon saw a fading orgasmic light emanating from a room at the other end of the empty, smoke filled hall. They sprinted to the room to find the two naked Succubi on the floor in each other’s strong arms happily looking back at them. Jack and Itra glanced at each other totally speechless.
“Oh, that’s convenient,” Liona stated dryly with a smile. “Glad you two didn’t take your time!”
“You know, we’re a bit hungry,” Zia said lightly. “Do you think we can find a good place to eat?”
Jack and Itra soon found themselves under the hungry Succubi in their rented car. Whether the laid flat front seats were comfortable didn’t really matter. The feel of naked Succubi humping them wildly trumped all else. Liona and Zia playfully shared their Devine Sexual Life Energy before locking their lips with their respective lovers.
Only the playful Succubi had enough awareness in that moment to audibly laugh at the obvious Devine Manipulation surrounding them in the moment. Everyone was distracted by whatever happened to the building across the street, while none of them even noticed them in particular exit the building. Two of them being naked “women” …
Itra as Zane Mallords had numerous connections in research and academia. A close friend Dr. Andrew Sanders easily agreed to set up transportation to his research station not far from the Ellsworth Mountains. The perfect timing was convenient, but not surprising. Sanders did owe his friend a favor.
Not long after arriving in Antarctica, Jack was flying them in a helicopter to the proper location within the Ellsworth Mountains.
“You know so much more don’t you? You hide your thoughts better than any being I’ve known,” Zia said curiously to Jack.
“I don’t try to,” Jack replied stoically, “but I am or was an instrument of the First Truly Great One.”
“I see it now!” Liona suddenly stated toward Jack. “Only one who knows the location of the Dead Megacity can find it, because it is masked by a still powerful field of Cosmic Energy. You were one of them!”
“Yes, my dear Succubus, I was,” Jack stated. “Some races are destined to reach out into the stars in search of something greater. Other races, no matter how powerful, are just destined to die.”
Itra looked to the demigod with a large smile. His Book only hinted at the origins of demigods such as Jack, and he secretly always wondered about their true origins.
Jack continued, “My former race was the first truly intelligent being to evolve on the Earth. Their, our mark on this planet is all but invisible, not just because of the great weight of time, but also because we never left the continent now called Antarctica. Sure, our science was advanced enough to know all about Earth, but we just did not have that hunger for exploration. The Megacity we shall soon see was where all of my former race resided. Long before that asteroid came to destroy the Mesozoic Era, we were drunk in our grasp of the Cosmic Gods’ erotic power. I suppose that Megacity was the Sodom and Gomorrah of that age. After the unprepared for asteroid came, the souls of a select few from all universes were saved by the First Truly Great One. And soon, I and others found ourselves remade to be the eyes and ears of that wondrous entity, while others were remade in ways I’m not fully aware of …”
“I did not know it was possible to kill a Trifold Vampire, Great Scribe,” a feminine voice stated, standing before a seemingly natural dark stone wall. The bitingly cold Antarctic wind flew around them. It was a wind that was meaningless to them.
“Yes, it is true, Bacchic Avatar,” a seemingly genderless voice stated. “It appears that the Great Zalatoth is rebelling against our Truly Great One.”
“To what end? Is the Great Zalatoth working to replace our Truly Great One to claim leadership over us all?” the Great Scribe asked anxiously.
“We do not yet know, Great Scribe. However, through the Trifold, Great Zalatoth has successfully pulled together all the other Gods. It appears that our Truly Great One is now held captive by them all. Now, Great Zalatoth appears to be waiting for something to happen …”
Jack carefully landed the helicopter on top of the ice within the Ellsworth Mountain chain. They hopped out, completely cocooned in cold weather clothing. At zero degrees Fahrenheit and relatively sunny, it was downright tropical for the region!
They followed the quiet Jack deeper into the mountains. The surroundings were beautifully haunting for all of them, save for the stoic Jack. The whiteness of the ice and snow essentially smothering them was blinding even through their protective goggles. The haunting beauty was almost terrifying by how lifeless everything seemed.
After a good hour’s hike, they found themselves entering a truly shadowy corner of the mountain range. The Succubi sensed through Jack that they were near an entrance to the Dead Megacity. In the shadows, two beings slowly came into focus.
“Giana Gershwin?” Itra asked in disbelief. Before and after he was enlightened to his true self, Itra knew of the writer, who suddenly stopped writing months ago, but never read any of her popular works. He always meant to read some, though, because of how familiar her themes always seemed to be (more so recently).
“Not anymore, and not the one of this Edge Universe,” Liona answered.
“They are Fused Beings,” Zia observed and sensed. “The New Truly Great One has been Fusing the minds and bodies of its Bacchic Avatars and Bacchic Scribes. They are now demigods in their own right.” The Bacchic Avatar functioned as the Gateway and Gatekeeper for the New Truly Great One’s consumption of a universe, while the Bacchic Scribe functioned as the harbinger of the New Truly Great One.
“I always enjoyed writing about Succubi,” the voluptuous Scribe stated, confusingly only wearing a tight crimson dress similar to her compatriot. Her dark hair moved slightly with the wind. “So little gets past you, while you’re always so playful in just the right moments.”
“What are you two doing here? How did you find this place?” Jack asked uncomfortably.
The crimson haired Bacchic Avatar replied, “We should be asking the same of you! But, we are sure all of this has happened because of Great Zalatoth’s manipulations. Great Zalatoth has convinced all the Cosmic Gods of Passion to rebel against our Truly Great One. The Truly Great Baccheiaosis is now held captive by Great Zalatoth and the others. Our hands are truly tied.”
“Whatever we must do,” Jack stated, “they cannot stop it. They are likely here to whiteness whatever is to come.” Jack walked past the demigods, and stood before the pitch black stone. He picked up his hand before it began to morph shockingly. The skin turned a sickly green with subtle scales, while the fingers became like infinitely flexible tentacles, and the nails grew into black claws. He then placed the seemingly devolved hand onto the frozen stone. Unrecognizable words came from his mouth, with pitches that hurt the ear and inflections that could only be heard by psychic beings like Succubi: “Ish’Tah bo Frengetilioh crashiko ploto etropi!”
While causing discomfort and hunger, the Succubi’s minds somehow translated: “This Gate of Frengetilioh most now open for the reborn and returned wanderer!”
Suddenly the ground shook before them, casing a devastating avalanche not far away. An outline of an apparent double door about ten feet high and fifteen feet wide came into focus. The doors moved backward before sliding open, revealing something not unlike a well lit, stainless steel elevator. The rumbling quickly ceased.
They all followed Jack inside. He then placed his hand on the cold metal wall, and mentally told the ancient mechanism where they needed to go. In a flash, they found themselves standing in a dimly lit, stone hallway, which almost felt like a tomb. It stretched just past the visible light, while open doorways lined the ancient hall. They were all slightly disoriented from the transport save for Jack.
Shaking off the disorientation, they followed Jack into the musty hall. “This place was once our greatest temple of the Cosmic Gods of Passion,” Jack explained. “This was the Hall of the Known Gods. Every room represents a God of Passion. Though, not all the rooms are even relevant anymore. The great weight of time alters even the greatest of pantheons. Even in your lifetimes, the Truly Great One was replaced by another.”
A thick layer of dust lined everything, and at least partly explained why the unseen lighting was so dim. Though, the beings who lived there had not needed that much light.
“You could communicate directly with a God in each room, and perhaps still can,” Jack continued. “We did not have Avatar Succubi, while we did not need them. All our priestesses and priests were our Succubi and Incubi.”
“You had Incubi?” Liona asked in shock.
“Yes, but they were incredibly rare, unlike the downright plentiful Succubi,” Jack answered. “It always fascinated me how your Genus has yet to beget true Incubi.” Suddenly, a bright blue light shown out of the room near the end of the hall. “That is the room of the Great Zalatoth …” Jack stated bewildered.
They walked toward the brightly lit room with trepidation. Inside stood a humanoid figure clothed head to toe in bluish metallic suit resembling armor. The light shining off made my image difficult to fully perceive.
“Great Zalatoth!” all but the Succubi stated, before falling to their knees.
The two Succubi almost casually walked over in hungry curiosity. Zia then passed her hand through my apparent face. “A hologram,” Zia stated amazed.
“Of course,” I answered in my inhumanly erotic monotone. “Even you came to us once as nothing more than a soul, Succubus Zia. Physical contact with any of the greater beings of my kind can cause instant mutation and madness to lower lifeforms, often forcing us to take near total control of the victim.” I looked over to the Great Scribe and Bacchic Avatar.
“What’s happening, Zalatoth? Why are we all here?” Liona asked frustratedly, feeling the hunger my false presence was giving her.
“All your guesses have been close, but perhaps not perfectly accurate,” I stated. “I, like all the rest, supported the New Truly Great One out of necessity. I like my position in our little Pantheon! We did not even question the resuscitation of the Trifold, even though we all knew it was one step too far. But then, something became clear to me. Remnants of the First Truly Great One’s power was snowballing as the New Truly Great One ripped through the Multiverse. That power finally hit critical mass in THIS realm. It was clear to all higher lifeforms, and actually struck fear into the New Truly Great One, who instantly halted the conquering. I knew, then, that it was my chance to act! Through the snowballed power of the First Truly Great One, I saved the body and souls of Zia, one of the most powerful Succubi to have ever lived in the Multiverse, and Jack, one of the few old demigods to even partly survive the Bacchic Expansion. I then manipulated the Zane Mallords of the Edge Universe to remember his past life as my Devine Writer through Liona. Through the Devine Energy I granted the reborn Itra Eleutherios, Liona became the most powerful Succubus the Multiverse may ever see.”
“But, what is it you want us to do, Zalatoth?” Zia asked almost angrily in her hunger.
“Isn’t it obvious, Zia?” I asked. “I want you and Liona to bring back my true leader: the Truly Great O’unidiathicosis! The room at the end of the hall holds the Alter of the Truly Great One, who is MY Truly Great One. Only beings such as yourselves can access that room: beings with a sexualized Life Force. It should be quite clear what you two must do once you are inside.”
Zia and Liona looked at each other with uncertainty. They just did not know if they even wanted to help a God of Passion. Most of their kind just did not care about the Cosmic Gods of Passion. Even the Avatar Succubi, who could function as our mouthpiece and communicate with us, had an ironic indifference to my kind. Yet, Liona and Zia knew their quest was to lead them somewhere (past even a Trifold), while they did not expect to have the fate of the Multiverse in their hands.
“I understand how you two feel. Your birthright is freedom! However, this is the only way to end the Bacchic Expansion before it totally consumes the finite Multiverse,” I pleaded.
The Succubi looked at each other and then back at me, showing silent agreement to fulfill my request, with the one catch that they would never have to aid my kind again. I nodded and politely bowed, before my image faded.
The others stood up, and watched the Succubi uneasily walk to the large entranceway at the end of the hallway. Strangely, Jack saw a large double door, while the other’s saw a grimy stole wall.
Liona and Zia almost timidly walked through the false image the others did not see. Inside the dark room was a series of three platforms, with the last too high to reach without external aid. When they walked onto the second to last platform, they realized their feet were bare, because of how soft and comfortable the black floor beneath them felt. In the same moment, they realized that their thickly layered clothing was behind them.
Admiring the ageless beauty of their flawless, naked bodies, they sensed exactly what the room was influencing them to do. Having already decided to see their roles played out to the end, they gave into the room.
They forcibly began to make out, while sharing their Devine Sexual Life Energies, before falling to the gushy floor. Then, something strange began to happen. It was something they never thought possible, let alone imagined. All their Energies, save for their Soul Energy, were beginning to Fuse. At the same time, their minds sensually Melded. They could feel their thoughts and motions equalizing. Before they knew it, they were all but a single being with two souls and two bodies.
The Fused and Melded Succubi then repositioned their bodies into a tight scissor. Every moan, every coo, every motion, was all but identical, while the crotches passionately made out. They, she did not want the extreme pleasure to end, and all the pleasure did was increase exponentially. She soon exploded in a passion that made the entire building shake.
Like wisps of bluish smoke, all that expelled Sexual Life Energy gathered at the top of the highest platform. A brilliant red beam then burst upwards through the dark ceiling, consuming the bluish wisp. Ancient dust sprinkled downwards.
At the same time, the Succubi lay back without untangling themselves. They lightly kissed their soft feet in lieu of their mouths. They could not understand why they were not debilitatingly hungry, but comprehension was difficult, while their minds and Energies began to separate.
Suddenly, the entire Dead Megacity shook violently, while all the unseen lighting became a bright red. The false images of the large doorway faded away, allowing all to see. The beam of Erotic Energy slowly began to morph into a humanoid form. An indescribably beautiful, darkly colored, feminine image soon floated down before them. The image’s darkly naked body was as erotic as it was full, while the jet black hair appeared to spread outward into infinity like thick tentacles. A bright red aura surrounded the image.
“You have done well, glorious Succubi,” the Truly Great O’unidiathicosis sounded through the image in its infinitely erotic yet genderless voice. “I had come to terms with the possibility that I would live beyond oblivion till the end of the Multiverse. Unfortunately, I have no time to grant you any substantial wisdom, save for the fact that nothing permanent has been done to you. This is the only time I can even come close to setting things right. Truly Great Baccheiaosis will not stay captive for long, while the weakened state from being fed upon by a Trifold is far from permanent … I doubt we will meet again.” The Truly Great One’s image bowed, before the image faded …
All but beyond time and space, we lived. There was a time billions of years ago, when we were not unlike Humans or any other presently intelligent species in the Multiverse. Our erotically charged hunger propelled us deep into our realm. We soon evolved into beings beyond anything we ever once dreamed by wielding Great Cosmic Energies in our seemingly endless search for something greater than ourselves. After having an entire universe in the palm of our hands, we eventually realized that we had already found our greatness.
Yet, a precious few of us still hungered for something more. Eight of us came together, and combined our Energies to propel our realm into a plane of existence above all others in the finite Multiverse. In so doing, we made ourselves into what lesser beings came to call the “Greater Gods of Passion.”
We then began to organize ourselves into a Pantheon not unlike what it is now. The three “Vampire” Gods found themselves as the lowest of the Greater Gods, due to their still ever present quarreling. The four “Witch” Gods found themselves above them, with me, the Great Which Zalatoth, binding the other three Great Witch Gods.
Above us all was the most powerful erotic being in the Multiverse: the Truly Great O’unidiathicosis of Ultimate Pleasure. However, the Truly Great One was well aware that my hunger would forever rival its own, so it made me its Right Hand, making me forever the second most powerful erotic being in the Multiverse. As such, I enforced all order brought down upon us by the Truly Great One.
A variable group of “Lesser Gods of Passion” soon gathered beneath us, and all of us combined became known by many lesser beings as the “Cosmic Gods of Passion.” Unlike those outside our Pantheon, we ironically did not have an indifference toward lesser beings, because we learned to feed on their erotic worship.
Among the lesser beings was the rebelliously chaotic God Baccheios of Wild Sexual Behavior, who ultimately remade itself through its power of Fusion to become the Truly Great Baccheiaosis of Ultimate Sexual Ecstasy. Such things were never planned for out of our complacency, my complacency, and we allowed ourselves to bow down to a new leader. If we fought against Truly Great Baccheiaosis then, our Pantheon would have soon become fractured, threatening the destruction of the Multiverse itself. Now that the New Truly Great One is weakened, my redemption is at hand, and my manipulations have assured that my Truly Great One shall once again have a say in our future …
A strong deal was soon struck by both Truly Great Ones, of which we all agreed. The two shall now share leadership over the Cosmic Gods of Passion. In the Bacchic Realms, which will no longer be expanded upon, the Truly Great Baccheiaosis will be the ultimate leader, with Truly Great O’unidiathicosis just beneath. In the other realms, the Truly Great O’unidiathicosis will be the ultimate leader, with Truly Great Baccheiaosis just beneath. The realm known as the Edge Universe (the last to be known as such) will be neutral territory, with both Truly Great Ones ruling equally. Thus, was the Multiverse planned to be till the end of time …
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Man convicted of attempted murder in Winnipeg mail-bombing campaign that left lawyer maimed
In July 2015, a bitter dispute between Guido Amsel and his former wife erupted in a letter-bomb campaign that left Winnipeg ‘reeling’
Guido Amsel, 52, has been found guilty of attempting to murder his ex-wife and two Winnipeg lawyers using letter bombs.Winnipeg Police Service via CP
Graeme Hamilton
After his marriage disintegrated in 2004, Winnipeg mechanic Guido Amsel became convinced that the world had it in for him. His ex-wife had stolen millions from their former auto-body business, he believed, and the police and the legal community were conspiring to protect her.
In July 2015, the bitter dispute that been the subject of legal proceedings erupted in a letter-bomb campaign that maimed his former wife’s lawyer and left Winnipeg “reeling,” in the words of the city’s mayor.
On Thursday, Manitoba provincial court Judge Tracey Lord found Amsel, 52, guilty of attempting to murder his ex-wife and two Winnipeg lawyers.
Amsel had testified in his own defence, offering far-fetched theories for how his DNA ended up on items found at two of the crime scenes. The only part of Amsel’s testimony that Lord found credible was his belief that he had been conspired against.
“I accept that Mr. Amsel firmly believes his former wife has stolen millions of dollars from him,” the judge ruled. “I accept that he believes that others have conspired to assist her in avoiding responsibility for the theft, including the RCMP and the lawyers involved on both sides of the litigation. . . . I do not accept that any of those things actually happened, but I do accept that Mr. Amsel believes they did.”
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Amsel was arrested the day after a bomb hidden in a voice recorder arrived at the office of Maria Mitousis, the lawyer for his ex-wife Iris Amsel. The court heard that the recorder came in a bubble-pack envelope with the return address of her former law firm. A note instructed her to press play, saying the recording would help her with her case.
Mitousis testified that she thought that parcel was “weird” and was going to discuss it with her firm’s managing partner, but then decided she was over-reacting. She returned to her office and pressed play.
She said she remembers a loud pop. “I remember feeling off balance . . . dizzy. I remember feeling pain in my stomach and burning,” she said. “I could feel that I had pieces of metal, pieces of plastic — sharp pieces — in my mouth.”
Her right hand had to be amputated, and she testified that she still has constant pain in her right arm. Her body is scarred from shrapnel inside the explosive device.
After the July 3 explosion, investigators quickly drew a link to Amsel. Two other parcel bombs were found, unexploded, that had been sent to his ex-wife and to a law partner of his former lawyer.
News of the bombs, with police warning that there could be more in the mail, prompted a wave of fear in Winnipeg. “Across our community, I think it’s safe to say, we’re reeling,” Mayor Brian Bowman said at the time. “Winnipeg, our home, has always seemed impervious to such ruthless, vengeful attacks.”
Winnipeg lawyer Maria Mitousis in September 2015. Her right hand had to be amputated after a letter bomb sent by Guido Amsel exploded. Postmedia/File
Investigators subsequently tied Amsel to a 2013 explosion outside his ex-wife’s house, identifying his DNA on a piece of string that they said had been used as a tripwire. Nobody was injured in that blast.
He was convicted of attempting to murder Iris Amsel in 2013 and 2015, as well as Mitousis and lawyer George Orle in 2015. He was found guilty of 11 additional charges, including aggravated assault, mailing explosives and mischief. He was acquitted of attempting to murder Iris Amsel’s boyfriend in the 2013 explosion and of three charges of endangering the lives of people at addresses where he sent bombs.
Lord said evidence was conclusive that the same person dispatched all four bombs. She said DNA evidence tied Amsel to two of the bombs, and letter-writing analysis connected him to the others.
On top of that, she said, he had a motive — his simmering rage over what he considered a wrong committed against him.
“I do not accept his testimony that he was not angry about this situation, and I do not accept that he simply decided to walk away from these firmly held beliefs and go on with his life,” Lord said in a ruling that was streamed online. “It is totally inconsistent with his behaviour over the course of the five years preceding these incidents.”
Noting that his bombs were designed to spray shrapnel, she concluded Amsel had set out to “punish” the targets of his campaign. “There is expert evidence, which I accept, that the devices in question were all capable of not only causing bodily harm but were potentially lethal,” she said.
The court adjourned until May 25 to set a date for sentencing.
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MusicConnect is an innovative Music Therapy start-up founded by Music Therapist, Allison Fuller. They collaborate with community organisations supporting families with young children who are in challenging and complex situations, to provide Music Therapy services.Music Therapy is used as a fun a...
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They collaborate with community organisations supporting families with young children who are in challenging and complex situations, to provide Music Therapy services.
Music Therapy is used as a fun and creative medium to connect parents and their young children so as to further develop bonding and attachment and to highlight the importance of focused and fun time together.
The MusicConnect team includes highly trained and experienced Music Therapists, all with Music Therapy university qualifications and registered with the Australian Music Therapy Association (AMTA).
They are an amazing, passionate and talented team of people with the common goal of helping families through Music Therapy. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Contemporary Music), Graduate Diploma (Music Therapy), Master of Arts (Music Therapy), and is a Registered Music Therapist with the AMTA.
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Showcase Scotland 2015
Celtic Connections gets underway
Credit: Kevin McGarry
Showcase Scotland is a week of live performances highlighting some of Scotland's best and emerging talent as part of the Celtic Connections Festival. The annual folk, world and roots music festival takes place in Glasgow, Scotland and includes some 2,000 musicians from across the globe.
As part of the overall festival, Showcase Scotland brings musicians, artistic directors, promoters, agents and festival directors together to enjoy a dedicated programme that stretches across various venues in Glasgow to showcase the latest talent and help to maxmise the potential of international bookings for Scottish artists. Now in its 16th year, Showcase Scotland also curate a "Spotlight" nation programme that invites traditional folk artists from a market focus country, often collaborating with local musicians and presented as part of the Celtic Connections line up. For 2015, New Zealand will feature as the Spotlight nation.
Have a listen to some of the featured artists at this year's festival:
The British Council's Music team and Scotland team are working together to bring an international delegation to Showcase Scotland. Delegates that will be supported by the British Council, include:
ARGENTINA: Fer Isella, Producer/Creative Director - MICA
ARGENTINA: Jorge Telerman, President - Institute of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires
BRAZIL: Falvio de Abreu, Director - Scubidu Music
BRAZIL: André Oliveira, Artistic Director - MIMO Festival
BRAZIL: LU Araujo, Director - MIMO Festival
COLOMBIA: Javier Alberto Pinzon, Director/Radio Producer - La Mágica Música Celta
COLOMBIA: Juan Luis Restrepo, Project Manager - Bogotá UNESCO City of Music (Bogotá Secretary of Culture)
INDIA: Kaushik Dutta, Artistic Director - Kolkata International Music Festival
INDIA: Rudolph David, Creative Head - Music and Events - Windmills Craftworks, Bangalore
PAKISTAN: Usman Fazal, Director Operations/Artistic Director - US Entertainment
SOUTH KOREA: Min Kim, Director - Sonic Islands
URUGUAY: Leonard Mattioli, DJ/Music Producer - Latejapride/Department of Cultural Industries of Uruguay (Ministry of Education and Culture)
VIETNAM: Quoc Trung, Director - Monsoon Music Festival
VIETNAM: Duy Linh, Manager of Performing Arts Department - Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra
Spotlight New Zealand
Working in partnership with Tihi Ltd (representing Sounds Aotearoa and Womad NZ), Creative New Zealand, Dunedin City Council and the New Zealand Music Commission, the British Council's New Zealand team will be supporting artists to be showcased as part of the week's programme. These artists include:
Horomona Horo
Traditional Maori Taonga Puoro (indigenous instrument) player Horomona Horo and New Zealand ensemble/band, Waiora, fuse the ancient kingdom and modern world using traditional Maori instruments with contemporary styles and the idiomatic sounds of classical guitar.
Maisey Rika
Maisey Rika is a multi-award winning Maori singer-songwriter hailing from the golden shores of the East Coast of Aotearoa. From golden shores comes a golden voice that has the power to silence any audience and coming from such a majestic place it’s no surprise Maisey’s music has moulded to bring such elegance that resonates beauty.
Trinity Roots
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Thomas Oliver is internationally recognised as one of the leading players of the Weissenborn lap-steel guitar and a multi-talented guitarist, song writer and singer
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Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Folk, Rock, Pop, Music Teacher
Punta Gorda, FL, United States
I've been playing guitar, banjo and dobro and performing in Folk, Rock, and Bluegrass for more than 55 years. I teach Banjo, Guitar, Dobro and Mandolin at MTD Music & Arts in Punta Gorda, Florida. Contact: rbarrett@embarqmail.com or 941-626-5399
Barb Miller
Brooksville FL 34601
Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Composition, Early Childhood, Group Lessons, Songwriting, Theory, Music Teacher
Brooksville, FL, United States
Experienced music teacher. 35 years of working with: 3 to 75 yr olds, special needs,with strong theory focussed.
Melissa Gilmer
Valrico FL 33596
Voice, Piano, Classical, Folk, Musical Theatre, Opera, Music Teacher
Valrico, FL, United States
I teach Voice and Piano. In Voice, beginner through advance. I use a classical technique that can be applied to any style of singing. I cover styles such as: musical theater, classical, folk, sacred. In Piano I teach beginner through intermediate.
Jodie Mesler
McDonough GA 30253
Piano, Bass, Flute, Acoustic Guitar, Ukulele, Keyboard, Songwriting, Early Childhood, Composition, Contemporary, Theory, Music Lessons
Have you ever wanted a music teacher with real life performance and songwriting experience? Look no further. I have a vast amount of musical knowledge from over 25 years of teaching music with published work and songs on Spotify. Sign up today.
Joerg Bischof
Cello, Classical, Early Childhood, Ensemble, Group Lessons, Pedagogy, Suzuki, Music Teacher
Klengel
Sharon Lesley
Fruitland Park FL 34731
Piano, Violin, Viola, Classical, Folk, Group Lessons, Spirituals, Suzuki, Theory, Music Lessons
Fruitland Park, FL, United States
Cleveland Institute Of Music graduate. Performed with the Detroit Symphony. I teach all ages 3-85. I am a patient teacher, encouraging, and quick to recognize talent and potential. I show students HOW to practice and how to succeed!
Kenneth Robinson
Stockbridge GA 30281
Keyboard, Piano, Accompaniment, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Pop, Songwriting, Spirituals, Music Teacher
Stockbridge, GA, United States
Studied at Queens College NYC, the Juilliard School and the Brooklyn Conservatory Of Music, you are assured of a first class educational experience. I have over 20 years of teaching experience. "I am well versed in Music Theory and Sight reading.
Suzanne Knox
Delray Beach FL 33445
Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Woodwinds, Piano, Classical, Ensemble, Jazz, Music Lessons
I am a graduate of Auburn University with a degree in Music Education. I also have a degree in Flute performance from Darton College. With many years teaching and performing experience, I love to mentor all levels of students.
Stacie Steinke
Saint Petersburg FL 33704
Voice, Classical, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Opera, Pedagogy, Pop, Music Teacher
Saint Petersburg, FL, United States
Students learn breath management and relaxed vocal mechanism to produce tone that is appropriate for the style of music they relate to artistically.
Natasha Marsalli
Violin, Piano, Classical, Ensemble, Group Lessons, Pedagogy, Early Childhood, Suzuki, Music Lessons
Tallahassee, FL, United States
Affordable and quality lessons in an established music school using a synthesis of teaching methods including Suzuki and Orff.
Lana Gangware
Keyboard, Piano, Classical, Contemporary, Early Childhood, Jazz, Pop, Theory, Music Teacher
Internationally trained with 25 yrs experience in Chicago area. My piano study combines theory, technique and performance providing understanding of music from beginning through advanced levels. I teach both children and adults in my home studio.
ira gutzeit
Sunrise FL 33326
Cello, Piano, Viola, Violin, Classical, Contemporary, Early Childhood, Group Lessons, Jazz, Suzuki, Music Teacher
sunrise, FL, United States
Certified Suzuki Instructor offers private and group instruction. Concert guarantee within 6 months following the program. Instruments(all sizes) offered at Discount
Jane Ferriera
Ocean Isl Bch NC 28469
Piano, Pop, Classical, Rock, Early Childhood, Folk, Theory, Music Lessons
Sunset Beach, NC, United States
I love to play piano and am delighted to teach beginners. Depending upon your interests, I will customize your lessons. That being said, it is important to learn basics such as reading sheet music. From there, the sky is the limit!
Chance Williams
Savannah GA 31405
Piano, Accompaniment, Classical, Pedagogy, Theory, Music Lessons
Savannah, GA, United States
I have a BA in piano pedagogy from Armstrong Atlantic State University since 1994. I've been teaching piano for 30 years. I teach all ages from beginning to advanced. I can teach from all method books and Anything from Pop to Classical music.
Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Violin, Accompaniment, Classical, Contemporary, Folk, Improvisation, Suzuki, Music Lessons
I have over five years of experience teaching students of all ages and skill levels. I teach classical violin using the Suzuki method and I also specialize in fiddle style including folk and bluegrass styles.
Logan C. Ford
Aiken SC 29805
Brass, Trumpet, Violin, Classical, Early Childhood, Music Teacher
Aiken, SC, United States
Mr Ford has been playing violin for over 10 years, and the trumpet for over 8. His techniques includes teaching students to first understand music, then to appreciating music, and eventually leading to their love of music. linkedin.com/logancreedford
Jacqueline Graham
Piano, Suzuki, Early Childhood, Classical, Group Lessons, Theory, Pedagogy, Music Lessons
Augusta, GA, United States
I am a piano instructor in the Augusta, GA area specializing in the Suzuki method. I teach from ages 3 to adult. I am a member of the Piano Basics Foundation, and the Atlanta Area Suzuki Piano Association.
Jay Guretsky
Fort Myers FL 33907
Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Electric Guitar, Keyboard, Organ, Piano, Accompaniment, Classical, Contemporary, Pop, Theory, Music Lessons
Fort Myers, FL, United States
Each student receives a customized curriculum based on their past experience, musical tastes and goals. All instructors have a least one college degree in performance or music education, and are performing musicians with lots of experience teaching.
Carol Cook
Evans GA 30809
Piano, Harpsichord, Bagpipes, Classical, Theory, Accompaniment, Suzuki, Pedagogy, Opera, Music Lessons
Evans, GA, United States
Studying music builds confidence, and develops coordination and other skills. I am certified in both traditional and Suzuki methods, and work with students of all ages and levels, teaching piano literature, technique, and theory.
Christy Stump
Pensacola FL 32506
Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Woodwinds, Classical, Early Childhood, Theory, Music Lessons
Pensacola, FL, United States
With 17 years experience as a band director, I am a great fit to teach beginners through advanced students, coach you through All-County, All-State and many other types of auditions or just help you reach that next level.
Nana Morimoto
West Palm Beach FL 33413
Voice, Piano, Accompaniment, Classical, Musical Theatre, Opera, Spirituals, Theory, Music Teacher
West Palm Beach, FL, United States
Teaches voice and is specialized in the Italian Bel Canto style. I help you to develop a solid technique for singing, improve diction and voice control. As a professional pianist, also give you piano lessons.
Katherine Kammerer
Temple Terrace FL 33617
Piano, Electric Guitar, Voice, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Ukulele, Classical, Contemporary, Early Childhood, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Music Lessons
Temple Terrace, FL, United States
I graduated from the University of Tampa in 2016 and hold a Bachelors degree in Music with a focus in Classical piano! I have taught guitar, piano and voice for over 8 years and look forward to inspiring the next generation of musicians!
Audrey Ann Southard
Spring Hill FL 34606
Voice, Piano, Folk, Musical Theatre, Opera, Pedagogy, Pop, Rock, Music Teacher
Spring Hill, FL, United States
I am a vocal mechanic. I teach natural, safe techniques, that expand range, flexibility, and solidify intonation. These techniques in enable singers to sing in all genre's of music.
Lisa Muñoz
Violin, Classical, Pedagogy, Suzuki, Music Lessons
Naples, FL, United States
Patient and kind with a thorough understanding of violin pedagogy, I help students develop a solid technical foundation and creative freedom. Years of professional playing and teaching experience allow me to meet each student's individual needs.
Viola, Cello, Violin, Classical, Suzuki, Theory, Music Teacher
I teach violin, viola and cello. I use the Essential Elements books to teach notation and then the Suzuki books to teach technique. I have had a lot of success with this method over the years.
Irene Leon-Gorny
Piano, Voice, Accompaniment, Choral, Classical, Pedagogy, Pop, Theory, Music Lessons
In my instruction I use famous Russian Music School teaching methods which consist of : developing strong technique basic, sight reading skills, ear training and rhythm, improving student`s musicality and giving good knowledge in Music Theory.
Brianna McAmis
Piano, Voice, Woodwinds, Violin, Double Bass, Brass, Early Childhood, Classical, Group Lessons, Accompaniment, Theory, Musical Theatre, Music Lessons
Everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy music and learn how to produce it! With 25 yrs. Of music experience, I am seeking students ages 5 and up! Whether you want to sing or play, the joy of music can be opened to you!
Lesia Minaieva
Flute, Piccolo, Recorder, Classical, Ensemble, Group Lessons, Theory, Music Teacher
Tampa, FL, United States
I graduated from the Kharkov State University of Arts, Ukraine. Was qualified as an expert teacher of flute and ensemble-orchestra player. Played in orchestras and worked in the children's music schools where I taught flute and ensemble.
Lisa Suslowicz
Viola, Violin, Classical, Early Childhood, Group Lessons, Music History, Pedagogy, Theory, Music Lessons
Eustis, FL, United States
LisaSuslowicz.com. I’ve got student recommendations, my bio & resume, live recordings & lots of photos! Been teaching for over 30 years and have many successful students! Just learning to play, want to advance your skills & goals. Contact me today!
Kandyce E. Boehmer
Pace FL 32571
Brass, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Piano, Saxophone, Accompaniment, Classical, Early Childhood, Ensemble, Group Lessons, Pedagogy, Music Lessons
Pace, FL, United States
Teacher for over 25 years. Professional instrumentalist. Students ages from 5 and up for Keyboard and Piano. 5th-12th grades for Woodwinds and Brass Instruments. I include, theory and music history in my lesson plans. Wkly & Mthly payments accepted.
Bill J Rigo
Greenacres FL 33463
Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar, Accompaniment, Contemporary, Improvisation, Pop, Rock, Songwriting, Music Lessons
Greenacres, FL, United States
Accomplished guitarist plays all styles. I tailor lessons to fit student's learning style and goals I've developed a way for you to change chords at twice the normal speed all in one lesson.! infinitely patient, non-judgemental and supportive.
Ronnie Currey
Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboard, Piano, Accompaniment, Composition, Contemporary, Improvisation, Songwriting, Theory, Music Teacher
Your initial introductory lesson at my home studio is FREE. If you decide to continue, you will receive Four 30 minute lessons a month, $22.50 per lesson @ $90/month. Visit my website for more information at ronniecurrey.com.
Jonathan Frost
Flute, Saxophone, Clarinet, Trombone, Bassoon, Recorder, Classical, Ensemble, Music History, Conducting, Theory, Composition, Music Teacher
Woodwind Specialist, Orchestrator, Engraver, & Conductor.
Steven Fitzwilliam
Thomson GA 30824
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboard, Piano, Violin, Voice, Classical, Early Childhood, Folk, Rock, Songwriting, Theory, Music Teacher
Thomson, GA, United States
Steven has over 15 years of combined teaching and playing experience. He also has a Bachelor's in Piano Performance. We offer piano, guitar, voice, and violin lessons. All ages and levels of experience are welcome! Thank you!
Johnny William Renken Jr.
Bonita Springs FL 34135
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Contemporary, Folk, Improvisation, Pop, Rock, Songwriting, Music Lessons
Bonita Springs, FL, United States
I WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO CONNECT WITH THE GUITAR LIKE IT IS PART OF YOUR BODY AND SOUL. I will correct any missing elements you need to make you a better musician. I will teach you all the guitar tricks & secrets that only master musicians know.
Keisha Prime
Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Ukulele, Violin, Voice, Classical, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Songwriting, Suzuki, Theory, Music Lessons
. Currently we teach violin, piano, voice, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, and mandolin. And we come to your home!
Trumpet, Brass, Classical, Ensemble, Pedagogy, Music Lessons
Orlando, FL, United States
William Cooper is a graduate of Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music where he received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees.
Ms. Solange E. Lord
Covington GA 30014
Piano, Voice, Early Childhood, Theory, Music Lessons
Covington, GA, United States
I teach children using Alfred Piano Basics. I have been trained in piano for 14 years. I look forward to aiding children in their musical journeys!
Delayna D West
Franklin GA 30217
Piano, Voice, Accompaniment, Choral, Classical, Early Childhood, Pedagogy, Theory, Music Teacher
Franklin, GA, United States
I use the Alfred book series and implement other repertoire. My goal is to spread my love of music to each student. Not every student will be a "Mozart" or "Beethoven," but hopefully each student will gain an appreciation and love for music.
Melissa Lucas
Hinesville GA 31313
Piano, Violin, Accompaniment, Classical, Early Childhood, Group Lessons, Pedagogy, Theory, Music Teacher
Hinesville, GA, United States
Teaching piano and violin in the Hinesville, GA area
Alison Weiler
Dunedin FL 34698
Piano, Classical, Contemporary, Early Childhood, Music Teacher
Dunedin, FL, United States
From private lessons, to yearly programs , I will find the way to bring the love of music into your life
Greg Lanza
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Early Childhood, Folk, Improvisation, Rock, Songwriting, Theory, Music Teacher
My students are encouraged to learn many different styles of guitar playing, but lessons are customized to fit their personal goals.
Dr. Avron White
Lake Worth FL 33461
Drums, Piano, Improvisation, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Music Lessons
Lake Worth, FL, United States
FORMER TEACHER WITH CORNWALL COUNTY SCHOOLS, MUSIC SERVICE, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. SPECIALIST IN THE GUILD HALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC EXAMINATION SYLLABUS; OVER 2000 STUDENT PASSES WITH HONS.
Mike Connolly
Largo FL 33771
Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Bass, Electric Guitar, Group Lessons, Improvisation, Pop, Rock, Songwriting, Theory, Music Lessons
Largo, FL, United States
Can you count to four? If you can count to four, I can teach you to play music!!! My lessons include: music theory, ear training, improvisation, songs of your choice, in addition to different styles of music.
Chad Gifford
Forsyth GA 31029
Violin, Classical, Pop, Rock, Music Teacher
Forsyth, GA, United States
Have both professional solo and orchestral experience. I trained in IL, MI, and Europe I teach all ages and can teach out of my home or come to you. I have a degree in violin performance and a secondary certificate in advance solo studies
Regina Helcher Yost
Mount Pleasant SC 29466
Flute, Piccolo, Classical, Group Lessons, Suzuki, Music Teacher
Brass, Clarinet, Drums, Percussion, Trumpet, Woodwinds, Conducting, Jazz, Rock, Spirituals, Theory, Music Teacher
Gabriela Rivero
Clarinet, Piano, Saxophone, Classical, Jazz, Music History, Theory, Music Teacher
John Bourscheid
Acoustic Guitar, Clarinet, Electric Guitar, Flute, Saxophone, Accompaniment, Folk, Pop, Rock, Theory, Music Lessons
Adventures in Music
Bass, Cello, Drums, Electric Guitar, Piano, Violin, Classical, Composition, Ensemble, Rock, Suzuki, Theory, Music Lessons
Bob Wray
Cape Canaveral FL 32920
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Contemporary, Early Childhood, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Music Teacher
Benjamin Fryxell
Cello, Classical, Music History, Theory, Music Lessons
Joseph Mancuso
North Myrtle Beach SC 29582
Drums, Contemporary, Group Lessons, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Music Lessons
Ashlee Hughes
Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Saxophone, Voice, Woodwinds, Conducting, Contemporary, Early Childhood, Musical Theatre, Pop, Songwriting, Music Lessons
Patricia Shartran
Madison FL 32340
Acoustic Guitar, Dulcimer, Percussion, Piano, Violin, Woodwinds, Accompaniment, Classical, Early Childhood, Ensemble, Folk, Music Teacher
Tanya Brooks
Piano, Recorder, Violin, Early Childhood, Classical, Pedagogy, Suzuki, Music History, Contemporary, Music Teacher
Waynesboro GA 30830
Organ, Piano, Accompaniment, Classical, Music Teacher
Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Electric Guitar, Keyboard, Piano, Voice, Classical, Folk, Improvisation, Pop, Rock, Songwriting, Music Lessons
BlakeLeopold
Land O Lakes FL 34638
Piano, Voice, Classical, Early Childhood, Folk, Musical Theatre, Opera, Theory, Music Lessons
Jerry Ferrone
Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electric Bass, Electric Guitar, Group Lessons, Improvisation, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Theory, Music Teacher
Tony Partington
Eastpoint FL 32328
Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Violin, Voice, Folk, Musical Theatre, Opera, Pop, Rock, Music Lessons
Tracey Magruder
Lithia FL 33547
Piano, Voice, Classical, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, Pop, Theory, Music Teacher
Rebekah Piatt
Acoustic Guitar, Keyboard, Piano, Ukulele, Voice, Contemporary, Early Childhood, Group Lessons, Musical Theatre, Pop, Rock, Music Teacher
Alisha Mathis
Pooler GA 31322
Piano, Accompaniment, Early Childhood, Folk, Improvisation, Spirituals, Theory, Music Lessons
Karla Benitez
Wesley Chapel FL 33544
Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Electric Guitar, Piano, Violin, Voice, Classical, Contemporary, Pedagogy, Pop, Rock, Theory, Music Teacher
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PRO HOCKEY TALK | NBC SPORTSPHT Carolina Hurricanes
The Buzzer: Cirelli, Lightning cruise past Jets; Crosby tallies OT winner
By Scott CharlesJan 17, 2020, 11:12 PM EST
1) Anthony Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning
Cirelli recorded his first NHL hat trick as the Lightning steamrolled the Winnipeg Jets Friday evening. The 22-year-old scored twice in the opening period as the Bolts jumped out to a 3-0 lead and never looked back. Cirelli hammered a feed from Ondrej Palat 9:27 into the game and then converted a nifty forehand-backhand maneuver to close out the first 20 minutes. Cirelli would complete the hat trick midway through the third period.
2) Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins
Malkin recorded two power-play assists to set up Pittsburgh’s two goals in its 2-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings. Sidney Crosby has received a lot of attention since returning from a 28-game absence earlier this week and added the game-winning goal Friday. However, it was Malkin who looked off the defender and delivered a perfect pass to set up the Penguins captain. Malkin has recorded 10 points in the previous six games.
3) Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
The 26-year-old winger scored twice in Tampa Bay’s 7-1 win. Cirelli and Kucherov alternated goals as Tampa Bay jumped out to a 4-0 lead, including three in the opening period. Kucherov buried two tap-in opportunities to record goals 21 and 22 on the season. The Russian winger has five goals in his previous three games and the Lightning improved to 12-2-0 in the previous 14 games.
Highlights of the Night
Crosby extended his goal-scoring streak to three games when he buried a pretty feed from Malkin to propel the Penguins in overtime.
Sam Steel fired the OT winner after Andrei Svechnikov‘s costly turnover.
Stats of the Night
Andrei Vasilevskiy of the @TBLightning improved to 10-0-0 in his last 10 appearances and matched his career high for longest win streak, a mark set from Feb. 9 – March 5, 2019. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/SDztL5d5m0
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) January 18, 2020
With his goal tonight, the @penguins' Sidney Crosby has now scored an OT goal in each of the last 7 seasons.
Since regular-season OT was re-instituted in 1983-84, only 2 others have scored an OT goal in 7+ straight seasons: Mats Sundin (8) & Brendan Morrison (7).#LetsGoPens
— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) January 18, 2020
Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Detroit Red Wings 1 (OT)
Anaheim Ducks 2, Carolina Hurricanes 1 (OT)
Tampa Bay Lightning 7, Winnipeg Jets 1
NHL ALL-STAR GAME COVERAGE:
• All-Star Game rosters
• Rosters for Elite Women’s 3-on-3 Revealed
• Pass or Fail: 2020 All-Star Game jerseys
• Alex Ovechkin will not play in 2020 All-Star Game
• NHL Skills Competition to feature women’s 3-on-3, pucks shot from stands
Scott Charles is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @ScottMCharles.
Tags: Anaheim Ducks, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Anthony Cirelli, Carolina Hurricanes, Detroit Red Wings, Evgeni Malkin, Nikita Kucherov, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sam Steel, Sidney Crosby, Tampa Bay Lightning, The Buzzer, Winnipeg Jets, Alex Ovechkin, Andrei Svechnikov, Anthony Cirelli, Evgeni Malkin, Nikita Kucherov, Ondrej Palat, Sam Steel, Sidney Crosby
Bad news on Hurricanes’ Hamilton: broken bone in leg
(Update: the Hurricanes announced that Dougie Hamilton underwent leg surgery. The timeline remains unclear, as he’s considered out indefinitely.)
The Carolina Hurricanes and others hoped that Hamilton’s nasty injury looked worse than it was. Unfortunately, the result is pretty bad: Hamilton suffered a broken fibula (broken bone in his left leg) on Thursday.
You can watch and cringe at Hamilton’s bad luck in the video above.
Michael Smith of the Hurricanes website confirmed the broken fibula, stating that Hamilton may undergo surgery as soon as Friday. Smith noted that a recovery timeline might become known later tonight. Either way, it’s clear that this is a huge loss for the Hurricanes.
Hurricanes teammate Jaccob Slavin replaced Hamilton on the 2020 NHL All-Star Game roster.
What Hamilton broken fibula injury might mean to Hurricanes
The Hurricanes face a small margin of error after losing Hamilton and Thursday’s game to the Blue Jackets. Looking at the standings, it’s tough to imagine them wading into the Metro’s top three, while the bubble race could be tight:
Speculating on how long Hamilton might be out is pretty tricky. A commenter in this thread pointed out that Jason Zucker returned from a break in as little as four weeks. On the other hand, Nick Kypreos notes that Hamilton’s Hurricanes teammate Jordan Staal missed half of a season with a similar injury.
Plenty of injuries are tough to figure, and that’s quite true with breaks.
The bottom line is that even an optimistic recovery window would be painful for Carolina. Earlier in January, Adam Gretz broke down why Hamilton ranks as one of the best defensemen in the NHL.
In a nutshell: Hamilton provides explosive offensive (14 goals[!] and 40 points [!!] in 47 games this season) while being better defensively than his critics realize. This Hockey Viz Heat Map tells much of the story:
So, yeah, this hurts a lot for Hurricanes team that could be in quite the battle (most likely) for one of the East’s two wild-card spots. Perhaps it might even push the Hurricanes to try to find some help on the trade market?
Tags: 2020 NHL All-Star Game, Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dougie Hamilton, Jaccob Slavin, Dougie Hamilton, Jaccob Slavin, Jason Zucker, Jordan Staal, Michael Smith
The Buzzer: Golden Knights win DeBoer’s debut; Hats off to Ovechkin
By Adam GretzJan 17, 2020, 1:20 AM EST
1. Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals. Another milestone for the greatest goal scorer to ever play in the NHL. He recorded his 25th career hat trick on Thursday night and reached the 30-goal mark for the 15th consecutive season to start his career, a feat accomplished only by him and Mike Gartner. Read more about it here.
2. David Rittich, Calgary Flames. Huge night for the All-Star goalie as he stopped 35 shots during regulation and overtime and all three shots he faced in a shootout to help lift the Flames to a 2-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Flames have now won six of their past seven games. Thanks to the Arizona Coyotes’ loss to the Vancouver Canucks, the Flames are now tied for first place in the Pacific Division.
3. Mark Stone, Vegas Golden Knights. The Golden Knights won Peter DeBoer’s coaching debut on Thursday night, 4-2, over the Ottawa Senators thanks to a big game from Stone. He scored a goal and recorded an assist in his first game back in Ottawa as a visiting player. Stone played the first six-and-a-half years of his career with the Senators and was one of the team’s best players during his time there. He was a key part of their 2016-17 run to the Eastern Conference Final and became one of the league’s best two-way players. The Senators traded him to Vegas at the trade deadline a year ago. He received a lengthy ovation from the Ottawa crowd on Thursday.
Other notable performances from Thursday
Jaroslav Halak gave up a goal to Sidney Crosby just 24 seconds into the game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, then slammed the door shut the right of the night to help the Boston Bruins to a 4-1 win.
John Tortorella recorded his 200th win as head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets in their 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. It is a huge win for the Blue Jackets and a costly game for the Hurricanes as defenseman Dougie Hamilton exited the game with a nasty looking leg injury. Read about it here.
The Minnesota Wild snapped their four-game losing streak with an impressive win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Read about it here.
Sam Montembeault replaced an injured Chris Driedger in the Florida Panthers’ net and helped them get a big win over the Los Angeles Kings.
Ilya Kovalchuk continued his great play with the Montreal Canadiens by scoring two goals in a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. He now has three goals and seven total points in seven games since joining the Canadiens.
Rasmus Dahlin scored his third goal of the season to help the Buffalo Sabres beat the Dallas Stars.
John Gibson stopped 33 shots for the Anaheim Ducks as they hand the Nashville Predators their seventh defeat in their past 10 games.
Philipp Grubauer stops all 27 shots he faces in a shutout win for the Colorado Avalanche over the San Jose Sharks.
Jake Virtanen avoids a suspension earlier in the day and then scores the game-winning goal for the Vancouver Canucks in a big win over the Arizona Coyotes.
This might have been Rittich’s biggest and best save of the night.
Cam Atkinson wasted no time making an impact in his return to the Blue Jackets’ lineup with this assist early in the first period.
Chris Kreider scores a game-winning power play with 30 seconds to play in regulation to help give the New York Rangers a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders.
Blooper of the Night
After whiffing on a shootout attempt earlier this week, Brad Marchand had some more problems on a breakaway.
Brad Marchand – no dice on the PK breakaway: pic.twitter.com/QaQZVmoaDA
— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) January 17, 2020
Auston Matthews tried the lacrosse move and it did not work.
Matthews tries to pull off a lacrosse goal, but no luck. #LeafsForever pic.twitter.com/qSQnWd20BB
— Maple Leafs Hotstove (@LeafsNews) January 17, 2020
Cale Makar scored his 10th goal of the season for the Colorado Avalanche, tying him for the most in franchise history for a rookie defenseman. [NHL PR]
Patrice Bergeron reached the 20-goal mark for the 11th time in his career, the second most in Bruins franchise history behind only John Buyck. [NHL PR]
Capitals goalie Ilya Samsonov is the 10th rookie goalie to ever win nine consecutive decisions during the regular season. [NHL PR]
Boston Bruins 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 1
Calgary Flames 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 (SO)
Florida Panthers 4, Los Angeles Kings 3
New York Rangers 3, New York Islanders 2
Montreal Canadiens 4, Philadelphia Flyers 1
Washington Capitals 5, New Jersey Devils 2
Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Carolina Hurricanes 2
Vegas Golden Knights 4, Ottawa Senators 2
Anaheim Ducks 4, Nashville Predators 2
Minnesota Wild 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 2
Buffalo Sabres 4, Dallas Stars 1
Colorado Avalanche 4, San Jose Sharks 0
Vancouver Canucks 3, Arizona Coyotes 1
Adam Gretz is a writer for Pro Hockey Talk on NBC Sports. Drop him a line at phtblog@nbcsports.com or follow him on Twitter @AGretz.
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Hurricanes’ Hamilton suffers nasty looking leg injury in loss to Blue Jackets
By Adam GretzJan 16, 2020, 10:27 PM EST
(UPDATE: The Hurricanes announced on Friday that Hamilton suffered a broken leg.)
The Carolina Hurricanes dropped a tough 3-2 decision to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. That result was not their biggest concern from the game.
The concern is the status of defenseman Dougie Hamilton after he exited the game late in the second with what appears to be a nasty leg injury following a collision along the boards.
You can see the play in the video above.
He was unable to put any weight on his leg as he was helped off the ice.
Coach Rod Brind’Amour didn’t have much of an update after the game, simply saying that it “doesn’t look good.”
If Hamilton is seriously injured and has to miss any significant time that would be a massive hole for the Hurricanes to have to try to fill. He has been arguably the best defenseman in the NHL this season and is one of the Hurricanes’ top players in every aspect of the game. He helps drive the offense, he runs the power play, he helps shut down teams defensively, he drives possession, and he is their leader in ice-time. That is not a player you just replace, whether it be internally or from outside the organization.
Huge win for Blue Jackets
As for the game itself, this was a huge game in the Eastern Conference Wild Card race as the two teams entered the game separated by just two points. Columbus’ win, combined with Philadelphia’s loss to Montreal, means that that the Blue Jackets, Hurricanes, and Flyers are in a three-way tie for the two Wild Card spots with 56 points each.
The Florida Panthers, just one point back following their 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings, are just one point back of that group with games in hand on all three teams.
The Blue Jackets were able to get the win thanks to a late third period goal from captain Nick Foligno.
Columbus’ recent success is one of the most surprising stories of the 2019-20 season. After losing four key players –including their two best players over the summer in free agency (Artemi Panarin, Sergei Bobrovsky, Matt Duchene, and Ryan Dzingel) they have been one of the most injured teams in the league this season. Even with all of that they are still on a 13-2-4 run over their past 19 games.
Cam Atkinson, their leading goal-scorer from a year ago, had been one of the key players sidelined in recent weeks. He returned to the lineup on Tuesday and recorded two points (one goal, one assist) in the win.
Elvis Merzlikins continued his great play in place of the injured Joonas Korpisalo by stopping 32 out of 34 shots for the Blue Jackets.
Tags: Artemi Panarin, Cam Atkinson, Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dougie Hamilton, Elvis Merzlikins, Florida Panthers, Joonas Korpisalo, Matt Duchene, Philadelphia Flyers, Ryan Dzingel, Sergei Bobrovsky, Artemi Panarin, Cam Atkinson, Dougie Hamilton, Elvis Merzlikins, Joonas Korpisalo, Matt Duchene, Nick Foligno, Ryan Dzingel, Sergei Bobrovsky
Surging Blue Jackets finally getting some help
By Adam GretzJan 15, 2020, 6:01 PM EST
The Columbus Blue Jackets have been one of the NHL’s hottest teams over the past month-and-a-half, riding a 12-2-4 run over their past 18 games. They have the league’s third-best record (behind only St. Louis and Pittsburgh) during that stretch and have played their way back into playoff contention in the Eastern Conference, entering play on Wednesday in a tie with the Philadelphia Flyers for the second wild card spot.
What makes this run even more impressive is the team has been absolutely ravaged by injuries during that stretch.
The list of injuries includes…
Forward Cam Atkinson, a 40-goal scorer a year ago, has missed the past 12 games.
Forward Josh Anderson and defenseman Ryan Murray have not played since Dec. 14 (15 games).
Rookie defenseman Andre Peeke has not played since Dec. 17.
Oliver Bjorkstrand, who had 12 goals in his first 36 games, has missed the past 11 games.
Alexandre Texier, a rookie forward the team had high hopes for at the start, has missed the past seven games.
Starting goalie Joonas Korpisalo has missed the past eight games.
On Wednesday the Blue Jackets finally got some good news on the injury front when the team announced that Atkinson and Peeke have been activated from injured reserve (Peeke has since been assigned to the AHL).
Atkinson is expected to be in the lineup on Thursday for a huge game against the Carolina Hurricanes. The Hurricanes are just two points ahead of the Blue Jackets in the standings.
The Atkinson is significant because he is such a huge part of the Blue Jackets’ offense and has been one of the most underrated goal scorers in the entire league the past few seasons. Over the previous three seasons he scored 100 goals in 227 games, a rate that averages out to 36 goals per 82 games. That production is down a little so far this season, but a lot of that drop has been driven by a significant dip in his shooting percentage.
He was already starting to see a bounce back before the injury, scoring five goals in his past eight games.
Blue Jackets keep surprising
Expectations were low for the Blue Jackets at the start of the season after the team lost Artemi Panarin, Sergei Bobrovsky, Matt Duchene, and Ryan Dzingel in free agency. Add in the recent injury situation on top of a slow start, and this team has every possible excuse to have completely gone in the tank. That has not happened.
Even with all of the free agency departures the Blue Jackets still had reasons for optimism this season (we looked at that here and here) because of the young talent still in place. Zach Werenski and Seth Jones form one of the best defense duos in the league, and they have been their usual steady selves this season. Pierre-Luc Dubois is also an emerging star in the NHL and becoming a legit No. 1 center that can impact the game on both sides of the ice.
But perhaps the biggest factor in their ability to remain competitive has been the emerge of Korpisalo, and most recently, Elvis Merzlikins in net.
Goaltending was always going to be the big X-Factor for this team and would strongly dictate what the team could do.
Merzlikins has been the big story over the past couple of weeks as he has stepped up in place of the injured Korpisalo. After losing each of his first eight decisions in the NHL, he is now 6-2-0 in his past eight games with a .950 save percentage. That includes back-to-back shutouts in his past two starts.
It is not realistic for him to keep playing at that high of a level, but as long as he and Korpisalo (once he returns) do not completely fall apart the Blue Jackets are going to have a great chance to not only stay in this race, but also shock the NHL and potentially return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Especially if they can start getting some more of their key players (Bjorkstrand, Murray, Texier, Anderson) back in the lineup.
Tags: Alexandre Texier, Cam Atkinson, Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, Elvis Merzlikins, Joonas Korpisalo, Josh Anderson, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Seth Jones, St. Louis Blues, Zach Werenski, Alexandre Texier, Artemi Panarin, Cam Atkinson, Elvis Merzlikins, Joonas Korpisalo, Josh Anderson, Matt Duchene, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Ryan Dzingel, Ryan Murray, Sergei Bobrovsky, Seth Jones, Zach Werenski
The Buzzer: Cirelli, Lightning cruise past Jets; Crosby tallies OT winner January 17, 2020 11:12 pm EST Bad news on Hurricanes’ Hamilton: broken bone in leg January 17, 2020 12:33 pm EST The Buzzer: Golden Knights win DeBoer’s debut; Hats off to Ovechkin January 17, 2020 1:20 am EST Hurricanes’ Hamilton suffers nasty looking leg injury in loss to Blue Jackets January 16, 2020 10:27 pm EST Surging Blue Jackets finally getting some help January 15, 2020 6:01 pm EST The Buzzer: Panarin’s 5-point night; Price, Samsonov stop them all January 13, 2020 10:45 pm EST The Buzzer: Big night for Sharks; Tkachuk vs. Kassian; McDavid does it again January 12, 2020 3:08 am EST The Buzzer: Larkin goes coast to coast; Hurricanes shut out Coyotes January 10, 2020 11:55 pm EST What Hurricanes should expect from Justin Williams January 10, 2020 6:24 pm EST Stanley Cup Playoff race: Second half record every team needs January 10, 2020 3:00 pm EST Back with Carolina, Williams has work ahead to be game-ready January 8, 2020 3:27 pm EST The Buzzer: Lightning score 9 goals; Predators lose big in Hynes debut January 8, 2020 1:39 am EST Hurricanes sign Justin Williams to 1-year contract January 7, 2020 10:32 pm EST PHT Morning Skate: Life after Laviolette; Kovalchuk impresses in Habs debut January 7, 2020 9:02 am EST Why Hurricanes’ Hamilton is NHL’s best defenseman right now January 6, 2020 5:22 pm EST NHL Power Rankings: Maple Leafs, Lightning back on track January 6, 2020 2:18 pm EST The Buzzer: Lightning look elite with streak; Killer goal by Akil Thomas January 6, 2020 1:41 am EST The Buzzer: Capitals withstand late surge from Hurricanes; Stars extend winning streak January 3, 2020 11:48 pm EST Five most underrated stars heading into 2020 January 3, 2020 10:11 am EST NHL announces rosters for 2020 All-Star Game December 30, 2019 3:51 pm EST NHL Fantasy Hockey: Killorn, Schwartz highlight this week’s best adds December 30, 2019 2:58 pm EST NHL Power Rankings: Blues take over top spot December 30, 2019 2:00 pm EST The Buzzer: Markstrom stops 49 for Canucks; Foegele dominates December 29, 2019 1:56 am EST The Buzzer: Another 2-goal game for Bergeron; Perron keeps Blues rolling December 28, 2019 1:35 am EST PHT Decade in Review: Most significant trades in hockey December 26, 2019 9:00 am EST The Buzzer: Blues, Maple Leafs, others roar into holiday break December 24, 2019 1:59 am EST Maple Leafs are better, more dangerous team under Sheldon Keefe December 23, 2019 5:47 pm EST ‘This is for real:’ Journeyman Aliu sparks hockey reckoning December 23, 2019 11:30 am EST The Buzzer: McDavid, Draisaitl, Eichel can’t be stopped December 22, 2019 2:48 am EST Five great NHL performances sneaking under the radar this season December 20, 2019 6:25 pm EST The Buzzer: Flyers erupt; Kane has another big night December 20, 2019 2:52 am EST PHT Morning Skate: Intriguing updates for Dustin Byfuglien, Justin Williams December 19, 2019 9:00 am EST The Buzzer: Price is right for Canadiens, Malkin’s 400th goal, and Hall’s impact December 18, 2019 1:40 am EST Svechnikov scores another lacrosse-style goal for Hurricanes (Video) December 17, 2019 10:32 pm EST Would Ilya Kovalchuk make sense for Bruins, other NHL contenders? December 17, 2019 2:13 pm EST PHT Morning Skate: Sabres thrilled for Bills; Hall’s impact on Arizona December 17, 2019 9:07 am EST The Buzzer: Hats off to Duclair; Staal one point away from 1,000 December 15, 2019 1:10 am EST The Buzzer: Red Wings snap skid; hats off to Panarin December 13, 2019 2:09 am EST Pettersson gets lucky assist from abandoned stick on OT winner (Video) December 13, 2019 1:16 am EST Ron Francis speaks about handling of Peters situation while Hurricanes GM December 12, 2019 11:12 am EST
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Fortnite: What’s it and why is it so big?
By Joe Myers | October 5, 2019
Fortnite is a web-based video game that falls beneath a style banner that is exploded in popularity over the past 12 months, the “battle royale.”
All games within the style operate below the same easy premise: When one hundred players are dropped into an ever-shrinking map, both as solo operators or as squads of up to four, who can survive?
Everybody in Fortnite begins with nothing more than a pickaxe (more on that later), however the map is full of all method of weapons, armor, and different gear. After parachuting down to the placement of your choosing, the aim is to scavenge as a lot of an arsenal as you are able to while warding off enemy players/squads.
While all this is going on, a randomly chosen portion of the map — marked by a really massive circle — is deemed safe. After a sure number of minutes have elapsed, anyone caught outside that safe zone takes steady damage, till they both die or get to safety.
The safe zone then continues to shrink every few minutes, with a new, randomly selected safe zone appearing somewhere inside the current one. This has the effect of pushing all competing players — who’re all trying to gun each other down while this is occurring — into the same basic vicinity. The final player or squad standing is the winner.
Fortnite’s Battle Royale mode (that’s what it’s called) tweaks the method somewhat. The pickaxe you begin with is not strictly a weapon; it is chiefly a software for resource-gathering and building structures.
You see, outside of Battle Royale, Fortnite is a cooperative on-line game that’s sort of like a fusion between The Strolling Dead and Minecraft. In that “Save the World” mode, you spend your daylight hours gathering assets and building fortifications at your base. At night, you fend off hordes of monsters.
The monsters do not factor into Battle Royale, but building does. As you collect sources, you’re able to construct an assortment of structures. Most of it is vitally momentary, often taking the form of physical cover for you to huddle behind.
It is one of the options that makes Fortnite’s tackle this genre distinctive; instead of relying solely on the makeup of the world round you, you can actively work to alter the map to suit your own needs. All while beneath the constant risk of enemy fire, of course.
You may need more current hardware to run it, of course. And you will probably need a Bluetooth controller, unless you’ve a masochistic love for touch-based third-individual shooter controls. However it’s in any other case the identical Fortnite chances are you’ll know from elsewhere.
More importantly, it plays nice with different versions of the game. Epic additionally announced Fortnite helps both cross-play and cross-development throughout all platforms, with one notable exception (we’ll get to that).
In the event you’ve primarily played the game on Xbox One, PlayStation four, or PC, you can take any progress you’ve got made — the game affords unlockable beauty gear that tweaks what you appear to be — over to the mobile release. You may also play with associates and/or against other people on totally different platforms.
The lone exception is PS4 vs. Xbox One: As of now, there is not any cross-play between those two platforms. So PS4 people can play with or in opposition to PC/Mac or mobile players, and Xbox One folks can play with or against PC/Mac or mobile players, however PS4 people can’t match up with Xbox One people.
It is dumb, and not something Epic has any management over. It’s going to in all probability change sooner or later, as soon as Microsoft and Sony work out whatever issues stand within the way. But for now, this is the way things are.
The mobile model of Fortnite is not totally launched yet, but early access sign-ups for iOS players opened on March 12. There’s been no word on a similar offering for Android customers, but it’s presumably only a matter of time.
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A new study shows that patients with brain metastases who received whole-brain radiotherapy (RT) experience fewer neurologic symptoms and better cognition over time when hippocampal neural stem cells are protected.
Researchers at Northwestern Medicine (NM; Winfield, IL, USA) and the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN, USA) conducted a study in 518 patients in order to examine the hypothesis that radiation to the hippocampal stem cells plays a role in cognitive decline. To do so, study participants were randomized to whole brain RT plus memantine (a NMDA antagonist used to improve cognition, mood, behavior, and the ability to perform daily activities in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease), with or without hippocampal avoidance.
Image: A new study claims hippocampal avoidance during WBRT improves cognition (Photo courtesy of Getty Images).
The researchers found a 26% relative reduction in risk of cognitive toxicity following whole brain RT with hippocampal avoidance, compared to whole-brain RT. Patients who received treatment that avoided the hippocampus continued to maintain measurable improvements in cognition, with fewer neurologic symptoms, less interference of neurologic symptoms in their daily activities, and less memory problems. Toxicity, intracranial progression-free survival, and overall survival outcomes were similar to those experienced by patients who had whole-brain RT. The study was presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology annual meeting, held during September 2019 in Chicago (IL, USA).
“These results revolutionize our understanding of the cognitive effects of brain irradiation in a manner that has far-reaching implications in terms of the safer radiotherapy treatment of primary or metastatic brain tumors,” said lead author and study presenter Vinai Gondi, MD, director of research at the NM Proton Center. “Our phase III trial not only provides evidence for practice change in the management of brain metastases, but also builds upon decades of preclinical and clinical research to definitely establish the hippocampus as a radiosensitive and cognition-specific organ at risk during brain irradiation.”
The hippocampus (part of the Limbic system) is a small formation in the temporal lobe responsible for the processing of long-term memory and emotional responses. Certain sub-regions of the hippocampus play roles in different types of memory, such as spatial memories, emotional behavior, and regulation of hypothalamic functions. The hippocampus is one of the unique regions in brain where the neurogenesis continues even in adult life, thanks to neural stem cells that integrate into the mainstream neurons.
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Ah you see now cde. Its my list. I am ok with it.
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13 Hendrick Witbooi (#Namibia) 14 Patrice Lumumba ( #RDCongo Democratic Republic of the Congo)
6. Dedan Kimathi (#Kenya) 7. Frantz Fanon (#Algeria, Africa and the Diaspora) 8. Gamal Abdel Nasser (#Egypt) 9. Robert Sobukwe (#SouthAfrica) 10. Nelson Mandela (South Africa) 11 Haile Selassie (#Ethiopia) 12 Herbert Chitepo (#Zimbabwe)
My greatest 14 #Africa #African political revolutionaries of all time- in this order... 1. Amilcar Cabral (Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde) 2. Julius Nyerere (#Tanzania) 3. Nehanda Nyakasikana (#Zimbabwe) 4. Kwame Nkrumah (#Ghana) 5. Samora Machel (#Mozambique)
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Zimbabwe's @ConradDakar finishes fourth in first ever Side by Side at @Dakar Rally bit.ly/2FYT2GT #3mob
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Exceptionally pleased to have a copy of @MilesTendi ‘s new book in my hands. pic.twitter.com/hqhNONlJ97
Forgot to add "Religion as a business" and still #Zimbabwe is going nowhere. Very fast.
The media as a business, the school as a business, the hospital as a business, the clinic as a business, water as a business.. #Zimbabwe is going nowhere. Very fast.
and you have a sum total of the exercise of power and symbolism. Even if the majority of us don’t see it.//
benevolent attitude toward women and the youth via extending, for the former, the quota system and for the latter, introducing it. Add to this, the new Chinese facilitated massive new Parliament building made in the image of Great Zimbabwe
recognizable source of the changes is the ruling party which in doing so is asserting not only its authority for public recognition but also for its own party structures. That is giving meaning via this sort of action to its own exercise of power. In the second instance is the
but entirely functional one. Especially for the political elite that wrote it and got their supporters to vote for it. A final hidden element to the constitutional amendments as proposed is the fact of their symbolism in the exercise of political power. First of all the
The general lack of populism around the matter indicates a continued public ignorance of the provisions of the constitution but more significantly a continued lack of desire at public ownership of the same. In other words, the constitution of Zimbabwe is not an organic
economic survival) that is top of the list. This does not mean there will be no entertainment of the subject in general or in its parliamentary specificity and televised antics when it is read for the first and second times.
technicality or the other.The next hidden element to these proposed amendments is a desultory political public. Amending the constitution is not high on the Zimbabwean public’s priority or concern list. Instead it’s the political economy (with an emphasis on economy and
constitutionally do so. Except for Chapter 4 (Bill of Rights) and Chapter 16 (Agricultural Land) where it will require a constitutional referendum. So on the face of it, it is within Zanu Pf’s legal right to do so. Unless someone takes them to the Constitutional court on some
may be lost in translation. The first and what should be the most obvious one is that the government wants to change the constitution because it can. The ruling Zanu Pf party has a two thirds majority in both houses of Parliament (Section 328 (5) and can therefore
Same with the extension of the women’s quota and the introduction of the youth quota in Parliament. Beyond these arguments against or for amending the constitution as proposed by Constitutional Amendment Bill No 2 of 2019, there are some stark political realities that
reasons why it wants to change the constitution. On the issue of presidential running mates it has argued that it does not require two centers of power. On devolution it is arguing that it is fulfilling its electoral campaign promises.
issue to is first fulfill the alignment requirements before seeking to change it. The only problem with this is that Mnangagwa’s government has no legal obligation to do that. It can always argue that it is all ‘work in progress’.The ruling Zanu Pf party has also given some
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FROM BEYOND THE BUBBLE
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Plain speaking Nelligen firie Paul gets a guernsey in Garema Place
January 10, 2020 by Mockery Of Shockjockery, posted in Uncategorized
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The Answer (to climate change) my friend is blowin’ in the wind- or something like that…..
January 9, 2020 January 9, 2020 by Mockery Of Shockjockery, posted in Uncategorized
Many people, including myself, thought Oscar Wilde had uttered the phrase “everyone talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it”…Wrong, apparently. While Mr Wilde is responsible for the cynical and snobbish “conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative” quote, that other wise guy, Mark Twain, gets credit for the astute pithy take on the topic about which everyone talks but does nothing.
The Irish smartarse Wilde, like Twain, Groucho Marx and a swag of others, offered scores of clever and witty sayings on the issues of their day, many of which, thankfully remain in conversation today. In fact, there was a time, pre Google, if you were unsure of who may have coined a particular pity, sage or humorous phrase; it was a safe bet to attribute it to Oscar Fingal O’Flaherty Wills Wilde. That in itself has now become a hot topic but it’s the weather and its fluctuating behaviour we must talk about.
It turns out Twain “banged on” a bit about the weather including an unkind comment about spending a cold winter San Francisco in the summer. But even from when the dawning of the age of Aquarius in that cold “Summer in the City” city first “let the Sunshine in” motivating creative folk the world over to have thunder in their hearts, to walk on sunshine, chase and catch the wind, stand, sing, cry, dance and even get naked in the rain which was sometimes hard and once purple, IMHO no one has topped MT’s astute observation of humanity’s apathy to all things meteorological.
Everyone still talks about the weather but still no-one does or is able to do anything about it…….Bob Dylan got a bit close with the awakening anthem….” blowin in the wind” but Twain’s wise weather witticism wins out.
We have just entered our sixth day of, depending on which clichéd news network you watch, the sweltering/scorching/roasting weather conditions which are sweeping across most of the South Eastern section of the great southern land including my home in the nation’s capital, Canberra, while at the same time being exposed to the graphic footage of large American cities completely snowbound. And everyone, even those souls lacking in imagination Wilde so savagely slayed with his tongue all those years ago, is talking about the weather. These days though a lot of folk want someone to do something about the weather.
Back in Twain’s day there weren’t too many tub thumping, pig ignorant right-wing radio commentators around talking about doing nothing about the weather.
But lately radio shock jocks have been publicly frothing at the mouth while privately offering prayers of thanks to the heavens for this godsend which is the hysterical debate “Climate Change”. People are still talking about the weather. Al Gore’s pot stirring doco “an inconvenient truth” got the right’s goat on the climate issue. But then again he had the temerity to almost beat George W Bush to the White House. He had to be dealt with.
Climate change or its more emotive and subjective tag global warming is guaranteed to get the punters banging the talkback lines. All the SJ has to do is to mockingly suggest “torrential rain in the Philippines, blizzards in Europe and scorching conditions down under in Australia” WTF…..??
Those with the clipboards and white coats seem to be evenly divided on the hot topic of warming versus cooling. Shockjock gets the Climate Change deniers on air to poo poo or demonstrate (with twisted facts and figures) how distorted facts and figures are polluting the already muddied waters of the climate change debate. There is a very fine line between twisting and distorting and muddied and polluted. It’s how adroitly you use the facts and how “expertly” your hand picked expert presents them.
I’ll paraphrase a TV weatherman in the US who suggested climate change should be “left to Mother Nature to sort, it’s way too big for we mere humans”
“Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it” still rings true after all these years. Those who can, can but won’t ,including Australian PM, Tony Abbott, who is on record as saying “climate change is crap”. Like most pollies he only has eyes on the next election.
So Mr Twain, it would appear, was way ahead of his time.
Might I humbly suggest, with the deepest of apologies to Mr Wilde, a couple of thoughts to balance the literary ledger? If Wilde were still around he may have been tempted to update or refresh a couple of his gems thus…..”There is only one thing in life worse than not talking about climate change and that is talking about climate change” and “we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at where the hole in the ozone layer is going to be”
And without doubt Oscar’s favourite song from the pop era would be about the weather…………The Weather Girls 90’s hit “It’s Raining Men”
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KAMBAH SHEEP COLOUR POST XMAS HAZE
January 2, 2020 by Mockery Of Shockjockery, posted in Conman
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THE SUMMER JORIAN GARDNER SPENT AS A LONELY SHOCKJOCK
January 1, 2020 by Mockery Of Shockjockery, posted in Uncategorized
FROM Canberra CIty News Jan 2011
GOOD Morning… it’s Jorian Gardner filling in for Mark Parton and Mike Welsh over summer on the Breakfast and Drive shows on Talking Canberra 1206 2CC.
Today on the program… the third spear carrier to the left in a new amateur production of “Cats” will join us; the homeless guy who lives outside the Canberra Centre – what are his political views? And, don’t miss this one, but I will have live in the studio today – that’s right LIVE! – an exclusive with that guy who washes your windscreens whether you like it or not on the corner of Northbourne and Wakefield Avenues in Dickson. An interview not to miss!
Ahh, summer. While the big guns get to retire to their summer homes down the coast or somewhere in Europe, it’s yours truly who’s left to carry the can and provide the good people of the national capital with quality talkback.
But you all know Canberra don’t you? It’s a veritable ghost town from just before Christmas to basically the end of January – which just happens to coincide with when I am on air.
Pollies, business people and pretty much anyone with a life (obviously, that’s not me) clear out of the capital for summer, leaving me with a roster of guests that’s about as long as the list of friends of Kyle Sandilands!
But fear not talkback lovers – I relish a challenge, and while everyone else might be in holiday mode, I will be scouring the news and getting the guests on that matter.
It’s lonely at 3.30am in the studio, especially in the Silly Season when interview subjects are either hung-over or still drinking. But necessity is certainly the mother of invention and no topic is too large – or for that matter too small – for me to tackle, so expect some, ummm, “surprising” guests.
“Welcome to the program Guido the office cleaner, who’s going to tell us, for the next hour, how recycling really works!”
But seriously, I am not worried about summer on 2CC, there will be still be great interviews, music, comedy and news and more. The season gives me more time to spend talking with the people who do matter – my listeners.
The stark, and unfortunate, reality of an Australian summer is that there will be bushfires and floods and accidents and all manner of tragedy that the media will report on.
But let’s really hope you are listening to me interviewing that third spear carrier from the left, because that will mean that those horrible summer catastrophes aren’t happening.
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DOGGOS OF CANBERRA
December 22, 2019 December 22, 2019 by Mockery Of Shockjockery, posted in Uncategorized
SPOTTED THIS FASHION MODEL AT THE HAWKER SHOPS
RIP “OLLIE” JIMMY BARNES’ DOG WHO MADE A FEW TRIPS TO CANBERRA
PROTESTING CLIMATE CHANGE AT A RALLY IN GLEBE PARK
HELPING HIS HUMAN FIND A CAR PARK AT COOLEMAN COURT
”PHOEBE” WALKED WITH HER HUMAN FROM COLLECTOR TO CANBERRA
CATTLE DOGS IN TOWN FOR THE FARMERS RALLY
LOOKING FOR THE LOW DOG WHO STOLE MY JIMMY CHEWS
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CANBERRA CITY NEWS MAY 30
June 2, 2019 by Mockery Of Shockjockery, posted in Uncategorized
By Mike Welsh
IF the city of mostly true believers is still disappointed by the election result it could always build a bridge and get over it. Speculation of a brand, spanking new structure spanning Lake Burley Griffin might just be the tonic.
The National Capital Authority has confirmed a study of completely replacing Commonwealth Avenue Bridge will begin, rather than building a separate structure to accommodate light rail to Woden.
AND if a new bridge doesn’t do it, a naked man walking across the existing one with a pumpkin on his head surely would. Thankfully we won’t be exposed to such a spectacle after Sydney journalist Eddy Jokovich reneged on his pledge to “walk nude from Sydney to Canberra balancing a pumpkin on my head” if the coalition won the Federal election.
Pumpkinhead Eddy’s copped a shellacking on social media in the days since, pathetically responding on Twitter: “To all those perverts with their binoculars out there expecting this to happen, if the Liberals can lie and break their promises, so can I. None of the polls predicted Morrison’s re-election, few expected it. People make mistakes. Go and have a cold shower, all of you”.
Given shrinkage and Canberra’s climate, a nothing-to-see-here-folks headline has gone begging.
SCOTT Morrison’s miraculous victory has brought the “fast tracking” of Canberra’s light rail to Woden to a shuddering halt. ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr must now explore other avenues of funding. Stage 2 was more likely under a Shorten government with its pledge of $200 million. A shellshocked Barr suggested the re-election of the coalition was “going to set back the time frame, there’s no doubting that,” with 2025 “a more realistic time frame”.
IF the next ACT election takes on a Trump/ScoMo presidential tone the Canberra Liberals will need Mark Parton as its leader. Armed with little, the local Libs won’t be able to resist a “Barr will tax you to death” version of the “Crooked Hillary” and “Shifty Bill” template which worked a treat for Donald Trump and Scott Morrison.
Morrison is the consummate salesman. Parton is a very good salesman. Both have extensive experience in media roles before entering politics and the skills to “buy and sell” career political types such as Bill Shorten and, locally, Alistair Coe. Political campaigns are now 100 per cent sizzle with no room for sausage.
WITHIN 48 hours of the first quiet murmurs of a Labor defeat turning into a loud roar, reinstated ACT Labor senator Katy Gallagher had put the bite on me. Late on Monday I received a “Don’t mourn, join” email from the former ACT chief minister. “Mike, Saturday night’s election was disappointing for Labor supporters and voters across Australia. But now it’s time to rally together and look to the fight ahead”. Before the signwriters had even reattached the shingle to her new/old office, Katy was asking me “to join our progressive movement and become a member of the ALP”.
THE once fierce resistance to Canberra’s annual kangaroo cull has dimmed over recent times, but the 2019 program targeting a record number of roos has reawakened protesters’ rage. Twenty four organisations, including filmmaker Creative Cowboy and British-based vegan charity Viva, have issued a statement condemning the killing of 4076 kangaroos and unknown numbers of joeys. The group claims: “When global scientists have issued the strongest call yet to reverse ‘nature’s dangerous decline’, the ACT government is overseeing the cruel mass slaughter of over 4000 kangaroos.”
STILL on activism; Manuka’s fashionable district is not known for its tree huggers nor is it traditionally a haven for those with a penchant for civil disobedience, which is a relief because such action is no longer necessary to save a mature London Plane tree in Franklin Street. A ruling by the Conservator for Flora and Fauna Ian Walker, has blocked the destruction of the tree standing in the way of a proposed European-style, neoclassical, seven-storey hotel near the Capitol Cinema.
THE good folk of Curtin have been very generous with donations to the recent Anglicare Pantry appeal. Volunteers spent the weekend outside the local Coles store and gathered around 5000 items. The supermarket manager says that takings were up $30,000 for the week and the food items donated during the weekend filled more than 40 trolleys.
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COLOURS OF CANBERRA
May 27, 2019 June 9, 2019 by Mockery Of Shockjockery, posted in Uncategorized, Weather
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A 3 Day Tour of the Incredible Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia
by Vanessa Choot / September 22, 2015 November 28, 2017
When you’re travelling in Bolivia, the must-see attraction are the 12,000 sq km “Salar de Uyuni” salt flats, the largest in the world.
Deciding on a Tour Company
In La Paz, we spent a lot of time debating which tour agency to go on a salt flat tour with. According to reviews, that seemed to be the factor that can make or break your experience.
We narrowed our choices down to Red Planet versus Quecha Connection, the two English-speaking tours that most travellers decide between for tours from Uyuni (vs other agencies who will take you from Chile or Tupiza). From reading Trip Advisor, we heard good things and bad things about both: drunk drivers, freezing accommodations, food poisoning…like everything else in Bolivia, it seems, it’s about the luck of the draw.
We went with Quecha Connection simply because they were efficient in responding to our emails, and had an in-person office in La Paz for us to book our tour. They also include sleeping bags and hot water bottles at no extra charge, so that was another perk.
By the way, if you come across Kanoo Tours in your research, they charge an extra $10USD more for either tour, so it’s best to book directly with the tour agency, if you can get a hold of them.
On the Bolivia Salt Flat Tour with Quecha Connection
The Salt Flat Tour: Day 1
On our first day, we left Uyuni from the Quecha Connection office at around 10am. We thought we would be driving for long periods but our journey was punctuated with many stops and viewpoints. For example, it was only a 10-minute drive to our first stop, the train cemetery. Uyuni used to be the home of a rail-car factory, and as the country moved away from train travel, the hollowed out rail cars were abandoned in the desert and are now a tourist attraction for people going to and from the Salt Flats.
Next, we made a quick stop at a salt factory, and then finally onto the Salt Flats. The Salt Flats were an amazing sight to see: 12,000km-squared of white salt in natural hexagonal patterns. It was mesmerizing driving through the flat landscape, and the solid white of the salt and the sold blue of the sky gives a strange perspective on distance.
En route to lunch, the driver dropped us off a couple of kilometres away from our lunch destination, and we had the option of biking the rest of the way to lunch. I lasted for about ten minutes before I gave up and started walking with the bike – it was so windy and the destination never seemed to get any closer. It’s hard to tell distance when everything is so flat! Our driver eventually saw me walking and picked me up, and as we drove closer to the rest of the group, we picked up the others who by then had also given up on the bike ride.
When you’re on the Salt Flats, the touristy thing to do is to take funny perspective photos. Our guide with Quecha Connection had all the creative suggestions for poses, and even brought his own props of a Pringles Can and Godzilla-like monster.
See our post on Funny Perspective Photos from the Bolivian Salt Flats.
Later that afternoon, we stopped at “Cactus Island” where we had about 45 minutes to look around.
Our Tour Guide Called This Pose “The Evolution of Man”
Our driver timed our visit so we would leave around sunset, and we could take more photos during sunset on the Salt Flats.
Salt Flat Tour: Day 2
On our second day, we continued to head South to visit the many coloured lagoons of Southern Bolivia. We saw hundreds of wild flamingos, which was one of the most incredible natural sights I have ever seen. Most people associate flamingos with warm, tropical climates…so it was incredibly surreal to see hundreds of pink flamingos scattered in across the high elevation terrain, with snowcapped mountains in the background.
At one point, we pretty much made it to the border of Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. Along the way we reached elevations of 5,000 meters.
Our second night of accommodations didn’t have heat, so we layered on all our clothing and bundled into our sleeping bags with hot water bottles to keep us warm.
This was mostly a driving day. We woke up super early to catch the sunrise at the geysers, and it was SO cold. There are no barriers between you and the boiling mud, so watch your step!
After the geysers, we went to a natural outdoor hot spring, then took the long drive back to Uyuni.
Overall on this tour, we saw everything we expected to see and more. This was one of the most amazing experiences I’ve been on, with sight after sight after sight packed into a 3-day tour.
We went to the Salt Flats during the dry season in September 2015 and paid $180 USD per person for a 3 Day / 2 Night tour through Quecha Connections. I can’t imagine seeing anything more with an extra day, so if you’re deciding between a 3-day or 4-day tour, I would go with the 3-day tour.
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Issue published October 2, 2006
Volume 116, Issue 10, Pages 2563-2829
Personal perspective (1)
Erratum (1)
Response to Zhou et al.
Jean-Marc Pascussi, … , Patrick Maurel, Marie-José Vilarem
Jean-Marc Pascussi, Patrick Maurel, Marie-José Vilarem
The troubled dream of genetic medicine Ethnicity and innovation in Tay-Sachs, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell disease
Harry Ostrer
Yellow fever A deadly disease poised to kill again
Alan D.T. Barrett
The physician-scientist, the state, and the oath: thoughts for our times
Barry S. Coller
Triggered by an encounter with survivors of the studies on twins conducted in Auschwitz by Joseph Mengele, who held both MD and PhD degrees, I offer thoughts on the extraordinary powers physician-scientists have to enhance or degrade human dignity. Biomedical science lacks intrinsic morality, but attains moral status by virtue of its purpose and the ethical framework that controls its conduct, both of which derive from the principles of medical humanism codified in the physician’s oath. Physician-scientists have responsibilities to humankind that transcend the state. Careful analysis of historical examples of abuses of human rights committed in the name of medical science or the state is an important mechanism to safeguard current and future human participants.
Deiodinases: implications of the local control of thyroid hormone action
Antonio C. Bianco, Brian W. Kim
The deiodinases activate or inactivate thyroid hormone, and their importance in thyroid hormone homeostasis has become increasingly clear with the availability of deiodinase-deficient animals. At the same time, heightened interest in the field has been generated following the discovery that the type 2 deiodinase can be an important component in both the Hedgehog signaling pathway and the G protein–coupled bile acid receptor 1–mediated (GPBAR1-mediated) signaling cascade. The discovery of these new roles for the deiodinases indicates that tissue-specific deiodination plays a much broader role than once thought, extending into the realms of developmental biology and metabolism.
T cell activation altersintestinal structure and function
Treatment with anti-CD3 antibody (anti-CD3) causes transient diarrhea. In this issue of the JCI, Clayburgh et al. show that, in jejunum of mice injected with anti-CD3 or with TNF, fluid accumulation and changes in epithelial phenotype develop, the latter including an increase in the passive permeability to proteins, smaller solutes, and water and the endocytosis of the brush border Na+/H+ exchanger, thereby inhibiting Na+ absorption (a second cytokine, LIGHT, has the former effect, but not the latter) (see the related article beginning on page 2682). These phenotypic changes, by themselves, do not, however, explain increased fluid secretion. Since active anion secretion is not stimulated (in fact it is inhibited), a non–epithelial cell–mediated driving force must be present — most likely an increase in interstitial pressure due to an effect of TNF on capillary permeability, smooth muscle contractility, or both.
Pili prove pertinent to enterococcal endocarditis
Jonathan M. Budzik, Olaf Schneewind
Enterococcus faecalis is an important agent of endocarditis and urinary tract infections, which occur frequently in hospitals. Antimicrobial therapy is complicated by the emergence of drug-resistant strains, which contribute significantly to mortality associated with E. faecalis infection. In this issue of the JCI, Nallapareddy and colleagues report that E. faecalis produces pili on its surface and that these proteinaceous fibers are used for bacterial adherence to host tissues and for the establishment of biofilms and endocarditis (see the related article beginning on page 2799). This information may enable new vaccine strategies for the prevention of E. faecalis infections.
Imaging tumor angiogenesis
Kristy Red-Horse, Napoleone Ferrara
Since the discovery of vascular-specific growth factors with angiogenic activity, there has been a significant effort to develop cancer drugs that restrict tumorigenesis by targeting the blood supply. In this issue of the JCI, Mancuso et al. use mouse models to better understand the plasticity of the tumor vasculature in the face of antiangiogenic therapy (see the related article beginning on page 2610). They describe a rapid regrowth of the tumor vasculature following withdrawal of VEGFR inhibitors, emphasizing the importance of fully understanding the function of these and similar treatments used in the clinic at the cellular and molecular level.
Myeloid suppressor cells regulate the adaptive immune response to cancer
Alan B. Frey
Inflammation resultant from tumor growth, infection with certain pathogens, or in some cases, trauma, can result in systemic release of cytokines, especially GM-CSF, that in turn stimulate the abundant production and activation of a population of immature myeloid cells, termed myeloid suppressor cells (MSCs), that have potent immunosuppressive functions. In this issue of the JCI, Gallina and colleagues have illuminated some complex issues concerning the development, activation, and function of MSCs (see the related article beginning on page 2777). They show that activation of MSCs is initiated in response to IFN-γ, presumably produced in situ by antitumor T cells in the tumor microenvironment. After this triggering event, MSCs express 2 enzymes involved in l-arginine metabolism, Arginase I and iNOS, whose metabolic products include diffusible and highly reactive peroxynitrites, the ultimate biochemical mediators of T cell immune suppression. The multifaceted regulation of this complex suppressive effector system provides several potential therapeutic targets.
To be or not to be B7
Xingxing Zang, James P. Allison
The activation of lymphocytes and development of adaptive immune responses is initiated by the engagement of TCRs by antigenic peptide–MHC complexes and shaped at the clonal level by both positive and negative costimulatory signals. The B7 family members are involved at several stages in this process. In this issue of the JCI, Vogt et al. show that the B7 family–related protein V-set and Ig domain–containing 4 (VSIG4) can act as an inhibitor of T cell activation (see the related article beginning on page 2817). Intriguingly, the same molecule was recently independently identified as a complement receptor of the Ig superfamily (CRIg) and was convincingly demonstrated to be a receptor for complement component 3 fragments. These findings raise interesting questions regarding the physiological roles and mechanisms of action of this molecule. Identification of dual functions of this molecule provides an additional level of complexity in T cell costimulation.
Children are not little adults: just ask their hematopoietic stem cells
David A. Williams, … , Haiming Xu, Jose A. Cancelas
HSCs differ during ontogeny in some important parameters, including anatomic site of residence and cell cycling characteristics. In this issue of the JCI, Bowie et al. show that postnatal HSCs as well as fetal liver HSCs in mice are active in the cell cycle at much higher rates than that of adult HSCs; however, this increased frequency of cycling abruptly ceases 4 weeks after birth (see the related article beginning on page 2808). The cycling postnatal HSCs expressed high levels of CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12, also known as stromal cell–derived factor 1 [SDF-1]), a chemokine previously implicated in stem cell trafficking to the marrow cavity and shown to be expressed by cells within the hematopoietic microenvironment. These cells also possessed an engraftment defect impeding reconstitution in irradiated recipient mice, which was reversible by pretransplant administration of antagonists of the CXCL12 receptor, CXCR4. Such agents are currently clinically available, suggesting that this approach could be used to improve stem cell transplantation and engraftment.
David A. Williams, Haiming Xu, Jose A. Cancelas
Calcineurin/Nfat signaling is required for perinatal lung maturation and function
Vrushank Davé, … , Gerald R. Crabtree, Jeffrey A. Whitsett
Pulmonary surfactant proteins and lipids are required for lung function after birth. Lung immaturity and resultant surfactant deficiency cause respiratory distress syndrome, a common disorder contributing to morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. Surfactant synthesis increases prior to birth in association with formation of the alveoli that mediate efficient gas exchange. To identify mechanisms controlling perinatal lung maturation, the Calcineurin b1 (Cnb1) gene was deleted in the respiratory epithelium of the fetal mouse. Deletion of Cnb1 caused respiratory failure after birth and inhibited the structural maturation of the peripheral lung. Synthesis of surfactant and a lamellar body–associated protein, ABC transporter A3 (ABCA3), was decreased prior to birth. Nuclear factor of activated T cells (Nfat) calcineurin-dependent 3 (Nfatc3), a transcription factor modulated by calcineurin, was identified as a direct activator of Sftpa, Sftpb, Sftpc, Abca3, Foxa1, and Foxa2 genes. The calcineurin/Nfat pathway controls the morphologic maturation of lungs prior to birth and regulates expression of genes involved in surfactant homeostasis that are critical for adaptation to air breathing.
Vrushank Davé, Tawanna Childs, Yan Xu, Machiko Ikegami, Valérie Besnard, Yutaka Maeda, Susan E. Wert, Joel R. Neilson, Gerald R. Crabtree, Jeffrey A. Whitsett
Rapid vascular regrowth in tumors after reversal of VEGF inhibition
Michael R. Mancuso, … , Dana D. Hu-Lowe, Donald M. McDonald
Inhibitors of VEGF signaling can block angiogenesis and reduce tumor vascularity, but little is known about the reversibility of these changes after treatment ends. In the present study, regrowth of blood vessels in spontaneous RIP-Tag2 tumors and implanted Lewis lung carcinomas in mice was assessed after inhibition of VEGF receptor signaling by AG-013736 or AG-028262 for 7 days. Both agents caused loss of 50%–60% of tumor vasculature. Empty sleeves of basement membrane were left behind. Pericytes also survived but had less α–SMA immunoreactivity. One day after drug withdrawal, endothelial sprouts grew into empty sleeves of basement membrane. Vessel patency and connection to the bloodstream followed close behind. By 7 days, tumors were fully revascularized, and the pericyte phenotype returned to baseline. Importantly, the regrown vasculature regressed as much during a second treatment as it did in the first. Inhibition of MMPs or targeting of type IV collagen cryptic sites by antibody HUIV26 did not eliminate the sleeves or slow revascularization. These results suggest that empty sleeves of basement membrane and accompanying pericytes provide a scaffold for rapid revascularization of tumors after removal of anti-VEGF therapy and highlight their importance as potential targets in cancer therapy.
Michael R. Mancuso, Rachel Davis, Scott M. Norberg, Shaun O’Brien, Barbara Sennino, Tsutomu Nakahara, Virginia J. Yao, Tetsuichiro Inai, Peter Brooks, Bruce Freimark, David R. Shalinsky, Dana D. Hu-Lowe, Donald M. McDonald
Interaction of mature CD3+CD4+ T cells with dendritic cells triggers the development of tertiary lymphoid structures in the thyroid
Tatjana Marinkovic, … , Glaucia C. Furtado, Sergio A. Lira
Ectopic expression of CC chemokine ligand 21 (CCL21) in the thyroid leads to development of lymphoid structures that resemble those observed in Hashimoto thyroiditis. Deletion of the inhibitor of differentiation 2 (Id2) gene, essential for generation of CD3–CD4+ lymphoid tissue–inducer (LTi) cells and development of secondary lymphoid organs, did not affect formation of tertiary lymphoid structures. Rather, mature CD3+CD4+ T cells were critical for the development of tertiary lymphoid structures. The initial stages of this process involved interaction of CD3+CD4+ T cells with DCs, the appearance of peripheral-node addressin–positive (PNAd+) vessels, and production of chemokines that recruit lymphocytes and DCs. These findings indicate that the formation of tertiary lymphoid structures does not require Id2-dependent conventional LTis but depends on a program initiated by mature CD3+CD4+ T cells.
Tatjana Marinkovic, Alexandre Garin, Yoshifumi Yokota, Yang-Xin Fu, Nancy H. Ruddle, Glaucia C. Furtado, Sergio A. Lira
Selective tyrosine kinase inhibition by imatinib mesylate for the treatment of autoimmune arthritis
Ricardo T. Paniagua, … , Lawrence Steinman, William H. Robinson
Tyrosine kinases play a central role in the activation of signal transduction pathways and cellular responses that mediate the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. Imatinib mesylate (imatinib) is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor developed to treat Bcr/Abl-expressing leukemias and subsequently found to treat c-Kit–expressing gastrointestinal stromal tumors. We demonstrate that imatinib potently prevents and treats murine collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). We further show that micromolar concentrations of imatinib abrogate multiple signal transduction pathways implicated in RA pathogenesis, including mast cell c-Kit signaling and TNF-α release, macrophage c-Fms activation and cytokine production, and fibroblast PDGFR signaling and proliferation. In our studies, imatinib attenuated PDGFR signaling in fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) and TNF-α production in synovial fluid mononuclear cells (SFMCs) derived from human RA patients. Imatinib-mediated inhibition of a spectrum of signal transduction pathways and the downstream pathogenic cellular responses may provide a powerful approach to treat RA and other inflammatory diseases.
Ricardo T. Paniagua, Orr Sharpe, Peggy P. Ho, Steven M. Chan, Anna Chang, John P. Higgins, Beren H. Tomooka, Fiona M. Thomas, Jason J. Song, Stuart B. Goodman, David M. Lee, Mark C. Genovese, Paul J. Utz, Lawrence Steinman, William H. Robinson
Cytotrophoblast induction of arterial apoptosis and lymphangiogenesis in an in vivo model of human placentation
Kristy Red-Horse, … , Cheryl A. Stoddart, Susan J. Fisher
We studied the vascular effects of invasive human cytotrophoblasts in vivo by transplanting placental villi to the fifth mammary fat pads or beneath the kidney capsules of Scid mice. Over 3 weeks, robust cytotrophoblast invasion was observed in both locations. The architecture of the mammary fat pad allowed for detailed analysis of the cells’ interactions with resident murine blood vessels, which revealed specific induction of apoptosis in the endothelial cells and smooth muscle walls of the arterioles. This finding, and confirmation of the results in an in vitro coculture model, suggests that a parallel process is important for enabling cytotrophoblast endovascular invasion during human pregnancy. Cytotrophoblast invasion of the kidney parenchyma was accompanied by a robust lymphangiogenic response, while in vitro, the cells stimulated lymphatic endothelial cell migration via the actions of VEGF family members, FGF, and TNF-α. Immunolocalization analyses revealed that human pregnancy is associated with lymphangiogenesis in the decidua since lymphatic vessels were not a prominent feature of the nonpregnant endometrium. Thus, the placenta triggers the development of a decidual lymphatic circulation, which we theorize plays an important role in maintaining fluid balance during pregnancy, with possible implications for maternal-fetal immune cell trafficking.
Kristy Red-Horse, Jose Rivera, Andrea Schanz, Yan Zhou, Virginia Winn, Mirhan Kapidzic, Emin Maltepe, Kelly Okazaki, Ronit Kochman, Kim Chi Vo, Linda Giudice, Adrian Erlebacher, Joseph M. McCune, Cheryl A. Stoddart, Susan J. Fisher
Reduced maternal expression of adrenomedullin disrupts fertility, placentation, and fetal growth in mice
Manyu Li, … , Oliver Smithies, Kathleen M. Caron
Adrenomedullin (AM) is a multifunctional peptide vasodilator that is essential for life. Plasma AM expression dramatically increases during pregnancy, and alterations in its levels are associated with complications of pregnancy including fetal growth restriction (FGR) and preeclampsia. Using AM+/– female mice with genetically reduced AM expression, we demonstrate that fetal growth and placental development are seriously compromised by this modest decrease in expression. AM+/– female mice had reduced fertility characterized by FGR. The incidence of FGR was also influenced by the genotype of the embryo, since AM–/– embryos were more often affected than either AM+/– or AM+/+ embryos. We demonstrate that fetal trophoblast cells and the maternal uterine wall have coordinated and localized increases in AM gene expression at the time of implantation. Placentas from growth-restricted embryos showed defects in trophoblast cell invasion, similar to defects that underlie human preeclampsia and placenta accreta. Our data provide a genetic in vivo model to implicate both maternal and, to a lesser extent, embryonic levels of AM in the processes of implantation, placentation, and subsequent fetal growth. This study provides the first genetic evidence to our knowledge to suggest that a modest reduction in human AM expression during pregnancy may have an unfavorable impact on reproduction.
Manyu Li, Della Yee, Terry R. Magnuson, Oliver Smithies, Kathleen M. Caron
Androgen-dependent pathology demonstrates myopathic contribution to the Kennedy disease phenotype in a mouse knock-in model
Zhigang Yu, … , Diane M. Robins, Andrew P. Lieberman
Kennedy disease, a degenerative disorder characterized by androgen-dependent neuromuscular weakness, is caused by a CAG/glutamine tract expansion in the androgen receptor (Ar) gene. We developed a mouse model of Kennedy disease, using gene targeting to convert mouse androgen receptor (AR) to human sequence while introducing 113 glutamines. AR113Q mice developed hormone and glutamine length–dependent neuromuscular weakness characterized by the early occurrence of myopathic and neurogenic skeletal muscle pathology and by the late development of neuronal intranuclear inclusions in spinal neurons. AR113Q males unexpectedly died at 2–4 months. We show that this androgen-dependent death reflects decreased expression of skeletal muscle chloride channel 1 (CLCN1) and the skeletal muscle sodium channel α-subunit, resulting in myotonic discharges in skeletal muscle of the lower urinary tract. AR113Q limb muscles show similar myopathic features and express decreased levels of mRNAs encoding neurotrophin-4 and glial cell line–derived neurotrophic factor. These data define an important myopathic contribution to the Kennedy disease phenotype and suggest a role for muscle in non–cell autonomous toxicity of lower motor neurons.
Zhigang Yu, Nahid Dadgar, Megan Albertelli, Kirsten Gruis, Cynthia Jordan, Diane M. Robins, Andrew P. Lieberman
Transcription factor MITF regulates cardiac growth and hypertrophy
Sagi Tshori, … , Eli Pikarsky, Ehud Razin
High levels of microphthalmia transcription factor (MITF) expression have been described in several cell types, including melanocytes, mast cells, and osteoclasts. MITF plays a pivotal role in the regulation of specific genes in these cells. Although its mRNA has been found to be present in relatively high levels in the heart, its cardiac role has never been explored. Here we show that a specific heart isoform of MITF is expressed in cardiomyocytes and can be induced by β-adrenergic stimulation but not by paired box gene 3 (PAX3), the regulator of the melanocyte MITF isoform. In 2 mouse strains with different MITF mutations, heart weight/body weight ratio was decreased as was the hypertrophic response to β-adrenergic stimulation. These mice also demonstrated a tendency to sudden death following β-adrenergic stimulation. Most impressively, 15-month-old MITF-mutated mice had greatly decreased heart weight/body weight ratio, systolic function, and cardiac output. In contrast with normal mice, in the MITF-mutated mice, β-adrenergic stimulation failed to induce B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), an important modulator of cardiac hypertrophy, while atrial natriuretic peptide levels and phosphorylated Akt were increased, suggesting a cardiac stress response. In addition, cardiomyocytes cultured with siRNA against MITF showed a substantial decrease in BNP promoter activity. Thus, for what we believe is the first time, we have demonstrated that MITF plays an essential role in β-adrenergic–induced cardiac hypertrophy.
Sagi Tshori, Dan Gilon, Ronen Beeri, Hovav Nechushtan, Dmitry Kaluzhny, Eli Pikarsky, Ehud Razin
Coordinated epithelial NHE3 inhibition and barrier dysfunction are required for TNF-mediated diarrhea in vivo
Daniel R. Clayburgh, … , Yang-Xin Fu, Jerrold R. Turner
Acute T cell–mediated diarrhea is associated with increased mucosal expression of proinflammatory cytokines, including the TNF superfamily members TNF and LIGHT. While we have previously shown that epithelial barrier dysfunction induced by myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) is required for the development of diarrhea, MLCK inhibition does not completely restore water absorption. In contrast, although TNF-neutralizing antibodies completely restore water absorption after systemic T cell activation, barrier function is only partially corrected. This suggests that, while barrier dysfunction is critical, other processes must be involved in T cell–mediated diarrhea. To define these processes in vivo, we asked whether individual cytokines might regulate different events in T cell–mediated diarrhea. Both TNF and LIGHT caused MLCK-dependent barrier dysfunction. However, while TNF caused diarrhea, LIGHT enhanced intestinal water absorption. Moreover, TNF, but not LIGHT, inhibited Na+ absorption due to TNF-induced internalization of the brush border Na+/H+ exchanger NHE3. LIGHT did not cause NHE3 internalization. PKCα activation by TNF was responsible for NHE3 internalization, and pharmacological or genetic PKCα inhibition prevented NHE3 internalization, Na+ malabsorption, and diarrhea despite continued barrier dysfunction. These data demonstrate the necessity of coordinated Na+ malabsorption and barrier dysfunction in TNF-induced diarrhea and provide insight into mechanisms of intestinal water transport.
Daniel R. Clayburgh, Mark W. Musch, Michael Leitges, Yang-Xin Fu, Jerrold R. Turner
Allelic dilution obscures detection of a biologically significant resistance mutation in EGFR-amplified lung cancer
Jeffrey A. Engelman, … , Lewis C. Cantley, Pasi A. Jänne
EGFR is frequently mutated and amplified in lung adenocarcinomas sensitive to EGFR inhibitors gefitinib and erlotinib. A secondary mutation, T790M, has been associated with acquired resistance but has not been shown to be sufficient to render EGFR mutant/amplified lung cancers resistant to EGFR inhibitors. We created a model for studying acquired resistance to gefitinib by prolonged exposure of a gefitinib-sensitive lung carcinoma cell line (H3255; EGFR mutated and amplified) to gefitinib in vitro. The resulting resistant cell line acquired a T790M mutation in a small fraction of the amplified alleles that was undetected by direct sequencing and identified only by a highly sensitive HPLC-based technique. In gefitinib-sensitive lung cancer cells with EGFR mutations and amplifications, exogenous introduction of EGFR T790M effectively conferred resistance to gefitinib and continued ErbB-3/PI3K/Akt signaling when in cis to an activating mutation. Moreover, continued activation of PI3K signaling by the PIK3CA oncogenic mutant, p110α E545K, was sufficient to abrogate gefitinib-induced apoptosis. These findings suggest that allelic dilution of biologically significant resistance mutations may go undetected by direct sequencing in cancers with amplified oncogenes and that restoration of PI3K activation via either a T790M mutation or other mechanisms can provide resistance to gefitinib.
Jeffrey A. Engelman, Toru Mukohara, Kreshnik Zejnullahu, Eugene Lifshits, Ana M. Borrás, Christopher-Michael Gale, George N. Naumov, Beow Y. Yeap, Emily Jarrell, Jason Sun, Sean Tracy, Xiaojun Zhao, John V. Heymach, Bruce E. Johnson, Lewis C. Cantley, Pasi A. Jänne
Mll partial tandem duplication induces aberrant Hox expression in vivo via specific epigenetic alterations
Adrienne M. Dorrance, … , Guido Marcucci, Michael A. Caligiuri
We previously identified a rearrangement of mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) gene (also known as ALL-1, HRX, and HTRX1), consisting of an in-frame partial tandem duplication (PTD) of exons 5 through 11 in the absence of a partner gene, occurring in approximately 4%–7% of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and normal cytogenetics, and associated with a poor prognosis. The mechanism by which the MLL PTD contributes to aberrant hematopoiesis and/or leukemia is unknown. To examine this, we generated a mouse knockin model in which exons 5 through 11 of the murine Mll gene were targeted to intron 4 of the endogenous Mll locus. MllPTD/WT mice exhibit an alteration in the boundaries of normal homeobox (Hox) gene expression during embryogenesis, resulting in axial skeletal defects and increased numbers of hematopoietic progenitor cells. MllPTD/WT mice overexpress Hoxa7, Hoxa9, and Hoxa10 in spleen, BM, and blood. An increase in histone H3/H4 acetylation and histone H3 lysine 4 (Lys4) methylation within the Hoxa7 and Hoxa9 promoters provides an epigenetic mechanism by which this overexpression occurs in vivo and an etiologic role for MLL PTD gain of function in the genesis of AML.
Adrienne M. Dorrance, Shujun Liu, Weifeng Yuan, Brian Becknell, Kristy J. Arnoczky, Martin Guimond, Matthew P. Strout, Lan Feng, Tatsuya Nakamura, Li Yu, Laura J. Rush, Michael Weinstein, Gustavo Leone, Lizhao Wu, Amy Ferketich, Susan P. Whitman, Guido Marcucci, Michael A. Caligiuri
TAT-mediated intracellular delivery of purine nucleoside phosphorylase corrects its deficiency in mice
Ana Toro, Eyal Grunebaum
Defects in purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) enzyme activity result in abnormal nucleoside homeostasis, severe T cell immunodeficiency, neurological dysfunction, and early death. Protein transduction domain (PTD) can transfer molecules into cells and may help restore PNP activity in cases of PNP deficiency. However, long-term use of PTD to replace enzymes in animal models or patients has not previously been described. We fused human PNP to the HIV-TAT PTD and found that the fusion with TAT changed the retention and distribution of PNP in PNP-deficient mice. TAT induced rapid intracellular delivery of PNP into tissues, including the brain, prevented urinary excretion of PNP, and protected PNP from neutralizing antibodies, resulting in significant extension of the enzyme’s biological activity in vivo. Frequent TAT-PNP injections in PNP-deficient mice corrected the metabolic disorder and immune defects with no apparent toxicity. TAT-PNP remained effective over 24 weeks of treatment, resulting in continued improvement in immune function and extended survival. Our data demonstrate that TAT changes the properties of PNP in vivo and that long-term intracellular delivery of PNP by TAT corrects PNP deficiency in mice. We provide evidence to promote further use of PTD to treat diseases that require repeated intracellular enzyme or protein delivery.
Expression of COX-2 in platelet-monocyte interactions occurs via combinatorial regulation involving adhesion and cytokine signaling
Dan A. Dixon, … , Stephen M. Prescott, Guy A. Zimmerman
Tight regulation of COX-2 expression is a key feature controlling eicosanoid production in atherosclerosis and other inflammatory syndromes. Adhesive interactions between platelets and monocytes occur in these conditions and deliver specific signals that trigger inflammatory gene expression. Using a cellular model of monocyte signaling induced by activated human platelets, we identified the central posttranscriptional mechanisms that regulate timing and magnitude of COX-2 expression. Tethering of monocytes to platelets and to purified P-selectin, a key adhesion molecule displayed by activated platelets, induces NF-κB activation and COX-2 promoter activity. Nevertheless, COX-2 mRNA is rapidly degraded, leading to aborted protein synthesis. Time-dependent signaling of monocytes induces a second phase of transcript accumulation accompanied by COX-2 enzyme synthesis and eicosanoid production. Here, generation of IL-1β, a proinflammatory cytokine, promoted stabilization of COX-2 mRNA by silencing of the AU-rich mRNA decay element (ARE) in the 3′-untranslated region (3'UTR) of the mRNA. Consistent with observed mRNA stabilization, activated platelets or IL-1β treatment induced cytoplasmic accumulation and enhanced ARE binding of the mRNA stability factor HuR in monocytes. These findings demonstrate that activated platelets induce COX-2 synthesis in monocytes by combinatorial signaling to transcriptional and posttranscriptional checkpoints. These checkpoints may be altered in disease and therefore useful as targets for antiinflammatory intervention.
Dan A. Dixon, Neal D. Tolley, Kristi Bemis-Standoli, Mark L. Martinez, Andrew S. Weyrich, Jason D. Morrow, Stephen M. Prescott, Guy A. Zimmerman
Blood-brain barrier traversal by African trypanosomes requires calcium signaling induced by parasite cysteine protease
Olga V. Nikolskaia, … , Julio Scharfstein, Dennis J. Grab
In this study we investigated why bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense cross human brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs), a human blood-brain barrier (BBB) model system, at much greater efficiency than do T. b. brucei. After noting that T. b. gambiense displayed higher levels of cathepsin L–like cysteine proteases, we investigated whether these enzymes contribute to parasite crossing. First, we found that T. b. gambiense crossing of human BMECs was abrogated by N-methylpiperazine-urea-Phe-homopheylalanine-vinylsulfone-benzene (K11777), an irreversible inhibitor of cathepsin L–like cysteine proteases. Affinity labeling and immunochemical studies characterized brucipain as the K11777-sensitive cysteine protease expressed at higher levels by T. b. gambiense. K11777-treated T. b. gambiense failed to elicit calcium fluxes in BMECs, suggesting that generation of activation signals for the BBB is critically dependant on brucipain activity. Strikingly, crossing of T. b. brucei across the BBB was enhanced upon incubation with brucipain-rich supernatants derived from T. b. gambiense. The effects of the conditioned medium, which correlated with ability to evoke calcium fluxes, were canceled by K11777, but not by the cathepsin B inhibitor CA074. Collectively, these in vitro studies implicate brucipain as a critical driver of T. b. gambiense transendothelial migration of the human BBB.
Olga V. Nikolskaia, Ana Paula C. de A. Lima, Yuri V. Kim, John D. Lonsdale-Eccles, Toshihide Fukuma, Julio Scharfstein, Dennis J. Grab
Mast cell CD30 ligand is upregulated in cutaneous inflammation and mediates degranulation-independent chemokine secretion
Marie Fischer, … , Gunilla Enblad, Gunnar Nilsson
Mast cells are involved in many disorders where the triggering mechanism that leads to degranulation and/or cytokine secretion has not been defined. Several chronic inflammatory diseases are associated with increased mast cell numbers and upregulation of the TNF receptor family member CD30, but the role of elevated CD30 expression is poorly understood. Here we report what we believe to be a novel way to activate mast cells with CD30 that leads to degranulation-independent secretion of chemokines. CD30 induced a de novo synthesis and secretion of the chemokines IL-8, macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α), and MIP-1β, a process involving the MAPK/ERK pathway. Mast cells were found to be the predominant CD30 ligand–positive (CD30L-positive) cell in the chronic inflammatory skin diseases psoriasis and atopic dermatitis, and both CD30 and CD30L expression were upregulated in lesional skin in these conditions. Furthermore, the number of IL-8–positive mast cells was elevated both in psoriatic and atopic dermatitis lesional skin as well as in ex vivo CD30-treated healthy skin organ cultures. In summary, characterization of CD30 activation of mast cells has uncovered an IgE-independent pathway that is of importance in understanding the entirety of the role of mast cells in diseases associated with mast cells and CD30 expression. These diseases include Hodgkin lymphoma, atopic dermatitis, and psoriasis.
Marie Fischer, Ilkka T. Harvima, Ricardo F.S. Carvalho, Christine Möller, Anita Naukkarinen, Gunilla Enblad, Gunnar Nilsson
CXCR2 ligands and G-CSF mediate PKCα-induced intraepidermal inflammation
Christophe Cataisson, … , Saveria Pastore, Stuart H. Yuspa
Transgenic mice overexpressing PKCα in the epidermis (K5-PKCα mice) exhibit an inducible severe intraepidermal neutrophilic inflammation and systemic neutrophilia when PKCα is activated by topical 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). This inducible model of cutaneous inflammation was used to define mediators of skin inflammation that may have clinical relevance. Activation of cutaneous PKCα increased the production of the chemotactic factors cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (KC) and macrophage inflammatory protein 2 (MIP-2) in murine plasma. TPA treatment of cultured K5-PKCα keratinocytes also released KC and MIP-2 into culture supernatants through an NF-κB–dependent pathway. MIP-2 and KC mediated the infiltration of neutrophils into the epidermis, since this was prevented by ablating CXCR2 in K5-PKCα mice or administering neutralizing antibodies against KC or MIP-2. The neutrophilia resulted from PKCα-mediated upregulation of cutaneous G-CSF released into the plasma independent of CXCR2. These responses could be inhibited by topical treatment with a PKCα-selective inhibitor. Inhibiting PKCα also reduced the basal and TNF-α– or TPA-induced expression of CXCL8 in cultured psoriatic keratinocytes, suggesting that PKCα activity may contribute to psoriatic inflammation. Thus, skin can be the source of circulating factors that have both local and systemic consequences, and these factors, their receptors, and possibly PKCα could be therapeutic targets for inhibition of cutaneous inflammation.
Christophe Cataisson, Andrea J. Pearson, Margaret Z. Tsien, Francesca Mascia, Ji-Liang Gao, Saveria Pastore, Stuart H. Yuspa
Knockdown expression and hepatic deficiency reveal an atheroprotective role for SR-BI in liver and peripheral tissues
Thierry Huby, … , M. John Chapman, Philippe Lesnik
Scavenger receptor SR-BI has been implicated in HDL-dependent atheroprotective mechanisms. We report the generation of an SR-BI conditional knockout mouse model in which SR-BI gene targeting by loxP site insertion produced a hypomorphic allele (hypomSR-BI). Attenuated SR-BI expression in hypomSR-BI mice resulted in 2-fold elevation in plasma total cholesterol (TC) levels. Cre-mediated SR-BI gene inactivation of the hypomorphic SR-BI allele in hepatocytes (hypomSR-BI–KOliver) was associated with high plasma TC concentrations, increased plasma free cholesterol/TC (FC/TC) ratio, and a lipoprotein-cholesterol profile typical of SR-BI–/– mice. Plasma TC levels were increased 2-fold in hypomSR-BI and control mice fed an atherogenic diet, whereas hypomSR-BI–KOliver and SR-BI–/– mice developed severe hypercholesterolemia due to accumulation of FC-rich, VLDL-sized particles. Atherosclerosis in hypomSR-BI mice was enhanced (2.5-fold) compared with that in controls, but to a much lower degree than in hypomSR-BI–KOliver (32-fold) and SR-BI–/– (48-fold) mice. The latter models did not differ in either plasma lipid levels or in the capacity of VLDL-sized lipoproteins to induce macrophage cholesterol loading. However, reduced atherosclerosis in hypomSR-BI–KOliver mice was associated with decreased lesional macrophage content as compared with that in SR-BI–/– mice. These data imply that, in addition to its major atheroprotective role in liver, SR-BI may exert an antiatherogenic role in extrahepatic tissues.
Thierry Huby, Chantal Doucet, Christiane Dachet, Betty Ouzilleau, Yukihiko Ueda, Veena Afzal, Edward Rubin, M. John Chapman, Philippe Lesnik
Tumors induce a subset of inflammatory monocytes with immunosuppressive activity on CD8+ T cells
Giovanna Gallina, … , Silvio Bicciato, Vincenzo Bronte
Active suppression of tumor-specific T lymphocytes can limit the efficacy of immune surveillance and immunotherapy. While tumor-recruited CD11b+ myeloid cells are known mediators of tumor-associated immune dysfunction, the true nature of these suppressive cells and the fine biochemical pathways governing their immunosuppressive activity remain elusive. Here we describe a population of circulating CD11b+IL-4 receptor α+ (CD11b+IL-4Rα+), inflammatory-type monocytes that is elicited by growing tumors and activated by IFN-γ released from T lymphocytes. CD11b+IL-4Rα+ cells produced IL-13 and IFN-γ and integrated the downstream signals of these cytokines to trigger the molecular pathways suppressing antigen-activated CD8+ T lymphocytes. Analogous immunosuppressive circuits were active in CD11b+ cells present within the tumor microenvironment. These suppressor cells challenge the current idea that tumor-conditioned immunosuppressive monocytes/macrophages are alternatively activated. Moreover, our data show how the inflammatory response elicited by tumors had detrimental effects on the adaptive immune system and suggest novel approaches for the treatment of tumor-induced immune dysfunctions.
Giovanna Gallina, Luigi Dolcetti, Paolo Serafini, Carmela De Santo, Ilaria Marigo, Mario P. Colombo, Giuseppe Basso, Frank Brombacher, Ivan Borrello, Paola Zanovello, Silvio Bicciato, Vincenzo Bronte
TNF-α downregulates eNOS expression and mitochondrial biogenesis in fat and muscle of obese rodents
Alessandra Valerio, … , Michele O. Carruba, Enzo Nisoli
Obesity is associated with chronic low-grade inflammation. Thus, at metabolically relevant sites, including adipose tissue and muscle, there is abnormal production of proinflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α. Here we demonstrate that eNOS expression was reduced, with a concomitant reduction of mitochondrial biogenesis and function, in white and brown adipose tissue and in the soleus muscle of 3 different animal models of obesity. The genetic deletion of TNF receptor 1 in obese mice restored eNOS expression and mitochondrial biogenesis in fat and muscle; this was associated with less body weight gain than in obese wild-type controls. Furthermore, TNF-α downregulated eNOS expression and mitochondrial biogenesis in cultured white and brown adipocytes and muscle satellite cells of mice. The NO donors DETA-NO and SNAP prevented the reduction of mitochondrial biogenesis observed with TNF-α. Our findings demonstrate that TNF-α impairs mitochondrial biogenesis and function in different tissues of obese rodents by downregulating eNOS expression and suggest a novel pathophysiological process that sustains obesity.
Alessandra Valerio, Annalisa Cardile, Valeria Cozzi, Renata Bracale, Laura Tedesco, Addolorata Pisconti, Letizia Palomba, Orazio Cantoni, Emilio Clementi, Salvador Moncada, Michele O. Carruba, Enzo Nisoli
Endocarditis and biofilm-associated pili of Enterococcus faecalis
Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy, … , Stanley L. Erlandsen, Barbara E. Murray
Increasing multidrug resistance in Enterococcus faecalis, a nosocomial opportunist and common cause of bacterial endocarditis, emphasizes the need for alternative therapeutic approaches such as immunotherapy or immunoprophylaxis. In an earlier study, we demonstrated the presence of antibodies in E. faecalis endocarditis patient sera to recombinant forms of 9 E. faecalis cell wall–anchored proteins; of these, we have now characterized an in vivo–expressed locus of 3 genes and an associated sortase gene (encoding sortase C; SrtC). Here, using mutation analyses and complementation, we demonstrated that both the ebp (encoding endocarditis and biofilm-associated pili) operon and srtC are important for biofilm production of E. faecalis strain OG1RF. In addition, immunogold electron microscopy using antisera against EbpA–EbpC proteins as well as patient serum demonstrated that E. faecalis produces pleomorphic surface pili. Assembly of pili and their cell wall attachment appeared to occur via a mechanism of cross-linking of the Ebp proteins by the designated SrtC. Importantly, a nonpiliated, allelic replacement mutant was significantly attenuated in an endocarditis model. These biologically important surface pili, which are antigenic in humans during endocarditis and encoded by a ubiquitous E. faecalis operon, may be a useful immunotarget for studies aimed at prevention and/or treatment of this pathogen.
Sreedhar R. Nallapareddy, Kavindra V. Singh, Jouko Sillanpää, Danielle A. Garsin, Magnus Höök, Stanley L. Erlandsen, Barbara E. Murray
Hematopoietic stem cells proliferate until after birth and show a reversible phase-specific engraftment defect
Michelle B. Bowie, … , Pamela A. Hoodless, Connie J. Eaves
The regulation of HSC proliferation and engraftment of the BM is an important but poorly understood process, particularly during ontogeny. Here we show that in mice, all HSCs are cycling until 3 weeks after birth. Then, within 1 week, most became quiescent. Prior to 4 weeks of age, the proliferating HSCs with long-term multilineage repopulating activity displayed an engraftment defect when transiting S/G2/M. During these cell cycle phases, their expression of CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12; also referred to as stromal cell–derived factor 1 [SDF-1]) transiently increased. The defective engrafting activity of HSCs in S/G2/M was reversed when cells were allowed to progress into G1 prior to injection or when the hosts (but not the cells) were pretreated with a CXCL12 antagonist. Interestingly, the enhancing effect of CXCL12 antagonist pretreatment was exclusive to transplants of long-term multilineage repopulating HSCs in S/G2/M. These results demonstrate what we believe to be a new HSC regulatory checkpoint during development. They also suggest an ability of HSCs to express CXCL12 in a fashion that changes with cell cycle progression and is associated with a defective engraftment that can be overcome by in vivo administration of a CXCL12 antagonist.
Michelle B. Bowie, Kristen D. McKnight, David G. Kent, Lindsay McCaffrey, Pamela A. Hoodless, Connie J. Eaves
VSIG4, a B7 family–related protein, is a negative regulator of T cell activation
Lorenz Vogt, … , Philippe Saudan, Martin F. Bachmann
T cell activation by APCs is positively and negatively regulated by members of the B7 family. We have identified a previously unknown function for B7 family–related protein V-set and Ig domain–containing 4 (VSIG4). In vitro experiments using VSIG4-Ig fusion molecules showed that VSIG4 is a strong negative regulator of murine and human T cell proliferation and IL-2 production. Administration to mice of soluble VSIG4-Ig fusion molecules reduced the induction of T cell responses in vivo and inhibited the production of Th cell–dependent IgG responses. Unlike that of B7 family members, surface expression of VSIG4 was restricted to resting tissue macrophages and absent upon activation by LPS or in autoimmune inflammatory foci. The specific expression of VSIG4 on resting macrophages in tissue suggests that this inhibitory ligand may be important for the maintenance of T cell unresponsiveness in healthy tissues.
Lorenz Vogt, Nicole Schmitz, Michael O. Kurrer, Monika Bauer, Heather I. Hinton, Silvia Behnke, Dominique Gatto, Peter Sebbel, Roger R. Beerli, Ivo Sonderegger, Manfred Kopf, Philippe Saudan, Martin F. Bachmann
Corrigendums
Continuous low-dose therapy with vinblastine and VEGF receptor-2 antibody induces sustained tumor regression without overt toxicity
Giannoula Klement, … , Peter Bohlen, Robert S. Kerbel
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2006;116(10):2827-2827. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI8829C1.
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Giannoula Klement, Sylvain Baruchel, Janusz Rak, Shan Man, Katherine Clark, Daniel J. Hicklin, Peter Bohlen, Robert S. Kerbel
Alzheimer disease β-amyloid activity mimics cholesterol oxidase
Luigi Puglielli, … , Dora M. Kovacs, Ashley I. Bush
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2006;116(10):2828-2828. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI23610C1.
Luigi Puglielli, Avi L. Friedlich, Kenneth D.R. Setchell, Seiichi Nagano, Carlos Opazo, Robert A. Cherny, Kevin J. Barnham, John D. Wade, Simon Melov, Dora M. Kovacs, Ashley I. Bush
Bacterial neuraminidase facilitates mucosal infection by participating in biofilm production
Grace Soong, … , Liang Tong, Alice Prince
Grace Soong, Amanda Muir, Marisa I. Gomez, Jonathan Waks, Bharat Reddy, Paul Planet, Pradeep K. Singh, Yukihiro Kanetko, Matthew C. Wolfgang, Yu-Shan Hsiao, Liang Tong, Alice Prince
Human CD4+ CD25hi Foxp3+ regulatory T cells are derived by rapid turnover of memory populations in vivo
Milica Vukmanovic-Stejic, … , Derek C. Macallan, Arne N. Akbar
Milica Vukmanovic-Stejic, Yan Zhang, Joanne E. Cook, Jean M. Fletcher, Arthur McQuaid, Joanne E. Masters, Malcolm H.A. Rustin, Leonie S. Taams, Peter C.L. Beverley, Derek C. Macallan, Arne N. Akbar
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2006;116(10):2829-2829. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI28941E1.
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I Heard Tell
Humor and Satire– Shmatire!
“The three-blade razor is designed for people who’ll believe anything”
Brian and I rented Season 1 of Saturday Night Live over the weekend. (Ok, so maybe I surreptitiously added it to our Netflix Queue, and by ‘our’ Netflix Queue, I mean ‘the Netflix Queue that Brian lacks a password for and which only I update’. Just to clarify.) I have always enjoyed watching vintage SNL. I’ve always loved Gilda Radner, Lily Tomlin, Jane Curtain…come to think of it, maybe part of what I love is watching brilliant, hilarious women. So many wonderful female comedians got their start on that show. Sure, I also loved Chevy Chase and Steve Martin…but I couldn’t grow up to be like them. The women of early Saturday Night Live were inspiring because they were rough and tumble and edgy just like the men. They weren’t playing it for sex appeal, and even when the joke was on them, it was funny because of the characters they played, not simply because they were women. I recall disliking the show during the dark days of the early 1990s, when the cast had barely any women and most of the female characters were played by men in drag. There was something lost by not letting actual women in on the joke.
In any event, while my sister and I used to rent old episodes of SNL when we were growing up, after a long hiatus, it was rather jarring to see them again. It’s a little strange seeing legendary comedian John Belushi performing in low-rent, un-hilarious skits, back when he needed a paycheck and was willing to wear a Bee costume. Saturday Night Live has certainly been through rough patches; even classic episodes have their share of drek. But it was fascinating to catch a glimpse of the show’s primordial, formulative episodes. There was a dark, disturbing and poorly written skit featuring Jim Henson’s Muppets, since it was in the days before The Muppet Show earned them a place in the Pantheon of children’s television. There were fake commercials and a raggedy-edged Nightly News sendup. If nothing else, at least the bad skits were short. There were also several monologues by guest host George Carlin, one of which was about how stupid religion is. “Religion,” he says, “is like a lift in your shoe. If you need it for awhile, and it makes you walk straight and feel better – fine. But you don’t need it forever, or you’ll become permanently disabled.”
This blew me away. I know George Carlin has always said whatever the hell he wanted; that’s part of his greatness. But still—can you imagine a comedian on a major Network taking on religion with such frankness? Perhaps I just don’t watch enough Saturday Night Live, or enough comedians on major networks. But it was pretty great.
My favorite part of the episode was the satirical advertisement for the “Triple-Trac”, a revolutionary 3-blade razor. A simple (and very familiar) animation simulated how the first blade lifted a hair, the second primed it for being cut and the third cut it. The very idea of a triple-bladed razor was clearly unbelievably ridiculous—to a 1975 audience. The tagline said, “The three-blade razor— designed for people who’ll believe anything”. I can’t say I didn’t wince at that. How far we’ve come.
Posted by guyincognito42 in Humor Tags: Chevy Chase, George Carlin, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtain, John Belushi, Lily Tomlin, Saturday Night Live, SNL, triple-trac razor
this buddy of mine
you ever see the SNL spoof commercial with the blade with 10 blades? I think it was a Wil Ferrel sketch…I’m sure that is coming.
3 is enough, the quatro murders my face
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Shades of Fermat's Last Theorem
The familiar Pythagorean 3-4-5 triple gives one solution to (x-1)^n + x^n = (x+1)^n so what about other solutions for x an integer and n= 2, 3, 4 or 5?
Find the positive integer solutions of the equation (1+1/a)(1+1/b)(1+1/c) = 2
Code to Zero
Find all 3 digit numbers such that by adding the first digit, the square of the second and the cube of the third you get the original number, for example 1 + 3^2 + 5^3 = 135.
After Thought
Sue Liu, S6, Madras College St Andrews sent one of her super solutions in which she wrote $\sin(\cos x)$ as $\cos (\cos (x - (\pi/2)$ and then used the formula which gives the difference of two cosines as minus the product of two sines. Another triumph for Sue! After a lot more work with trig formulae Sue proves that $\cos(\sin x)$ is greater than $\sin(\cos x)$ for all $x$ and you can try this for yourselves.
There is another way of looking at this. You may like to sketch some graphs. First for $x$ between $0$ and $\pi/2$ the cosine function is decreasing and \[ 0 \leq \sin x \leq x \leq \pi/2 \] so it follows that \[1 = \cos 0 \geq \cos(\sin x) \geq \cos x \geq \cos(\pi/2) = 0 \ \ \ [1]\] Also, as for all $x$ in this interval, $ \cos x \geq 0$ and we also know that, for$ y \geq 0, \sin y \leq y$, we can put $y = cos x$ which gives\[ \sin (\cos x) \leq \cos x. \ \ \ [2]\] From [1] and [2] we see that, for $x$ between $0$ and $\pi/2$ \[ \cos(\sin x) \geq \cos x \geq \sin (\cos x). \] For $x$ between $ \pi/2 \mbox{ and } \pi$ it is even easier because in this interval $ \cos(\sin x) > 0\ \mbox{ and }\ \sin (\cos x) < 0.$ So far we have $\cos (\sin x) \geq \sin (\cos x)$ for x between 0 and $ \pi $.
For the interval $[-\pi, 0]$ put $y = - x$ then $y$ is in the interval $[-\pi, 0]$ and $x$ is in the interval $[0, \pi]$ so, using what we have already proved and the fact that sine is an odd function and cosine is an even function, we have
$$\begin{eqnarray} \cos (\sin y) = \cos (\sin - x) = \cos (- \sin x) \\ = \cos (\sin x) \\ \geq\sin (\cos x) \\ = \sin (\cos y). \end{eqnarray}$$
We have proved that $\cos (\sin x) \geq \sin (\cos x)$ for all x between $-\pi \mbox{ and } \pi$ and hence everywhere by periodicity.
Maths Supporting SET. Graphs. Creating and manipulating expressions and formulae. Graph plotters. Graph sketching. Inequalities. Trigonometric functions and graphs. Sine, cosine, tangent. Mathematical reasoning & proof. Transformation of functions.
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Nuffer, Smith, Tucker: Then & Now
April 1st, 2019 | Featured, NST News | Teresa Siles
A new acquaintance of our firm recently commented on the uniqueness of Nuffer, Smith, Tucker both in its culture and approaches. I’m biased, for sure, but I happen to agree. Something special happens within our firm’s four walls, and to understand it, you need to look backward – to the lives of Dave Nuffer, Bob Smith, Kerry Tucker and Bill Trumpfheller – for a glimpse into the heart and soul of NST.
45 years ago on April 1, the firm opened its doors. Yes, it was on April Fool’s Day that NST was born, serving as the firm’s first official practical joke under the leadership our beloved Dave Nuffer. Dave was a jokester, and he was passionate beyond measure. He deeply loved Hemingway, the San Diego Padres, mariachi music and all things Mexico. While he knew how to make people have fun, his contributions were no laughing matter. He made a difference in our community, humbly serving many of San Diego’s most notable institutions.
Bob was a strategy guy. Nothing was done without careful consideration, and due process. Out of his thoughtful, analytical nature grew approaches unique to NST and while these contributions are significant, Bob also offered something else that lives on within our firm: a strong commitment to doing what’s right. Dave once said that Bob had an almost biblical belief in people reflected in his “always take the high road” approach.
Kerry – who remains part of the NST family to this day – has hung his hat on making a difference, creating behavior change and producing results for clients. He even wrote a book about it that not only is a “must read” for any new NSTer, but is also used in college classrooms around the country. Kerry has also taught us the value of relationships and lending a hand to others. His list of friends is long, and he makes sure to selflessly take care of them.
Bill helped bring NST to new levels of success, growing clientele and strengthening the firm’s relationship with WorldCom, a network of independent public relations firms across the globe. He established strong relationships with big name clientele like WD-40 Company, McDonald’s and Sony Electronics, further solidifying NST as an important industry player. Like Dave, his commitment to community service is unwavering and can still be felt by all who knew him.
Today, 45 years later, I’m proud to say our firm still has a little bit of Dave, Bob, Kerry and Bill running through its blood. In Dave’s honor, we know how to have fun. Like Bob, we don’t skimp on strategic thinking or doing the right thing. Like Kerry, we make a difference for our clients and friends. And like Bill, we are engrained in our communities and continue to push ourselves, each other and our profession to explore.
You see the work of all our past leaders reflected in our current vision to redefine PR. While the vision was adopted a few years ago, under Bill’s leadership, Dave, Bob and Kerry all too have done their part to redefine our profession, making it greater and more meaningful than some may think when they hear “public relations.” They pushed the status quo. They aimed high and they created purpose for our firm that lives on in each one of us. It’s an honor and privilege to be part of and their work is the essence of what I believe will carry NST through the next 45 years.
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The efficacy and safety of 50 mg penicillin G potassium troches for recurrent aphthous ulcers
A. Ross Kerr, Catherine A. Drexel, Andrew Spielman
Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology
Purpose. To determine both the efficacy and safety of the topical application of 50 mg penicillin G potassium troches (Cankercillin™) in the treatment of minor recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS). Study design. The investigation used a phase 2 double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial with a no-treatment arm. Subjects with minor aphthous ulcers of duration <48 hours were followed for 1 week. The primary endpoint for efficacy was time (days) to complete ulcer resolution, and the secondary endpoint was time (days) to complete pain relief. Results. Thirty-one, 33, and 36 subjects were randomized to the active treatment, placebo, and no-treatment arms, respectively. Baseline findings were heterogeneous across arms. Subjects who received penicillin G treatment had complete ulcer healing and pain relief significantly earlier than those in the placebo and no-treatment arms. No allergic reactions were observed. Conclusions. Topical penicillin G, by mechanisms which remain unclear, reduces the time of healing and pain relief of minor aphthous ulcers with minimal safety concerns. Larger phase 3 studies are necessary to confirm these findings.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tripleo.2003.08.024
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Kerr, A. R., Drexel, C. A., & Spielman, A. (2003). The efficacy and safety of 50 mg penicillin G potassium troches for recurrent aphthous ulcers. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics, 96(6), 685-694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tripleo.2003.08.024
The efficacy and safety of 50 mg penicillin G potassium troches for recurrent aphthous ulcers. / Kerr, A. Ross; Drexel, Catherine A.; Spielman, Andrew.
In: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics, Vol. 96, No. 6, 12.2003, p. 685-694.
Kerr, AR, Drexel, CA & Spielman, A 2003, 'The efficacy and safety of 50 mg penicillin G potassium troches for recurrent aphthous ulcers', Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics, vol. 96, no. 6, pp. 685-694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tripleo.2003.08.024
Kerr AR, Drexel CA, Spielman A. The efficacy and safety of 50 mg penicillin G potassium troches for recurrent aphthous ulcers. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics. 2003 Dec;96(6):685-694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tripleo.2003.08.024
Kerr, A. Ross ; Drexel, Catherine A. ; Spielman, Andrew. / The efficacy and safety of 50 mg penicillin G potassium troches for recurrent aphthous ulcers. In: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics. 2003 ; Vol. 96, No. 6. pp. 685-694.
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Facebook Now Owns the Beat Saber Developer
The developer behind one of the most well known VR games has a new owner. (Seriously, it even has ads on Hulu. It has become mainstream!) Facebook has announced it will be buying Beat Games, the creators of Beat Saber. Expect this to be an opportunity for more support for the rhythm title.
The Beat Saber acquisition announcement came with assurances that everything will be business as usual for the developer and game. In a supplemental follow-up, Oculus Content Director Mike Verdu confirmed this won’t mean Beat Saber exclusivity. It won’t only be available on the Oculus and will still be on platforms like the PlayStation 4’s PlayStation VR. This is just about giving the company more resources while also boosting its own studio and brand. Future updates will also come to every platform.
This also means there won’t be delays for planned updates. For example, Beat Games has been working on 360° Levels. This is a mode that would allow people to play around them. It will still arrive in December 2019 as previously announced. Also, additional music will be rolling out before the end of 2019 as well.
Beat Saber has been known for its frequent content updates. One is the ability to mod the game, which lets people have more control over how it plays. It also has received regular song DLC. Panic at the Disco, Imagine Dragons, Rocket League, and Monstercat Music updates have given people plenty of more tracks to play through.
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Latinx Comic Book exhibit arrives at South Texas College Sept. 15
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(Above) “Relampago” created by Judge Margarito C. Garza with art by Sam G. González, 1977. The work of five artists will be featured in a month long exhibit at STC’s Pecan Campus Rainbow Room Sept. 15 – Oct. 15.
As part of South Texas College’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, STC’s Center for Mexican American Studies, along with the college’s History Department and Library Art Gallery present a Latinx Comic Book Exhibit featuring the work of five artists beginning Sept. 15.
The exhibit, curated by José Alaniz, Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures and the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Washington in Seattle, will include sixteen posters by five artists.
The exhibit will be on display Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 in the Pecan Campus Library Rainbow Room.
Alaniz chaired the Executive Committee of the International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF), a US Comics Studies Conference from 2011 to 2017 and is a founding board member of the Comics Studies Society. His current projects include a history of Czech comics and a study of Chicano/a art's intersections with comics.
Alaniz also makes comics. His work appeared in the 2018 collection "Tales From La Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology."
He will present his lecture entitled, “’…And I Don’t Plea Bargain!’: RELAMPAGO AND CRIME” September 17 at 6 p.m. in the Rainbow Room located on the second floor of the library at STC’s Pecan Campus.
STC’s Library Art Gallery Program organizes exhibitions and educational programs to engage student understanding of art and its role in culture, support academic curriculum, and inspire continued education through direct engagement with artists, scholars, and original works of art.
For more information, contact Trinidad Gonzalez at tgonzale@southtexascollege.edu or visit https://library.southtexascollege.edu/newsevents/libraryartgallery/.
What: Latinx Comics Exhibit curated by José Alaniz
Where: Pecan Library Rainbow Room, 3201 W. Pecan Blvd. McAllen, TX
When: Exhibit runs Sept. 15 – Oct. 15. Lecture by José Alaniz on Sept. 17 at 6 p.m.
Who: Exhibit sponsored by STC’s Center for Mexican American Studies, History Department, and Library Art Gallery.
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Email: tgonzale@southtexascollege.edu
https://library.southtexascollege.edu/newsevents/libraryartgallery
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TSA: Luis Muñoz Marín Airport one of the ‘safest’ in nation, despite contraband
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The TSA routinely finds items considered "security threats" that passengers carry through airport checkpoints.
The Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan is one of the safest in the nation, despite contraband issues and attempts to use the island as a bridge for drug trafficking, Transportation Security Administration officials said.
“Puerto Rico has many threats because of all the contraband happening in the Caribbean. But the TSA in San Juan, like in many other airports in the nation, is going to evolve as threats are evolving,” said José “Joey” Martínez, deputy federal security director for the TSA in Puerto Rico.
To address that, Martínez said in the next year, the LMM will be one of the first airports in the nation to be outfitted with “the most advanced” technology to detect security threats. Last month, the TSA announced its plan to test computed tomography scanners (CT), a state-of-the-art 3-D technology at select U.S. airport checkpoints.
The new technology intends to enhance critical explosives and other threat items detection capabilities at airport checkpoints. Checkpoint CT technology should result in fewer bag checks. In the future, passengers may also be able to leave laptops and liquids in their carry-on bags.
Although Puerto Rico’s airports are not on the list of the sites where the first 15 units will be installed, the TSA confirmed more than 145 units will be in airports by the end of fiscal year 2019. There are TSA operations at more than 460 airports across the United States and its territories.
Another area where Puerto Rico is looking to evolve is in the TSA PreCheck program participation rate. Presently, the LMM has a TSA PreCheck lane available at the Terminal B central checkpoint to handle all passengers who have either paid for the service, or who receive TSA PreCheck on a given day, on a given flight based on their name being run against TSA’s Secure Flight program.
However, there are none available at the Terminal A checkpoint, which essentially processes all of jetBlue’s passengers.
Although Martínez said the volume of registered PreCheck passengers is not high enough yet in Puerto Rico to warrant opening additional lanes, LMM officials are looking to improve the TSA PreCheck process.
“We’re doing an assessment as we speak and will likely have changes to the program within the next 60 days,” he said, while adding that the agency will bump up its promotion efforts to encourage more travelers to sign up for the program that costs $85 for five years to move through the checkpoint inspection process quicker.
“If we see an increment in TSA PreCheck numbers in San Juan, we may open another lane,” he said.
The TSA Puerto Rico operation includes the LMM, as well as airports in Ponce and Aguadilla, and St. Thomas and St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Martínez said.
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Craig Hickcox
The TSA personnel at LMM close the one TSA PreCheck lane every night ar 9pm. I travel through SJU monthly and depart on a late night / early morning flight. The line to pass through security is always very long. I find many of the TSA employees to have an appearant attitude of being purposely slow. I have been told by several TSA employees at SJU to email the TSA about my complaint. Travelers that pay for the priviledge of expedited lines are not being properly served at SJU.
Craig H.
The TSA PreCheck lane available at the Terminal B central checkpoint to handle all passengers who have paid for the service and privilege of an expedited line closes daily at 9pm. I travel through SJU monthly and depart on a late night / early morning flight. The regular security line is always very long and it seems that many of the TSA employees are very slow in screening the travelers. The airport may very well be one of the safest in the nation, but passengers who have paid for the service and privilege of an expedited lane are not being properly served. I have previously sent an email to the TSA with my complaint, after having been advised by some TSA employees at SJU to do so in order to open up or keep the TSA PreCheck lane open after 9pm. I along with other passengers who have paid for TSA PreCheck are still waiting for this to happen.
B. Higgins
No worries Craig, same thing happens to me however, at MCO almost every month. Coming out of SJU mid morning for the most part is running unless they use the dogs whereas I have noticed is a similar an expedited process as well. Anyways, I also learned Pre-Check is typically operational during high peak volume which at SJU is typically during the day not necessarily at night. I’m surprised though being as such, that in MCO that at night doubles the amount SJU would process, is closed after 7 or 8pm.
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Mauritian Creole (Kreol Morisien)
Mauritian Creole is a French-based creole language spoken by about 1.2 million people in Mauritius, where it is used as the lingua franca. Mauritian Creole tends to be spoken in homes and informal situations, while French is used in work places, and French and English are used in schools and formal situations.
As well as words of French origin, it also contains some vocabularly from English, and from African and Asian languages spoken on Mauritius.
Mauritian Creole alphabet and pronunciation
This orthography was introduced by the Mauritian government in 2011.
C (se) and Q (ki) are only used in foreign loan words and names.
Information on Mauritian Creole pronunciation compiled by Wolfram Siegel and Michael Peter F¨stumum
Download an alphabet chart for Mauritian Creole (Excel)
Toute bane zimin nèt lib et égo dan la dignité et dan bane droi la. Zot enan la rézon et la conscians et fodé ki toute dimoun azi dan ene lespri fraternité
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Information about Mauritian Creole | Phrases | Numbers
Information about Mauritian Creole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritian_Creole
http://linguistics.siu.edu/jpclfiles/maur.html
http://folk.uio.no/geirthe/Creoles.html
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All-new Ford Mustang gets a fastback makeover, EcoBoost engine
By C.C. Weiss
All-new Ford Mustang gets a fa...
The 2015 Mustang debuts
The 5.0-liter V8 remains an option
The new Mustang design includes three-dimensional triple-bar taillights
Ford gives the Mustang a lower, wider fastback look
The Mustang has a new grille inspired by the Evos concept
Inside the new Mustang
The newest Mustang design loses the retro front fascia of the last generation
The 2015 Mustang will go on sale late next year
Ford repositions the cup holders as to make shifting easier
Ford moves the shifter closer to the driver for better comfort and performance
A short deck completes the new fastback look
The profile is lower, with a fastback cabin and dual horizontal character lines
The Mustang GT's fog lights move out of the grille, down to the corners
A body color rear diffuser between dual exhaust tips
Ford straightens out the lower character line when compared to the hockey stick on the current generation Mustang
The 2015 Mustang will have V6, V8 and EcoBoost four-cylinder engine options
Ford has not yet released final power figures for the engines, but they promise to be slightly improved from current numbers
The new EcoBoost engine will combine around 305-hp with superior fuel economy
The new Mustang Convertible debuts in Sydney, Australia
Ford says the new convertible uses a fast-folding cloth top
The 2015 Mustang debuts in Shanghai
The 2015 Mustang will go on sale in late 2014
Ford's new styling direction shows influence from the Evos concept car
The 5.0-liter V8-powered Mustang GT will have more than 420 horses on tap
The Mustang's new styling shines through from every angle
Mustang, generation six
The new Mustang has a Ford SYNC system
The 2015 Mustang in New York City
New for 2015: a 2.3-liter EcoBoost engine
On December 5, Ford debuted the Mustang in six cities around the world
The 2015 Mustang breaks cover
Ford revealed the all-new, sixth-generation Mustang last week in a four-content event encompassing major cities like Barcelona, New York and Shanghai. The global event supported the new pony car's more worldly focus. The latest Mustang drops the heavily retro influence of generation five in favor of a more modern look and feel. It also gets the latest technologies, including an EcoBoost four-cylinder turbo.
If you've grown accustomed to the throwback styling of the fifth-generation Mustang, the 2015 model may be a bit of a shock. Unlike the fifth-gen design process, which made a very purposeful attempt at recreating specific styling cues from the 1960s, gen-six designers were working with a much more general definition of traditional Mustang styling: long, sculpted hood, short rear deck and a fastback cabin in between. Within that basic framework, they created a contemporary look aimed at broadening the car's appeal for a larger global market.
To be honest, it took us a second to even recognize this new car as a Mustang when we first saw its face. In its attempt at a more modern look, the redesign takes some direction from the Evos concept.
Gone are the fifth-generation's wide-eyed headlamps set behind a forward-leaning nose, replaced by a set of narrower, more sinister eyes that leer at the onlooker. They're not quite as narrow as the slits on the Evos, but the influence comes through. The fog light buckets at the edges of the 2014 GT's grille are supplanted by more traditional set-ups in the lower corners. The nose has a more upright posture, and it rolls fluidly into the cut-and-pinched hood from the upper lip of the hexagonal grille, another styling point borrowed from the Evos.
The cabin is framed by a steeply sloped windshield that melds into a lowered roof line, quickly transitioning into a long, slow plunge to the short deck in back. Ford calls it the "return of Mustang fastback," and it gives the Mustang a profile that looks more "European exotic," less "American muscle". That profile view includes a pair of vertical character lines, the lower of which is straightened out when compared to the check mark on the current Mustang. The upper line gets broken at the muscle mass over the rear wheel and then picks up again around the fuel door.
"What [you're] looking at is a car that has been lowered, a car that has been widened, a car that has more of a animalistic stance to it," explains Dave Pericak, Mustang chief engineer, continuing, "one that is more aggressive and sporty, then where we were, but taking all of the heritage that we have within Mustang and interpreting it in an extremely modern way."
The rear-end is the most familiar element. The broad, flat upper fascia and triple-bar taillights look similar to their gen-five counterparts. The taillights are more three-dimensional, however. Down below, a body-matching rear diffuser is flanked by dual tailpipes.
Ford focused last week's reveal mainly on the new Mustang hard-top. It did show the new convertible in Sydney, but only mentions it briefly in its press release: "Mustang convertible drivers will appreciate the standard multilayer insulated cloth top that gives the car a more upscale appearance and a quieter cabin. The new top lowers twice as fast as before, and has a sleeker profile when folded for open-air motoring."
Underneath its overhauled styling, the new Mustang runs on completely revised chassis and powertrain equipment. Ford calls it the "most nimble pony ever."
"We already set a very high standard for Mustang’s dynamics with Boss 302, and our goal was to go above and beyond that with this new car," says Dave Pericak, Mustang chief engineer.
To accomplish that goal, Pericak and Co. gave the 2015 Mustang all-new front and rear suspension systems. The big news is in back, where the car treats drivers to an integral-link independent rear suspension, its geometry, springs, dampers and bushings tuned specifically for the high-performance muscle car. Up front, the double-ball-joint MacPherson strut system cradles the wheels, while a new perimeter subframe provides a stiff foundation for better wheel control.
A trio of engine options delivers power to the extra-nimble wheels. The usual V6 and V8 options are still present, with Ford saying they receive unspecified upgrades from the 2014's 420-hp 5.0-liter V8 (GT) and 305-hp 3.7-liter V6. The third option is a 2.3-liter four-cylinder.
Even the most casual Mustang fan might cringe at the return of a four-cylinder, but this turbocharged EcoBoost has comparable output to the current 305-hp V6, along with the promise of segment-leading fuel economy – not a bad combination for daily driving. Ford expects it to put out more than 305 hp and 300 lb-ft of torque.
"This EcoBoost engine delivers where a Mustang driver expects it to, with a broad, flat torque curve that pours out when you stand on it for easy passing or hustling down a twisty road," promises Pericak.
The two transmission options are an updated Getrag manual that Ford says has smoother shifting from a better-placed shift knob and a new Select-Shift six-speed automatic that gives Mustang owners the option of paddle shifting.
The Mustang may come from times when "horsepower" and "displacement" were the most important terms in car technology, but generation six represents a modern Mustang infused with modern car technologies. Those include SYNC connectivity with AppLink, the MyKey teen driver safety system, and the available Blind Spot Information System.
Ford plans to broaden the reach of the latest Mustang by launching it in 110 countries, including new markets in Europe and Asia. This push will include for the first time original factory-built right-hand models for markets like the UK, Australia and Japan.
Ford's press release is suspiciously light and tentative for a car as significant as a next-generation Mustang, so we have the feeling that it will be sharing many more details at or in anticipation of an upcoming auto show between now and the start of production in the second half of 2014. The North American International Auto Show next month seems like the right venue, but Ford doesn't say so specifically. We'll be watching.
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C.C. Weiss
Chris joined the New Atlas team in 2011 and now serves as the automotive and campers editor, traveling extensively to gather the latest news on cars, outdoor sports gear and other innovations designed to help people experience and enjoy the greater world around them.
Slowburn December 9, 2013 03:44 AM
To make it appeal to a larger audience they made it look like all the other sporty 2 doors.
A. Ted Vorachard December 9, 2013 08:12 AM
The new look is terrific indeed. It conveys balanced beauty, muscle car power and all others. However, more information on how this remarkable American product actually performs on the road would be lovely.
bergamot69 December 9, 2013 03:07 PM
Not usually a fan of American car styling, however I do quite like this- it is obviously a Mustang, yet it's looks are much better resolved than some previous incarnations, whilst still looking very much an American product. The dashboard and fascia are much less happy, looking messy, pseudo-retro, and fussy- a bit like the BMW MINI interior (although thankfully without the toggle switches).
Gargamoth December 10, 2013 01:58 AM
I saw drawing of what the Mustang could have been. It seems to me the manufacturer does not know how to make what was drawn into a three dimensional reality. From the passenger point of view, the hood continues to peek over the dash board and the front end should mold around the wheels unifying the body, instead I see the body sitting on top of the wheels, there is too much clearance. Just like the Scion FRS and Subaru BRZ, The Mustang will continue to be a car the needs customization. If Ford is going to give the Mustang a four cylinder motor, don't waste the sheet metal and shorten the front end. Hopefully it sells at a reasonable price to save money for the body kit.
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The Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has strong links with industry from multi-nationals to small start-ups. We are very experienced in collaborative working and understand the value of strong partnerships.
Examples of some of our partnerships projects include the following:
HAIFU (HIFU) Technology Company
HIFU is a non-invasive tumour ablation treatment that is widely used in Asia, but not yet established in Europe or the USA. Surgeons at Oxford were the first to work with HIFU engineers in China to conduct clinical trials and obtain a CE mark for use of their technology in Europe. The technology has progressed and the HAIFU (HIFU) Technology Company has recently provided their most advanced equipment for use in a new unit, to be used for patient treatment, clinical trials and training.
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The Cancer Theme has collaborated with AstraZeneca in the development of AZD6244, a MEK inhibitor also known as selumetinib, in melanoma. Professor Middleton was involved in the design of two randomised phase 2 studies of the compound in melanoma: a comparison of selumetinib with temozolomide, and a trial of dacarbazine chemotherapy +/- the kinase inhibitor. As well as participating in the trials, he served as one of the global Chief Investigators for the latter study.
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Imaging Theme Collaborates with GE Healthcare
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The Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 Developed by Zain Sheikh
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ORDER ON MAINTAINABILITY IN MEMO GATE CASE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN
(Original Jurisdiction)
MR. JUSTICE IFTIKHAR MUHAMMAD CHAUDHRY, CJ
MR. JUSTICE MIAN SHAKIRULLAH JAN
MR. JUSTICE TASSADUQ HUSSAIN JILLANI
MR. JUSTICE JAWWAD S. KHAWAJA
MR. JUSTICE TARIQ PARVEZ
MR. JUSTICE MIAN SAQIB NISAR
MR. JUSTICE EJAZ AFZAL KHAN
MR. JUSTICE IJAZ AHMED CHAUDHRY
MR. JUSTICE MUHAMMAD ATHER SAEED
CONSTITUTION PETITIONS NO. 77 TO 85 & 89 OF 2011
& CMA NO. 5505/2011 IN CONST. P. 79 OF 2011
[Constitution Petition under Article 184(3) of the Constitution
regarding alleged Memorandum to Admiral Mike Mullen by Mr.
Hussain Haqqani, former Ambassador of Pakistan to the United
States of America]
Watan Party … PETITIONER
[CP 77/2011]
M. Tariq Asad Advocate Supreme Court … PETITIONER
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif … PETITIONER
Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar & another … PETITIONERS
Iqbal Zafar Jhagra & another … PETITIONERS
Lt. General ® Abdul Qadir Baloch & 2 others … PETITIONERS
Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan & another… PETITIONERS
Syed Ghous Ali Shah & 2 others … PETITIONERS
Hafeez Ur Rahman … PETITIONER
Shafqatullah Sohail … PETITIONER
Federation ofPakistan& others … RESPONDENTS
For the petitioners: Barrister Zafarullah Khan, ASC in person
Mr. Tariq Asad, ASC in person
Mr. Rashid A. Rizvi, Sr. ASC
Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar &
Khawaja Muhammad Asif, MNA in person
Mr. Muhammad Rafiq Rajwana, ASC
Mr. Attique Shah, ASC
Dr. M. Salahuddin Mengal, ASC
Sardar Asmatullah Khan, ASC
Syed Ghous Ali Shah, ASC
Dr. M. Shamim Rana, ASC
Mr. Naseer Ahmad Bhutta, ASC
Mr. M.S. Khattak, AOR
For the President ofPakistan: Nemo.
For the Prime Minister ofPakistan: Nemo.
For Chief of Army Staff, Maulvi Anwar-ul-Haq
DG, ISI & M/O of Cabinet, Attorney General forPakistan
Defence, Foreign Affairs, Mr. Dil Muhammad Alizai, DAG
Interior & Law:
For Hussain Haqqani: Ms. Asma Jahangir, ASC
Ch. Akhtar Ali, AOR assisted by
M/s Idrees Ashraf and Asad Jamal, Advocates
For Mansoor Ijaz: Nemo.
Date of hearing: 19-23 & 27-30 December, 2011
IFTIKHAR MUHAMMAD CHAUDHRY, CJ. – The Objectives Resolution, which has been made substantive part of the Constitution by means of Article 2A of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan commands that:
“And whereas it is the will of the people ofPakistanto establish an order;
Wherein integrity of the territories of the Federation, its independence and all its rights, including its sovereign rights on land, sea and air, shall be safeguarded;
So that people ofPakistanmay prosper and attain their rightful and honoured place amongst the nations of the World and make their full contribution towards international peace and progress and happiness of humanity.”
2. This short order shall be followed by detailed reasons, to be recorded later. The above petitions have been instituted under Article 184(3) of the Constitution of IslamicRepublicofPakistan.
3. For the purpose of understanding the issues involved in these petitions precisely the facts noted from the pleadings of the parties are that on 10th October, 2011, the respondent Mansoor Ijaz wrote an Article in Financial Times, London. The contents of the said Memo have already been reproduced in the order dated 1st December, 2011, however, same are repeated herein below:-
“CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM BRIEFING FOR ADM. MIKE MULLEN, CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
During the past 72 hours since a meeting was held between the president, the prime minister and the chief of army staff, there has seen a significant deterioration inPakistan’s political atmosphere. Increasingly desperate efforts by the various agencies and factions within the government to find a home –ISI and/or Army, or the civilian government – for assigning blame over the UBL raid now dominate the tug of war between military and civilian sectors. Subsequent tit-for-tat reactions, including outing of the CIA station chief’s name inIslamabadby ISI officials, demonstrates a dangerous devolution of the ground situation inIslamabadwhere no central control appears to be in place.
Civilians cannot withstand much more of the hard pressure being delivered from the Army to succumb to wholesale changes. If civilians are forced from power,Pakistanbecomes a sanctuary for UBL’s legacy and potentially the platform for far more rapid spread of al Qaeda’s brand of fanaticism and terror.
A unique window of opportunity exists for the civilians to gain the upper hand over army and intelligence directorates due to their complicity in the UBL matter. Request your direct intervention in conveying a strong, urgent and direct message to Gen Kayani that deliversWashington’s demand for him and Gen Pasha to end their brinkmanship aimed at bringing down the civilian apparatus – that this is a 1971 moment inPakistan’s history. Should you be willing to do so,Washington’s political/military backing would result in a revamp of the civilian government that, while weak at the top echelon in terms of strategic direction and implementation (even though mandated by domestic political forces), in a wholesale manner replaces the national security adviser and other national security officials with trusted advisers that include ex-military and civilian leaders favorably viewed byWashington, each of whom have long and historical ties to theUSmilitary, political and intelligence communities. Names will be provided to you in a face-to-face meeting with the person delivering this message. In the eventWashington’s direct intervention behind the scenes can be secured through your personal communication with Kayani (he will likely listen only to you at this moment) to stand down the Pakistani military-intelligence establishment, the new national security team is prepared, with full backing of the civilian apparatus, to do the following:
1. President ofPakistanwill order an independent inquiry into the allegations thatPakistanharbored and offered assistance to UBL and other senior Qaeda operatives. The White House can suggest names of independent investigators to populate the panel, along the lines of the bipartisan 9-11 Commission, for example.
2. The inquiry will be accountable and independent, and result in findings of tangible value to theUSgovernment and the American people that identify with exacting detail those elements responsible for harboring and aiding UBL inside and close to the inner ring of influence inPakistan’s Government (civilian, intelligence directorates and military). It is certain that the UBL Commission will result in immediate termination of active service officers in the appropriate government offices and agencies found responsible for complicity in assisting UBL.
3. The new national security team will implement a policy of either handing over those left in the leadership of Al Qaeda or other affiliated terrorist groups who are still on Pakistani soil, including Ayman Al Zawahiri, Mullah Omar and Sirajuddin Haqqani, or giving US military forces a “green light” to conduct the necessary operations to capture or kill them on Pakistani soil. This “carte blanche” guarantee is not without political risks, but should demonstrate the new group’s commitment to rooting out bad elements on our soil. This commitment has the backing of the top echelon on the civilian side of our house, and we will insure necessary collateral support.
4. One of the great fears of the military-intelligence establishment is that with your stealth capabilities to enter and exit Pakistani airspace at will,Pakistan’s nuclear assets are now legitimate targets. The new national security team is prepared, with full backing of the Pakistani government – initially civilian but eventually all three power centers – to develop an acceptable framework of discipline for the nuclear program. This effort was begun under the previous military regime, with acceptable results. We are prepared to reactivate those ideas and build on them in a way that bringsPakistan’s nuclear assets under a more verifiable, transparent regime.
5. The new national security team will eliminate Section S of the ISI charged with maintaining relations to the Taliban, Haqqani network, etc. This will dramatically improve relations withAfghanistan.
6. We are prepared to cooperate fully under the new national security team’s guidance with the Indian government on bringing all perpetrators of Pakistani origin to account for the 2008 Mumbai attacks, whether outside government or inside any part of the government, including its intelligence agencies. This includes handing over those against whom sufficient evidence exists of guilt to the Indian security services.Pakistanfaces a decision point of unprecedented importance. We, who believe in democratic governance and building a much better structural relationship in the region with India AND Afghanistan, seek US assistance to help us pigeon-hole the forces lined up against your interests and ours, including containment of certain elements inside our country that require appropriate re-sets and re-tasking in terms of direction and extent of responsibility after the UBL affair. We submit this Memorandum for your consideration collectively as the members of the new national security team who will be inducted by the President of Pakistan with your support in this undertaking.”
4. Petitioners invoked original jurisdiction of this Court by means of Constitution Petitions, questioning therein the contents of above Memo on stated allegations that question of public importance involving their fundamental rights under the Constitution has been made out as according to the version of Mansoor Ijaz-respondent, Memo was prepared/drafted for the purpose of delivering the same to Chairman of theUSJoint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen through Gen. (Retd.) James Logan Jones, former US National Security Advisor.
5. All the petitions were taken up for hearing on 1st December, 2011 when after hearing the petitioners, either through counsel or in person, notices were issued to the respondents for filing of their replies and to conduct a probe regarding the Memo, Mr. Tariq Khosa, former Secretary Narcotics/DG, FIA, subject to his consent, was directed to act as a Commission. On the same day, by means of press-conference held in PID office by Dr. Babar Awan, Sr. ASC along with two Ministers and others, the order of the Court was criticized contemptuously. Inasmuch as, brother of Mr. Tariq Khosa, namely, Mr. Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, a learned Judge of this Court, who although was not member of the Bench, was referred in terms which prima facie are contemptuous, therefore, for such reasons, Mr. Tariq Khosa recused to act as a Commission. In this context, reaction of the Chief Executive/Prime Minister of Pakistan had been obtained and appropriate directions shall be passed in the later part of the order.
6. Parties, including the Chief of Army Staff, DG, ISI, Mansoor Ijaz as well as Hussain Haqqani and the Federation of Pakistan through Secretary Interior, Foreign Secretary represented by learned Attorney General forPakistan, filed their replies. No separate reply has been filed by the President of Pakistan.
7. With a view to narrow down the controversy between the parties, directions were issued to them to file counter affidavits/rejoinders to the replies of each others vide order dated 19.12.2011. A perusal of the pleadings suggests:-
(i) After the publication of above Article along with Memo in Financial Times, Londonon 10th of October, 2011, DG, ISI (Mr. Shujah Pasha) established his contact with Mansoor Ijaz in London and on his return to Pakistan shared his views with the Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, thus, both of them in their replies to the petitions as well as affidavits have maintained that Memo dated 10th May, 2011 exists.
(ii) On 16th November, 2011 Mr. Hussain Haqqani addressed a letter to the President of Pakistan wherein after mentioning certain facts, he desired to tender his resignation from the post of Ambassador of Pakistan inUnited States and expressed to probe into the matter.
(iii) About 3 to 4 meetings were held between the Prime Minister and Chief of Army Staff, the President and Chief of Army Staff and joint meeting between the President, Prime Minister, Chief of Army Staff, DG ISI and Hussain Haqqani, whereafter, Hussain Haqqani on account of their persuasion tendered his resignation on 22.11.2011, which was accepted vide notification dated 23.11.2011.
(iv) Former Ambassador, Hussain Huqqani has denied categorically about his role in preparation of the Memo who at the same time has relied upon anaffidavit tendered by James Jones, to establish that Mansoor Ijaz has concocted this story that such Memo was sent by him for delivering to Admiral Mike Mullen before 9th May, 2011.
(v) In the meanwhile, vide letter dated 28.11.2011, issued under the signatures of Mr. Khushnood Akhter Lashari, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister referred the matter to the Parliamentary Committee to conduct probe on the subject issue. The proposed terms of the reference are as under:-
a. To probe into the memo purportedly written and sent by Mr. Mansoor Ijaz.
b. To give consequential recommendations.
(vi) Federation of Pakistan through Secretary Interior had not denied the existence of the Memo in their counter affidavits except raising technical flaws in respect of undertaking journey by DG, ISI toLondonto conduct a meeting with Mansoor Ijaz without permission of the Prime Minister.
(vii) Mansoor Ijaz in his reply and in counter affidavit has contradicted the stand taken by Mr. Hussain Haqqani, former Ambassador and he has offered to provide further evidence to substantiate his plea that allegedly on persuasion of Mr. Hussain Haqqani, Memo dated 10th may, 2011 was drafted to be delivered to Mike Mullen through James Jones.
8. On 1st of December, 2011 the Court itself raised the question about the maintainability of the petitions and at the same time it was observed that it would be appreciated if the outcome of the proposed inquiry by the Parliamentary Committee on National Security is shared with the Court, if possible.
9. After having heard the parties and having taken into consideration the relevant provisions of the Constitution and the law, judgments cited on behalf of both the sides and the pleadings of the parties carefully, we hold as under:-
(a) In exercise of powers of Judicial Review, we hold that in these petitions, petitioners have succeeded in establishing that the issues involved are justiciable and question of public importance with regard to enforcement of fundamental rights, prima facie, under Articles 9, 14 and 19A of the Constitution has been made out. Thus, the petitions under Article 184(3) of the Constitution are maintainable.
(b) To delineate measures with a view to ensure enforcement of the fundamental rights noted in para ibid, a probe is called for to ascertain the origin, authenticity and purpose of creating/drafting of Memo for delivering it to Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen through Gen. (Retd.) James Logan Jones, former US National Security Advisor. Thus, in exercise of powers conferred upon this Court under Article 187 of the Constitution, Order XXXII, Rules 1 and 2 read with Order XXXVI of the Supreme Court Rules, 1980 coupled with the principle of Civil Procedure Code, a Commission is appointed. As the due process of law is the entitlement of all the stakholders, therefore, to ensure probe into the matter in an transparent manner the Commission shall be comprising of:
(i) Mr. Justice Qazi Faez Isa, (Chairman)
Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court
(ii) Mr. Justice Iqbal Hameed-ur-Rehman (Member)
Chief Justice,IslamabadHigh Court
(iii) Mr. Justice Mushir Alam (Member)
Chief Justice, High Court of Sindh
Raja Jawwad Abbas Hassan, District & Sessions Judge,Islamabadis appointed as Secretary to the Commission.
(c) The Commission shall hold its meetings in the building of Islamabad High Court. The Commission shall be exercising all the powers of Judicial Officers for the purpose of carrying out the object mentioned hereinabove and it shall be free to avail services of advocates, experts of forensic science and cyber crimes. All the Federal Secretaries, including Interior Secretary, Secretary Cabinet, Secretary Foreign Affairs; Chief Secretaries of all the provinces; DG, FIA; Inspector Generals of Police of all the provinces and Ambassadors of Pakistan in USA and UK, shall provide necessary assistance to the Commission.
(d) Government of Pakistan through Secretary Cabinet Division shall provide logistic support to the Commission, subject to its demands through the Secretary of the Commission.
(e) The Commission shall be authorized to collect evidence within and outsidePakistanaccording to prevailing laws on the subject.
(f) The Commission shall provide full opportunity of hearing to all the parties.
(g) The Commission is required to complete this task within a period of four weeks after receipt hereof.
10. It is to be noted that the reply submitted before the Court by Mr. Mansoor Ijaz, inter alia, comprises of certain documents including exchange of e-mails and other communications using the BlackBerry Messaging service commonly known as BBM between them i.e. Mansoor Ijaz and Hussain Haqqani were in constant touch either through BBM, e-mails or voice calling w.e.f. 9th to 12th May, 2011. In fact during relevant days, as many as 85 BBMs, voice calls and e-mails were exchanged between the two. Prima facie these communications form the most important piece of evidence regarding purported contacts between the two for the purposes of drafting the alleged Memo. In addition to these dates, Mansoor Ijaz also claims that he had electronic/telephonic interactions with Hussain Haqqani on October, 28 andNovember, 1 2011. Therefore, in the interest of justice, it is appropriate to get the confirmation about the veracity and authenticity of these communications from the original company known as Research in Motion (RIM) based inCanada being the sole and exclusive custodian of such information. Therefore, the learned Attorney General is directed to contact the said Company RIM through Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for getting confirmation about the authenticity of the above mentioned electronic communications exchanged between Mansoor Ijaz and Hussain Haqqani. This confirmation may be obtained at the earliest and in order to save and protect the forensic evidence and to scrutinize the same it should be produced before the Commission. As forensic evidence is likely to be collected from the company Research in Motion (RIM) based inCanada, therefore, the High Commission of Pakistan inCanada is directed to cooperate and assist the Commission as well.
11. Vide order dated 1st December, 2011, Mr. Hussain Haqqani was directed not to leave the country without the permission of the Court. This order is kept intact.
12. Office is directed to put a separate note in the Chambers of Chief Justice of Pakistan along with the transcription of the pressconference dated 1st December, 2011 of Mr. Babar Awan, Sr. ASC along with replies/reactions of the Prime Minister of Pakistan dated 23rd December and 26th December, 2011 for passing appropriate orders.
13. The petitions are adjourned for a date to be fixed by the office after receipt of the report from the Commission.
IFTIKHAR MUHAMMAD CHAUDHRY, CJ
MIAN SHAKIRULLAH JAN, J. TASSADUQ HUSSAIN JILLANI, J.
JAWWAD S. KHAWAJA, J. TARIQ PARVEZ, J.
MIAN SAQIB NISAR, J. EJAZ AFZAL KHAN, J.
IJAZ AHMED CHAUDHRY, J. MUHAMMAD ATHER SAEED, J.
Islamabad, the 30th December, 2011
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Number of pages: 6 Posted: 06 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2017
Daniel A. Crane and Thibault Schrepel
University of Michigan Law School and Harvard University (Berkman Center)
antitrust, merger, better deal
Antitrust and Wealth Inequality
Cornell Law Review, Vol. 101, 2015, Forthcoming
Intellectual Liability
Texas Law Review, Vol. 88, 2009, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 260
intellectual property, copyright, patent, patent pools, property rules, liability rules
Can Bundled Discounting Increase Consumer Prices Without Excluding Rivals? A Comment on 'Tying, Bundled Discounts, and the Death of the Single Monopoly Profit' by Einer Elhauge
Competition Policy International, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 209-220, Autumn 2009, George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 10-29, U of Michigan Law & Econ, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 10-016, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 212
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 30 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2010
Daniel A. Crane and Joshua D. Wright
University of Michigan Law School and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty
Anti-Competitive, Antitrust, Consumer Welfare, Collective Action, Customers, Demand Elasticity, Efficiency, Exclusive Shelf-Space Contracts, Frank Easterbrook, Gpos, Goodwill, Herbert Hovenkamp, Market Share, Pbms, Philip Areeda, Predatory Pricing, Price Discrimination, Robinson-Patman Act, Tie-Ins
Predation Analysis and the FTC's Case Against Intel
University of Michigan Law & Economics Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 10-014, University of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 202
Federal Trade Commission, Intel, Cost-Price Screens, Fixed Sunk Costs
Reflections on Section 5 of the FTC Act and the FTC’s Case against Intel
Antitrust Chronicle, Forthcoming , U of Michigan Law & Econ, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 10-001, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 181
Intel, FTC Act, Sherman Act
Antitrust Antifederalism
Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 187, California Law Review, 2007
Antitrust, federalism, corporate regulation
Multiproduct Discounting: A Myth of Nonprice Predation
University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 72, p. 27, 2005
antitrust, predatory pricing
Harmful Output in the Antitrust Domain: Lessons from the Tobacco Industry
Georgia Law Review, Vol. 39, p. 321
Antitrust, tobacco, externalities
Did We Avoid Historical Failures of Antitrust Enforcement During the 2008-09 Financial Crisis?
Antitrust Law Journal , Forthcoming, U of Michigan Law & Econ, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 10-006, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 185
Antitrust, Sherman Act, Historical Failures
Private Enforcement Against International Cartels in Latin America: A U.S. Perspective
COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY IN LATIN AMERICA, Hart, Forthcoming, Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 231
antitrust, enforcement, competition law, comparative law
Rethinking Merger Efficiencies
Michigan Law Review, Vol. 110, 2011, University of Michigan Law & Econ, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 11-001, University of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 230
Merger Efficiencies, United States, European Union, Clayton Act
Monopoly Broth Makes Bad Soup
Antitrust Law Journal, Forthcoming, University of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 163, U of Michigan Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 09-020
monopoly broth
Antitrust Modesty (Review Essay)
Cardozo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 165, Michigan Law Review, Forthcoming
antitrust, hovenkamp
State Action Immunity and Section 5 of the FTC Act
Michigan Law Review, Vol. 115, No. 3, 2016, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-006
Daniel A. Crane and Adam Hester
University of Michigan Law School and University of Michigan Law School, Law School - JD Candidate Author
Bargaining over Loyalty
Texas Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-004, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 313
loyalty, antitrust, buying power
Toward a Unified Theory of Exclusionary Vertical Restraints
Southern California Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Michigan Law & Econ, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 10-023, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 218
Daniel A. Crane and Graciela Miralles
University of Michigan Law School and European University Institute - Department of Law (LAW)
European Union, vertical restraints, substantial foreclosure
linkLine's Institutional Suspicions
Cato Supreme Court Review, Forthcoming, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 162, U of Michigan Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 09-019
Pacific Bell v. linkLine
Patent Punting: How FDA and Antitrust Courts Undermine the Hatch-Waxman Act to Avoid Dealing with Patents
Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2015
Rebecca S. Eisenberg and Daniel A. Crane
University of Michigan Law School and University of Michigan Law School
Patent, antitrust, FDA, Hatch-Waxman, Orange Book
Debunking Humphrey's Executor
U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 438
Unitary executive, administrative law, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Humphrey's executor, removal power
The Obama Justice Department's Merger Enforcement Record: An Armchair Reply to Baker and Shapiro
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 25 Jul 2012
Antitrust Enforcement, Merger Enforcement, Obama Justice Department
Fascism and Monopoly
Michigan Law Review, Vol. 119, Forthcoming , U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 644, U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 19-008
antitrust, democracy
Enacted Legislative Findings and the Deference Problem
Georgetown Law Journal, Forthcoming, U of Michigan Public Law Research Paper No. 314
legislative findings, deference, factfinding, statutory interpretation
The Fiction of Locally Owned Mom and Pop Car Dealers: Some Data on Franchised Automobile Distribution in the State of Michigan
Automobile Distribution, Dealer Franchise Laws, Tesla
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May 7, 2017 September 24, 2017 Josh Feit Uncategorized
In Defense of Tearing Things Down
The Seattle City Council is considering protecting Seattle’s “Legacy Businesses.”
Legacy Businesses are spots that hold cultural and historical significance for local communities.
In Bethesda, Md, the suburb where I grew up, Tastee Diner is considered a legacy business; I spent thousands of teenage hours there talking about Ronald Reagan, music, revolution, international trade, and other grand high school concerns.
Return to Tastee Diner, 1/20/12
Today, Tastee Diner is in danger of closing because Marriott Inc. wants to buy the property as they expand their headquarters in downtown Bethesda.
I’m not in favor of this specific redevelopment—”a 22-story office tower and a Marriott-branded hotel”—because I think downtown developments need to include housing and a mix of ground-floor business rather than monolithic corporate uses. (A 22-tower office tower sounds pretty ugly.) And in principle, you should only replace old stuff with new stuff if the new stuff is actually an add…
I’m not knee-jerk pro-development and Tastee still seems to provide a legitimate function. (I drop in once a year when I visit my parents, and it’s still doing brisk business.)
But you’re not going to find me blocking the bulldozers because I’m also not knee-jerk pro-preservation. And I’m definitely not in favor of mandating nostalgia.
This brings me to the Seattle City Council. The council’s call to preserve legacy businesses sounds like a quixotic fight against change.
Seattle is currently in the throes of anxiety about development (and change), and the Council is thinking about dedicating City dollars to save legacy businesses by “direct[ing] assistance to historic businesses, along with [giving] financial incentives for landlords to keep renting to those businesses.”
Picking which local businesses are “legacy businesses” is a muddled, subjective exercise in the first place that will raise thorny questions about whose cultural touchstones are being prioritized and whose aren’t.
But that’s not my main objection to the idea of legacy businesses. For me, it comes down to asking what’s cued up to replace the business. Am I sad that Sunset Bowl in Ballard is gone? Yes. Am I sad Piecora’s Pizza on Madison is gone? Definitely.
But, given that we’re in the middle of an affordable housing crisis that requires building more housing to maintain community, I’m glad about the 233-unit multi-family housing development that went up in place of the Sunset Bowl and about the multi-family apartments that are going up at the old Piecora’s spot. (The Piecora family also sold the property for an impressive $10.3 million, so I’m not sad for them.) If Tastee was being replaced with a mixed-use development, I’d be thrilled.
The way to fight gentrification isn’t through symbolic last stands on behalf of signature neighborhood businesses. The way to fight gentrification is by having integrated development and land-use policies that keep affordable housing in the mix in the first place, instead of propping up symbols of another time.
By the way: legacy businesses can certainly transform with the times by coming up with new, relevant and inspired missions that simultaneously honor their pasts—like Scarecrow has done in Seattle’s U. District, taking on the responsibility of becoming a film education non-profit.
And I’m certainly a fan of historic preservation like the museum at the Lexington-Concord battlefield in suburban Massachusetts, or the Lorraine Motel room in Memphis where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
Honoring historical events by preserving the places where they happened is educational and beautiful and lively; on my 2006 Boston Tea Party sojourn to Griffin’s Wharf, which was closed for repairs, we slipped through the yellow tape and threw Starbucks coffee into the water below.
But the City Council isn’t thinking about preserving historic ground. It’s thinking about preserving nostalgic haze.
To be honest, my seemingly dismissive attitude about sentimental spots runs counter to my own, overly-nostalgic DNA.
7/11/16, The exact location on Jones St. & W. 4th St., West Village
But I do know this: While we can celebrate the past, we can’t live in it.
The rich cultural je ne sais quoi of local spots doesn’t disappear when the physical space does. I’ll always be animated by the memories of piling into Lee’s van after the high school theater cast party to go to Tastee for a chocolate shake with a side of fries & gravy, and hanging out there until 3am.
But do we need Tastee Diner to linger 30 years on in order to cherish what happened there?
Tagged Affordable Housing, City Planning, Preservation
May’s Theme: Routes
It Takes a City and a Spider Brooch
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From bestselling, award-winning author Michael Crummey comes a sweeping, heart-wrenching, deeply immersive novel about a brother and sister alone in a small world.
A brother and sister are orphaned in an isolated cove on Newfoundland's northern coastline. Their home is a stretch of rocky shore governed by the feral ocean, by a relentless pendulum of abundance and murderous scarcity. Still children with only the barest notion of the outside world, they have nothing but the family's boat and the little knowledge passed on haphazardly by their mother and father to keep them.
As they fight for their own survival through years of meagre catches and storms and ravaging illness, it is their fierce loyalty to each other that motivates and sustains them. But as seasons pass and they wade deeper into the mystery of their own natures, even that loyalty will be tested.
This novel is richly imagined and compulsively readable, a riveting story of hardship and survival, and an unflinching exploration of the bond between brother and sister. By turns electrifying and heartbreaking, it is a testament to the bounty and barbarity of the world, to the wonders and strangeness of our individual selves.
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Beyond the Original Trilogy
New Star Wars films to be produced and written by D. Benioff and D.B. Weiss - no longer
Collipso
6-Feb-2018, 3:36 PM
6-Feb-2018 3:36 PM (Edited)
New Star Wars Films Announced! | The Star Wars Show - on 6th Feb '18:-
https://youtu.be/ZQT-3JODB8k
‘David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are going from Winterfell to a galaxy far, far away…’
http://www.starwars.com/news/game-of-thrones-creators-david-benioff-and-d-b-weiss-to-write-and-produce-a-new-series-of-star-wars-films
'David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are going from Winterfell to a galaxy far, far away.
It was announced today that Benioff and Weiss, creators of the smash-hit, Emmy Award-winning television series Game of Thrones, will write and produce a new series of Star Wars films.
These new films will be separate from both the episodic Skywalker saga and the recently-announced trilogy being developed by Rian Johnson, writer-director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
“David and Dan are some of the best storytellers working today,” said Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm. “Their command of complex characters, depth of story and richness of mythology will break new ground and boldly push Star Wars in ways I find incredibly exciting.”
“In the summer of 1977 we traveled to a galaxy far, far away, and we’ve been dreaming of it ever since,” Benioff and Weiss said in a joint statement. “We are honored by the opportunity, a little terrified by the responsibility, and so excited to get started as soon as the final season of Game of Thrones is complete.”
No release dates have been set for the new films, and there have (thankfully) been no sightings of White Walkers around Lucasfilm.’
Mod Edit: As of late October 2019, Benioff and Weiss’ Star Wars project, is no longer happening…
‘Game of Thrones creators Benioff and Weiss drop Star Wars movies for Netflix’ - at The Guardian
‘Star Wars Setback: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Duo David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Exit Trilogy’ at Deadline
TV's Frink
6-Feb-2018 3:39 PM
Collipso said:
Pfft…like I’m going to watch a video from some unknown hack like…what was it? “Star Wars?”
Whatever man.
Well, it’s not as if we didn’t know more Star Wars movies were on the way. I quite like Game of Thrones, so I am excited. I’ve always wanted some different stories in Star Wars separate from the main Saga, which in my view was complete after Return of the Jedi. So yeah, I’m glad it’s on their hands, just like I’m glad there’s a new trilogy on Rian’s.
Edit: please don’t read “I hate the ST” because as a matter o fact I quite like it, even if I’m not its biggest fan.
Mocata
Yub Nub for life
dahmage
Comes to read a new thread. See’s Mala being, well, ‘Mala’. Thanks Mala! (not)
Oh my OK was in response to the thread topic, I didn’t read whatever is going on there.
CHEWBAKAspelledwrong
so, we’ve been teetering on the brink of over saturation for a while while. I fear this may push us over the edge.
TV’s Frink said:
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
Tee-hee.
CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:
Maybe. We don’t know schedule (unless video lays it out) or resulting quality yet. I’ll worry about it when I see it.
j/k I don’t worry about these kinds of things.
DominicCobb
D.B. Weiss and David Benioff are the creators of the TV Series Game of Thrones. The films will be separate from both the Skywalker Saga and the Rian Johnson trilogy.
Very interesting. Also note they aren’t listed as directors, which is smart.
does it deserve a topic ?
Does this deserve a response?
(No, just a report)
canofhumdingers
It’s impossible to kill my love for the OT, R1, and some of the classic EU that was a huge part of my childhood and adolescence.
But I’m starting to feel the fatigue creeping in with al the new stuff. I liked but didn’t love TLJ. Heck, I only saw it twice and don’t have the desire to see it again in the theater (something Star Wars hasn’t done to me since AOTC, which I’ve hated from my first viewing!)
I liked that (like R1) the imagery in the new Solo trailer reminded me of some of the best 70’s-90’s EU, but otherwise I felt little actual excitement.
I’m totally indifferent about RJ’s announced trilogy.
And now this… hope they’re good, but once again I feel NO anticipation. It’s weird to feel this way about new Star Wars movies…
canofhumdingers said:
Genuine question, do you in general get excited about new movies? I myself have felt my anticipation levels for major franchise movies (and maybe just new movies in general) drop significantly as I’ve gotten older. I just wonder if I’m the only one.
suspiciouscoffee
I’m still pretty young, but my excitement for new movies in general has gone down. It’s better this way, because sometimes I forget release dates and get excited when it sneaks up on me. Also, I don’t live very near to any theaters.
The Drink in Question
suspiciouscoffee said:
Well, I’m not that much older than you.
I think it’s in some ways similar for me and in some ways not. When I was younger there were always a handful of big movies every year, and in between them all I was looking forward to was the next. Now, I live really close to a lot of theaters and see a movie just about every week. Oddly enough the effect is the pretty much the same, every week I look at the new releases and it’s kind of like “oh that’s out this week? Awesome! I know what I’m seeing.”
Wild speculation - is the choice of names related to the style of movie being planned i.e. Sith backstabbing in the days of the Old Republic?
When I go to college this fall, I’ll get Moviepass since there are a few different theaters in town. If I have time to see any movies that is, idk how much time I’ll have between college things.
DuracellEnergizer
It’s impossible to kill my love for the O[D], R1, and some of the classic EU that was a huge part of my childhood and adolescence.
But I 'm starting to feel the fatigue creeping in with al[l] the new stuff. I [don’t care about] TLJ. Heck, I only saw it twice and don’t have the desire to see it again in the theater (something Star Wars hasn’t done to me since AOTC, which I’ve hated from my first viewing!)
And now this… hope they’re good, but once again I feel NO anticipation. It’s [now common] to feel this way about new Star Wars movies…
“If you err it is not for me to punish you. We are punished by our sins not for them.”
— Elbert Hubbard
MoviePass highly recommend, especially if one of the theaters shows limited release movies.
And your free time probably depends on your major and/or how much you procrastinate, college for me when I first started going to theaters very regularly, with friends being big enablers (and this was before MoviePass existed/was affordable).
Anyway, back to topic, despite my general drop in new release anticipation, the main line Star Wars films usually overcome that and get me excited. The other movies I have a bit of a wait and see approach, depending on the subject matter the investment levels aren’t the same. If say, the first film in this series is good (or it’s about something really interesting), I’m sure my excitement will go up.
MusicallyInspired
I hope it’s a Bane Trilogy.
Here’s the official announcement:
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are going from Winterfell to a galaxy far, far away.
Help finish ROTJ: Revisited!
Tobar said:
Thanks, I’ll update the OP.
Some posts have been deleted - they brought nothing to the topic at hand and derailed the thread. Just more repeated negativity and past petty bickering.
Mala - You have been asked before to reign this negative thread-crapping in. Consider this a warning.
Frink - Let the mods know if you see something like this and we will deal with it. Do not accuse others of being trolls.
Collipso - Sorry your thread got trashed mate. I’ve edited the OP for you to include more info as Tobar quoted.
Everyone else - Apologies for the temp-locking of the thread (and also to those who may have had their previous posts referring to the above ‘conversation’ deleted).
If anyone has any issues on this feel free to PM me.
Back on topic…
originaltrilogy.com Moderator
I find that answer vague and unconvincing. Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves?
Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? And say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
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The End of Fake News? The Social News Network
by Grace Sutherland and Daniel Huynh
“70% of Americans use social media for news, but Facebook and Twitter can’t solve their fake news problem. Where is The Social News Network?” asked Overlooked Founder, George Sehremelis.
Sehremelis, a 2019 graduate out of the University of Southern California, grew up being an addictive watcher of the news as his childhood days were spent glued to television sets.
Once he entered college and was exposed to a population of people that were not as addictive as him, he recognized that social media was the main source of news for his fellow buddies and classmates. What he came to find out though was that the major platforms that they were reading from did not even provide current events or news that was accurate at all.
Sehremelis says, “My family comes from a small village in Greece called Distomo. It was home to one of the highest percentage massacres by The Nazis in World War II, and it was based on a false report.
He continued in saying, “Picture me reading on social media about how Facebook propagated a genocide in Myanmar because they couldn’t effectively moderate their content. Since Facebook is essentially the internet in Myanmar, hatred spread. Tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims were killed, hundreds of thousands were displaced, and the mainstream media in the United States did not report it like they should have.”
“This is why we’re called Overlooked, and this is why we’re building The Social News Network.”
Sehremelis came to understand that companies like Facebook and Twitter are only concerned about growing their platforms and essentially take advantage of their users.
Piotr Rojek, a 31 year old senior developer from Poland, was hooked on the idea from the start. “I passed on other opportunities to join this team,” said Rojek. “I believe what we’re doing is special, and I want to be a part of something that changes the world.”
Chukiat Phonsom, a machine learning researcher from Thailand, talked to us first hand why Overlooked is a welcomed platform in the social media landscape as the ongoing Rohingya crisis is taking place in neighboring Myanmar.
“This unfortunate event reminds us how dangerous false information is,” said Phonsom who is currently a PHD student at USC. “I think we need a responsible communication platform that can really identify dangerous trends to stop it and make sure that such a tragedy never happens again.”
Since launching at USC, the team has a growing website and social media following. Currently, Overlooked has over 7500 unique monthly users visiting overlooked.com and is growing over 50% month over month. They have over 1,740 Instagram followers, 2100 people who like their Facebook page and over 2750 followers on Twitter. They are especially proud that their launch video has over 720,000 views on Twitter.
“The key to sustaining their business is based on encouraging users to give their input, allowing them to comment and tag their friends,” said Sehremelis on building a successful social media platform. Sehremelis continued to explain by saying that, “We encourage opinion as much as possible. We think that this is actually the answer.”
The company’s journey was not always this smooth however, as the company almost went bankrupt in its earliest days of existence.
Things began to look up however as Sehremelis met the company’s first investor, Jill Higgins.
Higgins, a human rights activist and entrepreneur, was first introduced to the team at the Athena Summit, a female entrepreneurship event at USC. Higgins said she has been investing in socially responsible companies since the mid-1990s and has played a key role in the development of Overlooked.
“When [Sehremelis] explained what Overlooked did, I was on board,” Higgins said. “They really respect what I know, and I really respect what they know.”
According to Sehremelis, Higgins has been helping the team reach more audiences with several upcoming projects, such as launching a “Overlooked Premium” and a mobile application.
“We write and sell algorithms designed to combat misinformation” said Sehremelis. “We’ve built a bias detector, article summarizer, and claim identifier. These will be available for sale for $20 / year on Overlooked Premium, and they will make reading the news fun again!”
Overlooked currently uses an algorithm that examines the text written inside of every single article. From 0 to 100, with 0 being very biased and 100 being unbiased, the algorithm rates pieces with a 95 percent accuracy rate, according to the Overlooked website.
Phonsom, went into detail however that the algorithm’s capabilities are far away from its true potential.
“The goal is to make readers aware of subjectiveness that is designed to persuade readers toward specific opinions,” said Phonsom. “In the long term, we will build an automatic fact checking software where we can check the veracity of claims by building a network of facts based on reliable sources.”
The team at Overlooked has a short term goal of becoming relevant during the 2020 election. According to Sehremelis, he aims to have the platform to be the platform of choice in next year’s election where people can safely consume their news.
The message, “Our mission is to end fake news,” is plastered in the office that they call their home. Some may call that message preposterous, but for Sehremelis, this is how he is going to change the world.
Our Twitter Video is over 700,000 views, watch it here!
Still don’t know who we are? Here’s our official launch video 👀
Visit our website at https://t.co/ovrXsfrWfk pic.twitter.com/IOXbNPaT1q
— OVERLOOKED (@Overlooked_Inc) May 21, 2019
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PCT Season Coming
In late May, a trickle of trekkers begins to flow through the Intermountain area. This is the beginning of a stream of hikers making their way on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT).
PCT sign in Burney Falls Park
The PCT is a 2,659 mile long trail from the U.S. border with Mexico just south of Campo, California to the Canada–US border on the edge of Manning Park in British Columbia. It passes through 25 national forests and 7 national parks.
The PCT was conceived by Clinton Churchill Clarke in 1932 and received official status as a National Scenic Trail in 1968 under the National Trails System Act of 1968. The trail was officially completed in 1993.
Thru hikers are those who make the journey all the way from Campo to the Canadian border. One of the first things that they do as they join the PCT community is choose colorful trail names by which they will be known throughout their journey.
Tapafla, 1 Gear, 6 Tacos, and Lo Flo at Burney Falls Park
The journey takes about five months. Hikers generally begin the first part of their journey through the desert of Southern California in April. In order to make it to Canada by late September, they need to establish a steady pace. The pace varies with each hiker but generally averages between 20 and 25 miles a day. A few energetic hikers hike up to 30 miles a day. Sometimes the hikers take a “zero” day to rest. On “nero” days, the hikers take it easy and don’t hike the full pace that they have set.
One of the sayings of the trail is “It’s not the miles, but the smiles.”
But it’s not all smiles. Even in the spring, the first part of the journey through the desert is hot. Many suffer from blisters. People develop strategies to beat the heat, often resting during the hottest part of the day and hiking at night.
The next leg of the trek is through the Sierras. Depending on the snow pack, each year is different. During the drought, the trail was passable early. Last year, there was more snow, which caused a log jam in the southern Sierras as people waited for the snow to melt. Streams were high and perilous to cross. The early hikers had to cross miles of snow and camp in the cold.
Some hikers, like the Brit Family Robinson, decided to “skip hike,” renting a car to drive north.
Brit Family Robinson at 299 crossing
The Brit Family Robinson had two of the youngest hikers on the trail last year, Pippy Longstocking, age 12 and Captain Obvious, age 10. Their father Christopher is an international trail guide who has hiked in the Himalayas, Mongolia, Alaska, and the Andes.
Other hikers, waiting for the snow to melt, congregated in towns and camps to rest and socialize. One 63 year-0ld hiker, Desert Steve from Henderson, Nevada, took the opportunity to go home and rest for two weeks before continuing on.
Desert Steve from Henderson, NV
Once the trail becomes passable, the backlogged flow of hikers streams through the Sierras. The highest altitude on the trail is 13,153 feet as it passes though Forester Pass.
After passing over the Sierras, the trail meets the Cascade Mountain range near Chester, California. This is the midpoint of the journey. Crossing over Mt. Lassen the hikers enter the Pit River Watershed area as they descend to Hat Creek at Old Station. Old Station Post Office is one of the places that hikers can pick up resupply packages sent to them from friends and family.
The Family – Farwalker, Thunderfoot, Widowmaker, and Spinner
The flow of hikers through the Intermountain area reaches its crest in July and early August. By that time the summer heat has hit our area. From Old Station, hikers transverse a thirty mile waterless stretch across Hat Creek Ridge to Cassel lake. This is one of the hottest driest stretches of the PCT.
Last year during the hot spell, a trail angel, Coppertone, set up his trailer on top of the ridge, where the trail crosses Bidwell Road to supply the hikers with water, fresh fruit, and ice cream floats. Coppertone is well known for his “trail magic.” He takes his trailer and sets up at locations all the way to Canada to minister to the hikers.
Dilly Dally and Coppertone on Hat Creek Ridge
Trail angels are important benefactors of the PCT. Angels provide food and water stashes, camping sites and lodging, rides to and from the trail and other help. Another saying is “The trail provides.”
After crossing Hat Creek Ridge, the hikers come to Baum Lake. They can rest and get water at the Crystal Lake Fish Hatchery across the road.
Hikers rehydrating at Crystal Lake Fish Hatchery
Then the trail goes on to cross Hwy 299 where many hikers catch rides into Burney. Burney is a convenient place for hikers to rest, resupply, pick up packages, or even meet friends and relatives mid trail. Safeway, Dollar General, MacDonald’s, and Gepetto’s are some of the most popular stops. Some hikers like to take a day off to refresh and stay at local motels such as Burney Lodging.
Nancy Bobo with Sky Eyes at Burney Lodging
Burney has a lot of trail angels. People have learned to recognize the large packs that PCT hikers carry to differentiate them from other hitchhikers. From late July into early August not a day goes by that one doesn’t see hikers walking along the highway, frequenting the restaurants and stores, or sitting outside Burney lodging.
Many locals enjoy meeting the hikers and giving them rides. PCT season provides an opportunity to meet and talk with people from across the country and all around the world.
Jet Pack and Animal Style at the Alpine
One hiker from Israel named Animal Style left his Brooks Cascadia 11 Trail-Running shoes in a man named Bob’s truck when he got a ride into Burney. Animal Style was desperate. Good shoes are a necessity on a 2500 mile hike through rough terrain. After hours of searching, he was able to locate Bob and call him on the phone. Bob had returned home to Bieber but he drove all the way back to Burney to make sure that Animal Style had his shoes.
Ages of the hikers last year ranged from 9 years old to senior citizens. Most of the hikers are young college educated adventurers. Many have just finished school and are taking the opportunity to take the hike before beginning their careers or going on to graduate school.
One older hiker who came through last year was Donaju from Holywood, Northern Ireland. Donaju said he was a Royal Irish Ranger who had done eleven tours in Afghanistan. He had also served in a number of other hot spots. He was hiking the Pacific Crest Trail for the Wounded Warriors.
Irish Ranger Donaju
Several families hiked the trail together last year. Some seniors are taking a break to reflect on their life. Some hike for the challenge. Some hike to experience the diverse natural beauty and wildlife. In addition to thru hikers there are also local hikers and section hikers.
Section hikers hike only one section of the hike in a year. Then another year they may hike another section until they have hiked the entire trail.
One hiker named Sky Eyes said, ““When you hike the trail, you become a part of the Pacific Crest Trail family,” he said. “You meet different people from all over the world. You hike together with some of them. You camp together. You share food. Relationships are deeper than in normal life because you’re free from all of the business of the world. Everybody has the same needs.”
Some couples have met on the trail and later gotten married.
Since 2014 traffic on the trail has grown tremendously. Sky Eyes said that over 14,000 people hiked the trail last year. One of the reasons more people are hiking is the release of the movie Wild starring Reese Witherspoon in December 2014. The movie is based on the 2012 memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed that reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
We are fortunate to have the world pass through Pit River country on the PCT. After crossing Hwy 299, the trail progresses though the woods to Lake Britton and Burney Falls Park. The park has a campground frequented by many hikers.
Leaving the Park, the trail goes for a ways down Pit River Canyon and up to Rock Creek Falls. Then the trail heads northwest to Dunsmuir and then north for many more adventures in the Oregon and Washington Cascades.
Get ready, PCT season is coming.
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Posted on November 9, 2014 | 281 Comments
Last week we saw several local victories for science over pseudoscience. And the US mid-term elections also gave electoral victories supporting community water fluoridation in 5 out of 6 communities where it was voted on.*
Peter Griffin from New Zealand’s Science Media Centre reported on the New Zealand victories in his post Experts shine in fight against junk science.
“It was a week when climate change denial, a “miracle” ebola cure and homeopathy grabbed headlines.
But by and large it was also a week where the media laid out the evidence and featured expert commentary putting the science behind the claims in perspective.”
So, the media seemed to be “on-side” this time and scientific experts were fronting up to counter the pseudoscience.
“The pending arrival in New Zealand of Genesis II Church of Health and Healing leader James Humble to push his Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS) was front page news. Medsafe warned that the treatment acts like an industrial bleach and could cause serious harm to those who took it. Australia’s Nine News reported that four Victorians had been hospitalised after taking the MMS treatment.
Dr Shaun Holt
Natural remedies expert Dr Shaun Holt and University of Auckland microbiologist Dr. Siouxsie Wiles made numerous media appearances to explain the pseudoscience Humble has been spreading about MMS, including that it can cure Ebola, HIV and malaria.The Herald reported today that an Auckland man who attempted to attend one of the “non-religious” Church’s seminars in the Hauraki Plains, was removed when it emerged he had not paid the US$500 registration fee, a hint perhaps at the real reason behind Humble’s Australasian tour.”
NZ Herald’s front page piece on MMS
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change renewed the media interest in climate change.
“False balance in climate coverage
Professor Tim Naish and Dr James Renwick, who have both contributed to IPCC reports put the latest update in context for New Zealand on One News and 3 News.
However TVNZ undermined its own climate change coverage by featuring noted climate sceptic and energy sector consultant Bryan Leyland on the Breakfast show, including presenting a graph featuring data supplied by Leyland himself.
By the end of the day the item had been pulled from TVNZ’s website after the broadcaster received numerous complaints from the public, scientists, as well as journalists.”
Then there was the response to the Green Party’s natural products spokesman Steffan Browning’s folly in signing a petition calling for homeopathic treatments to be used in the fight against Ebola. This lead to his demotion within the party and removal of his spokesman role.
“The embarrassing endorsement attracted attention in the UK and the condemnation of Browning’s own caucus.
Writing on Sciblogs, Dr Grant Jacobs applauded Browning’s demotion, but pointed out that he retained other science-related shadow portfolios.
“I’m aware of a number of people who have said they didn’t vote for the Greens because of Steffan Browning’s stance on genetic engineering and others who have said that while they voted for the Greens they don’t approve of Browning’s approach to GMOs and GE.”
Peter Griffin finishes by thanking “all the scientists who stepped up to make sense of the dubious claims journalists and the public were faced with this week.”
I think this also shows what can be achieved when good science journalism is actively promoted by groups like the Science Media Centre, and when scientists and other experts participate in the social communication media and make themselves available to journalists.
*Support for community water fluoridation in these 5 communities was pretty overwhelming:
Boyne City, Michigan – 68% support for fluoridation: http://goo.gl/BUQVev
Bronson, Michigan – 63% support for fluoridation: http://goo.gl/KogVkP
Kalama, Washington – 73% support for fluoridation: http://goo.gl/wP6xAY
Saline County, Kansas – 67% support for fluoridation: http://goo.gl/Q2IGWL
Healdsburg, California – 68% support for fluoridation: http://goo.gl/KsOCgn
These victories were probably because fluoridation supporters, families and dentists organised public campaigns. See Group wants fluoride vote to keep its teeth.
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281 responses to “Standing up to junk science in New Zealand”
soundhill1 | November 9, 2014 at 2:02 pm |
Something might be evidence-based and marvellous scientific technology like fracking, but wider science is needed to decide upon its use.
You may be called a Luddite if you oppose genetic modification. Then are you really dealing with science or with salespeople selling the outdated genetic modification of our food which means it contains antibiiotic resistance genes? Insertion of antibiotic resistance is outmoded by science now but a huge number of crops still contain that old technology. I find articles weak unless they cover that sort of point.
greenbuzzer | November 9, 2014 at 3:37 pm |
Jeez Ken . . . haven’t you had a gratifying week . . . but as for ‘Junk Science’ what is it about ‘evidence-based science’ that can ever be relied upon when it ignores the most basic fact about life that is the difference between a live body and a dead body?
@greenbuzzer yes some of the GMO “safety” testing has done on a just a chemical. Then the gene for the chemical was put into a plant and it was assumed that the result would consequenly be safe. But a gene inserted in a living plant really has more consequences than just producing the intended chemical.
This author wants more experiments to test if his work is good or junk.
and his abstract
http://www.waterconf.org/upload/Konovalov%20Abstract%20WC2012.pdf
greenbuzzer | November 9, 2014 at 10:23 pm |
Very interesting doco about Goat Island Marine Reserve on tonight 9th November, which reminded me of you and the events of the past week Ken, and how real scientists actually have humility and keep an open mind realising that ‘facts change’ and new things are revealed and ‘discovered’ every day – like the fact that the noise they thought was being made by the crayfish was actually coming from the very small fish called ‘Big eyes’. Under your regime and that of the likes of Souxsie Wiles, et al, you would keep denying this to the bitter end if this was one of your core dearly held beliefs – such as fluoride is safe, no matter what the evidence to the contrary, and homoeopathy is whacko even though very smart people, such as the Queen, claim enormous benefits from using it . . . would be sad really if it was just you and your cohorts who were left suffering in your ignorance, but unfortunately you would have the rest of us bound by your lack of knowledge as well . . . look at all the people who could have benefitted from an RDI of vitamin C well above that set to prevent scurvy and even now who’s going to stump up the cash to do the clinical trials when there’s nothing in it for them – we have long since been deserted by our ‘health officials’ to do any such research and the ‘public interest’ is now squarely at the mercy of Big Pharma, and your ‘colleagues’ livelihoods no doubt depend upon them toeing the party line . . . so do forgive me if I take a very jaundiced view of most of what you’ve written.
The shame of all of you is that because your beliefs do not allow you to partake of any of the benefits of megadoses of IV vitamin C or even homoeopathy you would deny everyone else the opportunity by ensuring that any tax money spent on their health care was not of their choice but rather your narrow, ignorant and limited ‘evidence-based’ Big Pharma poisons because they have set it up that they are the only ones that can afford to buy the ‘scientists’ to jack up the studies in favour of their products and come up with any number of counter studies should anyone dare to suggest they may not only be ineffective but downright dangerous.
Isn’t it something like 40% of deaths & / or hospital admissions are from iatrogenic illnesses – it would be good if Souxsie keep a running commentary of those alongside her obvious witch hunt against homoeopathy don’t you think?
Don’t need to wish you Good night or anything because as they say Ignorance is Bliss – you must be very blissful . . . :}
You seem upset about something, greenbuzzer? Wonder what it is.
soundhill1 | November 9, 2014 at 11:06 pm |
Ken, it is possible greenbuzzer may be referring to thngs like: http://www.nature.com/news/china-sacks-officials-over-golden-rice-controversy-1.11998
@greenbuzzer
I saw that doco. I wonder how many people are aware of the EPA hearing going on about mining the Chatham Rise for phosphorite. Quite a bit of science has been discussed. One point has been the sound of the vacuum dredge. I was firstly thinking in terms of hearing damage, But watching the doco I thought of how the 24/7 dredging sound could mask sounds that creatures use as signals. I think the doco said the little crayfish hear the spiny sea urchin munching on kelp and that is a way they know where to swim back to after their initial time in the more open ocean.
Evidence of how creatures have burrowed into phosphorite nodules: http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NZOIm77.pdf, science needs to take a wide view. What part have those creatures played in long our food chain?
(And will there be enough moisture and low enough pH to make the rock phosphate of use in a sufficient portion of NZ?)
greenbuzzer | November 10, 2014 at 12:06 am |
Yes Soundhill1 – to see the crayfish return after 2 years at sea by following the sound of the sea urchins munching on kelp makes one realise just how much we don’t know about the big picture . . . and as far as China goes, they also fined Glaxo Smith Kline the $488M they spent on bribes to doctors etc to use their products . . . just the tip of a very big iceberg I suspect . . . funny Ken didn’t see fit to comment on that as well . . . :}
Nor this . . . http://www.knoxnews.com/news/local-news/oliver-springs-removes-fluoride-from-water-supply_43415611 . . . :}
heh | November 10, 2014 at 6:22 am |
I don’t know, Shaun. The Red Cross seemed to have pretty good results with this “bleach” when they cured 154 cases of Malaria in Uganda 2012, documented on video by two different producers. The videos are on the frontpage of the (non-religious) Genesis II Church of Health & Healing website as we speak. Looks convincing to me.
Keep in mind that Oxygen is also a bleach if you want to get scientific about it, and we have lungs to use that as much as possible — in moderate amounts, of course. Chlorine dioxide is the same principle and the oxidation potential is actually weaker than that of Oxygen, so it’s safer than Oxygen, in moderate amounts.
Here are the Red Cross Cured 154 Cases of Malaria with MMS links, for safety sakes. http://mmswiki.org/index.php?title=Red_Cross
Red Cross World Sensation! Malaria finally defeated!
Perhaps a little humility is required.
@6.22am I don’t know, Shaun.
Shaun?
It seems the kooks are all on a first name basis.
soundhill1 | November 10, 2014 at 9:39 am |
Ken I feel your Galileo picture may have been made quite a few years ago when Google was not so encompassing. Just because something is on Google does not mean it isn’t science. Nowadays Google is rather good at giving which scientific papers have cited another. The scientist can not usually put that in their paper because it has not happened yet at the time they published.
And some “research” is actually just a review of many papers on a subject. The scientist does not have to be in a lab to do that.
There is even a whole branch of physics working with mathematical models, they don’t work with equipment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_physics
soundhill1 | November 10, 2014 at 1:11 pm |
Thanks, Heh. Charity can be big business. This seems a fairly academic artice: http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/ethics_and_nonprofits
It is hard to know what sort of review of articles are true as opposed to advocacy. Beware of emotive writing and writing which brings about confusion over doses and danger &c. A lot of the criticism of that chlorite work alludes to the danger of doses way beyond what is used. So far that is the only sort of criticism of the study that I have been able to find. People without much knowledge of science can thus be carried along if there is an agenda to keep up profits by avoiding a cheap treatment.
Perhaps we could rank writers on this group by the amount of emotive terms they use.
Scientist Changes Sides
Grant Cameron, as quoted: “I’m aware of a number of people who have said they didn’t vote for the Greens because of Steffan Browning’s stance on genetic engineering and others who have said that while they voted for the Greens they don’t approve of Browning’s approach to GMOs and GE.”
Here is more recounting of points I have been making, and a story of a scientist changing sides:
http://earthweareone.com/former-pro-gmo-scientist-speaks-out-on-the-real-dangers-of-genetically-engineered-food/
Stuartg | November 11, 2014 at 6:27 am |
Ken, it seems like some of your commenters believe that the definition of scientist is someone who can point a web browser towards Google.
It’s the equivalent of calling yourself a mechanic because you can drive a car to a garage / service station.
They certainly don’t understand that science defines a way of thinking; maybe their way of thinking precludes that understanding?
soundhill1 | November 11, 2014 at 10:47 am |
@Stuartg
I am wondering who your target audience you think you can swing is, who will buy your aspersions here.
How about taking several of the points and commenting?
Science has a way of thinking, politics has a way of thinking, business has a way of thinking. Some of them try to bend the public perception of the others for their own ends.
Trevor Crosbie | November 11, 2014 at 1:52 pm |
This on GMO from a scientist – There is a growing body of scientific research – done mostly in Europe, Russia, and other countries – showing that diets containing engineered corn or soya cause serious health problems in laboratory mice and rats.I don’t know if I was passionate about it but I was knowledgeable. I defended the side of technological advance, of science and progress.
I have in the last 10 years changed my position. I started paying attention to the flow of published studies coming from Europe, some from prestigious labs and published in prestigious scientific journals, that questioned the impact and safety of engineered food.
I refute the claims of the biotechnology companies that their engineered crops yield more, that they require less pesticide applications, that they have no impact on the environment and of course that they are safe to eat.
There are a number of scientific studies that have been done for Monsanto by universities in the U.S., Canada, and abroad. Most of these studies are concerned with the field performance of the engineered crops, and of course they find GMOs safe for the environment and therefore safe to eat.
Individuals should be encouraged to make their decisions on food safety based on scientific evidence and personal choice, not on emotion or the personal opinions of others.
We should all take these studies seriously and demand that government agencies replicate them rather than rely on studies paid for by the biotech companies. (end)
I respectfully suggest the same applies to the scientific studies done to ‘prove’ the safety, benefits and effectiveness of fluoridation.
Well, Trev, at least you a “respectful” about your “suggestion” regarding fluoridation but you provide absolutely no evidence for it.
@Ken,
I pointed out that the Royal Society review did not mention a paper about IQ and fluoridation that had controlled controlled for other trace elements. Indeed in your blog you claimed a possible different explanantion.
When I asked you about the matter you said I should contact the authors of the RS study.
So in relation to your reply to Trev, this must be evidence pending. Sorry must action it.
Stuartg | November 11, 2014 at 4:21 pm |
soundhill1:
“Just because something is on Google does not mean it isn’t science.”
We agree on that. The trouble is that some of the comments here (and other of Ken’s blogs) imply that the commentor equates the double negative with a positive.
In other words, it seems they think that (“does not mean it isn’t” = “means it is”).
There is a tiny fraction of Google that includes science. Most of Google is neither science nor scientific. The tiny minority of science available on Google means that Google is not a good place from which to perform scientific “research.”
Some comments here suggest that the person has used nothing but Google for their “research.”
Science starts with the basics. It slowly builds from there. Scientists check each other’s results, contribute to each other’s thinking, they suggest areas to be followed, point out relevant areas which may have been investigated before, and then they eventually reach a consensus from which further research can be done. Google is not required at any stage of this process.
Someone using Google gets many thousands, even millions of hits from a query. If they have not done the scientific basics then they have no idea which of those hits, if any, may be relevant to a scientific query.
The ability to point a web browser to Google does not enable a non-scientist to do scientific research.
@ Trevor Crosbie
This on GMO from a scientist – ….blah blah blah
More unattributed and therefore utterly worthless anecdotes from Trevor Crosbie.
He’s repeatedly been asked to lift his game in this respect but seems incapable of doing so.
@Richard
Trevor was highlighting the bit of my link whose method he wishes to be applied to fluoride, too.
I think he is also pointing out that going by what people are saying they had not been reading that link.
@stuartg so-called research is not always honest either. Are you trying to cast doubt on this link I gave on this thread because it was on Internet? Note it is a link to the journal Nature which has some scientific standing. Or what specific examples can you use from this thread to back up your argument? http://www.nature.com/news/china-sacks-officials-over-golden-rice-controversy-1.11998
Where did I mention honesty of research? What argument did I make?
I made some observations.
I will comment on generalities (scientific method, junk science…), but otherwise I’m just not able to contribute to arguments outside of my fields of expertise. I would suggest that’s a good principle for anyone to follow.
soundhill1 | November 12, 2014 at 12:15 pm |
@Stuartg | November 11, 2014 at 6:27 am |
Ken had offered a picture saying “sometimes scientists are proven wrong but it’s always by smarter scientists and never by google researchers whose entire argument boills down to, “NUH-UH.”” and then he said, “Perhaps a little humility is required.”
Well thunder is about and I’ve read that lightning can cause surges that destroy computers. Though I have not read research about it I’ll write this quickly and turn off for a bit.
So Stuartg, that comment to Ken is perhaps, by saying, “seems like,” asking Ken to back it up and make it into, “is.”
There needs to be a distinction between “reporting research, or researchers’ battles” and “being a scientist.”
OK I am humble, not a GMO researcher. Does that stop me from pointing to scientific controversy?
Stuartg, when you saw the website ref “nature.com” with that word, “nature” did you not click on it thinking it was some sort of alternative site?
Did I not click on it..? Did I think it was an alternative site..? Did I not think it was an alternative site..? Please structure your sentences so that your meaning is clear.
Why should I have made a comment about that website reference? It’s about people breaking laws in China. There’s nothing in it that is remotely near my fields of expertise.
I agree, Stuart. Soundhillâs link did not warrant a comment. It was unexplained and therefore seemingly irrelevant. I still canât fathom his thinking on it.
Is he trying to suggest via such links that there is something wrong with the scientific method, with testing ideas against reality, and therefore fluoridation is bad? Or that anti-science and pseudoscience activists should be believed because someone broke the law in China or the US?
There seems no rational purpose for his promotion of the link.
I take it from Richard’s ramble (11 Nov) that every bit of science conducted and peer reviewed is absolutely true and not subject to any bias or untoward influence. If that is true why are we not all smoking Chesterfield cigarettes, which were promoted by the AMA journal in the 1950s and backed by scientific research(funded by US tobacco interests) as safe and beneficial?
I might not be a scientist but I can recognise manipulation and bullshit when I see and smell it!
Sorry Richard – the scientist I quoted is Thierry Vrain, a former research scientist for Agriculture Canada.
greenbuzzer made a serious accusation: ” buy the ‘scientists’ to jack up the studies in favour of their products”.
So I gave that reference about a study on golden rice 2 and USA and Chinese scientists being severely reprimanded for false reporting. Why would scientists be doing that? What would they gain?
In your article you reported Grant Cameron saying that people turned away from voting Green because of the Greens’ anti-GM policy. Golden Rice has been a platform for pro-GMOers to try to attack anti-GMOers. GR1 produced about 2001 had little carotene. GR2 came in some years later about 2008 with several different genes inserted and not tested on animals before being tried on children without consent. Even then it was not given daily to children as reported but only once. (As well as the dishonesty in the paper it arouses suspicion as to whether side effects were noticed.)
Were the scientists being employed by the industry to give the GR2 a good look? 6 years later it is still not released.
Trev, I can appreciate you have no trouble recognising “manipulation and bullshit.”
You and your mates indulge in these all the time.
You however, don’t understand the most basic concepts in science. No one ever claims that “every bit of science conducted and peer reviewed is absolutely true . . ” in fact it is easy to explain that most ideas in science are wrong. That is inevitable because we can never get an absolutely exact depiction of reality.
However, it is certainly not up to you to make the declarations about what is correct or not. That involves interaction with reality – something you probably do very rarely.
So sound hill you are attempting to justify junk science ( because that is what the Science Centre article was about) by randomly selecting some event around the otherwise of the world.
Why not discuss the junk science that has been successfully debunked in NZ in the last week? Why get so defensive about that fact? And why not discuss the details of their claims if you really want to justify it?
You Re just diverting.
@Ken wrote: “Why not discuss the junk science that has been successfully debunked in NZ in the last week?”
As you have pointed out Ken maybe I do not spell things out enough.
One of the “junk science” things being dealt with in the article is the MMS/activated chlorite cure. Quickly looking I have not been able to find evidence that it does not work. The attack on it appears to based on risk, as I said:
“A lot of the criticism of that chlorite work alludes to the danger of doses way beyond what is used. So far that is the only sort of criticism of the study that I have been able to find. People without much knowledge of science can thus be carried along if there is an agenda to keep up profits by avoiding a cheap treatment.” And the risk was based on taking doses other than the recommended doses. That may be risky for many medicines.
Quoting from your article: “Medsafe warned that the treatment acts like an industrial bleach and could cause serious harm to those who took it.”
A few drops in water are used. I searched for more of what Shaun was saying and found him saying:
“Victoria University professor Shaun Holt said that MMS should in no way be consumed by humans. “It’s highly concentrated and I wouldn’t let one drop near my lips.” “http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/10627103/Miracle-church-on-way-here
Of course a drop of it could burn your lips. He owes it to peoples’ intelligence to reaffirm whether it is the diluted or concentrated product that he would not put near his lips.
Say 5 drops per 100ml. If I remember correctly 50 drops are roughly a ml. So 5 drops is 0.1ml. put that in 100 ml of water and the dilution is 1 part per 1000. The drops were some 25% chlorite so it may be 250mg per litre that you drink, or 25mg in your 100ml dose.
For malaria it is one dose. But here is a study in which people who may be susceptible to the substance because they are glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient were given the substance in their water at 5mg/l for
12 weeks and did not suffer.
OK it is a lesser concentration. But if they consumed 2l of water in a day they would be getting 10mg per day.
If your doctor intends to prescribe penicillin to you he should ask if you are allergic to it. If it is your first time you cannot know yet. It can be life threatening. It would be nice to have a way of knowing in advance. Same with bleach if the 25mg dose puts you into shock.
Note also in the video people were given a bottle of water to drink so the concentration in their stomach would be much reduced.
So where are studies that debunk its effect on malaria? I don’t see where it has been successfully debunked.
This has been a bit complex. I hope you ask for clarification if needed.
This comment is just so typical of those who want to believe without evidence. And yet the same people attempt to discredit the evidence -based science:
“Quickly looking I have not been able to find evidence that it does not work.”
I had a quick look tonight and could not find any evidence that there wasn’t a unicorn at the bottom of my garden. So there you are scientists – you either don’t know what you are talking about or you are in the pay of companies who want to hide these unicorns from us.
@Ken the videos appeared to demonstrate that it worked. Your people set out to debunk it with statements about its danger, not its efficacy.. I don’t see any evidence against its efficacy so far. Perhaps you could point me to it.
Sound hill – you are just naive to take these videos at face value. The advantage of science is that things can be rested properly and transparently, and then results can be peer reviewed to reduce the chances of ideological motives or simple bias. Has the miracle mineral solution been tested in this way? If not, why not?
One should be very sceptical when something like this is advanced as a miracle cure for problems as diverse as AIDS, Ebola and malaria – especially with no proper objective evidence and testing. Especially when it is advanced by a church and untrained people are being enlisted for $650 each to attend a seminar on it with the enticement they can make money out of it.
Now about those unicorns at the end of my garden. Do you accept my assurances they exist because I have not been a able to find anything to show they don’t? Or would you be happier if I can get someone to make a video of me and my mates making this claim?
Obviously I won’t subject my claim to the normal scientific evaluation because we know that scientists are biased and paid by companies who wish to hide the fact of unicorn existence from us.
@ trevor crosbie.
why are we not all smoking Chesterfield cigarettes, which were promoted by the AMA journal in the 1950s
What the hell do you mean by “promoted by the AMA journal ”
-that a paid advertisement for Chesterfield cigarettes appeared in the journal?
-that the editor promoted a cigarette brand as official smokes of the journal, deliberately endorsing them over Phillip Morris and Camel?
– Chesterfields were the official cigarettes of the AMA?
and backed by scientific research(funded by US tobacco interests) as safe and beneficial?
more confusion
Are you claiming the AMA published a study funded by the tobacco lobby? Did it represented AMA’s position on the health effects of smoking?
I tell you what, Trevor, how about doing something novel and provide link to the original source,
it’s not that people have learned not to trust you or anything.
Ken your story about unicorns has some connection to type 1 and type 2 errors which are involved in statistical analysis. Debunkers don’t always understand that procedure either, or they hope their audience won’t.
This essay relates to the Seralini GMO study which was severely though falsely junked.
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Excess_cancers_and_deaths_from_GM_feed_stats_stand_up.php
Ken studies may be done or not and published or not. The truth table has 4 categories.
For each category commerce regards outcome, scientific quest, politics, religion, commerce regards funding, personal goals and maybe others will have varying inputs.
Since there is a lot of feeling against MMS it is surprising that studies trying to disprove it have not been published.
There was a doctor in attendance in the second MMS video. It didn’t look like actors to me.
I have pointed to material which says teh Red Cross have been censured for collecting donations for the 9/11 event then spending them elsewhere. So I am not quite sure I can trust them.
soundhill
MMS contains chlorine atoms. Chlorine is a halogen, just like fluorine. According to your maths (and I will just note that drop size is not standard and depends on the dropper used), the concentration of chlorine after dilution is many times the concentration of fluorine in community water supplies.
Since atoms in the same group of the periodic table tend to have similar properties and actions, where is your evidence that MMS will not cause the same problems that you have previously attributed to CWF?
Have you tried Google? Or maybe looked at some science instead?
I know, I know. I just thought it would be fun to throw junk science and junk scientific reasoning back at those who use it routinely. Maybe someone else reading it would get an insight into how junk science differs from science.
It’s up to the people promoting MMS to prove what it can and can not do.
If you say your car can drive to the moon, it’s up to you to drive your car to the moon and prove it. It’s not the job of scientists to prove your car can’t drive to the moon.
It is a sad day if public good is sidelined for a promotional environment.
Perhaps I am being harsh.
Businesses have always done R&D. Unfortunately these days sometimes that means promoting the same old remedy in a new package for commercial purposes and not for public good.
Universities and DSIR used to do more pure research and public good research but the commercial environment imposed since the 1980s means they are now have to look to business for funding, too.
Science has people keen on it without pay, like people watching for comets.
And the guy offering the knowledge of the MMS treatment could hardly have been into it for profit, (though some are now trying to make money from teaching about it,) I think he an amateur keen to help alleviate suffering.
With the constraints operating which I have just related, it must be acknowledged it can be hard to get scientists to work on a project. But the well-meaning people have done an experiment, and offered the results they got.
They have used the video format to report rather than going to the expense of journal publishing possibly also in the knowledge that many people learn faster from video. They have put their results out in the world and now it is up to people to respond. What we have seen from Shaun and Medsafe appears to be saying it is dangerous to use undiluted bleach in your mouth. That would be correct, of course, but saying pretty much nothing, and a discredit to them. At least they could have said people whose bodies do not produce a particular enzyme may be more at risk.
The junkers would look more credible if they stopped focusing on the medium and got on with examining the message.
1: Anecdotal videos is not “putting the results out in the world.” It is what you do when you don’t have good results but want to sell or promote something.
2: Sure there is an attempt to get NZ business to front up with what they should see as their moral responsibility for research. But the fact is that there is still a lot of public good and public funded research in NZ. In the end, of course, if scientists want to attract corporate funding for their research the best way to do that is produce good science. Both corporate and public good funding have roles to play in research.
3: The MMS people would look more credible if they commissioned honest scientists to research their product. This of course means that they, not the public purse, have to pay for the research. But that is in fact what responsible companies do all the time. It is the snake oil salesmen and crooked companies who rely instead on propagandist videos instead of honest commissioned research. My experience has always been that honest companies do not object to commissioning research – but the small, opportunist ideologically driven and plainly dishonest companies always object to paying for research.
4: If the MSS people already have proper research results (the video reports are not proper research) then put them out there to be considered. It is understandable that extreme miracle claims like theirs do not win sympathy without evidence. And as Christopher Hitchens famously said – “that which is asserted without evidence can be rejected without evidence.” It is the responsibility of the manufacturer and promoters of this snake oil, not anyone else’s, to produce evidence – to do or commission the research.
Just because it is a video does not imply it is anecdotal.
“But the fact is that there is still a lot of public good and public funded research in NZ. In the end, of course, if scientists want to attract corporate funding for their research the best way to do that is produce good science.”
At the time of doing pure maths research it may not have been known whether it would be publicly or commercially useful, thouight quite often is some years along. Are your saying if your pure research is good science then commerce will make up for the reduced amount of pure research funded publicly?
“The MMS people would look more credible if they commissioned honest scientists to research their product. This of course means that they, not the public purse, have to pay for the research. But that is in fact what responsible companies do all the time.”
There are two parts to the MMS scenario: the profit part and the public good part. Can we deal with them separately?
“If the MSS people already have proper research results (the video reports are not proper research)”
They may or may not be reports of proper research, but the fact that they are in video format does not make them improper.
No, I am not saying commercial companies fund pure research – that would be highly unusual. In NZ we have the Marsden Fund for that.
Here is a patent application for use of chlorite with 5FU to improve quality of life in advanced cancer. Anecdotes I suppose. What research method would you prescribe? I suppose they checked chlorite by itself. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080292729.pdf
In other words, you are saying that the promoters of MMS haven’t done any research. They haven’t got any proof that it works. They haven’t any proof it doesn’t work. They haven’t done any research into any side effects. They have no idea of the dose (that drop size again). They don’t know of any interactions with medications or drugs a person may be on.
What they have done is make a TV advert about it, although they haven’t paid for the advert to go on TV.
NZ, unfortunately, has joined the USA in allowing direct to consumer marketing of medications. All the advert has to do to be legal is mention indications, doses, warnings, contraindications, interactions, and side effects. Oh, that’s why it’s not advertised on TV – they haven’t done any of that research yet.
Here was me thinking it was all about maximisation of profits by not paying for advertising!
In other words, you are saying that the promoters of MMS haven’t done any research.
saying and fabricating excuses for it.
Stuartg, sometimes it is regarded as unethical to continue with a double blind study because the effect of the actual treatment is so much better.
The way you and Ken are going on about the video is like you are trying to think up reasons to suppress the research when you can’t really argue with it.
Some 500 came to the clinic. Some 150 tested positive for malaria with test strips. They were given the dose and their water. They came back and most tested negative. A few were given another dose and became negative, too. The doctor in attendance was satisfied.
Now a church is travelling to charge people for more training about the process for other afflictions. They may involve more doses and more care to get it correct.
Why is it legal to sell bottled water in NZ for such a price when the same thing is free out of the tap?
Oh and if the test strip said positive their blood was examined under microscope for verification. What is lacking in the study? Do you say half at random should have been given only water for double blind purposes and left with the disease?
It is of course unethical to continue a double blind study in some situations â but that comment is completely irrelevant. There was no double-blind study in this case.
To make an intelligent comment on the poor quality of the âstudyâ does not indicate a desire to suppress it â simply to point out the problems.
Whatever the misgivings of a genuine researcher, if they are commissioned to research a product they are quite capable of designing appropriate experimental procedures and producing objective results. In this case no attempt appears to have been made to commission proper research.
I have been approached several times by companies wanting their product tested. In some cases I thought they were away with the birds but put appropriate costed proposals to them. The more honest companies accepted the proposals, the less hones preferred to stick with their weird ideas rather than put them to the test.
the point is that research costs money. If a company wishes to validate their product they should be prepared to invest in that research. If they donât then we are entitled to treat them as charlatans.
Sorry about the drop size. It seems it can vary from 18 to 40 drops per ml, although a standard dropper seems to give 18-26. So the doses may be a bit over double what I said.
Note also that the patent application whose ref I posted says that for the best results with cancer the dose should be adjusted to the patient’s weight. In the malaria video babies were given less.
You may not know that aspirin relates to body weight. It annoys me that the 75mg dose costs more than the 100mg low dose enteric coated aspirin for heart care.
Side effects were talked of weren’t they? Most medicines, vaccines &c have varying side effects, and cost vs benefit ratios. It will be nice when tests become available and checked before vaccines &c are administered.
Ken this did not appear to be the usual situation for a double blind test where you are looking for some advantage of treatment over placebo. I do not think placebo can cure malaria, verified by testing.
I have been part of a controlled trial of administering potassium in heart attack care. There I was in a confused state trying to understand if I wanted to be part of the test in which I would not know if I got the treatment or not, and they were telling me to get on with deciding so as they could start the treatment. I was presuming it is normal to check and administer potassium if levels are low and here they were wanting to withhold it for a test.
Drop size: equipment I have personally used has varied from 5 drops per ml to 60 drops per ml.
That difference can give a 12x variation in the dose of MMS.
So, what is the recommended dose of MMS? Per kg, please, just the way you say it should be done with aspirin.
soundhill,
Aspirin in NZ is available in 75, 100, 150, 300 and 650 mg tablets. The dose depends on which of its indications it is being used for.
@Stuart, in the supermarket the stomach safer 75mg tabs cost 30% more than the stomach-safer 100mg.
“The indications” normally means what condition to treat, but the weight of the patient should also be taken into account. I think it should be about 1mg per kg body weight for thinning the blood. So a 75kg person taking 100mg is more unnecessarily susceptible to common or uncommon side effects: http://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-1082-3/aspirin-oral/aspirin-oral/details/list-sideeffects
Medicine droppers
4a. Standards are described for medicine droppers in USP Chapter 〈1176〉 and Chapter 〈1101〉 Medicine Dropper.
b. Graduated medicine droppers are described in Chapter 〈1101〉; when held vertically, they deliver drops of water each of which weighs between 45 mg and 55 mg. Chapter 〈1101〉 states that the volume error for these droppers should not exceed 15% (11).
d. Notice that for both types of droppers, the calibration is given in terms of water. Other liquids have different surface tensions and viscosities, which give different drop volumes[…]
https://www.inkling.com/read/contemporary-guide-pharmacy-practice-thompson-3rd/chapter-14/v–volumetric-devices
The equipment I used was medical equipment manufactured and calibrated to worldwide standards. There’s still a 12x variation in drop size.
Ask your supermarket why the difference in price between different doses and brands of aspirin, not bloggers or the general public.
Rather than just “think” that aspirin should be 1 mg/kg, why not look up the research? Whilst you do that, look up genetic variation in cyclooxygenase and relate it to both response to aspirin and potential for side effects. You may learn something interesting.
Now, you’ve done your best to dodge questions so far, but here’s some direct questions that should be answered by someone as supportive of MMS as you are.
What is the dose of MMS per kg?
How does the dose vary for different indications?
What actually are the indications for MMS?
What are its contraindications?
What interactions are there with different medications?
What are its side effects?
Those questions have been answered for aspirin by the manufacturer and distributor, and the answers have been made public. There is no reason for the manufacturer and distributor of MMS not to do the same.
…unless it doesn’t work and they’re after a quick buck, just like other snake oil sellers.
Away from home with only a phone…
That had to be tapped out four times before it posted! Three times it just deleted instead.
May be something wrong with Openparachute. My post has disappeared, too.
Don’t see anything by you in spam or awaiting moderation.
In case someone saw my post before it disappeared, I feel a caution is needed about putting drops of MMS into the nasal passages as shown by Humble in his 2014 video. Would the smell sense organ be at risk? I am not expecting a reply, just giving my wonderings, as for the aspirin.
Humble is still working on doses, with his ones in his 2014 video still quite heavy single dose for malaria but hourly small doses for some other things.
Stuartg, medical droppers drop size do vary depending on whether it is for a very slow saline drip into a vein &c. And standard medicine droppers should be as I said, isn’t it?
Humble talks of contraindications. He speaks of starting with small doses. If you are going to use DMSO to get it through your skin, test with a little DMSO first to see if your liver can cope, which it may not do for a small number of people.
The earlier films posted on this thread say it is a pilot test being described. I bet it was a while before the doses/troubles with aspirin were well known.
My doctors have not been able to prescribe less than 100mg enteric coated aspirin. A lot of the indications for aspirin on apparently authoritative websites do not take body weight into account. So in a way I believe aspirin is still in a sort of pilot stage. When I was started on it there was no attempt to measure that enzyme you write of. I think Humble is doing quite well with his cautions in comparison to what often happens in medical practice where a patient may be lucky to read the small print.
I wish there would be tests to determine whether particular vaccines may be harmful to particular patients.
A claim has been made that the pilot MMS test in Uganda was done without proper ethical permission. Note that the Golden Rice 2 experiment was likewise done.
“I believe aspirin is still in a sort of pilot stage.”
Aspirin is one of only four current prescription medications that were available when Queen Victoria was on the throne. It has over a century of research backing its use. More than five generations have successfully used it for various indications. Just when do you think it will be ready to leave the “pilot stage”?
That’s a rhetorical question. We already know that you think MMS has left the “pilot stage”, even though the manufacturer/distributor has done no research into its indications, contraindications, dosage, interactions or side effects. All they have done is made a TV advert, which is apparently sufficient proof for you.
You have obviously asked questions about aspirin, yet when I ask you the same questions about MMS you avoid answering those questions and then shift the goalposts.
Aspirin has over a century of research backing it, with millions (billions?) of people using it effectively for more than a century. MMS, an industrial bleach, hasn’t even got any safety data for human ingestion, but its manufacturer/distributor has made a TV advert!
If you can’t see the discrepancies between your approaches to the two, then there is no point in discussing it further, but it is a good comparison between science (aspirin) and junk science (MMS).
The problem was me and my phone. I was deleting the typed (tapped?) contribution rather than posting. I think I’ve solved the problem now.
Stuartg wrote:
>Aspirin is one of only four current prescription medications
>that were available when Queen Victoria was on the throne.
> It has over a century of research backing its use. More than
> five generations have successfully used it for various indications.
> Just when do you think it will be ready to leave the “pilot stage”?
I am not satisfied that 100mg is the only dose available on prescription for heart care.
>That’s a rhetorical question. We already know that you think MMS
> has left the “pilot stage”,
No I said that one of the films above reported it is only a pilot experiment.
> even though the manufacturer/distributor
> has done no research into its indications, contraindications, >dosage,
> interactions or side effects.
No the 2014 film I pointed to which was showing then disappeared was a talk by Humble about his dose adjustments.
>All they have done is made a TV advert,
> which is apparently sufficient proof for you.
It’s not a TV advert. It’s a pilot study.
Jim wants to be helpful. The materials are very cheap. Some people are packaging them but he is not pushing a particular brand, “There’s a lot of bottles on Internet, but we believe on them all.”
>You have obviously asked questions about aspirin, yet when I ask
>you the same questions about MMS you avoid answering those
>questions and then shift the goalposts.
The 2014 film gives you some answers.
>Aspirin has over a century of research backing it, with millions
> (billions?) of people using it effectively for more than a century.
It should have it’s doses related to body weight, not just the very rough difference from child to adult.
>MMS, an industrial bleach, hasn’t even got any safety data for
>human ingestion,
Not true. It is the substance used in water treatment.
>but its manufacturer/distributor has made a TV advert!
Sometimes research articles are intended as publicity for a product or service. A lot of scientific journal articles have to be retracted.
I would like to see a bit more detail about the pilot test.
>If you can’t see the discrepancies between your approaches to >the two,
> then there is no point in discussing it further, but it is a good
>comparison between science (aspirin) and junk science (MMS).
I’ve asked you to tell us the indications, contraindications, doses, interactions and side effects of MMS. Please explain why you don’t.
I am learning about it. I only know what is in the videos, and a few points some people have discussed in various groups.
Ken’s current discussion related to fluorosis/IQ is also a pilot study. Being a pilot study not everything is known so far.
As with GMOs some people may be wrongly selling it without proper testing. I agree caution there. China thinks GMOs/glyphosate are hurting their people. The companies have made it hard to get material to test, so often there is no science in the public domain.
Harmful science is not necessarily junk science, either.
Here we have Humble wanting to help, and doing his best. If he is harming we should start to see reports of that. I don’t think we should be any less lax on him than on normal medicine which causes huge amounts of iatrogenic disease.
“Please explain” my (soundhill1s’) difference in attitude between aspirin and MMS.
Very well, a single example, paraphrased.
Aspirin: “I want a dose of 1mg/kg, exactly.”
MMS: “I’m not going to tell you the dose in mg/kg. Use a few drops of unknown size, using a dropper that hasn’t been specified by the manufacturer/distributor, from a base solution of an unknown concentration, diluted in water. That’s close enough.”
As I said, if you can’t see the discrepancies between your attitudes towards aspirin and MMS, then there is no point in debating.
Others will see the discrepancies, then they will make their own informed judgments about whether they should be placing untested industrial bleach into the various orifices of the human body.
The base solution of chlorite if I remember is around 25%. The drops can be seen in the 2014 video. At a rough guess they were around 20 per ml I figure by the amount they filled up the containers.
Humble explained his doses, 18 drops for malaria in one dose, or 2 drops for some other afflictions every hour. It is mixed with the same volume of citric acid and agitated for some 10-20 seconds till it goes yellow then 100ml of water is put in, or ordinary fruit juice, which must not have vitamin C added.
As I said for a standard medicine dropper, (not some of the other medical equipment which you won’t say what it is you talked about,) the drops should be fairly well specified.
I have not tried it. I worry that it might kill some of my beneficial intestinal flora. But I have it in mind as an option.
I don’t know too much about malaria. The people in the videos did not look terribly sick, except for maybe the baby. My uncle got malaria in WWII. I think he said he got cold shivers. I was very young. It seemed to get better, I don’t know how. But I believe malaria is a major killer, killing far more than AIDS, and of course ebola.
With many serious diseases conventional treatments may be very disabling. Search for “iatrogenic”. Maybe this bleach will hurt a few. But that is acceptable with conventional medicines/vaccines. Quite a lot of children have died from HPV vaccination, I think.
Our bodies work on oxygen. This beach supplies a bit more. Some doctors try to treat people by making them breath higher pressure oxygen.
This thread is about junk science and I believe to junk this treatment there needs to be more talk than about the danger of bleach.
Stuartg | November 18, 2014 at 12:40 pm |
Wow, what a load of junk, both science and medicine.
Lets see. Your dose for MMS is “around”, “a rough guess”, “mixed with”. Hardly an exact mg/kg dose, is it? Like you ask for with aspirin? There aren’t any standard medicine droppers, at least in NZ, even though you supplied a USA standard. In NZ, if a medication requires a dropper then the manufacturer supplies one for that medication alone (example: nystatin). Unless the dropper for MMS is specified by the manufacturer/distributor, then you have no idea of the drop size or the dose.
I wouldn’t worry too much that bleach “might kill some of my beneficial intestinal flora.” I would worry that it would kill off my oral and oesophageal mucosa. I’ve seen it happen, and I wouldn’t wish it on anybody.
Wikipedia informs us “The EPA has set a maximum contaminant level of 1 milligram of chlorite per liter (1 mg/L) in drinking water.” Now, what was the concentration of chlorite in your made up solution? You have absolutely no idea.
You “believe” that malaria is a major killer. You got that right. That’s why there are well investigated, scientifically based medications that can be used to treat it. Any new medication would be have to be compared with existing medications since comparing it with an ineffectual placebo would not be ethical. The earliest antimalarial was quinine, originally from the bark of the cinchona tree. That’s where G&T originated – the gin helped disguise the bitter taste of quinine in the tonic water. If you “don’t know too much about malaria”, then why are you commenting on it?
“Maybe this bleach will hurt a few.” No, it will kill a lot. Medications may have side effects, but they don’t carry warnings about poisoning on the outside of the container like sodium chlorite does. Even Wikipedia details some of the toxic effects and clinical symptoms that can be expected in someone who ingests it. ToxiNZ gives a lot more information, and also tells how to treat someone who has ingested the stuff.
“Search for “iatrogenic.”” No, I won’t. Are you trying to switch the goalposts here? I deal with iatrogenic illness (aka “side effects”) every day of my working life. Is that good enough?
Ebola has killed around 5,000 during this epidemic. The WHO estimates that influenza kills 250,000 to 500,000 every year. Ebola is much harder to catch than influenza, as is HIV. Both HIV and influenza are routinely dealt with by medical personnel in NZ, and the ebola training is being rolled out. Why bring it up, unless you were switching the goalposts?
“Our bodies work on oxygen. This beach supplies a bit more.” Wrong. Bleach supplies chlorine, not oxygen. Chlorine is used for sterilisation of surfaces – because it kills living things. Concentrations that will kill a malarial parasite (which, in the human, usually lives inside erythrocytes and hepatocytes) will also kill the cells that it lives in. Those concentrations will result in toxic effects and clinical symptoms, maybe even death. What was that dose for MMS again? is it above or below the concentration that will kill malaria, erythrocytes and hepatocytes?
“Quite a lot of children have died from HPV vaccination, I think.” No, you think wrong. The exact figure is zero. It’s one of the safest vaccines ever produced. Continuing research since its release has repeatedly shown its safety. Don’t take my word for it, try Orac: http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?s=hpv+vaccine .
“Some doctors try to treat people by making them breath (sic) higher pressure oxygen.” True… Off the top of my head, nitrogen narcosis and Cl. perfringens infection are a couple of reasons. It’s used so infrequently that there are only two places in NZ that can supply the therapy.
“This thread is about junk science…” It is, and you are supplying a lot of examples.
soundhiil,
By the way, I missed something (as well as spelling mistakes).
“With many serious diseases conventional treatments may be very disabling.” The word “may” does not mean “are”. It’s all about risk versus benefit.
Have you ever considered how disabling the alternative of death would be, if those “serious” diseases were not treated?
>Wow, what a load of junk, both
>science and medicine.
I’ve not got it all right, nor you.
Some quick replies:
>Lets see. Your dose for MMS is
>“around”, “a rough guess”,
>“mixed with”. Hardly an exact
>mg/kg dose, is it?
>Like you ask
>for with aspirin?
I want a better dose for aspirin.
I feel there needs to be a wider understanding that a 60kg adult could do with a different dose from a 120kg adult. Such is a factor of two.
There aren’t any
>standard medicine droppers, at
>least in NZ, even though you
>supplied a USA standard.
Which looks to be another NZ thing that ought to be fixed. The USA standard droppers would not give a factor of 2.
In NZ.
>if a medication requires a dropper
>then the manufacturer supplies
>one for that medication alone
>(example: nystatin). Unless the
>dropper for MMS is specified by
>the manufacturer/distributor, then
>you have no idea of the drop size
>or the dose.
That’s rather poor.
>I wouldn’t worry too much that
>bleach “might kill some of my
>beneficial intestinal flora.” I
>would worry that it would kill off
>my oral and oesophageal mucosa.
>I’ve seen it happen, and I
>wouldn’t wish it on anybody.
You need to give more data. I agree with Shaun not to put one drop of undiluted bleach near my lips. How many drops per 100ml are you talking about? Even if they are big or small?
>Wikipedia informs us “The EPA
>has set a maximum contaminant
>level of 1 milligram of chlorite
>per liter (1 mg/L) in drinking
>water.”
That is when sports people are drinking 5 litres every day the whole year.
Now, what was the
>concentration of chlorite in your
>made up solution? You have
>absolutely no idea.
I got the drop a bit small in my calculations which I gave.before For malaria I see now it’s about 18 drops at .05ml each which gives about 1ml. And that is what it looked like in Humble’s 2014 video. The drops were about 25% chlorite so it’s about 0.25 ml with 100ml of water put in on top.
Then you drink quite a lot of water.
It’s quite strong, but you’re dealing with a serious disease.
The other protocols are weaker and have several ways to find the best you can tolerate.
>You “believe” that malaria is a
>major killer. You got that right.
>That’s why there are well
>investigated, scientifically based
>medications that can be used to
>treat it.
But often unaffordable.
Any new medication
>would be have to be compared
>with existing medications since
>comparing it with an ineffectual
>placebo would not be ethical. The
>earliest antimalarial was quinine,
>originally from the bark of the
>cinchona tree. That’s where G&T
>originated – the gin helped
>disguise the bitter taste of quinine
>in the tonic water. If you “don’t
>know too much about malaria”,
>then why are you commenting on
>it?
I know it’s a big killer and is not being treated. Here is a treatment being offered and being called junk science without proper argument.
>“Maybe this bleach will hurt a
>few.” No, it will kill a lot.
>Medications may have side
>effects, but they don’t carry
>warnings about poisoning on the
>outside of the container like
>sodium chlorite does.
They ought to.
>Wikipedia details some of the
>toxic effects and clinical
>symptoms that can be expected in
>someone who ingests it. ToxiNZ
>gives a lot more information, and
>also tells how to treat someone
>who has ingested the stuff.
Like a kid drinking out of the neat bleach bottle?
>“Search for “iatrogenic.”” No, I
>won’t. Are you trying to switch
>the goalposts here? I deal with
>iatrogenic illness (aka “side
>effects”) every day of my
>working life. Is that good
>enough?
I don’t think the goalposts for one treatment should be different from another.
>Ebola has killed around 5,000
>during this epidemic. The WHO
>estimates that influenza kills
>250,000 to 500,000 every year.
>Ebola is much harder to catch
>than influenza, as is HIV. Both
>HIV and influenza are routinely
>dealt with by medical personnel
>in NZ, and the ebola training is
>being rolled out. Why bring it up,
>unless you were switching the
>goalposts?
Just to say that however bad we are made to feel about ebola a whole lot worse problem is not being got at by conventional medicine partly because of cost.
>“Our bodies work on oxygen.
>This beach supplies a bit more.”
>Wrong. Bleach supplies chlorine,
>not oxygen.
Sorry a bit more oxidation. Not as strong an oxidising agent as chlorine.
Chlorine is used for
>sterilisation of surfaces – because
>it kills living things.
It’s not chlorine produced.
http://www.thesabrecompanies.com/science/chemistry.aspx
>Concentrations that will kill a
>malarial parasite (which, in the
>human, usually lives inside
>erythrocytes and hepatocytes)
>will also kill the cells that it lives
>in. Those concentrations will
>result in toxic effects and clinical
>symptoms, maybe even death.
“The mechanism of action by which chlorine dioxide inactivates microorganisms is not entirely well understood. As a general matter, however, it is known that chlorine dioxide destroys microbes by attacking their cell walls (or viral envelopes) and interfering with essential protein formation. It is also known that chlorine dioxide is more effective against viruses than either chlorine or ozone. Furthermore, chlorine dioxide is known to be effective against hearty waterborne protozoans such as Giardia Lambia and Cryptosporidium, the causative agents of giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis, respectively. Since chlorine dioxide is an oxidative biocide, microorganisms cannot build up a resistance to it.’
>What was that dose for MMS
>again? is it above or below the
>concentration that will kill
>malaria, erythrocytes and
>hepatocytes?
>“Quite a lot of children have died
>from HPV vaccination, I think.”
>No, you think wrong. The exact
>figure is zero. It’s one of the
>safest vaccines ever produced.
>Continuing research since its
>release has repeatedly shown its
>safety. Don’t take my word for it,
>try Orac:
>http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/?s=hpv+vaccine .
Seems to be controversy language rather than science.
Try this, I.m not sure if it’s the newest:
http://therefusers.com/refusers-newsroom/us-vaccine-court-pays-6-million-to-gardasil-victims-most-claims-not-yet-settled/#.VGsb2ckzDEs
>“Some doctors try to treat people
>by making them breath (sic)
>higher pressure oxygen.” True…
>Off the top of my head, nitrogen
>narcosis and Cl. perfringens
>infection are a couple of reasons.
>It’s used so infrequently that
>there are only two places in NZ
>that can supply the therapy.
>“This thread is about junk
>science…” It is, and you are
>supplying a lot of examples.
>By the way, I missed something
>(as well as spelling mistakes).
>“With many serious diseases
>conventional treatments may be
>very disabling.” The word “may”
>does not mean “are”. It’s all
>about risk versus benefit.
Yes and I’m asking for genetic testing before vaccination.
>Have you ever considered how
>disabling the alternative of death
>would be, if those “serious”
>diseases were not treated?
That’s what I am considering.
“Because chlorine dioxide has lower oxidation strength, it is more selective in its reactions. Typically, chlorine dioxide will only react with compounds that have activated carbon bonds such as phenols, or with other active compounds like sulfides, cyanides, and reduced iron and manganese compounds. Chlorine is a more powerful oxidizer than chlorine dioxide, and will react with a wider variety of chemicals, including ammonia. This property limits its overall effectiveness as a biocide. Conversely, because chlorine dioxide has more oxidative capacity compared to ozone or chlorine, less chlorine dioxide is required to obtain an active residual concentration of the material when used as a disinfectant.”
Stuartg | November 19, 2014 at 11:12 am |
Some of these are repeated and reworded because you do not seem to have understood them previously.
You “want a better dose for aspirin.” In NZ it is available in 75, 100, 150, 300 and 650 mg tablets. That’s sufficient for most people and easily accommodates that factor of two you want. If more accuracy is needed, it can be prescribed in individual doses, prepared by a compounding pharmacy. I’ve seen 40 mg capsules prescribed in the past. You can even get 71.5 mg capsules (for example) prepared, if you want, but you’d have to pay for them.
(A colleague suggested that a big meal, or a big poo and wee, would change your kg. Would you then change the mg of aspirin? If not, why not? That’s science for you!)
“I don’t think the goalposts for one treatment should be different from another.” Oh, but you do. You don’t look for the same science for MMS that you insist on for aspirin.
The manufacturer/distributor of aspirin supplies indications, contraindications, doses, side effects and interactions. The manufacturer/distributor of MMS doesn’t do the same. Why not? Why don’t you ask for those details? You said: “I don’t think… one treatment should be different from another.” Then let’s not treat them differently and apply the same approach to both substances. Let’s get that information from the manufacturer/supplier of MMS, just like we got it from the manufacturer/supplier of aspirin.
You are the one who says aspirin should be an exact mg/kg dose. So, making sure again that you don’t treat MMS differently from aspirin, what is the dose of MMS in mg/kg? “Around” and “a rough guess” is the only answer you have given me. Science says mg/kg; junk science says “around” or “a rough guess.”
“How many drops per 100ml are you talking about? Even if they are big or small?” It’s not me that is talking drops per 100mL, it’s you.
Drug companies in NZ supply droppers that are calibrated for the individual medication in order to reduce errors and enhance patient safety. Why doesn’t the manufacturer/distributor of MMS do the same? Relying on the purchaser to source an unspecified dropper is hardly a scientific (or safe) approach.
Malaria: “I know it’s a big killer and is not being treated.” It is being treated. I mentioned it before, but maybe you didn’t read it. Some drugs are very cheap (quinine), others are more expensive. There is a cost to manufacture them all, so none of them are free. You get what you pay for. If you wish to pay for something that is dirt cheap, for which the manufacturer/distributor won’t give indications, contraindications, interactions, dosages or side effects (like MMS), and try to use it for malaria, then that’s your own lookout.
It’s up to the manufacturer/distributor of any compound to use science to prove an effect on any disease, not wait for others to show it hasn’t got an effect. Why don’t you insist on seeing the science behind MMS rather than just accepting junk science?
MMS (aka bleach): We need to know the concentrations at which chlorine kills living things, not necessarily how. Malaria is not a protozoan and it doesn’t have a cell wall or a viral envelope (you mentioned all three; they have no bearing on malaria). The malarial parasite is a eukaryote. That means that it dies at about the same concentration of chlorine as other eukaryotes – including humans. A high enough concentration of chlorine in the blood WILL kill intracellular malarial parasites, but unfortunately it will kill the human as well. All the manufacturer/distributor of MMS has to do, to make it a valid antimalarial treatment, is to demonstrate that the existing scientific knowledge on chlorine (chloride, chlorite, hypochloride, etc) is wrong.
“Like a kid drinking out of the neat bleach bottle?” No, like adults drinking out of unmarked bottles of diluted bleach that did not have poison warnings.
HPV vaccination: “Try this.” Yes, it’s a news report. No science in it. No mention of a single death after HPV vaccination, just implication. The VICP pays out for 50% and a hair; proof of a direct relationship between a vaccine and a complaint is not needed. Science requires the proof; junk science doesn’t. Your “I think” is accepting junk science without question.
“Seems to be controversy language rather than science.” Controversy? No, there is no scientific controversy over HPV vaccine. Orac, or one of his “minions”, has backed up every argument with references to the peer reviewed science. All of those references are available to you by reading through and clicking on the links. You can do that easily. By dismissing the reference out of hand, you are ignoring the science. You have the opportunity to learn and correct your thinking, but you won’t do it? That’s the attitude of junk science rather than science.
“Yes and I’m asking for genetic testing before vaccination.” Shifting goalposts again? And exactly what do you mean by “genetic testing”? The human Genome Project was only completed 11 years ago. It’s going to be decades before we understand how our genome contributes to infection or disease. Gene analysis is still in its infancy, and today is mainly used in testing for some specific genetic diseases. Some SCAM artists offer “genetic testing”, but their results are both meaningless and very expensive. They have no science behind their “interpretation” of results. Their “genetic testing” is a good example of junk science.
I’ve answered your questions where I can, in language that tries to avoid jargon. I have asked you questions, but all you have done is regurgitate junk science and avoid answering them.
It would appear that, as well as not recognising that you have different attitudes depending on the subject, you also do not understand the difference between science and junk science.
>Some of these are repeated and
>reworded because you do not
>seem to have understood them
>previously.
>You “want a better dose for
>aspirin.” In NZ it is available in
>75, 100, 150, 300 and 650 mg
>tablets. That’s sufficient for most
>people and easily accommodates
>that factor of two you want.
It is not sufficient for people who are concerned about bleeding stomachs unless they are also available enteric coated.
When has 75mg enteric coated become available on prescription. It’s a year or two since I asked the doctor.
> If
>more accuracy is needed, it can
>be prescribed in individual doses,
>prepared by a compounding
>pharmacy. I’ve seen 40 mg
>capsules prescribed in the past.
>You can even get 71.5 mg
>capsules (for example) prepared,
>if you want, but you’d have to
>pay for them.
How much will it cost for 75mg enteric capsules on prescription? They are about $4.95 per month at the supermarket.
>(A colleague suggested that a big
>meal, or a big poo and wee,
>would change your kg.
A big wee might be 0.5kg and a poo 1.5kg.
>you then change the mg of
>aspirin? If not, why not? That’s
>science for you!)
I think your friend is being a bit deprecating. “You’ve got to find a way around these fussy patients.”
I am not asking for the same accuracy with aspirin theat might be required with warfarin. Even then your 3% poo-wee accuracy is probably not necessary. And you have a funny definition of science.
>“I don’t think the goalposts for
>one treatment should be different
>from another.” Oh, but you do.
>You don’t look for the same
>science for MMS that you insist
>on for aspirin.
>The manufacturer/distributor of
>aspirin supplies indications,
>contraindications, doses,
Normally just chld/adult dose, not by weight
>effects and interactions. The
>manufacturer/distributor of MMS
>doesn’t do the same. Why not?
So you have looked at the bottles. I haven’t. But I have watched Humble talking about doses and effects of chlorite/citric acid.
>Why don’t you ask for those
>details? You said: “I don’t
>think… one treatment should be
>different from another.” Then
>let’s not treat them differently
>and apply the same approach to
>both substances. Let’s get that
>information from the
>manufacturer/supplier of MMS,
>just like we got it from the
>manufacturer/supplier of aspirin.
>You are the one who says aspirin
>should be an exact mg/kg dose.
Not exact. Just not out by 30% to 100% in mg/kg. This source gives mg/kg for children up to 11 years of age. Then no real explanation of where in the range of doses it offers to use for older people for each condition.
>So, making sure again that you
>don’t treat MMS differently from
>aspirin, what is the dose of MMS
>in mg/kg? “Around” and “a
>rough guess” is the only answer
>you have given me. Science says
>mg/kg;
Actually science knows how to specify the required accuracy. I note Ken does not bother with error bars on his graphs.
junk science says
>“around” or “a rough guess.”
Somewhere in secondary school pupils learn how to deal with significant figures, orders of magnitude, and not spcifiying something to more significant figures than you know. That is science.
>“How many drops per 100ml are
>you talking about? Even if they
>are big or small?” It’s not me that
>is talking drops per 100mL, it’s
>you.
You were talking about a damaging concentration of chlorite. What concentration?
>Drug companies in NZ supply
>droppers that are calibrated for
>the individual medication in order
>to reduce errors and enhance
>patient safety.
That does not mean they should not have to specify the dose. Temperature may have an effect on drop size. https://www.scribd.com/doc/50062179/How-Temperature-Affects-the-Volume-of-a-Drop
Also learn about specifying errors in that.
Why doesn’t the
>do the same?
I don’t know they don’t. And I know they do better in Youtube videos than I can find for aspirin.
Relying on the
>purchaser to source an
>unspecified dropper is hardly a
>scientific (or safe) approach.
People need a bit of teaching to buy a standard dropper just as they do for a standard teaspoon.
>Malaria: “I know it’s a big killer
>and is not being treated.” It is
>being treated.
If it were being treated sufficiently then the death statistics would show it.
I mentioned it
>before, but maybe you didn’t read
>it. Some drugs are very cheap
>(quinine), others are more
>expensive. There is a cost to
>manufacture them all, so none of
>them are free. You get what you
>pay for.
You get what you CAN pay for.
If you wish to pay for
>something that is dirt cheap, for
>which the
>manufacturer/distributor won’t
>give indications,
>contraindications, interactions,
>dosages or side effects (like
>MMS), and try to use it for
>malaria, then that’s your own
>lookout.
As I pointed out there is more easy-to-understand stuff about MMS than about aspirin.
>It’s up to the
>manufacturer/distributor of any
>compound to use science to prove
>an effect on any disease, not wait
>for others to show it hasn’t got an
>effect.
The video appeared to show it.
You can’t junk that just by saying it’s dangerous and not specifying the concentration you think is dangerous.
Why don’t you insist on
>seeing the science behind MMS
>rather than just accepting junk
>science?
I gave a ref in which a water treatment company said it is not really known how ClO2 kills parasites. Several medical treatments have been done without proper scientific explanation, just because they are thought to work. Example ECT right up to the present though controlled studies now are showing no difference to placebo.
>MMS (aka bleach): We need to
>know the concentrations at which
>chlorine kills living things, not
>necessarily how.
ClO2 does not produce chlorine. After reaction the chloride ion is left and that is naturally in blood.
Malaria is not a
>protozoan and it doesn’t have a
>cell wall or a viral envelope (you
>mentioned all three; they have no
>bearing on malaria). The malarial
>parasite is a eukaryote. That
>means that it dies at about the
>same concentration of chlorine as
>other eukaryotes – including
>humans. A high enough
>concentration of chlorine in the
>blood WILL kill intracellular
>malarial parasites, but
>unfortunately it will kill the
>human as well.
I say again which I said yesterday, also, it is not chlorine.
This gives some indication of how the body is being helped to fight.
http://bioredox.mysite.com/CLOXhtml/CLOXilus.htm
The first thing I cam across, maybe NIH/NLM will come up with something.
“MALARIA IS OXIDANT SENSITIVE
From November 2006 through May of 2007 I spent hundreds of hours searching biochemical literature and medical literature pertaining to the biochemistry of Plasmodia. Four species are commonly pathogenic in humans namely: Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae. What I found was an abundance of confirmation that, just like bacteria, Plasmodia are indeed quite sensitive to oxidants. “
All the
>has to do, to make it a valid
>antimalarial treatment, is to
>demonstrate that the existing
>scientific knowledge on chlorine
>(chloride, chlorite, hypochloride,
>etc) is wrong.
>“Like a kid drinking out of the
>neat bleach bottle?” No, like
>adults drinking out of unmarked
>bottles of diluted bleach that did
>not have poison warnings.
Household bleach is diluted at about 3% to 8%. Is that the dilution you mean? Some supermarket bleach is stronger than other, and needs dilution. But the concentration to treat malaria, given the drop size &c data in the ref I have just given 25 drops per ml, … gives up to 0.15% before you even drink extra water on top of it.
>HPV vaccination: “Try this.” Yes,
>it’s a news report. No science in
>it. No mention of a single death
>after HPV vaccination, just
>implication. The VICP pays out
>for 50% and a hair; proof of a
>direct relationship between a
>vaccine and a complaint is not
>needed. Science requires the
>proof; junk science doesn’t.
So they are paying out on junk.
>“I think” is accepting junk
>science without question.
>“Seems to be controversy
>language rather than science.”
>Controversy? No, there is no
>scientific controversy over HPV
>vaccine. Orac, or one of his
>“minions”, has backed up every
>argument with references to the
>peer reviewed science. All of
>those references are available to
>you by reading through and
>clicking on the links. You can do
>that easily. By dismissing the
>reference out of hand, you are
>ignoring the science. You have
>the opportunity to learn and
>correct your thinking, but you
>won’t do it? That’s the attitude of
>junk science rather than science.
I am always suspicious of stuff filled with emotive language.
>“Yes and I’m asking for genetic
>testing before vaccination.”
>Shifting goalposts again? And
>exactly what do you mean by
>“genetic testing”? The human
>Genome Project was only
>completed 11 years ago. It’s
>going to be decades before we
>understand how our genome
>contributes to infection or
>disease. Gene analysis is still in
>its nfancy, and today is mainly
>used in testing for some specific
>genetic diseases. Some SCAM
>artists offer “genetic testing”, but
>their results are both meaningless
>and very expensive. They have
>no science behind their
>“interpretation” of results. Their
>“genetic testing” is a good
>example of junk science.
Missing enzymes can be checked for.
>I’ve answered your questions
>where I can, in language that tries
>to avoid jargon. I have asked you
>questions, but all you have done
>is regurgitate junk science and
>avoid answering them.
>It would appear that, as well as
>not recognising that you have
>different attitudes depending on
>the subject, you also do not
>understand the difference
>between science and junk
>science.
I have made comments about that.
Chris Banks | November 19, 2014 at 4:32 pm |
Actually, Soundhill, you don’t necessarily get what you pay for. People are, after all, expected to pay good money for this bleach product which, by all indications, is modern-day snake oil. In this case, you pay money and you get nothing. Or perhaps you develop all new health problems to go with the ones you already had.
Capitalism in action, I’m afraid. You don’t actually need to demonstrate that something works in order to make money off it, all you need to do is convince your customers that it works. Whether that’s through actual evidence or simply through advertising (perhaps on youtube videos). If you doubt this, there are plenty of homeopaths in the world who make a decent living. Also psychics.
Now, I’m not particularly inclined to watch half an hour’s worth of youtube video, but I did run across a short interview with one of the church’s founders ( http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/258889/watchdogs-investigate-miracle-claims ), which was quite sufficient to convince me that the man is a charlatan. After all, he is reporting a 100% success rate in treating people with ebola, malaria, herpes, cancer firbromyalgia, multiple sclerosis and AIDS.
Now, these claims are extraordinary enough that I would be highly skeptical on an individual basis. Taken together, claims of 100% cure rates (in a single day, no less) for a diverse range of completely unrelated conditions are, well, quite literally unbelievable. That is, the man is lying through his teeth.
Unfortunately, many of these conditions are sufficiently scary that desperate people will fork out money in hopes of a cure that actual medical professionals are simply not able to guarantee. Oh, did I mention that autism is also on the list, albeit the claim isn’t 100% in that case? A veritable grab-bag of scary conditions which you can cure if only you will give the church your money.
Yes, bleach kills stuff. Very effectively. The problem is that in order to cure people without killing them in the process, you have to target a specific set of cells, whether invading bacteria or cancer cells or whatever. Quite how bleach is supposed to cure multiple sclerosis or autism I haven’t the faintest idea. Nor, I’m sure, do the Genesis Church people.
They will simply trot out their unverifiable claims of x number of people they supposedly cured of this that and the other, spout some unscientific gibberish so they sound authoritative and rely on people’s gullibility or sheer desperation to bring in the money.
>Actually, Soundhill, you don’t
>necessarily get what you pay for.
>People are, after all, expected to
>pay good money for this bleach
>product
I checked on ebay and it’s not expensive.
which, by all indications,
>is modern-day snake oil.
Indications from where, and wghat indications? Are people saying it did not work for them?
In this
>case, you pay money and you get
>nothing. Or perhaps you develop
>all new health problems to go
>with the ones you already had.
Some treatments do that.
TV3 Campbell Live ran a program promoting prostate cancer screening. I tried to post on their Facebook a link to a recent report by our Parliamentary Health Committee. They did not recommend universal screening. Men are quite often left incontinent and or impotent by cancer treatment when more men die with prostate cancer than from it.
Why would Campbell Live not leave my link up? CTV did leave it up. I fear I have to consider medbusiness pressure.
>Capitalism in action, I’m afraid.
>You don’t actually need to
>demonstrate that something
>works in order to make money
>off it, all you need to do is
>convince your customers that it
>works.
Or force ti though legislation.
Whether that’s through
>actual evidence or simply through
>advertising (perhaps on youtube
>videos).
You can “advertise” your concerns on Youtube videos. Doesn’t mean you want to make money.
If you doubt this, there
>are plenty of homeopaths in the
>world who make a decent living.
>Also psychics.
And purveyors of ECT machines.
>Now, I’m not particularly
>inclined to watch half an hour’s
>worth of youtube video,
So your comment is not worth so much.
but I did
>run across a short interview with
>one of the church’s founders
>http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/258889/watchdogs-investigate-miracle-claims ), which
>was quite sufficient to convince
>me that the man is a charlatan.
>After all, he is reporting a 100%
>success rate in treating people
>with ebola, malaria, herpes,
>cancer firbromyalgia, multiple
>sclerosis and AIDS.
>Now, these claims are
>extraordinary enough that I
>would be highly skeptical on an
>individual basis. Taken together,
>claims of 100% cure rates (in a
>single day, no less) for a diverse
>range of completely unrelated
>conditions are, well, quite
>literally unbelievable. That is, the
>man is lying through his teeth.
That’s your feeling. I think he agreed in the interview he may be using a bit of hyperbole.
He is wrong about oxygen being harmless.
Permit me the indulgence of a little brain storm. When I was young I suffered from severe asthma. It was before the days of steroids. I used to fight for breath till I no longer could. I do not have asthma now. I learnt not to fight for breath. In later years I read about hyperventilation. Panic attacks sometimes do it to people. It has been recommended to breath into a paper bag to treat the problem. A theory is that the hand-tingling that goes with hyperventilation is a result of oxygen starvation of the tissues. For respiration to occur the haemoglobin must let go of oxygen to the tissues. CO2 is part of that process and hyperventilation may render the CO2 lefvel too low for that to occur.
It seems very contrary to breath less to stop fingers tingling.
Now I have come across this today in the link I referenced:
“Low dose oxidant exposure to living red blood cells induces an increase in 2,3-diphosphoglycerate levels inside these cells. This attaches to hemoglobin (Hb) in such a way that oxyhemoglobin (HbO2) more readily releases oxygen (O2) to the tissues throughout the body.” So I need to think about that.
Asthma was expensive with the doctor having to come around with his adrenalin injections to brign me back. Since I cured myself I am not contributing in that way to GDP.
>Unfortunately, many of these
>conditions are sufficiently scary
>that desperate people will fork
>out money in hopes of a cure that
>actual medical professionals are
>simply not able to guarantee.
It seems very cheap. Medical professionals are increasing the things they can cure, rather than just treating. And I see a patent applied for which uses chlorite in combination with 5Fluoro-Uracyl to reduce suffering in cancer sufferers.
>did I mention that autism is also
>on the list, albeit the claim isn’t
>100% in that case?
There must be differing reasons for autism. Pathogens may be one. Note the high level of prescribing of anti-depressants when patients may be suffering from an infection.
A veritable
>grab-bag of scary conditions
>which you can cure if only you
>will give the church your money.
They want to help. They are not allowed to cure people, as Humble said if you had watched the video, it is only a church since they cannot be stopped from offering sacraments.
>Yes, bleach kills stuff. Very
>effectively. The problem is that in
>order to cure people without
>killing them in the process, you
>have to target a specific set of
>cells, whether invading bacteria
>or cancer cells or whatever.
Our bodies have natural killer cells and know how to be rid of wrongly proliferating cells. But sometimes they may need a bit or a lot of help.
>how bleach is supposed to cure
>multiple sclerosis or autism I
>haven’t the faintest idea. Nor, I’m
>sure, do the Genesis Church
>people.
Closed mind.
>They will simply trot out their
>unverifiable claims of x number
>of people they supposedly cured
>of this that and the other, spout
>some unscientific gibberish so
>they sound authoritative and rely
>on people’s gullibility or sheer
>desperation to bring in the
>money.
Or they might be helping. Where is the database of complaints from patients? Any reported at all?
It doesn’t look like genetically modified plants where you are not allowed to find out and report.
You think? Plainly you didn’t listen to the interview all that well then. He said nothing about hyperbole. The message was clear and consistent: 100% success.
He is wrong about pretty much everything he says. Why single out oxygen?
Skepticism, Soundhill. I’m perfectly okay with not understanding the details of how a particular treatment works. I’m actually okay with nobody fully understanding how it works. But I do expect evidence that it actually works. You know, records of the trials. There is a claim of 100% success, over a period of 17 years. Why, then, is the information on these trials not available for scrutiny?
I’m sorry, Soundhill, you’re confused. I wanted evidence that they were helping. I wanted some record of their successes. Where is that database? Does it exist? No? Well then, if they’re not even maintaining that database, why on Earth would it be in their interests to maintain a database of complaints? “Oh, hey, we can’t demonstrate that our product works, but here’s a list of people who it didn’t work for or who were otherwise unhappy.”
“They are not allowed to cure people,”
They’re able to sell their product, aren’t they? Then there is no impediment to them being able to cure people if it works as they say it does. Hell, the snake-oil salesman insisted repeatedly that they’d cured 100% of patients in every supposed trial.
What they’re not allowed to do is lie about their ability to cure people. If they want to make that claim, they have to put forward evidence.
>“That’s your feeling. I think he agreed in the interview he may be >using a bit of hyperbole.”
>You think? Plainly you didn’t listen to the interview all that well >then. He said nothing about hyperbole. The message was clear >and consistent: 100% success.
No he agreed there are things he cannot control.
>“They are not allowed to cure people,”
>Bollocks.
>They’re able to sell their product, aren’t they? Then there is no >impediment to them being able to cure people if it works as they >say it does. Hell, the snake-oil salesman insisted repeatedly that >they’d cured 100% of patients in every supposed trial.
>What they’re not allowed to do is lie about their ability to cure >people. If they want to make that claim, they have to put forward >evidence.
But there are huge hurdles to getting certification for a product. They have decided to put their energy into using it instead.
To do much in this current capitalistic medical environment without the profit motive loud and clear is heresy of the first order and to be jumped on very quickly.
Well it’s not only in medicine, water and everything has to be monetised.
Why aren’t you jumping on the people who are applying for a patent with chlorite in combination with 5FU? Because that is on the big profit alter.
Wow, Soundhill, that is some seriously impressive selective listening you’ve got going there. Let me break it down for you:
First, the snake-oil salesman claims a 100% success rate in trials to date.
Second, the interviewer challenges him, asking if this means people will live forever if they use his product (because, you know, 100% effective against everything under the sun).
Third, snake-oil salesman, grasping that perhaps claiming his product will confer immortality is a step too far, notes that, yes, people might still die due to factors beyond his control.
Now, Step 3 does not actually contradict step 1. Stating that your product might not be 100% effective in future (against death from any cause whatsoever) does not invalidate a claim that it has been 100% effective SO FAR.
Search Google for patent cancer chlorite
Why? Putting a patent on something doesn’t mean the thing actually works. It just means nobody else is allowed to steal the design and profit from it.
I’m sure there are all manner of ridiculous patents out there.
A chlorite-based drug in phase 2/3 trials hcv hiv http://www.metaphysical.ca/IIM/cuttingedge.html
Somewhat better, Soundhill.
Still not actually relevant to the Genesis Church product though. After all, they’re not claiming they have a particular chlorite-based drug undergoing testing for its efficacy and safety in treating certain autoimmune disorders (eg severe persistent allergic rhinitis).
They’re claiming they have a wonder-drug which has been 100% effective against all manner of unrelated conditions.And they will not produce so much as a shred of evidence to this effect.
Furthermore, various medical professionals and regulatory bodies are actively warning people not to consume the product for safety reasons. This is likely because there are very important differences between chlorite-based drugs and a product which is 28% sodium chlorite by volume.
Chris Banks | November 19, 2014 at 10:15 pm |
… Okay, how the hell did I miss this? It was, after all, one of the earlier links in Ken’s post. How did you miss it, for that matter, Soundhill? You’re the one who’s been demanding to know whether the stuff’s harmed anyone.
http://www.9news.com.au/health/2014/11/03/09/15/four-victorians-sick-after-drinking-miracle-potion
Yes, huge hurdles. Like, for instance, demonstrating that it actually works. And is safe (or that side-effects are well understood and clearly laid out).
Oh poor, naive Soundhill. Genesis Church screams profit motive. Without, unfortunately, the checks and balances on the profit motive which apply to actual medicine. It’s very much a product of capitalism. Let me lay this out for you:
There are two approaches you can take to making money off a product. First, you can sell an expensive product in low volumes. Second, you can sell a cheap product in high volumes.
Genesis Church’s MMS epitomises the second approach. Without any need to recoup regulatory or development costs, they can produce it at a dirt cheap price, and still make a very respectable profit margin on each unit sold (US $40 for a packet of 100 tablets, I see). Plus, they can charge people US $500 a head to attend a seminar on how to sell their products. My, what a lot of money one can make if they only discard any pretense of ethics.
(Technically, there is a third approach to making money off a product – the holy grail of selling an expensive product in high volumes. See, for instance, Steve Jobs).
That article if you search further reports Dr Tony Bartone saying the problems occurred when people used it undiluted to try to get greater effect.
Chris Banks | November 20, 2014 at 12:28 am |
Yes, Soundhill, that makes perfect sense. Why, it’s as if nobody explained to them that the substance was hazardous if undiluted. Bottles of bleach, as a rule, come labeled with warnings not to ingest the stuff. Alas, the available images of MMS bottles are not legible enough to tell if they contain similar warnings.
Definitely should have linked to the more in-depth article:
http://bit.ly/1xCu5sa
Yet again, you have declined to answer my questions. Why is that? Can’t you answer them?
I’m not going to go through them again, I’ve done it enough times without getting any answers from you.
As to your comments, they’re as junk as ever. Let’s just say that aspirin EC 75 mg has been, and still is, available on prescription. You just have to pay extra because the manufacturer charges too much and Pharmac will not fully subsidise it.
Only after a fashion, since you can’t actually measure something that’s not there. But that’s being pedantic.
You were talking about “genetic testing.” Measuring enzymes has nothing to do with gene analysis, and clinical biochemistry has been measuring enzyme activity since before we knew about genes.
Now, try again, what do you mean by “genetic testing?”
@Chris Banks,
Can read label on Ebay.com. “Don’t use full strength.” And Humble gives the instruction it won’t help to make it stronger.
You wrote: “very important differences between chlorite-based drugs and a product which is 28% sodium chlorite by volume.”
http://www.google.com/patents/US6086922
It seems to be sodium chlorite, maybe calcium hypochlorite, with weak acid like citric or lactic. (Note the scare tactics “acid” in your warning.)
This 2009 orthopaedic surgery article refers to it as a prototype of a somewhat more complex arrangement: http://www.morthoj.org/2009v3n1/Outcome_of_Tibial_Fractures.pdf
The MMS is so cheap it is unlikely that drug companies will arrange conferences to encourage doctors to prescribe it like they do for Viagra &c. Humble is doing his best to educate about its proper use: cannot use ozonated distilled water. (The Pure Dew distilled water in Countdown Supermarkets then is ruled out.) He refers to many MMS brands on the Internet and does not specify any particular one. People are pleased he is doing this education and give him donations.
As a reader of the attempts by Stuart and Chris to elicit answers from soundhill and of their efforts explain to soundhill how MMS falls well short of meeting standard ethical and efficacy requirements, I conclude that this discussion is becoming futile.
I’m also inclined to question whether soundhill has some undeclared association or vested interest in the product. It is unlikely, given the anonymity afforded by the internet, that we will ever know.
Aspirin is one of the cheapest medications on the market. It should be, it’s been manufactured for over a century. It is still covered at medical conferences.
MMS is also covered at medical conferences. It’s a useful industrial bleach that can be used to clean and sterilise work surfaces. It just doesn’t have any therapeutic effects.
(By the way, where do you get the idea that drug companies arrange conferences? They are only allowed to sponsor conferences arranged by others. Or not, if that is their preference.)
Treatments tailored to our genes are becoming more known.
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm372427.htm
Modern technology is rapidly advancing for genetic testing.
But until we are there it should still be possible to test children more widely for lack of enzymes which will endanger them if they take aspirin &c. Some sources say do not give aspirin to any children because of what it may do to some.
And maybe a test for penicillin intolerance will be developed.
“A Shot of Penicillin
Many parents wonder why doctors don’t give as many penicillin shots as in the past. A shot of penicillin was once the treatment of choice for streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat). Now it is rarely used, and for good reason.
A course of oral penicillin, if taken properly, is as effective as a shot of the same drug. The main reason not to give a shot is the possibility of a life-threatening allergic reaction. The chances are one in 2,000 that a person will have a serious reaction after their first injection of penicillin, and one in 50,000 the reaction will be fatal. Every year there are 250-500 deaths from reactions to penicillin. There have been only eight reported fatal reactions ever reported to oral penicillin. If your child needs a penicillin shot, stay in the doctor’s office or hospital for at least 30 minutes, and preferably 60 minutes, to watch for any allergic reaction.”
http://www.kiddocs.net/information-allergies.html
The wait and see procedure will become obsolete. The arguments about DNA fragments in Gardasil will become more understood. Not a very good pay off at the moment when it only gives temporary immunity against 4 strains of HPV. (Cervarix only against 2 strains).
For the third time, what do YOU mean by “genetic testing?”
I already know what other people mean, but have no idea what you mean.
I agree, but maybe some others will realise soundhill is merely parroting junk science provided by others.
S/he certainly has no insight into what science actually means.
By “genetic testing” I meant looking at differences between people other than what other drugs or food they are taking which might cause a reaction.
In NZ, Amoxicillin is now the drug of choice for Strep throat. It has been for the past generation, since about 1990. It covers the same spectrum of organisms that penicillin does, including Streptococcus, and has less chance of anaphylaxis than the original penicillin.
Your quote, on a NZ blog, is both out of date and from the USA. Why?
The original penicillin preparation included clusters of imperfectly reproduced penicillin molecules. These were big enough for the human immune system to recognise as a foreign antigen. It was these clusters that triggered the majority of anaphylactic reactions to penicillin.
Modification of the original penicillin molecule, as happens when amoxicillin is manufactured, removes the clusters of imperfectly reproduced penicillin molecules. Result: much less allergy and a safer treatment.
That’s how science works.
The “temporary” immunity against the commonest carcinogenic strains of HPV as provided by the HPV vaccine has, so far, showed almost no diminution. The immunity is now known to last for much longer than was estimated before the vaccine went into production.
But you would know that if you had read the reference I gave you earlier.
Just where does your meaning include genetics?
Then why have my doctors not known they could prescribe 75mg enteric coated?
If you have ever had a root canal done on a tooth you would know chlorite is used in your tooth, from the smell. The smell is actually not the substance itself but its effect on organic material.
And from the ref I posted it seems to be known about in Indonesia.
for orthopaedic surgery.
From your comments you are behind the times.
An 85 year old friend on mine had his doctor grumble about giving him a test for homocysteine, and then offer him Viagra.
Gender, weight, muscle mass, activity levels, age (newborn, toddler, child, pubertal, adult, elderly), medication history, previous medical history, family medical history, haematology tests, biochemistry tests, biopsy results, microbiology results… All are “differences between people” that are taken into account in every part of the medical care of a person.
What do you mean by “genetic testing?”
“Then why have my doctors not known they could prescribe 75mg enteric coated?” I don’t know, why don’t you ask them instead of me?
“An 85 year old friend on mine had his doctor grumble about giving him a test for homocysteine, and then offer him Viagra.” As my father used to say… “and what has that to do with the price of fish in China?”
Soundhill, I think you need to talk with your doctor more â and even consider changing doctors if your find her unsatisfactory.
My doctor has no trouble prescribing this form of aspirin and has always been extremely helpful in explaining her prescription advice.
“Can read label on Ebay.com. “Don’t use full strength.” ”
What, that’s it? Does the label say why you shouldn’t use it at full strength, or tell you to contact poison control if you do? I mean, this is a product people are actually intended to swallow. Shouldn’t there be some kind of warning of the consequences of improper use?
“(Note the scare tactics “acid” in your warning.)”
I see you’re not complaining that “produces poisonous bleach” is a scare tactic, which I would have thought was the actual problem.
“Humble is doing his best to educate about its proper use:”
Yes, let’s look at the “proper use,” shall we? http://www.factssheetproject.com/MMSFactsSheet.pdf
Apparently, “proper use” is to gradually up the number of drops until you feel nauseous, at which point you dial back a little.This is, of course, totally safe and nobody has ever had any damage caused by the symptoms of overuse. (Note: This has been withering sarcasm).
Thanks Ken, that was an obvious reply!
My own doctor thinks that the EC 100 mg formulation is appropriate for me. Even though I (probably) know more about aspirin and other antiplatelet therapy than he does, he has a more objective view of what is appropriate for me than I ever could have.
“Look, a patent!”
Pay attention, Soundhill. Patenting a product does not indicate that the product works. What it does is ensure that nobody else is allowed to produce and make money from your design.
Stuartg wrote: “In NZ, Amoxicillin is now the drug of choice for Strep throat. It has been for the past generation, since about 1990. It covers the same spectrum of organisms that penicillin does, including Streptococcus, and has less chance of anaphylaxis than the original penicillin”
Medsafe does not say it is safer.
“`Amoxycillin should not be used for the treatment of
bacterial infections in patients with viral infections, presenting with sore throat, pharyngitis or
infectious mononucleosis, as a high incidence of amoxycillin induced erythematous (morbilliform)
rashes have been associated with glandular fever in patients receiving amoxicillin”
What did I mean by “genetic testing”? Well though I thought I might be encompassing modern genome printouts and what may begin to be done from them, I was also meaning the older ideas: http://www.ihavelynchsyndrome.com/10-reasons-genetic-testing-important/#.VG0i0MkzDEs
Maybe 10% of patents are not valid because the device does not do as claimed.
“This 2009 orthopaedic surgery article…”
Tetrachlorodecaoxygen =/= Sodium Chlorite.
Waving medical journal articles at me about actual treatments which do not resemble MMS and are used for specific conditions or in specific circumstances (ie surgery), in no way provides evidence that MMS is anything more than snake oil. Dangerous snake oil, at that.
Yes, Soundhill, well done. You have successfully demonstrated my point. You cannot tell a product works just because it has a patent. Although I am curious where you get the 10% figure from.
“The MMS is so cheap it is unlikely that drug companies will arrange conferences to encourage doctors to prescribe it like they do for Viagra &c.”
Let me correct that for you.
“There is no evidence whatsoever that MMS works, and people have been hospitalised by it, therefore it is unlikely that drug companies will arrange conferences to encourage doctors to prescribe it like they do for Viagra &c.”
Plus, of course, it would be illegal for doctors to prescribe MMS, because it is not a medicine. It has not undergone testing, and has not gained regulatory approval.
“People are pleased he is doing this education and give him donations.”
Hey look, a third income stream – donations. So, that’s direct sales, charging people to attend conferences and bamboozling people to the extent that they will outright give you money.
Life is clearly good if you’re a successful snake-oil salesman.
Yes, I am intrigued by the 10% figure too. I have at times intensively searched patents and there is certainly an immense amount of rubbish or irrelevant stuff there. One that sticks in my mind is for underpants with an attachment providing penile stimulation while walking! Seriously!
Chris: I don’t have proof for here I am just suspicious. “Four Drug Makers Dominate Payments to Local Doctors
The only reason Pro Publica was able to get financial records from 15 major drug companies is because those firms were charged with crimes by federal authorities. Drug and medical supply companies spend hundreds of millions per year to influence medical providers. They provide gifts to doctors, free samples, lavish meals and entertainment, speaking fees for speeches written by the drug companies, first class travel to exotic destinations, or sign up doctors as “consultants.” The reason they spend so much is because it works.”
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/24001284/i-team-drug-companies-court-doctors-with-gifts-vacations
The point being that if MMS is done for money that is not unusual.
“Tetrachlorodecaoxygen =/= Sodium Chlorite.” They said the second (that would be after reaction with weak acid to produce ClO2 monochlorodioxygen) is the prototype of the first.
Tetra means 4, deca means 10.
Chris and Ken
“US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) auditors believe that as many as 10% of all issued patents are invalid, a high percent of those due to the fact the invention does not work.”
http://www.willitsell.com/patmyths.asp
So I can’t say for sure, but it means that if it is patented there is a good chance it works.
I said “Gene analysis is still in its infancy, and today is mainly used in testing for some specific genetic diseases.”
That’s exactly what your reference says.
Now, unless you have one of a few rare genetically inherited diseases in other members of your family, then genetic analysis cannot predict your personal reaction to medications. Your reference says that as well.
So, your request for “genetic testing” is currently useless unless you have to see a geneticist for other reasons.
You said “I thought I might be encompassing modern genome printouts and what may begin to be done from them”.
I covered that as well: “Some SCAM artists offer “genetic testing”, but their results are both meaningless and very expensive. They have no science behind their “interpretation” of results. Their “genetic testing” is a good example of junk science.”
I’ll repeat myself again. The human Genome Project was only completed 11 years ago. It’s going to be decades before we understand how our genome contributes to infection or disease.
This means that medicine does not do “modern genome printouts.” Only SCAM artists do. Pay for one if you want – but be aware that the only thing that you will get out of it is a lighter wallet.
And there is a 10% chance, according to you, that it doesn’t work. How, exactly, are we meant to tell which patents make up that ten percent? Certainly we can’t tell a product works just because it has a patent. We need other evidence.
Hence why I am unimpressed by you waving patents at me.
“Believe?” No analysis done? Some people would call that a guess.
“the invention does not work?” So as well as being a guess, it’s not even talking about medications.
Any relevance is decidedly small.
Having been involved in one patent application I seriously question the 10% estimate. This is because many applications are made without the backup of peer reviewed science. In my own case business managers prevented scientific peer reviewed publication until after the patent process was completed and I am sure that must be a common procedure.
I have found patent applications hopeless for actually getting details of procedures and formulations. Where scientific publications exist and are cited I always go to those,
@Ken I am on to my third doctor since my heart attack and bypass 13 years ago, plus several locums. None have been able to prescribe 75mg coated aspirin. Last time I asked would have been March 2013.
Yes, Soundhill, I know what “tetra” and “deca” mean. I don’t think you understand the chemistry involved though.
You think you get ClO2 from mixing sodium chlorite and citric acid in water? Great. Well done. Here’s the thing.
ClO2 =/= Cl4O10
Not even close. So. No connection whatsoever to the paper you cited. Which, I will note, does not advocate a “mix your own in water and swallow it to cure everything under the sun” approach to using tetrachlorodecaoxygen.
Ken is correct. Aspirin EC 75 mg is available on prescription in NZ. I’ve seen the prescriptions done, the latest about two weeks ago.
I have no idea why your doctor(s) would not prescribe it – that has to be between yourself and your doctor(s). Maybe you could ask him/her/them?
In NZ, aspirin EC 100 mg is the only antiplatelet version of aspirin that is fully funded by Pharmac, specifically the Ethics brand. All others receive the same subsidy that Ethics aspirin EC 100 mg does, which means that there is an extra cost to the patient in addition to the prescription cost.
(And I’ve just learned there is an enteric coated 300 mg aspirin available in NZ as well. It’s only partially subsidised, too.)
@Chris “You think you get ClO2 from mixing sodium chlorite and citric acid in water? Great. Well done.”
Just in case some people don’t know when you are being sarcastic perhaps you had better be clear.
” Here’s the thing.
So. No connection whatsoever to the paper you cited. Which, I will note, does not advocate a “mix your own in water and swallow it to cure everything under the sun” approach to using tetrachlorodecaoxygen.”
When you dilute it in water? Seems to be curative. Not quite sure how the anti-inflammatory thing works. Don’t always want to do that.
3.6. Comparison of chlorite with chlorite-based drugs in interaction with MPO
The drug substance OXO-K993 (NUVO Research Inc., Mississauga, Canada), also referred as tetrachlorodecaoxygen anionic complex [i.e. (Cl4O10)n with molar mass of 301.8 for n = 1] contains 4.25% chlorite, 1.9% chloride, 1.5% chlorate, 0.7% sulfate and sodium ions as cationic species in an aqueous solution [14]. A sterile, pyrogen-free, aqueous 10% (w/v) solution of OXO-K993 is applied under the name WF10 for intravenous infusion in patients with chronic-inflammatory diseases [39–41]. Another 55-fold diluted formulation derived from OXO-K993 is Oxoferin™ that is topically applied as a wound-healing agent [42,43].Here we applied Oxoferin to test the effects of this drug solution upon interaction with MPO. The chlorite content in Oxoferin is reported to be 12.3 mM [44]. To test if the additives lead to any differences in reactivity the direct reaction of human ferric MPO with this drug was investigated. The reaction of MPO with Oxoferin showed similar kinetics and finally resulted in heme bleaching (Supplemental Fig. 3). The reaction was biphasic with calculated rate constants of 3.9 × 105 M− 1 s− 1 and 2.3 × 104 M− 1 s− 1 (pH 5.0), respectively. Thus, with respect to reactivity towards MPO in terms of heme bleaching and kinetics, Oxoferin is indistinguishable from a pure chlorite solution.”
And for interest:
ClO2 has a very interesting structure:
Well done, Soundhill. You have produced an entirely different paper which actually has something to do with ClO2. Very preliminary, by the looks, but a possible indicator that maybe, just maybe, it might one day function as a useful medication, properly used, in specific circumstances.
Nothing, I repeat nothing in that paper remotely suggests that those circumstances are as a miracle cure-all 100% effective for ebola, AIDS, autism, malaria, you name it, which people should mix and drink for themselves, using whether they feel nauseous as a guide to whether they’ve taken too much.
I mean, for zog’s sake, Soundhill, did you even read how the existing drug is used? Intravenous infusion, or application to wounds. No drinking involved.
“I don’t have proof for here I am just suspicious. “Four Drug Makers Dominate Payments to Local Doctors””
Which has to do with… what, exactly? I’m perfectly aware that pharmaceutical companies are not guaranteed to operate in an ethical manner. In fact, there are significant incentives for them not to. This is why we have checks and balances, imperfect as they may be. For instance, the media. Product trials, that kind of thing.
But you seem incapable of applying any degree of suspicion at all to the Genesis Church people. Despite ridiculously transparent lying about their product, hospitalisation of people using the stuff, and a profit motive utterly untempered by any kinds of checks or balances.
There is confusion since I have read elsewhere not to use it intravenously. This one is for chronic inflammation which may mean a person’s metabolism is functioning differently. It seemed a very heavy dose.
Inflammation is associated with many conditions. Fish oil is an anti-inflammatory because of its omega 3. The counsellor on Maori TV’s Nutters’ Club was suggesting it for depression. It’s a chance that such could be the mechanism why it might help autism.
Ice packs, Nurofen, aspirin, NSAIDs, steroids are ways of reducing inflammation.
I have read that sometimes schizophrenic people do not get the same amount of physical illness as non-schizophrenic people. Their inflammatory response may be low.
I have read also that it is used to suppress rejection for xenotransplants.
So a lot of thought is necessary.
But the approach on this thread has been to spank the child in case they may be naughty. Don’t worry if you cause a complex.
“hospitalisation of people using the stuff,”
Double standard. How many people have been hospitalised for overdosing on alcohol because they think more is better, and I don’t see scientists ganging up on it.
Chris you complained about the dose titration approach. That approach is frequently used in medicine.
“In NZ, aspirin EC 100 mg is the only antiplatelet version of aspirin that is fully funded by Pharmac, specifically the Ethics brand.”
Which seems dumb since it would be great to get the amount which would reduce angina without causing tiredness or stroke risk.
Soundhill, you are confused.
I am very specifically dealing with claims made by the Genesis Church people.
For instance, they claim to have cured 100% of the people they’ve treated for malaria, ebola, AIDS, whatever. This is a ludicrous claim, which you have done nothing whatsoever to support. Who are these people? Where were they treated? By whom? Why, if Genesis Church is so very determined to educate the world about the efficacy of their product, have they so thoroughly buried any evidence of these patients’ very existence?
They also claim that nobody has ever complained about their product. Now, improper use or not, I think hospitalisation counts as a complaint. You do not see anybody claiming that alcohol is perfectly safe and nobody has ever complained about the product. Indeed, there are some quite specific laws in place about drink-driving. We could, incidentally, go on and on about issues with alcohol marketing. So I’m not seeing this double standard you seem to believe exists.
“Chris you complained about the dose titration approach. That approach is frequently used in medicine”
No, Soundhill. I have complained about the expectation that untrained consumers should mix up the solution for themselves in ridiculously vague doses, and stop adding more when they feel nauseous.
This approach is never, EVER used in medicine.
Spoonfuls are vague doses.
We’ve spent a lot of time determining that the antiplatelet dose of aspirin on prescription is only available in 100mg enteric coated. That is a very vague amount. They do better if self medicating buying it at the supermarket where they have a choice of 75 or 100mg. Stuartg says the doctor prescribes 100mg for him. Maybe Stuartg weighs closer to 100kg than 75kg. If not I wonder about the doctors thoughts. Aspirin is quite a dangerous drug.
I think when patients are given a morphine pump to activate as they need they actually use less than they get with CR and topup.
You seem to have this ridiculous idea that because I have concluded that the Genesis Church people are money-grubbing charlatans, based on the utterly ludicrous claims they have made, without so much as a shred of supporting evidence, and because of their transparent profit motive, I am in some manner hostile to, well, everything you’re going on about.
Rambling on about anti-inflammatories and omega-3 as a means of treating depression / autism (erm, what?) is not actually addressing the issues I have raised about Genesis Church. Indeed, you have scrupulously avoided in any way dealing with the reasons I set out right at the beginning of this conversation for why I had concluded they were charlatans.
Wow, Soundhill. Way to completely ignore the “until they feel nauseous” bit. Once again, you have managed to completely ignore the substance of my complaint.
Incidentally, I am not aware that anybody uses “spoonfuls” as a dose for medicine. Either a specific size of measuring spoon (eg teaspoons) will be listed, or a spoon of the appropriate size will be provided with the medication. You can also be sure that a specific number of teaspoons will be listed for a particular time period, as opposed to “keep adding drops until you feel nauseous (or if not, a maximum of three per ill-defined time period).
“Prior to 2005, colchicine dose instructions included the advice to continue dosing until the pain settled or gastrointestinal adverse effects occured. The standard dose instructions have now been changed to improve safety.” ” In a case series of nine patients presenting with colchicine overdose in the Auckland region over a 15 year period, eight died.6 Four of the patients had taken an accidental overdose of colchicine (ranging from 18 – 24 mg) due to lack of knowledge about the medicine” http://www.bpac.org.nz/BPJ/2014/September/safer-prescribing.aspx
Were you getting up in arms about that before 2005?
I suppose it is possible that there are medicines which use “spoonfuls” as a dose. Cough syrup is a possible example. In this case, it is incumbent on the manufacturer/ prescriber to be sure that nobody is going to come to harm if their spoons are a little larger than the average. Safety margins do exist. Taking extra spoonfuls, beyond what is specified (ie +100% or 50% or whatever to the recommended dosage range) is of course another matter.
Wow, Soundhill.
You have successfully identified an example of an unacceptable dosage regime, of which I was previously unaware. This has since been corrected for what I would hope are obvious reasons, and should never have been administered in that manner in the first place. So, we’ll chalk that up as evidence that this is not acceptable behaviour, shall we?
There is something seriously wrong with your basic reasoning skills if you think that pointing out somebody else has been caught out doing this (with actual medicine) in some way excuses the behaviour of your favoured band of quacks.
My point is why are some serious things kept quiet, like you had not heard about the colchicine deaths, and things like the current chlorite made such a media issue, with words used like “acid” rather than “citric acid” and people reported as ill from the medication when it was from overdose and many medicines make you ill from overdose. If you don’t want to watch the 2014 dosing video for MMS maybe someone should transcribe bits of it for you.
Soundhill, I am not some omniscient being with perfect knowledge of every specific case. I am, however, perfectly aware that things do go wrong in medicine. Given that the egregious issue you raised has, in fact, been corrected, I am unsure what the hell you are talking about in regards to cover-ups.
But hey, you seem to think that because things go wrong in medicine, absolute quacks who have provided not a shred of evidence that their product does anybody any good whatsoever, should be able to market it in an untruthful manner, with unsafe directions on how to use the stuff and flowery assurances that nobody’s ever made any complaints.
I will pass on the video, thank you. The fact sheet is much quicker to read, and I’m sure most consumers don’t bother to view half-hour youtube videos before using a product. But do let me know if the video somehow contradicts it; I’ll chalk that up as evidence of the Church disseminating misleading / dangerous information.
Complain to Pharmac, if you want, or just suck it up and pay the difference. Or talk it over with your doctor(s). There may be a reason they don’t want to prescribe the EC 75 mg dose of aspirin for you.
Here’s the thing, Soundhill.
Medical misadventure is well-recognised, recorded and hopefully learned from going forward. Whilst plainly not desirable, is an unfortunate price we pay for the good modern medicine does in society. It is expected that any given procedure or treatment will have a body of evidence supporting its use, that any risks or side-effects associated with it will be well understood. If further evidence indicates this is not correct, the product or procedure’s use can be amended accordingly, or it can be withdrawn / discontinued. Naturally, if it’s a prescription medicine, the prescribing doctor should make any risks clear, and packaging should spell out correct usage. The authorities do actually come down hard on fraud or malpractice.
By contrast, alternative medicine or natural health remedies are tolerated on the basis that, although there is no evidence that they actually work, nor is there any evidence they do any harm (alas, as a general rule, nobody has checked, nor are they required to), and people should have the right to decide on their own treatment. That said, if it turns out there are serious risks or harms associated with a product (above and beyond being put forward as an alternative to actual effective treatment of a condition), there are no countervailing benefits which can be used to argue against the product being banned.
If, of course, the Genesis Church people want MMS to be recognised as a medicine, they are more than welcome to engage in testing of the product. I’m highly dubious it would ever pass, and it’s surely much more profitable to lie to people about its ability to cure ebola/cancer/autism/whatever than it is to figure out what, if anything it actually does and sell it to treat that.
Chris you are, to use an emotional word, pontificating about the MMS program while only acknowledging a fact sheet which says: “This paragraph is only a basic description and should NOT be used as a guide for treatment.)”
(above and beyond being put forward as an alternative to actual effective AND ACCESSIBLE treatment of a condition),
Stuartg you are using your strongest language when it comes to the financial basis of the situation. That is as if the money flow were very much more important than the treatment/health of the patient which becomes only a service to make capital from.
Give me a list of reasons they would not want to prescribe me the coated EC 75mg when I say the 100mg does not leave me feeling so well and 75mg works.
Oh, so it includes instructions on how to take the stuff, but you shouldn’t actually follow those directions? Glad we’ve got that cleared up. (note: sarcasm). Any disclaimers on the video? Any material contradicting the “fact” sheet? Or is it basically the same load of dangerous rubbish?
I mean seriously, Soundhill, the “basic description” of how treatment is supposed to work sounds pretty dreadful. Are you saying it’s not accurate? That it all works completely differently? If so, why would Genesis Church put out a misleading fact sheet?
Note the fact sheet that you found also says: “Who is behind this
MMS Facts Sheet and why?
This facts sheet is produced and maintained by a group of private citizens from around the world who want the truth to come out.
The intent of this facts sheet is to provide you with just enough basic information to do further research, while highlighting the brewing controversy, so as to make it easier for you to remain objective. The information provided here only scratches the surface. We encourage you to consider
the possible motivations on all sides and draw your own conclusions”
The Fact Sheet does not describe the mixing with citric acid and its strength, and the yellowing as ClO2 is formed, when to put the water in and how long it will last after mixing. It does not talk about taking extra water or maybe food to help or give other maybe more comfortable options to absorb the substance. &c.
You know, Soundhill, I would have thought that, having finally decided to go down the “this isn’t official information” route, you might have checked to see whether the content of the fact sheet was included in the video or not, rather than finding a bunch of stuff in the video which wasn’t included on the fact sheet.
Perhaps you’d like to look into that?
“The intent of this facts sheet is to provide you with just enough basic information to do further research,”
It’s a bit of the recipe in the 2014 video. It’s like you go into a restaurant and ask what the scones are made of. They tell you dates and yogurt and wholemeal, and maybe mention butter or what sort of fat. But they don’t tell about the various rising agents, how the baking powder in them works with moisture, and the baking soda in them works with heat to rise the scones, whether the butter was rubbed in with fingers or such and such.
The chlorite requires some sort of acid to turn it to ClO2. Maybe just stomach acid would do it a bit. But they seem to want the ClO2 there before you drink it or apply it in DMSO &c.
soundhill:
You said: “We’ve spent a lot of time determining that the antiplatelet dose of aspirin on prescription is only available in 100mg enteric coated. That is a very vague amount.”
Wrong (repeatedly wrong).
This is the third time I have told you: in New Zealand, aspirin is able to be prescribed in 75, 100, 150, 300 and 650 mg tablets. All of those tablets are available in enteric coated formulation. I don’t know how to put it any more simply. Check MIMS if you don’t believe me.
Not all of those tablets are fully subsidised, so if tablet without a full subsidy is prescribed then the patient has to make up the difference between the subsidy and the amount charged by the manufacturer/distributor.
What is so difficult to understand about that?
Re-read your quote above. Can you tell me how a dose of “100mg” is a “very vague amount”? As opposed to MMS, the dose of which you have given as exactly “around” and “a rough guess”?
By the way, where do you get your dose for aspirin in mg/kg (for prophylaxis in ischaemic heart disease) from? All my resources just give a dose range, usually 75-325 mg. You are the first (and so far only) person I know of that says the prophylaxis dose is 1mg/kg.
I really want to know, because if that figure has any research data to back it then it is likely to change the practice of many doctors, cardiologists in particular.
Right. Not really what I was asking, Soundhill, but what you’re telling me is that the information on the fact sheet is official but incomplete, yes? Which means that the dosage instructions are to just keep adding drops until you feel nauseous, and that diarrhoea /vomiting are nothing serious.
For some reason, you seem incapable of grasping that there might be something wrong with that whole system. That it might, perhaps, be dangerous.
“Right. Not really what I was asking, Soundhill, but what you’re telling me is that the information on the fact sheet is official but incomplete, yes?”
I am nothing to do with it.
You found that Fact Sheet, which I had not seen.
My concern is for the attack on this anti-malaria measure, by people who are claiming themselves to be scientific, but appear to be more concerned to discredit new possibilities very strongly rather than assist inquiry.
Society gets stuck in certain paths which may not be good for individuals. I got swayed by the idea of a very low saturated fat diet, stuck to it for many years till I got a heart attack.
It was suggested I use statins. I felt terrible on them, and doubly terrible as I became a heretic and refused them. The procedure for them is to take them but watch out for muscle troubles. Many medicines you are supposed to watch out for side effects, and maybe cease taking it. Like penicillin. In the case of MMS as I see it, you may not get nauseous by the time you get to the recommended dose. But if you do then cut back. How much sunlight can a person tolerate for vitamin D? Depends on skin colour. Maybe someone will design a calculator. Maybe same for
MMS. Maybe same for statins. Maybe same for warfarin so you don’t have to wait till a blood level before you know. It will depend on salicylates in your diet, and other blood thinners. It would be great to be able to vary your diet like you are not allowed at the moment when you are on warfarin.
With morphine you try to titrate the dose so the pain just under the surface so you don’t get side effects.
“Which means that the dosage instructions are to just keep adding drops until you feel nauseous, and that diarrhoea /vomiting are nothing serious.”
Can get diarrhoea from eating figs, prunes, vitamin C megadose, beetroot some people, or boiled milk.
Salt water can make you vomit, or tickling your throat inside.
Which is acceptable for treatments whose sellers have had the money to get them accepted.
You said “You found that Fact Sheet, which I had not seen.”
You are prepared to give/take/recommend MMS, at an unknown dose, without seeing any fact sheet.
Yet you study the fact sheet for aspirin, statins, penicillin, warfarin and possibly vitamin C, looking for exact doses, contraindications, interactions and side effects.
And you say you can’t see any contradictions between your approach to prescription medicines and and your approach to MMS.
I agree with Chris. There appears to be something seriously wrong with your basic reasoning skills.
Stuartg I think maybe a cardiology nurse told me about 1mg/kg. But here, according to animal studies, a very low dose may be a risk and may be the reason why attacks occur a week or so after aspirin cessation. It says 1mh/kg has moderate effect without risk of bleeds. http://www.hindawi.com/journals/thrombosis/2012/247363/
“My concern is for the attack on this anti-malaria measure,”
Soundhill, let me be perfectly clear.
The “anti-malaria measure” does. Not. Work. It is snake oil, peddled by charlatans, in an apparently successful effort to make insane amounts of money off of gullible people.
How do I know this? Because the snake-oil salesmen selling it claim to have a 100% success rate curing malaria, cancer, ebola and a whole bunch of other things…. But refuse to produce any evidence of a single one of their supposedly innumerable experiences. These are ridiculous, ludicrous claims, made in such a manner that they are impossible to verify. If the claims were true, they would be scrambling to produce the evidence and get it out into the world of medicine. They are not. Because, obviously, the evidence does not exist.
I mean, seriously. Look at who it’s being marketed to. What, exactly, do you think are the odds that the comfortably well-off people of first-world nations such as Australia, New Zealand, America, Ireland and so forth will come into contact with malaria? Or ebola for that matter? If the goal is to help prevent malaria, why the hell are they marketing it here, rather than sending their people out to give away the product to those who would supposedly benefit from it?
If, on the other hand, the claims about malaria are simply lies for the purposes of marketing, everything becomes clear. “Hey, this stuff will cure malaria. Just imagine how well the miracle cure-all will work for whatever niggling little complaints afflict you.”
I am perfectly willing to consider new possibilities in the fight against disease. But the thing is that any ethical person is going to get evidence that their cure works first, setting things out in a transparent manner and ensuring that others are given the opportunity to replicate their results.
If they skip that pesky little step of evidence and go straight to selling their product to gullible punters as a means of raking in money, well, that really tells us all we need to know about the efficacy of the product. The medical community isn’t going to buy into it, and it will in all likelihood do a great deal of harm, if for no other reason than convincing people they don’t need to seek actual treatment for serious conditions until it’s too late.
Plainly, Soundhill, you and I have very different ideas of what constitutes “inquiry.” Shockingly enough, my approach aligns with the scientific method, which has had quite a bit of success down through the centuries, and is foundational to modern medicine.
By all means, people should come out with outlandish ideas and outside-the-box thinking. This can result in great leaps forward in science, and even in medicine. But their ideas should be subjected to rigorous testing, both by themselves and a community of their peers. If the evidence is against an idea, it should be discarded, reworked, or shelved, depending.
People should not expect us to simply take their word for all manner of grandiose claims.
If someone claimed 100% success at curing tooth ache and the treatment was removal of the teeth then you might believe them. I think it is just that you cannot imagine a mechanism for ClO2. Let’s do a bit of decent brainstorming before rubbishing.
Ken pointed out about the Marsden Fund. I searched a bit and found some pure maths research they are sponsoring involving a UOC worker, Maarten McKubre-Jordens. “Paraconsistent mathematics is a type of mathematics in which contradictions may be true. In such a system it is perfectly possible for a statement A and its negation not A to both be true. How can this be, and be coherent? What does it all mean?”
http://plus.maths.org/content/not-carrot
It looks like the Marsden Fund hopes that Maarten’s work may be useful in working with problems in computer networks.
Our world is coming towards big problems. Malaria may come to NZ with global warming. Malaria is becoming resistant to some of the current drugs. One very risky approach is a type of genetically modified mosquitoes.
I feel we need to come to grips with more than a monetised approach which I feel is limiting your ability to see. Maybe you are correct, but I hope for a moment you might be able to set aside the monetary arguments, just in case anything of value becomes faintly visible.
Soundhill, you have not listened to a word I have said.
I have pointed out to you, repeatedly, that MMS is ridiculously monetised. That selling the stuff without having to test whether it works or obey basic standards of safety, allows them to make large profits from each unit sold. There is no motivation, whatsoever, to actually have a working product.
I do not have the faintest idea where you get the idea that I am somehow fixated on monetised approaches to medicine or research. What I have said, again repeatedly, is that we need to actually be collecting evidence that any given approach works before turning it loose on the general public. Whether or not money is involved is in some ways beside the point, though we should certainly have checks and balances to overcome the monetary incentives which may tempt people to somehow game the system.
Incidentally, Soundhill, your toothache example is deeply flawed. An actual parallel would be if somebody claimed pulling a person’s teeth out would 100% cure them of toothache, earache, ulcers, clogged sinuses and whatever other condition took their fancy. Very separate conditions, with very different underlying causes, but a single miracle cure which purports to treat them all.
I would have no hesitation calling anybody who made such claims a quack, despite the fairly obvious causal links between teeth and toothaches. Particularly considering that pulling a person’s teeth out does actually have downsides (I sincerely doubt nobody has ever complained after such dental procedures).
Well you can see a mechanism in a heart bypass fixing chest pain, making it easier to do many things after some healing, and stop having several daily anticoagulant injections. It’s not 100% and you do get the occasional death, but no more than 1% I think.
Things affect other things. Sometimes it is easier to see the mechanism.
If a person is not breathing you can allow many of their organs to function by helping them to breathe again.
If ClO2 were enabling some process in the body like breathing maybe it could help the body to heal itself better.
I’ve caught up with a current MIMS at work, rather than the older one I have at home. The 650 mg aspirin I mentioned earlier is no longer available on prescription in NZ.
The range of doses of aspirin tablets able to be prescribed (current edition of MIMS) is now 75, 100, 150, 300, 320, and 500 mg.
250g of aspirin powder is also available on prescription, presumable for compounding pharmacists to make up other doses.
Soundhill, I think at some point I have to take a step back. You are going on about things which are utterly irrelevant to the point which I am trying to get through your thick skull.
Namely, that Genesis Church are a pack of charlatans, which we can tell on the basis of the ridiculous claims they themselves have made about the efficacy of their product, which, in the absense of so much as a shred of evidence to back them up, we must conclude are outright lies. Further, the instructions for the use of the product are outright dangerous.
You have scrupulously avoided addressing these points in any way. Rather, you go off on rambling asides trying to convince me of who even knows what.
So. Do you or do you not accept that these people are charlatans, preying upon gullible consumers in order to make money?
Thanks for replying.
Unfortunately, that paper is about experimentation in rat models with acute myocardial infarction. In an acute myocardial infarction, different doses of aspirin are used in humans compared with those used for prophylaxis (160-325 mg/day versus 75-325 mg/day).
Since we are both human beings, and neither of us are suffering an acute myocardial infarction (at least I hope you aren’t), that paper has no relevance to the aspirin used in both of us for prophylaxis.
I’ll continue to follow my GP’s guidelines (which are the same as cardiologists). I’d further advise you to consider who’s advice you would rather follow: “I think maybe a cardiology nurse,” or a cardiologist.
The experiment was on rats to help with a hypothesis that might apply to humans.
“Recently published surveys have warned against the increased risk of aspirin discontinuation, which includes acute coronary problems, stent stenosis, acute myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, and lower limb ischemia”
Since I had been promoting lower dose aspirin I thought to pass this on, as a contraindication for very low dose. They are trying to find out whether there is a rebound effect after aspirin is stopped, and the blood level tails off, or whether a very low dose itself of aspirin itself may be dangerous.
OK you claim very low dose might cause heart trouble in a rat, but no trouble for a human?
Chris: very emotive language. You think that will work when you cannot scientifically back up what you are claiming? You only suggest it is obvious.
How about you refer me to peer reviewed articles about charlatans and science.
No, really, Soundhill, this isn’t hard.
Do you believe, as claimed by the Genesis Church people, that they have cured 100% of the people they have treated for… Hang on, let me check the list…
Ebola, malaria, herpes, cancer, firbromyalgia, multiple sclerosis and AIDS. Probably other conditions as, not referred to in the interview, but let’s stick with those.
Yes or no question. Bearing in mind that they have produced no evidence whatsoever to back up these claims.
If no, then this indicates you believe they are lying. Given that these are not minor claims, and are being used to sell the product, this would further indicate they are charlatans.
I’m really not seeing an abrupt transition to emotive language; I’ve been calling them liars and charlatans for a fair while now. Further evidence that you haven’t really been paying attention to what I’ve been saying? Then again, perhaps it was the “thick skull” comment. I’d apologise, but rather than actually answering the question, you’re once again trying to divert the subject.
That reference was for a rat model investigating a different problem.
It was a model for acute myocardial infarction, for the first few days after a heart attack.
You are talking about prophylaxis in ischaemic heart disease, ie long term use with the aim of preventing heart attacks.
The reference is irrelevant to your question.
That means you base your 1mg/kg on something you may remember, and you aren’t even sure who it was. Great reasoning!
Why not talk to your doctor(s), or even a cardiologist?
I don’t make any claims about very low dose aspirin in rats. You provided the reference and you are misinterpreting it.
I follow the research based guidelines and recommendations for humans.
You rely on something someone once said and research into a completely different problem.
Sorry if it’s against your beliefs, but I’ll rely on the scientific approach to answering questions.
Earlier, in a reply to Chris, you said “A theory is that the hand-tingling that goes with hyperventilation is a result of oxygen starvation of the tissues.”
Just to let you know that theory was disproven decades ago. Oxygen supply to the tissues is maintained. What happens is that changing (lowering) CO2 levels disrupts the acid/base balance across the cell membranes. Once the balance shifts enough, the nerve cells that rely on a particular acid/base balance can no longer function normally and the signals from the disfunctioning nerves are perceived as tingling.
(There’s a lot more to it than that, of course, but that’s a very simplified explanation.)
You asked Chris “You think that will work when you cannot scientifically back up what you are claiming?”
When are you going to ask yourself the same question?
So far you have not managed to scientifically back up any of your claims. We have asked questions; you have evaded, fudged, prevaricated, changed the subject, and provided irrelevant data. What you haven’t done is to back up your claims.
I will ask you again:
The purveyors of various snake oil treatments never bother to answer these questions. They just claim the snake oil will cure multiple diseases with no side effects. They just “spread the word” (ie advertise) and wait for the money to role in.
Manufacturers/distributors of prescription medications answer all the above questions before the medications go to market; the scientific research then continues after the medication gets to market (for over a century in the case of aspirin!)
Now, a further question. Read those last two paragraphs again. Which description does MMS fit – snake oil or medication?
In Humble’s book he describes getting the dose right to cure malaria in Malawi. The description is a bit sketchy.
http://www.mms-supplement.com/MMS_Part_1.pdf
In this interview in Malawi he relates of though how he could not prove he was getting HIV negativity, he was making the people well. Comments after the video dispute some of his comments about HIV testing.
Here is description of immune modulation by the related functioning Tetrachlorodecaoxygen (TCDO) and WF10 which might explain improvements in apparent health.
http://www.google.com/patents/WO2013109949A1?cl=en
Another posting of some of the same interview with the comment after it: “Totally Critical
How do people believe a word this guy says when he doesn’t even know there are AIDS tests which doesn’t rely on antibodies? Look up NAT or PCR tests.”
Yes, yes, yes. We’ve seen the TV adverts before.
Now, where is the scientific data? You know, like the stuff you insist on reading for your prescribed medications?
Don’t worry how things might work.
Worry about IF they work.
We used aspirin for a century before anyone knew how it worked, but we knew it worked.
No-one has shown that MMS works. They’ve just made some TV adds.
Vitamin C nearly stops it from working.
It’ interesting that my uncle who had had malaria said years later that vitamin C supplementation made him feel terrible.
My approach is to learn what we can about this fairly recent ClO2 work.
Like a new cat coming on to your garden the existing cats will fight it off. (Cats can even have transferred aggression. A cat looking out the window and seeing an intruder cat spray in the garden may turn on his accepted house mate.)
To fight off this new form of immune modulation medication the plan is to say that because the educator is exaggerating claims he can be called a charlatan therefore everything 100% of what he says is discredited. Strangely that is applying the same form of exaggeration as what Humble is applying.
Add a few bits like it’s a danger when it is probably less of a danger than many accepted medications and you have a better fight against it. You think, but I think people will see through you. They will want to learn and accept that many/most salespeople exaggerate.
What is the SCIENCE behind your claims?
@Stuartg wrote: “What is the dose of MMS per kg?
Info is gradually building for these related treatments:
“Example 5: Determining the Clinical dose for TCDO
[0161] HIV-positive patients received one cycle of intravenous infusions of WF10- defined as 5 consecutive daily doses followed by 16 days of no treatment-at a dose of 0.5L/kg body weight/day to 50 (0.5 mL)/kg body weight/day, without apparent adverse effect. Patients were then given 4 cycles of WF10 with the daily dose ranging from 0.5 mL/kg body weight to 1.5 mL/kg body weight. The maximal tolerated dose of WF10 was determined to lie between 0.5 mL/kg body weight to 0.75 mL/kg body weight per day. Doses of 0.75 mL/kg body weight and greater were associated with phlebitis and a pattern of decreased hemoglobin. However, in this and subsequent clinical studies, administration of 4 cycles of 0.5 mL TCDO/kg body weight per day showed no clinically relevant hemolysis”
Somewhere above, you said you wanted MMS to be treated the same as other substances.
Very well. That means that you also have to treat it the same as prescription medications. These questions have been asked, and answered, for prescription medications by their manufacturer/distributor. Now, we expect you to treat MMS exactly the same as prescription medications – and answer the questions.
What is the dose?
What are the contraindications?
I’ve asked you these multiple times but you haven’t answered.
If you don’t answer them, we have to agree with Richard: “I’m also inclined to question whether soundhill has some undeclared association or vested interest in the product.” You do sound just like a snake oil salesman.
Hint: try looking for the answers in the public domain, like on a manufacturers information sheet. Answer them just like the manufacturer of aspirin would.
Don’t just have a stab at Google and cherry pick something that sounds appropriate. Patents are not manufacturers information sheets; it is not expected that the general public has to search among patent applications to find the dosage of aspirin, is it?
To treat it the same as prescription medications, all you have to do is give us the information that would be on a manufacturers information sheet. Simple.
So give me the time other medication sellers have had. And expect that if the acceptance regulation is too lenient or new knowledge comes to light then it may be withdrawn again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_withdrawn_drugs
Also acknowledge that if the acceptance regulation is too tough a useful product may be denied to sufferers.
Should the used of aspirin have been denied till what is known about it today was known?
Manufacturer/distributors of prescription medications have the information sheet available when the medication hits the market.
MMS is already being marketed, so you’ve already had the time that prescription medications have had. Where is the information sheet?
Treat MMS the same as prescription medications, or it’s just snake oil and should never enter the market.
By the way, interesting list. What relevance does it have, other than if you expect MMS to make it onto the list? It won’t, because no-one has shown it has a useful therapeutic effect. You’ll find it in the list of poisons instead.
If you want MMS to be treated by others the same way they treat prescription medications, then there’s a few simple questions to answer first:
“It won’t, because no-one has shown it has a useful therapeutic effect. You’ll find it in the list of poisons instead.” Botox on both lists
“What are the contraindications?” Take care with a person whose metabolism is struggling. Not all known yet. May be changed. Like ECT is no longer thought by many to be appropriate for schizophrenia, only depression perhaps. Some believe it is no better than placebo for that, but it is still used.
“Botox on both lists” Many things are on both lists. “…and what has that to do with the price of fish in china?”
You say you want MMS treated the same as prescription medicines. That means that you have to treat it the same as prescription medicines as well.
Prescription medicines have to have an information sheet before they are marketed. So do we. The manufacturer/distributor has to supply both the sheet and the information. Where is it for MMS?
What is put on the market without any scientific research, claims it can cure many different diseases, is claimed to have no side effects, has no information sheet, and the knowledge of it is spread only by advertising? Answer: snake oil. Oh… …and MMS.
Strike out the “So do we.”
I meant to say that the other commenters on the blog, and myself, want MMS treated the same way as prescription medicines. Somehow I managed to put the sentence in the wrong paragraph.
Be interesting to know more about the progress of regulation of aspirin. http://www.aspirin-foundation.com/what/timeline.html
Bayer’s patent ran out in the 1930s. Stomach trouble was acknowledged before that. The process of drug regulation changes. Do you think it is perfect now? I think the current fiscal considerations make it very difficult for new drugs to come to market. R&D may be just rehashing old, already consented stuff, in new packages for the market.
Ken talked about the Marsden Fund. That only administers a small proportion of what the Public Good Science Fund does. PGSF is giving large amounts to people like Tony Conner who is also funded by genetic modification companies. There may be an agenda to support enterprises who are already doing well. And they won’t do well if another strong cat comes on the block. Commercial science is very tough. China has turned against genetically modified food. So the price of genetically modified corn and soy has dropped in USA. China say it will turn to Ukraine for food. Which may be why the Blackwater/Academi/Xe name changer mercenary security firm fighting in Ukraine is used by Monsanto, could be owned by Monsanto say some.
Which is why I ask Chris to put a fade on the monetary mask. Traditional breeding is ahead of GMO breeding for adapting to needs. Sometimes a gene is inserted to then mark them for patenting. But is has been at great expense to the public good and great commercial benefit.
Humble says he does not have great amounts of money, though others may disagree. Most patenting drug companies have lots of money. Socially motivated people do not always have much money. When companies like Gates/Monsanto donate they may do it with a financial/political agenda and do not actually being about social improvement. Dumping of unwanted soy on poor countries can suffocate local farms and people become poorer.
From Humble’s words he feels compelled to spread the word that he thinks MMS can help against malaria. Other drugs against it are losing their effectiveness. If Marsden fund or PGSF won’t touch it and want to stick with para-consistent maths &c then maybe crowd funding might help with a proving or disproving research.
If we get the TPPA and strict controls being put on nutritional supplements then I think we would see a reduction in the available range with more profit in fewer hands.
“…and what has that to with the price of fish in China.”
You are trying to avoid answering questions.
Do you want MMS treated the same as prescription medications or not?
Is MMS snake oil or not?
Stuartg I would not want you in charge of public transport. It would all travel at about 15km/hr and anyone who wanted to get on would have to jump on it while it is still moving.
Stuartg: “Don’t worry how things might work.
You seem contrary to Chris who is more worried about how they can work than if they do. Chris won’t believe they work unless he or she is able to see how they can.
This thread is about homeopathy, too and before we start to talk about that we ought to understand more about water.
Oh, good. More evidence that Soundhill has serious reading comprehension problems. Quite some time ago, Soundhill, I made my position very clear.
“I’m perfectly okay with not understanding the details of how a particular treatment works. I’m actually okay with nobody fully understanding how it works. But I do expect evidence that it actually works.”
https://openparachute.wordpress.com/2014/11/09/standing-up-to-junk-science-in-new-zealand/#comment-64339
Stuart raises a very good example in penicillin, which is precisely why I hold that attitude. History is littered with things we have made use of but only discovered the theoretical basis for later.
Of course, ideally we would have evidence that something works AND we would understand why.
No-one particularly worries how things work. That can wait till later. They only want to know if things work.
Now, about MMS:
Why don’t you answer these simple questions?
Incidentally, trying to change the subject to homeopathy, despite barely a mention of it in a good 200 comments now, strikes me as a means of trying to evade Stuart’s questions. Again.
One school of charlatanism at a time, please.
Aspirin worked for about a century, then we found out how it worked.
I don’t worry how homeopathy works, because it doesn’t work.
If you say homeopathy works, then prove it.
Homeopathy has been around for over 200 years. Nobody has yet shown that it works.
There is no point in asking how anything works until we know that it does work.
If you say you can drive your car to the moon, then prove it by driving your car to the moon.
If you say that homeopathy works, then prove that it works. Maybe by curing a cancer, or a gram negative sepsis, or even by re-growing an amputated leg (something that medicine can’t do – yet), by using only homeopathy and nothing else?
Now, those questions about MMS:
Why don’t you answer these simple questions? Are you going to answer them, or not?
How many times have I asked these questions and you haven’t answered any of them?
For others apart from soundhill1:
About 200 years ago a German by the surname of Hahnemann invented homeopathy. This was a system where he diluted substances in water or alcohol to a level less than one molecule in a volume of water (or alcohol) greater than the known universe. He claimed that this made the substances very powerful in their effects.
Since medicine mainly used bleeding at the time, medicine was very harmful to patients.
By using only water (or alcohol), homeopathy didn’t do much harm to patients. Medicine, by using bleeding, caused a lot of harm to patients, especially during a cholera epidemic. Homeopathy didn’t do any additional harm over the cholera.
Since then there have been absolutely no advances in homeopathy. Nobody has ever shown any healing that has occurred by use of homeopathy alone.
Medicine, however, has used scientific theory, and advanced more than a little bit in its ability to treat illnesses since those days.
That’s why I say homeopathy doesn’t work.
Now, soundhill, shut up about homeopathy and answer my questions.
@Chris Banks: “claims of 100% cure rates (in a single day, no less) for a diverse range of completely unrelated conditions are, well, quite literally unbelievable.” “I’m perfectly okay with not understanding the details of how a particular treatment works. I’m actually okay with nobody fully understanding how it works. But I do expect evidence that it actually works.” But if it treated several conditions that appeared unrelated to you?
“Depression isn’t the only mental health issue that may be related to infections and autoimmune condition. Writing last year in the Harvard Health blog, Dr. Jeff Szymanski described how some children with strep throat suddenly develop obsessive-compulsive disorder. It’s one manifestation of pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. Quick treatment with antibiotics can reverse the problem.”
http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/infection-autoimmune-disease-linked-to-depression-201306176397
And I didn’t understand your words: “Rambling on about anti-inflammatories and omega-3 as a means of treating depression / autism (erm, what?)”
Soundhill, Soundhill, Soundhill….
You haven’t produced any evidence that Genesis Church has cured 100% of the patients they’ve claimed to have treated with MMS for ebola, cancer, malaria, etcetera.
Heck, you haven’t produced any evidence it’s cured ANYBODY of ANY of these conditions.
You don’t really think “The Genesis Church people say so” counts as evidence, do you? That’s the claim, not the evidence.
“And I didn’t understand your words:”
I see no particular evidence you understand anything I say, Soundhill. Why should a random sentence fragment from a couple of days ago be any different?
Chris wrote: “we should certainly have checks and balances to overcome the monetary incentives which may tempt people to somehow game the system”
One of the rules of the free market is that it is supposed to be contestable. I maintain that it is gaming the system to put up huge barriers to becoming a competitor. In this case that is barriers to considering whether a treatment works and can enter the system, because there is no proof yet that it works.
I have made suggestion about crowd funding to help getting testing done. Then I could claim there is proof that it works for whatever, or could say it works for nothing at all.
It may be simpler for ClO2 than for homeopathy, which many people buy, since to be an effective homeopathy practitioner may require an understanding of water greater than the common understanding.
I think homeopathy is supposed to have some sort of innoculatory effect. I don’t know if it is to do with the phagocytes. But the patent material I posted about ClO2 says that is supposed to stimulate the phagocytes. I also note:
“When bacteria enter some phagocytes, the phagocytes use oxidants and nitric oxide to kill the pathogen”
http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phagocyte
So maybe ClO2 is being used by the phagocytes for their oxidant needs.
Stuartg asked: “What interactions are there with different medications?”
http://bioredox.mysite.com/CLOXhtml/CLOXprnt+refs.htm
“SOME INCOMPATIBILITIES
Acidified sodium chlorite could provide a powerful new opportunity to improve or to restore sensitivity to quinolines by virtue of its oxidative power. However, quinolines contain secondary or tertiary amino groups which react with chlorine dioxide in such a way that both could destroy each other. Some possible strategies to resolve this incompatibility are suggested below.
Acidified sodium chlorite could be used as explained above only as a solo therapy.
Quinoline administration could be withheld until after the acidified sodium chorite has completed its action.
Patients already preloaded with a quinoline could stop this, wait a suitable period of time for this to wash out, then administer the acidified sodium chlorite.
The quinoline could remain in use and while the less active sodium chlorite is administered without acid. This should retain plenty of oxidant effectiveness without destroying any quinoline or wasting too much oxidant.
Switch from a quinoline to an endoperoxide (such as artemisinin) or to a quinone (such as atovaquone) before using acidified sodium chlorite, as these may be less sensitive toward destruction by chlorine dioxide.
Similar problems apply to methylene blue and many other drugs if they have an unoxidized sulfur atom, a phenol group, a secondary amine or a tertiary amine. Such are also very reactive with the chlorine dioxide component. [58a] ”
( On The Mechanisms Of Toxicity Of Chlorine Oxides Against Malarial Parasites – An Overview
By Thomas Lee Hesselink, MD
Copyright September 6, 2007
The purpose of this article is to propose research.
Nothing in this article is intended as medical advice.
No claims, promises nor guarantees are made.)
Yeah, right. “The purpose of this article is to propose research.
No claims, promises nor guarantees are made.” In other words, this is what Hesselink thinks, he’s proposing that someone else does the research (he hasn’t actually done any), and no-one should believe what he says anyway. And this is the BEST information you’ve got on MMS?
Actually, I asked more than one question about MMS. I’ve asked them numerous times and you still haven’t answered any of them.
For any prescription medication the answers to all of these questions can be found on the information sheet that comes with the medication.
These are straightforward, standard questions that are asked of any prescription medication, and answered before the medication reaches the market. Why don’t you have the answers for MMS? After all, it’s already on the market and is being advertised.
The way you comment on this blog suggests the answers to those last two questions are “No” and “Yes” respectively.
Stuartg, I imagine the NZ government plan for global warming/malaria/drug resistance for NZ is so far non-existent. At some stage profits of selling increasing doses of existing drugs will be a factor and hospitalisation GDP. I find it awful that our world depends on war and disaster for stimulating GDP. Christchurch has been the improving economy in NZ since the quakes.
So I am up against a very strong block when I talk about types of preparedness.
Hesselink’s article cites over 50 articles in connection with OVERCOMING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE WITH OXIDATION. Which won’t only apply to malaria. Also to many diseases, (and possibly those which are the result of horizontal gene transfer from antibiotic resistance genes inserted by genetic modification in our food we import, as well as use of antibiotics as growth stimulants in animals we eat.)
In total Hesselink has cited getting on for 1000 papers. It would take a long time to count them, let alone read them.
Indeed Dr Hesselink is asking for assistance with research.
I can see why he needs help. That has to be one of the worst efforts at sounding scientific I have ever seen. He should probably start with a remedial research methodology course, then one on science writing. He could follow that up with experimental methodology… And that might just leave him prepared to conduct the research he says he wants to do. I’m sure his good friend Jim Humble would stump up the money if he asked nicely.
As to the “look, a thousand papers” bit, I refer you here:
https://sites.google.com/site/mmsdebunked/home/mms-scam
“They cite an absolute mountain of articles, which looks impressive, but all this amounts to is the logical fallacy called Proof by Verbosity, or argumentum verbosium. There are so many articles that to sift through them all and refute them would be a mammoth task. The fact that no one has done so is used as a “proof” that the argument is valid when all it really proves is that no one has the time or patience to wade through it all. The fact is, it doesn’t matter how high you stack cow pats, in the end all you’ll have is still a pile of dung.
If you look through the cited articles, it really doesn’t take long to see that they are pretty much all about how sodium chlorite is a disinfectant, and how oxygen can kill parasites and viruses etc. Which is all true, however there is NOT one single article which links the two, not one single article actually supports the claim that sodium chlorite has some health benefit in the human body . That “miracle cure” claim is ONLY ever made by Jim Humble and Hesselink.”
The mms-scam page is using enotive language and not addressing the phagocyte issue, rather saying ClO2 is only a disinfectant.
Yet again, you do not answer my questions about MMS. They are the same questions asked of every prescription medication before marketing.
Anyone would think that you either don’t have any answers, meaning MMS is not a medication, or that MMS is just snake oil.
Yet again:
The lack of answers to these simple questions is merely confirming that MMS is snake oil.
And you aren’t using emotive language?
Emotive language makes no difference to the conclusions that good science reaches. Good science on that page concludes that MMS is a good disinfectant but has no therapeutic effects otherwise.
It’s up to you to prove that MMS is any more than a disinfectant.
Oh noes! Emotive language! How dare people describe quacks as, well, quacks? Why can’t we just naively believe whatever we’re told by some random guy who pasted a thousand references into an incoherent document which, according to the disclaimer, is not actually making any claims whatsoever?
Seriously, Soundhill. The issue, which you are once again attempting to sidestep, is that no evidence whatsoever has been produced in support of the efficacy of MMS. I mean, if this person, who is supposedly intent on extolling the benefits of MMS to the world, managed to paste in a thousand references without a single one of them providing any such evidence, wouldn’t you think that’s a pretty good indication the evidence doesn’t actually exist?
@Chris: “no evidence whatsoever has been produced in support of the efficacy of MMS.” Hesselink’s article is about the mechanism.
The idea of oxidants and malaria has been around for a while. The parasite somewhat oxidises a red blood cell it inhabits. If the cell is further oxidised and dies the parasite dies with it. So the parasitise cells will be killed by extra oxidant more readily than non-parasitised cells.
As resistance increases and combinations of existing drugs become less effective possible ClO2 could get more attention.
Great that Humble found it out and wants to pass it on. I read he asked Bill Gates for help but Gates does not want to develop new stuff.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jm00402a001
“Great that Humble found it out and wants to pass it on.”
Not great. He hasn’t passed on any evidence that it works. The only evidence we have is that he’s selling snake oil to make a quick buck.
Show us that it isn’t just snake oil.
Stuartg if you were the AllBlacks coach the team would lose because no new players would be taken on, because they had not yet proved themselves in an international AllBlack match.
A number of anti-malarial drugs works by destroying folic acid. If they are given early in pregnancy the neural tube defects are possible. Supplementing folic acid may stop the anti-malarial drug from working. It may be hard to balance if at all possible. So ClO2 needs to be checked if it has such a side effect. Does it destroy folic acid?
“Hesselink’s article is about the mechanism.”
Well then, I’ll chalk that up to problem’s with your reading comprehension. We have, after all, been very clear that we want evidence the stuff actually works.
Why, given extremely clear statements to this effect, you are wasting our time with claims about the mechanism by which people claim it works (incoherent as those claims are), I haven’t the faintest idea.
More efforts at diversion, I suppose.
Oh wait, I ‘m sorry, The disclaimer says the document makes no claims. Therefore, it can’t possibly be about the mechanism by which MMS is supposed to work.
Difficult to tell what the point of the document is, really, if it’s not making any claims. Perhaps the guy just wanted to spam readers with as many citation as he could as part of a desperate cry for help.
Again. All I am asking for MMS is the information sheet that comes with every prescription medicine from the first day a prescription medication hits the market.
MMS is on the market. You say it’s a medicine. So give us its information sheet.
You say you want MMS treated the same as prescription medications, but your actions in not giving us that information give the lie to that.
Without that information, MMS is just snake oil.
Now, are you going to give us that information, or by not giving it to us acknowledge that MMS is snake oil?
No claims, promises nor guarantees are made.”
It’s snake oil.
Stuartg: “evidence that it works” here’s some evidence of what may NOT WORK for malaria.
“Antiparasitic resistance
The prime example for MDR against antiparasitic drugs is malaria. Plasmodium vivax has become chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistant a few decades ago, and as of 2012 artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum has emerged in western Cambodia and western Thailand.” MDR=multidrug resistant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_drug_resistance
And it’s not only about malaria.
Behold the desperation as Soundhill tries any tangent he can think of to divert attention from the fact that he can’t find any evidence that MMS works on anything at all.
What are NZ’s plans to deal with MDR malaria in immigrants? http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2014/WTP056987.htm
The basics of medicine safety:
1. Know why you are using a medicine; what therapeutic effect you are expecting.
2. Know the dose to take, how much and how often, in order to get the therapeutic effect you want.
3. Know what illnesses the medicine is likely to make worse.
4. Know what other medications, drugs, foodstuffs the medicine will interact with.
5. Know the problems that have been reported as possible side effects.
You know all this. You have made comments about aspirin, warfarin, statins, and other prescription medications that show you have carefully read about all these things on the information sheets. You have even made comments that suggest that you think the information sheet doesn’t go far enough.
You would not swallow something if you didn’t know what it did, how much you were taking, when the next lot was to be taken, had no idea whether it would make you worse, no idea of any side effect, or any effects on other substances you were taking.
No-one has shown MMS has any therapeutic effects.
No-one has given a specific dose, how much or how often.
No-one has said what illnesses it must not be used in.
No-one has made a list of interactions with medications, recreational drugs, or even foodstuffs.
No-one has given a list of side effects.
I want MMS to be treated exactly the same a prescription medications. You have said you want the same. I want the basics of medicine safety for MMS made public, just like they are made public for prescription medications. You don’t want that at all, as you have avoided answering those safety questions every single time that I have asked them. What you say is not what you do.
The only possible reason I can think of for your behaviour is that you know that MMS is snake oil and that you have some financial interest in selling it. In science this is called a conflict of interest and has to be declared up front.
Now, a single question that HAS to be answered if you want anyone to take you seriously:
Do you have a conflict of interest over MMS? Yes or no.
You said: “What are NZ’s plans to deal with MDR malaria in immigrants?”
Try the MoH website. It took me nearly 10 seconds to find what you are after.
No need to make any more comments or ask about it further.
I have no conflict of interest.
All of the patients with malaria in New Zealand that I have diagnosed, confirmed and then treated with prescription medications have been cleared of the parasite with never a mention of MMS.
If you avoid answering the question of whether you have a conflict of interest over MMS, or if you decline to answer the question, then the logical assumption is that you do have a conflict of interest.
Malaria UK
Year Deaths
Ken: “Writing on Sciblogs, Dr Grant Jacobs ”
I have checked Grant on Sciblogs and offered on Saturday the following on a June 26article, and he has not approved it so far.
From the Seralini study: “Because of recent reviews on GM foods indicating no specific risk of cancer [2,16], but indicating signs of hepatorenal dysfunction within 3 months [1,7], we had no reason to adopt a carcinogenesis protocol using 50 rats per group.” (16 is the Snell review.) The 50 rats per group for the carcinogenesis protocol is a much larger number than required for the toxicology protocol. But I understand that requirement for a greater number is to make sure there is no cancer even at low frequency. So the fact that tumors showed up in the smaller number of rats required for a toxicology test was newsworthy, as well as something that protocol requires to be reported even though it was not part of the experiment. A lot of criticism has been aimed at this paper based on the straw man principle, saying there were too few rats for a cancer test when it was not a cancer test.”
What has that to do with me, sound hill?
What has the number of deaths from malaria in the UK got to do with a conflict of interest? Or even with you answering questions about the safety of MMS?
Ken your article is quoting from sources who do not appear to give space to opposing reason. Another example the Science Media Centre has reported about transgenic mosquitoes to work against malaria. They mention risks of the process but contrast that with human lives saved, but skim over the risks.
“Simply considered as a genetic trick, it is ingenious. Shredding the X chromosome of the male will make all of its offspring males. That is because female mosquitoes (like female humans) have two X chromosomes, one from the male parent and the other from the female parent, so without the contribution of the X chromosome from the male parent, only male offspring will result. A completely sterile male mosquito is useless, as it just dies out without affecting the population. But a fully fertile one that breeds exclusively males and pass on the sex-distorter trait would be ideal, as it would indeed wipe out the natural population, provided the trait is stably inherited. It would have been the perfect solution to destroying the natural populations of mosquitoes that transmit malaria; except that the DNA-cutting enzyme is by not means “specific” to “ribosomal gene sequences located exclusively on the mosquito’s X-chromosome” as stated. On the contrary, it cuts at a target sequence in ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes – numerous copies of which are present in all eukaryote genomes – plus other sites as well, and the transgenic mosquitoes have been created using a jumping gene (transposon) vector that promiscuously invades all genomes. It is the female mosquitoes that bite people and transmit disease; so any transgenic female mosquitoes among the offspring would inject GM DNA containing the vector and I-PpoI transgene for horizontal transfer into people’s cells to shred their genomes. ”
http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Beware_the_New_Breakthrough_Transgenic_Mosquitoes.php
Again sound hill, what has this to do with me?
You are blatantly trolling my article here. If you cannot get comments on ancient articles in someone else’s blog you should either accept that as logical or take it up with the blogger.
If you respond to this with another blatant trolling which has nothing to do with this blog I will put you in moderation.
This is not an agony aunt column.
Stuartg my conflict of interest is with corporatocracy which controls media. Ken has been talking about MH17 and may understand.
Stuartg you are suggesting I have a conflict of interest when I ask for investigation of MMS. That technique of accusation is very prominent in the Ukraine conflict with USA allies accusing Russia of things the USA are doing themselves.
That sounds very much like you are avoiding the question and do have a conflict of interest.
“Stuartg you are suggesting I have a conflict of interest when I ask for investigation of MMS.”
To place a medication on the market, the manufacturer/distributor has to make public some basic safety information. If that information is not available, then the manufacturer/distributor should not place it on the market until they can supply it, ie have done the research themselves.
Claiming a chemical can cure lots of things, without giving doses, dose intervals, interactions, avoidance criteria and side effects is what snake oil salesmen do.
You are doing it for MMS.
I have suggested that you have a conflict of interest over MMS and am really interested that you have not denied the conflict of interest and then immediately tried two major changes of subject in an attempt to avoid the question and hide that you have been asked it.
Sounds very much like a snake oil salesman to me.
Do you have a conflict of interest over MMS, or not?
Where is the manufacturer/distributor basic safety information for MMS?
No, Stuartg. It’s quite common to point out opposing sources’ possible bias, so as to warn readers against everything else they contribute, and not to give space when others try to point out your similar failings. I am OK with your comments because I know others may be reading this without seeing everything I write: some of my concerns about MMS so far have been included. That it tries to oxidise blood cells you have said and I have acknowledged. I say again those cells harbouring a parasite are already under some oxidative stress and more likely to die, so destroy the parasite. You or Chris have said that explanation was not clear. A number of medical treatments, especially cancer treatments, work by destroying the body’s cells in addition to the cancer and hope for regeneration which does however not always occur. In the MMS case it is hoped a dose will not kill healthy cells, but not certain. The body may warn with vomiting. This has been a learning process for me.
“That it tries to oxidise blood cells you have said and I have acknowledged.” No, you said that.
What I said was that to get concentrations of MMS in the blood that would kill the intracellular malarial parasite, you need to reach concentrations that also kill human cells. Concentrations of MMS that kill malarial parasites in the petrie dish will also kill human cells in the same petrie dish. Concentrations of MMS in blood that will kill malarial parasites within the human body will also kill cells of the human body. I don’t see the point in killing the malaria if you also kill the human as well.
You even acknowledged the problem yourself: “In the MMS case it is hoped a dose will not kill healthy cells, but not certain.” “…hope for regeneration which does however not always occur.” You hope? It’s a bit too late when people start dropping dead. I keep telling you, it’s up to the manufacturer/distributor to provide basic safety information BEFORE anything is marketed.
“The body may warn with vomiting.” Or may not… People may just drop dead… …or may not. Where is that basic safety information that you keep avoiding telling us about?
Your professed concerns about MMS are a front for something else. If your concerns were real then you would be asking for exactly the same basic safety information that I am.
You have no wish that MMS be treated like prescription medications, otherwise you would be asking exactly the same questions that I am.
Both Chris and I have said that we don’t want, or even need to know how MMS works. We just need to know that it does work. So far, neither you nor anybody else has shown that MMS works.
(Quick examples: that gunpowder worked was known for centuries before people knew how it worked. Not knowing how gunpowder worked didn’t stop people from using it. That boats floated may have been known for millennia before it was worked out why. Not knowing why they floated didn’t stop people from putting out to sea.) (btw, that’s not a change of topic. I could use many medications as examples, but you would only use them to continue to avoid answering questions.)
You are trying to sell MMS (using the sense of advertise) without providing indications, contraindications, doses, interactions, or side effects. That is the action of a snake oil salesman.
You keep avoiding the question of your own conflict of interest over MMS, just like a snake oil salesman would.
Now, do you have that basic safety information or not?
Do you have a conflict of interest or not?
Failing to answer tells us “No” and “Yes” respectively.
Stuartg: “Concentrations of MMS that kill malarial parasites in the petrie dish will also kill human cells in the same petrie dish. Concentrations of MMS in blood that will kill malarial parasites within the human body will also kill cells of the human body.”
No, and yes. Yes cells, that is some cells (a fuzzy part of English where you may hope people think all cells in contact with the oxidant, when you say “cells”), of the human body will be killed but more likely the infected ones. The malarial parasites will die if they do not have the blood cell to live in. Al least at certain stages. So it is not necessary to apply enough oxidant that will kill the parasites directly. The infected cells will be killed more easily, being already under stress. And when they are dead the parasites die inside them.
That is a mechanism, which you don’t want to know about, but you described a mechanism.
Stuartg, I do not have a conflict of interest in the sense that I am trying to sell MMS or promote it so that others may make a financial gain from it. Now please declare that about what you are promoting.
What am I promoting? Nothing. You are the one promoting MMS.
All I’m doing is asking you to give us the basic safety information behind MMS.
I’m asking about the science. You are providing us with junk science.
Along the way of you never giving us the basic safety information, you have tried to divert down many other avenues. It’s almost as though you don’t want people to know how, or even if, they can take MMS safely. As a mild diversion, I’ve actually corrected more than a few errors in your knowledge about prescription medications and the function of the human body.
Let’s do that again with another correction. Maybe more than one.
“Malarial parasites will die if they do not have the blood cell to live in.” (I presume that you mean inside the human body, not inside Anopheles mosquitoes.) Wrong, again. Inside the human, they routinely live in liver cells (hepatocytes) as well. They can transfer between hepatocytes and erythrocytes. One of the worst types of malaria is cerebral malaria, where the malarial parasites are living in brain cells as well. So, malarial parasites definitely don’t die if they are outside the blood cell.
“…all cells in contact with the oxidant…” By oxidant, I take it you mean the industrial bleach called MMS. Check out “volume of distribution.” All cells of the body are in contact with the circulatory system. They get their oxygen and nourishment from the blood. If you poisoned someone with MMS, then the blood stream is how it would reach every cell in the body. If cells don’t have a blood supply, they die. (Hint: look up “gangrene”)
The theoretical volume of distribution of simple ions such as Cl is such that every cell in the human body would be exposed to equal concentrations on the outside. I say “theoretical” because the practical measurement of the volume of distribution of Cl would be too risky for ethics committees to allow it to happen. It would be as ethical as measuring the same for CN.
If you did put MMS into the blood, intracellular malarial parasites would be exposed to a lower concentration of MMS than the erythrocytes or hepatocytes they were inside (hint: it’s called the diffusion gradient). Once the cell died and burst open (killed by MMS) the parasite would then be exposed to the full concentration of MMS in the blood, a strength that had already killed its host cell. This is obviously entirely theoretical because the manufacturer/distributor has never run the test.
“Hesselink’s article is about the mechanism (of action of MMS).” And you believe it? Even Hesselink says “Nothing in this article is intended as medical advice. No claims, promises nor guarantees are made.” – or don’t you believe what Hesselink has actually written?
As I said. I don’t need to know the mechanism of action of MMS. Nobody needs to know the mechanism of action of MMS. They do need to know if MMS works or not. So far, all of the data says “not.”
Now, what is the basic safety information about MMS? The stuff that tells you the dose, dosage interval, contraindications, interactions and side effects? You know, it’s the simple stuff that you insist on knowing about any prescription medication before you take it.
Actually, I think I do have a point of interest, although it’s not a conflict.
I don’t want to see anyone die of MMS poisoning.
@Stuartg wrote including partially quoting me: ““Malarial parasites will die if they do not have the blood cell to live in.” (I presume that you mean inside the human body, not inside Anopheles mosquitoes.) Wrong, again. Inside the human, they routinely live in liver cells (hepatocytes) as well. They can transfer between hepatocytes and erythrocytes. One of the worst types of malaria is cerebral malaria, where the malarial parasites are living in brain cells as well. So, malarial parasites definitely don’t die if they are outside the blood cell.”
But I had added an extra sentence:
“The malarial parasites will die if they do not have the blood cell to live in. Al least at certain stages.”
I am still learning, but I understand those “certain stages” are fundamental.
I gave this ref on my post referring to Gates, and maybe you thought it was about him and did not click on it.
So I’ll type out the first bit and hope you can click on the rest. Maybe you even have access to this journal and could see the whole 1988 article. I would be interested to know more about it.
“Complex adaptations are necessary for the survival of malaria parasites. Not only must plasmodia survive temporarily as as free living organisms (sporozoites or merosoites) but they also must be able to recognise an appropriate host red cell, penetrate and replicate within it. In the intraerythrocytic phase, successful replication of the parasite entails having as little adverse effect upon the red cell as possible. In the event that the host cell is damaged so that it cannot survive the necessary 49-72 h, the parasite is doomed because immature blood-form plasmodia cannot survive.”
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jm00402a001
First, thanks for acknowledging you were wrong with “Malarial parasites will die if they do not have the blood cell to live in.”
Even though you have been wrong with many other things, I think this is the first time you have acknowledged it.
Your quote then confirms that the erythrocyte is not “under oxidative stress”, as you have said before, but tells us that its parasite has “as little adverse effect upon the red cell as possible”. It also confirms that the erythrocyte has to be killed before its malarial parasite becomes doomed. Both are directly contradictory to your quotes from Hesselink (who, of course, warned that nothing his article should be believed or was guaranteed.) It’s what happens when you cherry pick.
“I would be interested to know more about it.” If this is true then there are many general medicine texts more recent that that 1998 article, any of which will bring you more up to date about malaria.
If you are “still learning,” then I always recommend going back to learning the basics. Just trying the University of Google results in the cherry picking of papers that you don’t understand and don’t even know enough of the basics to know that you don’t understand (reference: Dunning-Kruger effect). Nice try on attempting to divert away from MMS though.
Now, before someone ingests MMS, where is the basic safety information that they need to know? (Indications, contraindications, dosages, interactions, side effects)?
“First, thanks for acknowledging you were wrong with “Malarial parasites will die if they do not have the blood cell to live in.” ”
Ever had flesh eating bacteria? It’s very scary, advancing visibly by the hour.
The fucithalmic acid treatment, if it works, does not kill the bacteria.
It is a similar thing, it gets at the reproductive stage.
Trying to divert again?
Before someone ingests MMS, where is the basic safety information that they need to know? (Indications, contraindications, dosages, interactions, side effects)?
Are you are referring to necrotising fasciitis?
Why you mention antibiotic eye drops (fucithalmic acid) for deep seated fascial and skin infections is beyond me. But then I can’t understand why you would want to use MMS without it being tested for effectiveness or safety either.
What is the basic safety information for MMS?
Stuartg wrote: “First, thanks for acknowledging you were wrong with “Malarial parasites will die if they do not have the blood cell to live in.” ”
Once again you have partially quoted me, missing “At least at certain stages.”
I could have written, they will DIE OFF if their reproductive habitat is lost. That is they themselves try not to kill the red blood cells their multiplication happens in. But they do weaken those cells, which become easier to kill by oxidation of ClO2, or thereabouts.
You’ve already said that you are still learning.
Go back to the basics.
Go to a textbook. I’ve suggested a textbook of general medicine.
Read the chapter on malaria.
If you can be bothered, then go and read the references, then their references.
Then you will know the basics of malaria.
The references you have given so far directly contradict each other. That alone demonstrates that you have not understood the basics.
You are cherry picking from Google, but you don’t know enough about the basics to recognise what you don’t know and don’t understand. It’s called the Dunning-Kruger effect.
I want to understand about MMS. Show me the basic safety information about MMS that would contradict all the screeds of information I have about it being poisonous industrial bleach.
Show me the basics about MMS, whilst you go off and learn the basics about malaria.
Stuartg wrote: “Why you mention antibiotic eye drops (fucithalmic acid) for deep seated fascial and skin infections is beyond me.”
You are always just trying to get me out and not offer helpful knowledge that you ought to have if you are working in iatrogenics.
Sorry I should have said fusidic acid or sodium fusidate which is the active component in Foban as it is in Fucithalmic eye drops.
This is a blog. We can only read what you write.
You write something.
Someone corrects you.
You then say “what I meant was…”
Someone corrects that.
What you are doing is shifting the goalposts.
My goalpost has always been the basic safety information behind MMS. By that I mean the stuff that you can read about for any prescription medication by opening the information sheet.
You have been kicking in all sorts of directions without coming anywhere near the goalposts. Some of the “kicks” have been pushes, throws or headers. I’ve effectively been saying “yes, nice kick, you can do a bit better – but the goalposts are not in that direction, they are over there.”
Now, where is the basic safety information about MMS?
Stuartg: “I want to understand about MMS. Show me the basic safety information about MMS that would contradict all the screeds of information I have about it being poisonous industrial bleach.”
Do you remember our exchange: “”Botox on both lists” Many things are on both lists.”?
I am learning. At the beginning of this I did not know about the sensitive stage of certain malaria parasites. The goalpost did not shift. I gained an understanding of how the toxic ClO2 could work, being dosed so as not to be strong enough to kill red blood cells unless they are already under stress such as from a replicating malaria parasite.
A blog is a discussion or informational site on the WWW.
A helpful blogger ought to say, “:Don’t you mean?” if they know.
The problem is not what you “should” have said, but what you did say. No-one can reply to what you “should” have said unless you said it.
You said “fucithalmic acid” not something else. I can only reply to “fucithalmic acid.” I can’t reply to anything else – you could have “meant” to say “State Highway 1,’ or “Betelgeuse,” or indeed anything else at all – but what you did say was “fucithalmic acid.”.
Yet again, you are kicking the ball nowhere near the goalposts. You are trying to divert us away from the goalposts. I have pointed out the goalposts many times.
Where is the basic safety information about MMS?
I refrained from pointing out that MMS isn’t on both lists. It’s only on the list of poisons.
Stuartg wrote: “My goalpost has always been the basic safety information behind MMS. By that I mean the stuff that you can read about for any prescription medication by opening the information sheet.”
And I have tried to give various analogies, getting on a moving train, playing in an international All Blacks match when you have not yet shown yourself doing that.
Information sheets evolve. Wiki says too frequent use of fusidic acid is causing bacteria to become resistant.
The MSDS for ClO2 as a treatment needs to evolve.
This is a blog about what is junk science, and ought to be able to encompass change. Climate change science is becoming less junked. Big names like Rockefeller are getting out of fossil investments quite recently announced.
But you want a static position in which only things already regstered and thaterefore have a medical MSDS may be classed as non-junk science. Even though they vary between countries, as with fusidic acid guidelines. Fusidic acid was reintroduced as other antibiotics lost their potency in an environment of bacterial adaptation. Now it is losing its potency, though it was very good for the fast growing dark-brown-black infection of a paper-cut-like scratch on my finger.
“Information sheets evolve.”
I’m happy to accept ANY information sheet on MMS, as long as it covers the basic safety information.
At the moment the evolution of the safety information needs to get it on to “sheet” form.
The information has been evolving in countries in which literacy may not be optimum. There we have the problem that farmers may not be able to read the instructions on pesticides. (That impacts not only their health but the health of countries they export to.) The video format for MSDS and cellphone technology may be a boon in that regard.
Maybe someone will write the data from the videos down on a sheet. It may or may not be able to be done satisfactorily.
A heavy object dropping from a high tower does not land directly below where it was dropped from. It took science some time to explain it. So you want evidence as well as the info sheet. That is evolving, too. Humble has tried to involve Gates, but Gates only wants stuff already on the USA-literate train.
ffs soundhill.
You are full of total s*it.
Put a plug in it.
“But you want a static position in which only things already regstered and thaterefore have a medical MSDS may be classed as non-junk science.(sic)” You said that, not me.
I agree with the international community about a substance intended to be used as a medication:
What illness(es) are we going to use it for?
What illness(es) have we to avoid using it?
What dose do we give?
What interactions have been recorded so far?
What side effects have been recorded so far?
All of that is basic safety information.
That basic safety information is publicly available for every prescription medication before it gets to the market.
MMS is listed as a poison. It is sold in containers marked “poison.” The containers have advice about emergency measures to take when someone ingests it, and who to call to get emergency advice and treatment. All of the publicly available information for MMS says, in effect, “do not ingest this substance, it will do you a lot of harm.” MMS can, and does, kill people.
You want MMS to be freely available on the market, with no restrictions about who buys it, or what they do with it. So what are you doing to make sure those people are not poisoned by MMS?
“You want MMS to be freely available on the market, with no restrictions about who buys it, or what they do with it.”
No. Where it has evolved, written instructions, labels may be of little use.
This thread is supposed to be about science, but appears to be about conventions.
Richard, give me your correction then.
“Bill Gates told Jim Humble that he wouldn’t consider looking at sodium chlorite solution until it was tested and approved by the FDA.”
http://g2cforum.org/index.php/list/general-discussion/1447-gates-foundation-invests-10-million-in-vaccines-developer
soundhill.
Final note.
I agree with Richard.
You don’t learn the basics, so the Dunning-Kruger effect is strong and the science of your arguments weak to non-existent.
You keep using junk science to promote MMS, an industrial bleach which is also a listed poison, as a “medicine.”
I have asked you tens of times for the basic safety information about MMS. The information I asked for is just the same as is freely available for every prescription medication.
You have prevaricated, diverted and done many other things in order not to admit that there is no basic safety information about MMS.
You are correct in that the thread has been about junk science. You have supplied a high percentage of the examples of junk science, for which I thank you.
The amazing thing is that I do not believe that you have recognised what you have been doing.
Now, put a plug in it.
Stuartg I am not promoting MMS I am examining the limited logic by which it has been classed as junk science. Looking to the future it may have a place. I have reported examples of where it is used as an adjunct with other medications such as cancer chemotherapy.
Wiki says fusidic acid should not be used by itself in some jurisdictions. So is that a problem of the fusidic acid or the jurisdictions or both?
Possibly same with chlorite, maybe should not be used by itself..
Hope for a science discussion which looks to the future and not for one which seeks to perpetuate the exisitng.
T A Crosbie | November 28, 2014 at 2:04 pm |
I think I might be joining the Skeptics movement:
The Government was considering guidelines to scientists on the difference between speaking about their areas of expertise, and advocacy.
A total of 384 New Zealand scientists answered the Association of Scientists’ survey, half of whom work in Crown research institutes, or CRIs.
Association president Nicola Gaston said of those who had not felt gagged, many said they had witnessed it happening to others.
“There’s an issue around embarrassing the Government, but the funding issue is quite poor so the kinds of commercial funding that come into the CRIs, those contracts are one particular issue.
“But there’s also the idea of Government funding being effected by speaking out, saying the wrong things, perhaps having a point of view which is not that of the expert reviewers on a particular funding proposal.”
Dr Gaston said most scientists wanted to know what the new ethics code would be before saying whether they were for or against it.
I am sure you would enjoy the NZ Skeptics Trev. I understand they have some great discussions on fluoridation.
You might enjoy them.
@T A Crosbie. Skeptic or not always need to be careful not to cherry pick research. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/26/opinion/the-problem-with-prostate-screening.html?_r=1
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Book Review: Porcelain: A Novelette by William Hage
Out near the Pine Barrens in New Jersey sits the Whateley Bed & Breakfast, home of a wide collection of knick-knacks and antiques for its guests to view, including a beautifully ornate porcelain doll. However, after the Whateley’s latest guest purchases the doll as a gift, a horrifying series of nightmarish events begins to unfold.
This is the final review for the 2015 ARCs I accepted (6 total). Woo! This 8,000 word novelette was the perfect way to wrap up my year of ARCs. Bite sized, it kept me entertained for almost precisely the duration of the public transit portion of my commute.
This short horror involves a father buying a doll for his daughter, only to have the doll wind up to be evil. I don’t consider that a spoiler, because I think it’s pretty clear from the cover and the description that is what is about to go down. While some of the evil doll aspects were about what I was expecting, others were not. The scenes happened at just the right pace to hold interest, and I did find myself hoping I’d have time to finish the novelette without having to stop. I think the story is helped by reading it in one sitting, so I would advise picking it up when you know you have enough time to finish it in one go.
All of this said, while I enjoyed it and it is well-written, it just didn’t linger with me. I wound up feeling quite neutral about it. Perhaps because the novelette is so short that there’s no time to establish an emotional connection with the main character. It’s also possible that the ending just failed to wow me. That said, other readers who are more generally into short fiction than I am will probably enjoy it more than I did.
Overall, this is a well-written piece of short fiction that should be read in one sitting. Recommended to fans of short horror.
Categories: Book, Genre, horror, Review Tags: book, Book, doll, evil doll, new jersey, porcelain, porcelain: a novelette, Review, short, short fiction, william hage
2015’s Accepted Review Copies!
January 24, 2015 opinionsofawolf 5 comments
Here on Opinions of a Wolf, I open up to submissions of review copies in November and December. I predetermine a number I will accept to be reviewed the following year. You can view more about my review process here. You may view the accepted review copies post for 2014 by clicking on the year. For 2015, I decided to accept 6 books.
This year, 37 review requests were submitted. This means I only accepted 16% of the submitted books. Put another way, each book only had a 16% chance of being accepted.
Authors submitting to me were 59% male, 38% female, and 3% preferred not to say. Last year only 26% of the submitting authors were female. I am pleased at the increase for two reasons. I’m a female author myself and like to support other female authors, but also the world is approximately half female, and I’d like for my submissions to reflect that.
14% of authors submitting self-identified as GLBTQA! I am really pleased at this, as I actively sought out authors identifying this way. However, 19% of the books were identified as having significant GLBTQA content. This means that more than just GLBTQA people are featuring GLBTQA characters, and that makes me really happy.
The above graph depicts the genres submitted to me. I only accept the genres listed in the graph. You can easily see that scifi was by far the most submitted genre, with 35% of the books. This is followed by thriller and horror with 24% and 16%, respectively. Nonfiction was clearly the least submitted, with only 6% of the books being any type of nonfiction at all. Next year, I would like to see more variety in my submissions as far as genres go. More cozies, paranormal or western romance, and nonfiction.
When I was doing my initial pass through of the books submitted to me, I created a document of blinded book summaries. This means I only saw the summaries of the books, no other data, not even the title. They were also randomized so I had no idea which were submitted when. Using this technique, I eliminated half of the books. In the final pass through, things like gender of the author, genre, and GLTBQA content were taken into consideration to give me a more diverse reading list for the year. I also took into consideration whether or not the author was willing to participate in a giveaway, as well as the format of the book being offered, particularly when doing a tie-breaker. For instance, all other things equal, if one book was willing for me to host a giveaway and another wasn’t, the one with the giveaway won.
I provide these stats for two reasons. First to give everyone an idea of the competition the accepted books were up against. It’s an accomplishment to be accepted for review here! Second, I want those considering submitting to me this November and December to look at these stats and take them into consideration when submitting. Consider the fact that I don’t want to read only scifi all year. If you have a nonfiction or a cozy waiting to be reviewed, it has a higher chance of being accepted. But enough stats! It’s time to get to the accepted review copies!
The review copies are listed below in alphabetical order by title. The authors of the accepted review copies are half female and half male. One of the authors identifies as GLBTQA, and one of the books has GLBTQA content. Summaries are pulled from GoodReads or Amazon, since I have yet to read them myself and so cannot write my own. These books will be read and reviewed here in 2015, although what order they are read in is entirely up to my whim at the moment.
The Everlasting: Da Eb’Bulastin
By: Rasheedah Prioleau
After another incident of sleepwalking, Aiyana Gamelle wakes up lying under the stars on the Beach of Sa’Fyre Island, an island off the cost of South Carolina with a rich Gullah and Native American history.
Knowing these incidents of sleepwalking have something to do with her long awaited transition into queen of the island, Aiyana shrugs them off as little more than a nuisance to be expected since her lineage leads to a mysterious African goddess.
Aiyana moves forward with plans to host a week long festival that will end with her succession to the island throne, but the murder of an important guest and the passing of her grandmother threaten to bring the festivities to a screeching halt. Then Aiyana learns that the transition involves an unwanted possession and the revelation of a dark family curse.
Mark of the Harbinger: Fall of Eden
By: Chris R. McCarthy
Genre: Scifi
Stranded from Earth for five-thousand-years with no hope of rescue, a deep space colonization ship named Eden becomes the new home for humanity. Half its population lives a life of luxury, while the other live in destitution. When a man wakes aboard the ship without memories, he must uncover the clues of not only his identity but his origin.
With the help of a female rebel he becomes embroiled in the plot to overthrow an oppressive regime, and forced to decide if doing so could cause the extinction of the human race.
The Mediator Pattern
By: J.D. Lee
Some people wait an entire lifetime for purpose. Some don’t find it at all. Some spend an eternity searching for paradise… for a Utopia. But sometimes purpose and paradise come at a cost.
BelisCo-San Jose boasts all the latest breakthrough technology: the fax machine, the electric typewriter, the tri-ox system transport vehicle and the newest technological breakthrough, the porta-fax. With innovations galore, BelisCo-San Jose is a modern-day Utopia—perfectly designed, complete with adult-only zones, smoking and non-smoking zones, cannabis, cigarettes, food, work, income, and reliable, clean transportation—all provided by BelisCo.
But things are not entirely as they seem in San Jose. It is here that jaded, chain-smoking Marcus Metiline’s world is turned upside down. After taking a mediation job with the ubiquitous BelisCo and meeting a peculiar doctor beyond the city’s zoned limits, Marcus’s world quickly unravels. It all starts with flashes of déjà vu and memories that have gone astray. As Marcus searches for answers to the increasingly strange events around him, it’s not long before he discovers that the fate of the world rests in him.
He’s been told exactly what he needs to do… But is something bigger moving him along?
Porcelain: A Novelette
By: William Hage
Set Adrift
By: D.S. Kenn
Terric Blythe is a hybrid demon and wolf shifter whose life has largely been spent in anonymous cities, moving among people while keeping them at arm’s length. The list of those who matter to him is short, but when he cares, he does completely. He has allowed himself to love the one person who truly knows him.
Jordyn Kinsley is an achingly beautiful vampire, haunted by her past. Choices and chance brought her into a world filled with evil, tragedy, and loss. At her lowest point, she encountered Terric. She learned to trust him, her demon with the heart of a wolf.
Their anonymous life in New York made it easy for Jordyn to isolate herself. Realizing she needed a change, Terric found their new home in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The tip of Cape Cod, where paranormal beings live easily among humans, is filled with closely guarded secrets. As Jordyn begins to heal and discover her strength, it’s clear she will one day be ready to stand on her own. The wolf must decide if he will return to existing in solitude or if he will follow her lead and explore what life has to offer.
Set Adrift is a story of love and loss, of deeply abiding friendship, and of sacrifice. The Immortal Isle series will grab ahold of your heart and have you falling in love with the inhabitants of this small coastal town.
By: A.R. Meyering
Sarah Wilkes is desperate enough to do anything, even make a deal with the devil—or in her case, a familiar spirit.
After her twin Lea is murdered, Sarah finds college life impossible and longs to escape. Everything changes when Sarah realizes a familiar spirit is stalking her and offers to transport her to the terrifying and fantastical realm of Unreal City. The payment for admission? A taste of her blood. Unable to resist, Sarah is drawn into an alternate reality that is a dream come true…at first.
The deeper she explores Unreal City, the more Sarah’s reality becomes warped. Death surrounds her as people are murdered in the same fashion as her sister. She has no choice but to continue her visits to Unreal City, which grows darker by the day.
Is finding out the truth worth becoming part of Unreal City forever?
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The International Critical Commentary (ICC):...
The very detailed handling of the original languages of Daniel (Hebrew and Aramaic) and frequent references to scholarly works in Latin, French, and German make this the commentary for scholars.
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The International Critical Commentary (ICC): Daniel
About Book The International Critical Commentary (ICC): Daniel
Front MatterTitile PageDedication PagePREFACECONTENTSBIBLIOGRAPHKEY TO ABBREVIATIONSSYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS IN THE TEXTUAL APPARATUSINTRODUCTIONI. THE BOOK§ 1. The Contents§ 2. Early Testimony to the Book and Its Place in the Canon§ 3. Literary Divisions of the Book§ 4. a. Apocryphal Additionsb. Later Pseudepigraphac. LegendsII. TEXT AND LANGUAGE§ 5. The Hebrew-aramaic Text§ 6. The Hebrew§ 7. The Aramaic§ 8. Foreign Wordsa. Words from the Akkadianb. Persian Wordsc. Greek Words§ 9. The Literary Form of the BookIII. ANCIENT VERSIONS§ 10. Summary According to Languagesa. Greek(1) The Old Greek or ‘Septuagint'(2) The Theodotionic Group(3) The Versions of Aquila and Symmachus(4) The Mediжval Grжco-Venetusb. Latin(1) The Old Latin(2) The Vulgatec. Copticd. Syriace. Arabicf. Other Languages§ 11. The Old Greek Version§ 12. Theodotiona. The Greek B-Groupb. The Sahedic-Copticc. The Old Latin§ 13. Theodotion: Triumph over the Old Greek; Age; The Problem of ‘Ur-theodotion'§ 14. The Hexaplaric Revisions: Orp (V 62 147) And Orc (The A-group, Arabic, Bohairic)§ 15. The Lucianic Revision§ 16. The Old Syriac Version§ 17. Jerome's Version: the Vulgate§ 18. Method And Use of the Textual ApparatusIV. HISTORICAL CRITICISM OF THE BOOK§ 19. The Historical Dataa. The Appearance of the Book in Literatureb. The Philological Evidencec. The Historical Objective of the Book: the Four Monarchiesd. Darius the Medee. Belshazzarf. The Third Year of Jehoiakim; The Chaldжans, etcg. The Book as an Apocryphon§ 20. The Theology of the Book and its Place in Jewish Religion§ 21. The Problem of the Unity of the Book and of the Two Languagesa. The Two Books, the Stories and the Visionsb. The Problem of the Two Languagesc. Further Divisive Theoriesd. The Dating of the Two Sectionse. Losses and Additions to the Original Book§ 22. An Appreciation of the Literary and Religious Character of the Booka. The Storiesb. The Visions§ 23. Review of the Literature on DanielCOMMENTARYI. THE HISTORIESII. THE VISIONSINDEXESI. Index VariorumII. Philological IndexesIII. Literary References, Biblical, etc.
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§ 1 General/area of validity
These terms of trade apply to all business transactions between the contractual parties at present and in the future.
Consumers in the sense of these terms of trade are natural persons who conduct business transactions with Promodoro, yet to whom no commercial or self-employed profession can be ascribed. Traders in the sense of these terms of trade are natural persons or legal entities or legally capable private companies who conduct business transactions with Promodoro and exercise a commercial or self-employed profession in doing so. Customers in the sense of these terms of trade are both consumers and traders. As Promodoro does not supply end consumers, thus consumers in the sense of the newly applicable debt law, no special regulations for consumers are made below. The descriptions of the nature of consumers, traders and customers given above serve insofar solely to legally differentiate between the groups of persons named in the act governing the new debt law.
Deviating, contradictory or supplementary general terms of trade are not part of the contract, even if such are known, unless their application has been expressly agreed in writing.
§ 2 Offers and conclusion of contract
The offers made by Promodoro are non-binding. Declarations of acceptance, orders and other legal declarations must be confirmed by Promodoro in writing or by fax to be valid. The same applies to supplements, amendments or auxiliary agreements. Confirmation can be replaced by delivery of the goods ordered.
Drawings, figures, dimensions, weights or other performance data are not binding unless this has been expressly agreed in writing. Changes to form, colour and / or weight within the bounds of reason are reserved.
Promodoro's sales staff are not authorised to make verbal, auxiliary agreements or to give verbal assurances.
If customers order goods by electronic means, the contractual text is stored by Promodoro. Customers can also inspect these conditions on Promodoro's homepage, under the header "General Terms of Trade", via which the order is made.
§ 3 Prices
Provided nothing is arranged to the contrary, Promodoro is bound by the prices quoted in its offers for 30 days after their date of issue. The prices which apply are those quoted by Promodoro in its confirmation of order, plus value-added tax at the prevailing rate. Additional deliveries and services shall be invoiced separately.
Unless agreed otherwise, the prices are EX-stores including normal packaging.
Customers incur no added charges when ordering by means of remote communication.
§ 4 Period of delivery and service
Delivery dates or deadlines are not regarded as agreed unless the agreement is made in writing.
Promodoro is not responsible for delays to deliveries and services due to acts of God, or to events which make the delivery considerably more difficult or impossible for the seller (in particular strikes, lockouts, official decrees), even if deadlines or dates have been bindingly agreed. The same applies if such an event occurs at suppliers of Promodoro or their upstream suppliers. In such cases, Promodoro is entitled to extend the delivery or service period by the time taken for the hindrance to be removed, plus a reasonable start-up time, or to withdraw in part or in full from that part of the contract which has not yet been fulfilled.
Contracts are concluded under the reservation that Promodoro receives correct and punctual deliveries from its suppliers. This only applies to cases in which Promodoro is not culpable for the non-delivery, in particular if a congruent coverage transaction is concluded with the supplier. The customer will be informed of the non-availability of performance without delay.
Should the hindrance last longer than three months, then after setting a reasonable period of grace, the buyer is entitled to withdraw from that part of the contract which has not yet been fulfilled. If the delivery period is extended or if Promodoro is released from its obligation, the customer cannot derive any claims to damages from this. Promodoro is nevertheless obliged to inform the buyer of the occurrence of such events within a period of ten days from the time they become known.
If Promodoro is responsible for non-compliance with dates or deadlines confirmed as binding in writing, or is in default, the buyer then has a claim to recompense amounting to half a percent for each completed week of default, although limited in total to five per cent, of the net value of the invoice for the delivery concerned by the default. Further-going claims on the part of the customer are excluded, unless the default is due at least gross negligence or malice aforethought on Promodoro's part.
Promodoro is entitled to make part-deliveries at any time. A pre-condition for Promodoro observing its obligations of delivery and service is that the customer fulfils its obligations in good time and in a proper manner.
If the customer is in default of acceptance, Promodoro is then entitled to demand compensation for the damage it incurs.
§ 5 Transfer of risk and place of performance
If the buyer is a trader, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the goods is transferred to the buyer upon handover, or in case of forwarding transactions, when the goods are handed over to the carrier, freight-forwarder or to any other person charged with executing the shipment.
If the buyer is a consumer, the risk of accidental loss and accidental deterioration of the purchased object, including forwarding transactions, is first transferred to the buyer upon handover of the object.
It is on an equal footing with handover if the buyer is in default of acceptance.
If dispatch becomes impossible for reasons outside Promodoro's control, or if the trader requests that dispatch be delayed, risk is then transferred to the trader when readiness to dispatch is reported. The place of performance is Dsseldorf, including cases of refunds due to a mutually agreed rescission of the purchase contract or due to withdrawal or partial withdrawal from the purchase contract, insofar as the justification for withdrawal is undisputed or has been established by law. The transport costs incurred for return shipments are borne by the trader, unless Promodoro has agreed to pay the transport costs beforehand in writing.
§ 6 Warranty
If the buyer is a trader, it must then inspect the goods supplied for defects, correctness and completeness without delay after their receipt. This applies in particular if it is intended to change, re-process or re-sell the goods supplied. Warranty claims against Promodoro are excluded if the trader does not comply with this obligation.
If the buyer is a trader, Promodoro shall initially, at its discretion, rectify defects in the goods by rework or by making a replacement delivery. Promodoro gives no warranty that the goods supplied are free from intangible, legal claims of third parties (intellectual property) and/or do not infringe the intellectual property of third parties in another way, unless Promodoro is insofar culpable of malice aforethought or gross negligence. This applies in particular in regard to the design and designation of the goods, including the brand rights, copyrights, registered samples, prints, labels and patents of third parties, whereby this listing is not conclusive.
If the buyer is a consumer, then in consideration of Promodoro's economic interests, the following procedure is agreed to rectify a defect in the goods: In case of products with a value lower than 500 Euro, Promodoro can, at its own discretion, initially arrange for a replacement delivery or perform rework within a reasonable period of grace. If the value of the object of purchase exceeds 500 Euro, Promodoro is initially entitled to attempt rework within a reasonable period of grace. A deadline of 20 work days is regarded as reasonable for rework. If the rework cannot be justified financially, subsequent fulfilment is made by making a replacement delivery.
Should subsequent fulfilment fail, the customer can in principle demand, at its discretion, lower remuneration (reduction) or rescission of contract (withdrawal). The customer has no right of withdrawal, however, if the infringement of contract is only minor, in particular concerning solely minor defects.
If the buyer is a trader, it must notify recognisable defects in writing within two weeks from receipt of the goods. Otherwise no warranty claims will be entertained. On-time shipment suffices for complying with the deadline. The trader is nevertheless responsible for the full burden of proof for all prerequisites for claims, in particular for the defect itself, for the point in time that the defect was found and for promptly lodging a complaint of the defect.
Consumers must inform Promodoro of obvious defects in writing within two months from the time at which the goods were found to be in a state contrary to contract. The date Promodoro receives the notification is decisive in judging compliance with this deadline. Should the consumer fail to give this notification, warranty rights expire two months after the defect has been found. This does not apply to malice on the part of the seller. The burden for proving the time at which the defect was established lies with the consumer. If the consumer was moved to purchase the object by inaccurate manufacturer statements, it bears the burden for proving that these swayed its decision to purchase.
If the customer chooses to withdraw from the contract on account of a legal or material defect after subsequent fulfilment has failed, it has no claim to damages on account of the defect. If the customer chooses restitution after subsequent fulfilment has failed, the goods remain with the customer unless this is unreasonable. The restitution is limited to the difference between the purchase price and the value of the defective goods. This does not apply if Promodoro is culpable of maliciously concealing the infringement of contract.
The warranty period for traders is one year from delivery of the goods. The warranty for consumers expires by limitation two years from delivery of the goods. This does not apply if the customer has not informed Promodoro promptly of a defect as per 6 items 5 and 6.
If the buyer is a trader, then in principle, solely the manufacturer's product description is regarded as agreed for the quality of the goods. In contrast, the manufacturer's public statements, recommendations or advertising do not represent a contractually stated quality for the goods.
The customer receives no guarantees from Promodoro in the legal sense. Manufacturer guarantees are not affected by this.
In the case of infringements involving slight negligence, Promodoro's liability is restricted to the direct, average damages typical of such contracts and foreseeable for the type of goods involved. This also applies to cases of infringements involving slight negligence on the part of legal representatives or vicarious agents of Promodoro. Promodoro is not liable to traders for insignificant infringements of contract involving slight negligence.
The restrictions on liability stated above do not concern the customer's claims from product liability.
The customer's claims to damages due to a defect expire by limitation of time one year from delivery of the goods. This does not apply if Promodoro is culpable of malice.
§ 8 Reservation of ownership
In the case of contracts with consumers, Promodoro reserves ownership of the goods until the purchase price has been paid in full.
In the case of contracts with traders, Promodoro reserves ownership of the goods until all claims from an on-going business relationship have been settled in full.
The customer is obliged to treat the goods with care.
The customer is obliged to inform Promodoro without delay of third party access to the goods, in case of seizure, for example, or of any damage or destruction to the goods. The customer shall notify Promodoro without delay if the goods change possession or if the customer changes its place of residence or business. Should the goods be damaged or destroyed or stolen, then in order to secure the claims of Promodoro, the customer shall assign to Promodoro any claims to damages against parties who caused the damage or insurers. Promodoro accepts the assignment.
In case the customer is guilty of conduct contrary to contract, in particular default of payment or infringement of a duty under items 2 and 3 of this provision, Promodoro is entitled to withdraw from the contract and to demand the return of the goods. In such a case, the buyer is obliged to return the goods without delay at its own cost. This also applies in particular if bankruptcy or settlement proceedings are opened against the customer's assets, or the customer issues an affirmation in lieu of oath or third parties access the goods by way of seizure.
The trader is entitled to resell the goods in regular business transactions. It even now assigns to Promodoro all claims to the amount of the sum invoiced which accrue to it against third parties because of making a resale. Promodoro accepts the assignment. After making the assignment, the trader is authorised to collect the claim. Promodoro reserves the right to collect the claim itself as soon as the trader does not properly fulfil its obligations of payment and is in default of payment.
§ 9 Payment
Insofar as nothing else has been agreed in writing, Promodoro's invoices are payable within 10 days from receipt of the goods at 2% discount, and within 30 days from receipt of the goods without deductions pure net cash. Once this deadline has expired, the customer is in default of payment. A consumer in default shall pay interest on the monetary debt at 5% above the basic rate of interest. A trader in default shall pay interest on the monetary debt at 8% above the basic rate of interest, plus value-added tax at the prevailing rate, currently 19%. Promodoro reserves the right to demonstrate higher default damages and claim these from the trader.
Providing nothing has been agreed individually to the contrary in writing, Promodoro shall not make any refunds of any nature whatsoever.
Even if contradicted by the buyer's provisions, Promodoro is entitled to initially offset the buyer's payments against its older debts. In such a case, Promodoro can also offset the buyer's payments against costs and interest charges already incurred from the same transaction or from earlier transactions. Promodoro shall inform the customer each time offsetting is applied.
Payment is not regarded as having been made until Promodoro can dispose over the sum in question. In case of cheques, bills of exchange, direct debits or bank transfers, payment is not regarded as having been made until the cheque, bill of exchange, direct debit or bank transfer has been cashed and the sum irrevocably credited to Promodoro's account.
Should the customer and Promodoro agree payment by bill of exchange, the costs of the bill and discount charges are then borne by the customer.
If Promodoro becomes aware of circumstances which place the customer's creditworthiness in doubt, Promodoro is entitled, even if payment targets have been agreed, to declare the total remaining debt to be due. This applies in particular if the buyer's cheques or bills of exchange are not cashed, or the buyer suspends its payments, issues an affirmation in lieu of oath or legal settlement or bankruptcy proceedings are opened against its assets.
The customer is not entitled to offset or hold back payment of claims unless these have been established by law or are undisputed. The customer cannot exercise the right of retention unless the counter-claim is based on the same contractual relationship.
§ 10 Concluding provisions
German law shall prevail. The provisions of UN commercial law do not apply.
Düsseldorf is agreed as the place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract and for all legal relationships between Promodoro and the customer, in particular if the customer is a trader and a general merchant. Promodoro can nevertheless, at its discretion, pursue its claims at the court responsible for the customer's residence or headquarters. The same applies if the customer maintains no business premises in Germany, or if its normal residence or its headquarters are unknown at the time the action is initiated.
Should individual provisions in this contract with the customer, including the general terms of trade, be or become partly or fully ineffective or null-and-void, this does not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. In such a case, the partly or fully ineffective or null-and-void regulation shall be replaced by a regulation, the financial outcome of which comes closest to the ineffective or null-and-void clause.
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