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Once Lady Leonie cursed 'the Black Wolf' - handsome Rolfe d'Ambert, the mercenary Lord of Kempston - for his bloody deeds and cruelty to the local peasants. Now she must marry the magnificent blackguard to bring peace to the land.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
This book was a great read although there was a lot of miscommunication between Leonie and Rolfe. I felt like reaching between the pages and slapping Rolfe on the head for being blind towards Leonie’s feelings/how strong a person she is in the situation she couldn’t help but be in but also for being real stupid with Amelia. Amelia I really wanted to reach through and punch her in the face. I wish there was an epilogue to finish off but all in all it was a great read because even I got worked up reading it haha. Job well done Johanna Lindsey!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Story But It REALLY Needed An Epilogue
If ever a book called for an epilogue this is one. I wished the author would have written what happened at the end when they went up to their bedroom and Rolfe's reaction to the baby news. This was a story that was based on frankly numerous misunderstandings between them so it would have been nice to have seen them finally sit down and talk like adults without all the secrets and lies. I felt a little cheated because Leonie told Rolfe she had a lot to tell him but it was never written. Also I would have liked to have known what happened with her father and Judith. Did Everard leave with that slut Amelia? And did Piers and Rolfe's sister-in- law fall in love?
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2.0 out of 5 stars Drivel
Oh my goodness. What a waste of 8 bucks. :( I don't know if I've just lost my taste for Ms. Lindsey or if her writing periodically takes a nosedive, but this book was just no GOOD!
#1 The hero is facinated by his arranged marriage bride even though he's never seen her face AND he's totally cool with his live in mistress packing her up and sending away the day after his wedding. Really?
#2 OK, I can accept a certain amout of ridiculous... let's call it suspention of disbelief... in a fun romance novel. But the new groom goes to see his new wife (finally, a month after the wedding), spots a gorgeous creature in the garden (said wife, of course)who he assumes is a servant and is going to go ahead and have sex with her before he hunts down the wife he just came to see. For the first time. Because he misses her. What? And she's SO overcome with shyness that she can't look him in the eye or tell him who she is, but is going to be ok stripping down for him? Again, what?
#3 This is almost the worst one. The writing style just stunk. The dialouge was stilted and banal and occationally there would be pharases thrown in that were just too modern for the period.
In closing, don't waste your time or your money on this. If you're in the mood for good brain candy, read Defy Not the Heart by Ms. Lindsey instead. Great midevil romance with MUCH for likeable/realistic characters.
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5.0 out of 5 stars When Love Awaits
It's a great quick read. I give it 4.5 stars. Rolfe and Leonie have a lot of misunderstanding because he lets his ex-mistress stay at his castle, because she lies and tells him she is pregnant. He doesn't think Leonie knows she was his mistress and he believes she thinks Amelia is his ward. Therefore he is not worried about her staying there until the baby is born. He wants time for Leonie to fall in love with him before he tells her about the baby. Unfortunately Amelia is telling Leonie all sorts of things that are not true. Leonie does not say anything to Rolfe as she believes he still wants Amelia, and she doesn't want him to know she cares. Rolfe is faithful to Leonie during the book, unless you want to count the one time he almost gets with her, but doesn't know she is his wife. A mistake he makes before he really knows her. He doesn't know what she looks like because she hid her face during the wedding and their wedding night, because she had been beaten. He left immediately in the morning, and was away trying to seize one of his 7 castles. He hadn't planned on being faithful, since he was only marrying her to gain peace. All that changes once he realizes who she is.
I do want to say someone really knocked the violence on this book. I want to say that at the beginning Leonie does not want to marry Rolfe, so her evil stepmother has her man of arms beat up Leonie until she agrees. It is not covered in the book. It goes from you knowing he is going to hurt her, but hasn't yet, to the next morning. So it is not covered at all other than to tell how bad she was beaten. As far as the almost rape thing goes, she is captured and they are getting ready to rape her. They are talking about doing it right then, but have not laid a hand on her yet. Then she is recused before it even starts. I wanted to straighten that out.
4.0 out of 5 stars Love in an Arranged Marriage in the times of King Henry II
17 April 2014 - Published on Amazon.com
Set in England in 1176, this is the story of Lady Leonie, sent away by her father to her dower keep because he didn’t want to be reminded of her mother (or so she was led to believe). When her neighbor, Sir Rolfe d'Ambert, a favored knight of King Henry, discovers she owns the land that is causing all his problems, the mercenary Lord of Kempston asks the king for her hand. Leonie knows Rolfe only by reputation and it is not good, but she cannot defy the king. Little does Rolfe know, he is about to get more than he bargained for.
This is a fun romp through time when Henry II ruled England and reflects research into the people’s lives in that era. There’s treachery, rogues and villains aplenty with enough adventure to keep you entertained. Rolfe is a worthy hero who will have his way. And Lionie is an honorable woman who will have hers.
Of Lindsey’s many novels, I would say this is one of the lighter ones, but still has enough historical detail and enough angst to satisfy.
3.0 out of 5 stars Both dumb and dummer
25 February 2013 - Published on Amazon.com
The only reason this book got three stars from me because I love this arthur. But it took every bit as much patience I had to finish this book. Leiona was so quick to believe the worse in him an she actually stay angry with him because of somthing the mistress told her the damn mistress come on everybody no better than to belive the ex girlfriend. Than when Leiona own maid tried to tell her the truth she snaps at her to leave. Even Ralf himself tlod her the mitress been moved out the room leiona turned away from him in silence and called him a lair. wTf you will the belive the mistress and not the man your sleepy with. Damn. They both just kept gettin played by dumb misundefstandings and dumb to manipulations of the step mom and the mistress. Yes there were reason behind them being dumb but they weren't valid enuff for me. Im no longer buying her historical romance because she obvious don't know how to write them. But her series are good. But all her historical romance books are filled with dumb misunderstandings and manipulation this just my frist time writing about it.
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Over 600 children and patients, who may be spending their Christmas at Southampton General Hospital, have had the festive spirit brought to them early and received gifts donated by employees from a local employer Ageas.
Employees at Ageas, headquartered at Hampshire Corporate Park, have donated around 630 gifts to hospital patients to share the joy of the festive period. The gifts included an Xbox console, handmade knitted baby clothes, food and festive treats, toys and cuddly bears, books, board games and pamper items. They have also run a number of fundraising events which have raised £682 for the Hospital Charity.
Michelle Wheeler, Fundraising Manager for Southampton Hospital Charity says: “We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of the staff at Ageas this Christmas. After sharing with them our wish list, they went above and beyond and got us a little bit of everything. This ranged from Christmas food and drink to toiletries, gifts and toys. We have been busy distributing them all across the hospital, from our youngest to oldest patients. You have certainly helped put a smile on the faces of our patients this Christmas. Thank you so much for all of your support.”
Lyn Nicholls, UK HR Director at Ageas, added: “Ageas has a long-standing relationship with Southampton Hospital Charity and we are very proud that our employees have yet again supported it so generously. We hope that it brings the Christmas spirit and joy to all who are unable to spend it at home with family and friends this year. At Ageas, we love to make a difference to our local community and support causes close to our people’s hearts whenever possible.”
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Boxing begins in the 2015 Pacific Games on July 14
The boxing tournament of the 2015 Pacific Games will start on Tuesday July 14, as boxers from the Oceania region will compete across 13 weight classes in the prestigious multi-sport event.
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea is the venue for the Games, where women will compete in the boxing event for the very first time.
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Tahiti, North Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Samoa have all been strong nations in previous editions of the Pacific Games, and their current line-ups are also packed full of quality competitors.
Boxers representing Papua New Guinea have won the Light Flyweight (49 kg) and Flyweight (52 kg) gold medals in the last four editions of the Games, which makes them favourites to succeed in those weight classes once again in front of their home supporters.
Fiji have not won a boxing title since 2003, but their Head Coach Paulasi Ratu has selected a strong team this time around.
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The Papua New Guinean team has been preparing for the event in Queensland, Australia, where the experienced AIBA Oceanian Olympic Qualifiers silver medallist Charles Keama (49 kg) and Lui Magaiva (52 kg) are strong gold medal hopes for the host nation.
Team captain Tom Boga is their only boxer who competed in the last edition of the Pacific Games in Noumea.
American Samoa’s lone boxing representative will be Middleweight (75 kg) George Tanoa Jr, who has developed well under the supervision of his coach Mr Toleafoa.
Tanoa defeated Samoa’s Pacific Games gold medalist Petelo Matagi and AIBA Oceanian Olympic Qualifiers bronze medallist Henry Tyrell in the preparation events.
“I have been training him for so many years, and he has defeated all the top fighters from Samoa including in the latest bout where he beat a tough athlete. What I have witnessed from Tanoa Jr is that he is ready to fight in the Pacific Games and he is well prepared for that task,” said Mr. Toleafoa.
Pacific Games facts and figures
The three women’s weight classes added to the program incorporate the 51 kg, 60 kg and 75 kg categories.
The ten men weight classes are: 49 kg, 52 kg, 56 kg, 60 kg, 64 kg, 69 kg, 75 kg, 81 kg, 91 kg and +91 kg.
History of the Pacific Games
The Pacific Games was launched in 1966 in Suva, Fiji, with boxing a mainstay of the competition since its inception.
In the last 2011 edition in Noumea, North Caledonia, Tahiti claimed four gold medals, hosts North Caledonia and Papua New Guinea earned two, while Nauru and Samoa also secured a top position in the boxing tournament.
2011 Pacific Games Champions
49 kg: Jack Willie, Papua New Guinea
52 kg: Kauko Raka Jr, Papua New Guinea
56 kg: Jayson Marunui Tuihaa, Tahiti
60 kg: Karihi Tehei, Tahiti
64 kg: Jean-Louis Albertini, Tahiti
69 kg: Albert Temaititetahio, Tahiti
75 kg: Petelo Matagi, Samoa
81 kg: Nicolas Dion, North Caledonia
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+91 kg: Jake Ageidu, Nauru
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What If North Korea Tests A Nuke And It Works.
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Ok here is a what if. What if the North Korean's test a Nuke and it works....
Does the fact that they may have more than one change the dynamics of the peninsula?
It is kind of a scary thought.
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Sometimes all you can do is look them in the eye and ask " how much did your mom drink when she was pregnant with you?"
RE: What If North Korea Tests A Nuke And It Works.
Quoting Greasespot (Thread starter):
What if the North Korean's test a Nuke and it works....
If I lived within range of their short range missles, I'd be worried.
Hypocrisy. It's the new black for liberals.
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Then there would be a f***ing huge explosion!
If they tried it inside of their own borders then this is up to them, we can ask them not to, but no doubt they would not listen. If they tested it outside of their borders then its more of an open invitation to war, and in that case any number of things could happen, but it would most likely be a military attack on them. By who, take your pick, they have many enemies just waiting to have a pop at them.
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checkraiser
I don't think so. Even though this bunghole has nukes it's still not going to get him much. If he ever launches one (in an act of war) the DPRK would be nothing more than a smoldering hole in a few hours.
Quoting Pope (Reply 1):
I'm surprised Japan hasn't been pushing harder for Kim Jong's removal. If I was a Japanese or South Korean citizen I wouldn't be sleeping real well these days.
N1120A is a camel-fucking terrorist.
bushpilot
Here in western Alaska, we are in range of the med-long range missles. It is not something I lose sleep over, but I would rather NK not have these weapons. Just a shame really we are in the wrong war, chasing shadows in Iraq when we could be going after another truely evil regime, instead we are not in a position to seriously strike them militarily. We as the US really need to put some pressure in China to slap some sense into the NKorean govmnt.
Newark777
Let's hope their nukes are as reliable as the Kias made down south.
Why grab a Heine when you can grab a Busch?
EA CO AS
There will be a lot of political grandstanding and hand-wringing on both sides, but nothing will really change. It has been generally accepted for over a year that the DPRK already has nuclear capability anyway.
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Quoting Checkraiser (Reply 3):
Even though this bunghole has nukes it's still not going to get him much. If he ever launches one (in an act of war) the DPRK would be nothing more than a smoldering hole in a few hours.
I am sure that give a lot of consolation to the people living in Seoul....
I believe if he gets a working nuke the South Korean's will be talking a lot less talk and be opening up a lot more diplomatic channels....
searpqx
The Japanese have never been overly comfortable with the DPRK, but in the last year they've taken an increasingly hard line. I think a test would pretty much eliminate any chance for relations between the two countries. Japan will take whatever (economic and diplomatic) punitive measures they can, and probably swing their considerable economic muscle into play to force others in the area (China) to do the same.
South Korea on the other hand seems to be in a very conciliatory mood. Right now they are convinced that only positive engagement will be successful, and I don't know that even a nuke test would change that. It would certainly upset them, but I'm afraid it might push them more towards the appeasement path. Which, to be honest, I can understand to an extent - they, literally, will deal with any 'fallout' from military engagement. But appeasement has never worked with an aggressor, and DPRK has aptly demonstrated it won't work with them.
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Quoting Bushpilot (Reply 4):
Here in western Alaska, we are in range of the med-long range missles.
Didn't we put in a missile defense system for precisely that threat. I know it hasn't been working on a consistent basis, but something is better than nothing.
I wonder what it's going to take before a worldwide coalition comes in and lays the smack on him. It seems almost inevitable.
If Kim Jong Il is brought to his knees it would also set a really good example for Iran.
MaverickM11
Quoting Greasespot (Reply 7):
The S. Korean sunshine policy has been a total failure so far, why change now?
E pur si muove -Galileo
Yeah, it has been tested successfully once, itself is a missle based system instead of lasers or something. But If I was Kimmy, why the hell would I nuke a bunch of forest and tundra when if I were to actually do the unthinkable and use a nuke there are much better targets closer. There are a few cities in the area, ANC specifically, but it is not something I lose sleep over like I said.
Quoting Checkraiser (Reply 10):
Yeah just like our campaign in Iraq was supposed to let the Iranians know we can whip thier asses.
Quoting Bushpilot (Reply 12):
I would like to think a N. Korean campaign would be much different than Iraq. I believe there would be much more worldwide support for such an action - but I could be wrong. That's why I'm sniffing around this thread - looking for the 'foreign' perspective.
Yeah, understandable, I certainly think it would be a different story. I am just thoroughly frustrated that we have troops tied up in the sandbox under the guise of WMDs, when there are people who also threaten us and our allies who actually have the weapons. If NK decides to test this weapon, we are not in a position to invade, sure we can launch some airstrikes etc. It would not be a realistic option for us to have any real numbers of troops on the ground. But really, the only thing we can hope for is that he is dumb enough to test it in downtown Pyongyang so all the peasants can see thier sacrafice for the great Kim Jong Il.
Kimmy is IMHO about 10x worse than Saddy Hussy in every way,
I believe there would be much more worldwide support for such an action -
That and I can't imagine there'd be much of an insurgent element among the North Korean people. Iraqis were relatively well off (and fed) compared to North Koreans and there was already a strong anti West element not only in Iraq but of course the whole region. North Korea seems to have none of that, and the region in general doesn't have anywhere near the animosity toward the West that the Middle East/Muslim world does.
Quoting MaverickM11 (Reply 15):
That and I can't imagine there'd be much of an insurgent element among the North Korean people.
I agree with you to a point, I just want to remind folks that there was the same talk about how the Iraqis were going to see us as great liberators and welcome us with open arms. The North Korean people are generally starving. I have seen footage from CNN presents that show dead bodies of people who starved to death lying in the streets and people just walking over them because it is a normal occurance.
But we are not in a position to execute any serious offensive ground combat against them right now. A large population of our soldiers in Iraq are National guard already, we simply dont have the troops for it. I guess for me the bottom line is we can drop a bunch of bombs on them, I would hope unless they nuke another country that our bombs would be of the conventional sort.
TedTAce
I think we need to test a rocket/nuke on NK and see if IT works.
I just want to remind folks that there was the same talk about how the Iraqis were going to see us as great liberators and welcome us with open arms
I never really believed that we could actually depend on that; I figured the Iraqis would welcome us but the war would essentially shake the hornets nest in neighboring countries, and insurgents would pour across the now even more porous Iraqi borders.
But we are not in a position to execute any serious offensive ground combat against them right now.
I don't think we should, even if we did have the man power. It's time for S. Korea, China, and Japan to step up.
I agree %100, but China is more or less NKs only friend, they give them most of thier food, I think China needs to step up diplomatically, or we buy less trinkets from them. S.Korea is scared it seems, and Japan really only has a self defense force. It would ultimately fall onto the shoulders of the US.
AsstChiefMark
If they launch a nuke test missle, it'll probably blow up soon after liftoff. Raw, heavy nuclear material will rain down on their own property. I don't think they'd like that.
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It would about seal the fact that Japan would change their Constitution to allow themselves a more flexible response to this situation.
And it certainly would worry everyone, China included. It changes the dynamic dramatically. It probably means they have more than one, and it means that now this nut who runs the DRPK has the ability to do severe damage to the ROK, Eastern Russia and Japan.
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UAL747
How many nukes does S. Korea have just out of curiosity?
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NoUFO
Quoting UAL747 (Reply 22):
Since when does South Korea have nukes?
I don't know what to do if North Korea tests nuclear warheads, but I know what the "dear leader" uses to clean his teeth: "Korea Tabs"! Haha, isn't that a screamer?
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It would ultimately fall onto the shoulders of the US.
Of course...but I'd like to see N Korea's neighbors squirm for a bit before it inevitably becomes something that the US is blamed for fixing/not fixing.
ANCFlyer
Just a shame really we are in the wrong war, chasing shadows in Iraq when we could be going after another truely evil regime, instead
You're only half right . . .
It's a shame the gawddamn politicians in Washington, Starting with Bush1 and accelerating under Clinton saw fit to draw down the US military to such a state that it CANNOT respond to a threat on two different fronts . . . can barely manage enough troops to respond to a threat on ONE front. . . .
It's not so much a matter of being in a wrong war my friend, as it is being of the wrong fuckin' mindset in DC . . . we ARE paying the price right now . . . our exhausted and depleted force structure tells the tale . . . every day.
It's time for S. Korea, China, and Japan to step up
Yup, it's time for the US to STOP being the police force to the world . . . although NK is a threat to the US, the South Koreans, Chinese, Japanese are all at terribly greater. Guess the Japanese Defense Forces will just have to become the Japanese Offense Forces . . .
The Chinese won't do shit. They might not like little Kim having his nuke, but - in reality, - they could mow over North Korean in a day . . . and Kim knows it. He's not going to piss in their Wheaties.
South Korea, will be lost in the shuffle. We - the US - has been the military for so long now, I'm not sure the bastards could function alone.
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FlyingTexan
In January 2004, I met face-to-face with Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) who sits on the Committee on International Relations. The subject of North Korea came up. Her response "If North Korea even gets a nuclear missle ten feet off the ground, they will cease to exist."
Please note this was nearly three years ago.
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Quoting NoUFO (Reply 23):
Since the US put them there. Not sure when though.
Quoting ANCFlyer (Reply 25):
Yup, it's time for the US to STOP being the police force to the world
At least for free, and certainly not as a 'break even' proposition. You want our troops, pay us. LARGE coin, and make sure there are extra benefits for such duties!!! It's one thing to put our troops in harms way for stupid things related to our OWN defense, it's entirely different in situations like this where the only motivating factor is protecting a country where we have little in the way of interests.
centrair
Actually this is the major issue. As part of the Armistice treaty there are to be NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS on the Korean Peninusla. There are No nukes in South Korea and if there were it would be a violation of the Armistice. The South Korean Government would not allow it. If the US put them there, the UN would have booted the US (The Armistice is a UN treated supported by the US). If the US put them there, that means they would have had to stop in Japan which is against US-Japanese agreements (No nuclear weapon or even navel vessel may enter a Japanese port). If they were in South Korea, and were used the fallout would land in South Korea and Japan depending on the wind.
I don't know where people get their info but they might think about understanding South-North Relations, East Asian Relations and the treaties concerning Nuclear weapons.
The reason why this is a worry is that North Korea could use them on Japan and the US. But hell they can't even get their long range missile to fly for more than 40 seconds before falling apart. Their midrange missle has had ONE successful flight. Security and intelligence reports have analyzed that the July test was a failure and not planned, as the DPRK stated, to self-destruct at that point.
Just a little bit about North Korea vs Iraq.
Iraq (pre-war):
Access to foreign media
Access to the internet and international phonelines,
diplomatic relations with many nations (not great relations, but open diplomatic ties),
Foreigners could come and go in larger numbers (Tourism)
Capitalism and free enterprise,
Plenty of food
Plenty of Medicine and trained practitioners. Many trained in foreign nations
Education for anyone who could achieve it (and didn't talk back of course),
Dictator who had been elected in an election and then over threw the government and killed his enemies. Mostly by firing squad.
Massive support for overthrowing the government
Nation made of multiple ethnic and religious groups that were being held at bay by fear of their leader. Once released from the grip were free to express their hostility to other groups
North Korea (now):
NO access to foreign media,
What the government says is truth anything anyone else says is a lie,
Only diplomatic relations with a few nations,
Foreigners are limited and restricted in their movement photography, length of time, and interaction with the people
Restricted trade (virtually no trade actually)
Highr education limited to the party elite and those in the favor of the "Dear Leader"
North Koreans are not allowed to travel outside of the country unless they are of the elite class
Every citizen has been trained and brainwashed into believing that the US is the enemy. There is no evidence otherwise to convince them.
Leader...the Dear leader...has ultimate control granted to him by his father Kim Il Song who is closer to god status than anyone (leader of the revolution and father to all North Korea born in a cabin in the sacred mountains)
If you speak out or act out against the North Korean government or the Dear Leader from the inside, you will be hung to a tree, have your skill stripped with a dull razor blade and left to die of exposure.
100% Korean. 100% brainwashed. Would fight to the death as trained to kill any US troup or Japanese troup (the other enemy) that stepped into their country
One of the largest most mobile armies in the world
More landmines line the South-North boarder than anywhere in the world
Anti-Kim Jong Il movement however members are killed and tortured daily keeping it weak and membership very very low
If the US went into North Korea tomorrow, it would be the biggest blood bath in world history. If the US left it up to Japan and South Korea, they would be wiped out the map. The US is not the police of the world, but the US is responsible for the protection of Japan and to supplying support to the South Korean Army.
Japan wants to change the constitution to let the SDF become a standing army. South Korea and China are against this. Many older Japanese remember pre-WWII Japan and want Japan to be peaceful and diplomatic. the youth of Japan are oblivious and would vote to reform the constitution but less than 10% of all males over 18 would fight in a war. (disconnected from reality). If forced to, many would fall apart. Japanese men are weak (ask any Japanese girl...they prefer the Korean guy)
So what does that leave us if the DPRK does a Nuclear Test. Diplomacy. I hate the Bush Administration but their only good policy has been on North Korea.
People can bash Clinton for cutting the military. Did any of you know that in 1994 the Clinton admin sent an order to the Pacific fleet to prepare for a pre-emptive strike against a DPRK base suspected of working on nuclear tech?
Former pres Carter bolted over to the DPRK for emergency talks with Kim Il Song who agreed at that point to enter into the 5 nation talks. This averted something that could have become a mess. (Iraq would have looked like a skinned knee compared to what could have happend in 1994).
Bush II has been keeping in close contact with South Korea, China, Russia, and Japan to keep the talks open. The US negotiator is a career diplomat and is one of the most respected in the state department by both parties. US-China relations are not the best, but keeping that relation clear can only help push North Korea.
China doesn't actually like North Korea. They say that it is not a good model of socialism as Kim Jong Il doesn't live like his people or work for his people. (Mao said the same thing about Kim Il Song and also blamed Kim for the death of his only Son in the Korean war.)
Before people think that North Korea would just fall in a war, should really understand the amazingly complex situation that exists. This is not some game. This is a flash point for events that could lead to a war involving multiple nations (Russia, Japan, South Korea, China, The US, the UK), in multiple countries with massive physiological impact on all who fought and all at home. Not to mention more funerals than the world has seen since the US Civil War...still considered the bloodiest war ever to have been fought in human history.
My name is Centrair but HND is closer. Let's Japanese Aviation!
[quote=Centrair,reply=29}[/quote]
Great info,and as usual, great post Centrair. . . always a pleasure to read your perspetive.
So, in that light,what will Japan, China, South kora do if in fact the DPRK fields a viable nucleanr missile? Where will they stand? Will Japan change it's constitution? Will China intervene with "enoughis enough"? Will there the an internal coup in North Korea?
QXatFAT
Actually I read an article on this earlyer this morning and it was saying that Japan and China were calling imidiate gatherings for the UN in New York. Though they said the gathering would not do much as of now because North Korea is already strickend by santions and is already starving there is really nothing more you can do sanction wise to punish them. Thus leaving pretty much military action the only avenue to chaning North Korea.
instead we are not in a position to seriously strike them militarily. We as the US really need to put some pressure in China to slap some sense into the NKorean govmnt.
Sure we are not, but we do have forces that can still go over there with a coalition of Japan, China (not fond of North Korea useing nukes), South Korea, possibly Australia, possibly Russia, Britian of course, and many other countries supporting us in what would happen. Iran is deffinatly having a close eye on what is happening here to see what exactly would happen with this kind of threat.
Actualy, the war in Iraq is over. Sadam is out and the people have their own government now. The people that we are fighting in there are foriegn fighters who want to fight the United States and the West. Jihadists and extreamists. They are fighters from all over Asia (Middle East) trying to kill Westerners. Thats all. So Iraq liberation is over, its the war on "terror" is moving into Iraq. Remember, "Operation Iraqi Freedom" was the war in Iraq, "War On Terror" is the over all war including Afghanistan.
All this that is happening will play a big role in the elections for 2008. This will deffinatly not be close to being over then and who will step up as the big dog? Bush has showed us he is a strong son of a gun not going to back out of anything and push for security. Will anyone else take that roll or just be a pansy and try to "talk" things out with no force? As you can tell I am a Republican but as far as I know, the best person for the job to take over President Bush is not a Republican so far in my opinion. Its a Democrate named Barak Obama. Just something to spit out haha
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VHVXB
They are more concerned about their economy and to see that nothing will stop it
First thank you.
It is hard to tell what Japan will do.
With a huge percent of the population old enough to remember pre and post WWII, they may resist the new Prime Minister and his conservatives desire to change the constitution. But being that only 30% of the population actually gets out to vote and many of those are youth with heads up their A**, it would be possible. But it wouldn't be immediate. Just like the US a change to the Japanese constitution requires a vote by each prefecture. But if there is a viable nuke then the SDF has the ability to defend the nation. But will have to be backed by the US. There are enough Japanese angry with the DPRK for the kidnapping of Japanese nationals in the 1970s that the people might just support a more agressive stance. (Little history quirk: Current PM of Japan's grandfather was charged as a Class A war criminal in WWII for issuing inhumane actions in China ending in the death of many Chinese.)
If the DPRK were to fall, Japan would support South Korea monetarily but they would be strained and it could have an adverse effect on world economy.
South Korea will have to be involved. If let's say there was a huge uprising in the DPRK, the first across the boarder would have to be the South Koreans. American soldiers would be seen as the "Imperialists", "Rapists", "Baby Killers" and whatever the DPRK has called us. South Koreans would be seen as liberators. They would have to convince North Koreans that America is not an enemy. Only then would US troops be able to cross the boarder. Until then the US would have to sit in South Korea and Japan and support South Korea. US troops of Korean decent could go in but not in US uniform. Once a Korean...always a Korean. (See Aviation thread about DL expansion into Asia and KE moving into IAH and its ops at DFW)
China....they are hard to read in this situation.
China likes to have buffers between nations. Thus the autonomous regions like Inner Mongolia. North Korea is a buffer. But also a pain in the Chinese and especially Heilongjiang Province government. North Koreans cross the boarder and hide out in Harbin and other cities in the area. China sends some back but does turn their head to others. It is an economic drain on the region and an embarassment. (Children begging on the street).
China Senerio 1: North Korea Produces a Nuke missle.
China will say "enough is enough" but and agressively push for the DPRK to rethink what its doing. It will also most likely encourage the US to commence low-level direct talks as part of the 5 nation talks hopefully leading to high-level talks like the ones between Albright and Kim Jong Il in 1999. Those were a result of Carter's visit. Now...if Bush were to do this in his administration, he would be remembered for it the same way Nixon, in the face of adversity, is still remembered for helping to normalize relations with China.
China Senerio 2: Internal Coup of DPRK
This one is a little clearer. China will fortify the boarder to prevent the flood of North Koreans going to China the "Big Brother of Socialism". A flood of North Koreans acros the boarder would be a huge strain on the economy.
China will have a policy of containment and probably work with the South Koreans to stablize the nation.
Russia is another odd one in this play. They are "friends" of the DPRK but have never really been close. Infact Stalin thought Kim Il Song was a nut to try and unify. Stalin thought it wouldn't work but gave Kim support in the end. If the DPRK produces a Nuke, Russia will support China's position but will go no further. They have too many problems to deal with.
If the DPRK were to colapse, Russia will send a few advisors, some aid and maybe some ground support. Russia cannot afford to give much else. But the North Koreans would prefer Russian troops to American and Japanese troops. After all Russia is the "big socialist brother".
Downside of fall of DPRK
Major Economic problems for South Korea, China and Japan leading to a huge global economic problem.
Keep your eyes on the moves taken by the UN, China, France, South Korea, Japan and the US. Should be very interesting.
I for one will hoping for calm heads and good diplomacy while holding my 3 month old daughter and lovely wife. Only 3 hours by plane from Pyongyeong.
HAWK21M
They would be aggressive politics worldwide to get them to dismantle their stock.
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Quoting Centrair (Reply 33):
Damn were the hell have you been? Great information, a nice breath of fresh air to non av discussions like these.
China will say "enough is enough" but and agressively push for the DPRK to rethink what its doing.
Heres an article to support what you said. It goes on to explain that China will not support NKorea if they test their Nuclear weapons
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/...-out/2006/10/05/1159641461820.html
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Then North Korea becomes a nuclear waste field, with no living inhabitants.
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A big part of intermedia studies is finding unique and interesting ways that art mediums can combine and interact with the public. Incidentally, the advertising industry pursues many of the same goals. Interactive and guerilla advertising campaigns are becoming increasingly commonplace, and ad agencies need to find creative thinkers who can implement broad strategies across many different communication mediums to make them work. The cross-disciplinary aspects of intermedia studies make graduates good candidates to pursue work in advertising.
Though pursuing a career in animation is harder than other more commonly available career paths like graphic design or photography, intermedia studies give students the tools necessary to do it if they wish. These programs deal in three primary areas of study: film, sound and video. They also offer technology that allows artists to pursue their muse in a variety of forms, including stop-motion animation, computer graphics and rotoscoping. While becoming an animator isn't easy, these programs can give students a good space to hone their craft and learn which animation medium suits their talents best.
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Recycling electronics for spring cleaning
Several facilities across NW Arkansas and the River Valley will accept electronics and other hard to recycle items.
Updated: 10:34 AM CDT Apr 27, 2018
Brendan Johnson
Spring cleaning is in full swing and there are several things you do not want to wind up in the garbage can. Household cleaners, tires, refrigerators, and old computers have a home, but it's not in the landfill. The Boston Mountain Solid Waste District is one of the area's recycling facilities which is hoping to reduce landfill use. Robyn Reed, the facility's director, says spring is always a busy time of year. "I definitely think it lives up to the hype. There is a definite increase in volume from residents of household hazardous waste, electronics, and general, overall cleaning of spaces throughout the spring," Reed said. Besides traditional solid waste & recycling, the district also accepts old electronics and many other hard to recycle items for a small fee. For a complete list of accepted items, visit the Boston Mountain district's website. Other Waste Districts in our area: Benton County Solid Waste DistrictSebastian County Solid Waste DistrictWest River Valley Solid Waste District Tomorrow is the last day of the Fort Smith city wide cleanup. Dumpsters will be available in select locations. The Sebastian County clean up also continues tomorrow with two dumpsters available.
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Spring cleaning is in full swing and there are several things you do not want to wind up in the garbage can. Household cleaners, tires, refrigerators, and old computers have a home, but it's not in the landfill.
The Boston Mountain Solid Waste District is one of the area's recycling facilities which is hoping to reduce landfill use.
Robyn Reed, the facility's director, says spring is always a busy time of year. "I definitely think it lives up to the hype. There is a definite increase in volume from residents of household hazardous waste, electronics, and general, overall cleaning of spaces throughout the spring," Reed said.
Besides traditional solid waste & recycling, the district also accepts old electronics and many other hard to recycle items for a small fee.
For a complete list of accepted items, visit the Boston Mountain district's website.
Other Waste Districts in our area:
Benton County Solid Waste District
Sebastian County Solid Waste District
West River Valley Solid Waste District
Tomorrow is the last day of the Fort Smith city wide cleanup. Dumpsters will be available in select locations. The Sebastian County clean up also continues tomorrow with two dumpsters available.
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Anosmia resulting from the involvement of the olfactory tract is rarely seen with pituitary tumors, at least before transcranial surgery. Its presence suggests another cause for visual loss, most often a subfrontal meningioma extending backward, causing downward pressure on the chiasm and even involvement of the optic nerves. Ocular palsies and involvement of the trigeminal nerve (of which a sensitive indicator of involvement is depression of the corneal reflex) provide presumptive evidence of lateral extension of the tumor into the cavernous sinus, where the nerves may be compressed. As mentioned, this is extremely rare in adenomas, except in apoplexy, but is much more common in meningio-mas of the sinus.
A striking finding with long-standing compression of the oculomotor nerve is elevation of the eyelid on attempted adduction because of aberrant re-innervation of the levator palpebrae superioris by regenerating fibers properly destined for the medial rectus. Because spontaneous occurrence of this sign is commonly seen with meningiomas involving the cavernous isinus and infraclinoid aneurysms of the carotid artery, its presence counts against a diagnosis of a pituitary adenoma.
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Now 9 months into their transition to an Employee Owned company, The BP Group recently shared some perspectives on how things have gone in the first year of their ESOP.
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ESOP Transition
The BP Group began looking at the long-term succession plan for the business in 2014 and completed an ESOP transaction in December of 2016 to begin to transfer control and ownership of the company to the next generation of leadership. The decision to complete an ESOP transaction followed an extensive review of options with some of their trusted advisors including ATX Advisory Services who has worked with The BP Group to develop and implement their strategic plan.
Through this process, The BP Group determined that sale of the business through an ESOP transaction was in the best interest of the organization and its owners. An ESOP transaction assured continuity of the business through ownership transition while allowing ownership an efficient financial vehicle to transfer control of the business. “ATX was instrumental in helping us to objectively evaluate the myriad of options we were considering for transitioning the business. They worked collaboratively with ownership and our leadership team to be sure that we came up with a solution that provided benefits to all key stakeholders.” Jack Fanneron, President of The BP Group.
Year One Perspectives
The single biggest surprise in year one has been how minimal the change has impacted day to day operations of the business. From an employee perspective, the reality set in following the transaction that the benefits of this transition will occur over the long term as the employees do not immediately gain any equity as part of the transaction.
The lack of disruption caused via the transition if often considered a benefit to this type of ownership transition however this has also been seen by some as a letdown knowing how much effort went into completing the ESOP and how minimal they immediate changes are to individuals in the company.
From an ownership perspective, year one has met the groups expectations of having provided ownership a mechanism to begin transitioning ownership and control and allowing the owners the ability to reinvest their equity through 1042 exchanges into other diversified assets. The owners have seen significant returns on those investments in year one as they were able to diversify and invest in the broader market.
The management team is currently continuing to work through transition at a methodical pace which was as expected. Some individuals on the management team were also able to take a bit of a breather in the early part of the year as they no longer needed to devote the time and mental effort on the transaction providing a good opportunity to recharge for Phase II of company ownership.
The management team is now looking at long-term planning for Phase III with the creation of a futures committee where the broader employee population will take a more active role in ownership and management of the company. The executive team has also noted a number of other benefits to the transition from an external perspective as the ESOP is seen as a benefit to potential recruits and clients have noted their enthusiasm in knowing that The BP Group will continue to be there to serve them with the next generation of leadership firmly in place.
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West Point Builds Dedicated Cyber Network
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The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, is going off the Defense Department’s expansive network and building a new, dedicated network to support its academic mission.
The West Point Research and Education Network, or REN, is slated to achieve initial operating capability by August and be fully operational by August 2020, said retired Lt. Col. Michael Lanham, West Point’s chief information security officer and associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
“We're doing a wholesale swap-out,” he said. The West Point network will be built with its own security measures and won’t have to rely on the multiple levels of security needed for the national defense mission.
“We don't do command and control of military forces. We're not telling a division to go to combat. We’re educating and training and inspiring future leaders,” Lanham said. While West Point is not part of the U.S. military’s strategic network, the institution is still as vulnerable to exploitation as any network, he said.
The current Defense Research and Engineering Network will remain operational while the REN ramps up through the fall and will be decommissioned at West Point by early next year. Lanham estimated “about 8,000 users and about 30,000 devices” will depend on the new REN. That includes phones, robots, laptops, iPads, and even gaming consoles.
“Gaming consoles are not habitually allowed on DoD networks, but we're running a dual-purpose network here as a college network run by the Department of the Army, so there's some differences here compared to other places,” Lanham said.
Changes taking place to the network system at West Point could have implications for the Armywide network, including elimination of the common access card.
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Bali Midlands Tour
Bali’s midlands are rich with natural beauty and fascinating ancient relics. You’ll get to visit the ancient capital of Mengwi, as well as the famous water temple of Pura Taman Ayun.
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Available Days: Every day
Schedule: 9:00 AM
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Mobile Ticket Included
Offered in English
Jatiluwih Rice Paddies
Pura Taman Ayun
Pura Ulun Danu Batur
At the outset of the tour, you’ll meet with your drive and then head for Pura Taman Ayun, which dates back to the 17th century. It’s surrounded by a beautiful park as well as a moat that blooms with lotuses. Wander through the complex to admire the elegant architecture of these multi-tiered buildings.
The tour continues to Bedugul, a village in the central highlands best known for its three dazzling crater lakes. Here, you’ll stroll around the traditional market, where you can see the fresh fruits and vegetables on display at the local market. They also sell orchids and exotic spices, as well as souvenirs. Nearby, the tour makes a stop at the edge of Lake Bratan, where you’ll have a nice view of the Ulun Danu Temple, which is built on a few of the lake’s small islands. After lunch in a local restaurant drive southwards to the famous Unesco heritage listed rice terraces of Jatiluwih. Trek through this area of green stepped rice fields and hear about the Subak irrigation system that has been preserved by the Balinese farmers for centuries. Return to your hotel via scenic roads.
Attractions Visited
The name Jatiluwih translates to “truly special.” This UNESCO World Heritage Site more than lives up to its name, and has some of the best view of rice paddy-covered slopes in Bali. Over 1,482 acres (600 ha) of picturesque green terraces slope gently along the plateau of Gunung Batukaru at an altitude of 2,296 feet (700 m) above sea level. Jatiluwih offers opportunities for breathtaking photos, outdoor recreation, and a quiet respite from the bustle of the southern areas. It’s about 2 hours north of Denpasar, in the Penebel district of central Bali’s Tabanan Regency.
This temple earns its moniker "beautiful gardens" from the surrounding moats studded with lotus flowers and lovely, landscaped courtyards. This mother temple of the Mengwi kingdom was constructed in 1634. It is dedicated to the deified ancestors of the Raja Dynasty of Mengwi, as well as important Hindu gods. It’s located in the village of Mengwi, in the Badung Regency about 10.5 miles (17 km) from Denpasar, and is regarded as one of the most attractive temples in Bali.
This iconic temple appears to be floating on the western shore of Lake Bratan. Ringed by a mountain backdrop and surrounded by clear waters, this is one of the most picturesque locations in central Bali. “The Floating Temple” is dedicated to Dewi Danu, the water goddess. The location is an important part of the UNESCO recognized subak irrigation system. Lake Bratan is about two hours north of Denpasar, in the Bedugul highlands of the Tabanan Regency.
A hat or a scarf, sunglasses, sunscreen, and a camera.
All Entrance fees, easy walk in Jatuluwih, Lunch at local restaurant, English speaking guide, Private A/C vehicle, 2 bottles of water per person.
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Brahman Blessing & Elephant Cave TourUbud
On this tour, you’ll visit the ancient elephant temple called Goa Gajah, which is one of Bali’s oldest sacred spaces. Your guide will talk you through the complexities of Balinese culture. This ancient temple is surrounded with beautiful rice fields and small streams that lead to the Petanu River – another natural site intertwined with local legends. Enjoy a stroll through the temple and the neighboring rice fields and jungle. After this you will visit a Balinese compound and will be introduced a well-known priest to take a part in an astrology session and purification ceremony.
Balinese Society SnapshotUbud
Discover the beauty of Bali, Indonesia on both a natural and artistic level when you go on this fun and engaging tour. Explore traditional painting methods and wood carving. Then visit a turtle conservation center; the island and her animals are such an inspiration that they must be preserved. Learn about traditional artistry in Ubud and take more than a memory back with you — purchase an original piece from a studio or workshop!
Amazing BaliUbud
This tour takes you to some of the most breathtaking views in Bali. Sign up to ensure you get some of the best views in Indonesia as backdrops for your vacation photos. The tour begins at 8:30 AM, which gives you plenty of time to fit all the sights in. Make sure to have eaten breakfast before you set out and be ready for a full morning and afternoon.
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It is alleged that the Colonel had demanded a bribe of 1.80 lakh rupees from Managing Director of the company in connection with the supply of Power Pack Rock Splitters, which are used by various field formations of the Army. The Colonel was alleged to have already demanded and accepted a bribe of 50 thousand rupees in February this year and as part of the second instalment of the bribe, the Colonel was accepting 50 thousand rupees from the accused company.
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Monmouth Mall attracts unusual tenant
Glen Kelly Real Estate takes a risky leap and opens in the Monmouth Mall.
Monmouth Mall attracts unusual tenant Glen Kelly Real Estate takes a risky leap and opens in the Monmouth Mall. Check out this story on app.com: http://on.app.com/1RRzjuQ
Michael L. Diamond, @mdiamondapp Published 4:32 p.m. ET July 22, 2015 | Updated 10:25 p.m. ET July 22, 2015
Glen Kelly, owner of a real estate sales company, has opened an office in the Monmouth Mall next to the Lord and Taylor store—July 21, 2015-Eatontown, NJ.-Staff photographer/Bob Bielk/Asbury Park Press(Photo: Staff photographer/Bob Bielk)Buy Photo
EATONTOWN – - Wanting to expand his real estate agency into Monmouth County, Glen Kelly considered the usual locations - Third Avenue in Spring Lake, River Road in Rumson, Washington Boulevard in Sea Girt - when he decided to change gears.
Why elbow your way into an office surrounded by competitors? He chose the second floor of the Monmouth Mall instead, where his closest threat is the ear-piercing cart next door.
Typically, “you’re there with your competition and you’re hoping they’ll walk in and see you,” Kelly, 39, said. “Here, it’s different. They’re already shopping.”
Glen Kelly Real Estate opened two months ago in the mall - a location known more for its department stores, food outlets and shoe stores than a place to buy and sell homes.
It’s a way to reach customers beyond social media, he said, albeit an expensive one. The cost can be up to four times as much as, say, a retail district or shopping center.
But observers said it makes sense. Malls are depending on a new crop of businesses to make up for consumers who increasingly are buying goods online.
“Malls now are focusing on restaurants and services and things that are impervious to e-commerce,” said Michael Landy, president and chief executive officer of Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp., a real estate investment trust based in Freehold Township.
Glen Kelly Real Estate’s headquarters is in Beachwood, where the agency has 22 brokers. Hoping to be closer to its Monmouth County clients, its new office is in the concourse of the mall’s upper level. Its neighbors include Lord & Taylor, Abercrombe & Fitch and Kids Foot Locker.
More real estate firms might follow suit - if not for the cost. Kelly said he spent $10,000 building the stand-alone office, which includes a television screen that displays its listings around the clock, and $2,500 a month for space in the corridor. (That price would be more expensive in an individual store, he said.)
His brokers take turns staffing the office, and the hours mirror the mall’s - 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday.
One benefit (or drawback) to working here: “Every time I walk through Lord & Taylor, I leave with a (shopping) bag,” said Sharon Gallo, assistant manager and sales associate.
Kelly’s decision to take up space in a mall amounts to an experiment that will pay off if his agency can attract enough walk-in traffic to justify the expense. How many people, for example, while visiting for a frozen yogurt suddenly remember they want to sell their house?
Mike Bonelli, 45, of Wall, stopped at the mall one day this week with his wife, Karen, their 3-year-old daughter, Genevieve, and their 1-year-old son, Jimmy, to return an item from Old Navy and go to the food court for lunch.
He was surprised to learn about a real estate office there. “It doesn’t seem like it’s an impulse kind of business,” Bonelli said.
Other non-traditional companies have opened in malls. Planet Fitness, a health club, has a facility in the Monmouth Mall. And New Jersey's health insurance companies have begun to have a presence during open enrollment periods.
Kelly thinks it is worth the risk. The new office so far has generated 15 or 16 leads and three new listings - good enough that he can envision moving from his location in the walkway to an actual store.
“I’m hoping next year they’re going to allow us to move into an actual interior, because everything is going pretty much on part with what we expected,” Kelly said.
Michael L. Diamond; 732-643-4038; mdiamond@gannettnj.com
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Robert Hoffman, MD
After a conversation with New York University medical toxicologist Robert Hoffman, MD, you may well come to see your daily routine—coffee in the morning, a glass of wine in the evening—in a different light.
Dr. Hoffman spoke recently with us about how toxicologists define the word “drug”; basic neurochemistry behind prescription and recreational drugs; and the top tool in medical toxicology today (not necessarily the one you’ll see on TV).
How do you define the word “drug”?
This is a beautiful toxicology question. The father of toxicology, Paracelsus, said that everything is a poison—and the dose makes the poison. We need oxygen, but too much oxygen can kill you. We need water to live, but too much water can kill you.
And a drug can be pharmaceutical, that is, made and packaged for use, or it can be illicit, illegal, with no accepted legitimate medical use—or something in-between.
What is a drug? Apothecary bottles line the shelves of a drug store at Sherbrooke Village Museum (a restored 1860s lumbering and shipbuilding community) in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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What are some examples?
Acetaminophen (found in over-the-counter pain-relievers) isn’t really considered a drug of “abuse,” but overdose can be toxic.
The gray zone, where there are things that have legitimate medical benefits, like a lot of things we use to fight pain—oxycodone, hydrocodone—can be drugs of abuse, as well.
What neurochemistry do you need to know to understand how drugs work in the body?
Basically, there are major molecules that affect mood and behavior, some of which are normally present in the body, and sometimes the drugs we take mimic or manipulate levels of those molecules to affect behavior.
What are some molecules affected, or manipulated, by drugs?
Let’s start with some easy ones. The happy neurotransmitter is serotonin, what makes you feel good. Antidepressants like paroxetine get there by modulating serotonin.
LSD and psilocybin, two of the best hallucinogens known to man, also work through modulating serotonin. And Ecstasy (or Molly) works by modulating serotonin, too.
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Epinephrine, adrenaline, it’s there for fight-or-flight. When you get scared, you feel your heart beat, get sweaty—you can run away from the wild creature that wants to eat you. Cocaine works so well by increasing your epinephrine. People who take too much cocaine get really sweaty and have a really high blood pressure.
Getting really excited is great—that’s why people go on roller coasters. But getting too excited can kill you.
I may ask the class: How many of you use a mind-altering substance on a daily basis? The vast majority may not raise their hands, but caffeine is without a doubt a drug. It has definite psychoactive effects, no doubt you can get addicted to it.
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If you include nicotine, caffeine, or alcohol as mind-altering drugs, the vast majority of adults in American society use one or more of these daily.
As a medical toxicologist, what do you do all day?
Medical toxicology is a relatively new specialty in medicine—we’re one of the youngest disciplines in medicine. And we are a group of interesting individuals—only a few hundred in the country—whose expertise is in taking care of people who are acutely and chronically poisoned…We are the medical detectives of the modern age.
What tools do you use as a sleuth?
We may use tests like gas chromatography or mass spectrometry to figure out how much of something is in something else. But our best tool is still to take a patient’s full history and to do a good physical exam. We also look at symptoms and context, of course. In the right context, if a person is unconscious, barely breathing; has low blood pressure and pulse, has tiny pupils—that’s someone who likely took too much opioid. I don’t need tests to observe that.
The Museum greatly acknowledges The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation, Inc. for its support to establish The Sackler Brain Bench, part of the Museum’s Sackler Educational Laboratory for Comparative Genomics and Human Origins, in The Spitzer Hall of Human Origins.
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Andrea Mura wins the OSTAR 2017 and enters the legend!
“It was an extremely challenging OSTAR, I’m happy to be here healthy and safe,” these are the first words of Sardinian sailor Andrea Mura, first at the solitary transatlantic finish, sailed by Plymouth on May 29th. Travel time: 17 days, 4 hours, 6 minutes, 19 seconds.
Almost a race elimination, as four powerful blizzards in succession have decimated the fleet, forcing two thirds of competitors to retire.
In particular, the last one, the one that all called The Perfect Storm, with winds over 60 knots and waves of 15 meters, which forced the abandonment of its own boat the other Italian, the young promise Michele Zambelli, taken to safety from the Canadian Coast Guard with a rescue in action movies style.
He did not get the record set by Giovanni Soldini in 1996. It was one of Mura’s undeclared targets, which had chosen a north route between Iceland and Greenland at the start of the race to circumvent the first depression but also to look for those winds that allowed to gain a lot of advantage.
The record, however, would be just the icing on the cake of a legendary victory: no one had previously won 3 editions in a row, and Mura put in his palmares Twostar 2012 (with records), Ostar 2013 and Now the Ostar 2017. It was, however, a “unique” edition for the terrible weather conditions, for the number of competitors that abandones the race, for the latitude reached by the same Mura (56th North) never attempted by any skipper in this race.
At moments immediately after the 2013 victory he swore that he would never do it again: now Andrea no longer speaks for the argument, but certainly Vento di Sardegna has gotten everything he could from this difficult racing and taking part again would not really direction.
“I want to thank all those who have followed me through newspapers, TV and web, and also through social, know that hundreds of thousands have made me feel incredible affection and closeness – emphasizes Mura – even in the middle of the ocean I never really felt alone. I would like to thank them one by one ”
“I also thank our technical sponsors, real partners, thanks to them this boat has come here virtually without damage – adds Mura – We recall that Vento di Sardegna is a project born in 1997, born of the Felci Italian genius. It’s an old boat that we’ve improved over the years, ideal for challenging regattas like the Ostar. “
Several managers of American engineering partners of Andrea Mura have arrived on arrival to greet the skipper, along with many fans, including many Italians.
Noteworthy are the media outcomes: from April 21st, departure day from Cagliari, Mura’s adventure has produced more than 400 releases between TV, newspapers, radio and web for a counter value (advertisement equivalency index) of about 3 million euros . Since 2010, the year of the first ocean victory at Route du Rhum, to date (5 wins on 6 solo races), Mura has generated a total value of over 33 million euros.
Only Brigata Sassari’s (Dimonios) video played at the Cagliari starting ceremony has got 500,000 views in a few hours: 4 million views between Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are the “social score” of Mura at this OSTAR.
Vento di Sardegna in the United States will now have other official commitments: in addition to the OSTAR prize of June 21, there will be an important event in New York, which will soon reveal the details.
With OSTAR 2017, Andrea Mura’s palmares in the ocean races become increasingly rich:
• 2010, Route du Rhum, a famous solo transatlantic regatta that takes place every four years, 3.543 miles through the cold waters of the North Atlantic to the Caribbean. With this victory, Andrea is the first Italian to enter the legend.
• 2012, win and record both in Twostar (13 gg 14 h), and in Quebec – S. Malò. (11 days, 12 hrs)
• 2013, win at the Ostar, 2,850 miles from England to the United States, the toughest of the races alone because of the polar, counter-current and counter-current temperatures.
• Andrea won the “Velista dell’Anno” award in 2011 and 2014.
• In November 2014, he finished second (first of the monohulls) the Route du Rum 2014 – Destination Guadeloupe in “Rhum Class”.
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There are so many things to do in Taipei with kids or on your own — including day trips from Taipei. If you’re interested in Asia, then put Taiwan on your list. And this list of fun things to do in Taipei is not just for families. Most of our tips can be enjoyed by just about anyone. Read on for the best Taipei museums, Taipei night markets, Taipei day trips, and more!
Things to Do in Taipei with Kids
I know many family travelers look at Taipei as more of a layover on their way to Japan, Thailand, Malaysia or other Asian destinations. Nevertheless, Taiwan really is an amazing place to travel with kids. As one of the island’s number-one fans, I still find it perplexing that it doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. While not as cheap as Vietnam, Indonesia or other places in Southeast Asia, Taiwan is affordable, safe and bursting with culture, delicious food, and friendly people.
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Perhaps the biggest irony behind my push to explore what to do in Taipei with kids is just how long it took me to realize the city’s potential myself. After all, Keiko and I actually lived in Taiwan in the late ’90s, but we visited the capital only a few times. It wasn’t until nearly a decade later — while living in Tokyo — that I realized just how awesome exploring things to do in Taipei could truly be.
I started re-visiting the island on my own in 2007. Then in 2013, the kids finally visited with me, and we had such a good time that we stayed for a few months.
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I really think visiting Taiwan with kids is a must. Lots of people want to see Beijing, Shanghai, and Tibet. So do I, but Taiwan offers a side of Chinese culture that isn’t available anywhere else. Whether you’re just passing through or considering a longer stay, there are things to do in Taipei that everyone can enjoy. From nature hikes to to culinary walks to some even wackier Taipei attractions.
Taiwanese food is some of my favorite in the world. This uniquely delicious style of Chinese cooking is heavy on seafood, with occasional hints of its Japanese colonial past. In addition to food, Taiwanese people are also very warm and welcoming in general, and they absolutely adore children.
Most people recommend visiting Taipei in October through February. The typhoon season ends in September and the temperatures cool a bit. We personally enjoy Taipei with all year round, but then again we don’t mind the heat, humidity or typhoons.
Fall temperatures are around 70°F (21°C), which actually feels nice after the sweltering summer. Others prefer January and February when there is the least rainfall, but it gets chilly (for us anyway) after dark. Lows reach 57ºF/14C.
There are so many fun and educational things to do in Taipei, and you will certainly find some remarkable historic places. There also are museums, amazing buildings (both old and new) and a couple of day trips from Taipei worth taking. Below are some of our top picks for things to do in Taipei with kids.
An evening visit to one of the city’s many night markets is the best thing to do in Taipei. The food here is some of the best in the world. We love street food everywhere we go: from Thailand to Peru…from Mexico to Malaysia. Do you know where my favorite street food is? Taiwan. Hands down. Definitely spend some time in Taipei night markets.
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The Taipei 101 was the tallest building in the world for five years. Despite the expense to visit the top, we found the view and the details of its construction to be worth the price tag and still think it’s one of the best things to do in Taipei with kids or without.
It also has the world’s fastest elevator, which was less impressive than we had hoped, in that is ascended too smoothly. My boy and I wanted to feel the velocity! However, an unexpected surprise was the gargantuan wind damper near the top: a 660-TON golden ball hanging high inside the building’s interior. The design provides a counterbalance during earthquakes and strong winds. Audioguides are available in English, Japanese, and many other languages. And you can’t beat the view.
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Longshan is probably the most crowded temple in Taipei and is often packed with tourists and worshipers alike. That said, I still think it’s what to do in Taipei because it’s beautiful and easily accessible, being just a 5-minute walk from the station.
The grounds are quite nice to walk with kids as well, including the waterfall and garden. There are many great Taipei temples to visit, but we consider this one of the best things to do in Taipei because of its history and the surrounding neighborhood.
On the west side of the temple is “herb alley,” where lots of Chinese medicinal plants are stored, prepared and sold (worth a walkthrough). To the south, across the street from the entrance to the temple is Mengxia Park. Here, you will see locals gather to do tai-chi, sing karaoke, play mahjong and other activities typical of the Taiwanese pensioner.
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If you are in Taipei with kids and have even a modicum of interest in Chinese history, then this is what to do in Taipei. There might be more of China’s history in this building than there is in China itself. Yes, a hyperbolic statement for sure, but not as much as you think when you consider that Chiang Kai Shek stole most of this from the mainland right before Mao Tse Tung’s Cultural Revolution began destroying anything with historical significance. One of the best things to do in Taipei for history buffs.
As interesting as the National Palace can be, my kids were ready to leave long before I was. If that sounds like your kids, then don’t bother trying to see everything. Head straight for the coolest stuff. For us, that was the jade sculptures and the drinking cups carved out of rhino horns.
Visiting Taipei with kids is often an exercise in noise management. The entire city is loud — including revered museums like this one. The National Palace Museum can feel a bit chaotic: lots of huge tour groups from mainland China are here, and…well…many of the people in these groups have never been to a museum like this. Out of all the things to do in Taipei, you’ll find more tourists from Mainland China here than anywhere else.
Expect lots of loud chatter and camera flashes — even as museum staff and guides are explicitly telling people to keep voices low and refrain from using a flash. Talking over the din are the tour guides. Some groups have earpieces, but many do not, so the guides often have to raise their voices to be heard.
If you’re genuinely interested in learning more and think the kids would be too, then join a group or hire a guide. They help put the objects you’re looking at into historical context. But if you don’t want to stay more than an hour, skip the guide.
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Not many people know this, but there are at least nine aboriginal tribes on the island of Taiwan (possibly more, but nine recognized tribes, anyway). This museum introduces their art and their culture, which is quite interesting. It’s right across the street from the National Palace Museum, and much smaller and quieter…which can be a good thing. Learning about the aboriginal tribes is one of the most interesting things to do in Taipei for anyone interested in world cultures.
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The outside of this gargantuan hunk of a monument won’t enthrall young ones for long. Our kids, however, loved to see the changing of the guard happening inside. My wife and I enjoyed too, but perhaps for different reasons.
You see, there were large tour groups from Mainland China watching when we visited. Seeing their reactions as the “renegade province” went through a military ritual was more than a little interesting for us.
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The history of Sun Yat-Sen (the founder of the Republic of China) is really interesting. What our kids enjoyed most, however, was all the life going on around the memorial. This is one of the main spots in town where young dance crews meet to practice their moves. Both of our kids soaked that in for a long time. Also, keep in mind that the memorial is quite close to the Taipei 101 building, which is probably on your list, as well.
So you’ve gone through all of our favorite things to do in Taipei Taiwan. Looking for something extra? Here’s what to do in Taipei for those with more time and eclectic tastes.
You don’t have to be a history buff or a shutterbug to think this is what to do in Taipei, but it may add to the experience. This lovingly recreated old Taiwanese family compound is one of the most Instagrammable spots in the city.
There are bridges, footpaths, and bridges around what almost looks like a movie set for a period drama. It’s a perfect place for family photos. Oh, and it’s free, too. The only problem is it’s a little out of the way — 20+ minutes’ walk from the station. Despite this, it’s beautiful and remarkably peaceful considering its proximity to highways and the landing strips of Songshan Airport.
This cultural spectacle is full of music, dance, acrobatics, and martial arts. Expect Peking Opera and the Taiwanese equivalent, along with dance performances from some of Taiwan’s indigenous groups.
TIP: Tickets are general admission, so we suggest getting there early for better seats. There is usually some entertainment before the show as well.
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This large patch of green has playgrounds and sandboxes for kids to play in, and a favorite with many locals on the weekends. It’s also easily accessible via the MRT train and close to Yongkang Street, which has loads of good eats.
Instead of flattening some of Taipei’s older buildings, the city converted them into public art spaces better known as “Creative Parks.” Here you’ll find rotating exhibits and young artists selling their wares. Sometimes performances or music on the weekends as well. If you have time for a picnic and a day of people watching, then these are some of the best things to do in Taipei.
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If you’re in Taipei with kids, consider a shrimping excursion. It’s one of the most unique things to do in Taipei with kids or anyone.
What’s shrimping? It’s simple: you go to a covered pool stocked with shrimp. You drop your line in with a hook and bait. Shrimp bite the bait, you pull them out of the water, grill them on the spot and eat them.
It’s fun and can be a nice way to sit and relax for a few hours. But as with any fishing experience, patience is sometimes required. Most places cook them for you, and if you’re squeamish, the staff at some establishments may even help you bait the hook if you ask nicely (no promises). Other simple additions such as beer, sodas, and fried rice are also usually available for your meal.
These places aren’t fancy: many are simple concrete pools with plastic stools to sit on. But it’s fun.
There are several shrimping places within a 10 min car ride from the National Palace Museum on Zhishan Rd. Section 3.
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Ok, so this one may be just for families. If you’re in Taipei with kids and you like the concept behind job-themed indoor amusement park Kidzania (mentioned in the Tokyo with Kids: Odaiba post), then you’ll like this place, too. It’s one of the best indoor things to do in Taipei with little kids.
Baby Boss follows the same formula as Kidzania, letting primary school-aged kids role-play a wide variety of occupations, such as firefighter, surgeon, security guard, pilot and flight attendant.
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There are lots of things to do in Taipei, but if you have time, we’d love to suggest a few day trips from Taipei. All of these Taipei day trips can be done in a day but could easily be turned into an overnight trip, as well. Here are a few of our favorite day trips from Taipei.
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Not many huge cities have a wooded trail that leads to such a beautiful lookout. This is what to do in Taipei for some fresh air, but stroller-pushers beware. The path is all steps, and they can get steep. The walk from the station to the first lookout point is anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, depending on who is walking.
There are several more lookout points, with the highest probably taking about two hours or more to reach. Yet in my opinion, the first viewpoint is enough (see above). If you want a quick escape from the concrete jungle to be around some green space, then this is one of the best things to do in Taipei. Don’t forget to bring enough snacks and water for everyone, and also mosquito repellant, because there can be quite a few buzzing around this area almost any time of the year.
The views on the gondola make this one of the best things to do in Taipei for anyone. It’s pretty spectacular, but in inclement weather, it can be hard to see very far. The ride’s about 30 minutes, and there are food options, tea shops, and plenty of room to run at the top, including the Taipei Zoo and its panda.
We have not been to the zoo, but it is often ranked one of the best in Asia. If going to the zoo, take the gondola there and then walk back to town downhill, especially if you’re pushing a stroller. If you have thrill-seekers in your family, then wait for one of the glass-bottomed cars on the gondola.
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This little mountainside village is one of our favorite places to visit in Taiwan with kids. It already has plenty of tourists visiting, but most of them are Chinese, Japanese and local Taiwanese travelers.
You go to Jiufen essentially to walk one long set of stairs that spills down a picturesque mountainside, with restaurants and tea houses along the ledges. It’s one of the most picturesque day trips from Taipei. In fact, this is one of the places that inspired Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki when he was creating the film Spirited Away, which won an Oscar. This a great spot to soak in the view over some excellent Taiwan High Mountain Oolong Tea. Anyone interested in Miyazaki films or atmospheric tea shops will consider this one of the best things to do in Taipei.
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Only a few bus stops from Jiufen is Jinguashi, an old gold mine that was turned into a Japanese POW-camp during World War II. Lots of stories here, and despite the dire history involved, it was quite interesting for all four of us. After all, there’s lots of decorative gold to gawk at, and the place owns a massive gold ingot (220kgs!) that was at one time the largest piece of gold in the world. And you can actually lay your hands on it!
This would definitely be one of the most interesting things to do in Taipei for World War II history buffs or anyone who just wants to see a lot of gold in a small space. It can easily be part of any day trip from Taipei to Jiufen.
This beautiful National Park is just north of TaipeiFull of trails, and lush green, hiking here is one of the best things to do in Taipei for nature lovers. It’s close to some of the best Taipei hot springs as well, so this could also be a great day overnight trip from Taipei.
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There are lots of temples in Taipei, but this is easily one of the best to visit. It’s huge and stunningly ornate. It also has a cool tunnel to a river view. If you’re planning to visit the Taipei hot springs in Beitou, then this is a great stop on the way to or from.
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Sitting in natural hot springs is one of our favorite things to do in Taipei or anywhere, and Taiwan’s place on the ring of fire gives it lots of geothermal activity. For a day trip from Taipei, there are a number of places you can go for a warm soak. Don’t expect the full Japanese bathing experience: most baths are public and everyone wears a swimsuit. Yet many hotels in the area have private tubs if that’s your thing.
That said, as much as we love the Japanese onsen ritual, we don’t try to recreate it here. You can pay for your own private indoor tub, but the ambiance is lacking, and the public tubs are usually less serene than in Japan. With this in mind, I suggest looking at day trips from Taipei to a hot spring more like going to a public pool. The good news is there will likely be other kids there. And since everyone is wearing swimsuits, you can all go into one pool together (as opposed to gender-specific pools). The bad news is that it may not be as peaceful as you imagined.
The riverside tubs in Wulai were my favorite day trips from Taipei, and there’s a waterfall and other attractions nearby. However, I should note that a typhoon did a lot of damage to the area, and that may still affect these attractions.
The riverside tubs are now closed, but if you’re on motorbikes you can reach places for a fee dip. Otherwise, look into the hotels and spas in the area. Find out from locals what the situation is. Wulai’s original residents were indigenous people, and they still run many of the hot spring hotels here.
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This area was first developed by the Japanese during their pre-WWII occupation and it remains a very popular place for weekenders. Some of the pools here get quite hot, so always check before plopping in or letting the kids jump in.
Out of the two hot spring towns mentioned here. I’d recommend this one first. It’s easily one of the best things to do in Taipei as a day trip.
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Taiwan is like a second home to me. The people, the culture, the food — we love it all. I studied Chinese while I lived there. Most of it has been forgotten from lack of use, sadly, but I can still understand what is going on around me. This probably helped with our ability to navigate the city.
When my kids arrived here, Taiwan was our first stop in our experiment with long-term travel, and despite growing up in neighboring Japan, their initial culture shock was quite pronounced. Any Western family would probably have a similar experience anywhere in Southeast Asia, but I think it can be actually better in Taiwan because people are so kind and accommodating, and the fear of theft and scams are so, so much lower than much of Southeast Asia. After the kids learned a few basic phrases in Mandarin, locals became even sweeter.
Have you been to Taipei with kids? What were your impressions of Taipei? Do you know of any things to do in Taipei or day trips from Taipei that I should add to this list? Tell us in the comments below or contact me.
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just stumbled uppon this page and love it, informative and to the point. =)
However i have a question about the typhoon damage to Wulai and the thing that you mention about the riverside tubs beeing closed in wulai. Is this information up to date / still valid ?
We (me, the misses, and 2 kids 3 and 6yrs old) will travel to taipei in 2 weeks time and just wanted to know since we had planed a visit to Wulai and might reconcider if the info you present is still valid ?
Alex and family
Jason Jenkins says
Hey Alex. I just confirmed with some friends in Taipei. The hot spring hotel biz up back and running full steam (pardon the pun). The riverside tubs, however, seem to be permanently closed.
We were actually planning a three week trip to Japan (from Europe) this summer. The cheapest flight has a 12 hour layover in Taipei. I looked up “spending an afternoon in Taipei with children” this morning – because we’d never been there – and bumped into this blog. We now cut into our time in Japan so we can explore Taiwan for a week too 🙂 So excited, thank you!
So happy to hear this! We love Taiwan, and I plan to write more about the island. Taipei is fantastic, but there is so much more to Taiwan than the capital. Please let us know what you think!
tony friedman says
Hi, great article and beautiful family. I put Baby Boss and the Maokong Gondola on our list for our next trip to Taipei. A few things I would add to your list are the amazing Taipei night markets, Ximending pedestrian zone, Hope Farmers Market, Tamsui Old Street, and Guandu Temple in Beitou. Best of all, they are all free except for all the food you will stuff yourself with. There’s more info about all these places on my travel blog.
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Thanks, Tony. So much to do in Taipei!
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Getting to grips with TV standards, understanding where and how to pay the radio and TV licence fees, and what's available to the TV viewer in Denmark…
The television transmission standard in Denmark is PAL. In order for foreign television sets to work in the country, they should be compatible with this standard. There are three main television/video standards in use throughout the world.
NTSC: used in the USA, Canada, Japan and some other countries
PAL: used in most of Western Europe, Australasia and South Africa
SECAM: used in France, parts of the Middle East and Eastern Europe
Terrestrial and Digital TV
The state television channel in Denmark is DR (Radio of Denmark), which is funded through a licence fee. The other main television network is TV2, which has a range of programmes as well as a number of regional channels.
Most TV channels, such as DR, are in Danish but some show original programmes in English with Danish subtitles. Foreign TV shows are never dubbed (unless they are for children) and most of the Danish channels with English-speaking films have Danish subtitles.
Denmark switched to digital television in November 2009.
For further information on digital television in Denmark: Click here
Satellite and Cable TV
In order to subscribe to cable, satellite or Internet television packages, an address in Denmark and a CPR number is required.
Most satellite and cable packages include UK and US channels. To watch satellite TV, a satellite dish and satellite TV receiver box are required. The set-up process is generally straightforward. Once a provider is chosen, an appointment is made to come to the home and install a cable link or satellite dish.
Television service providers generally operate a monthly direct debit arrangement and fees vary according to what package or services are required.
The main providers of subscription channels in Denmark are Viasat and Canal Digital. Many telephone providers also offer TV packages as part of their subscription.
The most basic TV packages may not include many English channels. However, there are many subscription packages available which have channels with programmes in English, for example TV 3+. The main packages supplied by all providers include films, news, documentaries, sports, films and childrens' programmes.
Television Licences
A media licence is required for anyone with a television, radio, video, DVD player or computer with Internet access. A radio licence is available for households with radios only.
This fee is paid to the state and is collected by DR licens. Anyone over the age of 18 with an appliance, whether owned, rented or borrowed, needs to register within 14 days of getting the appliance. The fee is paid in advance every six months, or monthly, and covers the licence holder, spouse and children registered at the same address as the licence holder. The licence also covers appliances in a licence holder's secondary home, car and boat.
It is possible to register for the licence online: Click here (in Danish)
For further information on the media licence: Click here
Anyone found with a broadcasting appliance and no licence may be liable for a fine.
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Bright, vibrant, fun – Miranda’s collage paintings are lively and colourful. She works in a variety of media to produce wonderfully intricate images, often inspired by botanical micrographs. These are then torn up and reconstructed to create quirkily stylised representations of animals, insects, plants and fossils, brilliantly embellished with metallics, glitter, and gems.
Miranda was born in London, and moved to Dorset from Saffron Walden in north-west Essex, in 2017. She shares a studio with her husband, Mark, in Sherborne, which is open to visitors by arrangement. Since moving to Dorset she has exhibited with Bruton Art Society, Sherborne Art Club, and Yeovil Art Group, and participated in Dorset Art Weeks 2018.
As well as being an artist, Miranda is a singer and songwriter, entertaining groups such as Women's Institutes, University of the Third Age, and Probus Clubs with a light-hearted mix of words and music.
You are welcome to contact her on 07896 354616, email her on [email protected], or see more of her work on her website: www.mirandapender.com.
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Fri 17 Nov 2017 10:31 AM
UAE food consumption set to rise to 59m tonnes by 2025
New report also says total food sales in the UAE reached $329bn last year
A growing population, increasing tourist numbers and rising incomes will all contribute to pushing UAE food consumption to 59.2 million tonnes annually by 2025, according to a new report.
The UAE Food Industry Report 2017 said the UAE is on course to meet both consumer demands and UAE Government mandates for a more sustainable, zero-waste future.
Saleh Abdullah Lootah, chairman, Food and Beverage Manufacturers Group, said the country’s food industry is evolving and growing in response to social behaviour and changing food habits.
“Food is the second biggest sector in the UAE. The total food sales figure in the UAE for 2016 was AED121 billion ($329 billion) and will only continue to grow,” said Lootah, who is also the chairman, Food & Beverage Manufacturers Business Group - Dubai Chamber of Commerce and managing director, Al Islami Foods.
“Food consumption is forecast to rise from 48.1 tonnes last year to 59.2 million by 2021, due to a rising consumer base and growth in income,” he added.
The report said that with the UAE’s population estimated to hit 10 million by 2025 and tourism numbers poised to reach 20 million by 2020, food manufacturing industry players face a range of challenges.
“More people are health conscious, the recent Dubai Fitness Challenge is an example of that. More people are starting to ask where their food is coming from, how it was made and what’s in it, before they consume. That is a good thing, but it also presents a challenge and all of us in the supply chain must come together. We as a food group are doing our best to promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle,” he said.
Lootah outlined other challenges such as the impending implementation of VAT and rising costs.
Dubai is currently home to more than 16,000 food outlets and restaurants, including 2,074 new restaurants that opened between the middle of 2015 and the end of 2016, according to latest figures from Dubai Municipality.
The report was launched at Gulfood Manufacturing 2007 which was held earlier this week in Dubai.
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Highly glazed buildings aren’t green but here are some innovations making windows a little more e
Highly glazed buildings aren’t green but here are some innovations making windows a little more efficient
Window performance has increased dramatically on a number of measures over the past 25 years, driven by the fact that they are one of the major sources of unwanted heat transfer, discomfort from glare and condensation problems in a building.
The best method for reducing the impact of your windows on a building’s thermal comfort and energy performance is to reduce them entirely, but big expanses of glazing are attractive and unlikely to disappear from the facades of Australian commercial buildings anytime soon.
The next best step is to take advantage of the 25 years of improved performance in frame and glass technology, aimed at reducing heat transfer (U-Value) and Solar Hear Gain Coefficient (SHGC), and thereby cutting the energy lost through windows.
This includes thermally broken frames, double and triple glazed units, low-emissivity glass coatings, gas fills such as argon in the glazing space, and insulating spacers.
Double glazing has reached its limits in terms of insulating performance and no amount of low-emissivity coatings and gas cavity fills will get the centre of double glazing units (DGUs) to an R-value better than 5.
Manufacturers have since turned to adding one or more extra layers of glazing to improve this performance and when combined with gas fills and low-e coatings, quality quadruple glazing can achieve R-values of R10 and higher.
But adding layers means additional thickness and weight, and in response some suppliers now offer thinner krypton gas filled cavities, vacuum glazing units, closed cavity facades, and heat reflecting films if asked. These are tipped to be the next generation of window technology.
But the thermal qualities are only part of the story because glazing lets light in and results in solar radiation heating the inside of a room. A building’s air-conditioning system is almost always defined by the glazed area and while dark tinted windows and reflective coatings are used to reduce the Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC) of windows, these approaches reduce views and daylight. Manufacturers now use spectrally selective coatings which reduce solar gain while having only a small effect on daylight.
Above Left: Recognised in Popular Science magazine’s list “The 100 Best Inventions of the Millennium”, Heat Mirror technology utilizes advanced coated films suspended in the middle of an IGU and reflect heat back to its source. They also provide multiple insulating cavities which can be filled with Krypton or Argon gas for improved performance. With three Heat Mirror films and krypton filled cavities, window R-Values of 20 are possible. Image: Paarhammer Windows and Doors frame and Heat Mirror Strips supplied by Viridian New World Glass.
Above Right: A renovation of the Empire State Building saw 6,500 windows upgraded to include Heat Mirror Strips and is tipped to save $50,000 on energy bills.
Glass is only the part of the heat transfer problem and a window will only perform as well as its spacers and framing. Warm-edge spacer bars separating the panes of glass within insulated glazing units (IGU) have become more affordable and widely available, but most of the heat transfer of even IGUs will still come through the spacer rather than the centre of the glass.
Window frames are a common source of thermal bridging, particularly in commercial applications where better thermal dampener variations such as timber and vinyl frames are not applicable to use and aluminium frames dominate.
Even thermally broken Aluminium frames rarely contribute to a window achieving an R-Value over R4, even if a R9 IGU is used for the glazing element.
Composite frames are beginning to surface in the market and these include foam-filled vinyl frames with aluminium exterior claddings, wood frames with polyurethane thermal breaks, and foam-filled fiberglass extrusions with wood interior and aluminium exterior finishes.
These innovations in window frames have improved their heat flow resistance however they are still behind the performance of glazing technology and will continue to be the source of most unwanted heat transfer in a building.
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Sam Baker Jun 27, 2019
Supreme Court: Partisan gerrymandering "beyond the reach" of federal courts
Photo: Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court said that cases about partisan gerrymandering are "beyond the reach of the federal courts" — a blow to voting-rights activists and Democrats.
Why it matters: Today's ruling is a green light for gerrymandering to get even more aggressive. That will make it harder for minority parties to retake the reins of power — even in wave elections.
Details: The court was considering two specific instances of gerrymandering: A district in Maryland whose boundaries benefit Democrats, and North Carolina's legislative map, which was designed explicitly to help Republicans retain power.
"I think electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats. So I drew this map to help foster what I think is better for the country," the architect of North Carolina's 2016 redistricting process said at the time.
The big picture: Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the majority opinion, didn't just say that those two specific instances of gerrymandering can stand. He said the federal courts will never draw a line to declare that any partisan gerrymander went too far.
How to draw legislative districts is a political question, Roberts said, and it's not the courts' place to decide "how much partisan dominance is too much."
States can answer that question for themselves, he said, by establishing nonpartisan redistricting commissions or changing their criteria.
The other side: "The politicians who benefit from partisan gerrymandering are unlikely to change partisan gerrymandering. And because those politicians maintain themselves in office through partisan gerrymandering, the chances for legislative reform are slight," Justice Elena Kagan wrote in a dissent joined by the other three liberal justices.
Kagan also warned that gerrymandering will keep getting more extreme as the technology behind it advances, citing the advanced computer modeling that helped produce North Carolina's GOP-advantaged map.
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Neola Corliss Jacobson
July 18, 1923 - February 9, 2017
. . . a model of benevolence and social grace . . .
Neola Corliss Jacobson, nee Hageman, Brink, passed peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday (Feb. 9, 2017). Neola was born in Chicago, Ill. on July 18, 1923 to Andrew and Edna (Williamson) Brink. She grew up in Chicago near Lake Michigan and recalled many fond memories of the exciting life growing up in the Windy City. She was preceded in death by her parents, her two brothers, Clarence Budwash and Leroy Brink, and a lifetime full of friends and acquaintances.
Neola’s young adult life was quite similar to others who grew up during WWII. She married Samuel Hageman in December, 1942 at the tender age of 19. Shortly after, Samuel joined the Navy and fought in WWII while Neola joined many other women in the workforce, taking a job with AB Dick Printing in Chicago. When Samuel returned safely home from war, Neola and Sam moved to Park Forest, a suburb of Chicago, where they raised three daughters.
After raising her three girls, Neola devoted her life to caring for developmentally delayed, disabled, and elderly dementia patients, first in a position at Elisabeth Ludeman Center (Park Forest), and then at The Club, an adult day care center for people with dementia/Alzheimer’s. After she started losing her sight due to macular degeneration, Neola still volunteered where she could, rolling silverware for meals at an elderly nutrition site in Park Forest. In 2005, Neola moved east to join two of her daughters in Alfred, NY, living first in the Rose Apartments and then Updyke’s Willow Ridge (Hornell), and finally Elderwood formerly Saint James Mercy Care (Hornell) when her needs for care increased.
Neola was a bedrock for her family and a model of benevolence and social grace. Although Neola lost her sight nearly twenty years ago and was losing her hearing during the past year, up until her final days, Neola had a keen mind, and she devoted her time to nurturing her relationships with family, friends, and caregivers. Neola’s gentleness and gracious spirit touched everyone she met. She will be forever remembered for her kindness, charity, and unending mercy and understanding.
Neola is survived by her three daughters: Lynne Bunke (Frank), Judith Rearick, and Joanne Hageman; eight grandchildren: Michelle Drouin (PC) Sarah Hoffman, Rachel Johnston Pires (Alexander), Karl Wehle (Rommie), Shaun Wehle, (Amber), Lauren Rearick, Kelsey Hageman, and Christopher Rearick; and seventeen great grandchildren: Brett and Nate Hoffman, Alexander, Brendon, and Samantha Goble, Taylor and Brooklyn Engle, Karl, Jacob, Abigail, Hailley, Jasiah and Madison Wehle, Jack and Isla Pires, and Tyler and Noah Drouin.
A memorial service will be held in Indiana later in the year to celebrate Neola's life with her family. Arrangements are under the direction of Baker-Swan Funeral Home in Andover.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Box of Books Library, 1 West University Street, Alfred, NY 14802.
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Hydrocephalus and Shunts
Hydrocephalus is a condition in the brain in which there is an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles, which then increases the intracranial pressure within the skull.
It can be the result of a variety of different diseases and injuries including those that cause disruptions to the absorption of CSF or an obstruction to the CSF flow (Koutoukidis et al. 2016).
There are different treatments available for those with hydrocephalus depending on many individual factors, but often can involve insertion of a shunt.
In the United States alone, every year 33,000 people are having shunts placed (Rinker et al. 2015).
A shunt allows the excess CSF to drain to a different part of the body. In the older patient with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, insertion of a VP shunt shows improvement rates in between 61-90% of patients presenting with this condition (Saehle et al. 2014). Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus is often diagnosed in older adults and is characterised by gait disturbances, cognitive impairment and urinary incontinence (Saehle et al. 2014).
Different Types of Shunts
The different types of shunts used most commonly include ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts, ventriculoatrial (VA) shunts or a lumboperitoneal (LP) shunts (Koutoukidis et al. 2016).
Shunts will generally consist of three components:
An inflow catheter – This drains the CSF from the ventricles. It leaves the brain through a small hole in the skull, which then runs under the skin.
A valve mechanism – This regulates the pressure control through the shunt tubing. It is connected to the catheter and lies between the skin and the skull, usually on top of the head or behind the ear.
An outflow catheter – This runs under the skin and moves the CSF from the valve to the peritoneal cavity, heart or other drainage site.
(Hydrocephalus Association 2017).
As with any procedure, every shunt and every person with a shunt is different. So what works for one person may not necessary be ideal for the next. This is why some valves can be adjustable, which means that instead of having a fixed pressure valve at the same value for everyone, these adjustable valves can be readjusted by a clinician according to patient need (Hydrocephalus Association 2017).
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) Shunt
VP shunts are the most common type of shunt for draining excess CSF. These shunts generally contain a pressure-sensitive valve that releases CSF once the pressure reaches a certain level (Rinker et al. 2015). In VP shunts, a catheter is inserted into the ventricle with tubing tunnelled subcutaneously down the thorax and then further tunnelled into the peritoneal cavity where the CSF is absorbed.
Ventriculoatrial (VA) Shunt
VA shunts are less common than VP shunts and the only difference between them is that rather than finishing in the peritoneal cavity, the VA shunt finishes in the right atrium of the heart and CSF is absorbed via our blood stream (Rinker et al. 2015).
Lumboperitoneal (LP) Shunt
An LP shunt consists of a catheter inserted between two lumbar vertebras into the thecal space, which is then tunnelled around the abdomen into the peritoneal cavity for absorption (Rinker et al. 2015).
Complications of Shunts
As with any surgery, the insertion of shunts doesn’t come without risks. These risks include mechanical obstruction of the shunt, infection, and subdural haematomas.
These complications can be divided into two categories as either arising from:
A mechanical complication; or
A biological complication.
Mechanical complications of a shunt include:
Malfunctions such as leaks, obstruction, migration or discontinuity.
Whereas the biological complications of a shunt include:
Pseudocyst
Haemotoma; and
Peritonitis.
(Rinker et al. 2015)
The complication rates following insertion of a shunt tend to be high, with up to half of people experiencing some type of complication and needing shunt revisions. Generally with these complications there is often an overlap of both biological and mechanical factors that cause the problem (Rinker et al. 2015; Saehle et al. 2014).
To give you some statistics, shunt blockages occur in up to 31% of patients and over drainage occurs in about 3% of patients (Chari et al. 2014).
So what happens when there is an over drainage from the shunt?
Over drainage from the shunt can result in the ventricles decreasing in size and their meninges pulling away from the skull. This is a condition often called slit-ventricle syndrome. This complication is one that is more common in young adults who have had a shunt in place since childhood. The person with slit ventricle syndrome will often complain of severe but intermittent headaches that are often only relieved when lying down (Hydrocephalus Association 2017).
Under drainage of shunts has the opposite problem and will cause the ventricles to increase in their size. This will be in conjunction with the individual also not experiencing any relief of their previous symptoms of hydrocephalus. When this occurs, the patient may need a revision of their shunt, or if the person is able to adjust their pressure valves externally, they will need to be reviewed and readjusted (Hydrocephalus Association 2017).
Shunt infection tends to be one of the most common biological complications that occur in these individuals. They can be quite significant, as infection can have further implications and detrimental effects on the individual including abscess formation or shunt occlusion. If infection occurs, generally the shunt will need to be revised (Rinker et al. 2015).
Peritonitis can also occur with VP shunts where the individual displays general signs and symptoms of infection in conjunction with abdominal pain.
When the patient with a VP shunt complains of abdominal pain, the formation of an abdominal abscess also needs to be excluded. These abscesses can occur from many different ways including shunt contamination or from the shunt migrating into the bowel (Rinker et al. 2015).
A CSF pseudocyst is a rare complication of VP shunting and it is unclear as to what causes them. They will generally develop some time after the shunt has been placed – sometimes up to years down the track (Rinker et al. 2015).
VP shunts can also become obstructed. This may be due to the catheter disconnecting, migrating or even fracturing (Rinker et al. 2015). The shunt can become blocked in any part from the ventricular catheter in the brain, to the distal part of the catheter where it is draining (Hydrocephalus Association 2017).
Symptoms of a VP shunt obstruction are those seen with increased intracranial pressure, which could include: headache, vomiting, lethargy, irritability and confusion (Koutoukidis et al. 2016).
Nursing Care of a Patient with a Shunt
Nurses need to be monitoring the patient with a shunt for any of these complications. If they suspect any of these complications are occurring, they need to act immediately, as a delayed response can have dire consequences for the individual.
It is also important to note that some of these complications can occur any time. If your patient has had a shunt for five years, they can still be at risk of complications occurring. So, with your patient with a shunt, never stop monitoring for complications.
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Chari, A, Czosnyka, M, Richards, HK, Pickard, JD, Chir, M, Czosnyka, ZH 2014, ‘Hydrocephalus shunt technology: 20 years of experience from the Cambridge Shunt Evaluation Laboratory’, Journal of Neurosurgery, vol. 120, no. 3, pp. 697-707, viewed 11 April 2017, http://thejns.org/doi/full/10.3171/2013.11.JNS121895
Hydrocephalus Association, 2017, Hydrocephalus, viewed 12 April 2017, http://www.hydroassoc.org/complications-of-shunt-systems/
Koutoukidis, G, Stainton, K & Hughson, J (eds) 2016, Tabbner’s Nursing Care Theory and Practice, 7th edn, Elsevier, Chatswood.
Rinker, EK, Williams, TR & Myers, DT 2015, ‘CSF shunt complications: What the abdominal imager needs to know’, Abdominal Imaging, February, viewed 12 April 2017, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Todd_Williams5/publication/27s_to_know/links/54da115d0cf25013d043e628.pdf
Saehle, t, Farahmand, D, Eide, PK, Tisell, M & Wikkelso, C 2014, ‘A randomized controlled dual-center trial on shunt complications in idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus treated with gradually reduced or fixed pressure valve settings’, Journal of Neurosurgery, vol. 121, no. 5, pp. 1257-1263, viewed 11 April 2017, http://thejns.org/doi/full/10.3171/2014.7.JNS14283
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Julia Gillard rejects Gina Rinehart’s high Australian wages claim
Australia's principal federal political leaders have rejected Gina Rinehart's suggestion local wages are too high and are holding back the nation's competitiveness.
by Australian Times
AUSTRALIA’S principal federal political leaders have rejected Gina Rinehart’s suggestion local wages are too high and are holding back the nation’s competitiveness.
The West Australian mining magnate and billionaire said in a video posted online that many of her peers believed Africa, where workers can be hired for less than $2 a day, offered better prospects for investment.
“Australia is indeed becoming too expensive and too uncompetitive to do export-orientated business,” Ms Rinehart says.
But Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Australia would always offer proper wages and decent working conditions, and had other advantages compared with places like Africa.
“It’s not the Australian way to toss people $2, to toss them a gold coin, and then ask them to work for a day,” Ms Gillard told reporters in Perth on Wednesday.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said Ms Rinehart was entitled to her ideas.
“But it’s not something that the coalition has considered, and it’s not something that the coalition’s planning for,” he told reporters in Bendigo, Victoria.
Australian Greens Leader Christine Milne accused Ms Rinehart of being greedy.
“Look what you’re getting – a wealthy woman who tells other people that they should drink less, smoke less, work harder, get paid less, failing to recall of course that her father left her millions to start with,” Senator Milne told reporters in Hobart.
“It is as if she thinks the whole country is there to be dug up, smashed and shipped away at slave labour rates.”
Ms Rinehart says in the video, which was posted on the Sydney Mining Club website, there’s incontrovertible data showing Australia is becoming less competitive, and that Labor’s mining and carbon taxes and too much business red tape is making the economy sluggish.
“What was too readily argued as the self-interested complaints of a greedy few is now becoming accepted as the truth and more ominously is showing up in incontrovertible data,” she says.
Ms Gillard said Ms Rinehart was a “well-known opponent” of the mining and carbon taxes but denied they were damaging investment in mining projects.
“We’ve seen billions of dollars of new projects announced,” she said.
“We’re going to compete on our great mineral deposits, our application of technology and high skills to the task.”
Treasurer Wayne Swan said Ms Rinehart’s views didn’t deserve the publicity they’re getting.
“I don’t think that in this debate her views about cutting the minimum wage, about bringing in illegal workers, are ones that deserve the amount of publicity that they receive,” he said.
“There’s been a loud commentary from a few vested interests over a number of years about how we should create wealth and how we should distribute the benefits of the mining boom.
“The government remains absolutely determined that as we grow, we grow together, we don’t grow apart.” – AAP
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The challenges of being a small ISP in Ghana:” The regulator looks after larger operators rather than competition through local entrepreneurs...these would provide more jobs and choice for local users”.
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Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy
Hadiuzzaman, Syed, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Hadiuzzaman, Syed, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Hadiuzzaman, Syed, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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Haghighi, Ahmad Razban, Agricultural Biotechnology Research, Institute of Iran (ABRII) for Northwest and West of Iran, Tabriz
Hai, Do Van, Institute of Ecology & Biological Resources, Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology, 18-Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi
Hai, Do Van, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology, Hanoi
Hakki, Erdogan E., Department of Field Crops, Selcuk University, Konya 42079
Halim, M., Chittagong Education Board, Chittagong
Hamdi, S.M.M., Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran
Hamdy, Rim, Department of Botany & Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613
Haque, A.K.M. Kamrul, Department of Botany, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342
Haque, Tahmina
Hardini, Junita, Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Udayana University, Jl. Raya Kampus UNUD, Bukit Jimbaran, Kuta Selatan, Badung, Bali 80361
Harris, David
Harun-Ur-Rashid, Mohammad, Department of Botany, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331
Hassan, MA, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Hassan, Md Abul, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka
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Hassan, Md Abul, Bangladesh National Herbarium, Chiriakhana Road, Mirpur-1, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh
Hassan, Md Abul, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
Hassan, Md Abul, Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000. Bangladesh
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Basel World
Design Miami
Sneak preview of Art Basel
Art dealers are gathering up for the next edition of Art Basel (June 18-21). After the New York’s auction season, this is the place to go.
Basel is considered the mecca of art fairs and it will gather the most important art galleries in the world. The city turns to a vibrant place where everything happens and where the energy is great!
Basel boasts works by distinguished architects like Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Renzo Piano, and SANAA. Koch is also formerly managing director at Basel’s Beyeler Foundation.
Featuring nearly 300 galleries hailing from cities as far-flung as Tel Aviv, São Paulo, and Beijing, Art Basel 2015 is in its 46th year.
You will see the latest art exhibitions that were in the best museums around the world. This Art Basel edition promises to be a hit.
Yonamine
Blum & Poe Gallery will offer a canvas by Jim Shaw, who’s having a big year, with his largest U.S. museum solo to date, currently at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (see Jim Shaw’s Mass MoCA Extravaganza Takes on Superman, Father Figures, and Norman Rockwell), and a retrospective at New York’s New Museum on tap this fall.
See also: ART BASEL 2015: BEST EVENTS TO ATTEND
Gallery Blum and Poe
Galerie Denise René
Naï, 1949
David Kordansky Gallery
A “naive” spirit is the perfect word to describe the amazing paitings of Jonas Wood.It will be at Art Basel with David Kordansky Gallery. You can see the spirit of the artist through the painting that we should you above.
Mary Weatherford’s paintings with affixed strips of glowing neon caught people’s eye at the exhibition “The Forever Now: Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World,” at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in December 2014, and Los Angeles’ David Kordansky Gallery hopes to build on that momentum with a stormy black canvas with blue and red vertical neon strips.
Mary Weatherford’s paint – David Kordanksy Gallery, Los Angeles
William Kentridge’s show “The Refusal of Time” at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art last year turned a lot of heads; the New York Times’ Holland Cotter called it “audience pleasing in the best, challenging sense.” In Basel, New York/Paris/London dealer Marian Goodman offers sculptures and works on paper by the South African artist. She’s known for dramatic presentations at fairs, having turned over a Frieze New York booth to a performance by Tino Sehgal. She’ll also offer work from her international roster, including Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Lawrence Weiner, and Yang Fudong.
Bruce Nauman, EAT DEATH
Fudong Yang
Mario Schifano, Untitled, 1967-69, enamel on paper on canvas
Waddington Custot Galleries
Mike Kelley, No title (from the series “Half a Man”), ca. 2004–2006. Courtesy the Mike Kelley Foundation and Hauser & Wirth.
Photo: Joshua White
As you can see the Art Basel 2015 will be full of art and also full of artists that will blow your mind with their creations!
The blog Basel Shows desires that your stay in Basel is the best, so see here our city guide of this artful city.
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Tags: art basel, art dealers, art exhibitions, artful city, Basel, City Guide, Galleries
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Lyons: The great college coddling
This particular folly has been largely confined to the educated classes. Truck drivers and short-order cooks know better.
Lyons: The great college coddling This particular folly has been largely confined to the educated classes. Truck drivers and short-order cooks know better. Check out this story on battlecreekenquirer.com: http://bcene.ws/28Kr7cq
The Arkansas Times Published 12:49 p.m. ET June 20, 2016
WESTWOOD, CA - JULY 20: Author Gene Lyons attends the Los Angeles premiere of the Regent Entertainment film "The Hunting of the President" on July 20, 2004 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Gene Lyons(Photo: Getty Images)
It’s been 20 years since I started hearing alarming tales from a friend who supervised a day care for hospital employees’ children. She said that for the first time in her considerable experience, the preschool children of medical professionals were pitching full-scale hissy fits — hitting, kicking and even biting their parents, without being effectively disciplined.
She said it was common to see grown men and women — doctors, nurses and technicians — on their knees reasoning with 3- and 4-year-olds going ape over stuff like juice boxes and peanut butter sandwiches. My friend said the same kids most often settled down and behaved as soon as their parents were out of sight. When it’s nap time, it’s nap time.
Now reasoning with a 3-year-old is pretty much like bargaining with a cat. If you’re lucky, you might eventually bore the little scamp into submission. Thankfully, this particular folly has been largely confined to the educated classes. Truck drivers and short-order cooks know better.
More recently, however, police in posh communities have begun arresting parents for crimes like allowing their children to frequent playgrounds on their own. Apparently my entire childhood, and that of my 40-something sons, was one long serial crime. I used to cross them at the corner and let them walk several blocks to the Billy Mitchell Boys Club on their own. They learned a lot down there, not all of it on the day care curriculum.
Judging by the popular press, it appears that many of those toddlers, coddled and cosseted all their lives, have now enrolled in college, where confusion reigns. It appears that the faculty and administration of some of our most esteemed institutions of higher education have found themselves pleading with the little beggars on their knees.
Item: at Brown University last year, administrators fearful that student anxieties might be “triggered” by a debate about campus “rape culture” set up a “safe space” to recuperate from the stress of hearing heterodox opinions. According to Judith Shulevitz in the New York Times, “the room was equipped with cookies, coloring books, bubbles, Play-Doh, calming music, pillows, blankets and a video of frolicking puppies, as well as students and staff members trained to deal with trauma.”
Evidently a couple of dozen students hid out there during the debate — the wonder, I suppose, being that the event took place at all.
Item: At Emory University, students pronounced themselves traumatized by “TRUMP 2016” chalked on campus sidewalks. Demonstrators chanted “Come speak to us, we are in pain!” until the university president agreed. Emory, incidentally, is located in Georgia, a state likely to be carried by Trump come November.
Item: English literature majors at Yale University objected that a required class in “Major English Poets ... creates a culture that is especially hostile to students of color.” Reading Chaucer, Milton, Shakespeare, Wordsworth and T.S. Eliot was deemed oppressive.
“We have spoken,” they demanded. “We are speaking. Pay attention.”
My response would be simple: You don’t want to read Shakespeare, then find another major. What did you think English literature was going to be?
Item: At the University of Arizona, the “Marginalized Students,” a coalition of “self-described oppressed” young scholars — black, Latino, Native American, Asian, LGBT, etc. — have basically called for re-segregation, with “safe spaces” for each group. The black kids want their own dorm.
Then go back home to Mommy, would be my attitude. Maybe universal military service would be a good thing after all. Tell it to the Marines.
No snarky newspaper column, however, could possibly prepare you for Oberlin College as depicted in a fascinating piece of long-form journalism by Nathan Heller of The New Yorker.
Displaying more patience and curiosity than a person of my inclinations could muster, Heller depicts a campus with an admirable history of social activism in perpetual turmoil from ethnic and sexual controversies so arcane and self-referential as to defy parody.
A sophomore demands a trigger warning on Sophocles’ “Antigone.” (Suicide.) Asian students object that the Chinese food is “inauthentic.” (Imagine that. Second-rate Sichuan cuisine in small-town Ohio!)
Among black students’ 50 “non-negotiable demands” is instant tenure for a writing instructor who says that Jews are responsible for 9/11; also that the college free itself of all remnants of “imperialism, white supremacy, capitalism, ableism, and a cissexist heteropatriarchy.”
Ain’t that a mouthful?
I think what it means is that most of these kids would be better served at a school with cute cheerleaders and a decent basketball team.
Gene Lyons is a columnist at the Arkansas Times. His email address is eugenelyons2@yahoo.com.
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Leadsom confirms Brexit debate delayed until...
Leadsom confirms Brexit debate delayed until January
In the Commons Andrea Leadsom, the leader of the Commons, announced the business for next week. It does not include a vote on the Brexit deal. Responding to the news, Best for Britain champion Virendra Sharma MP said:
"Today the government admitted that the Brexit debate will be delayed until January. This shows that the bloodletting of yesterday was just a prelude for the weeks of trench warfare ahead.
"I thought you could only kick the can down the road so far, but the Prime Minister has run out of so much road that she's started laying the asphalt herself.
"I don't think it's a good idea to leave Tory MPs to stew over their turkey at Christmas over this bad deal.
"Parliament is in deadlock, we need to now throw this back to the people and give them a final say on the deal."
Notes to editors - If you use the quote please mention Virendra is a Best for Britain champion
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Getting Answers: What's the Story Behind Pardoning a Turkey?
By Roy De Jesus Washington, D.C.
PUBLISHED 5:39 PM ET Nov. 26, 2019 PUBLISHED 5:39 PM EST Nov. 26, 2019 UPDATED 10:19 PM ET Nov. 26, 2019
Washington, D.C. - What's the story behind the presidential turkey pardon?
Clemency to a turkey dates back to Lincoln Administration
Turkey Pardons officially began in Bush 41 Administration
White House has received gift turkeys for more than 100 years
You'd be surprised; it's a relatively young tradition.
According to the White House Historical Association, President Lincoln did it for the First Family's Christmas dinner in 1863.
A hundred years after Mr. Lincoln, President Kennedy spared a Thanksgiving bird in 1963.
The next day, a Los Angeles Times headline read "Turkey gets presidential pardon."
Other presidents after JFK would continue in sparing the bird's life.
But it was in 1987 when President Reagan used the word "pardon."
He wasn't referring to the turkey, but former aides caught up in the Iran-Contra scandal.
Officially in 1989, President George H.W. Bush made a proclamation, "Let me assure you, and this fine Tom Turkey, that he will not end up on anyone's dinner table,” said Mr. Bush, 41. “He's granted a presidential pardon"
So where does Mr. Truman's story come from?
“Now this marks the 50th year when we give one more turkey in Washington a second chance,” said President Bill Clinton in 1997. “President Truman was the first president to pardon a turkey."
Mr. Truman did receive a turkey from the National Turkey Federation in 1947.
It likely ended up on the dinner table.
The Truman Presidential Library would go on to clarify the record or correct President Clinton's version of history.
Although, everyone gets a pardon for making that mistake.
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Century: Eastern Wonders
Centuries ago, the lucrative spice trade compelled the prosperous nations of the world to explore alternate routes to the sources of these precious goods. These nations took to the seas to seek out exotic lands. This led to the discovery of the famed Spice Islands where the most valuable spices of the world were found. This discovery also led to further exploration, competition....and later, war! During this time of prosperity and opportunity, you find yourself traveling on the high seas in search of these exotic wonders. As a merchant and privateer representing your nation, you seek to control this region for glory and profit. Your journey continues in the Far East...
Designed by Emerson Mastuuchi, Century: Eastern Wonders invites fans to return to the exciting world of spice trading as players take to the high seas in the role of merchants seeking to prosper in the exotic Indonesian islands. Century: Eastern Wonders offers new, satisfying game mechanisms that provide infinite replayability and countless strategies.
Century: Eastern Wonders can be combined with Century: Spice Road to create a new gaming experience called Sand To Sea!
Playtime: 30 - 45 + minutes
Published by: Plan B Games
We will next be posting orders out Monday 29th December
Century: Spice Road Board Game
Century: Spice Road is the first in a series of games that explores the history of each century with spice-trading as the theme for the first installment.
Century: A New World
Century: A New World is the third and final installment of the Century series and sends players to the Americas at the dawn of the 16th century. Braving the wilderness, players are forced to explore new lands, trade with local inhabitants, journal their findings, and hunt/gather to survive!
Century: Golem Edition
Century: Golem Edition is a re-themed version of Century: Spice Road set in the world of Caravania. In Century: Golem Edition, players are caravan leaders who travel the famed golem road to deliver crystals to the far reaches of the world.
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mussels of Thermaikos Gulf, NW Aegean Sea (1981)
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Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, School of Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Ecology and Protection of the Environment (LEPE/AUTH)
From January to December 1981
Thermaikos Gulf
Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in biota
The aim of the project was to investigate the state of pollution of Thermaikos Gulf by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, carrying out analyses in mussels, which are considered the most important biological indicators for the pollution by the aforementioned substances. A total of 57 samples of mussels from the western and eastern coast of Thermaikos Gulf were analysed.
Prof. S. Kilikidis
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Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Centre (HCMR/HNODC)
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Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate (Hardcover)
By Zoe Quinn
Zoe Quinn was the eye of the Internet storm known as #gamergate. Some claim it was about “ethics in videogame journalism”, but the truth is so much scarier. The details are startling and upsetting, but this book has good steps for combating cyberbullying and keeping your information safe. Through it all, Quinn manages to tell her story with humor and even has a positive spin on the outcome. A must read especially if you know nothing or very little of the Internet.
— Ivy
You've heard the stories about the dark side of the internet--hackers, #gamergate, anonymous mobs attacking an unlucky victim, and revenge porn--but they remain just that: stories. Surely these things would never happen to you.
Zoe Quinn used to feel the same way. She is a video game developer whose ex-boyfriend published a crazed blog post cobbled together from private information, half-truths, and outright fictions, along with a rallying cry to the online hordes to go after her. They answered in the form of a so-called movement known as #gamergate--they hacked her accounts; stole nude photos of her; harassed her family, friends, and colleagues; and threatened to rape and murder her. But instead of shrinking into silence as the online mobs wanted her to, she raised her voice and spoke out against this vicious online culture and for making the internet a safer place for everyone.
In the years since #gamergate, Quinn has helped thousands of people with her advocacy and online-abuse crisis resource Crash Override Network. From locking down victims' personal accounts to working with tech companies and lawmakers to inform policy, she has firsthand knowledge about every angle of online abuse, what powerful institutions are (and aren't) doing about it, and how we can protect our digital spaces and selves.
Crash Override offers an up-close look inside the controversy, threats, and social and cultural battles that started in the far corners of the internet and have since permeated our online lives. Through her story--as target and as activist--Quinn provides a human look at the ways the internet impacts our lives and culture, along with practical advice for keeping yourself and others safe online.
Zoe Quinn is one of the most critically acclaimed, widely recognized indie developers in the gaming industry, and a leading voice in the fight against online abuse. She has testified about online abuse at the United Nations, and the issue continues to make headlines, from features in tech publications to national op-eds about political discourse online. Quinn's most famous game, Depression Quest, has been played by over 2 million people. Prior to the #Gamergate explosion, Quinn's work was praised in such outlets as Forbes, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, Kotaku, Paste, and GiantBomb. Since August 2014, even more mainstream media have taken note, including MSNBC, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vice, Playboy, BusinessWeek, and BoingBoing, and the UK's BBC, Guardian, and Telegraph. Fast Company recently named her the seventeenth Most Creative Person in Business for her work with Crash Override, and she appeared on Forbes' 30 under 30 list.
"A worthwhile read for anyone interested in taking action against the realities-and devastating effects-of extreme internet trolling...an informative and inspiring book."—Kirkus Reviews
"I tore through this book. Zoe Quinn doesn't just present a clear-eyed examination of the internet's endemic sickness (though she does that beautifully), she contextualizes her personal nightmare within our current national one. It's a gripping read with historical merit."—Lindy West, author of Shrill
"We finally have a chance to hear what we've been eagerly awaiting: Zoe's real story in her own words. If you've been harassed, depressed, lonely, or lost, her story will inspire and empower you. After all of it, she still finds a way to be optimistic and a force for positive change. She gives me hope for humanity and the future of technology."—Ellen Pao, former CEO of Reddit, co-founder of Project Include
"At every turn, Zoe Quinn was utterly failed by the law enforcement agencies she counted on to protect her, and the social media companies that enabled her attackers. But she never gave up, refused to be a victim, and has used her experience to help countless victims of online stalking and harassment protect themselves. And she does it all with disarming humor and bracing honesty."—Wil Wheaton, actor, producer, author
"Zoe Quinn captures the irrational contours of the #gamergate experience in vivid detail and offers a compelling personal history of the woman with a bullseye on her back."—Anita Sarkeesian, founder of Feminist Frequency
"As the first target of the so-called #gamergate movement, and someone who fought it and won, Zoe Quinn is uniquely qualified to write this story. Think of this as Jon Ronson's So You've Been Publicly Shamed written from inside the eye of the storm."—Graham Linehan, writer and director of The IT Crowd
"Part memoir, part social movement manifesto, this engrossing journey by game designer Quinn takes readers into the darkest realms of social media and the Internet.... An important purchase that will interest social media users and enlighten them about the extent of online hate in some social platforms and the limits on personal and social protections available in society today."—Library Journal
"Quinn uses her personal experiences to advocate practical steps toward creating a safe and open internet culture.... For Quinn, winning the 'cultural battle for the web' starts with reframing the issue as not a matter of good vs. bad people fueling hate culture on the internet, but rather 'acceptable and unacceptable ways to treat each other.' It's a remarkably clear-eyed view that's all the more powerful in light of Quinn's backstory."—Publisher's Weekly, starred review
"The overwhelming message of Crash Override
resonates across industries and experiences: When someone disagrees with you on
the internet, you shouldn't have to go into hiding."—Latoya Peterson, NPR.org
"Crash Override
combines a brisk pace, candid stories, and embedded insight. Quinn's first book
has its uneven moments, but it's important stuff for anybody interested in how
online discourse has shifted over the past two decades."—Ars Technica
"Engaging and powerful...In Crash Override,
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The Politics of Information: Problem Definition and the Course of Public Policy in America
by Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones
University of Chicago Press, 2014
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How does the government decide what’s a problem and what isn’t? And what are the consequences of that process? Like individuals, Congress is subject to the “paradox of search.” If policy makers don’t look for problems, they won’t find those that need to be addressed. But if they carry out a thorough search, they will almost certainly find new problems—and with the definition of each new problem comes the possibility of creating a government program to address it.
With The Politics of Attention, leading policy scholars Frank R. Baumgartner and Bryan D. Jones demonstrated the central role attention plays in how governments prioritize problems. Now, with The Politics of Information, they turn the focus to the problem-detection process itself, showing how the growth or contraction of government is closely related to how it searches for information and how, as an organization, it analyzes its findings. Better search processes that incorporate more diverse viewpoints lead to more intensive policymaking activity. Similarly, limiting search processes leads to declines in policy making. At the same time, the authors find little evidence that the factors usually thought to be responsible for government expansion—partisan control, changes in presidential leadership, and shifts in public opinion—can be systematically related to the patterns they observe.
Drawing on data tracing the course of American public policy since World War II, Baumgartner and Jones once again deepen our understanding of the dynamics of American policy making.
Frank R. Baumgartner is the Richard J. Richardson Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bryan D. Jones is the J. J. “Jake” Pickle Regent’s Chair in Congressional Studies in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Together, they are the authors of several books, including, most recently, Agendas and Instability in American Politics, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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Part I “Seek and Ye Shall Find”
1 Search, Information, and Policy Agendas
2 Organizing for Expertise or Organizing for Complexity?
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4 Th e Rise and Decline of Institutional Information Processing in the Executive and Legislative Branches
5 From Clarity to Complexity in Congress
6 The Search for Information and the Great New-Issue Expansion
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9 Organizing Information and the Transformation of U.S. Policy Making
10 Organizing Complexity
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Dark Parables: The Swan Princess and The Dire Tree Collector's Edition
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Big Fish Editor's Choice! This title was chosen for its high standard of quality and amazingly positive reviews from our Game Club beta testers.
Eipix Entertainment proudly presents the next installment of the Dark Parables series! Strange cracks are covering Dire Island, home of the Swan Kingdom, but then an unknown thief steals the magical seed that holds the key to keeping all of nature in balance! Can you catch the culprit and save the kingdom before it crumbles? Find out in this breathtaking hidden-object puzzle adventure!
See what our Beta testers had to say:
“Beautiful graphics and really rich animation. This is a high quality game and a welcome addition to the Dark Parables game roster.” - Dee, beta tester
“I've played all the Dark Parable games, and they get better with each installment. The story line pulls you in from the very beginning, and the graphics were stunning. Can't wait for the game to come out.” - Kathrin, beta tester
Play as the Swan Princess in the bonus chapter!
Unlock secret myths and parables by finding souvenirs and earning achievements.
Replay your favorite puzzles and mini-games.
Remember your journey with original artwork, videos, and soundtrack.
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Dark Parables: The Swan Princess and The Dire Tree Collector's Edition is rated 3.7 out of 5 by 70.
Rated 5 out of 5 by pcpat923 from A GAME WITHIN A GAME! HURRAY BLUE TEA GAMES! Gamers who are familiar with previous Blue Tea Games such as "The Exiled Prince" and "The Curse of Briar Rose" are probably a lot like myself--always looking forward to another Dark Parables addition. Although the magic of those older games cannot be recaptured, The Swan Princess has been presented with much more challenging hidden object scenes, puzzles, morphing items (Parables), collectibles (Acorns) and a very lengthy gaming experience. As difficult as the collectibles were to find, my obsessive compulsive disorder kicked in and I found all 39/39 as well as the Parables. Of course, replaying all the HOP's with 100% accuracy under a minute is another must to acquire the highest achievement, at least in my OCD book. It's really about the love of Blue Tea Games Developers who presented gamers with their exquisite works of art big, bold and beautiful. Blue Tea wasn't afraid of bringing brilliance to the pc gaming world. I actually at first turned up my nose at their games due to the fragmented hidden object puzzles! Just goes to show, what do I know. Either the Collector's or the Standard is highly recommended. Of course, if you prefer enjoying every last second of Blue Tea Games, the Collector's Edition is a must have in your BFG gaming collection. Enjoy! -Mama Mia-
Rated 5 out of 5 by mikesilverman from AN AMAZING VISUAL JOURNEY - GROUND BREAKING QUALITY I am continually amazed by the progress of game producers in areas such as these "hidden-object" adventures. Each time that I think the pinnacle of art and animation has been reached for this genre , a game like The Swan Princess and The Dire Tree comes along and blows that idea out of the water. EIPIX ENTERTAINMENT and their fleet of animators and artists have created something extraordinary here, I would even say it is ground-breaking in the depth of its quality. The living breathing settings you will encounter, richly painted and crafted with animated movement makes every scene an experience of WOW! The gameplay is perfect. As you move from scene to scene you feel like you are walking through a fantasy world and the puzzles are beautifully crafted but not aggressively difficult. One of the most difficult things for a game producer in this genre of "hidden-object" casual games is to strike exactly the right balance between challenge and enjoyment without sacrificing either. The hidden object scenes are breathtakingly beautiful and not overly difficult to complete. The same thing can be said of the puzzles, they entertaining to play but not frustrating to complete. If you like fantasy quests you will love this game.
Rated 5 out of 5 by kcoh61 from DARK PARABLES is Back!! Better then EVER!! Absolutely Wonderful!!..After the last few Parable games, I was really getting worried. But, alas!...I'm glad the devs read all our reviews and came back with a bigger/better Parable but with the old, beautiful scripted scenes we all love. The graphics/quality/sound...Superb!. Thank You Eipix and BF......(I'll try never to doubt you again:) ! This one is a desktop keeper.......
Rated 5 out of 5 by pennmom36 from Remember When Dark Parables Was An Epic Series? Once Upon A Time......when I first discovered my love for HOPA's, I discovered an epic series. This series was called, Dark Parables, and I became hooked, purchasing one DP after another. The stories were creative, taking well know fairytales and twisting the plot ever so gently to draw you in hook, line, and sinker. But my favorite feature was the Morphing Objects which to be honest with you I didn't know they even existed until I was a couple of chapters in on Curse of Briar Rose, the first DP game I played.You know why? Because the developers were geniuses! Dark Parables were non-linear games, Morphing Objects didn't Morph until they were eventually triggered by by an action you did in an entirely different scene. These Morphs were challenging to say the least and often times you had to travel to a scene several times, and then had to be patient to spot the Morphs because they morphed slowly. Dark Parables were also masters at blending fragments within their Hidden Object Scenes (FROGS) as well, which is a feature that didn't suit everyone's taste, but nevertheless, that's what made this series adored by many. I also loved the familiar sounds and music that was in all DP games until recently. Have the new producers scraped all the features because they don't want to become stereotypical, or is it just too much work when the easier route can skim by on the shirttail of it's predecessors? I'm certainly not bashing the devs, to the contrary, Swan Princess is a really good game, I just think the devs don't think we little guys will notice or care what's missing. Do me a favor, however, and give Curse Briar Rose, the Exiled Prince or even The Rise of The Snow Queen a try and you'll see what I mean, those were the good ole days. I know after reading all that, that it sounds like I think this is a horrible game. I don't think that at all, I enjoyed playing this game, I just don't think it holds a candle to the original Dark Parable games. If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It! I'm going to pretend it's just a fairytale and that maybe, just maybe, Epix will consider bringing back the non-linear Morphing Objects, I can live with the rest. The graphics are beautiful as usual, it even seems to be less glittery that the last couple of DP games, which is good thing. There are 39 Hidden Acorn Signs and they are blended into the scenery very nicely, even better, the cursor doesn't change to a hand to alert you by simply scanning over the scene. At least they haven't taken away the Dark Parable Collections, and those fragments are well hidden too. Once you have collected all Parable fragments you get to read about short tales such as Up rise of the Swan, Forbidden Idol, The First Tree, A Dark Dream, and the Jewel of Repose. This twisted tale is about the magical kingdom of Dire Island where the Magic Seed that allows the goddess Flora to regenerate the Dire tree of life, has been stolen. The Swan guards are sworn to protect the goddess at all cost, and some of the guards have the ability to transform into beautiful swans. The Black Swan was a high ranking guard who is responsible for the theft, even though her intentions may have been for all the right reasons, she might not have known that the Kingdom would begin to crumble. The Hidden Object Scenes are all the same, but that's a good thing! These are actually FROGS, where you search the scene for several fragments that are cleverly hidden among other objects. There are three different groups of fragments that will join together to make a single inventory item such as an elaborate key or emblem that will help you progress in the game. There are also a few Zoom Zone FROG's as well with just a handful of fragments to locate. The Mini Games are also clever, below are brief descriptions of some of the games you'll encounter during the demo, (more to come on the SE once I finish the game): 1) Use the looking glass to find the path to the Dire Tree by selecting landmarks along the way as shown on the outside of the stone. 2) Find and place items within a play that are out of place as a story unfolds. 3) Swap pie shaped puzzle pieces to create an image. 4) Connect all the squares with the number of connections indicated by dots without intersecting connections and in the same direction. 5) Match symbols by searching for partially hidden symbols with shown. 6) Set up the boards so that every ball will fall to the correct place on the bottom that matches its color and shape and then test your configuration. This Collector's Edition has 12 Achievements, 6 Concept Art pictures, 8 Wallpapers, 9 Music Soundtracks, 22 replayable Mini Game puzzles, 16 replayable FROG's, 39 Hidden Acorn Signs, Hidden Parables (The Swan Princess and A Fable of Two Hearts), Souvenirs, 17 Videos, a built in Strategy Guide, NO MORPHING OBJECTS, and a Bonus Chapter, enjoy!
Rated 5 out of 5 by skullfun from Dark Parables 11 Swan Princess and the Dire Tree more like Blue Tea again!!! This edition of Dark Parables made me fall in love with the series all over again. Since Dark Parables is such an iconic series, I was a little worried at first that Eipix would not be able to do the game justice. Defying my concerns, this 11th Dark Parables game remained along the same line as the previous installments in terms of quality, if not, even better. You play the role of Guardian Fairytale Detective in a quest for Ancient Tablets located in the underground Swan archives before her Wickedness beats you to it. The Wicked Swan Princess is determined to destroy the Goddess of Floralia who reins supreme in this Enchanted land. The Swan Princess needs the power of the Dire Tree to carry out her evil plans, but you have pledged your life to the Goddess to protect her and the Dire Tree until the final hour. During your quest you receive help from Black Swan and Ross Red, essential characters to the story line plot. Black Swan even stills the seed to activate the Dire Tree which wasn't the right thing to do, but you learn her intentions were honest and she proves herself worthy to join with you to defeat the Swan Princess. With regards to graphics and style.... The graphics in The Swan Princess and The Dire Tree are no Blue Tea, but it is stunning and colorful enough for me to appreciate. I am glad that Eipix decided to remain some of the franchise's signature sound effects and music, as they always work well with the series. Despite knowing that the art team at Eipix is one of the very best in the industry, the artwork style of Blue Tea Games is EXTREMELY UNIQUE and incredibly difficult to imitate. It is clear from what we saw that Eipix put in a tremendous amount of effort in the attempt to recreate the same artwork style, in which the team did surprisingly well to some extent. This time the gameplay has significantly improved in this sequel. Games from Blue Tea were slightly predictable lately; but with Eipix, everything has been spiced up with creativity. The main gameplay is still largely based on collecting pendants, orbs and other fantasy items - still, we found the tasks to be much more interactive and innovative. The puzzles are entertaining, but not always original and a few of them are repeated 3-4 times. And finally, good news for all the fans out there, Dark Parables 11 is still filled with gorgeous Fragmented Hidden Objects Scenes. In the Collector's Edition they included a pretty heavy bonus content; something that has never been done by Blue Tea before. As for the length, the main game lasted roughly 4 hours for me - the bonus chapter is very solid, featured some breathtaking scenes, and has a 45 minute length. Long-time fans of the series might still be somewhat disappointed by the switch in developers; nonetheless, Eipix created Dark Parables: The Swan Princess and the Dire Tree with such perfection and care that it impressed me all the same. I hope this series continues to be successful, this can't be the end of an awesome HOPA Legacy!!!
Rated 5 out of 5 by themom101 from Only You Bring Back the Magic Seed and Save the Kingdom The other reviews have given you much of the info about the workings and layout of the game so I won't rehash those. The Dark Parable games is one of the few series that I consider a "must have" from the moment the CE is released. It's also one of the very few series in which I will invest in the CE version, often going directly "buy" instead of playing the Demo. I own all of the previous games in this series and have replayed them all several times. My fingers were getting itchy in anticipation of new one being released. When I saw this one available, I jumped right in and purchased it without a second thought. In the past, I have rarely regretted that choice with one of the Dark Parable games. But, after this one, I'm going to have to rethink my strategy. It has already been mentioned that the graphics of this one is lacking the beauty and details of the earlier ones. They're not bad, they're just not up to the standard that was set with the first one. Yes, they do cross over into "cartoonish" at times. In fact, one of the early mini-games was extremely cartoonish and disappointing. In the earlier games, the SE versions offered the morphing beyond objects. Then as the series progressed they were available only in the CE versions. The objects didn't jump out and wave a flag at you, but they also didn't require a magnifying glass to locate. Both versions of the games included pieces of different parables to be located that added an extra element of enjoyment. In the past, the parable pieces were much like an inventory item in that they were a specific shape and object. This game somehow got off the beaten path and got lost. The collectibles are not the morphing type, they are tiny leaves and acorns that blend into the background so much that I did have to dig that magnifying glass out. In contrast to the earlier games, the parable pieces in this one are the morphing type and are just one instinctive piece of three that make up the picture. Always loved the FROG scenes that were beautifully and artfully detailed with the sections tucked into the display neatly but identifiable. This is another area that sees a digression of the series. The sections of the item are flat, muddied pieces that lack the detailing to which we have become accustomed. I rated this one a low 5 star in the hopes that it will prove my first impressions wrong and develop into a game worthy of the Dark Parable title. In the past, I would have said "It's a new Dark Parable, go for it, you'll love it". Instead, I recommend that you play the Demo before deciding. Overall, I think the developer needs to go back and play the earlier installments in the series enough times to become inspired to go back to the drawing board and restore reputation of the Dark Parable series. I'm headed back to play further into this one with fingers crossed hoping that brilliance breaks thru the clouds.
Rated 5 out of 5 by SkyeGray from Nice Collaboration! Welcome back, Blue Tea. I am so glad Blue Tea is back in the game. Their original DP games were exquisite from beginning to end. And their stories were quirky and odd. This game lacks the complete beauty of the former DP, and the odd little stories - but you can't have everything. The HOPs are beautiful, the music is pretty - and the gameplay sounds are back from the old games. We even hear Ruth's voice narrating. It feels much truer to the games I loved than the last DP game that came out. I didn't even notice that Blue Tea was back on the credits until I logged in a second time. But I did notice immediately that some of the old magic was back. Good game, thanks guys.
Rated 5 out of 5 by 808Special_K from Outstanding! Another winner! I'll keep it short. Fantasy games aren't for everyone so I don't think stars should be denied just because a game isn't your preferred Genre. Having said that, this game is absolutely beautiful and if you are a fan of Fantasy games this one is for you! Colorfully exquisite, the HOG games are not too easy but not impossible either. The story line may not be completely new to many of us but it doesn't take away from the great graphics, puzzles and HOG scenes of this game. I am a fan of Fantasy games but my 5 stars are being given for the overall quality of this adventure and the obvious hard work put into it. Bravo!
Rated 5 out of 5 by Daxadillion from White Swan versus Black Swan. Who will win? Well I don't know as I haven't finished the game yet but I think I know which one it will be. I am not going to spoil it for anyone by describing the game play but I will list the Extras. 8 chapters in the main game and 2 in the bonus, so I reckon it's going to be a fairly long game. Replay of the Puzzles and HOS, and so far the HOS have been fragmented ones. Parables - There are 21 and I think I've missed a lot of them Collectibles are 39 acorns, and for me some of them were hard to find in the darker scenes. Souvenirs - they are as always at the end of the Bonus Chapter. That's it as I am off to play again. I'm happy, happy, happy today - thank you devs for the birthday present.
Rated 5 out of 5 by crusades from welcome back Blue Tea Games Yes, welcome back !! this game is back to the original Parable games and this is a good thing ! the last couple of outings were not nearly so interesting so well done for listening to us punters and giving us what we want. Great FROGs which I personally like as a change from HOPs loads to do, good story, collectibles which were really quite difficult to spot, great graphics etc. My only quibble is with the voices - but then hardly any of the games have good voices... So try it out and enjoy..
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The cluster is a hub for issues in global ethics, including gender justice, bioethics, climate change, conflict and security, democracy, distributive justice, and health. Its members explore topics such as: our obligations and rights as global citizens; the parameters of engaging in legitimate killing; ways in which women’s rights can be better protected; and how we might conceptualise, and promote, health and happiness.
In addition, our researchers engage with policymakers and the broader public about our work. Some of our recent activity has spanned the themes of beauty and justice, sex-selective abortion, child soldiers, climate change, ethics of clinical trials, (de-)radicalisation and agency, surrogacy, and genetic selection. Members respond to government consultations, have hosted both public lectures and workshops for practitioners, and sit on, and chair, ethics committees.
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This is a global list of Black African ancestry billionaires in U.S. dollars, compiled using data from Forbes.com, Bloomberg.com and CanadianBusiness.com. There are currently 14 known black billionaires (2019/6).
Nigerian business magnate Alhaji Aliko Dangote with a net worth of $14.1 billion is the world's richest black person, according to Forbes magazine's 2019 ranking of the worlds richest people.
The 14 billionaires on our list has aggregate wealth of $46.2 billion, and a median age of 60 years. Nigeria's Alhaji Aliko Dangote accounts for 25% of that aggregate wealth. Black billionaires aggregate wealth represent less than one percent of the aggregate wealth of all billionaires.
Robert L. Johnson and Michael Lee-Chin were the first black people to be listed on Forbes magazines annual ranking of the World's Billionaires in 2001. Forbesmistakenly listed Mr. Johnson as the only black billionaire not recognizing Mr. Lee-Chin as being black.
Oprah Winfrey became the worlds first black female billionaire in 2003 and remained the only female black billionaire until 2013, when she was joined by Isabel dos Santos, Africa's first female billionaire and Folorunsho Alakija, Nigeria's first female billionaire.
In June 2019, Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter was named the first hip hop artist to become a billionaire by Forbes.com.
Updated 2019-06-05.
Black Billionaires 2019
Isabel dos Santos 45 $2.3 Investments Banking Angola
Michael Lee-Chin 67 $1.8 Investments, Mutual Funds Communications, Banking Canada
Aliko Dangote 61 $10.9 $16.7 The Dangote Group sugar, flour, cement Nigeria
Mike Adenuga 65 $9.2 Globacom telcom, banking, oil Nigeria
Folorunsho Alakija 67 $1.1 Famfa Oil Oil Nigeria
Abdulsamad Rabiu 58 $1.6 BUA Group Sugar, flour, cement Nigeria
Patrice Motsepe 57 $2.4 African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) mining South Africa
Mohammed Ibrahim 72 $1.1 Celtel International, MSI Cellular communications United Kingdom
Robert Smith 56 $5.0 $4.2 Vista Equity Partners Private equity United States
David L. Steward 68 $3.0 World Wide Technology Information Technology United States
Oprah Winfrey 65 $2.5 Harpo, Weight Watchers Television United States
Michael Jordan 56 $1.8 Charlotte Hornets, NIKE, endorsements Entertainment, Apparel United States
Strive Masiyiwa 58 $2.5 Econet Group, Liquid Telecom Communications Zimbabwe
Shawn Jay-Z Carter 49 $1.0 Roc-A-Fella Records, Rocawear, Armand de Brignac, D’Ussé, Tidal, Roc Nation Music, Investments U.S.A
Chart: Number of Black Billionaires Over Time
Chart: Black Billionaires Aggregate Wealth Over Time
Current Black Billionaires
Aliko Dangote
Born: April 10, 1957, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria; Occupation: Businessperson; Position: Chairman, President; Company: The Dangote Group; …
David L. Steward
Born: 1951, Chicago, Illinois, United States; Occupation: Businessperson; Position: Chairman & Founder; Company: World Wide Technology Holding…
Dr. Mike Adenuga
Born: March 29, 1953, Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State.; Occupation: Businessperson; Position: Chairman, CEO; Company: Globacom Limited; Industry:…
Folorunsho Alakija
Born: 1951, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Nigeria; Occupation: Businessperson; Position: Executive Vice Chairman; Company: Famfa Oil Limited; Industry:…
Born: April 1, 1973 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR; Occupation: Businesswoman; Position: Investor; Company: Unitel International Holdings BV,…
Born: February 17, 1963, Wilmington, North Carolina; Occupation: Businessperson; Company: Charlotte Bobcats; Position: Chairman; Industry: Sports…
Michael Lee-Chin
Born: Port Antonio, Jamaica, 1951; Occupation: Businessperson; Company: Portland Holdings Inc.; Position: Founder, Executive Chairman; …
Mohammed Ibrahim
Born: c. 1946, Sudan; Position: Founder and Chairman; Company: Satya Capital Ltd.; Industry: Investment Funds; Residence: United Kingdom; …
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Teen girls are Changing the Game with Google Play
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Aude Gandon
Global Brand Director, Google Play
While half of mobile game players are women, they make up only 23 percent of the game industry workforce. Google Play’s Change the Game program is on a mission to close this gap and empower the next generation of game makers. Thousands of these future game makers showcased their creativity and imagination by submitting ideas for Google Play’s first ever Change The Game Design Challenge—a call for teens to design a game they’d like to play—in partnership with Girls Make Games and ESA Foundation.
Game ideas ranged from restoring and rebuilding abandoned planets to making your own symphony, but we had to narrow it down to five finalists and one grand prize winner. Tonight, at our Change the Game celebration of women in gaming, we announced our grand prize winner: Christine, an 11th grader from Vancouver, Washington who will receive a $10,000 college scholarship and a $15,000 technology contribution to her school. All five finalists will share their game design at E3, tour the Google Los Angeles office, and receive a scholarship to Girls Make Games Summer Camp, as well as a Galaxy Tab S3.
Fresh off the press is our new research study that shows supporting female game makers is more important than ever. Here are a few key takeaways:
While teen girls and boys love to play mobile games, girls are significantly less likely to make games. Boys in their senior year are three times as likely as girls to be interested in game-making as a career even though girls play at nearly the same rate as boys.
We also found that game-making opportunities and understanding of the game-making process is low for teens. While 55 percent of teen girls who play say they’ve had an idea for a game, only 9 percent say they have made a game, or part of a game, before. This trend mirrors our previous study that looked at how gender impacts the mobile gaming space.
To help make these ideas a reality, Google Play will support all five finalists to develop and produce their game ideas into a real mobile game to be released in the Google Play Store. We’re inspired by these talented teens whose vision and passion for gaming will help make mobile gaming more inclusive, more diverse and more engaging for everyone.
Congratulations to all our finalists and winner—check out their work below. Game on.
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Grand prize winner: Christine, an 11th grader from Vancouver, Washington. Her game is “Mazu,” a side-scrolling platform puzzle game in which a young shapeshifting girl named Mazu solves her way through a journey that takes her into a danger-infested forest filled with peckish predators, unfriendly terrain, and coin-hungry hunters.
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Finalist: Dakota, an 8th grader from Encino, California. “EcoVerse” is a series of mini-games to clean, plant, and bring animal life to these planets as part of the GRT (Galactic Restoration Team). Invite your friends to take part in the adventure and compete against other players and teams online in treasure hunt exploration challenges to collect rare items, level up, and forge your path to the top of the leaderboard.
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Finalist: Lily, a 9th grader from Poplar, Wisconsin. Her game is “The Other Realm,” an RPG, adventure, and puzzle game all in one. Progressing through the game uncovers little clues as to what the character's life was before they woke up on the giant tree. Each character you choose has their own backstory that needs to be uncovered.
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Finalist: Erin, a 12th grader from Freehold, New Jersey. Her game “Symphony” is a story-driven, role play rhythm game about a famous musician's granddaughter and her quest to find his favorite music that is scattered throughout her world.
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Finalist: Lauren, an 11th grader from Birmingham, Alabama. Her game is “Palette,” which simulates the eternal struggle of every artist: finding the right color. Mix together different colors from the palette to match a target color. Once the target color is matched, it'll be stored in the paintbox. The goal is to collect all the colors necessary for revealing a famous painting.
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An Algorithm Generated Eerily Accurate Portraits Based Only On Someone’s Voice
AI / Gadgets & Tech
Technology can learn a lot about us, whether we like it or not. It can figure out what we like, where we’ve been, how we feel. It can even make us say or do things we’ve never said or done. And according to new research, it can start to figure out what you look like based simply on the sound of your voice.
MIT researchers published a paper last month called Speech2Face: Learning the Face Behind a Voice which explores how an algorithm can generate a face based on a short audio recording of that person. It’s not an exact depiction of the speaker, but based on images in the paper, the system was able to create an image of a front-facing face with a neutral expression with accurate gender, race, and age.
The researchers trained the deep neural network on millions of educational YouTube clips with over 100,000 different speakers, according to the paper. While the researchers note that their method doesn’t generate exact images of a person based on these short audio clips, the examples shown in the study do indicate that the resulting portraits eerily resemble what the person actually looks like. It’s not necessarily similar enough that you’d be able to identify someone based on the image, but it does signal the new reality that even in a rudimentary form, an algorithm can guess—and generate—what someone looks like based exclusively on their voice.
The researchers do address ethical considerations in the paper, namely around the fact that their system doesn’t reveal the “true identity of a person” but rather creates “average-looking faces.” This is to ensure that it isn’t an invasion of privacy. However, the researchers did raise some thorny ethical questions with the type of data they used for their model. One of the individuals included in the dataset told Slate that he didn’t remember signing a waiver for the YouTube video he was featured in that ended up being fed through the algorithm. But the videos are publicly available information, and so legally, this type of consent wasn’t required.
“Since my image and voice were singled out as an example in the Speech2Face paper, rather than just used as a data point in a statistical study, it would have been polite to reach out to inform me or ask for my permission,” Nick Sullivan, head of cryptography at Cloudflare who was used in the study, told Slate.
The researchers also indicate in their study that the dataset that they used isn’t an accurate representation of the world population since it was just pulling from a specific subset of videos on YouTube. It’s therefore biased—a common issue among machine learning datasets.
It’s certainly nice that the researchers pointed out the ethical considerations with their work. However, as advancements in technology go, they won’t always be iterated on and deployed by teams or individuals with good intentions. There are of course a number of ways in which this type of system can be exploited, and if someone figures out a way to create even more realistic depictions of someone based simply on an audio recording, it points to a future in which anonymity becomes increasingly difficult to achieve. Whether you like it or not.
https://gizmodo.com/an-algorithm-generated-eerily-accurate-portraits-based-1835327568
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The Bone Collector
A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.
Physically Afflicted Character
All TerritoriesDomestic
Domestic (43.9%)
International (56.1%)
DistributorUniversal Pictures
Budget$73,000,000
Release DateNov 5, 1999
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What’s next for Michigan budget: Gretchen Whitmer plans more shifts to GOP plan
The Democratic governor on Monday signed 16 separate budget bills to avoid a government shutdown Oct. 1, but she used her line-item veto power to reject 147 GOP spending provisions. (Bridge file photo by Riley Beggin)
September 30, 2019 Jonathan Oosting Michigan Government
Michigan budget 2020, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
LANSING — Michigan's months-long budget fight is set to continue Tuesday when a board controlled by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer meets to reconsider spending approved by the Republican-led Legislature.
Whitmer on Monday signed 16 separate budget bills to avoid a government shutdown Oct. 1, but she used her line-item veto power to reject 147 GOP spending provisions. It was not immediately clear if she declared other provisions constitutionally or statutorily unenforceable.
Whitmer’s line-item vetoes on Monday trimmed nearly $1 billion from the $59.9 billion budget. The first-term governor is also expected to use the State Administrative Board for a rare maneuver to shift money within departmental budgets — and without authorization from the Legislature, which took its own rare step by completing budgets without administration input.
Related: Gretchen Whitmer uses line-item veto – 147 times – on GOP’s Michigan budget
The end-around would cap an already uniquely contentious budget process, said Mitch Bean, who led the non-partisan House Fiscal Agency from 1999 to 2011.
“I’ve never seen [a budget] go through when the executive was completely aced out of the process, which is effectively what happened,” Bean said, noting Whitmer had little time to consider budget bills since 11 of 16 budget bills did not reach her desk until Friday.
While unresolved budget disputes led to brief government shutdowns in 2007 and 2009, “that was a different situation,” Bean said. “They were negotiating all the way through until the finally got something settled.”
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, a Clarklake Republican who has not talked to Whitmer for several weeks about the budget or other matters, did not comment on her budget moves late Monday. Instead, he was waiting to see what happens at Tuesday’s meeting, a spokeswoman said.
Shirkey last week said he is aware of the Administrative Board authority and has even talked about with former Gov. John Engler, a Republican who pioneered the strategy in 1991 but did not see it to completion.
The Senate leader cautioned Whitmer against exercising the power, however, suggesting it could frustrate Republican lawmakers and complicate future negotiations.
The Administrative Board can transfer appropriated funds between line items within a department budget. But its power is limited because it cannot transfer funds from one department to another or to a new program not approved by the Legislature.
Whitmer controls the seven-member board, which includes her and other members of her administration or their representatives: Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Attorney General Dana Nessel, Treasurer Rachel Eubanks, Superintendent of Public Instruction Michael Rice and Michigan Department of Transportation Director Paul Ajegba.
Engler used the board to transfer funds within several state department budgets and eliminate a general assistance welfare program against the wishes of Democratic lawmakers. He ended up backing off the power play move as part of a legislative compromise, but the Michigan Supreme Court confirmed the board’s transfer authority in a 1993 opinion.
Despite the legal confirmation, no governors have utilized the power in the past 26 years, although Democratic former Gov. Jennifer Granholm considered it in 2009 during a budget dispute that produced a short government shutdown.
Engler on Monday disputed characterizations that the Administrative Board transfer amounts to a “maneuver” but declined further comment, saying he is “not really up on what’s happening with the budget in Lansing” under Whitmer.
Steven Liedel, an attorney with the Dykema law firm who served as legal counsel to Granholm and more recently for Whitmer’s transition team, agreed with Bean that this year’s budget process proved unorthodox.
“I’ve worked in and around Lansing, in and around the Capitol for most of the time, since 1988, and I don’t recall a time other than the fiscal year (2009-10) budget where there were some portions of the budget sent to Gov. Granholm before there was a final agreement,” Liedel told Bridge Magazine.
While Granholm considered using the administrative board to transfer funds, it hasn’t actually been done because there’s generally been greater consensus between lawmakers and the administration, Liedel said.
“But it’s certainly a tool that has been there since 1991.. and the Legislature certainly hasn’t done anything to alter that power. They could have amended the statute at any time since that (Supreme Court) decision and did not.”
The administrative board has supervisory control over administration activities of all state departments and agencies. It's typically tasked with approving state contracts and leases, overseeing government construction projects and settling small claims against the state.
Whitmer on Monday utilized more traditional methods to modify the Legislature’s budget, albeit in a large volume, issuing nearly 150 line-item vetoes.
The administration and lawmakers could re-negotiate how to spend any funds not allocated because of Whitmer’s line-item vetoes. Any spending that would have come from the state’s general fund stays in the state’s general fund and is “available for appropriation,” Bean said.
Whitmer’s completed budget work was not immediately available late Monday, but she also had the authority to declare provisions unenforceable because of legal or constitutional defects. Such declarations serve as directives to state departments and agencies telling them not to implement specific budget provisions.
“That’s a process that is longstanding and has been used by Govs. Engler, Granholm and Snyder,” Liedel said.
Courts have held that the governor has “as solemn an obligation as the judiciary” to consider the constitutionality of every act, he noted. The governor is responsible for faithfully executing state laws, and the administration is responsible for spending money appropriated by the Legislature.
“As a practical matter, what the governor says goes unless someone is able to successfully convince a court to order a governor to do something different,” Liedel said of the enforceability determinations. “I'm just not aware of that ever occurring.”
New year, old problems: Six issues Michigan leaders vow to tackle in 2020
January 6, 2020 | Riley Beggin
As they return to Lansing this week, Michigan’s leaders are faced with tough questions on how to improve roads, education, skilled trades and more.
Five things to know as Michigan lawmakers kick-start state budget process
January 10, 2020 | Jonathan Oosting
Yes, Michigan’s divisive budget battle just ended. But it’s starting again soon, and state officials say there’s good news and bad news. The state collected more taxes, but old decisions limit how they can be spent.
What Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's budget cuts and shifts mean to Michigan residents
October 1, 2019 | Riley Beggin, Jonathan Oosting
No money for Pure Michigan and less for rural hospitals. More money for Medicaid work rules and water testing. How Gretchen Whitmer’s nearly $1 billion in changes could have a big impact on everyday residents.
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Kevin Grand
So....next comes the part where they put Gov. Whitmer's 45 cent gas tax on the ballot to make up for the holes in her budget math.
Mr. Oostling didn't mention the roughly $400-million shortfall Gov. Whitmer was reticent to talk to reporters about earlier.
It will be fun to see what happens.
You need to get a life dude. Get some sleep.
middle of the mit
What ever should she say?
"But she argued Republican budgets had jeopardized “core functions” of state government by using $400 million in general fund dollars as a one-time fix for Michigan’s crumbling roads"
Republicans robbing Peter to pay Paul. In other words, THE TRUTH!
Scott Roelofs
Whitmer's vetoes provide the legislature a rare opportunity. I say let the nearly $1 billion cuts stand. Let Whitmer carry the burden of any fallout from her voters. Then pass a reduction in taxes to return the money to the taxpayers, starting with a repeal of the pension tax. (Whitmer claimed during her campaign that she would reverse Snyder's tax on pensions. Let's hold her to that promise).
Don meyer
I agree with you. What happened to her promise to repeal the pension tax? I have not heard one word about it every since she was elected!
Bob Dunn
If the legislature would reinstate the business taxes that they gave to businesses and use that money to fix the roads that makes sense to me. As for our pension tax returning, I don't think that will happen until the road funding issue is resolved.
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Bristol City's next generation: A progress report on the Robins' best young talents
The latest on the Robins' finest young players and how they are faring out on loan
Aidan McCartneySports Wire Content Editor
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Bristol City currently have a 21 players out on loan - the highest number in the Championship - as the Robins build for a bright future at Ashton Gate.
Lee Johnson has given eight Academy graduates debuts since he took charge of the club two years ago and there is a clear pathway from the development squad to the first-team.
The man orchestrating the next wave of Robins talent is club legend and loans manager Brian Tinnion who works alongside U23 head coach Luke Williams.
Brian organises all the loans and keeps track of all the youngsters during their time away. Who better to give an update on the finest young talent at Bristol City.
He spoke about several of the youngsters during his appearance on BBC Radio Bristol earlier this week - here's what he had to say.
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Opi Edwards - Solihull Moors
"It has been pleasing to see how well it has worked for Obi this season. He was at Bath City, we called him back and went straight into the first-team to take on Watford in the FA Cup.
"I saw him play at Bath the week before and then next time I saw he was at Watford in front of 30,000 fans. We are hoping there is a few more of them around the corner.
"He has really developed this season. He's always been a great flying machine but at Bath he was having to dodge the physical side and was becoming quicker in the mind.
"He had to get out of the way of some big challenges that's for sure and it has really helped him a lot.
"Obi has now stepped up with Solihull and we really like him."
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Opi Edwards of Bristol City takes on Roberto Pereyra of Watford
Zak Vyner - Plymouth Argyle
"We have put Zak at Plymouth for six months.
"He's been so close to the first team this season and has played five or six games.
"But we think going to play at Plymouth as centre-half will do him good and he had a fantastic result against Blackburn at the weekend.
"We are hoping Zak will come back in pre-season and gain from that experience of playing in League One."
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Zak Vyner (Image: Joe Meredith/JMP)
Lloyd Kelly
"He does need to go out on loan to get the experience.
"It's balancing what the manager needs in his squad as well.
"It's difficult and we've had this conversation about Zak and Lloyd.
"The decision in this window was to send Zak to Plymouth and keep Lloyd around the first-team.
"I am sure in August the conversation will be around getting him some more experience if he's not around the first-team. He has a big future at the club."
Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson consoles Lloyd Kelly after the Aston Villa defeat
Joe Morrell - Cheltenham Town
"Joe has been a revelation with Cheltenham Town.
"In the summer we found it hard for Joe to get a club.
"But to be fair to Gary Johnson he's gone there and done really well. He wasn't starting the first game but a midfielder was ill at the last minute and he got his chance.
"Joe has now played pretty much every minute for Cheltenham since. He has used the opportunity massively.
"I have seen a lot of Joe at Cheltenham and he has been consistently very good.
"We are all very pleased for Joe as it was touch and go if we were going to keep him in the summer.
"He is one of the big, big success stories this season. We're all really delighted for Joe."
Gary Johnson provides loan update on Bristol City trio ahead of the January transfer window
Joe Morrell celebrates scoring for Cheltenham Town
Taylor Moore - Cheltenham Town
"Taylor has already played about 90 per cent of the games for Cheltenham.
"If he can get another 15/16 games in League Two, he will finish with 30 matches for the season.
"That will put him in a better position for the summer.
"He'll get a chance during pre-season to show what he can do."
Bristol City defender Taylor Moore discusses his plans for the rest of the season
Taylor Moore in action for Cheltenham Town
Jake Andrews - Cheltenham Town
"Jake Andrews has gone there with the remit to get into Gary Johnson's side.
"I think Jake with the ability he has, he could be similar to Joe Morrell, and he could be able to cement his place. He has some real quality."
Cheltenham Town manager Gary Johnson explains why he has signed Bristol City youngster Jake Andrews
Jake Andrews
Shawn McCoulsky - Newport County
"Sometimes players have to drop down to be given their chance. Shawn went to Bath and Weston-super-Mare last season.
"This year he's doing extremely well and scoring goals at Newport. He had to go to that level last year and prove he was a goalscorer for someone else to take him.
"He's developing really well. It's not just his goals, but his overall play is improving a lot.
"If there was an issue with Shawn it was his back-to-goal and link-up play but the more I've watched him this season his overall game has improved.
"We could have probably put him into League One when his loan ran out at Newport but we thought he was having so much success, let's leave him there.
"We could do with him starting a few more games but hopefully he can get more goals before heading back to the club."
Bristol City starlet Shawn McCoulsky dumps Leeds United out of FA Cup with Newport County
Newport County's Shawn McCoulsky scores the winning goal vs Leeds
Max O'Leary - Solihull Moors
"He's been fantastic at Solihull under Mark Yates (Solihull boss) and he has made a big difference to their team.
"Mark has been singing his praises and Max has had four or fives clean sheets in their recent run of good form.
"He saved five penalties at Bath City last season and I think he has a bright future, he's a really good young goalkeeper."
Jonny Smith - AFC Flyde
"We paid a small fee for him from Wrexham and sent him to AFC Flyde this season.
"He'll end up with 46 games in the National League this year.
"We sat down, myself, the manager and the coaching staff in the summer and thought the one part of his game he needed to develop was without the ball.
"We had conversations with Dave Challinor at Flyde and he knew what we wanted from Jonny and the improvements we were looking for.
"I've watched Jonny a few times and his work without the ball has been fantastic. He has six goals and they are nearly in the play-offs. He'll come back as a really strong player in the summer."
The loan list: Stats, goals and appearances of Bristol City's players featuring for other clubs
Jonny Smith (Image: Paul Knight/JMP)
James Morton - Bath City
"We like James - he's a really good footballer with a great left foot and he can see a pass.
"He's gone to Bath in order to learn the other side of the game, the working without the ball and the toughness.
"I watched him against Concord Rangers a couple of weeks ago and he was absolutely fantastic. His range of passing was superb. James is playing 90 minutes every week and he's improving a lot."
James Morton in action for Bristol City during pre-season
Antoine Semenyo - Bath City
"Antoine is still an under 18 striker. He's playing well there but he's just 18, you look at Shawn who was there last year.
"He's one we really like and Jerry Gill (Bath boss) is doing well with him. He's dipping him in, starting games and bringing him in as a substitute as well."
Bristol City u23s play out incredible ten-goal thriller with Watford
George Dowling - Torquay United
"George is doing very well at Torquay and he scored for them at the weekend.
"He's going good and he has had a taste of the first-team which is a big positive for us."
George Dowling, left (Image: Gary Day/JMP)
Harvey Smith (previously Weston-super-mare)
"He is a centre-back in our U18s who we really like. I told Weston that this lad can play at this level and for three months Harvey was excellent.
"We brought him back after three months. We looked at it and he's only 18, yet he's travelling around the country and getting battered by big centre-forwards. We brought him back to give him some time to develop."
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Harvey Smith
Cameron Pring - Hereford United
Cameron Pring in action this season for Merthyr
"Peter Beadle (Hereford boss) rang me up and asked if Cameron could go there after his successful spell at Merthyr Town earlier in the season.
"There were 3,000 fans in attendance for their game a few weeks ago and he's getting some great experience with Hereford.
"Hopefully, Beads can get them back into the National League."
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#Ouch: The $1.5 Billion Mistake You Don’t Want to Make!
By: Shadi Enos, Esq.
ABL Advisor, April 1, 2015
The first quarter of 2015 was an important quarter for lenders not only because of what happened in the markets, but also because of what happened in the courts. On January 21, 2015 the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued its decision on the infamous “GM Case” (1.) and left lenders and their legal counsel thinking “ouch, we can’t make that same mistake!”
What’s the mistake everyone’s talking about?
JPMorgan Chase and its counsel inadvertently released a UCC-1 financing statement securing $1.5 billion in debt owed to a syndicate of lenders, leaving the lenders as unsecured creditors in General Motor’s bankruptcy proceeding.
In 2001, General Motors entered into a secured $300 million synthetic lease with JPM, as agent. GM subsequently entered into a secured $1.5 billion term loan facility with JPM, again as agent. Both loans were perfected by recorded UCC-1 financing statements.
Then, in 2008, GM paid-off the synthetic lease and asked its counsel to prepare UCC-3 termination statements to release JPM’s filings related to the synthetic lease. GM’s counsel prepared three termination statements and distributed copies to each of GM, JPM and JPM’s counsel for review. JPM’s counsel approved the termination statements, which were later filed.
What all parties failed to realize at the time was that the UCC-3s inadvertently terminated the financing statement securing the $1.5 billion term loan (in addition to the $300 million synthetic lease).
It was not until GM filed for bankruptcy in 2009 that the mistake was discovered (and seized upon). The Committee of Unsecured Creditors quickly filed suit to take advantage of the mistake and tear down JPM from the ranks of a secured creditor to that of unsecured party in the bankruptcy proceedings.
JPM and its counsel argued that the termination of the financing statement perfecting its lien on the term loan was unintentional. The court held, however, that “although the termination statement mistakenly identified for termination a security interest that the lender did not intend to terminate, the secured lender authorized the filing of the document, and the termination statement was effective to terminate the security interest.” In other words, a secured party’s subject intent when filing or approving a termination statement is irrelevant.
The scary (but predictable) result was that JPM became an unsecured creditor with respect to the $1.5 billion term loan.
What’s the lesson?
The lesson to lenders and their counsel is to pay very close attention to financing statements and termination statements! A simple mistake can be the difference between being a secured creditor and being an unsecured creditor.
How can I prevent this from happing to me?
A recent article in the American Bar Association Commercial Law Newsletter (authored by my colleagues at Buchalter Nemer) suggests a few practical tips for avoiding the pitfalls of filing termination statements.
Use the Optional Description Fields on the Financing Statements: “Secured parties should utilize the optional reference portion on the bottom of UCC-1 financing statements. One option is for [law] firms to indicate the client and matter reference number on every UCC-1 financing statement that it drafts and files, in order to have standard reference points that everyone in the firm can utilize to double check the specific transaction with respect to which the UCC-1 financing statement was created. Additional detail could also be added to this portion of the UCC-1 in situations where there is a greater possibility for confusion; for example, the addition of either “Synthetic Lease” or “Term Loan” in the GM case. This would be an ideal way for others within the firm who happen upon a transaction they are not familiar with, to confirm that the security interests being terminated are associated with the correct transaction.”
Implement a Thorough Review Process: “In addition, the simple act of institutionalizing a thorough review process could avoid such mistakes. As attorneys, we are often subject to multiple pressing deadlines, and that can lead to a lack of ownership of documents and to reviews that are not as intensive as they could be. At times, we may even rush because we expect someone else involved in the transaction to take a more careful look at the documents before they are considered final. Using the example at hand, we can understand why someone with intimate knowledge of the deal needs to take responsibility for a final, thorough review. UCC-1 financing statements include a lot of important information that could be easily overlooked by someone unfamiliar with a matter. Only being able to understand where the secured party and debtor are listed is not enough; many times there are multiple filing dates associated with multiple transactions, and it is reasonable to see how mistakes like this get made. Establishing (i) an “owner of the document” and (ii) standard best practices for the review of particular documents can ensure that careless mistakes are avoided.”
(1.) (Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Motors Liquidation Company v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (In re: Motors Liquidation Company)
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BuildingGreen Announces Top 10 Products for 2020
These innovative products reduce carbon emissions’ impacts and include energy-saving windows and insulation, plus low-carbon pavers, gypsum, and MDF.
by Brent Ehrlich
For the past 18 years, BuildingGreen has recognized green building products that significantly improve upon standard industry practices. This year we are focusing on the world’s greatest challenge: reducing the environmental impacts of greenhouse gases. The following products do so by conserving energy, reducing emissions, and managing carbon impacts, fundamentally changing our building systems for the better.
This year’s BuildingGreen Approved winners:
Alpen ThinGlass Triple and Alpen ThinGlass Quad
Calplant MDF
CL-Talon 300
ChargePoint Smart Charging Systems
Duracryl International Corques Liquid Lino
EP Henry’s ECO Bristol Stone with Solidia
Hanging Gardens Smart Blue Roof Stormwater Systems
Johnson Controls YORK YZ Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Chiller
R-50 Insulation Systems Rich-E-Board
USG Sheetrock Brand EcoSmart Panels
Alpen ThinGlass Triple windows have the high performance of a thick triple-pane window but is the same thickness as standard double-pane windows.
Image: Alpen High Performance Products
Why we chose this product: Alpen’s ThinGlass windows use 1 mm interior panes to provide the energy-saving benefits of a high-performance window in a thinner, lighter profile, allowing the company’s ThinGlass Triple to be used in place of standard double-pane windows.
Most high-performance windows are thick and heavy. With three or four panes of glass and the necessary space between them, you can see why. Alpen High Performance Products is changing that by using thin glass (similar to the glass in your phone or flat-screen TV) as the center pane(s) along with krypton gas to provide some of the most thermally efficient windows available in a much thinner profile.
These interior panes are only 1 mm thick, making the windows so thin that Alpen ThinGlass Triple will fit in the space of a normal double-glazed window with little or no weight increase. This has enormous potential for retrofits and upgrading historic structures, and Alpen is making ThinGlass products for both the residential and the commercial markets.
These windows can be configured with a variety of coatings to maximize performance, and they provide similar performance to Alpen’s current triple- and quad-pane windows, with center of glass U-values ranging from 0.11 (R-9) for ThinGlass Triple to 0.08 (R-12) for ThinGlass Quad (National Fenestration Rating Council ratings are pending). Solar-heat-gain coefficients vary depending on coatings chosen for the outer panes.
These windows are available in products with a fiberglass or uPVC frame, and the company says it has tested commercial insulated glazing units (IGUs) up to 50 square feet using thin glass. That is exciting because replacing a double-glazed IGU with a ThinGlass Triple would improve the whole window U-value by 35%–45% over a standard dual-pane option, according to the company. And perhaps the best part: the cost of these Alpen ThinGlass windows is the same as their standard triple-pane offerings.
Cal Plant MDF will be distributed by Columbia Forest Products and is expected to cost the same as wood MDF and have equal or better performance, with a significantly better environmental profile.
Image: CalPlant
Why we chose this product: CalPlant uses a local agricultural fiber (rice straw), whose disposal typically wastes water and generates greenhouse gases, to create a formaldehyde-free MDF with superior performance over similar wood-based products.
CalPlant is using waste straw from local rice harvest to create formaldehyde-free medium-density fiberboard (MDF) and high-density fiberboard (HDF). These low-carbon, low-emitting panels are better for the environment, have better performance, and could be a game changer in the interior panel industry.
The Sacramento Valley generates 1.5 million tons of rice straw annually. This rice straw used to be burned after the harvest, releasing carbon and pollutants into the environment. After the practice was banned in California in 1991, rice growers began flooding the fields after the harvest to jumpstart the straw decomposition process, wasting valuable water in Central California’s agricultural region and generating high-GWP methane from decomposition. To make things worse, the rotting waste straw leads to crop disease that requires additional fungicide.
CalPlant can process 300,000 tons of rice straw annually (about 20% of the region’s production)—all from within 15 to 25 miles of the facility—to produce more than 140 million square feet of formaldehyde-free ¾" MDF.
Rice straw works better than wood fiber because it has a curly shape that, when combined with the pMDI (polyurethane) resin, creates both a mechanical and a chemical bond. And because rice is grown in water, the straw contains waxes that make it naturally hydrophobic. This combination creates a very strong panel that has good moisture resistance—good enough for use in kitchen cabinetry and laminate flooring.
The company is focusing on high-quality, high-density panels that can be cut to various sizes (with a 10-foot maximum width) in thicknesses from 0.07" to 1-1/8". Full production will start in January 2020.
Products will be available for purchase later in the first quarter of 2020, through an arrangement with Columbia Forest Products, at prices comparable to those of wood MDF. This is achievable because rice straw is less expensive than wood, it is local, it has a consistent yield from year to year, it is inexpensive to bale, and there is a motivated grower group. Farmers are not going to have to pay the expenses incurred from managing rice straw, potentially saving local farmers up to $20 million annually while creating hundreds of local full- and part-time jobs in construction, at the facility, and during harvest.
ChargePoint Electric Vehicle Charging Network
ChargePoint offers a variety of Level 2 and DC Fast Charging systems, providing adaptable charging options for current and future electric vehicles.
Image: ChargePoint
Why we chose this product: Replacing vehicles powered by fossil fuels with electric vehicles (EV) is critical for reducing our carbon output; ChargePoint offers electric vehicle charging systems that are engineered to accommodate a variety of EVs, using software to optimize the experience.
Using plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) can minimize the transportation impacts to and from our green buildings, but we need the charging infrastructure in place to make wider adoption viable. ChargePoint offers a range of software and smart chargers—or electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE)—including its CT4000 and CPF25 Level 2 charging systems, and its Express and Express Plus DC fast chargers.
The CT4000 and CPF25 use the industry standard J1772 connector found in most cars and are best suited for commercial or multifamily buildings, where faster charging rates are not required. The Energy Star-certified CT4000 charges at up to 25 miles of range per hour (RPH) and uses significantly less energy when on standby than standard systems, according to the company. Depending on system, these units can be used for dedicated vehicle fleet charging or for mixed use, such as by building employees and guests.
For those who need faster charge times or just want to be “future proofed,” ChargePoint’s DC fast chargers can provide between 100 and 250 RPH, depending on the model, and are currently compatible with either CCS1/CCS2 or CHAdeMO connectors, but other connector systems can be integrated if or when they become available. ChargePoint’s newest express charger, the CPE250, provides 50% more power than comparable DC stations, according to the company.
Smart connectivity allows these systems to:
monitor station performance
show station availability (and even allow you to get in line for the next available station)
manage station access
tailor fee structures (depending on user, time of day, and other factors)
provide performance updates
track greenhouse gas emissions
They also provide energy management connectivity with utilities that include time-of-day pricing, load shedding in cases of increased power demand, and scheduled charging.
CL-Talon demonstration installation at Greenbuild in Chicago shows the system with mineral wool and Kooltherm insulation along with brick, terra cotta, and stone cladding options.
Photo: Brent Ehrlich
Why we chose this product: CL-Talon 300 incorporates thermal breaks throughout its cladding system, significantly increasing the R-value of the building envelope, and includes an innovative framework that speeds installation and accepts nearly any board insulation and cladding material.
CL-Talon 300 is a thermally broken universal wall cladding system that uses an easy-to-adjust framing to simplify installation and can accommodate various insulation and cladding materials.
The system includes:
The frame’s base track, installed against the exterior sheathing and weather barrier;
Polyamide Therme Clips that slot into the frame and serve as thermal breaks;
Rigid board insulation installed between the Therme Clips;
T-tracks that hold the cladding hardware, secured vertically along the Therme Clips and made plumb through the use of an enclosed level system;
Wall-mount bars that slide into the system, creating a strong, integrated frame (can be horizontal or vertical); and
Connectors that hold the cladding to the frame.
The system is designed to speed installation, with component parts screwed together for structural integrity. The base track includes measurement lines to help ensure the Therme Clips are installed at the same place along the wall, and a level system ensures the tracks are truly vertical. There is no shimming or leveling of clips, which typically takes an enormous amount of time.
CL-Talon has connectors for fiber cement, limestone, granite, Alumwood, Innowood, Trespa, brick, aluminum composites, Boston Valley Terra Cotta, and other cladding options. For design flexibility, several claddings can be hung from the same framing, and when the cladding reaches the end of its lifespan or the building is repurposed, it can be easily replaced. The system also comes with window and door jambs and corner pieces.
According to energy models, CL-Talon’s performance loss from thermal bridging is so low that it’s more than offset by the additional R-value from sheathing materials and weather barriers. For instance, a system using 4" mineral wool with nominal R-value of 16.8, installed 48" on center, would have an effective assembly R-value of 18.5.
CL-Talon 300 comes with all component parts, screws, levels, and markings that make it easy to install, and it is even Declare Red List Free.
Corques Liquid Lino uses similar ingredients to those in standard linoleum—vegetable oils, cork, wood “flour,” linseed oil, limestone, and mineral pigments—but it comes in 5-gallon buckets rather than sheets or tiles.
Image: Duracryl
Why we chose this product: Corques Liquid Lino uses the same natural ingredients found in standard linoleum in a fluid-applied form that takes less energy to produce and less time to install; it can be used in place of more environmentally problematic flooring applications, especially those that require a seamless floor.
Duracryl International Corques Liquid Lino (CLL) fluid-applied linoleum uses similar ingredients to those in standard linoleum—vegetable oils, cork, wood “flour,” linseed oil, limestone, and mineral pigments. But it comes in 5-gallon buckets rather than sheets or tiles, is mixed onsite, and is applied directly to the substrate. When set, CCL creates a seamless linoleum floor, making it a good choice for applications such as healthcare facilities that typically use more environmentally problematic products such as vinyl or epoxy. And it contains no VOCs, heavy metals, bisphenol compounds, or other chemicals of concern.
CLL has the consistency of a thick paint, so after trained installers pour, trowel, and roll it onto the floor, it self-levels. CLL cures overnight at room temperature, so it has a much smaller carbon footprint than standard sheet linoleum with jute backing, which can take an energy-intensive 30 to 60 days to cure at the factory. And unlike with sheet goods, there is no trimming, no welding seams, and very little waste during installation.
The next day, the company’s Protecshield UV-cured polyurethane—which does not contain isocycante asthmagens—is applied. That wear layer can include tints and other additives to create designs or increase traction. The floor can be walked on after 24 hours and completely cures after seven days, according to the company.
For maintenance, there is no stripping or waxing. CLL is available in 54 colors, so if a design team wants to change the appearance of a CLL floor, a new tinted topcoat can be applied, or it can be covered with another layer. If CCL gets damaged, the section can be cut out and repaired, and at the end of its service life, it can be scraped off and disposed of with minimal environmental impact.
CLL is also Declare Red List Free and has an Environmental Product Declaration.
EP Henry ECO Bristol Pavers help manage stormwater runoff and are the first commercial product to use Solidia’s low-GWP concrete.
Photo: EP Henry
Why we chose this product: ECO Bristol Stone pavers help control stormwater runoff and are the first commercially available products made from Solidia cement, a Portland cement alternative whose manufacturing creates significantly fewer greenhouse gases and uses less water.
Permeable pavers are part of a system that allows stormwater to pass through to the soil, reducing the amount of water and pollutants it can carry reaching the watershed. They are a great way to manage stormwater, and EP Henry has further improved its ECO Bristol Stone pavers by making them with Solidia concrete, whose manufacturing and use produces significantly less carbon than Portland cement-based concrete while saving energy and water.
Ordinary Portland cement (OPC) used in most concrete (including pavers), accounts for approximately 5%–8% of anthropogenic CO2. Solidia has a smaller carbon footprint than OPC because it:
uses less limestone (50% rather than 70%) and requires less calcination, so less CO2 is produced;
uses clinker formed at 1,200ºC (2,192ºF) versus 1,450ºC for OPC, reducing fossil-fuel consumption and emissions; and
cures by carbonation, converting the raw materials and CO2 into limestone with minimal water.
According to the company, with 30% less CO2 produced through calcination, less energy is required for firing. Because there is additional carbon sequestration through carbonation, using Solidia can reduce concrete’s carbon footprint by up to 70%. And it uses up to 80% less water in production, while potentially capturing and reusing 100% of water used for forming.
Though EP Henry had to build special curing chambers for ECO Bristol Stone/Solidia pavers and uses CO2 from industrial sources, there are additional benefits that outweigh these initial costs. The process creates pavers that gain full strength in one to two days instead of 28 days, speeding production and saving energy. Using Solidia also creates a denser, stronger paver with better resistance to deicing salts and no efflorescence (where moisture-driven salts appear on the surface, a common occurrence with masonry products). The pavers also have a richer, more vibrant color, according to the company.
Hanging Gardens Smart Blue Roof Stormwater Systems store water on roofs and using sensors, software, smart drains, and other technology can become part of site-specific or municipal stormwater systems.
Image: Hanging Gardens
Why we chose this product: A warming climate can result in more precipitation and flooding problems. Hanging Gardens Smart Blue Roof Stormwater Systems uses sensors, software, and smart drains and valves to store water on roofs and communicate with other systems to become part of a site-specific or municipal stormwater system.
Hanging Gardens Smart Blue Roof Stormwater Systems incorporates smart drains that use sensors and weather data to monitor and adjust the amount of stormwater held on a building’s roof. Unlike standard passive blue roof systems that can’t consistently regulate the flow or amount of stormwater, Hanging Gardens’ systems release or retain the water based on local conditions and stormwater capacity.
In communities with combined sewer and stormwater runoff, Smart Blue Roof Stormwater Systems help keep water treatment facilities from being overwhelmed and dumping raw sewage into the watershed. Hanging Garden’s system includes software that monitors system integrity, controls the drains, and communicates with atmospheric sensors.
Based on weather data, Hanging Gardens’ smart drains, valves, and pumps, will close before it starts raining, storing the stormwater on the roof. It also communicates with valves that control the flow rate from ponds and tanks or to other stormwater retention systems onsite or in the community. It can assess their capacity and then open the drains and/or valves of each unit as needed (it also notifies maintenance if there is a problem with the valves, though passive and manual overflows are also engineered into the system). Through this process, the Smart Blue Roof Stormwater System is able to optimize each stormwater system, increasing overall stormwater management capacity. As a result, individual buildings or sites can become part of campus- or municipal-wide stormwater management systems.
Consequently, if conditions are too dry, the system can open the drains or valves to flood the green roof or activate pumps for irrigation. The system can also integrate with other systems, such as graywater systems and those that recycle irrigation, to further conserve water.
The YORK YZ Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Chiller is the first commercial chiller to be optimized for use with R-1233zd(E)—a next-generation hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) refrigerant with a global warming potential (GWP) of only 1.
Image: Johnson Controls
Why we chose this product: The YORK YZ Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Chiller uses energy-efficient, low-maintenance magnetic levitation bearings technology and is the first commercial chiller to be optimized for use with R-1233zd(E)—a next-generation hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) refrigerant with a global warming potential (GWP) of only 1.
Johnson Controls YORK YZ Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Chiller is the first chiller engineered specifically to use the next-generation HFO refrigerant R-1233zd(E). This refrigerant has a global warming potential of only 1 and is not flammable or hazardous under normal use. It is a big shift for the industry as it moves away from refrigerants that have GWPs of 1,400 or more.
Replacing a chiller refrigerant is not easy. Some next-generation low-GWP refrigerants are flammable, and some are toxic, and different refrigerants operate at different pressures and work best with certain equipment and capacities. For the YORK YZ, R-1233zd(E) is more than a simple drop-in replacement; the chiller has been optimized to use the new refrigerant, improving overall performance.
The chiller equipment that makes this possible uses a combination of variable speed drive and magnetic bearings. Magnetic bearings are not new, but they offer impressive performance advantages. Conventional centrifugal chillers use gears and oil-lubricated bearings to support the driveshaft. The YORK YZ uses magnetic levitation bearings, so the driveshaft hovers in a magnetic field and spins freely. The system has 80% fewer moving parts and requires significantly less maintenance.
The variable-speed drive allows greater control of the chiller, making it much more efficient than standard systems at partial loads. According to the company, the YORK YZ provides 35% annual energy savings over standard fixed-speed oil-bearing chillers.
The YORK YZ is available in capacities ranging from 150 to 1,425 tons, making it suitable for a wide range of building sizes and end uses.
R-50 Insulation Systems Rich-E-Board uses vacuum insulation sandwiched between a coated, fiberglass-matted, high-density polyisocyanurate (polyiso) insulation to provides a minimum R-50 1.5"-thick panel.
Image: R-50 Insulation Systems
Why we chose this product: Rich-E-Board encloses vacuum insulation in a protective layer to push the limits of thermal insulation, achieving R-50 in a 1.5"-thick panel.
R-50 Insulation Systems Rich-E-Board uses vacuum insulation sandwiched between a coated, fiberglass-matted, high-density polyisocyanurate (polyiso) insulation to create a insulated composite panel that provides a minimum R-50 thermal performance in a 1.5"-thick panel.
How do you cram that much insulation into 1.5"? Heat is transferred via conduction (energy from molecule to molecule, such as a hot pan), convection (energy from moving molecules, such as hot air rising), and radiation (energy as light or electromagnetic radiation). In Rich-E-Board, there is no air in the vacuum panel portion, and with no air there is little conduction or convection. And the vacuum insulated panels use low-emissivity coatings, like a glass thermos, reducing most radiant heat transfer. The reinforced high-density panels provide protection and strength while adding some extra thermal performance. As a total package, you get to R-50, which is particularly impressive compared with R-6 to R-7 for standard rigid foam insulation. One caveat, though: the panel has some protection, but it cannot be punctured, or most of the R-value escapes as air rushes in.
Though vacuum insulation is typically expensive, a thin panel like this makes financial sense in the right application. They have been used on buildings where codes now require R-30 roof insulation. In these applications, adding thick insulation might necessitate expensive building alterations to maintain aesthetics. Under these circumstances, meeting the required distance between the roof deck and the top of the parapet, low window sills, low door thresholds, mechanical curbs, and other low roof projections can be nearly impossible. Selected manufacturers are integrating Rich-E-Board as part of warrantied roof systems.
Firecode X generates 20% less CO2 during manufacturing than standard 5/8" Type X and is lighter, saving transportation energy.
Image: USG Corporation
Why we chose this product: Standard gypsum wallboard is ubiquitous, and its carbon footprint is magnified by the sheer number of panels sold. Using EcoSmart as a drop-in replacement can reduce a building’s embodied carbon without requiring any other changes to the building.
EcoSmart Firecode X (UL Type ULIX) requires 25% less water to make than standard Type X drywall (fire-resistant panels typically used on walls) and is 22% lighter. With less water, EcoSmart requires less energy to dry the panels, which means it generates 20% less CO2 during manufacturing than standard 5/8" Type X. For context, two million square feet of EcoSmart used on a large multifamily complex would generate 121 tons less CO2 and use 137,000 gallons less water during manufacturing than standard Type X drywall, according to USG. And since EcoSmart is 22% lighter, more panels can be shipped per truck, reducing the number of trucks on the road, their transportation energy, and their emissions.
EcoSmart Type X can substitute for much heavier, and more expensive, Type C drywall typically used on floor and ceiling assemblies. This could simplify jobsite stocking and reduce the chance of accidentally installing Type X inappropriately. And since EcoSmart is lighter than standard Type X, it is faster and safer to install, takes fewer workers, and reduces installation costs.
EcoSmart panels are Greenguard Gold certified for emissions and are Declare Red List Free. They contain 100% USDA certified biobased content as part of the product and have a LEED v4-compliant Type III EPD as well as a v2.1 Health Product Declaration. EcoSmart is the only gypsum panel that meets Architecture 2030 for Products.
Published December 2, 2019 Permalink Citation
Ehrlich, B. (2019, December 2). BuildingGreen Announces Top 10 Products for 2020. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/product-review/buildinggreen-announces-top-10-products-2020
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Compensation available to property owners to assist with tree replanting efforts
May 4, 2016 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Compensation is now available for eligible property owners whose trees are ordered removed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for the Asian longhorned beetle. The compensation is intended to assist with tree replanting efforts in affected communities.
Property owners can apply for up to $300 per tree ordered removed on private property. The federal government is also compensating up to $150 per tree on public land and $40 per tree in private woodlots.
The best way to eradicate this insect is to remove all infested and susceptible trees inside the regulated area. The CFIA and the Government of Canada continue to work closely with municipal, regional and provincial authorities to protect Canada's trees and forests, and the industries that rely upon them, from the introduction and spread of harmful and invasive pests.
The Asian longhorned beetle (ALHB) is an invasive pest known to attack and kill healthy hardwood trees, including maple. This insect is a serious threat to Canada's trees and urban forests.
Property owners who have received a CFIA Notice to Dispose between April 1, 2013 and March 31, 2019 may be eligible for compensation.
In December 2013, the CFIA established a regulated area for ALHB in the Mississauga and Toronto territory. The regulated area is bordered in the north by Finch Avenue, in the east by Martin Grove Road, in the south by Highway 401 and in the west by Dixie Road.
No one is allowed to move nursery stock, trees, lumber, wood, wood and bark chips or firewood out of this regulated area unless authorized by the CFIA to do so.
Help protect your community from this invasive insect:
Check tree for evidence of ALHB
Collect suspect ALHB specimens, if found
Report suspect ALHB or ALHB tree damage to 1-800-442-2342
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Crystal Lindell worked primarily at daily newspapers before joining BNP Media in 2010. While here she has worked on Candy Industry Magazine, Food Engineering Magazine and Food Safety Strategies. She holds a master’s degree in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois – Springfield and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Western Illinois University. And her favorite breakfast is a cup of espresso and Twix bar.
10 things about the Sweets & Snacks Expo
Crystal Lindell
By Crystal Lindell
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So, all the cool people were at the National Confectioners Association Sweets & Snacks Expo last week in Chicago. The event featured more than 2,000 new candy and snack products, more than 14,000 manufacturers, buyers and industry leaders from nearly 70 countries, and myself.
It was my first time at the (still referred to as) the all candy expo, and I admit that it felt like a tsunami of information washed over me during the event. I’ve narrowed it all down to 10 observations here, and my hope is that it will help you navigate the aftermath of the show as well. And, don't forget to check out our July issue for even more coverage of the show.
10. The place looked like a Willy Wonka magical, awesome land. If this was your fifth show or 598th, I encourage you to remember - at least for a moment - how incredible a sight it is to behold when you first walk in. There were life-size Smarties, a giant Ferrara Pan candy display and a chocolate river “flowing” through Mars’ booth. It was as if 500 companies came in and set up candy stores all under one wonderful roof. Breathtaking.
9. I’m pretty sure I gained about 6 pounds though. I like to believe that when I eat candy samples on the clock, the calories don’t count. Unfortunately, that’s exactly false. I ate chocolates, and then I washed them down with chips and finished it all off with sweet treats. Totally worth it though.
8. Dark chocolate with sea salt is my new favorite everything. I tried both Ghirardelli’s and Godiva’s take on this treat at the event, and I’m really hoping that - as with luxury car features that make their way down to the mass market (see: cruise control) - this gourmet concoction will be mainstream asap.
7. Lime flavors seem to be the new hot thing. My favorite lime treat was a truffle at the Astor Chocolate booth that tasted like an explosion of sugar and lime juice in my mouth. I predict it would taste great with tequilla or as the foundation in a mojito.
6. The Kettle Event that Candy Industry put on Wednesday night was amazing and major congratulations are in order for Pierson Clair, president and ceo of Brown & Haley Co., makers of the Almond Roca brand. Also, the Union League Club offered an amazing venue that featured a glorious art collection.
5. Mars’ new virtual store technology is Mario Bros. meets focus group. It allows companies to conduct consumer research by allowing them to guide a remote control that’s shaped like a shopping cart handle. The testers are allowed to grab whichever items catch their eye and the stores can determine which displays, packages and promotions work best without rearranging any actual merchandise.
4. Pez debuted a new pull-and-go dispenser, which features a removable Hot Wheels car that actually rolls across the table. It’s pretty fun. In 2011, they also plan to launch a Lord of the Rings set and in 2012, they will launch a KISS (as in the band) set, as well as a Star Trek set.
3. I’m genuinely impressed that Hershey has found a way to sell air. Their new Kisses Air Delights - available starting Friday - are aerated milk chocolate with air bubbles in the center. The line also includes a Hershey’s Air Delight bar.
2. People mentioned social media so often, I started to think this whole Facebook thing could be big.
Michael Kelly, from the American Licorice Company, told me about the success his company had asking consumers to share stories of good will and happiness online. With each post, the makers of Red Vine added a piece of licorice to a virtual chain that circled the globe.
The company also is starting a new Sour Punch campaign that asks consumers to post videos on Facebook of the extremes they will go to for the candy.
“There’s a lot of fear and uncertainty around social media from people that don’t understand it, and what I can speak to is that in the candy industry, there’s really nothing to be afraid of for getting involved in the conversation,” Kelly says. “The vast majority of consumers’ sentiment out there should be positive and it’s really just a big love fest in our industry.”
Meanwhile, John Budd, with Bazooka, has a Baby Bottle Pops website, which features games that allow kids to “get in touch with their inner baby... with avatars.”
He says the company is using Facebook more as a tool to reach moms than kids because of the age requirements on the social media site.
1. The show week was among the best three point five days of my life. Good thing I have plenty of time to lose those six pounds before next year’s Expo.
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Cardinal Burke calls for Consecration of Russia to Immaculate Heart of Mary
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Quote from: LifeSiteNews
ROME, May 19, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Raymond Burke issued a call this morning for the Catholic faithful to “work for the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”
Cardinal Burke, who is one of the four Cardinals who have asked Pope Francis for a clarification of Amoris Laetitia, made his appeal at the Rome Life Forum, in the month of the centenary of Our Lady of Fatima’s first apparition to the three shepherd children.
Burke is the former prefect of the Apostolic Signatura and current Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
In a comprehensive address on “The Secret of Fatima and a New Evangelization,” Cardinal Burke, in the presence of fellow dubia Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, outspoken Kazakhstan Bishop Athanasius Schneider and over 100 life and family leaders from 20 nations, said that the triumph of the Immaculate Heart would mean much more than the ending of world wars, and the physical calamities that Our Lady of Fatima predicted.
“As horrible as are the physical chastisements associated with man’s disobedient rebellion before God, infinitely more horrible are the spiritual chastisements for they have to do with the fruit of grievous sin: eternal death,” he said.
He expressed agreement with one of the foremost Fatima scholars, Frère Michel de la Sainte Trinité, who said that the promised triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary undoubtedly refers firstly to “the victory of the Faith, which will put an end to the time of apostasy, and the great shortcomings of the Church’s pastors.”
Turning to the current situation in the Church in light of Our Lady of Fatima’s revelations, Burke said:
The teaching of the Faith in its integrity and with courage is the heart of the office of the Church’s pastors: the Roman Pontiff, the Bishops in communion with the See of Peter, and their principal co-workers, the priests. For that reason, the Third Secret is directed, with particular force, to those who exercise the pastoral office in the Church. Their failure to teach the faith, in fidelity to the Church’s constant teaching and practice, whether through a superficial, confused or even worldly approach, and their silence endangers mortally, in the deepest spiritual sense, the very souls for whom they have been consecrated to care spiritually. The poisonous fruits of the failure of the Church’s pastors is seen in a manner of worship, of teaching and of moral discipline which is not in accord with Divine Law.
The call for the consecration of Russia is for some controversial, but Cardinal Burke addressed the reasons for his appeal simply and straightforwardly. “The requested consecration is at once a recognition of the importance which Russia continues to have in God’s plan for peace and a sign of profound love for our brothers and sisters in Russia,” he said.
“Certainly, Pope Saint John Paul II consecrated the world, including Russia, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25, 1984,” said Cardinal Burke. “But, today, once again, we hear the call of Our Lady of Fatima to consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart, in accord with her explicit instruction.”
The want for the ‘explicit’ mention of Russia in the consecration as requested by Our Lady was desired by Pope John Paul II, but not undertaken due to pressure from counselors. This fact was confirmed most recently by the official representative of Pope Francis at the Fatima anniversary celebration last week in Karaganda, Kazakhstan.
Speaking on May 13, Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, former president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, recalled his conversation with Pope John Paul II after the 1984 consecration, or “entrustment," which took place March 25, when the statue of Our Lady of Fatima was in Rome.
“Obviously, for a long time [the pope] had dealt with that significant mission which the Mother of God had given to the seer children there,” Cordes said. “However, he held back to mention Russia explicitly, because the Vatican diplomats had urgently asked him not to mention this country because otherwise political conflicts might perhaps arise.”
For those who may still object to calling for the consecration of Russia, Cardinal Burke recalled the words of Pope St. John Paul II who in 1982 during his consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart noted: “Mary’s appeal is not for just once. Her appeal must be taken up by generation after generation, in accordance with the ever new ‘signs of the times’. It must be unceasingly returned to. It must ever be taken up anew.”
Instructing the faithful, Cardinal Burke taught that Our Lady of Fatima "provides for us the means to go faithfully to her Divine Son and to seek from Him the wisdom and strength to bring His saving grace to a profoundly troubled world.”
Cardinal Burke outlined six means Our Lady gave at Fatima for the faithful take part in the restoration of peace in the world and in the Church:
to pray the Rosary each day
to wear the Brown Scapular;
to make sacrifices for the sake of saving sinners;
to make reparation for offenses to her Immaculate Heart by means of the First Saturday devotion; and
to convert our own lives ever more to Christ.
Lastly, she asks the Roman Pontiff, in union with all the Bishops of the world, to consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart.
“By these means, she promises that her Immaculate Heart will triumph, bringing souls to Christ, her Son,” Cardinal Burke added.
“Turning to Christ, they will make reparation for their sins. Christ, through the intercession of His Virgin Mother, will save them from Hell and bring peace to the whole world.”
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Re: Cardinal Burke calls for Consecration of Russia to Immaculate Heart of Mary
More Dog and Pony shows!
Incredulous
Quote from: songbird on May 19, 2017, 04:58:20 PM
The judeo-masonics knew Fatima was a show stopper for them.
Therefore, the rabbis calculated, they could control the Fatima movement using their "show-biz" tactics.
1. After the church declared Fatima a supernatural event in 1935 Pope's Pius XI and XII didn't fulfill the Consecration request.
2. Next, the rabbis used their man, Roncalli, to hijack the papacy and shelve the 3rd Secret, but it wouldn't go away.
3. Paul VI ignored it, JPII, said the Consecration was done and Ratzinger said it was all about JPII.
4. Benedict and Francis tried to bury it too.
Father Gruner kept Fatima alive and now Cardinal Burke claims he wants the Consecration done too.
And just this month, Francis claims to be the "Bishop in White".
"Some preachers will keep silence about the truth, and others will trample it underfoot and deny it. Sanctity of life will be held in derision even by those who outwardly profess it, for in those days Our Lord Jesus Christ will send them not a true Pastor but a destroyer." St. Francis of Assisi
Quote from: Geremia on May 19, 2017, 02:29:02 PM
Thanks for coming out.....!!!!
This, from akacatholic:
https://akacatholic.com/cardinal-burke-owes-fr-gruner-an-apology/
Cardinal Burke owes Fr. Gruner an apology
Louie May 19, 2017 1 Comment
Some in the so-called “traditionalist” world, it seems, are practically wetting their shorts with excitement over the “Breaking News” (courtesy of LifeSite News) that Cardinal Raymond Burke is calling for the faithful to “work for the consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”
In his address today at the Roman Life Forum, Cardinal Burke said:
“Certainly, Pope Saint John Paul II consecrated the world, including Russia, to the Immaculate Heart of Mary on March 25, 1984, but, today, once again, we hear the call of Our Lady of Fatima to consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart, in accord with her explicit instruction.”
Is this man even capable of speaking plainly?
What in God’s name does the 1984 consecration of the world have to do with Our Lady’s “explicit instructions”?
Why did Cardinal Burke feel compelled to even bring that up?
Only he can say for certain, but it sure looks to me like someone lacks the testicles to simply speak the truth without equivocation.
Either the consecration of Russia was done, or it wasn’t. Period.
Pay close attention to Burke’s words:
“But, today, once again, we hear the call of Our Lady of Fatima to consecrate Russia…”
Once again?
As reported by LifeSite News:
So let me make sure I got this right…
Mary’s simple request for the consecration of Russia (which in truth is God’s request delivered by Our Lady), according to John Paul II, who not only failed to do it over the course of more than a quarter of a century as pope, but created the Assisi abominations as an alternative means of achieving the world peace that she promised, “is not just for once” but “must be unceasingly returned to”?
What a load of steaming excrement.
And for heaping this manure upon the flock Cardinal Burke deserves our esteem?
Cardinal Burke also said:
“The Third Secret is directed, with particular force, to those who exercise the pastoral office in the Church. Their failure to teach the faith, in fidelity to the Church’s constant teaching and practice, whether through a superficial, confused or even worldly approach, and their silence endangers mortally, in the deepest spiritual sense, the very souls for whom they have been consecrated to care spiritually.”
As I recall, the Third Secret as allegedly published in full by the Holy See in the year 2000 said absolutely nothing about a failure on the part of those who exercise the pastoral office in the Church.
Is Cardinal Burke now hinting with winks and nods (because God forbid he should speak like a man) that the Vatican orchestrated a magnificent lie concerning the Third Secret on the watch of John Paul the Great Ecumenist with the help of his faithful sidekick Josef Ratzinger?
It would seem so.
In an article written for the Catholic Herald in July of 2016, some person named Joanna Bogle shared the following:
Back in 2013, when there was an outbreak of lobbying by the Fatimists, I wrote to Cardinal Raymond Burke, then head of the Apostolic Signatura, expressing my concern. He wrote back: “You are correct that there is much confusion about the message of Our Lady of Fatima, caused especially by Fr. Nicholas Gruner, a priest who is not in good standing in the Church, and that this confusion is harmful to many good people who are being led astray about the important message of Our Lady of Fatima.”
As far as I’m concerned, Cardinal Burke has exactly ZERO credibility with respect to Fatima.
If, in fact, he has had a change of heart, great, but the first order of business is this:
He owes Fr. Nicholas Gruner a posthumous, and very public, apology.
Until that happens, you won’t find any hip hip hoorays for Cardinal Burke on these pages.
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Cardinal Burke is following a tradition started by the Pope of Catholic Inaction... Pius XI
Imagine Vince Lombardi (He was a football coach way back when) up in the bleachers leading the cheerleaders rather than on the sidelines calling the plays...
Imagine general Patton serving soup rather than leading the troops into combat...
This is what we have had for a long time; bishops and popes acting like it is up to the faithful...
How about Cardinal Burke denouncing the errors of Vatican II, the New Mass, and the New "Sacraments", just for starters...
How about calling for prayer and fasting...
Perish the thought...
I would settle for Cardinal Burke and company just denouncing Pope Frantic and celebrating exclusively the Traditional Mass, after being conditionally re-ordained...
But I would sooner expect White Wolves to start singing Gregorian Chant...
Our Lady of Fatima Pray for us you are our only hope!
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Maybe our wonderful four Bishop's Consecration to Russia stirred the spiritual"pot" up- things will be happening!
I agree. The four Bishops are indeed very heroic !!!
Will continue to pray that they indeed did start a spark that will create a forest fire for the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary ...
New Order, dioceses clergy are NOT Heroic! They support Abortion and homosexuals, remember? Catholic Charities, catholic relief, remember? Dioceses is Alyskian backers. Lifesitenews you must be careful of. They will take new order clergy, like bishops, and put them on a pedestal. Ponder. Father Pavone, another one, who claims pro-life and money for abortion is supported through the disguise of charity. And don't forget the so-called pro-life groups in the counterfeit church who also rant and rave over these new order clergy! Keep your money and praise for the clergy who bring you the True Precious Blood.
We are traditional on this forum are we not?
congaudeant
Nadir, I did not know that Cardinal Burke had said that about Fr. Gruner. Not very nice at all, for him to say such a thing.
Fr. Gruner (RIP) looked very tired in that picture.
Congaudeant Catholici
If you are talking to me, go back and reread the post again as well as the post just prior so you get the
context clear in your head.
Quote from: Nadir on May 19, 2017, 11:13:01 PM
Is there a source for this? A scan of the letter signed by Cdl. Burke?
Lifesitenews you must be careful of.
Yes, this is true. They've censored my Disqus comments regarding the well-documented Jewish involvement in the abortion industry (e.g., how Bernard Nathanson, an ex-Jew and Catholic convert, said the pro-life movement would do better if more people saw it is a battle between Jews and Catholics).
I have to admit, (Lifesite) censored my disqus comments as well- I can't post on their site. I think it was over a fairly inocuous zionist comment. Everyone knows which side their bread is buttered I guess.
However, regarding the consecration of Russia, it's common knowledge that it must be done by the Pope in concert with all of the Bishops. I have no idea how this will transpire- if it actually will be by a sitting Concilliar Pope dramatically converted, or by some other supernatural means within the Hierarchal structure.. As it stands the framework of the hijacked Church is still the "Church". I know I will get slammed by Sedes (and others) but I still do think that the Consecration of Russia will have to come through what is now apostate Rome and even possibly the current apostate Pope. I guess I believe in miracles. Hopefully God will give us a Holy Pope that will do it ASAP- it is very late.
So , yes Cardinal Burke owes Fr Gruner a post-humous apology (Big league) But I am excited that the "Consecration" word, formally "hush-hush" in the masonic infiltrated Vatican is actually being mentioned. I think our Resistance Bishops poked a hole ( or a cravace, maybe for a flood?) in the "Do not mention the Fatima consecration" dam. NO going back- the dam will break.
Quote from: josefamenendez on May 22, 2017, 11:43:18 AM
However, regarding the consecration of Russia, it's common knowledge that it must be done by the Pope in concert with all of the Bishops. I have no idea how this will transpire- if it actually will be by a sitting Concilliar Pope dramatically converted, or by some other supernatural means within the Hierarchal structure.. As it stands the framework of the hijacked Church is still the "Church". I know I will get slammed by Sedes (and others) but I still do think that the Consecration of Russia will have to come through what is now apostate Rome and even possibly the current apostate Pope. I guess I believe in miracles.
Even the official Vatican version of the Third Secret says of the "Bishop dressed in White" that "we had the impression that it was the Holy Father" (not that it was him).
See my response to a sedevacantist's talk where I quote Cdl. Manning:
The authority, then, from which the [spiritual] revolt [of 2 Thessalonians 2:3-11] is to take place is…the one and universal Church, founded by our Divine Lord, and spread by His Apostles throughout the world.
and the original Rheims commentary on 2 Thessalonians 2:4 (that Antichrist "sitteth in the temple of God"):
this Antichristian revolt here spoken of, is from the Catholic Church
Sedevacantists, although they think we live in the Great Apostasy, can't fathom this spiritual revolt coming from within the Catholic Church; thus, they say it isn't the Church. So, it does seem something like you describe is more likely because God could work a greater miracle out of such a situation. God permits evil (and Vatican II and its consequences are a great evil!) to work a greater good from it.
(It's akin to Jesus's making the fig tree instantly shrivel up, a great miracle because fig trees are very moist.)
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City crews demolish homeless encampment under Gardiner Expressway
City crews cleared out a homeless encampment on Wednesday under the Gardiner Expressway downtown following a fire in a tent in the area on the weekend.
Clearing of camp follows fire in tent, eviction notice from city sent to dwellers in January
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City staff work to clear a homeless encampment under the Gardiner Expressway on Wednesday morning. (Paul Smith/CBC)
"We cleared that camp today because our chief concern was that another fire could result in injury or death," says Brad Ross, the city of Toronto's chief communications officer.
The encampment was in the area of Lake Shore Boulevard West and Lower Simcoe Street. Crews, along with heavy equipment, went in on Wednesday morning.
City gives tent city dwellers 2 weeks to pack up and leave
Ross said city staff had served people living in the encampment with eviction notices in January that said they had 14 days to leave.
Heavy equipment removes debris from the encampment while city staff watch. (Paul Smith/CBC)
Erecting tents on city property is not permitted and there was a lot of debris scattered around the area, he said. As well, there had been open fires.
The dwellers were evicted primarily to maintain public safety, he added.
"At some point, we do need to ensure that the safety of those individuals and the safety of the public generally is maintained. We needed to clean it up. It's about safety first."
City staff waited to remove tents from the camp until the weather had begun to improve, he said. "We did wait until the weather started to warm up a bit."
He said the city did not know how many people were living there.
Brad Ross, the city of Toronto's chief communications officer, said there was a lot of debris in the encampment under the Gardiner Expressway. (Paul Smith/CBC)
Ross said staff from the city's Streets to Home program, part of its shelter, support and housing administration division, have been working with people who lived there to help them find shelter.
If they do not want shelter, staff will help them obtain identification, and if possible, employment, he said.
Piles of bikes, tarps, blankets, mattresses, boxes and garbage could be seen as crews worked to clear the area on Wednesday.
Ross said staff ensured that everyone had left their tents before heavy equipment came in to clear the area.
Eviction notices have been sent to people living in other encampments in Toronto, Ross said.
A makeshift home is pictured here before the city pulled it down. (Paul Smith/CBC)
Other encampments that have received notices from the city include:
west side of Yonge Street and south of Dundas Street West.
Queen Street East and Victoria Street.
Under the Lower Simcoe Street bridge.
west side of Bay Street and south of King Street West.
Roncevalles Avenue, Queen Street West and King Street West
Gardiner Expressway at Spadina Avenue.
Ross said the majority have already been cleared by city crews.
Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu, spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service, said the fire did not cause any injuries and was deemed to be not criminal in nature.
"It occurred, we may have attended, but it didn't require a police report," she added.
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31 October 2017 | Tom Colthorpe, Richard Brown
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Welcome to the second edition of The London Intelligence, a quarterly review of data under five major themes – demography, economy, infrastructure and housing, society, health and environment. This issue has a spotlight focus on recent education data.
Data over the last quarter suggests that London’s ‘soft power’ is holding the capital in good stead in the face of Brexit and recent terrorist attacks. We’ve seen an uptick in international visitors and spending, while unemployment is at a record low and gradual job growth continuing. However, property market and migration indicators suggest continuing uncertainty.
London pupils continue to outperform the English average at Key Stage 4, but performance dips by the time they take A-Levels and other level 3 qualifications. Fewer Londoners take up apprenticeships or go straight into work after school than the national average (18 vs 30 per cent), and more go on to higher education (61 vs 51 per cent).
There was a significant fall in the number of foreign nationals registering for a National Insurance Number in London in Q2. This was caused almost exclusively by a fall in EU workers. EU registrations were at their lowest level since 2014, while non-EU registrations have remained relatively constant over the last few years.
Visitor numbers for 63 of London’s major attractions, particularly those that charge, saw strong year-on-year growth for the quarter to June 2017. Despite a number of incidents in spring and early summer, terrorism fell sharply off the list of Londoners’ top concerns in Q3, while housing crept up to fourth.
House prices in the capital fell marginally year-on-year to August 2017 for the first time since June 2011. The property market is subdued, with low transaction numbers. Housing pipeline and completions show a more promising picture, with 25,000 new units started in the year to June.
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The number of international visitors and their average spend increased in Q2, compared to the same period in 2016. This reflects the impact of the sterling’s depreciation on tourism. Meanwhile. unemployment is at an historic low, but job growth is slowing and business sentiment remains cautious, though it has recovered since early summer.
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Global Peace Operations Review: Annual Compilation 2016
It’s official. Global instability is the new normal. Political and economic uncertainties, combined with climate change and the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, are all contributing to create unparalleled volatility. Diplomats and defence specialists have fretted over these interlocking threats at major conferences in Davos and Munich over the past two months.
The potential for catastrophic outbreaks of violence between the US, Russia, and China is more apparent now than at any time since the Cold War came to an end. Proxy conflicts in Syria and Yemen, Russian aggression over Ukraine and its neighbours, and tensions in the South China Sea are in some ways a “correction” after two decades of relative stability.
And the problems don't end there. Many of the world's 40-odd armed conflicts are becoming more vicious and fragmented. Civil wars and factional fighting in Syria, Libya and Yemen are generating record levels of population displacement. More people were killed as a result of “terrorist” acts in the past few years –especially in Africa and the Middle East – than ever before. These latest trends are in stark contrast to a half century decline in organized violence.
A UN system stretched to its limits
The strain of these transnational challenges on the UN system is stretching the organization to its breaking point. There are currently 16 peacekeeping operations deployed around the world – nine of them in Africa, three in the Middle East, two in Europe and one in the Americas. There are currently more blue helmets on the ground than at any time in history. The cost of keeping over 125,000 personnel in the field hovers at roughly $8 billion a year.
The mounting sense of disorder is shaping how the world's political and military leaders are thinking about international peace and security. Some of them are calling for a return to isolationism: focus on humanitarian relief to global hot spots and little else. Others are clamouring for more muscular forms of intervention, especially to snuff out radical extremism in North Africa and the Middle East. The space for moderation and balance is shrinking.
Faced with this ominous state of affairs, what is the UN to do?
The organization started by doing what it knows best – commissioning reports. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon did not just ask for one report, but several. In 2014, he requested that the UN set up high-level panels to deliberate on the future of peace operations, the peacebuilding architecture, and the relationships between women, peace and security.
All of this soul searching is intended to have a real-world application. Everyone knows that the UN has to repurpose itself in order to better engage with a turbulent global system. After a few years of reflection and consultation, the results are in. Not surprisingly, the three panels concluded that a credible, legitimate and well-resourced UN is part of the solution.
At least six recommendations stand out from the three high-level reviews.
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First, conflict prevention is the order of the day. The best way the UN can save lives and reduce spiralling costs is by preventing war from breaking out in the first place. This means the UN needs to adopt a culture of prevention across the organization. And the UN cannot go it alone. There needs to be more burden-sharing by member states, including both traditional donors and emerging powers.
Second, the form and function of peacekeeping should be shaped by the situation on the ground, not the (often competing) political interests at the UN headquarters in New York. The UN also has to abandon cookie-cutter approaches to peace support missions. To do this, the UN Security Council has to be more flexible about determining when troops should enter, how long to stay, and when to exit.
Third, strategic and inclusive partnerships are essential. UN agencies have to stop navel gazing and fighting petty turf wars and get better at reaching out to regional bodies, non-governmental organizations and civil society groups that have a stake in peace. Moreover, UN-resourced activities need to be people-oriented, field-focused and much better targeted at actual and potential hot spots.
Fourth, the focus cannot be limited to "building" peace, but rather making peace “sustainable". This rhetorical shift is important. Rather than confining activities to post-conflict settings, the UN and its partners need to double down on peace before wars break out. This recommendation dovetails with the freshly minted Sustainable Development Goals, particularly goal 16, which calls for promoting just, peaceful and inclusive societies.
Fifth, national ownership of "peace", while difficult, is fundamental. Ownership cannot be limited to national government institutions alone, but must be extended to political parties, labour unions, chambers of commerce, women’s organizations, veteran’s associations, minority groups and more. When key players are excluded from peace processes, wars are much more likely to restart.
Finally, and perhaps most important, there must be a much more proactive engagement with women’s participation in peace at all stages of the process. This includes involving women at multiple levels of the peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding process, together with support and protection services for women and girls. Investment in women peacebuilders and respecting gender rights can also help undermine extremism.
A new UN for a new global order
All of these recommendations are eminently sensible. UN member states would do well to act on them immediately. It is worth recalling that we've seen some of them before. Back in 2000, the Brahimi Report on peace operations made some of the same points, not least the importance of political solutions over military ones, matching peacekeeping needs with resources, increased coherence in UN responses to emergencies, and stronger partnerships to deliver results.
So why do these new proposals matter?
Well, for one, they reflect a world that has qualitatively transformed. As the global scenario continues changing, so too must the UN. The three reviews – together with a new plan of action to counter extremism – acknowledge the evolving interconnected threats facing the international system, including transnational organized crime, cybercrime and terrorism. They also note how the UN is a target in ways it never was before.
On a more positive note, there are also many new regional organizations with which the UN can partner. These groups are distributed (unevenly) across the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Some of them – including the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) – are assuming a more proactive role in brokering peace deals and supporting recovery. While still too state-centric, regional organizations have a key role to play when it comes to preventive diplomacy, conflict prevention and supporting peace more generally.
Finally, the UN is building a peace architecture that – while needing more robust financing from member states – should help implement the recommendations set out by the three panels. Today, the peace architecture consists of a more proactive and multi-mandate UN Department of Peacekeeping, a Peacebuilding Support Office, a Peacebuilding Commission and a Peacebuilding Fund. A stronger Department of Political Affairs and Office for South-South Cooperation is also advisable.
The UN is finally starting to get its act together to confront the most intractable threats to international peace and security. While silent on the UN’s most systemic problems – not least the unrepresentative nature of its Security Council and the veto powers of its permanent members – the panels offer some hope. Many of their recommendations deserve financial backing, including a meaningful expansion in the UN's assessed budgets for peacekeeping and peacebuilding institutions. The big question is whether these proposals are sufficient to make the world safer.
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"Incompetent", "corrupt" Mahama "worsened plight of northerners" – NPP
Former President John Mahama
The "incompetence" and "corrupt tendencies" for Mr John Mahama as President "eroded" the gains of the John Kufuor administration and rendered northerners worse off, the governing New Patriotic Party’s five regions up north have said in a joint statement as a response to a statement issued by the main opposition National Democratic Congress' five regions up north, recently, in which the biggest opposition party described Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as an "overhyped" and "ignorant" leader who has chosen not to see the legacy Mr Mahama left in office.
"In the eight years of the NDC, they paid lip service" to the people of Ghana as far as "providing something concrete for the people of the north" was concerned, adding: "Poverty and hunger, coupled with a lack of initiatives killed the spirit of the hardworking people of the north. The incompetence and corrupt tendencies of Mr Mahama rather eroded the gains made by the government of President Kufuor, thereby, worsening the plight of the people", the NPP's statement jointly signed by Mohammed Issah (Savanna Regional Communication Director), Sule Salifu (Northern Regional Communication Director), Bukari Ali (Upper West Regional Communication Director), Amos Walibe (North East Regional Communication Director), and Issah Sanusi (Upper East Regional Communication Director).
The NPP statement said "Mr Mahama and the NDC saw the challenges and problems confronting us in the north as opportunities to exploit and enrich themselves", adding: "This was evident in the way and manner SADA was transformed overnight into a special-purpose vehicle to create, loot and share".
"Why are our friends in the NDC afraid to mention SADA as their 'legacy' project?" the NPP asked, noting: "Candidate Mahama and his NDC, again, in their usual rehearsed propaganda brought out projects that can be best described as goods and services rather than social interventions. They misrepresented most of the facts as they did in their 'Green Book' prior to the 2016 elections. In fact, all the projects failed the first test of verifiability, ownership, funding sources, usability, durability and accessibility".
Read the NPP’s full statement below:
JOHN MAHAMA AND THE NDC HAVE LOST CREDIBILITY
We have read a statement from some five communication officers of the opposition NDC, captioned “RE: SHOW US ONE LEGACY YOU LEFT AFTER 8YEARS IN POWER – BAWUMIA TAUNTS MAHAME AGAIN”. Reading from the statement, one couldn’t have agreed with the Vice-President than the facts he has since been presenting before the people of Ghana with respect to the inability of the NDC to show us a social intervention or policy that had the tendency of relieving hardship for the people of Ghana.
In the 8 years of the NDC, they paid lip service to providing something concrete for the people of the North. Poverty and hunger coupled with lack of initiatives killed the spirit of the hard-working people of the North. The incompetence and corrupt tendencies of Mr Mahama rather eroded the gains made by the government of President Kufuor, thereby, worsening the plight of the people.
In the words of Hon. Baba Jamal, a Deputy Information Minister under the NDC, “When we buy a sheep, say it’s a cow and if it’s black, say it's white”. I don’t think, at this juncture, the Hon. Deputy Minister then was speaking to blind people. He knew his party considers the citizens as having “short memories”. The headache of the NDC now is to get a competent running mate as Dr Bawumia to help sharp their campaign rather than this vile propaganda which will take them nowhere. We now understand why Dr Bawumia is their nightmare.
Mr Mahama and the NDC saw the challenges and problems confronting us in the North, as opportunities to exploit and enrich themselves. This was evident in the way and manner SADA was transformed overnight, into a special-purpose vehicle for creating, looting and sharing. Why are our friends in the NDC afraid to mention SADA as their ‘legacy’ project?
Candidate Mahama and his NDC again in their usual rehearsed propaganda brought out projects that can be best described as goods and services rather than Social Interventions. They misrepresented most of the facts as they did in their ‘Green Book’ prior to the 2016 elections. In fact, all the projects failed the first test of verifiability, ownership, funding sources, usability, durability and accessibility.
For the records, the challenge from the Vice-President was specific to a single legacy the former President left for the North. We are still at a loss how miraculously our colleagues managed to arrogate policies and projects that preceded the advent of the last NDC government to Candidate Mahama. We shall, however, correct some of the inaccuracies as contained in their press release Region by Region as follows;
A. SAVANNA REGION
1. The former President and his NDC must credit the people of Ghana and specifically Gonjalanders with some modicum of intellect. The former President and his NDC claim the West Gonja District Hospital is a legacy of Candidate Mahama. The desperation to get back to power must not be interpreted to mean people are not intelligent. The said Hospital existed long before Mr Mahama got into politics. Probably even before He was born. For the former President and his NDC to ever contemplate claiming credit for building that facility is so worrying and confirms the desperation of an empty opposition. In fact, the facility gained the status of a District Hospital in 2004 and a simple search on google will give basic details to that effect. The West Gonja District Hospital is not and can never be a legacy of the former President
2. The Fufulso-Sawla Road was a project bequeathed to the late President Mills in 2009. Until today, we never knew it was the handy work of the Former President that shortchanged the Yagbonwura and his people with regards to this very project. We never knew it was Candidate Mahama that changed the entire stretch of the road from asphalt to bitumen. And that the dual carriageway (at main towns) that the original contract came with was taken away by our own brother. The Project was secured by former President Kufuor and a sod-cutting done by former President Mills. It cannot, therefore, be a legacy of Candidate Mahama.
3. We wish to also put on record, that not a single Senior School or Senior High Technical School was established or put up by/under Candidate Mahama, either as Vice President or a President. He has none in his name in that regard. The Two (2), Buipe SHS and Buipe SHTSs were all established under the able Presidency of President John Agyekum Kufour. None came under Candidate Mahama as a President or Veep. The claim is a palpable falsehood. Again, the Mpaha E-block was never completed under the Former President as being bandied around. That explains why no single student was admitted to the school for 2017. It took the current Nana Addo government to complete up to about 60% of the project before students could be admitted. The lies must stop.
4. The lies appear unending. The Damango District Assembly project preceded candidate Mahama’ Presidency. Indeed, the whole project was completed in the first 4 years of President John Kufuor. The former President clearly never knew how that project started let alone tell when it ended. A simple visit to the said facility will indicate to you publicly when the project started and when it was completed. This lazy opposition cannot be an alternative to any responsible government
5. President Mahama and his NDC have proven they cannot resist the temptation to lie. How come a bare site as we have in Kpalbe is regarded as a legacy? How? A site that was visibly abandoned in 2016 even before the building foundation is regarded a legacy? How is that possible?
6. The Sawla Tuna Kalba District has no single polyclinic as we speak. The only Polyclinic that is being constructed is the one that the NDC failed to complete in their Eight (8) years miserable rule. The funds for which were secured under the Eurojet project in 2008. Candidate Mahama and his NDC, therefore, peddled an obvious untruth that there exist any Polyclinic in Kunfusi in the above District. The only facility that is located in that vicinity is a CHPS compound. It does not even qualify as a Health Center. The lies must stop.
7. The Sawla Senior High School in the Savanna Region was established in 2011. How that mysteriously turned into a legacy of Candidate Mahama is amazing. Wonders they say shall never end.
B. NORTHEAST REGION
1. The 57km Nalerigu-Walewale road: The Nalerigu-Bongbini stretch of the road, representing about 45% of the entire road was done between 2001 and 2008. Then again, from Walewale-Banawa stretch representing about 5% of the entire road was done at the close of 2008. After taking over in 2009, the NDC renegotiated the other half of the road, the Bongbini stretch towards Walewale, representing the next half of the 57km Nalerigu-Walewale road. It took this current NPP government a hectic time to complete the rest of the work on the stretch. This cannot be a legacy of Candidate Mahama.
2. The NDC prior to the 2016 elections commissioned the Kparigu and Tinguri small-town water projects. These communities are yet to harvest a gallon of water from the said projects. That legacy is surely hanging.
3. It is shocking to hear the NDC mention the Nalerigu, Gambaga and Walewale town roads as part of their achievements. The Nalerigu town roads, in particular, were started in 2008 and all the gutters were built before the NPP lost power in 2008. The NDC, upon assumption of office in 2009, abandoned the project until NPP returned to continue the project in 2018. The projects are about 97% complete. Same goes for Walewale and Gambaga projects. I am not sure the NPP government excavated these roads but to redo them as is being done. You cannot lie your way back to power
4. The Walewale lorry station was started in 2008. The NDC in 8 years could not complete it. This government awarded a contract for the said lorry station to be completed. Are we suggesting for a moment, that the Lorry station assuming without admitting it was done under NDC, is also a legacy of the desperate Former President? Really?
C. NORTHERN REGION
1. Construction of Tamale - Techiman road predates even the Mills led administrations hence it is quite bizarre to phantom the wisdom of including such a road in the list of legacy projects of Mr Mahama’s presidency in the North. This is bizarre.
2. In the four years Mr Mahama’s tenure, there was no project like “Tamale township asphaltic overlay” unless, of course, this happened in Tamale on another planet rather than our very own Tamale which is the capital of the Northern Region. We expect the provision of better and further particulars in this regard if the NDC wants to have a credible challenge.
3. With regards to the Asphaltic overlay of roads at Kamina barracks, Bawa Barracks and Tamale Airport residential areas, it is interesting to see the NDC claiming credit of a project which came to cause the people of these areas more pain than relief. In fact, this asphaltic overlay was hurriedly done just before the 2016 general elections and it will shock the Ghanaian people to learn that this was done without any proper road engineering works. So many lives have been lost and still being lost today due to motor traffic accident caused by the depressions on the shoulders of the road. Who, in his or right senses, will claim credit for such a poorly executed project, which has since caused the lives of innocent road users? It was the product of the excess loot from the palpably corrupt deals from the Tamale Airport Runway that cost the country 100 million dollars. This cannot be a legacy for a true Northerner.
4. The claims of the NDC regarding projects such as Wulensi Kpandai roads, Nyankpala, Tolon, Tali road, Tamale South Township roads remains a mendacious claim until empirically verifiable evidence is adduced to back such claims. All these areas mentioned are still struggling with poor road networks. Can the NDC come clear with where exactly in these areas the NDC worked on to warrant a claim of credit as Mahama’s legacy?
5. On the claims regarding the upgrading of Tamale Airport to an International Airport, it is instructive to note that this project was executed at a whooping sum of 100 Million dollars. This translated into about GHS450 million. The airport had all the basic ancillary facilities before the said upgrade and today it is still in use. The current passengers' lounge was put up under the NPP government even before 2009. There existed a runway, yet the NDC dubiously spend about GHS450 million on just the extension of a runway. Simply extending a runway cost our taxes that much. Tell us aside this what happened there. Is it not curious that a runway will cost as much as 3 times the cost of some newly built airports? And this is supposed to be a legacy to be celebrated? We should celebrate such a dubious deal?
6. From verified records at the Tamale Metropolitan assembly, it is highly erroneous to attribute the Tamale Abuobu market projects the legacy of Mr Mahama. This is so because the project was conceptualized and initiated in early 2001 by the first Mayor of Tamale under President Kufour’s NPP government in the person Hon. Prince Imoro Andani. This was then continued by Hon Adam Yogu and subsequent Mayors of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly. Even so as of January 2017 when the NDC lefty office, no single store was completed and handed over to the people for use. Same can be said of the claims regarding constructions at the Tamale old market. These projects predate the Mills led government hence they cannot be included in the list of Mr Mahama’s legacy projects. The lies must stop.
7. On the claims of NDC building polyclinic at Tatale in the northern region, there is no credible evidence of empirical validity to back this claim. The current and only polyclinic in the District was initiated by an NPP led government in 2008 and executed by Vamed Australia constructions limited. It is, therefore, unfortunate that the NDC, in their empty fishing expedition for projects in defence of already rejected Candidate Mahama, will cause such a historical blunder by claiming the Tatale project as a legacy project of Mr Mahama.
8. The renovation and expansion work at the Tamale Teaching Hospital is a project that is very dear to the heart of the North, hence every person of northern extraction has a full idea when it comes to the history of this project. It is a well-established fact, backed by records of the legislative assembly (Parliamentary Hansard) as of October 2008 that Funding for the project was secured by the Kufuor led NPP government before leaving office. It is further instructive to note that at the sod-cutting ceremony of the Tamale Teaching Hospital project, late President publicly recognised the effort of the previous government in initiating the project which he came later to continue. It is, therefore, mind-blowing that today a project initiated by President Kufuor, continued by the late President Mills and completed (second phase) by President Akufo Addo, will become a legacy of Candidate Mahama. For the records, and at the risk of sounding repetitive, may we state categorically that Tamale Teaching Hospital expansion and renovation project is NOT and CANNOT be a legacy of Mr Mahama. Any attempt to give credit for this project to Mr Mahama will amount to a travesty of history or distorted representation
9. Claims of crediting Mr Mahama with the Health Training School at Yendi is another pathetic misrepresentation seeking to perpetuate a political fraud which is highly characteristic of the NDC and its likes. In this regard, the then-NPP government established the first Health Assistants Training School in Damongo with its first batch of students starting in temporal structures in Tamale. The second and third schools were established in Yendi and Kpembe respectively and followed by Nalerigu just to mention few. In fact, the first principal of the Yendi Health Assistants School established by the NPP government in 2008 was one Mr Awal Bawa who later moved to head another school in Bolga. From this narration, it is clear that the Yendi Health Assistants school does not come close to anything that Mr Mahama can claim under his regime as president. The desperate lies must stop.
10. The NDC has also misrepresented the facts regarding the construction of ICT centres in the districts of the Northern region. It is curious to know that there is no ICT centre in Mion, Wulensi, Tatale, Zabzugu, Yendi, Nantong and Kumbungu. The ICT centre in Saboba was completed in 2008 and computers supplied by the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFIC). Also, the Tolon ICT centre was jointly constructed and resourced by MTN and UNDP. Again, it is highly imperative to note that the Savelugu ICT centre was constructed by the DCE for Savelugu under President Kufour Hon Atori and it has since seen no rehabilitation until recently when the current MCE for Savulugu renovated the centre.
11. On the poorly coordinated joint statement of the NDC, there are claims of water projects for Nantong, Savulugu, Tamale South, Tamale North, Sagnerigu and Kanvili Tuunayil. It is quite disheartening that the NDC will make such a falsified claim because these are projects whose authenticity can be easily verified. Who in and around Tamale is oblivious of the age-long water crises in and around Tamale became a thing of the past after the elaborate execution of the “Bi-Water” project under the able leadership of the former President Kufour. Why these desperate lies?
D. UPPER WEST REGION:
1. The Upper West Regional Hospital was started by President John Kufuor, under Hon. Hika Benson as the Regional Minister. Under the able leadership of the Regional Minister, the land was procured and Registered in the name of the Hospital. Further, this is a part of the Eurojet-funded projects that were secured by the John Kufuor government in 2008. The Project coordinator is on record to have mentioned this at the opening of the said facility. This is duly documented at the Regional Co-ordinating Council for records. That cannot be a legacy for Candidate Mahama.
2. The upper west regional library project was started under Mills in 2010. This, in fact, was the project that saw the then Regional Minister, Hon. Mahamud Khalid sacked. The project that got its tender process turned sour and led to the burning of the tender documents. Today, Candidate Mahama and the NDC claim the library that was built under President Mills is a legacy of John Mahama. This is surely not closer to the truth.
3. Brifor SHS was a private school started by members of the community. It was later passively adopted by the Ghana Education Service. We are still struggling to appreciate how adopting a school from the local people by the government will amount to a legacy of Candidate Mahama
4. Funsi SHS started under President John Kufuor. The DCE at the time, Hon. Mahama Adams Isssahaku (Okonkow) acquired the land and built a three-unit classroom. His successor, who is the current UW Regional Secretary of the NPP built a staff bungalow for them. As usual of chronic liars, this has miraculously become the legacy of a desperate Candidate and his struggling NDC.
5. The small-town water project began in July 2006 under John Kufour with a GHS27b (old cedis) funding secured for the following communities: Tumu, Sakai, Gwollu, Lawra, Nandom, Jirapa, Nadowli and Dafiama. This was reported by the GNA in July 2006. A simple check could have saved Candidate Mahama this incompetent embarrassment. This again cannot be a legacy for the incompetent one in the North.
6. There are no visible E-blocks in Wallembelle, Konzokalla and Naro as suggested by Candidate Mahama and his NDC. There is a strong conviction, that these are excerpts of the now scarce green book and its artistic impression. The lies must stop.
E. UPPER EAST REGION
1. The Bolgatanga Regional Hospital was started under President J.A. Kufuor with a $12 million grant from the Saudi Kingdom, where we saw the building of the Out-Patients Department (OPD), 4unit story building of Doctor's bungalows, new maternity ward and Midwifery School (Phase1). The last NPP government started phase II before exiting office in 2008. The Nana Addo government has again secured a $20-million loan from the Saudi government to continue with phase III. The NDC must tell us how this is a Mahama legacy.
2. Bolga-Bongo road. JAK government completed 10 km out of 15 km it took NDC 8 years to complete 5 km road.
3. Bolga-Bawku road. This contract was signed on 6th of December 2016, a day to the general election. After wasting 8 good years, the legacy then President Mahama left for the people of Bolga through to Bawku areas, was to sign an amorphous contract just at the point of exiting. A contract that had no viable funding source. The road fund Mr Mahama tired this project to was the same which the government collateralized road fund through UBA. Not a dime was paid to the contractor for this project. It took this current NPP administration to do all due payments through a different source of funding (€128M) from the UK.
4. The so-called 500 Basic Schools built by NDC is a fallacy. These projects cannot be traced and we challenge the NDC to provide us with the locations for verification.
Also, among the unholy list of lies and pure conjecture proclaimed as Mr Mahama’s legacy is another tale that 1,936 communities were connected to the national grid under rural electrification across the five regions. This does not appear to project the NDC as a bunch of people who read at all or comprehend when they do. Why is the NDC not bold enough to list the communities they connected to the national grade? It is nothing but the usual empty rhetoric seeking to put dust in the ears of the people of the north. We cannot be responding to phantoms. We waiting for the specifics to this non-existing legacy of Mr Mahama.
We also request our good brothers to come clean on the numbers they chained out on the 154 CHPS compounds they claim to have done. They should exactly tell us their where about instead of engaging in their usual hide and lie tactics.
For us in the regions up north, we are blessed with the NPP government and President Akufo-Addo being in charge. Aside from the monumental projects and programmes, we are benefiting from the government; a huge legacy has been left behind in the footprints of our history and successive generations will live to forever eulogize the President. All the little projects of the NDC in the northern region can't be compared to the Tamale Interchange project. Above all, we are today happily coexisting peacefully in a United Dagbon with a central authority giving birth to historic occasions such as the recent Damba festival which saw the eyes of the whole world on the Dagbon Kingdom and Northern Region at large.
In conclusion, the NPP has provided cutting-edge and impactful initiatives and policies that are changing their lives in the northern regions. If Mr Mahama and the NDC disagree with the efficacy, effectiveness and impact of these policies and programs, they should do so by providing ALTERNATIVES and not the flawed argument of reviewing the policies and initiatives of the NPP.
The 2020 general election is going to be a battle of ideas and policies; it would not be about who is much handsome and younger; it will not be about who can create empty slogans; it will not be about who can insult more and do vile propaganda, and it will certainly not be about politics of trivialities, pettiness and unrefined mockery such as this release from their communication officers.
If what the NDC listed are what they term as legacies of the former President John Dramani Mahama, then H.E. Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia was right when he asked for John Mahama’s legacy in the north. If these are a Vice-President and President’s legacies, what then will one say are the legacies of MPs and MMDCEs? We, in the Northeast Region, see the creation of the Northeast Region as H.E Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’ legacy.
… Signed …
Mohammed Issah
(Savanna Regional Communication Director)
Tel: 0209475276/0244227266
Sule Salifu
(Northern Regional Communication Director)
Bukari Ali
(Upper West Regional Communication Director)
Amos Walibe
(North East Regional Communication Director)
Issah Sanusi
(Upper East Regional Communication Director)
GSS: 2020 census to delay
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Clearstream Banking updates CFI codes
Clearstream Banking1 would like to inform customers that the updated Classification of Financial Instruments (CFI) codes to the new standard (ISO 10962:2015) will be introduced on
to be aligned with the recommendations of the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) which set a global start date for implementation of the new version of CFI standards for all National Numbering Agencies.
Clearstream Banking, as National Numbering Agency (NNA) in Luxembourg, assigns the CFI codes to the ISINs with LU and XS prefixes.
On10 July 2017, CFI codes on existing securities will be updated to the new standard and from this date, the CFI codes on new securities will be assigned following the new standard.
Customers can find the CFI code for an instrument via the Clearstream website (https://codelist.clearstream.com), Xact Web Portal and CreationOnline and alternatively via the ANNA service bureau (ASB) website.
For further information, customers may contact Clearstream Banking Client Services or their Relationship Officer.
The CFI code classifies financial instruments via a set of common descriptive terms, facilitating asset-class groupings. The CFI code is part of the reference data information of T2S and specified in various regulatory mandates such as MiFID II regulation and European Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR).
The assignment of the CFI codes together with the allocation of the ISIN codes lies with the National Numbering Agencies. The CFI standards are defined by ISO, while the allocation rules are defined by ANNA via guidelines.
The structure of the CFI code remains unchanged; it consists of six alphabetical characters with the first character indicating the category (for example equities, debt instruments) and the second character indicating specific groups within each category. The third to sixth character indicate the most important attributes to each group.
Among the changes to the updated CFI code is a dedicated new category for Collective Investment Vehicles and new groups for Depository Receipts.
Whenever the information to derive the CFI code properly is unknown, not available or not applicable, the default or other appropriate values will be assigned as per standards.
The changes will be applicable to the new and existing ISINs having LU and XS prefixes, if created by Clearstream Banking Luxembourg S.A.2
For the additional information about ANNA and CFI standards, please refer to the external links.
1. Clearstream Banking refers to Clearstream Banking S.A., registered office at 42, avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg, and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B-9248
2. Clearstream and Euroclear Bank are sharing the NNA role for the XS ISINsThe update of CFI standards for the XS ISINs allocated by Euroclear Bank are subject to a migration schedule proper to Euroclear Bank. The ASB website provides the CFI for both XS ISINs and those generated under new standards will be flagged Y in the field CFI version 2015.
Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA)
CFI (ISO 10962)
FISN (ISO 18774)
Custody, Issuance
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Accused bank robber who handed teller a note with his address pleads not guilty
Bank robbery suspect identified as Michael Harrell (Source: FBI)
By Julia Tullos | August 2, 2019 at 11:34 AM EDT - Updated August 2 at 11:34 AM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The 54-year-old Cleveland man arrested for robbing a bank after handing the teller a note with his phone number and address was in court Friday.
Michael Harrell pleaded not guilty and was ordered held on a $75,000 bond.
Cleveland police and the FBI said Harrell robbed the U.S. Bank at 7993 Euclid Ave. around 11:10 a.m. on July 29.
FBI agents said Harrell walked into the bank and handed the teller a note.
After getting an undisclosed amount of cash, Harrell fled on foot.
Harrell was arrested on July 31.
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Which Battlefield game is the best?
Posted by Mark Goninon on May 07, 2013
The Battlefield 4 thread on the Whirlpool forums has become a battlefield in itself with several debating on which direction the Battlefield series should head with its next game (scheduled for release at the end of this year). So far I've managed to identify a few types, and this (lengthy) forum post helps to identify these generalisations (and also provide additional background):
Battlefield veterans – those who started playing the Battlefield series pre-Bad Company (EA's first console-only Battlefield release and a turning point for the series – BF2: Modern Combat doesn't count ;)) and who keep regaling stories of the old days. They often whinge about how the game is becoming more like COD and thinks DICE/EA was crazy to remove Commander Mode
Battlefield newcomers – these are the ones who started playing Battlefield after Bad Company 2. They tend to appreciate the squad and class-based gameplay that the series brings along with the vehicles, but they've never experienced the strategy and meta-game evident in earlier releases. Some are disenfranchised COD players who didn't like the direction the most recent COD games took and have found a new home with the Battlefield series. Often think the old codgers that ask for retired features, such as Commander Mode, are lunatics as it looks boring and it's prone to abuse.
Fatalists – Those who believe it's just fate that Battlefield is becoming something that none of the fans want, because DICE/EA are in it to make money and that no matter what the fans say, ultimately doesn't matter. They believe that 98% of the Battlefield population are only playing it for the flashy single-player campaign anyway.
The rest – those who don't fit into these stereotypes
It was a comment by one of the "fatalists" on the forum that got me thinking – is it true that Battlefield veterans account for less than 1% of the population? Is it true that most people play Battlefield for the single-player rather than the multi-player?
I've created a basic SurveyMonkey survey asking what is everyone's favourite Battlefield game. Since I only have a basic account it'll only capture the first 100 responses so it's definitely not an exhaustive study, just something for a bit of fun.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PFLS3GQ
This survey won't really answer the questions I'm looking for – only DICE or EA perhaps could answer that question. However I thought it'd be an interesting exercise regardless to see what a sample set of fans thought.
So what do you think? Which Battlefield game is your favourite and why?
EDIT: The results of this survey are now available here.
Battlefield DICE EA
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The 8 Gamer Stereotypes
Posted by Mark Goninon on July 20, 2013
Over the years you've probably noticed that your friends have preferences for certain types of games or even genres. Some like FPSs, some like Real-Time Strategies, others might be happy with a bit of Tetris. You could even classify gamers by these genres they prefer (something that Pure Pwnage did with great comedic effect) - however what happens when someone happens to like multiple genres? Then things start to unravel. I believe that is when you have to explore the motivations behind why a gamer plays games and as a result you end up with the 8 Gamer Stereotypes I've identified. I've also provided a handy chart to show you where I perceive each of these stereotypes to sit on the Cartesian plance. The x-axis is time spent on gaming and the y-axis represents a spectrum with competitive gaming at one end and cooperative gaming on the other.
Major caveat of course before reading the rest of this - this is all just for a bit of fun. Don't take it too seriously since as Alexandre Dumas famously said "All generalisations are dangerous, even this one." Also, note that you may see traits of you in several of these stereotypes. I know for a fact that I probably fit in two of the below categories - partially the reason why I decided to create a graph to show these are not really discrete points but that they in fact exist on a spectrum.
Example of games played:
Indie games, new genres, Adventure games, RPGs (Mass Effect), single-player FPSs (Half-Life, Mafia, GTA, Assassin's Creed), Need for Speed, SimCity
Analyses games and the gaming industry in general. Sees games as a work of art. Might even write reviews. Might have things in common with the Retro Gamer due to them generally being older gamers however Critics are more likely to play the latest trends while Retro Gamers are stuck in the past. Favours single player games with strong narratives like RPGs and adventures.
The Competitive Gamer
Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, DOTA, Starcraft, FIFA, Street Fighter, Sports games
Games which usually rely on lightning reflexes and good situational awareness. Not for the faint hearted, those who excel at these games usually find themselves as cyber atheletes. Usually not tolerant of anyone who calls a game "just a game". It's their livelihoods in some cases.
The Casual Gamer
Tetris, Bejeweled, Peggle, Zuma, Bookworm, Hidden Object Adventures, the Sims, Wii Games, Facebook etc.
Usually women. Often sandbox games or games that almost anyone can play. These games are after the largest demographic as possible and hence why you'll tend to find gamers of all ages and persuasions playing these games.
The MMO Tragic
World of Warcraft, Defiance, Lord of the Rings Online, etc.
MMO Tragics go from one MMO to the next, never shifting out of the genre. Sometimes they even return back to the original MMO they started playing because the new ones are too different to what they're familiar with. Often wants to be the highest level with best armour so they can feel superior (and in this regards, the more successful MMO Tragics shares similar traits with Power Gamers). Sticks almost solely to popular MMOs since they want as many people to look at their Epic Armour of Awesomeness +1337. Tends to not play many other games due to the time commitment required to play MMOs - not that it matters though - other games are just a waste of money anyway right? Might as well keep investing it in something you're familiar with...
The Carebear
Co-op games, Diablo, Torchlight, Left 4 Dead, Alien Swarm, Co-op RPGs, compstomps on RTSs, squads in Battlefield, etc.
These players seek camraderie or the ability to help and support others. Consequently, they tend to stick to multiplayer games only. They see gaming as a social activity - a way of catching up with friends and sharing in a positive experience where you can then share "war stories". May play traditionally competitive games but are more satisified with achieving their team goals rather than purely a high kill-to-death ratio. If playing online RPGs, some Carebears can be closet MMO Tragics.
The Retro Gamer
Metroid, Bubble Bobble, Sonic the Hedgehog, Zelda, Nintendo games, etc.
These gamers are not to be confused with the many gamers that look back on the games played in their youth with rose-tinted glasses; they're actually playing those games now mainly thanks to emulators or even with existing consoles/hardware. Sometimes old franchises are still kicking thanks to companies like Nintendo as well so some of these games can also be considered retro games (even if they are HD remakes or "spiritual successors"). Most retro games can also pass as "family-friendly" entertainment and casual gamers would play many of the retro revivals.
The Simulation Addict
Colin McRae Rally, Silent Hunter, Microsoft Flight Simulator etc.
Simulation Addicts don't play many games and might only have one they focus on such as a racing sim or submarine sim. It's not that they're unable to play anything else but they're just simply not interested. Like MMO Tragics, they don't appear to deviate much from any other genre and they even have similarities to the Power Gamer in that they tend to pore over the minutae in order to give them a slight advantage (which to be fair is the whole point of many simulations). Enjoys the hyper-realism to be had from playing simulations so they often have beefy systems to run games on the highest graphics settings and funky controllers (e.g. steering wheels, flight sticks, etc.). Tends to be a niche market as most people don't have the patience and understanding.
The Power Gamer
Diablo, Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft, Civilization
Power Gamers occasionally play the same games as the Carebear but the Carebear tends to exclusively play multiplayer games whilst the Power Gamer doesn't care if the game is multiplayer or not; their goal is to either get 100% completion in a game or to find the most efficient algorithm when it comes to beating a game or the most efficient build. Exploiting the system is not beneath them since if it's in there, it's the developer's fault for not foreseeing it. They tend to favour RPGs or Turn-based Strategy games as they tend to be the kind of games where you can develop builds and strategies at your own pace. Steers away from games that are usually in the realm of the Competitive Gamer even though they may have similar goals. Competitive Gamers usually have fast reflexes and skill whilst for Power Gamers it's about long-term planning.
So do you agree or disagree with the stereotypes I've proposed? Perhaps you have some of your own you'd like to share? :)
you forgot the homophobic racist who lets everyone know of his disapproval of blacks gays jews latinos and everyone else and of course the pc is better snob you know the guy whose corpse you shoot up long long after you murdered him yay killing douches
Choona March 14, 2014 at 10:24 AM
Hi Brandon. I think Mark is trying to politically correct and call them "Competitive Gamers" rather than coming straight out and calling a shovel a spade...
I wouldn't say this is 100% accurate but I think this is on to something! I think people might sometimes switch gamer types or be multiple at the same time. Greetings from Scandinavia!
Mark Goninon October 2, 2016 at 8:54 AM
Oh sure. I'd be the first to admit this isn't 100% accurate. As mentioned (when I originally typed this up a couple of years back) it's all just for a bit of fun :). I think the "Critic" archetype though would be the one that fits in with those who like playing multiple genres and also most of these archetypes aren't genre based, save for the MMO Tragic and the Simulation Addict (and even then you can get sub-genres within MMOs and simulations). Thanks for commenting :).
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Ireland: Mass Attendance Drops by a Third
News: World News
by William Mahoney, Ph.D. • ChurchMilitant.com • November 15, 2019
Wave of church closings announced amid plunging participation
DUBLIN (ChurchMilitant.com) - Mass attendance in Ireland is down significantly but there is no consensus why.
On Friday, the Irish Independent reported that Mass attendance across Ireland has decreased by a third.
Bishop Dermot Farrell of the diocese of Ossory announced that Sunday Masses in the diocese will go from 140 to 92 beginning Dec. 1 since the diocese has more churches than needed.
"They were built in a different era, when there were very poor roads and no transport, so people had to walk to church. And you had far more going," he said. "Everybody practically has access to a car. We're celebrating these Masses in all of these churches with sometimes small congregations."
Farrell said that this has led to a shortage of resources across Kilkenny, Laois and Offaly parishes: "Therefore, you have a shortage of resources. You need ministers of the Eucharist, you need readers, you need collectors."
"It doesn't make sense to be splintering these things across multiple Masses that you don't actually need to accommodate people," he added.
Bp. Dermot Farrell of Ossory
Farrell speculated that other churches will be cancelling Sunday Masses in the coming future.
Father Roy Donovan, who belongs to the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP), said: "There is a massive amount of churches, but some communities have no priests, which is going to happen more and more, and that's going to lead to churches closing, and that's very sad."
He attributed younger people not attending Mass because of the clergy being older.
"It's not good having all older people leading liturgies or leading Masses, because when young people don't see any of their own age group involved and they actually don't know any priests any more, the connections are becoming weakened," said Donovan. "As long as they hold onto a male, celibate priesthood, it's not going to encourage younger people to become involved."
Donovan concluded: "We won't certainly in the future be providing Mass in every church on Sunday."
The salvation of souls is held to an absolute standard that cannot be diluted.
Church Militant spoke to Michael Hichborn, president and founder of the Lepanto Institute about Donovan's explanation for the sinking numbers.
"Fr. Donovan's view of sanctity must be pretty dim if he believes watering down the Faith will draw in the young," said Hichborn.
"And considering that the ACP has a number of posts on its website favoring women's ordination, decriminalized abortion, contraception, and homosexuality, it's clear that he represents not the True Faith given to us by Our Blessed Lord, but an earthly faith of humanism," he added.
Hichborn concluded, "The salvation of souls is held to an absolute standard that cannot be diluted."
Others have cited the country's overall moral decline as the main reason for dwindling Mass attendance, noting that Ireland legalized "gay marriage" through referendum on Nov. 16, 2015 and abortion through referendum on May 25, 2018 by repealing their Constitution's eight amendment that restricted abortion in most cases.
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Movie review: Tom Hanks and Fred Rogers make for a beautiful time in the moviehouse
Ed Symkus More Content Now
To all of you Mister Rogers fans who sat down in front of the TV every day for a stress-free, sometimes funny, often thoughtful visit with a gentle, genial, red-sweatered host … to all of you parents who had the good fortune to initiate those visits … to anyone who has never seen an episode of the long-running PBS show “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” - you need to know that this film is not a biopic about Fred Rogers, nor does it chronicle the history of his show or how it was made. All of that can be found in the excellent 2018 documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
Plenty of screen time in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” is devoted to Tom Hanks’ superb portrayal of Fred Rogers - in and out of character, on and off the set (actually, it appears there wasn’t much of a difference; what you saw and heard on TV was pretty what you got in real life). But this film is much more about what coming in contact with Fred Rogers could do to you.
It’s constructed as an episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” with Hanks ambling onto the simple set, donning the sweater and blue shoes, breaking into the familiar opening song (and doing it properly, singing “this neighborhood,” not “the neighborhood”), then showing a photo of and introducing a story about a friend of his named Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys), whose scowling, slightly bloodied face looks as if it’s seen better days. Then, as Mister Rogers tells that story, the film flashes back to show it.
In real life, in the late-1990s, Lloyd Vogel (a fictitious name for the writer Tom Junod) was a jaded, burnt-out investigative journalist who, working at Esquire Magazine, was assigned to do a brief profile on Rogers. But he wasn’t interested in the “puff piece” assignment, and took it only when his editor gave him no choice.
So off he headed, to Pittsburgh, where the show was made, with a “this is a waste of my time” chip on his shoulder that was in full bloom even as he was saying hello to - and being caught off guard by the calm and friendly aura of - his subject.
The film suggests that the kindly Rogers could sense when a person - even a total stranger - needed help, or at least a bit of friendship. And he could both sense and see - bruises on the face will do the trick - that Vogel was a man in need.
Revelations in the script slowly but surely explain why Vogel was walking around - and had been long before this assignment - with an overabundance of pent-up anger. Giving very little away here, it turns into a tale of a bad father-son relationship (and we get the usual remarkable performance from Chris Cooper as the father).
But while emphasis is put on Vogel’s problems - in his head, at home with his family, at work, trying to get Rogers to answer questions rather than ask them - this film couldn’t have its title if it wasn’t also about Fred Rogers. So, aside from having Hanks giving us a completely believable and recognizable Rogers - but never going the imitation route - we also get bits of insight into what made him tick from the people who work on his show and from his wife, Joanne (Maryann Plunkett), as they speak with Vogel. And yes, Fred Rogers was a human being, so there were some warts.
But the film is warm and winning (and for a few minutes even bravely turns surreal), and anyone rooting for Mister Rogers to work his magic on Lloyd Vogel, just as he really did with Tom Junod, will not be disappointed. The flashback eventually returns to the TV show, where the sweater and shoes are exchanged for street clothes, Mister Rogers plays a little ditty on a piano, and audiences are going to leave the theater thinking how nice it is to be nice to others.
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Singapore's crime rate is so low that many shops don't even lock up
Published Tue, Jan 16 20181:25 AM EST
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Why is Singapore's crime rate so low?
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Singapore was recently ranked second on the Economist Intelligence Unit's Safe Cities Index for 2017, coming in just behind Tokyo.
In 2016, the island nation's police reported 135 total days without any crimes including snatch-theft, house break-ins and robbery. That low crime rate means many small businesses enjoy little concern about shoplifting.
In fact, as CNBC recently observed, many local businesses take few precautions when closing shop at night.
For instance, in the ground floor lobby of a mixed-use building in the downtown business district, many shops don't have windows, locks — or even doors.
A Starbucks located in Raffles Place, one of Singapore's busiest underground train stations has no formal doors. Rather, a small rope indicates when the store is closed, and merchandise is all still displayed and within an arm's length of commuters.
But of course, surveillance is highly prevalent in the city-state, which boasts about 5.5 million people.
Last year, Singapore's police force announced an initiative, PolCam 2.0, in which it will roll out tens of thousands of additional surveillance cameras. In it's first initiative in 2012, the Police installed more than 62,000 cameras.
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Asia stocks rise ahead of US payrolls data
Published Thu, Dec 5 20196:44 PM EST Updated Fri, Dec 6 20193:18 AM EST
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Shares in Asia rose on Friday.
Investors awaited the release of the U.S. government's monthly nonfarm payrolls report expected on Friday stateside.
Markets have seen a rocky start to December amid conflicting headlines on the U.S.-China trade front ahead of a closely watched date of Dec. 15 when additional tariffs on Chinese exports to the U.S. go into effect.
Stocks in Asia rose on Friday ahead of U.S. nonfarm payrolls data for November expected to be released later in the day stateside.
Mainland Chinese stocks were higher on the day, with the Shenzhen component adding 0.81% to 9,878.62 and the Shenzhen composite also advancing 0.821% to about 1,640.33. The Shanghai composite rose 0.43% to around 2,912.01.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 1.07% to close at 26,498.37, with shares of Chinese tech juggernauts Alibaba and Tencent jumping 2.65% and 1.7%, respectively.
The Nikkei 225 in Japan rose 0.23% to close at 23,354.40, while the Topix index ended its trading day 0.11% higher at 1,713.36. Data released Friday showed October household expenditure in Japan dropping 5.1% year-on-year in real terms, following a sales tax hike that took place in that month.
In South Korea, the Kospi added 1.02% to close at 2,081.85 as shares of industry heavyweight Samsung Electronics and chipmaker SK Hynix jumped 1.82% and 2.28%, respectively.
Meanwhile, shares in Australia edged higher on the day, as the S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.36% to 6,707.00.
Overall, the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index was 0.56% higher.
Overnight stateside, stocks ended the session on Wall Street little changed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained just 28.01 points to 27,677.79 while the S&P 500 added 0.16% to 3,117.43. The Nasdaq Composite gained less than 0.1% to 8,570.70.
Investors awaited the release of the U.S. government's monthly nonfarm payrolls report expected on Friday stateside. That would come following a disappointing private payrolls number released Wednesday, and also on the back of the Labor Department saying Thursday that U.S. weekly jobless claims dropped 203,000 last week — the lowest in seven months.
"With the (U.S. Federal Reserve) pretty much having exhausted its 'insurance cuts' and markets almost unanimously expecting the Fed to be on a purposeful pause, it is safe to say that U.S. nonfarm payroll will be relegated to the backseat," Vishnu Varathan, head of economics and strategy at Mizuho Bank wrote in a note.
"Instead the obsession will be with tariff rollback!" Varathan said. "Specifically, whether or not White House trade negotiators will relent to offer China tariff rollback, which appears to have been established as Beijing's precondition to strike a phase-one trade deal."
Reuters reported Friday that China's finance ministry said the country will waive import tariffs for certain soybean and pork shipments from the U.S., without providing further detail.
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Washington and Beijing are still in disagreement over the size of China's agriculture purchases. Meanwhile, China has given little indication on how negotiations with the U.S. are progressing. Earlier in the week, markets were sent into a frenzy after U.S. President Donald Trump said he may delay a trade deal with China till after the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
"I think the markets are taking consolation that at least this is not escalating and trade talks have not broken down, talks are still going on and there's still hope," Vasu Menon, executive director of investment strategy at Singapore's OCBC Bank told CNBC's "Street Signs" on Friday.
Still, Menon acknowledged that "clearly there are disagreements" between the two economic powerhouses, be it the U.S. demands for China to purchase more U.S. agricultural products or Beijing's desire to see Washington roll back tariffs.
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The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was last at 97.374 after slipping from levels above 98.0 earlier in the trading week.
The Japanese yen traded at 108.64 per dollar after strengthening from levels above 108.8 yesterday. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.6842 after rising from levels below $0.678 earlier in the week.
Oil prices were largely unchanged in the afternoon of Asian trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures hovering around the flatline at $63.40 per barrel. U.S. crude futures was largely flat at $58.42 per barrel.
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Home > Recent consumer products case law > DC Consumer Protection Procedures Act claims worth less than previously thought
DC Consumer Protection Procedures Act claims worth less than previously thought
By on May 5, 2016 Posted in Recent consumer products case law
Washington, DC’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act allows plaintiffs to recover “treble damages, or $1,500 per violation, whichever is greater” for a broad range of trade related violations, including false advertising, breach of warranty, and false representations regarding repairs. Because CPPA cases involve consumer goods and services that are typically inexpensive, $1,500 is almost always the greater amount, meaning that costly penalties can be racked up for fairly cheap items.
But what does “per violation” mean? The statute does not define the term, producing uncertainty as to how much many CPPA cases are actually worth.
For example, if a person views ten misleading advertisements and then makes one purchase based on those advertisements, is that ten violations, or one? If a person makes one purchase of a product but claims that the product’s label is deceptive in six different ways, is that one violation, or six? When the multiple is $1,500, how a court counts “violations” makes a notable difference in the potential value of a claim.
A recent case out of a DC district court has held that “per violation” should mean “per purchase,” thus significantly lowering the valuation of a plaintiff’s potential damages recovery. In Sloan v. Soul Circus, Inc., plaintiff alleged she purchased four circus tickets in reliance on statements on the circus’s website convincing her the animals were well treated. Claiming the statements were deceptive, she filed suit, alleging violations of six CPPA subsections.
The calculation of the value of her claim became an issue when the parties quibbled over whether the $75,000 diversity jurisdiction minimum was met.
Arguing that the $75,000 minimum sufficient to confer federal jurisdiction was met, the circus advanced that (1) a “violation” occurred each time the plaintiff was exposed to the circus’s statements; and (2) six “violations” occurred with each ticket sale.
The Court rejected both of these arguments. Based on the statutory language—that plaintiffs may seek relief from a trade practice involving consumer goods “purchased or received”—the Court held that “statutory damages awards flow from a purchase or receipt of consumer goods or services—not the mere observation of a merchant’s unlawful communication.” The Court also noted that the circus had no supporting authority for its assumption that a consumer could receive multiple $1,500 statutory damage awards in connection with a single purchase.
If other courts follow suit and hold that the “$1,500 per violation” language means “$1,500 per purchase,” (and not per advertisement viewed or CPPA subsection implicated), this could have a dramatic impact on CPPA litigation.
First, the good news for potential defendants. Plaintiffs may be less enthusiastic about bringing claims in the first place if they know there is not a chance at an inflated damages recovery. For example, if a potential plaintiff viewed 50 allegedly deceptive advertisements and purchased one product in reliance on those statements, he may be less inclined to sue knowing that his damages are limited to $1,500 instead of $75,000.
This could also strengthen defendants’ positions when mediating or otherwise seeking settlement of CPPA cases. The ability to tie damages to total sales (as opposed to some nebulous number of advertising statements per purchase), allows defendants to more accurately pinpoint the maximum value of a case. This makes “overpayment” of the worth of a claim in settlement based on uncertainty of how a court will fix damages less likely.
The potential downside for defendants, as seen in Sloan, is that the diminished valuation of plaintiffs’ claims makes it more challenging to meet the $75,000 amount in controversy minimum to successfully remove a CPPA case to federal court. In concrete numbers, unless a single plaintiff purchased at least 50 of the deceptively advertised product (50 * $1,500 = $75,000), a defendant is unlikely to be able to base the amount in controversy solely on the statutory damages, and will have to look elsewhere, such as to attorneys’ fees and/or the value of the injunctive relief sought to satisfy the amount in controversy requirement.
Overall, however, having a reliable way to calculate “per violation” statutory damages, and limiting those to $1,500 per purchase, is likely to be a net positive for defendants.
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Chaos at Healey's Little Orchard Cider & Music Festival following crash, delays and deep mud
Some people preferred staying at Perranporth Airfield rather than getting there
Charlotte Becquart
Festival goers are slamming the organisation of Little Orchard Cider & Music Festival after torrential downpours led to a crash, waterlogged parking and two-hour wait for buses.
Healey's Little Orchard Cider & Music Festival is taking place at Penhallow but after the weekend's bad weather event organisers have said participants are unable to make use of the site’s parking facilities.
A system of shuttle buses and park and ride has been organised from Perranporth Airfield but caused chaos.
Yesterday, two of the buses crashed into each other leaving people with only one bus.
Following the incident, people waited for a lift for more than two hours.
Now, staff are towing vehicles out of the initial parking site as it is covered in deep mud and people said that the tractor drivers and the Land Rover owners are doing a great effort to get people out.
However, it is now feared that the conditions will worsen because of the gale force winds expected tonight.
"There is deep mud all the way across the site," an eyewitness said. "It's only going to get worse.
"The organisation is absolutely dire, there is no communication."
Many festival goers took to Facebook to complain about the event, saying organisers could have prevented the whole situation. Some had to cancel their plans because of the site being covered in deep mud and some even stayed at Perranporth Airfied yesterday.
Here is what people have said about it:
Organisers of the festival commented the issues and said:
"We currently have three 18-seater buses and one 32-seater bus taking guests to and from the festival site and Perranporth Airfield.
"The collision between two buses occurred off-site yesterday. No one was injured however this did cause a delay for festival guests traveling to and from the festival site. We deeply apologise for any inconvenience this caused.
"The main lighting towers in the designated camping area have been lowered due to wind but not removed.
"The Met Office forecast strong winds from midnight tonight but we are continually monitoring this for any changes. Planning meetings are in place throughout the day and should we need to make any changes to the festival schedule, we will notify guests in advance.
"As it stands, Little Orchard Cider & Music Festival will finish at 11pm this evening. Festival guests will be removed from the main site by 11.20pm."
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More than one million older people haven’t spoken to a friend, neighbour or family member for one month, while 2.9 million older people feel they have no one to turn to. And, sadly, one in four people will get old alone.
These shocking statistics formed the basis of Age UK’s No one should have no one campaign, which was designed to both highlight the problem and drive relevancy through celebrity support.
The charity knew that it had to create an emotional connection with existing and new audiences, particularly focusing on targeting 35 to 55 year olds, while grabbing the attention of younger people with a social media campaign.
Prior to the campaign’s launch, Age UK conducted consumer research among 2,000 adults to discover the news angles that would resonate. This research shaped the direction of the campaign, and informed news and feature angles.
The social media campaign had a simple premise: people were invited to share pictures of themselves with the person they turned to for advice, company or in times of trouble, using the hashtag #notbymyselfie.
More than 40 celebrities embraced the challenge, with, for example, actor Brian Cox sharing a picture of himself with his sister, comedian Jack Whitehall sharing a picture of himself as a little boy with his grandparents in cowboy costumes while Dame Helen Mirren shared a picture of herself as a teenager with her mother.
Key celebrities, such as singer Pixie Lott, with almost two million followers on Twitter, and footballer Rio Ferdinand, with 6.5 million, ensured that #notbymyselfie reached more than 22 million people. Many of these celebrities had not previously interacted with the charities, which increased its relevancy and reach.
The #notbymyselfi e campaign was promoted for one week on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, after Age UK negotiated an editorial agreement, which led to the hashtag trending on Twitter. The programme also featured interviews with celebrities, such as Birds of a Feather star Lesley Joseph, and Age UK representatives to highlight the issue of loneliness among the elderly.
Paid for opportunities, such as outdoor billboards and adverts in London Underground tube trains, were also co-ordinated alongside the PR activity. Older people were at the heart of the advertising campaign.
The campaign, which took place in February 2015, generated 60 items of positive print and online media coverage, including articles and features in the Daily Express, Woman’s Own and MailOnline, plus nine radio interviews, including one with Age UK ambassador, singer Liz McClarnon.
Such was the interest in the campaign, that Age UK’s website achieved its highest ever traffic with 980,000 visits in February while its followers on Twitter increased by five percentage points. Its Facebook following grew by seven percentage points.
‘This was a very comprehensive campaign,’ said the judges. ‘It was creative and targeted to the audience.’
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The Last Viceroys of New Spain and Peru: An Appraisal.
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Agrarian Capitalism or Seigneurial Reaction: The Northwest of England, 1500-1700.
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Nwamu: D’Tigers Not Complacent After Big Win Vs Cameroon
Gold Usenekong 0 September 15, 2017 10:31 am
Nigeria’s point guard, Ikechukwu Nwamu, says D’Tigers are not complacent after their massive win over Cameroon in the quarter-finals of the ongoing 2017 Afrobasket championship in Tunisia and Senegal, but will take each game as it comes.
Nwamu scored 25 points seven assists and four rebounds for D’Tigers in their 106-91 win over Cameroon on Thursday and he is confident of a win in the semi-finals over Senegal on Friday (today) evening.
The result also saw Nigeria become the first country to reach the 100 points at the Afrobasket championship.
Senegal on their part defeated Angola 66-57. It’s the third time in a row that the Senegales side will be making it to the semi-finals of the Afrobasket championship.
“We are taking one game at a time, and we will be prepared for the semi-Finals,” Nwamu told FIBA.com.
In the other semi-final game, host Tunisia who beat Democratic Republic of Congo 81-60 will take on Morocco, who reached the last four for the first time in 37 years thanks to a 66-62 triumph over Egypt.
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Are you a Tinder or a Bumble type of person? The clich�s of 'big dating'
Coral MurphyUSA TODAY
From the way we count our steps to the measures we take to get noticed online, Silicon Valley has transformed the everyday life of the average American. How and what platform we choose to date hasn’t escaped this reality.
Users of online dating apps, stemming from websites that became less socially acceptable among younger generations, are at the mercy of “swipes” to find love, a casual encounter or simply to boost their egos.
But which app daters use may lead to unintentional assumptions – clichés, even – about why they chose a particular matchmaking platform, ranging from how they present themselves on their profiles to what kind of connection they are seeking.
Where the singles are
Almost half of U.S. online users have met or know someone who has met a romantic partner on a dating website or app. Tinder is currently the leader among online dating services, according to one study of 1,000 adults. Half of the app's members are part of Gen Z, whose ages range between 18 and 25.
The practice of online dating found its mainstream acceptance with websites such as Match.com and eHarmony, marketed as an alternative way for singles to meet their significant other by matching preferences such as ethnicity, location and hobbies.
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Swiping to find a date or a mate came into the cultural lexicon when Tinder launched in 2012 and revolutionized the online dating scene, as computers went from living on desks to traveling with us in our pockets and purses.
Once users open the app, they can adjust their settings to view people around their set area. As soon as someone’s picture shows up, the online dater has only two options: Swipe right if you’re interested, swipe left if you’re not.
“It’s a game, it’s fire and it’s fun,” said online dating consultant Mark Brooks about Tinder.
Brooks said the app can skew toward audiences looking for a “casual” encounter, whereas other apps, like Hinge, tend to build more “meaningful” relationships.
Match Group owns both Tinder and Hinge, as well as other popular dating services like Match.com, OkCupid and Plenty of Fish.
“Since (Match Group) bought Hinge, they positioned Hinge as 'long-term' and Tinder as 'casual',” Brooks says.
Another popular dating app is Bumble, with 75 million registered users, according to a Bumble representative. The app’s model is intended to make women feel more empowered and “challenge outdated heterosexual norms,” according to its website, since Bumble requires men to wait for their potential match to make the first move.
Most dating apps include a section where you can include a description of yourself in just a few characters. Although Tinder has millions of users, some of these biographies tend to get a little repetitive.
Reddit has a specific online community dedicated to posting Tinder success, failure and humorous stories, and one thread even compiled some of the most stereotypical descriptions they’ve seen on the app. Apparently, it’s not rare to see men incessantly boast about the fish they catch.
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The clichés have become so ubiquitous that even Bumble started posting self-deprecating jokes. The company shared on Twitter a Bumble bingo card with squares representing frequently seen profile elements from blurry headshots and Snapchat filters to personality-defining Myers Briggs letters and elephants from Thailand.
As with Tinder, "someone holding a fish" makes an appearance.
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— Bumble (@bumble)April 19, 2019
Which app did you click with?
Of course, as anyone who's dated can tell you, not every outing's a winner.
"I always regret going on a date from Tinder," said 28-year-old Justyna Kedra, a frequent user of Hinge, Bumble and, sometimes, Tinder. "I feel that people are very transactional. There’s no depth."
Her worst date? Meeting a guy for drinks in Brooklyn that she said shifted within a few minutes into an unsolicited invitation to his apartment. That was from Tinder.
"I’m not looking to get married right now, but I’m looking to connect with people of substance," Kedra says. She spends most of her dating app energy on Hinge and Bumble.
"Bumble is that middle hit-or-miss. In Hinge, I’ve had the most amazing conversations. It lets you present yourself as a person the most."
Early on, many people also had different conceptions regarding the dating apps available during the early 2000s. Family therapist Joree Rose remembers when she started using dating apps after her divorce.
"I started off on apps like OkCupid and Match because they seemed most respectable in my mind, like they’d be where the well-educated, mature people were who were looking for a partner," says Rose. She eventually found her future husband on Tinder. (And, no, there was no picture of him holding a fish on his profile.)
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It’s not rare for online daters to use these apps simultaneously.
“My research indicates that the vast majority of individuals on average are in two or three dating apps at a time,” said Jessica Carbino, who served as sociologist for Tinder and Bumble. “People who are dating online tend to have a portfolio approach to dating.”
Although many users like to boost their chances by downloading multiple apps, can we still see a difference between the types of people they match with?
Users of these popular matchmaking apps have taken it upon themselves to jokingly vent about their encounters in some of the platforms.
According to one Instagram user, on Tinder, you will most likely find someone who’s “only in town for a few days,” while on Bumble you might have better chances of matching with someone “in a mediocre indie band.”
Since Hinge tries to cater to people who are looking for more long-term relationships, its approach tends to focus more on getting to know someone based on their politics and religion. According to Hinge’s global head of communications Jean-Marie McGrath, 99% of the app’s users are college-educated.
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The app gained recognition when 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg publicly said that he met his partner on Hinge.
Is dating like this actually bad for you?
Some have been highly skeptical of these apps.
A CBSN documentary called “Dating Apps” features psychologists criticizing the ways in which the tech industry attracts customers, claiming they are dehumanizing and are detrimental to a user’s mental health.
Similarly, the HBO documentary “Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age” analyzes how these apps have negatively changed the ways people date and challenge intimacy. It also emphasizes how people could face different types of discrimination and harassment once they become a user.
According to the documentary’s creator, Nancy Jo Sales, looking through a seemingly endless stack of pictures could affect one’s general psychology.
“These stereotypes that we’re laboring under are the stereotypes of the marketing of big dating,” Sales said. "It’s big business, and they're all trying to do the same exact thing."
What's your experience with these dating sites? Share your story with us on Facebook or Twitter. Follow Coral Murphy on Twitter: @CoralMerfi.
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The most disturbing controversies in 4chan history
Unclick
4chan is regarded as one of the worst places on the internet—and with good reason.
Illustration by Jason Reed
Fernando Alfonso III and John-Michael Bond— 2012-10-03 08:19 pm | Last updated 2017-04-27 11:41 am
4chan is a complicated community—to say the least.
The free anonymous imageboard, which brought us popular memes like lolcats and Rickrolling and helped spawn the hacker collective Anonymous, has often been on the cutting edge of internet culture. Started by Christopher “moot” Poole in his parents’ New York apartment in October 2003, the site has consistently pushed the boundaries of decency and defined the slang we casually use online.
4chan claims to have 27,700,000 active users each month, spread across its different forums. Posts only exist for a brief period of time, leading to a steady stream of ideas, pictures, and often chaos. On 4chan you can find earnest discussions about art, pop culture, and the human mind, and over the years, its community has actually done some good. It’s helped cheer up a WWII veteran on his birthday, helped a school for the deaf compete for a Taylor Swift performance, and helped police track down a girl who threw puppies into a river.
But whatever positive impact it’s had, 4chan has always been overshadowed by /b/, a notorious forum place where users exchange foul language, violent images, and sexual content freely. With nearly unlimited freedom and anonymity will come abuse, and the site has been the center of numerous controversies over its existence.
The biggest 4chan controversies, scandals, and pranks
1) Sarah Palin’s email account “hacked,” August 2008
The former Alaska governor had her email account broken into by a 4chan user during the 2008 election. The man behind the “hack” was David Kernell, a college student and son of state representative Mike Kernell of Memphis. Kernell was able to access Palin’s email account by using Yahoo’s password recovery feature. He posted screenshots of the emails to 4chan’s /b/ imageboard where they ultimately captured the world’s attention. Kernell was ultimately arrested and charged with four felonies. He served one year and a day in prison and is currently on probation. —Fernando Alfonso III
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2) Slain teen Trayvon Martin’s email account hacked by white supremacist, May 2012
Following the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman, discussions of race, gun control and how laws are interpreted dominated the news cycle. The issue of race, in particular, became contentious, with people claiming that Zimmerman shot Martin the night of Feb. 26 because he was black. These claims angered one hacker named Klanklannon, who hacked Martin’s Facebook and email. Klanklannon posted screengrabs of emails Facebook messages to 4chan’s politics board to show that Martin “somehow deserved to be killed,” Gawker reported. —F.A.III
3) Steve Jobs death hoax causes stock plunge, Fall 2008
Following almost every public appearance Apple CEO Steve Jobs made in 2008, a death or illness rumor followed. On Oct. 3, 2008, just two weeks before Jobs presented one of his famous keynotes, a rumor appeared on CNN’s user generated news tip site iReport that Jobs had died from a heart attack. The rumor proved to be false and was ultimately tracked down to 4chan. But the damage was already done. The rumor of Jobs’ death spread to sites like Digg and ultimately helped cause Apple’s stock price to fall “about 10 percent before rebounding later in the day,” CNET reported. —F.A.III
4) Zoe Quinn proves 4chan is behind Gamergate, 2014
Gamergate, a sexist backlash against women in the video game industry, exploded in 2014 and continues to reverberate to this day—largely thanks to 4chan. While its proponents claimed it was really “about ethics in gaming journalism,” their tactics involved online harassment, doxing, leaking of nude photos, making death threats, and attacking the advertisers of sites that were critical of them.
After months of harassment, developer Zoe Quinn was able to gain access to private IRC channel used by 4chan. On the IRC channel, she found proof that the movement wasn’t a group of concerned gaming fans but rather a coordinated attack against her and other progressive voices in the gaming community. In the logs she found proof of raids against people and sites critical of the moment, plans for future attacks and social media campaigns, and general slander. While Gamergate itself has calmed down in the years since, Quinn and other Gamergate targets, like vlogger Anita Sarkeesian, are still the target of absurd amounts of online harassment. —John-Michael Bond
5) Wisconsin man sentenced to six months for NFL stadium bomb threat, Fall 2006
While 4chan may not have an archival system, large-scale threats made on the site don’t often slip by unnoticed. Between September and October of 2006, 22-year-old Jake Brahm posted at least 40 different threats on 4chan. One of them included a detailed plan to detonate 7 bombs at NFL stadiums in cities including New York, Atlanta and Miami.
““[T]he death toll will approach 100,000 from the initial blasts and countless other fatalities will later occur as result from radioactive fallout,” Brahm wrote, according to Tom’s Guide.
Brahm was arrested and pled guilty to posting a bomb threat on the Internet. He ended up serving six months in prison. —F.A.III
6) Swastika tops Google searches, July 2008
It was a mystery Google could not figure out. On July 12, 2008, the symbol of the Nazi regime hit the top of Google’s Hot Trends, a popular list that tracks the most searched terms or phrases at the moment.
“The swastika is a traditional Chinese good-luck character, the Olympics are coming up, and good luck is on the Chinese mind,” suggested one blogger named Dan, in an attempt to explain why the symbol was trending, according to the Los Angeles Times.
A tip sent to Google revealed that the real reason a swastika was trending was a simple post on 4chan telling users to search for 卐, a shortcode built into most operating systems. 4chan users played along, and a controversial symbol shot to the top of Google’s trending list and forced the company to issue a statement apologizing to anyone who may have been offended. —F.A.III
7) User posts photos of his murder victim, November 2014
It sounds like an urban legend. Only this isn’t folklore. There was a real murder. On Nov. 4, 2014, David Kalac, an anonymous 4chan user, started making cryptic posts on 4chan. He confessed to strangling a woman to death and then posted photos of her body. Many immediately wrote it off as a sick hoax, but in Port Orchard, Washington, Amber Coplin’s body was found by her 13-year-old son. Kalac went on the run but was quickly captured by the police. He is still awaiting trial for the murder, which has been postponed until Feb. 21, 2017. Don’t go googling this story. There are still screenshots floating around that are profoundly disturbing. —J.M.B.
8) Massacre threat shuts down Washington high school, September 2012
Screengrab via 4chan
Skyline High School in Sammamish, Wash., was closed on Sept. 20 after a threat was posted to /b/ by an anonymous user who promised to take his fathers submachine gun to school and “open fire on the people in the commons until I am taken down by our schools police officer, or until I run out of mags.” 4chan administrators told authorities that the threat originated on a server in Sweden. The school was reopened the next day. —F.A.III
9) User livestreams his suicide attempt, December 2013
In many online communities, when someone reveals that they plan on killing themselves, other users often offer support, positive messages, and resources to help them. Not 4chan. When Dakota Moore announced his intention to take his own life on 4chan, he was encouraged by /b/ users. Moore swallowed a combination of sleeping pills and vodka, then set his dorm room on fire. He survived thanks to the quick action of firefighters, but he was dubbed “Toaster Steve” by 4chan users, who bombarded his Facebook page with cruel messages and image macros—J.M.B.
10) Man pleads guilty to threatening to shoot up a college to avoid being charged with possession of child porn, November 2010
If you’ve been accused of distributing 25 images of child pornography and threatening to massacre a college, which one would you rather be charged with? For 19-year-old Ali Saad, the choice was pretty simple, considering that a child pornography offender can get up to 5 years in prison. Saad took a plea deal in February for threatening on 4chan to shoot up a Michigan community college with an AK-47 he got at a gun show. He faces between 6 months and a year in custody, the Smoking Gun reported. —F.A.III
11) iPhones destroyed by bending and microwaving them, September 2014
This has been an incredibly dark list, so let’s break briefly with a fun one. It’s not all death threats, dark secrets, and sad times on 4chan. Sometimes they pull pranks too, like getting people to destroy their brand new phones. During the iPhone 6’s “bendgate” controversy /b/ set out to get people to intentionally bend their phones, using fake Apple-inspired ads introducing “Bend.” The new iPhone feature meant your phone was bendable like so.
As if that weren’t enough, 4chan also attempted to convince people they could charge their iPhones by throwing them in the microwave. —J.M.B.
12) Popular rap music forum defaced, June 2008
“Some Ni**** ft Some Nappy Headed Ho” and “Ni****and pals” were just two of the video titles 4chan hackers changed on hip-hop forum SOHH (Support Online Hip Hop) in a messageboard battle that got out of hand. The battle started after members of SOHH’s Just Buggin’ Out community taunted 4chan users. The discussion quickly escalated and resulted in 4chan users from the notorious /b/ board taking down SOHH for about a half hour and plastering swastikas around its homepage, streetknowledge reported. —F.A.III
13) Australian student takes police on manhunt for Los Angeles massacre threat, December 2007
Jarrad Willis was hunted by more than 100 counterterrorism officers after posting a threat to “kill as many people as I can” at a Los Angeles shopping mall. Willis’ 4chan post included an image of a man holding a shotgun. Police confiscated Willis’ computer and believed that the 20-year-old “was a possible serial perpetrator of Internet hoax threats,” the Herald Sun reported. It is unclear what Willis was charged with, but police intended to collect more than $100,000 for the extensive search it took to capture him. —F.A.III
Editor’s note: This article is regularly updated for relevance.
Fernando Alfonso III
Fernando Alfonso III served as an early Reddit and 4chan reporter and the Daily Dot’s first art director until 2016. He’s gone on to report at Lexington’s Herald-Leader and at the Houston Chronicle.
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John-Michael Bond is a tech reporter and culture writer for Daily Dot. A longtime cord-cutter and early adopter, he's an expert on streaming services (Hulu with Live TV), devices (Roku, Amazon Fire), and anime. A former staff writer for TUAW, he's knowledgeable on all things Apple and Android. You can also also find him regularly performing standup comedy in Los Angeles.
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Fugitive arrested in Waukegan
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Salmon has now overtaken cod as nation's favourite fish because of price and health benefits
By Leon Watson
Updated: 13:46 EST, 2 September 2011
Salmon has leapt over cod to become the country's favourite seafood.
Cod, a chip shop staple for 200 years, was pushed into second place ahead of tuna, with haddock fourth and prawns fifth.
Salmon jumped to the top of the list because it is seen as more fashionable – and because the price of cod is rising.
Popular: Pink salmon, this one caught by a fly fisherman, has overtaken cod as Britain's favourite fish
It has also benefited from a general trend towards eating fish as a part of a healthier diet.
The survey found that two-thirds of respondents believe that ordering salmon in restaurants was a sign of being 'more refined'.
Cannabis is used for first time in hospitals to relieve pain of terminal cancer patients How ONE slice of bread has as much salt as a bag of crisps
Almost a third of people eat fish three or four times a week, with the average household tucking in at least twice.
One in 20 have stayed loyal to the traditional Friday supper of fish and chips.
BRITAIN'S FAVOURITE FISH
1. Salmon
2. Cod
3. Tuna
4. Haddock
5. Prawns
6. Sea bass
7. Mackerel
8. Plaice
10. Kippers
Kevin Steppe, of pub restaurant chain Chef and Brewer, which carried out the study, said: 'Cod and chips is an iconic British meal.
'It will always remain a favourite, but it's refreshing to hear that families are experimenting with different kinds of seafood.
'Dishes like smoked salmon and sushi have always had an upmarket image but they are becoming increasingly commonplace.'
The poll of 2,000 Britons found 60 per cent of households eat more fish now than five years ago.
Major attractions are its health benefits and being simple and quick to cook.
Salmon, which is high in protein and omega 3 oils, is mostly raised in fish farms.
The other seafood making up the ten most popular dishes were sea bass followed by mackerel, plaice, sushi and kippers.
A staple food for Friday nights: The great British fish and chip meal
Mr Steppe added: 'There are so many wonderful varieties of seafood available to us and it's great to see consumers becoming more adventurous and trying different species.
'We would urge people to step out of their comfort zone and try fish dishes they wouldn't normally go for.
'It's encouraging that people appreciate the many health benefits associated with eating the recommended two portions of fish a week.'
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Harris withdraws, still will be on the ballot | Tim Talk | Tim Hunt | DanvilleSanRamon.com |
Harris withdraws, still will be on the ballot
Uploaded: Sep 20, 2012
Pleasanton voters will have one less choice for City Council in November after newbie candidate Mike Harris announced suspension of his campaign for personal reasons this week.
Harris, in an earlier candidates' night at Pleasanton Gardens, struggled to answer questions focused on local issues. He jumped into the race because he said he liked living in Pleasanton and wanted to start giving something back. His interest in serving is laudable, but starting with City Council with no prior experience in Pleasanton was a difficult challenge.
His name still will appear on the ballot and he won the random draw so it will be in the No. 1 position. Despite no active campaign, that position—particularly in a general election with a higher turnout than the off-year election—will likely draw votes from residents who pay little attention to local issues. Being No. 1 can result in as much as a 5 percent advantage.
Harris' withdrawal leaves Planning Commission Chairman Jerry Pentin, former BART director Erlene DeMarcus and homeowners association president Karla Brown running for the two open council seats. The council will be dramatically different post-November with Mayor Jennifer Hosterman and Council members Matt Sullivan and Cindy McGovern all termed out after serving eight years.
The two candidates for mayor, Cheryl Cook-Kallio and Jerry Thorne, both are running from safe seats so they will continue to serve on the council—the only question is in which role. For Pleasanton residents, this is a welcome affirmative choice between two council members with solid records.
There are differences—one is on the Alameda County Measure B1 that would double the half-cent sales tax for transportation to one cent and make it permanent.
Thorne agrees with my viewpoint that it's simply wrong to make this a tax in perpetuity, while Cook-Kallio argues that the city and the county always will need money for transportation and supports the tax. She also points out that the city's tepid endorsement (Thorne and McGovern opposed it) could harm the city's share of the allocations moving forward.
It will be interesting to see if the bulk of voters in the county, who never met a tax measure they didn't approve, will follow their normal pattern and approve the measure. That's one of the continuing challenges of living in a county that is dominated by Democrats living along the I-880 corridor.
That same tradition likely will apply to the $30 parcel tax that the Chabot Las Positas Community College District has placed on the ballot. Community colleges have been hit particularly hard by state budget cutbacks, resulting in classes being cut substantially at a time when more students are considering the very cost-effective community college system. There's been virtually no coverage of the issue.
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My name is Dave Stancliff. Walk down the road of life with me each day. Share a cup of coffee and see what I have to say. I'm a veteran; an independent thinker; and a retired newspaper editor, columnist, and publisher. All views expressed are mine, unless I note otherwise. I often use satire and parody to get my message across. Read on!
You Think That's Big? You Should See This...
Good Day World!
Did you know Great Danes are the tallest dogs in the world averaging (from paw to shoulder) about 30"?
You think that's big? Zeus (pictured here), a Great Dane was the biggest of them all at 44" (from paw to shoulder)! (Zeus passed away in 2014).
Did you know that 8 in 10 Americans are in debt?
You think that's big? Try our national debt. It currently stands at 18.8 trillion dollars!
Did you know the tallest statue in America is The Statue of Liberty at 151 feet tall?
You think that's big? The tallest statue in the world, Spring Temple Buddha (China) dwarfs Lady Liberty. It's 420 feet tall!
Did you know that the title of the largest commercially sold pizza (a 62" monster) in the United States belongs to Big Lou's in San Antonio, Texas?
You think that's big? Step aside for the largest pizza ever made - it even had a name "Ottavia." It's total surface area was an astounding 13,580.28 ft²!
Time for me to walk on down the road....
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Sweet Lies: Sugar Industry Tried To Conceal The Role It Plays In Heart Disease
The sugar industry has been lying to us about how harmful sugar can be since the 60's.
Researchers recently revealed this coverup in a pair of papers published in the Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA Internal Medicine.
It was a bait and switch game from the start when the sugar industry's lobbying group diverted away from sugar's problems to focusing on fat as the main cause of heart disease.
It's fair to compare the sugar industry's approach to the same low life tactics used by the tabacco industry in the past.
Cristin Kearns, a University of California San Francisco researcher who is focusing on the sugar industry, made the discovery when she found a collection of papers at the University of Illinois library fom the estate of Roger Adams, a chemistry professor who was a scientific adviser for the Sugar Research Foundation (SRF) - now the Sugar Association.
Adams papers and a papers from his colleague Harvard professor Mark Hegsted, sponsored a research program in the 1960s and 1970s that successfully cast doubt about the hazards of surcose while promoting fat as the dietary culprit in coronary disease.
By the 1980s, the damage was done. New dietary directions focused on reducing fat, saturated fat, and dietary cholesterol.
Sadly, this is nothing new. Industry-funding and pressure can encourage researchers to look at one line of evidence while ignoring others.
This change of direction proved profitable for the giant food industry push of "fat-free" products that were loaded with added sugars and processed carbohydrates - now shown to be as big a cause of heart disease as fat, and also a direct cause of diabetes.
Is it any wonder it's getting harder to trust scientists and researchers these days? Greed knows no intellectual boundaries.
Time for me to walk on down the road...
Alert: Patients Escape Mental Asylums and Infiltrate Political System!
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti." - Dr. Hannible Lecter
Whose attending the mental asylum?
It appears the inmates have escaped and taken over the Republican party.
Donald Trump isn't the only crazy politician running around and proclaiming doom and upcoming violence for America right now.
I'd like to introduce you to Kentucky's Republican Gov. Matt Bevin. He might even be crazier than Maine's Republican Gov. Paul Lapage.
So what got Gov. Bevin identified among the escaped inmates?
In a speech he gave at the so-called Values Voter Summit (the irony is thick here) in Washington D.C., Bevin called upon conservatives to wage war against contemporary liberalism.
During Bevin's 15-minute rant he suggested that if Hillary Clinton is elected president, she would set the nation on a dangerous course that might require bloodshed to correct.
Crazy enough for you?
When you consider that a sizable portion of Donald Trump's followers are alt right wingnuts this kind of talk starts to get scary.
Some political observers have even discussed what would happen if Trump loses. The idea of riots breaking out has been explored.
Roger Stone, a close advisor for Trump warned "that if Clinton were to steal the election, her inauguration would mean civil disobedience, not violence, but it will be a bloodbath."
With politicians like Gov. Bevin calling for bloodshed if Trump loses there's a good chance some crazies will be inspired to follow through on the prediction.
What to do? It's up to you. Your vote could restore sanity to America and put the crazies back in the looney bin where they belong.
Hint...anyone but Trump.
Let There Be Light: America's 1st Lighthouse is 301 Years-Old Today
The plain, yet dignified, lighthouse on the left is the first one ever built in the New World.
It sits on Little Brewster Island, and overlooks Boston Harbor.
The British forked up 2,400 pounds to build the important navigational aide which went into service on September 14th, 1715.
Fact: at the time the Boston Lighthouse was built there were only 70 lighthouses in the whole world!
Here's a nice summary of the Boston Lighthouse's history.
If you really interested in learning more about this famous landmark you can go on a cruise and visit the area where there are guided tours.
What To Do On Boston's Waterfront
The Chance Of A Fair Presidential Election Is Looking Dimmer Every Day
I don't believe there's ever been a presidential election in this country where our votes were more likely to be nullified for numerous reasons.
Let's start with hacking. The FBI has come out and said Russia has been hacking our electoral system.
How Russian Hackers Could Disrupt the U.S. Election
The weakening of the Voting Rights Act is playing a major part in this year's election. Jurisdictions with significant histories of voter discrimination don't have to "pre-clear" any new voting practices or procedures with the Department of Justice anymore.
A direct consequence from the weakening of the VRA is apparent in this year's election. With less official voting monitors present, accountability is taking a major hit.
Stepping right into that opening, Donald Trump, is urging his followers to patrol polling places. Trump has made the demonization of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities a hallmark of his campaign.
Richard Cohen at the Southern Poverty Law Center notes that Trump's recruitment of poll watchers is being promoted by white supremacists on Stormfront, perhaps the world's most prominent neo-Nazi website.
What's happening is voter descrimination has gotten out of hand with the gutting of the VRA and the rise of alt right groups supporting Trump.
It's going to be challenging enough to pick a candidate. Clinton and Trump have proven to be the least credible major presidential candidates in history.
I have a strong hunch that whoever gets elected, accusations of voting fraud and a rigged election will continue for the next four years!
What America Needs Is More Naked Bike Rides Through Major Cities
People are too serious nowadays.
They need to lighten up and go on a naked bike ride and experience the freedom of flashing.
Everyone is doing it these days.
Folks in the City of Brotherly Love - otherwise known as Philadelphia - have an annual event where thousands of semi-naked and totally naked people ride bikes through the center of the city for various causes.
The event was held over the weekend, but the grand daddy of naked bike events takes place every year in Seattle, Washington, and is sponsored by World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR).
Imagine, if you will, if every state had a naked bike races?
Why stop at just one however? Think about how entertaining this would be every month? Maybe it would help soften all the bad world events that we hear about in real time.
I got this crazy idea that in order to put a positive spin on this year's presidential election we sould require the candidates (and their entourage) to ride tricycles (blue one's for dems, red for repugs) to every rally and fundraiser.
You thought I was going to say something about making the candidates strip didn't you?
Listen, I'm not crazy. Seeing Clinton and Trump in the raw would be a picture no person alive would ever be able to forget ever again.
Do Not Disturb: It's Time For Football In America With These 6 House Rules!
The big day has arrived.
Despite the fact that the NFL season started with a Thursday Night Football match up between Denver and North Carolina, the real season starts today.
So don't be calling me, or texting me today. If you stop by the house you better be ready to watch some grown men smash into each other like billy goats!
Because the Rams came back to LA, I'm picking them as a team to follow. As an original Ram fan, before they left for the wilds of St. Louis, this seems like poetic justice or karma.
Football Sunday House Rules
1) Do not disturb me for anything that is not football related.
2) The food for the day shall be tacos and pizza.
3) Beer is the preferred drink of the day - scotch or bourbon are also acceptable.
4) Official Snacks consist of: Hot Buffalo Wings, Cheetos, slices of lunch meat and cheese spread out in a football shaped tray, and an eclectic assortment of pot brownies, cookies, and gummy bears.
5) Fantasy football is spoken freely and often throughout the day.
6) The TV will be put on hold whenever I have to go to the bathroom. No exceptions.
May your fantasy team win big!
Here's 27 Links in 24 hours to my recent column about a government monopoly on cannabis cultivation
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10 Gump-Like Observations About Basketball and Life
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A White House Christmas Story
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Post Trump: 9 New Rules for Future Presidents
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Majority of Americans Want To See a Fair Senate Trial But Will That Happen?
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Vilma and The El Monte Stomp
Having a gay old time at The Stomp
Tuesday Feb. 19, 1952
Went to a lecture with Buella tonight. It was really very interesting, it was about demonstrative affection, ego’s, neurotics and homosexuals etc., I thought it was pretty good.
I picked up Bryan somebody on the way home and he is pretty average. Says he is going to drop by one of these nights. Darn it all, I wonder if I will ever see that Don Williams ever again. (see Feb 2 & Feb 8)
Friday Feb. 22, 1952
No work today. Me and mom really got something accomplished today though. We took in all of my skirts so that they fit now. I look double fine now that I’ve lost 15 pounds, well at least everybody says so. Mom says to believe everything good said about you, and so I am. Anyway that is my old line “I believe everything I hear, don’t you know.” Some line huh?
Saturday Feb. 23, 1952
Mary Alice, Buella & me went to The Stomp tonight and we had a ball. I had some brew and I felt good. Buella was making out just fine with the guys & Mary Alice even better. Me and Mary Alice went home together. The only thing is, I went home with a jerk and he kisses miserably. Mary Alice went home with a positive doll, and so I hear it he kisses fine as wine. Jim Bakker (the girl hunter) was there and he says sarcastically “Stay a good girl now Vilma”. Some smarty.
Buella smuggled some hooch in and she passed out completely. That’s one way of getting attention I guess. We got in at 2:30am, I stayed overnight with Mary Alice.
Me and my sister Junie went to Alhambra today and went shopping, I got a size 14 black fine looking skirt, a real fine wool jersey blouse for $3.00, a new girdle and some new stockings.
"The Stomp"
Some personal photo's from Vilma's memorabilia
Banjo Player Herman the Hermit
The McQuaig Twins- Singers
Band Leader Lars Larson
Hank Thompson
The Home Town Jamboree Players
Throughout these last few months, Vilma has been going out to dances almost every Saturday night. Where has she been going? Well to THE STOMP of course! What exactly was The Stomp? Officially known as Cliffie Stone’s Hometown Jamboree, referred to by the locals as the 'Okie Stomp', it was a musical variety show/television broadcast production run right out of El Monte’s once famous Legion Stadium. It was THEE place to be on a Saturday night back in 1952!
Cliffe Stone was a big country and western singer who came riding into town eyeing the Legion Stadium for a show he was doing on the radio. Cliffie Stone and The Hometown Jamboree radio show began a long run at the stadium. Cliffie’s show was so popular it began a simulcast on both radio and television. The shows were held at the El Monte Legion Stadium for 5 years and broadcasted in Los Angeles on KXLA & KCOP. So every Saturday night at 7:30 pm you would hear “Live From El Monte California, The Hometown Jamboree! Acts like Tennessee Ernie Ford, Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash, Liberace and Elvis performed on Hometown Jamboree. This brought more attention to the venue and legitimized its future potential for the city of El Monte.
Why of all places in El Monte, a little known town on the outskirts of Los Angeles, were famous musicians gathering for major productions? We’ll explore later why the Legion Stadium was once at the heart of the music industry and at the epicenter of the Rock & Roll phenomena in the 1950’s. With Vilma in the midst of it all!
In the meantime, enjoy a couple of fun tunes that were played at the dances. Just close your eyes and imagine being back in 1952!
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The mission of Dinwiddie County Planning and Zoning Department is to promote the county’s progressive vision through planned growth in Dinwiddie County by maintaining a comprehensive planning program which minimizes land use conflicts, coordinates the provision of community facilities and public services, and optimizes the quality of life for all county residents.
Department Activities & Functions
The Planning and Zoning Department manages the county’s Comprehensive Planning Program and coordinates the county’s development review process. The staff administers the County’s Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances, the Erosion and Sediment Control Ordinance, Stormwater Management Ordinance, Flood Protection Ordinance, Street Naming and Addressing Code, Vegetation Code, and the Land Application of Biosolids Code.
Transportation planning is conducted through the Tri-Cities Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (Tri-Cities Area MPO) and the planning director serves on the Tri-Cities Area MPO Technical Committee and a Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors member is appointed to represent the County on the Tri-Cities Area MPO Policy Committee.
The Planning and Zoning Department provides technical support to the Board of Supervisors, the Planning Commission, the Board of Zoning Appeals, and related subcommittees of each. Staff is responsible for processing and reviewing rezonings, conditional use permits, special exceptions, variances, site plans, and subdivisions.
Business license zoning compliance form
General Advertising Sign Application
Land Use Amendment Application
Tower Application
Site Plan Review Application
Small Cell Facility Application
Special Limited Power of Attorney
Subdivision Plan Review Application
Zoning Complaint Form
Mark Bassett
Director of Planning
Email Mark Bassett
Phone: (804) 469-4500 Ext 2116
Alvin Gurley
Program Support Technician
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Land Development & Plan Review
Planning Boards & Commissions
Rezoning & Conditional Use Permits
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Australia, Mexico, Wastewater Treatment, Recovery, Cyprus, Oil & Gas, Hawaii
Osmoflo to supply two ship-mounted ROs to gas field
Potable and process water is to be supplied to a gas field north of Australia by ship-mounted seawater reverse-osmosis (RO) plants supplied by Adelaide-based desalination specialist Osmosflo.
Metito lands Bechtel SWRO desalination in Australia
Dubai-based Metito has landed two new seawater reverse-osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants in Australia and is currently nearing completion of one in Qatar.
Second Isobarix ER unit installed in Mexico
Isobarix has installed its second commercial XPR energy-recovery unit for Memco Sistemas de Separacion SA de CV, who operate several seawater reverse-osmosis plants at resorts in Cancun and Los Cabos, Mexico.
MBR technologies help expand Queensland treatment plant
A sewage treatment plant in Queensland, Australia, will double its capacity to 1,000 m³/d with the help of membrane bioreactor technologies provided by GE.
Commission warns Australia about gas-production wastewater
Handling the wastewater resulting from coal-seam gas (CSG) production in Australia is likely to require a precautionary approach that will demand innovation from water managers and planners, and significantly greater coordination with existing project approval processes, the National Water Commission warned in December 2010.
Virtual tour online for Bundamba AWT
The multi award-winning Bundamba Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Queensland, Australia, which is already featured in a video available from Koch Membrane Systems, now has its own online virtual tour.
Doosan denies Cyprus joint venture
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has denied the story posted on desalination.biz on 24 November 2011 concerning a desalination joint venture in Cyprus with Oakmall Pty Ltd of Australia.
GE forms salt-extraction consortium in Australia
An agreement which brings together GE, Penrice Soda Holdings Ltd, Australia's only manufacturer of soda ash and sodium bicarbonate, and Australian coal-seam gas (CSG) producer QGC Pty Ltd was announced on 24 October 2011.
Australians win Cape Verde desalination agreement
A letter of intent involving a desalination plant with an initial capacity of 4,000 m³/d has been given to Water Resources Group (WRG) of Perth, Australia, from the Municipality of Santa Caterina in Cape Verde.
B&V puts forward four water-reuse recommendations
Four key recommendations have been put forward by Dan McCarthy, president and CEO of Black & Veatch's global water business, for overcoming global barriers to reuse of water as part of an integrated water industry portfolio.
Consolidated Water lines up Mexican mega-project
The Playas de Rosarito seawater RO desalination mega-plant project has been six years in the making. It began as a twinkle in Consolidated Water's eye even before Mexico had introduced its new public-private partnerships law, but the act's introduction in 2012 gave the project a clear structure for moving ahead.
Desalination and reuse in Mexico-Israel water agreement
Desalination and wastewater treatment and reuse were part of an agreement signed on 14 November 2011 between the Mexican national water agency, Conagua, and Israel's Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor.
Giant Mexican tuna cannery chooses MBR after pilot test
One of the world's largest tuna canneries in Mexico is installing a full-scale MeurerMBR membrane bioreactor following a successful pilot test.
Australia's desalination centre sited at Murdoch University
Australia's new National Centre of Excellence in Desalination is to be hosted by Murdoch University's Rockingham campus as a result of a Aus$ 20 million (US$ 15.5 million) award from the federal government.
Interview: Juan Miguel Pinto, ALADYR president
The new president of ALADYR, the Latin America desalination and water reuse association, sees his organisation as a window onto the region for international companies. His big aim is to step up events during 2018, taking knowledge of desalination and reuse out to the market.
Second Perth plant chooses ERI pressure exchangers
The 140,000 m³/d Southern Seawater Desalination Plant (SSDP) in Western Australia will use PX Pressure Exchanger™ energy-recovery devices made by Energy Recovery Inc (ERI), the California-based company announced on 6 October 2009.
Australia's CSIRO demonstrations indirect stormwater reuse
Scientists at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have bottled recycled stormwater as pure drinking water titled "Recharge", CSIRO announced on 17 September 2009.
Perth desalination expansion to use ERDs from ERI
The expansion to the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant in Western Australia is to use PX™ Pressure Exchanger™ energy-recovery devices as were used in the original plant.
Victoria urged to set new reuse and desalination goals
A committee set up by the Victoria state government in Australia has recommended that enforceable water recyling and reuse targets at Melbourne's sewage treatment plants should be raised to 50% by 2012 and 70% by 2015.
Sydney desalter construction reaches halfway point
Construction of Sydney's 250,000 m³/d Kurnell seawater desalination plant is just over 50% complete, D&WR has been told by Sydney Water. The intake and outlet tunnels were completed in December 2008.
Federal funds for Melbourne reuse project
Federal government funding totaling Aus$ 11.4 million (US$ 11.2 million) will enable City West Water in Melbourne, Australia, to roll out an aquifer and storage recovery scheme as part of its West Werribee Dual Supply project.
Gold Coast desalination plant finally handed over
The Tugun desalination plant in Gold Coast, Australia, was handed over to the Queensland state government on 1 October 2010 and has become part of the South East Queensland Water Grid (SEQWG).
Osmoflo wins industrial water-reuse project
Australia's Osmoflo has won a tender to design, build, operate and maintain a Aus$ 5 million (US$ 5.3 million) water-recycling plant and reticulation system at the Nyrstar Port Pirie smelter north of Adelaide in South Australia.
Asia-Pacific water-recycling conference calls for papers
The Australian Water Association (AWA), an affiliate of the International Desalination Association has collaborated with the Water Services Association of Australia and WateReuse Australia to present the Asia Pacific Water Recycling Conference 2013.
ERI equipment chosen for Melbourne desalination
The AquaSure consortium has chosen PX™ Pressure Exchanger™ energy-recovery technology from Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) for the Victorian Desalination Project, which will supply drinking water to Melbourne, Australia.
Osmoflo wins US$ 15m wastewater reuse contract
Water and wastewater firm, Osmoflo, has won a US$ 15 million contract for the design, construction and commissioning of a wastewater treatment plant in northern Western Australia to produce reclaimed water for use in irrigation.
Major water-sector contractor formed in Dubai
The Leighton Group, which has been involved in the construction of three of Australia's large seawater desalination plants, has brought two group companies together in Dubai, UAE, to create a strong water and environment contracting company.
Mott MacDonald absorbs Australasian water specialist
The Mott MacDonald consultancy group has taken in AWT, a specialist water technology and consulting company based in New Zealand and Australia.
Australian government to fund stormwater reuse
The government of Australia has invited funding applications by 7 December 2011 for support of stormwater harvesting and reuse projects.
Adelaide to get Aus$ 62 million water reuse project
The federal Australian government and South Australia (SA) state will invest Aus$ 62.6 million (US$ 41.3 million) in a project to supply 1.6 million m³/year of treated wastewater to new housing developments in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, where a large desalination contract is also due to be let in March 2009.
More desalination and reuse potential in Western Australia
Western Australia's Water Corporation is considering up to three seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plants along the southern coast of its area, known as Lower Great Southern, as part of a potential portfolio of water resources for the next 30 years.
Ex-Adelaide desalination chief joins Singapore's Hyflux
Milind Kumar, formerly project director of the Adelaide Desalination Plant for South Australia Water, has been appointed to a senior position in Singapore group Hyflux Ltd.
Abigroup to build Kooragang wastewater reuse plant
Construction of the Kooragang Industrial Water Scheme (KIWS) in New South Wales, Australia, is to be carried out by Abigroup under an Aus$ 40 million (US$ 40 million) contract.
Twelve sewer-mining wastewater-reuse plants in Sydney
The government of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has awarded a water-recycling licence to Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies to build a recycled water plant at the Aus$ 500 million (US$ 490 million) Darling Quarter development.
Xylem trials pumps with Australia's Unitywater
Water technology company, Xylem, has been working with one of Australia's largest water services and sewerage services providers to reduce significantly energy consumption and eliminate blockages at a number of its wastewater pump stations.
Australia's MAK Water buys Clearmake for expansion
Australian reverse-osmosis desalination manufacturer MAK Industrial Water Systems has acquired Queensland-based Clearmake Water Treatment & Recycling Solutions as part of a national expansion strategy across Australia.
Joint venture wins Perth groundwater replenishment contract
Western Australia's Water Corporation has awarded a contract to design, construct, and commission a full-scale advanced water replenishment plant (AWRP) to a joint venture between CH2M Hill,and engineering company Thiess. The project will help secure Perth's drinking water supplies through 2060
Australia funds water study for coal-seam gas industry
The Australian government is spending up to Aus$ 3.88 million (US$ 3.61 million) on a water feasibility study for the Queensland coal-seam gas industry.
Work starts on Queensland desalination plant
Preliminary work is beginning at the start of 2010 for a desalination plant to serve the Agnes Water and Seventeen Seventy communities in Queensland, Australia.
Xylem to distribute GE membrane filtration products
Xylem Inc, the ITT water technology spin-off officially launched on 1 November 2011, has signed up to be GE's distribution partner into the public utilities market for its advanced membrane filtration products.
NCED Australia opens operator training registration
The National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia has opened registration for its operator training in desalination and water treatment in 2013.
Hurley appointed president/CEO of Parkson
Florida-based Parkson Corporation announced the appointment on 24 April 2012 of Shamus M Hurley as its new president and CEO. Hurley, who served for the last five years as CEO of Kinetico - a leading manufacturer of residential and commercial water treatment systems - replaces Zain Mahmood.
Koreans purchase Spanish desalination company
Spanish desalination and water treatment company Inima OHL Medio Ambiente has been bought by GS Engineering & Construction, a South Korean company based in Seoul.
Consolidated seeks to sell Mexican desalination stake
Caribbean-based Consolidated Water Co is looking to sell its 50% stake in the 100 MGD (378,500 m³/d) Rosarito desalination project in Baja California, Mexico.
Hager + Elsaesser wins southeast Asia deals topping US$ 20 million
The southeast Asia arm of German water treatment firm, Hager + Elsaesser (H+E), has won contracts worth more than US$ 20 million in recent months.
Inima wins Mexico's El Salitral desalination plant
Spain's OHL Medio Ambiente Inima (Inima) has been awarded a contract for the design, construction, finance and operation and maintenance of a seawater desalination plant in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
El Salitral desalination bids to close in July
The Comisión Estatal del Agua (CEA) in the state of Baja California, Mexico, is expecting between five and eight firm offers when tenders close on 22 July 2011 for the El Salitral seawater desalination plant in Ensenada.
Consolidated bidding for Mexican SWRO desalination
Consolidated Water Co (CWCO) has declared itself to be one of the tenderers for the El Salitral desalination plant in Baja California, Mexico. Bids are due by June.
Woongjin opens all-Americas headquarters and factory
A new American headquarters and membrane manufacturing facility was opened on 5 April 2011 in Anaheim, California, by Woongjin Chemical America Inc, manufacturer of CSM reverse-osmosis and nanofiltration membranes for desalination and water treatment.
Desalination plant needed for Mexican mine
Denver-based Vista Gold Corp is planning to build a desalination plant to meet the needs of its planned Concordia mine in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
Desalination promotion part of Colorado river agreement
Mexico and the USA agreed to promote cooperation on desalination technology through the construction of more competitive desalination plants as part of an agreement on the use of the Colorado river signed on 20 December 2010.
Mexican desalination plant could be funded in 2011
Resources could be assigned in 2011 for a 17,280 m³/d desalination plant at Guaymas on the Gulf of California in Mexico.
Mexican desalination plant to tender soon
Comision Estadal Del Agua De Baja California (CEA) in Mexico is to build a 21,600 m³/d desalination plant in the city of Ensenada, to be tendered with a 40% federal contribution towards its estimated cost of Peso 351.900 million (US$ 28.8 million). The successful tenderer will contribute the remaining 60%.
Colgate Palmolive joins Mexico's water reuse initiative
The Mexican national water agency Conagua has signed an agreement with Colgate Palmolive for the manufacturer to join the country's Initiative for Saving and Efficient Use of Water.
RWL-led Mexico seawater desalination project starts construction
A consortium of RWL Water Group and Mexico's, Libra Ingenieros Civiles and RJ Ingenieria has begun construction of 22,000 m3/d reverse osmosis (RO) seawater desalination plant in Mexico's Baja California.
Mexican desalination tender reported set for April
Conagua, the national water authority of Mexico, is reported to be set to launch a tender in April for a 21,500 m³/d desalination plant in Baja California.
Mexico seeks investment for Ensenada desalination plant
Mexico is looking for funding to build a desalination plant in Ensenada, Baja California, to supply drinking water to 96,000 people.
H2O Innovation to grow in Mexico
Canada-based water treatment specialist, H2O Innovation, is expanding its business activities in Mexico.
RWL consortium wins Baja California desalination deal
Mid market water treatment firm, RWL Water, in a consortium with Mexican partners, Libra Ingenieros and RJ Ingenieria, has won a contract to build a 22,000 m³/d seawater desalination plant in San Quintín, Baja California.
Gold miner opts for desalination to supply planned Mexican mine
The gold mining arm of energy firm, Chesapeake, has opted to use desalinated seawater to supply water for its proposed Metates gold and silver mining project in Durango state, Mexico. It has tendered for proposals to build and operate a 55Ml/d desalination facility to supply the mine with fresh water.
Mexico invests heavily in six new desalination projects
Mexico is investing more than one billion pesos in six initiatives to construct seawater reverse osmosis desalination plants on the country's coast where, according to national water authority Conagua, water availability is low while there is high potential for development.
Bank lends US$ 22 million to Korean firm to fund Mexican desalination project
The North American Development Bank has provided a U$ 22 million loan to South Korean company GS Inima Environment which is building a US$ 48 million, 28.5 Ml/d reverse osmosis desalination plant in Ensenada, Mexico.
Planned Mexican desalination plant to serve US utility
Reverse osmosis desalination company, Consolidated Water, has reported progress in its plan to build a seawater desalination plant in Mexico to supply a US water utility.
Degrémont eyes desalination contracts in Mexico
French water services company Degrémont is seeking to participate in a public tender to construct a desalination plant in three Mexican states according to a Mexican state news outlet.
Land-purchase brings Consolidated's Mexican SWRO nearer
The planned Rosarito seawater desalination project in Mexico close to the US border took a step nearer on 22 May 2014 when Consolidated Water Co Ltd announced that it had completed the land purchase for the project.
STS Apliclor to open new Madrid office
Barcelona-based Severn Trent Services - Apliclor, a leading supplier of water and wastewater solutions in Spain, has announced a range of strategic initiatives to expand the scope and geographic range of its business.
Degrémont to run all Perth's water and wastewater
France's Degrémont, which built the first Perth desalination plant in 2006, is to operate and maintain all the Western Australian city's water and wastewater assets for 10 years with a possible 5-year extension.
Consolidated expects more desalination in Mexico and Bali
Desalination supplier Consolidated Water Co, based in the Cayman Islands, says that its Rosarito project in Mexico has presented an opportunity for two other potential Mexican projects similar in size to its larger Caribbean operations.
Rochem and APTwater announce merger
A merger was announced on 9 November 2011 between APTwater Inc of California, USA, and Rochem AG of Switzerland.
Consolidated back with Rosarito desalination project
Cayman Islands company Consolidated Water Co is back on board the Rosarito desalination project in Baja California, Mexico. The 100 MGD (375,000 m³/d) seawater plant is designed to supply drinking water demand on both sides of the US/Mexico border.
Pressure-exchanger court case goes to Hauge
The latest round of the "pressure-exchanger wars" between inventor Leif J Hauge, his company Isobarix Inc and energy-recovery equipment manufacturer Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) has gone in favour of Hauge.
AMTA's Hall of Fame honours industry pioneers
A raft of industry awards was unveiled at the Membrane Technology Conference 2017, including AMTA's four-strong Hall of Fame 2017, which recognises pioneering careers in membrane technology.
Desalination and reuse in California/New Mexico get funding
US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced on 1 July 2009 27 water reclamation and reuse projects in California and New Mexico identified by the Bureau of Reclamation to share in a total of US$ 134.3 million under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Oil/gas sector MBR leads new H2O Innovation jobs
Supply of a membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater treatment and reuse system to an industrial user in the oil and gas industry in Alberta, Canada, was announced by H2 O Innovation Inc on 8 March 2012.
Food for thought for delegates at EDS conference
The continuously queuing water tankers in the road servicing the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre and its four adjacent hotels leave visitors in no doubt that Jordan is one of the most water-scarce countries in the world.
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Government: New vehicles averaged record 24.3 mpg in 2014
But falling gas prices and consumers’ rekindled love of SUVs could endanger future fuel economy gains
Government: New vehicles averaged record 24.3 mpg in 2014 But falling gas prices and consumers’ rekindled love of SUVs could endanger future fuel economy gains Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/1YkQaUI
Associated Press Published 12:53 p.m. ET Dec. 16, 2015
Washington — New cars and trucks averaged a record 24.3 miles per gallon last year, but falling gas prices and America’s rekindled love affair with SUVs could endanger future fuel economy gains.
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that fuel economy rose in 2014 by 0.2 mpg, from 24.1 mpg the year before, as the positive impact of technical improvements were nearly offset by resurgent consumer demand for larger vehicles.
That’s a second straight year of modest gains after efficiency improved a more robust 1.2 mpg between 2011 and 2012. Still, automakers exceeded overall federal targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions by a healthy margin.
“It’s clear that our standards are working, spurring technology and innovation, and we are on track to achieve significant greenhouse gas reductions,” said Chris Grundler, director of the EPA’s Office of Air Quality and Transportation.
The Detroit automakers, which rely heavily on pickup sales, continue to trail their foreign counterparts regarding average fuel economy.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV had the lowest adjusted fuel economy of 20.8 mpg for the 2014 model year, followed by General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. tied at 22.8 mpg.
Mazda had the highest adjusted fuel economy for model-year 2014 of 29.4 mpg. Four manufacturers closely followed the Japanese automaker — Subaru, Hyundai, Honda, and Nissan—with adjusted fuel economy values between 27 and 27.6 mpg.
For the 2015 model year, Fiat Chrysler is expected to increase to 21.8 mpg —nearly tying GM at 21.9 mpg but trailing Ford at 23.5 mpg.
Fiat Chrysler, in a statement, said it continues “to invest in relevant and effective technologies” as it maintains its “commitment to developing and producing vehicles that are increasingly fuel-efficient and compliant.”
“We have made significant strides — often exceeding industry averages — in improving the performance of those types of vehicles most preferred by our customers,” the company said.
To help meet future fuel economy regulations, Fiat Chrysler continued to purchase U.S. greenhouse gas emissions credits from rival automakers.
Fiat Chrysler acquired 8.2 million megagrams of emissions credits from the 2010-2014 model-year, including 1 million from Tesla for 2014. Megagram — equal to 1,000 kilograms — is how credits are reported to EPA by the manufacturers.
Fiat Chrysler had a credit balance of 13.8 million credits through the 2014 model year – far less than other automakers such as Toyota Motor Corp. at 81.3 million; GM at 30.4 million; and Ford at 27.5 million.
The agency’s fuel economy calculations are based on cars and trucks sold in the U.S. each model year. Grundler predicted slow growth again for 2015, but still expects automakers to meet ambitious government standards requiring a fleet-wide average of 54.5 mpg by 2025.
Environmental activists were less optimistic about the new numbers.
“While the auto industry may crow that it is technically in compliance, the bottom line is that automakers are no longer improving mileage and emissions, threatening the success of the 54.5 mpg clean-car goals,” said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign. “The auto industry is exploiting the program’s loopholes to boost gas-guzzler production and thwart the rules. It is making more SUVs and other light trucks than cars because trucks have weaker standards.”
In 2013, 7.82 million new trucks and SUVs were bought in the United States, just over half the new vehicles sold that year. But in 2014, the truck and SUV market share grew 2.1 percentage points to 8.6 million, according to Autodata Corp.
Truck sales have accelerated even more through the first 11 months of this year as gasoline dropped below $2 per gallon in many parts of the country. Through November, 55.2 percent of the new vehicles sold were trucks and SUVs — 8.74 million through November.
Sales of fuel-sipping hybrids and all-electric vehicles have remained largely flat. Automakers said Wednesday they must meet government standards while responding to what their customers want.
“Looking ahead, keeping up this pace of increasing fuel economy will be challenging, especially since our compliance is based on sales, not what we put on showroom floors,” said Scott Hall, spokesman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. “Consumer purchases of fuel-efficient vehicles still go up and down with the price of gasoline, and sales of our most energy-efficient vehicles will need to rise to meet future standards.”
Detroit News staff writer Michael Wayland contributed.
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Friday’s roundup: Catholic Central rally stuns Muskegon
C.C.’s Theo Day responded in his first start, throwing for 137 yards and two touchdowns.
Friday’s roundup: Catholic Central rally stuns Muskegon C.C.’s Theo Day responded in his first start, throwing for 137 yards and two touchdowns. Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/1EqwlHQ
James Hawkins, The Detroit News Published 12:01 a.m. ET Aug. 29, 2015 | Updated 6:58 a.m. ET Aug. 29, 2015
Allen Park 54, Taylor Kennedy 0
Taylor Kennedy runs out onto the field, Friday August 28, 2015, before its game against Allen Park in the Tim Hortons Prep Kickoff Classic at Tom Adams Field at Wayne State University in Detroit. Steve Perez, The Detroit News
Reid Paffhausen and Allen Park play at Wyandotte Roosevelt Thursday at 7 p.m. Steve Perez, Detroit News
Allen Park's Ryan Fish enters the end zone for a touchdown against Taylor Kennedy. Steve Perez, The Detroit News
Allen Park's Ryan Fish (5) celebrates his touchdown with Jack Lessnau (73) against Taylor Kennedy. Steve Perez, The Detroit News
Taylor Kennedy's head coach Jim Carlisle speak with quarterback Patrick Jackson. Steve Perez, The Detroit News
Allen Park's James Whiteford (83) snags a pass as Taylor Kennedy's ILand Aerson (1) attempts a tackle. Steve Perez, The Detroit News
Allen Park's quarterback Antonio Mangiapane (2) is brought down by Taylor Kennedy's I'Land Amerson (1) on a keeper. Steve Perez, The Detroit News
Allen Park's Reid Paffhausen (3) enters the end zone for a touchdown in the first quarter against Taylor Kennedy. Steve Perez, The Detroit News
Allen Park head coach Tom Hoover signals to the team. Steve Perez, The Detroit News
Allen Park's Reid Paffhausen (3) is pushed out of bounds by Taylor Kennedy's Ke'Shon Remmer (32). Steve Perez, The Detroit News
Allen Park fans stand along the sidelines during the game against Taylor Kennedy. Steve Perez, The Detroit News
Allen Park's Ryan Fish (5), tries to break away for yardage against Taylor Kennedy. Steve Perez, The Detroit News
Alex Hinojosa Steve Perez, Detroit News
Ryan Fish scores for Allen Park in its 54-0 victory over Taylor Kennedy in a Prep Kickoff Classic game at Wayne State.(Photo: Steve Perez/Detroit News)
Novi — Friday night was a coming out party for Detroit Catholic Central sophomore quarterback Theo Day.
After trailing Muskegon 12-0 heading into halftime of its heavyweight clash and its vaunted ground-and-pound run game virtually non-existent, C.C. coach Tom Mach opened the playbook in the second half.
And Day responded in his first start, throwing for 137 yards and two touchdowns as C.C. rallied and used a last-minute stand to stun Muskegon, 15-12, in a rematch of last year’s season opener.
C.C.’s comeback began in the third quarter when Day hit a wide-open Alex Bock over the middle on a fourth-and-10. Bock turned and ran in untouched for a 28-yard score to cut it to 12-7 with 8:27 left. C.C. kept scrapping as Day continued to make plays. On a third-and-goal from the Muskegon 10, Day rolled out and tiptoed the right sideline before threading the needle to Michael Edwards in the back of the end zone. Day then found Bock in the flat to convert the two-point conversion and give C.C. a 15-12 lead with 11:52 remaining.
But Muskegon tried a comeback of its own late in the fourth. After getting the ball back at its 41 with 2:11 left, it drove to the C.C. 7 with under 20 seconds remaining and nearly took the lead as quarterback Kalil Pimpleton hit a receiver in the back corner of the end zone, but the ball was caught out of bounds.
Then with one second left, Muskegon lined up for the tying field goal but missed wide left.
Jared Pittman rumbled up the middle for a 12-yard touchdown to put Muskegon up 6-0 with 3:29 left in the first.
From that point on, it was all about defense. Muskegon limited C.C. to one first down and 11 yards of total offense in the first half while racking up seven tackles for loss, including a pair of sacks.
C.C.’s defense bounced back, forcing three consecutive three-and-outs after surrendering the early score.
In the waning seconds before halftime, Muskegon’s P.P. Copeland caught a pass in the flat and took it 45 yards to the C.C. 1. But a holding penalty wiped out the gain and three plays later, Matthew Young came up with C.C.’s second interception to end the half.
Muskegon extended its lead on its first possession of the second half when Jacorey Sullivan caught a pass over the middle, broke away from one CC defender and stiff-armed another while racing in for a 76-yard score, making it 12-0 with 9:28 left in the third.
Allen Park 54, Taylor Kennedy 0: Ryan Fish ran for 74 yards and three touchdowns to lead Allen Park in the Prep Kickoff Classic at Adams Field. Fish also caught a 24-yard touchdown pass from Antonio Mangiapane.
Clawson 35, Armada 34 (OT): Kourtney Manley was 13-of-25 for 188 passing yards and two touchdowns, Cam Jones had 24 carries for 107 yards and two touchdowns and Colin McKnight picked up his teammate’s fumble in overtime and ran it for the winning score for Clawson.
Detroit Allen Academy 12, Detroit Southeastern 6: Santangho Reynolds had 13 rushes for 95 yards, Darrius Adkins had two catches for 75 yards as well as a crucial 65-yard punt return touchdown for Allen.
Detroit Consortium 22, Detroit Henry Ford 20 (OT): Luster Johnson had two interceptions, one returned for a touchdown and had a 61-yard touchdown reception and one forced fumble and Desmend Glover had 17 carries for 142 yards and one touchdown for Consortium.
Detroit Osborn 44, Windsor E.J. Lajeunesse 6: Juan Thomas ran 20 times for 180 yards and two touchdowns, Ortez Coleman had 10 carries for 120 yards and a touchdown and Anton Brown returned an interception for a touchdown for Osborn.
Detroit Western 28, Detroit Central 0: K’lari Sweeney completed 8-of-14 passes for 160 yards and a touchdown, and he ran for another. Kareem Ray ran the ball 17 times for 148 yards and a touchdown, and Jaye Patrick caught six passes for 85 yards and a score for Western.
Garden City 36, Ferndale 22: John Giangrande had 89 yards rushing and a touchdown and Cameron Walter had 30 yards receiving for Garden City.
Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 44, Detroit Edison Academy 12: Connor McCarron threw for 370 yards and five touchdowns, Tommy Jackson had 165 receiving yards and three touchdowns and Brady McCarron had 10 tackles for University Liggett.
Livonia Stevenson 49, Livonia Franklin 39: Gino D’Agostino had six catches for 132 yards and two touchdowns and a 79-yard punt return for a score. Austin Petrie had 12 carries for 114 yards and three touchdowns and Chris Tanderys was 9-for-15 for 186 yards and two touchdowns for Stevenson.
Macomb Lutheran North 34, Livonia Clarenceville 23: Mitchell Visbara made 14 tackles and accounted for 150 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns, and Charles Kruse completed 15 of 23 passes for 216 yards and two TDs and rushed for a third for Lutheran North.
River Rouge 41, Romulus 12: Quarterback Antoine Burgess threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, Lenell Martin rushed for a touchdown and Eric Chenault made eight solo tackles and deflected two passes for River Rouge. Quarterback Sevann Williams had 121 combined yards and DeVon Mines made seven tackles, including two sacks, for Romulus.
Riverview 41, Ecorse 0: Eric Gant rushed the ball 11 times for 91 yards and a touchdown, Tyler Chase ran for two touchdowns and Brian Gubbini caught a TD pass for Riverview.
Southfield Bradford 48, Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 6: Lorenzo Hampton caught two touchdown passes, George Sadler had a 60-yard punt return for a touchdown, Thomas Hurt had a 40-yard touchdown run and Travious Dunning had two interceptions, returning one for a touchdown, for Bradford.
Southfield-Lathrup 21, Detroit University Prep 6: Sterling Alexander ran seven times for 54 yards, including a 3-yard touchdown, Keith Powe ran one in from 1 yard out and Evan Curley caught a 7-yard touchdown pass from Bryce Veasley for Lathrup.
Utica 41, Fraser 31: Kumehnnu Gwilly had 27 carries for 397 yards and six touchdowns for Utica. Luke Warchol ran 21 times for 121 yards and Ian Casey was 8-of-16 for 171 yards and two touchdowns for Fraser.
Warren Fitzgerald 48, Hazel Park 12: Najon Moore had 22 carries for 155 yards and two touchdowns, Stephen Gregerson had five carries for 57 yards and a touchdown and was 7-for-10 for 87 yards and a touchdown for Fitzgerald.
James Hawkins is a freelance writer. Detroit News staff contributed.
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The spectacular variety of
marine life is what keeps
divers coming back.
Explore the unexplored, as Myamar, sometimes called Burma, offers a glimpse into unspoilt reefs and undiscovered wanders. Myanmar homes some best diving sites around the world including the Mergui Archipelago, which is consisted of more than 800 islands.
Myanmar diving sites are all spectacular and every each of them offers different diving experience depending on divers preference. One of these is the very known Bruma Banks, which are collection of seamounts surrounded by water bodies. Black Rock, High Rock, Cockscomb Island, Rocky Peaks, Sharks’ Cave, and Western Rocy are also some of the diving sites Myanmar has.
Dive and discover yourself the breathtaking view Myanmar has underwater. Healthy corals, wide reefs and numerous fishes await you as you venture the area. For macro marine lovers, Frogfish, Lobsters, Crabs and Shrimps in differen colors will surely fulfill your dream. Manta Rays, Octopus, Cuttlefish and Ghost Pipefish will be some of your swim buddies. Being lucky enough, you can also have a sight of Whales and Nurse Sharks.
Myanmar has two monsoon seasons making the country a tropical one. Summer starts at October and ends in May, here, the seas are calm and the sky is clear. On the other hand, wind starts blowing harder and rain starts at June and ends in September.
Water depth ranges from 5 to more than 40 meters with a visibility of 5-50 meters. Currents depends on the weather condition but it is oftenly strong and the surface can be rough. Water temperature plays around 25 to 28 degree Celsius.
Myanmar is good for Intermediate to Advanced divers. It is also photographers and adventure seekers friendly.
Yangon Internation Airport is the main hub getting here in Myanmar. But if you want to go to Mergui Archipelago, take a local flight or local bus trips, which will take two to three days. There’s a easy way to get there, you need to take liveaboards with destinations in Myanmar which frequently leave from Ranong, Thailand.
Spoil yourself and dive the untouched beauty of Myanmar!
Currency: Burmese Kyat
Language: Burmese
Capital: Naypyidaw
Electricity: Europlug, Schuko, Indian socket
Government: Unitary parliamentary republic
Timezone: UTC+06:30
Network Providers: Ooredoo, Telenor, MPT
National Airline: Myanmar Airways
Covering a total area of 678,000 square kilometers, whereas 657,740 sq. km. occupies land and the remaining occupies water, Myanmar is located at Southeast Asia.
The population of the country is around 60 million. It has 35 national races, of which the main national races are Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Bamar, Mon, Rakhine and Shan. The religion in the country is mainly Buddhism, and some are Christians, Islam and Hindu.
The country is rich in mineral resources such as petroleum, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, timber, tin, antimony, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, some marble and hydropower.
Myanmar is blessed with a rich diversity. Animals and plants come in variety of species. It has more than 300 known mammal species, 300 reptiles about 100 bird species and a sanctum for more than 7000 species of plant life. The richness of Myanmar in it biodiversity is considered as their asset, with that, they have regulations to protect these resources.
From June to September, Myanmar’s climate is typically cloudy, hot and humid summer. Rainfall, mild temperature and lower humidity are experienced during winter which starts at December and ends in April.
The destinations of International flights to Myanmar are Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi airports. Commonly, travelers travel from Bangkok to Yangon, but there are also direct flights offer in some countries like Singapore and Malaysia.
Travelers are advised to have their regular medication. Have a vaccine againsts flu, typhoid and other commonly transferred disease. There is a high budget allocation for the health sector of Myanmar. This budget is mainly used in advancing the infrastructure and technology of health sectors in the country.
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Disneyland Paris tantalises with new ‘Ratatouille: The Adventure’ press releases
Saturday, 31st May 2014 at 23:53
Rémy is almost ready for his Walt Disney Studios Park debut. Today, Disneyland Paris continues to tease the most anticipated new Disney Park attraction of 2014 with a new press information pack, tantalisingly filled with more information and confirmations about the ride, restaurant and La Place de Rémy as 10th July approaches.
About the ride itself, Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy, the release at last announces in official print the trackless ride vehicles and “enormous 3D projection system”. Newly revealed is that there will be five colours of ride vehicle, or “ratmobile” as they’re known. As expected, the six-seater vehicles will travel in groups of three through the ride, with each vehicle able to travel on its own, separate, unpredictable route.
Much of the experience’s storyline can now be pieced together, beginning on the Paris rooftops and following Rémy in a chase through the kitchens as he creates a special meal for us, the guests, or — in this story — fellow rats.
This leads nicely, of course, into Bistrot Chez Rémy next door, which will indeed serve a menu mostly consisting of steak entrecote, french fries and a side of ratatouille in a very fun dining room built entirely to rat-size from huge props.
Finally, even more fantastic details and nods for La Place de Rémy are revealed, with final props including Linguini’s bicycle, Colette’s motorbike and Chef Skinner’s stolen Vespa. The area will also include two named thoroughfares: Allée des Marchands and Rue Auguste Gusteau.
Meanwhile, several new images (below) have surfaced online showing the practically finished interiors of the Paris rooftops loading area, cold storage scene and Bistrot Chez Rémy dining room, featuring Imagineers and Tom Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
The development is almost ready to be handed over, and the first previews will begin in just a few weeks’ time including an official press opening event on 21st-22nd June.
The complete Ratatouille: The Adventure press release:
Official opening date:
Experience the magic of Ratatouille on 10 July 2014 at Walt Disney Studios Park
It’s officially on the menu: on 10 July 2014, Disneyland Paris unveils a new world dedicated to the Disney•Pixar film Ratatouille. Named La Place de Rémy in tribute to the “little chef,” this all-new mini-land will open in Walt Disney Studios Park and will feature a completely original attraction, inspired by Rémy’s adventures in the film.
The all-new attraction, the 60th to open at Disneyland Paris, is called Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy. Guests are shrunk down to the size of a rat and board “ratmobiles” for a zany culinary adventure through Gusteau’s famous restaurant. From a Paris rooftop to the restaurant’s bustling kitchen, cavernous food locker and busy dining room under the careful watch of Chef Skinner… this tasty adventure is full of twists and turns.
Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy anchors La Place de Rémy, a corner of the park’s Toon Studios that has been transformed into a Ratatouille-inspired version of The City of Light. This brand new mini-land, exclusive to Walt Disney Studios Park, also features Bistrot Chez Rémy, a table service restaurant serving, among other delicious dishes, the little chef’s famous ratatouille in a larger-than-life setting. A special boutique*, “Chez Marianne – Souvenirs de Paris”, will also open its doors.
Released in 2007, Ratatouille , which won the Oscar for best animated feature film, tells the story of Rémy, a rat who dreams of becoming a renowned French chef. Filmgoers got to know him in an adventure that took him to the top Paris restaurants. With the arrival of Rémy at Walt Disney Studios Park, guests will find themselves in the middle of his exciting culinary adventure.
Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy is a first of its kind Disney attraction that features trackless ride vehicles matched to enormous 3D projections of original animation by Pixar Animation Studios. The attraction takes creative imagination and technical know-how, the hallmarks of Walt Disney Imagineering, to create a state-of-the-art storytelling experience. The crazy culinary adventure begins 10 July 2014 , exclusively at Walt Disney Studios Park, Disneyland Paris.
The 60th ride at Disneyland Paris
The culinary world of the Disney•Pixar film Ratatouille comes to life in Ratatouille L’Aventure Totalement Toquée De Rémy, a first of its kind Disney attraction that uses trackless ride vehicles matched to an enormous 3D projection system featuring original animation from Pixar Animation Studios.
Guests shrink down to the size of a rat and join Rémy, the “little chef” from the film for a crazy culinary adventure that sends them scurrying through the kitchen, dining room, and walls of Gusteau’s famous Paris restaurant.
The adventure begins when guests become rat-sized and board a « ratmobile », a vehicle that looks like a cute version of the furry rodents from the film. Soon the ratmobiles are on a Paris rooftop where they encounter Rémy and the ghost of Gusteau as they discuss the special meal Rémy wants to prepare in guests’ honor. Moments later, Rémy’s excitement leads to him and the ratmobiles plummeting down to the kitchen floor of Gusteau’s restaurant. Being rats in a human world is fraught with danger, so Rémy and his new friends in the ratmobiles have to quickly move out of sight before Chef Skinner spots them. Rémy leads the way as all of the rats move from one tight hiding place to another. Luckily, Rémy’s human pal Linguini is there to help.
Ride in the “ratmobile”
Guests will discover a vehicle that is, shall we say, a little unusual, letting them enjoy the experience as though they were the size of our lovable little rodents. Welcome to the ratmobile! Specially designed by our Imagineers, this strange and amazing car, which will make all real rodents green with envy, comes in five colours. It is great for families since it holds six passengers. The ratmobile travels in groups of three, but like real rats, none of them follows the same route. They move using a technology that requires no rails.
Now guests can really experience what it’s like to be a furry little rodent in a human-sized world as they dart quickly from hiding place to hiding place during this zany culinary adventure.
La Place de Rémy:
Disneyland tribute to Paris
The new attraction, Ratatouille L’Aventure Totalement Toquée De Rémy, will be located in a new area of Walt Disney Studios Park called La Place de Rémy in honour of the energetic “little chef” from the film and the city he loves, Paris. This new mini-land pays tribute to the real City of Light while at the same time evoking the whimsical Paris seen in the film.
Also on the Ratatouille-inspired menu is a restaurant, and not just any restaurant, but Bistrot Chez Rémy, with a similar atmosphere and proportions to the restaurant experienced at the end of the attraction. Completing the mini-land, and arriving in the autumn, is a new boutique, once again paying tribute to France: “Chez Marianne – Souvenirs de Paris”.
The Paris of Ratatouille draws inspiration from several iconic neighbourhoods of the City of Light. Place Dauphine and Boulevard Haussmann particularly influence its architectural design. The colours of building façades and the entire neighbourhood are purposefully more intense than in real-life Paris. The Imagineers chose the Paris of the Ratatouille film world which is a valentine to the City of Light. The vitality of the film is completely preserved.
One of the most important elements of La Place de Rémy is its fountain. Filmgoers saw a typically Parisian example in front of Gusteau’s restaurant in the film. To recreate it in the Park, the Imagineers studied many Parisian fountains. The inspiration for our fountain was found in Place des Vosges, with its circular basins and lion heads spouting water. Once the shape and dimensions were decided, the designer Harley Jessup, who worked on the film
Ratatouille, personally added the finishing touches that make reference to Rémy, his rat friends and the kitchen. Gourmet rats, of course, hold up sculpted bottles of freely flowing champagne.
La Place de Rémy will include two main streets: Allée des Marchands and Rue Auguste Gusteau. A tribute to the world’s greatest chef, Paul Bocuse, who provided plenty of inspiration for the creators of Ratatouille, will be unveiled on the central square near Bistrot Chez Rémy. The lampposts and benches will also be typically Parisian. Thanks to all these elements created by Disney’s Imagineers, guests will be able to stroll through Paris as it appears in Ratatouille. Fans will also be able to spot references to the film, such as Linguini’s bicycle, Colette’s motorbike or the Vespa stolen by the dreaded Chef Skinner.
Ratatouille on the menu
at Bistrot Chez Rémy
Delicious French cuisine, like that presented in the Disney•Pixar film Ratatouille, can now be enjoyed by all in Bistrot Chez Rémy, a themed table service restaurant inspired by the world and recipes of the film. The upscale, but light-hearted 370-person restaurant is the creation of Rémy, the rat who loves to cook, and is located in a new corner of Walt Disney Studios Park that’s been transformed into a Ratatouille-themed version of The City of Light. Join us for lunch or dinner at Bistrot Chez Rémy from 10 July 2014.
Bistrot Chez Rémy will welcome guests into a world where they are shrunk to the size of rats immersing them in an oversized world where jam jar lids serve as table tops and champagne corks are turned into chairs. Designed by Rémy and his friends, the restaurant also features everyday human items made large like paper cocktail umbrellas turned into parasols, giant cookbooks standing on end, and plates used to separate seating areas.
On the menu during this Ratatouille-inspired experience, Rémy has prepared a unique menu that includes entrecote, chips, and of course, ratatouille! The “little chef” recommends a seasonal salad to start and a choice of dessert: a selection of French cheeses, including Brie de Meaux, and a fruit salad. Bon appétit!
From fantasy to reality with the creators
of Disney’s attractions, the Imagineers
Guiding Disneyland Paris guests from the dream of animated films to the reality of the Parks with their illusions intact takes more than the wave of a magic wand. It’s all in a day’s work for the Imagineers. This unique group of Creative and Technical people transforms the biggest animated films into immersive experiences you’ll find nowhere else.
The birth of the Imagineers
Walt Disney Imagineering was formed by Walt Disney in 1952 to plan, design and build Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California. Today, Imagineers are responsible for the creation, from concept initiation through installation, of all Disney resorts, parks, attractions, cruise ships and new entertainment venues all over the world. The Imagineering team includes planners, artists, designers, project managers, engineers, architects, art directors, audiovisual specialists, animators, production groups, programmers, site planners, financial analysts and researchers – more than 140 unique disciplines in total. But their work doesn’t stop there: they also design and create restaurants, boutiques and hotels, in short, everything that contributes to “immersing” guests in the magic of Disney.
The unique strength of Walt Disney Imagineering lies in its fusion of creative and technical talents, building new types of shows and entertainment inspired by Disney’s dreams and stories. Thanks to their expertise, Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy puts state-of-the-art technology to work, to bring the story to life. John Lasseter who not only directs the Disney and Pixar animation studios but also holds the position of Principal Creative Advisor with Walt Disney Imagineering, himself said, “I promise you that we will not only continue to make the best films, but also the best attractions.”
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Steve 1st June 2014, 19:02
Rats. I will be there tomorrow and I head back to the USA June 10. My last chance to hope for a soft opening would be June 9 :(
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Future of Videoconferencing, Telepresence in the Clouds
From high-end systems to mobile devices available
J.J. Smith ⋅ Oct 31, 2011
Revolabs’ FLX Conference Phone
How an organization will conduct its future telepresence and videoconferencing activities will likely depend on if it wants to project a “high-end” image, what services “the cloud” offers or when video chatting becomes part of the culture, say representatives of firms that provide that equipment or those services.
Martin Bodley, the president and CEO of Revolabs, a wireless microphone system company, says he has been around audiovisual products for the last 15 years. “I know a lot about the history of video conferencing, and how it’s being adopted, and in the last couple of years the changes have been more dramatic than during the previous 15 years,” he said.
What is changing videoconferencing is the “wide spread adoption” of hand-held devices that have video cameras embedded in them, Bodley said. Laptops, iPads, tablets and iPhone are now being equipped with cameras that face the user, so they can access FaceTime, Skype or Video Chat on those devices. That is making video communication “more and more a part of everyone’s life,” and those user want to see the person they are talking to, said Bodley, who added he has a 14-year-old daughter who constantly engages in video chatting either with her laptop or iPhone. “It’s hard to imagine that young people, once they get to the age where they’re in the workplace, are just going to abandon that,” he said.
Cyviz’s C1
It is likely that in a decade the workplace will look different from what it does today, Bodley said. Desktop phones are incorporating video cameras and high-resolution screens, but the desktop phone might be replaced by a tablet, there is uncertainty over that right now, he said. Nonetheless, he is sure there will always be a need for good audio. “An organization can have the highest resolution screens available, with great cameras, but if you lose the audio, you go back to hand signals,” he said.
So Revolabs offers the FLX Conference Phone, which is a “cutting edge conference phone,” Bodley said. The FLX is a speaker that can provide up to four small and wireless microphones. A user can place the microphones wherever they are needed in a room, he said. In addition, the FLX does all of the signal processing and will remove noise, cancel echo, gate the microphones, turn them on and off, and has automatic gain control, so everyone sounds as if they are speaking at the same level, even if a speaker is a quiet talker and another speaker is “a yeller.”
For those organizations that seek a high-end telepresence product, Cyviz offers its C1 telepresence system, said Mark Sincevich, Cyviz’s director of federal. Everything Cyviz does involves some sort of telepresence, and the firm is “focused on the command and control market, the executive conference rooms,” he said. “And it’s all related to collaborative telepresence,” he said.
“Users can certainly get a conference room, or even a command and control room without video conferencing, but we like to think that video conferencing is part of the whole solution,” Sincevich said. The approach Cyviz takes in producing its products is based on three principles:
A common operating environment in which products look and feel the same
A building block approach so a user can start with a one-channel wall, or one projector, or one flat-panel wall, and build up as needs and budget allow
Simplicity, which involves ease of deployment; ease of use; and ease of operation
Based on those principles, video conferencing conducted using the C1 will enable a user to simultaneously share data applications. The C1 also provides efficient data sharing in full HD resolution, creating flexibility for the user. While conducting a videoconference both parties can place relevant information on the screen “on the fly,” either as a separate “picture in picture” (PIP), or embedded in the conference window. In addition, Cyviz provides the “Collaboration Suite” as an optional feature of the Cyviz C1. The organic shape of the Collaboration Suite encourages round-table discussions while keeping the focus on the main display, and the seats provide comfort during long work-sessions, the company says.
HAIVISION’S MAKO
Haivision obtained a position within the telepresence market because it makes encoder technology—specifically the codec engine known as Mako—that is used in the telepresence industry, said Peter Maag, Haivision’s executive vice president. “We don’t actually have out of the box telepresence systems, but our codecs are used to put together custom communications systems,” he said. “In other words, beautiful audiovisual communications systems are put together based on highly advanced codec technology,” he said.
T he Mako codec is a bidirectional, high definition, computer graphics communications system that offers the high HD quality, and the lowest latency, Maag said. The Mako system achieved 70-millisecond end-to-end transmission latency, compared to the transmission latency of traditional telepresence or video conferencing codecs that are recorded at 200 milliseconds or above, he added.
NEFSIS
For those organizations that need teleconferencing, but have limited budgets, there is the online-service provided by Nefsis, which is a multi-point, video, online conferencing service, said Tom Toperczer, Nefsis’ vice president of marketing. “This is a case of online services and cloud computing starting to overlap and become a category within an established industry,” he said.
H ow Nefsis works is a user obtains a license, which allows access to the service through the “cloud,” Toperczer said. The user can then use the service in a conference rooms or at desktops, he said. Despite being cloud based, Nefsis delivers the same HD video quality that would accompany a boardroom installation, he added. But it is done with inexpensive webcams and off the shelf video peripherals, he said. The benefits for users are lower costs and it is much easier to maintain and expand. An example of how it might be expanded is an organization that has multi-point video, might want to reach desktops and multi-purpose conference rooms, but it does so without the need for onsite infrastructure, he said. “That’s the whole point of cloud computing, all of those infrastructure components disappear,” he added. “They simply become something that’s built into the cloud.”
VADDIO’S HOT-SHOT
Those who still want a videoconferencing infrastructure can look to Vaddio, which offers the Hot-Shot Preset Camera Controller, said Kelly Perkins, Vaddio’s CTS marketing and communications specialist. Vaddio’s approach is to partner with video conferencing manufacturers such as Polycom, LifeSize and Tandberg, and enhance the codec in the products they create. In addition, Vaddio offers products like the Hot-Shot, which adds automated PTZ camera control to a videoconferencing system camera.
Vaddio’s Hot-Shot Preset Camera Controller
By using the camera presets stored in the codec, the Hot-Shot controller can be externally triggered by any number of different trigger devices such as a microphone switcher/mixer, StepVIEW presence-sensing mats, AutoVIEW IR sensors, the new PresenterPOD or any other triggering/logic output device, Perkins said. Each Hot-Shot controller can control up to 36 presets.
Currently the Hot-Shot preset recall commands work with the Polycom HDX-8000 and HDX-900 Series, LifeSize Room System Series, TANDBERG C40, C60 and C90, and the older TANDBERG 6000MXP and 3000MXP Series. The Hot-Shot is good for council type meetings because it set presets in the cameras which are geared to different seats, so each camera is preset to point and shoot at each specific location when the person sitting there is speaking, Perkins said.
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U.S. Army Orders More Than 300 Micro Robots
Recon Scout XT are used to maximize situational awareness and standoff distance during route and compound clearing
GovtVideo ⋅ Oct 5, 2011
The U.S. Army has ordered 315 Recon Scout XT micro-robot kits and an equal number of SearchStick devices from ReconRobotics Inc. in a contract valued at $4.8 million.
ReconRobotics expects to deliver the micro-robot systems by the end of October, according to Ernest Langdon, the company’s director of military programs. “The era of the personal robot has arrived for U.S. troops and, like the ballistic vest and night vision goggles, our Recon Scout XTs will save many lives,” Langdon said.
ReconRobotics is “extremely proud that the U.S. military has chosen ReconRobotics to help protect our warfighters as they conduct dismounted operations in theater,” he added.
Recon Scout XT micro-robots are deployed at the fire-team level—a robot for each four- to six-man fire team—to maximize situational awareness and standoff distance during route and compound clearing operations.
The SearchStick enables warfighters to convert any Recon Scout Throwbot into a pole camera, which warfighters can use to see over compound walls, onto rooftops and into culverts.
More than 2,000 of the company’s Recon Scout systems have been deployed by the U.S. military and allied forces and by hundreds of law enforcement agencies worldwide. Warfighters use the Recon Scout system to determine the layout of the enclosed spaces, identify potential improvised explosive devices and the fix the location of friendly, indigenous or enemy personnel.
Recon Scout XT weighs 1.2 pounds, can be deployed in 5 seconds and thrown up to 120 feet. It can be controlled with a single button and can be recharged in the field using standard 5590 or 2590 batteries.
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The Great Aurora of 1859
Neokentin 7 months ago
On the evening of September 2, 1859, after the sun went down on the western hemisphere, a spectacular show of light began on the skies above. Streams of luminous cloud in blue, green, purple and sometimes red shot upwards from the horizon in the north and filled the entire sky. Many people thought that there was a large fire burning somewhere. Others took it as a sign from the heavens of some great disaster that’s about to befall man. Few realized what they were looking at, because many of them had never seen the Northern lights before, and never will.
The day before, the first of September, was warm and sunny, and British astronomer Richard Carrington was looking at the sun through his telescope in his “well-appointed private observatory.” The telescope was trained to project an 11-inch-wide image of the sun on a screen, and Carrington was skillfully drawing the sunspots he saw. For the past few days, Carrington was keeping track of a large and complicated group of sunspots on the solar disc. As Carrington was making observation that day, he noticed two dots of intensely bright light appear over the sunspots, that intensified rapidly and took the shape of a kidney bean. After reaching a maximum intensity, the bright dots began to fade and disappeared five minutes after Carrington first noticed them. Carrington did not know what it was, but he realized it was something of enormous importance.
Sunspots of September 1, 1859, as sketched by Richard Carrington.
By happenstance, another British astronomer, Richard Hodgson, was also observing the Sun at the same time that morning and he too observed what is now known as a solar flare. It was the first time anybody had ever witnessed a solar flare, and it so happened that the solar flare of September 1, 1859, was a very powerful one. But that was hardly a coincidence. Most flares require special filters to be seen from Earth, and these equipment had not been invented at that time. Only the most intense flare, like the one seen by Carrington and Hodgson, is visible in the visible spectrum.
Eighteen hours later, the mass of charged particles ejected from the sun hit earth and bathed the entire blue planet in aurora so bright that one could read a newspaper as easily as in daylight. So intense was the solar storm that the aurora was visible all over North America, even as south as the Caribbean. In the Southern hemisphere, thousands of people witnessed the grand display from south-central Mexico, Queensland, Cuba, Hawaii, and even from latitudes very close to the equator, such as Colombia.
A magnificent solar storm erupted out into space on August 31, 2012. This image was captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite.
Newspapers the following day featured glowing reports about aurora that turned night into day.
“For the first time in several years we had last night a grand exhibition of the ‘Northern Lights’,” wrote San Francisco Daily National. “The light was so brilliant that it shone on Telegraph Hill and the upper story and cupola of Wright’s building like the reflection of an extensive conflagration. The light, or rather columns of light, were of a deep red hue, and at one time extended from the horizon almost to the zenith.”
“Vivid streams of light shot up from the horizon in the north, extending from east and west, which were at times red, and presented the appearance of the reflection from a large fire. The atmosphere was so strongly illuminated that it appeared as if the moon were shining, and rays of light, resembling the rays from the sun as reflected upwards from the back of a cloud, continued to be brilliantly visible during the whole time,” came the report from The London Morning Post.
“The horizon from north to north east became of a deep crimson hue, which expanding slowly, made the sky appear as if lighted by a Bengal fire. At first it was supposed that some great conflagration had taken place on the outskirts of the city, but it was soon recognized that no natural firs could produce this particular hue,” observed the New Orleans Daily.
The dazzling visuals were also accompanied by large-scale havoc. Telegraph systems across the world went haywire as sparks flew from equipment, giving electric shocks to operators, and setting papers on fire. An employee at Boston’s telegraph office discovered that he could disconnect the batteries powering the lines and still transmit and receive messages from Portland, using aurora-induced electric currents in the wires. The Daily Chronicle and Sentinel reported that the system actually worked better without the batteries connected.
To date, the aurorae seen in September, 1859, was the most intense in the last 160 years. If a solar storm of such intensity were to hit earth today, it would cause widespread disruption of the high-tech infrastructure that underlie pretty much every modern convenience we use today—the power grid, the internet, mobile networks, telephone networks, television signals, even urban water supplies. Satellites would be knocked out, including GPS, which has become ubiquitous with cell phones but is also indispensible for essential services such airplane and marine navigation. Airplanes will be grounded, banking transactions will not take place, and even critical equipment in hospitals would stop working. A Carrington-class solar storm “could effectively send the world back to the Dark Ages,” says Science Alert.
Earth was almost struck by a storm of such ferocity in July 2012. The large cloud of hot plasma went through the earth’s orbit but missed the planet by only nine days. According to Daniel Baker of the University of Colorado, the storm was as powerful as the one in 1859. “If it had hit,” said Baker, “we would still be picking up the pieces.”
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Delaware gets #bodypositive
Delawareans follow stars’ lead and embrace feeling good about their health, bodies
Delaware gets #bodypositive Delawareans follow stars’ lead and embrace feeling good about their health, bodies Check out this story on delawareonline.com: http://delonline.us/1TekkM3
Jen Rini, The News Journal Published 8:15 p.m. ET Aug. 9, 2015 | Updated 7:40 a.m. ET Aug. 12, 2015
Brendan Brown trains his mother Robin at Anytime Fitness in Bear on Thursday morning.(Photo: KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL)Buy Photo
Skinny isn’t a word in Susan Albanese’s vocabulary.
To the 20-year career traveling fitness instructor and nutrition counselor, being fit is all about how you feel not how you look.
“I’m never going to have a six pack abs ... but I’m healthy and I am going to live longer,” Albanese said.
Albanese, like many others these days, is embracing the body positive mantra.
Model Chrissy Tiegan revealed her stretch marks on Instagram.
Danielle Brooks, known for her role as Taystee on the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” posted a shirtless selfie at the gym with the hashtag #yesmythighstouch.
The Huffington Post reported that Kate Winslet tells her 14-year-old daughter, “We are so lucky we have a shape. We’re so lucky we’re curvy. We’re so lucky that we’ve got good bums.”
There’s an obsession in the media with body image and digitally altering photos, said Steve Goodwin, a behavioral health and nutrition professor at the University of Delaware. But there’s been a gradual shift away from that, and people are saying enough is enough.
“Sorry, this is my body,” Goodwin said, adding more people are embracing the act of exercising and eating healthy and not so much focusing on the results.
“This is, I think, a much healthier approach,” Goodwin said
Brittany Hall, 25, of Delaware City, said she was bullied for being a fat kid when she was younger. That’s a big part of her insecurity sometimes, she said.
But a couple weeks ago she decided to put it behind her. Now she’s started a personal training regimen at Anytime Fitness in Bear. She does at least 30-minute sessions and tries to eat a balanced diet.
“To me, skinny is bad. I just want to be healthy,” Hall said.
You are the way you are for a reason, says Robin Brown, of Newark.
“I’m 57 years old. I plan to live long and live strong,” she said.
Brown has her son Brendan as her personal trainer, but she’s not trying to fit a typical body type. When she was younger, she admits she’d get self-conscious working out and wanted to stay slim. But now, she’s pretty much over that.
“Begin to love you,” she says
The worst is over, adds Albanese, of Hartly.
“Now more people are embracing [their] body,” she said. “Women nowadays, we work out to be healthier, stronger and fight off diseases.”
Albanese, 52, knows she’s not a Barbie doll, but her energy is infectious. She teaches Shaun T insanity workout classes, body pump, yoga and leads a running club. She’s completed four half-marathons, which are 13.2 miles.
“The more I ran the more self confidence I got. You can take a class and slack. When you go for a run you have to get back home,” she said.
But, she’ll enjoy a beer every now and again.
“You got to live,” she joked.
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Republican ‘outsiders’ are mainstream
The views of Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson are not that fresh or ‘outside’
Republican ‘outsiders’ are mainstream The views of Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson are not that fresh or ‘outside’ Check out this story on delawareonline.com: http://delonline.us/1KzsDes
Bloomberg News Published 12:13 p.m. ET Sept. 25, 2015
Political cartoon(Photo: Jim Morin)
The staying power of the three outsider candidates in the Republican presidential race is supposed to signal voters’ yearning for fresh, bold solutions to the nation’s problems.
So what do Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson have to offer that the conventional Republican candidates don’t? The answer may surprise you.
On economic policy at least, the three outsiders are pretty much middle-of-the-road conservatives. With some notable exceptions, their views on taxes, trade, energy, health care, the minimum wage, immigration and regulation aren’t markedly different from those of Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Chris Christie.
Take health care. Trump, Carson and Fiorina say they would repeal Obamacare because they abhor government interference in the health-care market (though Trump has made favorable noises about single-payer systems in other countries). They would replace the law with vague, market-oriented alternatives. Their views closely parallel those of mainstreamers Bush, Rubio and Christie.
The two camps also overlap on energy and climate change. The outsiders would encourage more domestic crude oil production and roll back environmental regulations. They are all climate- change doubters: Carson says it’s a distraction, Trump calls it a hoax, and Fiorina wants to examine the science more closely. They all favor the Keystone Pipeline, while Fiorina and Carson would also end subsidies for renewable energy.
Among the mainstreamers, Bush and Christie accept that humans are causing at least some climate change, and that the U.S. has to take a lead role in negotiating cuts in carbon emissions with other countries. Rubio is less willing to accept that people contribute to global warming, yet agrees we all have a responsibility to protect the environment. All three mainstreamers, however, are as adamant as Trump, Carson and Fiorina about not imposing environmental rules that might crimp economic growth, cause job losses or reduce the ability of companies to compete abroad. Like the outsiders, the mainstreamers support the Keystone Pipeline.
On taxes, both groups broadly agree that rates should be lower for most individuals and corporations. All six of them would simplify the tax code by collapsing income-tax brackets, lowering rates and eliminating deductions.
They part company after that, but it’s hard to say who’s more moderate, conservative or inconsistent among the lot. Carson’s 10 percent tithe would certainly be the simplest tax system, but also the most regressive. Trump’s tax proposals are, shall we say, evolving: He has angered the anti-tax Club for Growth for advocating tax increases for the rich while also enraging liberals for having once favored a tax of only 15 percenton incomes above $1 million. Lately Trump has said he would maintain the tax code’s current progressivity.
Fiorina would end all credits and deductions, then negotiate over the handful of tax breaks she would consider reinstating. The three mainstreamers would keep at least some deductions, for example, on charitable contributions (Bush and Christie) and interest on first-home mortgages (Christie).
One outsider (Trump) and one mainstreamer (Bush) would eliminate carried interest, the loophole that lets hedge fund managers pay lower taxes on performance fees. But they both supported the 2008 bank bailouts. And Christie alone is willing to take on AARP and other liberal interest groups in the entitlements lobby. He’d raise the retirement age to 69 from 67. And he wants to eliminate payroll taxes for those over 62 and under 21.
When it comes to taxes on individuals, Bush and Rubio are more centrist and focused on the impact on income inequality than the other candidates are. Bush would remove 15 million lower-income Americans from the tax rolls. He would pay for it by capping the deductions wealthy households can take. Rubio would put the top tax rate at 35 percent, down slightly from 39.6 percent now, but he’d enhance child tax credits.
Immigration is the area where Trump, Carson and to a lesser extent Fiorina supposedly stand out from the others. But that’s based less on their policy prescriptions and more on their “build that wall” bombast. Trump goes farthest by seeking to deport undocumented immigrants and abolishing birthright citizenship, but even he agrees with Carson and Fiorina that immigrants with no criminal record should be allowed in as guest workers.
Bush would also let undocumented immigrants graduate to legal status but he has backed off in giving them a path to citizenship, which he once endorsed. Rubio also once backed the citizenship route but has abandoned that position in favor of calling for securing the border with Mexico for at least adecadebefore pursuing any immigration overhaul. Christie says he would track immigrants like FedEx packages and would prefer to crack down on employers who hire undocumented workers over building a wall.
On jobs, all three outsiders are opposed, or lukewarm, to raising the minimum wage. Carson would adopt a two-tiered system with lower wages for workers just starting out and higher wages for all others. Fiorina would end the federal $7.25 minimum rate altogether and let states decide where to set the bar. Bush and Rubio are also opposed to raising the federal minimum wage. Christie, the one exception, has said he would back moderate, phased-in increases.
Trade is the one issue where Trump and Carson stand more or less alone in calling for steep tariffs on imported goods, a position that would violate World Trade Organization rules and invite other countries to retaliate.
The voter coalition backing Trump, Fiorina and Carson might want to keep in mind that the candidates’ economic policies – the ones that have the greatest impact on everyday lives – aren’t outside the mainstream at all. The outsiders may decry the ineptitude of today’s leaders, but their governing plans look mighty similar.
Bush, Rubio and Christie are widely viewed as representative of the Republican mainstream. In polls, Bush and Rubio also lead the second tier of candidates after the three outsiders. While Ted Cruz is polling slightly better than Christie, his views are well outside the mainstream.
Paula Dwyer writes for Bloomberg View.
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Sense and Sensibility (abridged)
When Mrs Dashwood is forced by an avaricious daughter-in-law to leave the family home in Sussex, she takes her three daughters to live in a modest cottage in Devon. For Elinor, the eldest daughter, the move means a painful separation from the man she loves, but her sister Marianne finds in Devon the romance and excitement which she longs for. The contrasting fortunes and temperaments of the two girls, as they struggle to cope in their different ways with the cruel events which fate has in store for them, are portrayed by Jane Austen with her usual irony, humour and profound sensitivity.
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Milk plasma ratio
Last Updated on Mon, 23 Sep 2019 | Drugs During Pregnancy
The milk/plasma (M/P) ratio for drugs has been measured and reported for a number of medications. The milk plasma ratio is the concentration of the drug in the milk at the same moment that the concentration in maternal plasma is measured. It assumes that the relationship that between the two remains constant, but in most cases it does not. Therefore, the M/P ratio is often calculatcd from the average concentrations in the blood and milk over a longer period of several hours. These average concentrations are the area under the respective concentration curves (area under curve, or AUC), which are constructed from individual concentrations reported over the course of the time interval. The latter method is preferred in the newer studies because the M/P values they establish are more representative. Nevertheless, to some extent there are considerable variations in the M/P ratios calculated, not only between different studies and subjects, but also with the same mother; the colostrum has different concentrations than the milk some weeks later, and the first milk of a breastfeed is different from a sample taken later in the same feed. Thus, the M/P ratios citcd in the following chapters should be viewed only as approximate values. They represent the mean values of present experience, and are useful only for a rough comparison with other medications.
The M/P ratio is not suitable for comparison of drug risks. A milk/plasma ratio of 1 assumes that the levels are the same in both plasma and milk. If, however, the level is very low in the plasma, it will also be low in the milk, even though the milk plasma ratio is 1. Low M/P ratios (<1) indicate that there is no accumulation in the mother's milk. However, significant concentrations in the milk can be reached even with low M/P ratios when there is a high maternal plasma value. On the other hand, relevant or even toxic amounts of medication cannot necessarily be assumed from a high M/P ratio with those drugs where the concentration in the maternal serum is very limited because of a high distribution volume typical for the particular medication. In such a case, even an M/P ratio of 8, which indicates a relative accumulation in the milk compared to the maternal plasma, means only a limited concentration of the mcdication in the milk, and consequently only a limited relative dosage (see above).
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Dunmow pupils receive some accelerated learning
PUBLISHED: 11:27 06 July 2011
GRAB your spanners! Pupils at St Mary's Primary School had the chance to try out their mechanical skills thanks to staff at a vehicle service centre.
Taylors of Great Dunmow made the short trip to the school to take part in a host of activities to support the children’s learning modules on transport.
Business owner Jayne Taylor and mechanics Paul Layzell and Joe Langley arrived in a Renault Clio and an Aston Martin DB9 to show children the various parts of the cars, change a tyre, and let them learn how it all works.
Mrs Taylor, who owns the company on the Chelmsford Road Industrial Estate, with her husband, said: “We got a call from Jacqui Atkins at the school and they invited us to come along – we were only too happy to help.
“Paul and Joe sat down with the children and passed around spark plugs, brake pads and all sorts of bits from the car to show them how each bit worked.
“The children absolutely loved it and we are hoping that it might become a regular thing for us.”
Teachers at the school also got a treat as the DB9, worth more than £110,000 sat in the car park. They had the opportunity to climb in get a picture or two.
Mrs Atkins thanked Taylors and said: “Everyone loved the experience, and afterwards the children pretended to be mechanics in class by making their own pretend tool boxes and fixing cars they had made from large cardboard boxes.”
Mrs Taylor said that the company is committed to helping out in the community, and they take part in a host of events in the area including the Dunmow firework display and carnival.
She added: “Only last week we were in Great Saling with a Land Rover full of balloons for the village fete. We are also helping the NCT with their event coming up in a few weeks. We get a buzz from it.
“The highlight of the school visit to me was when one of the young girls dashed away from the queue back to her class and came to give me a big hug to say thanks.”
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Oculus Quest – I’m Virtually In Love
Dec 5, 2019 | Fun Articles!
The Oculus Quest took the VR world by storm only 6 short months ago selling out millions of units in a matter of days. I was hesitant to make the move to a VR system for a while. I considered the PSVR but didn’t want the extra hardware. But one thing missing with most of my gaming systems is portability. The Switch is really the only solid system we have that I’m comfortable dragging along everywhere. Thanks to the Quest, quality gaming portability is now a non-virtual reality.
The Oculus Quest
Oculus VR is owned by Facebook. It’s a simple attempt on gaming portability and technology. Use a supercharged smartphone running Android OS and a pair of lenses. Now add remote hand tracking. It’s way cooler than I could have imagined! My buddy purchased one and after only playing the First Steps portion of it, I was hooked. I bought one to take advantage of Vader Immortal and of course, I bought Beat Saber. We now have a few games like Super Hot, Richie’s Planking Experience, and Keep Talking and Nobody Explode. There are several others I plan to buy like Space Pirates as well.
My overall score for Oculus Quest is 4.4 / 5
It’s really pretty simple. Unlike PC gaming or next-gen system it’s mostly a smartphone. It’s just the smartest way to use that hardware. The headset itself is a little heavy but it’s not too bad. Battery life is only about 2-3 hours but honestly, I can’t play it that long. Mainly due to my forehead and how tight it has to be to see clearly. It’s VERY adjustable and from ages 8 – 54 of all shapes and sizes, we got everyone to see clearly. Though if you can forego the glasses, do. The glasses adapter isn’t very comfortable. I bought a carrying case for mine and everything, including the Chromecast, fit in it perfectly. It charges fast too so it’s never really an issue. As long as you’re close enough to an outlet, you can ‘plug and play’ as long as you don’t make a long-term habit of doing it for hours at a time.
It’s not gaming hardware to get excited about but it is leveraged perfectly in the VR setting.
The Oculus Quest Hardware gets a score of 4.5 / 5
Game Selection
So far there’s still not a ton of games but I’m happy with the selection. I wish there were true MP options but there are really good group games available. More and more games and experiences continue to be released. There really is something for everyone with the Quest’s library of possibilities.
I will say that most games are far less fun in a group setting if you aren’t streaming to a device where others can watch. With the exception of a few games like Keep Talking and Nobody Explode where you SHOULD be blind when you aren’t the one defusing the bomb.
I give the Oculus Quest Game Selection a 4.5 / 5
Gameplay Experience
It’s. Freaking. Fun.
Wielding a lightsaber and using the force with my hands. Slowing down time and reacting to enemies where milliseconds matter. Beating EDM notes with lightsabers to outscore your friends. Defusing complicated bomb modules in a matter of minutes while you’re friend literally can’t move or it will explode. Walking on a real wood plank but seeing an entire city below you hundreds of feet in the air. Boxing, shooting, jumping, flying, fighting. If you think the Wii is interactive you will absolutely love the immersive experience Quest gives you.
With hand-tracking improvements on the way and more game releases, this thing is only going to get more popular and more fun.
The gameplay experience of the Oculus Quest gets a 5 / 5
It’s not the same thing as PC gaming. It doesn’t compare to the 4k ray-tracing graphics the PS 5 will have. But it is good. It’s the deepest 3D experience I’ve had in 360 degrees. It feels real and it really makes you believe you are IN the game. I’ve knocked a cat off the kitty tree. Bopped a speaker off the wall. And almost punched my wife in the face. It’s easy to forget where you are at.
Vader Immortal Screenshot
The Oculus Quest graphics get 4 / 5
Performance / Technical
It’s super easy to setup. You can take it anywhere to play. You don’t need wifi unless you’re updating or downloading new content. It’s truly portable and just about anyone can learn to play. Streaming to the TV is where I had issues. Lots and lots of issues. 5 days’ worth. Oculus support was very frustrating so don’t expect much from them. Outside of the IT funk, it’s a really easy setup initially and when taking it with you and playing on-the-go.
Performance of The Oculus Quest gets a 4 / 5
The Oculus Quest should be on any gamer’s wishlist if you don’t already own it. Beat Saber is a must along with Space Pirate Trainer. Vader Immortal is really good too so far, but I haven’t finished episode 3 yet. Let’s connect on Twitter or Instagram and don’t forget to share with me your thoughts on the system and what games you recommend for me to try.
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