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‘Buddymoon’ with ‘Grimm’s David Giuntoli Goes to Gravitas Ventures
By Rebecca Murray on April 1, 2016 Breaking News, Movie News
Buddymoon, the Slamdance Film Festival Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature, has been picked up for worldwide distribution by Gravitas Ventures. Formerly titled Honey Buddies, the bromantic comedy features Grimm co-stars David Giuntoli and Claire Coffee as well as Flula Borg from Pitch Perfect 2.
The comedy was co-written by Alex Simmons, David Giuntoli, and Flula Borg. The three friends also executive produced Buddymoon and Simmons made his feature film directorial debut with the project. Gravitas is planning a July 1, 2016 release in theaters and On Demand.
“Gravitas couldn’t be happier in working with the Buddymoon team,” said Dan Fisher, Sr. Director of Acquisitions from Gravitas. “From the moment the opening credits rolled at Slamdance we knew this was a special film that balances zany humor and true camaraderie set against the beautiful backdrop of the Oregon wilderness.”
The Plot: When David (Giuntoli) is left by his fiancée just days before the wedding, Flula (Borg), his relentlessly upbeat best man, insists that the pair go on David’s previously planned honeymoon together: a seven-day backpacking trip through the breathtaking mountains of Oregon. On the trail, the two friends cross paths with a multitude of personalities and creatures while the unrelenting trek tests their friendship and their very lives.
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Acquired brain injuries are postnatal injuries that are not congenital or inherited, and usually cause the brain to be starved of oxygen.
An acquired brain injury (ABI) is defined as any postnatal damage to the brain, which does not occur from a congenital or a degenerative disease. These impairments may be temporary or permanent and may cause partial or functional disability, or psychosocial maladjustment.
Although ABIs also cover traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), this article will concentrate on the umbrella of acquired brain injuries.
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Incidences including exposure to toxic substances, drowning, strokes and heart attacks, drug abuse, or tumours can all starve the brain of crucial oxygen supplies. These ABIs can be divided into cerebral hypoxia and cerebral anoxia (although often used interchangeably). It is important to clarify the difference between traumatic injuries, as these are external forces, such as a knock to the head, sporting or vehicular accident, rather than 'internal' causes like illnesses. Both of these can cause acquired brain injuries.
There will be a negative impact on the brain anytime it is without oxygen. As time passes, brain cells begin to die, affecting the way in which messages in the brain are transmitted. The brain uses 20 percent of the body's oxygen intake. Without that oxygen, it doesn’t take long for irreversible damage to occur.
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Cerebral Hypoxic Brain Injury
Cerebral hypoxic brain injury can occur when the brain only gets a fraction of the oxygen it requires to function properly. This may occur in situations such as choking, electric shock, high altitudes, severe asthma attacks, or general anaesthesia complication. The lack or reduction of blood flow in the brain is the cause of the injury. However, in the case of cerebral hypoxia, there are many variables which will determine the final outcome of the injury.
For example, it depends on how long the brain has gone without an oxygen flow and the manner in which this happened. An individual may be prescribed barbiturates to slow down brain activity or steroids to limit brain damage through the reduction of brain tissue swelling. Depending upon the manner in which the injury occurred, medical professionals will further treat the symptoms accordingly.
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Cerebral Anoxic Brain Injury
Anoxic means “an absence of oxygen,” and in these cases is describing situations in which there is a total lack of oxygen reaching the brain. Cells in the brain start to deteriorate and die after four minutes, and so the longer the lack of oxygen, the greater and more widespread the damage will be.
An anoxic brain injury can be caused by electrical shock, extremely low blood pressure, brain tumours, and other forms of trauma. Severe anoxic damage to the brain has been known to affect structures which control hormone regulation; particularly the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. It can also cause a variety of physical, cognitive and emotional changes; shared by all kinds of brain injuries.
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Magdalenenberg
Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Magdalenenberg is considered the largest tumulus from the Hallstatt period (Iron Age) in Central Europe with a volume of 33.000 cubic meters. The central tomb, where an early Celtic Prince was buried, has been dendrochronologically dated to 616 BC. The mound, which is still distinctly silhouetted against the landscape, once possessed a height of 10–12 m (now about 8 m) and a diameter of 104 meters. Little is known about the people who erected it, and current research focusses on the identification of their settlement. In the decades after the Prince's death, 126 further graves were mounted concentrically around the central tomb. At around 500 BC, this tomb was plundered by grave robbers, whose wooden spades were later found by archaeologists.
During the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, the Magdalenenberg was still seen as a significant landmark, although knowledge about its former purpose had been lost. In the 1640s, when Villingen was shaken by a series of Witch trials, several women confessed under torture to have danced with the devil on the top of the hill.
Archaeologists began to be interested in the site in as early as the 1880s. In 1890, a team led by forest official Hubert Ganter dug a cone from the top of the hill into the central tomb, expecting to find hidden treasures. However, because of the ancient robbery of the tomb, only few finds turned up. Among those were parts of a wooden carriage, the Prince's bones, and the skeleton of a young pig.
From 1970 to 1973, the archaeologist Konrad Spindler led another scientific exploration, now not only focussing on the central tomb, but on the surrounding graves as well. By excavating the whole hill, all 127 graves could be explored and finds like bronze daggers, spearheads, an iberian belt hook and a precious amber necklace were unearthed. Some of those objects are proof for trade connections to the Mediterranean area and the eastern alpine region, others allow rare insights into the Celtic burial rites. They are now on display in the Franziskanermuseum (Franciscan Museum) in Villingen, along with the Prince's wooden burial chamber (one of the largest wooden objects from the era in any museum).
Since 2011, the Magdalenenberg attracted new international attention as the possible site of an early moon calendar. The archaeologist Allard Mees of the Romano-Germanic Central Museum (Mainz) suggested that the alignment of the graves represents the stellar constellation at the time of their erection. Another part of his theory is based on large wooden poles that were found inside the hill and whose function remains a mystery. He interprets them as markers directing to the position of the lunar standstill, thus allowing the Celts to prognose lunar eclipses. His theory is hotly debated among scholars and has been criticized by some for lacking scientific evidence, while others welcomed the new approach.
Since September 2014, a new hiking trail called 'Keltenpfad' (Celtic Path) connects the Magdalenenberg with the Franziskanermuseum. Along the road, panels inform about the site's history and significance. In this context, some of the wooden poles were reconstructed at their historical position.
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Villingen Münster (2,1 km)
Laufen Castle (42,8 km)
St. George's Abbey (52,9 km)
Wörth Castle (42,6 km)
Gengenbach Abbey (51 km)
Munot Castle (41,3 km)
Allerheiligen Abbey Church (41,4 km)
Alpirsbach Abbey (33,7 km)
Säckingen Abbey (65,9 km)
St. Peter's Abbey (30,7 km)
Peter Woischiski (11 months ago)
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Jürgen Versch (12 months ago)
Bei klarer Sicht hatten wir einen traumhaften Blick bis zu den Alpen,
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Konrad Stauber (2 years ago)
Gegend sehr schön
M. Gabriel Lup (2 years ago)
Die keltische Gräber sind selbst nicht so auffällig, aber sie sind voller Geschichte und die schöne, grüne Umgebung lohnt sich richtig. Der Weg um den Grabhügel herum ist nicht nur für Spaziergänger, sondern auch für Fahrradfahrer geeignet. Man kann auch viele informative und interessante Geschichte auf Tafeln lesen.
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The following programme of work has been developed for the distinctive nature of our joint church school, with the agreement of both the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth and the Anglican Diocese of Exeter.
What God requires of us is this: “to do what is just, to show constant love, and to live in humble fellowship with our God”. Micah 6v8.
The task of handing on the Christian faith, through the doctrines and teachings of the Roman Catholic and Anglican traditions, is both a privilege and responsibility. At the centre of all we do should be the desire “to bring young people to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.” (Curriculum Directory).
The Religious Education curriculum seeks to promote and nurture the spiritual life of our pupils. Our work in the department is based upon proclaiming the message of Christ, leading to an environment of service to others and living out at its heart the centrality of the ‘option for the poor’. This is the Christian life worked out as Love in action that provides a moral compass for our students’ lives as they seek to fulfil their vocation, and through finding ways both individually, and as a community, to love their neighbour both locally and globally.
In year 7 the curriculum is based around;
What does it mean to belong to a Christian community?
Why is Jesus so special?
What does it mean to be a Sikh?
In year 8 the curriculum is based around
The People of God
Prophecy and ethics, speaking up for justice
What does it mean to be Muslim?
All students study for full course GCSE in Religious Studies. We follow the Eduqas specification, Route A.
The units we study are;
The Study of Christianity- Beliefs, teachings and practices.
The Study of Judaism- Beliefs, teachings and practices.
Religious, philosophical and ethical studies in the modern world:
Issues of relationships
Issues of life and death
Issues of good and evil
Issues of human rights.
We offer the A level following the specification from OCR. Students study 3 areas;
The Philosophy of Religion
Developments in Christian thought.
Department Resources Available:
There are Bibles, text books, resources uploaded on to Google classroom and a comprehensive A Level library.
Extra-Curricular Activities Offered:
Revision sessions at KS4 and 5.
Support for all charitable and liturgical events.
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Squash takes care of business against Tufts
Top-seed Elena Wagenmans (above) defeated her counterpart as all nine matches fell in Stanford's favor on Wednesday afternoon. The sophomore cruised to an 11-2, 11-3, 11-1 victory. (Photo: MIKE RASAY / isiphotos.com)
By Daniel Wu on January 10, 2020
No. 6 Stanford squash swept No. 19 Tufts 9-0 on Wednesday afternoon in a triumphant return to its home courts. The Cardinal showed their depth and talent across the roster against the Jumbos, winning all nine individual matches in a well-rounded performance.
“Everyone played pretty well,” head coach Mark Talbott said. “I’m just really happy for the women’s team to have a home match.”
It was standing room only at the Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation as the Cardinal defended home court for the first and only time this season. Supported by a lively crowd, Stanford dominated against an outmatched Tufts team and secured the win without dropping a single game. The win was a fitting sendoff for seniors Casey Wong, Chloe Chemtob, Julia Gillette and Sun Woo Lee, appearing in their final home games. “I’m especially happy that all four seniors won their matches,” Talbott added about the departing senior class. “It’s been great leadership this year. I think they’ve really done a good job of making it a really cohesive, friendly team, which is nice for the coaches.”
Though Stanford had not played a match since its trip to Philadelphia in November, there was little rust for the team coming off the winter break. “Everyone put in a lot of work in the holidays,” top-seeded sophomore Elena Wagenmans said. “We came here early and trained here for a few days so we could really focus on squash.”
The Cardinal now look onward to two consecutive trips out east to play the remainder of their regular-season schedule. “This is the beginning of the heart of our season. We have some big matches coming up — New York City the next weekend, and Yale the following weekend after that,” Talbott said. “Everybody’s pretty healthy and excited.”
“This was a good warmup for the next two weekends,” Wagenmans said. “We’re going to have a really busy month.”
1’s: Elena Wagenmans (STAN) d. Claire Davidson (TUFTS) 11-2, 11-3, 11-1
2’s: Casey Wong (STAN) d. Isa Schneider (TUFTS) 11-7, 11-6, 11-3
3’s: Caroline Neave (STAN) d. Catherine Shanahan (TUFTS) 11-7, 11-3, 11-2
4’s: Chloe Chemtob (STAN) d. Megan Chen (TUFTS) 11-1, 11-4, 11-1
5’s: Amita Gondi (STAN) d. Diya Sanghi (TUFTS) 11-4, 11-3, 11-5
6’s: Cassandra Ong (STAN) d. Rachel Windreich (TUFTS) 11-3, 11-3, 11-4
7’s: Juliette Love (STAN) d. Chloe Kantor (TUFTS) 11-0, 11-4, 11-2
8’s: Samantha Moadel (STAN) d. Natalie Bartlett (TUFTS) 11-1, 11-2, 11-3
9’s: Haley Aube (STAN) d. Radhika Joshi (TUFTS) 11-1, 11-2, 11-1
Contact Daniel Wu at dwu21 ‘at’ stanford.edu.
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Pennsylvania State Parks
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High atop Laurel Ridge at close to 3,000 feet in elevation, Laurel Mountain State Park features a family-oriented downhill skiing area and beautiful views of the rolling countryside of the Ligonier Valley. The slopes and trails provide opportunities for skiers and snowboarders of all levels and the lodge is a cozy place to eat and enjoy the view.
Opened in 1939, Laurel Mountain was one of the first ski areas in Pennsylvania. Seven Springs is currently operating the ski area as The Springs at Laurel Mountain.
The Linn Run Forest is located in the heart of the Laurel Mountains. The mountainous land ranges from 1300 to 2800 feet above sea level. Most of the land was bought from the Byers and Allen Lumber Company for $42,662. When this land was acquired by the Commonwealth in 1909, it was the first major public purchase of denuded forest land made in the Ohio River Basin. Today, it is difficult to visualize what this land looked like in 1909 or to imagine that some people questioned the wisdom of purchasing so much "waste land".
About fifteen years prior to the acquisition of the Linn Run property, this entire area was clearcut. The virgin forest was transformed into an area devoid of timber and wildlife. Treetops littered the area. Sawlogs were sold for lumber. Small logs were used for props in nearby coal mines. Hemlock bark, a source of tannin, was bundled and shipped to tanneries. The railroad that hauled timber and other products to market caused many severe fires.
In his first report (September 1909), Forester John R. Williams wrote, "I should say that fully three-fifths of the reserve has been burned over since lumbering was done. The fires did great damage to the young growth. Some places are covered with nothing but ferns and blackberry bushes." Occasional scars from those early fires can still be seen after years of forest rehabilitation.
In 1910, the newly formed Pennsylvania Game Commission cooperated with the former Department of Forestry to restock deer. White-tail deer were imported from New York and Michigan for release throughout Pennsylvania. Today's deer herd came from stock released.
Interesting traces of the Pittsburgh, Westmoreland and Somerset Railroad that serviced the area remain to this day. The main line extended from Rector to Somerset. Because of heavy loads, the tracks switched back and forth across Linn Run several times. A short distance along the Fish Run Trail, you will find traces of the old railroad bed.
The Laurel Mountain ski area, the first major ski resort in western Pennsylvania, was formerly owned and operated by General Richard K. Mellon. Started in 1939 as a private facility by Rolling Rock, it was opened to the public following World War II and became popularly known as the "Ski Capital of Pennsylvania." It served thousands of skiers from the Pittsburgh region.
In September of 1963, General Mellon leased this tract of land and all its improvements to the Commonwealth. In the summer of 1964, he gave the property to the Commonwealth.
Linn Run State Park
Laurel Summit State Park
Kooser State Park
Laurel Hill State Park
Laural Ridge State Park
Keystone State Park
State Forest Lands
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
For information on nearby attractions, contact the Laurel Highlands Vacation Bureau.
Linn Run State Park has cabins, picnicking, hiking, fishing and hunting.
Laurel Hill State Park in Somerset county offers camping, hunting, organized group tenting, organized group camps, boating, fishing, and swimming on 65-acre Laurel Hill Lake. Environmental education programs are also offered.
Kooser State Park is a 250-acre wooded area, with cabins, camping, group tenting, swimming and fishing.
Laurel Summmit State Park This scenic picnic area is operated by the Bureau of State Parks. The 6-acre area offers picnic tables, a pavilion, water, and restroom. The area is 2,739 feet above sea level and several degrees cooler than surrounding towns. This area also provides trailhead parking for Spruce Flats bog and Wolf Rocks Trail. Laurel Summit is a carry in/carry out area. Please take all your trash with you.
Laurel Ridge State Park The Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, a 70-mile backpacking trail, goes from Ohiopyle, PA to the Conemaugh River near Johnstown.
For more information on starting points, shelter locations, trail maps, etc., please contact:
Forbes State Forest is over 50,000 acres of land that includes six state parks, three state forest picnic areas and large areas for undeveloped recreation.
Mountain Pines Camping Resort
1662 Indian Creek Valley Road
Champion, PA
Roaring Run Resort
194 Tannery Road
Hickory Hollow Campground
176 Big Hickory Road
Pioneer Park Campground
273 Trent Road
Somerset, PA
Woodland Campsites Incorporated
291 Gilmour Road
Area Fishing Related Businesses
Ligonier Outfitters
Ligonier, PA
Mac's Sporting Goods & Hardware
Area Cabins and Lodges
Hidden Valley Resort & Comm
1 Craighead Dr
Hidden Valley, PA
Lady of the Lake Bed & Breakfast
157 Route E 30
Cliffwood Colony
Clifford Rd
To reach the park, travel eight miles east of Ligonier, or five miles west of Jennerstown on US 30, then turn south on Laurel Summit Road and travel for two miles. Watch for signs for The Springs at Laurel Mountain.
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The Palouse Region
Umatilla National Forest
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The Umatilla National Forest, located in the Blue Mountains of southeast Washington and northeast Oregon, covers 1.4 million acres of diverse landscapes and plant communities. The Forest has some mountainous terrain, but most of the Forest consists of v-shaped valleys separated by narrow ridges or plateaus.
The landscape also includes heavily timbered slopes, grassland ridges and benches, and bold basalt outcroppings. Elevation range from 1,600 to 8,000 feet above sea level. Changes in weather are common, but summers are generally warm and dry with cool evenings. Cold, snowy winters and mild temperatures during spring and fall can be expected.
Clearwater Big House Cabin - elevation 5600 ft.
Location: This site is located approximately 25 miles south of Pomeroy, Washington on the Umatilla National Forest. The map location is Township 8 North, Range 42 East, Section 5.
Cabin Capacity: 10 people maximum.
Use Fee: $40.00 to $60.00 per night, depending on number of occupants. Water available during summer months.
Season Available: All year. automobile access to the site runs from June 1 to November 1. Winter use will require alternate transportation such as skis, snowshoes, or snowmobile.
Area Attractions: Scenic drive along breaks of the Tucannon River (Sunset Point). Horse or hiker trail into Tucannon River. Mushroom and berry picking. Wildlife viewing. Snowmobiling on groomed snowmobile trails. Cross-country skiing.
Clearwater Lookout Cabin - elevation 5600 ft.
Cabin Capacity: 4 people maximum.
Use Fee: $25.00 per night.
Godman Guard Station - elevation 5600 ft.
Location: This site is located approximately 28 miles southeast of Dayton, Washington on the Umatilla National Forest.The map location is Township 7 North, Range 40 East, Section 10.
Use Fee: $40.00 to $60.00 depending on the number of occupants. Water available during summer months
Area Attractions: Scenic drive along Skyline Drive Road and Wenaha Tucannon Wilderness. Horse or hiker trails into the wilderness. Wildlife viewing. Snowmobiling on groomed snowmobile trails. Cross- country skiing.
Wenatchee Guard Station - elevation 6050 ft.
Location: This site is located approximately 40 miles southeast of Pomeroy, Washington on the Umatilla National Forest. The map location is Township 8 North, Range 43 East, Section 35.
Area Attractions: Scenic drive along Wenatchee Creek Canyon breaks. Horse or hiker trail into Wenatchee Creek. Mushroom and berry picking. Wildlife viewing. Snowmobiling on groomed snowmobile trails. Cross-country skiing.
For questions on cabin rentals, please feel free to write our office at Pomeroy Ranger District, 71 W. Main, Pomeroy, WA 99347, or phone at 509-843-1891.
BULL PRAIRIE CAMPGROUND - Overnight and Day Use
LOCATION : 4000' - Bull Prairie Campground is located 36 miles south of Heppner, Oregon on FS Road 2039.
ACCESS : From Heppner: travel south on Highway 207 for approximately 36 miles. Follow signs to Bull Prairie Recreational Area on FS Road 2039.
FACILITIES : 28 tent/trailer sites, 16 day use sites, Drinking Water, Restroom Facilities
FEES : $12.00/a night
ATTRACTIONS : Fishing (Blue Gill, Brook and Rainbow Trout), Boating (No Motors Allowed), Hiking (Bull Prairie Trail #3056), Beautiful 28 acre Lake
CONSIDERATIONS: Bull Prairie Campground is on a first-come, first-serve basis and is managed by Bluewood Recreation Management - www.bluewood.com
FAIRVIEW CAMPGROUND - Overnight and Day Use
LOCATION: 4300' - Fairview Campground is 34 miles south of Heppner, Oregon on State Highway 207.
ACCESS: From Heppner: travel south on Highway 207 for approximately 34 miles.
FACILITIES: 5 Sites, Restrooms, NO Drinking water or electricity
FEES: No Charge
ATTRACTIONS: 4 miles from Bull Prairie Lake. top
PENLAND LAKE CAMPGROUND - Overnight and Day Use
LOCATION: 4950' - Penland Lake Campground is 28 miles southeast of Heppner, Oregon on Forest Road #2103.
ACCESS: Take Willow Creek Road (County Road 678), just south of Heppner, approximately 23 miles to FS Road 21. Follow FS Road 21 for about 3 miles to FS Road 2103. Follow 2103 for 2 miles to Penland Lake.
FACILITIES : 17 Sites, 7 Sites are tent only, NO Drinking water or electricityRestrooms
ATTRACTIONS:Fishing (Blue Gill and Rainbow Trout), Boating (Electric Motors Only)
CONSIDERATIONS: Access to the lake may be hindered in the springtime due to muddy roads, specifically FS Road 2103.
From parks to ponds, Heppner Ranger District is where to go to experience a wide variety of great fishing locations.
A large variety of fishing opportunities (rivers, streams, and ponds) exist on the North Fork John Day Ranger District near Ukiah, Oregon.
2004 Fishing Derby. The 14th annual Ukiah Kids Fishing Derby will be held on Saturday June 12th, 2004 at the Twin Ponds, 6 miles south of Ukiah. The event is scheduled for free fishing weekend, so no fishing license is required during the event. The derby is open to all kids ages 0-16 years old. Parents are encouraged to come and help their children have a positive fishing experience. All kids must be accompanied by an adult at the event. There will be a biggest fish contest for all participants. The first, second, and third largest fish in each age group will receive a prize. There will also be a casting contest, with prizes awarded in each age class. Educational posters will be set up at the derby to provide children with fun facts about fish. The Battle Mountain AMVETS and Ladies Auxiliary will provide free hot dogs, hamburgers, and soda to participants, parents, and volunteers. Kids need to bring their own fishing rod and gear. Bait will be provided at the event for those that need it.
Located on the Pomeroy Ranger District are streams just waiting for a fishing line to be dropped in. The water runs clear, mainly because all the streams originate on our District, and cold. Fish thrive in these waters, thus giving fishermen tremendous opportunities to catch the big one.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, in cooperation with the Umatilla National Forest, stocked six ponds on the south end of the Walla Walla Ranger District with catchable sized rainbow trout this past June 2003.
Mill Creek Reservation State Wildlife Recreation Area
The trail difficulty level represents the degree of challenge that a trail presents to an average user's physical ability and skill. Difficulty levels are based on the trail condition and location factor such as: trail alignment, steepness of grade, clearing width, tread conditions, gain or loss of elevation, availability of drinking water, type of natural barriers that must be crossed, exposure to cliffs and steep slopes, length of trip, and other appropriate criteria.
A trail will often be rated differently for different kinds of use. For example, a trail may be rated as Easiest for hiker, but Most Difficult for pack and saddle stock use because of the narrow clearing-width.
Trail difficulty levels can even be different for the same type of use, depending on the specific activities. For example, a trail may pose different challenges for a day-use horseback ride, than for a horseback rider leading a string of pack stock with camping equipment. A trail, which has a 36-inch wide, smooth, gravel surface, might usually be classed as an Easiest difficulty level, but if it is located on the side of a steep, rocky cliff where one wrong step means a 500-foot fall. It would be rated a More Difficult or Most Difficult.
Trail difficulty ratings are based on the conditions of the local are so similar trails in a different area might be rated differently.
Horseback Riding:
Backcountry trails in the Blue Mountains are busier that ever before. Crowding, litter and pollution are becoming part of our outdoor experience. We face a choice as horseback travelers: do nothing and see the quality of our outdoor experience decline, or reduce our impact on the land and see its beauty and solitude preserved. We can reduce our impact and have a quality experience by keeping groups small, traveling the less-used trails, improving our camp etiquette, using lightweight and compact equipment, and adopting a pack-it-in- pack-it-out philosophy.
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SeeTec to exhibit video management solutions at Intersec Dubai 2018
At Intersec 2018 in Dubai, SeeTec will be presenting video management applications for a wide range of areas and industries. The focus will be on solutions, with the new SeeTec Cayuga R11 product version presented to customers and partners in themed areas covering various real-life inspired user scenarios.
After having participated at the world’s leading trade fair for Security, Safety and Fire Protection on various booths of strategic partners in the past, SeeTec will for the very first-time exhibit on its very own booth at Intersec 2018 from January 21 - 23, 2018.
Kaj Svenningson, Vice President Business Development, is looking forward to welcoming customers and prospects on the 50 sqm SeeTec booth: “The Middle East has become a major market for SeeTec in the past years. The projects that we realise here are of a scope that have created a visibility for us that reaches far beyond just the gulf region. And Intersec as the leading regional trade fair is mirroring the importance with its own growth towards a show of a really global scope.”
The focus of the presentation in the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre on booth SA-A41 will be five hands-on stations that will not only showcase the video management functionalities of SeeTec Cayuga R11 but also demonstrate, how the software becomes an essential part of security and business ecosystems.
Intelligent video management
“The new trend of adding “intelligence” to the video feeds recorded and managed through SeeTec software will be visible in a dedicated area for Video Analytics as well as our SeeTec Business Video Intelligence (BVI) range of products. Here, we will show how SeeTec can help our customers to link video data to business processes, e.g. in logistics, transportation or banking to safeguard their processes and to make better decisions for the future.”, Andreas Conrad, Marketing Director at SeeTec, explains. “We are constantly striving to provide added value to our customers with our software solutions. We want to show that modern video management technology can be the basis of much more than just remote observation of assets, restricted areas and public space.”
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Qognify delivers expanded product portfolio, enhanced service and support for customers and partners
Qognify - the trusted advisor and technology solution provider for physical security and enterprise incident management – reveals the advances that have been made since the acquisition of On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. (OnSSI) and SeeTec GmbH in January. The company is delivering its expanded product portfolio, complemented by enhanced service and support for its expanded global customer-base and network of channel, technology and camera partners. The new unified company will demonstra...
A busy year: rapid mergers & acquisitions suggests more to come in 2019
A rapid string of merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions as 2018 passed into 2019 suggests the physical security industry may be on the verge of a busy year of companies buying other companies. Observers have noted a large amount of investment capital currently available to be invested in security M&A, and plenty of entrepreneurial companies are looking to be acquired. Joe Grillo, CEO of ACRE, previously hinted at upcoming M&A activity for his company by the end of 2018, foreshad...
Qognify completes acquisition of On-Net Surveillance Systems and SeeTec GmbH
Qognify - the trusted advisor and technology solution provider for physical security and enterprise incident management - announced that it has completed the acquisition of the IP video management software (VMS) company - On-Net Surveillance Systems (OnSSI), including the pioneer of IP video technology - SeeTec GmbH. Backed by the global investment firm Battery Ventures, Qognify announced the agreement on December 22, 2018 and the deal closed on December 28, 2018. Expanding geographic reach Wi...
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Rasilient Systems secure UAE Zero 6 Mall with video surveillance & management systems
Rasilient Systems, Inc., the pioneer in video surveillance systems purposely architected for IP video recording, has been chosen to provide video surveillance server and storage solutions for Zero 6 Mall, the impressive new-generation shopping destination that opened in April this year in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Zero 6 is a 16,000 square-metre complex that offers a diverse selection of dining, retail and entertainment attractions. Strategically located in Al Juraina, in close proximity t...
SeeTec's flexible and modular video security solution protects The Vienna University of Economics and Business
The Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) was founded in 1898 by the k. k. Ministerium für Cultus und Unterricht as the "k. k. Exportakademie". At that time, tuition was being given in the following relatively modern fields: Foreign languages, economics, business affairs, economic geography, public law, private law and consumer affairs. Relocation to Vienna Due to steadily increasing numbers of students, the WU had to relocate to various sites in Vienna several times in it...
SeeTec Cayuga integrated solution protects Erste Group Bank AG in Vienna
Erste Group Bank AG built a new group headquarters on the site of the former Südbahnhof railway station in Vienna, with construction work taking place from 2012 to 2016. Employees who were previously distributed across 20 different locations throughout the city now all work in the same building complex. Advantages of new arrangement The advantages of this new arrangement are clear: Closer proximity and improved infrastructure strengthen cooperation and provide a modern, pleasant working e...
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Southampton Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies
Women's writing in the long eighteenth century
Reputations, Legacies, Futures: Jane Austen, Germaine de Staël and their contemporaries, 1817-2017
Chawton House Library, Hampshire, July 13-15, 2017
Keynote Speakers:
Benjamin Colbert, University of Wolverhampton
Alison Finch, University of Cambridge
Deidre Lynch, Harvard University
July 1817 saw two deaths – of Jane Austen, an English novelist with a solid but relatively modest success, and of Germaine de Staël, a long-standing superstar of pan-European intellectual, political and literary life. Over the two centuries since, the relative reputations of these two writers have re-aligned in ways that would have astonished their contemporaries, admirers and critics alike.
This joint anniversary provides an unrivalled opportunity to bring scholars together to reflect on the connections, continuities, and contrasts between these two writers’ careers both in their lifetimes and after, and to think about the waxing and waning across Europe and beyond of the literary reputations of eighteenth-century and Romantic-period women writers more generally.
Registration is now open. To book, call us on 01420 541010 or to book online click here (subject to Eventbrite booking fee).
The final programme, a list of speakers and accommodation options can be found below.
Reputations conference programme
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Telescope Gets New Gear to Bring Stars Into Focus
By Nola Taylor Redd 2012-01-19T22:34:07Z
The first image from Gemini South's new adaptive optics captures a view of the globular star cluster NGC 288. As shown on the left, with classical adaptive optics, the images are blurred due to turbulence in the atmosphere. Gemini South uses a system with five laser-created guide stars to subtract out the distortions, resulting in a clearer, sharper image.
(Image: © Gemini Observatory/AURA)
Stars viewed by an observatory in South America have just lost their twinkle. Images from this ground-based telescope are brighter and clearer than ever before, thanks to a new instrument on the Gemini South observatory that reduces the blurring, or twinkle, caused by Earth's atmosphere.
Earth's atmosphere may create beautiful sunsets, but the movement of warm and cold gases makes seeing distant astronomical sources a challenge. By relying on a combination of light-wave sensors and deformable mirrors known as adaptive optics (AO), astronomers have been able to subtract out the turbulence, improving their images.
Numerous telescopes have already been fitted with adaptive optics systems, but a recent upgrade to the Gemini South telescope, located in Chile, takes adaptive optics to a new level.
Gemini is a collaboration between seven member countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Chile, Australia, Brazil and Argentina.
Some proponents of the telescope are hoping the new system will help pull the observatory out of a productivity rut, according to Nature News. Compared to other facilities of comparable size, such as Subaru and Keck of Hawaii, and the Very Large Telescope in Chile, Gemini has produced significantly fewer scientific papers every year since 2005, Nature News reported. However, its groundbreaking new optics system could change that.
Like many other systems, the Gemini Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics System, or GeMS, doesn't rely on luck to provide it with an ideal star to calibrate its measurements—it uses lasers to make its own.
Unlike other systems, GeMs doesn't trust its measurements to just one guide star. Instead it uses a technique called Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) to place four stars at the corners of its field of view and one in the middle. [Video – Twinkle No More: Lasers Clear Up Star View]
"We use laser guide stars instead of natural guide stars because it's very difficult to find several bright stars in the patch that can be handled by MCAO," Francois Rigaut, Gemini Adaptive Optics senior scientist, told SPACE.com in an email. "The probability is basically zero."
By determining how much the laser guide stars have blurred and changed, astronomers can calculate the atmospheric turbulence that makes the stars and other distant sources twinkle, and remove the distortions from the data.
The Gemini South telescope on the night of January 21-22, 2011 during the first propagation of the GeMS laser guide star system on the sky. A bright gibbous moon illuminates the landscape for this 20-second fisheye lens view. (Image credit: Manuel Paredes/ Gemini Observatory/AURA)
"Hubble-quality" images
The resulting images are a significant improvement over previous ground-based images, the researchers said. In a statement, Rigaut calls Gemini's new photos "Hubble-quality," a significant step for a telescope stuck on Earth.
"Large ground-based telescopes plus AO can provide a very attractive alternative to space, especially in the near-infrared," Rigaut said. "AO from the ground is several order of magnitudes cheaper than sending telescopes into space."
But that doesn't mean that Gemini South will put the space-based telescopes out of a job.
In addition to causing twinkling stars, Earth's atmosphere also blocks light in the ultraviolet wavelength and some infrared bands. Yet some of the universe's most interesting processes are only visible in these types of light, which can't be seen from the ground.
"What is filtered can never be recovered," Rigaut said.
And adaptive optics does not yet work well with light in the visible range, so Gemini won't be bringing home the beautiful optical images the Hubble is famous for. [Spectacular Photos From the Revamped Hubble Space Telescope]
"Space is not replaceable for many things," Rigaut cautioned.
But in the wavelengths that adaptive optics works for, GeMS excels.
All telescopes are limited by the amount of what Rigaut calls "detector real estate."
"Whether you are in space or on the ground, you are mostly limited by the number of pixels you can put behind your telescope, or telescope-plus-AO-system," he said. "There, we're about on par with space."
An interior view of the Gemini South during propagation of the laser guide star system during on-sky testing of the laser system. (Image credit: Manuel Paredes/ Gemini Observatory/AURA)
The Gemini telescope's new optics could help pave the way for better quality images from all branches of astronomy, including stellar evolution, star formation in nearby galaxies, black holes, and the study of the movement and composition of distant galaxies. GeMS can also provide more precise weather monitoring on Mars and Jupiter from the surface of Earth.
And such a system isn't limited only to Gemini South.
"The principle is generic and can be used on any ground-based telescope," Rigaut explained.
So although GeMS is specifically designed for Gemini, other telescopes should be able to use a similar process. According to Rigaut, the Thirty Meter Telescope being planned for Hawaii, and the European Southern Observatory's European Extremely Large Telescope intended for Chile both have MCAO systems in the works.
Pretty soon, the familiar children's song may need a new refrain.
Follow SPACE.com for the latest in space science and exploration news on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook.
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The highest paid pro surfers of 2011
December 28, 2011 | Surfing
Kelly Slater was the best paid pro surfer of 2011. The 11-time world surfing champion from Cocoa Beach, Florida, cashed in $556,250 in the 2011 surf contest season.
Interestingly, Slater is the only US surfer in Top 10 ranking. Damien Hobgood is the second North American surfer to earn the most out of the 2011 ASP World Tour. Hobgood grabbed $181,650.
The Australians and Brazilians dominate the cash machine of pro surfing. Owen Wright was the second best paid surfer of 2011 with a total of $445,750. Gabriel Medina, the new wonder kid from Brazil, has earned enough money to buy his first car. He cashed $307,100.
Adriano de Souza, winner of the 2011 Billabong Rio Pro, has also interesting pocket money to enjoy in the sunny Brazilian sand beaches. de Souza worked and deserved the $297,500 in prize money.
Tiago Pires, the Portuguese tiger, is the best European money making pro surfer. He grabbed $135,900, while Jeremy Flores "only" kept $111,150. Pro surfing life is hard. Now, add the sponsorship deals.
Dane Reynolds has the second weakest cash-in performance of 2011. Due to his injuries, the Ventura surfer stood with $44,600. The lowest prize money grabber is Bobby Martinez, who refused to continue hi ASP World Tour career, with a total of $35,500.
2011 Pro Surfing Career Earnings
1. Slater, Kelly, $556250
2. Wright, Owen, $445750
3. Medina, Gabriel, $307100
4. De Souza, Adriano, $297500
5. Burrow, Taj, $259250
6. Parkinson, Joel, $249750
7. Wilson, Julian, $227200
8. Pupo, Miguel, $211750
9. Muniz, Alejo, $203000
10. Smith, Jordy, $198250
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Oheka Castle Wedding Pictures
Oheka Castle has such marvelous locations for wedding pictures. Whether you are looking for a place to take indoor bridal portraits, outside bridal party portraits, indoor family pictures, or a combination of the above, Oheka will have a location for you.
Oheka Castle and Taylor Swift's Blank Space
One of those locations is the stairwell in their main lobby. Featured in such places as Taylor Swift’s extremely popular "Blank Space" video, the TV show Royal Pains, and movies such as Citizen Kane, Oheka’s ornate lobby is a site to behold.
Castle Lobby
Built nearly one hundred years ago by Otto Hermann Kahn, Oheka still remains the second biggest private home ever constructed in the United States. It boasts one hundred and twenty-seven rooms, over a hundred thousand square feet of space, and is one of my favorite locations to shoot wedding photographs!
After being abandoned for years in the 1980’s, Oheka was eventually purchased by Gary Melius, a developer. Under the careful instruction of historians and architects, every detail was meticulously rebuilt. It took two years. Oheka Castle can be found on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also one of the Historic Hotels of America.
Many wedding clients love having their wedding pictures taken on the Grand Staircase at Oheka Castle. I can totally understand why! The ornate metal railings are truly beautiful. The split staircase is elegant in its’ symmetry.
The light that pours into the lobby from the two tall front doors is really gorgeous. Oheka’s lobby has a quiet grace about it, and it’s a great site for wedding portraits and photographs.
We often create family portraits in this location. The middle landing is a great place to pose your bridal party, bridesmaids, groomsmen, and family formal portraits. This location makes for a great, iconic Oheka look to your formal wedding day portraits.
At this particular wedding, we found ourselves in the lobby at exactly the right time! The light was streaming through the window to the left of the staircase in a way that I had never seen it do before. It was such a fleeting experience, as it was gone not ten minutes later!
Everything that makes Oheka Castle so charming came together into one amazing bridal portrait, all at once. The sun streamed through the window. The sconces and overhead chandelier glowed perfectly, adding a deep warmth to the atmosphere of the space.
The pose of the bride was natural and graceful. Her Vera Wang dress was perfectly illuminated by the light coming through the windows. It was a wonderful honor to be in that place, at that time, seeing the image come together so flawlessly.
Posing pictures at Oheka Castle
Clients often ask how I pose images like this. How does the bride know where to stand? Where to place her hands, her arms? Where to look? In this instance, I requested that the bride stand directly in the light coming through the window. That lit her face to perfection. From there, I just asked her to play with the skirt of her dress with her left hand. That gave a natural grace and movement to the pose, so that it didn’t look stiff or overly manufactured. The bride is a gorgeous woman inside and out, and I truly loved capturing this portrait for her and her family.
If you're getting married at Oheka, I'd love to talk to you about your wedding photography!
Location: 135 W Gate Dr, Huntington, NY 11743.
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Frédéric Amant
Frédéric Amant's details
Region: Lueven
Studies: Specialist in Gynecologic Oncology
University: UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven
Frédéric Amant's presentations
Professor Frédéric Amant, MD, PhD (°1967), is a leading specialist in gynaecological oncology, Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Leuven, Belgium, and a specialist in Gynecologic Oncology in UZ Gasthuisberg. He has been described by The Lancet as ‘leading the agenda on cancer in pregnancy’.
Dr Amant is the principal investigator of an international study on cancer in pregnancy (www.cancerinpregnancy.org), and lead author of the recent series on malignancy in pregnancy published in The Lancet and Lancet Oncology, which presented new evidence on the treatment of cancer during pregnancy.
He is also Chair of the taskforce of the European Society of Gynecologic Oncology on cancer in pregnancy, a member of the Endometrium Tumor Site Committee of the EORTC (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer), Gynecologic Cancer Group, and co-chair of ENITEC (European Network Individualized Treatment Endometrial Cancer).
Council member of the European Society of Gynecologic Oncology where he heads the task force on ‘Cancer in pregnancy’
Principal investigator of the international study on ‘Cancer in pregnancy
Member of the Endometrium Tumor Site Committee of the EORTC (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer), Gynecologic Cancer Group
Co-chair of ENITEC (European Network Individualized Treatment Endometrial Cancer)
Cancer in pregnancy
Profile in The Lancet
Full listing of Prof. Amant’s published works
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Symposium is awarded 6 CME points by the RCPI
International Symposium to be held in Dublin
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Four Students from Jerusalem’s Sts. Tarkmanchatz Visit St. Nersess Seminary
by Florence Avakian
Now, in its 11th year, an innovative pro-gram brings young Armenian students from Jerusalem’s Sts. Tarkmanchatz School to a summer program at St. Nersess Seminary, providing them with unique opportunities. For the first time, the number of students chosen was increased from two to four.
Started by the Rev. Mardiros Chevian, Dean of St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, this innovative project has come to fruition through the contributions of generous donors. This year’s major benefactors were Russell and Susan Kashian (WI). Additional benefactors included Gregory and Meline Toufayan (NJ), Keith and Karyn Bilezerian (MA), Steven and Karen Nargizian (NJ), Glenn and Kristin Dabaghian (NJ) and Joseph and Kristine Casali (NJ).
The goal of this program has been for exceptional Sts. Tarkmanchatz students to come to America. In doing so, they have the invaluable opportunity to interact with their Armenian-American peers, to learn from each other, to strengthen their Christian faith, and to explore the special experiences of New York and its environs.
A day after they arrived in New York from Jerusalem, I met this year’s four students, who included 17-year olds Sarin Gejehoushian, Armine Mirzoyan, Shoghig Shahanian, and 18-year-old Nadia Abu Ata, all born in Jerusalem. With obvi-ous enthusiasm, they said that they looked forward to meeting, interacting, and learning with their fellow Armenian peers, and visiting the iconic centers of New York City and the metropolitan area.
“Jerusalem is home. The convent has always protected us,” they said almost in unison, reminiscing about their life at the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, and at Sts. Tarkmanchatz Armenian School, a special institution renowned for its top-level education, offering small classes and personal attention.
“The Vank is a happy, safe place. Everyone knows each other,” related Gejehoushian, “and Sts. Tarkmanchatz is our second home. From the very first day when my family took me, the school gave me life, culture, caring. I should be lost without it. It is a place of true ungeroutiune (friendship),” she declared emotionally, with the other three students nodding in agreement.”
The teachers “are like family,” chimed in Mirzoyan. “They ask us about our problems, our condition, how to help us,” she said, pointing out one particular teacher who taught Arabic, and who recently passed away. Remembrances of her brought the four young ladies to several minutes of sobbing.
Mirzoyan, whose father first came to Jerusalem to renovate the St. James Armenian Cathedral, called her teachers and classmates as “more than a family. Together, we are a big, happy family.” They all voiced special praise for the principle of Sts. Tarkmanchatz, the Very Rev. Norayr Kazazian who has installed many renovations and instituted new programs in the school.
Mirzoyan plans to study linguistics at university. She has spent all her summers in Armenia, and “would love to live in Armenia. After all,” she said proudly, “our roots are there.”
Shoghig whose father, she revealed “is the Patriarch’s right hand,” said that Jerusalem has been “my home since kindergarten. All the students there are my brothers and sisters.” She plans to study art at university either in Jerusalem, or in Armenia which she has visited twice.
Abu Ata who is of Armenian and Palestinian background, before coming to Sts. Tarkmanchatz, had attended a Catholic school with more than 30 in a class. She came to Sts. Tarkmanchatz three years ago where “they genuinely care about raising a generation, with the special goal of making each student a good person. The school really embodies what a true education should be.”
Without hesitation, Abu Ata stated, “I truly love Sts. Tarkmanchatz!” She is interested in furthering her education either in the fields of science, technology or mathematics, and making her home in the holy land. All four students expressed their unbridled enthusiasm for their special ten-day learning and living experiences with their Armenian-American peers and instructors at St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, and in New York City, and New Haven.
Chevian commented, “This year was especially gratifying to host four students from the Sts. Tarkmanchatz Armenian School of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem and to have all of them participate in the high school summer conference with enthusiasm. I am grateful to all of the donors who have supported, and continue to support, this great endeavor. Their attendance was also supported this year by Canon Nicholas Porter and the Jerusalem Peacebuilders organization of New Haven, CT, where they attended a ten-day, interfaith service-learning program.”
"Antranig Badarak" for Two New Priests
Having completed their 40-day periods of retreat and prayer, the two newest priests of the Eastern Diocese took up their first pastoral assignments earlier this month.
The Rev. Fr. Armash Bagdasarian and the Rev. Fr. Avedis Kalayjian were ordained by the hand of Diocesan Primate Archbishop Khajag Barsamian in late July, in a splendid ceremony at St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in New York (click here to watch the service as it was broadcast live on July 24). Their canonical period of seclusion throughout August was spent at the new St. Nersess Seminary campus in Armonk, NY.
Since then, the two priests and their families have been received with warm enthusiasm by their respective parishes. Each celebrated his inaugural Divine Liturgy—or Antranig Badarak—in the opening weeks of September: Fr. Bagdasarian on September 4 at the Soorp Haroutiun Church of Orlando, FL, and Fr. Kalayjian on September 11 at the St. Mesrob Church of Racine, WI.
Click on the following links to view photo galleries of Fr. Armash Bagdasarian, Fr. Avedis Kalayjian, and their respective parishioners during the Antranig Badarak celebrations in Orlando and Racine.
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Get More Privileged Access to Downton Abbey's Highclere Castle on Viking Cruises
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New “Great Homes” Cruise Extension Offers Additional Privileged Access to Highclere Castle, the filming location of “Downton Abbey”
Viking Cruises became a household name during its sponsorship of the celebrated series Downton Abbey while it aired on PBS, and a new premier partnership builds on Viking’s continued commitment to enriching cultural programming.
For years Viking has offered a variety of ways for its guests to experience life at Highclere Castle, the filming location of Downton Abbey.
GREAT HOMES, GARDENS & GIN
In celebration of the new film, a new Pre/Post Cruise Extension, was designed to give guests an exclusive look at several country estates that have served as the settings of acclaimed PBS and MASTERPIECE productions. Starting in 2021, the new five-day extension will be available on Viking’s RHINE GETAWAY river cruise itinerary and BRITISH ISLES EXPLORER ocean cruise itinerary and allows guests to explore Oxford and experience English country life.
The program includes:
Viking’s Privileged Access® tour of Highclere Castle, with
an opportunity to taste the recently-launched Highclere Castle Gin, a super-premium London Dry Gin inspired by botanicals from the castle’s gardens. The extension also includes a visit to the nearby Bombay Sapphire Distillery to learn the history and production of gin;
a visit to Broughton Castle, home to the influential Fiennes family, whose members include the renowned British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes and actors Ralph Fiennes and Joseph Fiennes;
a visit to Chavenage House in the Cotswolds, best known for its appearance in the Masterpiece series Poldark; and
a stroll in the gardens of Highgrove House, the private home of Charles, The Prince of Wales.
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OXFORD & HIGHCLERE CASTLE
Viking's highest-rated Pre/Post Cruise Extension, is available for guests on select river and ocean cruise itineraries. This Privileged Access extension provides guests with an exclusive three-day experience in the rolling hills of England’s countryside with a champagne welcome and a tour of the castle and estate.
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A 5-day Pre-Cruise Extension for the Pharaohs & Pyramids Nile River cruise itinerary, this tour gives guests an introduction to Egyptian antiquities in preparation for their Nile experience, and includes retracing the steps of the world’s most famous Egyptologist, Howard Carter, and his benefactor, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon. Guests experience Privileged Access to archives and museum exhibits not normally accessible to the public, and at Highclere Castle, have the opportunity view the earl’s magnificent private collection of Egyptian artifacts.
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Naval code overcomes language barrier
Captain Angela Toh, an assistant navigations officer on the RSS Stalwart, says she felt proud when she saw the confidence other navies had in Singapore during the manoeuvring segment.PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
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Participants in Asean-China sea drills avoid misunderstanding, pass messages quickly
Lim Min Zhang In Zhanjiang (Guangdong)
Instead of using English to communicate, the crew of navies participating in an Asean-China maritime exercise used a naval code instead.
Using the Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea (Cues) to communicate reduces the risk of misunderstanding, and allows messages to be passed on swiftly.
For instance, "Tango-Alpha-Eight-Seven" is a clearer way of saying "leave formation".
It was practised during the two-day sea phase of the Asean-China Maritime Field Training Exercise. The sea phase ended yesterday.
The six-day Asean-China Maritime Field Training Exercise, which ends today, is the first between Asean and one other country. The use of the code was made possible by Asean and its eight partner countries, including the United States, China, Russia and Japan, having adopted it since last year.
The 25-page document, a non-binding pact first adopted in 2014 by 21 countries, specifies safety procedures, communication plans and manoeuvring instructions.
RSS Stalwart represents Singapore in the exercise, which involved more than 1,000 personnel from the 11 nations.
FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE
Being able to see the kind of roles the navy plays in both military and diplomatic affairs, it also helps me appreciate how NS contributes to our defence.
THIRD SERGEANT YANG WU, a weapon systems operator. The 18-year-old is the RSS Stalwart's youngest crew member.
Though it was the first time that Military Expert 1 Joel Johnson, 29, a communications systems operator on RSS Stalwart, used Cues in a multilateral exercise, he found it quite "simple and straightforward".
"Some common challenges when exercising with foreign navies include strong accents from the other operators or improper voice procedures. As Singaporeans, we also tend to speak fast, and it might be a challenge for others to grasp," he told reporters on board RSS Stalwart on Thursday.
"The last time when we did not have Cues, every other country would take some time to answer the question. But just now, it even became quite competitive as everyone tried to respond quickly," he added.
Other than practising Cues, the eight participating ships also completed a joint search-and-rescue operation, helicopter cross-deck landings, and a simulated maritime replenishment.
The successful and safe execution of these serials - or components - of the sea operations were a result of the detailed planning and a good working relationship between the naval officers of different countries, said Captain Derick Ng, 28, the lead planner for the sea phase from RSS Stalwart.
While there were disagreements between the navies during the planning stage, the operations officer said everyone was aligned on safety being a key priority, which became a guideline.
First Asean-China Maritime Exercise will tackle simulated collision in waters off Zhanjiang
China steps up defence diplomacy in S-E Asia
There was no actual contact between ships during the replenishment drill, but it was an important manoeuvre for confidence-building, said Capt Ng.
"You need to be very clear about each other's intentions when you manoeuvre in very close quarters."
Captain Angela Toh, 24, an assistant navigations officer, said she felt proud when she saw the confidence other navies had in Singapore during the manoeuvring segment, where the eight ships sailed together in formation, such as in a single file.
In one manoeuvre, RSS Stalwart took charge of three ships behind it, giving them instructions on how to steer and at what speed to go.
"It takes a lot of trust for them to follow our commands and execute them accordingly, knowing they are in safe hands," she added.
Third Sergeant Yang Wu, a weapon systems operator, is the RSS Stalwart's youngest crew member at 18. On the key learning points, he said: "Being able to see the kind of roles the navy plays in both military and diplomatic affairs, it also helps me appreciate how NS contributes to our defence."
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 27, 2018, with the headline 'Naval code overcomes language barrier'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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An ambivalent example for genderdesign: Japan’s “Woman Only” subway cars in Tokyo - also an issue in the exhibition “Blue + Pink >>> Rethink!”. Photo © flickr
Gender-sensitive design
by Thomas Edelmann
Why do men today wear precisely those blue tones that for centuries were reserved exclusively for representations of the Virgin Mary? Why, only shortly after birth, and then if possible for all their lives, are girls associated with pink tones that were once intended only for boys as “mild red”?
These examples show that conventions are made by people and can therefore be changed, all the more so if related to gender. They are social agreements, not more, not less. A degree of solace in view of, for example, the latest Barbie generation, which does not restrict itself to passing on traditional color and aesthetic codes to a new generation. You simply don’t need to buy such stuff. The “Hello Barbie” model is meant in future to communicate closely with its child owners. Since Mom and Dad often don’t have time, plastic toys will engage in everyday chitchat with the daughters of tomorrow. The kids’ responses are, and here images of Edward Snowden enter the fray, sent by WLAN to the Web-based “Toytalk” company, which stores them and later evaluates them, to whatever end. So in future girls’ rooms will presumably not just be defined by pink, but also by the surveillance mechanisms deployed by the toy industry’s marketing strategists.
Relevance and color
The exhibition on “Blue + Pink >>> Rethink!” that recently opened at designxport in Hamburg highlights the “gender clichés and perspectives in design”. And it does so not just by examining colors imposed on infants, who later remember the tones as their own and pass them down to the next generation. If everything is designed, then most certainly our gender-specific ascriptions. “No one today would dispute that design substantively determines the shape of our lives,” comments Uta Brandes, who has been Professor of Gender Design at the Cologne International School of Design since 1995, “but the relevance of gender in design and in use still gets underestimated or overlooked altogether. This ignorance damages all those involved in and with design.”
The “international Gender Design Network” (iGDN), founded in 2013 in New York, invited renowned designers and design intermediaries to make their personal juxtapositions of tops vs. flops for the exhibition. Alessandro Mendini and Britta Pukall took part, as did Matali Crasset, Alexa Lixfeld, Anthony Dunne, Douglas Young, Doreen Toutikian, Mateo Kries and many others. They were asked to propose alongside each annoying negative example one that in their opinion featured a gender-sensitive design. Mendini compared the transparent plastic chair “La Marie”, which he praised emphatically, to the “Gun Lamp”, which he rejected – both designed by Philippe Starck. Virgile Thévoz from London recommends the “Lei” office chair, created specifically for women by Swedish designer Monika Förster, as an example of a flop. On touring the exhibition, anyone who thinks gender-sensitive design is an attempt to nurture boring neutrality that lowers things to the lowest common denominator will soon realize this is not the case. While the attempt to make the T-shirt the solution to the specific button facings of men’s and women’s shirts may seem a little overly economic, Britta Pukall’s design for attractive crossover underwear for women that is suitable for everyday use, as leisure time apparel and for sports, and as maternity wear is a pleasant alternative to existing maternity underwear in its neutral pale-beige look.
Beyond blue or pink ribbons
The focus has long since ceased to be only on products worn on the body. Why is it that US dollar bills to this day only bear the faces of US statesmen? An alternative design reclaimed famous American women for posterity – on bills and coins. Kunihiko Nakagawa feels ambivalently about Japan’s “Woman Only” subway cars in Tokyo. While they offer protection against everyday gropers in the rush-hour crush, they also lead to a strange form of segregation reminiscent of pre-modern times and do not solve the problems, but simply repress them. Designer Marco Piva criticizes the Italian habit of hanging blue or pink ribbons on a main door to announce the birth of a boy or girl. His glass switch series “VDA” is, he says, consciously gender-sensitive in terms of design.
Indeed, at times chalk and cheese get compared here. Nevertheless, the result is praiseworthy. The one or other design gains greater weight when juxtaposed to its opposite. For example, dolls drawn by school kids in Sri Lanka and sewn there by women at a foundation – Hamburg designer Alexa Lixfeld developed and supported the project. The cotton dolls (“Me and my doll”) can be bought in the small designxport gift shop. Half of the takings go to the foundation, of which the manufacturers are members. The figures are especially appealing as the children in Sri Lanka certainly did not draw Barbie dolls, but a great variety of offbeat figures.
Debate about sensitivity
The “Gendertalk” afternoon that coincided with the opening was highly stimulating, and moderated by Uta Brandes and the host, Babette Peters. The participants included: Tanja Godlewsky, a Cologne-based designer who also designed the show; Hamburg designers Christian Schüten and Björn Welzel (Welzel also works in milieu research and as a consultant); and cultural theorist Gesa Ziemer, who is a professor at HafenCity University. “How to design something in a gender-sensitive mode and eschewing clichés of masculine and feminine?” asked Uta Brandes. The question became the main theme addressed in the debate, and it did not sidestep the curious desire precisely for such clichés and products that play to that gallery. Designers Godlewsky and Schüten tackled this issue, referring to the context in which job briefs get defined and the realities of working life, not as an excuse but as the point where change has to first be brought about. The two also pointed to the need for stringent approaches. “Why do designers do such things?” Gesa Ziemer enquired. “Do you really think anyone needs them? Or are they simply obeying the diktat of a society that has long since ceased to exist? Björn Welzel described findings from his studies on the designer milieu, which has changed strongly since the 1990s. The profession of designers was previously far more idealist in mindset and a different sort of person was active in it. Previously, designers tended to have a more experimental view of their work, an agenda that focused on improving the entire social world. Since the 1980s design has, he said, emerged as a buzzword. The notion of design and fashion now has the trappings of “lifestyle” about it and is therefore of interest to people who previously did not concern themselves with it. Welzel affirmed that “designers’ cultural capital has dwindled in recent years and they are no longer the spearhead of society.” The discussion also touched on the role of marketing; gender marketing, for example, already tries to define fields for marketing. However, the participants mainly debated not this side to the market, but a new, open approach to design, a form of design that avoids gender attributes and blunt appropriation. “One can change things somewhat by choosing the right materials and objects,” Gesa Ziemer declared. And continued that “design has such a power,” which everyone construed as the optimistic concluding words.
An important venue for in-depth debate
Since opening in July 2014, Babette Peters has already hosted 11 exhibitions at designxport – a new kind of forum that has emerged as what is probably the most important venue for in-depth and controversial debates on design in Germany. Graphics, fashion and advertising are just as much at home here as are product and furniture design. There have been closed meetings and there have been thematic and biographical exhibitions. designxport really hits a high especially when it becomes a venue for debates in a chamber-music format. The participants come from various different communities, showing just how differentiated the design professions have already become. Peters has created a “turnaround point for ideas and projects” in the Elb Arcades, in the middle of Hamburg’s new HafenCity district. For decades, she laid the groundwork, despite political circumstances in Hamburg often changing, supported by a small association of co-champions who shared her vision.
The designxport premises are located in a long new build that is also home to Greenpeace Deutschland and the German iF Design show. The spaces are structured as a variable stage architecture that is just as suitable for showing flatware (usually self-adhering posters and info posters) as it is for presenting 3D objects and multimedia works. Moreover, designxport boasts a compact working library and an equi-sized materials library, a café and a shop with products and little gifts created or supported by Hamburg designers. Architects Stephen Williams Associates, who also masterminded the Hamburg “25hours” hotel next door, have used sustainable materials to launch a unique space. The parquet floor made of fast-growing bamboo is destined to age the more it is used, like the floor in a music club.
“Blue + Pink >>> Rethink!”
designxport
Hongkongstrasse 8
Thru April 17
Next stop for the show:
April 28 – May 15 at designtransfer in Berlin, where there will be a gender talk on April 24, with new members on the panel.
Later in the year the exhibition will be in Milan.
From April 23 – May 16 the designxport space will present furniture by Modernist Danish architects,
from May 28 – June 13, as part of
Hamburg’s Summer of Architecture, the oeuvre of Stephen Williams Associates will be on show.
Anyone interested should subscribe to the designxport newsletter. Most of the exhibitions run only for a few weeks.
www.designxport.de
www.genderdesign.org (iGDN-Network)
MORE on Stylepark:
Pain in Marilyn Monroe’s wardrobe: Ever more frequently exhibitions are attempting to explain the current relationship between art and design. This is also true of "Entre deux actes - Loge de Comédienne" at Kunsthalle Baden-Baden.
Patricia Urquiola is everywhere: Uta Abendroth spoke with the designer, who has chosen Milan as her home, about the innovations she is presenting at the Salone, prototypes in her own home, and the family factor.
(27 April 2014)
On touring the exhibition, anyone who thinks gender-sensitive design is an attempt to nurture boring neutrality denominator will soon realize this is not the case. Photo © Thomas Edelmann
The solution to the specific button facings of men’s and women’s shirts: the T-shirt.
Photo © iGDN – Julia Schümann / WOLF Fotografie
Good question: Why is it that US dollar bills to this day only bear the faces of US statesmen? Photo © iGDN – Julia Schümann / WOLF Fotografie
Another question: Why are girls associated with pink tones?
Attractive crossover underwear for women by Musis that is suitable for everyday use, for sports and as maternity wear. Photo © iGDN – Julia Schümann / WOLF Fotografie
The exhibition has opened at designxport in Hamburg’s Hafencity.
The “Gendertalk” moderated by Uta Brandes, on the left Hamburg designer Christian Schüten. Photo © Thomas Edelmann
Host of the evening and the exhibition: designxports-chief Babette Peters.
Photo © Thomas Edelmann
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Led Zeppelin / Box sets and deluxe CD and vinyl reissues in June
March 15, 2014 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1960s, 1970s, Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin Super Deluxe Edition box set
Phase one of the much anticipated Led Zeppelin reissue campaign has just kicked-off with the first three albums slated for a 2 June release date.
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II and Led Zeppelin III will being issued as single CD remasters, two-CD Deluxe Editions, single vinyl LP remasters, and Deluxe Vinyl editions (3LPs for the debut and 2LPs for ‘II’ and ‘III’). The deluxe editions will feature previously unreleased audio on their ‘companion’ discs including ‘rough mixes’ of album tracks and in the case of the first album Led Zeppelin Live at the Olympia.
Furthermore, all the albums will be issued as a separate super deluxe edition box sets which contain ALL the content on CD and vinyl; a high-definition download card with ALL content in 96kHz/24 bit (live tracks are 48/24); a 70+ page photo book and a high quality print of original album artwork. The first 30,000 copies will be numbered. Led Zeppelin will also contain a copy of the band’s original Atlantic press kits.
All the audio on these sets has been remastered by guitarist and producer Jimmy Page. Photos, details, track listings and pre-order links below:
The first album will come as a single vinyl remaster and a deluxe triple vinyl edition which includes the original album remastered, plus two further records of companion audio on 180g vinyl in a tri-fold sleeve. The extra audio on the ‘companion disc’ is eight tracks from Led Zeppelin Live at the Olympia, a previously unreleased October 1969 concert from Paris, France. This content is repeated on the 2CD edition. The Super Deluxe Edition box set contains both CDs and all three vinyl records, plus book, digital downloads and more.
Unreleased audio on companion disc(s)
Live At The Olympia – Paris, France (October 10, 1969)
1. “Good Times Bad Times/Communication Breakdown”
2. “I Can’t Quit You Baby”
3. “Heartbreaker”
4. “Dazed And Confused”
5. “White Summer/Black Mountain Side”
6. “You Shook Me”
7. “Moby Dick”
8. “How Many More Times”
Single CD / Gatefold wallet
Single CD Remaster
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2CDs / Gatefold wallet
Deluxe 2CD Edition
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Standard vinyl
Single Vinyl Remaster
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3LP Tri-fold vinyl
Deluxe 3LP Vinyl Edition
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Led Zeppelin Super Deluxe Edition box
SUPER DELUXE BOX
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As well as a single CD remaster (in a gatefold sleeve with an eight-page booklet) there is a deluxe 2CD version of Led Zeppelin II that has a second disc of previously unreleased studio outtakes. The Led Zeppelin II companion audio gives fans the first peek into the band’s recording sessions, with alternate mixes of five songs from the album, backing tracks to Thank You and Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman), and the previously unreleased track La La. The deluxe sets feature original artwork, plus a newly created negative artwork for the companion audio. The box set contains everything, including the book and hi-res downloads.
Unreleased audio on companion disc:
Whole Lotta Love [Rough Mix with Vocal]
What Is And What Should Never Be [Rough Mix with Vocal]
Thank You [Backing Track]
Hearbreaker [Rough Mix with Vocal]
Living, Lovin Maid [Backing Track]
Ramble On [Rough Mix with Vocal]
Moby Dick [Drum Track]
La La Intro/Outro [Rough Mix]
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Standard Vinyl LP Remaster
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Led Zeppelin II / Super Deluxe Edition Box
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The double vinyl version of Led Zeppelin III includes the original album (remastered) on one record with a second album of ‘companion audio’ which features seven previously unreleased studio outtakes from the album as well as three previously unheard compositions: Jennings Farm Blues (an instrumental forerunner of Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp), Bathroom Sound (an instrumental version of Out On The Tiles), and their take on the blues classics Keys To The Highway/Trouble In Mind. Both records will be pressed on 180g vinyl and will come in a tri-fold sleeve that includes the wheel and die-cut holes from the original LP sleeve. The 2CD edition contains the same bonus audio as the deluxe vinyl and also has a sleeve with the wheel and the die-cuts. Again, the Super Deluxe Edition box set gathers up all vinyl and CD content and adds hi-res downloads, a 70 page hardcover book and the high quality art print.
1. “The Immigrant Song”
3. “Celebration Day”
4. “Since I’ve Been Loving You”
5. “Bathroom Sound”
6. “Gallows Pole”
7. “That’s The Way”
8. “Jennings Farm Blues”
9. “Keys To The Highway/Trouble In Mind”
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Led Zeppelin III Super Deluxe Edition box
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1. Good Times Bad Times
2. Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
5. Your Time Is Gonna Come
6. Black Mountain Side
7. Communication Breakdown
Companion Audio Disc (CD and LP)
1. “Whole Lotta Love”
2. “What Is And What Should Never Be”
3. “The Lemon Song”
4. “Thank You”
6. “Living Loving Maid (She’s Just A Woman)”
7. “Ramble On”
Livin, Lovin Maid [Backing Track]
1. “Immigrant Song”
5. “Out On The Tiles”
7. “Tangerine”
9. “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp”
10. “Hats Off To (Roy) Harper”
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Pim says:
Received my boxsets last night. Beautiful packages, even though audio-wise it doesn’t offer that much value for money. But the booklet with the die-cut zeppelin, all the great pictures and artwork in the booklet etc are well worth the price IMO. A lot of bands (I’m looking at you Queen Productions!) deserve packages like this.
Gary C says:
@popmarket are offering the deluxe boxes for £73 but dunno about postage rates
Peter Chrisp says:
Mic & Ron by the sound of it you are very impressed with “packaging”
and are the inner sleeves quite extensive? Looking forward to receiving my copies next week from the U.K.
I’ve listened to the ‘companion audio’ cd’s for II and III. There is really nothing new and earth-shattering in this bonus audio for a Zep fan. The rough mixes seem to be the same instrumental backing with a rough vocal track. And the outtakes that are labeled as ‘backing track’ seem to be just that, the released backing tracks with the vocals simply removed. The stuff that has not appeared on any bootlegs (La La Intro/Outro [Rough Mix] / “Keys To The Highway/Trouble In Mind”) is pretty lame in my opinion. If you have any Zep bootlegs you have probably heard most of the bonus content already. If you want to hear some good Zep bonus audio hunt down a copy of Studio Magik and get out your headphones! Good thing these two disc sets are going for the price of one CD.
Not a comment on the box set packaging, but just as a FYI, the hi-res audio is purchasable separately (at least in the US) at HDTracks for $30 each. Tempting…
Haze says:
The Super Deluxe boxes are really well put together, beautifully designed, a high quality build and packaged brilliantly for safe delivery to our collection. Shame some pillock decided it was good idea to slap a white sticker onto the box before it was shrinkwrapped!
Ranasakawa says:
Use a hair dryer to remove sticker.
C Feeney says:
I’ve never been a big Led Zep fan, alwys thought Pink Floyd were better, butb his set of reissues could certainly teach Pink Floyd a thing or two about giving the fans the options they need to get what they want. Not perfect, but a lot better than the Division Bell fiasco.
Mic Smith says:
Just opened Zep 1 and it’s amazing! The book is superb. A top quality product throughout.
The actual packaging used to deliver was really robust with each album in its own cardboard packaging with foam lining and shrink wrapped. Someone thought long and hard about getting them to fans in tip top condition. Well chuffed.
Yep agreed. The packaging was great! Got mine last week Friday (all three of them). Although I kind of hoped to see some interviews or liner notes in each book and I now think that the companion cd’s could have been better. Still, each set cries quality!
I think if Jimmy Page spent time remastering and pulling together some unreleased outtakes for true Led Zep fans and offered them in different formats I think it is all good. Sure you won’t be able to please everyone but for some fans this is welcomed and will be enjoyed. Very enthusiastic about what will come out of them reissuing Physical Graffiti.
@Ted
you can download the new remasters via torrent for free and burn them,
then write “safety copy of 90’s remaster”
a private copy of a cd you already have is legal ;-)
I have almost the entire catalog (as well as the British catalogue) on CD — the early 90s remasters. I gather we will be able to send those discs back and get the 2014 remasters at a discount. Am very glad that’s the case since obviously the earlier generation of CDs are now passé, outmoded, superseded and déclassé.
they could have put the Olympia concert on LP for 20€
and a double LP set called “rarities” with only the rare track for 20€
i’ll pass on this,I already have all the european mini lp,plus the song remains the same double dvd,plus DVD,plus all the albums except 3 and Physical graffity on vinyl
that’s enough
i’m not a milking cow…!!!!!
Kevin Courtright says:
Am I confused, or does the official Led Zeppelin II delete “Bring It On Home”? Not speaking of the Bonus stuff; just the original LP.
As others wonder…I too look forward to learning are the analogue master tapes the source for all the titles…and how were they are re-mastered…great to see you can have the 2 LP sets without paying for all the added printed paper :-)
Peter Stillwell says:
Sorry, I don’t understand what is going on, these have already been re-released on CD 3 times and not with the original mastertapes. What the fans want are the Live recordings. Why is teh cost so high as well £91.00 on Amazon for each box set?
Come on Page/Plant/Jones you don’t need the money that much.
I already have Led Zep I on vinyl and CD and Box sets. How many more times are you going to release it!!!
The ongoing deluxe/super deluxe campaigns by a lot of artists and labels is mainly seen as a last hurrah by them to get as much cash for physical products as they can before the digital age takes over with downloads and streaming, which is a much cheaper and convenient way of obtaining, playing and sharing music.
The previous issue with the unavailability of high-res digital files is now being addressed and audiophiles are now being increasingly catered for in the digital realm.
You will notice a lot of poorly thought out projects with little to attract the consumer in terms of new/improved audio or video content and which are bulked out with easy to produce memorabilia that adds little to the music it represents but which looks nice all spread out and convinces buyers there is something there worth paying excessive prices for.
The marketing people know how to entice the average buyer but you really need to assess what is being offered and whether you are getting value for money in terms of the content especially compared to previous issues or cheaper editions of a multi-format release.
In this instance you can buy the deluxe double CD and deluxe vinyl for £35-£40 separately and so for £50-£55 more with the super deluxe box you are only getting a book of photos and a print as extras. If the high-res digital files do not come with the individual vinyl then that is a consideration although high-res is usually entirely dependent on the mastering. I never hear any audio difference significant enough to make me want to pay extra for high-res.
Very good post Dan, sums it up really.
This is classic gouging of the consumer by the labels treating us all as suckers.
It’s simply ludicrous the hi-res versions won’t be available separately. Allow HDTracks or others to sell them for crying out loud. I won’t be buying the super deluxe editions to get them and will wait for them to be available by ‘other means’.
Hop1 says:
Dan, you da man. Cheers for your objective analysis of what the greasy marketers are up to that actually doesn’t surprise me at all. Roll on the advancement of the digital revolooooooooooSHUN
The double CD editions have reduced from £19.99 to £12.99 on Amazon UK.
I have a feeling in between what I had with Peter Gabriel’s SO and Paul McCartney’s RAM Super Deluxe Edition. If you bought RAM without the vinyl it would have cost about $80. But that gave you Ram CD + Mono CD + Outtakes CD + Instrumental Ram CD + DVD + High Res Audio DL. If you bought the vinyl separately add another $50 (Mono ~20 + Stereo / Out takes ~30 LP). For a total of about 130 for A true Super deluxe package.
We all know the PG thing, but at least it included SO CD Remaster + LP / 12″ Single + Live Concert CD + DVD video Concert + DVD making of SO + High REs Audio DL. Big Book and all for a final price of about $100.
Not sure where I am going with this but at current 114 each box for two LP’s + two CD’s + High Res audio w/o any DVD or Making of DVD, I am not sure it is at the happy price point yet. I hope it falls to under $100 when essentially each is very redundant. It would have been cool to see a making of DVD/BD or something like that tucked in there.
very tempted with these…
These bigger groups, heritage acts (?) that are well organised and have full control of their catalogue, are acting like car salesman. That is, selling us something every 3-5 years rather than a catalogue dump. The continual package and repackage of their back list will always sell better and generate more interest than any new material they have to release, so best to drip feed it rather than throw the lot out. Keep em wanting… and complaining of course.
Jimmy is being a bit coy, saying he doesn’t wanna step on the bootleggers toes. Bootleggers can’t bootleg a £92 box set filled with deluxe art work mind you, but that Olympia ’69 gig, as good as it is, has been available for some time in excellent quality.
It’s difficult when music that is so familiar to millions gets re-tooled. I just can’t imagine the original music sounding any better than it already does.
Na I suppose there will be also in the end a complete box set out will all albums in it. So for me i’ll wait and see. Don’t have any zep so far except a best of on double mc and the reunion concert of 2007 on cd.
Looking forward to Physical Graffiti when it comes in Super Deluxe !
Catweazle says:
Now that’s the way to do it! Did you read it, Brian May and Roger Taylor??
So, the first 30,000 Super Deluxe Boxes will be numbered? Someone is obviously expecting to shift lots of ‘premium product’.
Me, I’m expecting to see lots of boxes full of ‘overpriced tat’ heavily discounted by the Autumn…
Im not currently loving the £92 quid here (uk) and $114 and change in the US. I suppose it was forever thus, but still… whats the exchange rate these days. Even at about X 1.4 thats c. £80 in the US. Sigh.
preorder for the deluxe boxes at the US amazon was $134 yesterday, down to $114 today….
Michael Ostrich says:
On Amazon.com, the price went from $135 yesterday to $115 today, so that’s a pretty good price for the super deluxe editions.
Keith Lambert says:
Pre-ordered, can’t wait.
However, the Super Deluxe sets are currently $51/£31 more expensive from Amazon UK than some US/Japan retailers (not taking VAT into account).
Hopefully the price will shift a little in the right direction before release day.
Tim Larkham says:
These look very good and hopefully will sound amazing. I hope to get the Deluxe 2CD versions but disappointed that the packaging resembles the cheap card sleeves that somewhat devalued the Pink Floyd remasters from a few years back.
Any particular reason why “Hey, Hey, What Can I Do?” from the US 7″ of “Immigrant Song” is missing from the second album?
Don’t know why that track hasn’t been included. Hopefully the card sleeves won’t be quite as ‘budget’ as the Pink Floyd (or John Lennon) ones. III has the die cut holes and the wheel, so that sounds promising.
This was never going to be simple, despite Led Zep having one of the most straightforward back catalogues out there. Glad the bonus tracks are not exclusively locked up in expensive box sets. For me, however, new content or improved audio resolution is what this should be about, and again it’s costly to get both. I am surprised that Page didn’t have a go at 5.1 mixes, but I’m getting too old to worry about it any more…we have to enjoy what we have while we can. Bring it on!
Not liking the looks of the cardboard CD sleeves. If they’re not Japan-style mini-LP’s (with inner sleeves) then they’re unacceptable.
Also: I cannot understand the point of HiRes *downloads*. HR is not gonna be of much use if it can’t be played on the stereo system. …So why not SACD or BluRay with the 24 bit stuff?!
I see the single and double cd’s are in those rather naff cardboard sleeves. A bit like the pink Floyd remastered ones. Never liked them. Shame no deluxe style folding pack with plastic sleeve outer, or a jewel case for the single CD.
All said though, releases look good, as mentioned all the audio content (bar downloads) is availible at the lower price points. Probably the best compromise. The £92 is just a tad steep however.
Given the number of times Led Zep’s back catalogue has been remastered and reissued, all personally supervised by Jimmy Page, it’s probably fair to ask if he’s finally got it right this time.
The Led Zeppelin catalog has been remastered only once, in 1990.
The tracks on the Mothership compilation were newly mastered for that collection.
Neil Wilkes says:
And the 1990 remasters are appalling! I have both the 4CD Box set (the 12″ box with 4CD in it) as well as the “complete studio albums” 10 CD box, and the sound on those is so bright & toppy they are almost unlistenable when compared to other versions I have got. I avoided the “mothership” sets completely as I already have a couple of sets of bad remasters & did not want another.
That aside, I have pre-ordered all 3 of the SDE versions as I want the 24/96 versions – but have to pay almost £100 an album to get them. That is outrageous, and the more I think about it the more likely it is that I will cancel this order as that works out at £50/album to get downloaded files & not even physical replicated content.
Super Deluxe is fifty pounds more over the price of the separate CD and vinyl formats for a book of photos, a print and some files that to most people will sound no different to the CD.
Mad.
I am a bit disappointed. Was hoping for the opportunity to buy just the 24/96 versions.
Also, any updates on a boxed-set of the 8 track versions? The word is that a numbered version would sell for £300. Also, I gather that the entire catalog will be available on “super virgin” vinyl which obviously is better than just virgin vinyl as it is purer and newer than new.
Does the Deluxe vinyl version come with the hi-res downloads or is that only available in the Super Deluxe version?
Hi Res downloads only comes with the boxes
My main question is ” what will the vinyl sound like?”. Will they be mastered from the original tapes? Will they spend time and money getting it right?
Mothership , etc were crap compressed sound, hope this will not be the case again…
I hope there is not a trend of now placing more importance on nice presentation than sound quality for all these vinyl deluxe set that have, or are coming out from a number of artists. When they get it right, the sound is worlds apart from a CD. Only my opinion, and interestingly I only see 1 other comment, out of over 20, asking the same question.
I haven’t heard these… but the ‘word on the street’ is that they are done properly, not compressed etc.
I was hoping for an LP boxset similar to what the The Beatles did.
I don’t see myself buying the deluxe albums simply because I’ll never play the bonus content. If they were numbered, or if the first 2500 were coloured or had some other collectable advantage, it would be a different story.
Prices on amazon.ca are pretty damn good, $22.86 for the 1-LPs, $32 for the 2-LPs, and $38.45 for the 3-LP… so no complaints there at all.
The boxes are numbered… or at least the first 30,000!
I just want these & bonus tracks on CD and high res i.e. BluRay
Looks like a far better deal for the Super Deluxe Sets if your a Canadian.
They are all only £63 at Amazon Canada, a substantial saving compared to other countries.
Michael1984 says:
Ahh more LP’s to re-buy…. IF I buy Zep III again (I bought the orig, CD & the remastered CD) I should be able to get some sort of credit if they want me to buy it again. My bank account can’t seem to keep up with all these LP’s I’ve bought more than once over the years. Oh yeah, remember that 1990 box set? Where were all the “rarities” then?????
Well, it’s a bundle of riches.
But I’m still not happy. I’d pay extra for the Super Deluxe editions – but I don’t want the vinyl. And I don’t want to have to pay for the vinyl in order to get the book. Given the option I’d want isn’t available, I’ll stick with my Japanese Mini LP’s.
Sorry to p*ss and moan about a release such as this. I just have zero interest in spending money on Vinyl.
Galley says:
Same here! I haven’t purchased vinyl since 1979.
Ed Bliss says:
Exactly, Dean. Who needs vinyl?! Anyone who thinks vinyl sounds better than cd needs a new set of ears or (more easily) a better cd player/ amp/ speakers. If I were Prime minister,I’d make vinyl reissues ILLEGAL!
Robert Plant says:
When this stuff came out there was no such thing as CD, Thank the Lord.The only way to hear Zep at their best would be to follow Apple’s example and go back to the original master tapes,cut new stampers (metal masters) and repress on 180 gram vinyl. I’ve just,this week recieved my Beatles in mono box set and so far I’m half way through and as a listening experience it has been stunning.So until Jimmy gets back to the roots,the orig’ tapes and does the same,I’ll just stick with my Five original 1st pressed LPs,they started to loose it from six onwards. Ta Ta.
Do the vinyl only reissues also have download cards for high (or at least standard) definition content? If so, I don’t need the super deluxe boxes.
the superdeluxe editions are superfluous unless you need a hardback book and hi res downloads. buying the cd and vinyl separately saves you $50 right there. this is how to do multiple formats, not stick extra tracks on the most expensive edition (take note pete townshend and pink floyd). well don LZ.
What great news as none of this material has ever been reissued before ever…..since the last time!
Very nice but what are the details of the remastering? Anything that has come out of the LZ camp for the last ten years or so has been pretty dreadful in my opinion. I would spring for the deluxe vinyl if I thought it was properly transferred from the original analogue master tapes without the usual ‘brickwall’ compression. Oh and a decent engineer. As close as possible to the sound of the original UK ‘plum label’ LPs is what we need here…
The word is that these will sound very good and not like some of the more compressed stuff that’s been out (Mothership etc.)
So, what about those companion tracks on III? Are they outtakes, alternate takes, rough demos or what? Live versions, perhaps ;)?
I’ve updated the post with more info – basically as follows: The double vinyl version of Led Zeppelin III includes the original album (remastered) on one record with a second album of ‘companion audio’ which features seven previously unreleased studio outtakes from the album as well as three previously unheard compositions: Jennings Farm Blues (an instrumental forerunner of Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp), Bathroom Sound (an instrumental version of Out On The Tiles), and their take on the blues classics Keys To The Highway/Trouble In Mind.
3 super deluxes order , there goes the kids college fund , I’m sure they will understand ….. A bit disappointed about the lack of 5.1 versions but I can’t wait for these to come out
How many more times?
Si says:
Well, could be a waiting game this one … The more pre-orders the price may well come down for the Box sets. The first 30,000 will be numbered, but i am sure that means they will keep producing them un-nummbered. Not sure great for the investors out there, only time will tell. (Much like the Beatles Mono Box, originally going to be numbered then, didn’t & five years later still knocking them out)!
After selling x-amount numbered that could mean a discount in the long term, but for £92, each box, at the moment, think alot of people might pass, i think i will.
I must agree, it’s good to see all of music content available much cheaper, so every taste & budget is catered for. A very comprehensive release with great extras. It’s going to be a very interesting release for sure. Thank once again for letting us all know first here! Thanks!
This is really cool but I wish there were surround mixes?
I applaud them for making all the audio available in the much cheaper double CD and vinyl editions, which means I won’t have to be spending £92 several times over for the unwanted extras as I am not such a hardcore fan to want reproduction press packs, prints or long-winded hardback book essays.
The music does me just fine.
I’m sure all of the version will be the same all over the world (except in Japan an extra booklet). Just give the websites some time to put up the links.
Think it will be the deluxe vinyl ones for me, can’t see the need to spend an extra £60/£70 or so on a combination of book/hi res download/Double CD which would be in the super deluxe box.
Ok, I am suitably confused (age, snow, take your pick).
the links Zep II as the only 2CD version being available in the US/amazon.com, but all three 2 disc CD sets are linked in the UK
Does that mean that the US doesn’t get I and III in the two CD format?
Yup really confused
Nuke says:
Very, very cool!
I’m sort of surprised that LZIII doesn’t have a version that includes the spinning thing in it that was found on the original sleeve. Maybe it’s there, but I’m not seeing it in the imagery.
Spinning wheel ‘thing’ is present on Vinyl and CD!
DP says:
Awesome! But you don’t have a US link to the super deluxe III.
Enrico G. says:
Long awaited and truly welcome releases. The bonus content seems good enough to buy all the superdeluxeeditions, but what is still astonishing is the content in their original form of some rock masterpieces.
Cheers from Bologna, Italy.
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The Asdal parents are celebrated in Annapolis, Maryland for their dedication to the New Jersey Parents’ “Miracle on Asphalt” meals provided to U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen after football games. Since Lt. Cmdr. O’Keefe started attending the Naval Academy as a freshman in 2005, Mr. Asdal has attended every football game and provided thousands of midshipmen with a home-cooked meal. He has attended over 100 straight home Navy football games. Four of the five Asdal daughters attended the Naval Academy, graduating in 2009, 2010, 2014, and 2017.
Lt. Cmdr. O’Keefe said the youngest Asdal sister, Lt. j.g. Charlotte Asdal, just earned her surface warfare qualification and was awarded her SWO pin on USS Farragut (DDG 99). “The family chatted about how proud we are of Charlotte,” said O’Keefe.
O’Keefe is the only female of six department heads serving onboard Lassen this deployment. In the naval service, women are less than 20 percent of the force, which makes the story of four active duty Asdal sisters even more inspiring. “I work to be a strong and successful female role model for the junior officers and Sailors on board Lassen. I want to inspire others to lead and break the mold,” said O’Keefe.
Lt. Cmdr. O’Keefe and Lt. j.g. Asdal are both serving on ships in the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group. HSTCSG is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points.
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MADISON, NJ - The Madison School District has canceled all activities for Saturday January 18 due to the impending weather.
According to the National Weather Service,snow will begin before 5pm, then snow and sleet with a high near 36. Snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
On Saturday Night there will be rain, snow, freezing rain, and sleet, according to the weather ...
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Washington, DC -- Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) voted Wednesday for a bipartisan bill to ...
Madison Area YMCA to Hold Pancake Breakfast: Sun., Jan. 26
By MADISON AREA YMCA
The Madison Area YMCA is holding its annual Pancake Breakfast on Sun., Jan. 26, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Family Center located at 111 Kings Road in Madison. Breakfast is free for members. Non-members are welcome for a suggested $5 donation per family.
For more information, contact the Welcome Center at the Madison Area YMCA at 973-822-YMCA (9622) or ...
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MADISON, NJ - Yup, it's the weekend!
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Swimming; Boys and Girls at Morristown High School; 9am
Wrestling; Quad Meet; Madison High School; 9am
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WE ARE WHAT WE ARE
MM: Great to meet you!
MF: And like wise! Thanks for thinking of us.
MM: Could you briefly tell me how the band came together?
MF: Around 1994 I was in college, not playing seriously in any bands, but I would still write Hardcore songs from time to time and show them to my friends. Ironically, I had three friends, none of which knew each other, who all said to me "We should start a Hardcore band." One of the friends played bass, one played guitar, and one sang. It was just too perfect, and I already had a couple songs to boot. I brought all of us together to start playing; the singer found us a drummer, and that was the very first lineup of Shai Hulud. The band officially started in 1995, or so I think.
MM: Your new album 'Reach Beyond The Sun' is out soon, how much of a progression is it from your previous work?
MF: All our music from album to album progresses in some manner. One way "Reach Beyond The Sun" progressed was through the learning experience of "Misanthropy Pure," where we spent a lot of time making things "perfect" and over-thinking, overwriting, and over-complicating all of the components to our songs. At the outset of "Reach" it was decided to take a more organic approach, and not focus on reworking every part of every song. Though the progression here is "less is more," it is the direct result of a learning experience, and a true progression.
In addition to the overall approach, "Reach" also breaks new musical territory for us in some of the guitar riffs, some of which are more defining and unique to our band than ever before. Listen the songs "Reach Beyond The Sun," "A Human Failing," "To Suffer Fools," and "Medicine To The Dead" to hear what I mean.
MM: What influences your music?
MF: Everything from moods to movies to other music influences our music. I think anything that gives us the inspiration to create is often expressed musically. Though sometimes the music just creates itself with little help. I can simply be relaxing, strumming on a guitar and something cool pops up; without giving it any extra thought, it expands into other parts and the basis of a song has formed with practically no thought or attention. I do love when that happens, albeit a very seldom occurrence.
MM: What bands are you currently listening to?
MF: As I have been typing interviews, it's been fairly mellow today. Right now it's "Take care, Take Care, Take Care" by Explosions In The Sky. Earlier today it was "Amarantine" by Enya, and "Celtic Clasics" by Shanon. Not what you expected, eh?
Just the other day I listened to multiple albums by both The Ramones and Entombed. I also recently thrashed to "Fuck Peaceville" by Doom, "Nightfall" by Candlemass, "Blood Of The Nations" and "Stalingrad" by Accept, and for three days straight I listened to nothing but "Power And Pain" by Whiplash. I know how to rock and relax.
MM: You are on tour in the UK soon, what can we expect from a Shai Hulud performance?
MF: Five guys giving one hell of a passionate performance. Screaming in your face and shit.
MM: What are your favourite tracks to play live and why?
MF: We have yet to play any of the songs of "Reach Beyond The Sun" live yet, but I'm expecting both the song "Reach Beyond The Sun" and "A Human Failing" to be an absolute blast. Looking forward to those.
As far as older songs I love to play:
"A Profound Hatred Of Man" - This is a band favorite to play. Starts off with an incredible energy, and from there it's a myriad of fun and emotional riffs to play, many of them resulting in mass sing-alongs.
"Given Flight By Demons' Wings" - This is a unique song, so it's blast to play purely because of how different it is for us. The lyrics in "Given Flight" truly 'give flight' to the song. It's a combination of the music and the lyrics that make this one fun to play. And when the crowd knows this song and reacts responsively, you can feel deep emotion flowing. This one can bring me to tears.
"Misanthropy Pure" - One of my favorite Shai Hulud songs to date; a nice combination of heaviness and melody. Coupled with the lyrics it creates a dark yet hopeful atmosphere. A powerfully motivating song, I feel a strong cathartic release playing this one.
MM: You have had a fair few line up changes, do you feel the band is settled now?
MF: It's as settled as it can be. There will most likely always be revolving members to a certain degree, unless we get to the point where the band can be finically viable for each of its members. That's a main reason we have parted ways with members in the past. Being in Shai Hulud is a lot of work, and the financial reward is next to nothing. That can work for some up to a point, but sooner or later it invariably stops working.
Whether the band has a solidified lineup or not, for better or worse, we will keep pushing forward. The music transcends its players. As we've stated before, it's the heart that pumps the blood, not the face.
MM: Do you feel the Hardcore / Metal scene is healthy worldwide?
MF: If by 'healthy' you mean thriving, yes, I believe the music scenes are growing and gaining momentum, certainly. I'm definitely glad to see that. Though the scenes are booming, I'm not so certain they are always emotionally healthy. But that's a much larger issue that each band needs to start being responsible for. If bands like Napalm Death, Propagandhi, Tragedy, Comeback Kid, Earth Crisis, and certain others start leading the way and new bands follow in their footsteps we'll be heading down a very good path.
MM: Ultimate bands to share a stage with?
MF: To be quite honest, that dream is being taken care of this year, providing 'sharing a tour with' counts...
This April we finally get to share a stage and tour with Propagandhi. This is a pretty huge deal for us as anyone who knows our band will attest. We constantly rave about Propagandhi and this tour with them is very much a dream realized. I'm prepared to lose my mind every night, and I might… just MIGHT… consider a stage dive. Ouch.
In just a couple weeks we head off to Australia for the Soundwave Festival - no big deal, really… Only the bands that started us off in this kind of music, and forever changed our lives are headlining.
Yeah, so, sharing a tour with Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax… that's pretty ultimate for me. Ultimately ultimate. Can't think of anything more ultimate. Probably because there is no such thing.
MM: What would you say is the bands biggest achievement and what does the future hold for yourself and the band?
MF: That's a difficult one to call as there are so many things we are happy to have accomplished that mean a great deal to us. I've been quoted as saying a major highlight for us is simply seeing impassioned crowd reactions all across the world. Everyone piling on top of each other, singing every word like their lives depended on it - that's something special I don't think many things can truly top.
MM: Three words to describe Shai Huluds sound?
MF: Impassioned. Melodic. Sincere.
MM: Any messages to give to your fans and our readers?
MF: Just a quick and heartfelt thank you for any amount of time, consideration, or support you've given us. We thrive on the communication of likeminded people. Please get in touch, and share with us your thoughts about our band, Punk, Metal, and Hardcore in general, or how awesome it would be to see a new Howard The Duck movie.
Hope to hear from you soon. Excelsior
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House panel approves posting speed trap signs
Rep. Steve Pylant, R-Winnsboro, said he filed HB 961 in response to numerous complaints he received as sheriff of Franklin Parish and since, as a state representative, from motorists traveling through the state about speeding tickets. His bill applies to any municipality that receives more that 50 percent of its revenues from speeding tickets.
House panel approves posting speed trap signs Rep. Steve Pylant, R-Winnsboro, said he filed HB 961 in response to numerous complaints he received as sheriff of Franklin Parish and since, as a state representative, from motorists traveling through the state about speeding tickets. His bill applies to any municipality that receives more that 50 percent of its revenues from speeding tickets. Check out this story on thenewsstar.com: http://tnsne.ws/1nUuGRL
Mike Hasten, Louisiana Published 7:59 p.m. CT March 24, 2014
BATON ROUGE – If you’ve ever gotten to the bottom of a steep hill or been driving along with nothing in sight and found a police car sitting at a sign showing the speed limit dropped 20 mph without warning, Rep. Steve Pylant says he has the solution to prevent that from happening again.
Pylant, R-Winnsboro, got House Transportation and Public Works Committee approval Monday of HB 961 requiring the posting of signs warning motorists that they are approaching a “speed trap” and should slow down. The 9-3 vote sent the bill to the full House for consideration.
“I want something that grabs people’s attention” so they will slow down, he said. “What better way than to post a sign?”
Pylant said some small towns incorporate large sections of land along interstate or state highways for the sole purpose of posting police officers there with radar guns.
Woodworth, a town near I-49 in southern Rapides Parish, is particularly a problem, he said, because “they have pine trees incorporated. They have pine trees for a long distance before you ever see a light,” but it has police officers along the highway.
“Revenue-based law enforcement is the wrong way to go in the state,” Pylant said. “What it’s all about is the almighty dollar.”
The bill says any municipality that receives 50 percent or more of its revenues from traffic citations is considered a speed trap. It also says that the municipality would have to pay for the sign and its installation.
Pylant said some small towns don’t offer sewer and garbage service to residents but collect large sums of money through traffic tickets. “If they want to play town, let ‘em buy a Monopoly game.”
Rep. Frankie Howard, R-Many, said he supports the bill and believes the signs should be “about 16-by-24 (feet) with bright colors that would shine like a diamond in a you-know-what.”
Shawn Wilson, chief of staff for the Department of Transportation and Development, said federal highway officials would have to approve whatever sign is posted and “if you have a blue and white sign with purple lights on it, I can guarantee the feds are going to say you can’t do that.”
Wilson said the state posts signs that warn of reduced speed ahead with indicators of what speed is posted ahead, which cautions drivers to slow down.
Pylant said that doesn’t satisfy his goal.
Rep. Valarie Hodges, R-Denham Springs, said she also has a problem with Krotz Springs. “Just about everybody I know has gotten a ticket there.”
Rep. Terry Brown, I-Colfax, said the state has a law aimed at municipalities that ticket drivers for small infractions of the speed limit. It requires that any fine imposed for going less that 5 mph over the speed limit be transferred to the state.
But Brown said some municipalities are making speeding a non-moving violation, so they can give tickets for as little as 1 mph over the speed limit so they can keep the money.
Rep. Barbara Norton, D-Shreveport, said drivers who are exceeding posted speed limits “trap themselves. All of us are responsible for what we do. I don’t think we ought to baby-sit grown people.”
Rep. Terry Landry, D-Lafayette, said he was concerned about the “stigma” it would place on the state having signs posted on highways designating speed traps.
Ronnie Harris, executive director of the Louisiana Municipal Association, said small communities need funding because “our communities are dying.”
He acknowledged “we have a couple of bad apples, bad actors” and said he would like the opportunities to “explain to these mayors that the Legislature has had it.”
“People who break the law have got to pay consequences,” he said.
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UK: Westminster attack suspect identified as Sudanese immigrant
UK: Westminster attack suspect identified as Sudanese immigrant.
We still don’t know if it really was a terrorist attack — it is being treated as such, but a motive is still not known. We do know, however, what the accused man's name is and where he’s from:
Salih Khater recently failed his degree and was under strain after his father died. He doesn’t appear to have any religious group affiliations, and no weapons were found in his car. So what’s going on?
Janie Jones commented 2018-08-16 21:28:46 -0400
I’m white, stand on the right and think of the might(wwll), so might as well fight the crap on the left, and if that makes me a racist, then I guess I always was.
Daryl Herman commented 2018-08-15 23:12:41 -0400
Ban black / all islamists!!!
Jack, you have come up with a BRILLIANT idea in order to stop Copycat crimes.
Censor the British people even more, then there can’t be a Copycat crime because the Fake News Press never reported any in the first place.
Your dimwit Prime Minister or your useless Police Department should definitely offer you a job.
The Canadian Government and the Mainstream Media that works for them has been covering up Terrorist crimes since Trudeau got in, with terrible results.
Last year in Edmonton, a Terrorist drove a car up on the curb then ran over a Policeman, got out of the car and started stabbing the cop until he was chased off. He then stole a Moving truck and ran into 4 more people.
Even though he has an ISIS Flag in his car, the Trudeau Gov’t covered up and said that it wasn’t Terrorism.
With the present Politicians, there is no hope for either the UK or Canada.
flatwater.. flatearth commented 2018-08-15 17:11:11 -0400
It was the white man’s fault that he failed his degree..The reason his father died is also the white man’s fault so he just snapped a little early and decided it was time to take some white lives because they don’t matter. And the reason I said the above is in these attacks they are specifically targeting Caucasians.. not necessarily Christians but definitely Caucasians.
Not Browns are blacks or greens or blues but whites and only whites.!!! not Browns, blacks, greens, yellows or blues but whites and only whites are targeted for death.!!
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As You Like It – Shakespeare’s Globe, London
The Reviews Hub - London 18/05/2018
Writer: William Shakespeare
Directors: Federay Holmes and Elle White
Reviewer: Scott Matthewman
After a major venue such as Shakespeare’s Globe changes its artistic director – and particularly when its last, controversial AD, Emma Rice, had her three-year contract terminated a year early – it is only natural to take the first major productions of the new season as a statement of intent.
In that context, new artistic director Michelle Terry’s intentions seem clear from As You Like It: the emphasis is on the actors. Directors Federay Holmes and Elle White, who are jointly credited with both this production and Hamlet, performed in repertory by the same ensemble, came to the rehearsal process with a completely blank slate, seeking to capture some of the working practices of Shakespeare’s original productions, when his plays would have been fresh to the performers.
The ensemble company also achieves gender parity, the core of twelve actors comprising six men and six women. Such a split requires male characters to be performed by women, just as Shakespeare’s women would originally have been played by men. And given its central plot of gender-switched dressing as the exiled Rosalind assumes the character of male goatherd Ganymede, As You Like It is a canny way to introduce Terry’s goals to her audience.
Before Rosalind’s introduction, though, the concept is first introduced with Bettrys Jones’ Orlando. A diminutive figure against Shubham Saraf’s Oliver, even more so against Richard Katz’s Charles the Wrestler, Jones nevertheless sells the character as a defiant romantic. Similarly, Helen Schlesinger’s dual role as both Duke Frederick and his exiled brother, Duke Senior, feels completely natural.
If anything, the least effective of the gender swapped roles is the one that is most Shakespearean in nature: Jack Laskey’s Rosalind. As a man playing a woman, who then poses as a man, and who then persuades the man she loves to attempt to seduce her disguised male persona as practice for when he is reunited with his female love, it’s a tough role to play for an actor of any gender. Laskey is charismatic, warm and dominates all his scenes, but the nuance required to remind the audience where we are in his character’s gender fluid story sometimes feels a touch absent.
That said, Rosalind’s relationship with her cousin Celia is believable, and enriched by the use of BSL between the pair. Different characters’ interactions with Celia (played by Deaf actress Nadia Nadarajah) are emphasised by their familiarity with sign language: for Rosalind and Celia, their ability to have a conversation with each other in Orlando’s unknowing presence adds further depth to an already believable relationship.
For any Shakespeare comedy, it is the comic side characters that can make or break a show. Holmes and White’s approach seems to work extra well here, keeping the tone light throughout such that the outright comedy moments do not feel jarring or forced. Of particular note is Pearce Quigley’s melancholic Jaques, whose deadpan deconstruction of the play’s absurdities provide some genuine belly laughs.
And while Terry herself is in the ensemble in a range of small roles (keeping her powder dry for the titular performance in Hamlet) it is clearly her vision on stage. Reasserting the primacy of actors, and the role of directors as facilitators, is a laudable aim, and As You Like It demonstrates its effectiveness in creating a satisfying comedy.
Runs until 26th August 2018 | Image: Tristram Kenton
The Reviews Hub Score
A satisfying comedy
Bettrys Jones Helen Schlesinger Jack Laskey Michelle Terry Nadi Nadarajah Pearce Quigley Shakespeare Shakespeare’s Globe
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Bobbi Kristina Brown, Nick Gordon ‘Happily Married’
Lynette Holloway
Bobbi Kristina and Nick Gordon wedding ring photo
Bobbi Kristina Brown and Nick Gordon may have secretly married, the Daily News reports.
The 20-year-old daughter of the late Whitney Houston on Thursday tweeted a photo of the couple’s wedding bands.
"@nickdgordon #HappilyMarried SO#Inlove if you didn't get it the first time that is," she wrote in the picture of the couple's hands.
The pair's relationship has raised questions because Houston adopted Gordon when he was 12 years old. While the pair grew up together, Brown took to Facebook to respond to critics.
"Yes, me and Nick are engaged. I'm tired of hearing people say, 'Eww you're engaged to your brother' or 'If Whitney was still alive, would we be together or would she approve of this?' " she wrote.
"Let me clear up something, we aren't even real brother and sister, nor is he my adoptive brother. My mom never adopted him. In fact, mommy was the one who even said that she knew that we were going to start dating."
The couple announced their engagement in October 2012 before their brief reality TV show, The Houstons: On Our Own. After that, the engagement was called off briefly, but Brown announced this summer that it was back on again.
Read more at the Daily News.
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China trims new benchmark lending rate again to shore up sputtering economy
Published: Nov 20, 2019 at 1:52 a.m.
Updated: Nov 20, 2019 at 8:55 a.m.
By Winni Zhou and John Ruwitch
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China lowered its lending benchmark rate on Wednesday, as widely expected, to reduce company funding costs and shore up an economy hurt by slowing demand and U.S. trade tariffs.
The cut was the second to a key Chinese rate this week and came a day after central bank governor Yi Gang said Beijing would step up credit support and lower real lending rates, as pressure on the world's second-largest economy increases.
With growth sliding to near 30-year lows and a partial trade deal with the United States proving elusive, China has slowly picked up its tempo of policy easing in recent weeks, with authorities pushing banks to keep supporting cash-strapped small- and medium-sized businesses.
Wednesday's pruning of the loan prime rate (LPR) followed China's first cut in a short-term market rate in four years on Monday, suggesting the start of "a new easing cycle", said Ji Tianhe, China head of foreign exchange and local markets strategy at BNP Paribas in Beijing, who says there is room for rates to go lower.
The one-year LPR, a rate set by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) based on quotes from a panel of banks, fell five basis points to 4.15% from 4.20% in October. The five-year LPR was lowered by the same margin to 4.80% from 4.85%.
The one-year LPR has now been reduced three times since it became the official lending benchmark in August, and this week's twin cuts suggest the PBOC is keen to push ahead with lowering financing costs across the curve despite pressures on inflation from rising pork prices from an outbreak of African Swine Fever.
All 64 respondents in a Reuters snap survey this week had predicted a reduction in the one-year LPR, which is set on the 20th of each month. Thirty-seven respondents also expected the five-year rate to be cut for the first time.
The lowering of the five-year rate, which is used to price housing mortgages, could suggest policymakers may be softening their cautious regulatory stance toward the property market, a major growth driver in the past, Capital Economics said in a research note.
"With the prop from recent monetary easing likely to be underwhelming and headwinds to economic growth mounting, we think the PBOC will start to cut rates more aggressively in the coming months," Martin Lynge Rasmussen, China economist at Capital Economics, said in a research note.
Top policymakers had vowed in July they would not use the property market as a form of short-term stimulus, which would risk an even sharper build-up in debt and property bubbles.
The global debt load has surged $78 trillion since 2008, and China alone has accounted for 40% of the increase, according to a recent report by the Institute of International Finance (IIF).
IS CHINA RELAXING ITS TOUGH PROPERTY STANCE?
China's government has pledged not to open the floodgates to massive stimulus as it did in the past, and has largely leaned on a prescription of higher infrastructure spending, tax cuts and frequent liquidity injections to cushion the current slowdown.
The PBOC has cut banks' reserve requirement ratios (RRR) seven times since early 2018 to free up more funds for lending. Analysts at ING estimate various liquidity injections totaled 955 billion yuan ($135.76 billion) in just over the last three months.
The cut in the LPR was the third to a major policy rate this month, though the moves have been much more modest than easing by the U.S. Federal Reserve and some other central banks.
On Monday, the PBOC unexpectedly trimmed the seven-day reverse repurchase rate to 2.50% from 2.55%, which followed a cut in its medium-term lending facility (MLF) just two weeks ago.
Analysts and traders believe policymakers are signaling to nervous markets that they remain ready to act to prop up slowing growth, despite a recent spike in consumer inflation which some fear may limit the central bank's room to maneuver.
Tommy Xie, head of Greater China research at OCBC Bank in Singapore, said the latest cut would "buy more time for the manufacturing sector to stabilize and the infrastructure sector to catch up."
But he added policymakers would remain cautious, mindful of the balancing act between spurring economic growth and creating additional financial risks.[nL4N27S2BU]
The PBOC's third-quarter policy statement released on Saturday had stirred speculation authorities may ease restrictions on the sector to boost economic activity.
The central bank removed a line saying "housing is for living in, not for speculation", but kept a phrase that "the property sector should not be used as a short-term stimulus for the economy", which appeared in its second-quarter report.
OCBC's Xie, however, did not think the cut in the five-year rate on Wednesday meant China was relaxing its grip on the property market, where regulators have spent years trying to curb speculation and soaring prices.
Likewise, Yan Se, chief economist at Founder Securities in Beijing, said there may only be some fine-tuning of the country's tight "one size fits all" housing policy.
Yan added that the reduction in the LPR was to emphasize the MLF rate, which now serves as the benchmark for the LPR, to effectively lower the financing costs to the real economy.
The LPR is a lending reference rate set monthly by 18 banks. The PBOC revamped the mechanism to price LPR in August, loosely pegging it to the MLF rate.
(Editing by Jacqueline Wong & Kim Coghill)
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Little mites steal the show at Pippa Middleton’s wedding day
The eight pageboys and bridesmaids were the stars among the host of celebrities at the ‘wedding of the rear’
Roya Nikkhah, Tom Harper and James Gillespie
May 21 2017, 12:01am, The Sunday Times
Pippa Middleton and James Matthews kiss outside St Mark’s Church in Englefield, Berkshire, after their wedding yesterday, with her sister the Duchess of Cambridge in the background and Prince George, second from right, among the pageboys
Amid the green trees of a Berkshire village yesterday, a little bit of poetic justice was meted out.
Pippa Middleton, who effortlessly stole the show at her sister Kate’s marriage to the Duke of Cambridge in 2011 by wearing a dress that emphasised her pert derrière, found herself upstaged at her own wedding by a bunch of kids.
While Pippa was resplendent in a Giles Deacon gown and the groom James Matthews looked like the cat who had got all the double cream, it was the gaggle of eight pageboys and bridesmaids — including Prince George and Princess Charlotte — who caught the eye.
The couple drove to their reception in an E-type
Not always for the most charming reasons: one pageboy appeared to flash a two-finger salute at photographers gathered for the big…
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The TRADE > News > Asset Classes > Equities > Former Nomura MD named chairman of equity capital markets at Barclays
Equities, People Moves, Sell side May 13, 2019 10:11 AM GMT
Former Nomura MD named chairman of equity capital markets at Barclays
Ken Brown, formerly head of global finance for EMEA at Nomura, joined Barclays today as chairman of equity capital markets for Europe and the Middle East.
By Hayley McDowell
Barclays has announced that former managing director and head of global finance for Europe at Nomura has joined the investment bank to lead its equity capital (ECM) markets business as chairman.
Ken Brown has been appointed chairman of equity capital markets for Europe and the Middle East, Barclays said in a statement, reporting to Tom Johnson who is currently head of equity of capital markets for the same region.
“We are very pleased to welcome Ken to Barclays,” Johnson commented. “His appointment further strengthens our bench of talent in ECM, and his expertise will be instrumental as we continue to grow the ECM franchise as part of the broader Europe and Middle East Banking strategy to reinvest in our business and increase fee share.”
Brown has over 18 years’ experience in financial services, most recently serving as head of global finance EMEA at Nomura where he was responsible for all private-side client financing solutions businesses across fixed income and equities. He departed Nomura in May last year.
Brown has also worked at Lehman Brothers and PwC, and served in senior roles in the execution of equity capital markets transactions for clients, including FEMSA, Carlsberg, International Airlines Group, several large private equity houses, and the Belgian, Spanish and UK governments.
“We are very proud of the momentum in our Europe and Middle East Banking platform and building on our equity business is a key priority for 2019,” said Reid Marsh, head of banking for EMEPAC at Barclays. “We remain committed to delivering increased growth and returns and offering the best in class advice and execution to our growing client base.”
Earlier this month, Barclays announced the launch of its recently-developed multi-asset electronic and next generation algorithmic trading platforms. The new electronic trading platform, BARX, will cater for equities, fixed income, futures and FX, while its BARX One algo trading platform hosts all algorithmic strategies in a single platform.
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AAI, AFI & ADC Present Emel Mathlouthi Everywhere We Looked Was Burning – Fall Tour 2019
Performing at Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, October 11, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ — Arab American Institute (AAI), Artistic Freedom Initiative (AFI) and Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is excited to host Emel Mathlouthi, one of the most remarkable voices of today, in concert at the Lincoln Theatre, Thursday, October 17, 2019. Emel is a Tunisian musician and performer whose songs focus on peace and justice; her work was banned in her home country from 2008 to 2011. Emel Mathlouthi tickets. Doors open at 7pm, Show starts at 8pm. The Lincoln Theatre is located at 1215 U Street, NW, Washington DC 20009.
Witness the stunning artistry that led NPR to call Emel Mathlouthi "the 21st Century's Catalyst for Change" as part of her "Everywhere We Looked Was Burning" tour. During the 2011 revolution, her song “Kelmti Horra” (My Word is Free) became a rallying cry for protesters across the region, especially after she was filmed singing it on the streets of Tunis. At the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony, when the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet was given the award, Mathlouthi's performance electrified the world. Her second album, Ensen (Human), recorded in seven countries; the first single from the album, "Ensen Dhaif" (Human, Helpless Human) was named as "best new track" by Pitchfork in February 2016.
Emel has performed in over 40 countries and at some of the most prominent music festivals in the Arab world, Europe, and North America. In coverage of her ongoing fall tour, the New York Times said, "she counts Joan Baez, Björk, Sinead O’Connor and the Lebanese songwriter Marcel Khalife among her influences. Her third album, “Everywhere We Looked Was Burning,” is her first with lyrics primarily in English; its somberly dramatic songs back her clear, dauntless voice with electronics, orchestral arrangements and sounds from nature." now is your chance to hear her at the historic Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC.
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Templeborough Biomass Power Plant
Behind the project
We generated our first renewable electricity at the plant during July 2018, it now generates around 41MW of green electricity which is enough to supply 78,000 homes and save over 150,000 tons of CO2 every year. It’s difficult to visualise how much that is but would look the same as 250,000 really big hot air balloons and the saving is equal to 1.75 million plane flights to Paris.
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homes with energy
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Construction programme
Construction on the brownfield site started on 15th March 2015. The plant first burned wood in May 2018 and first generated clean, green electricity in July 2018. Here’s how we did it:
We cleared the site, demolishing and crushing over 3,000m3 of concrete and remediating 30,000m3 of earth weighing
around 55,000 tonnes, recycling and reusing as much as we could.
We then began constructing the foundations including piles that go up to 7m underground.
We built a new bridge over the river which was lifted into place in one piece.
To construct the boiler, turbine and buildings we had to lift over 2,000 Tonnes steel into place.
We built a fish pass and an eel pass to encourage native species back along the River Don, creating a swim way from the sea to the traditional salmon spawning grounds in the Peak District
The first cold commissioning tests took place in November 2017.
We burned our first wood in May 2018.
We generated our first electricity in July 2018.
The Construction team handed the new operating plant over to the operations team in February 2019.
Cable route
The route we are taking is approximately 2.8 miles long, leaving our site and joining the A6178 Sheffield Road at Ickles, it then travels westwards along Sheffield Road through Templeborough, past the Tata Steel works and the Magna Centre. It passes under the M1 Motorway, in a service duct, at Junction 34 (South) and continues along the A6178 before turning north westwards along Vulcan Road to join Meadowhall Way. The cable heads around Meadowhall Way running northwards, eventually crossing the River Don and then travelling southwesterly along Meadowhall Road, the A6109, to join the Northern Power Grid electricity substation at Wincobank.
Bridge lift over the River Don
The Templeborough Biomass Power Plant project continues to make great progress, not only has the skyline changed with the construction of the power plant, but now a new bridge has been installed across the River Don at the site.
Over the Bank holiday weekend of Saturday 28th to Monday 30th May 2016 the old bridge on the site of the Templeborough Biomass plant was lifted out and a new bridge was craned into position. The new bridge was lifted in as a single piece and weighs a mighty 153 tonnes and is over 49m long. The bridge had been assembled at the site during May by Reid Steel from Christchurch in Dorset. The ‘Big lift’ took place overnight on 28th May with the old bridge being lifted out and transported away, the crane used for this lift was a Liebherr LG1750 and has a maximum height of 136m, there are only four of these in the UK. Click here to read the Press Release
How much of the plant will be made locally?
Our power plant is made from many different parts which have to be sourced from companies who specialise in the manufacture of such state of the art equipment. After a lengthy procurement exercise involving companies all over the world, 100% of the project will be manufactured and built by EU based companies. Furthermore, British firms are well represented on the supplier list. With only 12 months of our 28 month build completed, the region around South Yorkshire is already fairing really well among this international competition and many local companies are working with us on site, here are just a few:
• Bulk Excavation and Remediation – Braithwaite’s from Barnsley
• Site Investigations & Dewatering – ESG from Doncaster
• Piling – Simplex from Lancashire (Concrete & Bulk Earthworks sub-supply – Rotherham & Sheffield)
• Groundworks – Moortown from Bradford
• Cranes and heavy lifts – Ainscough from Sheffield
• Steel Frame Structures – Elland Steel from Halifax
• Cladding & Roofing – Barrier Architectural from Retford
• Water Tanks – Plasticon from Hull
• Building Services – Interserve Engineering Services from Leeds
• High Voltage Connection Cable – Interserve Industrial Services (Power) from Wakefield
Altogether, these teams will employ 150-200 people during the construction programme and this list will be added to as the project progresses. All of which goes to show that even though this is a global project sourcing from where the best equipment and the best skills can be found, buying British is still the natural choice for a significant proportion of the project and local companies are a significant part of the story. In fact, to date the project has committed over £40m to the local supply chain and has bought British for over £65m of its budget.
See how we built our power plant
A high speed view from our time lapse cameras, during the main construction phase of the project.
At Templeborough Biomass Power Plant, we and our contractors embrace the responsibility of creating a safe working environment. All our Contractor’s lead managers have signed the Templeborough Safety Pledge:
“This is our project and we believe that each person working on it deserves to come home from work every evening unharmed and together we share the commitment to make that happen by maintaining a safe site and looking out for each other’s safety”.
Callidus Health and Safety is the Principal Designer for the project operating under the new UK Construction Design Management (CDM) regulations 2015. Throughout this process we will work closely with the Health and Safety Executive to make sure our project and all our team achieve the highest possible Health and Safety standards. For more information please take a look at www.hse.gov.uk/eet/ which provides a brief overview of HSE’s regulatory approach and the challenges faced by renewable energy industries.
Planning and Consents
The project in its current configuration was granted planning permission on the 28 April 2014 by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council following consultation with the public and local stakeholders. The Environmental Permit was awarded by the Environment Agency on the 18 July 2014.
The links below provide details of the initial consent granted in 2010 and the amended consent granted in April 2014. There have been further minor changes, discharge of conditions and non material amendments granted since April 2014 – please contact us for a full list.
Planning ref: RB2010/0668
Construction and operation of a Biomass Energy Development incorporating two associated biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plants, two chimney stacks (30m and 40m in height) with a 200,000 tonne per annum wood pellet manufacturing process and associated infrastructure & landscaping works at former Firth Rixson Ickles Works Sheffield Road Templeborough Rotherham for Brite Partnership.
Installation of a biomass energy development incorporating a 350,000 tpa wood pellet manufacturing process and an associated biomass combined heat & power (CHP) plant at Firth Rixson Ickles Works Sheffield Road Templeborough Rotherham.
For more information on Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners please visit www.cip.dk
Tim Forrest
Templeborough Biomass Power Plant Limited
E: info@templeboroughbiomass.com
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TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes proyecta el nuevo trabajo de Raúl Jiménez, "El bombazo", con motivo del Día de Canarias
Day: 30-May-2018
Place:TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
Time: 20:00 horas
TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes proyecta el miércoles 30, a las 20:00 horas, con motivo del Día de Canarias "El bombazo", la nueva apuesta por el cine social del director tinerfeño Raúl Jiménez. La entrada para ver este trabajo es gratuita, previa retirada de invitaciones en taquilla del centro.
American percussionist Leigh Howard Stevens offers master classes at the Tenerife Auditorium
Day: 29-May-2018 to 30-May-2018
Place:Auditorio de Tenerife "Adán Martín"
Time: 19:00 y 20:30 horas
The 9th International Contemporary Music Festival in Tenerife (FMUC) presents two days of master classes by percussion expert Leigh Howard Stevens, a visionary of the marimba whose revolutionary method is utilised by musicians around the world. The American performer will give his lessons on 29 and 30 May from 16:00 to 19:00 at the Chamber Hall of the Tenerife Auditorium. The registration period is open now and you can sign up via e-mail at produccionfmuc@gmail.com.
The Cabildo and the Santa Úrsula Town Hall invite you to the Traditional Crafts Fair
Time: De 10:00 a 22:00 horas
The Cabildo and the Santa Úrsula Town Hall are working together on the revival and promotion of Canary Islands traditions. It has been confirmed that both are collaborating once again on the launch of the town's Traditional Crafts Fair. It will take place on 30 May, the Day of the Canary Islands, starting at 10:00 in the morning.
The Santa Cruz Book Fair celebrates 30 years with more than 200 activities
Place:Parque García Sanabria
From 25 to 30 May, between 11:00 and 21:00, the García Sanabria Park will host the 30th Book Fair in Santa Cruz de Tenerife with numerous activities at the 35 tents of various bookshops. The event will also feature the presence of authors like Elisabet Benavent, Javier Ruescas, Marta Sanz and Cristina Fallarás, in addition to notable representatives of the literature of the Canary Islands.
Raquel Plans displays
Day: 11-May-2018 to 08-Jun-2018
Place:Sala Bronzo
Time: De 11:00 a 13:00 y de 17:00 a 20:00, sábados de 11:00 a 13:00 horas
The Espacio Bronzo art gallery presents the display "Caídas, esculturas narradas" (Falls, narrated sculptures), with works by Gran Canaria sculptor Raquel Plans. It will remain open Monday to Friday from 11:00 to 13:00 and from 17:00 to 20:00, and Saturdays from 11:00 to 13:00 until 8 June.
The Candelaria TEA Space hosts
Day: 26-Apr-2018 to 17-Jun-2018
Place:Espacio de Arte Ayuntamiento Viejo de Candelaria
Time: Lunes a viernes de 09:00 a 14:00 y de 17:00 a 20:00 horas
The Candelaria TEA Space (the Old Town Hall Arts Space in Candelaria) hosts an exhibition by Daniel Jordán entitled "Fazer horas" until 17 June. Visitors will find everything from figures hidden in the benches of the hall to birds in the balconies, figures and ceramic plates from these homes and even sleeping pets. It can be visited Mondays to Fridays, from 09:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 20:00. Admission is free.
Nicolás Laiz Placeres presents
Place:Centro cultural Lomo del Camello
Time: De 10:00 a 13:00 y de 16:00 a 20:00 horas
The TEA Space in San Miguel de Abona, the Llano del Camello cultural centre, displays "La colección del doctor Ambrosio Betancor Perdomo", by Nicolás Laiz Placeres (Lanzarote, 1975) until 15 June. It is open Monday to Friday 10:00 to 13:00 and 16:00 to 20:00. Admission is free.
The Santo Domingo convent in La Laguna hosts the photography exhibition
Place:Convento de Santo Domingo
Time: De 11:00 a 14:00 y de 17:00 a 20:00 horas; sábados, mañanas
The former Santo Domingo convent will host Ankor Ramos' photography exhibition "Un paseo por India" until 16 June. It can be visited Monday to Friday from 11:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 20:00, and on Saturday mornings. The show is the result the author's trip through the country in November and December 2014, during which he toured the cities of Delhi, Amritsar, Varanasi, Kajuraho, Agra, Jaipur and Jodhpur.
Una de las pioneras del videoarte en Venezuela, Nela Ochoa, llega a TEA con "Vídeos 1985-2006"
Time: De martes a domingo, de 10:00 a 20:00 horas
TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes presenta una muestra de vídeo de la artista multidisciplinar Nela Ochoa (Caracas, 1953), destacada por ser una de las pioneras del videoarte en Venezuela. "Nela Ochoa. Vídeos 1985-2006" es el título de este nuevo proyecto que permite que su obra se vea por primera vez en Canarias. Se podrá visitar de manera gratuita en el Cuarto Oscuro de TEA hasta el 3 de junio, de martes a domingo, de 10:00 a 20:00 horas. .
The TEA Tenerife Arts Space pays homage to avant-garde photography in the show
Day: 22-Mar-2018 to 15-Jul-2018
The TEA Tenerife Arts Space hosts the exhibition "El azar objetivo. Fotografía de vanguardia en la Colección COFF" through 15 July, again showing the public some of the pieces of the Ordóñez-Falcón Photography Collection (COFF). It is the most substantive private photography collection in Spain and one of the most extensive in all of Europe. It will remain open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 20:00, until 25 June.
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Watch live: Lawmakers return to Nashville to elect a new House speaker
The Tennessee General Assembly holds a special session on Friday to elect a new House speaker.
Watch live: Lawmakers return to Nashville to elect a new House speaker The Tennessee General Assembly holds a special session on Friday to elect a new House speaker. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/23/tennessee-legislature-watch-live-lawmakers-elect-new-house-speaker/2089724001/
Staff report Published 9:45 a.m. CT Aug. 23, 2019
The Tennessee General Assembly is returning to Nashville today for a special legislative session.
The House and Senate will gavel in at 10 a.m., more than three months after adjourning for the year.
The special session, called in late June by Gov. Bill Lee, is being held ultimately to allow the House of Representatives to officially elect its next speaker following the resignation of former Speaker Glen Casada from his leadership position.
The legislature will also take up other business while they're all assembled again, including the House having to make a decision on whether it will hear a resolution to expel a member accused of sexual assault.
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Youngsters benefit from youth club boost
Councillors Dowden and Thom present the cheque as youth club members leave for Thorpe Park.
Hundreds of pounds have been awarded to a Valley Park youth club by Test Valley Borough Council to make sure their trips are affordable and accessible to all families.
Councillors Alan Dowden and Christopher Thom presented a cheque for £854 as 15 youngsters from Knightwood Youth Club were waved off for their trip to Thorpe Park.
The funding, through a Councillor Community Grant from Test Valley Borough Council, is a contribution towards the cost of the trip and another activity on November 26 when a group head to Gosport to try their hand at go-karting.
As well as funding some of the travel costs associated, the money goes towards food costs to ensure trips are available to all.
Councillor Alan Dowden said: “I think it’s so important to make sure all children and families have equal opportunities in accessing these kinds of clubs and facilities.
“Watching them all go off to enjoy themselves in half-term is fantastic.”
Councillor Chris Thom added. “I am sure that both of these fun activities will provide memories of a great day.”
The Councillor Community Grant scheme helps to fund community-led initiatives.
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Give up your iPods for Lent, say bishops
A bunch of bishops are calling on people to give up technology for Lent.
The Tearfund campaign is calling for people to “ditch iPods, abstain from meat and eat by candlelight” to minimise their carbon footprint.
“It’s difficult to see how our energy-hungry lifestyles cause suffering for people around the world we may never meet, but the Lord invites us to walk humbly,” says the website.
Tearfund even suggests different activities to focus on for each day of the fast – on day 27, for instance, you should cook thinner pasta than usual, because it cooks faster.
Day 20 is the real self-denial day, when you should bar the TV, iPod, computer and mobile.
The Rt Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, said: “It’s the poorest people in developing countries, who have done the least to cause climate change, being hit hardest by its devastating consequences. It is all of our responsibility to help reverse this injustice,” said the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, Bishop of London.
“The Carbon Fast’s simple daily actions are not only fun, but an opportunity to demonstrate the love of God in a practical way while reducing your carbon emissions, and everyone can take part.”
The idea is that at the end of Lent, you should calculate your energy savings and send the money to the less well-off. We think that’s rather short-changing the needy, who would come out of things significantly better off if we just sent them our beer fund instead.
The call comes as Irish bookmaker Paddy Power releases a list of the most popular Lenten abstentions. While chocolate tops the list, Twitter anf Facebook come in at numbers four and five respectively. The guy doesn’t have much faith in the self-control of his customers: “I doubt if all the twits out there could stop tweeting for forty minutes, never mind forty days,” he said.
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News from WMRE: First look at plans for two new Black Country railway stations
Plans are today unveiled for the new passenger rail stations on the Walsall to Wolverhampton rail line.
These are the latest images of the proposed Darlaston and Willenhall Stations currently being developed by regional rail chiefs.
The original stations were closed in 1965. Passenger services resumed on the Walsall to Wolverhampton line in 1998 but ceased a decade later.
The stations will give the people of Darlaston and Willenhall vastly-improved access to jobs and opportunities in the centres of Wolverhampton, Walsall and Birmingham.
Now transport chiefs want to hear the views of local residents through a consultation launching on Monday, March 4. As well as viewing and commenting on the plans online, residents will be able to visit any of six drop-in sessions over the next four weeks.
Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street said:
“The publication of these plans is the next major step towards bringing passenger rail services back to the Wolverhampton to Walsall line.
“The opening of these stations is just one part of our plans to regenerate and revitalise this part of the Black Country.
“They will help unlock swathes of land for industrial, commercial and housing development between Wolverhampton and Walsall.”
Willenhall Station will be sited next to the Bilston Street railway bridge close to the town centre, while Darlaston Station will be built on derelict land next to the Kendricks Road bridge.
Both stations’ facilities include:
Two platforms to accommodate six carriage trains
Pedestrian footbridge, stairs and lifts for access between platforms
Ticket machines and customer information systems
Station designs incorporate passenger help-points to improve safety
Pick-up/drop-off areas and secure cycle storage
Both stations will have long-stay car parks, with 300 spaces provided at Darlaston and 150 spaces at Willenhall.
The plans have been drawn up by the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) and Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) with the majority of costs covered from the region’s HS2 Connectivity Fund.
They are being developed in close collaboration with train operator West Midlands Railway, the City of Wolverhampton Council, Walsall Council and Network Rail.
It is anticipated there will initially be an hourly service between Wolverhampton and Walsall stations and an hourly service between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton.
Cllr John Reynolds, City of Wolverhampton Council cabinet member for city economy, said:
“The reopening of this rail line will be good for Wolverhampton business and offer people easier and faster services to Walsall and beyond.
“It will also encourage regeneration and the opportunity to develop new housing and industry along the rail corridor.”
Cllr Adrian Andrew, deputy leader of Walsall Council, said:
“This is fantastic news for the people of Darlaston and Willenhall who have been waiting to see passenger services restored.
“Alongside the new station will be a 300-space long-stay car park which can play a major part in tackling the congestion on our streets and keeping the region moving.”
Following consultation, formal planning applications will be submitted during the summer and it is hoped work can start on site towards the end of next year with trains running by 2022.
Richard Brooks, customer experience director for West Midlands Railway, said:
“The reopening of these two stations will benefit many people in surrounding communities.
"We welcome to work of West Midlands Rail Executive and other partners to bring these stations to life, and encourage local residents to engage with the consultation on the new station plans.
"With our £1bn worth of investment into our network over the coming years, including new trains and increased capacity on routes across the West Midlands, this is an ideal time to open up rail travel to even people across the region."
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Tuesday 19th March 2019 1pm-8.30pm
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Wednesday 20th March 2019 11am-4pm
New Art Gallery, WS2 8LG
Thursday 21st March 2019 2pm-5.45pm
Willenhall Library, WV13 2EX
Monday 25th March 9am-3.30pm
Moxley People’s Centre, WS10 8TA
Tuesday 26th March 2019 1pm-7pm
Darlaston Town Hall, WS10 8AA .
Consultation details will appear on the WMRE website, http://wmre.org.uk/, from Monday.
Image caption: Cllr John Reynolds, Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street and cllr Adrian Andrew at the proposed site of Darlaston Railway Station.
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In Memory of Eric Ives, Tudor Historian and Anne Boleyn Expert
Posted By Claire on September 26, 2012
Eric Ives and our 2011 Anne Boleyn Experience Group
I wanted to keep this news quiet for a few days out of respect for the Ives family, but as it was leaked last night on Facebook and I’m receiving emails asking me for confirmation, Eric’s daughter has given permission for me to write this short post.
Professor Eric Ives died yesterday morning, 25th September 2012, following a severe stroke he suffered a couple of weeks ago. He was aged eighty-one.
I am deeply saddened, as I know many of you will be. I call his book, The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn, my Anne Boleyn “Bible” and he was such an expert on her, the Reformation and Tudor history. I had the honour of meeting him twice and both times he allowed me to completely grill him and always had an answer to my questions. He was a lovely man, a true gentleman, an expert historian, a charismatic speaker (and preacher), and someone I admired so much. His passing is a huge loss to the history world, but he had a true faith in God.
I will be sending a card to the family on behalf of us all.
I will be writing a full obituary in a few days.
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R.I.P Eric Ives.
My thoughts go out to his family at this sad time.
A great loss. Best wishes and prayers to his family.
lucychurchill says:
The death of Eric Ives will come as a great blow to everybody who has come into contact with him. His careful and measured research on Anne Boleyn stood out like a clear beacon in a crowded field of annecdote. Despite the great respect that was due to him, Eric Ives was enthusiastic and encouraging of others – he will be remembered and missed. Best wishes to his family.
Mariette says:
This is so sad. Professor Ives was one of a kind, a very special man. He will be greatly missed.
This is a terrible loss. Thank you for passing our condolences on to his family Claire.
Very sad news. I haven’t yet read his book in full, but I used it in my research for essays, the tutor recommended Ives in particular. I’ve only heard good words about him.
A sad loss to the history world. I completely agree with Claire about his book “the life and death of Anne Boleyn” – a definitive ‘bible’ for anyone wanting to learn more about her.
Deepest sympathy to his family.
SarahD
Diane Wilshere says:
This is a fgreat loss for Tusor history scholarship. Professor Ives earned my respect for his willingness to completely rewrite his Anne Boleyn biography 20 years after his first one because of his dedication to research. His recent examination of Jane Grey Dudley was another brilliant examination of original source material. My condolences to his family
I am so very sad to hear of this. He was a truly great historian, and it sounds like he was a lovely man. Thank you for sending our condolences, Claire, to his family.
I am so saddened by these news… RIP Professor Ives. My condolences to his family. He will always be the expert on Anne Boleyn. We thank him for his research and for the love he bore to our Anne!
Greet and Bart De Bondt-Rouffaer says:
We are very touched by the sad news. I admire him very much and I am proud to have met him personally during our Anne Boleyn experience 2011. Out thoughts are with the family and to all who are dear to him. We are convinced that he will be personally welcomed with open arms by Queen Anne Boleyn herself in heaven.
I am so sorry for his family. This is a major lost for the history world.
nanboleyn says:
I’m so sad at this news. I thought he would live forever. A face book post said ” he has already kissed the fair hand of Anne Boleyn herself” Icertainly hope so. I wonder what they will talk about between the two of them. I hope he tells her of us, keeping her memory alive and that not everyone believes the horrible lies about her and George, and all the other who were judicially murdered. RIP Sir Ives, may you enjoy your time with the Queen!
Tamise says:
Thank you for sending the card Claire. Such sad news and such a great loss to history. I too was lucky enough to meet him once and had the most enjoyable Lady Jane Grey masterclass with him and Leanda de Lisle over lunch.
He was a treasure, wasn’t he, and Leanda is lovely too. They didn’t agree on Jane, but they had fun debating!
Yes, I spent a happy hour just listening to them discuss what Jane was really like.
Wonderful, a memory to hold on to!
Mallory says:
My condolences to his family and friends at Eric Ives’ passing. I ad hoped to meet Mr. Ives one day and tell him how much I appreciated his dedicated scholarship on the Tudor era, especially in regards to Anne Boleyn. I found his book on her to be the most thorough work I have ever read on the late queen. Incredible scholarship in that text.
Mallory, you wrote everything I was thinking. Such a loss to history and history lovers. RIP, Professor Ives. Your contributions will always be remembered.
What sad news…I am sorry that I never had the chance to meet this remarkable man, but his biography of Anne will forever be the standard by which all others should be measured. Thank you, Claire, for conveying our condolences to his family; I hope they will take comfort in the fact that he was not only a brilliant historian who contributed so much to this world, but also a man of great faith that will sustain him in the next.
Marina Camp says:
Eric Ives and “The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn” were pivotal in the development of my passion for Tudor history. His passing fills my heart with sorrow, but I find comfort in the knowledge that the world, and scholarship of the period, will forever be better for him having been a part. -M-
How sad! I saw this on facebook this morning. What a loss for all of us! Sending healing thoughts to his family and friends.
By the way, when I googled him to see if an obituary had been published yet this morning I noticed that the picture on this post was the third image that came up for him!
Linda M. Hart says:
My sympathy to his family and to all of us in the Tudor “family”. His loss will be profoundly felt. He wrote the Bible on Anne Bolyn in my opinion.
I really hope that Professor Ives’ work on Anne Boleyn continues to be upheld as the landmark biography. He worked tirelessly towards finding the truth, and his work and research were of the highest quality and integrity. He never rested in his defence of Anne Boleyn, and I know that same determination will be carried on through Claire.
A great loss. My condolences to his family … and thank you Claire for sending the card.
Charlotte Zeepvat says:
Sad news. Dr Ives was my thesis supervisor many years ago and a lovely man.
Thoughts go out to his family
lana norris says:
The most faithful man in Anne’s life has gone home to be with her. If only Henry had been half the knight that Mr. Ives was…..Eric Ives, in his scholarly search for the truth and his desire for justice was the soul of chivalry. Lana
Karen Jagielski says:
I was deeply saddened to hear about this great loss to the Tudor community. I feel honored that I had the opportunity to meet — and dine! — with this great man at the Anne Boleyn Experience 2011. Condolences to his family and love to you all.
DuchessofBrittany says:
I am very saddened to learn of Dr. Ives’s passing. He was a true academic and an expert historian. He has left an amazing legacy. His book on Anne Boleyn changed my life, and it remains my favourite book. Dr. Ives was a clas act.
Dawn 1st says:
It is so sad when a well loved and respected interlect such as Professor Ives passes away. My condolences to his family especially, friends and collegues.
He would have been someone I would have loved to have met and listened to, and I envy those who have.
To me he will always be the one who wrote the truest account of Anne, put history ‘straight’, and bannished the myths that followed her.
He will live on forever through his work and writings.
Sherri Sheffield says:
I am saddened by the loss of Eric Ives. The history world will definitely miss him. He was one of the few great authorities on Anne Boleyn because his research was so impeccable and complete. The Anne Boleyn acolytes will miss him. To me Eric was a great admirer of Anne’s but never made her a heroine or hide her faults. He made her a living, breathing person who was just that – a human being. Not a whore nor a saint. Just Anne.
I hope that Eric now has the pleasure of meeting his Queen in heaven.
carol stevenson says:
I will say a prayer for Eric Ives and his family. His death is a great loss. He was one of the greatest historians in the world. I am thankful he was able to share his wonderful knowledge with us all and I will miss his written words. I never met him, but he seemed to be a very sweet man. Rest IN Peace, Mr. Ives. God bless you.
Oh no! I’m deeply saddened to hear of such a tragic loss. My one consolation is that I hope he has now met Anne Boleyn herself, in the afterlife. God bless Dr. Ives and his family.
I was so saddened when I woke up to the news of Eric Ives death. It is weird because I was looking for a book yesterday that I have misplaced & found my copy of The Life & Death of Anne Boleyn, and just sat down and started reading through it again.
I read it on Facebook & my first instinct was to ask Claire to confirm it. I was hoping it weren’t true. R.I.P. Prof. Ives….
I’m so sad to hear about his passing…He was a brilliant author!
A great loss. A brilliant author who will truly be missed. His book on Anne is always at my fingertips. Rest in peace Dr. Ives. Thank you Claire for preparing and sending a card from all of us. My deepest condolences to his family.
Shoshana says:
His greatest legacy is the desire he has instilled in people to learn through history. Once a person read his books, it was impossible to ignore the pull of history; his knowledge, excitment, and dedication to fact and truth inspired many to start life long love affairs with history. Eric Ives was a leader in historical accuracy and unafraid to say, “I was wrong because……” when new discoveries brought to light a fact unknown to him. That he could revise his opinons and theories as new knowledge proved his love of history and dedication to learning. We have lost a great man and are blessed by having known him through his books.
As someone previously wrote, I too like to think he is now speaking with Queen Anne. I can imagine his bowing before her, telling her how honored he is to finally speak to her, and that she has not been forgotten and that her daughter is considered one of the greatest monarch of England. And I can see her, smiling at him, rejoicing in knowing the lies have been exposed and slowly her reputation and honor restored. What a conversation is taking place! Finally, he is learning all the secrets and getting all the answers to his questions; finally he knows the entire truth. If only he could write to us from beyond and share this with us – what a book he could write now!
Beautifully stated!
Katherine Stinson says:
RIP to the great Eric Ives! Such an amazing historian and human being. I can only imagine what he’s telling Anne right now! You inspired me Sir Ives, and I want to thank you for “The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn,” and basically sharing your genius with us. You will be truly missed by many. Sending thoughts and prayers to his family.
R.I.P Eric Ives
A sad loss to the entire history world. I havent read The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn yet but from what i have of him from Claire he sounded like a great historian. My deepest condolences to his family. I hope that Dr. Ives has the pleasure of meeting Anne Boleyn in person. God bless you Eric Ives.
Baroness Von Reis says:
Claire,How deeply sadden to here of Eric Ives passing,I hope he meets up with Anne and all he so love to write about. Rest In Peace Eric Ives
Anne Barnhill says:
I am very sad to hear this as I have utmost regard for him and his work. I only wish I had had the chance to meet him in person. Please send his family my condolences. If there is an address you could share or a place we could send cards, that would be great–maybe the family would like to know what he meant to so many who had never even met him. Peace.
This is such sad news, my thoughts and prayers are with his family.
I am so very sad to hear this news. Professor Ives’ book on Anne is the one that really brings her to life for me. A great loss to the history world.
I am so very sad to hear of the death of Eric Ives. In 2009 he came to Hampton Court Palace and was an exceptional speaker. He also struck me as a lovely man with patience and time for everybody. Rest in Peace Eric.
Sara Merlo says:
My prayers and thoughts are with his family and friends. He was a wonderful historian and will be missed dearly. I wish that I had the chance to meet him. My condolences.
My deepest condoleances to his family..
This is so sad. What a wonderful historian. What a loss for the history world, but more importantly, what a sad loss for his family. Thinking of them during this time.
Virginia2012 says:
I’m so sorry to hear of the loss of this great man. My sincere condolences to his family and many friends.
It was lovely to know Professor Ives, even if only for a short time. His tales of his quest for Anne’s story, and his phrase of “Popycock” about things he disagreed with were very inspiring. We’ve lost a true gentleman and an amazing historian.
I really am stunned… he’s always been the face of Anne Boleyn research, and that was justified due to just how great an expert he was about her! I would have loved to have met him, it seemed he was someone who could for hours about her…
I guess he’s with Anne now…
J. Stephan Edwards says:
I too am saddened that Professor Ives has died. Like Tamise above, I was privileged to attend a luncheon with Professor Ives, hosted by Leanda de Lisle, at which we had a three-way debate on Jane Grey. Professor Ives was very generous in regard to my own research and writing on Jane. I am distressed that he will not see my forthcoming article on the Wrest Park portrait, nor my forthcoming biographical study of Jane, which is very different from his own. I would very much like to have had his feedback on both. He was a great scholar and a perfect gentleman.
Denise Hansen says:
I adored Eric Ives biography of Anne Boleyn and I always hoped to meet him someday.
From all reports, he was a great historian and a wonderful British gentleman. His book is and will remain the definitive, go-to biography of Anne Boleyn – balanced, accurate and exceededly readable – he did his subject proud. Thank-you Clare for passing on condelences to his family on behalf of those of us who so appreciated his scholarship. He brought us the real Anne – and for that we will always be grateful,
R.I.p professor Ives. I pray that now you are with Anne and Henry and all the Tudors and getting all the information you wanted firsthand.
How heartbreaking to lost such a wonderful soul. It’s incredible how you can mourn for someone you’ve never met. The world has lost an amazing historian.
miladyblue says:
Very sad to hear of Professor Ives’s passing – a brilliant researcher, and staunch historic champion.
However, I have a mental image of him up in heaven, sitting by a fire in a huge library, a glass in hand, talking to Anne herself, asking how close he came to her actual life. And Anne, with an enigmatic little smile, telling him to sit back because there’s some doozies that the State Papers actually understated.
Such a sad loss. He was a brilliant historian, and I wish I had the chance to meet him. Rest in Peace, Eric Ives. My deepest condolences to his family and friends.
It’s always such a shame when the world loses a great mind like Eric’s. His loss will be felt for years to come. RIP Eric Ives.
Ceri C says:
I had the pleasure of hearing him speak at the Boleyn Festival at Blickling Hall earlier this year and he struck me as a lovely man, full of passion and enthusiasm for his subject but with a humorous twinkle in his eye. I’ve long been an admirer of his work. Such a sad loss. Condolences to his family.
Anerje says:
Such sad news. He was THE expert on Anne Boleyn.
Claire,Very kind of you to honor Eric Ives,a wonderfull athuor and man,such a geat lose,and will be missed.Another very sad lose on September 25th music composer and singer ,Andy Willams,both will be greatly misses. RIP Eric Ives and Andy Willams
I was very saddened to read of this. One of my favourite history books is his wonderful book on Jane Grey which I would recomend to anyone. May he rest in peace. Also the hisorian Eric Hobsbawm who died today.
I can’t remember the last time I’ve written here, but it chocked me. And I believe that Mr Ives do deserve few words.
His work in name of history, Tudor history was incredible. The way he had worked to clarify Anne Boleyn history never will be forgoten.
Thanks Ives !
What a great loss. Not only a brillant, passionated historian and author in Tudor history, but an honorable, spirited human being, too. Unfortunetly I never had the chance to meet him in person, but this news strucked me down indeed. Although we will all miss him sadly, I myself believe that HE and ANNE will meet in heaven now to talk to one another directly.
Thanks for all you have given to us and RIP Eric Ives !!!
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Merge of Special Game Worlds
Created by Uman. on 11 Sep 2017, 10:00
Tibians, as you know, we try to address shifts of player population by merging low populated worlds together.
However, some of the game worlds with the lowest population numbers have not been merged so far since there were no adequate merge partners for these worlds:
Aurora and Aurera (preview worlds)
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The communities of these worlds have been shrinking for years now. They have reached such a low number that we can no longer postpone action. After careful consideration, we have decided to merge them in the following way on October 11, 2017, at the earliest:
Regardless of their differing PvP types, Calva, Inferna and Aurora will be merged into the newly created world Zuna. This world will be Open PvP.
Likewise, Calvera, Dolera and Aurera will be merged into the newly created world Zunera. This world will be Open PvP.
Zuna and Zunera will receive the label experimental. This means that we may conduct occasional technical tests and experiments on these worlds but there will be no preview phases anymore.
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Please also check the additional information we have provided in the Auditorium.
With all six game worlds, we tried to do something new back when we launched them. However, not every endeavour turns out a success in the long run. We fully understand that this solution may be a bitter pill to swallow if you are affected by this merger. We sincerely apologise for having to put you into the situation of being merged with game worlds that are different from your world's setting and PvP type.
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As of today, renting houses will be blocked on these worlds to ensure that all houses are vacant when the merger takes place. The rental period of all houses that are currently rented out will be extended free of charge until one day before the merger takes place. All houses will be vacated then and any items left in your old house will be moved automatically to your depot's inbox.
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A few years ago, we did not consider it a suitable solution to merge regular Hardcore PvP worlds with free-to-move worlds or any other more restricted PvP worlds for that matter. However, population numbers on these worlds have been dwindling considerably for years now. Especially with the launch of Retro Hardcore PvP a few weeks ago, it has become clear that the game world type of regular Hardcore PvP does not have a promising future anymore. Likewise, the concept of preview worlds has not stood the test of time. We did not manage to produce enough engaging previews to keep these worlds interesting over time. The whole preview process turned out to be far more time-consuming and complex than we had anticipated and the results were not as informative and conclusive as we had hoped. As for Calva and Calvera, these worlds never really gained momentum. Nevertheless, we need a place for characters on these game worlds, we did not simply want to delete them together with their home worlds. That's why we decided to merge these world together instead.
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Children's Book Review, An Aussie Year
Children's Book Review, by Susan Stephenson, www.thebookchook.com
An Aussie Year: Twelve Months in the Life of Australian Kids was written by Tania McCartney, illustrated by Tina Snerling, and published by EK Books (2013.)
Meet Ned, Lily, Zoe, Kirra and Matilda––three Aussie kids keen to take you on a journey through a year in the life of Australian children, from cultural celebrations to traditions and events, to our everyday way of life.
An Aussie Year is a picture book bursting with national pride. It is a snapshot of who we are as a nation, covering our melting-pot culture, lifestyle and traditions. Its pages feature trailing, meandering text, dates and gorgeous illustrations showing our five Aussie children at play, at school, at home, enjoying their homeland––from the tropical north to our rugged west.
Trailing through the seasons and idiosyncrasies endemic to each month of the year, this is Our Australian Childhood.
I loved this children's picture book from the moment it arrived chez Chook. The cover is fresh and energetic, hinting at the snapshots of Aussie kids' lives that lie within. The format does justice to the cover's promise: we're introduced to five children from different ethnic backgrounds who tell us about special days and happenings throughout the Australian year. The child characters introduce themselves, then share snippets that make each month special for them. For instance, Lily, whose Mum is from China, tells us that she gets red money-filled envelopes in Chinese New Year. All five kids appear in an illustration depicting the Henley-on-Todd regatta in August. McCartney has created text in language that's detailed and rich with sensory vocabulary, yet simple enough for children (say 6+) to read for themselves.
Snerling's illustrations are charming and fun. They're colourful but not garish, and zinging with kid-appeal. I adore the little quirky details she's added - a Tassie Devil is taking a chomp out of a table decorated with cupcakes and teaset, characters join in with speech-bubbled comments, there are all sorts of lines and arrows to follow and special fonts to add variety and even more colour. The palette Snerling has chosen against a white background and the graphic design features really make the illustrations pop. (Kids will love the end papers too!)
An Aussie Year is a brilliant and perfectly targeted concept for a children's picture book. This is a book kids will dip into, enjoy and think about. Perhaps it will prompt them to further research about our Australian culture and identity. I know An Aussie Year will make an excellent choice as a resource for Australian Studies and for libraries generally. It would also make an excellent gift for a child who lives overseas.
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Bradfield Waifs 203 beat Stowe Templars 181 by 22 Runs
So to the pressure cooker of a semi-final away to Bradfield Waifs, with the opportunity of making the final of the Cricketer Cup for only the second time in the Old Stoics history.
Bradfield's left-handed opener Charles Russell immediately looked to take full advantage of the initial fielding restrictions, launching Rowling for a big six over long on in taking 14 off his opening over. His risky approach
proved successful and whilst his opening partner was trapped LBW by Rowling without threatening the scorers, he soon brought up his fifty as Bradfield hurried to 90-1 off the 15 over powerplay. However, the introduction of
Lester Smart brought immediate rewards as he first had their number 3 trapped LBW before running through their middle order as he picked up 5 wickets for just 30 runs as he reeled his 10 overs straight off. At the other end, first Harry Wolrige-Gordon and then Rory Lyon ensured the pressure was maintained at both ends with W-G picking up the vital wicket of Russell, stumped off a wide. Lyon's offspin proved difficult to get away in what was the prove a harbinger of what was to follow come Bradfield's turn to bowl. He completed his 10 overs, conceding just 27 runs as well as a wicket thanks to a diving effort by Ben Howgego at midwicket. In the end Bradfield were all out for 203 in the 49th over with Wilson's one-handed dive at point off Harry W-G spectacularly ending their innings, leaving
ex-Hants pro Will Kendall stranded on 49 not out.
So Stowe were set a target of 4 runs an over for a place in the final. Having seen the benefit of looking to attack the hard new ball on a wicket that was keeping a fraction low, Wilson was sent in as a pinch-hitter alongside Ash Pearson at the top of the order. However, the orders seemed to have got lost in the post as Wilson found himself on 7 runs after 9 overs and having seen his partner Pearson depart, lobbed a simple catch to mid-on after the ball appeared to stop on him. Ben Howgego came in at three and immediately looked in pristine touch, clipping a couple of boundaries off his legs and with Wilson at the other end the duo were easily maintaining the required run rate.
The introduction of spin from both ends tied down the batsman and immediately saw Wilson depart miscuing one to midwicket. Then Bradfield got the crucial wicket of Howgego, given out LBW, with Birkby soon joining him back in the hutch, unable to repeat his heroics of the previous round. When Lyon was then run-out after a mix-up between him and Archie Leon, the game was in danger of sliding away fast from the Templars. Cossins and Leon ensured the slide was halted but struggled to accumulate as many singles against the spinners as they would like as the run-rate began to slide up towards 7 an over. Leon then fell miss-timing a pull when the opening seamer was reintroduced leaving the lower order to immediately have to come in and find boundaries with the run rate now climbing towards double figures. Wolrige-Gordon fell chopping on as he looked to hit Bradfield's young seamer out the park, Russell White came and went out stumped as he charged the off-spinner, Smart was run-out by metres coming back for a suicidal second before Rowling fell caught at mid-on with 20 still required.
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Sober Horse Prevents Drunk Cowboy From Getting A DWI
By Stephen Messenger
If friends don't let friends drive drunk, then Sugar the horse is a BFF.
The cowboy busted, less than sober in the saddle. Why he told me he left the bar drunk on a horse, on @wbrz at 10 http://t.co/xiFVAAR2rX
— BrettBuffingtonWBRZ (@BrettBuffington)
Formerly unintoxicated cowboy, Jake Williams, found himself in a decidedly different state of being after dropping by a daiquiri shop in town earlier this week. The northern Louisiana native had been driving with Sugar in a trailer behind him, when he opted to stop in for a drink.
Well, sure enough, Williams ended up imbibing one too many of those tasty alcoholic beverages. But instead of risking the drive home drunk, he chose to do what he thought was the responsible thing - have Sugar give him a lift home.
"When you get a little too much to drink, why not ride a horse?" Williams told WBRZ reporter Brett Buffington. "It's safer that way. The horse knows the way home."
You can't get a DWI on a horse. You can get in trouble for riding one drunk.. Why the cops stopped this cowboy at 10 http://t.co/bB28wSPxFm
Not surprisingly, perhaps, the drunk rider atop the sober horse ended up attracting the attention of a sheriff's deputy who pulled the pair over. Turns out, Sugar doesn't qualify as a "vehicle" in the state, which meant she saved Williams from getting charged with a DWI - but she couldn't prevent him from receiving a citation for public intoxication.
A family member ended up giving Williams and Sugar a lift home, with the cowboy vowing that he'd learned his lesson - which is good, considering that Sugar shouldn't have been tasked with hauling a drunken rider in the first place.
Interestingly, while drunken Williams's decision to ride a horse didn't result in a DWI in Louisiana, that's not to say it wouldn't elsewhere. In some states, horses are considered "vehicles" subject to the same laws as a car, and riding one drunk is not treated any differently. Still, not all places are so discouraging of the practice.
A public service announcement from Montana, released a few years back, openly encourages drunk bar patrons to let their horses give them a lift home.
Even if it riding a horse home drunk is legal where you are, we recommend folks who are planning to drink travel home by taxi or arrange a different kind of ride ahead of time.
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James Remar as runaway pastor John Luther in “Persecuted.” (Millennium Entertainment)
‘Persecuted’ Will Persecute Your Patience
By Mark Jackson, Epoch Times
July 23, 2014 Updated: July 23, 2014
Have you watched “Dexter”? The HBO show about a serial killer, whose dead dad gives him advice on how to get away with murder? In “Persecuted,” the actor who plays the dead dad (James Remar) plays a pastor named John Luther. Luther’s a Jerry Falwellian-type shepherd who leads an evangelical flock called “Truth.” And who finds turning the other cheek challenging.
“Persecuted” is about the endangered religions of the world (especially the endangered American Christians). And about the American government creating an all-inclusive religion mash-up, a religion-stew stirred by a fictitious bill entitled the “Faith And Fairness Act,” to protect them. And one man’s attempt to stop it.
Oh yes. If you’re a Rabbi, you’ll be required to say nice stuff about Hinduism and Sufism and Protestantism, and let Greek Orthodox priests come in and have a go at converting your flock. That’s fair, right?
Espousing this cockamamie “equality” will give your religious institution tax breaks. And watching this cockamamie movie will give your personal constitution a splitting headache.
So there he is, John Luther, getting ready to address a flock, five minutes to curtain time, when up waltzes lobbying senator Donald Harrison (Bruce Davison), all corrupt and unctuous, who wants some public love for the Faith And Fairness Act.
No can do, says the rock-star evangelist. “I cannot water down the gospel to advance anyone’s political agenda.” Talk about your wooden lines. Actually, there’s a script’s worth.
Anyway, this was not the answer the senator wanted to hear. He’s a bad man. And it’s a bad administration altogether, whose bad president (James R. Higgins doing a Clinton impersonation) has the bad Secret Service kidnap our man Luther, drug him, and snap some dirty frame-job photos.
Luther wakes up and runs away. But! There just happen to be some kids partying out in the bushes who smartphone-film Luther running away.
So, of course, the rest of the movie is about getting out from under the frame-job and terminating the silly Faith And Fairness bill.
And lo and behold, Luther somehow manages to get that footage from those kids. He gives a copy to his Catholic priest dad played by Fred Thompson (actor and real-life Republican politician). Which means, of course, dad must die.
So now Luther is wandering in the wilderness. Who else do we know who wandered in the wilderness? Is that why he’s named John? Will the fact that he’s also named Luther mean he’ll perhaps nail up 95 Theses against the Faith And Fairness Act?
You bet. Luther manages, like some kind of Ninja-Turtle priest, to turn up some other opposition-incriminating footage. Puts it on Fox News.
He also shoots people. What? Shouldn’t a film about religious tolerance be showing us a man living by example? Instead, we get an image of a bloody, gun-holding hand wrapped in rosary beads. Nice!
Does John get his job back? As we used to like to say when pope John Paul II was around, “Is the pope Polish?”
“Persecuted” shares more than a little with the TV show “House of Cards.” Conspiracy runs rampant, politicians kill, and the Secret Service act like they’re CIA “wet-boys” (assassins). It’s a supercynical, scary kind of Washington.
James Remar’s not leading-man material, which is why he’s been in supporting roles since the 1970s.
His character’s supposed to have risen to eminence out of a quagmire of alcoholism, drugs, and abusiveness. We never see that edge. He does some violence, but it’s all half-hearted. And all the ninja-ing about is laughable.
Between the lack of convincing leadership (isn’t that why they call them “leading men”?) the silly bill, the ultra-evil government, and the ludicrous plot, if you want to persecute yourself, watch “Persecuted.”
‘Persecuted’
Director: Daniel Lusko
Starring: James Remar, Dean Stockwell, Bruce Davison, Raoul Trujillo, Fred Dalton Thompson
Follow Mark on Twitter: @FilmCriticEpoch
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Jay-Z hires lawyer for 21 Savage following ICE arrest
“The arrest and detention of 21 Savage is an absolute travesty.”
By Salvatore Maicki
Theo Wargo/Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images
Jay-Z is lending his support to 21 Savage in the aftermath of the rapper's arrest by ICE. “The arrest and detention of 21 Savage is an absolute travesty, his U visa petition has been pending for 4 years,” Jay-Z wrote on his Facebook page. “In addition to being a successful recording artist, 21 deserves to be reunited with his children immediately.”
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Additionally, Jay and his label Roc Nation have hired attorney Alex Spiro to assist in 21 Savage's legal proceedings, Variety reports. “We are not going to stop until he is released, bonded out or in front of a judge," said Spiro in a statement. "What we have here is someone who overstayed their Visa with an application pending for 4 years - not a convicted criminal that needs to be detained and removed but, by all accounts a wonderful person, father, and entertainer who has a marijuana offense which was vacated and sealed."
21 Savage, Hip-Hop
Fan listening events announced for Mac Miller’s Circles
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Week 5 Waiver Wire Rankings
Week 4 is in the books! Which means Week 5 Waiver Wire Rankings are here!
Week 4 was absolutely brutal in regards to injuries. We saw Dalvin Cook go down with a season-ending ACL injury, which is a big blow to fantasy owners. Latavius Murray figures to be the biggest beneficiary as he takes over as the lead back, while Jerick McKinnon will serve as the pass-catching back, although he too got dinged up with an ankle injury.
Chris Carson suffered a fracture to his leg and also has a high-ankle sprain. They put him on IR, but he could return around Week 12, though that seems like a longshot at this point. The Seahawks backfield is kind of a mess and you may be better served passing on adding anyone from that backfield.
Ty Montgomery went down with a rib injury and will likely miss a few weeks, which opens the door for rookie RB Aaron Jones. Aaron Rodgers has already praised the athletic RB, who makes for a strong RB2 this week against the Cowboys.
Overall, Week 4 was rough and now we have bye weeks to deal with. This will be one of the biggest weeks for waivers we have seen this season.
Below is as big of a list as you will find for players to pick up. The goal is to illuminate players that fantasy owners can pick up outside of the most obvious targets. We don’t all play in small leagues, so upping the ante and shedding light on players who would otherwise be ignored is optimal. I have included a color code highlighting what type of add priority they possess.
Be on the lookout for the TFA Transaction Tuesday Podcast that will air every Tuesday morning to help you navigate your way through waiver wire Tuesday. It will be a short 15-20 min show that’s all about the top waiver adds and streaming options.
You can also watch it here:
Bye Weeks: Falcons, Broncos, Saints, and Redskins
Green = Top Waiver Option
Red = Players to who are currently out/injured
Gold = Streaming Target
Blue = Bench Stash
Purple = Deep League Stash
Jacoby Brissett
Jared Goff
DeShone Kizer
Brian Hoyer
Josh McCown
Jacoby Brissett – Well, it was a mixed bag against the Seahawks on Sunday night. He completed 16-of-29 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown. He also threw a pick-six and fumbled the ball. Outside of the turnovers, Brissett played well, which is commendable considering he was playing in one of the harder places to play in Seattle. This week the Colts will take on a 49ers defense that has allowed the 11th-most points to the position.
Eli Manning – Over the past two weeks, Manning has thrown for 654 yards, five touchdowns, and two INTs on 96 attempts. The Giants are the most pass-heavy offense in the league, which makes Manning a solid streaming option against a Chargers defense that is missing Jason Verrett.
Deshaun Watson – I have been critical of Deshaun Watson prior to the regular season because of his weak arm and suspect decision-making ability. But no one can deny how well he’s played the last two weeks. It should be mentioned that he did so against two of the worst pass-defenses in the league. Regardless, he destroyed the Titans on Sunday, throwing for 283 yards and four passing touchdowns. He also rushed for a touchdown. I really want to see how he plays against some of the leagues better defenses before I crown him and I will also continue to believe that Patrick Mahomes is the best QB from this years draft (bias take). This week the Texans will take on a Chiefs defense that has allowed the eleventh-fewest points to the QB position. No matter what, Watson makes for a strong option over the coming weeks.
Latavius Murray
Wendall Smallwood
Aaron Jones
Thomas Rawls
Alex Collins
Andre Ellington
Wayne Gallman
Gio Bernard
D’Onta Foreman
C.J. Prosise
Jerick McKinnon
Elijah McGuire
Brandon Oliver
Matt Breida
Charcandrick West
Devontae Booker
Samaje Perine
J.D. McKissic
DeAndre Washington
Mike Tolbert
Marlon Mack
Robert Turbin
Jalen Richard
Latavius Murray – With Dalvin Cook done for the season with a torn ACL, the backfield now belongs to Latavius Murray. While it’s debatable if Murray is actually any good, he will be the teams’ lead back and should soak up all of the early down and short-yardage work. Once Dalvin Cook left in the third quarter, Murray carried seven times for 21 yards. He should be owned in all formats and should be a viewed as an RB3 next week against the Bears.
Wendall Smallwood – He racked up 79 total yards and scored a touchdown on his 14 touches against the Chargers on Sunday. Once Darren Sproles went down for the season, Smallwood figured to receive a bump in touches and is now the pass-catching back. While LeGarrette Blount figures to see his fair share of touches, he is far more game-script dependent. Smallwood should be owned in all formats and carries weekly flex appeal in PPR formats.
Aaron Jones – With injuries to Ty Montgomery (ribs) and Jamaal Williams (knee), Aaron Jones finished off the Bears on Thursday night with 49 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries. He figures to be the starting back against the Cowboys on Sunday night. While I wouldn’t go crazy throwing a bunch of FAAB towards Jones, he’s an intriguing short-term option for an explosive offense. If you aren’t familiar with Aaron Jones, he’s a dynamic athlete who is more than capable of filling the shoes of Ty Montgomery.
Alvin Kamara – If you own Adrian Peterson, go ahead and cut him, because he ded. As for Alvin Kamara, he’s received the fourth-most targets in the league with 28 and has averaged the 13th-most PPR points per game at a clip of 13.8 per game. If he’s still available and you play in a PPR league, then Kamara is one of the best long-term adds this week despite the Saints being on a bye.
Thomas Rawls, C.J. Prosise, Eddie Lacy, J.D. McKissic – Chris Carson suffered a gruesome leg injury that resulted in a fractured leg and a high-ankle sprain. Carson has been placed on IR with a designation to return. He can’t return until Week 12 at the earliest and I wouldn’t be shocked if he didn’t make it back at all. As for the rest of the group, I would put my FAAB or waiver adds on Thomas Rawls or C.J. Prosise in PPR formats. Thomas Rawls was thought to be the starter until the emergence of Chris Carson. He’s a valuable asset in standard leagues, however, he’s never been able to stay healthy or recreate the magic he had in 2014. Then you have Eddie Lacy, who looks like a shell of himself.
As for the pass-catching duo in Prosise and McKissic, Prosise figures to return his role as the change-of-pace back, however, McKissic looked electric scoring two touchdowns on two long scampers in Week 4. Still, it’s hard to imagine he has much of a role once Prosise is healthy. The caveat to all of this is Prosise and his health. There is no denying his talent. The man just can’t stay healthy. If you’re in a deeper format, I would look to stash McKissic as a speculative add.
Alex Collins – With Alex Collins looking like the best back the Ravens have on the roster, he will need to work to secure the football after fumbling multiple times the last few weeks. This has been an issue he’s had since his days at Arkansas, when he fumbled 17 times in three seasons. Over the last two weeks, he’s rushed 18 times for 164 yards. He’s clearly an upgrade over Terrance West (which isn’t saying much) and should hold immediate value in standard leagues, but he’s nothing more than a touchdown-dependent RB3 until the Ravens show any signs of life on the offensive side of the football.
Wayne Gallman – He rushed 11 times for 42 yards and hauled in both of his targets for eight yards and scored a touchdown. This might be the best game of any Giants’ RB this season and it could lead to Gallman taking the reigns as the starter in New York. While the Giants offensive line is still awful, rostering any starting running back will lead to usable weeks. With so many injuries this week and bye weeks starting, Gallman makes for a worthy flex option.
Elijah McGuire – He broke out for 93 yards and a touchdown against a Jags defense that has been gashed by opposing running backs this season. He doesn’t have standalone value with Powell as the lead back, however, as the season wears on, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Jets give more work to McGuire to see what they have in him.
Brandon Oliver – While Melvin Gordon continues to look off, Brandon Oliver becomes more and more intriguing as another speculative add. Gordon has struggled with a knee injury and as a player who has had micro-fractures in his knee, you have to wonder if something isn’t wrong with that knee. Though it should be said that I’m no doctor. Nevertheless, I’m adding Oliver everywhere I can.
Matt Breida – Running behind one of the more injury-prone running backs in the league, Breida is one of the best handcuffs to own in all 12 team leagues.
Will Fuller
Sterling Shephard
Cooper Kupp
Allen Hurns
Jaron Brown
Ricardo Louis
Marqise Lee
Taylor Gabriel
Kenny Golladay
J.J. Nelson
Kendall Wright
Josh Doctson
Tyler Lockett
Brice Butler
JuJu Smith-Schuster
Jermaine Kearse
Benny Fowler
Bruce Ellington
Michael Floyd
Brandon Coleman
Justin Hardy
Will Fuller – Welcome back, Will Fuller. After missing the first three games of the season due to a broken collarbone, he returned to haul in four-of-six targets for 35 yards and two touchdowns. While he didn’t stuff the stash sheet, you have to be impressed with the rapport he showed with Watson with nearly zero practice time. Moving forward, he will likely be boom-or-bust, but for any WR-needy team, he’s a weekly flex option.
Devin Funchess – He secured seven-of-nine targets for 70 yards and two touchdowns against a Patriots defense that looks completely lost this season. He now has 19 targets over the last two weeks and looks like he is finally putting things together. He currently is seeing 23.7% of the team’s targets which is eighth-best in the league. He’s turned those targets into 216 yards (23rd) on 17 receptions (22nd) and two touchdowns which is good for 12.7 PPR points per game. He should be viewed as WR3 in a matchup against the Lions, who have allowed the 13th-most receiving yards to WRs.
Sterling Shepard – The man continues to see targets and while he didn’t have a monster game, he did secure all five targets for 54 yards. He’s clearly separated himself from Brandon Marshall but he is competing for work in the middle of the field with Evan Engram, who received 11 targets this week. Shepard has played on 92% of the teams, however, he is only receiving 16% of the team’s targets, though it should be mentioned that number is skewed because the Giants continue to throw the ball at an obscene rate (81%) rate. He currently is 12th in the league in receptions with 21, 13th in yards with 254, and 20th in PPR points per game averaging 13.4.
As long as the Giants continue to throw the ball 40+ times per game, then Shepard should be a weekly WR3/4 on most weeks.
Cooper Kupp – While he cooled off Weeks 2 and 3, he got things back on track hauling in five-of-season targets for 60 yards and a touchdown. The Rams offense continues to roll, although we should temper expectations with upcoming matchups against the Seahawks, Jaguars, and Cardinals.
John Brown and Jaron Brown – It’s pretty simple. When John Brown plays he’s a dynamic playmaker who can put up some big numbers. However, he continues to get dinged up which makes it hard to trust him. As of now, the Cardinals get a juicy matchup against a Eagles defense that is void of talent in the secondary.
Jaron Brown played 95% of snaps and received 12 targets that he turned into nine receptions for 105 yards. As long as he continues to see heavy usage, he will continue to be a strong flex play.
Ricardo Louis – Maybe I was a week too early on the athletic WR from Auburn, but he took a small step forward this week hauling in five-of-11 targets for 64 yards against the Bengals on Sunday. While everyone rushed to pick up Rashard Higgins, I preferred to add the more athletic option in Ricardo Louis. Over the past two weeks, we have seen Higgins flounder, while Louis has seen his target share rise (17 targets the last two weeks). I hope you didn’t waste a top waiver add or a large percentage of your FAAB on Higgins because Louis is the guy to own. With a matchup against the Jets on tap, Louis is a sleeper I will be targeting this week in both season-long and DFS alike.
Danny Amendola – While fantasy owners continue to neglect Danny Amendola, he continues to be a usable asset. He’s scored double-digit fantasy points in two games of his past three games. If he is going to continue to see 6+ targets per game, then he needs to be owned in all formats that utilize PPR.
Trent Taylor – While he isn’t a must-add by any means, he has seen 14 targets the last two weeks and could provide useful as a volume slot receiver. He’s more of a deep league add, but with bye weeks and so many injuries this weekend, he serves a possible flex option in a nice matchup against the Colts.
Kendall Wright – With Mitchell Trubisky taking over as the Bears starting QB there is some hope for an improved offense. Glennon is best served as a backup in this league. With Trubisky I have some intrigue for Kendall Wright who is far and away the Bears best wide receiver. I would look to stash Wright I hopes that the Bears offense turns things around with the rookie under center.
Josh Doctson – He isn’t seeing the volume to feel comfortable playing him, yet, but his time is coming. Jamison Crowder continues to struggle and Jordan Reed is fighting through an injury. We saw last night how explosive Doctson can be (even if he didn’t finish the play) and it feels like only a matter of time before the Redskins start feeding him more targets.
Dede Westbrook – This is a bit premature, but Westbrook could be back in three or four weeks. He isn’t a household name, but if you paid attention during the preseason you saw Westbrook dominate. He’s an explosive athlete who provides a skill-set that no other Jaguars wide receiver can. At worst, he’s a deep threat that can take the top off the defense. If you’re in a deep league, then I would look to roster the rookie wide receiver as a bench stash.
Cameron Brate
Ryan Griffin
Jared Cook
Vance McDonald
Evan Engram – 11 targets last week and now has 30 on the season. We don’t ask for a lot of the tight end position in fantasy football, so as a tight end that receives that kind of target share, you have to view him as a weekly TE1 on most weeks. He currently has seen the second most targets (30), third-most receptions (19), and the fifth-most yards (200) and is doing all of this as a rookie which is a rare accomplishment for a tight end. He should be owned in all formats.
Austin Seferian-Jenkins – No one feels great rostering a Jets pass-catcher, but he is their most talented option and should have plenty of opportunities to provide fantasy owners with production. At worst he’s a fine streaming option playing a Browns defense that just allowed 68 yards and two touchdowns to Tyler Kroft.
Tyler Kroft – I called Tyler Kroft as a sneaky play this week on the DegeNation Podcast this week and boy did he pay off. He hauled in six passes for 68 yards and two touchdowns. With Eifert likely to miss more time, it’s not hard to get behind Kroft as a streaming option, except for this week against the Bills, who have allowed the seventh-fewest points to TEs this season.
Defense/ST
Baltimore vs Oakland
Titans vs Dolphins
Raiders vs Ravens
Steelers vs Jaguars
Related TopicsAaron JonesAlvin KamaraAndre EllingtonC.J. ProsiseCameron BrateCooper KuppDeshaun WatsonDevin FunchessEddie LacyEli ManningEvan EngramFeaturedJacoby BrissettJaron BrownJohn BrownLatavius MurrayRicardo LouisSterling ShepardThomas RawlsTrent TaylorTyler KroftWendall SmallwoodWill Fuller
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This week, James Franco joined the ranks of big-name celebrities asking for money from everyday people to fund their pet projects via crowd-funding.
The ubiquitous actor-director-author-artist, who starred in the Disney blockbuster "Oz the Great and Powerful" a few months ago, is (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/palo-alto-stories-by-james-franco) seeking to raise $500,000 on Indiegogo to make three films based on his high school experiences in Palo Alto, Calif. As of Friday afternoon, "Palo Alto Stories by James Franco" has raised more than $55,000, with 27 days left to go.
One noteworthy aspect of the product is how non-noteworthy it is. While it's attracted its share of eye-rolls, it hasn't garnered nearly the (http://www.ibtimes.com/zach-braff-kickstarter-campaign-twitter-backlash-wish-i-was-here-tests-limits-crowd-funding-1215021) polarized uproar of Zach Braff's "Wish I Was Here," the $3.1 million Kickstarter indie movie that some commentators said violated the spirit of crowd-funding.
That Franco has failed to provoke the same response could indicate that the public is becoming desensitized to the notion of movie-star crowd-funding, but even if such projects are the new normal for the indie film industry, the proper etiquette surrounding them is far from settled.
In fact, there's one aspect of the trend that is particularly troubling to SAG-AFTRA, the entertainment union that covers actors in the film and television industry. Both Braff and Franco have offered extra roles to funders who kick in a certain amount of money. In the case of Braff's project, backers who donate $3,000 or more can be an extra, while Franco is offering speaking roles to donors of $5,000 or more. The "(http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/559914737/the-veronica-mars-movie-project) Veronica Mars " Kickstarter movie, which is credited with kicking off the Kickstarter movie craze, offered a speaking role to one backer who donated $10,000.
But according to Ray Rodriguez, SAG-AFTRA's assistant national executive director, contracts, such offers could lead to a slew of legal hassles.
"We believe the practice of selling any employment, including movie roles, is a violation of California state law and possibly other states' laws as well," he said in a statement to IBTimes. "It certainly violates the Union's contracts."
SAG-AFTRA has various contracts, depending on a film's budget. It's unclear what type of contracts Braff's and Franco's projects will shoot under (neither responded a request for comment), but as members of SAG-AFTRA themselves, they are presumably planning union shoots. Not only are SAG-AFTRA members are prohibited from working as actors in non-union projects, doing so violates the union's (http://www.sagaftra.org/content/getting-started-actor-faq) Global Rule One -- the foundation of SAG-AFTRA's mission as an organization that protects the interests of actors.
It's not exactly surprising that SAG-AFTRA would frown upon a situation in which money exchanges hands for acting roles. Pay-to-play audition schemes -- events that offer industry exposure for a fee -- have long plagued the acting world. In 2009, SAG (which had not yet merged with AFTRA) helped successfully push for a new California law that made it illegal for third parties to charge advance fees for talent-representation services. The law was meant to clamp down on talent services that charge thousands of dollars to struggling actors desperate to break through the impenetrable walls of show business.
In that respect, it's hard not to see an almost predatory aspect to celebrities dangling extra roles like carrots. (Rub elbows with Zach Braff for ten grand? Not a bad career investment.) Consider Franco's pitch to prospective donors of $5,000:
"Have you always dreamt of being on camera? We will invite you to set for a day and give you a cast credit role in the movie, and even a line if you would like! You will receive the star treatment; Makeup, Hair, Wardrobe!"
What Franco just described is what a professional actor would get paid to do, and it's worth noting that the vast majority of SAG-AFTRA's 165,000 card-carrying members would jump at the chance to get paid to do it.
SAG-AFTRA said it is not opposed to the idea of crowd-funded movies, but future celebrity-backed projects (and there are certain to be more of them) should perhaps more closely examine what they intend to offer in exchange for those crowd-funded dollars.
"We understand that producers are looking for creative ways to finance independent films and as a general matter we applaud their efforts and wish them success," Rodriguez said. "Converting what should be a paying role for a professional performer into something that can simply be purchased, however, sends a terrible message about the importance of professional performers to a film and creates legal complications that producers are better off without."
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Send in the accountants
Many of Africa's leaders will have been distressed to hear Obama's message on aid conditions
Mon 13 Jul 2009 19.05 EDT First published on Mon 13 Jul 2009 19.05 EDT
Africa's leaders have become accustomed to a protective stance of victimhood. They only need to say "neo-colonial" for world leaders to back off from criticism. And moats have made the problem worse: imagine the retort to a British politician complaining about African governance. Obama's arrival in Africa was preceded by his spectacular apology to the Muslim world, so many African leaders must have been hoping for more of the absolving balm of western guilt. They did not get it. Instead, Obama delivered three unwelcome messages.
The most explosive was that Africa's core problem is its own misgovernance: Africa's persistent poverty has been largely self-inflicted. Obama is the first western leader to have the political space to deliver this tough but necessary message. He does not need a photo-op with smiling Africans to signal to voters back home that he is a compassionate sort of guy. Nor does he risk being denounced. His protection is in part that it is not possible to imagine Obama in a pith helmet; but beyond that, nobody can seriously question Obama's sincere concern to help his father's continent. His statement cannot be interpreted as being the preliminaries to neglect.
Second, the solution to misgovernance will come from within Africa: the key struggle is internal. By choosing to visit Ghana – which recently hosted an honest election, with the governing party narrowly losing – Obama flagged up that leadership depends critically on the integrity of the political process.
Obama has made a clarion call for change, but more importantly, he is the change. Africans see Obama as a fellow African, but unlike most of Africa's own leaders he personifies the leadership values that he preaches. Poor leadership is not intrinsic to African leadership; it is intrinsic only to the people who have jostled their way into presidencies.
Why has the selection of African leadership been so disastrous? The problem lies not with Africans but with the structure of the polities in which they live. Around the world the chance of a stolen election soars if the society is poor, small, and resource-rich. Even then it is not inevitable: Botswana started with just these features yet it is a functioning democracy. But such countries need strong checks and balances such as a free press and what political scientists call "veto points" – independent bases of power that can block presidential decisions. The democratisation that swept across Africa after the fall of the Soviet Union in most cases amounted to little more than elections.
Which takes us to Obama's final message: America will help, where it can, to tilt the balance towards brave people struggling for change. American money will be conditional upon decent governance. Where public money can be looted, the political class – no matter what its original composition – will end up peopled by crooks. In Africa aid is such a major component of public money that the scope for capture matters enormously.
To date America and Europe have chosen different mechanisms for aid: Europe has favoured budget support, in which the recipient government decides how the money is spent; America has preferred project aid, where the money is tied to a specific expenditure. In badly governed countries the effect has been the same: the money has been captured by politicians who are the core of the problem. Project aid only gives the illusion of integrity: governments get donors to finance the projects they would have done anyway, and this releases their own money for the presidential wish list. It is the wish list that project aid is really paying for.
The Obama principle provides the basis for a new, common approach. Where governance is satisfactory, as in Ghana, budget support is the only sensible basis for aid. Europe has it right: why should US politicians try to dictate to the Ghanaian government how to spend aid when Ghanaians are able to hold their government to account? At the other end of the governance spectrum neither budget support nor project aid can tackle the problem.
We can learn from Paddy Ashdown's experience in Bosnia. He concluded that what he had needed were not doctors without borders, but accountants without borders. Where governance is inadequate, aid should only come with an army of accountants able to ensure that it is not captured. The missing piece of international architecture is an independent assessment of the integrity of budget systems. Where a budget system was certified as satisfactory, Europe and America could safely converge on budget support. Where it was found unsatisfactory, aid would be conditional upon accountants. Governments would know that to get foreign accountants off their backs they need to build systems that withstand scrutiny. The rationale for cleaning up budgets is not that it would safeguard our money, but that it would clean up politics, and build on the distress that Obama's speech will have caused Africa's crooked politicians.
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Deer population control debated again by Will County forest preserve committee
Howard wants to see moratorium on deer removal
By MIKE MALLORY - mmallory@shawmedia.com
JOLIET – The issue of deer population control on Forest Preserve District of Will County land returned Wednesday to the committee discussion level.
The district’s Board of Commissioners’ Operations Committee positively recommended, with a 7-4 vote, the 2016-17 deer management recommendations to the full board, to be carried out in the winter months. The district is proposing that 200 total deer be removed from nine preserves.
Committee members Robert Howard, D-Beecher; Judy Ogalla, R-Monee; Mike Fricilone, R-Homer Glen; and Steve Balich, R-Homer Glen, voted against the recommendations.
In 2010, the board approved a 2010-11 plan for the district’s deer management program. The plan established that sharpshooting was to be used to manage the deer population to achieve an initial target density of 20 to 30 deer per square mile. Although the overall deer management program was approved, each year staff provide specific recommendations on the number of deer to be removed from select forest preserves.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has various requirements of counties before it gives the green light for removal. The district comes to its recommendations through aerial and ground-level assessments. The forest preserve police perform the sharpshooting, and deer meat that passes health inspection is brought to food pantries.
Howard said he’d like to see a moratorium on deer culling until more information is collected. Hunters in District 1, which covers five townships in eastern Will County, have commented to him they are seeing fewer deer and have asked why hunters aren’t allowed to perform the removal.
Another element to population control, Howard said, is that the eastern end of the county borders Indiana and there’s no way to tell whether deer are moving back and forth across the state line.
Howard said the district assessments don’t reflect a true number and they should look at the entire county, not just preserves, because deer are an edge-of-the-woods animal that also spends time in cornfields and creek bottoms. He said he’d like to see the IDNR do a count.
Committee member Chuck Maher, R-Naperville, said at some point the board will have to make an unpopular vote on the matter as the issue continues to come up each year.
Ogalla said the need for the program came from various types of development throughout the county. Because of it, deer have fewer places to run and pose more of a safety threat in certain areas to motorists. She noted that preserves in areas such as Naperville are more surrounded by residential communities.
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The Hindu Portal January 05, 2019 WORLD NEWS Edit this post
W hen two faiths have so many similarities, it is likely that one evolved from the other. Hinduism being older than the Quran, it is ...
When two faiths have so many similarities, it is likely that one evolved from the other. Hinduism being older than the Quran, it is likely that Shiva tatvam is what is accepted in the Quran for Allah.
MECCA STANDS AS A TESTIMONY OF KING VIKRAMADITYA'S INDISPUTABLE LOVE FOR LORD SHIVA
According to archeological surveys and historical evidence, Arab was under the reigns or kingship of Vikramaditya. Vikramaditya's love for Lord Shiva is well known. Hence, he built a Shivalingam at Makkeshwara (now called Mecca).
THE NAME ARAB A DERIVATIVE OF SANSKRIT WORD "ARAV"......
Before Muhammad came up with the religion Islam, Arabia was under the rule of Sanatan Dharma (Vikramaditya). Arabia was center of the Vedic civilization. The word “Arab” is derived from a Sanskrit word “Arav", which means the horses. Hence, Arab is known as the land of horses.
Prophet Muhammad's uncle (Chacha) Umar-bin-e-Hassham
PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S UNCLE WAS AN ARDENT FOLLOWER OF SHIVA
Prophet Muhammad's uncle (Chacha) Umar-bin-e-Hassham (also known as Abu Hakam or Abu Jahl) was a well known poet whose famous Arabic poem in praise of Lord Shiva is included in Sair-ul-Okul and cited on a column in the (fire worship pavilion in the rear garden of the) Lakshmi Narayan Temple in New Delhi.
A poem written by Labi-Bin-E- Akhtab-Bin-E-Turfa, who lived in Arabia around 1850 B.C., mentions all four Vedas. This verse can be found in Sair- Ul-Okul which is an anthology of ancient Arabic poetry. It was compiled in 1742 AD under the order of the Turkish Sultan Salim.
ATTACHING A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SAME.
THE POEM AND ITS INTERPRETATION ARE AS FOLLOWS-
We Tajakhayroba udan Kalalwade-e liboawa - 1
Walukayanay jatally, hay Yauma Tab asayru - 2
Manojail ilamuddin minhum wa sayattaru - 3
Wa Yakulum no latabahan foeennak Tawjjaru - 4
Najumum aja- at Summa gabul HINDU - 5
The meaning of the poem is-
The man who may spend his life in sin and irreligion or waste it in lechery and wrath - 1
If at least he relents and returns to righteousness can he be saved? - 2
If but once he worships Mahadeva with a pure heart, he will attain the ultimate in spirituality - 3
Oh Lord (Shiva) exchange my entire life for but a day's sojourn in India where one attains salvation - 4
But one pilgrimage there secures for one all merit and company of the truly great - 5
Source: Sair-ul-Okul, P. 235
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN OF ARAB IN HISTORY....
The language of the land was Sanskrit and it later gave way to Arabic.
Many Arabic words have Sanskrit origin.
All the four Vedas find mention in Arabic literature.
Thousands of words that were derived from Sanskrit still survive in Arabic.
Some poems have been written which mention Hindu rule in the area and also mention famous kings like Vikramaditya.
A noted scholar of history, W.H. Siddiqui says that "The Arab civilization grew up intensively as well as extensively on the riches of Indian trade and commerce. Nomadic Arab tribes became partially settled communities and some of them lived within walled towns practiced agriculture and commerce, wrote on wood and stone, feared the gods and honored the kings."
TO ESTABLISH SUPREMACY OF ISLAM, PROPHET MUHAMMAD BROKE DOWN 360 IDOLS OF SAINTS, GURUS, KINGS, AND AVATARS... There were 365 idols Hindu Devi, avatars, saints and kings broken down by Muhammad to establish the supremacy of Islam in Kaaba. Archaeological findings prove this.
The Kaaba was a Hindu shrine that was captured by Muslims. The black stone which is a symbol of Lord Shiva is still found in Kaaba (now known as SANG-E-ASWAT meaning ashweta stone or black stone). According to encyclopedia Islamia Muhammad’s grandfather and uncles were priests at Kaaba temple which had 360 idols.
All other Vedic Idols could be found buried in the precincts or trampled underfoot in labyrinthine subterranean corridors if archaeological excavations are undertaken. In fact, the names of the holiest of Muslim cities Mecca and Medina come from the Sanskrit words Makha-Medini which means the land of Fire-Worship. Vikramaditya's inscriptions are still found in Kaba.
INFLUENCE OF SANATAN DHARMA ON ISLAM-
SEVEN CIRCUMAMBULATION OR SAPT-PARIKRAMA: The practice of taking seven circumambulations known as Saptaparikrama has its origins in Santana dharma. Since "Makka" comes from 1008 names of Shiva ie: "Makkeshwara" which is of Tamil origin..... The 7 circumambulation at Mekka is nothing but a Vedic ritual followed by Muslims even today. Since Muhammad copied many things from Hinduism and made it opposite.... the circumambulation was copied in an anticlockwise direction.
ISLAM'S UNIVERSAL SYMBOL - THE MOON CRESCENT - Muslims were followers of Shiva and hence worshipers of the Moon. The Universal symbol of Islam comes from Lord Chandrasekhara ardha chandrama.
ORIGIN OF THE NAME- ALLAH......The word Allah is derived from Arabic roots AL(meaning Moon) and ILLAHA (God). Thus, Muslims worship the moon God ALLAH or Chandrasekhara.
MODERN PROOF OF ISLAMIC DEDICATION TO SHIVA - THE NAMAAZ OF "ISHA".
The most important namaaz or prayer for Muslims is the ISHA namaz. ISHA is a Sanskrit name meaning "eesh or supreme". It is one of the most important names of Shiva. (For further reference and to know more on this pleases refer to ISHA UPANISHAD belonging to the SHUKLA PAKSHA YAJURVEDA)
MEANING OF THE WORD "NAMAAZ" AND ITS 5 TIME OFFERING:
The word NAMAZ is derived from the Sanskrit roots NAMAHA (to bow) and YAJA (worshiping). Muhammad used the word namaz to describe his prescribed method of prayer. Recital of the Namaz five times a day owes its origin to the Vedic injunction of Panchmahayagna (five daily worship- Panch-Maha-Yagna) which is part of the daily Vedic ritual prescribed for all Hindus.
Because the Vedic custom was to pray to face the East, in its aversion for all things Pagan/Hindu, Islam directed its followers to pray facing only the west when in Mecca.
THE BRAHAMANICAL OUTFIT OF MUSLIMS AND SHAVING OFF THE HEAD-
Even today Muslims follow the age-old custom of brahmins. Brahmins wore white dhoti and chadar and shaved of their heads b4 havan, puja etc. The same still happens in Mecca even today....have a look.....
With Islam came the flood of destruction, murder, plunder, and crime that destroyed the great Vedic heritage of Arabs.
Archaeological research has resulted in the discovery of historic sites in other Islamic countries like Afghanistan that prove its close religious-cultural affinity with Hindu India.
References to Afghanistan, its rivers and towns are found in Rig Veda.
Even Syria is said to have a Hindu past, so much so that it derived its name from Surya or Sun. So, we can conclude that the whole west Asia and Arabia had strong links to the Hindu culture which were snubbed by the later Muslim rulers.
The destruction of Hindu/Pagan and other non-Islamic relics of the past continues to this day.
Diya V Sharma
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Canada hails Facebook ban on far-right figures
Ottawa, Canada / Tue, April 9, 2019 / 09:09 am
In this file photo taken in Paris on May 16, 2018 shows the logo of the social network Facebook on a broken screen of a mobile phone. Facebook on March 27, 2019 announced it will ban praise or support for white nationalism at the leading online social network and its image-centric messaging service Instagram. Facebook said it will begin enforcing the ban next week, ratcheting up its rules against hateful content to include white nationalism and separatism. (AFP/Joel Saget)
The Canadian government on Monday hailed Facebook's decision to ban prominent far-right activists after the platform came under renewed scrutiny for allowing hate groups to flourish in the aftermath of the New Zealand attacks.
"We've seen hate speech fuel the attack against Pittsburgh, at the synagogue, we've seen more recently in Christchurch, worshipers gunned down. This is real and it has consequences. And we're very glad that Facebook has taken the actions that it has," Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen told a news conference.
The social media giant on Monday banned prominent nationalists including Faith Goldy, Kevin Goudreau, whose positions have been described as white supremacist, and several other groups.
"In Canada, when it comes to hate speech, when it comes to inciting violence, those are things that we don't accept out on the street corner -- we shouldn't accept them on platforms either," Minister of Democratic Institutions Karina Gould added.
Facebook bans individuals and organizations involved in terrorist activity, organized hate, mass or serial murder, human trafficking, organized violence and criminal activity.
"Individuals and organizations who spread hate, attack, or call for the exclusion of others on the basis of who they are have no place on Facebook," the platform said in a statement sent to media.
"That's why we have a policy on dangerous individuals and organizations, which states that we do not allow those who are engaged in offline 'organized hate' to have a presence on Facebook."
The announcement came in the wake of the March 15 massacre of 50 worshipers at two Christchurch mosques. The gunman livestreamed his rampage on Facebook, with the footage proliferating widely online.
New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner John Edwards said Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg had been "disingenuous" in saying bad actors were going out of their way to circumvent Facebook's systems.
"They actually didn't have any systems to detect the events in Christchurch," Edwards told Radio New Zealand.
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The Planet Thieves
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Dan Krokos
Tue Sep 23, 2014 4:00pm
Children's Books, Science Fiction || Mason Stark has a problem with minding his own business. This worked to his advantage when he helped bring peace between humans and the alien Tremist. He's now considered an intergalactic hero, but that hasn't made school any easier. With his new reputation, any bully with something to prove wants to fight him. With the new peace treaty on shaky ground, Mason is called upon to infiltrate the Tremist school for soldiers. Mason's bound to find trouble, especially now that he has the power to channel electricity through his Tremist gloves, but when his new classmates begin to disappear under mysterious circumstances, trouble might find him first. The Tremist are working on a secret project, but what Mason discovers goes beyond that, to an ancient, powerful enemy.
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Top athletes qualify for Chengdu World Cup Finals
by Chelsea White on 06 May, 2017 05:10 • Español
Men’s Recap
Russia’s Dmitry Polyanskiy proved he still is a master of the multi-round triathlon as he took the top honour in the men’s semifinal round one. Polyanskiy, who won the semifinal race and final in last year’s Tiszaujvaros event came out on top and earned his way to reclaim another title in Sunday’s “A” Finals. Taking second place was Hungary’s Gabor Faldum, while Joao Silva of Portugal took third.
Starting off the semifinal rounds, the men’s first heat dove into the water and after a quick 750-metre lap, China’s own Zheng Xu exited the swim as the leader. While he tried to get a lead on the bike along with Korea’s Seung Hun Seo, they were eventually caught.
Onto the run, a small group of men ran through the two laps together, and while the finish was a tight race, it was Polyanskiy who pushed through to take the win.
Polyanskiy said, “I am feeling very good, for me it is like a warmup. But on the last run I had to give a little push because there was a lot of people. I like racing in China, I was here about 7 or 8 years ago and the people are always very nice, nice people and nice organization. Tomorrow will be an experience for me, but we will see, I think it will be a great race tomorrow.”
Also qualifying in the top-nine finishing pool was Kenji Nener (AUS), Bob Haller (LUX), Russell White (IRL), Zhengyu Duan (CHN), Alois Knabl (AUT) and Yuichi Hosoda (JPN).
A Photo finish was needed to see the winner of the second semifinal, with Lukas Hollaus (AUT), Luke William (AUS) and Tyler Mislawchuk (CAN) crossing the line together, and the victory finally going to the Austrian.
The Canadian, along with Chinese favourite Chen Liu, was leading the group out of the water but the frentic chase on the bikes led to a big group going for the run together, including also Makoto Odakura (JAP), Rostislav Pevtsov (AZE) or Stefan Zachaeus (LUX).
Hollaus, who started his season brilliantly with a sixth place in Cape Town, showed his skills on the bike and managed to keep a bit of a distance until the final meters of the race, enough to let him fight with William and Mislawchuk for the win.
Mislawchuck said after the race: “It was a very interesting race, we all saved some energy for tomorrow, but it will be interesting how the final, with the super sprint, will go. It’s great to experiment with different formats. I love Olympic distance, but is also great to have some sprints and this semi final and final format, and it will be great to have also relays. It’s great for our sport to have different and new formats”.
Also qualified were Odakura, Ivan Ivanov (UKR), Pevtsov, Tony Dodds (NZL), Miguel Arraiolos (POR) and Gordon Benson (GBR).
Mexican Rodrigo Gonzalez showed that he knows well the circuit in Chengdu, where he won his first ever World Cup event last season, to win again his semifinal, guaranteeing himself a great spot on the pontoon for the A final tomorrow.
Two of the best swimmers of the circuit, Russian Igor Polyanskiy and Slovakian Richard Varga, led the group during the swim, slightly different tan last year, but the three laps of the bike course were enough to form a big group of 18 triathletes and gave some time for the strategies, with most of the athletes saving some energy for the finals and keeping an eye on their direct rivals to make sure that no one would have a great lead and would break the group.
“Today was supposed to be a day to just keep on with the group and not pushing too hard, but at the end I was feeling very strong. I could have gone much faster, but it was all about controlling the situation” said Gonzalez after the semifinal. “After winning last year, for me Chengdu has a special meaning and to cross the finish line first again was very special, but I know that tomorrow is the day that counts”.
Along with Gonzalez, the A Final will see Varga, Polyanskiy, Lasse Luhrs (GER), Andreas Schilling (DEN), Mathew Hauser (AUS), David Luis (POR), Ben Djikstra (GBR) and Matthias Steinwandler (ITA).
The final three spots to make up the 30-man roster for the “A” Final race on Sunday were earned by Mingxu Li (CHN), Xavier Grenier-Talavera (CAN) and Zheng Xu (CHN), who finished over a minute ahead of the finallists from the second heat.
The remaining men who finished in the 31st-60th position will compete tomorrow in the “B” Finals pool.
Women’s Recap
In a sprint to the end that required a photo finish, Australia’s Emma Jeffcoat claimed the women’s semifinal heat one race. Coming in second by only a nose was Great Britain’s Jessica Learmonth, while her compatriot Sophie Coldwell took third.
Learmonth led out of the water alongside her fellow Brit and training partner Lucy Hall, while USA’s Kirsten Kasper was just behind. The three joined forces on the bike along Jeffcoat and some others and made a gap that carried out into the run.
The ladies stuck together throughout the whole race and it was on the blue carpet where the race heated as a group dashed to the line, but ultimately it was Jeffcoat who inched ahead.
“It went well, we all went well really. We kept a little chain gang going with the six of us and it was a nice tempo and then after the bike we knew we had a gap going, so we just kind of tempo-jumped the run. It was quite nice, game on tomorrow,” said Learmonth of finishing and making it into the finals.
The other 11 women joining the three leaders that will qualify into the “A” Finals are: Hall, Qing Wu (CHN), Kasper, Yurie Matsuda (JPN), Minami Kubono (JPN), Kaidi Kivioja (EST), Yiming Liu (CHN), Yi Shang (CHN), Elise Salt (NZL), Daryna Moskalenko (AZE) and Yan Yin Hilda Choi (HKG).
The women’s second semifinal was again a demonstration of caution and saving some energy for the Final, to be held tomorrow, with Belgian Claire Michel crossing the finish line first, folowed closely by Yuka Sato (JAP) and local hero Chunyan Xiong (CHI).
The three of them ended up leading a big group of athletes controlling all their movements, with one of the big favourites, British Non Stanford, keeping the race under control to assure herself a spot on the Final A spending too much energy.
“I felt really great during the whole race, and I’ll be ready for tomorrow as well”, said Michel after the race. “I had a pretty good swim, and we kept the control on the bike so we could all see where we were on the run, keeping an eye on everyone”, she said.
Also qualified for the Final A were Fuka Sega (JAP), Laura Lindemann (GER), Non Stanford (GBR), Chelsea Burns (USA), Sena Takahashi (JAP), Elena Danilova (RUS), Giorgia Prioarone (ITA), Mengying Zhong (CHI), Erin Densham (AUS), Sophie Malowecki (AUS) and Ksenia Levkovska (AZE), plus Elizabeth Stannard (NZL) and Xiaoting Ma (CHI) with the two best times of both semifinals.
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Results: Semifinal 1 Elite Men
1. Dmitry Polyanskiy RUS 00:53:12
2. Gábor Faldum HUN 00:53:13
3. Joao Silva POR 00:53:14
4. Kenji Nener JPN 00:53:18
5. Bob Haller LUX 00:53:23
1. Lukas Hollaus AUT 00:54:09
2. Luke Willian AUS 00:54:09
3. Tyler Mislawchuk CAN 00:54:09
4. Makoto Odakura JPN 00:54:11
5. Ivan Ivanov UKR 00:54:12
1. Rodrigo Gonzalez MEX 00:54:07
2. Richard Varga SVK 00:54:08
3. Igor Polyanskiy RUS 00:54:09
4. Lasse Lührs GER 00:54:09
5. Andreas Schilling DEN 00:54:12
Results: Semifinal 1 Elite Women
1. Emma Jeffcoat AUS 00:59:52
2. Jessica Learmonth GBR 00:59:52
3. Sophie Coldwell GBR 00:59:52
4. Lucy Hall GBR 00:59:52
5. Qing Wu CHN 00:59:53
1. Claire Michel BEL 00:58:54
2. Yuka Sato JPN 00:58:57
3. Chunyan Xiong CHN 00:59:05
4. Fuka Sega JPN 00:59:06
5. Laura Lindemann GER 00:59:07
Results: Elite Men
1. Matthew Hauser AUS 00:26:46
2. Rostislav Pevtsov AZE 00:26:48
Results: Final B Elite Men
1. Liam Lloyd GBR 00:27:56
2. Ji Hwan Kim KOR 00:28:01
3. Michael Lori CAN 00:28:01
4. Luke Burns AUS 00:28:01
5. Domen Dornik SLO 00:28:03
Results: Elite Women
1. Non Stanford GBR 00:29:36
3. Kirsten Kasper USA 00:29:42
5. Chelsea Burns USA 00:29:48
Results: Final B Elite Women
1. Felicity Sheedy-Ryan AUS 00:31:52
2. Alessia Orla ITA 00:32:10
3. Erin Storie USA 00:32:11
4. Ling Yang CHN 00:32:13
5. Leslie Amat Alvarez CUB 00:32:16
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Hubbard fire district discussed
Beth Shiller
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HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — Fire consultants Dr. William Kramer and Dr. Randy Hanafen of Kramer and Associates Fire / EMS Consulting talked to township trustees Monday about how to turn the Eagle Joint Fire District from a volunteer department to a staffed part-time department.
“Phase 1 is digging to give you a handle on what is affordable, what is likely to be voted on by the taxpayers and what will they get us in the way of part-time staff to meet the serious lack of volunteers during especially weekday day time hours,” Kramer said.
He said he expects to have a draft of Phase 1 completed by the end of September.
“You don’t want to have somebody give you the answer, ‘I’m sorry — there’s nobody that can answer your call.’ So what our community is doing is finding different ways to continue to provide service, and one of the options here in the Hubbard area is to have some on-duty staff when volunteers are unavailable or available only in insufficient numbers and provide meaningful, timely responses to your call for help,” he said.
Hanafen added that firefighters do more than fight fires.
“They’re offering CPR to the citizens; they are out checking the fire hydrants,” he said. “You have to also consider, while we call it the fire department, that’s really a kind of a misnomer today as to what that is. It’s really an all-hazard response.”
Consultants and trustees talked about putting a fire levy on the March ballot. Trustees said a police levy failed on its first round and that Hubbard residents are “taxed to death.”
“A lot of times we get grief for not studying the problem and start throwing money at it. There’s no more money to throw,” Trustee Fred Hanley said.
Funding that once was about $220,000 is down to about $65,000, he said.
Kramer said he has been researching grants through FEMA, such as the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant, which is used to aid a community’s ability to offer staffing.
“And you don’t have to put a whole lot of people on duty as long as you can keep a volunteer force that’s viable,” Kramer said. “We’re going to try to deal with facts and figures and try to show you how to balance what’s affordable with what the citizens would likely be willing to support versus what’s really safe.”
According to both Kramer and Hanafen, the Eagle Joint Fire District is not as far off as the district believed. The five-year plan will initially focus on providing Hubbard with a staffed fire department, and down the road will look at possibly adding EMS services as well.
“The (fire) board, I believe, feels confident that we will get some great information moving forward,” Trustee Rick Hernandez said. “This is called Master Plan Five Years Out, and I can tell you that it’s a great service for what’s being provided.”
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Killing Phish the Sumerian Way
Circa 3000 BCE – The Sumerian language is dead. Why? Because as it’s often said, a language is just a dialect with an army, and the army had long vanished. A thousand or so years earlier, however, Sumerian was the first language to have a written form, and Sumerians wasted no time in developing tools – elaborately carved cylinder seals – to authenticate messages written in clay.
Why? Perhaps because it was clear then (as it should be now) that the real target of message-based attacks is the mind of the reader, and authentication gives the reader at least some workable defense.
1967 – Imagine how Postmaster General Lawrence O’Brien felt at that Congressional hearing as he heard Oklahoma Congressman Tom Steed ask him: “Would this be a fair summary – that at the present time, as manager of the Post Office Department, you have… a staggering amount of no control in terms of the duties you have to perform?”
1982 – Internet Standard 10 (RFC 821), also known as SMTP, is published. Email, as we know it, becomes reality.
2015 – One out of every thousand emails, give or take, is a phishing ploy; one out of every 200 or so emails contains malware; at least 10 percent of these prying or malicious messages make it past spam filters, and that percentage is increasing as attackers gain sophistication.
In 2012, the bottom line is that 80,000 people every day fell for one of the ever-so-enticing embedded links to an infected server. Perhaps we’re late in aiming Tom Steed’s question at the creators of RFC 821.
As spear-phishing grows rapidly and adversaries mine social media for personal details of their targets, phishing (and malware) email attacks are becoming very effective against the mind of the reader. The problem is, the cost of a successful attack is much higher now than 6000 years ago – phishing is a prime gateway into your network for APTs that will haunt you for months, and exfiltrate millions of private records, even fingerprints.
How do you protect the mind of the reader today? Replace SMTP with a new and secure protocol? Let me know how that works out for you.
Require server proofs-of-work, use greylisting, or require micropayments for sending e-mail? Not gonna happen, or counterproductive, or both.
What if we just use SMTP and rely on its relatively new Sender Policy Framework? That might help at the server-to-server level, but it requires maintenance and there’s no standard for how SMTP servers respond to SPF check failures.
What if we rely on SMTP DMARC? Maybe someday, but DMARC isn’t widely supported by mail server configurations today, and for domains without DMARC records, you’re still on your own.
Even with SPF and DMARC, we’re left with the wrong abstraction: identifying bad servers rather than attack messages, defending domains rather than the minds of readers. That approach may be good for spam and bulk phishing, but not for spear-phishing and targeted malware.
Yes indeed, the authors of RFC821 (and its follow-on RFC5321) have left the postmasters of today with a staggering amount of no control over increasingly dangerous email.
So then… are we stuck with manually scrying each e-mail message we get? Perhaps, but mere mortals fall for phishing half the time. Last year at the RSA conference, a study showed that even experts can only identify phishing samples about two-thirds of the time.
Maybe ancient Sumerian can help. 6000 years have passed, but perhaps we could learn something from cylinder seal technology to defend the mind of the reader against phishing and malware e-mail attacks. It might work something like this:
Sign here, please. We have the technology to digitally sign email. Many of us already use digital IDs from Verisign or Globalsign, for example. A digital signature accompanying a message proves that the message was sent by the owner of the private key used to sign it and the public key that can be used to check it.
The signature chain of the certificate for that key pair attests to the entity that owns those keys. That’s a start, but it doesn’t connect that entity to identities you know. (Side benefit. When each of us has a verifiably published public key, we get encryption basically for free, which is good because nobody is willing to pay for security).
Here’s my card. Look me up. We also have the technology to connect the attested owner of those keys to identities we can recognize, to give a kind of non-interactive multi-factor authentication of the message sender: the sender’s return address is one factor, the certificate chain is another, and the connected identities are a third factor.
The new web service keybase.io allows you to see in real-time whether a published key is tied to a current identity you know and may trust, such as a Twitter or Github account or even a bitcoin address.
Estonia issues “digi-IDs” – a smartcard that contains two key pairs and a permanent email reflector address. Each cardholder is vetted by the Estonian government, and the IDs are verifiable through their web services. In fact, you don’t need to be a resident or citizen of Estonia to get one. That’s multi-factor authentication with vetting by a trusted third-party, and also includes email reach-back to the sender.
Imagine a service based on digital signatures for email and connected, familiar identities. Now, imagine that it’s inexpensive and easy for anyone to use. Now, make your email client just a little bit smarter than it is today.
It verifies the certificate chain of each message’s digital signature, tracks down the authentications offered by keybase.io or e-estonia.com, ranks your messages by degree of trust in the sender’s identity, and verifies the return address. Armed with that knowledge, you can defend more easily against phishing and malware email. Best of all, there’s no need to change the current SMTP infrastructure.
It’s not a perfect imagined solution. Phishing spawned from compromised genuine user accounts will still get through, so there’s still some head-scratching to do when your authenticated buddy down the hall sends you a link to a site that you just have to check out.
But now at least you know which buddy to tell that he’s lost control of his credentials.
Emily Dickinson said that, “The possible’s slow fuse is lit by the imagination.” The Sumerians lit that fuse 6000 years ago, so let’s get on with defending the mind of the reader.
About the Author: David Archer is a Research Program Lead at Galois, Inc., where he directs research in computing on encrypted data, cryptography, and security-related provenance of data and computation. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Portland State University (Portland, OR) as well as an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Archer’s research interests also include cyber privacy and information assurance. Dr. Archer also has 25 years experience in processor and computer system design, and in leading large hardware and software product design teams at Intel Corporation and Mentor Graphics Corporation.
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Ferencvaros wins the cup after 21 years!
By Mark Prichard
PHOTO: FB/fradivizilabda
Ferencvaros water polo club is the winner of the Hungarian cup! Fradi beat Miskolci 10:4 in the final game of the Final four tournament held on the Komjadi swimming pool in Budapest.
The Budapest club won its 18th cup trophy in club history and also the first since 1997 so it was a big day for Fradi’s fans.
Once again Denes Varga was the man of the match because he scored half of the total of Ferencvaros goals today.
It was Varga who opened the scoresheet in the big final, but Bowen managed to equalize. Varga continued and found the net one more time, Bedo answered the same way, but by the end of the first period, Ferencvaros scored two more goals thanks to Aaron Younger and Nikola Jaksic.
The second quarter was dominated by defensive play on both sides of the swimming pool. But Ferencvaros was also better in this part and ended the first half with a 6:3 lead.
Ferencvaros defense continued to create big problems for Miskolci water polo players, while Varga and Younger found the net to give the favorite an 8:4 advantage before the start of the final period.
And in those eight minutes, it was just a matter of routine for the defending Hungarian champion. Tomas Sedlmayer had the honor to close the game with two consecutive goals and the party in Budapest could begin.
“This is the triumph of teamwork, the work that everyone is doing. This is the most important part of our game. Of course, there are always decisive players, but not a team. Of course, it is a fact that Varga has been playing very well lately. But the main point is that we won the” said Zsolt Varga, head coach of the Ferencvaros.
Denes Varga, the man of the match:
“I enjoyed these two days. This was confirmation that I could still do well “, said Dénes Varga, who also scored five goals against OSC in the semifinal of the Final Four.
OSC 7:11 Ferencvaros
OSC: Manhercz 2, Randjelovic 2, Brguljan, Kovács, Hárai
Ferencvaros: Varga 5, Younger 2, Pohl, Vámos, Mitrovic, Német
BVSC 8:9 Miskolc
BVSC: Torok 2, Létay 2, Csapó, Pásztor, Mészáros, Sugar
Miskolc: Stojanovic 4, Lőrincz 2, Bowen, Misic, Bedő
Ferencvaros 10:4 Miskolc
Ferencvaros: Varga 5, Younger 2, Sedlmayer 2,
Miskolc: Bowen 2, Bedo, Stojanovic
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Do ringtones arrive on iTunes?
The next version of iTunes will offer the possibility to use any song as a ringtone and to select the part of the song you prefer to upload it to your mobile phone. This is the indiscretion that emerges from the New York Post.
The Manhattan tabloid, which in the past has not shown great reliability when it comes to rumors about Apple, cites in support of its theses some sources close to the negotiations that would have led Cupertino to draw up an agreement, in some ways innovative. access, at least in the US, give the opportunity to use only predetermined parts of songs for this purpose and also charge them a significant amount: from 1.99 to 2.99 $. In the case of Apple, however, it would be enough to download the song from the store and pay a small amount for its use as a ringtone so as to have it immediately available for the phone. The sales method would be the same used for unprotected songs: in practice, buying a song would have the possibility of downloading it in the ringtone version.
In addition to the music to be used as a ringtone, according to the NY Post, Apple will also sell traditional ringtones, not customized. Unlike, however, of traditional ringtones those produced with iTunes would work only with iPhone, at least this according to the American newspaper. Another not positive news: Universal, recently released from a long-term agreement with Apple, would not have joined the agreement.
The voices of a system to upload ringtones to iPhone are not new. On an iTunes screen seen in San Francisco during WWDC it clearly showed a written "Ringtone" ringtone.
If Apple were to decide to enter this business it would not have an easy life given the realities that already operate in it, but the market is too greedy to not be tempted. As known, the turnover of music sold online in the world overshadowed by that of ringtones. In Italy, for example, the huge business is a figure that according to some sources equal to 70% of the total digital music sold.
The announcement of the iTunes ringtones section could come during the next Apple event scheduled for Wednesday.
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BUILDING A FOUNDATION: Ike Girls Looking To Build Off Last Year For Future
Joshua Koch
COMING INTO THE FALL, ALAINA LEE GAVE HER PLAYERS A CHOICE.
Either they would play volleyball or run cross country, so that once they got to basketball season in mid- November, they would by physically ready to play.
This year, the group chose cross country.
"It was hard at first but if you have your teammates pushing you, then you just keep going," senior Dashanique Hall said.
The benefits from running cross country were seen immediately.
Players like Hall said she was in much better shape entering this season compared to last, in big part because of running cross country. Sophomore Kristin Pipkins – a second-team, all- district selection last year – echoed the same message.
"It was worth all the early mornings, running two to three miles a day," Pipkins said with a laugh.
The hope for Lee, who enters her second year leading Eisenhower, is that this rise in conditioning will transfer into wins down the road as they try and build off a year where they finished last in District 16-6A.
"It starts with our seniors," Lee said. "This summer they took it upon themselves to work hard and to be in the gym as well as run cross country to build endurance. Which is one of the things we struggled with from a conditioning stand-point last year."
Despite the losses last year, Lee admits she saw growth.
Even though they weren't winning, Lee said she saw her team play very hard through all the games and were able to finish on a positive note.
Now, with another offseason of work, Lee said they should be able to build off last year and continue the growth.
"We can see where we were and how much we've grown over the summer," Lee said. "I think we will be able to build on that because we've been there before. We know we don't want to feel like we did last year."
Sometimes for a team, losses piling up can just become too much to handle.
"We don't take the losses as losses; we take them as lessons," Hall said. "Lessons as in what we need to do better the next game.
"We want to set the standard for not only the current underclassmen, but for the next ones coming up in years to come. We want to leave our mark. IKE is not the same anymore, and after us it will be better."
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College football analysts call LSU vs Alabama ‘different’ this time around
LSU head coach Ed Orgeron (Source: Josh Auzenne/WAFB-TV)
By Jacques Doucet and Josh Auzenne | November 8, 2019 at 4:25 PM CST - Updated November 9 at 7:14 AM
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WAFB) - For years, many college football analysts felt LSU didn’t have much of a chance against Alabama but some are saying things are different this year.
College football analysts talk about LSU vs Alabama
“The past few years have been wishful thinking that LSU can win this game,” said former LSU defensive end Marcus Spears, who is now an analyst for ESPN. “It’s been this feeling of ‘we need superhuman performances.’ It’s probably as even as it’s been matched since 2011 and that’s just the real truth."
“Just excited to come to this game 'cause GameDay comes to this game almost every year; it’s always a big deal,” added ESPN College GameDay analyst David Pollack. "And, I, 1,000 percent know as an analyst that LSU has no chance. I mean, we show up and I can give you a million reasons why Bama’s going to win. And I can’t give you any why LSU’s going to win. They’ve got a great defense. They get in the I-formation and run the football. And they’re not very good at quarterback. So, I think for us, it’s just awesome because there’s a legit chance for LSU to win this game. And I haven’t come into an LSU-Alabama game in a hot minute where I can say they can go blow-for-blow and score a bunch of points. That makes it more fun.”
Spears added everyone knows this won’t be the typical Tigers vs Tide matchup.
Tim Tebow said he is very impressed with the job LSU head coach Ed Orgeron has done. He added Coach O reminds he and others that there are so many things coaches deal with when it comes to their players.
“He’s a motivator, he’s a recruiter, and he gets people to buy in,” Tebow explained.
Fans who didn’t make it to Tuscaloosa can watch the game on WAFB at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
Jacques Doucet is a sports reporter for WAFB 9News.
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Josh Auzenne is the Sports Digital Content Producer at WAFB.
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Stewart Butterfield
By Chris Goodney/Bloomberg/Getty Images.
Stewart Butterfield made $25 million by accident. On second thought, accident may not be exactly true, but he certainly did not set out to make that fortune when he set out to make a game called Game Neverending. The quest to make it, and make money from it, proved—wait for it—never-ending, but in the process, Butterfield stumbled into something better: Flickr. The photo-sharing Web site, which grew out of features from the defunct game, was purchased by Yahoo, in 2004, somewhere in the neighborhood of $25 million. Butterfield idled away at the search giant for a few years before eventually quitting to work on a different game, similar to his original idea. Similarly, this, too, failed, and even more similar, Butterfield found a pot of gold in the sum of its otherwise worthless parts. This time, Slack was born.
In essence, Slack is a mixture of the old AOL-style chatrooms, inter-office e-mail, and the huddle around a break-room water cooler. Only it’s a turbo-powered version of all three: the transition between desktop, phones, and browsers is seamless; users can chat with groups, direct message individuals, and most important, search all these conversations with a tool that actually works. Butterfield speaks freely about wanting to end the tyranny of work e-mail, and for the first time people are starting to believe that is a real possibility. So much so that Slack has attracted employee groups from the State Department to BuzzFeed, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Pinterest. In fact, Slack now has 2.7 million people using its services daily, 800,000 of whom pay between $8 to $15 a month for it. With its most recent fund-raising round, Slack is now valued at $3.8 billion, just about three years after Butterfield co-founded it.
It could just as easily never have happened at all if Butterfield’s game had been a success, or if he had stuck to pondering philosophy, as he did studying for his masters at Cambridge. Indeed, Butterfield came to this success via an unlikely route. Simplifying the most banal of office tasks is certainly not what a young Dharma Jeremy Butterfield, born to a draft-dodging father living off the land in Canada, dreamt for his life when he chose to change his name at the age of 12 to the most normal-sounding name he could think up. He regrets the change now, he told Wired, because no interesting characters have been named Stewart.
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Q:; What New Year’s resolutions should the trucking industry make ?
REDCLIFF, Alta. - This is traditionally the time of year to set goals for personal improvement for the coming year.As an industry, the Canadian trucking community enjoyed a successful 1999 on the whol...
by John Curran
Jona Penner
Henry Helfenbein
Allan Slute
REDCLIFF, Alta. – This is traditionally the time of year to set goals for personal improvement for the coming year.
As an industry, the Canadian trucking community enjoyed a successful 1999 on the whole. But with protests from coast to coast, there’s always room for improvement.
Truck News went to Trucker’s Restaurant and the Trans-Canada Esso in Redcliff, Alta. to find out what improvements the professional drivers there would like to see as we enter a new century.
Henry Helfenbein drives an older GMC Top Kick hauling equipment to Canadian Pacific Rail job sites and says the industry should take a long look at maintenance cycles.
“I think a lot of companies could probably stand to do more periodic equipment inspections and repairs,” says the trucker from Medicine Hat, Alta.
“We follow our maintenance schedules pretty regularly,” he adds. “But, there are a lot who don’t.”
A company driver with GBT out of Labroquerie, Man., Allan Slute says the biggest thing he’d like to see is “more money”.
Aside from that, he thinks the government should take a look at the way it feeds off the trucking industry.
“Since they’re not fixing any of the roads,” says Slute. “The government might as well get ride of the fuel tax.”
Slute, who drives a 1994 Freightliner, says if it was his choice he’d also like to see them get rid of logbooks as well.
The owner/operator of a 1992 Kenworth T600, Glen Shewfelt says it’s the shippers of the world who need to think about turning over a new leaf.
“They need to cut down on the waiting times,” says the trucker who generally pulls a reefer for Oakwood Transport out of Ingersoll, Ont. “Some times I’ll pull into a cold storage place and end up sitting there for eight or nine hours.”
Jona Penner, an owner/operator contracted to JBM Transport out of Saskatoon, Sask., says harmonization of the provincial regulations would be a great resolution for the various Canadian governments: “You almost have to be a lawyer to figure everybody’s laws out these days.” n
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Clinton takes aim at GOP in outlining counterterrorism approach
Heidi M. Przybyla
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton blasted her Republican rivals for an approach to combating the Islamic State that, she said, relies on rhetoric instead of policy, advances “bluster and bigotry” about Muslims and prevents measures, such as new gun laws, that would make the U.S. safer.
In a wide-ranging speech ahead of Tuesday night’s fifth Republican presidential debate, Clinton outlined her approach to what the U.S. can do at home to prevent terrorist attacks and radicalization of would-be jihadists.
She began by firing off several rounds at the entire GOP field on terrorism policy, including linking them to Donald Trump’s controversial proposal to ban non-Muslim citizens from entering the country. Republicans vying for their party’s nomination are likely to make attacks on the former secretary of State's foreign policy history a centerpiece of their debate in Las Vegas and Clinton used her speech as a preemptive strike.
“Our political debate has been anything but serious,” Clinton said in the speech at the University of Minnesota, a state that’s become a hotbed for domestic terrorist recruitment. "Shallow slogans don’t add up to a strategy,” she said, and “bluster and bigotry are not credentials for becoming commander in chief.”
In addition to Trump, she took direct aim at Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who has urged an overwhelming bombing campaign against the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. “Promising to carpet bomb until the desert glows doesn’t make you sound strong, it makes you sound like you’re in over your head,” said Clinton.
Last month in Washington, Clinton laid out a plan for winning the broader struggle against radical Jihadism. Similar to what most Republicans are outlining, her plan called for stepped-up air and drone strikes in Iraq and Syria and new efforts to choke off terrorist financing and recruitment infrastructures but no new U.S. ground troops.
Hillary Clinton outlines plan for combating 'radical Jihadism'
In her speech Tuesday, she drew an indirect contrast with President Obama, who’s come under criticism for saying before the Paris terror attacks that ISIS has been geographically contained. “It is not enough to contain ISIS, we must defeat ISIS, break its momentum, and then its back,” she said.
Clinton’s facing a challenge in distinguishing how her approach would differ from that of Obama. Yet she’s not drawing many explicit differences with a president who remains popular with Democratic base voters, though she does note how some of her positions differ, such as her support for a no-fly zone in Syria.
Clinton said her proposals complete a “360-degree strategy to keep America safe.”
Specifically, Clinton addressed shutting down ISIS recruitment in the U.S., especially online; stopping aspiring jihadists from getting trained overseas and then coming here; disrupting plots; reinforcing local and federal law enforcement and coordinating with Muslim-American communities that are vital to disrupting terror plots.
She called for overhauling U.S. visa laws, including more funding from Congress to send additional Homeland Security agents abroad to investigate suspicious applicants and more robust intelligence measures, such as hiring more linguists and technology professionals to track terrorist movements.
At several turns, Clinton singled out Republicans for their tone toward Muslims. “Applying a religious test that discriminates against Muslims, slamming the door on every single Syrian refugee, that is not who we are as Americans,” she said. “We are better than that.”
"This is not a clash of civilizations, this is a clash between civilization and barbarism, and that's how it must be seen," she said.
She also swatted at GOP candidates for opposing legislation to forbid individuals on the U.S. terrorism watch list from legally purchasing guns. “I have news for them: terrorist use guns to kill Americans,” she said.
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Mashonda Celebrates 35th Birthday in Gucci
January 12, 2013 - 4:49 pm by VIXEN FACEBOOK TWITTER
VIBE Vixen’s very own lifestyle writer Mashonda celebrated her 35th birthday earlier this week surrounded by friends and family. Celebrity stylist Emily B, Basketball Wives’ Jennifer Williams, motivational speaker Terrie Williams and celebrity publicist Christina Rice, among others, attended the swanky soirée.
The birthday Vixen began her evening donning a Gucci ensemble paired with Christian Louboutin Decorapump Strass platforms and finished off the night rocking a black, racer-back sequin dress and leather gloves from Perrin Paris. Clearly, she was the belle of the ball.
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The iconic Versace dress worn by Jennifer Lopez that sparked the creation of Google Images is now a luxurious watch.
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Since her jaw-dropping fashion moment, the actress-singer has rocked the print a few times. A jumpsuit version was worn in the visuals for "I Luv Ya Papi" back in 2014 with a revamped version of the gown making its way to Milan Fashion Week in 2019.
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Originally worn to the Grammys in 2000, Lopez's take on the dress was both a music and fashion moment. Although the dress was worn by Spice Girls member Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice, Donatella Versace and Sandra Bullock (in another color), Lopez's daring look cemented her spot in pop culture.
“I really didn’t think about it. I didn’t think it was all that risqué, to be honest,” Lopez told Vogue in 2019. “I was more excited it was the Grammys. I wasn’t even thinking about the dress all that much. I was just glad I had something to wear.”
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Supporters of singer R. Kelly, Azriel Clary and Joycelyn Savage, leave after the singer's arraignment at the Dirksen Federal Building on July 16, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
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This week, the 22-year-old returned home after getting into a physical altercation with the 24-year-old at Kelly's residence at the Trump Towers in Chicago. The fight (or screams) were heard on Clary's Instagram Live Wednesday (Jan. 8). After returning home and pressing charges against Savage, Clary is now interested in working with the federal agents in the assault case against R. Kelly. Sources tell TMZ "she now wants to help law enforcement with its investigation into Kelly, but she has a huge hang-up—she's terrified because she's lied to federal agents several times in the past." Clary also signed an NDA during her relationship with Kelly.
During her fight with Savage on Instagram Live, the aspiring singer says multiple times the two engaged in sexual activity when she was a minor, an allegation she denied in their joint interview with Gayle King and with the feds. Elsewhere in her Live, she admitted Kelly convinced her and Savage to lie to King during their interview. He also prohibited them from watching the Lifetime documentary, Surviving R. Kelly. She reportedly saw the documentary after leaving Kelly's residence.
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“The battle is won because she’s still here, she’s still alive, she’s still breathing and though she lost a few years of her life, she’s still here to tell her story,” she added. “Because I chose not to keep her secluded in her life, she’s here now and we’re able to say the victory is won because she finally came to her senses and she’s back home with her family.” Now that her daughter is home, Alice Clary is focused on helping her daughter move on from her ordeal with Kelly.
As the families continue to help their children, the public has weaved their own theories into why Clary decided to leave Kelly's grip. Bloggers like Tasha K, who have reported on Kelly's predatory behavior, reported Wednesday (Jan. 8) a possible reason for Clary and Savage's fight. Clary allegedly arrived at the condo with a man, a rule-breaker in the condo. When Savage approached her about breaking the rules, the two got into a scuffle as Kelly's helper named Kimberly watched.
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Frederique Petrides, conductor of the Orchestrette Classique (a New York women’s orchestra), published many examples of the hostility women faced in her 1930's newsletter, Women in Music. According to the September 1938 newsletter:
“A feud between Parisian men and women musicians was reported a few weeks ago by Transradio Press in one of its daily Women Make the News broadcasts... According to this source, the discord is “all due to the fact that women’s orchestras are now so popular (in the French capital) that some of the men musicians are having a tough time getting work in night clubs and cafes. The feud reached such a height recently that 16 police guards had to be called out to quell a riot. They found a young woman violinist holding a crowd of men, and using her violin case as a weapon of defense. The violinist, Estelle Francen, had just arrived at an assembly hall in Montmartre where hopeful musicians gather for bookings. A group of men musicians spied her and an angry shout rang out: ‘There is one of them!’ The men looked so threatening that Miss Francen turned and ran. They pursued her until she sought refuge in a subway entrance. For 20 minutes, she kept the men musicians back as she slashed vigorously with her violin case. The 16 gendarmes arrived just in time to save the girl musician from the angry mob of jobless men musicians.”
The issue of physical appearance, this time with a twist, is used in conjunction with economics in this quote from the December 1938 newsletter:
“Quoted from Musical Leader is an article concerning discrimination against women orchestral players by leading conductors who cannot throw tradition to the winds. But there is something more than tradition that prevents major orchestras from employing women. Lady patrons of symphony concerts are in the large majority. They go to symphony concerts to see an orchestra of men. There would be a big slump in attendance if the orchestra became a mixed affair. A woman’s symphony orchestra is a specific organization. A man’s orchestra should be manned by men, because this is the only way it can be maintained.”
Some of Petrides’s reports show that the prejudice against women in orchestras stemmed from a rather misguided form of chivalry. For example, these two excerpts from July 1937 and January 1938:
[from Wm. J. Henderson, NY music critic] “There is no good reason why women should not be employed in orchestras. The chief question to be asked is whether they can play as well as men. After that, other considerations may be taken up. Can a conductor enforce discipline among the women as well as he can among the men, or will they have recourse to tears when the hard-hearted one addresses the instrumental body in merciless rebuke? Can women endure the severe strain of long and repeated rehearsals?”
[Richard Czerwonky, Musical Observer] “Women orchestra players are not popular with conductors, mainly because the conductors do not feel at liberty to swear as occasion demands before them, as they do before a lot of men. A conductor, in the stress of rehearsal, cannot stop and delete his favorite remarks when things are not going so well, just because there are ladies present... No man who is a gentleman can [swear] without the instinct of apology when there are women around– and that is the main reason why women are not popular as members of symphony orchestras.”
Nevertheless, professional women musicians continued to increase in numbers, though even where accepted, they had a treacherous path to tread. The regard for modesty and beauty had never completely vanished, but presented new pitfalls in the modern era. Again from the Women in Music newsletter, April 1939:
[Paul Denis, Billboard NY editor] “Many are the problems confronting girl musicians in the popular music field. Girl dance band musicians must not smile at patrons, because they, the girls, may be misunderstood. They must not engage in friendly banter with male patrons near the bandstand because the women patrons may suspect that the girl musicians are trying to steal their men. The girl musicians must be dressed attractively but not flashily – so that they will impress as musicians and not as flirts. The leader of the girl band must be careful, too. She must be genial, and more attractive than the rest of the orchestra – but she, too, must be careful not to appear to be flirting with male patrons. Because of this situation, many high class hotels are afraid to book girl dance bands...”
Many articles appeared in the 1940's and 50's that, while appearing to be supportive of women instrumentalists, still reinforced many clichés and placed a disproportionate emphasis on appearance. This image, from the May 1946 issue of Etude Magazine, illustrates this well:
The first sentence reads, "Lots of girls would like to play the cello but the thought of how they would look doing it often makes them go no further than the original wish." Isn't it nice that this man can fix it for these women? I particularly like the caption for the second picture on the left: "'Maryjane Thomas is sticking her foot out too much,' says Mr. Schuster. Nothing is more distracting than to have a foot peeping out from under a beautiful bouffant skirt." And the last paragraph of the article is telling: "In musical circles there is still this famous joke going the rounds. It has to do with a lady who enters into a store looking for a gown with the widest possible skirt. Every time she tries one on, she sits down, pretends she is taking something bulky between her knees, and then says, 'No, I'm sorry, I don't think this will do. Haven't you got anything wider?' Finally, the manager of the store is exasperated and says, 'I'm sorry madame, but we sell only to ladies.' 'Well, I'm a lady cellist,' replied the startled customer, walking out in a huff."
Ha. Ha. Ha.
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Whelan, Ticciati and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra play Mozart, Ligeti and Bartok
It's one of the great strengths of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra that they can put their section principals front and centre as concerto soloists without generating any feeling that the listener is being short changed, such is the calibre of players like Maximiliano Martin, David Watkin and Nicholas Bayley (the latter unfortunately having now moved on to the fresh pastures of the principal bass's chair at the BBC Scottish). I'm sure this is true of most orchestras, but somehow the individuality of these players shines through that bit more in concert time and again, giving the ensemble one of its special characteristics. On Thursday, it was the turn of the Peter Whelan, the relatively new principal bassoonist. He took to the stage for Mozart's K191 concerto.
At least initially, the orchestra under Ticciati was rather too heavy in the tutti passages that opened the first movement (and also the finale), drowning Whelan out. This was, doubtless, an intentional choice, since elsewhere he balanced the forces perfectly. Nonetheless, it was a blemish on an otherwise superb reading: when the eye can see the soloist playing, the ear wants to hear him too. Fortunately, it was confined only to two brief passages. Thereafter, Whelan turned in a beautiful performance, nice and clearly phrased, and very unmannered, possibly a result of his experience with period performance, yet still having a distinctive tone. The piece is not without its difficulties, but he dextrously handled some rapid and very tricky passages and managed to ensure breathing never got in the way of the musical line. The cadenzas were a special treat to listen to, particularly the sublime one in the slow movement. It was a joy to hear, the kind of performance to have you craning forward in your seat to catch every last detail. Behind him the SCO were in period mode, with the horns playing on natural instruments, and Ticciati providing plenty of energy and directing a taut performance.
You know it's a good performance when you have to buy a recording during the interval (so much so that you do it, despite not having with you the £5 SCO CD voucher you keep forgetting to use). Of course, that recording features the SCO's wonderful former principal bassoon Ursula Leveaux. It makes interesting comparison now as I type this - two wonderful artists, yet so different. Whelan's is perhaps a plainer sound, but no less special for that, in its way purer. I wouldn't want to be without either and while there's doubtless little chance of it, it would be great if they could pop back into the studio and rerecord it with him too.
The concert had opened, however, with a more challenging piece: Ligeti's Ramifications. I don't know Ligeti's music at all well, but everything I've stumbled across in the concert hall I've liked very much. I like too that Ticciati is using his star power to play new music to packed halls. True, you'll always get some who'll sit with arms resolutely folded and refuse to clap, but those who opened their ears and their minds had a treat. Ticciati had chosen an interesting layout with the violas all in a line in the middle, the cellos in a row behind them. The piece itself, comparatively short, is a wonderful exercise in polyphony for string orchestra. Opening with some wonderfully quiet yet ever changing notes, almost like swarms of insects, gradually, organically, these almost other-worldly landscapes shifted and built to a wonderful climax before fading away again. I could have happily listened to much more of the same. It finished with several bars of silence, à la John Cage. Ticciati knew how to have fun with it and kept the orchestra poised, as if one final pluck was just around the corner, while he conducted the beats clearly. Nothing came, save an impish grin as he turned to greet the applause. More please!
I'm glad the SCO has chosen to abandon the off-putting (to some) Adventurer moniker, and fervently hope more interesting new music gets sneaked in like this next year (there's more Ligeti in April - sadly I'll miss it as I'm in Berlin to hear Runnicles do the Ring). Actually, I favour a guerilla new music approach, with short and unannounced works dropped in so people can't avoid them when booking and can't escape.
Following the interval were Bartok's Romanian Folk Dances. The last time I heard these was a fascinating concert by the Rose Street Ensemble under James Lowe which, owing to other commitments, I never got round to reviewing. What made it interesting was that prior to performing them, they played ancient recordings of actual folk music made by Bartok himself which provided a wonderful insight. Here they were slightly more of a party piece and a filler. Still, the ensemble had plenty of fun with them and they were very tightly played, with no signs of stress as they raced to the breakneck conclusion.
The evening closed with Mozart's 38th symphony, Prague. This, of course, is dangerous territory, being repertoire that Mackerras has performed with the orchestra to great effect, both live and on disc. Ticciati opted for a similarly brisk tempo, if not perhaps quite so quick, and led a crisp reading full of bounce and energy (though he seemed to omit the first movement repeat). The natural horns of the first half were joined by natural trumpets. One couldn't help but feel for Whelan who, despite having soloed before the interval, was back on duty for the Prague, which is by no means light on the bassoon. However, as he and Alison Green provided sublime duet after sublime duet, there was no sign of fatigue. Generally, the playing of the orchestra was of a very high order and held together well. It remains one of my favourite Mozart symphonies and was a fitting close to a great evening.
I've said it before, but it bears repeating. Under Ticciati the orchestra seem on to a good thing. Those in Glasgow tonight should catch the repeat, alternatively they're doing it in Turin on Tuesday. In between there is no rest, with a chamber concert on Sunday with Karen Cargill (well, I say Cargill, but I've just been to the SCO website and it seems that she's sadly out of action due to illness). Also worth noting that Peter Whelan will feature prominently in the SCO's subscriber concert next month (my form arrived earlier this week, and will be returned all the quicker after tonight).
Labels: 2009/10 Season, Concert Reviews, Queen's Hall, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Tam
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I was actually in London primarily for family reasons this weekend, but even if Sunday's Philharmonia season opener hadn't been a neat fit, I would have made the journey south to hear it. The reason was simple: Sibelius's Kullervo. This early choral symphony is not performed all that often - I last heard it during the BBC SSO's cycle of the symphonies in 2006; most recorded surveys of the symphonies omit it. Yet its neglect is surely unjust. Driving melodies, searing drama and wonderful choral and orchestral climaxes, it has them all in spades. What an opening concert it would make for, say, the Edinburgh International Festival.
But I digress. Esa-Pekka Salonen directed an extremely persuasive reading, with an excellent sense of the work's structure, keeping his powder dry early on, thus ensuring that the later climaxes had full impact. As he managed with Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in Edinburgh recently, he delivered a performance that was not only fearsomely dramatic but extremely graphic and full of violence. After that performance someone I spoke to remarked that he brought out new details. I do not know that score well enough to comment, but he certainly highlighted things in the Sibelius that haven't struck me before, such as the orchestral accompaniment when Kullervo's sister tells of her time picking fruit or the delicate open to the finale.
He was aided by stunning playing from the Philharmonia, both at the quieter moments and in those thrilling climaxes, and in his well judged transitions between the two. This was apparent at many points, such as a jump in the first movement from beautifully soft pizzicato basses to blazing brass. While this was perhaps a little too blazing for one or two members of the chorus who found themselves just above the tuba (and could be seen with a finger in their ear at one or two points) it was glorious in the stalls.
After a strong performance of Kullervo's Youth, which moved well from genuine youth, emphasised by leader Zsolt-Tihamer Visontay's solos (one of many fine solo contributions from across the orchestra), to adulthood, replete with drama and setback along the way, we got to the central encounter between Kullervo and his sister. Salonen had wisely elected to turn to Scandinavia for the vocal contributions. The male voices of Orphei Drängar had both a fine tone and colour and no shortage of weight. They also, crucially, seemed at home with the text. Together they built a wonderful rhythm out of the repeating motifs, such as Kullervo's lineage and his blue stockings. Jukka Rasilainen's Kullervo was full of character and an extremely powerful performance, nowhere more so than when at the end of the movement he sang of the shame he had wrought on his family and wished he had never been born, accompanied by horrific and devastating chords from the whole orchestra.
Alongside him Monica Groop was very nearly as fine, and while hairs might be split that her seething early rejections of him didn't have the last degree of venom that the very finest interpreters have brought, she gave a captivating delivery of her story. Her stunning reddish/pink dress seemed especially well chosen when she had to deliver the line that she wished she had existed as a scarlet cranberry rather than know these horrors.
The words too deserve a mention in this most dramatic of pieces, operatic almost. The decision to employ surtitles, meaning we didn't need to sit with head buried in programme or fear losing track of where we were, heightened the drama. This is to be encouraged.
After the intensity of this, Kullervo going to war was perhaps the only area where Salonen was not totally persuasive, though this too was still very fine and full of energy. Indeed, some lull is surely needed before the passion of Kullervo throwing himself on his sword in the finale, when once again we were treated to the full force of the men of Orphei Drängar. It was, in short, a thrilling and fantastic way to spend seventy-five minutes.
The concert had opened with a dedication to Kurt Sanderling, who enjoyed a long association with the orchestra. Salonen gave a brief and well judged tribute, after which they played The Death of Mélisande from Sibelius's Pelléas et Mélisande. For string orchestra, it was beautifully and movingly played, especially the delicate ending; it was also a choice that fitted well with the evening's programme.
The other work in the first half was, for me at least, less successful. That's not to say that violinist Viktoria Mullova didn't deliver a technically excellent reading of Brahms' violin concerto; she did. Nor was there much to quibble with in the punchy accompaniment provided by the Philharmonia. However, beneath this skill, the performance didn't speak to me emotionally and felt rather cold and clinical.
But that didn't really detract from a night that surely belonged to Salonen, the Philharmonia, Groop, Rasilainen and the men of Orphei Drängar, who together turned in a gloriously persuasive reading of an unjustly neglected work. I sincerely hope I do not have to go another five years before I hear it live again. In the meantime, the Philharmonia's microphones were present, so doubtless a record of the event will appear in due course. It will be well worth acquiring.
Labels: 2011/12 Season, Concert Reviews, Festival Hall, Tam
Stephen P Brown said...
Generally not a fan of Salonen, I am intrigued by the Kullervo and pleased to hear this performance was well thought out and presented dramatically. Off to Amazon.com... Thanks!
I'm aware Salonen has an existing LA recording but have never heard it so cannot recommend. A few years back I heard him play some other Sibelius with the LA Phil and wasn't too impressed but he's been pretty good when I've heard him with the Philharmonia.
If you don't already have a Kullervo, I'd start with either Vanska/Lahti or Jarvi snr/Gothenburg (both on BIS).
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Claiming innocence, inmate seeks DNA testing in 1976 slaying
Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press
This undated photo released by the Iowa Department of Corrections shows Gentric Hicks, an inmate at the Anamosa State Penitentiary in Anamosa, Iowa. Lawyers for Hicks, 73, maintain that he was wrongly convicted of first-degree murder in 1977 and are seeking DNA testing on an orange hunting cap that the killer left at the crime scene. (Iowa Department of Corrections via AP) less
This undated photo released by the Iowa Department of Corrections shows Gentric Hicks, an inmate at the Anamosa State Penitentiary in Anamosa, Iowa. Lawyers for Hicks, 73, maintain that he was wrongly convicted ... more
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man who has spent 43 years in prison for a murder his lawyers say his half brother likely committed is requesting DNA testing on a hunting cap left at the scene of the deadly robbery and shooting in southeast Iowa.
Gentric Hicks, 73, is serving a life sentence for the early-morning May 23, 1976, slaying of 28-year-old Jerry Foster at the Hill Crest Motel near Fort Madison. He is imprisoned at the Anamosa State Penitentiary, where he is considered a model inmate.
The Midwest Innocence Project and the wrongful conviction unit of the state public defender's office filed the petition on Hicks' behalf this week. Iowa is one of 13 states that has never had an inmate exonerated by DNA, but tests on previously unexamined crime scene evidence are being sought or are underway in several cases dating back decades.
Hicks' case is the oldest yet.
It is undisputed that the orange cap — recently found by defense lawyers after decades of post-trial storage at the Henry County Courthouse in Mount Pleasant — came off the killer’s head during the scuffle and shooting that killed Foster. Officers recovered it from the scene but DNA testing didn’t exist back then. The crime lab examined the cap for hairs but couldn't find any.
If new testing is ordered by a judge, the question will be whether enough DNA material can be extracted from inside the cap to create a profile, and if so, whether it's a match for Hicks.
Henry County Attorney Darin Stater said Thursday that prosecutors are reviewing the petition and still deciding how to proceed.
Foster lived at the motel, which was owned by his parents. They were white. Foster was shot to death while trying to protect his mother, Lorraine, from a black man who had posed as a middle-of-the-night customer but robbed her at gunpoint. The shooter fled on foot.
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How Serial Flash technology is evolving to meet the new requirements of Industry 4.0 designs
The famous fourth industrial revolution, tagged ‘Industry 4.0’, is based on the move to digitize industrial equipment and processes on a massive scale. This Industry 4.0 trend is now stretching the capabilities of almost every important category of electronic component used in industrial machines and systems.
Non-volatile memory is no exception. Non-volatile memory is being challenged to meet new requirements in Industry 4.0 designs in five main ways:
While various alternative non-volatile memory technologies continue to put up a challenge, it is proven, familiar Flash technology which is evolving fastest and most effectively to meet these new challenges. This article describes recent innovations in Flash memory products which will help system designers implement new equipment designs for Industry 4.0 applications.
The demands of Industry 4.0
Industry 4.0 is defined by business consultancy McKinsey as: ‘The next phase in the digitization of the manufacturing sector, driven by four disruptions: the astonishing rise in data volumes, computational power and connectivity, especially new low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs); the emergence of analytics and business intelligence capabilities; new forms of human-machine interaction such as touch interfaces and augmented reality (AR) systems; and improvements in transferring digital instructions to the physical world, such as advanced robotics and 3D printing.’
Industry 4.0 equipment is notable for its extensive generation and use of ‘big data’, facilitated by always-on, pervasive connectivity to the internet. As LPWANs proliferate in factories, warehouses and industrial campuses, the supply chain will increasingly be able to share real-time monitoring data about products, inventory and assets with sophisticated analytics software in the cloud.
Underpinning this explosion of digitization will be the massively increased deployment of sensing devices, such as RFID smart tags which can be read wirelessly. These devices, operating from a battery power supply or even from harvested energy, will often require an ultra-low power memory component for storing logged data.
A completely different challenge will be posed by new control technologies for industrial equipment. For all the hype around today’s testing of autonomous vehicles on public roads, it is in factories and warehouses, which stand to gain huge efficiency and safety benefits from the elimination of human drivers, that autonomous vehicles such as fork-lift trucks and motorized trolleys are being first deployed (see Figure 1).
Fig. 1: the autonomous Linde R-MATIC reach truck transports palletized goods of up to 1.6 tons fully automatically to high-bay racks. (Image credit: Linde)
Similarly, AR and virtual reality (VR) are best known as consumer technologies, but again offer huge potential value in the factory, for instance to assist in manual assembly, maintenance or repair operations.
New implementations of these sophisticated applications will run on vast application code bases, far greater than is typical for today’s industrial appliances. This will bring pressure on industrial system designers to find code storage solutions which meet the hugely increased capacity requirement without a similarly huge increase in bill-of-materials cost and board footprint.
Lastly, a common theme in all types of Industry 4.0 equipment is connectivity – and connectivity brings an inherent risk of compromised security. By guaranteeing the authenticity of the devices that store code and data in Industry 4.0 equipment, secure non-volatile memory chips can provide a hardware barrier to intrusion into sensitive industrial networks.
Evolution of Flash technology for the Industry 4.0 age
Over the years, various non-volatile memory technologies have made claim to superiority over Flash in one characteristic or another. But as the incumbent, pre-eminent technology for non-volatile storage, Flash has the advantages of being:
Proven in tens of thousands of applications
Available in large volumes in a very wide choice of product configurations, to give a flexible set of product options for the system designer to choose from
Backed by the resources of the world’s leading memory IC manufacturers, including Winbond. These manufacturers continually invest in improvements to fundamental Flash fabrication technology, packaging, and device performance and features.
Now, Flash product manufacturers are responding quickly and effectively to meet the new memory requirements of manufacturers of Industry 4.0 equipment and systems, introducing new solutions optimized for cost, size, performance, power or security.
The semiconductor industry's favored method for achieving size and cost reduction is the process shrink. For the high-end microcontrollers used in Industry 4.0 equipment, this is true of the CPU circuitry. Many manufacturers of leading-edge MCUs today are looking to migrate designs from 4xnm nodes to 3xnm nodes to benefit from performance and cost improvements. At 3xnm nodes, however, the NOR Flash circuitry embedded in the MCU die actually becomes more expensive – shrinking NOR Flash beyond 4xnm nodes is proving to be problematic. But Winbond is innovating in partnership with MCU manufacturers to provide stacked die solutions, combining an MCU die fabricated in a 3xnm process with a 4xnm NOR Flash die in a single package, and providing the optimal combination of footprint, performance and code storage capacity for high-end industrial designs.
Power innovation
Wireless smart tags or labels are increasingly being used in industrial applications to provide real-time monitoring data, for instance to continually record the temperature and humidity conditions in which perishable goods or pharmaceuticals are kept when in transit. They require the capability to store potentially large amounts of logged data, but operate from extremely constrained battery power supplies, or even from harvested energy.
To support the use of very low-voltage battery or harvested power supplies, discrete Flash ICs are being developed which operate at a voltage below the standard 1.8V low-power level for external Flash ICs. For instance, Winbond supplies the W25QxxNE 1.2V and W25QxxND extended 1.5V SpiFlash NOR Flash parts in 8-pin packages (see Figure 2). The devices offer a maximum 52MB/s data transfer rate and support a standard, dual and quad Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) and Quad Peripheral Interface (QPI).
Fig. 2: the Winbond 8Mbit 25Q80NEXIG 1.2V Flash IC in a 2mm x 3mm USON8 package. (Image credit: Winbond)
Performance innovation
SPI NOR and serial NAND Flash are core technologies in the industrial sector, providing compact, low pin-count solutions for code and data storage. But the conventional serial architecture of these devices can act as a limiting factor on the speed with which data can be read and written, producing a slower data transfer rate than equivalent parallel Flash parts.
Now Winbond is innovating with new high-performance serial NAND Flash technology. Single-level cell (SLC) NAND Flash provides a high-reliability data storage medium in industrial applications. But in applications which require a high data transfer rate, designers have traditionally used NOR Flash, which offers lower density and hence a higher cost-per-bit than NAND Flash, but higher speed.
Now Winbond has introduced the W25N01JW, a 1Gbit serial NAND Flash part which offers a maximum data transfer rate of 83MB/s - comparable with that of SPI NOR Flash devices. Even more impressively, the Winbond architecture supports an octo configuration - a two-chip dual quad serial interface which doubles the data transfer rate to a maximum of 166MB/s (see Figure 3).
This is sufficient to support demanding, data-rich graphics applications, providing a high-capacity, low-cost alternative to NOR Flash in densities of more than 512Mbits. Automotive-qualified, the W25N01JW is in development in vehicle instrument cluster systems, and is equally suitable for industrial autonomous vehicles and AR/VR applications.
Fig. 3: the dual quad architecture of the W25N01JW serial NAND Flash device. (Image credit: Winbond)
Security innovations
The pervasive connectivity of the Industry 4.0 world exposes equipment to risks from malicious actors intruding into networks, compromising users' privacy or stealing data. There are many measures available to designers to combat security risks. One important measure is hardware authentication, to guarantee that only authorized devices share data over a network.
To provide hardware authentication for critical software such as boot code, Winbond has introduced the W74M family of Authentication Flash Memory solutions. Each W74M part incorporates an SPI Flash memory with a security IC in a multi-chip module. The device is secured with a standard HMAC-SHA-256 crypto accelerator and four monotonic Flash counters which are HMAC-signed by individual secret keys. The W74M enables system designers to implement multi-layered authentication for code and data storage for devices on the network edge or outside the cloud.
Access to the code or data stored in the Authentication Flash memory is protected by a secure key, which is unique to each manufactured unit. In the event of tampering or intrusion into the network, the boot code or data stored on an Authentication Flash will remain secure from attempts to steal, modify or impair it.
Flash technology evolves to meet Industry 4.0 requirements
Non-volatile storage of code and data is one of many functional elements in industrial equipment, and as the Industry 4.0 trend towards ever greater digitization and data analytics gathers speed, the demand for higher non-volatile memory capacity, higher speed, lower power and lower cost will also intensify.
As this article has demonstrated, new product developments in the SPI NOR and serial Flash categories are helping to ensure that Flash technology retains its place as the favored non-volatile memory choice for designers of industrial equipment as they adapt to the Industry 4.0 era.
By Alex Wei, Director, Flash Memory Marketing, Winbond Electronics Corporation America
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More than a year after report on Catholic Church abuse, Pa. overhauls child sex abuse laws
Newly signed laws in Pa. give future victims of child sex abuse more time to file lawsuits and end time limits for police to file criminal charges.
More than a year after report on Catholic Church abuse, Pa. overhauls child sex abuse laws Newly signed laws in Pa. give future victims of child sex abuse more time to file lawsuits and end time limits for police to file criminal charges. Check out this story on ydr.com: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/pennsylvania/2019/11/27/pa-child-sexual-abuse-laws-updated-over-year-after-catholic-church-priest-abuse-report/4317993002/
Marc Levy and Mark Scolforo, Associated Press Published 10:27 a.m. ET Nov. 27, 2019 | Updated 10:28 a.m. ET Nov. 27, 2019
READING, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania overhauled its child sexual abuse laws Tuesday, more than a year after a landmark grand jury report showed the cover-up of hundreds of cases of abuse in most of Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses over seven decades.
The central bill signed by Gov. Tom Wolf gives future victims of child sex abuse more time to file lawsuits and ends time limits for police to file criminal charges.
The grand jury report spurred many states to change their laws and others to begin similar investigations.
Wolf said the new laws will help repair "faults in our justice system that prevent frightened, abused children from seeking justice when they grow into courageous adults."
The legislative package was based on recommendations in last year's report on six of eight dioceses in the state.
Wolf, a Democrat, also signed bills to invalidate secrecy agreements that keep child sexual abuse victims from talking to investigators, and to increase penalties for people who are required to report suspected abuse but fail to do so.
Survivors still fighting for retroactive window
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, right, shakes hands with Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, after signing legislation into law at Muhlenberg High School in Reading, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Wolf approved legislation Tuesday to give future victims of child sexual abuse more time to file lawsuits and to end time limits for police to file criminal charges. (Photo: Matt Rourke, AP)
Wolf signed the bills at Muhlenberg High School near Reading, in the home district and high school of Democratic state Rep. Mark Rozzi, a champion of the legislation who has spoken publicly about being raped as a 13-year-old by a Roman Catholic priest.
"We know our work is not done today, it's going to continue," Rozzi said.
The grand jury report prompted a lengthy battle in the Legislature that pitted victims and their advocates who unsuccessfully sought the two-year window to file claims over past abuse against top Senate Republicans, who argued it would be unconstitutional. Senate Republicans, however, blocked it amid opposition by bishops and insurers, and as an alternative offered the slower process of amending the state constitution.
The multi-year amendment process has begun, but the bill must again pass both the House and Senate in the 2021-22 legislative session before voters will decide its fate in a statewide referendum.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said the eliminated time limits meant prosecutors could file charges against only two priests after the report was issued. He said that if the new legislation had applied, some 100 priests could have been charged.
The report put the number of abusive clergy at more than 300, with most cases between 1970 and 2000. More than 100 of the priests had died.
Wolf and Shapiro urged lawmakers to take up legislation to allow the two-year window for lawsuits rather than wait for the amendment process to play out.
"By waiting, we are robbing the very victims who made this day possible, we are robbing them of the only closure before them," Shapiro said.
More: Lies and cover-ups: Catholic church in Pa. had 'playbook' to keep priest abuse secret
Ending criminal statute of limitations for future cases
The main bill in the package ends any statute of limitations, in future cases, for criminal prosecution of major child sexual abuse crimes. Current law limits it to the victim's 50th birthday.
Victims would have until they turn 55 to sue, compared to age 30 in current law. Young adults ages 18-23 would have until age 30 to sue, where existing law gives them just two years.
Police could file criminal charges up to 20 years after the crime when young adults 18-23 years old are the victims, as opposed to 12 years after the crime for victims over 17 in current law.
About two dozen states have changed their laws on statutes of limitations this year, including neighboring New York and New Jersey, according to Child USA, a Philadelphia-based think tank that advocates for child protection.
In New Jersey, lawmakers expanded the civil statute of limitations from two to seven years. The bill opened a two-year window, which starts Dec. 1, to victims who were previously barred from suing by the statute of limitations. It also allows victims to seek damages from institutions.
New York raised the victim's age for which prosecutors can seek a felony indictment from 23 to 28. The law also gave anyone a year starting in August to file child sex abuse lawsuits against individuals and institutions, and civil lawsuits going forward can be filed until the victim is 55, up from 23.
At a glance: What's in the new laws
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Anthony P. Conmy, Diocese of Scranton clergymember named in grand jury report Submitted
Austin E. Flanagan, Diocese of Scranton clergymember named in grand jury report Submitted
Charles W. Heid, Diocese of Scranton clergymember named in grand jury report Submitted
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The Rev. Richard Zula leaves court after a preliminary hearing before District Justice Frances Cornish of Confluence, Pa., on Dec. 21, 1988. In 1990, Zula received concurrent prison sentences for convictions in Washington and Somerset counties for sexually assaulting two boys. He died in 2017. Bill Levis/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP
This January 1988 photo shows the Rev. Francis Pucci, a Roman Catholic Priest who was accused of sexual assault, but criminal charges were later dropped because the statute of limitations had passed. Pucci was forced by Bishop Donald Wuerl into early retirement and banned from parish ministry, allowed only to say Mass for nuns at the convent where he resided until his death in 2002. Bill Levis/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP
The Rev. Robert Wolk, a Roman Catholic priest, is led from the courtroom by deputies after receiving a 5- to 10-year sentence from Judge George Ross for child molestation on April 3, 1990. Wolk voluntarily left the priesthood. Bill Levis/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP
Rev. Philip DeChico Submitted
Rev. Kevin Kayda Submitted
Rev. John Rebovich Submitted
Rev. Guy Marsico Submitted
Father William Cawley Submitted
Rev. Carl J. Steffen Submitted
Rev. Daniel J. Mahoney Submitted
Rev. Francis J. Hudak Submitted
Rev. Francis J. Taylor Submitted
Rev. Frederick R. Bradel Submitted
Rev. Frederick J. Vaughn Submitted
Rev. Herbert J. Shank Submitted
Rev. James E. Noel Submitted
Rev. Jerome Kucon Submitted
Rev. John J. Suknaic Submitted
Rev. Joseph H. Driscoll Submitted
Msgr. Joseph S. Hager Submitted
Rev. Raymond E. Dougherty Submitted
Msgr. Robert J. Maher Submitted
Rev. Salvatore V. Zangari Submitted
Rev. Thomas J. Kujovsiky Submitted
Rev. Thomas F. Lawler Submitted
Francis A. Bach Submitted
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William T. Haviland Submitted
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Charles Procopio Submitted
George Koychick Submitted
Joseph Pease Submitted
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Under the new law, there is no statute of limitation on the criminal prosecution of major child sexual abuse crimes. Under prior law, criminal prosecution was limited to a victim's 50th birthday.
Authorities will have up to 20 years to file charges in sexual abuse cases where young adults 18-23 years old are the victim. Prior law gave authorities up to 12 years to file charges in sexual abuse cases where the victim is over 17 years old.
Victims of child sexual abuse will have more time under the new law to file civil lawsuits against their abuser or an institution that may have covered it up. Under prior law, a victim of child sexual abuse had until their 30th birthday to sue. The new law raises that to their 55th birthday, although that provision applies to future incidents of abuse.
Young adults 18-23 years old will have until they turn 30 to sue. Prior law gave them two years to sue.
State laws aside, the Legislature also began the multi-year process of seeking to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to allow a two-year window for lawsuits to be filed by now-adult victims of child sexual abuse who are barred from suing by existing or previous statutes of limitation.
Governmental institutions, such as public schools, will lose immunity from civil lawsuits for child sexual abuse if the person suing was harmed by the negligence of the institution.
NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS
Nondisclosure contracts or agreements will be unenforceable if they attempt to impair, prohibit or suppress the disclosure of information about a claim of childhood sexual abuse to law enforcement.
Scolforo reported from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Mike Catalini in Trenton, New Jersey, and Marina Villeneuve in Albany, New York, contributed.
Priest abuse in Pa.
Read more coverage of Catholic priest and clergy abuse in Pennsylvania:
Selected coverage of new developments
Pa. overhauls child sexual abuse laws more than a year after grand jury report
Priest accused of rape, defrocked - then got government job helping mentally disabled people
Accused priest lives with her. She's so convinced he's not a threat, she's had children over to do chores.
Adult, Catholic school kindergartner behind class action lawsuit against 8 dioceses
Clergy sex abuse survivor files 'unique' defamation lawsuit against the Catholic church
Is a priest accused of abuse one of your neighbors? It's up to you to find out.
Four sisters sexually abused by same priest in Harrisburg diocese
When boy told of sexual abuse, his parents asked the priest who raped him to counsel him
'It's not about me anymore. It's about others,' says victim of Pa. priest abuse
Will more states follow Pa.'s lead and investigate priest abuse? Here's what they say
Statewide grand jury report released in August 2018
'Men of God' kept it secret as priests systematically abused kids
Survivors flood hotline to report abuse
Go home, be a good priest': How bishops responded to sex abuse
Hundreds of Catholic clergy accused of sexual abuse
40 Pa. priests confessed their crimes
Names, details of the 301 priests accused in the grand jury report
Read the full grand jury report
Priests used gold crosses to ID kids as abuse targets and other horrors
Harrisburg diocese
What we know about priests assigned to York County
Evidence of abuse sent to York DA in 1995, but no charges filed
'We are angry' at accused clergy: Priests talk about moving forward
Where clergy members accused of sex abuse served
Former altar boy sues Harrisburg diocese over child sex abuse
York Catholic 'dropped the ball' in case of former teacher, alumni say
York County parish home to multiple accused priests reacts
'Suddenly I don't feel like I'm going to Hell': Priest abuse victim says
What we know about accused clergy named by the Harrisburg diocese
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WLKY sits in on Ashby's agility and obedience training
Alex Durham
PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINER FACILITY TODAY WHERE THE OWNER WAS VERY IMPRESSED. >> ASHBY IS ALL WARN OUT AFTER A SPECIAL DAY OF TRAINING. HE'S NINE MONTHS OLD AND 60 POUNDS OF FEWER CONFIDENCE. >> I JUST THINK THAT IT'S AMAZING A 9-MONTH-OLD PUPPY IS THIS GOOD ALREADY. >> HE RUNS AND WEAVES THROUGH OBSTACLES WITH EASE. >> THESE AREN'T COMMANDS HE'S USED TO BUT THEY PLAY A HUGE PART IN TRAINING TO BECOME A SERVICE COG. >> THINGS UNDER HIS FEET. THE TUNNEL IS A DIFFERENT TEXTURE SO IT GIVES HIM A BIT OF A DIFFERENT FEEL UNDER HIS FEET SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE KIND OF THINGS. >> KRISTINA WAKEFIELD HAS BEEN TRAINING DOGS FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. SHE OWNS AGILITY PLACES, A TRAINING CENTER FOR MAN'S BEST FRIEND. >> WE'VE WALKED THE PLANK AND GONE ON THE TIPPY BOARD, A WOBBLE BOARD UNDERNEATH HIS FEET. HE'S BEEN A PRO ATE. >> WE THINK HE'S GOT IT ALL. >> HE'S REALLY SMART. GENERALIZES REALLY WELL WHICH IS SUPER IMPORTANT FOR A SERVICE DOG, AND HE'S JUST -- HE'S NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING. HE'S SO CONFIDENT. >> THIS CONFIDENCE IS SOMETHING SHE SAW FROM THE START. >> GOOD BOY. >> SHE'S ASHBY'S VOLUNTEER PUPPY RAZOR FOR CANINES. >> ASHBY IS NEARLY HALFWAY THROUGH HIS TRAINING WITH GLEESON. IN NOVEMBER HE'LL GO TO THE CCI FACILITY IN COLUMBUS, OHIO TO WORK WITH PROFESSIONALS, AND THE REAL JOY COMES IF HE PASSES HIS CERTIFICATION. >> HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE MATCHED WITH HIS FOREVER FRIEND. >> ALEX DURHAM, WLKY NEWS. >> ASHBY TURNS ONE IN APRIL. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HIM AND CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE
WLKY's service dog in training, Ashby, is bigger and smarter than ever.He spent the day training at Agility Cues for You, a dog training center in Bullitt County.Ashby weaved through agility poles, ran through tunnels and practiced his basic commands."The tunnel is a different kind of texture-so it gives him a different feel under his feet so it's important for him to be able to handle those kinds of things," said Christina Wakefield, owner of the training center.Wakefield, who has been training dogs for more than 20 years, said she's very impressed by Ashby."He's really smart, generalizes really well, which I think is super important for a service dog," said Wakefield. "He's just not afraid of anything and is so confident."Confidence is something Debra Gleason, a volunteer who raised Ashby from a puppy, saw from the very start."He's adapted really well so that says he has that confidence," said Gleason. "Since it's a new situation and we're asking him to do new things."Ashby is nearly halfway through his training with Gleason. He will leave Louisville in November and head to the CCI headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, where he will train with professionals.If Ashby is able to pass six months of professional training and receive his certification, he will be matched to someone with a disability and embark on his new role as a service dog.
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WLKY's service dog in training, Ashby, is bigger and smarter than ever.
He spent the day training at Agility Cues for You, a dog training center in Bullitt County.
Ashby weaved through agility poles, ran through tunnels and practiced his basic commands.
"The tunnel is a different kind of texture-so it gives him a different feel under his feet so it's important for him to be able to handle those kinds of things," said Christina Wakefield, owner of the training center.
Wakefield, who has been training dogs for more than 20 years, said she's very impressed by Ashby.
"He's really smart, generalizes really well, which I think is super important for a service dog," said Wakefield. "He's just not afraid of anything and is so confident."
Confidence is something Debra Gleason, a volunteer who raised Ashby from a puppy, saw from the very start.
"He's adapted really well so that says he has that confidence," said Gleason. "Since it's a new situation and we're asking him to do new things."
Ashby is nearly halfway through his training with Gleason.
He will leave Louisville in November and head to the CCI headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, where he will train with professionals.
If Ashby is able to pass six months of professional training and receive his certification, he will be matched to someone with a disability and embark on his new role as a service dog.
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Rightwing 'Women's Forum': Diverse Stock Photos Demand Tax Cuts For The Rich
Doktor Zoom
And Now We Know EXACTLY Why Rex Tillerson Called Trump A 'F*cking Moron'
Trump Did CRIME With Ukraine Freeze And Republicans Are Like YAY CRIME!
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Lev Explains It All, Episode Two: How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love Talking To Rachel Maddow
All this needs to be investigated, but hoo boy.
Did you watch the first night of Lev Parnas on the Rachel show? And most importantly, did you read Wonkette's recap of it, because it took us a long time to write? If you have not done those things, you have five hours of homework, and then you can read this post, which is Wonkette's recap of NIGHT TWO of the Lev Parnas on the Rachel show!
Rachel Maddow started last night's episode of the new hit CW MSNBC show Lev Splains It where we started our recap yesterday, with a discussion of why precisely exactly Lev Parnas, who was indicted by the SDNY, is doing what he's doing right now. The first night, Maddow said what came across in her discussions with him is that he feels that by spilling his guts about what he knows, he is rendered safer than if he were a man who could, we dunno, fall out of a window like a common Russian journalist (either they are particularly bad at knowing which one is "window" and which one is "door" or Vladimir Putin is a murderer), taking his secrets with him.
And yes, it sounds like he is scared of that. We want to emphasize at the outset, though, that we actually don't know Lev Parnas's true motivations in what he's sharing right now. (Marcy Wheeler is skeptical, but also acknowledges that a lot of what Parnas is saying is tracking with what we already know.)
But Parnas said last night that what he fears more than these "criminals" is his shadow spiders the monster under his bed
BILL FUCKING BARR.
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(We will replace this grody poop-smell picture of Barr as soon as MSNBC uploads the fucking video, please.)
Sorry, Texas, Judge Says There's No 'Racist Dicks Can Reject Refugees' In 'USA'
Loosely paraphrased.
A federal judge in Maryland ruled Wednesday that Donald Trump's executive order giving state and local officials the power to reject refugee resettlement is "unlawful" and doesn't "appear to serve the overall public interest." The executive order, issued in September when the Stephen Miller administration announced the US would slash refugee admissions to the lowest level in modern history, had required that before any refugees can be resettled, state governors or local officials would have to give their express written consent.
In his ruling, US District Judge Peter J. Messitte wrote that
Giving states and local governments the power to consent to the resettlement of refugees — which is to say veto power to determine whether refugees will be received in their midst — flies in the face of clear Congressional intent.
If you're a nerd who enjoys reading court decisions, check it out. It's very clearly argued, and you get the sense Judge Messitte found the government's arguments insultingly bad.
Oh, Sarah Palin, How We've Missed Your Crazy Talking, Dumbass Self
Palin wows us again with her stream-of-consciousness, truth-adjacent America-isms.
Hey, what do you know? Sarah Palin's emerged from her spider hole. In case you've blissfully forgotten, Palin is the former governor of Alaska who Republicans like to blame for why Meghan McCain's father, John, lost to a black guy. I think she gets a bad rap. It's not like Republicans learned their lesson and nominated another war hero related somehow to Megs McCabe but unencumbered by a narcissistic simpleton as a running mate. No, they doubled down and put Donald Trump at the top of the ticket. The modern, know-nothing, insult comic GOP is the party of Palin not Lincoln or even Reagan.
Palin was a guest on "Good Morning Britain!" the morning show hosted by Piers Morgan, the living embodiment of "what's that on my thigh? I should have a doctor look at it." He asked Palin about the Frontline documentary A Serial Liar, and that was a little awkward because the title refers directly to her. It's like if someone asked me about the upcoming documentary Middle-Aged Flabby Black Man. It's all you can do not to cry on air. Palin kept what amounts for her composure when Morgan read a quote from former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt. Schmidt's the guy who once met Palin and thought she should be an elderly man's heartbeat away from the presidency.
SCHMIDT: She is the first of a generation of politicians who live in a post-truth environment. She was, and there's no polite way to say it, but, a serial liar.
Lev Parnas? President Truth-Mouth Doesn't Know Her.
PAR-NASS? I'm not sure I know a PAR-NASS!
Donald Trump lied in the Oval Office today:
Sure, Jan.
All week we have been discussing Lev Parnas, who appears to have the RECEIPTS, GIRL on Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani and their international criminal derp-spiracy to force Ukraine to meddle in the 2020 election for Trump's benefit, for which he was impeached and the Senate has now been sworn in to hold his trial.
Which is weird, because there's President Truth Serum up there saying he doesn't even know her.
Trump Finally Gets Ukraine To Announce Criminal Investigation, LOL
Wompity womp womp womp. Womp.
Well boy howdy, that Lev Parnas interview and alllllll those Lev Parnas texts sure are making some waves, all the way over to the nation of Ukraine! And wouldn't you know it, but Ukraine has announced a criminal investigation, just like Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani have been begging them to do for over a year now.
'Cept it is not an investigation into Joe Biden or Hunter Biden or how Hillary Clinton and Ukraine conspired to steal the election from herself and give it to Donald Trump so Nancy Pelosi could impeach him right in the balls, SAD TROMBONE.
It is instead a criminal investigation into whether former ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was actually under surveillance, as batshit nutfart landscaper congressional candidate stinky Robert F. Hyde seemed to suggest in his WhatsApps with Lev.
And they want the FBI to help.
Republicans Take Brief Moment To Not Suck So Terribly
Honoring an American WWII soldier who saved Jewish troops, no less!
Here's a Nice Time break from all the ongoing madness: Congress is taking steps to honor a WWII hero, Roderick W. "Roddie" Edmonds, who after being captured during the Battle of the Bulge refused to tell a Nazi POW camp officer which of his fellow American soldiers were Jews. In 2015, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center in Israel recognized Edmonds, who died in 1985, as one of the "Righteous Among Nations," an honor given to non-Jews who helped Jews escape genocide.
Members of Tennessee's congressional delegation -- Republicans even! -- have introduced a bill to award Edmonds the Congressional Gold Medal, which is different from a Medal of Honor because that one's reserved for heroism in combat. But that doesn't take anything away from the courage Edmonds displayed in the face of very real danger.
Martha McSally Insults CNN Reporter, Makes In-Kind Donation To Mark Kelly's Campaign
McSally calls reporter 'liberal hack' on her way to serving as Trump's political hack.
You could almost feel sorry for Martha McSally (please don't). Arizona's junior senator was appointed to her job after voters already rejected her. Now she'll have to face Democrat Mark Kelly in a real election this year, and real elections are hard. She tried raising money like a good Republican. McSally Inc brought in more than $4 million in the final three months of 2019. Her total fundraising for the year was $12 million, and she rang in 2020 with more than $7.6 million cash on hand. That is objectively good news if viewed in a total vacuum.
Ruh-roh! Kelly, who rejected corporate PAC money and must soldier on with just "pocket change," outraised McSally. He brought in $6.3 million in the last quarter, and he's sitting on top of $13.6 million in cash. He's consistently outperformed her fundraising numbers, and she's the incumbent senator. Of course, Kelly has the advantage of not sucking.
Here's Your Lev Parnas Rachel Maddow Recap, OH MY GOD
And there's a second hour of it tonight!
WOW. We do not know what exactly we were expecting when we sat down to watch Rachel Maddow's interview with Rudy Giuliani's good old pal Lev Parnas last night, but it turned out to be not that. First of all, we might call him a chucklefuck around these parts, but he did not come across as chucklefuck! He was calm, well-spoken, thoughtful, and dare we say, he seemed credible, at least for a person currently indicted by the SDNY related to Trump and Giuliani's scheme to defraud the United States out of another free and fair election by trying to force Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden to help Donald Trump.
It was an hour-long interview (and there's a second hour tonight!) and it was just headline after headline after headline, and every single thing Parnas said needs to be investigated to determine its veracity. So take it with a grain of salt! That said, we can look at what we know -- and also the things Wonkette is pretty sure we've figured out along the way -- to see how much it lines up. Spoiler, it lines up a heck of a lot. In fact, Parnas didn't say anything that surprised us, at least not because it made us think of the situation in a new way. Our jaw was on the floor for a full hour more because we were sitting there going, "JUST LIKE WE FUCKING SAID!"
The interview paints Donald Trump as a person who knew exactly what was going on, because he was directing it all from the top. It also implicates Mike Pence, who, according to Parnas, was tasked to do Trump's dirty work pressuring Ukraine to announce fake investigations into Joe Biden starting a long time ago. And regarding that pressure, Parnas says that going all the way back before Volodymyr Zelenskyy was elected in a landslide on an anti-corruption platform, getting that Biden investigation announcement was the only motivation for every single thing they did.
Oh yeah, and Attorney General Bill Barr needs to call his lawyer.
Before we jump into clips from the show, though, one of the most interesting parts to us happened at the end, as Maddow handed off to Lawrence O'Donnell for the 10 p.m. hour and he asked the question on so many people's minds, which is why the hell is Lev Parnas doing this? Why is he going on Maddow and spilling? How does this help him or his case? Maddow said the feeling she got from talking to Parnas is that by him coming clean and spilling everything he knows, it keeps him "safer" than if he didn't, because if his secrets were still his secrets, we guess it'd be a lot easier to dispose of him and them. It's kinda sick that we're talking about this in the United States of America, but this is a scandal partially financed by a Ukrainian billionaire the FBI has assessed to be BFFs with the Russian mob, so, we guess we understand what he is saying.
Vanity Fair: Political Genius Trump Has Advantage With Idiots
'Low-information voters' are Trump's ideal constituency. No shit, Sherlock?
Vanity Fair has a piece this week about the "low-information" voters who are going to help re-elect Donald Trump. See, those of us in the Twitter political "bubble" just don't understand what actually concerns the average Jane/Joe. Reporters who are in the same bubble have the benefit of passing conversations with "normies" in airports and are here to enlighten us.
[T]he stories and micro-scandals that obsess political and media insiders—often played out in episodic fashion on Twitter—matter little to voters who are too busy and too well-adjusted to follow every nanosecond of the political news cycle.
This assertion is hard to accept, considering that people were overly concerned with a lot of stupid crap prior to Trump's election. There was Barack Obama's tan suit and his un-American use of French mustard. They weren't all nuisances that Obama could ignore and laugh about later, like the "hilarious" claims that he wasn't a legitimate president. Obama's numbers with white voters cratered when he defended his friend Henry Louis Gates Jr. after a police officer racially profiled the distinguished professor in his own home. Shirley Sherrod lost her job at the Department of Agriculture after a Breitbart hit job. Anyone who spent years reflexively deleting email forwards from conservative relatives can attest to their high-information capacity for matters of low importance. They got worked up over all the people Hillary Clinton didn't actually murder, but suddenly they're "too busy and too well-adjusted" to care about Trump's marathon of scandals? How do you explain that?
Trump Drops Another Shoe On Puerto Rico
You want this disaster aid, don't you?
We were skeptical yesterday when we saw the Trump administration had finally ended its illegal delay of disaster relief to Puerto Rico. The $8.2 billion in aid was appropriated by Congress last year to pay for rebuilding after Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, and the funds should have been made available in September. But the Department of Housing and Urban Development refused to release it, citing worries about "corruption" in the Puerto Rican government. No, it probably wasn't legal to hold the aid, either.
Then, last Tuesday, the island was hit by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that killed one person and has done at least $110 million in damage, though that amount is expected to rise as Puerto Rico continues to be hit with aftershocks. Yesterday, HUD officials announced they were very generously releasing the aid that should have been distributed months ago, and we wondered what new fuckery might follow.
Puerto Rico, if there's anything to magical thinking, we're sorry. There's new fuckery. For Puerto Rico to actually get the aid, it will have to jump through a whole bunch of new hoops imposed by the administration -- conditions that states on the mainland haven't had imposed on them following disasters. Gosh, why could it possibly be that Puerto Rico was singled out for special treatment? If only we could guess. It just might be because Trump's a goddamn racist and a petty asshole.
That's our working theory at least.
Susan Collins Sets New Olympic Record For Susan Collins-Ing
Collins is less interested in the 'truth' than she was during Bill Clinton's impeachment.
We covered extensively yesterday the corrupt, underhanded shadiness unearthed in texts from Giuliani pal Lev Parnas, about the scheme to pressure Ukraine into meddling in the 2020 election on Donald Trump's behalf that's landed the president in impeachment. The House Intelligence Committee dropped the bomb Tuesday, and Senator Susan Collins -- famed Senate "moderate" -- wants to know why she's only hearing about this evidence now and not earlier or, even better, well after she's voted for Donald Trump's acquittal.
She'd probably planned to spend the summer chilling on a beach, drinking pina coladas, and softly caressing piles of Republican donor cash. But House Democrats spoiled all that with their revelation of inconvenient truths.
Look at Collins throwing shade on Nancy Pelosi's impeachment raiders! We predicted Susan Collins would eventually Susan Collins about this, but she certainly Susan Collins-ed earlier than we assumed she'd Susan Colins. All she needs now is for some anti-Trump protestors to sass her and she'll have every excuse she needs to hop on the Mitch McConnell Sham Trial Express.
This DOES Sound Like Matt Gaetz!
Did Matt Gaetz make up a sex game in the Florida lege where he and Squi and Tobin would get points for boning lobbyists, staff and married legislators? That would be on-brand!
When we were covering the confirmation of accused boofing sexual predator Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime position on the Supreme Court, we realized one of the reasons we absolutely believed the women, part of why their stories were so absofuckinglutely believable, was because, as a person who also went to private schools, we know that guy.
Yes, this post is about GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, but give us a second.
At the time, we wrote about our realization about which guy Brett Kavanaugh was, at his private high school and in college:
You see, we think we have figured out which drunk rich asshole white guy Brett Kavanaugh was in high school. He wasn't one of the guys who was "popular" in the sense of all the girls had crushes on him (and some of the guys too!) and wanted to go necking with him at Boner Cove even on school nights. That was Trevor and Rob and Johnny, and they were #dreamy and Johnny had a Camaro and your mom said Johnny was a total Eddie Haskell but even your mom acknowledged that Johnny was pretty cute.
Kavanaugh, we are guessing, was "popular" in that he was a partier and he spent a lot of time with his "bros," and they probably jacked off in a big circle in their parents' basements only sometimes. They had access to drugs and Natty Light, but secretly, deep down, they were incredibly jealous of Trevor and Rob and Johnny and Johnny's Camaro, because what makes those guys so great anyway? GRANTED, Trevor's ass is perfect and Rob's eyes can make any human melt and Johnny has that Camaro (and is hung like a wild horse), but NO FAIR, WHY THEY GET ALL THE GIRLS? Anyway, we are just saying Brett Kavanaugh's friend group was probably the type that knew where to buy GHB before anybody else at school even knew what that was.
We don't know if Matt Gaetz ever had a claim to even that sort of popularity in school, but it's possible. Like Kavanaugh, his head is misshapen, and his face gives off a certain whiff of desperation. Consider:
Another example of that guy? Donald Trump Jr., who allegedly used to drunkenly piss himself silly during college, to the point that he earned the nickname "Diaper Don."
Also the badly shaped head thing.
Anyway, the Matt Gaetz story we are about to tell you reminded us of Brett Kavanaugh, and also Donald Trump Jr., and not just because, like Kavanaugh and Junior, Gaetz has been known for being LI'L BIT DRINKY DRINKY in his time, in a particularly douchey and unfuckable way.
Puerto Rico Finally Getting Its Damn Disaster Aid
For the 2017 disaster, not the earthquake this month.
A week after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Puerto Rico on January 7, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has decided it will finally release $8.2 billion in aid that Congress appropriated to help the island rebuild after Hurricane Maria in 2017. HUD officials readily admitted to Congress in October that they'd blown right past a September deadline to release the aid, because the department was worried about "corruption" in the territory's government. Since then, the department hasn't said anything at all about the continuing delays.
Fun trivia fact: When Congress appropriates money, federal agencies have to spend it. It's the law, as you may remember from other Trump administration abuses of power as one of the very things for which Donald Trump is being impeached. Agencies aren't allowed to withhold aid because the "president" has a racist rage-boner over Puerto Rican officials who fail to recognize his response to a hurricane was perfect.
Eric Swalwell Being Mean To Chris Cillizza Like A Common Wonkette, Awwww Yay!
Here for it.
Aw, Rep. Eric Swalwell, bless your heart, this is what we do on Twitter all day too!
Swalwell's link was to the House's newly released (partial) tranche of evidence handed over by Rudy Giuliani's Ukrainian-American chucklefuck pal Lev Parnas, which, if you haven't heard yet, includes HOLY SHIT OMG and also THE FUCK YOU SAY?
Chris Cillizza's link, meanwhile, was to one of his own shithole hack articles about how Nancy Pelosi has completely "gambled and lost" with her impeachment delay. Cillizza was paid actual money to write that shithole hack article, which was published mere minutes before the House Intelligence Committee released all that Parnas evidence.
So, Chris. Do you want to update it? Hahahaha, no, he does not.
California Gonna Battering-Ram Homelessness! Wait, No, That Was The Squat Oakland Families Were Living In
The homelessness task force appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom has put forward a list of proposals aimed at tackling the state's homelessness crisis. The most important item calls for a mandate that state and local governments provide adequate shelter for people who don't have a place to live. If those jurisdictions don't provide shelter, they could be sued so a judge can order them to do so. California would have to amend its constitution to impose such a mandate; it could go to voters in this November's election.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, who co-chairs the task force, told Politico that local governments need a better incentive than good intentions, saying California is "long past the time that everything we do around homelessness should be optional." He also explained to nonprofit journalism collective CalMatters that the goal is to
give the courts a legal "last resort" to address pleas to supersede political gridlock, just as federal laws have in the past armed judges to combat other social crises. "It's analogous to desegregation," Steinberg said.
Damn straight. We knew we liked this guy when he warned against letting Donald Trump pursue roundups of people who don't have homes.
Nancy Pelosi's Impeachment Managers IS A COP! (Or At Least Val Demings Is.)
All of them are pretty badass, TBH.
It's all happening! No seriously, all of it is happening! Later this afternoon, the House will vote on officially transferring the imepachment articles to the Senate, after which they will be loaded into the back of a 1987 Dodge Caravan and ceremonially driven through the hallways of the Capitol and dumptrucked into Mitch McConnell's turtle butthole, as required by the Constitution.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced this morning the appointment of seven impeachment managers for the trial in the Senate, whom the House will formally vote on later. (Impeachment managers are the reps who prosecute the trial in the Senate.) This is a tighter operation than the Clinton impeachment, where there were 13 of them.
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The Green Room: PFAS Part V-Policies And Politics
Contamination Warning Sign
Barbara Lucas / 89.1 WEMU
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PFAS chemicals are being linked to more and more serious health problems. But still, it’s legal to use them in the U.S., with minor exceptions. And they can be imported from other countries. Manufacturers are not required to make the public aware of PFAS content in their products. Consequently, consumers are pretty much in the dark. In the fifth of our 5-part series on PFAS, we look at policies and perspectives on where we are, and we can go from here.
The Green Room: 11/29/19
David Fair (DF): This is 89.1 WEMU. I’m David Fair and welcome to the “The Green Room.” PFAS stands for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. There are thousands of different chemicals in the PFAS family, and they’re in thousands of different products. In the first four parts of this series on PFAS, we looked at their potential health impacts, where they’re found, and how consumers and manufacturers can avoid contributing to their spread. How well are voluntary approaches working? What about mandated approaches? In this fifth and final segment in our PFAS series, Barbara Lucas asks a lot of questions, and gets some surprising answers.
Mark Ruffalo: We protect us. WE do.
Barbara Lucas: That’s actor Mark Ruffalo. I’m watching a Youtube trailer for the new movie “Dark Waters.” He’s playing Rob Bilott, the lawyer who’s been taking on manufacturers of PFAS chemicals. Here’s the real-life Rob Bilott, at a panel I attended on PFAS, in Flint, 2018.
Rob Bilott: And the people that are coming to me saying, “What do we do about this? We're being told there are no state or federal regulations, that the agencies can't do anything. The companies are saying they're not required to do anything.”
Mark Ruffalo: You knew, and still you did nothing.
BL: Bilott says even if not required, the companies should’ve shared their suspicions that long-chain PFAS chemicals, namely PFOS and PFOA, could be dangerous.
Bilott: What we were seeing was there were decades and decades of studies that had been done by 3M the manufacturer, DuPont as a big customer of not only PFOA, but related chemicals—PFOS that was used in Scotchgard by 3M. And there was all kinds of very troubling toxicity data. There were epidemiology studies, and most of this wasn't published. It wasn't peer reviewed, it wasn't out there in the literature for folks to find. But it was in these internal documents. I'm looking at all this data in the year 2000, early 2001, and what really struck me was when we found that there were no state or federal regulations. Because the agencies probably didn't even know this chemical existed.
BL: The 2004 settlement of Bilott’s class action suit resulted in the largest health study of a PFAS chemical in the world. It looked at the blood levels and health histories of people exposed from a Dupont plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Bilott: That started in 2005. We ended up getting 69,000 people to participate in that study.
BL: The results showed blood levels 400% higher than the general population, and links to problems like thyroid disease, ulcerative colitis, testicular and kidney cancer. Meanwhile, 3M says no human studies to date prove that PFAS causes serious illness. They maintain correlation does not prove causation. Critics of this line of thinking say a causation study would require intentionally exposing people to PFAS, which is unethical.
Bilott: Despite all this information this stuff is still not regulated.
BL: We do have an EPA-encouraged voluntary phase-out of long-chain PFAS. The phase-out was celebrated, and since then, it’s been widely assumed that long-chain PFAS chemicals are not found in U.S. products. As 3M says on their webpage PFASfacts.com: PFOA and PFOS are “no longer produced or used in the United States or Europe.” But I know there are other countries, like China, that are still producing them. So can the long-chain be imported? In light of the long-chain contamination left by a leather tannery in Rockford, Michigan, I wondered about shoe leather. I contacted the EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.
Phone dialing.
BL: After checking into it, their spokesperson responded: “At this time there is no restriction on importing shoe leather containing long-chain PFAS on it.” That was surprising. I had a second question for the EPA: What locations in China are manufacturing PFAS-treated shoes—is that info publicly accessible? (I was prompted to ask, due to studies which have found concerning levels of PFAS in breast milk in Shanghai, and in food crops in Shangdong Province.) I was told, the “EPA does not collect data on companies importing PFAS-treated shoe leather to the U.S..” The same day I got the EPA’s answers, I also learned something else. Here’s the backstory.
BL: First I contacted customer service. I’m talking with Dr. Graham Peaslee, of the University of Notre Dame. I was referred to him by the Ecology Center of Ann Arbor, which works with him closely on PFAS-testing. And then, customer service said, no, it's actually made in China. I’m recounting my month’s long correspondence with Hush Puppies shoes. So, finally they sent me to their law office and their spokesperson contacted me. He was from a firm representing Wolverine International. I explained I was trying to find out what currently makes the leather water resistant. I wondered, because they discontinued the use of long-chain, which caused such problems in Rockford. And now he's not returning any calls. If PFAS is being used on shoes sold by Wolverine, I’ll have more questions, such as: What about where they're being manufactured in terms of the wastewater or the air emissions?
Graham Peaslee: Oh, absolutely. And environmental problems are burgeoning in China.
BL: And here in the U.S., there’s another concern, as Peaslee explains.
Peaslee: We're also disposing of shoes at the end of life. And each of those shoes is going to be with its wonderful fluorine coating. They’re going to be put in the landfill where it continues to dribble out over the next 30 to 50 years.
BL: Back to my saga: Having no luck with the company, I had turned to non-profits that advocate reductions in toxins.
BL: Did you happen to find out anything about my questions about what Hush Puppies are using for their water resistance? No luck there, either. But within days, Dr. Peaslee had been sent various brands of shoes. And finally, I had an answer.
Peaslee: It was highly fluorinated. And I said, OK, it looks like it's PFAS-treated.
BL: He also tested the spray-on waterproofing made by Hush Puppies. Its label says “Environmentally-Friendly Formula.” But he found PFAS in that as well.
Peaslee: There's certainly no law in the U.S. that they can't use the stuff.
BL: Soon there was bigger news. Dr. Peaslee had sent the items to Indiana University for further testing. The results prompted the Ecology Center to issue a press release: C-8 had been found in Hush Puppies and Keds shoes, at what they termed “very high levels.” C-8, as in the C-8 health study. C-8 as in long-chain. Long-chain, as in the legacy of tannery waste in Rockford. And high levels of C-6, a short chain PFAS, were found in the spray and other shoe brands.
Running water.
BL: OK, so both short-chain and long-chain PFAS can legally be in products we buy. As for our drinking water, there are no federal enforceable limits for that either. Consequently, when it comes to municipal water, well water, even bottled water, testing is not federally mandated. As for home filters: NSF International is the gold standard for certification. If companies want to advertise their filters as PFAS-removers, NSF only certifies them down to the federal advisory, which currently is 70 parts per trillion. So consumers can’t be sure which filters, if any, do more.
Judith Enck: Here’s the bad news: No one in government has a handle on this issue, and if they say they do, they're not being truthful.
BL: Judith Enck served as an EPA Regional Administrator during the Obama Administration. Along with mandating enforceable limits, she thinks the EPA should designate PFAS chemicals as “hazardous materials,” so impacted communities can qualify as Superfund sites.
Enck: …to get the remediation done. You know, putting carbon filters on a drinking water supply doesn’t get to the source of the contamination and get it remediated.
BL: What about the Clean Air Act? Air emissions containing PFAS from manufacturing are a potential source of contamination. Currently, PFAS isn’t federally regulated in air, either. The EPA webpage entitled: “PFAS Laws and Regulations” says, “We may require phase-outs of the use of specific chemicals like PFAS, if effective and feasible alternatives exist.” Enck suggests we may see faster action at the state level.
Enck: I think it's imperative that states pass drinking water standards for these chemicals, and that they do it quickly.
BL: Some states have gone ahead and adopted enforceable limits. Michigan has proposed doing so for a variety of PFAS chemicals, at levels considerably lower than the federal advisory. Washington State has gone so far as to ban PFAS in firefighting foam and food packaging. Some say we should carefully consider economic impacts before rushing into PFAS legislation. Others would rather we err on the side of caution—with not only PFAS, but all potentially toxic chemicals. Judith Enck says:
Enck: There are 80,000 chemicals used in commerce today and only a few hundred have really been tested. You should look at the precautionary principle.
BL: Common in Europe, the precautionary principle requires products to be proven safe before getting on the market. The U.S. has not embraced this concept. Here, the tendency is to presume products are safe until proven otherwise.
Evan Pratt: I have never seen an environmental regulatory law get passed until things got just ridiculously terrible.
BL: Evan Pratt is Washtenaw County’s Water Resources Commissioner. He feels the following formula can have its downsides.
Pratt: You have to balance the economy and the environment.
BL: He tells me that in the past, Michigan had a “Polluter Pay Law.”
Pratt: For a period of time through 1994, if a company was found to have contaminated or polluted with a toxic chemical, they were required to clean it all up. After that, in 1995, the full clean-up wasn't required and some of the standards were relaxed, as far as what's acceptable in the environment.
BL: Cleanups aren’t the only costs. There’s testing, water treatment, health monitoring, medical treatments—the list goes on. Some say the bill for all that shouldn’t be on taxpayers. Here’s Dr. Rebecca Mueninck of the Ecology Center.
Rebecca Mueninck: The things that we have right now in Michigan, like our screening levels or action levels, don't necessarily put the burden to pay for cleanup on manufacturers. So that's why things like lawsuits are important to do that, so we can actually recoup some of those costs that the state is now paying, or communities are paying. For example, in Ann Arbor with our water treatment here, we're paying that on our water bills.
BL: If Michigan approves strict PFAS limits, there’s no denying there will be some economic pain. The State’s Environmental Rules Review Committee, created in 2018, recently voted to delay the proposed PFAS rules. Note that by statute, the committee’s 12 members must include representatives from manufacturing and industry. I spoke with environmental chemist Dr. Rick Rediske, of Grand Valley State University. He works with citizens to address PFAS contamination.
BL: Will companies have to raise prices or close down, do you think, if they are the ones that have to pay for cleanups?
Rick Rediske: We will get some of that. A lot of companies went bankrupt because of hazardous waste landfills, things like that, back in the 70’s and 80’s, and that will happen. Some plating companies may go out of business, I don’t know.
BL: Legislators can be reluctant to support policies that could hurt business or shutter industries. Many towns were built around the companies in question. Parchment, AKA “Paper City,” is home to Bob Barber, former mayor of nearby Plainwell. In 2018, Parchment’s drinking water was found to have very high levels of PFAS. Barber thinks legislators could have prevented that.
Bob Barber: We elect these people to be visionaries. We elect these people to foresee what problems might be. A bunch of mills start closing down, and what do they do? Oh, they are concerned about the unemployment and all that, which is all valid stuff. But at the same time, their number one job is to protect us, keep us safe. Not get us a job, but keep us safe.
BL: But some say with so many potential toxins in our modern world, the government cannot possibly eliminate risk. Nor should they try, lest we end up with an all-controlling government, and loss of freedoms. Others say government should at least assure consumers are making informed choices. Here I am at a local outdoor gear store.
Sounds of outdoor gear store.
BL: Do you know what PFOA or PFOS is, it’s a water-repellent chemical… do you know if you have clothes that don’t have that on it?
Store employee: I don’t know.
BL: I was advised to check with the manufacturers. I know this is far from just a shoe leather issue. So I made calls to a variety of companies.
BL: Asking through that route didn’t help either. There’s no law saying that if a product contains PFAS, that needs to be on labels, or otherwise publicly available. Dr. Rediske says…
Rediske: I think these studies need to get out there, and I think people will make the adjustments, because people are spending more money to buy safer materials. There was a big study on that people will spend extra to buy, to get sustainable materials.
BL: Interestingly, some say: Actually, safe products can be cheaper.
Nick Kingsley: They're using less reagents, they're using less solvents. The EPA is not going to have as many regulatory fines levied against them for the products they're making so they view it as if done the right way can be cheaper.
BL: Dr. Nick Kingsley is professor of Green Chemistry at the University of Michigan, Flint.
Kingsley: Green chemistry isn't a mandate from the government. Green chemistry isn't about following EPA regulations. Green chemistry is about doing things the right way upfront, because it’s the responsible thing to do as a chemist.
BL: When it comes to what to do about PFAS, some want to avoid economic pain and big government. Others are more comfortable being proactive. According to Kingsley, perhaps we can have both.
In “The Green Room,” I’m Barbara Lucas, 89 One, WEMU News.
DF: This segment concludes WEMU’s five-part Green Room series on PFAS. Please check out our website for the podcasts, transcripts and resources of the previous four segments. In fact, all our “Green Room” episodes—over 100 in the past seven years—are available on our website. Find them at the “on demand” drop-down at wemu.org. I’m David Fair and this is 89-1 WEMU FM and WEMU H-D-1, Ypsilanti.
Trailer for “Dark Waters” movie
“Mark Ruffalo Testifies to Congress about Toxic PFAS,” November 19, 2019—Capitol News Forum.
“The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare,” New York Times, January 6, 2016.
“Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Targets Dupont, Chemours, 3M, and Other Makers of PFAS Chemicals,” Sharon Lerner, The Intercept, October 6, 2019.
C-8 Science Panel study
The C8 Health Project: Design, Methods, and Participants, Frisbee, et. al, Environmental Health Perspectives, December, 2009.
“PFAS Contamination: This Decade’s DDT,” (panelists include Rob Billot and Judith Enck), The Society of Environmental Journalists 28th Annual Conference, October 5, 2018, Flint Michigan.
“The Facts on PFAS,” webpage sponsored by 3M (includes the “correlation vs. causation” debate).
“PFAS Laws and Regulations,” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Answers to questions posed by Barbara Lucas to the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, November 20, 2019.
“Crop bioaccumulation and human exposure of perfluoroalkyl acis through multi-media transport from a mega fluorochemical industrial park, China,” Environment International, September 2017.
“PFOS, The Hidden Danger in our Homes,” David Lunderberg, China Dialogue, August, 2017.
“Notre Dame physics professor finds harmful chemicals in fast food wrappers,” South Bend Tribune, Feb 16, 2019.
“Citizen sleuths exposed pollution from a century-old Michigan factory, with nationwide implications,” Sara Talpos, Science Magazine, May 16, 2019.
Ecology Center Press Release Regarding PFAS found on shoe leather. The Ecology Center, November 26, 2019.
“Analysis of state-by-state differences is PFAS legislation,” Northeastern University, Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute.
“Subcommittee on PFAS Chemicals and their risks,” March 6, 2019, Oversight Committee.
“Here’s what Gretchen Whitmer’s new PFAS water rules mean for Michigan,” Jim Malewitz, Circle of Blue, October 16, 2019.
Michigan Environmental Rules Review Committee, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
November 19, 2019 Letter to the Michigan Environmental Rules Review Committee from 10 non-profit organizations including the Ecology Center, Ann Arbor, entitled “Conflict of Interest with Rule Set 2019-035 EG, Supplying Water to the Public (PFAS MCL)”
“Precautionary Precepts: The Power and Potential of the Precautionary Principle,” Carolyn Raffensperger, Multinational Monitor, September 2004.
“Ann Arbor lawmakers propose polluter-pay cleanup law for Michigan,” Ryan Stanton, M-Live, February 15, 2019.
Green Chemistry, University of Michigan-Flint.
“Toxic Substances Portal—Perfluoroalkyls,” Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Enviromental Protection Agency
The Ecology Center
Evan Pratt
Washtenaw County Water Resources Commission
michigan department of environment great lakes and energy
Green Room PFAs
The Green Room: PFAS Part IV-Prevention
By Barbara Lucas • Oct 25, 2019
The chemical bonds of PFAS substances are virtually indestructible. That makes their complete disposal hard, if not impossible. Meanwhile, their usefulness to industry makes them hard to give up. This is a growing problem, because PFAS are associated with serious health issues. In the fourth of this five-part “Green Room” series on PFAS, we look at the challenges and opportunities inherent in preventing further spread of PFAS chemicals.
The Green Room: 10/25/2019
The Green Room: PFAS Part III-Places
By Barbara Lucas • Sep 27, 2019
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are being found across the country in the drinking water of community water supplies, residential wells, schools and daycare centers. Where is it coming from? Factory waste is a major source. These “forever chemicals” don’t break down, and where PFAS-containing waste is dumped, it spreads. In Segment III of 89.1 WEMU's five-part “Green Room” serieson PFAS, we explore a few of these sites.
The Green Room: PFAS Part II-PFAS In Products
By Barbara Lucas • Aug 30, 2019
Over the last half-century, PFAS chemicals have been added to the formulation of innumerable products we use on a daily basis. The manufacture and disposal of these products releases them to our environment, where they can get into our food and water. Unfortunately for us, they can be harmful to our health, and they don’t biodegrade. These “forever chemicals” have become pervasive in our lives.
The Green Room: PFAS Part II-08/20/2019
The Green Room: PFAS Part I-Health Impacts
By Barbara Lucas • Jul 26, 2019
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances have been highly valued by industry as useful in a wide variety of products. But, as more studies are conducted and more information comes to light, the more concerns grow. In this first of 89.1 WEMU's five-part series on PFAS, we explore the growing list of health issues associated with PFAS, in " The Green Room."
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State And Federal Officials Promote USMCA And Whole Milk Legislation At Diary Summit
By Min Xian | WPSU • Aug 13, 2019
State and federal officials hosted a summit at Mount Aloysius College Monday to talk about legislation that would help the dairy industry.
Min Xian / WPSU
Pennsylvania dairy farmers have been under continuous pressure of decreasing fluid milk consumption in the country and tight markets met by production surpluses and tariffs. Congressman Glenn Thompson led a summit at Mount Aloysius College in Cambria County Monday, reassuring producers and farmers that a handful of new policies would offer meaningful assistance to the industry.
“The new farm bill provides critical support for production agriculture across the board,” Thompson said. “Support comes in the form of voluntary insurance, agriculture extension services, rural development and conservation programs.”
Voluntary insurance, known as the Dairy Margin Coverage program, issues payouts to farmers when their profit margins fall below a certain level. In July, the Department of Agriculture began paying about $100 million dollars in insured milk production.
About 100 people, including farmers, producers and state government representatives, attended. The panel at the summit included U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding and Congressmen Fred Keller and John Joyce. They expressed support for the Farm Bill but also for the Trump administration’s proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Thompson said, in addition to current safety net measures, USMCA will expand markets for dairy farmers. A critical component in the proposal is eliminating a category of dairy products in Canada, which Thompson said hurts U.S. dairy exports.
Perdue said USMCA is not only important for the region, but also sends a signal of broader trade policies of the United States.
“If we can’t do a deal, an agreement, with our closest neighbors and two of our largest trading partners, the world’s gonna say, ‘Why should we do a trade deal that way?’” Perdue said.
Maggie Curtis, a dairy farmer from Corry, Pennsylvania, said that corporate consolidations are putting family farms out of business. She hopes more local producers can process their own products and trade freely in the long run. Redding responded that the state is working to get investments that would keep family dairy farms in Pennsylvania.
Thompson also promoted a bill he sponsors that would bring whole milk back to schools.
“There’s legislation that we need to do, but there’s a lot of other things we need to keep doing,” he said.
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At Rally-Like Visit To Monaca, Trump Takes Credit For Shell Plant, Touts Economic Record
By Chris Potter • Aug 13, 2019
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President Donald Trump’s visit to the Shell petrochemicals plant under construction in Beaver County was billed as an official White House event – not as a campaign rally.
Local Lobbyist Charged With Stealing More Than $100K From Small Business Owners
By An-Li Herring • Aug 13, 2019
Pittsburgh-area lobbyist Joseph Kuklis was accused Tuesday of defrauding his clients out of more than $100,000. He turned himself in to authorities Tuesday morning, after the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office charged him on four counts of theft by deception, six counts of deceptive or fraudulent business practices, and six counts of forgery.
More Than 60 Suspected Child Traffickers Charged In Month-Long FBI Initiative
By Katie Blackley & Hannah Gaskill • Aug 7, 2019
It’s time for parents to have hard conversations with their kids about their internet behavior. That was the message from the Pittsburgh FBI Field Office Wednesday morning, when officials announced the results of a July initiative called Operation Independence Day. The nationwide operation netted 67 suspected child traffickers.
Fentanyl Test Strips Could Save Lives, But They're Illegal In Pennsylvania
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In 2017, 5,614 people in Pennsylvania died from a drug overdose. County coroner and medical examiner reports show that fentanyl, a synethic opioid, was present in 64.8 percent of these fatalities.
Many of these deaths were accidential as people often ingest or inject fentanyl without knowing it.
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Finance Minister Carole James presents her 2019-20 budget to the B.C. legislature, Feb. 19, 2019. (B.C. government)
Full weight of B.C.’s employer health tax to be felt in 2020
Payroll tax fuels ‘gig economy’ drift away from full-time jobs
The second year of B.C.’s employer health tax to replace Medical Services Plan premiums has arrived, and for many small businesses, 2020 is when they have to write their first cheques.
While larger business and local governments began paying the tax in instalments during 2019, small businesses that just clear the $500,000 payroll threshold have a deadline of March 31 to pay up for last year’s tax. Larger businesses have the same deadline for paying the remainder of their 2019 employer health tax.
Small businesses are least likely to have been paying MSP premiums for their employees, so for them it’s a new payroll cost. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business estimates that more than 40 per cent of small- and medium-sized businesses must pay it. For many it’s on top of higher property taxes, as municipalities raise rates to pass their extra payroll costs on.
The final bills for MSP premiums went out in December, although individuals and businesses are still on the hook for any arrears. The finance ministry also reminds people who have set up bank auto-payments for MSP to cancel those, or they will keep sending money to the province.
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The employer health tax was designed to replace MSP revenue, so it’s likely to cost eligible businesses more, than MSP did, says Ken Peacock, chief economist of the Business Council of B.C. That’s because business only accounted for about half of the province’s MSP revenue, with the rest paid directly by individuals.
“The total collection from the employer health tax is about $1.8 billion, climbing to $1.9 billion this year,” Peacock said in an interview with Black Press. “In advance of the employer health tax coming in, people heard about it, but until you write that cheque, that’s when the reality hits.”
In the last days of 2019, B.C. Premier John Horgan touted the elimination of premiums as the biggest middle-class tax cut in B.C. history. That’s disputed by B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson, who notes that the Gordon Campbell government reduced personal income taxes by 25 per cent across the board after taking office in 2001.
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Both major parties campaigned in 2017 to eliminate MSP, with its collection bureaucracy that was contracted out in 2004 to a U.S. back-office company called Maximus Corp. The NDP and B.C. Liberals both pledged to cut it by half in 2018, but the NDP made no mention of replacing it with a payroll tax as Ontario and Quebec have.
Peacock says the employer health tax adds to rising business taxes, including higher corporate income tax and rising carbon tax that is no longer offset by income tax reductions. Cancellation of the harmonized sales tax and a return to provincial sales tax on business inputs is the biggest hit in recent years, although many people have forgotten the change forced by a petition to defeat the HST in 2010.
Payroll costs and taxes put added pressure on businesses to choose contract labour instead of full-time employment, accelerating an already strong trend to the “gig economy” where people work multiple jobs to pay their bills, Peacock said.
Employer health tax and corporate income tax are an additional burden to the B.C. forest industry, which has laid off employees and contractors across the province. Horgan downplayed the effect in a year-end interview with Black Press.
“Major forest companies would have been paying MSP premiums for their employees anyway, so the employer health tax will be a benefit to them, as they’ll be paying less,” Horgan said. “I don’t believe the employers’ health tax is the problem that the B.C. Liberals make it out to be. What’s more important is that small business operators [below the $500,000 payroll threshold] who had to pay MSP premiums whether they were profitable or not, no longer have to pay those.”
The employer health tax applies at a rate of 2.9 per cent on payroll costs, including salaries and benefits, totalling more than $500,000 in a year. Organizations greater than $1.5 million pay at a rate of 1.95 per cent. Businesses that owe up to $2,925 for 2019 have until March 31, 2020 to pay.
The province is paying the tax for health authorities and school districts, and has given an exemption for non-profit and charity payrolls up to $1.5 million.
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Community amateur sports clubs
Many local amateur sports clubs register with HMRC as Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) and benefit from a range of tax reliefs including Gift Aid. We consider the rules and their implications.
We consider the rules of Community Amateur Sports Clubs and their implications. If your club is in the Lymington & New Milton area we, at Westlake Clark, can advise you on the CASC rules.
Local amateur sports clubs may wish to register with HMRC as Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) and benefit from a range of tax reliefs including Gift Aid. This factsheet considers the tax benefits and the registration requirements that clubs have to satisfy.
What kind of club can register?
Broadly a club seeking to register must:
be open to the whole community
be organised on an amateur basis
have as its main purpose providing facilities for, and promoting participation in, one or more eligible sports
not exceed the income limit.
Open to the whole community
A club is open to the whole community if:
membership of the club is open without discrimination
the club's facilities are open to members without discrimination, and
any fees are set at a level that does not pose a significant obstacle to membership or use of the club's facilities.
Discrimination includes:
discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, religion or beliefs
discrimination on grounds of sex, age or disability, except as a necessary consequence of the requirements of a particular sport.
Costs associated with membership and participation
Some objective tests have been introduced in order to determine whether costs of membership pose a significant obstacle:
clubs where membership and participation costs total £520 or less a year will be considered to be open to the whole community
clubs where membership costs (excluding participation costs) are above £1,612 a year will not be eligible
clubs where membership and participation costs total more than £520 a year must make special provisions for members on a low or modest income to participate for £520 or less.
HMRC examples of how to compute membership and participation costs in their guidance here.
Organised on an amateur basis
A club is organised on an amateur basis if:
it is non-profit making
it provides for members and their guests only the 'ordinary benefits' of an amateur sports club
it does not exceed the limit on paid players
its governing document requires any net assets on the dissolution of the club to be applied for approved sporting or charitable purposes.
Non-profit making
A club is non-profit making if its governing document requires any surplus income or gains to be reinvested in the club. Surpluses or assets cannot be distributed to members or third parties. This does not prevent donations to other clubs that are registered as Community Amateur Sports Clubs.
'Ordinary benefits' of an amateur sports club
The ordinary benefits of an amateur sports club include:
provision of sporting facilities
reasonable provision and maintenance of club-owned sports equipment
provision of suitably qualified coaches
provision, or reimbursement of the costs, of coaching courses
reimbursement of necessary and reasonable travel expenses and subsistence expenses incurred by players and officials travelling to away matches
sale or supply of food or drink as a social adjunct to the sporting purposes of the club.
HMRC, in their guidance provide examples of what are necessary and reasonable travel and subsistence expenses.
Payments to members
A club is allowed to:
enter into agreements with members for the supply to the club of goods or services or
employ and pay remuneration to staff who are club members.
So a CASC could pay members for services such as coaching or grounds maintenance but would not, for example, normally pay members to play. However under new regulations clubs are allowed to pay a maximum of £10,000 a year in total to players to play for the club
Eligible sports
Eligible sports are defined in the legislation by reference to the Sports Council’s list of recognised activities. This can accessed here.
Promoting participation in an eligible sport
A club must promote participation in an eligible sport and also provide facilities for playing the sport. To meet this objective, a club must ensure at least 50% of the members are ‘participating members’. To be a participating member they must participate in the sporting activities of the club on a number of occasions that is equal to or more than the club’s ‘participation threshold’. The participation threshold is based on the number of weeks in the club’s accounting period.
Some clubs have the main purpose of providing social leisure facilities. If this is the case they will not be able to register as CASCs, because these clubs are principally places for people to meet for social purposes even though some sporting activities take place.
The income limit condition
All CASCs must meet an income condition which aims to ensure that CASCs are mainly sports clubs rather than mainly commercial clubs with sports activities. The income condition applies to the turnover received from broadly commercial transactions with non-members, where the club is offering a commercial service or supply, for example sales of food and drink. Any income from renting out property is to be included e.g. renting out the club’s grounds. The maximum amount of turnover that a club may receive under the income condition is £100,000 a year, excluding VAT.
Clubs are able to generate unlimited income from transactions with their members. Investment income and donations received is also excluded from the income condition.
Tax reliefs for registered CASCs
CASCs can reclaim basic rate tax on Gift Aid donations made to them by individuals but CASC subscriptions are not eligible as Gift Aid payments.
CASCs are treated as companies for tax purposes. Therefore their profits may be chargeable to corporation tax.
CASCs can claim the following tax reliefs:
exemption from Corporation Tax on profits from trading where the turnover of the trade is less than £50,000
exemption from Corporation Tax on income from property where the gross income is less than £30,000
exemption from Corporation Tax on interest received
exemption from Corporation Tax on chargeable gains.
It should be noted that if trading turnover exceeds £50,000, all the trading profit is assessable to corporation tax.
A CASC runs a trade with turnover of £60,000 and profit of £6,000. Because the turnover exceeds the £50,000 limit the profit is taxable. The CASC also has gross rental income of £12,000. The gross rental income is below the exemption limit and is not taxable.
Claiming the tax reliefs
Where a CASC receives a tax return, relief can be claimed in the return. However most clubs do not receive a tax return each year. If the club has had tax deducted from its income or if it has received Gift Aid payments, it can claim a repayment from HMRC.
Corporate Gift Aid to the rescue?
Corporate Gift Aid is available for donations of money made by companies to CASCs. Companies are therefore allowed to claim tax relief on qualifying donations they make on or after 1 April 2014.
The corporate Gift Aid provisions encourage companies to make donations to clubs which are registered as CASCs but also encourage clubs with high levels of commercial trading to potentially benefit from CASC status.
A club with significant trading receipts may well not qualify for CASC status because of the trading receipts. It could however set up a trading subsidiary and donate the profits to the club. The donation received by the club will not be treated as trading receipts and thus the club could apply for CASC status. The new Gift Aid relief will eliminate the corporation tax charge on the profits of the company.
There are however other issues for the club to consider in the establishment of a trading subsidiary.
Non-domestic rates relief
CASCs in England and Wales get the same relief that would be available to a charity (80% mandatory relief) where the CASC property is wholly or mainly used for the purposes of that club. For CASCs in Scotland, the Scottish Executive has agreed voluntary relief with local authorities for the same amount.
Relief for donors
Individuals can make gifts to CASCs using the Gift Aid scheme. We have a separate factsheet giving further details of the Gift Aid scheme.
Businesses giving goods or equipment that they make, sell or use get relief for their gifts.
Corporate Gift Aid.
Gifts of chargeable assets to CASCs are treated as giving rise to neither a gain nor a loss for capital gains purposes.
If your club is in the Lymington & New Milton area please contact us at Westlake Clark if you have any queries relating to the rules on Community Amateur Sports Clubs. We would be delighted to help.
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West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable brief MPs on police funding and counter terrorism challenges
Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson and Chief Constable Dave Thompson are holding a joint briefing for MPs to outline the financial challenge facing the force and the threats that the West Midlands faces.
The briefing will take place in Birmingham on Friday 23 June.
Speaking ahead of the meeting Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson said, “West Midlands Police has faced cuts of £140 million in real terms since 2010 and is receiving less money from the government each year. We are dealing with ever more complex threats and challenges.
“The independent policing inspectorate HMIC has rated West Midlands Police as outstandingly efficient – meaning that resources are going to the frontline and been used to the best effect. Despite that, we have got 1,746 fewer officers than we did in 2010.
“I am looking forward to outlining the challenges we face to MPs and I trust that they will do all they can in parliament to help get the force a fairer deal.”
West Midlands Police Chief Constable Dave Thompson said,
“The events in Manchester, the London Bridge attack and the terror attack on those coming from prayers at Finsbury Mosque in London have shocked the nation and saw the force act through Operation Decisive. Everyone in West Midlands Police wants to prevent an attack in our region.
“Officers and staff have stepped up to offer the protection the public have needed. This has been a huge strain and there is also a sustained and determined threat that is not going away anytime soon. We are and must remain in a heightened state of readiness.
“With the Police and Crime Commissioner I will be explaining the threats we face, West Midlands Police’s response and the implications that has for West Midlands Police’s resources.
“I look forward to discussing these matters with MPs and hope they will take a strong message on our behalf to Westminster.”
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By Daisy on May 10, 2002 Artist info - music
Afro-Folk-Rock-Pop-Blues-Jive. This five piece band, headed by singer / songwriter Donovan Copley defies pigeon-holing. With Copley accompanied by Andre Swartz (drums), Chris Bakalanga (Bass guitar), Soubry Makapula (vocals and dance) and Leon Visser (guitar, vocals and marimba) as well as a fluid group of additional musicians, this group incorporates a mixture of traditional South African music styles (such as kwela, mbaqanga, maskandi and kwasa kwasa) with folk, blues and indie-pop rock. The band has released three albums – the latest of which, South, was released in January 2011. To sample their music go to www.hotwater.co.za.
“Infusing their bluesy/folky indie pop/rock sound with traditional African sensibilities, there is a keen sense of where they come from. This is a band firmly rooted in Africa.” Read Keenan Oakes’ review of Hot Water performing at the Cape Farmhouse.
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Woodenbong, New South Wales 1980
Location: Woodenbong, New South Wales
Date: 1980's
Terrain: Semi residential.
A Woodenbong Woman reported seeing two Yowies that had also been seen by several people in the past weeks, outside her house.
Mrs. "C", said that the two creatures she saw in her yard late at night were covered in tan coloured hair and standing about 5ft tall.
Mrs 'C' said that she had gone into her kitchen at about 1am because she couldn't sleep, and was looking out at the moonlight view, when the creatures walked onto her lawn from the neighbouring vacant lot.
Mrs. 'C' says, " The funny thing about it was the hair on the arms was about 6 inches longer than the shorter hair on the rest of their bodies.
Their heads seemed to be sunk low into their shoulders, but I couldn't see the facial features properly because the heads were just dark outlines." Mrs 'C' said she was standing from only ten feet away from the first Yowie, which she saw from her kitchen window.
"I was much too close to the creature for me to have mistaken it for anything else. It just isn't possible for me to compare them with any other animal. One of them was flexing his arms in a circular motion in front of its face - first one, then the other.
The other one was under our bedroom window", she said.
The description matched a creature that two men had struggled with near Kempsey recently, apparently that creature had disturbed the two men from their sleep and then wrestled them.
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UK's 'extreme mass surveillance' web snooping powers face legal challenge
"Authoritarian surveillance regime" and mass web history collection will be subject to judicial review.
By Steve Ranger | June 30, 2017 -- 10:47 GMT (03:47 PDT) | Topic: Security
The High Court has granted Liberty permission to challenge part of the UK's "extreme mass surveillance regime", with a judicial review of the Investigatory Powers Act.
The law forces internet companies to keep logs of emails, phone calls, texts and web browsing histories and to hand them over to the state to be stored or examined. The civil liberties campaign group wants to challenge this mass collection, arguing that the measure breaches British people's rights.
In a separate case in December, the European Court of Justice ruled the same powers in the previous law governing UK state surveillance were unlawful.
The government argues that it needs access to the data to help with criminal investigations and that the legislation is required because so much communication is done online. But Liberty said the legislation had passed through Parliament in part thanks to "shambolic political opposition" and that the government failed to provide evidence that surveillance of everybody in the UK was lawful or necessary.
Martha Spurrier, director of Liberty, said: "It's become clearer than ever in recent months that this law is not fit for purpose. The government doesn't need to spy on the entire population to fight terrorism. All that does is undermine the very rights, freedoms and democracy terrorists seek to destroy."
She added: "Our government's obsession with storing vast amounts of sensitive information about every single one of us looks dangerously irresponsible. If they truly want to keep us safe and protect our cybersecurity, they urgently need to face up to reality and focus on closely monitoring those who pose a serious threat."
The High Court has also allowed Liberty to seek permission to challenge three other parts of the Act, either once the government publishes further codes of practice, or by March 2018.
These include bulk and 'thematic' hacking,which allows police and intelligence agencies to hack into devices on an industrial scale.
It also allows Liberty to challenge the bulk interception and acquisition of communications content and the use of bulk personal datasets, which allows government agencies to access vast databases held by the public or private sector, which Liberty said contain details on "religion, ethnic origin, sexuality, political leanings and health problems, potentially on the entire population - and are ripe for abuse and discrimination".
Liberty said that now permission has been granted, its application for a costs capping order will be considered. If this application is granted, the case will be listed for a full hearing.
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JUSTICE LEAGUE – After the Show
Jim Tudor November 15, 2017 2017Current ReviewsJ
Justice Prevails as Colorful, Vapid and Disposable.
“After the Show” is our spoiler-friendly way of talking about movies at ZekeFilm. In this article, plot twists and hidden details of JUSTICE LEAGUE are potentially discussed. But honesty, I doubt anything here would be a surprise. I’ve branded it “After the Show” just to be completely safe. Maybe “After the Trailer” is more like it. Never let it be said that there’s no justice in film criticism…
DIRECTED BY ZACK SNYDER/2017
I’ll never forget the day Superman died.
November 18, 1992. The Man of Steel had fallen, and the floodgates of his followers had opened. The mourning multitudes, dare I say hundreds and hundreds of people, were queued, ready and willing to pluck down $25 for a brand new comic book with a cover price a fraction of that. Most of these desperate fair-weather (bad-weather?) fans had never set foot in a comic book store before. Lest Superman‘s noble sacrifice at the hands of Doomsday be in vain, the black bagged edition of Superman, volume 2, issue 75, a.k.a. “The Death of Superman“, would be sure to put their children through college in the future.
I had been working happily at the friendly neighborhood comic book store for a few years by then, and was astonished to arrive to work that day to discover our typically humble fortress of solitude had become a madhouse. But we loyal comic book veterans never bought into the line from DC, perpetrated by the news media, that “it’s real”. “Give it a year”, we muttered to ourselves, “He’ll be back”. Sure enough, the resurrection proved not to be a matter of “if” but of “when”. The return of Superman was, in a sense, the worst kept secret in comics, an inevitability that proved to be, indeed, about a year away.
Today, those bagged and sealed comics aren’t worth any more than the money folks paid for them almost exactly twenty-five years ago. What has compounded is the legacy of the whole thing. Though a rambling and messy tale at the time, “The Death of Superman” has been streamlined in numerous repackagings and retellings. Novelizations, animated film versions, video games, even toys. Is it any surprise that, as iconic as certain details have become, that Zack Snyder and company would come along and cherry-pick key moments for their major if misguided DC Comics feature film shared universe mega-franchise?
But wait… why all this talk about a character who’s supposedly not even the film at hand…?
Oh, pshaw. If Superman’s return was the worst kept secret in comics, the return of Henry Cavill’s Man of Tomorrow was never really any kind of secret at all. Yes, in one big rushed afterthought of “Hey, let’s try this…!”, the big guy comes back. Self-assured and apparently having left his destructive adolescent angst in the empty tomb (And good riddance to that. Holy crap.), Cavill finally gets to show his super-chops. (Not to mention his super-abs… Kal-El rises from the grave without a shirt, and doesn’t find one for quite a while.)
Through behind-the-scenes tragedy and upheaval, including wild creative shifts manifesting in numerous scenes that bellow “Last minute green-screen reshoot!!”, Justice League has made it out the door and into our faces, and isn’t awful. Mission accomplished?
This incarnation is a most welcome change from the character as introduced in 2013’s Man of Steel, a bleak, loud and exhausting epic unto itself. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice followed, that notoriously ugly, awful and grim movie. Then Suicide Squad, all raucous and gnarly, but in a bad way. This hasn’t been a dream, nor a hoax, nor an imaginary story. What it has been been is rough. For the poor fans of DC, it’s resulted in variations on denial mixed with heartbreak. Thankfully, a great savior arose in the form of not a super man, but a woman – Wonder Woman. A decent enough summer blockbuster with a perfect star in Gal Gadot, Patty Jenkins’ WWI actioner was immediately elevated to a disproportionate level of cinema greatness and feminist flag-waving.
It’s all been leading up to one thing… This. This Justice League movie. Long-awaited and inevitable, the very fate of a franchise hinges on it.
Mandated with the introduction of no less than three brand new heroes, plus the furthering of the storylines of several more, plus Lois Lane’s (Amy Adams, still hanging around), it should come as no surprise that Justice League has a necessary economy about it. Clocking in at a considerably merciful two hours, (Batman v Superman ran forty minutes longer than that) this is a movie that, like Ben Affleck’s Bruce Wayne, is so desperate to correct past mistakes, it’s almost unrecognizable at times. Of course, considering what beget Justice League, that could only be a good thing. It’s quick, quippy and colorful – three things that Snyder’s previous DC films decidedly are not.
Justice League is charged with introducing audiences to these long-teased versions of The Flash (Ezra Miller), Cyborg (Ray Fisher) and Aquaman (Jason Momoa). In terms of marketing, I suppose this is a victory: Momoa’s pumped and savage King of Atlantis has been ubiquitous in the culture long enough that by the time he’s actually in a movie (this one), his casting, remarkably, doesn’t come off as the kind of ridiculous overcompensation for years of Aquaman jokes in Entourage and 40-Year Old Virgin.
Even without the glaring knowledge that any casual fanboy knows at this point, that Joss Whedon was recruited to give this project a major late-in-the-game makeover, this whole movie is unmistakably Marvel’s The Avengers by way of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, seasons five and six. It even comes complete with some piously talking chumpwad bad guy with a high and mighty streak who’s nefariously after some glowy all-powerful cubes. The movie, plagued with major reshoots and retinkering, is operating too deeply in survival mode to be smart, witty or meta about itself like those previous Whedon projects. Through behind-the-scenes tragedy and upheaval, including wild creative shifts manifesting in numerous scenes that bellow “Last minute green-screen reshoot!!”, Justice League has made it out the door and into our faces, and isn’t awful. Mission accomplished?
The course-correction couldn’t be more obvious, not so much a step in the right direction as leap in that direction over a tall building in a single bound. Colors are, for the first time, glossy and popping. Snyder’s video game styling is somehow a bit more at home with this more digitally cartoony veneer. Wonder Woman’s home island actually looks and reads better here than it did in her own movie. In short, the aesthetic for this universe might finally be starting to gel. It’s been bumpy and messy, and they’re not there yet. But the light might be around the corner.
Yes, we get it, our heroes are flawed. This franchise has been mercilessly pounding that into our skulls since 2013. But considering the current, rapid crumbling of famous real-life personalities, maybe it’s fair to say the DC Movie Universe has been ahead of this particular curve. Or perhaps the people in charge just know it all too well: Top star Ben Affleck is now an accused sexual harasser. Director Zack Snyder is a repeat sexual leerer, shooting up the short skirts of his “strong women” characters, a consistent visual signature. Show rescuer Joss Whedon is an admitted sexual philanderer, having operated under the cover of outspoken feminism for years. DCU producer Brett Ratner is a noted sexual sleaze-bag that Gal Godot wants to go away. Not that any of that has anything to do with the mayhem playing out on screen, per se, and let he who is without sin cast the first stone, and all that. But what is prudent is that together, with this movie and others, these people have diluted and commodified major fictional events into passing inevitabilities.
For reasons that should be obvious from the dominating corporate point of view, Justice League is a movie that desperately, desperately wants to be liked. Sure, it’s likable… but it is most definitely not memorable. On one hand, we finally have a DC Universe film with Batman and Superman that parents can feel okay about taking their children to see. And finally, finally, Superman is likable and worthy of cheering for.
But on the other hand, the whole thing feels cookie-cuttery; light, disposable, and predictable at every single turn. It’s a shame that Justice League is one big shadowy yet colorful echo, but at it’s not oppressive. The jokes aren’t smart or even funny like they think they are (did Whedon do his polish on this in one night?), but at least there are jokes. In any case, even if you’ve only seen a handful of movies in the past decade, odds are you’ve seen all of this before. Twenty-five years ago, or far more recently.
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SCM Insurance Services Inc. (SCM) has made a commitment to collect, use and disclose personal information in compliance with applicable law and in such a manner that a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances.
This policy governs the collection, use, disclosure and handling of personal information in the course of the commercial activity of SCM, including the following SCM business units:
“SCM” means SCM Insurance Services Inc., Opta Information Intelligence Corp, and all of their subsidiaries and limited partnerships.
SCM’s commercial activity is subject to applicable privacy legislation. The federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) applies when personal information crosses provincial boundaries and in all provinces and territories except Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec. Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec have passed privacy legislation based on similar principals as PIPEDA that applies in each province. This Policy is based on the principles and rules set out in all applicable privacy legislation.
Definitions (specific to this policy only)
Personal Information — means information about an identifiable individual, but does not include “Business Card Information.”
Privacy Officer — means the individual or individuals appointed from time to time by SCM to be accountable for SCM compliance with this and related privacy policies.
Publicly Available Information — means information that is deemed to be publicly available as set out in applicable privacy legislation.
Business Card Information – means information about an individual’s working life or profession that is excluded from the definition of personal information in applicable privacy legislation – e.g. name, position name, work address and work telephone number.
Breach of Security Safeguards - means the loss of, unauthorized access to or unauthorized disclosure of personal information resulting from a breach of SCM’s security safeguards.
The Privacy Principles
Policy 1 – Accountability
SCM is responsible for all personal information under its control and will designate one or more individuals who will be accountable for the organization's compliance with applicable privacy legislation and its policies and procedures.
The individual appointed to be accountable for SCM compliance will be designated as the Privacy Officer. SCM will appoint an appropriate person in this capacity that has sufficient authority within the organization to ensure compliance.
The Privacy Officer may be contacted as follows:
Name: Keith P. Edwards, FCILA, CLA, FUEDĺ ELAE
Senior Vice-President, Compliance
Address: 2410, 120 Adelaide Street W., Toronto, ON M5H 1T1
E: privacy@scm.ca
SCM will use reasonable means to ensure that personal information is given a comparable level of protection while being processed by a service provider. It will do so by employing due diligence in selecting third parties, contracting with third parties and working with third parties.
SCM currently uses a customer relationship tool that is hosted in the United States and that may be used to transmit and store personal information. SCM employees, contractors and service providers may also work from outside Canada using SCM systems that are hosted in Canada. Service providers are authorized by SCM to collect, use and disclose personal information to facilitate the provision of service.
Policy 2 – Identifying Purposes
SCM will identify the purposes for which SCM collect personal information at or before the time the information is collected from individuals.
SCM may choose to identify such purposes orally or in writing. Written notification will be used whenever practical to do so. Common purposes for collection include:
verifying the circumstances surrounding loss, damage or injury;
verifying the amount payable for loss, damage or injury;
verifying the availability of benefits payable under the policy;
verifying the circumstances leading to the formation of the insurance contract;
protecting SCM and/or the insurer and/or the client against inaccuracy;
protecting SCM and/or the insurer and/or the client against fraud
SCM may choose to orally explain to individuals the purposes for which personal information is being collected and then simply place a note in the relevant file indicating that this has been done.
SCM will identify any new purposes that arise during the course of dealing with personal information – and obtain prior consent for this new use – even if SCM has already identified certain initial purposes. However, SCM will only do this when the intended new purpose truly constitutes a "new" use (i.e., when the purpose now being proposed is sufficiently different from the purpose initially identified).
Policy 3 – Consent
SCM will obtain the appropriate consent from individuals for the collection, use, or disclosure of their personal information, except where the law provides an exemption.
SCM may obtain express consent for the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information or SCM may determine that consent has been implied by the circumstances. All consent must be informed and obtained fairly without deception.
Express consent is an affirmative authorization given by the individual to SCM, either orally or in writing. Medical assessors retained to assess a claim, for example, ordinarily obtain express consent from claimants.
Implied consent is one in which SCM has not received an affirmative authorization but the circumstances make it reasonable to believe that an individual understands how SCM will collect, use or disclose personal information and has given SCM permission.
Express written consent includes a client:
signing a consent form
providing a letter, claim form or other document authorizing certain activities; and
providing an authorization electronically (through a computer).
Express, oral, consent can be given in person or over the telephone. If SCM obtains express oral consent, SCM will make note of that consent in the file.
Subject to legal exceptions, consent may be withdrawn at any time. SCM generally requires such withdrawal to be in writing. There may be serious consequences to failing to provide or withdrawing consent, such as SCM’s inability to properly investigate a claim presented or the circumstances surrounding a liability claim.
Depending on whether a new purpose is identified during the course of dealing with the personal information, SCM may choose to seek a new consent.
Exceptions — there are circumstances set out in applicable legislation that permit SCM to collect, use or disclose of personal information without consent. The scope of the exceptions vary in each applicable statute.
Policy 4 – Limiting Collection
The personal information SCM collects will be limited to that which is necessary for the purposes SCM has identified.
SCM will only collect personal information for specific, legitimate purposes. SCM will not collect personal information indiscriminately.
SCM will only collect information by fair and lawful means and not by misleading or deceiving individuals about the purpose for which information is being collected.
SCM policies and procedures relating to the limitations on collection of personal information will be communicated to staff members who collect personal information.
SCM may need to obtain personal information about individuals from third parties, for example, those parties identified in a consent form.
Policy 5 – Limiting Use, Disclosure, and Retention
Personal information will not be used or disclosed for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as required by law. SCM will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
SCM will only use or disclose personal information for legitimate, identified purposes.
SCM will retain personal information only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which it was collected.
SCM will establish minimum and maximum retention periods for records containing insured/claimant/client personal information.
Personal information that has been used to make a decision about an individual will be retained long enough to allow the individual access to the information after the decision has been made.
Personal information that is no longer required to fulfill identified purposes will be destroyed, erased, or made anonymous. See Policy 7 – Safeguards.
Policy 6 – Accuracy
The personal information SCM collects will be as accurate, complete and up-to-date as is necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used.
SCM will, on an ongoing basis, take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy and completeness of personal information under its care and control.
Individuals who provide their personal information to SCM must do so in an accurate and complete manner. SCM’s goal is to minimize the possibility that inaccurate information is used to make a decision about any individual whose personal information SCM processes.
The process for ensuring accuracy and completeness will involve:
initial collection from the insurer or other instructing principal preferably in writing
contact with the claimant/insured/client or witness and where appropriate, documenting information in a statement or by letter or e-mail
verifying accuracy as appropriate by contacting third parties (g., motor vehicle and driver licensing authorities, police, fire departments, fire marshals, authorities with jurisdiction, insurance brokers, other adjusters and any other party that can substantiate the type and nature of an occurrence or circumstance) including date, time and place of persons who may have been present and which is relied upon by an insured/claimant/client to support their claim for loss, damage or injury
facilitating assessments that are conducted by competent medical professionals
Policy 7 – Safeguards
SCM will safeguard personal information under its control in a manner that is appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.
SCM will safeguard personal information, regardless of the format in which it is held, against loss or theft, and against unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.
More sensitive information will be safeguarded by a higher level of protection.
In determining what safeguards are appropriate, SCM will consider all relevant factors. For example:
the sensitivity of the information;
the amount of information held;
the format in which the information is held; and
the foreseeable risks
When transferring personal information to a third party, SCM will remove or mask any information that is not reasonably needed by the third party.
SCM methods of protection may include:
physical measures, such as locked filing cabinets and restricted access;
organizational measures, such as security clearances and limiting access on a "need-to-know" basis;
technological measures, such as the use of passwords and encryption;
protocols for keeping physical files secure during travel;
protocols for conducting work remotely;
rules governing use of passwords and log in information; and
regular communication to employees and others to support data security.
SCM will ensure that the policies and procedures on safeguarding personal information are reasonably communicated and accessible to employees by:
training staff on the subject of personal information protection; and
having periodic staff meetings in which SCM will review the procedures and revise where appropriate.
SCM will take reasonable precautions in the disposal or destruction of personal information to prevent unauthorized parties from gaining access to the information. These measures may include securely shredding physical documents and deleting electronically stored information in a manner that prevents it from being readily recovered.
All employees must promptly report any known or suspected Breach of Security Safeguards (all “incidents”) to the Privacy Officer. SCM will investigate all reports and respond appropriately with a view to understanding incidents, containing them, mitigating the potential for harm and improving safeguarding practices to prevent future incidents.
SCM will notify individuals and regulators of a Breach of Security Safeguards in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and otherwise will notify individuals when it concludes that an incident gives rise to a real risk of significant harm.
Policy 8 – Openness
SCM will make readily available to individuals specific information about the policies and procedures relating to the management of personal information which is under the Corporation’s control.
Individuals will be able to inquire about the policies and procedures without unreasonable effort.
All staff members will be aware of who the Privacy Officer is so that members of the public can easily be informed.
SCM may choose to make information about the policies and procedures available in a variety of ways, for example:
mailing out information;
establishing a primary section on their website;
establishing a toll-free telephone number; or
establishing standardized wording to be included in letters and e-mails to the insured/claimant/client as part of their first written communication.
The information SCM makes publicly available will include:
the name or title, and the address of the Privacy Officer;
the means of gaining access to personal information held by the corporation;
a description of the type of personal information held by SCM and a general account of its use;
written information that explains the policy; and
a general list of the kinds of personal information made available to other organizations (i.e.: insurance companies and other third parties).
Policy 9 – Individual Access
Upon request, an individual will be informed of the existence, use, and disclosure of his or her personal information which is under SCM control, and may be given access to, and challenge the accuracy and completeness of that information in accordance with applicable law.
SCM will act as agent of the insurer or administrator of a self insured plan and where a written request is made by an individual to be informed of whether or not SCM holds personal information about him or her, SCM should immediately refer that inquiry to their instructing principal and ask for instructions.
To the extent that SCM is not an agent for a principal, upon written request, an individual will be informed as to whether or not SCM holds personal information about him or her. If SCM does hold such personal information, upon written request, SCM will provide access to the information, as well as a general account of its use in accordance with applicable law.
The manner in which access will be given may vary, depending on the format in which the information is held (i.e., hard copy or electronic), the amount of information held and other factors. SCM may provide original source information but not documentation that merely repeats or incorporates the information in our internal work product.
Upon written request, SCM will provide a list of third parties to whom SCM may have disclosed an individual's personal information. If SCM is unsure exactly which third parties may have received the information, SCM will provide a list of third parties likely to have received the information.
Individuals will be required to provide sufficient information to SCM to permit the corporation to provide an account of the existence, use and disclosure of personal information.
The procedure for making a request is as follows:
All requests must be made in writing.
SCM will respond to a request within 30 days after receipt of the request, unless SCM first advises the person that SCM needs a longer period to respond.
Reasons – If SCM refuses a request, SCM will inform the individual in writing of the refusal, explaining the reasons and any recourse the individual may have, including the possibility that they may file a complaint with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or provincial Privacy Commissioners.
Deemed refusal – Notwithstanding sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), if SCM does not respond within the above time limit, SCM will be deemed to have refused the request.
Costs for responding – SCM may require payment of a modest fee to cover administrative costs associated with preparing a response (and do so in accordance with applicable law).
There are also exceptions in applicable privacy legislation that may allow or require SCM to deny access. For example, applicable legislation may allow SCM to deny access when:
personal information about another person might be revealed;
commercially confidential information might be revealed;
someone's life or security might be threatened;
the information was collected without consent for the purposes related to an investigation of a breach of an agreement or contravention of the law; or
the information was generated during the course of a formal dispute resolution process.
Policy 10 – Challenging Compliance
An individual may address a challenge concerning compliance with the above policies and procedures to the Privacy Officer.
Upon request, individuals who wish to inquire or file a complaint about the manner in which SCM handled their personal information – or about SCM’s personal information policies and procedures – will be informed of their applicable complaint procedures.
To file a complaint, an individual must notify SCM in writing providing basic information and a description of the nature of the complaint.
The procedure for filing a complaint about SCM is as follows:
a written request must be filed with the Privacy Officer;
SCM will acknowledge the complaint right away;
SCM will assign someone to investigate;
SCM will give the investigator unfettered access to files and personnel, etc.;
SCM will clarify facts directly with the complainant, where appropriate; and
SCM will advise the complainant in writing of the outcome of their investigation, including any steps taken to rectify the problem, if applicable.
SCM will document all complaints, as well as the actions in response to complaints, by noting these details in the individual's file and also in a master privacy file.
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"Syrians in Raqqa tell of 'insane nights' of air strikes" (my emphasis in red):
". . . a media activist in Raqqa, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that French air strikes had targeted abandoned ISIL bases in the suburbs of the city where there are no civilians or ISIL fighters.
"It has been two insane nights. Abandoned ISIL posts were targeted at the entrance of the city, along with ISIL checkpoints and several other points. Electricity and water have been cut off as supply lines were hit too.
"We can confirm that there were no civilians killed or injured in the latest French air strikes.
"People are horrified and everyone here lives in fear. We are sure that several ISIL fighters at the checkpoints were killed in the air strikes.""
World-class American 'targeting'. Busy-work by the French, trying to appear to be fighting terror while scrupulously avoiding doing so. If the terror continues (and these was another big real threat today), I imagine even Europeans will eventually start to complain about this Zio-shit.
"Lavrov on the dangerous and double game of the US in Syria":
"The US brought a "dangerous and two-thought game" to Syria, trying at one and the same time to fight the tabu "Islamic state" and yet to use it against President Bashar Assad. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov laid out this view in an on television channel "Russia 1."
According to Minister of Foreign Affairs, the United States acted in Syria selectively and did not touch those terrorist units, which could cause damage to the government troops.
"The blows delivered to the terrorists, with analysis of these strikes for more than a year, lead to the conclusion that the hits were done selectively, I would say, more gently, and in most cases did not touch those ISIL units, which could seriously oppose the Syrian army. This is a rather dangerous and certainly double game, one not giving a representation of what the US wants," said Lavrov."
Given all the bribery and blackmail which is effectively protecting the terrorists, there will have to be real pressure put on the corrupt politicians like Hollande to actually do what they say they are doing. Otherwise a lot more people are going to die. I imagine if people stop going to all the places that politicians have left unprotected, like sports venues, performance venues, and restaurants, something may eventually be done. Until the charade stops, and terrorism is actually combated (which will, amongst other things, involve full and unqualified support for Assad, and real, not phony, attacks on ISIS), terror will continue.
Too dumb
Refuse to Remain Silent
'Sadness'
A gift from Allah
Kagan's plan
The French effort
Banana peels
Coalition of the Dodgy Opportunists
Fringe blogs
#jenesuispaschien
Various tricks
Pineapple soda
'Help me, help me'
"Experiencing the Nemesis of hubric exceptionalism...
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Israel, America, Fran...
Wut indeed
Contained the same data
Helped with the targeting
Long live Palestine
Zio-con nirvana
Wrong policies
Evil and stupid
Skinheads bouncing
A vast, open-air madhouse
Plotting a color revolution
Respectful bow indicator
Cannot be justified
If a bomb, whose bomb?
Unpeople
More radical solutions
Craziest people in the world
Political Doxing
Give these Black Boxes to the Dutch
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Youth General Assembly
EMPOWERING ENTHUSIASM IN YOUTH
+92 332 83 12 064 info@ygaglobal.org
Cake cutting Ceremony Social Night BTY'19
Great motivation speakers Mr Qasim Ali Shah with
Signed an MOU with Team Sar-e-aam.
Delegation meeting with Iftikhar Choudary
President winning Award
Youth General Assembly is an autonomous assembly that has been formed in order to provide a credible platform that instigates the true sense of public speaking, strategy making, equitable administration and non-customary legislative and social issues by empowering enthusiasm in youth for being the future ambassadors and democrats. The aim is to inculcate the convening and confronting qualities among the youth to expand their perspective and knowledge regarding true democracy and parliamentary politics
YGA believe in the power of knowledge and its capacity to mobilize human beings to create better world.
We are committed to making a difference. YGA strive for what can be rather settling for what it is.
We value performance and results to set and hold ourselves accountable to high standards.
We work as a team with different organizations and with our partners. We share ideas and try to align our efforts with those of others who are dedicated to the goals of saving the world and promote humanity.
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We work to build a better world by providing opportunities to the youth for strengthening the world through the engagement of people who share a global mindset and support international cooperation–global citizens.
Democratic System
We work to improve the socio-political system by developing passion in youth with regards to the need for change in the governance and political system of Pakistan into a truly democratic system.
Nurturing responsible global citizens who can think globally and act locally. Making youth responsible to build a better work by tackling local and global sustainability challenges.
We listen to and learn from our constituents, partners, funders, and one another. We value diverse perspectives and strive to incorporate them in our work.
President Youth General Assembly
My name is Fahad Shahbaz, Founder of Youth General Assembly and while I am studying law, I have an immense passion for public speaking and convening to confront. The urge to debate has given me a sense of individuality and has helped groom my personality. I foster for elocution, leadership, and public speaking. I strongly believe that the importance of expressing one’s opinions, irrespective of the level of diversity and the number of individuals that maybe the audience to our comments, specifically in the realms of foreign policy and global diplomacy, has immense value. I would, therefore, assert that a leadership organization is not designed to merely be a forum for individuals to represent themselves, engage in rhetoric and enjoy the sites; the objective is for all participants to comprehend the intricacies of cultural realities and global dynamics amidst multilateral policy frameworks. Youth General Assembly shall indeed be an exciting experience. I can assure each of you that the experience will truly be unparalleled. The coordination and consensus amongst the delegates represent the basic tenets of diplomacy, which is characteristic of all committees and organs of the United Nations. I would be delighted to provide as much assistance as necessary to all the delegates, both prior to and during the sessions. Step in with your democrat hats on!
Fahad Shahbaz
Sadaf Taimur
Irtaza Ali
Javeria Usman
Youth General Assembly is an autonomous assembly that has been formed in order to provide a credible platform that instigates the true sense of public speaking, strategy making, equitable administration, and non-customary legislative and social issues by empowering enthusiasm in youth for being the future ambassadors and democrats.
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Meeting with YGA Team
YGA Iftar Dinner – SOS Children Village With Javed Hashmi
YGA Culture Festival
UNESCO Week for Peace & Sustainable Development
Transgender – Iftar Dinner & Distributed Clothes by YGA
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“I love you Jim and I always will” – Actor James Gandolfini’s widow pays emotional tribute (PHOTOS)
by Rachel Ogbu
The funeral service of Sopranos actor, James Gandolfini, 51 took place at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York.
According to reports, Gandolfini’s widow Deborah Lin who just gave birth eight months ago, gave a heart-wrenching eulogy for her ‘honest, kind and loving’ husband in a New York cathedral today, as throngs of stars turned out to say goodbye to the beloved actor.
‘Jim, one of the things I loved the most was watching you be the father that you were to Michael and Lily,’ she said. ‘Thank you for the memories of the beautiful life we shared together. I love you Jim and I always will. Rest in Peace.’
Also Gandolfini’s son from a previous relationship was photographed wiping away tears and clung to his mother, Marcy Wudarski, after he walked his father’s coffin to an awaiting hearse after the service.
Michael Gandolfini was on holiday with his father last week when he tragically found him dying in an Italian hotel room.
Comforted: James Gandolfini’s son, Michael, is comforted by his mother Marcy Wudarski, left, and other family members
Son: James Gandolfini son, Michael, left, walks his father’s coffin out of the church with other pallbearers
Shaken: James Gandolfini’s wife, Deborah Lin, has to be held by family members at the funeral of her beloved husband
Tears: Gandolfini’s wife, Deborah Lin, son, Michael and ex wife Marcy Wudarski as well as his sister are seen walking the coffin to the hearse
Procession: James Gandolfini’s family is seen walking behind the coffin as the funeral service ends
Too sad: Michael wipes away tears as his mother Marcy Wudarski stands nearby following his father’s funeral
Tragic: James Gandolfini’s wife, Deborah Lin, second from right, his son, Michael and ex wife Marcy Wudarski, left cry after the funeral
Children: James Gandolfini’s son, Michael, left, helps walk his father’s coffin to the hearse, while a man carries Gandolfini’s 8-month-old daughter Lily, right
We’ve got you: James Gandolfini’s sister Leta kisses her nephew, Michael, on the head as his mother Marcy Wudarski stands behind
Embrace: Actress Edie Falco, who played James Gandolfini’s on-screen wife, Carmela, in The Sopranos hugs a fellow mourner after the funeral for the actor
Kiss goodbye: Michael Imperioli, who played Tony Soprano’s nephew, Christopher Moltisanti, kisses the hand of former co-star Lorraine Bracco, who played Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Wonderful ceremony: Actress Jamie Lynn-Sigler, who played Gandolfini’s daughter Meadow, hugs another mourner after leaving the ceremony that was described as ‘wonderful’
Baby bump: Jamie Lynn-Sigler shows off her pregnant belly after James Gandolfini’s funeral as John Turturro, right, leaves the church following the ceremony
Sombre occasion: Actor Vincent Pastore, who played Salvatore ‘Pussy’ Bonpensiero, and actress Aida Turturro, right, who played Janice Soprano at New York’s the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine on Thursday, June 27, 2013
Paying their respects: Actor Steve Carell, pictured, was among the stars who showed up to pay their respects to Gandolfini
Star-studded: Actors Julianna Margulies, left, and Chris Noth, center, leave the star-studded funeral for the beloved actor
All over: Actor Steve Schirripa, who played Bobby Baccalieri in The Sopranos, and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, right, walk out of Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine after funeral services for actor James Gandolfini
Pallbearers: Men hold umbrellas as pallbearers walk with a casket containing the body of actor James Gandolfini at Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine after funeral services for Gandolfini
Crowded: More than 1,000 friends, family and fans filled the cathedral for the service
Leaving the church: Hilaria Baldwin, left, and actress Aida Turturro, who played Janice Soprano, leave the funeral service of James Gandolfini
Traumatic: Michael Gandolfini, left, son of James Gandolfini, arrives for the funeral service of his father, whom he found dead during their Italy vacation last week
Overcome: Jamie Lynn-Sigler, breaks down after the funeral for James Gandolfini, her on-screen father in The Sopranos
On screen wife: Edith ‘Edie’ Falco, center, best known as Carmela Soprano in The Sopranos, arrives at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine for funeral service for her on-screen husband actor James Gandolfini
Stars: Actor Steve Buscemi arrives for the funeral services of James Gandolfini outside the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
Coffin: The casket of actor James Gandolfini is escorted into the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine for funeral services in New York June 27, 2013
Actresses: Actresses Edie Falco, second left, and Aida Turturro, right, who played Tony Soprano’s sister Janice, arrive for the funeral service of James Gandolfini
Respect: David Chase, with white hair, The Sopranos creator, arrives at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine for funeral service
Tragedy: Pregnant Jamie Lynn Sigler, who played his daughter Meadow, emerged from a car wearing a black dress and dark sunglasses
Crowds: Crowds gather for James Gandolfini’s funeral at The Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York
Fans: Mourners line up outside the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine for funeral service for Gandolfini
Governor: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie arrives at actor James Gandolfini’s funeral service to pay his respects to the New Jersey legend.’
Co-stars: Lorraine Bracco, right, best known for her roles as Dr. Jennifer Melfi on The Sopranos, arrives at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine for funeral
Friends: Joe Pantoliano, who played Ralph Cifaretto in The Sopranos embraced a friend ahead of James Gandolfini’s funeral
Remembering: Joe Pantoliano, right, worked alongside Gandolfini as character Ralph Cifaretto
Emotional: Actors Steve Schirripa, center, who played Bobby Baccalieri in the HBO show broke down at the church as he stood next to John Ventimiglia, who starred as restauranteur Artie Bucco
Peers turn out in force: Jerry Adler, left, who played ‘Hesh’ in The Sopranos, John Ventimiglia, who starred as Artie Bucco, right, and Steve Schirripa, who played Bobby Baccalieri, far right, were among scores of actors who arrived for Gandolfini’s funeral
Baldwin: Actor Alec Baldwin emerged from a car wearing dark sunglasses
Dressed in black: Hilaria Thomas, wife of actor Alec Baldwin, arrives at Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine as does New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, right
Much love: Actors Steve Buscemi, left, and Michael Imperioli embrace at the funeral for actor James Gandolfini as the late actor’s son, Michael, right, arrives
Friends: Actors John Ventimiglia, left who played Artie Bucco, and Michael Imperioli, right, who played Tony Soprano’s nephew Christopher Moltisanti chatted before the ceremony
Order of service: The cover of the Order of Service for the funeral of James Gandolfini is shown ahead of proceedings as actors including Dan Grimaldi, who played twins Philly and Patsy Parisi in The Sopranos
Junior: Actor Dominic Chianese, who played Corrado ‘Junior’ Soprano, Tony’s uncle, arrives at Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
Fans: Stephanie Solano, right, and her daughter Sophia wait in line outside Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine ahead of the funeral service for James Gandolfini
Flowers: A police officer directs traffic as an SUV full of flowers pulls up to the Cathedral Church of St. John The Divine on Thursday morning
NYPD: Police officers directed traffic out front of the church
His two loves: James Gandolfini’s widow Deborah Lin and his ex-wife Marcy Wudarski are devastated as they arrive at a wake in New Jersey on Wednesday for the late actor
Sad occasion: Friends and family gather to remember the late Sopranos star at this intimate wake
Fatherless: James Galdofini’s 8-month-old daughter Liliana Ruth Gandolfini is carried in to the wake
Terrible day: Gandolfini’s first wife Marcy endured a turbulent split from the star but they bonded over their 13-year-old son
Somber: Leta Gandolfini, sister of James Gandolfini’s arrives at the funeral home with other family members
Respect: The flag hung at half mast for the popular star
Paying tribute: Broadway theatres dimmed their marquee lights on Wednesday in honour of the late Sopranos star
Unusual sight: The usually brightly lit Broadway strip appeared solemn and quiet
Sorely missed: James with his wife (far right), son Michael and a friend (far left) in Italy before he died
Photos/ Captions: [H/T DailyMail]
Tags: funeral service, James Gandolfini, late Sopranos star, Paying tribute, The Sopranos
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Meet marydoodles, our February YouTube Partner On The Rise
" program, and in the end, marydoodles, was the partner featured on today's YouTube homepage.
Mary Gutfleisch came to Los Angeles by way of Minnesota and Chicago, and now spends her days making props and costumes for Epic Rap Battles of History. But her true passion is making pictures - her work spans techniques such as watercolor painting, pen and ink, and chalk drawings. And the subjects of Mary’s work are just as varied: she’s covered dragons, teddy bears, zombie-style self portraits, and she’s even captured the elusive narwhal.
Here are a few words from Mary:
First off, I’d love to give a big shout out to every single teacher who caught me drawing in their class but never made me stop. It was very rude of me. I apologize. I’ve always loved creating art and I LOVE movies and making videos! So to be able to combine the two...it feels like the best Christmas ever and it’s not even Christmas. And the most amazing thing is that this is all supported by many many many individuals (like yourself) who watch. So thank YOU! And thanks to the folks at YouTube for recognizing my channel and to all my friends over at Epic Rap Battles of History for letting me ride your coattails (I will dry clean your coat). It’s awesome to be able to connect with other artists and fans alike and I hope to inspire you as much as you’ve inspired me. Art is more accessible now than ever before and I feel lucky to be able to sharedji/kjmOMG! I JUST SPILLED HOT TEA ALL OVER MY ARM!!!
If you’ve enjoyed this monthly On The Rise blog series and want to see more rising YouTube partners, check out our On The Rise Channel. Keep an eye out for next month’s blog post, as your channel may be the next one On The Rise!
Christine Wang and Devon Storbeck, YouTube Partner Support, recently watched "The Orangutan and the Hound."
This year’s not-so-short month of February brought us lots of talented YouTube Partners as part of our monthly "On The Rise" program, and in the end, marydoodles, was the partner featured on today's YouTube homepage.
Labels: on the rise
TED’s 10 Ads Worth Spreading winners announced today
Last October, we at TED set out to recognize the best in advertising with a program called Ads Worth Spreading. We wanted to find and honor clever, engaging ads that clearly communicated a company’s ideas, sparked thoughtful conversation about advertising, and advocated for audiences, who want to be entertained, not interrupted. Agencies and industry luminaries were invited to submit nominations via YouTube.
The winners of the second Ads Worth Spreading initiative were announced moments ago at the TED Conference in Long Beach, CA. This year’s 10 winners were carefully curated to shine a spotlight on ads that break the mold through longer-form, idea-based storytelling; were driven by ideas; value human attention and intelligence, and take the time to tell a thought-provoking story.
Entries ranged from 30-second spots to five-minute mini-documentaries, as well as several custom-made TED Talk-like pieces humanizing companies and causes. The winning work will be showcased at TED2012 as well as on TED.com and you can watch them all here on YouTube. Enjoy the full list of winners below!
The 2011/12 Ads Worth Spreading are:
Chipotle: Back to the Start; Company: Chipotle; Agency: Creative Artists Agency
As he regrets the mass production and artificial methods of his industrial animal factory, a determined farmer opts to return to sustainable farming methods for the future and betterment of society.
Citizen Engagement: The Return of Ben Ali; Brand: Engagement Citoyen; Agency: Memac Ogilvy Tunisia
Although former Dictator of Tunisia President Ben Ali was ousted amidst the chaos of the Tunisian Revolution, many quickly lost interest in politics. In order to galvanize the Tunisian people out of hibernation, La Goulette shocked residents by warning the return of tyranny. 88% turned up for the October 23rd vote.
NTT Docomo Mobile Phone: Xylophone; Brand: NTT Docomo, Inc.; Agency: Drill Inc.
Organic and imaginative, NTT Docomo captures the essence of their new mobile phone to redefine nature and technology.
Microsoft/Xbox: Kinect Effect; Brand: Microsoft / Xbox; Agency: Twofifteenmccann
Pushing the realm of imagination and technology, the Kinect takes a leap into the future of education, gaming and interaction
Sharpie: Start with Sharpie; Brand: Sharpie; Agency: Draftfbc - Chicago
Cheeming Boey, builds a career around drawing on cups with Sharpies. His inspirational story is one of creativity and drive, challenging those who tried to taint his dream.
Mazda: Defy Convention; Brand: Mazda; Agency: Team Cosmos/JWT Germany/Team Mazda Europe This moving advertisement shows how their heritage helps Mazda to see things differently and overcome adversity.
L'Oreal Paris: Aimee Mullins; Brand: L'Oreal Paris; Agency: R/GA and McCann Erickson
L’Oreal’s new beauty ambassador knows a lot about challenging notions of perceived beauty and achievement, as the wearer of double prosthetic legs.
Rethink Breast Cancer: Your Man Reminder; Brand: Rethink Breast Cancer; Agency: john st.
A tongue-in-cheek assertion that women are more likely to watch a video if it features a ‘hot guy’ underpins the serious message of this video.
Prudential Day One: Linda; Brand: Prudential; Agency: Droga5
Linda Gutherie reveals the thought process and life changes behind retirement as she shares her first day of retirement.
Canal +: The Bear; Brand: Canal+; Agency: BETC Euro RSCG
A bear skin rug that becomes a movie director? Just watch it ;-)
Guest to the YouTube Blog Ronda Carnegie, Head of Global Partnerships at TED, recently watched “Back to the Start”.
Today’s guest blog post comes from Ronda Carnegie, Head of Global Partnerships at TED.
Labels: ads worth spreading , ted
Michael Fassbender and Your Film Festival
, we opened submissions to Your Film Festival, a competition to find the world's best storytellers and connect them with a global audience. Created in partnership with Ridley Scott and Scott Free London, the Venice Film Festival, and Emirates, Your Film Festival will send 10 finalists, as chosen by you, to the 2012 Venice Film Festival where a grand prize winner will receive $500,000 to work on their next project.
Today, we'd like to introduce the newest member of the Your Film Festival team, award-winning actor Michael Fassbender.
Fassbender joins Ridley Scott as a Your Film Festival juror, as well as co-executive producer on the winner's grand prize project. This means that he and Ridley will work together to produce the winner’s next film project! With credits including Shame, X-Men: First Class, 300 and Inglorious Basterds, Michael brings world-class experience ranging from some of the biggest blockbusters to the most critically acclaimed indies.
If you haven't submitted yet, consider this your 1-month warning. Submissions close on March 31 at midnight ET. For more information, check out the Your Film Festival channel.
Nate Weinstein, entertainment marketing manager, recently watched “Kevin Allocca: Why videos go viral.”
On February 2, we opened submissions to Your Film Festival, a competition to find the world's best storytellers and connect them with a global audience. Created in partnership with Ridley Scott and Scott Free London, the Venice Film Festival, and Emirates, Your Film Festival will send 10 finalists, as chosen by you, to the 2012 Venice Film Festival where a grand prize winner will receive $500,000 to work on their next project.
Labels: movies , your film festival
Captions for all: more options for your viewing and reading pleasure
in 2006, YouTube creators have uploaded more than 1.6 million videos with captions, growing steadily each year. We’ve also enabled automatic captions for 135 million videos, more than tripling the number of captioned videos available since July 2011. YouTube and Google’s video accessibility team have been hard at work, and we wanted to let you know about some of our progress over the past few months:
For YouTube viewers
More languages: We now support automatic captions and transcript synchronization in Japanese, Korean, and English. Speech recognition for those languages makes it easier for video owners to create captions from a plain transcript. Video owners can also add captions and subtitles in 155 supported languages and dialects, from Afar to Zulu. In Movies and Shows, you can even find out which subtitle languages are available before deciding to rent.
Search for videos with captions: Looking for that great quote from a video on YouTube? Add ", cc" to any search, or after searching, click Filter > CC to only see results with closed captions.
Caption settings: While watching a video, you can change the way the captions look by clicking on the “CC” icon and then the “Settings...” menu item. This includes changing the font size or colors used, and we’re planning to make this available on other platforms and add more options soon.
Broadcast caption support: If the channel owner provides a video caption file in a broadcast format, we now support its position and style information, just like you’d see on TV. This means the text can appear near the character who is speaking, italicized to indicate an off-camera narrator, or even scrolling if the original captions were generated in a real-time mode. Check out this little demo from CPC to see how it looks, or even watch a rental movie with captions like those available from The Walt Disney Studios.
For YouTube creators
More supported formats: YouTube now supports many of the common caption formats used by broadcasters, such as .SCC, .CAP, EBU-STL, and others. If you have closed captions that you created for TV or DVDs, we'll handle the conversion for you.
MPEG-2 caption import: If you upload an MPEG-2 video file that contains closed captions with CEA-608 encoding, we'll import the captions along with the video and create YouTube captions. For example, the nonprofit organization Public.Resource.Org recently added thousands of public domain videos with closed captions to YouTube, coming from government agencies like the National Archives. Here’s some insight from Carl Malamud, President, Public.Resource.Org:
Many of the DVDs and VHS tapes lying around in our vaults and attics--particularly those that were produced by governments and others that care about accessibility of their videos--already have Closed Captions embedded in them. Pulling that information out automatically and making it visible on YouTube means that these videos will continue to be accessible to new generations of viewers.
Along with the millions of people like myself who rely on captions and subtitles, we were very encouraged when the Federal Communications Commission published rules governing closed captioning requirements for video on the web, whether that’s to your computer, tablet, phone or other device. We hope these new regulations will drive captions closer to becoming ubiquitous for video everywhere, and in the meantime we’ll keep developing more ways for you to enjoy all the great channels on YouTube.
Ken Harrenstien, software engineer, recently rented “Cars 2” and was ecstatic to see its awesome captions.
Since we first announced caption support in 2006, YouTube creators have uploaded more than 1.6 million videos with captions, growing steadily each year. We’ve also enabled automatic captions for 135 million videos, more than tripling the number of captioned videos available since July 2011. YouTube and Google’s video accessibility team have been hard at work, and we wanted to let you know about some of our progress over the past few months:
Labels: accessibility , captions , new features
This week's top news on YouTube: Journalists killed in Homs, soldiers killed in Afghanistan riots, Buenos Aires train crash
channel (and @CitizenTube on Twitter), along with our curation partners @storyful, we look at how the top news stories are covered on YouTube. Each week we post a weekly recap of the top news stories of the week, as seen through the lens of both citizen-reported footage and professional news coverage.
We were shocked at the deaths of legendary war correspondent Marie Colvin and award-winning photographer Remi Ochlik, as well as citizen journalist Rami al-Sayed, who were killed while working to document what was happening inside Syria.
We heard pleas for help from two injured journalists, Edith Bouvier of Le Figaro and Paul Conroy of the Sunday Times, who are still trapped in Homs.
We witnessed riots in Afghanistan that left two US soldiers dead, sparked by the burning of religious texts by NATO troops.
We followed the GOP candidates engage in what could be their last debate on the US campaign trail, while Mitt Romney continued to be dogged by controversy.
We saw carnage in Buenos Aires as a train slammed into the platform at Once Station, killing dozens and injuring hundreds.
We watched the frozen River Danube, which caused trade along the river to be disrupted, begin to thaw, causing problems of its own.
We observed mixed emotions as Yemenis turned out to vote in their presidential elections, even though there was only one name on the ballot card; vice president Abdurabu Mansur Hadi.
We viewed the skiing world mourn the loss of three of its members, who were killed in a Washington State avalanche.
And finally, we celebrated Carnival in style with Brazil, as cities like Rio de Janeiro were packed with music and revellers.
Will Houghteling, YouTube Marketing, recently watched 'Us Placers'.
Everyday on the CitizenTube channel (and @CitizenTube on Twitter), along with our curation partners @storyful, we look at how the top news stories are covered on YouTube. Each week we post a weekly recap of the top news stories of the week, as seen through the lens of both citizen-reported footage and professional news coverage.
Get More Into: Australia’s Laneway Festival
From big-time dream-pop to big-haired rock & roll, there are plenty of reasons to love festival season in the Southern hemisphere. Following the pumped up kicks, rockabilly licks, and modern-day lullabies that brought sold out crowds across Australia for Big Day Out, we spent the day hanging at St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival in Sydney. What began as a packed side-alley show in Melbourne has quickly developed into a national touring event and a favourite summer festival.
Between sets in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Auckland, and Singapore, here’s what some of Laneway’s biggest names had to say about touring down under, the Laneway vibe, and their favorite inspirational acts on YouTube:
The Horrors get into psychadelic pop and out-of-this world sounds of Connan Mockasin
Multi-instrumentalist, arranger, producer and vocalist Jonti talks big beats and big sounds of Flying Lotus
Hear what outstanding female vocalist have inspired The Drums to come together as a band
Recorded in their same hometown, Twin Shadows’ At My Heels brings laughs & tears to electronic pop duo Chairlift
M83, known the world over for reverb effects and loud instrumentals, has his first encounter with the electronic music of Jean Michel Jarre
The Laneway crew’s just completed their tour but you can enjoy your own little taste of this iconic Australian festival right here on YouTube.
Ernesto Soriano III, YouTube Australia, recently watched “Toro y Moi ‘Still Sound’.”
Since we missed Music Tuesday this week, we wanted to take you back to Australia for another dose of the local music scene. Enjoy!
Labels: festival , music
Four new Indian languages on YouTube: Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu
opened its doors in India in May 2008, and since then we’ve been working to make YouTube accessible for the entire Indian population — and its 30 regional languages. Beyond Hindi and English, we’ve added Urdu, Marathi, Bengali, and Tamil over the years, and today we’re welcoming four more to YouTube.
Now you can navigate the site in Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu, which are spoken by almost 200 million Indians. This also brings the total of available languages on YouTube to 58.
For Telugu, we have more than 100 films of Tollywood cinema, as well as partners like vegetarian cooking channel Gayatrivantillu who make videos for the web and have a growing global audience. For Kannada, Shemaroo Kannada and Anand Audio bring you music, drama, comedy and more to your homepage guide. Fans of Malayalam cinema should check out channels like Metro Matinee Videos and Hungama Malayalam. When it comes to news, YouTube’s partners like TV 9 provide news in both Kannada and Gujarati, and TheTimesKerala offers clips in Malayalam.
Gujarati Kannada
Malayalam Telugu
We hope this helps even more of you enjoy channels on YouTube in your native language, as we work to make the site accessible around the world.
Aditi Rajwanshi, YouTube India partner manager, recently watched "Chutney for Idli, Dosa, Upma, Vada etc."
YouTube opened its doors in India in May 2008, and since then we’ve been working to make YouTube accessible for the entire Indian population — and its 30 regional languages. Beyond Hindi and English, we’ve added Urdu, Marathi, Bengali, and Tamil over the years, and today we’re welcoming four more to YouTube.
Labels: languages , new features
Game on: YouTube Creator Playbook Version 2 now available
with tips for succeeding on YouTube, things were a little different. You didn’t have all the new channel features, the homepage didn’t yet have a guide to help you find and follow to channels you like, and you were uploading 48 hours a minute.
As we work on the site, we want to make sure you’re the first to know every tip and trick to succeed on YouTube, so today we’re launching version two of the YouTube Creator Playbook. In addition to these updates, almost every page includes your feedback (thank you!). Here’s a few of the key things to look for in the new version:
New channel & homepage section
With the launch of our new channel pages and updated homepage, we’ve created a new section on how to organize your videos for different audiences, and how to program your channel to help you make the most of the feed on the YouTube homepage.
Your channel reaches a global audience, so we’ve added a new section to help creators create, program, and optimize for audiences around the world.
Updates to annotations, playlists, publishing and more
Your feedback and new features helped us update much of the playbook on topics like annotations, playlists & video responses and call to actions.
If you’re new to YouTube or the Creator Playbook, we’ve included a glossary to help you quickly learn all the site’s features, and the strategies, terms, and topics used in the playbook.
We hope this update to the YouTube Creator Playbook is a helpful tool if you’re just coming to YouTube for the first time, as well as help YouTube pros quickly learn new features to keep expanding your audience. We’ll be talking more about the new playbook during our Partner Meet-Up Livestream on YouTube.com/youtube at 5pm PT today.
Ryan Nugent, audience development strategist, recently watched “Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. - Area 52 Album Trailer.”
When we first released the YouTube Creator Playbook with tips for succeeding on YouTube, things were a little different. You didn’t have all the new channel features, the homepage didn’t yet have a guide to help you find and follow to channels you like, and you were uploading 48 hours a minute.
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From snowflakes to surfactants: meet the YouTube Space Lab regional winners
experiment ideas from sixty finalist teams, and today we have our winners! More than 100,000 of you cast your votes that combined with the scores from our panel of judges to decide the regional winners for the final stage of the competition. Find out who won below and you can meet them all on the Space Lab Channel.
14 - 16 year old regional winning teams
Asia Pacific region: Is space too cold for life to exist? by Patrick Zeng & Derek Chan from New Zealand
Europe, Middle East and Africa region: Could weightless liquids be the key to better gadgets? by Laura Calvo & María Vilas from Spain
The Americas region: Could alien superbugs cure disease on Earth? by Dorothy Chen & Sara Ma from U.S.A.
17 - 18 year old regional winning teams:
Asia Pacific region: Could liquid magnets take us deeper into space? by Sachin Kukke from India
Europe, Middle East and Africa region: Can you teach an old spider new tricks? by Amr Mohamed from Egypt
The Americas region: Could a snowflake unlock the mysteries of the universe? by Emerald Bresnahan from U.S.A
The six regional winning teams will travel to Washington, D.C., where we’ll announce the two global winners (one team from each age group). These two winners will have their experiments performed 250 miles above Earth aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and live streamed on YouTube as part of a global event celebrating science and space. While in Washington, all the teams will take part in a series of activities to honor their achievements, including the opportunity to experience weightlessness on a ZERO-G flight.
Space Lab invited budding scientists to submit a YouTube video describing an idea for an experiment that could be carried out aboard the ISS. The channel, which serves as a launch pad for discovering great space and science videos on YouTube, has received more than 50 million views worldwide throughout the course of the competition. This week we’re uploading interviews with the winners in their hometowns, so subscribe to the channel to keep up to date with all the latest from here on Earth!
Zahaan Bharmal, YouTube Space Lab lead, recently watched the “ESA Education (English)” playlist.
At the end of January, we invited you to choose your favorite YouTube Space Lab experiment ideas from sixty finalist teams, and today we have our winners! More than 100,000 of you cast your votes that combined with the scores from our panel of judges to decide the regional winners for the final stage of the competition. Find out who won below and you can meet them all on the Space Lab Channel.
Labels: education , youtube space lab
Christchurch Earthquake — One Year Later: live streaming the memorial service on YouTube
On the one year anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake, the New Zealand Herald is providing full coverage of the city’s memorial services on YouTube, commemorating the lives that were lost and those who are still affected by the tragedy. The live-stream of the memorial services starts today on NZ Herald’s YouTube channel.
On February 22, 2011, Christchurch was rocked by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake, killing 185 people and devastating much of the historic city centre. The state broadcaster’s raw coverage of the immediate aftermath was one of the most-viewed videos on YouTube on that day, as millions of people around the world stopped to watch the tragedy unfold.
Christchurch, is New Zealand’s second-largest city, located on the South Island. The idyllic town is known for its friendly people, abundant gardens, and historic stone buildings. And its convenient location makes an easy gateway to mountains, beaches — and Hobbits.
Quakes have continued in Christchurch over the last year. Despite this hardship, we remain inspired by the great resilience of the city’s residents, who have worked hard toward rebuilding their hometown and keeping alive the memory of the tragedy.
Richard North, a YouTuber from Christchurch, recently watched "John Key on Christchurch anniversary."
Cross posted from the Google New Zealand Blog.
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And the YouTube Ad Blitz winners are...
contest, the votes are in and you voted M&M’S “Just My Shell” commercial as your favorite ad of the Super Bowl!
Rounding out the top five commercials of the big game are spots from Chrysler Group, Bud Light, Chevy Silverado and Doritos:
2. Chrysler Group “Halftime in America”
3. Bud Light “Rescue Dog”
4. Chevy Silverado “2012”
5. Doritos “Man's Best Friend”
Give me the stats!
In its fifth year running, YouTube Ad Blitz has already surpassed previous years with 133M views from fans worldwide, up 43 percent from last year (as of Sunday, 2/12)...and still counting! In fact, during game time roughly 6 percent of all U.S. YouTube traffic came from people watching Super Bowl commercials on Ad Blitz.
The days that saw the highest volume of views were Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, making up 82 percent of total views received over the week. And it wasn’t just fans in the states seeking out the commercials — nearly 18 percent of all views came from outside of the U.S. Other interesting stats include:
The most popular ads drove the majority of views - 65 percent of video views came from the top ten commercials.
Google searches related to [Super Bowl commercials] peaked on Monday, but continued through the rest of the week.
More than 32 percent of all mobile votes occurred on Tablet devices, our first year running Ad Blitz on a tablet-optimized channel.
Tune into the YouTube homepage today to check out the top five spots!
Mike Yapp, director, YouTube Creative Content, recently watched “The Jeremy Lin Show at MSG!”
While America’s feelings were divided on the outcome of the game, there’s one aspect of Super Bowl Sunday that crosses team loyalties and brings us together — the commercials. This year’s commercials had something for everyone, from cute dogs to talking babies to Adriana Lima. After a week of intense competition in the YouTube Ad Blitz contest, the votes are in and you voted M&M’S “Just My Shell” commercial as your favorite ad of the Super Bowl!
Labels: ad blitz , ads , sports
Whitney Houston tributes, Athens burns, Syria protests continue - News of the Week
We paid tribute to the late Whitney Houston by compiling some of her all time classic performances.
We observed Syrian towns such as Daraa, Homs and Hama receive heavy bombardment as fighting between military forces and rebels continued.
We were saddened to hear of the death of New York Times Foreign Correspondent Anthony Shadid, who died this week while working in Syria.
We saw parts of Athens burn as protests over austerity measures in Greece turned violent.
We followed Mitt Romney as he got his campaign back on track by winning both the CPAC straw poll and the Maine caucuses.
We witnessed anger in Israel as two of the country's envoys in India and Turkey were attacked with bombs.
We viewed mourning in Honduras after a large fire claimed the lives of hundreds of inmates in a prison there.
We saw North Korea hold extravagant celebrations to celebrate the 70th birthday of their late leader Kim Jong-il.
We watched Bahrain police use tear gas to disperse large crowds marching towards a historic landmark.
We monitored the progress of Madagascar-bound Cyclone Giovanni with the help of a schoolboy reporter named John.
Finally, we gave into 'Linsanity' as NBA star Jeremy Lin's popularity exploded worldwide after he hit a last-second 3-pointer to win a game for the New York Knicks.
Come back next week to see the news unfold on YouTube.
Olivia Ma, YouTube News and Politics, recently watched "Kobe Bryant, meet Jeremy Lin -- Rough Cuts".
Labels: news , politics
A ‘Next’ step for YouTube nonprofits
to accelerate the growth of the next big YouTube stars. Then in October, we announced YouTube Next Chef and YouTube Next Trainer to turbocharge up-and-coming cooking and fitness channels by great YouTube video creators. We’re excited to share the latest addition to the Next Creator family of programs: YouTube Next Cause for nonprofits.
YouTube Next Cause is designed to help organizations that are already changing the world better use online video to drive action. At a one-day summit in San Francisco on April 2, selected participants will get access to everything from training in YouTube fundamentals, to promotion and community engagement tips, to one-on-one consulting sessions to grow their YouTube presence.
We’ve always sought to make YouTube a platform for nonprofits to broadcast their messages. And we’ve seen amazing things happen when the YouTube community comes together in support of great causes. With 4 billion views a day, we want to make sure nonprofits have the tools they need to reach the global audience on YouTube and turn video views into donations, volunteerism and awareness.
Applications for YouTube Next Cause are due on February 27, 2012 at 11:59PM PT, and the selected nonprofits will be announced on March 5. This program is open to organizations that are part of the YouTube Nonprofit Program (full eligibility requirements). You can apply online at: http://goo.gl/ODbI6.
Check out what nonprofits are doing on YouTube at youtube.com/nonprofits. And tune in around March 5 to learn more about some of the great nonprofit organizations chosen and what they’re doing to change the world!
Hunter Walk, director of product management, recently watched “Using YouTube with a Purpose - Helping Kids in Bangladesh.”
Last year we launched YouTube NextUp to accelerate the growth of the next big YouTube stars. Then in October, we announced YouTube Next Chef and YouTube Next Trainer to turbocharge up-and-coming cooking and fitness channels by great YouTube video creators. We’re excited to share the latest addition to the Next Creator family of programs: YouTube Next Cause for nonprofits.
Labels: nonprofits , YouTube NextUp , youtube nonprofit program
Get More Into: Big Day Out and the Australian music scene
) and anxiously await the first signs of spring, the Australian summer is all about the outdoors. Music lovers are flocking to the land down under where summer festival season is alive and rocking, and even more are coming to YouTube to catch all the sights and sounds.
During the Australian Recording Industry Association awards, we asked a few of your favorite Aussie musicians what YouTube videos get them pumped up. We rang in the new year with a live streamed sustainable arts & music festival. And here, in the heart of summer 2012, we asked three of your favourite musicians in town for Big Day Out how they get into music in YouTube
The Vaccines: all from different backgrounds & tastes and less than a year old as a band, see what live gigs helped inspire the boys from West London to record their first album in just under a month late last year:
The Living End: with six albums, each one a milestone, watch legendary Aussie rockers get into their favorite 80s anthems, from big wigs to big gigs:
Foster The People: From relative obscurity to one of the most talked about bands on the globe (to the tune of more than 63 million views on YouTube!) watch what mischievious musicians have inspired these pumped-up kicks through sold-out shows all across Australia:
So if you’re on a ski lift, by a fire, or just waiting around till the snow thaws...we hope you can enjoy a taste of the Aussie music summer, right here on YouTube.
Ernesto Soriano III, YouTube Australia, recently watched “The Vaccines: Wetsuit instagram video.”
While those in the Northern hemisphere hit the slopes (Shaun White, anyone?) and anxiously await the first signs of spring, the Australian summer is all about the outdoors. Music lovers are flocking to the land down under where summer festival season is alive and rocking, and even more are coming to YouTube to catch all the sights and sounds.
Labels: big day out , music
YouTube Release Notes: More ways to communicate
and watching more videos, so we’re working to keep adding more ways for you to watch, share and enjoy the channels and videos on YouTube. This week in Release Notes we’ve got a new way to promote your Google+ profile on YouTube, more options in the Annotations Editor, posting to your Channel Feed and more.
Google+ profile on YouTube channel
Want to share your Google+ profile or Google+ Page on your YouTube channel? We’ve added a feature to let you promote your presence on G+. We’re looking for other ways to bring the benefits of Google+ to your YouTube channel, so as always please give us your feedback!
Post videos, playlists to your own feed
You can now share videos and playlists in your Channel Feed by posting a Channel Bulletin. When you’re on your Feed tab you’ll see a box “Post to Feed,” where you can enter a comment and add a link to share a video or a playlist. When you’ve posted the bulletin, it will show up in your Channel Feed with your comment below the video. Viewers who are subscribed to your channel will be notified when you post to your feed in their homepage feed.
Homepage and Channel Feeds
After experiments and lots of your feedback, we’re releasing an update to how events are displayed in the feed. The update focuses on three main changes: (1) the video title is more prominent for upload and sharing events, (2) aggregated events now feature a “+more” button which will bring more attention to the event than the previously smaller notification and (3) adding videos to a playlist has a new cleaner styling.
Before: After:
Customizing your videos is easier with our new annotations features. We’ve been adding more options to the Annotations Editor like a new annotation type, a full color palette and a new timeline. We’ve also added annotation styles, which lets you choose a templated design to apply to your videos. You can quickly pick a design for your annotation and apply it your video. Start using these today in the Editor by clicking the arrow next to any upload in the Video Manager.
The YouTube Team recently watched, “KevJumba vs. NY Yankee Nick Swisher Ping Pong FaceOFF.”
You keep adding and watching more videos, so we’re working to keep adding more ways for you to watch, share and enjoy the channels and videos on YouTube. This week in Release Notes we’ve got a new way to promote your Google+ profile on YouTube, more options in the Annotations Editor, posting to your Channel Feed and more.
Labels: channels , google+ , new features , release notes
More sports channels kick off on YouTube
we’ve added more hard-hitting channels for all the YouTube sports fanatics out there. See the latest controversy in the world of soccer, watch insider interviews with basketball pros, or get smart with in-depth sports documentaries and analysis.
Bleacher Report: From Linsanity to Tebowing, Bleacher Report has your sports fix covered. Bleacher Report's channel showcases the fun and entertaining side of sports with their flagship daily show BR5, provides a full throttle fill of football with NFL Draft 365 and their college football recruiting show Full Ride. The documentary series Why We Watch uncovers the great stories that dot the sports landscape. With in-depth opinion and analysis, top athlete and celeb appearances and much more, Bleacher Report will get you a front row seat for the latest in sports.
KickTV: Kick is where soccer fanatics -- football for all you global diehards -- can get their regular dose of “the beautiful game”. Every day, Kick’s roster of international stars and pundits debate the hot-button topics on The Mixer. On The Whip, Kick’s experts highlight the good, the bad, and the ugly from around YouTube’s football world. History buffs can dip into the past to catch full matches on the Kick Classics channel, while aspiring stars can learn the game in the Academy channel. From London to Los Angeles, Buenos Aires to Barcelona, Kick will be covering the world’s most popular sport with unparalleled breadth and depth.
The NOC: Bringing you the world’s most famous sports stars like you’ve never seen them before, the NOC is a 24-hour channel devoted to athlete lifestyle and comedy. Original shows include Say What, a funny take on what athletes say in social media. The Ice Bucket offers an inside look at how athletes unwind off the field. And FaceOff features athletes competing against celebrities and YouTube stars. Stay tuned for new comedy sketches every month.
Just program these new channels into your homepage now to get some of the latest and greatest on sports!
Ty Barnes, strategic partner development manager, recently watched “Lin for the Win...Jeremy Lin hits game winner in Toronto!”
Hot on the heels of the launch of four new action sports channels we’ve added more hard-hitting channels for all the YouTube sports fanatics out there. See the latest controversy in the world of soccer, watch insider interviews with basketball pros, or get smart with in-depth sports documentaries and analysis.
Labels: channels , sports
Music Tuesday: Live music, original music channels and more
, including two live performances and a new selection of channels bringing you closer to the music you love.
Jason Mraz and Sleigh Bells live
It’s February 14 and Jason Mraz wants to be your Valentine. He’ll be dropping into YouTube’s New York HQ to perform a selection of his favorite love songs as part of the YouTube Presents series. Tune in at 1:30pm PT.
And there’s more! Brooklyn-based noise pop duo Sleigh Bells have been wowing audiences with their debut album Treats and live performances. We’ll be giving you a front row seat at their show this Friday night at Terminal 5 in NYC. Catch them on the new Bowery Presents YouTube Channel at 7:30pm PT. And speaking of the Bowery Presents channel...
Noisey, Pitchfork and Bowery come to YouTube
In October, we told you even more great folks were coming to YouTube, and we’ve already seen new channels from areas like action sports, education and autos. Over the next months we’ll be introducing you to the new kids on the YouTube music block and highlighting our favorite shows. To get you started, check-out three new channels entering the world this week, bringing you exclusive performances, behind-the-scenes interviews, news and entertainment.
Vice’s Noisey YouTube Channel lets music fans watch live music, follow the bands they love, and discover the artists who are on the rise — all with that unmistakable Vice feeling. We’re already digging the acerbic reviews from Record Store Dude.
Since 2008, Pitchfork.tv, has produced award-winning video, documenting independent music as it happened. Beginning February 17, they bring a host of new shows exclusively on their YouTube channel, including Pitchfork Weekly, +1 and Sixty Seconds Left, featuring 1-minute snapshots of artists doing crazy things.
Along with live broadcasts from Bowery’s iconic venues, the new Bowery Presents YouTube Channel will be be a hub for music films and intimate acoustic performances from the industry's leading and emerging artists.
If you like any of these channels, subscribe so you can get all their new videos and updates on your homepage, and see even more tunes on the YouTube music page.
Tim Partridge, music marketing manager, recently watched “Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance WIth Somebody.”
We’ve quite the week of music ahead of us on YouTube, including two live performances and a new selection of channels bringing you closer to the music you love.
Labels: channels , jason mraz , music tuesday
Brazil’s Carnival goes social with Google
), not everyone will have the chance to fly to Brazil to experience what are arguably the largest annual street festivals (+ music concerts + dance parties + culture fests) in the world.
Every year, Brazilian cities compete to be the country’s top Carnival destination: This year, we’re bringing you the sights, sounds and energy of Brazilian Carnival directly from the streets of Salvador (Brazil’s first capital and one of the oldest cities in the the Americas) through Google+, YouTube and Orkut.
From February 16 to 21 — the height of the festival and the peak of Brazil’s summer — you’ll be able to:
Watch the festivities wherever you are in the world on the Carnival YouTube Channel. Starting Thursday, February 16, you’ll have access to everything from a live transmission of the streetfest to videos of bands who have traveled to Salvador to host the party. You’ll even be able to chat with other YouTube users who are watching the party with you from around the world through a map we’ve integrated just for the occasion.
Chat with bands and watch live interviews on Google+. Chat with some of the Brazilian bands who have joined the festivities in real time by sending questions via Google+ and Orkut. You’ll also be able to watch celebrity interviews running live throughout the week on the AoVivo (Live) Google+ Page and transmitted simultaneously on YouTube and Orkut.
Even if you didn’t have a chance to get a plane ticket to Brazil, there’s no reason not to experience the energy of this year’s 2012 Carnival. Find out more about how you can be part of the party on +AoVivo, Orkut or on our Carnival YouTube Channel.
Flavia Simon, head of consumer marketing, Brazil, recently watched "President Obama sings Al Green: Let's Stay Together in 2012."
While you may have heard of Brazil’s Carnival (or Carnaval), not everyone will have the chance to fly to Brazil to experience what are arguably the largest annual street festivals (+ music concerts + dance parties + culture fests) in the world.
Labels: carnival , google , youtube
Woo your Valentine with help from YouTube
still in existence today is a poem written by a Frenchman, Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was locked away in the Tower of London. On Valentine's Day he sent his wife a rhyming love letter. Written in 1415, this poem now lives in the British Library in London.
The Duke had 25 years in prison to craft poems to make his love swoon, but you have just one day until Valentine’s Day to woo the one you love. So look no further than YouTube to find some inspiration.
Find the way into your Valentine’s heart through his or her stomach with the help of some of YouTube’s cooking channels. From romantic fondue dips to red velvet vegan cupcakes to recipes for raw food hearts, you’re sure to find a dish for any loved one’s palette.
Whatever your budget, whomever your Valentine, truly great gifts are thoughtful and personal. From an origami bouquet of roses to a sentimental deck of cards to tips for creating a romantic dinner at home, YouTube channels have great gift ideas for you.
Finally, are you thinking about asking someone special an important question this Valentine’s Day? The YouTube Slam team cooked up a Valentine's Day Slam of romantic proposals to help you get inspired! Watch the proposals side by side and vote for whichever pulls on your heartstrings or even brings tears to your eyes. And don’t forget to check out the top voted proposals.
Jessica Mason, communications associate, recently watched “How to cook a lobster for Valentine's Day!”
The oldest known Valentine still in existence today is a poem written by a Frenchman, Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was locked away in the Tower of London. On Valentine's Day he sent his wife a rhyming love letter. Written in 1415, this poem now lives in the British Library in London.
Labels: valentine's day , youtube slam
Content rules the social media roost
2012 is being touted as being THE year for web video. Between YouTube’s investment in original channels, Netflix’s original content deals, and Tom Hanks partnering with Yahoo on original programming, there is confidence that these investments help make this a game-changing year.
At the center of online video’s success is social. In fact the futures of both social and content are highly intertwined. Content needs social and social needs content. Social allows for the discovery and sharing of content and video gives people something to share and discover through their social graphs.
Social Media Week reflects the global impact of social media on all aspects of business, society, and culture, and content is no different. From the importance of quality and engaging content, to the distribution and measurement, content’s role is highlighted in a series of events listed below.
BigScreen LittleScreen: Web Video Content Screenings and Discussion
Social TV: Opportunities for Broadcasters & Advertisers
My Social TV app thinks I'm my dad: Privacy Issues in the Age of Convergence
The Mobile-Social Living Room: How Emerging Media Is Reviving the Live TV Experience
Making Video Rock
AktionX: We Produce our own music- Video with dogs of shame!
How to get more views for your YouTube Videos
Guest to the YouTube Blog Paul Kontonis, International Academy of Web Television Chairman of the Board of Directors, and VP/Group Director at Digitas, recently watched “Working with Brands and Content Creators - 2012 IAWTV Awards Panel.”
Today we welcome Paul Kontonis of the International Academy of Web Television and Digitas to get us ready for Social Media Week, with a look at video on the web.
Labels: guest post , social media week
Introducing our February “On The Rise” Nominees
program. Our February nominees include both entertainers and educators. Need a car repair tip or fun baking ideas? Want to learn about music production, or watch a drawing come to life? Look no further than the Partner videos below.
So, where do you come in? One of these partners will be featured on the YouTube homepage, and you can help them get there. Check out their videos below and vote for your favorite in the top right corner of this blog. In addition to your votes, each Channel will be evaluated on criteria such as audience engagement and Channel optimization to decide which Channel will be featured on the homepage, Facebook and Twitter at the end of the month.
In past months, Partners like ThePortraitArt and CaliforniaTravelTips have seen tremendous growth in their audience thanks to your support. You have until February 17th at 5pm PT to vote for your favorite Channel. Check back to see who secured the homepage feature on February 28th.
marydoodles
Hailing from Los Angeles, Mary’s day job involves creating props and costumes for Epic Rap Battles of History. Her real hobby, though, is drawing - she’s been doing it her whole life. Check out Mary’s channel to witness her talent in motion.
yoyomax12
Need creative baking ideas for Valentine’s day, birthdays, or other special occasions? Whether you’re an experienced baker or just learning to bake, Tammy’s channel offers easy-to-follow instructional videos packed with fun ideas and recipes for cookies, bars, and cupcakes.
wwwboyinabandcom
Dave is passionate about music. He’s in a band, and he’s dedicated his YouTube channel to hosting free music production tutorials. Listen to his original music, learn how to set up a home studio, read music software/hardware reviews, and more on this Telford, England, native’s channel.
EricTheCarGuy
Eric is a certified master technician dedicated to the art of auto repair and helping the “do-it-yourselfer.” He attended art school, but then shifted his focus to automotives and hasn’t looked back. Check out his channel to learn how to drive a stick shift, replace a fuel pump, or shim a starter.
If you’re interested in checking out more rising YouTube Partners, visit our On The Rise channel, which features nominees, trending partners and monthly blog winners.
Devon Storbeck and Christine Wang, YouTube Partner Support, recently watched “9 Year Old Jonny Mizzone - How Mountain Girls Can Love - Sleepy Man Banjo Boys.”
Each month, we identify four YouTube Partners whose Channels have experienced significant growth and are on the cusp of really taking off for our On The Rise program. Our February nominees include both entertainers and educators. Need a car repair tip or fun baking ideas? Want to learn about music production, or watch a drawing come to life? Look no further than the Partner videos below.
Labels: channels , on the rise , partners , youtube partner
Syria unrest, Denver snowstorm, earthquake in the Philippines
(and @CitizenTube on Twitter), along with our curation partners @storyful, we look at how the top news stories are covered on YouTube. Each week we post a weekly recap of the top news stories of the week, as seen through the lens of both citizen-reported footage and professional news coverage.
We watched the situation in Syria deteriorate into almost relentless violence as military forces laid siege to neighborhoods in Homs.
We witnessed unrest in the Maldives as President Mohamed Nasheed resigned, handing over power to vice president Mohammed Waheed Hassan Manik.
We monitored the harsh weather in the United States, as cities like Denver suffered record snowfall.
We saw the New York Giants win their fourth Super Bowl, and the resulting celebrations in New York City.
We followed the GOP candidates continue their toil on the US campaign trail as Rick Santorum pulled off the hat-trick of Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri.
We were saddened as scores were killed or injured after a powerful earthquake rocked the Philippines.
We viewed pro & anti-Putin protesters brave the cold in Moscow to voice their opinion of Russia's polemical Prime Minister.
We observed public anger in Greece despite officials announcing that coalition partners had reached a bailout deal.
Posted by Olivia Ma, YouTube News and Politics Manager, recently watched "War Torn: An Iraq Veteran's Story."
Tighten your laces as we head to the “Fastest Track in the World”
is regarded as the most historic indoor track & field event in the world, and is now coming to YouTube for the first time.
This event serves as a homecoming for the country’s top men’s and women’s athletes aiming for Olympic Gold in London as they sprint to the finish line on the "world’s fastest indoor track." You can watch the Millrose Games livestream in HD on YouTube starting at 1pm PT Saturday, February, 11, 2012. The premiere showcase begins at 3:45pm PT and runs through the famed Wanamaker Mile around 7pm PT.
Highlights of the event include Olympic gold medalist LaShawn Merritt in pursuit of the first sub-minute 500m dash. Also, three of the women slated to run in the 400-meter dash have won Gold at the Olympic Games, so you can watch Sanya Richards-Ross, Natasha Hastings and Mary Wineberg go head to head.
Get your stopwatches ready as the 2012 Millrose Games are expecting to see top talent challenge long-standing records. You can get even more into track and field on YouTube Sports.
Julie Kikla, YouTube Sports, recently watched “Worlds fastest man meets his match.”
The Millrose Games is regarded as the most historic indoor track & field event in the world, and is now coming to YouTube for the first time.
Labels: livestream , sports
Your front row seat to Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in NYC
, presented by Maybelline NY, is your ticket to the hottest shows including Diane Von Furstenberg, Michael Kors, and Vera Wang.
Fashionistas from around the world can watch around 30 of today’s hottest designers live streamed from NYC. You can also find fashion and beauty tutorials, behind-the-scenes action, interviews with designers, models, celebrities and more, all at www.youtube.com/liverunway.
Tune in today through February 16 for the live stream. You can also add your favorite shows to your calendar from the designer line-up schedule on the channel.
Jamie Reichstein, lifestyle program manager, recently watched “Sporty Look for Spring 2012: Trend Report.”
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week kicks off today, and you can be front row at the Lincoln Center. YouTube Live From the Runway, presented by Maybelline NY, is your ticket to the hottest shows including Diane Von Furstenberg, Michael Kors, and Vera Wang.
Labels: fashion , live stream
Lightsabers Out: May the Force Be With Us!
coming to a YouTube near you!
Humans of the ‘Tube! I am BEYOND pleased to blab about something which has been brewing and bubbling at Nerdist Industries for the past few months that is finally ready to spill over into the public consciousness. And now, a leading question! Are you going to San Diego Comic-Con this year? If so, how are you getting there? Plane? Bus? Rickshaw? Pack mule? Some type of matter disassembler/reassembler? Whatever your answer, I’m sure that “on foot” was not on the list….UNTIL NOW!!!
Nerdist Industries—in an exclusive partnership with Lucasfilm and Machinima—is proud to announce COURSE OF THE FORCE, a five-day Olympic-torch-style lightsaber relay run that begins at Santa Monica pier on Saturday, July 7th and ends in San Diego on Wednesday, July 11th (just in time for preview night of SDCC ’12)!
Yes! You heard right (with your eyes)! We are going to run down the California coast—lightsaber ahoist (not a real word)—and pass it off, one nerd at a time. Segments are purchasable in quarter-mile increments and ALL proceeds from your segment monies will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. See? It’s not just a vanity exercise! It actually benefits a wonderful charity.
Here’s some backstory you didn’t ask for! In 2012, I will be attending my 9th San Diego Comic-Con. While I always look forward to that extended weekend of Nerdvana, I sometimes feel a bit like the commercial shininess of it slightly eclipses its intended spirit. To me, going to Cons as a kid was all about having a safe haven—a place where like-minded folks could come together to celebrate nerdly passions and accept each other for the oddball (by the larger and more boring sector of society’s standards) stuff we were all into. Ultimately, it should be the most fun thing of the year. For poop sake, most of you save up your whole year of cash and vacation time to go to SDCC so why not run at it screaming?? This is a rare opportunity to dress like a Sith (or ANYTHING of your choosing, Star Wars-y or not) and run down the beach while power chanting with a glowing sword made of light in your hand. On ANY OTHER DAY that would easily get you arrested or at the very least, detained. Don’t feel like running but want to support someone who is? FINE! Join us for parties, live music and comedy each night along the way.
Space is limited to about 500 running slots so snatch yours POST HASTE at courseoftheforce.com. In addition to a place on the Course, you’ll also get a limited edition lightsaber of your very own and a swag bag that would make a scavenging Jawa jealous. Great swag, general public silliness and a celebration of Nerd pride...all for an amazing cause. Please join us in taking the Con out of the hall and stretching it to a full week of activities as we storm the yellow brick road (sand) to Oz (SDCC)!
If you are geographically challenged and can’t make it out to Southern California in July, the entire relay will be livestreamed at YouTube.com/nerdist, aka, The Nerdist Channel. WHAT IS THAT??? Excellent query, Person! The Nerdist Channel on YouTube is a partnership between Nerdist Industries, The Jim Henson Company, and Broadway Video. We officially launch April 1 and will be bringing you nerd-centric programming with such folks as me, Neil Patrick Harris, Rob Zombie, Awkward Family Videos, The Dudesons and The Kids in the Hall, just to name a few. Additionally, we’ll have programs that cover gaming, science, tech and cosplay. Shows with other people you may recognize as being relevant to your interests will be announced VERY soon so keep an eye glued to Nerdist.com for that business!
Also, if you’ve read this far, you are a nice person and I heartily thank you.
Guest YouTube blogger Chris Hardwick hosts The Nerdist Podcast, AMC’s Talking Dead, and recently watched “COURSE OF THE FORCE - An Epic Journey”. He also enjoys synth-driven rock music and Salt & Vinegar chips.
Today we’d like to welcome Chris Hardwick, actor, comedian, writer, and general nerd enthusiast, to the YouTube Blog to announce a truly “out of this world” event. Keep an eye out for Chris on The Nerdist Channel coming to a YouTube near you!
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Television » Price List » Best LED Televisions under ₹ 40000 in India (January, 2020)
Best LED Televisions under ₹ 40000 in India (January, 2020)
Here is a list of the Best Televisions under ₹ 40000 in India. Check out their specifications & compare their prices across the leading online stores to take advantage of the amazing deals happening at the moment.
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VU (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (55UH7545)
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The VU (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (55UH7545) has a 55 Inch 4K LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 Pixels. The VU (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (55UH7545) features 2 HDMI Ports, 2 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The VU (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (55UH7545) comes with a warranty period of 2 Years.
The lowest price for VU (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (55UH7545) in is Rs. 39999.
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Sanyo (49 Inch) 4K LED TV (XT-49S8200U)
The Sanyo (49 Inch) 4K LED TV (XT-49S8200U) has a 49 Inch 4K LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 Pixels. The Sanyo (49 Inch) 4K LED TV (XT-49S8200U) features 2(Side), 1(Bottom) HDMI Ports, 1(Side), 1(Bottom) USB Ports, 1(Side) Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Sanyo (49 Inch) 4K LED TV (XT-49S8200U) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Sanyo (49 Inch) 4K LED TV (XT-49S8200U) in is Rs. 39999.
TCL (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (55P6US)
The TCL (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (55P6US) has a 55 Inch 4K LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 Pixels. The TCL (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (55P6US) features 3 HDMI Ports, 2 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The TCL (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (55P6US) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for TCL (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (55P6US) in is Rs. 39990.
Philips (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43PFL4451)
The Philips (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43PFL4451) has a 43 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The Philips (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43PFL4451) features 3 HDMI Ports, 2 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Philips (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43PFL4451) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Philips (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43PFL4451) in is Rs. 39990.
Daiwa (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (D55QUHD-M10)
The Daiwa (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (D55QUHD-M10) has a 55 Inch 4K LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 Pixels. The Daiwa (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (D55QUHD-M10) features 3 HDMI Ports, 2 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Daiwa (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (D55QUHD-M10) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Daiwa (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (D55QUHD-M10) in is Rs. 39990.
Panasonic (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (VIERA TH-43FX650D)
The Panasonic (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (VIERA TH-43FX650D) has a 43 Inch 4K LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 Pixels. The Panasonic (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (VIERA TH-43FX650D) features 3(Side) HDMI Ports, 1(Side), 1(Rear) USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Panasonic (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (VIERA TH-43FX650D) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Panasonic (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (VIERA TH-43FX650D) in is Rs. 39950.
Haier (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (LE55B9500U)
The Haier (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (LE55B9500U) has a 55 Inch 4K LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 Pixels. The Haier (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (LE55B9500U) features 4 HDMI Ports, 1 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Haier (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (LE55B9500U) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Haier (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (LE55B9500U) in is Rs. 39400.
LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LH516A)
The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LH516A) has a 43 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LH516A) features 1(Rear) HDMI Ports, 1(Side) USB Ports, 1(Rear) Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LH516A) comes with a warranty period of 2 Years.
The lowest price for LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LH516A) in is Rs. 39000.
Samsung (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (UA40J5100AR)
The Samsung (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (UA40J5100AR) has a 40 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The Samsung (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (UA40J5100AR) features 2 HDMI Ports, 2 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, (Bottom) Speakers among many of its other features. The Samsung (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (UA40J5100AR) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Samsung (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (UA40J5100AR) in is Rs. 39000.
Panasonic (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (VIERA TH-43EX480DX)
The Panasonic (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (VIERA TH-43EX480DX) has a 43 Inch 4K LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 Pixels. The Panasonic (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (VIERA TH-43EX480DX) features 1(Side), 2(Bottom) HDMI Ports, 2(Side) USB Ports, 1(Side) Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Panasonic (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (VIERA TH-43EX480DX) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Panasonic (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (VIERA TH-43EX480DX) in is Rs. 38990.
LG (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43UK6560PTC)
The LG (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43UK6560PTC) has a 43 Inch 4K LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 Pixels. The LG (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43UK6560PTC) features 2(Side), 2(Rear) HDMI Ports, 1(Side), 1(Rear) USB Ports, 1(Rear) Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The LG (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43UK6560PTC) comes with a warranty period of 3 Years.
The lowest price for LG (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43UK6560PTC) in is Rs. 38990.
LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LJ525T)
The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LJ525T) has a 43 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LJ525T) features 2 HDMI Ports, 1 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LJ525T) comes with a warranty period of 2 Years.
The lowest price for LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LJ525T) in is Rs. 38900.
LG (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (40LF6300)
The LG (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (40LF6300) has a 40 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The LG (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (40LF6300) features 3(Side) HDMI Ports, 3(Side) USB Ports, 1(Rear) Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The LG (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (40LF6300) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for LG (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (40LF6300) in is Rs. 38500.
Onida (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LEO50FNAB2)
The Onida (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LEO50FNAB2) has a 50 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The Onida (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LEO50FNAB2) features 2 HDMI Ports, 2 USB Ports, Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Onida (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LEO50FNAB2) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Onida (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LEO50FNAB2) in is Rs. 38100.
Lloyd (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (L50FLS)
The Lloyd (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (L50FLS) has a 50 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The Lloyd (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (L50FLS) features 2 HDMI Ports, 1 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Lloyd (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (L50FLS) comes with a warranty period of 3 Years.
The lowest price for Lloyd (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (L50FLS) in is Rs. 37999.
The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LH547A) has a 43 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LH547A) features 1 HDMI Ports, 1(Side) USB Ports, 1(Rear) Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LH547A) comes with a warranty period of 2 Years.
Videocon (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (VKV50FH16XAH)
The Videocon (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (VKV50FH16XAH) has a 50 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The Videocon (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (VKV50FH16XAH) features 4 HDMI Ports, 2 USB Ports, Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Videocon (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (VKV50FH16XAH) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Videocon (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (VKV50FH16XAH) in is Rs. 37990.
Onida (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43UIC)
The Onida (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43UIC) has a 43 Inch 4K LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 Pixels. The Onida (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43UIC) features 3 HDMI Ports, 2 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Onida (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43UIC) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Onida (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43UIC) in is Rs. 37928.
Haier (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LE50B9000M)
The Haier (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LE50B9000M) has a 50 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The Haier (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LE50B9000M) features 2 HDMI Ports, 2 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Haier (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LE50B9000M) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Haier (50 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LE50B9000M) in is Rs. 37900.
Haier (49 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LE49B7000)
The Haier (49 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LE49B7000) has a 49 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The Haier (49 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LE49B7000) features 2 HDMI Ports, 2 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Haier (49 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LE49B7000) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Haier (49 Inch) Full HD LED TV (LE49B7000) in is Rs. 37900.
VU (50 Inch) 4K LED TV (LEDN50K310X3D)
The VU (50 Inch) 4K LED TV (LEDN50K310X3D) has a 50 Inch 4K LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 Pixels. The VU (50 Inch) 4K LED TV (LEDN50K310X3D) features 4 HDMI Ports, 3 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The VU (50 Inch) 4K LED TV (LEDN50K310X3D) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for VU (50 Inch) 4K LED TV (LEDN50K310X3D) in is Rs. 37383.
LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LJ619V)
The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LJ619V) has a 43 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LJ619V) features 1 HDMI Ports, 2 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LJ619V) comes with a warranty period of 2 Years.
The lowest price for LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LJ619V) in is Rs. 37243.
Lloyd (40 Inch) 4K LED TV (L40UJR)
The Lloyd (40 Inch) 4K LED TV (L40UJR) has a 40 Inch 4K LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 Pixels. The Lloyd (40 Inch) 4K LED TV (L40UJR) features 4(Rear) HDMI Ports, 3(Rear) USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Lloyd (40 Inch) 4K LED TV (L40UJR) comes with a warranty period of 3 Years.
The lowest price for Lloyd (40 Inch) 4K LED TV (L40UJR) in is Rs. 37000.
Daiwa (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (D55UVC6N)
The Daiwa (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (D55UVC6N) has a 55 Inch 4K LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 Pixels. The Daiwa (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (D55UVC6N) features 2(Bottom) HDMI Ports, 3(Side) USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Daiwa (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (D55UVC6N) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Daiwa (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (D55UVC6N) in is Rs. 36999.
Panasonic (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (VIERA TH-40D200DX)
The Panasonic (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (VIERA TH-40D200DX) has a 40 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The Panasonic (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (VIERA TH-40D200DX) features 2 HDMI Ports, 2 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Panasonic (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (VIERA TH-40D200DX) comes with a warranty period of .
The lowest price for Panasonic (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (VIERA TH-40D200DX) in is Rs. 36990.
Mitashi (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (MiDE040v01)
The Mitashi (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (MiDE040v01) has a 40 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The Mitashi (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (MiDE040v01) features 3 HDMI Ports, 3 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Mitashi (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (MiDE040v01) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Mitashi (40 Inch) Full HD LED TV (MiDE040v01) in is Rs. 36990.
CLOUDWALKER (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (CLOUD TV 55SU)
The CLOUDWALKER (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (CLOUD TV 55SU) has a 55 Inch 4K LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 Pixels. The CLOUDWALKER (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (CLOUD TV 55SU) features 3 HDMI Ports, 2 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The CLOUDWALKER (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (CLOUD TV 55SU) comes with a warranty period of 2 Years.
The lowest price for CLOUDWALKER (55 Inch) 4K LED TV (CLOUD TV 55SU) in is Rs. 36990.
VU (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43S6535)
The VU (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43S6535) has a 43 Inch 4K LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 3840 x 2160 Pixels. The VU (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43S6535) features 4 HDMI Ports, 3 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The VU (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43S6535) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for VU (43 Inch) 4K LED TV (43S6535) in is Rs. 36900.
The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LJ522T) has a 43 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LJ522T) features 2(Rear) HDMI Ports, 1(Rear) USB Ports, 1(Rear) Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The LG (43 Inch) Full HD LED TV (43LJ522T) comes with a warranty period of 2 Years.
Lloyd (49 Inch) Full HD LED TV (L49FYK)
The Lloyd (49 Inch) Full HD LED TV (L49FYK) has a 49 Inch Full HD LED Display Panel, with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 Pixels. The Lloyd (49 Inch) Full HD LED TV (L49FYK) features 2 HDMI Ports, 2 USB Ports, 1 Headphone jacks, 2 Speakers among many of its other features. The Lloyd (49 Inch) Full HD LED TV (L49FYK) comes with a warranty period of 1 Year.
The lowest price for Lloyd (49 Inch) Full HD LED TV (L49FYK) in is Rs. 36600.
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Home » Business » Business News » Tesla’s Musk Deepens Panasonic Ties With Solar Parts Deal
Tesla’s Musk Deepens Panasonic Ties With Solar Parts Deal
by Bloomberg
Tesla Motors Inc. unveiled plans to collaborate with Panasonic Corp. to make solar-energy components for SolarCity Corp., bolstering Elon Musk’s final push to merge the automaker and solar company.
Production of photovoltaic cells and modules for solar-energy systems used by SolarCity will begin in 2017 at SolarCity’s factory in Buffalo, New York, Tesla said in a statement late Sunday. The deal would be a win for Panasonic, which has shifted away from consumer electronics products to focus on housing, car information systems and car batteries.
FILE – In this Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, file photo, Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk delivers a speech at the Paris Pantheon Sorbonne University as part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
Musk, who is Tesla’s chief executive officer and chairman and chief financier of SolarCity, has proposed combining the two companies to give consumers one-stop shopping for an electric car as well as the solar-powered electricity that will power it. But Tesla’s bid to acquire SolarCity has been fraught with corporate governance issues because the boards of both companies are deeply intertwined. The Tesla-Panasonic deal is contingent on approval of Tesla’s acquisition of SolarCity by the respective shareholders in votes on Nov. 17.
“We are excited to expand our partnership with Panasonic as we move towards a combined Tesla and SolarCity,” JB Straubel, Tesla’s chief technical officer, said in the statement.
The agreement deepens an existing relationship between Tesla and Panasonic, which are jointly building a $5 billion lithium-ion gigafactory in Nevada to produce batteries for the Model 3 electric car and energy storage products for home and utilities. Tesla said it intends to secure a long-term purchase commitment for PV cells from the Japanese company, according to the statement.
Tesla shares fell 0.9 percent to $194.74 at 9:55 a.m. New York time, after slumping 18 percent this year through Friday, while SolarCity skidded 1.8 percent to $19.64. Panasonic climbed 2 percent in Tokyo trading Monday to the highest closing price in eight months.
Musk’s effort to unite Tesla and SolarCity, which is is projected to lose money for at least two more years, has been under close scrutiny. Six of the seven directors on Tesla’s board have SolarCity ties, and SolarCity’s CEO is Lyndon Rive, Musk’s first cousin. Musk has argued that the fact that the two companies were separate at all “is largely an accident of history.”
SolarCity has been trying to stave off a default on its debt. It said in its most recent quarterly filing that it was getting closer to violating bond covenants. The company fired 108 employees in August and scaled back guidance for growth for the year to 900 to 1,000 megawatts from 1,000 to 1,100 megawatts.
SolarCity, among the top installers of residential rooftop solar panels in the U.S., acquired solar manufacturer Silevo in 2014. The transaction gave SolarCity the factory in Buffalo where Panasonic will begin photovoltaic cell and module production. The arrangement with Panasonic could help allay worries “from both a capital requirement and manufacturing perspective,” Ben Kallo, an analyst with Robert W. Baird & Co., said in an e-mail.
In July, Musk articulated his vision for the combined company.
“Create a smoothly integrated and beautiful solar-roof-with-battery product that just works, empowering the individual as their own utility, and then scale that throughout the world,” he wrote then. “One ordering experience, one installation, one service contact, one phone app.”
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The Late George Paginton to get the solo show he has always deserved. Brampton. October 10
Brampton, ON (October 4, 2019) Explore the vast beauty of Canada through the art of one of Ontario’s rediscovered painters, George Paginton – a contemporary of the Group of Seven. This large-scale retrospective exhibition kicks-off its cross Canada tour at the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA) in historic downtown Brampton on October 10. The show runs to February 9, 2020 with interactive programming throughout and accompanied by a beautiful hard cover publication about the artist available for purchase in the PAMA store for $40.
Media Preview Opportunities:
Book an appointment Wednesday, Oct. 9 (10 a.m. – 4 p.m.) to have an exclusive Curator walk-through.
Or, be our guest for the VIP (invitation only) Opening Reception on Thursday, Oct. 10 from 7 – 9 p.m. Contact Erin Fernandes at erin.fernandes@peelregion.ca or call 416-312-3425.
George Paginton, a lesser known Canadian landscape painter who was a peer of members of the Group of Seven, was determined to document the wonder of nature from coast-to-coast. A prolific yet very private artist, Paginton created over 1,500 oil paintings, the majority of which were never exhibited or sold commercially. George Paginton: Painting a Nation marks the introduction of his work which spanned over 70 years.
“The opportunity to create new Canadian art history is thrilling,” notes PAMA Senior Curator of Art Darrin Martens.
“Paginton pursued his private passion of capturing the essence of the Canadian landscape with a sense of purpose,” says co-curator Sharona Adamowicz-Clements.
Left: George Paginton, Canadian (1901-1988), Caledon, Ontario, 1940, Oil on canvas board, 21.75 x 27 cm @Collection of Tony Paginton and Roswita Busskamp, 2018. Right: George Paginton, Canadian (1901- 1988), Self portrait, c. 1974, Oil on canvas board, 50.75 x 40.5 cm, @Collection of Tony Paginton and Roswita Busskamp, 2018.
The exhibition and publication are supported by the Government of Canada Museums Assistance Program with special thanks to our exhibit sponsors.
“What a pleasure to represent Paginton’s work at WallFiction.com and to work with the artist’s family and such enthusiastic and knowledgeable curators at PAMA,” says Kelly Juhasz, owner of Wall Fiction. “Supporting this exhibition helps fill gaps in Canadian art history and highlights the beauty of a Canadian place and moment captured through plein air art.
Programming Highlights
❖ Curator Talk: Sunday, October 27, 2019 | 2 p.m.❖ Seniors Studio: Monday, November 4 | 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.❖ Family Sunday FUNday: Sunday, November 17 | 1 – 4 p.m.❖ PAMA Paints, Landscape Workshop: Thursday, December 5, 2019 | 6:30 p.m. ❖ Panel Discussion: Thursday, February 6, 2020 | 7 p.m.
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Burdens and Fugues in D major - (2012)
for Carson Cooman
A concert work tailored specifically to a small organ of one manual and shortened pedal board was the topic of conversation between Carson and myself. In thinking through the notions of such limitations -- limitations being the fount of much creativity -- breaks in the texture of the music would allow an organist to draw stops by hand, while a small number of imagined registrations could carry the piece. For this, the episodes are marked with only three dynamics, mp, mf, and f, with fermati placed at junction points. Refrains return, and for this a small rondo form emerges, the lyrical and ornamented moments marked as at measure 24 and beyond.
As the subject of the work is the tonic major seven chords' members, an episode of imitation highlights this with the pedal in augmentation against the lilt of the manual's two voices. Restatements in imitatio occur at the mediant and dominant.
After a refrain, a lively fugue subject follows. This first fugue opens in the soprano line with its answer in the dominant.
After another refrain, the fugue takes up with a pedal solo with the subject appearing in tonic, dominant and a short dalliance into the lowered seven's region. This becomes a double fugue as two subjects unite in varying restatements of the larger theme.
The last statement takes the three different themes to weave a short burst of counterpoint before closing with a look back to the texture of the refrain wedded to the tonic major seven chord.
Composer and performer Carson Cooman currently serves as Research Associate in Music and Composer-in-Residence, The Memorial Church of Harvard University. His music is found on more than 35 recordings, and his performances focus on contemporary music for the organ. Additionally he writes on music for a number of publications. For much more information, his website is www.carsoncooman.com.
Duration: 11 pages, circa 7' 30" - an MP3 demo is here:
The score is available as a free PDF download, though any major commercial performance or recording of the work is prohibited without prior arrangement with the composer. Click on the graphic below for this score.
Burdens and Fugues in D major
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Bum Flowers 1995 [Howard Arkley & Alison Burton]
This collaborative picture by Arkley and Alison Burton was painted for a mutual friend.
Flash Villa 1995
A variant of Actual Fractual (1994), documented in Arkley's files
Floral Facarde [sic] 1995
Variant of both Spray Veneer (1994) and Floriated Residence (1994).
Floriated Address 1995
An elegant example of the "floriated" theme explored by Arkley from 1994-96
Freeway (Exit) 1995
This work, probably exhibited by Bellas in 1996, was shown at Metro 5 in 2002.
Matt’s Topy + Cacti (stillife) 1995
A small variant of Arkley’s mid 1980s cactus imagery, painted as a gift.
Outside-Inside-Out 1995 [‘The Heide Installation’]
The panels in this series, made for the 'Downtown' exhibition, reprise Arkley's late 70s/early 80s 'doors' in a more refined style.
B/W Veneer (1995) [W/P]
This work, a variant of Spray Veneer 1994, was auctioned by Bonham and Goodman in 2007.
Black and White Icon (1995) [W/P]
This work reprises an icon composition first used by Arkley in 1984.
Cacti and Succulent (1995) [W/P]
This work elaborates on the artist's mid-late 1980s cactus imagery.
Cartographer (after Durer) (1995) [W/P]
Variant of Cartographer (After Durer) 1983, shown at Tolarno 9/95.
Corner House (study) (1995) [W/P]
Elegant work on paper variant of Indoors-Outdoors (1994).
High Fenced (1995) [W/P]
This work was shown at Heide in 2002, in an exhibition tracing the legacy of Op Art in Australia.
Home Enclosed by Fence 1995 [W/P]
Work-on-paper variant of Brand New (1994).
Ketoacidosis and Head (1995) [W/P]
Exhibited in Arkley’s ‘White + Black’ show at Tolarno in Sept.1995.
Letter-box Home (1995) [W/P]
Work-on-paper precursor of Floral Exterior (1996) and Houseomorphics (1996).
Letter-box Home [interior] 1995 [W/P]
Work on paper closely related to Room within a Home (1995) [W/P]
Primitive (1995) [W/P]
Variant of Primitive [mural] (1981) [W/P], made for Arkley’s 1995 ‘White + Black’ show at Tolarno.
Room Within a Home (1995) [W/P]
Work on paper variant of A Roomfull (1994).
Suburban Exterior (1995) [W/P]
This work was acquired in 1996, together with Suburban Interior (1995) [W/P]
Suburban Interior (1995) [W/P]
This work and Suburban Exterior (1995) [W/P] were both acquired in 1996.
Supa Room Study (1995) [W/P]
Variant of Interior Tableau 1992, shown in HA Tolarno 9/95.
Tudor Village (1995) [W/P]
Variant of Arkley's Tudor compositions, shown in HA Tolarno 9/95.
Works on Paper Minor
1995 Works on paper (minor)
A number of Arkley's coloured photocopies of suburban house compositions (a favourite at auction in the years following his death) date from 1995.
(photo: installation view of ‘Into and Out of Abstraction’, NGV, 5 Dec.1995-5 Feb.1996 [source: Arkley files])
Arkley’s status as a major mid-career Australian painter grew considerably during the year. At the same time – in fact, possibly as a direct consequence of his growing status and visibility (aka the ‘Tall Poppy Syndrome’) – his art began to attract harsher and more searching criticism than it had often received in the past. Two major exhibitions featured his work during the year.
In ‘Downtown’ (MOMA at Heide, 14 March -14 May), curator Juliana Engberg – who had written some of the most insightful earlier commentary on Arkley’s art (see bibliography: 1987, 1988 and 1991) – set his work into creative connection with that of two of his heroes, Robert Rooney and U.S West Coast legend Ed Ruscha, in a stimulating reading of urban and suburban iconography. Arkley also contributed a major new ten-canvas work to this show: Outside-Inside-Out (‘The Heide Installation’), a stylised suburban environment. In a strong critique of ‘Downtown’ in the Melbourne Age (1 April 1995), Robert Nelson charged Arkley with stereotyping suburbia, a view that infuriated Engberg (who wrote to Arkley expressing her disappointment with Nelson’s article).[1] Nelson later renewed his attack in a highly critical review of ‘Into and Out of Abstraction’, curated by John McPhee at the NGV (Dec.1995-Feb.1996), where Arkley’s work was again prominent (see installation photo above).[2]
Arkley’s solo ‘White + Black’ exhibition at Tolarno in September surveyed his monochrome work across two decades, contrasting new and recent works (including a replica of Primitive, the original thought at the time to have been lost) with earlier examples, including several large canvases not shown since the mid 1970s. Robyn McKenzie, reviewing the show in the Age (20 Sept.1995) expressed concern about Arkley’s recycling of earlier compositions in this show, neglecting the degree to which his work had always involved such strategies. The exhibition included a considerable number of new works on paper.
Arkley also continued to work with Peter Tyndall on the collaborative venture initiated the previous year, but the project was abandoned in September (see discussion under 1994).
‘Downtown’ (Arkley, Rooney, Ruscha), MOMA at Heide, March-May 1995
– refer linked entry for full details
‘Australian Art – Colonial to Contemporary’, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne, May-June 1995
Waterfall 2 1988 (cat. no.111, ill.in catalogue p.84: copy in Arkley’s files)
‘The Derwent Collection: Australian Art of the 1980s and 1990s’, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, 30 June-August 1995 (catalogue: Hammond 1995)
Model Tudor Village, Fitzroy Gardens 1986
‘Howard Arkley – White + Black: 20 Years Work on Paper and Canvas, 1975-1995’, Tolarno, Sept.1995
12th Annual Spring Festival of Drawing, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 12 Nov. 1995 – 7 Jan.1996 (exh.cat.: artists’ files)
Strange Fruit (1994) [W/P]
‘Into and Out of Abstraction’ (cur.John McPhee), NGV, 5 Dec.1995-5 Feb.1996 (included works by Arkley, Gunter Christmann, Richard Larter & Dick Watkins; documents in Arkley files, including installation photos & reviews by Marsh 1996 & Nelson 1996); Arkley works listed below via details in Spray 148]
Freeway Painting (Exit), A (1994) (P/C)
Isotype (1979) (NGV)
Muzak Mural: Chair Tableau (1980-81) [3/M] (NGV)
Primitive Gold 1982 (NGV)
Tattooed Head; and source material (1988 and earlier) [W/P] (NGV) [both the work on paper and the source material were shown in this exhibition]
‘Australia Felix – Benalla Arts Festival’ [details via exhibition list in Spray 130]
Rrrrrr Art (1994)
[1] The letter is in Arkley’s 1995 files; a few days earlier, the Age published a much more sympathetic review of ‘Downtown’, by their main art critic at the time, Robyn McKenzie (29 March 1995).
[2] Nelson 1996 (Age review, 17 Jan.); Anne Marsh wrote a considerably more positive account of the NGV show, and Arkley’s contributions to it, in the Herald Sun (also 17 Jan.1996). It should be observed that Robert Nelson has made a successful career over the past decade and a half out of exactly this type of vigorous review, but such writing also earnt him the ire of Arkley and a number of his contemporaries during the 1990s. Nelson, usually consistent in his likes and dislikes, has generally maintained his distaste for Arkley: see in particular Nelson 2006 (reviewing the NGVA retrospective); but cf. Nelson 2001.
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AROD > Reptiles / Squamata / Varanidae / Varanus / Black-headed monitor
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Black-headed monitor
Barakula State Forest, Queensland
Photo © Stewart Macdonald
Varanus tristis - (Schlegel, 1839)
vah-RAH-nuss TRISS-tiss
Varanus: a Latinisation of the Arabic word, Waran, for lizards of the Arabian Peninsula. These lizards were said to warn of the presence of crocodiles, and became known in English as monitors.1 - Ehmann, Harald (1992). Encyclopedia of Australian animals: Reptiles. Angus and Robertson. 495 pp In Australia, they are typically called goannas.
tristis: 'gloomy', in reference to the dark colouration of the type specimens from the Swan River region, Western Australia.1 - Ehmann, Harald (1992). Encyclopedia of Australian animals: Reptiles. Angus and Robertson. 495 pp
Black-tailed monitor
Species avg: 76 cm
Oviparous Clutch size
Description Distribution Natural history Conservation Further information More photos
Freckled Monitor2 - Fry, D.B. (1913). On a Varanus and a frog from Burnett River, Queensland, and a revision of the variations in Limnodynastes dorsalis Gray. Records of the Australian Museum, 10(2):17-34. Varanus tristis tristis
Varanus tristis orientalis
Found in the following Australian states/territories
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
This species does not appear to be listed as of conservation concern.
General threats
General threats to reptiles, and indeed all native wildlife, include:
habitat loss from land clearing - it is estimated that between 1997 and 1999 in Queensland, 89 million reptiles were killed each year due to land clearing (Cogger et al. 2003) Impacts of Land Clearing on Australian Wildlife in Queensland.
habitat degradation by introduced species such as cattle and rabbits - do your bit: eat roo not beef!
habitat modification caused by global climate change
death on roads
feral predators such as dogs, cats, pigs and foxes
the introduced cane toad
Note: these are general threats and may not apply to this particular species.
There are many ways you can help our reptiles. Here are my top three suggestions:
donate to a habitat restoration organisation
ensure your carbon footprint is as small as possible
donate to another habitat restoration organisation
Ehmann, Harald (1992). Encyclopedia of Australian animals: Reptiles. Angus and Robertson. 495 pp - search web for this book
Fry, D.B. (1913). On a Varanus and a frog from Burnett River, Queensland, and a revision of the variations in Limnodynastes dorsalis Gray. Records of the Australian Museum, 10(2):17-34.
Info at Eric Pianka's site
Note: the links below are automatically generated. Some may not take you to useful information.
Google searches - web | images | scholar
Search The University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web
Search Wikipedia for Varanus tristis
Black-headed monitor at The TIGR Reptile Database
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Notes and disclaimer
This information may not be complete. While all care is taken to ensure the accuracy of the information in this page, primary sources should always be consulted for definitive information. Animals have an endearing habit of disobeying the rules, so the information on this page should be interpreted with a degree of flexibility.
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The Use of Turmeric for Pimples
Turmeric is a shrub in the ginger family that's grown in Asia, India and Africa. It's golden in color and has a bitter taste, making it an often-used spice in curry powder, mustard and some cheeses. This herb, which is sometimes referred to as Indian saffron, may help clear up pimples. Do not use turmeric for pimples without consulting your doctor about the risk and benefits of treatment.
The Acne Resource Center touts turmeric as very useful in treating acne. According to its website, it can clear up pimples whether taken as a supplement or in a food, or if directly applied to the skin. Medline Plus, a website of the National Institutes of Health, acknowledges that laboratory studies have shown turmeric has anti-inflammatory activity, which would explain its ability to bring down the swelling of a pimple.
If you want to take turmeric internally to help pimples, the Acne Resource Center suggests taking it mixed with warmed milk. If you prefer to apply it directly to acne, turmeric and coconut oil can be mixed into a paste and dabbed on pimples. The mixture takes about 20 minutes to dry, and you can leave it on overnight. In the morning, wash your skin as you normally would.
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