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SpaceX aces a fiery rehearsal of worst-case scenario for Crew Dragon spaceflights
Meet the first crowdsourced spam blocker for your phone
by Taylor Soper on September 2, 2013 at 3:32 pm September 2, 2013 at 11:37 am
It’s the end of a long day at work and you’re relaxing at home watching some TV or eating a nice dinner when the phone rings. Interrupted, you get up, make your way over to the phone because after all, it could be someone important.
As you answer, the telemarketer or robot on the other line “just wants a few moments of your time,” or tries to convince you that they aren’t actually selling anything.
Unfortunately, we’ve all experienced it: The annoying spam calls. Even if we’ve signed up for the “Do-Not-Call List,” we still receive them.
Now one Bellevue company is trying to help block them once and for all.
The Kedlin Company is trying to raise $100,000 for what it calls the first crowd-sourced home phone spam-blocker, Call Control Home. It’s a small device that plugs into your phone and automatically blocks spam calls based on a crowd-sourced “Community Blacklist” and lists from other government agencies that keep track of telemarketers.
Kedlin, founded in 2008, has developed proprietary algorithms over the past five years that allow it to assign threat levels and classification of spam, blocking the unwanted calls in the process. It’s the same technology found in Kedlin’s super-popular mobile phone app that has more than six million downloads and does the same thing as Call Control Home.
Kedlin is bootstrapped and run by three employees. You can pledge $50 on the Kickstarter page to have a Call Control Home device sent to you by next April.
Taylor Soper is GeekWire's managing editor, responsible for coordinating the newsroom, planning coverage, and editing stories. A native of Portland, Ore., and graduate of the University of Washington, he was previously a GeekWire staff reporter, covering beats including startups and sports technology. Follow him @taylor_soper and email taylor@geekwire.com.
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Walton County School District – Using Clear Touch™ to Support Student-Centered Learning
Located along the coast on Florida’s panhandle, WCSD serves 10,000 students grades K through 12. Notably, the district is home to a diverse selection of schools, from Title 1 schools to incredibly affluent schools—and has found creative, effective ways to address the needs of all. The progressive and innovative school district is a proponent of public choice options, offering three charter schools, two alternative schools, a career development center school, and virtual instruction opportunities to better serve and reach their students.
The top-performing district is also committed to academic excellence and has high standards for employees and students. As a result, the WCSD has maintained the State Board of Education’s Academically High Performing School District designation for seven consecutive years.
Recently, Walton County partnered with Clear Touch Interactive® to bring 21st Century technologies to all district classrooms.
The Search for a New Digital Teaching Platform
“All of our classrooms had legacy interactive whiteboards, so we wanted to refresh technology district-wide,” said Henry Martin, the CIO for Walton County School District. “That was the driving force behind our search for a new solution. The technology was quite old and outdated, and we knew it was time to move into the digital world with a digital platform.”
Martin, along with several members of his IT team, had gotten the chance to see the Clear Touch™ panel in action at a conference three years before their search for a new solution began, and what he saw stuck with him.
“The Clear Touch™ panel piqued my interest from the moment I saw it,” said Martin. “When it was time to start a pilot program to test out a new digital learning platform for our district, I called Clear Touch™ first.”
Henry Martin and his team installed several different brands and types of interactive panels in one classroom at Freeport Elementary School for testing and comparison.
“We had one teacher who was known for being the best at the ActivBoard, so we put the panels in her classroom for a few months so she could compare them and make a recommendation,” explained Martin. “She came back to us after just a couple weeks and told us there was no comparison. The Clear Touch™ panel included the software suite and had superior support and online training available. She liked the feel of the panel and the touch response. Overall, she thought that the panel was a simpler, packaged, all-in-one platform with a higher-quality look. She preferred the Clear Touch™ panel by far.”
“The Clear Touch panel piqued my interest the first time I saw it.”
— Henry Martin
CIO for Walton County School District
Installing Clear Touch Interactive® Panels District-Wide
After this initial recommendation, Martin and his team began their technology overhaul, buying and installing eight panels in that same school, Freeport Elementary, when they did a renovation. In the summer of 2017, they were able to outfit about half the schools with Clear Touch™ interactive panels, installing a total of 325 panels district-wide.
“We jumped head first into the project and got as many panels as our budget and schedule would allow,” Martin said. “Now, we’re finishing up Phase 2 of the project and installing about 300 additional panels. In the fall semester of 2018, every classroom in our district will have a brand new digital Clear Touch™ panel.”
In addition to the interactive panels, all elementary school classrooms have the adjustable mobile stands while the media center in each school is equipped with an interactive panel and a tabletop stand so teachers can create learning stations.
The installation went well with very few challenges or setbacks, which Martin partly credits to the control standards at Clear Touch Interactive®.
“One thing that many people forget to consider before purchasing an interactive panel is the DOA rate. Clear Touch™ has a DOA rate of under one-percent, which is unbelievably low for digital panels,” said Martin. “Most manufacturers are much closer to five-percent or even ten-percent. That may not make much of a difference if you’re buying a handful of panels for one school, but when you’re rolling out nearly 625 panels district-wide, it can have an impact. Clear Touch™ not only has fewer panels that are DOA, they also get any panels that don’t work repaired and sent back quickly, which makes the installation process so much more enjoyable.”
Implementation and Training
After installation, WCSD started off with one training at the beginning of the school year, followed by a more advanced training in January after several months of classroom use. From an IT perspective, implementation and training have gone smoothly with no disruption to the learning environment or negative impact on classroom time. “We did the installation during the summertime to minimize disruption and had training the first day the teachers came back—panels are so intuitive that once you have a panel and go through a couple trainings, you’re pretty adept” said Martin.
According to Martin, the intuitive platform is part of the reason that implementation is easier with Clear Touch™, but the biggest differentiator is the platform’s simple connectivity and compatibility with third-party applications.
“What really makes the difference, the big seller for me, is the built-in software and the panel’s compatibility with existing software,” Martin said. “Teachers can keep using all of their digital lessons from previous years, which means they don’t have to switch all at once during the most hectic time of the year. We’ve had Promethean for over a decade, so there’s a comfort level there when the teachers realize they can keep using the resources they’ve created over the past 10 years and learn on their own timeline. It’s much less overwhelming.”
The Clear Touch Interactive® panels have also led to more teacher collaboration over the past year.
“Teachers learn the new software and build up new lessons gradually. As they learn the capabilities, they really like the new software and start to teach each other. The training process truly becomes teacher-driven, just like the classroom learning experience becomes student-driven,” said Martin. “Teachers use the panels in a real learning environment, think of things they’d like to be able to do, and reach out to other teachers or one of our digital specialists for support. IT isn’t constantly getting calls to troubleshoot software or connection problems. Clear Touch™ makes it so easy to switch; the transition is smooth, painless, better for everyone.”
So far, the teachers and students have nothing but praise for the interactive panels and what they’re able to accomplish in the classroom.
“I keep hearing reports that student engagement is up, learning time is used more effectively, and creating lessons is easier and more fun. The teachers absolutely love the panels, especially the clarity and the smooth touch response. Shadows, dim bulbs, lag time and recalibration were ongoing issues that slowed teachers down when they were working with interactive whiteboards,” Martin said. “I’ve had lots of positive feedback and not a single negative comment. I’m not surprised. The difference between a bulky, outdated projector and a digital panel is night and day.”
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Top 10 – Retro Platformers
Jonny LuptonJan 24, 2019Essential Collections, Featured Articles, Features, Guides, Retro Gaming News2
Often considered a quintessential video game genre, platformers are actually a relatively recent invention – at least in the span of video game history.
Many people consider the 1982 game from Activision, Pitfall, to be the first platforming game. Of course, it wasn’t long after Pitfall’s release that the Super Mario Bros. series would make its debut on Nintendo’s Famicom and become the de facto genre icon.
But there are a lot more classics than just Super Mario Bros. And if you’ve wondered what they are, then look no further. In this article we’re going to talk about our 10 top platforming titles of all time. Some are more action heavy than others but all are tied together by the same underlying game mechanics.
10. Strider
This 1989 arcade title from Capcom made its way to just about every available system of its time. Combining acrobatic, martial arts action with platforming and a storyline ripped right out of the golden age of anime and you get Strider. Hack and slash elements also make an appearance for a game that is truly unique and compelling in a way that only arcade titles can be. The game would even become a prototype for the kinds of multimedia approaches publishers like to take today, spawning a manga and a series of spin-off titles.
9. Prince of Persia
Coming from PC publishing giant Broderbund, Prince of Persia was one of the first titles to combine Pitfall’s mechanics with complex stages that involved traps and puzzle solving. Noted for its fluid animations and realistic range of motion, the Prince of Persia was not as flashy as its modern incarnations would have you believe. Aside from jumping and climbing the prince could use a sword but, other than that, options were relatively few when it came to dealing with enemies. Still, particularly on the PC, the Prince of Persia is looked upon fondly for being one of those pioneering titles that offered something few others were willing to risk their money on in a published release.
8. Castlevania
Slaying the classics of horror film and literature is the name of the game in Castlevania but avoiding death by plummeting through a gaping chasm is also part and parcel with it, too. The best thing about the platforming genre is that it is versatile when it comes to subject matter it is willing to tackle, and Castlevania is exhibit A in this. Arriving in 1986, Konami delivered a game that happened to be edgy and timeless at the same time – a rare feat. And this wouldn’t be Konami’s only contribution to the genre. Subsequent sequels to the original Castlevania would expand upon and even incorporate elements from other platforming titles but the core of the game would remain the same throughout.
7. Ghosts ‘N Goblins
Debuting one year prior to Konami’s classic horror-themed platformer, Ghosts ‘N Goblins from Capcom took a decidedly more arcade approach to the same general themes. Using mechanics that would later come to be associated with shoot ‘em ups and bullet-hell games, Ghosts ‘N Goblins is probably one of the hardest games on this list, requiring the player to survive its horrors not just once, but twice in order to truly “beat” the game. A favorite of gamers today who like an “old school” challenge, Ghosts ‘N Goblins is a pillar of the early platforming genre and a must-play for fans of it.
6. Super Metroid
The first Metroid game pioneered a huge sprawling world for players to explore but the “sequel” that came out for the Super Nintendo in 1994 did everything that title did and more. This game, along with Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, would even give rise to a subgenre called the “Metroidvania” which has more platforming and exploring than any one title on its own. Easily a classic for its effortless mix of exploration, tight gameplay, and a well-realized world, Super Metroid, again, demonstrates just how versatile platforming titles can be in subject matter and presentation. While the Metroid franchise would explore many other ways of presenting its games, Super Metroid remains a touchstone for many fans of the series.
5. Mega Man X
An era of perfecting what came before it, Mega Man X continues the Super Nintendo’s penchant for pushing older NES properties to their logical 16-bit limits. Like the games that came before it, Mega Man X pits you against a cadre of robot masters that are each armed with a special weapon. Of course, one robot master’s weapon is another’s weakness but, to mix it up a bit, Mega Man X also hides armor augments within the game’s levels – which are replayable – to give players that extra boost in the endgame. Much more fast paced than the 8-bit titles, Mega Man X thrust the Blue Bomber into the modern era and did it with a lot of flash and pizzazz.
4. Donkey Kong Country
The genre that Mario kicked off in a big way is the genre that Donkey Kong Country came to perfect. Easily one of Rare’s greatest masterpieces, it is amazing just how well Donkey Kong Country has aged. From the graphics to the soundtrack to the core gameplay, absolutely everything about this game remains class leading. Spawning two sequels on the SNES and even more today, the original Donkey Kong Country holds a special place in the pantheon of gaming because it was so unexpected and so perfect that it cannot be ignored then or now. Arriving at a time when most of the industry was looking ahead to the future, Donkey Kong Country simultaneously showed the industry that Nintendo was forward thinking and savvy all at once.
3. Sonic the Hedgehog
Mario’s unchallenged rule was finally questioned in 1991 when Sega’s response to Nintendo’s mascot made his first appearance on the Mega Drive. Catapulting that system into success – and challenging Nintendo’s dominance of the home console market in the sum – Sonic the Hedgehog combined platforming with speed and flash. If you had to look for an analog for the Sonic the Hedgehog gameplay style, think of it as a platforming pinball game. Emphasizing speed over considered jumps and bright, lush graphics over the by-now spartan visuals on the NES, Sonic the Hedgehog delivered a formula for success and transformed Sega’s mascot into an icon on equal footing with our favorite plumber.
2. Pitfall
Activision’s Pitfall Harry is the guy that started it all and doesn’t get enough credit for it. Sure, there might be platforming titles prior to Pitfall but none were as popular or had as much of an impact on the industry. Nearly every cliche of the genre is present and accounted for here aside from powerups. You have running, jumping, exploration, and light puzzle solving. Tough as nails, the one thing Pitfall had going against it was that it was no walk in the park. A challenge by any day’s standard, it’s amazing that Pitfall became as successful as it was given how unfriendly its presentation can be at times. A game not for the faint of heart, Pitfall will put any gamer to test with its challenging stages.
1. Super Mario Bros.
The game that nearly everyone associates with the platforming genre – and video games in general, for that matter – Super Mario Bros. is often credited with single handedly saving the industry in the wake of the 1983 video game industry crash. And one couldn’t pick a more unlikely savior for the industry. As home console gamers raised on Pac Man, Space Invaders, and Asteroids were probably more than likely to tell you, a plumber from Brooklyn stomping on sentient turtle-like creatures called koopas in order to rescue a woman called Princess Toadstool was about as unique as they came in the industry back then. But it worked, and made Nintendo rich in the end. Looking beyond just platforming games, however, and we see that Super Mario Bros. also woke the world up to the idea of using video game IP like you would a Disney cartoon or Hollywood film. Nintendo nurtured its franchises and put a heavy emphasis on quality of experience rather than on pure profit. A remarkable feat of gaming even now, Super Mario Bros. evokes that timeless quality that is often associated with a classic but it also offers some of the most solid gameplay still to this day.
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Guam-based helicopter squadron rescues Chinese mariner
Guam-based HSC-25 rescues Chinese sailor who was injured aboard a Panamanian flagged cargo vessel.
Guam-based helicopter squadron rescues Chinese mariner Guam-based HSC-25 rescues Chinese sailor who was injured aboard a Panamanian flagged cargo vessel. Check out this story on guampdn.com: https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/local/2019/04/07/guam-based-hsc-25-helicopter-squadron-rescues-chinese-mariner/3397453002/
Staff Reports, Pacific Daily News/USA TODAY NETWORK Published 2:25 p.m. ChT April 8, 2019
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Island Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 conducts a training flight at Andersen Air Force Base in this 2016 file photo. (Photo: U.S. Navy)
The Guam-based Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 provided emergency medical lift for a Chinese mariner who fell and needed medical attention on a cargo ship last week, according to a news release from the Navy.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam notified HSC-25 Thursday that the sailor aboard the Panamanian flagged M/V Ruby Enterprise needed help, but the rescue was delayed until Friday so Ruby Enterprise could travel into the aerial range of Guam.
A search and rescue team led by Lt. Nathan Gordon used a helicopter hoist to lift the injured man from the vessel. The sailor was taken to Naval Hospital Guam, where he was in critical condition.
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“Our planning and early launch time gave this man the best possible chance at recovery," Gordon said.
Because the ship's deck was not rated for the weight of the helicopter, the pilot and co-pilot took turns holding a steady hover while Flight Surgeon Lt. Erik Kumetz and two others were lowered to the deck of the Ruby Enterprise.
Kumetz said based on the medical updates, time was of the essence.
“Racing to the ship before first light, I could not be more proud of the professionalism and heroic actions of the crew this morning,” Kumetz said.
This was the eighth emergency call to HSC-25 by U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam and in 2019 to date, according to the Navy.
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2013 Summer Slaughter Tour Dates Announced
The Summer Slaughter Tour 2013 headliners and dates have been announced! Check out all the bands and dates below. For even more info, check out the Summer Slaughter Tour's Facebook page.
The tour features:
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN | ANIMALS AS LEADERS | PERIPHERY | NORMA JEAN | CATTLE DECAPITATION | THE OCEAN | REVOCATION | AEON | RINGS OF SATURN | THY ART IS MURDER
Summer Slaughter Tour 2013 Dates
7/19-San Francisco, CA @ The Regency
7/20-Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
7/21-Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
7/24-Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
7/26-Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
7/27-Houston, TX @ House of Blues
7/29-Orlando, FL @ House of Blues (w/o Cattle Decapitation)
7/30-Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
7/31-Knoxville, TN @ Old City Courtyard
8/01-Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
8/02-Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore
8/03-Worcester, MA @ The Palladium (w/o Norma Jean)
8/04-Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
8/07-New York, NY @ Best Buy Theater
8/08-Toronto, ON @ The Sound Academy
8/09-Montreal, QC @ Heavy MTL
8/10-Albany, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
8/11-Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
8/12-Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
8/13-Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
8/14-Minneapolis, MN @ Station 4
8/16-Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
Summer Slaughter
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Bliss was the representative for New York’s 5th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1887 to 1889.
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From Dec 1875 to Mar 1889, Bliss missed 1,037 of 2,119 roll call votes, which is 48.9%. This is much worse than the median of 32.3% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Mar 1889. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
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Dec 1875-Mar 1876 60 38 63.3% 96th
1876 Apr-Jul 106 96 90.6% 96th
1876 Aug-Aug 37 37 100.0% 93rd
Dec 1876-Mar 1877 125 49 39.2% 85th
1877 Oct-Dec 37 34 91.9% 95th
Dec 1877-Feb 1878 56 31 55.4% 95th
1878 Mar-May 103 45 43.7% 95th
1878 Jun-Jun 65 20 30.8% 79th
Dec 1878-Mar 1879 116 27 23.3% 51st
1879 Mar-Jul 137 46 33.6% 66th
1882 Apr-Jul 167 105 62.9% 84th
1882 Aug-Aug 7 2 28.6% 38th
Dec 1885-Mar 1886 39 14 35.9% 72nd
Dec 1887-Feb 1888 39 9 23.1% 42nd
1888 Jun-Aug 47 27 57.4% 65th
1888 Sep-Oct 16 9 56.2% 40th
Dec 1888-Mar 1889 113 61 54.0% 82nd
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Look! A Bunch of Morons Resurrected Frankenstein Again
Victor Frankenstein: the latest remake that somehow didn’t get the memo about what happens when you resurrect something you shouldn’t resurrect.
By Devin Gordon
This week we will all gather with our families and share in what has become an American tradition: not going to see the stupid new Frankenstein reboot.
Do you even know what I’m talking about? Let’s back up: On the day before Thanksgiving, an actual movie made by professional filmmakers and starring several actors whom you have definitely heard of—a movie greenlit by very intelligent people with expensive educations and years of business experience, who collectively reached the conclusion that this movie held such commercial promise that they bet $90 million on it, who will spend millions more on marketing and publicity in a futile effort to persuade someone, anyone, to see what is self-evidently hot garbage, not so much throwing good money after bad as they are lighting good money on fire and blowing the ashes off a bridge—will open in approximately 2700 theaters across the nation, and what those 2700 theaters will have in common, aside from the smell of stale popcorn, is that they will all be empty.
The movie is called Victor Frankenstein, and if you’re wondering how I can be so confident this movie will flop, for starters, let me remind you that it is called VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN, and then if you’re still unconvinced, watch this trailer. Consider your holiday weekend plans and ask yourself if there’s any chance that they might include Victor Frankenstein. If the answer is yes, ask yourself if it’s because you hate your family and you plan to be very, very drunk.
(Another reason I am so confident of a sad end for Victor Frankenstein: It opens on Wednesday, and as I type this there is not a single review of it on Rotten Tomatoes. Which is actually kind of remarkable, because it means Fox can’t think of a single person—even among the bullshit movie-blogger “critics” who are essentially on their payroll—who might be willing to pretend this movie isn’t terrible.)
But drunken hate-watching isn’t the reason that 20th Century Fox said to the director of Lucky Number Slevin, Wicker Park,and Gangster No. 1—in other words, the director of some of this century’s worst movies—“Here you go, here’s ninety million dollars. We trust you. Make us proud.”
So what exactly wasFox thinking?
The answer is surely that Frankenstein is a proven Hollywood franchise, and proven Hollywood franchises never, ever fail—even when there is a mountain of evidence that they always, always fail—and as a result, are preferable to a cheap, unproven, good idea.
There have two relatively recent attempts to bring Frankenstein back from the dead, and each, individually, should have provided more than enough warning to nip Victorin the bud:
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, 1994 — Starring Robert De Niro, because he was very, very bored, and because hotels don’t build themselves. The clunky title represented an effort to give the enterprise some literary heft (“This is the movie version Shelley always dreamed of when she wrote the book in 1818!”) but wound up just confusing illiterate moviegoers (“Who the hell is this Mary girl girling up my horror flick?”) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 39 percent.
Couldn’t they have just, you know, read Frankenstein? A cautionary tale about the hubris of man, a resurrected monster unleashing havoc and ruin?
I, Frankenstein, 2014 — Starring Aaron Eckhart, in his first and last opportunity to carry a big-budget movie by himself; dispenses with every relevant part of the Frankenstein mythology and turns it into an action blockbuster—there’s a war between immortal gargoyles and immortal demons and only Frankenstein (?) can save humanity!—with predictably imbecilic results. Rotten Tomatoes Score: 3 (yes, three) percent.
But why did Hollywood even need these movies to flop to know that this was a dumb idea? Couldn’t they have just, you know, read Frankenstein? A cautionary tale about the hubris of man, a resurrected monster unleashing havoc and ruin, ending lives and traumatizing survivors, its eventual demise both a relief and warning to anyone foolish enough to meddle with the finality of death?
Who could’ve seen this coming?
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Bulldog Football Wins Opener over George Fox, 20-12
George Fox (0-1) 0 6 0 6 12
Redlands (1-0) 3 10 7 0 20
Pa: Levi Plante - 254
Ru: Conner Kennedy - 94
Rec: Blake Roy - 98
Pa: Jack Taylor - 248
Ru: Anthony Garcia - 25
Rec: James Nguyen - 63
The University of Redlands football team kicked off the 2018 campaign by hosting George Fox University (OR) under pristine conditions on Saturday night in Ted Runner Stadium. With a total team effort, the Bulldogs muscled their way to a 20-12 victory over the in-region foe to avenge last year's disappointing result.
"This is a quality win against a good team. This gives us a great start to the season," stated Head Coach Mike Maynard. "We are happy to get this win."
Redlands forced GFU to punt on its opening drive before turning around and moving the chains for a total of 68 yards on 13 plays that resulted in a 44-yard field goal by senior kicker Nathan Hierlihy (Redondo Beach, CA). During this possession, junior tight end Blake Roy (Camas, WA) initiated his stellar night with two completions for a combined 15 yards.
The teams' subsequent drives mirrored the opening ones, with the exception of how they each ended. The Bulldogs stepped up to block the Bruins' 32-yard field-goal attempt and quickly capitalized on that momentum swing with a touchdown. Senior quarterback Levi Plante (Lake Arrowhead, CA) orchestrated an efficient 83-yard drive that included four completed passes, three of which stretched 10 yards or more. In addition, he hit four different receivers, as highlighted by sophomore wide receiver Noah McFadden's (Puyallup, WA) first touchdown as a Bulldog, which came on a 12-yard strike for the Maroon and Gray's 10-0 lead.
Although George Fox made its way into the end zone midway through the second quarter, the Bulldogs answered right back to extend their lead with another Hierlihy field goal. This critical drive included a huge seven-yard rushing play by Plante, as he dove head first to secure the first down. In addition, senior running back Conner Kennedy (Olympia, WA) found space through the line of scrimmage for a total 12 rushing yards and 12 receiving yards.
Although the third quarter's opening drive ended with a Bulldog fumble, it provided a pivotal point that proved to be positive for the home team.
"No one flinched, no one hung their heads," commented Maynard.
The subsequent GFU possession was limited to three and out, with senior linebacker Nick Castro (La Verne, CA) and sophomore defensive back Marvin Perkins Jr. (Las Vegas, NV) earning tackles.
The Bulldogs went right back to work and scored their final touchdown of the night, as Plante continued to run the offense with accuracy and versatility. Anchored by senior Joey Caffaro (Jackson Hole, WY), junior Will Soares (Gilroy, CA), senior Tommy Garcia (La Habra, CA), junior Brandyn Alvarez (Grand Terrace, CA), and senior Christian Godina (Phoenix, AZ), the offensive line continued to find ways to create opportunities for the Maroon and Gray. Redlands utilized sophomore quarterback Nathan Martinez (Redlands, CA) and junior running back Dalton Lohman (San Clemente, CA) on the ground, with junior tight end Blake Roy (Camas, WA) and junior wide receiver Mitchell Nickovich (Mission Viejo, CA) hauling in important catches. The Maroon and Gray gained seven points from sophomore wide receiver Kai Kang's (Sammamish, WA) 14-yard reception and Hierlihy's successful PAT.
The teams' defenses traded blows over the next few possessions, as junior defensive lineman Alieu Corr (Banjul, The Gambia), junior defensive back PJ Wilson (Modesto, CA), and sophomore defensive back Carl Holmes (Fresno, CA) leading the charge for the Bulldogs.
After GFU took advantage of good field position with 7:23 remaining, Redlands remained in front by a score of 20-12. The Bruins had one more shot to score late in the game, but the Bulldogs denied the final effort with poise and determination.
The Bulldogs racked up 405 yards of total offense. Kennedy finished the night with 94 yards on 23 carries, including a long of 13, to go along with three catches for 49 yards. Plante tossed out 24 completions for 254 yards with no interceptions.
Holmes paced the defense with seven total tackles and two pass breakups.
Redlands (1-0) heads to Tacoma, WA, on Saturday, September 8, for an important showdown against the University of Puget Sound. Kickoff is slated for 1 p.m.
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‘It just sounded like something exploded’: School roof collapses in NC storm; 3 students injured
3 fifth graders injured when microburst blows out NC school wall, collapses roof
January 14, 2020 at 8:40 PM HST - Updated January 15 at 2:37 AM
CLINTON, N.C. (WTVD/WRAL/CNN) - A North Carolina elementary school is closed for repairs after a microburst blew out a wall and part of the roof, injuring three students.
As storms moved through the area, 21 students and a teacher at Union Intermediate School in Clinton, N.C., were in the gym Monday afternoon when suddenly, the wall came crashing down. Surveillance video shows the children running the other way as bricks, wooden beams and other debris fly inside.
“The students were doing their gym activities, and all of a sudden, it’s just debris starts flowing in and you see the sky,” said Sampson County Schools spokesperson Wendy Cabral.
Shocking video shows NC students flee as microburst rips through school gym
Cabral says the school’s roof came off over a stage area near the back of the gym. The National Weather Service confirmed Tuesday that a microburst with winds up to 85 mph was to blame for the damage.
Three fifth graders were taken to the hospital with minor injuries and released by Tuesday afternoon. They are all expected to be OK.
The National Weather Service confirmed that a microburst with winds up to 85 mph was to blame for the damage to Union Intermediate School in Clinton, N.C. (Source: WRAL/CNN)
One of the students who was injured, Chloe Brewer says she was standing to the left of the gym when chaos erupted.
“It was our P.E. day. We were playing basketball, and it just sounded like something exploded in there,” she said. “I just turned around and was looking at the stage, and it just collapsed. Then, we started running. Something hit me from behind, and I fell down. Then, the glass started breaking.”
Principal Dondi Hobbs says the stage curtain was closed at the time and helped to serve as a buffer between the students and the debris.
"I am appreciative of God's blessings," she said. "He takes care of us and directs us all the time."
Injured fifth grader recounts moments when microburst ripped through NC school gym
Administrators dismissed the students early on Monday. The school was closed Tuesday and Wednesday for cleanup and repairs. Engineers deemed the rest of the school safe, and students are expected to return Thursday. Officials say counselors will be on hand at that time to help students process what happened.
“What a blessing it is that only three students were injured and those three students are going to be OK,” Cabral said. “We can fix this building, but students are our priority. We’re very blessed that they’re OK.”
Despite the damage to the gym, engineers deemed the rest of the school safe, and students are expected to return Thursday. (Source: WTVD/CNN)
A microburst is a column of sinking air, sometimes called a downdraft, produced by thunderstorms. Sampson County was under a severe thunderstorm warning Monday from 2:12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Hobbs says there were no warnings or weather alerts on staff phones before the burst struck. She says if it had happened Tuesday afternoon, the gym would have been packed with 450 students during an assembly.
Copyright 2020 WTVD, WRAL, Union Intermediate School, Sampson County Schools via CNN. All rights reserved.
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BY Emily Douglas 24 Aug 2018
In the workplace, there are several topics that may be taboo – one of the top ones being employee hygiene. Whilst it’s HR’s role tackle the difficult issues, confronting a worker with bad body odour, messy clothes, or a dirty demeanour is probably not at the top of your to-do list.
Having said that, when colleagues start complaining that one of their fellow employees is kicking up a stink, it’s time for you to step in and resolve the situation. Don’t fret – HRD is here to guide you through the process, making it as painless and efficient as possible.
What are your legal obligations?
Setting aside the embarrassment of approaching such a sensitive topic, employers should be aware that any poor hygiene in the workplace could present a safety risk.
“From the employer’s perspective, personal hygiene is potentially a workplace health and safety risk,” explained Shana French, lawyer at Sherrard Kuzz LLP. “If an employee has bad personal hygiene, it can also end up taking a toll on the company culture and morale.
“Say, for example, there is an employee with poor personal hygiene working in a food processing facility. Then, it’s not only a risk to employee morale, but it’s also public health hazard, and could go some way in damaging the employer’s reputation.”
A study from the Employment Office found that 75% of employees struggle to work alongside a colleague with bad body odour, with 64% saying they would find it even more difficult if that worker had bad breath. In fact, sporting bad body odour was ranked as the worst crime in the office, with 43% of employee naming it the top offender. This was followed by not answering emails and not pulling your weight when it comes to cleaning the office kitchen.
How should you approach the situation?
Subtly is key here. Remember, as awkward this situation is for you as a manager, it’s a million times worse for the employee in question.
“When you do speak up, don’t ever say that several other people have ‘brought it to your attention,’” added Halley Bock, CEO of leadership development company Fierce Inc.
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Instead, try to uncover if there’s an unforeseen underlying cause for the poor hygiene – don’t just jump to conclusions. When speaking to French, she cited a case from Canada concerning an employee worked in a food packaging facility.
“There were complaints about him with respect to his poor hygiene,” she told us. “He would spit on the warehouse floor, he blew on products that were to be packaged, he had very strong and offensive body odour and he repeatedly passed gas amongst his co-workers.”
The employer went on to approach the employee, offering counselling and coaching, all the while asking if there was an underlying medical issue. Eventually, the worker was fired. “The employee claimed that he was fired because of his bad body odor, which was caused by a medical condition,” added French. “However, the employee did not disclose his medical ailment to his employer, despite the organization giving him repeated opportunities to do so.”
The decision to terminate was upheld – but it does show just how important it is for businesses to cover their back when approaching situations like this.
Call a meeting with the employee in question. Ask them questions, offer them guidance and see how you can help. Explain that productivity is being impacted by the poor hygiene and remind them that it’s part of their employment contract to present themselves well. Be direct – but not overly confrontational.
Dealing with the aftermath
Once you’ve confronted the worker in question, there’s no real guarantee as to how they’ll respond. One emotion may well be anger or tears. In this case, we recommend that you reassure the worker that they’re not being fired and explain how you want to work together with them to rectify the situation.
“It is important for an employer to resolve any personal hygiene issues before other staff members do it in a non-tactful way. If this happens the problem can easily escalate and become a bullying issue,” Tudor Marsden-Huggins of Employment Office, commented.
“The best thing to do is talk to your staff – create an environment where one-on-one communication is encouraged between employee and manager. This will go some way to dealing with delicate topics.”
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By Boycotting Lieberman, the Purist Left Cuts Off Its Nose to Spite Its Face
Fearless former defense minister has stymied Netanyahu and reshuffled Israeli politics
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Former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks to journalists during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 30, 2019. Oded Balilty / AP
Love him or loathe him, Avigdor Lieberman is the man of the hour and, at this rate, the leading candidate for man of the year as well. All by himself, with no allies and against all odds, Lieberman blocked Benjamin Netanyahu’s bid for a new right-wing government, precipitated a new election, reinvented himself as a fearless warrior against religious coercion and messianic nationalism, reshuffled the petrified divisions between left and right, and gave hope, out of nowhere, for a political upheaval in the September 17 election.
Lieberman’s insistence on the draft law, which seeks to regulate the recruitment of ultra-Orthodox Jews to the army, as a condition for entering Netanyahu’s coalition was viewed by most observers as a tactical ploy: He wouldn’t dare derail a right-wing government, they said. When this projection was proven wrong, the same prognosticators said that Lieberman may be garnering kudos from the left, but his right-wing constituency will punish him in the polls. For now, at least, these predictions are well off the mark too.
Lieberman’s willingness to defy conventions, stare down Netanyahu without blinking, and abandon his assured and comfy spot in the next cabinet solidified his image as a strong-willed leader who fears no one and takes no prisoners. His extreme makeover as a knight in shining armor against religious coercion, despite his past collaboration with ultra-Orthodox parties, fills the void left by Yair Lapid, whose alliance with Benny Gantz’s Kahol Lavan has compelled him to tone down his anti-religious rhetoric.
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And recent obnoxious statements by Education Minister Rafi Peretz on “conversion therapy” for members of the LGBTQ community, which infuriated Israelis across the political spectrum, proved that Lieberman is also endowed with the characteristic Napoleon cherished most in his generals: Pure luck.
According to the latest polls, Lieberman is not only set to increase and possibly double the size of his Yisrael Beiteinu party in the next Knesset — without him there is no government, period, neither left nor right. In his reactions to Peretz’s statements, Lieberman vowed to personally prevent the establishment of another coalition between Netanyahu and fanatics, whether religious or ultra-nationalist. He will insist on a broad unity government that includes both Likud and Kahol Lavan. If he leaves his ambitions unchecked, he may even demand the prime ministership for himself.
Lieberman, of course, can’t escape his past. He has a long record of arguably racist statements against Arabs, along with criminal X-files, which were investigated extensively but mysteriously failed to yield indictments. Many on the left view Lieberman as an untouchable abomination; they are prodding their allies on the center-left to condemn and boycott him from here to eternity. They personify the expression “cutting off one’s nose in order to spite one’s face.”
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Because with all due ill-respect to Lieberman’s problematic past, there is a nagging reality to contend with. It is in Lieberman’s hands whether Netanyahu’s ethnocentric, antidemocratic rampage continues unabated; whether religious and nationalist zealots expand their control of state institutions and public discourse; whether the sane center-left will gain a foothold in the next government and, in an extreme case of a Likud meltdown, if the full and sweet dream of Netanyahu’s opponents comes true and the next government won’t include either him or his party.
Those who maintain that all of the above don’t merit the ideological flexibility needed to collaborate with Lieberman apparently prefer catastrophe, as long as their consciences stay squeaky clean.
Lieberman’s past should not be concealed, but a blanket boycott on the former defense minister is akin to throwing out the baby with the bathwater. In this regard, the center-left can learn from their hated rivals on the right, for whom the end of seizing power justifies all available means.
To paraphrase Peretz, when confronted with the need to merge his Habayit Hayehudi party with the Kahanist Otzma Yehudit: “When our house is burning, I don’t interrogate someone who is helping to put out the fire.”
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Jewish Insider's Daily Kickoff: January 11, 2018
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FIRST LOOK: "Michael Eisner Sketches a Happy Ending for Portsmouth F.C." by Rory Smith: "Just like in any sports movie worth its salt, the montage told the story best. In early May 2017, Michael Eisner arrived at the Guildhall in Portsmouth, England, to face 1,500 fans of the citys soccer team. His task was a delicate one: to persuade at least 75 percent of them to sell their beloved club, Portsmouth F.C., to an ancient Hollywood executive and his sons. There would be, he knew, a degree of skepticism. Portsmouths previous experience with foreign owners suggested they brought nothing but trouble. First under Russian-Israeli, and then Emirati, Saudi and Nepali ownership, the century-old club had sunk all the way from the Premier League to League Two, English soccers fourth tier."
"Eisner is asked all the time why he has, at age 75, chosen to get involved with the ownership of an English soccer team, particularly one so stripped of glamour and so deprived of investment as Portsmouth. Even his wife has ventured the question. I could ask, why not? is his stock response... But he also knows that sports is the only water-cooler friendly content left. If its a good sports movie, its to do with winning, Eisner said. Sports and movies, to Eisner, are the same thing at heart: They are both — they are all — stories. He has spent his career telling them, and Portsmouth is simply the latest." [NYTimes]
DRIVING THE DAY -- AP sources: Trump to extend sanctions relief for Iran by Matt Lee and Josh Lederman: "President Donald Trump is expected this week to extend relief from economic sanctions to Iran as part of the nuclear deal, citing progress in amending U.S. legislation that governs Washingtons participation in the landmark accord But Trump is likely to pair his decision to renew the concessions to Tehran with new, targeted sanctions on Iranian businesses and people. [AP]
-- Trump will seek to make a final decision on whether to waive the sanctions during a meeting with national security aides on Thursday, a senior administration official told Reuters. [Reuters]
McMaster Rushes to Save the Iran Deal That Trump Promised to Kill by Betsy Woodruff and Spencer Ackerman: "[H. R.] McMaster is searching for an agreement, even one just in principle, with the leadership of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee McMaster considers that an agreement with Sens. Bob Corker and Ben Cardin that took away the congressional deadlines on Iran that Trump hates would be a face-saving way for the White House to accept the deal. This would be a coup for McMaster and a bailout for Trump, said a Republican lobbyist familiar with the talks
Two other well-wired sources expect the Corker/Cardin deal to include a provision that will kick in six years from now, as aspects of the Iran deal relax and start moving toward expiration. If Iran violates certain terms of its nuclear agreement after that point, then the Corker/Cardin deal would impose a 90-day countdown clock Sources say a remaining question is whether Congress will need 50 or 60 votes to keep the sanctions from being reimposed, and that they expect it will be a 50-vote threshold Tom Cotton—perhaps the Senates most dogged Iran hawk and potentially Trumps next CIA director—recently met with McMaster to discuss Iran, and a source familiar with that meeting described it as a train wreck. [DailyBeast] Krishnadev Calamur: The Iran Deal Lives Another Day [TheAtlantic]
HEARD THE OTHER DAY -- Former Senator Joe Lieberman gives the Trump administration an A grade on Iran: I would give them an A. I disagree with a lot of other things President Trump has done, but on Iran, we went from an administration that was so focused on reaching this nuclear agreement that they tolerated suppression of human rights, turned a deaf ear to the protests in Iran (in 2009)... just let them get away with it. President Trump has now, basically, said we know who our friends are in the Middle East - Arab nations and Israel, and we are going to support them; and we know who are enemies are, and thats Iran and the radical Islamic terrorists. So I give him an A. [BloombergTV]
TALK OF THE REGION: "PM indirectly confirms Israel was source of Trump intel leak to Russia" by Yonah Jeremy Bob: "Speaking to a conference of NATO ambassadors on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu all but spelled it out. When we talk about ISIS, its important to understand that Israel helps Europe in two fundamental ways, Netanyahu said... We have, through our intelligence services, provided information that has stopped several dozen major terrorist attacks, many of them in European countries. Some of these could have been mass attacks, of the worst kind... even worse, because they involve civil aviation. Israel has prevented that, and thereby helped save many European lives. ... The prime minister surely would not have risked drawing attention to Israels part in providing the laptop-threat warning when it was still trying to keep its head down about Trumps leak. But now Netanyahu may feel more comfortable that Trump has come through, having recognized Jerusalem as Israels capital and having provided several signs that he will adopt much of Israels narrative in its dispute with the Palestinians." [JPost]
REPORT: "Netanyahu Asked Obama to Consider Giving Palestinians Land in Sinai, Former U.S. Officials Say" by Amir Tibon: "The idea which the officials say was raised by Netanyahu in 2014 is somewhat similar to those mentioned in a number of recent news reports about the Trump administrations peace plan... We all thought this idea was a waste of time, one of the officials said. We knew it would be a complete non-starter for the Palestinians – why would they trade agricultural lands in the West Bank, close to their largest cities, for sand dunes in Sinai? [Haaretz]
Pence says moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem could take several years -- by Samuel Chamberlain: The vice president [said] that "planning is underway" to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, but did not give a target date as to when the move would be completed. "I think it will probably be several years before we cut the ribbon, but the decision is made," Pence said. "We're moving our embassy to the capital of Israel." [FoxNews]
Egypt Opens Criminal Inquiry Over New York Times Article by Declan Walsh: Egypts prosecutor general has ordered a criminal investigation over a New York Times article that described a covert effort by Egyptian intelligence to sway public opinion in favor of accepting President Trumps decision recognizing Jerusalem as Israels capital. The article undermines Egypts security and public peace, and harms the countrys public interest, the prosecutor, Nabil Sadek, said in a statement [NYTimes] Make Egypt Great Again: Israeli experts question neighbors military buildup [DefenseNews]
BIBI COMING TO AIPAC? "Trump to meet Israel's Netanyahu in March after Jerusalem embassy move" by Jack Moore: "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he would meet with President Donald Trump in a March pow-wow in Washington, the fourth time since the American leader's inauguration. Netanyahu said that he could possibly meet him before March but that had not been confirmed." [Newsweek]
Jack Lew says he feared Hillary Clinton was headed to a crushing loss -- by Ben White: I had a bad feeling before the election, [former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said in the latest POLITICO Money podcast.] I cant say I expected it, but I cant say I was completely surprised. I did not treat it as a done deal. The fact that President Obama went to Michigan on a rather urgent basis just a few days before the election was a bit of a canary in the coal mine that things werent where they needed to be. Lew stayed in Washington on election night to monitor potential market reaction to a Trump win. And he tried to boost spirits at the White House — including Obamas — the day after. [Politico]
"The Wolff Eats Its Own" by Bret Stephens: "[Michael] Wolffs book is Exhibit A in how not to damage Trumps presidency, much less his chances of re-election... If the anti-Trump movement has a crippling defect, its smugness, and Wolffs book reflects and richly feeds it. Were the moral scolds who struggle to acknowledge the skeletons in our own closet, the smart people whose forecasts keep proving wrong. We said Trump couldnt win. That the stock market would never recover from his election. That he would blow up NATO. That the Middle East would erupt in violence when Jerusalem was recognized as Israels capital. The catastrophes havent happened, and maybe thats just a matter of luck. But by constantly predicting doom and painting the White House in the darkest colors, anti-Trumpers have only helped the president. We have set an almost impossibly high bar for Trumpian failure." [NYTimes]
2020 WATCH: Kevin Sheekey, Michael Bloomberg's political strategist, posted a photo of Oprah Winfrey and Michael Bloomberg on stage. This prompted former NBC News reporter Luke Russert to reply, "The Ticket!" [Instagram]
ON THE HILL -- "Congressmen introduce bill to sanction Iran for taking hostages" by Eric Cortellessa: "Introduced by Texas Republican Rep. Michael McCaul and Rep. Ted Deutch, a Democrat from Florida, the [Iran Human Rights and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act] is designed to give the Trump administration tools to severely punish Tehran for taking hostages..." [ToI]
Darrell Issa, a California Republican, Will Not Seek Re-election to House by Nicholas Fandos: Representative Darrell Issa, whose hard-edge partisan attacks on President Barack Obama began softening as his district trended toward the Democrats, said on Wednesday that he would not seek re-election In a bizarre turn, facing a difficult re-election last year, Mr. Issa came to embrace Mr. Obama — a development the then-president called the definition of chutzpah. [NYTimes]
Gillibrand Vows to Block Trumps Likely Choice for U.S. Attorney in Manhattan by Benjamin Weiser: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand plans to use a prerogative given to home-state senators to try to block the confirmation of Geoffrey S. Berman if he is nominated by President Trump as the United States attorney in Manhattan The senator, Democrat of New York, intends to use her blue-slip prerogative to lodge her objection over reports that President Trump had personally interviewed Mr. Berman as part of the selection process [NYTimes]
"Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens admits extramarital affair but denies reports he blackmailed woman with photo" by Fred Barbash: "Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R), responding to media reports, acknowledged Wednesday night that he was unfaithful to his wife a few years ago before being elected. But his lawyer denied sensational allegations aired by a local TV station that Greitens threatened to distribute naked photos he took of the woman with whom he was having a relationship if she ever said anything about it. The woman, who has not been named publicly, was Greitenss hair stylist." [WashPost; NYMag]
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BUSINESS BRIEFS: Israeli CEOs Saying Amazon Poaches Employees, Threatening to Leave Amazon Web Services [Calcalist] Kushner's real estate investing startup Cadre partners with Goldman Sachs [Reuters] With its new newsletter director, Dan Oshinsky, The New Yorker wants to experiment with standalone and international-focused products [NiemanLab] LionTrees Aryeh Bourkoff Predicts Golden Age Of Mergers, Acquisitions [Deadline]
SCENE AT CES: Layer3 TV's Eric Kuhn with former NBA commissioner David Stern and Cheddar's Jon Steinberg. Kuhn's caption: "The law offices of Stern, Steinberg & Kuhn" [Pic]
Bob Kraft-funded van will bring addiction services to city streets by Jon Chesto: The Kraft Center for Community Health at Massachusetts General Hospital — funded by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and his familys charitable foundation — on Tuesday rolled out a specially equipped mobile van, dubbed CareZone, to bring health services to Boston residents who are struggling with addiction. The van will rotate between two locations in the city. [BostonGlobe]
PODCAST PLAYBACK -- Robert Siegel, who recently retired after serving as NPRs host of All Things Considered for thirty years, discussed recent developments and his next steps on The Atlantic Interview podcast with Jeffrey Goldberg: Talking about the #MeToo movement and the recent high-profile departures in media, politics and other industries after allegations of inappropriate behavior, Siegel said, I dont hope for a complete rebirth of human goodness and kindness, but rather restraints of bad behavior and feeling that there will be some penalty for doing wrong. He then added, Its very Jewish of me to say that, I think.
Siegel on his next steps: Right now I am living purposely without purpose or plan It really has been since when I was about 22 and didnt know what was going to happen. I remember several months just not working - and living. Thats the only period of my life since I was about 15 that Ive experienced that, and I want to try this first and see how that feels like, and see what it feels good to do. [TheAtlantic]
Chris Rock's Israel Show Included a Candid Message About His Relationship With God by Jennie Fink: I guess I am trying to find God before he finds me, the Times of Israel reported [Rock] told the audience After joking about being so broke he had to perform in Israel, he informed the crowd that part of ticket sales would go toward helping little black girls attend private school. If anyone asks what you did tonight, you can say, I made a difference,' he said. [IJR]
Palestinians in East Jerusalem cherish horses as family by Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh: Mahmoud Montasir, a Jerusalem teenager who has his own horse, said he had achieved his childhood dream of turning horse-riding into a pastime. It is a great privilege to work with horses. A horse is a very clever animal and understands its human friend and his feelings. A horse also always shares its own feelings with its human friend but you need to understand it, Montasir said. [Reuters]
Rivlin: We must renew our partnership with the Diaspora by Irit Avissar: At the "Globes" Israel Business Conference, President Reuven Rivlin called for the construction of a long-term vision that would ensure the realization of Israel's potential in the world. "The time is ripe for creating a vision and a general strategy for the next 30 years, as a coordinated process involving the government and the private market. Within that, there is room for looking at joint action with the Jewish Diaspora on this and other matters, and for creating a new axis of partnership. We would like to strive for a reality in which Israel the innovator and Israel with all its capabilities, together with Diaspora Jewry, will be a main partner in dealing with global development problems." [Globes]
"Someone Tore Down the Mezuzah of UCLAs Jewish Student President. Read Her Powerful Response" by Yair Rosenberg: "This past May, Arielle Yael Mokhtarzadeh was elected student body president of UCLA, one of Americas largest universities... This Monday, when she returned to school following winter break... She arrived at her office to find that her mezuzah... had been torn down. Rather than be cowed by this attempted act of intimidation, Mokhtarzadeh promptly announced this afternoon that shed be publicly dedicating a new mezuzah and invited the campus to join her." [Tablet]
German Idea to Fight Anti-Semitism: Make Immigrants Tour Concentration Camps by Rick Gladstone: Alarmed by displays of anti-Semitism among new immigrants to Germany, a German politician has offered a novel idea that appears to be gaining traction: required visits to Nazi concentration camp memorials. The idea, proposed by Sawsan Chebli, a Berlin state legislator of Palestinian heritage, received a significant boost on Wednesday when the leaders of Germanys Central Council of Jews and the far larger World Jewish Congress agreed with her [NYTimes]
TRANSITION -- NYC Mayor Bill de Blasios senior aide Avi Fink has been promoted to Chief of Staff at the Office of Management and Budget. Fink was previously Deputy Chief of Staff to the Mayor.
PIC OF THE DAY -- Zak The Baker in Miami: "Proud to be your baker @wholefoods. Shiny new Dadeland store is officially open and looking beautiful." [Pic]
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Chair of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Experimental Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and author of five books, Dr. Jerome E. Groopman turns 66... Founder of VisibleWorld, a developer of viewer-customized television advertising, the company was acquired by Comcast in 2015 and is now known as FreeWheel, Seth Haberman turns 58... Former senior political analyst for MSNBC, Mark Halperin turns 53... Film, stage and television actress, star of the 2000 comedy film "The Whole Nine Yards," Amanda Peet turns 46... Born in Montreal to a Moroccan Jewish family, former goaltender with the NHL's Phoenix Coyotes who also played in six other leagues, Josh Tordjman turns 33... French-American actress, Flora Cross turns 25... Founder of Nannies by Noa, a full-service childcare agency, serving families in NYC and the Hamptons, teen entrepreneur Noa Mintz turns 17...
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Barnet Libraries: Campaigners wary as minister clears council over controversial library cuts complaint
PUBLISHED: 12:59 07 May 2019 | UPDATED: 12:59 07 May 2019
Save Barnet Libraries campaigners protest at a council meeting of the Community Leadership and Libraries committee at Hendon Town Hall, Picture: Jonathan Goldberg
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Campaigners have reacted with dismay after a government minister rejected their complaint that changes to Barnet's library services were unlawful.
Barnet Council welcomed the news, though, saying they were “proud” of the borough's libraries.
They are due to commence an internal review of the changes – which saw controversial “staffless libraries” introduced in 2017.
This had been delayed to allow the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to determine the complaint.
Arts minister Michael Ellis MP relayed the decision, made by his boss Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright, in writing to Barnet Council leader Cllr Richard Cornelius.
Mr Ellis wrote: “The Secretary of State does not consider there to be any serious doubt or uncertainty as to whether Barnet Council is complying with its legal obligations to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service.”
He added that Mr Wright was however “critical” of the town hall's communication.
Emily Burnham of the Save Barnet Libaries campaign group said: “Let us put the minister's statement to the test: we and library supporters throughout the borough will be watching the council's review process carefully.
“We will renew our complaint if the review does not engage properly with the public and lead to a serious and thorough response to the concerns that residents continue to raise about their entitlement to a properly resourced and truly accessible library service.”
The group has complained that cuts to the staffed hours at libraries in the borough – where staff have been replaced with door-code access and security guards in some cases – adversely impacted children and those with accessibilty needs.
Barnet have always disputed this. Cllr Cornelius welcomed the report from DCMS and said: “It is important that the DCMS has examined the Barnet library service and that the Secretary of State is satisfied that we are providing a comprehensive and efficient service.
“While our financial challenges have meant we've made changes to the way the service is run, we are proud that we have kept all of our 14 libraries open, that they are available for longer hours and that we continue to offer our residents a whole range of services and events.”
A DCMS spokesperson said: “Following a thorough investigation we are content that Barnet Council is complying with its legal obligations.”
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Half-Life (Grade 10)
Instructions: Answering the following questions requires the use of a reference table that lists the half-lives of different radioisotopes.
Which of the following nuclides has a half-life greater than 28 years?
Ne-19
Which of the following nuclides has a half-life less than 10 seconds?
Fr-220
Which radioisotope has a half-life between 5 and 6 years?
Co-60
Which of the following radioisotopes has half-life greater than 10 years and has a decay mode of beta?
Kr-85
What is the total number of years that passes before only 6.25 grams of an original 25-gram sample of C-14 remains unchanged?
11,430 years
2,857.5 years
What is the half-life of a radioisotope if 50.0 grams of an original 200.-gram sample of the isotope remains unchanged 15.60 years?
What is the amount of an original 300.0-g sample of K-37 that remains unchanged after 8.61 seconds?
2.34375 g
How many years have passed if 25 grams of an original 100.0-gram sample of Sr-90 remains unchanged?
116.4 years
Polonium-210 has a half-life of 138 days. Determine the total mass of an original 300-gram sample of Po-210 that remains unchanged after 690 days.
The half-life is the amount of time that must pass before half of the original mass of a specific radioisotope remains.
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$10,000 reward for info on Ja'Naiya Scott killing; 11-year-old cousin fighting for life
Anderson Police Capt. Mike Aikens said two businessmen who wish to remain anonymous came together to put up the reward money in Ja'Naiya's case.
$10,000 reward for info on Ja'Naiya Scott killing; 11-year-old cousin fighting for life Anderson Police Capt. Mike Aikens said two businessmen who wish to remain anonymous came together to put up the reward money in Ja'Naiya's case. Check out this story on independentmail.com: https://www.independentmail.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2019/06/27/10-000-reward-anderson-sc-policejanaiya-scott-info-11-year-old-cousin-fighting-life/1583710001/
Nikie Mayo, Anderson Independent Mail Published 12:59 p.m. ET June 27, 2019 | Updated 1:15 p.m. ET June 27, 2019
A $10,000 reward is being offered for information that will lead to the killer of Ja'Naiya Scott as the young girl's 11-year-old cousin remains hospitalized in critical condition, Anderson police said Thursday.
Ja'Naiya, her cousin, and Ja'Naiya's older sister were sitting on the couch around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when someone opened fired on the little girl's home on West End Avenue in Anderson. More than 35 bullets were fired toward the home, and 11-year-old Ja'Naiya, her 18-year-old sister and her 11-year-old cousin were all wounded.
A bullet pierced Ja'Naiya's subclavian artery, and she died soon thereafter in the emergency room at AnMed Health Medical Center, according to Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore.
Ja'Naiya Scott, 11, died after someone fired more than 35 shots toward her home in Anderson, police said. (Photo: Contributed photo)
Ja'Naiya's cousin, whose name has not been disclosed by authorities, remains in critical condition at Prisma Health Upstate's Greenville Memorial Hospital, according to Anderson police.
Ja'Naiya's sister was just released from the hospital, police confirmed Thursday.
Capt. Mike Aikens of the Anderson Police Department said two businessmen who wish to remain anonymous came together to put up the reward money in Ja'Naiya's case.
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Anderson County Sheriff Chad McBride said they are friends of his who are also the same people offering a $10,000 reward in the long-unsolved disappearance of baby Leonna Wright. Leonna was 1 year old when she was last seen alive June 6, 2015, at Edgewood Square Apartments on Cherry Street in Pendleton. The apartment complex is now known as Palmetto Village. No one has ever been charged in her disappearance.
Aikens said Anderson police are hopeful the new reward in Ja'Naiya's case will yield some information. No suspects have been named in her death, and no one has been arrested.
Anyone with information is asked to call 1-888-CRIME-SC.
A group called Upstate Bikers has organized a "unity ride" planned for Saturday in Ja'Naiya's honor. Motorcyclists will meet at Swagg, at 1418 White Horse Road in Greenville, at 10 a.m. and ride to Anderson. For more information on the Unity Ride, contact Anthony Johnson at 864-449-0000.
Shaq Lawson, a Buffalo Bills defensive end and a former Clemson University football player, will pay for Ja'Naiya's funeral.
Football player helps: Ex-Clemson player, Bills' Shaq Lawson to pay for SC girl Ja'Naiya Scott's funeral
Who was Ja'Naiya: 5th grader's big plans die amid more than 35 gunshots fired at a home in Anderson
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23/12/2016 7:43 PM IST | Updated 23/12/2016 7:55 PM IST
What Should We Make Of These Rumours Of A Congress-SP-RLD Tie-Up In UP?
An alliance is good arithmetic, at least on paper.
By Arati R Jerath
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, Ajit Singh and other leaders at a function for the release of coffee-table book 'Sangharsh ke Senani' on JD-U President Sharad Yadav at his residence.
When die hard Third Fronters share a platform with top Congress leaders at a time when UP polls are round the corner, it's bound to spark speculation about a Bihar-style grand alliance to take on the BJP in the country's politically most crucial state. But is something really cooking or is chatter about a SP-Congress-RLD-JD(U) pact in UP just part of the noise that ebbs and flows in election season?
The buzz about a grand alliance in the making began even before the function started. The occasion was the release of a book on the life of north India's most prominent Jat peasant leader, Charan Singh. The venue was the sprawling Lutyens Delhi residence of a Charan Singh acolyte, Sharad Yadav of the JD(U).
The guests included a galaxy of leaders who have been associated with Third Front politics at some point in their careers: Sharad Pawar, Deve Gowda, Ajit Singh, Devi Lal's great grandson and possibly his political heir, Dushyant Chautala. And from the Congress came Ghulam Nabi Azad who is handling UP for his party and Ahmed Patel, Sonia Gandhi's all powerful political secretary.
The buzz grew louder as they mixed freely and chatted like old friends. An alliance is likely to be announced within 48 hours, announced breaking news on TV.
Except that one crucial element of a grand alliance was missing: SP supremo and patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav. Sharad Yadav had spoken to him personally the previous day to request him to be present. After all, Charan Singh was Mulayam's political teacher and mentor.
But Mulayam chose not to come. Instead, he sent the one man who makes the Congress see red, Amar Singh. And the dislike is mutual. Amar Singh will do everything in his power to scuttle a SP-Congress understanding in UP.
The presence of Amar Singh at what was expected to be the springboard for a grand alliance was the strongest signal yet from Mulayam that he is simply not interested in a pre-poll pact on his home turf with any party, least of all the Congress.
It was also Mulayam's way of snubbing, for the nth time, his son and UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, who is openly hostile towards Amar Singh and has asked for him to be expelled from the party.
The warring Yadav clan may have hugged and made up in public on Mulayam's orders but it's clear that the family feud is far from over. The tussle over a grand alliance to fight the UP polls is simply another manifestation of the ongoing tug-of-war between Akhilesh and his uncle Shivpal Yadav for political control of the party.
It is now quite clear that Akhilesh is the one pushing for a grand alliance. In fact, he was the first to talk to the media about the possibility of a pact with the Congress for next year's polls. An alliance between SP, Congress and RLD is good arithmetic, at least on paper. Apart from SP's Yadav votes and RLD's Jat votes, the alliance would most likely consolidate Muslim votes on one side and possibly attract some upper caste groups, particularly the traders and shopkeepers who have been badly hit by demonetization. It makes for a winning combination if it can whip up some chemistry too.
But arithmetic is not the only reason Akhilesh wants a pact. A tie-up with other parties, especially the Congress, would add muscle to Akhilesh in his fight with uncle Shivpal and help him to cut out Shivpal's nominees when the battle over ticket distribution starts. Akhilesh has a good rapport with both Rahul Gandhi and Nitish Kumar and expects them to rally around him when his uncle gets rough.
It makes for a winning combination if it can whip up some chemistry too.
Shivpal knows this and is fighting tooth and nail to stop the alliance from happening. He has a strong ally in Amar Singh whose relationship with the Congress went to pieces after it refused to induct SP and him into government in 2008 in return for supporting the UPA on the controversial Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
At every turn in the family feud so far, Mulayam has sided with his brother and with Amar Singh. He has ticked off Akhilesh for demanding that Amar Singh be expelled. Amar Singh is my brother, Mulayam declared at a press conference once. And he has propped up Shivpal in the party and government, forcing Akhilesh to re-induct his uncle in the cabinet after he expelled him for reasons of questionable integrity.
However much goodwill Akhilesh may command with the public, Mulayam remains the boss in SP. He will decide whether there will be a grand alliance or not.
However much goodwill Akhilesh may command with the public, Mulayam remains the boss in SP. He will decide whether there will be a grand alliance or not. So far, he's made it clear that he doesn't want it. Sending Amar Singh to the book release function was another reminder of his opposition.
But Akhilesh is not one to give up so easily, particularly when his political future is at stake. The tussle will continue and so will the speculation.
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Gay rodeos played an important role in the history and formation of the [[IAGSDC]]. The '''International Gay Rodeo Association''' (IGRA) was founded in 1985 from several regional associations with roots dating back to 1976. Gay rodeos in [[Reno]], [[NV]] and [[Denver]], [[CO]] provided a meeting place for the first gay square dance clubs to meet, dance, and share ideas. The [[1983]] Reno rodeo is where the idea for the [[National Gay/Lesbian Square Dance Association]] (which became the [[IAGSDC]]) was born. The [[1982]], [[1983]], and [[1984]] Denver and Reno rodeos are mentioned as key events in ''[[Ten Years IAGSDC: A Collection of Pages From Our Memory Book]]'', and there was planning between gay rodeo organizers and square dancers to provide dancing at those events. In addition, many gay rodeos provided venues for the various square dance [[Exhibition Team|exhibition teams]] to perform. While the connections between GLBTQ square dancing and GLBTQ rodeos have diminished over time, gay rodeos played an important part in our history. ===Mission Statement=== Supporting Rodeo Associations that Support their Communities IGRA achieves this mission by: #Providing associations with the tools to produce quality events. #Promoting, in a positive way, the GBLTQ country western lifestyle. #Supporting amateur sportsmanship through participation, competition and recognition ([http://igra.com/aboutus.html more here]) ===Web Links=== [http://igra.com/ igra.com]
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We're in a world that is bound by superstitions. Whether they're good or bad, most of these superstitions lead to a great deal of fear being developed in our minds. Amongst many of these superstitions, there exist positive or lucky omens that are said to bring a lot of good luck into a person's life. But, did you know about these stories behind the lucky omens across the world?
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Lucky Omens: Sneezing before breakfast
Not many know this, but sneezing two times is considered to be very lucky! Did you know, sneezing was considered one of the end-symptoms of death, after which the Pope ordered people to bless those who sneezed! This is now considered to be lucky! Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
Lucky Omens: Meeting a cow
It is suggested that if you run into a cow on the road, it brings fertility and more good luck. Since Hindus consider the cow as holy, and because of its multi-purposefulness, it with time began to be considered lucky! Image Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
Lucky Omens: Snakes in homes
For a number of Hindus, seeing snakes in your dreams is considred lucky. It is said that the origin of this superstition comes from the usage of snake amulets as weapons against enemies. Snakes were said to keep the home safe. Image Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
Lucky Omens: Tingling hands
It is said that when your left hand tingles, money is coming to you, or that success is on its way! Have you felt like that? Image Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
Lucky Omens: The number 7
The number 7 is considered to be the 'magic number' and is said to be one of the most lucky number in the charts! This has originated from the fact that there are seven days of the week, seven colours of the rainbow, seven notes on a musical scale, seven seas and seven continents... Image Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
Lucky Omens: Shooting star
From time immemorial, wishing upon a shooting star is said to be lucky! The origin of this superstition dates back to AD 127-151 when Greek astronomer Ptolemy spoke about how 'out of curiosity' the Gods sometimes peer down at earth from up above! According to this myth, the stars sometimes slip out of this gap and come zooming toward the earth. This indicates that Gods are paying attention to what you want during that time! Image Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
Lucky Omens: Penny
Legend has it that in the medieval times, people believed that metal was given to humans by the Gods to protect them from evil! Because of this, people began believing that finding pennies was actually good luck! Image Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
Lucky Omens: Bats in homes
Did you know, it is considered lucky to find bats in your home? Many believe it is unlucky because they bring deathly diseases, while others believe that it's lucky because it wards off evil from the home! Image Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
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Lucky Omens: Horseshoe
Much like pennies, it is believed that metal was given by Gods to humans because it wards of evils! This is why horseshoes are hung outside homes to keep evil from entering the house's premises. The second belief is that witches flew around on broomsticks because they were afraid of horses, so a horseshoe would scare them off. Image Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
Lucky Omens: Four-leaf clover
The four-leaf clover is one of the most lucky symbols across the world. This is because, one, the four-leaf clover is very rare to find, which makes you lucky! Second, it is believed that Eve took a four-leaf clover with her as she left the Garden of Eden, which is why you're holding a piece of 'paradise' when you hold it! Image Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
Lucky Omens: Butterflies in homes
Some believe that it is lucky to have a white butterfly fly into your home. This is because butterflies have always been considered to be a symbol of love, because of how beautiful they are. Due to this, having love come into your home is considered to be lucky, while pulling off a butterfly's wings is unlucky! Image Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
Lucky Omens: Bird poop
Many consider a bird pooping on your head dor shoulders to be extremely lucky! The origin of this? The age-old saying goes, "You're lucky because horses can't fly," whereas others believe that the chance that happens to you is one in a hundred, which makes you lucky! Image Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
Lucky Omens: Fingers crossed
Crossing your fingers for good luck is an age-old solution to ANYTHING. This is mostly connected to the 'cross' in Christianity which is considered to be holy! Image Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
Lucky Omens: Sun and rain
The rain and sun together are said to indicate a new chapter in someone's life! It is considered lucky because people believe that the rain washes away all your past sadness and the sun makes way for a new light! Image Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
Lucky Omens: Touchwood
Knocking wood is supposed to be lucky all across the world. It is believed that malevolent spirits inhabited wood, which is why knocking wood keeps away all negativity! Image Courtesy: Image Procured via Google Search
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NEWS | DEFENDER AYOZE GARCIA RE-SIGNED FOR 2020 SEASON
By IndyEleven.com, 11/20/19, 11:00AM EST
Veteran of Spain’s La Liga Becomes Tenth Player Committed to Return to Indiana’s Team
Another veteran presence’s return to Indy Eleven for the 2020 season has been confirmed with today’s re-signing of defender Ayoze Garcia. Per club policy, terms of the contract that brings the Spaniard back for a third season with the Boys in Blue will not be announced.
“Ayoze has been a vital part to what we’ve built here the last two seasons, and we know he’ll have even more to give this club in 2020,” said Indy Eleven Head Coach Martin Rennie. “The passion and tenacity he brings to the field every single day leads our squad by example, and anyone who has watched him this past season can see that he is still very much one of the most skilled players in the USL Championship.”
Ayoze has been a constant on the left side for Indy Eleven since joining prior to the 2018 season, starting 60 of his 61 league appearances the last two seasons while notching seven goals and 13 assists. Those tallies include a recently concluded 2019 campaign that saw the soon-to-turn 34-year-old (on Friday) register three goals and five assists in 32 appearances (31 starts). To see more details on Ayoze’s decorated career in the United States and at the highest levels of soccer in his native Spain, click here to read his full bio on IndyEleven.com.
Ayoze is the tenth player confirmed to return to the Indy Eleven roster in 2020, solidifying a core that led Indiana’s Team to club records in wins (19), standings points (63), home wins (13) and away wins (6) and to its first two victories in USL Championship Playoffs action. Indy Eleven will announce its 11th returning piece on Thursday, followed by the first new member of the Boys in Blue on Friday.
Indy Eleven fans can guarantee their return for every game at Lucas Oil Stadium next year as well by securing a 2020 Season Ticket Membership, available now at IndyEleven.com/season-tickets or by calling 317-685-1100.
2020 Roster Returnees
Goalkeeper: Jordan Farr, Evan Newton
Defender: Ayoze, Paddy Barrett, Neveal Hackshaw, Karl Ouimette
Midfielder: Tyler Gibson, Kenney Walker, Matt Watson
Forward: Ilija Ilic
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Ensuring the magic keeps on chugging
by Art Carey, Inquirer Staff Writer, Posted: December 18, 2008
Tiny screwdriver in hand, Steven Clarke probes the innards of a stricken transformer, the main throttle for the Brandywine River Museum Model Railroad.
"Never trust inanimate objects," he declares. "Yeats was right: Things fall apart. Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, usually at the most inopportune moment. But the show must go on."
by Art Carey, Inquirer Staff Writer
This year, for the 32d time, Clarke is in charge of the show, which is the star attraction of the museum's Christmas celebration. During the rest of the year, paintings and other artifacts of Wyeth worship draw visitors to this esteemed Chadds Ford cultural repository, but from Thanksgiving to early January, high art yields to the common and enduring appeal of a magnificent miniature railroad.
"People come here to see the trains," Clarke says. "It won't do to say they're not running."
On this day, with the help of a substitute transformer purchased at a flea market, life was proceeding with the usual animated magic in the Lilliputian towns and villages overseen by Clarke. Five trains were running - including a freight train with 70 cars - and whatever mechanical problems were furrowing Clarke's brow were completely invisible to a shifting crowd of spectators, heavily skewed in age toward single digits, whose responses to his handiwork ranged from awe to delight.
How could it be otherwise? The E-shaped layout is immense - 35 by 61 feet - and traversed by about 2,000 feet of 0-gauge track. Besides seemingly infinite freight trains, there are passenger trains sporting the colors of such storied lines as the Santa Fe, Union Pacific and Pennsy, as well as a streamlined California Zephyr.
Clarke and associates such as engineer Dave Jensen (who is licensed to operate real locomotives) have created an enchanted and enchanting landscape.
The wintry countryside is enlivened by features that display not only imagination (intelligence having fun), but something even more precious - a childlike imagination.
Next to a waterfall where real water flows, knights joust at a medieval festival. Skaters etch circles on a pond. Imitation smoke curls from the stack of the power plant next to the roundhouse.
At the drive-in theater, the Christmas classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer plays on the outdoor screen. There's a replica of the Herr's snack factory (an exhibit sponsor) and a Berks Products stone quarry and processing plant (another sponsor).
While the exhibit's ingenuity will impress model railroaders, it is designed primarily to entertain families, not hard-core rail fans, who obsess over detail and authenticity. In the switchyard, Thomas the Tank Engine and his brightly colored locomotive friends from the Island of Sodor, all hugely popular, wait for the next chance to amuse the under-5 crowd, a task at which they rarely fail. Over part of the display, Santa and his reindeer fly.
New this year is a salute to "the men behind the trains" - short biographies and photographs of such toy-train pioneers as Lionel Cohen, A.C. Gilbert, Harry Ives, Louis Marx and John Tyler, whose Mantua Metal Products company, once headquartered in Woodbury Heights, N.J., spurred the development of HO-gauge trains.
Clarke, 60, of West Chester, is officially the curator of the exhibit. On his business card, he calls himself a toy trainsmith. Neither title fully captures the man. He is steeped in history, pregnant with knowledge, Edisonian in inventiveness, and resolutely eccentric.
With his sharp features, tousled hair, wire-rim spectacles and prominent chin whiskers, he resembles an Amish farmer. On this day, he is wearing a dark-blue chamois-cloth cavalry shirt under an Army-surplus tool vest. His denim jeans are cinched with a tan Boy Scout belt that symbolizes his curatorial philosophy: Be prepared. To that end, he carries in his vest a conductor's pocket watch on a chain, a small flashlight and a plastic tube for blowing out clogged locomotive smokestacks.
His face bears the expression of a man beset by a hundred petty vexations, all of which he intends to vanquish by day's end.
While Clarke cheerfully answers questions and dispenses lore, he is mindful of short attention spans and tries not to overwhelm. He favors puckish epigrams to windy bombast, showing rather than telling. Children are mesmerized by him; they know instinctively that they're in the presence of a character, a subversive, a kindred spirit who sees and thinks the way they do.
Toy trains today have become electronic marvels, with all sorts of digital bells and whistles. Clarke eschews such computerized gimcrackery, preferring to stay simple, old-school and mechanical, mainly for practical reasons.
"If something goes wrong, it's something I can deal with, in the dark and in a crowd," Clarke says. "I can't say, 'The system is down. Please come back in a couple of weeks.' "
Setting up the display is a process that takes at least four grueling days and entails transporting 29 layout sections - veritable tectonic shards that are both heavy and fragile - from a barn in northern Delaware. In addition to all his other talents, Clarke has a strong back and an exquisite sense of space.
The rest of the year, Clarke fixes and spruces up the disassembled layout and toils on new projects and additions. He also does jobs for private clients, restoring and repairing old trains, designing and building layouts.
"I've seen a resurgence of interest in Christmastime trains," Clarke says. "It's something you can do at home that involves the whole family. And it's a lot less expensive than going to Aspen or Europe."
Some of the kids and young adults who came to see the trains 32 years ago when Clarke began tending the exhibit are now returning with their children and, in some cases, grandchildren.
"The thing I enjoy most is seeing a family sitting on a bench watching the trains, cuddling and hugging, while the parents and grandparents talk about their own childhood memories," Clarke says. "The trains are just a way to help people feel good."
Contact staff writer Art Carey
at 610-696-3249 or acarey@phillynews.com.
Art Carey, Inquirer Staff Writer
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MAWLAMYINE, Mon State — The Mon State government has issued a warrant for the arrest of Khun Tan, who reportedly claimed to be the next Buddha and seduced young girls to have sex with him, said Mon State chief minister Dr Aye Zan.
“We’ve issued an arrest warrant for him for defaming Buddhism. Khun Tan has, however, escaped, but we’ve got five of his accomplices,” Dr. Aye Zan told The Irrawaddy.
Khun Tan, also known as Zat Lite, has reportedly fled to Hopong in Shan State’s Taunggyi District, and the Mon State government is cooperating with the Shan State government to apprehend him, he added.
According to Pa-O ethnic Ko Khun Aung Myo Thein, a resident of Mon State’s Thaton, Khun Tan was born in Kone Tha village in Hopong Township and arrived in Thaton around 18 years ago when he was seven.
Local Pa-O people were led to believe that he was the reincarnation of Alantaya Sayadaw Ashin Sakka—a Pa-O ethnic monk who was quite influential and respected among not only Pa-O people but also across the country.
“As far as I’m concerned, Khun Tan could not speak Burmese well. I believe he won’t declare himself to be the reincarnation of Alantaya Sayadaw. But I don’t know if there are people who are fabricating information,” Ko Khun Aung Myo Thein told The Irrawaddy.
Khun Tan allegedly convinced Pa-O parents living in the Alantaya religious area—the area surrounding the monastery of Alantaya Sayadaw—that their daughters would be blessed if they have sex with him after they reach puberty.
According to Pa-O ethnic affairs minister of Mon State government Daw San Wint Khaing, such cases began in 2012, and Khun Tan has allegedly slept with hundreds of girls mostly aged around 15.
Ko Khun Aung Myo Thein explained that according to tradition of Pa-O people, persons who are destined to face ill fortune according to their horoscopes can avert it by nominally marrying a person who is believed to have good fortune.
“So, there is such a tradition. But marrying is jut nominal and it doesn’t include sex,” he said.
Ko Khun Aung Myo Thein however objected to the term used by media “offering of virginity” to describe Khun Tan’s alleged sex with young girls and said that he had no comment if or not Khun Tan has actually slept with them.
Dr. Aye Zan said his government has been shadowing Khun Tan for two months, and has a record of his offences, but could not take actions against him as no one filed a lawsuit.
“The problem was that such a case needs to be filed by the girls. But girls didn’t file a complaint, and it is difficult for us to intervene,” said Dr. Aye Zan.
However, on Oct. 2, a complaint was filed with the Mon State Parliament Women and Child Rights Protection Committee, saying that Khun Tan had seduced five girls, aged between 16 and 18, in Alantaya religious area and three surrounding villages to marry him.
“Since the locals are very poorly educated, they believed that he was the Buddha-to-be and offering virgin sex would bring [their daughters] good luck,” ethnic affairs minister Daw San Wint Khaing told The Irrawaddy.
According to her, Khun Tan either paid or threatened girls in Alantaya religious area to have sex with him.
Thaton District General Administration Department is interrogating the administrator of Zayit Chaung village for allegedly covering up two rape cases committed by Khun Tan, district commissioner U Teza Aung told The Irrawaddy.
Daw Khaing Khaing Lei, chairperson of Mon State Parliament Women and Child Rights Protection Committee, and Pa-O ethnic affairs minister Daw San Wint Khaing have received messages of death threats on social media following the disclosure of the case.
Union minister for Religious Affairs and Culture U Aung Ko has told reporters in Naypyitaw that his ministry would definitely take action against Khun Tan.
Topics: Buddhism, Crime, Mon State, Religion, Shan State
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50,000 Nigerians now work in 127 construction sites says Fashola - ITREALMS
The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babajide Raji Fashola, has disclosed that over 50,000 Nigerians are now engaged in 77 works and 50 housing construction sites across the country while only 277 foreigners are working in the sites, reports ITREALMS.
This was disclosed Thursday in a speech entitled “Solid Infrastructural Backbone - A Catalyst for National and Sustainable Development” he delivered at Sheraton Hotels, Lagos during the 2018 Nigerian Infrastructure Development Awards (NIDA) Night and the unveiling of Nigerian Infrastructure Development Magazine.
Mr Fashola, who won the NIDA 2018 ‘Icon of National Infrastructure Development” Award, was represented at the occasion by Engr Funsho Adebiyi, Director of Highways South West.
According to him, the figures are contained in the ‘Inception Report’ the Ministry of Works, Power and Housing recently commissioned to ‘ascertain the number of foreigners employed on those sites and whether they have work permits for the work they are undertaking’.
‘The Ministry has now commissioned a more detailed audit of all sites and we await the results and findings’, he stated.
The Minister explained that ‘while Government welcomes foreigners and investors, we expect that like in all law abiding countries, foreigners can only work after obtaining work permit’
He explained further that while Nigeria took loans from overseas to execute some projects, ‘we did not sign away the rights of Nigerians to benefits from such projects’.
The Chairman of the occasion of the occasion, Otunba Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye who commended the organizers of NIDA Awards said in his speech that infrastructure development of Nigeria is very critical and an issue that should be of concern to all stating that ‘no nation develops above the level of infrastructural resources available to her.
He also called for vibrant private and public sector players to partner in driving infrastructural revolution in order to fast track development on the country.
‘We need more public budget investments, foreign capital and creative funding avenues to achieve this goal speedily as we cannot afford to be observers. As an emerging economy with growing population, we have to take the need to improve on our various infrastructure very seriously’ he added.
In his welcome remarks, the Chairman, Nigerian Infrastructural Awards (NIDA) and Managing Director of Prospers Strategy Limited, Mr Lanre Alabi, said the issue of Infrastructure is very vital to national development as the state of infrastructure is a key determinant to gauge the health of nation.
Mr Alabi explained that ‘’NIDA was established to honor corporate organisations, government agencies and individuals who have made huge and outstanding impact in the Nigerian infrastructural development sector over the years.
He added that with the debut of the first Nigerian Infrastructural Development focused magazine, a public platform to raise the bar on infrastructural awareness has been created. ‘The publication offers a credible avenue for both the public and private sector players to share ideas and to imbibe best practices that have helped other economies on infrastructure development’.
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UK roundup: Pensions Regulator, Mercer, Pizza Hut, Deloitte
UK - The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has confirmed Bill Galvin as its new chief executive only a few weeks after Michael O'Higgins took over as chairman from David Norgrove.
Galvin, who has been acting chief executive since the departure of Tony Hobman in May last year, said he was pleased to be given the opportunity to continue to lead the regulator.
"From 2012, auto-enrolment is predicted to bring many millions more into workplace pensions," he said. "This will make the next few years an exciting and challenging period."
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The Pizza Hut UK Pension Plan, which is closed to new entrants, was struggling with underfunding and therefore turned to the consultancy, which employed a liability-driven investment strategy to help increase the scheme's funding ratio.
Gerard Carolan, chair of trustees at Pizza Hut, said: "The transition was efficiently managed, and we have already enjoyed funding-level improvements. The communication flow of results from Mercer has been very helpful in reassuring us our objectives have been met."
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Whenever the project of a big hero is on the anvil, the first thing that many would want to know is the title. In some cases, the directors announce the title beforehand but in other cases, a working title is kept and the actual title is revealed at the end. Something similar seems to have happened in the case of energetic star Ram.
Apparently, Ram celebrated his birthday and as part of that, the first look of two of his projects came out. Till such time, many were expecting that one among those projects has been titled as Harikatha. But now, it is clear that this is just a working title and there is a good chance that another title may be locked for it.
However, there are those who say Harikatha does sound like an apt title and it will suit. But it all boils down to the director and the storyline associated with the film. For now, one thing is clear that Harikatha is not the final title. Keep watching this space to know the actual title very soon.
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Injuries in NFL match
Posted on December 16, 2014 by Admin in Injuries in NFL match, NFL with No Comments on Injuries in NFL match
We could witness something that has rarely happened before, and see a duel of bench quarterbacks in the match between Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans on Thursday night. The match will be live on NFL Network.
Early Monday was the time when the Jaguars announced that their Blake Bortles may not be a part of the rooster in his team’s next game due to a mid-foot sprain.
Bortles, who played all the minutes in the game on Sunday against Baltimore ravens, was sacked eight times. The Jaguars lost the game 20-12. With that game, the rookie Bortles was sacked 48 times this season, and holds the second place in that record in NFL.
On the other hand we have Titans quarterback Jake Locker who received an injury in the Sunday’s clash against the Jets. His shoulder was causing troubles and eventually he got a hit and that was the end of the game. His presence in the next Titans game is unsure, thus we find ourselves in an interesting situation where on the pitch we would see Charlie Whitehurst and Chad Henne, both bench quarterback of their teams, and a fight for the No. 1. overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft.
Let’s see some more injuries in the NFL that we have managed to track:
1 Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall received a mid-foot injury on Sunday, as the NFL Media reported after talking to the player, and he is unsure when he will be back on the pitch again.
2. Ryan Lindley of the Cardinals will have his name in the starting line up after Drew Stanton got out of the field with an injury. The coach Bryce Ariand added that there will be more rookie call ups for the team including Logan Thomas.
3. Bruised lung is what will keep the left tackle Russell Okung out of the ground for atleast a week or so, as his coach Pete Carroll said that they will need to find a replacement in the Seattle Seahawks next game.
4. Mike McCoy confirmed that linebacker Donald Butler is having problems with a dislocation in his left elbow. The team is trying to find a solution to the problem which will teleport Butler in the injured reserves.
5. The Eagles will have to count on Mark Sanchez in the center again after Nick Foles has failed to make a return and step again on the pitch after his injury earlier last week.
6. Mike Smith has said that his team, the Falcons, will have to find a solution to the cornerback position, as their first squad Robert Alford will receive a wrist surgery and head to the injured reserves.
Don’t forget to check the online sports betting programs and forums, find a good match and bet, as you may be one of the lucky winners of the huge prices as well as the jackpot itself.
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Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune prays with officials during the funeral of Algeria's military chief, Lt. Gen. Ahmed Gaed Salah, in Algiers Wednesday. | APS / HANDOUT / VIA REUTERS
World / Politics
Algeria buries military chief and de facto ruler amid protests
Last Modified: Dec 26, 2019
ALGIERS – Algeria held an elaborate military funeral Wednesday for the general who was the gas-rich country’s de facto ruler amid political turmoil throughout this year.
Big crowds packed the route of the funeral cortege Wednesday to pay homage to Gen. Ahmed Gaid Salah, chief of the armed forces. Some people ran alongside flower-draped military vehicles, shouting in grief. Others saluted his coffin, draped in the Algerian flag, or kissed his portrait.
The 79-year-old Gaid Salah died unexpectedly Monday after a heart attack, plunging Algeria into new uncertainty after 10 months of pro-democracy protests.
After a ceremony at the Palace of the People, he was buried at the El Alia cemetery alongside others who fought in Algeria’s war for independence from France. Algeria’s military plays a central role in decision-making in this country, a key ally to Western powers in fighting Islamic extremism.
Gaid Salah leaves behind a mixed legacy.
Some mourned him as a symbol of the fading independence generation and a guarantor of stability amid this year’s protests. Others saw him as epitomizing an opaque leadership out of touch with worries of Algeria’s large youth population.
Gaid Salah helped force out longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in April amid unprecedented, peaceful protests against corruption and Algeria’s secretive power structure.
The military chief then pushed for elections earlier this month, won by a former prime minister considered close to Gaid Salah, Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Protesters later turned against Gaid Salah, demanding his departure and a wholesale makeover of Algeria’s political structure. Students held their regular weekly protests Tuesday after his death, despite the three days of official mourning declared by Algeria’s leadership.
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Ousted Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn leaves his lawyers' offices after he was released from a detention center after posting bail in Tokyo last March. | AFP-JIJI
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Home » Community Education » Involving Chevrah Members in Education
Involving Chevrah Members in Education
The Role of the Chevrah The Power of Chevrah Participation Expanding the Scope of Chevrah Kadisha
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The Role of the Chevrah in the Synagogue and the Community
Historically, when Jews moved into a new community, the first thing they established was a cemetery—not a synagogue or a house of study. Death comes to all, so it must come first. Similarly, Jewish death practices created a foundation for the community over the centuries.
Having a group of dedicated community members who take care of the dead enabled others to continue working when there was a death, for the Talmud prohibited the community from working until the dead were taken care of. But if there was a dedicated group of people doing that, then others were given permission to continue their lives. (Moed Katan 27B)
Clothe the naked, visit the sick, comfort the mourner, bury the dead. According to the Rabbis of the Talmud (Sotah 14a), that is how we walk after G-d and acquire a godly character. Note that three of the four are explicitly related to the work of the Chevrah Kadisha. These are foundational concepts that underlie what community is all about.
In many communities, the local chevrah is the focal point when death occurs, coordinating with funeral homes, rabbis, families, synagogues, and community members. The chevrah ensures that the loved ones are supported, that minyanim are formed for Kaddish, that the meal of consolation happens appropriately, that supplies are present when needed at the funeral home, that the right kind of caskets are there when needed, and that someone is there to keep the deceased company between death and burial to comfort the soul. All of this generally happens behind the scenes, with the community often blind to the activity, yet expecting it to happen.
Today, many Jews simply assume that “somebody” will take care of the dead when the time comes. They are not tuned into who or what Chevrah Kadisha is or does, or how it helps the community. This is where educational programs on Jewish death practices come in. It is so very important that every community member in every community fully understands what a Jewish burial is, how beautiful and dignified Jewish death rituals are, what it means for the chevrah to midwife a soul between this realm and the next, and what all this means for them and their family.
The chevrah can help in educational efforts. In fact, their participation can make a huge difference, as they can speak from personal experience.
The Power of Chevrah Participation in Education
When educators share personal stories as part of their teaching, the education becomes far more impactful. People relate to stories. When chevrah members share what it feels like to help a soul move between realms of existence through the taharah ritual, people get inspired to arrange taharah for themselves and their loved ones.
Chevrah Kadisha work is not secret work. It is intimate and therefore very private, so the details of someone’s taharah are not shared with anyone who was not present, out of respect for the dignity and privacy of the deceased and their family. But stories about this holy work, without names or specifics, can be shared and are shared in educational programs all over North America, and probably all over the world.
The power of this work, as it affects people emotionally, spiritually, and even socially and religiously, is enormous. Chevrah members share story after story of how this work has enriched and uplifted their lives, broadened their perspectives, connected them more closely to community, and deepened their connections to the Divine. (For some example stories, see Jewish Rites of Death, Stories of Beauty and Transformation.)
These stories can be powerful educational tools. The authenticity of people sharing their stories facilitates the learning, while transmitting the beauty and emotional impact of the work. The fact that one does not have to be an observant Jew to receive the services of the chevrah, or to participate in this holy work, are often surprising facts to many Jews. Stories help them understand that we are all holy beings; hence we all get treated the same when we die.
Involving chevrah members in educational programs is an effective way to reach the entire community, and it is taking advantage of the wisdom and understanding they have gained through participation in one of the most holy of mitzvot.
Expanding the Scope of Chevrah Kadisha Work
Some Chevrot Kadisha limit the scope of their work to performance of taharah (ritual preparation of the body for burial). Others extend this to include shmirah (accompanying the body between death and burial). Often that’s all the community can handle.
But the holy work of taking care of the dead really extends far beyond these, as a continuum of care at the end of life. It can, in addition, include any or all of the following:
visiting the sick (bikkur cholim),
arranging for burial and memorial services,
purchasing burial plots,
digging and filling in graves,
arranging for meals of consolation,
organizing shiva minyanim (getting enough people present so the Mourner’s Kaddish can be said),
providing an ombudsman to the family—an interface between the family and the rabbi, the funeral home, and the community—so the family doesn’t have to negotiate decisions alone, and
providing counseling when necessary for the mourners.
A majority of chevrot today are expanding their role in the community to support many of these aspects on the continuum of care. Education is not on the list above, but many chevrot are also very active in community and synagogue educational programs about Jewish practices. Educating the community is a very important part of the work of the chevrah, and should be expanded when and wherever possible.
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The symbolic monument of our Martyrs at the Vale of Tears – Treblinka
[Translation of Hebrew: “Piotrkow – City and Nation in Israel”]
Piotrkow – Ir Waeim B'Israel
M.I. Bar-On, Tel Aviv
We, the sons and descendants of the magnificent Jewish community of Piotrkow, are in mourning. We mourn the crown of our heads, the mother city of Israel, our Piotrkow, just as children mourn their mother. Our wonderful community was destroyed by the hand of the oppressors, our community was drowned in her own blood amid the vast cemeteries of Poland.
How could our Jewish community in Piotrkow, the Jewel of our Crown, have been so devastated? Oh Piotrkow! What has become of you? Our city, full of Jewish life, streaming with the vigorous currents of our heritage. Lo and behold! – Suddenly, the soil covered all your being.
We shall keep our memories and images of the serene and pulsating life within your limbs, of the sweaty, hard days of labor and the days of rest and leisure. We shall remember the Sabbath and the Holy Days, the complete cessation of daily worries in the stores, shops and markets; the shining, festive atmosphere emanating from every window and every floor, the homes exulting light and inspiration even toward the gentile population of our town.
We remember, as if it were today, the large, excited crowds marching in parades beneath fluttering banners on national holidays. We remember the happy rallies and somber times. We remember the days of the Balfour Declaration or the San Remo festivities; the volunteers collecting groshins for noble causes; the sad days of the Tel Chai disaster or the other calamities that befell the Yishuv. Like a seismograph, our sensitive Piotrkow community reacted to the positive or negative events affecting the birth of our awakening nation and the redemption and building of our homeland.
Piotrkow! You were not any ordinary Polish city for us here in Israel, not just another geographical spot on the map of the Jewish Diaspora. You were a strong, historical supporting pillar essential to the Israeli saga. During your last generations, you were to Israel what Cordoba was in the Spanish Diaspora of the past. You were to the Jewish communities of the world what Prague was in the Bohemian Diaspora, or what Krakow and Lublin were in the Polish Diaspora. Rabbinical chairs of international renown were situated within your boundaries, where “Gaonim” and “Tzadikim” solved questions about “Halacha” and “Dinim.”
You were the home of noble families like the Horowiczes, Eibeshitses and others, blessed with outstanding offspring – uncrowned princes in their spiritual conduct.
Within your walls, the bastion of the “Shulchan Aruch” was kept by volunteers so it would not be subjected to stormy disturbances. You saw the early “Hassidim” movements, full of miracles and mystique. The voices of “Lamdei Torah” rang out day and night from “Batei Midrash.” Your “Hamonei Amcha” were staunch devotees to and admirers of the Torah.
Piotrkow, you were always the first to give your strength and your resources to every noble movement, to all kinds of actions and deeds for the people. You were the first to fight for education and enlightenment. You were the first – in the words of your “Gaon Hatzadik,” R'Chaim Elezar Waks, Z”L, the author of “Nefesh Haya” – to wake the hearts toward the Yishuv in Eretz Israel.” You were the first at the time to respond to the call of Zion for monetary and moral support. You were also the first to send your sons and daughters to the battle lines to fight for our nation's existence and honor. And, especially, you were the first to send the flower of your youth to “Hachshara Halutzit and Aliah” to mold the spirit in our homeland and the rising of Zion.
Most of all, you were known in the world of Israel for your richness of soul and for the treasures of the written word that you so generously dispensed among the cities and towns of the Diaspora. Your books, “Siddurim, Machzorim, Chumashim, Gemaroth,” folk literature and so many other publications reached readers overseas, in Eretz Israel and everywhere from Brooklyn to Shanghai. Jewish mothers, praying and pouring their hearts out to Almighty G-d, would tearfully recite verses that were printed “Here – Kechilath Kodesh Piotrkow – by R'Faivel Belchatowski and sons.”
In Jerusalem and Lublin, the young “Talmud Torah” students read from pages that came from the printing presses of R'Abraham Rozenwald. From Johannesburg to San Francisco, Jews prayed and pounded their hearts when they recited “Al Heit” from the “Machzorim” for Yom Kippur assembled and printed by R'Mordchai Cederbaum. Hundreds of thousands of observant Jews worshipped and studied on Shabath and on Holy Days in synagogues using “Midrashim” from books set and published in the Printshop of Henoch, Ben Ishai Zeev Folman.
With your enterprise of publishing Holy Books you earned an esteemed name among the scattered Jewish communities of the world. This point about Piotrkow was brought up by the great scholar and writer of our generation, Shmuel Joseph Agnon. With his artistic perception, he profoundly mourned the enormous tragedy of our Holy Community, “taken prisoner and subjected to torture among gentiles.”
In his story, “Siddur Tefilati,” there was a monumental tribute to our beloved Piotrkow. In sadness and sorrow, we too say, together with Agnon, “I opened my Siddur at a different place and stared; and there is no Piotrkow anymore – only holy and awesome prayers are whistling from the pages. . . “
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Piotrkow After the War
Chaim Henig – Ramat Gan
The Shtibel at 33 Pilsudskiego Street
Now is the time, and certainly it is suitable, to remember the Piotrkow Jews, the “Sharit HaPleyta” (the remnants of survivors), in the early years following the liberation and the only shtibel where Jews gathered to pray during the holidays.
There were no Jews who, for various personal and other reasons, could not yet leave Piotrkow and remained there until 1952-1957.
As long as my memory serves me, I want to recall at least a few of the Jews who were active at 33 Pilsudski Street, across the way from the prison. There, we met in two neglected rooms in the basement (called the “religyeze congregatsye”) and there, too, kosher lunches were cooked. The overseers and cooks were Lutka Weinberg (previously the wife of Yakob Milshteyn Z”L; she died in Sweden), Mrs. M. Zigreich, Z”L (who was known then as Milshteyn, and who died two years ago in Israel), and Mrs. Litmanowicz.
The preparation of lunches at that time was a great help especially for the Jews who were staying there only temporarily and who were preparing to leave anti-Semitic Poland.
Amongst the active members of the religious circles were Moyshe Kurnendz, Z”L, Israel Zigreich, the brothers Sh. and P. Hipsher, Nuske Fishpan, the butcher Kirschenbaum, the older Weinberg and his son Manyek, Brauner (of Suleyow), Patsanovski (who died recently in Haifa), Shmuel Cohen (in Belgium), the elder Bialovons and others.
Moshe Tarko at the “Umschalgplatz” of Piotrkow.
From here our Martyrs were sent to Treblinka
Dr. Zygmunt Tennenbaum brings flowers to the
Auschwitz crematorium
Of course, there must always be a difference of opinion among Jews. This one came as a result of there being three candidates who wanted to manage the religious “shtibl.” It reached a point where the “magistrate” almost had to intercede. A miracle, however, occurred when one of the claimants left Poland, another moved to Lodz, and the crisis was over.
Szmul Kon, Cesia Henig and Heniek (Chaim) Henig
In time, the shtibel grew emptier and emptier. There was no longer a “minyan.” There were “Sifrey Torah, and taleysim” and “sfarim,” and even a “Bal T'fila,” but where did one find Jews?
When the High Holy Days arrived, the hearts of the Jews who remained awakened; each Jew wanted to be seen in the “shtibl.” In addition to the few loyal “daveners,” there were those who had long forsaken their “Yiddishkeit” – among them Katchka, the fiddler, Markowitz, who lived with Gentiles, Fuehrer, a Jew from Chelm who lived with an Ukrainian woman and later converted, Birenzweig, a barber who lived with a Gentile woman, Joshua Eisenshteyn, who had a Gentile wife, Dluzhnowski, now in Israel – even Hershel Goldberg of “U-B”[1] also came to take a look.”.
The congregation kitchen
Exhumation of the “Rakow Kedoshim” just after the war.
From the Rakow Forest to “Kewer Achim” at the cemetery
Despite my responsible job in the “Kranke Kasse,” I always left my workplace during the holidays and came together with all the Jews to cry our hearts out remembering those who were no longer with us and also the former shuts and “batei t'filot” which used to be filled with Jews.
The greatest experience was when our wives and small children came to see how we “davened.” For some of the children, this was the first time they had observed such a “spectacle.” They stood with their eyes opened wide and with flaming cheeks and understood nothing of what was happening.
My little son, who was 3½ years old, began to ask questions and wonder. He had been accustomed to going to church with our maid every Sunday; there, the priest would caress his head lovingly. And here questions began to pour forth. That's when my wife Cesia started to explain everything to him: that we were Jews and that everyone in the shtibel was praying to our God; that we had a large family living in Eretz Israel, the country where all Jews lived and to which we, too, would emigrate.
After that my son lived with the happy hope of going to another world, as if a new soul had entered into him. He could hardly wait for the day when he would see his grandmother, aunts and uncles in the much dreamed-of Land of Israel.
After my wife began to tell him the whole truth about the painful journey we had endured during the war years, he stopped going to church with the maid and understood very well why they didn't include him in the “protsesye.”
To this day my son still wants to know every detail of what happened to us during the woeful Hitler years and tries to convey it to his children, so that the “Shoa” will not be forgotten by future generations.
U-B is the Polish equivalent of the KGB Return
Piotrkow Trybunalski, Poland Yizkor Book Project JewishGen Home Page
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'Why does having a cellular atlas (map) of the joint matter to people with rheumatoid arthritis?' by Professor Chris Buckley
Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Director of Clinical Research
Chris Buckley obtained his first degree in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford (1985) with subsequent undergraduate training in Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital, London (1990).
His postgraduate medical training was in General Medicine and Rheumatology at the Hammersmith Hospital, London (Professors Mark Walport and Dorian Haskard), and John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. He obtained a DPhil (arising from a Wellcome Trust Clinical Training Fellowship) with Professor John Bell and Dr David Simmons at the Institute Molecular Medicine, Oxford.
In 1996, funded by a Wellcome Trust Clinician Scientist Fellowship, he joined the Department of Rheumatology in Birmingham. In 2001, he was awarded an MRC Senior Clinical Fellowship and in 2002 became Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology. In 2012, he was appointed Director of the Birmingham NIHR Clinical Research Facility. And in May 2017, he was appointed as Kennedy Professor of Translational Rheumatology.
In this joint academic post as Director of Clinical Research at the Kennedy Institute in Oxford and Director of NIHR Infrastructure for Birmingham Heath Partners he will lead the Arthritis Therapy Acceleration Programme (A-TAP) which aims to deliver “stratified pathology” in a range of immune mediated inflammatory diseases in order to choose the right disease indication for the right drug.
This approach complements stratified medicine where the aim is to choose the right drug for the right patient. As part of the Stromal Cell group at the Kennedy, his laboratory explores the role of fibroblasts in driving disease progression and tissue tropism in Rheumatoid Arthritis..
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Molecular Portraits of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Identify Clinical and Treatment Response Phenotypes
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I have conducted field work and museum work in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. I conduct research at the Kent Campus and teach introductory geology courses at the Kent State University Campus at Stark, in North Canton, Ohio.
I have concentrated on the areas of the taxonomy, systematics, and evolution of the fossil decapod crustaceans, the shrimp, lobsters, and crabs. I have worked particularly on the Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Eocene groups, but my work has spanned the full range of the decapod Crustacea. I have also worked on the paleobiogeography and paleoecology of these animals. I have worked on decapod faunas from North America, the Caribbean, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Asia and eastern Europe.
Ph.D. Applied Geology, Kent State University, 2000, M.S. Geology, Kent State University, 1996, B.A. Biology, Hiram College, 1993
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Tashman, J. N., R. M. Feldmann, and C. E. Schweitzer. 2019. Morphological variation in the Pennsylvanian horseshoe crab Euproops danae (Meek & Worthen, 1865) (Xiphosurida, Euproopidae) from the lower Mercer Shale, Windber, Pennsylvania, USA. Journal of Cr
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Feldmann, R. M., C. E. Schweitzer and G. E. Phillips. 2019. Oligocene pagurized gastropods from the River Bend Formation, North Carolina, USA. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 45: 7-13
Schweitzer, C. E., R. M. Feldmann, H. Karasawa, J. Luque, and Francisco J. Vega. 2019. New decapod crustacean (Brachyura, Raninoida) from the Lower Cretaceous Hudspeth Formation of Oregon, USA. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 45: 15-22
Feldmann, R. M., and C. E. Schweitzer. 2019. Earliest known sponge crab (Brachyura, Dromiidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation, New Jersey, USA Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 45: 1-6
Schweitzer, C. E., W. Santana, A. Pinheiro, and R. M. Feldmann. 2018 (imprint 2019). Redescription and illustration of caridean shrimp from the Cretaceous (Aptian) of Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 90: 70-75
Feldmann, R. M., C. E. Schweitzer, and J. L. Goedert. 2018. A new species of Carcinidae (Portunoidea) and preservation with a complex taphonomic and depositional history, Washington State, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 38: 579-586
Sload, A. M., R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, R. W. Portell, and S.K. Donovan. 2018. Decapod crustaceans from the Seroe Domi Formation of Curaçao. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 56: 49-82
Schweitzer, C. E., R. M. Feldmann, I. Lazăr, G. Schweigert, and O. D. Franţescu. 2018. Decapoda (Anomura; Brachyura) from the Late Jurassic of the Carpathians, Romania. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 288: 307-341
Jones, W. T., R. M. Feldmann, J. T. Hannibal, C. E. Schweitzer, et al., 2018. Morphology and paleoecology of the oldest lobster-like decapod, Palaeopalaemon newberryi Whitfield, 1880 (Decapoda: Malacostraca). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 2018: 1-13
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When a Pakistani worker celebrated on top of UAE's Burj Khalifa
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UAE ambassador to Pakistan pays rich tribute to Pakistani community on 48th National Day.
A close friend in Emaar Properties (the developers behind Burj Khalifa) disclosed to me that upon the completion of Burj Khalifa in 2009, I gazed on top of the Burj where I saw a Pakistani worker waving joyfully after finalizing his work on the tallest skyscraper of the world, thus, this story is reflecting the pivotal role played by our skillful Pakistani brothers in structural and economic development witnessed by UAE during the past five decades.
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This reminded me of my first childhood visit to my family doctor - a proficient Pakistani physician - along with my mother, who impressed me with his friendly nature and curative treatment, since then I have been meeting many Pakistani brothers sharing their precious expertise in the contribution towards the development and prosperity of UAE.
Earlier this year, in a meeting with the honourable Prime Minister of Pakistan, His Excellency Imran Khan at the PM House in Islamabad, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, told PM Khan that when he was 5 year old (in around 1966) he was accompanying the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in his private visit to Pakistan, and believed that there were only two countries in world, UAE and Pakistan. This anecdote revealed the late founding father's affinity for Pakistan and how it was his preferred family destination for a number of reasons.
The historical and cultural bonds between the brotherly people of UAE and Islamic Republic of Pakistan goes back many years.
The shores on both sides of the Arabian Sea - its deserts and weather conditions shaped a similar culture and common destiny for both nations, the ancient history reveals many intracultural and trade exchanges and travels. In recent history, the late Sheikh Zayed considered Pakistan as his second home, and even before the establishment of UAE he visited Pakistan many times along with other Sheikhs and companions.
These interactions resulted in Pakistan being the first country to recognise UAE as a nation in 1971 - eventually the Pakistani diaspora playing an important role in establishing and developing many institutions in UAE.
Emirates, which is one of the world's leading airlines, is a shining example of the diaspora's role in UAE, as PIA provided technical and administrative assistance to the new carrier and leased Emirates a new Boeing 737-300 and an Airbus A300B4-200. I was delighted to receive - in my office last month - Capt. Rtd. Fazl Ghani Mian, the pilot who lead the inaugural Emirates flight from Dubai to Karachi on October 25, 1985.
The talented people of Pakistan have also been involved in training the UAE military, banking sectors, infrastructure development, transport and many other essential fields, carving prominent lines in the beautiful and prosperous picture of my beloved homeland.
Pakistanis remain a pivotal contributor in UAE's development with 1.6 million of them living in peace and harmony as the second largest expat community in the country. They are involved in the country's business, investment and services sectors. The UAE-based Pakistani community also contributes to Pakistan's economy as they are considered the second largest source of remittances to Pakistan for many years, according to financial sources.
These contributions have further helped in evolving close UAE- Pakistan relations. Consequently, the UAE once became the largest foreign direct investment country with its huge investments in the fields of oil refinery, telecommunication, banking, aviation and property development. Meanwhile UAE remains committed to assist the Pakistan in its economic stability and human development plans.
Besides its financial assistance to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the UAE has also established many humanitarian and development programs for the brotherly people of Pakistan - building many land mark hospitals, colleges, schools, roads, bridges, airports, housing projects, water supply schemes and many seasonal and emergency relief programs in various provinces and areas of Pakistan.
Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Alzaabi - The Ambassador of UAE in Pakistan.
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Math Class 11 math (India) Binomial theorem Binomial Theorem for Positive Integral Indices
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Voiceover:What I want to do in this video is further connect our understanding of the binomial theorem. Two combinatorics, two Pascal's triangle. Just to review the ideas again, if we're taking x plus y to the third power and I'm just using this as an example that's a little bit easy to get around, get our heads around that's essentially taking three equivalent expressions and multiplying them by each other. You're taking x plus y, times x plus y, times x plus y. Let's call this the first x plus y, the second x plus y, and the third x plus y. If you're looking at the expansion of it and you're saying well how many ways can we construct x y squared or another way to think about it is you have these three expressions, you're going to choose two of them to contribute a y and take the product. For example, you could pick expression one and expression two to contribute the y. You could pick expression one and expression three to contribute the y, or you could take expression two and expression three to contribute the y. Of course the other expressions what's going to contribute to the x. You have three expressions and you're going to choose two to contribute the y and so that's why you have this combinatorics idea it's three choose two. It's the exact same mathematical problem, if you have three friends and you're choosing two to ride in a car with you, you don't care which sit they are going to sit in. You're just saying which two friends get to ride in my two seater or get to ride, what are the two friends that I'm going to pick? Same way here, out of three friends which are the two that I'm going to pick to contribute a y to this product and then the third is going to contribute an x. Now let's go to Pascal's triangle and hopefully see that this is actually a very similar idea. We could go to the same term, so the x y squared term, so that's right over there. Pascal's triangle, I always visualize it as a map. This is a node in the map and I think what are the different ways that I can get to this node on the map. I could have a y squared, and then multiplied by an x. Since we're multiplying an x that's why I made this line orange or I could have an x y and I could multiply by a blue so there's two immediate things above it that I can get to them but there's two ways to get to this one, there's one way to get to this one, and so the combined ways to get to this one is two plus one is equal to three. Just to make it the connection between what we just said, what's really going on here is at each of these nodes as we pick a path, we're essentially saying are we picking an x or y from each of these expressions. We number the expressions, let's number them here. Let's say this is expression one, this is expression two, this is expression three. We said that there's three paths that we could take us here, let's mark them out. There's this path, there's this path right over here that gets us there and that's equivalent to picking the x from expression one. Notice we picked the left hand side then we go to the right hand side. We pick the y from expression two, and then we pick the y from expression three, the last two, we pick the right path, we picked the blue path. That's essentially one way that we could choose two y's out of these three expressions. Once again, one way to choose two y's out of three expressions but we don't care about just that one, we care about all of the different paths. This was one way, another way would be to go like this. Pick a y from the first one, an x from the second one and a y from the third one. Or pick a y from the first expression, a y from the second expression and an x from the third expression. It's really a kind of fundamental mathematical level. It's solving the exact same problem. Hopefully this gives you a little intuition on why Pascal's triangle is connected to two combinatorics and why they're both useful for finding binomial expansions.
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Over 50s join the smartphone revolution
Android retained its number one OS position in latest 12 weeks.
Smartphones make up a majority of new phone purchases for 50 and overs
The latest smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows Android retained its number one OS position in the latest 12 weeks*, now holding 50% share, up from 42.2% a year ago. Apple continues to make strong gains, increasing its share by 9.5% over the past year to 29.2%.
Apple also remains the largest smartphone manufacturer; however, Samsung is rapidly closing in, now just 1% behind in the latest period with 28.1% share.
Dominic Sunnebo, global consumer insight director, comments: “It is common to assume that smartphone growth is being driven by a young tech-savvy generation; however, our latest data shows that more than one in two mobiles bought by over 50s in the past 12 weeks were smartphones.”
With almost 20 million mobile owners over the age of 50 in Great Britain, there is a clear business opportunity for manufacturers and operators. Traditionally a Nokia stronghold, it is Samsung and Apple who are making the most of this market, now accounting for 36.6% and 23.4% of 50+ smartphone sales, compared with 6.2% from Nokia.
Sunnebo comments: “The keenly-priced Samsung Galaxy Ace is the top-selling handset in this group. This fits with our analysis showing that ‘cost of handset’ is the top stated reason for handset choice in the over 50s category. Given the relative price sensitivity of this consumer group, we would expect to see Asian manufacturers such as ZTE and Huawei start to make big inroads in this market during 2012.”
Smartphone use by over 50s tends to be based around ‘core’ functions, with 63% browsing the internet, 57% using email and 52% downloading apps. Social networking (34%), instant messenger (17%) and downloading/streaming videos (18%) are areas which prove less attractive to this group compared with their younger counterparts.
Sunnebo explains: “As internet connectivity becomes ever more integral to consumers lives, regardless of age, so the desire for mobile internet increases. Our data tends to show that over 50s mobile use replicates much of what they do at home on their PC or laptop. In contrast, under 50s tend to use their phones and computers for different purposes.”
In Great Britain smartphones made up 74.4% of sales over the 12 weeks, meaning that 52.2% of the British population now owns a smartphone.
* 12 w/e 18th March 2012
Chris Cowan
Consumer Insight Director
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Officers recognized for saving newborn
Baby resuscitated after being born in bathtub
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police Department honored Officers Stephanie Creger and Erica Ceja for their actions early Sunday morning after they helped resuscitate a newborn delivered just minutes earlier in a bathtub.
Ceja, a two-year veteran, responded to a call for an injured or sick person just before 3 a.m. Sunday morning at a home in the 1200 block of San Fernando.
After entering and heading up the stairs, she found 25-year-old Miracle Williams in a bathtub holding a newborn girl.
Williams told Ceja the baby was not breathing and Ceja began rubbing the baby's chest which got the child moving.
At that time, Creger, a four-year veteran, cleared mucus and fluids from the baby's mouth with her fingers helping the baby begin to breathe.
EMS arrived soon after and Officer Ceja rode in the ambulance with the baby.
Monday afternoon, both officers received certificates from Chief William McManus commending them for their lifesaving actions on Mother's Day.
"Dealing with a newborn infant, trying to resuscitate an infant is a lot different and a lot scarier than dealing with an adult because they're so delicate and so fragile," said McManus. "So they did one heck of a job saving that baby."
Baby Jemiah, six pounds and 19 inches long, and mom are at a local hospital and doing fine.
Both officers declined to comment.
Miracle Williams told officers she took a bath to help with stomach pains and that her daughter was due on May 15.
For a list of recent stories Charles Gonzalez has done, click here.
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High potassium exposure reveals the altered ability of astrocytes to regulate their volume in the aged hippocampus of GFAP/EGFP mice. D. Kolenicova, J. Tureckova, B. Pukajova, L. Harantova, J. Kriska, D. Kirdajova, I. Vorisek, M. Kamenicka, L. Valihrach, P. Androvic, M. Kubista, L. Vargova, M. Anderova. Neurobiology of Aging, 2019, In Press, Corrected Proof. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2019.10.009.
Age-dependent diversity in the extent of swelling of hippocampal astrocytes
Declining participation of NKCC1, GLAST, GLT-1 and VRAC in the astrocytic swelling
Decreased extracellular space (ECS) volume in the aged hippocampus
Impaired recovery of the ECS volume following exposure to high extracellular K+
In this study, we focused on age-related changes in astrocyte functioning, predominantly on the ability of astrocytes to regulate their volume in response to a pathological stimulus, namely extracellular 50 mM K+ concentration. The aim of our project was to identify changes in the expression and function of transport proteins in the astrocytic membrane and properties of the extracellular space (ECS), triggered by aging. We employed three-dimensional (3D) confocal morphometry, gene expression profiling, immunohistochemical analysis and diffusion measurement in the hippocampal slices from 3-month- (3M), 9-month- (9M), 12-month- (12M) and 18-month- (18M) old GFAP/EGFP mice, in which astrocytes are visualized by enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) under the control of the promotor for human glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP). Combining a pharmacological approach and the quantification of astrocyte volume changes evoked by hyperkalemia, we found that marked diversity in the extent of astrocyte swelling in the hippocampus during aging is due to the gradually declining participation of Na+-K+-Cl- transporters, glutamate transporters (GLAST and GLT-1), and volume-regulated anion channels. Interestingly, there was a redistribution of Na+-K+-Cl- co-transporter, and glutamate transporters from astrocytic soma to processes. In addition, immunohistochemical analysis confirmed an age-dependent decrease in the content of NKCC1 in astrocytes. The overall extracellular volume changes revealed a similar age-dependent diversity during hyperkalemia as observed in astrocytes. In addition, the recovery of the ECS was markedly impaired in aged animals.
Age-dependent changes in K+ uptake, glutamate uptake and astrocyte volume regulation. (A) Stoichiometry of Na+-K+-Cl- cotransporter (NKCC1), glutamate and glutamate-aspartate transporter (GLT-1 and GLAST) and volume-regulated anion channels (VRACs). (B) Schematic diagram depicting changes in the functioning of NKCC1, glutamate transporters and VRACs during aging. In hippocampal astrocytes of 9M-old mice NKCC1 and glutamate transporters contribute mainly to the swelling of astrocytic soma, while VRACs participate in volume regulation of astrocytic processes. In hippocampal astrocytes of 12M- and 18M-old mice the functioning of NKCC1, glutamate transporters and VRACs markedly declines and, moreover, NKCC1 partly contributes to the swelling of astrocytic processes.
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The exhibition presents selected works from the Treger/Saint Silvestre Collection, one of the richest and most comprehensive collections of art brut in Europe, housed at the Centro de Arte Oliva in São João da Madeira, Portugal.
The Electric Eye, curated by Antonia Gaeta and Pilar Soler, revolves around a series of works that use the artistic language to reveal an enigmatic journey, a to-ing and fro-ing between several dimensions or between a visible and an invisible reality. Encrypted messages using cosmological structures provide a glimpse into diverse realities and worlds, often deliberately dark and characterised by complex iconographies.
The key to these works resides in the meeting between forms and meanings that bring together tutelary entities and figures. It is a project about the mystery in meanings and hidden presences. The exhibition dramatises these elements as transient memories, materialised as multiple, complex realities, specific calculations, pyramids of power, apathies abated with the concretion of a visionary mission.
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Show Your Work: What is Ryan Reynolds?
Did you see Ryan Reynolds on Saturday Night Live last weekend? Will Ferrell hosted – and Ryan showed up in the opening monologue and on Weekend Update and Duana sent me a note at 140am, after the show ended, and this was her question: What is Ryan Reynolds?
The next day, it was announced that he’s become an owner in Mint Mobile. So he’s Deadpool, great on Twitter, he knows his gin, he’s into telecom, and he was Will Ferrell’s chosen one. So on this episode of Show Your Work, we’re deep-diving on Ryan Reynolds’s versatility and his choices. Duana’s never been more into him than she is now. And I take the opportunity to compare him, favourably, to Justin Timberlake.
Next – Queen & Slim is in theatres, go see it! The film is directed by Melina Matsoukas, her first feature, and written by Lena Waithe, her first feature, and both are front and centre on the press tour. We discuss their interview with Hypebeast and how they’ve spent their capital in making a movie that they’ve been waiting their entire careers to make.
Jean Smart! If you’re watching Watchmen, you’re talking about Jean Smart. Not that Jean Smart hasn’t been around – Jean Smart works A LOT. This, however, is a re-breakout role, unless of course you’re like Duana and you already knew this because Fargo. Still, she’s the one of the best parts of the HBO’s new big hype show. Jean Smart is showing her work, and it’s time to give her her due.
Attached - Ryan Reynolds at the Michael J. Fox Foundation Parkinson's benefit earlier this month.
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Tags: Lena Waithe , Ryan Reynolds , Show Your Work Podcast
Michael Bay's 6 Underground starring Ryan Reynolds movie review
First trailer for Ryan Reynolds's Free Guy looks like a classic Ryan Reynolds movie
Queen & Slim starring Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith movie review
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Message sent to Palos Verdes
By Matt Szabo
PALOS VERDES ESTATES"” It was the biggest nonleague game of the year for the Laguna Beach High girls’ water polo team.
The word “over-prepared" didn’t exist.
“We’ve been preparing and talking about Palos Verdes all year long," Coach Ethan Damato said. “I have like 10 films on them."
What did exist though at Palos Verdes High was quite a gap between the Breakers and the host Sea Kings. Second-ranked Laguna served notice that it should be the favorite to defend its CIF Southern Section Division II title after defeating top-ranked Palos Verdes, 10-5, on Jan. 29.
The Breakers (15-5) led by just one at halftime, but then put on a third quarter to remember.
“As a team, we work well with momentum," said junior goalie Etianne Manetta, who made 11 saves, several of them on point-blank shots. “It started picking up, and then we did great."
Jessie Holechek scored a six-on-five strike from the left side, then fellow junior Jessica Shusko scored a straightaway goal from the perimeter. Sophomore Yoshi Andersen then added a counterattack goal and the Breakers had suddenly opened a 7-3 advantage with 2:30 left in that third quarter.
It was three goals in just over a minute and Palos Verdes was just about knocked out. After sophomore Melena Masson scored on a lob from the right, the Breakers were up, 8-4, going into the fourth and on their way to the victory.
Shusko guarded Princeton-bound Palos Verdes senior Molly McBee and helped keep her scoreless and Masson also pitched in big-time defensively. Palos Verdes senior Colleen O’Donnell, headed to USC, scored just once, as did sophomore Monica Vavic, the daughter of USC Coach Jovan Vavic.
“We prepared pretty hard for them all week," Shusko said. “I thought we could go up on them pretty easily. We watched a lot of film on them and they’re pretty inconsistent. If you get in their heads and get up on them early, they break apart."
Holechek, Laguna’s scoring leader, did it again against Palos Verdes with four goals. Shusko and Masson scored twice each and Lexie Ross and Andersen added single goals.
“I thought once we adjusted, the girls did an incredible job of sticking with the gameplan," Damato said. “We had a lot of players doing little things for us, earning ejections, making passes. That whole third quarter there were huge steals, huge field blocks, good passes and putting shots away. Everything kind of came together in one big surge there in the third; pretty fun to watch."
The Breakers topped Riverside Poly in a nonleague game, 11-7, on Tuesday and opened play at the Irvine Southern California Championships on Thursday. The Breakers are seeded second in their eight-team pool, behind Los Alamitos.
Laguna’s hopes of repeating as Orange Coast League champions took a shot Jan. 29 as they fell at Calvary Chapel, 49-47. Sophomore Tyler Masukawa poured in a season-high 22 points for the Breakers (8-13, 4-2) and senior Adam Selevan had 16.
The Breakers had a bye Wednesday and host Estancia in another huge league game at 7 tonight. Estancia is 5-1 in league, in first place by a game, so Laguna could force a first-place tie with a win tonight. Calvary Chapel is 5-3 in league and plays at Godinez (3-3) tonight.
The Breakers finish their regular season at Godinez on Wednesday.
“It kind of comes down to that one [tonight against Estancia]," Coach Bret Fleming said. “If we’ll have a chance [to win league], we’ll have to get that one."
The Breakers fell, 3-1, at Calvary Chapel on Jan. 29. The loss dropped Laguna to 4-15-1 overall and 0-6 in league.
The Breakers finish up their season by hosting Estancia at 6:30 tonight, then playing at Godinez on Wednesday.
Laguna took a big step toward punching its CIF playoff ticket for the second straight year, upsetting league leader Estancia on the road Saturday, 2-1, then tying the Eagles, 1-1, at Guyer Field on Tuesday.
The Breakers came into Thursday’s home game against Godinez with a 1-2-3 league record, and could clinch a playoff spot with a win in that game. Laguna also plays at Godinez in its regular-season finale Tuesday.
At Estancia on Saturday, the Eagles scored a goal in the first minute, but Laguna wasn’t deterred. Jessie Good Man scored in the 30th minute on Sam Kafer’s assist, then Kafer found the back of the net in the 67th minute on Alex DeGarmo’s feed.
“This time we rallied and behind a strong defense, led by seniors Christina Gardilcic and Kelsey Peterson, the Breakers found their passing game," Coach Bill Rolfing said.
Ryan Bakkum made eight saves for Laguna.
Two days later in Laguna Beach, Estancia again took the lead, but the Breakers tied it late in the game. Jenny Maddocks’ corner kick went to the far post, where Kafer connected and the ball went back to the near post, where Gardilcic scored in the 80th minute.
Good Man also did a stellar defensive job on Estancia senior forward Heather Flores, Rolfing said.
“We never hung our head, never stopped battling," Rolfing said. “Estancia was looking for revenge [from Saturday], but the tie was a nice result."
Matt Szabo
Matt Szabo is a sports reporter for the Daily Pilot. A Southern California native and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo graduate, he has been covering sports for L.A. Times Community News since 2006, most extensively water polo and tennis. (714) 966-4614
H.B.-based Rocket Lab heading for new pad in Long Beach
“We’ll gradually transition from the Huntington Beach facility this year and move entirely to Long Beach,” Rocket Lab spokeswoman Morgan Bailey said. The existing facility at 14520 Delta Lane employs about 100 people.
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How to find the best Apple deals this Black Friday weekend
Best Apple deals for Black Friday 2019
We're keeping tabs on the latest and best discounts on iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, Apple TV and other Apple products for Black Friday 2019
By Ashleigh Macro | 30 Nov 19
> When is Black Friday 2019?
> What is Black Friday?
> Best Apple deals for Cyber Monday
> Is Apple joining in with Black Friday 2019?
> How to get the best Black Friday deals
> Where to find Black Friday Apple deals
> Best Apple Deals
The Black Friday weekend is here, and retailers are slashing prices on Apple products to celebrate. It is, after all, the busiest shopping day of the year, with sales and deals across thousands of retailers globally.
In this article we guide you through the discount carnage and help you find the best deals on iPhone, iPad, Macs and other Apple products.
This year it landed on 29 November 2019: Black Friday always falls on the day after Thanksgiving. But the deals didn't end there. They continue across the weekend up to and including Cyber Monday on 2 December. Here's everything you need to know about Cyber Monday.
While discounts and deals directly from Apple are far and few between, you can expect loads of Apple deals from other retailers. Amazon has a mighty array of Black Friday deals, while others worth checking out include Currys PC World and Carphone Warehouse.
What is Black Friday?
On Black Friday, retailers offer huge discounts to shoppers ahead of the holiday season. It all began in the US, falling on the day after Thanksgiving, but over the past few years it has really taken off around the world, including here in the UK.
A more recent trend is Cyber Monday. It came about because it tends to be the busiest day of the year for online shopping and always falls on the Monday after Black Friday.
Best Apple deals for Cyber Monday
Before we help you find the Apple deal for you, here's an overview of some of the best Apple deals right now.
Apple iPhone XS (SIM-free)
From: John Lewis
Was: £999
Now: £629 (£370 off)
Apple 13in MacBook Pro, 2.3GHz quad-core, 256GB, Touch Bar (2018)
From: ebuyer
Now: £1,696.97 (£52.03 off)
Apple 27in iMac, 3.0GHz six-core, 5K Retina Display, 1TB Fusion Drive (2019)
From: Laptops Direct
Now: £1,579.79 (£169 off)
Apple Watch Series 4 (44mm, refurbished)
From: Apple Refurbished Store
Now: £319 (£60 off)
Apple iPhone XS with 100GB data
From: Three
Now: £40 per month
Apple 13in MacBook Air, 1.6GHz dual-core, 128GB (2019) [JL]
Apple 13in MacBook Pro, 2.3GHz dual-core, 256GB (2017)
From: Argos
Now: £1,149 (£300 off)
Apple 21.5in iMac, 3.0GHz six-core, 4K Retina Display, 1TB Fusion Drive (2019) [Laptops Direct]
Now: £1,319.97 (£129.03 off)
Apple 13in MacBook Pro, 1.4GHz, quad-core, 128GB (2019)
From: Currys PC World
Apple Mac mini, 3.0GHz 6-core, 256GB (2018)
Now: £999.97 (£99.03 off)
Is Apple joining in with Black Friday 2019?
Apple isn't offering discounts on its products over the Black Friday weekend, but the company is running a shopping event for four days, covering Cyber Monday too. On offer is a free Apple Store Gift Card worth up to £160/US$200 when you purchase a qualifying product from the Apple Store.
Selected iPhones, Apple TVs, HomePods and Apple Watches come with a £40/$50 voucher, while iPads and Beats headphones come with up to £80/$100 and Macs go up to £160/$200. Read all the details in our Apple Black Friday shopping event guide.
The catch, unfortunately, is that very recent products are not included - so the 16in MacBook Pro and the iPhone 11, for example do not come with gift cards.
That's not all Apple is doing though. The company hasteamed up with Shazam (which Apple now owns) to give away six months of Apple Music for free to new users (and three months free music to lapsed subscribers). Here's how to get your six months free subscription to Apple Music.
Official Black Friday shopping event aside, we'd also keep an eye out on the Apple Refurbished Store for any discounts on iPhone handsets, iPads, Watches, MacBooks and other devices.
You'll be pleased to hear that you'll find Apple products available with big discounts from third-party retailers in the UK and US on Black Friday, so Apple's gift cards aren't the only option.
How to get the best Black Friday deals
Spotting a good Black Friday deal takes a bit of work but luckily we have pulled together all the best Apple deals by product in the following deal roundups. We include the prices that you would pay if you bought the product (or equivalent product) from Apple.
Our team of Apple experts is always scouring the web for the top deals, offers and discounts on Apple products and accessories on sale, whether it's Black Friday or not.
We use our knowledge of Apple, its products and the retailers that sell them to highlight only the best money-off offers and weed out the deals that aren't as good as they appear to be.
We have picked out the current best Apple deals we've found across all retailers in the UK below.
Best iMac deals
Best Mac mini deals
Best MacBook Pro deals
Best MacBook Air deals
Best Apple Watch deals
Best Apple Watch 5 deals
Best HomePod deals
Best Apple TV deals
Best AirPods deals
Best iPhone deals
Best iPhone 11 deals
Best iPhone 8 & iPhone 8 Plus
Best iPhone XS deals
Best iPhone XS Max deals
Best iPhone XR deals
Best iPhone X deals
Where to find Black Friday Apple deals
In the UK, Apple Premium Reseller KRCS is offering some tasty deals on new Macs, while Currys PC World, John Lewis and Laptops Direct also have deals on older models plus iPads and accessories.
Don't forget to look for Apple discounts on Amazon, which is an official reseller, and for iPhone deals try Mobiles.co.uk or Carphone Warehouse for the cheapest contracts.
Thousands of retailers across the globe are taking part in Black Friday, including:
KRCS
Don't forget Mac software deals either, especially on cleaning tools like MacPaw's CleanMyMac, antivirus, and VPNs. See our separate roundups of the best Antivirus deals for Mac and best VPN deals for Mac.
1. Apple iPhone XS (SIM-free)
A fantastic deal. The XS remains an excellent phone, despite having been effectively replaced by the iPhone 11 Pro.
2. Apple 13in MacBook Pro, 2.3GHz quad-core, 256GB, Touch Bar (2018)
This is the 2018 Touch Bar version of the 13in MacBook Pro which boasts four cores, making it considerably faster and more powerful than previous 13in versions. This model isn't all that different from the newer 2.4GHz model.
3. Apple 27in iMac, 3.0GHz six-core, 5K Retina Display, 1TB Fusion Drive (2019)
Get money off the new 2019 27in iMac with Laptops Direct. This is 2019's 3.0GHz six-core model with 1TB Fusion drive that normally costs £1,749.
It's also worth tracking Amazon's offering as they often match Laptop Directs's prices.
4. Apple Watch Series 4 (44mm, refurbished)
If you can live without cellular connectivity, you can save even more money on the discontinued Apple Watch Series 4 (44mm) at Apple's Refurb Store.
5. Apple iPhone XS with 100GB data
Three's excellent deal has dropped even lower. The monthly cost beats the competition, there's no upfront fee, and you get masses of data. Superb.
6. Apple 13in MacBook Air, 1.6GHz dual-core, 128GB (2019) [JL]
John Lewis is offering money off the 2019 MacBook Air with this deal. You can get money off the Gold or the Space Grey edition.
7. Apple 13in MacBook Pro, 2.3GHz dual-core, 256GB (2017)
This MacBook Pro comes with a 2.3GHz dual-core Kaby Lake processor and 256GB storage. It's the 2017 version and lacks the Touch Bar, but it's not a bad saving.
8. Apple 21.5in iMac, 3.0GHz six-core, 4K Retina Display, 1TB Fusion Drive (2019) [Laptops Direct]
This is the top of the range 21.5in iMac for 2019 - and you can save a decent amount. Given that the specs of this machine are identical to the entry-level 27in model (which costs £1,749 normally, and sure, has a bigger screen), this is a pretty good deal.
Amazon and Currys also have deals on this model, but right now they are a few pounds more - but we recommend checking as the three companies tend to price match each other.
9. Apple 13in MacBook Pro, 1.4GHz, quad-core, 128GB (2019)
Currys is offering money off the entry-level 2019 13in MacBook Pro, which, thanks to Apple's 2019 update is now a decent Mac.
John Lewis has a similar deal. You can also get the 2019 13in MacBook Pro from John Lewis for £1,146 here.
10. Apple Mac mini, 3.0GHz 6-core, 256GB (2018)
Laptops Direct is offering the newest 2018 Mac mini (with a 256GB SSD and i5 processor, so not the entry-level model) for under £1,000 - a nice deal. It normally costs £1,099.
11. Apple Mac mini, 3.6GHz quad-core, 128GB (2018) [Amazon]
From: Amazon
This is a small but decent saving on the price of the 2018 quad-core 3.6GHz Mac mini. (FYI, we've seen this particular model discounted more on Amazon, so it might be worth waiting a week or two for bigger discounts - Amazon and Laptops Direct chase each other's prices on this one.)
12. Apple iPad Pro 10.5in (2017, renewed)
Now: £384.99 (£144 off)
This is a great price on the Wi-Fi 10.5in iPad Pro. Note that it's part of the generation before the current one, having launched in 2017 - the iPad Pro 10.5in is still a powerful device, though - and 'renewed' devices are Amazon's equivalent of Apple's refurbished line, which means it's second-hand but fixed up and backed by a new guarantee.
13. Apple Watch Series 3 (38mm)
With £10 off the relatively affordable RRP, this is a good saving on the smaller 38mm version of the Series 3. In fact, this is the cheapest you can buy it online right now.
14. Apple iPhone XR with 30GB data
From: O2
Now: £90 upfront, £30 per month
O2's XR deal has gone up a little since December (the upfront cost by £9, the monthly fee by £3), but it remains the best big-data choice on this handset. Scroll down to see the contracts.
If you can manage with less data, however, consider ID's 1GB and 2GB contracts, which can get total cost of ownership as low as £793.75.
15. Apple iPhone 7 (SIM-free, 128GB)
This is a decent saving (although the price has gone up by a tenner since 14 November, and may drop again); read our iPhone 7 review for advice on whether this 2016 handset is right for you.
We recommend that you go for the 128GB model linked above, but if you think you can manage with 32GB that's available for £379.
16. Apple 27in iMac, 3.7GHz six-core, 5K Retina Display, 2TB Fusion Drive (2019)
Save money on the 2019 iMac with this deal from Currys PC World. It's better than the firm's advertised discount because this is the top-of-the-range £2,249 model.
17. Apple AirPods with Wireless Charging Case (early 2019)
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How to Download Flash Games to Play Offline
Ben Stegner November 20, 2019 Updated November 20, 2019 20-11-2019 5 minutes
Hardly anything on the web uses Adobe Flash anymore, which is why Adobe plans to kill off Flash after 2020. For the most part, this won’t be a huge loss. But there’s one type of content that many people will miss: Flash games.
Flash games were once wildly popular, as they let budding developers share their creations with others. Unfortunately, once Flash is no longer supported, these games will disappear from the internet.
If you have any favorite Flash games you still enjoy playing, you should download them now so you can continue to play them offline.
First, Enable Flash in Chrome
We’ll demonstrate how to download Flash games using Google Chrome. If you haven’t already, you’ll need to enable click-to-run for Flash because by default, Chrome blocks sites from running Flash.
To do this, click the three-dot Menu button in the top-right of Chrome and choose Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the list and click Advanced to show more options. Under the Privacy and security section, click the Site Settings entry.
This will open a list of Chrome’s website permissions that let you change what websites can do with your browser. Select Flash and make sure the slider at the top enabled and shows Ask first.
How to Download Flash Games
For the purposes of this tutorial, we’ll download a Flash game called New Super Mario 63. Unfortunately, you’ll need to repeat these steps for each game you want to download. It doesn’t take too long, so you should have a little collection built up before long.
Step 1: Load the Game in Chrome
Navigate to the page containing the Flash game you want to download. Where the game should be, you’ll see a puzzle piece and Click to enable Adobe Flash Player message.
Select this and hit Allow in the top-left corner of your browser to let that site use Flash. Allow the game to fully load before moving onto the next step.
Step 2: View the Page Source
Next, you’ll need to open the source code for the page hosting the game. Right-click anywhere on the page (aside from the game) and hit View page source. The keyboard shortcut for this is Ctrl + U on Windows and Cmd + Option + U on macOS.
You’ll see a new page with the HTML source code of the page. Here, press Ctrl + F (Cmd + F on a Mac) to open the search box, and enter “.swf” to search for Flash files.
This should find at least one result, though it may have up more depending on the page. The file you’re looking for typically has the name of the game, so you can ignore installer files like expressInstall.swf. In our example, the full link was the following:
https://supermarioflash.co/wp-content/uploads/games/custom/S/sm63game.swf
If you can’t find a Flash game file on the site, you’ll have to track it down first.
If You Can’t Find the Right Link
Some Flash games aren’t actually hosted on the website where you play them. If that’s the case, you won’t find the right file in the source code and will need to look elsewhere.
Thankfully, it’s pretty easy to do this. On the game startup screen or main menu, you’ll often see an “Originally hosted on” message along with the source page for the game. You can also try right-clicking on the game; many developers place a link to their website in that menu.
If there’s nothing there, a quick Google search for the game should bring up additional pages that host it. Take a look at those and you should eventually find one that has the actual Flash file.
In case all else fails, you can try File2HD, which lists all the files on a site and allows you to download them. Enter the game page’s URL, agree to the terms, and hit Get Files. Here you can search for the SWF file using the Ctrl + F menu again.
Step 3: Download the SWF File
Now you can download the SWF file that contains the game. Simply right-click the blue link ending in “.swf” that you found earlier and choose Save link as to download it to your computer.
Make sure that the Save as type shows as Shockwave Flash Object or something similar. This confirms that the file is actually a Flash document. If it shows as an HTML page or something else, you either right-clicked in the wrong place or the URL doesn’t go to a Flash object.
If you plan to download several games, we recommend creating a new folder on your computer to keep them all together. You should consider backing up this directory so you don’t lose the games if something ever happens.
Step 4: Play Your Flash Games Locally
At this point, you might be wondering how you’ll actually play the Flash games when they’re not in a browser. As it turns out, many media player apps can handle SWF files (which are Flash objects). This lets you play them offline without worrying about the security of enabling Flash in your browser.
On Windows, for instance, Windows Media Player will open SWF files. However, in our testing, it had issues detecting keyboard inputs. Thus if you plan to play Flash games offline, we recommend downloading Adobe’s local version of Flash Player. This is a tool intended for developers to open Flash files without a browser, but it works for personal use, too.
Visit Adobe’s Debug Downloads page and click the Download the Flash Player projector content debugger text under Windows, Macintosh, or Linux depending on what platform you use. On Windows, you don’t even have to install it—just launch the downloaded file and you’ll have a Flash Player window.
Go to File > Open or drag and drop your downloaded SWF file onto the app to play it. From there, you’ll have an experience just like playing in the browser.
Handily, you can resize the window to change the size of the game. Right-click or use the toolbar buttons to change the zoom level or game quality. If you have any issues, check out our tips to improve the performance of Flash games How to Make Flash Games Run Faster: 8 Tips That Work How to Make Flash Games Run Faster: 8 Tips That Work Are Flash games running slowly on your computer? Here are several troubleshooting tips to make Flash games run faster. Read More .
You Can Now Play Your Favorite Flash Games Forever
That’s it. Now you know how to download Flash games from the internet and play them offline. Flash games are an important part of the history of gaming. And now, in just a few minutes, you can preserve some of that history and keep your favorite games around long past 2020.
If revisiting these games makes you feel nostalgic, check out other free browser games you can play to kill time The Best Free Browser Games to Kill Time The Best Free Browser Games to Kill Time Looking for the best free browser games? Search no more! We've collected tons of awesome free browser games you can kill time with anywhere. Read More .
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What if it is a secured .swf
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thank u so much.. it's really amazing
Tayyab
Waoow, didn't hear this before that Flash games are going away. This is not fair as flash games have been providing lots of fun and enjoyment for many of us for free of cost. Now downloading or installing, just type and play in your browser. Anyhow i better get download games from this site http://mybabyhazelgames.pk/ for my kids before it goes away and becomes: "Kids, once upon a time there used to be flash games" :P
This idea of getting rid of Flash is completely asinine. It's like getting rid of HTTP or FTP - which you lunatics have been talking about for years. Google's pushing for things that are unreasonable and unfeasible; unless of course you use Google products.
I say no. I don't support 'the web by Google'; just like I didn't support Microsoft or Netscape. I use SeaMonkey whenever I have a choice, my preferred search engine is DuckDuckGo, though I often search Wikipedia directly. If I knew of another browser like the way Opera used to be - i.e. with its own independent rendering engine, developed without 'open-source' Google tech, I'd be using it now.
Leave Flash alone. Stop this nonsense. And while you're at it, let the Internet get back to doing what it was meant to do - transfer educational text between people who actually can benefit from it.
You can also get the Flash Player projector (standalone .SWF player) from the Adobe website.
It doesn't require any installation, and it's a standalone executable.
https://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/debug_downloads.html
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Historical mandolins and cultural preferences
Thread: Historical mandolins and cultural preferences
Dec-20-2003, 10:28am #51
etbarbaric
Hi Eugene and Alex,
That the Viennese took to six-course "guitars" quickly is perhaps not surprising... since (as both of you point out), there was a strong germanic (and Italian!?) tradition for playing mandoras tuned to six-course guitar-like intervals and pitches going back into the early 18th century, and perhaps beyond... I will... for the present... reluctantly restrain myself in the interest of keeping this thread on topic. :-)
Let me just say that I am beyond thrilled to be having these fascinating conversations with all of you from our various corners of the globe.
"The effect is pretty at first... It is disquieting to find that there are nineteen people in England who can play the mandolin; and I sincerely hope the number may not increase."
- George Bernard Shaw, Times of London, December 12, 1893
Weirdo a pizzico
Me too! I don't get anything like this at home (save on the rare occasions I find an excuse to visit Mr. Ophee). One day we must all convene for a pint of smooth stout.
PS: I see a message to Dartmouth's lute list has just been rolled right down your mandora alley, Eric.
Dec-20-2003, 12:40pm #53
Alex Timmerman
Since you are both ´on line´ I´d like to say: me too!
I enjoy this very much and although I like to keep the topic as close to it´s title, am preparing a responce to Eugene latest (guitar) message and, if you like I can see if I have some more details on the Mandora in Vienna, for you Eric.
I hope Richard finds some time to react on the latest developments here.
Best and stay sharp!
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http://www.mandolineorkest.nl
Dec-20-2003, 1:27pm #54
Thanks Alex, that would be great.
If (as Tyler asserts), the mandora is the "liuto" found in the Guiliani and Hoffmann quartets, then it is certainly relevant to understanding late 18th-century Viennese cultural preferences. Interestingly, those similar quartets (again, according to Tyler) seem to imply both Milanese (Hoffmann) and Cremonese (Guiliani) tunings. Given the similarities in the instrumentation of these works, I wonder if we might further anticipate a similar "sound" for the mandolin?
That's not too far off-topic, right?... :-) We can always start a new thread if needed.
No, as far as I am concerned, that´s very much ´in line´ with the topic here.
Hello Eugene, Richard, Eric and others,
To be able to get some insight into the confusing subject on the development of plucked instruments, I´d like to go a bit more into the early guitar subject since it also touches on the history of the mandolin outside Italy.
I put the essay together with parts that are taken from previous writings which I did for several music magazines (such as the periodical of Dutch Lute society) and lectures that I gave at Music Academies and music courses. It is also #updated with material that I thought would be of interest here at our topic.
It is also a good start for my promise to Victor to write #on the subject of history of the German mandolin.
I hope you´ll all have a nice time reading it.
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # EARLY GUITARS AND MANDOLINS
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # in France, Germany and Austria
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# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #written by Alex Timmerman ©
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #24th of December 2003
Guitar developments...
To begin with I´d like to quote Eugene in his last message: #“Tyler & Sparks (2002) write that J.A. Otto, a luthier in Weimar, believed he had invented the 6-string guitar some time after 1788. #Of course, there were already 6-string guitars in Italy before then” and “Even more interesting, Otto wrote that the guitar was introduced to Germany as a 5-string instrument”.
As learned from written sources this was the case in Austria (Vienna) and more important because of it´s early appearance in France (Paris), where about 11 years earlier we can find evidence that the five-string guitar was known.
Paris was also the town where several tutors written for the 5-string guitar were published of which the most important are the ´Nouvelle méthode de la guitarre ou lyre´ (published in Paris around 1790) written by Guillaume Pierre Antoine Gatayes (1774-1846) and the ones by Pierre Francois Olivier Aubert´s #(1763-1830) and Antoine Marcel Lemoine (1763-1817).
The sixth string was mentioned by Gatayes first, but it was in connection with the Lyra guitar, while the other authors Lemoine and Aubert (´Nouvelle méthode pour la lyre ou guitare à cinq et six cordes´ (±1800), deal with both the five- and six-string guitar. That in France the adding of the sixth string took place in just a decade is best illustrated when the year of publication of a method and it´s reprints, are compared.
Especially in Lemoine´s case this can be seen very clearly: the 1st #edition, the ´Nouvelle méthode courte et facile pour la guithare´, was written exclusively for the five-string guitar and published around 1795; the 2nd for ´Guitare et Lyre´ was published in 1801-2 and is in fact a copy of the first edition, but enlarged with a chapter on the six-string lyra guitar; in Lemoine´s third published method (1808) he describes the six string possibility only and without a specific distinction between the guitar and the lyre guitar.
The mentioning of the Antoine de L'Hoyer (1768-1852), as a performer on the 5-string guitar in his early career as a guitarist, is therefore certainly well at it´s place here. Especially since he was a Frenchman of origin and after leaving (fleeing) his homeland in 1791 for Coblenz, he lived for longer periods in Hamburg and St. Petersburg (here he stayed - according to M. Ophee´s prefaces in the editions of L´Hoyer´s re-published music - from ±1803 to 1812). L´Hoyer finally returned to France again, where he died in Paris.
Often to much attention is given to the violin- and guitar maker Jakob Augustus Otto (1760-1829/30) declaring himself as the “inventor” or that he “claimed” that he was the first to do so.
Even Tyler & Sparks (2002) speak about (quote): “Unfamiliar with what was happening elsewhere in Europe led a violin maker from Weimar, Jacob Augustus Otto, to claim erroneously that he was the first luthier to add a sixth string to the guitar (at some point after 1788”).
In fact, when is read more carefully what J. A. Otto himself writes about this matter - in a separate chapter - in his treatise: ´Über den Bau der Bogeninstrumente...´ (Weimar, 1828), we find out that he gave credit to someone else and that he only makes us aware of a ´small improvement´ by himself concerning the strings which he had developed for the instrument (quote): “The use of covered strings for the D and G is a small improvement of my own ”.
Of importance here is the first mentioning of a covered g (3rd) string in the history of the guitar. As we shall learn the A (5th) was already covered.
To get the right idea of what it is about, here a compiled quotation (taken from the - mostly - correct English translations by H. Turnbull and J.P. Bone) of what Otto wrote.
Jacob Augustus Otto: “The late Duchess [Anna] Amalia of Weimar [1739-1807] introduced the guitar into Weimar in 1788, I was immediately obliged to make copies of this instrument for several of the nobility; and these soon becoming known in Leipzig, Dresden and Berlin, so great a demand arose from them, that, for the space of sixteen years I had more orders than I could execute. I must take the opportunity here to observe that, originally, the guitar had only five strings. The late Herr Naumann, capelmeister at Dresden, ordered the first guitar with the sixth or low E string, which I at once made for him. Since that time the instrument has always been made with six strings, for which improvements its admirers have to thank Herr Naumann. During the last ten years a great number of instrument makers, as well as joiners, have commenced making guitars; so that, since that time I have entirely relinquished the business, and now turn over any orders which I receive to my sons at Jena and Halle, who are much occupied in that way”.
Otto gives also useful information about where the original five-string guitar was made and how it was strung: “The use of covered strings for the D and G is a small improvement of my own. In the guitar as brought from Napels, a thick violin string was used as only the A was covered”.
So neither the Duchess nor Otto, but Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801), a prolific Opera composer and one of the last generation lutenists residing in Dresden, should be credited for the implementation of the low 6th string to the guitar in Germany. Also it was Naumann who brought the guitar from Italy to Weimar (and likely to the Duchess) and it was he who urged Otto to make the first six-string guitar there.
Further more so since there are other preserved early six-string examples known that were made around that time in Germany.
Noticeably for our subject is that this Johann G. Naumann stayed in Italy from 1757 to 1764 (again in ´65 and in ´72) and that he applied a mandolin - together with pizzicato strings - in his opera “Achillo in Scyro” (1762) as the accompanying instrument to Achilles aria: ´Duldet die Seele Amors Befehle´ (Janssens). Naumann was appointed court and church musician in Dresden from 1764 till his death.
(To be continued) Guitars and Mandolins ©
Part II. Guitars and Mandolins by Alex Timmerman ©
Another interesting example in terms of the guitar and it´s development, is found in the music composed by the sister-, bassoon-, guitar- and lutenist Christian Gottlied Scheidler (1752-1815) from Mainz/Frankfurt. His well-known D-major composition ´Duo pour guitarre et violon´ lacks the 6th string completely in the original edition.
It is quite possible that again here we find us in the company of a five-string guitar.
Also his two sonatas for solo guitar are of interest because both require only a low G on a 6th string (as pointed out by Tyler and Sparks). My assumption is that in this case the 6th string was not played with the left hand because it was lying next to the fingerboard.
This development probably stemmed from a procedure seen on guitars that had been originally made to carry five double strings, but were altered by simply stringing the guitar with single strings. Only the two strings of the 5th string pair were left on but the lowest was tuned to a low G (or E) and acted like a 6th string on the guitar. Evidence for this is found on some of the (originally designed) double strung guitars in a later placed longer nut designed to carry six strings. The longer nut gave place to five strings at the fingerboard and a sixth string, acting as a bourdon, outside the fingerboard. #
Of course Scheidler lived in Mainz and Frankfurt, places much more westward, but very near to Antoine de L'Hoyer´s self chosen place of exile Coblenz...
Before Giuliani settled in Vienna (1806) the (6-string) guitar was popularised through public appearances by guitarists of the first hour, like Leonard von Call (1767-1815), Franz Tandler (1782-1806), Wenzeslaus Thomas Matiegka (1773-1830), and Simon Molitor (1766-1848).
Leonard von Call must also be named here as a composer for his ´Variantions´ Op. 8 for violin or mandolin and guitar, was one of the first chamber compositions with mandolin to be published in Vienna (1803). #
Simon Molitor, a German musicologist, can be seen as the most important person to introduce the guitar in Vienna in the period before Giuliani, as he played, composed ànd wrote about the instrument. He worked in Vienna since 1798 after residing in Italy (1796/ 97) and it seems clear that he became ´addicted´ to this “new” six stringed type of guitar during his journeys and that he brought it back home with him. Together with the playwright Wilhelm Klingenbrunner (1782- after 1826) who was a devoted guitar player, he published the method ‘Versuch einervollständigen Anleitung zum Guitarrespielen´. It was published between 1806 and 1811 by one of the most important Viennese publishing houses named the “Chemische Druckerey”.
In the preface of the tutor Molitor and Klingenbrunner give the reader detailed information on the development of the guitar and about how it was strung through the ages. They give insight in the number of string-pairs ‘beyfügung des fünften Chors’ (the adding of the fifth string-pair) of the double strung guitar, but also informed that it was not known where this was seen first; in Italy or France. They finished saying that the guitar with that string arrangement was known already for some time in Germany as the ‘französische Guitare’ [chitarra Francese], but that this name did not give a definite answer about the origin of the instrument.
Towards mandolins with single gut-strings
Of interest to our subject “Historical mandolins and cultural preferences, Late classical period mandolin types” is that this early Viennese tutor through the mentioning of: “man schaffte die unbequeme doppelte Besaitung ab…” [´one does away with the inadequate double stringing...´] clearly shows that the single strings on a guitar were given preference above the older double (gut) strung type. Of importance here is that a reason is given for single strings: double stings were inadequate (or: awkward). With other words: they caused problems...
What kind of problems is not mentioned but one can imagine that these range from tuning problems, loosening pegs etc. up to the (double cost) of the strings.
Other information in the preface like: “Man war zufrieden, wenn zum Gesange nur so beyläufig etwas mitklang”, #[´people were happy, when to the singing there was some sound around´] point out that the (five-string) guitar was liked about 1790, but still was seen as a curiosity. In this state ”schlich sich das Guitarespiel vor ungefähr 18 bis 20 Jahren in Oesterreich und Deutschland ein, wo es vorher sehr selten gewesen war…” [guitar playing slipped for about 18 to 20 years ago into Austria and Germany, where it was seldom seen before...´].
Ongoing Molitor and Klingenbrunner wrote “Verbesserung durch Beyfügung der sechsten Saite, nämlich des tiefen E” [´improvement because of the adding of the sixth string, namely the low E´] and the added sentence “welches bey uns bald allgemein wurde…” [which soon became common here...´] that after this period it was because of the most important change that the six-string guitar pushed aside the five string model and became soon popular (in Austria).
Again, if read carefully, Molitor stressed that the 1st improvement of the guitar (strung with five double strings) was that it could easily be improved by just stringing it with single strings. This suggests that at first a double course guitar was used with a headstock equipped with 10 tuning pegs, but that it was strung with five single strings.
A practise that was not uncommon at the time in Paris, as is seen in the richly illustrated method by Charles Doisy (act. 1800-d.1807): “Principes Généraux de la Guitare dédiés à Madame Bonaparte” (Paris, according to T. F. Heck it was published between 1800/03). In it images of double course guitars are shown of which several are strung with single strings. # #
Part III. Guitars and Mandolins by Alex Timmerman ©
Alterations on Mandolinos
It is not un-thinkable that a similar treatment was given to the double strung Mandolino and that this manner preceded the creation of the Milanese mandolin. That type was originally designed to carry six single strings that were fastened in a much shorter peg head on to six lateral standing tuning pegs and a six-hole tie-bridge.
Evidence for this practise I have encountered on several survived examples (Mandolinos) and is also found in paintings of that era or a little later.
A late example of an oil painting by Anselm Feuerbach (1829-1880) titled ´Mandolinenspielerin´ (1865) can be found on page 25 in ´Das Grosse buch der Zupforchester´ (1993) written by M. Henke. This brilliant painted nearly photo-realistic work shows a beautiful woman holding a wonderful late Mandolino strung with six single strings that she plays with a two phalanx long (!) dark brown (wooden?) quill.
Feuerbach, a Neo-classical painter was mainly educated in Germany. From 1850 onwards he became more international orientated with a love for painting historical subjects. He therefore travelled to study with the painter Gustaaf Wappers who lived in Antwerp (1851) and it is known that he stayed a year later in Paris. #After a short period in Karlsruhe he moved to Rome, and lived there from 1856 to 1873.
His work displays a perfect synthesis between humans and culture inwhich nearly always a certain calmness is noticeable. From 1873 to 1876 Feuerbach was professor at the Academy in Vienna.
Towards Milanese developments
A survived example of an originally double strung Mandolino that was altered into a Milanese strung type is now preserved in the Museo degli Strumenti Musicali in Milano. Sometime in it´s existence the twelve-hole tie-bridge was taken of and replaced by a later six-hole example that because of it´s more heavier design, shows great resemblance with the guitars made in northern Italy in the last decade of the 18th century. A picture of this instrument can also be found in the book ´Schöne Musikinstrumenten´ (1979) by Friedemanm Otterbach (page 31).
The oldest original Milanese examples that I have found date back to around 1750. As far as I know no five-string examples of the Milanese type are known which makes it acceptable that the Milanese mandolin was introduced in music circles in northern Italy around that time.
It became more popular in the last quarter of that century as an alternative to the Mandolino that appeared to be in it´s final state of it´s development.
As is known through the research by a.o. Zuth, Robert Janssen, James Tyler and Paul Sparks that we know that the Mandolino had enjoyed popularity in Vienna, since it was here that the Italians Francesco Conti and Filippo Sauli were appointed musicians at the Habsburg Court in the first quarter of the 18th century. Both as theorbo players and Conti also as a composer. The latter included the Mandolino in his opera ´Calatea vendicata´ (1719).
Important to realize is that their survived Sonatas and Partitas belong to the earliest known music manuscripts for Mandolino (four double string model) ànd that these were stored through the ages not very far away from Vienna, in Raudnitz (Roudnice) in the music library collection of the Bohemian Franz Joseph Lobkowitz (1772-1816). They were thought to have been lost but have been located again: Tyler lists them as being found in the University Library in Prague.
As far as is known today no method was available to study the Mandolino or the Milanese mandolin in Vienna. Only as late as in 1817 there is the mentioning of Fouchetti´s method (!) in the trade catalogue of C.F. Whistling, and F. Hofmeister (Leipzig, 1817) as: ´Methode de Mandoline à 4 et à 6 cordes´.
As is pointed out so well in the edition of his French language tutor of 1770, Fouchetti himself indicates the two mandolin types as the: ”mandoline a six cordes”, and the new type as the: “mandoline à quatre cordes”, after which he then goes on clarifying the precise number of strings for each type: “La Mandoline à six cordes, en contient douze, parce qu’elles y sont doubles, comme dans la Mandoline à quatre cordes” (page 5 of the´Methode pour apprendre facilement á jouer de la mandoline á 4 et á 6 cordes´, Paris and Lyon, 1770. Original copy in the Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands).
I haven´t found a copy of this - what I think could most likely be a re-issue of the original Fouchetti method - #Whistling and Hofmeister mandolin method by Fouchetti yet, but as you can imagine I am very much interested in comparing it with the original edition. Even if there are no text changes (which could be very easily be made by simply removing the last sentence in italics above) made that point towards a preference for single- and gut-strung mandolins or in case no copy mentioned by Whistling, and Hofmeister is found, it is interesting that exactly this method was chosen to be published here. #
And the Cremonese preference
A more drastic alteration of a Mandolino into a four-string Cremonese mandolin (Bortolazzi´s type with gut strings) is seen in a saved specimen that is now kept at the Musikhistorisk Museum & Carl Claudius Samling in Kopenhagen.
In fact it is the earliest dated Mandolino that is known to excist. It was made by Matteo Nisle and has got a hand-written label with the text: Matteo Nisle – Leutaro – Rom 1681. The instrument has undergone a number of big changes during the period of its existence.
I have examined the instrument and here is the outcome of my investigation: The most radical of these are that it now - instead of it´s original gut-fret fingerboard - has a fingerboard that continues up until the sound hole in which no fewer than seventeen metal (!) frets are placed and that the original bridge is replaced by a so-called ‘pin bridge’. On this bridge, another fret serves as starting point for the four strings.
Also a simple wooden ‘lining’ serving as a decoration is fitted on either side of the fingerboard as well as round the sound hole. #The fingerboard itself lies flush with the soundboard.
All this points to a working procedure that was very common with guitar makers in Italy and Austria round 1800.
Another adjustment to make the sickle-shaped peg box look ´original´ to carry four tuning pegs in total is done by filling the remaining holes with wood.
Fortunately, with a view to the instruments original number of strings, this is still retraceable. On the inner sides of the head one can clearly see four original holes on the left- and three on the right side. The holes that do not fulfil any function are stuffed with wood and are no longer visible from the outside.
Here again, it is interesting to see that like lutes, the oldest (survived) Mandolinos, made in the second half of the seventeenth century, originally had three double strings with only one highest string, the so-called ´chanterelle´.
It is important to know also that players and makers didn’t hesitate to alter an old instrument in order to create a newer type. In this case, because the mentioned alterations are typical characteristics seen on early Viennese guitars, it is quite possible that it was done in Vienna around 1800 (circle of Johann Georg Stauffer).
And as already pointed out the Cremonese mandolin was much appreciated there...
Today Nisle’s originally made Mandolino (stringed: 3x2+1string) is strung with four gut strings, like the Cremonese mandolin and in the way Bartholomeo Bortolazzi (1773-c.1840) describes it in his tutor “Anweisung die Mandoline von selbst zu lernen, nebst einigen Übungsstücken” (published in 1805 by Lipsia Breitkopf in Leipzig. An original copy is found at the Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands).
That Bortolazzi´s method was published by a publishing house as important as Lipsia Breitkopf (later: Breitkopf & Härtel) shows that he was regarded as a man of distinction and that the Cremonese mandolin type was well accepted in Viennese music circles. #
It´s therefore not surprising that Austrian and German luthiers soon would make their own examples of both the above-described mandolins. #
Back to developments in Vienna.
After the French occupation in 1805 and 1809, Vienna became the most significant music centre of Europe. The development of the six-stringed guitar started by Italian builders is clearly seen here.
The guitars used by guitarists like von Call, Molitor, etc. were made in Italy or else copied closely after their example. Outward features of the subtle Italian guitars during this period are the decorations, the tie-bridge, and the position of the twelfth and occasionally the eleventh fret on the soundboard.
Because of the growing interest in the guitar and the rising demand of good instruments, Viennese violinmakers and other wood manufacturers (often working as furniture makers) were occupied with the building of the instrument.
This was likely the reason why the importing of Italian guitars was stopped, of which the best examples were built, among others, by the Milanese Antonio Monzino (1725- ±1800), the Turin based Carlo Guadagnini (±1768-1816) and - from southern Italy - the Neapolitans Antonio Vinaccia (±1734-after 1796), Antonio Gagliano I (±1740- after 1800) and Giovanni Battista and his son Gennaro Fabricatore (±1745- after 1824).
One must not forget that these makers were almost always members of a large instrument maker families with a long working tradition making instruments (guitars as well as mandolins) and that here only the most well known are mentioned.
In the first decade of the 19th century the Viennese making of a guitar was mostly derived from Italian methods, and the first representatives of the Viennese builder’s school, such as Johann Anton Ertl (1776- 1828), Martin Stob (1778-1838), and Johann Georg Stauffer (1778- 1853), produced guitars according to that example. Only after 1815 a clear sobering down of the appearance of the “own “ Viennese guitar model is seen.
This Viennese model was quickly popularized as can be concluded by the relatively many Viennese guitars that have survived from that period and because of growing demand that could barely be met at the time. This is why first violinmakers and other wood craftsmen - often trained in the cabinetmaker guild - saw the opportunity for (more) work and occupied themselves with the manufacture of guitars and why there came an end to the Italian import.
After the disagreements and hassle in the cabinetmakers- and musical instrument makers guilds about who were allowed to make musical instruments, agreement was met to leave free the manufactory of guitars and that the right(s) for making these popular (folk) instruments was controlled and regulated in official so-called patents. These patents could last for five year and be prolonged for another year or two, gave the sole rights to maker to make guitars with a certain model of his signature.
Also improvements in playability like among others, the choice of fret metal, fingerboard adjustments (radius, extension, floating, etc.), metal tuning mechanism(s), neck (iron bar implantation) and the adding of extra basses etc. etc. #
As a result to all of this a more plain guitar design developed and the recognisable Viennese copies of the often beautifully decorated Italian guitars disappeared.
The mandolin had undergone a similar development as the few survived example show an equal sober but effective design.
This became even more clear around the twenties at the starting years of the Viennese ´Biedermeier´ time, a period in the Arts in which the accent was focussed on unpretentiousness and honest beauty, that lasted from 1815 up to the Viennese revolution in 1848.
© Alex Timmerman.
I hope you enjoyed this. Any thoughts etc. etc. are most welcome!
Wow Alex! Thank you very much indeed for your wonderful and very detailed contribution. As it happens I got your note while listening to G.F. Guiliani and G. Hoffmann quartets!
I'm especially interested in the evidence that you mention for double-coursed instruments that were converted to single stringing: One six-course mandolino -> Milanese mandolin and one early four-course mandolino -> Cremonese mandolin.
To round out the list, I will again mention the Neapolitan mandolin that I have seen that was converted to single courses. In fact, I'm looking it right now! :-) This instrument was clearly built as a typical double-strung Neapolitan instrument and I would place it roughly circa 1775-1790. The mandolin is quite fancy, complete with an inlayed mirror in the peg-head, and though its label has been mostly torn out, I suspect that it may be related to G.B. Fabricatore based on a number of elements. Of course, I have no clue whether it ever spent any time in Vienna. :-)
It is impossible to say for sure whether this instrument carried single gut or metal strings. In any case, they would have been attached over the bottom end of the instrument to the four surviving string-pegs. The bridge is very tiny and thin and, as I said before, this bridge has been on this instrument for a very long time. I see no evidence of a larger "Neapolitan" bridge, though it would have surely had one originally. My own opinion is that instrument was converted to single strings within 10-20 years of its manufacture. Fortunately, it seems to have been largely left alone since then.
The depressions made for the strings in the bridge are very slight indeed. The grooves cut in the nut are considerably deeper and their breadth would seem to me to be wide enough to handle fairly thick (gut?) courses. Two (non-matched) period pegs accompany this instrument. It is obviously easy to loose friction-fit pegs if there are no strings attached!
Anyway, thank you again for your generous and informative posting. I'm going to go back and read it again when I have more time.
Thanks Eric!
I am happy that you enjoyed it.
Very interesting what you tell about the altered Neapolitan mandolin.
I hope to see it some time!
PS. about your (quote): "I'm especially interested in the evidence that you mention for double-coursed instruments that were converted to single stringing: #One six-course mandolino -> Milanese mandolin and one early four-course mandolino -> Cremonese mandolin.", I can add that here I only mentioned two different examples to illustrate developments of the two mandolin types most popular in Vienna.
Dec-27-2003, 3:48am #61
Reims, France
Alex, Eric (et al), very interesting. I won't challenge the vienesse ghosts of the past about single course mandolins or they way they might have been played. From a player's perspective and that of someone who has spent the better part of his musical life playing on single strings (violin) and the efforts related to tuning double courses (mandolins, harpsichords, pianofortes, etc.), I do find the sound of the single course instrument (even without tremolo) very dry compared to double courses. Why the change in taste? Of course, it is easier and cheaper to maintain and setup a single course instrument. It is also easier to play. This leaves the simple matter of adapting one's taste to the sound. Given that most modern mandolinists (so-called acoustic players) now accept without question to perform with microphone and electronic amplification, that synthesizers of all sorts are accepted in modern music as the equal or superior of their acoustic cousins, it is not at all surprising. Whether this 'requires' a given peformance on a given instrument in a given manner of play in order to be 'authentic' is another question worth pondering. In anycase, it is worth trying to see how far one can go with this 'equipment' and make artistic value judgements later. Incidently (for Eric), I don't believe any 4 double course mandolins from the 18th and even most of the 19th century had more than 4 hitchpins (in place of a tailpiece to attach strings), they always attached 2 strings to a given pin.
Thanks again to Alex for sharing his research (Eric too), this has been a great run.
Thank you, it has been nice to sort out things and to share information here! I hope also other readers will benefit from it.
By the way, I looked in Paganini´s guitar music for early evidence for tremolo. I found and excellent example of this in the Andantino of his ´Minuetto e Andantino´ (Sonata MS 84, no 33). #The Minuetto acts as a kind of ´Prelude´ to the Andantino.
The Andantino is just great; it is build up of a bass line made of chords played with the thumb of the right hand. In itself already very beautifull and even more so because it accompanies a marvellous singing and graceful tremolo melody. The complete Sonata is about 5 minutes long and for me a great example that illustrates the use of tremolo in ART music at the time. According to several musicologists who made intensive studies to the live and work of Paganini as a composer for the instrument, including my friend and P. Paolini (guitarist and scholar)
Paganini´s guitar music was written at various times between 1803 to 1823.
The fact that this piece is so beautiful and well written for the guitar (it´s style can be compared with the Tarrega's famous tremolo piece "Recuerdos de la Alhambra"), gives credit to the thought that, if the tremolo style was executed tastefully on a mandolin of that time, probably no one would have had any objections. It is perhaps not the best evidence for tremolo on the Cremonese- or Milanese mandolin, but to my taste a very good argument to be used to come as near as possible in favor of it. Especially when in discussion with those who disaprove any tremolo in the Hummel and van Beethoven etc. music.
PS. That is, if one chooses to play these pieces with a quill...
Yes, I agree with you that four hitch-pins are typical for early Neapolitan mandolins and that two strings were tied to each pin. I was just trying to describe the setup and make it clear that even though this instrument had been altered for single stringing, it retained the original string attachment method with strings attached to the end of the instrument.
I suppose everyone has their own taste but to me, the sound of single gut strings plucked with a plectrum is quite appealing (especially for this music). That said, I also like the ringing sound of the Neapolitan instrument in brass, and of course doubled gut courses plucked with the fingers. I see these as different colors in our understanding of an increasingly diverse and interesting pallete for our instrument.
As for tremolo, I'll only comment that on Mr. Galfetti's recording of the Hummel, he inserts various small ornaments where one might equally insert a small tremolo. Perhaps he too felt a void that needed filling in this music. I do like the judicious or ornamental use of tremolo (as I think Richard has done on his recording) rather than providing it as a continuos feature.
Even if we do reach some concensus around single gut courses in this music, we can't rule out the influence of the earlier Neapolitan instrument.... just as harpsichords probably co-existed with increasingly-popular fortepianos.
As for six-course guitars... I'll just say that I continue to find it interesting that (to use Alex's words) "the last generation of lutenists" seem to have been influential, both in the commission of six-course guitars, as well as writing and performing music on them (Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Christian Gottlieb Scheidler, etc.). I guess I just see the six course guitar, not as a new "invention" as much as an adaptation or response by those who would have at least been familiar with the long-standing tradition of six-course (and more) mandoras that used exactly the same intervals and tuning since the early 18th century. (Apparently by 1806, Scheidler's guitar had seven courses ("A Brief Look at the 'Last Lutenist'", Thomas Schall, LSAQ, Volume XXXVII, No. 2, May 2002)).
I have found that many modern lutenists like to ignore the mandora because though it is shaped like a lute, it is tuned like a guitar... some modern guitarists do the same because though its tuned like a guitar, its shaped like a lute! :-)
Hopefully we, as lovers of things with "mando" in their names, can bring perspective to these matters over time :-)
ps - Alex, I'm intrigued with your observation that, at least in some cases, the sixth course on the guitar served as a non-fretted bourdon. It seems to me that there are certainly musical examples in mandolino music that would be served by such an adaptation of five-course mandolinos since only open G's are indicated. Also, even if its not required for the music, I find that the presence of the lower G-string often contributes considerably by vibrating sympathetically with harmonics in support of higher played notes. We should keep our eyes open for non-fretted sixth courses on surviving historical mandolinos!
I´d like to explain a bit more to your PS in the previous post
1) "Alex, I'm intrigued with your observation that, at least in some cases, the sixth course on the guitar served as a non-fretted bourdon. It seems to me that there are certainly musical examples in mandolino music that would be served by such an adaptation of five-course mandolinos since only open G's are indicated".
Yes, that is what I meant with these early guitar "bourdons". They were and could only be played as open strings.
2): "Also, even if its not required for the music, I find that the presence of the lower G-string often contributes considerably by vibrating sympathetically with harmonics in support of higher played notes".
I agree, that is likely one of the reasons that eventually the sixth string was standardised on both the guitar and Mandolino. (And on the double strung guitar in Spain and - only for a short period - in France). In all these cases the adding of sixth bottom string (two octaves down from the first string (-pair) helped the instrument sound better and to become more powerful.
3): "We should keep our eyes open for non-fretted sixth courses on surviving historical mandolinos!".
I have found at least(!) one five double gut strung Mandolino (private collection) that was altered in it´s time to carry six double strings. Because the alteration of this gorgeous instrument showed such fine craftsmanship and because of other factors I am inclined to think it had been a players instrument.
Of course it is very much a matter of taste, but since you both (Richard and Eric) touch the matter of sound, single and double gut strings and finger versus plectrum playing #on mandolins again, I´d like to say that taste did not changed here (in Vienna) over night.
I do not agree with Richard that single strings sound ´very dry´, but that is perhaps because I also play the guitar and lute (from an early age). As a matter of fact I quite like the the warm well-projecting pizzicato sound of these fretted instruments. An answer to Richard´s "Why the change in taste?", can perhaps be found in that the Mandolino in Vienna (and northern Italy) was known to be played with the fingers (or - in Vienna - had been known to be played in that manner).
The preference in stringing plucked/finger style played instruments (as we have seen was the case with mandoras and guitars) with single strings could very well have been the reason for Mandolino players to do so as well.
But for the rest there was no change:
The reason to play the single strung Mandolino (or the Milanese type) finger style could lay in the fact that people were used to do so.
For a ´sudden´ change to use a quill was - and is - not that easy at all. So there is your answer to your question Richard (quote): "It is also easier to play. ?". Yes, they just kept playing finger style.
Perhaps this changed a bit with the arrival in Vienna of Bortolazzi and why a new generation of Cremonese- and Milanese mandolinists choose to use wooden quills.
With regard to sound preferences I already tried to make clear cultural inter-actions - by mentioning Conti and Sauli - both Italian musicians that were employed at the Habsburg Court in the first quarter of the 18th century. And that since then there had been a flourishing cultural exchange between what today is the northern part of Italy and Austria (Vienna).
Furthermore because there has always been a kind of rivalry between the north and the south of Italy (Rome versus Neapels / rich versus poor).
In the 18th century Italian musicians were all over Europe and - seen the historical ties - it does not surprise that northern Italian musicians thought first of going to Vienna, while those of Napels sailed to Marseille and travelled from there to Lion and finally, to Paris. These are among the reasons why in my opinion the metal strung Neapolitan mandolin found its way so easy to France and why the Mandolino, it´s single strung sister instrument, the Milanese mandolin and the Cremonese mandolin caught on in Vienna.
Remember that Bortolazzi, in his late twenties, came with his son (a child prodigy on the guitar) straight away from Brescia (northern Italy) to Vienna.
Of course WE today, are not ´hindered´ by these historical connections between countries etc. and that is why we like all mandolin types (to a certain degree, that is...). I couldn´t have said it better than Eric (quote): "I see these as different colors in our understanding of an increasingly diverse and interesting pallete for our instrument".
Eric, your sentence (quote): "Even if we do reach some concensus around single gut courses in this music, we can't rule out the influence of the earlier Neapolitan instrument....", is rather complicated, because several issues are put together in it.
My direct reply on this is the following:
1) I like a consensus, but fail to see why this is necessary in cases like the Hummel Concerto which obviously composed for the Cremonese mandolin with four gut strings and the compositions by van Beethoven that are intended for the Milanese mandolin with six single gut strings.
Also for the Hummel plectrum style is the logical conclusion as is pointed out in the method by Bortolazzi to whom the Concerto was dedicated. As for the van Beethoven compositions; finger style seems to be the original way to play these.
2) (Quote) "we can't rule out the influence of the earlier Neapolitan instrument...."
I don´t think, although it was probably known, that the Neapolitan mandolin played an important role in the Art music in Vienna. So, if it had any influence it was perhaps only because it was played with a (feather) quill.
Alex #©
PS 1. As for the Giovanni Hoffmann works, single strings are possible and so is the use of a (wooden) quill as justified by Tyler (Early Mandolin, page 39). But then again finger style and double strings are possibilities too.
PS 2. The other way around is similar: for quill players #it is also difficult to adopt a good fingerstyle of playing (and this is very much the same for plectrum playing mandolinists today, and simply the reason why so many music originally intended to be played fingerstyle, is recorded feather style... #).
But,.... # # #enjoy!
Thank you for the geographical perspective, your last note has made me much more comfortable in my own subjectivity (as if I needed help in that area :-)). I like your north/south argument very much, and it makes the point *very* well for a different aesthetic in Vienna than was present in France. I think this kind of geographic and cultural "evidence" is key for understanding these matters. And yes, I had somewhat missed your point before.
As for consensus, I agree that it is not necessary, but it is certainly nice where we can find it. As I've said, uninformed consensus can also hinder our understanding of the past. This particular discussion has been extremely useful for my own personal "perspective" on this music and period, consensus or no.
You state "and the compositions by van Beethoven that are intended for the Milanese mandolin with six single gut strings."
I personally like this idea but I think I'll sit back and read the responses to see if there is consensus. :-) I think I remember Tyler and Sparks giving Beethoven to the instrument in fifths... which seems consistent with at least the Kucharz connection... or do I now need to re-think Mozart too!? Maybe that's our next thread... :-)
Alex, where do you get the connection between Beethoven and the 6 course (single or double) Milanese type mandolin other than he was active in Vienna? His mandolin teacher was a violinist who also played 'mandolin' (of some sort), surely there were Neapolitan type instruments (or Cremonese for that matter) in Vienna as well as other parts of Europe. The very fact that Bortolazzi would complain about this instrument (neapoitan) bespeaks that he was disturbed by its presence (omni-presence). It's like the business of the tremolo. Certain mandolinists complained about its use (or abuse) which would lead me to believe that it was more common than not (especially poor execution of the technique). #The music sits very well on an instrument tuned in 5ths (sight readible).
Alex, I too love the guitar and lute and even the single strung mandolin, but the sound is indeed less complex (dry) than the equivalent double strung instrument (not necessarily louder or richer in tone). If you include tremolo as part of the expressive-technical arsenal, than it becomes even more apparent the difference. #Galfetti's approach on the Cremonese instrument with the Hummel sonata byfilling out sustained notes with divisions or ornaments makes a lot of sense and would be my solution as well on such an instrument.
Hello Eric,
I forgot to reply on your
1) "I guess I just see the six course guitar, not as a new "invention" #as much as an adaptation or response by those who would have at least been familiar with the long-standing tradition of six-course (and more) mandoras that used exactly the same intervals and tuning since the early 18th century".
Yes, in Vienna(!) all these circumstances helped to evolve the guitar as a six single strung instrument. Towards the twenties the awareness among the Viennese guitarists of the mandora as a seven-, eight and nine single strung plucked instrument of which the four highest strings were tuned like the guitar, would also quicken the acceptation of the seven and eight strung bass-guitars. At a much earlier time than elsewhere in Europe. This happened in a period that the six string guitar in Vienna had already pushed aside the Mandora.
2) "(Apparently by 1806, Scheidler's guitar had seven courses ("A Brief Look at the 'Last Lutenist'", Thomas Schall, LSAQ, Volume XXXVII, No. 2, May 2002)).
Yes, this idea stems from a review in the The Leipziger Musikzeitung, 22 Januari 1806.
The review was written on a concert that was (among others) given by Christian Gottlieb Scheidler, his pupil Dem.[ademoiselle] Jung on ´guitar´, and a certain Mr. Arnold on the Violoncello. The writer, who is very praiseworthy about the performance given by the three musicians, then - a bit furtheron in his text - states #that Scheidler´s guitar had seven strings ("Seine Guitarre hat sieben Saiten").
Although this would have been possible at the time (I have found several seven- and eight stringers made by makers working in Europe´s main Capitals that were built before and around 1800 and the fact there is also a written source (±1808) that informs about improving the guitar by adding a seventh and eigth string), I am nevertheless convinced that here a different type of ´guitar´ was used by Scheidler and his pupil. Scheidler´s guitar type was called "Sister" and/or "Deutsche Guitarre", an instrument that had developed along side the guitar, from the various German Zister types.
Probably Mr. Thomas Schall, (I haven´t read his article in the LSAQ May ´02) wasn´t aware of the publication of the book/catalogue: ´Gestrichen und Gezupft´ (November 1997, Herne) written by Dr. Andreas Michel of the Musikinstrumentenmuseum der Universität in Leipzig who, when I was examining the plucked instruments of the museum in 1998, informed me about his research on the "Deutsche Guitarre", the maker of this instrument type - a mr. Johann Bindernagel working in Gotha and the connection with Scheidler.
In the book/catalogue, Andreas Michel recalls a publication in the Allgemeinen Musikalischen Zeitung of 1801, written by Christian Gottlieb Scheidler himself(!) explaining the "Sister" and/or "Deutsche Guitarre" as an #instrument strung with seven gut-strings and tuned like: G - c - f - g - c' - e' - g' (Tuning cart). Interesting is the tuning in fourth for the three lowest strings and the chord tuning of the four highest strings (similar to the "English guitar"). About the strings and how to play them, Scheidler gives the following information (free translation).
Scheidler: "The manner to hold the Sister is completely the same as with the ´französischen Guitarre´. When the strings are plucked the three wound strings are stroked with the thumb, and the four plain (un-wound) with the consecutive fingers. It can in some cases also happen that the thumb has to be used to play the middle g string. the little finger is only used very seldom".
Here we find evidence that Scheidler knew of the excistance of the ´Chitarra Francese´ and that all the fingers
(p-i-m-a) of the right hand were used by inventive players like Scheidler was himself, as early as 1801!
Alex Timmerman ©
I'm just back in to read your essays. #Very nice, Alex, very thought provoking.
I think this discussion may have arisen in part because I wrote my assumption that Hummel was writing for Cremonese mandolins in both famous instances. #To the list of those who seem to believe Malfatti played Hummel on a Neapolitan mandolin I will add Alison Stephens (from the liner notes of her modern-instrument recording of the sonata) and Paul Sparks (1995). #Sparks writes "...Signor Fr. Mora de Malfatti, Beethoven's physician and the recipient of Hummel's Grande sonata for mandoline and piano." #"Mandoline" is highlighted as this is the term of convenience by which Sparks differentiates the Neapolitan mandolin from instruments tuned in fourths. #He doesn't address the Cremonese mandolin outside of occasionally specifying "Cremonese." #Sparks does write of the Brescian mandolin, the descendant of the Cremonese (although he uses the two terms as equivalent), still being popular in Germany in the early 20th c.
On Beethoven writing for Milanese mandolin, the music seems generic enough that I really can't draw any conclusions (but please take my amateur impressions for what little they are worth). #Sparks again writes of Beethoven writing for and his dedicatees playing Neapolitan mandolins ["mandoline"], but offers no instrument-specific evidence.
In spite of the popularity of single strings in Vienna, the Neapolitan-type family of instruments did persist and eventually evolve into all the myriad modern forms: steel-strung bowlbacks to F-5 to Ovation/Crafter/etc. #Classical-era publications for mandolin seem to have considerably waned by the early 1800s. #Still, Neapolitan mandolins were being built and were still present. #As I've discussed with some of you (especially Alex), I own an anonymous ca. 1835 French-made Neapolitan-type mandolin, probably from the shop of Clement Eulry (thanks again to Alex for the solidly likely attribution). #I like to imagine that the original owners of instruments similar to mine would have happily played the Hummel sonata, the Beethoven works, or Neapolitan folk songs...or any other music for that matter...if such music fell into their hands. #Maybe this wasn't Hummel's intended instrument, but I suspect Hummel was much more interested in selling copies than dictating appropriate performers, especially given the offering of violin as alternative.
A bit of a side line. #It is interesting that the standard guitar seems to have evolved from an instrument with five courses of paired strings to a brief, intermediary 5-string instrument to a 6-string instrument in much of the world. #I do think this suits homophonic music with a clear melody line very well. #Single strings would have fallen very much in line with the rising taste for a simple symmetry of contrasting musical ideas and the sonata form that came with the rise of the classical age. #However, the guitar came to be a 6-course instrument in Spain comfortably before the massive popularity of the 6-string guitar elsewhere. #It was still widely used as strummed song accompaniment there. #As a stellar example of misinformed liner notes, Volta uses the 6-course guitar as the allegedly intended instrument for Paganini's works to specify the "Chitarra Francese" on the Volta/Aonzo CD of Paganini music. #The sound is inappropriately diffuse for strictly punteado music of that era. #Grobert would be steamed!
Nice you are back.
I looked it up and found for the word ´provoking´ alternatives like: irritating and boring. Is that what you mean with ´provoking´?
Greetings?
Alex, provoke means also to encourage a response or act. Thought provoking is a common expression in English meaning to inciting 'reflection' or interest. Totally positive and I and certainly all of us wish you, Het Consort and all mandolin friends in Holland a wonderful new year!
Originally Posted by (Alex @ Dec. 29 2003,14:00)
You need a new English dictionary, Alex! #Like Richard says "provoking" here should have nothing but a positive connotation. #On second look, I see I typed "though" where I had intended to type "thought;" I have edited that error away. #The most appropriate definitions of provoke offered by Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language (1996, Gramercy Books, NY) would be "to incite or stimulate to action" or "to give rise to, induce, or bring about." #Thus, "thought provoking" means a thing is interesting enough to have inspired profound contemplation...as your essays always do.
...Oh, and Happy New Year too!
Hello Richard, Eric, Eugene and others,
(First Richard and Eugene, thank you very much for the explanation of the word ´provoking´. I wasn´t sure and must say that I like this much more. Especially so because what I found was quite disturbing. And I do rather a lot of guitar talking at this ´mandolin´topic, you see, so...)
Thanks also for the nice New Year greetings! Be sure we all here wish you and all the others here a really good New Year! #
Back to mandolins.
The Beethoven issue:
(Quote) Eric: “I think I remember Tyler and Sparks giving Beethoven to the instrument in fifths... which seems consistent with at least the Kucharz connection...”
Yes, Tyler and Sparks do not give the pieces by van Beethoven a lot of explanation; they only refer to the instrument as: ´mandoline´, from which one gets the impression that it was tuned in fifth (Cremonese- or Neapolitan mandolin).
But the quarter tuned mandolino and Milanese mandolin in G can with ease be options too.
I also have played these pieces on the Roman- (Embergher) and (Calace) Neapolitan mandolin - I put emphasis on these two types because of the difference in neck width - and on finger style played double strung Mandolino and single strung Milanese mandolin.
For advanced players there are no big problems to overcome regardless on what type they perform the music.
Nevertheless I have come to the conclusion that the Milanese mandolin has most likely been the original choice by van Beethoven to write his pieces for. #
If time permits and if there is interest in it, I will go into the music and explain to you - by fingering the notes - why I believe so and why I think it can best be played finger style. (Perhaps someone here [Richard?] has them scanned in the computer; I don´t have a scanner yet, so that would be most helpfull. I than can add my fingering in red and publish relevant bits and pieces here).
On Eric´s (quote): “or do I now need to re-think Mozart too!?”
I can say that I already pointed towards this matter in my post on this topic of Dec. 19 - 2003 (19:53), saying: “even in this particular Mozart case (his Aria) originally a Cremonese mandolin was involved...” So, yes I think this would be a good thing to, do since I have come pretty near to think that it was played in Prague on a Cremonese mandolin.
As for violinists [of that time in Vienna] playing mandolin (to quote Richard): “His [van Beethoven] mandolin teacher was a violinist who also played 'mandolin' (of some sort)”, I´d like to say that this has in my opinion not so much to do with what mandolin type is involved here.
This because I see it like this: the mandolinists of the time were very much capable (like we are today...) to play more than one mandolin type. #
In Vienna perhaps even three (!), since the difference between the double strung Mandolino and the single strung Milanese mandolin (both being played finger style) isn´t that great.
Also when placed in time (I mean in chronological order) this would mean that the Viennese mandolinists first played one (or perhaps both) of the two last mentioned types and then changed to the ´new´ Cremonese mandolin that was so well popularised by a great virtuoso like Bortolazzi (and for which the only available method was published).
This isn´t such a strange idea if one compares it with what happened in the south of Italy around 1740 with the sudden rise of the Neapolitan mandolin and it´s fast spreading in France: All those Mandolino players switching over to the Neapolitan mandolin... .
And, although it was still mentioned it in the tutors written by Corrette and Fouchetti - the latter even wrote that he liked it more that the Neapolitan type -, the Mandolino in France was soon be to put aside (±1780) in favour of the mandolino Napolitano.
What also can be #concluded from this is that in France both mandolin types were played at the same time by the same people (for instance Fouchetti himself and the fact that his method is the only one that gives real playing advice for the Mandolino).
It was in those days very much the case as it is today (with Richard and Eric and myself in particular), to play several mandolin types with different tunings and their own playing techniques even more so performing on other string instruments like the violin, guitar and lute... .
On Richard´s comment (quote): “surely there were Neapolitan type instruments (or Cremonese for that matter) in Vienna as well as other parts of Europe”, I´d like to emphasize that I try with my explanations here, to reveal some of the differences in preference by cultures (our Topic).
Therefore I do not really understand the addition “for that matter” in the above sentence, because for me there is a lot of preference and difference between both types and - more important - it is the quintessence of our discussion.
Also I like to reply on Richard´s (I hope you don´t mind) next line (quote): “The very fact that Bortolazzi would complain about this instrument (Neapolitan) bespeaks that he was disturbed by its presence (omni-presence)”.
Of course it is likely that the Neapolitan mandolin was around. This is already pointed out in previous posts.
But unlike in France where, in the second half of the 18th century several tutors and a great number of music was published for the Neapolitan type, there is (yet) no real written evidence found for that type in Austria (Vienna). Neither in Art music nor in folk music. Comparing this with the high status of the Neapolitan mandolin in France, it leaves me with the thought that it likely did not play any significant role in Vienna.
Ok, you need to elaborate on the Beethoven pieces. I've played them on the 6 course mandolino and do not find them particularily natural to this tuning (instrument), compared to the pieces by Hoffman or others who did write specifically for this type of mandolin. Maybe the Adagio ma non troppo, perhaps? We have another piece that should be dealt with that was published in this part of the world, the sonata of Neuling. Do you think that this should be better served on the Cremonese instrument? Why do you think that finger style was predominant on the mandolin in Vienna in the latter part of the 18th century? I see no connection with single or double course stringing that would make me think of one technique or the other. I will have a Cremonese instrument (copy built by Daniel Larson) sometime in the first quarter of the new year. I'll let you all know how it works out in practise and especially acoustically compared to it's double strung cousin.
Oh yes, this stupid © copyright sign I was told to put in, because of the facts, thoughts and links and things I write about are mostly new or differ from what has been written by others. And because of my forthcoming book on the History of the Mandolin and it´s nomenclature.
That´s why.
I am preparing a tremolo chapter for you and post it later this evening.
Your wonderful Hummel, Beethoven and Neuling CD is accompanying me!
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Given the recent re-birth of Matamp in WA circles, this seems a natural and currently topical inquiry. Were the Orange Matamps ever actually used in the studio, if so, when?-And what prompted you to quit using Matamps, too loud, too heavy, etc? Promise not to bother again with gear questions.
Hi Jef,
I think we were using Orange Matamps around the Argus period (early 70s). The original design was very clean and undistorted with a very rich mid-range, they were loud and clear but as the company became bigger they changed the design to a more crunchy distorted sound a la Marshall. These later amps are distinguished by the addition of symbols to indicate what the controls did. The distortion made them sound louder it seems. The original design was quite demanding in that it did not cover up any lack of technique and seemed to demand a very precise playing style which I would say was exactly what we wanted but maybe did not appeal to everyone. Remember at that time PA systems were pretty crude and by the time guitar cabs had been miked up and sent through fairly distorted PA equipment we found that we could reproduce our recorded sound better by having the source pretty clean. It was demanding to play on but worked well for us. I can remember playing shows in the US with Black Sabbath for instance and their sound was very distorted - each to his own.
Mathias - the amps designer - had a large bump on his forehead which we all reckoned was the extra bit of brain that God had given him in order to design the Matamp. He worked for the British army in WW2 way back in the 40s and had designed his stuff then for Army use and had kept the blue-prints till the 60s when the demand for guitar amps blossomed. Strange to think that Mr Hitler and his antics influenced rock technology! I used a large 200Watt Orange Amp for a while, it sounded great but was a pig in terms of its weight and also the whacky valves needed re-biasing on every other gig to keep it clean. Somewhat impractical, which is why I moved on.
Martin Turner (25 Dec 2005)
"Errors Of My Way" is my ultimate favourite all time track, it is an absolute masterpiece, in fact "masterpiece" is an understatement!. It is also my favouite track to play live (closely followed by "Blind Eye" and "Phoenix"), I often joke with my fellow band mates that i could play "Errors Of My Ways" all night!
I have a few questions regarding this song.
1. about 1:58 and about 2:40 into the song, you hear like a scratching hissing noise (..."not to cry...see where I am..." and later on too). Was this overdubbed? I'm utterly convinced it is myself, although I accept I may be wrong, cos all of Steve's limbs are busy from what I can hear and it seems impossible to play that without a third arm. Can you shed some light into this for me?
2. Who sung the spontanious sounding "Yeaahhhh..." bit about 2:08 into the song and was this spontanious thing in the studio or a predetermined part of the actual composition?
3. On this song, did Steve compose the drum sections himself, or did you guys kinda tell him what you wanted him to play? Them rudiments and drum patterns are an abolute joy to play. There's about 7 different drum phrasings in that song and they are just brilliantly composed.
The whole song is just utterly superb.....
Anth Martin
Hi Anth,
This song is typical of the period when the Steve and I first got together with Ted and Andy. We used to spend a lot of time jamming in Miles Copeland's basement and you can certainly here the results on this song. I am a bit baffled as to your question re "scratching" - I think what you are hearing is an acoustic guitar played by Andy (centre stereo), it does sound a bit tinny and distorted. Steve is also playing 16s on the snare drum at this point, albeit lightly. The bubbling brook rythym guitars are nice, the bass guitar was rented - all I owned at the time was a £5 home made job so the producer Derek got me a real one which wasn't quite right for me. Andy sings the ad-lib stereo left. The whole song is very sweet and somewhat niave but full of melody and innovation. We were very young lads when this was recorded, Ted had only just left school a few months before! Andy was good at this folky style, I sang the harmony melody lines which were translated beautifully onto guitar by the harmony twins. Vocals are me on top Andy on the low part. You can easily spot that it was recorded in the pre click track era - the song actually slows down after it opens.
Hope this throws some light on it for you,
Martin (24 Dec 2005)
I was wondering if you still have the Hamer Explorer bass that was made for you back in the 1970's, I think the serial # was 001, and if you have any plans to tour the US.
Marcus Northcutt
Yes I have the bass, yes it is S/N 0001. It needs adjusting to get it more compitable with the T'Bird so I can switch between the two. It does sound very juicy though. I do not know about the USA as yet, we need to get out and do this UK tour in February and see where it takes us from there.
really enjoyed the 2 gigs, and it was great to hear so many not too often played songs. But I wondered why there was so little from your 2nd era with the band with only "Cosmic Jazz" included. The reformed band saw you writing some of your best ever songs - "Lost Cause in Paradise", for example, is one I would regard as a MUST for any MT/WA set list. I would like to ask you would you consider playing some more from this era on your next dates, also maybe another song or two from your exdcellent solo album. Please dont take this as a criticism of your live show - it was truly great. Instead please take the above as a compliment - you've penned so many great tunes, and not just in the first ten years of Wishbone Ash. Your later songs were fantastic also.
All in good time - we have to start somewhere. I haven't worked out how many hours of WA songs I listened to - must be in the realms of 15 hours worth - the choice is extensive and it was expedient to begin with tunes that my new guys were familiar with. At least they had some idea of how they should sound. Obviously it will be exciting to investigate all kinds of less obvious songs later, which I intend to do. This is not just me popping out for a tour, this is me getting back to something that is an important part of my life, so I'm here for the long haul and have all kinds of plans bubbling away. Even the longest journey must start with the first step!
Best wishes best bones
Is there a reason you have decided not to include "Handy" in the set list, even though it is obviously much loved by all the Wishbone fans?
No particular reason - we try to include a long and varied list of songs some of which have not been played too much, if at all. "Handy" would be worth a look at and look we will at some point. I've noticed with my new lads that every Wishbone song we have taken a look at, we have been able to perform - this is something that was not even possible with the original line-ups, so I'm pretty pleased that it gives us the ability to have a crack at anything in the catalogue and there is a rich choice of material to consider. The fact that all my new guys sing and have the right attitude makes all this possible - so it bodes well for the future. At this point in time we have played two gigs - so by February which is not far away, I would expect the set to be pretty similar to gigs 1 and 2. I played "Handy" on a rented Fender Bass with foam under the bridge - If I did play it now it would sound different. It was inspired by Andre Segovia. Anybody ever listen to his recordings? Bucketloads of Passion!
are you still in contact with Steve Upton? Or has he just vanished into Southern France? He is/was a fantastic drummer and it's a darn shame to say the least. His playing was truely inspirational.
Wouldn't it be great to see him and yourself at Ashcon.
Steve and I were together from about 1967 so we did develop an almost telepathic understanding during the 70s. I do have a number for Steve down at the Chateau in France but I have not spoken to him for a few months. Should send him a Xmas card methinks! I know he has a back problem (some kind of spinal deterioration - not tap) probably from years of drumming straight handed, who knows! I too was very fond of his rather unique style, and I would love to play with him again but I very much doubt that it will happen I'm afraid to say.
Andy Powell a few years back said that the first time he met Sting he played "Handy" note for note. Considering the Miles and Stewart Copeland connection and also your talented brother Kim being The Police's road manager do you believe you were a bass playing Role Model for Sting in anyway. Style wise you both are very fond of Arpeggio' and 1st and 3rds.
Fubbster
Hi Fubbs,
Stingo (as he was known amonst the crew) did call my house once and I congratulated him on some award he had just gotten and he responded by being very complimantary to me, so I figured he had checked me out. He really is a very healthy living person for the music biz - must be doing something right - and has written some wonderful songs and my wife and I are rather fond of Trudy, she is quite a lady.
My brother Kim came to my studio once and needed to get a mix of a live "Dont Stand So Close To Me" recording. It was for the B-Side of a single release of the same song done in a slow, moody studio recording which was actually released just after the band had split. They wanted to use this live version but Kim told me the bass was a problem. Sounded fine to me, until the middle section where it crashed big time, (like someone had grabbed him on stage). Kim says to me "your a bass player, get your guitar and fix it", "what?", says I. I nailed it in about 45mins and he played it to Stingo next day. "Yeah fine", says he, Kim asked him: "does the bass sound OK?". "Yeah of course"."Thats my bruv" says Kim, "Really!", etc. etc. Called me later to say the mix sounded good and out it went. I dont think it was one of their big records, and best not mention it to any Police fans maybe. Sometimes these things just have to be done.
There is quite a link between the two bands. Same manager - Miles Copeland, his little brother Stewart used to play with us when we were rehearsing at their house in the early days, my brother Kim was involved with them from day one, was pretty tight with Sting for many years, he even went to the rain forest with him to meet Cheif Raoni. I have little Andy Summers son living with me, so he has two Dads - yours truly and Andy in LA. Like a lot of people I would love to see them on a stage performing together again but I doubt that it will happen.
Martin Turner (30 Nov 2005)
PS - Oh, one other thing - check out Sting's auto-biography, very entertaining and fascinating. He is a good book writer too!
My question is: Martin, what is your policy on the recording of your live shows by fans. Do you encourage it, allow it, or are you against it?
Hi Zilla baby,
If people really feel that the ticket price they pay for a gig entitles them to record it then what the hell am I supposed to do - leap off the stage in the middle of a tune, bite their heads off and drink their blood? I usually leave that kind of grizzly endevour to Godzilla people, in any case I wouldn't want to smudge my makeup!
A good friend of mine sent me a copy of a Chris Difford album recently (called: I Didn't Get Where I Am). Very personal and mellow, moody album, brilliant in my opinion, so I'll pass on the copy and go buy an actual CD of my own. That way we will all have real people continuing to make and perform emotionally-based music rather than a bunch of computer generated elevator pop muzak wallpaper.
In the end we all use our free will and make our own decisions.
I'm sure that bearing in mind karma and all the wisdom you can muster, you too can make your decision. There will always be people who just don't consider the consequences or else get an orgasmic lttle squirm of delight cos they got something for nothing but I trust in human nature and beyond.
Best bones as well, with meat on em,
Martin (30 Nov 2005)
I've been a (ten a penny) bass player for 32 years now and I understand the Bassist/drummer relationship inside out. I hate my current partners guts (10 long years of working with him) but I know I'd be lost without him.... Question is, how did you handle the Strange Affairsituation when Steve Upton threw in the towel? Was there any real attempt made to convince Steve to stay or did you all just accept the situation and let him go?
This is a big question - I'll try to answer. During the aptly named Strange AffairSteve was going through a marriage split that involved 3 children. He was clearly hurting but I know that musicians take haven in music at such times to mentally escape their troubles. He was struggling to play like the Steve we all knew and loved. I tried for days to get him up and running and I thought I was getting there with him but Andy and Ted felt we had a problem and when it was discussed with Steve he just decided to abruptly leave, mainly to sort out his life and also to not hold up the album. I felt we should have helped him - he was more important than the album. Steve had been with me since the mid 60s and he took care of all the day to day business of WA in the most honest manner for the benefit of all concerned (a big task). I called Ray Weston, who I had worked with and Robbie France was recommended also but even then, I thought it would be temporary and that Steve would be back. Andy was happy to assume the business tasks but I felt that the band was not the same without Steve.
Bands that stay together till death us do part are usually stronger, line up changes change everything and WA now is mainly for Andy's benefit. I'm sure he feels he has every right to earn from the bands substantial reputation and I know he works hard touring a lot. The fact remains however that you can play the same notes and sing the same words but it doesnt create the dynamics and magic that was once generated by the four characters that constituted the original band during the 70s . I dont mean for this to sound like sour grapes - Andy is a fine guitarist and hard working but what he is doing now is very different in everything but name. You could say the same about what I am starting out with, but, one of my reasons is to redress the lack of spirit in many of the songs that I wrote - at the risk of sounding like an arrogant f**k: when I hear a bunch of people I hardly know playing WA music and it has no soul or spirit, I think to myself if I can't do this better or at least how its supposed to be, then I need to get an operation and change my name to Martina.
Its impossible to talk about WA without considering Steve. He was "only the drummer" , sometimes brilliant, sometimes downright odd, but his style was very recognisable and his running of the band was crucial, he was the guvnor in that respect, I was the artistic leader and Ted, Andy and Laurie the front guys, performing the band's trademark harmony guitars. Sure, everyone contributed, and there was a good "one for all, all for one" mentality, the four way tension and balance was very strong but when Steve walked, part of the spirit went with him and it was never the same again.
Hope this helps to put the record straight,
Why is it that Ted's vocal contributions were so minor from Argusonwards? Of course his solo vocals were great, but yours and Ted's voices blended so well on the intro to "Time Was", I was wondereing why that combination was not used more often. How did you all decide who sang what?
Hi, I always used to try and encourage Ted to sing as I did also with Andy and Laurie later. My take on it has always been that when you are born you do not have the ability to talk, language is a learned behaviour and the apparatus is the same for talking as it is for singing, so basically anyone can sing. Half the battle is confidence, and in my case because I had always sung from a little boy (in church choirs mainly), I did not find it an un-natural or self-concious thing to do. Singing in a rock band however is a slightly different thing in that you have to able to sing very loud to get across when you have 125Db back line behind you, I think Ted and Andy found this fairly hard work and also saw themselves as primarily guitarists, with maybe an attitude of believing that it is better to do one thing really well than to try to be a "jack of all trades" and end up being average at all. For myself I play guitar, bass, keyboards, I sing, play drums, write songs, engineer and produce - as long as it is to do with music, I love it, and I cannot help but do it from the heart. There is plenty of music out there and not everybody can like everything, so I accept that some folks are not into what I do but have their own faves as do I. I know that the Argus album was me and my mates working at peak efficiency and I would be a liar if I said I am not proud of what we accomplished at that time. It is great that it has lived so long and inspired so many people across the world. Anyway - got to go wash the dishes,
MT (26 Sep 2005)
I was wondering if you intend to have any keyboards featured in the new band format? I originally thought you might have expanded it to a five-piece with a keyboardsman to give a more textured sound - but believe me I have no complaints about the four-piece twin-guitar set up at all. Perhaps you will play some keyboard parts yourself (as either intro pieces - or with one of your guitarists deputising on bass) which would add enormously to the range of material and sounds the band could create in a live concert setting?
Either way I suppose it will be simple enough to multi-track keys in the studio and I look forward to hearing some fresh studio output from you man - the first since Reeperbahn and Deep after all. Equally I am really keen to see the new band on stage, and wonder if you have any touring plans cooking?
Finally, as a bassist myself who always saw your bass as not just fulfilling the contrapuntal role - but also acting as a melodic instrument - a third guitar no less - I am hopeful that the bass guitar will be upfront where I think it should be.
Howard Johnston
Hi Howard,
Keyboards - when we recorded the Nouveau Calls, Here to Hear, Strange Affairtrilogy I got very into using keyboards, the Reeperbahn album also. We did look into using a keyboard player around that time and I spent a day with a guy who came highly recommended but he found my style and the parts we had recorded very hard to reproduce because they were extremely unorthodox, he said. Well, I was never trained to tickle the ivories so what he said made sense. The live solution we opted for was to dump the keys and a click-track onto DAT tape (used as a 2 track), the drummer got the C/T signal and keys came through monitoring + PA. Bit of a messy set up, but it kind of worked and with my plans for the new band I will be using a similar system, probably with MiniDisc. Lack of actual keyboard person equates to more room in gig bus, dressing room and on stage of course but most importantly the parts are accurate (no extra jazz) and for the tiny amount of keys used, pre-recorded works best for me. I have to admit that I am not mad about watching someone bash away on a slab of technology, there is still something sexier about good old fashioned guitars.
As far as touring plans go, it will be fairly modest, we are having to start from scratch, so the agent is looking to book 2 or 3 weeks in late Jan early Feb 2006 here in the UK and we'll see how it goes from there. Oh - there is also a gig in Sutton (SW of London) in early December which will be our first.
Best bones, MT (25 Sep 2005)
Have you tried out the various Line 6 pieces of kit (Bass Pod XT etc.)? I find them bloody great for recording (can't afford all the vintage gear or to chuck my amps out of the back of a van to achieve that 'knackered' sound!) Even makes a tame sounding Fender J-Bass sound like it's in pain! Can't wait to see the new band and the master back in action
I have used the Line 6 maroon kidney shaped jobbie in the studio for recording guitar. I was fairly un-impressed until we diescovered the little speaker simulator switch on the back - that made a huge difference to the sound and was really very good and certainly easy to use. It just seems to lack the balls that you get when speakers are moving air. I am a fan of small amplifiers for guitar - one of the guys in the Bishops uses an old 1960s JMI AC 4 into a 15ins speaker and it sounds dynamite. I've not used a Pod for bass - should give it a try really, I'm always interested to try different stuff for recording, but somehow it always seems to end up sounding like the same old pushy bass player so I guess its down to what comes from the fingers in the end.
Best wishes MT (25 Sept 2005)
All the songs on the first 5 albums plus New England are credited to all 4 members? Any clues as to who wrote what? I know you came up with most of the lyrics. Who wrote the music?
Argus (Neil Ferguson)
Hi Argus,
The first couple of albums were very much the product of an "all for one - one for all" mentality. We spent huge amounts of time jamming which is evident on songs like "Phoenix", "Handy" and "Errors". "Blind Eye" is a pretty standard 12 bar format with Ted's vocal and lyric, "Lady Whiskey" was my lyric and vocal. I would generally sing the guitar harmonies which we "guitarised" - they sounded better on guitar than they would have as vocal but have a more complex harmony structure than a guitar player would normally create. This gave us a unique identity that became a trademark sound. I was also quite good at coming up with what we called "Noddy" riffs such as the guitar lines on "Queen of Torture" - Ted's lyric based on a crazy bondage relationship he had with some girlie.
Pilgramage: "Vas Dis" is a Brother Jack McDuff tune from the 60s that my brother and I were fond of. Its Jazz really - I had taught it to Ted when he first joined the band to improve his chord knowledge, the WA version is a lot rockier than McDuff and does get a move on. "The Pilgrim" - built on bass riffs - the slow section with Teds melody on top and then the 7/8 fast section - I spent hours putting this together and it borrows somewhat from classical music I had studied. Andy did a good job of improvising the guitar over the top, not easy with that time signature. "Jailbait" - Ted helped by Steve, how long can we get away with one note experiment. "Alone" was a sweet song that I put together but the vocal was edited out leaving only the intro and outro. "Lullaby" - Ted's idea mainly with a lot of input from Andy. "Valediction" was Andy's song, I helped with vocal harmony and there is a "reggae-ish" jam on the end led by Ted.
"Where Were You Tomorrow" - Andy's bluesy vocal on a straight 12 bar jam with the lyric by Miles Copeland our then manager. As I said earlier these two albums were very much the "honeymoon" period with everyone working together and a lot of fresh experimentation, Steve and I had been together for quite a few years before which also gave us a good wishbone backbone.
More to follow later.
Best wishes, best bones, MT (21 Sep 2005)
I have repeated a number of times the info you posted some time ago about the tiny amp and PBass you used for There's the Rub. Have had a number of people very interested in hearing that. Not surprising, as WA has always attracted so many players as fans.
I am certain many other fans as well enjoy hearing things about the instruments we associate with our favourite players. Ted Turner looked and sounded great with the Firebird he was playing on a very old video clip I saw a while ago. Also, recently read a story about a mob scene during a WA show where Mr. Powell actually had to use his V for a weapon (I assume defensively). Your Tbird is identified with you much the same way the V is with AP.
I usually used my old 1960s PBasses for recording mainly because engineers were familiar with them, knew what to do etc. On the There's the Rub sessions I played through an old fender conert amp 4 x 10 which was falling apart. We had it extensively repaired and it never sounded the same again. Bill Szymczyk and I struggled a bit to reach a compromise over the bass sound, he wanted it more orthodox, I wanted it with attack and crunch. Learnt a lot from him however and I have the utmost respect for his Production technique. We were after a distorted guitar sound one day and asked him about Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way" sound, he brought in a Pignose, we thought he was joking but used it and it sounded good. I acquired a bass version called "Dwarf", it had a line out, a switch for clean or dirty and a volume pot - recorded many albums with it. I now use a "Gas Cooker" tube direct box made by Ridge Farm here in Surrey. I've found that no matter what I use it seems to end up sounding much the same. Whish seems to prove it comes from the fingers and the brain.
A bassist recalled seeing Mott the Hoople appear with a T'bird, and really enjoyed hearing it. Itmay well be the one you've been playing all these years. I also have a Hamer (6-string), it's probably my favourite, but it doesn't have a vibrola, and is quite heavy, so I play it a bit less. Loaded it with the Gibson re-issue PUs that have the mis-matched windings between coils and I enjoy many of the those early WA tones from it. Gibson do make wonderful humbuckers.
The T'bird - I had flown out to do a gig in Holland with my new Rickenbacker bass - the neck broke on its first flight - I was rather unimpressed and decided it was a girl's instrument - not up to the rigours of the road. I called Pete Watts and asked him if I could borrow a T'Bird from him. He gave me this thing which had gone up in the air at a Mott gig and been smashed into 13 pieces, the road crew had glued it back together on the road and it was a horrible mess. After a week I called him and told him he was an asshole for treating it so badly and that I would buy it from him and get it sorted. He said he didnt want to sell and I replied that was a pity as I was about to come around with £250 in nice new crisp banknotes (Mick Ralphs had told me he needed money), "oh really" said Pete, "well come over and we'll chat about it" - its been with me ever since.
Thanks Pete you old tart. Had to get it rebuilt and resprayed - I still have the original headstock to prove that the serial number is legit. I must love it, its been with me longer than either of my wives.
Later - MT (19 Sep 2005)
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Concrete shells are efficient structures, but not very resource efficient. The formwork for the construction of concrete domes alone requires a high amount of labor and material. A very resource efficient alternative construction method called "Pneumatic Forming of Hardened Concrete (PFHC)" was invented at TU Wien by Dr. Benjamin Kromoser and Prof. Johann Kollegger at the Institute of Structural Engineering. A simple air cushion and additional post-tensioning tendons transform a flat concrete plate into a double curved shell. Thus, the complicated spatially curved formwork and the framework are redundant. The Austrian Federal Railways Infrastructure (ÖBB Infrastruktur) are currently building a first test construction on a scale of 1:2 in Carinthia, in the south of Austria, which will later serve as event canopy. The "Pneumatic forming of hardened concrete" construction method The functioning of the construction method is comparatively easy: At first a flat concrete plate with wedge-shaped outlets is casted. After the concrete is hardened, the air cushion placed underneath the plate is inflated and the post-tensioning tendons at the circumference are tensioned until the final form is reached. Glass fiber reinforced plastic rods used as reinforcement absorb the occurring strains in the concrete plate. If the flat plate is produced with high accuracy, the construction method allows to build very precise concrete shells. The method also saves up to 50 percent of the concrete as well as 65 percent of the necessary reinforcement steel. ÖBB test dome as event canopy The test dome, built on behalf of the ÖBB Infrastruktur, has a length of 26.5 m, a width of 19.1 m and a height of 4.2 m. It will be used it to improve the construction technique for a first large application on a deer pass over the twin-track railway line "Koralmbahn" in 2017. Recently, the transformation process of the test dome was successfully finished, weighing 80 t and lifted with only 20-22 millibar from the flat plate to the spatially curved shell. The very smooth surface results from a sophisticated geometry optimization. "We could improve the construction method once again decisively during the preparation of the project for this first application," explains Dr. Benjamin Kromoser. In the next work steps, an additional concrete layer will be applied and some areas will be cut away. The final building can already be used for events in summer 2017.
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Livingstone Rejects Porsche’s Case, Accused of Seeking Londonwide C-Charge
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Transport for London and Mayor Ken Livingstone have rejected calls by luxury car maker Porsche to scrap plans for a £25 Congestion Charge for higher CO2 emitting cars.
Last month Porsche UK threatened to seek a judicial review of the decision to charge drivers of Band G cars to £25-a-day to drive into London.
Andy Goss, managing director of Porsche GB, has described the charge as “quite simply unjust” warning that “thousands of car owners will be hit by a disproportionate tax which clearly will have a very limited effect on CO2 emissions.”
Critics of increased charge claim it will not reduce carbon emissions and is unfair to those who are unable to afford a new, low emission vehicle.
Mayor Livingstone today called on the company to “focus their attentions on cutting CO2 emissions from the cars they produce, rather than pursuing this pointless legal action which we will vigorously contest.”
In a letter sent to Porsche yesterday the Mayor and TfL have set out why they believe the German-owned car giant’s objections are unfounded.
In a statement issued today Livingstone said “While the purpose of the CO2 Charge is not to raise revenue, we anticipate it will also raise around £30-50 million in revenue each year to begin with.”
“This money will be reinvested in transport improvements across the capital, including my plans to improve facilities for people walking and cycling in London.”
Meanwhile Conservative Mayoral candidate Boris Johnson has commented on media reports that Ken Livingstone plans to extend the Congestion Charge across London if he wins May’s elections.
Commenting on an article in today’s Times Mr Johnson accused Mayor Livingstone of being “out of touch with people living in Greater London who rely on their cars because of the poor quality of public transport.”
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Vol. 36 No. 15 · 31 July 2014
Discharged
Mike Kirby
I have worked in an atomic weapons depot, a Veterans’ psychiatric hospital and a perfectly awful mental hospital for juveniles, and in all of these places I did what I was told to do, and gave my notice when I had had it with the life they offered. The fact that I was able to follow almost any order, I owe to my navy training. I am useful. I keep my mouth shut. Sometimes.
I got my ‘Q’ clearance, giving me access to atomic weapon secrets, in July 1958 and was sent to a depot in Nevada where atomic weapons were stored. We were still using the first generation of air-droppable bombs and warheads, though they were being phased out. They were the direct descendants of Fat Man, the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Real monsters. You saw the Mark 5 and Mark 7 bombs and you knew they weren’t fire-crackers. The Mark 7 was about two and a half feet in diameter, about 15 feet long and weighed 1700 pounds. We didn’t have to assemble the TNT sphere, but the detonators that triggered the implosion wave had to be put in one by one, and attached to the cables that came off the high-voltage capacitor bank. The detonators were sensitive: if you dropped them more than six inches they’d go off. A couple of times they took us out to the firing range and blew a couple up while we watched from twenty feet away. There was no question, it could blow a hole in you, and if you were in final preflight assembly and the shockwave hit the TNT sphere, you’d lose the assembly bay and everyone in it. Two hands at all times when you handled dets. Kohler, who liked to have his fun with people, sneaked a couple of dummy detonators into a case of live ones, and one day in the middle of the arming sequence, took what he knew was a dummy and tossed it to poor Horpstead, who bobbled it, dropped it and dived for cover, thinking this was it. Kohler just laughed, hah hah. Big joke.
We had special pliers to secure the electrical connectors. You torqued up the connectors tight but not too tight, matched up the holes on the connector to the holes on the receptacle, threaded a wire seal through the holes, and then used these pliers to spin the two ends of the wire together and make neat little seals. This was Standard Operating Procedure to prevent the connectors vibrating loose in the bomb bay. Today all these connections are sealed at the factory. No chance of the kind of mischief I spent too much time thinking about. It was brutally hot up there on the surface, but we had air-conditioning and the twin ordnance igloos we worked in were mostly underground; just their ends showed above the surface. Ten ton motor-driven doors sealed the entrances used to take weapons in and out. The whole area was heavily fortified. At night jack-rabbits electrocuted themselves against the security fences: distant pops and small blossoms of flame.
Inside, pretty much everything was green. Pea green for the walls with dark green trim and cement floors. Bulletins about security, sermons on the dangers of high voltage. A workbench with test equipment ran along the south wall. Two names came back to me this morning: Karlsven and Katchke. God knows how Katchke was really spelled. He wore glasses and I remember him as shy, the classic nerd. He didn’t understand my jokes. He tested the radars, the twin black cans we strapped into the fusing assemblies. In the old days when gunners and bosun mates were working in the programme, men going on leave used to stand in front of the radar transmitters. The legend was that five minutes in front of them made you sterile for 12 hours. I assume all those clowns died unpleasant deaths, or maybe it was just another sea story told to new guys.
Katchke was a high-class tech who knew about radar and advanced electronics; he even did some soldering now and then. I belonged to a lower caste: I swapped black boxes, ran testing protocols and checked the tyre pressure on the weapon carriers and wheeled them around on the forklift. I felt safe with this small group of technicians who clustered around the test equipment, running checks on the weapons they brought in from the storage igloos. I had a few buddies; I was off the streets; I was clean and sober and confined myself to one beer a day; I had my shoes spit-shined and wasn’t worried about where my next buck was coming from. Our main job was doing retrofits. Blizzards of retrofits, lots of factory recalls of new bombs and warheads. Bad batteries, malfunctioning radars and contact fuses, whatever. I had a crow on my dungarees which meant I had a little rank. I had an account in the base credit union where some money went every month towards my college education. I did well in advancement tests.
By 1960 I had been in the navy for two years, the traumatic effects of boot camp and the Uniform Code of Military Justice were starting to wear off, and I was waking up to certain possibilities in my life. Before boot camp I had been a street kid for about a year. Boot camp meant I could take a shower and wash my clothes. Putting up your hand and taking the oath got you ten weeks in San Diego, without rights, subject to constant abuse. You’re marched here; you’re marched there. You yell yes sir and no sir and try your damndest to fit in and do everything that is demanded of you. Be clean, stand up straight, roll your socks up into balls so that the stencilled initials show in the little window. After failing inspection one day I had my whole sea bag, all 132 pieces of clothing, thrown in the shower and was told I had until the next morning to get everything clean and pressed and ready for inspection at 08.00.
I sat in the shower room for a long time staring at that huge sodden heap of clothing before I roused myself and set to work. Fairly early in that long night of ironing, I found out that I wanted to survive; I wanted to be like everyone else. I wanted to be a sailor; I didn’t want to get a general or medical discharge and go back to the streets and, more than anything else, I wanted the approval of my boot camp chief petty officer. And when I graduated with the rest of Company 341, one of eighty men standing in ranks at the San Diego Naval Training Center, I stood proud in my anonymity, staring fiercely ahead at nothing, coming to attention, coming to right face, told to stand at ease and finally mustered out, to get two weeks of leave before my first duty station.
All this merely meant that I had, like everyone else, a fierce wish to belong, to obey orders. It’s nothing to boast about. I had been programmed. Deprogramming myself was much harder. But maybe surviving boot camp is something to boast about, to be proud about.
When I enlisted, I said I wanted to be a hospital corpsman. I think this was an intelligent choice. I have never been that gung-ho. I enlisted not to fight a war but to get three meals a day and a warm place to sleep. And looking after people is what I ended up doing for most of my working life. Nurse’s aide, psychiatric aide, home health aide. I’m retired now but that’s what I was doing when I started writing this: I wrote and I waited to get Peter’s dinner out of the oven. Peter got 24-hour care, and I did three seven-hour shifts a week. I enjoyed the connectedness that working always gave me, the benchmarks at the end of every shift: pill box empty, kitchen clean, patient clean and medicated, wastebaskets empty, shift annotated.
In the later days of the boot camp, when some of the pressure was off, we were marched over to a building to talk about our future careers. Our test results were in, and I was already a pariah in my company for my high marks. The company commander made me stand at attention in front of the company while he talked about me. He walked around me, pointing to various parts of my anatomy. He wanted to reassure all the people in the company whose marks were low that they were good people and sound sailors. He wanted to tell them that if they were worried about their scores, to look at Kirby here, who got a 75 but couldn’t do anything right, who might singlehandedly, through all his fuckups, deny the company the performance pennants they deserved.
When it was my turn there was a chief petty officer looking at my file. ‘You want to be a hospital corpsman?’ I said I did. I think he sniggered. I could do better, he said. I could still be a hospital corpsman if I wanted, but anyone could be a corpsman. My test scores were very high. Especially for electronics, and mechanical ability. He wondered if I wanted to spend my four years emptying bedpans and making beds. He said I had a higher calling. The navy had a new rating that combined electronics and other sophisticated training in armaments. He said that some day I might have a real career in the defence industry. It was all highly classified, and until I got my top secret clearance, I would remain in the dark. And so I said yes, without too much internal struggle, I think. I was putty in the hands of anyone fatherly who told me I was underestimating myself.
So I signed on the line. Three months later I was on temporary duty in the holding barracks at Sandia Base, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. We were waiting for our security clearance. One day 24 of us got our notices and marched to the ‘Q’ area gate, where all mysteries would be revealed. We had badges that let us get into most of the buildings beyond the barbed-wire fences. The first day we went to the museum. My God, it was love at first sight. All those bombs and missile warheads, and we were going to work on them. We all talked in whispers; there were models of Fat Man and Little Boy, the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. I remember standing behind the yellow line, looking up at an absolutely massive hydrogen bomb. The first H-blast detonated a stationary refrigeration plant, the next came from a bomb like the one we were looking at – about the size of a 40-foot boxcar. It was delivered by a B-36 whose bomb bay had to be lengthened and widened. And then we walked through more recent exhibits, when the weapons got smaller and more powerful. There was the tiny ASROC, a nuclear depth charge, and warheads for the Polaris and other ICBMs. Pictures of the tests in Nevada and Bikini.
At classes for the next ten or so weeks, we practised procedures with dummy bombs, studied theory, saw plenty of movies and were taught radiation safety. One movie was shot in Los Alamos in the wake of a bad accident in the 1940s when a worker accidentally brought together two blocks of uranium and radiation inundated the area. They filmed his last hours. They asked him to talk about what he was feeling. I remember his face was beet red and his hair was falling out. He was polite and responsive to the last, apologising when he didn’t remember things or started coughing.
The Mark 7 was my favourite, an old-fashioned big bomb with all the big bomb’s glamour and allure. In the final testing phase, you simulated an airdrop. You unpacked the steel storage cans, bolted and assembled the pieces, cabling up the radome in the nose and the bomb’s fusing and firing units. After everything was double-checked and rigged up with the equipment that simulated a real drop, I would stand on a short step-ladder, and when the team leader gave the word, reach over and yank the two wires that in real life would stay with the plane. There would be a few seconds of silence, and then a roar from two power inverters pumping 115v AC into the system. The altimeters on the test gear would spin as the air pressure against the ports increased. Time would pass, then the radars would come on and start ranging at 5000 feet of altitude, then the main capacitor bank would come up to peak voltage, and eventually the radars would find the ground where it should be, and the weapon would fire. A big bang, needles hitting pegs followed by the sound of the inverters shutting down. The warhead was fifty feet away in the next bay, so all that happened was that the lightning bolt that would have blown the detonators was grounded out and dissipated. When we finished the checks, the warhead and the tail section were added, and the bomb was ready to load into a B-52 and incinerate some city.
But we didn’t talk or think like that. Everything was matter-of-fact and technical. Clean as a whisker. No blood or guts, no visions of Armageddon, except now and then when they would suddenly shut the place down and put us all on alert. Marines in the guard towers, sirens blowing, a lockdown for 48 hours. Planes would be loading down at the strip, and we were under the ground working with no way of knowing whether World War Three was on. One kid worked in our unit as a weapons handler for a couple of months and never knew what those weapons were that he was loading and positioning. He went crazy. He thought we were mad to take all these things for granted. No sooner had he started talking like that than he vanished, like I did later.
In the winter of 1961-62, things were slow in the electrical bay, and I was transferred to the mechanical bay, where I worked doing retrofits and supervised the library, checking weapon manuals in and out. I inevitably did quite a bit of reading in the process of updating manuals, and it was there, sitting at my desk, that I started to do a little research that might have made me very dangerous to everyone on the planet. But it didn’t. I went to the local community college and took a couple of evening classes, and avoided talking about what I was thinking and learning to Lt Commander Karlsven, the base commander. Karlsven was a taciturn Swede who always looked splendid in his uniform. He came to work in a green Department of Defense sedan; we came to work on a little grey school bus. There was gold on his collar buttons, gold in the braid on his hat that hung on the three-legged hat-stand, silver in his thinning hair that he wore combed straight back. When I left, Karlsven encouraged me to read the Bible. In the college library I found all these books and magazines I never knew existed: the New Republic, the Progressive, Partisan Review and Dissent. I went to see On the Beach, which portrayed the final days of life on Earth after a nuclear war. I started subscribing to the magazines and soon the base security officer wanted to talk to me.
Some time in the spring, a new warhead for the Polaris arrived, the first of many that were to be shipped to the submarine fleet. I went through the warhead manual and found a number of things that disturbed me. This particular warhead was designed for use against cities. It was very compact, a weapon with a small bang and a small cross-section, but its ablative shield was an alloy of uranium, and it produced very heavy alpha fallout downwind. I thought about the world laid waste by these warheads. I wondered if you could be a good soldier and have an imagination.
There was also this. When installed on the rocket, the main warhead connection was safety-wired in place and hidden. But in our bay and out in the storage depots these warheads were stored with an unlocked weapons connector. Unzip the weather cover, and it was right there. The safety mechanisms were in the fusing assembly, not in the warhead. Bang the right pins with the right voltage, and the warhead would blow. I wrote a technical change memo, suggesting a locked cover for the warhead connector while it was in storage.
I alerted the system, but the system wasn’t listening. This memo went into a drawer in my boss’s desk. I remember him looking at me quizzically. Never a word, but no trouble either. I think it made me angry, not being listened to. Anyone who has tried to buck the system understands how difficult it is for an enlisted man to tell an officer what to do. All I wanted was for them to put a lockable cap on the main warhead connection. I wanted them to protect these devices from me and my madness. Stop me from doing something foolish. And thinking of something foolish became an obsession. I saw myself holding the president and the programme hostage, single-handedly bringing about disarmament. People would finally understand how dangerous these weapons were.
I walked out in the desert nights dreaming of doomsday scenarios. I wrote my first poem about the bomb. One day I thought I was about to laugh and cried instead. I found my symptoms in one of my college books on psychology. World War One veterans exhibited it. Reversal of emotions. And so I wrote another memo, the memo that is probably buried in classified files in the Department of Defense, the memo that was hot enough for my boss to look at me with a startled expression and send it on to Karlsven, who sent it to the security officer. ‘I want out,’ I said. ‘Or else.’ And this ‘or else’ got through to them. ‘I will not be responsible for my actions if you keep me here in this programme.’
You write a good memo and there’s no taking it back; no stopping the bullet once it leaves the barrel. I lost my top secret clearance and was eventually transferred to Treasure Island near San Francisco. I cleaned urinals, swept the parade ground, and did guard duty at the brig. Every morning thousands of men were marshalled in the parade ground. Many of us were awaiting orders to ship out. My number was 3039, and every morning I was there waiting for it to be called. As the months went by, and all my shipmates came and went to other assignments, I began to understand that this was punishment duty, that I was going nowhere until my enlistment was up. San Francisco at that time was a hotbed of the peace movement. They couldn’t have thought of a worse place to put me in cold storage. There were demonstrations all the time against atomic testing in the Pacific Ocean. The Soviet Union had violated an informal test ban earlier that year, and the Department of Defense’s desire to test its modernised missile warheads resulted in the US conducting a series of dramatically stupid hydrogen bomb tests in the spring of 1962 near Johnston Island in the mid-Pacific.
Perhaps some of the guys I trained with in Albuquerque were on Johnston Island. Early-model Thor rockets, returned from years of deployment in England, were used to test out the feasibility of anti-ICBM defence by being detonated at high altitude. The range-safety officers had to abort four of them. The fallout came down. It wasn’t like other tests where the military were held back a decent distance from ground zero. One of the Thors blew up on the pad, making practically the whole island radioactive. There were barracks on that island, and probably a detachment of my fellow GMTs to install the W49 bombs on the Thors. Naval aviators flew seaplanes in and out of the fallout. They brought in an army detachment with bulldozers who pushed many acres of radioactive coral into the lagoon. After Vietnam the island was used to store thousands of barrels of Agent Orange, and then it became a disposal site for chemical munitions. Today it’s not used for anything and no one can visit without special permission.
I started going to the demonstrations against testing in civilian clothes, but I had my navy buzz-cut. These were my people. They were raggedy-ass kids like I used to be, and they were staging sit-ins and getting themselves arrested. I wanted to hold a sign and join them.
And then one day me and the master at arms had it out. I handed in my fifth or sixth chit asking for an early discharge and he told me that I was here for keeps. They weren’t going to discharge me until my four years was up. ‘You’re going to serve every goddamn day you enlisted for.’ So that was it.
‘Well, if you won’t let me out early, can I have this afternoon off?’ I said.
I got the afternoon off. I went to my locker and got out my dress whites. I never had the occasion to wear them because we were always in dungarees. I spit-shined my shoes. There was a sit-in that day at the Atomic Energy Commission building in Oakland. There were five or six people sitting on the front steps when I arrived, and a small crowd milling about. They looked at me with some puzzlement. I think one of them got up and moved out of the way, thinking I wanted to go inside. ‘No,’ I said. ‘Gimme a sign.’ There was one I really liked: ‘Why repeat Khrushchev’s crime?’
I sat down. The crowd got bigger, there were people at the windows looking down at me. The San Francisco Chronicle interviewed me. Twenty minutes later, the shore patrol arrived. My leave was cancelled; I was placed in custody for conduct unbecoming. There was cheering from up above when I was picked up and tossed into the paddy wagon. And for the first time in my life I felt I was where I ought to be, in full rebellion against the existing order. I was told on numerous occasions that I was going to face a general court martial on six or seven charges. Then word came down from Washington to discharge me quietly. An honourable discharge. Maybe the thinking was that the peace movement didn’t need a martyr. On 16 June 1962 I was escorted to the administration building. The admiral’s office on the third floor looked over the great expanse of parade ground where we were marched and stood for inspection, and where the morning meat market was held. I stood braced at attention for twenty minutes while this two-star admiral told me what he would have done to me if he had his way. Shot as a goddamn traitor, keelhauled, condemned to life in a marine brig. And as he roared and belched fire and pounded his desk my orders were tucked safely in my pocket. I touched them every now and then to make sure they were still there, and stole a glimpse out of his window from time to time at the distant chequerboard where until three days ago I had stood in square number 3039. Maybe a small smile showed itself on my face and made him that much madder. I was young and a little arrogant then.
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Currently seeking a leadership opportunity in the SaaS, Project, Product, and Technology sector in traditional IT and/or HR functions.
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Docs Lack ACA Plan Contracts, Senator Says
by David Pittman David Pittman, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today November 06, 2013
WASHINGTON -- Providers are complaining that they have yet to receive contracts from insurers for participation in health plans being offered through the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplaces, a senator said Wednesday.
The issue was brought up by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), who questioned Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius during a hearing before the Senate Finance Committee.
"That's a basic function of the marketplace," Menendez said. "How are people supposed to shop for a plan if they don't know [whether] it includes their doctor -- when the networks are not yet in place?"
Sebelius said only qualified health plans are on the ACA's exchanges or marketplaces, and those qualified plans have networks that are deemed adequate by regulators.
"Every plan in the market has a network, and consumers can access that information as they shop for insurance coverage," Sebelius responded to Menendez.
Wednesday's hearing was not the first allegation that insurers were not giving complete information to providers. Some state medical societies have voiced the same problems in recent weeks.
The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY), in Westbury, told MedPage Today in a phone interview last month that they have received complaints that insurance companies were not providing physicians relative fee information, or were not letting them know if they are part of an exchange plan or not. Furthermore, they were hearing that physicians were being listed as participating in exchange networks even though they were actually not part of them.
"MSSNY continues to hear concerns from our physicians regarding lack of information from health plans," Moe Auster, vice president of legislative and regulatory affairs wrote in an email.
A survey of the society's members found that more than two-thirds of the 400 respondents had not received information from plans about reimbursement rates. That survey was conducted last month.
"We intend to present these concerns to state officials to assure that these concerns are addressed and patients are able to receive the care they expect to receive in purchasing this coverage," MSSNY President Sam Unterricht, MD, said in a statement.
Auster's colleague, Barbara Ellman, assistant director of governmental affairs, feared insurance companies were crafting "silent" networks to show regulators plans that are compliant with the rules Sebelius mentioned Wednesday.
The charge -- leveled 5 weeks into the ACA's already rocky open-enrollment process -- is another hit to provider participation in ACA exchange plans.
Several state websites lacked provider search tools even after the websites launched to allow consumers to know which providers were in-network and participating in the plans.
Early reports showed provider payments would be based mostly off of Medicaid or maybe Medicare rates and therefore much lower than traditional commercial insurance, and some plans also created narrow networks of providers in an effort to hold down premiums.
A Medical Group Management Association survey conducted in September showed 55.5% of physician practices hold an "unfavorable" or "very unfavorable" view of the impact the ACA's health insurance exchanges will have on them.
Later in Wednesday's hearing, Sebelius said HHS would release initial enrollment figures next week, but cautioned that they "are likely to be quite low given the struggles that people have had getting access to the site."
"Until the site is fully improved and we really kind of open up the doors wide to a lot of people, we're going to have, I think, a struggle getting significant numbers to sign up," she said.
The Obama administration had hoped to enroll 7 million people in health coverage by March 31.
Sebelius said it may be difficult to single out very specific information such as what level of cost-sharing -- gold, silver, or bronze -- consumers in plans are signing up for.
"We intend to give you as much information we can validate," Sebelius told the lawmakers.
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) -- like other Democrats -- noted Healthcare.gov's problems have been "unacceptable."
"It has been disappointing to hear members of the administration say they didn't see problems coming," Baucus said in his opening statement.
Earlier this year, Baucus -- a key architect of the law -- took criticism from Democrats for saying the ACA could be a "train wreck" if rollout didn't go smoothly.
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FDA Approves Empagliflozin for Reducing CVD Death
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved empagliflozin (Jardiance, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc) for the new indication of improving survival in adults with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD).
The sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor empagliflozin was first approved by the FDA in August 2014 as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes. It is also available in Europe. The new US indication labels it for prevention of death due to CVD in adults with both type 2 diabetes and existing CVD.
"Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus," Jean-Marc Guettier, MD, CM, director of the Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology Products in FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement. "Availability of antidiabetes therapies that can help people live longer by reducing the risk of cardiovascular death is an important advance for adults with type 2 diabetes."
The FDA's decision is based on a postmarketing study required by the agency at the time it approved empagliflozin for treating type 2 diabetes.
Findings from that study, the landmark (Empagliflozin) Cardiovascular Outcome Event Trial in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients (EMPA-REG OUTCOME) trial involving more than 7000 patients, were first reported in September 2015 at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The results were the first (others also have since) to show that a diabetes drug offered cardiovascular benefit beyond mere glucose lowering.
Empagliflozin produced a 38% relative risk reduction in cardiovascular mortality and a 32% risk reduction in all-cause mortality compared with placebo among the patients with type 2 diabetes, all of whom had established cardiovascular disease and were already being treated with statins, angiotensin-converting inhibitors, and aspirin.
"Empagliflozin is reducing death, the ultimate outcome," senior author of the study, Silvio Inzucchi, MD, from Yale Diabetes Center, New Haven, Connecticut, told Medscape Medical News at the 2015 EASD meeting. "This is a first in my lifetime — a diabetes drug trial that has shown improved outcomes in high-risk cardiovascular patients."
However, although an FDA advisory panel endorsed the indication at a June 2016 meeting, the vote was close (12-11). Panel members who voted against it said they had reservations about using a single study to support a new labeling claim, especially for the first drug in a relatively new class of agents. A few expressed concern that the mechanism for the mortality reduction has not been determined.
The FDA cautions that empagliflozin can cause dehydration and hypotension and may also lead to ketoacidosis, serious urinary tract infection (UTI), acute kidney injury and impairment in renal function, hypoglycemia (when used with insulin or insulin secretagogues), vaginal yeast infections, genital mycotic infections, and dyslipidemia. Of these, the most common are UTIs and genital infections in females.
Empagliflozin is not intended for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus or for treating diabetic ketoacidosis. It is contraindicated in patients with a history of serious hypersensitivity reactions to the drug, severe renal impairment, end-stage renal disease, or dialysis.
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Vitamins and Supplements Are a Waste of Money
F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE
Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I'm Dr F. Perry Wilson.
Thirty billion dollars. That's how much Americans spend every year on vitamins and supplements. And according to the most comprehensive analysis of their effects, most of that money is being wasted.
The "umbrella review," appearing in the Annals of Internal Medicine,[1] is a comprehensive reporting of randomized trials of vitamins and supplements that examined their effects on cardiovascular disease and overall mortality.
Including only randomized trials was a great choice. Observational studies of vitamin and supplement usage are plagued by what's known as "healthy user bias": Individuals who choose to take vitamins often engage in other healthful behaviors. Time and again, vitamins that looked promising in observational studies failed in large randomized trials. I'm looking at you, vitamin D.
Now we have all of the best data surrounding vitamins and supplements in one place, which allows me to say the following: There is no high-quality evidence that any vitamin or supplement has a beneficial effect on overall mortality.
But okay, I'll give you the details.
The analysis included studies of 24 different interventions—I've listed most of them here—comprising 277 randomized trials and nearly a million patients. And, basically, bupkis.
The only intervention that had even moderate-quality evidence for protection against all-cause mortality was reducing salt intake, which, frankly, doesn't sound like a vitamin or supplement to me.
To give fair play to the other findings, there was low-quality evidence that omega-3 fatty acids might protect against myocardial infarction and heart disease, and that folic acid might protect against stroke. There was moderate-quality evidence that a combination of calcium and our old friend vitamin D increased the risk for stroke.
But all of these effects were pretty small.
Why? Well, let's remember that vitamins were, by and large, identified via their deficiency syndromes. We know that vitamin C is vital for life because without it, people get scurvy. But there has never been much rationale as to why a super-intake of any of these chemicals would give super-benefits to health.
To be fair, this is only looking at mortality and cardiovascular outcomes. It remains possible that vitamins and supplements might improve subjective quality of life. But you know what else improves quality of life? Money. And based on this study, you might want to save yours when you're walking down the vitamin aisle.
Cite this: Vitamins and Supplements Are a Waste of Money - Medscape - Jul 09, 2019.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine; Interim Director, Program of Applied Translational Research, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Disclosure: F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE, has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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The Week That Wasn't: Keto and the Flu, Human Cyborg, Duvet Disease
Donavyn Coffey
This week the Internet was inundated with tales of how keto kicks the flu, duvet-derived disease, and a scientist declaring himself the world's first cyborg. But you won't find the same headlines on Medscape. Here's why.
Keto Kicks the Flu
A low-carb, high-fat diet can protect mice against influenza A virus, according to a study published in Science Immunology. Mice that spent 7 days on a ketogenic diet before being infected with the flu showed less weight loss and were more likely to survive than mice on a typical high-carb chow diet.
A genetic analysis showed the lung tissue from mice fed the keto diet had more of a certain kind of T cell. To test their findings, the researchers fed the keto diet to mice genetically engineered to lack those T cells, and the protective effect against the flu was lost.
"Harnessing the beneficial effects of [the keto diet] through γδ T cells [gamma delta T cells] may therefore offer a potential previously unrecognized avenue for influenza disease prevention and treatment," the study authors write.
It's important to note, however, that influenza is far more severe in mice than humans. So much so, that this study used a special strain of mice that are genetically more resistant to the flu. But without any human data, it's still far too early for clinicians to recommend that patients adopt a keto diet for extra protection against the flu.
Scientist Declares Himself a Cyborg
Peter Bowman Scott-Morgan, PhD, suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but he's using his expertise in robotics to fight back. Recently, he underwent a series of surgeries intended to sustain his quality of life and called himself the "world's first full cyborg."
"Now replumbed as a cyborg, four tubes will keep me alive long after I become fully paralysed (apart from my eyes, which will still move). My body's sole function will then be to sustain my brain," Scott-Morgan tweeted.
https://twitter.com/DrScottMorgan/status/1194637694048985088
He's referring to his respirator, feeding tube, catheter, and colostomy bag. He also had his larynx removed to eliminate the risk of saliva building up in his lungs. All of his speech is now synthetic.
After almost a month in the intensive care unit, Scott-Morgan tweeted that he's doing well. According to his website, Scott-Morgan hopes this "experiment of his life" will find ways to apply cutting-edge technology so people with extreme disabilities can still thrive. While we of course wish Scott-Morgan the best, it's too early to tell if this audacious plan could inform how clinicians care for patients with ALS and other neurodegenerative disorders. We would want to see peer-reviewed evidence on multiple cases like Scott-Morgan's (or as he likes to call himself, Peter 2.0) before we cover this story.
Duvet-Derived Disease
A UK man developed a respiratory condition that was ultimately traced back to his bedding. A case published in BMJ Case Reports said the 45-year-old man, a nonsmoker, endured dizziness, fatigue, and malaise for 3 months before being diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection in November 2016.
But by December he had taken 14 days off of work and simply moving room-to-room left him breathless. His doctor referred him to a respiratory clinic. That's when the patient revealed that he and his wife had recently purchased a feather duvet and pillows. The patient was eventually diagnosed with hypersensitivity pneumonitis caused by "inhalation of organic dust from duck or goose feathers found in duvets and pillows."
The most common type of the condition is "bird fancier's lung," but this was a rare subgroup of hypersensitivity pneumonitis called "feather duvet lung." The authors suggest that doctors ask patients with respiratory symptoms about feather exposure in addition to inquiring about pets. While this was an interesting and drastic case, it doesn't change how physicians should diagnose or treat a patient with similar symptoms, so we decided not to cover it. But here's more if you want to learn about diagnosing and treating hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
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Cite this: The Week That Wasn't: Keto and the Flu, Human Cyborg, Duvet Disease - Medscape - Nov 22, 2019.
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FEDERSPIEL AND RADIAN TOP GERMAN RECORD CRITICS BEST-OF LIST
Federspiel (c) Maria Frodl
February 27, 2017 / news, pop/rock/electronic, world music
The Austrian formations FEDERSPIEL and RADIAN received a very special honour this year. Both acts were featured on the best-of list for January 2017 from the Prize os the German Record Critics. The young seven member brass ensemble from Lower Austria has now made it twice to the top of the list. “Smaragd” was listed in the the categories “Grenzgänge” (Borderlines) and Traditional Ethnic Music. The Viennese postrock-industrial-electronic trio also made it onto the list with a 2016 release. Their album “On Dark Silent Off” made it to the top of the list in the “Alternative” category.
The jury’s explanation for Federspiel:
Massive and yet nimble, even more: lively elegant. The Wachauer brass band Federspiel are highly virtuosic. They serve up a portion of alpine folk music peppered with humour and delicate irony, mix world music and old-austrian sounds in 3/4 time. Zither and music box compliment the brass sounds while a synthesiser provides a breath of fresh air. The septet bubbles over with fantasy, adventurousness, and playfulness. They hum, mumble, whisper, yodel and sing their way to the highest realms. And it all goes down like a good glass of wine… (from the jury: Heinz Zietsch)
The Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik e.V. is an Independent association of 156 music critics and journalists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The goal of the prize is to make the public aware of artistically exceptional CD and DVD releases. Organised into 32 panels of experts, the jurors judge the current selection of recordings on a quarterly basis in 32 different categories from symphony and opera to audio-book, cabaret, pop and jazz. They publish their best of list on a quarterly basis and also present an annual and honorable award as well as the “Nachtigall”.
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You are invited to participate in the FREE Legends for Youth Clinic presented by the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association!
What: FREE Youth Baseball Clinic
When: Tuesday, July 28, 2015, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
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Who: Former Major League Baseball players will teach you the fundamentals of the game and life skills.
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Make a contribution to the LFY Program or the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association (MLBPAA). Thanks for your support!
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MJ Galbraith | Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Protected bike lanes and crosswalks approved for Hamilton Avenue in Highland Park
A cyclist on the Dequindre Cut.Marvin Shaouni
The Detroit Greenways Coalition has been as busy as ever.
While their primary focus remains on the construction of the Joe Louis Greenway, a 31.5-mile biking and walking trail that circles the city of Detroit and connects to both Dearborn and Hamtramck, the DGC has recently celebrated another big win.
Protected bike lanes and improved pedestrian infrastructure have been approved for the stretch of Hamilton Avenue that runs the length of Highland Park, from north to south. The City Council approved the project, and it’s expected that construction will begin next spring.
The DGC has been working closely with the city on the project, writing two successful grants to fund design and construction costs. The DGC administered the design grant, care of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Foundation Funds, while the city itself is using a grant from the SEMCOG/MDOT Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) toward construction costs.
"We were concerned that while Detroit has been very progressive in building biking and walking infrastructure, we didn’t want Highland Park to be left behind," says Todd Scott, executive director for the Detroit Greenways Coalition.
Non-motorized transit map from Detroit Greenways Coalition
"It’s pretty exciting to get Highland Park up to speed. There’s a lot of grants out there for this kind work and we can help Highland Park get them."
While not part of the original plans for the Joe Louis Greenway, the approved bike lanes mean that Highland Park can now be connected to the system of non-motorized pathways. The DGC is working with the city of Detroit to add bike lanes to its own stretches of Hamilton Avenue, connecting Highland Park to New Center to the south and Palmer Park to the north.
Now that Highland Park has officially approved the bike lane projects, the city and the DGC are working on grant proposals for additional street improvements that include green stormwater infrastructure, tree plantings, beautification efforts, and more.
Four public meetings have been scheduled for the Joe Louis Greenway Framework plan, information of which can be found online.
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British Gas customers paid £1.1 million for missed appointments
Thousands of British Gas customers have been paid a total of £1.1 million compensation for missed appointments.
The firm paid compensation to 12,000 customers, which were mostly business owners, after admitting to regulator Ofgem that it hadn't paid compensation for missed or late appointments dating back to 2013.
As part of Ofgem's guaranteed standards, energy companies must pay £30 per missed or late appointment, and another £30 if this compensation has not been paid within 10 days.
Customers paid £90 compensation for each missed appointment
British Gas says there was a "process error" after some of its third party contractors failed to keep their appointments.
In December 2016 it told Ofgem it had failed to pay the compensation it owed to these customers.
It has now paid customers £30 compensation for the initial appointment, £30 for failing to pay in time and a further £30 as a goodwill gesture.
A spokesperson said: "We discovered the error last year and reported it to Ofgem. We have apologised to the affected customers, given them all compensation and an additional goodwill payment. In April this year we introduced new system checks to ensure this can't happen again."
Martin Crouch, Ofgem senior partner for improving regulation, said: "British Gas did the right thing in coming forward to report this issue, and has since improved its processes to make sure that, when appointments are missed or not kept on time, all customers receive the compensation they're entitled to."
Customers paid £90 compensation per missed appointment
What should I do if I think I'm owed compensation?
The compensation for the missed appointments has now been paid to customers, but if you think you're owed cash you can contact the British Gas customer service team on 0800 048 0202.
The Ofgem guaranteed standards apply to all energy companies so if you think you're owed cash for a missed appointment contact your supplier. You should get:
£30 for a missed appointment
£30 for it being late (we're just checking with Ofgem how late the company has to be)
£30 if the compensation's not paid within 10 days
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A J Salmon (only known image of him visible to the right) largely wrote it.
Although it's also largely compiled from other sources.
But now Dr. Phil Smith (the CrabMan) claims to have written it. This is what he has to say in his defence:
"I wrote this book. It takes the form of a documentary-fictional collection of the internal documents, diary fragments, letters, e-mails, narratives, notebooks and handbooks of a loose coalition of artists, performers, ‘alternative’ walkers and pedestrian geographers. All luxuriously illustrated and designed in full colour by Tony Weaver – who designed the Wrights & Sites’ Mis-Guide books.
Some readers may recognise themselves or others, though that does not mean that they are the models. They may find themselves, their practices or their ideas name-checked by the fictions. But more importantly – many of the philosophies, events, collaborations, communications and controversies that have helped to shape a new walking culture since the collapse of the 1990s Psychogeographical Associations are here given a ghostly run out.
The reach is wide and deep, occasionally idiosyncratic. The fragmentary and slippery format recognises the disparate, loosely interwoven and rapidly evolving uses of walking today: as art, as exploration, as urban resistance, as activism, as an ambulatory practice of geography, as meditation, as performance, as dissident mapping, as subversion of and rejoicing in the everyday.
Mythogeography is a celebration of that interweaving, its contradictions and complementarities, and a handbook for those who want to be part of it. Also in the weave is the trace of a whodunit (who is responsible for the dead pirates?) and an account of an/my (sometimes!) exemplary journey in search of oak trees. I hope that you enjoy the gossip, story, technical advice, theory and factoid that make up this wander through the world of contemporary wanderers.” [Enough. He goes on like Malcolm Muggeridge. ed.]
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Google and the public choose the best of 2019 in the Play Store! Know the winners
Emmanuel Akor
The year of 2019 is coming to an end and although there are still a few weeks to go, it is time to take stock. Similar to other years ago, Google unveiled the list of the best apps, games and movies in the Play Store.
Google wanted to actively include its users in these choices. In this sense, we have the best of the Play Store in the opinion of Google and the opinion of the public. Let’s meet the winners?
The best of the Play Store for Android users
Best game: Call of Duty: Mobile
Best Application: Video Editor – Glitch Video Effects
Best movie: Avengers: Endgame
Best Book: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
The best of the Play Store for Google
Best app: Ablo
Best Book: The Mister
Looking at the lists, we have one clear winner: Call of Duty: Mobile. Although it was only released in October, it won on both Google and Google users’ choice.
Two months was enough for the game to be downloaded more than 50 millions of times on the Play Store. With over six million reviews on the Android app store, Call of Duty: Mobile has 4.5 stars.
As for the best app of the year we have different opinions. Users have awarded the award to Video Editor – Glitch Video Effects, a video editing application with over 10 million installations and an evaluation of 4.6 stars.
On the other hand, Google gave the same distinction to Ablo, an app that instantly translates your conversations and video calls. This application has just over 1 million installations and a rating of 4.3 stars.
It’s no big surprise that we see Avengers: Endgame winning in the category of best movie in both opinions. When it comes to books, we see again different opinions on both sides.
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Next book of Game of Thrones may be near release. This is why
If you talk to any fan of Game of Thrones books, it is likely that the delay in completing the next book, Winds of Winter, will be mentioned. Author George RR Martin has been releasing the book for more than 10 years ago, much to the chagrin of fans eager to read the book. Westeros’ next chapter of the world.
However, according to some discerning fans, the release may be closer than we think. Fans have put together some clues that suggest the release of an upcoming book soon. The first clue is on George RR Martin’s website in the “upcoming publications” section.
The page has a notice that encourages fans to check the site for future releases. It’s a pretty typical message but didn’t exist until a few days ago, suggesting a near future update.
In addition, the book website thewindsofwinter.com has recently changed ownership, according to one user. on twitter. The site has been inactive for years, giving yet another indication that the book may be imminent. Winds of Winter will be the penultimate book in the series.
House of The Dragon is the next series based on the world of Westeros
However, fans of the Game of Thrones television series have the upcoming House of The Dragon to look forward to. This series will be based on the Targaryen Dynasty and its narrative will occur about 300 years before the events of the main series, before Daenerys and Jon Snow.
The series will be produced by HBO so we can count on the same atmosphere and quality of production that achieved so much in Game of Thrones. The origins of the Targaryen family and their dragons will be revealed during the series.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is now on Steam and the players are furious!
The desired arrival of Red Dead Redemption 2 on the PC came last month and was made available through the Rockstar and Epic Games store. However, the problems were many and the players were extremely frustrated.
Now the game is also available on Steam, giving the millions of players a glimmer of hope. However, Rockstar has clearly not learned from their mistakes and the players are furious.
Steam release brought even more trouble for Red Dead Redemption 2
Everyone expected the arrival of RDR 2 on Steam to happen smoothly and with the vast majority of previous problems resolved. However, besides that it did not happen, this release has caused even more problems.
As with so many other games, despite being available on Steam, Red Dead Redemption 2 remains released by launcher Rockstar. Many users have seen their Steam account associated with a Rockstar Social Club account to which they no longer have access.
Once this connection is made, you will only be able to play RDR 2 if you can win. access to your old account. Even worse, you’ll have even more problems if you eventually block access to your account by trying to find your old password.
Unlike in the Epic Games and Rockstar store, the Steam platform offers the ability to comment on any available game. So, with this big “wave” of trouble, a flood of negative comments has also come.
Many users are complaining about various issues with launcher of the game, which for one reason or another, simply is not able to start Red Dead Redemption 2. Apparently, a possible solution to this problem is to turn off the computer command by turning it on just after the game is released.
Rockstar is trying to solve all problems
Since the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC that Rockstar has been working hard to try to solve every problem. In fact, the latest update has addressed many of the reported issues as well as the desired performance improvements.
Still, this second release made it very clear that RDR 2 for PC is far from promised. If you are looking forward to trying this game on your PC, I advise you to wait a little longer unless you want to spend this extremely frustrated Christmas with Rockstar.
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Settlers Coriander Leaf Gin (700ml)
McLaren Vale, South Australia, AUSTRALIA
If you love coriander, you'll just love this gin. Think seafood, Asian food and Vietnamese food - a perfect match.
Tasting note: Aroma is mildly fusel / resiny before a blast of fresh cut coriander - air contact adds hints of lemon grass and citrus peel - especially limes. Coriander remains the focus on the palate, and it's captured to great effect in a spicy, full flavoured and wonderfully pure Asian-inspired gin. Try it with a lime slice and cracked pepper garnish. 43% Alc./Vol.
Rowland and Shelley Short came to McLaren Vale around 2011. Rowland - an old sea dog, and therefore an enthusiastic gin drinker decided to bring to fruition his dream of a small batch artisan gin. It became an exercise in perfect sustainability - gin made from grapes grown on the property, then distilled on the property and finally bottled on the property - all by hand. Being a South Australian, some botanicals needed to be native to the state: Muntrie berries from the Coorong were chosen along with lemon myrtle from the Adelaide Hills. Rowland's grandson suggested “Settlers” as a name for the new spirits, picking up on the history of South Australia and its free settlers who arrived from the UK to take up land grants in the early 19th century. A diverse range of styles are now on offer, including pomegranate, breakfast tea, barrel aged and sloe gins, to name a few.
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Ocean Online Casino Enters Soft Launch Phase – Here’s What You Need to Know
By Bill Grinstead on Jul 11, 2018 Online Casino
In a period of just under two weeks, gambling options have expanded tremendously in the Garden State. On June 28, both Hard Rock AC and Ocean Resort opened their doors to much pomp and circumstance, with Hard Rock launching its online casino later that day.
On Tuesday, Ocean followed suit, removing the “under construction” banner from OceanOnlineCasino.com and revealing its own much-anticipated iGaming offering underneath.
Soft launch hours
Like every NJ online casino before it, Ocean online casino will undergo a soft launch phase before officially going live. During this period, hours will be somewhat restricted:
Day 1 (Tues): 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (8 hours)
Day 2 (Wed): 12:00 p.m to 8:00 p.m (8 hours)
Day 3 (Thurs): 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. (14 hours)
Day 4 and Day 5 (Fri & Sat): 12:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. (24 hours)
GAN expands
Ocean Online Casino is powered by GameAccount Network (GAN) software, the same company which provides the platform for Betfair Casino, one of the state’s top earning gaming sites.
Before its partnership with Ocean was announced back in January, Betfair was GAN’s sole Garden State client. GAN’s boasts a stellar track record in the iGaming industry, even taking home the EGR North America award for Platform of the Year in both 2015 and 2016.
Hard Rock, which got the jump on Ocean by 13 days, chose to go with software developer Gaming Innovation Group (GIG), which offers a solid, but untested platform in the U.S. market.
Lobby and game selection
At first glance, Ocean Online Casino doesn’t present the contemporary and polished look of sites like Hard Rock or Play SugarHouse. The design choice to use a large image of the Ocean brick-and-mortar casino as the main site background is somewhat distracting, making it difficult to view and differentiate game thumbnails. The site also makes overly heavy use of animations, which creates a disorienting experience.
A dark blue sidebar resides on the left side of the lobby window and displays a real-time feed of recent winners (congrats to “Siska C,” who is doing quite well!).
In the main navigation bar, there are icons representing the different game types available, along with sections for new games, promotions, jackpots and staff favorites. There is also an “In Casino” tab, which displays games that are also available at Ocean Resort in Atlantic City.
As expected, the Ocean Online game library isn’t yet as robust as its more established competitors. The casino is in a beta phase, and will need time to work out the kinks in its product and forge partnerships with game providers. Sources tell NJ Online Gambling that we can expect much more in way of game content and promotions, scaled over the next several weeks.
Here’s what games players can enjoy right now:
54 slots
8 video poker machines
7 table games
For comparison, GAN-powered Betfair spreads 327 slot machines, over a dozen table games and nine video poker titles.
As of yet, the site has not added any progressive slots to its Jackpots page, but this will soon likely change. Being that they share a platform provider, we expect Ocean to offer some of the same jackpot slots in operation at Betfair. Divine Fortune, Medieval Gold, Colossus Frac/pot and Gong Xi Fa Cai might be possibilities.
Curiously, Ocean is already offering slots like Mustang Money from software developer Ainsworth. Just last month, Borgata announced that it had struck a partnership with the game maker which would give it, and its umbrella of sites, exclusive access to Ainsworth games for a period of six months.
Welcome package makes waves
Ocean is clearly hoping to make a splash with its welcome package, which is by far the largest – and most complex – on offer in the state. But while it may be eye-catching, it’s important to take a close look at the terms and conditions, which reveal tough wager requirements.
Sign-up bonus
New players are entitled to a $125 Welcome Week Bonus, which must be completed on a number of different game types in steps through eight consecutive days of play. It’s laid out like so:
Day 1 – $10 Free Slot Play
Day 2 – $10 Free Table Games
Day 3 – $10 Free on all games
Day 4 – $10 Free Video Poker
Day 5 – $10 Free Roulette
Day 8 – $25 Free Play at Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City
So for example, the first day players must wager 30X on slots to receive their $10 bonus. Once that step is complete, they will continue to Day 2 where they must complete another 30X wager requirement on table games. If any steps in the chain are not completed in the allotted timeframe, the remaining bonuses disappear from the account.
Before Ocean made its debut, the biggest deposit bonus on offer in NJ was capped at $2,500, at Betfair Casino. Ocean has blown that out of the water, tempting players with a whopping $10,000 potential max deposit bonus. The award is structured similarly to the sign-up offer, and must be completed in steps. Here you can see the sequence:
Bonus 1 – 100% Deposit Match up to $100
Bonus 6 – 100% Deposit Match up to $1,000
Bonus 10 – 100% Deposit Match up to $2,500
Again, before players commit their hard-earned cash to conquering this massive bonus, it’s essential to read what is required in the terms and conditions.
Player incentives
Ocean Online Casino’s loyalty program is dubbed Ocean Premier, which provides faithful players with both online rewards and benefits at its brick-and-mortar property. The website bills the program as “the first of its kind” and claims that, “unlike any other player’s club program, Ocean Premier Points may be used online for real cash.”
Ocean has also come out of the gate with a promotion opportunity for early patrons. During the Suite Sound of the Ocean promo, players can win a Studio Suite at Ocean Resort or opt for $1,000 cash at Ocean Online. If you don’t win it on your first try, don’t worry, the contest will be run three times, once in July, August and September.
To win either prize, players must climb either the table games or slots leaderboards by playing real money titles. At the end of the month, the player with the most points will have their choice of a relaxing stay at the Resort or a $1,000 site credit.
Murky waters
Design preferences aside, Ocean Online is stepping into shark infested waters, where it must compete with 18 other online casinos.
At the least, it seems to be doing its best to one-up its most recent competitor, Hard Rock, with its eye-popping $10,000 bonus, which could potentially attract new players and entice veterans, at least in the short run. Whether they will decide to remain is yet to be seen.
The Ocean Online game selection is currently pretty paltry, but even though Hard Rock launched with nearly triple the amount of slots, Ocean’s partnership with GAN will ensure that the site is well-stocked with popular titles in the very near future. Hopefully, for its sake, the casino will rock the boat, set itself apart and offer a unique and rewarding online casino experience.
Bill Grinstead
Bill has over a decade of experience working in diverse aspects of the online gambling space. He is currently focused on legal, US online gaming, which he has reported on since the industry first became regulated in the country.
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Kevin Smith says Batman was killed off in alternative ‘Joker’ ending
“What the fuck, man? This world has no Batman,”
Nick Reilly
Joaquin Phoenix in 'Joker'. Credit: Alamy
Kevin Smith has claimed that Joker almost had a darker alternative ending where the titular villain triggers the start of a world in which Batman doesn’t exist.
The DC Comics origins movie secured the biggest October box office opening of all time earlier this year and saw Joaquin Phoenix garnering acclaim for his portrayal of Arthur Fleck – a failed comedian who eventually becomes the titular villain.
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While the movie concludes with Fleck’s incarceration at Arkham State Hospital, Smith says the alternative ending would have seen Fleck killing the parents of Bruce Wayne – instead of their deaths at the hands of a baying mob in the movie’s final release.
And in perhaps the darkest twist of all, Smith also claims that Fleck would have killed young Bruce too – sparking the start of a world where Batman never existed.
“Originally, the ending in the hospital was different,” Smith recounted on the latest episode of his Fatman Beyond podcast.
“He’s [Joker] in the hospital and he laughs, chuckles, and he says, ‘I was just thinkin’ of something funny. What was supposed to happen was you flashed back to the death of Thomas and Martha Wayne and it was him killing Thomas and Martha Wayne and the boy [Bruce Wayne] was screaming and crying and he turned to walk away and he turned back, shrugged, and shot the kid. Credits.”
“What the fuck, man? This world has no Batman,” the Clerks creator added.
Kevin Smith. Credit: Andy Ford
Director Todd Phillips is yet to respond to Smith’s claims.
The movie recently became the most profitable comic book movie ever, as well as the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.
Meanwhile, following reports that Joker is set to get a sequel, it has since emerged that there are “no deals” for Joker 2 “at this point”.
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AKA Henri-Louis Bergson
Born: 18-Oct-1859
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 4-Jan-1941
Location of death: Paris, France
Cause of death: Respiratory failure
Remains: Buried, Cimetière de Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Religion: Jewish
Occupation: Philosopher
Nationality: France
Executive summary: L'Évolution Créatrice
French philosopher Henri Bergson drew distinctions between different kinds of knowledge — science v. philosophy, perception v. intuition — and wrote extensively on the moral implications of freedom and the relation between body and mind. He embraced Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, adding his own caveat that the driving force of natural selection could not be merely the blind luck of survival but some creative force driven by the original impetus of life. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1927, and died in 1941.
His father, Michał Bergson, was a composer and pianist of some regional renown. His sister Mina was known as Moina Mathers after she married occultist and magician Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, mystic mentor of Aleister Crowley. Bergson's wife, Louise Neuburger, was a cousin of novelist Marcel Proust.
Father: Michel Jozef Sonnenberg Bergson (composer, b. 20-May-1820, d. 9-Mar-1898)
Mother: Katherine Levison (m. 27-Jan-1856)
Sister: Mina Bergson ("Moina", b. 28-Feb-1865, m. MacGregor Mathers 16-Jun-1890, d. 25-Jun-1928)
Wife: Louise Neuburger (cousin of Marcel Proust, b. 12-Jun-1872, m. 7-Jan-1892, d. 2-Aug-1946)
Daughter: Jeanne Adèle Bergson (artist, b. 16-Mar-1893, d. 23-Oct-1961)
High School: Lycée Condorcet, Paris
University: École Normale Supérieure (1878-81)
Teacher: Lycée Henri-IV
Teacher: École Normale Supérieure (1898-1900)
Professor: Collège de France (1900-14, formally retired 1921)
Nobel Prize for Literature 1927
French Legion of Honor
French Academy 1914
League of Nations Commission for Intellectual Cooperation
English Ancestry (maternal)
Irish Ancestry (maternal)
Jewish Ancestry (paternal)
Polish Ancestry (paternal)
Naturalized French Citizen
Risk Factors: Arthritis
Essai sur les Données (Time and Free Will) (1889)
Matière et Mémoire (Matter and Memory) (1896)
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Introduction à la Metaphysique (Introduction to Metaphysics) (1903)
L'Évolution Créatrice (Creative Evolution) (1907)
L'énergie Spirituelle (Mind-energy) (1919)
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Gridlock on the A55 for motorists near Llanddulas and Abergele
Delays for drivers on the A55 near Abergele and Llanddulas due to roadworks
By Duncan Rieder
Traffic build ups heading West near junction 24 Abergele this morning. Picture: Twtter/ North & Mid Wales
MOTORISTS have experienced "gridlock" due to lane closures on the A55 this morning.
A contraflow system has been in operation since late yesterday evening - Sunday, September 8 - due to essential repair work to the A55 Kneeshaw Lupton Underbridge Eastbound carriageway.
The repairs, which require single lane closures between Junction 23 at Llandullas and the Rainbow Bridge on both sides, will be underway 24 hours a day for up to five weeks.
A motorist speaking to The Journal said: "I hit the traffic before Abergele roundabout heading West, it was very slow moving once I got to the single lane and it took me more than an hour to pass through.
"It was very slow and frustrating travelling west, but the other side is even worse."
The closures on the A55 has also caused congestion for drivers seeking alternative routes to the dual carriageway, using Abergele as a rat runt to avoid the traffic
Another motorist said:"I was bypassing the A55, but due to people trying to find another route through Abergele the town was gridlocked at around 9am - it took me about 50 minutes to get through."
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NIDIA PALACIOS
The Italian-Argentinean mezzo-soprano Nidia Palacios was born in Buenos Aires where she attended the Music Academy Carlos L.Buchardo and later the Academy of Teatro Colón. She later studied at the Music Academy in Karlsruhe with Maria Venuti. She made her début in Argentina singing the traditional Mozart and Rossini repertoire. A winner in the 1989 Nuevas Voces Liricas competition, she made her European début in Prague. She has since appeared in most of the important theatres and with the leading orchestras of Europe. In 1993 she became a resident artist at the Kassel Staatstheater, with a series of leading rôles, and invitations to sing also in Wiesbaden, Stuttgart, Staatsoper Munich, Nuremberg, Mannheim, Dresden and Cologne. In May 1995 she had her début as Carmen at the Bolshoy Opera in Minsk, singing the same rôle one month later in Hamburg to great acclaim. In 1997 she won the Concorso Internazionale Giuseppe di Stefano in Trapani and was cast to sing Cenerentola and Adalgisa in Norma. She was a resident artist at the Frankfurt Opera from 2000 until 2005, where she was heard in such rôles as Dorabella, Poppea, Fenena, Hänsel, Ariodante and Angelina. Her career has brought performances throughout Europe and as far afield as Japan.
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Published at 9:46 pm on March 4, 2010
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Drea de Matteo is departing Wisteria Lane.
The former "Sopranos" star, who brought her family-on-the-run to "Desperate Housewives" earlier this season, will leave the show in May, Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello first reported.
Series creator Marc Cherry told the columnist that Drea wasn't meant to be a long-running series regular
"Part of the deal when we hired Drea was she was only interested in doing one season," he said. "She has a baby and is eager to get back to her life in New York."
The show creator said before Drea's character, Angie Bolen, is ushered out of the drama, plenty will be revealed.
"As we build toward the end and we start undoing the many layers of [Angie], everyone will get how brilliant she is," he said.
In related "Desperate" news, Dana Delaney may depart the series for "Body of Evidence," an upcoming medical drama on ABC, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The deal, however, has not yet been made, the trade mag reported.
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Cold creations get the snowy spotlight at a lovely lake-close event.
Published at 11:35 am on December 18, 2012
FROSTY ART: When we think of the great ice-sculpture events of winter, we often think of places like Canada and Sweden and other spots where the cold white stuff arrives early and stays heavy on the ground through spring. But now California is lucky enough to have its own beautiful entry into this unusual and seasonal corner of the outdoors-based art world. It's the first-ever Carve Tahoe, and as the name suggests, it will take place at North Lake Tahoe. It's set to roll -- or, er, freeze -- from Friday, Feb. 8 through Tuesday, Feb. 12 with judging taking place on Wednesday, Feb. 13.
THE MATERIALS: In a word, and a very short word at that, ice. Ice is the material for Carve Tahoe, and a lot of it: Twenty ton blocks will be employed. You can make a whole lot of sculpture out of that, an artwork that stands taller than a human or at least whirls to impressive heights.
THE PLACE: Northstar is the Carve Tahoe headquarters.
THE CARVERS: They'll hail from the U.S. as well as Japan, Russia, Canada, Germany, and Finland. Some twenty countries in all will be out among the ice blocks, scraping and drilling and shaping.
GIVING BACK: Donations will be taken at the sculptures, will all money going to local non-profits.
So our final question is this: Who is set to carve Lake Tahoe itself, and its instantly recognizable shape, in ice? We feel as though that should be the first sculpture out of the Carve Tahoe gate.
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Foxtrot Delta is a fun and unique edutainment game that teaches kids about Australia geography and history, as well as medical facts about major diseases. The game casts you as a doctor/pilot working for Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), a wonderful airborne medical service founded by Reverend John Flynn in 1928. As a flying doctor, your job is to help prevent outbreak of deadly diseases by tracking down the carrier to the right location in Australia, diagnose the disease, and administer the correct antidote.
The game plays like a combination of Carmen Sandiego and the diagnosis portion of Life & Death. Once you receive an urgent radio message from the RFDS, you must take off in your plane (named "Foxtrot Delta," hence the game's name), travel to the right location, and start interviewing the locals to track down the disease carrier. In the process, you will learn snippets on the history and cultures of various cities in Australia. The diagnosis part of the game is simpler than in Life & Death, although you still need to remember salient facts and select the right antidote.
Foxtrot Delta is overall an interesting and unique title that manages to teach several subjects in the same program. It is not as varied or graphically appealing as Gumboots Australia or Bushbuck Charms, Reckon's two other major education games, but it is still worth a look. It is also worth noting - and applauded - that portion of the proceeds from the sale of this game was donated to the RFDS. This is a great idea, and definitely should inspire more game companies to follow suit.
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SPECTROMETER ON PC
By Boris Landoni on July 11, 2019
We use the platform based on the AMS sensors in combination with the Personal Computer and thanks to an ad hoc software we trace on the screen the spectrum curves resulting from the analysis performed.
In the analysis of materials, spectrometry has been used for a long time; this is a metrology technique based on the detection of the spectrum of a sample light (with a wide range of wavelengths) pointed against the surface to be analyzed and reflected by it, at least in part; this method, therefore, allows to recognize the solid materials or the composition of a liquid mixture through the trend of the spectral response curve to a non-coherent light that is pointed against it and partially reflected. Spectrometry is used in all chemistry and biology laboratories and allows you to, for example, recognize a counterfeit food oil or to distinguish a quality wine from a poor one, but also to conduct various clinical analyzes.
Spectrometry is based on the fact that when light hits an object that does not absorb it completely (it is the case of almost all bodies) a part of it comes back: this is an optical phenomenon commonly known as reflection and if the portion of light reflected affects our eye, we see that object of the corresponding color.
The sensation of color is due to the fact that the reflected light is composed of a single portion, of the light that it absorbs, corresponding to the wavelengths not absorbed, therefore a body that we see as green in the light of the sun appears to us as such because of the spectrum of sunlight has only rejected the range around the green, extended around 560 nanometers.
A similar thing happens with image sensors and in general with photosensors, which are sensitive to certain wavelengths and can, therefore, be stimulated by the light reflected from the bodies.
After this introduction we enter into the merits of the project, which consists in developing a PC spectrometer obtained by connecting to the USB port (which is now a standard for Personal Computers and “mobile” devices such as tablets and smartphones) using a serial / USB adapter the spectrum detector breakout board (whose project was published in issue n ° 230) and using a specific software provided by AMS, which is the manufacturer of the three spectral sensor components used in the breakout board itself. The software, which can be installed in a Windows environment, runs on a specific platform called ActiveTcl which can be freely downloaded (in free version) from the reference site www.activestate.org; so you can’t run it like any Windows application, but you have to install the runtime. But this, as we will see later, is not a problem, as the execution environment is of free use.
Now let’s take a look at the project, with an in-depth look at the components used.
We are not here to repeat in detail the operation of the breakout board: for this and for the realization we refer those who were interested in going deeper, to the article “We build a spectrometer” published in the issue n° 230.
We will limit ourselves to a summary of the characteristics of the three light spectrum sensors with which it is equipped; these sensors are produced by AMS and connected in the configuration suggested by the manufacturer. Each sensor of those used in our project measures the intensity of light in six wavelengths (each wavelength is, therefore, a channel) well defined and since there are three sensors in the circuit, we count on a total of 18 channels: there is enough to cover a wide spectrum of wavelengths and make an instrument usable in any analysis.
In fact, thanks to the integration of three AMS sensors, it is possible to reconstruct the spectrum from around 350 nm (violet) up to 1,000 nm, thus covering the visible light spectrum plus part of the NIR (Near Infrared Range), that is to say, the so-called “near infrared”.
The three sensors in the breakout board belong to the AS7265X family of AMS and are signed AS72651, AS72652 and AS72653; each is able to detect electromagnetic waves of six wavelengths with an FWHM (Full Width at Half Maximum) of 20 nm, i.e. the bandwidth of each channel considered at a level equal to half the luminous intensity perceived in the same is equal to 20 nm.
The three sensors mounted in the breakout board have been designed to work coordinated by one of them, namely the AS72651, which integrates a microcontroller that allows communication with the other two through a smart interface.
Furthermore, the AS72651 can be interfaced to the computer through the UART lines referring to RX (pin 4) and TX (pin 5) as well as the reset lines RST (3) and INT (6); on the breakout board connector we also have the power supply (which must be 3.3V and the GND.
The Flash EPROM is an AT25SF041 from Atmel, with a capacity of 4 Megabits, dual I / O, in which our Moonlight firmware is loaded, the purpose of which is to allow the sensor that will function as a master to query the other two and acquire from them the data corresponding to the spectral analysis carried out by each, to then send the data of all three externally according to the chosen mode.
The same SPI bus dedicated to reading the Flash EPROM is repeated on the PRG connector of the breakout board for in-circuit programming.
The AMS spectrum sensors
Before getting to the heart of using the Personal Computer spectrometer, let’s dedicate a few paragraphs to a reference to the spectrum sensors produced by AMS, because it will help us understand how to exploit the information made available by the software on the Personal Computer and understand the meaning of the values shown in the various screens, so as to take full advantage of the information in their analyses.
As mentioned, the AS72651, AS72652 and AS72653 devices are 6-channel digital spectrometers each and Table 1 list the characteristics of the six spectral channels for each of the AMS triad sensors: for each channel is indicated the wavelength on which it is the sensitivity curve is centred.
Fig. 1 illustrates the spectral response curves of all the channels of each sensor and summarizes the operation of the Moonlight system with three sensors and 18 channels; in the figure you see represented in green the curves relative to the AS72651, in red those referred to the AS72652 and in blue those of the AS72653, for a total of 18 curves.
To select the various wavelengths, the so-called Gaussian filter is used in the spectral sensors of the AMS, which allows to extract from the spectrum of reflected light 100% exactly of the wavelength corresponding to the channel and a decreasing percentage of the lengths of wave around it, building a bell curve, corresponding, precisely, to the Gaussian function. Each of the curves shown in Fig. 1 is a Gaussian curve.
Fig. 2 shows the internal block diagram of the sensors of the AMS family, in which we distinguish the spectrum sensor (which is its heart) the data communication circuit on I²C-Bus and the control circuit of the LEDs used to generate the light set against the elements to analyze the spectrum.
The operation of the AMS sensors is schematized by Fig. 3, which specifically concerns that of the AMS72651 which is the master of the triad and which can interface with a microprocessor through the serial bus (possibly convertible to UART TTL) and with the Flash memory where the firmware is stored via the dedicated 4-wire SPI bus.
Fig. 4 proposes a block diagram of the breakout board with the connection between the three sensors.
Each device drives, through its own DRV output, an LED connected to the power supply positive through a current limiting resistor: said LED is turned on to project the light and immediately afterwards the sensor that detects the reflected light spectrum is activated. Each LED is then synchronized with the respective sensor.
The breakout board interface
For data communication, two different modes can be implemented in the master sensor AMS76251: via I²C-Bus registers or through AT commands (Hayes commands, if you prefer …) from a UART interface to standard TTL 0 voltage levels / 5V integrated into the sensor. Clearly in the first case it is necessary to interface the triad of sensors with a device like a microprocessor or microcontroller in which there is a two-wire I²C-Bus interface (SCL and SDA) with respect to ground, while in the second,
i.e. that of communication in UART mode, the two wires become TX and RX and the conversation can take place either directly with a microcontroller that has on board a UART (Arduino falls into this category) or with a Personal Computer, it being understood that in this case, you need a TTL / RS232 converter if you want to interface with a COM (which works with ± 12V levels) or a more common TTL / USB for modern PCs, which no longer have RS232 ports.
In both cases, the control of the triad of sensors and the serial communication take place via AT commands, which represent a simple, but effective, serial communication protocol, which allows us to quickly test the breakout board also through a terminal emulator for Windows, Linux or MacOS.
As far as external communication is concerned, the selection between the I²C-Bus and UART interface is made with pin 8 (I2CE) and to be precise, when the latter is set to logic zero, the I²C bus is activated, while if it is at a high level the communication is in TTL UART serial. In the breakout board, pin 8 receives the logic level that sets the UART via the resistive divider composed of R6 and R7, so the UART mode is set, which is what interests us.
Now that we have clarified the structure and operation of the breakout board, we can deepen the discussion on communication with the PC, which is what this article is about: to dialogue with the PC, two solutions are possible: the first is precisely that of performing on the computer a terminal program (the classic Telnet or Windows Hyper Terminal) and giving Hayes commands, while the second consists of using the appropriate software provided by AMS and downloadable from the company’s website.
As for the first option, each command is sent as a character string, it must start with “AT” and end with the Carriage Return (CR) and New Line (NL) characters.
The main AT commands adopted in our spectrometer system are the following.
AT: to verify that the communication is working; the system will reply “OK”.
ATDATA: returns the list of values relating to the 18 channels, placing them in sensor order, i.e. first the six of the first device, then the six of the second and finally those of the third.
ATXYZR: returns the list of values for the 18 channels, ordering them by wavelength.
ATTEMP: returns the three operating temperatures of the respective sensors, useful for making any corrections.
ATVERSW: returns the version of the firmware installed in the Flash EPROM with which the sensor acting as master is interfaced.
The alternative is the management through the specific software of the AMS, which in practice provides for itself to query the breakout board by issuing the AT commands, in a way transparent to us. This solution is then the one we will describe.
The physical connection to the PC
The breakout board can be interfaced to a PC using a TTL / USB converter such as the USBTOUART model that you can find from Open electronics, usb-uart-serial-usbtouart converter. The 1686-USBTOUART TTL / serial converter has the advantage that, on its serial side connector, it supplies a 3.3V power supply, therefore suitable for feeding the spectrometer breakout board.
This small USB to UART converter is based on the CHCH CH340 chip and has a 6-contact interface connector which are, in order, DTR, RXD, TXD, VCC, CTS and GND. The wiring diagram is proposed on the following page. The converter has a mini-switch that allows you to select 3.3V or 5V operation and three status LEDs (power, TX, RX) and is seen by the operating system (runs under Windows 7, 8 and 10) like a virtual COM, once the relevant drivers have been installed. Since there is a voltage regulator inside the converter, the mini-switch setting is also reflected in the output voltage, so since we need to supply the breakout board with 3.3 volts, we move the mini-switch lever to the 3V3 position and we’re fine.
As an alternative to the USBTOUART it is, however, possible to interconnect the PC to the breakout board via USBTOUART USB to UART converter based on the CH340 chip, it being understood that this converter, although suitable on the level of logic levels on the TX and RX contacts (therefore on the serial port) provides 5 volts, while the card with AMS sensors should be powered with a lower voltage.
In this case, the connection to the PC is very simple by connecting the TX line of the breakout board to the RX of the USBTOUART and the RX of this last converter with the TX of the breakout board. Then connect the contact – to the GND of the breakout board, but not the power supply, which in this case will be separate.
The USBTOUART is therefore a recommended solution if, for example, you want to keep the power of the breakout board containing the three spectral sensors separate from the PC: for example, because you want to supply a more filtered power supply than that offered by the PC or perhaps, to minimize the presence of disturbances and residuals of the switching inside the computer, take the 3.3V from a linear regulator, such as an LDO capable of delivering a suitable output current.
Whatever hardware you use to interconnect the PC to the AMS breakout board, once the connection is established you need to install the drivers and at that point, you have the virtual COM that will be used to make the AMS management software communicate with the breakout spectrometer board through the converter.
The ams management software
So let’s see this program, which is downloaded from the AMS website (the file is ams_Spectral_Sensor_Dashboard.tcl) and for performing, being .tcl format, it requires a runtime environment: specifically using ActiveTcl, a download free from www.activestate.com.
Once you have downloaded and installed the environment you can launch the ams_Spectral_Sensor_Dashboard.tcl, which will then be executed and will show the initial screen shown in Fig. 5. This screen is the program Dashboard.
Note that before launching the software you must have connected the breakout board to the computer, otherwise you will get an error message and the program will be closed. If, on the other hand, you have already connected the card, a dialogue box will appear that will propose the COM setting for the connection to take place (Fig. 6); indicate the exact port and if you do not remember it, go to Control Panel and in the system and hardware settings, check which is the virtual COM assigned by the operating system to the TTL / USB converter. To select the COM you must click, in the box that lists those found, on the desired port and then click on the Open button. This is how you access the Dashboard. In this we find four tabs (tabs) that give access to each specific function; note that the Dashboard was designed to manage a system of three sensors, that is our breakout board.
Let’s start with the 18 Channel Sensor tab which is divided into two sections: the Control & Status section sets the sensors for the acquisition of the light spectrum and the one below shows the readings. Control & Status is divided into the following three parts.
Update Mode, allows you to decide whether the data showed should be acquired in real time or one-shot; in the first case click on Continuous setting the check mark and in any case the acquisition is started with the Start button and stops by clicking on Stop (it is the same button only after clicking from Start to Stop) when you have updated data continuously. In the Stop After box, you can write after how many samples acquired interrupt the acquisition, so as to limit the number of acquired samples and the resulting memory occupation. If you do not check Continuous you will get data on the response of the three spectrum sensors only when you click on the button, which in this case takes the name of Sample.
Status, shows the number of samples taken from the opening of the Dashboard.
LED Control (electronic shutter) allows you to set the LED lighting mode according to our needs, or the work currents of each, choosing from the values proposed in the individual drop-down menus.
Remember that the timing and current of the LEDs determine the quality of the detection, as well as the synchronization between the observation times of the reflected spectrum by the photodiodes.
As for the data on the detected spectrum, they will be displayed in the lower section, distinguished by the sensor that produced them.
Still in the lower section, you can set how the information on the light spectrum is displayed, choosing one of the 5 options offered; more precisely, next to Show you have the Raw display options (which show the raw data obtained from the three sensors) and Calibrated Data (which displays sensor data, but calibrated). Instead, next to sorted by you have the following three options:
Channel, which displays the data divided by the corresponding sensor channel;
Wavelength, which shows the wavelengths instead of the numerical values detected in the individual channels);
as Spectrum, which is probably the most immediate because in the program window we are drawn a spectrum chart, easily readable (Fig. 7).
As you can see, you get the detailed curve for the amplitude of the individual spectral components and wavelength, in the measurable range; the numerical value on the ordinate axis is that relative to the detection and sensitivity capability of the AMS sensors. Let’s move to the Logging & Control tab, where some information appears in the Device section, such as the firmware and hardware version, the selected COM, etc.
Integration (ms) where to set the observation time of the sensors, i.e. how long to acquire the reflected light after the LEDs light up; this function corresponds to the exposure time of the cameras and it goes without saying that the higher the time, the more light is detected and vice versa (a long time increases the sensitivity of the system and a short one accelerates the refresh of the analyzes, but it does so at the expense of sensitivity);
Gain, from which to set the amplification of the signal provided by the photodiodes and therefore the sensitivity of the sensors to light.
The last tab we see is the Console tab, which provides us with a real integrated terminal (Fig. 9), in case we want to issue AT commands directly without having to exit or switch on another program. From this terminal, we can send all the standard commands and view the communication with the breakout board.
Used in combination with a microcontroller system or combined with the Personal Computer via TTL / USB converter as described in these pages, the spectrometer on breakout board proves to be a reliable tool and able to return spectrum analyzes of sufficiently valid materials, at a cost negligible compared to that of a professional laboratory spectrometer.
The great processing abilities of Personal Computers allow you, if you are able to write software capable of querying the breakout board to extract and interpret the spectrum data, to create specific applications able, for example, to perform automatic actions based on spectral analyzes carried out, such as activating a servomechanism that removes a product from a conveyor belt or generating an alert to the recognition of an adulterated food product.
The possibilities of employment are, as you will imagine, really very many…
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Rotating job action continues at the Nelson and District Community Complex.
Nelson rec complex strike continues
The aquatic centre is closed today at the Nelson and District Community Complex as rotating job action continues.
Sep. 24, 2012 10:00 a.m.
Lifeguards are walking the picket line and child minding will also be withdrawn, Steve Stringfellow, CUPE national rep said.
However, there will be no closures tomorrow, “giving the employer the opportunity to return to the table,” Stringfellow said.
An information picket will still be up, but everything will be in operation.
If there is no resolution, on Wednesday arena staff with withdraw and on Thursday customer service, fitness techs, and custodial staff will walk off the job.
Stringfellow says the union is not discouraging people from using the facility.
“It’s just an information line,” he says. “We’re just withdrawing one department at a time to inform the public what’s going on.”
The union represents 12 full-time and 43 part-time and casual staff.
They’re seeking a cost-of-living increase of about two per cent in each year of a three year term, while their employer, the Regional District of Central Kootenay, has offered one per cent in each year.
Face-to-face talks Friday failed to resolve the impasse, and picket lines went up that afternoon.
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Two hospitals get new buildings with Japan’s help
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A new building at Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital and Bir Hospital have been inaugurated today. The new building of the maternity hospital consists of an emergency room with 24 beds, a delivery room, a birthing center, two surgery rooms, a post-operative ward, Intensive Care Unit for new mothers with 12 beds and ICU for neonates with 40 beds. The new three-story building of the Bir Hospital has a new Intensive Care Unit and a cardiology department.
The new buildings of both hospitals consist of back-up systems to continue surgical operations without any disturbances even during post-disaster emergencies.
While inaugurating the new building of the maternity hospital, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has assured that the government would help the hospital for the construction of parking space and will also solve its land scarcity problem.
During the occasion, Ambassador of Japan-Nepal, Masamichi Saigo expressed hope that the facilities in the new building of Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital would provide quality reproductive health services to women and essential care for both mother and newborn babies.
Director at Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Jageshwor Gautam, said, “We can now provide quality, effective and efficient services to more women and children.” The Government of Japan had assisted for the construction of new hospital buildings.
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Scenes from Angelina's Ristorante in Bonita Springs.(Photo: Kinfay Moroti/Grandeur)Buy Photo
The beauty is in the details, and at Angelina’s Ristorante in Bonita Springs, those details define the different rooms of the restaurant.
Plush booths, each their own private space framed by curtains and lit by crystal chandeliers, surround the 30-foot tall wine tower that dominates the center of the restaurant. An onyx bar top, its surface smooth and cool to the touch, is lit from underneath to give the stone life and warmth in the lounge. Red walls, red chairs and a red and gold booth-back that runs the length of one wall envelop guests in an ambience that can feel romantic or relaxed, or both, in the red room.
Everywhere you look new details rise to the surface, like a hand-painted mural in the garden room or the custom-made carpet in the Tower Room that blooms in cool blues and warm browns. But the beauty of those details is that they do not distract. Instead, they are an elegant backdrop that enhances the fine food and excellent service at Angelina’s, which will celebrate its eighth anniversary in April.
Scenes from Angelina's Ristorante in Bonita Springs. (Photo: Kinfay Moroti/Grandeur)
“The pillars of our restaurant are food, service, wine and ambience,” explains Angela Morales, general manager. “If we don’t blow you out of the water with all four, we haven’t done our job.”
The food is under the helm of executive chef Ryan Fredstrom. Pastas are handmade, like Veal Agnolotti, a slow-roasted veal-filled pasta hand-rolled by one of Ryan’s team members. All pastas at Angelina’s are made with 00 flour, or Doppio Zero, the most finely ground available, which gives the pastas a very light texture.
Entrée options include a sea salt-baked snapper for two; pork osso bucco served with Yukon Gold potatoes and pickled fennel; scallops and pork belly with Yukon Gold potato puree, green beans and citrus marmalata; and grilled rack of lamb, served with eggplant caponata, couscous, pine nuts, grilled lemon and mint gremolata.
With a tower that holds 4,000 bottles, wine is an essential part of the dining experience. The wine list has approximately 560 varieties, and over half of those are Italian in origin. For four consecutive years, Angelina’s has been awarded Wine Spectator’s Best of Award of Excellence, a sign that the restaurant has a deep commitment to wine and is a destination for wine lovers.
Add in the commitment to service from a staff led by Angela, and the four pillars of the restaurant create a symphony. A fine dining experience that brings guests back again and again in an attempt to hear, see or taste a new element they may have missed before.
— Angelina’s Ristorante is located at 24041 S. Tamiami Trail in Bonita Springs. Hours through May 31 are Monday-Saturday, 4-10 p.m.; Sunday, 4-9 p.m. Happy Hour daily 4-6 p.m. For reservations, call 239-390-3187 or visit angelinasofbonitasprings.com.
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August–September 2015
When Water Is Gone
Historic drought leaves western wildlife desperate for a drink
Paul Tolmé
FOR 21 DAYS BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY of this year, a convoy of tanker trucks departed from northern California’s Coleman National Fish Hatchery and traveled 180 miles to the coast. Their cargo: 12 million juvenile Chinook salmon. Their mission: save the state’s salmon harvest from California’s record-setting, four-year drought. In wetter years, salmon have been released upstream in the Sacramento River and allowed to migrate down to the ocean. But for the second straight year, fisheries officials feared the fish would perish. The snowpack that feeds California’s rivers was 6 percent of normal—its lowest level since record keeping began in 1950—so waters in the Sacramento were too warm and shallow to sustain cold-water salmon.
The situation is similar across much of the West. In the 11 westernmost states, nearly 74 percent of the landmass is in a state of drought ranging from “abnormally dry” to “exceptional,” as in California. And this spring, Lake Mead—the nation’s largest reservoir—hit a historic low, down 141 feet to just 38 percent capacity.
Water woes for cities and farms have serious human costs, but biologists are also concerned about impacts on wildlife. The following cases from California illustrate the complexity of drought when cities, agriculture and wildlife all compete for a limited resource.
Fish Struggle
Chinook salmon aren’t the only fish suffering from drought. Some biologists believe that California’s endangered delta smelt—once the most abundant fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta—will go extinct in the next few years. “Things don’t look good,” says Peter Moyle, a University of California-Davis professor of fish biology who has studied the tiny, translucent fish since the 1970s. At that time, Moyle recalls netting thousands of the smelt during annual survey trawls, but a survey this April yielded a single fish.
Once thought to number in the millions, smelt populations began plummeting in the 1980s when a large pumping project lowered water levels and altered the tidal flow. In addition, invasive overbite clams, which compete with smelt for algae, and silverside fish, which eat smelt eggs, proliferated. Habitat restoration projects and pumping restrictions imposed to save the smelt have not worked. “Pumping changed the hydrology of the delta,” Moyle says. “Historically the rivers flowed out to sea and the tides pushed water back up. The smelt rode those tides. Now water flows across the delta. In some respects the delta is now a warm lake. That’s very confusing to a fish trying to migrate upstream to spawn.” The current drought may be the final nail in the coffin for smelt, the only survivors being specimens kept in researchers’ tanks for posterity.
Turtles Bake
Some populations of California’s native turtle—known as the Western or Pacific pond turtle (below)—are also in jeopardy due to lakes drying up. “We might see local extinctions,” says Paul Gibbons, managing director of the Turtle Conservancy. Of particular concern is a population in Elizabeth Lake, which some experts say may hold the largest population of the turtles in southern California.
Recent testing identified this population as genetically distinct, but by last year, drought had shrunk the lake to a few feet of salty, alkaline water, threatening the turtles’ survival. As part of a rescue mission aided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, biologists from the Turtle Conservancy and University of California–Los Angeles helped remove 60 of the turtles from the lake and housed them in tanks at the university and at a Turtle Conservancy facility. The goal was to return the animals to the lake, but due to a lack of rain to replenish the water, they were released at a nearby site this May.
Rodents Starve
A keystone species of California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument, giant kangaroo rats are starving as drought turns these once-vast grasslands into desert, depriving the rodents of plants and seeds they depend on for food. Before the drought, researchers estimated the rodent’s population in the hundreds of thousands, with up to 100 of the animals per acre. That number had fallen to only seven per acre this spring—a crisis for the entire ecosystem.
Giant kangaroo rats are a main prey source for endangered San Joaquin kit foxes as well as for coyotes, raptors, snakes, weasels and other predators. In addition, the rats’ burrowing churns up nutrient-rich soils that lead to higher levels of plant and invertebrate diversity. Due to habitat loss outside the national monument, the Carrizo Plain kangaroo rat population is the largest remaining in California, says Justin Brashares, a professor of wildlife ecology at the University of California–Berkeley. “If we lose this population, we could see federal support for the start of a captive-breeding population.”
Birds Lose Ground
Drought is hitting shorebirds, waterfowl and wetland-dependent songbirds hard in California, whose large size and range of ecosystems provides habitat for more than 600 bird species. One of particular concern is the tricolored blackbird. California granted it an emergency endangered-species listing in 2014 after the population plunged by 60 percent to approximately 145,000. “Drought is definitely a factor,” says Andrea Jones, director of bird conservation for Audubon California. There isn’t enough water in the birds’ wetland habitats, and the farm fields where they nest have dried up.
Waterfowl also suffer as wetlands and fields wither. In California’s Central Valley, rice fields flooded with water after the fall harvest provide winter habitat for millions of birds. Yet U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) scientist Greg Yarris estimates the amount of flooded rice-field acreage is down two- to threefold from water-rich years to about 100,000 acres and says waterfowl populations appear to have moved eastward away from the worst drought-stricken farms. With water allotments to farms diminishing, “this is going to be a bad winter for geese and other waterfowl,” Audubon’s Jones says.
Shorebirds are hurt by lower water levels in California’s Mono Lake and Salton Sea, where increased salinity is killing the brine shrimp and brine flies that are an important food source. Ninety percent of North America’s eared grebes and 30 percent of the nation’s great white pelicans winter on the Salton Sea. “If they can’t find enough habitat and food, I don’t know where they will go,” Jones says.
Beyond depleting water, drought has other insidious effects across the West. In parched eastern Washington, biologists fear bigger wildfires that could destroy sage-grouse habitat. The 2014 wildfire season in Washington burned 550 square miles, about six times more than in a normal year. “Sagebrush habitats take a long time to recover from fire,” says FWS biologist Heather McPherron. Some sage habitats never return, replaced by invasive cheat grass that provides poor grouse habitat.
Drought can also spawn disease. Communicable diseases including avian cholera are rising as birds concentrate around smaller water sources. Last year in California, an estimated 10,000 band-tailed pigeons died from avian trichomonosis, and up to 20,000 waterfowl died of avian botulism, both cases linked to drought.
Desperate Moves
Few species are spared. Parched mountain lions drink from backyard birdbaths. Diminished snowpack in the West means less denning habitat for wolverines and lynx, and snow-free mountains allow coyotes and other lowland predators to reach alpine areas, increasing food competition. “We are seeing fewer moose and elk births in Wyoming because they aren’t getting enough nutrition to conceive,” says John Gale, conservation director for Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. In the Southwest, conservationists are installing more rainwater collecting “guzzlers” to save desert bighorn sheep populations whose water has disappeared.
“Water scarcity is increasingly going to be the face of climate change in California and the dry West,” says Bruce Stein, senior director of NWF’s Climate Adaptation and Resilience Program. “We need to be less wasteful, and we have to leave some water for wildlife.”
That includes California’s Sacramento River, where water withdrawals for urban and agricultural use have contributed to the current salmon crisis. With luck, the fish trucked to the coast this year will thrive in the Pacific and return to their spawning grounds three years from now. What they will find remains to be seen.
Writer Paul Tolmé wrote about the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act in the October/November 2014 issue.
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It was magnificent!
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Spared me from additional Wounds
"I want to compliment you on the design and performance of your BLSS® Helmet Upgrade Kit. Prior to deploying for Operation Iraqi Freedom, I installed your product in my Kevlar helmet. I was impressed by the comfort of the kit and its performance with mounted NVGs. I was the commanding officer of the Marine Corps artillery battery and frequently led convoys at night. As I led my battery north of An Nasiryha, my vehicle was hit with an RPG. Although I was seriously wounded, losing my right hand, I believe that your helmet liner spared me from additional wounds from the concussion. The blast shattered the dust goggles that were attached to my helmet but I only received one small cut below my ear. As I was evacuated back into Kuwait, corpsmen and other medical personnel kept trying to remove my helmet and give me something softer to rest my head on. Each time they tried I refused because I was more comfortable with your liner system...Your product truly made a difference for me and I would gladly recommend it to my fellow Marines."— Capt. J. R., U. S. Marine Corps
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Thank you very much for your support. Your BLSS® kits are one of the best pieces of equipment that we have available over here. Everyone who has one loves it. If you could ship a bag of rain or a cool breeze that would complete that package."— Lt. Col. J. K.
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Nissan DeltaWing gets ace driver for 24 Hour Le Mans
The Nissan DeltaWing For The 24 Hour Le Mans Race
NISMO and Nissan recently brought Japanese GT ace driver Satoshi Motoyama as its third driver for the Le Mans 24 hour car race.
The Nissan DeltaWing will be the company’s car of choice for the world renowned 24 hour race that features some of the best drivers and cars putting it all on the line for 24 hours.
Satoshi Motoyam is a triple Super GT champion and will join Marino Franchitti and German Michael Krumm as Nissan’s drivers for the racing event.
The Nissan DeltaWing is viewed as an experimental project and Nissan’s aim is to be able to finish the race using half the fuel and half the number of tyres used by their rivals.
This is a pretty big objective to accomplish, but the Nissan team are well aware of the challenges ahead. So as to get a taste of the car, Satoshi got to test the car at the Snetterton circuit in Norfolk ahead of car and team preparations.
Mr. Motoyama certainly looks forward to the race and expressed his gratitude to Nissan, NISMO and other DeltaWing partners for giving him an opportunity to be part of one of the greatest events in the racing world calendar.
The DeltaWing is certainly an engineer’s challenge, one that the Nissan DeltaWing project team took to the limit while coming up with the prototype. The car’s engine is a specially developed 1.6 litre DIG-T engine.
During the DeltaWing’s practice test run, NISMO’s president Shoichi Miyatani praised the team of Satoshi Motoyama and Michael Krumm, saying they were the two best racers in the current Nissan GT squad and that they would be driving the most exciting car at the race.
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The following research groups participate in the OSL Fellowship Program 2002.
1. Historical-Faunistic, ecological, population, and production analysis of zooplankton from Lakes of different regions and geomorphological levels in the Lena Delta
E. Abramova , I. Akhmetshina , E. Vinogradova
2. Hydrological response of the Lena River basin to climatic change
S.L. Berezovskaya
3. Submarine and terrestrial permafrost in the eastern Laptev Sea region: a comparative study
S. Drachev , M. Kasymskaya , V. Kaulio
4. Evolution of the lacustrine geosystems of the Taimyr Peninsula
G. Fedorov
5. The Laptev and East Siberian seas coastal erosion database: dynamics, classification, segmentation, sediment and organic carbon contribution
M.N. Grigoriev , I. Shapovalova , D. Streletskiy
6. Spatial variations in ice formation onset in the Laptev Sea: consequence of the vertical heat fluxes caused by internal waves overturning
S. Kirillov
7. Late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoenvironmental conditions, their changes and influence on the distribution of mammals in the Laptev Sea surroundings
T. Kuznetsova, N. Noskova, A. Bryantseva
8. High-Resolution reconstruction of Lena River discharge patterns during the Late Holocene
Ye.I. Polyakova, T. Novichkova, E. Golovnina
9. Reconstruction of Late Pleistocene seasonal temperatures in the Siberian Arctic lowlands based on insect fossils: the mutual climatic range method
A. Sher , S. Kuzmina , A. Sokolov
10. Postglacial and Holocene environments of the western Laptev Sea and eastern Kara Sea as reflected in fossil assemblages
E.E. Taldenkova, A. Stepanova, S. Dem'yankov
E. Abramova, I. Akhmetshina, E. Vinogradova
The project is aimed at investigating zooplankton in the lakes from different regions and geomorphological levels of the Lena Delta for understanding peculiar features of the modern pelagic fauna of this big region and the history of its formation. The main results are:
•in the lakes of the Lena Delta, 128 taxa of zooplankton belonging to 2 types (Rotatoria and Arthropoda) were determined.
• the species composition is very similar in polygonal ponds situated in different parts of the delta. A remarkable difference in the species composition is typical for large thermokarst lakes as well as for alas lakes.
• the highest abundance, biomass and production of zooplankton were observed in the polygonal and flood-plain lakes of the first terrace, which are regularly influenced by river water. The seasonal dynamics of quantitative characteristics shows a well-pronounced conformity connected with environment conditions and the life cycle of the common species.
• the pelagic fauna of the lakes is of heterogeneous origin and consists mainly of both recent and modern freshwater elements with amphibiotic brackish-waters organisms of neolimnic assemblage.
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Our current knowledge on the Siberian Arctic is incomplete. Our understanding of the changes observed in Arctic hydrological system, therefore, are limited. This project was aimed at determining and quantifying the change in the hydrological regime of the second largest arctic river. The water balance of the Lena River was studied in order to assess the role of climatic and anthropogenic factors in runoff variations. Historical data analyses show that the Lena River and its major tributaries experienced an extended low-water period from 1936-1957 and high-water periods from 1974-1983 and 1988-2001. Since the late 1960s the increase in river discharge and annual precipitation has been particularly pronounced due to large-scale changes in atmospheric circulation patterns. Runoff in the Lena River basin increased by 10% from 1936 to 2001 due to extended wet periods during the second part of the past century. The trend is weaker for the Vilui River basin because it is subject to reservoir regulations that cause additional water losses through reservoir filling and increased evaporation. Runoff regulation strongly affects the winter runoff regime of both the Vilui River and the lower reaches of the Lena River causing an increased winter discharge at the Lena river outlet station of approximately 33%. The results of this project improve our understanding of current changes in the Siberian Arctic as they prove that increased precipitation produces additional runoff to the Laptev Sea. This also directs our attention to the importance of human impact within the Vilui sub-basin, which should not be neglected while analyzing the runoff changes on a regional scale.
S. Drachev, M. Kasymskaya, V. Kaulio
This project was funded in 2003 with the main goal of revealing the structure of the uppermost part of the permafrost developed on the eastern Laptev Sea shelf, on the New Siberian Islands and adjacent mainland, with particular emphasis on their comparative analysis. This study was based on numerous scientific data collected within the scope of the Russian-German program "Laptev Sea System 2000" as well as on PARASOUND data obtained during RV "Polarstern" 1998 cruise and drill cores recovered from several shallow wells in the course of RV "Kimberlit" 2000 cruise. PARASOUND transects obtained during 1993 and 1995 cruises of RV "Polarstern" were also used, as well as published results of upper sedimentary layer sampling with piston corers. The results previously obtained within the framework of the OSL project OSL-01-07 (Principal Investigator S.S. Drachev), in particular the Map of Submarine Permafrost Roof in the eastern Laptev Sea and its basis and the digital grid of depths, and of the OSL project OSL-01-19 (Principal investigator N.N. Romanovskii) were widely involved. The results of many years of permafrost research obtained by the scientific team led by N.N. Romanovskii (Geological Department of Moscow State University) were used as a basis when determining the major forms of permafrost-generated landscapes of the New Siberian Islands and Primorskaya Lowland.
Within the framework of this project it was intended to prepare and defend a PhD thesis, which is the outcome of 8 years of activity within the framework of the Russian-German research in the Laptev Sea region. An attempt was made to analyze all the obtained data and knowledge on lakes and their evolution gained throughout the years of research.The aim of the project was to investigate the modern structure and evolution of the lacustrine geosystems of Taimyr Peninsula. To achieve this goal the following fundamental tasks were to be solved:
1. to reveal the main factors responsible for lacustrine geosystems formation on Taimyr Peninsula;
2. to reveal the primary stages of lacustrine geosystems evolution on Taimyr Peninsula;
3. to carry out palaeolimnological zoning and classification of lacustrine geosystems of Taimyr Peninsula.
In general the main factors influencing the formation and evolution of the lacustrine systems are climate (general moisture fluctuation), connected in the Arctic in the Late Pleistocene mainly with glacier formation and degradation, basic levels of erosion fluctuations, associated on Taimyr Peninsula with oscillations of the Kara and Laptev sea levels, and also tectonic movements resulting in the rearrangement of the hydrological system.Other tasks were to investigate several important inferences concerning the evolution of sea-level oscillations, the development and main features of glaciers and the neotectonic structure on Taimyr Peninsula, to classify Taimyr lacustrine systems, and to describe in detail the evolution history of Taimyr Lake since its formation until the present day.
M.N. Grigoriev, I. Shapovalova, D. Streletskiy
Published data concerning the dynamics and composition of coasts, their lithology, morphology, hydrodynamic and geocryological conditions within a coastal zone were collected and along with our own data analyzed for a detailed assessment of basic parameters and the effect of coastal erosion. Based on current material a database was developed involving parameters of coastal erosion and assessment of sediments and organic carbon fluxes. Database development is based on detailed segmentation of coasts by the parameters indicated above as well as classification of erosional, stable and accumulative coast types of the Laptev and East-Siberian Seas. The basic results of works are reflected in a digital map. Our research made it possible to generalize all collected data on a set problem concerning the coast of these seas, where the influence of permafrost peculiarities on the character and intensity of relief-forming and sedimentological processes is extremely strong.
This project was aimed at studying the interior ocean dynamics in the eastern Laptev Sea shelf area. Short and long-term ADCP measurements were analyzed in order to recognize the spatial distribution of heat transport by internal-wave overturning in the Laptev Sea and its role in the formation of freeze-up pattern anomalies. It was found that the mixing intensity due to the breaking of internal waves varies from molecular up to 5-30 x 10-5 m2/s within the pycnocline layer. This could result in ice-formation onset being delayed by up to 5-6 days over the eastern part of the Laptev Sea during freeze-up period. It was also found that an energy increase by the factor of 2-3 is possible during strong atmospheric forcing. These forcings might significantly delay ice formation onset due to the fact that the heat exchange is increased by internal-wave action.
The project is aimed at the reconstruction of the basic futures of the Laptev shelf environment during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. The research was focused on the investigation and analysis of favourable and unfavourable periods of environmental conditions for different species of mammals and plants. We reconstruct the animal population and traced their change. All the data are new. Another focus is the study of oxygen isotope ratios in bone's phosphate as indicator of climate variations.A combination of paleozoological and paleobotanical (diatoms) data under strictly defined stratigraphic and chronological (14C) control allows us to reconstruct the Late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoenvironmental history of the Laptev Sea surroundings.
Ye.I. Polyakova, T. Novichkova, E. GolovninaMoscow State University, Moscow, Russia
The main goal of our study within the scope of this project was to reconstruct the short-term variability in the Lena River discharge onto the Laptev Sea shelf during the late Holocene. The study was based on detailed investigations of the downcore distribution of aquatic microalgae in the sediment cores obtained from the regions adjacent to the Lena Delta during the TRANSDRIFT expeditions. Using diatom and aquatic palynomorph assemblages as a proxy, the following major paleoenvironmental results were achieved:
(i) spatial and temporal variations in the surface water salinity in the Laptev Sea shelf area adjacent to the Lena Delta were reconstructed for the last 6 cal. ka;
(ii) the impact of the Atlantic waters on the inner Laptev Sea hydrology during the Holocene was revealed;
(iii) the major stages of the changes in the direction of the Lena River discharge were revealed: generally eastward outflow via the Bykovskaya channel approximately between 6 and 4.2 cal. ka, and after 2.8 cal. ka, and increase in riverine outflow in the northward direction via the Trofimovskaya channel between 4.2 and 2.8 cal. ca.
A. Sher, S. Kuzmina, A. Sokolov
The Mutual Climatic Range (MCR) method based on fossil insect assemblages is a powerful tool for reconstructing climatic conditions of the past. A very large volume of information on the distribution of many insect species and the climatic parameters of their ranges was collected in the course of this project. The usage of this information has already allowed us to build comparative climatic characteristics of certain periods in the Late Pleistocene and early Holocene.
The project is aimed at investigating recent and fossil benthic assemblages from the eastern Kara and western Laptev seas in order to reconstruct paleoenvironmental changes under postglacial sea-level rise with particular interest lying in the traces of Atlantic water influence on the studied regions.
The main results are:
• first recent ostracods from the eastern Kara Sea were studied in detail (species identification, description, SEM photos);
• the recent distribution of ostracod and mollusc assemblages were established from coretop samples from the eastern Kara Sea in relation to salinity and water depth changes;
• the paleoenvironmental changes in the eastern Kara Sea mid-shelf since 8.1 cal.ka were reconstructed; a considerable influence of marine (Atlantic-derived?) waters from ca. 6-5 cal.ka was revealed;
• the continuous influence of Atlantic water on the western Laptev Sea continental slope is recorded in the species composition of microfossils since ca. 15.8 cal.ka with its maximum between ca. 11 and 4 cal.ka.
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Ajay Bijli and Sanjeev Bijli
Brothers-cum-best-buddies, the PVR founders' compatibility has become the base of their business partnership
Himanshu Kakkar
Show time: (L-R) Ajay Bijli, chairman, PVR and Sanjeev Bijli, JMD, PVR
Who doesn’t love a good movie? And if you are an avid moviegoer in India, the ‘Bijlis’ are hard to miss — brothers in arms and best buddies, who in their pursuit of passion for cinema, introduced the concept of multiplexes to the millions of movie–crazy Indians, making the theatre one of the coolest places to hang out. Ajay (49) and Sanjeev Bijli (46) of PVR Cinemas were born in a business family and it was obvious to them that they were not going to become doctors, engineers or lawyers. “However filmy it might sound, our mother always taught us it was good to be together,” laughs Ajay. Since mom always knows best, the siblings thought it was wise to heed to that advice. Twenty-two years, 500 screens, two acquisitions, and an IPO later, both are still partners.
But it wasn’t the case of blood being thicker than water that made this long journey smooth, it was their compatibility. While Ajay is the go-getter entrepreneur, Sanjeev is a patient conscience keeper in this partnership. Ajay adapts quickly and Sanjeev ensures the transition is smooth. Both live in the same house and have managed to not lose the childhood fraternity. Their childlike love for cinema is not only the glue that holds and strengthens this bond till date, but also helped them build a world-class chain of cinemas.
How would you describe each other? What’s the one thing you admire the most about each other?
Ajay: Sanjeev is patient and pragmatic. Sometimes when I take bigger risks than the company can afford to take, I am glad Sanjeev is there to balance it out. He will tell me ‘Okay fine; go ahead, but can we prune it down a little bit?’ In retrospect, I am very appreciative of that fact that he never gets rid of the idea, but makes it more practical. We complement each other and that’s why this partnership has lasted since 1994 for 22 years, which, in this day and age, is difficult to see.
Sanjeev: Ajay is a visionary and very innovative. He always thinks ahead of time and is able to anticipate what’s going to happen next in the industry. It doesn’t come to most of us within the organisation, but he has already thought about it and also put wheels in motion to deal with it. It goes without saying that he has great leadership skills. But the best part about him is despite all the frenzy around work, he ensures that he has time for his wife, his three kids, our mother and me.
What is your idea of a great business partner? Does he fit the bill?
Ajay: We complement each other. Sanjeev sees the lighter side of things, while I see only the serious side. He lightens up any situation because he believes there is more to life. He plays a very important role in de-stressing me.
Sanjeev: Of course Ajay fits the bill. In fact, he goes way beyond.
When you know the other person is extremely upset, angry, how do you react?
Sanjeev: Not just with him, it’s best to leave anyone who is upset for a while. Even when I am angry, the situation only worsens when someone keeps prodding the issue. When Ajay is upset or angry, it’s best to let him be alone and simmer because it is an emotion that is very negative and unproductive. In his case, it’s very short-lived also.
Ajay: We give each other space. Sanjeev is the personification of patience. If both of us are angry, we acknowledge that something has gone wrong. So instead of contradicting each other when we are upset or saying, ‘I told you so’, we see the other person’s point of view. I participate with him in his anger.
Who among the two of you has better intuition? Do you bet on your partner’s gut feeling?
Ajay: There are areas where one of us is better than the other. When it comes to technology and digital strategy, I have no clue what is going on, and he is way ahead. So, in matters like these, he is more intuitive and tells me yeh karna chahiye. Similarly, there are some things that come naturally to me. Thankfully, these are different from his capabilities and that works perfectly while we run the company.
Sanjeev: He is being humble; I remember when we started, our ticket prices were at 75 per ticket and then we were at 100-120 per ticket for a long time. When we reached 120 per ticket, we would have a lot of debates on where prices should move from there. The consensus was that we have reached the peak but Ajay said, and rightly so, that we are in for a surprise and that ticket prices would move to 200 very soon. This was back in 2006 and we were pretty sure that consumers were not going to pay that much. We were only too happy to be wrong on this one. We acted on his intuition and offered our consumers a better viewing experience for which they were glad to spend more.
Ajay: When you are running a listed company, you have to take care of the interests of other shareholders and generate superior returns for them. So, it is crucial that certain intuitive decisions that you make based on your gut feel go in your favour. We are fortunate that most of our experiments have worked — be it opening an 11-screen complex in Bengaluru or foraying into luxury cinema. We generally tend to mix gut feel with some sort of market intelligence.
Where do you concur with each other and where are you poles apart?
Ajay: There could be movies which I don’t like and he likes. In khaane pine ki cheezein, we concur on our choice of restaurants, but we are poles apart on our choice of dessert. We are brothers, but we are not clones of each other.
Sanjeev: He is strict with his diet. He doesn’t like the sweets and desserts that I like. We concur on business ethics, conduct, governance, and overall strategy. Well, there will always be some minor differences, but we are not poles apart.
What are the things you tend to disagree when it comes to running the business?
Ajay: With firing, it becomes obvious. Luckily a lot of people have been with us for nine to ten years and if somebody doesn’t fit the bill, it sticks out. Integrity and attitude issues bug us more; performance is defined. When it comes to hiring, whenever we are confused about candidates, we get a third person’s opinion from either a board member or from someone in the HR department.
How do you deal with inter-personal differences? Do you take work issues home?
Ajay: We completely switch off when we are in the work mode; you have to get the task done. In any healthy relationship, there are differences and agreements. We have our own secret way to find our common ground. But the moment we reach home, we rarely bring work discussions back with us. If something is really playing on our minds, we may talk about it. But other than that, we have completely stopped talking about work. We talk about what time we are meeting for dinner, whether we are eating dinner together, alone or with our mom or about our workouts.
Sanjeev: If there is an issue to be resolved, we discuss it over a glass of wine. But we don’t discuss work at home because once you go home you only have those few hours. Ajay is always at the gym, he also likes to sing. I just sit with my mom and destress with her. We discuss things going on around the world, say Donald Trump’s Presidency or some such thing.
How do you resolve professional conflicts generally? Recall the worst conflict or argument that you have had. How did you resolve it?
Ajay: There has actually never been any reason for us to argue. There are a couple of reasons why we managed to remain conflict-free largely. One, the organisation has grown at a good pace. And two, we always had the fortune of having great advisors and professionals surrounding us.
We instantly know when a situation needs an outsider’s perspective from someone with more experience. We never hesitate to consult people we admire and look up to on difficult decisions — right from our mom to any successful entrepreneur. When we started our joint venture with Village Roadshow, we discussed what the partnership ratio should be (60:40 or 50:50), the timing of our IPO, the exit from the partnership and all our private equity deals. We realised that there is no point wasting time fighting over routine issues. Secondly, we have built a strong internal team and are lucky to have had solid professionals at key positions, like our CFO. That has helped us navigate through difficult situations and take crucial decisions.
So, do your personal views align?
Sanjeev: Yeah pretty much...we both can’t stand Trump!
Is there any one sport or food or something similar that he has introduced and hooked you on to?
Ajay: Sanjeev is more experimental. I keep going to the same places all the time. Many a times, he is the first to explore a city and then recommends it to me. In fact, I never went to Cannes because coming from the industry I had this huge mental block that I don’t want to go to such a busy place. And then I went once to the Southern part of France on his recommendation and never looked back. I went there for six years straight. He had recommended Barcelona and I went there, too.
Sanjeev: We usually talk about travelling and food. Travelling is a common interest.
What is that one skill which you learnt from each other?
Ajay: One skill I learnt from him is to see the lighter side of things even when you deal with serious issues.
Sanjeev: Where do I start! Attention to detail and perseverance. If he puts his mind to something, he will make sure it’s done, no matter what. In business, I learnt to think long term and not worry about the short term. We build our cinemas to make sure they will sustain in the future. We don’t believe in cutting costs, and focus on making movie-going a surreal experience for our consumers.
What’s the one thing you’d want to change about him?
Sanjeev: He should worry less about things.
Ajay: I wouldn’t change a thing.
What has been your most memorable moment with each other?
Ajay: It has to be acquiring Cinemax and DT Cinemas. Also, having the first successful IPO in this space and producing our first movie, Taare Zameen Par.
Do you have a favourite hangout place or a meeting place? How often do you meet there?
Ajay: We have this tradition of meeting twice a month at any of the PVR cinemas since we started the company.
Sanjeev: Our favourite hangout place is PVR Director’s Cut, where we watch a movie and have sushi in a Bento Box. We also hang out at the Delhi Club House or Grappa.
What’s that one thing he hasn’t stopped pulling your leg about?
Ajay: My joint eyebrows!
What’s the one thing he can talk about for hours on end?
Ajay: Movies that he likes.
Sanjeev: We can both talk about movies and TV shows with each other and our family for hours. That’s another common interest.
How has he influenced you personally or professionally?
Ajay: I admire his pragmatism and calmness, which I also try to bring into my life.
Sanjeev: Looking after my health, exercising and eating right are some of the many things that I have learnt from him. I have also learnt to laugh and spend time with like-minded, positive people.
If you could steal one thing from him what would it be, and why?
Ajay: His laughter is contagious.
Sanjeev: His sense of style and height. I wish I was taller. I would also like to steal his attention to detail when it comes to anything and everything
What role does he plays in your life?
Ajay: A very mature younger sibling, friend and confidant.
Sanjeev: A mentor, a friend and father-figure.
What’s the secret to your relationship?
Ajay: Trust, admiration and most of all, love
Sanjeev: It’s best not to take things too seriously. Let go and don’t hold on to things! Appreciate what you have.
Ajay Bijli
Sanjeev Bijli
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Home » News and Views » Very low rate of Thyroid Disorders screening during Pregnancy
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Did you know that untreated hypothyroidism can progress and have devastating effect on women causing a multitude of disorders like birth defects, infertility, goiter, heart problems and mental health issues. Ankita Kothari, an industry analyst from Frost and Sullivan shares her research findings with the PatientsEngage community
What are the common risk factors for hypothyroidism?
Sex and age are the most common risk factors. Hypothyroidism is more common in women compared to men. Pregnant women are at a greater risk of developing hypothyroidism and pregnancy is a major factor for this higher risk of hypothyroidism in women. Similarly, risk of developing hypothyroidism increases with age. Genetic factors play a role too – one is at a greater risk if there is family history of hypothyroidism. Lifestyle factors such as stress, smoking and iodine deficient diet contribute to disturbances in thyroid function. There are also some medical conditions, presence of which makes a person more prone to hypohyroidism such as Type 1 Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Down’s syndrome, etc.
Why are women more prone to hypothyroidism?
Women undergo frequent hormonal changes which make them more prone to hypothyroidism.
Can you explain the disparity in numbers for under-5 deaths in Assam vs UP, Bihar, MP and Rajasthan (page 29)?
Progress on improving the U5MR (Under 5 mortality rate) and child mortality rates has been really slow in few states. 8 states that performed the worst on this parameter - namely Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand contribute to 57% of live births but have a burden of 70% of U5MR. State government’s which were progressive in nature and had a continuity in policy for 10-15 years fared better on IMR indicators than states which didn’t either have the stability or were marred by government having no progressive agenda for healthcare. Also, it needs to be understood that states which rank very high on corruption and embezzlement of public funds tend to score poorly on health indicators, case in point being siphoning of NRHM funds in Uttar Pradesh, a chunk of which was supposed to be spent on upgradation of maternal and child health infrastructure
Why is there a higher prevalence of hypothyroidism in inland cities vs the coastal cities?
The higher prevalence in inland cities is shooting up only because of alarming high prevalence of hypothyroidism recorded in Kolkata (21.67%). If I remove Kolkata off the equation of inland cities, the average prevalence in the 4 inland cities included in the particular study apart from Kolkata is close to that of the coastal cities. The high prevalence in Kolkata establishes that hypothyroidism is no more confined to iodine deficient hilly areas. Howsoever, this increased prevalence of hypothyroidism among the inland vs. coastal cities definitely leads us to wonder on the role of iodine deficiency in hypothyroidism.
What are some of the risk factors for thyroid disorders during pregnancy?
There are no other risk factors; pregnancy itself is a risk factor. Talking purely with respect to pregnancy, it is the hormonal changes during this period which puts pregnant women at a greater risk of developing hypothyroidism. As the risk of hypothyroidism increases with age, the risk probability of hypothyroidism increases significantly in women having late marriages and late pregnancy. Also, during the first trimester, the foetus depends on the mother for its iodine and thyroid hormones requirements.
Can you explain the association between miscarriage and hypothyroidism?
Miscarriage is an adverse impact of untreated hypothyroidism. Various clinical studies across the globe have established that untreated hypothyroidism or subclinical hypothyroidism puts the women at increased risk of miscarriage apart from other adverse impacts such as still birth, pre-term birth and low birth weight.
Most studies emphasize on a need for Universal screening in India. Is this being implemented and how ?
Around 85-90% of women are advised screening for thyroid disorders in private hospitals while only 5-10% women are advised in government set-ups. Disparity also exists as you move from metro cities to the rural regions – practice of advising screening and diagnostics is highest in metro cities and state capitals and reduces as you go beyond into the interiors.
How is the National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control Program (NIDDCP) progressing? Is it an effective program (pg 43)?
Government of India launched the National Goiter Control Programme (NGCP), now the NIDDCP in 1962. There were a lot of set-backs that obstructed the progress of the programme in the initial period; however, in the last two decades the programme has made significant progress. 51% population were reported to consume adequately iodized salt in 2006 and currently around 71% of population consumes adequately iodized salt and 20% population is consuming salt with some iodine added. (2009 data). But, this data also means that we still have 350 million people who are at risk of developing IDD (Iodine Deficiency Disorder) since their iodine intake is inadequate. The program has definitely been effective but there is a long way to go to achieve the Universal Salt Iodization target (USI) and to eliminate Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD).
What steps are being taken to increase awareness amongst patients and clinicians?
There are hardly any awareness activities going around thyroid disorders from the government’s side. Clinical associations such as FOGSI (Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecological Societies of India), Indian Academy of Paediatrics, and Indian thyroid Society have done significant work in this area and have recommended universal screening for thyroid disorders during pregnancy in their guidelines, thus creating awareness amongst their members and peer groups. Private players such as Abbott Healthcare and Thyrocare have been working on this for quite some time now and have been creating awareness around thyroid disorders through various campaigns targeted towards both patients as well as physicians. It is important to emphasize that thyroid disorders not only cause complications during pregnancy but also impact the mental and physical growth of the child. It is a burden - economic as well as emotional, which can be easily avoided with combined efforts from all stakeholders.
What were the findings that surprised you most?
The most surprising finding of the study was the very low penetration of thyroid screening even in the well off section of the society which gets treated in high and mid end private hospitals. This can be attributed to low level of awareness amongst the general population and the belief amongst majority of clinicians of hypothyroidism being non fatal in nature. Suspicion based testing is highly prevalent currently instead of universal screening. Another surprising finding of the study was from couple of government hospitals where the doctors wanted to screen pregnant women for hypothyroidism, but since its not a part of the current Reproductive and Child Health Program (RCH), all they could do was to verbally suggest the patients to get themselves screened. The central government's initiative towards introducing thyroid screening in high risk pregnancies is a welcome step and it is expected to serve as a stepping stone towards "Universal Screening for Thyroid Disorders in Pregnancy". There would be operational challenges of logistics and infrastructure for the same, howsoever once the government undertakes a commitment towards universal screening, these challenges can be resolved with the help on initiatives like public-private partnership, easy to use point of care thyroid testing devices and likewise.
What would you say to OBGYNs who think that screening should only apply to high risk women and not universal?
Good chunk of hypothyroid cases are subclinical and so do not show any symptoms which makes it even more necessary to screen all women for thyroid disorders. Studies have shown that as high as 35% of hypothyroid cases were missed out due to targeted/ high risk screening of thyroid disorders instead of universal screening.
Ankita Kothari, an industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan offers advisory services to pharmaceutical and medical technology companies. She focuses on topics which tend to impact public health and this is both her passion and part of her job. She strongly believes that interventions in the form of awareness campaigns can play a very important role in improving the health outcomes for India. For a country like India strengthening the primary healthcare with low cost interventions is the way forward. This is a small attempt of hers to spread awareness about how to make pregnancies safer and devoid of complications.
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Bachelorettes, Sharks, and Candidates, Oh My!
By Genevieve Burgess | TV | July 30, 2019 |
The Bachelorette on ABC at 8:00pm ET. 15th season finale.
Love Island on CBS at 8:00pm ET.
Laws of Jaws: Dangerous Waters on Discovery at 9:00pm ET. Pretty sure these laws are just “stay out of water where sharks hunt so you don’t get mistaken for something sharks actually want to eat” but maybe Discovery channel will surprise me.
Drunk History on Comedy Central at 10:00pm ET. I’m not sure when Drunk History decided to move entirely away from academics telling the stories to comedians and actors telling the stories but it makes me a little sad. It was cool to see people who tend not to get a lot of recognition have a chance to be on TV talking about the thing that inspired them the most. Obviously comedians and actors are going to be a little funnier and more polished to work with, but it never felt like that was the point of this show. But I guess now it is.
Pose on FX at 10:00pm ET.
Also some political thing I guess.
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The story behind those Armory Show teeshirts
As the centenary show opens here's the story behind the Liz Magic Laser-designed shirts staff are wearing today
Armory Show 2013 - Liz Magic Laser
The Armory Show which opens today (and celebrates its centenary) was the show that presented ground-breaking work by Cézanne, Kandinsky, Matisse and Picasso (all well represented in the Phaidon canon) on its maiden 1913 opening. Doubtless this year's show, at Piers 92 and 94 (711 12th Avenue), New York, until Sunday (10) will have a defining impact on the careers of many of the artists exhibiting within it. We wish good luck to all of them.
Visitors will doubtless notice however, and perhaps be intrigued by, the designs emblazoned across the teeshirts of the staff working the event. Designed by Liz Magic Laser, who's responsible for the visual identity of this year's Armory Show, they state, among other salient facts, the average household income of visitors - $334,000 apparently. Shoulder bags on sale in the shop meanwhile state the cost of a booth - $24,000.
The story behind the shirts is a fascinating one. Last November Laser assembled focus groups to propose ideas around what she should contribute as the commissioned artist for The Armory Show. Laser sat behind a two way mirror observing the responses of various art world figures who chipped in with their ideas.
“It felt like watching my own funeral,” said Laser, who listened silently as the art-world pros pored over her previous work. However, she admitted to enjoying the reversal of the artist/ viewer relationship in which she became a passive spectator. Art In America magazine carried a really interesting report from the evening which you can read here. And if you're attending the show today, enjoy.
What to expect from The Armory Show 2013
A century on from America's introduction to modernism, NYC's art fair turns its focus to the USA
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Denis Suarez: Liverpool deserve respect for dumping out Dortmund
The attacker respects the Reds and spoke of his awe of Jurgen Klopp, but is confident Villarreal can hold their own in the Europa League semi-final on Thursday
Denis Suarez insists Liverpool deserve respect from Villarreal for their last-gasp win over Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League quarter-final.
Suarez admitted that the Yellow Submarine squad had watched parts of the clash between the Reds and Dortmund, as Jurgen Klopp’s side mounted a remarkable comeback to win.
Trailing by three goals, Liverpool turned the tie on it’s head to win the second leg 4-3, with the midfielder suggesting it was incredible that they managed to elminate Thomas Tuchel’s side.
“We have seen portions of the game [Liverpool’s win over Dortmund]. It was incredible,” Suarez told Goal. “Liverpool eliminated a team that I think was the favourite for the title. And so you have to respect them a lot.
“They have a great team and a great squad, and although we have nothing to envy, we do respect them a lot.
“Of course [an-all Spanish final is the target]. But first we have a very tough tie against Liverpool in the semi-finals. Hopefully it will be like that.
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The match against Dortmund heralded the revival that Klopp has led at Anfield, and Suarez confirmed he was a big fan of the German’s work, adding: “I’ve followed Klopp since he was at Dortmund.
“His teams are tactically very good, with great intensity, rapid transitions, effective in attack, and I think Liverpool are also making their mark. They are a great team and will be a very, very difficult opponent for Villarreal.”
Nevertheless, Suarez was quick to insist his team are not inferior to their visitors on Thursday, talking up the strengths of the Yellow Submarine while discussing comparisons with Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho.
“I think anyone in the early season would have thought we would do well at this stage,” the Spaniard suggested.
“We are fourth in La Liga, Champions League qualification is not yet out of reach and we will try in these coming days to reach it.
“And in Europe we now have an incredible tie against a historical rival like Liverpool. Everyone would like to play this kind of game and we now have the possibility of playing them, but we will also try to win, of course.
“I have adapted very well to Villarreal and its style, the team is doing very well this year and Marcelino has given me confidence, that is appreciated.
“It’s true that we [Coutinho and I] play in the same position, more or less, and have similar characteristics. To me, Coutinho seems to me a great player.
“He’s had a very good season, scoring goals and playing well. I’m not one to talk about a duel between him and me, but I do hope Villarreal win.”
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Green Bags®
Thread starter Ivan Seeking
Ivan Seeking
How DEBBIE MEYER™ Green Bags® Work
Fruits, vegetables and flowers release ethylene gas while ripening after harvesting or picking. Ethylene gas accelerates ripening, aging and rotting. DEBBIE MEYER™ Green Bags® absorb and remove this damaging gas, dramatically extending the life of fruits, vegetables and flowers.
https://www.greenbags.com/?cid=402572
On face of things this claim sounds reasonable to me, but really I have no idea.
They claim to be good for ten uses.
Greg Bernhardt
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oh yes my mom uses these! She claims they work, but I don't know. The product claims it works by absorbing gases emitted by the fruit. So how would that help bananas that get left out in the open?
...Be careful what fruits and vegetables you store together. Some produce releases ethylene gas. This gas speeds up the decay process of ethylene sensitive vegetables and fruit. Gas releasers that should be refrigerated separately include apples, apricots, cantaloupe, figs, and honeydew. Gas releasers that should not be refrigerated but should be stored separately include avocados, unripe bananas, nectarines, peaches, pears, plums and tomatoes...
http://www.ehow.com/how_2196971_slow-rotting-fruits-vegetables.html
and according to the Green Bag site
THE STORY BEHIND THE BAGS
Scientists involved in Antarctic exploration were searching for ways to prolong the freshness of produce. During their research, they found a region in Japan where for thousands of years farmers have been storing produce in mountain caves with amazing results.
The caves were dark, consistently cool, and dry. But it was discovered that the key to the remarkable preserving properties of the caves was a clay called "oya," and the cave mountain was made of it. The oya absorbed the ethylene gas that produce gives off as it matures. Green Bags combine ancient knowledge thousands of years old with space age technology for preserving produce.
...What is the natural mineral that makes DEBBIE MEYER™ Green Bags® work?
Oya™ mineral form of Zeolite. This mineral is all natural and 100% non toxic...
A Google for Zeolite immediately pops up with this
...Liquid Cellular Zeolite is a breakthrough product that works at the cellular level by trapping heavy metals and toxins and safely removes them from the body.
The actual Zeolite molecule looks like a honey-comb and since the ions are negatively charged by nature, when Zeolite is ingested into the body it acts like a cage attracting all positively charged heavy metals, toxins and allergens into the cage like a magnet. After these positively charged elements bond with Zeolite they are removed with no harmful side effects. This process is called oral chelation.
Detoxifying your body by chelation with liquid cellular zeolite is very safe and can quickly improve your body’s immune system health. Liquid Zeolite is the leading oral chelation therapy worldwide and the number one selling product to detoxify your body...
http://www.zeolite.com/
which I thought was interesting.
Under Zeolites we get this from wiki
...Zeolites (Greek, zein, "to boil"; lithos, "a stone") are hydrated aluminosilicate minerals and have a micro-porous structure.
The term was originally coined in the 18th century by a Swedish mineralogist named Axel Fredrik Cronstedt who observed, upon rapidly heating a natural mineral, that the stones began to dance about as the water evaporated. Using the Greek words which mean "stone that boils," he called this material zeolite.
More than 150 zeolite types have been synthesized and 48 naturally occurring zeolites are known. Zeolites have an "open" structure that can accommodate a wide variety of cations, such as Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+ and others. These positive ions are rather loosely held and can readily be exchanged for others in a contact solution. Some of the more common mineral zeolites are: analcime, chabazite, heulandite, natrolite, phillipsite, and stilbite. An example mineral formula is: Na2Al2Si3O10-2H2O, the formula for natrolite.
Natural zeolites form where volcanic rocks and ash layers react with alkaline groundwater. Zeolites also crystallized in post-depositional environments over periods ranging from thousands to millions of years in shallow marine basins. Naturally occurring zeolites are rarely pure and are contaminated to varying degrees by other minerals, metals, quartz or other zeolites. For this reason, naturally occurring zeolites are excluded from many important commercial applications where uniformity and purity are essential....
[and in particular] Zeolites have the potential of providing precise and specific separation of gases including the removal of H2O, CO2 and SO2 from low-grade natural gas streams. Other separations include: noble gases, N2, O2, freon and formaldehyde. However at present, the true potential to improve the handling of such gases in this manner remains unknown...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeolite
So at this point the original claim sounds plausible, but we need some better sources and more specifics.
Moonbear
I don't know about you guys, but when a woman gets flowers, she doesn't exactly want to stuff them into a bag to keep them fresh. :uhh:
Watching the ad, what do they consider "traditional" storage? She's showing a rather rotten looking head of iceberg lettuce, claiming it was just 8 days of storage. I've NEVER seen iceberg lettuce turn that nasty in such short time. Same for carrots...I'd have to leave them sitting on the counter at room temperature to get that nasty that fast. They look like they've been dehydrated. The carrots didn't have lots of fuzzy root hairs growing out of them, which is the effect of ethylene on roots (roots don't ripen, fruits do), so ethylene isn't the culprit there. And I don't know of any effect of ethylene on lettuce LEAVES. Again, lettuce doesn't have a ripening process.
She claims the strawberries were PURCHASED the same date, but doesn't say how long after the purchase she's comparing them, or their condition at the time of purchase. If I buy one box of fairly green strawberries and one of overly ripe ones with a moldy one already in the bottom of it (yes, if you don't look carefully, you will get moldy strawberries straight from the store), the overripe ones will look like that in a couple days while the green ones will just be ripening up nicely for eating.
Here's a nice article on ethylene, including a historical account of how it was originally identified as a ripening agent.
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1415-47572006000300020&script=sci_arttext
good points MB, sales tactics are tricky!
hypatia
Green bags
I saw this on TV a few nights ago, and I wasn't sure what to make of it. Then came the thread in GD about wasting food. Has anyone tried these?
https://www.greenbags.com/?page=index
Edit by Ivan: Post merged with existing thread.
LowlyPion
What about the other color bags?
"What is the difference in the different color DEBBIE MEYER™ Green Bags®?
The different colors have a different effect on different foods. The colors are as follows:
Green – Fruit/Vegetables
Yellow – Breads and grains
Red – meats
Blue – Cheese"
They have Zeolite bags for Meat?
No thanks. I'm thinking 10 times longer doesn't apply to meat that I would want to eat.
cherubec
I have ordered these bags and found they don't work as advertised. I was very disappointed in the product. I should have known that this just a way for someone to make money by fooling the public. I would not recommend anyone ordering these bags, they will be throwing their money away.
wqerrk
Zeolite impregnated plastic?! Somehow I am doubtful, very doubtful.
Bananas may emit some ethylene during ripening, but they are also purposely exposed to ethylene to ripen them. Once I bought unripe bananas from Stop&Shop that were extra green....a week later they were still green and downright hard - inedible. I was a bit perplexed. Next store visit, I asked the produce guy about it. He said they had gotten a batch that had missed the ethylene treatment. I was unaware of this, but apparently, bananas that are unexposed or improperly exposed to ethylene never ripen properly.
Putzing around on Google, I see several hits referring to ethylene as a "plant hormone"....errr, as a chemist, I've never heard of a low molecular weight gas being called a hormone but perhaps it's kosher in food producers' parlance.
In any case, marketing aside, I have zero Faith that "green bags" are worth even a nickel.
A beer a day keeps the doctor happy.
wqerrk said:
Try picking up a biology textbook. It's perfectly correct to call ethylene a plant hormone.
Moonbear said:
Okay then - for a biologist I suppose! But as a chemist and in my mind's eye, "real" hormones are much more complex molecules with long, intricate syntheses, at least a ring and maybe a chiral carbon or two.....ethylene?! pffft :tongue:
Since the Green Bags® are for use with food and the FDA cannot give a GRAS approval to a product on testimonials alone, you would think there must have been a bevy of food safety tests that needed to be performed before any marketing. For one thing, zeolite ingestion could well be unhealthy. I would really like to know more about their manufacture and the some of the basic research that the product grew from, including safety checks. I'm looking.
First I'd say that you have to first demonstrate that the zeolite - claimed to be impregnated in the plastic - is adhering to the food in any way for it to qualify in some way as an additive.
But that said, as to zeolite toxicology, I see numerous promo-sites touting liquid zeolite colloidal suspensions, suitable they claim, for chelating heavy metals and other toxins from the body. Now that I suppose is directly under the purview of the FDA and I'm not seeing any contraindications to its use.
GCT
Ivan Seeking said:
I just went to Walmart the produce section has green bags...wonder if it's the same thing.
GCT said:
yeah I noticed Trader Joes produce is wrapped in colored bags now too.
By the way, the product is not too promising according to the following research
http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/datastorefiles/234-90.pdf [Broken]
Size or complexity has nothing to do with something being a hormone. It has to do with how it signals a cell to have a function.
A lot of grocery stores have green bags in their produce sections, and have for a while. Since it's mostly around the leafy green vegetables section, I suspect they are primarily meant to keep you from noticing how not-so-green the produce is before you get it home. You may or may not have noticed that the lighting is also slightly different around the produce cases...everything there looks just a bit greener than it does if you take it a bit out of the produce section to look at it (sometimes you just need to take a step back from the case when it's only illuminating the refrigeration cases). I don't know if they're really the same thing, or just tinted green by some other process.
Last night I noticed that my mother-in-law is using Green Bags. She tried a side-by-side test using lettuce, which the Green Bags passed with flying colors.
baywax
LowlyPion said:
Then you haven't tried canned moose. That'll stay on the shelf for years and still provide the best meal you've ever had... if you eat moose. Yah yah... shades of Sarah Palin....
madhatter106
this is one of those things I don't understand. produce doesn't last in my house for more than a week, not because it spoils but because we consume it. we go to the local growers co-op to restock. it's cheap and fresh. I also live in the socal so it's not a farm community by any stretch.
As to keeping them, the herbs sit on the counter in lowballs with water and for the lettuce I'll bag it and fill the bag with CO2, where do I get the CO2? simple fill it like a balloon when you exhale. that keeps it longer than anything I found for free, since I consume veggies daily it gets re-filled daily.
I guess I don't get the point of wasting produce by buying more than you can consume before it spoils, it's not like it's not going to be at the store next week.
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