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Vampire Academy Gala: Blood Promise, Spirit Bound & Last Sacrifice - Richelle Mead
October 29, 2014 • book review, By Alexa, event, Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy Gala, young adult fiction
And we're back today with our reviews of books four to six in the Vampire Academy series! Honestly, if you've not read the books, I can promise that there are really no spoilers here. I just tell you my general thoughts - and they're all really good. Honestly, these three books were fast reads for me because I just couldn't wait to find out what would happen next! Stakes are high, characters grow so much and it's just so jam-packed with goodness.
Blood Promise
After the surprising turn of events in its predecessor, Blood Promise gives readers one of the darkest reading experiences yet. Rose, stricken with grief and anger, yet determined to do the right thing, has left the academy and ventured to Russia to complete a mission with personal stakes. Along the way, she uncovers new knowledge, meets new people and has to fight some of the greatest battles she's ever been faced with. It's not an easy read, as Rose goes through a lot. But her bravery and goodness, combined with talent and wits, will have readers rooting for her. Mead skillfully balances tension and plot, even managing to squeeze in a secondary plot happening back with Lissa at the academy too.
Spirit Bound
Spirit Bound is an emotional roller coaster. Mead heightens the stakes yet again, as Rose and her friends are forced to make questionable choices in pursuit of their true desires. Jam-packed with action and intrigue, the reader will be stunned by how Mead cleverly reconfigures these characters into new relationships, and puts them in new situations that will have readers gasping in fear or anger. You'll be turning the pages anxiously, wondering just what is in store for Rose, her friends and all of the Moroi and dhampir at court. And the underlying current of unease that remains all throughout? That's only the beginning of what is an incredibly emotional journey.
Last Sacrifice
The allure of this series is the tension that's been building since the start, and Last Sacrifice is where it all finally peaks. There's the unraveling of secrets and battles to the death; there's the strength of romance and the purity of healing; there's the joys of friendship and the bravery of being honest. Mead combines all these things into one powerful tale to finish off her well-loved series, and it works. But honestly, the entire story would have been in vain if readers didn't care so much about Rose Hathaway, whose exploits and cleverness are nothing to scoff out. She's the one who ties all these novels together; she's also the one who makes the entire series as appealing as it is. To love Vampire Academy is to love Rose - and that truth becomes clear in this final installment of her story.
It's fairly obvious that I really liked books four to six of Vampire Academy: Blood Promise, Spirit Bound and Last Sacrifice. There's just something about already being familiar with such great characters, and loving them with your whole heart that makes witnessing all that happens to them even more meaningful than it already is! I really think that these books are what cemented my regard for the series so very much.
Don't forget to check out our giveaway & Rachel's mini-reviews for books four to six!
Plus, don't miss my reviews and Rachel's reviews from yesterday!
Thanks for leaving a comment! I love seeing what you have to say, and will try to reply (here or on Twitter) as soon as I can :)
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Media Release: Edinburgh Festivals renowned director returns to city for Napiers management training
ANOTHER sell-out year expected to follow announcement of Paul Gudgin’s involvement in Edinburgh Napier’s Event Management programme
Edinburgh Napier University Business Schools Institute for Festival and Event Management (IFEM) will be welcoming back to the capital the Edinburgh Festival Fringes renowned director to present the university’s highly-successful Executive Certificate in Event Management.
For those in the know, Paul Gudgin is the events industry, having worked with the Edinburgh Fringe – widely regarded as the world’s largest arts festival – effectively doubling the event in size during his tenureship between 1999 and 2007. How Paul did it, along with a range of other top insider industry tips for success will be revealed to a select group of just 50 delegates commencing January 25th 2009.
With places limited to ensure teaching quality Edinburgh Napier is expecting demand to exceed availability for the tailor-made, four-day professional festival and event management programme. Since its 2004 inception, Napier’s Event Management training has proved a year-on-year sell-out.
Says a spokesperson: “Right now a career in event management is that rarity: a dynamic, ‘glamour’ industry, thriving despite the economic downturn. With a new sales record set in 2009 for the Festival Fringe an nine per cent increase on the previous record despite the Credit Crunch – the evidence suggests the events industry in Edinburgh is bucking the recessionary trend. In Edinburgh alone festivals are estimated to bring in revenues of over £200 million each year.
“Events professionals keen to gain the edge in a competitive market would be wise to head for Edinburgh given the citys world-wide reputation for events. But this Edinburgh-based course also has a distinctly progressive, international outlook. Organised in conjunction with the Australian Centre of Event Management (ACEM), based at the University of Technology in Sydney, Paul Gudgins co-presenter is Rob Harris, renowned as an innovative leader in international events education .
“The first of its kind in Europe, the course is an accelerated training programme, arming delegates with essential in-depth knowledge of all aspects of event management, including marketing, operations and best practice in the planning, managing and evaluation of events, generating public, political and business support, and creating relationships with sponsorship bodies and the media.
“In previous years, delegates have come from a broad range of backgrounds, including arts, sport and tourism. Companies, including Marks & Spencer, Standard Life, Scottish Equitable, Gleneagles Hotel and Maximillion Events, have all reaped rewards from sending employees on the programme.”
Paul Gudgin commented: “This year Certificate will be ‘The Ashes’ of Event Management an unmissable meeting of Australian and British expertise. I have been a guest speaker in the past and found the standard of teaching first rate but the certificate is about more than that. It is about outstanding networking opportunities, nurturing delegate confidence and providing real inspiration.
“We look to reassure delegates about their existing abilities and arm them with plenty of ideas they can implement straight away in their own events. Rob and I hold each other in very high regard, and share opinions on many issues. We also have some strongly contrasting ideas and we are not shy about airing them. So delegates can expect some real creative sparks to fly in January!”
Faith Liddell, director of Festivals Edinburgh, commented: “Other cities are constantly trying to catch up in the events arena and we continually seek experienced, professional staff to help us stay at the forefront of festivals and events across the world. Education plays a vital role in helping us to retain our position as the world’s leading Festival City and Napier’s course offers an important platform for the development of the professional skills we need to do this.”
Kara Davies, manager of the Music Box venue at Stevenson College, west of Edinburgh, signed up for the 2009 course, and comments: “This course has real quality and its really comprehensive. I wanted to develop valuable planning tools, and the specific abilities this course gave me are less about theory and academic concepts, and more about practical skills, which is what I needed.
“Now I can really benefit the people of Edinburgh with programmes not currently on offer in the city. I wanted to network, and the networking opportunities are phenomenal. Last year, I was able to interact with knowledgeable, high-level people who organised the Sydney Olympics, that’s a real opportunity!”
Dr. Eleni Theodoraki, chair of Napier’s IFEM, comments: “Event management is a key growth area and should be considered as a solid career move with a bright future. With the upcoming 2011 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, the eyes of the world are turning to Scotland events. Napier’s event management training has an outstanding international reputation, and is the leader in Festival and Event Management in Scotland. Dr Theodoraki was an organiser of The Athens 2004 Olympic Games Organising Committee and is a member of the London 2012 Olympic Games Bid Committee.”
The 2010 Executive Certificate in Event Management starts in Edinburgh on 25th January. For further details contact Edinburgh Napier University Business School on 0131 455 4504.
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Mooncakes and Rice: Qionglai Mountains
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FIRST-CLASS SUFFERING IN THE SIGUNIANG SHAN
Lindsay Griffin
Cosmin Andron following the initial cracks of Suffering First Class (V A3 5.10, ca. 400m, Cosmin Andrin-Wai Wah Yip, 2006), the first route to be climbed on the southwest face of the ca. 4950-meter Fourth Sister of Siguniang, Qonglai Shan, China. [Photo] Wai Wah Yip
The Siguniang National Park in the Qonglai Range of Chinese Sichuan continues to attract the adventurous, despite a reputation for often-miserable weather. Last summer Cosmin Andron, a Romanian living in Guangzhou, China, and Wai Wah Yip, an ethnic Chinese living in Hong Kong but actually born in Newcastle, UK, decided to take the suffering one step further by climbing in June—right in the heart of the monsoon. Despite considerable rain, the pair managed to pull off the first ascent of the southwest face of the Fourth Sister of Siguniang Shan, a ca. 4950-meter summit on the long southwest ridge of Siguniang (6250m) above the Chang Ping Valley.
Andron and Wai Wah Yip chose a direct line up the middle of the granite face. Unfortunately, the first 200-meters followed an offwidth and the initial aid pitch involved huge runouts as the leader slid a Camalot 5 and rattling 4.5, the only gear big enough, up the wet crack. The following "day" finished 200 meters up the face at 4 a.m., when the pair retired to their portaledge. The next day heavy rain confined them indoors and even though the day after was still decidedly wet, they continued, battling overhanging chimneys and corners, down which water was gushing full pelt. Finally, at 2:45 a.m. on June 8 they reached the top of the face, where they intersected the 1992 Japanese Route (the route followed on the second ascent of the mountain) on the southwest ridge. Out of time, they went down, naming their ca. 400-meter route Suffering First Class and offering a grade of V A3 5.10. In their opinion, it might go free at around 5.12 in much drier conditions and with more appropriate gear.
The descent was eventful and base camp was reached at 6 p.m., just in time to catch prearranged porters for a return to Rilong. They finally stumbled into the village at 6 a.m. on the 9th, bundled into a fast car and sped off to Chengdu Airport and their pre-booked flights.
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Here is a short video of how fun it was. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvUkLsbK9AM
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What is the expiration date or shelf life of my bag of treats?
Benny Bullys® treats have a minimum shelf life of 2-3 years, provided the bag remains sealed.
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When it comes to treats we believe the health and welfare of your pet is the most important thing. Benny Bullys® treats are 100% PURE and are formulated for palatability, and nutrition, using over 23 years of Research and Development experience. All products are sourced in the USA or Canada from government inspected plants. Our proprietary freeze-drying process maintains the nutrition of our ingredients and allows us to avoid putting in additives or preservatives.
We also manufacture added value beef liver treats with nutritional functional components - for example beef liver infused with pure pumpkin for a solution to natural stool control.
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CBD is a cannabinoid that is produced by the cannabis/hemp plant. It is NOT in the seeds. Cannabis or hemp seeds contain a lot of valuable nutrients, including essential fatty acids like Omega 3, 6 and 9, but they do not contain cannabinoids (or at the least only trace amounts). Hemp seeds contains only trace amounts of CBD.
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Do Benny Bullys® treats contain any additives or preservatives ?
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Beef liver is a common pet treat, and has been used in pet food over the last 50 years. Moreover, it has been a consumable part of human and dog/cat diets for 1000's of years.
The role of the liver is to neutralize toxins. The liver does not store toxins.
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Wild Coast Monitoring
MISSION 38 of 2010
Name of Mission: Wild Coast Monitoring
Date of Mission: 18th October 2010
Aircraft used: Cessna 182
Pilot: Noel McCullough
Beneficiary: Robert Stegmann
Objective of the Flight
To ascertain per photos and GPS recordings, sites along the Wild Coast where illegal developments are taking place.
Pilot’s story of the mission By Noel McCullough
I took off from Lanseria on the morning of 18th October 2010 and flew directly to East London where I refuelled and connected with Robert Stegmann, who had requested this mission, and his colleague.
The mission required flying along the length of the Wild Coast to photograph and GPS mark all illegal activities, including sand mining and any structures being erected within one kilometre of the high water mark of the sea and any rivers.
It appears that there is a massive amount of illegal activity going on, due to little or no action having been taken in the past. Robert Stegmann is heading up a newly-formed department to deal with these problems and hopes to stop these illegal operators in their tracks.
The weather was clear but the wind was 19 knots, gusting to 39 knots, which made for some interesting flying!
The return flight from Margate to East London allowed us to pick up a few more illegal activities missed on the up run.\\After overnighting in East London I returned to Lanseria, landing at 10h30 in the morning.
With Rob’s knowledge of the area the mission was a success and Rob certainly has his follow-up work cut out for him.
Beneficiary’s story of the mission By Robert Stegmann
Environmental Officer Juliana Gouws, a lady with approximately 16 years of experience in the South African Police Services, was recently employed by the Department of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs. Juliana jumped at the chance to assist with an aerial survey to gather intelligence on environmental crime along the Wild Coast. Never having been in a light aircraft, and dismissing warnings that the flight would be like a roller coaster ride, she thought that she was in for a fun flight along the Wild Coast that could not possibly yield much intelligence.
On 18th October 2010 a strong north easterly wind was blowing when Juliana and I drove to the East London Airport and into the general flying area where we met Noel McCullough with his Cessna 182 – ZS-OCW. After a final briefing and synchronising of the GPS and camera clocks (for use later when geo-tagging images with the GPS breadcrumb, a useful hint which was provided earlier by Steve McCurrach, one of the Bateleurs pilots and Directors).
It was not long before East London paled into the distance and we were on our way over the Great Kei River onto the Wild Coast. Noel put his aviation skills to good practice, flying low and allowing me to take good pictures of seemingly new alleged unlawful developments, plus areas where sand mining was occurring, and also current locations where the public is using off road vehicles to access the coast. Using a handheld GPS Juliana recorded the locations where the images were taken. But this was easier said than done, as the wind strength steadily increased during the flight and the aircraft bobbed about in the turbulence. This conjured up images in my mind of aircraft taking flack during a bombing raid in World War II – commonplace visuals on the History Channel. Soon Juliana started to feel a little queasy and the flight’s similarity to a rollercoaster ride became more of a reality. Noel was very accommodating and on several occasions the target area was orbited until a good photograph was taken.
As we neared the Margate airport the fine lady in the tower calmly informed us that the wind was gusting up to 38 knots crosswind, adding a further challenge. Noel had to be careful of the wind shear at the threshold of runway. When ZS-OCW touched down Juliana screeched relentless whoops of praise for Noel and very much enjoyed her rest from the rollercoaster.
After a brief lunch we were soon on our way back to East London Airport, checking en route for any potential environmental crime that may have eluded us on the flight northwards. It was a rapid flight that was over only too quickly, assisted by the strong tail wind.
A quick tally of the potentially unlawful environmental crime noted during the flight revealed the following:
31 incidents of sand mining
100 incidents of illegal development (4 sites where case dockets had been opened were specifically monitored)
1 incident where a field was being ploughed
5 roads under construction, (the roads are known, enquiry files have been opened and one case docket had already been opened)
Forest clearing was prevalent though out the central portions of the Wild Coast
3 new incidents where brick making is occurring were recorded
2 ORV’s being used to salvage steel from the wreck of the BBC China. (ORV tracks were noted throughout the Wild Coast but no specific area was noted for a special law enforcement effort to combat the problem)
The flight has significantly changed Juliana’s perceptions of aerial surveys. She now sees the significance of aerial surveys for detecting environmental crime – a big change from the flight being perceived initially as nothing more than a joy ride She has stated that they must become an integral part of the operational planning to combat environmental crime on the Wild Coast and an essential aspect of the strategy of the Wild Coast Illegal Development Task Group, which aims to combat illegal developments and other environmental crime on the Wild Coast. Further, Juliana said that the “aerial survey helped in identifying the damage and the ‘hotspots’ on the Wild Coast. Without the aerial survey, no clear picture could have been conceived of the extent and diversity of the damage and the influx [of illegal development] into the coastal conservation area (CCA). As from a bird’s eye we could see remote areas where, in normal circumstances, no vehicle patrols could have reached.”
The following day, again at East London airport, Noel performed his pre-flight check, we took a photograph for the record, and he was on his way back home. As ZS-OCW disappeared into the distance I felt a slight sense of melancholy. This involved gratitude for the pilots who have joined the “formal” executors of the natural estate in efforts to achieve their objectives, acknowledgement that the task ahead is daunting – for a variety of institutional reasons, and acceptance of our accountability to the generations that will follow ours.
Since the flight the DEDEA WCIDTG Strategy (Project) team has been hard at work. The intelligence gathered has resulted in patrols by vehicle, on foot and per helicopter, the latter in collaboration with the SAPS and the Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency. Tasks receiving attention include:
illegal development case dockets are under investigation (most of which were in the near pristine area of northern Pondoland)
administrative notices have been issued
admission of guilt fines have been issued for the unlawful use of off-road vehicles and sand mining and fishing without licenses
warnings have been issued for first offenders undertaking unlawful sand mining.
This entry was posted on Monday, October 18th, 2010 at 12:00 am and is filed under 2010 Missions. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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Chapter: Fundamentals of Database Systems - Additional Database Topics: Security and Distribution - Database Security
Author : Ramez Elmasri, Shamkant B. Navathe Posted On : 27.03.2017 04:15 pm
This chapter discusses techniques for securing data-bases against a variety of threats.
Additional Database Topics: Security and Distribution
This chapter discusses techniques for securing data-bases against a variety of threats. It also presents schemes of providing access privileges to authorized users. Some of the security threats to databases—such as SQL Injection—will be presented. At the end of the chapter we also summarize how a commercial RDBMS—specifically, the Oracle system—provides different types of security. We start in Section 24.1 with an introduction to security issues and the threats to databases, and we give an overview of the control measures that are covered in the rest of this chapter. We also comment on the relationship between data security and privacy as it applies to personal information. Section 24.2 discusses the mechanisms used to grant and revoke privileges in relational database systems and in SQL, mechanisms that are often referred to as discretionary access control. In Section 24.3, we present an overview of the mechanisms for enforcing multiple levels of security—a particular concern in database system security that is known as mandatory access control. Section 24.3 also introduces the more recently developed strategies of role-based access control, and label-based and row-based security. Section 24.3 also provides a brief discussion of XML access control. Section 24.4 discusses a major threat to databases called SQL Injection, and discusses some of the proposed preventive measures against it. Section 24.5 briefly discusses the security problem in statistical databases. Section 24.6 introduces the topic of flow control and mentions problems associated with covert channels. Section 24.7 provides a brief summary of encryption and symmetric key and asymmetric (public) key infrastructure schemes. It also discusses digital certificates. Section 24.8 introduces privacy-preserving techniques, and Section 24.9 presents the current challenges to database security. In Section 24.10, we discuss Oracle label-based security. Finally, Section 24.11 summarizes the chapter. Readers who are interested only in basic database security mechanisms will find it sufficient to cover the material in Sections 24.1 and 24.2.
Recovery Techniques Based on Immediate Update
Shadow Paging
The ARIES Recovery Algorithm
Recovery in Multidatabase Systems
Database Backup and Recovery from Catastrophic Failures
Introduction to Database Security Issues
Discretionary Access Control Based on Granting and Revoking Privileges
Mandatory Access Control and Role-Based Access Control for Multilevel Security
Introduction to Statistical Database Security
Introduction to Flow Control
Encryption and Public Key Infrastructures
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Is Ariana Grande Engaged? Singer Flashes A HUGE Ring At One Love Manchester Concert
After the devastating terror attack at her gig in Manchester last month, Ariana Grande has been the main focus of the public eye recently.
The singer has been supported by her beloved and loyal boyfriend, rapper Mac Miller, and now it seems that the whole drama behind the recent terrorist events has prompted the rapper to pop the question.
Love Indeed Conquers All, It Would Seem
Namely, on Sunday evening Ariana performed a benefit concert for the victims of the above mentioned attacks, and she was joined on stage by Mac to perform duets for the songs “The Way” and “Dang.”
Although the unexpected duet was greeted with enormously positive reactions, it was her ring that stole the show.
A huge sparkler that was spotted on 23-year-old Ariana’s finger caused speculation that the two are engaged.
I Don’t Have Words
Prior to the One Love Manchester Benefit Concert, the singer has spoken out about the tragedy that killed 22 people and wounded dozens more:
“Broken. From the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don’t have words,” Ariana posted via her Twitter account.
Grande’s reps also released an official statement, saying:
“We mourn the lives of children and loved ones taken by this cowardly act. We ask all of you to hold the victims, their families, and all those affected in your hearts and prayers.”
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- One of the U.S. soldiers accused of raping and killing an Iraqi and slaying her family told investigators that after the killings he poured kerosene on the girl's bullet-ridden body, according to testimony Monday in a military hearing.
In an interview with the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigative Division in June, Spec. James P. Barker, 23, said that he held the girl down while she was raped by another soldier, Sgt. Paul Cortez, during an incident in March in Mahmoudiya, according to testimony from CID Special Agent Benjamin Bierce.
Barker said that he then attempted to rape the girl himself, before she was shot to death by former Pfc. Steven D. Green, Bierce said.
Barker told investigators he was not sure if he penetrated the girl, because he was having trouble getting an erection.
Bierce also testified that Barker admitted pouring kerosene from a lamp onto the girl's body, although it was unclear from the testimony who set the girl on fire.
Bierce's testimony came during the second day of a preliminary hearing in Baghdad for Barker, Cortez, 23, and two other soldiers, Pfc. Jesse V. Spielman, 21, and Pfc. Bryan L. Howard, 19, who are charged in connection with the killings in Mahmoudiya, south of Baghdad. (Watch testimony on accused soldier's statement -- 1:54)
The hearing will determine whether there is enough evidence to proceed to a court-martial, where they could face the death penalty.
Green, who was discharged from the Army in May because of an "anti-social personality disorder" and returned to the United States, is facing rape and murder charges in a civilian federal court. He is being held in a Kentucky jail.
Another soldier, Sgt. Anthony W. Yribe, has been charged with failing to report the alleged rape and killings but is not alleged to have been a participant.
All six men are from the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, based in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
There is some confusion over the alleged rape victim's age. Identity cards and death certificates of the victims, which were obtained by Reuters news agency, show that the alleged rape victim was Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi, with the birth date August 19, 1991. The mayor of Mahmoudiya confirmed her identity and birth date to CNN.
The U.S. military had previously referred to the alleged rape victim as a "young Iraqi woman." A Justice Department affidavit in the case against Green says investigators estimated her age at about 25, while the U.S. military said she was 20. Her father, mother and 5-year-old sister also were killed.
Two soldiers' accounts
Monday's testimony focused on statements Barker and Cortez gave to investigators, in which both soldiers described the day of the alleged attack.
According to their statements, the soldiers were drinking whiskey, playing cards and hitting golf balls when Green brought up the idea of going to a house near the checkpoint where they were stationed to rape the girl. Barker described Green as very persistent, Bierce testified.
The statements said the five soldiers -- Green, Cortez, Barker, Spielman and Howard -- then changed into dark clothing and covered their faces before going to the house. According to Barker, Howard was the lookout and was given a radio to use if anyone approached, Bierce said.
The four remaining soldiers then entered the home, at which point the statements from Barker and Cortez about what happened diverge, according to Monday's testimony.
Barker told investigators that Cortez pushed the 14-year-old girl to the floor and made "thrusting motions" as Barker held down her hands, then they switched positions, Bierce said. Sometime during the assault, Barker said he heard gunshots come from the bedroom, where the girl's parents and sister had been taken, and an agitated Green emerged and said he had killed them, Bierce said.
According to Barker, Green then put down the AK-47 he had been carrying and raped the girl, while Cortez held her down, and then picked up the gun and shot her several times, Bierce said. Green then went into the kitchen and, when he returned, said he had opened the propane tank and they needed to get out of the house because it was about to explode, Bierce said.
However, in his statement to CID investigators, Cortez denied raping the girl, although he admitted holding her down while Barker raped her, Special Agent Gary Griesmyer testified.
Under questioning, Griesmyer testified there was no evidence Spielman raped or murdered anyone in the house. Special Agent Michael Hood also said Spielman passed a polygraph test, in which he denied shooting or raping anyone.
However, in his statement to investigators, Barker put Spielman at the scene and said Spielman grabbed the 5-year-old girl outside the house and took her inside, Bierce said.
After the alleged attack, Barker also said the soldiers gave Spielman their clothes to burn and that he threw the AK-47 in a canal, Bierce said.
U.S. soldier testifies of his investigation
Also testifying Monday was a soldier in the same platoon as the accused men, Pfc. Justin Watt, who said he began trying to find out what happened at Mahmoudiya after Yribe confided to him that Green had told Yribe about the rape and killings.
"I wanted to see if I could confirm my suspicions that there were more people involved," Watt said. "I believed there were American forces involved."
Watt said when he asked Howard about what happened, Howard revealed the plan to rape the girl and that his role was to be the lookout.
"(Howard) let me know that he ended up seeing a Humvee and calling them back frantically," Watt testified. Howard also told him that when the other soldiers returned from the house, "Their clothes were covered in blood," Watt said.
Watt said after piecing together the details about what happened, he reported his suspicions to a combat stress team.
"If you have the power to make something right, you should do it," Watt said. "Investigation is not my job. But if something went down -- something terrible like that -- then it's my obligation to come forward."
However, Watt also described the conditions at Mahmoudiya as a "suck fest," testifying that the soldiers were living in the basement of a "dilapidated, abandoned water treatment facility" and had gone 30 days without a shower. He also said the ongoing violence, including the deaths of two soldiers in their unit shortly before the slayings of the Iraqi family, had affected everyone.
"I was going to get a memorial tattoo of all the guys (who were killed), but there's not enough room on my arm," Watt said.
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Kenny DeForest on Jokes and Notes
(Editors Note: This interview was originally published in on 04/26/11. But in honor of Kenny moving to New York and in light of the fact that two years later, many of his statements about Jokes and Notes still ring true - we decided to repost the article. In two years, Kenny's skill set has grown by leaps and bounds. He's become a regular at The Laugh Factory, The Comedy Bar, The Lincoln Lodge, Comedians You Should Know and has started a popular podcast called "Is This Really It". Were gonna miss the big guy, good luck in N.Y. Kenny.)
Kenny DeForest
So Local comedian Kenny DeForest got a feature spot at Jokes and Notes. If you don't know anything about anything let me explain why this is cool and news worthy. Jokes and Notes is arguably the top premiere comedy club in Chicago. It's also happens to be African American owned with a predominantly Black audience, which is also why, unfortunately, some folks on the north side have never heard of it. Kenny DeForest on the other hand, is a young white male comedian from Missouri who performs and produces comedy shows at mostly white venues. But it seems that Jokes and notes is looking to add some diversity to the clubs lineups and Kenny DeForest has the talent to appeal to all audiences. Kudos to Jokes and Notes for having the vision to broaden their booking. Hopefully some venues on the north side of Chicago will follow suit. Check out this interview with Kenny based on his experience at Jokes and Notes.
Comedy of Chicago: What drives you to perform stand comedy?
KD: Competition. I'm a hyper competitive person as I was an athlete my whole life. I played 2 years of Division II college hoops before blowing my knees out. Once basketball was over, I needed a competitive outlet because no one wants to be the guy who takes intramural sports way too seriously. I'd always been a class clown type and I love making people laugh, so I gave it a shot and got hooked. It also didn't hurt that my roommate in college, Matt Stell, was a musician and he got laid all the time so I had to come up with something.
Jokes & Notes house MC Marvin "Dubs" Phipps
COC: What was your first stand up set at Jokes and Notes like?
KD: I did my first J & N set last summer around August or so. Ramon Rivas II got me to go down there with him. I was really nervous and tried several times to talk myself out of going up, but ended up leaving my name on the list so I wouldn't leave with my tail between my legs feeling like a pussy. I was freaking out, pacing on the sidewalk trying to calm myself down and figure out what I was going say when the owner, Mary, came out and gathered all the comics around. She explained that the show that night was themed and that all the performers were to talk about racism. Fuck me. That is not calming news. She then asked who had been to the club before and everyone but Ramon, another white dude, and myself raised their hands and she said "we want to let performers who support the club go up first". Thank God. I'm saved. Then she pointed at Ramon and myself and said "you guys are definitely going up, though, because the show needs diversity". Fuck me again. I ended up going up close to the beginning of the show and Lil Rel was hosting whom I had definitely heard of. I decided right before I went up to just go for it and not let my nerves show. I ended up doing well and having a blast so I came back the next couple weeks. Mary liked me right away so things have been smooth down there ever since.
COC: How does the Jokes and Notes open mic scene like compare to most open mics on the north side?
KD: Jokes N' Notes is the best open mic in the city, hands down. There's no other place you can go up in front of 100+ paying audience members at an open mic. It's a packed club so it feels like a regular show and they control the list pretty tightly so there aren't a lot of duds killing the energy in the audience. It's a challenging room to succeed in, so it forces you to step up and bring it which is always good. I've just been fortunate enough to do well pretty consistently down there and Mary took notice. She's also looking to diversify the lineups down there, so I'm sure my whiteness is appealing to her.
COC: Why would you encourage comics (or would you?) to sign up at the jokes and notes open mic and what advice would you give first timers?.
KD: I would absolutely recommend it to anyone. If you want to be good at comedy, you have to be able to perform in any environment. It's very important to step outside your comfort zone as a performer and challenge yourself. Plus, from a business stand point, why would you not want to tap in to the "urban" market if you can?
COC: Seems like you've always got something in the works, anything coming up?
KD: Check out Speak Easy Comedy at Stanleys in Lincoln Park. 8:30PM www.speakeasycomedy.com and Friday, April 29th, is my Jokes N Notes guest spot.
(Editors Note: His last Chicago performances are tonight! @ The Laugh Factory, catch him if you can)
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Texas Hold 'Em
by Mitzi
Synopsis: Team 7 is assigned to a case in Texas where everything goes to hell in a hand basket. With two members of the team under cover with homegrown terrorists and no reliable tech or backup, the guys must work together to get out alive and stop the threat.
Disclaimer: I do not own in part or full any aspect of the Magnificent Seven franchise. The characters are the property of MGM, Trilogy Entertainment, The Mirisch Group, its relevant partners and subsidiaries. I do own all original aspects of this fanfiction including but not limited to original characters and plot. This fanfiction has been published at no profit, purely for the enjoyment of the fans and the collective good of the franchise.
Note: I don't want to put any spoilers for the story here, but the ending should be considered a tiny step outside the original ATF AU and isn't meant to change or influence fanon in any way. It's just for fun.
Mitzi wrote this story for me. I bid for her Hurricane Katrina relief story and won the chance to have her write a story for me. I'm a big fan of her other stories, and especially love the way she uses all seven guys. Her writing makes me feel like I'm standing in the middle of the action as it happens, and that's due to her extraordinary attention to detail. I'm not just entertained by her stories, I learn things from reading them.
When I first started corresponding with Mitzi about the auction story, I told her about this idea I had rolling around in my head. She gently reminded me that she had actually offered an OW tale for the auction, and that she had never written a full-length ATF story. I challenged her to try out the ATF universe, and she bravely forged ahead. I think the result is awesome. She took a fragmented idea which never would have seen the light of day if left to my own devices, and turned it into a truly wonderful story.
I could not be more pleased with her efforts, and I know that you will enjoy reading it as much as I did.
I would also like to issue a challenge regarding the story. There are lots of angsty moments and H/C situations which we decided not to expand on too much. However, we both thought that the H/C and angst specialists in this fandom would have a field day writing missing scenes for the 'off camera' moments in this story. So, if the spirit so moves you, feel free to apply your own creativity and see where it takes you! Everyone goes through the wringer in this one -- some physically, some emotionally. Whoever your favorite character is, you'll find something to grab on to, and if you want more, go ahead and add it.
Happy reading (and hopefully, writing!),
Chris Larabee glared viciously at the angry red "check engine" light on the dash of his black Dodge Ram. It glared back. He had to admit it; the truck was on its last legs.
The government usually had to surplus their vehicles after 75,000 miles. Chris had finagled enough to keep the Ram by cataloguing it as a special use vehicle. Almost all of Team 7's fleet came from a co-op case with the DEA. How long ago? Had it been four years? All of the vehicles were aging. But they were all good surveillance vehicles that blended in well with traffic. The low bid cars the government purchased en masse were obviously G-cars. The only way to get a classy ride was to seize it from a targeted violator and put it into government service. It was getting harder and harder to seize good vehicles. The truth was that the bad guys had caught on quickly to the seizure laws that allowed agents to put vehicles into service once they'd been used to facilitate a federal crime. If they had good rides, they still picked up lemons to do their deals in. Then, the only way to seize the others was to prove they were purchased with drug or other illegal proceeds, a much tougher element to prove.
If Chris didn't come up with something soon, he and his men would all be driving Chevrolet Caprices or Malibus. And yet, here they were, wasting the last few miles the cars had in them outside of Waco, Texas in the heat. He wasn't about to turn off the a/c.
But would the suits let them fly into Austin instead of drive and rent cars for the 90 minute drive north? Of course not. And why? For the same damn reason. Because the vehicles blended in traffic. Rental cars would stand out in this area and the local ATF didn't have any spare cars. So now Chris's check engine light was on in the 87 degree Texas heat -- 87 degrees in October for God's sake. And Tanner had stretched out on a picnic table sunnin' like a reptile. "Hell, Cowboy, this is a cold front," he'd drawled as he took up the eye for their surveillance.
"Looks like they're gettin' ready to move again." That same drawl came across the radio and drew Larabee away from the mundane supervisory thoughts and back into the action. "Yep," the Texan continued. "I got tail lights." The new Jeep Commander was backing out of the park. Tanner was already sauntering back to his car to be ready to follow.
Josiah Sanchez watched as Nathan Jackson eased into traffic with perfect timing that put him two vehicles behind the target Commander. Josiah was doing their air surveillance. The still, hot air and constant circling of the small Piper Cub aircraft left most of the guys ready to puke. It never affected the Viet Nam vet that way, so he usually got tagged with the observer assignment. He didn't mind. He didn't use the new fangled gyro binoculars either except to show off and get a license plate from altitude. The binocs limited visibility. And now, even though he was assigned to the secondary target car, both vehicles were converging and he could keep an eye on JD Dunne, undercover in the secondary target, a Beemer, and Ezra Standish, in the Commander.
Josiah thought back to the beginning of this case. It started out with one of those walk-in snitches who come in with a story so paranoid and so bizarre and, well, just so out there, that for all the world your first impression is that she is bi-polar, to be generous, and unmedicated at the best.
Her name was Billie Jo Trainer and she was a small time girl from Harker Heights, Texas. Well, Harker Heights is small, but it's only a stone's throw from Killeen, Texas, home of Fort Hood, one of the biggest military bases in the country. How she got to Denver and the ATF offices there was anyone's guess.
At first, the story sounded like it had come from the lonely little voices in Billie Jo's head. Terrorists were going to attack a Baylor Bears football game.
Right there Josiah heard the theme song to Twilight Zone going off in his head like the warning claxons of the starship Enterprise. Was mixing old TV references as bad as mixing metaphors? Well, Josiah Sanchez was only talking to the other voices in his head, at the moment and he decided he liked the analogy.
But no, it got better. This wasn't an Al Qaeda attack. It was neo-Nazis and skinheads trying to instigate a race war by killing small town Texans and blaming it on Islam. No particular group, just Islam. Billie Jo's story was lacking in detail.
Vin Tanner, about eight cars back in traffic, had let his mind wander to how the case started as well. Vin hated to admit that the lack of educated reasoning as to who to blame for the attack was where he had heard a sliver of reality slip into the story for him. "Who" wasn't as important as "where."
Set off a bomb in Waco, Texas, the buckle of the Bible belt? Leave credible evidence Osama was behind it?
"One Riot, One Ranger" and "Remember the Alamo" rang in his inner ears. Texas would take care of business itself. If the government or FEMA wanted to reimburse them for the bullets later? Good deal.
No, it wasn't really like that, but even the Texans who knew better pretty much enjoyed the image. And that minority on the lunatic fringe who truly believed the myth or wanted to believe? They could come up with a plan like this.
"Damn," Nathan said over the radio. It drew Vin's attention back to the otherwise routine moving surveillance. They were on the car-to-car, non-repeater channel 3. The good thing was that it was virtually impossible for the bad guys to use a scanner and pick up their transmissions.
The down side of car-to-car was the limited range where they could hear each other.
Another upside was that the dispatcher couldn't hear what was being said and neither could the FAA. That left ATF Team 7 free to express themselves during the exasperating surveillance.
"Damn," the usually unflappable Jackson repeated. "He just cut three lanes of traffic to get to the left turn lane."
"Heat run," Buck observed needlessly. "I'm two cars behind you. I can slide over and make the turn with him."
"I'll come around," Nathan agreed. "He's got a red ball." Red light. "We got some time to set up."
"Vin and I are one intersection back in case he makes a U-ie instead of the left," Chris stated.
"Got it," Buck replied. "Okay, he's got a green. He's making the left."
"You're on your own 'til we catch up," Chris supplied as traffic suddenly seemed to back up.
"I got the eyeball," Buck confirmed with experienced calm as he made the left turn one car between him and the target. "Okay, looks like he's slowing for another left turn on the next side street. I'll get a name in a minute . . ."
"It's a dead end. Don't follow." Josiah's voice surprised them. "Let your eye in the sky take over."
"You've got it," Chris directed.
"What are you doing here?" Buck barked. "Where's JD?"
They expected the question from Buck and Chris was glad he came through. It kept him from snapping the question.
"I was just coming on this channel to tell you. JD's car is two blocks over on the Baylor campus near the football stadium. My guess is they are waiting to meet up with Ezra's car. The local team has the perimeter. But if - when -- they meet up, we take the eye."
"Good job, Preacher." Chris was thankful once again that all of his men were so good at the job. "I've got the eastbound exit covered," he added as he pulled into a convenience store parking lot.
"I got the west," Vin drawled.
"I'll take north." South was unnecessary since Josiah had already reported that was a dead end. It went without saying that Buck would stay back as his was the last vehicle that might have been observed by the target car.
Buck pulled smoothly into a Pep Boys parking lot -- easy to get into and out of when they started moving again. He couldn't help a smile. He could hear it in Chris's voice even if no one else could. Ol' Ezra was in a world of shit. You never, never tripped with the bad guys. Yet early this afternoon the southerner had willingly hopped in the car with them and taken off. That left the rest of the team to follow them all day, and juggle not to get burned or lose them. Hopefully Ezra could get these negotiations over soon. That might help justify his actions to their Group Supervisor. Buck wanted it to be over soon. He had a bad feeling about this group.
Buck had started believing the story when that sweet little filly Billie Jo said she was snitching off her boyfriend, Trey Winters, because he was neglecting her.
Buck recognized the type and she scared him. Small, southern town Daddy's girl. Cheerleader? Well, Duh. Student council? No way. She would have perfected the dumb blonde act to an art form even if she had a genius IQ. And despite the west Texas drawl, she probably wasn't far off. No, the simple fact was that she wasn't getting her way and it pissed her off. Her Trey Winters wasn't giving her enough attention. Someone was going to pay.
Anyway, supposedly, good ol' boy Trey and the leader of his pack, Anson Jones (no relation to the original Anson Jones, she insisted) wanted to buy -- get this -- 'some of that stuff from over at what used to be Russia. You know? That stuff the Russian mafia sneaks out 'cause everyone's so poor? You know? That dirty bomb stuff?'
Buck remembered sharing a look with Standish at this point in the interview. He could read the southerner's mind, 'and I thought CNN headline news sound bytes were obscure.'
Billie Jo went on to say that Trey's daddy had oil money (of course, why else would Miss Billie Jo waste her time on him?) and Anson's daddy had meth money. They could get about $500,000.00 together. "Is that enough money to buy the ingredients for a dirty bomb?" Billie Jo had asked coyly.
"Well, I don't know little missy. But if you've already got the eggs, flour and baking powder, that's getting close to being able to buy the cocoa," Buck had answered.
Buck didn't know if Billie Jo Trainer knew enough about cooking to get the correlation, but she smiled real big so something must have clicked. Either that or her spoiled brat instincts kicked in and told her it was time to throw out an "ever-so-charmin'" smile.
The bottom line was that there had been too much coincidence in the time line she laid out to completely write her off as someone who lined the inside of her Easter bonnet with aluminum foil to keep the alien's voices out of her brain.
Team 7 had tried to turn the case over to the FBI. Not that they wanted to, but: a) they were in Colorado and the case was in Texas; b) the FBI would eat their young to get all the good press of busting up a domestic terrorist threat; and, c) ever since the Davidian compound, you pretty much didn't say ATF and FBI in the same sentence in the Waco area. So the truth was, as much as they wheedled and connived and argued, Team 7 was ordered to turn the case over to the Bureau's local office.
So the FBI was called in and two agents came down to escort Ms. Trainer up to their floor.
Billie Jo had listened carefully as she was told she should work with the FBI and why. But she was looking at the two men in the Sears suits and Payless shoes -- maybe Foley's if she were being generous. One was a little pudgy and probably close to retirement. Even the younger one had gray at the temples of his marine hair cut. Billie Jo wasn't going to give away any of her smarts, but she knew that the young FBI agents had to spend the first years of their career on surveillance teams or some such menial detail. Then she looked around the room. Agents Wilmington and Tanner had on those tight faded jeans. Agent Tanner was even wearing a shirt with pearl button snaps. If any of her friends had been around, they would have drooled together, thoroughly enjoying the view. And Agent Standish? Hell, the suit he was wearing was so fine she didn't even know where it came from. Double Hell, even their boss was wearing those boot cut Wranglers that were so tight that you couldn't pinch his butt.
She had looked back at the suits by the door, tuned up and threw a wall-eyed fit the likes of which no one North of the Red River had ever seen.
She trusted the men she had been talking with for the last two days, she claimed. She didn't trust the FBI -- she was from Waco, after all -- whatever that meant, but she tossed it in because it sounded good. Agent Standish was perfect to sell that "Russian stuff." JD (she couldn't call him Agent Dunne. She didn't feel like she had to since they were close to the same age) was as cute as a bug and would fit right in with Trey and Anson. She stomped a dainty little foot and it by golly didn't move until Colorado ATF team 7 was on its way to a temporary assignment in Harker Heights, Texas. There was, of course, the bureaucracy, the sibling-like rivalry between agencies and the inter-agency feuds. But Larabee suspected the deciding factor as to who would finally handle the case had a lot to do with the fact that Evie Travis, the judge's wife, was a Baylor alum and would be there for the festivities leading up to the homecoming game that was allegedly targeted for the bomb. Travis himself was to meet her to attend the game on Saturday. Judge Travis would want Larabee and his men working the case with so much at stake.
And so it was that Billie had returned to Harker Heights and introduced Ezra easily enough as an entrepreneur who might have access to some of the plutonium smuggled out of the former USSR. It reconfirmed Buck's opinion of the young lady when her friends never questioned that she might be intelligent enough or run in the right circles to meet someone like that.
Now Billie Jo was holed up in a hotel room in Austin waiting to find out if she needed witness protection or would be charged with making a false report. Ezra was in a Jeep Commander with Anson Jones negotiating to sell plutonium for one million dollars. And JD Dunne had weaseled himself into the little clique of Anson Jones, Trey Winters and about twelve others, to the point that they were beginning to trust him with their terrorist plans.
All JD had done was wander into the local titty bar and "accidentally" bump into Trey, Anson and their gang. He had fit right in, drinking hard, driving fast and resenting any sort of authority figure.
Vin had watched JD closely, but didn't say anything. Josiah, too, was seeing something in JD's personality, but kept his own counsel. Nathan and Buck were angry at Anson Jones that he was so willing to corrupt the new kid in town. Ezra had muttered something about the young agent being good in this role because he was playing so close to type. Chris had wordlessly acknowledged Ezra's insightfulness. Chris was worried because the role JD was playing now highlighted a side of Dunne's personality that the others refused to see. It was the angry young man, too smart for his own good, who hid, even from himself, the fact that he felt he'd been cheated -- cheated by a mother's early death, cheated of normal school years by events beyond his control and judgmental, holier-than-thou people who didn't even really know him. He was on the right track with his life now, but the things he was seeing in this job kept a flicker of that anger alive. Chris saw it because it was exactly like the Buck Wilmington he had met nearly 15 years earlier. It was exactly how Chris had been after his family was murdered. Yes, that anger could go either way.
Ezra Standish was sitting in the back seat of the powerful SUV. He wished again he could have come up with a way to get the front passenger seat, but the subtle protocol and body language of an illegal conspiracy just didn't allow for the middle man in the negotiations to take that position. He was the new gun in town. So Anson Jones was driving and a new man in the mix, Pierce West, was riding shotgun.
But Pierce West wasn't really new. He was very well known in the federal counter terrorist community. And he was why Ezra had broken the cardinal rule of not tripping with the bad guys and was willing to risk Larabee's wrath by doing so.
Pierce West was a player. He had an agenda. He believed that the U.S. borders were too open and Americans loved their freedoms and civil liberties too much for them to ever stop terrorism. He had made it his lot in life to use small, high profile acts of terrorism to prove his point. He thought the attacks would be a reminder to everyone to always be vigilant. The bullet proof idealism of the 50's should be gone forever.
The problem was that for all his theatrics, they could never prove West had taken an innocent life. It made him something of a modern day Robin Hood to Libertarians and anarchists and some fine people that were just so scared shitless that they were looking for answers anywhere they could.
Oh, law enforcement believed -- knew to a certainty -- that West had killed: informants, people he considered dangerous to his agenda and people who he thought had or would betray him. He was suspected of killing police officers and security guards while stealing fertilizer and other precursors for his bombs. But none of it could be proved and so he boasted he never killed "non-combatants" and let them imagine that he had only killed terrorists. And nothing anyone could prove changed that. And so it was that Standish thought to wrangle his way into the man's organization and get that evidence.
But there was more. Pierce West had never openly killed anyone he considered innocent. Bombing a crowded college football homecoming game was a troubling change in strategy. Standish not only wanted to stop the threat, he wanted to know what brought about the change.
This was one of those times when being undercover was a lonely role. It had taken him a long time to trust the men he worked with and know with certainty they were behind him. That was a lot of the reason that, if not being able to get in the front seat, Ezra wished at least his new colleague didn't feel it necessary to be the good host. He was practically turned around in the front seat to meet Ezra's -- or rather, Ethan Strayhorn's -- eyes as they spoke. Ezra wasn't surprised. West periodically glanced out the back window. He was watching for surveillance that he could identify as law enforcement. Ezra was again thankful that they had taken the time to scrounge Texas license plates and stick them on their cars. West was too cautious, too paranoid. He would have snapped to something going on if he'd seen four or five Colorado plates on cars following him around all in the same day.
West had boasted that he set up his operation in a small town because everyone knew everyone. He knew all of the sheriff's deputies and local cops by sight. Anyone new in the area would stand out. The idea was well thought through, Ezra mused, but the boys were the best at leap frogging the cars often enough that no one car was spotted staying with them too long as a tail. So far, so good.
". . . Our young men today? They're being corrupted in the class room." West was orating again. The pompous bigot loved to hear himself talk. Ezra was getting tired of it. It interfered with the negotiations.
"Politically correct? I call it revisionist history," the man continued. "A man should have the right to say anything he damn well pleases or is big enough to say."
"Possibly, to an extent I agree with you." Ezra tried to be accommodating. "But the opinions should be offered in the light of day for all the world to hear and evaluate. And if someone bigger than you disagrees, and if a melee should ensue, that should be one on one as well. I do not believe that hidin' behind pointed, sheeted masks and under cover of darkness, shows many redeemin' virtues."
"Ain't you got no pride in your heritage, man?" Anson demanded.
"I am very proud to be a son of the South, sir, and I claim her history, good and bad; her successes and her mistakes. But, sir, those who do not learn from the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them."
"What makes me think what you consider those mistakes to be are not what I would classify as mistakes?"
"A keen insight?"
"And yet you are poised to sell me the instrument to kill thousands, start another Civil War, and promote my platform. Why, if not patriotism?"
'Easy, Ezra,' Josiah thought to himself.
Ezra wasn't exactly channeling Josiah's thoughts, for, as good as he was, he couldn't avoid barking a laugh at this dysfunctional definition of patriotism.
"Do I amuse you?" West's voice was threatening.
"Most certainly," Ezra responded. If he had read this man right, agreeing with his agenda too fast, or too completely, too readily, would only make him suspicious.
"I suggest you answer the question with a little more detail. And it better be a good answer. Why are you willing to sell me the product?"
'To throw you in jail, you Zealot,' Ezra thought to himself. 'To find out why you're suddenly willing to kill innocent people. To put you somewhere that you can't accidentally stumble onto the makings of a dirty bomb.' Aloud, his answer was different. "For the money."
"That's what you believe in? Money?"
"Believe in? Mr. West, after hurricane Katrina, I heard a group of radical Islamic clerics take credit for that disaster. They said they prayed to Allah to attack America. I also heard a Southern Baptist preacher take credit, because he had prayed to God to destroy my beloved New Orleans because it was a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah."
"Do you have a point?"
"If clerics and preachers are praying for the same thing, and that thing is not peace, but destruction and death, I no longer care whose agenda is right or wrong. Your bomb -- someone else's bomb? It's inevitable. It will be you or someone else. All I want is enough money to not be where it happens."
"You got no right to talk to Mr. West like that," Anson blurted. "He's gonna unite America."
"And then what? Against what?"
"Damn it, Ezra, back down," Chris Larabee growled to himself as broken parts of the conversation came over the scanner in his truck.
"No, Anson, a man motivated by greed is the easiest to predict. The easiest to trust. In his own way, Mr. Strayhorn knows that. And he is an honorable man. He doesn't like us, but knows business partners don't have to like each other."
"He's still got no right to disrespect what we believe."
"You, sir," Ezra turned to West, "are a true Pied Piper for the angry, militant youth of today. But if we can conclude our business, I'd like to bid you adieu as quickly as possible."
"Of course. Your timing is impeccable. I hate ending our little debate, but here we are."
Ezra had not missed the fact that they had arrived on the Baylor campus. "I do not need to see the scene of the crime, as it were," Ezra drawled, but let himself be led toward the football stadium.
"Indulge me. I appreciate irony -- negotiating in the exact site where the detonation will take place."
"And you appreciate that no one can get close to us and eavesdrop in the middle of a football field."
"That, too," West admitted. "But also, there is another young man who will have to help us gather the money."
Ezra saw JD sauntering toward them with Trey and yet another new player. Their young ATF agent was dwarfed by the two men he accompanied. But they were young. Trey was the only member of this alliance Ezra had met whose clothing didn't hint that they lived below the poverty level. Yet all of their eyes had shown a sharp intelligence along with a streetwise savvy. They were the sort likely to fall victim to the cult mentality of a Pierce West. They knew there was more, they knew their lives could be better but were tired of fighting their way out of poverty. West said he would lead them, think for them, make decisions for them and give them a better life. He kept their bodies busy with military drills and their allegiance for his cause in their hearts. Hopefully most of them could be deprogrammed once Team 7 had put West somewhere where he could no longer influence them.
Ezra was so busy studying the young men approaching him and observing how well JD fit in, that he didn't realize Anson had been brooding since West had told him to mind his own business.
Chris Larabee was picking up only a few words at a time. Scanners were notoriously full of static that made it impossible to understand all that was going on. "What about the Kel? What's going on down there?" he called up to Josiah. At his higher altitude, the Viet Nam vet would be able to pick up more of the conversation. Chris cursed himself for not bringing their own equipment. It had never occurred to him that the small resident office wouldn't have the state of the art technology that the division offices kept for themselves. The antiquated Kel-kit they were using to listen to the conversation in the Commander was next to useless.
Ezra had resented having to use the thing. While some transceivers nowadays were the size of a quarter, the Kel was bigger than a cigarette pack. It got hot on the bare skin and could be picked up with even semi-sophisticated counter-surveillance equipment.
In the end they had forced Ezra to buy a western shirt, jeans and boots -- but hey, they were in Texas, so at least it wasn't hard to find them. They had slid the transceiver inside one boot. Then they strung the none too dainty antenna wire up his leg, hip, waist and taped it to his back. And the damn thing still didn't work for shit most of the time.
Josiah's answer pulled the Group Supervisor back from his ponderings.
"I can hear him, boss, and it's probably for the best that you're not getting much of it."
"Tell me."
"Well, the reason that this new player, West, and the others don't suspect he's U/C is because no one that didn't think he was holding all the cards would be intimidating the other side like our southerner is."
"Damn," Chris muttered.
"Oh, hell," Josiah shouted. The tone was so out of character that all the others knew immediately that something was horribly wrong.
"Oh, Mr. Standish!"
Ezra heard the voice, recognized the voice, and then wondered what he had done to deserve this karmic coincidence.
Even before he could deny the name or plead mistaken identity, Evie Travis and two friends were bustling his way.
Perhaps this was synchronistic payback for the fact that he had gone out of his way to charm the wife to stay in the Judge's good graces when, on some level, he knew the guileless woman needed no con to take him under her wing. The thought scudded through his mind even as Evie continued, "it's good to see you looking so well. The judge will be so pleased . . ."
"Judge?" West demanded defiantly. It was the only word he heard and he was already leaping to conclusions -- all dangerous for the man in front of him. "You got a judge watchin' you?"
"I assure you . . ." Ezra began.
"It'll take more than words." With that, West grabbed the U/C's forearm, jammed an elbow into his belly and jerked him back toward their ride. Anson immediately grabbed Ezra's other arm and they were hustling him to the car.
JD, Trey and that third man, Boo, had been strolling across the quad to meet their co-conspirators. Even at a distance JD could see something was wrong as the older agent was roughly escorted into the back seat of the Commander. Instead of going around to a passenger side door, Anson forced his way in after the smaller man.
Evie Travis was the wife of a retired federal judge, a judge who, in his early career, had been a police officer and then a federal agent himself. She had heard enough about undercover operations, about an agent getting "burned" -- outed to the bad guys. On an intelligent level she knew the inherent dangers of the job. She had even heard them say, in passing, never approach an undercover operative until you are sure they aren't working. But they had been passing statements or what the agents called "war stories." It wasn't an everyday part of her life and as her face crumpled into despair, she slowly realized her casual greeting had endangered this young man she had gotten to know and was fond of.
Any glimmer of hope that she hadn't just compromised an agent evaporated when she recognized one of the three young men headed toward the Jeep.
It wasn't just the tight jeans and cigarette pack rolled in his T-shirt sleeve like a throw-back to James Dean. It wasn't that his hair was so short and yet you could tell it was dirty. There was an aura of anger and defiance that went beyond the clothes of a juvenile delinquent that didn't belong on this campus -- only an undercover operation would transform JD Dunne into the young man before her.
"Crimson Tide!" West shouted over the hood of his vehicle to Trey and Boo before he ducked inside and sped off.
Trey immediately slapped JD on the shoulder protectively and started trotting back to the BMW.
JD hesitated. Somehow they had made Ezra. That was obvious. But the Jeep was already moving so JD couldn't get him out. His best bet was to stay with Trey and find out what had happened and what he could do to save his friend.
"John! Haul ass!" Trey hollered with a protective tone that convinced JD that, for now at least, his cover was cool. Risking that it might only be temporary, he still ran and jumped in the car. Boo melted into the student population to watch what would happen next.
Buck Wilmington wasn't getting any feedback from his scanner that could give him a clue as to what was going on. But when, from his vantage point on the south end of the university campus, he saw JD and Target #2 race back to their car and make a panicked getaway, he knew something had gone wrong.
"Chris?" Buck called, hoping for some feedback to tell him what action to take.
"Josiah?" Chris's response was to sing out to the man most likely to be getting any news.
"Crimson Tide?" JD let his worry and concern into his voice.
"Means that Strayhorn guy's a snitch. We've been set up."
"He's a cop?" The panic was real in JD's voice, now.
"Naw," Trey replied as he wheeled into traffic, prepared to act as a decoy if a cop tried to stop West. "The code for 'cop' is Blue Tide. If he's just a snitch we can find out who he's working for, what he knows, what he's told them, get rid of him and salvage something."
Under the pretense of fidgeting and looking back out the rear window, JD fingered the Sig Sauer .40 tucked in the small of his back. He was ready to do whatever needed to be done, but he couldn't help wondering where the rest of the team was.
"Snitch . . . damn puke . . . kill . . ." Whatever Anson Jones was saying was coming over broken and garbled.
"Is anyone getting any of this shit?" Larabee demanded as he jumped the curb and drove across the campus grounds toward the vehicle that had just kidnapped one of his men. "Josiah!" It was an order to talk to him.
"They think he's a snitch . . ." Josiah responded. He fought to keep his voice calm, willing it to carry over to the others. It was suddenly a helpless feeling, being in the plane and not on the ground to help. But he kept his eye on the retreating Commander.
"Break," Buck called to give himself priority on the radio. "Where the hell are they?"
"South on IH 35. Cancel. They just turned east on the loop . . . looks like they're taking the turnaround to get north on 35."
"Hell, they're going in circles," Nathan protested as he played catch up. He was driving Josiah's old Suburban and it just didn't have the turning radius he needed right now.
"Chris," Josiah's voice was low with emotion. "Sounds like they're thumpin' on him pretty good. They're not giving him a chance to smooth talk 'em." Josiah could hear more of the conversation, less of it garbled from the plane's altitude. "They found the wire. Kel's gone dead," Josiah delivered with cool professionalism. They all knew that wasn't good.
"Gentlemen, this will not be a fugitive traffic stop. This is a hostage rescue." Chris's voice was hard.
"10-4."
"Understood."
"Got it."
The replies came in quick succession.
"Josiah? JD?" Chris demanded for which Buck was thankful.
"His Kel's still loud and clear. He's cool. The BMW is planning to run rabbit if a marked unit picks up the Jeep."
"JD'll take care of himself for now." Chris made the decision.
"They're on the northbound I35 access road just passing the Texas Ranger Museum." Josiah paced the Jeep.
"Nathan, you take the front and handle communication with the PD. Josiah, you've got DPS. I do not want to see a marked unit until this is over."
"Got it." Nathan had known that was coming. Since he was driving Josiah's Suburban, he was the logical one to get the lead position.
"Buck, you get Ezra out of there. Vin -- back seat target. I've got the driver." It was a cold, somber statement. They knew what it meant and knew Chris wouldn't give that assignment to anyone else. Again the acknowledgements were curt and no-nonsense.
"I've got Ezra," Buck verified.
"Back seat," Vin drawled.
"It'll be your call, now Nathan." Chris turned it over.
It wasn't obvious that anything out of the ordinary was going on as the big white Suburban passed the Commander and then pulled back into the right lane immediately in front of the vehicle. Nathan forced himself not to look over and see how Ezra was doing. He didn't want the bad guys any more hinked up than they already were.
The jacked up black Ram sure didn't call any attention to itself as it slid into the traffic directly behind the Commander. It was a vehicle as common as any other in this part of the country. Chris could only see two heads in the car.
"Josiah?"
"Kel's still dead. JD's cool. Nathan is on the phone to Waco PD. I've got DPS covered -- we're getting close to their Waco office."
"Keep 'em back," Larabee reinforced the priority of no marked units in the area to spook the bad guys.
"We're catchin' the red light," Nathan stated. "Action."
The radio was eerily silent. They had practiced this time and again. Hostage rescues. Nathan came to a stop as the number one car at the stop light. The Commander was behind him, the black Ram directly behind that.
Chris saw that Buck was behind him and Vin was matching his speed as he came up on the inside lane. Vin didn't pass the Ram.
A part of Larabee's mind gave thanks that the road was pretty empty.
The light turned green. Nathan, in the Suburban, rolled -- in reverse. It took practice to back into another car with enough of a jolt to get their attention, but not hard enough to deploy either vehicle's airbags. Setting off the bad guy's bag had definite advantages, but if the impact activated your own, you were screwed.
West was cursing the stupid driver in front of him. And then he saw that driver's head disappear under the seat backs.
Before West could react, he felt an equally sharp jolt from behind. He looked into the rearview mirror to see that the Ram had rear ended him. His first thought was that the fool driving it was watching the light rather than the traffic. "Damn, stupid," Anson began. He pistol whipped the man beside him to vent his anger.
One second.
But then another vehicle jumped the curb to flank the Ram at an angle facing the Commander. Another vehicle mirrored that move, blocking traffic from coming up on the inside lane of traffic. The three vehicles looked like a flying "V" formation pointed right at him.
Two seconds.
"What have you gotten us into?" Jones screamed as he landed another blow to Ezra's kidneys. "You damn snitch, what have you done?"
"Shut up," West demanded coldly of his stupid toady in the back. And then his instincts went into overdrive. He threw the car into reverse. It pushed the Ram back enough to get space between them to get out from between the cars. But as he moved back, so did the Suburban. The unseen driver still had the vehicle in reverse and had his foot firmly on the accelerator, copying the moves of the Commander and keeping all three vehicles' bumpers locked and giving the middle car no room to lever itself away from the others.
5 seconds.
A big man with a mustache was running from the car that had jumped the curb. A skinny guy with longish hair was approaching from the car that blocked the access road.
Buck Wilmington, out of habit, slammed his hand across the back door of the Commander. If it had been a car, he would have slammed down the trunk to make sure it was locked. That would make it harder for anyone in the back to attack.
"Kill him!" West screamed, referring to Standish. "Kill 'em all!" he amended, as he continued to try, unsuccessfully, to jockey his vehicle out from between the two that had it trapped.
With his accelerator floored, and the powerful Commander in reverse, he was able to push the Ram. But the Suburban matched his moves and still the bumpers were locked.
Glancing in the rear view mirror, West wondered where the driver of the Ram had gotten to. And then a black avenger appeared at his car, just in front of the door. West reached for his Glock, lying beside him in the passenger seat. It wouldn't have mattered. West saw that the blond had already placed the muzzle of his Sig Sauer flush to the windshield -- a little higher than where he would usually aim at a man's body, since the glass was going to deflect the bullet down a fraction. There was no "Freeze," or "Don't move, federal agent," no warning at all. The ATF agent pulled the trigger.
The windshield spider webbed. Larabee turned his head, anticipating the blowback which was minimal. Blood erupted from West's chest as the bullet hit its mark. The body spasmed.
Anson heard the explosion, saw the shattered glass speckled with red. Before he could register his boss's inert body or the blood splatter that covered his own clothes and face, or the sharp burn in his thigh, both back door windows shattered into tiny pebbles of greenish glass.
Buck and Vin simultaneously rammed the small pen-like devices into the lower corner of a window and triggered them. The sharp points destroyed the glass.
Ezra was kicking at Anson even as Buck reached inside, unlocked the door, pulled the smaller agent out and practically carried him behind the Ram.
Vin would have shot his target without preamble as Larabee had, but his angle would have endangered Ezra and Buck. He reached in and stuck his thumb between the hammer and firing pin of Jones's .45 revolver even as Jones pulled the trigger. Keeping the gun disabled in this manner, he was still doing a fairly good, adrenalin-induced job of dragging the youth out through the broken window one handed.
Adrenalin was an amazing thing.
Then, suddenly, Chris and Nathan were helping and Anson Jones sailed out of the car as if he had wings. No one seemed to care that the bullet that had hit West had penetrated the seat and put a hole in his leg, or that it was bleeding, or what damage the glass shards might do to his body.
And then he was face down on the hot pavement, a knee in the small of his back and his wrists handcuffed behind his back.
13 seconds.
Then there were sirens. The local and state police, having been ordered away from the action, wouldn't be denied now that a shot had been fired. Some of the cars had been blocked from continuing through the intersection, and now their drivers started to edge toward the action. All they would remember were some cars parked funny and some men in gold on black ATF ballistic vests.
"JD?" Chris asked as soon as he could. He'd have time later to think that he had shot a man.
"Cool," Josiah's voice was surprisingly calm. "His Kel is still operational. They bolted as soon as the traffic stop got . . . intense. I'm on them."
The first marked unit slid to a halt as Buck walked up to his old friend. Without a word, Buck held his gun, butt first, out toward Larabee. Chris copied the action and they traded weapons. Buck now held the weapon that fired the shot. Larabee's gun would have to be turned in to forensics for testing since it had been involved in a shooting. And Buck would see that the weapon got turned over to the proper authority. But no one. No. One. Disarmed one of Team 7 except another member of the team. And no member of the team would be left unarmed just for doing his job. Chris would carry Buck's gun until his was returned or he got a loaner.
"I'll take care of JD," Wilmington said quietly. Larabee nodded his gratitude. That was one load off his mind.
Ezra limped up. "You okay? You're okay?" Buck asked him, taking in the bruises and cuts.
Ezra nodded, not even verbalizing the lie.
"Ambulances are on their way," Nathan stated as he moved in to make his own check -- mental and physical -- of the undercover agent.
"Tanner?" Buck called softly.
Vin knew the responsibility the senior agent was giving him. He stood from where he was kneeling over Anson, nodded reassurance and walked over to Larabee.
Buck didn't have time to wait. The cops were getting out of their squad. He trotted over to them. "You decompress, Larabee," he said as he moved past, and it was an order.
"Get in the car, Pard," Tanner said as he came up to Larabee's side. He saw his friend and boss start to balk and continued. "They'll want you to make a statement. You know that. You need to think about what happened once the adrenalin's gone." Vin was frustrated that Chris still had his hackles up about being ordered to leave. "Damn it, Chris, you did the right thing Cowboy, by the book. It went like clockwork. But it still affects you. You ain't required to make a statement for 48 hours. And ya ain't goin' to. We'll call an AUSA in from Denver or Austin if the ones here don't know that. If it was one of us, you'd insist on it. And then you make your statement. The truth's the truth today or two days from now. Besides, if the locals aren't righteous, it'll piss 'em off and you know you like that." There was no argument for that. Larabee slipped into the passenger side of Vin's Jeep and it drove off even as the other emergency vehicles continued to arrive.
Buck smiled at the logic as Vin edged Larabee toward the Jeep. He could see the bare trembles in the boss's arms, a result of the adrenalin surge.
"Boys," Wilmington turned his attention to the two approaching officers and greeted them. They had their hands on the hilts of their weapons. But the man approaching them with a relaxed demeanor and the ATF vest as well as the badge and credentials he held out for them to inspect, kept them from pulling the guns.
"We've got another undercover. He's cool, but we want to pull him out." Buck distracted them with the offer of action. Any cop would rather be in the middle of it instead of securing the messy crime scene before them.
EMS arrived and dispersed among the injured. Nathan got up to let the first team go to West. He was still alive, barely, and needed more than Nathan could provide.
But he intercepted the second team for Ezra. Anson Jones could wait.
Other officers were showing up, but their arrival would only serve as a distraction while Vin ghosted his boss away from the area.
"Josiah?" Buck was in the back seat of the marked unit now. With no DEA radio handy, he was using the radio feature on his Nextel to contact the other agent.
"They're Southbound on the access road. Going slow. JD's cool and he's playing along with the Target trying to figure out what went wrong." Josiah had known what question was coming and answered it before it had been asked.
"Okay, we got 'em," Buck acknowledged as their marked unit came up on the suspect vehicle.
"Target number 2's hinky, Buck."
"Got it," Buck said into the cell phone and then leaned over to talk to the two officers in the front seat. "You guys got that?"
"Yep," the driver replied. He was a senior patrol officer and, although he was good to go, he wasn't overly excited.
"The passenger's the friendly. The driver . . . use your best judgment."
Without another word, the marked unit pulled in behind the BMW and switched on the red lights.
"Trey's stressin'. But JD's tellin' him they haven't done anything so just pull over and act dumb and innocent. Kid's doin' a good job, Buck," Josiah reassured.
"If Winters is half as good at the 'dumb and innocent' act as JD is, he'll have us believin' he hasn't done anything." Buck smiled at the officers to ease the tension. Pride for their young agent evident in his tone.
Finally the BMW pulled over. The two uniformed officers approached the vehicle with their hands near their weapons, necessarily more cautious than usual.
"Good afternoon, gentlemen, I'm Officer Blakely," the old timer said as he leaned toward the driver's window, staying clear of the door.
"I'm sorry, officer," Trey responded spewing innocence. "Did I do something wrong?" It was a ploy the rich kid had learned well and used often.
"Could you step out of the car, please? Both of you?"
Both JD and Trey complied.
"Please put your hands on the hood of the car."
By this time the junior officer was behind JD. The young ATF agent complied immediately which encouraged Trey to do the same.
"What's goin' on?" JD's voice was hostile, still in character.
"You were observed leaving an altercation near campus. We're going to remove your wallets and get your ID's," Blakely responded professionally as he showed Trey that he was only taking the driver's license. The junior officer copied the actions with JD.
That's when Buck strode up to play his part. He took a close look at the two young men. "Naw, officer, these aren't the two we're looking for."
"Gentlemen, if you'll wait here?" The senior patrolman took both IDs and, with Buck in tow, returned to the squad car. The junior officer stood on alert as he watched the two.
They never checked for wants and warrants, but after a reasonable amount of time to get that sort of information, the two older men returned to the traffic stop.
"Well, Johnny, when was the last time you were in Denver?" Buck called to JD as he approached. JD, surprised by the reference to their home base, reared off the hood. The young officer shoved him back down.
"Back off!" JD demanded. Buck moved in quickly. Both of the youngsters were about to forget that this part was all for show.
"John Tiberius Davis," Buck pretended to read from the driver's license. "What about this arrest warrant out of Colorado? Possession with intent to distribute meth?"
"Ain't me," JD demanded. And he really was angry. His cover hadn't been blown and he wanted to stay on the inside.
"Bag him and tag him." Buck smiled at the young officer who willingly handcuffed JD and herded him back to the cruiser.
"Trey," the older officer turned to the driver. Waco wasn't big enough that most officers didn't know the troublemaker children of the wealthy residents. "You need to take care who you run with. You've been told that before."
"Yes, sir, I'm sorry, I just can't seem to judge people." He was complacent, he thought he was a good con artist, saying what he thought the older man wanted to hear.
"Get on out of here."
"Yes, sir." And the juvenile delinquent was gone.
"Damn it, damn it. Damn it." JD was railing at Buck. They were both in the back seat of the cruiser. "I needed to stay under."
"No one needs to 'stay under'."
"Oh, right, another commandment from on high. What do you know about it?"
Senior Officer Blakely levered himself into the driver's seat and was met with the argument. There was a bit of a look on the younger officer's face that could have said, 'the old guy's getting read the riot act,' or 'see, sometimes us young 'uns know more than you guys' or 'this is gonna give me the right to stand up to you next time'."
"Let it drop, JD." There was a tinge of threat in Buck's tone.
"I'm so tired of being treated like a piece of equipment . . ."
"JD, you're lettin' the adrenalin talk."
". . . no one ever asks what I think . . . go U/C, drag me out, I bet you wouldn't be draggin' . . ."
"JD!" Buck finally bellowed and it actually shut the young man up.
"Chris just shot a man. Ezra got kidnapped and almost killed. We let you go now the suits wouldn't let us even look for you until the paperwork is done."
"They said they had two of those shoulder mounted missiles that disappeared from the Ukraine. I don't need you coverin' my ass . . ."
"That does it." And Buck's low voice brought a hush to the car faster than shouting. "You are a federal agent, not a character in some TV show. You do not go 'deep undercover'. Hell, boy, you don't even meet a bad guy for coffee without surveillance all over the street. Is that clear? What has gotten into you?"
The older cop looked over at his junior partner and smirked. Buck had put him in his place without even knowing it.
"I bet Chris would understand why I needed to. . ." The chirp of Buck's Nextel radio interrupted the accusation.
"Buck?"
"Go, Josiah,"
"Your experienced agent forgot to turn off his wire. You want me to play it back for our group supervisor and see if he 'understands' why JD needs to . . ."
The rest was lost in Buck and the senior agent's guffaws. The junior police officer changed sides quickly enough as he laughed, too.
JD pouted, but with no way to save face, he finally calmed down enough to withdraw from the role he had been playing and remember his training. He met Buck's eyes and saw no reproach there. One part of him wished he wasn't getting off the hook so easily, since it made him feel guilty. The other part of him was glad it was Buck he had spouted off to, and thankful for his friend's understanding. An apologetic light came into his eye as he finally spoke. "Tiberius?! Tiberius?"
Buck and the senior traffic cop laughed again.
The seven had migrated to Chris's motel room. Chris was sitting at the round, unimpressive table. He had one of the plastic water glasses from the bathroom in front of him with a generous pouring of Jack Daniels in it but he wasn't drinking. The bottle was sitting beside him. Josiah and Nathan were propped up on one of the queen beds reading the closed captioning as it scrolled across CNN. The shooting hadn't even made the national news. But despite the fact that very little information was being released, it pretty much filled up the local five o'clock news. It was a slow news week. No one in the room wanted to listen to the circumspect news anchors and it was too early for prime time.
The radio was on. Lyle Lovett, Dwight Yoakum and Willie and his generation of outlaws set the tone. Buck and Vin were sprawled on the other bed and JD had taken a seat on the floor at the end of that bed. The room was crowded. They'd ordered in BBQ and were grazing on the extra order of hush puppies and the chips and hot sauce Vin had come up with from a little Tex Mex café that had always been his favorite. Ezra was leaning against a wall and would occasionally scoop up some salsa. He seemed to be the only one who could handle the heat as well as Vin. Even Josiah, who was famous for his chili, was skimping on the pico.
The beer couldn't cut the burn from the habaneros used in the sauce. Only Vin could take a full dip. Everyone else gingerly dipped the chips in the sauce, barely coating them with the juice, not daring to take the chance of getting a chunk of pepper when they bit down.
"FLEOA's sending a lawyer for you tomorrow." Josiah remembered he had talked to the Federal Law Enforcement Officers' Association and tried to use what he'd been told to start up the conversation. "They said to remind you that the AUSA's not on your side in this. I told 'em you didn't need remindin'."
"But what about the gang?" JD asked. He hadn't seen the explosion of blood and flesh or how fast the blood stained everything around it.
"JD," Buck began, because he was the only one who still had much patience with the boy. But he was interrupted by a banging at the door.
Everyone reached for their guns. It wasn't a usual reaction after an action, but a lot of West's followers were still out there.
Vin popped up from the bed, sauntered to the door and looked out the peep hole. He was staring at a Waco PD badge flush with the eyehole. Then it pulled back so he could see who was holding it.
"Briscoe," he informed the room. Everyone pretended to go back to what they were doing. Vin opened the door, but not enough to allow the local cop entry. "Detective Briscoe," he acknowledged. They had met the man at the crime scene and had not made a good first impression on him.
"I'm still lookin' for Larabee."
"He'll be at the arraignment tomorrow," Vin stated.
"I know the lawyer Trey got. He's gonna wheedle a discovery hearing at the same time."
"That's why G/S Larabee'll be there."
"I need a statement."
"No. You don't. Not yet." Josiah came up behind Tanner, partially to block the detective's view of the rest of the room, partially as backup since Briscoe was a lot bigger than Vin and didn't carry any fat on him.
"Yeah, yeah, all that horseshit about not having to make a statement . . ."
"It's a fact."
"I think it's a bunch of feds runnin' in and tryin' to run over the locals."
"Ain't what's happenin' here. And I know you know, because I was with the AUSA when he told you we had the authority to wait."
"Okay, cowboys. But you better hope you never need my help."
"Ain't trying to run under you."
"Ain't tryin' no more. Ya done done it." Briscoe turned and left.
"We should try to get on his good side tomorrow," Buck observed, ever the peacemaker.
"Wouldn't happen," Josiah stated from experience. "He's probably good at his job. But he's old school. You won't convince him that it's not us against them -- feds against locals."
"You guys should call it a night," Chris said from the table. He hadn't touched the whiskey.
"You want to be alone or you want us to stick around?" Buck asked. He didn't want any noble sacrifices or guilty conscience or martyrdom.
"I got no regrets. Ain't second guessin' myself," Chris replied and Buck could hear the truth in the words.
"You heard the man. He's chasin' us out."
Nathan, who had been an EMS before he joined the ATF, had taken as many trauma classes as the ATF and the federal government offered, trying to stay up on his training. He was their unofficial medic. As he stood, he looked over at Ezra. "I picked up some Epsom salts at Walgreens. If you soak in a warm bath tonight you won't be quite so stove up tomorrow."
"Thank you." Ezra would have protested if he didn't move like an old man when he pushed away from the wall. The emergency room doctor had let him leave, but he was going to be sore tomorrow. Jones had gotten some pretty good punches in before he was rescued.
"Chris," JD said as he started to leave. His room was adjacent to Chris's and connected by a suite door. The others stopped. "I know we got other things to worry about now. I'm just askin' so I'll understand." He wanted everyone to know he wasn't being blustery or cocky.
Chris nodded for him to continue.
"Well, there's lots of those guys still out there. What if they're still tryin' to buy radio active waste? And they said they had two shoulder propelled missiles. Is that possible? What do we do about it?"
The questions were asked with sincerity and Chris answered in kind, letting the junior agent absorb the knowledge and training. "I don't know, JD. But it would be too easy for someone to connect Ezra with ATF Denver and then get a picture of you or a name. It's not worth the risk. We don't know the hierarchy, or how many people West has converted or why West suddenly is willing to kill innocent people or if they're even for real for that matter." He moved forward with that idea. "Anyone see any money? Or missiles?"
"Just bad luck, JD. We can't win 'em all."
"Feels like we should do more."
"Yeah, kid, but if it takes yours or Ezra's testimony to make it clear it was a righteous shoot and keep Chris from facing any flack, or keep Jones detained, that's gonna take precedent over continuing the case," Buck added.
"Yeah, I know."
"We'll see what we can salvage tomorrow."
Good nights were spread around and everyone went to their rooms. Despite feeling secure in what they had done, there was very little sleep that night.
The courthouse was a beautiful, old, art deco building. The metal detector looked out of place. Neither Buck nor Vin were in a mood to appreciate it. They were on their way to meet the US attorney. The detention hearing was to keep Anson Jones in jail instead of releasing him on bond. Chris was offering his statement under the watchful eye of his Federal Law Enforcement Officer's Association attorney. Nathan and Josiah had drawn security duty, standing outside ICU where Pierce West fought for life on a respirator.
The detention hearing wasn't until 2pm, so Ezra and JD had been the lucky ones. They got to sleep in. They had originally been given the assignment of transporting Anson from the holding cell across town to the courthouse. But JD had talked them into letting him continue to play his role and pretend that he, too, was being transported from the jail to court for a detention hearing. The overly enthusiastic agent was hoping that Anson would make some kind of incriminating statement to someone he still perceived as an ally. Even though he had asked for an attorney and been read his Miranda rights, any unsolicited statement could still be admitted. It really wasn't necessary and Ezra had doubts as to whether any information would, in fact, be admissible, but Dunne wasn't ready to give up using his U/C role to get something. So the older agents didn't see any harm in accommodating him. As a result, there were two marshals with them transporting JD and Anson Jones. JD and the marshals were moving at a snail's pace because of Jones being on crutches from his wounded left thigh. Ezra, for his part, didn't really have anything to say to the punk who had been ready to kill him in cold blood, so he walked quietly slightly ahead of them, tacitly playing his role of an informant who might be called on to testify.
Down the street there was an old van. It didn't draw attention. This was a college town, after all. It was rusty and dull. The former two tone turquoise and lime green paint job had faded to several various unidentifiable shades.
The co-ed with mousy brown hair was as undistinguishable as the van. But Trey and Boo were leaning forward slightly from the back section. They were watching the sidewalk down from the courthouse with predatory intensity.
"There's the snitch," a voice called from the back of the van.
"They've got Anson with them. And Johnny."
"Looks like they shot him, too. Son of a bitch feds."
But Trey's eyes were scanning the area for something else. Someone else. And then he saw what he was looking for. Evie Travis gave her husband a peck on the cheek as she climbed out of their Tahoe. He was obviously going to park in the secure parking. But Evie wanted to run over and speak to Ezra, to apologize.
"Ezra," she said as she walked up to them. Even with his hands cuffed to the belly chain, JD tugged on Anson to slow him down. They would lag behind and give the two some privacy.
"Mrs. Travis," Ezra greeted.
"I am so sorry, I simply never thought . . ."
"Mrs. Travis, there's no reason to . . ."
And then all hell broke loose.
The girl was a pro. She pulled from her parking spot and drove casually toward the small knot of people on the sidewalk in front of the courthouse. There was no squealing of tires to announce what was coming. Trey pulled down his cammo colored ski mask. Boo and the two others followed suit.
The van came parallel to its targets, the side door slid open. Four men dressed in camouflage from masks to boots leapt from the still moving vehicle. They had AR15's and fired them randomly.
In the distraction, Trey targeted the two US marshals transporting Anson even as he was grabbing Evie Travis and throwing her into the van. The gunmen's shots became even more erratic as they grabbed Standish and shoved him in the van. With an excited rebel yell Trey shoved JD in as they squealed away.
Chris Larabee was standing in the small jury room off of the magistrate's court on the third floor. He refused to sit and pretend this was a relaxed situation. There were five carefully typed pages lying on the table that separated him, his FLEOA-sponsored attorney, the only advocate he was allowed in the room, the US attorney and Detective Briscoe. He wasn't glaring, simply taking the other men in with that indifferent, yet somehow intense stare of a man that knew his job, knew the bureaucracy, could never be intimidated and, therefore, never backed down when he was right, a rare trait in a federal supervisor. The others in the room had never seen it before so completely, so definitely, but they recognized it. And it not only made them nervous, it made them question themselves and, if only to themselves, they admitted that GS Larabee was right. They didn't like it, they were still trying to bluff to get their way -- but it only gave them the feeling that Larabee was laughing at them.
"Larabee, a man you shot's a vegetable surviving on a respirator right now. I'm the investigating detective. I've got questions." Briscoe may have been the only one in the room that didn't think Larabee was justified.
"You've got my statement. I have nothing to add," Larabee said with a slight, unnecessary nod to the papers on the table.
"An oral statement would go a long way to making all of this easier, ingratiating . . ." the US Attorney began.
"I ain't in the job of 'ingratiating'," Chris interrupted the AUSA. "I know you Paul, I got no problem with the way you do your job. But this time, we're not on the same side."
"I would think that if this was a righteous shoot, we were all on the same side."
"Word games piss me off."
AUSA Paul Massey broke the eye contact ruefully. He had known exactly what Larabee was saying and had tried to twist it into something else. In the case of an agent-involved shooting, if there was a prosecution, the AUSA would be trying to prove the case against the agent. In this meeting, anything the ATF Group Supervisor said could be used against him. Just like the Miranda warning he signed at the beginning of the session pointed out.
"Your statement says that Pierce West was reaching for a gun, but that you had already made the decision to pull the trigger before you saw that," Briscoe growled. It sounded like an accusation.
"Tell me you wouldn't have done the same thing," Chris responded, unflustered.
Before the standoff could continue, they heard it. Automatic weapons fire was so unexpected that at first it sounded like firecrackers. But the difference registered between one heartbeat and the next for Larabee and he was racing out the door before the others had wrapped their thoughts around what they were hearing.
As Larabee raced down the historic corridor, he was met by Buck Wilmington who had been chatting up the secretary in the marshal's office while he waited for his boss and Vin Tanner who had the assignment of reviewing the radio transmissions during the incident. They formed a flying wedge as they came down the marble stairs, a much more formidable force than three men should be able to present. Halfway down the last flight, they one-armed themselves over the banister to keep from backtracking toward the side doors that were always used by law enforcement.
Even though the entire kidnapping took less than two minutes, the members of team seven were running down the steps as the van sped away. But they were helpless. Only the US marshals were allowed weapons in the courtroom, so their sidearms were tucked uselessly in the gun lockers just before the metal detector.
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ST-206 - 37½ FT SEAPLANE TENDER Mk I
Owned and operated by Powerboat Restorations currently residing at the Trust
PRINCIPAL PARTICULARS:
Type: 200 class Seaplane Tender
Builders: British Power Boat Co.
Number Built: 104 (RAF 200-299 & 300-303)
Displacement: 4.5 Tons
Length: 37½ ft
Beam: 8½ ft
Draught: 2½ ft
Hull: Mahogany
Engines: 2 x 100hp Power Meadows
Max Speed: 29 knots
Seaplane Tender (ST) 206 is one of the very successful 200 class built by The British Power Boat Co. at Hythe. The prototype of this class, ST 200, was evaluated by Aircraftman T.E. Shaw, also known as the famous Lawrence of Arabia. The 200 class seaplane tenders were twin engined, hard-chined, vee-bottomed boats which were designed to combine safety at sea in any flying weather with immediate speed in an emergency and economy of maintenance. The 17 frames and the skins of the hull structure were of African Mahogany throughout, whereas the stem, hog-keel, chine and gunwale, with all plank-battens and stringers were of Columbia Pine. The rubbers on the gunwales and chines were of Canadian Rock Elm. Most of the internal woodwork was of a very light and strong white African timber, which was soft to work but without much holding property for small or fine-cut screws. The cabin roof was planked fore aft; - later units the roof was of three-ply, covered externally with doped fabric. The transom was a three-piece plate of 1 and 1/8" Mahogany lap-jointed and ribboned, with internal stiffening. The bottom planking was double diagonal, the inner skin being 5/16" and the outer 7/16", with fabric inter-lining doped by a boiled oil varnish mixture. The skins were screwed to the frames and stringers by brass screws and copper nail clenched plank to plank between the frames. The sides were single 5/8" planking, screwed to the battens or stringers. The hull was divided into four compartments; - the fore compartment to the end of the wheelhouse, the cabin compartment, the engine cockpit compartment and the transom compartment.
The early craft of the 200 series were powered by twin Power Meadows petrol engines, which were produced for the British Power Boat Company by the Meadows Company of Wolverhampton. Each had a rating of 100hp and through Meadows gearboxes directly drove the 14" manganese bronze propellers. Maximum speed was about 29 knots which could be maintained for ½ an hour. Otherwise the maximum cruising speed was 24 knots and with the 65 gallons of fuel carried, gave an endurance of 140 miles. Later units of the 200 series seaplane tenders (craft numbered 292-303 and 323-324) were powered by twin Perkins S6M diesel engines. Several of the type, like ST 206, were subsequently converted to Firefloats.
37½ ft ST 211 of the same type as ST206.
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Brexit and Freelancer Tax deals double blow for UK’s freelance workforce new research highlights
44% of all self-employed workers think that Brexit will have a negative impact on their business, compared to just 8% who think the impact will be positive, with the younger generation feeling most concerned. In addition, one in eight limited company workers are planning to stop freelancing and contracting when the off-payroll reforms come into effect in April 2020.
These are just some of the findings from a collaborative survey conducted by professional membership body the Freelancer & Contractor Services Association (FCSA) and cloud accounting software provider FreeAgent amongst 500 self-employed freelancers and contractors.
Other Brexit key findings revealed:
61% of self-employed people under 30, and 58% of people aged 31 to 40 think Brexit will result in fewer opportunities for their business.
Just 29% of people aged 61+ shared the same concerns.
13% of all self-employed workers are looking for freelance work overseas in anticipation of a negative Brexit impact.
12% are considering closing down their businesses.
Commenting on the results, Julia Kermode, chief executive of FCSA said: “If the impending losses from the self-employed pool due to concerns over the impact of Brexit were not significant enough, the additional loss of at least 13% of the limited company group of freelance workers due to off-payroll reforms will further restrict UK plc’s access to the necessary skills to weather the country’s ongoing uncertainty. The very workers who traditionally prop up the economy in challenging times will simply not be there in sufficient numbers.
“From our respondents we know that 67% of those planning to leave freelancing due to off-payroll reforms have been in business for under five years. They are the new generation of agile entrepreneurs with all the skills we need in the future. Interestingly, 82% of those who told us they will leave freelancing are male, which could be significant for STEM occupations in which men are more highly represented, and also where the UK already has a shortfall of skills – we cannot afford to lose them. Our country is going through some tough times just now and the working landscape for our flexible talent does not look particularly rosy – our Government needs to acknowledge that freelancers and contractors are key to our economy and need help, reassurance and certainty.”
Ed Molyneux, CEO and co-founder of FreeAgent, added: “It’s clear from our research that many freelancers and contractors across the country are worried about the impact that leaving the European Union will have on the UK. But in addition to having to prepare for potential hardships that Brexit could place on the economy – and, in turn, their own businesses – they are also facing the additional challenge of proposed changes to off-payroll legislation.
“Time and again policy makers continue to ignore the fact that the self-employed have none of the employment rights or the security that comes with permanent employment. They seem to be intent on crippling what is a very important and growing part of the UK economy, at a time when the wider economic impact of Brexit will potentially leave many of these businesses at risk.
“I believe we need to be nurturing and encouraging this sector and, in particular, the younger cohort of the UK’s freelancers and contractors. They are the generation of business owners who have the skills and drive we need to be successful as a nation, regardless of when – or if – Brexit takes place.”
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Murder in the Heartland on dvd, comes in a case with artwork.
Quality is vhs quality. 1993, 157 minutes.
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Directed by Robert Markowitz
Produced by Lawrence Horowitz
Michael G. Larkin
Written by Michael O'Hara
Starring Tim Roth
Milo O'Shea
Rondi Reed
Music by Patrick Williams
Cinematography Ronald Victor Garcia
Distributed by ABC
Release date(s) May 3, 1993
Murder in the Heartland is a television miniseries aired on ABC in 1993. It was based on the 1957 murder spree carried out by 19 year-old Charles Starkweather throughout Nebraska and Wyoming. The first half of the miniseries covers the murders. The second half covers the trials of Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate, his 14 year-old girlfriend accomplice. Their increasingly disparate versions of events are contrasted as the trials unfold.
The film received strong praise from critics and multiple Emmy nominations.
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Murder in the Heartland shares its inspiration from the Starkweather story with both Terrence Malick's 1973 film Badlands and the title song from Bruce Springsteen's 1982 album Nebraska.
The entire film was shot on location in and around McKinney and Dallas, Texas.
Brian Dennehy was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special. Ronald Victor Garcia was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography.
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2006 Banquet Program – Download Here
2006 Lifetime Service Awards
Bob officiated wrestling for 47 years and officiated numerous Section tournaments & 2 State Tournaments. He was the Central Section Wrestling Advisory Chairman for 13 years, CIF Wrestling Rules Interpreter for 12 years & advisor to the National High School Federation Wrestling Rules Committee.
CHRIS FEDER
Chris placed 2nd in the NCAA DII Championships for C.W. Post University & coached wrestling at Terra Linda HS for 15 years. He has been associated with 24 Hour Fitness for many years & sponsored numerous wrestling tournaments, as well as the CIF and California USA Wrestling. Chris now owns his own fitness organization.
DAVID JACKSON
David was on the Kingsburg School Board, he represented the CA State School Board Assoc on the CIF Wrestling Advisory Committee, was President of the Advisory Committee & his leadership was both appreciated & respected. He is active in his community & has given countless hours & effort to support organizations/schools.
VERN BROOKS
Vern coached at Rock Springs, Wyoming & won the Wyoming State Championship. Coached at Madera HS for 12 years. His teams won 2 Nor Cal, 5 NYL, & 5 Central Section Championships. He coached 27 Central Section & 12 Nor Cal (5 in 1957) Champions. Vern always motivated his athletes to reach the highest level of success & treated his wrestlers as if they were family.
JOE CONELY
Joe coached for 25 years at Exeter HS. He retired from teaching & coaching for two years & returned to Exeter to coach again. He produced many championship teams as well as individual champions. Joe was very active in his community as a member of organizations that were involved in helping the youth in his community. He served on numerous committees in the Exeter area.
SAM CRANDELL
San coached at Kingsburg HS for over 45 years & was close to 70 when he retired. He coached many championship teams and individuals. A gentleman and great role model for generations of kids, Sam was involved with many organizations that supported youth programs in the Kingsburg area.
NANCY SCHULTZ
Founder of the Dave Schultz WC in honor of her late husband. This organization has helped support countess numbers of wrestlers and has enabled many to win national titles and become members of our Olympic Wrestling Teams. Nancy has also been a board member of the National Wrestling HOF, USA Wrestling and has supported numerous wrestling programs by both her participation and financial donations.
MIKE STRICKER
This man has done so much towards the support of wrestling programs in the Bakersfield area. The Coyote Club, under his leadership has supported numerous programs and individuals. Mike lives, eats and breathes wrestling and his love for the sport is obvious and his generosity is appreciated by many.
DR. JOHN TAYLOR
MVP of his HS wrestling team, competed at American River JC and Cal State Bakersfield. He participated in wrestling competitions in both Japan and Iran. He served as a volunteer coach at Ponderosa HS for many years, involved with many cultural exchange programs, served as a host for teams visiting from foreign countries. He provided medical care at various wrestling tournament including the state tournament.
GW WINGO
GW was a 2x Nor Cal Champion at Oakdale HS. He was Modesto’s first state JC Champion and an outstanding wrestler Cal Poly. He taught and coached wrestling at Oakdale HS and organized many youth wrestling programs. He was responsible for developing many outstanding wrestlers from the Oakdale and Waterford area. G.W. passed away in 2004.
GERRY ABAS – interview
Gerry placed 2nd & 3rd at the State Tournament for Oakland Tech HS. At Fresno State, he was a 4x NCAA AA, 3x runner up in the NCAA D1 Championships, the first wrestler to be a 4x AA in the WAC Conference, won the Junior National Freestyle & the Espoir Championship. He was the assistant coach at FSU for ten years & he helped to establish the wrestling program at Fresno Pacific.
DAN CHAID – interview
Dan was a 2x State Champion for Gunderson HS. At the University of Oklahoma, he was a NCAA Division I Champion and Runner-up, 4x NCAA DI AA. He was a National HS Greco Roman, 2x World Veterans FS Champion & medaled 9x in the National Open. He coached the U.S. National Freestyle Team & Dave Schultz WC. Dan has been the wrestling coach and teacher at Wilcox HS.
LENNIS COWELL – interview
Lennis was a NCS Champ, placed 3rd, 2nd & 1st at Nor Cal for Pleasant Hill HS. At DVC, he was conference & regional champion (OW) & placed 3rd at the JC State. At Cal Poly, 2x CCAA, 2x NCAA Regional Champion, 2x NCAA DII AA, placed 3rd & 4th at NCAA DII Championships. Coached Clovis West HS two State Championships, 85 match winning streak & coached Cal Poly for 19 years.
MARTY KISTLER – interview
Marty was a Southern Section Champion for Notre Dame HS. He was also the first 4x finalist at the State Tournament, placing 2nd 2x, 1st 2x. At Iowa, Marty won the NCAA DI Championship 2x, placed 2nd, & was selected as the Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA Tournament.
MONTY MULLER – interview
Marty was an outstanding wrestler at La Sierra HS & inducted into the HOF. MVP at American River & in the HOF. Conference champ & the MVP San Francisco State. Monty coached and taught, officiated 18 State Tournaments (ranked the number one official), 22 years of JC wrestling including many state tournaments & was the commissioner of the wrestling officials for the Sac Joaquin Section.
GLENN TAKAHASHI – interview
Glenn was a 2x Masters Champion, undefeated in 1965-1967, section “Wrestler of the Year” at Monte Vista HS. WAC Champion at BYU. At Valhalla HS, selected as Coach of The Year: Conference 9x, San Diego Section 4x, California 1x, & 200 dual wins. His teams have won 16 league, 10 Section, & a State Title, also placed 4th 4x and a 2nd in the State.
RAY WALLACE – interview
Ray wrestled at Emerson HS & Ball State. He has been a wrestling official for over 30 years and has officiated 30 CIF, 25 Masters, 12 State, and 7 JC State Championships. He has been the President of: CWOA, SCWOA, SCCWOA & OCWOA, is in the Orange County Wrestling HOF, & was selected as the OC Wrestling Official of the Year 7x.
BUCK DEADRICH
Buck was a 4x Freestyle National Champion and Sambo National Champion. He wrestled on the USA World Teams in Greco 2x (placed 6th), Freestyle (University Games – 2nd) & Sambo. Buck was a member of the 1972 United States Greco-Roman Olympic Team. He was the head coach Cal State Stanislaus.
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Sonya Patel Ellis / The Story Within
Thu 4 June, 2015 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm BST
« A Festival of ‘Bees, Butterflies and Blooms’ at the Dalston Eastern Curve Garden
What the frack?! »
Join artist, writer and editor Sonya Patel Ellis on 4 June 6.30pm to 8.30pm for the official opening of the Forest Gate leg of her exhibition The Story Within, winner of the Rosetta Art Centre’s RELAY Platform competition 2015.
Artworks, previously exhibited as The Earth Laughs in Flowers in local cafe CoffeE7 April 2014, include a Herbarium Wall of pressed flower specimens grown in Ellis’ garden over the course of a year; a tribute to the Upper Cut Club – a former E7 hub – where Jimi Hendrix penned the lyrics to the legendary song Purple Haze; a musical map based on a field study of Michaelmas daisies in Forest Gate and the E7#9 Purple Haze chord; and a series of pressed flowers juxtaposed with the pages of the art books used to press them.
Each piece of work links with the next, creating a winding narrative that crosses aesthetics, history, myth, geography, music, nature and gardening. By placing these works in the company of books, the sanctuary of the library and the fellowship of the reader, they take on a new meaning – that of art as story maker. The exhibition runs from 18 May until 7 August 2015 (Monday-Saturday, 9.30pm to 5.30pm; Thursday until 8.30pm) before moving onto its final leg at Stratford Library (17 August to 6 November 2015).
There will be a series of free events and workshops associated with this exhibition including an artist Q&A at The Gate Library on 21 July 2015.
Thu 4 June, 2015
Art, Floral, Free, Happening, London, UK
www.theherbariumproject.com
Sonya Patel Ellis / The Herbarium Project
sonyapatelellis@gmail.com
London postcode (first part)
London Borough
The Gate Library
4-20 Woodgrange Road, Forest Gate
London, Greater London E7 0QH United Kingdom + Google Map
http://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/ServiceChild/The-gate-Library.aspx
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Suicide Squad - Movie Review!
Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, and Jared Leto
Government agent Amanda Waller assembles a team of some of the most dangerous villains for her black ops team, in exchange for their lives and time off prison.
The first thing that struck me about this film was that it was more Scott Pilgrim style than DC, THANK GOD. Highly stylised with nods to old costumes and story lines - the facts were all here, MUCH better than Marvel - sadly that didn't last.
A lot of the costumes were good, but I've never been as let down by character design as I have been by Cara Delevingne's Enchantress. She looked great at first, dark and weird but that doesn't last, they take away all of the weird, all of the interest & turn her into just Cara Delevingne in a shiny bodysuit. Such wasted potential.
Get a good look, it doesn't last 5 minutes
As for the other characters, watching The Fresh Prince shooting people in the head was a bit odd - it was just Will Smith with guns on his wrist. As one of the most anticipated characters, Margot Robbie actually wasn't bad as Harley Quinn, I didn't like her costume (digitally shortened short shorts included) but she slipped in between a plain and Boston Harley accent which I was delighted with.
Jared Leto as the Joker has so much potential, but he was butchered by Warner Bros. For unknown reasons they portrayed him as a pimp, in one scene LITERALLY trying to sell Harley - real Joker like there, WB. He wasn't in any scenes with anyone but Harley, which was massively disappointing.
Even when they had BATMAN WITH HARLEY WHILE HE MAGICALLY DISAPPEARS?! WTH?! Any time he does anything even remotely Joker-like the screen cuts away,the frustration levels are real. I just hope solo Batfleck-flick affords him more time.
An actual gold pimpcane..
One thing for sure is that this film was BUTCHERED by Warner Bros. and I feel terrible for David Ayer. The beginning of the film was really good and stood head and shoulders over most comic films in general, but then it had to be made PG-13. The script has no gravitas because it's 'nice and wholesome'. The fighting was dumbed down - they were fighting rock monsters and still had to be watered down.
If you have kids who REALLY want to see this I'd say bring them, otherwise wait for the (hopefully) R-Rated director's cut which I'm genuinely excited to see. Overall, Suicide Squad is a film with huge potential that was subject to American editing standards - hopefully they'll pay attention to the results and stop forcing things for children.
Labels: Comic Movies, DC, DC Movies, Jared Leto, Joker, Leto Joker, Movies, Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad Review
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Victims of Nanjing Massacre remembered
By RENA LI in Toronto | China Daily Global | Updated: 2019-12-13 00:31
A woman visits the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, Aug 15, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Scholars and leaders from the Chinese Canadian community called for world peace at a forum in Toronto to remember victims of the Nanjing Massacre.
Eighty-two years ago, in December 1937, the invading Japanese Army slaughtered at least 300,000 civilians and Chinese soldiers who had already laid down their weapons, in what came to be known as the Nanjing Massacre. Statistics show there also were 20,000 rapes within six weeks of the Japanese occupation.
"I think what happened in Nanjing, it was not a massacre, but genocide," Toronto City Councillor Jim Karygiannis said at the forum Sunday. The councillor said his grandparents' family members were killed by the Nazis.
The world suffered several genocides in the 20th century, and when Adolf Hitler carried out his Final Solution and said "who will remember the Armenian genocide?" one never expected there would be genocides similar to the Holocaust, said Karygiannis, such as in Nanjing and later in Rwanda.
"We must know our history," he said. "These massacres are not only an issue of an ethnic group or nationality but an issue for humanity."
Soo Wong, a former Member of Provincial Parliament, whose motion designating Dec 13 as Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day was passed in Ontario, asserted that every school board in the province needs to know about the crimes against humanity.
"Those 'comfort women' — we should stop calling them 'comfort women' — they were women, mothers, sisters and grandmothers, who were murdered, tortured and abused. They were all over Asia," said Wong, in reference to women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Army. "Now the Asian students are across the province; they need to know their history.
"I am still waiting to hear the Japanese government say they are sorry," she said. "I know we won't get it, but I will still hope."
Nanjing Massacre survivors attend an event to remember victims slaughtered by invading Japanese Army in Nanjing in December 1937. [Photo/Xinhua]
Yu Chengzhang, a senior adviser in sustainable development and planning and president of the Hong Maple Foundation, shared stories about international humanitarians who called for justice after witnessing Japanese Army atrocities in Nanjing.
During the Japanese occupation, 24 Western humanitarians created the Nanjing Security Zone that provided shelter to 250,000 Chinese people.
"Their righteous actions will always be remembered in the epic of human peace and will be good examples of peace education for future generations," Yu said.
Learning from the Jewish community and promoting Nanjing Massacre remembrance should become a mission for the Chinese community, said George Guan, a licensed paralegal at Harmony Legal Service.
The Jewish communities of the world do not allow mankind to forget their tragic history, and they have regarded the pursuit of Nazi war criminals as a duty, Guan said.
Canada has three national anniversaries to commemorate the Holocaust, and four national memorial halls focusing on the Holocaust.
"Chinese Canadians should stand up for justice and truth," said Guan. "The Jewish community in Canada has done a good job and is an example for our Chinese community to follow."
Dec 10 marks the anniversary of the publication of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948, which promotes a world without war and genocide.
"The Nanjing Massacre was a colossal human rights violation. If we are concerned about human rights, we cannot ignore the Nanjing Massacre," said Guo Xiaoming, a physics expert at McGill University.
"The reason we are having a memorial for the Nanjing Massacre victims is to recall that all good-hearted people yearn for and hold fast to peace, not to prolong hatred," President Xi Jinping has said.
Wang Ti, vice-president of Chinese Canadians for China's Reunification, said "the Chinese and Japanese people and all the peace-loving people should continue to be friendly from generation to generation and remember the history. The more we learn from the past, the more we cherish the peace."
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Failing and Flying
Jack Gilbert, 1925 - 2012
Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew.
It’s the same when love comes to an end,
or the marriage fails and people say
they knew it was a mistake, that everybody
said it would never work. That she was
old enough to know better. But anything
worth doing is worth doing badly.
Like being there by that summer ocean
on the other side of the island while
love was fading out of her, the stars
burning so extravagantly those nights that
anyone could tell you they would never last.
Every morning she was asleep in my bed
like a visitation, the gentleness in her
like antelope standing in the dawn mist.
Each afternoon I watched her coming back
through the hot stony field after swimming,
the sea light behind her and the huge sky
on the other side of that. Listened to her
while we ate lunch. How can they say
the marriage failed? Like the people who
came back from Provence (when it was Provence)
and said it was pretty but the food was greasy.
I believe Icarus was not failing as he fell,
but just coming to the end of his triumph.
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My principle profession is Chiropractor locum tenens based now in Mississauga and Ontario. A graduate of the University of Guelph School of Human Biology, and the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. Further education in Sports Sciences, a Master's degree in Counselling Psychology. Played varsity sports - Rugby, Football. Worked my way through school doing physical labour ... I know the realities of the work place. Gardening, canoe trips, Being a good parent.. As a "body practitioner" I found significant overlap of physical and emotional in the issues people came in with. My pursuit of a Master's degree in Counselling Psychology is a result of my interest and aptitude toward assisting the people I have the honour to work with. This section of the website is a collection of reflections I have found of significance.
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Forum: Season 3 (2017) The Return
Topic: Twin Peaks Season 3, Star Wars, JJ and Fan Service
Re: Twin Peaks Season 3, Star Wars, JJ and Fan Service
And to be honest, I feel Lynch was lazy in this work. I think he can do better, I think it was too easy, and he has too many people that will say anything he does is brilliant. I don’t think he really explored anything he was setting up. I mean I think he worked really hard for sure, but if I were ...
A new murder/new mystery format may have worked with Twin Peaks/quote] There was a new murder mystery, in the first episode of TPTR the decapitated head of a woman was found on top of the body of a much larger and older man. They kept that part of the formula (this time inspired by The Black Dahlia...
Forum: Twin Peaks Movie, TV, Books
Topic: Twin Peaks: From Z To A 12/10 & The Television Collection 10/15 Blu-Ray & DVD Sets
Re: Twin Peaks: From Z To A 12/10 & The Television Collection 10/15 Blu-Ray & DVD Sets
Out of curiosity could some of you guys who already got the Box set please let me know, how much you payed for it ? I ask because right now the price to pre-order it in germany is still 154 Euros (approximately 170 dollars) which in my opinion is ridiculous. 135 bucks or so. But the price has dropp...
Topic: Peaks Fans Top 10 TV shows
Re: Peaks Fans Top 10 TV shows
I like ending at Part 5 because it's a meditative moment. Most of the endings to episodes are abrupt, so it just makes sense to give him some breathing room there with his statue. By the time we pick up next episode, day has turned to night, so it's a quite lengthy passing of time. It's also a sens...
...yest completely reviled by many in the fan base. By many I think we are talking about approximately 7 very, very loud people. I should have said by 'some in the fan base'. I honestly think it's extremely difficult to measure how the existing fan base felt about Season 3. My guess is that about 8...
It doesn't help that although I think 1/2 pair so well I hardly ever watch them separate, and no wonder it was shown at Cannes in this way, quite the opposite I find it baffling they combined 3 and 4 because there's nothing about that that makes sense to me at all. It leaves us with a long musical ...
There was a time when shows that I truly wanted to luxuriate in I would ration myself to one episode a day. I caught up on Lost after the first two seasons were complete, and I watched those two seasons at one episode a day. Same for Mad Men, which I caught up on after the first season ended. Even ...
Topic: General Discussion on Season 3 (All Opinions Welcome)
Re: General Discussion on Season 3 (All Opinions Welcome)
On The Ringer's The Watch podcast, Sam Esmail once again guest-starred and they did their top ten shows of the decade. Sam Esmail chose Twin Peaks: The Return, stating it was the best by a mile, that it's the 2001: A Space Odyssey of this generation, and that he finds it galling that it's not being ...
Forum: Hap's Diner
Topic: Mr. Robot Finale Thoughts (Spoilers)
Re: Mr. Robot Finale Thoughts (Spoilers)
I largely agree with Reindeer's take on all this, but I appreciate everyone's comments on this complex series. For me, the series is not exactly one of the greats. Stylistically, yes, it is one of the all time greats. And as you all have pointed out, the way that style can reflect and enhance the ch...
Thanks for reading and commenting, Reindeer, Axxon and Earle. Nice thoughts on Paranoia Agent! What has me completely flabbergasted when reading LateReg's lists (not just the top-ten one, but everything he mentions in the preceding paragraphs) is how on Earth one finds the time to watch all this stu...
Topic: Season 4? Or is it over after this?
Re: Season 4? Or is it over after this?
Agent Earle wrote: Hey, folks! A very merry Christmas to everyone that is still holding out for a S 4 in the near future (or whenever).
Thanks Earle! All the best to everyone!
It's also worth pointing out that unlike the prequels, FWWM and The Return have co-writers. The parallels seem kind of a stretch. I have a hard time accepting FWWM as 'tone deaf' when victims of abuse have heavily related to it in a cathartic way, including my mother. And I wouldn't really classify...
Sorry in advance for the lengthy post! I've put off doing this because I knew I couldn't just post ten favorites, let alone decide on ten! I also had to really take some time to differentiate between "favorites" and what I consider "best," which have some overlap but are sometime...
Ha, I thought this thread was the obvious Han and Leia and Cooper and Audrey spawned an evil son plot. So many similarities for both. I love Star Wars and Empire, and Return gets silly but still has the chemistry of its stars. I love TP’s first season and the setup of the second.... and then the en...
Agreed. (For the sake of history, I’m typing this response during a commercial break of Mr. Robot, which may end up being the most subversive/brilliant/disastrous finale in TV history.) Interesting. I will be watching later. Also, for the record, few things ever are as subversive and simultaneously...
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Cassington bike night. 25th June
Cassington bike night 2012.
For those that dont know this annual event has taken place in the Oxfordshire village of Cassington successfully for many years. Last year however the police and Oxfordshire council apparently conspired to get the event cancelled against the wishes of the village groups which benefit greatly from this event.
Despite the best efforts of the league against everything this year the event has been restarted with the locally based classic bike club handing over responsibility for organisation to the village parent teachers association.
Although there had been a number of expressions of interest earlier in the year only three bikes and four members left my house at 5pm in bright sunshine for Cassington. Despite the poor turn out we left in good spirits and took the slightly longer but more interesting route to Cassington through Buckingham and Bicester.
Once in Oxford despite my Garmin working perfectly I still managed to take the wrong turn resulting in a bit of back tracking up the A34 after I missed the turn off. Approaching Cassington the sat nav became superfluous as all that was required was to follow the scores of other bikes.
Driving into the village it was very clear that attendance was in no way diminished by the best efforts of the bureaucratic kill joys last year. Threading our way through the crowds we parked up on the local playing field. We paid a £1 each and a nice lady took charge of our helmets and jackets leaving us unencumbered for our walk around the sites.
The village was already packed with hundreds or possibly thousands of bikers and every variation on the motorcycle theme you might think of. The village green was largely reserved for British classic bikes which formed the core of the gathering whilst the streets and the school grounds and surrounding bike parks were full of shiny bikes, rat bikes, custom bikes, touring bikes etc etc.
Both pubs seemed to be doing a roaring trade but we opted for burgers and tea followed later by tea and buns from the WI.
Whilst there were trade stands, club stands, even a police stand, we mainly concentrated on the Green and the school grounds.
By 8.30 we decided it was time to leave to avoid going home in the pitch black. The return route was taken a lot quicker than the outward journey. For speed we used the dual carriageway out of Oxford then the M40 and the A43 past Silverstone towards Northampton.
It had been a great evening, the atmosphere was very friendly, bikers rode carefully among the crowds, people didn't block driveways with careless parking, and the locals that weren't walking around waved from their front gardens, where many appeared to be partying and soaking up the atmosphere.
We even spoke to some police and they said they loved it, just like everyone else. To sum up a great evening out.
See website Gallery Two for photographs.
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Jocelyn Wildenstein Plastic Surgery Awful Transformation
Perhaps, this can be a great warning for those who wish to have cosmetic surgery or any other artificial beauty escalation. We all know that plastic surgery has been very well known as a surgical procedure that can get anyone the look they want the most. This is mostly tallied to the realm of the artist, particularly in the United States where the pressure and demand on having great performance are so high. One of many artists in the United States that was once alleged to have undergone, well she indeed had, is Jocelyn Wildenstein. Jocelyn was born on August 5, 1940. She has been known as a New York City socialite popular for her extensive facial surgery, her broken marriage with Alec Wildenstein in 1999, and for her massively extravagant life. The actress was really more of popular for her glamorous life and scandals, rather than for her achievement in her career. When referring to her extensive plastic surgery, people would believe that she was really and highly obsessed with the plastic surgery that she had determined to have a great number of knife works on her body. In fact, Jocelyn Wildenstein is best known as the worst and most disastrous plastic surgery of all time. So, what have you spotted on the difference in Jocelyn Wildenstein plastic surgery? Let’s find them out!
The Actress was certainly over obsessed with surgery
Lots of people including the people around her assumed that Jocelyn got really obsessed with the plastic surgery that she finally decided to have the knife work several times. The number of plastic surgeries in Jocelyn Wildenstein was unknown. Only a few select can predict how many times she has gone to the knife work. First off, you can see that she had botox injections on her face. This is the surgery that had made her face looked so filled and plump, which eventually made her look so weird and frightening rather than sparkling. Perhaps, she wanted to make her face so youthful and fresh with the injections. However, her obsession with the surgery had led her to get the bloody disgusting face she has today. This over excessive Botox injections has made her face appear so unnatural and abnormal. Most people would agree that she looks like a lion than a woman. She appeared to have rather protruded jaw and cheek. Her eyes, as a result of the stack of botox injections on her cheek, have been so narrow, just like a lion eyes.
What the surgery had unfolded on her face
Of course, Jocelyn Wildenstein has appeared so erroneous that most people would not be able to recognize her original face. There have been to many knives works on her face, which was unfortunately poorly done by surgeons. The other differences that you can see in Jocelyn Wildenstein plastic surgery photos are that she had made her chin sharper and more pointed, quite different from what she had in the past. In addition, some rumors about her nose job were also omnipresent on the internet, which made the records even more erroneous. Jocelyn Wildenstein perhaps denotes the most obsessed artists in American who would have so many plastic surgeries in her body. However, she apparently did not think about the side effects of the surgery that she might get, which had turned to make her look so awful and frightening. Were there any other surgeries she had? Of course, there were. Of the most wanted plastic surgery in the United States, breast implants were also evident in the case of her plastic surgery scandals. You would clearly see that her breast in the newer photo is much bigger than that in, the older photo.
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Listening In: Glastonbury 2019
Didn't make it to Glastonbury this year? Fear not - for the second instalment of our Listening In series, consultant Benji Long transports you to the fields of Worthy Farm (via social media) to uncover the festival's biggest talking points...
As won’t have escaped you, Glastonbury 2019 saw 200,000 revellers – a number equivalent to the population of Colchester – descend on to Worthy Farm, Somerset. To track the buzz as things unfolded, we set up a social listening monitor that gathered over 320,000 mentions online over seveb days. In that time, Glastonbury conversation surpassed chat about who will be the next British prime minister, and the even more British topic of the (hot) weather. So, what was all the fuss about at Glasto?
Stormzy makes history
There was one clear winner in generating the most online hype. London-based grime artist Stormzy took the largest slice of online mentions, with 61% of the top eight artists combined. His headline performance drew attention for a number of reasons. Firstly, that this was the first British black male to headline the festival in its 50 year existence – something he was not afraid to capitalise on. Characteristically, Stormzy took the opportunity to speak out about racial inequality in the UK and even sampled MP David Lammy’s influential interview on racial prejudice in the British criminal justice system. Continuing his political crusade, he orchestrated his liberal-leaning crowd to chant ‘f*?@ Boris,’ knowing it would be broadcast well beyond the farm fields to millions watching live via the BBC coverage.
Thiago Silva rap goes viral
You might suspect the most engaging post of the weekend to be about another of the weekend’s stars – Kylie’s come back perhaps, or Lewis Capaldi dressing as Noel Gallagher anyone? But no. Instead it was Alex (no surname required), die-hard fan of rapper Dave, who came on stage and perfectly recited the track ‘Thiago Silva’ during the rising star’s set, fittingly dressed in a PSG shirt with said footballer’s name on the back. Having been published on Saturday evening, one Twitter post about this stage-crashing went on to be retweeted 20,400 times and garner 119,000 comments. Looking at the virality map below, we can see how the initial tweet at 22:40 spread across the platform, before being picked up by BBC news which helped it to go stratospheric.
The greenest Glasto yet
In other festival news, Michael Eavis’s announcement that Glastonbury would ditch plastic bottles was praised on stage by 93-year-old David Attenborough in a deafeningly-cheered surprise appearance. “That is more than a million bottles of water that have not been drunk by you,” he told the audience from the Pyramid Stage, just before Kylie Minogue’s set.
However, Glastonbury’s environmental efforts were also met with backlash. While ‘Attenborough’ and ‘plastic-free’ dominated the positive conversation, there was negativity around the state of the site after the festival. ‘Rubbish’ and ‘tents’ highlight the waste that was left behind as festival-goers ‘desert[ed]’ the site.
The power of Glastonbury
Once again, Glastonbury makes a claim for being the world’s best festival (though we might be biased here in the London office, having waved a few of our own off to it last week). But this is also reflected in the festival-goers’ online conversation, making headlines for all the right reasons; supporting diverse and emerging talent and using the magnitude of the event as a vessel for wider societal change.
Social listening is a powerful tool for tracking events as they unfold, and analysing trends is part of how Crowd DNA provides culturally charged commercial advantage to brands all around the world. If you need to understand more about an event, category, theme or topic, and want to find out if social listening can get you to answers, contact us at hello@crowdDNA.com.
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Posted on October 3, 2018 April 10, 2019
Projecting 2018-19 Goaltender Performance
Goaltenders are important, but volatile. How can statistical forecasts overcome considerable uncertainty in future performance? By embracing it.
Why Project Performance?
The first instinct upon seeing goaltending projections should be: why? Goaltending is a notoriously volatile position making little sense to those even with a deep understanding of the game. In any given season, both high-pedigree and also-rans goaltenders are seemingly as likely to deliver top performances. A perceived star having a poor season can sink a promising season.
But that magnitude of impact makes it an interesting and useful exercise. Goaltending, though volatile, exerts an outsized influence on games and seasons, for better or worse. If your goaltender is on, the game is easy, and if they are off, everyone invested in the team is just waiting for something to go wrong.
Importantly, volatility is something statistics can capture and quantify along with the potential impact on the team. In a league where true skill from team to team can be tight, that impact is relatively large. Last regular season, goalies made up 11 of the top 30 WAR (Wins Above Replacement) contributors, according to corsica.hockey.
And that’s the crux: a volatile but important position is still important. It is often useful to use data to project future results, no matter how difficult and frustrating the process can be.
In the Business of Results
It’s important to preface that this analysis deals with goaltender statistical profile rather than true goaltender ability. In a perfect world, we could successfully derive a metric that aligned the two in a meaningful way, and current methods do their best to isolate goaltender performance by adjusting for the quality of shots their team allows. However, there are latent variables characteristic of certain teams. For example, some teams may allow a higher-rate of screened shots or cross-ice passes relative to the recorded shot attributes might suggest. I’ve estimated that team-level latent effects on shot quality can be 0.2% at even strength and about 0.6% on the powerplay.
Therefore, all projections suggest which goalies will likely return the best results rather than which goalies are definitively better. Results are influenced by ability, health, age, opportunity, coaching, and team-effects, all contributing to the difficulty of prediction.
What Result Do We Care About?
In order to create a projection, we first must decide what to measure over the upcoming season. Some fantasy websites might project games played or wins, or standard save percentage. However, we want a metric that best isolates goaltender performance, given the available data. Publically, this is currently best done by adjusting save percentage by expected save percentage using an expected goal (xG) model. Each shot is weighted by the probability of it being a goal given what we know about the shot and measured against actual goals against.
Metric stability
Rebound Control
However, rebound shots weigh heavily in expected save percentage calculations, and rightfully so. Rebound shots are about 4 times more dangerous than initial shots (a shooting percentage of 26% and 6%, respectively). However, rebounds are not necessarily independent of the goaltender, in theory to goaltender has some control over rebounds opportunities against them.
Determining that rebound-prevention as a repeatable ‘skill’ is tricky – unlike a goal against, there is no solid definition of a rebound. The shooter, goalie, rebounder, defender, and record keeper (rebounds are designated when a follow-up shot is within 2 seconds of the previous) all have some impact on the outcome. However, removing credit for rebound chances against and replacing with an expected goal value derived from an expected rebound calculation multiplied by the probability of a goal (about 25% of rebound shots end up as a goal) helps remove some of the noise rebound xG creates leading to more stable predictions.
Non-Naive Bayes
Results are often complicated by sample size. More shots mean more information. While we could only include goalie-seasons with X number of shots, these cut-offs can be arbitrary and can be fiddled with to create spurious results (1000 shot minimum looks like this, but 1200 looks like this). My approach is the add a regressor to observed results to bring the goaltender back a single number prediction headed into the season based a simple linear model. The model inputs are last seasons results, shots against, partner performance, age, and whether it was a rookie season. This prediction acts as the Prior (prior probability distribution, red line below), our best guess of how the goaltender will perform that particular season before allowing evidence (results) to pile up.
If a 25-year old rookie is brought up from the AHL, we will probably expect below average results, say an extra goal against every 100 shots (-1%). If they post a 30-save shutout in their first game, the evidence (the shutout) wouldn’t necessarily overwhelm the prior, so combining our prior beliefs and evidence (realized save percentage) into a posterior (posterior probability distribution, blue line below), our updated estimate of their results will better than the prior of -1%, but not by much. However, after 10 games of superb results will begin to move into positive territory.
Piling on the evidence
How quickly does the evidence overwhelm the prior? That depends on the prior strength. We can imagine the prior as a synthetic goalie put in net for a set number of shots recording the same results as the prior expectation of them. So if we have a strong prior, we might ‘simulate’ close to a season of data before considering actual results. A weak prior might only be a hundred shots. The weaker the prior, the quicker the actual results and posterior results converge, as seen above.
What prior strength best stabilizes results over the season in order to best use in prediction? We will test that out later.
Target Data
The metric I’m choosing to measure is:
Save % Lift Over Expected – consider actual save % relative to the expected save % derived from an expected goal model (which considers shot location, shot type, strength, shooter, and time and location over the event prior to the shot.
Regressed – using a Bayesian approach we will test various prior strengths in order to create a metric with a good balance between efficiency and workload.
Rebound Adjusted – Removing some of the noise that rebounds can add when using expected goal models to measure shot quality faced by a goalie.
This metric satisfies both philosophically and statistically. Philosophically, we are measuring goaltender performance based on what they do with each initial (non-rebound) shot against, based on the features we know about it and index their results to league average.
Statistically, when trying to predict future results, this metric performs better than raw save %, save % over expected unadjusted for rebounds, and unregressed save % over expected adjusted for rebound. Though this isn’t always a high bar to clear.
Prior work from RITHAC 2017
The Marcel Framework
The easiest way to forecast the future is to look at the past. But how far into the past? Is yesterday more relevant than the day before it, and by how much?
A standard method to forecast athlete performance uses the marcel framework, which has its roots in baseball and has been adapted for hockey numerous times. Results from prior seasons are aggregated and given less weight the further in the past they are.
A two-season marcel projecting 2018-19 results might weight 2017-18 results by 75% and 2016-17 results by 25%, totalling 100%. If we wanted a feature to represent goaltender shots faced, and in 2017-18 they faced 2,000 and in 2016-17 they faced 1,000 shots, using the 75-25 weights, our representation of shots faced would be 1,750 ((2000 * 0.75) + (1000 * 0.25)).
Like our prior strength parameter, to best parameter capture history (look back seasons) and recency (how to weight each season) can be tested.
Building the Grid
The goal of the analysis is to best predict future performance, and we have a few parameters we want to test to best generate model inputs and targets – prior strength, marcel lookback seasons, and relative weighting of lookback seasons. For each parameter, we can test various values (i.e. 100, 400… 3000 prior shots, 1…5 lookback seasons, 10 different weighting configurations) and then test model performance for each of the unique 350 combinations of parameters.
Each parameter combination is used to create the:
Target variable – regressed, rebound adjusted save % over expected
Input features
Marcel-weighted regressed, rebound adjusted save % over expected
Marcel-weighted shots against
Marcel-weighted even-strength rebound adjusted save % over expected
Marcel-weighted rebound adjusted save % over expected of partner goaltenders
For each, test season we calculate the target variable and aggregate the input metrics from prior seasons. We can then train a few different models exploring the relationship between marcel-weighted prior metrics and unseen future results.
Each model splits out 80% of the 576 goalie-seasons from 2010-11 to train a model. The caret package is used to create a cross-validated model by splitting the data into 5 folds, repeating the process 5 times, in order to the find the optimal tuning parameters. The remaining 20% of the data is held out and the model performance is measured on that unseen data. Four models are fit.
Random Forest Model (4 inputs) – input features of regressed results, shots against, prior even-strength results, and age. This decision tree looks for splits in the data that might be useful in predicting future performance.
Linear Model (3 inputs) – input features of regressed results, shots against, and prior even-strength results. Simple model solely based on prior results.
Linear Model (4 inputs) – input features of regressed results, shots against, prior even-strength results, and age. The model hopes to balance performance with age.
Linear Model (5 inputs) – input features of regressed results, shots against, prior even-strength results, age, and performance of partner goalies.
Each model is then applied to the about 60 goaltenders with NHL experience likely to be on opening day rosters. For each of the 4 model predictions, we have 350 different parameter calculations, considering only models with good out-of-sample testing scores. Those out-of-sample scores are then used to take a weighted average of the prediction along with each of their confidence intervals. Finally, the 4 model prediction and confidence intervals are averaged together to represent reasonable forecast for the upcoming season.
Each goaltender has a forecast presented with a range of results, given their statistical profile and the modelling process. A lower peak and wider plot distribution represent a more uncertain prediction. It appears that age and prior inconsistency generally increase the uncertainty, which makes intuitive sense. However, due to the nature of the modelling process, the exact relationship is a bit obfuscated.
It’s also important to note that this metric represents both efficiency (per shot) and workload. Goaltenders that have demonstrated the ability to handle a heavy schedule, like Frederik Andersen, are given more credit since their above average results will likely be across more shots (overcoming the regressor). Taking extra starts from a back-up or replacement-level goaltender will likely benefit the team.
Thinking About Uncertainty
There’s obviously a lot of overlap between many goalies, which might make it unclear how exactly a decision-maker might glean information from the analysis. It might more helpful to simulate seasons by ‘drawing’ results from the calculated distribution and comparing results to peers like we would in the card game ‘War.’ If we sample from the distributions of Braden Holtby and Peter Budaj 1000 times, Budaj would post superior results about 3% of the time.
This exercise can be done for each team with veteran goalies in their system against 2 veteran free-agent goalies, Kari Lehtonen and Steve Mason. While goalies like Greiss and Darling are projected to only outplay Steve Mason in about 20% of simulated seasons, this apparent gamble could also factor in things like contract status, age, or injury risk. In any event, we can capture the uncertainty and provide the opportunity to make a calculated decision.
Calculated risks
An alternative calculation is to simulate absolute goals prevented over expected for each team. Based on rostered goaltenders forecasted outcomes we can create a distribution of possible outcomes by simulating their season thousands of times. As a point of reference, last season that range was about +/- 40 goals, representing about a 15 point swing in the standings. There are no certain outcomes, but you can maximize the probability of ending up in positive territory.
Simulated Seasons[/caption]
Every season brings its own hard lessons on how difficult it can be to predict goaltender performance. Therefore it makes sense any forecast shouldn’t avoid uncertainty, but rather try to embrace it.
Teams and decision-makers are best aided by understanding that future performance is only probabilistic. Carey Price might be one of the most talented goaltenders in the league, but how likely was his poor performance last season? Unlikely, but certainly not zero. That’s true of every goalie heading into the 2018-19 season.
The universe of goaltenders are more talented than ever, so it’s no surprise that the top talents in the world when indexed to each other, are not separated by much. The means as the upcoming season unfolds, the results we observe will quickly deviate from what is expected in many cases. In some of those, they will reconverge, but others might see that opportunity lost to injury or an opportunistic teammate.
But it is important to know what to expect from goaltenders. Evaluators might have an easier time forecasting bottom-6 skater performance, but the impact on the outcome of the season is considerably less.
Teams only get a few chips a season on goaltenders, the edge might be small but the payoffs compound over the course of the season and often season-defining. A statistical forecasting approach that incorporates uncertainty can help them quantify that bet.
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Explaining Playoff Goaltending
Are goaltender’s big-time playoff performances best explained by their regular season or historical playoff results? Can some goalies just turn it on when it counts more?
Clutch Off the Bench
The 2018 1st round series featuring the Columbus Blue Jackets and Washington Capitals was an interesting case study in playoff goaltending performance.
Starring for Columbus was Sergei Bobrovsky. The reigning Vezina Trophy winner was coming off another very good season, hoping to continue rolling in the playoffs. However, despite Bobrovsky’s accolades he has never advanced past the 1st round and has been uncharacteristically below average preventing goals in all of his prior playoff appearances.
In another subplot, Washington actually began the series with Philipp Grubauer. He had been excellent in the regular season but relatively untested in the playoffs (he played parts of two clean-up games, neither went great). This decision put Braden Holtby on the bench, who had a very pedestrian regular season but had been at or above average in all 5 of his previous playoff appearances. Cumulatively playoff Holtby has prevented about 1.1% more goals than expected, 2nd only to Jonathan Quick of goalies entering the playoffs with at least 1,000 playoff shots to their names.
Everyone knows what happened next. Grubauer wasn’t great, while Washington dropped their 1st two games at home. Holtby came in and delivered 4 straight above average performances, while Bobrovsky ended the series with 3 straight below average games. Washington took the series 4-2.
A few interesting questions can come out of this series I hope to explore. Was Washington coach Barry Trotz right to go with the ‘hot-hand’ over the ‘proven-vet’ by starting Grubauer? Is it likely that a goalie might be good in the regular season, but below average in the playoffs? More generally, if we are trying to explain goaltending performance in the playoffs, what matters more? Past playoff performances, regular season results, or just career results?
Can someone simply turn it on in the playoffs after a below-average regular season?
High Stakes Noise
Let me preface most of this exploration with the understanding the idea of ‘clutch’ or ‘performance-when-it-matters’ is problematic from a statistical perspective. A few bounces over a playoff series might dictate whether the outcome is perceived as ‘clutch’ or ‘choking.’ In reality, a good game or bad game doesn’t have much effect on the outcome of the next game, but if you flip a few heads in a row (bad games) you are out of the playoffs, while a few tails mean you advance. Someone has to advance, so a ‘clutch’ narrative might be created from chance outcomes alone.
With a small sample like a playoff series, a bounce or two can change the narrative of those outcomes. Analysts can deal with this by framing the outcome with a range of uncertainty. Fewer shots or games mean more uncertainty. Ultimately, we can’t be too sure the outcome of a series reflects the ‘truth.’ Holtby could have come into the playoffs with his game in top condition and his vitals in the optimal range to deliver a clutch performance, but if a few Seth Jones’ shots bounced off of someone’s ass in game 3 or 4, the narrative is completely different. Drilling down further (tied in the 3rd period only, etc) only compounds the problem of insufficient sample size.
Is Winning a Skill?
It’s important to the scientific process that we assume our hypothesis is null then work to prove it with data. A ‘clutchness’ factor is no different, we should assume it doesn’t exist. It might not exist as a differentiator at the NHL-level for good reason, a propensity to fold in critical moments would likely prevent them making it.
However, this doesn’t feel right. I’ve played with the pressure of losing the game 1-0, and it’s certainly easier than winning 2-1. Goaltending can easily be the equalizer between a dominant team and a dominant win, possibly even flipping the script to a loss. Goal prevention is the best way for a goalie to win games. However, it’s possible that some goalies might be consistently better in crunch time than their goal prevention would suggest.
Regardless whether you think being clutch might be an innate skill some have or whether those differences are incredibly tiny at the NHL-level, we have to acknowledge that the finite and imperfect nature of the data will likely be a limiting factor.
What Does the Data Look Like?
The objective of this analysis is to explain goaltender playoff performances using data available prior to round 1, game 1. The target of interest is playoff goal prevention per shot, save % less expected save %. If a goaltender faced 25 expected goals on 250 shots, but only conceded 20 actual goals, this would be a 2% lift (5 / 250 or 92% – 90%). Actual save % may deviate wildly from expected save % in small sample sizes like the playoffs. A few bad goals and/or unlucky bounces against will likely prevent a chance of redemption.
To help explain the selected measure of playoff performance for each season, the save % lift can be calculated for:
the regular season performance prior to that playoffs
entire career regular season performance prior to that playoffs
entire career playoff performance prior to that playoffs
a proxy for goaltender workload at the onset of the playoffs
Visualizing the relationship between the save % differences we see a small relationship and correlation between each. As predicted, the variance in playoff results (y-axis) is higher than the explanatory variables (x-axis) with a higher sample size. Initially, it appears regular season results are most correlated with playoff success (a perfect correlation would be equal to 1 with each point falling along the grey diagonal line). Career regular season results have the least variance and lowest correlation.
High Variance Results
Do these any or all of these metrics matter when explaining playoff performance?
The Weight of the Playoffs
In order to understand how each of the explanatory inputs matter we can use a multiple linear regression. This helps us quantify the direction and strength of the relationship between the explanatory variables and playoff performance.
Running a regression of 122 goalie-seasons facing at least 100 shots in the playoffs and 1000 shots in the respective regular season results in the model below.
Variable Coefficient Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|)
(Intercept) 0.0011 0.00 0.253 0.801
Career Playoffs Sv% Lift 0.2176 0.11 1.987 0.0494*
Regular Season Sv% Lift 0.8485 0.27 3.15 0.002**
Career Regular Season Sv% Lift 0.1203 0.33 0.37 0.712
Weighted Shots in 15 Day Window Prior Playoffs 0.0000 0.00 -1.131 0.261
Playoff Rookie 0.0004 0.00 0.089 0.929
Signif. codes: 0 ‘***’ 0.001 ‘**’ 0.01 ‘*’ 0.05 ‘.’ 0.1 ‘ ’ 1
Residual standard error: 0.01536 on 124 degrees of freedom
Multiple R-squared: 0.1342, Adjusted R-squared: 0.09341
F-statistic: 4.292 on 4 and 124 DF, p-value: 0.002752
Notably, this is a pretty weak model, confirming the intuition that playoff performance is tough to explain. But directionally, regular season results are more significant and the coefficient is larger than career playoff results. Also noteworthy, career regular season results have no significant effect (though directionally positive) on the playoff results once the current season and career playoff results are controlled for. Workload has a no significant effect, though directionally negative. Being a playoff rookie also has no effect, but is directionally negative too.
Dropping the insignificant variables and re-running the regression creates the formula below to (loosely) calculate the expected playoff results.
So, for example, Holtby entered the 2018 playoffs with a save % lift of +1.14% in prior playoffs, but only -0.18% in an uncharacteristically mediocre regular season. The regular season results are weighted about 4 times more important in the formula, resulting in an expected -0.2% save % lift in these playoffs, which he’s exceeded to date.
Bobrovsky’s prior playoff results (-2.27%) pulled down his regular season results (+0.5%), expecting a -0.33% performance. He finished with a -1.22%.
Despite a great regular season, Grubauer’s expected save % was about 0% due to poor prior playoff appearances pulling it down.
If there’s anything to take away from this analysis is that explaining playoff performances is difficult. This was likely obvious to anyone who’s watched playoff hockey. Small sample sizes, survivor bias, and out of control narratives, playoff hockey has everything to confound a good analysis.
That said, some things do matter directionally. Entering the playoffs after a good regular season is probably more important than a good playoff track record. Braden Holtby may have bucked this trend playoffs-to-date, but it was probably more likely his regular season results were lower than his true talent suggests.
The results also suggest that waiting for a goalie’s playoff results to regress to a career average is generally fruitless. This makes sense intuitively, a goaltender may change teams and systems. They develop and regress. Regular season results likely give enough of a snapshot of where their game is at that entire career regular season results are unnecessary. Marc-Andre Fleury entered the 2018 playoffs with excellent regular season results, average career regular season results, and below average playoff results. This was a recipe for success based on the basic model (expected +0.5%, chart above) and he’s subsequently delivered with excellent results (he currently has the best save % lift of goalies with over 500 shots in the dataset going back to 2011).
With all of these considerations, there is nothing to suggest a goalie can simply turn it on for the playoffs. Proven experience certainly helps, but it’s more important to have posted good results with the most current team and defensive conditions.
Washington Re-Visited
Was Trotz right to start Grubauer? Probably. Playoff series are short and Grubauer had played excellent during the regular season. However, past playoff results do have a partial explanatory effect, partly because there are other considerations in the playoffs. Playing styles can change, physicality around the net can increase, and facing a well game-planned opposition for 4 to 7 games means that tendencies and tempers can amplify. Holtby had experience in those situations, not enough to completely offset the difference in their regular season, but close.
Bobrovsky can take comfort in the fact that his playoff results should have been better than they turned out this season. There’s likely no use in him re-visiting these playoff letdowns, his best bet is to look forward, focusing on another big season and carrying that performance forward. Either the results will come naturally or maybe he will be carried up by some positive unexplained variance.
Thanks for reading! I update goalie-season data using expected goals, it can be downloaded or viewed in my goalie compare app. Any custom requests ping me at @crowdscoutsprts or cole92anderson@gmail.com.
Code for this analysis was built off a scraper built by @36Hobbit which can be found at github.com/HarryShomer/Hockey-Scraper.
I also implement shot location adjustment outlined by Schuckers and Curro and adapted by @OilersNerdAlert. Any implementation issues are my fault.
Analyzing the Impact of the Reverse VH Tactic
Goaltending tactics have evolved considerably in the last 30 years, confirmed by rising save percentages. The Reverse Vertical Horizontal (RVH) is a relatively new goaltender tactic, now widely-adopted. Is there a meaningful impact in the data?
What is the RVH?
Growing up almost every coach I had wanted me to stand-up ‘more’ – more being a relative term. Most made peace with the fact that I was going to try to make the same type of saves as Patrick Roy or Dominik Hasek but since I was still a kid, it would probably help if stood up once in a while. Still, they had to choose their battles wisely, most picked the same hill to die on – bad angle shots. It was simple geometry really, with the right stick positioning an adolescent goalie could stand there and cover 100% of the net. However, this just led to the terrible experience of having people hack away at your feet waiting for either a goal or a teammate to save you – glued to the post you couldn’t cover the puck and dropping to your knees with the puck that tight would create a hole anybody could hit.
By the time I got to junior and had a goalie coach we worked in the Vertical-Horizontal (VH) tactic to deal with shots from sharp angles. The short-side pad would seal the post (vertical) and the back leg would drop sealing the ice (horizontal). There was always a risk of getting your stick tied up and/or getting beat between the post and skate, but used properly it was pretty tough to beat from range, however, there were trade-offs. Leading with the pad tied up the hands a bit, meaning rebounds were more difficult to control. If there was a rebound the VH was configured to push off the post, but only in one direction. If you had kept your knee tight to the goal line, but needed to push to the top of the crease, too bad, you were pushing across the goal line.
Me using the Vertical-Horizontal (VH) or just really slow to recover?
The Reverse Vertical Horizontal (RVH) flipped the configuration of the pads, so the strong pad seals the ice (horizontal) and back leg remains anchored (vertical), freeing up the hands and stick more to make plays and allowing rotation with the back leg and push off with the post leg (I would have never dreamed of this, most nets growing up were easy to knock off whenever you needed a convenient whistle). The back leg can anchor or drop into a butterfly quickly which gives the RVH more flexibility when repelling a play originating from a sharp angle compared to the VH.
This added flexibility has meant RVH has mostly supplanted VH as a tactic for sharp angle shots, but it’s not perfect either since it leaves a few holes along the post above the pad, particularly over the shoulder. Additionally, because of its flexibility, some goaltender’s become too reliant on it, defaulting to it prematurely or in situations that don’t call for it. Shooters are also able to pick up on trends. After all, throughout the VH and RVH it was always an option to play sharp angle shots more passively by standing up as long as possible (perhaps anticipating a pass or change of angle) or more aggressively by moving off the post and squaring up. The RVH is a great tactic, but it’s up to the goalie to assess the shooter speed, handedness, passing options, and defensive support and making a read rather than simply defaulting to the RVH.
RVH, by a pro
What does the data say?
As early as 2014, InGoal Magazine’s Greg Balloch discussed the RVH being over-used situationally and improperly, including at the NHL level. You don’t need to watch too many highlights to see someone who’s 6’5″ inexplicitly getting beat over the shoulder from a bad angle shot because they were leaning on the post in the RVH. Is this is a growing problem or just some unfortunate anecdotes and the benefits outweigh the negatives?
Looking at NHL play-by-play from 2010-2018, we can isolate shots where the RVH has been presumably been used properly and possibly improperly to see if there are any patterns in the:
Share of shots resulting in goals (obvious why this matters)
Number of shots attempted per game (perhaps RVH has encouraged or discouraged bad angle shots)
Share of shots resulting in rebounds (are some tactics more prone to rebounds than others)
Shooting % on rebounds, or calculated expected goals on rebounds if the sample size is too small (are some tactic more prone to bad rebounds that are more likely to be converted in goals or possibly leave the goalie less likely to make the rebound save)
Observing these metrics over the last 8 seasons might reveal a meaningful change in success rates, but it important to caution that while this might appear to be a testable tactic, in a complex game like hockey, effects can be hard to pin down. We don’t have passing data to reveal if, for example, a more aggressive tactic led to more passing from the sharp angle and consequently more dangerous locations, though the number of attempts per game might lend a hint.
Either way, it’s possible macro trends don’t reveal anything meaningful since there’s much that unobserved and the data itself is imperfect (though the coordinate data has been adjusted to hopefully improve the accuracy of shot location). That said there may be potentially meaningful and interesting information in the data that might inform a more concentrated deep-dive later.
For this analysis, we will focus on bad angle shots where a goalie might select the RVH tactic, either properly or improperly. To do this we can limit to shots taken from a 45° angle or less and within 10 feet from the goal line (visualized below). Further, we will want to breakout combinations of:
‘Close’ vs ‘Long’ Shots – using the cut-off of 12 feet from the net, look at how goalies have dealt with shots where they wouldn’t have time to react, and compare to longer shots.
‘Poor Angle’ vs ‘Decent Angle’ Shots – the RVH is generally recommended on poor angle shots (0°-22.5° from the goal line) but could be over-used when the puck is at a decent angle(22.5°-45°).
Identifying these combinations of angle types for analysis can be visualized on a rink (cumulative shooting percentage labelled). The average shooting percentage across all shots is about 6.6%, so shots closer than 12 feet from a poor angle are about as dangerous as the average shot while getting a few feet out to a decent angle improves the shooting percentage by 2%. Another important consideration is that I crudely bucketed this data, which is generally not ideal, but for the purpose of the analysis helpful (. The coordinate data itself isn’t perfect either, but some home-rink bias adjustment has been applied, so hopefully won’t be systemically biased across zones or time.
The four areas of analysis (note: the points are jittered, so areas ‘bleed’ into each other)
Trends By Season
A quick note about the charts below. They focus on shots at 5v5 and 5v4 play since the distribution of the type of shots we might see from each of the zones above would be different on a 5v4 or 4v4. On a 5v4, we’d expect to see more one-timers as a share of total shots from these zones, increasing the expected shooting percentage and might be the result of changing powerplay tactics. Shots while gameplay is 4v4 or 3v3 are also more likely to be dangerous, if a shooter shoots from a sharp angle in 3v3 overtime, for example, it’s probably because they expect to score.
We must also deal with both signal and noise in the data, are fluctuations in shooting percentage caused by anything material or just randomness? Our default assumption is that the RVH likely hasn’t had any impact on bad angle shots and the burden of proof would be on the analysis to discover a statistically significant difference in the data. Ideally, we’d have some sort of intervention period where all NHL goalies adopted the RVH. Unfortunately, this would never be the case, so we can only observe loose trends over time at the macro-level.
Without a clear way to compare a “before and after” period for all goalies, we can create uncertainty bars for each season by considering sample size. Say we had observed 10 goals on 100 shots from a particular area, we wouldn’t be too sure in that 10% shooting percentage, a post here or there, it may have been 6% or 14%. What if we observed 100 goals on 1,000 from the same spot? We can be increasingly sure in that 10%. To reflect the impact sample size has on certainty, the analysis will use the standard deviation of beta distribution to convey uncertainty by using error bars +/- 1 standard deviation.
Shooting Percentage
The primary job of a save or tactic selection is to stop the puck, so naturally, the first trend to look at is shooting percentage from each segment of the ice.
Starting with 5v4 shots, the first trend that jumps out is the rise in shooting % on shots within 12 feet up until after the lockout-shortened season, falling dramatically, and then slowly rising again. This presumably reflects a cat and mouse game between shooters and goalies, but may also involve powerplay and penalty kill strategies countering each other. Shooting percentages from longer bad angle shots followed a more muted version of this trend.
At 5v5, trends are less pronounced. Interestingly, shooting percentage on close shots from a poor angle jump above those from a decent angle in 2014-15, which is strange, before normalizing again.
Shooting Percentage by Season
Rebound Percentage
It’s also important that the goalie prevents rebounds on bad angle shots. Rebounds are a bit tricky to define in the play-by-play data but can be estimated by flagging any follow-up shot with 2 seconds of the original.
Looking at just 5v5, rebounds have been generally less prevalent than the average shot (3.4% of shots in 2017-18 resulted in rebounds), but has been trending upward in the 4 areas of the ice. It’s tough to infer a definite trend because we have some more uncertainty (rebounds are rarer than goals) but it seems the rebound rate is not falling.
Rebound % by Season
Rebound Shooting Percentage
Rebounds are a problem because they are very dangerous, they are converted to goals about a quarter of the time, 4 times as dangerous as a non-rebound shot. Are rebounds on shots from poor angles getting more dangerous?
At 5v5, two things are apparent. Rebounds from poor angles are generally ‘safer’ than average, the shooting percentage has about 10% lower than average. This suggests goalies have generally done a good job of keep rebounds on the strong side, preventing pucks from getting to the middle of the ice or weak-side and more dangerous extra chances against.
Secondly, because we are dealing with a fraction of a fraction our sample size is quite small and the error bars are large.
Rebound Shooting % by Season
Alternatively, we could look at the expected goal value of the rebounds to reclaim some of this sample, where we can calculate factors such as the total distance the puck travels between shots and the angular velocity the goalie might have to deal with.
Expected Goal % on Rebounds by Season
Both of these views suggest that there isn’t really a definitive trend since we are working with 3% of the original data (already limited to bad angle shots) making the results pretty noisy. An interesting finding is that rebounds on shots from poor angles can be more dangerous on shots from slightly better angles, possibly due to goalies not being square to the initial shot in these cases.
Bad Angle Attempts as Share of Total
It’s also important to check to see if shooters are attempting more shots from bad angles as a share of total shots. This might be the result of defensive pressure, but it also might signal shooter’s seeing and testing holes.
Shoot your shot?
It appears most 5v4’s are moving away from bad angle shots, notably on shots over 12 feet. However, at 5v5 there had been a modest increase in attempted bad angle shots from further than 12 feet away (until this season). Some players are definitely happy to test goalies from the seemingly impossible angle – and why not? They don’t have to chase down the puck if they miss.
Shooter Handedness
We can also look at shooter handedness and how it has impact goal, rebound, and attempt rates over time. Generally, shooters are more trigger happy when they are on their strong side (meaning the shooter’s stick blade is closer to the centre of the ice, if they are on their forehand), though success rates for shooters on their weak side are in the same range. Shooters have become less successful on their weak side on the powerplay, but attempts haven’t fallen considerably to reflect this.
Handedness Impact on Bad Angle Shots
Goaltender Specific Trends
These general trends might have some interesting nuggets and reveal things we might want to explore further, but they can’t reveal much regarding tactical usage of the RVH because each goaltender will have implemented it at different times, if at all. While it would be nice to have a definitive list of when goalies might have adopted the RVH tactic that might be a little simplistic. Early adopters might have had an advantage since shooters hadn’t picked up on its relative weakness. It’s also possible (and pertinent to our analysis) that goalies have become over-reliant on it in more recent seasons, defaulting to it in improper situations which could have an undesirable effect.
Without a completely clean solution, one way to test individual goaltender effectiveness from poor angle shots is to treat each off-season (where tactical changes would normally be implemented) as a divider between a ‘before’ and ‘after’ period. We can calculate save percentage in each period and compare them, testing for statistical significance in each sample. Where the save percentage has a statistically significant difference from the before to after period it might draw interest and warrant a deep look. Was there a tactic change or something else causing a meaningful change in results?
For this part of the analysis, we will limit to the 24 goaltenders that have faced at least 100 bad angle shots a season in at least 5 of the 8 seasons we have data for. Each off-season will be treated as a ‘split’ or intervention period. We’ll only focus on save percentage since rebounds are rarer, making the task of finding meaningful differences tougher.
Saga Bobrovsky
Sergei Bobrovsky had quite the change in the 2012 off-season going from the Philadelphia Flyers to the Columbus Blue Jackets (along with some time in the KHL waiting for the lockout to end), and ultimately winning the 2013 Vezina Trophy. In Columbus, he also had a new goalie coach, Ian Clark (I both attended and worked at Ian’s goalie schools in the past, full disclosure). Among other things, Clark helped Bobrovsky implement the RVH. If we look at Bobrovsky’s 5v5 save percentage on all bad angle shots 2010 – 2012 and compare it to 2013 – 2018 is it materially different?
In the ‘before’ period, Bobrovsky allowed 14 goals on 194, for a 92.8% success rate. Since then, he’s conceded 25 goals on 743 shots, his save % rising to 96.6%. If we run a test of statistical significance to check to see if there is enough evidence (shots) to determine that these proportional are meaningfully different, we get a p-value of 0.029. Stated otherwise, this difference would happen by chance alone about 2.9% of the time (showing my work below).
2-sample test for equality of proportions with continuity correction
data: c(180, 718) out of c(194, 743)
X-squared = 4.7966, df = 1, p-value = 0.02852
alternative hypothesis: two.sided
95 percent confidence interval:
-0.080419509 0.003384363
sample estimates:
prop 1 prop 2
0.9278351 0.9663526
In the soft sciences, convention suggests the ‘cutoff’ for statistical significance is a p-value is 0.05, so we can say with some certainty that this difference is likely not due to chance. We can never be sure from the data alone, but it seems that it’s likely that some combination of the move to Columbus, new goalie coach, and adoption of the RVH probably had a positive effect on his save percentage from bad angles.
Complete Goalie Splits and Save Percentage Results
We can do the same thing with Bobrovsky’s other 6 off-seasons and all 163 unique goalie-offseason splits. The results below will label any goalie-offseason where the p-value is less than 0.05. Goalies that experienced a significant change received their own color, the rest of the 24 qualifying goalies are represented by the ‘Other’ green.
Holtby, Rask, Elliott, Miller, and Bobrovsky all saw a notable rise in save percentage occurring somewhere between 2011 and 2014. Some of this might be attributable to tactical changes, though without talking to goalies, their coaches, and/or grinding on video we can’t necessarily assert for sure. However, it’s possible that RVH adoption helped drive some of this effect.
Luongo, Varlamov, and Price have all experienced a notable drop in success rate. Luongo stands out because he likely adopted the RVH in 2013, but saw a drop in the 2014 split.
Save % Before and After for 163 goalie-season splits
Price particularly struggled this past season on shots >12 feet and <= 22.5°. He gave up more goals from that area last season (5) than from 2010-2017 (4). This helps identifies a particular pain-point in Price’s poor season. Bad angle goals are easily preventable, and going back to the tape would help identify if tactics, luck, and/or laziness were at fault, which can help inform the proper adjustments.
Save % Before and After by Area of Ice
If you are stricter and insist on a p-value of 0.01, only 2012 Brian Elliott in the ‘Close-Decent Angle’ area, 2012 Jonathan Quick in the ‘Long-Decent Angle’ area and aforementioned 2017 Price in the ‘Long-Poor Angle’ area saw significant changes at that level.
A weakness of this analysis is the ‘bucketing’ of data into specific areas, so it is possible a lot of borderline goals or shots from one area ended up in other area or another by chance. Unlikely, but something to keep in mind.
Capturing the full impact of the RVH is a near impossible task since we don’t observe when it is actually deployed. But we can look at a proxy for when it might be deployed and investigate if there were any meaningful impact on results. While incomplete, it might help ask smarter questions and help concentrate the proper video application. Carey Price struggled from poor angles last season? Those clips can be isolated and analyzed to re-affirm the trend and possibly reveal why.
Analyzing tactical usage in hockey is often frustrating since everyone on the ice is basically playing a complicated version of rock-paper-scissors on skates trying to gain an advantage. We can observe goals, rebounds (kind of), and total attempts, but what if shooters have adapted by making more passes that lead to even more dangerous shots? There are rarely clean test and control cases we can use to attribute some change in results to a specific tactic.
We can, however, attempt to use data to help guide a more informed approach and use the framework above to begin to create and explore additional questions. Often looking from just a video perspective misses part of the equation. If you looked at all bad angle goals against when goalies where using the VH and compared to the RVH, you wouldn’t have the complete picture. You want to look at all bad angle shots using each tactic then look at the success rate of each. Of course, we can’t do that easily, so identifying proxies and exploring the data can help paint a more comprehensive view and sharpen the focus on where meaningful differences may exist.
Goaltending can frustrate fans and coaches alike because results from game to game can be inconsistent. Goalies can’t necessarily dictate the game, rather have to let the game come to them while employing tactics that give them the best chance to succeed – ‘playing the percentages.’ The evolution of goaltending tactics has largely been positive, as save percentages suggest. It appears the RVH has probably helped goaltenders deal with bad angle attacks, but this isn’t a one-way effect. There is evidence to suggest that rebound rates are rising and some goaltenders have had notable falls in save percentage from poor angles. Shooters will always adapt, so it’s important for goaltenders to critically assess the tactics they employ and continue to stay a step ahead.
Thanks for reading! A notebook with code for the analysis can be found here. Any custom requests ping me at @crowdscoutsprts or cole92anderson@gmail.com.
Code for this analysis was built off a scraper built by @36Hobbit which can be found at github.com/HarryShomer/Hockey-Scraper. I also implement shot location adjustment outlined by Schuckers and Curro and adapted by @OilersNerdAlert. Any implementation issues are my fault. The rink plot is adapted from @iyer_prashanth code.
My code for this and other analyses can be found on my Github.
Playoff Goaltending
The Stanley Cup Playoffs magnifies all the frustrations people have with the goaltending position. Tough to predict and performances with an outsized impact on game outcomes, what can you expect over a playoff series?
Playoffs, Pads, and Positional Paradoxes
Goaltending is a volatile position. With so much out of the goaltender’s explicit control, it’s extremely difficult to consistently deliver positive results. This can be true over the course of a season, but it is especially true over the course of a playoff series. Generally starting goaltenders in the playoffs have had good seasons, so at the margins, there isn’t much separation between most starters, usually not enough to predictably manifest itself over 4 to 7 games.
But this helps frame the paradox of goaltending. Tough to project, but few positions have more control of the outcome of the game. Looking at 2017-18 Wins Above Replacement, thanks to Corsica Hockey, 11 of the top 30 contributors were goaltenders. That’s also in aggregate too, goaltenders don’t play every game of the regular season like they normally do in the playoffs – when normalizing by games played, goalies make up the majority of the top 30 (17) and 10 rank above the most impactful skater, Connor McDavid.
So to the cynical and casual fan alike, the playoffs can simply appear to be a competition in waiting to see which goaltender gets hot at the right time. And endless frustration and soul-searching when the opposite happens.
What’s the best (healthiest) way to think about what you’ll get from your goalie in the playoffs?
Taking It One Game At a Time (TIOGAT)
Most starting goalies in the playoffs have a pretty good body of work during the regular season. Some good games, some bad, but probably more good than bad if their team made the playoffs. We can calculate a game-level performance by taking the difference between the actual goals against and expected goals, the number of goals an average goalie historically would concede given what we know about those shots against, (adjusting for rebounds, which goalies have some control over) and normalizing by total shots (or a percentage between actual and expected, sometimes referred to deltaSv% or Save % Lift Over Expected). So, if a goalie faced 50 shots against, totalling 4 expected goals, but only gave up 3, that game would have been 1 goal prevented on 50 shots, or 2 per 100 shots (2% better than expected). It’s also important to note that, unlike save %, expected goals attempts to weights shots by situation, so a 5v5 shot and 5v3 shot can be each compared to their relative, historical probabilities of a being a goal (though not perfect). Using all-situation results, opposed to just even-strength, creates a more reliable metric.
We can use a histogram to visualize the distribution of John Gibson’s 2017-18 performances, where one game is placed into each bin. I highlighted his first 2 playoff performances (as of 4/15/2018). About 63% of the time he made more saves than an average goalie would (a positive Sv% Lift Over Expected). In his 2 playoff games, he’s had 1 game where his Sv% was the same as we’d expect from an average goalie, given what we can quantify about shot quality against and another about 1.7% better than expected ((3.96 xG – 3 GA) / 57 shot attempts).
However, having to bin each game is a little awkward and to compare across multiple goalies the y-axis might need some scaling. Since most playoff goalies have 50 plus games this season, we can smooth and scale the distribution using a density curve, showing the probability of each outcome, without loosing too much information. Doing this smooths over Gibson’s lack of games with only slightly (~1-2%) better than expected results, which is partially strangeness, partially a result of binning, since he missed plenty to the left and right.
Gibson Smoothed (not a whiskey commercial)
Shuffling the Deck
Armed with game-level performances for each goalie, we turn to the playoffs where each game is critical. We can use each goalie’s regular season results (partially attributed to team defensive performance) as a template of what to expect in the playoffs. Think of it as a deck of cards: we draw one card for a deck of that goalie’s performances and place it on the table. Do that again for the opposing goalie and their results. What does that look like after 4 to 7 games? What is the probability your goalie outplays the opposing goalie in a series?
With game-level performances, we can attempt to answer that. Below are Connor Hellebuyck’s and Devan Dubnyk’s regular season performances. When Dubnyk was good he was about as good as Hellebuyck, but when he was bad he was worse. In sum, Hellebuyck was better than Dubnyk on the year.
Reasonable Expectations
We can play this like you would the card game ‘War’ (with replacement, meaning a card or game goes back into the pile randomly and can be picked again). Tracking who ‘wins’ and by about how much a few thousand times, we can figure out what percentage of the time we might expect Hellebuyck to outplay Dubnyk, or vice versa.
Using Hellebuyck’s and Dubnyk’s results, Hellebuyck outplays Dubnyk about 57% of the time. In a short series we likely wouldn’t notice the difference, and it’s entirely possible Dubnyk outplays Hellebuyck (as I’m writing this, that appears to be the case in Game 3), but in a game where the marginal probability of winning is small and possibly with an upper bound of 62% accuracy, this is probably a welcome advantage to Winnipeg. I’m assuming the management and other’s with skin in the game would be interested in that edge.
Looking across all series we can calculate the same probability. We can also overlay the 1 or 2 playoff games performances over the distribution of season results. We can see Matt Murray and Brian Elliott oscillate between their season’s best and worst and Frederik Andersen pull a card he didn’t even know he had.
What’s likely and what actually happens are 2 different things. But it helps to understand how likely something is, which can give some important context to the results a game or two, even if those results might put your season in peril.
Note: I will be updating this plot during the playoffs on my twitter account (not in low-quality gif format too).
Addressing Assumptions
There are a few assumptions to address with this analysis:
The Black Swan Game – Just because something isn’t in the data doesn’t mean it can’t happen. In game 2 against Boston, Frederik Andersen was pulled 12 minutes into the game, posting a save% 40% below expected, which he hadn’t done during the season. Part of this is artificial, he likely would have worked himself back into something less extreme by finishing the game. However, other games during the regular season where Andersen or any other goalie was pulled, would functionally look the same, whether it was -40% or -20%. A loss is quite likely. We’re more interested in: how often do they shit the bed?
Independence of Sampling – This also assumes goalies compartmentalize game performances, opposed to some sort of lagged effect of a bad game leading to a higher probability of a bad game the next time out. In the playoffs, it certainly feels this way, because if you draw 2 – 3 bad games in a row, that’s usually the end of the season. However, in aggregate the last game has little effect on the current game. Even controlling for workload, a simple linear model found no effect for one game to another. Each season for the 16 starters looks pretty flat.
On to the Next One
However, this is still a little naive. Confidence, health, team play (with or without your best players) might mean some stretches are more favourable than others and have less relevance to the series or game at hand. Additionally, matching up against a single team might result in some otherwise minor details to be exploited, perhaps creating an even wider distribution of outcomes (to the frustration of all).
The Playoffs and Regular Season are Comparable – Do teams really tighten up defensively in the playoffs? Do goalies generally step up and play better? Maybe, and if so it would be unwise to sample from regular season games, where shots were more likely to be dangerous due to pre-shot passing plays or screen, and the goalie hadn’t really locked in yet. While goals actually do come a little harder in the playoffs (about 1 less goal than expected per 380 shots, or about 12 games), some of this is because the remaining goalies are, almost by definition, getting good results. Comparing goalie-season’s regular season results to playoff results, there’s generally no lift from regular season performance to playoffs, but stronger goalies are likely make it a little further.
Different seasons, but the same
On the other side of the ledger, for every goalie that is perceived to raise their game in the playoffs, another will struggle, due to some combination of luck, health, and psychology, but they don’t last long in the sample.
Replacement Frustration
Like most problems, ignoring it won’t go away. If we create a distribution of game-level results from non-rookie goalies with less than 1000 career shots (a replacement-level type goalie) and compare to a goalie with very average results (Devan Dubnyk this season), Dubnyk’s edge is about 60%. Against a good season of results, like Jonathan Quick this season, it increases to about 75%. Not impossible odds, but it seems unlikely that the $4M saved could be put to better use and make up that margin.
Goaltending will continue to frustrate and mystify. But teams and their playoff fates (and possibly reactionary franchise decisions) will always be linked. With so few games and the marginal difference between high-end goaltenders true ability being so small, differences in results will rarely manifest themselves in a series like they do on paper. However, most winning in hockey comes on the margins, so these edges are important.
And they are highly visible, everyone in the rink knows when a star goalie with a big contract has a bad game in the playoffs, it’s not as clear if a 2nd line center has a net negative game, since goalies deal with the currency of goals directly, while for skaters measuring goals over a small sample is best avoided.
I also think this is a good opportunity to re-frame how we think about goaltending results. In the past, I’ve erred and misled by posting projections as some sort of point-estimate (i.e. based on past results, my model expects a 1% save% lift over expected) but it’s fairer to frame projections as a distribution of possible outcomes. Carey Price is a supremely talented goalie, and there were no on-ice results to suggest a poor year, but it was possible. I don’t have the data to interact physiological factors with Price’s age, but that would have helped. Understanding and framing this uncertainty would be helpful when locking someone into an 8-year deal.
Goaltending analysis often gets ignored because of these projection issues, but if we can properly quantify and convey uncertainty it would be a helpful step forward. Skater projections might offer some more certainty (though it’s rarely presented with uncertainty bounds), but their impact is generally one degree removed from the actual goals. Watching the playoffs, it will be clear goalies often have actual goals, wins, and loses hanging around their neck, so understanding these edges and how they might manifest themselves in a playoff series seems warranted.
Posted on January 10, 2018 March 5, 2018
Expected Goals (xG) Limitations – A Deep Dive
Expected Goals (xG) are a great tool for analyzing goaltender and skater performance, but it’s important to discuss limitations and opportunities for improvement.
It’s Tough to Make Predictions, Especially About the Future
When I projected goaltender performance for the 2017-18 season, Cam Talbot was probably going to have an above average season, even possibly a top 10 performance. Comparing his ability to stop the puck relative to what we might expect his average peer (using expected goals), his track record has been good to very-good prior to this season, within a certain degree of certainty. Circumstances changed of course, as he went from backing up one of the best ever to an overworked starter in 2 years.
For other goalie-season performance summaries, see: http://crowdscoutsports.com/hockey_g_compare.php
Edmonton played him 86 games last season and though I don’t know his exact physiological profile, it stands to reason it may have been too many games. Could this burn out be impacting his performance this season? Impossible to say, but his performance has been down (albeit with a smaller sample size, represented by the wider error bars above) and he has battled some injury issues. Regardless, this prediction has been wrong so far.
All Models Are Wrong, But Some Are Useful
My projection method is built on goals prevented over expected (I say goals prevented, rather than saved because I think it’s important to remove credit for saves made on preventable rebounds), which measures the difference in actual goals allowed by a goalie and the number an average goalie would. In theory, if we can control for number and quality of shots faced we should be able to isolate and identify puck stopping ‘skill,’ the marginal difference between the best and the rest would manifest itself over an adequate number of shots.[1]
This means it falls on the analyst to properly adjust for shot quantity and quality. I mention quantity because in theory goaltenders can discourage shots against and encourage shooters missing the net through excellent positioning. However, I’m not fully confident there’s a convincing way to separate the effect of a goalie forcing misses and playing on a team where the scorer might be more or less likely to record a missed shot. These effects don’t necessarily persist season-to-season, so I’m still using all non-blocked attempts in my analyses, but it’s important to acknowledge what should be a simple counting statistic is much more complex beneath the surface.
A more popular contention is shot quality, where the analyst tries to weight each shot by its probability of being a goal by holding constant the circumstances out of goalies control that can be quantified using publicly available NHL play-by-play data – things like shot location, team strength, shot type, prior events (turnover, faceoff, etc) and their locations. But these factors, as skeptics will point out, currently doesn’t include shot placement, velocity, net-front traffic, or pre-shot puck movement involving passes (though we can calculate pre-shot movement or angular velocity on rebounds from shot 1 to shot 2 or location and angular velocity of other events immediately preceding a shot; Moneypuck explains and diagrams how this is done well under in their Shot Prediction Expected Goals Model explainer).
Shot quality is also heavily dependent on shot location, which also has recorder bias – some rink scorers systemically record shots closer or further away from the net than we see when that team plays in other rinks. Adjustment methods help standardize these locations (basically aligning home rink distribution of x,y coordinates with what is observed in away rinks games containing the team in question), but there no way to verify how much closer this gets us to the ‘true’ shot locations without personally verifying many, many shots. In any event, it invites differences in measured performance between ‘objective’ metrics developed by different analysts.
All of this is to say the ability to create a ‘true,’ comprehensive, and accurate xG model is limited by the nature of the public data available to analysts. Any evaluation and subsequent projection is best viewed through a more sceptical lens.
Discussing Deltas
With this in mind, back to Cam Talbot. Talbot has underachieved this season for some combination of the following:
His ‘true’ ability or performance has been worse. This is probably the case directionally, but it’s important to explore by how much worse he has been. Is this an age-related decline that can help inform future projections? Is the decline small enough to be considered luck? Do we expect a bounce back? and so on.
The random nature of outcomes has made him look worse this season (or alternatively, really good in prior years). Using the beta distribution, we can calculate the standard deviation we might expect for each sample size. More shots mean more certainty in the outcome. Simulating seasons and treating each expected goal as a weighted coin flip accomplishes something similar. Understanding and quantifying this uncertainty is an important aspect of any analysis. As you can see below, there is a (small) chance Talbot is a completely average goalie who concedes as many goals as an average goalie would (his ‘true’ talent put him along the grey vertical line) but just had some improbable results.
Flipping weighted coins (pucks) many, many times
Edmonton is giving up tougher chances against this year that goes undetected by an xG model. They might be allowing more cross-ice passes, moving net-front players out of the front of the crease, or employing unfavourable strategies. How this might manifest itself at the team, goalie, or shooter level is discussed below.
One Night in Edmonton, A Deep-Dive
While east coasters, like I currently am, were out for New Year’s Eve 2017, Edmonton was hosting Winnipeg. NYE is overrated, but it had to be better than watching the Jets win 5-0. Talbot was in for 5 goals against, not even getting a mercy pull in the 3rd period to start planning the night.
Start the new year off right… with highlights from last night’s 5-0 victory! #WPGvsEDM pic.twitter.com/aYTOEUE0Kz
— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) January 1, 2018
Giving up 5 goals is almost certainly going to look bad next to the expected goals, and this game is no exception. Winnipeg had 52 unblocked shot attempts that totalled 3.3 xG. However, removing the xG from 2 Talbot rebounds and replacing with expected rebounds drops that to about 3 xG. However, this game demonstrates specific weaknesses of the model but can also show how the model compensates for that lack of information.
The goal highlights are pretty much a list of things expected goal model can miss:
Goal 1: A 3-on-1 off the rush, a pass from the middle of the ice to a man wide-open to the side of the net. Unfortunately, play-by-play picks up no prior events and the xG model scores it as seemingly low 0.1 xG, recognizing only a wrist-shot 9ft away from a sharper angle. Frankly, this was a slam dunk, even if Talbot adjusted his depth to play a pass, the shooter had time and space in the low slot.
Goal 2: A turnover turns into cross-ice pass and immediately deposited for a goal. Fortunately, the turnover is recorded and the angular velocity can be recorded. This is scored as 0.19 xG, which seems low watching this highlight, but has to be representative of all chances under this circumstances and most aren’t executed so cleanly. Still probably low.
Goal 3: A powerplay point shot is deflected. Both of these factors put this shot at 0.17 xG. This is decently accurate, the deflection had to skip off the ice and miss Talbot’s block, if that point shot is taken 100 times, scoring on that deflection about 20 times sounds about right. Also note there’s some traffic, which in a perfect world would be quantified properly and incorporated in the xG model.
Goal 4: A pass from the half wall to a man wide open in front of the net. This is scored as a 0.16 xG, a deflection tight to the net after an offensive zone turnover. However, this is more of a pass than true deflection, neither passer nor shooter was contested and I would think that they would convert more than 16 times if given 100 opportunities.
Goal 5: A rush play results in a cross-ice pass and a shot from the hashmarks. Talbot makes the original save, but the rebound is immediately deposited into the net. The rebound shot, changing angle rapidly, is scored as 0.43 xG. However, that rebound is conditional on Talbot not deflecting the puck into the corner so the play is scored from the original shot: 0.15 xG on the original shot plus 0.02 xG on a potential rebound – a 6% chance of a rebound times the observed goal probability of a rebound, 0.27%.
A spreadsheet containing each shot against Talbot from this game and relevant variables discussed above can here found here or click the image below. The mean non-rebound shot is 0.057 xG, so the actual goals are scored as 2 to 7 times more likely to be goals as average shots – not bad.
Shot by shot xG
Backing the Bus Up
On the surface, the expected goals assigned to each of these goals are low. A lot of this is confirmation bias – we see the goal, so the probability of a goal must have been higher, but in reality, pucks bounce, goalies make great saves, and shots miss the net.
However, we’ve identified additional factors, that if properly quantified, would increase the probability of a goal for those specific shots. There are extremely exciting attempts to gather this data, (specifically tapetotapetracker.com, released at the beginning of 2018, which if properly supported would reach the necessary scale, but still might require some untangling of biases much like shot location[2]) though still in their infancy and certainly not real-time. Advanced video tracking software would also accomplish the same thing, but not necessarily public or comprehensive.
So what does the model do without that helpful information? In the specific goals discussed, the model is conservative, under-estimating the ‘true’ probability of a goal, but across all shots, the number of expected goals roughly equal the number of goals.[3] This means that impactful, but latent events, like cross-ice passes and screens, are effectively dispersed over all shots.
We assume a un-screened shot from the blueline will be saved 999 times out of 1000 (implying 0.001 xG), but the model, not knowing if there’s a screen or not, might assign an xG of 0.03, an average of all scenarios where there may be a screen. This might increase to 0.05 xG if the shooter has a powerplay, or 0.08 xG if there’s 2-person advantage, since the probability of a sufficient screen increases. Note that these model adjustments for powerplay shots are applied evenly to all shots on the powerplay, unable to determine which shots are specifically more dangerous on the powerplay, though a powerplay indicator may be interacted with specific discrete factors (i.e. PP+1 – slap shot, PP+1 – wrist shot, etc).
This is fine if the probability of a screen (or other latent factors) is about even across all teams. However, it doesn’t take much video analysis to know that this is almost certainly not the case. All teams gameplan to generate traffic and cross-ice passing plays, but some have the personnel and talent to execute better than others, while some teams have the ability to counter those strategies better. Some teams will over or underperform their expected goals partially due to these latent variables.
Unfortunately, there isn’t necessarily the data available to quantify how much of that effect is repeatable at a team or player level. Some xG models do factor in individual player shooting talent. My model, borrowing from Dawson Sprigings, shooting talent is represented by regressed shooting percentage indexed to player position. A shot from Erik Karlsson, who is more apt at controlling the puck and setting up and shooting through screens would have a higher xG than a similar shot from another defender. Shots from Shayne Gostisbehere might receive a similar (though smaller) adjustment if consistently aided by the excellent net-front play of Wayne Simmonds.
So while a well-designed xG model can implicitly capture some effect of pre-shot movement and other latent factors, it’s safe to say team-level expected goal biases exist. By how much and how persistently is ultimately up for discussion.
Talbot’s 99 Problems
Focusing on Talbot again, the big thing holding him back is performance while Edmonton is shorthanded. While his save percentage is about what we’d expect given his shot quality at even-strength, it’s abysmally 5% below expected on the penalty-kill.
What kind of shots is Edmonton giving up? On the penalty kill, non-rebound shots are about 1% less likely to be saved than shots conceded by other penalty-kills (rebound shots are about 8% more dangerous, but some of that may be a function of Talbot himself, so let’s focus on non-rebound shots).
Distribution of Expected Goals
So it seems like Talbot just is poor while down a man. Let’s compare his penalty-kill numbers adjacently to his past performance and recently replaced backup, Laurent Brossoit.
For other goalie-season performance breakouts by strength/score/venue/danger, see: http://crowdscoutsports.com/hockey_g_compare.php
I’m assuming most readers see the same thing as me? Both goalies, after 7 collective seasons of being at least average on the penalty kill within a decent margin of error, aren’t even close this season. While there is a chance that this is a coincidence, but there’s a better chance there are systemic failings on the Edmonton penalty kill that are leading to chances more dangerous chances than the expected goal model might reflect.
None of this is shocking at this point. To some it reinforces the desire to focus on 5v5 goaltender save percentage, it’s easier to imagine team-level systemic short-comings persisting on the penalty-kill, while 5v5 they are more evenly distributed. The noise that 5v4 adds to our measures weakens predictivity eventually, however over a short season the inclusion of that extra data offsets any troublesome team-level bias it may carry.
Much like team shot metrics wisely moved from ‘score-close’ to score-adjusted measures, it’s always desirable to use the entirety of data available. About a quarter of goals (23.5%) are scored on the man advantage (only 17% of the shots), and when we talk about measuring goaltender performance and finding advantages on the very slim margins, including that data becomes very important.
However, we’re still fairly certain there are latent team-level biases in our expect goal model and Edmonton’s penalty-kill hints at that. But we don’t know what existent, if at all.
Fixing the Penalty Kill
One approach to quantifying the relative impact of coaching and tactics is a fixed-effects model, basically holding constant the effect of a Todd McLellan penalty-kill or Jon Copper powerplay as they relate to the probability of a goal being scored on any given shot. (Note: I begin to use team-level xG bias and coaching impact a little interchangeably here. I’m interested in team-level bias, but trying to get there by using coaches as a factor.)
This method is rather crude (and obviously not perfect) and wouldn’t necessarily differentiate between marginal goals the result of net-front play or effective pre-shot passing, though an inquiring team might breakout discrete sequences they’re interested in, like how their penalty-kill performs on shots from the point or against 4 Forward-1 Defender powerplays. However, quantifying specific strategic factors like this is not necessarily easy to do, since both teams are simultaneously optimizing and countering each other’s tactics, so for simplicity, it’s probably preferable to consider the holistic penalty-kill or powerplay for now.
Creating fixed-effects for a Todd McLellan penalty-kill will attempt to capture goal probability relative to other teams penalty-kill, presumably capturing some of the effect of pre-shot passes or screens. Because Cam Talbot has played the majority of the games for Edmonton recently, the current model is goaltender agnostic to avoid potential multi-collinearity rather assigning a numerical value to the quality of goaltender playing, hopefully properly apportioning systemic strengths or weaknesses to the penalty-kill variable rather than Talbot or Brossoit specifically.
One limitation of this approach is the effect will be fixed for whatever time period we select, unable to capture tactical changes that may or may not have worked or changes in personnel available to the coach.
It’s also important to reiterate attempts are made to adjust for home rink scorer bias, but any of this uncaptured systemic bias would possibly be wrongfully attributed to coaching (on home-ice at least).
Running the model on the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons, the coefficients can be transformed to represent the relative probability of a goal then indexed to the league average. McLellan’s penalty-kill appears to concede penalty-kill shots about 2.4% more dangerous than the basic expected goal model might expect, putting him 32 out of 38 coaches in the 1.5 season period. Using just the most recent season McLellan finds himself last with Dave Hakstol for conceding the toughest shots in the league while down a player. Cam Talbot’s save percentage on the penalty-kill is about 5% below his expected save percentage, but it appears about half of that (2.4%) might be attributable to McLellan’s tactics – which is a nice, clean compromise.
Preventative Measures
More important than an indictment against specific coaches (this is just reflects shot quality, it doesn’t factor in shot quantity or counter-attack measures on the penalty-kill), it might provide a reasonable team-level margin of errors for expected goal models. A distribution of results from the last 4 seasons suggests that their effect on even-strength shot quality is smaller per shot than special teams by a factor of about 2 to 3. Some of this is definitely the result of smaller sample sizes but makes some intuitive sense – special teams are more reliant on tactics than relatively free-flowing even-strength play.
Distribution of impacts of coaches with 3 seasons coached in last 4 years
This provides a decent rule of thumb, an expected goal percentage used might vary about 0.2% at even strength and about 0.6% on the powerplay due to coaching and tactics. This, of course, is over a few seasons, over a shorter time frame that number might fluctuate more.
State Absolute Mean Standard Deviation
Even Strength 0.20% 0.30%
Special Teams 0.60% 0.80%
Model testing suggests that even a good projection of goaltender performance would have a healthy margin of error. Misses will happen, but they should be as small as possible and be accompanied by a margin of error.
Of course, misses can be a helpful guide to improvement, looking at things with a different perspective. Results like Edmonton’s penalty-kill can elicit a deep-dive.
None of this is meant to totally reallocate blame from Talbot to McLellan’s penalty-kill, rather explore if how you might quantify that re-allocation, and how that ties into a more general discussion of the limitation of shot quality metrics.
‘True’ shot quality will likely never be completely captured, but there will be incremental improvements, feeding incremental improvements predicting future performance of goaltenders and other useful insights into performance.
But the job of the analyst will be the same: miss small as possible and quantifying uncertainties. With a complex game like hockey and limited available data those uncertainties can be daunting, but hopefully, this has illuminated some of the weaknesses of current xG models (and maybe reveal a few strengths) and how much of a concern those limitations are. Expected goals are a helpful tool and are part of the incremental improvement hockey analytics needs, but acknowledging their limitations will ultimately make them more powerful.
Thanks for reading! Goalie-season xG data is updated daily and can be downloaded or viewed in a goalie compare app. Any custom requests ping me at @crowdscoutsprts or cole92anderson@gmail.com.
[1] In my opinion, the marginal difference between goaltender skill is very tight at the NHL-level, making identifying and predicting performance very difficult, some might argue pointless. But important trends do manifest themselves over time, even if there are aberrations in smaller, but notable periods (like a season or playoff series).
[2] One of my concerns are trackers being biased toward certain players or team, or worse yet, being more likely to record passing series that lead to goals. Imagine out-of-sample model scoring being ‘tipped off’ to predict a goal if a passing series exists for that shot, that data is not truly ‘unseen.’
[3] Note that sometimes I used expected goals and probabilities a little interchangeability. A 0.5 xG can be interpreted as a 50% chance of a goal for that particular shot, thanks to the properties of logistic regression. No shot is worth greater than 1 xG, much like no shot is certain to go in.
Goalie Points Above Expected (PAX)
Pictured: Dominik Hasek, who made 70 saves in a 1994 playoff game, beating the New Jersey Devils 1-0 in the 4th overtime. Hasek didn’t receive goal support for the equivalent of 2 full regulation games, but he won anyway. What is the probability of Hasek winning this game and what does it tell us about his contribution to winning?
I was lucky enough to attend (and later work at) the summer camps of Ian Clark, who went on to coach Luongo in Vancouver and most recently Bobrovsky in Columbus. Part of the instruction included diving into the mental side of the game. A simple motto that stuck with me was: “just give your team a chance to win.” You couldn’t do it all, and certainly couldn’t do it all at once, it was helpful to focus on the task at hand.
You might give up a bad goal, have a bad period, or two or three, but if you can make the next save to keep things close, a win would absolve all transgressions. Conversely, you might play well, receive no goal support, and lose. Being a goalie leaves little in your control. The goal support a goalie receives is (largely[1]) independent of their ability and outside of rebounds, so are most chances they face[2]. Pucks take improbable bounces (for and against) and 60 minutes is a very short referendum on who deserves to win or lose.
Think of being a hitter in baseball and seeing some mix of fastballs down the middle and absolute junk and the chance to demonstrate marginal ability relative to peers on every 20th pitch.
Smart analysis largely throws away what’s out of the goalies control, focusing on their ability to make saves. This casts wins, whatever they are worth, as only a team stat.
Taking a step back, there’s two problems with this:
A central purpose of hockey analytics is to figure out and quantify what drives winning, and removing wins from the equation to focus on save efficiency feels like cruising through your math test and handing it in, only to realize you missed the last page. So close, yet so far.
Goalies, coaches, fans, primarily care about winning, so it’s illuminating to create a metric that reflects that. Aligning what’s measured and what matters can be helpful and interesting, at the very least deserves some more advanced exploration.
Analysis is at its strongest when we can isolate what is in the goaltender’s control, holding external factors constant the best we can. For example, some teams may give up more dangerous chances than others, so it is beneficial to adjust goaltender save metrics by something resembling aggregate shot quality, such as expected goals. Building on this we can evaluate a goaltender’s ability to win games as a function of the quality of chances they face and the goal support they receive.
To do this we can calculate the expected points based on the number of goals a team scores and the number of chances they give up. Because goalies are partially responsible for rebounds, we can strip out rebounds and replace with a less chaotic, more stable expected rebounds. The result is weighing every initial shot as a probability of a goal and a probability of a rebound, converting expected rebounds to expected goals by using the historical shooting % on rebounds, 27%.
\(Expected Goals Against_{n} =\sum\limits_{i=1}^n P(Goal)_{i} + (0.27\times P(Rebound)_{i})\)
A visual representation of the interaction between these factors supports the expectation – scoring more goals and limiting chances (expected goals) against increases expected points gained. Summed to team-level this information could be used to create a Wins Threshold metric, identifying which goalies need to stand on their heads regularly to win games.
Novel concept
Goalie Points Above Expected Metric (PAX Goaltendana)
The expected points gained based on goal support and chances against will be used to compare to the actual points gained in games started by a goaltender. How does this look in practice? Earlier this season, November 4st, Corey Crawford faced non-rebound shots that totaled 2.4 expected goals against, while Chicago only scored 1 goal in regulation. Simulating this scenario 1,000 times suggests with an average goaltending performance Chicago could expect about 0.5 points (the average of all simulations, see below). However, Crawford pitched a shutout and Chicago won in regulation, earning Chicago 2 points. This suggests this Crawford’s performance was worth about 1.5 points to Chicago, or 1.5 Points Above Expected (PAX).
Recipe for success?
Tracking each of Crawford’s starts (ignoring relief efforts) game-by-game show he’s delivered a few wins against the odds (dark green), while really only costing Chicago one game, against New Jersey (dark red).
Crawford’s War March
The biggest steal of the 2017-18 season so far using this framework? Curtis McElhinney on December 10th faced Edmonton shots worth about 5 expected goals (!) and received 1 goal in support. A team might expect 0.05 points under usual circumstances, but McElhinney pitched a shutout and Toronto got the 2 points.
Other notable performances this season is a mixed bag of big names and backups.
Goalie Date Opponent Expected GA Goal Support Expected Points Actual GA Actual Points PAX
CURTIS MCELHINNEY 12/10/17 EDM 5.07 1 0.06 0 2 1.94
CORY SCHNEIDER 11/1/17 VAN 3.78 1 0.17 0 2 1.83
AARON DELL 11/11/17 VAN 3.18 1 0.27 0 2 1.73
TRISTAN JARRY 11/2/17 CGY 2.93 1 0.33 0 2 1.67
ANTON KHUDOBIN 10/26/17 S.J 4.05 2 0.37 1 2 1.64
CAREY PRICE 11/27/17 CBJ 4.12 2 0.37 1 2 1.64
MICHAL NEUVIRTH 11/2/17 STL 2.66 1 0.38 0 2 1.62
SERGEI BOBROVSKY 12/9/17 ARI 2.72 1 0.39 0 2 1.61
PEKKA RINNE 12/16/17 CGY 3.72 2 0.42 0 2 1.58
ROBERTO LUONGO 11/16/17 S.J 2.49 1 0.42 0 2 1.58
Summing to a season-level reveals which goalies have won more than expected. Goalies above the diagonal line (where points gained = points expected) had delivered positive PAX, goalies below the line had negative PAX.
The Name of the Game
For simplicity, games that go to overtime will be considered to be gaining 1.5 points for each team, reflecting the less certain nature of the short overtime 3-on-3 and shootout. This removes the higher probability of a goal and quality chances against associated with overtime, which is slightly confounding[3], bringing the focus to regulation time goal support.
This brings up an assumption the analysis originally builds on – that goal support is independent of goaltender performance. We know that score effects suggest a team that is trailing will likely generate more shots and as a result are slightly more likely to score. A bad goal against might create a knock-on effect where the goaltender receives additional goal support. While it is possible that the link between goaltender performance and goal support isn’t completely independent (as we might expect in a complex system like hockey), the effect is likely very marginal. But it this scenario a win would be considered more probable, further discrediting any potential win or loss. Generally, the relationship between goaltender performance and goal support is weak to non-existent.
No gifts under the Christmas tree
However, great puckhandling goalies might directly or indirectly help aid their own goal support by helping the transition out of their zone, keeping their defensemen from extra contact, and other actions largely uncaptured by publicly available data. Piecemeal analysis suggests goalies have little ability to help create offense, but absence of evidence does not equal evidence of absence. This will have to be an assumption the analysis will have to live with[4], any boost to goal support would likely be very small.
Taking the Leap – Icarus?
The goal here is to measure what matters, direct contributions to winning. This framework ties together the accepted notion that the best way from a goaltender to help is team win is to make more saves than expected with the contested idea that some are more likely to make those saves in high leverage situations than others, albeit in an indirect way. To most analysts, being clutch or being a choker are just some random processes with a some narrative applied.
However, once again, absence of evidence does not equal evidence of absence[5]. I imagine advanced biometrics might reveal that some players experience a sharper rise in stress hormones which might effect performance (positively or negatively) during a tie game than if down by a handful of goals. I know I felt it at times, but would have difficulty quantifying its marginal effect on performance, if any. A macro study across all goalies would likely be inconclusive as well. Remember NHL goalies are a sample of the best in the world, those wired weakly very likely didn’t make it (like me).
But winning is important, so it is worth making the jump from puck-stopping ability to game-winning ability. The tradeoff (there’s always tradeoffs) is we lose sample size by a factor of about 30, since the unit of measure is now a game, rather than a shot. This invites less stable results if a game or two have lucky or improbable outcomes. On the other hand, it builds in the possibility some guys are able to raise their level of play based on the situation, rewarding a relatively small number of timely saves, while ignoring goals against when the game was all but decided. I can think of a few games that got out of control where the ‘normal circumstances’ an expected goals model assumes begin to break down.
Low leverage game situation, high leverage franchise situation
Winning DNA?
All hockey followers know goalies can go into brick-wall mode and win games by themselves. The best goalies do it more often, but is it a more distinguishable skill than the raw ability to prevent goals? Remember, we are chasing the enigmatic concept of clutch-ness or ability to win at the expense of sample size, threatening statistically significant measures that give analysis legs.
To test this we can split goalie season into random halves and calculate PAX in each random split, looking at the correlation between each split. For example, goalie A might have 20 of their games with a total PAX of 5 end up in ‘split 1’ and their other 20 games with a PAX of 3 in ‘split 2.’ Doing this for each goalie season we can look at the correlations between the 2 splits.[6]
Using goalie games from 2009 – 2017 we randomly split each goalie season 1,000 times at minimum game cutoffs ranging from 20 to 50,[7] checking the Pearson correlation between each random split. Correlations consistently above 0 suggest the metric has some stability and contains a non-random signal. As a baseline we can compare to the intra-season correlation of a save efficiency metric, goals prevented over expected, which has the advantage of being a shot-level split.
The test reveals that goals prevented per shot carries relatively more signal, which was expected. However, the wins metric also contains stability, losing relative power as sample size drops.
Winning on the Reg
Goalies that contribute points above expected in a random handful of games in any given season are more likely to do the same in their other games. Not only does a wins based metric make sense to the soul, statistical testing suggests it carries some repeatable skill.
Final Buzzer
Goalie wins as an absolute number are a fairly weak measure of talent, but they do contain valuable information. Like most analyses, if we can provide the necessary context (goal support and chances against) and apply fair statistical testing, we can begin to learn more about what drives wins. While the measure isn’t vastly superior to save efficiency, it does contain some decent signal.
Exploring goaltender win contributions with more advanced methods is important. Wins are the bottom line, they drive franchise decisions, and frame the narrative around teams and athletes. Smart deep dives may be able to identify cases which poor win-loss records are bad luck and which have more serious underlying causes.
A quick look at season-level total goals prevented and PAX (the metrics we compared above) show an additional goal prevented is worth about 0.37 points in the standings, which is supported by the 3-1-1 rule of thumb, or more precisely, 2.73 goals per point calculated in Vollman’s Hockey Abstract. Goal prevention explains about 0.69 of the variance in PAX, so the other 0.31 of the variance may include randomness and (in)ability to win. Saves are still the best way to deliver wins, but there’s more to the story.
Save saves for when they matter?
When I was a goalie, it was helpful to constantly reaffirm my job: give my team a chance to win. I couldn’t score goals, I couldn’t force teams to take shots favorable to me, so removing that big W from the equation helped me focus on what I could control: maximizing the probability of winning regardless of the circumstances.
This is what matters to goalies, their contribution to wins. Saves are great, but a lot of them could be made by a floating chest protector. While the current iteration of the ‘Goalie Points Above Expected’ metric isn’t perfect, hopefully it is enlightening. Goalies flip game probabilities on their head all the time, creating a metric to capture that information is an important step in figuring out what drives those wins.
Thanks for reading! I hope to make data publicly available and/or host an app for reference. Any custom requests ping me at @crowdscoutsprts or cole92anderson@gmail.com.
My code for this and other analyses can be found on my Github, including the feature generation and modeling of current xG and xRebound models and PAX calculations.
[1] I personally averaged 1 point/season, so this assumption doesn’t always hold.
[2] Adequately screaming at defensemen to cover the slot or third forwards to stay high in the offensive zone is also assumed.
[3] If a goalie makes a huge save late in a tie game and subsequently win in overtime, the overtime goal was conditional on the play of the goalie, making the win (with an extra goal in support) look easier than it would have otherwise.
[4] Despite it partially delegitimizing my offensive production in college.
[5] Hockey analysts can look to baseball for how advanced analysis aided by more granular data can begin to lend credence to concepts that had been dismissed as an intangible or randomness explained by a narrative.
[6] Note that the split of PAX is at the game-level, which makes it kind of clunky. Splitting randomly will mean some splits will have more or less games, possibly making it tougher to find a significant correlation. This isn’t really a concern with thousands of shots.
[7]The ugly truth is that an analyst with a point to prove could easily show a strong result for their metric by finding a friendly combination random split and minimum games threshold. So let’s test and report all combinations.
Pictured: Marc-Andre Fleury makes an amazing save at the end of game 7 to win the 2009 Stanley Cup, moments after giving up a rebound. Did he need to make this dramatic save? Should he be credited for it? Looking at the probability of a rebound on the original shot can help lend context.
A few years ago I was a seasoned collegiate goaltender and a raw undergrad Economics major. This was a dangerous combination. When my save percentage fell from something that was frankly pretty good to below average, I turned to an overly theoretical model to help explain this slip in measured performance, for my own piece of mind and general curiosity. The goal was to measure goaltending performance by controlling for the things out of their control, like team defense. Specifically, this framework would properly account for shot quality (of course) and adjust for rebounds, by not giving goalies credit for saves made on preventable rebounds . The former considered things out of the goalies control, the later considers what is actually in the goalies control. Discussing the model with my professor it was soon clear that I included a lot of components that didn’t have available data, such as pre-shot puck movement and/or some sort of traffic index. However, this hasn’t stopped analysts, including myself, from creating expected goals models with the data available publicly. But a public and comprehensive expected goal model remains elusive.
Despite their imperfections, measuring goaltender performance with expected goals are an improvement over raw save percentage and gaining some traction. However, rebounds as they relate to a comprehensive goaltending metric has garnered less research. Prior rebound work by Robb Pettapiece, Matt Cane, and Michael Schuckers suggests preventing rebounds is not a highly repeatability skill, though focusing on pucks frozen might might contain more signal. Building on some of these concepts I hope to give rebound rates some more context by attempting to predict them and explore their effect on a comprehensive goaltending metric consistent with my 2017 RITHAC presentation.[1]
Unfortunately there is nothing to tell us whether a rebound is a “bad” or preventable rebound, so my solution was to create an expected rebounds model using the same framework used to develop an expected goal models. The goal is the same, compare observed goals and rebounds relative to what we would expect a league average goaltender might surrender controlling for as much as we can.
Defense Independent Performance
One of the first iterations and applications of an expected goals model was Michael Schuckers’ Defense Independent Goalie Rating (DIGR). This framework has been borrowed by other analysts, myself included. The idea being the shots goalies face are largely out of their control, they can’t help if they face 3 breakaways in a period or Ovechkin one-timers from the slot. However, goalies can assert some control over rebounds. How much and if this makes a difference is something we will explore.
Regardless of the outcome of the analysis, logic would suggest we discount credit we give goaltenders for facing shots that they could have or should have prevented. Bad rebounds that turn into great saves should be evaluated from the original shot, rather than taking any follow-up shots as a given.
Luoooooong rebound
Rebounds Carry Weight
It’s important to note that rebound shots results in higher observed probability of a goal, which makes sense, and expected goal models generally reflect this. However, this disproportionate amount of an expected goal can be confounding when ‘crediting’ goalie for a rebound opportunity against when it could have been prevented. Looking at my own expected goal model, rebounds account for about 3.2% of all shots, but 13% of total expected goals. This ratio of rebounds being about 4 times as dangerous is supported by observed data as well. Shooting percentage on rebounds is about 27%, while it is 5.8% on original shots.
In the clip above and using hypothetical numbers, Luongo (one of my favorite goalies, so not picking on him here) gives up a bad rebound on a wrist shot from just inside the blueline, with an expected goal (xG) value of ~3%, but the rebound shot, due to the calculated angular velocity of the puck results in a goal historically ~30% of the time. Should this play be scored as Luongo preventing about 1/3 of a goal (~3% + ~30%)[2]?
What if I told you the original shot resulted in a rebound ~2% of the time and that the average rebound is converted to a goal ~25% of the time? Wouldn’t it make more sense to ignore the theatrical rebound save and focus in on the original shot? That’s why I’d rather calculate that Luongo faced a 3.5% chance of a goal, rather than ~33% chance of goal. An xG of 3.5% is based on the 3% of the original shot going in PLUS 0.5% chance of a rebound going in (2% chance of rebound times ~25% chance of goal conditional on rebound), and no goal was scored.
Method xG Saved/Prevented Goals Given Up Total xG Faced xG 1st shot xG 2nd Shot Calculation Method
Raw xG Calculation 33.0% 0 33.0% 3% 30% Historical probability of goal *given* rebound occurred
Rebound Adjusted 3.5% 0 3.50% 3% 0.50% 𝑃(𝐺𝑜𝑎𝑙)=𝑃(𝐺𝑜𝑎𝑙│𝑅𝑒𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑)∗𝑃(𝑅𝑒𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑)
0.05% = 25% * 2%
Removing Credit Where Credit Isn’t Due
As to not give goaltenders credit for saves made on ‘bad’ rebound shots we can do the following:
Strip out all xG on shots immediately after a rebound (acknowledging the actual goals that occur on any rebounds, of course)
Assign a probability of a rebound to each shot
Convert the probability of a rebound to a probability of a goal (xG) by multiplying the expected rebound (xRebound) by the probability of a goal on rebound shots, about 27%. This punishes ‘bad’ or preventable rebounds more than shots more likely to result in rebounds. Using similar logic to an expected goals model, some goalies might face shots more likely to become rebounds than others. By converting expected rebounds (xRebounds) to xG, we still expect the total number of expected goals to equal the total number of actual goals scored even after removing xG from rebounds.
To do this we can create a rebound probability model using logistic regression and a similar set of features as an xG model. My most recent model has an out-of-sample area under the ROC curve of 0.68, where 0.50 is random guessing (or assuming every shot has a 3.2% chance of rebound, which is the historical rate). Compare this the current xG model out-of-sample ROC AUC of 0.78, suggesting rebounds are tougher to reliably predict than goals (and we’re not sure there either). A weak rebound model is fine, reflecting the idea an given shot has some probability of turning into a dangerous rebound, maybe a bad bounce or goaltender mishap or fortunate forward, we just have a tough time knowing when.
This does make some sense though, unlike goals where the target is very clear (put the puck in the net), rebounds are less straight forward, they require the puck to hit the goalie and find a opposing players stick before the defense can knock it away. Some defensemen might be able to generate rebounds from point shots more than random, but despite what they might tell you after the fact, players are generally trying to score on the original shot, not create a rebound specifically.
It is also true that goals are targeted, defined events (the game stops, lights go on, goalie feels shame, and the score keeper records it), whereas rebounds escape an obvious definition. Hockey analytics have generally used shots <= 2 seconds from the shot prior, so let’s explore the data behind that reasoning now.
Quickly: What is a rebound?
It’s important to go back and establish what a rebound actually is, without the benefit of watching every shot from every game. We would expect the average shot off of a rebound to have a higher chance of being a goal than a non-rebound shot (all else being equal) since we know the goalie has less time to be able to get set for the shot. And just hypothesizing, it probably takes the goalie and defenders a couple seconds to recover from a rebound. To test the ‘time since last shot’ hypothesis, we can look in the data to see where the observed probability of a goal begins to normalize.
Shots within 2 seconds or less of the original shot are considerably more likely to result in goals than shots than otherwise. There is some effect at a 3 second lag, and certainly some slow-fingered shot recorders around the league might miss a ‘real’ rebound here and there, but the naive classifier of 0-2 seconds between shots is probably the best we can do with limited public data. At 3 seconds, we have lost about half of the effect.
Can your favorite goalie prevent rebound compared to what would be expected? If so great, they will be credited with excess xG (xRebounds multiplied by the observed probability of rebound goals 27%) without having to face a bunch of chaotic and dangerous rebound shots. If they give up more rebounds than average, their xG won’t be inflated by a bunch of juicy rebounds, rather replaced by a more modest xG amount indicative of league average goaltending considering what we know about the shots they’re facing.
Which goalies are best at consistently preventing rebounds according to the model? Looking at expected rebound rates compared to actual rebound rates (below), suggests maybe Pekka Rinne, Petr Mrazek, and Tuukka Rask have a claim at consistently being able to prevent rebounds. Rinne has been well documented to have standout rebound control, so we are at least directionally reaching the same conclusions through prior analyses and observations. However, adding error bars consistent with +/- 2 standard deviations dull this claim a little.
Rebounds happen to everyone…
Generally, the number of rebounds given up by a goalie over the season loosely reflect what the model predicts. The ends of the spectrum being Rinne with great rebound control in 2011-12 and Marc-Andre Fleury in giving up almost 40 more rebounds than expected in 2016-17. Interesting, Pittsburgh has some of the worst xGA/60 metrics in the league that year and ended up winning the Cup anyway. High rebound rates by both goalies (Murray’s rebound rate was about 1% higher than expected himself) definitely contributed to the high xGA/60 number, perhaps making their defense look worse than it was.
..some more than others
Goal Probability Assumptions
I’ll admit we’re making a pretty big assumption that if a errant puck is controlled and a rebound shot is taken the probability of a goal will be 27%. Maybe some goalies are better than consistently making rebound saves than other goalies, either through skill or ability to put rebounds in relatively low danger areas. Below plots, with +/- standard deviation error bars observed goal % (1 – save %) on rebound shots for goalies with at least 5 seasons since 2010-11.
Devan Dubnyk and Carey Price have been consistent in conceding fewer than 27% (the average for the entire sample) of rebound shots as goals. However, considering the standard deviation we can expect from this distribution given the sample size, this may not be ‘skill.’ It’s also important to explore if their rebound shots are less dangerous than average, whether due to skill, luck, or team defensive structure. This appears to be the case, when adjusted for the xG model, they perform about as well as the model predicts in some seasons, and exceed it in others. Certainly not by enough to suggest their rebounds should be treated any differently going forward.
Looking at intra-goalie performance correlation supports the idea that making saves on rebounds is a less repeatable skill than the original shots. From 2014-2017, splitting each goalies shots faced into random halves, the correlation between the split 1 performance and split 2 is about 0.43. On rebound shots, this correlation falls to 0.24, suggesting that there is considerably less signal. While there is some repeatable skill, its not enough to treat any goalies differently in our model post-rebound due to remarkable ability (or inability) to make saves on rebounds.
Turn Up the Luck
Controlling Rebounds, Summary
To reiterate, the problem:
Expected goal models are valuable in measuring goaltending performance, but rebounds are responsible for a disproportionate share of expected goals, which the goalie has some control over.
My solution:
Remove all expected goals credited to the goalie on rebound shots.
Develop a logistic regression model predicting rebounds, the output of which can be interpreted as each shots probability of a rebound.
Explore goalie-level ability to make saves on rebounds shots, to support the assumption that 27% of rebound shots will result in a goal, regardless of goalie.
Replace ‘raw’ expected goals with an expect goal amount based on the probability of goal PLUS probability of a rebound shot multiplied by the historical observed goal % on rebound shots (27%), considering initial, non-rebound shots only.
Finally it’s important to ask, does this framework help predict future performance? Or it just extra work for nothing?
The answer appears to be yes. My RITHAC work attempted to project future goaltender performance by testing different combinations of metrics (xG raw, xG adjusted for rebounds, xG with a Bayesian application, raw save %) and parameters (age regressors, Bayesian priors, lookback seasons). Back testing past seasons, the metrics adjusted for rebounds performed better than the same metrics using a raw expected goal metric as its foundation.
Corralling Rebounds
This supports the idea that rebounds, particularly in expected goals models, can confound goaltender analysis by crediting goaltenders disproportionately for chances that they have some control over. In order to reward goalies for controlling rebounds and limiting subsequent chances, goalies can be measured against the amount of goals AND rebounds a league average goalie would concede – which is truer to the goal of creating a metric that controls for team defense and focuses on goaltender performance independent of team quality. Layering in this rebound adjustment increases the predictive power of expected goal metrics.
The limitations of this analysis include the unsatisfactory definition of a rebound and the need for an expected rebound model (alternatively a naive 3.2% of shot attempts result in rebounds can be used). Another layer of complexity might loose some fans and fanalysts. But initial testing suggest that rebound adjustment adds incremental predictive power enough to justify it inclusion in advanced goaltending analysis where the goal is to measure goaltender performance independent of team defense with the publicly data available.
But ask yourself, your coach, your goalie, whoever: should a goalie get credit for a save he makes on a rebound, if he should have controlled it? Probably not.
Thanks for reading! Goalie-season xRebound/Rebound data is updated often and can be downloaded. Any custom requests ping me at @crowdscoutsprts or cole92anderson@gmail.com.
My code for this and other analyses can be found on my Github, including the feature generation and modeling of current xG and xRebound models.
[1] Pettapiece converted rebounds prevented to goals prevented, but with respect to rebound rate only and to my knowledge did not expand to build into a comprehensive performance metric. (http://nhlnumbers.com/2013/7/15/can-goalies-control-the-number-of-rebounds-they-allow)
[2] Rebound xG actually can’t be added to the original shot like this since we are basically saying the original shot has a 3% chance of going in, so the rebound will only happen 97% of the time. The probability of the rebound goal in the case is 97% * 30%, or 29.4%. But for simplicity I’ll consider the entire play to be a goal 33.3% of the time. The original work and explainer by Danny Page: (https://medium.com/@dannypage/expected-goals-just-don-t-add-up-they-also-multiply-1dfd9b52c7d0)
Advanced Goaltending Metrics
Preamble: The following is a paper I wrote while in college about 6 years ago. It is very theoretical, without understanding the realities of data quality in the real world. However, it still reflects my general attitude toward how goaltending performance should be measured, manifesting itself in my current Expected Goals model.
How new metrics concerning hockey’s most important position can offer critical insights into goaltender performance, development, and value.
During the last 20 years, the goaltending position has changed more than any other position in hockey. Advances in equipment and training have raised the benchmark for expected goaltender performance. Teams promptly began investing in the position in the mid-90’s as a new breed of goaltender found success in the NHL. From 1994-2006 an average of almost 3 goaltenders were selected in the 1st round. Of these 37 highly touted goaltenders, none had won a Vezina trophy as of 2011. With this surprising lack of success, teams began to avoid using high draft picks on goaltenders—from 2007-2011 less than 1 goaltender was drafted in the 1st round annually.
Teams will continue to invest less in the goaltending position for a number of reasons. First, it is a matter of economics—the supply of good goaltenders has increased, decreasing their value. Initially, the demand for goaltenders drove their stock up, but teams eventually realized that they struggle to correctly value goaltending prospects. Subsequently, many of the leagues most successful goaltenders during this period were late round picks. Outside of the legendary Martin Brodeur, the last 3 Vezina trophy winners were drafted in the 5th, 5th, and 9th rounds. In fact, in the last decade the only goaltenders to make the NHL 1st or 2nd All-Star teams that were drafted in the 1st round were Roberto Luongo and, of course, Martin Brodeur. Lastly, goaltenders appear to mature later, which means teams want to invest less in them, especially considering the new Collective Bargaining Agreement allows players to become free agents earlier. In summary, there are more good goaltenders, they are generally incorrectly valued, and teams are hesitant to develop goaltenders through the draft, preferring high-priced, experienced goaltenders.
These factors create a unique opportunity for teams that can properly value goaltenders. Goaltending is still a critical part of any team, but it can be acquired without giving up valuable assets. Goaltenders are generally selected later in the draft, exchanged for less than their intrinsic value via trade, or require no assets to acquire through free agency and from waivers. Solid NHL goaltending should ideally come at a friendly cap hit, since the premium for the highest paid goaltenders is diminishing. Another trend is evident: some of the most successful teams are using strong backups throughout the regular season to compliment their starters and gain a post-season advantage—since the 2005 lockout the average Stanley Cup winning goalie has played less than 50 regular season games. Teams can no longer hope to find a franchise goaltender and maintain elite performance by locking them up to a rich, long-term contract without possessing the option of cheaper alternatives. The inability for teams to objectively understand the difference in performance between a goaltender with a $5 million salary and a $1.5 million salary is curious—goaltending is the only position in hockey that performance could be measured in a largely empirical way, analogous to how baseball has managed to successfully employ advanced metrics to better measure player performance. Teams that could use goaltending metrics that more accurately evaluate goaltenders would have an enormous advantage to acquire and retain elite level goaltending at an economical price.
The Estimated Save Percentage Index Model
The most common metric used to measure goaltending performance is save percentage, the number of saves as a percentage of total shots on goal. This metric is fundamentally flawed. To more accurately understand the quality of a particular goaltender, save percentage must be more sophisticated. This is possible because the goaltending position has two important prerequisites that make performance the most quantifiable in hockey. First, the result is absolute: any shot on goal is either stopped or results in a goal. Second, the position is passive: the difficulty to the goaltender is generally dictated by the game in front of him, except for rebound control and puck handling, which can be addressed later in the model.
The Expected Save Percentage (ES% Index) is a predictor of a goaltenders success based on a number of inputs that assigns the individual difficulty of each shot the goaltender faces. The inputs used in the model are shot location, puck visibility, and the rate at which the puck changes angle before or during the shot. The model assumes the goaltender has NHL quality blocking-width, positioning, lateral movement, and reflexes. Then, through an array of formulas, the model determines the expected save percentage for each shot on goal given the inputs. Once these expected save percentages are aggregated over a game, or over a season, we can see how the goaltender’s actual save percentage compares with the expected save percentage and compare them to their peers. The best goaltenders will consistently exceed the predicted save percentage whether they are facing 20 high quality shots or 40 lower quality shots. The Expected Save Percentage Index—the difference between real save percentage and expected save percentage—will measure the proficiency of the goaltender. The index can be tracked game-by-game and season-by-season. Since we are removing much of the fluctuation in team performance we will have a much better idea of a goaltender’s consistency—an attribute critical to NHL success that can be lost in the potentially misleading statistics that are currently employed.
The inputs have been selected for simplicity and versatility. The most obvious is shot location—the closer the shot, the more likely it will be a goal. Assuming the average NHL shot is about 90 miles/hour and a NHL goaltender has a reaction time of .11 seconds, the Expected Save Percentage increases greatly once the shot is from a distance of greater than 15 feet. Inside of 15 feet it assumes the goaltender can cover around 70%- 80% of the net through size and positioning, and the distance model reflects this assumption. Location can also allow the model to determine the shot angle and net available to the shooter, two other factors that are automatically worked into the model. If applicable, visibility is a binary input determining whether the goaltender has a chance to see the puck. Again, since we are assuming NHL quality goaltending, there is no ‘half-screen’ or ‘distraction.’ If the goaltender has an opportunity to see the puck, they are expected to gain a sightline to the puck. If they are completely screened, the expected save percentage is lowered as a function of the net available when the shot is taken—the better angle, the more dangerous the screen. Lastly, the model factors in the rate of the change in the angle of the puck when the shot as taken, if applicable. This way we can discount the expected save percentage if the shot is a one-timer, deke, passing play, or even a deflection to better reflect the difficulty of a shot against. The model assumes NHL quality lateral movement, edge control, and post save recovery. At lower levels, where puck movement is slower, goaltenders will have to put up higher real save percentages to maintain an ES% Index that predicts NHL skills.
These inputs create an admittedly arbitrary, yet sophisticated, expected save percentage. The formulas can be retrofitted as more data is collected to move closer to a universally accurate expected save percentage—ideally the median ES% Index would be 0. The data can be then broken up into three categories, shots with no screen or movement, shots that are screened, and shots where the puck is moving laterally as it is released. Breaking each shot into individual components will make it possible to track and eventually acquire objective data, replacing the placeholder formulas with actual NHL results. However, as it stands now, the expected save percentage is a benchmark, and it is the discrepancy between the realized and expected save percentage that will be the true measure of individual performance. Shot placement may seem like a troublesome omission from the model, however since the model is built on aggregated averages we can account for the complete distribution of shots put on net. NHL quality defense generally takes away time and space from shooters, limiting their ability to place the puck wherever they desire. Teams are not necessarily inclined to giving up shots in a particular place in the net, but weaker teams are prone to giving up shots from more dangerous locations on the ice. In this way shot placement is indirectly built into the expected save percentage: a shot from 10 feet out the shooter has a much greater chance of hitting a target, say high glove, than a shot from 20 feet.
Win Contribution
The ES% Index measures goaltender performance in a vacuum, comparing actual performance to how we would expect him to perform in a given situation. However, the goaltender can influence the amount of shots they face through rebound control and effective puck handling. Tracking these occurrences will allow the model to adjust the expected save percentage further. Easier than average shots that result in a rebound will lead to the successive shot not being factored into the model. This is analogous to saying the resulting shot should not have happened. Difficult shots that result in rebounds will take into consideration the difficulty of both shots when assigning expected save percentage to the potentially ‘preventable’ rebound shot. Whenever a goaltender handles the puck and it results in the puck directly clearing the zone, it will be assume the goaltender prevented a shot a certain percentage of the time. By adding the potential shots and removing preventable shots to the actual shot total we will have a good idea of how the goaltender is helping their team and influencing the game.
With the expected save percentage and expected shots against, we can manufacture an expected goals against for each game. We can compare expected goals against to the goal support the goaltender received and determine whether or not the goaltender should have won the game. If the game should have been won based on the actual goals for and expected goals against, but was not, this will be a contributed loss. Conversely, if it was predicted the team should have lost, yet won, this will be a contributed win. So we can remove the bias toward goaltenders on bad teams—who have more opportunity to register contributed wins—we can measure the number of potential contributed wins and losses and compare them to the actual contributed wins and losses.
How does this model predict future goaltending performance?
This analysis allows an NHL team to gain a concise, quantified measurement of goaltending performance across leagues and time. It will more accurately identify goaltending proficiency and consistency. It can be adjusted from league to league as the goaltender advances and will better predict future success as the database grows. The model automatically assumes each goaltender has NHL size, speed, and positioning, so if the goaltender can consistently perform better than his peers, then they will likely continue to outperform them at higher levels. This can apply to a late round pick playing on a weak team in Europe or a college goaltender discredited for being on a strong defensive team. Since the ES% Index can be broken into components—stationary shots, screened shots, and moving shots—it will be easy to identify weaknesses that may be hidden by a specific team. For example, a goalie with poor lateral movement on a team that limits puck movement might perform well by traditional standards, but if the ES% Index on shots with puck movement is below average, chances are they will be exposed at the next level. There is a very real advantage to employing increasingly accurate goaltending metrics that other teams are not using to value goaltenders. It can also be broken up into individual components lending itself to the in-depth analysis of goaltending prospects, opposition goaltenders, and even the performance of other players on the ice. While the ES% Index will likely have limitations, predicting the development and value of goaltenders has not improved during an era when the quality of goaltending has increased dramatically. Therefore, a more accurate metric will almost certainly improve the valuation of each goaltender and offer critical insights into their development.
While advanced goaltending metrics can aid management decisions, they can also lend coaches a helpful perspective when preparing for games. The objective ES% Index will help explain some of the volatility in goaltender performance. Coaches do not always understand the subtleties of the position, their only concern lies in the proficiency of the goaltender in preventing goals—exactly the intent of the ES% Index. It can also be used as a pre-scout for opposing goaltenders. Situational success rates for each NHL goalie are tracked through the season, offering a strategic advantage to the coaching staff and players. If an otherwise successful goaltender is performing below the norm on shots with puck movement, then this is a clear indication to move the puck before shooting. Ability can be judged based on data from an entire season rather than anecdotal observations. This is advantageous because the goaltending position is inconsistent by nature, one bad bounce or mental lapse can be the difference between a good game and a bad game. Watching a select few games of a goaltender will make it difficult to judge their true ability—no doubt part of the reason teams struggle to value goaltenders at the draft. It can also compliment scouting reports. If a scout sees a particular trend or weakness in a goaltenders game, there will be data available which can be used to verify or contradict the scout’s claims.
Additionally, goaltender performance can influence the statistics of players at other positions. Both a defenseman playing if front of poor goaltending and a goal scorer who faced an unlikely sequence of superb goaltending are going to have their statistics skewed. Adjusting these statistics for goaltending performance will give management a clearer idea of why a certain player’s statistics might be deviating from their expectations. For example, the model can be expanded to measure the difference between even-strength expected goals for and expected goals against for each player over the course of the game based on the data already being recorded. This type of analysis is separate from the ES% Index, however having more accurate goaltending statistics would provide an organization another tool properly evaluate players and put the absolute best product on the ice.
No statistical analysis can replace comprehensive subjective evaluation that is performed by the most experienced hockey minds in the world. However, it can offer a fresh perspective and lend objective analysis to a position where contrarians can often be the most successful. The unorthodox goaltending styles of Tim Thomas and Dominik Hasek have remarkably won 8 out of the last 17 Vezina trophies awarded. Not only were they drafted in the 9th and 10th rounds, respectively, they did not even become starting goaltenders until aged 32 and 29 despite their success outside of the NHL. Very few understood how they stopped the puck, but both men clearly prevented goals. It is my hope that employing more advanced goaltending metrics can remove the biases that exist and pinpoint goal prevention, the sole objective of a goaltender. Due to my extensive knowledge of the position as both a student and a coach, the model has been constructed to reflect the complex simplicity of the position—Where is shot from? Can I see it? Can I reach my optimal position?—while deducing the existence of attributes that are critical to NHL success: size, speed, positioning, lateral movement, and consistency. For these reasons, Expected Save Percentage Index and Win Contribution analysis manages to combine the qualitative and quantitative factors that are necessary to properly evaluate goaltenders, benefiting any team that employs these advanced metrics.
Posted on June 17, 2017 January 3, 2018
Expected Goals (xG), Uncertainty, and Bayesian Goalies
All xG model code can be found on GitHub.
Expected Goals (xG) Recipe
If you’re reading this, you’re likely familiar with the idea behind expected goals (xG), whether from soccer analytics, early work done by Alan Ryder, Brian MacDonald, or current models by DTMAboutHeart and Asmean, Corsica, Moneypuck, or things I’ve put up on Twitter. Each model attempts to create a probability of each shot being a goal (xG) given the shot’s attributes like shot location, strength, shot type, preceding events, shooter skill, etc. There are also private companies supplementing these features with additional data (most importantly pre-shot puck movement on non-rebound shots and some sort of traffic/sight-line metric) but this is not public or generated in the real-time so will not be discussed here.[1]
To assign a probability (between 0% and 100%) to each shot, most xG models likely use logistic regression – a workhorse in many industry response models. As you can imagine the critical aspect of an xG model, and any model, becomes feature generation – the practice of turning raw, unstructured data into useful explanatory variables. NHL play-by-play data requires plenty of preparation to properly train an xG model. I have made the following adjustments to date:
Adjust for recorded shot distance bias in each rink. This is done by using a cumulative density function for shots taken in games where the team is away and apply that density function to the home rink in case their home scorer is biased. For example (with totally made up numbers), when Boston is on the road their games see 10% of shots within 5 feet of the goal, 20% of shots within 10 feet of the goal, etc. We can adjust the shot distance in their home rink to be the same since the biases of 29 data-recorders should be less than a single Boston data-recorder. If at home in Boston, 10% of the shots were within 10 feet of the goal, we might suspect that the scorer in Boston is systematically recording shots further away from the net than other rinks. We assume games with that team result in similar event coordinates both home and away and we can transform the home distribution to match the away distribution. Below demonstrates how distributions can differ between home and away games, highlighting the probable bias Boston and NY Rangers scorer that season and was adjusted for. Note we also don’t necessarily want to transform by an average, since the bias is not necessarily uniform throughout the spectrum of shot distances.
Figure out what events lead up to the shot, what zone they took place in, and the time lapsed between these events and the eventual shot while ensuring stoppages in play are caught.
Limit to just shots on goal. Misses include information, but like shot distance contain scorer bias. Some scorers are more likely to record a missed shot than others. Unlike shots where we have a recorded event, and it’s just biased, adjusting for misses would require ‘inventing’ occurrences in order to adjust biases in certain rinks, which seems dangerous. It’s best to ignore misses for now, particularly because the majority of my analysis focuses on goalies. Splitting the difference between misses caused by the goalie (perhaps through excellent positioning and reputation for not giving up pucks through the body) and those caused by recorder bias seems like a very difficult task. Shots on goal test the goalie directly hence will be the focus for now.
Clean goalie and player names. Annoying but necessary – both James and Jimmy Howard make appearances in the data, and they are the same guy.
Determine the strength of each team (powerplay for or against or if the goaltender is pulled for an extra attacker). There is a tradeoff here. The coefficients for the interaction of states (i.e. 5v4, 6v5, 4v3 model separately) pick up interesting interactions, but should significant instability from season to season. For example, 3v3 went from a penalty-box filled improbability to a common occurrence to finish overtime games. Alternatively, shooter strength and goalie strength can be model separately, this is more stable but less interesting.
Determine the goaltender and shooter handedness and position from look-up tables.
Determine which end of the ice and what coordinates (positive or negative) the home team is based, using recordings in any given period and rink-adjusting coordinates accordingly.
Calculate shot distance and shot angle. Determine what side of the ice the shot is from, whether or not it is the shooters off-wing based on handedness.
Tag shots as rushes or rebound, and if a rebound how far the puck travelled and the angular velocity of the puck from shot 1 to shot 2.
Calculate ‘shooting talent’ – a regressed version of shooting percentage using the Kuder-Richardson Formula 21, employed the same way as in DTMAboutHeart and Asmean‘s xG model.
All of this is to say there is a lot going on under the hood, the results are reliant on the data being recorded, processed, adjusted, and calculated properly. Importantly, the cleaning and adjustments to the data will never be complete, only issues that haven’t been discovered or adjusted for yet. There is no perfect xG model, nor is it possible to create one from the publicly available data, so it is important to concede that there will be some errors, but the goal is to prevent systemic errors that might bias the model. But these models do add useful information regular shot attempt models cannot, creating results that are more robust and useful as we will see.
Current xG Model
The current xG model does not use all developed features. Some didn’t contain enough unique information, perhaps over-shadowed by other explanatory variables. Some might have been generated on sparse or inconsistent data. Hopefully, current features can be improved or new features created.
While the xG model will continue to be optimized to better maximize out of sample performance, the discussion below captures a snapshot of the model. All cleanly recorded shots from 2007 to present are included, randomly split into 10 folds. Each of the 10 folds were then used a testing dataset (checking to see if the model correctly predicted a goal or not by comparing it to actual goals) while the other 9 corresponding folders were used to train the model. In this way, all reported performance metrics consist of comparing model predictions on the unseen data in the testing dataset to what actually happened. This is known as k-fold cross-validation and is fairly common practice in data science.
When we rank-order the predicted xG from highest to lowest probability we can compare the share of goals that occur to shots ordered randomly. This gives us a gains chart, a graphic representation of the how well the model is at finding actual goals relative to selecting shots randomly. We can also calculate the Area Under the Curve (AUC), where 1 is a perfect model and 0.5 is a random model. Think of the random model in this case as shot attempt measurement, treating all shots as equally likely to be a goal. The xG model has an AUC of about 0.75, which is good, and safely in between perfect and random. The most dangerous 25% of shots as selected by the model make up about 60% of actual goals. While there’s irreducible error and model limitations, in practice it is an improvement over unweighted shot attempts and accumulates meaningful sample size quicker than goals for and against.
Gains, better than random
Hockey is also a zero-sum game. Goals (and expected goals) only matter relative to league average. Original iterations of the expected goal model built on a decade of data show that goals were becoming dearer compared to what was expected. Perhaps goaltenders were getting better, or league data-scorers were recording events to make things look harder than they were, or defensive structures were impacting the latent factors in the model or some combination of these explanations.
Without the means to properly separate these effects, each season receives it own weights for each factor. John McCool had originally discussed season-to-season instability of xG coefficients. Certainly this model contains some coefficient instability, particularly in the shot type variables. But overall these magnitudes adjust to equate each seasons xG to actual goals. Predicting a 2017-18 goal would require additional analysis and smartly weighting past models.
Less volatile than goalies?
xG in Action
Every shot has a chance of going in, ranging from next to zero to close to certainty. Each shot in the sample is there because the shooter believed there was some sort of benefit to shooting, rather than passing or dumping the puck, so we don’t see a bunch of shots from the far end of the rink, for example. xG then assigns a probability to each shot of being a goal, based on the explanatory variables generated from the NHL data – shot distance, shot angle, is the shot a rebound?, listed above.
Modeling each season separately, total season xG will be very close to actual goals. This also grades goaltenders on a curve against other goaltenders each season. If you are stopping 92% of shots, but others are stopping 93% of shots (assuming the same quality of shots) then you are on average costing your team a goal every 100 shots. This works out to about 7 points in the standings assuming a 2100 shot season workload and that an extra 3 goals against will cost a team 1 point in the standings. Using xG to measure goaltending performance makes sense because it puts each goalie on equal footing as far as what is expected, based on the information that is available.
We can normalize the number of goals prevented by the number of shots against to create a metric, Quality Rules Everything Around Me (QREAM), Expected Goals – Actual Goals per 100 Shots. Splitting each goalie season into random halves allows us to look at the correlation between the two halves. A metric that captures 100% skill would have a correlation of 1. If a goaltender prevented 1 goal every 100 shots, we would expect to see that hold up in each random split. A completely useless metric would have an intra-season correlation of 0, picking numbers out of a hat would re-create that result. With that frame of reference, intra-season correlations for QREAM are about 0.4 compared to about 0.3 for raw save percentage. Pucks bounce so we would never expect to see a correlation of 1, so this lift is considered to be useful and significant.[2]
Goalies doing the splits
Crudely, each goal prevented is worth about 1/3 of a point in the standings. Implying how many goals a goalie prevents compared to average allows us to compute how many points a goalie might create for or cost their team. However, a more sophisticated analysis might compare goal support the goalie receives to the expected goals faced (a bucketed version of that analysis can be found here). Using a win probability model the impact the goalie had on win or losing can be framed as actual wins versus expected.
goaltending update YTD. Bobrovsky has added almost 20 points & 9 spots in standings to CBJ. Vezina fav & Hart candidate. Talbot valuable too pic.twitter.com/l019js71U8
— Cole Anderson (@CrowdScoutSprts) March 29, 2017
xG’s also are important because they begin to frame the uncertainty that goes along with goals, chance, and performance. What does the probability of a goal represent? Think of an expected goal as a coin weighted to represent the chance that shot is a goal. Historically, a shot from the blueline might end up a goal only 5% of the time. After 100 shots (or coin flips) will there be exactly 5 goals? Maybe, but maybe not. Same with a rebound from in tight to the net that has a probability of a goal equal to 50%. After 10 shots, we might not see 5 goals scored, like ‘expected.’ 5 goals is the most likely outcome, but anywhere from 0 to 10 is possible on only 10 shots (or coin flips).
We can see how actual goals and expected goals might deviate in small sample sizes, from game to game and even season to season. Luckily, we can use programs like R, Python, or Excel to simulate coin flips or expected goals. A goalie might face 1,000 shots in a season, giving up 90 goals. With historical data, each of those shots can be assigned a probability of a being a goal. If the average probability of a goal is 10%, we expect the goalie to give up 100 goals. But using xG, there are other possible outcomes. Simulating 1 season based on expected goals might result in 105 goals against. Another simulation might be 88 goals against. We can simulate these same shots 1,000 or 10,000 times to get a distribution of outcomes based on expected goals and compare it to the actual goals.
In our example, the goalie possibly prevented 10 goals on 1,000 shots (100 xGA – 90 actual GA). But they also may have prevented 20 or prevented 0. With expected goals and simulations, we can begin to visualize this uncertainty. As the sample size increases, the uncertainty decreases but never evaporates. Goaltending is a simple position, but the range of outcomes, particularly in small samples, can vary due to random chance regardless of performance. Results can vary due to performance (of the goalie, teammates, or opposition) as well, and since we only have one season that actually exists, separating the two is painful. Embracing the variance is helpful and expected goals help create that framework.
It is important to acknowledge that results do not necessarily reflect talent or future or past results. So it is important to incorporate uncertainty into how we think about measuring performance. Expected goal models and simulations can help.
Hackey statistics
Luckily, Bayesian analysis can also deal with weighting uncertainty and evidence. First, we set a prior –probability distribution of expected outcomes. Brian MacDonald used mean Even Strength Save Percentage as prior, the distribution of ESSV% of NHL goalies. We can do the same thing with Expected Save Percentage (shots – xG / shots), create a unique prior distribution of outcome for each goalie season depending on the quality of shots faced and the sample size we’ll like to see. Once the prior is set, evidence (saves in our case) is layered on to the prior creating a posterior outcome.
Imagine a goalie facing 100 shots to start their career and, remarkably, making 100 saves. They face 8 total xG against, so we can set the Prior Expected Save% as a distribution centered around 92%. The current evidence at this point is 100 saves on 100 shots, and Bayesian Analysis will combine this information to create a Posterior distribution.
Goaltending is a binary job (save/goal) so we can use a beta distribution to create a distribution of the goaltenders expected (prior) and actual (evidence) save percentage between 0 and 1, like a baseball players batting average will fall between 0 and 1. We also have to set the strength of the prior – how robust the prior is to the new evidence coming in (the shots and saves of the goalie in question). A weak prior would concede to evidence quickly, a hot streak to start a season or career may lead the model to think this goalie may be a Hart candidate or future Hall-of-Famer! A strong prior would assume every goalie is average and require prolonged over or under achieving to convince the model otherwise. Possibly fair, but not revealing any useful information until it has been common knowledge for a while.
Priors plus Evidence
More research is required, but I have set the default prior strength of equivalent to 1,000 shots. Teams give up about 2,500 shots a season, so a 1A/1B type goalie would exceed this threshold in most seasons. In my goalie compare app, the prior can be adjusted up or down as a matter of taste or curiosity. Research topics would investigate what prior shot count minimizes season to season performance variability.
Posterior Sv% moves closer to Realized Sv% as strength of Bayesian Prior decreases. Prior is Expected Sv% based on shot quality for goalie pic.twitter.com/t27gvzgwMI
— Cole Anderson (@CrowdScoutSprts) June 20, 2017
Every time a reported result actives your small sample size spidey senses, remember Bayesian analysis is thoroughly unimpressed, dutifully collecting evidence, once shot at a time.
Perfect is often the enemy of the good. Expected goal models fail to completely capture the complex networks and inputs that create goals, but they do improve on current results-based metrics such as shot attempts by a considerable amount. Their outputs can be conceptualized by fans and players alike, everybody understands a breakaway has a better chance of being a goal than a point shot.
The math behind the model is less accessible, but people, particularly the young, are becoming more comfortable with prediction algorithms in their daily life, from Spotify generating playlists to Amazon recommender systems. Coaches, players, and fans on some level understand not all grade A chances will result in a goal. So while out-chancing the other team in the short term is no guarantee of victory, doing it over the long term is a recipe for success. Removing some the noise that goals contain and the conceptual flaws of raw shot attempts helps the smooth short-term disconnect between performance and results.
My current case study using expected goals is to measure goaltending performance since it’s the simplest position – we don’t need to try to split credit between linemates. Looking at xGA – GA per shot captures more goalie specific skill than save percentage and lends itself to outlining the uncertainty those results contain. Expected goals also allow us to create an informed prior that can be used in a Bayesian hierarchical model. This can quantify the interaction between evidence, sample size, and uncertainty.
Further research topics include predicting goalie season performance using expected goals and posterior predictive distributions.
[1]Without private data or comprehensive tracking data technology analysts are only able to observe outcomes of plays – most importantly goals and shots – but not really what created those results. A great analogy came from football (soccer) analyst Marek Kwiatkowski:
Almost the entire conceptual arsenal that we use today to describe and study football consists of on-the-ball event types, that is to say it maps directly to raw data. We speak of “tackles” and “aerial duels” and “big chances” without pausing to consider whether they are the appropriate unit of analysis. I believe that they are not. That is not to say that the events are not real; but they are merely side effects of a complex and fluid process that is football, and in isolation carry little information about its true nature. To focus on them then is to watch the train passing by looking at the sparks it sets off on the rails.
Armed with only ‘outcome data’ rather than comprehensive ‘inputs data’ analyst most models will be best served with a logistic regression. Logistic regression often bests complex models, often generalizing better than machine learning procedures. However, it will become important to lean on machine learning models as reliable ‘input’ data becomes available in order to capture the deep networks of effects that lead to goal creation and prevention. Right now we only capture snapshots, thus logistic regression should perform fine in most cases.
[2] Most people readily acknowledge some share of results in hockey are luck. Is the number closer to 60% (given the repeatable skill in my model is about 40%), or can it be reduced to 0% because my model is quite weak? The current model can be improved with more diligent feature generation and adding key features like pre-shot puck movement and some sort of traffic metric. This is interesting because traditionally logistic regression models see diminishing marginal returns from adding more variables, so while I am missing 2 big factors in predicting goals, the intra-seasonal correlation might only go from 40% to 50%. However, deep learning networks that can capture deeper interactions between variables might see an overweight benefit from these additional ‘input’ variables (possibly capturing deeper networks of effects), pushing the correlation and skill capture much higher. I have not attempted to predict goals using deep learning methods to date.
Goaltending—Game Theory, the Contrarian Position, and the Possibility of the Extreme
Preamble: The following is a paper I wrote while in college about 6 years ago. It is a slightly different approach and worse logic that I employ now, likely reflecting my attitude at the time – a collegiate goaltender with the illusion of control (hence goals were likely unpredictable events, else I would have stopped it). I have softened on this thinking, but still think the recommendation holds: goaltenders can outperform the average by mixing strategies and adding an element of unpredictability to their game.
How goaltender strategy and understanding randomness in hockey can lend insight into the success of truly elite goaltenders.
This paper outlines general strategies and philosophies behind goaltending, focusing on what makes great goaltenders great. Philosophy and goaltending make interesting partners—few athletic positions are continuously branded with a ‘style.’ Since such subjective labels are the norm for this position, then I feel quite comfortable using the terms rather broadly in a philosophical analysis. I will use loose generalisations to formulate a big-picture view of the position—how it has evolved, the type of goaltender that has consistently risen above their peers during this evolution, and why. Using game theory and attempting to clearly label player strategies is, at times, clumsy. Addressing the impact of unquantifiable randomness in hockey does not provide much comfort either. However, the purpose is to encourage further thought on the subject, and not provide a numerical, concise answer. It is a question that deserves more thought, at both the professional (evaluation and scouting) and grass-root (development and training) level. The question: what makes a consistently great goaltender?
Game Theory—The Evolution of Goaltending Strategy
Passive ‘blocking’ tactics have become prevalent among goaltenders at all levels. It is simple, statistically successful, and passive. There are tradeoffs like any strategy—the goaltender forfeits aggressiveness in order to force the shooter to make perfect shots to beat them. This ‘fated’ strategy exposes the goaltender to the extreme—most goals allowed are classified as ‘great plays’ or ‘lucky,’ certainly not the fault of the goaltender. However, there are other considerations. Shooters, no doubt, have adjusted their strategy based on this approach, further compromising the passive approach to goaltending. This means a disproportionate number of shooters will look to make ‘perfect’ shots—high and tight to the post against a blocking goaltender—despite the risk of missing the net entirely.
Historically, goaltenders did not have the luxury of light, protective equipment that is designed specifically to seal off any holes while in a butterfly position. Equipment lacking proper protection and effectiveness required goaltenders to spend the majority of the time on their feet while facing shots.
Player/Goaltender Interactions Then and Now
Game theory applications allow a crude analysis of the evolution of strategies between players and goaltenders. The numbers I use are arbitrary, however, they demonstrate an important strategic shift in goaltending tactics. First, let us assume that players have to decide whether to shoot high or low and always try to shoot for the posts. Simultaneously, goaltenders must choose to block or react.
In the age of primitive equipment, goaltenders were required to stand-up most of the time to make saves. From here we can make three assumptions in this ‘game’ or ‘shot’: 1) While blocking, the goaltender’s expected success rate was the same if the shooter shot high or low. Since the ‘blocking’ tactic was simply standing up and challenging excessively when possible, it would not matter if the player shot high or low, the goaltender was simply covering the middle of the net. 2) While reacting, high shots were easier saves than low shots. Goaltenders generally stood-up, which make reach pucks with the hands easy and reaching pucks with the feet hard. 3) Goaltenders were still better reacting than blocking on low shots, since players will always shoot for the posts.
We can then use the iterated elimination of dominated strategies technique to find a dominant strategy for each player. In this scenario, goaltenders are always more successful, on average, reacting than blocking. Since goaltenders will always react, shooters acknowledge they are generally better off shooting low than high (while this is just a fabricated example, the fact goaltenders survived without helmets might prove this). Regardless, the point of this exercise demonstrates that goaltenders needed to have the ability to react to shots during this time. These strategies and the expected save percentages are displayed in the matrix below (Figure 1). Remember goaltenders want the highest save percentage strategy, while shooters want to find the lowest.
However, the game of hockey is not as simple as the pure simultaneous-move game we have set up. Offensive players are not shooting in a vacuum. They are often facing defensive pressure or limited to long distance shots, both circumstances limit the ability of offensive players to accurately shoot the puck. If the goaltender believes his team will be able to limit the frequency of high shots to less to 50%, then the goaltenders expected save percentage while blocking is greater than their expected save percentage while reacting.Advances in equipment then allowed the adoption of a new blocking tactic—the butterfly. By dropping to their knees and flaring out their legs, goaltenders were maximising their blocking surface area, particularly along the ice. Equipment was lighter, bigger, and increasingly conducive to the butterfly style, allowing goaltenders to perform at higher levels. Now the same simultaneous-move game described above began to increasingly favour the goaltender. Not only did the butterfly change the way goaltenders blocked, it changed the way they reacted. Goaltenders now tended to react from a butterfly base—dropping down to their knees at the onset of the shot and reacting as they dropped. The effectiveness of the down game now meant shooters were always better off shooting high. In a pure game theory sense, this would suggest players would always shoot high, so goaltenders should still always react. These strategies and the new payoffs are displayed in Figure 2.
This suggests that goaltenders with a good defence, good blocking technique, and modern goaltending equipment are better off blocking. When a goaltender is said to be ‘playing the percentages,’ this suggests the goaltender routinely blocks the majority of the net and forces the shooter to make a perfect shot. This strategy has raised the average performance of goaltenders. However, in a zero-sum game such as hockey, simply maintaining a level of adequate performance will not increase the goaltender’s absolute success, measured in wins and losses. The only way for a goaltender to positively impact their team is to exceed the average, which—as we will see—can be accomplished by defying the norm.
In conclusion, these strategic interactions did not create hard rules for goaltenders or shooters. However, the permeation of advanced tactics has heavily skewed the payoffs toward the goaltender. Goaltenders block more, and shooters shoot high as much as possible. An unspoken equilibrium has been created and maintained at all levels of hockey—thus altering the instinctive strategies employed by both groups.
The ‘Average’ Position
Goaltenders could now simplify their approach to their position, while simultaneously out-performing their historical predecessors. The average NHL save percentage rose from 87.6% in 1982 to 91.6% in 2011.* This rise in success rate would give any goaltender little incentive to break the norm. Imagine an ‘average’ goaltender, posting a save percentage equivalent to the NHL average save percentage each year. The ‘average’ goaltender would put up better numbers each successive year. While they would be perceived to be more valuable—higher personal statistics means a bigger contract, more starts, and a greater reputation—it is entirely conceivable that, despite their statistical improvement, they would not contribute to any more victories. If the goaltender at the other end of the ice is performing just as well as you (on average, of course) then the ‘average’ goaltender will not contribute any extra wins to his team compared to the year before. However, this effect would be difficult to observe over the course of a goaltenders career, and coaches and managers would become enamoured with ‘average’ goaltending, comparing it favourably to the recent past. The ‘success of mediocrity’ encouraged a simplified, safe, and ‘high-percentage’ approach to the position. If you looked like other goaltenders, played like other goaltenders, and performed like other goaltenders, there was little reason to worry about job security. In short, through the evolution of goaltending, goaltenders generally have had very little to gain from breaking the idyllic norm of how a goaltender should look or play like. The implicit equilibrium between shooters and goaltenders has persisted across different eras—most recently centring around a ‘big butterfly, blocking’ game, resulting in historically superior statistics for the ‘average’ goaltender.
The Limits of Success
There is no doubt that now the craft of goaltending is significantly superior to the efforts that preceded it. Goaltenders today are bigger, faster, more athletic, and advanced technically. However, the quest to fulfil the requirement of ‘average’ will be an empty pursuit in absolute terms (wins and losses) to any goaltender. In order to avoid becoming ‘average’ the goaltender must deviate from the strategic equilibrium that primarily consists of large goaltenders simply ‘playing the percentages.’ While goaltenders can exceed the average by simply being even bigger, faster, and more athletic than their peers, this is becoming increasingly difficult. Not only will teams continue to draft goalies for these attributes, there are natural limits to how tall, fast, and coordinated a human being can be. Shooters will also continue to adjust. An extra 2” in height does not necessarily prevent a perfectly placed shot over or under the glove. Recall the over simplified instantaneous move game: shooters will always be better off shooting high and to the posts—when they have time. High-level shooters have evolved to target very specific areas of the net, preying on the predictability of the modern butterfly goalie. However, the shooter will not always have time to attempt the perfect shot, which means the goaltender can revert back to primarily blocking and mediocrity without being exposed.
The Contrarian Position
While the goaltender cannot change his physiology in order to exceed the average, they can (slowly) alter their approach to the game. Remember, the strategic interaction between the goaltender and shooter has become predictable. The goaltender will fill up as much net as possible, forcing the shooter to manufacture a perfect shot, while the shooter will attempt to comply. If a goaltender were to begin to mix strategies effectively and react some percentage of the time, they would be better off. The shooter has been trained to shoot high (that is their dominant strategy), and goaltenders are better off reacting to high shots than blocking and leaving their arms pinned to their sides. Essentially, by mixing strategies when it is wise, (when the simple block-react instantaneous move model applies) the goaltender can increase their expected save percentage—and exceed the average.
To demonstrate this point we must move away from the abstract and the general, focusing on specific examples. A disproportionate amount of statistical success throughout the ‘butterfly’ era has been the work of unorthodox goaltenders. While an ‘unorthodox’ style has had a negative connotation in the conventional world of goaltending, it is the defectors that have broken through the limits reached by the big, butterfly goaltender. Sub-six-foot Tim Thomas recently broke the modern NHL save percentage record by willing himself to saves and largely defying the established goaltending practice. The save percentage record previously belonged to Dominik Hasek. Like Thomas, Hasek was less than six feet tall and would consistently move toward the puck like no other goaltender in the game. To shooters that have very clear, habitual objectives (shoot high glove or low blocker just over the pad or through his legs if he is sliding, etc.) facing these contrarians led to a historically low shooter success rate. These athletes effectively mixed their strategies between blocking and reacting (their own versions of these strategies, mind you) to keep shooters guessing. Their contrarian approach has been remarkably sustainable as well—Hasek and Thomas have combined to win 8 out of the last 17 Vezina Trophies, despite their NHL careers only overlapping 3 years. By moving further away further the archetypical goaltender, both Thomas and Hasek exceeded the average considerably. It is exceeding the average that causes goaltenders to contribute to victories, the absolute measurement of success for any goaltender.
Consider the correlation between a unique approach and sustained success when accessing the careers of four Calder Trophy winning goaltenders: Ed Belfour, Martin Brodeur, Andrew Raycroft, and Steve Mason. Each began their NHL career in impressive fashion; however, two went on to become generational goaltenders, while the other two will struggle to equal their initial success. This may seem like an unfair comparison, but it is important to understand why it unfair. Both Brodeur and Belfour maintained an elite level of play because they generally defied convention throughout their career. Both played unique styles and were excellent puck handlers. When Belfour entered the league at the very start of the 1990’s his combination of athleticism, intensity, and an advanced understanding of positional play made him formidable. He mastered the butterfly before it was the standard—you could argue the success of Patrick Roy and Belfour helped create the current generation of ‘big, butterfly’ goaltenders. Brodeur has always been different—there has been no comparable goaltender to him throughout his career, just like Thomas or Hasek. He has been the most consistent and celebrated goaltender in NHL history without utilising the most common save tactic employed by his peers—he rarely drops into a true butterfly. Counter-intuitively, despite lacking a standard, universal save movement, he has also been remarkably consistent. Martin Brodeur has mixed his save selection strategies magnificently, preying on shooter programmed to shoot against predictable butterfly practitioners.
Now consider the other rookie standouts: Raycroft and Mason. It is difficult to distinguish their approach to the game from the approach of other ‘average’ professions. Mason is taller than average and catches right, but he does not present a unique challenge to shooters. They are goaltenders with an average, ‘percentage-based’ approach to goaltending. There is nothing note-worthy about the way they play the position. Why the initial success? Both goaltenders likely overachieved (positive deviation from the average) due to a favourable situation and the vague element of surprise. Shooters would soon adjust to the subtleties in the young goaltender’s game.* Personal weaknesses would become exploited and their performance regressed towards the mean. Their rookie years could have been duplicated by a number of other rookie goaltenders, with similar skill and luck. Their ‘average’ size, skill set, and approach to the game have manifested itself in an ‘average’ NHL career. An impressive beginning was nothing more than favourable luck and circumstance—their careers diverged significantly from other Calder-winning goaltenders. Goaltenders that went throughout their career masterfully mixing save selection strategies, by contrast, set the standard for consistency, longevity, and performance.†
In conclusion, the modern equilibrium between goaltenders and shooters has been successfully disrupted by the contrarians like Dominik Hasek, Tim Thomas, and Martin Brodeur. The rest have enjoyed the benefits of the ‘big, butterfly goaltender’ doctrine—stopping more pucks on average—but have gained little ground on other ‘average’ goaltenders. These goaltenders are playing a strategy that contributes little to their team because they are more susceptible against the extreme.
The Possibility of the Extreme—The Black Swan Save
If contrarians exceed the average, it is important to understand how they can do it with remarkable consistency. I believe their unconventional style and willingness to react to shots leaves them better prepared to handle the possibility of the statistically unique shot—which I will call a ‘Black Swan’ opportunity.§ They can always use the butterfly tactic in situations that call for it, while the butterfly-reliant goaltenders struggle to improvise like contrarians. The ‘reaction’ strategy leaves them free to make the unconventional saves necessary to prevent Black Swans from becoming goals.
The position relies on instinct and split second decisions. Reactions and responses to defined situations are drilled into goalies from an increasingly young age. Long before these goaltenders are capable of playing in the NHL, they have generally mastered technical responses to certain, finite situations. Goaltenders may be trained very well to react predictably in trained circumstances, but this leaves the goaltender susceptible to the extreme—breeding mediocrity. In this case, the extreme or Black Swan shot, is the result of 10 position players on the ice, moving at speeds up to 30 miles per hour, chasing an object that can move close to 100 miles per hour. Despite the simple objective and the definitive results of the goaltending position, every shot against them has the potential to create an infinite amount of complexities and permutations. A one-dimensional approach—where the goaltender determines they are better off ‘playing the percentages’—to the position offers the goaltender the opportunity to make a large number of saves, but it does not prepare the goaltender to react favourably to a Black Swan. The problem, then, is not maintaining a predictable level of performance—making the saves ‘you should make’—it is the ability to adjust to the unpredictable and the extreme in order to make a critical save. This is accomplished by reacting to shots a healthy percent of the time.
The real objective of the goaltender is to give up fewer goals than the opposing goaltender. In a low scoring game such as hockey, it is likely one goal against will determine the outcome of any given game. Passively leaving the outcome up to chance is a mistake in my opinion. Aggressiveness and assertiveness are competitive qualities that are compromised by a predominantly butterfly style. By dropping in the butterfly the goaltender is surrendering to whatever unlikely or unlucky shot that may occur. A great play, a seeing-eye shot, or unlikely bounce—the ‘unlikely, undrilled’ occurrences that have the potential to win or lose games—happen randomly. The goaltender must be aggressive and decisive in order to adjust to these situations. These are the shots that cannot be replicated in repetitive drills; they require the creativity and instinctual reaction of an instinctual contrarian.
Goaltending—A Lesson in Randomness
The frequency of the Black Swan shot or goal against is erratic. They can happen at any time. There is little correlation between shots against and goals against on a game-by-game basis. If we assume the amount of Black Swan’s a goaltender faces is roughly proportional to the number of goals given up*— generally the more improbable shots faced, the more goals against—we counter-intuitively observe that the ‘Black Swans’ and the goals they caused occur randomly in a hockey game, largely independent of the number of shots against the goaltender. Taking the 10 busiest goaltenders of the 2010-2011 season, we see that their save percentage generally goes up as they receive more shots against. It does not matter whether the team gives up 20 shots or 40 shots, the random Black Swan occurrences that result in goals will happen just as frequency, regardless of the shots against. In outings where those goaltenders faced more than 40 shots, the average save percentage and shots against were 94.63% and 43.51, respectively. This implies these goaltenders gave up, on average, 2.33 goals per game when facing more than 40 shots.† When these same goaltenders faced less than 20 shots, their save percentage was a paltry 82.17% on an average of 14.85 shots. This implies 2.64 goals against per outing where the goaltender faced less than 20 shots.§ Counter-intuitively they fared worse while facing less than half of the shots.
The frequency of the ‘Black Swan’ occurrences that led to goals appears to be largely independent of shots on goal. ‘Playing the percentages’ leaves every goaltender hopelessly exposed to random chance throughout the game. Goaltenders in the world’s best league do no better in absolute terms when they face 20 shots than 40 shots. They are the same goaltenders, they just fall victim to circumstance and luck.
Simply ‘playing the percentages,’ with an emphasis on blocking from the butterfly, leaves the goaltenders fate up to pure chance. No goaltender can attempt to consistently out-perform their peers by playing the percentages—at least, not with certainty. Hoping to block 90% of the net while relying on your team to limit quality opportunities will result in mediocrity. The Black Swan events that lead to goals occur randomly and just as frequently facing 15 shots as 50 shots. This has manifested itself in ‘average’ goaltenders’ performances fluctuating unpredictably from game to game and from season to season. In a game where random luck is prevalent, employing a strategy that struggles to adjust to the complexities of a game as dynamic as hockey will result in erratic and unexplainable outcomes.
The Challenge to the Contrarian
This creates a counter-intuitive result: the prototypical, ‘by the book’ goaltender will likely be subjected to greater fluctuations in performance, despite having the technical mastery of the position that suggests a level of control. Instead, it is the contrarian, with no attachment to the ‘proper’ way to make the save that will achieve more consistent results. The improvisational nature of a Tim Thomas stick save may appear out of control, but his approach to the game will yield more consistent results. The aggressiveness and assertiveness will allow the contrarian to make saves when there is no technical road map to reach the proper position on a Black Swan shot. Consider the attributes necessary the make an incredible save. Physical attributes vary among NHL goaltenders, but not by much. Height, agility, reflexes, and other critical skills for any professional goaltender will cluster around a certain standard. On the other hand, the mental approach to the game can vary between goaltenders by magnitudes. Goaltenders can become robust against the effects of Black Swans by having the creativity to reach pucks ‘technicians’ could not and having the courage to abandon the perceived safety of the butterfly. Decreasing the effects of Black Swan’s would be huge, and there are no theoretical limitations (unlike physical limitations) that exist. In a game containing the possibility of the extreme, it is the contrarian goaltender that will best be able to prevent goals against.
Leaving the safety of the ‘butterfly style’ can be dangerous for a goaltender. Coaches, managers, analysts, and peers will be quick to realise when a goal could have been stopped by a goaltender passively waiting in their butterfly. These ‘evaluators’ and ‘experts’ have subscribed to the ‘average’ goaltender paradigm for over a decade. After game 5 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final, Roberto Luongo suggested that the only goal of the game against Tim Thomas would have been “an easy save for (him).”＊ Proactively mixing save strategies does leave the contrarian potentially exposed to the unconventional goal against. Improbable, unconventional saves are great, but coaches and managers really only care about goals against. They can handle them if it was not the fault of the goalie—the perfect shot or improbable bounce that prey’s upon the passive butterfly goaltender. Just don’t pass up the opportunity to make an easy save and get scored on, contend the experts (luckily, Thomas was able to put together the greatest season of any goaltender in the modern game, he got a pass). Playing the game like freed from the ‘butterfly-first’ doctrine is a leap of faith, but it gives the goaltender the opportunity to contribute something positive to their team: wins.
Consider the great Martin Brodeur—the winningest goaltender in NHL history has often been discredited for playing behind strong defensive clubs while winning games and championships. However, random Black Swan chances have little regard for the number of shots against, as we have seen. So why does Martin Brodeur have the most victories of any goaltender in NHL history? I would give a large amount of credit to his ability to make the ‘key save’ on the unlikely chance against. These saves would not necessarily manifest themselves noticeably at the end of the game or in any statistically significant way—rather they are randomly distributed throughout the game, like Black Swan’s are. Remember that, while New Jersey has been traditionally strong defensively, they have averaged 16th in the league in scoring during Brodeur’s tenure.＊ With this inconsistent (and at times lethargic) goal support, Brodeur’s win totals remained remarkably consistent. During his prime he recorded at least 37 victories in 11 consecutive seasons. The low scoring years required extreme focus and competency. Where the game could hinge on one great play or bad bounce, Brodeur preserved victory more than any contemporary by being vigilant against the Black Swan chances. You can make the argument the low shot totals (and the subsequent merely ‘good’ save percentage) led to him being overrated considering his absolute success. However, Black Swan’s are somewhat independent of shots against, and until his detractors understand how three ‘Brodeur-only saves’ were the difference in a 3-2 win in a game where New Jersey gave up only 23 shots, the winningest goaltender of all-time will continue to be regrettably underrated, except for where it counts. No statistical analysis can measure the increased importance of a save to preserve victory compared to a save without that pressure.
I felt it was important to actively think about the strategies that have permeated the goaltending position and the impact it has had on goaltending performance. It was also important to liberate my thinking from too much quantitative analysis, rather focusing on the qualitative relationships between goaltender strategy, the random nature of the position, the goaltenders that consistently exceed the norm, and the goaltenders that will always be products of circumstance. None of this could be done with traditional goaltender metrics, they do not begin the even consider the possibility of the Black Swan opportunity against. Traditional statistics can be manipulated to underrate the winningest goaltender of all-time. Winning is sport’s sole objective, the goaltender always has some influence on winning, so goaltender wins are important. Traditional statistics lead to complacency with ‘average’ goaltending, which is goaltending that adds nothing to the bottom-line—winning. Leaving these statistical constraints behind can help clarify the connection between strategy and the contrarian, then between the contrarian and success.
Based on this philosophical analysis, I believe goaltenders should unsubscribe from the conventional goaltending handbook, aggressively mix their save selection, helpful remaining robust against the inevitable Black Swans opportunities against. This will allow them to exceed the ‘expected’ performance, and ultimately win more games.
* A 4% increase in save percentage is significant; this is analogous to saying goaltenders gave up 48% more goals of the same number of shots in 1982 than 2011.
* While the butterfly style may be generic, each goaltender has relative strengths and weaknesses. NHL shooters will eventually expose these weaknesses unless the goaltenders can successfully vary their strategy (remain unpredictable).
† In the ‘modern’ game-theory example, the goaltender would have to react the vast majority of the time to force the shooter to mix between shooting high or low (which is ideal for the goaltender). By doing so the goaltenders can exert their influence on the shooter, opposed to simply accepting that a great shot or lucky bounce will beat them.
A term borrowed from Nassim Nicholas Talib and his book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Black Swan’s, named after the rare bird, represent the improbable and random occurrences in hockey and in life. Just because we cannot conceive a particular challenge nor have we prepared for it, does not mean it will not happen. ‘Black Swans’ are unpredictable, can have a large impact (a goal), and are the result of an ecosystem that is far too complex to predict (10 players, a puck, and physics create infinite possibilities). Events are weakly explained after the fact (you held your glove too high) but in reality the causes are much deeper and impossible to predict.
* While I would argue some goaltenders are better equipped to handle ‘Black Swan’ opportunities against them, these difficult, unforeseen events will still be approximately proportionate to the amount of goals they give up. NB: Tim Thomas is not included in this list.
† This ‘extreme’ case happened 47 times out of the 677 games collectively played.
Many of these games saw the goaltender pulled, so the goals against is ‘per appearance’ rather than ‘per game.’ While it may be argued that these goaltender just ‘didn’t have it’ these games, I would argue that more often they faced a cluster of bad luck and improbable chances against them. The total sample size is 60 games.
＊ This attitude may explain the regression in Luongo’s game over the last couple of seasons. He once was a 6’3 goaltender with freakishly long limbs that would reach pucks in unconventional and spectacular ways. Now he views himself as pure positional goaltender that is better off on the goal line than aggressively attacking shots against him. Apparently it is better to look ‘good’ getting scored on multiple times than look ‘bad’ getting scored on once.
＊ The standard deviation is 10 places, basically all over the place, both leading the in goals for and finishing last in goals for.
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The Chris Wallace Award for Outstanding Research
CORE Australasia (www.core.edu.au) offers the Chris Wallace award for outstanding Research Contribution each year.
This year's prize will be awarded at the 2020 Australasian Computer Science Week conference series. The prize will be awarded to an academic for post-PhD research undertaken within a university or research institution in Australia or New Zealand in the calendar years 2016-2019 inclusive. The research should include a notable breakthrough or a contribution of particular significance to the field.
Nomination is by a submission to Alison Handley at CORE (admin@core.edu.au) who will acknowledge receipt of the nomination and forward to the committee for consideration.
The nomination must include a statement of no more than 500 words outlining the grounds for the nomination, and details such as a bibliography and referees' reports as appropriate. The nomination should stress what the significant research breakthrough and/or contribution is, along with appropriate evidence of the contribution. Evidence such as referee reports for work published in first-rank journals or conferences will be considered, as will evidence such as major grants, invited talks at major conferences, or other awards.
When preparing the nomination, please observe the following guidelines:
Submit a single ZIP file to admin@core.edu.au containing your nomination and supporting documentation
Summarise your nomination in 500 words of less in a plain text document
Include CV in plain text or PDF format
Include e.g. referees reports or other documentary information in PDF or plain text format
Your submission will be acknowledged by email. Please let Alison Farr know if you haven’t received an acknowledgment within a day or two!
Please note the following restrictions:
Anyone can make a nomination; people can nominate themselves.
Candidates must agree to being nominated.
Professors are ineligible.
Nominations closing date in 2020 is Friday 2nd August. A decision will be made in September with all nominees advised of the outcome in October. The winner will be invited to attend ACSW 2020 to receive their award.
The prize winner will be chosen by a committee, the details of which will be posted when finalised.
Nominations from within one of these institutions will be referred to a further panel member, co-opted for independent assessment.
We look forward to receiving your nominations.
Special note: "The Computer Journal" (Oxford U Press)'s current (Vol. 51 No. 5 [Sept. 2008]) issue is a Chris Wallace (1933-2004) memorial special issue. The journal can be found at http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol51/issue5
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Corporate Laws Procedures Procedure for Conversion Into Section 8 Company
Procedure for Conversion Into Section 8 Company
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(1) A limited company registered under this Act or under any previous company law, with any of the objects specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 8 and the restrictions and prohibitions as mentioned respectively in clause (b) and (c) of that sub-section, and which is desirous of being registered under section 8, without the addition to its name of the word ―Limited‖ or as the case may be, the words ―Private Limited‖, shall make an application in Form No.INC.12 along with the fee as provided in the Companies (Registration offices and fees) Rules, 2014 to the Registrar for a licence under subsection (5) of section 8.
(2) The application under sub-rule (1), shall be accompanied by the following documents, namely:-
(a) the memorandum and articles of association of the company;
(b) the declaration as given in Form No.INC.14 by an Advocate, a Chartered accountant, Cost Accountant or Company Secretary in Practice, that the memorandum and articles of association have been drawn up in conformity with the provisions of section 8 and rules made thereunder and that all the requirements of the Act and the rules made thereunder relating to registration of the company under section 8 and matters incidental or supplemental thereto have been complied with;
(c) For each of the two financial years immediately preceding the date of the application, or when the company has functioned only for one financial year, for such year (i) the financial statements, (ii) the Board‘s reports, and (iii) the audit reports, relating to existing companies
(d) a statement showing in detail the assets (with the values thereof), and the liabilities of the company, as on the date of the application or within thirty days preceding that date;
(e) an estimate of the future annual income and expenditure of the company for next three years, specifying the sources of the income and the objects of the expenditure;
(f) the certified copy of the resolutions passed in general/ board meetings approving registration of the company under section 8; and
(g) a declaration by each of the persons making the application in Form No.INC.15.
(3) The company shall, within a week from the date of making the application to the Registrar, publish a notice at his own expense, and a copy of the notice, as published, shall be sent forthwith to the Registrar and the said notice shall be in Form No. INC.26 and shall be published-
(a) at least once in a vernacular newspaper in the principal vernacular language of the district in which the registered office of the proposed company is to be situated or is situated, and circulating in that district, and at least once in English language in an English newspaper circulating in that district; and
(b) on the websites as may be notified by the Central Government.
(4) The Registrar may require the applicant to furnish the approval or concurrence of any appropriate authority, regulatory body, department or Ministry of the Central Government or the State Government(s).
(5) The Registrar shall, after considering the objections, if any, received by it within thirty days from the date of publication of notice, and after consulting any authority, regulatory body, Department or Ministry of the Central Government or the State Government(s), as it may, in its discretion, decide whether the license should or should not be granted.
(6) The licence shall be in Form No.INC.16. or Form No.INC.17, as the case may be, and the Registrar shall have power to include in the licence such other conditions as may be deemed necessary by him.
(7) The Registrar may direct the company to insert in its memorandum, or in its articles, or partly in one and partly in the other, such conditions of the license as may be specified by the Registrar in this behalf.
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Artist jacob burge
Artist website jacobburgephotography.com
#47 — The Big Ten Buy Issue
Facial recognition systems, which attempt to automatically recognise an individual in a picture based on coordinates of facial features, date back to the ‘60s. The implications of developing the technology at that time, prior to mass available digital photography and the near-instant distribution of information through the internet, seems relatively innocuous when viewed through today’s lenses, even a novelty. Now, the stakes are of an entirely different order.
In his series Face Off, Japan-based photographer Jacob Burge (1981, UK) expresses the complex question of identity privacy in a world where surveillance is a given and consent is an afterthought. Noting that there are now systems in place that record and store our image without the need of cooperation, or even awareness, Burge works with images taken in public places, performing a careful dissection of his subjects’ facial features. Broken down into parts, the individuals become symbolic of the data contained on their faces.
Face Off was included in GUP#47, The Big Ten issue. The series will be included in Rotterdam Photo 2016 (Feb 11-14, 2016).
Rayon Vert
senta simond
Swiss photographer Senta Simond (b.1989) arranged sessions between herself and her subjects – young female friends she has been closely acquainted with for a decade or so. In these somewhat...
A Measure of Peace
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“OH! This is what it’s like to feel normal,” Robert realises after starting his gender transition. Ever since puberty, Robert explains in the written collection Trans: Transgender Life Stories from...
Shiny Ghost
In her series Shiny Ghost, American photographer Rachel Cox (b.1984) documents the final years of her grandmother’s life as she’s suffering from a degenerative brain disease. The elderly lady is...
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Time in Russia
Title: Time in Russia
Subject: Time zone, Irkutsk Time, Kaliningrad Time, Magadan Time, Yakutsk Time
UTC+02:00 MSK−1: Kaliningrad Time
UTC+03:00 MSK:+1 Moscow Time
UTC+04:00 MSK+1: Samara Time
UTC+05:00 MSK+2: Yekaterinburg Time
UTC+06:00 MSK+3: Omsk Time
UTC+07:00 MSK+4: Krasnoyarsk Time
UTC+08:00 MSK+5: Irkutsk Time
UTC+09:00 MSK+6: Yakutsk Time
UTC+10:00 MSK+7: Vladivostok Time
UTC+11:00 MSK+8: Srednekolymsk Time
UTC+12:00 MSK+9: Kamchatka Time
There are eleven time zones in Russia, which currently observe times ranging from UTC+02:00 to UTC+12:00.
1 List of zones
2 Daylight saving time
3 History of zone boundaries
3.1 1993 zone boundary changes
4 Railway time
5 tz database
5.1 List of zones
5.2 Deleted zones
6 Federal subjects with multiple offsets at the same time
List of zones
Since October 2014, the time zones are as follows:[1]
Time Zone Name
Time of day and abbreviation(s)
UTC offset
Kaliningrad Time 20:52, February 11, 2015 USZ1 () UTC+02 Kaliningrad Oblast
Moscow Time 21:52, February 11, 2015 MSK () UTC+03 Most of European Russia, excluding federal subjects from UTC+02, UTC+04 and UTC+05 timezones
Samara Time 22:52, February 11, 2015 SAMT () UTC+04 Samara Oblast, Udmurtia
Yekaterinburg Time 23:52, February 11, 2015 YEKT () UTC+05 Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast (partly in Europe), Tyumen Oblast, and Yamalia
Omsk Time 00:52, February 12, 2015 OMST () UTC+06 Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Novosibirsk Oblast, Omsk Oblast and Tomsk Oblast
Krasnoyarsk Time 01:52, February 12, 2015 KRAT () UTC+07 Kemerovo Oblast, Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai and Tuva
Irkutsk Time 02:52, February 12, 2015 IRKT () UTC+08 Irkutsk Oblast, Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai
Yakutsk Time 03:52, February 12, 2015 YAKT () UTC+09 Amur Oblast, most of Sakha Republic
Vladivostok Time 04:52, February 12, 2015 VLAT () UTC+10 Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Magadan Oblast, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin Oblast (except its easternmost district in the Kuril Islands) and the Oymyakonsky, Ust-Yansky and Verkhoyansky districts of Sakha Republic
Srednekolymsk Time 05:52, February 12, 2015 SRET () UTC+11 Abyysky, Allaikhovsky, Momsky, Nizhnekolymsky, Srednekolymsky and Verkhnekolymsky districts of the Sakha Republic and Severo-Kurilsky District of the Sakhalin Oblast
Kamchatka Time 06:52, February 12, 2015 PETT () UTC+12 Chukotka and Kamchatka Krai
Prior to 2011, Russia moved its clocks backward and forward on the same annual cycle as Europe. On 27 March 2011, clocks were advanced as usual, but they did not go back that October, effectively making Moscow Time UTC+4 permanently.[2] On 26 October 2014, following another change in the law, the clocks in most of the country were moved back one hour, but DST was not reintroduced; Moscow Time returned to UTC+3 permanently.[3]
History of zone boundaries
In the Russian Empire, most of the nation observed solar time. During the late 19th century, Moscow Mean Time was introduced, originally at UTC+02:30. However, when the Soviet Union was created, Moscow Time became UTC+02 and the various other time zones (up to UTC+12) were introduced throughout Russia and the rest of the Soviet Union. On 21 June 1930, the Soviet Union advanced all clocks by one hour, effectively making the nation run on daylight saving time all year (the so-called decree time). In 1980, daylight saving time (two hours ahead of standard time) was introduced; clocks were moved one hour forward on the last Sunday of March and one hour back on the last Sunday of September (October since 1996). Russia and most republics in the Soviet Union abolished the decree time (not moving the clocks) on 31 March 1991, but Russia reversed this the following year.
In 1992, the Government of Russia issued a resolution establishing the borders of the eleven time zones dividing the country's territory.[4] During the following years, various clauses of the resolution were superseded by other laws, reassigning various federal subjects to different time zones (mostly abolishing the decree time).
In November 2009, President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev proposed reducing the number of time zones spanning the country,[5] as well as the abolition of daylight saving time.
1993 zone boundary changes
On 23 May 1993 00:00:00, Novosibirsk Oblast changed its time zone from MSK+4 to MSK+3.[6]
The change occurred during DST effectively changing the offset from UTC+8 to UTC+7, the offset without DST was therefore changed from UTC+7 to UTC+6.
11 time zones in Russia from 2002 to 2010
UTC+02 Kaliningrad Time
UTC+03 Moscow Time
UTC+04 Samara Time
UTC+05 Yekaterinburg Time
UTC+06 Omsk Time/ Novosibirsk Time
UTC+07 Krasnoyarsk Time
UTC+08 Irkutsk Time
UTC+09 Yakutsk Time
UTC+10 Vladivostok Time
UTC+11 Magadan Time
UTC+12 Kamchatka Time
In 2002, [7][8][9]
April 2010: 9 zones
On 28 March 2010, the following changes were introduced, which, in particular, led to abolition of two of the eleven time zones.
The Udmurt Republic and Samara Oblast started using Moscow Time, thus eliminating Samara Time (MSK+1 or UTC+4 without DST).[10][11]
Kemerovo Oblast started using Omsk Time.[12]
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai started using Magadan Time, thus eliminating Kamchatka Time (MSK+9 or UTC+12 without DST).[13]
Although the Russian government wants to reduce the number of time zones even further, there have been protests in far-eastern Russia on the recent changes, including protests and a 20,000-strong petition in support of Kamchatka returning to UTC+12.[14]
September 2011: 9 zones, "permanent DST".
The decree No. 725 [15] (31 August 2011) defines Moscow Time and lists the zones, numbered 1 to 9 and in turn defined relative to Moscow Time. The offsets from UTC are altered, the reference zone, Moscow Time Zone, now uses UTC+04:00. This is similar to the 1930 USSR reform with decree time coming into operation. The notions of decree time and daylight saving time were abolished in the law, but in fact, this law mandated permanent daylight saving time (or even double daylight saving time in regions that had not abolished the decree time).
As a result some districts of the Sakha Republic switched from Vladivostok Time to Yakutsk Time (Zone 7):
Tomponsky District
Ust-Maysky District
Some districts switched from Magadan Time to Vladivostok Time:
Oymyakonsky District (Sakha Republic)
Kurilsky District and Yuzhno-Kurilsky District (Sakhalin Oblast)
1 April 2010 (with DST)
1 September 2011 ("permanent DST")
Blue Yakutsk Time (MSK+6), pink Vladivostok Time (MSK+7), red Magadan Time (MSK+8).
As a result of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, local authorities in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol decreed that clocks in the newly proclaimed Russian federal subjects should jump ahead two hours at 10 p.m. on 29 March 2014 to switch from Eastern European Time to Moscow Time.[16]
In July 2014, further changes were passed, which took effect on 26 October 2014. All of Russia moved back one hour, except:[17]
Udmurtia and Samara Oblast remained on UTC+04:00, (thus reinstating Samara Time, MSK+1)
Kemerovo Oblast remained on UTC+07:00 (went from Omsk to Krasnoyarsk Time)
Zabaykalsky Krai moved back two hours to UTC+08:00 (went from Yakutsk to Irkutsk Time)
Magadan Oblast moved back two hours to UTC+10:00 (went from Magadan Time, MSK+8 to Vladivostok Time, MSK+7)
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai remained on UTC+12:00 (thus reinstating Kamchatka Time, MSK+9)
The parts of the Magadan Time zone that remained on MSK+8, were given a new time zone name, Srednekolymsk Time, UTC+11.
Annual DST changes will not be observed.[18]
Time zones in Russia, difference with standard time
Railway time
All timetables on Russian Railways (except Sakhalin railways) follow Moscow Time.[19] Airports, however, follow local time.[20]
tz database
http://efele.net/maps/tz/russia - data from 2009
For Russia, the tz database contains several zones in the file zone.tab.
The list below shows the 16 zones for Russia as defined in the file zone.tab of the database. The database aims to identify regions that had the same time offset rules since 1970.
Two zones, namely Asia/Omsk and Asia/Novosibirsk, each cover area that did not observe the same rule set since 1970, all now using Omsk Time.
On the last Sunday in October 2011, daylight-saving time ended in tzdata, but all zones moved forward one hour. In other words, the clocks did not change, but the names of the time zones reverted permanently to their standard time variants and there will be no more daylight-saving time going forward.
If available, the change column lists the offset changes that caused a creation of a new zone in the tz database.
"Initial zone" means that in 1970 there was already a difference in time offset from the offsets in any other zone.
tzid
UTC offset (without DST, permanent since 2011)
Split from
RU +5443+02030 Europe/Kaliningrad Moscow-01 - Kaliningrad +02:00 Kaliningrad Oblast Initial zone
RU +5545+03735 Europe/Moscow Moscow+00 - west Russia +03:00 Most of European Russia. Complete list given here. Initial zone
RU +4844+04425 Europe/Volgograd Moscow+00 - Caspian Sea +03:00 Kirov Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Volgograd Oblast, and Astrakhan Oblast Europe/Samara 1992-03-29 Zone creation, causing change from UTC+04 to UTC+03
RU +5312+05009 Europe/Samara Moscow+00 (Moscow+01 after 2014-10-26) - Samara, Udmurtia +04:00 Samara Oblast and Udmurtia Initial zone 2010-03-28 Change from UTC+04 to UTC+03
RU +5651+06036 Asia/Yekaterinburg Moscow+02 - Urals +05:00 Bashkortostan, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Kurgan Oblast, Orenburg Oblast, Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Tyumen Oblast, and Yamalia Initial zone
RU +5500+07324 Asia/Omsk Moscow+03 - west Siberia +06:00 Altai Krai, Altai Republic, and Omsk Oblast
1995-05-28 Zone creation, causing change from UTC+07 to UTC+06
1992-01-19 Change from UTC+05 to UTC+06
RU +5502+08255 Asia/Novosibirsk Moscow+03 - Novosibirsk +06:00 Novosibirsk Oblast and Tomsk Oblast.
2002-05-01 Change from [7][8][9]
RU +5345+08707 Asia/Novokuznetsk Moscow+03 (Moscow+04 after 2014-10-26) - Kemerovo +07:00 Kemerovo Oblast Asia/Novosibirsk 2010-03-28 Zone creation, causing change from Krasnoyarsk Time to Novosibirsk Time[21]
RU +5601+09250 Asia/Krasnoyarsk Moscow+04 - Yenisei River +07:00 Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, and Tuva Republic
RU +5216+10420 Asia/Irkutsk Moscow+05 - Lake Baikal +08:00 Irkutsk Oblast and Buryatia
RU +6200+12940 Asia/Yakutsk Moscow+06 - Lena River +09:00 Amur Oblast, Zabaykalsky Krai, and western Sakha Republic
RU +4310+13156 Asia/Vladivostok Moscow+07 - Amur River +10:00 Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, and central Sakha Republic Initial zone
RU +4658+14242 Asia/Sakhalin Moscow+07 - Sakhalin Island +10:00 Sakhalin Island, and western Kuril Islands Asia/Magadan 1997-03-30 Zone creation, causing change from UTC+11 to UTC+10
RU +643337+1431336 Asia/Ust-Nera Moscow+07 - Oymyakonsky +10:00 Oymyakonsky District Asia/Yakutsk 1981-04-01 Changed to Magadan time
RU +5934+15048 Asia/Magadan Moscow+08 (Moscow+07 after 2014-10-26) - Magadan +10:00 Magadan Oblast Initial zone 2014-10-26 Split: Magadan Oblast changed to Vladivostok time, other areas using new Srednekolymsk time
RU +6728+15343 Asia/Srednekolymsk Moscow+08 - E Sakha, N Kuril Is +11:00 eastern Kuril Islands, and eastern Sakha Republic Asia/Magadan 2014-10-26
RU +5301+15839 Asia/Kamchatka Moscow+08 (Moscow+09 after 2014-10-26) - Kamchatka +12:00 Kamchatka Krai Initial zone 2010-03-28 Change from UTC+12 to UTC+11
RU +6445+17729 Asia/Anadyr Moscow+08 (Moscow+09 after 2014-10-26) - Bering Sea +12:00 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Initial zone
1982-04-01 Changed from UTC+13 to UTC+12
Deleted zones
Asia/Ulan Ude was a time zone identifier from the zone file of the tz database. The reference point was Ulan-Ude. It was added in tz version 2011e.[22]
Federal subjects with multiple offsets at the same time
Per a 2011 law[23] the territories of Sakhalin Oblast and Sakha Republic each observe more than one offset.
Sakha Republic
UTC+10 MSK+6 Asia/Yakutsk: all except districts in other time zones
UTC+11 MSK+7 Asia/Vladivostok: Oymyakonsky, Ust-Yansky, and Verkhoyansky Districts
UTC+12 MSK+8 Asia/Magadan: Abyysky, Allaikhovsky, Momsky, Nizhnekolymsky, Sredrekolymsky, and Verkhnekolymsky Districts
Sakhalin Oblast
UTC+11 MSK+7 Asia/Sakhalin: all except Severo-Kurilsky District in the Kuril Islands
UTC+12 MSK+8 Asia/Magadan: only Severo-Kurilsky District in the Kuril Islands
Decree time
^ New Russian Time Zones as of August 31, 2011 according to Decree 725 of the Government of the Russian Federation, World Time Zone, August 31, 2011.
^ "Медведев отменил зимнее время". Lenta.ru. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
^ Russian clocks go back for last time, BBC News, 25 October 2014
^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №23 от 8 января 1992 г. «О порядке исчисления времени на территории Российской Федерации». (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #23 of 8 January 1992 On the Procedures of Keeping Time on the Territory of the Russian Federation. ).
^ "Russian president Dmitry Medvedev wants to cut 11 time zones.". BBC News. 15 November 2009.
^ Time changes in year 1993 for Russia – Novosibirsk. Timeanddate.com. Retrieved on 2014-06-07.
^ a b Re: Tomsk wrong timezone. Gmane. Retrieved on 2014-06-07.
^ a b Новости NEWSru.com :: С 1 мая Томская область перешла в новый часовой пояс. Newsru.com. Retrieved on 2014-06-07.
^ a b Current Time and Date → Tomsk Oblast → Local Time @ Time Genie. Timegenie.com. Retrieved on 2014-06-07.
^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №166 от 17 марта 2010 г. «О применении на территории Удмуртской Республики времени второго часового пояса». Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №58, 22 марта 2010 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #166 of 17 March 2010 On Using the Time of the Second Time Zone on the Territory of the Udmurt Republic. ).
^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №170 от 19 марта 2010 г. «О применении на территории Самарской области времени второго часового пояса». Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №58, 22 марта 2010 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #170 of 19 March 2010 On Using the Time of the Second Time Zone on the Territory of Samara Oblast. ).
^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №740 от 14 сентября 2009 г. «О применении на территории Кемеровской области времени пятого часового пояса». (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #740 of 14 September 2009 On Using the Time of the Fifth Time Zone on the Territory of Kemerovo Oblast. ).
^ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №171 от 19 марта 2010 г. «О применении на территории Камчатского края и Чукотского автономного округа времени десятого часового пояса». Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №58, 22 марта 2010 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #171 of 19 March 2010 On Using the Time of the Tenth Time Zone on the Territory of Kamchatka Krai and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. ).
^ "Thousands Protest Time Zone Changes in Russia". 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
^ Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации № 725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации».
^ "Crimea switches to Moscow time". Voice of Russia. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
^ New Russian time zones and the corresponding areas from October 26, 2014, World Time Zone, July 22, 2014.
^ Russia Moving to Permanent Winter Time From October 26, RIA Novosti 22 July 2014, retrieved 26 July 2014
^ Russian Railways - Time tables
^ for example http://www.iktport.ru/
^ proposed time zone package changes. Gmane. Retrieved on 2014-06-07.
^ proposeed time zone package changes Chile Russia Irkutsk Buryatia Morocco. Gmane. Retrieved on 2014-06-07.
^ Постановление от 31 августа 2011 г. №725 (in Russian). Government.ru. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
Map of time zones in Russia
Time Zones of Russia
Time in Asia
Time in Europe
States with limited
Use dmy dates from August 2013
CS1 uses Русский-language script (ru)
CS1 Russian-language sources (ru)
Articles with dead external links from September 2014
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Russia, Russian language, Atheism, Russian Orthodox Church, Hungary
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Magadan Time
Magadan Oblast, Kamchatka Krai, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Time in Russia, Kamchatka Time
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Employment Separation
Policy Number: IV.13
Originally Issued: September 17, 2014
Revised: June 19, 2019
Policy Owner: VP for Financial Affairs
Policy Implementation: Director of Human Resources
In accordance with Athens State University’s mission, this policy establishes the requirements for an employee to provide timely notification if the employee wishes to discontinue employment with the University. This policy addresses voluntary employment separation by the employee through resignation or retirement. Termination for cause or misconduct or non-renewal is addressed in other operational policies.
II. Resignation
University email and Banner self-service accounts will be terminated 30 calendar days from the date of resignation. All other account privileges will be revoked at the time of resignation.
A faculty member who does not wish to continue employment with Athens State University is required to give written notice of resignation at least thirty (30) days prior to the beginning of a semester.
Faculty resignations must be cleared with the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs and accepted by the President. The faculty member must complete all instructional duties for any semester started, except by written mutual agreement of both parties.
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A staff member or executive/senior administrative employee who does not wish to continue employment with Athens State University is required to give written notice of resignation at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of the resignation. Staff and Executive/Senior Administrative resignations must be cleared with the immediate supervisor and accepted by the President.
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A faculty member electing to retire under options available through the Teacher’s Retirement System of Alabama must submit written notice to the Retirement System and to the President of the University no more than ninety (90) days and no fewer than thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of retirement. The effective date of retirement should coincide with the end of the contract period unless a different date is approved by the President.
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The President has assigned the responsibility of implementing this policy to the Director of Human Resources, under the direction of the Vice President for Financial Affairs.
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Year : 2015 | Volume : 5 | Issue : 3 | Page : 98-100
Ascending pharyngeal artery arising from a hypoplastic internal carotid artery
Charif A Sidani1, Rami Sulaiman2, Amr Rahal3, Danea J Campbell1
1 Department of Radiology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Fl 33136, USA
2 Department of Radiology, Cairo University Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt
3 School of Medicine, Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, Dutch Caribbean, Netherlands
Date of Web Publication 8-Jul-2015
Charif A Sidani
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, 1611 NW 12 Avenue, WW 279, Miami, Fl 33136
Normal vascular variants often have clinical/surgical significance and can be misinterpreted for pathology. We report a case ascending pharyngeal artery arising from a hypoplastic internal carotid artery. We provide clues to differentiate between dysgenesis and disease/thrombosis of the internal carotid artery.
Keywords: Carotid canal, dysgenesis of internal carotid artery, hypopharyngeal artery, vascular variants
Sidani CA, Sulaiman R, Rahal A, Campbell DJ. Ascending pharyngeal artery arising from a hypoplastic internal carotid artery. Avicenna J Med 2015;5:98-100
Sidani CA, Sulaiman R, Rahal A, Campbell DJ. Ascending pharyngeal artery arising from a hypoplastic internal carotid artery. Avicenna J Med [serial online] 2015 [cited 2020 Jan 19];5:98-100. Available from: http://www.avicennajmed.com/text.asp?2015/5/3/98/160251
Dysgenesis of the ICA is a rare developmental anomaly seen in <0.01% of the population. [1],[2] The term incorporates agenesis (no carotid canal or vascular remnant), aplasia (vascular remnant and hypoplastic carotid canal), or hypoplasia (small caliber, patent lumen). These abnormalities often have clinical/surgical significance and can be misinterpreted for pathology. We report a case ascending pharyngeal artery arising from a hypoplastic internal carotid artery.
A 15-year-old African American girl, with past medical history significant for juvenile onset diabetes mellitus, underwent sinonasal surgery for fungal sinusitis. The preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the sinuses had shown absence of the flow void from the cavernous portion of the right internal carotid artery (ICA) while the left sided flow void was normal [Figure 1]. Surgery did not document fungal disease extension into the either cavernous sinus. The patient was referred to a postoperative computed tomography angiography (CTA) of the head and neck for better evaluation of the right ICA.
Figure 1: (a) Axial T2-weighted fat-saturated images at the level of the cavernous sinus normal flow void (solid arrow) from the precavernous segment of the left internal carotid artery (ICA). There is the loss of the flow void (dashed arrow) from the same segments of the right ICA. Patient has expansion of the sphenoid sinus that is densely opacified on computed tomography (CT) (not shown) and shows a signal void on T2-weighted (asterisk) consistent with fungal disease ICA: Internal carotid artery. (b) Axial T2-weighted fat-saturated images at the level of the cavernous sinus show normal flow void (solid arrow) from the cavernous segment of the left ICA. There is the loss of the flow void (dashed arrow) from the same segments of the right ICA. Patient has expansion of the sphenoid sinus that is densely opacified on CT (not shown) and shows a signal void on T2-weighted (asterisk) consistent with fungal disease ICA: Internal carotid artery
Computed tomography angiography showed a normal caliber of the right common carotid artery (CCA), external carotid artery (ECA) as well as the proximal 1 cm of the right ICA. After the normal first centimeter, the ICA became of narrow caliber, without evidence of thrombus or dissection, and remained of homogeneous small caliber all the way into a hypoplastic carotid canal. Findings confirmed the congenital nature of the small ICA [Figure 2].
Figure 2: (a) Axial computed tomography angiography the petrous carotid canal is normal on the left (solid black arrow) and hypoplastic on the right (dashed black arrow) Arising from the medial aspect of the proximal internal carotid artery (ICA) is a small caliber vessel was consistent with ascending pharyngeal artery (AscPA), AscPA: Ascending pharyngeal artery, ECA: External carotid artery, ICA: Internal carotid artery. (b) Coronal maximum intensity projection 1 cm after its origin, the right ICA is of diffusely narrow caliber, without evidence of thrombus or dissection, and remained of homogeneous small caliber all the way into the skull Arising from the medial aspect of the proximal ICA is a small caliber vessel was consistent with AscPA, AscPA: Ascending pharyngeal artery, CCA: Common carotid artery, ECA: External carotid artery, ICA: Internal carotid artery. (c) Three-dimensional volumetric reconstruction 1 cm after its origin, the right ICA is of diffusely narrow caliber, without evidence of thrombus or dissection, and remained of homogeneous small caliber all the way into the skull. Arising from the medial aspect of the proximal ICA is a small caliber vessel was consistent with AscPA, AscPA: Ascending pharyngeal artery, CCA: Common carotid artery, ECA: External carotid artery, ICA: Internal carotid artery. (d) Three-dimensional volumetric reconstruction 1 cm after its origin, the right ICA is of diffusely narrow caliber, without evidence of thrombus or dissection, and remained of homogeneous small caliber all the way into the skull. Arising from the medial aspect of the proximal ICA is a small caliber vessel was consistent with AscPA, AscPA: Ascending pharyngeal artery, CCA: Common carotid artery, ECA: External carotid artery, ICA: Internal carotid artery
Arising from the medial aspect of the proximal ICA was a small caliber vessel that ascends vertically between the ICA and pharynx, to the under surface of the base of the skull, lying on the longus capitis muscle. The course of this artery was consistent with an ascending pharyngeal artery (AscPA). This artery did not provide any intractranial branches or any feeders to the ICA distribution.
The remainder of the CTA was normal, namely the ICA was of normal course and caliber, and there was no evidence of intracranial aneurysms. The left AscPA was not identified with certainty.
Dysgenesis of the ICA is a rare developmental anomaly seen in <0.01% of the population. [1],[2] The term incorporates agenesis (no carotid canal or vascular remnant), aplasia (vascular remnant and hypoplastic carotid canal), or hypoplasia (small caliber, patent lumen). [3] The abnormality is usually unilateral with nearly 3:1 left-sided predominance. [4] Bilateral dysgenesis has been described however. [5]
Etiology is unknown, [5] but it is postulated that all the three variants of dysgenesis represent a spectrum related to an intrauterine insult to the developing embryo.The ICA is thought to arise from the dorsal aorta and the third aortic arch at 4-5 mm embryonic stage, with the full development of the ICA by 6 weeks. [3],[5] The artery usually forms, followed soon after by the bony carotid canal. Hence, the size of the canal is essential for making the diagnosis of a hypoplastic ICA. A small ICA is considered hypoplastic if the ICA canal is small; however a small ICA in the setting of a normal sized carotid canal is abnormal secondary to atherosclerotic disease, dissection, vasculitis, etc. By the same token, an absent ICA is considered congenital agenisis rather than thrombosis if the ICA canal is not developed.
As ICA dysgenesis is not associated with ECA or CCA abnormalities, it is suggested that the latter two arteries have a different embryogenesis. [5]
Many collateral pathways have been described in the setting of ICA dysgenesis. [3] A simplified classification includes three collateral pathways: Collateral flow through the circle of Willis (most frequent), collateral flow via persistent fetal circulation, and reconstitution of the ICA through skull base collaterals from the ECA. [2],[5]
These patients are at a much higher risk of developing aneurysms. The risk is estimated at 24-34% when compared to 2-4% prevalence in the general population. [5] Altered flow dynamics along with congenital defects of the vessel wall are thought to be the cause of this increased risk. [1],[5] Follow-up vascular imaging criteria are not established.
Our patient had juvenile onset diabetes mellitus and family history of cardiac and peripheral vascular disease all of which make her a high-risk patient for cerebrovascular disease. This vascular variant also increases her risk for intracranial aneurysms. She was counseled about the need for aggressive glucose level control and regular medical follow-ups.
A hypoplastic ICA is a rare developmental anomaly that can be misdiagnosed for a thrombosed ICA on MRI. Radiologists should be aware of this variant and be able to differentiate between dysgenesis of the ICA and a ICA disease/thrombosis based on the size of the ICA canal on computed tomography. This entity is clinically significant as it places the patient at significantly increased risk of intracranial aneurysms.
To the best of our knowledge, an AscPA arising from a hypoplastic ICA has never been described. It is difficult to establish if this combination represents an incidental coexistence of two rare developmental anomalies or whether this represents part of the spectrum of ICA hypoplasia. As indicated above, ICA dysgenesis has not been associated with ECA or CCA abnormalities, suggesting that the latter two arteries have a different embryogenesis, [5] therefore we favor that the findings in this case are a mere coincidence.
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FLaReNet / SILT Workshop on Lexicon-Ontology Relationship
Nicoletta Calzolari
Paul Buitelaar
Philipp Cimiano
In the last decades there has been a huge investment by various communities in developing large lexical and knowledge resources. The lexical resources and computational linguistics community on the one hand have developed important and widely used lexical resources such as WordNet1, FrameNet2, VerbNet3, Propbanksup4 etc. as well as created metamodels to represent computational lexicons (e.g. LMF). The knowledge engineering and knowledge representation communities on the other hand have a strong tradition of developing foundational (e.g. DOLCE) or general ontologies such as SUMO5 or CYC6. The Semantic Web community has created the infrastructure that makes it possible to develop and maintain a large number of domain-specific ontologies (by means of the standards such as OWL and RDFS, ontology editors such as Protégé or the Neon Toolkit etc.). Dedicated ontology search engines (such as Ontoselect, with 1.543 indexed ontologies7, Swoogle8 with over 10.000 ontologies, or Watson with more than 8.300 indexed ontologies9) have been built allowing users to access the large number of available ontologies on the Web, e.g. in order to find an appropriate ontology to reuse in their own application and context.
While world knowledge clearly plays a crucial role in natural language processing as well as the other way round, the interplay and relation between the different types of resources (lexical resources on the one hand and ontologies on the other) remain underexplored to a large extent. There have been certainly a number of projects where both traditions have met:
WordNet has been for example restructured (“sweetened”) according to the principles of formal ontology [Gangemi et al. 2003].
FrameNet has been linked to the Suggested Upper Merged Ontology (SUMO) [Scheffczyk et al. 2006a].
FrameNet has been represented using the OWL datamodel allowing to check annotations for inconsistencies [Scheffczyk et al. 2006b].
First models allowing to associate linguistic information to ontologies have been developed in the Semantic Web community, i.e. Lexical Information Resource (LIR) [Peters et al. 2006] and LexInfo [Buitelaar et al. 2009], both building on the Lexical Markup Framework (LMF).
Domain-specific framenets with links to ontologies have been created (e.g. BioFrameNet).
While these are good examples for projects where both communities have met, there is still a long way to go to understand the relation and interplay between lexical and ontological resources and to develop best practices how they can be applied/linked/merged at the level of applications. In contrast to earlier work on the field at the intersection of KR and lexical semantics (generative lexicon etc. etc.), we are nowadays in the unique position of exploring these issues from a practical point of view by exploiting the concrete and large resources developed in the different communities.
The particular questions which could help us to better understand the role of ontologies and their relation to lexical resources are the following:
What is the role/impact of domain-specific ontologies modeling a certain domain in lexical semantics, computational semantics and natural language processing in general?
What are the benefits and established good practices for restructuring lexical resources according to ontological principles?
How can lexical resources guide the development of ontologies? How can the large number of ontologies available word-wide contribute to the development of lexical resources?
What is the relation between language and ontologies (if there is one at all)? Are ontologies language-independent human-engineered artifacts?
What are the main differences between KR formalisms and lexically inspired formalisms (ambiguity vs. non/ambiguity, degree of formalization etc.)
Can we enrich ontologies with linguistic information in a principled way? How could applications benefit from this?
Can ontologies provide the necessary knowledge that is needed for NLP applications?
[Gangemi et al. 2003] - A. Gangemi, N. Guarion, C. Masolo and A. Oltramari, “Sweetening WORDNET with DOLCE”, AI Mag., Vol. 24, No. 3., pp. 13-24, 2003.
[Scheffczyk et al. 2006] - J. Scheffczyk, A. Pease, Adam and M. Ellsworth, “Linking FrameNet to the Suggested Upper Merged Ontology”. In Proceedings of the conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems. 2006.
[Scheffczyk et al. 2006] - J. Scheffczyk, C. F. Baker, and S. Narayanan, "Ontology-Based Reasoning about Lexical Resources" Proceedings of the Workshop on Interfacing Ontologies and Lexical Resources for Semantic Web Technologies (OntoLex 2006), Genoa, Italy, pp. 1-8, 2006.
1 See http://wordnet.princeton.edu/.
2 See http://framenet.icsi.berkeley.edu/.
3 See http://verbs.colorado.edu/~mpalmer/projects/verbnet.html.
4 See http://verbs.colorado.edu/~mpalmer/projects/ace.html.
5 See http://www.ontologyportal.org/.
6 See http://www.cyc.com/.
7 See http://olp.dfki.de/ontoselect/, last access 24th of May 2009.
8 See http://swoogle.umbc.edu/, last access 27th of May 2009.
9 See http://watson.kmi.open.ac.uk/WatsonWUI/, figures by personal communication with M. d’Aquin, 22nd of June 2009.
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Passenger Killed When Sedan Flips in Lenox Downtown
02:12PM / Thursday August 25, 2016
LENOX, Mass. — An elderly woman from the state of Florida was killed Wednesday afternoon after the car she was riding in collided three other vehicles, traveled through the Walker and Main street intersection and flipped over to land on the lawn of Adams Community Bank.
Nancy Goessel, 88, of Naples, Fla., was extricated using a Jaws of Life and was transported to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, where she was pronounced dead at 4:29 p.m.
Senior Officer Timothy Sheehan and Officers Jacob Stringer and William Colvin were awaiting shift change at the Lenox Police Station at 2:13 on Wednesday afternoon when they were alerted to a loud crash at the intersection of Walker Street (Route 183) and Main Street at the Paterson-Egleston Monument.
According to police, a preliminary investigation has revealed that a 2011 Jaguar 4D sedan, operated by 88-year-old William Goessel of Naples, was westbound on Walker Street and swerved into an eastbound Ford Explorer, operated by Robert Rodgers of Monterey.
Goessel then sideswiped an occupied, but parked 2012 Volkswagen Jetta and continued westbound on Walker Street in the eastbound lane while accelerating.
The Jaguar travelled over the curb and lawn at the Revolutionary War obelisk and onto the north side of the monument with such force that it was propelled into the air at some points. The Jaguar, while airborne, then collided with a 2016 Volkswagen Jetta operated by Jorja Flaherty of Pittsfield that was carrying an infant passenger properly secured in a carseat in the rear seat.
The Jaguar landed near the sidewalk at Adams Community Bank, flipped and landed on its roof on the bank's lawn. William and Nancy Goessel were the only passengers in the Jaguar. William Goessel, Flaherty, and the infant were also transported to Berkshire Medical Center. All victims were transported by three ambulances from the County Ambulance service.
The Lenox Police were assisted by the Lenox Fire Department, the Lee and Stockbridge police departments, state police from the Lee barracks, the State Police Crime Scene Services and Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, and several witnesses and bystanders who were at the scene.
This case remains under investigation and, currently, there are no criminal charges.
Multiple Berkshire County Schools Subject Of Bomb Threat
By Andy McKeever
iBerkshires Staff
03:52PM / Thursday January 07, 2016
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Numerous schools were the target of bomb threats Thursday afternoon triggering responses from police and fire departments.
Pittsfield Police Chief Michael Wynn said targets were identified in five communities but he did not reveal which ones.
"There was a timeline given in the call and an indication that the caller would make another call," Wynn said.
However, the time elapsed without incident and the individual never called back. Wynn said the caller making the threat was "scratchy" and "difficult to hear."
"We're working it an as active case," he said.
At least two of those targets were schools.
Both Lanesborough and Lenox have reported that just before 2 p.m. bomb threats were made on the schools. The call were made to Pittsfield Police dispatch.
"This afternoon at 1:49 p.m., Lanesborough Elementary School received a notice from the Lanesborough Police Department of a bomb threat identifying several targets throughout Berkshire County including Lanesborough Elementary School. School personnel conducted a thorough search of the building and its perimeter, joined by town police and fire officials. The chiefs of the Lanesborough Police and Fire Departments were on the scene immediately and determined that no students or students were in danger," wrote Lanesborough Principal Martin McEvoy.
Police Chief Timothy Sorrell said police and fire initiated its "bomb scare protocol" and ultimately found no threats. Lanesborough Police were notified of the threat around 1:45 and claimed the bomb would go off a half hour later.
Cheshire Elementary went into a "soft lockdown," according to a Facebook posting by the Cheshire Police Department because the threat mentioned the Cheshire post office, which is not far from the school.
"I want to reiterate that the Cheshire Elementary School was never mentioned in the bomb threat," state the post, presumably by Chief Timothy Garner. "Post office employees were notified and they made their contacts as well."
Once the time frame of the threat expired, the school went back to normal.
Two schools in Dalton were reportedly included in the threat but neither were evacuated unlike Lenox Memorial Middle and High School.
The Berkshire Eagle reported that Lenox Memorial Middle and High School was evacuated because of the threat. That too was found to be unsubstantiated by Lenox police and fire.
Principal Michael Knybel told the Berkshire Eagle: "In the interest of student and staff safety and security, we have sent students home early... Our first concern is the safety of our students and we will make every attempt to ensure this matter is thoroughly investigated and safety is restored."
Updated with information from Cheshire Police.
Pittsfield Pedestrian Killed on Route 7
Staff Reports 08:53AM / Sunday August 28, 2011
LENOX, Mass. — A 46-year-old Pittsfield woman was killed shortly after midnight on Sunday when she was struck by a car on the Pittsfield Lenox Road.
According to Lenox Police, Stacy A. Macfarlane-Holmes was crossing the Pittsfield Road (Route 7) near the Price Chopper plaza on foot at about 12:39 a.m. when she was hit by a southbound 1998 Volkswagen New Beetle driven by Firas M. Kara of Lee.
Macfarlane-Holmes was in the southbound lane when the accident occurred but her direction of travel has yet to be determined. She was transported to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield where she was pronounced dead.
The state police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section is in the process of reconstructing the crash. Kara states that he never saw Macfarlane-Holmes in the roadway. This area of the Pittsfield Road is somewhat poorly lit and it was raining at the time of the collision.
Officers Ward and Lagarce responded to the scene. They were assisted by state police from the Lee barracks, the Pittsfield Police Department, the Lenox Ambulance and the Pittsfield Fire Department.
This incident remains under investigation. Anyone who may have witnessed this is urged to contact the Lenox Police at 413-637-2346. Officer Ward is the investigating officer.
Tags: pedestrian, motor vehicle, fatality
Lenox Police Go High Tech to Search for Missing
Lenox Police Department 09:44PM / Monday June 20, 2011
LENOX, Mass. — Police Chief Stephen E. O'Brien has formalized an agreement with the A Child Is Missing Alert Program that has led to a high-tech method now in place to search locally for missing children, missing elderly (often with Alzheimer's), college students and missing persons who may be mentally or physically challenged or disabled.
Upon receipt of a missing person call, the Police Department will make one of its first phone calls to a toll-free number that rings in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., at the national headquarters of the A Child Is Missing Alert Program.
The call, answered 24 hours every day by an information and mapping technician, initiates a rapid process of information gathering and use of sophisticated mapping systems. A Child Is Missing then launches potentially thousands of calls within minutes with an alert message detailing the missing person's description, last known whereabouts, and pertinent information. This alert message will also include a Lenox Police Department phone number for use by anyone with information relating to the missing person.
This program is a free service to law enforcement. Police officials will evaluate each potential activation of the A Child Is Missing Alert Program to ensure the application is appropriate to the case and that the system is optimally used. Policies, procedures, and employee training will also guide the most efficient and effective use of this alert program.
Phone numbers that are called by this program include listed numbers and mobile numbers available to ACIM in the selected area. Mobile numbers, unlisted numbers, broadband/voice-over IP numbers, or TDD/TTY devices can be added to ensure they, too, are called in the event of an alert.
To enter your cell phone, unlisted or other device number visit www.achildismissing.org and click on "add your name" to enter your name, number and address. This information will only be used for emergency message alerts.
A Child Is Missing is a nationwide nonprofit organization that helps law enforcement agencies locate missing children and others. It utilizes sophisticated computer mapping systems and trained technicians with the capacity to place 1,000 alert phone calls in one minute to residents and businesses in the area where someone has gone missing. To date, the efforts of A Child Is Missing have been credited with more than 890 safe, assisted recoveries.
Tags: missing person
Lenox Ambulance in Head-on Crash
LENOX, Mass. — The town's ambulance is out of commission after it was involved in a head-on crash Thursday morning while transporting a patient to Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.
Police Chief Stephen E. O'Brien said Lenox Ambulance was dispatched at 5:11 a.m. on Thursday to Curtis Housing on Main Street for a woman with abdominal pain. By 5:25, the firefighter emergency medical technicians Jason Saunders and Daniel Pirettihad had her on the way to Pittsfield.
Saunders, who was driving the ambulance, reported six minutes later that it had been involved in a head-on motor vehicle crash on Main Street near the entrance to the Church on the Hill.
Police said Matthew Bak, 20, of Cheshire, was operating a 1997 Chevy pickup GMT 400 southbound on Main Street when he fell asleep at the wheel, crossed the center line, and collided with the 2008 Ford E450 Type III ambulance.
Saunders requested aid from the Fire Department, two other ambulances and Lenox Police.
The EMTs on the ambulance began caring for the other patients involved and, once more firefighters arrived, a third ambulance was requested for the personnel involved in the crash.
Saunders, 36, and Piretti, 27, who was caring for the patient in the back of the ambulance, were both treated at BMC for minor injuries and released after being transported by County Ambulance. The 83-year-old patient was taken to BMC with neck and back pain via another County Ambulance.
Bak complained of neck and back pain and was transported to BMC by Lee Ambulance.
The crash remains under investigation and both criminal and civil charges are pending. There was extensive damage to both involved vehicles, which were towed away.
Although the town will be without an ambulance, Fire Chief Daniel W. Clifford said the Lenox Fire Department will continue to provide emergency medical services and will rely on mutual aid ambulance services for transport until a more permanent solution for a replacement ambulance becomes available.
Tags: head-on, accident, ambulance
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June 23, 2016: A new report by the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) fails to mention the use of the death penalty for drug crimes, despite a surge in executions of alleged drug offenders in countries where the UN agency funds counter-narcotics police.
UNODC unveiled its 2016 World Drug Report on June 23 and warned that the number of drug users has risen worldwide. However, the 174-page document included no reference to the increased number of death sentences and executions in countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, says the human rights organisation Reprieve.
While the UNODC's report lamented the number of deaths from drugs overdoses, it made no reference to the 638 alleged drug offenders who were hanged in Iran last year, up from 367 in 2014. UNODC recently announced a new $20 million funding deal for Iranian drug operations, which will support law enforcement training and equipment that has previously been linked to arrests and executions.
Earlier this year, 56 countries, including all 28 EU member states, signed a statement condemning the failure of a UNODC-administered summit to address the death penalty for drug crimes.
The statement also appeared to warn the UNODC over its human rights record, noting the need to "prevent criminal justice or other forms of international assistance resulting in a death sentence being applied, and to hold international agencies to account for compliance with this and all other human rights obligations."
Maya Foa, Director of Reprieve's Death Penalty Team, said: "The UN's World Drug Report completely ignores the global resurgence in the death penalty for drug crimes, which has seen states like Iran and Saudi Arabia execute hundreds of alleged drug offenders.
"This seems all too convenient an omission given that the body which authored the report, the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime, continues to fund Iranian and Pakistani drug raids which routinely send drug mules to death row."
She concluded: "Instead of whitewashing the world's drug executions crisis, UNODC should face up to its human rights responsibilities, and freeze its support for drug police in countries which apply the death penalty for narcotics offenses." (Source: ekklesia.co.uk, 24/06/2016)
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NIGERIA: DELTA STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY CANCELS DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS
INDONESIA: SUPREME COURT SENTENCES 5 TO DEATH FOR DRUG OFFENSES
MALAYSIA: FRUIT SELLER GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
VIETNAM: 73-YR-OLD AUSSIE WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
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KUWAIT: GALLOWS FOR THREE INDIANS, WOMAN IN DRUG TRAFFICKING
PAKISTAN: THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
BANGLADESH: COUPLE KILLER GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MYMENSINGH
INDIA: PRESIDENT REJECTS TWO DEATH-SENTENCE PLEAS FROM CONVICTS
CHINA: ZHUHAI COURT SENTENCES 4 DRUG DEALERS TO DEATH
SUDAN: FOUR GUNMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH AND LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN SOUTH DARFUR
OSLO: LAST DAY OF THE 6th WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCED AL SHABAAB SYMPATHIZER TO DEATH
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING IN KANO
IRAQ: PERPETRATORS OF ERBIL GOVERNORATE ATTACK RECEIVE DEATH SENTENCE
OSLO: THE SECOND DAY OF THE 6TH WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY
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TAIWAN ‘MOVING TOWARD’ ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
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POPE FRANCIS: VIDEO MESSAGE TO DEATH PENALTY CONFERENCE
TAIWAN: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES FILIPINO’S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE
CHINA: ORGANS FROM PRISONERS STILL HARVESTED AT A MASSIVE SCALE (REPORT)
IRAQ: 12 TERROR CONVICTS EXECUTED
CALIFORNIA (USA): CALIFORNIA VOTERS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ABOLISHING THE DEATH PENALTY OR SPEEDING UP EXECUTIONS
EGYPT: MURSI SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN QATAR SPY CASE
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BELARUS EXECUTES TWO CONVICTED MURDERERS
MALAYSIA: GOVT HALTS EXECUTION OF 1,200 DEATH ROW INMATES
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Apple has stopped signing iOS 8.4; You can no longer downgrade from iOS 8.4.1
by iPhoneHeat on Aug 23, 2015
Apple has finally stopped signing the iOS 8.4 firmware after less than two weeks of the release of iOS 8.4.1. Once Apple stops signing a software version, it means that user will no longer be able to restore that version of iOS onto his/her iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.
Since Apple has closed the iOS 8.4 signing windows, you can no longer downgrade from iOS 8.4.1 to iOS 8.4 and re-jailbreak your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch either using TaiG jailbreak or PP jailbreak tool.
While the signing window does not concern the majority of the iOS users, but it’s of great importance for the jailbreak users out there. For instance, downgrading becomes very useful when a previous version of iOS is jailbreak-able, but not the latest version. In the current scenario, iOS 8.4.1 has patched all the jailbreak tools while iOS 8.4 can still be jailbroken.
Initially, it was possible to downgrade from iOS 8.4.1 as the signing windows for iOS 8.4 was still open. But unfortunately, Apple has stopped signing iOS 8.4, closing doors to all those coming back from iOS 8.4.1. It does not come as a surprise as Apple has been doing this for a few years now. Apple not only patches the jailbreak vulnerabilities via software updates, it also prevents users from going backward in software version.
TaiG jailbreak tool was able to jailbreak iOS 8.4, but it does not work on iOS 8.4.1 as Apple has patched several loopholes in its mobile operating system as has credited team TaiG for finding those vulnerabilities.
For a regular user, who does not care about jailbreak, there is nothing to be concerned about for them. But jailbreakers who are still rocking their iOS 8.4 jailbroken devices, must stay away from upgrading to iOS 8.4.1, or they will lose their jailbreak. Also be careful when installing a jailbreak tweak, as you may end up restoring your device to get rid of issues. Restoring means that you’ll have to upgrade to the latest iOS version, which is not jailbreak-able with any tool for now.
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Academic Cassandras: Iceland and Ireland
Timely warnings were issued by academic commentators in both Iceland and Ireland long before the collapse. On Iceland’s sidelining of its most internationally-prominent economist, see my recent book review for the Irish Times. The Sunday Independent afforded me the chance, a few weeks ago, to review the policy concerns that I had been expressing over the last decade (see here). I was not in any way a lone voice, but the space allotted allowed me examine only my own record. I was particularly disappointed to see Minister Eamon Ryan coming out with as ignorant a reaction to academic economists’ interventions as Denis O’Brien’s.
Author Frank BarryPosted on October 22, 2009 Categories Economic Performance
12 thoughts on “Academic Cassandras: Iceland and Ireland”
Frank, it must be very galling to be told by ignoramuses that you failed to forecast the crisis, whe the oppostite is the case. I think what they mean is none of the economists they listened to forecast it, which is a different matter altogether.
In fact one of the great myths of the current crisis is ‘no-one saw it coming’. In fact, it was so widely predicted people got fed up with asking the same questions and making the same points. The number of academic economists who warned of this is large, yourself included. Personally, my own favorite outside of economist circles was Brenner’s, ‘The Boom & The Bubble’.
Even financial journalists, who are not always as sceptical as they might be kept on asking Chuck Prince each quarter as the results were published, when Citibank was going to get out of the sub-prime, abs, cdo bubble, and elicited the famous response, “while the music’s still playing, we keep dancing”. The Times in London even ran a week-long series, in early 2007, on the bubble in financial assets. I attended a presentation in mid-2005 by a senior global strategist whose message was that the US housing market would collapse, that the bursting of the bubble would hit all financial markets, and that his own bank was one of the most implicated. His bank was Lehman Bros.
Perhaps it is because the job of Prince, the strategist, et al is to carry on expanding the returns on capital that they accelerated through the red lights.
But no-one except a charlatan or a fool can claim, ‘nobody saw it coming’.
James Conran says:
Not really on the “who predicted what” topic, but your last paragraph on how policy in Ireland is fomulated behind closed doors the lack of transparency reminded me of this story in last week’s SBP:
http://www.sbpost.ie/news/ireland/almost-100-firms-avail-of-44m-state-support-44944.html
‘In a statement , Mary Coughlan, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, said the names of the firms that had received assistance from the Enterprise Stabilisation Fund could not be disclosed ‘‘for reasons of commercial sensitivity’’.’
I’m open to persuasion, but surely in the interests of transparency a company seeking state aid should be willing to forgo a small bit of whatever is meant by “commercial sensitivity”? The idea that public money should be dispensed to selected companies (even as a loan, which is effectively the case with the ESF) but the public isn’t told which ones strikes me as odd.
Similarly, as far as I’m aware we still have no information on the discounts applied to NAMA loans for individual financial institutions. Seems extraordinary to me.
Michael Hennigan - Finfacts says:
@Frank Barry
Unless you have a media profile, you don’t matter.
This is why Ryan would make such a statement.
The financial service economists certainly were tin-can cheeerleaders of McCreevy and according to Finance magazine, in 2001, Goodbody’s chief economist Colin Hunt, who later joined McCreevy’s successor Brian Cowen as a special adviser said:”Minister, don’t let the doomsayers get you down. Economic policy is on the correct course and should not be altered because of the recent deterioration in inflation readings. Rather than tightening fiscal policy, you should continue with the supply-side approach of recent years with an emphasis on using both taxation changes to enhance the efficiency of the labour market.”
Certainly the notion that everyone bought into the hysteria is either daft or self-serving.
@James Conran
A lot of this routine is followed because it was done in Queen Vic’s day.
I was wondering earlier why does the Dept of Finance use ,000m instead of billion – the common usage and ditto the CSO.
The New York Times has the quaint tradition of not using acronyms e.g. IBM is written I.B.M.
Somebody must have said that’s what the rule book says.
The Irish are very conservative and big professional firms who get lots of business from the public sector operate in a totally opaque system.
The Government shields their business with it subject to some FOI requests, from public view and because partners are not subject to limited liability protection, no information on income need be disclosed.
The public interest isn’t certainly served as competition isn’t enhanced.
On use of public funds, several US States have introduced total transparency.
In the Irish power structure, the only big change since 1951 is the demise of the Catholic Church.
The trade union for the wealthy hospital consultants still calls the shots and most of the other vested interests remain in place.
Frank Barry says:
@ Michael Hennigan
Surprisingly, one (at least) of the chapters of Colin Hunt’s PhD thesis was on the pro-cyclicality of fiscal policy in Ireland. Coincidentally, the 2001 paper I wrote with John FitzGerald that I mentioned in the Sunday Indo article made the point that developments in the Irish labour and housing markets meant that further income tax reductions would now impact primarily (and adversely) on the demand side, in contrast to previous tax reductions whose main (and beneficial) effects had been on the supply side.
Eamonn76 says:
I would like to see economists who work for brokers referred to as share & bond auctioneer economists. Those who work for banks as loan auctioneer economists. I think this would alert the general public more about where they are coming from, which is not the foulest reaches of hell, but is not a position of total impartiality either. We all have our biases, but I think it’s fair to say that all these auctioneers should be declared as such.
Economists who work for universities should be referred to as independent economists. I know that is not always true, but they are the closest things to independent economists we have got.
Those for the government as government economists.
Those for state research institutes as semi-state economists (I am open to revisions).
Thank you for trying to stop the insanity. As for Eamon Ryan, he was so aware of the coming collapse that he went in to government with both of the parties that caused it. Genius.
Could we not set up a global list of all those who did warn that the bubble would burst, (you are allowed to nominate yourself) then post it to our political leaders? I’ll set the ball rolling with the most authoritative and then the most telling (in my view)
*The IMF
* Brenner
Research_Online@UCD says:
Full text of 22 Frank Barry papers, now available through UCD Library:
http://irserver.ucd.ie/dspace/items-by-author?author=Barry%2C%20Frank
Pat The Plumber says:
One of my favourite characters from the bubble years was Henry Blodget, the Merrill Lynch analyst who would issue a public buy-note on a stock, and then privately dismiss the same company as a ‘piece of sh!t’ in internal emails.
Many independent observers certainly knew the various bubbles were going to burst. But so too did many of the industry ‘experts’ who were motivated to say other things in public.
@Pat The Plumber
You are right. And Goldman Sachs doing better than ever. I hope that the next financial crisis is not remotely on the same scale.
Tomboktu says:
BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed a year ago decided (!) that the only one who had predicted the crisis was Richard Dale, Emeritus Professor of International Banking at Southampton University, in a book he published in 1992:
BOOK: http://www.amazon.com/International-Banking-Deregulation-Great-Experiment/dp/0631160574/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256329212&sr=8-1
PODCAST OF THE PROGRAMME: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/thinkingallowed/thinkingallowed_20081015.shtml
Gaffer says:
Sorry but the evidence here that you predicted gloom and doom in 1999-2001 seems to reinforce The Ministers argument rather than refute it. The dogs in the street knew that there was a property bubble in recent years but with the notable exception of Morgan Kelly did any academic economist predict the extraordinary impact it would have on the banking system?
@ Gaffer,
We weren’t predicting doom and gloom back in the late 1990s, simply pointing to flawed fiscal policies that did indeed store up trouble for the future.
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Cable Review
Some of the new figures I’ve been eagerly awaiting this year are from Hasbro’s Marvel Universe line. After resisting for a few years, the line’s character selection has come back around and hit me upside the head. MU’s Wave Thirteen included a couple figures that I wanted, particularly Cable.
Upfront, I should say I’m not the biggest Cable fan. I didn’t read a lot of Marvel Comics in the 90s and that’s basically where Cable hails from. My big want from this wave was Cyclops (he’ll get his time in the spotlight here soon). So why did I buy Cable? Well, he looked like a kickass figure, he’s got a ton of accessories, and because I couldn’t resist the hilarity of a figure of him with Hope strapped to his chest.
If you’re unfamiliar with Cable, I’m probably not the best person to talk to, but I can try and give you the basics. He’s the son of Cyclops & Madelyne Pryor, a clone of Jean Grey. His early life sucks – his Dad left his Mom to be with his old girlfriend, his Mom went insane and became evil, he was infected by a techno-organic virus, and had to be sent into the future to be safeguarded and raised. In that time period, he grows up to a grizzled warrior and later returns to our time and kicks a lot of ass. Most recently, he became the guardian of Hope, the first new mutant to be born in Marvel after Scarlet Witch depowered the mutant population a few years back. The figure represents Cable during his babysitter period.
While Hasbro has been getting me to take more notice of Marvel Universe with character selection (bring on the Guardians of the Galaxy, baby!), the figures are simply getting better as well. Cable is a prime example. He has a great sculpt from head-to-toe. The only two issues I have with him are that his workout routine seems to favor his techno-organic bicep and that his head and toes may be a tad too far apart…
A quick check of Cable’s height does list him as 6′ 8″, so that sounds like he should be taller than your average Marvel figure, but when you put him with other characters you normally think of as tall, he just doesn’t seem right. I don’t mind that he’s a big dude though, it just further reinforces that “Cable will kick your ass… even while holding a baby” thing he’s got going.
The sculpt itself is accurate to the comics thanks to a great generic buck and a good dose of softer plastic add-ons. The chest harness, belt & leg holster, and boot tops are all added on to the sculpt. I’m not totally in love with them because they shift around and can look a little off. Plus, Cable’s left boot is glued askew. Still, I can’t deny how great they look simply because of the added depth they provide.
And atop that mixed body sits a great head sculpt. Sure, he’s his usually gruff, annoyed self, but, just maybe, Hope needs her diaper changed. The expression works for either scenario. Hope looks a tad small, but it does evoke the many covers I saw of Cable carrying her around.
Speaking of diaper changes, Cable doesn’t have to be with child all the time. In fact, some versions of Cable don’t even include the baby. I’m happy to have his version because it allows me to choose between both the chestplate with Hope and the one without. While I’m probably way too happy about this particular feature, there is one issue – neither chestplate is terribly secure. While I was endlessly fiddling around with the leg articulation, the chest plate found its way to the carpet more than a few times. Continue to Page 2…
By NoisyDvL5 under Marvel Universe on June 21st, 2011 Categories: Marvel Universe, Reviews, Toys
Tags: Cable, Hasbro, Hope, Marvel Universe, X-Men
21 comments to Marvel Universe
eh… as a guy who did read a lot of marvel comics, especially the x books, in the 90’s, the guns are not really liefeldy… the pistol wouldn’t have a grip, and essentially look like a smooth tube with a trigger, and the rifle would be the size of a buick… not like a 1/18th scale buick, a real buick, like maybe a skylark, to be in scale with the figure. 🙂
ok, i kid… but only a little. i’ll probably take some flak for this, but i don’t care for this cable at all, in part due to his lack of liefeldity. the design is really nothing like liefelds, which to me, being the debut look, and the look that got all the press, should be the goal for almost every cable fig, until something more definitive comes along. and the baby really feels like they cheaped out. a tiny kid, that was actualy piece that fit in the chest pouch, rather than a head on a chest peg, just seems completely doable and they didn’t. gak! gak i say!
and final thought… why is the juggernaut tripping towards cable? shouldn’t he, is he’s lunging or running, or even walking, have one leg kind of in front of himself? i know his quads make posing tricky, but for reals, he can’t get one leg forward? and no, cable can’t do jack to the juggy on his own. he’d need help, especially if juggy had already started moving.
JamesLynch
Except that Cable’s an omega-level telepath/telekinetic. All he’d have to do is tk Juggy’s helmet off (or blow it off. It’s not like he has any shortage of guns around) and he’d turn Jug’s brain into pudding.
eh… the force field man, the force field. cable could tk the mound of earth juggy is on and rocket the whole thing to alpha centauri if he wanted, but juggy personally? he’d have to be in the midst of a lover’s quarrel w/ cyttorak for that to work out to cable’s advantage. most the time, the folks who lay into juggy w/ the powerful blast shiz… they end up very disappointed.
NoisyDvL5
See, this is why they don’t seem to have met up in the comics. LOL
orionpax636
I agree and disagree with you on the design choice, big man. On the few Cable figures I own (I think I own a whopping one), I prefer a bigger, bulkier Nate, but not to Liefeldian proportions. A “proper” Cable of such specs would be a brick of muscles of unknown origin and would look something like a refrigerator with pouches, tech-junk and a Levi’s symbol hidden somewhere.
Though I much prefer a more realistic-yet-muscular Cable, and this would seem to fit the bill, I just couldn’t pick this figure up. The neck length bothered me, and while that shoulder armor is by no means inaccurate, it’s just too out there.
Since I’m anticipating Hasbro’s promised, reinvigorated return to 6″ scale, a lot of these MU offerings are having a harder time sucking me in. I fell for the Apocalypse figure, and was less than pleased with that one, so I think I’m going to be a harder sell in the coming waves. This is a line that is admirably improved since its inception, but I’m a bigger figure kinda guy.
I’m trying really hard to keep that in mind… and sorta failing.
I know I’m in for that Avengers 3pk, Scarlet Spider, & Steve Rogers at least…
Oh my God, Becky, look at her pose… 😛
Myxlplyx
What’s up with his neck? That’s some serious Ralph Dibny style neck action.
Hope is kind of the worst.
It does sit a little higher than it should.
The baby is an odd thing because it’s sculpted to match the look in the comics more than it’s sculpted to be an actual baby. I almost wanted them to go with a more realistic take on Hope, but this one works.
Motorthing
I have this guy and he’s a very cool figure – I think it’s the fact that the head has just been sculpted to kind of perch on the neck joint rather than having a deeper cut that would alow the head to settle onto the stump more and look less “elongated” – that’s the buck system for ya!
I could give a crap about comics in the late 80’s/early 90’s, that’s where pretty much every book lost me until Morrison revied the JLA (yes, I know, different Universe) and got me back in but Cable just looks badass and like a proto-Deathlock and as such I don’t carry the hate and loathing for the character that most of fandom seems infected with. Sometimes that’s where being a Toyfan fisrt and foremost helps – you don’t have to be quite so personally invested one way or the other to recognise a cool toy when you see it. Or a bad one.
MU has improved leaps and bounds and the character selection has pulled me into collecting yet another 3.75 line against all my better judgement and acknowledged lack of willpower, and this particular wave is one of the good ones.
So….nice review.
Thanks! Morrison JLA got me back into comics. Good stuff.
Wave 13 was pretty nice. I resisted the Apocalypse, but even he was mighty tempting.
Much like Motorthing, I just started buying marvel u (despite my apprehension in starting a new line of toys) and Cable is one of the first ones I got because he is sooooo cool looking and very well articulated. I personally am glad they did not got the Liefeld route. (but to each is own) That is the look he started with and I could see them doing a Classic X Force pack base on Liefeld art later on (maybe boom boom, rictor, sunspot etc), but I think this version is a better general look for Cable. Liefeld art gets ripped all the time even today, and a figure based on that would have gotten the same result I think. He is a tad too tall for my tastes, but still cool and I hope we see this level of detail doing forward.
I could maybe see a desire for a blue/gold outfit so he could match up better with that iteration of the X-Men, but I prefer this current look over this early appearances for sure.
zedhatch
Darn, I couldn’t get my review without mentioning a “Hopeless” joke.
At first I didn’t care which cable I got, but when I did get him I was glad I got the hope version just for the hilarity factor.
I go back and forth on him now though, one day I like him, the next not so much, and back again. Mine had VERY loose knees and ankles though too and I think that contributes to my frustrations.
😀 I liked your review, even with the hopeless joke!
I think hopless Cable should always just be the one you end up with. I can’t imagine seeking him out just to NOT get the extra accessory of the baby. That’d be silly!
My Cyclops has loose legs. I like the figure, but it’s definitely taking away from him.
HMMM my cable has loose legs, but my cyke is just fine, weird how that happens.
Thanks for the kind words on the review BTW.
I effing need that Jean Grey costume in Marvel Legends scale goddamnit!!!!
Sorry, Cable looks great. But I had too large of a marvel legends collection to “reboot” it cause hasbro got cheap. It didn’t help that the initial MU line looked shitty. Now they’re starting to look good I want them, but its too late for me. Hopefully the fabled return of ML brings me the few characters I still want before I completely loose interest.
Sorry for the nerd rage 😛
Understandable nerd rage! MU is really getting me on the X-Men front. I want a Jim Lee X-Mean team on my shelf and they’ve “tricked” me into trying to get them in 4″. I unfortunately wasn’t paying attention and missed Gambit, but I’m buying the rest.
The dumb thing is I’ll prolly still buy some as MLs again. Sigh.
Nik, I think if this line continues to be successful, we will see re-dos of some of the early toys (like the terrible Jean Grey, so so paint job on Gladiator, etc) with better articulation and sculpts. I refuse to buy them just to complete the teams (I have wrecker, but the rest of the team pales in comparison IMHO) and will continue to cherry pick the good looking ones only. Cable, Apoc, Juggy could be a good sign of things to come or just show the hit or miss nature of this line. The Captain America movie line is a level of detail i hope spreads to MU.
Agreed the movie lines really have a lot to offer the main comic line. The next couple waves look like things are moving in the right direction.
Except for the hips… Grrr…
Great review, Noisy! Cyclops, I kinda want. Cable, I was kinda sitting on the fence on and probably falling to the side of “pass.” But now I want him, dammit, even though his body looks too long for his legs and he’s more NBA’ish than NFL-esque. MOre leifeld-sih, as dayraven says!
Oh and if you’re looking for a first look at the Avengers 3-pk, look no further than on Chase Variant! (I managed to snag a set early!) ;P
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New Environmental Statement Consultation
The Government has produced a suite of documents which make up the Supplementary Environmental Statement (SES).
The original Environmental Statement consisted of over 50,000 pages and was widely criticised for being inadequate and inaccurate. As a result the SES, which mainly aims to correct the mistakes in the original document, is 8751 pages long.
Almost everywhere is subject to the changes in impact made in the SES. We would encourage people to exercise their right to be heard about the contents of this new document.
You can view the documentation by clicking here and the Non-Technicial Summary, which summarises the main changes can be accessed by clicking here.
The consultation on the SES, which is due to end on 28th August. You can respond by email to
HS2PhaseOneAPJuly2015@dialoguebydesign.co.uk or use the freepost address:
FREEPOST HS2 AP2 CONSULTATION (no stamp required)
Having reviewed the documentation produced, they appear to be deliberately and needlessly complicated and designed to continue the strategy pursued by HS2 Ltd to confuse and hide the likely level of environmental impacts.
We would suggest if you respond, you make clear your concerns about how confusingly the information is provided and that it is very difficult to follow what changes HS2 Ltd are proposing for a particular area.
You could build a new Millennium Dome every 6 miles between London and Birmingham for the same cost of constructing Stage 1 of HS2.
You could build wall of pound coins 20 feet high from Euston to New Street for the same price of Stage 1 of HS2. Or you could use the money to improve our existing railways without destroying anything.
When the Conservative Party first announced their support for high speed rail in 2008, they claimed the entire network could be built for £15 billion. Latest estimates - £42 billion plus.
More than 70 per cent of the 30,000 jobs created around HS2 stations in Stage 1 will be in London rather than the West Midlands.
Around 10,000 jobs will be created in the West Midlands from Stage 1 of HS2. This for a region with over 2.6 million adults of working age of which 235,000 are unemployed.
HS2 was so important to British business that just 429 out of 4.5 million of them responded to the 2011 national consultation on HS2.
HS2 Ltd’s own forecasts indicate the construction of a new high speed rail line would lead to a 1% decline in motorway traffic between the West Midlands to London.
HS2 Ltd’s own forecasts estimate just 3% of HS2’s passengers will be switching from air to rail.
HS2 Ltd’s own forecasts estimate just 6% of HS2’s passengers will be switching from the car to rail.
HS2’s revenues will cover just 29% of its capital costs, down from over 40% since February 2011
HS2’s latest business case assumes there will be over £7bn of cuts to existing rail services to help pay for the new line.
London will benefit from 70% of jobs created by Stage 1 of HS2. London is the biggest winner from HS2.
The UK already has quicker rail journey times between the capital and its five largest cities than any other major West European country.
Network Rail’s figures show Euston the least busy domestic long distance service station - just 60% capacity in the morning peak.
Demand for HS1 in 2006 was forecast by the Department for Transport to be 28 million passengers annually. The actual passenger traffic using HS1 today is only 9.7m.
HS2 will link just four city centres - Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and London.
Official forecasts assume most of HS2’s passengers will be travelling for leisure purposes and that trips to London will grow at twice the rate as those from London, bringing more people and more money to London.
55% of HS2’s benefits captured by official forecasts arises from the idea that people don’t work on trains.
89% of HS2’s projected passengers will transfer from less polluting alternatives to high speed rail.
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Pengantin Expo 2016
Friday, 29 April 2016 00:00
For the first time, a new tittle of wedding expo, Pengantin Expo was held in our Assembly Hall, Plenary Hall and Main Lobby from 29 April to 1 May 2016. Pengantin Expo offered a refreshing alternative for future bride and groom to explore international & traditional wedding market platform to make a wedding day more special and enjoyable. The expo aimed to the cherish moment together from planning until arranging the honeymoon dream about while the bride and groom was also be pampered with an opportunity for exclusive prizes and a chance to win a grand prize that was drawn in the end of the expo. By delivering the highest quality, regionally-focused wedding and honeymoon exhibition in Indonesia, the expo claimed to be a perfect channel for creative couples to gain inspiration from unique vendors where the latest information and innovative trends of wedding gathered in a huge and elegant exhibition which enlivened also by a variety of interesting programs such as bridal & traditional gown, fashion show, talk shows, wedding decoration, honeymoon and many more. Balai Sidang Jakarta Convention Center was also participate in the expo, located at booth M40 at Main Lobby area. The visitors were served by our wedding expertise and could tried our delicious Wedding Menu buffet and stalls.
Garuda Indonesia Travel Fair (GATF) 2016
As part of its commitment to support the Government in the development of national tourism, then after successfully held the Garuda Indonesia Travel Fair (GATF) 2015 in April and September 2015, PT. Garuda Indonesia once again held Garuda Indonesia Travel Fair (GATF) 2016 on 29 April to 1 May in our Exhibition Hall A+B in cooperation with PT. Bank Negara Indonesia. GATF 2016 was also held simultaneously in 14 cities in Indonesia, namely Jakarta, Bandung, Medan, Pekanbaru, Jambi, Semarang, Solo, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar, Makassar, Manado, Timika and Jayapura. Themed "More for Less" appointed on the implementation GATF this year was a manifestation of the efforts of Garuda to provide convenience place for customers in planning a better vacation trip, to get a cheaper price, the right vacation time and more attractive packages. A total of 52 Travel Agents, 9 Hotel & Theme Park, 3 National Tourism Organizations, 13 Corporate & Travel Equipment, Media Partner and Bank joined this three-day event.
Wonderful Nusantara Indonesia Travel Fair 2016 (WITF 2016)
The Ministry of Tourism organized Wonderful Nusantara Indonesia Travel Fair 2016 (WITF 2016) on April 28 to 30 at our Cendrawasih Room where 34 exhibitors and 20 buyers from ASITA Centre and 60 sellers from the DPD ASITA were invited to join the fair. WITF 2016 was held in the framework of promotion and sales package of Indonesia tourism destination by the end of the target as many as 5,000 people and to promote 10 priorities and 10 destinations. The Fair was the result of the synergy between the Ministry of Tourism, Department of Tourism Region, ASITA Center and DPP and supported by BRT as the official payment gateway.
INACRAFT 2016
INACRAFT 2016 was successfully held in our venue from 20-24 April 2016. The opening ceremony was took place at the Assembly Hall and preceded by the distinctive art of West Sumatra while the official opening was conducted by Vice President HE Jusuf Kalla accompanied by ASEPHI Secretary General Ir Soegiarto, Director of Mediatama Binakreasi Bramantyo and the Governor of the Province of West Sumatra Irwan Prayitno with a procession of traditional tools beating from West Sumatra, Gandang Tambua. This year icon was the province of West Sumatra with the theme "The Splendor of Minangkabau". The participants were composed of businessmen craft, Office, Dekranasda and SOEs. The individual participants increased by 64%, while 9% state-owned enterprises and Dekranasda 27%. This year, INACRAFT was again received support from the Ministry of Trade through Trade Attaché and the Indonesian Trade Promotion Center in order to invite the Embassy overseas to bring trade missions.
The 15th Anniversary of Bank Mayapada
Celebrating its 15th Anniversary, Bank Mayapada organized an evening celebration with employees and colleagues on 15 April 2016 at our Cendrawasih Room. Themed "Apresiasi Untukmu Mayapada", a total of 2000 employees gathered to enjoy dinner and entertainment by Raisa.
The 6th Indonesia Climate Change Education Forum and Expo
A climate change festival, the 6th Indonesia Climate Change Education Forum and Expo, held from April 14 to 17 2016 at our Assembly Hall, invited young people to participate in educational fairs and share information about climate change. The event was opened with art performances delivered by schools and university students about the call to preserve the environment to prevent climate change. The Indonesia Climate Change Education Forum and Expo 2016 drew several ministries, local administration, state-owned enterprises, private companies, environmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations.
The 6th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE 2016)
The 6th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE 2016) was built on the well-earned reputation of previous ASPIRE congresses for addressing, sharing and discussing significant developments and scientific advancements that impact the future of fertility preservation, embryology, andrology, clinical trials, PCOS, PGS, IVM, and related fields. Conference attendees gleaned a unique and powerful insights into the latest research and treatment options at our Assembly Hall, Cendrawasih Room, Main Lobby and Lower Lobby meeting rooms from April 8 to 10, 2016. Renowned for its broad, multidisciplinary approach and stellar line up of speakers, ASPIRE 2016 was aimed at clinicians, researchers, academics, nurses and other allied health professionals with interest in reproductive medicine and fertility from Asia Pacific and beyond. A stimulating academic program combined with a collegial environment promises to foster debate, discussion and collaboration. ASPIRE, the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction, was founded in 2001 by Bruno Lunenfeld and P C Wong, to improve knowledge and awareness of ART and infertility-related services, with ultimate aim of improving the quality of patient care. A total of 400 participants joined this three-day event themed “Technology, culture and tradition in assisted reproduction and fertility”.
Lab Indonesia was showcased the latest instrumentation, technologies, products and services in all major areas of analytical sciences and laboratory services, held at our Exhibition Hall A+B from 4-6 April 2016. It provided an opportunity for scientific equipment and instrument manufacturers to showcase their latest state-of-the-art equipment and technologies. It was also provided a platform for analytical and laboratory service providers to develop business contacts and linkages with traders, manufacturers, research and development institutions and universities. Lab Indonesia 2016 was a laboratory event, packed with top notch speakers, insightful seminars & workshops and a plethora of exciting opportunities for the stakeholders from laboratory & scientific industries, at all level.
The 30th Concert Kerinduan Sheila Majid
The Celebration Concert on Sheila Majid's 30 years of career titled "The 30th Concert Kerinduan Sheila Majid" was held at our Plenary Hall on Saturday night, 2 April 2016. The concert was also attended by several Indonesian musicians who have been friends for a long time with the Malaysian diva such as Vina Panduwinata and Harvey Malaiholo. The 51-year-old woman who was still attractive and became the center of attention on stage several times thanked the audience includes fellow singers companions. The show was directed by Jay Subiakto and Tohpati as music composer.
The 10th Agrinex Expo 2016
The 10th Agrinex Expo 2016 was held in cooperation with more parties with the theme "Sustainability is just, sovereign and sustainable". Displaying products of food technology, the technology of seed, fertilizer technology, machinery and agricultural equipment technology, technology plantation, fisheries technology and animal husbandry technology from upstream to downstream in the Earth Indonesia, a modern face of Indonesia agribusiness aimed to build optimism and greater support to all efforts to make Indonesia sovereign food. From Agro-industrial to Food Manufacture, Beverages to Horticulture, Food Plantation to Fisheries, Livestock, Central and Local Government, Universities, Institutions Research, NGOs and SMEs were joined in the 10th Agrinex Expo 2016, located at Assembly Hall from 1 to 3 April 2016.
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Lam says Chinese military could step in if uprising gets bad
October 8, 2019 News On Demand
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam warned Tuesday that the Chinese military could step in if an uprising for democratic reforms that has rocked the city for months “becomes so bad” but said the government still hopes to resolve the crisis itself.
Lam urged foreign critics to accept that the four months of protests marked by escalating violence were no longer “a peaceful movement for democracy.”
She said seeking Chinese intervention was provided for under Hong Kong’s constitution but that she cannot reveal under what circumstances she would do so.
“I still strongly feel that we should find the solutions ourselves. That is also the position of the central government, that Hong Kong should tackle the problem on her own, but if the situation becomes so bad, then no options could be ruled out if we want Hong Kong to at least have another chance,” she said at a news conference.
The protests started in June over a now-shelved extradition bill that would have allowed some criminal suspects to be sent to mainland China for trial but have since morphed into a larger anti-government movement. Protesters say the bill is an example of Beijing’s increasing influence over the former British colony, which was promised a high level of autonomy when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
The unrest has pummeled tourism and hurt businesses in the global financial hub, further bruising the city’s economy as it grapples with the effects of the U.S.-China trade war.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to ensure a “humane solution” in Hong Kong. He warned that any “bad” outcome could hurt trade talks ahead of negotiations in Washington on Thursday.
Hardening her government’s stance on the protests last week, Lam invoked a colonial-era emergency law to criminalize the wearing of masks at rallies but it fueled more anger, with daily violence over the long holiday weekend. Police officers last week fired gunshots while under attack from protesters, wounding two teenagers who were the first victims of police gunfire since the protests started.
Enforcement of the mask ban began Saturday, and Lam said it was too early to call it a failure.
Police regional chief Kwok Yam-yung said 241 people were detained in widespread “atrocities” over the last four days that saw ferocious attacks on officers and those with opposing views.
He said that included 77 who violated the mask ban and that 14 of them were charged Tuesday, bringing the total number of prosecutions to 16. The mask ban is punishable by up to a year in jail and a fine, which is light in comparison to those accused of rioting, which carries a penalty of up to 10 years.
Since June, 2,363 people have been arrested, with more than 200 charged with rioting.
“Ruthless and reckless acts are pushing the rule of law to the brink of total collapse,” Kwok said.
Critics fear the emergency law, which gives Lam broad powers to implement any measures she deems necessary, could pave the way for more draconian moves. Lam said the government would make a “careful assessment” before deciding on other emergency measures such as internet controls.
She also pledged to continue a dialogue and take steps to address livelihood and economic problems in a policy address due Oct. 16 when the Legislative Council resumes.
Protesters stormed and damaged the legislative building on July 1, requiring repairs. Lam appealed for peace when the legislative session reopens, warning that further disruptions would set back the approval of bills and impede the city’s development.
The city’s subway and trains, which carry some 5 million passengers daily, mostly reopened Tuesday but will shut early amid fears of more protests. The entire MTR network was shut down Saturday, with limited service the last two days.
Videos on local media showed masked protesters smashing windows of a train heading to mainland China late Monday as passengers screamed — the first time a train carriage was attacked. Protesters also threw objects on the track as the train pulled away. An MTR spokesman, who identified himself only as Terry, confirmed the incident and said some cross-border services were suspended Tuesday.
Scores of students wore masks in defiance as they returned to school after the holiday. Some rallied at lunchtime, chanting slogans and holding placards that read “You may take away my mask but not my belief” and “Ideas are bullet-proof.”
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Markus Birdman
Markus Birdman is an up and coming Stand-Up based in London. He performed at the Edinburgh Festival 2001 as part of Screaming Blue Murder"s Big Value Show and as a finalist in the televised BBC New Comedy Awards 2001.
He was the winner of the Lewisham Comedy Festival Open Mic 2001competition, as well as a finalist in The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award 2000, Jongleur"s New Act 2000, Leicester Comedy Festival New Act 2001.
He performed at the Edinburgh Festival 2002 as both the compere of Avalon"s Comedy Zone, and in Francesca Martinez"s (Daily Telegraph Winner 2000) solo show, "I"mPerfect", which he is also did at the Melbourne Comedy Festival 2003.
Whilst down under, Markus performed at the Sydney Comedy Store.
Markus Birdman was recently featured and interviewed on BBC radio London Live, and has appeared on BBC One, BBC Choice and Sky and Triple J Radio, Fox FM and Channel 9 TV in Australia.
As well as being booked for weekends at The Comedy Store, and in most major UK clubs, Markus Birdman headlined on the 2003 Avalon Comedy Network, and will be compering a benefit at The Roundhouse, Camden, alongside, Phil Jupitus, The Blockheads Band and Sting.
Markus is available for bookings as both an act and compere.
"uniquely talented, demonstrates just how it"s done." The Evening Standard.
"already on his way up….." Time Out.
"wonderful, extremely versatile." The Scotsman
"One of the millionaire mirth merchants of the future." The Metro.
"The crowd fell for his dry witty, confused little boy smutt-schtick in a big way" The Observer.
"Looks like the 4th Muskateer; infectious, likable and popular with the crowd" The Stage.
"Great shoes, good luck" Jack Dee.
"Great trousers. I want those trousers" Jeremy Irons.
Gigs playing
Banana Cabaret
Brixton Comedy Club
The Buzz Club
The Chuckle Club
The King"s Head
East Dulwich Tavern
The Globe Theatre (yes THE Globe)
Ha Bloody Ha.
Hampstead Clinic.
The Hyena, Newcastle
The Mudd Dock, Exeter
Jongleurs
Just the Tonic, Nottingham
The Komedia, Brighton
The Last Laugh, Sheffield
The Rawhide, Liverpool
Roar with Laughter
Screaming Blue Murder(s)
The Stand(s)
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Historic Budget to satisfy everyone’s need but no body’s greed
GOPAL KRISHNA AGRWAL
Underlying message from the budget is that, it has abstained from window dressing with populist announcements, in spite of elections in five states, and has hit at the core of the economy where it hurts more. FM has wonderfully touched the problematic area of the economy and has taken corrective measures having far reaching consequences. Important area, such as rural connectivity, farmers woes, youth employment, catalyzing demands, government investments, electoral reforms, higher tax compliance, lowering of taxes for individuals, reducing corporate taxes of MSME’s with turnover up to 50 crores, tackling the issues for remonetisation and moving towards low transaction cost digital economy, large scale capitalization support for unorganized sector and taking steps towards ease of doing business, creating rural infrastructure and making available low cost housing and social security for the poor and left out segments of the society etc. are some important initiatives.
You name any segment in the country or any sector of the economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modiji’s this budget has something for everyone. It’s like a magic box through which FM has been able to satisfy everyone’s need but not anyone’s greed. Government has brought down inflation from 6% in July to 3.4% in December 2016, current account deficit from about 1% of GDP to 0.3% in first half year of 2016/17 and growth in FDI growing to 36% despite reduction of global FDI flows by 5%, are all big achievements.Though there are challenges of meeting global recession, but Government is tackling them head on. Constitutional amendment bill for GST has been passed and landmark decision for demonetisation of high value currency to curb Black money and corruption has been successfully implemented. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is in place to improve overall banks health. For catalyzing demand; Government Investments is being increased to Rs 3,96,000 crores.
Governments Agenda for Budget for 2017/18 is to ‘Transform, Energise and Clean India having ten clear cut road maps for growth. Basically government has committed to double farmers income by 2022, providing basic infrastructure in rural areas, creating employment for youth through education and skilling. Strengthening of Social security, housing and health facilities for the underprivileged. Infrastructure for all. Stable and stronger Institutions in the financial sector. Moving towards digital economy for transparency and lower cost of transactions. Efficient delivery mechanism for all public services, optimal & judicious fiscal management and efficient & proper tax administration. These are the road maps through which the government wants to propel growth and catalyze economy.
Our sectoral analysis brings out clearly the above facts. For tackling Farmer’s Woes;a sum of Rs. 10 lakh crore is allocated as credit to farmers. Their 60day’s interest on loan has been waived;NABARD fund has been increased to Rs. 40,000 crore. A dedicated micro irrigation fund has been set up with Rs 5,000 crore initial corpuses;irrigation corpus is doubled to Rs 40,000 crore. And a model law on contract farmingis prepared by NITI Aayog and shared with the States for implementation.
For Rural Development and Connectivity; Rs 1,87,223 crore have been allocated. A daily target of building 131 kms of road has been set. Promise to achieve 100% rural electrification by March 2018 and the government target’s to bring 1 crore households out of poverty by 2019.
For Skilling and Education of the Young India;100 international skill centres will be established with courses in foreign languages. A National testing agency is to be established for all entrance exams and focus will be on 3,479 educationally backward blocks. Most important initiative of Electoral Reforms;starts with limiting, the maximum amount of cash donation for a political party to Rs. 2,000 from any one source.An amendment is being proposed to the RBI Act to enable issuance of electoral bonds, with maturity date.A donor can purchase these bonds from banks or post offices through cheque or digital transactions; only registered political parties can redeem these. Now it’s compulsory for all political parties to file Income Tax return by December end every year.
For increased Tax Compliance;after demonetization, all deposit data is to be analysed to increase tax net.No cash transactions above Rs 3 lakh are allowed.Time period of revising tax returns is reduced to 12 months and people filing I-T returns for the first time will not come under any government scrutiny. And a Simple one-page return for people with an annual income of Rs. 5 lakh other than business income has been prescribed.
Even there is Lowering of Taxrates for individuals;Existing rate of tax for individuals between Rs. 2.5- Rs 5 lakh is reduced to 5% from 10%, therefore all other categories of tax-payers in subsequent brackets will also get a benefit of Rs 12,500.
There has been reduction in Corporate Taxes for MSME sector.In order to make MSME companies more viable, for small companies with a turnover of up to Rs 50 crore to 25%. 67 lakh companies, about ninety percentfall in this category. Lending target for PradhanMantri Mudra Yojanahas almost been doubled to Rs2,44,000 crores.
Most important area of focus for economic growth is Ease of Doing Business and government has taken lot of initiatives; threshold limit for audit of business entities who opt for presumptive income scheme is increased from ` 1 crore to ` 2 crores. Similarly, the threshold for maintenance of books for individuals and HUF increased from turnover of 10 lakhs to 25 lakhs or income from 1.2 lakhs to 2.5 lakhs.Time for completion of scrutiny assessments is being compressed further from 21 months to 18 months for Assessment Year 2018-19 and further to 12 months for Assessment Year 2019-20 and thereafter.
Incentive to low cost housing will provide houses to the weaker sections of the society and will boast to real state sector; Affordable housing will be given infrastructure status.A change in capital gains tax has been brought to support real estate and rate of interest on EMI has been lowered.Condition of presumptive rent, if housing are kept vacant and not sold, will put pressure for builders to sell flats and increase availability.
Social Security for the poor and left out segments of the society is very crucial and government has done a lot. It has stepped up allocation to Rs1.84 trillion for various schemes for women and children. There is anaction plan to eliminate leprosy by 2018, TB by 2025 and reduce IMR to 29 in 2019. Legislative reforms to simplify and amalgamate existing labour laws are in pipeline to boast labour rights.Allocations to Scheduled Casts, is increased to Rs 52,393 crore.Scheduled Tribes given Rs 31,920 crore and Minority affairs allocated Rs4,195 crore.
All these provisions and announcement clearly points out that the budget is pro poor, pro farmers and rural India and benefits particularly those segments of the society who have been left out from the participation in the growth of the economy over the last several years.
(The writer is National Spokesperson of BJP on Economic Affairs)
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Episode 101: It’s Like Football Camp
August 8th, 2014 | Robin
Our multi-episode arc about the underwater dead who sell life and buy dreams comes to a conclusion in the Gaming Hut as we break out specific scenario ideas for our riffed setting.
In a new segment called Recommendation Engine we tell you what’s catching our fancy in the worlds of books, TV, movies, and food.
Rob Ford is back from rehab and onto the Toronto mayoralty campaign trail, and you know what that means: a midsummer night’s Politics Hut.
Finally Ken’s Time Machine takes a trip to 7th century India to save Buddhism’s bodhi tree from the conquering forces of King Sassanka.
From the magical land of sponsors comes Atlas Games, who with a twinkle of fairy dust revive their 2nd Edition Once Upon a Time clearance sale.
Joining us for the first time as sponsor is Jeffrey Wikstrom’s Arthur Dies at the End, an ebook series that spins the tedium of Malory into erudite fun.
Stone Skin Press has a deal for you. Until September 1st, all hardcopy purchases of Robin’s action-driven Mythos fiction anthology Shotguns v. Cthulhu come not only with the expected free electronic edition of that book, but also an ebook of Schemers, Robin’s anthology of betrayal and conspiracy. Just buy it at the Pelgrane Press store, as you normally would, no special links or offer codes required.
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9 Responses to “Episode 101: It’s Like Football Camp”
John Willson says:
Hello gents, thanks for taking my question in the lightning round, about Moorcock properties and how to gamify them. I wasn’t expecting Jerry Cornelius (“No one expects…!”). Makes me want to read those books again.
I’m really enjoying the Dunwich Dead segments; first, for the chance to observe two pros develop a game in real time; and since, because the setting/premise is becoming very compelling. The game concept really came to life in the current episode. Scenario ideas is exactly what I was wanting to hear next. I’m all fired up to play this game now.
As for launching the game as a Pelgrane product, I would almost be sad to see that happen, only because it feels like a property of the KARTAS community (even though the ideas are 100% Ken’s and Robin’s so far). I was foreseeing some super-fans (with more free time than I have) writing down the Dunwich Dead ideas from the show in a wiki somewhere, and lots of other people contributing scenario ideas, NPCs, locations, and describing their builds of the game in various systems. It would be an open-source game and setting that KARTAS’ active listeners could be proud of! And then the internet would make money obsolete, and a new utopian age would begin, and…
In closing, have you checked out Roko’s Basilisk, “the most terrifying thought experiment of all time”? Potently pregnant with playable possibilities!
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/07/roko_s_basilisk_the_most_terrifying_thought_experiment_of_all_time.html
Brett Evill says:
Peepul trees get huge. And by 700 AD the one that the Buddha chose to meditate under in the Sixth Century BC would have been perhaps 1300 years old and correspondingly vast. I think Ken might have had more trouble transplanting it than he reckoned on. Just as well that Time Inc. didn’t go for that plan.
Also, I suspect that Ken might have slightly muddled two moments in the story of the Buddha. The incident under the Bo Tree was when he saw the folly of and rejected ascetic self-denial. He had turned his back on privilege and luxury a few years before, in an incident involving being on a chariot rather than under a tree. That would have been at Kapilavastu.
Finally, I think the traditional account is that Ashoka conquered Kalinga in the name of Gupta dynastic aggrandisement and converted to Buddhism after witnessing the slaughter, not that he carried out the slaughter in the interests of Buddhism.
Sorry, I meant “Maurya”, not “Gupta”.
P.S.: Also, Shotguns v. Cthulhu is GREAT, all you fellow listeners should grab a copy!
Would be great if you could arrange to have Scott Glancy as a guest on the podcast.
He is kickstarting a WWI Cthulhu Adventure companion. While I’m not that interested in the WWI aspect, it might be interesting to hear from another RPG creator clearly heavily influenced by their interest in modern history.
“Arrange” is too strong a word for the process by which guests appear on the podcast.
Tom Clare says:
I think I’d get each Dunwich Dead player to select one or two ‘grey areas’ in their character’s backstory during character creation. These would be parts of their history where, due to selling memories, they only know the ‘official’ or generally known version of what they did during that time. The reality would be up to the referee (and perhaps one or two of the other players – if their characters were involved in the player characters life at the time). During an on-going campaign hooks and hints would pop up, hinting at what really happened. Some lost memories might be merely tantalizing; others could be crucial to player character survival.
I might also include a game mechanic wherein the more memories lost, the more changes in a character’s personality.
I think Ken recommended a book named “Ash” in this episode. Was that the right title, and who was the author? There are several books named Ash. I really enjoyed the Recommendation Engine and hope you feature it more often than the Politics Hut. 🙂
KenH says:
I don’t think I did, but I’m always happy to recommend Mary Gentle’s novel (or in the US, series of novels) Ash to the cognoscenti.
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The Paan (Los Angeles, CA)
The Paan Korean BBQ
3732 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Sat 03/26/2016, 07:30p-09:55p
One of the more unique KBBQ places to debut in the past year or so has got to be The Paan, which soft-opened last August. The conceit here revolves around the use of large flat-tops in lieu of the typical grills (the eponymous pan, which translates to "plate"), which allows for more surface area and thus a lot more simultaneous cookery.
The Paan resides in the Ahgassi Gopchang-adjacent spot that once held Arisu, Friends Forever, and Goat House. It hasn't changed much from the Arisu days actually, conveying a slightly more serious tone than a lot of other KBBQ joints in town.
Menu-wise, The Paan has your usual à la carte portions of beef and pork, joined by more uncommon selections of duck, chicken, and seafood. Various permutations of the proteins are available in a number of combos, and there are your requisite sides as well. To drink, just your usual beers and soju and the like; corkage was $20 a pop. Click for larger versions.
Accompaniments included chadol sauce, teriyaki sauce (a first for me), and salt 'n' pepper, along with the usual jangajji pickles and slices of mu.
Of course we had to have some beer with our meal, and commenced with a bourbon barrel-aged stout, the 2016 The Bruery So Happens It's Tuesday. It was akin to an easier-drinking version of the brewery's flagship Black Tuesday, conveying many of the same dark fruit, cocoa, and rich malt notes of its bigger brother. Note also the Teku glass, which I brought myself and promptly left behind at the restaurant...
Here we see the namesake paan and all the goodies that go along with it.
Prime Fresh Combo B [$108.99/Large] | Prime Short Rib, Prime Racquet Rib Eye Steak, Wagyu Brisket
Given that we had a party of ten, we decided to split a couple large combos, starting with some beef. I was a bit late with my photo here, so do note that the platter originally held one more rib eye and considerably more brisket.
Our first sour of the night was the 2015 Beachwood Blendery Propagation Series: No. 004, a Berliner "rye" with Lactobacillus and Brettanomyces. Really tart, juicy nose on this one, and a taste that was funky and sour, but with an almost sweet, candied quality to it as well. Interestingly, I found considerably less rye spice here than when I sampled the beer on tap at the brewery.
The combos come with two stews, and of course we had to try the kimchi jjigae, which was seemingly a bit more pungent than usual (not necessarily a bad thing mind you).
Chadol was on point: properly beefy, tender, and with a nice smokiness to the meat.
Next to imbibe was the 2016 The Bruery Chronology:6 Wee Heavy, a Scotch-style ale aged in bourbon barrels for six months, the first in a series meant to show the evolution of the beer over time. Smelled of light, sweet malt. Taste brought more of a sweet, candied quality, with a distinct toffee presence, though not too much barrel.
Steamed Egg [$1.99]
Gyeran jjim was light and fluffy, though certainly not the most flavorful I've had.
Unmarinated saeng galbi came out tender and super juicy, though with a relatively restrained flavor profile.
Going back to sours, here was the 2016 Modern Times Symmetric Orchestra, aged on oak and fermented with over a dozen strains of Brett. Think super juicy aromas with a hint of Brett, while the palate was surprisingly complex, with a refreshing fruitiness commingled with a multifaceted yeasty character.
The doenjang jjigae hit the mark, with a pervasive earthy funk alongside bits of beef in the stew.
The deungsim came to the table partially cooked instead of completely raw, though it didn't seem to be an issue. Compared to the short rib above, this was definitely beefier, with a more substantial chew to it, but still quite juicy too.
Next to drink was an English-style old ale, the 2016 The Bruery Scotch Barrel Aged Poterie, created for the brewery's eighth anniversary. Nose was filled with notes of brown sugar along with a boozy tartness. The taste showcased lots of sweet, dark fruit, caramel, and toffee, with just a trace of smoke from the Scotch.
Mugifuji Pork Combo A [$79.99/Large] | Mugifuji Fresh Sheared Pork Belly, Mugifuji Kosher Pork Collar, Pork Jowl, Spicy Garlic Pork Bulgogi
Above we see our pork combo, sans a collar and some belly.
Hangjeongsal's pretty much my favorite cut of pork at the moment, and Paan's didn't disappoint. Big fan of the meat's firm, almost crunchy consistency.
Stepping away from California for a moment, we had here the 2014 3 Floyds Skull'Ole, a wine barrel-aged sour with cherries added. On the nose I got leather, oak, and tart cherry, while the taste brought sweet cherry spice mixed with tart, dark malt. Better than I expected.
Broccoli was about what you'd expect, providing a bit of respite from all the meat.
Thick-cut samgyeopsal delivered for the most part--a mélange of fat, char, crunch, and the unmistakable musk of pork.
Our dessert-iest beer of the night had to be the 2015 Hangar 24 Pug-nog, a Russian imperial stout aged eight months in bourbon barrels with whole vanilla beans and crushed nutmeg. The result was actually quite lovely, a super smooth-drinking stout with just enough sweet spice to give you that holiday feeling.
We got two orders of sundubu jjigae, a spicy, comforting sort of stew with plenty of silky tofu and hearty bits of meat tossed in.
Moksal was the porkiest cut of the bunch, and displayed a satisfyingly firm, almost crunchy texture.
A collaboration between NOLA and 7venth Sun, the 2015 New Orleans House of the Rising was a sour with Lacto and two strains of Brett, aged in oak barrels with strawberry and mayhaw fruit. Nose was refreshing, tart, yeasty, with light funk. In terms of taste, we had a sour, tropical profile, with a Brettiness underpinning it all. Quite nice.
Pa muchim had a lovely astringency from the green onion.
Finishing things off was the spicy, savory, easy-eating maneul dwaeji bulgogi.
In general I think we were pretty satisfied with The Paan. I'm not convinced that the super large flat-top results in better food, though it is a nice change of scenery and provides a bit of a spectacle I suppose. The meat quality was good, though a notch below what you'd encounter at the highest-end places I'd say. Overall, it's a newer spot that's worth checking out, especially since there's typically not much of a wait to get in.
posted by kevinEats at 7:30 PM
What is the best of this kind of restaurant Kevin? Where they use the best cuts of meat and the most memorable presentation?
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 12:06:00 PM
Kosher Pork? I'm confused...
Thursday, May 19, 2016 11:33:00 AM
kevinEats said...
Anon: Kang Hodong Baekjeong seems to the popular answer around these parts.
Anon: The "kosher" is referring to the salt, not the pork.
Sunday, May 22, 2016 2:52:00 AM
Name: kevinEats
Location: The OCLA
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Victorious Jury Ruling Returned for Breach of Binding Obligation for Mike Lynn and Chris Akin
In a landmark verdict, a Dallas jury on Tuesday awarded LTPC’s client the largest jury verdict in the history of Dallas County, finding that Defendant Enterprise breached its fiduciary duties to its partner, Energy Transfer Partners.
The 12-person jury found that Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners formed a legal partnership with Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners in 2011 to jointly build a pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma, to the Gulf Coast and that Enterprise violated that partnership when it ended the deal to do a more financially rewarding joint venture with Enbridge Inc.
The jury, in a 10-2 decision, ordered Enterprise to pay Energy Transfer Partners $319 million in damages for violating the corporate version of a common law marriage.
The verdict, however, was not a complete victory for Energy Transfer Partners. The jury found that Canadian-based Enbridge did not conspire with Enterprise to cut Energy Transfer Partners out of their joint venture.
Legal experts say the jury’s verdict sets a potential precedent by establishing new guidelines for what constitutes a business partnership under Texas law, which historically has been relatively undefined.
"This is going to be a case cited for a long time on the issue of when a relationship becomes a partnership,” said Energy Transfer Partners’ lead lawyer, Mike Lynn of Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox.
In a prepared statement, Enterprise senior vice president James Cisarik said that his company did not find the verdict to be supported by the evidence in the trial and that it would "promptly seek to reverse” the jury’s findings.
"We do not have unintended corporations, LLCs or LLPs in business, and we should not have unintended partnerships,” the statement said.
Jeffrey Nobles, an appellate law expert at Beirne, Maynard & Parsons in Houston, said: "The damage numbers are immense for most human beings like you and me, but the amounts generated in the pipeline business are so great that it’s not terrible news for Enterprise shareholders.
"But it may be a big deal for management and legal departments, who are under a lot of pressure these days to avoid major hits and bad publicity and to control their legal budgets.”
Energy Transfer Partners had asked jurors for $594 million in actual damages and double that amount in punitive damages. Because the jury verdict was not unanimous, no punitive damages were awarded.
Enterprise claimed that its relationship with Energy Transfer Partners was never a legally binding partnership and that the potential for a joint venture fell apart when the pipeline project called Double E failed to attractive enough oil and gas companies as customers.
Enterprise argued that each agreement signed for the Double E project was written so that either party could walk away from the project at any time with no binding legal obligation.
The five-week trial featured testimony from more than a dozen senior executives from the three giant oil companies.
Regan Lee, one of the jurors in the case, said the decision was not difficult because she found Energy Transfer Partners’ witnesses more genuine than those for Enterprise and Enbridge.
Other jurors said that Energy Transfer Partners’ chief executive, Kelcy Warren, especially appealed to them. Warren expressed his feelings of betrayal when he learned about Enterprise’s decision to dump Energy Transfer Partners and do another pipeline project with Enbridge.
"When he said, ‘Go to frickin’ church,’ he had me,” said juror Maryanne Denning.
Lawyers for Enbridge said they were relieved that the jury did not find the company liable for conspiracy against Energy Transfer Partners.
"We’re pleased with the verdict as it related to Enbridge,” said Enbridge lead lawyer Michael Steinberg of Sullivan & Cromwell in Los Angeles.
Energy Transfer Partners has asked Judge Emily Tobolowsky for additional restitution, so the company could get more in damages than the $319 million, depending on her decision.
Enterprise also prevailed in one other matter. The jury decided that Energy Transfer Partners owes Enterprise $814,148 in damages for Energy Transfer Partners’ failure to comply with a section in a reimbursement agreement that the two companies signed in 2011 for the proposed Double E joint venture.
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LegalZoom, the US self-service brand, will today announce its first acquisition of a law firm in England, 11 months after its UK arm was approved as an alternative business structure.
Beaumont Legal, a 200-year-old firm in Wakefield, West Yorkshire which describes itself as one of the largest conveyancers in the country, will become part of LegalZoom by the end of the year.
Texas-based LegalZoom, founded in 2001, is one of the best-known legal brands in the US, where it says it has prepared more than 2 million documents such as wills online. In 2014 a company backed by global private equity firm Permira became the largest shareholder in the business, with a £122m investment to fund expansion.
In January this year LegalZoom UK announced that it had been licensed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to provide reserved legal activities as an ABS. It was the first US-based legal business to take this step. However since then it has been dormant. Its most recent published accounts show a loss of £64,000 in 2014.
Nick Masheder, managing partner of Beaumont Legal, said that the acquisition is a catalyst for the start of a significant recruitment drive at the firm: ‘This is an unparalleled opportunity to join with the most innovative, well-known legal brand in the world. We’re also looking forward to considerably adding to our existing capabilities with forward-thinking, innovative individuals who want to be part of something truly special.’
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Olympics News Archive - November 2009
On this page we have archived news items from November 2009. Please note that we are not responsible for the content of external sites and some of the pages on these sites may have been changed or removed since we added them here.
Houvenaghel in world record mark
Wendy Houvenaghel helped Great Britain set a new world record as they clinched victory in the team pursuit at the World Cup meeting in Manchester. Her individual event looks likely to be axed from London 2012.
The Queen visits Olympic Park to plant the first tree
Her Majesty The Queen today visited the Olympic Park to see the progress being made on the venues and infrastructure being built for the London 2012 Games.
London 2012's International Inspiration launches in Jordan
Jordan is the seventh country to benefit from 'International Inspiration', a London 2012 education programme designed to inspire young people around the world to take up sport. The programme will cover 20 countries by 2012.
Queen walks in Olympic footsteps
The Queen has visited the Olympic Park in east London to inspect preparations for the 2012 Games.
Staff's 2012 dream 'under threat'
Olympic gold medallist Jamie Staff admits he faces stiff competition from younger cyclists for his place in Great Britain's 2012 squad.
Town's illuminations museum plans
Plans to open a new museum in Blackpool in time for the 100th anniversary of the illuminations in 2012 have been proposed.
Swimmer's portrait scoops prize
An image of a teenage swimmer aiming for glory at the 2012 Paralympics has been named the winner of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize.
London 2012 unveils £700m deals
The organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games in London are putting £700m of contracts related to goods and services for the event out to tender.
Local school meets team building London 2012 Velodrome
The contractors designing and building the London 2012 Velodrome visited the winners of the London 2012 'VeloDream' competition. Curwen Primary School in Newham had won last year's 'VeloDream'.
Paula Radcliffe wants second child before 2012 Olympics
Paula Radcliffe says she will not wait until after the 2012 Olympics to have her second child - but insists she is still targeting a gold medal in London.
Seating firm's Olympic contract
A Worcestershire firm is taking on more staff after winning a contract to provide 11,500 seats for visitors to the London Olympics in 2012.
Ex-pro McCracken to guide GB team
Former world middleweight title challenger Robert McCracken will lead Great Britain's bid for medals at the 2012 Olympics in London.
London 2012 providing UK-wide business opportunities
The benefits generated by the London 2012 Games for businesses across the UK were revealed today.
Olympics tourism impact 'concern'
The 2012 Olympic Games may have a "detrimental" impact on tourism in London, according to a report.
Olympic swim centre roof in place
The roof of the 2012 Olympic Aquatics Centre, a landmark 2,800-tonne wave-shaped structure, has been set into place in east London.
Aquatics Centre wave-shaped roof now in place
The wave-shaped Aquatics Centre roof has been successfully lifted and lowered into place. It is on track to be finished for Test Events in 2011.
Sporting initiative links schools
A scheme in which schools in Northern Ireland and Jordan will share sporting experiences has been launched.
Campbell eyes big prize
The past 12 months have been anything but predictable for 2012 Olympic medal hope Luke Campbell.
Olympic Park Apprentice Hub opens
A new Apprentice Hub has opened on the Olympic Park to support the 120 apprentices currently working for the contractors delivering the London 2012 Olympic Park.
'Huge challenge' of 2012 security
The 2012 Olympics and Paralympics are likely to present the UK's "greatest security challenge" since World War II, Home Office minister Lord West says.
London 2012 to be unforgettable Games for athletes, spectators and workers
London 2012 and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) have formally agreed to work together to make the London 2012 Games an unforgettable experience for the athletes, as well as for those working on the project.
Youths trained for 2012 security
Up to 6,000 teenagers could be trained to provide security during the 2012 Games, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games said.
Archery GB recruit top US coach
Britain's archers will be led by American Lloyd Brown at London 2012.
Olympic Park Energy Centre on track
Work is powering ahead to build the new state-of-the-art Energy Centre on the Olympic Park. The Energy Centre includes a range of sustainability features helping to reduce the carbon emissions of the Park.
BMW signs as newest London 2012 Tier One partner
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) today announced BMW as the official Automotive Partner of the London 2012 Games. BMW becomes the seventh Tier One partner and 24th domestic partner overall.
BMW becomes 2012 Olympics sponsor
Car manufacturer BMW has become the 24th sponsor for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Main Press Centre takes shape on Olympic Park
The London 2012 Main Press Centre (MPC) is taking shape alongside the International Broadcast Centre (IBC).
Paralympics ponder key rule change
The reinstatement of athletes with learning disabilities hangs in the balance, with a decision due on Saturday at the congress of the International Paralympic Committee in Kuala Lumpur.
Intellectual disability ban ends
Athletes with intellectual disabilities can once again take part in the Paralympics after an International Paralympic Committee (IPC) vote.
New images show Olympic Park progress
New aerial images of construction work on the Olympic Park have been released today as the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission visits the capital for a progress update on London 2012.
London 2012s green build on track
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is on track to meet their sustainability targets for the London 2012 construction project.
Green light for plans to keep passengers moving at West Ham Station
Plans to get West Ham Station ready for the London 2012 Games have been approved.
Wembley Arena to host 2012 badminton and gymnastics
Badminton and rhythmic gymnastics at London 2012 are set to be held at Wembley Arena after approval from the International Olympic Committee.
Olympics minister visits county
The Olympics Minister has been in Oxford to see how businesses and sports are capitalising on the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
CCTV installed for Olympic Games
Permanent CCTV cameras have been installed in Portland, Dorset, for the first time.
Police sharpen focus on 2012 security
Correspondent speaks to the security chief Assistant Commissioner Chris Allison for London 2012.
Designer appointed for London 2012 Water Polo venue
David Morley Architects are appointed as the contractor to design the temporary Water Polo venue for the London 2012 Games.
IOC very positive about London 2012 progress
The International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission (CoCom) are 'very positive' about progress being made on the London 2012 Games after their latest visit to London.
King's Cross ticket hall opened
A £800m ticket hall has been unveiled at King's Cross station in central London which will also be a key station during the 2012 London Olympics.
Olympic stadium could host World Athletics, says Coe
Lord Coe has hinted that UK Athletics may use London's 2012 Olympic stadium as its centre-piece for a bid to host the 2015 world athletics championships.
Cyclist Storey aims to double up
Manchester's Paralympic cycling champion Sarah Storey has revealed she wants to compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics at London 2012.
Garden designers win Olympic Park design contest
Two budding garden designers will see their work displayed in the Olympic Park after winning a public vote.
GlaxoSmithKline and King's College to help deliver doping control for London 2012
GlaxoSmithKline was today announced as the Official Laboratory Services Provider for the London 2012 Games. It will provide facilities and equipment to enable King's College London to operate a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited laboratory.
Winning Olympic Park garden designs announced
The two winners of the public competition to design a garden in the London 2012 Olympic Park have been announced.
Local residents get first look inside International Broadcast Centre
Local residents were the first non-construction workers to get a look inside the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) as two young residents turned on the site's Christmas lights.
GB volleyball boost for Sheffield
The Great Britain volleyball team has announced it will continue to train in Sheffield in the build up to the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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A Division Rules
AA Division Rules
AAA Division Rules
AAAA Division Rules
LGCS Girls Softball A Division Rules 2019
The A Division is an introduction to the exciting game of fastpitch softball. Our goal as a program is to teach basic individual and team fundamentals, preparing the kids to develop their skills and advance to the AA Division in subsequent seasons. Key fundamentals introduced at this level include: batting, throwing, fielding, and running. The players learn basic game rules and strategy as well. Kids, upon completion of a season, should understand defensive positions on the field, be able to demonstrate the name and place where each position is located on the field, balls and strikes, fair ball and foul ball, how to make an out and what an out means, and the objective of advancing around the bases to score a run.
Game play will begin with a coach pitching to a batter. After 6 coach pitches, regardless of whether the pitches thrown were balls or strikes, the batter who has not successfully hit a ball in fair play will then use a batting tee.
Coaches will umpire the games as needed.
Games are played with a 10-inch reduced flight, cushion type ball.
No scores will be kept or recorded.
Players will not slide, and the Infield Fly Rule is not used.
Team on defense will use 5 infielders (behind the coach pitcher, 1st base, 2nd base, shortstop, and 3rd base) and the balance of the roster will play in the outfield.
No catcher will be used although the pitcher may cover home. A coach from the batting team will catch and assist the hitter, placing the batting tee in place as needed if after 6 pitches the batter has not hit a fair ball.
An inning will last until all the players on the batting team have come to the plate, assuring each player receives equal opportunity to bat.
Fielding Rules
There can be 2 defensive coaches on the field, supporting the defensive team. The coaches may teach and provide instruction to the fielders but should not physically assist the fielders.
Outs will be recorded but not for the purpose of ending the inning.
Outs can be achieved by catching a fly ball, tagging a base where a force out exists, or tagging a runner who is off a base. Coaches should keep in mind the goals and spirit of the A Division, trying whenever possible to teach the game.
The play will be considered over when the pitcher has control of the ball inside the pitcher’s circle or if the runners have stopped running, making no effort to continue.
Batting Rules
A team will bat their entire roster of players each inning.
A batter will receive up to 6 pitches from the coach pitcher to successfully swing and hit a fair ball. If the player does not put the ball into fair play after 6 pitches, regardless of whether the pitch is a strike, she will then hit the ball off a batting tee which is placed in position.
If a batted ball hits the coach pitcher, the play is considered dead, no pitch, and the base runners return to their base. If a batted ball hits a defensive coach the ball is considered live.
A batter and base runner may only advance one base on a ball that does not leave the infield. If the ball reaches the outfield grass, base runners and the batter may advance as many as 2 bases.
There is no advance on an overthrow.
If a base runner or batter is put out, they will come off the base that the out was recorded to begin to teach players about outs in normal game play.
Adjustments to rules that do not materially change the nature of game play may be considered and each coach’s feedback will be considered by the A Division commissioner. If the A Division commissioner feels a rule change is warranted, the game play rules may be modified by the Competition Committee at the mid-way point in the season to make the game more interesting and challenging.
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CMN Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie French naval defense industry maritime security minewarfare datasheet pictures photos video specifications
Posted On Thursday, 23 October 2014 21:44
House of naval excellence founded in 1946
CMN, CONSTRUCTIONS MECANIQUES DE NORMANDIE is a privately owned shipyard located in Cherbourg, France. 150,000m² of facilities are available and the launching of ships up to 3,500 tons or up to 110 meters in length and 32 meters in width is possible by means of a synchrolift. Since 1946 CMN already delivered around 700 units (military and civilian ships) to 37 navies all over the world. CMN designs and builds vessels in steel, aluminium alloy or composite material. CMN was awarded ISO 9001 in recognition of superior quality work in all aspects of the company’s activities
ACTIVITIES & SKILLS
CMN is the sole European fast attack craft builder to include either thanks to its own staff or throught the various other companies of the Group:
- Design and integration of weapon systems,
- Expertise in Stealth design, studies of RCS, EMI / EMC,
- Integrated Logistic Support-ILS (through SIJ-Sir Joseph Isherwood LTD),
- Training of crews and maintenance technicians (through CMN Support Services Ltd)
The CMN Group is fully experienced in assisting oversea countries by Transfert of Technology in the development of their own naval shipbuilding and maintenance capacities.
CMN references its products as:
- The “COMBATTANTE”, high speed naval craft, fast attack missile vessels.
- CORVETTE, littoral combatant corvette for coastal and offshore operations.
- MARITIME SURVEILLANCE TRIMARAN, longue range surveillance ships.
- The “VIGILANTE”, patrol vessels of all types from small coast guard boats up to large offshore patrol vessels.
- The “INTERCEPTOR”, ultra fast craft dedicated to anti smuggling operation and control of immigration.
- Mine hunter vessels, Supply vessels and special ships, including hydrographic and oceanographic survey ships, fisheries research vessels and geology and geophysical exploration vessels.
- Tugboats, multipurpose barges, longliners, trawlers.
- Motor-yachts
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Ocean Eagle 43 Ocean Patrol Trimaran
The Sea proven OCEAN EAGLE 43 is an ocean patrol trimaran combining a very slender hull with two small floats designed to maintain the required stability. This combination reduces the fuel expenditure, increases speed and autonomy, while ensuring a good level of comfort even in moderate to rough sea conditions.
Ocean Eagle 43 Mine Hunter
OCEAN EAGLE 43 MH is the mine hunting version of the Ocean Eagle 43. The mine warfare operating mode is based on the use of autonomous or remote operated vehicles embarked on the OCEAN EAGLE 43 MH playing the Mother Ship role. Operations are done at safe distance from the vessel. Detection of the Mines at long range improves the safety for the Mother Ship, assures the integrity of the crew and ensures the success of the mission.
C Sword 90 Stealth Corvette
C Sword 90 is a stealthy corvette. She is designed and armed for deterrent missions and to operate in multiple theatres of operations and more especially, for littoral warfare defence operations against submarine, air and surface threats. The vessel features stealthy hull and superstructure design with sloped surface and highly integrated equipment.
Combattante FS46 Fast Attack Craft
The Combattante FS46, evolution of sea proven CMN Combattante II class, is a Fast Attack Craft, able to perform with a high level of efficiency the tasks required by a Patrol Missile Boat mission's profiles.
The Combattante FS65 developed by CMN is a compact vessel with stealth lines which can reach a high speed and offer an important fire power. The vessel is designed for littoral warfare defence operations against air and surface threats, patrolling tasks, law enforcement and ISR missions.
Combattante BR71 MkII Corvette
The COMBATTANTE BR71 Mk II vessel is an evolution and an upgrade of the CMN sea proven BR family vessels (Baynunah class). The vessel is designed for littoral warfare defence operations against air and surface threats and law enforcement.
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Sonny King sets to Battle The Super Destroyer in Richmond
As short as the word “if” is, it can carry meaning and significance in a very large way. “If” was used in such a meaningful way by the masked Super Destroyer in a memorable local promo leading up to a match at the Richmond Arena on May 23, 1975 against top challenger Sonny King.
By this juncture, the Destroyer and King were entering the climactic stages of their feud that had been going off and on for nearly a year after the Destroyer collected a $7,500 bounty on King’s brother, Bearcat Wright.
The imposing masked man told announcer Les Thatcher, “Mr. Sonny King, all you can think about is going in the ring and at the opportune time when you think myself the Super Destroyer, or some other opponent, you have him beaten or he’s half beaten, then you put the so called finishing touches on. Well Mr. Sonny King, it proves one thing, that in Richmond I have given you a chance in the past. And now it’s the future and it’s too late for you Sonny King because you’ve already missed your chance Sonny King and I really feel sorry for you. Very soon now…very, very soon after next week in the Richmond Arena you will be joining your brother. Because you’ve got to remember one thing Sonny, the bounty hunter is still here, the Super Destroyer!”
The Destroyer continued, “Through the generosity of the Super Destroyer, I’m going to give you another chance, and that is IF you can go in the ring, IF you can beat the Super Destroyer and IF you can take the mask off…but you don’t have to do it because IF, the big possibility that you won’t do it Sonny King. But nevertheless, IF you do it I will stand in the center of the ring as the gentleman I am, and with my head down with the mask in one hand, but that’s a big IF for you Sonny King, because you are on a losing streak.”
Sonny King responded to the masked Destroyer when he got his turn at the mic telling Thatcher, “Yes Les, like I heard the guy out here and I heard exactly what he said about all these ‘ifs’ you know, but then Les I want to tell you something…there’s no IF in Sonny King’s mind. He’s not gonna stand in the center of the ring and take the mask off, I’m not gonna take it off, but when the people come to put him on the stretcher to take him to the hospital in order to get the oxygen mask on, they’re gonna have to take the mask off! Can you dig it? So Les, I wanna say this to the people in Richmond…like you’ve seen Sonny King before, and you’ve seen me, I’ve come to Richmond pretty mad. Well Les, like I’m gonna do just the opposite because this is precisely what the Destroyer wants. He figures if he gets to me mentally he’s gonna do it physically. Les, I proved to him on TV, he hurt me Les…I got up and trained and I’m coming back and I’m healthy and I want to say to the Destroyer that I’m ready for you daddy!”
In this Richmond Arena battle of the ‘ifs,’ the Super D. would defeat Sonny King in a fiery bout that helped ignite the fire for another month of intense contests between these two in fence matches, boxing matches, lumberjack matches and no disqualification matches. As soon as this brutal series of clashes ended, King immediately left the Mid-Atlantic area with the Destroyer leaving right behind him several weeks later. Neither ever returned to Jim Crockett Promotions. One has to wonder IF one had anything to do with the other? Alas, that tiny little word “if” doesn’t always supply us with readily apparent answers.
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Militant Islam Monitor > Satire > Jailed murderer Marwan Barghouti and terrorist chief & executioner 'Hitler' among candidates in Paid Assassins elections
Jailed murderer Marwan Barghouti and terrorist chief & executioner 'Hitler' among candidates in Paid Assassins elections
Fugitive terrorist candidate says Hitler moniker will enchances his image among Arabs
MIM: The Paid Assassins lives up to their name - as terrorists vy for leadership of the PA .
Wanted and Imprisoned Terrorists to Run in PA Elections http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=82645
Several alarming candidates, including Marwan Barghouti and a terror chief known as "Hitler," have announced their candidacy for the upcoming PA elections.
Many terrorists currently serving time in Israeli prisons will be permitted by the PA to run in the PA parliamentary elections. According to Israel Radio, convicted Fatah terrorist Marwan Barghouti will be running for a seat in the PA parliament.
Another terrorist wanted Al-Aqsa Brigade chief Jamal Abu Roub – who goes by the nickname "Hitler" – is running in the elections as well.
"Hitler" appeared in an interview with Fox News reporter Jeniffer Griffin, saying he expects to win a seat because he gives his people "dignity and safety." Abu Roub publicly executed an Arab accused to helping Israel in front of the citizens of the Arab town of Qabatieh, in broad daylight. He has been running from Israeli security forces, but appeared in public to campaign, together with the Fox News reporter, assuming Israeli forces would not apprehend him while he spoke with a western reporter.
Asked whether he thought the nickname "Hitler" would affect his election chances, Roub said, "I got this name because of my personality. I am a guy that has a strong personality and uses violence, if needed, to respond."
The London-based Al Quds al-Arabi newspaper reports that Abu Mazen has gotten the Hamas terror group to agree to a postponement of the PA elections, originally scheduled for mid-July.
Hamas had previously demanded that the elections be held on time. Now, Hamas spokesman Mohammed Ghazal said the terror group has been promised that an amendment to the electoral system will be made that would favor the election of its members.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/print.php3?what=news&id=82851
PA: Israeli Decision to Release Prisoners Doesn't Solve Anything Sunday, May 29, 2005
(IsraelNN.com) PA officials responsible for the well-being of prisoners released a statement condemning today's Israel cabinet decision to release 400 terrorists. Isa Karka called the decision "one sided without any consideration for the Palestinian position."
He explained that the cabinet's decision totally ignores ongoing negotiations between Palestinian Authority (PA) officials and Israel regarding the release of prisoners.
The PA official added that the cabinet decision does not solve the problem in the slightest way, but will serve to increase tensions between prisoners held in Israeli prisons.
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LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA expanding as demand for laser and optics technologies rises across sectors
Need for speed and precision driving demand for laser technologies
Over 170 exhibitors expected from more than 20 countries; top class conferences in 2017
LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA links up with CNT (Catalysing New Technologies) Expositions and Services LLP to debut ‘Additive Manufacturing Insight’
LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA is India’s only dedicated and leading trade fair for laser and optical technologies which alternates between Bengaluru and New Delhi each year to showcase the best of laser and optics technology. Running in its 6th annual year, the trade fair will also again host a number of knowledge-rich conferences for the attendees.
‘Make in India’ policy has provided a major boost to manufacturing and various other sectors. The need to enhance precision and speed in manufacturing is motivating users to start using laser and related technologies in order to save cost and improve efficiency. At LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA, an increase in the number of visitors and exhibitors indicates that laser and optical technologies are vital as numerous industries are willing to optimize their production and processes by incorporating affordable and tailor-made laser and optical systems.
The trade fair has received accolades from the industry since its inception. One of the key participants, Indrajit Rana, National Sales Manager Laser Division, TRUMPF India said: “LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA has always exceeded our expectations and gave us a perfect platform to showcase our technologies. We meet the right buyers for our products here.”
Nitesh Dhoot from Tatanagar Steel Products, one of the past buyers, shares his experience: “We found many affordable international and domestic technologies which we want to incorporate in order to improve our manufacturing automation process. LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA is a perfect marketplace to find new technologies.”
New launch: Additive Manufacturing Insight
In a new launch, Messe München India will link up in 2017 with CNT Expositions and Services LLP to bring new insights in additive manufacturing technology to India’s manufacturing industry. They will jointly organize the B2B oriented event ‘Additive Manufacturing Insight’ (AMI), an international conference and pavilion on additive manufacturing technology where attendees will gain a comprehensive understanding of the state-of-the-art in 3D printing and the latest technological advances in 3D printers and their application for the Indian market.
Lasers are the central tool in 3D printing, which is on the point of industrial production. Reason enough to give each of these two areas of innovation their own special conference at LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA.
On this occasion, Bhupinder Singh, CEO of Messe München India, said: “We are confident that additive manufacturing is a futuristic market and will grow enormously. We are delighted to partner with CNT Expositions and are hopeful of a positive outcome from this collaboration.”
Aditya Chandavarkar, Partner at CNT Expositions and Services LLP, added: "Additive manufacturing is proving to be a great enabling technology for various industries with major impacts seen in the automotive, aerospace and medical sectors. We at CNT are happy to collaborate with Messe München India to create Additive Manufacturing Insight (AMI). In conjunction with LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA, AMI will bring together technology leaders, key users and practitioners of additive manufacturing to create an interactive ecosystem for the facilitation of business in India."
According to Wohlers Report 2016, manufacturing amounts to $12.8 trillion of the global economy while at USE 5.2 billion (in 2015) additive manufacturing represented about 0.041 percent. If additive manufacturing grows to capture just 5% of this global market as predicted by 3D printing experts around the world, it would become a USD 640 billion industry. The market for 3D printer prototyping and materials in India is projected to reach over USD 62 million by 2022. The market potential appears to be tremendous.
Focused Pavilions: Machine Vision, Laser Safety, Robotics & Automation
In addition to the trade fair and the conferences, LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA contains comprehensive special exhibition areas where the latest developments and applications in laser technology can be experienced. The Machine Vision Pavilion will again target industrial laser processing—one of the main focus topics of LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA. Another highlight of the supporting program will be the Laser Safety Forum covering all aspects of laser safety practice and hazard control. For the first time ever, LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA will also host a Robotics & Automation Pavilion in order to connect two of the most important technologies of the 21st century with technologies based on light as a source. This helps traditional manufacturing industries to break through the bottleneck on its path to smart manufacturing. The Robotics & Automation Pavilion addresses a wide range of industries such as automotive, aerospace, rail transport and home applications.
Log on to www.world-of-photonics-india.com/ for more information on the trade fair.
LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA will take place again in conjunction with electronica India and productronica India, the largest trade fairs presenting the entire value-added chain in the electronics industry from September 14–16, 2017 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Media Contact at Messe München India
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E-mail: siddharth.narain@mm-india.in
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Damien: The Northern Knave
Peeking through the deep brush, Damien eyed the small fallow doe he had been tracking for the past hour. Her large brown eyes were focused down upon the small patch of grass she had been consuming as a late-morning snack. With her focus diverted, Damien reached over his shoulder and began to slowly and quietly guide an arrow out of the quiver on his back. He placed the arrow in his bow and lined up his shot. As he adjusted his position, a small stick under his foot produced a muffled snap.
The doe’s neck and ears popped up at attention and she began to move cautiously backwards, ready to flee with any hint of an additional disturbance. Luckily, for Damien, her alert stance, perfectly exposed her breast. Unwilling to allow his dinner to escape, he quickly pulled back the bow string, then released his arrow, perfectly hitting his target. The Doe, in a shocked state, stood on its hind legs and careened to the side. However, Damien had wasted no time in pulling and prepping an additional arrow and caught the Doe in the belly while she was still in midair. She quickly fell to the ground as a result of her injuries and quivered there in obvious duress.
Damien approached his kill and pulled his knife from a sheath on his belt. He was good at killing, but never good at watching the suffering of the animals that had had the ill fate of meeting his killing tools. “I’m sorry dear. But I have a houseful to feed and your sacrifice means life to us.” He explained to his suffering victim before plunging his knife violently through her skull. Only a few moments later, the doe went limp.
After securing the animal’s front and back legs, through pure brute strength, Damien pulled the deer across his shoulders and made his way to his abode with his prize in tow. As he travelled, he could feel the warm, sticky blood of his kill soaking through his layers of clothing. The trek was thankfully a short one but he was fairly saturated by the time he reached the clearing where the place he had come to consider home stood in the center of the forest. He made his way a short distance from the main home structure, behind which he had built a smoke house where he would work to prepare and preserve his large game. He placed the deer on the table and worked diligently over the next few hours to skin and prepare the meat to be smoked - setting aside a couple of larger chunks of fresh meat to be cooked that evening.
Once his work was done, he brought his contribution to the evening’s meal into the cottage. Brielle greeted him with a smile when she saw the treat he carried in his hands. “Blessed day!” She exclaimed. “I see that the forest has brought you great gifts today!” She took the meat chunks from his hands, brought them over to a table, and began to slice them down into smaller pieces.
“A small doe. I have prepared the rest to be smoked and stored.”
“Excellent. We shall eat well this winter. Sometime this evening, can you pull some from our stores? I will be sending them along with our friends here when they leave.”
He nodded slightly. He was unhappy to think that they would be losing some of their rations, but he owed Brielle a lot and decided against questioning her request. Afterall, she had once took mercy on him, many years ago and he, perhaps, would not be around at all had she refused him in his most dire time of need.
The young woman they had been hosting for the past days sat across the table from Brielle and attempted to slice vegetables. She mostly kept her eyes down, but every once in a while, would peek up. Ponce had told both him and Brielle that the girl was a kitchen wench from the capital who was travelling North to be married off. However, there was something strange about that story. Her clothing was a bit too pristine and her kitchen skills were obviously non-existent. She did not know the first thing about how to prepare dishes or even use a large kitchen knife without explanation from Brielle. In addition, her obviously altered state upon her arrival signaled to Damien that there was something going on to which he was not being made privy.
Damien felt a bit confused, however, because Brielle seemed so unfazed by the obvious fishiness of the story her old friend Ponce was attempting to sell them. However, as much as this place had come to represent a sense of “home” for him, Damien was also a guest in Brielle’s home and chose to keep his opinions and observations regarding her old friend to himself. Besides, he was much more interested in trying to figure out in his own head why the young woman looked so familiar to him. Ponce had introduced her as “Emmie,” a name that did not seem immediately familiar, but there was something about her that lit up distant corners of his memory. Unfortunately, he could not quite put the puzzle together yet.
“I’m going to go out and finish my rounds.” He announced to Brielle.
“Is that necessary? You just brought home and filleted a deer.”
“The doe was a bit of a distraction.” He peeked around Brielle, to see Ponce resting in front of the fire, so he whispered the next bit to keep it between them. “I never made it out to the signaling post.”
Brielle offered him an exasperated and disapproving look, eyeing him from the side. She did not approve of his mercenary work, but it kept the two of them safe in the ever tumultuous northern political climate and also provided them monetary security, albeit meager. He could see the unease in her eyes, but offered nothing but a shrug in return. They both knew his work was necessary and a means to an end in more than one way. After a few heavy sighs and uncomfortable moments, Brielle resigned, “First be sure to change out of those blood soaked clothes. You don’t need to attract any night time prowlers if you happen to get caught out after dark.”
“You worry too much.”
“Maybe so. But I feel responsible for you. I think that earns me certain worrying privileges. Aye? I want to you to be as safe as possible out there. Can you at least do that for me?”
“Brielle…” He began to rebut.
“Eh!” She interrupted. “Just say you’ll be safe, will you?”
He sighed deeply, in play exhaustion. “Yes ma’am.” He offered with a small sheepish smile, wink, and a quick but exaggerated salute. He turned on his heel and made his way to his room to clean himself up and grab the new set of clothing which Brielle demanded of him. He knew she was right, after all. It was the middle of summer and the wolves in these forests were well regarded for their cruel nocturnal deeds.
In just a short while he was set to re-enter the forest. He slipped out of the back entrance of the home and made his way to the small stable just to the East. He opened the doors, lead out his palfrey, and mounted her, ready for their short but rough journey through the early evening woods.
Ponce approached him from the direction of the house, calling out as he got nearer. “You headed out again, are you?”
“What business is it of yours?”
“I suppose it is not. Just getting late, is all... and these woods can be unforgiving. Any number of dangers lurking about out here in the wild.”
“I can take care of myself.” Damien shot back, whipping the reins to jolt his horse into action.
“I’m sure you can.” He heard Ponce loudly retort from a short distance behind.
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2005 California Family Code Sections 2330-2348 CHAPTER 4. GENERAL PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS
FAMILY.CODE
SECTION 2330-2348
2330. (a) A proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of the parties is commenced by filing a petition entitled "In re the marriage of ____ and ____" which shall state whether it is a petition for dissolution of the marriage or for legal separation of the parties. (b) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation of the parties, the petition shall set forth among other matters, as nearly as can be ascertained, the following facts: (1) The date of marriage. (2) The date of separation. (3) The number of years from marriage to separation. (4) The number of children of the marriage, if any, and if none a statement of that fact. (5) The age and birth date of each minor child of the marriage. 2330.1. In any proceeding for dissolution of marriage, for legal separation of the parties, or for the support of children, the petition or complaint may list children born before the marriage to the same parties and, pursuant to the terms of the Uniform Parentage Act, a determination of paternity may be made in the action. In addition, a supplemental complaint may be filed, in any of those proceedings, pursuant to Section 464 of the Code of Civil Procedure, seeking a judgment or order of paternity or support for a child of the mother and father of the child whose paternity and support are already in issue before the court. A supplemental complaint for paternity or support of children may be filed without leave of court either before or after final judgment in the underlying action. Service of the supplemental summons and complaint shall be made in the manner provided for the initial service of a summons by this code. 2330.3. (a) All dissolution actions, to the greatest extent possible, shall be assigned to the same superior court department for all purposes, in order that all decisions in a case through final judgment shall be made by the same judicial officer. (b) The Judicial Council shall adopt a standard of judicial administration prescribing a minimum length of assignment of a judicial officer to a family law assignment. (c) This section shall be operative on July 1, 1997. 2330.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if no demand for money, property, costs, or attorney's fees is contained in the petition and the judgment of dissolution of marriage is entered by default, the filing of income and expense declarations and property declarations in connection therewith shall not be required. 2331. A copy of the petition, together with a copy of a summons, in form and content approved by the Judicial Council shall be served upon the other party to the marriage in the same manner as service of papers in civil actions generally. 2332. (a) If the petition for dissolution of the marriage is based on the ground of incurable insanity and the insane spouse has a guardian or conservator, other than the spouse filing the petition, the petition and summons shall be served upon the insane spouse and the guardian or conservator. The guardian or conservator shall defend and protect the interests of the insane spouse. (b) If the insane spouse has no guardian or conservator, or if the spouse filing the petition is the guardian or conservator of the insane spouse, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem, who may be the district attorney or the county counsel, if any, to defend and protect the interests of the insane spouse. If a district attorney or county counsel is appointed guardian ad litem pursuant to this subdivision, the successor in the office of district attorney or county counsel, as the case may be, succeeds as guardian ad litem, without further action by the court or parties. (c) "Guardian or conservator" as used in this section means: (1) With respect to the issue of the dissolution of the marriage relationship, the guardian or conservator of the person. (2) With respect to support and property division issues, the guardian or conservator of the estate. 2333. Subject to Section 2334, if from the evidence at the hearing the court finds that there are irreconcilable differences which have caused the irremediable breakdown of the marriage, the court shall order the dissolution of the marriage or a legal separation of the parties. 2334. (a) If it appears that there is a reasonable possibility of reconciliation, the court shall continue the proceeding for the dissolution of the marriage or for a legal separation of the parties for a period not to exceed 30 days. (b) During the period of the continuance, the court may make orders for the support and maintenance of the parties, the custody of the minor children of the marriage, the support of children for whom support may be ordered, attorney's fees, and for the preservation of the property of the parties. (c) At any time after the termination of the period of the continuance, either party may move for the dissolution of the marriage or a legal separation of the parties, and the court may enter a judgment of dissolution of the marriage or legal separation of the parties. 2335. Except as otherwise provided by statute, in a pleading or proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation of the parties, including depositions and discovery proceedings, evidence of specific acts of misconduct is improper and inadmissible. 2335.5. In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or legal separation of the parties, where the judgment is to be entered by default, the petitioner shall provide the court clerk with a stamped envelope bearing sufficient postage addressed to the spouse who has defaulted, with the address of the court clerk as the return address, and the court clerk shall mail a copy of the request to enter default to that spouse in the envelope provided. A judgment of dissolution or legal separation, including relief requested in the petition, shall not be denied solely on the basis that the request to enter default was returned unopened to the court. The court clerk shall maintain any such document returned by the post office as part of the court file in the case. 2336. (a) No judgment of dissolution or of legal separation of the parties may be granted upon the default of one of the parties or upon a statement or finding of fact made by a referee; but the court shall, in addition to the statement or finding of the referee, require proof of the grounds alleged, and the proof, if not taken before the court, shall be by affidavit. In all cases where there are minor children of the parties, each affidavit or offer of proof shall include an estimate by the declarant or affiant of the monthly gross income of each party. If the declarant or affiant has no knowledge of the estimated monthly income of a party, the declarant or affiant shall state why he or she has no knowledge. In all cases where there is a community estate, each affidavit or offer of proof shall include an estimate of the value of the assets and the debts the declarant or affiant proposes to be distributed to each party, unless the declarant or affiant has filed, or concurrently files, a complete and accurate property declaration with the court. (b) If the proof is by affidavit, the personal appearance of the affiant is required only when it appears to the court that any of the following circumstances exist: (1) Reconciliation of the parties is reasonably possible. (2) A proposed child custody order is not in the best interest of the child. (3) A proposed child support order is less than a noncustodial parent is capable of paying. (4) A personal appearance of a party or interested person would be in the best interests of justice. (c) An affidavit submitted pursuant to this section shall contain a stipulation by the affiant that the affiant understands that proof will be by affidavit and that the affiant will not appear before the court unless so ordered by the court. 2337. (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage, the court, upon noticed motion, may sever and grant an early and separate trial on the issue of the dissolution of the status of the marriage apart from other issues. (b) A preliminary declaration of disclosure with a completed schedule of assets and debts shall be served on the nonmoving party with the noticed motion unless it has been served previously, or unless the parties stipulate in writing to defer service of the preliminary declaration of disclosure until a later time. (c) The court may impose upon a party any of the following conditions on granting a severance of the issue of the dissolution of the status of the marriage, and in case of that party's death, an order of any of the following conditions continues to be binding upon that party's estate: (1) The party shall indemnify and hold the other party harmless from any taxes, reassessments, interest, and penalties payable by the other party if the dissolution of the marriage before the division of the parties' community estate results in a taxable event to either of the parties by reason of the ultimate division of their community estate, which taxes would not have been payable if the parties were still married at the time the division was made. (2) Until judgment has been entered on all remaining issues and has become final, the party shall maintain all existing health and medical insurance coverage for the other party and the minor children as named dependents, so long as the party is legally able to do so. At the time the party is no longer legally eligible to maintain the other party as a named dependent under the existing health and medical policies, the party or the party's estate shall, at the party' s sole expense, purchase and maintain health and medical insurance coverage that is comparable to the existing health and medical insurance coverage. If comparable insurance coverage is not obtained, the party or the party's estate is responsible for the health and medical expenses incurred by the other party that would have been covered by the insurance coverage, and shall indemnify and hold the other party harmless from any adverse consequences resulting from the lack of insurance. (3) Until judgment has been entered on all remaining issues and has become final, the party shall indemnify and hold the other party harmless from any adverse consequences resulting to the other party if the bifurcation results in a termination of the other party's right to a probate homestead in the residence in which the other party resides at the time the severance is granted. (4) Until judgment has been entered on all remaining issues and has become final, the party shall indemnify and hold the other party harmless from any adverse consequences resulting to the other party if the bifurcation results in the loss of the rights of the other party to a probate family allowance as the surviving spouse of the party. (5) Until judgment has been entered on all remaining issues and has become final, the party shall indemnify and hold the other party harmless from any adverse consequences resulting to the other party if the bifurcation results in the loss of the other party's rights to pension benefits, elections, or survivors' benefits under the party' s pension or retirement plan to the extent that the other party would have been entitled to those benefits or elections as the surviving spouse of the party. (6) Prior to entry of judgment terminating status, both of the following shall occur: (A) The party's retirement or pension plan shall be joined as a party to the proceeding for dissolution. (B) If applicable, an order pursuant to Section 2610 shall be entered with reference to the defined benefit or similar plan pending the ultimate resolution of the distribution of benefits under the employee benefit plan. (7) The party shall indemnify and hold the other party harmless from any adverse consequences if the bifurcation results in the loss of rights to social security benefits or elections to the extent the other party would have been entitled to those benefits or elections as the surviving spouse of the party. (8) Any other condition the court determines is just and equitable. (d) A judgment granting a dissolution of the status of the marriage shall expressly reserve jurisdiction for later determination of all other pending issues. (e) If the party dies after the entry of judgment granting a dissolution of marriage, any obligation imposed by this section shall be enforceable against any asset, including the proceeds thereof, against which these obligations would have been enforceable prior to the person's death. 2338. (a) In a proceeding for dissolution of the marriage or legal separation of the parties, the court shall file its decision and any statement of decision as in other cases. (b) If the court determines that no dissolution should be granted, a judgment to that effect only shall be entered. (c) If the court determines that a dissolution should be granted, a judgment of dissolution of marriage shall be entered. After the entry of the judgment and before it becomes final, neither party has the right to dismiss the proceeding without the consent of the other. 2338.5. Where a judgment of dissolution or nullity of marriage or legal separation of the parties is to be granted upon the default of one of the parties: (a) The signature of the spouse who has defaulted on any marital settlement agreement or on any stipulated judgment shall be notarized. (b) The court clerk shall give notice of entry of judgment of dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, or legal separation to the attorney for each party or to the party, if unrepresented. (c) For the purpose of mailing the notice of entry of judgment, the party submitting the judgment shall provide the court clerk with a stamped envelope bearing sufficient postage addressed to the attorney for the other party or to the party, if unrepresented, with the address of the court clerk as the return address. The court clerk shall maintain any such document returned by the post office as part of the court file in the case. 2339. (a) Subject to subdivision (b) and to Sections 2340 to 2344, inclusive, no judgment of dissolution is final for the purpose of terminating the marriage relationship of the parties until six months have expired from the date of service of a copy of summons and petition or the date of appearance of the respondent, whichever occurs first. (b) The court may extend the six-month period described in subdivision (a) for good cause shown. 2340. A judgment of dissolution of marriage shall specify the date on which the judgment becomes finally effective for the purpose of terminating the marriage relationship of the parties. 2341. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2340, if an appeal is taken from the judgment or a motion for a new trial is made, the dissolution of marriage does not become final until the motion or appeal has been finally disposed of, nor then, if the motion has been granted or judgment reversed. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the filing of an appeal or of a motion for a new trial does not stay the effect of a judgment insofar as it relates to the dissolution of the marriage status and restoring the parties to the status of unmarried persons, unless the appealing or moving party specifies in the notice of appeal or motion for new trial an objection to the termination of the marriage status. No party may make such an objection to the termination of the marriage status unless such an objection was also made at the time of trial. 2342. Where a joint petition under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2400) is thereafter revoked and either party commences a proceeding pursuant to Section 2330 within 90 days from the date of the filing of the revocation, the date the judgment becomes a final judgment under Section 2339 shall be calculated by deducting the period of time which has elapsed from the date of filing the joint petition to the date of filing the revocation. 2343. The court may, upon notice and for good cause shown, or on stipulation of the parties, retain jurisdiction over the date of termination of the marital status, or may order that the marital status be terminated at a future specified date. On the date of termination of the marital status, the parties are restored to the status of unmarried persons. 2344. (a) The death of either party after entry of the judgment does not prevent the judgment from becoming a final judgment under Sections 2339 to 2343, inclusive. (b) Subdivision (a) does not validate a marriage by either party before the judgment becomes final, nor does it constitute a defense in a criminal prosecution against either party. 2345. The court may not render a judgment of the legal separation of the parties without the consent of both parties unless one party has not made a general appearance and the petition is one for legal separation. 2346. (a) If the court determines that a judgment of dissolution of the marriage should be granted, but by mistake, negligence, or inadvertence, the judgment has not been signed, filed, and entered, the court may cause the judgment to be signed, dated, filed, and entered in the proceeding as of the date when the judgment could have been signed, dated, filed, and entered originally, if it appears to the satisfaction of the court that no appeal is to be taken in the proceeding or motion made for a new trial, to annul or set aside the judgment, or for relief under Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 469) of Title 6 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (b) The court may act under subdivision (a) on its own motion or upon the motion of either party to the proceeding. In contested cases, the motion of a party shall be with notice to the other party. (c) The court may cause the judgment to be entered nunc pro tunc as provided in this section, even though the judgment may have been previously entered, where through mistake, negligence, or inadvertence the judgment was not entered as soon as it could have been entered under the law if applied for. (d) The court shall not cause a judgment to be entered nunc pro tunc as provided in this section as of a date before trial in the matter, before the date of an uncontested judgment hearing in the matter, or before the date of submission to the court of an application for judgment on affidavit pursuant to Section 2336. Upon the entry of the judgment, the parties have the same rights with regard to the dissolution of marriage becoming final on the date that it would have become final had the judgment been entered upon the date when it could have been originally entered. 2347. A judgment of legal separation of the parties does not bar a subsequent judgment of dissolution of the marriage granted pursuant to a petition for dissolution filed by either party. 2348. (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 103200 of the Health and Safety Code, the clerk of the superior court of each county shall report annually to the Judicial Council the number of judgments entered in the county during the preceding calendar year or other 12-month period as required by the Judicial Council for each of the following: (1) Dissolution of marriage. (2) Legal separation of the parties. (3) Nullity of marriage. (b) After the Judicial Branch Statistical Information System (JBSIS) is operational statewide, the clerk of the superior court of each county shall also report annually to the Judicial Council the number of each of those judgments specified in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (a), entered in the county during the preceding calendar year or other 12-month period as required by the Judicial Council, that include orders relating to child custody, visitation, or support. (c) The Judicial Council shall include in its annual report to the Legislature on court statistics the number of each of the types of judgments entered in the state reported pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b). (d) The Judicial Council shall establish the applicable 12-month reporting period, the due date, and forms to be used, for submission of data pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b). Until the Judicial Branch Statistical Information System (JBSIS) is operational statewide, the clerk of the superior court may report the data described in subdivision (a) using existing data collection systems, according to current Judicial Council statistical reporting regulations.
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Human Rights, Religion and Democracy: The Refah Party Case
Observations on the Brazilian presidency, democracy, and governance
Análisis organizacional del Partido de la Democracia Social Brasile a en el estado de San Pablo (1988-2006) Organizational analysis of the Social Democracy Party of the Brazilian state of S o Paulo
Fluid Party Politics and the Challenge for Democracy Assistance in Georgia
Measure and collapse of participatory democracy in a two-party system
The Impact of European Democracy Promotion on Party Financing in the East European Neighborhood
The renewal of social democracy and the third way” of the British Labour Party
To Learn Democracy in Competitive Democratic Election and Learn to Safeguard Democratic Rights of the Party Members
Party-state relationship, an effect of the political competition. The party system and patronage in Romanian politics
The Party of Traitors”. Research on the Institutional Malformations and Systemic Self-Regulations of Post-Communist Democracy
Brazilian Political Science Review (Online) 2008
Brazilian democracy and the power of "old" theories of party competition
Santos,Fabiano;
Keywords: brazilian democracy, theories of party competition, democratic stabilization.
brazilian politics has been usually analyzed as a case full of pathologies by scholars and political journalists alike. fragmentation, volatility, clientelism and inefficiency have become bywords for describing the performance of brazil's political institutions. as a counter to this view, this work argues that the country's democracy in the post-1988 period presents enough evidence in favor of classical hypotheses about electoral politics in the contemporary world, theories that invariably are based on premises of rationality in the behavior of voters and political parties. these theories include the median voter theorem, duverger's law on the mechanical and psychological effects of electoral systems, and the model of retrospective voting. the article also contends that the passing of time has contributed to make brazilian politics more rational and efficient in the mould of older democracies.
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65 Sync Licensing: Advertising 65 Sync Licensing: TV / Movies / Video Games 11 Labels / Record Deals 3 Song placements 1 Production Deals 1 Exposure Opportunity
75 broadcast ready 74 fully mastered 18 rough mixes
75 submission only
40 under $10 60 under $20 62 under $30 75 under $40 75 any price
73 Yes 2 No
51 Non-Exclusive 8 Exclusive 6 Negotiable or N/A
75 Not Available
58 within 7 days 75 within 14 days 75 within 45 days
38 at least 75 at least 75 at least 75 at least 75 at least 75 all
We are after fresh new 2018 /2017 Hip Hop. Think Sage the Gemini, Tyga, 2 Chainz. Rich The Kid, etc.
All submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers. Samples must be cleared please. Thanks the Pop-Up Music Team! No uncleared samples please.
Pop-Up Music is a PRS registered music library and publisher located in London. We pride ourselves in providing undiscovered music and bespoke music for advertising, film, TV, gaming and corporate.
- Mark Garfield / Pop-Up Music Uk Limited
Deal Structure: Non-Exclusive
Similar Sounding Artists: Sage the Gemini, Tyga, 2 Chainz. Rich The Kid
Dream Pop needed for Ads, Movies, & TV
We are seeking epic Dream Pop songs and instrumentals. Think big/airy/dreamy songs that also have a driving pulse and a commercial appeal - for pitching to Ads, Movies, and Film & TV.
We need fully completed and mixed songs, no demos please.
All songs must be written and owned 100% by the submitter.
Pop-Up Music Team
Compensation: Negotiable based on final placement
Viral Music Media Seeking Pop for Sync Licensing
We are a sync licensing company based in Hollywood, CA. We are searching for the next big pop artist to place their music in tv, film, commercials, games, etc. We have new placements available weekly. We are open to a wide range of pop artists and sounds such as Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Justin Beiber, Mindless Behavior, Katy Perry, Calvin Harris. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration. Our clients want high-quality, well-made, well-recorded music in all genres. This music and recording quality needs to stand up to the best that is out there, because that is what we are competing with, so keep that in mind.
Compensation will vary greatly based on the scope of the project and purpose of the songs employed. Placements can range from under $100 to thousands of dollars for a single agreement. Viral Music Media commissions 50% of the gross licensing fee. We keep 50% of the publishing royalties. You retain 100% of your writer’s share.
- Lamar / Viral Music Media
Compensation: Negotiable based on placement
Similar Sounding Artists: Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Justin Beiber, Mindless Behavior, Katy Perry, Calvin Harris
Seeking Vibrant Music for TV/Films/Ads
We are seeking vibrant indie-pop songs that have global elements. Lots of drums, percussion and world instruments. A good reference would be tUnE-yArDs.
All songs must be owned by the writer - no samples please. We look forward to your submissions.
Similar Sounding Artists: tUnE-yArDs
Dancehall tracks Needed
Dancehall tracks needed urgently. We are looking for male vocal tracks that have a genuine vibe. Instrumental tracks also welcome.
All submissions must be 100% owned. all submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers. No samples please. Thanks the Pop-Up Music Team!
Seeking Rock/Hip Hop for TV & Film Placements
We are seeking Rock/Hip Hop songs with clean lyrics and no uncleared samples. High quality productions please. Think along the lines of Beastie Boys - Sabotage.
This opportunity is for a non-exclusive contract - all submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers. We look forward to your submissions.
Similar Sounding Artists: Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Seeking Country Songs
Seeking uptempo male/female country songs. Please submit your best tracks for consideration.
Bandwagon Red is a music publishing and artist development company based in Nashville, Tennessee. Does Nashville need another company to do what is being done all over town? The short answer is "No". However, what Nashville and nearly every other industry needs is a revitalization of how their products are produced.
- A&R Team - Bandwagon Red
Seeking recordings before 2003
We are working on a TV sow needing tracks in all genres recorded before 2003. Pop, Rock, Country, Singer Songwriter, Hip Hop and everything in between. All submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers. Samples must be cleared please. Thanks the Pop-Up Music Team!
Seeking Driving Pop Song
Seeking a driving upbeat Pop song along the lines of Fire by Barns Courtney. The songs must be 100% owned by the writer/writers.
- The Pop-UP Music Team
Similar Sounding Artists: Fire by Barns Courtney
Female Indie Rock/Pop Songs Wanted
We are seeking indie rock/pop female vocal songs. A good reference would be in the style of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Big powerful vocals with 'that something really special' quality.
The songs must be 100% owned by the writer/writers.
Thanks, Pop-Up Music.
Similar Sounding Artists: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Seeking Interesting Cover Songs for Film, TV, & Ads
We are seeking covers - not replicas of the original but an original twist on a well-known song. All styles welcome - take us by surprise!
Chosen tracks will be pitched for Film/TV trailers plus TV commercials. Please only submit tracks for which you own the master recording rights.
We look forward to hearing your tracks.
The Pop-Up Music Team
Similar Sounding Songs: Think - The White Stripes, ‘Jolene’ - The Ramones: ‘California Sun’ - Jeff Buckley, ‘Hallelujah’ - Johnny Cash, ‘Hurt’
Seeking Rock Pop
We are seeking songs that have a sense of adventure - modern American rock pop style like X Ambassadors and Imagine Dragons. Songs that have lyrical content that might contain key words like Driving, Uplifting, Outdoor life, Exploring, Wilderness and so on.
Similar Sounding Artists: X Ambassadors, Imagine Dragons
Looking for new artists to sign and produce
Grey Creek Productions is looking for new artists to sign and produce. Also offering our production expertise to help you get the most out of your production budget. We are looking to sign primarily country/pop country acts but, are open to any submissions. Singer/songwriters go to the top of the list. If you are looking for production help, we are open to any genre. Legendary producer/engineer Tom Perry is our president and hands on producer. Thanks.
new New (Action / Suspense) Film Seeking Music Of All Genres
New (Action / Suspense) Film Seeking Music Of All Genres
We are seeking full songs & instrumentals for a new ( Comedy B Movie ) Based Film currently in production. This film will have a serious tone but will have a B movie comedy feel. This will have an action, political, and sci-fi concept. Only quality instrumentals & Clean lyrics with no explicit content will be accepted. The film will be distributed worldwide to all outlets. This will be a major exposure opportunity, and have you listed in the film industry as an official composer.
- David O Wright - Ceo - Wright Music Group
new Easter TV Showcase for Christian Music Only
Easter TV Showcase for Christian Music Only
We are seeking Christian Music of all genres for our Easter TV broadcast. We would prefer music videos, but we can create videos for approved songs. This music showcase will be aired worldwide to thousands. This will be a major exposure opportunity, and a chance to give purpose to your music ministry. Reach many churches, homes, and people that are in need of your message & music this Easter!
new New Bible TV Series Seeks Instrumentals
New Bible TV Series Seeks Instrumentals
We are seeking cinematic instrumentals for a new Bible TV series. This will be a major exposure opportunity for anyone selected through both steps of the selection process. If selected, the composer will receive an official film industry IMDB Pro listing. This will open the door to many official film industry opportunities once you are trusted & listed.
new Seeking Full Songs & Instrumentals For ( Apocalypse ) Film
Seeking Full Songs & Instrumentals For ( Apocalypse ) Film
We are seeking full songs & instrumentals for a new ( Apocalypse ) Based Film currently in production. Only Clean lyrics with no explicit content will be accepted. The film will be distributed worldwide to all outlets. This will be a major exposure opportunity, and have you listed in the film industry as an official composer.
Seeking Music from North Africa (Mali, Egypt, Morocco)
We are looking for music from North Africa (Mali, Egypt, Morocco, etc).
Looking for up-beat, fun, whacky, and the unusual.
All submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers. No samples please. Pop-Up Music is a PRS registered music library and publisher located in London. We pride ourselves in providing undiscovered music and bespoke music for advertising, film, TV, gaming.
- Mark Garfield - Co Director - Pop-Up Music Uk Limited
Seeking Music from Peru
We are looking for tracks in all genres/styles from Peru. - ideally, vintage recordings - contemporary recordings will be considered. Looking for up-beat, fun, whacky, and the unusual.
Seeking Mexican Music
We are looking for Mexican tracks in all genres/styles - ideally vintage recordings - contemporary recordings will be considered. Looking for up-beat, fun, whacky, and the unusual.
All submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers. No samples please. Pop-Up Music is a PRS registered music library and publisher located in London.
We pride ourselves in providing undiscovered music and bespoke music for advertising, film, TV, gaming.
We are looking for tracks that have a 90s 'The Cranberries' vibe
We are looking for tracks that have a 90s 'The Cranberries' vibe - ideally original recordings from back in the day however retro sounding recordings will be considered.
All submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers. No samples please.
We are looking for tracks that have a 'Joy Division' vibe
We are looking for tracks that have a 'Joy Division' vibe - ideally original recordings from back in the day however retro sounding recordings will be considered.
We are looking for tracks that have an 80s 'The Smiths' vibe
We are looking for tracks that have an 80s 'The Smiths' vibe - ideally original recordings from back in the day however retro sounding recordings will be considered.
Seeking SAMPLE FREE Clean Hip-hop, Pop, Clean R&B style songs + instrumentals for placement opportunities in Film, TV, Netflix, Ads and more...
Seeking SAMPLE FREE Clean Hip-hop, CHH (Christian Hip-hop), Clean R&B style songs + instrumentals for placement opportunities in Film, TV, Netflix, Ads and more...
Seeking SAMPLE FREE Clean Hip-hop, CHH (Christian Hip-hop), Clean R&B style songs + instrumentals for placement opportunities in Film, TV, Netflix, Ads and more.
We are looking for all styles of Hip-hop (West Coast, East Coast, Boom Bap, Old School, New School, Mumble Rap, etc.)
*You must own the Masters and the Publishing in any song that you submit.
*You must be registered with a PRO (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC)
*All songwriters and Producers must be aware you are submitting the song and willing to sign non-exclusive agreement.
*Songs must NOT contain any samples at all.
- Stanley Straughter - CEO - Naz-Sect Publishing
Seeking Meditation, Spa, & Ambient music, etc, to pitch for TV Networks, Ads, Restaurants, Hotels, etc.
Seeking Meditation, Spa, and Ambient music, etc, to pitch for tv networks, advertisements, restaurants, hotels, etc. We have a "Huge" track record of placing music with these entities! Because of the "High Profile Major Artists" in our catalog such as Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Chaka Khan, Bill Withers, Chic, Ojays, Sunshine Anderson, Dionne Farris, Kool and The Gang, etc, they are looking to use the "Music Of The Sea" brand and artist!
We have the attention of many major networks and they want to use the artist and composers from our catalog! Have your song/tracks along ride along side the major artist in our catalog and grow your brand!!!
"High Quality" tracks only, no exceptions! No Demos and unmastered tracks, no uncleared samples. You must have clean versions available, and you must own master and publishing rights! Huge opportunity! If you have music in our catalog, your music is automatically being considered.
Viral Music Media Seeking R&B for Sync Licensing
We are a sync licensing company based out of Hollywood, CA. We are in search of R&B artists to work with on placements that we currently have and that will come in weekly. Male or femals artists are both welcome. We are searching for all ranges of R&B from ballads, duets, trap&b, R&B pop, R&B dance, etc. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration. Our clients want high-quality, well-made, well-recorded music in all genres. This music and recording quality needs to stand up to the best that is out there, because that is what we are competing with, so keep that in mind.
Similar Sounding Artists: Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Rihanna, Adele, Bryon Tiller, Jhene Aiko, After 7, Babyface, Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Erykah Badu
Record Company Searching for Artists to Sign
We are a label with a media outlet behind us. Searching for artists with certain sounds for our hip hop/rnb label. This deal comes with distribution and marketing. Searching for artists with all different ORIGINAL sounds. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
We connect artists of all genres with direct placement opportunities in tv, film, commercials, games, and more. We also operate as a digital record label.
- Lamar - Sr. A&R - Viral Music Media
Deal Structure: Negotiable
Similar Sounding Artists: lauryn hill, missy elliott, Three 6 mafia, pharrell, erykah badu, ugk, j cole, clipse, jadakiss and styles p, juelz santana, will smith, neyo, the dream
Seeking Trap Music
We are seeking Trap songs with clean lyrics and no uncleared samples. High quality productions please.
1985 - songs recored in 1985 required
We are seeking songs recorded in 1985 - all styles/genres welcome. Records that never got released or was missed off the album. All submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers. Thanks the Pop-Up Music Team! No uncleared samples please.
URGENT - Kendrick Lamar search
We are looking for replacements for Kendrick Lamar, such as Love feat. Zacari. Please send tracks which are fully mastered (no demos or samples please) and owned fully by the writers.
Record Label Looking for Ambient, Minimal, Piano Recordings to Release
Bad Architect Records is currently looking for new, unreleased, recordings in the style of Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds, Max Richter, and other artists in the minimal, Neo-classical genre to release on record label!
- Judson Hurd - CEO - Bad Architect Records
URS is Looking For Artists
URS is looking for new artist with "quality" mastered songs for online distribution through our network of media partners. You will be on our platform and part of our label roster who has access and opportunities for future label. film/TV placements as well.
In 2017 we have expanded our business model to include distribution and administration for artists and labels who feel they have quality songs but have not reached the level of momentum that the major labels are looking for - We are bridging that gap.
Your songs will be on the following media platforms:
- Slacker Radio
- Apple Music
- Itunes Radio
- Emusic
- Spotify
- 247 ENT
- Shazam
- Akazoo
- Napster
- Aspiro
- Tidal
- Beatport
The Deal:
You Keep 80% Net Profits!
(Other Opportunities for publishing, label film/TV placements)
40% Discount on all URS Services as an Artist @ URS
Career/Song Guidance
Social Media Marketing through our network of industry contacts.
Shane Anderson - Founder - Unique Recording Studios
Seeking Hip Hop & Urban Pop Songs to pitch for Multiple TV & Film Networks
Seeking Hip Hop, Urban Pop, songs in the style of Drake, Wiz Khalifa, Big Sean, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Meek Mill, Wale, Jeremiah, etc, to pitch for Multiple TV and Film on networks such as FOX, CBS, NBC Universal, Weinstein Co, etc. Advertisements such as Sony Playstation, Pepsi, Starbucks, Nissan, Gillette, Toyota, tons more,etc. We have a "Huge" track record of placing music with these entities!
Because of the "High Profile Major Artists" in our catalog such as Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Chaka Khan, Bill Withers, Chic, Ojays, Sunshine Anderson, Dionne Farris, Kool and The Gang, etc, they are looking to use the "Music Of The Sea" brand and artist!
We have the attention of many major networks and they want to use the artist and composers from our catalog! Have your song/tracks along ride along side the major artist in our catalog and grow your brand!!! "High Quality" tracks only, no exceptions! No Demos and unmastered tracks, no uncleared samples. You must have clean versions available, and you must own master and publishing rights! Huge opportunity!
Country Music Needed
Seeking: Country Music, Country pop, Country rock, Rockabilly, & Country soul complete songs with vocals, and instrumentals
Explicit Lyrics Accepted: Yes
Instrumentals Accepted: Yes (no uncleared samples)
Compensation: Licensing fees, Royalties, Publishing deals
One of our Country artist's has had more than 6,000,000 views on Youtube. We have placed music on CMT, A&E, TLC, Spike TV, History, Discovery, and more. We've had over 40 Country songs licensed by Microsoft Corporation, 36 Country songs licensed by Apple/iTunes, 35 Country songs licensed by RDIO, INC., 21 Country songs licensed by Omnifone, 21 Country songs licensed by MySpace Music, LLC., 18 Country song placements with SUBWAY® Restaurants, and countless other placements as well.
We also secured 18 Country song placements on 12 different country music album compilations, alongside artist like Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, Dixie Chicks, and Alan Jackson. Country music has produced the two top selling solo artists of all time in the United States. Elvis Presley, who was known early on as “the Hillbilly Cat” and was a regular on the radio program Louisiana Hayride, went on to become a defining figure in the emergence of rock and roll. With 129.5 million albums sold, Presley is the top-domestic-selling solo artist in U.S. history. Contemporary musician Garth Brooks, with 128 million albums sold, is the second best-selling solo artist in U.S. history.
We are looking for the next Sugarland, Garth Brooks, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, and well you get the picture. We are looking for some really great Country music!
We guarantee feedback on all submissions! In most cases, four songs need to be submitted and selected specifically for this opportunity before we can offer a publishing/licensing deal. We are always looking for hot new talent, artists, producers, and bands that want to put their music out through various means of music licensing, major placements, and digital distribution. We are signing artist now, and you could be next!
If selected, you may be asked to submit up to three more songs for further evaluation
Seeking 70s Rock Songs
We are seeking 70s rock songs along the lines of The Runaways track Cheery Bomb - original recordings from back-in-the-day or contemporary songs influenced by the period.
We look forward to your submissions.
Thank you in advance The Pop-Up Music Team.
Similar Sounding Artists: The Runaways, Joan Jett, Suzi Quatro, The Pretenders, Blondie
Seeking orchestral hybrid tracks
Seeking orchestral hybrid tracks with emphasis on the organic rather than electronic. Epic sounding tracks with bluesy, rock or gospel elements would be a bonus - vocal or instrumental. Songs that have had a tralierized (not sure this is in the English dictionary :) treatment are welcomed.
This opportunity is for a non exclusive contract - all submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers. No samples please.
Similar Sounding Artists: Rag'n'Bone Man - Human
Indian sitar music required
We are on the look out for Indian sitar music for a show we are working on. Think in the style of Ravi Shankar.
All submissions must be 100% owned by the writer/writers. Thanks the Pop-Up Music Team! No uncleared samples please.
Seeking Surf Rock for TV/Film/Ads
We are seeking surf rock tracks up-tempo like Dick Dale & The Del Tones "Misirlou" - also a more mellow vibe like Santo & Johnny - "Sleep walk". Ideally original vintage tracks however modern recordings influence by the classics will be considered.
All submissions must be owned by the person submitting - no samples.
Seeking Fun Pop for TV/Film/Ads
We are seeking fun Pop songs with a Tropical/African vibe - think Jain - Makeba. If you have a song like the reference please send over.
URGENT - songs recorded between 1988 - 1990
We are on the lookout for songs recorded between 1988 and 1990 for inclusion in our catalogue for various projects we are working on.
All genres welcome. No samples please.
Looking for Outstanding Finished Songs for Blanket Fort for Release
Platinum selling producer / songwriter Sterling Fox is looking for new acts and singles for his label Blanket Fort. We are looking for finished product songs that can be released through our label. We help new artists with their releases by helping to take them over the finish line, providing help with mastering, visuals, artwork, promo, etc. No crazy contracts - we are extremely artist friendly. Send away...if your music is good and it speaks to us, we may be interested in a release. All genres considered, but your music needs to be modern and tasteful.
- Sterling Fox / Blanket Fort
Deal Type: Labe Signing
Similar Sounding Artists: anything quality
Record Label Looking for Cover Versions of Popular Songs!
Bad Architect Records is a label that is currently searching for cover songs by new artists! We are open to different styles with vocals and instrumental only. Piano Instrumentals are in high demand! Please send us your best studio quality songs!
NYC Indie Label looking for Psychedelic Pop Band/Artist
Bay Terrace Records LLC is looking for a Psychedelic Pop Band/Artist to solidify our roster ( bands similar to Tame Impala, Temples, Pond, Deerhunter, Flaming Lips, MGMT). If you believe you fit this genre, and are interested in this opportunity, please drop us a recording and we’ll get back to you ASAP!
- Patrick Meagher, Bay Terrace Records
Bayterracerecords.com
Seeking mainstream Dance Pop Songs to pitch for Multiple TV & Film Networks
Seeking mainstream Dance Pop, songs in the style of Katy Perry, Rhianna, David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia, etc, to pitch for Multiple TV and Film. On networks such as FOX, CBS, NBC Universal, Weinstein Co, etc. Advertisements such as Sony Playstation, Pepsi, Starbucks, Nissan, Gillette, Toyota, tons more,etc. We have a "Huge" track record of placing music with these entities!
Viral Music Media Seeking Rock Music for Sync Licensing
We are a sync licensing company based in Hollywood, CA. We are currently searching for rock bands and singers for placement opportunities that we have. We are looking for all forms of rock including grunge, heavy metal, soft rock, acoustic, pop rock, blues, and jazz. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration. Our clients want high-quality, well-made, well-recorded music in all genres. This music and recording quality needs to stand up to the best that is out there, because that is what we are competing with, so keep that in mind.
Similar Sounding Artists: Maroon 5, Blink 182, Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, Metallica, Ray Charles, Howling Wolf, Muddy Waters
Seeking Beat Submissions From Producers For Commercial Use
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Alexandra Ivy – Guardians of Eternity
When Darkness Comes – Dante and Abby Barlow
Dante is a vampire chained to Selena known as the Chalice created over 300 years ago by a coven of witches to protect the spirit of the Phoenix by residing it within a mortal woman. Abby is hired to be a companion to the eccentric Selena, Selena might be demanding and odd but she needs this job! It pays well, rent is due and there is the side benefit of being able to look at the arrogant Dante every day. Dante is drawn to Abby and has been trying to lure her into his bed for months. In the middle of what Abby considers a really bad day, from dropping a priceless Ming Vase, to Dante continuing to be well… Dante, oh yeah not to mention an earth shattering explosion in the house! When Abby runs to Selena’s room (nearing the earth shattering part) with one action she changes her entire existence. As Selena is on the verge of dying she reaches out and touches Abby and now every demon (which she didn’t even know existed) in Chicago is after her and Dante is now the only one who can protect her and hopefully get the Phoenix out of her, being a Goddess is highly overrated when you are trying to be killed every 5 minutes!
This book takes you through many twists and turns as Abby and Dante are chased through Chicago and surrounding areas trying to evade dark evil forces and at the same time find the coven of witches to try to find a new home for the Phoenix. The action in this book will keep you turning the pages as the smoldering passion between Dante and Abby, infuses with a dangerous journey into a world filled with never-ending peril! Abby is a character that any women can relate to; having a hard life and just trying to survive her existence. There is innocence and vulnerability about her yet at the same time a backbone made of steel! Dante is a male anyone would want, tall dark and gorgeous – a warrior who looks like a pirate with the soul of a poet, what’s not to love!
Embrace the Darkness – Viper and Shay
Viper is an ancient vampire, jaded with life - when you have lived over a 1000 years you have seen and done pretty much everything there is to do. Viper coasts through life until he meets Shay a Shalott Demon mongrel (Half demon and half human) when he helping Dante and Abby battle the witches intent on destroying everything he holds dear.. his life! For weeks Viper is unable to get Shay out of his mind and he scours Chicago looking for her until he finds her. Shay is sick and tired of the damn curse! For 80 years her life has not been her own, she has belonged to the despicable Evor who yet again is selling her to the highest bidder, she’d kill him but then she would die too. Viper attends the auction and bids on Shay, when the bidding is complete an unseen force attacks trying to take Shay from Viper when he has only just found her again. After several other attacks Viper is determined to find who is trying to take HIS Shalott Demon from him, he protects what is his and Shay is most defiantly HIS and he will protect her with his very life.
Alexandra Ivy certainly knows how to pack action into a novel and this book is no exception! Viper and Shay battle it out with an unknown enemy while battling each other. Shay is certainly attracted to Viper but she certainly isn’t going to make it easy for him and Viper is determined that he make it as hard as he can for Shay to continue to say no. It’s a war on all fronts and you can’t help but read to see what happens next. Viper plays the jaded playboy well, always getting what he wants and isn’t afraid to play dirty to get it! Shay is a warrior in heart and body, she may be a slave but NO ONE can break her will! You really feel for her as she tries to reconcile both halves of herself; the demon and human not belonging truly in either world. Anyone who has ever felt alone and like an outsider will relate with Shay and any woman who is a warrior at heart will love her kick ass and take names attitude! In this book you will also meet Levit who is an adorable 3 foot French Gargoyle, he is too cute for words and he will be rescuing damsels in distress in later books as well!
Darkness Everlasting – Styx and Darcy Smith
Styx is the new and reluctant Anasso, (Leader of all Vampires) it’s a highly overrated position that he never wanted to begin with, but with the death of the previous Anasso he was the only one in a position to take over before chaos within the vampire nation ensued. Right now his biggest pain is Salvatore Giuliani the King of the Werewolves who is blaming Styx for his entire races problems. Styx’s knows Salvatore is after Darcy, but what he doesn’t know is why and he is determined to get to her before Salvatore does. Darcy Smith is an orphan who is all alone in the world who keeps a low profile; suddenly she has gone from the most unknown women in Chicago to the most popular! Kidnapped by Styx, Darcy is suddenly thrown into the world of demons she knows nothing about and her head is spinning not just because of this new world but by Styx himself, tall and incredibly gorgeous, she is aware of him more than any other man she has ever met. Darcy has been forced to be on the outskirts of life, she is faster, stronger and heals faster than any other human as well as does not seem to age and because of that people have labeled her a freak, but with meeting Styx’s maybe now she will be able to find out why she is different. Styx’s knows that Darcy is more than human and probably a mix of human and demon but like everyone else he cannot figure out what!?! The only person who seems to have any answers is Salvatore and Styx’s is not about to let him have her.
It is great reading as Darcy thaws Styx’s icy façade. For centuries he has had little emotion and relied on his cold logic in all decisions which has served him well for over 2000 years. Styx’s confusion in all these messy emotions is fun to “watch” as he tries to figure it out and as he is lead in circles by a tiny slip of a woman. Darcy is one of those loveable characters that tries to make the best out of any situation, she takes being kidnapped in stride and finds the news of possibly being a demon as a sort of blessing (at least it explains some things). She will not be ordered around by any of these over bearing men. She has her own mind and is not afraid to speak her up! You are sucked into Darcy’s warm heart, cheering for her as she exerts her will and goes on a search to find out what she is.
Darkness Revealed - Conde Cezar and Anna Randal
In London over 200 years ago, Cezar and Anna attend the same party, Cezar seduces an innocent Anna and he is punished by the commission for the next 200 years. Anna wakes from her seduction and everything has changed, her home is burned down killing her aunt and cousin, she is forced to survive on her own and now after Cezar’s bite she is not aging. 200 years later Anna wants answers from Cezar and she wants them now! Anna has no idea why she has not aged a day in 200 years and has developed some strange powers and fears it is because it is from Cezar, who she thinks may be a vampire if one can really believe in vampires. Since they last met Cezar has been dreaming of Anna, unable to get her out of his mind and now the commission has sent him to protect her, knowing already he will with his very life if he has to. Since Anna has arrived in Chicago to confront Cezar her life has been in danger, someone very powerful wants her dead. Now Anna must learn to develop and control her powers because her and Cezar’s lives depend on it!
The passion in this book burns hot, even after 200 years and even with all of the distrust these two are drawn to each other, like a moth to a flame. Cezar has a fierce desire to protect Anna, even from herself. Anna is coming into a lot of power that overwhelms her that she can’t always control. She has a powerful force after her and she must struggle with her powers, her feelings towards Cezar and her desire for justice! Good thing she’s just the woman to handle it all and be victorious!
Darkness Unleashed – Jagr and Regan Garrett
Jagr is a mostly feral, self imposed recluse he can go centuries without talking to any other Vampire. All he wants is to be left alone with his research; which is understandable after 300 years of extreme torture. Regan is Darcy’s twin who was abducted as a baby and sold to an Imp, who tortures and keeps her in a tiny cage for 30 years. After being rescued all Regan wants is to kill he Imp that held her captive her whole life and to live life of freedom for the first ever, she wants no ties to hold her back, not from her sister and certainly not with a temperamental vampire. Darcy is concerned about the sister she never met and has Styx send someone to make sure she comes to Chicago unharmed. Knowing Jagr’s history, Styx orders Jagr to bring Regan back without harming a hair on her head. Jagr easily finds Regan and the pyrotechnics between the two starts immediately. Regan is determined to get her revenge and Jagr is just as determined to bring her back to Chicago and out of his presence ASAP. Jagr begrudging decides to help Regan get her revenge and from then on chaos ensues!
Jagr is my favorite male in this series so far; he is just so dark and brooding but treats Regan with so much patience and understanding. Regan is a worthy female for Jagr, she is quick witted, strong and won’t take any crap from anybody, not after the way she has spent the last 30 years. There is a battle of wills and hearts between these two all while battling rogue Curs that are determined to get their hands on Regan. There is not a dull moment in this novel and the clashes between Regan and Jagr as well as the battles with the Curs will keep the pages turning! You will also see the return of some of your favorite characters of books past.
Beyond the Darkness - Salvatore Giuliani and Harley
Review coming soon!
Devoured by Darkness – Tane and Laylah
Tane is a Vampire executioner called a Charon, he is feared by the vampire race from the nature of his job. He lives separate from other vampires, has no clan and has no owed loyalties save to the Anasso himself. Laylah is a Jinn mongrel which has been forbidden by the Council, if she is found she is to be turned over to the Council for termination. She has been hiding for 200 years and suddenly her location has been compromised but now it’s not just her, she has something she is protecting. Tane follows Laylah for days under the orders to bring her to the council, but for some reason he is fascinated and cannot bring himself to take her in, instead he finds himself offering himself to help her, he knows she is hiding something and won’t rest until he finds out what. 200 years ago Laylah’s aunt Marika (a vampire) set things in motion when she captured Laylah’s mother a gypsy and a full blooded Jinn to create Laylah, she needed a mongrel Jinn for the Jinn powers but needed to also be able to control the demon which everyone knows a full Jinn is not controllable. Everything goes wrong when Laylahs mother manages to hide her from Marika and she spends the next 200 years searching for her. Now Laylah has in her possession the one thing that can change the world by bringing dark evil back to this world. Can Tane and Laylah, keep the one thing Marika wants to rule the world and avoid the council at the same time?
Tane is simply yummy, all muscle, golden eyes, sensuality and dangerous who could resist, surely not Laylah as much as she may want to. Tane also harbors a certain amount of loneliness that Laylah can relate to. As a character it also makes him relatable without being too distant. Laylah is sassy and stands up to Tane giving as much as he does, she is not a women that will let a man steam roll over her like she knows Tane wants to do! The passion runs hot between these two all why trying to save the world and stay hidden, will all that strain be too much for these two?
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Project Wing: Google advances with the use of drones for delivery of medicines and food
The area of experimental development of Google dedicated to drones, Project Wing, began to test that technology for the shipment of medicines and provisions to houses that are far from urban centers, and studies how to ensure the correct behavior of these unmanned vehicles before contingencies.
After the first successful attempts to make deliveries through project wing in public space, the team began working in an Australian rural community whose inhabitants have to travel for more than 40 minutes to get supplies.
“We announced that two Australian traders will join our tests, as they are anxious to understand how the delivery of drones could help them better serve their customers,” said James Ryan Burgess, one of the leaders of Project Wing, in the blog of the company.
The community of Queanbeyan, in southern Australia, worked with Google and “almost all” neighbors said they would value the delivery of medicines in their homes when they are sick, as well as food and other implements necessary for daily life.
Guzman y Gomez, a Mexican food chain, and Chemist Warehouse, a chain of pharmacies, were the first two firms to add their service to the application that enables neighbors to place orders and receive them “in their backyards” thanks to drones.
Last year Google tested the system on the campus of the US university Virginia Tech where there were no specific addresses, but now in Australia “with each delivery, the project finds a new space, with trees, sheds, fences and power lines ”
“That means that, in addition to learning what people want, we also need to learn how to deliver goods through project wing to people, we must train our systems to reliably identify safe and convenient delivery locations,” Burgess said.
In that sense, he acknowledged that this task “is more complicated than it seems” since it is necessary to “incorporate the preferences of the client” as the specific place of delivery in case of meals. The drones “have to be prepared to adapt to changing conditions at the place of delivery.
Although the unmanned traffic management (UTM) platform allows the route to be previously planned, the aircraft sensors are responsible for identifying obstacles that may appear during a flight or delivery, “specified the leader of the initiative.
In this sense, Project Wing said that “the more deliveries are made, exposing the sensors to new delivery places, the smarter the algorithms that lead them”.
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Praga 2018 – A world exhibition of stamps from 15 to 18 August
posted by Redazione July 24, 2018 Art and culture
From 15 to 18 August
Prague 2018 takes place from 15 to 18 August, a world exhibition of stamps sponsored by the FIP and FEPA Philatelic Federations. The Philatelic World Championships return to Prague after ten years, taking advantage of the anniversary of a series of centenarians, the birth of the Czechoslovak Republic and that of the Postal Museum, the issue of the first postage stamp, and the 25th anniversary of the Czech Republic. Objects from 67 countries compete in various classes including traditional and modern stamp collecting, postal history and literature. The pièce de résistance are four stamps of Mauritius. The purpose of the event, whose main office is the Clarion Congress Hotel in Prague 9, is to develop relationships and collaboration between stamp collectors from around the world, to promote this passion and the virtual exhibition Exponet.
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Saturday, Jan 19 2019
Written by Dan Sabbatino
Technology often pushes the legal envelope, as regulators and lawmakers grapple with advancements that often do not fit neatly into the scope of existing legislation.
It, too, can spark debate in the public and legal arena with respect to what’s appropriate, what’s allowed and when the rule of law needs to adjust.
Recently, what some saw as a fun way to reminisce about old hairstyles became the subject of speculation and conspiracy theory. Tech humanist author Kate O’Neill took to Twitter to posit about the Facebook “10 year challenge,” stoking such conversations.
Kate O'Neill @kateo
"Me 10 years ago: probably would have played along with the profile picture aging meme going around on Facebook and Instagram
"Me now: ponders how all this data could be mined to train facial recognition algorithms on age progression and age recognition"
But, the subject of facial recognition was not merely internet fodder. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has weighed in with respect to its threat to disadvantaged minorities. The advocacy group responded to an Amazon shareholder resolution expressing concerns about the retail giant’s use of the technology.
ACLU Calls for Justice After Shareholder Resolution
Shareholders filed a resolution asking Amazon’s board of directors to ensure facial recognition technology is not sold to the government without first making sure the technology will not threaten human and civil rights. According to the ACLU, the resolution will be taken up at Amazon’s 2019 annual meeting.
“It shouldn’t take a board or shareholder intervention for the company to do right by immigrants, people of color, religious minorities, protesters, and activists who are disproportionately harmed by such new surveillance technologies,” said Shankar Narayan, the Technology and Liberty Project Director of ACLU, Washington. “We continue to urge Amazon to heed calls from civil, human, and immigrants’ rights groups, academics, lawmakers, and its own shareholders, employees and consumers to stop selling facial recognition technology to the government.”
Further, reports have surfaced that Amazon sat down with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials to discuss the use of facial recognition, alarming some. The ACLU claims the company’s technology erroneously and disproportionally matched the pictures of Congressional members of color with those used in arrest reports. Month ago, letters were sent to other technology giants Google and Microsoft, also looking to inhibit the sale of the technology, according to the ACLU.
Google Wins Facial Recognition Case
In one case (Rivera v. Google Inc.) dealing directly with facial recognition data, FindLaw reported that Google was found to be in the clear when sued under an Illinois law prohibiting the collection of biometric date.
Google was said to be creating face templates for individuals who uploaded pictures to its cloud service. A judge ruled, though, that the Fourth Amendment does not recognize an expectation of privacy with respect to individual faces.
In the case, Lindabeth Rivera said her friend's Android uploaded her picture to Google's cloud service automatically, according to FindLaw. It then scanned her face and made a template.
"Plaintiffs do not offer evidence to dispute that their faces are public--just that their facial biometrics are," the judge wrote. "This is consistent with Fourth Amendment case law that rejects an expectation of privacy in a person's face."
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Tag: Dead Island
News Dead Island 2 Is 'Going to Be Kick-Ass', Probably a PS5 Game
It still exists, apparently
Development of Dead Island 2 was recently moved to a third studio, but that's no bad thing according to Koch Media CEO Klemens Kundratitz. The man at the helm of a ludicrous amount of IPs manages to spin the situation into a positive, despite the fact that the game hasn't been seen or heard from in any real capacity for...
News Dead Island 2 Development Moves to a Third Studio
Homefront: The Revolution dev at the helm
Dead Island 2 still exists, apparently. The open-world zombie title, announced all the way back at E3 2014, has changed developers for a second time, making Dambuster Studios the third team to work on the project. In a new report from publishing powerhouse THQ Nordic, it is explained that development of th
Wed 14th Aug 2019
News Dead Island 2 Is 'Still Being Worked On' Says THQ Nordic
It's been nearly five years since the announcement of Dead Island 2. Initially announced all the way back at E3 2014, the sequel to the cult hit zombie title has been MIA all this time. It's switched developers, with Sumo Digital taking over from Yager Interactive, but news since has been virtually non-existent.
Thu 23rd May 2019
News Dead Island 2 Hasn't Rotted Away Just Yet
Deep Silver says sequel's still coming
Hey, remember Dead Island 2? No, not Dying Light - we mean the actual sequel to Dead Island that was announced ages ago and then just kind of... Shuffled off a cliff. The title was originally set to launch back in 2015, and it's been over a year since we last heard about the game, but publisher Deep Silver has...
Mon 8th May 2017
News Wait, Dead Island: Riptide Isn't on the Dead Island: Definitive Collection PS4 Disc?
Nope, it's download only
More positive press for the remastered collection that no one asked for: Dead Island: Riptide, the sort-of-sequel to Dead Island, wont be included on the Dead Island: Definitive Collection disc. According to publisher Deep Silver, only the first game will be on the PlayStation 4 disc, meaning that you'll have to download...
News Dead Island: Retro Revenge May Be More Dislikeable Than Battleborn
Look, this author's probably the least funny person on the planet – but whether you're a budding comedian or not, you've got to know when to quit. Dead Island: Retro Rampage desperately doubles down on its dodgy "jokes", however, managing to wrap everything abhorrent about Internet humour into 90 seconds of ear-splittingly bad stand-up,...
Tue 10th May 2016
News LittleBigPlanet 3 Developer Assumes Control of Dead Island 2
Dead Island 2 has been re-animated by Sheffield-based studio Sumo Digital. Those of you with long memories may recall that the title was in production at Spec Ops: The Line maker Yager, and even was announced during a PlayStation press conference. But despite us getting hands-on time with the release, the German organisation...
News Hey Look, It's a PS4 Remaster Collection No One Asked For
We remember when Dead Island was a thing before Dying Light came along and made the franchise look like a beta test. Both the original and its sequel, Dead Island: Riptide, weren't terrible games, but we wouldn't say that they're worthy of a PlayStation 4 remastered collection, either. But with titles like Prototype getting...
Thu 3rd Mar 2016
Rumour Dead Island Could Be the Next PS4 Remaster That No One Asked For
Moan like the undead
We can't wait to see what the comments section thinks about this one. According to a South African retailer, there's going to be a Dead Island: Definitive Edition landing on PlayStation 4 at some point in the future. Obviously, retail listings are never concrete evidence of an upcoming, unannounced release, but they're usually...
Wed 22nd Jul 2015
News Yager Development Won't Be Working on Dead Island 2 Anymore
Get back in that grave
Dead Island 2 has seen its fair share of development troubles, but things are now coming to a temporary close, as publisher Deep Silver has announced that it's cutting ties with German developer Yager Development. No specific reasons were given, but it's easy to infer that the title's quality was a big problem. "With Dead...
News Dead Island 2 Decayed into 2016
Dead and buried
The success of spiritual successor Dying Light looks to have scared off publisher Deep Silver, as Dead Island 2 -- previously due out this spring -- has been delayed into 2016. Writing as part of an extended tweet on the game's official social media profile, the studio said that it hasn't achieved its goals yet. "Right now we are...
News Did Dying Light Scare Dead Island 2 Away?
It's a zombie eat zombie world
This is a strange one, isn't it? Techland, the developer behind the original Dead Island, went on to create the rather enjoyable Dying Light after departing from publisher Deep Silver. Meanwhile, the former's getting a sequel in the form of Dead Island 2, but as Videogamer.com cleverly points out, we haven't seen or...
Tue 7th Apr 2015
Gamescom 2014 PS4 Sequel Dead Island 2 Enjoys Some Sunshine Slaughter
The original Dead Island seemed to get its head turned by that iconic debut trailer. While it was ostensibly a silly co-operative zombie slayer, said first footage gave gamers expectations that the final product could never live up to. Fortunately, the folks over at German developer Yager appear to be setting out their stall much more...
Mon 11th Aug 2014
News Watch Dead Island 2 Decay at GamesCom 2014 This Month
Hell on Earth
German convention GamesCom is scarily close, which means that the Push Square office is all of a flutter right now. One thing that’s improved our mood, however, is news that Dead Island 2 is set to infect the Cologne show later this month. The sequel will be playable at the expo, which actually marks the first time that local...
Fri 1st Aug 2014
News You'll Need to Escape Dead Island on PlayStation 3 This Year
Banoi boat trip
The upcoming PlayStation 4 sequel Dead Island 2 isn’t the only apocalyptic adventure in production at publisher Deep Silver, as the firm has announced another entry in its somewhat inconsistent zombie series: Escape Dead Island. Due out on the PlayStation 3 later this year, the title is being billed as a “survival mystery”...
Tue 1st Jul 2014
E3 2014 Dead Island 2 Will Lurch onto PS4 with Undead Exclusive Content in 2015
Dead scary
Dead Island 2 will be coming to PlayStation 4 in mid-2015, Sony announced at its E3 press conference. The gratuitously gory brawler will feature 8 player multiplayer, as well as multiple character classes, and a deep skill system. What's more, if you're playing on the Japanese giant's super system you'll receive as yet unannounced...
Tue 10th Jun 2014
News Ryder White Stars In New Dead Island DLC Trailer
We love it when DLC expands upon the narrative of a game, and so we're naturally rather excited for Dead Island's upcoming Ryder White expansion pack
The DLC aims to expand on the narrative of the antagonist from the main game, and manages to slot in a few new weapons and blueprints along the way. The production values look high based on this debut trailer. Catch it after the jump. The pack's due..
Thu 26th Jan 2012
News Dead Island's 'Ryder White' DLC Extends The Story, Flips The Perspective
While map packs and character skins are nice, we absolutely adore DLC that expands a game's narrative
Dead Island's newly announced "Ryder White" DLC is a textbook example of intriguing post-release content, extending the game's single-player campaign by "several hours" and allowing you to experience the game's events from the antagonist's point of view. Throughout the course of..
News Dead Island Ships A Whopping 3 Million Units Worldwide
Dead Island is proof that you only need one amazing trailer to achieve commercial success
Despite launching with a slew of snags, the morbid Techland developed zombie slasher has shipped a whopping three million units worldwide. Deep Silver's manager of marketing and PR, Aubrey Norris, revealed the news to Game Informer: "Dead Island has sold very, very well over the holiday season and we are..
Wed 21st Dec 2011
News Dead Island's Bloodbath Arena DLC Takes Down The Undead On November 22nd
After some heavy delays reserved to fix Dead Island's main campaign, publisher Deep Silver has attached a November 22nd release date to the game's first DLC pack, Bloodbath Arena
The pack includes several single-player and multiplayer Horde-style challenges in four different arenas". Any XP earned in the DLC will be transferable to the single-player campaign, prompting new opportunities to..
News Dead Island Patch Coming Wednesday
After a troublesome launch period, publisher Deep Silver has announced that first-person zombie title, Dead Island, will receive a new patch on PS3 this Wednesday
The update will see a number of improvements applied to the game, including an increased level cap, a variety of balance changes and a slew technical fixes. Techland previously delayed Dead Island's first DLC pack, Bloodbath Arena, in..
Tue 8th Nov 2011
News Japanese Sales Charts: Dead Island Batters The Top Ten, While Macross Tops
Another week, another set of Japanese sales figures
It was another bumper week for 3DS hardware — get this, Nintendo released a pink system — but PlayStation software continued to rule the roost, despite seeing a minor drop-off in console sales. PlayStation software accounted for seven spots in the top-ten, and half of the chart as a whole. Macross F Sayonara no Tsubasa topped, while FIFA 12..
Wed 26th Oct 2011
News September NPD: Madden Tops, FIFA Shocks, Industry Drops
Madden NFL 12 was the top-selling video game in North America for the month of September
But proving that those living overseas do have some semblance of taste, FIFA 12 wasn't too far behind it, finishing up in fourth. Dead Island did ridiculously well, propping up the charts in third position of the back of that trailer and, well, zombies we assume. Resistance 3 also managed to make an appearance..
News UK Sales Charts: FIFA 12 Tops, Team ICO Does Decently
FIFA 12 has topped the UK sales charts for the week
No real surprise there. Expect it to maintain its position at the top until Battlefield. The new arrival sees F1 2011 pushed down into third, with Zumba Fitness, Dead Island and Deus Ex: Human Revolution in fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. Sony's ICO & Shadow Of The Colossus Collection had a pleasing start too, landing seventh position..
Mon 3rd Oct 2011
News Dead Island's Bloodbath Arena DLC Delayed
Whooops
If you were looking to bathe in the warm crimson of zombie juice, you'll have to wait a little longer. Dead Island developer Techland has revealed it's delayed the game's Bloodbath Arena DLC while it works towards tidying up the main game. We are working hard to make the Bloodbath Arena DLC available as soon as possible. However, due to...
Fri 30th Sep 2011
News Dead Island Movie On The Way, Based On Trailer
Movie company Lionsgate has optioned film rights from Dead Island publisher Deep Silver to make a movie based on the game's infamous debut trailer
"The film Dead Island will be an innovation of the zombie genre because of its focus on human emotion, family ties and non-linear storytelling," the company explained. The movie's currently in the early development stage, with Sean Daniel (of..
Tue 27th Sep 2011
News UK Sales Charts: F1 2011 Soars Into Second
We've no interest in the game that finished first on this week's UK sales charts, so let's jump straight into what came second: F1 2011
That was followed by Techland's Dead Island, which continued to hold onto its place in the top ten despite taking a bit of a critical beating. (We concluded that the game was fun, but far too buggy to fully recommend.) Resistance 3 finished up in eighth, while the..
Mon 26th Sep 2011
News UK Sales Charts: Dead Island Still On Top, Resistance 3 Holds Strong
Deep Silver's ambitious (but desperately buggy) Dead Island has topped the UK sales charts for the second week running, scooping up sales greater than any other title in the publisher's history -- in just two weeks
The co-operative zombie RPG is in fact outselling Resistance 3 on the PlayStation 3 platform alone — a title which still managed to climb into third on this week's UK sales charts..
News Dead Island DLC Delays Possible As Techland Focuses On Bugs
Deep Silver's warned that delays to Dead Island's DLC are a possibility as developer Techland focuses on quashing the game's well documented bugs
Chatting with Kotaku, a Deep Silver representative stated that the developer is working on fixes "across all platforms so that we can take care of all of the fans who have been so supportive of our game". There is some awesome DLC content..
Thu 15th Sep 2011
News Dead Island Ships One Million Copies In North America
Dead Island publisher Deep Silver announced that it's shipped one million copies of its open-world survival horror RPG in the US -- in just one week
Moreover, the publisher expects to have shipped two million copies worldwide by the end of this week. "The critical 'first week' of game sales has been an enormous sales success for Deep Silver," company COO Geoff Mulligan stated in a press..
News UK Sales Charts: New Video Games Are Finally Released
It's finally that time of the year where developers and publishers alike start to release new video games
This week's UK sales chart is evidence of that alone. It's dominated by the release of brand new titles with Dead Island, Wahammer 40K: Space Marine and Resistance 3 all taking spots in the top five. They're joined by relatively new releases in...
News Dead Island's First DLC Pack, Bloodbath Arena, To Debut Later This Month
Dead Island's first slice of DLC will debut later this month, developer Techland has announced
The Bloodbath Arena DLC pack will introduce four new maps with never-ending waves of zombies to battle. The DLC was first announced as a pre-order bonus, but will retail for $10 for everyone else. All XP and cash earned from the DLC will carry over to the main campaign.
Sat 10th Sep 2011
News Dead Island Launch Trailer Features Amazing Music, Terrible Accents
There's a like to look-forward to in Techland's much hyped zombie slaying opus, Dead Island
The soundtrack, for one, is sure to be incredible after that debut trailer turned a few well-placed piano chords into a memorable riff. But there's also a lot to be worried about. While Techland is traditionally a forward-thinking and ambitious developer, it doesn't have many mainstream hits on its hands..
Wed 31st Aug 2011
News Dead Island Comic Prequel Available From The Marvel Website
The zombie apocalypse is upon us
Just to get us prepared, Deep Silver has released a six-page Dead Island prequel comic. It's available exclusively from the Marvel website. The comic's been created by Marvel Custom Solutions writer William Dailey, along with artists Jorge Lucas, Juan Santacruz, Diego Olmos, Carlos Rodriguez and Sergio Arino. The comic was previously only available at Comic-Con..
Tue 30th Aug 2011
News Latest Dead Island Trailer Demonstrates Co-Operative Gameplay
Techland has a history for forcing players into the roles of unlikable characters, and based on the evidence of this latest Dead Island trailer it seems like that's unlikely to change
Thankfully, the game itself does look like it's going to be ridiculously good fun — especially when played in four-player co-op. With a massive sand-box, dozens of quests and a huge variety of melee and gun-based..
Tue 9th Aug 2011
News Dead Island Is The Latest Video Game Series To Get Its Own Novel
As more and more video game franchises get novels, it's unsurprising to see Techland's hotly anticipated Dead Island receive the treatment
The novel, written by British author Mark Morris, promises to give readers "a terrifying glimpse into the horrors thrust upon the four individuals who have unwittingly embarked on the ultimate holiday from hell". The book's due to be published by..
Wed 27th Jul 2011
E3 2011 Dead Island E3 Trailer Released Ahead Of The Big Show
Deep Silver and Techland's tropical zombie survival title, Dead Island, will undoubtedly be one of the biggest draws at E3, in part thanks to that massive reveal trailer released earlier in the year
Just to keep your hype levels tingling, Deep Silver's released an E3 trailer for the game. Catch it above.
Mon 6th Jun 2011
News Dead Island Looks Nothing Like The Trailers, Still Kind Of Awesome
Let's get to the point: Dead Island doesn't appear to have anything in common with those heart-felt trailers the publisher has been releasing to promote the game
That's fine though, because what Dead Island actually is looks pretty exciting anyway. The eleven minute gameplay demo included after the jump shows off a bunch of the game's mechanics, and we're actually really liking what we see. Not..
Mon 23rd May 2011
News Dead Island Trailer Is Really Sad, A Bit Misleading
After the last Dead Island trailer, the pressure's really on Deep Silver to maintain the emotional tone that caught fire earlier in the year
This latest trailer — which features some gameplay footage — manages to pull at the heart-strings once more, but we're starting to feel like the tone is a bit misleading. While the trailers try to portry emotion and sadness, everything we've heard about..
News Being Pursued By Hordes Of The Undead Doesn't Look Particularly Pleasant
Have you ever pondered on a particularly restful holiday in the sun, "What would it be like if I was chased by a horde of zombies right now?" Dead Island gives you the chilling answer, from first-person perspective
News Sorry America, You Can't Look At Dead Island's Logo
Dead Island's logo has caught the attention of North America's ratings board, the ESRB
The image — which depicts a zombie dangling from a tree — has been censored in the US. IGN reports that the change will only affect the game's cover art in North America.
Tue 22nd Mar 2011
News Techland's Dead Island Due Late 2011, Has "Heavy Focus" On Melee Combat
And just as we decide to post the game's amazing trailer, we get a gush of new information about Techland's resurrected survival horror title, Dead Island
First of all, yes, despite the initial mix-up, it is coming to the PlayStation 3. Publisher Deep Silver has slapped a late 2011 release date on the title. Unsurprisingly, Dead Island takes place in an island which has, unfortunately, been..
Thu 17th Feb 2011
News Literally Everyone's Talking About This Dead Island Trailer (It's Pretty Good)
When IGN started hyping up the trailer to a long forgotten game, we were a little dismissive
Long forgotten means not very good, right? Otherwise it wouldn't be forgotten. Turns out we've never heard of Techland's Dead Island before. Apparently it was announced in 2007. We don't remember so, yes, long forgotten is apt. But why didn't we report on the trailer when it was released yesterday? Well,..
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If Delaware lawsuit is not settled and Smartmatic has no source code, it would have to pirate a technology, possibly dragging Comelec in an int'l suit. Gov't. Watch Chair Raul Concepcion recommends Namfrel conduct random manual audit (RMA) in 2013 elections. Excellent idea, but DBM has "zero-budget" for RMA. PAOCC chair Paquito Ochoa's command responsibility in Oplan Armado.
Patriotic netizens are going ballistic again over another un-brilliant remark by Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes today on a news channel. Brillantes was quoted saying that Smartmatic, which bagged from Comelec all the multi-billion contracts for the ENTIRE Automated Election System (AES) in our May 2013 mid-term elections, has assured that “it can provide what government needs for the automated polls even without source code owner Dominion Voting Systems.”
Netizens have reason to be angry. We all know that last year Smartmatic sued Dominion, the real owner of the AES technology used in the May 2010 elections, in the Delaware Chancery Court in the US for breach of contract. Among its eye-popping complaints against Dominion (which Filipino experts had been pointing out as Smartmatic’s failings, but which it had refused to acknowledge all along, until that suit) is that Dominion failed to provide it with the source code, which is the operations bible of the AES. Smartmatic had repeatedly claimed in House of Representatives hearings in June 2010 and afterwards that it had deposited that source code with our Bangko Sentral for the 2010 elections---when in fact it never had it.
Dominion, in its counter-suit before the US Court, has asserted that its contract with Smartmatic had lapsed and therefore the former is under no obligation to submit anything.
Without this source code, as Filipino IT experts have repeatedly stated in public forums, the AES could be haphazardly operated---a presage perhaps of what looms large in the coming elections. The experts have asserted that in view of the continuing refusal of Dominion to provide this source code, Smartmatic would have to PIRATE another technology just to fulfill Comelec’s requirements.
But it’s also easy to see that barring a settlement between the two warring parties in Delaware soon, Smartmatic could be sued in an international court for intellectual piracy---and Comelec which has contracted all its services for the elections in many billions of pesos---could end up an accomplice, an enormous shame to our country. Why Comelec has come to believe Cesar Flores so much is beyond us all.
GW Chair Raul Conception
Government Watch (GW) Chair Raul Concepcion ran 3/4s ads in two newspapers recently, featuring “An Urgent Appeal to P-Noy” to put in place as his “greatest legacy” an “unquestionably credible electoral system.” It’s a timely message especially since the bishops are convening their general assembly on Jan. 25-27, and one of the issues they'll take up is the problem with the automated elections.
GW rightly stated that barely four months before the 2013 elections there remain “many doubts” about the AES, the PCOS machines and Smartmatic’s role in the elections. While the Comelec has already made assurances, “we cannot blame the voting public for remaining unconvinced,” said GW. Indeed.
GW then asserted that “the best way to prove credibility is through a Random Manual Audit (RMA) of the automated elections,” which, besides being mandated by law, must be undertaken “to demonstrate that the perceived weaknesses in our existing AES have all been properly corrected.” It stressed that an RMA must be done immediately after the closing of all polls “in randomly chosen precincts” whose selection must be transparent and complies with proper sampling techniques.
GW asserted that RMA must be conducted at every transmission point in those random precincts until final canvass, and should discrepancies be encountered, “the root cause must be identified” and documented, with an audit trail readily available.
GW asserted that this all-important task of RMA must be entrusted to Namfrel, being Comelec’s accredited partner organization. This is an EXCELLENT suggestion, as Namfrel has a long track record of achievement---unlike the PPCRV, which chaired the triumvirate that undertook the RMA---WITHOUT SUCCESS---in the 2010 elections.
The failure of this triumvirate---called the Technical Working-Group-RMA (TWG-RMA) and composed of PPCRV as chair, the Comelec’s Internal Audit Office and the National Statistics Office---to properly conduct the RMA may unwittingly have contributed to the manipulations of the PCOS machines in 2010, that resulted in the massive defeat of a good number of national and local candidates at that time. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO FAIL THIS TIME!
As a newspaper columnist I had covered the 2010 elections assiduously, including post-mortem hearings conducted by the House committee on suffrage and electoral reforms chaired by former Makati Rep. TeddyBoy Locsin. I had written then about the failures of the TWG-RMA.
One was its inability to draw up a more scientific sampling of precincts nationwide for RMA, doubtless because the statistics expert in the group, NSO’s Carmelita Ericta, was reported to have been brought into the picture only five days before the elections. And whereas the law provided that RMA be finished in 12 hours after precincts closed, it took TWG-RMA 22 days after the elections to submit the audit tallies of only 76 percent of the 1,145 clustered precincts selected; the rest were either incomplete tallies or no tallies at all.
One rationale for the failed RMA could be that it was the first time this was ever attempted. These coming elections Namfrel should be better prepared, especially given the nightmarish deficiencies exhibited by Smartmatic, and Comelec in a state of consistent denial about them. Otherwise the 2013 elections could be a national calamity.
The sad thing, however, is that according to GW chair Raul Concepcion, Comelec, which has already paid so many billions of pesos for Smartmatic's multi-faceted contracts, has "ZERO-BUDGET" for RMA, as per attestation of the Department of Budget and Management (baka naubos na sa mga suhol sa pro-RH representatives ni Secretary Abad!). Because of RMA's critical role, Namfrel may have to raise funds for it among the more enlightened businessmen, not the "yellow" ones subservient to P-Noy.
Testimonies of various police officers involved in the Atimonan encounter that killed 13 people, including an alleged jueteng operator, police and AFP personnel last Jan 6 (was it an ambush, rubout or shootout? Nobody knows at this time of writing) tend to point out that contrary to Malacanang’s continuing denial, the Palace was quite aware of “Coplan Armado” and in fact had released initial funding for it.
But while the question of how much funding it needed was the initial issue between the planners and the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) top brass, eventually there were efforts to distance its chair, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, from the heinous massacre. This was understandable---as otherwise he would have to take the blame for it under the principle of command responsibility, as Malaya columnist Rey O. Arcilla argued last Jan. 15.
While PAOCC executive director Reginald Villasanta argued that the anti-crime body had disapproved the Coplan on the issue of funding, sacked former Calabarzon police chief James Melad insisted that it had PAOCC’s approval. As early as Jan. 12, Supt. Glenn Dumlao, Coplan’s “supervisor” (the Tribune refers to him as its “architect”) insisted to media that Coplan was “planned to push through with or without the approval of the PAOCC,” because this was the job of crime busters.
Police Supt. Hansel Marantan, who actually carried out the operation and sustained leg and arm injuries in this encounter (again, were they caused by counter fire or self-inflicted?), earlier was quoted as saying the same thing: Coplan had the knowledge and approval of PAOCC.
Efforts by PAOCC’s underlings to distance Secretary Ochoa from the operation, however, causes an even greater worry among citizens. For if an operation of this magnitude can be carried out by the above police officers without the top-brass approving it, the logical question is, who’s to control these guys? There’s a related query aired in media: how come officers with such controversial backgrounds are given such huge tasks.
For instance, media have noted that Police Supt. Glenn Dumlao was linked to the double murders of publicist Bubby Dacer and his driver, which were allegedly carried out by the Presidential Anti-Organized Task Force (PAOCTF) then headed by Panfilo Lacson, and that his testimony got now Sen. Lacson off the hook, throwing out the testimony of Michael Ray Aquino. Then suddenly Dumlao re-surfaces as deputy chief of the Regional Public Safety Battalion and commander of its 1st Battalion in Antipolo, and Armado’s “architect.”
Media reports also say that Police Supt. Marantan has allegedly been linked to jueteng and to the crackdown by his unit of a number of controversial, high-profile cases that had dragged his name in the past. But he turns up as chief officer of the Calabarzon’s Anti-Organizer Crime Task Force and in charge of Armado’s operation at the checkpoint.
Of course it could be argued that as the saying goes; it takes a thief to catch another thief, as the Alfred Hitchcock thriller showed many decades ago. But still it leaves an unsettling feeling in many citizens about how crime can be eradicated when crime-busters have such controversial records themselves.
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Press Center Daily News 2019 SIGGRAPH 2019 to feature most immersive experiences to date
SIGGRAPH 2019 to feature most immersive experiences to date
LOS ANGELES — The SIGGRAPH 2019 Immersive Pavilion and VR Theater are set to roll into LA this summer with the conference’s largest selection of immersive programming to date, including four world-premiere experiences. Both spaces offer daily first-come, first-served content in addition to timed VR Theater screenings that are by ticket only. SIGGRAPH 2019 will take place July 28th through August 1st at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The following world-premiere experiences are set to make their debut during the conference: “Undersea” from Magic Leap (Immersive Pavilion), “a kite’s tale” from Walt Disney Animation Studios (VR Theater), “Mary and the Monster: Chapter One” from Parallux and New York University’s Future Reality Lab (Immersive Pavilion), and “Il Divino: Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling in VR” from Epic Games. More information about each debut will be available in the coming weeks.
“With this latest edition, the Immersive Pavilion cements its status as the perfect place to experience, play, and learn about technological advances across the constantly evolving mediums of augmented, virtual, and mixed reality,” shared SIGGRAPH 2019 Immersive Pavilion Chair Victoria Rege. “In addition to fun, quirky projects aimed to entertain, the content our creators will share is often thought-provoking and informative. These platforms are well-positioned as a tool to teach us more about the human experience, and I am so excited to share that with attendees.”
Chosen by an expert jury from more than 290 submissions, this year’s 33 Immersive Pavilion selections and 15 VR Theater selections are ready to wow participants this summer. A true mark of how technology thrives, immersive content at SIGGRAPH bridges technology from past conferences in a way that showcases how dreams really do become reality over time, a true mark of how technology continues to thrive.
Notes SIGGRAPH 2019 VR Theater Director Maxwell Planck, “If what we’ve seen this year is where we’re at now, I can only imagine where we’ll be in 20 years. As we launch the third annual VR Theater at SIGGRAPH, it’s important to note not only impressive growth in the quantity of submissions, but in the quality as well. I look forward to celebrating the future of a medium that, much like the early days of the Electronic Theater, will only get bigger and better.”
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Project Jua [Arcade]
Contributors: Brian First, Raymond Ononiwu, Ayuba Audu, and Dunni Abiodun, Microsoft; and, Max Sacker and Ioulia Isserlis, Another World
Project Jua is an interactive VR experience that raises awareness of the impact of not having easy access to electricity, taking the player to a rural farm in Kenya to experience firsthand the challenges of living off the grid to discover an African solar power solution that is improving lives.
Heterotopias [Museum]
Contributors: Szilvia Ruszev and Noa Kaplan, University of Southern California
Heterotopias is an interactive VR experience based on Michel Foucault’s lecture, Des espaces autres. It leverages eye-tracking technology, transforming blinks into cinematic cuts. Suspended in a hanging chair, the user progresses through a series of virtual spaces resembling an abbreviated life cycle — a well, a garden, and a mausoleum.
Being Henry [Village]
Contributor: Sarah Berkovich, independent
After experiencing a stroke that left him paralyzed, Henry Evans uses cutting-edge technology to keep him connected to the things he loves. In this first-person interactive documentary, see the world through Henry’s eyes — and the eyes of his robots.
Doctor Who: The Runaway [Screenings]
Creator: Mathias Chelebourg, BBC VR Hub, BBC Doctor Who, Passion Animation Studios
Step inside the TARDIS with the Doctor in this beautiful, interactive story from the “Doctor Who” team. Armed with a sonic screwdriver, it is down to you to help the Doctor as she faces the forces of evil, and teenage angst, in this animated, 13-minute VR adventure from the team behind “Doctor Who” Series 11.
MindPalace [Kiosks]
Creators: Carl Krause and Dominik Stockhausen, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
In a last desperate attempt to communicate, a man decides to lock his boyfriend inside his mind. A raging stream of consciousness unfolds, shedding light on a flawed relationship.
The Immersive Pavilion and VR Theater Kiosks are open to conference participants with an Experiences badge and above. VR Theater Screenings are open to those with Full Conference and Full Conference Platinum registration only. Click here for more information about VR Theater ticketing. Register for SIGGRAPH 2019, the 46th international conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques: s2019.SIGGRAPH.org/register.
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Grayling confirms HS2 phase 2 route
The route that HS2 will take from Birmingham and onto Manchester and the north as part of phases 2a and 2b has today been confirmed by DfT.
It has been revealed that Phase 2b will run towards the East Midlands Hub, then on to Chesterfield and Leeds, before joining on to the existing network to York.
Phase 2a will also connect Birmingham Curzon to Crewe, before the new high-speed line takes trains to Manchester Piccadilly and Warrington separately.
The announcement also finally confirmed that the route plans to serve the station in Sheffield city centre, despite the government suggesting earlier this year that an HS2 connection at Sheffield Meadowhall was still on the table. This key decision was what initially delayed the process of defining a phase 2 route late last year, with several alterations having been put out for further consultation amid local controversy.
The new line is expected to double capacity on some rush hour services and massively boost the economies of the north and the midlands.
Today’s announcement will also mean that journeys from Birmingham to Manchester will be cut in half from 80 to 40 minutes. The government has also asked HS2 Ltd to take forward the provision of a northern junction back on to the high-speed line, which could help deliver a connection between Leeds and Sheffield city centres in less than 30 minutes as part of Northern Powerhouse Rail.
And new plans for Crewe could also see the creation of a new hub station in the area and potential HS2 services to Stoke.
“Britain’s new railway line will bring huge economic benefits across the country and help ensure this government delivers on its promise to spread wealth beyond London and the south-east,” said transport secretary Chris Grayling.
“But as well as creating skilled jobs, apprenticeships and business opportunities, it will also mean real day-to-day improvements for people across the country.”
He added that by building a whole new railway line for high-speed intercity connections, the government will free up local services, resulting in more comfort, more seats and more trains for passengers across the north and the Midlands.
“We will now press ahead with building the line, while continuing to ensure affected communities get appropriate support and are treated with fairness, compassion and respect,” he concluded.
Homeowners on the Shimmer estate in Mexborough, South Yorkshire that are affected by the new line will be able to secure a “comparable local home”.
David Higgins, chairman of HS2 Ltd, added: “Today we have taken a huge step forward in connecting eight of our largest cities, freeing up space on our railways and building a catalyst for growth across the country.
“Once completed 30 million people will be served by HS2 across over 25 stations, helping to change the economic geography of the country, and bring prosperity to the midlands, the north, and beyond.”
HS2 Ltd has uploaded detailed maps for phases 2a and 2b online.
The official unveiling of the northern leg of the project comes on the same day as two other major announcements for the future of high-speed rail in the UK: construction contracts worth £6.6bn were awarded to a number of companies, and the shortlists for the designers and engineers who will deliver three brand new stations and majorly expand London Euston.
HS2 Ltd also confirmed today that it remains on track to open the link from London to Birmingham in 2026, the route to Crewe in 2027 and the routes to the East Midlands, Yorkshire and Manchester in 2033. Preparatory work has already kicked off for Phase 1 and construction is due to start in 2018-19.
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Michael 17/07/2017 at 17:00
Massive opportunity missed to improve trans pennine links by not utilising Sheffield Victoria site and linking via the Woodhead route. Also the ex Midland route from Sheffield to Leeds via Dearne Valley & Cudworth would have opened up more development/employment opportunities.
Mikeb 17/07/2017 at 21:45
As there is still no commitment to build a high speed spur right through to Liverpool, perhaps Network Rail will agree to carry out an upgrade to the WCML between Crewe and Weaver Junction (perhaps four tracks throughout). As plans stand, passengers travelling from Preston will be able to reach London far quicker than people travelling from Lime Street.
Miked 17/07/2017 at 22:43
Can someone explain the point of the Y-shape connecting the Manchester spur to Wigan? Aside from a slight improvement to capacity on the Crewe-Wigan section of WCML, surely the time saved can't be much by avoiding that bit of "slow" 125mph track?
J, Leicester 18/07/2017 at 09:04
Michael, the Woodhead Route would form "HS3", so it was not going to be announced in this round of confirmations. There's still every chance it will happen, but it was always going to be a "long grass" scenario for 2035-45.
Graham Nalty 18/07/2017 at 14:35
There are so many missed opportunities in the choice of route. Why not have Leeds HS2 trains going via a Sheffield city centre station. why not serve Stoke city centre better and take advantage of HS2 to give Stoke fast links to other northern cities such as Liverpool.
Mark Hare 18/07/2017 at 15:26
Why 'missed opportunities'? I may be wrong but the remit of HS2 is not to connect towns and cities in the north with other towns and cities in the north. If the chosen route included more station stops then it quickly becomes rather less than 'High Speed', surely?
Serving the centre of Sheffield instead of Meadowhall is not adding extra stops. But I think the idea that HS2 is about speed has been very much played down in favour of suggesting that it increases capacity. And having a city centre station in Sheffield will increase capacity because of all the additional connections that will be possible. The HS2 motto is 'Engine for Growth' and a city centre station in Sheffield will surely drive growth as others have pointed out.
Simon Eames1990 18/07/2017 at 22:17
HS2 is a terrible waste of money! Shouldn't the money be spent on improving the rail network by electrification, reopening lines and removing bottle-necks?! If HS2 doesn't get scrapped the rest of Britain's railways will suffer lack of funding for improvements and severe neglect. Chris Grayling is a total idiot.
Andrew Gwilt 19/07/2017 at 00:05
Next is he could be planning Phase 3 of HS2. Or possibly Phase 1 of HS3.
Peterfgf 19/07/2017 at 06:55
I think that the Woodhead route has been reserved for a motorway. The road layout around Manchester and the release of ideas for a road tunnel under the Pennines strongly suggest this.
Pwt 19/07/2017 at 10:35
Simon Eames1990; you (and many others) are missing the point. The money to be invested in HS2 is NOT an alternative to investment in the national network. Read the Roger Ford article in the latest Modern Railways. It IS an investment in the UK's railways as opposed to highways so please be more positive.
@Simon Eames1990 - it might have escaped your attention but there are many recent and indeed ongoing projects on the existing railway where work is being carried out on electrification (eg. GW Main Line and Manchester to Preston, reopening lines (eg. Tweedbank, EastWest Rail), and removing bottlenecks (eg. WCML upgrade also the Hitchin Flyover). Much of the current railway, particularly in the North-South corridor has been upgraded at great expense but is still at or near capacity and the only solution is to build a brand-new high-speed railway. HS2 will NOT be scrapped, and nor should it be.
Geordie 21/07/2017 at 11:29
I just cannot understand why trains from Liverpool have to travel 40 miles to Crewe before accessing the new Hs2 line. hs2 crosses two existing lines between Manchester and Liverpool before reaching Preston so why cannot a junction be made with one of them so that Liverpool trains can get onto Hs2 much earlier and cut journey times to Euston much more than the current plans do.
John 30/07/2017 at 18:56
Geordie. The whole Phase 2b section from Crewe north needs re-designing. The 2010 Tory manifesto was to dump the Heathrow 3rd runway expansion, so promoted HS2 and a link to Manchester airport accessible only from B'ham and London. The fate of Heathrow was one of the prime reasons for HS2. The 3rd runway is now on and HS2 is still running to Manchester airport via an expensive route around Tatton and through a 7.5 mile tunnel to Manchester centre, and the airport is still only accessible from B'ham and London and is a stand alone station with no connection to the existing station - and to get to the terminal a bus is needed. Madness! The Heathrow station has been dropped. NPR and the North West section of HS2 should be designed as one with the Manchester airport station dropped. The best route through Manchester is via Victoria, not Piccadilly which faces the wrong way. Then Liverpool can use NPR to access the north-south spine of HS2, as should Manchester.
Mark Hare, the real congestion is on the WCML south of Rugby at peak times. There is a small amount where the WCML is 2 track from Crewe north. The WCML takes twice the traffic of the ECML. The Birmingham train can be put on an electrified Chiltern line, which needs electrifying, alleviating the souther WCML congestion. The ECML & WCML can have the bottlenecks removed which will improve times considerably and also improve safety. HS2 is just not needed. New faster trains have ensured it is not needed.
Geordie, To get to Birmingham from Liverpool the trains will still as they are today, on the WCML, not running on HS2 track at all. The Tory government have this hatred towards Liverpool, which has a city region of around 2 million, and boy it shows.
The Liverpool city region has more London rail passengers than `all` of Scotland. And also more coach passengers than `all` of Scotland. With a poor London-Liverpool service, There is a good chance that either Glasgow or Edinburgh or both will still have less London Passengers and less intermediate passengers than Liverpool. High-speed rail to Scotland will cost a many times more than Liverpool's spur to HS2. The benefit/cost ratio clearly leans towards Liverpool. Can you ever envisage the Scots allowing one of its 2 major cities to have a high-speed rail link and not the other?
Manchester chose to turn one of it's heavy rail alignments running through Altringham into a route for a street running trams. Trains from Chester via Altringham have to go the long way looping via Stockport. This wastes time for commuters and added needless capacity between Stockport and Manchester. It was 4 track between Altricham and Manchester. The 4 tracks can be re-instated and the Stoke train go via Altricham, maybe by building the odd curve. This takes the strain away from the Crewe to Manchester, via Stockport, section. The Crewe-Manchester line then becomes a direct expressway. Take away bottlenecks and the London-Manchester service, building HS2 to Crewe only, will only be few minutes less than the predicted HS2 times. The capacity is there. They refuse to see it.
How many more times do I have to drill it in, John? Liverpool is geographically unsuited to be on a network designed to accommodate through connectivity and classic rail interchange. Crewe and Manchester have been chosen as hubs due to their numerous onward journey options - the same will apply to Toton when it is built. Scotland is a bad example, because again both Glasgow and Edinburgh act as gateways to the rest of Scotland, while themselves being major economic hubs. Liverpool, on the other hand, while admittedly a large standalone market, is a stepping stone to nowhere in particular, save ferry traffic to Ireland - and if you're catching a boat rather than a plane to the Emerald Isle, speed is not likely to be your main concern. People need to realise that the HS network is not merely a conduit for direct connectivity between London and X or Y city, but a means to allow faster onward journeys via classic rail from those hubs.
@J, Leicester You are writing absolute nonsense. The demographics and geography of Liverpool has all been explained to you, yet you still insist on this mantra. Manchester is a branch not a through route of HS2, it is a stepping stone to Manchester only. The only way Manchster can be a through route is to bore a base tunnel under the Pennines. Birmingham and Leeds are branches as well. Crewe is a natural hub as 6 classic lines radiate from it. A high-speed hub is essential there. Manchester currently is a rail bottleneck. A mess. The station chosen for HS2 in Manchester even faces the wrong way. A fortune can be saved by eliminating the and the local and regional rail around Manchester improved if the 4 tracks are reinstated from Altricham to Manchester with the Stoke, Chester, etc, trains running up that. Reinstating the 4 tracks building the odd curve and removing bottlenecks from Crewe to Manchester will be faction of the cost of that ridiculous HS2 `S` bend around Tatton and the 7.5 mile gold plated tunnel into Manchester. And locals will actually benefit.
Go on then, John - what are the through traffic benefits of a spur to Liverpool? I'm still waiting for your answer. Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds all provide key through traffic opportunities - one of which is Liverpool in Manchester's case, funnily enough. On top of that, you've got current links to Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield, York and both London to Scotland mainlines. Not much of a "branch" to me. To suggest that Birmingham, through which practically every north-south and east-west train in the western half of the country travels is a "branch" is disingenuous and makes you sound a little daft, to be frank. You are writing absolute nonsense. And yes, of course a new Trans-Pennine onwards route would further benefit Manchester's through traffic credentials - but a connection to Sheffield via the old Woodhead route still remains a possibility in "HS3" consultations, which would boost its connectivity to South Yorkshire at the very least. No such option exists for Liverpool. Of course, I agree with you that reinstating the Altrincham to Manchester 4-track is a good idea, but the way you're phrasing your point, and every other one you've made, seems to suggest you think Manchester doesn't need or deserve HS2 and that your city, out on a geographical limb, should get it instead. You sound bitter, to be honest. I get that there's a rivalry between your two cities, but all common sense dictates that Manchester is clearly the better option for a HS2 hub. Liverpool is always going to be the "end of the line" in railway network terms. It simply doesn't make sense to extend the network to it when classic-compatible HS2 services will suffice. The only thing I'll give you is that they should be running to Manchester rather than Crewe.
@J, Leicester `Go on then, John - what are the through traffic benefits of a spur to Liverpool? I'm still waiting for your answer.` The Liverpool City Region is around 2 million. That is the answer. You have repeated been told about the size of Liverpool and the expanding port which needs HS2, and NPR (HS3) to alleviate rail in the region. Liverpool is the only deep water port on that coast. It serves its hinterland which is all the North of England and beyond. Birmingham, as is Manchester, is a HS2 branch. Look at the HS2 map. Manchester is NOT a HS2 through route at all. Trans-Pennine electrification has been halted. This is also a `very` slow winding Victorian built route. Woodhead has been ruled out ever carrying trains again. It is too high up the hill and cables run through the tunnels. There is no needs to run HS2 track into Manchester. There is a direct fast line line from Manchester to Crewe, which can be made faster. This will be a few minutes slower than HS2. The train spotters who want HS2 into Manchester shout that the 4 track section from Stockport to Manchester will be congested in the future. The congestion can be tackled by opening up the Altricham and Cheadle Heath sections into Manchester taking local and regional rail off the London-Manchester expressway. `Manchester is clearly the better option for a HS2 hub.` A HS2 hub there? That is as mad as HS2 itself. `Liverpool is always going to be the "end of the line" in railway network terms.` So is New York, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Marseilles, etc. But that does not stop fast trains reaching these important places. It simply doesn't make sense to extend the `direct` HS2 network into Manchester, when a direct fast line is already there. A waste of money.
Liverpool will be negatively effected economically by being omitted from a direct HS2 link. KMPG, hired by HS2 Ltd stated so. NPR states that Liverpool, with its vital port expansion, needs a new line into the city. Manchester can be served by HS2 using an uprated classic line from Crewe with a substantial level of local and regional rail removed and put onto up reinstated lines. The locals then benefit.
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Thousands Gather To Mark The 33rd Anniversary of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act
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By Children’s Health Defense
Government’s gift to Pharma of liability-free vaccines puts children’s health at risk states Children’s Health Defense (CHD) Chairman, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Washington, DC – Thousands of advocates for children’s health will gather Thursday at the Vaccine Injury Epidemic (VIE) Event on the National Mall to mark the 33rd anniversary of National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (NCVIA). The rally on Nov. 14th will spotlight the devastating impact NCVIA has had upon the state of children’s health. While children continue to be injured by vaccines daily, vaccine makers cannot be held accountable, thereby eliminating incentive for vaccine safety.
In his remarks, RFK, Jr. will address the ramifications of NCVIA and honor those whose lives have been impacted by vaccine injury and death. “It’s time to call out Congress, the CDC, and drug companies for allowing industry profits to trump children’s health,” said Kennedy. “There is no crisis more urgent than the epidemics of chronic health conditions among our nation’s children.”
Following NCVIA’s passage creating the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP), the childhood vaccine market sparked a gold rush for Pharma as more vaccines for routine childhood illnesses were developed. Coterminous with the burgeoning vaccine schedule, chronic health conditions in children rose from 12% to 54%. As vaccine industry profits grew to $50 billion annually, so did diagnoses of asthma, autism, ADHD, allergies, anxiety, depression, diabetes, obsessive-compulsive disorder and auto-immune diseases. Here are the facts:
An HHS-funded study found only 1% of vaccine injuries are reported.
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Modern medicine acknowledges that not everyone responds the same to vaccination and the “one size fits all” vaccine policy is not science based.
Children’s Health Defense’s created these six steps to vaccine safety. RFK, Jr. interviews are available upon request.
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House Democrats reach deal with Trump on trade
New USMCA would replace NAFTA
The Trump administration and House Democrats reached a major deal this week to move forward with the Trump administration's replacement of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, with a new pact, known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Democrats in the U.S. House had resisted the deal for more than a year before a breakthrough was announced this week.
It could be a big win for American farmers and manufacturers, especially in Wisconsin. For months now, Wisconsin Republicans had been urging Gov. Tony Evers to add his support for the agreement, and Assembly speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) signed onto a letter of state leaders urging Congress to take action.
The letter was signed by leaders from 15 states; in all, 26 state legislators sent a letter to House speaker Nancy Pelosi, House minority leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, and Senate minority leader Charles Schumer calling on them to ratify the agreement immediately.
"Legislative leaders from across our country agree that Congress must act on the trade deal," Vos said. "The economic future of our states depends on our closest trade partners, and politics shouldn't get in the way of progress."
The letter acknowledged the USMCA's importance to workers, small businesses, and statewide economies, urging Congress to set partisan politics aside and pass the deal.
"Trade with Mexico and Canada is vital to the U.S. economy," the letter stated. "It has been more than two decades, though, since trade with those countries was comprehensively addressed by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It is well past time to modernize our agreement with these important partners."
The lawmakers said the nation needs a 21st-century trade agreement for a 21st-century economy.
"The time is now to put USMCA to work for us here at home," the lawmakers wrote. "This bold new agreement provides the framework for economic growth and increased jobs. It will also establish a much more balanced environment for American workers."
USMCA's updated rules of origin will encourage the production of goods in the United States, the lawmakers wrote, saying that would be a win for both manufacturers and for working men and women.
"The U.S. International Trade Commission estimates that USMCA will increase the United States' GDP by $68.2 billion and create 176,000 jobs," the lawmakers wrote. "This includes 76,800 jobs in the U.S. automotive industry."
Additionally, the lawmakers wrote, USMCA opens up new agricultural markets to U.S. producers and provides updated rules for the effective enforcement of intellectual property rights.
"The agreement also removes barriers for small businesses so they can innovate, expand and hire more employees," they wrote.
Legislators from Ohio, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin signed the letter.
The state Assembly had already approved a resolution in May that claimed the USMCA would strengthen relationships with Mexico and Canada and expand opportunities for Wisconsin exporters. Last month, too, Assembly Republicans sent a letter to Evers, asking him to join them in publicly expressing support for the new trade agreement.
Trump weighs in
Just before the deal was announced, President Donald Trump tweeted that a breakthrough might be coming.
"America's great USMCA trade bill is looking good," the president tweeted. "It will be the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA. Good for everybody - farmers, manufacturers, energy, unions - tremendous support. Importantly, we will finally end our country's worst trade deal, NAFTA!"
Others in the Midwest were excited, too. Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, one of the largest dairy co-ops in the nation, applauded the progress.
"Dairy farmers across the Midwest appreciate the commitment and work of the administration and lawmakers to secure a better trade deal for U.S. dairy farmers," Brody Stapel, president of Edge and a dairy farmer in eastern Wisconsin, said. "Our farmers have been waiting in uncertainty for more than a year for USMCA to get done. So, it's certainly good news to see the deal take this significant step forward. There are more steps to be taken, however, so we are not breathing a full sigh of relief."
Stapel said the USMCA is critical to the long-term success of the U.S. dairy community.
"Mexico is our number one dairy foods export market and Canada is third," Stapel said. "Combined they account for more than $2 billion each year. This agreement would protect those longtime trading relationships and allow for growth in market share. That means economic certainty for businesses, families, employees, and rural communities."
Midwestern food manufacturers also applauded the agreement, among them Jason Culotta, president of the Midwest Food Products Association.
"The Midwest Food Products Association is pleased with the news that the Trump administration and House Democrats have reached agreement concerning the USMCA," Culotta said. "We thank U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer, House speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Ways and Means chairman Richard Neal, and members of the House Democrats' Working Group for their perseverance and active participation in forging this historic agreement."
Both U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin) and U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisconsin) said the deal was long overdue.
"This is a huge win for America and for Wisconsin," Sensenbrenner said. "It is a boon for our state's dairy farmers, who will have more access to Canadian markets. After enduring months of needless delay, I am eager to vote for the deal and am grateful to the Trump administration for their tireless work reaching an agreement."
Gallagher simply said: "It's about damn time."
The office of the U.S. trade representative says the new agreement will be a win for all North American workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses, creating more balanced, reciprocal trade that supports high-paying jobs for Americans and grows the North American economy.
Among other things, the administration says, it will create a more level playing field for American workers, including improved rules of origin for automobiles, trucks, and other products, and disciplines on currency manipulation.
It will also benefit American farmers, ranchers, and agribusinesses by modernizing and strengthening food and agriculture trade in North America, and will support a 21st century economy through new protections for U.S. intellectual property, the administration says.
New chapters cover digital trade, anticorruption, and good regulatory practices, as well as a chapter devoted to ensuring that small and medium sized enterprises benefit from the agreement.
Until the new agreement is enacted, the administration says, NAFTA will remain in effect. The USMCA can come into effect following a congressional vote on an implementing bill.
The Trump administration will now submit ratifying legislation to Congress for the House to move forward with approving the agreement.
Richard Moore is the author of the forthcoming "Storyfinding: From the Journey to the Story" and can be reached at richardmoorebooks.com.
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It is said that every girl has a wedding dress dream, but that dream of girls in the United States is under threat as tariffs cast a pall on the wedding dress industry that relies heavily on the skills of Chinese embroiderers.
Most wedding dresses in the world come from China, especially high-end hand-sewn wedding gowns. Additional tariffs on Chinese exports will put US retailers under financial stress, and drive the prices of quality wedding dresses even higher for US brides.
Tariffs won't attract wedding dress makers into the US. They will only decimate US retailers and make US brides bear the cost, said Steve Lang, president of the American Bridal and Prom Industry Association.
"We love to produce our top product in the United States, but we can't find qualified staff," Lang said.
Some luxury wedding dresses have as many as 100,000 hand-sewn beads and crystals. Making these dresses is a daunting task that only extremely hardworking and skilled dressmakers can accomplish.
"Have you ever met any American who grew up in college and wound up sitting behind a sewing machine? (It is) Not gonna happen. People here do not want to be dress-makers," Lang added.
Wei Jingming, 48, and her cousin are sewing glittering paillettes onto a piece of silky cloth, while her daughter-in-law is juggling with threads of 20 different colors to embroider lifelike three-dimensional roses.
Most women in Tahou are sitting outdoors, busy doing needlework as the sun sets at the idyllic village of southern China's Chaozhou. Wei, like other villagers, is sewing for wedding dress exporters. Someday somewhere in the US, a bride will proudly wear Wei's work at her wedding.
Almost every family in Chaozhou has a skilled dress-maker, who spends her free time doing fine embroidery for wedding dress makers. For decades, manufacturers have been pooling their talents by assigning parts of wedding dresses to different families.
More than 200,000 people work for 800 wedding dress manufacturers in Chaozhou, a place with so many skilled embroiderers which is hard to come by. The embroiderers are the main reason why China is the world's top wedding dress exporter.
"If we move our factories outside China, US brides would have to wear white blouses for their wedding," said Yu Yuanyu, head of the Chaozhou Wedding Dress Industry Association.
Behind the incredible pool of sewing talents in Chaozhou lies people's undying passion for embroidery.
Needlework is the second personality for a girl in Chaozhou. In local tradition, a girl makes her own wedding dress so that her future husband and guests to the wedding can see her talent and character from what she wears on the big day.
Wearing a silk robe, She Keyan sits tall at her sewing table, fingers flying between threads. She is the official heir to the national heritage of Chao Embroidery, the art of needlework in Chaozhou.
A tradition that dates back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907), Chao Embroidery has evolved for over a thousand years, developing a system of more than 200 hand sewing stitches, which come in handy in making complex and extravagant dresses like prom and wedding gowns.
Like Wei and many other embroiderers in Chaozhou, She learned sewing from her mother. In a workshop named after her mother Kang Huifang, she leads some 40 seasoned embroiderers in making luxury wedding dresses for renowned brands such as Allure, Blush, Morilee and Alyce Designs.
From this traditional three-storey building in Chaozhou's old town, came some of the world's most luxurious modern wedding dresses that went on display in shop windows along Paris' Champs-Elysees and New York's 5th avenue.
When making wedding gowns, one cannot sweat and the room has to be clean, lest the delicate fabric gets stained. The master looks effortless as she stitches elegantly in her cozy, air-conditioned workshop, but in fact, she often has to toil for three whole months to complete just one customized wedding gown that may require over 100 procedures.
"It is our hands that give the dress warmth and texture," she said.
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Kaley Cuoco is clearly getting a big bang out of voicing “Harley Quinn” in this ferociously funny animated series about the Joker’s most put-upon girlfriend. Make that ex-girlfriend. Having the antihero declare her independence by swearing up a storm and smashing sexists’ kneecaps with her mighty mallet is guaranteed to drive the Caped Crusader batty. For fans of superhero cartoons layered with dark comedy, the streaming service DC Universe is fast becoming a bargain at $7.99 a month.
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Santa’s workshop takes a break from churning out gifts to play host to “Top Elf,” a five-part competition series in which seven kids see who can design the best life-size gingerbread houses and reinvent the coolest sleigh. Celebrity judges, including actress Peyton List, help Mr. and Mrs. Kringle select which contestant shoots to the top of the “nice” list.
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“The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show” has an invite list that mirrors the country star’s rebel reputation. It’s unlikely that you’ll find any other holiday party this season that features Camila Cabello rockin’ around the tree, Lana Del Rey promising to be home for Christmas and Zooey Deschanel helping out on a Hawaiian-themed carol. The bash also includes visits from Kendall Jenner and the Radio City Rockettes although, sadly, not at the same time.
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About two weeks ago Serge Wroclawski (ex-hacker, Free Culture Advocate) wrote a cool article about ‘Why the World needs OpenStreetMap‘, which quickly found it’s way to other media, such as the Guardian onder andere overgenomen door de Guardian.
In the article he states his case for a freely available worldmap for and by the people. He explains quite convincingly the use of an independent source for a map. A map which we could not only promote to a standard, but of which we could safely assume that it would be value and interest-neutral.
Serge scores points on the instrumental side of things, but on the emotional level things also seem to add up; time and or space should not be privatized, as the author underlines with a parallel with the time standardization efforts of the late 1800’s.
The OpenStreetMap Foundation is a British organisation working on precisely such a map. Founded as a not-for-profit organization in 2006, some time after the first steps in the map project itself, the foundation relies on volunteers and donations to complete its difficult task. Not unlike Wikipedia, it enables outsiders to fill in some of the map with their information or to update information that is already in place. The open and transparent approach is very compatible with the independent and neutral character of the project.
The parallels between Wikipedia and OSM, the shorthand name for the project, aren’t a total coincidence. As the latter project was inspired by the first. But if we were to zoom in a little further on the comparison some differences become obvious. It would be a little superfluous to write about the use of Wikipedia nowadays for one, or the need to help the project meet a wider audience. The many private competitors that Serge refers to in the article are a challenge for Wikipedia no more. This while Wikipedia had faced and challenged many prejudices about a knowledge base crafted and maintained by the crowd, paving a way for newer initiatives like this one. Where Wikipedia relies heavily on individuals, OSM has received large data contribution by 3rd parties such as Yahoo or governments.
This author thinks that OSM could take of in a bigger way, if we manage to clear some sand out of it’s gears and engineer it to sell itself. Serge seems to be looking at the applications of the maps. The web version of Bing is easy to use or look at, Apple Maps ships with every iPhone and Google Maps is king of the data mashup. Whereas, OSM is a little rough around the edges, it lacks a decent app and mashups are being made in dribs and drabs (feel free here to take a look at my implementation of the Dutch cyclist associations issue reporting system.
I’m not totally convinced that this is right button to push. Wikipedia had to tackle scores of encyclopedia’s, with the Britannica as it’s ultimate champion, sans CD-roms (yes way back then), print edition or a great design (individual results may vary with taste). I say: Content is King. You are not using a map that is less incomplete or outdated as long as the competition is free. And this content can be King only if OSM manages to engage the user to become a contributor.
Two challenges lie ahead: OSM isn’t stupidly simple to contribute to and it offers you, the user, no reason to contribute, aside from an abstract feeling of doing good. You can only motivate people that much wielding the common good, and less if it is an abstract goal and no one’s keeping score. OSM should define its goals and progress way more clearly and should give before it takes. Wikipedia gave you your thesis, OSM gives us a map we already have for free.
Of course OSM gives us something that private parties can’t: Control over the map, but it fails to bring that close to us. How can it be that Google is now marketing that you can add your own places, while OSM is the only one that could deliver here. I think that there are thousands of people that would benefit directly from adding themselves to the map (shopkeepers for one). And there should be loads of other applications to think of but it starts by connecting to the user.
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Worcester to undertake 'cheap as chips' SUD survey
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Taxi driver numbers in Worcester facing cap
A MAJOR new survey will take place to see if the first ever ‘cap’ can be put on Worcester’s taxis - as drivers admitted their numbers are out of control. Furious hackney carriage drivers have blamed Worcester City Council for allowing their numbers to surge nearly 200 per cent in a decade, and are ready to support a groundbreaking limit.
It follows years of steady rises which means the overall number of taxis went from 102 in 2001 to today’s record high of 288. Now, an “unmet demand” survey is set to be independently commissioned at a cost of around £9,000 to see if the staggering tally is too large.
The last time the same survey was done was 12 years ago, when consultants said Worcester was “fairly close” to all demand being met at 100-odd taxis. If the new survey recommends the current figure is too big, it could pave the way for new, hard-hitting policies to bring it down over time or even a cap. Crucially, it would also help the city council if any prospective taxi driver was to attempt legal action for being refused a licence.
Mohammed Ali, from Worcester Taxi Drivers’ Association, said: “There are too many taxis, we all know that, they are clogging up the streets and causing chaos. “We’ve got a real problem and it’s the council that has caused this mess over a period of many years. “I know people want to make a living but the current number is too high so we are saying, we are willing to pay for the survey and want it done. “Taxis are clogging up the streets and making it hard for emergency vehicles to get through.”
He also said he wanted to see a temporary ban on any new drivers until the survey takes place, but that prospect is unlikely because of the legal ramifications. Talks are due to take place by the end of July between the WTDA and council officers about formally commissioning the survey.
Several private firms do so-called unmet demand surveys, and the costs can vary wildly, although current estimates are £9,000 to £10,000. Councillor Paul Denham, chairman of the licensing committee, said: “If we can get evidence there is no unmet demand from an independent organisation, we would have sufficient evidence to control numbers.
“There is a misunderstanding from certain elements of the trade that the council is making money, but it isn’t - the licensing department is actually run at a loss. “It’s a simple process we follow, in line with the law - we can’t refuse a new driver a licence without doing this survey.”
The unmet demand survey would focus on Worcester’s two main ranks, at The Cross and Foregate Street, to see how busy they are. The independent consultants would locate a camera over each rank 24/7, over a course of several weeks, to see if customers are ever left waiting without a hackney carriage turning up.
A report would then be published, which would outline levels of demand and suggest if the current tally is acceptable. The last one in 2001 suggested the figure of 102 taxis was nearing an acceptable limit, but was inconclusive on if the number should be capped, which led to huge rises in recent years.
Council chiefs say the only way they can lawfully refuse a prospective driver a licence is by doing an unmet demand survey which recommends a cap. Other cities have done surveys in recent years and placed a cap on numbers, including Oxford, where the limit is 107 despite it having 50,000 more residents than Worcester.
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Sussex wrote:
If it's so bad then why don't some volunteer to hand their plates back?
Then they can go and work for others, in the same way they are expecting new cabbies in the future to do.
Whats to stop folks going PH if they can't get a plate ? Still be too many 'taxis' but with no extra HC.
sasha wrote:
But some Dumbo's can't work out that both PH and HC happen to share the same punters.
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There is some nonsense being talked here by the 'council chiefs'.
They say that they cannot refuse a (valid) application for a Hackney Carriage Driver licence and I agree.
But the council CAN suspend the issuing of new Hackney Carriage VEHICLE licences until the unmet demand survey has been carried out. This will prevent applications from speculators who hope that plates will have a cash value as soon as a limit is imposed.
Another Licensing Department that doesn't know what it's doing!!
Frasershead wrote:
That's one way to stop those pesky speculators, the other way is change nothing so plates have no value to said speculators.
in theory there is not too many taxis there are too many private hire opperators
Grundy wrote:
But the issue is some councils restrict hackneys, if those councils didn't restrict hackneys then IMO there would be less private hire operators/drivers/vehicles.
It would not reduce private hire operators,drivers or private hire vehicles one jot.
heathcote wrote:
So where would the extra hackney vehicle drivers come from? The magic tree?
Driver providers.
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Ginsburg, S.A. (1992). Contemporary Psychoanalysis. XXVII, 1991: The Impact of the Therapist's Life Threatening Illness on the Therapeutic Situation. Gloria Friedman. Pp. 405-421.. Psychoanal Q., 61:511-512.
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Contemporary Psychoanalysis. XXVII, 1991: The Impact of the Therapist's Life Threatening Illness on the Therapeutic Situation. Gloria Friedman. Pp. 405-421.
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The author examines her experience as a therapist during, as well as in the years following, her bout with cancer. She has remained well since the initial episode. The paper is of note, both because it discusses a topic about which there is little literature, and because it raises complex ethical and countertransferential issues. At the time of the illness, patients were told only that there was "a family emergency," and none ever became aware of her condition. Friedman concludes that she was not "in collusion" with her patients to deny the cancer, but rather that she had managed "effective and unambivalent compartmentalization." She contrasts her reaction of increased satisfaction with her work, with those of others who have reported resentment of patients' dependency or envy of their good health. Within the next few years after her illness, the author saw three new patients who had had recent losses due to cancer. One remained in successful treatment. The second had lost several relatives to cancer and was facing the imminent loss of yet another; Friedman felt unable to tolerate the prospect of hearing about all these ongoing tragedies, and
declined to work with the patient. The third patient fled treatment after being informed of the author's illness.
Three patients in ongoing therapy discovered the existence of the author's cancer, two accidentally from outside sources, and a third because Friedman appeared to the patient to know so much about cancer. For all these it seemed to be "grist for the mill," and led to transference analysis. The author intends to inform all future patients "who have experienced the death of an important person through cancer," because "to have them face the same possibility with me is more than I can be a witness to or partner of."
Discussion includes the differences between the classical analytic and interpersonal traditions. As a representative of the latter, the author believes that insuring the continuity of the analysis is more pertinent than concern for interfering with it by veering from neutrality and abstinence. She concludes that the coping skills of the therapist will set "the stage for what will or can transpire in the analytic situation."
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Jason Burton has built a career around his knowledge of beverages from fine spirits to craft beers, from single-origin coffee to cocktail trends. His firm The Lab is behind the original recipes at frozen cocktail purveyor Snow and Company as well as the multi-city event dubbed the Caffeine Crawl.
As a beverage marketer and founder of The Lab (formerly Lab5702) based in Kansas City, Burton and his team help inform consumers about quality-driven beverage information near and far. The team’s experience spans the fields of beer, spirits, wine, coffee, tea and cocktails. The Lab also assists producers that care about a better overall solution in their niche market. To help specialty beverage companies, The Lab offers a range of services including brand marketing, graphic design, events, public relations, networking, and more.
Pete: Tell me about your experience in the beverage industry.
Jason: I was the Marketing Director for The Roasterie for nearly 4 years. Working for such a small company and being passionate about what I was promoting (coffee), I felt it was important to know a lot about the subject. I got really wrapped up in coffee preparation, which led to an interest in pairings. That opened the doors to an intro world of cocktails and a culinary side with Houlihan’s corporate. I was the Marketing Director for their specialty concepts. Those are J. Gilbert’s and the Bristol here in town, and there’s a total of fourteen of those around the country. Working on that specialty side versus the Houlihan’s side, I was able to work with many local distilleries, coffee roasters, and breweries in each market.
Pete: What do you do at The Lab as a beverage marketer?
Jason: I get this one all the time. We’re still a bit of a mystery and maybe that’s because it’s hard to define what we do. I personally handle marketing with our team, currently Julie Levitt in KC and Naomi Havlen in Colorado, for four different quality-driven beverage companies. We do not do everything for any of those clients/partners. There’s a mix of social media (my favorite), design/branding, public relations/networking, and events for all of those partners. Each client is on a monthly retainer. The closest one is 2.5 hours away and two of them are on the West Coast, and only one roasts coffee.
We also have the Caffeine Crawl, which we started in September. And there’s our retail products…yada, yada, yada.
Pete: Where did the inspiration for the Caffeine Crawl come from? What is the event about?
Jason: There was a huge gap in coffee related events. Employees at shops and roasters were the only ones going to these events. The irony is/was that these companies are making money for consumers, but these companies weren’t hosting consumer-friendly events on a large scale. Based on that I played around with the pub crawl concept and tweaked it to fit the current state of the Caffeine Crawl. Kim Lovelady was very helpful with ideas and helping get the Crawl concept going.
Pete: When did you first learn to appreciate the power of coffee?
Jason: That’s an easy one. During my first years of college, I started going to Broadway and sketching while getting the most out of a cup of coffee. I was a graphic design major, so coffee was key. And once I went to the University of Central Missouri, I spent many days at Java Junction, which is still a key part of Warrensburg’s community. I’m still friends with the owner, Art Ozias.
During those years I just knew what seemed good, but had no idea about single-origins or macchiatos – a favorite of mine now. This would have been 1995.
Pete: Name three coffees you’ve had recently and why you’re excited about them.
Jason: Hmm, good question and a tough one. We are really, really spoiled. We’ve had 20 different roasters in since Thanksgiving. No one anywhere close to us geographically offers that. I’m so into Kenyan coffees and picking roasters is hard because friendships are involved. I’ve been surprised with a great Mexican from Sunergos in Louisville, a sample espresso from Copper Canyon in Springfield and a Burundi from Madcap in Michigan, but I can go on and on.
Pete: The Lab isn’t limited to coffee. What wine, beer, spirits, teas, and beverage trends are on your radar lately?
Jason: Oh, we are all over this. I love the research part. Love it. The best way to get trends is to go out and experience them. I people watch like crazy and talk to people (consumers) everywhere I go. That’s the best way to learn. I like what I’m seeing with a shift in California wines outside the popular areas, and wine getting better in the U.S. as a whole. Wine in kegs, wine in cocktails and so forth has been fun to keep an eye on.
Spirits and distilleries are taking off. That’s hard to keep up with. When I travel I always try the products from local distilleries. I’m going to Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver next month, so there will be a lot of research there. It has been going on for a while, but I like the concept of aged whole cocktails.
Beer is kicking ass right now. It’s my favorite thing to drink at the moment. I really wish we’d get more East Coast beers. A lot of cool things happening from small breweries in the Mid-Atlantic.
Pete: What is About The Coffee about?
Jason: I’m biased, but the concept is brilliant for KC. Marty and Tooti Roe own the company and it fueled from a decade of them running their other company Service Call. They deal with coffee all day long. They felt like coffee lovers, whether new or old, needed a place to try out products and get answers face-to-face. ATC was born out of that, and it’s truly a toy store for coffee fans.
About The Coffee – 3185 Terrace, 816.286.8771, aboutthecoffee@gmail.com
We cater to the coffee curious that want to try out brewers, machines, grinders, tampers, and so on, without having to view online only. Basically, a toy store for coffee fanatics. No attitude here and we keep it very loose and chill. We welcome the hardcore fan all the way to the beginner.
Pete: Favorite places around Kansas City to grab a beverage? What beverage(s)?
Jason: I feel very guilty in this area. I have spent more time at bars outside KC in 2012 than in KC. My go-to chill, close to home is Julian. My beer with grub go-to is Swagger and Grinders. I like the Foundry a lot, but for some reason I don’t visit Westport much. Cocktails are another story. I try to bounce around, but stick to Extra Virgin and The Rieger mostly. I need to go see Arturo [Vera-Felicie]. We did the original recipes for Snow and Company. Once it warms up I’ll be there more.
Pete: You’ve been granted a wish to have one drink with another person anywhere in the world. What are you drinking, with who, and where?
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Pete: What else should people know about you and your beverage adventures?
Jason: I really believe The LAB is on to something. We’ve stayed true to our roots and work with partners based on quality, passion, and personality versus companies only trying to make money.
What we are doing no one in at least a 400 mile radius is doing. We love promoting the industry as a whole and try to keep it to a minimum on posting about The LAB only. I’m really proud of our doo-zies [Individually handcrafted beverage wraps (koozy) made from leather.] and what we went through to come up with the final product on those. They aren’t cheap at $50. I’d rather work with Bandbox out of Portland and have each one made by hand with love than made in China and sell them for $30. It’s not about the money. Too many people are selling their souls chasing only that.
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To avoid undesirable content in the search indexes, webmasters can instruct spiders not to crawl certain files or directories through the standard robots.txt file in the root directory of the domain. Additionally, a page can be explicitly excluded from a search engine's database by using a meta tag specific to robots (usually ). When a search engine visits a site, the robots.txt located in the root directory is the first file crawled. The robots.txt file is then parsed and will instruct the robot as to which pages are not to be crawled. As a search engine crawler may keep a cached copy of this file, it may on occasion crawl pages a webmaster does not wish crawled. Pages typically prevented from being crawled include login specific pages such as shopping carts and user-specific content such as search results from internal searches. In March 2007, Google warned webmasters that they should prevent indexing of internal search results because those pages are considered search spam.[47]
What's the authority of your website or webpage, or any other page on the internet for that matter where you're attempting to gain visibility? Authority is an important component of trust, and it relies heavily on quality links coming from websites that Google already trusts. Authority largely relates to the off-page optimization discipline of SEO that occurs away from the webpage as opposed to the on-page optimization that occurs directly on the webpage.
With the explosion of digital media, people began to engage with each other – and the companies they did business with – in new ways. The relevance of traditional print and broadcast channels declined, completely changing the consumer-corporation dynamic. Digital channels opened doors for consumers. No longer passive participants in a one-sided marketing conversation, consumers became empowered authors, publishers and critics. The digital landscape is participatory, an area where consumers exchange ideas. Marketers no longer drive the discussion. Everyday consumers are now the style makers and trendsetters.
Users will occasionally come to a page that doesn't exist on your site, either by following a broken link or typing in the wrong URL. Having a custom 404 page30 that kindly guides users back to a working page on your site can greatly improve a user's experience. Your 404 page should probably have a link back to your root page and could also provide links to popular or related content on your site. You can use Google Search Console to find the sources of URLs causing "not found" errors31.
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However, if you are seasoned online marketer, and you've built a substantial following, then marketing as an affiliate might be the right fit. Jason Stone from Millionaire Mentor has built a seven-figure business with affiliate marketing, while David Sharpe from Legendary Marketer has built up an eight-figure business by creating an army of affiliates that market products in collaboration with his team.
Shifting the focus to the time span, we may need to measure some "Interim Metrics", which give us some insight during the journey itself, as well as we need to measure some "Final Metrics" at the end of the journey to inform use if the overall initiative was successful or not. As an example, most of social media metrics and indicators such as likes, shares and engagement comments may be classified as interim metrics while the final increase/decrease in sales volume is clearly from the final category.
SEO may generate an adequate return on investment. However, search engines are not paid for organic search traffic, their algorithms change, and there are no guarantees of continued referrals. Due to this lack of guarantees and certainty, a business that relies heavily on search engine traffic can suffer major losses if the search engines stop sending visitors.[61] Search engines can change their algorithms, impacting a website's placement, possibly resulting in a serious loss of traffic. According to Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, in 2010, Google made over 500 algorithm changes – almost 1.5 per day.[62] It is considered a wise business practice for website operators to liberate themselves from dependence on search engine traffic.[63] In addition to accessibility in terms of web crawlers (addressed above), user web accessibility has become increasingly important for SEO.
When traffic is coming to your website or blog, nearly unfettered, it gives you the opportunity to test out a variety of marketing initiatives. However, without that traffic, you're forced to spend money on costly ads before really determining the effectiveness of your offers and uncovering your cost-per acquisition (CPA), two things which are at the core of scaling out any business online.
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UAV Technology
30th September to 1st October 2019,
SMi-Group's 4th annual UAV Technology will convene in London on the 30th September and 1st of October 2019.
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SMi is delighted to announce the 4th UAV Technology conference convening on the 30th of September and 1st of October 2019 in London, United Kingdom.
Now in its 4th year, UAV Technology is shifting from its previous Central and Eastern European focus to a more global approach by moving to London, with an overarching theme of providing a tactical edge to the warfighter through unmanned capabilities.
UAS now more than ever play a pivotal role as a tactical and operational tool for ISTAR, C4ISR, CAS, and other functionalities in the joint operational environment. SMi's UAV Technology conference will examine the latest technological developments, trends, and strategies within UAS capability development and acquisition. Bringing together a community of experts, planners, programme managers, and operational personnel to share information and strengthen relationships, this forum reflects the growing need for military and industry alike to come together in order to achieve higher levels of interoperability and greater capabilities.
Join this growing community of expert planners and operators to help further high-level discussion on the future of unmanned systems in the joint environment.
Explore the current needs and challenges of NATO-allied nations and beyond, and here the latest updates of national UAS procurement and acquisition programmes
Meet senior representatives from leading nations using RPAS and UAS and learn about the future vision for unmanned capability development
Hear the very latest technological developments from research and industry, that are enhancing UAV platforms through innovative technology and experimentation
AeroVironment; AP-FLYER Sp. z o.o. ; Booz Allen Hamilton; British Army; Czech Armed Forces; Czech Army; Eclipse; EDF; Elbit Systems Ltd.; Enterprise Control Systems Ltd; Estonian Ministry of Defence; Finnish Defence Forces; FN Herstal; German Army; Hungarian National Military Security Service; Inmarsat; Israeli Defence Forces; Katmai Government Services; Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems; LiveLink Aerospace; Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic; Ministry of the Interior; MOD; Omnipol a.s.; PBS Velka Bites, a.s.; PEO AVIATION; Polish Air Force Institute Of Technology; Robin Radar Systems BV; Rohde & Schwarz Praha Sro; Safran Electronics & Defense; Simlat Ltd ; SRC; SRC Inc; Swedish Armed Forces; Swiss Air Force; TAI; Thales UK; UAE GHQ; UAS CDC; University of Defence, Czech Republic; XTAR;
Lieutenant General Richard Felton , Former Director General Defence Safety Authority & Former Commander Joint Helicopter Command, UK MoD
Richard Felton was commissioned as an Infantry officer into the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1985. He transferred to the Army Air Corps in 1998. He was awarded his Army Pilot’s Wings in 1990 and is qualified on the Gazelle (1990), Lynx (1999) and Apache AH-64D (2003).
He commanded 669 Squadron Army Air Corps (1999 – 01), 9 Regiment Army Air Corps (2004-06), 4th Mechanized Brigade (2009-11), UK’s Joint Force Headquarters (2011-13 where as the 1* Chief of Joint Force Operations he was also the Force Commander of the EU Battle Group) and the Joint Helicopter Command (2014 - 17). He assumed the appointment of Director General of the Defence Safety Authority in April 2017-April 2019.
On the staff, he was Chief of Staff of 7th Armoured Brigade (1996-99), SO1 LAND in the Directorate of Operational Capability (2001-03 – responsible for operational audits of UK Defence capabilities for Ministers and the Chiefs of Staff) and Chief of Staff of 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division (2007-09).
He has served on operations as an Infantry Platoon Commander in Northern Ireland (1987-89), as Chief of Operations of the UK led Multi-National Division in Banja Luka, Bosnia (1997), as Com-mander of the UK Joint Helicopter Force (Afghanistan) in 2006, as Chief of Staff of the UK led Multi-National Division in Basra, Iraq (2007-08) and as Commander of the UK led Multi-National Task Force Helmand in Afghanistan in 2010.
He is a graduate of the Army Staff College (1995-6) and the Higher Command and Staff Course (2007) and was a Member of the Royal College of Defence Studies (2013-14).
For operational service, he has been Mentioned in Dispatches (1991) for operations in Northern Ire-land, appointed MBE (1998) for operations in Bosnia, OBE (2006) and CBE (2011) for operations in Afghanistan and awarded a Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service for duties in Libya (2014).
In September 2017 he was appointed Colonel Commandant of the Army Air Corp.
Richard is married to Mia and has one son (Richard) who works with a leading bank in London. He enjoys a variety of sports, art, history and is learning to improve his cooking.
9:00 Delivering Next Generation Unmanned Aerial Capabilities to the RAF for 21st Century Air Operations
Wing Commander Judith Graham, Remotely Piloted Air Systems: Programme Manager (Reaper & Protector), Royal Air Force
Wg Cdr Judith Graham studied Law at Northumbria University and then joined the RAF in August 1998.
She began her career at RAF Brüggen during the Kosovo Campaign and her other operational tours include: the Falkland Islands; Op SOUTHERN WATCH; Op NORTHERN WATCH; Iraq War 2003 - Op TELIC; Op HERRICK Afghanistan and Op SHADER.
Graham’s career has focussed on front-line intelligence operations supporting Fast Jet and Rotary Wing units and with the UK’s Air Component (JFACHQ). She commanded the Operations Squadron of Tactical Imagery Intelligence Wing where she managed deployments of analysts to Ops HERRICK, SHADER and TURUS as well as leading ‘CROSSBOW’, the UK element of the USAF Distributed Common Ground System.
She has broad experience in Force Protection Intelligence and Defence Counter-UAS; she co-authored the first C-UAS Tri-Service Tactical Advice Note in Oct 2017. More recently, she has served with NATO at SHAPE where she focused on Russia and International Terrorist Groups.
She took up post as the RAF’s Programme Manager for Reaper and Protector RG Mk1 in March 2019.
She lives in Suffolk with her husband and their two boys.
Outlining the RAF's vision for future unmanned aerial capabilities
Protector - the next generation of unmanned asset for RAF ISR
Assessing lethality options for Protector for CAS and tactical strike capabilities
Future requirements for RAF RPAS
9:30 Providing Persistent and Comprehensive Ground Situational Awareness for NATO Allies and NATO Operations
Allied Ground Surveillance Force - building NATO's ISR capabilities through unmanned assets
Increasing persistent situational awareness in support of NATO ground operations
Operational experiences and challenges of the Force
The future of UAS within NATO air operations
Colonel Stefano Bianca, Deputy Commander, NAGSF
Col. Stefano BIANCA was born in La Spezia (Italy), on February 15th 1970.
He joined the Italian Air Force Academy in September 1990 as a Navigator and went through standard ITA Air Force aircrews training abroad, in Randolph AFB (USA), RAF Cottesmore AB (UK), and RAF Coningsby (UK). He flew as a Combat Ready Navigator in both Air Defense and Strike-Bomber roles, on the Tornado F-3 (ADV - Air Defense Variant), and on Tornado PA-200. With about 1700 flying hours and more than eight years of NATO working experience in Belgium, since Aug 2018 he is the Deputy Commander of NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Force, in Sigonella AFB (Italy).
Col. Bianca is married since 1996 with Christine, American citizen and former USAF employee. They have two children: Daniel (age 23) and Isabel (age 21).
10:00 Optimising Australian Military Operations Through Enhanced Unmanned ISR Platforms
Group Captain Jason Lind, Director ISREW & Space , Royal Australian Air Force
Group Captain Lind joined the Air Force in 1986. He is a graduate of from the Australia Defence Force Academy, Canadian Aerosystems course and the Australian Command and Staff College. He flew AP-3C aircraft as a Tactical Coordinator, is flight test qualified and was the Commanding Officer of the School of Air Warfare training non-pilot aircrew.
Group Captain Lind is currently Director Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance; Electronic Warfare; and Space within Air Force Headquarters with responsibility for capabilities including: P-8A Poseidon, MQ-4 Triton, Space Situational Awareness; Armed Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems; and Intelligence Systems.
Current RAAF UAS capabilities to provide comprehensive ground surveillance
Using UAVs to augment manned aircraft: the Loyal Wingman programme
Future of UAS technology enhancement
10:30 Development of Tactical Unmanned Air Systems at Leonardo
Mr Alex Tucker, Defence Advisor, Leonardo Helicopters UK
Alex has recently joined Leonardo as a military advisor after 37 years in the Army.
During his military career Alex has commanded a Flight, a Squadron and a Regiment, and has deployed on operations to Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Aviation staff appointments have included a Capability Development post in the Central Staff, an Organisation & Deployments post in the Directorate of Army Aviation and the post of Assistant Head Safety and Assurance in the Joint Helicopter Command. Other staff appointments have included that of Assistant Head Firm Base working for the Adjutant General and a Reserves Policy appointment post in the General Staff. He has also served as an instructor at the Defence Academy and been Commandant of the School of Army Aviation. His final appointment was Commander of the Watchkeeper Tactical Unmanned Air System Force in the Joint Helicopter Command.
He is married to the lovely Anna and has two gorgeous daughters, Isi and Emily, who are now both at University, so not quite off his hands. He enjoys skiing, sailing and rugby, though he has hung up his boots a while ago.
Current and Future Trends
Platform capabilities: Falco, SW-4 Solo, AWHERO
Manned Unmanned Teaming / Capability Demonstrations
Requirements for Next Generation VTOL-UAS
11:30 MALE RPAS - in it for the Long Haul (a GA-ASI Perspective)
Introduction – to include the pedigree of GA-ASI MALE RPAS experience (Ikhana, MQ-9B Transatlantic flight, SIO, flying MQ-9 in Syracuse ANG with no chase aircraft - GBDAA)
GA involvement in regulation and certification in the US and Europe (FAA, RTCA, EUROCAE, Eurocontrol, NATO)
How the RPAS and Regulatory Community need to come together to produce realistic and workable regulations and the ability to police RPAS use
Mr Rob Jackson, Lead Engineer, General Atomics
Rob Jackson is the bespoke aircraft engineer on the growing General Atomics Aeronautical Systems UK (GA-UK) team which was established in November 2010. Based in London, he is responsible for ensuring the airspace integration of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ MQ-9B SkyGuardian and PROTECTOR RG Mk 1 remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) into UK and European airspace.
Mr. Jackson comes to GA-UK with 26 years aircraft engineering experience from the UK Royal Air Force where he attained the rank of Squadron Leader, plus seven years consultancy experience working with his own company. Since joining GA-UK he has quickly established himself within the regulatory community for exploiting MALE RPAS into civilian airspace, namely: EUROCAE, JARUS (member of the Detect and Avoid and ACAS Working Groups) and NATO's Sense & Avoid Specialist team’s Industry Advisory Group (SIAG - as Vice-chair) and NATO’s Science & Technology Organisation’s Technical Committee (as Vice-chair), and is an active industry member in briefing the European Defence Agency on MALE RPAS airspace clearance process on the SkyGuardian and PROTECTOR RPAS.
Mr. Jackson holds a Master’s degree in Gas Turbine Technology – Thermal Power from Cranfield University, UK.
12:00 Developing Counter-UAS Capabilities in Support of Ground Operations in Multi-Domain Operations
Colonel Eric C. Rannow, Military Deputy, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Aviation & Missile Center
COL Eric Rannow serves as the Military Deputy at the Combat Capability Development Command’s (CCDC) Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC) at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
COL Rannow was commissioned into the Field Artillery upon graduation from the United States Military Academy. In the 2000 timeframe, he transitioned into the Army Acquisition Corps.
COL Rannow holds a Master’s Degree in Material Acquisition Management from Florida Institute of Technology and a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. He is also a graduate of the Harvard University Senior Executive Fellows program.
COL Rannow’s noteworthy awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Army Staff Identification Badge, and Air Assault & Airborne Badges.
Increasing effective counter-UAS technology within US Army air
defence systems and for expeditionary warfare
Current AMRDEC activities in support of C-UAS capability
Coordinating the capability development through working with the
research community, and industry, and Army end-users, to ensure the
most effective surveillance, detect, identify, and track capabilities
Building an integrated approach to C-UAS for multi-domain
12:30 Countering the Unwanted UAS Threat
Mr Paul Taylor, Director of Business Development, Enterprise Control Systems Ltd
Paul Taylor joined Enterprise Control Systems in 2012, became an ECS Company Director in 2016 and continues to lead the Business Development team. Paul is responsible for all ECS sales and business development across the ECS portfolio of specialist military and security data links; military and policing Counter Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) capability; and for specialist Counter Unmanned Air Systems (C-UAS). Paul’s prior experience comprises 21 years as a Royal Signals officer in the British Army with extensive experience in the requirements specification and procurement of specialist counter terrorist technical capability. Paul followed this with a brief period in the specialist technical consulting in the City of London, financial services security and communications sector. This was followed with 11 years at Harris Corporation where he became Head of UK Operations for Harris with responsibility for sales and program delivery of advanced communications systems for UK defence, encompassing a portfolio of; tactical, strategic and specialist radio systems, data communications and next generation encryption capability. Within ECS Paul has taken the lead in the development, deployment and support of C-UAS capability and has contributed extensively to shaping the collaborative working environment with multiple stakeholders to deliver operationally proven C-UAS capability for demanding users.
So you want to police your air space?
Military and Security – dichotomy or similitude?
Looking at a counter-measure capability
14:00 Mobile Ground Control Stations
Mr Rick Stone, Senior Business Development Manager, Black Diamond Advanced Technology
BDATech Background
BDATech SUAS Performance
Mobile Ground Control Stations
BDATech Products
14:30 Countering Drones? Bring in the Dutch!
Mr Bill Haraka, Business Development Manager, Robin Radar Systems BV
Bill Haraka, graduated from the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands and holds more than 20 years of business experience in the high-tech fields of Telecommunication, Security and Aero(Space) domains.
Bill is considered subject matter expert by the C-UAS industry, Airport Operators worldwide and is special security advisor to Dutch government parliament members on counter uas/drone, legislation and protection of Netherlands critical infrastructures.
Bill is passionate about bringing smart people together, utilizing technical innovation to make the world safer place for all people no matter their location, race, social status or religious background.
Birds vs Drones: from bird strike prevention to countering drone solutions.
C-UAS building blocks: purpose built Sensors, tailored ConOps, drone mitigation and more.
Enhancing ATC: monitoring friendly drones and countering rogue drones in one UTC system.
Esteemed C-UAS solutions available today for civil/mil, airports, oil & gas, police, government critical infrastructures and more.
15:00 Laser Communication – an Alternative to RF Communication in Disaster and Security Scenarios
Mr Hubertus Von Janecek, Member of the Executive Board, Mynaric AG
Hubertus von Janecek is the member of Mynaric's executive board responsible for overseeing sales and production of Mynaric's airborne products, including the company’s new flagship product – the Hawk Air laser communication terminal.
Having held a number of high-tech senior management positions in various countries over the past twenty years, Hubertus has been charged with the introduction and roll-out of the high-speed, ultra-secure air terminal within the defense and security segment. He also oversees the serial production and sale of Mynaric’s ground terminals for space and air applications.
Prior to joining Mynaric in 2018, Hubertus served as Bosch Sensortec vice president of sales, and as CEO, founder and sales director of various other market-leading companies.
Analysis between Laser Communication and RF Communication
Information Transfer between Flying Platforms
Laser communication beams, data security & resistance to tapping
Laser Communication terminals & ground stations – size, weight and power
Frequency coordination and regulation
15:30 Ensuring Counter-UAV Capabilities in Sensitive Sites for Enhanced National Security
Colonel Mathieu Bernabe, Head of Cross Ministerial Aviation Security Mission, Secretariat General De La Defense Et De La Securite Nationale
Entered the French Air Force Academy in 1998;
Followed the fighter pilot formation up mission commander on M2000C, M2000-5, and then on Rafale with several deployments abroad Djibouti and Chad as examples ;
I commanded the Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron in Mont de Marsan (2016) dealing with new standards on Rafale and M2000, then the 30th Wing which includes the four fighters squadron of the airbase (2017-2019).
From summer 2019: head of aviation security office in an cross ministerial directorate working for the Prime Minister's cabinet.
Current regulation in France regarding civilian UAV use and counter UAV systems deployment
Increasing c-UAV capabilities around sensitive locations and events within national borders
Future civilian drone capabilities and threats to national security
16:30 Enhancing Autonomy through Innovation and Experimentation
Lieutenant Colonel Shad Reed, International Program Officer, European Office of Aerospace Research & Development, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Lt Col Shad Reed serves as an International Program Officer in the Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s European office. He is responsible for discovering, funding, and managing novel, cutting-edge research efforts across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). He leads international grants, partnerships, engagements, and strategic direction for multidisciplinary activities that relate to and enable autonomous vehicles. His broad mission is to develop and manage a research portfolio that aims to shape revolutionary breakthroughs to profoundly impact the future of autonomous vehicles for the U.S. Air Force.
The role of the Air Force office of Scientific Research in developing and promoting innovative approaches to autonomy
Improving command and control and guidance through advanced algorithmic research
New approaches to aerodynamics in unmanned systems
Applying biomimetic technology to future UAS
17:00 The HERON family in the Bundeswehr - a Good Example for Companies' Service Support Solutions
Assessing the HERON MALE UAV platform
Cooperating with OEMs for in service support
Overcoming challenges including certification
Lessons for future UAV acquisition processes
Lieutenant Colonel Ralf Kleindienst, Programme Director , Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw)
July 1983 Joining German Air Force (GAF)
Basic Military Training 6./GAF Training Regiment 3 in Roth
October 1983 50. Officers Course, GAF Military Training School Fürstenfeldbruck
October 1984 Studies Air and Space Technology, University German Armed Forces Munich
January 1988 Technical Officer, Maintenance Unit 11, GAF Support Regiment 1, Erding
April 1990 Lecturer, GAF Military Training School Fürstenfeldbruck
July 1992 Chief Maintenance Squadron, Fighter Bomber Wing 43 Oldenburg, Alpha Jet
July 1994 Armament Officer, GAF Armament Directorate, Logistic Planning Group
EUROFIGHTER, Cologne
April 1996 Chief Maintenance Squadron Fighter Wing 73 Laage, MiG29, F4,
July 1998 Studies Political Science, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
October 1999 Military Intelligence Office of the German Armed Forces, Branch Chief
Military Aircraft World Wide, Cologne later Gelsdorf
April 2002 Studies Military Science, Defence University Warsaw
July 2005 Senior Logistic Officer GAF Transformation Command, Cologne
October 2008 Batallion Commander, GAF Technical Training Centre, Faßberg
May 2010 Senior Desk Officer, MoD, Aircraft Technical Training
October 2012 Senior Desk Officer, GAF Command, Operational Logistic Doctrine, Cologne
December 2015 Deputy Programme Manager PEGASUS and Product Manager UAS , Koblenz
Medal of Honor of the German Armed Forces
Military Advisor to the Chief of Staff, 12. DEUEinsKtg EUFOR
Participating INVICTUS GAMES 2016 in Orlando, Florida; INVICTUS GAMES 2017 in Toronto, Canada, achieving two silver medals in recumbent trike
17:30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
9:00 MQ-9s Operating Together; Make It Happen!
Major General Dre Kraak, Special Assistant COM AIRCOM, NATO AIRCOM
Major-General Kraak started at the Military Academy in the Netherlands in 1980. He became a fighter pilot in 1984. Until 2005 he accumulated a total of 2500 flying hours on the F-16 as a weapons- and flight instructor. He served as an F-16 flight commander for several years at 311 Squadron and 323 Top Gun Weapons School. Served there as the commander of the Dutch Weapons Instructor School (The Dutch Top Gun).
After this General Kraak was employed at the RNLAF HQ at the F-16 Operational requirements section,
responsible for the purchase of F-16 weapons. Attended the Advanced Staff College in 1996, after which he was appointed as Commander of the RNLAF F-16 Detachment in Italy for operations over Bosnia in the rank of Ltcol. From 1997 until 2000 General Kraak was the Squadron Commander of the 306 Tactical Fighter Sqn.
In the summer of 1999 he served as Chief of the Planning Cell at the CAOC in Vicenza (Italy) during the Kosovo war. In april 2000 General Kraak was promoted to Colonel and given the job as Chief of the Fighter Branch at the RNLAF HQ in The Hague.
He attended the NATO Defence College in Rome in 2003. After this General Kraak was appointed Chief of the Operational Requirements Branch in the Air Force HQ.
In March 2005 he was appointed Base Commander of the transport helicopter base in the Netherlands: Soesterberg Airbase. In this job he flew Chinook, Cougar and Alouette helicopters.
In July 2007 Major-General Kraak was promoted to Air Commodore and installed as Deputy Director for Requirements at the Netherlands MOD. During 2011 a major restructuring of the Dutch Armed Forces started in which General Kraak got the job to reorganize the IT in de NL MOD and form a Joint IT Command. Since May 2012 he also was appointed Deputy Commander and COO of the IT Command.
After being project manager to form a European Aircrew Training Center, looking for cooperation within Europe, he was promoted to his present rank in December 2015 and thereafter appointed as Commander Deployable Air Command & Control Center in Poggio Renatico, Italy. He just relinquished that Command to his successor and as of January 2019 he is Special Assistant of the Commander of the NATO Air Forces.
The importance of developing interoperable MQ-9 Block 5 systems for multinational use
A plan for creating this capability
Future: maximising the operational effectiveness of an interoperable system through joint exercises
9:30 Small Unmanned Aerial Systems: Delivering a Tactical Edge to the Warfighter
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Craig, SO1 Robotics and Autonomous Systems, British Army
Following officer training at Sandhurst, Lt Col Craig was commissioned into the Royal Corps of in Signals in 1992. He completed several Young Officer positions in a variety of Signals units in Germany and UK; these included operational tours to Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo and one as an Infantry Platoon Commander. He also completed a BEng in Electronic Systems Engineering.
On promotion to Major he worked in several equipment delivery roles in Trunk Communications, Tactical Radio and a significant period in Electronic Counter Measures (Force Protection). In 2005 he studied for a MSc in Military Electronic Systems Engineering with his main project on the use of multiple UAVs to conduct coherent jamming.
From 2010-2012 he commanded 225 Signal Squadron (ECM(FP) based in Northern Ireland. In 2012 he moved to the Chief of Staff of the Battlefield Tactical CIS (BATCIS) project team. BATCIS procure, deliver and support all of Defence’s Tactical CIS, including the Bowman radio system and the trunk system Falcon.
On promotion in 2015 he was posted as the Commanding Officer of the Taurus Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme support unit in Birmingham. He assumed his current role as SO1 Robotics and Autonomous Systems in Army Headquarters on 1 Sep 2017.
British Army approaches to small and tactical UAS in support of ground operations
Supporting wide area surveillance and targeting & application of precision effects
The role of small tactical UAS and manned/unmanned teaming within the Army Warfighting Experiment
Future unmanned capabilities for the British dismounted soldier
10:00 Real-Time Integration of JISR for Joint Fires
Mr Bjorn-Kenneth Nilssen, Senior Product Expert - FACNAV, Teleplan Globe AS
Retired Norwegian Army Lieutenant Colonel with combined civilian education in Economics and Computer science on MBA level with Norwegian Army education from Officers School and Army War Academy.
Highly experienced officer with both Conventional and Special forces background who have served in numerous international missions in North Macedonia, Bosnia and Afghanistan.
Personal responsible for several advanced development within JTAC/Fires area including Special Forces and Joint Fires operational procedures and applications.
Have taken special interest and responsibility for integrating new technology to enhance combat effectiveness and safety.
Awarded the Defence Service Medal with Laurel Branch in 2017 for extensive contribution to the development of Norwegian Special Forces C4IS & Joint Fires capability.
Recently retired after 3 year service in G5 Plans / Fires, Allied Land Command, Izmir Turkey.
Presentation will focus on our Specialized Software supporting the Targeting process, Joint Fires and ISR management and collection (FACNAV and ICMT):
ICMT is designed to support the Intelligence Requirements Management and Collection Management processes.
Integration of Live UAVs and other ISR feeds into Joint Fires and Targeting solution – FACNAV for immediate execution.
Real-time sensor integration with AI detection and utilization for kinetic or non-kinetic effects.
11:00 Developing Joint Doctrine on the use of UAS within French Military Operations
Colonel Xavier Foissey, UAS & C-UAS Doctrine, French MoD
Colonel Xavier FOISSEY joined the French Air Force Academy in 1989.
Serving as a tactical transport pilot, he flew C160 Transall aircraft in France, then in Germany as an exchange pilot. He commanded the 1/62 transport squadron equipped with CASA CN235. He totals 3,500 flight hours.
He was assigned to several headquarters, in particular in the domain of the engagement of French Armed Forces on the national territory. His previous appointment was Chief of staff of French Armed Forces in New Caledonia.
He has carried out numerous missions around the world and four overseas operations, the latest one being at the Barkhane CJHQ in Sahel.
After his graduation at the NATO Defence College, he was assigned in February 2019 as a doctrine publications’ editorial officer at the “Joint Centre for Concepts, Doctrine and Experimentation”.
Drawing up French UASs doctrine for joint operations
Defining the role of UASs in delivering kinetic effects, and the future of unmanned aircraft systems within French military power
Maintaining the inescapable ‘human-in-the-loop’ needs for the French Armed Forces in the context of increasing autonomy
Reconciling future capacity development projects with doctrine
11:30 Assessing the Unmanned Aerial Capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the Future Vision for Unmanned Aerial Systems
Major General Borys Kremenetskyi, Defence and Air Attache, Ukrainian Armed Forces
Between 1983 and 2000 Maj Gen B. Kremenetskyi held various Air Force command, staff and administration positions including time as Military Observer, UN Mission to Tajikistan. Between 2002 and 2006 he was staff officer at the Cooperation and Regional Security Division, NATO International Military Staff after which he became Head, Euro-Atlantic Integration Department, General Staff, Armed Forces of Ukraine. From 2009 till 2014 he was Defence Adviser, Mission of Ukraine to the EU following position of the First Deputy Chief, Military Cooperation and Peacekeeping Operations General Directorate, General Staff, Armed Forces of Ukraine. He followed as Head of the UKR side of the Joint Ceasefire Coordination and Control Centre (Eastern Ukraine) until taking up his current appointment as Defence and Air Attaché, Embassy of Ukraine to the UK. Maj Gen B. Kremenetskyi is a graduate of the Air Force Engineer Academy (1983) (MA Avionics), US Air War College (1998) and National Security Course, JFK School of Government, Harvard University (2000)
Ukrainian plans for future Unmanned Aerial capabilities
Current platforms available to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and current procurement and acquisition priorities
The need for greater UAS/C-UAS capacities for Ukrainian national security and military operations
The vision of future Ukrainian air power in Eastern Europe
12:00 Tactical ISTAR Capability Development through Soldier-Launched UAS
Developing ISTAR capabilities for the Potuguese Army through small- tactical UAS development
Assessing requirements and platform options, fixed wing hand launched UAVs
Integrating future UAS platforms with C4ISR and battlespace management tools
Major Ricardo Camilo, Staff Officer, Force Planning Division, Portuguese Army
Ricardo Manuel dos Santos Camilo, born in Lourinhã, Portugal, in 1976, he´s an Infantry Major, currently serves as a Staff Officer in the Force Planning Division in the Portuguese Army General Staff.
At the professional level, the following assignment duties: In the Infantry School, Commander of the Heavy Mortar Platoon and Instructor Training Course for Officers and Sergeants. In Infantry Regiment Nº 1, he serves as a platoon leader in the Commandos Battalion; Commandos Course Instructor; Deputy Commander of the 2nd Commandos Company. Latter in the Commandos Regiment he was Company Commander of the Commandos Training Company; Company Commander of the 3rd Commandos Company and Operations Officer of the Commandos Battalion.
Instructor of the Infantry Captains Career Course, Head of the Training Section and Deputy of the Direction of Evaluation and Quality, initially at the Infantry School and later at the Arms School of the Army.
He conducted two deployments in Afghanistan, in ISAF, as a Deputy Operations Officer in Quick Reaction Force/ISAF in 2005 and Company Commander in 2010/2011.
In Military Cooperation Missions, he was an advisor in East-Timor 2013.
In the scope of education and training, the has following courses: Graduate in the Military Academy; Portuguese Commandos Course; Army Ranger Course of the United States of America; Army Staff Course; and Joint Staff Course.
He is married and has two daughters.
13:30 NATO Allied Ground Surveillance Contract Execution
Mr Bogdan Horvat, Executive Officer NAGSMA, NATO Allied Ground Surveillance Management Agency
Mr. Horvat is currently serving as the Executive Officer, NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Agency (NAGSMA), responsible for the provision of executive support to the General Manager's Office and to ensure the dissemination and realisation of executive decisions. In addition, he is responsible for coordinating the Executive Staff functions and steering processes and to promote and maintain professional relationships with senior members of NATO bodies like the IS, IMS, NCI Agency, NSPA and commercial entities related to the Programme activities.
Mr. Horvat has a long history in NATO, beginning in February 2002, when he started working in the International Staff of the Defense Support Division, responsible for Partnership for Peace (PfP) cooperation in armaments related issues. After one year of very successful work in the International Staff he became a Defense Adviser in the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to NATO responsible for the Conference of National Armaments Director (CNAD) related issues.
In that time Mr. Horvat was directly involved in a number of NATO projects namely Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS), Missile Defense (MD), Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defense (ALTBMD) and Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC). As a Slovenian representative to the abovementioned projects Mr. Horvat was very much involved in coordination activities with members of the projects as well as development of the Memorandum of Understanding for both AGS and SAC. He was also actively involved in the creation of both the NAGSMO and NAMO charters.
From this part of his professional career, Mr. Horvat takes most pride in the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) project, of which he was a member from the very first day (September 2006). For more than two years he was the Slovenian representative in the SAC Steering Board (SB) and different working groups. Mr. Horvat’s hard work and determination was very well regarded, and as a result, he was selected as the first Chairman of the NAMO Board of Directors (BoD). He held that position for 14 months and under his leadership the SAC initiative received all three strategic C-17 airframes and became operational, transporting military goods and humanitarian aid.
Mr. Horvat holds a University degree in engineering, having finished military academy. After graduation in 1985, he started his military career as a commander of the Engineering Company. His responsibilities ranged from ensuring training for about 120 soldiers in proper equipment operations and battlefield construction as well as building military roads and bridges, to managing supply, and maintenance activities. He also measured and reported performance and effectiveness of the logistic support activities as part of his responsibilities. That part of his professional career provided him with a solid foundation in the areas of managing large organizations, personnel and technical skills, and moreover, it provided him necessary leadership skills and the ability to work as a part of a team.
After leaving the Yugoslav Army in 1990, he immediately started working in the newly formed Slovenian Army, and given the very important task of training the very first generation of Slovenian soldiers. His military positions were all related to establishment of new units and organizations from a technical and organizational point of view. His hard work and skills became well recognised and very well respected, allowing his professional career to escalate rapidly and thus receive several promotions. Before taking his first international post in 2002, Mr. Horvat’s post in Slovenian MOD was the Adviser to the Government for Explosives and Ammunition, which was a highly regarded position within the Ministry of Defence.
Mr. Horvat is fluent in English, Serbian and Croatian and passive in German, French and Dutch.
History of radio controlled devices/AGS long road
AGS core contract execution
Contract execution status
14:00 Considerations For Harmonisation of UAS Regulations For Common NATO Operating Approvals (AVT-278)
Commander Jamie Sayer, Chairman of NATO AVT-278 Technical Panel, Royal Navy
Commander Jamie Sayer joined the Royal Navy in 1995 as an Air Engineering Officer (AEO). He holds a BEng (Hons) degree in Aerospace Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of The West of England. For his first front-line squadron tour, he was appointed to 801 Naval Air Squadron – operating the mighty Sea Harrier aircraft. On 801 NAS, he undertook deployments in support of Op Southern Watch (the IRAQ no fly zone) and Op Palliser (Sierra Leone). Following this appointment he was selected for the Joint Force Harrier Role Office at RAF High Wycombe; to bring his experience to the RAF element of Joint Force Harrier on how to deploy to sea and how to do expeditious detachments in the best traditions of the Royal Navy! He was then launched into a demanding project job in the Merlin (EH101) Project Team, where he was 2i/c for the Merlin Retrofit. The project involved working with 2 Force Commands (RN & RAF) and industry to successfully roulement 66 aircraft through significant work packages (400+ mods on RN Mk1) without disrupting front-line readiness levels.
As Lieutenant Commander, in 2005, he was appointed to Fleet HQ as the Release to Service Manager, responsible for the airworthiness for all 13 types of Royal Navy aircraft, including the more peculiar Dauphin helicopter and Mirach towed target. Whilst in this post, he oversaw the clearances for the Sea King Mk4 modifications that would facilitate the aircraft’s use in Afghanistan. After leaving Fleet HQ he was fortunate enough to convince the RN that he would be a perfect candidate for an MBA course at the Cranfield School of Management. Whilst on course he wrote a thesis analysing the contractual relationship between MoD and the UK Defence Aerospace Sector.
After requesting a “junglie” unit, Jamie was surprised and delighted that he ended up as AEO of 845 Commando Helicopter Sqn, providing vital support on Operations in Afghanistan. Whilst on 845, he saw the Sqn receive the prestigious Breitling Trophy and Bambara Flight Safety Trophy. Since then he has completed a number of tours at DE&S Abbey Wood, including a valuable role as the Lightning II Deputy Sustainment Lead and UK Fleet Manager, before being promoted to Commander. He is now the Type Airworthiness Authority for several Unmanned Air Systems (Small Class) within the UAS Team at Abbey Wood. Jamie lives with his wife Christine and daughters Lara and Kezia in Dorset. He is a qualified Services ski instructor and is ski tour leader trained. He also plays guitar and once had a local touring band, The Boxing Frogs.
AVT-278: reviewing NATO member state ‘Best Practice’ for approving UAS operations
Focusing on risk-based approaches and generating a common baseline
NATO will benefit from a mutually acceptable basis for UAS approval process
Allowing NATO MS to follow legitimate steps in assuring safe operational approvals for UAS operations within NATO theatres
The 9 Item Framework developed by AVT-278 for UAS Ops
14:30 Long-Range RPAS Usage in the Far-North: Lessons from Canada
Mr Mark McKeeman, Director Remotely Piloted Air System Project, Transport Canada Air Services Directorate
Mark McKeeman is the Director of Transport Canada’s Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Project. Mark heads a small team within Aircraft Services Directorate (ASD) dedicated to acquiring a highly capable Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) for the Government of Canada.
Mark joined Transport Canada in 1995 as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) and has held various management positions within the maintenance organization before joining the joining the RPAS project.
Mark is a licensed Private Pilot and holder of a small RPAS Pilot Certification and a keen interest in the future of RPAS operations in Canada.
Introduction to Transport Canada’s RPAS project
Acquisition of a large RPAS for Canada
BVLOS Missions conducted by Transport Canada’s RPAS Project
15:30 Positioning, Navigation and Timing for Unmanned Aerial Assets
Dr Ivan Petrunin, Lecturer in Digital Signal Processing for Autonomous Systems, Cranfield University
Dr.Ivan Petrunin, is a Lecturer in Digital Signal Processing for Autonomous Systems at Cranfield University. He has gained his MSc in Electronics from National Technical University of Ukraine in 1998 and PhD in Signal Processing from Cranfield University in 2013. Since 2005 he has been involved in a number of research projects concerning developments of signal processing algorithms with application to detection of weak non-linear signatures in vibration and acoustic signals. In the recent years his research interests are focused on technology development for autonomous systems, covering areas of connectivity, cognitive communication, conventional and alternative PNT.
Presentation tbc.
16:00 Guidance, Navigation and Communications for Small Drone Systems
Cooperation of unmanned heterogeneous systems through effective guidance, navigation and communications
Decision making for multiple unmanned systems
Demonstrations in a persistent surveillance and monitoring scenario
Dr Min-Guk Seo, Research Fellow in Autonomous Systems, Cranfield University
Min-Guk Seo received the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, in 2012, 2014 and 2017, respectively. He is currently a research fellow in autonomous systems at Cranfield University. His current research interests include guidance, navigation and control of autonomous vehicle systems.
16:30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Colonel Xavier Foissey
UAS & C-UAS Doctrine, French MoD
Commander Jamie Sayer
Chairman of NATO AVT-278 Technical Panel, Royal Navy
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Craig
SO1 Robotics and Autonomous Systems, British Army
Lieutenant Colonel Shad Reed
International Program Officer, European Office of Aerospace Research & Development, US Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Lieutenant General Richard Felton
Former Director General Defence Safety Authority & Former Commander Joint Helicopter Command, UK MoD
Major General Borys Kremenetskyi
Defence and Air Attache, Ukrainian Armed Forces
Major Ricardo Camilo
Staff Officer, Force Planning Division, Portuguese Army
Wing Commander Judith Graham
Remotely Piloted Air Systems: Programme Manager (Reaper & Protector), Royal Air Force
Colonel Eric C. Rannow
Military Deputy, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Aviation & Missile Center
Colonel Mathieu Bernabe
Head of Cross Ministerial Aviation Security Mission, Secretariat General De La Defense Et De La Securite Nationale
Colonel Stefano Bianca
Deputy Commander, NAGSF
Dr Ivan Petrunin
Lecturer in Digital Signal Processing for Autonomous Systems, Cranfield University
Dr Min-Guk Seo
Research Fellow in Autonomous Systems, Cranfield University
Group Captain Jason Lind
Director ISREW & Space , Royal Australian Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel Ralf Kleindienst
Programme Director , Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw)
Major General Dre Kraak
Special Assistant COM AIRCOM, NATO AIRCOM
Mr Alex Tucker
Defence Advisor, Leonardo Helicopters UK
Mr Bill Haraka
Business Development Manager, Robin Radar Systems BV
Mr Bjorn-Kenneth Nilssen
Senior Product Expert - FACNAV, Teleplan Globe AS
Mr Bogdan Horvat
Executive Officer NAGSMA, NATO Allied Ground Surveillance Management Agency
Mr Hubertus Von Janecek
Member of the Executive Board, Mynaric AG
Mr Mark McKeeman
Director Remotely Piloted Air System Project, Transport Canada Air Services Directorate
Mr Paul Taylor
Director of Business Development, Enterprise Control Systems Ltd
Mr Rick Stone
Senior Business Development Manager, Black Diamond Advanced Technology
Mr Rob Jackson
Lead Engineer, General Atomics
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2019 PRELIMINARY ATTENDEE LIST
An Interview with Group Captain Jason Lind, Director ISREW & Space AFHQ, Royal Australian Air Force
2019 UAV Technology brochure
An Interview with Commander Jamie Sayer, Royal Navy
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Past attendee Infographic breakdown
Chairman Letter
An Interview with sponsor Mynaric AG
Past Attendee List by Organisation
How will UAV Technology 2019 differ from a trade show?
UAV Technology advert and featured speakers
Enterprise Control Systems Ltd
http://www.enterprisecontrol.co.uk
Enterprise Control Systems Ltd, a UK specialist RF design and manufacturing company supports security, police and military users in over 40 countries. ECS provides the latest capability in secure data links for full motion HD video transmission from air and ground platforms. ECS also provides counter IED RF inhibition systems for military and police users in a number of nations. Most recently working in conjunction with 2 other UK companies ECS has produced the first fully integrated Anti-UAV Defence System (AUDS) available in the market to counter the ever increasing threat posed by commercial UAVs. Further C-UAS capability is being developed to launch later this year.
Fizoptika
http://www.fizoptika.com
Fizoptika fiber optic gyroscopes (FOGs) are used all over the world as embedded devices by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) or as stand-alone sensors for testing and measurement to provide critical monitoring, feedback and control input. Our innovative technologies enable the customers to enhance their overall system performance by significantly reducing the size and weight of their products as well as manufacturing costs. Originally established in 1989, Fizoptika now operates a production facility of over 3000 m2 in Malta (EU), providing a complete service for international customers – manufacturing, customer tailoring, specific testing and warranty support. Fizoptika is proud to produce the world’s smallest 18-gram high precision FOG for manned and unmanned vehicle navigation, pipe-mapping, north-finding, night vision, thermal imaging, aircraft-mounted gimbaled cameras, etc. Based on the exceptional spliceless 40µ optical fiber platform Fizoptika gyroscopes feature outstanding 10-yr MTBF reliability and 1 200g shock endurance. They operate from -60°C to +125°C without sacrificing performance.
GMRE Inc
http://www.bdatech.com
Black Diamond Advanced Technology (BDATech) is a Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in Chandler, AZ and a demonstrated leader in the tactical computing and communication systems industry. Our focus is on the Dismounted Operator and providing them with innovative, trusted technology to ensure mission success. We specialize in creating customized hub systems that are engineered to withstand any environment and control a variety of missions. Because when it matters most you want something Built. Tested. Proven.
http://www.leonardocompany.com
Leonardo is a world player in Helicopters, Aeronautics, Electronics, Defence & Security Systems. From advanced components to fully integrated systems and platforms, Leonardo masters the full cycle of development of rotary and fixed wing platforms and of sensors and effectors to deliver a full range of proprietary solutions and managed services. With field-proven tactical fixed wing and rotary wing UAS, optionally piloted helicopters, a complete range of sensors, Leonardo is at the forefront of autonomous flight.
Mynaric
https://mynaric.com/
Mynaric is the leading manufacturer of high-speed and data secure wireless laser communication products and services to interconnect satellites, UAVs, aircraft or high-altitude platforms with each other or with the ground. Our space, air and ground terminals are serially produced ensuring reduced costs and allowing for large scale deployment with short lead times.
Robin Radar Systems
https://www.robinradar.com/
We are Robin Radar Systems. Technology leader in tracking and classification of small objects. At Robin Radar Systems, we’ve specialised in detecting and tracking small objects for 33 years. Birds actually. And even though we started with tracking birds, we validated our data with drones, in order to prove our radar tracking accuracy. So we’re in a unique position, with a wealth of experience, to detect, track, and classify (read separate) birds from drones. Drone detection radar: ELVIRA® covers a full 360 degrees and comes with a standard instrumented range of five kilometres. ELVIRA® provides unlimited coverage by combining multiple radar devices into an integrated sensor network. The output from multiple radars is incorporated into one unambiguous picture, meaning a single drone causes a single alarm. Bird radar: Our range of bird radars track the exact flight paths of both flocks and individual birds up to 10 kilometres. They automatically detect and log hundreds of birds simultaneously, including their size, speed, direction and flight path. With our avian radars, you'll be tracking in real-time, 24/7, all around your airport. You’ll have all the information you need to mitigate bird strikes, and even intervene, when necessary.
https://schiebel.net/
Founded in 1951, the Vienna-based Schiebel Group focuses on the development, testing and production of state-of-the-art mine detection equipment and the VTOL CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS). Schiebel has built an international reputation for producing quality defense and humanitarian products, which are backed by exceptional after-sales service and support. All products are quality controlled to meet ISO 9001 standards. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria, Schiebel maintains production facilities in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, and Abu Dhabi, UAE, as well as offices in Washington, DC, USA, and Shoalhaven, Australia.
Teleplan Globe
http://www.teleplanglobe.no/
Teleplan Globe delivers software products for defense, police and homeland security. FACNAV, our Multirole Battlespace Support (BMS) system suite, is selected by several nations as their main tactical toolkit. FACNAV follows the Joint Fire Support Coordinated Implementation Change Control Board (JFS CI CCB) recommendations and supporting Digital Aided Close Air Support (DACAS) and Digital Aided Fire Support (DAFS). Latest development includes an integrated ISR Module focused on Sensor integration and further exploitation of collected and shared data for further Targeting purposes. FACNAV as a suite, is multi-platform deployable, supporting Windows and Android. FACNAV (on Window) is a multirole configurable BMS, supporting HQ and Ground Troops requirements. With constant focus on SWaP (Size, Weight and Power) and Cost, FACNAV Mobile (Android) meets operational requirements for the “flexible and lightweight”. FACNAV application suite supports your tactical and operational needs, now! FACNAV – FIRST ON TARGET
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
http://www.ga-asi.com
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), an affiliate of General Atomics, is a leading designer and manufacturer of proven, reliable Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems, including the Predator®, Reaper® and Gray Eagle UAS programs of record and the Lynx® Multi-mode Radar. Celebrating over 25 years of aviation innovation, GA-ASI provides long-endurance, multi-mission capable aircraft with integrated sensor and data link systems required to deliver persistent flight, enabling situational awareness and rapid strike. The company also produces a variety of ground control stations and sensor control/image analysis software, offers pilot training and support services, and develops meta-material antennas. For more information, visit www.ga-asi.com
https://www.geospatialworld.net/
Geospatial World is the most recognizable voice of geospatial community. Our website has more than 1,25,000 visitors per month from more than 150 countries. We also have 60,000+ active social media followers. Our subscriber base is growing at a rapid pace and an uncompromising focus on quality content and providing new technology insights has always been our utmost priority. All readers have to do is go on the top of our website and click on the specific page of their choice. They get content of their interest instead of wasting time on searches. We also bring out a bi-monthly magazine by the same name. You may take a look at some of the older editions here.
Infodron
http://www.infodron.es/
The first media with added value that has specialized in Autonomous Systems, RPAS and drones for professional applications, either for civil or military uses. Infodron is the official media of UNVEX, the largest RPAS professional meeting.
Unmanned Systems Technology Magazine
http://www.ust-media.com
Unmanned Systems Technology magazine is focused entirely on the innovative engineering that's successfully pushing boundaries on land, in the air, at sea and even through the universe. Published bi-monthly, UST provides independent coverage of the engineering at the heart of unmanned vehicles. Subscribe today!
Warfare Today
http://www.warfare.today/
Warfare.Today is an online magazine devoted to current military operations and development, technology, defence news and security analysis. We draw on a massive range of sources to deliver holistic reporting across the defence sector, but with a primary bias towards the UK Armed Forces.
Counter-IED
http://counteriedreport.com/
The Counter-IED Report is a specialist publication, which serves as an information source to communicate the latest developments in the fight against the IED threat. The aim of the report is to identify technological advances as well as strategies and tactics for reducing successful IED manufacture and placement. For more information please visit website: www.counteriedreport.com
The UAV Digest
http://www.theuavdigest.com/
The UAV Digest is a weekly audio program devoted to unmanned aerial vehicles and systems. Each episode features a discussion of the latest industry developments and trends for both commercial and recreational uses of drones: • Regulatory developments • Research and development activity • Drone technology advancements • Emerging applications for unmanned aircraft • Integration into the manned airspace The UAV Digest examines the expanding applications for UAS, including: precision agriculture, photography and videography, structure inspection, search and rescue, first response, law enforcement, package delivery, mapping and surveying, oil and gas, and many others. The UAV Digest is targeted to an international audience of: • Commercial drone operators • Entrepreneurs looking to enter the industry • Serious UAV enthusiasts • Educators and students • Aircraft, component, and software suppliers • Manned aircraft pilots • Builders and hobbyists • Other stakeholders in this growing industry The UAV Digest thirty-minute, on-demand podcast made its debut in 2013, and was created by David Vanderhoof and Max Flight from the popular and highly regarded Airplane Geeks podcast. To listen, visit theUAVdigest.com, or subscribe in iTunes, Google Play, or through your iOS or Android podcast app.
Defense Express
http://www.defense-ua.com
Limited Liability Company “DEFENSE EXPRESS MEDIA AND CONSULTING” highlights events in security, defense and military cooperation areas. Regular information products of the company: - Daily News Wire and Analysis on http://www.defense-ua.com; - Weekly newsletter “Ukrainian Defense Survey”; - “DEFENSE EXPRESS” Magazine; - “Ukrainian Defense Review” Magazine (in English); - Book series “Weapons of Ukraine”. Company also provides advice and assistance based on deep analytical skills and knowledge of the conditions and characteristics of Ukrainian military market to companies, government bodies and intermediaries in the implementation of their strategy, relating to finding new partners and interests promoting.
GeoConnexion
http://www.geoconnexion.com
GeoConnexion International and GeoConnexion UK bring you the latest news and stories plus reports from geotechnology industries in UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America and Asia. Coverage of topics such as 3D Visualisation, Remote Sensing, LiDAR, Cloud, Mobile Mapping, Navigation with emphases on healthcare, public safety, retail, the environment, utilities, surveying, LBS, transport/ logistics, telecommunications and more. Subscribe to GeoConnexion magazines and sign up for free GeoConnexion Newsletters: visit GeoConnexion.com Tel: +44 1223 279151; Email: info@geoconnexion.com
Drone Nodes
http://www.dronenodes.com
Drone Nodes is online communication platform that brings together experts in drone research, start-ups, business, and education from across the globe.Through our website, you'll read up on the technology we're following both through professional as well as recreational means. It's quite an exciting market to watch over much as the personal computer has been in the past century!
Unmanned Systems Technology (UST)
http://www.unmannedsystemstechnology.com/
Unmanned Systems Technology (UST) is dedicated to technology and innovation within unmanned air, land, sea and space systems. UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com provides insight into new products, technologies and suppliers within the unmanned systems sector. Unmanned Systems Technology magazine is a technical publication that delves into the science and engineering of unmanned systems.
Defense Conferences
https://marketanalysis.com
Market Research Media Ltd, a leading market research firm, provides comprehensive market research reports and forecasts to assist governmental and corporate decision makers understand the dynamics of world’s technology markets. Fortune 500 companies, US Congress and EU government bodies rely on our strategic insights.
ArmedForces.co.uk
http://www.armedforces.co.uk
The DEFENCE SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY is an authoritative online information resource for all defence purchasers. This comprehensive listing of Defence Suppliers has enabled thousands of purchasing professionals to find exactly what they are looking for - in seconds. THE DEFENCE SUPPLIERS DIRECTORY provides a total overview of all the UK's Armed Forces - with a wealth of valuable information about the organisation and structure of the UK's Defence Services, as well as useful facts about developments in the UK Defence Industry Contact us: defenceenquiries@armedforces.co.uk Tel: 01743 241962 website: www.armedforces.co.uk
Hispaviación
http://www.hispaviacionrpas.com
Hispaviación is an aeronautical online journal focused on technical and specialized contents. Contents created by our editorial team get together with those written by aviation industry professionals, such as COMMERCIAL, MILITARY, RPAs and SPACE industries, also including aircraft operators; MROs and service providers; manufacturers; military; purchasing departments; and public operators and institutions.
21st Century Asian Arms Race
https://21stcenturyasianarmsrace.com/
21st Century Asian Arms Race (21AAR) is an online resource for conflict and security related information specific to Eurasia. 21AAR's editorial style and open source approach to gathering public intelligence ensures a unique and independent presentation of events in real-time.
SecurityClearedJobs.com
http://www.SecurityClearedJobs.com
SecurityClearedJobs.com is an on-line job board designed and marketed to attract candidates who work within Defence, Government and Nuclear sectors. We advertise 1000’s of job opportunities both on a Permanent and Contract basis covering opportunities within all industry sectors. Visit our site www.SecurityClearedJobs.com to search for your next job opportunity.
SEGURANÇA & DEFESA
http://www.segurancaedefesa.com/
SEGURANÇA & DEFESA (“Security & Defense”), the recognized leader among South American defense magazines. In the market for 29 years, its staff includes the best experts in the field. Sold on newstands and by subscriptions, it is sent free of charge to key names and addresses in the defense sector.
My Dear Drone
https://mydeardrone.com/
Are you a UAV Fan? MyDearDrone is perfect for you because it's a free, original and best community to learn everything from news, reviews, guides and much more about drone and it's technology. So come and experience the Quadcopter (UAV) world with us.
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4951 - MYSTIC BRAVES - THE GREAT UNKNOWN - (LP)
Mystic Braves' fourth studio album, made entirely at Lolipop HQ. A new step for the band sonically, a more mature sound sparking from their jangly 60's psychedelic pop roots.
TRACKLISTING: 01. Under Control 02. Shades Of Grey 03. Perfect Person 04. Point Of View 05. Can't Have Love 06. Are You Gonna Be There 07. Manon Of Spring 08. What Went Wrong 09. The Great Unknown 10. Back To The Dark 11. Green Street 12. Run Out Of Time
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4952 - MYSTICA TRIBE - DJ SOTOFETT'S DUB ASH MIXES - (12")
SOLAR PHENOMENA
TRACKLISTING: 01. Ash Of Dub Mix 02. Dub Lawn Dub 03. Dub'right Mix
4953 - MYSTICAL COMMUNICATION SERVICE - THE FIERCE PEOPLE - (LP)
BOHEMIAN DRIPS
4954 - MYSTREATED, THE - (WHAT'S IN) YOUR MIND TODAY - (7")
Format: 7"
4955 - MYSTREATED, THE - CONTRASTS - (7")
4956 - MYTERI - MYTERI - (LP)
ALERTA ANTIFASCISTA
Repress of the first LP by MYTERI from Sweden. - " Myteris debut full-length album is a sprawling and unforgiving opera of darkened heavy punk that draws much influence from legendary crust bands like Amebix, Antisect, Anticimex and Totalitar, and from head-on collision-like d-beat bands like Wolfpack, Doom and Disfear. But the real genetics of the band lie mostly in epic Spanish crust like Cop On Fire, Ictus, Ekkaia, and emo-crust in the vein of Remains of the Day etc., where the punk assault can be real, incumbent and heavy as fuck, but eerie melodies mostly coming from the guitars can also make the songs more luminous and atmospheric. In any case, this is a prime example of amazing melodic heavy crust - if you like Tragedy, this shit will clamp on to your soul and not let you go ever again." CVLT Nation
4957 - MYTHEN IN TUTEN - DIE NEUE KOLLEKTION - (CD)
SIREENA
Mythen in Tuten came from Hannover, where the band around the charismatic singer Emilio Winschetti was established in 1979. Also Lutz Worat (keyboards), Ingo Erlhoff (saxophone) and Rudiger Klose (drums) formed the core of the band. The group operated music with the term Meta-Schlager and thus became one of the pioneers of commercial NDW. The debut single "Lady Di" was released on NO FUN Records in 1981. A short time later followed the debut album "DIE NEUE KOLLEKTION" (released on No Fun Records, too). A collection of fine popsongs, the group plays carefree at great ease and offers some amazing arrangements. Now this wonderful sound document appears for the very first time on cd. As a bonus we added the band's 7" singles. Pure listening enjoyment.
TRACKLISTING: 01. Die Neue Kollektion 02. Hochkant 03. Suedstadt-spatz 04. Fotoapparat 05. Schoene Schuhe 06. Maezen 07. Sansibar 08. Herbst 09. Tortellini 10. Geruchssinn 11. 12 Finger 12. Doppelgaenger 13. Digital 14. Zeitsprung 15. Ich Glaube Dir Alles 16. Lady Di 17. Sansibar 18. Nuesse 19. Liebe Im Funkhaus 20. Das Erste Mal
4958 - MYTHOS - GRAND PRIX - (CD)
From 1980 MYTHOS was only Stephan Kaske, only guest musicians found their way into his own Mythos studio. In this studio "Grand Prix" was recorded in 1981, a completely harmonious blend of groove, analog synthie work and Krautrock. Similar to the former combatants Tangerine Dream or Klaus Schulze, Kaske had found his way. A successful way until today. "Grand Prix" appeared on the Hamburg label Sky Records.On this first release on CD, two bonus tracks are included, that Kaske found in his archive. A listening pleasure!
TRACKLISTING: 01. Grand Prix 4:13 02. Transamazonica 3:47 03. Transatlantik Non-stop 3:24 04. Video 5:11 05. Jet Set 5:20 06. Bermuda Dreieck 3:58 07. Robot Secret Agents 2:56 08. Mayday 3:50 09. Rockwrts 6:20 10. Mellotron Mystique 4:53
4959 - MYTHOS - QUASAR - (CD)
All of the 30 MYTHOS �albums from 1972 to today are "long-seller." They are of timeless quality and� re-pressed again and again. Except of the two Sky Records LP's of 1980 and 1981! Only these two albums haven't �been set up� again - UNTIL NOW ....Finally Sireena Records reissues�"Quasar" for the first time on CD, responding to the request of many fans of MYTHOS. The second SKY record "Grand Prix" will be published later this year for the first time on CD.From 1980 MYTHOS was only Stephan Kaske,�only guest musicians found their way into his own Mythos studio.In this studio "QUASAR" was recorded in 1980, a completely harmonious blend of groove, analog synthie work and Krautrock.� Similar to the former combatants Tangerine Dream or Klaus Schulze, Kaske had found his way.� A successful way until today. "Quasar" appeared on the Hamburg label Sky Records by Gunther Korber, that fit!On this first release on CD, a bonus track is included, containing excerpts from the soundtracks of Stephan Kaske and was edited into a collage.� A listening pleasure
TRACKLISTING: 01. Quasar 4:28 02. Nurse Robot 3:22 03. Flut-e-quencer: The Knight A. Duel 2:21 04. B. Lamentation 4:03 05. C. Conjuration 1:26 06. D. Rebirth 1:37 07. Flut-e-sizer 3:31 08. Didnt Notice, Didnt Mind 3:23 09. Nothing But Your Dream 3:19 10. Just A Part 3:31 11. When The Shows Just Begun 3:26 12. Collected Jingles & Theme Songs 9:58
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4960 - MYTHOS - SUPERKRAUT-LIVE AT STAGGE'S HOTEL - (CD)
The Live at Stagges Hotel series goes on!The only live document of the Krautrock pioneers from West Berlin. The career of MYTHOS been similar to that of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze, also from West Berlin. They also began working as a rock band in the line up of guitar, drums, bass, keyboards and vocals. Even as they released their first record on the cult label OHR, and they later switched from rock to Elektronic music. After 1979, mastermind Stephan Kaske continued working as a soloist under the name of MYTHOS and is even today still successful with his synthesizers on the road.At the gig in Stagge's Hotel in Osterholz-Scharmbeck near Bremen in March 1976 MYTHOS was still fully in the Krautrock element. The songs of the then fresh album "Dreamlab" formed the foundation, plus additional titles that should never make it to one of the studio albums. They can be heard here for the very first time. Stephan Kaske was even amazed when he learned of the existence of the tape recordings, but agreed after careful listening with a publication. A truly wise decision! So it is Sireena Records again succeeded in compiling a CD that documents the great pleasure of MYTHOS playing in front of an audience. A historically important musical discovery.
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4961 - MYTHOS - SURROUND SOUND EVOLUTION - (CD)
Finally, about 4 years after publishing the ,Surround Sound Offensive" in Autumn 2008, here comes the long waited sequel. In fact it was planned and promised to all the fans of surround sound to produce a whole series of such kind of album.,Evolution" picks up the successful musical and technical recipe of the ,Offensive" which made it a standard amongst surround- and high tech fans worldwide. Especially due to the optimal matching to the Dolby Pro Logic 5.1 Standard T, according to which more than 90% of the surround sound systems are working.Thus international HiFi-Shops and electronic-chains ordered copies of ,Offensive" for their shops in order to show their clients the ability of their equipment. But it is also to the benefit of conventional HiFi-systems as the MYTHOS surrounds of course are completely stereo compatible.
TRACKLISTING: 01. Surround Sound Passion 02. Roots And Rocks 03. Mythosiaka 04. Heart Of The Action 05. Jinba Ittai 06. Perpetuum Mythos 07. Filtersequencewahflute 08. Free Panda! Part-1 Caged 09. Free Panda! Part-2 The Liberation 10. Mythospace
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4962 - MYTON, CEDRIC - ONE NATION - (12")
TRACKLISTING: 01. One Nation 02. Dub Nation 03. Rastaman 04. Spiritual Dub
4963 - MYXOMA - DON'T RUN AWAY - (12")
TRACKLISTING: 01. Don't Runaway 02. Don't Runaway (instrumental) 03. Don't Runaway (flemming Dalum Remix) 04. Don't Runaway (ali Renault Remix)
4964 - METROPOLE ORCHESTRA STRINGS & RHYTHM / NOORDIJK, PIET - SWINGING WITH STRINGS (DVD+CD) - (DVD)
JAZZ 'N PULZ
4965 - MOZDZER, LESZEK / NORRIS, WALTER - THE LAST SET (LIVE AT THE A-TRANE) - (CD)
ACT MUSIC
4966 - MA / NORDIC VOICES / NORWEGIAN WIND ENSEMBLE - THE MISSION - (CD)
LAWO CLASSICS
Item # : 531541 NEW
4967 - HORN, PETER / MELITA, ANDREJ / OST - BURG SCHRECKENSTEIN 2 - (CD)
MILLAPHON RECORDS
4968 - GEYN, HEIN VAN DE / / MALACH, B. / PADUART, IVAN - BELGIAN SUITES - (CD)
A-RECORDS
4969 - COSSOTTO / MAAZEL / PASTORI - I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI - (CD)
4970 - MANOLOV / PHILHARMONIA BULGARICA - CONCERTEN FESTIVAL W.A. MOZART - (CD)
4971 - FOX, SARAH / MAAZEL, / PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA - SYMPHONIES NOS.4-6 - (CD)
SIGNUM CLASSICS
4972 - MATTHEWS, / PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA AND VOICES - MAHLER: SYMPHONY NOS. 1, 2 & 3 - (CD)
4973 - MILLETT, ROBERT / MORRIS, GREG / PRYCE, SALLY - A FESTIVAL OF PSALMS - (CD)
4974 - MEZCLA / ROS - CANTOS - (CD)
4975 - MATANGI Q. FT. HEIN VAN DE GEYN / ROUSSEAU, RALPH - CHANSONS D'AMOUR - (CD)
CHALLENGE CLASS
4976 - INNVIER / MILTON, NICHOLAS / SCHORN, MATTHIAS - CLARINET CONCERTO / CLARINET QUINTE - (CD)
Release date: 30-11--0001
4977 - MARIANNE / SHIRINYAN - PIANO CONCERTOS NO.12 K.414 / NO.23 - (CD)
4978 - MCNEELY, JIM / SILL, KELLY / SPENCER, JOEL - BONEYARD - (CD)
ORIGIN RECORDS
4979 - GISLER / HAMMER / MCCASLIN / SOSKIN - ONE - (CD)
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Transparency International PNG (TIPNG) strongly condemns the lack of transparency and adherence to proper process in the 2017 National Election. There is a strong public perception that our democracy is being challenged by vested interests, acting with apparent impunity, and this appears to have heightened during the process of election.
This election Papua New Guinea witnessed double declarations plus questionable declarations in a number of seats indicating a level of undue influence on Returning Officers. This is disheartening and completely unacceptable to the vast majority of our people who believe in good and fair actions, transparency and democratic processes.
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SIZE-CONSCIOUS HOSE CLAMP
An open-type hose clamp which comprises a plastically deformable "Oetiker" ear as tightening device that requires a predetermined minimum plastic deformation for desired operation. Proper operation of the "Oetiker" ear is assured by a lost motion connection. The lost motion connection which also forms the mechanical connection between overlapping band portions (11a, 11b) includes at least one outwardly extending member (131) extending outwardly from the inner band portion and adapted to engage in a corresponding aperture (135) in the outer band portion, whereby the mechanical connection is such as to prevent use of an undersize clamp with a given hose and to assure a lock up of the mechanical connection upon engagement of the outwardly extending member in the aperture during tightening of the clamp.
CRAIG, Paul, M., Jr. (207 Quaint Acres Drive, Silver Spring, MD, 20904, US)
EP2008/000023
HANS OETIKER AG MASCHINEN- UND APPARATEFABRIK (Oberdorfstrasse 21, Horgen, CH-8812, CH)
F16L33/025
STREHL, SCHÜBEL-HOPF & PARTNER (Maximilianstrasse 54, München, D-80538, DE)
1. An open-type hose clamp, comprising clamping band means having overlapping inner and outer band portions, a hook member extending outwardly from the inner band portion and adapted to engage in an aperture means in the outer band portion, and means in said mechanical connection for accurately limiting the use of the clamp with a hose of predetermined maximum diametric dimension.
2. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 1, wherein said hook member has thickness and width dimensions, and wherein said means includes a slot-like aperture portion in said aperture means of dimensions corresponding to but slightly larger than those of the hook member to enable said hook member to slide into said slot-like aperture portion and thereby determine precisely the maximum diametric clamp dimension at which the clamp can be installed over a hose.
3. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 2, wherein the clamp includes a plastically deformable ear as tightening device which requires a predetermined amount of plastic deformation for proper operation, and further means in said connection enabling said predetermined plastic deformation of the ear under all conditions in which said clamp can be installed over a hose.
4. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 3, wherein said further means includes a lost-motion means during which plastic deformation of the ear is substantially without reduction of the diametric dimension of the clamp.
5. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 4, wherein the required length of lost motion to achieve the predetermined plastic deformation substantially corresponds to the amount of contraction of the ear required for that purpose.
6. An open-tyOpe hose clamp according to claim 5, wherein said lost-motion means includes an aperture portion in communication with said slot-like aperture and having a length in the circumferential direction of the clamp corresponding substantially to the length of required lost motion.
7. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 6, wherein said connection includes means for positively locking the mechanical connection against inadvertent reopening during tightening of the clamp.
8. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 7, wherein said means for positively locking the mechanical connection is operable to lock up the mechanical connection during substantially the entire tightening operation of the clamp.
9. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 7, in which said aperture means includes, in addition to said slot-like aperture, an aperture portion narrower than said slot-like aperture for engagement with lateral cutout portions in the hook member in the area thereof where the hook member is bent out of the inner band portion.
10. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 9, wherein said slot-like aperture and said narrower aperture portion are connected by way of converging surface portions .
11. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 10, wherein said converging surface portions pass over into the slot-like aperture and into the narrower aperture portion by way of rounded-off surface portions.
12. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 1, wherein said connection includes means for positively locking the mechanical connection against inadvertent reopening during tightening of the clamp.
13. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 12, in which said aperture means includes, in addition to said slot- like aperture portion, an aperture portion narrower than said slot-like aperture for engagement with lateral cutout portions in the hook member in the area thereof directly adjacent to where the hook member is bent out of the inner band portion.
14. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 13, wherein said slot-like aperture and said narrower aperture portion are connected by way of converging surface portions.
15. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 14, wherein said converging surface portions pass over into the slot-like aperture portion and into the narrower aperture portion by way of rounded-off surface portions.
16. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 14, wherein the angle of said converging portions with the longitudinal direction of the clamping band is from about 30° to about 65° .
17. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 16, wherein said angle is between about 55° to about 35°.
18. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 13, wherein the width of the cutout portions is at least about 1.15 times the thickness of the band material.
19. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 18, wherein the cutout portions are provided in the two lateral areas of the hook member, and wherein the cutout portions, which are of substantially the same depth, leave a hook member portion of reduced width.
20. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 19, wherein the reduced width portion of the hook member is at least about 50% of the normal width of the hook member.
21. An open-type hose clamp according to claim 20, wherein said reduced width portion is from about 50% to about 70% of the normal width of the hook member.
The present invention relates to hose clamps with so- called "Oetiker" plastically deformable ears as tightening devices which assure adequate plastic deformation of the ear under all conditions. Additionally, the present invention relates to hose clamps of the open type in which the mechanical connection between overlapping band portions is effectively locked up during installation of the clamp.
Hose clamps with plastically deformed ear-like tightening devices known in the trade as so-called "Oetiker" ears have proved immensely successful and have been used in clamps commercially sold in the hundreds of millions. The success of the "Oetiker" ear is attributable to the holding ability of a clamp provided with such a tightening device as well as to the automatic compensation for aging and/or fluctuations in pressure and/or temperature of the fluid carried by the hose with which the clamp is used. However, these extraordinarily favorable operating characteristics are attainable only if the "Oetiker" ear is plastically deformed a sufficient amount by contraction of the ear so as to change the more or less rectangular hat-shaped configuration of the original "Oetiker" ear into an approximately omega-shaped configuration with a smoothly rounded external shape causing the corners of the hat- shaped configuration to disappear completely. To achieve the desired plastic deformation of the "Oetiker" ear, it is therefore necessary that the same be contracted a sufficient amount. U.S. Patent 2,614,304 to Oetiker illustrates the desired plastic deformation in Figures 2 and 3 thereof. However, it is quite apparent that this necessary contraction of the "Oetiker" ear to achieve the
desired plastic deformation is possibly only if the size of the clamp is such that there is sufficient play between the maximum diametric dimension of the clamp in the non-tightened condition and the external hose dimension, illustrated also in Figure 2 of the λ 304 Patent. On the other hand, if maximum the size of the clamp in the non-tightened condition is such that it just barely fits over the hose, adequate contraction of the "Oetiker" ear seeking to reduce its diametric dimension is no longer possible. It may then happen that insufficient plastic deformation of the "Oetiker" ear will cause inadequate holding of the clamp.
My prior U.S. Application Serial No. 10/392,952, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference, already addressed this problem and suggested a lost-motion connection between overlapping band portions to permit pllTstic deformation of the "Oetiker" ear sufficient to achieve the desired plastic deformation without reduction of the diametric dimension of the clamp during contraction of the ear. The maximum outer diametric dimension of a hose with which a clamp can be used has been normally determined by the mechanical connection between overlapping band portions . However, as the mechanical connection of a clamp according to my aforementioned prior U.S. patent application included a lost-motion arrangement, it no longer could function as the means for determining the maximum diametric dimension of the hose with which the clamp could be used and thus required a shift of this function to some guide members that had to be added and located in the clamp with sufficient accuracy to achieve the intended function. In contrast to the solution of my aforementioned prior U.S. patent application, the present invention solves the problem without such additional guide members, concentrating the solution to all problems in a
mechanical connection according to this invention that can be readily incorporated into existing mass production techniques for such clamps by merely changing the design of the cutting dies . In the case of so-called open-type hose clamps which utilized so-called guide hook members as disclosed, for example, in U.S. Patent 3,321,811 to Thomas, there always existed the danger of reopening of the connection during the installation. The hook members as disclosed in the Thomas patent were thereby bent out of the band material through an angle α less than 90° which was intended to prevent normally reopening of the connection. However, as these hook members offered relatively little resistance to a further bending back by the circumferential forces that were exerted on the same during tightening of the clamp, connections with these hook members posed the inherent danger of reopening, for example, when these hook members were bent back through an angle of 90° or more. Any lost-motion connections utilizing such a hook member would thus be prone to the same problem. As is well known in the art, clamps come in different sizes intended to cover predetermined ranges of diametric dimensions of the hose. The use of an improper clamp size on r the assembly line which would preclude sufficient plastic deformation, is unlikely because the clamp sizes are normally carefully chosen for mass production. Additionally the installer would be made aware of the improper size by the likely destruction of the "Oetiker" ear with the use of pneumatically operated tightening tools that would destroy the "Oetiker" ear if it cannot be contracted because of the undersize of the clamp for a given hose.
The present invention also solves this problem by extremely simple means that prevent the installation of the
clamp over a hose size that is too large in its diametric dimension for proper plastic deformation of the "Oetiker" ear.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a hose clamp which avoids the aforementioned problems by simple and reliable means .
Another object of the present invention resides in an open-type hose clamp which precludes the installation of an undersized clamp over an excessively large-sized hose.
Still a further object of the present invention resides in a hose clamp with a mechanical connection including a so-called guide hook member which assures proper lock-up of the mechanical connection during the entire tightening operation.
The present invention solves the aforementioned problems in a reliable manner by utilizing a mechanical connection between overlapping band portions that includes a modified hook member as well as a modified aperture in which the hook member is adapted to engage, whereby the hook member and aperture are so constructed that they serve as lost-motion arrangement and at the same time as lock-up means for the mechanical connection. This is achieved by an aperture having two aperture portions of different width connected by way of converging aperture portions and by a hook member provided with cutouts of such dimensions that the hook member can slide from the wider aperture portion into the narrower aperture portion owing to the presence of the cutouts on both sides of the hook member .
These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing which shows, for purposes of illustration only, one
embodiment in accordance with the present invention, and wherein:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a prior art open-type hose clamp as disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,299,012, whose prior art mechanical connection as shown in Figures 2 and 3 of the
Patent only needs to be modified in accordance with the present invention as shown in Figures 5-7 of this application;
Figure 2 is a partial, somewhat schematic plan view on an enlarged scale on the inner band portion of the prior art connection used heretofore in the prior art clamp of Figure 1 herein which is provided with a rectangular guide hook for the mechanical connection of the clamp;
Figure 3 is a somewhat schematic partial plan view on an enlarged scale on the outer band portion of the prior art mechanical connection of the clamp of Figure 1 herein which is provided with a rectangular aperture for the guide hook;
Figure 4 is a somewhat schematic cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of Figure 2;
Figure 5 is a somewhat schematic partial plan view, on an enlarged scale similar to Figure 2, on the guide member of the mechanical connection in accordance with the present invention provided in the inner band portion;
Figure 6 is a somewhat schematic partial plan view, on an enlarged scale similar to Figure 3, and illustrating the aperture for the guide hook in the mechanical connection according to the present invention; and
Figure 7 is a somewhat schematic elevational view on an enlarged scale of the guide hook in accordance with the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Referring now to the drawing, wherein like reference numerals are used throughout the various views to designate like parts, the prior art clamp of Figure 1, as described in
U.S. Patent 4,299,012 includes a clamping band 11 with outer and inner overlapping band portions 11a and lib and with a plastically deformable ear generally designated by reference numeral 13 and known in the trade as "Oetiker" ear named after its inventor. The "Oetiker" ear is of generally hat-shaped rectangular configuration in its original condition formed by leg members 14 and 15 interconnected by a bridging portion 16 that preferably includes a reinforcing means 17 which may be of any known configuration, for example, as shown in the λ 012 Patent, in the U. S. Patent 5,305,499 or in the U.S. Patent 6,243,924. To assure an internal clamping surface devoid of any steps, gaps or discontinuities, especially at the end of the inner band portion lib, the prior art clamp of Figure 1 further includes a means to avoid such steps, gaps and discontinuities that includes a tongue-like extension 61 at the end of the inner band portion lib adapted to extend through an opening provided in the step-like portion 67, all as more fully described in the U.S. Patent 4,299,012. The mechanical connection of this prior art clamp, illustrated also in Figures 2-4 of this application, includes a rectangularly shaped guide hook member 31 extending outwardly from the inner band portion lib and adapted to engage in a rectangular aperture 35 in the outer band portion 11a as more fully shown also in Figure 4 of this patent. The prior art guide hook member 31 is thereby obtained by a cut in the clamping band material of the inner band portion lib involving three sides of a rectangle as shown in Figures 2 and 3 herein to be bent outwardly about the axis x-x also shown in Figure 2 herein through an angle less than 90°. As the hook member 31 is extended through the aperture 35, the angle α of less than 90° normally prevents the outer band portion 11a from escaping outwardly during installation owing to any residual stress which is left in the clamping band as a
result of the predeformation into approximately circular shape. In other words, the outer clamping band portion 11a has an inherent tendency to return to its prior flat shape which would cause the mechanical connection to reopen, especially if the guide member 31 is bent back through an angle approaching or greater than 90°. In other words the likelihood of re-opening is increased if the guide hook member is further bent back.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, as illustrated in Figures 5-7 of this application, in which similar reference numerals of the 100 series are used, the reopening is prevented in a simple, reliable manner by changing the prior art rectangular aperture 35 (Figure 3) into a modified aperture generally designated by reference numeral 135 (Figure 6) of more complex shape. The guide hook member generally designated by reference numeral 131 (Figures 5 and 7) is also modified accordingly as will be described more fully hereinafter.
More specifically, the aperture 135 includes a first slot- shaped aperture part 121 having dimensions slightly grater than those of the hook-like member 131, i.e., a width di and thickness I 1 greater than the width and thickness of the hook- like member 131 so as to be able to slide the hook member 131 into the slot-like aperture part 121. The slot-like aperture part 121 is adjoined by a second aperture part 122 that gradually narrows in the longitudinal direction and is defined by converging surfaces 122a and 122b terminating in a relatively narrower and longer aperture part 123 extending in the longitudinal direction of the clamping band. The converging parts 122a and 122b may be of continuously curved configuration or may be linear preferably passing over into the aperture parts 121 and 123 by rounded-off curvatures of relatively small radius in order to facilitate sliding movement
of the hook-like guide member 131 in the longitudinal direction of the clamp. The angle of convergence of surfaces 122a and 122b can be suitably chosen depending on the type and width of the band material, on the size of the width of the hook member 131 which in turn depends to some extent on the width of the clamping band material. The converging surfaces 122a and 122b may thereby form an angle with the longitudinal direction of the clamping band material from about 55° to about 35°, preferably 40 to 50°. The length and angle of the converging surfaces 122a and 122b as also all other dimensions of the aperture 135 may also be empirically determined for optimal condition depending to some extent on the width di of the aperture portion 123 which in turn depends on the width of the guide member 131, the length of the required lost-motion path and the material used for the clamping band.
To achieve the lock-up condition of the mechanical connection, the guide member 131 is provided with two substantially rectangular cutouts 132a and 132b in the area directly adjoining the axis x-x about which the guide member is bent out of the clamping band material, i.e., within the area to the left of the axis x-x of Figure 2. The width h of the cutouts 132a and 132b is thereby somewhat larger than the thickness of the clamping band material sufficient to permit easy sliding movement of the guide hook member 131 in the area of the aperture parts 122 and 123 and also depends to some extent on the angle α of the hook member 131. The depth d of the cutouts 132a and 132b must be correlated to the width d 2 of the aperture part 123. In each case, the depth of these cutouts 132a and- 132b must be such that the remaining part 131a left in the hook member 131 is slightly smaller than the width d 2 of the aperture part 123 so that the guide member 130 can readily slide from the aperture part 121 into the aperture part 123. The depth d of the rectangular cutouts 132a and 132b is
preferably such that the remaining reduced width portion 131a of the hook member 130 is not weakened excessively while the width of the cutouts 132a and 132b must be sufficiently greater than the thickness of the clamping band material to allow free sliding movement of the hook member through the aperture part
123. Again, optimum dimensions for the width h and the depth d can be readily determined empirically depending on type and size of the clamping band material. Typical non-limitative values for the depth d of the cutouts 132a and 132b are such that the width of the reduced width portion 131a of the hook member 131 remains preferably at least about 50% of the normal width of the hook member 131, preferably from about 50% to about 70%. For ease of operation, the width h of the cutouts is at least 1.15 times the thickness of the clamping band material.
The length 1 from the slot-like opening 121 to the end of the aperture part 123 represents the length of the necessary lost-motion path of the mechanical connection and is coordinated to the minimum necessary contraction of the "Oetiker" ear to achieve the sufficient desired plastic deformation thereof. The amount of lost motion necessary, i.e., the amount of contraction of the "Oetiker" ear necessary to achieve the desired plastic deformation can be readily determined by any conventional means, for example, by simply contracting the "Oetiker" ear manually by means of a pincer- like tool and noting the amount of contraction necessary when the "Oetiker" ear has attained the smooth rounded outer configuration of its approximately omega shape. Once this minimum contraction is determined, its value is used directly for purposes of designing the clamp by giving the length 1 a value for the lost motion which corresponds to this minimum initial contraction necessary for the "Oetiker" ear. By thus correlating the value of initial minimal contraction necessary
for sufficient plastic deformation of the ear to the length of the lost-motion path, the clamp according to the present invention will always permit an initial minimal plastic deformation adequate to reach the desired operating characteristics of the "Oetiker" ear. In other words, even if the size of the clamp is such that it will initially already tightly surround the hose with which it is used in the non tightened condition, the lost-motion connection during which contraction of the ear will not be accompanied by a reduction of the diametric dimension of the clamp, will always assure proper plastic deformation.
Furthermore, by utilizing the slot-like opening 121, its location permits a very accurate and simple predetermination of the maximum hose diameter with which the clamp can be used as the hook-like member 131 cannot be inserted through the slot- like part 121 if the diametric dimension of the hose is greater than allowed by the maximum diametric dimension of the clamp when the hook member 131 is first inserted into the slot-like aperture part 121.
O P E RA T I O N
The engagement of the mechanical connection in accordance with the present invention is quite simple and does not depart materially from what was done heretofore. All that is necessary is to engage the hook member 131 into the slot-like aperture portion 121 whereupon the residual stress in the clamp seeking to enlarge its diametric dimension is likely to normally cause the guide member 131 to slide toward the aperture portion 123. If necessary, this can be assisted by a slight pressure on the guide member 131 in this direction. Once the guide member 131 leaves the aperture portion 121, the engagement of the cutouts 132a and 132b with the converging surfaces 122a and 122b will lock up the mechanical connection against re-opening regardless of the angle α of the hook member 131. When the hook memberl31 reaches the aperture portion 123, the mechanical connection remains securely locked against reopening by engagement of the sides of the aperture portion 123 engaging in the cutouts 132a and 132b. Contraction of the clamp with further contraction of the ear will take place only after the hook member 131 reaches the end of the aperture portion 123, i.e., only after the hook member 131 has moved through the entire lost-motion path.
With clamps equipped with a plastically deformable, so- called "Oetiker" ear which is plastically deformed for tightening the clamp, the guide member 131 will move during contraction of the "Oetiker" ear without any reduction in the diametric dimension of the clamp until it reaches the end of the aperture portion 123 and only then, fixed in such position, will cause a reduction of the clamp diameter during the remaining tightening of the clamp, i.e., during the remaining contraction of the ear.
The present invention thus assures a lock-up of the mechanical connection by extremely simple means that require no
major changes in the manufacture of the clamp as only some cutting dies for the aperture 135 and the hook member 131 have to be modified.
In addition, the present invention will permit significant savings in band material as the danger of reopening of the mechanical connection of the clamp is reliably prevented so that, for example, the clamp no longer needs a complex mechanical connection including several guide hook members and possibly also permits elimination of the need for the pressed- out support member 32 of the clamp disclosed in the prior U.S.
Patent 4,299,012.
Moreover, with the mechanical connection according to the present invention which allows a slot-like aperture for insertion of the hook member, clamps can be accurately sized to assure proper coverage of a wide range of hose diameters. This also minimizes the danger, especially in the after-market that an improper clamp size is used which prevents sufficient plastic deformation of the ear as explained above.
While I have shown and described only one embodiment in accordance with the present invention, it is understood that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment illustrated but is equally applicable to all other types of open-type clamps which utilize a mechanical connection with a guide hook member of the type described above. The present invention is also applicable to mechanical connections in which the members extend inwardly from the outer band portion into apertures provided in the inner band portion.
Though the mechanical connection of this invention is shown for use in particular with a clamp (Figure 1) that includes as tightening device a plastically deformable
"Oetiker" ear and an arrangement including a tongue-like extension adapted to engage through an aperture in a step-like portion to avoid any steps or discontinuities at the end of the
inner band portion lib, the invention is equally applicable to clamps omitting the step-preventing arrangement 61, 63, 67 and to tightening devices other than "Oetiker" ears .
Moreover, while the cutouts symmetrically arranged on both sides of the hook member are preferable, it is within the purview of this invention to provide a cutout on only one side of the hook member so that only one converging side on the corresponding side of the aperture 135 needs to be provided while the opposite side of this aperture needs to be redesigned accordingly.
The significant improvements of a clamp in accordance with the present invention can be readily recognized by the ability to provide a positive lock-up of the mechanical connection by extremely simple means that require only changes in cutting dies for the incorporation into existing manufacturing operations . Additionally, the clamps can be accurately sized in relation to the maximum diametric dimension of the hose with which the clamp can be used without impairment of the lost motion function of the connection whereby the lost motion function can be realized in an extremely simple manner.
The present invention is thus not limited to the embodiment illustrated but may be varied to suit any particular need, and I therefore do not wish to be limited to the illustrated embodiment, but intend to cover all such changes and modifications as are encompassed by the scope of the appended claims .
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BRITISH MATERIALISATION medium, controlled by John King and working, from 1871, in partnership with Frank Herne. They gave public séances at 61, Lamb's Conduit Street, London. The first was held under Mrs. Guppy's patronage. The famous transportation of Mrs. Guppy occurred at one of these séances. He often sat with Stainton Moses. The results were always very meagre. Stainton Moses was in doubt about the genuineness of his mediumship and asked his controls for information. They were reluctant to give it. Catherine Berry's Experiences in Spiritualism and A. Smedley's Some Reminiscences contain enthusiastic accounts. But fraud was often suspected and at least in one case glaringly proved.
In Paris at a séance on May 14, 1874, an attempt was made to seize John King. He eluded the grasp and left a piece of drapery behind, the further history of which is not known. The medium was found in his scat. The search of his person revealed nothing suspicious.
In 1878 the Research Committee of the British National Association of Spiritualists constructed a cabinet with an automatic recording apparatus. An observer sat in another cabinet with a lighted lamp to make the readings. A spirit form appeared, sometimes ten or twelve feet from the cabinet. These appearances corresponded with fluctuations recorded by the self-registering apparatus. The maximum loss of weight amounted to 100 Ibs. There was no weight in the cabinet which could have been fixed on the weighing platform. Frank Podmore's objection that by a gimlet or a piece of string the suspended cabinet may have been fastened to the floor could not explain the extreme variations in weight.
It was a few months after this conclusive experiment that in a spiritualist circle in Amsterdam, Williams and his fellow medium, A. Rita, were exposed. "Charlie," a materialised spirit, was seized and found to be identical with Rita. Many handkerchiefs, a bottle of phosphorised oil, several yards of very dirty white muslin, a false black beard with brown silk ribbon and other paraphernalia were found on the persons of the two mediums. During a visit to Russia, Prof. Boutlerof and Alexander Aksakof had very convincing experiences. In a note to Prof. Boutlerof's account in the Psychische Studien, Aksakof adds:
"I can testify to having received the confirmation of the appearance of John King from Mr. Crookes in his own house, Mrs. Crookes' hand being on Williams's shoulder while he was asleep behind the curtain; also that in the house of Mrs. MacDougall Gregory, the curtain behind which Williams was placed was in a niche almost hermetically sealed; and that John King appeared above the table, round which the company were assembled in front of the curtain."
Source (with minor modifications): An Encyclopaedia of Psychic Science by Nandor Fodor (1934).
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In Silent Option, Dawn Moreno – the G.I. Joe team’s newest member, fulfilling the legacy of the legendary Snake Eyes – embarks on her first (un)official mission. But her debut mission may be her last, as she crosses paths with the deadly covert operations officer, Agent Helix!
While focusing on the recently-introduced Dawn Moreno serves as a great entry point for new readers, longtime fans will be rewarded with the introduction of Agent Helix to ARAH canon – a character whose previous appearances were in non-ARAH continuity.
Editor Tom Waltz says, “Following the huge success of the ‘Dawn of the Arashikage’ story arc, we wanted to keep the fantastic action and drama that Larry and Netho created together rolling forward. A standalone miniseries within canon gives us the chance to resume fan-favorite character Dawn Moreno’s adventures as a new team member, while at the same time introducing enigmatic character Agent Helix to the mix. So, working alongside the great folks at Hasbro, Silent Option was born!”
For more information on purchasing copies of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero – Silent Option, contact your local comic shop or visit www.comicshoplocator.com to find a store near you.
Creator Bio:
Larry Hama is a writer/illustrator who has worked on Avengers, The Nam, Conan, Batman, Wonder Woman, X-Men, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Wolverine, and dozens more. He is best known as the writer of Marvel’s G.I. Joe comics in the 1980s. Recent script credits include Batman: Shadow of the Bat, Wonder Woman, G.I. Joe: Origins and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero for IDW, and Call of Duty: Black Ops for Dark Horse. His illustrations have appeared in National Lampoon, Esquire, New York, and Rolling Stone.
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Post by UBT - Timbo » Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:19 pm
Q27: Extra Special Bonus Xmas Question:
You can have until Boxing Day to answer it If no correct answers by then, I get a point.
It was good to have the house full of people again; it had been far too quiet since the last of his seven daughters had left for college--seven daughters with seven different majors at seven different schools. About the only thing they had in common was that they were each dating an athlete, although none of them played the same sport--one was even on his school's fencing team. He was surprised all the boyfriends had come for Christmas dinner, but he supposed that since he was picking up the tab for the airfare, that a free trip to Hawaii in the winter had something to do with it. Each of his first three daughters had gone to Ivy League schools--one even to his alma mater at Harvard; his next two ended up at the University of California, at Los Angeles and Berkeley; and his two youngest got accepted to schools abroad--the University of Tokyo had been a bit of a surprise. Next year, after seven straight years--and for the first time this millennium--he wouldn't be attending a high-school graduation.
"Honey, we're ready to eat. Can you get Hank, Ian, James and Kyle? They're in the backyard playing football. The other boys wanted to test themselves against the star quarterback," his wife called from the dining room.
The math major said, "I'll get them Dad!"
As everyone filed into the dining room, the oldest sister was rehashing the whose-school-and-major-is-better argument with her younger sister about whether Yale or Princeton was a better school and whether history or philosophy was a more useful major. The argument was practically a Christmas tradition by now.
The table was arranged with the parents at the two ends and each of the couples seated across from each other with boys seated next to girls along each side. As usual, Angelina and Danica were sitting next to their parents. Curiously, all the athletes that used a ball in their sport were sitting on the same side of the table. Christie, Electra and Edward took their seats first.
Once everyone was seated the youngest coyly observed, "I see the biologist is sitting between the two fighters but I'm sitting between the two best passers at the table."
"You'd better not make any passes yourself!" Farrah icily replied. She hadn't forgiven her sister for stealing her boyfriend when they were in high school and was not happy to see her seated next to her boyfriend now.
"Lighten up, Farrah" the biology major joked. "He wasn't even that cute."
"He was adorable!" the youngest interjected.
"Everyone's entitled to their opinion," said Brooke. "Let's eat!"
The daughter in the middle seat stood up and said, "We have an announcement to make!" After a dramatic pause she screamed "we're getting married!" and flashed the new diamond ring on her finger. The youngest sister squealed with delight at the news. Her fiance joked to his future mother-in-law, "I think she said yes just so she can wear the monogrammed sweater you gave me for Christmas." The baseball player next to her asked her fiance, "Wow, what'd that rock set you back?"
"This calls for a toast!" roared Dad.
"Oh Honey, that's wonderful news!" Mom gushed. "I just happen to have some champagne right here. Lars, I know you don't drink alcohol, but would you mind pouring some champagne for Gabrielle next to you?" the mother asked, handing the bottle to Lars on her left. "Gabrielle, please pass the bottle around," she asked and then quickly added, "But no alcohol for my three babies, or anyone under 21 for that matter. Honey, there's a store downtown that's having a sale on wedding dresses. Will you have time to go look at some wedding dresses before you leave?"
"Sure Mom," her daughter answered. "We have a late flight out, so I can do that on the day we leave."
"Michael and I are celebrating New Years Eve at the Sheraton, Waikiki," one of the girls announced.
"What a coincidence," said the boy sitting next to her. "We're celebrating New Years at the Sheraton, Los Angeles. It's within walking distance of our apartment so we won't have to worry if we drink too much."
"That sounds like a better plan than we have. Somehow, just because my car holds a lot of people, I got roped into being the designated driver for the team" Danica said, looking pointedly at her boyfriend, who gestured to the boy from Princeton saying, "he gave me the idea!"
"Girls, your grandmother will be here on Sunday," the father announced. "She'd really like to see you all."
"Sorry Dad," the business major replied, "we have to leave tomorrow. There's a huge storm predicted to hit the Eastern United States this weekend and we need to get home before they close the airports. I noticed that each couple is leaving on a different day for six days after we leave."
"Sir, we're leaving before Sunday also, so we won't be able to make it either. I'm just glad we don't have to deal with that storm" said the wrestler.
The swimmer and water polo player announced their travel plans. One of them remarked that even though his girlfriend and he were departing for Oxford University two days earlier, both couples would get home on the same day.
The physics major said "I'll be here to see grandma, but unfortunately we're heading back to California before you go look at the wedding gowns."
"Well I'm glad you'll at least be here to see your grandma, but I wish you could stay longer" the dad said. "You know you're my favorite since you were my first to major in a physical science like me," he joked. "I have a tee time at the club on Monday, it's too bad you won't be here," the father remarked to the golfer. "Kyle's got a game next week but you don't," he said to the history major's boyfriend. "How about you join me on the links?"
"Sure!" the boyfriend replied enthusiastically.
"Since we're leaving the day after him, if you've got room for two more Dad, we just happened to bring our clubs" the second oldest said, winking at her boyfriend.
"It's a foursome then!" her dad said happily.
Ian grumbled, "Hank you lucky dog, I've wanted to play that course for years!"
The boyfriend of the political science major laughed, "I'd like to play there also, but Ian, at least I won't have to travel as far as you to get another opportunity."
Identify the boyfriend and his sport, the school, and major for each daughter. Name the order that the daughters were born in and the day of the week that they leave to go home. What is the seating arrangement at the dinner table?
Bonus question: what year is it?
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Post by Woodles » Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:54 pm
UBT - Timbo wrote: Q26: A farmer challenges an engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician to fence off the largest amount of area using the least amount of fence.
The engineer made his fence in a circle and said it was the most efficient.
The physicist made a long line and said that the length was infinite. Then he said that fencing half of the Earth was the best.
The mathematician laughed at the others and with his design, beat the others. What did he do?
A26. Stuck a stick in the ground and claimed that everything inside it was 'outside' and everything else was 'inside'?
Woodles wrote: A26. Stuck a stick in the ground and claimed that everything inside it was 'outside' and everything else was 'inside'?
Not quite...
Clue: The mathematician did make a fence !!
Woodles wrote:
UBT - Timbo wrote: Q24 What's more difficult than getting a pregnant elephant in the back of a mini ?
A24. getting an elephant pregnant in the back of a mini!
Well done and correct.... !!
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Post by Joshrandom » Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:30 pm
Interesting question, I note that the engineer and the physicist both had the same idea, only the former was working in 2 dimensions and the latter in 3. My first thought was the same as Mark's, but if that isn't the answer you're looking for then perhaps the mathematician merely put his fence around the base of, say, the Empire State building and claimed the entire floor space within.
hgblade wrote:
UBT - Chris wrote: A20: was the river dry - i.e no water in it?
Nope - but a lot better than certain answers!!
So the river isn't dry or frozen, the dog doesn't have a silly name and isn't wearing stilts, he doesn't use a boat or a bridge nor is he carried across... so I guess that leaves either magic, a trebuchet or a dog with a pilots licence.
Joshrandom wrote: Interesting question, I note that the engineer and the physicist both had the same idea, only the former was working in 2 dimensions and the latter in 3. My first thought was the same as Mark's, but if that isn't the answer you're looking for then perhaps the mathematician merely put his fence around the base of, say, the Empire State building and claimed the entire floor space within.
Hi James - you are very nearly there....
Oh and well done Mark, Mike and Tim, you've all answered Q23 correctly.
UBT - Timbo wrote: Hi James - you are very nearly there....
Well the only further step I can think of for A26 would be if the mathematician fenced off all the bridges and tunnels leading into Manhattan Island and claimed all the area, including floor space, within.
A23 answer:
The mathematician made a small fence around himself and declared himself to be on the outside.
PS Don't blame me - I got this from a website !! And no, I won't tell you which one as they've got lots more of these...!!
Q28: What is the link between the following countries?
Czechoslovakia also shared this link, although neither the Czech Republic nor Slovakia do individually.
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Post by hgblade » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:40 pm
Sorry Josh, I missed your white-out answer! :oops: Must get some new glasses!
Yes - the river was indeed frozen. Well done, sir!
Post by Woodles » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:09 pm
UBT - Timbo wrote: A23 answer:
I nearly got it!
Post by UBT - Timbo » Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:18 pm
Woodles wrote: I nearly got it!
So you mean to tell me that a "stick in the ground" counts as a fence ????
And I did give you a clue !!
It's just as well you're not a farmer, as you wouldn't have any sheep left
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Post by UBT - Chris » Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:14 am
A28: is it that if you are from there, your name ends in an "an"?:
Chilian
Liechtensteinian
Madagascaran
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Post by Woodles » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:16 am
UBT - Timbo wrote:
Alright, maybe not as a fence But I got the principle of swapping the inside and outside around
UBT - Timbo wrote: It's just as well you're not a farmer, as you wouldn't have any sheep left
I'd have a dog
UBT - Timbo wrote: Q28: What is the link between the following countries?
I thought it was more coast than internal borders to begin with ... but Liechtenstein ruled that out!
I'm going to work on Q27, that's more my type of puzzle.
Post by UBT - Timbo » Thu Dec 18, 2014 11:42 am
UBT - Chris wrote: A28: is it that if you are from there, your name ends in an "an"?:
It's a far more intricate and "in depth" answer than that !!
Woodles wrote: I thought it was more coast than internal borders to begin with ... but Liechtenstein ruled that out!
Not even close - you really need to be thinking way outside the box on this one...and no, that's not a clue - and we're not talking shapes or fences or frozen rivers here...
I'll give a clue in a day or so...if it will help
But that's why it's a brain teaser - taxing your mind and getting all those neurons working overtime, thinking of all the permutations....
Post by Woodles » Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:18 am
Their abbreviations are all elements?
Argentina - Ar = Argon
Australia - Au = Gold
Brazil - Br = Bromine
Chile - Ch = Chlorine
Colombia - Co = Copper
Liechtenstein - Li = Lithium
Madagascar - Ma = Magnesium
Slovenia - Sl = Silver
Stuck on what Czechoslovakia could be though?
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Reagan Dessaix Discusses Controversial Blake Caparello Defeat And Future Plans
Credit: H.M. Murdock
Press Release: February 25, 2019 By Dragon Fire Boxing – Brisbane’s Reagan Dessaix is looking to bounce back immediately after losing a controversial decision last Friday evening to former IBO World Champion Blake Caparello. The 10 round contest saw Dessaix act as the aggressor in the contest, and appeared to be firmly in control from round 3 onwards. Despite this, the contest was awarded to Caparello by the judges at ringside, which didn’t sit too well with boxing fans on social media.
Dessaix discussed his clash with former Sergey Kovalev foe Blake Caparello. The President’ said, “I felt I controlled the fight as did everyone in attendance and there was an outpour of dismay on social media after the fight, surely everyone can’t be wrong!
“Caparello was just looking for counters then running or holding. You can’t win a fight like that. I forced the fight, throwing and landing more punches. I won the fight and everybody knows that. “I am a Queensland fighter fighting in Victoria. I was always up against it in this fight but I am not downhearted about the result. The world saw who won and I will move on now.”
Discussions amongst boxing fans of an immediate rematch were natural, as those who witnessed want to see who would emerge victorious in a rematch. Dessaix, a big supporter of Everton FC, opened up about his plans going forward. The 22-year-old said, “If the rematch was offered to me I would be interested definitely, however, it would have to be on our terms. I was the true winner so the rematch would have to be on our terms.
“I have a great manager in Tony Tolj at Dragon Fire Boxing and our plans are to work our way up the world rankings. There are some great champions at the moment and I am only young, and I truly believe I am the heir to the Light Heavyweight thrown. Dessaix continued, “I have time on my side and I’ve already shown I am at the top level at 22. I am only going to get better and I know when the time is right I will become world champion.”
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ANTHONY JOSHUA VS. JARRELL ‘BIG BABY’ MILLER - U.K. PRESS CONFERENCE
Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing USA
Press Release: By DAZN/Matchroom Boxing USA –LONDON, Feb. 25, 2019 – In a press conference on Monday afternoon, DAZN and Matchroom USA gathered across the pond in London to formally announce the United States debut of Anthony Joshua who will defend his WBA Super, IBF, WBO and IBO World Heavyweight titles against Brooklyn’s Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller at Madison Square Garden on Saturday June 1, live on DAZN.
Joseph Markowski – DAZN Executive Vice President, North America
“The level of interest in the fight is quite significant, and as Adam said, AJ and Jarrell spent four days in the U.S. last week speaking to press, and to be honest we could of spent four days doing more – The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, amongst Americas biggest media outlets couldn’t get enough of both fighters because like us, they believe we’re headed towards a truly special night on June 1 at Madison Square Garden. From our perspective it’s a true honor to be the host broadcaster of this event in New York, and very much like DAZN, AJ has ambitions to be a global force – to do so, occasionally you have to take your show on the road, and in this case over the pond. For the first time in his career, AJ will be fighting primetime in the United States, but it’s important to stress he’s not just fighting in America, he’s up against a dangerous opponent in Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller – a man with as much to say as anyone in the game, so it’s going to be a great night. With so many Brits making plans for June 1, we’re just very excited and looking forward to hosting all of you in New York on that night.”
Jarrell Miller
“UK, what’s up? I’m in a better mood as you can see, I had a cup of tea. I’m just chilling, I already said what I had to say. You already know how I feel about AJ, you all know my back story, know where I come from, and know where we’re going. It’s a blessing to be here, and I just can’t wait for June 1."
“We’re going to do the thing, man. I’ve been hearing from the fans themselves saying AJ is to posh – his nose is up here sometimes. They don’t give two licks about him right now, I’m for the underdogs. For all the underdogs out there, people telling them they’re not good enough, or people telling them they’re too fat, or whatever the discrete is they want discriminate against you, don’t listen to them, just keep pushing through because I’m a proving factor that hard work and dedication, and you know one or two cheeseburgers and a cup tea you can go real far. Let’s go to work, June 1, there will be fireworks, and there will be that saying that I love so much, ‘And the new,’ so tune-in June 1 on DAZN for $9.99, and watch me kick AJ’s butt.”
On what you think it takes to get it done:
“See that’s the problem, you think, I don’t think, I just get it done. That’s my mentality, is set is any task in front of me, I go balls to the walls, there’s no turning back, no if, and, or but’s about it. If I doubted myself one step of the way I would of never made it this far, and we going to continue to go forward and keep working hard, and the game plan is stop behind in seven round – point, blank, period.”
On what would it mean to you to win the title:
“It would mean a whole lot, but we’re going in to win the title, and the title is one step of what we want to accomplish in the future - change lives, change countries, do positive things in the community, and around the world, and be a real model, not a role model where you just put make-up on and pretend to be something I’m not. Yes, winning the title is the goal right now, but we know we’re looking to future to do amazing things around the world and be an ambassador of the human race and that’s what we’re going do.”
“New York was ten out of ten, no lie. There’s nothing like being on UK soil, got my head down, and get back to routine and regimen, and that’s how I like living my lifestyle, on a regimented format and focus on what’s ahead of me and that’s a Jarrell Miller. You know I’m not fighting any of his team members, or anyone that can speak for him, I’m fighting him. There won’t be many words said in the ring except for punches being exchanged. It’s the battle of the fittest, the battle of the smartest, and the last man will be standing.”
On different mentality last week:
“Oh I loved it, that’s what I live for every day. It’s just another opponent – you need a dancing partner right, and Jarrell is a good dancing partner. I’m only champion till June 1, and that’s when I step on the battlefield to defend my stripes, and June 2 will be irrelevant and I step forward to next task ahead of me. It was a good time in New York, Daniel Jacobs came out, looked after me, and met so many people, radio stations, and went out of New York for a week and had a real good time.”
On opportunities being handed to him:
“You know I come from a great family, my mother raised me well, my father raised me well, my aunts and uncles, my brothers and sisters, we all look after each other. My cousin was fighting at the time, I got banned from where I grew up, got in too much trouble, and moved out of the area. I sat down in boxing because I used to drive my cousin and I was making money, had the car back then, and I used to sit back and think that looks easy. He lent me 35 pounds, about 25 dollars, I went to buy boxing boots and he gave me some shorts. I started training, I got beaten up a bit, I beat a few people up, and from the point forward I realized do I want to smoke and drink? Face the verge of jail or do I want to focus on boxing? If you look at the state of my hands, this isn’t from boxing, this is from street fighting, so I realized I was getting in trouble for fighting in the streets and getting patted on the back for boxing, so I started boxing. Boxing to me isn’t about Jarrell Miller, it’s not about Tyson Fury, Dillian Whyte, it’s about me - what does it make me, as a person. I changed my life style around, my family’s life style around and we’re impacting the community. All my friends over here, we have some great plans for the community, and that’s what impact means to me.
“This is what I know, this what I do, I don’t know no football, no rugby, no NFL, no basketball, no kickboxing. I like knocking people out, I like to beat them up. All this spirit this boy has in him, talking shit, I’m going to strip it from him. Every ounce of spirit he’s got, that’s what I do to people. I’m going to strip him of his soul in that ring. Talk about seven rounds, I will still be there fighting strong, if he’s still in there. Look at his face, I’m going to reconstruct his face on June 1, and I’m really looking forward to the challenge.”
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Thoughts On Rios-Soto
In previewing the Welterweight battle between longtime contender Brandon Rios and former two-division world champion Humberto Soto, this observer called it the very definition of a “Crossroads Fight.” Two fighters at the stage in their respective careers where both are attempting to rebuild and get back into contention for an opportunity at a world championship.
Readers may have noticed in that preview prior to the fight that yours truly did not spend much time analyzing what each fighter brought into the fight. This was because I felt overall that the story of the encounter was one that was straightforward in terms of the style of the two fighters. A fighter in Rios, who is known as someone who will come forward and attempt to both apply constant pressure and a high offensive output against a boxer/puncher in Soto, who could go toe to toe with his opposition if needed, but was more known for being a tactician in his approach.
When it comes to a straightforward stylistic fight such as this, it will often come down to who is able to dictate the tempo of the combat as I said in previewing this encounter. It did not take long when the two fighters met on February 23rd at the Municipal Auditorium in Tijuana, MX to find out who that fighter would be. Humberto Soto would make the story of this fight one that would be simple to describe.
For twelve rounds, Soto put on what could best be described as a Boxing lesson. Soto generally was able to get his punches off first and dictate how the fight was fought. What particularly impressed me about Soto’s performance was that he gave Rios angles and timed his offense consistently throughout the fight. This included throwing his punches in short spurts and often in combination. Despite being under consistent pressure by Rios throughput the fight, it was Soto’s timing that would offset that pressure and even at times catch Rios as he was coming forward while Soto was against the ropes.
What was also not touched upon by yours truly in previewing this fight was that this was also an encounter one might argue between two advanced-age fighters. Although some might not think of the age of thirty-two, the age of Brandon Rios, and the age of thirty-eight, the age of Humberto Soto as advanced it is important to remember that both fighters have been through their share of wars throughout their careers. Even in an era where several marquee fighters have been able to compete at the top level of the sport well into their forties, it is still an impressive feat to see a fighter do what Humberto Soto was able to do in this fight as the offense in spurts, effective angles, as well as being able to make the punches Rios threw less effective resulted in a convincing twelve round unanimous decision.
Despite having periodic moments throughout the fight, Rios could not find a way to turn the ebb and flow of the combat in his favor. One aspect of offense that I feel would have served Rios well would have been to attempt to attack Soto’s body more consistently throughout the fight. This theoretically would have had an effect on Soto’s movement as the fight progressed and perhaps would have made him more vulnerable to Rios’s pressure. By being unable to get his punches off first and unable to stop Soto’s offensive spurts, it did not lead to success in this fight for Brandon Rios.
While some might say that the fighter who did not emerge from this encounter with a victory might be heading for retirement I’m not sure. Despite the result of the fight being clear and convincing in favor of Soto, it was still a competitive bout that was entertaining to watch. Even though he came out of this fight on the losing end, Brandon Rios remains a fighter with an entertaining style, who no matter who he fights will provide excitement for Boxing fans. Although this fight was between two fighters on the comeback trail, it is also important to remember that one loss does not always indicate whether a fighter’s comeback was overall a success or failure.
This observer does not believe Brandon Rios is done necessarily as a fighter. I do believe however, that he should take some time to recoup from this fight and reevaluate what did not work in this fight and see if he can adapt in subsequent fights to come.
As for Humberto Soto, he will likely get another opportunity against a top contender in the talent deep Welterweight division. Whether or not Soto, who has previously held world championships in the 130lb. Jr. Lightweight and 135lb. Lightweight divisions will get an opportunity to become a three-division world champion in the 147lb. Welterweight division remains to be seen. If he can continue to win and more specifically win in impressive fashion as he was able to do in this fight against Brandon Rios, Humberto Soto may be the latest in a growing list of notable boxers to prove that for some fighting and competing at a top level at what is seen as an advanced-age can be done and be done successfully.
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We would like to let our readers know that new material discussing the recent Welterweight bout between two-division world champion Humberto Soto and longtime top contender Brandon Rios is currently in the works and will be released here on the website on Monday, February 25th. Stay tuned. "And That's The Boxing Truth."
Rios-Soto: A Crossroads Battle
It can at times be a cliché, but there are two central stories that just about any fan of Boxing or by extension all of combat sports are familiar with. The first of course centers on a fighter’s rise through the ranks as they garner attention of fans, develop a following, and hopefully conclude that rise by fighting for and winning a world championship. As common as the story of fighter’s rise is, so too is the second story. A fighter’s attempt to rebuild their career after suffering a setback or setbacks, a stage more commonly referred to as “A Comeback.”
Brandon Rios has been a fighter who has endeared himself to Boxing fans with a crowd pleasing style and his willingness to fight anymore. Rios, who at one time held interim/regular champion status in the World Boxing Association (WBA) ratings as a 135lb. Lightweight, has faced several top fighters throughout his career including Manny Pacquiao, Timothy Bradley, and Danny Garcia just to name a few. Although he has not gone beyond the status of a top contender, Rios’ style is one that always ensures fans of an exciting fight. After being stopped in February of last year by Danny Garcia, one may have wondered how much Rios had left in him as a fighter.
The longtime contender however, began his rebuilding process in November of last year scoring an impressive ninth round stoppage of veteran Ramon Alvarez. Now Rios looks to continue his comeback as he will face former two-division world champion Humberto Soto on Saturday night at the Municipal Auditorium in Tijuana, MX. The fight, which will main event a card televised by digital streaming network DAZN is the very definition of a “Crossroads fight” between two veterans.
In Soto, Rios will face a veteran of eighty professional fights and a fighter who much like Rios has faced some of the best fighters of his era. Soto has held world championships in both the 130lb. Jr. Lightweight and 135lb. Lightweight divisions. While both fighters have previously fought at lower weights, this bout will be fought in the 147lb. Welterweight division, a weight class where both fighters have spent their recent careers competing in.
Soto is at a similar stage in his career as Rios having won his last three fights since losing a ten round decision to Antonio Orozco in October 2015. Despite scoring two knockouts in those three wins, those three opponents were not well-known and facing a fighter of Rios' caliber is likely to provide Soto with a stern test. Stylistically, this is an interesting fight between a fighter in Rios who is known for applying consistent pressure on his opponents going against a boxer/puncher in Soto. The key to this fight in my eyes will be which fighter can establish the tempo.
This will be an encounter between two fighters who have throughout their careers shown a willingness to go toe to toe with their opposition. Brandon Rios is the type of fighter that looks to apply pressure from the outset and continues to come forward throughout the course of a fight. Although Soto has been more than willing to mix it up in the past, I believe it will be crucial that he attempt to box Rios and not stand and trade. Humberto Soto has also shown he can be very technical in his approach in the past and this observer feels he will need to execute a tactical fight plan in order to be successful in this fight.
What may lie ahead for the winner of this fight is something that will surely be a topic of discussion not just for those who cover the sport like yours truly, but also Boxing fans. Both fighters are capable of getting an opponent out of there should the opportunity arise and that alone should make this an interesting fight to watch. While what the two fighters have left to offer at this stage in their respective careers is also a topic to be discussed, each has the type of name recognition value that the winner will likely be in line for another marquee fight down the line in the crowded and talent deep Welterweight division.
When a “Crossroads Fight” such as this takes place the question of what the fighters have left in them is logical to ask. At this stage in each fighter’s career, as tempting as it might be to analyze what each brings into the ring for what could be seen as a prediction of what may or may not happen come fight time, it may come down to another cliché of simply who wants it more. We’ll find out when Rios and Soto square off Saturday night.
Rios vs. Soto takes place on Saturday, February 23rd at the Municipal Auditorium in Tijuana, MX. The card can be seen in the United States on digital sports streaming network DAZN beginning at 7PM ET/4PM PT. To subscribe to DAZN, a list of connected streaming devices, availability internationally, schedules, and to start your free 30-day trial please visit: www.DAZN.com. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the card can be seen on Sky Sports Main Event beginning at Midnight (Sunday, February 24th Local UK time.) For more information about Sky Sports, schedules and availability in your area please visit” www.skysports.com.
WORLD RATED REAGAN DESSAIX TAKES ON WORLD RATED CAPARELLO FRIDAY IN MELBOURNE
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Press Release: February 20, 2019 By Dragon Fire Boxing – Brisbane Light Heavyweight Reagan Dessaix takes a jump up in class as he takes on former IBO World Light Heavyweight Champion Blake Caparello at The Melbourne Pavillion this coming Friday. The pair will contest the WBA Oceania Light Heavyweight title, in what is a real crossroads fight for the Australian duo. Dessaix discussed his feelings on the former world champion Caparello as he winds down training ahead of the biggest fight of his career.
The 22-year-old said, “Caparello has only had 3 losses in his career against world class fighter in Sergey Kovalev, Isaac Chilemba and Andre Dirrell. That is nothing to be ashamed of.
“I believe I am a top-level fighter, and I’ve been the underdog many times before including my last fight. This is nothing new to me. It’s about me going in there and proving that I am a top-level Light Heavyweight which I believe I am.
“If you want to be the best you have to beat the best. There is no point in cutting corners in this game and I don’t intend on doing that. Blake has been a world champion but it’s time for me to show that there is a new kid on the block on the World Light Heavyweight scene.”
Dessaix is managed alongside the heralded Moloney brothers by Australian Boxing Supremo Tony Tolj. Dessaix discussed life alongside the Moloney’s and under the guidance of Tolj.
The multi-time WBA and IBF regional title holder said, “I got a lot from being around Jason Moloney during the World Boxing Super Series. It was a great learning experience and it gave me a lot of belief in myself that I can reach those heights.
“Since I linked up with Tony I’ve been guided perfectly and I’ve gone from strength to strength. He’s got me the right fights at the right time and I believe he has made a fight that is Australia’s number 1 and 2 Light Heavyweights clashing on Friday night, and I know the result will see me become Australia’s number 1 Light Heavyweight.”
Material and photo courtesy of: Dragon Fire Boxing Used with permission.
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ANTHONY JOSHUA VS. JARRELL ‘BIG BABY’ MILLER PRESS CONFERENCE
Credit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom Boxing USA
Press Release: By DAZN/Matchroom Boxing USA - NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 2019 - Media gathered for the kick off press conference at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Tuesday February 19. DAZN and Matchroom USA formally announced the United States debut of Anthony Joshua to defend his WBA Super, IBF, WBO and IBO WorldHeavyweight titles against Brooklyn’s Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller at Madison Square Garden on Saturday June 1, live on DAZN.
“He punches like a fairy. Fury knocked him down seven times. He’s the softest puncher in the division. I am going to knock him the f*ck out. He is a drug abuser. He’s a kickboxer. I am going to knock him out. (Miller screams about Anthony’s mother.) Where’s your mother? I am paying her rent with this. She will come here and watch a real champion fight.
“Jarrell Miller is a little b*tch. I am going to throw this jab down his throat. For a guy that is 300 pounds, he punches like a fairy. June 1st - this is going to be a show. Come out and watch this one New York. I am not up here playing the gangster role. I really knock people out, look at his little hands. This is the first time he will sell out a show and it’s because of me. Of course he spends all day thinking about me and watching my fights, he has to – but it still won’t be good enough.”
“I’m home. I’m ready. You have no idea. I breathe, eat, sleep Anthony Joshua. I have a screen saver of Anthony Joshua. I wake up and think about Anthony Joshua. I see my mother go through some stuff that none of you would survive. I grew up in a third world country. I see my family starving with no shoes on their feet. This is bigger than a fight with Anthony Joshua. It is bigger than me. It is bigger than money.
“There were many years that I didn’t know what I was doing with my life. I’ve always had this anger and drive in my stomach though that would keep me going. I knew that I must be fighting for something. Man, God has a plan for everybody, remember that. It’s bigger than me though, and AJ is just in my way.
“Yeah, he won the Olympics. But that was in his city, they gave it to him. People call me the underdog but that’s alright. I want to be the underdog. I wasn’t born with a silver spoon.
“I want to thank New York City. Thank my mother and my wife. My sister and my trainers. We are from the dirt. From the gutter. We are from under the dirt but I work hard for this. He didn’t want this fight first. He wanted to fight Whyte. That’s fact.
“The more that you understand what boxing is. All that humble, that fake shit – he puts it on. Boxing is not a humble sport. I will leave it with this, we are all going to die one day. I have lost five people this year. That’s what keeps me humble.”
“Watching Anthony Joshua fight in the U.K. is one of the most spectacular experiences that I’ve encountered in boxing. The crowds, the fireworks and the noise are quite remarkable. But like DAZN, AJ has ambitions to be a global superstar and achieving that means taking your show on the road, across the Pond.
"For the first time in his career, Anthony Joshua will be fighting live and in primetime in the United States. And he’s not just fighting in America; he is going right to the hometown of a dangerous Top 10 heavyweight in Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller – a man with as much to say as almost anyone else in the boxing game.
"And for that reason, today is just the beginning of a fantastic fight promotion. The New York Times, ESPN, Sports Illustrated
and many others have invited AJ and Jarrell to their offices this week to discuss the bout. It’s a compelling matchup that is already generating genuine buzz in the US.
"Moreover, it demonstrates DAZN’s continued commitment to our mission goal of delivering amazing value to fight fans. By the time of AJ-Miller, U.S. boxing fans will have already slogged through several expensive pay-per-views in 2019. More than $200 for three fight nights. For that type of money, you could have DAZN for two years and get every boxing and MMA fight on our platform.
"You can see the momentum we’re building in the names we are signing and the types of fights we are making: AJ’s debut in the U.S., Canelo Alvarez vs. Daniel Jacobs for Cinco de Mayo. And there is more to be announced very soon.
"To both fighters, thank you and good luck. And to everyone else, thank you for attending today - we look forward to seeing you on the 1st of June back here at MSG.”
Eddie Hearn – Matchroom Boxing Managing Director
“We have a seen a rise in the sport with DAZN. They signed Canelo Alvarez, delivered a huge fight between Canelo and Daniel Jacobs on May 4, and now DAZN will feature the biggest heavyweight fight by delivering Anthony Joshua to the United State to face Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller.”
Material Courtesy of DAZN/Matchroom Boxing/ Photo Courtesy of Ed Mulholland/ Matchroom Boxing USA Used with permission.
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ANDREW "THE MONSTER" MOLONEY GEARING UP AHEAD OF WBA WORLD TITLE ELIMINATOR IN CHILE
Photo Credit: Steve Dilks
Press Release: By Team Moloney – Rising Australian Super Flyweight star Andrew Moloney is locked into training as he prepares for his March 22 showdown with impressive Chilean Miguel Gonzalez, with the winner putting themselves in line for a crack at the WBA World Super Flyweight title as the official mandatory Challenger. Moloney, who already has a host of titles to his name that includes the Commonwealth title, WBA Oceania title amongst others, opened up on training camp and his opponent on March 22, Miguel Gonzelez.
The Monster stated, "Training has been going well with my trainer Angelo Hyder. Angelo has trained some of Australia's top talent for years and years, so to learn of Angelo and train alongside the likes of my brother Jason, Billel Dib and Bruno Vifuaviwili is improving me as a fighter every day." Moloney continued, discussing his South American opposition on March 22 in San Fransico de Mostazal's Gran Arena Monticello.
The current WBA Oceania Champion said, "Gonzelez is a good fighter. He's 29-1 for a reason. He has a great record and his team have a lot of belief in him. "This fight is really what world title eliminators are about. Two fighters at the top of their game battling it out to see who is number one. Gonzelez is a world level fighter, but I am out to prove I am an elite level fighter on March 22."
Victoria native Moloney has his sights set on the elite of the Super Flyweight division, which includes Britain's Kal Yafai, Thailand's WBC Champion Wisaksii Wangek and Nicaraguan legend Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez. Moloney elaborated on what he sees him for himself in 2019 and the years to come.
The Melbourne Super Flyweight said, "I want to be World Champion that is the ultimate goal. Fighting someone like Roman Gonzalez in AAMI Park in Melbourne would be a dream, but my focus in Miguel Gonzalez right now, then onto a big world title clash in 2019."
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ANTHONY JOSHUA TO FACE JARRELL MILLER IN U.S. DEBUT AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
Press Release: By DAZN/Matchroom Boxing USA – NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2019 - Heavyweight boxing’s biggest star Anthony Joshua OBE will defend his WBA Super, IBF, WBO and IBO World titles against Jarrell Miller in his long-awaited U.S. debut at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday, June 1, live on DAZN in the U.S. and Sky Sports Box Office in the UK.
Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs), defended his World titles with a devastating knockout of dangerous Russian Alexander Povetkin last time out at Wembley Stadium in September in what was the Olympic Champion’s fourth straight stadium fight in front of over 80,000 fans.
It was a crushing return to the scene of his historical triumph over legendary Champion Wladimir Klitschko in April 2017, where he produced the performance of a lifetime to claim the WBA crown in an unforgettable battle in front of a post war record crowd of 90,000 at England’s National Stadium.
The British sensation blasted Povetkin to the canvas with a brutal assault in the seventh round and then floored the WBA mandatory challenger again to signal a sudden and dramatic ending to his 22nd professional victory in his home city.
And now sport’s biggest name will follow in the footsteps of Heavyweight greats such as Joe Louis, Joe Frazier, Evander Holyfield and Muhammad Ali when he crosses the Atlantic to silence Brooklyn’s brash ‘Big Baby’ Miller at ‘The Mecca of Boxing’.
“June 1st I am heading to The Big Apple and I plan to embrace the culture and leave with an appetite for more,” said Joshua. “I will be fighting Jarrell Miller at the legendary Madison Square Garden. It has been an honour and a blessing to fight at some of the best venues in the World at home in the UK, not least Wembley Stadium, but the time has come to head across the Atlantic and defend my Heavyweight titles in the USA. I am looking forward to taking on another challenge with a good boxer & a brilliant talker, it will be an exciting fight, I will leave nothing to chance and plan on dismantling Miller in style to make my mark.”
Miller (23-0-1, 20 KOs), has been calling for a British scalp ever since he went face-to-face with Joshua during a heated exchange at the launch of DAZN’s streaming service in the U.S. in July last year, and the undefeated 300lbs giant is promising to turn AJ’s American dream into a living nightmare as he looks to announce himself on the biggest stage of all.
Miller earned his shot at Joshua with successive wins over former World title challengers Gerald Washington, Mariusz Wach, Johann Duhaupas and Tomasz Adamek, crushing the latter inside two rounds on his Matchroom Boxing USA debut at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago in October.
He followed this up with another big stoppage win, this time steamrolling Bogdan Dinu in four rounds to claim the interim NABA Heavyweight title at the Kansas Star Arena, and now Miller returns to his home city to fulfil a lifelong dream of fighting for the World Heavyweight crown.
“AJ is making a huge mistake coming over here to fight me in my own backyard,” said Miller. “He wants to announce himself on the American stage but all he’s doing is delivering me those belts by hand. Its dog eat dog in the ring and this dog has got a bigger bite, he'll be leaving New York empty-handed. This is the fight that I’ve been chasing all my life and on June 1 I’m going to achieve the thing I was born to do and win the Heavyweight Championship of the World. That punk AJ is standing in the way of my dreams and on June 1 he’s getting run the hell over.”
“It’s been an eventful few months but I’m delighted to finally announce that Anthony Joshua will make his American debut at the iconic Madison Square Garden on June 1,” said Eddie Hearn, Matchroom Boxing Managing Director. “AJ has created an incredible ‘Lion’s Den’ atmosphere in the UK and we plan to bring that energy to New York on a card that will be stacked with British vs. American talent. When you look at the Heavyweight greats that have graced the renowned ‘Mecca of Boxing’ the names of Ali, Frazier, Marciano and Tyson stand firm and June 1will be a moment when the World will witness AJ’s turn.
“Jarrell Miller is someone I know well having been involved in his last 4 fights in America. I know how much he wants this fight and I know the belief that him and his team have in beating AJ. He is a mountain of a man with an incredible work rate and he will get the chance to challenge for 4 World Heavyweight belts in his backyard this summer. They went to head to head for all the wrong reasons last summer and next week they will do it again as we get ready for the big build up for a momentous moment on June 1st at MSG.”
“Anthony Joshua is the number one Heavyweight in the World and DAZN is excited to deliver the British star’s much-anticipated U.S. debut at the iconic Madison Square Garden,” said Joseph Markowski, DAZN Executive Vice President, North America. “In New York awaits a hometown fighter in Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller who has been quite vocal about his plans to spoil Joshua’s stateside arrival. He poses a real threat to dethrone the Heavyweight king in what will undoubtedly be a major international attraction and we are eager to see what will unfold June 1 on DAZN.”
“A new chapter for our brilliant World King Anthony Joshua as he looks to light up America for the first time against New York’s brash, big hitting Jarrell Miller,” said Adam Smith, Head of Sky Sports Boxing. “We are delighted to be showing this massive occasion on Sky Sports Box Office and our team will provide every step of an enticing build up between these unbeaten Heavyweights. This sizzling Summer showdown reminds me of when Prince Naseem Hamed conquered Manhattan amidst that thrilling seven knockdown war with Kevin Kelley. Now AJ hits NY and the global adventure begins!”
“The World Heavyweight Championship at Madison Square Garden is unlike any setting in the World and we couldn’t be more thrilled to host Anthony Joshua and Jarrell Miller,” said Joel Fisher, Executive Vice President, MSG Marquee Events. “The legacy of Heavyweights at 'The Mecca of Boxing' that began with the likes of John L. Sullivan, Gene Tunney, 'Jersey' Joe Wolcott, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Joe Louis, Evander Holyfield, Wladimir Klitschko and Lennox Lewis will continue when Joshua and Miller step into the famed Garden ring in front of a packed house on June 1.”
“On June 1 Brooklyn’s Jarrell Miller will fight in the World’s greatest city for boxing’s greatest title — the Heavyweight Championship of the World — on boxing’s biggest stage — ‘The Mecca of Boxing’ Madison Square Garden,” said Dmitriy Salita of Salita Promotions. “It is a dream come true for Jarrell, but it is exactly what we envisioned and what I promised him when I began working with Jarrell in his second professional fight. He is on the verge of making history and I am proud to have been there since the beginning. On June 1 Jarrell follow in the footsteps of Brooklyn Heavyweight greats Mike Tyson and Riddick Bowe to bring the Heavyweight World title back to its rightful home NY.”
“It is incredible to be a co-promoter of Jarrell Miller’s World title challenge against Anthony Joshua on June 1st streamed live on DAZN,” said Greg Cohen of Greg Cohen Promotions. “The fact that this event is taking place at Madison Square Garden makes it extra special as it’s a home game for Team Miller. I can’t wait to hear Michael Buffer announce, “And the NEW...!”
Material Courtesy of: DAZN and Matchroom Boxing USA Used with permission.
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Dib Returns March 30th
Credit: Gary Farmer
Press Release: February 11, 2019 by Dragon Fire Boxing – World rated Super Featherweight Billel “Baby Face” Dib (22 wins – 3 loss) will return to the ring on March 30 at the Seagulls Stadium in Tweeds Heads, NSW Australia.
Dib is the current WBA Oceania Super Featherweight Champion and World number 10.
“I’m fighting Rey Juntilla (23 wins – 8 loss) from the Philippines. I haven’t really watched much footage on him at this stage. I have faith in my abilities as well as my management team in Tony Tolj and my dad and who they put in front of me. I’ve been told he’s durable and will give me the rounds I need to keep moving up the ranks.” – States Dib
Dib will fight for the second time under World renowned trainer of Champions Angelo “H” Hyder of Australia. Hyder known for being the head trainer of Danny Green and Vic Darchinyan and the chief second of WBA Fighter of the decade Chris “The Dragon” John
“I love every minute of training with Angelo. Not only is he a good man, but his knowledge is unbelievable. He isn’t a trainer, he is a teacher and that’s what is lacking in modern boxing. Im learning more and every day, you can never stop learning in this game and I’m only getting better.”
“Baby Face” has endured a brutal training regime to get his opportunity of boxing immortality by edging close to a World title shot.
Just like my last camp, training has been second to none. Sparring is great, we have great sparring in our team, Moloney twins, (Jason and Andrew Moloney) Bruno Vifuaviwili (Tanzanian) and also our new team mate Furkan who is going to do big things in the sport. I’m working hard day in and day out to become world champion.
It’s an honour to be apart of the WBA, the WBA has been around since the days of Muhammad Ali, when I’m crowned WBA world champion God willing, my name will be up there with the greats”
Dib gives his thoughts on the newly crowned WBA Super Featherweight Champion Andrew Cancio
“Cancio shocked me like he shocked the rest of the world. I think it’s time for Machado to move up a weight division. Cancio looked great but if he wants to keep that belt he needs to stay far away from me.”
Manager Tony Tolj gave his take on the March 30 Promotion and his plans for Dib going forward. “We have a great card full of WBA title fights that include WBA World #3 Jason “The Smooth” One defending his WBA Oceania Title and “The Captain Kerry Foley contesting WBA & WBC regional titles in our block buster card as well as a stacked undercard as part of our Boxing Mania 5 event.
“It’s going to be a massive event, and Billel Dib is looking like a new fighter he has elevated in ring knowledge and dedication to new level and I’m confident on him making a statement on March 30 and Andrew Cancio and the WBA Super Featherweight, don’t let the “Baby Face” fool you, this man is ready!”
Tickets available on Monday from megatix.com.au
Material Courtesy of: Dragon Fire Boxing/ Photo Courtesy of: Gary Farmer Used with permission.
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TFF World Premiere, 'Warning: This Drug May Kill You,' Directed by Perri Peltz
(L-R) Perri Peltz and Producer Sascha Weiss, TFF World Premiere, 'Warning: This Drug May Kill You' (Carole Di Tosti)
One year and one-half ago, Sheila Nevins (President of HBO Documentary Films), asked a vital question of friend Perri Peltz. "Why are so many young people overdosing. Is this drug abuse or something else?" At the time the numbers were around 72 people-a-day passing out on the streets, in buildings, in their homes, going into comas and dying from a self-poisoning drug overdose.
For an investigative reporter like Perri Peltz, the question had tremendous import. It seemed that she and others she spoke to knew of someone's relative or child or neighbor or friend or friend of a friend's family member who had overdosed. So she decided to investigate and what she discovered was profound. It upended any preconceptions of the demographic of individuals who were overdosing and the families who were living with the trauma and torment of wondering what they might have done to save the lives of loved ones who had died.
Opioid painkillers (photo from the site)
The film journey took Perri Peltz and her team into the homes of middle class Americans. They were the antithesis of former stereotypes of drug users, abusers and/or dealers. Interestingly, there was one factor in common. Their addiction to opioids and "upgrade" into heroin began with a hospital or doctor's visit prompted by a car accident, a physical fall, a back injury or other pain related trauma. Their drug dealer was not a scruffy, surreptitious, back alley miscreant. It was their medical school educated doctor/general practioner who believed Purdue Pharmaceuticals' aggressive promotional campaign that narcotic painkiller OxyContin because of its time release design was not addictive, but in its new form could be used to safely eradicate pain and allow individuals to function in their complete capacity of wellness.
Nothing was or is farther from the truth. In a 2007 settlement Purdue Pharma executives admitted culpability and pleaded guilty to "misbranding" or not appropriately warning users of the deleterious addictive properties of OxyContin: made of the pure narcotic oxycodone, that contains a large amount of the opiate in each tablet because of the time-release design. Did sales representatives and executives gauge the risk-reward ratio? Did they consider that by the time doctors and families of patients realized the unrelenting addictive properties of OxyContin and sued, the company could still be ahead of the game, reaping tremendous profits after any monetary settlements? Perhaps not, though this has indeed been the case.
Dr. Andrew Kolodny, Co-Director of Opiod Policy Research Collaboration Brandeis University (Carole Di Tosti)
The product was heavily marketed for six years. In 1996 alone, annual sales reached $1 billion.Perhaps profit wasn't a motive after all, and the promotion that led to the incredible drug sales was not an intentional move by the company to addict and endanger users. However, with the over-prescription of opioids by doctors and the increase of opioid overdose deaths to epidemic proportions, that is a moot point. People are dying of self-poisoning. And this very important film that aired on HBO Monday evening, 1 May, may give those who see it pause, if/when their doctor attempts to over-prescribe an opiate like Oxycodone (such as OxyContin®) or Hydrocodone (such as Vicodin®).
(photo from this site)
Peltz removes any notion that opioid addiction that morphs to heroin addiction happens to "the other guy or gal." With a clear, cogent and unremitting perspective, she identifies four families who were tragically and fatefully seduced by events that appeared to be benign. A daughter (who was a wife and mother) had kidney stones and was in terrific pain. She gave her medications to her sister who became addicted as she herself became addicted. A beautiful wife and mother in her forties was prescribed opioids after an initial hospital visit; she became addicted. A son was prescribed opioids after surgery to remove a cyst; he became addicted. A daughter was prescribed opioids after she fell and had hip and back pain; she became addicted.
In each instance, Peltz follows family members as they discuss the growing arc from doctor to over-prescription to ending prescription to "graduation" into seeking more and more pills. In four instances out of the five patients, individuals moved into heroin addiction when the prescriptions stopped. Heroin delivers the same effects and it is cheaper. In the instance of the beautiful wife and mother (the husband eventually had to divorce her), her addiction prompted her to physically injure herself to obtain opioid prescriptions from various doctors who complied with her persuasive pleas for narcotic painkillers.
Cole Family: Gail Cole co-founder, Hope and Healing After an Addiction Death, TFF (Carole Di Tosti)
With heartfelt empathy Peltz examines each of the stories using family and medical testimony, interviews, family photographs and videos, and poignant discussions. She shows how the families were sideswiped into awareness that a nefarious drug was in their midst and it had taken over the soul, body and mind of their loved ones. Though in each instance there was rehabilitation numerous times, there was also relapse.
Only in one instance that Peltz illuminates, is the individual now on the road to recovery and there is light at the end of the long tunnel of addiction. However, the other four patients who began on prescriptions of opiates never were released from the narcotic's hold over them. They poisoned themselves as they attempted to satisfy the great hunger that the opiate increasingly inured them to. They died and are mourned. And this film tells their story in the hope of preventing one more death from opiate overdose.
Jane Rosenthal, Co-Founder/Executive Chair, Tribeca Enterprises, Red Carpet, 'Warning: This Drug May Kill You' (Carole Di Tosti)
In a Q and A after the film screening, Dr. Andrew Kolodny (Co-Director of Opioid Policy Research Collaborative Brandeis University), Gail Cole (film subject and co-founder, Hope and Healing After an Addiction Death) and others discussed that because of its incredibly addictive side-effects, OxyCotin and other opioids must be prescribed circumspectly. Their most effective use is at end-of-life or other long-term pain conditions. Such examples they gave are unlike the prescription examples for the patients identified in the film who became addicted, then overdosed and died.
Peltz reveals in the title and throughout the film that doctors' inappropriate over-prescription is a hazard. The probability of over-prescription leading to possible self-poisoning by patients along a journey of addiction should not be risked or even entertained. This was further given credence to the announcement Peltz made after the World Premiere of Warning: This Drug May Kill You, that the epidemic numbers of opioid overdose are now higher than 91 deaths-a-day.
This is a monumental film that touches all of our lives whether we recognize it or not. With knowledge comes power and the ability for patients and families to question their doctors about over-prescription of opiates, if the occasion arises. Doctors are also becoming aware of the epidemic and are over-prescribing much less. Advocacy and support of families who are struggling up the long hill of a family member's opiate addiction is an imperative.
Warning: This Drug May Kill You airs on HBO2 on Wednesday. Check this website for times.
For clips of brief interviews with Dr. Andrew Kolodny, Gail Cole, Perri Peltz and Sascha Weiss, check Youtube and Warning: This Drug May Kill You.
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Upcoming On-Air Events!
Friday, November 22nd, 2013 // Events,News
There’s a lot going on this weekend in the world of WRCT.
On tomorrow’s edition of the Saturday Light Brigade, tune in for Mexican guitarist Dieter Hennings and conductor Federico Garcia!
Beginning at 3pm, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, we will broadcast “November 22, 1963: Portrait in Sound”.
It will be produced and narrated by WRCT host Jay Thurber, the hour-long program blends interviews with Carnegie Mellon University alumni (recorded in 2003), the hit songs of November 1963, original news broadcasts and Dallas police radio transmissions.
Listen to The Hustle with B-Side on Sunday from 10pm-12am for your chance to win tickets to “The Best of Keane Live from Berlin” screening at the SouthSide Works Cinema on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 7:30 PM.
Interview: That Boy A.B.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013 // Blogs
B-Side from “The Hustle” recently got a chance to interview up-and-coming underground hip-hop artist That Boy A.B. We spoke about his new single “Sperry’s,” his new mixtape, and his album that will be coming out in the near future. This interview was aired November 10 on “The Hustle.”
For more information on That Boy A.B. check out:
www.soundcloud.com/thatboyab
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www.facebook.com/thatbOyab
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You can follow him on Twitter: @thatboya_b
Anatomy of the Ear + Fall Dance Party
Sunday, November 3rd, 2013 // Events,News
This is a big week at WRCT! Anatomy of the Ear is taking place Monday through Thursday. Every hour from 7-11pm our DJs will be collaborating on special genre blocks. AOTE is an annual event that leads up to our Fall Dance Party (more info below).
Don’t miss out! Here’s the schedule for this year’s Anatomy of the Ear:
7PM Indie Rock
8PM Math Rock
9PM Punk Rock
10PM Goth Rock
7PM Electronica
8PM Indietronica
9PM Folktronica
10PM House-tronica
7PM INSTRU-METAL
8PM DEATH METAL
9PM BLACK METAL
10PM MOAR METAL
7PM Instrumental Hip Hop
8PM PBR&B
9PM Witch House
10PM Future Garage
And FRIDAY is our Fall Dance Party! This year’s party will be hosted at KBOX (214 S. Craig St.) and will feature WRCT DJs: SHRUBS, K R A E J I, SAMLANDER, A-KAA$H, XTINA, ALPHONSE, STAN DANGA, €-ROCK, and GUSTO. It’s 18+ and $5 at the door. The party is also BYOB for the 21+ crowd. See you there.
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Welcome to our churches
Notice sheets
Special Events at St Peter's
Parish magazines
Lunch and chat
Sometimes on Sunday
Introducing Jesus
Resources available
Parish boundaries
Constitutions and terms of reference
Parish policies
Parish bookings
Leading all age services
Orders of service
Games for children
Hall Hire (Hyndman Centre)
Room plan
Fire procedure, accident reporting and emergency plan
Church hire
St Mary's hire
St. Mary's with St. Peter's
Tel: 01284 754680 Email: office@wearechurch.net
Sunday 8am (St Mary's)
The 9:30 (St Mary's)
Sunday 10:45am (St Peter's)
Sunday 11am (St Mary's)
Sunday@4 Goes Messy (Hyndman Centre)
Sunday 6:30pm (St Mary's)
Wednesday 10am (St Mary's)
Groups on Sunday
St Mary's Choir
Baptism service
Getting married at St Mary's or St Peter's
The order of service
Suggested music
Suggested hymns
The Tribute Page
Visitors to St Mary's
School Visits to St Mary's
The Jesus banners
History of St Mary's
History of St Peter's
An extremely helpful resource can be found at Barnabas in Churches. Some of these ideas are taken from this website.
1. Invite people to reflect back over the past week, to write one particular thing that they are ashamed of on a piece of paper. Then ask them to fold over the piece of paper. Say or sing the confession and declare God’s forgiveness. As a mark of that forgiveness, collect papers and burn/shred them at front. Alternatively (and this can be very powerful) nail them to a wooden cross (quoting Colossians 2:13-14)
2. Write a list of sins on a balloon. Pray the confession, and then burst the balloon
3. Make use of those sweets that begin by being bitter but become sweet
4. Write words of sins on stones in washable ink, and then place in water
5. Write words of sins on eggshell and then smash
Declaring our faith
1. Use one of the many responsorial creeds
2. Use a song version. A favourite is ‘Do you believe in Father God’
3. Using a festal shout: “Jesus is Lord”
1. Show pictures on screen, either from the news, or to stimulate thought and discussion and prayer in groups. Alternatively have them hold symbols of the things that you are praying for (eg. if for rain, one could hold a bowl of water)
2. Say a simple bidding prayer, and then have children light a candle – saying that we are using this as a way of asking God to bring his light into a particular situation
3. Use the song: ‘He’s got the whole world in his hands’, but changing the verses to reflect what you would wish to pray for.
4. Use the song: ‘It’s me, it’s me, it’s me O Lord, standing in the need of prayer’ but again changing the verses
5. Use a globe. Ask children to identify a country that we are about to pray for.
6. Invite people to either write or draw something for which they wish to pray and then bring the pieces of paper forward and hang them on a washing line, pin them to a cross etc
7. Use prayer stations. Have four points in the building. One to pray for the world, one for the mission of the church, one for the local church in the community and one for people in need. Invite people to write up or draw either on a sheet of paper, or on post-its
8. Use a large dice and link a prayer to each number
9. Ask people to stand up and to face in a particular direction, praying for the people or things in the particular direction they are facing. Then turn through 45 degrees to face in the next direction etc. The subjects that we pray for depend on where the church is situated and how it is laid out.
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English headed to England
By Stephanie Wei under British Open
This English is from Georgia
PGA Tour rookie Harris English won a ticket to the Open Championship this summer — which also marks his first major — via the International Finals America 36-hole qualifier on Monday at Gleneagles Country Club in Plano, Texas. The 22-year-old opened with a record-breaking ten-under 60 in the first round, the lowest 18-hole qualifying score since the R&A started holding qualifiers in the U.S. in 2004.
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info. projects. residency. home. BEFORE AND AFTER THIS.
BEFORE AND AFTER THIS.
an exhibition by Nicole O' Niel
The work of Nicole O’Niel is directed by sheer wonder about interpretation and construction of meaning. In her video’s O’Niel observes human behaviour very cautiously and minutely as if she’s …
The work of Nicole O’Niel is directed by sheer wonder about interpretation and construction of meaning. In her video’s O’Niel observes human behaviour very cautiously and minutely as if she’s walking around on this earth for the first time. Patiently she observes her surroundings: the habits and language of people, the objects they use and objects that are worshipped.
But like the newcomer the viewer is often left out of the loop. One starts to wonder why one thing is considered to be valuable and the other to be worthless? Language and gestures have become meaningless and inaccessible and that’s the way they appear in the video’s of O’Niel. Her work reveals the arbitrary constructions that are built to communicate and to force differentiation between meaningful and meaningless.
The title ‘By Daylight’ refers to the banality of everyday life. The harsh daylight forces us to wake up from a dreamlike state. O’Niel portrays people that are trying to cope with this inescapability of reality. Her portraits suggest an inner struggle but there is never a moment when truth is revealed. Sometimes the border between normal functioning or irrational deviant behaviour is blurred. We are left with the outward gestures and expressions and the feeling that we will never fully know what is going on inside. O’Niel is interested in this gap between the external form and inner experience.
Using the puzzlement about the border between inside and outside, legibility and illegibility O’Niel suggests that there are other forms of knowledge that are not to be expressed in coded forms of language and makes an appeal to the viewer to tap from other sources to understand those things that remain unveiled.
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