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IRA 2010 felicitates stalwarts of retail industry
Indiaretailing Bureau - October 1, 2010
Retail companies, professionals and concepts were recently felicitated by the 7th Annual IMAGES Retail Awards. The awards were presented...
“We want to to be a Rs 10 billion company”
Indiaretailing Bureau - July 4, 2009
Lite Bite Foods was conceptualised with the idea of rolling out a pan-India chain of food and...
India slides down to rank four: GRDI
Indiaretailing Bureau - June 3, 2008
According to the seventh AT Kearney annual Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), India has lost its top position as...
Indian film industry estimated to be USD4.5-5.1 billion by 2011
Indiaretailing Bureau - November 26, 2007
The Indian film industry is believed to be growing at a rate of 25 per cent per annum in...
No FDI in retail says Kamal Nath
Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath Monday ruled out Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in retail saying that government was...
HR expert: Tremendous growth opportunity in retail
With organised retail’s movement into tier II and III towns, the employment and growth opportunities in the sector are...
Protests shake confidence of Minister Kamal Nath in FDI in...
Indiaretailing Bureau - September 24, 2007
The protests in Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and the national capital against organized retail appear to be impacting on the...
Who is next after WalMart?
Indiaretailing Bureau - July 20, 2007
Today, this is the most frequently heard question in retail circles. Nobody knows yet, who’s going to strike its...
Retailers converge at The Shop in Delhi — to assess impact...
Indiaretailing Bureau - June 29, 2007
The 4th edition of 'The Shop' gets off to a promising start in New Delhi, at Pragati Maidan. Hosted...
Youth to be at the forefront of Indian retail boom: Study
India’s retail industry, estimated to grow into a $427 billion industry by 2010 from the current $328 billion, should...
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Huma Abedin Separates From Anthony Weiner, and Provides the Year’s Best Documentary With a Real-Life Sequel
The longtime Hilary Clinton aide is the real star of the show in this year's Sundance hit, which just took on even greater resonance.
@erickohn
When “Weiner”premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, it captured a public family coming apart at the seams. Now, with Anthony Weiner’s third sexting scandal and spouse Huma Abedin announcing their separation, that process is complete — and the documentary earns ever greater resonance as it foreshadows a collapse that has now come to fruition.
The movie documents blow-by-self-inflicted blow how the former congressman stepped down after accidentally tweeting a photo of his crotch. Even after making amends and regaining public trust during his 2013 mayoral run, all became undone with another online flirtation under the inane internet pseudonym “Carlos Danger” (which, inexplicably, he recycled in this latest peccadillo). Directors Josh Kriegman and Elyse Sternberg captured the losing battle in extraordinary detail, pitting sympathy for Weiner as passionate defender of working-class values against behavior that paints him as a pathological and self-destructive narcissist.
However, while Weiner’s struggles provide the movie with cringe-worthy black comedy, Abedin’s attempts to survive the mayhem infuse the film’s tragic core. Her role in “Weiner” gives us the best supporting performance of the year: She’s constantly on the margins, looking at her husband with a mixture of contempt and sadness. As the latest revelations unravels his mayoral bid, the couple find themselves virtually alone in his office, locked in a gaze that epitomizes the rage and frustration simmering between them. As Weiner tries to recall the timeline of his online flirtations, the better to get the story right for the press, Abedin reminds him: “It was back when we were talking about separating.” That remark now carries more unsettling reverberations — why now, and not then?
The Weiner saga is grotesque, and salacious, but its cinematic narrative begs for deeper reading of the story, but the “Weiner” sequel is playing out in real time. In a press conference during Weiner’s ill-fated campaign, Abedin declared that her family’s private life was just that — but the documentary transformed them into avatars of the crushing pressures entailed by public life.
While no one can be surprised by Abedin’s decision to leave Weiner, his most recent indiscretions face an entirely different pressure now that the Clinton campaign has surged into its final days. The film foreshadows this as well, as Abedin makes passing reference to “Philippe” — almost certainly Philippe Reines, Clinton’s longtime senior advisor, who knows Weiner’s foibles spell PR trouble for the Clinton camp. And so it’s apparently his call when Abedin stays home on election day, leaving Weiner to visit the polls with their child serving as the family’s proxy. When he arrives to vote, surrounding by flashing cameras, the boy begins to cry.
Abedin was pregnant with their son during Weiner’s initial downfall from public office. If the Weiner-Abedin family’s resilience came down to a commitment to their child, Weiner sullied that bond in his latest sexting antics, which found him sharing photos of his sleeping toddler with the anonymous subject of his flirtatious texts. “Anthony and I remain devoted to doing what is best for our son, who the light of our life,” Abedin said in a release announcing their separation. “Weiner” proves as much: the couple only appears remotely happy when they’re playing with their child. With that sacred connection imperiled, there’s nothing left to salvage.
No matter its heartbreaking connotations, the latest news carries the whiff of salvation for a woman who has so long shouldered the burden of another person’s insuppressible hubris and self-destructive urges. Her willingness to stand by her husband’s side in “Weiner” is its biggest puzzle piece, a fascinating testament to marital commitment and careerist desires. But these moments also smother appreciation for her own professional accomplishments, which may soon deserve a movie of their own. The brutal irony of “Weiner” is that its title obscures the real star of the show.
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Chad: $100 for Mayweather-Pacquiao? No thanks
Compared to other options, not a great value
Chad: $100 for Mayweather-Pacquiao? No thanks Compared to other options, not a great value Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/1Gw8Cmv
Indiana Published 7:16 p.m. ET April 26, 2015
FILE - At left, in a May 4, 2013, file photo, Floyd Mayweather Jr. exchanges punches with Robert Guerrero (not shown) in a WBC welterweight title fight in Las Vegas. At right, in a Nov. 12, 2011, file photo, Manny Pacquiao exchanges punches with Juan Manuel Marquez (not shown) during a WBO welterweight title fight in Las Vegas.(Photo: Isaac Brekken / Associated Press)
In a stunning intersection of sport, commerce and eye-popping-greed-that-empties-somebody's-wallet capitalism, the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao boxing blockbuster this Saturday will be available in homes across TV Land for a mere $90 (actually, $89.95) – and if you want it in high definition, it will be $100 (actually, $99.95).
Extravagant price aside, I will say this: If you're planning to pay-per-view this extravaganza and are considering watching it in standard definition to save 10 bucks, you ought to just listen to the fight instead on radio, if you can find it.
Anyway, let's take a moment here to remember how we got to this point in America.
In the dawn of the television era, someone smarter and more cynical than Couch Slouch pointed out a simple truth:
Consumers were being asked to spend a lot of money on a TV set, with the promise that program providers would provide programming. Now, exactly how long did you expect the content streaming into your at-home video box would be FREE?
So they get you to make this sizable investment on this big-ticket electronic device, and after hooking you in and creating a nightly habit you can't kick – bang! – they start charging you to feed that habit.
What were you going to do, start reading books again?
Which brings us to this Saturday, in which sports viewers have a cavalcade of viewing choices – Yankees-Red Sox, Angels-Giants and Reds-Braves MLB games, the NHL playoffs, a possible Game 7 in the NBA playoffs, day three of the NFL draft and the Kentucky Derby. All for free.***
Or Mayweather-Pacquiao for $100 (actually, $99.95).
*** When I say "free," uh, it's not really free. Most of us will tune in to those weekend events through a cable or satellite service – like Time Warner Cable or DirecTV – whose top executives are driving Lexus SUVs by day and sipping Grey Goose by night courtesy of inflated subscriber fees.
Mayweather-Pacquiao doesn't hold up well value-wise; let's compare it to, say, NBA League Pass. For $100 (actually, $99.95), Mayweather-Pacquiao could be over in less than five minutes. For just twice the cost, $199, NBA League Pass gives you hundreds of NBA matchups over several months, each providing 2½ hours of video entertainment – well, save for Knicks games.
A hundred bucks to watch a fight on TV? That's a hundred bags of Fritos from the dollar store.
For a hundred bucks, I need Pacquiao to knock out Mayweather, then come over and spackle the cracks in my rec-room wall before preparing some Crunchy Almond-Crusted Duck Breasts With Chanterelle Salad for me and Toni.
The smart thing to do, if you insist on ordering the fight – considering this is the land of Andrew Carnegie and Mark Zuckerberg – would be to capitalize on it by charging your friends, like a nightclub. I'd suggest a $10 cover, two-drink minimum, plus provide complimentary popcorn and salty pretzels to spike beverage sales.
I'd go a step further and bring in some live entertainment – a local comedian or pantomime artist, depending on the crowd – and, weather permitting, run a dice game in the back patio area. You also might want to emulate a real fight card and give your guests an "undercard" – maybe a "Game of Thrones" episode or two before the big bout begins.
On second thought, I'd recommend charging $9.95 to get in the door.
Ask The Slouch
Question: Jameis Winston now says he didn't steal those crab legs; they were given to him. Does this change your perspective on him? (David Weiss; Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Answer: If he were smart enough to cook those crab legs in garlic butter, yes; otherwise, no.
Q: Did I read correctly that the proposed Chargers-Raiders NFL stadium in Los Angeles might shoot lightning bolts after Chargers touchdowns? (Tom McManus; Chicago)
A: To be honest, we could really use the rain out here.
Q: Now that Major League Baseball has partnered with DraftKings, will Pete Rose's fantasy team be banned for life? (Mike Wilsman; Severna Park, Md.)
A: Pay the man, Shirley.
You, too, can enter the $1.25 Ask The Slouch Cash Giveaway. Just e-mail asktheslouch@aol.com and, if your question is used, you win $1.25 in cash!
Greenwood Christian grabs first Johnson County title, likely top spot in Class A
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How a Tesla Model X Ventured 500 Miles Off-Road in the Wyoming Wilderness
By EV Annex Dot Com
Filed Under Innovation, Electric Cars & Elon Musk
There have been some impressive stories of off-road adventures in the Tesla Model X. But this off-road challenge was especially daunting. A professional photographer and Model X owner planned to cover the Adventure Racing World Championships through 500 miles of wilderness in Wyoming. However, he was cautioned against it.
Why? According to InsideEVs, “His job [as photographer] is to follow the racers from 50 teams from all over the world. They’ll be repelling, mountain biking, bushwacking, and canoeing… [but] he was told ahead of time that following these racers with a vehicle could not be done. Also, there’s been concerns with ICE cars in past running out of gas since there’s sometimes 200 miles between gas stations and the trails are taxing.”
Read more from Inverse: “Elon Musk Shares Stunning Race Video of Model X Crushing Gas SUVs”
How could someone attempt to cover the Adventure Racing World Championships in an electric vehicle when even gas cars have range issues at the event? As it turns out, “there’s generally always somewhere to pick up a little charge. He prepared ahead of time by buying a bunch of plugs and adapters (about 200 pousnds worth) so he can charge anywhere, whenever there’s an opportunity. In fact, he has nearly every type available.”
And to add more difficulty to the trip, “He’s also pulling a trailer with his personal gear for the excursion, which makes off-roading even more of a challenge.” Furthermore, the road trip started all the way back in Toronto. According to the photographer, “[the] total road trip distance from Toronto, Wyoming, Utah, Wyoming, Toronto was 11, 311km @ 272Wh/km (7,028mi @ 438Wh/mi).”
Why take on such a challenge? The photographer wanted to film his own review of the “Tesla Model X in some off-road conditions. I had to work in Wyoming and traveled many muddy, back roads and trails.” He also explains (in the video) that taking the Model X through such terrain proved to the naysayers that it could be done.
After the adventure, the photographer noted that he’d encountered people who’d seen Tesla vehicles in cities but asked, “What are you doing driving it out here?” He concluded, “It was good to educate people on the kind of range you can get [and] the charging opportunities. It was a pretty good experiment, even for myself… it was fun.” It’s no wonder the Tesla Model X has been called the ultimate adventure vehicle.
Article originally published on evannex.com by Matt Pressman. EVANNEX offers aftermarket accessories, parts, and gear for Tesla owners. The Florida-based company also maintains a daily blog on the latest Tesla news.
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Council reveals how long Lower Earley bus stop repair delay is likely to last
Pieces of the road have had to be sent to a lab for tests
By James Aldridge
The Rushey Way/Ryhill Way bus stop in Lower Earley. Credit: Joy Luck
Work to repair a dangerous road in Lower Earley which took almost a year to begin has been halted.
The cracked and damaged lay-by in Rushey Way is supposed to be used as a bus stop, but it has been closed for a year, forcing buses to stop in the middle of the busy road.
And now a spokeswoman for Wokingham Borough Council has said work may not resume until late April after contractors uncovered 'unusual ground conditions'.
The issue was initially flagged by Lindy Majik, 52, of Ryhill Way, back in April 2017, who raised concerns that traffic overtaking the stopped buses was swerving onto the opposite side of the road.
Council reveals when new Woodley shoppers will be able to spend a penny in public loos
It took until Monday, March 5 for the repairs in Lower Earley, Berkshire to finally start, with a council spokesman saying: "This should not have taken as long as it has and the council deeply regrets this."
But the work stopped soon after when excavation of the road revealed unexpected problems with the condition of the road.
Josie Wragg, the council's director of localities and customer services, said: "We understand our residents frustrations and we sincerely apologise for the unexpected and unavoidable delay in completing these works.
"We want to assure our residents that, although our contractors are not currently on site, the completion of these works are still a top priority and we are working to get all issues that are preventing us from doing so resolved.
"Our contractor has undertaken ground testing of the exposed problem area and we are awaiting lab results.
"Unfortunately this can take three to four weeks and therefore the information will not be available until late April.
Lower Earley woman furious as council take almost a year to repair 'dangerous' road
"Once the ground conditions lab result have been received our contractors will provide a redesign, which will be fast tracked, and construction will take place as soon as possible.
"We thank you for your patience and apologise for the inconvenience caused by this delay.
"Our residents’ safety is of paramount importance to us and with this in mind we hope that you understand that these delays, which we recognise have been significant, are to ensure that the safety of the all eventual users of the lay-by is not compromised in any way."
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Finsbury Park murder: Police manhunt under way for man who stabbed delivery driver Takieddine Boudhane to death
PUBLISHED: 09:47 06 January 2020 | UPDATED: 10:17 06 January 2020
Lucas Cumiskey
Police are appealing for information after Takieddine Boudhane was stabbed to death in Finsbury Park. Picture: Met Police
A police manhunt is underway to find the van driver suspected of stabbing a motorcyclist to death in Finsbury Park on Friday.
Takieddine Boudhane, 30, an Algerian national who had been living in the UK for around three years, was stabbed in Lennox Road, near Charteris Road, at about 6.50pm.
Mr Boudhane, who died at the scene within the hour, is believed to have been working as a delivery driver for Uber Eats and Deliveroo when he became involved in a "traffic altercation" with a van driver who stabbed him and fled.
A murder investigation has been launched, led by Detective Ch Insp Neil John.
DCI John said: "The investigation is making good progress, but I am still appealing for anyone with information, and witnesses who have yet to speak with police, to come forward and share anything they know or tell us what they saw. This is a busy thoroughfare and it is very likely that members of the public would have seen a fight in the road which they may also have captured on their phones.
"It would appear that an altercation took place at the junction of Lennox Road with Charteris Road between the victim, who was riding a motorcycle, and the driver of a van.
"The vehicle was a white VW Caddy panel type van which was located and recovered by police in Islington on the morning of Sunday, January 5. It has been removed to a police compound where a full forensic examination will be undertaken.
"The driver and person believed responsible for this tragic matter is now the subject of a police manhunt. At this time I am unable to release any further information concerning the identity of the driver as this may hinder the ongoing police investigation.
"The incident itself appears to have been spontaneous and not connected to, or as a result of, anything other than a traffic altercation."
There has been no arrest at this stage. A full forensic examination of the scene has been undertaken and the investigation continues. A post-mortem is due to take place in due course, and Mr Boudhane's family are aware of his death.
Any witnesses or anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 or tweet @MetCC and quote CAD5934/3Jan. Anyone who may have dashcam footage of the incident, or the period before or after, is asked to save this and contact police if they may have captured anything relevant to the investigation.
Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or visit https://crimestoppers-uk.org/
Did you know Takieddine Boudhane? Contact Lucas at the Gazette newsdesk with tributes on 07785 616244 or email Lucas.Cumiskey@archant.co.uk
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“D. Almas Sahi”
Twenty-four years old Sahi is an only child and has always lived in America. They have no other relatives and only ties they established over time were with Shahs. Their business wasn’t big initially but six years back, their share prices and stock value skyrocketed, making FourClove a big hit. Her parents, Irtiza and Rumaisa Sahi, died in a car accident a year later. She was a sophomore at Harvard at that time. The whole empire was placed on the shoulders of young Sahi who not only excelled at her studies and completed her degree but also managed her rising empire in a phenomenal way.
She doesn’t have many friends and isn’t seen associating much with anyone on social platform. She is a philanthropist, supporting many NGOs and Trusts but likes to keep to herself. Her I.Q is 200. Her interests include horse riding, firearm sports, and literature, have interest in bikes, know taekwondo and aikido, love tattoos and had one on her left shoulder blade. Zero relationships or affairs. She has been to many dangerous expeditions and also participated in an illegal street race once. She has been to world tour but has never set foot in Pakistan.
Asfand tapped the pen on the table in a lazy manner while watching the candid pictures of his next venture blankly. This was his third meeting with the detective in two months. He got everything he wanted. But his being doesn’t seem satiated. He couldn’t put his mind off that woman, not after what transpired between them on the auction.
D. Sahi was not just a pretty face and sexy appeal after all.
“You are quite something” Asfand muttered under his breath while observing her picture keenly. She was leaning against her bike, holding helmet against her waist while looking sideways. Those curves were to die for. “Is that all?”
“There is nothing scandalous about Ms. Sahi. We dug everything we could but there is no dirt on her name.” Asfand just leaned back in his chair.
“Is D. Sahi her real name?”
“Yes.” But his instincts were not ready to agree. Asfand wasn’t expecting her to be this Machiavellian. That is exactly what caught his eye and now, he was restless and his restlessness was making him irrational. He needed to get hold of his prey. So, he spent millions in order to achieve the accurate information about Ms. Sahi. His intuition told him the woman was not entirely what she showed and posed herself to be. There are two sides to the coin. The world only knew the business icon D. Almas Sahi. But who was D. Almas Sahi, no one knew.
“You can leave.” The man left the data with Asfand who has his eyes transfixed on the woman before his eyes. He went to the front and leaned against the table with arms crossed over his chest. His eyes never left her face as he took every little detail the candid picture was offering him. Her eyes, her rosy cheeks, her deep burgundy hair, the shape of her face, the curves of her body and finally they came back to her kissable lips that seemed to lure him even through the picture.
Asfand was amused by his own introspection. Never before he had ever paid attention to any woman. And to this extent. He never had to because they threw themselves at him. For his money, looks and power. He just took without offering anything in return. But the case reversed in D. Sahi’s case.
Does she ever wear any color other than this ominous one?
In time Asfand was in New York, he never saw Dee in any color other than black. She was a complete American, from her accent to her dressing. There was no eastern touch in her. And her clothes, they were too bold and Asfand knew what kind of women the bold ones were.
An arrogant smirk appeared on his lips when his eyes locked with the static ones of her. She does have beautiful eyes. That of a eagle. And the way she looked at others. Ready to tear them to pieces if needed. The woman was indeed beautiful beyond words. A mix breed, if he was not wrong.
“You need to attend the coming gala by Thompson.” Safan came to his side and raised a golden embroidered invitation. “They knew of your arrival and insist on meeting you before you leave. For the ties they had with elders. You know what I am pointing to, don’t you?” Safan shook his head with an irritated sigh when Asfand made no sign of taking the invitation or listening.
He knew what path his asshole friend was treading and he dreaded it the most. He needed to take Asfand back before he embarked on a journey that led to destruction of everything they have been working for. “And once you are done, you need to go back to Pakistan. The matters regarding Asphalt are overhauled without the merger. There is no need for you to-”
“What happened to what I asked?” Safan wanted to shoot this bastard right now for his stubbornness.
“What are you trying to get at? I don’t get you seriously.” He threw the card on the table and ran a hand through his hair wildly. “What’s with this sudden interest that you are willing to go out of your way and do things like... Whatever. Are you shitting me?”
“Did I ever?” Asfand finally turned to him with a vicious sneer. “That woman is too conceited and I cannot forget the humiliation I faced at this tiny bird’s hands. But then” he faced away from Safan to look at Dee’s picture one more time. “She is a woman. I just want to test her extremes.”
“Asfand!” Safan tried but one look from him and he backed off. “Just don’t be too reckless.” Asfand was not paying any heed to what Safan was saying. His mind was formulating and weaving a web to trap his new prey.
Once she was in his hold, he was going to inveigle her so bad she won’t be to flap her wings ever again.
A light rap on the door and Sharlene walked inside. Dee watched the perplexed look on her face whose source became clear when her eyes landed on what was being brought along. “Ma’am!” Sharlene gazed at the black tray the attendant was carrying and looked towards her boss expectantly. “I tried but his men were persistent.”
“Open it” Sharlene opened the black box immediately, only to gasp. Dee watched the glistening big diamond embedded amidst others in the beautiful necklace. Its shine was enough to tell the fortune it can cost a person. Maybe more than a fortune. But knowing that man, getting such a piece of fine and rare blue diamond is just like getting a piece of cake. “Interesting” Dee mused while leaning back in her chair leisurely and twisted it around. “Send it back.”
“Ma’am?” Sharlene was gobsmacked by her response. It was third gift straight in a row. Classy, rare and expensive than rest. But her boss was not wooed, not even a little. “It’s-”
“It’s a waste of resources that could be put to better use as well as my time. Return it with a small courteous note but don’t forget to mention that sending such things is proving itself to be a nuisance and disturbance. Unless they want us to take some legal action, Mr. Sherzai should stop. It hasn’t been more than a month their repute has been restored.” Dee turned back to her laptop and Sharlene towards the exit. Once the door to her office closed, Dee looked up and clasped her hands in front of her mouth. Her entwined fingers were twiddling the ring restlessly and her expressions contorted to a mixture of many.
Asfandyar Sherzai was becoming a plight she couldn’t manage. Unless she get her hands dirty. He didn’t confront her directly after the auction but his random gifts afterwards alerted the alarm in her head. It was good she didn’t have to do the merger with him. He rectified Asphalt’s reputation and position within a week after his arrival. He proved he was self-sufficient for anything. That in itself was enough signal that Dee needs to steer clear of him. He was a dangerous man with a nasty stature. She knew of the things he did or was capable of doing. That was why she cannot let that man interfere. At all.
But he was making it very difficult at moment.
She wasn’t getting why he suddenly became so keen on getting acquainted with her. These random gifts started from the phone and moved up every time she refused them. A Mercedes-Benz Maybach Exelero, the Atelier and now this necklace. His behavior was really odd regarding what he was doing.
But she couldn’t trace the hidden agendas.
A brief knock on the door and Xian walked in. He placed a golden embroidered invitation before Dee and retracted two steps with hands clasped at his back. Dee picked the special invite under her name for the Annual Gala by Thompson and leaned back in her chair.
“That little problem at our hands is becoming quite outrageous.” Same feat these shams pose every year and never get tired of it. She wanted to scoff at their pathetic attempts to get her attention. They will get it. She threw the card away with a file. “And Asfandyar Sherzai hasn’t left. You said two weeks but it has been more than two months.”
“He has citizenship Ms. Sahi and his business is as vast as yours around the globe. We can do nothing because a step towards or against him can stir a lot of unnecessary turbulence. He is not only an infamous businessman but also an ill-famed mafia king with many political connections. We cannot make an enemy out of him.”
“I don’t care either way-”
“Your restlessness will only lead him to things you are trying to keep from.” They stared at each other. One with fire in her eyes and other calmness.
“What about the girl?” Xian didn’t argue further because he knew his boss. Not that she was coward but the mere reminder could lead her to do things that could prove fatal for the future that was still uncertain and cloaked in darkness.
“She was going to be sold in auction just like other girls. But this one was caught by mistake. She was a spy sent by Cabinet Intelligence to get Intel on human trafficking and abduction cases from Japan. The mission was collaborative. She went missing after the operation failed. The Intelligence declared her dead two years ago.”
“Send her back.”
“She insists on meeting you.” Dee looked up at Xian. “She feels indebted to you. I placed the offer before her but she refused. She is dead anyway.” Dee clasped her hands again and watched Xian carefully. Not a single line on his stoic face shifted an inch. He sure had it under control. Dee mused and tilted her chair to look at the chessboard on which lay various pieces in move.
“Is that so?” Picking a pawn, she turned to Xian and raised it between them. “What do you think?” Xian watched the piece in her hand carefully. There was a haunting smile on her lips indicating the move was already made. “You know what to do.” She placed the piece back on the board and turned to her laptop.
And without further ado, Xian was on his way to do the bidding of his boss without a second thought or question.
The coldness of the night bit in her delicate skin but Dee paid no attention to its brutality. The entire rooftop of La Bain was booked tonight. No one was allowed to go up unless they were being expected. The metal pits containing wood and lava stones were arranged to keep the environment warm and cozy. But all this extravagant set up did not show any effect on its valued guest who was too deep in thought.
The mild cold breeze blew her hair, exposing the broken wings tattoo on her left shoulder. The tattoo in itself was telltale, untold and buried within the confines of impenetrable darkness where no one ever dared to reach. No matter how much presumptuous the gateway to that doom’s pit made them.
Dee gazed at the unobstructed view of city but her eyes were looking elsewhere. Some place far away from the realm of actuality. She was seeing things but not seeing anything at the same time. Her eyes closed and a sharp breath escaped her rosy lips.
It was peacefully quiet but only she could hear the voices buried in the very wind that carried them. Outside, it was calm but no one knew what mayhem lay inside. A placid rhythm in everything but no one knew the restless tremors that shook its very core. A complacency was on the front but no one knew what malaise it hid behind.
How tempestuous.
“Ma’am?” the mild intrusion broke her chain and she tilted her head slightly. “They came for you.” What she didn’t expect upon turning was the huge bouquet of beautiful and healthy roses, redder than blood, being presented to her by the hesitant manager. “I apologize for interrupting but-”
“Leave them on the table.” The manager signaled the waiter to do so and turned to leave as soon as they were done bidding their part. “Make sure no more intrusions occur for the night. When I said, I don’t want to be disturbed, I meant it.” The manager opened his mouth but Dee’s phone began to ring at the precise moment. “And you should know how to deal with such matters.”
“We will be careful” With a slight nod, they left Dee to tend to her business. Dee picked her phone and turned back to look over the horizon.
“You sure are one persistent caller.” She mused while leaning over the glass railing and watched the twinkling lights of the surrounding buildings that ate away the bright stars of the sky. “To what do I owe this pleasure of having you calling me Mir Haider Shah?”
“It’s more difficult and near to impossible to get hold of you than any celebrity Dee. When will you actually grow up?” Haider got up from his chair and moved to the huge window behind his table. “You still know how to grate the nerves of your caller by just watching the poor device bleed its own speakers.”
“Always the dramatic one.” She turned around lazily and watched the bouquet lying over the table. “I came to have some peace but you people sure know how to ruin it for me.”
“You are going this year.” Dee chose not to say anything. She knew what was coming and so did Haider. But enough was enough. He did his best to get this mess turned as civilly as possible but he knew, it would all be in vain. She was, after all, his sister. “Care to tell why the sudden change of heart?”
“Just felt like being generous.”
“You know that man and his interest in you. He has kept their eyes on you all this time. His invitation is not an open arms welcome to something fruitful but a trap to get to the core of matters he has been trying to unveil.”
“You worry too much Hadi.” Dee walked to the table and picked the bouquet, observing each flower carefully. “What will he gain even if he solve the puzzle? Nothing but a labyrinth of his own mind.”
“Careful!” Haider tone took a warning note, “Let things cool down or else. It hasn’t been long since Nawab died and Mikhailov handed his business to an anonymous buyer. Don’t underestimate their noses. They will sniff you out if you moved too fast.” Her grip on the bouquet tightened and unadulterated rage coursed through her body and reached her eyes, igniting the coldness to burning amber.
“Let the cruise sail Hadi.” She went to one of the pits and lowered the bouquet in rising flames. The more she watched those roses, the more hatred thumped in her blood.
“What do we know when the soaring turned to sinking.”
While Dee was busy avowing to herself, someone watched her very avidly from afar. Asfand wasn’t expecting her to be this fierce. She was proving him wrong in every aspect which was making this chase more arousing for him.
“I told you not to take that women lightly.” He lowered the binoculars with a chuckle and turned to Safan. “If flowers, cars and castles were enough to sweep that dark princess off her feet, many would have achieved this task before you.”
“Should I have sent thorns and python instead?” Safan growled inaudibly and walked to the bar to make himself a drink. “I knew she was hiding something.”
“And whatever it is, has no concern with you bastard.” Asfand sat next to Safan and poured himself a scotch. He downed it in one go before going for the next round. “You are forgetting Asfand.” After downing another glass, Asfand got up and wore his suit jacket. “Where the fuck are you going now-”
A bullet hit the glass behind Safan, missing his temple by a mere brush.
“Learn to put a lid on that hole Safan. Or I will have to make some permanent arrangements before it starts reeking.” Asfand lowered his gun and put it back in its holster beneath his jacket. “Until this rare fish takes my bait, an Irish one waits in my bed.” He smirked arrogantly and walked towards the elevators. “Because a hunter never stops hunting.” He stepped inside and pressed the button to his floor, giving one last wink to Safan’s overwhelmed form.
“You fucking asshole” Safan was spitting profanities at the closing doors on Asfand’s chuckling. He shoved his hands in his pockets and looked at his reflection through the shiny mirrors of the four walls surrounding him.
Soon myaen janaan, very soon.
“I will talk later Hadi.” Dee disconnected the call and walked back, all the while watching the roses turn to ashes. Her fists clenched to her sides and she leaned against the table with a thump.
What a minacious color it is.
Dee hated it. The color and the very existence of it. If it was in her hands, she would eradicate the very source of it from this world.
But alas! Some things could not be taken charge of, no matter what power you hold.
And that thought alone was enough to fuel her already rising anger and hatred. A single tear slipped her eye when those memories became her choker once again. With a suppressed scream, she picked the glass and threw it across the lounge where it shattered with a crashing sound.
“I want them to follow the trail and come to me.” Dee wiped the lone tear and raised her hand to see the trail of blood flowing down her wrist. “I want them to hunt for me.”
Because if they won’t, how will I get what I want?
myaen janaan- my darling
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Nicole Scherzinger Admits She Battles Comfort Food Cravings And ‘Working Out Is Like Pulling Teeth’
Nicole Scherzinger has a toned and lithe physique that is the envy of women around the world. Indeed, the former Pussycat Dolls singer has seemed to effortlessly remain in great shape over the years, and appears full of energy tackling her role of Grizabella in the recent revival of Cats.
Scherzinger’s tough schedule requires her to hit the stage six days a week in London, and the star credits her disciplined regime with providing her the energy and strength she needs to thrive.
Nicole Scherzinger talks about working out healthy eating. Image: James White/Cosmopolitan
Speaking exclusively to Cosmopolitan, Scherzinger describes how important exercise is for her confidence and emotional strength.
“[Exercise] changes everything about how I approach my day and helps me go about life with confidence – that’s the main reason I do it. It gives me clarity and makes me feel stronger. It’s not so much for the physical and vanity side of it. I do it more for the emotional strength it gives me.”
But Nicole does admit that working out doesn’t come as easily to her as it used to when she was younger.
“I’m like any woman – my weight fluctuates up and down. I have good days and bad days. For many years I worked out every single day, but now I’m in my thirties it’s like pulling teeth. I gotta make myself work out – you need to find that balance.”
Scherzinger also admits that being based in London in the winter is a big test of willpower, and that her healthy eating routine has been very hard to follow in the UK.
“I’m working with Sir Trevor Nunn, who used to be artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, so I want to give it my all. But when I finish work it can be really hard to eat healthily. When it’s cold you just want to eat a melted-cheese panini and soup. I’m going to turn into a cup of tea and a curry by the time I leave London!”
Despite struggling with comfort food cravings and missing the warmer U.S. temperatures, Scherzinger — who is dating Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton — loves living in London because it “inspires” her.
“I do miss the sun in LA, but London inspires me in a different way. It’s like being in a movie.”
Inspiring it may be, but Nicole might be better off swapping London’s curries for more L.A. style sushi rolls if she is to retain the figure that has graced the covers of magazines worldwide.
“I eat differently in the UK from when I’m in LA. Over there, I’m happy eating a kale salad and sushi rolls but with this weather I’ve been eating a lot of curry.”
Although Nicole Scherzinger has previously admitted she needs to exercise to feel good, the star does appear to have a refreshingly healthy approach to living well.
“Healthy for me means a healthy mind, then everything else becomes aligned – the mental, physical, spiritual… everything… Being happy means having balance, being creative and finding peace.”
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Masco Corporation (MAS) vs. Top 20 Hedge Fund Stocks in 2019
Amid an overall bull market, many stocks that smart money investors were collectively bullish on surged in 2019. Among them, Facebook and Microsoft ranked among the top 3 picks and these stocks gained 57%. Our research shows that most of the stocks that smart money likes historically generate strong risk-adjusted returns. That’s why we weren’t surprised when hedge funds’ top 20 large-cap stock picks generated a return of 41.1% in 2019 (through December 23rd) and outperformed the broader market benchmark by 10.1 percentage points.This is why following the smart money sentiment is a useful tool at identifying the next stock to invest in.
Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) investors should pay attention to an increase in support from the world’s most elite money managers lately. Our calculations also showed that MAS isn’t among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (click for Q3 rankings and see the video at the end of this article for Q2 rankings).
Why do we pay any attention at all to hedge fund sentiment? Our research has shown that hedge funds’ large-cap stock picks indeed failed to beat the market between 1999 and 2016. However, we were able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that outperformed the Russell 2000 ETFs by 40 percentage points since May 2014 (see the details here). We were also able to identify in advance a select group of hedge fund holdings that’ll significantly underperform the market. We have been tracking and sharing the list of these stocks since February 2017 and they lost 27.8% through November 21, 2019. That’s why we believe hedge fund sentiment is an extremely useful indicator that investors should pay attention to.
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We leave no stone unturned when looking for the next great investment idea. For example Discover is offering this insane cashback card, so we look into shorting the stock. One of the most bullish analysts in America just put his money where his mouth is. He says, “I’m investing more today than I did back in early 2009.” So we check out his pitch. We read hedge fund investor letters and listen to stock pitches at hedge fund conferences. We even check out this option genius’ weekly trade ideas. This December, we recommended Adams Energy as a one-way bet based on an under-the-radar fund manager’s investor letter and the stock already gained 20 percent. With all of this in mind we’re going to take a glance at the new hedge fund action surrounding Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS).
What have hedge funds been doing with Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS)?
At Q3’s end, a total of 46 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a change of 2% from one quarter earlier. On the other hand, there were a total of 35 hedge funds with a bullish position in MAS a year ago. With hedge funds’ sentiment swirling, there exists an “upper tier” of notable hedge fund managers who were boosting their holdings substantially (or already accumulated large positions).
More specifically, Two Sigma Advisors was the largest shareholder of Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS), with a stake worth $188.8 million reported as of the end of September. Trailing Two Sigma Advisors was AQR Capital Management, which amassed a stake valued at $188.5 million. Adage Capital Management, Scopus Asset Management, and GLG Partners were also very fond of the stock, becoming one of the largest hedge fund holders of the company. In terms of the portfolio weights assigned to each position Water Asset Management allocated the biggest weight to Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS), around 2.82% of its 13F portfolio. Thames Capital Management is also relatively very bullish on the stock, setting aside 2.56 percent of its 13F equity portfolio to MAS.
Now, key money managers were leading the bulls’ herd. Columbus Circle Investors, managed by Principal Global Investors, created the largest position in Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS). Columbus Circle Investors had $30.5 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. Zach Schreiber’s Point State Capital also made a $25 million investment in the stock during the quarter. The other funds with brand new MAS positions are Ryan Caldwell’s Chiron Investment Management, Jay Genzer’s Thames Capital Management, and Matthew Mark’s Jet Capital Investors.
Let’s now take a look at hedge fund activity in other stocks – not necessarily in the same industry as Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) but similarly valued. These stocks are American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL), Lyft, Inc. (NASDAQ:LYFT), DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc. (NASDAQ:XRAY), and BanColombia S.A. (NYSE:CIB). This group of stocks’ market valuations are similar to MAS’s market valuation.
AAL 38 1781432 4
LYFT 33 880680 -4
XRAY 28 1628924 -1
CIB 11 166123 1
Average 27.5 1114290 0
As you can see these stocks had an average of 27.5 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $1114 million. That figure was $1008 million in MAS’s case. American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand BanColombia S.A. (NYSE:CIB) is the least popular one with only 11 bullish hedge fund positions. Compared to these stocks Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) is more popular among hedge funds. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 41.1% in 2019 through December 23rd and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by 10.1 percentage points. Hedge funds were also right about betting on MAS as the stock returned 65.7% so far in 2019 (through 12/23) and outperformed the market by an even larger margin. Hedge funds were clearly right about piling into this stock relative to other stocks with similar market capitalizations.
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My Soul is a … Jet Pack?
July 16, 2012 By Peggy BowesFamily
As a parent of two teenagers, I often feel guilty about my shortcomings. I never did teach them Latin, we still have a long way to go on Bible studies, and, occasionally, I serve macaroni and cheese for dinner.
There is one thing I have gotten right though — both my children are very comfortable with the sacrament of Reconciliation. I’ll never forget how my son came to me immediately after his very first Confession and declared, “I need to go to Confession every month. Let’s plan on the first Saturday.” How could I refuse such a request from a second grader?
Ever since, we have made a habit of monthly trips to the confessional. Of course we’re human and skip a month here and there, but my kids will remind me if it’s been too long. We also take advantage of vacation travel to receive the sacrament in other parishes. My children are comfortable with dark, Gothic-style confessional booths, face-to-face confession, and even the whispered confessions in a communal penance service.
We all appreciate the sensation of burdens falling off our shoulders as we emerge from our parish chapel. My children recently tried to vocalize the feeling of relief that the sacrament of Reconciliation brings.
My daughter declared, “I think of my soul as a beautiful round and shiny globe. When I sin, it starts to get dusty, but when I go to confession, Father takes a little brush and sweeps away all the dust so it’s shiny and new again.”
My son considered the idea for a few minutes before adding, “I think of my soul as a jet pack. My sins weigh it down and I feel heavy, but after confession, all the weight is taken off and I feel lighter and free.”
The Catechism tells us why we experience this renewal:
“In this sacrament, the sinner, placing himself before the merciful judgment of God, anticipates in a certain way the judgment to which he will be subjected at the end of his earthly life. For it is now, in this life, that we are offered the choice between life and death, and it is only by the road of conversion that we can enter the Kingdom, from which one is excluded by grave sin.In converting to Christ through penance and faith, the sinner passes from death to life and does not come into judgment” (CCC 1470).
Think about that. “…The sinner passes from death to life.” No wonder we feel so light and free! The sacrament of Reconciliation also gives us the grace to increase in virtue so that we might better fight the temptations that await us as soon as we emerge from the confessional.
Better yet, I am confident that when my children leave my home and influence, they will continue to seek the grace and renewal of frequent confession. One more thing to cross off my “motherly guilt” list. Now I’m off to make mac and cheese for dinner.
Learn more about Peggy Bowe’s writing at her blog: www.rosaryworkout.com
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Peggy Bowes is a freelance writer and the author of The Rosary Workout. She graduated from the US Air Force Academy in 1988 and served nine years as an Air Force pilot. After leaving the military to raise a family, Peggy pursued her lifelong passion for fitness, becoming a personal trainer, Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant, and aerobics instructor. Peggy is also very active in parish life. She has been a lector, CCD teacher, and Little Flowers Girls' Club leader. She enjoys triathlons, hiking, adventure races, and other sports as she incorporates all the benefits and blessings of The Rosary Workout. Peggy and her husband and two children currently reside in North Carolina.
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Zinzile Mavuso 16th Oct 2019
By Jaydon Farao
When I was 10, I got into the habit of eavesdropping on adult conversations. A perilous and thrilling endeavour. It was around this age when I first heard the word I wasn’t supposed to hear. A relative had uttered it with a casualness of a Sunday afternoon stroll. The context of the conversation eludes my memory, but the word’s pronouncement remains indelible.
They said k*ffir.
The way in which the word strolled from their mouth, briefly sitting on their lips, only to rush out and permeate the innocence of my ears, was horrifying. The word had immense weight, leaving me unable to discard it from memory. A dark mould capitalising on my infantile consciousness. I stared into the hateful home the word had just left, into the moving mouth continuing its momentum without stammering. I stood there in silence. There were other mouths there besides mine.
No one said a word.
When South Africa “discarded” its chromatic scheme of classification and embraced one symbolic of a rainbow, the euphoria clouded judgement just long enough for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to complete its proceedings. All was meant to be well. Instead, the Republic still sat with the foundations of its transgenerational trauma, racism and white supremacy; the destructive factors that led to my encounter with the K-word. Racial hatred often follows demographic patterns. This time, it did not. It came from a so-called coloured person. This is no surprise to many South Africans. Anti-black rhetoric is rife within the coloured community, clearly signally the success of the Apartheid state’s goal; to divide on the grounds of race. One only needs to sit around the dinner table on holidays, as politics inevitably veers in, to experience the racism infested within the coloured community.
I began grappling with these thoughts as I entered adulthood, while simultaneously entering my racial identity crisis. I fleshed out what it means to live in a city as racially segregated as Cape Town, trying to dismantle the social and spatial obstructions that remain strongly built by Apartheid. Some of those structures affording me opportunities while concurrently obstructing my dignity.
I was privileged enough to visit the UK on an exchange programme when I was in grade 10. It was my first trip outside the African continent. It would also be my first confrontation to questions of my identity regarding my race. I was sitting alone one day, in the cafeteria at lunch time and had reluctantly welcomed a fellow student, a Connor-type, when he asked to join. The conversation had begun with pleasantries and continued with my rehearsed responses flowing freely. It took a turn just as I had exhausted my script.
“What are you exactly? Are you white? Black?” Connor ambushed into the territory he was obviously preparing for. I entertained this as a genuine inquest while he glared at my low-fade haircut, perplexed by my light skin tone. I explained how race had been defined under the Apartheid government and the box I need to tick when filling out any application. Connor sat back and took a moment to finish chewing his food. Eventually, he unleashed his actual reason for sitting directly across from me.
“What’s a k*ffir?”
I stopped drinking my water, and slowly set my glass on the table. shocked at the ease with which the word had crossed continents to fall upon my ears. I begged his pardon, attempting to imagine he had said something else.
He repeated his question.
I paused once more. Still naïvely assuming his innocence, I explained the vulgarity of that word. Contextualising the similarities and differences with the N-word. Attempting to bridge the gap in his ignorance. He sat there, I thought, digesting the painful thing he had said. I imagined he would be ready to apologise and that we would fetch our dessert before continuing down another path of conversation. I was a fool though, because he knew the meaning of the word before we had sat down. He wanted me to explain its power and its painful history, so that he could say, “Cheers k*ffir,” as he got up to leave the dining hall. Leaving me to hear it once more, sitting with my empty plate, my embarrassment, and my shame.
In that moment, in which I felt incredibly lonely, I picked up my tray, dropped it off, and walked to my room. Smiling to anyone I recognised, hiding what I had experienced. Exceptional othering of intense indignity. I was left to navigate the reception of that hatred knowing that in South Africa, people who looked and sounded like me were using that exact word to denigrate and direct hatred towards Black people. My dignity was stripped that afternoon, but coloured people back home were still acting as agents of white supremacy, forcing Biko to roll in his grave while Verwoerd rejoiced in his. How was I supposed to position myself on the receiving end of that word, when people who resemble me have used it? This dichotomy poses a challenge to reconcile and exhibit my Blackness with the ever-present racial rift that exists in this country. I am not supposed to hear the K-word, but I do. It has travelled oceans and generations to the delight of white supremacists and it disheartens me.
Much of my anger and shame concerning the K-word is rooted in my acknowledgement of the power of words and language. A power which has been capitalised by many malevolent individuals in history. It has presented itself on all spectrums of hate. “Those people”, “them”, “illegal aliens”. A masterstroke of othering. This kind of language does not develop spontaneously, so in trying to understand the power of a word, one can often look towards its roots. The K-word has Arabic origins but was stolen by Europeans to describe indigenous people of South Africa. A descriptive word, with existing derogatory undertones. Its path towards violence in this country was carefully constructed. During Apartheid it put on its cloak and strutted on the racist landscape it was free to inhabit, with the campaign slogan of the National Party in 1948 being, “Die k*ffir op sy plek.” In 1976 the word became unlawful in South Africa, but still very much in mainstream racism nationally. It would take 24 years before it was classified as hate speech, with the first conviction of a person using racist language, Vicki Momberg, occurring only in 2018. The incident was recorded. She had said the K-word 48 times (that we know of).
It took convicted racist Vicki Momberg saying that dehumanising word 48 times, on camera, to allow the extent of her actions to be reprimanded by law. This was not her first day at the K-word rodeo. She was fully aware of her power, despite her lawyers arguing her state of mind being out of the ordinary in that way that racists are usually presented. People who are under “stress” in vulnerable situations and just cannot help but blurt it out. The people making excuses for these racists have usually encountered such behaviour before and encouraged or ignored it. It may not have begun with extreme vulgarity, but it began somewhere. The way in which we criticise cultures. The way in which we other different people. This is how power develops. This is how white supremacy operates. So, when I hear that “word” being spoken around me or at me, I freeze. I am angry with myself because I haven’t done enough to combat it. This is part of why I despise that “word”. It reveals my complicity in its continuing legacy.
Part of the word’s power is silence. Silence from those who would never dream to say it, but upon hearing it, join it in its invisibility. This invisibility includes reactions to all expressions of hate, with or without vile words. We contribute to the everlasting breathe of racism if we are to disengage and detract. It’s a culture of silence that has grown from an irrational loyalty and fear of confrontation, and it aggregates our complicity. We need to categorically call out racism, to the extent of embarrassing its agents, in order to limit its relevance. It begins around the dinner table as you’re dishing up the main course, and that one uncle says something you’re not supposed to hear.
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Why This Audemars Piguet Is The Original Baller Watch
December 4, 2019 by website 0 Comments
The origin myth of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak is as legendary as its design. It’s 1971, and the Swiss watch industry is feeling a little hot under the collar; the Japanese are flooding the market with cheap quartz watches and no one’s buying expensive automatics anymore.
Like many brands, Audemars Piguet was staring down the barrel of bankruptcy. It needed a hit and fast. Alighting on some feedback from the Italians, who had expressed some interest in a luxury steel watch, then managing-director Georges Golay picked up the phone, late afternoon on the day before the 1971 Baselworld was due to start and called watch designer Gerald Genta.
Would Genta be able to design a luxury sports watch, exquisitely finished, that might appeal to the Italians? And could it be on Golay’s desk by the morning?
Genta delivered. What he came up with was the Royal Oak, and the watch industry hasn’t been the same ever since. It was, and still is, the definitive sports watch, but with numerous models and variations released since it can all be slightly confusing, which is where we come in.
How The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Came To Be
Inspired by a traditional diver’s helmet in all its riveted glory, the original watch had an octagonal bezel with eight visible screws and an unusual blue patterned dial. It was slim yet relatively large for a watch at the time – 39mm – and had a complex, integrated steel bracelet.
Powering it was the automatic Calibre 2121, a date version of the Calibre 2120, which was first introduced in 1967 and the result of a technical collaboration between Jaeger-LeCoultre and Audemars Piguet with money chipped in by Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin; all of whom were in the market for an ultra-slim movement to customise.
Given the nautical inspiration, Genta insisted the name have some sea-faring reference, so Audemars Piguet came up with Royal Oak – the moniker for a series of eight ships (a nod to the eight bezel screws) from the Royal Navy. A year later in 1972, it was ready for launch. It was more expensive than a gold Patek Philippe and 10 times more than a steel Rolex Submariner, rubbing plenty up the wrong way in the process.
The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak: Innovative But Controversial
The Royal Oak was far from a success and by the end of Basel Fair 1972 gleeful critics were predicting Audemars Piguet’s imminent bankruptcy. However, the unusual design won customers over, and soon AP was running adverts emphasising its exclusivity.
Fast forward 20 years, and the brand decided to shake things up again; it wanted to make it sportier, appealing more to a younger crowd. Enter the Offshore, designed by 22-year-old Emmanuel Gueit. It was huge – nicknamed “The Beast” during development – and offended purists with even Genta himself marching onto the Audemars Piguet booth at Basel shouting that his creation had been ruined; a move that didn’t harm its success.
Since then, very little has changed design-wise. Its instantly recognisable form has housed crazy complications and been made in everything from gold and platinum to alacrite 602, a superalloy used by the aeronautical industry. It’s been made smaller, larger, thinner; been frosted and skeletonised but essentially that sketch that Genta made one evening in 1971 has never been bested.
The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Design
For something dreamt up in an evening, there’s a lot going on with the Royal Oak. First, there’s the unusual octagonal bezel with its eight screws, which aren’t actually screws but bolt-heads; the screws that do the work of connecting the bezel to the case are within the watch. Then there’s the famed integrated bracelet, entirely built by hand; a detail that probably accounts for the lack of an impromptu wrist epilation when wearing it.
The original Ref.5402, much prized by collectors, had the AP initials above the six rather than the 12, but other than that nothing has changed since 1971. Aesthetically it feels like a design out of time, it has none of the retro tool watch vibe inherent in many of the other watches around at the same time, and its future-tech sleekness still looks modern today.
It’s a watch like no other, which is why Audemars Piguet was able to successfully sue a brand called Swiss Legend for ripping it off back in 2014.
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This is the 2019 update of the classic three-hander with date window. It has a slightly wider 41mm case, and here the tapisserie pattern on the dial is grande rather than petit. The indices have been enlarged, and now there is just a date window at three, whereas previously the aperture was sharing dial space with an hour marker.
Powering it is the brand-new Calibre 4302, which Audemars Piguet has also put in the Code 11:59 and which has a 70-hour power reserve. You do have the option of a black or grey dial, but blue is obviously the connoisseur’s choice.
Buy Now: £18,700.
The Offshore
If you are going to buy an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore, there is no point in opting for something subtle. This is a big, bold, brash timepiece, so it makes sense to embrace those personality traits and use it as an excuse to have some fun.
Which brings us neatly to this amazing version in green with a camo rubber strap. Not everyone’s going to like it, and you likely can’t wear it to the office, but it’s an impressive piece of mechanical muscle. Deploy with caution.
The Chronograph
The in-between case size of 38mm was a sweet spot for a lot of brands this year and Audemars Piguet put it to good use in its chronograph collection.
There’s a 41mm version of this, containing the same integrated column-wheel chronograph movement, but there is something about losing that 3mm that turns the aesthetics from nice to “I need one on my wrist now”. The 4.30 date window is a little controversial for some, but having that small flaw to quibble about only adds to its perfection.
The Concept Watch
Concept watches rarely get turned into commercial prospects, but Audemars Piguet managed to turn its RD#2 – an ultra-thin perpetual calendar – into this, the Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin. For the time being, it is the world’s thinnest automatic perpetual calendar, sitting just 6.3mm on the wrist.
There’s no petit tapisserie-patterned dial, which makes it easier to read, and the majority of the case and bracelet are brushed titanium with the bezel and bracelet central links in polished platinum. It is pricey, but that’s what you pay for a piece of history.
Buy Now: Approx £110,000.
The Complicated One
Ever since Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-August Piguet set up shop in Le Brassus, Audemars Piguet has had a reputation for making incredibly complicated watches. This Royal Oak has had everything thrown at it and, surprisingly, it sticks.
Despite having a tourbillon and a chronograph, then open-working the whole thing, it doesn’t feel cluttered, with the use of black ceramic adding a touch of modern menace.
Buy Now: Price available upon request
This article was originally published by Fashionbeans.com. Read the original article here.
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Google’s New CEO is India-born Sundar Pichai
4 years ago on Tuesday, August 11th, 2015
Google co-founders—Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced Chennai-born Sundar Pichai as the new CEO of the search giant. Creating a new organisational structure, the co-founders are now heading a mother company called Alphabet.
The 43 year old Chennai native Sundar Pichai is a product of IIT Kharagpur. He had later went to Stanford and Wharton universities. He will be in charge of a slimmed down Google, which has been rechristened as Google Minus.
Pichai had joined Google in 2004. He worked on Chrome and Android, both of which have made amazing progress.
“very fortunate to have someone as talented as he is to run the slightly slimmed down Google and this frees up time for me to continue to scale our aspirations…I know Sundar will always be focused on innovation—continuing to stretch boundaries…”. Wrote Larry Page in a letter to investors on 10 August.
Regarding the restructuring of Google, Page said in a blog "We've long believed that over time companies tend to get comfortable doing the same thing, just making incremental changes. But in the technology industry, where revolutionary ideas drive the next big growth areas, you need to be a bit uncomfortable to stay relevant," He further added "new structure will allow us to keep tremendous focus on the extraordinary opportunities we have inside of Google."
Sundar Pichai joins an elite group of Indian-origin CEOs, including Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. There are at least half a dozen of them in Fortune 500 companies. Indra Nooyi at Pepsi, Ajit Banga at Mastercard, and Sanjay Mehrotra at SanDisk are among them. Also, Ajit Jain is strongly tipped to succeed Warren Buffett at the third ranked Berkshire Hathaway.
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For more than 18 years, Raymond Wang has advised clients on public, private, and cross-border M&A transactions. His practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions, share swaps, spin-offs, public tender offers, going-private transactions, joint ventures, and restructuring. He represents both public and private companies in a variety of industries, including retail and consumer products, manufacturing, technology services, transportation, telecommunications, real estate, and financial services.
Raymond's experience also includes advising on Taiwan antitrust and competition matters for transportation, telecommunications, and technology companies. In addition, he has been involved in a number of significant cross-Straits investment projects for Chinese and Taiwanese companies. He also frequently counsels clients on a wide range of regulatory compliance matters, such as securities transactions, labor and employment law, environmental regulations, and corporate governance matters. In the last few years, Raymond advised many foreign issuers in their Taiwan IPOs and many local and international clients in their real estate transactions.
Representative transactions include: Micron Technology's US$6 billion acquisition of Inotera, Capella Micro's merger with Vishay, Micron Technology's sponsorship of Elpida Memory's reorganization and acquisition of Rexchip, BOE's acquisition of JEAN Technology (the very first Chinese-listed company's inbound investment in a Taiwan-listed company after the lifting of the outright ban on Chinese inbound investment to Taiwan), TSMC's acquisition of Motech, and TSMC's spin-off of its solar and LED businesses.
Raymond is a member of the Taipei Bar Association. He is a frequent speaker and writer on a variety of legal topics.
PolyOne to acquire Clariant color and additive masterbatch business for $1.5 billionJones Day is advising PolyOne Corporation in the $1.5 billion purchase of Clariant’s global color and additive masterbatch business.
JERA acquires minority stake in Formosa 1 offshore wind power projectJones Day advised JERA in the acquisition of a minority stake in the Formosa 1 offshore wind power project, located off the north-western coast of Taiwan.
Chroma acquires 20.5 percent of CamtekJones Day advised Chroma ATE Inc., a leading Taiwanese corporation, in its acquisition of approximately 20.5 percent of the shares of Camtek Ltd. at $9.50 per share.
UPL acquires Arysta LifeScience from Platform Specialty Products Corporation for $4.2 billionJones Day advised UPL Limited ("UPL"), a leading global generic agrochemical company based in India, in connection with its subsidiary, UPL Corporation Limited’s, US$4.2 billion acquisition and related $3 billion term financing of Arysta Lifescience Inc. (“Arysta”), a global provider of crop protection solutions, including bio-solutions and seed treatment, from NYSE listed Platform Specialty Products Corporation (“Platform”).
Newell Brands sells Pure Fishing to Sycamore Partners for $1.3 billionJones Day advised Newell Brands Inc. in the sale of its Pure Fishing business to Sycamore Partners for approximately $1.3 billion in cash.
National Fuel Gas completes $300 million registered public offering of 4.75% NotesJones Day represented National Fuel Gas Company in connection with its registered public offering of $300 million of 4.75% Notes due 2028.
SPIL and ASE execute Joint Share Swap Agreement to establish industrial holding companyJones Day advised Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. ("SPIL", TWSE Code: 2325, NASDAQ Code: SPIL), a global leading OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) company, in the execution of a Joint Share Swap Agreement with Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. ("ASE", TWSE Code: 2311, NYSE Code: ASX), the global leader in the same industry, to jointly establish a new multi-billion-dollar "industrial holding company" ("New HoldCo") by two simultaneous share swaps.
MPLX completes $5.5 billion public offering of Senior NotesJones Day represented MPLX LP in connection with a public offering of $5.5 billion of Senior Notes, consisting of (i) $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.375% Senior Notes due 2023, (ii) $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.000% Senior Notes due 2028, (iii) $1.75 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2038, (iv) $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.700% Senior Notes due 2048, and (v) $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.900% Senior Notes due 2058.
General Plastic Industrial acquires Katun Corporation from Monomoy Capital PartnersJones Day represented General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd. in connection with its acquisition of Katun Corporation, a Minneapolis-based global provider of OEM-compatible imaging supplies, photoreceptors, and parts for copiers, printers, MFPs and other imaging equipment, from Monomoy Capital Partners.
Qisda completes tender offer for majority interest in DFI, Inc.Jones Day advised Qisda Corporation in the acquisition of the majority stake in a listed company, DFI, Inc., where Qisda previously held approximately 8.71 percent.
National Fuel Gas completes $300 million registered public offering of NotesJones Day represented National Fuel Gas Company, an integrated energy company, in connection with its registered public offering of $300 million of 3.95% Notes due 2027.
World Fitness Services raises capitalJones Day represented World Fitness Services Limited, the owner and operator of the largest fitness center chain in Taiwan, in connection with its preferred financing placement to CDIB Capital.
Micron Technology acquires remaining 67 percent interest in Inotera Memories for approximately $4 billionJones Day advised Micron Technology, Inc. in its $4 billion acquisition of the remaining 67 percent interest in Inotera Memories.
Hermes Microvision sold to ASML for NT$100 billion (US$3.1 billion)Jones Day advised Hermes Microvision, Inc. on its sale to ASML Holding NV (ASML: NASDAQ) in an all cash transaction valued at approximately NT$100 billion (US$3.1 billion).
Siliconware Precision defends against $1 billion unsolicited tender offer by Advanced Semiconductor EngineeringJones Day is advising Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. (SPIL) in relation to an unsolicited tender offer by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) for up to 25 percent of SPIL common shares and ADRs.
Shin Kong Life Insurance acquires 40 Gracechurch Street office building from Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors for £136.15 million (US$206.5 million)Jones Day advised Shin Kong Life Insurance Company Limited, a company controlled by Shin Kong Financial Holding Company Limited, in its acquisition of 40 Gracechurch Street in London from Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC for £136.15 million (US$206.5 million).
PLDS Germany GmbH sells business units to Magna International Inc.Jones Day advised PLDS Germany GmbH in its sale of the head-up display and electronic components business units in Wetzlar, Germany and the ultrasonic sensor business in Hsinchu, Taiwan to Magna International Inc.
Capella Microsystems acquired by Vishay Intertechnology for 6.05 billion New Taiwan Dollars (US$205 million)Jones Day advised Capella Microsystems Inc., a fabless IC design company specializing in optoelectronic products, in its acquisition by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components, for approximately 6.05 billion New Taiwan Dollars (US$205 million).
Ikaria announces strategic partnership with Lee's Pharmaceutical for sale of Ikaria's INOMAX Total Care services packageJones Day advised INO Therapeutics LLC d/b/a Ikaria in a series of transactions with Lee's Pharmaceutical (Hong Kong) Limited for the promotion and sales of Ikaria's INOMAX Total Care services package (including device, drug, and accessories for neo-natal pulmonary therapy that treats infant hypoxic respiratory failures) in Greater China (including mainland China, Hong Kong/Macau and Taiwan).
Micron Technology acquires leading manufacturer of DRAM integrated circuits Elpida for 200 billion Yen (US$2.5 billion) and 24% stake in Rexchip for US$335 millionJones Day acted as Taiwan counsel to Micron Technology, Inc., one of the world's leading semiconductor companies, in its acquisition of Elpida Memory, Inc., a leading manufacturer of DRAM integrated circuits, for 200 billion Yen (US$2.5 billion) and in its US$335 million acquisition of an approximately 24 percent stake of Rexchip Electronics Corp. from Powerchip Technology Corporation.
February 2018 Jones Day Publications
Taiwan Offshore Wind Farm Projects: Guiding Investors through the Legal and Regulatory Framework
October 2017 External Publications
The Mergers & Acquisitions Review - 11th Edition – Taiwan
法律盡職調查-以離岸風力發電廠之重要法律議題為中心, 台灣經濟研究院
私募股權基金的募集(法律實務面概說), 財團法人中華民國證券暨期貨市場發展基金會
跨國投資合作法律, 企業合作與評價研討會
公司治理下企業合作之成功關鍵, 玉山華淵論壇
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企業社會責任和誠信經營, 裕隆汽車
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國內及海外IPO法律面概說, 福邦證券股份有限公司
私募與併購專業人才培訓班-併購案例分析, 金融研訓院
Taiwan VC & PE, Asia VC&PE Council and Network Forum 2014 & 25th anniversary of KVCA
2013 Forum of Investment in Taiwan and the Connection between Industries in Taiwan and China
Instruction for Taiwan IPO Laws and Practices - 2013 Taiwan Branding and Retail Channel Businesses IPO Seminar
Opportunities of M&A in Taiwan and China and PRC Investment in Taiwan - 14th (2012) China Venture Capital & Private Equity Forum
Amendment in Taiwan Company Law and Securities and Exchange Laws: Important Legal Issues regarding the Resolutions and Convening of Board of Directors and Shareholders Meetings (Securities and Futures Institute)
Instruction for Taiwan TDR Laws and Practices
Laws and Practices in Taiwan M&A, Deloitte Taipei
New Vision of PRC Investment in Taiwan post ECFA: Laws and Regulations regarding Taiwan Capital Markets and M&A
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Congestion Pricing: panacea to Mumbai’s transport woes
7th March 2019 By admin
Mumbai wears many tags: The City that Never Sleeps, The City of Dreams, The Maximum City, etc. Another moniker that aptly defines the conditions prevalent in the city could be ‘The City of Traffic Bedlam’. Such is the chaos that reigns supreme on the city’s pigeonholed roads, with private motor vehicles playing the usual suspects.
In light of the ever-rising transportation concerns, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)—the agency responsible for urban planning in the Mumbai region—is keen to explore the feasibility of congestion pricing to reduce traffic congestion. A stakeholder focus-group meeting was held on 6 March, to understand various perspectives of congestion pricing, as part of a joint study initiated by MMRDA in collaboration with the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) India Programme.
A travel-demand management measure, congestion pricing aims to tackle the issue of road congestion, growing private vehicle use, and environmental pollution. Simply put, the approach will look to levy a charge on private vehicles for accessing a high-demand stretch or zone. These charges are aimed at discouraging usage of private vehicles, while improving and promoting public transport ridership.
A move long overdue
Mumbai has been renowned for its strong network of public transport systems such as the omnipresent BEST buses and the reliable ‘local trains’. But as middle-class ambitions grew, so did the car-craze. In the recent decade, private automobiles found safe sanctuaries in the homes and streets of Mumbai. Meanwhile, the BEST bus services continue to suffer due to declining fleet sizes and ridership; while the local trains, the city’s backbone, are bursting at the seams with unimaginable passenger load.
Greater Mumbai’s extravagant private vehicle growth and expenditure on related infrastructure cannot justify the paltry commute figures. Private vehicle numbers skyrocketed from 7.9 lakh in 2001 to 32 lakh in 2017! Even though they make up for only 12% of all trips, private vehicles occupy over three-fourth of road space, leaving the rest to the fringes. What happens when the 12% increases to 20% or even more? Constructing more roads or flyovers is not the answer – these are short sighted solutions that are expensive and unsustainable.
Decongest and get a move on
As per Uber Movement estimates, the average Mumbaikar spends 135% per cent more time on the road than their Asian counterparts. Thus, the move to congestion pricing is not about punishing the driver; it is more about ensuring people get to their destination faster and more affordably—with less environmental impact and less stress.
According to the MMRDA, congestion pricing will encourage a modal shift to public transport modes which is a healthy alternative for people and the environment. It is also understood that an effective congestion pricing strategy will increase average speed and reduce travel times by all modes, especially buses.
However, congestion pricing is a mere part of the bigger puzzle that looks to resolve traffic congestion in cities like Mumbai. “Mumbai should first try more simple traffic reduction measures like charging on-street parking and eliminating on-street parking from mobility corridors. That is slowing down buses. The buses run only about 160 km/day today, against 200 km just a few years ago. Buses have to run 200 km/day to be viable” says Harshad Abhyankar, Mobility Planning Specialist at the ITDP India Programme.
Presently, BEST buses share the carriageway with other vehicles and hence, their operating speed is adversely affected by traffic congestion. Haphazard parking increases friction on the street edge which further slows them down. Lower bus speeds generally result in fewer buses scheduled on routes, which only entices commuters to opt for the more ‘convenient’ option – their car or the two-wheeler. And this vicious cycle continues.
The move towards congestion pricing will allow Mumbai to explore the possibility of firstly, charging on-street parking to discourage the use of private vehicles, secondly, prioritising and strengthening the lifeline of the city – its BEST buses, and thirdly, investing in high-quality people-friendly infrastructure such as footpaths, cycle tracks, and dedicated bus lanes. For all of this to be successful, “a legislation that gives charge of all traffic reduction measures and related responsibilities to a single entity is desirable”, emphasised a participant at the focus group discussion.
No one enjoys being stuck in traffic. People stuck in traffic jams lose time, money, and their peace of mind. Congestion pricing is a measure to reduce traffic congestion – that is charging private vehicles for accessing a high-demand stretch or zone. The revenue generated can be levied to improve city bus services, and walking and cycling infrastructure – the more sustainable way of moving around. However, its application is an uphill task. The ITDP India Programme is excited to be working with MMRDA to learn from this initial meeting, further its understanding from international case studies, and explore possibilities of congestion pricing in Mumbai.
Move over traffic, Mumbaikars coming through (about time)!
Written by Rohit James and Kashmira Dubash.
Picture credit: Vincent Mivelaz, Flickr
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Maharashtra Urban Mobility Policy
31st July 2018 By admin Leave a Comment
If life is a theatre, then commuting on Indian urban roads is a Greek tragedy that unfolds daily. Jostling for space, dashing to beat a signal or tip-toeing around oncoming traffic, all these are daily reminders of how desperately the Indian transport system needs an overhaul. According to a Boston Consulting Group survey, a commuter in Mumbai spends 135% more time in road travel than any other Asian city.
Yet, our current vehicle-centric transportation planning only adds more vehicles on roads. And beating congestion by adding more roads is a battle that no city has won. It isn’t just the rapid increase in congestion, traffic snarls or travel time, but also the subsequent rise of pollution and road accidents that hamper quality of life in our cities.
“Every rupee spent by a city on public transport boosts its economy by four rupees!” said Mr Khatua, Director of Mumbai Technical Support Unit, at a workshop on the Maharashtra State Urban Transport Policy. Succinctly put, the senior officer magnifies the need of the hour: sustainable public transport systems.
Closely looking at Maharashtra’s urban population, it is expected to increase by a whopping 30% in the next decade and by another 50% in the years to follow. Going by the present-day scenario of urban commute in the state, the future seems too hazy. To counter these issues, the Urban Development Department of the state has drafted and published the Maharashtra Urban Mobility Policy.
With sustainability at its core, the policy looks to develop transport systems in accordance. So efforts will be concentrated on urban transit systems which reduces burden on resources and most importantly, offers an equal space to every commuter. Hence, facilitating walking, cycling and usage of public transport.
How the policy came about
In 2006, the National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP) was laid out as a guidance for transportation planning in Indian cities. It prioritized the movement of people and not vehicles in cities, emphasizing on adequate road space for sustainable transport modes, such as walking, cycling and public transport. However, the NUTP mostly existed as a term of reference on papers.
You may ask, so why bring it up now? Well, Maharashtra is taking strides to plug this gap, making it the first state to define its own transportation policy. This further ensures that its urban transportation projects are consistent with NUTP. In June 2017, the Urban Development Department released a draft of the policy. To ensure transparency and insight on feasibility the process was participatory, taking into consideration comments and suggestions of citizens and officials from various cities.
Consultation with Pune Municipal Corporation
Consultation with Nashik Municipal Corporation
In all of this the ITDP India Programme provided technical guidance to the Urban Development Department, and the department is now in the last stages of finalizing the draft.
Applicable to all urban areas of the state, the policy envisions transport modes which are safe, reliable, sustainable and accessible for citizen from all walks of life. Additionally, focusing on women’s safety.
The key objectives that the policy will enforce upon cities are:
· Safety and convenience offered to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users.
· Reducing usage of personal vehicles
· Our transportation infrastructure must be is universally accessible
· Road fatalities should be drastically reduced
· Ambient air quality should meet or exceed Central Pollution Control Board norms
All this is easier said than done, of course. Hence, the policy offers tangible metrics for infrastructure implementation, followed up with support and training provided by the state government.
The policy also helps to detangle the bureaucratic red-tape and ensures a coherent approach is in store. Cities with a population of 10 lakh or more are expected to establish a Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority and an Urban Transport Fund to manage financial resources for all transportation projects. This will ensure that each agency works in coordination and follows an identical vision.
In conclusion, the policy offers a glimmer of hope; and we say glimmer because there are still many a miles to go and stretches to be reclaimed for equal distribution. But this clearly is a step in the right direction which will impact and influence other states to follow suit. In essence, Maharashtra has shown its wherewithal to get with the times and be the trailblazer that leads by example.
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#TileWorldDomination with Mercury Mosaics and the Tile Elves
Mercedes Austin, the enthusiastic founder and owner of tile collective Mercury Mosaics, tells all about the design team’s dedication for an American handmade process, passion for their beautiful home state of Minnesota, and plans for international expansion. Known for their Moroccan Fish Scales Tile and unique take on the Subway Tile, Mercury Mosaics wants their tiles to be the “backdrop of your life and your friends life”.
Where is Mercury Mosaics based and how did you gather your fabulous team of “Tile Elves”?
Mercury Mosaics is based in Minneapolis, MN – USA! The tile elves are a collective of intelligent, creative, passionate & hard working people of various backgrounds. Our team has grown through classic hiring out and through internal referrals. The team has been building itself over the last 10 years. Before then, it was a solo show with myself “figuring it out”.
What is the mantra of the “Tile Elves”?
We share a common purpose to make beautiful objects that enhance people’s lives. With hard work, dedication, persistence, team work and really good coffee, we feel like we can accomplish anything!
Mercury Mosaics recently designed the stunning new murals in the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport – what was the inspiration behind the design?
Minnesota landscapes + a hidden inspirational expression. The men’s room has layers of hills, a cyclist and endless blue. We wanted to add a theme of something tactile, refreshing & adventurous in a place where you least expect it. MAC and Arts @ MSP are very passionate about curating an extraordinary experience for travelers in our airport. This was something that we basically treated as an adventure. Now, for the women’s mural, we looked at a more classic scene which can take place on almost any lake in our great state – you’ve got the trees lining the lake, the sun is setting, a person in a canoe and the word “tranquility” tucked in the lower right. The colors in the women’s room: warm tones, in the men’s cool tones. Engaging the senses visually and inviting a unique experience to the visitor as they head in and refresh – they’re jet setters, let’s give them an awesome experience in Minnesota – we have a lot to be proud of in this great state. I’m absolutely thrilled to be a part of curating an international experience in the bold north!
What are some other projects that Mercury Mosaics is particularly proud of?
Making tile in the newest Lunds developments: downtown Minneapolis + downtown Saint Paul. It has been a thrill to see the impact, the life – the vitality a grocer permeate in an urban core. Just exciting to work with a company that has sustained generations of entrepreneurs and one that was launched in 1939. Another really exciting experience has been working with the sensational locations of coffee spots in New York & Philadelphia: Bluestone Lane. The beans are actually sourced from right here in our backyard: Dogwood coffee, but the style of coffee and the energy behind the spaces comes out of Australia. In fact, we just got finished making tile for their 5th location in Brooklyn – their coffee and food fare is so spot on – they are attracting such personalities as Taylor Swift and Martha Stewart as “regulars”. Lastly it has been an absolute thrill to collaborate with some pretty epic ship builders on a global level. We recently fabricated and shipped tile to Italy. The company we worked with has been in business since the early 1700’s building ships. First of all, to make and ship tile to Italy – the birthplace of tile – is an absolute honor. Second of all, to make and supply tile for a cruise ship (and several of them) is very humbling. We were selected by a stunning architect firm in Sweden and built a relationship and picked out the perfect tile, colors and quantities to contribute to the experience they were dedicated to creating for the client on this luxury ship.
Which tile shapes and colors are your best-sellers?
Hands down: Moroccan Fish Scales and Subway Tile. Anything in shades of blues, greens, greys and whites are the “heroes.” It makes sense. I feel like any of these hues and shapes just call for a refreshing, stunning tactile feel in a space and, for me, they put me in another place and remind me of my global travels. I’d like to think we’re adding a little bit of that magic to each tile. If you think about it – with food “they say” to never eat something prepared by an angry chef…. that the anger translates into the food and then you consume it. Well, I feel the same about tile. We are here, we are making this raw clay material into a shape, we’re adding color, we’re making the tile come to life. If you ever come in and visit the studio atmosphere – you can really feel the passion and dedication and happiness. THAT goes into the tile. No bull. Go stand in front of a sterile, commercially, machine made wall of tile and “listen to it” and tell me what speaks to you. Now, go stand in front of an installation of Mercury Mosaics – handcrafted tile and “listen”… you’re going to feel something. There’s a story behind it. It’s this energy that we bring to the table with each tile we make. This is what we’re bringing to the table. We’re not trying to compete with big box. Our aim is to add to a meaningful, curated environment. We aim to add value to beautiful places. We want our tile to be part of the backdrop of your life and your friends life.
Fish scale tiles have been all the craze these days – what do your customers typically purchase fish scale tiles for?
Everything. Showers, kitchens, fireplaces, restaurants, hotels, murals. Anything and everything. People LOVE the sea.
The subway tile is also making a big comeback – what are some interesting ways to use the subway tile?
Let me count the ways! We are going to do a fun roll out on Instagram and across our social channels to help people be creative with one of the most classic tile shapes around – “101 ways to use Subway Tiles”. Follow us, it’s more fun to show you then “tell you” how to use Subway Tile in interesting ways.
What are 3 tips of “best practices” to offer interior designers for choosing the right tile and making the most out of tiling when decorating a space?
1.) Have a sense of an overall goal in a space.
2.) Decide what 3 things are the big focus & work from those.
3.) When choosing tile, ensure you’re placing importance on 1 & 2 and make your selections based on empowering those two important points.
What are some other innovative ways interior designers can use tiles beyond the traditional usage in flooring and backsplashes?
Murals (interior and exterior), feature walls in showers, accent areas in entertainment nooks – like a bar, full walls for fireplaces, table tops, framed art, faces of islands in open floor plan concepts, column wraps & bringing the traditional kitchen backsplash to the ceiling – of course!
Based on your knowledge of the industry, what trends are you forecasting for 2017 in regards to tiling shapes, colors and texture?
Monochromatics to add texture and depth to highlight handmade, global patterns, timeless shapes pulled from historical installations, larger format versions of small patterns.
What’s next for Mercury Mosaics?
The metric system. Our government is really passionate in partnering with us to translate all of our materials into the metric system to strengthen our ability to export tile. We’re excited to focus on a few countries to start and pave the path to what we call our “evil plan” of #tileworlddomination.
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LAUB AND WAXIN-ENGBACK TO REPRESENT JACKS IN 2014 NAHL TOP PROSPECTS TOURNAMENT
January 28, 2014 nahl
ODESSA, TX – The Odessa Jackalopes, members of the North American Hockey League, are proud to announce that forwards Lukas Laub and Razmuz Waxin-Engback have been chosen to represent the Jacks in the 2014 NAHL Top Prospects Tournament in Troy, MI.
Laub, who spent Christmas break in Sweden at the World Junior Championships representing Germany, leads the Jacks in goals (9) and points (17).
“Luki has been great for us this season,” said Jackalopes Head Coach Matt Cressman. “His speed is what makes him a game changer. You can’t teach that. He brings that dynamic to our team every night,”
The Jacks will also send Swedish born Razmuz Waxin-Engback to Top Prospects. Waxin-Engback has four goals and six assists this season in 37 games but to Cressman, he’s much more valuable on the defensive side of the puck.
“He’s our best defensive forward,” touted Cressman. “You just do not see too many players come through this level that are as complete as he is. He’s great on faceoffs, excellent in the corners, and he is not afraid to throw the body either.”
Because of the Jacks position in the South Division standings, Laub and Waxin-Engback will compete with the Central Division at the Tournament. Something Matt Cressman thinks the Jacks pair should relish, “It is a unique opportunity for our guys to play with some of the stars from another division. The camaraderie between the players at this tournament is second to none, and it should be a great experience for them.”
In its seventh season, the NAHL Top Prospects tournament is attended each year by over 200 scouts from the NHL, AHL, NCAA division I, and NCAA division III and serves as a launching pad for NAHL players to jump into the collegiate and professional ranks.
Laub and Waxin-Engback join former Jacks Josh Obregon (Johnson & Wales ECAC, DIII), Mikko Virtanen (Neumann ECAC, DII), Jalen Krogman (University of Oklahoma ACHA, DIII), Zane Popilock (uncommitted), Matt Volonnino (uncommitted) who have competed in this 2-day event from the Troy Sports Center in Troy, MI.
The games will be broadcast on FASTHockey.com live from Troy. To view the start times of the games, click on the 2014 NAHL Top Prospects Tournament Schedule
In 2013-14, the Odessa Jackalopes will embark upon their third season in the North American Hockey League and 17th in the Permian Basin. Single game tickets are on sale now! To reserve your seats, contact the Jackalopes’ ticket office today at 432-552-7825 or log on to www.jackalopes.org for more information.
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Breastfeeding Summary
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Breast milk is widely acknowledged as the most complete form of nutrition for infants, with a range of benefits for health, growth, and development (1). Infants who are breastfed receive protection from serious health conditions, including respiratory, ear, and gastrointestinal infections, allergies, diabetes, and obesity (1). Studies indicate that breastfeeding can reduce the incidence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) when compared with formula feeding (1). Breastfeeding also offers health advantages to mothers, such as reducing the risk of breast and ovarian cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes (1). Increasing the proportion of children who are breastfed for at least the first year of life—as well as the percentage who are breastfed exclusively for the first six months—are important public health goals (1, 2). In fact, California has a statewide goal to make breastfeeding the normal method of infant feeding for at least the first year of life (3).
Not all women should breastfeed, however. For example, breastfeeding is not recommended for women who test positive for HIV, use certain drugs, or have active, untreated tuberculosis (1, 4). And not all women can breastfeed consistently due to occupational or other challenges (1, 5).
For more information on breastfeeding, see kidsdata.org’s Research & Links section.
1. American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Breastfeeding. (2012). Breastfeeding and the use of human milk. Pediatrics, 129(3), e827-e841. Retrieved from: https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/129/3/e827
2. Healthy People 2020. (n.d.). MICH-21: Increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Retrieved from: https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/maternal-infant-and-child-health/objectives
3. California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division. (n.d.). Profile: Breastfeeding Initiative. Retrieved from: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CFH/DMCAH/CDPH%20Document%20Library/Communications/Profile-Breastfeeding.pdf
4. Sachs, H. C., & American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Drugs. (2013). The transfer of drugs and therapeutics into human breast milk: An update on selected topics. Pediatrics, 132(3), e796-e809. Retrieved from: https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/132/3/e796
5. Center for Law and Social Policy, & BreastfeedLA. (2016). Public policies to support breastfeeding: Paid family leave and workplace lactation accommodations. Retrieved from: https://www.clasp.org/resources-and-publications/public-policies-to-support-breastfeeding-paid-family-leave-and-workplace-lactation-accommodations
Among California newborns delivered in a hospital in 2018, 70% were breastfed exclusively during their hospitalization, up from 57% in 2010. At the county level, percentages ranged from 37% (Shasta County) to 91% (Nevada County) in 2018, among regions with data. Since 2010, rates of exclusive breastfeeding have been consistently higher for white newborns (81% in 2018) than for newborns in other racial/ethnic groups statewide.
Recognizing that breastfeeding has significant health benefits for children and mothers, all major health organizations recommend that infants be breastfed exclusively for the first six months, followed by continued breastfeeding with complementary foods until at least 12 months (1). While breastfeeding rates generally have been on the rise, and 87% of California infants start out breastfeeding, only 26% are breastfed exclusively at the end of six months (1).
To increase breastfeeding rates, mothers need information about its benefits and support from the start to maintain breastfeeding through infancy (2). New mothers are more likely to breastfeed exclusively when hospitals develop breastfeeding policies and practices that keep mothers and infants together, facilitate breastfeeding within one hour after birth, and limit items that discourage breastfeeding (e.g., formula and pacifiers) (2). After leaving the hospital, mothers sometimes discontinue breastfeeding due to lack of insurance coverage for lactation consultants or breast pumps, or due to other barriers such as unsupportive workplaces (2). Continued breastfeeding is more likely when employers, health care systems, child care providers, families, and communities support that effort (2).
Policy options that could increase breastfeeding include:
Continuing efforts to ensure that all California hospitals adopt and effectively implement infant-feeding policies aligned with the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, as required by law; hospitals also need sufficient qualified professionals to support all new mothers with breastfeeding (2)
Promoting collaboration among hospitals, health care providers, public health agencies, insurers, and other community partners to guarantee that new mothers continue to receive culturally competent, skilled support for lactation after they leave the hospital (2)
Requiring health insurers to cover best practices for breastfeeding support, including in-person access to International Board Certified Lactation Consultants and quality breast pumps (2)
Supporting and expanding paid family leave policies, as longer maternity leaves may increase breastfeeding duration (3)
Educating employers and improving enforcement of existing laws which require employers (with some exceptions) to provide breastfeeding employees with a private space and time to pump breast milk (2, 4, 5)
Promoting breastfeeding education for child care providers, so they can help support exclusive breastfeeding for children in their care, when needed (2)
Enforcing state law permitting breastfeeding in public places (6)
For more information about breastfeeding, see kidsdata.org’s Research & Links section, or visit the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Breastfeeding report card – United States, 2018. Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/reportcard.htm
2. California WIC Association, & UC Davis Human Lactation Center. (2014). Bringing breastfeeding home: Building communities of care. Retrieved from: https://www.calwic.org/storage/documents/FactSheets2014/full_report_2014_FINALxx.pdf
4. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. § 207(r) (1938 & 2010). Retrieved from: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2013-title29/html/USCODE-2013-title29-chap8-sec207.htm
5. Cal. Lab. Code §§ 1030-1033 (2001). Retrieved from: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&division=2.&title=&part=3.&chapter=3.8.
6. Cal. Civ. Code § 43.3 (1997). Retrieved from: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=43.3.
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
American Academy of Pediatrics: Breastfeeding
BreastfeedLA
California Breastfeeding Coalition
California Dept. of Public Health: Breastfeeding
California WIC Association: Breastfeeding Advocacy
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Breastfeeding
United States Breastfeeding Committee
Womenshealth.gov: Breastfeeding, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health
9 Steps to Breastfeeding Friendly: Guidelines for Community Health Centers and Outpatient Care Settings, 2015, California Dept. of Public Health
Breastfeeding Among Minority Women: Moving from Risk Factors to Interventions, 2012, Advances in Nutrition, Chapman, D. J., & Pérez-Escamilla, R.
Breastfeeding Report Card – United States, 2018, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Breastfeeding: An Overview of Oral and General Health Benefits, 2013, Journal of the American Dental Association, Salone, L. R., et al.
Bringing Breastfeeding Home: Building Communities of Care, 2014, California WIC Association & UC Davis Human Lactation Center
Improvements in Maternity Care Policies and Practices that Support Breastfeeding – United States, 2007-2013, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Perrine, C. G., et al.
Long-Term Effects of Breastfeeding: A Systematic Review, 2013, World Health Organization, Horta, B. L., & Victora, C. G.
Maternity Leave Duration and Full-Time/Part-Time Work Status Are Associated with U.S. Mothers’ Ability to Meet Breastfeeding Intentions, 2014, Journal of Human Lactation, Mirkovic, K. R., et al.
Percent of Infants Breastfed: Evidence Brief, 2014, National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, DeFrancis, B.
Public Policies to Support Breastfeeding: Paid Family Leave and Workplace Lactation Accommodations, 2016, Center for Law and Social Policy & BreastfeedLA
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Breastfeeding, 2015, Breastfeeding Medicine, Jones, K. M., et al.
Racial Disparities in Access to Maternity Care Practices that Support Breastfeeding – United States, 2011, 2014, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Lind, J. N., et al.
The CDC Guide to Strategies to Support Breastfeeding Mothers and Babies, 2013, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Impact in the United States of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative on Early Infant Health and Breastfeeding Outcomes, 2016, Breastfeeding Medicine, Munn, A. C., et al.
The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding, 2011, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General
2018-19 California County Scorecard of Children's Well-Being, Children Now
Annual Report on the Conditions of Children in Orange County, Orange County Children's Partnership
Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan, Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health
Key Indicators of Health by Service Planning Area, 2017, Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health
Live Well San Diego Report Card on Children, Families, and Community, 2017, The Children's Initiative & Live Well San Diego
San Mateo County All Together Better, San Mateo County Health
More Data Sources For Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Rates: National Immunization Survey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
California WIC Association: Hospital Breastfeeding Rates and Reports
Child Trends Databank: Breastfeeding
Health, United States, 2018 – Data Finder, National Center for Health Statistics
PeriStats, March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center
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The Defeat
Five friends stand in an empty inner-city basketball court looking disappointed because they lost yet another game. The friends are teased by the opposing team and they are starting to lose patience with each other because all they seem to do is lose.
Coach Roy
The shaking, illuminated ball leaps out of Ana’s hands and in a flash of light it transforms into Coach Roy, a basketball robot.The kids are in shock and before they can even think to run away the coach projects a 360-screen showing them some of the best coaches in the NBA and WNBA.
Ana is in her bedroom wondering if what happened yesterday had been a dream. As she records a video to share the surreal story with her social media followers, Putri and Ben burst into Ana’s room to tell her she’s late for practice with Coach Roy.It wasn’t a dream after all!
Individual Success
The team continues their training and the audience learns more about the kids’ personalities, including their strengths and weaknesses.As they struggle with some of their training, Coach Roy encourages the kids to never give up, play hard and believe in themselves.
Team Conflict
The kids are in the warehouse discussing the Pacers and Warriors game from the previous night and are suddenly interrupted by a loud crackle and sizzle.Glitching streams of light surround the kids and materialize into holograms of Kai, Carlos, Putri, Ben and Ana.
The Final Victory
The kids realize that even though their individual skills have improved tremendously, they have to play as a team.Ana has a breakthrough and starts creating opportunities for her teammates to score.They play in unison and assist one another.
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The story follows a group of five kids ranging in age from 9 to 13.The kids come from different backgrounds but currently live in the same metropolitan neighborhood and have become close friends due to their shared love of playing, watching, and talking about basketball.The group includes Kai, a 12-year-old Chinese boy who is a natural athlete; Ben, a sweet-natured 9-year-old African American; Ana, a cool 13-year-old European girl who is the leader of the group; Carlos, an 11-year-old from Latin America who is a natural entertainer and the joker of the group; and Putri, a 9-year-old Indonesian girl who is outgoing, chatty, and a loyal friend. The lives of the kids change forever when they meet Coach Roy at an abandoned basketball court.They lose almost every game they play, but Roy decides to coach them because he recognizes their passion for basketball and their innate potential.Through their training the kids learn the values of the game and how to develop their skills, operate as a team, conquer their inner fears and insecurities, and celebrate the strengths of their teammates.All their training pays off when they come together to defeat their opponents in the final episode of the series.
Ana is a calm and collective natural leader. She leads her team with her passing ability and high basketball IQ!
Power Forward
Nikola Jokic, Candace Parker
A high flying offensive threat! Carlos is an instant boost to his team's attacking capabilities.
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Putri's outgoing and independent personality shows through her specialty of layups and her impossible double dutch.
Kai shows his passion for basketball by playing strong defense and he has a determined mindset to win.
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Don't let his soft spoken nature fool you. Ben's smooth handles and moves will make any defender think twice about guarding him!
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Home > Products > Smilodon Populator "Saber-tooth Cat" Anatomy model 1/6th scale - flesh & superficial muscle
Smilodon Populator "Saber-tooth Cat" Anatomy model 1/6th scale - flesh & superficial muscle
walking pose / grey - $205.00
At 1/6th scale it represents the largest specimen at approximately 120 cm(47.25") tall at the shoulder, and 209 cm (82 ") from tip of the nose to the til of the tail. This Smilodon model is sculpted based on reference of actual skeletons, and the head is reconstructed on top of an actual 3D scan of Smilodon Populator. The desktop model is approximately 13 inches long, the whole animal is very robust and massive, it is the heaviest model in the Big Cats series. The model shows superficial muscle on one side, surface anatomy on the other side. It features a Mouth-Closed detachable and interchangeable head, this allows the option of switching to the Mouth-Opened "Roar" head(sold separately) for alternative reference. This size is perfect for desktop reference, handling, teaching or study.
This set includes mouth-closed head, body, and large base only.
Note. Mouth-Opened "Roar" head(sold separately) please refer to this link for purchase https://www.junsanatomy.com/collections/big-cats-anatomy-models/products/smilodon-anatomy-model-open-mouth-roar-head-variant-16501305985
approximate size: 13" x 7" x 5"(including the base) Stand for the Mouth-Closed head not included.
original sculpture designed, sculpted, and painted by Jun Huang
Smilodon populator lived around 1 million–10,000 years ago; in the eastern parts of South America. At a shoulder height of 120cm and body length of 209 cm(82 in), with a body mass range of 220 to 400 kg (490 to 880 lb); it was the largest of the Smilodon species, at around 15-20% larger than the North American species that includes Smilodon. Fatalis(from1.6 million–10,000 years ago, it had a shoulder height of 100 cm (39 in) and body length of 175 cm (69 in), 160 to 280 kg (350 to 620 lb)in body mass), and Smilodon gracilis(from 2.5 million–500,000 years ago; the smallest and earliest species, estimated at 55 to 100 kg (120 to 220 lb) in weight). Smilodon Populator had a more elongated and narrow skull, higher positioned nasals, more massive metapodials and slightly longer forelimbs relative to hind limbs.
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Featured News Fish behaving badly on acid
Fish behaving badly on acid
In a world-first study published today, researchers have found that fish in the wild respond adversely to ocean acidification.
(Image: fish swimming amongst carbon dioxide bubbles off the coast of PNG)
“Fish living at natural carbon dioxide seeps have abnormal behaviours similar to what we’ve observed in previous laboratory experiments,” says the lead author of the study, Professor Philip Munday from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) at James Cook University. He adds that these carbon dioxide levels are similar to what is predicted for the oceans in the second half of the century.
“We see small fish being attracted to, instead of avoiding, the smell of their potential predators,” Professor Munday explains.
“And, the fish also ignore the smell of their preferred habitats. They are more active and display riskier behaviours, venturing further away from shelter, which makes them even more vulnerable to predators.”
The collaboration involving the Coral CoE, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Geographic Society is the first to shift out of the science lab and into the natural environment to study the effects of ocean acidification on fish.
The isolated ‘natural laboratory’ where the study was conducted lies just off the coast of Papua New Guinea, where coral reef waters are made acidic by the natural carbon dioxide seeps.
Dr Jodie Rummer, a co-author of the study from the Coral CoE, adds that while the higher carbon dioxide levels do affect fish behaviour, it does not appear to affect their athletic performance.
“The metabolic rates of fish from the seep area were the same as fish from nearby ‘healthy’ reefs,” Dr Rummer explains. “So, it seems that future ocean acidification may affect the behaviour of reef fishes more than other aspects of their performance.”
Professor Munday adds an important finding is that fish behaviour did not seem to improve, despite the fish from the carbon dioxide seep residing in acidic waters all of their lives so far.
“This suggests that fish cannot adjust to rising carbon dioxide levels over a lifetime,” Professor Munday said.
“As a result, it is imperative that we study the ability of fish and other marine species to adapt to higher carbon dioxide levels,” he said, adding that this may take generations. “We know that adaptation can happen, but we don’t know if this will happen in time to overcome these negative effects on behaviour.”
Up until now, studies of ocean acidification effects on fish have mostly taken place in short-term laboratory settings with limited space and species. So, very little is known about the effects of ocean acidification on ecological processes in natural reef communities.
The seep crucial to forming the natural laboratory takes the form of carbon dioxide bubbles fuelled by volcanic activity under the seabed. Close to the seep, there is no coral growth, but further away lies a unique coral reef zone with carbon dioxide levels similar to what is predicted to be ocean-wide by the end of the century. This makes the location ideal for studying how fish and other coral reef species may respond to the extent of ocean acidification forecast for the next 50-80 years.
Interestingly, there were similar numbers of species and similar abundances for most fish at the site compared with the ‘control’ reefs outside of the seep zone. There were, however, fewer predatory species at the seep site and this may explain why, despite their altered behaviour towards predators, populations of fish were still in abundance. Recruitment of juvenile fish from reefs outside the seep may have also helped - but in future such refuges will not exist as all oceans become acidic due to human-induced carbon dioxide emissions.
The findings of this study will be of particular concern to the millions of people in the tropics who depend on coral reefs for food security and livelihoods.
‘Behavioural impairment in reef fishes caused by ocean acidification at CO2 seeps’ by Philip L. Munday, Alistair J. Cheal, Danielle L. Dixson, Jodie L. Rummer and Katharina E. Fabricius appears in Nature Climate Change.
The paper and images are available on request.
Prof Philip Munday, Coral CoE, 07 47815341, philip.munday@jcu.edu.au
Dr Jodie Rummer, Coral CoE, +1 808 635 1779, jodie.rummer@jcu.edu.au
Jenny Lappin, Coral CoE, 07 4781 4222, jennifer.lappin@jcu.edu.au
Melissa Lyne, media liaison, 0415514328, melissa.lyne@gmail.com
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Posted: 10:12 PM, Dec 11, 2018
A leader for the American Red Cross in Idaho saw first hand the devastation of the camp fire near Chico, California. Over thanksgiving, the regional CEO for Idaho and Montana helped out on the front lines.
Over Thanksgiving, Nicole Sirak Irwin, the regional CEO for Idaho and Montana helped out on the front lines.
The CEO says she spent 10 days bringing care and comfort to those impacted by the wildfire. She says it's the first time she's seen a natural disaster of this magnitude, but she says the community is still resilient.
The camp fire has devastated the Chico area in northern California.
Aid groups from across the country have sent resources to help in the effort. That includes the American Red Cross.
"When I arrived, there were 1,000 people in our shelters and a thousand people missing at that time," said Nicole Sirak Irwan, the regional CEO for Idaho and Montana.
"In Boise, we're no stranger to wildfire smoke, but I really couldn't even see the ground until about five feet before we landed. There's so much smoke and that was two hours away, so when I got to Chico, we had to wear masks. It was some of the heavier smoke that I've ever been encountered."
She says was impressed by the community.
"Every individual was having a hand in somehow providing some comfort. They took over an entire vacant Sears with table to table to table of people helping in different ways. The residents that I had the pleasure of talking to, there were very scary stories of people really escaping of just minutes to spare so this was a different kind, when you hear about people who have lost their homes in a real rapid evacuation like this, there was a little difference, some kind of peaceful determination about the loss that we had experienced."
She says some of the highlights of her trip were spreading a little holiday cheer.
"Thanksgiving Day, I had the please of meeting a deaf man at one of our shelters and years ago I learned American Sign Language and so we got to play dominos together and spend some time."
"All of the systems failed and so 9000 people registered on our safe and well and we were able to link people together. Those stories when people came to their shelters and were reunified, some of the best work that you ever have the pleasure to be a part of."
The CEO says she normally worked from six a.m. to midnight working.
She says whenever there are big disasters like this, a lot of blood drives are canceled in those affected areas so they are in critical need for blood right now.
For more information on how to donate, head to https://www.redcrossblood.org/
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About TB
Start of a new era in fight against drug resistant TB
WHO released a rapid communication on the treatment of drug resistant (DR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB). This puts an ‘end to tears’, for painful daily injections in the treatment of the most common forms of DR TB are no longer necessary. For XDR TB patients, the WHO provides the option of shortening the duration of treatment from 20 to only 6 months, using the new TB drug pretomanid in the so called BPaL regimen.
“This marks the start of a new era. We stand ready to support countries to phase out injectable based regimens and to introduce the BPaL regimen under operational research conditions; providing rapid life-saving treatment, while contributing to the global evidence on this new treatment regimen”, says Kitty van Weezenbeek, executive director of KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation.
This latest WHO rapid communication gives a ‘preview’ of the most important recommendations and considerations from the new consolidated WHO Guidelines for the management of DR and XDR TB, ahead of finalization in 2020.
DR TB: no more injectables
In many cases, TB can be cured with 6 months of antibiotic therapy, if properly diagnosed and treated. Some people however have forms of drug resistant TB (DR TB) that do not respond to 1 or more key antibiotics. DR TB affects over half a million people worldwide every year. For most of these patients only a painful and prolonged treatment is available, in many cases at least 9 months, including the use of daily injectables for 4 months or more. Currently the only alternative is an even longer fully oral regimen of 20 months duration.
For the first time WHO now recommends a fully oral regimen of only 9-12 months duration for the treatment of the most common forms of drug resistant TB. This is a welcome improvement for both patients and health care workers, who struggle to cope with the painful daily injections. KNCV welcomes the conditions for implementing this regimen, encouraging treatment providers as well as governments to invest in patient centered care with psychological and socio-economic support and active monitoring and management of adverse events during treatment and the follow-up period.
XDR TB: cured in 6 months
Extensively drug-resistant TB is resistant to the main first- and second-line drugs, making curative treatment particularly challenging. While the current treatment of XDR TB consists of 20 months treatment with around 6-7 different drugs a day, the TB Alliance has shown that a 6 month regimen with only 3 drugs – including the novel drug pretomanid developed by the TB Alliance – can achieve excellent treatment results. In August this treatment was approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). As the regimen was tested in a limited population of people with highly treatment-resistant forms of tuberculosis, WHO requires countries to apply this regimen under operational research conditions.
KNCV has been at the forefront of the introduction of new drugs and regimens in eighteen countries under the USAID funded Challenge TB project (2015 – 2019). Over the last year KNCV collaborated with TB Alliance on acceptability and costing studies for the novel BPaL regimen in Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan and Nigeria, and is planning BPaL introduction in 9 countries in collaboration with national stakeholders. Under the TB REACH W7 KNCV supports BPaL introduction in Tajikistan and Ukraine.
KNCV stands ready to support countries to ensure access for all TB patients in need of oral shorter treatment, including the 6 month BPaL regimen. KNCV will work with countries to ensure state of the art clinical management, patient support and quality data collection during early implementation, thus contributing to the global body of evidence on this new treatment.
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Eye of the Needle Gallery
An artisan gallery and studio space in downtown Fernie operated by a mother and daughter duo: Sandra and Florence Barrett.
Fernie Forge blacksmith, Sandra Barrett incorporates glass and felt into her sculptural steel work. She was inspired to forge a collaboration with glass artist Katherine Russell and fibre artist Robin Wiltse to showcase glass and felt in the gallery. The gallery carries various works by a select group of artisans from Canada and around the world.
Upstairs is Sandra's daughter's sewing studio - from clothing repairs to custom blinds to award winning costume designs.
The Gallery is open Thursdays and Fridays, 10am to 5pm; Saturdays 11:30am to 5:30pm.
The Studio is open by appointment or by chance.
Fernie is the largest community in the Elk Valley is also the oldest.
Explore Fernie's historic downtown for its treasure of 100 year old brick and stone architecture. Set in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, wilderness adventure begins right at the edge of town.
Stop by the Fernie Museum and explore Fernie's storied past including legends and myths like the tale of the Ghostrider. Be sure to visit The Arts Station, Clawhammer Press and the Arts Coop for your fill of local art.
260 5th Street, FERNIE, BC
Eye of the Needle Art Shop, Gallery and Studio.
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14,000 firefighters battling 18 major California blazes
Ferguson wildfire containment near Yosemite National Park, Photo Date: 7/22/2018
Firefighters battle a blaze near El Portal, Calif. in Mariposa County. (AP file photo)
Carr Fire northwest of Anderson, Shasta County, California, Photo Date: 8/2/2018
Pilots work to contain the River Fire near Hopland, Mendocino County, Photo Date: 7/31/2018
Cranston Fire in Riverside County California, Photo Date: 7/29/18
Firefighter battling a wildfire, Photo Date: 8/2/2018
The River fire just off SR 175 in Lake County CA, Photo Date: 7/30/18
Ranch Fire burning down to SR 20 at Blues Lakes, Photo Date: 7/30/18
Carr Fire near Whiskeytown in Shasta County California, Photo Date: 7/26/18
Wildfires nearing Redding California, Photo Date: 7/26/18
Cranston Fire east of Hemet in Riverside County California, Photo Date: 7/27/18
Roxie Fire west of Susanville in Lassen County California, Photo Date: 7/26/18
Ferguson Wildfire near Yosemite National Park
By PAUL ELIAS
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Some 14,000 firefighters, including inmate volunteers, are battling 18 major blazes burning thousands of square miles throughout California with aircraft, assorted vehicles and picks and shovels.
They take aim at the biggest wildfires in two ways and in much of the same way the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has for decades. They’ll go at it directly with water and retardant where they can.
And when they can’t take that direct approach, firefighters retreat to a ridge, wide road or stream where they use bulldozers to cut a “fire line.” There they’ll wait for the blaze to come to them while lighting “backfires” to clear vegetation between the fire line and the approaching blaze.
Experts say whichever approach Cal Fire takes, California firefighters are often more aggressive in trying to extinguish wildfires than those in other less-populated states. That’s because California wildfires are increasingly threatening sprawling urban areas.
“Cal Fire is really an urban firefighter service in the woods,” said Arizona State University life sciences professor Stephen Pyne, a wildfire management expert.
Cal Fire spokesman Scott McLean said firefighters use both approaches to battle the large blazes, including the growing twin fires about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of San Francisco.
McLean said firefighters are using the direct approach to prevent the fires from reaching urban areas along Clear Lake while retreating in national forests “and letting the fire come to us.”
Those two fires grew to a combined 443 square miles (1,148 square kilometers) to become the state’s largest wildfire.
McLean and fire experts say it’s impossible to surround a fire that large, especially with 17 other major fires requiring attention in the state.
“We are building lines. Picking and choosing where we think we can take a stand,” McLean said. “Attacking it where we can and waiting and letting it come to us when appropriate.”
McLean said firefighters are using direct means to prevent the twin fires from reaching evacuated urban areas on the east side of Clear Lake. At the same time, firefighters have pulled back in the uninhabited national forests to the north, where they have cut fire lines and are employing indirect methods.
Experts say the best way to fight these destructive wildfires is to prevent them in the first place when building homes and other buildings.
“It’s the embers, not the fire itself, that destroy most homes,” said Steve Conboy, a construction expert whose company develops fire-resistant chemicals to apply to wood.
In the meantime, Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials warned that the state is expected to endure record-breaking wildfires going forward. Drought, warmer weather and other factors have combined to start wildfire season sooner and make the blazes more destructive.
“We’re in uncharted territory,” the governor said last week. “Since civilization emerged 10,000 years ago, we haven’t had this kind of heat condition, and it’s going to continue getting worse. That’s the way it is.”
Firefighting costs have more than tripled from $242 million in the 2013 fiscal year to $773 million in the 2018 fiscal year that ended June 30, according to Cal Fire.
“In past decades, we may have seen a fire that we’re seeing now in August or September,” Ca Fire Director Ken Pimlott said during a press conference last week. “We are routinely now seeing fires reach 100,000 acres several times in one month and it’s only July, so we have a long way to go in this fire season, and as we saw last year fire season can go right up through December.”
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Policy for Registering Domain Names on the .LK Top Level Domain
The following is the current set policy for accepting applications for the registration of domains in the .lk domain.
The domains will be registered on a first come first served basis.
All applications must be forwarded with a clear justification for the reason of selecting the domain name. It should be accompanied with a declaration that the applicant is entitled to the name.
The following is a non-exhaustive list of common for selecting domain names.
Trademark registered in Sri Lanka.
Trademark used in Sri Lanka but not registered.
Name assigned by statute, registered company name or business name (or part or abbreviation there of) (please provide the full registered name.)
Name by which the organisation is commonly known.
Names should not include trademarks of other parties or words which are not permitted in business names, unless the applicant is legally entitled to use such words. Names which are offensive, obscene, or may confuse or grossly mislead the public, should not be selected.
The following section describes the names that will not be allowed in the registry.
Any name which in the opinion of the Registrar suggests or is calculated to suggest, the patronage of the President or connection with the Government or any Government Department, Municipality or other Local Authority or with any society or body incorporated by an Act of Parliament, unless the applicant provides evidence that use of such name has been approved by the relevant Government Authority.
Top level domains (eg. com.lk, co.lk, org.lk, or.lk, net.lk, ne.lk, etc.. ) and proposed new Global Top Level Domains.
Towns, provinces and abbreviations there of. (eg. colombo.lk, kandy.lk, western.lk, cmb.lk, etc..)
Names that may be offensive, obscene, or grossly misleading to any accepted religion, race, culture or tradition of Sri Lanka.
Generic names. Some names considered generic are:
Professions (eg. lawyer.lk, doctor.lk, etc..)
Internet Services (eg. internet, mail.lk, www.lk, web.lk, ftp.lk, etc..)
Other generic terms...
They are not registered under .lk, but may be registered under open second levels or to organizations,or associations which represent the relevant industry as a whole. However,any generic name starts with "e " or "e-" could be accepted.
Eg: e 'generic'.lk or e-'generic'.lk
In some cases, where the Registry considers that a name may have multiple IPR owners, the applicant may be asked for a letter which agrees, as part of their request for name registration, to indemnify and hold the LK Domain Registry harmless from any and all costs, fees, expenses arising from litigation involving trademark, trade name, service mark, and any other name infringements, or other reasons (such a clause is already present in the application).
It is suggested that the domain name be the name or abbreviation by which the organisation is generally known, unless that name has been assigned to another organisation, or is commonly used by another organisation.
Names should be short (no more than 10 characters is recommended). Names should comprise only the letters a-z, the digits 0-9 and the dash -. Names should not begin or end in a dash. Names should not consist of a single character.
Names with hyphens will be regarded as separate entities. (i.e. abc-def.lk and abcdef.lk will be two separate domains)
Domain Names are, in general, registered to organisations (corporations, firms and associations) but may be registered to individuals for purposes similar to the following :
Political Candidates - Letter signed by the candidate should be submitted.
Any names where the Hostmaster has any doubts on their suitability are referred to the domain review panel, consisting of persons with expertise and experience in the field. The panel is expected to send in their comments within three working days. The Domain Registrar will decide on the registration based on the majority views of the panel. If the panel is undecided, or irresolvable issues remain, or the applicant requests a re-review, the application is submitted to the Board for a final decision.
Administration Contacts should be from the Registrant of the Domain Name. Not from the Company who is handling the domain name or hosting the website! This is for the purpose of ensuring that the Registry can contact them if needed. For domains registered by agents, the Registry will generally communicate only with the agent.
All registrations under the top-level domain ensure that the domain name is blocked in all the open second levels provided the second level domain is available. If they wish to use the open second level domain names in addition to the top level domain, it can be done by configuring DNS entries for the open second level domain, but DNS for both top level and second level should be hosted on the same machine.
Note: There is no extra payment for such registration of a secondary level domain.
gov.lk has been allocated to the Government of Sri Lanka. Currently all .gov.lk domains are managed under the purview of Domain Convention Policy of ICTA.
Provinces - wp.gov.lk, np.gov.lk, sp.gov.lk, nw.gov.lk, ep.gov.lk, cp.gov.lk, sg.gov.lk, up.gov.lk, ncp.gov.lk
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Municipal Councils - mc.gov.lk
Urban Councils - uc.gov.lk
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SL Missions Abroad - mission.gov.lk
Presently there is no local presence requirement. Therefore, the foreign companies who don't have a local presence can REGISTER their Top Level and corresponding Open Second Level Domains.
A facility called PARKING has been introduced for domain names which have been registered but are not renewed on time. The existing server details of the particular domain name are removed temporarily and pointed to LK Domain Registry/LANKAHOST Web Hosting servers so that when a person browses the particular web address., he will be directed to a web page which says that the domain name has been temporarily disconnected.
The original registrant may reactivate the domain name during the parking period by settling all the outstanding dues. Otherwise, the domain name will be deleted after a reasonable time decide by the Registry.
LK Domain Registry has decided to introduce a web based method of accepting requests for an expired domain name only during the period in which the domain name is PARKED. All parked domain names will be listed on a web page, and interested parties may request the domain name in case the original registrant does not renew it.
As per our normal procedure domain names may be re-categorised into CAT 4 (Rs. 25,000) or CAT 5 (Rs. 10,000), or remain in CAT 1/2 (5,000/3,000) before being listed on the "parked" page. The category of each name will also be shown on the page.
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Storm Alert: Next wave of winter weather expected around 9 a.m.
Freezing drizzle overnight transitions to more snow Monday afternoon.
Author: Scott Connell (KSDK)
Published: 7:19 PM CST December 15, 2019
Updated: 8:36 AM CST December 16, 2019
ST. LOUIS — Round one of winter weather has blanketed parts of the St. Louis region with more than four inches of snow. Bands of moderate to heavy snow moved through the area Sunday afternoon bringing traffic to a crawl and leaving two to four inches of snow across most of the metro St. Louis area.
Farther south, a bit of sleet and freezing rain has been reported. Overall precipitation has been much lighter to the south.
While the initial wave of winter weather has moved on to the northeast leaving freezing drizzle to linger through the overnight hours. Roads remain slick, especially side roads, bridges and overpasses. Temperatures are expected to remain below freezing overnight in the mid to upper 20s.
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As the energy pulls out of the Rockies overnight into Monday morning, another wave of wintry mix and snow is expected to develop around midday into the afternoon bringing an additional two to four inches of snow to the metro area. For many, storm total snow accumulation could be in excess of six inches.
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Travel Monday afternoon is expected to be challenging, especially if snowfall rates in the heavier bands approach an inch an hour similar to what we saw Sunday afternoon.
A winter storm warning remains in effect for the St. Louis area with winter weather advisories farther south.
South of St. Louis, warmer air being drawn in from the south may result in a tenth of an inch of icy glaze accumulating. While snowfall totals farther south will be much lower and in some cases, nearly negligible, roads could still be slick. Elevated surfaces will be more prone to glaze over.
The weather system will finally push away from the region Monday night. Temperatures will then remain below freezing until Tuesday afternoon. Sunshine will return on Tuesday to help melt some of the snow and ice even though temperatures will be below freezing for much of the day.
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kulula.com extends network to include Lanseria Airport
South Africa's low fare airline kulula.com, today commenced with flights from Lanseria to Cape Town.
kulula.com announced their intention to operate from Lanseria Airport in January 2006, and Gidon Novick, Executive Director of kulula.com says "we are upbeat with the response from the public and are extremely excited about the prospects for this route. Booking numbers look positive and we are looking forward to extending the network to include other destinations from Lanseria Airport in the very near future".
The motivation for kulula.com adding a second Jo'burg airport to its already extensive network of 12 routes was driven by overwhelming market research among residents of northwestern Jo'burg as well as Pretoria.
A strong service level agreement between Lanseria Airport and kulula.com will ensure that customers flying from Lanseria will experience a quicker and more seamless service than they are used to at other airports.
Gavin Sayce, General Manager of Lanseria Airport is looking forward to the relationship and explained that "kulula.com has established itself as the leading low fares airline in South Africa, focussing on providing air travel to more South Africans in the simplest and most convenient way. Lanseria is an extremely convenient airport in Gauteng, so it made sense for us talk to each other. What has transpired is an airline and an airport working together to provide a winning formula for the customer".
kulula.com will operate daily flights from Lanseria to Cape Town with the exception of Saturday, with two flights a day on Fridays and Sundays.
Bookings can be made at www.kulula.com, by calling our Contact Centre on 0861 KULULA (585852) or by contacting your local travel agent.
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Incredible Hulk Actor Lou Ferrigno Is Now Real Life Sheriff's Deputy
Pupil Fills Lip Balm Tube With Cheddar So She Can Eat Cheese In Class
Jake Massey in Community
Last updated 3:05 PM, Wednesday October 16 2019 GMT+1
In the past, to be considered a genius, you had to invent a number or discover gravity or something like that. In 2019, things are much more simple.
A nine-year-old girl in the US is the latest to earn the label, having stashed cheese in an empty lip balm tube so she can eat it in class.
Cheese in a lip balm tube. Genius. Credit: Twitter/Valerie Schremp Hahn
Don't get me wrong, it's a fantastic solution for all of us who have been looking for a covert means of eating a small amount of cheese - I'm just not sure it is an Einstein level breakthrough.
Valerie Schremp Hahn, from Missouri, US, shared her daughter's pioneering hack on Twitter and it soon went viral, garnering more than 68,000 likes. In case you're curious, it was a sharp cheddar from Aldi she chose to stuff it with - which is clearly a sound choice and further evidence that maybe she is a genius after all.
Explaining the rationale behind the stealthy cheese contraption, the unnamed mastermind simply said, 'cheese is amazing'.
My 9-year-old daughter has taken an old lip balm tube and filled it with cheese so she can eat it in class. pic.twitter.com/YEAqZx2wnr
- Valerie Schremp Hahn :newspaper: (@valeriehahn) September 17, 2019
Speaking to BuzzFeed News, the child innovator (her mum asked for her not to be named) said: "I just found that [the lip balm tube], cleaned it out with some soap, and started filling it with cheese.
"You can lick it and no one will know. At first I didn't tell them (her friends) and I was like licking the, quote, 'cheese,' and then I told them it was cheese and they just started laughing so hard.
"I'm just impressed that anybody would, like, like this out of all things. Cheese is amazing."
Yes, cheese is amazing.
As previously mentioned, the James Dyson of cheese earned more than her fair share of praise on social media after her mum shared a pic of the 'cheese stick chapsticks' (that's what the girl's calling them, by the way).
Wish you'd thought of this when you were nine? Credit: Twitter/Valerie Schremp Hahn
One person said: "Your daughter is living in 2079 and we are all still here in 2019."
Another said: "Some stories give you hope for he future. This is one of those stories."
A third added: "She is genius and will be the millionaire who takes care of you in your old age."
However, all these plaudits might just want to eat their words, just as this girl wants to eat cheese in class. That's because the girl has revealed she actually nicked the idea from a hacks video on YouTube.
She said: "I was just looking on YouTube because I was bored and I found this video and I decided to do it. I just took some of my dad's cheese, sliced it up, and put it in the chapstick container."
Fair play to her for owning up, but the rest of us really need to think twice before we throw around words like 'genius', 'hero' and 'hilarious', don't we?
Featured Image Credit: Twitter/Valerie Schremp Hahn
Topics: Viral, Hack, Food, Cheese, Funny, Community
Jake Massey
Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person.
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[November 2017.]
Gustav MAHLER: Symphony No. 10 (1910; rev. Yoel GAMZOU, 2003-10). International Mahler Orchestra, Yoel Gamzou (cond.). Wergo WER 5122-2 (1 CD) (http://www.wergo.de/).
Cooke’s version remains the established solution to this puzzle. Eager and industrious Gamzou wedges pieces where they don’t quite fit and worries seams that had held just fine. Adjustments appear as early as the Adagio, which ought to be hands-off. The movement starts astoundingly softly, perhaps too quietly. Later on the strings can’t handle the Adagio’s heights and intensity. Gradually we discern Gamzou’s curious tempos and modifications. He likes crescendos that end with accents and these become pretentious and excessive jabs not just because Cooke & Co.’s pitches and patterns are familiar. Purgatorio is no longer a tidy scrap, but bloated and wandering with unhelpful scribblings in the repeat. It becomes a bit of a game to guess what lies around the corner, like anticipating whether a rogue chef might festoon a sweet dessert with chopped parsley.
Unintentionally, Gamzou’s approach suggests that Mahler would have tightened up and made the last two movements more distinctive. Cooke did a good job disguising how problematic the second Scherzo and Finale are. Gamzou brings Scherzo II into line with the frenzy of the Ninth’s Rondo-Burlesque which makes sense in spirit even if the material is insufficient. Given how the Sixth’s hammer blows were revised, I suspect the Tenth’s drum beats would have been adjusted and that less of the Adagio would have been reprised. The additional lone clarinet tossing out piercing motivic bits is simply silly. At least Gamzou avoids using the skeleton to quote previous Mahler symphonies.
Gustav MAHLER: Symphony No. 10 (1910; rev. Deryck COOKE, 1966-72, rev. 1989). Seattle Symphony, Thomas Dausgaard (cond.). Seattle Symphony Media SSM1011 (1 CD) (http://www.seattlesymphony.org/).
This Tenth has surprised and delighted me. I have not heard Seattle sound this good, and am surprised to hear such clarity and enthusiasm from them. Until now I associated Dausgaard with Nielsen and Langgaard, but now can think of him as an accomplished and probing Mahler interpreter. What impresses most is that all five movements contribute to a cohesive shape. The strings do not fail in the Adagio or Finale. The Finale’s solo flute is not bittersweet and the sunnier parts are just brisk enough to prevent melodrama. Dausgaard proves that Cooke’s edition remains the most satisfying, and that it allows a poignant performance. Captured during live performances in November 2015, this supple performance steps a few paces ahead of Rattle’s second recording from 1999, with the Berliner Philharmoniker (EMI 7243 5 56972 2 6). In its entirety, Dausgaard wraps it up several minutes faster than Rattle.
Gustav MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 (1893-99). Gerhild Romberger (alt), Cantemus Children’s Choir, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer (cond.). Channel Classics CCS SA 38817 (2 SACDs) (http://www.channelclassics.com/).
Fischer pulls No. 3 into bright light, shaking off dust. I haven’t been compelled to listen as closely to the often indulgent Third in years. Fischer may shed aspects of the first movement’s wackiness and rambling monotony (what some may call Mahlerian), but the smaller set pieces in the second half (movements four and five) are spot on. The brief fifth movement (“Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck”) made a strong impression. Fischer confidently marks details smudged elsewhere: For example, when the chorus unexpectedly takes a refrain in a jarring minor key. The fifth movement closes with unexpected melancholy which transforms delightfully into the Finale’s sublime awakening. There are no histrionics in the final minutes, the walls will not come tumbling down, and this may disappoint bloodthirsty Mahlerians. Fischer might argue that the journey is more important than the arrival.
Anton BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 (1881-83). Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe (cond.). Harmonia Mundi HMA 1951857 (http://www.harmoniamundi.com/).
Harmonia Mundi reissues what had been a startling, original-instruments rendition of one of Bruckner’s big symphonies. Eleven years on, the first two movements still offer magical harmonic suspensions and unexpected balances between modest strings and winds. My opinion hasn’t changed terribly much from then, but the last two movements, whether because of balance or energy, sound limper than I recall. I wonder if they are taken from a different performance; the mood shifts that much. Those who expect a thunderous Finale will wonder if a repeat was forgotten as the heavens never have a chance to part.
Boris TISHCHENKO: Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra, Op. 144 (2006); Symphony No. 8, Op. 146 (2008); Three Songs to Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva, Op. 48 (1970; arr. Leonid REZETDINOV, 2014). Chingiz Osmanov (vln), Nikolai Mazhara (pno), Mila Shkirtil (m-sop), St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Yuri Serov (cond.). Naxos 8.573343 (1 CD) (http://www.naxos.com/).
Perhaps all listening experiences are tinged by what has been heard before. I have listened to more Schnittke than Shostakovich these last months, and to my surprise, I hear aspects of the former in Tishchenko, even though it is well known and immensely audible that he had studied with the latter.
Double concertos for violin and piano are unusual, and examples by Mendelssohn and Chausson come to mind. Tishchenko accompanies the pair with string orchestra. His melodies reflect Shostakovich’s powerful gravity, however the Concerto’s first movement’s intensity, a quasi-canonic Fantasia including aleatoric gestures and improvisation, emulates Schnittke’s systems that gyrate out of control. The remaining three movements are more thematic, exploring folk tunes. The bright, second movement Rondo asks the pianist to gently touch the strings in order to create percussive overtones. The sober third movement Interlude is for the accompanying string orchestra, and despite its title, the closing Romance is fairly despondent.
The Eighth is slighter, barely 19 minutes (the Concerto was 33:16), and emerges from Schubert’s familiar unfinished Eighth which it is designed to follow in performance. It’s not that Schubert flows seamlessly into Tishchenko, but the transformation quickly passes through Mahler and, yes, Shostakovich. Tishchenko develops a motive borrowed from Schubert which as it grows simpler (its intervals become narrower) also brought to mind the principal theme of Schnittke’s Eighth. However, Tishchenko does not dwell and easily alternates light and dark.
The three Tsvetayeva songs are short, but striking. The second, The Leaves Have Fallen, bears repeating because of Shkirtil’s clear and focused diction.
Vyacheslav ARTYOMOV: Symphony of the Way: Symphony No. 3, “Symphony: Gentle Emanation” (1991; rev. 2008)1; Fantasy for piano and orchestra, “Tristia II” (1998; rev. 2011)2. Philip Kopachevsky2 (pno), Mikhail Philippov2 (speaker), Russian National Orchestra1,2, Teodor Currentzis1, Vladimir Ponkin2 (cond.). Divine Art DDA 25144 (1 CD) (http://www.divineartrecords.com/).
Artyomov commands a master’s palette that freely swivels between the contemporary Russian tradition of Shostakovich and Schnittke, Messiaen’s vibrant chords and colors (which can be traced back to Scriabin), and the German Expressionism of Berg and Henze. Gentle Emanation is in 28 continuous parts bracketed into three movements, and isn’t all that gentle but actually assertive and dynamic. In fact, the title refers to a phrase which appears in the Book of Job in the Russian Bible, a moment just before the appearance of God. Thus the symphony is about nearing the divine. It is a colorful, swirling 41 minutes.
Tristia II’s 11 episodes, with text by Gogol, passes in a single spread. The solo piano roams around as a dispassionate, virtuosic soloist. Other than the appearance of Gogol’s prayer to his guardian angel or muse, this could be an early Messiaen castoff, except that Artyomov’s fluency in intensely crafted set pieces suggests maturity and vision.
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By Doug Holmes | Oct 25, 2019
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We Got Power!: David Markey and Jordan Schwartz's book of photographs from 1980s Southern California hardcore.
I received this press release from AGGRONAUTIX this morning. A new book of photographs from the collections of David Markey and Jordan Schwartz called, We Got Power!: Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980s Southern California, is available for pre-order.
Here is the press release from AGGRONAUTIX.
WE GOT POWER!
Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980s Southern California,
by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz
Available for Pre-order Now HERE for October 5, 2012 shipping
In 1979, punk was over... but by 1981, hardcore was born.
As teenagers in 1981, David Markey and his best friend Jordan Schwartz founded We Got Power, a fanzine dedicated to the first-generation hardcore punk music community in their native Los Angeles. Their text and cameras captured the early punk spirit of Black Flag, the Minutemen, Social Distortion, Red Cross/Redd Kross, Suicidal Tendencies, the Descendents, White Flag, The Last, The Gun Club, Saccharine Trust, Sin 34, Nip Drivers, Circle One, M.D.C., Big Boys, Youth Brigade, D.R.I., the Butthole Surfers, Firehose, and many others at the height of their precocious punk powers.
In the process, the duo's amazing photographs also captured the dilapidated suburbs, abandoned storefronts, and dereliction of the early Reagan era-a rubble-strewn social apocalypse that demanded a youth uprising! Never before seen except in crude fanzine form, these detailed and richly narrative photos are now collected to present an intimate portrayal of a uniquely fertile creative moment.
SBN 978-1-935950-07-3
Deluxe 304pp large-format hardcover featuring essays by David Markey, Jordan Schwartz, Jennifer Schwartz, Henry Rollins, Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Dez Cadena, Louiche Mayorga, Cameron Jamie, Pat Fear, Steve Humann, Tony Adolescent, Jack Brewer, Jula Bell, Mike Watt, Sean Wheeler, Joe Carducci, Daniel "Shredder" Weizmann, and Janet Housden.
Presenting nearly 400 first-generation L.A. hardcore punk photographs
Including complete color reprints of We Got Power fanzine 1981-1983 and beyond.
Dimensions: 12" x 9" (30.5 cm x 23 cm); 4 lbs. (2.5kg)
PRESS QUOTES:
"Essential reading... the funniest of the local mags"-Matt Groening, 1983
"Celebrating the hardcore punk scene of 1980s Southern California... a new book by zine gods David Markey and Jordan Schwartz"-LA Weekly
"Stunning and beautiful"-AP
"A yearbook for SoCal dropouts who changed the world."-Inked
"The essays are sometimes anecdotal, sometimes reflective, but never maudlin. And photographs-nearly 400 of them, hard-boiled and loving simultaneously-capture the decrepit L.A. landscape and its wasted youth"-LA Record
"A nostalgic trip through the past for those who lived it, but an anthropological case study of a lesser-known subculture, and quite simply, a work of art"-The Los Angeles Beat
"The Black Flag bus rolled out to the San Fernando Valley to hear Minor Threat play. Jordan Schwartz was there, looking like a reporter straight out of some '30s movie, wearing a trench coat and a fedora with press pass in the hatband, holding a camera with an old-style flash reflector. It was a pivotal conceptual moment..."-Chuck Dukowski
David Markey was born December 3, 1963, in Burbank, CA. He made his first film at the age of 11 and published a neighborhood newspaper at 12. In 1980, he became involved in the local underground music scene. He helped form Sin 34 in 1981, and captured the punk scene in the Super 8 film The Slog Movie. Markey was a part of We Got Power magazine from 1981 to 1983, then kept the name alive through his We Got Power Films. He cowrote and directed Desperate Teenage Lovedolls in 1984. He photographed, edited, cowrote, and directed Lovedolls Superstar in 1986. Also that year, his band Painted Willie toured with Black Flag for six months, a period depicted in his film Reality 86'd. Markey has directed music videos for Meat Puppets, fIREHOSE, Shonen Knife, Mudhoney, and Pat Smear, and collaborated with visual artists Cameron Jamie, Raymond Pettibon, and Kim Gordon.
Jordan Schwartz met David Markey while skateboarding in a flooded Santa Monica parking garage in 1979. As they discovered the growing Los Angeles hardcore punk rock scene, Jordan teamed up with David, his sister, Jennifer, and Alan Gilbert to found We Got Power magazine. Jordan contributed in many roles, including that of staff photographer. Jordan had producing and acting roles in Desperate Teenage Lovedolls and the sequel, Lovedolls Superstar, notably appearing as the rock star Brews Springstein. Jordan facilitated the release of three Black Flag skateboards featuring original artwork by Raymond Pettibon. In 1984, Jordan began working and living at SST Records' Global Network Agency booking gigs and tours for various high-profile bands on and off of the label during the pioneering years of the U.S. independent scene.
Word got out in the early 90s that the basement of the original Masque club was totally intact and untouched after all these years. So Dez Cadena and David Markey broke in and took a bunch of photos. "We felt like we were raiding King Tut's tomb-it was like an archaeological dig into LA punk history."
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by Brett Allen-Bayes on May 10, 2019
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Fond Farewells brings together two masterpieces from late in the careers of two Viennese giants – Mozart and Mahler. Mozart’s much-loved Clarinet Concerto dates from the final year of his life (1791) and is the last completed instrumental concerto before his untimely death. No doubt inspired by his friendship with virtuoso Anton Stadler who had already supplied obbligato lines for two soprano arias in La Clemenza di Tito and the piano concerto in C Minor, K.491, the work was originally envisaged for basset clarinet. However, after Stadler had lost the manuscript whilst on tour, editors set to work on three separate occasions between 1801 and 1803, rescoring the work in A for the modern clarinet.
Mark Wigglesworth. Photo © Sim Canetty-Clarke
Soloist Andreas Ottensamer comes from a distinguished dynasty of clarinettists with his father and brother also making admirable careers within the ranks of the prestigious Vienna Philharmonic. Ottensamer himself is no slouch either in becoming the equally fine Berlin Philharmonic’s chief clarinettist at the tender age of 20, and it is a position that he holds until this day. Given his experience with such a fine orchestra as well as growing in a family drenched in this music, there is little doubt that he presented the most balanced performance of this masterpiece that I’ve yet heard. His balance, sonically with the orchestra, a genuine cantabile touch and his seamless ability to leap from the lowest notes of the instrument to its highest made for a truly masterful performance. And then there was the variety of colours utilised without him resorting to any egocentricities. Add to this, Principal Guest Conductor Mark Wigglesworth’s light-handed conducting and here was a performance which was by turns, playful and kittenish or, in the adagio, touching in its simplicity. And so at home was the soloist with the work that he often brought a jazz-like sense of improvisation to the work, turning to the orchestra when not playing to urge on his fellow musicians, bringing to bear one magisterial performance. The string playing was amongst the finest I’ve heard from this band and the supporting winds were just as fine, with both sections often reducing their sound to that of a gossamer-like wisp of breath.
If the Mozart itself was not enough, Ottensamer returned at the end of the concert with pianist Alex Raineri to play a few of his transcriptions from songs with and without words in their original castings by Mendelssohn and most appropriately, Mahler, with Ich will der welt abhanden (Rückert). And similarly to the Mozart, Mahler’s Ninth was his last completed work, finished at a time when the composer was seriously facing death due to cardiac problems. And of course, song is central to these composers’ outputs.
Although Arvo Volmer had done the necessary groundwork in preparing and presenting the orchestra’s first complete cycle of the work, things moved up a notch in intensity and commitment when Mark Wigglesworth presented a very fine account of Mahler’s Fifth (with the popular adagietto). As previously mentioned, the tone and dynamic range of the strings in the Mozart was truly a joy; however here in Mahler’s welt-symphonie they were equally fine as were the other sections of the orchestra. The Ninth is a gargantuan work, a huge concerto for orchestra and yet time did not lag at all in this interpretation; nor was it given over to excess such as the familiar Bernsteinian note-wringing. Here was a conductor who was prepared to let the score talk. All in all, yes, there was a lot to digest, but with such considerate planning and execution, here was a concert which will be talked about for some time.
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Hold Still
A Memoir with Photographs
by Sally Mann
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A revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann.
In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, Mann’s preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by the family history that precedes her.
Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs she finds more than she bargained for: “deceit and scandal, alcohol, domestic abuse, car crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs, dearly loved and disputed family land . . . racial complications, vast sums of money made and lost, the return of the prodigal son, and maybe even bloody murder.”
In lyrical prose and startlingly revealing photographs, she crafts a totally original form of personal history that has the page-turning drama of a great novel but is firmly rooted in the fertile soil of her own life.
Genre: Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers
On Sale: May 12th 2015
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"Hold Still...[is a] weird, intense and uncommonly beautiful new memoir.... A cerebral and discursive book about the South and about family and about making art that has some of the probity of Flannery O'Connor's nonfiction collection 'Mystery and Manners' yet is spiked with the wildness and plain talk of Mary Karr's best work.... An instant classic among Southern memoirs of the last 50 years."—Dwight Garner, The New York Times
"[A] wonderfully weird and vivid memoir-generously illustrated with family snapshots, her own and other people's photos, documents, and letters-describes a life more dramatic than I had imagined."—Francine Prose, The New York Times Book Review
"Hold Still [is] a glorious marriage of words and pictures, a courageous and visually ravishing memoir."—BookPage
"A record of [Sally Mann's] life that is intimate, outrageous, frank, and fearless. The vivid descriptive energy and arresting images in this impressive book will leave readers breathless."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Intelligent, heartfelt, hilarious, disarming.... It flows like wine-fueled gossip."—Boston Globe
"Richly compelling and evocative.... An unforgettable memoir. But it's more than that.... The abiding and precious gift of this book is precisely this: Mann's highly personal exploration of her passion, and her perseverance."—Bookforum
"The twilit aura that makes Sally Mann's photographs so evocative comes through just as strongly in her writing."—USA Today
"A boldly alive, bracingly honest, thoroughly engrossing, sun-dappled, and deeply shadowed tale of inheritance and defiance, creativity and remembrance by an audacious and tenacious American photographer."—Booklist (starred review)
"Few photographers of any time or place have matched Sally Mann's steadiness of simple eyesight, her serene technical brilliance, and the clearly communicated eloquence she derives from her subjects, human and otherwise - subjects observed with an ardor that is all but indistinguishable from love."—Reynolds Price, Time
"[Sally Mann's] prose examines Southern life as closely as her camera lens examines the Southern landscape, and Hold Still explains not just her photographic technique, but also her resolve to look head-on at things most people would rather not see."—Associated Press
"Read this book. If you want to be an artist, carry it around like your Bible. If you strive to be a better mother or daughter, or a more insightful human being, Hold Still needs to be with you at all times.... As soon as I finished the last page and closed the cover, I turned to page one and began reading it again. It is remarkable."—BookReporter
"Generous, enlightening, thought-provoking, often dark but more often funny enough to make you laugh out loud, Hold Still is a book to hold on to for dear life, because this is one of those books that if you loan it out, you'll never see it again."—The Daily Beast
"A sweeping tale of Mann's coming of age, her family history, her artistic influences and choices. It is also an homage to the South...HOLD STILL is thought-provoking and is certainly arresting to look at."—The Washington Post
"[An] extraordinary book.... plumbing family archives, Mann unfolds tales of scandal, murder-suicide and racism, while the stunning visuals reveal her evolving creative growth. The result is as fresh and startling as a candid."—People
"Mann's prose-luminous, chatty and smart-together with photographs that arrest and provoke-invites readers to hold the camera still with her, and in that space, to imagine whole narratives that accompany these slices in time."—Los Angeles Times
"Mann cannot answer all the questions she asks herself and sometimes doubts her purpose and her memories, but in holding still in the fast-flowing stream, she has produced the rarest of things, a picture so true it is breathtaking."—The Telegraph
"A powerfully moving, meditative examination not just of an artist's life and work but also of something much more permanent, mysterious and complex: the South, both in close-up and from afar.... She's a rarity: the ambidextrous artist."—The Richmond Times-Dispatch
"A stirring tale of a life in pictures.... A profound self-portrait of an artist and her medium, and of the people and landscapes that have fueled that art."—Garden and Gun
"[A] crackling, forthright exploration of her life and career....The incisive writing and remarkable photos attest to Mann's relentless habit of watching the world, waiting for 'that incubating purity and grace that happens, sometimes, when all the parts come together.'"—The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A sprawling, drawl of a memoir, stretching narrative into imagery, personal memories into historical research and creative reflection into critical theory. Deftly and courageously written, it is spacious enough to accommodate all the photographer's doubts (as an artist) as well as her several certainties (as a mother)."—The Houston Chronicle
"The voice is so clear and so crisp, so ready to admit error but also to stand up for itself.... rarely are our protagonists so gosh darned admirable."—San Francisco Chronicle
"Mann's...memoir lacks a dull moment-partially due to the beauty of her language, and partially because of her striking photographs, and the ones she dug up from the family attic."—The Rumpus
"Endlessly engaging and fascinating."—RVANews
"A reckoning with the unreliability of both memory and photography as ways of preserving the past.... The writing is so engaging and her intellect so lively that the long ride seems almost too short. This is clearly a book Mann needed to write, and her passion for the task gives Hold Still much of the same exquisite power found in her photography."—Go Knoxville
"Startling.... A family history like no other."—New York Journal of Books
"For all her accolades as a visual artist, it might surprise you to know that Mann is also one hell of a writer. Hold Still is stark, disturbing and beautiful."—Nashville Scene
"Sumptuous.... Mann writes insightfully about her ancestors, her friends and her own work.... The tangled and arbitrary threads that tether each of us to what matters in this world."—Toronto National Post
"Instant classic."—Vogue
"Mann's deeply personal and unflinchingly honest reflections on her family, her photography, and her brushes with the harsh specter of public condemnation make Hold Still not only an uncommonly compelling memoir, but also an invaluable fond of wisdom."—Bustle
"If you only read one book this year, Hold Still by Sally Mann should be it."—KMUW (NPR)
"Hold Still is a wild ride of a memoir. Visceral and visionary. Fiercely beautiful. My kind of true adventure."—Patti Smith, musician and National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids
"One would not need to know Sally Mann's remarkable work as a photographer to be swept up in her memoir Hold Still, which draws upon a family history so rife with jaw-dropping drama that it could provide the grist for a dozen novels. With prodigious intellect and a telling instinct for the exact detail that will reveal character or throw it into question, Mann delves into the treacherous territory of memory, mesmerized by the relentless dance of beauty and decay. In doing so, she manifests in prose the acuity of seeing that has propelled her to the top rank of contemporary artists."—Andrew Solomon, author of Far From the Tree and The Noonday Demon
"Photographer Sally Mann's book Hold Still is one of the great portraits of the American South. Written in her pitch perfect prose style, it is a textbook of illumination and desire for anyone who hears the siren call of art beckoning to them. It's southern to the bone, hell on wheels. Hold Still is a masterpiece."—Pat Conroy, author of The Death of Santini and South of Broad
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rivals her talent for photography. The book is riveting, ravishing --
diving deep into family history to find the origins of art. I couldn't
take my eyes off of it."—Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto and This is the Story of a Happy Marriage
"For three decades Sally Mann has captured images that are unique, haunting, beautiful, disturbing, stark - it would take a mid-sized thesaurus to hold all the adjectives that have been used to describe both the art and the artist. In Hold Still, she wraps her prose around her pictures, revealing a fine talent for writing and a rich family history."—John Grisham, author of The Firm and Sycamore Row
"Sally Mann's Hold Still is just like her pictures: forthright, adventurous, loving, fearless, beautiful, intimate, and somehow uncanny. That means it's probably just like her."
—Luc Sante, author of Low Life and Kill All Your Darlings
"What I admire most about Sally Mann's new book is not her ability to write captivating sentences--she does. It's the honesty and fearlessness, the two mixed together, compelling her to own up to her mistakes, to acknowledge her winnings, to accept her losses (and those of her family). For this quality alone, Hold Still deserves a fixed place in the library of American memoir."
—Paul Hendrickson, author of Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost
"There has never been a book like this. At once a poetics of place, a work of deep history, a bildungsroman, and an acute inquiry into the big subjects: love, family, other animals, the nature of creativity. It is sublime. It's also very funny. Haunting and haunted, Hold Still is the memoir of an artist that is art itself."—Melissa Holbrook Pierson, author of The Place You Love is Gone
"This spectacular modern memoir reads like a sweeping gothic novel, filled with mystery, violence, controversy, and, of course, love in all its forms. It is a literary family album enlivened by many of the images in the stories told. A Southern work, it is also universally accessible, as all of Sally Mann's work is, for she reaches deep into her ancestral headwaters and the twisted rivers of human remembrance. A triumph."—Jamie Lee Curtis, actress
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Intelligence received on Liverpool’s fugitive one-man crimewave Ryan Connolly
A MAN wanted for terrorising his neighbourhood during a catalogue of yob behaviour is being harboured by friends, police believe.
Ryan Connolly
Ryan Connolly remains on the run after allegedly committing a 270 offences in the Woolton street where he lived.
Since the ECHO revealed how opportunities to arrest the 30-year-old had been missed by police, a large operation to catch him is underway.
Today, the force said they had received regular clues from the public as to Connolly’s whereabouts.
Sightings have been reported in Belle Vale, Netherley and Hunts Cross, with suggestions he is staying with relatives.
Connolly has a huge roll call of alleged criminality based on his time living in Whitney Road, Woolton.
Among the allegations are:
Swearing at baby and threatening to hit and “put a pillow over the face and smother” the tot.
Vowing to rape a woman and “shoot up” the neighbourhood with his “9-milly”.
Screaming how he would “smash the face in” and “stab” a woman he lived with and believed to be the mum of a young child also at the same address.
Officers were passed intelligence Connolly could be in Old Swan where he is thought to frequent a number of betting shops.
Staff are aware of the 30-year-old and his wayward and potentially violent behaviour and they are on their guard for return visits.
Inspector Keith Porter told the ECHO: “We have definite information he has been in the company of family members.
“We’re checking locations on a regular basis. We take the ECHO with us and show it to members of the public asking them to look for him.
“Connolly will be lying low in an area he’s comfortable with.”
Police apologised after promising they would be waiting for Connolly at Liverpool Magistrates Court for a hearing.
The suspect arrived in the dock but officers failed to attend to arrest him and the chance to catch him was missed.
Connolly is also wanted for verbally abusing police in Netherley, hurling abuse at a shop employee in Belle Vale, and breaching his anti-social behaviour injunction by returning to Whtiney Road, where he is banned.
One allegation is that he preyed upon a vulnerable man in his 20s, who is deaf, partially sighted and cannot speak.
Regularly, it was said, Connolly grabbed him by the neck and frogmarched him to a cashpoint to withdraw money. He was also attacked, leaving him battered and bruised.
Inspector Porter added: “It’s frustrating that he’s still outstanding.
“He’s been around at times if we wanted to speak to him in the past, but now he’s gone to ground.
“I would urge him, however, to hand himself in so we can deal with these offences all together.
“It would be better in the long run to make himself known to us.”
For any information about Connolly contact police on 0151 777 5053 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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Police close road near Chester Zoo after two explosive devices found in canal
Cheshire Police have warned drivers to find an alternative route
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Caughall Road in Upton, Chester has been closed by police following the discovery of two explosive devices (Image: Cheshire police)
The road next to Chester Zoo is currently closed after two explosive devices were found in a nearby canal.
Cheshire Police have warned drivers to find an alternative route after the two devices were found in the canal off Caughall Road in Chester.
The road sits directly next to Chester Zoo and will remain closed this afternoon while police deal with the incident.
Two explosive devices have been found in the canal off Caughall Road, today, 27 December (Image: Cheshire Police)
In a photo shared by Cheshire Police , a large explosive can be seen alongside a smaller one.
In a statement on their Facebook page, a spokesperson from Cheshire Police said: "Two explosive devices have been found in the canal off Caughall Road and the road is currently closed whilst we deal with the incident.
"Please find an alternative route."
Caughall Road next to Chester Zoo is currently closed after two explosive devices were found by police (Image: Cheshire Police)
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Ed's Ink: Best Kept Secrets Of Successful Innovation
Learning is thinking with other people's ideas. The trick is to associate, adapt, magnify, minify, substitute and rearrange. Ed's Ink by MMN's editorial staff provides you with a unique opportunity to learn from management masterminds.
Tags: Drucker innovation entrepreneurship Peter F. Drucker
Ed's Ink
Tomorrow's job inevitably attempts to create entirely new businesses, entirely new business models, entirely new products, entirely new markets, entirely new operating methods of more than trivial dimensions.
Today's job is to continuously improve what is being done, exploit existing successes by increasing usage within existing customer groups, creating new users for existing products and services, finding new uses for existing products, and more.
Peter F. Drucker and Harvard's Ted Levitt showed the most important task of the existing organization is to get today's job done. Rules, procedures, and standards define what is to be done, and how.
Newness Destabilizes ‘Today's Job’ Systems
Injecting newness into what might be termed a stable system designed to achieve smoothly efficient operations of day-to-day activities (such as running the plant, directing tactical sales activities, managing the finances) tends to be fiercely resisted.
Levitt observed "Allegiance to the daily task remains the predominant and inevitable focus …
... Within this powerfully constraining context, to focus on trying to get powerful innovations - to do entirely new and therefore disruptive things ... is an especially difficult and fragile undertaking."
Most organizations establish order and discipline, that is, deep routinization of a significant part of the work required to produce today's products and services.
In other words, organizations are structured institutions. They require direction, set into motion by people of purpose accompanied by standards of performance appropriate to what must be done.
The point? To impose on managers responsible for today's job the additional job of managing for tomorrow is typically a prescription for condemning much-needed innovations to the scrap heap.
In short, an inescapable clash occurs between those charged with the responsibility of getting today's job done and those charged with making the organization into a new organization for a new future.
Take-home message: Newness is unsettling and disruptive to daily tasks.
When tomorrow's job involves developing new businesses and products, expect the existing organization to unintentionally (and sometimes intentionally) sabotage innovative efforts.
Alibis Versus Explanations
There are three popular explanations for the failure of an organization to do new things:
– Our salesforce focused on proven winners and gave little attention to the new product or service.
– We need better people capable of producing and managing much-needed innovations.
– Our performance-based compensation system penalizes executives responsible for the new and different – so if forced to do new and different things, they attempt to minimize losses by under-marketing/under-spending when attempting to launch an innovative new product or service.
All three, while true in many cases, are alibis rather than explanations.
Truly innovative organizations realize from the beginning that in order to nurture the true innovation, it must be treated as a "separate business" rather than as an add-on activity.
This article explores one but very crucial aspect of the innovative task – the necessity for establishing separate centers of initiative for creating innovation that can lead to new business units or new businesses altogether.
Top Management's Role In Innovation
Said Drucker: "The people responsible for the existing business will always be tempted to postpone action on anything new, entrepreneurial, or innovative until it is too late…"
Take, for example, Radio Corporation of America (RCA). The telecommunications and media empire was founded in 1919 and led by David Sarnoff. It included both RCA and NBC and at one point became one of the largest companies in the world.
RCA's extremely profitable radio receiver manufacturing business was a global leader. Several books (and Wikipedia's thumbnail sketch) detail how RCA made television into a commercial success. According to Levitt:
"When Vladimir Zworykin, the father of television, demonstrated the first crude and enormously bulky TV system to his top management at RCA, the unimpressed reaction of one highly successful one executive was typical: 'Why don't you take this guy off this foolishness and put him and his team on something useful?' – like cutting costs on radio receivers, for example."
When David Sarnoff, RCA's results-focused chief, got wind of what the new television group was attempting, the venture received unqualified backing to move onward and independently with the project.
Sarnoff equivalently made the unit into a separate, autonomous operating unit and divorced it from the ongoing business.
Otherwise, the innovative project would have likely been denied of required resources, leading to inevitable setbacks and delays. Overspending typical in projects of this kind would have led to abandonment.
Even though Zworykin estimated the venture would cost about $100,000 to bring to market (it eventually cost $50 million), Sarnoff stayed with it because he believed "it was a risk RCA could not afford not to take."
Innovation Measurements Differ From Measurements For the Ongoing Business
The RCA story also illustrates the need for different measurements and different uses of budgets and budgetary controls from the ongoing business.
To impose on innovating efforts, as is typically done in the majority of organizations, the measurements, and especially the accounting conventions that fit the ongoing business, is to paraphrase Drucker: "A surefire way to cripple the innovative effort … It's like putting a 100 pound pack on a six-year-old going on a hike …"
The most innovative corporations (DuPont, HP, 3M, Apple) learned these lessons long ago. The right structure, does not guarantee innovation results. But the wrong structure aborts results & smothers even the best-directed innovation efforts.
Said Drucker: "To impose the same measurements that fit the ongoing business is misdirection."
Important Distinctions
Existing businesses focus on return on invested capital. Sometimes this is called the productivity of capital.
If the productivity of capital decreases in the existing business, the organization begins to examine what and how it should abandon programs, activities, and even businesses.
Abandonment frees capital (i.e., monies and people) to work on those activities that show promise.
But with respect to innovation, a different scenario emerges.
Drucker often referred to the most successful managerial control system developed in the 1920s by the DuPont Company, which, developed a much- praised return on investment model for all its businesses.
Said Drucker: "As long as a business, a product line, or a process was in the innovating stage, its capital allocation was not included in the capital base on which the individual DuPont division was in charge of the project had to earn a return…
… Nor were the expenses included in its expense budget … Both were kept separate …
… Only after the new product line had been introduced in the market and had been sold in commercial quantities for two years or more were its measurements and controls merged into the budget of the division responsible for the development …"
Drucker’s Point
Division managers inevitably resist innovation because they view it as a threat to their earnings record and performance. The proven way to prevent this is to creatively imitate the DuPont model when engaging in major innovative activities.
Also, observed Drucker, the DuPont model "makes sure that expenditures on, and investments in, innovative efforts can be tightly controlled … It makes possible to ask at every step, ‘what do we expect at the end, what is the risk factor, that is, the likelihood of non-success.'"
Without doubt, in many instances, entrepreneurial faith is what is required to keep going when a new venture project is beset with difficulties.
Yet, sooner or later, the Drucker-inspired question: "Can we justify continuing this particular innovative effort or not" must be asked and answered.
No organization wants to fund problems. Funding solutions to recognized problems is a different story.
If changes in strategy and tactics makes economic/marketing sense, then the project in all likelihood will be continued.
But if doing more of the same is the only path recommended, it's quite possible the venture should be abandoned.
Summary & Conclusions
To succeed with an innovative venture, the first and most serious questions are always: Is this the right opportunity? Do we have the required people with the appropriate skill sets and knowledge to succeed in the marketplace?
An important question to ask is whether or not the new venture has the right knowledges. For example, decades ago when banks ventured into the credit card business they thought "credit management" was the essential knowledge required.
It turned out while credit management was important, direct response marketing skills were also essential to success. And this was a skill that banks (50 years ago) did not possess or even realize was needed.
(In a future article we will discuss how to carry out a knowledge analysis).
After answering the above-mentioned questions, decisions concerning how to organize the innovative effort "as a business" must be addressed.
A major mistake involves treating the innovative venture the same way as the ongoing business. Budgets for the ongoing business and budgets for innovative efforts should be kept separate.
Following the DuPont formula, a separate measurement system for innovative efforts makes it possible to assess the three factors that determine the eventual outcome of the venture – namely, the realistic upside to the opportunity being exploited, the risk of failure, and expenditures needed to produce and manage an innovative new business.
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Classic 20th Century Fox Movies That Might Get Locked Away in the Disney Vault Forever
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by Taylor Salan Nov 14th, 2019
With their recent acquisition of Twentieth Century Fox, The Walt Disney Company has consolidated even more of the Hollywood market share. Recently, we learned the worrying news that Disney is quietly and methodically placing classic Fox movies into its vault. Movies are made to bee seen. Without exhibition, either theatrically or on home video, there’s no reason even to make a movie. More than ever, Disney has now positioned itself as the harsh parent of the film industry that wants to punish their children by taking our favorite movies away from us. With this legitimately troubling news in mind, here are 10 classic Twentieth Century Fox movies that you might want to seek out before they potentially get locked away in the Disney vault for the next few decades.
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'Alien' and 'Aliens'
Yeah, we know that Alien and Aliens are two movies. However, it’s impossible to choose which is the more critical film between the two. They’re both essential genre movies, which is why it’s a shame that we might not have access to exhibit them for a great while. Ultimately, it’s probably better to snatch these two classics up before our oppressive parents over at Disney decide to lock them away forever.
'Die Hard'
John McTiernan’s action classic is easily one of the greatest films ever made within the genre. In other words, Die Hard is the Christmas movie that we never thought we needed. By removing the film from circulation, Disney’s narcissistic parenting style is not only indicative of its status as a cultural monolith but also their desire to deprive their children of an essential piece of film history.
'The Princess Bride'
The Princess Bride is one of the rare Fox movies that actually fits within Disney’s primary wheelhouse. It also happens to be perhaps one of the most quintessential fairy tale movies ever made. While the film might see release sooner or later due to its status as a bona fide cult classic, losing this film to the Disney vault would probably end up being the equivalent of emotional blackmail.
'Home Alone'
Home Alone is just one of those Christmas classics that you never think you’ll have to live without. Disney has already announced that a reboot of Home Alone will eventually come to their new streaming service. Unfortunately, it also means that Disney will probably use this new abomination to scrub the beloved Christmas film from existence. Much like a controlling parent, Disney thinks that they always know what’s best for you.
'Titanic'
Although James Cameron’s Avatar franchise is probably safe for now, Titanic is most likely going into the vault. American audiences will still have access to the film through Paramount Pictures, but international audiences, unfortunately, will not. While the bond between Jack and Rose is undoubtedly timeless, it seems that the Titanic might end up sharing the same fate as the heart of the ocean itself – at least internationally.
'Mrs. Doubtfire'
As one of Robin Williams’ most accessible and endearing performances, Mrs. Doubtfire is undoubtedly a classic. If the film does indeed get tossed into the Disney vault, it would honestly be a real shame that such a wholesome movie would become unavailable for public exhibition. If this turns out to be the case, Disney itself will position itself as a toxic mom that should also be locked away forever.
'Fight Club'
Considering what Fight Club represents, it’s incredibly ironic that the Mouse House now controls its exhibition. With this in mind, Fight Club is a first-ballot candidate never to be shown again. Although its cultural significance means that the film will live on, Disney will probably do their best to ground us for trying to watch it.
'The Fly'
The mere idea that Disney now owns a movie like The Fly might be stranger than fiction itself. With that said, David Cronenberg’s body horror opus is gory enough to make even the most hardened Brundlefly fans squeamish. Ultimately, The Fly is the type of movie that an overbearing parent like Disney would never want their children to have access to.
'The Omen'
Although The Omen remains a cultural touchstone for many reasons, it’s also the type of movie that Disney probably wants nothing to do with. Not only does the film include a disturbing scene where a character hangs themselves at a children’s party, but it also contains a brutal decapitation scene. If anything, it serves as an analogy for letting go of your need to please your controlling parents, especially when that parent is Disney.
'Planet of the Apes' (1968)
Although 1968’s Planet of the Apes is perhaps best remembered for its infamous ending, it would be a shame to lose this whole franchise to the Disney vault. At the same time, Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes is one of those remakes that should actually stay in the Disney vault. In all seriousness, it would be a shame to lose Charlton Heston’s magical performance and John Chambers’ groundbreaking prosthetic makeup techniques to appease the greed of our corporate overlords.
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Blue Marlin Fishing in the Atlantic: Best Spots to Visit
Get addicted to the Atlantic with some of the top spots for blue marlin fishing.
By John Ashley
In Ghana, you'll often find blue marlin fish as beautiful as this one — and some bigger.John Ashley
During my short time in Ghana, I experienced amazing blue marlin fishing. I was lucky enough to catch my biggest blue when I released a solid 900-pounder. Every day, good numbers of blues between 300 pounds and 900 pounds were released among the three charter boats working; it seemed the fishery was viable and strong. Two years later, though, as quick as Ghana came on the marlin scene, the fishing declined. Hooker left for Cape Verde and old Duyfken ended up on a hard stand. The last I heard, it's still just sitting there, rotting away. I believe the marlin fishery crashed when several huge, foreign, commercial purse-seine boats turned up and depleted the mackerel stocks. There haven't been any marlin reports from Ghana for many years.
Once you get to Cape Verde, it proves to be one of the best blue marlin fisheries in the world.John Ashley
My quest to explore the Atlantic took me north to blustery Cape Verde. These islands are difficult to get to, but it was worth every hour of air travel and all of the long delays. These mostly barren, dust-blown islands are a big part of the Atlantic blue marlin migration. At times, you get so many bites in a day that it’s beyond belief. Getting two dozen bites and catching anywhere between five and a dozen in a day is not out of the ordinary. The fish range from 300 pounds to 600 pounds, with the chance for the bigger one showing up at any time.
Capt. Glen Johnson started working these islands after the fishing in Ghana dried up. The year I went, he was skippering the beautiful 50-foot G&S Gladius for well-known saltwater fly-fisherman Fouad Sahiaoui. The week before I got there, Sahiaoui broke two world records on blues: one on 16-pound tippet and the other on 20-pound. My first day out with him, he spent seven hours on a blue on 20-pound that would have smashed his previous record had the tippet not parted. Sahiaoui had four of his friends come in for two weeks of heavy-tackle fishing and the action every day was amazing. On our best day, we lost count of how many blues were raised. We hooked 17 and tagged and released 10, the biggest running 750 pounds. We came back to the dock thinking we might have been top dog for the day until the 76-foot Garlington Dreamin On came in with 17 tag flags fluttering in the wind.
The island exploded as a blue marlin fishing hotspot in the mid 1990s but slowed down toward the end of the decade. It has since picked up again.John Ashley
Farther north again lies the stunning Portuguese island of Madeira. Anyone who has been involved in blue marlin fishing over the past couple of decades knows only too well what happened there in the mid-90s. The place busted loose in '94 with many personal bests achieved and world records broken. Campbell, on Chunda, became the first angler in the world to catch two grander Atlantic blues and young Laurent Richard, fishing on French Look, became the first junior angler to boat a grander blue. Shelby Rogers on Tysons Pride broke the ladies world record on 80-pound-test with a 1,059‑pound blue and Tracy Melton caught a 1,083-pounder on stand-up 80-pound tackle. In '95, Campbell smashed the world record on 30-pound-test with an 872-pounder and his wife broke the ladies world record on 30-pound tackle with a 708-pounder during the following season.
By early ’97, the tiny harbor in Madeira’s Funchal was crammed full of foreign sport-fishing vessels eager to get into the action, but all were disappointed. Anglers fished for months for maybe a bite from a white marlin or a tuna. Aussie Capt. Peter Bristow had moved to the United Kingdom when the big bite was happening in Madeira. By the time he purchased a boat and modified it to catch granders, he missed the bite as well. When I got there to fish with Bristow in 2004, things had picked up again, but it was nothing like the run they had in the ’90s. According to a number of local fishermen, like brothers Jo and Reberto Riberia — whose father, Antonio, caught the first grander in Madeira on rod and reel in the ’70s — these hot and cold seasons were nothing new. During El Niño years, the warm currents often miss the island and the bait doesn’t show up either.
Beautiful billfish jumping out of the water — like this one — is part of the reason the Azores is a popular blue marlin fishing spot.John Ashley
The beautiful Azores off Portugal spread out over nine islands. Horta Harbor, on the island of Faial, is home to a charter fleet of eight vessels. Capt. Zak Conde was born in the Azores and after I got to know him in Cape Verde, he invited me to check out his home waters. These islands are also well known for giant blues. Conde and Gallagher were running the 36-foot Hatteras Xacara back in 1997 when they caught the largest blue ever taken in the Azores, a massive 1,307-pounder. Two huge seamounts close to Faial called the Condor and Azores banks are where the action is found. Many blues are tagged and released there annually. These two banks rise out of 1,000 fathoms and have to be the fishiest grounds I have ever seen. Every day, they were alive with all kinds of sea life, feeding on huge columns of mackerel.
We averaged three to four bites a day from blue or white marlin, with the odd big yellowfin tuna and mahimahi thrown in. The best day came on Conde's 31-foot Blackwatch Boca Raton when we paid a visit to the Azores Bank, a little farther out from the Condor Bank. It was certainly a good move as we had our first bite on a solid blue within minutes of putting the lures out. The hookup was perfect, and the 130 Shimano Tiagra had 600 yards of line vanish before the marlin started jumping and tail-walking at incredible speed. Plenty of rod work was needed to win the battle on this 750-pounder before we released it boat-side.
Bermuda produces some giant blue marlin, including a massive 1,195-pounder in the popular Blue Marlin World Cup.John Ashley
For many years, I’d heard and read the stories of all the big marlin caught around these islands, many of them caught by Capt. Alan Card. He and I had been in contact for some time, and I finally got to meet and fish with him last year in the prime-time month of July when the famous Triple Crown Tournaments take place. Over the past 10 years, these three tournaments have grown considerably, and many visiting vessels from the U.S. mainland now make the 600-mile journey to Bermuda to participate.
Ever since Card’s son Lan was able to climb into the boat, he has helped on the deck and has become a very skilled mate. The two of them are a formidable team, winning many tournaments in the Triple Crown as well as catching the biggest marlin in the history of the popular Blue Marlin World Cup, a massive 1,195-pounder. Their spread to attract these big blues includes only four armed lures and two giant teasers. I’ve never seen teasers so big, but when you think about these giant blues, capable of devouring a 100-pound tuna like a jelly bean, 3-foot teasers certainly look like fair game. These giants turn up here because the shallow outer reef drops away quickly into the deep Atlantic and then rises again only 10 miles to the southwest of the island. Two massive banks each spread out over 20 square miles and are only a few miles apart, attracting bait, big tuna and wahoo, which in turn attract the giant blues.
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Top Offshore Fishing Tournaments
From the biggest marlin and heftiest paydays to the best parties and the toughest competition, there’s a billfish tournament to suit just about anyone
By Sam White
The San Juan IBT represents one of the oldest and best values in all of fishing.Mark Smestad
Two anglers fish side by side. Each challenges the other to catch the most fish, or the largest. Perhaps they place a small wager on the outcome. Spectators gather to watch the action — and just like that, a fishing tournament is born. And while it's impossible to list every event, here are just a few offshore fishing tournaments that deserve a second look. There's a tournament for nearly everyone, so get out there and fish in 2019.
The Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic is hosted by the Golden Nugget Casino Hotel in Biloxi, giving anglers a shot at winning big on both land and sea.Courtesy Gulf Coast Classic/Robbie Carter
Big Money Offshore Fishing Tournaments
Best Odds Outside the Tournament
Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic
Biloxi, Mississippi
Hosted at the luxurious Golden Nugget Casino Hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Classic is a gambler's paradise. Hit the tables and then hit the water for a shot at some oversize blue marlin and yellowfin tuna in the fish-rich waters of the upper Gulf of Mexico. The tournament record for blue marlin is a 1,054-pounder caught by Barry Carr on Sea Wolff, so the big blues are ready for you.
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Bisbee's Black and Blue
It's one of the richest events in all of sport fishing, so if you want a shot at the big bucks, be sure to enter as many of the optional jackpots as your wallet will allow. On the plus side, you'll be wetting a line in one of sport fishing's greatest destinations, so you're already a winner the moment you step off the plane in Cabo.
Tournaments bring together some of sport fishing’s most passionate owners, captains, anglers and crews as they go head-to-head against the toughest species of game fish in the world.Courtesy Debra Todd
Largest Participating Fleet
White Marlin Open
Ocean City, Maryland
By any measure, the White Marlin Open is a big one. In 2015, 300-plus boats vied for their share of a total purse exceeding $3.9 million. The winning white marlin took home better than $1.1 million, with the second-place white worth just over that magical million-dollar mark as well. The weigh-ins are a tremendous spectator affair the whole town comes out to watch.
Better bring the big guns for the one-day worldwide shootout that's known as the World Cup.Courtesy World Cup / Anthony Johnson
Go Big or Stay Home
World Cup Blue Marlin Championship
It's a one-day shootout occurring every year on July 4: the World Cup. Teams fish for eight hours in their respective time zones for blue marlin in a winner-take-all format with a 500-pound minimum. Since 1985, teams fishing the event have tallied three granders — the biggest being a 1,195-pounder caught off Bermuda — and 11 more blues over 700. Better bring the heavy tackle for this one.
A Great Week of Summer Vacation
Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament
Mark your calendar for a week of summer vacation in the middle of June and head to coastal North Carolina for the Big Rock. The tournament week kicks off with a lady angler shootout and goes right through to the main event, which offers participants a choice of fishing for four of a possible six days. And while the early winners of the billfish tournament took home a child's red wagon filled with silver dollars, the stakes are now considerably higher: The event's total purse has topped the $1 million mark for the past 16 years, and the Big Rock celebrates its 58th anniversary in 2016.
Best Shot at a Black Marlin
Lizard Island Black Marlin Tournament
Lizard Island, Australia
If it's a nice black marlin you're after, pack the bags and head Down Under for the Lizard Island Black Marlin Tournament. The tournament adopted a catch-and-release format after the 20th anniversary event in 2006, but if you're fortunate enough to release a fish deemed to be in excess of 1,000 pounds, you'll have your name engraved on the Lizard Island 1,000 Pound Tag and Release Club perpetual trophy. It's a bit of a long flight from the States, but the opportunity to fish this tournament is a golden one for any angler.
It's tough to beat the Cajun cuisine served up at the Cajun Canyons Billfish Classic in Venice, Louisiana.Courtesy Cajun Canyons / Helmut Ermlich
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Cajun Canyons Billfish Classic
Venice, Louisiana
Tournament director Steve Thomas believes a great party starts with excellent food, so he goes out of his way to treat the participants of the Cajun Canyons Billfish Classic to some of Louisiana's best cuisine. A captain's meeting catered by New Orleans' famed Acme Oyster House? Count us in. Plus, Venice is the marlin fishing gateway to the entire northern Gulf of Mexico.
The "Rock Star" Weigh-In
Blue Marlin Grand Championship
With two giant Jumbotron displays, a wild light show and a sound system that would make Metallica jealous, the Blue Marlin Grand Championship is truly a sight to behold — and so are its weigh-ins. Add a huge crowd of spectators (over 10,000 turned out for Saturday evening's weigh-in during the 2015 tournament) and you've got the full-on rock-star treatment for this one. The Wharf Entertainment Complex in Orange Beach is also one of the most family-friendly locations for billfish tournaments found anywhere in the world.
Whether there’s a six- or even seven-figure prize or just a simple trophy on the line, tournaments bring out the best in competitive fishing. Tournaments also generate considerable funding each year for charitable and conservation-oriented organizations around the world.Courtesy Debra Todd
A Top Charter Fleet
Pirate's Cove Billfish Tournament
The lineup of Carolina-built charter boats fishing out of Oregon Inlet is one of the most impressive fleets anywhere. These vessels are designed to fish in unforgiving waters in nearly any sea condition short of a tropical storm, season after season. If you want to charter and fish a tournament, then Pirate's Cove would be a great choice. And although the event usually has great white marlin fishing, the tournament-record 1,229-pound blue marlin means some very big blues are in the area as well.
In addition to a highly competitive fleet of boats participating each year, the Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic at Sandestin offers an outstanding awards brunch as well.Courtesy Emerald Coast Classic / Allison Yii
Great Awards Brunch
Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic at Sandestin
Sandestin, Florida
If the way to a fisherman's heart is through his stomach, the ECBC should make anyone's must-fish list this summer. Sunday morning brunches for the awards ceremony are common among Gulf Coast tournaments where the weigh-ins extend well into Saturday evening. These events put on a pretty good spread for their participants, but the ECBC folks really roll out the red carpet. The prize purse has also topped the $1 million mark for the last several years. Great event, great location and a great party — let's go fishing.
Giving Back: A Community-Oriented Tournament
Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament
Billfish tournaments as a collective group support a wide variety of charities each year, contributing millions of dollars along the way. The Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament has very deep ties with the local community and a number of charities. It's also become a standout on the summer billfish circuit on the East Coast due in large part to that support, not to mention the incredibly high level of competition.
The Custom Shootout draws some of the world's finest sport fishing boats each year.Courtesy Debra Todd
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A Beautiful Custom Fleet
Custom Shootout
Abaco Beach Resort, the Bahamas
If you enjoy custom sport-fishing boats, then make plans now to visit the Abaco Beach Resort for Skip Smith's famous Custom Shootout. There's probably no finer display of these seagoing works of art anywhere in the world. Many of the builders are on hand for the week's festivities, so you might find yourself rubbing elbows with guys whose last names are as famous as their boats.
In terms of highest release totals, head for the Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown or the Offshore World Championship, both of which are held on the Pacific side of Costa Rica.Richard Gibson
Highest Release Totals
Tie: Offshore World Championship and
Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown
When it comes to the highest tournament-release numbers, all signs point to the Pacific paradise of Costa Rica. During the first leg of the Los Sueños Signature Triple Crown in 2015, the 39-boat fleet released 2,154 billfish — a catch ratio of 55.2 billfish per boat for the three-day tournament. Just a few months later, the Offshore World Championship invited a total of 67 participating teams to Quepos, Costa Rica; in four days of fishing, they let go a combined total of 2,840 sailfish and marlin for a catch ratio of 42.3 billfish per boat during the tournament. Both events are world class, so we score this one a draw.
South Florida's sailfish circuit is as competitive as any tournament fishing in the world.Courtesy Quest for the Crest / Greg Gawlikowski
A Highly Competitive Sailfish Series
Quest for the Crest
South Florida's tournament sailfish anglers are among the most tenacious fishermen anywhere in the world. That's showcased in the Bluewater Movements' Quest for the Crest series, where participating teams vie not only for some serious prize money, but the right to wear the crest on the winner's coat of arms. The faint of heart need not apply for this four-stop series.
Oldest Sailfish Tournament
Silver Sailfish Derby
Established by the West Palm Beach Fishing Club in 1935, the Silver Sailfish Derby is the world's longest running sailfish tournament. In fact, the only three years lost were from 1943 through 1945 due to World War II. Along the way, the historic tournament became one of the first to promote catch-and-release fishing and the use of red pennant flags to signify a successful release — both concepts still going strong over eight decades later.
International teams from the four corners of the sport fishing world converge on Costa Rica each year for the prestigious Offshore World Championship.Courtesy Offshore World Championship
Most Challenging International Competition
Offshore World Championship
Walk the docks during the competitive Offshore World Championship, and you'll likely hear a dozen different languages spoken within the first 50 feet. That's due to the incredibly diverse international support this event receives. Over 60 fishing teams from far-flung destinations like Brazil, Angola, Tonga, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand come to Costa Rica in hopes of being named the Offshore World Champion.
It's the calm before the storm prior to the kickoff of The MidAtlantic tournament in Cape May, New Jersey.Courtesy MidAtlantic / Jeff Merrill
Spread the Wealth: Many Ways to Win
The MidAtlantic
The MidAtlantic Tournament is a unique event because of the wide variety of categories and optional jackpots aimed to spread the prize money into the hands of more winners. Hedge your bets in the categories you think you're strongest in, then target billfish, tuna or other qualifying species during the three of five possible days of fishing. The MidAtlantic certainly is a fine choice to have a fantastic time and for a shot at taking home a big check. The hospitality and dock parties are also hard to beat.
Best Chance to See a Blue Marlin
USVI Open Atlantic Blue Marlin Tournament
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
We might take some heat for this one, but it is hard to beat the North Drop off St. Thomas during the August moon for your best shot at seeing a blue. Some years are better than others, but it's the consistency that keeps teams coming back to American Yacht Harbor in Red Hook season after season. And to go head-to-head with other equally marlin-addled teams in the USVI Open is just icing on the cake.
A good time is nearly assured during the Bermuda Triple Crown: big fish, big money and lots of fun all around.Courtesy Bermuda Billfish Blast
Amazing Scenery (And Big Blue Marlin)
Bermuda Triple Crown
Hamilton, Bermuda
The island nation of Bermuda is certainly among the most picturesque in the world: pink sand beaches, verdant vistas and dramatic ocean scenes. Add to the mix some incredibly competitive marlin fishing and the result is the Bermuda Triple Crown. Come for the beauty, stay for the fishing.
If chasing marlin and sailfish on the fly is your idea of a great tournament then head for Guatemala and the Jake Jordan Invitational.Courtesy Capt. Chris Sheeder
Best Fly-Fishing Tournament
Jake Jordan Invitational Sailfish Fly Tournament
Casa Vieja Lodge, Guatemala
Those who are addicted to the thrill of chasing billfish on the fly rod should definitely pack the rod tubes and head south to Guatemala's Casa Vieja Lodge for the Jake Jordan Invitational. Combine world-class boats and great fishing with captains and crews well-versed in the art of fly-fishing, throw in some fun parties back ashore, and it's nirvana for the long-rodder.
Tops in the Dominican Republic
Dominican Billfish Triple Header Series
Over the last few years, there has been an amazing amount of buzz about the fishing down in the Dominican Republic. Thanks in part to the many FADs placed just offshore, the bite can be red hot for a mixed bag of blues, whites and sails alike. The marinas and accommodations are also top-flight, and the DR is just a handful of hours away by air from nearly anywhere in the Southeast U.S. If this sounds at all attractive, then check out Rick Alvarez's Dominican Billfish Triple Header Tournament Series, with events in both Cap Cana and Casa de Campo.
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My first book, Wee Three: A Mothers Love In Verse, a children’s poetry book, illustrated by Hazel Mitchell, was a collaborative effort and a labor of love. I took the short, sweet verses my grandmother wrote in the nineteen thirty’s for her children and expanded those and added additional verses of my own.
I have been called a prolific and versatile writer. I currently have two children’s poetry books, Wee Three: A Mother's Love in Verse and Innocence and Wonder, four novella's Darkness Descends, The Between Times, The Choosing, Keeping the Upper Paw: A Cat's Guide to Training Your Human
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The Divide Series, takes us into a world that could be, it is a dystopian series that starts with book 1 Darkness Descends, and book 2 The Between Times, it tells the story of a bleak world, where society consists of the poor and the rich and the poor live in squalor, with only a prophecy for hope of a better future. It has a touch of paranormal in its pages.
I have written four adult poetry books and a variety of fantasy and paranormal stories. A few of them are stories that my mother wrote over forty years ago and I finished while others are new and vibrant stories.
I learned that one needed to have a plot and conversation to move the story forward from a particularly bad play I wrote at the age of six. It was the worst play ever written or performed. It was so awful my mother stopped the production after about three minutes.
I currently live on a small farm with my husband, three horses, cats and a green cheeked conjure named Jack. They help me remember to view the world through a child's innocence and keep me young and imaginative.
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Street-Level Heroes Step in for Ed Brisson's 'Contagion' Limited Series
New York's latest threat is job for (anyone but) the Avengers!
by Jamie Frevele
CONTAGION (2019) #1
Hand sanitizer won't help you with this one -- Marvel Comics is calling on a slew of street-level heroes to tackle CONTAGION, a five-issue limited series written by Ed Brisson and a whole team of artists: Roge Antonio, Stephen Segovia, Mack Chater, Damian Couciero, and Adam Gorham. CONTAGION will hit comic book shops in October for a five-week run featuring New York's own Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Thing, Iron Fist, Moon Knight, and more to take on a horrifying new threat that has never been seen by the Marvel Universe.
What could be attacking the fair city of New York that it hasn't already seen? Brisson provided more insight into this fearsome force:
"We're going to put a lot of the bigger Marvel characters through the wringer here. This is a situation that ONLY folks like Iron Fist (who I'm thrilled to be writing again), Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Ben Grimm, Cloak and Dagger, and about a half-dozen street-level folks can solve. The Avengers try to get involved, but for reasons the readers will quickly learn, their involvement can be incredibly catastrophic. It could spell the end of New York, hell, maybe even the end of the world."
"The threat is a new one, something the Marvel Universe hasn't seen before. It's not often that you really get to build a new bad from the ground up, and that's been a real exciting challenge here. Our heroes are unprepared for it. This thing is indiscriminate, it's unpredictable, and it's unbeatable. I'm trying out some bonkers stuff in the series, really pushing a lot of characters to the brink -- some of them are characters I've been wanting to get my hands on since starting at Marvel."
Brisson also makes no bones about the tone of CONTAGION -- it's not a feel-good "funny book," and it's tapping into his horror influences.
“When [editor] Jake Thomas hit me up in January to work on CONTAGION, he sold the series to me as a street-level horror event. Obviously, Jake knows that I'm a huge street-level guy, but he also knows that I'm a horror junkie. He and I have talked for hours about horror films, so I think he knew it was an easy sell for me. I'm thrilled -- finally, I can put an entire lifetime of rotting my brain with horror flicks to good use."
But like all great horror stories, CONTAGION is going to be more than just blood and guts -- it will be about the characters.
Brisson continued: "Ultimately, this is me digging in with characters that I love in a genre that I love. The whole thing is a bit of a dream scenario, and I think that readers are going to be shocked right out of the gate.”
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With respect to personal data, the user has the right to request the correction of inaccurate data and the integration of incomplete data, the cancellation (the right to be forgotten) under the conditions indicated in art. 17, GDPR, treatment limitation and data portability.
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The holder will also provide the user with proof that the operations that follow the above requests have been brought to the attention of those to whom the data has been communicated, except in the case where this fulfillment proves impossible or involves a use of means clearly disproportionate to the protected right.
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Mumbai: Family detained for immolation bid while protesting kin's custodial death
Updated: Jan 26, 2018, 18:00 IST | PTI | Mumbai
Relatives of Shamsher Khan had assembled in front of Shivaji Park police station in the city's Dadar area and three tried to immolate themselves,
Police on Friday detained eleven members of a family after some of them tried to immolate themselves in protest against the custodial death of a relative two years ago.
Relatives of Shamsher Khan (34) had assembled in front of Shivaji Park police station in the city's Dadar area and three tried to immolate themselves, said police officials. Officials informed that Khan, who was arrested in connection with a murder in nearby Prabhadevi area in 2016, was found dead in police custody a few days later. The gathering included Khan's wife, their three children and his brother, the official added.
"Following the immolation attempt, all of them were detained. Police confiscated a bottle containing kerosene and a knife from them. The family members were released later," the official said.
The family was demanding the arrest of policemen involved in the custodial death as well as compensation for Khan's death, the official said.
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Thane: Woman fasts to get police to lodge FIR in Shahapur
Updated: Apr 14, 2019, 11:20 IST | Anamika Gharat | Mumbai
The woman wanted an FIR against her fiance and his parents for demanding dowry, but says Shahpur cops were reluctant
Kavita Farde on hunger strike outside Kinhavli police station with family members and friends
A 24-year-old woman from Chervali village is on a hunger strike in front of the police station in Shahapur, protesting against police inaction on her complaints of dowry demands by her fiancé and his parents. Almost 12 hours later, deputy superintendent of police assured her that the FIR would be registered.
Dowry demand
Kavita Farde's would be in-laws allegedly asked for dowry after her engagement, and when her family refused to pay it, they called off the wedding. After Farde completed her MA D.Ed, her family arranged her marriage with Pravin Harad, from Virar, who works in a private firm. Farde said, "We were engaged on March 10. A few days after the engagement, they started ignoring my parents and my calls. Then they demanded dowry. They asked my father to pay them Rs 4 lakh, and gift a bus to their son, so he could start a business. My father said he could not do so. They asked him not to call them again."
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'Police refuse to lodge FIR'
Farde's father and uncle still asked to meet them. "But the day they went to talk to them, Harad's house was locked. Later, the Harads phoned my father and said they were calling off the wedding. I decided to file a complaint with the police, but some officers at Kinhavli police station were reluctant to take it," said Farde Fed up of the police's indifference, Farde decided to go on a hunger strike. "After 11 hours, the DySP of Shahpur, Dilip Sawant, gave me a written assurance of action against the police officers who refused to take the FIR. He also assured an FIR would be registered against the Harad family." Kinhavli police registered an FIR in the case on Friday.
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Myra Clark, executive director of the Center for Communities in Transition (CCT), received the 2013 Liberty Bell Award at the MCB Law Day Luncheon on May 2, 2013. This annual award recognizes an individual who has performed community service that has strengthened the American system of freedom under the law. Ms. Clark has dedicated a quarter century in service to our community, especially to a group that is often underserved.
Myra began working with CCT 25 years ago and has served as its Executive Director since 1998. CCT's primary goal is to assist those who have been incarcerated with their re-entry into society. Her work with this organization epitomizes at least two of the pillars of the Liberty Bell award: encouraging greater respect for the law and courts, and stimulating a deeper sense of individual responsibility so citizens recognize their duties as well as their rights.
In its work with current and former inmates, CCT operates on the premise that former inmates need community, employer and family support in order to successfully re-integrate into society. It also maintains that successful integration of former inmates makes our communities safer by lowering the rate of recidivism.
CCT hosts several programs to assist the community. CCT's employment program helps individuals with criminal records obtain the training, skills and resources needed to secure employment. The Center's family support program provides mentor and other support services to children of incarcerated parents, alongside classes for the parents in maintaining relationships and parenting skills. CCT's women's center provides housing for 30 female inmates nearing the end of their sentence and allows these women to pursue jobs through work release. Eighty-seven percent of women released from the women's center have remained out of jail, compared to sixty percent of those who did not participate.
In addition to her vision and work with CCT, Ms. Clark is a community activist who connects with people in political, legal, religious, employment and other spheres to change perceptions about members of our community with criminal records. Her work promotes the chances of success for inmates re-entering the community and earned Myra a position on the Governor's StreetSafe Task Force in 2009.
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Twitter Gains Users, But Revenues Below Analysts' Forecast
by Gavin O'Malley @mp_gavin, April 26, 2016
Despite sluggish domestic growth, Twitter achieved respectable gains in monthly active users during the first quarter of the year. All told, MAUs reached 310 million during the period -- up from 302 million a year ago, and 305 million last quarter -- the social giant said on Tuesday.
The good news ends there.
Twitter reported profits of 15 cents per share on revenue of $595 million. While that beat The Street’s profit expectations, analysts were hoping for $608 million in revenue.
The problem is that brands didn’t show up to the party, according to Adam Bain, chief operating officer at Twitter.
“Overall, brand spend didn’t grow as quickly as we expected,” Bain told analysts on the company’s earnings calls. Specifically, brands don’t want to buy anything that lacks a strong video component, Bain said on Tuesday.
Worse yet, Twitter slashed its second-quarter revenue guidance to $590 million from $610 million -- nowhere near analyst expectations of $678 million.
Not surprisingly, Twitter is betting its future on video. “We see a clear opportunity to increase our share of market, particularly around video,” Bain said.
Specifically, “our focus is on live,” Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s second-time CEO, said on the earnings call.
That’s largely due to the success of Periscope. Since its launch in March of 2015, Twitter’s live-streaming unit has been used for more than 200 million broadcasts. Periscope users now watch around 1 million hours -- or close to 110 years -- of live streams every single day. And that stat only includes live streams viewed via Periscope’s iOS and Android apps.
Dorsey was also excited about winning the digital rights to NFL games on Thursday Night this past quarter. Come this fall, Twitter will stream 10 Thursday Night football games while they are simultaneously being shown on NBC, CBS and the NFL.
Immediately following the news in early April, Dorsey said nearly every professional sports league in the country contacted Twitter about doing a similar deal.
At least in the short term, however, analysts are not expecting such deals to right Twitter’s ship.
“Twitter’s advertising business has been a bright spot for several quarters, but the stalled user growth is having an impact on revenue,” according to Debra Williamson, principal analyst at eMarketer.
eMarketer has lowered its forecast for Twitter’s 2016 worldwide ad revenue to $2.61 billion -- smaller than the $2.95 billion it predicted in the third quarter of 2015.
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March Madness Posts 6% Higher National Ad Revenues
by Wayne Friedman , March 19, 2018
Through the opening rounds of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, national TV revenue is 6% higher versus a year ago.
National TV advertising on CBS, TNT, TBS, and truTV totaled $424.9 million through March 18, according to iSpot.tv -- versus $400.8 million on CBS, TNT TBS, truTV, and CBS Sports a year ago.
For this year’s event to date, CBS had 289 spots with 1,566 commercial airings, followed by TNT at 256 spots with 1,247 airings; truTV at 247 spots and 1,280 airings; and TBS with 260 spots and 1,256 airings.
GEICO has had 135 airings of its commercials across all networks, with an estimated $14.3 million in national TV spending. Additional spots include: Capital One with 134 airings at $13.8 million; Taco Bell with 127 airings at $8.2 million; and AT&T Wireless with 118 airings at $13.5 million.
McDonald's claims 118 airings at $5.6 million. Bud Light also has 118 airings, at $7.8 million; followed by DirecTV, with 114 airings at $12.3 million; Samsung Mobile, with 109 airings at $9.8 million; Google Cloud, with 109 airings at $9.3 million; and GMC, with 102 airings, at $10.5 million.
This year repeated many of the big spenders of a year ago: AT&T ($18.7 million in 2017); Capital One ($14.5 million); Coca-Cola ($13.4 million); Samsung Mobile ($12.5 million); GEICO ($12.2 million); Allstate ($11.6 million); and GMC ($10.3 million).
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Drugs & Diseases > Ophthalmology > Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Q&A
Which human leukocyte antigens are associated with increased risk for Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS)?
Author: C Stephen Foster, MD, FACS, FACR, FAAO, FARVO; Chief Editor: Andrew A Dahl, MD, FACS more...
There is strong evidence for a genetic predisposition to severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Carriage of the following human leukocyte antigens has been associated with increased risk:
HLA-B*1502
HLA-B*44
HLA-A29
HLA-B12
HLA-DR7
HLA-A2
HLA-A*0206
HLA-DQB1*0601
Certain of these HLA alleles are associated with an increased probability of developing Stevens-Johnson syndrome upon exposure to specific drugs. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada advise screening for HLA-B*1502 in patients of southeastern Asian ethnicity before starting treatment with carbamazepine. (The risk is much lower in other ethnic populations, making screening impractical in them). HLA-B*5801 confers a risk of allopurinol-related reactions. [25] Pretreatment screening is not readily available. [26]
Whites with HLA-B*44 appear to be more susceptible to develop Stevens-Johnson syndrome. HLA-A29, HLA-B12, and HLA-DR7 are frequently associated with sulfonamide-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome, while HLA-A2 and HLA-B12 are often encountered in Stevens-Johnson syndrome induced by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
HLA-A*0206 and HLA-DQB1*0601 allele have been shown to be was strongly associated with Stevens-Johnson syndrome with ocular disease. [27, 28]
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A patient with severe eye involvement associated with Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Note corneal neovascularization and conjunctivalization of the ocular surface.
Epithelial defect of the cornea with neovascularization and surface conjunctivalization.
Note extensive sloughing of epidermis from Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Courtesy of David F. Butler, MD.
Sheetlike desquamation on the foot in a patient with toxic epidermal necrolysis. Courtesy of Robert Schwartz, MD.
Hemorrhagic crusting of the mucous membranes in toxic epidermal necrolysis. Similar lesions are seen in Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Courtesy of Robert Schwartz, MD.
Note early cutaneous slough with areas of violaceous erythema.
Extensive sloughing on the face.
Note the presence of both 2-zoned atypical targetoid lesions and bullae.
Extensive blistering and sloughing on the back.
Extensive sloughing on the back.
Note extensive sloughing.
Low-power view showing full-thickness epidermal necrosis.
C Stephen Foster, MD, FACS, FACR, FAAO, FARVO Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; Consulting Staff, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; Founder and President, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation, Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution
C Stephen Foster, MD, FACS, FACR, FAAO, FARVO is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Association of Immunologists, American College of Rheumatology, American College of Surgeons, American Federation for Clinical Research, American Medical Association, American Society for Microbiology, American Uveitis Society, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Medical Society, Royal Society of Medicine, Sigma Xi
Disclosure: Serve(d) as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant or trustee for: Aldeyra Therapeutics (Lexington, MA); Bausch & Lomb Surgical, Inc (Rancho Cucamonga, CA); Eyegate Pharma (Waltham, MA); Novartis (Cambridge, MA); pSivida (Watertown, MA); Xoma (Berkeley, CA); Allakos (Redwood City, CA)<br/>Serve(d) as a speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: Alcon (Geneva, Switzerland); Allergan (Dublin, Ireland); Mallinckrodt (Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom)<br/>Received research grant from: Alcon; Aldeyra Therapeutics; Allakos Pharmaceuticals; Allergan; Bausch & Lomb; Clearside Biomedical; Dompé pharmaceutical; Eyegate Pharma; Mallinckrodt pharmaceuticals; Novartis; pSivida; Santen; Aciont.
Rola Ba-Abbad, MBBS, FRCS(Glasg) Doctoral Candidate and Medical Retina Fellow, Department of Visual Neuroscience and Moorfields Eye Hospital, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University of London, UK
Rola Ba-Abbad, MBBS, FRCS(Glasg) is a member of the following medical societies: Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Erik Letko, MD Corneal Consultants of Colorado
Steven J Parrillo, DO, FACOEP, FACEP Clinical Adjunct Professor, Medical Director and Faculty, Disaster Medicine and Management Masters Program, Philadelphia University College of Health Sciences; Associate Professor, Clinical and Educational Scholarship Track, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University; Director, Division of EMS and Disaster Medicine, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
Steven J Parrillo, DO, FACOEP, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, American Osteopathic Association, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Andrew A Dahl, MD, FACS Assistant Professor of Surgery (Ophthalmology), New York College of Medicine (NYCOM); Director of Residency Ophthalmology Training, The Institute for Family Health and Mid-Hudson Family Practice Residency Program; Staff Ophthalmologist, Telluride Medical Center
Andrew A Dahl, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, American Intraocular Lens Society, American Medical Association, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, Medical Society of the State of New York, New York State Ophthalmological Society, Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society
Daniel J Dire, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAAEM Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston; Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio
Daniel J Dire, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Clinical Toxicology, American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Association of Military Surgeons of the US
Disclosure: Talecris Biotherapeutics Honoraria Speaking and teaching
Mark T Duffy, MD, PhD Consulting Staff, Division of Oculoplastic, Orbito-facial, Lacrimal and Reconstructive Surgery, Green Bay Eye Clinic, BayCare Clinic; Medical Director, Advanced Cosmetic Solutions, A BayCare Clinic
Mark T Duffy, MD, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Medical Association, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sigma Xi, and Society for Neuroscience
Disclosure: Allergan - Botox Cosmetic Honoraria Speaking and teaching
Kilbourn Gordon III, MD, FACEP Urgent Care Physician
Kilbourn Gordon III, MD, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology and Wilderness Medical Society
John D Halamka, MD, MS Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Chief Information Officer, CareGroup Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School; Attending Physician, Division of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
John D Halamka, MD, MS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Informatics Association, Phi Beta Kappa, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
Simon K Law, MD, PharmD Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
Simon K Law, MD, PharmD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Glaucoma Society, and Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Catherine V Parrillo, DO, FACOP, FAAP, Retired Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Catherine V Parrillo, DO, FACOP, FAAP, is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Osteopathic Pediatricians, and American Osteopathic Association
Matthew M Rice, MD, JD, FACEP Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Northwest Emergency Physicians of TeamHealth; Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine
Matthew M Rice, MD, JD, FACEP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, National Association of EMS Physicians, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and Washington State Medical Association
Disclosure: Team Health Salary Employment
Erik D Schraga, MD Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mills-Peninsula Emergency Medical Associates
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MEKONG DEVELOPMENT
Vanishing Mekong? Shifting tropical storms threaten a great river delta –Independent (Commentary)
River sediment represents a critical resource for building delta lands, reducing flooding and maintaining fertile soils. Sand mining is already reducing the sediment being delivered to the Mekong delta and further reductions are anticipated as a result of future damming upstream.
PM stresses economic, infrastructure connectivity in Mekong region –VietnamNet Bridge
Countries in the Mekong region should enhance their economic and infrastructure connectivity and particularly develop complete sub-regional economic corridors, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the World Economic Forum on the Mekong Region (WEF-Mekong) in Hanoi on October 25.
Chinese Investment Firm to Build $2B Food Processing SEZ –The Cambodia Daily
China’s Tianrui Group intends to break ground soon on a $2.1 billion special economic zone outside Phnom Penh that will be devoted to processing agricultural products for export. The investment holding company, which plans to be exporting goods by year’s end, signed a memorandum of understanding with the government on Wednesday morning at the Ministry of Agriculture.
Path to Responsible Mining –Khmer Times
In an effort to improve the governance of the Kingdom’s mining industry, with a focus on increasing revenue generation, the government has approved 11 articles largely concerning export permits for mined resources. The decree sets out a number of policies intended to better evaluate export permits.
Cambodia’s villagers lose ground – literally – to Singapore’s expansion –The Christian Science Monitor
Singapore is buying tens of millions of tons of sand for its land reclamation projects. Their dredging is destroying Cambodia’s coastal mangrove forests, and fishermen’s livelihoods with them. But the villagers are pushing back. Sand dredgers have deepened the shallow estuaries around this village by several meters. That has created strong currents which have eaten away at the riverbanks, destroying long stretches of mangrove.
Agro SEZ to grow China exports –The Phnom Penh Post
A Chinese firm plans to invest at least $2 billion into developing the Kingdom’s first special economic zone geared entirely for agro-processing and storage, with the sprawling zone’s factories and warehouses aimed at meeting the growing potential for Cambodia to export its agricultural produce to buyers in Asia’s biggest economy.
Laos discusses public participation in environmental impact assessment –Xinhau via Asia Pacific Daily
Lao government held a consultation on regional guidelines to ensure public participation in environment impact assessment (EIA) processes in capital Vientiane on Monday. More than 100 representatives from the private sector, companies, communities, civil society organizations, government agencies, and environmental impact assessment consulting firms gathered at the public consultation to provide feedback on the draft regional guidelines on public participation in EIA processes as a way to ensure that these processes involve communities.(See also: Govt Holds Landmark Meeting on Infrastructure Development –Lao News Agency and Govt, Civil Society Consult on Environmental Impact Assessments –The Laotian Times)
China-Laos railway to become a demonstration project –Vientiane Times
China-Laos railway will be built to become a demonstration project in “Go Global” strategy. The China-Laos railway has a total length of 414 km, linking Mohan-Boten border gate in northern Laos and capital Vientiane. The China-Laos railway is an important project in the “Belt and Road” initiative proposed by China.
PM announces continued suspension of mining concessions –Vientiane Times
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said the government will maintain the moratorium on new mining concessions because it needs more time to inspect a number of operations. The prime minister was speaking at a three-day conference taking place at the National Convention Centre for mining sector officials from around the country and private investors in the industry.
Lao Brewery Company Hit With Pollution Complaints –Vientiane Times
The Lao Brewery Co. may produce the country’s most popular beer, but the company is out of favor in the village neighboring its brewery in Vientiane, where residents there blame it for polluting the air and water. “There is a bad smell, and we cannot use the water in the marsh and canal because it is dirty,” a resident of the Salakham village told RFA’s Lao Service.
Termination of Myitsone Dam the Only Option, Say Local Kachin –The Irrawaddy
It has now been five years since the Myitsone Dam project was suspended, but local ethnic Kachin Mung Ra is still not satisfied. He wishes that the project had been entirely terminated. He frequently laments the loss of his farm and bamboo plantation—he had to leave these behind when he was forcefully relocated for the project.
Activist group opposes all dams on Thanlwin River –Eleven Myanmar
The Thanlwin River Watch Alliance said it will oppose any dam project on the Thanlwin River at a forum held in Taunggyi Township, Shan State. The alliance is composed of residents of Shan, Kayah, Kayin and Mon states and monitors projects on the river, which flows through the four states. Ethnic minority representatives and members of civil society organisations attended the forum.
In Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delta, a Rapidly Disintegrating Mangrove Forest –Mongabay
In a country with forests under increasing threat, Myanmar’s southern Irrawaddy Delta is home to one last precious pocket of green: Wildlife Sanctuary. Although the Irrawaddy Delta plays host to the country’s largest remaining area of mangrove forest – 46 percent –, the unique trees are rapidly disappearing and the impact has been devastating.
Thousands flee fighting near site of dam backed by Thailand –The Nation
Over 10,000 people in Kayin State in Myanmar have been displaced due to fighting over the Hat Gyi Dam construction site, as plans move forward to begin building on the Salween River. Activists have reported a human rights crisis in the area as more than 1,000 refugees have been trapped in two small villages near the border with Thailand and lack proper housing, basic facilities and food.
Meteorologist advises smaller alternatives to Myitsone megadam –Myanmar Times
The former director general of the meteorology and hydrology department has proposed an alternative solution to the problem of the stalled Myitsone hydropower dam. Instead of building one destructive and publically reviled mega dam, why not build four smaller hydropower projects instead, he suggested.
Activists damn Salween plans –Frontier Myanmar
Campaigners say that plans for a series of dams on the Thanlwin River will force the relocation of tens of thousands of people, threaten the peace process and inundate pristine environments. Environmentalists are mobilising amid moves to accelerate controversial plans to build a series of dams on the Salween, the longest remaining free-flowing river in Southeast Asia.
Yangon govt rejects coal-fired power plant project –Eleven Myanmar
The Yangon Region minister for electricity, industry and transportation said during the parliamentary session that she did not approve the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Kyauktan Township. Minister Nilar Kyaw spoke in response to regional MP Thet Thet Mu of Kyauktan Constituency-2, who raised a question about the proposed project.
Residents fear restart of coal power plant –Myanmar Times
A coal-fired power plant in southern Shan State that was shut down two years ago due to residents’ complaints may be reopening, despite the opposition of the local community. Test operations at the plant were carried out on October 22, apparently in advance of a resumption of activity. The state government says the reopening of the plant depends on the results of the tests.
New Investment Law Enacted –The Irrawaddy
The long-awaited Myanmar Investment Law was signed into being by President U Htin Kyaw after both houses approved the bill earlier this month. The new law combines the Myanmar Citizens Investment Law and the Foreign Investment Law, rules and regulations including clear “dos and don’ts” for the business community are expected to be announced within a month of the new law.
Tests prove ethanol plant leak killed giant stingrays –Bangkok Post
The Pollution Control Department will sue Rajburi Ethanol Co for allowing molasses wastewater to leak into the Mae Klong River, killing many giant stingrays and other aquatic life. Director-general Wijarn Simachaya said that testing had shown that molasses wastewater leaked from the plant into the river in Ban Pong district of Ratchaburi polluting it and killing aquatic life, including many native giant stingrays, in Ratchaburi and Samut Songkhram provinces. (See also: PCD ready to sting ethanol firm with fine and Enforcement needs sting to save the rays –Bangkok Post)
King’s initiatives to be applied to national resource management –National News Bureau of Thailand
The government is determined to apply the royal technologies and initiatives to the country’s resource management. Water retention and supply systems have been enhanced in upstream, midstream and downstream provinces to ensure sufficient supplies for consumption, agriculture and the ecology. The government has in addition applied Agri Map to different aspects of agricultural development.
Thai Communities keen on Renewable Energy –NNT via Thai Visa
150 representatives of more than 30 communities from each region of Thailand are discussing how to make better use of renewable energy sources in their regions. “Thailand benefits from an abundance of renewable energy sources be it solar, bio-energy or wind. Renewable energy not only decreases carbon emissions it also creates local value which is in line with the “Energy 4.0” policy, which aims to generate revenue and reduce costs for people and communities in the country”.
Vietnam releases mixed dam audit –Vietnam Express International
Experts bin hundreds of small proposed hydropower dams while approving hundreds more. Vietnam concluded a three-year audit that ended hundreds of hydropower projects and green-lighted hundreds more. A recent government report said 471 small hydropower projects designed to produce less than 30 megawatts (MW) have been scrapped after determining the minor grid gains weren’t worth the environmental costs.
Scientists warn inshore water quality is deteriorating –VietNamNet Bridge
The General Department of Vietnam Sea and Islands said that Vietnam’s inshore water quality is still good, with most of the indexes meeting the Vietnamese standard. However, as influenced by estuary areas and receipt of waste from business activities in the coastal areas, some waters have been found having high total suspended solids (TSS)
The blacklist: Vietnam names and shames projects with high pollution risks –Vietnam Express International
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced projects which it considers are potentially risky to the environment. In a statement released, the ministry listed 28 plants which need “special monitoring”, with nearly half of them being coal-fired power projects invested by state power utility Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and national oil and gas group PetroVietnam.
Chinese firm’s zinc project in central Vietnam sparks environmental concern –Tuoi Tre News
A Chinese firm has proposed building a zinc mill at an economic zone in the central Vietnamese province of Thua Thien-Hue, raising a few eyebrows among local experts and members of the public. The province’s deputy chairman, Nguyen Van Phuong, confirmed that Beijing Fuda Industry Co. Ltd. had revealed its plan to the local administration in a recent meeting.
Coal thermal power plants affecting rice production in Mekong Delta –VietNamNet Bridge
Under the national electricity development plan, coal thermal power will make up 50 percent of Vietnam’s total electricity output from 2020. The Mekong River Delta will become one of the nation’s thermal power centers. The expert warned that the thermal power production will bring risks and challenges. Vietnam will have to import coal, which means that it will depend on the world prices.
DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT
World Bank money is helping to finance Asia’s coal boom: report –Mongabay
Should the World Bank Group be held accountable when financial institutions it supports invest in projects that threaten forests and communities? After tracing the Group’s links to controversial projects like the Rampal coal power station, the activists behind a new report say, “Yes.” A report by human rights groups identified 41 new coal projects with ties to the World Bank Group. These projects are funded by private banks and companies that have received loans and investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group.
The Thirst for Power: Hydroelectricity in a Water Crisis World –Brink News
The Earth’s thirst for power is teetering toward crisis in an era of increasing water scarcity where nine of its largest operating power plants are hydroelectric. As the countries work to balance the energy trilemma and provide secure, affordable and environmentally sustainable energy, the link between energy and water and the rising demands for both are stressing resources.
In Vietnam, telling the truth is criminal ‘propaganda’ –The Washington Post
Most recently, Ms. Quynh had been blogging extensively about a chemical spill that devastated marine life and left fishermen and tourism industry workers jobless in four provinces. In June, a Taiwanese-owned company acknowledged it was responsible for the pollution and pledged to clean it up, but the spill has provoked protests by Vietnamese who criticize the government for remaining silent about the cause of the spill at the outset and then failing to provide information about health and environmental dangers. When taken into custody, Ms. Quynh was accused of publishing “propaganda” against the state.
Vietnam set to enhance cooperation with Mekong countries –Tuoi Tre News
High-ranking officials from countries in the Mekong sub-region, including Vietnam, have agreed to strengthen mutual co-operation in preparation for upcoming international summits. The main focus of the Senior Official Meeting is on the cooperation between member nations in six prioritized fields, namely trade and investment, human resources development, agriculture, industry, traffic, and tourism.
China’s Dam Building Spree in Tibet: Strategic Implications and India’s Options – Analysis –Eurasia Review
Recent reports have pointed to China blocking the Xiabuqu tributary of the Yarlung Zangpo River for a dam project. The construction of the dam as part of the Lalho hydroelectric project at Xigaze, the project has been viewed with concern in India, which is a lower riparian state. the construction of the dam on the Xiabuqu could emerge as another irritant between India and China. Beijing’s elaborate plans to harness the waters of the rivers in Tibet have serious strategic and socio-economic implications for India.
Report reveals a big dependence on freshwater fish for global food security –University of Wisconsin -Madison News
Freshwater fish play a surprisingly crucial role in feeding some of the world’s most vulnerable people, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. By creating a map of the world’s fisheries documenting where people catch freshwater fish at the highest rates, and then linking it to data about fish biodiversity, ecosystem health, and human nutrition and socioeconomics, Pete McIntyre’s team hopes the study helps put freshwater fish on the radar for decision-makers around the globe.
LOCAL LANGUAGE NEWS
Local people worry over the Coal-fired power plant –Eleven News
Local people from Shan state, Pa-O special administrative region, worry over the Tigyit coal-fired power plant as it starts running on October 21. The local said the noise and smokes from the plant make them worried that it could get worse their health and resources soon. Wu Shi Wa Gwang Co., Ltd. lease the plant from the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. The CSOs and community from the Shan state has protest against the project for several times; sent the petition to union government and regional government.
The Salween Watch protests against all dam projects on Salween River –Eleven News
On 14 October, at the community gathering meeting in Taunggyi Shan State, Salween Watch released a statement that they are against any dam projects on Salween River. “the government need to listen the community voices. There is no transparency in EIA/SIA processes, and the EIA consultants do all the assessment not in an informed and transparent ways”, said Ko Moe, the Shan state representative of EITI Myanmar. The Salween Watch is a network of CSOs/CBOs and affected community members from four states along the Salween River of Myanmar – Shan, Kaya, Kayin and Mon state of Myanmar.
Thilawa Phase B could delay if the Government still has land issues –7 Day Daily
The construction and extension of Thilawa SEZ, Phase B, could be delayed. “The government of Myanmar need to settle the land problems with the communities, those are living in these areas”, said Mr. Takashi, the CEO of the Myanmar Japan Thilawa Development Co., ltd. Mr. Myint Zaw from MJDTC said that they are still negotiating with the affected communities, and it could settle soon. Mr Takahsi said that MJDTC is working with JICA and Mynmar government to settle all project related problems according to JICA and Japanese government’s rules and regulation.
Interview: “the guideline is drafted for the fundamental and important cause – how the public could participate in EIA processes and what should include in the guideline” –7 Day Daily
One of the members of the Regional Technical Working Group on EIA, Ms. Naw Ei Ei Min, the director of POINT, said that “Public participation is crucial in EIA process to have benefit for all stakeholders, the government, project proponent, and the community”. The problems related with infrastructure development projects and EIA processes has addressed in this guidelines. “This guideline was developed by the policy makers and practitioners, and it was drafted from the public perspective. But form our country perspective, the guideline need to address the problems facing today, civil war, resource sharing and governance. So, in this sense, Myanmar need its own national guideline. I believe this regional guideline could benefit every stakeholder”, Ms. Naw Ei Ei Min continued.
Anti-coal network to march to the Parliament –Green News TV
Save Andaman from Coal Network has declared its next move to march on Sunday 30 October to the national parliament. They will again call for cancellation of Krabi coal-fired power plant project, and develop a 3-year plan for a complete transformation to renewable energy economy, the same demands that EGAT has ignored since the last protest. “We will not leave until these demands are met,” said the network coordinator.
RESOURCES & PRESS RELEASES
Last chance: ANNOUNCEMENT: Online Consultation: Regional Guidelines for Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) –The Regional Technical Working Group on EIA/Mekong Partnership for the Environment
Citizens of Mekong and other countries are invited to comment on the draft Regional Guidelines on Public Participation in EIA. These guidelines have been developed by regional government and civil society partners to provide practical guidance for implementing meaningful public participation in order to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the EIA process, while reducing risks for all stakeholders. Reminder: Comment deadline: Oct. 31. Additional versions in Khmer, Lao, Burmese, Thai, and Vietnamese are available online.
PRESS RELEASE: Landmark public consultations on infrastructure development held in Vientiane –Mekong Partnership for the Environment via the Mekong Eye
A landmark public consultation in Laos on the draft Regional Guidelines on Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was held in Vientiane. More than 100 representatives from private sector companies, communities, non-profit associations, international organizations, government agencies, environmental impact assessment consulting firms gathered today at a public consultation in Vientiane to provide feedback on draft Regional Guidelines on effective Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment processes as a way to ensure these processes involve communities.
ARTICLE: Watershed or Powershed? Critical Hydropolitics, China and the ‘Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Framework’ –The International Spectator
Three ‘powersheds’, conceptualised as physical, institutional and political constructs that connect dams to major power markets in China, Thailand and Vietnam, are transforming the nature. This is epitomised by the ‘Lancang-Mekong Cooperation’ framework, a new initiative led by China that proposes programs on both economic and water resource development, and anticipates hydrodiplomacy via China’s dam-engineered control of the headwaters.
STORํY: Brutal attack stiffens Cambodian woman’s resolve to protect forest –Oxfam America
An environmental defender survives injury, and is more committed than ever. Phorn Sopheak was sick with a fever when she went into the Prey Lang forest in central Cambodia on a regular patrol to make sure illegal loggers were not cutting down trees. The 26-year-old was sleeping in her hammock at 1:30 in the morning when one of her friends saw someone with a flashlight approach her. A moment later, Sopheak woke up: She had been brutally slashed in the foot with an ax or machete and was bleeding heavily.
BLOG: A Visit to the Mother River –International Rivers
The Mekong, which local people call their Mother River (or Mae Khong), is central to Chiang Khong’s way of life. But In the past 20 years, Chinese dam builders have blocked the flow of the river with seven large dams north of the Thai-Lao border. The dams have replaced the natural river flow with artificial water releases that fluctuate wildly and unpredictably. These changes are upsetting the delicate balance of the river. The Mekong fish depend on the ecological cues that the natural flow has always provided for the stages of their life cycle, and many of them can’t cope with the new artificial regime. According to local researchers, the fish catch has declined by as much as 70% in many places.
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At Mystica, the horses are all individuals, each having a unique role to play in the West Australian farm’s future. Breeding beautiful, well-mannered horses with charisma, versatility and a willing, trainable nature, are the goals of owners, Jeff and Robyn McGlinn.
The McGlinn’s ‘dream’ began in 1994 and their love for the Arabian horse shows in all of their accomplishments. Jeff always has had a love for horses, coming from his upbringing in a farm environment, but for Robyn, it was a new venture and she was eager to gain hands-on practical knowledge and experience. Arabians were on the agenda from the start, and the couple spent every weekend looking for a mare, finally settling on one of Crabbet bloodlines from Noran Arabians. Noran’s Norm and Nancy Wall were generous with advice and support, smoothing the McGlinn’s introduction into the Arabian industry.
Today, Mystica is a full-time operation which deals with buying and selling horses from all parts of the world, and focuses predominately on breeding in Australia. Located outside Perth, the farm is on a flat at the base of a mountain backing onto national parks. "Cape Mystique" has been cleverly thought out and designed with large mare and foaling pastures, stallion paddocks with sandstone stables, water fountains, working arenas and presentation areas, as well as and an impressive feature sandstone coliseum.
Mystica’s foundation stallion was purchased as a weanling from Focus farms in the USA. Focus OnMe Fa (USA) is very much the king of Mystica. His pasture and pavilion is situated across the driveway from the mare and foaling pasture allowing him to watch over his mares and foals. A double Ruminaja Ali cross, the nine-year-old stallion has strong halter and performance credentials in his pedigree. He has remarkable charisma and a "look-at-me-presence", although he has never been shown. Jeff is concerned about him leaving the property and prefers he remain safe and content in his pasture where he overlooks the entire farm.
The Mystica team pride themselves on their understanding of the Arabian market worldwide, and have been lucky enough to buy and sell horses throughout America, Northern America, Europe and the UAE.
Mystica’s long-term goal is to accumulate ten of the finest mares from around the world and bring them back to Australia with the hopes of boosting the Australian Arabian market and encouraging international buyers to Australia. Conformation, temperament and versatility are prime goals. The McGlinns strive to breed Arabians who will both excel in the halter ring and the performance arena. Their success has being proven time and again with consistent halter wins and with the eldest of the Focus progeny now being broken in to compete under saddle.
The Mystica team believe in order to be an Arabian horse they must look like an Arabian horse and Arabian expression and type will not be compromised in the breeding program. Mystica has shown all progeny with a huge success rate including four consecutive reserve championship wins at the East Coast and Australian Championships.
The Mystica team is prepared to search worldwide for mares to compliment each other and deliver individual attributes in order to breed the ideal versatile Arabian that anyone would be proud to own. After the farm’s Australian success, the McGlinns decided to go global. Although national wins are exciting, the couple and their manager believe it will be that much more meaningful and fulfilling when they have bred winners at international level.
Contributing to the hard work and success of Robyn and Jeff McGlinn was the appointment of Todd Buckley as Mystica Arabians farm manager in June 2007. Todd’s experience in the United States, the year prior to joining Mystica, was to learn the latest skills in conditioning and farm management and to source the type of Arabian blood and pedigree he felt should be infused into the Australian breed.
Looking after the breeding, marketing, promotion, and general management of the farm’s international horses both in the United States and Europe as well as looking after the general running of Cape Mystique in Perth is a demanding position, with head groom Christie Healy looking after the general health of the horses on the property when he travels overseas.
Mystica is inherently a family-based team. The stud is run with the enthusiasm and passion found in everyone at Mystica. A major key to the Mystica program is the McGlinn’s love of riding their horses. Concentrating on world competition, they believe correct conformation, soundness and a good temperament are the essential components for a beautiful Arabian horse.
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Monarch tagging on Sioux City Prairie. © Graham McGaffin/TNC
Sioux City Prairie
Email: iowa@tnc.org
This tallgrass prairie is located directly north of Sioux City.
Sioux City Prairie is one of the nation’s largest native prairie tracts found in an urban setting. An area uniquely and delicately balanced between the city and the wild, Sioux City Prairie offers Briar Cliff University students and local high school students an outdoor classroom.
Sioux City Prairie is a TNC-owned 150-acre tallgrass prairie preserve. The prairie and wooded valleys of this well-drained, high-relief landscape support a variety of plants and animals typically found further west in the Great Plains. The preserve also supports a diverse population of birds and it provides critical habitat for many species of prairie butterflies.
Woodbury County, in the northern portion of the Loess Hills (within the metropolitan area of Sioux City)
Sioux City Prairie is a combination of dry-mesic and loess hills. Species composition is similar to other prairies, but with the addition of species typically found further west in the Great Plains.
Why TNC Selected This Site
The threats to this area were rapid urban expansion and development. Parts of the site were being subdivided as it is within the city limits of Sioux City. As part of our effort to conserve and protect the Loess Hills area, TNC acquired the site in 1983.
What TNC Has Done/Is Doing?
We have released flea beetles on the site to help control leafy spurge and conduct prescribed fires on the site with the assistance of the biology students from nearby Briar Cliff University.
These prairies are home to grasslands species typically found farther west.
From the intersection of Stone Park Blvd and Hamilton Blvd in Sioux City:
Go northwest on Stone Park Blvd to Clifton Avenue (there is a sign for Briar Cliff College) Take Highway 12 north to County Road K18.
Turn left onto Clifton Avenue and then left again onto Rebecca Street.
Turn right onto College Road, which will go up the hill to the meeting place in the Briar Cliff College western parking lot, adjacent to the northeast corner of Sioux City Prairie.
If you are arriving in Sioux City from the south via I-29:
Exit at Hamilton Blvd.
Proceed north to Stone Park Blvd. Junction, then follow above directions.
If arriving from the north via U.S. 75:
Take the Floyd Blvd exit, heading southwest.
Turn right onto Outer Belt Drive.
Take Outer Belt to Hamilton Blvd.
Turn left (south) and continue on Hamilton Blvd. to Stone Park Blvd., then follow above directions.
What to See: Plants
Typical of grasslands found in more western locations, you may find plant species like skeleton weed, scarlet gaura and possibly even the extremely rare prairie moonwort.
What to See: Animals
Some of Sioux City Prairie's rare species include prairie moonwort, Ottoe skipper, Pawnee skipper, Olympia marblewing and regal fritillary. Also look for the Bell's vireos.
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Suspicious Packages at Sunrise, Aventura Offices of Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Footage showed a bomb squad and firefighters responding to the building in Sunrise
By Dan Grossman and Brian Hamacher • Published at 11:16 am on October 24, 2018
Authorities are investigating a suspicious package found at the Sunrise office of Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz Wednesday, on the same day that suspicious packages were addressed to Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama.
Sunrise Police said they responded to the address of the office of the Democratic rep for Florida's 23rd congressional district around 10:30 a.m. and quickly evacuated the building.
Footage showed a Broward Sheriff's Office bomb squad unit and firefighters responding to the building. FBI officials said agents also responded tothe scene as part of the investigation.
At one point, a bomb squad robot was seen approaching the building. An officer in a full bomb suit was also seen walking outside the area of the building.
Officials later said the bomb squad rendered the suspicious package safe and turned it over to the FBI.
Moments ago this package was carried into a building by a man in a bomb suit near the congresswoman’s office. It appears wrapped and clipped in several different places. Still waiting on Sunrise Police to give an update @nbc6 pic.twitter.com/JgX1QTn9OS
— Dan Grossman (@Dan_Grossman) October 24, 2018
The suspicious package had been sent to former Attorney General Eric Holder with a return address belonging to Wasserman Schultz and was sent back to her office, NBC News reported.
Police officials said they also investigated a possible suspicious package at Wasserman Schultz's Aventura office. Multiple officers, a bomb squad and fire rescue crews were seen outside the building with surrounding streets blocked off.
Officials said the package addressed to Wasserman Schultz was checked "out of an abundance of caution" and determined to be safe and not linked to the other suspicious package incidents. The building was evacuated and on lockdown during the investigation.
Wasserman Schultz released a statement later Wednesday, saying she has been in direct contact with the FBI and law enforcement.
ALERT!!! We are working an investigation of a suspicious package near Sawgrass Corporate Parkway. Please stay out of the area of NW 8th St and NW 136th Ave. We will provide further updates when available.
— Sunrise Police FL (@SunrisePoliceFL) October 24, 2018
"We will not be intimidated by this attempted act of violence. This appalling attack on our democracy must be vigorously prosecuted, and I am deeply disturbed by the way my name was used," her statement read. "Today, my staff and I will hug each other and our loved ones tightly, and tomorrow get back to work serving the people I was elected to represent."
Three senior law enforcement officials told NBC News that the suspicious packages for Clinton and Obama also had a return address belonging to Wasserman Schultz, the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.
The two "potential explosive devices" addressed to Clinton and Obama were intercepted by the U.S. Secret Service. Meanwhile, another suspicious package forced an evacuation of CNN offices at the Time Warner Center in New York Wednesday morning, and a suspicious letter sent to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was found to be an unrelated hoax, investigators said.
On Monday, an apparent explosive device was found in the mailbox of George Soros.
Bomb squad tending to a robot outside office park where Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has an office. Suspicious package found. Follows others found delivered to addresses of Bill and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama @nbc6 pic.twitter.com/F46Z81ddSr
"This investigation is of the highest priority for the FBI. We have committed the full strength of the FBI’s resources and, together with our partners on our Joint Terrorism Task Forces, we will continue to work to identify and arrest whoever is responsible for sending these packages," FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement. "We ask anyone who may have information to contact the FBI. Do not hesitate to call; no piece of information is too small to help us in this investigation."
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VP Nominee Tim Kaine Urges Voters to Trust Hillary Clinton
By Lisa Lerer and Ken Thomas • Published at 9:21 pm on July 27, 2016
It took just four days for Hillary Clinton's newly minted running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine, to drop the t-word.
``Let's talk about trust,'' Kaine said in his Wednesday night speech at the Democratic convention. ``I trust Hillary Clinton with our son's life.''
Traditionally, vice presidential candidates are deployed as attack dogs, slamming their opponent to free the presidential candidate to rise above the political fray, and Kaine did spend much of his speech accepting his party's nomination going after GOP rival Donald Trump.
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But the Virginia senator's speech also underscored his other, more unique, role on Clinton's ticket: Validator-in-chief.
Mixed into a largely biographical address designed to introduce the little-known Kaine to the American public was a testimony to Clinton's character, including what poll after poll shows is her biggest weakness: what American's make of her honesty.
``I want to tell you why I trust Hillary Clinton,'' he said.
Clinton, he said, is ready, consistent and delivers, rattling off a list of her accomplishments as first lady, senator from New York and secretary of state.
Campaign aides say repairing Clinton's image with the American public will take more than just one speech or even a four-day convention. They've begun looking for opportunities for Clinton to begin building trust with voters at various moments in the campaign to come between now and Election Day.
It's clear that testimonials from Kaine, a folksy politician who projects more of an everyman image than his running mate, will be a key piece of that strategy.
``We better elect the candidate who's proven she can be trusted with the job,'' he said.
The ex-governor, also a former mayor of Richmond and city council member, hasn't lost an election in Virginia since his first campaign in the mid-1990s. But he remains largely unknown on the national political stage.
Vouching for Clinton wasn't Kaine's only job during his star turn at the Wells Fargo Center. He introduced himself to the American public, switching between English and Spanish and talking about his time as a Catholic missionary in Honduras.
When he highlighted his background as the son of a union ironworker and graduate of Jesuit schools, he made sure to mention his father-in-law, former Virginia Gov. Linwood Holton, a Republican who integrated the state's public schools.
``Lin's still a Republican but he's voting for an awful lot of Democrats these days,'' said Kaine. ``Because any party that would nominate Donald Trump for president has moved too far away from this party of Lincoln.''
He placed Clinton in a long line of liberal icons, including her husband and predecessor.
``Thomas declared all were men equal and Abigail remembered the women,'' he said. ``Bill built a bridge into the 21st century and Barack gave us hope.''
And he offered a series of tough attacks on Trump, offering an impression of the New York millionaire before mocking him as a ``slick-talking, empty-promising, self-promoting one-man wrecking crew.''
Yet the threat of Trump hasn't led to an open embrace of Kaine by liberals, who had hoped Clinton would select Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a champion of tougher restrictions on Wall Street and other liberal causes.
Much of their unhappiness has centered on Kaine's vote in 2015 to support so-called ``fast track'' authority, allowing the president to put forward the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. The Pacific Rim agreement has been promoted by President Barack Obama as a way to increase U.S. influence in Asia and act as a counterweight to China.
Kaine now opposes the deal, a position in step with Clinton, but liberals raised concerns about him after he praised parts of the agreement.
Kaine's allies say his record must be judged in totality. They point to his work as a civil rights attorney specializing in fair housing, his opposition to the death penalty, and record as governor of defending education funding during tough times.
Kaine attempted to defray some of that worry during his address.
``We all should feel the Bern and we all should not want to get burned by the other guy,'' Kaine said, to cheers.
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The Associated Press | December 21, 2013
Top 25 Roundup: Gamecocks hold off Eagles
No. 10 South Carolina tops Winthrop 69-61
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Tiffany Mitchell doesn't mind having the ball in her hands at the biggest moments for No. 10 South Carolina.
Mitchell scored 20 points, including a crucial basket to thwart Winthrop's late charge in a 69-61 victory Friday. Mitchell was on target against the Eagles of the Big South Conference, making 7 of 9 field goals. Four of those were 3-pointers, including one where she got fouled and converted the free throw for a four-point play.
Her biggest basket, though, came after Winthrop cut a 19-point lead down to 61-57 in the final four minutes, her jump shot increasing the Gamecocks lead to eight points. The Eagles could get no closer than five points the rest of the way.
Mitchell said the other go-to player is Aleighsa Welch, who added 14 points on 4-of-7 shooting.
The Gamecocks looked like they'd make easy work of Winthrop in the noon game, rushing out to a 14-0 lead in front of grade-school children on holiday break. South Carolina eventually led 33-14.
NC State powers to upset of No. 12 LSU 89-79
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Markeisha Gatling and Kody Burke each scored 25 points to lead NC State to an 89-79 win against No. 12 LSU on Friday night.
Gatling shot 11 of 13 from the field and grabbed eight rebounds, six off the offensive glass, to lead the Wolfpack (11-1) to its first win against a ranked opponent since a 76-69 win against No.19 Florida State on Valentine's Day.
Burke drilled three consecutive jumpers to help NC State to a 12-6 lead to start the game, but the Lady Tigers clawed their way back into the game, taking a lead on a Theresa Plaisance 3-pointer with 9:44 left in the game.
Gatling's layup with 8:01 left sparked an 11-1 run that put the Wolfpack back in the lead for good.
Plaisance finished with 18 points off the bench to lead LSU (9-2). Jeanne Kenney added another 17 points.
No. 24 Florida State edges Pacific 73-66
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Natasha Howard scored 20 points and had eight rebounds to lead No. 24 Florida State to a 73-66 win against Pacific in the Long Beach Classic on Friday night.
Morgan Jones and Yashira Delgado contributed 11 points apiece for Florida State (10-1), which held off Pacific late in the second half by hitting 6 of 8 from the foul line in the closing minutes to preserve the win.
Pacific (4-5) trailed the entire game but kept the score close, narrowing the gap to four points on a 3-pointer by Madison Parrish to make it 67-63 with 1:37 left. But the Tigers couldn't overtake Florida State down the stretch.
Kendall Kenyon led Pacific with 24 points and 11 rebounds, while KiKi Moore added 14 points and Parrish had 10.
Florida State went 23 of 59 from the field and was just 1 of 11 from 3-point range.
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Stanford Athletics | February 11, 2017
No. 1 Stanford caps undefeated season with win over No. 2 Cal
Stanford finished off its second-straight undefeated regular season.
BERKELEY, CALIF. -- Five pool records launched the top-ranked Stanford women's swimming and diving team to a 177-123 win over No. 2 Cal in front of a standing room only crowd at Spieker Aquatics Complex on Saturday afternoon.
Stanford (8-0, 7-0 Pac-12) capped a second straight undefeated season, and has won 15 straight dual meets dating back to its last visit to Cal on Feb. 14, 2015. It also marked Stanford's 14th straight Pac-12 dual meet victory. Cal finished the season 7-2 overall and 6-1 against the Pac-12.
Freshman Katie Ledecky set three pool records. She began the day with an impressive double in the 1,000-yard freestyle and 200 free. As soon as she finished with a pool record in the 1000 in 9:20.41, Ledecky hopped back in the water and out-touched fellow Olympian and teammate Simone Manuel in the 200 with a facility record of 1:43.09.
Katie Ledecky laps the competition and wins 1000 free with a pool record! #Pac12Swim https://t.co/BD1gFy7TAe
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) February 11, 2017
Manuel set her own pool record in the 50 free. Right before the break, she hit the pad at 21.97 to top a field that will likely preview the Pac-12 and NCAA Championship finals. Then immediately after the break, Manuel and senior Lia Neal finished 1-2 in the 100 free. Manuel finished at 48.17, while Neal surged past Cal's Abbey Weitzeil to finish second at 48.49.
HOWE AND HU: Junior Janet Hu won twice (again), and set her own pool record. Hu, who has won multiple events in four straight dual meets, broke the Cal facility record with a finish of 51.61 in the 100 backstroke, and also won the 100 butterfly at 51.93. Junior Ally Howe combined to sweep the backstroke with Hu as Howe won the 200 back with a finish of 1:53.98.
.@allyjoyhowe with a big win the 200 back #GoStanford #BeatCal pic.twitter.com/1J698rA31H
— Stanford WSwim/Dive (@stanfordwswim) February 11, 2017
UNDEFEATED: Diver Kassidy Cook remained undefeated in five dual meets on the 1-meter. She earned her spot on top of the podium with a score of 309.68.
TIED UP: Sophomore Kim Williams and Cal's Marina Garcia pulled off an impressive feat. The duo tied for first in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke. They simultaneously touched at 1:01.89 in the 100 and did it again at 2:12.16 in the 200.
CARDINAL DEPTH: Freshmen Megan Byrnes and Katie Drabot picked up some big points behind Ledecky in the distance events. Byrnes was second in the 1000 at 9:46.47, while Drabot was second in the 500 at 4:44.86. Senior Nicole Stafford helped the Cardinal sweep the podium in the 200 free with an impressive third-place finish of 1:48.21.
SENIOR FINALE: Saturday marked the final regular season meet for Stanford seniors Neal, Stafford, Tara Halsted and Bridget Boushka.
#BeatCal #GoStanford pic.twitter.com/Ip4k7PHXKG
WHAT'S AHEAD: The Pac-12 Championships are on the horizon, and Stanford will be in search of its first conference crown since 2013 -- the first season under head coach Greg Meehan. The Cardinal has finished second each of the last three years. The championships are Feb. 22-25 in Federal Way, Wash.
Here's what you need to know for Sunday's women's basketball match between No. 3 Stanford and No. 8 Oregon State.
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Kidney Int. 1991 Nov;40(5):934-8.
Prevention of hemodialysis subclavian vein catheter infections by topical povidone-iodine.
Levin A1, Mason AJ, Jindal KK, Fong IW, Goldstein MB.
Division of Nephrology, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Subclavian catheter (SCC) related infections are a major cause of morbidity in hemodialysis patients, the vast majority due to staphylococci species. Povidone-iodine (PI) has proven anti-staphylococcal activity. Therefore, a randomized controlled trial of topical PI ointment was undertaken to evaluate the impact of this prophylactic intervention on the incidence of SCC related infections in hemodialysis patients. The role of S. aureus nasal carrier state in the acquisition of infection was also evaluated. Patients requiring SCC for temporary hemodialysis access were randomized to receive the treatment (T; N = 63) or sterile gauze dressings alone (C; N = 66). Catheter duration ranged from 2 to 210 days in both groups, with a mean of 38.6 days in T and 36.2 days in C (NS). Exit site (ES) infections were significantly less in T (5%) versus C (18%) (P less than 0.02); tip colonization (TC) was 17% in T versus 36% in C (P less than 0.01), while the incidence of septicemia (S) was also significantly less in T (2%) versus C (17%; P less than 0.01). S. aureus nasal carriers were at a threefold higher risk of SCC related septicemia (0.009/day) than noncarriers (0.003/day; P less than 0.05). The beneficial effect of PI ointment was most evident in this high risk group of S. aureus carriers: ES = 0% T versus 24% C, TC = 12% T versus 42% C, S = 0% T versus 29% C, P less than 0.05. There were no adverse effects of the treatment. The routine application of topical PI ointment to temporary hemodialysis catheter exit sites is effective in reducing SCC related infections.
10.1038/ki.1991.297
Acute Kidney Injury/therapy
Administration, Topical
Catheterization, Central Venous/adverse effects*
Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy
Povidone-Iodine/administration & dosage*
Renal Dialysis/adverse effects*
Sepsis/prevention & control
Staphylococcal Infections/prevention & control*
Povidone-Iodine
Dialysis - MedlinePlus Health Information
Staphylococcal Infections - MedlinePlus Health Information
Povidone-iodine - Hazardous Substances Data Bank
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Men's Track Recruiting / Michigan / Grand Rapids, MI / City Middle/High School
City Middle/High School Mens Track Recruiting
Address: 1400 Fuller Ave NE Grand Rapids MI , 49505
Find NCSA Mens Track Athletes at City Middle/High School by Name: Select an athlete
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Men's Ice Hockey - Right Wing
Gracie Gorsline
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2019 Kia K900 Review: King Of Okay
2019 Kia K900 Review: King Of Okay product 2019-01-08 14:00:00 https://www.motor1.com/reviews/300190/2019-kia-k900-review/ Kia K900 New Car Reviews
Jan 08, 2019 at 9:00am
By: John Neff
Kia’s new luxury cruiser is better in every way, but still doesn’t stir excitement.
Verdict 6.4 / 10
The 2019 Kia K900 is sort of an oddball in the automaker’s lineup. The Korean brand is best known for high value, affordable, and well-built daily drivers, and here’s this behemoth of a luxury car with a starting price nearly double its closest next of kin. What gives?
If you look a little deeper, though, then you’ll recognize that the K900 is actually a perfect expression of Kia’s ethos. Only here it’s applied to an unexpected vehicle segment: luxury cars. At this end of the spectrum the prices are higher, but Kia’s reputation for offering more car for less money still applies.
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Redesigned for 2019, the latest K900 enters its second-generation improved in every way. It now rides on a platform closely related to the brand’s sporty Stinger sedan (they’re built in the same Korean factory). The K900 is significantly larger and only comes with all-wheel drive, but it’s powered by the same twin-turbo V6 that motivates the Stinger in its most powerful form.
That sounds like a recipe for success, and the K900 has vastly increased its palatability over its predecessor. That said, it carries over some flaws and isn’t quite the Stinger-inspired luxury car you might expect.
Pricing ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 8/10
At $59,900, the new K900’s starting price is higher than most of its direct competitors, which includes the Lincoln Continental ($46,145), Cadillac CT6 ($46,995), and Volvo S90 ($48,100). That said, the K900 has no trim levels and only one option package. Thus, a fully loaded K900 with the single VIP package ($4,000) comes to an as-tested price of $64,895. Load up its competitors until there are no more boxes to be checked and, despite their lower starting prices, you’ll find most end up costing more than $70,000.
The only vehicle in this segment that has a higher base price than the K900 is its corporate cousin, the Genesis G90. Its price starts even higher than the K900’s at $68,350. The sole option available is an upgraded V8 engine, which brings its fully loaded cost to a still-very-reasonable $74,000.
Gallery: 2019 Kia K900: Review
Design ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 4/10
The prior-generation K900 was as bland to look at as a piece of bread. The new K900 is a little better, and is more akin to looking at a muffin (a blueberry muffin, not something exciting like a banana nut muffin). Kia designers didn’t take many risks with the K900, and the result is something that’s not offensive, memorable, or even recognizable at a glance as belonging to the Kia brand.
The design does, however, comport itself well to the duties of a full-size sedan. The greenhouse is large and the cabin shape offers plenty of width and headroom throughout. The caboose, too, is extra large and makes room for exceptional cargo space.
Comfort ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 8/10
The K900’s interior is mellow, understated, and comfortable. There’s a nice mixture of real metal, wood, and leather covering every surface, and the dashboard design emphasizes the interior’s generous width. There’s no new ground broken here, but as a driveable domicile, the K900 is like a warm Scandinavian lodge.
Comfort really is this car’s middle name, with seats that adjust every which way (including the headrests) and enough cushioning to cancel out, or at least dull, the harshest of bumps. The rear passenger-side seat is also a lounge chair with 14 ways of adjustability and a 4-way power lumbar support. There’s a button that automatically moves the front passenger seat all the way forward. The same button also can tilt the front chair’s backrest forward. The combination gives the VIP in the back significantly more room to stretch out. This is more of a parlor trick than a useful feature, but it never fails to draw comments from friends when showing it off.
There’s plenty of knee-, head-, and elbow-room for everyone who rides in a K900. And the trunk measures a gargantuan 15.3 cubic feet in volume – plenty of space for multiple golf bags, if not a whole golf cart.
Technology & Connectivity ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 9/10
Kia uses a well-regarded infotainment system called UVO, and it’s never been shown off better than in the K900’s luxurious and ample interior. Employing a massive 12.3-inch horizontal touchscreen that can show up to three areas of the system at once, this UVO system goes about its job with not much flash, but high levels of competency. That may sound like a slight, but it’s not; too often luxury automakers stray from what works in their attempts to outdo each other. That wasn’t needed here, and Kia was well-served by simply dressing up its UVO system that’s already earned high praise.
Unfortunately, Kia didn’t try to surprise and delight customers anywhere else in the K900. Whereas many competitors offer high-tech features that set them apart from the crowd, the K900 delivers what’s expected and nothing more. That said, it is the first vehicle I’ve reviewed that offers two wireless charging pads – one each for front- and rear-seat passengers. So that’s something.
Performance & Handling ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 4/10
Kia only offers a single engine for the K900: the same twin-turbocharged 3.3-liter V6 used in the brand’s Stinger GT sports sedan. Here it produces 365 horsepower and 376 pound-feet of torque, which is sent through an eight-speed automatic transmission to the car’s standard all-wheel-drive system.
That horsepower rating is on the low end for this class of entry-level full-size luxury sedans. For instance, while the standard Lincoln Continental comes with a 335-hp V6, buyers can opt for a twin-turbo V6 producing 400 hp. Likewise, a Cadillac CT6 can be had with a twin-turbo V6 that also makes over 400 hp. The Genesis G90, meanwhile, offers a stout 5.0-liter V8 producing 420 hp.
Those are all numbers on paper, though. The K900’s engine is plenty powerful in the real world, and it’s capable of moving this luxo-barge at extra-legal speeds in a heartbeat. Credit goes to the eight-speed auto, which shifts imperceptibly and is always on the move for the right gear when you need it.
There are multiple drives modes from which to choose that include Comfort, Eco, Sport, Custom, and Smart. The Sport mode livens up the K900’s throttle response, steering, and suspension, but isn’t a mode well suited to use all the time. Comfort mode is best for full-time use; it gives the car a relaxed demeanor that matches what most people expect when they drive the K900.
Kia draws a dotted line directly from the K900 to the Stinger because they share a similar platform, an engine, and other mechanical bits. But the K900 is not a larger, more luxurious Stinger. The same care, effort, and attention to detail that makes the Stinger such a dynamic force hasn’t been applied to the K900’s handling. When in Sport mode, the flagship sedan drives quicker and stiffer, but doesn’t feel purposefully tuned or dialed-in. As a comfortable luxury cruiser, though, the K900 excels.
Safety ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 9/10
In terms of safety, the K900 is at the top of the class because it includes every active and passive safety feature available as standard equipment. It’s all there: blind-spot monitoring, rear-cross-traffic alert, driver-attention warning, forward collision warning with pedestrian detection, lane-departure warning with lane-keep assist, adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go, a top-down surround-view monitor, and more. There’s really nothing more we could ask for because Kia includes just about everything.
Fuel Economy ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 3/10
Despite using a smaller V6 engine, the K900 returns V8-like fuel economy. The Environmental Protection Agency officially rates the K900 at 18 miles per gallon in the city, 25 on the highway, and 21 combined. Those numbers either just meet or fall below the 400-plus horsepower engines offered by Lincoln and Cadillac. Also, premium fuel is recommended, though not required.
Editor’s Note: This review was updated in December 2019 and the ratings changed to reflect Motor1.com’s revised vehicle rating system. Changes to this vehicle’s scores were made primarily to the Safety, Fuel Economy, and Pricing ratings. For more on how Motor1.com rates cars, click here.
Engine Twin-Turbocharged 3.3-liter V6
Output 365 Horsepower / 376 Pound-Feet
Drive Type All-Wheel Drive
Weight 4,733 Pounds
Fuel Economy 18 City / 25 Highway / 21 Combined
Cargo Volume 15.3 Cubic Feet
Base Price $59,900
As-Tested Price $64,895
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Let Battle Commence....
Stood in the Star Lane End at the end of last season, the ground staff eagerly constructed the backdrop to our euphoric trophy presentation.
Whilst most people were awaiting the handing over of the National League trophy itself, I was transfixed by one board - that which displayed the word “Champions”.
I am not ashamed to say that as I stared at those eight letters, I had to hold back the tears because if I allowed one to fall then then the chances were that numerous others would follow in quick succession.
It was the realisation of a dream that in many ways we had no right to hold - yet that dream was based upon a fervent belief which united every single person associated with the club, in a way which rendered our ultimate success as inevitable.
Tomorrow we begin another journey - another battle, another dream.
Yet the more things change, the more things stay the same - we are living proof of that.
We are in a different environment - the promised land of the EFL has been reached, but the passion, commitment and fight which resides in us all remains as vibrant as ever.
Our new Management Team exemplify this notion perfectly.
In Mark Yates we have a true winner in every sense of the word.
The success which he enjoyed at Solihull last season, as he defied the odds to keep them in the National League speaks volumes for his character and conviction.
This undoubtedly qualified him as the perfect man to succeed John Askey and lead our EFL assault.
Then we have the iconic Assistant Managers - both of whom embody everything which is so special about our club.
Neil Howarth remains the most decorated captain in our illustrious history and led Sammy McIlroy’s blue and white clad heroes onto the Moss Rose pitch for the first time as a Football League club back in 1997.
If there is one man who knows what our League status means to every single one of us, it is Neil.
Then of course there is the living legend that is Danny Whitaker, who ascended to the role of Joint Assistant Manager over the summer.
Like so many of you, Danny has blue blood running through his veins and has gallantly ran through brick walls for the club on well over four hundred occasions.
The squad which the Management Team have assembled mirrors their own personal attributes - as well as those which have served the club so well over much of our illustrious history.
They are hungry, they are defiant and most of all, they share all our passion in wanting to see Macclesfield Town succeed against the odds once more.
Then there is you - our wonderfully loyal fans who have kept the faith throughout.
We are truly grateful for every single one of you and starting at Swindon tomorrow, we know that you will be our twelfth man on the terraces. Your support means so much to us, not least because we share your passion for the Football Club.
When we hear the fans proudly singing in support of the team, we realise that for many people these are not just chants - they are magnifications of the soul.
A new chapter in all our histories will open tomorrow and we will write each page stood side be side - players, management, staff and of course, each and every fan.
In doing so, we will transform the collective “we” into the unbreakable “us” once again.
The time for talking is over - let battle commence…….
Bob Trafford.
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Luna Stage welcomes Kareem Badr to the cast of Heartland
Luna Stage welcomes Kareem Badr to the cast of Heartland, playing April 4-April 28. Badr is featured alongside Brian Corrigan and Lipica Shah in Gabriel Jason Dean’s love story set in Nebraska and Afghanistan, directed by Luna Stage Artistic Director Ari Laura Kreith.
Described as "a magical new play about family, grace, and the consequences of defending an American Empire,” Heartland is Luna’s fourth MainStage play this season. Weaving back and forth through time in an exploration of literature, language, religion, and culture, Heartland delves into the uncertain terrain of love, moral responsibility, and what it truly means to care for one another.
“A charming and charismatic Kareem Badr” (Austin Chronicle) recently performed in the double-hander Woman in Black at Austin’s Scottish Rite Theater, in a “performance that [was] simultaneously meticulous and effortless” (BroadwayWorld), and for which he was named one of Austin Chronicle’s Top 10 Theatrical Performances of 2017. An actor, improviser, and teacher based out of Austin, TX, Badr is co-owner of The Hideout Theatre, and performs and teaches internationally with his improv troupe PGraph.
“I am thrilled that I get to be part of this beautiful show,” says Badr. “It's such a rare gift as an actor to get to tell a story that is both global and so intensely personal in scope. I know that this play is going to tug on the heartstrings of our audiences and I truly can't wait to experience it with them.”
Tickets are $16-39, and are available at LunaStage.org/Heartland or by calling 973-395-5551. A limited number of premium Opening Night tickets are available for $59, which includes the post-show party with cast and creative team.
Kareem Badr is an actor, improviser, and teacher based out of Austin, TX. He is thrilled to be making his Luna Stage debut in Heartland. Recent stage credits include The Actor in Woman in Black, Brigham Young in For Time and Eternity, and Nazrullah in Vortex Rep's production of Heartland in Austin. He is a co-owner of The Hideout Theatre, and performs and teaches internationally with his improv troupe PGraph.
Brian Corrigan’s performance experience includes… Theater: Measure for Measure, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, Gun Shy, Below the Belt, Sylvia, Baby with the Bath Water, All in the Timing, El Grande de Coca-Cola. Film & Television: The Blacklist, Inside Amy Schumer, Master of None, The Late Show, Forever, House of Cards, Law & Order SVU, Blow Out, Being There, Best Friends. Over 40 years of radio and television commercials, primarily as a voice actor.
Lipica Shah is a New York City-based actor/singer who thrives on collaborative work and has a passion for new script development. Luna Stage: Debut! Select NYC: India Pale Ale and Cost of Living (MTC), Assembled Identity (HERE), Bunty Berman Presents… (The New Group), Coping (Fringe); Select Regional: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Orange, Passing Strange, and simultaneously originating the title roles in The Chronicles of Kalki and Shiv as part of the “The Displaced Hindu Gods Trilogy” (all at Mixed Blood), The Lake Effect (Geva Theatre), The Who and The What (Gulfshore Playhouse); Select Film/TV: A Silent Voice, Admission, Time After Time, The Following, White Collar, Pokémon, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin. She is on the leadership team of Kalakars, an organization that nurtures South Asian and South Asian-American talent in front of and behind the camera. www.LipicaShah.com
Gabriel Jason Dean’s plays have been seen or developed throughout the U.S. at theatres such as New York Theatre Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre, The Flea, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and American Theatre Company. In Bloom was a finalist for the Laurents/Hatcher Award, received the Kennedy Center’s Paula Vogel Prize, and was runner-up for the Princess Grace. His play for children, The Transition of Doodle Pequeño received the AATE Distinguished Play Award, the NETC Aurand Harris Award and has been anthologized numerous times. Other notable plays include Terminus (2016 Austin Critic’s Table “Best Drama”) and Qualities of Starlight (2016 Broadway Blacklist, Kesselring Nominee). Fellowships include the Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University, the Dramatist’s Guild Fellowship and the Sallie B. Goodman/McCarter Theatre Fellowship. Dean is currently an affiliated writer at The Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis and a usual suspect at New York Theatre Workshop. He earned his MFA at the University of Texas at Austin’s James A. Michener Center for Writers.
Ari Laura Kreith recently directed Luna’s production of Pirira. She is also the founder and Artistic Director of Theatre 167, where she conceived and directed The Jackson Heights Trilogy — three full-length plays collaboratively written by 18 playwrights featuring 37 actors in 93 roles in 14 languages. NYC World Premieres: Mourning Sun (Theatre 167/Uganda), Pirira, Tina Howe’s Singing Beach. European premiere: Adam Guettel’s Myths and Hymns. Immersive, site-specific: Queens Museum, NY Transit Museum; touring excerpts of Marina Budhos’ novel Watched. Commissions: New Ohio; Queens Theatre. LPTW Lucille Lortel Visionary Award; NYIT Caffe Cino Fellowship. BA: Yale, MFA: UC Davis, Member: SDC. www.arilaurakreith.com
About Luna Stage
Luna Stage develops and produces vibrant plays about local and global experiences. Luna brings communities together for artistic events that spark conversations and create understanding and change. Firmly rooted in New Jersey's Valley Arts District—a crossroads of cultures—the Company celebrates the diverse voices that surround us. Luna Stage is dedicated to eliminating barriers to participation and nurturing the next generation of audiences and artists.
Luna’s classes for children and adults, and its developmental programs for early career artists, inspire community members to nurture their own creativity and vision.
Luna Stage has contributed to the development of over 80 new works for the stage, earning a reputation for artistic excellence. Some of those plays have gone on to productions in New York City and beyond. Luna’s unique approach to producing, as well as the work itself, fosters an environment of inclusivity, understanding, and infinite possibility.
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Bible’s Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed by an exploding asteroid, says archaeologists
Was this the end of Sodom? A superheated asteroid exploded in the sky above the Dead Sea 3700 years ago, obliterating the cities below.
Jamie Seidel
News Corp Australia NetworkNovember 22, 20182:31pm
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The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, a painting by John Martin, 1852Source:Supplied
The effect would have been of biblical proportions: a superheated asteroid exploding into a massive fireball and shockwave over the Dead Sea.
The discovery and radiocarbon dating of unusual minerals in Jordan suggests exactly this happened some 3700 years ago.
Trinity Southwest University archaeologist and biblical researcher Phillip Silvia says preliminary findings based on crystallised rock suggests a massive airburst meteor blasted a 25km wide circular plain on the northeastern edge of the Dead Sea, now called Middle Ghor.
In a presentation to the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research last week, Silvia said excavations at five Middle Ghor sites showed the area was settled for a stretch of at least 2500 years. Then, all of a sudden, the region suffered a collective collapse towards the end of the Bronze Age.
He says surveys have revealed the remains of a further 120 settlements in Middle Ghor, all of which could have been exposed to a fiery blast.
Now, “We’re unearthing the largest Bronze Age site in the region, likely the site of biblical Sodom itself” the excavators’ website declares.
A reconstruction of Tall el-Hammam, a site in Jordan associated with the biblical city of Sodom.Source:Supplied
A WELL-WATERED LAND
Silva says the ruins of the Bronze Age city of Tall el-Hammam, which he and his team have been excavating for the past 13 years, provides the greatest preliminary evidence of a low-altitude airburst meteor.
Hammam features a raised acropolis upon which a palace complex was built. It looked out over the largely flat 200sq km expanse of what was likely a small kingdom on the edges of the River Jordan.
“The site had begun (at least) during the 4th millennium BCE, thriving for at least a thousand years as an open agricultural community,” the researchers write. “But at the beginning of the 3rd millennium BCE, dramatic disruptions in the relative peace of the region occurred, causing the inhabitants of Tall el-Hammam to construct a formidable defensive system that included a stone-and-mud brick city wall.”
The kingdom continued to thrive. Until, suddenly, it didn’t.
“It’s remarkable that Tall el-Hammam and its neighbours … suffered a civilisation-ending calamity, uniquely their own, toward the end of the Middle Bronze Age,” they write. “While cities to the west (Jerusalem, Bethel, Hebron), north (Deir ‘Alla, Pella, Beth Shan), and east (Rabbath-Ammon, Tall al-Umayri, Nebo) continued in the Late Bronze Age, the cities, towns, and villages of the eastern Jordan Disk did not.”
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“The phenomenon resulting in the destruction of civilisation on ‘the well watered plain of the Jordan’ and repelling reoccupation for so many centuries is now coming to light through analyses performed by ‘impact’ researchers from seven participating universities,” the archaeologists’ website reports. “That the most productive agricultural land in the region, which had supported flourishing civilisations continuously for at least 3000 years, should suddenly relinquish, then resist, human habitation for such a long period of time has begged investigation.”
Middle Ghor, the flat plain to the north-east of the Dead Sea where biblical archaeologists say a fireball and tsunami from an airburst meteor destroyed the ancient city of Sodom.Source:Supplied
Silva says the shockwave of the asteroid likely forced a tsunami of Dead Sea brine over what was once fertile farm land. Those who survived from the 50,000 or so people living in the area at the time would have been forced to leave.
A paper published by Silvia and Steven Collins says this “affirm that Tall el-Hammam also tells the Right Story — that the evidence of destruction is consistent with Genesis 19:22-28.”
King James Version: Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
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Radiocarbon dating places the sudden disappearance of clay brick walls — leaving behind only stone foundations — at some 3700 years ago, he says. Recovered fragments of pottery, Silvia says, show signs of having had their outer layers melted into glass.
Zircon crystals in those glassy films would have formed within the first second of the extreme-heat blast, he added, indicating temperatures as hot as the surface of the Sun.
“The physical evidence from Tall el-Hammam and neighbouring sites exhibit signs of a highly destructive concussive and thermal event that one might expect from what is described in Genesis 19,” the study reads. “The soil/ash samples gathered from Tall el-Hammam contain evidence of topsoil destruction and subsoil contamination with Dead Sea salts that would have prevented the cultivation of crops for many centuries following the event.”
Supporting the airburst theory was the discovery of tiny spherical mineral grains which rained down on the ground following the explosion, along with unusual amounts of platinum-palladium, Silvia says.
“An airburst yield of 10 megatons over the northeast corner of the Dead Sea would be sufficient to produce the physical damage observed 10km away at Tall el-Hammam. Note that this is only one-half the yield of the Tunguska airburst event (in Siberia), well within ‘recent’ human experience for meteoritic airbursts,” the study reads.
The impact would cause Middle Ghor to remain uninhabited for another 700 years.
“Research results concerning the “3.7KYrBP Kikkar Event” are presently being compiled for publication and presentation,” the TeHEP website reports.
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How a small aluminum maker won US trade protection
HAWESVILLE (Kentucky), Oct 18: When Donald Trump won the White House, the sprawling aluminum smelter that hugs the Ohio River here was operating at less than half its capacity, and most of its skeleton crew of 270 remaining workers were fearful about their future, reports Reuters. But Trump's tariffs have saved it, at least for now. How a tiny industry - only 4,000 US workers are directly involved in making primary aluminum currently - won protection is a testament to savvy lobbying, and one firm's ability to get the Trump administration to view it as a sector that would soon be gone without a government intervention. Century Aluminum Co, which operates the Hawesville smelter and ranks as the second-largest aluminum maker in the United States, spearheaded the fight. Almost everyone else that touches the metal, from the industry's main trade association and consuming businesses from beer maker MillerCoors to Alcoa Corp - the country's largest aluminum maker - were staunchly opposed to tariffs. US aluminum prices are based on a global benchmark-with a premium added on in the US to cover transportation and insurance. Since last year, the premium has included the 10 per cent Trump tariff. Century and other domestic producers don't pay the tariff, but still charge the same premium, giving them a pricing edge. But what is good for Century hurts most other parts of the industry. Automaker General Motors Co (GM.N) estimated metal tariffs would add $1 billion to its costs in 2019. Heavy equipment maker Deere & Co (DE.N) laid off 163 workers in Illinois and Iowa as the trade war drove up its costs and at the same time hurt demand for tractors from farmers facing diminished exports. The fight between Century and almost every other firm in the aluminum industry underscores a divergence that has occurred over the last two decades. Many sectors of the US aluminum business are thriving, including processors who take raw aluminum and shape it into parts for everything from airplanes to washing machines. But makers of primary metal - its most basic form - have struggled. The United States was once the world's biggest producer of primary aluminum. But by the time Trump took office, production had dwindled to the level last seen in 1951 and capacity utilization, a gauge of industry health, stood at just 37 per cent. There were only five operating primary aluminum smelters left, down from 23 in 2001. What hobbled the business was a combination of energy prices, new technology and globalization. The drastically diminished US footprint of primary aluminum helps explain how the industry was able to make its case for protection, say industry leaders, trade attorneys who fought for the tariffs, and analysts who track the business. Century, based in Chicago, began its fight in 2015 when it hired the Washington law firm Wiley Rein LLP to help it press for protection. The company had already announced plans to shutter the Hawesville plant entirely, but opted instead to cut output to a fraction of its potential as it waited to see how its case would play out, company executives told Reuters. The Obama administration filed a case with the World Trade Organization during its last week in office, accusing China of unfairly subsidizing its aluminum industry and harming domestic producers like Century. But by then, a new wind of protection was blowing in Washington, and Century saw the chance to tie its case closely to other basic industries seeking tariffs, particularly steel. Century's lobbyists emphasized that unlike steel, which still produces about 80 per cent of US needs at domestic plants, primary aluminum smelters were on the brink of disappearing entirely. They found a receptive audience at the Commerce Department, said Jesse Gary, Century's general counsel. Century also emphasized its unique role as the only US operation that can make metal needed for military equipment like advanced armor used to shield Humvees and other military vehicles. "We're the only volume producer of high purity aluminum in the Western Hemisphere and among NATO allies," said Gary, adding that other main sources are China, Russia and the Middle East. A spokesman for the Commerce Department confirmed that steel was a far bigger target for their investigation into the case for tariffs on imported metals. "But in terms of fragility of the industry, relatively speaking, aluminum was in a worse position than steel," said the spokesman, given the low capacity utilization. Industry giant Alcoa has argued that tariffs are the wrong way to address the problem facing domestic smelters, which is low global prices of primary aluminum caused by massive overproduction by China. The company has acknowledged tariffs have helped its remaining US smelters. Speaking to investors in April, Alcoa CEO Roy Harvey said "tariffs have not solved the industry's challenges, which stem from high subsidized smelting capacity in China that has resulted in surplus production." Meanwhile, Century's Hawesville plant has become a poster child for tariffs. After the tariffs were announced last year, the company said it would spend $150 million modernizing and reopening parts of the plant, moves that will eventually lead to a doubling of the workforce to over 600. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross famously downplayed concerns about metal tariffs hurting consumers by going on CNBC holding a can of Campbell's soup and saying the tax would barely register in the cost of such goods. Ross last year attended a ribbon-cutting at the gritty, smoke-filled Hawesville plant, where he reassured workers that the protection would not be fleeting. Tariffs are a frequent topic of conversation here for workers on the factory floor, where work is underway to restart production lines. Greg Lester, who came out of retirement last year to help train new workers being hired at the plant, said he considers it almost a miracle that this mill did not die like all the others he has worked for. Lester notes that he spent much of his four-decade career helping US companies build smelters in other countries, while smelters back home fell like dominos. "I've been in West Africa, I've taught Russians how to make super-pure aluminum," said Lester. "The only place that didn't seem to want smelters was the US" One place where the tariffs are viewed a bit more skeptically is the storefront near Hawesville occupied by United Steelworkers local 9423, which represents workers at the plant. Andy Meserve, president of the union, said workers have welcomed the investments and new jobs. They recognize that tariffs could hurt other parts of the aluminum industry. "But it was great for Hawesville," he said.
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Food|Pok Pok Ny Is Moving Down the Street
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Pok Pok Ny Is Moving Down the Street
Andy Ricker is moving his restaurant down the street in Brooklyn.Credit...Daniel Krieger for The New York Times
By Florence Fabricant
Andy Ricker is playing musical restaurants over at the Columbia Street Waterfront District in Brooklyn. He is moving his flagship, Pok Pok Ny, down the street, on the same block, into the space that was Chio Restaurant, at 117 Columbia Street. “This will give us close to 70 seats indoors, a larger kitchen and bar,” he said in an e-mail. Pok Pok Ny, now located at 127 Columbia Street, has only 30 seats. He also added that the “dinner menu will expand to more closely match all the dishes we have available in Portland.” Mr. Ricker owns several acclaimed Thai eating and drinking establishments in Portland, Ore., his home base. He also said he would eventually be able to serve lunch in the new location. In its new home, Pok Pok Ny will be directly across the street from the Whiskey Soda Lounge Ny, which Mr. Ricker plans to open soon, giving those waiting for tables a place to have a drink. After the move, he said the original space would be used for private events and catering. All the changes are expected in the fall.
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Theater|Review: In ‘The Loon,’ the Birds Can Coo. Can You?
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Review: In ‘The Loon,’ the Birds Can Coo. Can You?
Alexa Andreas, seated, and Trevor Salter in “The Loon.”Credit...Maria Baranova
The Loon
Off Off Broadway, Dance Play, Play, Poetry Reading/Spoken Word
1 hr.
Closing Date: Oct. 29, 2016
Henry Street Settlement - Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
“The Loon,” a new piece from Witness Relocation, is dance theater, not musical theater, but it has a kind of overture anyway. As the audience filters in, calming classical music plays over speakers, underscoring a video on the large upstage screen. We glimpse its images only partly, inside letters spelling out the name of the show, but what we see there is nature: woodland and whatnot. Every so often, a female GPS voice provides a new instruction, lulling us deeper into the countryside.
Directed by Dan Safer at Abrons Arts Center, “The Loon” is a meditation on middle age that doesn’t want to go gentle, thank you very much. Its sympathies, one suspects, are with the birds — a whole flock of them cavorting onstage, frenetic and wild, all black and gray with glittering red around the eyes. (Well, actually they’re dancers. The costumes are by Eva Jaunzemis, the choreography by Mr. Safer and the company.)
Much more drably attired is the respectable-looking bearded man downstage, all buttoned up in his three-piece suit. Speaking to us of time and memory, autumn and decay, he is given to a certain unadorned drama.
“If I ask a ghost to appear right now, will it come?” the man (Robert M. Johanson) says to us. “And which of you will see it?”
Based partly on “Voices of the Loon,” an Audubon Society recording from 1980, “The Loon” is the kind of show that makes you wonder how differently it would register if you’d inhaled a little deeper when you walked past the guys getting high on your way to the theater. That doesn’t mean it’s messy — it’s not — but it is unafraid of its own strangeness.
There’s a comic horror to its brief, stylized sitcom scenes of suburban domestic life, while its take on love and romance is more bittersweet. A high school dance to “A Whiter Shade of Pale,” under a revolving disco ball, is overtly charming. And Mr. Johanson, who wrote the text he speaks, is a benign and amusing presence, talking of social rituals both avian and human. His loon calls, when at last he does them, are deadpan-hilarious.
Yet a longing suffuses this show, a solitude shadowed by the awareness of mortality.
“You might say to me that I should feel lonesome up here by myself,” the man says, “but I am no more lonely than the loon in the pond.”
True or false? Look at him, tamped down in that suit. Then look at the loons, reveling together, loose and free.
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Lorrie Carlson is organizing the Night of White gala in support of the Mental Health Recovery Partners South Vancouver — taking place on Nov. 22 from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Ocean Pointe Resort — after her son, Jordan, struggled for three years with mental illness. (Courtesy of Lorrie Carlson)
Greater Victoria mom organizes gala in support of mental health after son’s struggle with psychosis
A Night of White gala takes place on Nov. 22, symbolizes blank slate and fresh start
Kendra Crighton
When Lorrie Carlson’s son, Jordan, started acting out of character at a family Christmas gathering in 2011 she knew something was very wrong.
The Langford mom took him to the hospital after an volatile argument and remembers how the nurses knew, right away, what was going on with him. Jordan was in psychosis.
The Christmas incident was the beginning of a three-year battle with mental illness that saw Jordan hospitalized multiple times.
“Psychosis is classified as having disorganized thinking, hallucinations and delusions,” says Jordan. “And I felt that in myself.”
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Jordan describes his thoughts as being extremely loud and intrusive during this time, adding that he felt like there might have been a chance spies were coming after him.
Doctors in psychiatric emergency were able to diagnose Jordan with marijuana induced psychosis NOS, not otherwise specified, which has similar symptoms to those that exhibit with a diagnoses of schizophrenia.
Over the course of the three years Jordan was in and out of therapy programs along with taking prescribed medication. He began to self medicate with other substances and alcohol.
It was during this time that Lorrie was connected with the Mental Health Recovery Partners South Vancouver Island, an organization that provides services for people struggling with mental health issues and the people who love them.
Lorrie, who struggles with major depressive disorder herself, credits the group for getting her through the whole ordeal. Attending the parent’s support group made her feel less alone while giving her the resources and support she needed to help her son.
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Doctors finally gave Jordan a choice — you can either continue to self medicate and stay on the prescribed medication or you can stop taking your medication but you’ll need to cut out any other substances or alcohol.
Jordan chose the latter and has been living a clean and healthy life ever since. The 27-year-old is now putting himself through school and is in second year engineering at UVic, leading a healthy lifestyle and managing his stress well.
“I look at him and just see what he’s gone through and what we’ve gone through,” says Lorrie. “I just have the deepest respect for him.”
As a way of giving back, Lorrie is organizing the Night of White gala, which will include a three-course dinner, a cocktail reception, silent and live auctions and dancing to a live band. Those in attendance are asked to wear white to symbolize a blank slate, free of stigma for those affected by mental health issues.
Taking place on Nov. 22 from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Ocean Pointe Resort, tickets to the gala can be purchased at hibid.ca/events/a-night-of-white-for-mental-health.
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Public Pulse: Escalating prison crisis; It's not just the economy that matters; Impeachment farce
Escalating prison crisis
The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee held an interim hearing Oct. 25 to examine the status of the chronically overcrowded and understaffed Nebraska prison system. The compelling and sometimes emotional testimony went on for four-plus hours. What emerged was an idea that would quickly stabilize and eventually build the Nebraska Department of Corrections into an innovative rehabilitative/restorative justice system.
We could professionalize Corrections staff. This has been done effectively in the highly successful German prison system. To do this we must pay professional wages and provide professional training and work conditions. Bonuses offered by the state have failed to address the staffing crisis. Hourly pay above $22 per hour (to be competitive with county jails’ pay) would attract skilled, educated, caring staff who want a career helping people rebuild their lives.
The State of Nebraska can make this happen. Last year, $15 million was spent on overtime. That amount could be invested in efforts to support professionalization of the Corrections jobs.
Previously incarcerated individuals testified that high-quality staff and programming led to major rehabilitation and life changes, allowing them to return to the community as productive citizens.
If the staffing emergency and lockdown continue into the holidays with no hope of improvement, staff and residents will be under great stress.
The importance of making these staff pay changes quickly cannot be overstated. The Minnesota Department of Corrections had a similar crisis situation in 2018, and Corrections officers Joseph Parise and Joseph Gomm lost their lives in the line of duty.
Paul Feilmann, Omaha
It’s not just the economy
A recent letter in the Public Pulse from Brian Hickey (“Trump’s accomplishments,” Nov. 4) made several prejudicial claims about Democrats.
The most egregious criticized Democrats who stand for “sex reassignment surgery for prison inmates paid by taxpayers.”
I know lots of Democrats, and not one would stand for these characterizations.
His attempt with these wild and inflammatory accusations is to discredit all Democratic policy positions, regardless of merit, and gin up support for President Donald Trump’s disaster of a presidency. It’s not only about the economy.
Ken Ward, Gretna
Impeachment farce
House Democrats opened an impeachment inquiry more than a month ago. So far, this process has been defined by secrecy, selected leaking, lack of due process and fundamental unfairness.
Democrats’ proceedings are rooted in animus and anger at the 2016 election results. With their new resolution, Democrats are still denying Republicans the right to call their own witnesses, rebut Democratic witnesses or have the same subpoena rights they have granted themselves. The president’s counsel won’t be allowed to be present and question witnesses. All those were granted to both sides in all three previous presidential impeachment proceedings.
As a result, this is still a purely partisan and political process -– a continuation of Democrats’ impeachment obsession that began before President Donald Trump was even inaugurated. This entire process has been contaminated from the beginning, and I predict the Senate will have a difficult time taking seriously an impeachment run in this manner.
And don’t tell me the Republicans won’t support a fair process -– see the impeachment process of President Richard Nixon.
Dennis Swanson, Glenwood, Iowa
Clinton vs. Trump
I am tired of all the Trump scandals or perceived scandals.
Some Republicans are saying this impeachment inquiry is trying to overturn the results of the 2016 election and push the scale to the Democrats in the 2020 elections. I admit that I wasn’t as invested in politics in the past as I am now.
President Bill Clinton lied. But in retrospect, Clinton’s lies don’t compare to what President Donald Trump has done. Couldn’t the same be said then that the Republicans were trying to overturn Clinton’s election?
Because of the Internet and cable, I cross-check news stories. Trump has lied so often that I have become compulsive.
On the summary released by Trump about the Ukraine call it says in small print that this readout is not verbatim. So Trump is lying when he says he had stenographers taking down the call word for word and comma for comma.
Why is Trump allowed to lie about national security, yet Clinton can’t lie about an extramarital affair?
Robert Nunez Jr., Omaha
Country should come first
The first mention of impeaching Donald Trump came seven months before the election in 2016, in an article in Politico. Since the election it has been nonstop.
Conflicts of interest, tax returns, emoluments, obstruction, collusion and now a phone call. Each one has a glimmer of truth, with enough lies thrown in to make them sound illegal. But as each one comes to light they are shown to be false accusations.
So after 2½ years we are experiencing the best economy we have had in 50 years. Unemployment for blacks, Hispanics and Asians is the lowest it has been since record-keeping began. Unemployment for women is lowest in 65 years. The stock market is the highest it has ever been. Trump has improved America in every measurable way. The stock market, unemployment and wages.
All of this without any help from the Democrats. In fact they seem to resist it simply because they don’t want things to go well for America while Trump gets the credit. After Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed, Trump went to a World Series game in Washington, D.C. He was booed by all of the Trump haters, and the owners said they would not sit with him. It doesn’t matter what Trump does, there are those on the left that just hate. They don’t need a reason.
Just imagine if the Democrats would have been working to help America instead of putting their party first. We could be in even better shape.
Kevin Rooney, Omaha
Douglas Fritz Nov 6, 2019 6:46am
As assuredly as there are those out there still getting high off of Halloween candy, and as a result there are some who believe Jason and the characters in the Wizard of Oz are real, it is apparent some folks will live in the delusional FOX Trump world that Donald is a great leader and responsible president who rides on success from the president before him. Next, they’ll be claiming his actions with women is normal, responsible male behavior.
It appears the self delusional and portion of mass population idolization of Trump as a phenomenon may eventual rate its own DSM Code in mental health categories, even after the canary flies the cage.
“REALLY SAD”.
Wake up Dorothy (Dennis/Kevin)! Wake up!
Violet Hayes Nov 9, 2019 6:12am
So many of you Democrats suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome. You just cannot face the facts about the accomplishments of President Trump - in spite of your constantly biting at his heels.
Kevin Kaup Nov 9, 2019 7:56am
And here's Violet again, having temporarily left her Trump shrine of dehydrated jack-o-lanterns topped with MAGA caps, to blindly defend the leader of the Trumpist Cult to which she belongs.
Violet, it's not Trump Derangement Syndrome ... it's MORALITY that we suffer from. We find it inconceivable that the way your Great Leader acts and things he has said and done would surely get most anyone else run out of office, yet you and your fellow Trumpists turn a blind eye because it's Fat Donnie with his supposed "accomplishments".
I fear you suffer from a psychosis -copy & paste the following website url to google or other search engine and see if you can find anything familiar about yourself;
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201712/analysis-trump-supporters-has-identified-5-key-traits
Correction: “who doesn’t ride’ on success from the president before him. “
Gerard Harbison Nov 6, 2019 7:19am
Swanson is dispensing easily-refuted talking points. Clinton's impeachment investigation was conducted by Ken Starr, and was done in secrecy, except for the salacious tidbits Starr chose to leak to the press. And no investigation is conducted under the scrutiny of the person undergoing investigation. Trump will have a trial, where he will get full due process, just like any other person accused of crimes.
Since it's quite clear from publicly released testimony that Trump did exactly what he's accused of, it's time to stop whining about process.
"They don’t need a reason."
Want reasons? Fine. Trump has debased the presidency with his coarse, salacious, misogynist and xenophobic tweets and comments. His vaunted economy has simply continued the growth Obama started 10 years ago. The national debt is the highest it has ever been. He has flouted the law, tried to conceal his financial misdeeds with litigiousness, and profited personally from his office. And he has used taxpayer money to blackmail a foreign leader into smearing his opponents.
That's just off the top of my head.
Put down the Koolaid, Kevin. You've had way too much.
JIM BECHTEL Nov 6, 2019 8:01am
Dennis Swanson and Kevin Rooney repeat the falsehoods that come from the White House. In place of all their verbiage I offer facts: Republicans went to court with Trump's attack on the House inquiries and were slapped down with a detailed 75-page explanation of why the House inquiries are absolutely positively legal and in line with all rules & precedents. Period.
Headline: "Federal Judge Rules House Impeachment Inquiry Is Legitimate." https://www.courthousenews.com/house-democrats-win-access-to-mueller-grand-jury-records/ “These arguments smack of farce,” wrote Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell. “The reality is that DOJ and the White House have been openly stonewalling the House’s efforts to get information by subpoena and by agreement, and the White House has flatly stated that the Administration will not cooperate with congressional requests for information.”
Democrats are honoring their obligation to enforce the Constitution and protect the Rule of Law against Trump and his accomplices, some of whom show up in the Public Pulse.
Thanks Gerard & Jim for composed and well stated responses to the KoolAide gang’s pulse submissions. I could only manage to respond to them with absurd humor.
Regarding Some of Mr Swanson’s statements, he would do well to read and maybe learn the procedures used for the inquiry thus far were established by The Republicans in 2015 ((even though we know he won’t read it or believe it unless , maybe, his favorites on FOX fess up the truth.
https://www.nationalmemo.com/house-republicans-complain-about-rules-they-approved-in-2015/
MARK SPRAY Nov 6, 2019 10:49am
I suspect Mr. Swanson tapes all Fox News broadcasts. His letter contains the words of Lou Dobbs and Sean Hannity, which of course any reasonable individual will recognize as pure doggy waste.
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This Authorization Form must be completed and signed prior to the cremation. Please read it carefully and ask us any questions you may have. Cremation is an irreversible and final process. It is important that you understand the cremation process that is described in Section 8 of this Authorization Form and the Attachment prior to signing it. We want you to fully understand the information provided in this Authorization Form and Attachment, so we will be pleased to answer any questions about the cremation process or the other information in this form.
The authorization is not a contract for cremation services. a separate contract or contracts will be required to purchase the services of the funeral home and/or crematory.
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1. Identification Of The Decedent
Name of Decedent:
Sex: Male Female
Social Security Number:
Virginia regulations require identification of the decedent by one of the following methods: The authorizing agent and or designated representative has viewed the remains and positively identified them as (initials) the body of the decedent. (designee statement must be attached) The authorizing agent has authorized the funeral home to photograph the remains and the authorizing agent has (Initials) positively identified the photograph as that of the decedent. The authorizing agent h as authorized the funeral home and crematory to except positive identification as provided (Initials) by the State Medical Examiner Lab due to the manner of death.
2. Funeral Home and Crematory
Name of Crematory:
3. Identification of Authorizing Agent
Name of Authorizing Agent:
4. As authorizing agent(s), I represent that I have the right to authorize the cremation of the decedent's remains and I am initialing one of the following two statements accordingly:
***ONLY CHOOSE ONE OPTIONS BELOW***
I/We certify that I do not have actual knowledge of any living person who has a superior right to act as the Authorizing
There is another living person(s) listed below who has a superior or equal right to act as Authorizing Agent.
(Initials) I have made all reasonable efforts to contact such person(s), but have been unable to do so. I have no reason to believe that such person(s) would object to the cremation of the Decedent's remains.
Name(s) of Other Persons:
5. Pacemakers / Defribrilators (see #5 on notes)
Description of Devices:
Please initial one of the following statements:
The remains of the Decedent do not contain any of the Devices described in #5 on the Attachment. (Initials)
As Authorizing Agent, I instruct the Funeral Home to remove each Device listed above and to charge for its (Initials) services in making or arranging for such removal. Unless indicated directly below, the Funeral Home is to dispose of all such Devices.
The Devices listed are to be removed and returned to the Authorizing Agent:
6. Casket or alternative container (see #6 on notes)
Casket or Alternative Container Selected:
7. Witnesses To The Actual Cremation Process
***Only Initial One Choice Below*** (see #7 on notes)
No witnesses - (Initials)
Or List of Witnesses (Initials)
8. The cremation process (see #8 on notes)
9. Authorization to cremate, process and pulverize
As Authorizing Agent, I have read and understand the description of the cremation process contained in #8 on the (Initials) Attachment and authorize the cremation, processing and pulverization of the remains of the Decedent. (Initials)
I further authorize the Funeral Home to deliver the Decedent's remains to the Crematory for the purpose of the cremation.
10. Urn or temporary container (see #10 on notes)
Urn selected by Authorizing Agent (If Known):
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11. Final disposition (please initial the option selected after reading #11 on notes)
The funeral home and crematory shall deliver the cremated remains of the decedent for disposition as follows:
***Please Select One Options Below***
Name of Cemetery to be delivered to: (with which arrangements have already been made):
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12. Personal Property
All personal property and effects delivered with the remains of the Decedent to the Crematory, including jewelry, clothes, hairpieces, dental bridgework, eyeglasses, and shoes, will be destroyed in the cremation process or otherwise discarded by the Crematory, in its sole discretion, unless specific instructions for delivery to Authorizing Agent are given below.
Items to be delivered to Authorizing Agent:
13. Visitation and funeral ceremonies
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in accordance with the schedule set forth below.
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The authorizing agent acknowledges that the funeral home and crematory are relying upon the representations being made by the authorizing agent in this authorization. The authorizing agent certifies that all of the information and statements contained in the authorization are accurate and no omissions of any material fact have been made. The authorizing agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the funeral home and the crematory, their officers, directors, employees and agents from any and all claims, demands, actions, causes of action or suits of any kind or nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, any legal fees arising out of or resulting from the funeral home's and the crematory's reliance on or performance consistent with the directions, statements, representatives and agreements contained in the Authorization.
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Onlysalesjob NV/SA (hereinafter referred to as "onlysalesjob") and the undersigned partner company (hereinafter referred to as "the Client") accept these Terms and Conditions and the price structure agreed. These Terms and Conditions and the price structure agreed constitute the complete agreement between onlysalesjob and the Client. The Client's own terms and conditions of sale will therefore not apply without onlysalesjob's explicit written agreement.
The entire relationship between the Client and onlysalesjob will be subject to the Terms and Conditions of Sale in accordance with the latest contract agreed between the Client and onlysalesjob. These Terms and Conditions only apply to corporate Clients. They do not therefore apply to end users.
2. Acceptance of the Contract
The contract between the Client and onlysalesjob will only enter into effect on receipt of the formal agreement of the Client to the proposed contract submitted by onlysalesjob. The Client's agreement can only be confirmed on receipt of the proposed contract, signed by the Client and mentioning the date of the agreement. Any appendices to the contract, declarations and specific instructions relating to the contract and amendments to the contract must be made in writing. onlysalesjob deems "faxes" to be valid written documents. However, electronic messages (including emails) will not be accepted
3. Description of Services
This contract sets down the conditions by which onlysalesjob supplies the products and provides the services agreed between the Client and onlysalesjob by this contract, published on onlysalesjob's website: www.onlysalesjob.be
("Services Provided") in accordance with these Terms and Conditions of Sale. The period during which constituent parts of the service provided by onlysalesjob to the Client will be published, as well as the period during which the services can be accessed, will be at least twenty hours a day. Our Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale also give a description of the services provided. This description also applies.
By accepting the proposed contract, the Client authorises onlysalesjob to use the details that it provides to complete various statistical analyses and surveys. However, if the results of these analyses and surveys are published, they will be done so anonymously.
No non-competition clauses, in any form, will be accepted.
All information relating to payment for services provided by onlysalesjob to the Client are contained in the price structure sent to the Client. The applicable price structure is that which is in force and sent by onlysalesjob to the client at the same time as the proposal. Services other than those covered in onlysalesjob's price structure are subject to separate agreements between onlysalesjob and the Client.
The prices described in article 4 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale include all supplementary costs incurred on the part of onlysalesjob by the provision of services to the Client. These supplementary costs include sending emails, sending faxes, photocopying and postage costs, transferring data and telephone calls generally incurred by onlysalesjob in the provision of its services. However, any costs incurred by onlysalesjob in modifying, correcting or verifying data are not included in these supplementary costs, if this arises because of mistakes contained in the data submitted to onlysalesjob by the Client. If and when the total of these supplementary costs exceeds the average costs incurred by individual orders, onlysalesjob will inform the Client of this. Provided that they have agreed to this, the Client will be held liable for any such supplementary costs.
In terms of constituent parts of the service provided by onlysalesjob to the Client, onlysalesjob permits the correction of any parts which have been published if they contain any errors. If the error is not attributable to negligence on the Client's part, the first correction is free. However, onlysalesjob will invoice the Client for any further correction in accordance with the price structure in force at the time that the request for the correction was submitted. If onlysalesjob make a mistake when making a correction, the additional correction required will be made free of charge.
onlysalesjob will send the invoice to the Client either on the date that a constituent part of the service provided to the Client is first supplied, or 10 days after the contract is accepted by the Client if no constituent part of the service provided by onlysalesjob to the Client has been provided because of the Client. The deadline for these invoices is 10 days after the date the Client receives the invoice.
Unpaid or overdue invoices will result in onlysalesjob invoicing the Client for interest at a rate of 10% above the base rate of the European Central Bank, as well as collection costs. In the case of unpaid invoices, onlysalesjob can suspend or withhold the services covered by the contract until the Client has paid any outstanding invoices in full. If the Client asserts the right of retention, this clause no longer applies. If onlysalesjob has come to an agreement with the Client regarding payment of the invoice by instalments, and if the Client has not paid this invoice within 30 days of the due date, the total amount of the invoice must be paid by the Client immediately.
All prices quoted by onlysalesjob exclude VAT which is payable on the date of invoice.
onlysalesjob's fundamental philosophy is to continue to improve the quality and quantity of responses to job postings uploaded by the Client. Onlysalesjob also has a tireless commitment to working on the quality and accuracy of all of the tools with which it provides the Client to facilitate their search for the best candidate for the vacancy that they need to fill. This philosophy can specifically include the development of all sorts of partnerships with offline and online media companies. By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Client authorizes onlysalesjob to publish any or part of the constituent parts of the service provided by onlysalesjob, without first notifying the Client of this. This goes for online and offline media, as well as for printed and audio and/or video media. onlysalesjob is committed to being particularly strict about the quality and image presented by its media partners.
All rights conferred upon the Client by this contract are under no circumstances be sold or transferred to any third party. The contract can only be transferred with the explicit authorization of onlysalesjob.
By agreeing to this contract, the Client also authorises onlysalesjob to send, by post or email, any surveys, newsletters, reports and business correspondence which may contribute to onlysalesjob's ongoing commitment to improving its quality standards. The Client reserves the right to withdraw consent for this kind of communication, and onlysalesjob will comply with this withdrawal as soon as possible after notification to this effect is received from the Client.
onlysalesjob reserves the right to refuse any order submitted by the Client, or unilaterally withholding any published constituent part of the service provided to the Client which would constitute a breach of the law or any other official regulations; or if this order or constituent part infringes the rights of third parties, or sound moral ethics. ("Illegal Content".) The same applies if any constituent part of the service supplied to the Client contains one or more links which lead directly or indirectly to pages with any illegal content. This does not affect the Client's obligation to pay for the service in question. onlysalesjob is only responsible for deleting illegal content which constitutes a breach of the law, or on the explicit request of the Client. By accepting these Terms and Conditions, the Client agrees to indemnify and protect onlysalesjob, on request, against the payment of any fines or legal costs following the publishing of illegal content, or in the case of a breach of the law.
onlysalesjob does not accept any responsibility relating to data received from the Client or any candidates, the text contained in job postings, or the related media required to store this data. In particular, onlysalesjob is not responsible for keeping or returning this data to the Client.
onlysalesjob reserves the right to use any agents that they choose to appoint.
The Client is solely responsible for any aspects relating to the configuration and good working order of their technological and IT infrastructures. They will use the most effective equipment and methods available to guarantee that their infrastructure cannot be the source or the target of any malfunctions or interference to the level of Internet service provided by onlysalesjob, or that might interfere in any way with the performance of the interconnected network.
The Client must assure onlysalesjob that the content that they publish on the Internet or submit to onlysalesjob to be published does not contain any elements which may be subject to rights belonging to third parties. By accepting these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Client agrees to indemnify and protect onlysalesjob, on request, against any damages incurred by onlysalesjob following a violation by the Client of this regulation.
Contracts between the Client and onlysalesjob do not transfer any (intellectual) property rights, licences or usage rights from onlysalesjob to the Client. All of onlysalesjob's rights (including, but not exclusively, rights connected to the logo, copyrights, special rights connected to data and titles, trademark rights and all commercial rights) remain the property of onlysalesjob without any restrictions.
All of the content and all kinds of documents published through onlysalesjob are subject to onlysalesjob's intellectual property rights (trademark rights, copyrights, special rights connected to data). However, individual components of any content created by the Client will not be subject to onlysalesjob's intellectual property rights if these components are already subject to the Client's intellectual property rights and if onlysalesjob is not called upon to make any modifications or revisions to these components.
By accepting the contract proposed by onlysalesjob for providing online publishing space for job postings, the Client recognises that onlysalesjob is the creator of the databases of job postings submitted by the Client and published by onlysalesjob.
The Client is solely responsible for ensuring that the content submitted to onlysalesjob for publication in its database of job postings complies with all laws relating to the press, regulations relating to competition law and any other applicable regulations.
By accepting these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Client grants onlysalesjob the licence to use, communicate to third parties and reproduce the content, data, trademark, trademark name, logo or any other words or symbols belonging to the Client in order to provide constituent parts of the service provided by onlysalesjob to the Client under this contract. In the same way, by submitting an order the Client warrants that they have acquired, by any means, all necessary usage rights, copyrights and additional copyrights, so that onlysalesjob can provide all of the constituent parts of the service supplied by onlysalesjob to the Client. This includes, but is not limited to, the publication of content and any Client information on the Internet.
onlysalesjob warrants that it will do everything in its power, to the best of its abilities, to provide all of the constituent parts of the service provided by onlysalesjob to the Client, as they are described in the relevant documentation. Where supplying a constituent part of the service provided by onlysalesjob to the Client involves developing software, onlysalesjob will do everything in its power to develop software that does not contain any errors. By accepting these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Client recognises that, because of the technological complexity involved, it is neither possible nor economically viable to develop software that is totally error-free.
The Client warrants that they will make available to onlysalesjob all documents and constituent parts of the content required to achieve the objectives set out in this contract. In particular, this includes supplying the text for the job postings to be published, as well as all elements relating to the electronic formatting and layout of these job postings. This also includes the Client's obligation to warn onlysalesjob immediately if one of the constituent parts of the service supplied by onlysalesjob to the Client has expired. Furthermore, the Client must comply with the obligation to cooperate as specified in the relevant Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale or, where applicable, in the descriptions of constituent parts of the service supplied by onlysalesjob to the Client. If onlysalesjob judges that the Client has not complied with this obligation when required to do so, the amount of time onlysalesjob will have to provide its services will be extended accordingly. This measure will not apply if onlysalesjob is responsible for any delay.
Subject to the conditions set out in articles 9.2, 9.3, 9.4 and 9.5 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale, onlysalesjob's liability is restricted to the limits set by the law in force and to direct loss (excluding indirect, specific, additional or punitive damages and interests for loss of profits or income, for loss of commercial information, for any interruption to their business, or for any invasion of privacy) up to the amounts specified below:
9.1.a. If damage is caused by a delay in the provision of services on the part of onlysalesjob: 0.5% of the price of the constituent part of the service provided by onlysalesjob to the Client concerned per "whole" week (7 days) that the provision of the service is delayed, capped at 5% of the price of the contract for the constituent part of the onlysalesjob service concerned.
9.1.b. If damage is the result of any other factor, this total is capped at 5% of the price of the contract.
9.2onlysalesjob does not accept any liability related to the following points:
9.2.a. The accuracy and authenticity of data published by onlysalesjob on the Client's request. onlysalesjob cannot be held liable for information and statements contained in this information.
9.2.b. Actions by third parties with whom the Client has entered into an agreement to carry out obligations specified within these Terms and Conditions of Sale.
9.2.c. Force Majeure. As described in article 10.1 of these Terms and Conditions of Sale.
9.2.d. The number, quality or minimum specifications of the profiles of candidates responding to job postings uploaded by the Client.
9.2.e. Any investment made by the Client connected in any way to this contract and based on any forecast of a minimum number of applications received following the publication of job postings via onlysalesjob.
Where the contractually secured use of one of the constituent parts of the service provided by onlysalesjob to the Client is limited by rights belonging to third parties, onlysalesjob can, at its own cost, either obtain the agreements needed to use this constituent part of the onlysalesjob service in accordance with the rights of the third parties, or modify the constituent part of the onlysalesjob service in order to avoid this limitation. Any measures taken by onlysalesjob to these ends will not in any case result in unreasonable disruption to this constituent part of the onlysalesjob service for the Client. Where the Client is aware, in any way whatsoever, of third party protection rights that may affect the supply of a constituent part of the onlysalesjob service, the Client must inform onlysalesjob of this immediately and in writing.
The Client must submit any claim for damages against onlysalesjob is within one year from the date on which the Client became aware, or should have become aware, of the failure.
All exemptions and limitations to liability relating to damages and interests described in article 9 are applicable independently of the fact that onlysalesjob's liability is or is not based on a breach of the contract, on a criminal act (including acts of negligence), on strict or product liability, on a breach of warranty, on a concealed defect, or on any other kinds of legal obligations. This is also the case where (i) onlysalesjob would have reasonably been able to anticipate such damages, (ii) onlysalesjob is informed of the possibility of such damages or (iii) if the damages and interests follow on from gross negligence on the part of onlysalesjob.
In the event of "Force Majeure" ? the common term which, in this document, includes unpredictable events which seriously affect the economic conditions of a contract between the Client and onlysalesjob as well as Force Majeure as it is more generally understood ? onlysalesjob can either adapt the contract accordingly and in good faith (extending the time required to fulfil the terms of a contract for example, to a duration equivalent to that of the event which led to Force Majeure), or terminate the contract, possibly with immediate effect.
Force Majeure includes, but not exclusively, natural disasters, war, fire, acts of terrorism and any other situation which can be shown to have affected the infrastructures used by onlysalesjob to provide the constituent parts of onlysalesjob's service to the Client. Also included are server or computer system failures and communication failures beyond onlysalesjob's control, or caused by malfunctions or interruptions to the networks used, or by any other problems relating to the Client's equipment, software or telecommunications infrastructure.
onlysalesjob warrants that all information and documents transferred within the context of fulfilling this contract and marked as confidential will remain strictly confidential. This confidentiality will also continue to be observed when this contract is no longer valid.
Accepting this contract also commits the parties, both the Client and onlysalesjob, to respect all laws in force for the duration of the validity of the contract and relating to data protection and respect for privacy.
In accordance with data protection laws, the Client is informed by these Terms and Conditions of Sale that data will be kept by onlysalesjob in a usable electronic format, whatever the technology used, and that onlysalesjob will use this data with the sole aim of fulfilling this contract.
The Client must demonstrate all due care and attention at all times. They must also take all necessary precautions when handling, using and transmitting its user ID, passwords, usernames, aliases, and any other security information used to protect the confidentiality of data. The Client will take all necessary measures immediately to guarantee the confidentiality of data, their appropriate use and their security, and avoid transmitting data, directly or indirectly, to third parties not known to onlysalesjob. This also includes a ban for the Client on using their access rights (user ID, password) to the onlysalesjob environment with a view to enabling unknown third parties to benefit from all or part of the information contained in the onlysalesjob databases, even for purposes relating to the demonstration or functioning of the tool. The Client will be liable where unknown third parties use these passwords or usernames on the onlysalesjob system. This applies at all times, unless the Client can prove that third parties have obtained these usernames and passwords without the Client's involvement, or if the Client can prove that this information was obtained in circumstances directly or indirectly beyond the Client's control. The Client must inform onlysalesjob immediately if any third party not known to onlysalesjob is found or thought to be using any of these security details, or if these security details might be, or are being used without authorisation. If the Client breaches the material obligations specified in this contract in any way whatsoever, including, but not limited to, the obligations specified in this article, onlysalesjob reserves the right to suspend the fulfilment of its obligations and its services immediately without any prior warning, and without releasing the Client from all payment obligations to onlysalesjob. onlysalesjob also reserves the right to take any legal action that it may deem appropriate, including any action for damages, should the client fail to fulfil the obligations imposed further by this contract, including the obligations imposed pursuant to this article on data confidentiality.
12. Duration
This contract between the Client and onlysalesjob enters into effect on the date on which onlysalesjob receives a copy of the Contract which has been signed by the Client. The term of the contract agreed between the Client and onlysalesjob will take effect on the day that onlysalesjob provides the Client with the first constituent part of the onlysalesjob service. Where no contract term has been explicitly agreed in writing between onlysalesjob and the Client, this contract will be understood to last for 12 months after onlysalesjob provides the Client with the first constituent part of the onlysalesjob service. When the liability for any delay in the supply of the first constituent part of the onlysalesjob service is incumbent upon the Client, the contract will take effect 14 days after onlysalesjob receives the signed contract. The contract will be automatically terminated at the end of the period agreed between the Client and onlysalesjob, except in cases explicitly defined in the rest of these Terms and Conditions of Sale where the Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale explicitly specify different measures.
For constituent parts of the service provided by onlysalesjob to the Client, any Client order can only be accepted during the contractual period which has been agreed. Consequently, the Client only has the right to order constituent parts of the onlysalesjob service as long as the contract is in effect, even if not all of the constituent elements of the onlysalesjob service received have been uploaded during this time.
Belgian law alone, and the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts and tribunals of City of Brussels, apply to this contract.
In the same way, all legal relationships between the Client and onlysalesjob will be governed by the City of Brussels.
If you have any questions relating to these Terms and Conditions of Sale, you can contact us or write to Onlysalesjob NV/SA, Frankenstraat 79, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.
Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale: Job posting
onlysalesjob uploads job postings online on behalf of the Client, in accordance with article 3 of the Terms and Conditions of Sale.
onlysalesjob reserves the right to publish job postings via other media channels, as hard copies or electronically, or to transmit them to other organisations for additional publication.
For this reason, for the same reasons, onlysalesjob has the right to display job postings that are present on its own site, in whole or part, on one or more partner sites, without the Client's prior agreement.
No additional cost will be payable by the Client for this kind of service. Names of partners companies can be viewed on the onlysalesjob.be website.
The description of services below is exhaustive.
2. Duration of Publication
Any job posting published online by onlysalesjob will remain on its website for 30 days, unless any other agreement has been reached between onlysalesjob and the Client.
3. Electronic job postings
The service proposed by onlysalesjob involves publishing job postings electronically online, on the onlysalesjob.be website. onlysalesjob will only pass on to the Client responses which have also been submitted electronically via the onlysalesjob.be site. Applications containing a blocking signal will not be passed on.
Data will be transferred in its original state to the Client, and onlysalesjob is under no circumstances responsible for its content. Data will be transferred either via the Client's email address, or via their personal onlysalesjob account.
Any job posting containing any blatant illegal content (as described in article 6.4 of the Terms and Conditions of Sale) may be withdrawn as onlysalesjob sees fit.
Local laws as well as data protection regulations must be observed by the Client. Any claim by third parties caused by violation by the Client of article 3.1, item 2, will lead to the Client's obligation to pay damages to onlysalesjob on demand.
The Client can, if they like, modify and correct a job posting that they have purchased as long as it has not yet been published online, as they see fit. Once the job posting is online, the Client will no longer be able to modify or correct that job posting. This applies as long as this posting remains online, i.e. for 30 days.
By accepting these Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Client is hereby notified, and admits that it is impossible for onlysalesjob to fully control the unauthorised publication online of job postings by third parties. The Client therefore recognises that onlysalesjob can under no circumstances be held responsible for such unauthorised publications by third parties. However, onlysalesjob will do everything in its legal and technological power, to avoid such unauthorised publications.
By accepting these Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Client transfers to onlysalesjob all property rights for the database comprising all of the job postings submitted to onlysalesjob for publication. The Client recognises that onlysalesjob is the sole creator of the database comprising job postings submitted to onlysalesjob for publication. onlysalesjob is also recognised by the Client as being the sole owner of the rights to databases of lists of jobs submitted to onlysalesjob for publication.
No price reduction to onlysalesjob's official price structure is valid unless it has been explicitly offered and approved by onlysalesjob for the specific Client according to specific conditions. Consequently, there will be no reduction to the official price for a Client employing a third party to act on their behalf.
The principle of "Reselling" a contract of job postings by a Client to a third party will automatically require prior agreement by onlysalesjob. This agreement will be in the form of a contract, replacing the previous one, between onlysalesjob and the Client to whom the contract has been transferred.
If you have any questions relating to these Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale: Job postings, you can contact us or write to Onlysalesjob NV/SA Frankenstraat 79, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.
Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale: CV Database
The Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale for the CV Database are additional to and take precedence over the Terms and Conditions of Sale in case of any doubt.
onlysalesjob offers the Client a service involving searching the profiles of job-seekers ("Candidates") in its "CV Database". If the Candidate agrees, the Client can contact him/her once they have selected his/her CV in the database via onlysalesjob's electronic system.
The Client's access to onlysalesjob's database is strictly personal. The Client is strictly prohibited from allowing third parties to access onlysalesjob's database. It also forbidden for the Client to pass on CVs from onlysalesjob's Database to third parties. Furthermore, the Client can under no circumstances add a link (in any form whatsoever) between their own website and onlysalesjob's Database. If this provision is not observed, onlysalesjob reserves the right to take legal action at short notice and without prior warning.
onlysalesjob gives the Client the right to use a collection of tools, particular to onlysalesjob, to manage CVs. These CV management services do not include backing up data for the Client. onlysalesjob reserves the right to withdraw or delete any data contained in the CV management system at any time and without prior notice. In order to safeguard the Candidates' data protection and privacy rights, onlysalesjob will automatically remove all traces of a CV as soon as a Candidate would like to be removed from onlysalesjob's CV Database.
No data relating to a Candidate can be saved by the Client on their own system.
In order to preserve its property rights and to guarantee the confidentiality of the data entered by candidates into its CV database, onlysalesjob reserves the right to put in place any mechanism, whether automatic or one-off, that may establish a temporary restriction on the access rights of the Client obtained further to this contract. This restriction on access may be implemented unilaterally by onlysalesjob in the event of serious indications pointing to misuse or ill-intentioned use of the onlysalesjob CV database. This includes, but is not limited to, the use of specific software programs or other similar techniques, the purpose of which is to make a copy (irrespective of the form) of the onlysalesjob CV database at the Client's. The Client will be informed of any restriction on access rights as quickly as possible and onlysalesjob will analyse with the Client the reasons for this measure as well as the best way to prevent any reoccurrence in the future.
The CV Database is not accessible for Clients who order their job postings directly via the onlysalesjob's website ("Online order").
2. Client Obligations
The Client agrees to respect the moral standards and all legal regulations and rights of third parties. Article 6.4 of the Terms and Conditions of Sale also applies.
The Client can under no circumstances communicate to third parties or transfer in any way whatsoever the personal details of Candidates contained in onlysalesjob's Database. The Client also agrees to respect the confidentiality of these details, as well as all applicable legal regulations concerning data protection and privacy. When a Candidate asks onlysalesjob to delete his/her personal details from onlysalesjob's system, and onlysalesjob informs the Client of this, the latter must delete all details pertaining to that Candidate in their possession. This applies to information stored directly in onlysalesjob's system as well as that held by the Client in their own system, on paper or electronically.
The Client must indemnify and protect onlysalesjob against loss, damages and interests, costs, claims and any other expenses caused by the Client. This clause will apply unless onlysalesjob is responsible for these expenses.
Candidates assume sole responsibility for how their profiles stored in onlysalesjob's system are composed. onlysalesjob can therefore not guarantee the relevance, veracity, accuracy, availability or completeness of the information submitted by the Candidate to the onlysalesjob system. onlysalesjob cannot guarantee any level of response either.
Information pertaining to Candidates is strictly confidential. It can only be held and used by the Client in accordance with the data protection laws in force. In any case, the Client cannot contact a Candidate for any reason other than that of searching for candidates to fill known vacancies. If this clause is not observed, onlysalesjob reserves the right to suspend, temporarily or permanently, the Client's access to their onlysalesjob account, as well as refusing access to Candidate information.
The Client can only contact a candidate once for each vacancy to be filled.
By accepting these Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Client is hereby made aware of the fact that specific conditions apply for all aspects relating to the transfer of data outside the European Union. Generally, such data transfers require the prior agreement of the Candidate, even if the transfer occurs within a single economic group.
The duration will be decided by a separate agreement.
If you have any questions relating to these Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale: CV Database, you can contact us or write to Onlysalesjob NV/SA Frankenstraat 79, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.
Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale: Recruiters' Area
These Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale relating to the Recruiters' Area are additional to and take precedence over the Terms and Conditions of Sale in case of any doubt.
Article 12.1 of the Terms and Conditions of Sale, relating to the duration of the contract apply. onlysalesjob grants the Client, throughout the duration of the contract, the non-exclusive and non-transferable right to use the services offered by onlysalesjob within the "Recruiters' Area". onlysalesjob gives the Client access to its Recruiters' Area for a minimum of 20 hours a day. This applies, provided that there is no independent event which, directly or indirectly, interrupts the availability of the onlysalesjob website. The services offered by onlysalesjob within the Recruiters' Area include the opportunity for the Client to publish and make modifications to job postings, in accordance with all of the conditions specified in these Terms and Conditions of Sale and Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale. This list of services offered by onlysalesjob within the Recruiters' Area is exhaustive and constitutes a contract between the Client and onlysalesjob. No other applications are offered by onlysalesjob.
The Client will be sent by onlysalesjob a unique username and password with which to access all available services. onlysalesjob offers the Client the opportunity to change this password at any time. The Client must make sure that this password and username are not used by any third party not authorised to access the services in the Recruiters' Area. The Client must also make sure that all other provisions relating to security of which they have been informed be complied with.
These provisions also apply when an agency acts on the Client's behalf. onlysalesjob allows agencies to access the job postings submitted by the Client on whose behalf they are acting, to make use of statistics and details of any contracts in force involving the Client, for the sole purpose of facilitating their management of the account of the Client on whose behalf they are acting, and to create new job postings on the Client's behalf. To this end, the agency must have the Client's prior agreement, and must be able to provide proof of this to onlysalesjob on request. onlysalesjob can under no circumstances be held responsible for any complaint by the Client about unauthorised distribution of access and information rights. The agency alone will be held responsible for any such complaints.
Where the Client handles personal data, within the framework of appropriate agreements with their employees and/or by opting for the appropriate organisational measures, the Client must respect all regulations in force relating to data protection. Processes covered by this clause include, but are not limited to, any activities involving handling, transferring, collecting and deleting data. onlysalesjob reserves the right to store personal data relating to the Client and to use it within the context of the scope of this contract.
If you have any questions relating to these Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale: Recruiters' Area, you can contact us or write to Onlysalesjob NV/SA Frankenstraat, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.
Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale: Online Ordering
These Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale relating to online ordering are additional to and take precedence over the Terms and Conditions of Sale in case of any doubt.
onlysalesjob uploads job postings online on behalf of the Client, in accordance with article 3 of the Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale: Job postings.
This description of services is exhaustive.
2. Approval in writing
For online orders, contrary to the Terms and Conditions of Sale which stipulate that instructions must be submitted in writing, declarations of intent can be made between the parties and are deemed to be effective and valid, without the need for any formal instructions.
onlysalesjob will not concede any agency commission for online orders.
The Client must pay for the services ordered from onlysalesjob online within 10 days of receiving the invoice. The provisions set out in articles 4 and 5 of the Terms and Conditions of Sale apply in all other circumstances.
4. Client information requirements
onlysalesjob confirms the following information, in accordance with the Belgian law in force:
The Online Ordering service is provided by:
Onlysalesjob NV/SA,
Frankenstraat 79,
Banque Carrefour des Entreprises company registration number 0831.828.844,
VAT: BE 0831.828.844.
The online ordering contract between the Client and onlysalesjob is considered to have been agreed when the following steps have been taken:
- the registration form has been completed;
- the Client has read and understood the Terms and Conditions of Sale, as well as the Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale;
- the Client clicks on the "Confirm" button in the onlysalesjob system;
- the Client receives an email confirming that the order has been received (this does not constitute an order confirmation);
- the Client receives an order confirmation from onlysalesjob.
Once the order confirmation has been received by the Client, the contract is considered to have been agreed.
Once the contract has been agreed, the Client can publish their job postings online.
The Terms and Conditions of Sale, the Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale: Job postings and the Additional Terms and Conditions of Sale: Online Ordering, constitute all of the terms of the contract agreed between the Client and onlysalesjob for ordering job postings online. The current price structure for ordering job postings online is available on the onlysalesjob.be website, and is determined when the contract for ordering job postings online is agreed between the Client and onlysalesjob.
As for the legal aspects relating to consultation of the onlysalesjob.be website, these are defined and available in our "Conditions of Use".
Once the order has been placed, the Client will receive an email confirming that the order has been received, and containing a username and a password with which they will be able to access the Recruiters' Area. It is on this area of the website that the Client can create, modify or correct a job posting before uploading it online. onlysalesjob gives the Client the chance to identify any errors and to correct the content of a job posting before it is published online. This consists of the opportunity to view the job posting as it will appear, as well as a series of modification or correction tools for the job postings. At the next step, the Client receives an order confirmation, saying that the posting can be published online. Once online, a job posting can no longer be modified.
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AM questions decision to give fisheries vessel to Liberia
Why was fishery protection vessel given away questions AM
Fishery protection vessel Pride of Wales, formerly Aegis. Picture: Kerry Roberts
THE fishery protection vessel given by the Welsh Government to Liberia, could have continued patrolling Welsh waters and saved taxpayers the expense of buying a replacement according to an AM.
Janet Finch-Saunders AM has written to Lesley Griffiths, the minister responsible, demanding an explanation. The former Aegis, renamed the Pride of Wales, left Conwy Marine on Wednesday March 20 for Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. She was handed over the Liberian ambassador by Lesley Griffiths in a ceremony in Conwy marina in February.
Janet Finch-Saunders said: “It is quite outrageous the Welsh Government decided to give the Aegis to Liberia without consulting AMs.
“While I appreciate that the Welsh Government might have been striving to help Liberia through making this gift, all of this has been done without explanation or public discussion. Indeed, it is quite ironic really that the President of Liberia has conveyed his sincere appreciation for the kind gesture from the people of Wales, while we, the people, had no say.
“Serious questions need answering. If the vessel is suitable for Liberia then it could have continued to patrol our waters off Wales and we wouldn’t have needed to buy a new vessel, the Lady Megan, and saved taxpayers money.
“During a time when every penny has to be spent carefully, and money is lacking for essential services, I just cannot see how giving away this vessel and investing in a new one can be justified. Indeed, we don't have an ocean of money and can't simply give it away. Therefore, I am determined the Welsh Government will be held accountable and provide complete transparency for the decision.
“I have written to Lesley Griffiths AM, Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, requesting an explanation as to why she has made this major decision.
“Also, I have asked how much public money was used to purchase the Aegis in the first place, and has been invested in her since that time”.
A Welsh Government spokesman said: “FPV Aegis has been officially handed over after the Welsh Government’s Wales for Africa team approached the Liberian Government.
“After extensive discussions between the team, World Bank Fisheries Department representatives, the EU Fisheries Team and Liberian Coastguard and Fisheries institutions an agreement was reached for the handover.
“As a result of the donation, the vessel, which has been renamed the Pride of Wales, will help protect the 40,000+ Liberians who use dugout canoes to catch fish to feed their families, as well as the wider community from foreign trawlers operating illegally in Liberian waters.”
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15 September 2018 Venue Meadow Lane Attendance
Preview: Stevenage (H)
Looking ahead to Stevenage's visit to Meadow Lane
Harry Kewell takes charge of Notts County at Meadow Lane for the first time on Saturday with Stevenage the visitors.
The new gaffer is hoping to kick-start the Magpies' season by guiding the players to their first victory of the campaign.
The visitors come into the clash on the back of a 1-0 win over Macclesfield after failing to score in any of their three previous Sky Bet League Two games.
Boro are currently 11th in the table, with 11 points from their seven games played, but they haven’t won at Meadow Lane since 2013.
Kewell says…
“This was my first uninterrupted week with the players where we’ve been able to all share ideas and it’s been a really positive one.
“Over the last 10 days we’ve tried to settle things down and the enthusiasm, energy and willingness to learn from the players has been excellent.
“I’ve already come up against Stevenage this year and it’s going to be a tough game because they’ve had a good start.
“Their manager has got them working hard, taking no chances and they are being solid at the back but we’re looking forward to it.”
Boro boss Dino Maamria says…
“We’ve made a better start than I expected considering we had 16 new players but I still don’t think we are where we need to be.
“Everyone is happy and learning all the time and we are in a fantastic position coming into the eighth game of the season.
“We are only three points from third position and we have a good working environment.”
Kewell still has several first-team players missing through injury but he says new signings Cedric Evina and Jamie Turley are fit enough to be involved.
Will Patching could hope to feature again after coming on to make his league debut at Exeter last Saturday and scoring for the Under 23s in midweek.
Stevenage have doubts over Danny Newton, Kurtis Guthrie and Alex Revell who have all picked up knocks.
We’ve met before
Notts picked up four points against Stevenage last season, drawing 1-1 at the Lamex Stadium last November and winning 2-0 at Meadow Lane in February.
Two goals inside the last quarter of an hour decided the home tie, with Jorge Grant opening the scoring in the 77th minute before Shola Ameobi put the match to bed with 10 minutes to play.
Notts also won 2-0 the last time the sides met in September, with Lee Hughes and Ben Burgess on the scoresheet back in 2011.
This weekend's officials
Referee: Ross Joyce
Assistants: Alix Pashley and David Avent
Fourth official: Stephen Wade
Notts 3-3 Stevenage
Magpies cruelly denied first win as Kewell makes Meadow Lane bow
Harry Kewell's first home match in charge of Notts County ended in a 3-3 draw with Stevenage.
It was a dramatic afternoon at Meadow Lane with Notts taking the lead on three occasions only to be pegged back each time.
Jon Stead was on the mark from the penalty spot, Enzio Boldewijn curled home another beauty and Kane Hemmings also found the target.
But Ben Kennedy, Alex Revell and Danny Newton were all on hand to level the scores as Notts' wait for their first win continued.
Kewell made five changes to the team that faced Exeter last weekend.
The Australian handed debuts to Jamie Turley and Cedric Evina, who slotted in at right back and left back respectively.
Rob Milsom partnered Noor Husin in central midfield, with Lewis Alessandra taking Nathan Thomas' left-wing slot.
Stead captained the team, lining up alongside Hemmings up front.
Kristian Dennis and David Vaughan had to settle for a place on the bench, while Elliott Hewitt and Christian Oxlade-Chamberlain were absent from the squad.
It was an even start to the contest but Dean Farman was the first keeper to be tested, denying Stead after the skipper had shown neat footwork in the box.
Fitzsimons was called into action for the first time moments later, hanging on to Michael Timlin's shot before both Revell and Ben Kennedy saw efforts go over - the second courtesy of a deflection.
It had been an entertaining start and Hemmings twice went close to giving the Magpies faithful the opening goal they so craved.
First, his header from Evina's cross went just wide before, on 21 minutes, he latched on to Stead's knockdown 12 yards out but saw his effort diverted over by a heroic Stevenage defender.
But Notts didn't have to wait much longer as Stead was hauled down from the resultant corner before converting the penalty calmly to make it 1-0.
Kewell's men pressed on in search of a second and there were further glimmers for Hemmings before Elliott Ward sent a half-volley over the bar following a corner.
Shaun Brisley and Alessandra both entered the book for late challenges before Boldewijn went agonisingly close to a spectacular goal, cutting in on his right foot - having earlier swapped wings with Alessandra - and whistling an effort just wide of the far post from the edge of the area.
Cruelly, Notts were then pegged back - and there was certainly a stroke of luck in the build up as Brisley's well-excecuted sliding challenge saw the ball bounce fortuitously into an opponent's path down the left. Kennedy made no mistake at the back post, meeting a low cross to guide the ball beyond the wrong-footed Fitzsimons.
The Magpies' frustrations were short-lived, however, as Boldewijn found the net with a similar effort to that which went just wide minutes earlier. He had to work harder to get his shot away for this one, coming back on himself to earn the room to send a low, curling effort into the bottom far corner.
It looked like Kewell's side were heading into the break with a priceless advantage but the visitors had other ideas, standing the ball up at the back post for the imposing Revell to nod the ball back across goal and into the net.
Three minutes were added on at the end of a frenetic first half, deep into which Stead pulled the ball back for Alessandra, who scampered to meet it before a Stevenage defender. Under pressure, he could only guide it wide.
Kewell's first change came at half-time as fit-again Matt Tootle replaced Turley at right back.
And shortly after the restart Notts could - and perhaps should - have restored their lead as Alessandra did brilliantly to supply Stead, who took the ball in his stride to go one-on-one with Farman. The keeper was equal to his effort, however, and a golden opportunity was gone.
It wasn't to matter, however, as more terrific work from Alessandra moments later provided Hemmings with the opportunity to control the ball expertly in the area before guiding it past Farman in the Stevenage net.
The visitors once again threatened an equaliser, Newton sending a fierce effort over before Fitzsimons turned Revell's shot behind.
But it could well have been 4-2 to Notts moments later when brilliant work from Boldewijn resulted in him drifting a cross to Stead at the back post. From a tight angle, the forward could only side-foot his effort wide of the target. Boldewijn was flagged offside as he tried to turn the ball home.
The game then entered a quiet period as the Magpies, while still showing intent to extend their advantage, protected their lead.
But, unfortunately, they were pegged back yet again with a quarter of an hour to play when the ball was cut back from the byline for Newton to guide beyond Fitzsimons from near the penalty spot.
Kewell's second change came with 11 minutes to play when Husin made way for Thomas, who went to right wing. Alessandra slotted in next to Milsom.
The game was anyone's going into the dying stages and Kennedy's eyes lit up when Notts' botched clearance presented him with a chance to shoot from just outside the area. He could only send the ball straight at Fitzsimons, however.
Five minutes were added on at the end of an exhausting afternoon, during which the outstanding Alessandra stung Farman's palms with a speculative low effort from range.
But that was to be the last of the goalmouth action as the teams had to settle for a share of the spoils.
Tickets: Stevenage (H)
Tickets are now on sale for Notts County's Sky Bet League Two match against Stevenage on Saturday 15 September (kick-off 3pm).
Category Derek Pavis Stand Air-IT Kop Stand Haydn Green Family Stand
Adult £20 £20 £20
65 and over £14 £14 £14
18-21 £14 £14 £14
Under 18 £7 £7 £7
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Against Perils and Odds: A Boy's Trek to the U.S. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sonia Nazario talks about her new book, Enrique's Journey, which traces the path of a young boy from Honduras to the U.S. as he reunites with his mother. Nazario found that 48,000 children, some as young as 7, make the journey alone each year.
Against Perils and Odds: A Boy's Trek to the U.S.
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Many women from Central America work in the United States to support their children back home. The story of one boy's journey to find his mother is the subject of a new book by journalist Sonia Nazario.
Hear Sonia Nazario
A Mother's Choice
Gangsters on the Trail
'Facing the Beast'
Much-Needed Help
Overcoming Setbacks
Border Patrols and Smugglers
Nazario says that 48,000 children, some as young as 7, make the journey alone each year. Along the way, they risk their lives and their freedom as they face predatory smugglers and trolling immigration authorities.
Writing for The Los Angeles Times in 2003, Nazario researched and wrote a series feature articles about Enrique, a Honduran boy desperate to find his mother, who had left home when her son was 5.
As a teenager, Enrique finally decides to travel to America himself, taking with him the only clue he has to his mother's whereabouts: a North Carolina phone number.
Nazario's articles, which resulted in a Pulitzer Prize, form the basis of Enrique's Journey, along with photographs of Enrique's struggle (the series also won a Pulitzer for feature photography).
Excerpt: 'Enrique's Journey
Sonia Nazario
The Boy Left Behind
The boy does not understand.
His mother is not talking to him. She will not even look at him. Enrique has no hint of what she is going to do.
Lourdes knows. She understands, as only a mother can, the terror she is about to inflict, the ache Enrique will feel, and finally the emptiness.
What will become of him? Already he will not let anyone else feed or bathe him. He loves her deeply, as only a son can. With Lourdes, he is openly affectionate. "Dame pico, mami. Give me a kiss, Mom," he pleads, over and over, pursing his lips. With Lourdes, he is a chatterbox. "Mira, mami. Look, Mom," he says softly, asking her questions about everything he sees. Without her, he is so shy it is crushing.
Slowly, she walks out onto the porch. Enrique clings to her pant leg. Beside her, he is tiny. Lourdes loves him so much she cannot bring herself to say a word. She cannot carry his picture. It would melt her resolve. She cannot hug him. He is five years old.
They live on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, in Honduras. She can barely afford food for him and his sister, Belky, who is seven. She's never been able to buy them a toy or a birthday cake. Lourdes, twenty-four, scrubs other people's laundry in a muddy river. She goes door to door, selling tortillas, used clothes, and plantains.
She fills a wooden box with gum and crackers and cigarettes, and she finds a spot where she can squat on a dusty sidewalk next to the downtown Pizza Hut and sell the items to passersby. The sidewalk is Enrique's playground.
They have a bleak future. He and Belky are not likely to finish grade school. Lourdes cannot afford uniforms or pencils. Her husband is gone. A good job is out of the question.
Lourdes knows of only one place that offers hope. As a seven-year-old child, delivering tortillas her mother made to wealthy homes, she glimpsed this place on other people's television screens. The flickering images were a far cry from Lour-des's childhood home: a two-room shack made of wooden slats, its flimsy tin roof weighted down with rocks, the only bathroom a clump of bushes outside. On television, she saw New York City's spectacular skyline, Las Vegas's shimmering lights, Disneyland's magic castle.
Lourdes has decided: She will leave. She will go to the United States and make money and send it home. She will be gone for one year -- less, with luck -- or she will bring her children to be with her. It is for them she is leaving, she tells herself, but still she feels guilty.
She kneels and kisses Belky and hugs her tightly. Then she turns to her own sister. If she watches over Belky, she will get a set of gold fingernails from el Norte.
But Lourdes cannot face Enrique. He will remember only one thing that she says to him: "Don't forget to go to church this afternoon."
It is January 29, 1989. His mother steps off the porch.
She walks away.
"Donde esta mi mami?" Enrique cries, over and over. "Where is my mom?"
His mother never returns, and that decides Enrique's fate. As a teenager -- indeed, still a child -- he will set out for the United States on his own to search for her. Virtually unnoticed, he will become one of an estimated 48,000 children who enter the United States from Central America and Mexico each year, illegally and without either of their parents. Roughly two thirds of them will make it past the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Many go north seeking work. Others flee abusive families. Most of the Central Americans go to reunite with a parent, say counselors at a detention center in Texas where the INS houses the largest number of the unaccompanied children it catches. Of those, the counselors say, 75 percent are looking for their mothers. Some children say they need to find out whether their mothers still love them. A priest at a Texas shelter says they often bring pictures of themselves in their mothers' arms.
The journey is hard for the Mexicans but harder still for Enrique and the others from Central America. They must make an illegal and dangerous trek up the length of Mexico. Counselors and immigration lawyers say only half of them get help from smugglers. The rest travel alone. They are cold, hungry, and helpless. They are hunted like animals by corrupt police, bandits, and gang members deported from the United States. A University of Houston study found that most are robbed, beaten, or raped, usually several times. Some are killed.
They set out with little or no money. Thousands, shelter workers say, make their way through Mexico clinging to the sides and tops of freight trains. Since the 1990s, Mexico and the United States have tried to thwart them. To evade Mexican police and immigration authorities, the children jump onto and off of the moving train cars. Sometimes they fall, and the wheels tear them apart.
They navigate by word of mouth or by the arc of the sun. Often, they don't know where or when they'll get their next meal. Some go days without eating. If a train stops even briefly, they crouch by the tracks, cup their hands, and steal sips of water from shiny puddles tainted with diesel fuel. At night, they huddle together on the train cars or next to the tracks. They sleep in trees, in tall grass, or in beds made of leaves.
Some are very young. Mexican rail workers have encountered seven-year-olds on their way to find their mothers. A policeman discovered a nine-year-old boy near the downtown Los Angeles tracks. "I'm looking for my mother," he said. The youngster had left Puerto Cortes in Honduras three months before. He had been guided only by his cunning and the single thing he knew about her: where she lived. He had asked everyone, "How do I get to San Francisco?"
Typically, the children are teenagers. Some were babies when their mothers left; they know them only by pictures sent home. Others, a bit older, struggle to hold on to memories: One has slept in her mother's bed; another has smelled her perfume, put on her deodorant, her clothes. One is old enough to remember his mother's face, another her laugh, her favorite shade of lipstick, how her dress felt as she stood at the stove patting tortillas.
Many, including Enrique, begin to idealize their mothers. They remember how their mothers fed and bathed them, how they walked them to kindergarten. In their absence, these mothers become larger than life. Although in the United States the women struggle to pay rent and eat, in the imaginations of their children back home they become deliverance itself, the answer to every problem. Finding them becomes the quest for the Holy Grail.
Enrique is bewildered. Who will take care of him now that his mother is gone? Lourdes, unable to burden her family with both of her children, has split them up. Belky stayed with Lourdes's mother and sisters. For two years, Enrique is entrusted to his father, Luis, from whom his mother has been separated for three years.
Enrique clings to his daddy, who dotes on him. A bricklayer, his father takes Enrique to work and lets him help mix mortar. They live with Enrique's grandmother. His father shares a bed with him and brings him apples and clothes. Every month, Enrique misses his mother less, but he does not forget her. "When is she coming for me?" he asks.
Lourdes and her smuggler cross Mexico on buses. Each afternoon, she closes her eyes. She imagines herself home at dusk, playing with Enrique under a eucalyptus tree in her mother's front yard. Enrique straddles a broom, pretending it's a donkey, trotting around the muddy yard. Each afternoon, she presses her eyes shut and tears fall. Each afternoon, she reminds herself that if she is weak, if she does not keep moving forward, her children will pay.
Lourdes crosses into the United States in one of the largest immigrant waves in the country's history. She enters at night through a rat-infested Tijuana sewage tunnel and makes her way to Los Angeles. There, in the downtown Greyhound bus terminal, the smuggler tells Lourdes to wait while he runs a quick errand. He'll be right back. The smuggler has been paid to take her all the way to Miami.
Three days pass. Lourdes musses her filthy hair, trying to blend in with the homeless and not get singled out by police. She prays to God to put someone before her, to show her the way. Whom can she reach out to for help? Starved, she starts walking. East of downtown, Lourdes spots a small factory. On the loading dock, under a gray tin roof, women sort red and green tomatoes. She begs for work. As she puts tomatoes into boxes, she hallucinates that she is slicing open a juicy one and sprinkling it with salt. The boss pays her $14 for two hours' work. Lourdes's brother has a friend in Los Angeles who helps Lourdes get a fake Social Security card and a job.
She moves in with a Beverly Hills couple to take care of their three-year-old daughter. Their spacious home has carpet on the floors and mahogany panels on the walls. Her employers are kind. They pay her $125 a week. She gets nights and weekends off. Maybe, Lourdes tells herself -- if she stays long enough -- they will help her become legal.
Every morning as the couple leave for work, the little girl cries for her mother. Lourdes feeds her breakfast and thinks of Enrique and Belky. She asks herself: "Do my children cry like this? I'm giving this girl food instead of feeding my own children." To get the girl to eat, Lourdes pretends the spoon is an airplane. But each time the spoon lands in the girl's mouth, Lourdes is filled with sadness.
In the afternoon, after the girl comes home from pre-kindergarten class, they thumb through picture books and play. The girl, so close to Enrique's age, is a constant reminder of her son. Many afternoons, Lourdes cannot contain her grief. She gives the girl a toy and dashes into the kitchen. There, out of sight, tears flow. After seven months, she cannot take it. She quits and moves to a friend's place in Long Beach.
Boxes arrive in Tegucigalpa bearing clothes, shoes, toy cars, a Robocop doll, a television. Lourdes writes: Do they like the things she is sending? She tells Enrique to behave, to study hard. She has hopes for him: graduation from high school, a white-collar job, maybe as an engineer. She pictures her son working in a crisp shirt and shiny shoes. She says she loves him.
Enrique asks about his mother. "She'll be home soon," his grandmother assures him. "Don't worry. She'll be back."
But his mother does not come. Her disappearance is incomprehensible. Enrique's bewilderment turns to confusion and then to adolescent anger.
When Enrique is seven, his father brings a woman home. To her, Enrique is an economic burden. One morning, she spills hot cocoa and burns him. His father throws her out. But their separation is brief.
"Mom," Enrique's father tells the grandmother, "I can't think of anyone but that woman."
Enrique's father bathes, dresses, splashes on cologne, and follows her. Enrique tags along and begs to stay with him. But his father tells him to go back to his grandmother.
His father begins a new family. Enrique sees him rarely, usually by chance. In time, Enrique's love turns to contempt. "He doesn't love me. He loves the children he has with his wife," he tells Belky. "I don't have a dad."
His father notices. "He looks at me as if he wasn't my son, as if he wants to strangle me," he tells Enrique's grandmother. Most of the blame, his father decides, belongs to Enrique's mother. "She is the one who promised to come back."
For Belky, their mother's disappearance is just as distressing. She lives with Aunt Rosa Amalia, one of her mother's sisters. On Mother's Day, Belky struggles through a celebration at school. That night she cries quietly, alone in her room. Then she scolds herself. She should thank her mother for leaving; without the money she sends for books and uniforms, Belky could not even attend school. She reminds herself of all the other things her mother ships south: Reebok tennis shoes, black sandals, the yellow bear and pink puppy stuffed toys on her bed. She commiserates with a friend whose mother has also left. They console each other. They know a girl whose mother died of a heart attack. At least, they say, ours are alive.
But Rosa Amalia thinks the separation has caused deep emotional problems. To her, it seems that Belky is struggling with an unavoidable question: How can I be worth anything if my mother left me?
"There are days," Belky tells Aunt Rosa Amalia, "when I wake up and feel so alone." Belky is temperamental. Sometimes she stops talking to everyone. When her mood turns dark, her grandmother warns the other children in the house, "P—rtense bien porque la marea anda brava! You better behave, because the seas are choppy!"
Confused by his mother's absence, Enrique turns to his grandmother. Alone now, he and his father's elderly mother share a shack thirty feet square. Maria Marcos built it herself of wooden slats. Enrique can see daylight in the cracks. It has four rooms, three without electricity. There is no running water. Gutters carry rain off the patched tin roof into two barrels. A trickle of cloudy white sewage runs past the front gate. On a well-worn rock nearby, Enrique's grandmother washes musty used clothing she sells door to door. Next to the rock is the la-trine -- a concrete hole. Beside it are buckets for bathing.
The shack is in Carrizal, one of Tegucigalpa's poorest neighborhoods. Sometimes Enrique looks across the rolling hills to the neighborhood where he and his mother lived and where Belky still lives with their mother's family. They are six miles apart. They hardly ever visit.
Lourdes sends Enrique $50 a month, occasionally $100, sometimes nothing. It is enough for food but not for school clothes, fees, notebooks, or pencils, which are expensive in Honduras. There is never enough for a birthday present. But Grandmother Maria hugs him and wishes him a cheery Feliz cumpleanos! "Your mom can't send enough," she says, "so we both have to work."
Enrique loves to climb his grandmother's guayaba tree, but there is no more time for play now. After school, Enrique sells tamales and plastic bags of fruit juice from a bucket hung in the crook of his arm. "Tamarindo! Pina!" he shouts.
Sometimes Enrique takes his wares to a service station where diesel-belching buses rumble into Carrizal. Jostling among mango and avocado vendors, he sells cups of diced fruit.
After he turns ten, he rides buses alone to an outdoor food market. He stuffs tiny bags with nutmeg, curry powder, and paprika, then seals them with hot wax. He pauses at big black gates in front of the market and calls out, "Va a querer especias? Who wants spices?" He has no vendor's license, so he keeps moving, darting between wooden carts piled with papayas. Younger children, five and six years old, dot the curbs, thrusting fistfuls of tomatoes and chiles at shoppers. Others offer to carry purchases of fruits and vegetables from stall to stall in rustic wooden wheelbarrows in exchange for tips. "Te ayudo? May I help you?" they ask. Arms taut, backs stooped, the boys heave forward, their carts bulging.
In between sales, some of the young market workers sniff glue.
Grandmother Maria cooks plantains, spaghetti, and fresh eggs. Now and then, she kills a chicken and prepares it for him. In return, when she is sick, Enrique rubs medicine on her back. He brings water to her in bed. Two or three times a week, Enrique lugs buckets filled with drinking water, one on each shoulder, from the water truck at the bottom of the hill up to his grandmother's house.
Every year on Mother's Day, he makes a heart-shaped card at school and presses it into her hand. "I love you very much, Grandma," he writes.
But she is not his mother. Enrique longs to hear Lourdes's voice. Once he tries to call her collect from a public telephone in his neighborhood. He can't get the call to go through. His only way of talking to her is at the home of his mother's cousin Maria Edelmira Sanchez Mejia, one of the few family members who has a telephone. His mother seldom calls. One year she does not call at all.
"I thought you had died, girl!" Maria Edelmira says, when she finally does call.
Better to send money, Lourdes replies, than burn it up on the phone. But there is another reason she hasn't called: her life in the United States is nothing like the television images she saw in Honduras.
Lourdes shares an apartment bedroom with three other women. She sleeps on the floor. A boyfriend from Honduras, Santos, joins her in Long Beach. Lourdes is hopeful. She's noticed that her good friend Alma saves much faster now that she has moved in with a Mexican boyfriend. The boyfriend pays Alma's rent and bills. Alma can shop for her two girls in Honduras at nice stores such as JCPenney and Sears. She's saving to build a house in Honduras.
Santos, who once worked with Lourdes's stepfather as a bricklayer, is such a speedy worker that in Honduras his nickname was El Veloz. With Santos here, Lourdes tells herself, she will save enough to bring her children within two years. If not, she will take her savings and return to Honduras to build a little house and corner grocery store.
Lourdes unintentionally gets pregnant. She struggles through the difficult pregnancy, working in a refrigerated fish factory, packing and weighing salmon and catfish all day. Her water breaks at five one summer morning. Lourdes's boyfriend, who likes to get drunk, goes to a bar to celebrate. He asks a female bar buddy to take Lourdes to the public hospital. Lourdes's temperature shoots up to 105 degrees. She becomes delirious. The bar buddy wipes sweat dripping from Lourdes's brow. "Bring my mother. Bring my mother," Lourdes moans. Lourdes has trouble breathing. A nurse slips an oxygen mask over her face. She gives birth to a girl, Diana.
After two days, Lourdes must leave the hospital. She is still sick and weak. The hospital will hold her baby one more day. Santos has never shown up at the hospital. He isn't answering their home telephone. His drinking buddy has taken Lourdes's clothes back to her apartment. Lourdes leaves the hospital wearing a blue paper disposable robe. She doesn't even have a pair of underwear. She sits in her apartment kitchen and sobs, longing for her mother, her sister, anyone familiar.
Santos returns the next morning, after a three-day drinking binge. "Ya vino? Has it arrived?" He passes out before Lourdes can answer. Lourdes goes, alone, to get Diana from the hospital.
Santos loses his job making airplane parts. Lourdes falls on a pallet and hurts her shoulder. She complains to her employer about the pain. Two months after Diana's birth, she is fired. She gets a job at a pizzeria and bar. Santos doesn't want her to work there. One night, Santos is drunk and jealous that Lourdes has given a male co-worker a ride home. He punches Lourdes in the chest, knocking her to the ground. The next morning, there is coagulated blood under the skin on her breast. "I won't put up with this," Lourdes tells herself.
When Diana is one year old, Santos decides to visit Honduras. He promises to choose wise investments there and multiply the several thousand dollars the couple has scrimped to save. Instead, Santos spends the money on a long drinking binge with a fifteen-year-old girl on his arm. He doesn't call Lourdes again.
By the time Santos is gone for two months, Lourdes can no longer make car and apartment payments. She rents a garage -- really a converted single carport. The owners have thrown up some walls, put in a door, and installed a toilet. There is no kitchen. It costs $300 a month.
Lourdes and Diana, now two years old, share a mattress on the concrete floor. The roof leaks, the garage floods, and slugs inch up the mattress and into bed. She can't buy milk or diapers or take her daughter to the doctor when she gets sick. Sometimes they live on emergency welfare.
Unemployed, unable to send money to her children in Honduras, Lourdes takes the one job available: work as a fichera at a Long Beach bar called El Mar Azul Bar #1. It has two pool tables, a long bar with vinyl stools, and a red-and-blue neon facade. Lourdes's job is to sit at the bar, chat with patrons, and encourage them to keep buying grossly overpriced drinks for her. Her first day is filled with shame. She imagines that her brothers are sitting at the bar, judging her. What if someone she knows walks into the bar, recognizes her, and word somehow gets back to Lourdes's mother in Honduras? Lourdes sits in the darkest corner of the bar and begins to cry. "What am I doing here?" she asks herself. "Is this going to be my life?" For nine months, she spends night after night patiently listening to drunken men talk about their problems, how they miss their wives and children left behind in Mexico.
A friend helps Lourdes get work cleaning oil refinery offices and houses by day and ringing up gasoline and cigarette sales at a gas station at night. Lourdes drops her daughter off at school at 7 A.M., cleans all day, picks Diana up at 5 P.M., drops her at a babysitter, then goes back to work until 2 A.M. She fetches Diana and collapses into bed. She has four hours to sleep.
Some of the people whose houses she cleans are kind. One woman in Redondo Beach always cooks Lourdes lunch and leaves it on the stove for her. Another woman offers, "Anything you want to eat, there is the fridge." Lourdes tells both, "God bless you."
Others seem to revel in her humiliation. One woman in posh Palos Verdes demands that she scrub her living room and kitchen floors on her knees instead of with a mop. It exacerbates her arthritis. She walks like an old lady some days. The cleaning liquids cause her skin to slough off her knees, which sometimes bleed. The woman never offers Lourdes a glass of water.
There are good months, though, when she can earn $1,000 to $1,200 cleaning offices and homes. She takes extra jobs, one at a candy factory for $2.25 an hour. Besides the cash for Enrique, every month she sends $50 each to her mother and Belky.
Those are her happiest moments, when she can wire money. Her greatest dread is when there is no work and she can't. That and random gang shootings. "La muerte nunca te avisa cuando viene," Lourdes says. "Death never announces when it is going to come." A small park near her apartment is a gang hangout. When Lourdes returns home in the middle of the night, gangsters come up and ask for money. She always hands over three dollars, sometimes five. What would happen to her children if she died?
The money Lourdes sends is no substitute for her presence. Belky, now nine, is furious about the new baby. Their mother might lose interest in her and Enrique, and the baby will make it harder to wire money and save so she can bring them north. "How can she have more children now?" Belky asks.
For Enrique, each telephone call grows more strained. Because he lives across town, he is not often lucky enough to be at Maria Edelmira's house when his mother phones. When he is, their talk is clipped and anxious. Quietly, however, one of these conversations plants the seed of an idea. Unwittingly, Lourdes sows it herself.
"When are you coming home?" Enrique asks. She avoids an answer. Instead, she promises to send for him very soon.
It had never occurred to him: If she will not come home, then maybe he can go to her. Neither he nor his mother realizes it, but this kernel of an idea will take root. From now on, whenever Enrique speaks to her, he ends by saying, "I want to be with you."
"Come home," Lourdes's own mother begs her on the telephone. "It may only be beans, but you always have food here." Pride forbids it. How can she justify leaving her children if she returns empty-handed? Four blocks from her mother's place is a white house with purple trim. It takes up half a block behind black iron gates. The house belongs to a woman whose children went to Washington, D.C., and sent her the money to build it. Lourdes cannot afford such a house for her mother, much less herself.
But she develops a plan. She will become a resident and bring her children to the United States legally. Three times, she hires storefront immigration counselors who promise help. She pays them a total of $3,850. But the counselors never deliver.
One is a supposed attorney near downtown Los Angeles. Another is a blind man who says he once worked at the INS. Lourdes's friends say he's helped them get work papers. A woman in Long Beach, whose house she cleans, agrees to sponsor her residency. The blind man dies of diabetes. Soon after, Lourdes gets a letter from the INS. Petition denied.
She must try again. A chance to get her papers comes from someone Lourdes trusts. Dominga is an older woman with whom Lourdes shares an apartment. Dominga has become Lourdes's surrogate mother. She loans Lourdes money when she runs short. She gives her advice on how to save so she can bring her children north. When Lourdes comes home late, she leaves her tamales or soup on the table, under the black velvet picture of the Last Supper.
Dominga is at the Los Angeles INS office. She's there to try to help a son arrested in an immigration raid. A woman walks up to her in the hallway. My name, she tells Dominga, is Gloria Patel. I am a lawyer. I have friends inside the INS who can help your son become legal. In fact, I work for someone inside the INS. She hands Dominga her business card. IMMIGRATION CONSULTANT. LEGAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. It has a drawing of the Statue of Liberty. Residency costs $3,000 per person up front, $5,000 total. Find five or six interested immigrants, the woman tells Dominga, and I'll throw in your son's residency papers for free.
"I found a woman, a great attorney!" Dominga tells Lourdes. "She can make us legal in one month." At most, three months. Dominga convinces other immigrants in her apartment complex to sign up. Initially, the recruits are skeptical. Some accompany Dominga to Patel's office. It is a suite in a nice building that also houses the Guatemalan Consulate. The waiting room is full. Two men loudly discuss how Patel has been successful in legalizing their family members. Patel shows Dominga papers -- proof, she says, that her son's legalization process is already under way.
They leave the office grateful that Patel has agreed to slash her fee to $3,500 and require only $1,000 per person as a first installment. Lourdes gives Patel what she has: $800.
Soon Patel demands final payments from everyone to keep going. Lourdes balks. Should she be sending this money to her children in Honduras instead? She talks to Patel on the phone. She claims to be Salvadoran but sounds Colombian.
Patel is a smooth talker. "How are you going to lose out on this amazing opportunity? Almost no one has this opportunity! And for this incredible price."
"It's that there are a lot of thieves here. And I don't earn much."
"Who said I'm going to rob you?"
Lourdes prays. God, all these years, I have asked you for only one thing: to be with my children again. She hands over another $700. Others pay the entire $3,500.
Patel promises to send everyone's legalization papers in the mail. A week after mailing in the last payments, several migrants go back to her office to see how things are going. The office is shuttered. Gloria Patel is gone. Others in the building say she had rented space for one month. The papers the migrants were shown were filled-out applications, nothing more.
Lourdes berates herself for not dating an American who asked her out long ago. She could have married him, maybe even had her children here by now...
Lourdes wants to give her son and daughter some hope. "I'll be back next Christmas," she tells Enrique.
Enrique fantasizes about Lourdes's expected homecoming in December. In his mind, she arrives at the door with a box of Nike shoes for him. "Stay," he pleads. "Live with me. Work here. When I'm older, I can help you work and make money."
Christmas arrives, and he waits by the door. She does not come. Every year, she promises. Each year, he is disappointed. Confusion finally grows into anger. "I need her. I miss her," he tells his sister. "I want to be with my mother. I see so many children with mothers. I want that."
One day, he asks his grandmother, "How did my mom get to the United States?" Years later, Enrique will remember his grandmother's reply -- and how another seed was planted: "Maybe," Maria says, "she went on the trains."
"What are the trains like?"
"They are very, very dangerous," his grandmother says. "Many people die on the trains."
When Enrique is twelve, Lourdes tells him yet again that she will come home.
"S'," he replies. "Va, pues. Sure. Sure."
Enrique senses a truth: Very few mothers ever return. He tells her that he doesn't think she is coming back. To himself, he says, "It's all one big lie."
The calls grow tense. "Come home," he demands. "Why do you want to be there?"
"It's all gone to help raise you."
Lourdes has nightmares about going back, even to visit, without residency documents. In the dreams, she hugs her children, then realizes she has to return to the United States so they can eat well and study. The plates on the table are empty. But she has no money for a smuggler. She tries to go back on her own. The path becomes a labyrinth. She runs through zigzagging corridors. She always ends up back at the starting point. Each time, she awakens in a sweat.
Another nightmare replays an incident when Belky was two years old. Lourdes has potty-trained her daughter. But Belky keeps pooping in her pants. "Puerca! You pig!" Lourdes scolds her daughter. Once, Lourdes snaps. She kicks Belky in the bottom. The toddler falls and hits her face on the corner of a door. Her lip splits open. Lourdes can't reach out and console her daughter. Each time, she awakens with Belky's screams ringing in her ears.
All along, Enrique's mother has written very little; she is barely literate and embarrassed by it. Now her letters stop.
Every time Enrique sees Belky, he asks, "When is our mom coming? When will she send for us?"
Lourdes does consider hiring a smuggler to bring the children but fears the danger. The coyotes, as they are called, are often alcoholics or drug addicts. Usually, a chain of smugglers is used to make the trip. Children are passed from one stranger to another. Sometimes the smugglers abandon their charges.
Lourdes is continually reminded of the risks. One of her best friends in Long Beach pays for a smuggler to bring her sister from El Salvador. During her journey, the sister calls Long Beach to give regular updates on her progress through Mexico. The calls abruptly stop.
Two months later, the family hears from a man who was among the group headed north. The smugglers put twenty-four migrants into an overloaded boat in Mexico, he says. It tipped over. All but four drowned. Some bodies were swept out to sea. Others were buried along the beach, including the missing sister. He leads the family to a Mexican beach. There they unearth the sister's decomposed body. She is still wearing her high school graduation ring.
Another friend is panic-stricken when her three-year-old son is caught by Border Patrol agents as a smuggler tries to cross him into the United States. For a week, Lourdes's friend doesn't know what's become of her toddler.
Lourdes learns that many smugglers ditch children at the first sign of trouble. Government-run foster homes in Mexico get migrant children whom authorities find abandoned in airports and bus stations and on the streets. Children as young as three, bewildered, desperate, populate these foster homes.
V'ctor Flores, four years old, maybe five, was abandoned on a bus by a female smuggler. He carries no identification, no telephone number. He ends up at Casa Pamar, a foster home in Tapachula, Mexico, just north of the Guatemalan border. It broadcasts their pictures on Central American television so family members might rescue them.
The boy gives his name to Sara Isela Hernandez Herrera, a coordinator at the home, but says he does not know how old he is or where he is from. He says his mother has gone to the United States. He holds Hernandez's hand with all his might and will not leave her side. He asks for hugs. Within hours, he begins calling her Mama.
When she leaves work every afternoon, he pleads in a tiny voice for her to stay -- or at least to take him with her. She gives him a jar of strawberry marmalade and strokes his hair. "I have a family," he says, sadly. "They are far away."
Francisco Gaspar, twelve, from Concepci—n Huixtla in Guatemala, is terrified. He sits in a hallway at a Mexican immigration holding tank in Tapachula. With a corner of his Charlie Brown T-shirt, he dabs at tears running down his chin. He is waiting to be deported. His smuggler left him behind at Tepic, in the western coastal state of Nayarit. "He didn't see that I hadn't gotten on the train," Francisco says between sobs. His short legs had kept him from scrambling aboard. Immigration agents caught him and bused him to Tapachula.
Francisco left Guatemala after his parents died. He pulls a tiny scrap of paper from a pants pocket with the telephone number of his uncle Marcos in Florida. "I was going to the United States to harvest chiles," he says. "Please help me! Please help me!"
Clutching a handmade cross of plastic beads on a string around his neck, he leaves his chair and moves frantically from one stranger to another in the hallway. His tiny chest heaves. His face contorts in agony. He is crying so hard that he struggles for breath. He asks each of the other migrants to help him get back to his smuggler in Tepic. He touches their hands. "Please take me back to Tepic! Please! Please!"
For Lourdes, the disappearance of her ex-boyfriend, Santos, hits closest to home. When Diana is four years old, her father returns to Long Beach. Soon after, Santos is snared in an INS raid of day laborers waiting for work on a street corner and deported. Lourdes hears he has again left Honduras headed for the United States. He never arrives. Not even his mother in Honduras knows what has happened to him. Eventually, Lourdes concludes that he has died in Mexico or drowned in the Rio Grande.
"Do I want to have them with me so badly," she asks herself of her children, "that I'm willing to risk their losing their lives?" Besides, she does not want Enrique to come to California. There are too many gangs, drugs, and crimes.
In any event, she has not saved enough. The cheapest coyote, immigrant advocates say, charges $3,000 per child. Female coyotes want up to $6,000. A top smuggler will bring a child by commercial flight for $10,000. She must save enough to bring both children at once. If not, the one left in Honduras will think she loves him or her less.
Enrique despairs. He will simply have to do it himself. He will go find her. He will ride the trains. "I want to come," he tells her.
Don't even joke about it, she says. It is too dangerous. Be patient.
Now Enrique's anger boils over. He refuses to make his Mother's Day card at school. He begins hitting other kids. At recess, he lifts schoolgirls' skirts. When a teacher tries to make him behave by smacking him with a large ruler, Enrique grabs the end of the ruler and refuses to let go, making the teacher cry.
He stands on top of the teacher's desk and bellows, "Who is Enrique?"
"You!" the class replies.
Three times, he is suspended. Twice he repeats a grade. But Enrique never abandons his promise to study. Unlike half the children from his neighborhood, he completes elementary school. There is a small ceremony. A teacher hugs him and mutters, "Thank God, Enrique's out of here."
He stands proud in a blue gown and mortarboard. But nobody from his mother's family comes to the graduation.
Now he is fourteen, a teenager. He spends more time on the streets of Carrizal, which is controlled by the Poison gang and is quickly becoming one of Tegucigalpa's toughest neighborhoods. His grandmother tells him to come home early. But he plays soccer until midnight. He refuses to sell spices. It is embarrassing when girls see him peddle fruit cups or when they hear someone call him "the tamale man." Sometimes his grandmother pulls out a belt at night when Enrique is naked in bed and therefore unable to quickly escape her punishment by running outside. "Ahora vamos a areglar las cuentas. Now we are going to settle the score," she says. She keeps count, inflicting one lash for each time Enrique has misbehaved.
Enrique has no parent to protect him on the streets of Car-rizal. He makes up for it by cultivating a tougher image. When he walks alongside his grandmother, he hides his Bible under
his shirt so no one will know they are headed to church.
Soon, he stops going to church at all.
"Don't hang out with bad boys," Grandmother Maria says.
"You can't pick my friends!" Enrique retorts. She is not his mother, he tells her, and she has no right to tell him what to do. He stays out all night.
His grandmother waits up for him, crying. "Why are you doing this to me?" she asks. "Don't you love me? I am going to send you away."
"Send me! No one loves me."
But she says she does love him. She only wants him to work and to be honorable, so that he can hold his head up high.
He replies that he will do what he wants.
Enrique has become her youngest child. "Please bury me," she says. "Stay with me. If you do, all this is yours." She prays that she can hold on to him until his mother sends for him. But her own children say Enrique has to go: she is seventy, and he will bury her, all right, by sending her to the grave.
Sadly, she writes to Lourdes: You must find him another home.
To Enrique, it is another rejection. First his mother, then his father, and now his grandmother.
Lourdes arranges for her eldest brother, Marco Antonio Zablah, to take him in. Marco will help Enrique, just as he helped Lourdes when she was Enrique's age. Marco once took in Lourdes to help ease the burden on their mother, who was struggling to feed so many children.
Her gifts arrive steadily. She sends Enrique an orange polo shirt, a pair of blue pants, a radio cassette player. She is proud that her money pays Belky's tuition at a private high school and eventually a college, to study accounting. In a country where nearly half live on $1 or less a day, kids from poor neighborhoods almost never go to college.
Money from Lourdes helps Enrique, too, and he realizes it. If she were here, he knows where he might well be: scavenging in the trash dump across town. Lourdes knows it, too; as a girl, she herself worked the dump. Enrique knows children as young as six or seven whose single mothers have stayed at home and who have had to root through the waste in order to eat.
Truck after truck rumbles onto the hilltop. Dozens of adults and children fight for position. Each truck dumps its load. Feverishly, the scavengers reach up into the sliding ooze to pluck out bits of plastic, wood, and tin. The trash squishes beneath their feet, moistened by loads from hospitals, full of blood and placentas. Occasionally a child, with hands blackened by garbage, picks up a piece of stale bread and eats it. As the youngsters sort through the stinking stew, thousands of sleek, black buzzards soar in a dark, swirling cloud and defecate on the people below.
Enrique sees other children who must work hard jobs. A block from where Lourdes grew up, children gather on a large pile of sawdust left by a lumber mill. Barefoot atop the peach-colored mound, their faces smeared with dirt, they quickly scoop the sawdust into rusty tin cans and dump it into big white plastic bags. They lug the bags half a mile up a hill. There, they sell the sawdust to families, who use it as kindling or to dry mud around their houses. An eleven-year-old boy has been hauling sawdust for three years, three trips up the hill each day. The earnings buy clothes, shoes, and paper for school.
Others in the neighborhood go door-to-door, offering to burn household trash for change. One afternoon, three children, ages eight to ten, line up in front of their mother, who loads them down with logs of wood to deliver. "Give me three!" one boy says. She lays a rag and then several pieces of wood atop his right shoulder.
In one neighborhood near where Enrique's mother grew up, fifty-two children arrive at kindergarten each morning. Forty-four arrive barefoot. An aide reaches into a basket and places a pair of shoes into each one's hands. At 4 P.M., before they leave, the children must return the shoes to the basket. If they take the shoes home, their mothers will sell them for food.
Black rats and a pig root around in a ravine where the children play.
At dinnertime, the mothers count out three tortillas for each child. If there are no tortillas, they try to fill their children's bellies with a glass of water with a teaspoon of sugar mixed in.
A year after Enrique goes to live with his uncle, Lourdes calls -- this time from North Carolina. "California is too hard," she says. "There are too many immigrants." Employers pay poorly and treat them badly. Even with two jobs, she couldn't save. She has followed a female friend to North Carolina and started over again. It is her only hope of bettering her lot and seeing her children again. She sold everything in California -- her old Ford, a chest of drawers, a television, the bed she shares with her daughter. It netted $800 for the move.
Here people are less hostile. She can leave her car, even her house, unlocked. Work is plentiful. She quickly lands a job as a waitress at a Mexican restaurant. She finds a room to rent in a trailer home for just $150 a month -- half of what the small garage cost her in Los Angeles. She starts to save. Maybe if she amasses $4,000, her brother Marco will help her invest it in Honduras. Maybe she'll be able to go home. Lourdes gets a better job on an assembly line for $9.05 an hour -- $13.50 when she works overtime.
Going home would resolve a problem that has weighed heavily on Lourdes: Diana's delayed baptism. Lourdes has held off, hoping to baptize her daughter in Honduras with Honduran godparents. A baptism would lift Lourdes's constant concern that Diana's unexpected death will send her daughter to purgatory.
Lourdes has met someone, a house painter from Honduras, and they are moving in together. He, too, has two children in Honduras. He is kind and gentle, a quiet man with good manners. He gives Lourdes advice. He helps ease her loneliness. He takes Lourdes and her daughter to the park on Sundays. For a while, when Lourdes works two restaurant jobs, he picks her up when her second shift ends at 11 P.M., so they can share a few moments together. They call each other "honey." They fall in love.
Enrique misses Lourdes enormously. But Uncle Marco and his girlfriend treat him well. Marco is a money changer on the Honduran border. It has been lucrative work, augmented by a group that for years has been in constant need of his services: U.S.-funded Nicaraguan contras across the border. Marco's family, including a son, lives in a five-bedroom house in a middle-class neighborhood of Tegucigalpa. Uncle Marco gives Enrique a daily allowance, buys him clothes, and sends him to a private military school in the evenings.
By day, Enrique runs errands for his uncle, washes his five cars, follows him everywhere. His uncle pays as much attention to him as he does his own son, if not more. Often, Marco plays billiards with Enrique. They watch movies together. Enrique sees New York City's spectacular skyline, Las Vegas's shimmering lights, Disneyland's magic castle. Negrito, Marco calls Enrique fondly, because of his dark skin. Marco and Enrique stand the same way, a little bowlegged, with the hips tucked forward. Although he is in his teens, Enrique is small, just shy of five feet, even when he straightens up from a slight stoop. He has a big smile and perfect teeth.
His uncle trusts him, even to make bank deposits. He tells Enrique, "I want you to work with me forever." Enrique senses that Uncle Marco loves him, and he values his advice.
One week, as his uncle's security guard returns from trading Honduran lempiras, robbers drag the guard off a bus and kill him. The guard has a son twenty-three years old, and the slaying impels the young man to go to the United States. He comes back before crossing the Rio Grande and tells Enrique about riding on trains, leaping off rolling freight cars, and dodging la migra, Mexican immigration agents.
Because of the security guard's murder, Marco swears that he will never change money again. A few months later, though, he gets a call. For a large commission, would he exchange $50,000 in lempiras on the border with El Salvador? Uncle Marco promises that this will be the last time.
Enrique wants to go with him, but his uncle says he is too young. He takes Victor, one of his own brothers, instead. Robbers riddle their car with bullets. Enrique's uncles careen off the road. The thieves shoot Uncle Marco three times in the chest and once in the leg. They shoot Victor in the face. Both die. Now Uncle Marco is gone.
In nine years, Lourdes has saved $700 toward bringing her children to the United States. Instead, she uses it to help pay for her brothers' funerals.
Lourdes goes into a tailspin. Marco had visited her once, shortly after she arrived in Long Beach. She had not seen Victor since leaving Honduras. If the dead can appear to the living, Lourdes beseeches God through tears, allow Victor to show himself so she can say good-bye. "Mira, hermanito, I know you are dead. But I want to see you one more time. Come to me. I promise I won't be afraid of you," Lourdes says.
Lourdes angrily swears off Honduras. How could she ever live in such a lawless place? People there are killed like dogs. There are no repercussions. The only way she'll go back now, she tells herself, is by force, if she is deported. Soon after her brothers' deaths, the restaurant where Lourdes works is raided by immigration agents. Every worker is caught up in the sweep. Lourdes is the only one spared. It is her day off.
Lourdes decides to wait no longer. With financial help from her boyfriend, she baptizes seven-year-old Diana. The girl's godparents are a trustworthy Mexican house painter and his wife. Lourdes dresses Diana in a white floor-length dress and tiara. A priest sprinkles her daughter with holy water. Lourdes feels that one worry, at least, has been lifted.
Still, her resolve to stay in the United States brings a new nightmare. One morning at four, she hears her mother's voice. It is loud and clear. Her mother utters her name three times: Lourdes. Lourdes. Lourdes. "Huh?" Lourdes, half awake, bolts up in bed, screaming. This must be an omen that her mother has just died. She is inconsolable. Will she ever see her mother again?
Back in Honduras, within days of the two brothers' deaths, Uncle Marco's girlfriend sells Enrique's television, stereo, and Nintendo game -- all gifts from Marco. Without telling him why, she says, "I don't want you here anymore." She puts his bed out on the street.
Enrique, now fifteen, gathers his clothing and goes to his maternal grandmother. "Can I stay here?" he asks.
This had been his first home, the small stucco house where he and Lourdes lived until Lourdes stepped off the front porch and left. His second home was the wooden shack where he and his father lived with his father's mother, until his father found a new wife and left. His third home was the comfortable house where he lived with his uncle Marco.
Now he is back where he began. Seven people live here already: his grandmother, çgueda Amalia Valladares; two divorced aunts; and four young cousins. They are poor. Gone are Marco's contributions, which helped keep the household financially afloat. çgueda has a new expense: she must raise the young child left by her dead son Victor. The boy's mother left him as a baby to go to the United States and hasn't shown any interest since. "We need money just for food," says his grandmother, who suffers from cataracts. Nonetheless, she takes Enrique in.
She and the others are consumed by the slayings of the two uncles; they pay little attention to Enrique. He grows quiet, introverted. He does not return to school. At first, he shares the front bedroom with an aunt, Mirian, twenty-six. One day she awakens at 2 A.M. Enrique is sobbing quietly in his bed, cradling a picture of Uncle Marco in his arms. Enrique cries off and on for six months. His uncle loved him; without his uncle, he is lost.
Grandmother çgueda quickly sours on Enrique. She grows angry when he comes home late, knocking on her door, rousing the household. About a month later, Aunt Mirian wakes up again in the middle of the night. This time she smells acetone and hears the rustle of plastic. Through the dimness, she sees Enrique in his bed, puffing on a bag. He is sniffing glue.
Enrique is banished to a tiny stone building seven feet behind the house but a world away. It was once a cook shack, where his grandmother prepared food on an open fire. Its walls and ceiling are charred black. It has no electricity. The wooden door pries only partway open. It is dank inside. The single window has no glass, just bars. A few feet beyond is his privy -- a hole with a wooden shanty over it.
The stone hut becomes his home. Now Enrique can do whatever he wants. If he is out all night, no one cares. But to him, it feels like another rejection.
At his uncle's funeral, he notices a shy girl with cascading curls of brown hair. She lives next door with her aunt. She has an inviting smile, a warm manner. At first, Maria Isabel, seventeen, can't stand Enrique. She notices how the teenager, who comes from his uncle Marco's wealthier neighborhood, is neatly dressed and immaculately clean, and wears his hair long. He seems arrogant. "Me cae mal. I don't like him," she tells a friend. Enrique is sure she has assumed that his nice clothes and his seriousness mean he's stuck-up. He persists. He whistles softly as she walks by, hoping to start a conversation. Month after month, Enrique asks the same question: "Would you be my girlfriend?"
"I'll think about it."
The more she rejects him, the more he wants her. He loves her girlish giggle, how she cries easily. He hates it when she flirts with others.
He buys her roses. He gives her a shiny black plaque with a drawing of a boy and girl looking tenderly at each other. It reads, "The person I love is the center of my life and of my heart. The person I love IS YOU." He gives her lotions, a stuffed teddy bear, chocolates. He walks her home after school from night classes two blocks away. He takes her to visit his paternal grandmother across town. Slowly, Maria Isabel warms to him.
The third time Enrique asks if she will be his girlfriend, she says yes.
For Enrique, Maria Isabel isn't just a way to stem the loneliness he's felt since his mother left him. They understand each other, they connect. Maria Isabel has been separated from her parents. She, too, has had to shuffle from home to home.
When she was seven, Maria Isabel followed her mother, Eva, across Honduras to a borrowed hut on a Tegucigalpa mountainside. Like Enrique's mother, Eva was leaving an unfaithful husband.
The hut was twelve by fifteen feet. It had one small wooden window and dirt floors. There was no bathroom. They relieved themselves and showered outdoors or at the neighbor's. There was no electricity. They cooked outside using firewood. They hauled buckets of water up from a relative's home two blocks down the hill. They ate beans and tortillas. Eva, asthmatic, struggled to keep the family fed.
Nine people slept in the hut. They crowded onto two beds and a slim mattress jammed each night into the aisle between the beds. To fit, everyone slept head to foot. Maria Isabel shared one of the beds with three other women.
When she was ten, Maria Isabel ran to catch a delivery truck. "Firewood!" she yelled out to a neighbor, Angela Emerita Nunez, offering to get some for her.
After that, each morning Maria Isabel asked if Angela had a chore for her. Angela liked the sweet, loving girl with coils of hair who always smiled. She admired the fact that she was a hard worker and a fighter, a girl who thrived when her own twin died a month after birth. "Mira," Maria Isabel says, "yo por pereza no me muero del hambre. I will never die out of laziness." Maria Isabel fed and bathed Angela's daughter, helped make tortillas and mop the red-and-gray tile floors. Maria Isabel often ate at Angela's. Eventually, Maria Isabel spent many nights a week at Angela's roomier house, where she had to share a bed with only one other person, Angela's daughter.
Maria Isabel graduated from the sixth grade. Her mother proudly hung Maria Isabel's graduation certificate on the wall of the hut. A good student, she hadn't even asked her mother about going on to junior high. "How would she speak of that? We had no chance to send a child to school that long," says Eva, who never went to school a day and began selling bread from a basket perched on her head when she was twelve.
At sixteen, a fight forced Maria Isabel to move again. The spat was with an older cousin, who thought Maria Isabel was showing interest in her boyfriend. Eva scolded her daughter. Maria Isabel decided to move across town with her aunt Gloria, who lived next door to Enrique's maternal grandmother. Maria Isabel would help Gloria with a small food store she ran out of the front room of her house. To Eva, her daughter's departure was a relief. The family was eating, but not well. Eva was thankful that Gloria had lightened her load.
Gloria's house is modest. The windows have no panes, just wooden shutters. But to Maria Isabel, Gloria's two-bedroom home is wonderful. She and Gloria's daughter have a bedroom to themselves. Besides, Gloria is more easygoing about letting Maria Isabel go out at night to an occasional dance or party, or to the annual county fair. Eva wouldn't hear of such a thing, fearful the neighbors would gossip about her daughter's morals.
A cousin promises to take Maria Isabel to a talk about birth control. Maria Isabel wants to prevent a pregnancy. Enrique desperately wants to get Maria Isabel pregnant. If they have a child together, surely Maria Isabel won't abandon him. So many people have abandoned him.
Near where Enrique lives is a neighborhood called El Infiernito, Little Hell. Some homes there are teepees, stitched together from rags. It is controlled by a street gang, the Mara Salvatrucha. Some members were U.S. residents, living in Los Angeles until 1996, when a federal law began requiring judges to deport them if they committed serious crimes. Now they are active throughout much of Central America and Mexico. Here in El Infiernito, they carry chimbas, guns fashioned from plumbing pipes, and they drink charamila, diluted rubbing alcohol. They ride the buses, robbing passengers. Sometimes they assault people as they are leaving church after Mass.
Enrique and a friend, Jose del Carmen Bustamante, sixteen, venture into El Infiernito to buy marijuana. It is dangerous. On one occasion, Jose, a timid, quiet teenager, is threatened by a man who wraps a chain around his neck. The boys never linger. They take their joints partway up a hill to a billiard hall, where they sit outside smoking and listening to the music that drifts through the open doors.
With them are two other friends. Both have tried to ride freight trains to el Norte. One is known as El Gato, the Cat. He talks about migra agents shooting over his head and how easy it is to be robbed by bandits. In Enrique's marijuana haze, train riding sounds like an adventure. He and Jose resolve to try it soon.
Some nights, at ten or so, they climb a steep, winding path to the top of another hill. Hidden beside a wall scrawled with graffiti, they inhale glue late into the night. One day Maria Isabel turns a street corner and bumps into him. She is overwhelmed. He smells like an open can of paint.
"What's that?" she asks, reeling away from the fumes. "Are you on drugs?"
"No!" Enrique says.
Many sniffers openly carry their glue in baby food jars. They pop the lids and press their mouths to the small openings. Enrique tries to hide his habit. He dabs a bit of glue into a plastic bag and stuffs it into a pocket. Alone, he opens the end over his mouth and inhales, pressing the bottom of the bag toward his face, pushing the fumes into his lungs.
Belky, Enrique's sister, notices cloudy yellow fingerprints on Maria Isabel's jeans: glue, a remnant of Enrique's embrace.
Maria Isabel sees him change. His mouth is sweaty and sticky. He is jumpy and nervous. His eyes grow red. Sometimes they are glassy, half closed. Other times he looks drunk. If she asks a question, the response is delayed. His temper is quick. On a high, he grows quiet, sleepy, and distant. When he comes down, he becomes hysterical and insulting.
Drogo, one of his aunts calls him. Drug addict.
Enrique stares silently. "No one understands me," he tells Belky when she tries to keep him from going out.
His grandmother points to a neighbor with pale, scaly skin who has sniffed glue for a decade. The man can no longer stand up. He drags himself backward on the ground, using his forearms. "Look! That's how you're going to end up," his grandmother tells Enrique.
Enrique fears that he will become like the hundreds of glue-sniffing children he sees downtown.
Some sleep by trash bins. A gray-bearded priest brings them sweet warm milk. He ladles it out of a purple bucket into big bowls. On some days, two dozen of them line up behind his van. Many look half asleep. Some can barely stand. The acrid smell of the glue fills the air. They shuffle forward on blackened feet, sliding the lids off their glue jars to inhale. Then they pull the steaming bowls up to their filthy lips. If the priest tries to take away their glue jars, they cry. Older children beat or sexually abuse the younger ones. In six years, the priest has seen twenty-six die from drugs.
Sometimes Enrique hallucinates that someone is chasing him. He imagines gnomes and fixates on ants. He sees a cartoonlike Winnie-the-Pooh soaring in front of him. He walks, but he cannot feel the ground. Sometimes his legs will not respond. Houses move. Occasionally, the floor falls.
Once he almost throws himself off the hill where he and his friend sniff glue. For two particularly bad weeks, he doesn't recognize family members. His hands tremble. He coughs black phlegm.
No one tells Enrique's mother. Why worry her? Lourdes has enough troubles. She is three months behind in school payments for Belky, and the school is threatening not to let her take final exams.
Enrique marks his sixteenth birthday. All he wants is his mother. One Sunday, he and his friend Jose put train riding to the test. They leave for el Norte.
At first, no one notices. They take buses across Guatemala to the Mexican border. "I have a mom in the United States," Enrique tells a guard.
"Go home," the man replies.
They slip past the guard and make their way twelve miles into Mexico to Tapachula. There they approach a freight train near the depot. But before they can reach the tracks, police stop them. The officers rob them, the boys say later, but then let them go -- Jose first, Enrique afterward.
They find each other and another train. Now, for the first time, Enrique clambers aboard. The train crawls out of the Tapachula station. From here on, he thinks, nothing bad can happen.
They know nothing about riding the rails. Jose is terrified. Enrique, who is braver, jumps from car to car on the slow-moving train. He slips and falls -- away from the tracks, luck-ily -- and lands on a backpack padded with a shirt and an extra pair of pants.
He scrambles aboard again. But their odyssey comes to a humiliating halt. Near Tierra Blanca, a small town in Veracruz, authorities snatch them from the top of a freight car. The officers take them to a cell filled with MS gangsters, then deport them. Enrique is bruised and limping, and he misses Maria Isabel. They find coconuts to sell for bus fare and go home.
A DECISION
Enrique sinks deeper into drugs. By mid-December, he owes his marijuana supplier 6,000 lempiras, about $400. He has only 1,000 lempiras. He promises the rest by midweek but cannot keep his word. The following weekend, he encounters the dealer on the street.
"I'm going to kill you," the dealer tells Enrique. "You lied to me."
"Calm down," Enrique says, trying not to show any fear. "I'll give you your money."
"If you don't pay up," the supplier vows, "I'll kill your sister."
The dealer mistakenly thinks that Enrique's cousin Tania Ninoska Turcios, eighteen, is his sister. Both girls are finishing high school, and most of the family is away at a Nicaraguan hotel celebrating their graduation.
Enrique pries open the back door to the house where his uncle Carlos Orlando Turcios Ramos and aunt Rosa Amalia live. He hesitates. How can he do this to his own family? Three times, he walks up to the door, opens it, closes it, and leaves. Each time, he takes another deep hit of glue. He knows the dealer who threatened him has spent time in jail and owns a .57-caliber gun.
"It's the only way out," he tells himself finally, his mind spinning.
Finally, he enters the house, picks open the lock to a bedroom door, then jimmies the back of his aunt's armoire with a knife. He stuffs twenty-five pieces of her jewelry into a plastic bag and hides it under a rock near the local lumberyard.
At 10 P.M., the family returns to find the bedroom ransacked.
Neighbors say the dog did not bark.
"It must have been Enrique," Aunt Rosa Amalia says. She calls the police. Uncle Carlos and several officers go to find him.
"What's up?" he asks. He has come down off his high.
"Why did you do this? Why?" Aunt Rosa Amalia yells.
"It wasn't me." As soon as he says it, he flushes with shame and guilt. The police handcuff him. In their patrol car, he trembles and begins to cry. "I was drugged. I didn't want to do it." He tells the officers that a dealer wanting money had threatened to kill Tania.
He leads police to the bag of jewelry.
"Do you want us to lock him up?" the police ask.
Uncle Carlos thinks of Lourdes. They cannot do this to her. Instead, he orders Tania to stay indoors indefinitely, for her own safety.
But the robbery finally convinces Uncle Carlos that Enrique needs help. He finds him a $15-a-week job at a tire store. He eats lunch with him every day -- chicken and homemade soup. He tells the family they must show him their love.
During the next month, January 2000, Enrique tries to quit drugs. He cuts back, but then he gives in. Every night, he comes home later. Maria Isabel begs him not to go up the hill where he sniffs glue. He promises not to but does anyway. He looks at himself in disgust. He is dressing like a slob -- his life is unraveling.
He is lucid enough to tell Belky that he knows what he has to do: he has to go find his mother.
Aunt Ana Lucia agrees. Ana Lucia is wound tight. She and Enrique have clashed for months. Ana Lucia is the only breadwinner in the household. Even with his job at the tire store, Enrique is an economic drain. Worse, he is sullying the only thing her family owns: its good name.
They speak bitter words that both, along with Enrique's grandmother çgueda, will recall months later.
"Where are you coming from, you old bum?" Ana Lucia asks as Enrique walks in the door. "Coming home for food, huh?"
"Be quiet!" he says. "I'm not asking anything of you."
"You're a lazy bum! A drug addict! No one wants you here." All the neighbors can hear. "This isn't your house. Go to your mother!"
"I don't live with you. I live alone."
"You eat here."
Over and over, in a low voice, Enrique says, half pleading, "You better be quiet." Finally, he snaps. He kicks Ana Lucia twice, squarely in the buttocks. She shrieks.
His grandmother runs out of the house. She grabs a stick and threatens to club him if he touches Ana Lucia again. Enrique turns on his heel. "No one cares about me!" he says. He stomps away. Ana Lucia threatens to throw his clothes out onto the street. Now even his grandmother wishes he would go to the United States. He is hurting the family -- and himself. She says, "He'll be better off there."
Maria Isabel finds him sitting on a rock at a street corner, weeping, rejected again. She tries to comfort him. He is high on glue. He tells her he sees a wall of fire. His mother has just passed through it. She is lying on the other side, and she is dying. He approaches the fire to save her, but someone walks toward him through the flames and shoots him. He falls, then rises again, unhurt. His mother dies. "Por que me dej—?" he cries out. "Why did she leave me?"
Even Enrique's sister and grandmother have urged Maria Isabel to leave Enrique, to find someone better. "What do you see in him? Don't you see he uses drugs?" people ask her. Her uncle is also wary of the drug-addicted teenager. He and Enrique both work at the same mechanic's shop, but the uncle never offers him a lift in his car to their job.
Maria Isabel can't leave him, despite his deep flaws. He is macho and stubborn. When they fight, he gives her the silent treatment. She has to break the ice. He is her third boyfriend but her first love. Enrique also provides a refuge from her own problems. Her aunt Gloria's son is an alcoholic. He throws things. He steals things. There are a lot of fights.
Maria Isabel loses herself in Enrique. At night, they sit on some big rocks outside his grandmother's home, where they have a bit of privacy, and talk. Enrique talks about his mother, his life with his grandmother Maria and his uncle Marco. "Why don't you leave your vices?" Maria Isabel asks. "It's hard," he answers quietly. When they walk by his drug haunts, she holds his hand tighter, hoping it will help.
Enrique feels shame for what he has done to his family and what he is doing to Maria Isabel, who might be pregnant. Maria Isabel pleads with him to stay. She won't abandon him. She tells Enrique she will move into the stone hut with him. But Enrique fears he will end up on the streets or dead. Only his mother can help him. She is his salvation. "If you had known my mom, you would know she's a good person," he says to his friend Jose. "I love her."
Enrique has to find her.
Each Central American neighborhood has a smuggler. In Enrique's neighborhood, it's a man who lives at the top of a hill. For $5,000, he will take anyone to los Estados. But Enrique can't imagine that kind of money.
He sells the few things he owns: his bed, a gift from his mother; his leather jacket, a gift from his dead uncle; his rustic armoire, where he hangs his clothes. He crosses town to say good-bye to Grandmother Maria. Trudging up the hill to her house, he encounters his father. "I'm leaving," he says. "I'm
going to make it to the U.S." He asks him for money.
His father gives him enough for a soda and wishes him luck.
"Grandma, I'm leaving," Enrique says. "I'm going to find my mom."
Don't go, she pleads. She promises to build him a one-room house in the corner of her cramped lot. But he has made up his mind.
She gives him 100 lempiras, about $7 -- all the money she has.
"I'm leaving already, sis," he tells Belky the next morning.
She feels her stomach tighten. They have lived apart most of their lives, but he is the only one who understands her loneliness. Quietly, she fixes a special meal: tortillas, a pork cutlet, rice, fried beans with a sprinkling of cheese. "Don't leave," she says, tears welling up in her eyes.
"I have to."
It is hard for him, too. Every time he has talked to his mother, she has warned him not to come -- it's too dangerous. But if somehow he gets to the U.S. border, he will call her. Being so close, she'll have to welcome him. "If I call her from there," he says to Jose, "how can she not accept me?"
He makes himself one promise: "I'm going to reach the United States, even if it takes one year." Only after a year of trying would he give up and go back.
Quietly, Enrique, the slight kid with a boyish grin, fond of kites, spaghetti, soccer, and break dancing, who likes to play in the mud and watch Mickey Mouse cartoons with his four-year-old cousin, packs up his belongings: corduroy pants, a T-shirt, a cap, gloves, a toothbrush, and toothpaste.
For a long moment, he looks at a picture of his mother, but he does not take it. He might lose it. He writes her telephone number on a scrap of paper. Just in case, he also scrawls it in ink on the inside waistband of his pants. He has $57 in his pocket.
On March 2, 2000, he goes to his grandmother Agueda's house. He stands on the same porch that his mother disappeared from eleven years before. He hugs Maria Isabel and Aunt Rosa Amalia. Then he steps off.
Excerpted from Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario Copyright (c) 2006 by Sonia Nazario. Excerpted by permission of Random House, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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Iowa: Governor Branstad Signs ATV Carry Bill!
Yesterday, April 6, Governor Terry Branstad (R) signed House File 2283, the ATV/Snowmobile Carry bill. This is the second pro-gun bill Governor Branstad has signed in the past week. HF 2283 passed the House with a 78-20 vote and the Senate with a 46-4 vote. HF 2283 will go into effect immediately.
Current law prohibits any Iowan from carrying a firearm while riding an ATV or snowmobile. If an individual can lawfully own and possess a firearm, they should not have restrictions placed on their ability to exercise their fundamental right to self-defense outside of their home or in a recreational vehicle. HF 2283 would recognize law-abiding individuals’ right to self-defense by allowing citizens to carry a firearm while riding in an ATV or snowmobile.
The Senate amended HF 2283 to include a provision that would require individuals who are carrying and riding an ATV or snowmobile to use a retention holster to ensure that the firearm is secure while the vehicle is in use. This amendment was necessary to warrant the bills advancement through the Iowa Legislature.
Your NRA-ILA would like to thank Representatives Matt Windschitl and Brian Best for their leadership in the Iowa House of Representatives and Senator Dick Dearden for his management in the Senate. Also, your NRA-ILA would like to thank Governor Branstad for once again standing with law-abiding gun owners throughout Iowa and signing this common sense reform.
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Toxic Algae: Coming Soon to a Lake Near You?
Penelope Whitney, Gregory Heller, Dr. Michael Murray, Jan Goldman-Carter, Glenn Watkins
Labor Day: Time for Toxic Algae.
Labor Day weekend: the last taste of summer. A time for fishing, boating and swimming with family on our nation’s lakes. Increasingly, also a time when the health threats posed by blue-green algae keep people out of the water. The green gunky stuff is strangling a growing number of inland US waterways and releasing toxins that threaten the health of people, pets and wildlife. A new online map is the first attempt to show the scale and scope of reported freshwater hazardous algal blooms (HABs). It is a resource for communities to both report and track freshwater toxic algae outbreaks.
A familiar issue to Midwesterners and Great Lakes-area residents, the problem is spreading across the US. The same pollutants that create the annual Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone and coastal hazardous algae spur freshwater toxic algae. Yet even though hazardous algal blooms strike every state in the US, the issue continues to fly beneath the radar of national attention, because:
No federal agency currently tracks lake closures or health warnings nationally.
No economic studies have assessed the national cost of freshwater HABs.
Not all states monitor the presence of algae-related toxins in freshwaters.
To provide more information on the scope of the problem, Resource Media, a nonprofit communications firm, began tracking warnings and advisories in 2012 as they appeared in news reports and on state agency websites. It has developed the first national online map that shows the health warnings and advisories that have been issued over the summer of 2013. The website, ToxicAlgaeNews.com, also includes a spreadsheet of locations and links to reporting sources. The map is a step in the right direction, but only displays reported outbreaks. Given the irregularities in state tracking and reporting, much more is needed to more accurately capture the true scale and scope of the problem, especially since freshwater toxic algae have been found in all US states.
Last summer, 20 states issued warnings as record drought and high temperatures baked the nation.This year, another 20 states—some different than last year—have closed lake beaches and issued public health advisories for dangerous toxin levels. Yet in media coverage, freshwater HABs are still treated as a sporadic local concern, not a national water quality problem. Coverage rarely references the breadth of freshwater toxic algae outbreaks and their cumulative cost. Resource Media has joined together with National Wildlife Federation, which is mobilizing citizens from Florida to the Great Lakes, to call for more attention and support to restore our wetlands and streams. We must save our summers, our drinking water, and the health of our cherished lakes and rivers.
A National Problem.
In the absence of national, comprehensive monitoring, Resource Media’s map of toxic algae warnings does not necessarily imply that the problem is worse in one state or another. Instead, it may reflect that a state is doing a better job of monitoring than other states with no reported incidences.
A joint report from Resource Media and National Wildlife Federation
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News of the Wild
Scent of a lemur, benefits of camping, playfull crocodiles and more
Mark Wexler
Eau de Lemur
In the first evidence in any animal species that a pregnant mother’s scent varies depending on the sex of the infant she carries, Duke University primate experts report that lemur moms expecting males smell different than those with females. The study is based on work with captive ring-tailed lemurs housed at the university’s outdoor primate facility. “The difference in hormone profiles between pregnant lemurs carrying sons and those carrying daughters is dramatic,” says Duke evolutionary anthropologist Christine Drea. The scientists don’t yet know why this difference occurs.
Pollinating San Francisco
About 90 species of native bees range in the San Francisco Bay area, including the black-tailed bumble bee (left). Recent research at San Francisco State University finds that native bees are providing important pollination services for the region’s urban gardeners. In the study, biologist Gretchen LeBuhn and colleague Drew Potter investigated tomato production on 16 large urban garden sites where some plants were left uncovered to be pollinated naturally by wild bees and other control plants were covered and were either self-pollinated or pollinated by the researchers.
“We were able to determine that tomato plants pollinated by wild bees significantly outperform the control groups, producing more and larger tomatoes,” they write in the journal Urban Ecosystems. Even more surprising, neither the size of a garden nor the amount of green space in the surrounding area seems to impact how much pollinator service a plant receives. Instead, the researchers say the key factor is the “floral resource density,” or the abundance of flowers at the garden site. The greater the density of flowers to help attract pollinators to a site, the higher the yield of the tomatoes.
Despite the good news, the scientists caution that with native bee numbers declining in many areas of North America, protecting the creatures’ habitat is crucial. “If populations of pollinators are not sustained,” says LeBuhn, “we could see a significant decline in urban agriculture.”
Crocs Just Want to Have Fun
Crocodiles are serious predators, but research psychologist Vladimir Dinets finds they also like to play. After studying crocodiles for nearly a decade, the University of Tennessee scientist has documented the first extensive evidence of playlike behavior among the massive reptiles, including giving piggyback rides, surfing waves and tossing objects, like this croc with a ball at a park in Australia. Writing in the journal Animal Behavior and Cognition, Dinets notes that his study builds on the body of work by other experts, showing that play is a universal feature of intelligent animals—those that show complex, flexible behavior.
Rowdy Rodent
Unique among small rodents for fighting rather than fleeing potential predators, the Norwegian lemming uses bites, lunges and loud screams when facing threats. According to biologist Malte Andersson of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, these feisty traits, as well as a colorful coat, likely reduce the lemming’s risk of becoming prey. Reporting in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Andersson concludes that the species has evolved a defense strategy called “aposematism,” or the use of colors and other methods to warn off predators. Unusual in herbivorous mammals, aposematism is far more common in poisonous insects, snakes and frogs.
Camping Can Reset Biological Clocks
In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers at the University of Colorado-Boulder have found that lack of exposure to sunlight during the day and constant nighttime exposure to computer screens, televisions and other artificial light affects levels of the sleep-regulating hormone melatonin, creating changes in the internal biological clocks that tell us when to go to sleep and awaken.
Studying a group of adults during a typical week at work and at home, the scientists found that participants, on average, went to sleep past midnight and woke up around eight in the morning. But after spending days outdoors and nights in the dark during a week-long camping trip, the participants went to sleep and awoke about two hours earlier. “What’s remarkable is how, when we’re exposed to natural sunlight, our clocks perfectly become in synch in less than a week to the solar day says physiologist Kenneth Wright, who led the study.
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Sodexo to Make Healthy School Lunches a Priority By Adding Mushrooms to Beef Burgers
Emily Monaco
A new joint effort between the Mushroom Council and Sodexo to promote healthy school lunches and more produce in cafeteria meals, is taking form in the new burger mix combining meat and mushrooms called “Blend Burgers."
The new burger is part of the eat brighter! marketing campaign, designed to encourage children to eat more fruits and vegetables. Sodexo has announced that it will be introducing the burger into 250 K-12 school district accounts nationwide.
Kathleen Preis, who leads the school nutrition department at the Mushroom Council, says that the combination of mushrooms and beef is already a familiar one, and for good reason: mushrooms enhance the natural umami flavor of beef. Tests have shown that 85 percent of students preferred the flavor of the blended burgers over plain beef burgers.
While, as the name of the burger suggests, the mushrooms will be blended into the burgers, their presence will not be a secret, according to Preis. “We are super proud of the mushroom Blend Burger, and we would love for people to know they are eating mushrooms,” she told Food Navigator. She is hoping, specifically, that once children realize that they like mushrooms, more parents will begin preparing them at home as well.
The eat brighter! program, which first became available for industry use in March 2014, was developed by the Produce Marketing Association and Sesame Workshop, using popular Sesame Street characters to popularize the new choices with posters and other décor specifically created for the school cafeteria. The association of the characters and the campaign is meant to draw parallels between the brightly colored characters and “healthy, brilliant, and alive,” fresh produce, according to the campaign.
“Our goal is to give the produce industry a unified movement – helping to rise above the advertising noise with a strong voice and one clear message that aims to increase consumption of fresh produce,” the campaign writes.
The continued development of healthy school lunches is exceedingly important, particularly given the recent announcement by Congress to scale back the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, championed by First Lady Michelle Obama in 2012.
For many children, healthy school lunches are their only reliably nutritious meal. Fifty-one percent of U.S. public school students received free or reduced-cost meals due to their low-income status in 2013, marking the first time in history that a majority of public school students qualified for the meals.
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Emily Monaco is a food and culture writer based in Paris.
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Osho’s insight on Guru Nanak most relevant during current celebrations
Historic Sikh celebrations are held in India and Pakistan on the eve of the 550th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak – the founder of Sikhism, writes Kul Bhushan.
Nanak says there is music at His door. No, music is His door. Celebration, festivity are His practices. The whole of existence is filled with song.
With the 550-year celebrations of the birth of Guru Nanak in full swing now, Osho’s insights on the great Sikh guru have become most relevant.
Osho says, “The founder of Sikhism Nanak is one of those beautiful people for whom I have immense love.” This love is for all to hear and read in Osho’s most acclaimed discourses, Ek Omkar Satnam on the Japuji Saheb, which have been published in Hindi, translated into Gurumukhi and English and have topped the list of his bestseller titles both as audios and as books.
Such is the demand for the Gurumukhi translation of Ek Omkar Satnam first released in 1995 by the then President of India, Giani Zail Singh, that it has run into no less than 12 editions and is available at the bookshops of most major gurudwaras. The original discourses delivered in Hindi and later transcribed into book form have also had over ten editions. These discourses are available on a CD and can also be downloaded for free from oshoworld.com
A noted Sikh author and journalist, the late Khushwant Singh, said that these discourses enabled him to appreciate Guru Nanak like never before. Although he has written a definitive book, History of Sikhs, he appreciated the deep insights of Osho on the first guru of the Sikhs.
Says Osho, “Nanak’s path to supreme realization, to godliness is scattered with song and flowers. Whatever he has said was said in verse. His path was full of melody and softness, filled with the flavor of ambrosia.”
In his discourses on Japuji Sahib translated into English as The True Name, Osho gives this insight: “Nanak says there is music at His door. No, music is His door. Celebration, festivity are His practices. The whole of existence is filled with song. You are deaf. That’s what the matter is. You cannot see, you cannot hear. On every leaf, on every flower this message is written. He has filled the universe with so many colours and it is His music that vibrates in the rainbow of infinite hues. All creation is always celebrating this festival.”
Kul Bhushan
Anand Kul Bhushan is a writer, journalist, UN media consultant and workshop/meditation leader.
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Gerry Lopez Shares the History Behind our Cotton Board Shorts
By Gerry Lopez | Jul 31, 2008 July 31, 2008
by Gerry Lopez
If you’ve browsed the men’s board shorts collection on Patagonia.com, you’ve no doubt noticed, and probably wondered about, the Men’s Cotton Board Shorts. Gerry Lopez gives us some background on these very unique (especially in today’s market) surf shorts:
Our board shorts line has a new addition with a long history. The Patagonia Cotton Board Shorts, or Palaka shorts as they were originally known, come with a special heritage in not only the surf world but old Hawaii as well.
When I started surfing in the late 1950s, Palaka shorts were one of the earliest fashion statements of an emerging surf culture. Surf shorts were a hard thing to come by back then, none were available commercially. Surfers in the know would go to specialty Japanese tailor shops like Take’s in Waikiki or H. Miura’s in Haleiwa to order a pair of custom fitted shorts. More often than not, the material of choice would be Palaka cotton. One of the reasons for choosing this print was because many of the best surfers in Hawaii already were wearing it. But also because it was a sturdy fabric that was comfortable after several washings and would last through many years of hard use. It must be remembered that surfers of that period wore their shorts all day, every day, every month throughout the year. These shorts, quite literally, were lived in.
The history behind this printed fabric is a story in itself. Hawaii began to develop as a powerful plantation economy based on sugar, pineapple and coffee in the late 1800’s. The workers needed a rugged shirt for their hard labor especially in the sugar cane fields. The pattern came from the field laborers customizing their shirts for practical use and protection from the hot sun by cutting off the tails to give it a straight hem to be worn outside the trousers.
Around the 1920’s the blue and white checkered denim Palaka became the standard material of these shirts. The name Palaka is a transliteration into Hawaiian of the English word frock for the loose fitting shirt worn by British and American sailors to Hawaii. While the Hawaiians were asking about the fabric, they were given the name of the style of shirt instead. Soon Palaka came to mean the dark blue and white woven fabric the shirts were made of. Eventually this Palaka shirt and blue denim trousers called sailor-mokus became a traditional Hawaiian costume both on and off the plantations.
The aloha or Hawaiian print shirt came directly from this standard Plantation Palaka shirt design. Sometimes the Palaka fabric was reversed to show the muted side and this also became a tradition still much used today in the aloha shirt industry.
The history of Palaka in both the surf garment and aloha shirt industries is a rich one indeed and, if one will pardon the pun, comes with a very checkered past.
Live with Aloha…………
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Prince’s Addiction and an Intervention Too Late
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Prince appears to have had a problem with pain pills, one that grew so acute that his friends turned to an addiction doctor just before his death.
Prince Rogers Nelson had an unflinching reputation among those close to him for leading an assiduously clean lifestyle. He ate vegan and preferred to avoid the presence of meat entirely. He was known to eschew alcohol and marijuana, and no one who went on tour with him could indulge either.
But Prince appears to have shielded from even some of his closest friends that he had a problem with pain pills, one that grew so acute that his friends sought urgent medical help from Dr. Howard Kornfeld of California, who specializes in treating people addicted to pain medication.
Dr. Kornfeld, who runs a treatment center in Mill Valley, Calif., sent his son on an overnight flight to meet with Prince at his home to discuss a treatment plan, said William J. Mauzy, a lawyer for the Kornfeld family, during a news conference on Wednesday outside his Minneapolis office.
But he arrived too late.
When the son, Andrew Kornfeld, who works with his father but is not a doctor, arrived in Chanhassen, the Minneapolis suburb where Prince lived, the next morning, he was among those who found the entertainer lifeless in the elevator and called 911, Mr. Mauzy said. Emergency officials arrived but could not revive Prince. He was dead at 57.
As law enforcement officials continue to investigate exactly what killed the pop and rock icon, there is mounting evidence that he had become seriously dependent on painkillers, something sure to rattle some of those who knew him well. Many have insisted in recent days that they never even saw Prince take pills, let alone abuse prescription medication, even though some knew he had had hip surgery years ago.
When his private jet had to make an emergency landing in Moline, Ill., in mid-April after he went unresponsive, friends decided they may need to intervene, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. Prince assured his friends in the following days that nothing was wrong. He had the flu, his publicist said.
“I’m doing perfect,” Prince told his lawyer, L. Londell McMillan, two days after the emergency landing. Three days after that conversation with Mr. McMillan, though, Prince’s representatives were looking for help from an addiction doctor.
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The Mission of the Pinetop Perkins Foundation Fundraising Advisory Committee is to work with staff on fundraising strategies, monitor fundraising events for effectiveness and professional conduct, facilitate interaction with a variety of potential donors and report progress on these efforts to the Board.
Mike Black
I am a parent of a five time participant and intern with the June Pinetop Perkins Foundation Workshop Experience. I have witnessed the incredible impact on young men and women at the beginning of their career honing their skills while immersed in the famous Delta and Crossroads of Northwest Mississippi. I look forward to assisting with fundraising efforts towards both young musicians and seasoned blues performers alike on behalf of the Pinetop Perkins Foundation.
Dave Tellman
A former radio programmer, now a retail marketing director, who has discovered his love of blues at an early age. After seeing what my son experienced and created with other like talented youth at the PPF Masterclass, I immediately wanted help young artists forge their musical DNA with the blues.
I am excited to be a part of this new committee and help direct fundraising efforts to expand the reach and mission of the Pinetop Perkins Foundation.
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The 18th annual Pinetop Perkins Homecoming Celebration will take place this October at Hopson Commissary and the Shack Up Inn from 3 to 8 pm with a suggested donation of $15.
The Homecoming is held each year on the site of the old Hopson Plantation and began with the dedication of the Pinetop Perkins Shack at the Shack Up Inn in October 2001. It became an annual event to honor Pinetop who had spent World War II on the grounds of Hopson's driving one of the first mechanized cotton picking machines.
The event quickly drew many fans and musicians each year who stopped by on the Sunday after the King Biscuit Festival to honor Pinetop. The celebration now attracts 1000 fans to three stages of music on these Sunday afternoons. Since 2009 all proceeds have gone directly to scholarships for youth to attend the Pinetop Perkins Master Class.
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January 08, 2015 Features & Images » Travel
Balkans holiday offers historical remindersand glimpses of the future
By Alison Appelbe
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One of the fantastic tiered facades of the Rila Monastery building.
A blow-up of the famous photo of Gavrilo Princip, the Serbian nationalist who shot Austrian Archduke Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo in 1914, triggering the First World War, stopped me in my tracks.
I knew well that memories in this part of the world are long and entrenched. And although I was also aware that Princip remains a hero to many Serbs, I was surprised to see this very public homage in the showcase window of a lovely, old-world bookshop on a major thoroughfare of Belgrade, Serbia.
Arriving by coach from Budapest on the outskirts of Belgrade, the initial impression was of massive, wan-coloured Soviet-era apartment complexes, in various states of repair, and, closer to the inner city, winding streets of crumbling pre-Soviet buildings, some of rugged stone, and often abandoned. Everywhere, the streets were filled with battered cars, rickety trams and people waiting for transit.
At the same time, it became hugely clear during a two-week tour through Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania that, in a region that emerged less than 20 years ago from the Bosnian war, in which 100,000 people died, life has improved — dramatically.
When an American friend and I ventured that evening along the Knez Mihailova (Prince Michael Street) in central Belgrade, we discovered a pedestrian boulevard lined with gorgeous if sometimes dilapidated 19th-century buildings — maybe neo-renaissance or grandiose baroque, or turn-of-the-last-century art-deco — fronted by big-brand stores, art-inspired shops, restaurants, cafes and mid-sidewalk bars.
Buskers — including a girl on violin, and an aging guitarist in ponytail and eccentric dress — enlightened the thoroughfare.
Discovering this street at dusk, illuminated by old-fashioned street lamps, was like finding a hidden chocolate egg — a luxuriant surprise. Rightly or wrongly, I began relaxing my view that the Balkans, from Serbia through Romania, remains dark and impoverished.
From Belgrade, we drove southeast, through the city of Nis, into a gently mountainous region of picturesque villages, filled with the small, individualistic, slate-roofed houses that you see throughout the Balkans. Meandering rivers run through lush ravine-like valleys. Orchards of the kind of gnarly, old fruit trees that you once saw in the Okanagan were typical — still producing the fruit brandies ("rakija" or "rakia") that have fortified the people of the Balkans through centuries of incredible hardship.
We slipped into Bulgaria and Sofia, its largest city. I was here in the early 1990s, when it was still communist. But apart from the unspeakably beautiful Alexander Nevski Cathedral, with its multi-domed neo-Byzantine basilica, I didn't recognize the city at all.
Our Crystal Palace Boutique Hotel was discreetly nestled into a matrix of narrow tree-lined streets of smallish 19th-century homes and apartment houses — a setting that, to my mind, expressed everything a modest-sized cosmopolitan European city should be about. Privately owned bars or restaurants were sprinkled here and there.
One needs only a cursory knowledge of the Balkans through the 20th century (and that's after they kicked out the life-crushing Turks) to recall that, in the words of English travel writer Patrick Leigh Fermor, "each step in (their) struggles has been marked by horror, ambush, assassination, burnt villages, uprooting and massacres leaving behind them the curses of fear, hatred, irredentism and thirst for revenge."
But here, in an admittedly small pocket of Sofia, the ambiance was slightly old-fashioned yet comfortable, even affluent. Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union in 2007, and clearly that has made a big difference.
From Sofia we drove south to the Rila Monastery, in the mountains of the same name. The most important religious site in Bulgaria, this fantastic neo-Byzantine pile attracts hundred of tourists daily, thereby eviscerating the austere serenity it must once have known. But its eccentric rustic-wood and domed architecture, atmospheric nativity church, and, perfectly intact icon-like murals on Biblical themes around the church exterior, make it worthy of its renown.
Sidestepping a trio of Eastern Orthodox monks in full black habit, a few of us made our way down to a terrace café overlooking a treed ravine that must once have protected the monastery. For the equivalent of a few dollars, we dined on excellent monastery bean soup, and house-made Balkan yogurt drenched in nuts and honey.
Back in Sofia that evening, a companion and I walked the inner back streets in search of a recommended restaurant. In the end, Osterio Barbarrosa, at 32, Hristo Belchev, served superb Northern Italian cuisine in a great space, run by a young, sophisticated staff. It was more evidence of change in Bulgaria– certainly in the 20 years since I was last there.
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Tennis players in Penticton are asking the city to look at the idea of constructing a public, indoor facility. The renewed interest was triggered by the recent opening of an indoor facility in Salmon Arm. (Photo from Unsplash)
Users renew request for indoor tennis facility in Penticton
“If Salmon Arm, with half our population, can support something like that, why can’t we?”
Jordyn Thomson
Dec. 4, 2019 11:35 a.m.
An interest group is making the case for Penticton to build an indoor tennis facility, to accomodate players year-round.
City council heard a presentation during the committee of the whole on Dec. 3 from Dr. Ali Moshaver, a representative for the group, who provided stats that indicate more children signed up for tennis last year than hockey in Canada.
“This is now the fastest growing sport in Canada. Last year, Tennis Canada reported that more kids were enrolled in tennis programs than any other sport, that includes hockey,” said Moshaver. “So we’re no longer a hockey nation, we’re also becoming a tennis nation.”
Moshaver acknowledged that the current outdoor courts in Penticton can serve the community for roughly half of the year, but he said a public, air-supported indoor tennis bubble would accomodate users year-round and encourage increased usage.
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He added that during his research for his presentation, he found that in 1982 the city’s bubble was “highly used, despite problems here or there that got fixed.”
“When I reviewed the minutes (from council at that time), it was really the South Okanagan Events Centre that was the trigger. The discussion was, as you remove (the bubble), you’re going to put it somewhere else,” said Moshaver. “But unfortunately, 13 years later it still has not materialized.”
With the recent opening of Salmon Arm’s indoor tennis facility, Moshaver said this has reignited the Penticton tennis community’s interest in constructing a similar facility here.
“We would like to restart the dialogue, the timing could not be better. Tennis is growing, not only in the country but in the Valley,” said Moshaver. “So we are here to collaborate … If Salmon Arm, with half our population, can support something like that, why can’t we?”
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Moshaver estimated that a public facility of this type would cost roughly $300,000 to $400,000, but this could be offset by a “modest user fee.”
Coun. Jake Kimberley said the challenge with this idea is finding city land that could accomodate the facility, but Coun. Judy Sentes added that it was time for the city to revisit the proposal.
Council voted to direct staff to look at the idea and bring a report with recommendations to a future council meeting.
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American Society for Testing and Materials International, a standards development organization. Most manufacturers will have a rating system that is based on or supported by the American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM). Many times you can find these ratings on the tile sample or in the product catalog. The most common system rates ceramic tile abrasion resistance or the overall durability of the tile. Other ratings might include: scratch resistance, moisture absorption, chemical resistance and breaking strength.
Back-buttering
Spreading a bond coat to the back of a ceramic tile immediately before the tile is laid.
Backerboard
An underlayment material in the form of a panel or board which is typically fastened directly to the framing (walls) or subfloor (floors) and used as a substrate for ceramic tile.
Back-layered tile
A tile with a material, commonly mesh, which has been attached to its back for reinforcing purposes.
Biocuttura Tile
Ceramic tiles are fired in a kiln at temperatures around 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. Biocuttura Tiles are first fired after the green tile is dried and then fired again after the glaze is applied. Also call Double Fired.
When you look at a glazed tile from the side you can see 2 layers. The body of the tile, or largest layer, is called the bisque. The top layer is called the glaze.
A strip of motif tile that creates a design concept.
Brick joint or Running bond
Tile installation with each row offset, usually by half its length. Common with subway tiles on wall installations. If the side to be offset is greater than 15 in., a maximum offset of 1/3 is recommended.
Bright gloss
Colorless or colored ceramic glaze with a high gloss.
A finish commonly used on stone or metal with the appearance of having been wire brushed.
Bullnose
Trim tile with a radius on one edge, used for finishing an edge, outside corner or floor base. Sometimes it is also used as a substitute for cove base.
Calibrated tile
Tiles that have been sorted to meet a specific size tolerance range.
CBU
Today, many tile ceramic tile installers have opted for the industry accepted and more efficient thin set method, where the tile is adhered directly onto a backer board that is nailed to a plywood or concrete substrate using a much thinner layer of mortar. This backer board is called a CBU, or cement backer unit, which provides a supportive and water-resistant layer between the porous substrate and the mortar and tile applied on top of it.
Ceramic tiles are created from natural products extracted from the earth that are shaped into tiles and then fired in kilns at extremely high temperatures.
Ceramic mosaic tile
Tiles having a facial area of less than 9 in². Typically mounted in sheets or strips with other mosaic tiles.
A ceramic surface component, usually relatively thin in relation to facial area, having either a glazed or unglazed face and during manufacturing, fired to a temperature sufficiently high to product specific physical properties and characteristics. The different types of ceramic tiles are as follows: porcelain tile, pressed floor tile, quarry tile, wall tile, and ceramic mosaic tile.
Classes 1-5
Class 1: no foot traffic. These tiles are suggested for interior wall applications only and not for the floor.
Class 2: light traffic. These tiles are suggested for interior wall applications and for residential bathroom flooring only.
Class 3: light to moderate traffic. These tiles can be used for residential floor and wall applications including bathrooms, kitchens, foyers, dining rooms and family rooms. They’re a good all-around performer.
Class 4: moderate to heavy traffic. These tiles are recommended for residential, medium commercial and light industrial floor and wall applications including shopping malls, offices, restaurant dining rooms, showrooms and hallways.
Class 5: heavy/extra heavy traffic. These tiles can be installed anywhere. They will hold up in floor and wall applications at airports, supermarkets and subways.
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Most manufacturers will have a rating system that is based on or supported by the American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM). Many times, you can find these ratings on the tile sample or in the product catalog. One rating system measures Slip Resistance, which is measured by its Coefficient of Friction (COF). The higher the COF the more slip resistant the tile. This is important when selecting a floor tile for areas that get wet, such as your shower or bathroom floor. Other ratings listed by the manufacturer might include: scratch resistance, moisture absorption, chemical resistance and breaking strength.
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A ceramic floor tile trim that has two rounded finished edges on the tile to be used to complete a corner.
Cushion-edged tile
A tile on which the facial edges have a distinct curvature that results in a slightly recessed joint.
DCOF
DCOF AcuTest® is a registered TCNA designation for the test procedure contained in ANSI A137.1 Section 9.6., which has been extensively researched, allows for in-situ field measurements, and is in use at tile manufacturing facilities. It was so named to distinguish it from other DCOF measurements using different instruments and/or protocols.
To meet the new DCOF AcuTest® criteria, you cannot use old COF values from C1028 measurements. As the methodology is different, there is no direct correlation from C1028 values to DCOF AcuTest® values.
Decorative mosaics
Small tiles or bits of tile, stone or glass forming an attractive design.
A tile that features decoration on the surface.
Distressed edge
A ceramic or stone tile edge with the appearance of an antique or used look.
Tile decorated with colored clays, inlaid and fired.
Extruded tiles are formed by forcing the clay material through a mold for the desired shape versus pressing the tile.
When creating a pattern with different ceramic tiles, the more prominent tile that is throughout the largest areas is called the “field tile”. It is the primary area of tile covering a wall or floor
Fire, bisque
Kiln- firing ceramic ware before glazing
Fire, single
Subjecting ceramic body and its glaze to one firing operation
The fifth step in the manufacturing of ceramic tile. The tiles are fired in the kiln at temperatures around 2000 degrees Fahrenheit.
A manufacturer-specified ceramic tile (including porcelain) primarily for use on floors, but also suitable for use on walls and countertops, and having a facial are of 9 in² or more.
Part of the fourth step (glazing) in the manufacturing of ceramic tile. The glaze liquid is prepared from a glass derivative called frit and colored dyes. The glaze is applied by either a high-pressure spray or is poured directly onto the tile.
Frost-resistant tile
Tile that can be used where freezing and thawing conditions exist; suitable for outdoors.
Gauged tile
A tile which has been manufactured to a specific thickness where its thickness largely associated with how it is installed and/ or used. Gauged tiles can be used in wall or floor applications depending on manufacturer’s recommendations.
Tile made of glass not exceeding 9 in², usually mounted on sheets.
Glazed ceramic tiles are coated with glass-forming minerals and ceramic stains. Typically, they have a matte, semi-gloss or high-gloss finish. They can offer better stain and moisture resistance than unglazed tile. When you look at a glazed tile from the side you can see 2 layers. The body of the tile, or largest layer, is called the bisque. The top layer is called the glaze. Glazed tiles have a hard non-porous, impermeable surface after firing.
The fourth step in the manufacturing of ceramic tiles. Glazing liquid is prepared from a glass derivative called frit and colored dyes. The glaze is applied by either a high-pressure spray or is poured directly onto the tile.
The third step in the manufacturing of ceramic tile. Here, clay is pressed or formed into a tile shape. These pressed tiles are called green tiles at this stage.
Grout is a type of cement that is used to fill the space and provide support in tile joints. There are two types of grout commonly used in home installations; Portland cement based, and epoxy based. Both grout compounds may have sand added to provide additional strength to the tile joint. Pigment is added to the cement at the job site when the grout is mixed.
A satin surface with little or no gloss.
Method for applying color finishes to tiles before firing in the production process, like the way pages are printed using an inkjet printer. Allows for various resolutions (dots per inch or DPI), multiple images and patterns to be created and repeated. For tiles with structured surfaces, this method of printing is effective for decorating “peaks” and “valleys.”
Impervious Tiles
Tile that have less than .5% moisture absorption. These tiles are frost proof and can be used in exterior areas or on the outside of building facades. You can use these where winter is for real.
International Organization for Standards, a standards development organization.
Lippage
A detectable change in elevation between the edges of tiles sharing the same grout joint. Lippage may be related to an uneven substrate, excessive tile warpage, and/or installation.
A decorative border primarily for walls.
Marble cut into tile sizes 2 ft. x 2 ft. or less and ¾” or less thick.
An underlayment material, usually in the form of a sheet or trowelable liquid or paste, applied to the substrate prior to tile installation. Common uses of membranes include: isolating substrate cracks from the tile and mortar (crack isolation membranes), waterproofing (waterproof membranes), prevention of sound travel (sound reduction membranes), providing an air space for additional substrate curing after tile installation (uncoupling membranes), or a combination of these properties.
Moisture Absorption
As the density of the tile increases, the amount of moisture that tile can absorb becomes less. Tile density means that, as the weight or the density of the tile increases, it becomes a stronger tile. Tile density and moisture absorption have an indirect relationship to each other. What this means is that as the density of the tile increases the moisture absorption rate becomes less. Tile density and moisture absorption is important for you to understand when selecting tile for different applications.
Monocuttura Tile
Ceramic tiles are fired in a kiln at temperatures around 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. Tiles that are fired once after the glaze is applied are called Monocuttura Tile or single fired.
A blend of cement, sand, and additional compounds which may include polymers or other additives to improve adhesion, accommodate movement, and add strength. The primary function of mortar is to adhere tile to a substrate. Tiles can be set in a thick reinforced mortar bed or can be applied directly to a substrate with dry-set mortar, modified dry-set mortar, or improved modified dry-set mortar using the thin-set method.
In addition to ceramic tile styles, manufacturers also offer decorative inserts, medallions and mosaics that are used to create intricate patterns and beautiful borders. Tile size 2”x2” and smaller are usually referred to as mosaics and are often used with different colors to create a pattern or decorative inset. Some of these smaller tiles also come in different shapes, such as hexagon.
Mounted tile
Tile assembled into units or sheets to ease installation. May be mounted on the back, edge or face of the tile using mesh, plastic, paper, or glue dots.
Slang for mortar.
Nominal Size
Tile is usually referred to by its nominal size, not its actual size. During the firing process, ceramic tile will shrink, on average, by about 10% in size. For example a 12” by 12” floor tile can measure 11-7/8 inches square. Currently, the most popular ceramic floor tile are the larger sized tiles such as 16”x 16”, 18”x 18” or 24” x 24” sizes.
Non-Vitreous Tiles
This is a type of tile that absorbs 7% or more moisture. They are suited for indoor use only.
A tool used to apply mortars, adhesives and liquid membranes to a substrate. Often constructed of rigid metal or plastic with a handle and available in various shaped notches (e.g. “square” notch, “V” notch, “U” notch) and sizes to accommodate different applications.
A general term for floor tile.
A glossy surface achieved through mechanical means.
Porcelain tile is made up of 50% feldspar and is fired at a much higher temperature than regular ceramic tile. This makes porcelain tile much harder and more dense than other tile products. Because of its highly durable make-up, porcelain is more resistant to scratches and can withstand temperature extremes. Also, because porcelain is non-porous, it’s very stain resistant, has very low water absorption ratings (Less than 0.5%) and thus can be used for interior and exterior applications as well as heavy-use and commercial areas. Finally, because porcelain’s color goes all the way through, small scratches or chips are less noticeable.
The third and most common step in the manufacturing of ceramic tile. The clay is pressed or formed into a tile shape. These pressed tiles are called green tiles at this stage.
Glazed or unglazed tile, made by the extrusion process from natural clay or shale.
Rectified Tile
A tile that has had all edges mechanically finished to achieve a more precise facial dimension.
Rotocolor printing
Method for applying color finishes to tiles to tiles before firing in the production process. Tiles pass under a coated roller and finishes are transferred onto the tile. Rollers may be solid or patterned and can produce repeatable but random designs. On structured tiles, coatings are only applied to the “peaks” with this method.
Rubbing stone
A stone used where necessary by installers to smooth the rough edges of tile after cutting.
Running bond or Brick joint
Sanded Grout
There are two types of grout commonly used in home installations; Portland cement based, and epoxy based. Both of these grout compounds may have sand added to provide additional strength to the tile joint. Sanded grout is recommended for tile joints 1/8th of an inch and larger.
Sanitary Cove Base
A ceramic floor tile trim that has a rounded finished top like a bullnose to cover up the body of the tile.
Semi-Vitreous Tiles
Tiles that absorb from 3% to 7% moisture. They are applicable for indoor use only.
Shade Variation
Shade variation is inherent in all fired ceramic products and certain tiles will show greater variation within their dye lots. Shade variation is usually listed on the back label of each sample with a low, moderate, high or random rating.
Low: consistent shade and texture.
Moderate: moderate shade and texture variation.
High: high shade and texture variation.
Random: very high shade and texture variation.
Snap-cutter
A cutting tool for tile. A wheel is used to score the tile in a straight line followed by an application of pressure to either side of the line to create a controlled break.
The process for installing a ceramic floor begins with the preparation of the tile foundation, or what’s called the substrate. Common materials used as tile substrates in home installations include concrete, plywood, and drywall.
In the past, ceramic tile was installed using what is called the thickset or mud set method. In this method, a thick layer of mortar was applied to a waterproofed and steel reinforced substrate. This provided a strong, flat base onto which the tile was installed. The thickset method is effective, but it’s an involved and labor-intensive process. Today, many tile installers have opted for the industry accepted and more efficient thin set method, where the tile is adhered directly onto a backer board that is nailed to a plywood or concrete substrate using a much thinner layer of mortar.
Thin tile
Slang for gauged tiles with a thickness of 6.5 mm or less
Through Body
Unglazed tiles that are a solid color all the way through and do not have a top layer of glaze are often referred to as through-body construction. (See Unglazed.)
Tile Density
Tile density means that, as the weight or the density of the tile increases, it becomes a stronger tile. Moisture absorption means that, as the density of the tile increases, the amount of moisture that tile can absorb becomes less. Tile density and moisture absorption have an indirect relationship to each other. What this means is that as the density of the tile increases the moisture absorption rate becomes less. Tile density and moisture absorption is important for you to understand when selecting tile for different applications.
Various shapes of bases, caps, corners, moldings, angles, etc.
Tiles with tumbled, round edges producing an aged, antique appearance.
Unglazed tiles are a solid color all the way through and do not have a top layer of glaze. This is often referred to as through-body construction. They have no additional surface applications and are typically more dense and durable than glazed tile making them more suitable for interior and exterior applications. Unglazed tiles do have good slip resistance, however please note that they do require sealing to help prevent staining. They come in various surface treatments and textures.
Unsanded Grout
There are two types of grout commonly used in home installations; Portland cement based, and epoxy based. Both grout compounds may have sand added to provide additional strength to the tile joint. Unsanded grout is typically used in joints that are smaller than 1/8th of an inch.
Vitreous Tiles
Tiles that absorb less than 3% moisture. They are referred to as frost resistant tiles but cannot be used in exterior areas where freeze- thaw conditions could cause tile cracking.
A glazed tile for interior use on walls. These tiles are not typically expected to withstand excessive impact, abrasion, or be subjected to freeze/thaw cycling.
Warpage
The measured curvature of a tile.
A physical property of tile. An indication of tile porosity from measuring how much water can enter the body of a tile.
Wet Saw
A cutting tool for tile. An electric saw typically fixed to a table which most commonly uses a diamond-coated blade to cut the tile while water is applied to cool the blade and reduce dust.
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Iron-dissolving cleaners first appeared in the UK in 2010 and have since transformed the way that most detailers tackle the decontamination process. This is mainly because they reduce the need for claying, which saves time and reduces the risk of marring, which is particularly beneficial in cases where no machine polishing is planned. However, many of the early iron-dissolving cleaners were imperfect; those that reacted quickly tended to be thin and runny, meaning a lot of what you applied would run off on to the floor before it had chance to work, while those that comprised thicker gel-based formulas tended to react very slowly, and thus cost more in terms of the time required to get the job done.
In response to the drawbacks posed by these early products, Auto Finesse developed an iron-dissolving cleaner that combines their best features into a single product. Auto Finesse Iron Out comprises a thick gel-based solution that is very clingy, meaning that applied product stays where it is meant to be, rather than running off on to the floor. Furthermore, it contains a much higher concentration of the active iron-dissolving ingredient (a neutralised acid salt), which means it reacts more quickly and more thoroughly too. This has the knock-on effect of making it more expensive than many of the early products, but your time is valuable, so you should factor this in when choosing what product to buy.
Agitation Required No (See How To Use)
Dilutable No (Water:Product)
Cleaning Strength 10/10 (Compared To Others)
Auto Finesse Iron Out is an intensive cleaner that is designed to dissolve brake dust and iron-rich contaminants upon contact. Although best suited to the cleaning of neglected wheels, it's also perfectly safe for use on other exterior surfaces in situations where iron contaminants are proving difficult to remove. Examples of such contaminants include railway dust, which can be resistant to all but the most aggressive clays, and iron-rich fallout, which can be hard to see but easy to detect with your fingertips.
The main ingredient in Auto Finesse Iron Out is a powerful neutralised acid salt. This reduces iron particles into a soluble form, making them easy to rinse away with a stream of water. As a result, Auto Finesse Iron Out is safer and less aggressive than traditional acid-based wheel cleaners, but equally as effective in terms of cleaning power. Its gel-like composition means it clings to treated surfaces with ease, extending its working time and minimising the need for agitation in all but the most extreme cases.
Agitation Required
Chemical Basis
Acid-based (neutralised)
Cleaning Strength
Dilutable
Maximum Dwelling Time
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Removes Inorganic Contaminants
Removes Organic Contaminants
Safe For All Wheel Types
Strips Coatings
Strips Sealants And Waxes
Yes (partially)
Auto Finesse Iron Out comes pre-diluted to the correct strength for safe use on all exterior surfaces. In all cases, wash and rinse the surfaces you are going to treat in the normal way. Next, working on 1-2 wheels or 3-4 panels at a time, spray Auto Finesse Iron Out on liberally and allow up to 10 minutes for it to work; during this interval it will gradually turn purple as ferrous compounds and sintered iron particles dissolve into solution (this effect can be very pronounced, but don't panic because it's quite normal and to be expected).
Although Auto Finesse Iron Out is essentially a touchless cleaner, you can agitate it with either a brush (on wheels) or a microfibre towel (on bodywork and glass) if needs be. After 10 minutes or so, i.e. once the dark purple solution has started to dry (it's perfectly safe to let Auto Finesse Iron Out dry out, provided that you are working somewhere cool and out of direct sunlight), rinse the surfaces you have treated with a strong stream of water. Note that if the solution has dried fully you may need to use a stronger jet of water from a pressure washer to remove the residue.
After rinsing off, check the treated surfaces for residual contamination by running your fingertips over them while they are still wet. Contaminant-free surfaces should feel perfectly smooth (if your fingertips aren't particularly sensitive you can magnify your sense of touch by putting your fingers inside a cellophane wrapper first). If you can detect any grittiness then it's likely that the treated surfaces are still contaminated with non-ferrous particulates (e.g. paint overspray) and will need to be carefully clayed before any polishing is done or any protection is applied.
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How a stronger anti-war movement rallied to stop a march to war with Iran
Majority PAC hits Mourdock on auto bailout (Updated)
By ALEXANDER BURNS
If you thought the federal auto bailout was just an issue for the presidential race, think again.
The Democratic outside-spending groups Majority PAC, AFSCME and Center Forward are out with a new ad today in the Indiana Senate race blasting Republican state Treasurer Richard Mourdock for opposing the government bailout of Chrysler."
"He said, 'I didn't take a pledge that I would support every job in Indiana.' Mourdock tried to stop the Chrysler rescue, that saved 100,000 Indiana jobs, with a lawsuit," says the ad, which swats Mourdock for "hiring a New York law firm, costing taxpayers over $2 million in fancy meals, cabs and legal fees."
The attack lines up with Democrats' overall message against Mourdock -- that he's a hard-core ideologue who doesn't play well with others -- but it's also another illustration of how indispensible the auto turnaround has been for the Democratic Party's message on jobs. (Watching the Democratic convention, you might have thought Barack Obama's two accomplishments since taking office were bailing out Detroit and killing Osama bin Laden.) If Obama performs well in the Midwest, and Democrats like Indiana Rep. Joe Donnelly end up in the Senate, autos will be a big part of the reason.
UPDATE: In a statement, Mourdock pushed back on the ad by describing his lawsuit to stop the Chrysler bailout as an action to protect Indiana residents whose pensions could have been negatively affected. "The Indiana way is to do your duty and to stand by your neighbor. In this case, I was bound by my oath and by principle to stand up for retired teachers and police officers, and for Hoosier taxpayers," he said. "The Obama administration was prepared to take these folks’ life savings."
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Invisible man: House Dems consider extraordinary steps to conceal whistleblower’s identity from GOP
House Democrats are weighing extraordinary steps to secure testimony from the whistleblower whose complaint prompted their impeachment inquiry—considering masking his identity to prevent President Donald Trump’s congressional allies from exposing him, according to three officials familiar with the deliberations, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
As the GOP continues its political posturing and plotting, as well as obstruction of witness testimony, Democrats deem it imperative to have the whistleblower testify from a remote location; and to conceal his appearance and voice, these officials told the DC-based news outlet. Two other possibilities include having the whistleblower sit behind a screen or partition or conducting audio-only testimony.
“Schiff does not want to burn his identity,” a senior congressional official told the newspaper.
“There are lots of different protocols and procedures we’re looking into to find out what works and doesn’t work to protect the identity of the whistleblower,” a person familiar with the talks told the news outlet. “That is paramount.”
The whistleblower’s complaint centered on Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, during which Trump pressed the new leader eight times to investigate former vice president Joe Biden, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and his son Hunter.
On Tuesday, the House Intelligence Committee was told that the testimony of Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, had been blocked b y the State Department. The whistleblower said that Sondland met with Zelensky to give “advice” about how to “navigate” Trump’s demands, working behind the scenes to carry out the president’s wishes in a country that’s not a member of the European Union.
In text messages provided to Congress, Sondland insisted that Trump’s decision to withhold nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine was not a quid pro quo—as diplomat William B. “Bill” Taylor had said he feared.
Trump told Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, to hold back the military aid for Ukraine shortly before his July call. Trump has repeatedly denied that there was a “quid pro quo” between the military assistance and the request to investigate the Bidens.
At the White House on Monday, Trump lashed out at Democrats over their impeachment inquiry.
“You can’t impeach a president for doing a great job. . . . This is a scam,” he said at an event on trade with Japan.
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Is freshman nose tackle Keeanu Benton ready for a larger role? UW coaches believe he is
UW senior linebacker Chris Orr liked what he saw from freshman nose tackle Keeanu Benton early in camp: "He has a high ceiling, a very high ceiling."
Is freshman nose tackle Keeanu Benton ready for a larger role? UW coaches believe he is UW senior linebacker Chris Orr liked what he saw from freshman nose tackle Keeanu Benton early in camp: "He has a high ceiling, a very high ceiling." Check out this story on postcrescent.com: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2019/09/17/freshman-nose-tackle-keeanu-benton-ready-larger-role-uw-coaches-believe-he/2346861001/
Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 5:29 p.m. CT Sept. 17, 2019
Freshman nose tackle Keeanu Benton out of Janesville Craig should see plenty of action against Michigan in both of UW's 3-4 and 2-5 defensive alignments (Photo: David Stluka)
MADISON – As he listened to the question, Chris Orr’s eyes bulged and a smile spread across his face.
What did Wisconsin’s fifth-year senior inside linebacker think when he first spotted freshman nose tackle Keeanu Benton?
“Big,” Orr said, grinning. “Loved having him out there. When I first saw him, I was like: ‘Oh yeah, put him right there in the middle in front of us and let him eat up those blocks.’”
Benton, 6-foot-4 and 315 pounds, will be asked to increase his intake of offensive linemen when No. 14 UW (2-0) meets No. 10 Michigan in the teams’ Big Ten opener at 11 a.m. Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.
With sophomore Bryson Williams (left leg) expected to miss his second consecutive game, Benton is set to be the No. 1 nose tackle in a 3-4 front and also get snaps when UW uses a 2-4 front with two down linemen.
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“He has proven early on in his career he is comfortable at both and he will be used that way,” UW defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard said after practice Tuesday. “The biggest thing if we go to more of our nickel package with two D-linemen is just a bigger rotation. He is not going to be on the field every rotation.”
Benton, a graduate of Janesville Craig High School, made his debut in the opener at South Florida and started in Week 2 against Central Michigan.
He has been able to hold up at the point of attack and has displayed enough athletic ability to shed blocks and make plays behind the line of scrimmage.
Of his three tackles, two have been for loss.
Orr saw Benton make similar plays during preseason camp.
“Our first scrimmage he made a few really big plays,” Orr said. “Big in the sense that if you know football and understand our scheme, eating a double-team, splitting it and going to make a tackle for loss is a big play. Not many people can do that, even when they get older.
“What I’m most impressed about is that he doesn’t just stay on blocks. When he is double-teamed he will eat the double and he’ll split it and go make a play.
“I knew then that he was going to play and he was going to help us out a lot. He has a high ceiling, a very high ceiling."
Williams’ absence leaves UW with two healthy nose tackles – Benton and walk-on Gunnar Roberge.
Leonnhard can counter by playing a 2-4-5 more frequently than a 3-3-4. In the former scheme, Leonhard can deploy ends Garrett Rand, Isaiahh Loudermilk, Matt Henningsen and David Pfaff and Benton on the inside.
“We like what he has done and obviously every week you just hope his confidence grows," Leonhard said of Benton. "Keeanu has got great balance and he’s got great power. And he is able to transition from different blocks. He sees things very well considering he hasn’t had many snaps.”
No matter what scheme Leonhard relies on more heavily against Michigan, Benton will be in the middle of the action.
Head coach Paul Chryst acknowledged that at the start of camp he wasn’t sure how quickly Benton would develop.
“You don’t know (about) any young freshman when they come in,” he said. “As a coach you always have faith and belief that they’ll get it and they’ll contribute at some point. You don’t know when.
“I’ve been impressed with the way that he has handled everything and continued to grow. As we all know there is a ton of learning still ahead of him.”
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Ceramics or Pottery what is the difference?
by Suzi Wilson | May 23, 2016 | pottery philosophy | 0 comments
Many people use the terms ceramics and pottery interchangeably. So the question is which is it;
Ceramics or Pottery?
The word “ceramic comes from the Greek word κεραμικός (keramikos), “of pottery” or “for pottery”. The earliest known mention of the root “ceram-” is the Mycenaean Greek ke-ra-me-we, “workers of ceramics”. The word “ceramic” may be used as an adjective to describe a material, product or process, or it may be used as a noun, either singular, or, more commonly, as the plural noun “ceramics”.
The short answer…
I guess the short answer is ceramics and pottery are synonymous. When I think of ceramics however, porcelain comes to mind. I think of pottery as being a more organic process and appearance and ceramics as being more precise and delicate.
Porcelain has been described as being “completely vitrified, hard, impermeable (even before glazing), white or artificially coloured, translucent (except when of considerable thickness), and resonant.”
Unlike their lower-fired counterparts, porcelain wares do not need glazing to render them impermeable to liquids and for the most part are glazed for decorative purposes and to make them resistant to dirt and staining. Many types of glaze, such as the iron-containing glaze used on the celadon wares, were designed specifically for their striking effects on porcelain.
These are two large porcelain flask in the form of bianhu. The left flask has a underglaze that depicts a large three-clawed dragon among scrolling lotus, similar scrolling lotus on the neck, and squared spirals at the rim. The right flask has a underglaze that depicts a three-clawed dragon in reserve against a background of waves in underglaze cobalt blue on the exterior, a wide band of scrolling lotus flowers on the neck, and scrolling lotus leaves below the mouth rim.
What do you think? What terms do you use to describe it?
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