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And That Happened: Sunday’s scores and highlights
By Craig CalcaterraSep 8, 2014, 6:47 AM EDT
Latest Wild Card standings
Orioles 7, Rays 5: Remember last winter when no one wanted to sign Nelson Cruz because they thought he was damaged goods or that his best years were behind him or that he was a product of the Ballpark at Arlington or something? Nah, me neither. Two homers for Cruz, the second of which came in the 11th inning. He drove in seven. Had a triple too.
Royals 2, Yankees 0: How very disrespectful for the Royals to shut the Yankees out on Derek Jeter Day. Yordano Ventura pitching three-hit ball into the seventh was not at all classy. The Royals did, however, maintain a two-game lead over the Tigers in the Central. The last time they made the playoffs, Derek Jeter was only nine. This was one of five shutouts yesterday.
Marlins 4, Braves 0: Aloha, Mr. Hand: Brad Hand shut out the Braves for six innings. Then, I assume, he had a little feast on our time. The Braves, at this rate, are going to have plenty of their own time in October.
Indians 2, White Sox 0: Carlos Carrasco continues to be ridiculous. Here he was one out shy of a shutout but was lifted when the tying runner came to the plate in the ninth. He probably gets a chance to fight through that if his team has a bigger cushion, but c’est la vie. Since returning to the Indians’ rotation on August 5, he has a 0.70 ERA and 42/4 K/BB ratio over five starts and 38 and two-thirds innings. This from a guy who, a year ago, probably could’ve told you how many white lines there were on I-71 between Cleveland and Columbus.
Dodgers 7, Diamondbacks 2: The Dodgers sweep, and finish their season series against the Dbacks having taken 15 of 19. So much for that rivalry. Adrian Gonzalez had two three-run homers. His six driven in give him an even 100 for the year if you’re into that sort of thing.
Rangers 1, Mariners 0: The only offense of the game was an Adrian Beltre sac fly. The second strong start for Derek Holland since his return, this time with seven shutout inning, no walks and five strikeouts.
Pirates 10, Cubs 4: Four homers for Pirates batters, including one from Gerrit Cole of all people. This sweep, combined with the Brewers’ loss, puts the Pirates in the second wild card position, a half game up on Atlanta and Milwaukee.
Angels 14, Twins 4: The sweep. For both the series and the season against the Twins. And they now sport a seven game lead in the West. Mike Trout, Howie Kendrick and C.J. Cron all homered. Kendrick drove in four, with an RBI triple and RBI single accompanying his solo shot.
Cardinals 9, Brewers 1: Adam Wainwright allowed only one run while tossing a complete game, needing exactly 100 pitches to do it. The Cards took three of four and now have a four and a half game lead in the Central.
Nationals 3, Phillies 2: Another guy with two homers, this time Adam LaRoche, to help the Nats avoid the sweep. Both homers tied the game at the time. Drew Storen took over as closer for Rafael Soriano and got the save.
Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 1: Jose Bautista’s three-rum homer was all the offense the Jays would get or need. R.A. Dickey baffled Sox hitters, allowing one run on six hits while pitching into the eighth. This loss, combined with the Orioles’ win, officially eliminates the Red Sox. Not that anyone in Boston was holding their breath.
Mets 4, Reds 3: Anthony Recker and Curtis Granderson homered. All four of the Mets’ runs were unearned, however, as the Reds committed two inning or at-bat-continuing errors. There aren’t many teams which have had a more uninspiring second half than Cincinnati.
Rockies 6, Padres 0: Colorado sweeps. Four in a row overall for them. Jackson Williams and Nolan Arenado homered. Williams’ was his first career longball in the majors.
Astros 4, Athletics 3: Oh, Oakland. They had a one-run lead in the ninth and then Ryan Cook came on to close it out. He walked three of the four batters he faced. Fernando Abad came in and allowed a sac fly, then intentionally walked one guy and unintentionally walked another and there went the lead. The Astros’ win ensures that they will not lose 100 games on the year. The Athletics’ loss puts the AL West even more out of reach than it already was and keeps them closer to the second wild card leaders than they really wanna be. The A’s have lost 18 of their last 26 games.
Tigers 6, Giants 1: The Tigers have Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello is putting up a breakout year and they traded for David Price at the break. So of course a dude named Kevin Lobstein is their best pitcher at the moment. Lobstein allowed one run in five and two-thirds innings. He has a 2.11 ERA in three starts since taking over Anibal Sanchez’s rotation spot. The Tigers have won all three of those games.
Tags: Adam LaRoche, Adam Wainwright, Adrian Beltre, Adrian Gonzalez, Anibal Sanchez, Anthony Recker, Baltimore Orioles, Brad Hand, Carlos Carrasco, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Curtis Granderson, David Price, Derek Holland, Derek Jeter, Detroit Tigers, Drew Storen, Fernando Abad, Gerrit Cole, Howie Kendrick, Jose Bautista, Justin Verlander, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Max Scherzer, Miami Marlins, Mike Trout, Nelson Cruz, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Nolan Arenado, Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, R.A. Dickey, Rafael Soriano, Rick Porcello, Ryan Cook, St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals, Yordano Ventura
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The Dodgers hand their rivals another bad loss as the Giants’ skid continues
By Craig CalcaterraSep 20, 2016, 7:08 AM EDT
“Bad loss” is relative. This was only 2-1. But it was bad in the sense that the same problem which has dogged the San Francisco Giants during their second half swoon — the back end of their bullpen — continued last night at Dodger Stadium. Oh, and they lost their composure as well.
This started as a matchup of aces, as Madison Bumgarner one-hit the Dodgers for seven innings while Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers’ pen allowed only on unearned run all game long. After Wil Smith and Derek Law kept L.A. scoreless in the eighth, the Giants’ new closing concept came into play. No one man is taking over for demoted closer Santiago Casilla but, rather, a hot hand/committee concept is. On first test, it didn’t go well.
Bruce Bochy decided that Law would continue to pitch to start off the ninth and he issued a leadoff walk to Andrew Toles. Law was pulled and Javier Lopez came in and immediately gave up a single to Corey Seager. Then he was pulled for Hunter Strickland who immediately gave up an RBI single to Justin Turner and then a walkoff RBI double to Adrian Gonzalez, completing another late game collapse in what has been an entire half season of collapses for them.
And it was a collapse that featured a bit of chippiness too. Benches cleared at the end of the seventh inning as Madison Bumgarner and Yasiel Puig exchanged words. It appeared to have been kicked off my Bumgarner saying something to Puig after he retired him on a comebacker. Bumgarner was, shall we say, exuberant, likely because Puig doubled off of him earlier and, possibly, because the two of them have had many run-ins in the past. Last night Bumgarner seemed to shout something at Puig as he ran out the grounder and then the two of them stared each other down From the looks of it, it appears to fall under the category of “batters aren’t allowed to flinch lest they be seen to be showing up the pitcher, but pitchers can pound their glove and hoot at anyone they want when they record an out to end an inning.”
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Vin Scully was told after this that Bumgarner was hollering at Puig, “Don’t look at me!” over and over. Which, sure, that’s mature.
From the Dodgers’ perspective I’m sure Bumgarner can hoot all he wants. L.A.’s lead in the NL West is now six and a half games and the Giants freefall continues.
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Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, Andrew Toles, Clayton Kershaw, Corey Seager, Derek Law, Drew Toles, Hunter Strickland, Javier Lopez, Justin Turner, Madison Bumgarner, Santiago Casilla, Yasiel Puig
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Business News Fri, 22 Nov 2019
Unicredit workers complain about payment of salaries
Some workers of Unicredit, one of the financial institutions affected by government’s bank clean-up exercise are finding it difficult to make ends meet months after the revocation of the licence of the company.
Unicredit’s licence was revoked and the company, handed over to the Pricewater House Coopers (PWC) as receiver for the purpose of winding down the affairs of the financial institution.
But most of the workers who were given about three months contract by PWC to offer consultancy services and get paid on a monthly basis have still not received any payment for their work.
Few were however fortunate to receive some stipends which were way below the agreed amount of money.
The contract which began in August 2019 has since been extended to the end of November, 2019.
In separate interviews with the Ghanaian Times, some of the affected workers called on the PWC to as a matter of urgency pay off their account balance and salaries because “life has become very difficult.”
Mr David Botwe, who used to be the branch manager of the bank at Abossey Okai lamented that he had not received any money from PWC, the receiver for the past three months, adding that his investment of GH¢68,000.00 remained locked up with the bank and PWC had still not shown any sign of commitment to paying him his money.
“It is not easy for me because I have a wife and two children to take care of. This situation has really affected me negatively; even three of my colleagues who have also been badly affected have died as a result of pressure and sorrow. I have 13 years experience in the banking sector.
For close to three months, I have not received any money from my account or my consultancy fee but I am supposed to go to work because the receiver is using attendance to effect the payment of salaries,” he lamented.
Mr Botwe, whose wife is also currently unemployed, indicated that the bank clean-up exercise had caused more harm than good, especially now that people have started dying.
Another affected worker, Madam Victoria Dede Bonney called for the improvement of communication between PWC and staff of Unicredit, adding that the most important to her was for PWC to pay personal funds in the current and savings accounts of workers.
Source: ghanaiantimes.com.gh
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The Good at Heart
4.33 3 5 Forfatter: Ursula Werner Oplæser: Gibson Frazier
Based on the author’s discoveries about her great-grandfather, this stunning debut novel that “powerfully portrays the inner struggles of ordinary people moved to do extraordinary things” (Booklist) takes place over three days during World War II when members of a German family must make “the sometimes impossible choice between family and morality” (Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand).
When World War II breaks out, Edith and Oskar Eberhardt move their family—their daughter, Marina; son-in-law, Franz; and their granddaughters—out of Berlin to the quiet town of Blumental, near Switzerland. A member of the Fuhrer’s cabinet, Oskar is gone most of the time, and Franz begins fighting in the war, so the women of the house are left to their quiet lives in the village.
But life in Blumental isn’t as idyllic as it appears. An egotistical Nazi captain terrorizes the citizens he’s assigned to protect. Neighbors spy on each other. Some mysteriously disappear. Marina has a lover who also has close ties to her family and the government. Thinking none of them share her hatred of the Reich, she joins a Protestant priest smuggling Jewish refugees over the nearby Swiss border. The latest “package” is two Polish girls, and against her better judgment, Marina finds she must hide them in the Eberhardt’s cellar. Everything is set to go smoothly until Oskar comes home with the news that the Führer will be visiting the area for a concert, and he will be making a house call on the Eberhardts.
“With jaw-clenching suspense and unexpected tenderness” (Jacquelyn Mitchard), The Good at Heart is an “engaging…rich…evocative” (Library Journal) portrait of a family torn between doing their duty for their country and doing what’s right, especially for those they love.
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Revisiting the click track
One of my more popular posts from last year was ‘In Search of the Click track‘ where I posted some plots showing the tempo deviations from the average tempo for a number of songs. From these plots it was pretty easy to see which songs had a human setting the beat and which songs had a machine setting the beat (be it a click track, drum machine or an engineer fitting the song to a tempo grid). I got lots of feedback along with many requests to generate click plots for particular drummers. It was a bit of work to generate a click plot (find the audio, upload it to the analyzer, get the results, normalize the data, generate the plot, convert it to an image and finally post it to the web) so I didn’t create too many more.
Last week Brian released the alpha version of a nifty new set of APIs that give access to the analysis data for millions of tracks. Over the weekend, I wrote a web application that takes advantage of the new APIs to make it easy to get a click plot for just about any track. Just type in the name of the artist and track and you’ll get the click plot – you don’t have to find the audio or upload it or wrestle with python or gnuplot. The web app is here:
In Search of the Click Track
Here are some examples of the output. First up is a plot of “I love rock’n’ roll’ by Britney Spears. The plot shows the tempo deviations from the average song tempo over the course of the song. The plot shows that there’s virtually no deviation at all. Britney is using a machine to set the beat.
Now compare Britney’s plot to the click plot for the song ‘So Lonely’ by the Police:
Here we see lots of tempo variation. There are four main humps each corresponding to each chorus where Police drummer Stewart Copeland accelerates the beat. Over the course of the song there is an increase in the average tempo that build tension and excitement. In this song the tempo is maintained by a thinking, feeling human, whereas Britney is using a coldhearted, sterile machine to set the tempo for her song.
For some types of music, machine generated tempos are appropriate. Electronica, synthpop and techno benefit from an ultra-precise tempo. Some examples are Kraftwerk and The Postal Service:
But for many songs, the tempo variations add much to the song. The gradual speed up in Jefferson Airplane’s White Rabbit:
and the crescendo in ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’:
And in the Rolling Stone’s Sympathy for the Devil
It is also fun to use the click plots to see how steady drummers are (and to see which ones use clicktracks). Some of my discoveries:
Keith Moon used a click track on ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’:
(You can see him wearing headphones in this video)
It looks like Neil Peart uses a click track on Stick it out:
Art Blakey can really lay it down without a click track (he really looks like a machine here):
As does Ginger Baker (or does he use a click?):
It seems that all of the nümetal bands use clicks:
As do some of the indie bands:
I find it interesting to look at the various click plots. It gives me a bit more insight into the band and the drummer. However, some types of music such as progressive rock – with its frequent time signature and tempo changes are really hard to plot – which is too bad since many of the best drummers play prog rock.
In addition the plots I attempted a couple of objective metrics that can be used to measure the machine like quality of drummer. The Machine Score is a measure of how often the beat is within a 2 BPM window of the average tempo of the song. Higher numbers indicate that the drummer is more like a machine. This metric is a bit troublesome for songs that change tempo, a song that changes tempo often may have a lower machine score than it should. The Longest run of machine like drumming is the count of the longest stretch of continuous beats that are within 1BPM of the average tempo of the song. Long runs (over a couple hundred beats) tend to indicate that a machine is in charge of the beat. Both these metrics are somewhat helpful in determining whether or not the drumming is live, but I still find that the best determinate is to look at the plot. More work is needed here.
The new click plotter was a fun weekend project. I got to use rgraph – an HTML5 canvas graph library (thanks to Ryan for suggesting client-side plotting), along with cherrypy, pound and, of course, the Brian’s new web services. The whole thing is just 500 lines of code.
I hope you enjoy generating your own click plots. If you find some interesting ones post a link here and I’ll add them to the Gallery of Drummers.
click track, The Echo Nest
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#1 by Brian McFee on February 8, 2010 - 7:43 pm
Do you have any “least-machine-like” examples? The best I could find so far is Jimmy Chamberlain at 19%:
http://labs.echonest.com/click/?trackId=TRVDYBE12548892861&artist=The+Smashing+Pumpkins&title=Silverfuck
#2 by Michael Levine on February 9, 2010 - 4:58 pm
Click tracks go back further in pop music than many people realize. The Beatles made extensive use of them, most famously on A Day In The Life. But an artful use of a tempo map – one that might include speed changes both gradual and sudden – might register as “human” using your criteria. For example, most film and TV scores are tempo mapped. This practice goes back at least to the 1950s and, I believe, maybe ten or twenty years before. And yet many scores very sophisticated tempo shifts.
#3 by Ian K. on February 9, 2010 - 10:58 pm
Speaking of “click tracks” of a sort: Legend has it that the finger snapping on Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “16 Tons” were laid down by Ernie to help the band stay in tempo with him. They were supposed to remove the snaps afterwards, but they were inadvertently left in. The results: one of the biggest hits Capitol Records ever had.
#4 by Scott Bricklin on February 10, 2010 - 4:29 pm
#5 by Nick on February 15, 2010 - 7:16 am
I’m not sure that electronica etc “benefit from an ultra-precise tempo”, but the steady tempo makes it much easier for DJs to rearrange tracks on the fly. The DJ may change the tempo in performance later.
Any one track would probably benefit from some changes in tempo but unlike the other genres, the source track isn’t necessarily the final product.
Can’t think of a similar excuse for numetal – I suppose if the album is heavily produced then having all the parts recorded separately against a click track gives more freedom in post.
#6 by music is magic on February 15, 2010 - 11:52 am
as a drummer myself and having seen Ginger Baker live a few times, i’m willing to bet he doesn’t use a click track. he is just rock steady.
#7 by Ninja on February 15, 2010 - 6:20 pm
If you can’t tell with your ears, who cares?!
#8 by Doug on February 15, 2010 - 8:07 pm
Don’t forget about quantizing individual hits after the fact. That’s huge in metal. A lot of the hyper modern stuff has even more to do with quantizing than click tracks, thus the difference between Peart, and phenomenally tight drummer, and Breaking Benjamin.
#9 by Catharsis Studios on May 26, 2010 - 4:32 am
this is so far off its hillarious it doesn’t take notice of tempo changes i mean hell it even said attack attack stick stickly was 75% which those drums are 100% programmed
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The Hamster Host
July 1, 2016 July 5, 2016 Posted in Collecting, Estate jewelry, Jewelry, Jewish Star, Memoir, Sacred medals, Uncategorized
Some years ago I was trying to describe my latest purchase to my friend Iris, who deeply understands my jewelry addiction, being similarly afflicted. “Well,” I said, “it’s a tiny gold pendant, set with diamonds you can hardly see except for the sparkle. I’d say it’s about the size of…a communion wafer for a hamster.”
“A hamster host, eh?” said Iris.
The hamster host about to become a cat toy (in the absence of a cooperative rodent)
With a diameter of barely 8 millimeters, it might actually be a bit large for a hamster, even a devout one. But it is very, very small for a human being. I thought it was just about perfect, with its minuscule (yet fully cut) diamonds set in sanded gold in a pattern that could either be a snowflake or an evil eye, depending on your point of view. I wore it every day for many months.
I could say I was in a minimalist phase, but the truth is that I’ve always loved the idea of tiny amulets, worn for pleasure and protection—they do feel protective, somehow—rather than show. And: if I’m wearing dangly earrings and an additional necklace seems like Too Much, a tiny amulet doesn’t.
The hamster host is the work of Adel Chefridi , for whom tininess and delicacy are cardinal virtues. (That religious metaphor again!) I first met Adel at one of the many fancy crafts fairs that regularly part me from my money. I spent a long time at his booth, entranced by the pinpoint glittering stones that punctuate his jewelry. He told me he uses a microscope to set them—I gather this is not uncommon—but somehow, his designs bring out the best in them. His stones look brighter; his gold, golder. Over the years, I’ve bought several of his pieces and given away more as gifts. (He also does beautiful work in silver.) The things I bought from him still entrance me. And he’s a lovely guy.
Tiny diamond amulets in 18K gold by Adel Chefridi, all worn with pleasure. Left to right: Heaven On Earth pendant; Star pendant in white gold (possibly my favorite); Shimmer pendant (the hamster host); Floret charm (with an itty bitty emerald)
But I was on the prowl for tiny amulets long before I met Adel. I own a number of them, of various sorts; their chains tangle intractably in my jewelry box. The truth is that I have always envied people whose religions entitle them to wear miraculous medals—of Saint Christopher, say, or the Blessed Virgin—there are some truly gorgeous Blessed Virgins out there. But being Jewish, I can’t wear them. It’s not my tradition; these blessed souls are not my protectors. (Though I might get myself a Ganesha one of these days. Ganesha, remover of obstacles, protects everyone.)
I own several Jewish stars. My first, in white gold, was given to me as a child by my grandmother, who shortened its chain with tiny un-undoable knots, basically ruining it. God knows where that wound up. Even now I’ll buy myself a tiny Jewish star every so often, but I can’t seem to bring myself to wear any of them. For whatever reason, I can’t, or won’t, wear jewelry as a profession of faith.
But there is one bona fide saint whose medal I gladly wear.
Silver medal of Saint Cecilia, said to have belonged to Aaron Copland
Oh me of little faith: the latest in a series of Jewish stars, purchased (on sale!) just this month. Maybe I’ll wear it someday.
She is Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians. Many years ago, in the early 1980s, my friend Bud Westman presented her to me, and I still think she’s one of the loveliest gifts I’ve ever received. Buddy told me she had belonged to Aaron Copland, and it’s definitely true that Aaron and Buddy were close once upon a time. But I would much rather wear her as a keepsake of Buddy, who died in 2012—and of Saint Cecilia herself, and the anthem W.H. Auden wrote for her, set to music by Benjamin Britten. It’s quite a personal poem and bears a large share of personal anguish, though it also harks back to a lofty literary tradition. It begins:
In a garden shady this holy lady
With reverent cadence and subtle psalm,
Like a black swan as death came on
Poured forth her song in perfect calm:
And by ocean’s margin this innocent virgin
Constructed an organ to enlarge her prayer,
And notes tremendous from her great engine
Thundered out on the Roman air.
This is my idea of protection, and she is my idea of a protector.
Adel ChefridiSaint CeceliaW.H. Auden
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Saint Cecilia is SUCH a lovely thing. She is worth wearing silver for.
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Lisa Marie Boothe
Pramesh Baskota Published On Wed May 29 2019 Modified On Sun Dec 29 2019
Facts of Lisa Marie Boothe
Full Name Lisa Boothe
First Name Lisa
Middle Name Marie
Last Name Boothe
Birth Name Lisa Marie Boothe
Profession Journalist
Birth City West Virginia
Father Name Jeffrey Ferris Boothe
Mother Name Dianne Marie
Sexual Orientation Stright
Horoscope Aquarius
Marital Status Relation
Relation With John Bourbonia Cummins
Sibilings 3
Filmography Outnumbered
Education B.A. University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Religion Christianity
Wiki Profile
Date of Birth February 3,1985
Married Date January
Amount $10 million
Body and Relation Status of Lisa Marie Boothe
What is Lisa Marie Boothe marital status ? Relation
Who is Lisa Marie Boothe in Relation with? John Bourbonia Cummins
What is the height of Lisa Marie Boothe? 157 cm
What is the weight of Lisa Marie Boothe? 55 kg
Today we are diving into the article of American Journalist Lisa Marie Boothe, working as a contributor for Fox News Channel. Here are all the necessary details about Lisa, such as her bio, wiki, age, net worth, salary, dating life, boyfriend, height, net worth, and so on.
Lisa Boothe was born on February 3, 1985, in West Virginia, the United States of America. However, she grew up in Washington, D.C. Boothe was born into a family having a political background. Let's know more about her personal life.
Lisa Boothe's Personal Life: Husband & Children
Boothe does not share much about her private life, in term of affairs, relationships, or her dating life. What could be gleaned from her personal life is that she is a lady approaching her forties and living a single life? Well, the news about the man in her life has surfaced the internet these days.
Image: Lisa Boothe Hosted SAS 2018 at Palm Beach.
Source: Instagram @lisamarieboothe
Lisa has always been the kind of person to focus more on her career rather than any personal life. The famous FNC contributor Boothe has been dating a guy, John Bourbonia Cummins, for a long period as per online sources. Lisa has never confirmed her relationship with Cummins, yet she might be secretly dating him.
It seems Lisa's fans and followers should wait a little longer for them to know more about her dating life. To date, Lisa has never been part of any rumors and controversies.
Lisa Boothe's Net Worth
Lisa's net worth is accumulated in various ways. She is a president and founder of High Noon Strategies, a political communication, and public affairs firm from where she earns a hefty amount of money.
Previously, she also worked with Fortune 500 companies, which is just part of the broad experience she has in political communications and navigating crises that have undoubtedly helped her to earn a great fortune.
Snap: Lisa Boothe on Vacation; swimming with a dolphin.
Additionally, Lisa is a published author, some of her writings include, President Obama Has Left the Middle-Class Behind, Hilary Clinton and the wealth factor: Is she 2016’s, Mitt Romney? and Why the ‘war on women’ propaganda won’t work.
Boothe is considered as one of America’s most powerful and resourceful women, with a net worth, which is approximated to be around $10 million, and she has over $2 million assigned to her as an annual salary. Her other source of income is still under wrap.
Her lifestyle pretty much speaks how she likes to spend her money, she is a traveler, and a very outgoing individual, if you check her Instagram, you'd find many pictures where she travels to many exotic places with family and friends.
Frame: Lisa (left) with her family member during a vacation.
And why shouldn't she? She is young, successful, single, and free of any family responsibility, and on top of that, she earns pretty heavy.
Lisa Marie Boothe's Early Life
For decades her father served for Capitol Hill as an aide to a senator. As for siblings, Lisa has three elder brothers. Lisa is American by her nationality, and her ethnicity is Caucasian White with Anglo-Scottish descent.
Born in a political family, she was also very interested in politics, which lead her to join the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 2003 for her education. Lisa graduated in 2007 with a degree in the field of Political sciences and Government. However, there are no details on with school and high school Lisa attended.
Frame: Lisa Marie Boothe at the pool with her father.
Lisa pursued her career as a Republican Strategist and political commentator soon after completing her education. Before that, initiated, she persuaded her career by helping enhance communication for members of Congress, senators, and Super PAC.
After working with WPA, she joined Fox News Channel (FNC). Later, Lisa also became the political analyst and commentator for FNC’s prime time programming. Recently, appearing in Fox News show Outnumbered, Marie Boothe talked about how Democrats are cheapening impeachment.
Not to forget, she is also the vice-president of the Black Rock Group, which is a global investment management corporation based in the USA. As for social media, Lisa uses Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to get connected with her fans.
Lisa Boothe's Facts and Wiki
Lisa's age is 34 years old. Boothe has a height of 5 feet 2 inches and weight around 55 kgs.
She is not only successful but also a very pretty young lady. Boothe has a hourglass figure with a body measurement of 35 inches of the bust, 25 inches of waist, and 35 inches of hips.
Picture: Lisa Boothe's Dog Bella.
Further, Lisa has a lovely toy-like apartment dog Bella of Cavalier King Charles Spaniel breed.
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Academy Award® winner Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love) and Aaron Eckhart (Thank You for Smoking) star in this seductively intriguing mystery that critics hailed as “the most romantic film of the year!” (Bill Zwecker, Fox-TV) Dedicated literary scholars Maud Bailey (Paltrow) and Roland Michell (Eckhart) have nothing in common, except their obsession with the two Victorian poets they have devoted their lives to studying. When a newly discovered cache of love letters reveals that the two writers had been entangled in a forbidden affair, everything changes for Maud and Roland as they set off on a wildly romantic journey in search of the truth about the fascinating past… and their own passionate present.
Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle, Lena Headey
© 2002 Focus Features. All Rights Reserved.
Critics Consensus: It's perhaps a bit tame and uninspiring, considering its subject matter, but Possession manages enough romance and period intrigue to satisfy most fans of its source material.
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Parents need to know that this movie has sexual situations and references, including sex between unmarried couples, a lesbian relationship, and an out-of-wedlock pregnancy. Roland and Maud almost become sexually involved when he stops, telling her that he has hurt others in the past and does not want to become physically intimate until they have a better sense of their relationship. A character commits suicide. Characters steal documents of great value. There's some strong language, and characters smoke and drink. Some audience members may be upset by scenes of an unauthorized exhumation.
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Henry Fonda stars in this romantic comedy set in 1850s New York. When he realizes that he needs to supplement his farming income, Dan Harrow (Fonda) takes a job on a canal boat. There, he meets and falls head over heels for beautiful Molly Larkins (Janet Gaynor), the daughter of the ships cook, much to her fathers dismay. It will take love, strength and courage for Dan to win Mollys hand!
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Redefining a role for central banks: The increased importance of central banks’ roles in the management of liquidity risks and macro prudential supervision in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis
Ojo, Marianne (2010): Redefining a role for central banks: The increased importance of central banks’ roles in the management of liquidity risks and macro prudential supervision in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis.
Over the recent years, it has increasingly been acknowledged that macro prudential policies are not only considered to be “a missing ingredient from the current policy framework”, but that there has also been “too huge a gap between macro economic policy and the regulation of individual financial institutions.”
The link between monetary policy and macro prudential policies, the knowledge of central banks in matters relating to information on market conditions and their oversight of payment systems, as well as the need to bridge the existing gap between supervisory authorities and central banks whilst executing their supervisory roles and functions, have necessitated an extension of central banks role in the management of liquidity risks and macro prudential supervision.
A fundamental aim of this paper is to address how an extension of central banks’ roles in macro prudential supervision can assist regulators and supervisors in bridging the afore mentioned gap between macro economic policy and the regulation of individual financial institutions. In so doing, the need for greater focus on macro prudential factors, namely, the system as a whole, as opposed to mere focus on the supervision of individual institutions will be highlighted. The expertise and knowledge with which a central bank is endowed in its role as overseer of the entire payments system – as well as the quality of information which it has access to, are some of those factors which add weight to its ability to bridge “the gap”.
macroprudential; Financial Crisis; central banks; Basel III; systemic risk; supervision; liquidity; information; Banking Reform Act; Financial Services Act; regulators
E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E0 - General > E02 - Institutions and the Macroeconomy
K - Law and Economics > K2 - Regulation and Business Law
E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E5 - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit > E58 - Central Banks and Their Policies
G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G21 - Banks ; Depository Institutions ; Micro Finance Institutions ; Mortgages
E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles
G - Financial Economics > G0 - General > G01 - Financial Crises
Dr Marianne Ojo
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Caprio G Jr, “Safe and Sound Banking: A Role for Counter cyclical Regulatory Requirements” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5198, The World Bank Development Research Group, Finance and Private Sector Development Team, February 2010
Cecchetti S, „Financial Reform: A Progress Report“ Remarks prepared for the Westminster Economic Forum, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, October 2010 at page 4 of 6 http://www.bis.org/speeches/sp101004.htm
Davis EP and Karim D, “Macro Prudential Regulation – The Missing Policy Pillar” Keynote Address at the 6th Euro frame Conference on Economic Policy Issues in the European Union, 12th June 2009, entitled „Causes and Consequences of the Current Financial Crisis, What lessons for EU Countries?“ http://www.ephilipdavis.com/macroprudential_regulation[1].pdf
Fisher P, „Managing Liquidity in the System – the Bank’s Liquidity Insurance Operations“ at page 2 <http://www.bis.org/review/r101004e.pdf>
Financial Services Authority, A regulatory response to the global banking crisis (18th March 2009), FSA Discussion Paper (DP09/2) http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pubs/discussion/dp09_02.pdf.
Hannoun H, “The Expanding Role of Central Banks Since the Crisis: What are the Limits?” June 2010 Bank for International Settlements Publications http://www.bis.org/speeches/sp100622.pdf?noframes=1
HM Treasury White Paper, “Reforming Financial Markets” (8th July 2009), http://www.hmtreasury.gov.uk/d/reforming_financial_markets080709.pdf.
HM Treasury, „Financial Services Act“ http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/fin_bill_index.htm
Jordan TJ, „A Changing Role for Central Banks ?“ Speech by Mr Thomas J Jordan, Vice Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, at the Welcome Event Master of Banking and Finance, St. Gallen, 22 September 2010, http://www.bis.org/review/r100924b.pdf
Ojo M, The Need for Government and Central Bank Intervention in Financial Regulation: Free Banking and the Challenges of Information Uncertainty http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/23298/
Rodriguez-Miguez J and Ojo M, “Juridical and Financial Considerations on the Public Re Capitalisation and Rescue of Financial Institutions During Periods of Financial Crisis” http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/24047/
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Shearman and Sterling LLP, “UK Government Proposals for Financial Regulatory Reform” June 2010
Treasury Select Committee, “Banking Crisis: Regulation and Supervision_ Macro prudential Supervision” http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmtreasy/767/76707.htm
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Experiential content agency Spinifex makes three hires
Experiential content agency Spinifex has made three new hires, including a lead real-time artist, a unity developer and a senior producer.
Pepin Portingale has returned to the agency after taking a year off to launch Litmus VR. Portingale returns to Spinifex as a lead real-time artist.
Tracey Taylor and the three new staff members
In his prior role with the agency Portingale was the head of 3D.
Jonathan Kafkaris also joins the agency in the role of unity developer. He was previously a scientific computational officer at the University of Sydney for a year.
In other appointments for the agency, James Betar has started as a senior producer.
Tracey Taylor, who joined Spinifex as MD in February last year, said in a statement: “It isn’t about real-time taking over from traditional rendered content – this is about understanding that the two areas have blended into a new content offering.
“The opportunities offered by the use of game engines with real-time creation and rendering is revolutionising the entire customer experience.
“The new additions to our real-time team will work seamlessly with the rest of the creative content teams and creative technologists to continue to offer services that match current and future demand.”
topics James Betar, Jonathan Kafkaris, Pepin Portingale, Spinifex, Tracey Taylor
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Ooh Media doubles large format digital footprint
Out of home company Ooh Media has doubled its largest format digital billboards in the past 12 months.
The announcement:
oOh!media has doubled its large format digital billboards in the past 12 months, with more than 260 in market by the end of the year.
This month Australia’s leading Out Of Home company will commission new digital roadside billboard in Adelaide and key regional locations plus digital full motion EVOKE screens in high footfall shopping centres such as Canberra Centre in the ACT, Westpoint in Blacktown, Castle Towers and Melbourne’s Eastland shopping centre.
oOh!’s extensive large format digital billboard inventory, the largest in Australia, now reaches more than 60% of metro Australians within a two-week period across Road, Retail and Airport and represents more than half of the total Out Of Home sector’s large format digital inventory # .
In addition to its large format digital billboards on major arterial roads, key shopping centres and in airports across the country, oOh!’s small format digital network in Retail, Fly and Locate by oOh! environments takes its total digital inventory to approximately 8,000.
oOh!’s Chief Executive Officer, Brendon Cook, said the company would continue to expand its digital footprint to help advertisers gain deeper engagement with their audiences efficiently and effectively.
“Over the past three years we have been strategically investing in growing our large format digital network and this year have accelerated this to double our total digital billboard inventory to deliver the audience reach and combination of full motion and non-motion large format digital,” Mr Cook said.
“We are committed to further digitisation into 2018, both in terms of large and small format screens, but will continue to be prudent about what we digitise based on the sites meeting key audience criteria determined by our extensive new data sets and advertiser demand.
“This includes increasing digital inventory not only in metropolitan areas but also in regional centres given regional Australia is an important market for many advertisers as it accounts for a third of the population.”
In the coming month, oOh! will add digital billboards in Port Macquarie and Mackay, with further plans early in the new year for the placement of digital billboards in Port Lincoln and Townsville.
“While we have a focus on growing our large format digital footprint, we also want to maintain our strong classic Out Of Home offering,” Mr Cook said.
“Classic inventory has and will always provide brands with a big impact presence, while digital inventor done right can immediately deliver contextually relevant content to specific audiences.”
Mr Cook said oOh!’s digital inventory, most of which has full motion capability to enhance engagement with audiences, was only part of the overarching business strategy for sustained growth.
“The network of signs is important, but not the only part of our solution to support advertisers’ needs,” he said.
“That is why our solution for advertisers is underpinned by a proprietary content management system that enables more immediate and dynamic delivery of content to audiences.
“Our data and insights, powered by Quantium allows advertisers to better target and engage the right audiences, in the right environments and where we are able to integrate content onto the digital panels to drive deep engagement.
“This is backed up by third party proof of play platform, Seedooh, that now delivers full transparency on reporting classic and digital display in almost real time.
Mr Cook said that oOh! and the Out Of Home industry is entering a new period where inventory scale, quality and full motion capability are beginning to deliver unparalleled location connections to mobile, digital and audiences.
Source: Ooh Media
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Texas Christmas Party Gift Exchange Had a Bear With Human Remains Inside as a Gift
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KXXV Central Texas News Now
I have seen some weird gifts at those gift exchanges, this is definitely the weirdest of all time.
You have probably done a White Elephant gift exchange. You set a dollar limit and just get each other wacky gifts. You usually play games until you finally get your gift. Rakhi Desai had a White Elephant gift exchange with some friends in Houston and ended up with one of the weirdest gifts at the end of the night. It was a bear with a stitched up heart on it and it says Neptune Society on its foot.
She decided to see what this bear was from because she said it felt like rocks inside of it. She found the Neptune Society, which is a company that puts the cremated remains of your loved ones inside of a bear. She says it makes sense since the bear's tag reads, "I hope I can bring you comfort in whatever life brings your way." Desai asked her friend where she got the bear and she had purchased it at an estate sale.
Desai has tried to contact the company, but they don't keep track of what happens to the bears after they're sent out. Desai is hoping a family missing their bear sees this story so she can get it back to them. “Miracles happen every day. So if there’s a positive end to this story, that would be great,” Desai said.
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November 1, 2019 By Sébastien Hélary
ECM Records will be capping its 50 year anniversary celebration tonight with an epic concert live from Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Featuring a who’s who of modern jazz cognoscente including Joe Lovano, Craig Taborn, Vijay Iyer, Ravi Coltrane, Bill Frisell, Mark Turner, Larry Grenadier, Ethan Iverson, Fabian Almazan, Dezron Douglas, Shai Maestro, Ziv Ravitz, Nasheet … [Read more...]
Yaron Herman Performs at the 2019 Montreal International Jazz Festival
July 2, 2019 By Sébastien Hélary
When we first launched our humble little website, way back in 2009, a shortlist of artists served as our main inspiration to bring jazz music to the masses, notably to the younger generation to which we belonged. Prominent among them was the Israeli pianist Yaron Herman, whose 2007 album, A Time for Everything, featuring Matt Brewer on bass and Gerald Cleaver on drums, was … [Read more...]
Our Top Picks at the 2019 Montreal International Jazz Festival
June 24, 2019 By Sébastien Hélary
The Montreal International Jazz Festival kicks off its 40th edition this week, starting June 26th, with a line-up sure to delight the most diverse of musical tastes. Often jazz festivals can be criticized for not showcasing enough jazz per se, but this year’s Montreal edition is particularly fruitful and ripe with a great selection of actual jazz artists. We’ve highlighted a few … [Read more...]
“And I Love Her”: A Critical Analysis of Covers
September 6, 2016 By Ben Gray
Brad Mehldau has a reputation for building beautiful piano trio versions of pop songs, notably including a lot of Beatles material. His trio release from earlier this year, Blues & Ballads, includes a fantastic version of "And I Love Her" with Larry Grenadier and Jeff Ballard. More recently, Gilad Hekselman, Petros Klampanis, and Ziv Ravitz played a trio concert with that … [Read more...]
Hekselman / Klampanis / Ravitz – “Across the Universe”
August 3, 2016 By Ben Gray
Jazz artists covering Beatles tunes - not a new idea, but the trio of Gilad Hekselman on guitar, Petros Klampanis on bass, and Ziv Ravitz on drums has pulled together an inspired, beautiful version of "Across the Universe". The trio starts with a spacy atmosphere that gradually pulls together while keeping a certain haze over this tune throughout, staying faithful to the … [Read more...]
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Spotlight: Headlong’s DECADE
September 9, 2011 / nickhernbooks
Decade (Nick Hern Books, £10.99)
As Decade, Headlong’s imaginative investigation of 9/11 and its legacy, opens in London, NHB Commissioning Editor Matt Applewhite considers a play publisher’s role in documenting the theatre of our times – and why it’s worth pulling out all the stops to do so.
When, in 2009, Caryl Churchill wrote Seven Jewish Children, her short, sharp response to the situation in Gaza, the Royal Court programmed and produced the play within weeks. As Caryl’s publisher, but also as individuals similarly concerned by the crisis, we felt it was important to publish the play alongside its run. Printed copies were given free of charge to all audience members, and the play is still freely available as a PDF download on our website, enabling it to be read, studied and hotly debated around the world.
Since theatre is the art form most able to react to and explore, in imaginative ways, major world events as they happen, our responsibility as a theatre publisher is to respond likewise. Whilst the work itself might be performed for only a very short time, publication will guarantee the play an ongoing life. Bringing permanence to the essentially ephemeral is the guiding principle behind the publication of any play; when the work combines a wider but immediate significance with something of lasting artistic value, it can feel even more vital.
Headlong, Rupert Goold’s theatre company, has a track record of producing provocative, challenging theatre about urgent, contemporary issues. In their productions of Lucy Prebble’s ENRON and Mike Bartlett’s Earthquakes in London, the Big Subjects of financial meltdown and climate change were respectively explored, in brilliantly theatrical and exhilarating ways. To mark ten years since 9/11, the company began work on their Decade project, commissioning twenty writers from both sides of the Atlantic (and beyond) to respond to the events of that day, and what has happened in the world since.
We all know the profound impact that 9/11 has had on international politics and global security, but the twenty plays making up Decade are all the more powerful for telling us the stories of individuals. So we see the Muslim shopkeeper who has a brick thrown through his window, the souvenir-seller at Ground Zero who seduces weeping tourists, the widows who meet up every anniversary, the passengers grounded at a unnamed airport, the young US solider and the photo which makes her infamous, and – almost comically – the person born on 11th September who must evermore share her birthday with a date remembered for all the wrong reasons. Through these stories we glimpse a bigger picture of how all our lives have changed by varying degrees in various ways.
A scene from Decade by Headlong Theatre (photo by Tristram Kenton)
We’d been discussing the possible publication of these plays for a few months with Headlong, but it was finally confirmed less than two weeks ago that they’d like us to publish all twenty pieces in a single volume and in time for press night. Eight working days is not a long time to get any play into print, from signing a contract to having finished copies, via the processes of typesetting, proofreading, copyediting and design, not to mention the actual printing of the book. And the challenge is all the greater when there are twenty playwrights and their agents to deal with, twenty contracts to be negotiated, twenty plays to be typeset, etc, etc. – and a book of 256 pages to be produced. Thanks to the goodwill, cooperation and hard work of a lot of people, copies were on sale to audiences at the press night.
And, after the production ends on 15th October, and the attention around the tenth anniversary of 9/11 has passed, copies of the publication will still be on sale. Just as the plays explore the legacy of a moment in history, they will have a legacy themselves.
The NHB publication of the twenty plays that make up Decade is available here. To order your copy for £10.99 with free UK P&P add ‘Blog Offer’ in the comments field at checkout (to ensure your discount is applied when the order is processed).
To see Headlong’s thrilling production of Decade running at St Katharine Docks, London, until 15th October, book via the National Theatre Box Office here.
Matt Applewhite
9/11, Decade, Drama, Headlong Theatre, Nick Hern Books, Plays, Publishing, Rupert Goold, Site-specific Theatre
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Second Pass: Final Fantasy XV Review – Almost a Long Road Too Far
Posted on May 16, 2018 July 15, 2018 by wsfrkrf64
Second Pass Review (May 16, 2018):
With the post game and impressive parade of strung content burying me into an effective tomb, it took me a while to really dip back into my Noctis suit. I have qualms calling the wait worthwhile but I can’t allure of the updates.
Square Enix has never, ever done so much to support a Final Fantasy game post launch in both free and paid ways. I’m talking quantity in this pass as I can’t speak to the quality of each piece, but there’s still a deserved pat on the back coming their way. What updates I’ve felt and seen haven’t taken me to many new places or solved my nagging issues with the fractured realism of my original playthrough.
In fact, my time-honored tradition of taking a stab at the hidden bosses has felt more grind than fun, which is a first for me for Final Fantasy. The banking of XP seems to hurt the endgame trek where you’re taking on hour-long dungeons of enemies with the hope that you have every ailment covered or you’ll not grow at all with a freak, accidental death. I’ve taken on the secrets of X – a turn based chess game – and XII – as mechanical as endgames get – with little bother, so it does strike me as noteworthy that Final fantasy XV feels as unbalanced in that aspect as it does.
As far as any updates to the original score, I don’t feel the need to dock any further points. Square has still crafted something special that is evolving as a chrysalis longer than any of their previous games, and it’s starting to feel like the huge money toss the company made back in 2016 is going to be worth it after all.
Original review appeared on The Gamer Square December 13th, 2016.
Inside the vast, dangerous kingdom of Lucis is an allegory this legendary series has been building to with this numbered entry for nearly (sic). There is an endgame in sight from the very beginning, Prince Noctis and his following trio on the road to regain lost honor, and a long, long journey to find this crew ready to face down that final gate. That beautiful, integral commandment of the main Final Fantasy entries – grow and learn with your characters – very nearly turns sour in this all-too-accurate allegory, due to the main lesson you feel you’re both learning is how to walk long, empty distances.
The open-world approach in Final Fantasy XV just plain feels off in more than one way. That’s partially a result of a lot of experimentation on Square Enix’s part, Hajime Tabata’s team leaving series staples more as singular posts instead of vital struts in this built-again tower. The approach of the team to realism (i.e. Noctis getting tired after sprinting) hamstrings the desire to run out any length of distance from the roads. Yet, walk the terrain you must as that’s where the beasts roam, the treasure hides, and the missions culminate, adding literal hours to game time just through travel. This isn’t a blanket negative as you do have opportunities to improve your squad along the way, but it sucks the desire for fetch missions, of which many exist, straight out of your bones.
“We’re coming to you live from Sharp Flower Stadium…”
Even so, this is a real open-world able to be wandered by foot from the start, but it is highly recommended that you use the unofficial fifth member of this hero squad: The Regalia. Your royal car is fully equipped to be your ferry from parking spot to settlement, its life-like detail being a boon for that realistic approach from the development team. This ride has a shop, serves as fast-travel, and even allows for Final Fantasy soundtracks to play as your glide to your next objective. Driving itself is another aspect that misses the mark as you have all the control of Sewer Shark over where you’ll turn next. It’s a simplified system to a fault, causing a wreck or two of the black beauty when you’re making an easy turn.
The last aspect of the world that does Final Fantasy XV no favors is the oddity of enemy spawns. Many times, beasts would phase in from Endor or somewhere as the team slammed into their hides. Imperial troopers will sometimes drop from ships two or three spawns at a time, giving your team no time to recover health between. This seems like a smaller gripe as escaping is usually simple enough, but I never wanted to escape. I wanted to fight to get Prompto toughened up or give Ignis another level on his team skill, not run due to a sudden barrage of weird spawn timing.
That desire to fight spawns for the delightful fun that is the combat system. Noctis is the star as he warps from enemy to wall and back, finding leverage from behind or the side to break defenses open for the other three to lean into. This is an integrated mixture of debuffs and active-time battle that hasn’t been in this series until now, and it’s an infusion of strategy via angles that makes every encounter engaging. Magic is relegated to specialized situations and seems actively discouraged by making each element a physical, collectible resource while healing is left to potions for the most part, highlighting the sword-twirling combat even more. The visually intimidating summons are also a rare treat with extremely specific conditions that, nonetheless, clear swathes of enemies at a time and can charge your controller batteries with excitement.
Leveling is a different beast entirely when compared to other Final Fantasy games. You only bank experience when out in the wild, not filling your level bar officially until you hit either an inn or a campground. This gives a meaning to inns and the dangerous night time that keeps you mindful of your placement in the landscape. Ability upgrades come the way of a more compressed version of the sphere grid from Final Fantasy X in split categories, which compounds further with some upgradable weapons. This creates a rewarding, fully-fledged system that you won’t find in other games because of Final Fantasy XV’s unique structuring.
You’ll have the backs of their heads memorized.
The story presented is certainly one of the stronger aspects of Final Fantasy XV, but does have a few drawbacks. The conceit works with Noctis’ family and kingdom suffer a tragedy as he’s off to wed, leaving he and his crew to work their way back after weakening their massive enemy. Most characters have familiar framing from the series’ past with the setting and context making them feel slightly fresher than you would expect. The best moments capture the emotional core set up by the previous dozens of hours worth of playtime, but it’s often again that you’ll feel the grind of time-extended conceits. That’s not to mention the scenes that feel truncated, slicing further emotional potential, without any apparent reason why. There’s a disconnect when so much care and effort went into the world’s realistic approach, but then story – the lure of Final Fantasy for most – feels jumpy and incomplete overall.
Even with that feeling, disappointment is sparse as the main story, frankly, isn’t even the meat of the story-based experience. That honor belongs to the four travelers, showcasing their personalities by respective skills, quips, and ways of protecting the turbulent throne. These traits shine through in car rides, organic quest acquisitions, brotherly advice, battle cries, victory humming, and so many other small factors that give them the most life in this game’s ensemble. The gripes here seem pithy in oft-repeated dialog and some repeated babysitting from Ignis especially, but those are easily absorbed without too much of a fight.
The bushels of enjoyment to be had in Final Fantasy XV aren’t weighed down by much, but the weight is still great. The feeling of grinding in an RPG can run down to the bone, having players grit their teeth through a hugely expansive experience. Final Fantasy XV never reaches to that level thanks to the combat and story. Just a few extra corners trimmed on the realism and descriptive story bits could’ve made this among Final Fantasy elite. Even so, there’s an undeniable pleasure in seeing this allegory finally come to a crescendo, flying high on a trip well-enough traveled.
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NAMC Celebrates Anniversary with Donation to One Place of the Shoals
May 30, 2019/News
In June, North Alabama Medical Center is celebrating the 20th anniversary of LifePoint Health, the health system of which it is a part, with a donation to One Place of the Shoals. This donation is part of a national anniversary celebration in which LifePoint has contributed $2,000 to causes in each of the 89 communities it serves nationwide. One Place of the Shoals was chosen by
hospital leadership because it reflects LifePoint’s and North Alabama Medical Center’s mission of Making Communities Healthier®.
“We are delighted to celebrate LifePoint Health’s 20th anniversary in our community with a donation to One Place of the Shoals,” said Russell Pigg, Chief Executive Officer of North Alabama Medical Center. “LifePoint was founded on the idea that everyone deserves quality healthcare close to home and that strong hospitals create strong communities. We are proud to be part of the LifePoint family and excited to continue our legacy of high quality, community-based care in Northwest Alabama for
years to come.”
LifePoint was founded in May 1999 as LifePoint Hospitals with 23 community hospitals in nine states. The company changed its name to LifePoint Health in 2015 as a reflection of its evolution from a hospital operator to a healthcare leader providing a range of services across the communities it serves. Today, LifePoint has 89 hospital campuses, 45+ post-acute service providers and facilities and 50+ outpatient facilities across 30 states. It has nearly 60,000 dedicated employees from coast to coast, including more than 3,000 employed providers and more than 8,600 affiliated providers.
As part of its national anniversary celebration, LifePoint has committed $2,000 to support causes in each of its communities. Hospitals within these communities were encouraged to select a charitable cause of their choice that reflects the needs of their respective regions. North Alabama Medical Center chose One Place of the Shoals because our Emergency Department staff often works with One Place when a patient comes through with suspected abuse. We are grateful for One Place’s service to NAMC and to our community.
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20 stocks to buy after Brexit chaos
by Matt Egan @MattEganCNN June 28, 2016: 2:08 PM ET
The story of Brexit is a story of never
Investors are already sifting through the Brexit rubble for stocks unfairly caught in the market turmoil.
Stocks rebounded a bit on Tuesday, making up some ground lost after the U.K. vote to leave the European Union that erased a record $3 trillion from global stock markets.
There are signs that investors of all stripes -- from regular Americans to Wall Street -- are involved in the bargain hunting. Fidelity and free trading app Robinhood reported a surge in retail client activity through Monday, with way more people buying than selling.
But if the post-Brexit bounce continues -- and there's no guarantee it will -- not all stocks will enjoy the same recovery. For instance, big U.S. banks continue to face real challenges that have only been worsened by the situation in Europe. Others stocks may have been wrongly punished amid all the chaos.
That's why Morgan Stanley analysts scoured the investing universe for stocks they love that plunged on Friday -- despite "fundamentals that suggest the reaction was unwarranted."
Related: How low can bond rates go after Brexit?
For instance, the firm believes the slump for T-Mobile US (TMUS) since Friday makes little sense. After all, the wireless provider run by John Legere has zero international exposure. That means the U.K. vote won't impact T-Mobile's recent market share gains in the U.S.
Wynn Resorts (WYNN) also got caught up in the Brexit turmoil, plunging 13% through Tuesday. Yet Wynn's casino properties have few visitors from Europe and the U.K. Less than 1% of its Macau resorts are from Europe and just 5% of its Las Vegas casinos are from the continent, Morgan Stanley estimates.
"We believe the post-vote weakness created an opportunity to add to positions," Morgan Stanley wrote in a research report.
Here's a list of the top 20 stocks by market valuation that Morgan Stanley is telling clients to buy on Brexit-related weakness:
1.) Apple (AAPL)
Stock performance since June 24 Brexit results: -4%
2.) Google (GOOGL)
Since June 24: -4%
3.) Amazon (AMZN)
4.) Facebook (FB)
5.) IBM (IBM)
6.) Amgen (AMGN)
7.) Allergan (AGN)
8.) Starbucks (SBUX)
9.) Lowe's (LOW)
10.) Charter Communications (CHTR)
11.) T-Mobile US (TMUS)
12.) Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN)
13.) CBS (CBS)
14.) ConAgra (CAG)
15.) Synchrony Financial (SYF)
16.) Devon Energy (DVN)
17.) Concho Resources (CXO)
18.) Verisk Analytics (VRSK)
19.) L-3 Communications (LLL)
20.) Wynn Resorts (WYNN)
Since June 24: -13%
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264: What Happens If U.S. Interest Rates Turn Negative?
August 14, 2019 by David Stein
Recently, the yield on the 30-year government bond in Germany went negative for the first time ever. Now there are 15 trillion dollars of bonds around the world, about 25% of the world’s bond supply that are priced so they earn a negative yield. That effectively means that investors are paying someone to hold their money. That there’s a cost to actually investing.
The Math Behind Negative Yielding Bonds
Most bonds that have a negative yield were not issued with a negative interest rate. Instead, investors bid up the bond price to such a high level that after factoring in the interest payments and the return of principal, investors have a negative return. For example, suppose an investor pays $105 for a bond that was originally issued at $100 and that bond pays interest at 1% per year. The bond matures in two more years so the investor will receive $2 of interest and $100 in principal when the bond matures. That means the investor paid $105 and only received $102 in return. The return was negative.
Some countries have actually issued bonds that have a negative yield. In March of 2019, Germany sold 2.4 billion euros of 10-year government bonds at an average yield of -.05%. The German government received 2.6 times more bids for the debt than what was accepted.
Even in that case, the stated interest rate was 0% and demand for the bond pushed up the issue price so it had a negative yield. Currently, there is not the infrastructure in place for governments to issue bonds that have a negative interest rate. Such bonds would require the investor to make interest payments to the government.
Three Reasons to Buy A Negative Yielding Bond
There are three reasons why investors are willing to buy a negative-yielding bond that is guaranteed to lose money if held to maturity.
1. Interest Rate Speculation
First, investors might buy negative-yielding bonds because they believe interest rates will fall further. Under that scenario, the investors benefit from the capital appreciation because as interest rates fall, the price of bonds goes up. If interest rates are negative when investors buy a bond and interest rates become more negative, then the price of the bond went up by even more. That means investors could lock in a profit if they sold the bonds.
2. Rolling Down the Yield Curve
A second reason to buy negative-yielding bonds is to benefit from a concept called rolling down the yield curve. Even if there isn’t any change in interest rates, investors can earn a little bit of profit as bonds get closer to maturity if longer-term interest rates are higher than shorter-term rates.
For example, investors who buy a 10-year bond will be holding a 9-year bond after one year due to the passage of time. If 9-year bonds are priced to have a lower yield than 10-year bonds, investors could earn a small profit.
Since 2016, a period when 7 to 10-year Japanese government bonds have had a negative yield, the overall return for those bonds has been 0.46% annualized. Investors got a little bit of price appreciation as the 10-year bonds became 9-year bonds, became 8-year bonds, became 7-year bonds.
3. Safekeeping Capital
The third reason to own a negative-yielding bond is as a safe place to store money. Some investors want the security of keeping a portion of their capital in high-quality government bonds even if it cost them a little bit to do so. Often these investors have huge amounts of money where it is not practical to place it with a bank due to monetary limits on deposit insurance. Balances above some monetary threshold would not be reimbursed by the government if the bank fails. Instead, investors with large sums of money can store their capital in the extremely liquid government bond market, perhaps while they wait for more attractive investment opportunities to come along.
These three reasons show that even in negative-yielding bonds seem irrational, there are actually some rational reasons to invest in them.
To learn more about negative interest rate and what to do about them, please listen to this episode of Money For the Rest of Us.
How negative interest rates are even possible.
How longer life spans, central bank actions, changing time preferences, and the FIRE movement are contributing to negative interest rates.
What is the paradox of thrift.
How investors can earn a positive return on bonds even if interest rates are negative.
What are some indicators to watch for that could signal imminent negative interest rates in the U.S.
How individuals need to adjust their lifestyles in an era of negative interest rates.
Personal Saving Rate—Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Wait, Is Saving Good or Bad? The Paradox of Thrift by E. Katarina Vermann—Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
How Interest Rates Affect Time Preference — and Vice Versa by Frank Shostak—Mises Institute
Austrian School of Economics By Peter J. Boettke—The Library of Economics and Liberty
Interest Rates: Naturally Negative? by Joachim Fels— PIMCO Blog
Germany sells Bonds at negative yield for first time since 2016 by Claire Jones and Adam Samson—Financial Times
How This Bull Market Will End by Randall W. Forsyth—Barrons
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[25:49] What we can do if U.S. interest rates go negative.
22: Will Interest Rates Ever Increase?
52: Why Are Interest Rates So Low, Even Negative In Some Places
82: What Assets Return When The Fed Raises Rates
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* [http://p-dpa.net/ Post-Digital Publishing Archive], projects and artworks at the intersection of publishing and digital technology, by [[Silvio Lorusso]].
* [http://postdigitalprint.org/ Post-Digital Print], a blog by [[Alessandro Ludovico]].
* [http://networkcultures.org/postdigital/ Post-Digital Blog] by Nadine Roestenburg, researcher at Institute of Network Cultures.
Postdigitale Welten: Formatierung sozialer Räume seminar at HfG Karlsruhe, 2011/12. Facilitated by Marco Zampella und Ulrich Gehmann.
Post-Digital Aesthetics, a panel at the ISEA conference, Sydney, 11 May 2013. With Florian Cramer, Alessandro Ludovico and Ian Andrews.
post-digital-research, Kunsthal Aarhus, 7-9 Oct 2013. Organised by Christian Ulrik Andersen, Geoff Cox, Tatiana Bazzichelli and Kristoffer Gansing.
Post Digital Cultures, symposiums held at the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Aula du Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, 6-7 Dec 2013 & 5-6 Dec 2014 & 4-5 Dec 2015. Direction: Patrick de Rham. Curators: Elise Lammer and Federica Martini.
Afterglow conference, Transmediale, Berlin, 30 Jan-2 Feb 2014.
Post-digital: critical responses, discussion, 11 June 2014, University of Sussex.
The Post-Digital Scholar Conference: Publishing between Open Access, Piracy and Public Spheres, Hybrid Publishing Lab, Leuphana University, Lüneburg, 12-14 Nov 2014. [1], Videos.
Pós-digital (media, artes, design), University of Lisbon, 20 Mar 2015.
Alessandro Ludovico, Post-Digital Print, 2012, Log, PDF.
A Peer-Reviewed Journal About Post-Digital Research, 2014, Log, HTML.
Martin Conrads, Franziska Morlok (eds.), War postdigital besser?, 2014, Log, PDF.
Pepperell, Robert; Punt, Michael (2000). The Postdigital Membrane: Imagination, Technology and Desire. Bristol and Portland, OR: Intellect Books. pp. 181. [2]
Ludovico, Alessandro (2012). Post-Digital Print: The Mutation of Publishing Since 1894. Rotterdam: Creating 010, Hogeschool Rotterdam, and Eindhoven: Onomatopee. pp. 192.
Geary, Angela; Catanese, Paul (2012). Post-Digital Printmaking: CNC, Traditional and Hybrid Techniques. New York: Bloomsbury. pp. 160. [3]
Conrads, Martin; Morlok, Franziska, eds. (2014). War postdigital besser?. Berlin: Revolver Books. pp. 144. (German)/(English)
Openshaw, Jonathan (2015). Postdigital Artisans: Craftsmanship with a New Aesthetic in Fashion, Art, Design and Architecture. Amsterdam: Frame Publishers. pp. 296. [4]
Berry, David M.; Dieter, Michael, eds. (2015). Postdigital Aesthetics: Art, Computation and Design. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 320. [5]
Journal issues and Special sections
Rieder, David; Levy, Matthew, eds. (2000). "Special Issue: Post-Digital Studies". Enculturation 3 (1).
Ludovico, Alessandro, ed. (2013). "Special Issue: Post-Digital Print (postscript)". Neural (44). [6]
An interview with Florian Cramer, pp 38–42.
A Peer-Reviewed Journal About "Post-Digital Research" 3:1 (2014), Aarhus: Digital Aesthetics Research Center, Aarhus University, with Berlin: reSource transmedial culture Berlin/transmediale. [7]
Book chapters, Papers, Articles, Talks, Blog posts
Cascone, Kim (December 2000). "The Aesthetics of Failure: 'Post-digital' Tendencies in Contemporary Computer Music". Computer Music Journal 24 (4): 12–18.
Andrews, Ian (2002). Post-digital Aesthetics and the return to Modernism. MAP-uts lecture. [8]
Shapley, Greg (April 2011). "After the artefact: Post-digital photography in our post-media era". Journal of Visual Art Practice 10 (1): 5-20. [9]
Cramer, Florian (2011). "Net.art back to square one". Nettitudes: Let's Talk Net Art. Rotterdam: NAi Publishers. pp. 9–14.
Cramer, Florian (December 2012). "Post-Digital Writing". Electronic Book Review. Originally given as the keynote lecture at the Electronic Literature Organization conference, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 22 June 2012.
Cramer, Florian (1 May 2013). "Post-Digital Aesthetics". Jeu de Paume.
Berry, David M. (October 2013). "Post-Digital Humanities". stunlaw (blog).
Søren Pold, Christian Ulrik Andersen, Jonas Fritch, "Ink after Print – Post-Digital Reading-Writing and the Materiality of Post-Digital Books". Talk at the Literature, Media, Sound conference, Aarhus University, 28 November 2013. [10]
Andersen, Christian Ulrik; Pold, Søren (10 January 2014). "Manifesto for a Post-Digital Interface Criticism". The New Everyday.
Fleischer, Rasmus (2015). "Towards a Postdigital Sensibility: How to get Moved by too Much Music". Culture Unbound. Journal of Current Cultural Research 7: 255–269.
Paul, Christiane (2015). "From Immateriality to Neomateriality: Art and the Conditions of Digital Materiality". ISEA 2015: Proceedings.
Shapley, Gregory James (2012). Sound of Failure: Experimental electronic music in our post-digital era. Sydney: University of Technology. pp. 212. [11]
List discussions
"Hybrid Bookwork. Experimental eBooks, Post-Digital Publishing", -empyre-, February 2014. Moderated by Michael Dieter.
"Post-digital", Nettime, March 2014.
Post-Digital Publishing Archive, projects and artworks at the intersection of publishing and digital technology, by Silvio Lorusso.
Post-Digital Print, a blog by Alessandro Ludovico.
Post-Digital Blog by Nadine Roestenburg, researcher at Institute of Network Cultures.
Film labs, Cassette culture, Zine culture, Postmedia.
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Open Society Project. Part II: The Social Fabric
Posted in Moroccan History & Sociology, Moroccan Politics & Economics, Moroccanology, Morocco, Read & Heard, The Open Society Project, Tiny bit of Politics by Zouhair ABH on April 12, 2011
Part of the Open Society project is to achieve a secular, tolerant and individual-oriented society for Morocco. There are ways to achieve these objectives by means of designing adequate social engineering programs, but the essential feature of this project is that it needs to rip out the pungent effects of a policy implemented some 40 years ago.
It is true Morocco stands out as ‘Moderate’ in terms of religious observance, and many well-documented commentators do consider our country to be much more liberal -in its laws or its tolerance to social deviance– and, up to a point, this is true. But the trouble is, Morocco cannot be reduced to the Kenitra-Casablanca axis and a few urban centres around. There are parts of our country were fellow citizens are living miles and centuries away from Morocco Mall. And as it happens, talking about sexual freedom and de-penalising homosexuality might appear insulting to villagers in the Middle Atlas who die of frostbites whenever heavy snow blocks the roads up there.
I take the argument that we need economic development before we start addressing issues like gender equality or other items of individual rights and freedoms. A seemingly sound argument, but it betrays a static view of society. Humans living within organized communities do not mute their social background, nor do they shed away their education as soon as their material status improves; Though there is no distinguishable pattern to have a definite statement, it can be argued that, as far as Moroccan households are concerned, there is a certain amount of decorrelation between social status (and ensuing wealth) and professed social values. I always stand amazed at the way socially conservative acquaintances of mine can justify some of their own deviant behaviours (deviant with respect to the values they pretend to uphold, and frequently derail me for my own straightforward deviance) that, I guess, might be one of the numerous features of Moroccan genius, or sheer schizophrenia.
First off, and however thick it was laid, the veneer of national unity should not abuse the observer: the Moroccan society is deeply divided, and it will not heal it any time soon. It is divided on matters of race and ethnicity, on wealth distribution, on values and norms, it is divided, in my opinion, because it has been robbed of its history, and constrained with a straitjacket alien to all that made it what it is. We need to go beyond the dividing lines, and create a symbol of strength out of these differences, not perceived weaknesses.
Indeed, with 1956, we have been first robbed of Amazigh heritage when Istiqlal and UNFP nationalism decreed Morocco to be solely an Arabic-speaking country, and embraced Pan-arabism regardless of a substantial population’s own roots. Such pan-Arabist nationalism was marshalled by the monarchy too to enforce its hegemony and later on, to stifle Amazigh dissent. The current outcome is now a mess: yes, there is some official effort to rehabilitate Amazigh heritage, but there is political cowardice, or plain hostility in pushing further, and there are many who perceive this rehabilitation as a threat to our Arabic heritage.
The unbearable pressure for Arabic hegemony built up an equally radical Amazigh activism, and both sides settled on a cold war that heats up from time to time; In good times, such entrenched positions would have feed a passionate debate on our identities, but it seems not to be the case, each side refers to the other as the enemy: the invader or the traitor, make your pick.
We have been robbed of our present history: the Islamist lobby wants to impose on us an ideological version of Islam alien to the ‘local version’ that mixed up with pre-Islamic pageantry. A double curse as it is, Nasserist pan-Arabism gave way to the Islamist Internationale with a clear totalitarian agenda for the Apostate and the Unfaithful. ويل to whoever tries not to strictly observe the Islamic dogma. Begone the Jewish heritage, begone the numerous instances of gender equality in many of the Moroccan mountains, enter Wahhabi-style Islam.
The Moroccan society is ailing from the dividing lines because it has been deprived of its intrinsic wealth; Diversity has been stifled in the name of social cohesion and the ‘5th column’-style conspiracy theory. It is high time we addressed these wrongs.
The Social Project might be referred to as Grand Design, and it might be, by nature at least, but it is no burning vision of a holy city, nor is it a megalomaniac project for Übermenschen. Its primary internal logic is simple: put the individual as the nexus of social interactions, and abolish all intermediary entities between them and the State. Ambitious indeed, but not a contre-courant of the long-run trend as observed and recorded by various studies.
Let us first be clear about one thing: in its broad range, the Moroccan society is not ideologically conservative. If, and When the proposed policies below are implemented, the vast majority might feel hostile towards them, but actually a few activists will take to the street. And in any case, when the values of democracy, free speech and reasoned debate are upheld, there isn’t much to worry about, is there? Let us go forward and explore opportunities that would arise from an Open Society.
1) Ethnics: whether we like it or not, and whatever the level of mix-ethnicity in Morocco, there are strong self-identification patterns to be observed: It is almost impossible -and a bit racist- to claim, or to prove it, that such and such are pure ‘Aroubis, or Chleuhs or an Imperial City’s denizens. And yet, there is regionalist pride among say, young Riffis just as self-centred as that professed by inhabitants of Fes. Obviously, we cannot overrun these differences (it was the case for the last half a century, and it did nothing by to exacerbate the mutual defiance and transform them into open hostility) and any attempt to do so will at best weigh in hegemony from one side over the other, if not outright totalitarianism.
Why not recognize these differences as they are? Why is it such a perceived threat that moving from a ‘One Identity, One Nation’ would lead to the destruction of national unity? Is our society that fragile to constantly re-assure itself?
Let us consider the language issue: It would only make sense to cast aside Arabic as the Official Language, and put all three national idioms (plus Arabic because many Moroccans do speak the language) and elevate them to the position of National Languages? The argument of administrative cost is idle (and can be addressed by accelerating education reform and changing curriculum in local administrative school, if it is not already done. The Ecole des Cadres teaches local administrators an idiom, which can be useful when a Caid is posted in some remote Rif village) When human resources do master the language material, administrative procedures do not suffer from this hypothetical burden; Both arguments are shallow in fact, because they use the traditional bureaucratic inertia to block a legitimate aspiration, that of carrying everyday administrative procedures in one’s mother tongue. Is it such a onerous shore to print up forms in Soussi or use in the Agadir region?
Diversity comes first from ways to express it; in this case, languages are the main vehicle to consolidate this diversity the Open Society is set on protecting and nurturing.
We are De Facto living in a divided society, and the younger generations are no better than their elders in picking their choices; A constitutionally recognized diversity takes away the hegemonic position some ethnicities (or, to be more precise, some few families from a few Imperial cities) have abusively held for too long a time; It also defuses any future tensions between communities; By abandoning a monolithic norm, Morocco finally makes the right steps toward the essential feature of a democracy: diversity in all its forms.
2) Social Deviance: The word deviance here is used in its Durkheimian sense, i.e. behaviour that deviate from the perceived set of norms the majority of members identify as theirs. A refusal to observe Ramadan is considered to be a deviant behaviour, and it is highly disapproved of. Walking the street hand in hand with one’s significant other is frown upon. And yet, the Moroccan society acts as though these things do not exist, a bizarre enforcement of a rules that goes by : “What I don’t see doesn’t exist”. So there it is; as a whole, the Moroccan society, as noted on the Values’ Survey (50th Independence Anniversary Report) is not ideologically conservative, though elements of past policies have left a durable influence on the ambient conservatism, the essential feature of it is mainly due to a loss of ‘anchor values’; the Weltanschauung no longer fits the real world, thus the withdrawal to the safer and more secure conservatism, a behaviour indiscriminate of demographics or social classes.
So a couple of youngsters went on a picnic and started eating during Ramadan. Big Deal. Others did so some decades ago and none was arrested or heckled for their behaviour; Though the word might be too strong, such frenzy over the MALI operation is very close to fascistic behaviour. Indeed, a majority of Moroccans is Muslim, but how many of those are observing ALL of the Islamic pillars? How many would still be observing Ramadan if Article 222 was abolished? How many are already infringing on all articles outlawing non-marital intimate relationship?
In an Open Society scheme, individuals’ intimate behaviour cannot be subject to administrative or legislative constraints. A couple of leafs from the Code Penal will show examples of provisions that need to be abolished.
It seems the invoked legislative argument, ‘trouble a l’ordre public‘ is not because a particular behaviour contradicts the commonly-held values, but because there is fear some religious fanatic would carry out themselves punitive sentence. In effect, the Code Penal protects the liberally-challenged from modernity, thus comforting them in the idea that ‘these are our values’. The rule of law, in this case, abdicates before religious and bigoted lobby so as to avoid any confrontation with them. And yet here they are, terrorizing, censoring, excommunicating and declaring anathemas in the name of religion on whoever tries to practise their freedom. religious Fascism at its rawest.
The Open Society project therefore seeks the abolition of the following articles:
Art 222. “Celui qui, notoirement connu pour son appartenance à la religion musulmane, rompt ostensiblement le jeûne dans un lieu public pendant le temps du ramadan, sans motif admis par cette religion, est puni de l’emprisonnement d’un à six mois et d’une amende de 12 à 120 dirhams”.
Art 489. “Est puni de l’emprisonnement de six mois à trois ans et d’une amende de 200 à 1.000 dirhams, à moins que le fait ne constitue une infraction plus grave, quiconque commet un acte impudique ou contre nature avec un individu de son sexe”.
Art 490. “Sont punies de l’emprisonnement d’un mois à un an, toutes personnes de sexe différent qui, n’étant pas unies par les liens du mariage, ont entre elles des relations sexuelles”. (Penal Code)
And an amendment is required on Articles 497, 498 and 501 so as to de-penalize prostitution, while increasing deterrent punishment on child prostitution and pornography. De penalization should encompass abortion (Articles 66, 446, and 449 to 458) and propose a fully-fledged law detailing recess and cooling-off periods, deadlines and medical conditions to be met, as well as the recognition of principles of anonymity and free access to teenagers and rape victims.
Furthermore, mediaeval punishments, like death sentence should be abolished and replaced with perpetual imprisonment (Article 19) just like the tolerance of castration as an expeditious punishment (Article 419) [Yes, the penal code allows for special circumstances, no pun intended…]
In addition, discriminatory dispositions should be lifted on married women (as they contradict the constitutional principle of gender equality) in this spirit, articles 495 to 496 assume married women to be submitted to their husband’s will, in flagrant contradiction with the principle of the status of co-head of household as specified in the 2003 Moudawana reform.
One of the characteristics of a democratic society is its tolerance to social deviance when it comes to contradiction with its census values. We need not be coy on these principles, and a radical shake-up of legislative texts like the Penal Code are more than needed to achieve this aim.
3) Protecting and Shielding the Weak and the Misfit: even though more and more women are contributing to society outside their homes, and whatever achievements the official line can boast about the reformed Moudawana, the fact remains, there is some resistance from influential lobbies, even within the administration itself; The tragic example of Fadwa Laroui should not delude us on the hardships that lay ahead.
There are conservative pundits that warned against a (relatively modest) increase of divorce court suit, and yet do not express similar outcry and turn the blind eye when judges indulge in generous dispensations for under-age marriage (but when Feminists care about the issue, it is swiftly dismissed as ‘typical feminist razzmatazz’ . As mentioned before, women are increasingly (and future projections are unequivocal on that issue) becoming breadwinners in their households, but those who do not fit within the social norms and are unfortunate to sustain themselves financially are cast aside. There are, following official figures, about 500.000 single mothers and divorcées, many of whom cannot sustain themselves or the children they are left with to care. The introduction of a Universal Benefit, for this population and for many others, is the most direct contribution of society to sustain them and help them to re-insert themselves in society.
This, in my opinion, is the difference between the social conservative and the radical reformer: the former couldn’t care less about the underdog, the latter tries to find ways to help them get through the rough patch. A radical social planner cares about society and individuals, a conservative one only about values and façades of social decorum.
I referred in another post to the idea of introducing Unemployment Benefits. I would like to devote the next ‘Open Society’ post to try and make up an comprehensive scheme that would go beyond that: a Universal Benefits scheme targeting the 5 to 10% of the less well-off of our citizens with enough resources to get them rolling before they join back in their productive contribution to society.
Tagged with: Arabic language, Berber people, Deviance (sociology), islam, Makhzen, Middle Atlas, Moroccan people, Morocco, Open society, Pan-Arabism, Politics, postaweek2011, Social conservatism, The Open Society Project
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mouka said, on April 13, 2011 at 12:28
I, very often, have the impression that we are doing nothing but repeating what has already happened in other places. Namely in western countries.
We are slowly, but steadily, recognizing that women can contribute enormously to the wealth of our nation. We are slowly, but surely, recognizing that religion should not mingle with the political.
We are slowly, but clearly, recognizing that religious fanaticism is as destructive as any war could ever be.
Interestingly enough, we could have saved ourselves some time and avoided all of this drama, but societies need to go through these steps and grow up.
I have a view of society as an organic entity that learns, some of its constituents learn faster than others, but overall, it (our society) has to learn by going through the motion and commotion of crises. Our society’s citizens have to have their consciousness raised, and realized the benefits of all the points I have made earlier.
We need time and some growing pains, to get where some other societies already are. It’s almost inescapable. You and I, and others like us, had to grow fast, when we had to adjust to our new environments, but a society like ours cannot repeat our experiences, it has to live through them.
This is what’s happening now.
I’m optimistic we can do better and quicker. A gentle poke of History’s stick can do a lot of good (think of all the Herculean workload dealt with in the 5 years after 1956 !)
dani said, on April 13, 2011 at 17:02
hi moorish wanderer.. I read your blog with intrigue. I am a student of african studies and very interested in the situation in Morocco. I am not Moroccan myself but I am trying to educate myself. I am particularly intrested in how the monarchy is embedded in the master narrative of Moroccan history, and what potential impact this has moroccan national identity. Most people as from it appears really like the king and I just wondering how historical memory shapes peoples perceptions of the king but also leads the to believe that the king is a central piece of morocco.
I find it particularly intersting in your blogs that you allude to the biases in school history courses, but in the greater study of history in Morocco itself. I would be really intrested in hearing you talk more about what is talked about in terms of history( glorying Morocco), but also what is not discussed. Also do you any interent links or know how I get my hands on a Moroccan history textbook.
One more thing. You said in one of your blogs that history after 1956 is not talked about could explain the reasons for this, how do people talk about King Hassan. Do you think if King Hassan II was still in power at this point that he would have been overthrown in this most recent wave of revolutions?
Thanks so much keep up the GREAT writing!
Your request is rather unusual 🙂
What happened was that the monarchy, after the independence in 1956, managed by controlling the civil administration and by imposing over the years its own agenda, one way of which is to re-write history.
And during ‘lead years’ (roughly 1961-1996) repression forbade people to talk about politics, and history was part of it (many resistants that gallantly fought against Spaniards and French were later on charged for ‘treason’)
I should amend my statement about history; I mean middle and high-school provide for a history curriculum that stops at the abrogation of French-Spanish protectorate. However, middle-school pupils have (had, as there were some positive changes in the last 4 years) a course “civic/patriot education”: first year dealt with institutions (constitution, government, parliament, the lot) the two other years were basically a detailed study of Mohamed V and Hassan II’s biographies. Hagiographies actually. (I’ll be looking for these when I go back to Morocco in the coming months – I have been eager to find them and post about what was taught some years ago)
So in the pupils minds, everything run smoothly after independence. no mention of urban riots, or the two putsches of 1971-1972, or the violent oppression. Unless family is involved or interested in politics, there was no way to read about things.
As for adults’ memory, terror and suspicion worked as a sort of a powerful amnesic.
There are too many things that contributed to the confiscation of our history by the monarchy. If you would provide me with an email address, I can send you some references to look up.
Thank you for your interest in our history (and my blog too!)
Zouhair.
my email is loco_runner2@sbcglobal.net. I would really appreciate other sources you could provide me!
Imad said, on April 15, 2011 at 23:27
Not difficult to understand how the monarchy is everywhere. In Morocco almost 99% of people would serve the tyrant for free. watch this video and you will get a glimpse on the police state that is Morocco in the 21st century. Please Tunisians, Egyptians help us.
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Philippine leader signs law punishing sexual harassment
JIM GOMEZ
Associated Press July 16, 2019
FILE - In this June 17, 2019, file photo made available by the Malacanang Presidential Photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his speech during the 121st Philippine Navy Anniversary at Sangley point, Cavite province, Philippines. Duterte is "seriously considering" cutting diplomatic ties with Iceland, which spearheaded a resolution that asked the U.N.'s top human rights body to look into the thousands of deaths of suspects under his anti-drug crackdown. (Robinson Ninal Jr./Malacanang Presidential Photo via AP, File)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president has signed a bill into law penalizing a range of acts of sexual harassment including catcalling, wolf-whistling and persistent telling of sexual jokes, which pro-women's groups have accused him of committing.
Philippine officials released on Monday a copy of Republic Act 11313, known as the "Safe Spaces Act," which Duterte signed in April. The reason for the delay in its public release was not immediately clear.
The bill's main author, opposition Sen. Risa Hontiveros, has called the law a "massive victory" against a growing culture of rude sexist actions.
"This is a big victory and a major push back against the growing 'rude culture' in our streets and communities," Hontiveros said. "With this law, we will reclaim our streets from sexual harassers and gender bigots and make public spaces safe for all."
The law defines a range of offensive acts, including catcalling, wolf-whistling, intrusive gazing, cursing, misogynistic acts, sexist slurs and persistent telling of sexual jokes in public, including in streets, workplaces, vehicles, schools, recreational areas, bars or online.
Other offenses include stalking, exposing "private parts, groping or any advances, whether verbal or physical, that is unwanted and has threatened one's sense of personal space and physical safety."
Restaurants, bars, cinemas and other places of recreation are required to install clearly visible warning signs against would-be violators, including a hotline number to allow rapid reporting of offenses, and to designate an officer to receive complaints or apprehend perpetrators.
"It is the policy of the state to value the dignity of every human person and guarantee full respect for human rights," the law says.
Punishments include fines and imprisonment depending on the gravity of the offense. Foreign violators would be deported after serving a jail term and paying fines.
Duterte, 74, a longtime mayor before winning the presidency in 2016, has been known for speeches laden with expletives and sexual jokes. Activists have repeatedly accused him of sexism and misogyny but supporters have defended him by saying he has introduced regulations to protect and uphold women's rights.
Last year, Duterte publicly ordered troops to shoot female communist guerrillas in the vagina to render them "useless." A left-wing human rights group, Karapatan, reacted by saying Duterte had distinguished himself "as a frothing-in-the-mouth fascist who incites the worst violations of international humanitarian law."
Duterte was also criticized for kissing a married woman on the lips in front of a large Filipino audience in South Korea last year. When Duterte asked if she could explain to her husband that the action would be just a joke, she said yes, and the president leaned in and kissed her as the audience erupted in cheers.
"President Duterte acted like a feudal king who thinks that being the president is an entitlement to do anything that he pleases," Hontiveros said then.
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Hurray! Now women in the workplace can be sexually harassed from above and below!
Boris Johnson has made today's Women's March more necessary than ever
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It’s not about the children: “Revolutionary Voices” pulled from public library
We were gratified to learn of a kind mention last week from librarian Lizzy Burns in her thoughtful blog A CHAIR, A FIREPLACE & A TEA COZY concerning one example of the kind of work the NCAC does every day. You can find the original post here.
The latest wrinkle in the story: Revolutionary Voices has been pulled from not just the Rancocas Valley School library but now also from the Burlington County (NJ) library system. It’s not just “about the children” (as one enthusiastic book-puller allegedly put it); simply stated, no adults can read Revolutionary Voices in the Burlington County (NJ) library either. The forces of reaction are having their way.
Our sources tell us that a female member of a local “912” group approached the Burlington County Library staff to complain about Revolutionary Voices and push for its removal there too, sometime close to when the book was pulled from the Rancocas Valley school library, since “kids might find it in the public library also.” Instead of following the BCLS formal challenge procedure, the staff (under director Gail Sweet and library commissioners including Patrick Delany, whose name appeared on and then disappeared from a local 912 group member list earlier this spring) quietly pulled all available copies of the book off the shelves.
Today there are no available copies of Revolutionary Voices in the their system; it was pulled without fanfare so that readers simply wouldn’t notice. It is said that “free people read freely.” That is not the case today in Burlington County, NJ.
Many thanks to Lizzy Burns for spreading the word about this important issue (and for the kind mention, ditto!)
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14.5 Management Of Neuropathic Pain Associated With Spinal Cord Injury
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Pregabalin capsules are indicated for:• Management of neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy• Management of postherpetic neuralgia• Adjunctive therapy for the treatment of partial-onset seizures in patients 17 years of age and older• Management of fibromyalgia• Management of neuropathic pain associated with spinal cord injuryPediatric use information is approved for Pfizer’s LYRICA (pregabalin) Capsules and Oral Solution products. However, due to Pfizer’s marketing exclusivity rights, this drug product is not labeled with that pediatric information.
Pregabalin capsules are given orally with or without food.When discontinuing pregabalin, taper gradually over a minimum of 1 week. [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3)].Because pregabalin is eliminated primarily by renal excretion, adjust the dose in adult patients with reduced renal function [see Dosage and Administration (2.7)].
The maximum recommended dose of pregabalin capsule is 100 mg three times a day (300 mg/day) in patients with creatinine clearance of at least 60 mL/min. Begin dosing at 50 mg three times a day (150 mg/day). The dose may be increased to 300 mg/day within 1 week based on efficacy and tolerability.Although pregabalin was also studied at 600 mg/day, there is no evidence that this dose confers additional significant benefit and this dose was less well tolerated. In view of the dose-dependent adverse reactions, treatment with doses above 300 mg/day is not recommended [see Adverse Reactions (6.1)].
The recommended dose of pregabalin capsule is 75 mg to 150 mg two times a day, or 50 mg to 100 mg three times a day (150mg/day to 300 mg/day) in patients with creatinine clearance of at least 60 mL/min. Begin dosing at 75 mg two times a day, or 50 mg three times a day (150 mg/day). The dose may be increased to 300 mg/day within 1 week based on efficacy and tolerability.Patients who do not experience sufficient pain relief following 2 to 4 weeks of treatment with 300 mg/day, and who are able to tolerate pregabalin, may be treated with up to 300 mg two times a day, or 200 mg three times a day (600 mg/day). In view of the dose-dependent adverse reactions and the higher rate of treatment discontinuation due to adverse reactions, reserve dosing above 300 mg/day for those patients who have on-going pain and are tolerating 300 mg daily [see Adverse Reactions (6.1)].
The recommended dosage for adult patients 17 years of age and older are included in Table 1. Administer the total daily dosage orally in two or three divided doses as indicated in Table 1. Based on clinical response and tolerability, dosage may be increased, approximately weekly.Table 1: Recommended Dosage for Adult Patients 17 Years and OlderAge and Body WeightRecommended Initial DosageRecommended Maximum DosageFrequency of AdministrationAdults (17 years and older)150 mg/day600 mg/day2 or 3 divided dosesBoth the efficacy and adverse event profiles of pregabalin have been shown to be dose-related.The effect of dose escalation rate on the tolerability of pregabalin has not been formally studied.The efficacy of adjunctive pregabalin in patients taking gabapentin has not been evaluated in controlled trials. Consequently, dosing recommendations for the use of pregabalin with gabapentin cannot be offered.Pediatric use information is approved for Pfizer’s LYRICA (pregabalin) Capsules and Oral Solution products. However, due to Pfizer’s marketing exclusivity rights, this drug product is not labeled with that pediatric information.
The recommended dose of pregabalin capsules for fibromyalgia is 300 mg/day to 450 mg/day. Begin dosing at 75 mg two times a day (150 mg/day). The dose may be increased to 150 mg two times a day (300 mg/day) within 1 week based on efficacy and tolerability. Patients who do not experience sufficient benefit with 300 mg/day may be further increased to 225 mg two times a day (450 mg/day). Although pregabalin was also studied at 600 mg/day, there is no evidence that this dose confers additional benefit and this dose was less well tolerated. In view of the dose-dependent adverse reactions, treatment with doses above 450 mg/day is not recommended [see Adverse Reactions (6.1)].
The recommended dose range of pregabalin capsules for the treatment of neuropathic pain associated with spinal cord injury is 150 mg/day to 600 mg/day. The recommended starting dose is 75 mg two times a day (150 mg/day). The dose may be increased to 150 mg two times a day (300 mg/day) within 1 week based on efficacy and tolerability. Patients who do not experience sufficient pain relief after 2 to 3 weeks of treatment with 150 mg two times a day and who tolerate pregabalin capsules may be treated with up to 300 mg two times a day [see Clinical Studies (14.5)].
In view of dose-dependent adverse reactions and since pregabalin is eliminated primarily by renal excretion, adjust the dose in adult patients with reduced renal function. The use of pregabalin in pediatric patients with compromised renal function has not been studied.Base the dose adjustment in patients with renal impairment on creatinine clearance (CLcr), as indicated in Table 2. To use this dosing table, an estimate of the patient’s CLcr in mL/min is needed. CLcr in mL/min may be estimated from serum creatinine (mg/dL) determination using the Cockcroft and Gault equation: Next, refer to the Dosage and Administration section to determine the recommended total daily dose based on indication, for a patient with normal renal function (CLcr greater than or equal to 60 mL/min). Then refer to Table 2 to determine the corresponding renal adjusted dose.(For example: A patient initiating pregabalin therapy for postherpetic neuralgia with normal renal function (CLcr greater than or equal to 60 mL/min), receives a total daily dose of 150 mg/day pregabalin. Therefore, a renal impaired patient with a CLcr of 50 mL/min would receive a total daily dose of 75 mg/day pregabalin administered in two or three divided doses.)For patients undergoing hemodialysis, adjust the pregabalin daily dose based on renal function. In addition to the daily dose adjustment, administer a supplemental dose immediately following every 4-hour hemodialysis treatment (see Table 2).Table 2. Pregabalin Dosage Adjustment Based on Renal FunctionCreatinine Clearance (CLcr)(mL/min)Total Pregabalin Daily Dose(mg/day)Total daily dose (mg/day) should be divided as indicated by dose regimen to provide mg/dose.Dose RegimenTID= Three divided doses; BID = Two divided doses; QD = Single daily dose.Greater than or equal to 60150300450600BID or TID30–6075150225300BID or TID15–3025–5075100–150150QD or BIDLess than 152525–5050–7575QDSupplementary dosage following hemodialysis (mg)Supplementary dose is a single additional dose.Patients on the 25 mg QD regimen: take one supplemental dose of 25 mg or 50 mgPatients on the 25 mg – 50 mg QD regimen: take one supplemental dose of 50 mg or 75 mgPatients on the 50 mg – 75 mg QD regimen: take one supplemental dose of 75 mg or 100 mgPatients on the 75 mg QD regimen: take one supplemental dose of 100 mg or 150 mg
Capsules: 25 mg, 50 mg, 75 mg, 100 mg, 150 mg, 200 mg, 225 mg, and 300 mg [see Description (11) and How Supplied/Storage and Handling (16)].
Pregabalin capsule is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to pregabalin or any of its components. Angioedema and hypersensitivity reactions have occurred in patients receiving pregabalin therapy [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)].
There have been postmarketing reports of angioedema in patients during initial and chronic treatment with pregabalin. Specific symptoms included swelling of the face, mouth (tongue, lips, and gums), and neck (throat and larynx). There were reports of life-threatening angioedema with respiratory compromise requiring emergency treatment. Discontinue pregabalin capsules immediately in patients with these symptoms.Exercise caution when prescribing pregabalin capsules to patients who have had a previous episode of angioedema. In addition, patients who are taking other drugs associated with angioedema (e.g., angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors [ACE-inhibitors]) may be at increased risk of developing angioedema.
There have been postmarketing reports of hypersensitivity in patients shortly after initiation of treatment with pregabalin. Adverse reactions included skin redness, blisters, hives, rash, dyspnea, and wheezing. Discontinue pregabalin capsules immediately in patients with these symptoms.
As with all antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), withdraw pregabalin capsules gradually to minimize the potential of increased seizure frequency in patients with seizure disorders.Following abrupt or rapid discontinuation of pregabalin, some patients reported symptoms including insomnia, nausea, headache, anxiety, hyperhidrosis, and diarrhea.If pregabalin is discontinued, taper the drug gradually over a minimum of 1 week rather than discontinue the drug abruptly.
Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), including pregabalin, increase the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior in patients taking these drugs for any indication. Monitor patients treated with any AED for any indication for the emergence or worsening of depression, suicidal thoughts or behavior, and/or any unusual changes in mood or behavior.Pooled analyses of 199 placebo-controlled clinical trials (mono-and adjunctive therapy) of 11 different AEDs showed that patients randomized to one of the AEDs had approximately twice the risk (adjusted Relative Risk 1.8, 95% CI:1.2, 2.7) of suicidal thinking or behavior compared to patients randomized to placebo. In these trials, which had a median treatment duration of 12 weeks, the estimated incidence rate of suicidal behavior or ideation among 27,863 AED-treated patients was 0.43%, compared to 0.24% among 16,029 placebo-treated patients, representing an increase of approximately one case of suicidal thinking or behavior for every 530 patients treated. There were four suicides in drug-treated patients in the trials and none in placebo-treated patients, but the number is too small to allow any conclusion about drug effect on suicide.The increased risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior with AEDs was observed as early as one week after starting drug treatment with AEDs and persisted for the duration of treatment assessed. Because most trials included in the analysis did not extend beyond 24 weeks, the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior beyond 24 weeks could not be assessed.The risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior was generally consistent among drugs in the data analyzed. The finding of increased risk with AEDs of varying mechanisms of action and across a range of indications suggests that the risk applies to all AEDs used for any indication. The risk did not vary substantially by age (5 to100 years) in the clinical trials analyzed.Table 3 shows absolute and relative risk by indication for all evaluated AEDs.Table 3. Risk by indication for Antiepileptic Drugs in the Pooled AnalysisIndicationPlacebo Patients with Events Per 1000 PatientsDrug Patients with Events Per 1000 PatientsRelative Risk: Incidence of Events in Drug Patients/Incidence in Placebo PatientsRisk Difference: Additional Drug Patients with Events Per 1000 PatientsEpilepsy1.03.43.52.4Psychiatric5.78.51.52.9Other1.01.81.90.9Total2.44.31.81.9The relative risk for suicidal thoughts or behavior was higher in clinical trials for epilepsy than in clinical trials for psychiatric or other conditions, but the absolute risk differences were similar for the epilepsy and psychiatric indications.Anyone considering prescribing pregabalin or any other AED must balance the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior with the risk of untreated illness. Epilepsy and many other illnesses for which AEDs are prescribed are themselves associated with morbidity and mortality and an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior. Should suicidal thoughts and behavior emerge during treatment, the prescriber needs to consider whether the emergence of these symptoms in any given patient may be related to the illness being treated.
Pregabalin treatment may cause peripheral edema. In short-term trials of patients without clinically significant heart or peripheral vascular disease, there was no apparent association between peripheral edema and cardiovascular complications such as hypertension or congestive heart failure. Peripheral edema was not associated with laboratory changes suggestive of deterioration in renal or hepatic function.In controlled clinical trials in adult patients, the incidence of peripheral edema was 6% in the pregabalin group compared with 2% in the placebo group. In controlled clinical trials, 0.5% of pregabalin patients and 0.2% placebo patients withdrew due to peripheral edema. Higher frequencies of weight gain and peripheral edema were observed in patients taking both pregabalin and a thiazolidinedione antidiabetic agent compared to patients taking either drug alone. The majority of patients using thiazolidinedione antidiabetic agents in the overall safety database were participants in studies of pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. In this population, peripheral edema was reported in 3% (2/60) of patients who were using thiazolidinedione antidiabetic agents only, 8% (69/859) of patients who were treated with pregabalin only, and 19% (23/120) of patients who were on both pregabalin and thiazolidinedione antidiabetic agents. Similarly, weight gain was reported in 0% (0/60) of patients on thiazolidinediones only; 4% (35/859) of patients on pregabalin only; and 7.5% (9/120) of patients on both drugs.As the thiazolidinedione class of antidiabetic drugs can cause weight gain and/or fluid retention, possibly exacerbating or leading to heart failure, exercise caution when co-administering pregabalin and these agents.Because there are limited data on congestive heart failure patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV cardiac status, exercise caution when using pregabalin in these patients.
Pregabalin may cause dizziness and somnolence. Inform patients that pregabalin-related dizziness and somnolence may impair their ability to perform tasks such as driving or operating machinery [see Patient Counseling Information (17)].In the pregabalin controlled trials in adult patients, dizziness was experienced by 30% of pregabalin-treated patients compared to 8% of placebo-treated patients; somnolence was experienced by 23% of pregabalin-treated patients compared to 8% of placebo-treated patients. Dizziness and somnolence generally began shortly after the initiation of pregabalin therapy and occurred more frequently at higher doses. Dizziness and somnolence were the adverse reactions most frequently leading to withdrawal (4% each) from controlled studies. In pregabalin-treated patients reporting these adverse reactions in short-term, controlled studies, dizziness persisted until the last dose in 30% and somnolence persisted until the last dose in 42% of patients [see Drug Interactions (7)].Pediatric use information is approved for Pfizer’s LYRICA (pregabalin) Capsules and Oral Solution products. However, due to Pfizer’s marketing exclusivity rights, this drug product is not labeled with that pediatric information.
Pregabalin treatment may cause weight gain. In pregabalin controlled clinical trials in adult patients of up to 14 weeks, a gain of 7% or more over baseline weight was observed in 9% of pregabalin-treated patients and 2% of placebo-treated patients. Few patients treated with pregabalin (0.3%) withdrew from controlled trials due to weight gain. Pregabalin associated weight gain was related to dose and duration of exposure, but did not appear to be associated with baseline BMI, gender, or age. Weight gain was not limited to patients with edema [see Warnings and Precautions (5.5)].Although weight gain was not associated with clinically important changes in blood pressure in short-term controlled studies, the long-term cardiovascular effects of pregabalin-associated weight gain are unknown.Among diabetic patients, pregabalin-treated patients gained an average of 1.6 kg (range:
-16 kg to 16 kg), compared to an average 0.3 kg (range: -10 kg to 9 kg) weight gain in placebo patients. In a cohort of 333 diabetic patients who received pregabalin for at least 2 years, the average weight gain was 5.2 kg.While the effects of pregabalin-associated weight gain on glycemic control have not been systematically assessed, in controlled and longer-term open label clinical trials with diabetic patients, pregabalin treatment did not appear to be associated with loss of glycemic control (as measured by HbA1C).
In standard preclinical in vivo lifetime carcinogenicity studies of pregabalin, an unexpectedly high incidence of hemangiosarcoma was identified in two different strains of mice [see Nonclinical Toxicology (13.1)]. The clinical significance of this finding is unknown. Clinical experience during pregabalin’s premarketing development provides no direct means to assess its potential for inducing tumors in humans.In clinical studies across various patient populations, comprising 6396 patient-years of exposure in patients greater than 12 years of age, new or worsening-preexisting tumors were reported in 57 patients. Without knowledge of the background incidence and recurrence in similar populations not treated with pregabalin, it is impossible to know whether the incidence seen in these cohorts is or is not affected by treatment.
In controlled studies in adult patients, a higher proportion of patients treated with pregabalin reported blurred vision (7%) than did patients treated with placebo (2%), which resolved in a majority of cases with continued dosing. Less than 1% of patients discontinued pregabalin treatment due to vision-related events (primarily blurred vision).Prospectively planned ophthalmologic testing, including visual acuity testing, formal visual field testing and dilated funduscopic examination, was performed in over 3600 patients. In these patients, visual acuity was reduced in 7% of patients treated with pregabalin, and 5% of placebo-treated patients. Visual field changes were detected in 13% of pregabalin-treated, and 12% of placebo-treated patients. Funduscopic changes were observed in 2% of pregabalin-treated and 2% of placebo-treated patients.Although the clinical significance of the ophthalmologic findings is unknown, inform patients to notify their physician if changes in vision occur. If visual disturbance persists, consider further assessment. Consider more frequent assessment for patients who are already routinely monitored for ocular conditions [see Patient Counseling Information (17)].
Pregabalin treatment was associated with creatine kinase elevations. Mean changes in creatine kinase from baseline to the maximum value were 60 U/L for pregabalin-treated patients and
28 U/L for the placebo patients. In all controlled trials in adult patients across multiple patient populations, 1.5% of patients on pregabalin and 0.7% of placebo patients had a value of creatine kinase at least three times the upper limit of normal. Three pregabalin-treated subjects had events reported as rhabdomyolysis in premarketing clinical trials. The relationship between these myopathy events and pregabalin is not completely understood because the cases had documented factors that may have caused or contributed to these events. Instruct patients to promptly report unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness, particularly if these muscle symptoms are accompanied by malaise or fever. Discontinue treatment with pregabalin if myopathy is diagnosed or suspected or if markedly elevated creatine kinase levels occur.
Pregabalin treatment was associated with a decrease in platelet count. Pregabalin-treated subjects experienced a mean maximal decrease in platelet count of 20×103/mcL, compared to 11×103/mcL in placebo patients. In the overall database of controlled trials in adult patients, 2% of placebo patients and 3% of pregabalin patients experienced a potentially clinically significant decrease in platelets, defined as 20% below baseline value and less than 150×103/mcL. A single pregabalin-treated subject developed severe thrombocytopenia with a platelet count less than 20 x 103/mcL. In randomized controlled trials, pregabalin was not associated with an increase in bleeding-related adverse reactions.
Pregabalin treatment was associated with PR interval prolongation. In analyses of clinical trial ECG data in adult patients, the mean PR interval increase was 3 to 6 msec at pregabalin doses greater than or equal to 300 mg/day. This mean change difference was not associated with an increased risk of PR increase greater than or equal to 25% from baseline, an increased percentage of subjects with on-treatment PR greater than 200 msec, or an increased risk of adverse reactions of second or third degree AV block.Subgroup analyses did not identify an increased risk of PR prolongation in patients with baseline PR prolongation or in patients taking other PR prolonging medications. However, these analyses cannot be considered definitive because of the limited number of patients in these categories.
The following serious adverse reactions are described elsewhere in the labeling:Angioedema [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)]Hypersensitivity [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)]Increased Risk of Adverse Reactions with Abrupt or Rapid Discontinuation [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3)]Suicidal Behavior and Ideation [see Warnings and Precautions (5.4)]Peripheral Edema [see Warnings and Precautions (5.5)]Dizziness and Somnolence [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6)]Weight Gain [see Warnings and Precautions (5.7)]Tumorigenic Potential [see Warnings and Precautions (5.8)]Ophthalmological Effects [see Warnings and Precautions (5.9)]Creatine Kinase Elevations [see Warnings and Precautions (5.10)]Decreased Platelet Count [see Warnings and Precautions (5.11)]PR Interval Prolongation [see Warnings and Precautions (5.12)]
Because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical trials of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical trials of another drug and may not reflect the rates observed in practice.In all controlled and uncontrolled trials across various patient populations during the premarketing development of pregabalin, more than 10,000 patients have received pregabalin. Approximately 5000 patients were treated for 6 months or more, over 3100 patients were treated for 1 year or longer, and over 1400 patients were treated for at least 2 years.Adverse Reactions Most Commonly Leading to Discontinuation in All Premarketing Controlled Clinical StudiesIn premarketing controlled trials of all populations combined, 14% of patients treated with pregabalin and 7% of patients treated with placebo discontinued prematurely due to adverse reactions. In the pregabalin treatment group, the adverse reactions most frequently leading to discontinuation were dizziness (4%) and somnolence (4%). In the placebo group, 1% of patients withdrew due to dizziness and less than 1% withdrew due to somnolence. Other adverse reactions that led to discontinuation from controlled trials more frequently in the pregabalin group compared to the placebo group were ataxia, confusion, asthenia, thinking abnormal, blurred vision, incoordination, and peripheral edema (1% each).Most Common Adverse Reactions in All Controlled Clinical Studies in AdultsIn premarketing controlled trials of all adult patient populations combined (including DPN, PHN, and adult patients with partial-onset seizures), dizziness, somnolence, dry mouth, edema, blurred vision, weight gain, and "thinking abnormal" (primarily difficulty with concentration/attention) were more commonly reported by subjects treated with pregabalin than by subjects treated with placebo (greater than or equal to 5% and twice the rate of that seen in placebo).Controlled Studies with Neuropathic Pain Associated with Diabetic Peripheral NeuropathyAdverse Reactions Leading to DiscontinuationIn clinical trials in adults with neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, 9% of patients treated with pregabalin and 4% of patients treated with placebo discontinued prematurely due to adverse reactions. In the pregabalin treatment group, the most common reasons for discontinuation due to adverse reactions were dizziness (3%) and somnolence (2%). In comparison, less than 1% of placebo patients withdrew due to dizziness and somnolence. Other reasons for discontinuation from the trials, occurring with greater frequency in the pregabalin group than in the placebo group, were asthenia, confusion, and peripheral edema. Each of these events led to withdrawal in approximately 1% of patients.Most Common Adverse ReactionsTable 4 lists all adverse reactions, regardless of causality, occurring in greater than or equal to 1% of patients with neuropathic pain associated with diabetic neuropathy in the combined pregabalin group for which the incidence was greater in this combined pregabalin group than in the placebo group. A majority of pregabalin-treated patients in clinical studies had adverse reactions with a maximum intensity of “mild” or “moderate”.Table 4. Adverse Reaction Incidence in Controlled Trials in Neuropathic Pain Associated with Diabetic Peripheral NeuropathyBody systemPreferred term75 mg/day[N=77]%150 mg/day[N=212]%300 mg/day[N=321]%600 mg/day[N=369]%All PGBPGB: pregabalinPlacebo[N=979]%[N=459]%Body as a wholeAsthenia424752Accidental injury522643Back pain021220Chest pain411221Face edema011210Digestive systemDry mouth325751Constipation024642Flatulence302321Metabolic and nutritional disordersPeripheral edema4691292Weight gain044640Edema024220Hypoglycemia132121Nervous systemDizziness892329215Somnolence461316123Neuropathy922543Ataxia612431Vertigo122431Confusion012321Euphoria003220Incoordination102220Thinking abnormalThinking abnormal primarily consists of events related to difficulty with concentration/attention but also includes events related to cognition and language problems and slowed thinking.101320Tremor111210Abnormal gait101310Amnesia310210Nervousness011110Respiratory systemDyspnea302221Special sensesBlurry visionInvestigator term; summary level term is amblyopia313642Abnormal vision101110Controlled Studies in Postherpetic NeuralgiaAdverse Reactions Leading to DiscontinuationIn clinical trials in adults with postherpetic neuralgia, 14% of patients treated with pregabalin and 7% of patients treated with placebo discontinued prematurely due to adverse reactions. In the pregabalin treatment group, the most common reasons for discontinuation due to adverse reactions were dizziness (4%) and somnolence (3%). In comparison, less than 1% of placebo patients withdrew due to dizziness and somnolence. Other reasons for discontinuation from the trials, occurring in greater frequency in the pregabalin group than in the placebo group, were confusion (2%), as well as peripheral edema, asthenia, ataxia, and abnormal gait (1% each).Most Common Adverse ReactionsTable 5 lists all adverse reactions, regardless of causality, occurring in greater than or equal to 1% of patients with neuropathic pain associated with postherpetic neuralgia in the combined pregabalin group for which the incidence was greater in this combined pregabalin group than in the placebo group. In addition, an event is included, even if the incidence in the all pregabalin group is not greater than in the placebo group, if the incidence of the event in the 600 mg/day group is more than twice that in the placebo group. A majority of pregabalin-treated patients in clinical studies had adverse reactions with a maximum intensity of “mild” or “moderate”. Overall, 12.4% of all pregabalin-treated patients and 9.0% of all placebo-treated patients had at least one severe event while 8% of pregabalin-treated patients and 4.3% of placebo-treated patients had at least one severe treatment-related adverse event.Table 5. Adverse Reaction Incidence in Controlled Trials in Neuropathic Pain Associated with Postherpetic NeuralgiaBody systemPreferred term75 mg/day[N=84]%150 mg/day[N=302]%300 mg/day[N=312]%600 mg/day[N=154]%All PGBPGB: pregabalin[N=852]%Placebo[N=398]%Body as a wholeInfection1486374Headache595875Pain545554Accidental injury433532Flu syndrome122121Face edema021321Digestive systemDry mouth7761583Constipation455552Flatulence212321Vomiting113321Metabolic and nutritional disordersPeripheral edema081616124Weight gain125740Edema012621Musculoskeletal systemMyasthenia111110Nervous systemDizziness11183137269Somnolence8121825165Ataxia125951Abnormal gait024841Confusion123730Thinking abnormalThinking abnormal primarily consists of events related to difficulty with concentration/attention but also includes events related to cognition and language problems and slowed thinking. 021622Incoordination221320Amnesia011420Speech disorder001310Respiratory systemBronchitis011311Special sensesBlurry visionInvestigator term; summary level term is amblyopia155953Diplopia022420Abnormal vision012520Eye Disorder011210Urogenital SystemUrinary Incontinence011210Controlled Studies of Adjunctive Therapy for Partial-Onset Seizures in Adult PatientsAdverse Reactions Leading to Discontinuation Approximately 15% of patients receiving pregabalin and 6% of patients receiving placebo in trials of adjunctive therapy for partial-onset seizures discontinued prematurely due to adverse reactions. In the pregabalin treatment group, the adverse reactions most frequently leading to discontinuation were dizziness (6%), ataxia (4%), and somnolence (3%). In comparison, less than 1% of patients in the placebo group withdrew due to each of these events. Other adverse reactions that led to discontinuation of at least 1% of patients in the pregabalin group and at least twice as frequently compared to the placebo group were asthenia, diplopia, blurred vision, thinking abnormal, nausea, tremor, vertigo, headache, and confusion (which each led to withdrawal in 2% or less of patients).Most Common Adverse ReactionsTable 6 lists all dose-related adverse reactions occurring in at least 2% of all pregabalin-treated patients. Dose-relatedness was defined as the incidence of the adverse event in the 600 mg/day group was at least 2% greater than the rate in both the placebo and 150 mg/day groups. In these studies, 758 patients received pregabalin and 294 patients received placebo for up to 12 weeks. A majority of pregabalin-treated patients in clinical studies had adverse reactions with a maximum intensity of “mild” or “moderate”.Table 6. Dose-related Adverse Reaction Incidence in Controlled Trials of Adjunctive Therapy for Partial-Onset Seizures in Adult Patients150 mg/day300 mg/day600 mg/dayAll PGBPGB: pregabalinPlaceboBody SystemPreferred Term[N = 185][N = 90][N = 395][N = 670]Excludes patients who received the 50 mg dose in Study E1.[N = 294]%%%%%Body as a WholeAccidental Injury7111095Pain32543Digestive SystemIncreased Appetite23651Dry Mouth12641Constipation11742Metabolic and Nutritional DisordersWeight Gain5716121Peripheral Edema33652Nervous SystemDizziness1831383211Somnolence1118282211Ataxia61020154Tremor371184Thinking AbnormalThinking abnormal primarily consists of events related to difficulty with concentration/attention but also includes events related to cognition and language problems and slowed thinking.48982Amnesia32652Speech Disorder12751Incoordination13641Abnormal Gait13540Twitching04541Confusion12542Myoclonus10420Special SensesBlurred VisionInvestigator term; summary level term is amblyopia. 5812104Diplopia571294Abnormal Vision31541Controlled Studies with FibromyalgiaAdverse Reactions Leading to DiscontinuationIn clinical trials of patients with fibromyalgia, 19% of patients treated with pregabalin (150 mg/day to 600 mg/day) and 10% of patients treated with placebo discontinued prematurely due to adverse reactions. In the pregabalin treatment group, the most common reasons for discontinuation due to adverse reactions were dizziness (6%) and somnolence (3%). In comparison, less than 1% of placebo-treated patients withdrew due to dizziness and somnolence. Other reasons for discontinuation from the trials, occurring with greater frequency in the pregabalin treatment group than in the placebo treatment group, were fatigue, headache, balance disorder, and weight increased. Each of these adverse reactions led to withdrawal in approximately 1% of patients.Most Common Adverse ReactionsTable 9 lists all adverse reactions, regardless of causality, occurring in greater than or equal to 2% of patients with fibromyalgia in the ‘all pregabalin’ treatment group for which the incidence was greater than in the placebo treatment group. A majority of pregabalin-treated patients in clinical studies experienced adverse reactions with a maximum intensity of "mild" or "moderate".Table 9. Adverse Reaction Incidence in Controlled Trials in FibromyalgiaSystem Organ ClassPreferred term150 mg/d[N=132]%300 mg/d[N=502]%450 mg/d[N=505]%600 mg/d[N=378]%All PGBPGB: pregabalinPlacebo[N=1517]%[N=505]%Ear and Labyrinth DisordersVertigo222120Eye DisordersVision blurred8771281Gastrointestinal DisordersDry mouth769982Constipation4471072Vomiting233232Flatulence112221Abdominal distension222221General Disorders and Administrative Site ConditionsFatigue576874Edema peripheral556962Chest pain211221Feeling abnormal132220Edema121221Feeling drunk121220Infections and InfestationsSinusitis457554InvestigationsWeight increased8101014112Metabolism and Nutrition DisordersIncreased appetite435751Fluid retention233221Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue DisordersArthralgia433642Muscle spasms244442Back pain234333Nervous System DisordersDizziness23314345389Somnolence13182222204Headache111214101212Disturbance in attention446651Balance disorder236950Memory impairment134430Coordination abnormal212221Hypoesthesia223221Lethargy221220Tremor013220Psychiatric DisordersEuphoric Mood256761Confusional state023430Anxiety222221Disorientation102120Depression222222Respiratory, Thoracic and Mediastinal DisordersPharyngolaryngeal pain213322Controlled Studies in Neuropathic Pain Associated with Spinal Cord InjuryAdverse Reactions Leading to DiscontinuationIn clinical trials of adults with neuropathic pain associated with spinal cord injury, 13% of patients treated with pregabalin and 10% of patients treated with placebo discontinued prematurely due to adverse reactions. In the pregabalin treatment group, the most common reasons for discontinuation due to adverse reactions were somnolence (3%) and edema (2%). In comparison, none of the placebo-treated patients withdrew due to somnolence and edema. Other reasons for discontinuation from the trials, occurring with greater frequency in the pregabalin treatment group than in the placebo treatment group, were fatigue and balance disorder. Each of these adverse reactions led to withdrawal in less than 2% of patients.Most Common Adverse ReactionsTable 10 lists all adverse reactions, regardless of causality, occurring in greater than or equal to 2% of patients for which the incidence was greater than in the placebo treatment group with neuropathic pain associated with spinal cord injury in the controlled trials. A majority of pregabalin-treated patients in clinical studies experienced adverse reactions with a maximum intensity of "mild" or "moderate".Table 10. Adverse Reaction Incidence in Controlled Trials in Neuropathic Pain Associated with Spinal Cord InjurySystem Organ Class Preferred termPGBPGB: Pregabalin (N=182)Placebo (N=174)%%Ear and labyrinth disordersVertigo2.71.1Eye disordersVision blurred6.61.1Gastrointestinal disordersDry mouth11.02.9Constipation8.25.7Nausea4.94.0Vomiting2.71.1General disorders and administration site conditionsFatigue11.04.0Edema peripheral10.45.2Edema8.21.1Pain3.31.1Infections and infestationsNasopharyngitis8.24.6InvestigationsWeight increased3.31.1Blood creatine phosphokinase increased2.70Musculoskeletal and connective tissue disordersMuscular weakness4.91.7Pain in extremity3.32.3Neck pain2.71.1Back pain2.21.7Joint swelling2.20Nervous system disordersSomnolence35.711.5Dizziness20.96.9Disturbance in attention3.80Memory impairment3.31.1Paresthesia2.20.6Psychiatric disordersInsomnia3.82.9Euphoric mood2.20.6Renal and urinary disordersUrinary incontinence2.71.1Skin and subcutaneous tissue disordersDecubitus ulcer2.71.1Vascular disordersHypertension2.21.1Hypotension2.20Other Adverse Reactions Observed During the Clinical Studies of PregabalinFollowing is a list of treatment-emergent adverse reactions reported by patients treated with pregabalin during all clinical trials. The listing does not include those events already listed in the previous tables or elsewhere in labeling, those events for which a drug cause was remote, those events which were so general as to be uninformative, and those events reported only once which did not have a substantial probability of being acutely life-threatening.Events are categorized by body system and listed in order of decreasing frequency according to the following definitions: frequent adverse reactions are those occurring on one or more occasions in at least 1/100 patients; infrequent adverse reactions are those occurring in 1/100 to 1/1000 patients; rare reactions are those occurring in fewer than 1/1000 patients. Events of major clinical importance are described in the Warnings and Precautions section (5).Body as a Whole – Frequent: Abdominal pain, Allergic reaction, Fever, Infrequent: Abscess, Cellulitis, Chills, Malaise, Neck rigidity, Overdose, Pelvic pain, Photosensitivity reaction, Rare: Anaphylactoid reaction, Ascites, Granuloma, Hangover effect, Intentional Injury, Retroperitoneal Fibrosis, ShockCardiovascular System – Infrequent: Deep thrombophlebitis, Heart failure, Hypotension, Postural hypotension, Retinal vascular disorder, Syncope; Rare: ST Depressed, Ventricular FibrillationDigestive System – Frequent: Gastroenteritis, Increased appetite; Infrequent: Cholecystitis, Cholelithiasis, Colitis, Dysphagia, Esophagitis, Gastritis, Gastrointestinal hemorrhage, Melena, Mouth ulceration, Pancreatitis, Rectal hemorrhage, Tongue edema; Rare: Aphthous stomatitis, Esophageal Ulcer, Periodontal abscessHemic and Lymphatic System – Frequent: Ecchymosis; Infrequent: Anemia, Eosinophilia, Hypochromic anemia, Leukocytosis, Leukopenia, Lymphadenopathy, Thrombocytopenia; Rare: Myelofibrosis, Polycythemia, Prothrombin decreased, Purpura, Thrombocythemia, Alanine aminotransferase increased, Aspartate aminotransferase increasedMetabolic and Nutritional Disorders – Rare: Glucose Tolerance Decreased, Urate CrystalluriaMusculoskeletal System – Frequent: Arthralgia, Leg cramps, Myalgia, Myasthenia; Infrequent: Arthrosis; Rare: Chondrodystrophy, Generalized SpasmNervous System – Frequent: Anxiety, Depersonalization, Hypertonia, Hypoesthesia, Libido decreased, Nystagmus, Paresthesia, Sedation, Stupor, Twitching; Infrequent: Abnormal dreams, Agitation, Apathy, Aphasia, Circumoral paresthesia, Dysarthria, Hallucinations, Hostility, Hyperalgesia, Hyperesthesia, Hyperkinesia, Hypokinesia, Hypotonia, Libido increased, Myoclonus, Neuralgia, Rare: Addiction, Cerebellar syndrome, Cogwheel rigidity, Coma, Delirium, Delusions, Dysautonomia, Dyskinesia, Dystonia, Encephalopathy, Extrapyramidal syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Hypalgesia, Intracranial hypertension, Manic reaction, Paranoid reaction, Peripheral neuritis, Personality disorder, Psychotic depression, Schizophrenic reaction, Sleep disorder, Torticollis, TrismusRespiratory System – Rare: Apnea, Atelectasis, Bronchiolitis, Hiccup, Laryngismus, Lung edema, Lung fibrosis, YawnSkin and Appendages – Frequent: Pruritus, Infrequent: Alopecia, Dry skin, Eczema, Hirsutism, Skin ulcer, Urticaria, Vesiculobullous rash; Rare: Angioedema, Exfoliative dermatitis, Lichenoid dermatitis, Melanosis, Nail Disorder, Petechial rash, Purpuric rash, Pustular rash, Skin atrophy, Skin necrosis, Skin nodule, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, Subcutaneous noduleSpecial senses – Frequent: Conjunctivitis, Diplopia, Otitis media, Tinnitus; Infrequent: Abnormality of accommodation, Blepharitis, Dry eyes, Eye hemorrhage, Hyperacusis, Photophobia, Retinal edema, Taste loss, Taste perversion; Rare: Anisocoria, Blindness, Corneal ulcer, Exophthalmos, Extraocular palsy, Iritis, Keratitis, Keratoconjunctivitis, Miosis, Mydriasis, Night blindness, Ophthalmoplegia, Optic atrophy, Papilledema, Parosmia, Ptosis, UveitisUrogenital System – Frequent: Anorgasmia, Impotence, Urinary frequency, Urinary incontinence; Infrequent: Abnormal ejaculation, Albuminuria, Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea, Dysuria, Hematuria, Kidney calculus, Leukorrhea, Menorrhagia, Metrorrhagia, Nephritis, Oliguria, Urinary retention, Urine abnormality; Rare: Acute kidney failure, Balanitis, Bladder Neoplasm, Cervicitis, Dyspareunia, Epididymitis, Female lactation, Glomerulitis, Ovarian disorder, PyelonephritisComparison of Gender and RaceThe overall adverse event profile of pregabalin was similar between women and men. There are insufficient data to support a statement regarding the distribution of adverse experience reports by race.Pediatric use information is approved for Pfizer’s LYRICA (pregabalin) Capsules and Oral Solution products. However, due to Pfizer’s marketing exclusivity rights, this drug product is not labeled with that pediatric information.
The following adverse reactions have been identified during postapproval use of pregabalin. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency or establish a causal relationship to drug exposure.Nervous System Disorders – HeadacheGastrointestinal Disorders – Nausea, DiarrheaReproductive System and Breast Disorders – Gynecomastia, Breast EnlargementIn addition, there are post-marketing reports of events related to reduced lower gastrointestinal tract function (e.g., intestinal obstruction, paralytic ileus, constipation) when pregabalin was co-administered with medications that have the potential to produce constipation, such as opioid analgesics. There are also post-marketing reports of respiratory failure and coma in patients taking pregabalin and other CNS depressant medications.
Since pregabalin is predominantly excreted unchanged in the urine, undergoes negligible metabolism in humans (less than 2% of a dose recovered in urine as metabolites), and does not bind to plasma proteins, its pharmacokinetics are unlikely to be affected by other agents through metabolic interactions or protein binding displacement. In vitro and in vivo studies showed that pregabalin is unlikely to be involved in significant pharmacokinetic drug interactions. Specifically, there are no pharmacokinetic interactions between pregabalin and the following antiepileptic drugs: carbamazepine, valproic acid, lamotrigine, phenytoin, phenobarbital, and topiramate. Important pharmacokinetic interactions would also not be expected to occur between pregabalin and commonly used antiepileptic drugs [see Clinical Pharmacology (12)].PharmacodynamicsMultiple oral doses of pregabalin were co-administered with oxycodone, lorazepam, or ethanol. Although no pharmacokinetic interactions were seen, additive effects on cognitive and gross motor functioning were seen when pregabalin was co-administered with these drugs. No clinically important effects on respiration were seen.
Pregnancy Exposure RegistryThere is a pregnancy exposure registry that monitors pregnancy outcomes in women exposed to pregabalin during pregnancy. To provide information regarding the effects of in utero exposure to pregabalin, physicians are advised to recommend that pregnant patients taking pregabalin enroll in the North American Antiepileptic Drug (NAAED) Pregnancy Registry. This can be done by calling the toll free number 1-888-233-2334, and must be done by patients themselves. Information on the registry can also be found at the website http://www.aedpregnancyregistry.org/.Risk SummaryThere are no adequate and well-controlled studies with pregabalin in pregnant women.However, in animal reproduction studies, increased incidences of fetal structural abnormalities and other manifestations of developmental toxicity, including skeletal malformations, retarded ossification, and decreased fetal body weight were observed in the offspring of rats and rabbits given pregabalin orally during organogenesis, at doses that produced plasma pregabalin exposures (AUC) greater than or equal to 16 times human exposure at the maximum recommended dose (MRD) of 600 mg/day [see Data]. In an animal development study, lethality, growth retardation, and nervous and reproductive system functional impairment were observed in the offspring of rats given pregabalin during gestation and lactation. The no-effect dose for developmental toxicity was approximately twice the human exposure at MRD. The background risk of major birth defects and miscarriage for the indicated populations are unknown. However, the background risk in the U.S. general population of major birth defects is 2-4% and of miscarriage is 15-20% of clinically recognized pregnancies. Advise pregnant women of the potential risk to a fetus.DataAnimal DataWhen pregnant rats were given pregabalin (500, 1250, or 2500 mg/kg) orally throughout the period of organogenesis, incidences of specific skull alterations attributed to abnormally advanced ossification (premature fusion of the jugal and nasal sutures) were increased at greater than or equal to 1250 mg/kg, and incidences of skeletal variations and retarded ossification were increased at all doses. Fetal body weights were decreased at the highest dose. The low dose in this study was associated with a plasma exposure (AUC) approximately 17 times human exposure at the MRD of 600 mg/day. A no-effect dose for rat embryo-fetal developmental toxicity was not established.When pregnant rabbits were given pregabalin (250, 500, or 1250 mg/kg) orally throughout the period of organogenesis, decreased fetal body weight and increased incidences of skeletal malformations, visceral variations, and retarded ossification were observed at the highest dose. The no-effect dose for developmental toxicity in rabbits (500 mg/kg) was associated with a plasma exposure approximately 16 times human exposure at the MRD.In a study in which female rats were dosed with pregabalin (50, 100, 250, 1250, or 2500 mg/kg) throughout gestation and lactation, offspring growth was reduced at greater than or equal to 100 mg/kg and offspring survival was decreased at greater than or equal to 250 mg/kg. The effect on offspring survival was pronounced at doses greater than or equal to 1250 mg/kg, with 100% mortality in high-dose litters. When offspring were tested as adults, neurobehavioral abnormalities (decreased auditory startle responding) were observed at greater than or equal to 250 mg/kg and reproductive impairment (decreased fertility and litter size) was seen at 1250 mg/kg. The no-effect dose for pre-and postnatal developmental toxicity in rats (50 mg/kg) produced a plasma exposure approximately 2 times human exposure at the MRD.In the prenatal-postnatal study in rats, pregabalin prolonged gestation and induced dystocia at exposures greater than or equal to 50 times the mean human exposure (AUC (0–24) of 123 mcg∙hr/mL) at the MRD.
Risk SummarySmall amounts of pregabalin have been detected in the milk of lactating women. A pharmacokinetic study in lactating women detected pregabalin in breast milk at average steady state concentrations approximately 76% of those in maternal plasma. The estimated average daily infant dose of pregabalin from breast milk (assuming mean milk consumption of 150 mL/kg/day) was 0.31 mg/kg/day, which on a mg/kg basis would be approximately 7% of the maternal dose [see Data]. The study did not evaluate the effects of pregabalin on milk production or the effects of pregabalin on the breastfed infant.Based on animal studies, there is a potential risk of tumorigenicity with pregabalin exposure via breast milk to the breastfed infant [see Nonclinical Toxicology (13.1)]. Available clinical study data in patients greater than 12 years of age do not provide a clear conclusion about the potential risk of tumorigenicity with pregabalin [see Warnings and Precautions (5.8)]. Because of the potential risk of tumorigenicity, breastfeeding is not recommended during treatment with pregabalin.DataA pharmacokinetic study in ten lactating women, who were at least 12 weeks postpartum, evaluated the concentrations of pregabalin in plasma and breast milk. Pregabalin 150 mg oral capsule was given every 12 hours (300 mg daily dose) for a total of four doses. Pregabalin was detected in breast milk at average steady-state concentrations approximately 76% of those in maternal plasma. The estimated average daily infant dose of pregabalin from breast milk (assuming mean milk consumption of 150 mL/kg/day) was 0.31 mg/kg/day, which on a mg/kg basis would be approximately 7% of the maternal dose. The study did not evaluate the effects of pregabalin on milk production. Infants did not receive breast milk obtained during the dosing period, therefore, the effects of pregabalin on the breast fed infant were not evaluated.
InfertilityMaleEffects on SpermatogenesisIn a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled non-inferiority study to assess the effect of pregabalin on sperm characteristics, healthy male subjects received pregabalin at a daily dose up to 600 mg (n=111) or placebo (n=109) for 13 weeks (one complete sperm cycle) followed by a 13-week washout period (off-drug). A total of 65 subjects in the pregabalin group (59%) and 62 subjects in the placebo group (57%) were included in the per protocol (PP) population. These subjects took study drug for at least 8 weeks, had appropriate timing of semen collections and did not have any significant protocol violations. Among these subjects, approximately 9% of the pregabalin group (6/65) vs. 3% in the placebo group (2/62) had greater than or equal to 50% reduction in mean sperm concentrations from baseline at Week 26 (the primary endpoint). The difference between pregabalin and placebo was within the pre-specified non-inferiority margin of 20%. There were no adverse effects of pregabalin on sperm morphology, sperm motility, serum FSH or serum testosterone levels as compared to placebo. In subjects in the PP population with greater than or equal to 50% reduction in sperm concentration from baseline, sperm concentrations were no longer reduced by greater than or equal to 50% in any affected subject after an additional 3 months off-drug. In one subject, however, subsequent semen analyses demonstrated reductions from baseline of greater than or equal to 50% at 9 and 12 months off-drug. The clinical relevance of these data is unknown.In the animal fertility study with pregabalin in male rats, adverse reproductive and developmental effects were observed [see Nonclinical Toxicology (13.1)].
Neuropathic Pain Associated with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, Postherpetic Neuralgia, and Neuropathic Pain Associated with Spinal Cord InjurySafety and effectiveness in pediatric patients have not been established.FibromyalgiaSafety and effectiveness in pediatric patients have not been established.Adjunctive Therapy for Partial-Onset SeizuresSafety and effectiveness in pediatric patients below the age of 1 month have not been established.Juvenile Animal Data In studies in which pregabalin (50 to 500 mg/kg) was orally administered to young rats from early in the postnatal period (Postnatal Day 7) through sexual maturity, neurobehavioral abnormalities (deficits in learning and memory, altered locomotor activity, decreased auditory startle responding and habituation) and reproductive impairment (delayed sexual maturation and decreased fertility in males and females) were observed at doses greater than or equal to 50 mg/kg. The neurobehavioral changes of acoustic startle persisted at greater than or equal to 250 mg/kg and locomotor activity and water maze performance at greater than or equal to 500 mg/kg in animals tested after cessation of dosing and, thus, were considered to represent long-term effects. The low effect dose for developmental neurotoxicity and reproductive impairment in juvenile rats (50 mg/kg) was associated with a plasma pregabalin exposure (AUC) approximately equal to human exposure at the maximum recommended dose of 600 mg/day. A no-effect dose was not established.Information describing a clinical study in which efficacy was not demonstrated in patients is approved for Pfizer Inc.’s Lyrica® (pregabalin) products. Additional pediatric use information is approved for Pfizer’s LYRICA (pregabalin) Capsules and Oral Solution products. However, due to Pfizer’s marketing exclusivity rights, this drug product is not labeled with that pediatric information.
In controlled clinical studies of pregabalin in neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, 246 patients were 65 to 74 years of age, and 73 patients were 75 years of age or older.In controlled clinical studies of pregabalin in neuropathic pain associated with postherpetic neuralgia, 282 patients were 65 to 74 years of age, and 379 patients were 75 years of age or older.In controlled clinical studies of pregabalin in epilepsy, there were only 10 patients 65 to 74 years of age, and 2 patients who were 75 years of age or older.No overall differences in safety and efficacy were observed between these patients and younger patients.In controlled clinical studies of pregabalin in fibromyalgia, 106 patients were 65 years of age or older. Although the adverse reaction profile was similar between the two age groups, the following neurological adverse reactions were more frequent in patients 65 years of age or older: dizziness, vision blurred, balance disorder, tremor, confusional state, coordination abnormal, and lethargy.Pregabalin is known to be substantially excreted by the kidney, and the risk of toxic reactions to pregabalin may be greater in patients with impaired renal function. Because pregabalin is eliminated primarily by renal excretion, adjust the dose for elderly patients with renal impairment [see Dosage and Administration (2.7)].
Pregabalin is eliminated primarily by renal excretion and dose adjustment is recommended for adult patients with renal impairment [see Dosage and Administration (2.7) and Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)]. The use of pregabalin in pediatric patients with compromised renal function has not been studied.
Pregabalin is a Schedule V controlled substance.Pregabalin is not known to be active at receptor sites associated with drugs of abuse. As with any CNS active drug, carefully evaluate patients for history of drug abuse and observe them for signs of pregabalin misuse or abuse (e.g., development of tolerance, dose escalation, drug-seeking behavior).
In a study of recreational users (N=15) of sedative/hypnotic drugs, including alcohol, pregabalin (450 mg, single dose) received subjective ratings of “good drug effect,” “high” and “liking” to a degree that was similar to diazepam (30 mg, single dose). In controlled clinical studies in over 5500 patients, 4% of pregabalin-treated patients and 1 % of placebo-treated patients overall reported euphoria as an adverse reaction, though in some patient populations studied, this reporting rate was higher and ranged from 1 to 12%.
In clinical studies, following abrupt or rapid discontinuation of pregabalin, some patients reported symptoms including insomnia, nausea, headache or diarrhea [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3)], consistent with physical dependence. In the post-marketing experience, in addition to these reported symptoms there have also been reported cases of anxiety and hyperhidrosis.
Signs, Symptoms and Laboratory Findings of Acute Overdosage in HumansThere is limited experience with overdose of pregabalin. The highest reported accidental overdose of pregabalin during the clinical development program was 8000 mg, and there were no notable clinical consequences.Treatment or Management of OverdoseThere is no specific antidote for overdose with pregabalin. If indicated, elimination of unabsorbed drug may be attempted by emesis or gastric lavage; observe usual precautions to maintain the airway. General supportive care of the patient is indicated including monitoring of vital signs and observation of the clinical status of the patient. Contact a Certified Poison Control Center for up-to-date information on the management of overdose with pregabalin.Although hemodialysis has not been performed in the few known cases of overdose, it may be indicated by the patient's clinical state or in patients with significant renal impairment. Standard hemodialysis procedures result in significant clearance of pregabalin (approximately 50% in 4 hours).
Pregabalin is described chemically as (S)-3-(aminomethyl)-5-methylhexanoic acid. The molecular formula is C8H17NO2 and the molecular weight is 159.23. The chemical structure of pregabalin is:Pregabalin is a white to off-white, crystalline powder with a pKa1 of 4.2 and a pKa2 of 10.6. It is
sparingly soluble in water. The log of the partition coefficient (n-octanol/0.05M phosphate
buffer) at pH 7.4 is -1.35.Pregabalin Capsules are administered orally and are supplied as imprinted hard-shell capsules
containing 25 mg, 50 mg, 75 mg, 100 mg, 150 mg, 200 mg, 225 mg, and 300 mg of pregabalin,
along with pregelatinized starch and talc as inactive ingredients. The capsule shells contain
gelatin, titanium dioxide and sodium lauryl sulfate. In addition, the orange capsule shells (75 mg,
100 mg, 200 mg, 225 mg and 300 mg strengths) contain the colorants FD&C Blue 1, FD&C Red
40 and FD&C Yellow 6. The imprinting ink contains shellac, black iron oxide, propylene glycol,
and potassium hydroxide.
Pregabalin binds with high affinity to the alpha2-delta site (an auxiliary subunit of voltage-gated
calcium channels) in central nervous system tissues. Although the mechanism of action of
pregabalin has not been fully elucidated, results with genetically modified mice and with
compounds structurally related to pregabalin (such as gabapentin) suggest that binding to the
alpha2-delta subunit may be involved in pregabalin’s anti-nociceptive and anti-seizure effects in
animals. In animal models of nerve damage, pregabalin has been shown to reduce calciumdependent
release of pro-nociceptive neurotransmitters in the spinal cord, possibly by disrupting
alpha2-delta containing-calcium channel trafficking and/or reducing calcium currents. Evidence
from other animal models of nerve damage and persistent pain suggest the anti-nociceptive
activities of pregabalin may also be mediated through interactions with descending noradrenergic
and serotonergic pathways originating from the brainstem that modulate pain transmission in the
spinal cord.While pregabalin is a structural derivative of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gammaaminobutyric
acid (GABA), it does not bind directly to GABAA, GABAB, or benzodiazepine receptors, does not augment GABAA responses in cultured neurons, does not alter rat brain
GABA concentration or have acute effects on GABA uptake or degradation. However, in
cultured neurons prolonged application of pregabalin increases the density of GABA transporter protein and increases the rate of functional GABA transport. Pregabalin does not block sodium channels, is not active at opiate receptors, and does not alter cyclooxygenase enzyme activity. It is inactive at serotonin and dopamine receptors and does not inhibit dopamine, serotonin, or noradrenaline reuptake.
Pregabalin is well absorbed after oral administration, is eliminated largely by renal excretion, and has an elimination half-life of about 6 hours.Absorption and DistributionFollowing oral administration of pregabalin capsules under fasting conditions, peak plasma concentrations occur within 1.5 hours. Pregabalin oral bioavailability is greater than or equal to 90% and is independent of dose. Following single- (25 mg to 300 mg) and multiple-dose (75 mg/day to 900 mg/day) administration, maximum plasma concentrations (Cmax) and area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) values increase linearly. Following repeated administration, steady state is achieved within 24 to 48 hours. Multiple-dose pharmacokinetics can be predicted from single-dose data.The rate of pregabalin absorption is decreased when given with food, resulting in a decrease in Cmax of approximately 25% to 30% and an increase in Tmax to approximately 3 hours. However, administration of pregabalin with food has no clinically relevant effect on the total absorption of pregabalin. Therefore, pregabalin can be taken with or without food.Pregabalin does not bind to plasma proteins. The apparent volume of distribution of pregabalin following oral administration is approximately 0.5 L/kg. Pregabalin is a substrate for system L transporter which is responsible for the transport of large amino acids across the blood brain barrier. Although there are no data in humans, pregabalin has been shown to cross the blood brain barrier in mice, rats, and monkeys. In addition, pregabalin has been shown to cross the placenta in rats and is present in the milk of lactating rats.Metabolism and EliminationPregabalin undergoes negligible metabolism in humans. Following a dose of radiolabeled pregabalin, approximately 90% of the administered dose was recovered in the urine as unchanged pregabalin. The N-methylated derivative of pregabalin, the major metabolite of pregabalin found in urine, accounted for 0.9% of the dose. In preclinical studies, pregabalin (S-enantiomer) did not undergo racemization to the R-enantiomer in mice, rats, rabbits, or monkeys.Pregabalin is eliminated from the systemic circulation primarily by renal excretion as unchanged drug with a mean elimination half-life of 6.3 hours in subjects with normal renal function. Mean renal clearance was estimated to be 67.0 mL/min to 80.9 mL/min in young healthy subjects. Because pregabalin is not bound to plasma proteins this clearance rate indicates that renal tubular reabsorption is involved. Pregabalin elimination is nearly proportional to creatinine clearance (CLcr) [see Dosage and Administration (2.7)].Pharmacokinetics in Special PopulationsRaceIn population pharmacokinetic analyses of the clinical studies in various populations, the pharmacokinetics of pregabalin were not significantly affected by race (Caucasians, Blacks, and Hispanics).GenderPopulation pharmacokinetic analyses of the clinical studies showed that the relationship between daily dose and pregabalin drug exposure is similar between genders.Renal Impairment and HemodialysisPregabalin clearance is nearly proportional to creatinine clearance (CLcr). Dosage reduction in patients with renal dysfunction is necessary. Pregabalin is effectively removed from plasma by hemodialysis. Following a 4-hour hemodialysis treatment, plasma pregabalin concentrations are reduced by approximately 50%. For patients on hemodialysis, dosing must be modified [see Dosage and Administration (2.7)].ElderlyPregabalin oral clearance tended to decrease with increasing age. This decrease in pregabalin oral clearance is consistent with age-related decreases in CLcr. Reduction of pregabalin dose may be required in patients who have age-related compromised renal function [see Dosage and Administration (2.7)].Pediatric PharmacokineticsPediatric use information is approved for Pfizer’s LYRICA (pregabalin) Capsules and Oral Solution products. However, due to Pfizer’s marketing exclusivity rights, this drug product is not labeled with that pediatric information.Drug InteractionsIn Vitro StudiesPregabalin, at concentrations that were, in general, 10-times those attained in clinical trials, does not inhibit human CYP1A2, CYP2A6, CYP2C9, CYP2C19, CYP2D6, CYP2E1, and CYP3A4 enzyme systems. In vitro drug interaction studies demonstrate that pregabalin does not induce CYP1A2 or CYP3A4 activity. Therefore, an increase in the metabolism of coadministered CYP1A2 substrates (e.g. theophylline, caffeine) or CYP 3A4 substrates (e.g., midazolam, testosterone) is not anticipated.In Vivo StudiesThe drug interaction studies described in this section were conducted in healthy adults, and across various patient populations.GabapentinThe pharmacokinetic interactions of pregabalin and gabapentin were investigated in 12 healthy subjects following concomitant single-dose administration of 100-mg pregabalin and 300-mg gabapentin and in 18 healthy subjects following concomitant multiple-dose administration of
200-mg pregabalin every 8 hours and 400-mg gabapentin every 8 hours. Gabapentin pharmacokinetics following single-and multiple-dose administration were unaltered by pregabalin coadministration. The extent of pregabalin absorption was unaffected by gabapentin coadministration, although there was a small reduction in rate of absorption.
Oral ContraceptivePregabalin coadministration (200 mg three times a day) had no effect on the steady-state pharmacokinetics of norethindrone and ethinyl estradiol (1 mg/35 mcg, respectively) in healthy subjects.LorazepamMultiple-dose administration of pregabalin (300 mg twice a day) in healthy subjects had no effect on the rate and extent of lorazepam single-dose pharmacokinetics and single-dose administration of lorazepam (1 mg) had no effect on the steady-state pharmacokinetics of pregabalin.OxycodoneMultiple-dose administration of pregabalin (300 mg twice a day) in healthy subjects had no effect on the rate and extent of oxycodone single-dose pharmacokinetics. Single-dose administration of oxycodone (10 mg) had no effect on the steady-state pharmacokinetics of pregabalin.EthanolMultiple-dose administration of pregabalin (300 mg twice a day) in healthy subjects had no effect on the rate and extent of ethanol single-dose pharmacokinetics and single-dose administration of ethanol (0.7 g/kg) had no effect on the steady-state pharmacokinetics of pregabalin.Phenytoin, carbamazepine, valproic acid, and lamotrigineSteady-state trough plasma concentrations of phenytoin, carbamazepine and carbamazepine 10, 11 epoxide, valproic acid, and lamotrigine were not affected by concomitant pregabalin (200 mg three times a day) administration.Population pharmacokinetic analyses in patients treated with pregabalin and various concomitant medications suggest the following:Therapeutic classSpecific concomitant drug studiedConcomitant drug has no effect on the pharmacokinetics of pregabalinHypoglycemicsGlyburide, insulin, metforminDiureticsFurosemideAntiepileptic DrugsTiagabineConcomitant drug has no effect on the pharmacokinetics of pregabalin and pregabalin has no effect on the pharmacokinetics of concomitant drugAntiepileptic DrugsCarbamazepine, lamotrigine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, topiramate, valproic acid
CarcinogenesisA dose-dependent increase in the incidence of malignant vascular tumors (hemangiosarcomas) was observed in two strains of mice (B6C3F1 and CD-1) given pregabalin (200 mg/kg, 1000 mg/kg, or 5000 mg/kg) in the diet for two years. Plasma pregabalin exposure (AUC) in mice receiving the lowest dose that increased hemangiosarcomas was approximately equal to the human exposure at the maximum recommended dose (MRD) of 600 mg/day. A no-effect dose for induction of hemangiosarcomas in mice was not established. No evidence of carcinogenicity was seen in two studies in Wistar rats following dietary administration of pregabalin for two years at doses ((50 mg/kg, 150 mg/kg, or 450 mg/kg in males and 100 mg/kg, 300 mg/kg, or 900 mg/kg in females) that were associated with plasma exposures in males and females up to approximately 14 and 24 times, respectively, human exposure at the MRD.MutagenesisPregabalin was not mutagenic in bacteria or in mammalian cells in vitro, was not clastogenic in mammalian systems in vitro and in vivo, and did not induce unscheduled DNA synthesis in mouse or rat hepatocytes.Impairment of FertilityIn fertility studies in which male rats were orally administered pregabalin (50 mg/kg to 2500 mg/kg) prior to and during mating with untreated females, a number of adverse reproductive and developmental effects were observed. These included decreased sperm counts and sperm motility, increased sperm abnormalities, reduced fertility, increased preimplantation embryo loss, decreased litter size, decreased fetal body weights, and an increased incidence of fetal abnormalities. Effects on sperm and fertility parameters were reversible in studies of this duration (3 to 4 months). The no-effect dose for male reproductive toxicity in these studies (100 mg/kg) was associated with a plasma pregabalin exposure (AUC) approximately 3 times human exposure at the maximum recommended dose (MRD) of 600 mg/day.In addition, adverse reactions on reproductive organ (testes, epididymides) histopathology were observed in male rats exposed to pregabalin (500 mg/kg to 1250 mg/kg) in general toxicology studies of four weeks or greater duration. The no-effect dose for male reproductive organ histopathology in rats (250 mg/kg) was associated with a plasma exposure approximately 8 times human exposure at the MRD.In a fertility study in which female rats were given pregabalin (500 mg/kg, 1250 mg/kg, or
2500 mg/kg) orally prior to and during mating and early gestation, disrupted estrous cyclicity and an increased number of days to mating were seen at all doses, and embryolethality occurred at the highest dose. The low dose in this study produced a plasma exposure approximately 9 times that in humans receiving the MRD. A no-effect dose for female reproductive toxicity in rats was not established.
DermatopathySkin lesions ranging from erythema to necrosis were seen in repeated-dose toxicology studies in both rats and monkeys. The etiology of these skin lesions is unknown. At the maximum recommended human dose (MRD) of 600 mg/day, there is a 2-fold safety margin for the dermatological lesions. The more severe dermatopathies involving necrosis were associated with pregabalin exposures (as expressed by plasma AUCs) of approximately 3 to 8 times those achieved in humans given the MRD. No increase in incidence of skin lesions was observed in clinical studies.Ocular LesionsOcular lesions (characterized by retinal atrophy [including loss of photoreceptor cells] and/or corneal inflammation/mineralization) were observed in two lifetime carcinogenicity studies in Wistar rats. These findings were observed at plasma pregabalin exposures (AUC) greater than or equal to 2 times those achieved in humans given the maximum recommended dose of 600 mg/day. A no-effect dose for ocular lesions was not established. Similar lesions were not observed in lifetime carcinogenicity studies in two strains of mice or in monkeys treated for 1 year.
The efficacy of the maximum recommended dose of pregabalin for the management of neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy was established in three double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter studies with three times a day dosing, two of which studied the maximum recommended dose. Patients were enrolled with either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus and a diagnosis of painful distal symmetrical sensorimotor polyneuropathy for 1 to 5 years. A total of 89% of patients completed Studies DPN 1 and DPN 2. The patients had a minimum mean baseline pain score of greater than or equal to 4 on an 11-point numerical pain rating scale ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst possible pain). The baseline mean pain scores across the two studies ranged from 6.1 to 6.7. Patients were permitted up to 4 grams of acetaminophen per day as needed for pain, in addition to pregabalin. Patients recorded their pain daily in a diary.Study DPN 1: This 5-week study compared pregabalin 25 mg, 100 mg, or 200 mg three times a day with placebo. Treatment with pregabalin 100 mg and 200 mg three times a day statistically significantly improved the endpoint mean pain score and increased the proportion of patients with at least a 50% reduction in pain score from baseline. There was no evidence of a greater effect on pain scores of the 200 mg three times a day dose than the 100 mg three times a day dose, but there was evidence of dose dependent adverse reactions [see Adverse Reactions (6.1)]. For a range of levels of improvement in pain intensity from baseline to study endpoint, Figure 1 shows the fraction of patients achieving that level of improvement. The figure is cumulative, so that patients whose change from baseline is, for example, 50%, are also included at every level of improvement below 50%. Patients who did not complete the study were assigned 0% improvement. Some patients experienced a decrease in pain as early as Week 1, which persisted throughout the study.Figure 1: Patients Achieving Various Levels of Improvement in Pain Intensity – Study DPN 1Study DPN 2: This 8-week study compared pregabalin 100 mg three times a day with placebo.
Treatment with pregabalin 100 mg three times a day statistically significantly improved the
endpoint mean pain score and increased the proportion of patients with at least a 50% reduction in
pain score from baseline. For various levels of improvement in pain intensity from baseline to
study endpoint, Figure 2 shows the fraction of patients achieving that level of improvement. The
figure is cumulative, so that patients whose change from baseline is, for example, 50%, are also
included at every level of improvement below 50%. Patients who did not complete the study were
assigned 0% improvement. Some patients experienced a decrease in pain as early as Week 1,
which persisted throughout the study.Figure 2: Patients Achieving Various Levels of Improvement in Pain Intensity– Study DPN 2
The efficacy of pregabalin for the management of postherpetic neuralgia was established in three
double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter studies. These studies enrolled patients with
neuralgia persisting for at least 3 months following healing of herpes zoster rash and a minimum
baseline score of greater than or equal to 4 on an 11-point numerical pain rating scale ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst possible pain). Seventy-three percent of patients completed the
studies. The baseline mean pain scores across the 3 studies ranged from 6 to 7. Patients were
permitted up to 4 grams of acetaminophen per day as needed for pain, in addition to pregabalin.
Patients recorded their pain daily in a diary.Study PHN 1: This 13-week study compared pregabalin 75 mg, 150 mg, and 300 mg twice daily
with placebo. Patients with creatinine clearance (CLcr) between 30 mL/min to 60 mL/min were
randomized to 75 mg, 150 mg, or placebo twice daily. Patients with creatinine clearance greater
than 60 mL/min were randomized to 75 mg, 150 mg, 300 mg or placebo twice daily. In patients
with creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min treatment with all doses of pregabalin
statistically significantly improved the endpoint mean pain score and increased the proportion of
patients with at least a 50% reduction in pain score from baseline. Despite differences in dosing
based on renal function, patients with creatinine clearance between 30 mL/min to 60 mL/min
tolerated pregabalin less well than patients with creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min as
evidenced by higher rates of discontinuation due to adverse reactions. For various levels of
improvement in pain intensity from baseline to study endpoint, Figure 3 shows the fraction of
patients achieving that level of improvement. The figure is cumulative, so that patients whose
change from baseline is, for example, 50%, are also included at every level of improvement
below 50%. Patients who did not complete the study were assigned 0% improvement. Some
patients experienced a decrease in pain as early as Week 1, which persisted throughout the study.Figure 3: Patients Achieving Various Levels of Improvement in Pain Intensity– Study PHN 1Study PHN 2: This 8-week study compared pregabalin 100 mg or 200 mg three times a day with
placebo, with doses assigned based on creatinine clearance. Patients with creatinine clearance
between 30 mL/min to 60 mL/min were treated with 100 mg three times a day, and patients with
creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min were treated with 200 mg three times daily.
Treatment with pregabalin statistically significantly improved the endpoint mean pain score and
increased the proportion of patients with at least a 50% reduction in pain score from baseline. For
various levels of improvement in pain intensity from baseline to study endpoint, Figure 4 shows
the fraction of patients achieving those levels of improvement. The figure is cumulative, so that
patients whose change from baseline is, for example, 50%, are also included at every level of
improvement below 50%. Patients who did not complete the study were assigned 0%
improvement. Some patients experienced a decrease in pain as early as Week 1, which persisted
throughout the study.Figure 4: Patients Achieving Various Levels of Improvement in Pain Intensity – Study PHN 2Study PHN 3: This 8-week study compared pregabalin 50 mg or 100 mg three times a day with
placebo with doses assigned regardless of creatinine clearance. Treatment with pregabalin 50 mg
and 100 mg three times a day statistically significantly improved the endpoint mean pain score
and increased the proportion of patients with at least a 50% reduction in pain score from baseline.
Patients with creatinine clearance between 30 mL/min to 60 mL/min tolerated pregabalin less well
than patients with creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min as evidenced by markedly higher
rates of discontinuation due to adverse reactions. For various levels of improvement in pain
intensity from baseline to study endpoint, Figure 5 shows the fraction of patients achieving that
level of improvement. The figure is cumulative, so that patients whose change from baseline is,
for example, 50%, are also included at every level of improvement below 50%. Patients who did
not complete the study were assigned 0% improvement. Some patients experienced a decrease in
pain as early as Week 1, which persisted throughout the study.Figure 5: Patients Achieving Various Levels of Improvement in Pain Intensity– Study PHN 3
Adjunctive Therapy for Partial-Onset Seizures in Adult PatientsThe efficacy of pregabalin as adjunctive therapy for partial-onset seizures in adult patients was
established in three 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter studies.
Patients were enrolled who had partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalization
and were not adequately controlled with 1 to 3 concomitant antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). Patients
taking gabapentin were required to discontinue gabapentin treatment 1 week prior to entering
baseline. During an 8-week baseline period, patients had to experience at least 6 partial-onset
seizures with no seizure-free period exceeding 4 weeks. The mean duration of epilepsy was 25
years in these 3 studies and the mean and median baseline seizure frequencies were 22.5 and 10
seizures per month, respectively. Approximately half of the patients were taking 2 concurrent
AEDs at baseline. Among the pregabalin -treated patients, 80% completed the double-blind
phase of the studies.Table 11 shows median baseline seizure rates and median percent reduction in seizure frequency by dose.Table 11. Seizure Response in Controlled, Adjunctive Epilepsy Studies in AdultsDaily Dose of PregabalinDosing RegimenNBaseline Seizure Frequency/moMedian % Change from Baselinep-value, vs. placeboStudy E1PlaceboBID1009.5050 mg/dayBID8810.3-90.4230150 mg/dayBID868.8-350.0001300 mg/dayBID909.8-370.0001600 mg/dayBID899.0-510.0001Study E2PlaceboTID969.31150 mg/dayTID9911.5-170.0007600 mg/dayTID9212.3-430.0001Study E3PlaceboBID/TID9811-1600 mg/dayBID1039.5-360.0001600 mg/dayTID11110-480.0001In the first study (E1), there was evidence of a dose-response relationship for total daily doses of pregabalin between 150 mg/day and 600 mg/day; a dose of 50 mg/day was not effective. In the first study (E1), each daily dose was divided into two equal doses (twice a day dosing). In the second study (E2), each daily dose was divided into three equal doses (three times a day dosing). In the third study (E3), the same total daily dose was divided into two equal doses for one group (twice a day dosing) and three equal doses for another group (three times a day dosing). While the three times a day dosing group in Study E3 performed numerically better than the twice a day dosing group, this difference was small and not statistically significant.A secondary outcome measure included the responder rate (proportion of patients with greater than or equal to 50% reduction from baseline in partial seizure frequency). The following figure displays responder rate by dose for two of the studies.Figure 6: Responder Rate by Adjunctive Epilepsy StudyFigure 7: Seizure Reduction by Dose (All Partial-Onset Seizures) for Studies E1, E2, and E3Subset evaluations of the antiseizure efficacy of pregabalin showed no clinically important differences
as a function of age, gender, or race.Pediatric use information is approved for Pfizer’s LYRICA (pregabalin) Capsules and Oral Solution
products. However, due to Pfizer’s marketing exclusivity rights, this drug product is not labeled with
that pediatric information.
The efficacy of pregabalin for management of fibromyalgia was established in one 14-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study (F1) and one six-month, randomized withdrawal study (F2). Studies F1 and F2 enrolled patients with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia using the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria (history of widespread pain for 3 months, and pain present at 11 or more of the 18 specific tender point sites). The studies showed a reduction in pain by visual analog scale. In addition, improvement was demonstrated based on a patient global assessment (PGIC), and on the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ).Study F1: This 14-week study compared pregabalin total daily doses of 300 mg, 450 mg and 600 mg with placebo. Patients were enrolled with a minimum mean baseline pain score of greater than or equal to 4 on an 11-point numeric pain rating scale and a score of greater than or equal to 40 mm on the 100 mm pain visual analog scale (VAS). The baseline mean pain score in this trial was 6.7. Responders to placebo in an initial one-week run-in phase were not randomized into subsequent phases of the study. A total of 64% of patients randomized to pregabalin completed the study. There was no evidence of a greater effect on pain scores of the 600 mg daily dose than the 450 mg daily dose, but there was evidence of dose-dependent adverse reactions [see Adverse Reactions (6.1)]. Some patients experienced a decrease in pain as early as Week 1, which persisted throughout the study. The results are summarized in Figure 9 and Table 14.For various levels of improvement in pain intensity from baseline to study endpoint, Figure 9 shows the fraction of patients achieving that level of improvement. The figure is cumulative. Patients who did not complete the study were assigned 0% improvement. Some patients experienced a decrease in pain as early as Week 1, which persisted throughout the study.Figure 9: Patients Achieving Various Levels of Improvement in Pain Intensity – Fibromyalgia Study F1Table 14. Patient Global Response in Fibromyalgia Study F1Patient Global Impression of ChangeTreatment Group(mg/day)% Any Improvement95% CIPGB = PregabalinPlacebo47.6(40.0,55.2)PGB 30068.1(60.9, 75.3)PGB 45077.8(71.5, 84.0)PGB 60066.1(59.1, 73.1)Study F2: This randomized withdrawal study compared pregabalin with placebo. Patients were titrated during a 6-week open-label dose optimization phase to a total daily dose of 300 mg, 450 mg, or 600 mg. Patients were considered to be responders if they had both: 1) at least a 50% reduction in pain (VAS) and, 2) rated their overall improvement on the PGIC as “much improved” or “very much improved.” Those who responded to treatment were then randomized in the double-blind treatment phase to either the dose achieved in the open-label phase or to placebo. Patients were treated for up to 6 months following randomization. Efficacy was assessed by time to loss of therapeutic response, defined as 1) less than 30% reduction in pain (VAS) from open-label baseline during two consecutive visits of the double-blind phase, or 2) worsening of FM symptoms necessitating an alternative treatment. Fifty-four percent of patients were able to titrate to an effective and tolerable dose of pregabalin during the 6-week open-label phase. Of the patients entering the randomized treatment phase assigned to remain on pregabalin, 38% of patients completed 26 weeks of treatment versus 19% of placebo-treated patients.When considering return of pain or withdrawal due to adverse events as loss of response (LTR), treatment with pregabalin resulted in a longer time to loss of therapeutic response than treatment with placebo. Fifty-three percent of the pregabalin-treated subjects compared to 33% of placebo patients remained on study drug and maintained a therapeutic response to Week 26 of the study. Treatment with pregabalin also resulted in a longer time to loss of response based on the FIQ1, and longer time to loss of overall assessment of patient status, as measured by the PGIC2.1 Time to worsening of the FIQ was defined as the time to a 1-point increase from double-blind baseline in each of the subscales, and a 5-point increase from double-blind baseline evaluation for the FIQ total score.2 Time to PGIC lack of improvement was defined as time to PGIC assessments indicating less improvement than “much improvement.”Figure 10: Time to Loss of Therapeutic Response, Fibromyalgia Study F2 (Kaplan-Meier Analysis)
The efficacy of pregabalin for the management of neuropathic pain associated with spinal cord injury was established in two double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter studies. Patients were enrolled with neuropathic pain associated with spinal cord injury that persisted continuously for at least three months or with relapses and remissions for at least six months. A total of 63% of patients completed study 1 and 84% completed study 2. The patients had a minimum mean baseline pain score of greater than or equal to 4 on an 11-point numerical pain rating scale ranging from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst possible pain). The baseline mean pain scores across the two studies ranged from 6.5 to 6.7.Patients were allowed to take opioids, non-opioid analgesics, antiepileptic drugs, muscle relaxants, and antidepressant drugs if the dose was stable for 30 days prior to screening. Patients were allowed to take acetaminophen and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs during the studies.Study SCI 1: This 12-week, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, multicenter, flexible dose (150 mg/day to 600 mg/day) study compared pregabalin with placebo. The 12-week study consisted of a 3-week dose adjustment phase and a 9-week dose maintenance phase. Treatment with pregabalin 150 mg/day to 600 mg/day statistically significantly improved the endpoint weekly mean pain score, and increased the proportion of patients with at least a 30% and 50% reduction in pain score from baseline. The fraction of patients achieving various levels of improvement in pain intensity from baseline to Week 12 is presented in Figure 11. Some patients experienced a decrease in pain as early as week 1, which persisted throughout the study.Figure 11: Patients Achieving Various Levels of Improvement in Pain Intensity – Study SCI 1Study SCI 2: This 16-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group,
multicenter, flexible dose (150 mg/day to 600 mg/day, in increments of 150 mg) study compared
the efficacy, safety and tolerability of pregabalin with placebo. The 16-week study consisted of a
4-week dose adjustment phase and a 12-week dose maintenance phase. Treatment with pregabalin
statistically significantly improved the endpoint weekly mean pain score, and increased the
proportion of patients with at least a 30% and 50% reduction in pain score from baseline. The
fraction of patients achieving various levels of improvement in pain intensity from baseline to
Week 16 is presented in Figure 12. Some patients experienced a decrease in pain as early as week
1, which persisted throughout the study.Figure 12: Patients Achieving Various Levels of Improvement in Pain Intensity – Study SCI 2
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Advise the patient to read the FDA-approved patient labeling (Medication Guide).AngioedemaAdvise patients that pregabalin may cause angioedema, with swelling of the face, mouth (lip, gum, tongue) and neck (larynx and pharynx) that can lead to life-threatening respiratory compromise. Instruct patients to discontinue pregabalin and immediately seek medical care if they experience these symptoms [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)].HypersensitivityAdvise patients that pregabalin has been associated with hypersensitivity reactions such as wheezing, dyspnea, rash, hives, and blisters. Instruct patients to discontinue pregabalin and immediately seek medical care if they experience these symptoms [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)].Adverse Reactions with Abrupt or Rapid DiscontinuationAdvise patients to take pregabalin as prescribed. Abrupt or rapid discontinuation may result in increased seizure frequency in patients with seizure disorders, and insomnia, nausea, headache, anxiety, hyperhidrosis, or diarrhea [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3)].Suicidal Thinking and BehaviorPatients, their caregivers, and families should be counseled that AEDs, including pregabalin, may increase the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior and should be advised of the need to be alert for the emergence or worsening of symptoms of depression, any unusual changes in mood or behavior, or the emergence of suicidal thoughts, behavior, or thoughts about self-harm. Report behaviors of concern immediately to healthcare providers [see Warnings and Precautions (5.4)].Dizziness and SomnolenceCounsel patients that pregabalin may cause dizziness, somnolence, blurred vision and other CNS signs and symptoms. Accordingly, advise patients not to drive, operate complex machinery, or engage in other hazardous activities until they have gained sufficient experience on pregabalin to gauge whether or not it affects their mental, visual, and/or motor performance adversely. [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6)].Weight Gain and EdemaCounsel patients that pregabalin may cause edema and weight gain. Advise patients that concomitant treatment with pregabalin and a thiazolidinedione antidiabetic agent may lead to an additive effect on edema and weight gain. For patients with preexisting cardiac conditions, this may increase the risk of heart failure. [see Warnings and Precautions (5.5 and 5.7)].Ophthalmological EffectsCounsel patients that pregabalin may cause visual disturbances. Inform patients that if changes in vision occur, they should notify their physician [see Warnings and Precautions (5.9)].Creatine Kinase ElevationsInstruct patients to promptly report unexplained muscle pain, tenderness, or weakness, particularly if accompanied by malaise or fever. [see Warnings and Precautions (5.10)].CNS DepressantsInform patients who require concomitant treatment with central nervous system depressants such as opiates or benzodiazepines that they may experience additive CNS side effects, such as somnolence [see Warnings and Precautions (5.6) and Drug Interactions (7)].AlcoholTell patients to avoid consuming alcohol while taking pregabalin, as pregabalin may potentiate the impairment of motor skills and sedating effects of alcohol.Missed DoseCounsel patients if they miss a dose, they should take it as soon as they remember. If it is almost time for the next dose, they should skip the missed dose and take the next dose at their regularly scheduled time. Instruct patients not to take two doses at the same time.PregnancyThere is a pregnancy exposure registry that monitors pregnancy outcomes in women exposed to pregabalin during pregnancy [see Use in Specific Populations (8.1)].LactationAdvise nursing mothers that breastfeeding is not recommended during treatment with pregabalin [see Use in Specific Populations (8.2)].Male FertilityInform men being treated with pregabalin who plan to father a child of the potential risk of male-mediated teratogenicity. In preclinical studies in rats, pregabalin was associated with an increased risk of male-mediated teratogenicity. The clinical significance of this finding is uncertain [see Nonclinical Toxicology (13.1) and Use in specific populations (8.3)].DermatopathyInstruct diabetic patients to pay particular attention to skin integrity while being treated with pregabalin and to inform their healthcare provider about any sores or skin problems. Some animals treated with pregabalin developed skin ulcerations, although no increased incidence of skin lesions associated with pregabalin was observed in clinical trials [see Nonclinical Toxicology (13.2)].Manufactured by: ScieGen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Hauppauge, NY 11788Rev. 07/19
MEDICATION GUIDE Pregabalin (pre-GAB-a-lin) Capsules, CVRead this Medication Guide before you start taking pregabalin and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This information does not take the place of talking to your healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment. If you have any questions about pregabalin, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist.What is the most important information I should know about pregabalin capsules?Pregabalin capsules may cause serious side effects including:serious, even life-threatening, allergic reactionssuicidal thoughts or actionsswelling of your hands, legs and feetdizziness and sleepinessThese serious side effects are described below:Serious, even life-threatening, allergic reactions.Stop taking pregabalin capsules and call your healthcare provider right away if you have any of these signs of a serious allergic reaction:swelling of your face, mouth, lips, gums, tongue, throat or necktrouble breathingrash, hives (raised bumps) or blistersLike other antiepileptic drugs, pregabalin capsules may cause suicidal thoughts or actions in a very small number of people, about 1 in 500. Call a healthcare provider right away if you have any of these symptoms, especially if they are new, worse, or worry you:thoughts about suicide or dyingattempts to commit suicidenew or worse depressionnew or worse anxietyfeeling agitated or restlesspanic attackstrouble sleeping (insomnia)new or worse irritabilityacting aggressive, being angry, or violentacting on dangerous impulsesan extreme increase in activity and talking (mania)other unusual changes in behavior or moodIf you have suicidal thoughts or actions, do not stop pregabalin capsules without first talking to a
Healthcare provider.Stopping pregabalin capsules suddenly can cause serious problems.Suicidal thoughts or actions can be caused by things other than medicines. If you have suicidal thoughts or actions, your healthcare provider may check for other causes.How can I watch for early symptoms of suicidal thoughts and actions?Pay attention to any changes, especially sudden changes, in mood, behaviors, thoughts, or feelings.Keep all follow-up visits with your healthcare provider as scheduled.Call your healthcare provider between visits as needed, especially if you are worried about symptoms.Swelling of your hands, legs and feet. This swelling can be a serious problem for people with heart problems.Dizziness and sleepiness. Do not drive a car, work with machines, or do other dangerous activities until you know how pregabalin capsules affects you. Ask your healthcare provider about when it will be okay to do these activities.What is pregablin capsule?Pregabalin capsule is a prescription medicine used in adults, 18 years of age and older to treat: pain from damaged nerves (neuropathic pain) that happens with diabetespain from damaged nerves (neuropathic pain) that follows healing of shinglesfibromyalgia (pain all over your body)pain from damaged nerves (neuropathic pain) that follows spinal cord injuryIt is not known if pregabalin is safe and effective in people under 18 years of age for the treatment of fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain with diabetes, shingles, or spinal cord injury.Pregabalin is a prescription medicine used in people 17 years of age and older to treat:partial onset seizures when taken together with other seizure medicines.For the treatment of partial onset seizures when taken together with other seizure medicines, it is not known if pregabalin is safe and effective in children under 1 month of age.Who Should Not Take Pregabalin Capsules?Do not take pregabalin capsules if you are allergic to pregabalin or any of the ingredients in pregabalin capsules.See “What is the most important information I should know about pregabalin capsules?” for the signs of an allergic reaction.See the end of this leaflet for a complete list of ingredients in pregabalin capsules.What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking pregabalin capsules?Before taking pregabalin capsules, tell your healthcare provider about all your medical conditions, including if you:have or have had depression, mood problems or suicidal thoughts or behavior.have kidney problems or get kidney dialysis.have heart problems including heart failure.have a bleeding problem or a low blood platelet count.have abused prescription medicines, street drugs, or alcohol in the past.have ever had swelling of your face, mouth, tongue, lips, gums, neck, or throat (angioedema).plan to father a child. Animal studies have shown that pregabalin, the active ingredient in pregabalin capsules, made male animals less fertile and caused sperm to change. Also, in animal studies, birth defects were seen in the offspring (babies) of male animals treated with pregabalin. It is not known if these problems can happen in people who take pregabalin capsules.are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. Pregabalin capsules may harm your unborn baby. You and your healthcare provider will decide if you should take pregabalin capsules while you are pregnant.If you become pregnant while taking pregabalin capsules, talk to your healthcare provider about registering with the North American Antiepileptic Drug Pregnancy Registry. You can enroll in this registry by calling 1-888-233-2334. The purpose of this registry is to collect information about the safety of antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy. Information about the registry can also be found at the website, http://www.aedpregnancyregistry.org/.are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Pregabalin passes into your breast milk. It is not known if pregabalin can harm your baby. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby if you take pregabalin capsules.Breastfeeding is not recommended while taking pregabalin capsules.Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins or herbal supplements. Pregabalin capsules and other medicines may affect each other causing side effects. Especially tell your healthcare provider if you take:angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, which are used to treat many conditions, including high blood pressure. You may have a higher chance for swelling and hives if these medicines are taken with pregabalin capsules.Avandia (rosiglitazone) or Actos (pioglitazone) for diabetes. You may have a higher chance of weight gain or swelling of your hands or feet if these medicines are taken with pregabalin capsules.any narcotic pain medicine (such as oxycodone), tranquilizers or medicines for anxiety (such as lorazepam). You may have a higher chance for dizziness and sleepiness if these medicines are taken with pregabalin capsules.any medicines that make you sleepy.Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them with you to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist each time you get a new medicine. Do not start a new medicine without talking with your healthcare provider.How should I take pregabalin capsules?Take pregabalin capsules exactly as prescribed. Your healthcare provider will tell you how much pregabalin capsules to take and when to take it.Pregabalin capsules may be taken with or without food.Your healthcare provider may change your dose. Do not change your dose without talking to your healthcare provider.Do not stop taking pregabalin capsules without talking to your healthcare provider. If you stop taking pregabalin capsules suddenly you may have headaches, nausea, diarrhea, trouble sleeping, increased sweating, or you may feel anxious. If you have epilepsy and you stop taking pregabalin capsules suddenly, you may have seizures more often. Talk with your healthcare provider about how to stop pregabalin capsules slowly.If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. If it is almost time for your next dose, just skip the missed dose. Take the next dose at your regular time. Do not take two doses at the same time.If you take too much pregabalin capsules, call your healthcare provider or poison control center, or go to the nearest emergency room right away.What should I avoid while taking pregabalin capsules?Do not drive a car, work with machines, or do other dangerous activities until you know how pregabalin capsule affects you.Do not drink alcohol while taking pregabalin capsules. Pregabalin capsules and alcohol can affect each other and increase side effects such as sleepiness and dizziness.What are the possible side effects of pregabalin capsules?Pregabalin capsules may cause serious side effects, including:See “What is the most important information I should know about pregabalin capsules?”Muscle problems, muscle pain, soreness, or weakness. If you have these symptoms, especially if you feel sick and have a fever, tell your healthcare provider right away.Problems with your eyesight, including blurry vision. Call your healthcare provider if you have any changes in your eyesight.Weight gain. If you have diabetes, weight gain may affect the management of your diabetes. Weight gain can also be a serious problem for people with heart problems.Feeling “high”The most common side effects of pregabalin capsules in adults are: dizzinessblurry visiondry mouthweight gainsleepinesstrouble concentratingswelling of hands and feetPregabalin capsules caused skin sores in animal studies. Skin sores did not happen in studies in people. If you have diabetes, you should pay attention to your skin while taking pregabalin capsules and tell your healthcare provider about any sores or skin problems.Tell your healthcare provider about any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.These are not all the possible side effects of pregabalin capsules. For more information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist.Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1800-FDA-1088.How should I store pregabalin capsules?Store pregabalin capsules at room temperature, 59°F to 86°F (15°C to 30°C).Safely throw away any pregabalin capsule that is out of date or no longer needed.Keep pregabalin capsules and all medicines out of the reach of children.General information about the safe and effective use of pregabalin capsulesMedicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Medication Guide. Do not use pregabalin capsules for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give pregabalin capsules to other people, even if they have the same symptoms you have. It may harm them. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about pregabalin capsules that is written for health professionals.What are the ingredients in pregabalin capsules?Active ingredient: pregabalinInactive ingredients:pregelatinized starch and talc as inactive ingredients.Capsule shell: gelatin, titanium dioxide and sodium lauryl sulfate; Orange capsule shell (75 mg, 100 mg, 200 mg, 225 mg and 300 mg strengths): FD&C Blue 1, FD&C Red 40 and FD&C Yellow 6.Imprinting ink contains shellac, black iron oxide, propylene glycol, and potassium hydroxide.Pediatric use information is approved for Pfizer’s LYRICA (pregabalin) Capsules and Oral Solution products. However, due to Pfizer’s marketing exclusivity rights, this drug product is not labeled with that pediatric information.
ScieGen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Hauppauge, NY 11788You can also call 1-855-724-3436.This Medication Guide has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.Rev. 07/19
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Published May 29, 2010 College World Series , D2 Baseball , D2 College Baseball Awards , Division 2 College Baseball , Division ii Baseball , NCAA College Baseball , NCAA Division 2 Baseball Tournament 1 Comment
The University of Southern Indiana won its first ever Division 2 Baseball Title today with a 6-4 win over #1 ranked UC – San Diego. The Screaming Eagles were led at the plate by Brad Vance and Todd Martin (the 8 & 9 batters) who combined for 5 RBI’s and pitcher Taylor Dennis who won his 2nd game at the College World Series and was named Most Outstanding Player. D2 Championship Recap
Taylor Dennis, Southern Indiana – Most Outstanding Player
Richard Pirkle, Georgia College & State
Brad Vance, Southern Indiana
Wes Fink, Southern Indiana
Derek Ingui, Franklin Pierce
Vance Albitz, UC San Diego
Wandy Rosario, Southern Indiana
Aaron Bauman, UC San Diego
Justin Blinn, Southern Indiana
Kyle Saul, UC San Diego
Todd Martin, Southern Indiana
Matt Rossman, UC San Diego
The 2011 D2 College World Series will be hosted once again in Cary, NC for the 3rd straight year.
Published May 29, 2010 College World Series , D2 Baseball , Division 2 College Baseball , Division ii Baseball , NCAA College Baseball , NCAA Division 2 Baseball Tournament 5 Comments
It will be #1 ranked UC – San Diego against #9 Southern Indiana in today’s scheduled 2010 NCAA Division 2 Baseball Championship Game in Cary, NC. Both teams are making their first ever appearance in the Final.
San Diego got there by winning the minimum 3 games over the past 8 days while Southern Indiana has had to play 4 games in the past 7 days as they started a day later and lost one along the way. Therefore, the Tritons pitching staff should be a lot fresher. That said, I’m sure the Screaming Eagles will have almost everyone pitch until their arms fall off if they have to.
The game will be played at 12:07pm Eastern and can be watched live here – Watch Championship Game Live
D2 Championship Website
UC-San Diego Baseball
Southern Indiana Baseball
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Genuine Norval Morrisseau paintings exhibited at A...
Beware of Norval Morrisseau on Wikipedia (Part I)
Who is the Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society, wha...
Victoria Day 2013
>>> Pivotal Court Case Relevant to Authenticity of...
Aboriginal leader Elijah Harper dies
"Norval Morrisseau Conspiracy & Art Market Competi...
An exhibition featuring paintings by Norval & Chri...
Remembering the 18th anniversary of Harriet Morris...
'Norval and Harriet with Bear Clan', © 1980 Norval...
Tomorrow, Norval Morrisseau Blog remembers the 18t...
>>> Experts in Norval Morrisseau's Art (Part I)
"Norval Morrisseau: The Development of the Woodlan...
DEBWEWIN (TRUTH): An exhibition featuring painting...
“Norval Morrisseau: Journey with a Genius” opened ...
"Top 10 plus 1 tips on Collecting Art" as presente...
Who is the Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society, what are they hiding & who are they protecting?
Revised - Originally published on March 31st, 2013
Norval Morrisseau @ NMHS, Toronto October 2005 [1]
> ARE THESE GENUINE NORVAL MORRISSEAU PAINTINGS EVER GOING TO BE SUBMITTED FOR AN INDEPENDENT SIGNATURE FORENSIC ANALYSIS?
"The Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society was allegedly established at the request of Norval Morrisseau even though he could no longer talk, and mentally he had “left the building.” They were supposed to research, document and preserve his artistic achievement and protect the integrity of his art. They were supposed to achieve this mission by establishing and maintaining a registry of his works, publishing and updating a catalogue raisonne of his artistic output and providing the necessary expertise to authenticate his art."
~ Committee members of the NMHS are as follows (CURRENT and PAST):
* Dr. Ruth Phillips - Professor of Art History, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario;
* Greg Hill - Curator of Indigenous Art at National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario;
* Elizabeth McLuhan - Dept. of History, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba;
* Richard H. Baker - Barrister and Solicitor;
* Cindy Bromley - Communications Manager, City of Toronto, Ontario (a NEW member);
* Dr. Carmen Robertson - An associate professor of contemporary Aboriginal art history in the Department of Visual Arts, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan (a NEW member) &
* Dr. Trudy Nicks - Curator at The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario (a NEW member).
* John Zemanovich - Writer/Stock Broker, Toronto, Ontario (not a member anymore);
* Lee-Ann Martin - Curator of Contemporary Canadian Aboriginal Art, Museum of Civilization (not a member anymore) &
* Viviane Gray - Indian and Inuit Art Centre, Dept. of Indian Affairs & Northern Development, Ottawa, Ontario (not a member anymore).
> NMHS could be contacted at norvalmorrisseauheritage@gmail.com.
Source (members): opencorporates - NMHS
/The Open Database Of The Corporate World/
[1] - For backround history related to this blog post's photo illustration, which involve members of the NMHS observing genuine Norval Morrisseau paintings submitted to NMHS by Mr. Donald Robinson of Kinsman Robinson Galleries, please read "Norval Morrisseau Declarations Are Hoax /Michele and Gabor Vadas Exposed/ (Part I)" & "Norval Morrisseau Declarations Are Hoax /Michele and Gabor Vadas Exposed/ (Part II)".
NOTE: The paintings submitted to NMHS were all purchased over the period between late 1999 and early 2000 by Mr. Donald Robinson from Randy Potter Estate Auction. All of these genuine Norval Morrisseau paintings were signed by the artist with a dry brush (DB) technique.
~ For an in-depth analysis involving genuine Norval Morrisseau paintings signed by the artist with a DB technique click HERE.
BLOG MASTER'S COMMENT: Why are they silent? Is their silence approval for what has been happening in Canadian courtrooms and in the Norval Morrisseau Art Market?
If they truly care in "protecting the integrity of Norval Morrisseau's art" they would need to speak up. Their inactions "continue to hurt the legacy" of the man they are supposed to protect.
Actually they have already "lost all credibility" in the eyes of those whose "art collections and livelihoods" are being "devalued and destroyed."
Ugo Matulić a.k.a. Spirit Walker
/spiritwalker2008@gmail.com/
- Open Letter to the Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society,
- The truth behind 'Open Letter to the Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society', - The story which preceded the 'Open Letter to the Norval Morrisseau Heritage Society'..., - Deceptions of John Zemanovich (Part I), - Blasphemy (Part II), - Morrisseau's artwork in Auction Houses, Commercial Art Galleries & Museums Around the World, - Signatures on Norval Morrisseau artworks certified by Forensic Science, - Genuine Morrisseau paintings: Appraised, Authenticated and Forensically Analyzed..., - After 3 years of RCMP & Thunder Bay Police Service investigation no evidence of fraud found. - Hatfield, Margaret Lorraine vs. Child, Donna and Artworld of Sherway (Part IV) & - Pivotal Court Case Relevant to Authenticity of Norval Morrisseau Artworks.
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How's your day?
By DJ360, August 11, 2017 in Owt' Abaaht Nowt !
Beekay 1,661
GIGA NOTTSTALGIAN
Location:Nr. Lewes, East Sussex
Interests:Photography,video filming,painting, reading and volunteer work @ local hospital & Sheffield park garden.
10 minutes ago, Cliff Ton said:
When I was sitting in the dentist's waiting room this morning there were 10 other people.
3 of them were reading traditional waiting room material (housing and travel magazines) and the other 7 spent all the time looking at their phones. The 3 magazine readers were obviously the oldest, and the 7 phone readers were all noticeably younger.
In a few years time, there will be no need to have magazines in waiting rooms; no-one would know what to do with them.
Maybe CT., in that few years there will be smart phones on chains dotted around the waiting room.
MargieH 5,979
MargieH
Location:Ely, Cambs
Interests:Family and friends, church and trying to make the world a happier and more peaceful place in whatever way I can!
Col, how come you had some cod yesterday? You don't like fish!!
nonnaB 3,385
Interests:Computer, baking, making home preserves, cross stitch, ancestry.and many more. I don't like being bored.
That's what I'm having. DIY unfortunately, restaurants very very busy and as usual at these times short staffed. Alex stays with me as long as possible then has to dash leaving them all to finish off. So I've just put some Findus breadcrumbed cod in oven. I don't usually like this sort of thing ready frozen but I've had these before and they are quite nice so of course I'm getting a little more exercise which can't be bad.
LizzieM 8,115
Location:Nottingham
Interests:Staying alive, family and travel.
No doubt you’ve lost a few pounds while being in hospital for nearly 2 weeks Nonna, as well as muscle loss through not being to get out of bed. Take things steady and eat whatever you fancy whenever you feel like it. Your strength will return but you’ve been through a serious procedure, the only way is up now
Well only 48 hours after our old neighbour’s body was removed by Lymns his nephew has been up from Herts with a big van and taken what furniture he wanted from the house! I think the only items still in the house will belong to Red Cross ....... ‘hospital type’ bed, chairs, Zimmer frames etc. Sad innit?
FLY2 10,095
Location:Basford
Interests:Blues & Rock music, especially Southern and Country Rock. Steam railways, especially the ex GC, Nottingham Forest. Food. Nature. Decent beer, and Laphroaig.
Sad yes, but life goes on Lizzie.
philmayfield 3,498
Location:Notts
Always best to get rid of the valuables before the valuers come in to assess for inheritance tax. This is usual in families. You can only be assessed on what’s there. The only problem is if there are other potential beneficiaries. That’s when the family fireworks start!
21 minutes ago, philmayfield said:
He came up the day we made the grim discovery. He found the Will and told me everything is split 4 ways between him and his 3 other relations. The solicitor is the executor so I’m sure he will drag everything out, time is money! As for anything valuable, there was very little in the house and I think the nephew has got it now, but it only amounts to Danish retro furniture really. The house will sell for a good price so yes Phil Inheritance Tax will definitely come into play.
Cliff Ton 8,272
Location:Planet Earth
One way to solve the problem.
We could start to follow the old Egyptian practice of being buried with all our goods and possessions to help us in the afterlife.
LOL, I put my Dad’s watch and favourite knife and fork in his coffin!
Brew 3,162
Location:Derbyshire
Interests:Flying - Cars - Computers anything and everything to do with 'technology'
They keep telling me I can't take it with me. That was of course before travellers cheques and credit cards!
You can’t take it with you? If you make a big enough pile you can hide behind it!
When my mother died the assessor ‘phoned to say they were coming to value her furniture and chattels. She lived in the adjoining granny flat with a connecting door. I asked them what they expected to find? ‘Ah,’ he said, ‘we’ll put the value in at nil then.’ That still didn’t stop me having an eye watering assessment for her house, bank account and investments. I did get the house and land plus a few quid. She was 92, suffering with Alzheimer’s and generally making our lives very difficult. There was enough left in her petty cash for the four of us to have a slap up lunch at the Sagar after the cremation!
If you can't take it with you, then I for one am not going !
Jill Sparrow 7,661
Location:Utopia
Interests:Mediaevalist and Catwoman!
She was 92, suffering with Alzheimer’s and generally making our lives very difficult.
I don't doubt that there were times when, at a considerably younger age and with all your marbles, you made her life very difficult!
No, she was always a very difficult woman. Never easy to get on with.
Lizzie in hospital I couldnt eat anything. Hospital food is never very good but this consisted of dried up pasta, very sloppy puree and spinach and creme caramel or fruit puree. The pasta was pushed to one side straightaway then just a forkful of potato and the same with spinach. When I was able to get out of bed it wasn't much better. My sil brought me something everyday but the things she liked and thought i would like. She kept telling me to eat but I just couldnt swallow. Its beginning to get better but I havent got the same interest in food that I had before. I know I have to eat so have decided to eat more frequently lighter meals. I soon feel full. Don't know whether I'll recouperate the 4 kg I have lost but will give it a good try.. Trouble is I don't feel hungry.
Just wondering, In UK is all saints day celebrated apart for Halloween? It's very much celebrated here, being a village many young ones left years ago to more affluent parts and only return to pay their respects to long gone families. Chrysanthemums fill the cemeteries and it's a mad rush to find eateries. Today my son and husband were invaded by mostly ex patriots living in Germany Switzerland etc. My son is still working now it's almost 7 pm and they have to start again for service this evening. My daughter has just phoned me. She started work at 8am has just sat down to rest a while before she starts her evening service. Tough job but they love it.
A few years ago, there was a preponderance of candles in jars appearing on graves with Polish names on the headstones, even in tiny village churchyards here in Derbyshire on All Saints. Presumably, it was the Polish expat community who placed them there and credit goes to those who did the reconnaissance. Must have taken some organising. It seems to have stopped now. Presumably, they've all returned home.
I thought it was a very nice gesture.
Yes Jill it seems to be the catholic population that do it. Personally I think it's a form of expected tradition although I do think it's nice. Our village was overloaded yesterday and now they've mostly gone back to Milan, Turin or wherever their homes are now. Candles in red jars are in abundance everywhere not just for this occasion, even where road accidents have happened.
trogg 1,133
Super Nottstalgian
Location:mucky ucknall
My day has been shattered by the link below, an "influencer" on the internet wants teaching of World War 2 to be cut back as it may affect their mental health. Dose he not realise that kids his own age and younger fought and died for the freedom of future generations, like him. What is happening with his generation.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7638687/Instagram-influencer-22-claims-learning-World-War-Two-hit-millennials-MENTAL-HEALTH.html
Back in 1990, we were staying in Auffach, Austria for Christmas. On Christmas eve we had a walk into the village about midnight and came upon the little graveyard. In the still of the night we could hear a tiny tinkling in the air. On investigation in the graveyard we noticed lots of candles burning in little red glasses set on the graves and surrounded by about 10" of snow. We soon realised that the tinkling was coming from the little glasses. Apparently the actual glass was battling between the heat of the candle and the extreme cold of the air and snow, so was expanding and contracting causing the tinkling. This was happening on all the graves that had lit candles, each had a little clear area around the glass, so in the dark the tiny pockets of light were magical.
I couldn't agree with you more, young Trogg!
Only last night, I watched a DVD of The Dambusters filmed in 1955, before the pc brigade got in on the act.
History is history. It cannot be changed, it should not be rewritten and God forbid we should start apologising for it! The young men who risked...and in many cases gave...their lives to defend this wonderful country of ours from the Nazi menace should be remembered with pride, revered for their courage and regarded with gratitude. Without them, we'd have been slaughtered. Their stories deserve to be told. To brush their deeds aside for fear of upsetting the, apparently, fragile emotions of some of today's younger generation is to dishonour the memory of individuals without whose selfless dedication and bravery our country would have been well and truly sunk without a trace.
These people should be made to watch films taken by war cameramen who where on the front line to record what they really went through and all the suffering and death all around them, but they still carried on.
So many people like to bang on about 'rights' these days. They don't seem to realise that the right to sleep peacefully in your bed at night, enjoy freedom to do what you like, believe what you wish and say what you think does not come without a cost: usually a cost which has been paid by someone else. I think we forget that at our peril.
Like most of us, I don't remember the dangers and privations of hostilities but I was brought up by those who did and met during my working life many others whose stories made me realise that only an idiot takes freedom for granted. There will always be someone who wants to take freedom away and what do you do then?
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Chapter 196: Don't Give Up, We Can Still Turn The Tables!
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
An Lin finally came to his senses after hearing his score being announced.
He stared at everyone around him with wide-eyed shock as he scratched his head.
“U… useless teammate!”
w.a.n.g Xuanzhan's anguished voice sounded from beside him.
An Lin: “…”
An Lin was also a little baffled, how could this happen…
The mystic realm was far more terrifying than he imagined, it simply didn't seem plausible!
He looked toward Vice-Princ.i.p.al Yu Hua with a pitiful expression. “Vice-Princ.i.p.al, I think something is amiss here…”
Vice-Princ.i.p.al Yu Hua could only shake his head and sighed with a resigned look on his face.
The Starry Maze was an extremely mysterious mystic realm to the point that even Return to Void Stage mighty figures couldn't glean the entirety of the secrets hidden within.
An Lin's result was very hard for everyone to accept. Even Yu Hua himself didn't believe that An Lin would be unable to even make it to the second step.
But that was the irreversible reality.
There was no way they could find out the reason for this result, so he could only announce the result as it was.
The Heavenly Court received a total of 8.7 points in the Dao segment, placing them dead last.
This was an absolutely crushing result, and some students were already wiping away tears in private. Many of them were still unable to accept what had happened.
“Impossible… How could our G.o.d An not even be able to take one step?”
“Could it be because he's not feeling well?”
“It simply doesn't make sense!”
“I suspect it might be because of the after-effects from the explosion in the Spells segment…”
“Waah… Has he become disabled in pursuit of glory for the Heavenly Court… ”
“I'm more curious about where the guy that said he's going to eat his own sh*t if G.o.d An got stuck on the first step has gone to.”
“Do you have a soul? How could you be thinking about things like this right now?!”
All the students at the spectator stands were discussing among themselves. Even those from the other three powers were staring at An Lin with peculiar expressions as if they had seen some sort of anomaly. He almost received full points in the Spell segment, but then he almost received zero for the Dao segment… What the h.e.l.l was going on?!
Hong Dou was chortling with mirth as he gave An Lin a thumbs-up. “An Lin's Dao Heart truly is number one under the heavens.”
An Lin winced at Hong Dou's words. Who would have thought that a day would come when he would be insulted by a weak trash like Hong Dou.
There were five segments in total: Spells, Dao, Intent, Life, and Seize. Although they were last in the total standings at the moment, they could still turn the tables with the last three segments. They were down but not out!
An Lin clenched his fists in determination. He planned to fight until the end and redeem himself.
“w.a.n.g Xuanzhan, Liu Qianhuan, what… what happened to you guys!?” An Lin exclaimed in shock as he turned his gaze upon his two teammates.
The two of them was lying down on the ground, staring up vacantly at the clouds in the sky.
“Don't bother me, I'm just a failure. I brought up the rear among the Heavenly Court representatives and I'm the disgrace of all young sorceresses…” Liu Qianhuan spoke with a hopeless expression.
“Don't bother me, just let me lie here like this. What's the point of coming first? It just ends in a loss anyway. What's the point of even trying, you'll lose to everyone anyway. To be honest, this is all just fate…”
That's right! Some things simply could not be achieved no matter how much you tried. It was all just fate!
An Lin was stunned into silence at this sight as a thought welled up in his heart.
It's over, both of them have completely lost their fighting spirit…
If a team lost their urge to fight, then what the f*ck was the point of even competing!
No, he had to reignite their will!
“Liu Qianhuan!”
“If you're losing in a video game, what would you do?”
“Surrender, of course.”
An Lin winced.
F*ck, that wasn't the response he wanted…
He yelled loudly, “Wrong! When you're losing, you should be thinking about how to turn the tables! Trust me, with our collective efforts, we can stage a perfect comeback!”
“The last person who said that to me successfully secured 0.1 of a point…” Liu Qianhuan wrinkled her intricate nose as she mumbled in response.
An Lin felt as if he had been stabbed in the heart by her words.
His fighting spirit was almost snuffed by her response.
He temporarily gave up on Liu Qianhuan and directed his attention toward w.a.n.g Xuanzhan.
“Senior w.a.n.g, you're the head representative of the Heavenly Court, should you just roll over and accept defeat like this!?”
“So what? Even if I fight, even if I come first individually, there's still a possibility that the team will come last. An Lin, I'm not blaming you for anything, I just want to say that this is all fate!”
If Earth Immortal Ming Yuan heard this, he would definitely happily accept w.a.n.g Xuanzhan as his personal disciple…
An Lin had nothing to say in response. After hearing w.a.n.g Xuanzhan's response, he felt as if another knife had been driven into his heart.
An Lin had originally intended to reignite their fighting spirit but even he himself was falling into despair. He raised his head up to the sky and heaved a forlorn sigh.
Vice-Princ.i.p.al Yu Hua also felt exhausted at this scene. But the conference had to continue, so he introduced the Lion King from the Hall of Creation as the latter went up to the stage to host the third segment.
The third segment was a compet.i.tion of intent. This was referring to the true intent that one had attained. There were countless types of true intent in this world, and each of them reflected the level of depth to which a Dao-seeker grasped their own domain.
The Lion King walked onto the stage and a huge black crystal appeared from his storage ring.
“This is the intent realm crystal, you will only need to place your hand on the crystal, and inject your true intent within, and your consciousness will appear within the crystal. There are ten mechanical puppets within the crystal which you'll need to battle with your true intent.
“The mechanical puppets will appear sequentially after you vanquish its predecessor. You'll be rewarded one point for each mechanical puppet that you defeat. You battles will be displayed on the crystal, and even if your consciousness is destroyed within the crystal, it'll have no impact on your physical body.
The spectators all became a bit more excited at the Lion King's description. After all, this segment involved a combative element so it should make for some good viewing.
An Lin's breathing also began to speed up as a scorching expression appeared in his eyes.
An intent realm crystal… What a familiar name!
His true intent was very powerful, on par with even the top prodigal Sword Immortal in the Purple Star State. He had this segment in the bag!
Su Qianyun also smiled lightly from the spectator stands as she stirred slightly. “An Lin should be able to redeem himself this time.”
“Oh, why do you say that?” Xu Xiaolan asked curiously from beside her.
To be honest, even her heart ached for An Lin after his score of 0.1.
Su Qianyun's eyes rippled like water as she stared at the man on stage. She then recounted to Xu Xiaolan the events during which An Lin competed against Sword Grand Master Jiang Yanan of the Green Wood Imperial Palace in the discipline of true intent.
Xu Xiaolan's eyes lit up after hearing Su Qianyun's description of the event. She was also beginning to develop an interest in the events that were about to happen next.
For this segment, the Heavenly Court team were the first to take the stage.
“w.a.n.g Xuanzhan, Liu Qianhuan, let me go first this time!”
An Lin proposed with a serious expression.
w.a.n.g Xuanzhan and Liu Qianhuan were all taken aback by his words.
An Lin asked, “If I come first this time, are you guys willing to fight with me for first place in this Dao Exchange Conference!?”
An Lin spoke each word firmly as a scorching intent burned in his eyes.
They did not know why, but An Lin's confident demeanor suddenly lit up the fire in the other two team members' hearts.
“Well now that you put it that way, how could I refuse?” w.a.n.g Xuanzhan replied with a knowing smile.
“I do well in video games where I'm winning, so if you can put us in an advantageous position, I'll definitely be happy to offer my services. Do your best!” Liu Qianhuan smiled sweetly.
An Lin nodded solemnly. “Don't give up, we can still turn the tables!”
He began to walk toward the black crystal at the conclusion of his sentence.
He had to use his actions to inspire everyone!
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1. Schakelaar, T. Designing a transport system for human waste in Indian slums:.
Degree: 2014, Delft University of Technology
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3a7976c1-677c-46fa-a365-31593fe271e9
► The availability of adequate sanitation is something that is taken for granted in most parts of the Western world. It is hard to imagine living… (more)
▼ The availability of adequate sanitation is something that is taken for granted in most parts of the Western world. It is hard to imagine living in a situation without a proper toilet and sewage. Still, a third of Earth’s population does not have this luxury. The consequences are contaminated water and food, leading to diseases that ultimately cause many deaths. India is one of the places that is suffering. The urban slums have no sewage, and cultural issues make it hard to find solutions. This project aims to aid in offering better sanitation. As part of a team effort to place community sanitation centers in the Indian slums, the problem of moving the waste from the toilet facility to a treatment plant is tackled. The bad road conditions in the slum, the high volume of waste, the large risk of contamination; all these issues play a role in finding a suitable solution that fits in the context. The end result is a transport system of multiple loops taking care of the environmental conditions. The main outcome is the proposed design of a cart, able to transport large volumes of waste through the narrow bumpy alleys of the slum. Its composition allows for a relatively quick implementation and adaptation by the slum community. While the transport of the waste is only a part of the equation, the proposed solution could make beneficial changes. When combined with the right sanitation centers, it has the potential to improve sanitation in places where the conditions are not helpful. Advisors/Committee Members: Diehl, J.C., Wever, R..
Subjects/Keywords: BoP; sanitation
Schakelaar, T. (2014). Designing a transport system for human waste in Indian slums: . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3a7976c1-677c-46fa-a365-31593fe271e9
Schakelaar, T. “Designing a transport system for human waste in Indian slums:.” 2014. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3a7976c1-677c-46fa-a365-31593fe271e9.
Schakelaar, T. “Designing a transport system for human waste in Indian slums:.” 2014. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Schakelaar T. Designing a transport system for human waste in Indian slums:. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2014. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3a7976c1-677c-46fa-a365-31593fe271e9.
Schakelaar T. Designing a transport system for human waste in Indian slums:. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2014. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3a7976c1-677c-46fa-a365-31593fe271e9
2. Shange, Siphindile. Sanitation practices and preferences in uMgungundlovu District Municipality.
Degree: Business administration, 2015, University of KwaZulu-Natal
► The study was on sanitation practices and preferences in uMgungundlovu District Municipality of South Africa and it aimed at providing strategies for improving basic infrastructure… (more)
▼ The study was on sanitation practices and preferences in uMgungundlovu District Municipality of South Africa and it aimed at providing strategies for improving basic infrastructure needs for the population in this area. Due to constraints in the resources the research was focused on Mpofana Local Municipality which is one of the 7 local municipalities in uMgungundlovu District. Mpofana Local Municipality has a population of 36 819. In the developing countries about 2.5 billion people do not have access to improved sanitary facilities and services. In the whole world 1 billion people do not have access to toilet facilities and instead they practice open defecation. According to UN Water, about 7 out of 10 ten people without improved sanitation are based in the rural areas. Some 2.4 billion people will remain without access to improved sanitary facilities and services in 2015. South Africa is one of these developing countries and there is need for more research to improve water and toilet facilities. The study used a questionnaire as the research instrument. The questionnaire was made up of 30 questions. A total of 120 Questionnaires were hand delivered to all the 120 households in the Mpofana Local Municipality. Respondents were given two weeks to complete the questionnaire and those who were not able to complete were given some extra time to do so. Queries or clarification on some of the questions were done at the point of collection. As a result all the questionnaires were completed giving a response rate of 100%. The data obtained from the respondents was analyzed using SPSS package, version 21.0. What emerged from the study is that the available sanitary facilities in uMgungundlovu are not adequate; some cultural and social beliefs that affect sanitary and hygienic practices were identified. Ways to improve the available sanitary facility in uMgungundlovu were suggested and some correlations between both the demographic data and cultural or social factors. The study had the limitation that resources could not allow us to use the entire population of the targeted area. Advisors/Committee Members: Munapo, Elias. (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Business administration.; Sanitation practices.; Sanitation preferences.
Shange, S. (2015). Sanitation practices and preferences in uMgungundlovu District Municipality. (Thesis). University of KwaZulu-Natal. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10413/14629
Shange, Siphindile. “Sanitation practices and preferences in uMgungundlovu District Municipality.” 2015. Thesis, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/14629.
Shange, Siphindile. “Sanitation practices and preferences in uMgungundlovu District Municipality.” 2015. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Shange S. Sanitation practices and preferences in uMgungundlovu District Municipality. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of KwaZulu-Natal; 2015. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10413/14629.
Shange S. Sanitation practices and preferences in uMgungundlovu District Municipality. [Thesis]. University of KwaZulu-Natal; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10413/14629
3. Burkeen, Vedas K. The efficacy of electrolyzed water for cleaning and sanitizing rubber picker fingers soiled with chicken fat and Salmonella Typhimurium.
Degree: PhD, Food Science, 2008, University of Georgia
URL: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/burkeen_vedas_k_200805_phd
► Rubber picker fingers used to remove feathers from broiler carcasses have been considered potential cross-contamination sites during poultry processing. The effects of alkaline electrolyzed (EO)… (more)
▼ Rubber picker fingers used to remove feathers from broiler carcasses have been considered potential cross-contamination sites during poultry processing. The effects of alkaline electrolyzed (EO) water and other cleaners on chicken fat removal from rubber picker fingers over elapsed time (0,1,4, 8, and 24 hr) and repeated daily soiling and cleaning cycles (1-4 days) were examined. In addition, the effects of fat absorption on attachment and inactivation of Salmonella Typhimurium by various sanitizers, including acidic EO water, on soiled rubber fingers were investigated. In the first study, results suggested alkaline EO water can effectively remove chicken fat from fingers. However, when using a different type of rendered fat, results suggested that cleaning every 4 hours with a commonly used chlorinated-alkaline cleaner (50% solution) can effectively remove fat from fingers. This may be due to the chlorinated-alkaline cleaner higher pH (13.5) and the usage of a higher concentration which resulted in better fat removal when compared to alkaline EO waters lower pH (pH 11.6) and dilute sodium hydroxide concentration. Results also suggested that fat does not play a significant role on the attachment of S. Typhimurium to rubber fingers. However, the presence of cracks and crevices along with rubber degradation of used fingers collected from a local poultry plant can affect the cleanability and sanitation of soiled fingers when compared to new ones. When comparing bacterial inactivation by various sanitizers, heated acidic EO was the most effective sanitizing solution by reducing S. Typhimurium to non-detectable levels on unsoiled used fingers. Overall, the presence of fat on the rubber fingers decreased the efficiency of all sanitizing agents examined. The chlorinated-alkaline cleaner and 10% sodium hypochlorite combination (cleaning followed by sanitizing) was the most effective treatment for soiled fingers and achieved 4.88 log CFU per rubber piece reductions of S. Typhimurium. Advisors/Committee Members: Josesph Frank.
Subjects/Keywords: cleanability and sanitation
Burkeen, V. K. (2008). The efficacy of electrolyzed water for cleaning and sanitizing rubber picker fingers soiled with chicken fat and Salmonella Typhimurium . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/burkeen_vedas_k_200805_phd
Burkeen, Vedas K. “The efficacy of electrolyzed water for cleaning and sanitizing rubber picker fingers soiled with chicken fat and Salmonella Typhimurium.” 2008. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Georgia. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/burkeen_vedas_k_200805_phd.
Burkeen, Vedas K. “The efficacy of electrolyzed water for cleaning and sanitizing rubber picker fingers soiled with chicken fat and Salmonella Typhimurium.” 2008. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Burkeen VK. The efficacy of electrolyzed water for cleaning and sanitizing rubber picker fingers soiled with chicken fat and Salmonella Typhimurium. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Georgia; 2008. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/burkeen_vedas_k_200805_phd.
Burkeen VK. The efficacy of electrolyzed water for cleaning and sanitizing rubber picker fingers soiled with chicken fat and Salmonella Typhimurium. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Georgia; 2008. Available from: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/burkeen_vedas_k_200805_phd
4. Sales, Melissa M. An evaluation of blackberry harvest sanitation and the ability of foodborne pathogens to survive in blackberry products.
Degree: MS, Food Science and Technology, 2013, Oregon State University
► Blackberries, genus Rubus, are an important Oregon agricultural commodity. In their fresh and processed forms, they offer many health benefits and may be able to… (more)
▼ Blackberries, genus Rubus, are an important Oregon agricultural commodity. In their fresh and processed forms, they offer many health benefits and may be able to help Americans better achieve fruit consumption recommendations because of convenience and pleasant sensory qualities. However, the susceptibility of blackberry products to contamination with bacterial pathogens of human health concern is unknown. Blackberries have never directly been implicated in a food safety incident; however, raspberries, also in the Rubus genus, have been the vehicle for hepatitis A, norovirus, and Cyclospora cayetanensis outbreaks. Furthermore, strawberries were recently the source of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak in Oregon. To better understand the potential for microbial pathogen contamination and the ability of these microorganisms to survive or grow in blackberry products, several studies were conducted. Fresh berries from the 'Obsidian' and 'Triple Crown' cultivars were evaluated at different harvest periods for the aerobic plate count, coliforms, yeasts, and molds to establish a baseline microbial population. Environmental samples were taken from a clean mechanical harvester and then from the same harvester that had been intentionally left soiled with berry harvest debris to determine the impact of harvester microbial quality. Samples from 'Marion' and 'Black Diamond' cultivars were hand harvested and evaluated for E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. by rapid detection methods via the NEOGEN® Reveal® 2.0 systems. Fresh, wild 'Himalaya' blackberries and frozen blackberries from the 'Triple Crown' cultivar were spot inoculated with Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella Typhimurium, Listeria monocytogenes, and Staphylococcus aureus to determine the ability of these microorganisms to survive on the berry surface. 'Himalaya' samples were stored for 3 days at ambient temperatures and 'Triple Crown' for 6 months at -23.3°C. Lastly, juice and wine were made from 'Marion' and 'Black Diamond' purees. The juices and wines were used for pathogen survival studies using the aforementioned microorganisms to better understand what constituents of blackberries may contribute to bactericidal effects, as well as the survival patterns in these products. Aerobic plate counts for 'Obsidian' and 'Triple Crown' cultivars ranged from 3.52-4.62 log CFU/g of berry with later harvests tending to have higher values. 'Triple Crown' mid-late harvest samples were significantly higher than the early harvest samples (p = 0.005). Yeasts and molds ranged from 3.01-4.73 log CFU/g of berry with later harvests having significantly higher values for both cultivars (p = 0.048 'Obsidian'; p <0.001 'Triple Crown'). Coliforms were detected in 'Obsidian' mid-harvest and 'Triple Crown' early-harvest samples at 2.10 and 1.40 log CFU/g of berry, respectively. The aerobic plate counts measured from the clean and intentionally soiled mechanical harvester were not significantly different. Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. were not detected using rapid detection… Advisors/Committee Members: Daeschel, Mark A. (advisor), Waite-Cusic, Joy G. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Blackberry; Blackberries – Sanitation
Sales, M. M. (2013). An evaluation of blackberry harvest sanitation and the ability of foodborne pathogens to survive in blackberry products . (Masters Thesis). Oregon State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1957/41912
Sales, Melissa M. “An evaluation of blackberry harvest sanitation and the ability of foodborne pathogens to survive in blackberry products.” 2013. Masters Thesis, Oregon State University. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/41912.
Sales, Melissa M. “An evaluation of blackberry harvest sanitation and the ability of foodborne pathogens to survive in blackberry products.” 2013. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Sales MM. An evaluation of blackberry harvest sanitation and the ability of foodborne pathogens to survive in blackberry products. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Oregon State University; 2013. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/41912.
Sales MM. An evaluation of blackberry harvest sanitation and the ability of foodborne pathogens to survive in blackberry products. [Masters Thesis]. Oregon State University; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/41912
5. Oikonomou, S. A brand strategy for the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge:.
URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3d7851e5-be3c-43cc-a1f2-10eb094dfb34
► The lack of proper sanitation has cost many deaths to subsistent citizens all around the world. In India, open defecation is still practiced in urban… (more)
▼ The lack of proper sanitation has cost many deaths to subsistent citizens all around the world. In India, open defecation is still practiced in urban and rural areas. Many efforts to provide toilets to the people that lack them, met failure because they lack one necessary element. Emotional engagement. This report presents “SANIR“. An value-based, aspirational brand was designed to guide the innovation process and accompany the implementation of an innovative sanitation solution for Indian slums. This project is conducted of the “Reinvent the Toilet Challenge“. A collaboration between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and leading Universities around the world. The project seeks to find new innovative, highly technological solutions to the problems that the lack of proper sanitation brings all around the developing world. This brand strategy was done to support the effort of TUDelft to bring the user-centered design principles into this technology-led project, thus creating solutions that people will enjoy to use. The brand strategy developed aims, firstly, at changing the often gloomy and unprofessional image that brands for NGO and social businesses have. “SANIR“ is a strong, professional brand that sets to affect not only the sanitation habits of those who experience it but also help them grow and find the power to change their lives for the better. The brand is set to change the relationship that slum dwellers have with sanitation solutions and help spreading a positive message. Internal research fitted to the environment of a Not-for-Profit organisation was initially conducted to uncover clues suitable for the brand. An in depth secondary research using new media was employed to set the ground for a field research in the future context of application. The research had as a main goal to discover the aspirations and intrinsic motivations of slum dwellers and trends in the context. The results were used to build a framework for a brand startegy for a social business and the development of the respective brand identity. The project concludes with a designed brand communication and corporate visual identity, a touchpoint system to support the initiation of the implementation and some examples of possible implementation on brand touchpoints. Advisors/Committee Members: Van Boeijen, A.G.C., Roscam Abbing, E..
Subjects/Keywords: brand strategy; sanitation
Oikonomou, S. (2013). A brand strategy for the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge: . (Masters Thesis). Delft University of Technology. Retrieved from http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3d7851e5-be3c-43cc-a1f2-10eb094dfb34
Oikonomou, S. “A brand strategy for the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge:.” 2013. Masters Thesis, Delft University of Technology. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3d7851e5-be3c-43cc-a1f2-10eb094dfb34.
Oikonomou, S. “A brand strategy for the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge:.” 2013. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Oikonomou S. A brand strategy for the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge:. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2013. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3d7851e5-be3c-43cc-a1f2-10eb094dfb34.
Oikonomou S. A brand strategy for the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge:. [Masters Thesis]. Delft University of Technology; 2013. Available from: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3d7851e5-be3c-43cc-a1f2-10eb094dfb34
6. Lakshmi Narasimhan, Shruthi, 1993-. Efficacy and suitability of cold plasma generated novel sanitizer in egg washing.
Degree: MS, Food Science, 2018, Rutgers University
URL: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/56048/
► Salmonella Enteritidis has been recognized as the cause of over 60% of reported salmonellosis cases, associated with shell eggs and egg products (CDC, 2013). In… (more)
▼ Salmonella Enteritidis has been recognized as the cause of over 60% of reported salmonellosis cases, associated with shell eggs and egg products (CDC, 2013). In order to reduce occurrence of salmonellosis, egg washing on an industrial scale was mandated in some countries such as the United States of America and Japan (Hutchinson et al., 2003). Chemical sanitizers like quaternary ammonia (QA), used in commercial egg washing have been seen to cause degradation of the egg cuticle, which is a natural protectant against bacterial penetration (Bialka et al., 2004). So as to preserve the cuticle, and not compromise on microbial safety, plasma activated water (PAW) was investigated as a possible sanitizer on the basis of microbial reduction on artificially contaminated eggs, as well as its effect on the quality of cuticle and egg shell strength. PAW was generated by exposing distilled water to atmospheric pressure plasma jet from filtered dry air. PAW and QA were then used to wash eggs artificially contaminated with Enterobacter aerogenes (non-pathogenic Salmonella surrogate), to compare their effectiveness in microbial reduction on egg surface as well as in wash water. Colorimetric analysis was performed on eggs washed with sanitizers and stained with a cuticle sensitive dye, to evaluate loss of cuticle. Additionally, damage to cuticle was studied using microscopic analysis of egg shells. Damage to shell integrity was studied by means of texture analysis of sanitized eggs, to ensure that the acidic nature of PAW did not affect egg shell strength. Preliminary planktonic-cell experiments with distilled water (DW) which served as control, caused bacterial reduction of 0.2±0.1 log CFU/ml from initial concentration of 9.2±0.1 log CFU/ml. On the other hand, treatment with equal volumes of PAW or QA resulted in bacterial concentration below detection limit (3.2 log CFU/ml). This proved that microbial reduction was not due to osmotic pressure generated by water. This was further enforced by analysis of artificially contaminated shell egg surface, with an initial bacterial concentration of 7.9±0.3 log CFU/egg, sanitized with PAW, QA and DW. Upon exposure of eggs to sanitizers by massaging of egg surface, it was noted that bacterial survival after treatment with both PAW and QA was below detection limit (2.3 log CFU/egg). Thus, the microbial reduction efficiencies of PAW and QA were comparable, at over 5.3 log CFU/egg. Conversely, treatment with DW showed survival of 3.7±0.1 log CFU/egg on the surface of egg. Colorimetric analysis showed statistically significant difference between un-sanitized farm eggs, and farm-eggs treated with PAW and, QA and store-bought eggs suggesting that eggs treated with PAW retained their cuticle layer better. Texture analysis of treated whole eggs revealed that the acidic nature of PAW did not affect the peak force needed to crack eggs. Eggs sanitized with both QA and PAW showed highest peak strength at the small-end up position and lowest peak force at the equatorial positions. A significant… Advisors/Committee Members: Karwe, Mukund V (chair), Schaffner, Donald W (co-chair), SALVI, DEEPTI (internal member), School of Graduate Studies.
Subjects/Keywords: Eggs – Sanitation; Salmonella
Lakshmi Narasimhan, Shruthi, 1. (2018). Efficacy and suitability of cold plasma generated novel sanitizer in egg washing . (Masters Thesis). Rutgers University. Retrieved from https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/56048/
Lakshmi Narasimhan, Shruthi, 1993-. “Efficacy and suitability of cold plasma generated novel sanitizer in egg washing.” 2018. Masters Thesis, Rutgers University. Accessed January 19, 2020. https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/56048/.
Lakshmi Narasimhan, Shruthi, 1993-. “Efficacy and suitability of cold plasma generated novel sanitizer in egg washing.” 2018. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Lakshmi Narasimhan, Shruthi 1. Efficacy and suitability of cold plasma generated novel sanitizer in egg washing. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Rutgers University; 2018. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/56048/.
Lakshmi Narasimhan, Shruthi 1. Efficacy and suitability of cold plasma generated novel sanitizer in egg washing. [Masters Thesis]. Rutgers University; 2018. Available from: https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/56048/
University of Technology, Sydney
7. Rosenqvist, Tanja. Experiencing everyday sanitation governance : a critical inquiry into the governance of community-managed sanitation services in Indonesia and whether it could be otherwise.
Degree: 2018, University of Technology, Sydney
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/127997
► Urban sanitation services have significant ramifications for public health and wellbeing, as well as environmental outcomes, and it remains a complex societal challenge in many… (more)
▼ Urban sanitation services have significant ramifications for public health and wellbeing, as well as environmental outcomes, and it remains a complex societal challenge in many developing countries. Although access to toilets is rapidly increasing, the long-term sustainability of sanitation service provision calls for far more than infrastructure — services also need to be governed in a sustainable manner. This transdisciplinary thesis, which sits in the intersection between international development, governance and design, delves deep into the governance of a specific type of (unsustainable) sanitation services: community-managed decentralised sanitation services in low-income urban communities in Indonesia. It questions the current reliance on, and perceived obviousness of, community management, and it explores whether governance could and, in some cases, perhaps should, be done otherwise. Situated in a medium-sized city in Indonesia, this study, which combines case study and action research methodologies, takes the form of a critical design inquiry — an inquiry geared towards change rather than critique alone. It offers a detailed account of how sanitation governance is currently done and how designerly ways of questioning and rethinking societal governance can be explored 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢. It delves into the daily life and the experience of governance within three urban neighbourhoods, investigates the ongoing constitution of roles and responsibilities in service provision at the local government level and considers the broader governing effects of societal norms and values. Inspired by the tradition of participatory design, the thesis furthermore explicates how designerly governance disruptions were employed to question taken-for-granted ontologies of sanitation infrastructure and urban communities, as well as explore alternatives. Through this thesis, decentralised sanitation governance emerges as a complex and highly situated practice through which ontologies are established and sustained, and whereby sanitation infrastructure becomes a political instrument. Community member’s 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 of governance becomes a matter of central concern, highlighting the need to involve them, not only in choosing infrastructure but also in deciding ℎ𝑜𝑤 to govern service provision. Societal governance furthermore emerges as an important area for exploration and conscious engagement for designers. This thesis specifically offers three new insights for design: a typology of designerly strategies for questioning and rethinking societal governance, the notion of 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 as opposed to 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 publics and, most importantly, a new field of design: governance design. Governance design refers to a form of deliberate design praxis that purposefully works at the ontological level to question and rethink the ontological constitution of people and things in societal governance.
Subjects/Keywords: Societal governance.; Sanitation governance .; Sanitation infrastructure.; Urban sanitation.
Rosenqvist, T. (2018). Experiencing everyday sanitation governance : a critical inquiry into the governance of community-managed sanitation services in Indonesia and whether it could be otherwise . (Thesis). University of Technology, Sydney. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10453/127997
Rosenqvist, Tanja. “Experiencing everyday sanitation governance : a critical inquiry into the governance of community-managed sanitation services in Indonesia and whether it could be otherwise.” 2018. Thesis, University of Technology, Sydney. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10453/127997.
Rosenqvist, Tanja. “Experiencing everyday sanitation governance : a critical inquiry into the governance of community-managed sanitation services in Indonesia and whether it could be otherwise.” 2018. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Rosenqvist T. Experiencing everyday sanitation governance : a critical inquiry into the governance of community-managed sanitation services in Indonesia and whether it could be otherwise. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Technology, Sydney; 2018. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/127997.
Rosenqvist T. Experiencing everyday sanitation governance : a critical inquiry into the governance of community-managed sanitation services in Indonesia and whether it could be otherwise. [Thesis]. University of Technology, Sydney; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10453/127997
8. Plaistowe, Matthew. Waterborne sanitation, cost recovery and quality of life : a case study of Ekuvukeni.
Degree: MS, 2014, University of KwaZulu-Natal
► A bucket sanitation system is being replaced by waterborne sanitation at an apartheid created town called Ekuvukeni near Ladysmith in KwaZulu Natal. This study examines… (more)
▼ A bucket sanitation system is being replaced by waterborne sanitation at an apartheid created town called Ekuvukeni near Ladysmith in KwaZulu Natal. This study examines the reasons for upgrading sanitation at Ekuvukeni from a bucket system to a waterborne system, the problems and issues surrounding this project and the likely consequences for Ekuvukeni and the surrounding environment.. The study found that complex political and structural issues and problems have developed around sanitation at Ekuvukeni. These together with other software issues related to sanitation in the South African context have not been adequately considered. The result is that there are many uncertainties which increase the risk of waterborne sanitation system failure and this in turn, would have ' disastrous consequences for the people of Ekuvukeni and the surrounding environment. Advisors/Committee Members: Marcus, Tessa (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Sanitation – Kwazulu-Natal – Ekuvukeni
Plaistowe, M. (2014). Waterborne sanitation, cost recovery and quality of life : a case study of Ekuvukeni . (Masters Thesis). University of KwaZulu-Natal. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10543
Plaistowe, Matthew. “Waterborne sanitation, cost recovery and quality of life : a case study of Ekuvukeni.” 2014. Masters Thesis, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10543.
Plaistowe, Matthew. “Waterborne sanitation, cost recovery and quality of life : a case study of Ekuvukeni.” 2014. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Plaistowe M. Waterborne sanitation, cost recovery and quality of life : a case study of Ekuvukeni. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of KwaZulu-Natal; 2014. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10543.
Plaistowe M. Waterborne sanitation, cost recovery and quality of life : a case study of Ekuvukeni. [Masters Thesis]. University of KwaZulu-Natal; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10543
9. Sriram K. Role and impact of IEC campaign on rural sanitation in Andhra Pradesh;.
Degree: 2014, Osmania University
URL: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/23061
Advisors/Committee Members: Narender K.
Subjects/Keywords: Rural Sanitation
K, S. (2014). Role and impact of IEC campaign on rural sanitation in Andhra Pradesh; . (Thesis). Osmania University. Retrieved from http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/23061
K, Sriram. “Role and impact of IEC campaign on rural sanitation in Andhra Pradesh;.” 2014. Thesis, Osmania University. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/23061.
K, Sriram. “Role and impact of IEC campaign on rural sanitation in Andhra Pradesh;.” 2014. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
K S. Role and impact of IEC campaign on rural sanitation in Andhra Pradesh;. [Internet] [Thesis]. Osmania University; 2014. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/23061.
K S. Role and impact of IEC campaign on rural sanitation in Andhra Pradesh;. [Thesis]. Osmania University; 2014. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/23061
10. Stan, Silvia D. Bacterial inhibition by electrolyzed oxidizing water and application to disinfection of sprout seeds.
Degree: PhD, Food Science and Technology, 2003, Oregon State University
► Alfalfa sprouts have been implicated in several salmonellosis outbreaks in recent years. Electrolysis of a NaCl solution generates, in the anode side of a two-chamber… (more)
▼ Alfalfa sprouts have been implicated in several salmonellosis outbreaks in recent years. Electrolysis of a NaCl solution generates, in the anode side of a two-chamber electrolyzer, acidic electrolyzed oxidizing (EO) water which contains Cl₂, HOC1, dissolved oxygen, and it is characterized by a low pH and a high oxidation reduction potential (ORP). The disinfectant effects of EO water against Salmonella enterica both in an aqueous system and on artificially contaminated alfalfa seeds were determined. EO water (pH 2.54 to 2.38, and ORP +1083 to +1092 mV) exhibited strong potential for the inactivation of S. enterica in an aqueous system (producing a reduction of at least 6.6 log CFU/ml). Treatment of artificially contaminated alfalfa seeds with EO water at a seed-to-EO water ratio of 1:100 for 15 and 60 min significantly reduced Salmonella populations by 2.04 and 1.96 log CFU/g, respectively (P < 0.05), while a Butterfield's buffer wash decreased Salmonella populations by 0.18 and 0.23 log CFU/g, respectively. Germination of seeds was not significantly affected (P > 0.05) by a treatment for up to 60 min in electrolyzed water. Further studies were undertaken to investigate whether •OH radical species are present in EO water or are formed when EO water reacts with iron ions. Electron spin resonance spectroscopy (ESR) coupled with the spin trapping technique was used for the detection of free radicals. The DMPO-OH spin adduct, characteristic to •OH radicals, was not observed. In the presence of DMPO (5,5-dimethyl-l-pyrroline-N-oxide), the reactions of EO water with Fe³⁺ and Fe²⁺ yielded the spin adduct DMPO-OH. However, the addition of •OH radical scavengers (ethanol, methanol, and mannitol) to the reaction mixture, did not reduce the DMPO-OH signal nor generated the characteristic DMPO-alkyl spin adducts. This indicated that the DMPO-OH signal was due to a nucleophilic addition of water to DMPO and not to trapping of OH radicals. Addition of DMPO to EO water, generated an ESR spectrum identical with that of 5,5-dimethyl-2-pyrrolidone- N-oxyl (DMPOX). Hypochlorous acid, generated in the anode chamber, is proposed to oxidize the spin trap DMPO with the formation of DMPOX. Advisors/Committee Members: Daeschel, Mark A. (advisor), Schimerlik, Michael I. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Sprouts – Sanitation
Stan, S. D. (2003). Bacterial inhibition by electrolyzed oxidizing water and application to disinfection of sprout seeds . (Doctoral Dissertation). Oregon State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1957/27048
Stan, Silvia D. “Bacterial inhibition by electrolyzed oxidizing water and application to disinfection of sprout seeds.” 2003. Doctoral Dissertation, Oregon State University. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/27048.
Stan, Silvia D. “Bacterial inhibition by electrolyzed oxidizing water and application to disinfection of sprout seeds.” 2003. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Stan SD. Bacterial inhibition by electrolyzed oxidizing water and application to disinfection of sprout seeds. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Oregon State University; 2003. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/27048.
Stan SD. Bacterial inhibition by electrolyzed oxidizing water and application to disinfection of sprout seeds. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Oregon State University; 2003. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/27048
11. Minarsich, Joey. Influence of Processing Parameters on the Inactivation of Salmonella spp. During the Cooking Step of Jerky Production Using a Commercial-Scale Dehydrator.
► United States Department of Agriculture-Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) guidelines for beef jerky processing support producers' ability to satisfy the performance standard requirements for… (more)
▼ United States Department of Agriculture-Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) guidelines for beef jerky processing support producers' ability to satisfy the performance standard requirements for achieving a 5-log reduction in Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7. The first compliance guide for jerky processors was created in response to several Salmonella outbreaks linked to jerky produced in New Mexico in the 1990s and early 2000s. This document was designed to provide jerky processors with specific options for process parameters and provide transparency of FSIS's interpretations of the performance standard for reduction of pathogens in meat products required as part of their HACCP system (9 CFU 417.4(a)). Specific processing parameters (time-temperature-humidity) for lethality processing are from Appendix A "Compliance Guidelines for Meeting Lethality Performance Standards for Certain Meat and Poultry Products" of the 1999 Performance Standards Final Rule. The prescriptive parameters found in Appendix A are based on cooked beef regulations established in 1978 after several outbreaks were associated with these products. Despite substantial difference in product dimension, formulation, product quality considerations, and type of equipment, FSIS applied these same requirements to roast beef and beef jerky. The objective for this research was to validate a combination of temperature and time requirements in a commercial-scale dehydrator that would achieve the performance standard of a 5-log reduction of the pertinent foodborne pathogens (Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7 and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) on beef jerky. Beef strips were inoculated and treated under four different treatment regimes. Unseasoned, unmarinated beef strips were inoculated with a Salmonella cocktail (Trials 1-4), Salmonella Senftenberg (Trials 1-2), E. coli O157:H7 (Trials 1-2) or STEC (Trials 1-2) at >7 log CFU/g. Thermal processing for the four trials was designed with the intent to achieve internal temperature and time performance standard specified in Appendix A. Despite meeting several time-temperature combinations in Appendix A, Trials 1, 2 and 3 did not achieve the performance standard for Salmonella lethality with average log reductions of 3.38 ± 0.63, 3.50 ± 0.49, 4.81 ± 0.69 log CFU/g, respectively. Increasing the chamber temperature and increasing the product load in the chamber by 50%, resulted in a significant increase in lethality of Salmonella (7.11 ± 1.05 log CFU/g); however, 4.3% (6/138) of individual samples did not achieve the requisite 5-log reduction. Relative humidity was a critical parameter in process lethality. Higher product load in Trial 4 caused an increase in relative humidity in the chamber during processing, increasing the overall lethality over Trial 3. In order to facilitate an understanding of current regulations, the second portion of this thesis provides a chronological account of outbreaks and the corresponding response by FSIS. The review portion of this work critically evaluates the… Advisors/Committee Members: Waite-Cusic, Joy (advisor), Chaerian, Gita (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Jerky; Dried beef – Sanitation
Minarsich, J. (2016). Influence of Processing Parameters on the Inactivation of Salmonella spp. During the Cooking Step of Jerky Production Using a Commercial-Scale Dehydrator . (Masters Thesis). Oregon State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1957/59332
Minarsich, Joey. “Influence of Processing Parameters on the Inactivation of Salmonella spp. During the Cooking Step of Jerky Production Using a Commercial-Scale Dehydrator.” 2016. Masters Thesis, Oregon State University. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/59332.
Minarsich, Joey. “Influence of Processing Parameters on the Inactivation of Salmonella spp. During the Cooking Step of Jerky Production Using a Commercial-Scale Dehydrator.” 2016. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Minarsich J. Influence of Processing Parameters on the Inactivation of Salmonella spp. During the Cooking Step of Jerky Production Using a Commercial-Scale Dehydrator. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Oregon State University; 2016. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/59332.
Minarsich J. Influence of Processing Parameters on the Inactivation of Salmonella spp. During the Cooking Step of Jerky Production Using a Commercial-Scale Dehydrator. [Masters Thesis]. Oregon State University; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/59332
12. Sriram, K. Role and impact of IEC campaign on rural sanitation in Andhra Padesh;.
Advisors/Committee Members: Narender, K.
Sriram, K. (2014). Role and impact of IEC campaign on rural sanitation in Andhra Padesh; . (Thesis). Osmania University. Retrieved from http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/24810
Sriram, K. “Role and impact of IEC campaign on rural sanitation in Andhra Padesh;.” 2014. Thesis, Osmania University. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/24810.
Sriram, K. “Role and impact of IEC campaign on rural sanitation in Andhra Padesh;.” 2014. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Sriram K. Role and impact of IEC campaign on rural sanitation in Andhra Padesh;. [Internet] [Thesis]. Osmania University; 2014. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/24810.
Sriram K. Role and impact of IEC campaign on rural sanitation in Andhra Padesh;. [Thesis]. Osmania University; 2014. Available from: http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/24810
Addis Ababa University
13. Fiseha, Israel. Ensuring Functional Sustainability of Water and Sanitation Developments in Rural Areas .
Degree: 2014, Addis Ababa University
URL: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/4312
► Ensuring functional sustainability of water and sanitation developments throughout the design period is vitally necessary. It helps to identify the main causes of non functionality… (more)
▼ Ensuring functional sustainability of water and sanitation developments throughout the design period is vitally necessary. It helps to identify the main causes of non functionality and indicate the troubleshooting for non functionality per scheme system components at the stage of design, construction and service period. To identify the major causes of non functionality the research has employed both primary and secondary data sources. Secondary data was collected from respective governmental and non-governmental organization at federal, state and woreda level. Primary data, on the other hand, was obtained using questionnaire, Focus group Discussion (FGD) and observation. Data from the secondary and primary sources enabled the researcher to scan and investigate more than 95 % of water and sanitation schemes in Chencha woreda rural areas. The common rural water and sanitation technologies include hand dug well, shallow well, spring with gravity distribution, spring at spot and simple pit latrine. All have been studied and evaluated for their cause of non functionality. The research found that 87 % of non functionality occurred before its estimated design period, which is within ten years. But the average non functionality occurrence of the schemes is between six years up to seven years. The most common non functionality causes are poor design, below the standard construction and poor institutional set ups of water and sanitation infrastructures. It includes: spring capping failure, management and financial problems, construction materials problems, source yield decreasing, poor quality of water, pumping system failure, poor quantity of water and pipe line failures. Water and sanitary schemes are functionally sustainable, only when social, financial, technical, institutional and environmental factors are integrated with every project life stages. The stages are needs assessment, conceptual design, design and action planning, implementation, and operation and maintenance. To get rid of non functionality every system component design and construction activity should be in accordance with the applicable design and construction methods. All respective governmental, nongovernmental and community stakeholders should carry out responsibility for functionality and sustainability of water and sanitation schemes. It is impossible to meet the functionality of water and sanitation schemes developments, without the integration of all respective bodies in all project life stages through feasibility study, designing, construction and service periods Advisors/Committee Members: Dr.Ing. Geremew Sahilu (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Functional Sustainability; Water and Sanitation
Fiseha, I. (2014). Ensuring Functional Sustainability of Water and Sanitation Developments in Rural Areas . (Thesis). Addis Ababa University. Retrieved from http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/4312
Fiseha, Israel. “Ensuring Functional Sustainability of Water and Sanitation Developments in Rural Areas .” 2014. Thesis, Addis Ababa University. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/4312.
Fiseha, Israel. “Ensuring Functional Sustainability of Water and Sanitation Developments in Rural Areas .” 2014. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Fiseha I. Ensuring Functional Sustainability of Water and Sanitation Developments in Rural Areas . [Internet] [Thesis]. Addis Ababa University; 2014. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/4312.
Fiseha I. Ensuring Functional Sustainability of Water and Sanitation Developments in Rural Areas . [Thesis]. Addis Ababa University; 2014. Available from: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/4312
14. Nigist, Selfu. Water and Sanitation Provision and its Effects on Poor Women: The Case of Selected Neighbourhoods in Addis Ababa .
► This study, by taking the case of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, investigates the effects of water and sanitation provision on poor women. The… (more)
▼ This study, by taking the case of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, investigates the effects of water and sanitation provision on poor women. The study was instigated by the observation that the pressure of inadequate water supply and sanitation provision fall more on the poor than better offs; and among the poor, the problems are intense on women due to biological, economic and socio- cultural factors. In order to thoroughly examine water supply and sanitation issues affecting poor women in the Addis Ababa context, relevant primary and secondary data were generated and personal observations were made and analyzed. Three poor neighbourhoods (two from the inner-city slums and one from the informal settlements) were identified as case study areas and 120 poor women were selected through a multi-stage sampling method. Major findings of the study indicate that in the city in general and in the studied neighborhoods in particular unavailability of water and sanitation at the required quantity, place, affordability, accessibility and safety has been strongly affecting the lives of poor women. It shows that these interrelated effects highly influence the health, income, privacy, dignity, security, social status of poor women including the time they can use for self improvement. As the effects are multiple so are the causes. The results of this study show that the roots causes are related to the socio-economic status of women including the rigid gender division of labour, inadequate access to economic resources and poor decision making power. These coupled with failure to implement the nationally declared gender and poverty policies as well as gender mainstreaming strategies made women arguably the most deprived in human as well as economic terms. The study concludes that water and sanitation, which is one of the most important development challenges facing Addis Ababa, has been affecting the lives of the poorest of the poor who live in the ill serviced slums and squatter settlements. So, action to improve water and sanitation situation is an important step to enable the poor people in general and poor women in particular to escape poverty. To escape from poverty, among other things, poor women need to be empowered. To achieve this goal, economic growth and financial resources are of course necessary, but they are not enough. This study suggests that by adopting an integrated and multisectored approach, by putting poor women’s needs at the center of water and sanitation service provisions and by enabling them to take part in the decision making and priority setting process it is possible to make a difference. Advisors/Committee Members: Tegegne G/Egziabher (PhD) (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: water; sanitation
Nigist, S. (2007). Water and Sanitation Provision and its Effects on Poor Women: The Case of Selected Neighbourhoods in Addis Ababa . (Thesis). Addis Ababa University. Retrieved from http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/5987
Nigist, Selfu. “Water and Sanitation Provision and its Effects on Poor Women: The Case of Selected Neighbourhoods in Addis Ababa .” 2007. Thesis, Addis Ababa University. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/5987.
Nigist, Selfu. “Water and Sanitation Provision and its Effects on Poor Women: The Case of Selected Neighbourhoods in Addis Ababa .” 2007. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Nigist S. Water and Sanitation Provision and its Effects on Poor Women: The Case of Selected Neighbourhoods in Addis Ababa . [Internet] [Thesis]. Addis Ababa University; 2007. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/5987.
Nigist S. Water and Sanitation Provision and its Effects on Poor Women: The Case of Selected Neighbourhoods in Addis Ababa . [Thesis]. Addis Ababa University; 2007. Available from: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/5987
15. Benti, Solomon. On-Site Sanitation Options to reduce the impacts of poor Sanitation condition of ‘Kochi Sefer’ Slum Neighborhood along Jamare River, Lideta Subcity, Addis Ababa .
► Sanitation is the hygienic means of promoting health through prevention of human contact with the hazards of wastes (physical, microbiological, biological or chemical agents of… (more)
▼ Sanitation is the hygienic means of promoting health through prevention of human contact with the hazards of wastes (physical, microbiological, biological or chemical agents of diseases).The Sanitation problems are very obvious and harsh in slum areas as they are characterized by dilapidated and poor housing structures, poor ventilation, high density, and imperfect alignment of streets, and scarcity of safe drinking water, absence of toilet facilities and non-availability of basic physical and social services which can accelerate the transmission of various air and water borne diseases. These sanitation problems are the case for almost all the Slum neighborhoods of Addis Ababa as the slums of the city are sharing the character of the slums. Sanitation Provision in the city is grossly deficient: Most do not have access to hygienic toilets; large amount of fecal waste is discharged to the environment without proper treatment. These improper waste discharging is affecting the public health and quality of life as fecal sludge contain high concentration of pathogen pollutants. This thesis paper is the pioneer research clearly show the sanitation issues of a Slum Neighborhood in Addis Ababa; Lideta Sub-city of Woreda 05 (pervious Kebele 43) and Woreda 09 (pervious Kebele 47) locally known as ‘Kochi Sefer’ specifically focusing on Jamare River. Both descriptive and explanatory research methods where used and also mixed types of quantitative and qualitative data were collected from primary data sources through in-depth site investigation, household survey and contact methods; and from secondary data sources through reading and note-taking; scanning and photocopying; browsing and extracting trusted websites. Beside other softwares, Arc GIS, SPSS Softwares were mainly used to analyze the data and the Realtime Landscaping Architect 2012, 3D Home Architect, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Illustrator CS5, Google Sketch up 8, ArchiCAD 12 and AutoCAD 2007 were among the softwares used in working with maps and illustrating Photos. With the aid of the described methodologies, poor sanitation facilities such as deteriorated and unimproved toilets, nose aching drainage lines and improper solid and liquid waste disposal were the main sanitation problems identified with their root causes. Finally, possible on-site strategies based on environmental and landscape design with appropriate recommendation were proposed. Advisors/Committee Members: Hailu Worku(PhD) (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: strategies; poor Sanitation; Slum Neighborhood
Benti, S. (2013). On-Site Sanitation Options to reduce the impacts of poor Sanitation condition of ‘Kochi Sefer’ Slum Neighborhood along Jamare River, Lideta Subcity, Addis Ababa . (Thesis). Addis Ababa University. Retrieved from http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/8091
Benti, Solomon. “On-Site Sanitation Options to reduce the impacts of poor Sanitation condition of ‘Kochi Sefer’ Slum Neighborhood along Jamare River, Lideta Subcity, Addis Ababa .” 2013. Thesis, Addis Ababa University. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/8091.
Benti, Solomon. “On-Site Sanitation Options to reduce the impacts of poor Sanitation condition of ‘Kochi Sefer’ Slum Neighborhood along Jamare River, Lideta Subcity, Addis Ababa .” 2013. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Benti S. On-Site Sanitation Options to reduce the impacts of poor Sanitation condition of ‘Kochi Sefer’ Slum Neighborhood along Jamare River, Lideta Subcity, Addis Ababa . [Internet] [Thesis]. Addis Ababa University; 2013. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/8091.
Benti S. On-Site Sanitation Options to reduce the impacts of poor Sanitation condition of ‘Kochi Sefer’ Slum Neighborhood along Jamare River, Lideta Subcity, Addis Ababa . [Thesis]. Addis Ababa University; 2013. Available from: http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/8091
16. Muchire, Paul W. The role of participatory communication in water,sanitation and hygiene (wash):a case study of community led total sanitation (clts) approach in kaptembwo and kwa rhoda settlements in nakuru.
Degree: 2014, University of Nairobi
► Access to quality sanitation is precondition for good health and for success in the fight against poverty and attainment of millennium development goals (MDG) on… (more)
▼ Access to quality sanitation is precondition for good health and for success in the fight against poverty and attainment of millennium development goals (MDG) on health. This study was based in Kaptembwo and Kwa Rhonda, two low income settlements in Nakuru Municipality. The areas, though somehow planned are faced with inadequate water and sanitation services, amidst the increasing population pressure. This has been the situation, albeit the numerous initiatives that have been implemented in the areas. This study sought to investigate the role of participatory communication within the context of a water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) project that adopts the use of participatory approaches. The study examined the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) project being implemented in the area since the year 2013. The study also sought to establish the level of expertise project in terms of participatory communication amongst the staff implementing the CLTS, a major determinant of project’s successful implementation. This study collected primary data from the study area using the survey method. Being a descriptive study, it used both qualitative and quantitative approaches, hence generating largely qualitative and quantitative data. A total of eighty questionnaires were used to get data from the beneficiary community. An additional eight self-administered questionnaires were used among project staff and three key informant interviews targeting CLTs two trainers and a senior public health official in Nakuru were conducted. From the study findings, over fifty percent (50%) of the respondents indicated that the sanitation condition in the area is good, an indication of happiness and satisfaction for a population whose majority has lived in the area for over ten years. A big percentage has associate this to the CLTS
Subjects/Keywords: Water; sanitation and hygiene
Muchire, P. W. (2014). The role of participatory communication in water,sanitation and hygiene (wash):a case study of community led total sanitation (clts) approach in kaptembwo and kwa rhoda settlements in nakuru. (Thesis). University of Nairobi. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11295/95241
Muchire, Paul W. “The role of participatory communication in water,sanitation and hygiene (wash):a case study of community led total sanitation (clts) approach in kaptembwo and kwa rhoda settlements in nakuru. ” 2014. Thesis, University of Nairobi. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11295/95241.
Muchire, Paul W. “The role of participatory communication in water,sanitation and hygiene (wash):a case study of community led total sanitation (clts) approach in kaptembwo and kwa rhoda settlements in nakuru. ” 2014. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Muchire PW. The role of participatory communication in water,sanitation and hygiene (wash):a case study of community led total sanitation (clts) approach in kaptembwo and kwa rhoda settlements in nakuru. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Nairobi; 2014. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11295/95241.
Muchire PW. The role of participatory communication in water,sanitation and hygiene (wash):a case study of community led total sanitation (clts) approach in kaptembwo and kwa rhoda settlements in nakuru. [Thesis]. University of Nairobi; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11295/95241
University of Zambia
17. NZALI. Private sector participation in the water and sanitation industry in Zambia : opportunities and constraints .
Degree: 2011, University of Zambia
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/543
► Adoption of new mechanisms through which water supply and sanitation services may be provided to communities in Zambia has been undergoing continuous transformations over the… (more)
▼ Adoption of new mechanisms through which water supply and sanitation services may be provided to communities in Zambia has been undergoing continuous transformations over the last decade.Policy makers and other key stakeholders have been trying to find the most appropriate and self sustaining service delivery mechanism, through which good quality services can be provided to consumers throughout the country. In 1993 the Government of Zambia embarked on a reform process primarily aimed at addressing the many problems associated with water supply and sanitation to communities.Notable outputs of the reform process were; passing of a new National Water Policy, enactment of new legislation, establishment of new institutions and the strengthening of the regulatory framework.Private Sector Participation (PSP) has prominently emerged as one of the probable ways through which service delivery can be improved in Zambia. This assertion emanates from the widely held notion that, "the private sector can enhance operational efficiency due to their strong adherence to sound commercial principles and good management practices ".The main objective of this study therefore was to, "investigate the appropriateness of PSP service delivery arrangements as a means through which water supply and sanitation services may be rendered in Zambia (the City of Lusaka being the test case) and to identify the associated opportunities and constraints". The main approach centered on evaluating the experiences gained from PSP contracts in water supply and sanitation that are already in existence and using the findings to help formulate a PSP option for Lusaka, Zambia. Three PSP cases were evaluated in this study namely, Kampala-Uganda, Dar Es Salaam-Tanzania and the Copperbelt Province-Zambia (this contract was confined to only the ex-mining areas of the Copperbelt Province).The main findings revealed that the main problematic issues in Zambia's urban water supply and sanitation service arena are; failure to access capital required for infrastructure rehabilitation in order to stem the many network losses, inadequate capital for network expansion, poor commercial management leading to low revenue collections, overstating, financing for effecting improvements to the poor and political interference.In this study it was determined that these issues were to a large extent addressed in the PSP contract in Uganda and to a lesser extent in the newly incepted PSP contract in Tanzania. Based on the attributes of the many PSP contracts in use world wide, it has been established that initially, a 2 to 3 years duration Performance Based Management Contract, followed by a 7 to 10 years duration Lease Contract (upon successful completion of Management Contract) as the most suitable PSP proposition for Lusaka.However,haphazard adoption and subsequent implementation of PSP in any form will not bring about the expected results. What is cardinal is that prior to adoption of PSP for any given service area, a well focused, detailed and thoroughly laid out due diligence…
Subjects/Keywords: Sanitation – Zambia; Water-supply – Zambia
NZALI. (2011). Private sector participation in the water and sanitation industry in Zambia : opportunities and constraints . (Thesis). University of Zambia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/543
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NZALI. “Private sector participation in the water and sanitation industry in Zambia : opportunities and constraints .” 2011. Thesis, University of Zambia. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/543.
NZALI. “Private sector participation in the water and sanitation industry in Zambia : opportunities and constraints .” 2011. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
NZALI. Private sector participation in the water and sanitation industry in Zambia : opportunities and constraints . [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Zambia; 2011. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/543.
NZALI. Private sector participation in the water and sanitation industry in Zambia : opportunities and constraints . [Thesis]. University of Zambia; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/543
18. Xi, Dunyu. Application of probiotics and green tea extract in post-harvest processes of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) for reducing Vibrio parahaemolyticus and extending shelf life.
► Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a human pathogen which is prevalent in marine environment. Consumption of raw or undercooked seafood contaminated with V. parahaemolyticus can cause foodborne… (more)
▼ Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a human pathogen which is prevalent in marine environment. Consumption of raw or undercooked seafood contaminated with V. parahaemolyticus can cause foodborne illness. This study investigated the application of probiotics in depuration for reducing V. parahaemolyticus in raw Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) and the utilization of green tea extract on inactivating V. parahaemolyticus and extending shelf life of oyster meats during refrigeration storage. Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 8014, which exhibited strong bactericidal effects against mixture of five clinical V. parahaemolyticus strains mainly due to the production of organic acids, was utilized in the study. Populations of lactic acid bacteria in oysters increased from 1.83 to 4.66 log CFU/g after exposing oysters to artificial seawater containing L. plantarum at a level of 6.41 log CFU/ml after 20 h accumulation at room temperature. Levels of L. plantarum colonized in oysters decreased gradually when oysters were depurated at 20°C, but remained moderately colonized in oysters (3.10 log CFU/g) after 4 days of depuration. Adding cells of L. plantarum (10⁷ CFU/ml) to seawater for depuration of raw oysters inoculated with V. parahaemolyticus BE 98-2029 (O3:K6) at levels of 10⁴ MPN/g did not enhance V. parahaemolyticus reductions in oysters depurated at 15±1ºC but significantly (p<0.05) decreased levels of V. parahaemolyticus in oysters depurated at 10±1°C after 5 days without mortality compared with controls. Lactic acid bacteria other than L. plantarum ATCC 8014 can be explored for potential application in post-harvest treatments of raw oysters for reducing V. parahaemolyticus contamination. Longjing Tea extract containing 4.594 g/l total phenolic contents (TPC) as gallic acid equivalents (GAE) or higher determined by Folin-Ciocalteau reduced a mixture of five clinical V. parahaemolyticus strains in tryptic soy broth plus 1.5% NaCl from around 4.5 log CFU/ml to non-detectable level (<10 CFU/ml) within 8 h. Shucked oysters treated with tea extract containing 9.054 g/l TPC as GAE for 2 h at 23±1ºC at oyster/tea extract ratio of approximate 0.9 g/ml resulted in greater (p<0.05) V. parahaemolyticus reductions (0.75 log MPN/g) compared to controls (0.15 log MPN/g). Storing oysters treated with tea extract at 5±1°C in containers filled with tea extract at oyster/tea extract ratio of approximate 0.7 g/ml enhanced reductions of V. parahaemolyticus and extended the shelf life of oyster meats from 8 days for controls to 18 days for oysters stored in tea extract. Further studies need to investigate the effects of green tea extract treatments on the sensory attributes of oyster meats. Advisors/Committee Members: Su, Yi-Cheng (advisor), Goddik, Lisbeth M. (committee member).
Subjects/Keywords: Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Pacific oyster – Sanitation
Xi, D. (2011). Application of probiotics and green tea extract in post-harvest processes of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) for reducing Vibrio parahaemolyticus and extending shelf life . (Masters Thesis). Oregon State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1957/21886
Xi, Dunyu. “Application of probiotics and green tea extract in post-harvest processes of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) for reducing Vibrio parahaemolyticus and extending shelf life.” 2011. Masters Thesis, Oregon State University. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/21886.
Xi, Dunyu. “Application of probiotics and green tea extract in post-harvest processes of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) for reducing Vibrio parahaemolyticus and extending shelf life.” 2011. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Xi D. Application of probiotics and green tea extract in post-harvest processes of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) for reducing Vibrio parahaemolyticus and extending shelf life. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Oregon State University; 2011. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/21886.
Xi D. Application of probiotics and green tea extract in post-harvest processes of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) for reducing Vibrio parahaemolyticus and extending shelf life. [Masters Thesis]. Oregon State University; 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/21886
19. Terreni Brown, Stephanie Elizabeth. Kampala's shitscape : exploring urbanity and sanitation in Uganda.
Degree: PhD, 2014, University of Edinburgh
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9700
► In this thesis, I explore the collective excrement apparatus of Kampala, or the “shitscape”. I consider the diverse ways that the city’s inhabitants utilise different… (more)
▼ In this thesis, I explore the collective excrement apparatus of Kampala, or the “shitscape”. I consider the diverse ways that the city’s inhabitants utilise different materials to manage their daily defecation, from flush toilets and latrines to plastic bags, septic tanks, and wastewater channels. In doing so, I unravel the historical and contemporary construction of toileting as a critical component of the modern city in the global south, and the everyday role of excrement in the inclusion and exclusion of Kampala’s inhabitants. The shitscape therefore invites a discussion of how the city’s sanitation infrastructures are thought about and implemented in a way that both reflects and reinforces the socio-economic disparities of its residents. The thesis begins with an historical analysis of how the city was shaped by colonialism and how this affects the contemporary shitscape in terms of ideas about urbanity, modernity, and hygiene, and then analyses how the material and symbolic groundwork of the colonial period is extended into the planning and living of today’s city. Tracing the city’s main wastewater channel through affluent areas and informal settlements of central Kampala, I use ethnographic and qualitative methods to understand the everyday toileting materialities and performances, and its role in the ways in which the city is read, perceived, and lived by its inhabitants. The study’s primary theoretical contribution is to contribute to Lefebvre’s theories about the production of urban space by bringing it into conversation with postcolonial and feminist literatures that knit together bodily function and material infrastructure. This everyday look at the how the city’s shitscape operates ultimately offers ways to challenge prevailing notions of urbanity, and prompts thinking about alternative possibilities for how city life is conceptualised.
Subjects/Keywords: 363.72; sanitation; Uganda; urban; toilets
Terreni Brown, S. E. (2014). Kampala's shitscape : exploring urbanity and sanitation in Uganda . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9700
Terreni Brown, Stephanie Elizabeth. “Kampala's shitscape : exploring urbanity and sanitation in Uganda.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Edinburgh. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9700.
Terreni Brown, Stephanie Elizabeth. “Kampala's shitscape : exploring urbanity and sanitation in Uganda.” 2014. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Terreni Brown SE. Kampala's shitscape : exploring urbanity and sanitation in Uganda. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Edinburgh; 2014. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9700.
Terreni Brown SE. Kampala's shitscape : exploring urbanity and sanitation in Uganda. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Edinburgh; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9700
20. Ren, Tingting. Electrolyzed oxidizing water treatment for reducing Vibrio contamination in oysters.
► Oysters can be easily contaminated with spoilage and pathogenic bacteria through contaminated waster. The United States produces more than 27 million pounds of oysters each… (more)
▼ Oysters can be easily contaminated with spoilage and pathogenic bacteria through contaminated waster. The United States produces more than 27 million pounds of oysters each year and most of them are sold and consumed raw without further processing. Growth of naturally contaminating bacteria in oysters during storage results in loss of quality and product value. Contamination of pathogenic bacteria such as Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus in oysters is also a safety concern of the industry and consumers. The traditional depuration process for reducing bacterial contamination in oysters using clean seawater has been reported to be ineffective in reducing Vibrio contamination in oysters. This study investigated effects of electrolyzed oxidizing (EO) water treatment on reducing both V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus contamination in oysters. Freshly harvested Pacific oysters were inoculated with 5-strain cocktail of V. parahaemolyticus or V. vulnificus at levels of 10⁴ and 10⁶ MPN/g. Inoculated oysters were held in EO water (chlorine: 30 ppm, pH: 2.82, ORP: 1131 mV) containing 1% NaCl at room temperature. Reductions of V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus in oysters during the treatment were determined at 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 h. EO water containing 30 ppm of chlorine was found to exhibit strong bactericidal effects against pure cultures of V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus (>6.6-log reductions in 15s). Holding oysters inoculated with V. parahaemolyticus or V. vulnificus in EO water (30 pin chlorine) containing 1% NaCl for 4-6 h resulted in significant reductions of V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus by 1.13 and 1.05 log MPN/g, respectively. However, extended exposure (>12 h) of oysters in EO water containing high levels of chlorine (>30 ppm) was found to be detrimental to oysters. EO water could be used as a post-harvest treatment to reduce Vibrio contamination in oysters. However, treatment should be limited to 4-6 h to avoid death of oysters. Further studies are needed to determine effects of EO water treatments on sensory characteristics of treated oysters. Advisors/Committee Members: Su, Yi-Cheng (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Oysters – Sanitation
Ren, T. (2005). Electrolyzed oxidizing water treatment for reducing Vibrio contamination in oysters . (Masters Thesis). Oregon State University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1957/22804
Ren, Tingting. “Electrolyzed oxidizing water treatment for reducing Vibrio contamination in oysters.” 2005. Masters Thesis, Oregon State University. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/22804.
Ren, Tingting. “Electrolyzed oxidizing water treatment for reducing Vibrio contamination in oysters.” 2005. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Ren T. Electrolyzed oxidizing water treatment for reducing Vibrio contamination in oysters. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Oregon State University; 2005. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/22804.
Ren T. Electrolyzed oxidizing water treatment for reducing Vibrio contamination in oysters. [Masters Thesis]. Oregon State University; 2005. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/22804
21. Fox, Kathryn E. The Pervasiveness of Technocracy in Sanitation Development and its Impact on Project Sustainability: A Case Study of the Microbial Fuel Cell Latrine Pilot Project in Nyakrom, Ghana.
Degree: 2015, University of Massachusetts
URL: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/147
► Approximately 2.5 billion people in the world currently lack access to adequate sanitation facilities. Improving sanitation access in the developing world is vitally important… (more)
▼ Approximately 2.5 billion people in the world currently lack access to adequate sanitation facilities. Improving sanitation access in the developing world is vitally important to public health, economies, and the environment. Non-governmental organizations and the private sector have played a significant role in increasing sanitation access through the construction of sanitation and hygiene systems. However, these projects have been plagued with sustainability problems with the rate of non-functional systems remaining consistently at 30 to 40 percent since the 1980s. Studies have found that meaningful community engagement and the consideration of community capacity during project development are vitally important to long-term project sustainability. However, development practitioners frequently undervalue the importance of these factors and fail to adequately employ them when developing sanitation projects. This thesis examines the dominance and impact of one key influence that leads development practitioners to overlook community context and engagement – the prioritization and overvaluation of technological solutions to development problems. Through a case study of the Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Latrine built by three University of Massachusetts Amherst engineers in Nyakrom Ghana I demonstrate an example of the impact that a technocratic focus can have on the operation and maintenance sustainability of a sanitation project. In this thesis I maintain that the technocratic focus of this project is not unique but is part of a larger trend toward technocracy among water, sanitation, and hygiene development donors and practitioners. These technological approaches can neglect the important role that political, social, economic, and cultural factors play in increasing sanitation access. This thesis reviews three frameworks that the MFC Latrine engineers and other practitioners could use to better understand and incorporate community capacity and participation into sanitation projects – Asset Based Community Development, the appropriate technology framework by the World Health Organization and IRC Water and Sanitation Centre, and the WASHTech Technology Applicability Framework. Advisors/Committee Members: Ellen J. Pader, Brenda Bushouse, Caitlyn Butler.
Subjects/Keywords: sanitation; sustainability; technocracy; development; Ghana
Fox, K. E. (2015). The Pervasiveness of Technocracy in Sanitation Development and its Impact on Project Sustainability: A Case Study of the Microbial Fuel Cell Latrine Pilot Project in Nyakrom, Ghana . (Thesis). University of Massachusetts. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/147
Fox, Kathryn E. “The Pervasiveness of Technocracy in Sanitation Development and its Impact on Project Sustainability: A Case Study of the Microbial Fuel Cell Latrine Pilot Project in Nyakrom, Ghana.” 2015. Thesis, University of Massachusetts. Accessed January 19, 2020. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/147.
Fox, Kathryn E. “The Pervasiveness of Technocracy in Sanitation Development and its Impact on Project Sustainability: A Case Study of the Microbial Fuel Cell Latrine Pilot Project in Nyakrom, Ghana.” 2015. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Fox KE. The Pervasiveness of Technocracy in Sanitation Development and its Impact on Project Sustainability: A Case Study of the Microbial Fuel Cell Latrine Pilot Project in Nyakrom, Ghana. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Massachusetts; 2015. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/147.
Fox KE. The Pervasiveness of Technocracy in Sanitation Development and its Impact on Project Sustainability: A Case Study of the Microbial Fuel Cell Latrine Pilot Project in Nyakrom, Ghana. [Thesis]. University of Massachusetts; 2015. Available from: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/147
22. Gallagher, Diana. "Cleanly in their persons and cleanly in their dwellings": an archaeological investigation of health, hygiene, and sanitation in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New England.
Degree: PhD, Archaeology, 2014, Boston University
► In this dissertation, I investigate how eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New England regarded and negotiated the fundamental personal issues of health, hygiene, and sanitation. I employ… (more)
▼ In this dissertation, I investigate how eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New England regarded and negotiated the fundamental personal issues of health, hygiene, and sanitation. I employ environmental archaeological and material data, in particular parasite remains, from six New England privy sites: three eighteenth-century sites in Newport, Rhode Island, and three nineteenth-century sites in Boston and New Hampshire. Two eighteenth-century sites belonged to households in the middling stratum of society: one was a poor, lower-class residence. Two nineteenth-century sites were working class- a tenement and a brothel, both in Boston; the third was the Chase House, an upper-class domicile in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The archaeological and documentary evidence reveal daily choices and their effects. All three eighteenth-century households used chamber pots; the middle-class privies also contained high-quality ceramics. Documents indicate that these families functioned as small-scale merchants. Their prosperity notwithstanding, all three sites revealed parasites, although the amount was considerably less in the middle-class remains than from the poorer household. The nineteenth-century privies reflect that era's inhabitants' increased attention to sanitation and medical treatments; all privies contained more ewers, basins, and medicine bottles. Parasites remained a problem for the working class: both the tenement and brothel privies show moderate levels of parasitic infection. No such evidence was found in the Chase House privy. The material evidence of chamber pots, wash basins, and medicine bottles, places alongside the indications of infection, reveal peoples' active concerns with issues of hygiene and health, and demonstrated also that attention to these issues increased from the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries. Higher levels of household wealth may be linked to lower levels of infection in both eras, probably because of better access to medicines and clean water. The personal involvement revealed by the remains is also reflected in the era's changing social attitudes. The impoverished came to be seen as agents of their own misery whose only hope was to adopt the cleanliness of the upper classes. Poorer people without ready access to better sanitation were regarded as people choosing to live in squalor and, as such, unworthy and beyond help.
Subjects/Keywords: Archaeology; Health; Hygiene; Parasites; Sanitation
Gallagher, D. (2014). "Cleanly in their persons and cleanly in their dwellings": an archaeological investigation of health, hygiene, and sanitation in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New England . (Doctoral Dissertation). Boston University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2144/14306
Gallagher, Diana. “"Cleanly in their persons and cleanly in their dwellings": an archaeological investigation of health, hygiene, and sanitation in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New England.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Boston University. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2144/14306.
Gallagher, Diana. “"Cleanly in their persons and cleanly in their dwellings": an archaeological investigation of health, hygiene, and sanitation in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New England.” 2014. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Gallagher D. "Cleanly in their persons and cleanly in their dwellings": an archaeological investigation of health, hygiene, and sanitation in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New England. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Boston University; 2014. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/14306.
Gallagher D. "Cleanly in their persons and cleanly in their dwellings": an archaeological investigation of health, hygiene, and sanitation in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New England. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Boston University; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/14306
23. Cherry, Marin. The Feasibility Of A Sanitation System Utilizing Biological Pathogen Control: Evidence From Ethiopia .
Degree: 2015, Cornell University
► This thesis evaluates the economic and social feasibility of a proposed new sanitation technology, the Carboxylic Acid Toilet (CAT). The CAT utilizes naturallyoccurring microbiological processes… (more)
▼ This thesis evaluates the economic and social feasibility of a proposed new sanitation technology, the Carboxylic Acid Toilet (CAT). The CAT utilizes naturallyoccurring microbiological processes to potentially sanitize human fecal material and produce effluent that may be used as an agricultural input. Evidence from price information gathered and interviews conducted in three field sites in Ethiopia indicate that the CAT fits within the spectrum of sanitation technologies currently available, both socially and economically. As sanitation is proving a persistent global challenge, further development of the CAT and realization of its potential benefits is well founded. Advisors/Committee Members: Steenhuis,Tammo S (committeeMember).
Subjects/Keywords: sanitation; biological pathogen control; Ethiopia
Cherry, M. (2015). The Feasibility Of A Sanitation System Utilizing Biological Pathogen Control: Evidence From Ethiopia . (Thesis). Cornell University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1813/40681
Cherry, Marin. “The Feasibility Of A Sanitation System Utilizing Biological Pathogen Control: Evidence From Ethiopia .” 2015. Thesis, Cornell University. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1813/40681.
Cherry, Marin. “The Feasibility Of A Sanitation System Utilizing Biological Pathogen Control: Evidence From Ethiopia .” 2015. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Cherry M. The Feasibility Of A Sanitation System Utilizing Biological Pathogen Control: Evidence From Ethiopia . [Internet] [Thesis]. Cornell University; 2015. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/40681.
Cherry M. The Feasibility Of A Sanitation System Utilizing Biological Pathogen Control: Evidence From Ethiopia . [Thesis]. Cornell University; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/40681
24. Aguilar Solis, Maria. Evaluation Of Common And Novel Sanitizers Against Spoilage Yeasts Found In Wine Environments .
► Wine is subjected to many sources of microbial contamination throughout the wine making process, including but not limited to fermentation, barrel maturation, bottling, etc. In… (more)
▼ Wine is subjected to many sources of microbial contamination throughout the wine making process, including but not limited to fermentation, barrel maturation, bottling, etc. In wineries, sanitation protocols should consider not only the type of microorganisms that need to be challenged, but also the type of surface that is going to be sanitized, since contact surfaces need to be treated differently according to physical and chemical properties. In the past, chlorinated compounds were used as sanitizers in wine industry, however we now know that they can be involved in the formation of trichloroanisoles (TCA), resulting in wine defects. Chlorine dioxide unlike other chlorinated compounds does not form TCA, or at least at very low levels. However, this research concluded its poor efficacy to sanitize wine barrels, likely due to the organic nature of the barrels. Alternative sanitizers in wine industry also include: sulfur dioxide, peroxyacetic acid, hot water, steam, ozone, etc. On the other hand, Velcorin ® (Dimethyl dicarbonate or DMDC) is currently used as a wine sterilant, however, due to its high disinfection effectiveness against yeast, we investigated its potential as a sanitizer for wine contact surfaces. None of the sanitizers mentioned here have been evaluated under strict controlled and/or standardized conditions (concentration, time, kind of surface, etc.) against common wine spoilage microorganisms. This is of utmost importance for wine industry, since instituted changes should be implemented for the improvement of winery sanitation practices. We evaluated the majority of these sanitizers under both in vitro and in vivo conditions in order to validate their effective parameters. Other sanitizers were only evaluated for their in vitro or in vivo effectiveness, due to regulatory restrictions for the currently unapproved applications. Of all the sanitizers evaluated, steam treatment for 10 minutes and peroxyacetic acid at 200 mg/L for one week exposure were the most effective. During this research, an important observation was made, that Brettanomyces bruxellensis displays unique colony morphology when isolated from different sources. This wine spoilage yeast is known to cause off aromas in wines and the varying colony morphology may suggest varying susceptibilities to sanitizers, depending on morphology type. Advisors/Committee Members: Gadoury, David M (committeeMember), Lakso, Alan Neil (committeeMember).
Subjects/Keywords: sanitation; wine spoilage yeasts; cooperage
Aguilar Solis, M. (2014). Evaluation Of Common And Novel Sanitizers Against Spoilage Yeasts Found In Wine Environments . (Thesis). Cornell University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1813/36125
Aguilar Solis, Maria. “Evaluation Of Common And Novel Sanitizers Against Spoilage Yeasts Found In Wine Environments .” 2014. Thesis, Cornell University. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1813/36125.
Aguilar Solis, Maria. “Evaluation Of Common And Novel Sanitizers Against Spoilage Yeasts Found In Wine Environments .” 2014. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Aguilar Solis M. Evaluation Of Common And Novel Sanitizers Against Spoilage Yeasts Found In Wine Environments . [Internet] [Thesis]. Cornell University; 2014. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/36125.
Aguilar Solis M. Evaluation Of Common And Novel Sanitizers Against Spoilage Yeasts Found In Wine Environments . [Thesis]. Cornell University; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/36125
25. Maanguka, Exildah. An evaluation of the implementation of sanitation and hygiene programmes in Sinazongwe District, Zambia .
URL: http://dspace.unza.zm:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/5581
► A healthy living environment depends on adequate sanitation. Worldwide, about 1.1 billion people still defecate in the open, leaving their faeces on the ground to… (more)
▼ A healthy living environment depends on adequate sanitation. Worldwide, about 1.1 billion people still defecate in the open, leaving their faeces on the ground to contaminate the surrounding environment. Sinazongwe District is faced with the problem of low access to adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities. This study evaluated the implementation of Sanitation and Hygiene Programmes in Sinazongwe District, Zambia. The study objectives were to identify households with improved sanitation facilities in Sinazongwe and to assess the households with improved hygienic practices. A sample of 60 households was purposively sampled and interviewed from two villages with regard to the available sanitation facilities. Views of different groups on the implementation of sanitation and hygiene programmes in the area were obtained from Focus Group Discussions. Key informants were also purposively selected to give information on the implementation of hygiene and sanitation programmes in the district. Analysis of data showed that 63 percent of the respondents had access to sanitation facilities while 37 percent did not have access to any sanitation facilities. The results also showed that only 14 (23%) households out of the sampled 60 households have access to improved sanitation facilities while 46 (77%) households had unimproved sanitation facilities. Out of 66 households visited, 22 households had pit latrines with a slab which meets the recommendation for an improved sanitation facility set by the Zambian government. The results also showed that 14 (23%) households had access to hand-washing facilities whereas 46 (76%) households had no access to hand-washing facilities. Of the 14 households with hand-washing facilities, only 9 (15%) had their hand-washing facilities supplied with soap. From the households interviewed, only 31.7 percent have elevated dish racks and 68.3 percent had no elevated dish racks. It was also found that only 18 (30%) of the households showed that they had a rubbish pit at their homes and 96.7 percent of them had access to bathing shelters. It is concluded that the Sinazongwe communities are making efforts to climb the sanitation ladder from having basic sanitation facilities to improved sanitation facilities. However, the communities are not doing well with hygiene practices especially hand-wash with soap or ash at critical times. It is therefore recommended for stakeholders to scale up efforts with the local leaders spearheading if Sinazongwe District has to meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 to ensure access to sanitation for all. The government should devise firm and strict legislation and regulations for access to quality sanitation and hygiene services.
Subjects/Keywords: Sanitation – Hygiene – Zambia; Defecation – Zambia
Maanguka, E. (2017). An evaluation of the implementation of sanitation and hygiene programmes in Sinazongwe District, Zambia . (Thesis). University of Zambia. Retrieved from http://dspace.unza.zm:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/5581
Maanguka, Exildah. “An evaluation of the implementation of sanitation and hygiene programmes in Sinazongwe District, Zambia .” 2017. Thesis, University of Zambia. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://dspace.unza.zm:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/5581.
Maanguka, Exildah. “An evaluation of the implementation of sanitation and hygiene programmes in Sinazongwe District, Zambia .” 2017. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Maanguka E. An evaluation of the implementation of sanitation and hygiene programmes in Sinazongwe District, Zambia . [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Zambia; 2017. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://dspace.unza.zm:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/5581.
Maanguka E. An evaluation of the implementation of sanitation and hygiene programmes in Sinazongwe District, Zambia . [Thesis]. University of Zambia; 2017. Available from: http://dspace.unza.zm:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/5581
University of South Africa
26. Chauke, Stephen. Basic service delivery challenges with regards to water and sanitation in Gauteng Province : a case of City of Johannesburg and City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipalities.
Degree: 2017, University of South Africa
► The research study focused on the service delivery challenges regarding water and sanitation in the Gauteng Province. Two metropolitan municipalities including the City of Johannesburg… (more)
▼ The research study focused on the service delivery challenges regarding water and sanitation in the Gauteng Province. Two metropolitan municipalities including the City of Johannesburg and the City of Tshwane were investigated and used for this research study. The study used a qualitative research design and the methodology includes literature reviews and structured interviews to highlight the challenges from an international, South African, and provincial perspective, particularly in Gauteng. An interview schedule was developed and structured interviews were conducted to collect primary data from the selected participants. Although the literature review conducted indicate that the provision of water and sanitation in the Gauteng Province had improved, significant challenges remain. Areas such as informal settlements are still experiencing shortcomings as compared to the metropolitan areas. Institutional challenges such as a lack of appropriate skills still exist. Other challenges such as poor financial management and non-payment for services by the communities persist. Furthermore, the literature indicates that community protests over basic services occur more in the Gauteng Province than in other provinces. This indicates that the challenges of providing basic services such as water and sanitation are still persistent. To deal with the challenges of providing water and sanitation services, the government and agencies involved in the provision of these services implemented several measures. To alleviate the challenges, not only government help is needed, but also help from other sectors, including non-governmental organisations, agencies, and communities. The findings of this study might assist the municipalities to improve the services through its recommendations. The study is also meant to help public officials and political office bearers to understand the dynamics and challenges they are faced with when carrying out their duties. This study will be used to add to the current literature on the basic service delivery challenges in the Gauteng Province, it will also contribute to academic and government related publications for further references and broadens research on the subject. Advisors/Committee Members: Lekonyane, B. C (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Service delivery; Water; Sanitation
Chauke, S. (2017). Basic service delivery challenges with regards to water and sanitation in Gauteng Province : a case of City of Johannesburg and City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipalities . (Masters Thesis). University of South Africa. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22595
Chauke, Stephen. “Basic service delivery challenges with regards to water and sanitation in Gauteng Province : a case of City of Johannesburg and City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipalities.” 2017. Masters Thesis, University of South Africa. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22595.
Chauke, Stephen. “Basic service delivery challenges with regards to water and sanitation in Gauteng Province : a case of City of Johannesburg and City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipalities.” 2017. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Chauke S. Basic service delivery challenges with regards to water and sanitation in Gauteng Province : a case of City of Johannesburg and City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipalities. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of South Africa; 2017. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22595.
Chauke S. Basic service delivery challenges with regards to water and sanitation in Gauteng Province : a case of City of Johannesburg and City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipalities. [Masters Thesis]. University of South Africa; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22595
AUT University
27. Thuita, Catherine Wambui. The role of women and sanitation: a case study of Northern Kenya .
Degree: 2012, AUT University
► Safe sanitation and hygiene is needed to realize the Millennium Development Goals targeting gains against diarrhoeal diseases, improving maternal health and reducing child mortality. As… (more)
▼ Safe sanitation and hygiene is needed to realize the Millennium Development Goals targeting gains against diarrhoeal diseases, improving maternal health and reducing child mortality. As a result women are an important target for improving sanitation and hygiene because of their roles as household managers, in child rearing and environmental care. New approaches to tackling a lack of sanitation have been informed by community level approaches, but this has not increased women participation because social determinants, such as unequal gender, and power relations, pose barriers to their involvement. This research sought to investigate the perceptions, beliefs and practices of Somali women with regard to sanitation and the barriers they experienced in their efforts to address their needs. The study used a feminist approach that was informed by narrative methodologies that aimed to create spaces for Somali women’s voices. Findings revealed that women need privacy, safety, convenience in sanitation, and support for managing Female Genital Mutilation and child birth processes. They however experienced barriers that were related to the structures of the society which were gendered and gave men power control of decisions. The study revealed that current sanitation approaches should take into consideration what women say about their social environment, including ways in which they may be able to participate. Advisors/Committee Members: Conn, Cath (advisor), Shoba, Nayar (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Women; Sanitation; Gender; Hygiene
Thuita, C. W. (2012). The role of women and sanitation: a case study of Northern Kenya . (Thesis). AUT University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10292/4528
Thuita, Catherine Wambui. “The role of women and sanitation: a case study of Northern Kenya .” 2012. Thesis, AUT University. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/4528.
Thuita, Catherine Wambui. “The role of women and sanitation: a case study of Northern Kenya .” 2012. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Thuita CW. The role of women and sanitation: a case study of Northern Kenya . [Internet] [Thesis]. AUT University; 2012. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/4528.
Thuita CW. The role of women and sanitation: a case study of Northern Kenya . [Thesis]. AUT University; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10292/4528
University of Ghana
28. Ackun, L.A. An Ethnographic Study of Sanitation and Defecatory Practices in Peri-Urban Communities: The Case of Prampram in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana .
Degree: 2015, University of Ghana
URL: http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/22558
► This study sought to interrogate factors leading to the low patronage of improved sanitation facilities in peri-urban settings. The study’s main emphasis was on the… (more)
▼ This study sought to interrogate factors leading to the low patronage of improved sanitation facilities in peri-urban settings. The study’s main emphasis was on the Prampram community located in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region in Ghana. A recent study by the Joint Monitoring Programme for water and sanitation (JMP) shows that, in Ghana, only 14% of the people have access to improved sanitation or decent toilet facilities. Ghana was graded 48th among 51 African countries in terms of meeting the Millennium Development Goal (MGD) target 7, which aimed at increasing (by half) the number of people who have access to improved sanitation by 2015. The study, therefore, interrogated issues in relation to socio-cultural practices, socio-economic lives of the various groups as well as their hygiene and sanitation practices that inform the people’s preferences for household toilets and how this translates into their uptake of sanitation. The study adopted an ethnographic approach and drew on data collected over a period of eight months to understand perceptions and preferences for various sanitation options in the Prampram community. The field work involved participant observation, informal conversation, in-depth interviews and focus group discussions. The study concluded that dirt, sanitation or hygiene can only be operationalized within a social context. It was observed that the study community’s perception of dirt as “matter out of place” as defined by Mary Douglas; their perceptions of smell and contagion; their concept of public and private spaces; and the socialization process that children go through contribute to their hygiene behaviours and sanitation practices.
Subjects/Keywords: Sanitation; Defecatory Practices; Peri-Urban Communities; Sanitation Facilities; Ghana
Ackun, L. A. (2015). An Ethnographic Study of Sanitation and Defecatory Practices in Peri-Urban Communities: The Case of Prampram in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana . (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Ghana. Retrieved from http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/22558
Ackun, L A. “An Ethnographic Study of Sanitation and Defecatory Practices in Peri-Urban Communities: The Case of Prampram in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana .” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Ghana. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/22558.
Ackun, L A. “An Ethnographic Study of Sanitation and Defecatory Practices in Peri-Urban Communities: The Case of Prampram in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana .” 2015. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Ackun LA. An Ethnographic Study of Sanitation and Defecatory Practices in Peri-Urban Communities: The Case of Prampram in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana . [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Ghana; 2015. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/22558.
Ackun LA. An Ethnographic Study of Sanitation and Defecatory Practices in Peri-Urban Communities: The Case of Prampram in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana . [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Ghana; 2015. Available from: http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/22558
29. Chipabika, Ennie. An assessment of food hygiene practices among food handlers in restaurants in Kabwe Urban District .
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3669
► Kabwe district is one of the six (6) Districts of Central Province and a provincial headquarter. It is 139km from the capital city Lusaka with… (more)
▼ Kabwe district is one of the six (6) Districts of Central Province and a provincial headquarter. It is 139km from the capital city Lusaka with an area of 1,577km2 surrounded by Kapiri-Mposhi and Chibombo. It is a transit town with a huge traffic of people moving through the Great North Road to the Copperbelt from Lusaka and vice versa. The district in 2008 had a projected population of 183,954 inhabitants with a growth rate of 1.8% (KDMT, 2008). Recently the general population has increased and this has lead to increase in the demand of wide variety of food stuffs which include those that are often eaten away from homes. This demand has lead to an increase in the establishment of many eating places such as hotel, lodges, restaurants and guest houses.The general objective of the study was to assess food hygiene practices among food handlers in restaurants in Kabwe urban district. Specifically the study was conducted to establish characteristics of food handlers working selected restaurants, to assess the level of knowledge regarding food hygiene practices among food handlerst and to assess food hygiene practices among food handlers in restaurants in Kabwe district. The study site was Kabwe Urban district with a sample size was 251. The majority (76%) were female. 58% of respondents attained secondary level of education. In general, regardless of the education level, there were more female food handlers working in restaurants than male in all age groups. The study revealed that 74.1% were not trained in any food hygiene programme while 25.9% were trained. 100% of food handlers washed hands before handling food. 96% washed with soap while 6% just washed with plain water. 86% of food handlers confirmed that they covered their hair when working in the restaurants while 14 % did not cover their hair. The study revealed that there was an association between education and level of knowledge in food hygiene. Furthermore, the study revealed that food handlers that were very knowledgeable fell among those whose level of education was secondary school. And within this category, those without any form of education were the least knowledgeable. The association between level of knowledge and food hygiene practices was significant at 5% level of confidence with P-value=0.001. In conclusion, this study revealed that there was an association between level of knowledge and hygiene practices among food handlers. It was further, concluded that the level of knowledge is high among food handlers in Kabwe Urban district and that the majority of these handlers had good hygiene practices
Subjects/Keywords: Food Service-Sanitation; Food Handling; Food Industry and trade-Sanitation
Chipabika, E. (2015). An assessment of food hygiene practices among food handlers in restaurants in Kabwe Urban District . (Thesis). University of Zambia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3669
Chipabika, Ennie. “An assessment of food hygiene practices among food handlers in restaurants in Kabwe Urban District .” 2015. Thesis, University of Zambia. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3669.
Chipabika, Ennie. “An assessment of food hygiene practices among food handlers in restaurants in Kabwe Urban District .” 2015. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Chipabika E. An assessment of food hygiene practices among food handlers in restaurants in Kabwe Urban District . [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Zambia; 2015. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3669.
Chipabika E. An assessment of food hygiene practices among food handlers in restaurants in Kabwe Urban District . [Thesis]. University of Zambia; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3669
30. Taing, Lina. Implementing sanitation for informal settlements: conflicting rationalities in South Africa.
Degree: Image, Political Studies, 2015, University of Cape Town
► From 1994 to 2008, South Africa's national government disseminated numerous policies, laws, regulations and strategies to support its objective of providing basic sanitation access to… (more)
▼ From 1994 to 2008, South Africa's national government disseminated numerous policies, laws, regulations and strategies to support its objective of providing basic sanitation access to the urban poor by 2014. The state has yet to attain this objective - ostensibly due to poor municipal execution of national policy. This thesis challenges this assessment, as it overlooks how non-municipal actors have shaped implementation and ignores possible weaknesses in policy. After assessing the delivery of sanitation services in Cape Town informal settlements, I found that disputes among municipal implementers, policy beneficiaries and social advocates about broadly framed policy, as well as policy gaps in servicing informal settlements, contributed to the City's failure to achieve national objectives. The local actors'differences and policy gaps necessitated the re-formulation of sanitation policy and programmes in Cape Town according to conflicting rationalities that accommodated the'lived' and 'practical' realities of servicing informal settlements. In light of these circumstances, this thesis argues that there is a disproportionate focus on turning national policy into practise - for this viewpoint misses how policy oftentimes is re-formulated according to local actors' perspectives and experiences. Understanding the complex interplay between policy rationales and implementation realities can contribute to more constructive means of effectively providing sanitation services for South African informal settlements. Advisors/Committee Members: Naidoo, Vinothan (advisor), Cameron, Robert (advisor).
Subjects/Keywords: Political Studies; Informal Settlements; right to basic sanitation; urban sanitation
Taing, L. (2015). Implementing sanitation for informal settlements: conflicting rationalities in South Africa . (Thesis). University of Cape Town. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16712
Taing, Lina. “Implementing sanitation for informal settlements: conflicting rationalities in South Africa.” 2015. Thesis, University of Cape Town. Accessed January 19, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16712.
Taing, Lina. “Implementing sanitation for informal settlements: conflicting rationalities in South Africa.” 2015. Web. 19 Jan 2020.
Taing L. Implementing sanitation for informal settlements: conflicting rationalities in South Africa. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Cape Town; 2015. [cited 2020 Jan 19]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16712.
Taing L. Implementing sanitation for informal settlements: conflicting rationalities in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16712
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Steven Ciobo, MP and Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment of Australia: Viewpoint
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Viewpoint: Steven Ciobo
Peru’s economic transformation over the past two decades, together with its strong economic growth and open trade policies, have been remarkable and have been noticed in Australia. Australia, a dynamic, modern and reliable partner, is keen to be a key partner for Peru across a diverse range of sectors including mining, water, energy, education, agribusiness, tourism, sports and culture.
Mining is the backbone of the commercial relationship between both nations, with the number of Australian companies in Peru growing from 10 in 2003 to around 90 in 2016. Australia’s total investment in Peru sits at around A$5bn ($3.7bn) and Australia is now the fifth largest foreign investor in Peru’s mining sector. An open investment regime, together with a stable government and abundance of natural resources continue to make Peru an attractive investment destination for Australian mining companies. Our companies play a leading role in the extractives industry, with a reputation for being community conscious and environmentally sustainable. Australia’s knowledge and experience is relevant as Peru pursues an efficient and productive mining sector that is also environmentally and socially responsible. In this regard, Australia has already provided expertise to assist the establishment of the Peruvian Mining Centre of Excellence, launched in February 2015, to ensure the sustainable development of the Peruvian extractives sector through the analysis, diffusion and promotion of mining and energy activities.
Australia and Peru are also natural partners when it comes to managing water resources. With similar water resource management challenges, Australia has a strong technical capacity to assist Peru in developing the governance systems, services and technology to manage water usage by its export-oriented sectors, and to ensure all Peruvians have access to potable water and sewerage services. The conclusion of a water management cooperation agreement in 2017 will provide a framework for our ongoing collaboration in this area.
Our two countries also share a commitment to high-quality education in order to drive innovation, bridge skills gaps and increase productivity, safety and efficiency. Australian higher education and other training providers are well-placed to contribute to the development of Peru’s workforce in sectors that are integral to Peru’s economic growth; including mining, engineering, water resource management, agri-food, tourism, environmental studies and English language training. Over 1600 Peruvians studied in Australia in 2015 which was funded by Peru’s postgraduate scholarships programme, PRONABEC. The education cooperation agreement that was signed between our countries aims to further drive growth in student numbers, education policy exchange and research collaboration.
Tourism is also a key sector for us both. Approximately 40,000 Australians visited Peru and around 3600 Peruvians visited Australia in 2015. The conclusion of bilateral agreements on working holiday visas and air services in 2017 should encourage more of our people to travel between the respective countries. There is also scope for increased investment in our tourism sectors.
Australia values its close working relationship with Peru in global and regional fora including APEC, the UN, Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and the Pacific Alliance. This includes initiatives aimed at further integration of Asia and Latin America.
On a final note, it is important to highlight the potential for strengthening the trade and diplomatic engagement between Australia and Peru. In fact, the outlook for our bilateral relationship is bright. I look forward to Australia partnering with Peru as the country continues its impressive journey of economic development in the years to come.
Steven Ciobo
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==History== ===Past=== At some point in his youth, Komei witnessed an attack by pirates in his homeland that made him sympathize with people who lacked the power, be it physically or diplomatically, to protect themselves. Komei joined the Marines, seeking to prove that people who lacked [[Devil Fruit]] powers could compete in the [[New World]] with tactical knowledge and intellect. Although [[Garp]] had his doubts about him making it in the Marines due to how scrawny and pitiable he seemed when he first joined, Komei eventually became a seasoned Vice Admiral, pleasantly surprising him. [[File:Foxy Meets Komei.png|thumb|left|210px|Komei joins the Foxy Pirates.]] Komei developed a plan to capture and annihilate the Straw Hat Pirates with the Marines, known as the '''Straw Hat Eradication Maneuver'''. As part of his plan, he took part in a Davy Back Fight with the Foxy Pirates, which he lost, leading him to join the crew. He also did not laugh at Foxy's poorly drawn Jolly Roger and willfully donned a Foxy mask, making the pirate happy. Komei claimed that he used to be in the Marines, but was also a man of the sea. His fellow Marine Dojaku also joined the Foxy Pirates and converted the [[Sexy Foxy]] into a battleship.{{qref|name=aon}} ===Adventure of Nebulandia=== The Foxy Pirates lured the Straw Hats to Mushroom Island, where they challenged them to a Davy Back Fight rematch. Foxy introduced Komei, and the Straw Hats were suspicious of him due to his past, but Foxy and Komei reassured them. The first game of the Davy Back Fight, the Eating Contest, began, where members of two crews had to eat mysterious mushrooms. Komei, who created the contest, reassured the crews that the mushrooms were not poisonous, and reminded them that there was another rule: no spectators could come onto the stage. The event was set to begin, but Komei complained that Brook competing was unfair since he did not have a stomach, so Brook was replaced with Zoro. [[File:Komei Traps the Stage.png|thumb|210px|Komei traps Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Porche, and Hamburg.]] The Eating Contest began, and the spectators watched in shock as the competitors who ate the mushrooms fell to the ground. Foxy looked around for Komei, who to his surprise was on the masthead of the Sexy Foxy. Komei revealed that he and Dojaku only joined the Foxy Pirates in order to lure the Straw Hats to Mushroom Island and capture them. The stage then turned into a cage, and was pulled up by a large chain. Komei revealed to the pirates that the competitors were under the effects of the Drowsy Mushroom, and the only way to counteract this is to have them eat a rebound mushroom. However, Robin used [[Hana Hana no Mi|her powers]] to grab the Rebound Mushroom from Dojaku, however, and fed it to Luffy. Luffy escaped from the cage and landed on the beach, where he attempted to get back to the Sexy Foxy and free Zoro and Sanji. However, Komei poured oil on the ledge Luffy was reaching for, causing Luffy to slip and fly into the ocean. Foxy attempted to [[Noro Noro no Mi|slow Komei down]], but the Sexy Foxy became covered in reflective coating, and Foxy's beam was reflected and made everyone on the beach slow. Komei told Foxy he anticipated that and so Dojaku created that countermeasure. As they sailed away, Komei revealed to Dojaku that it was his plan to ensure that Luffy ate the Rebound Mushroom and freed himself, but now it was time to activate the second part of the plan. Komei and the Marines reached Nebulandia, and he later received a report that the Straw Hat Pirates had broken through the Marine battleships. When the Straw Hats landed on the island, Komei projected his voice to them, saying he would give them until the break of the next day to rescue their friends and win his game. If they failed, they would fall into his clutches. When the Straw Hats realize a mysterious plant was making Luffy, Robin, and Foxy weaker, Komei told them there were many secrets on the island and mocked them for relying on Devil Fruit powers. Komei received a call from [[Tsuru]], and he reported that all was going as planned, swearing to bring the heads of all nine Straw Hats. [[File:Usopp and Franky Captured.png|thumb|left|210px|Komei captures Usopp and Franky.]] When night fell on Nebulandia and the seawater fog rose up, Komei mocked Luffy as the fog canceled out his Devil Fruit power. Komei then received reports that there were two people infiltrating below the base and that Chopper, Brook, and the Foxy Pirates had been captured on Mushroom Island. Komei announced to the Marines that it was time to begin the third phase of his plan. He had also planned for Franky's and Usopp's infiltration, and succeeded in electrocuting Franky. Franky saved Usopp, but left him hanging and a sitting duck as Komei and the Marines easily captured the two. Komei then announced to Luffy, Nami, and Foxy that Usopp, Franky, Chopper, and Brook had been captured. He told Luffy that he would leave his friends outside and give him until sunrise to rescue them, otherwise they would be sent to Impel Down. [[File:Komei Traps Luffy.png|thumb|210px|Komei traps Luffy.]] Luffy brought himself to the place where his crewmates were tied up, but fell into a pitfall. Komei arrived and told the hanging pirate that seawater was below, and explained to Luffy his hatred of pirates. Komei then used Busoshoku Haki to turn his fan into a long sword, which he used to drive Luffy into the seawater below. Nami arrived to save Luffy, driving Komei away with an explosion. However, Komei returned and prepared to attack Nami in the hole, but was stopped by Foxy and Kansho. Komei was held at gunpoint as Nami brought Luffy up and resuscitatd him. As Luffy went to free his crewmates, however, Kansho shot him. [[File:Komei Victorious.png|thumb|left|210px|Komei stands victorious over the Straw Hats.]] Komei revealed that Kansho was working for him the whole time, but stayed behind so he could betray Foxy and Luffy at the right time. Nami attacked Komei with Thunder Lance Tempo, but Komei redirected it back to her and Foxy, electrocuting them. Komei had his soldiers handcuff the two as dawn broke and he stood victorious over the Straw Hats. Komei made preparations to take the pirates to Marine Headquarters, and ordered Dojaku to activate his invention. However, it was cut short as the volcano erupted and out emerged a snake from Mushroom Island carrying the other Straw Hats and Foxy Pirates. Komei watched in shock as the pirates beat back the Marines and freed Foxy and the other Straw Hats, returning Zoro and Sanji to full strength. However, he mocked the Straw Hats for failing to save their captain, but watched in shock as Luffy emerged alive due to a Foxy trinket blocking the bullet. Cursing Luffy's luck, Komei watched as Kansho was beaten by Foxy. Foxy confronted Komei, but was easily blown into the pitfall by Komei's fan. Komei expressed annoyance that he was caught off-guard, but was still intent on bringing down the Straw Hats. Nami attacked him with Heat Egg, but Komei used his fan to blow out the flames. He then used Busoshoku Haki to unleash a large gust of wind which destroyed a large dam, sending seawater into the basin where everyone was. After sending Nami to get everyone out of the way, Luffy confronted Komei, who told the pirate that he did not care about being punished for his actions as long as he completed his mission. Luffy attacked Komei, but his strikes were deflected by Komei's fan, and Komei sent the pirate flying into the seawater. However, Luffy managed to jump out, and Komei attacked him using his fan and a bazooka. He seemingly hit Luffy with a shot, but Luffy managed to jump onto his sword. Komei shook Luffy off and took advantage of his lack of speed as the Vice Admiral fired another shot at him. However, Foxy slowed down the shot, and Luffy attacked it repeatedly, causing it to fly into the ground and drain the seawater. [[File:Luffy Defeats Komei.png|thumb|210px|Luffy defeats Komei with Gomu Gomu no Red Hawk.]] Komei and Luffy exchanged blows a final time, with Luffy knocking his bazooka away. They faced off, and Luffy told Komei that he understood why the Marine was going after him, but that he would not let him hurt his friends. Komei managed to force Luffy back, but Luffy landed on the creature from Mushroom Island and used it as a springboard as he launched toward Komei. Luffy hit Komei with Gomu Gomu no Red Hawk, sending him crashing into the ground. As he lay in defeat, Komei reached out to Luffy and struggled to comprehend his defeat. It was later reported to Tsuru that Komei and the other Marines were taken onto the battleships, and Garp commented that Komei should bounce back in no time.{{qref|name=aon}} {{-}}
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Study builds breast tissues to track how abnormal cells affect neighbors
Recent Research / By David Jacobson / Tue Oct 23, 2012
Zev Gartner, PhD
It can take just the flick of a genetic switch for breast cells to kick-start the normally well-regulated process of growth seen in puberty, pregnancy, or the menstrual cycle—or the mutation of that switch to initiate the unchecked proliferation of cancer.
What happens next depends on whether their cellular neighbors follow their lead, ignore, or exile them. That’s because tissues are not mere collections of identical cells but rather communities working together to carry out tasks.
So, under what conditions will breast cells respond to their fellow tissue-citizens urging them to grow their gland’s capacity—or inciting them to run amok in a cancerous riot?
According to a new study led by Jennifer Liu, BS, and Zev Gartner, PhD, under certain conditions, cells primed for growth are more likely to lead to changes in tissue structure (and produce bigger structural changes) when adjacent cells are less growth-activated, as opposed to when they are amidst similarly primed cells.
“Depending on how you put together this community of cells, you can get very counterintuitive behaviors,” says Gartner, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
“What we’re doing is manipulating a gene, or a growth-regulating protein expressed by that gene, in a way that doesn’t give cancerous behavior,” he says. “But if you take that same cell and you change the context or the community that cell interacts with, now suddenly it does behave like cancer in that it invades, trying to leave the tissue or dragging the tissue with it.”
UCSF researchers: Jennifer Liu, BS, is a graduate student in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology graduate program. Justin Farlow, BS, is a graduate student in the Tetrad program. Amanda Paulson, BS, is a graduate student in Biomedical Sciences. Zev Gartner, PhD, is a faculty member in the School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
Journal citation: Liu JS, Farlow JT, Paulson AK, Labarge MA, Gartner ZJ, “Programmed Cell-to-Cell Variability in Ras Activity Triggers Emergent Behaviors during Mammary Epithelial Morphogenesis.” Cell Reports, published online Oct. 4, 2012
Funding included: Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (Era of Hope Scholar Award), CTSI at UCSF (SOS pilot grant), UCSF’s Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research, a National Science Foundation graduate research fellowship (Jennifer Liu), the American Cancer Society, the Sidney Kimmel Family Foundation, and the UCSF Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology.
The challenge: Monitoring cells in tissues that are just taking shape
The Gartner lab’s research, published online on October 4, 2012 in Cell Reports, is among the first to look at the effect on tissues of different proportions of growth-activated cells early in the process of structural development, growth, and remodeling (morphogenesis), which mammary glands undergo routinely.
“Most people would think that starting growth by activating an oncogene [a mutant form of a gene involved in cell growth that can cause cancer] in all the cells of a tissue is the worst thing you can do,” says Gartner.
“What we’re showing here is that, in the context of growing tissue, activating an oncogene in just one of those cells, even at a relatively low level (reflecting normal cell-to-cell variation), produces behaviors that look like invasion, cell dissemination [metastasis], etc.”
The researchers found that in from 40 to 60 percent of the six-to-eight cell microtissues assembled with a single abnormal cell—which made a little more of a permanently “on” growth protein—the abnormal cells either played the role of a pied piper, leading their normal neighbors to form moving h3>protrusions, or were extruded from the developing tissue.
By contrast, when the scientists assembled tissues with all abnormal cells (or all abnormal cells and one normal cell), meaning higher overall levels of the growth protein, such behaviors were not seen.
Thus cellular heterogeneity has specific consequences for the inter-cellular ballet of morphogenesis that could be the start of either normal growth or early-stage malignancy.
“These behaviors that we’re seeing are two sides of one coin,” says Gartner. “One side being behaviors one associates with cancer, the other being the exact same behavior associated with development … Cancer, in many ways, is just development run amok. The tumor might be running developmental programs that are normally maintained in a dormant and inactive state in mature tissues.”
The methods: programming the self-assembly of human breast tissue
Studying what happens with the alteration of a single gene (and resulting activation of growth pathways) in a single cell in developing breast tissue required a combination of chemical biology, synthetic biology, and tissue engineering.
Gartner and his co-authors showed for the first time that human breast epithelial cells—cells that form the tightly-knit lining of the milk ducts—could be assembled into microscopic tissues made up of about six cells, including just one with an activated growth protein.
To do this, the scientists used 20-nucleotide segments of DNA strands as a sort of inter-cellular Velcro. Abnormal cells had their surfaces coated with one set of strands, and normal (wild-type) cells with complementary strands. Such strings of opposite bases readily stick together and precisely zip up.
Cell Reports, online Oct. 4, 2012, Liu JS et al.
To create microscopic tissues with a roughly 5:1 normal/abnormal ratio, normal cells were mixed together with abnormals in a 100:1 mix, ensuring that about five normal cells would stick to all sides of an abnormal one.
To confirm that their customized microtissues had the right mix of cells, the researchers genetically tweaked the abnormal cells to make fluorescent proteins that glow green under a microscope; normal cells made fluorescent red proteins. This allowed them to sort out the right red-and-green combinations and flush away cells that didn’t combine correctly.
Within 6 to 12 hours in a matrix with the consistency of Jell-O, these cellular aggregates replaced the matchmaking DNA strands with their own adhesion molecules. They organized themselves into coherent three-dimensional tissues that were microscopically similar in structure to the grape-like clusters they would have grown into over time in the body.
“These cells are not a perfect mimic of the mammary gland, but they’re one of the better, more reproducible systems out there,” says Gartner. “It allows you to get this glandular-like three-dimensional architecture.”
The research: turning up the volume on a key cellular switch
In their experiments, Gartner et al. used abnormal cells that produced an over-activated form of the protein Ras. The latter plays a key role in passing on growth signals from inside and outside the cell to other proteins that drive cell growth, proliferation, and movement (motility).
Normally, Ras switches “off” and requires additional growth signals to keep it active. But the altered genes in the abnormal cells expressed Ras that remains in a state of chronic activation.
“Instead of expressing 20 to 30 times more of this protein than you would have normally [thus yielding unambiguously cancerous cells], we’re only expressing approximately four-fold more—it just happens to be ‘on,’ ” Gartner explains.
“The important point is that these cells still have the capacity” to form relatively normal tissue, he says. “It’s just that they grow more quickly. The cells themselves are a little bigger. They move around a little faster,” during the cellular tissue assembly of morphogenesis.
This allowed the researchers “to analyze interactions between neighboring cells with subtle differences in Ras activation during the early stages of morphogenesis.”
As Gartner puts it, “We’re not blowing out the speakers. We’re just turning up the volume.”
Significantly, that growth “volume” in one cell is being “turned up” in a tissue undergoing change. Gartner notes similar studies have been done in growth-arrested mature tissues, but not in actively growing tissues where the cells need to coordinate their behaviors.
“Can we activate these pathways at levels that are consistent with what you would actually find in vivo? And can we do it in a community of cells that … are actually undergoing morphogenesis, a process that the mammary gland goes through again and again and again?”
The results: Varied activation drives wide-ranging cell behaviors
“A tissue can do more than any individual cell can,” Gartner notes.
“But there are also interesting dynamics that go on inside that tissue. You can have situations where some cells act as leaders, and others as followers. You can have situations where all the cells are doing the same thing together at once. They’re very synchronized. And you can also have situations where the group is acting as the leader and exerting peer pressure to keep an abnormal cell in line or even exiling that individual.”
Via time-lapse videos of the first 24 hours of development of hundreds of microscopic breast tissues that were assembled with a single abnormally activated cell, researchers saw behaviors analogous to all those situations:
Pied pipers: In from 20 to 30 percent of the tissues, multi-cellular protrusions emerged—with the single activated Ras cells at the tip—leading the non-activated cells. Gartner and co-authors note that such protrusions are associated with normal tissue growth, as in wound healing, but also “have been implicated in the invasive behaviors of cancers.”
Exiles: In another 20 to 30 percent of the tissues, the activated Ras cell was extruded from the tissue. Such expulsions of cells with oncogenes over-expressing growth-related proteins have been seen in other studies of mature breast epithelial tissues.
Fast exits: In 4 to 6 percent of the tissues, the activated Ras cell was observed “breaking away from the surrounding microtissue and rapidly traversing hundreds of microns.” Or, as Gartner puts it, “It gets shot out of a cannon.”
Part 1: Over 16 hours, assemblies of a single abnormal breast epithelial cell (green) and normal neighbors (red) organize into normal microtissues. Part 2: Over 24 hours, only microtissues with a minority of always "on" Ras cells combined with normal (WT) cells exhibit protrusion and extrusion behaviors. Part 3: Over 24 hours, microtissues with a 5:1 ratio of normal to activated Ras cells often exhibit unusual behaviors, including "hypermotile" mode in which abnormal cells make fast exits. Source: Cell Reports, online Oct. 4, 2012, Liu JS et al.
Such behaviors were rarely seen in similar tissues assembled from all abnormal activated Ras cells, or in tissues where all the cells were growth-primed abnormals combined with one non-activated breast epithelial cell.
“These observations suggest that cell-to-cell variability in the activation of these switches and pathways, at least in the context of development, is what causes these behaviors,” concludes Gartner.
The research also raises the question, Gartner notes, “If you take the same cells from the same dish, why do some of them extrude, some of them protrude?” Why the different behaviors emerge is the subject of ongoing study in his lab.
The implications: cancer’s initial development and metastasis
Both the protrusions led by activated Ras cells and the rare but statistically significant cases of fast-exiting abnormal cells could fit with the emerging view among some researchers that the spread of cancer cells “is actually something that occurs pretty early … before you can detect the tumor,” says Gartner.
“You can actually see the signature of that, in this case by putting a cell with the subtlest transformation into a group of wild-type cells.”
“What we’re seeing is that if the context is appropriate, meaning the tissue’s growing or maybe it’s inflamed … then the mutant cell could potentially just leave the tissue right then and there. In other words, the very earliest event in cancer initiation, the activation of an oncogene, could coincide with that cell’s dissemination.”
“The implication for the initiation of breast cancer, or any cancer, is that most people believe that mutations that occur in cancer cells don’t occur spontaneously to every cell in a tissue. It happens in one cell. That cell needs to get out of the tissue to proliferate. So how that occurs is important.”
breast cancer, Cell Reports, growth-activated cells, remodeling, morphogenesis, mammary glands, cancer, oncogene, cell microtissues, metastasis, malignancy, Ras, mammary epithelial morphogenesis
School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, PharmD Degree Program, Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Program (CCB)
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2019 Koda-Kimble Seed Award supports School of Pharmacy’s boldest ideas
By Grant Burningham and Levi Gadye / Tue Mar 12, 2019
Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, former dean of the School of Pharmacy
The UCSF School of Pharmacy 2019 Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation marked its fifth year of funding with a March 5 announcement of award recipients by the School’s dean, B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD. The multiple awards will fund research into neuroscience, cancer treatment, and pharmacy education.
Applicants, who are all members of the School or teach in the School’s PharmD degree program, are encouraged to submit their boldest, riskiest, and most blue-sky ideas—those for which there is no ready or traditional source of funding.
The award has proved to be a fruitful way of funding research. Most recently, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry faculty members Pamela England, PhD, and Matthew Jacobson, PhD, who earned a Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award in 2013 to investigate a protein known to be involved in Parkinson’s disease, published evidence of the first known drug binding site on this protein.
As the School’s dean from 1998 to 2012, Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, was relentless in her support for new directions in science, education, and patient care. The Seed Award for Innovation honors her legacy.
Nine projects, described in brief below, were chosen to receive 2019 Seed Awards and will share nearly $110,000 in total funding.
Disrupting chromatin recruitment by targeting reader domains
Principal applicant: Danica Fujimori, PhD, faculty member, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Award funding: $17,000
The project: In over half of cancer cases, a gene known as MYC goes into overdrive. The gene is also very hard to target, having few places to which drugs can bind. Fujimori believes that MYC could be throttled by preventing it from binding to the genome. She hypothesizes that small molecules could be used to target these binding sites, preventing MYC from gaining a foothold. In the long run, the results could have implications for treating human cancers.
Deep drug phenotyping with highly multiplexed single-cell RNA sequencing
Principal applicant: Zev Gartner, PhD, faculty member, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
The project: Determining how cells change after being exposed to drugs is a slow, expensive process. Each experiment can only look at one factor at a time, such as growth or changes in drug resistance or disease phenotypes. Gartner believes that single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) could fill the gap, allowing researchers to run thousands of experiments in parallel at an affordable cost. To this end, he is developing technology that reduces the cost of running 1,000 scRNA-seq samples from $1.35 million to around $20,000. He will use these new screening techniques to examine heterogeneous breast cancer cells for changes in gene expression when they’re exposed to drugs in the lab. The results will have implications far beyond just breast cancer, enabling scientists across fields to easily produce valuable data when evaluating potential drugs.
Student taught education in pharmacy (STEP)
Principal applicant: Leena Dolle, PharmD student, Class of ’21
Award funding: $3,500
The project: The School is restructuring its doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) curriculum, integrating courses and building content on a foundation of scientific thinking. With time and attention focused on curriculum content and new teaching and learning approaches, there was little room to develop a complementary teaching assistant program. This left a temporary gap in opportunities for current PharmD students to teach. Looking to the Oath of the Pharmacist for inspiration, Dolle wants to both “prepare the next generation of pharmacists” and encourage student teaching. In the STEP program, second-year students will host weekly content reviews of difficult concepts taught to first-year students, starting with students in the Class of 2022.
Elucidating the metabolic response to targeted therapy in lung cancer cells
Principal applicant: Karl Kochanowski, PhD, postdoctoral researcher, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
The project: Drugs known as tyrosine kinase inhibitors have become popular candidates for treating various cancers, but despite their effectiveness early in treatment, tumor cells often become drug resistant within twelve months. Early attempts to overcome this drug resistance involved the study of alternative signaling pathways, but there is evidence that cancer cells may also change their metabolic state to avoid drug toxicity. Kochanowski plans to monitor the metabolism of cancer cells as they are exposed in the lab to tyrosine kinase inhibitors, tracking the concentrations of hundreds of metabolites at once. He will then use this information to test how the disruption of various metabolic pathways could be used to stymie the development of cancer cell drug resistance.
A characterization of APPE readiness by faculty, preceptors, and students
Principal applicant: Katherine Gruenberg, PharmD, assistant professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
The project: The transition from classroom-based learning to experiential learning is one of the most important aspects of pharmacy education. Assessment of student preparedness to embark on these advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs) is required by the American Council for Pharmacy Education. However, traditional metrics of preparedness, like standardized examinations, may not comprehensively address all aspects of emotional and cognitive readiness required for successful clinical learning. Gruenberg will coordinate a series of focus groups with pharmacy faculty, preceptors, and students to describe characteristics needed for student APPE preparedness.
In vivo imaging of Par3-Par6-aPKC complex in the asymmetric dividing neuronal progenitors
Principal applicant: Xiang Zhao, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
The project: Embryonic brain development depends on the coordinated multiplication and diversification of stem cells. One way that stem cells ensure their own reproduction, as well as the production of mature cells, is called asymmetric cell division (ACD). In ACD, one stem cell divides to produce one additional stem cell and one maturing, or differentiating, cell. This process has been well studied in fruit flies and nematode worms and linked to the movement of cell polarity proteins during cell division. However, this movement of proteins during ACD has not been well documented in vertebrates. Zhao will use live imaging of the growing zebrafish embryo to track the movement of some of these proteins in dividing neuronal stem cells, work that will shed light on how the complex brains of vertebrates form.
A novel fentanyl testing kit and harm reduction initiative at San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Principal applicant: Tessa Rife, PharmD, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System; volunteer faculty member, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
The project: Drug overdoses are a national health emergency. In 2017, nearly 20 percent of opioid overdose deaths in California were due to fentanyl, a powerful opioid analgesic that is often illicitly manufactured and mixed with other drugs. Rife is starting an education program for patients engaged in care at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System’s Opioid Treatment Program Clinic. Patients will learn about the risks of fentanyl and similar opioids, receive a fentanyl testing kit to screen any drugs being used, and be offered a kit for naloxone, which can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
MRP4-mediated PGE2 transport and tumor immunogenicity
Principal applicant: Deanna Kroetz, PhD, faculty member, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
The project: Cancer immunotherapy harnesses a patient’s own immune system to eliminate tumors, but it doesn’t work for every patient. Some research has shown that cancer cells send molecular signals to each other, using “transporter” proteins to move signals outside of the cell, in a coordinated effort to resist the effects of immunotherapy. Kroetz will investigate the impact of a particular transporter, the multidrug resistance-associated protein 4 (MRP4), on the resistance of cancer cells to immunotherapy. She plans to characterize how MRP4 levels correlate with immunotherapy resistance and test the impact of MRP4 inhibitors on these drug-resistant cells.
Characterization of RAS proteins using chemical targeting and proteomics
Principal applicant: James A. Wilkins, professional research chemist, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
The project: The RAS family of proteins is vital for normal cellular health, and mutations in these proteins are estimated to cause more than 30 percent of all cancers. Wilkins and his colleagues have developed a system that allows them to specifically isolate RAS proteins from cells or tissue samples for further testing. Wilkins will use this system to investigate the chemical modifications on RAS that spur tumor growth, aiming to better understand the behavior of the RAS protein both in healthy and cancerous cells.
Mary Anne Koda-Kimble Seed Award for Innovation, awards, research, patient care
Research, Education, Patient Care, Honors and Awards
School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, PharmD Degree Program, Dean's Office, Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Program (CCB), UCSF - UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering, Biophysics Graduate Program (BP), Bioinformatics (Biological and Medical Informatics Graduate Program), Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics Graduate Program (PSPG)
Danica Galonić Fujimori
Deanna Kroetz
Katherine Gruenberg
B. Joseph Guglielmo
Pamela England
Matt Jacobson
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The Evolution of Phaser 3
Feb - Aug 2016
Sep - Nov 2016
Explaining the History behind Phaser 3 and Lazer
Updated: 30th May 2017 by Richard Davey @photonstorm
It's fair to say that Phaser 3 has had a painful gestation process. Some of you reading may remember when it was called Lazer. Some may remember old labs demos showcasing lighting effects. And you may be rightly confused about what it all meant and where it all stands today. To answer those questions I put together this History of Phaser 3 Development.
Let's jump back in time to the start of 2015.
I personally was flat-out working on Phaser 2. It was gaining in popularity massively around this time, and I was fixing bugs, and implementing new features, left right and center. However I knew we were limited by the current renderer, so I funded a friend of mine, Pete, to work on creating a brand new one.
Using the money I was earning from client work, and Phaser plugin sales, I paid for him to work on a brand new renderer from scratch. He spent months on it, and we published regular updates as he progressed.
There were 2 main problems though: The new renderer was being built entirely outside of Phaser, which itself was rapidly changing internally - and more importantly, it didn't contain all of the features that Pixi 2 had, which is what Phaser used at the time. Even so, it was extremely fast, supported multi-batching, layers, boned animations, lighting, and all kinds of neat effects.
It also had big glaring issues: The canvas renderer was never completed, there was no mobile testing done at all, and the coding style made it extremely hard to re-use. I've lost count of the number of times I've revisited the renderer source (which we'll called pbRenderer to avoid confusion), and just given up trying to get it to work with Phaser 2. The reason is that Phaser was so tightly built around Pixi, that it made extraction from Pixi, or the introduction of a replacment, next to impossible.
So pbRenderer sat and gathered dust, and my personal investment in it went down the drain. To this day I'm still a little annoyed at myself for spending so many thousands on it, and never actually doing anything with it. I think I was just blinded by my passion for wanting Phaser to be as good as it could be, that I didn't analyse it from a business perspective.
I'd like to be clear that this was in no way Pete's fault. I made the mistake of hiring him part-time (a couple days a week), which is never conducive to development, and there was no work flow in place to check that what we was building, could actually be used.
Now, nearly two years later, I've come to terms with that and have written it off. As the saying goes: Don't throw good money after bad.
During 2015 I worked tirelessly on Phaser 2. Loads of new features landed, hundreds of bugs were fixed, and I was feeling good with progress knowing that pbRenderer was taking place in parallel. It wasn't until the end of the year that I came to realise that using pbRenderer wasn't going to happen (and I think I still believed it could be saved at the time). I was also really interested in what was happening with ES6.
The concept for Lazer was born, and to me it made a lot of sense. All of the issues Phaser suffered from (God classes, giant library size, ultra-wide namespace) needed to be addressed. Plus I was pleased with how ES6 was evolving. The tools were still very basic, browser support was virtually non-existent, but it had promise (and Promises :))
Phaser 2.4.4 was the current release at the time. I'd been flat-out on it all year, and honestly when you're that involved with something, it's easy to be distracted by something new and shiny. So without any real kind of plan, development on Lazer started.
I was effectively full-time on Lazer, with Phaser 2 being side-lined, until the end of February 2016. Felipe joined in May 2016 and picking it up from there. I paid for him to be a full-time developer (again out of my own client money, although also Patreon was helping at the time too).
Between us, we built a huge amount of new tech. Felipe created Arcade Physics 2 for example, I built a new State Manager, Loader and all kinds of things. Because we weren't shackled to how Phaser 2 worked it was like building on a clean slate, which as all devs know, is a liberating feeling.
Lazer was effectively a complete, from the ground-up, balls to the wall rewrite of Phaser, in every possible way.
The problem with multi-tasking
The issue though was that I couldn't work on Lazer and Phaser together. They were so wildly different, my time stretched so utterly thin, that swapping between the two became incredibly hard.
The GitHub issues for Phaser started to build up, and peopled questioned my commitment to it. And honestly, I never wanted to leave it alone. I felt like I still owed Phaser, I still wanted it to 'go out' with one last hurrah. So I decided to stop work on Lazer and return to it, giving it my full attention.
February 2016 - August 2016
During February I released Phaser 2.4.5, and over the following months I stayed focused on it from then on. New versions of Phaser would come out almost monthly, often containing massive new features and updates with each one.
By this point Patreon had really picked-up too, so I felt like I owed it to you all to carry on working on the tool you were actively using daily. It was a good, and productive period of time. The downside? Lazer was on hold, and pbRenderer was dead.
September 2016 - November 2016
During this period Felipe helped address some of the problems Phasers renderer had; adding in loads of cool changes (multi-texture support, compressed textures, etc), and I carried on work tidying up the internal renderer a lot. Because we were now following proper semver numbering it was identified that the changes we'd been making should form a Phaser 3 release.
The decision was made that Phaser 2.7.0 would seed the Phaser CE (Community Edition) version, and that 2.6.2 would be the last 'official' release. On 22nd November Phaser CE was released, and the git repo was restructured for Phaser 3 development. CE was handed over the community to maintain, while we worked on Phaser 3, and so far you've all done a great job with it - well done :)
Webpack-ho!
As part of this restructuring for v3 I decided it was time to get rid of the horrendous Grunt based build process Phaser had. For several years now I'd been asked, over, and over, and over again, when would Phaser be modular? So you could build a Phaser game using webpack for example, like most other libraries allowed.
I had originally disregarded these requests because of all the work I'd put in to Lazer, which I saw as the natural evolution of Phaser. ES6 modules solved that problem, so, job done, right? But really it was just an excuse. There's only so long you can say \"Yeah it's coming\" before people realise it really isn't (me included).
So I spent a day installing webpack2 and creating a few little tests, and I liked what I saw. webpack2 is still in beta, and some things were utterly broken (like loading in json files), yet on the whole it worked nicely. I ported a few of the Phaser 3 files over to CJS, built it with webpack2, and it just worked. So I ported over a few more, split a couple of the big classes up into functions, and carried on testing it. And I liked very much what I saw.
December 2016 Deja-vu
I made the decision that if I was going to go through the effort of making Phaser 3 work with webpack modules anyway, that I might as bloody well do it properly.
So I started picking apart Phaser 3, and splitting it all up. And of course was hit by a wave of deja-vu, because this was almost the exact same process I had gone through with Lazer, where I was (at the time) chopping up Phaser 2 into ES6 modules.
And it dawned on me: it was time to benefit from the time and money I'd spent on Lazer, by folding it in to the new modular Phaser 3. I started going through the Lazer source, pulling it into the Phaser 3 code base, and building up around it. As it stands today, Phaser 3 is a hybrid of all the work I had originally done with Lazer to make it modular and component driven, and all the work we've done with Phaser 3 to introduce new features like the great new State Manager, Transform Manager, Event system and Main Loop handler.
By January Phaser 3 is building with webpack2, there's a brand new examples runner with built-in code editor, and it's now trivial to build your own custom Phaser bundles, which is a great relief.
Felipe and I are working full-time on this. The Patreon money and plugin sales cover his salary, and I'm paying my own salary from client work I've done this year.
There are still some fundamental parts of Phaser 3 missing, either because we've not yet ported them over, or because they require re-thinking and re-doing from scratch anyway, but progress is steady (as you can read each week) and consistent. Phaser CE being out stops us being distracted, too much, by issues there, and we're avoiding client work for the moment as well.
Phaser 3 feels the closest and most tangible it has ever felt. It has been a long, painful gestation period for sure. Part of me feels like we're woefully behind where we could have been, but the other part of me reminds myself that actually, I have literally spent the past 2 years working flat-out maintaining Phaser 2 as well, and at the end of the day, for the majority of that time it has been just me, on my own, doing that work.
The other side of me realises that in a somewhat ironic twist of fate, everything I ever wanted Lazer to be, is now manifesting in Phaser 3. The modularity, the new components, the brand new features, the new renderer, the new state manager, most of the cool renderer updates that appeared in pbRenderer now have direct parallels too (we're not using the pbRenderer code, but the same functionality pervades).
Everything is coming a full circle, and I don't think I've ever been more excited about a release before in my life.
Our aim now is to charge towards a Beta 1 release as fast as we can.
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A View from Afar / Commentary
5 Union & MLS thoughts
Posted by Dan Walsh on January 7, 2015 at 12:15 pm
Photo: Earl Gardner
Five thoughts on Philadelphia Union, MLS and the soccer world at large.
MacMath to … Colorado?
With Zac MacMath’s loan to Colorado, he now joins the only team in MLS that managed their goalkeepers (almost?) as poorly as the Union did last year. The Rapids’ merry-go-round of national team prospect Clint Irwin, since-traded ex-cop Joe Nasco and rookie Jon Berner looked like an absolute mess behind an injury-depleted back line that was even more of a mess. Colorado head coach Pablo Mastroeni juggled goalkeepers and lineups during the season and then threw his players under the bus for the media when they failed to perform.
Yeah, that’s a stable situation for MacMath.
With another team, one would expect MacMath to back up Irwin, who is top class when it comes to MLS shot-stoppers, at least when he’s on his game. But with Mastroeni showing that he is perfectly comfortable benching Irwin, don’t be surprised if MacMath earns himself a few starts this season. Then again, few things would surprise from Mastroeni, a coach who demonstrated awfully quickly that he could make some strange decisions and then blame his players for the results.
As for the trade itself, the deal is a creative one. Certainly, it’s the first time I’ve seen a conditional trade based on a loan. (Anyone recall one I’m forgetting?) Colorado will send the Union a second round pick for a one-year loan of MacMath, and it will become a first round pick if they make it a full-on transfer.* Credit both clubs for that idea. It seems fair to both sides. Further, the loan leaves open the intriguing possibility that MacMath could return if Rais Mbolhi concludes the critics of his transfer are also critics of him. (Most are probably not — I’m not — but that distinction could easily be lost to many.)
MacMath remains just 23 years old and has over 100 MLS starts. The prowess he showed on penalty kicks in 2014 gave a sign of the type of clutch goalkeeper he could continue developing into. For Colorado, it’s a risk worth taking. Irwin looks good enough to potentially warrant overseas interest, provided that his back line stops exposing him to firing squads. If that happens, MacMath could be the man the Rapids look to as a full-time starter in another year or two.
As for the Union, some might have hoped the Union would get more for MacMath, but that was unlikely to happen with every team in the league knowing the Union had to part with a goalkeeper. The Union had no leverage at the bargaining table.
The Red Bulls’ “inexplicably stupid decision to fire Mike Petke”
If you look at the Wikipedia page for new New York Red Bulls sporting director Ali Curtis, you’ll find this gem:
“In one of his first moves as sporting director, he made the inexplicably stupid decision to fire Mike Petke who had led the Red Bulls to the conference final the previous season and the Supporters’ Shield the season before.”
Naturally, it’s totally accurate.
Petke’s firing is absolutely mind-boggling.
Here you had a guy who was praised by fans for his hard-nosed approach as a player and coach. Petke is a local guy who could actually speak the language of his own fan base. And most importantly, he led the club to their first ever trophy in 2013 with a Supporters Shield and then took them to the conference final in 2014.
Sure, go ahead fire him.
Even Philadelphia fans had to like Petke or at least give him grudging respect for a rival. (PSP named him Philadelphia’s “Rival of the Year” in 2013.) If you’re not sure, listen to this interview he gave to the Philly Soccer Show last year.
The Red Bulls must have felt threatened with potentially losing their status as the worst run soccer club in the New York area. Fortunately, this move should secure that to a degree, although let’s be honest, it’s going to be tough to match NYC FC after the Frank Lampard debacle.
Petke wasn’t the most tactically daring of coaches. He is an ex-defender, a pragmatist who focused on winning games and and going with his gut, regardless of what anyone said. He didn’t back down from Thierry Henry, and he even benched Tim Cahill, a move that may have contributed to his firing. He wasn’t perfect, but he was certainly quite good.
Petke should be on the short list of any MLS team that fires a manager this season, and he certainly should be a top prospect as an assistant coach.
Are the Union lagging behind others in the off-season?
The Union have yet to bring in any new off-season acquisitions. With the exception of C.J. Sapong, all we have seen is departures, with Amobi Okugo and Pedro Ribeiro going to Orlando and MacMath to Colorado. Meanwhile, clubs like Chicago, Portland, Columbus, and Los Angeles have been loading up.
Is it time to panic?
No, it’s not, although you probably considered it (or at least threw your hands up in disgust) after the Okugo deal.
Last year, the Union were similarly quiet at this point. It wasn’t till Jan. 9, 2014, that PSP broke the news that Cristian Maidana would sign with the club. That deal went through a week later. News of Maurice Edu and Vincent Nogueira emerged in relatively quick succession.
So the Union have time, although that time slips away more quickly than one thinks. Training camp is scheduled to begin at YSC Sports on January 23.
If the Union don’t have some moves in the works by now, then yes, perhaps worrying is in order. Right now, all we know is that we don’t know of potential deals.
What do the Union actually need to add?
Then again, do the Union really need the same quantity of big acquisitions that they needed last year? I would argue that they do not.
Last year, they needed to fully revamp their midfield. At this point, they have done that.
The biggest question mark that remains is whether Edu will return to the club after his 2014 loan, and if he does, will it be as a center back or a defensive midfielder?
Edu’s future will set off a domino effect. If he does not return, the Union need to fill both starting positions. At center back, that potential replacement could already be on the roster with Ethan White and a healthy(!?) Austin Berry likely to compete for the job. Remember: Berry was a good center back before his star-crossed injury parade of 2014. At defensive midfield, there is Mike Lahoud, a good rotation player who has yet to lock down a starting role or, of late, stay healthy. (If Brian Carroll returns as a starter, a segment of the fan base will revolt.)
The second biggest question mark is striker. That’s only the second biggest because, well, everyone knows the Union want to add a big name there, and if they don’t, they’ll go with Casey and the current crew of backups.
For those who want to root for a rich team …
Let’s close with this thought for the day.
Those who bemoan the Union’s status as a team that behaves like a small club despite being in a big market, there is this counterpoint:
Would you rather have owners like the Red Bulls and NYC FC?
New York has two plastic franchises. What a shame.
NYC FC could have been something great. Instead, the club has embarrassed MLS and American soccer with the Frank Lampard debacle, and they have yet to even play a game. They had better sign someone like Mix Diskerud, because they need to clear the bad tastes in everyone’s mouth quickly.
Sure, Union fans might say, “Does it have to be either/or?” No, it doesn’t. You can find great team owners in Seattle, Portland, Kansas City, Columbus, and probably Los Angeles and Orlando too.
But it’s certainly a cautionary tale worth heeding.
Author: Dan Walsh Dan Walsh started the Philly Soccer Page in 2009. He spent over a decade as an award-winning newspaper and magazine reporter and continues freelance writing on the side. He moved to Italy in 2014. See more at http://www.danielwalsh.net. Email him at dwalsh@phillysoccerpage.com.
If Okugo and Edu wind up leaving the Union (less there is a glitch in the machine I do not understand with contracts/loans and the like), sadly I will depart with them- back to my Cosmos roots. Because then it is just as likely Danny Cruz will be the starting winger for 2015 related to his work rate, and my great concerns of ineptitude heading towards the offseason will be fulfilled. I will have been a fortune teller, a soothsayer and the Union will have proven to me beyond doubt the club is a bona-fide-fluster-cuck.
I’d rather hitch the wagon to Raul.
Great One says:
Don’t forget the Carroll starting in midfield prospect
ebradlee10 says:
Mwanga will be a good trade off.
alicat215 says:
I just feel bad for all the supporters and SOB’s who get emotionally jerked around the way they do by this club. Its not right for what should be one of the better clubs on the East Coast. The clubs in the Pacific northwest and LA seem to do everything right……..and we, well you know. ITs sad the more people are going the way you are dude……me included.
I’d argue it’s not much different than the other major sports teams in this city…Over the years they have effed up royally. This just hits a little closer to home.
It does hit closer to home. I, like you and many that post here……..are probably born and raised “soccer rats”. We have been waiting for a club to call our own since we were kids……and this is what we get? As Joel put it….a fluster cuck. I saw the writing on the wall last year and pulled my 3 season tickets. And to the clubs credit, they pestered the hell out of me for months wanting to know why? Then I gave them hell! I was shocked at the disconnect between them and us. Ebradlee, your right…it is soooo Philly!
nagjs1 says:
Union did not get my season ticket money for 2015. I share Joel’s opinion on the current and potentially future state of this organization. If 2015 goes as poorly as I think it might, Union will not even get my attention in 2016.
LCBline says:
If the Union come back with the same BS load of talent and excuses as the last few years (and I do mean the likes of Carroll,Cruz,Fabhino …etc starting or getting significant playing time) they can go FO! I reside in NY as a transplanted Philadelphian. I will find another team to support , either NYCFC or the Cosmos. It is embarrassing to have this team represent the Philly market. If it’s the same crap from the Union then I hope they fail like Chivas USA so Philly can get a real MLS franchise. We were so excited at the city hall rally. I hate what the Union have done to this fan base. I am sick of this cheap 2nd rate organization. Philly does not deserve to be in position to have this type of pathetic representation. I try as hard as I can to remain hopeful but I am sick of wondering if this organization will amount to anything. I watch other teams making moves while everything Union appears slow,secretive, sneaky and cheap. We can never get excited about the possibility of signing a Henry, Gerrad, Cahill, Keane..etc. Philly is never even mentioned as a possible destination. I’ve tried to live with the so called philosophy of this feckless organizations way of acquiring players, but I’m sick of it. I can’t even pretend anymore. The Union have a lot to show me this 2015 and if it smells remotely like the business as usual stench then I am done!
My best wishes to PSP(the absolute best) and all of you fantastic posters.
OneManWolfpack says:
I will never support another team, especially the jokes up in NY. The Union aren’t where I want them to be, but they are going into their 6th season. Everyone needs to relax a bit, and support the club, in whatever capacity you want, and not tear them down.
I’m a lifelong Philly resident and sports fan… chill Nega-delphia… chill.
John O'Donnell says:
Makes you think that we’ve turned in to the biggest bunch of bandwagon jumpers when every time something goes wrong we threaten to cheer for the new shiny team that does it right. I can still remember just six years ago we swore we cheer for a team if we could just get one. It’s a sad day in Philadelphia when you go and root for a team in New York in the second division. What next? Don’t buy tickets or merchandise but if you just want to be a bandwagon jumper, I hope you enjoy your days at James M. Shuart Stadium. By the way you can’t even get a beer on game days. Have fun.
For the record, John, I’ve been a fan of the New York Cosmos since I was a little boy- early 70s and was thrilled when they were brought back. Were you even alive then sir?
Second. Dan has written an article. I have responded. That’s all. You don’t have to agree or even like my point- but I am not a bandwagon jumper. Period. The End.
My commentary is in regards to the foolishness that would, IMPO, surround losing two of the best HDM in MLS in 2 months- that would in essence show me this team is bass-ackwards. Hyperbole John. Its what makes the english language and this whole Blog fun.
and now I will pull out my retro 1980 New York Cosmos track warm up jacket and freeze my ass off outside just to spite your comment. 🙂
I prefer the squad that predated the Cosmos……the NY Generals. My pops was drafted by them, before he played for the Atoms.
Sorry I don’t go to footy to drink beer……I can do that anywhere……is it a bonus, sure. I guess you have to drink to watch these guys, DUDE! I know you hate that word…lol! I think the Union in the front office calls the beer they sell ” the opiate of the masses”….just keep um drunk and they won’t know any better! Its not being a bandwagon jumper, its called not paying someone to have the wool pulled over my eyes! I expect better……you should too!
Hell I haven’t had a drink in 10 years so the beer part is moot for me.
I just like to kick and scream and pontificate and throw around false threats and generally stir shit up in the absence of anything real to complain about- save the Alberta Clipper outside.
I love The U. Nothing would make me happier than “Lauding the Magnificence” of the choices the club makes. When that day arrives, hopefully soon, I pray, I will be one of the first to comment to the positive. Till then, with the shit they have pulled the last 5 years- I RAIL ON.
It’s not Neg-a-delphia, One Man Wolfpack- Its cynicism and the cynicism has been earned from my POV -in the way of repeated lashings by a poorly functioning club in a footy sport that occupies my every thought. Vision. Plan. Philosophy. Show me one and I will shut the hell up.
I don’t think he (John) was implying he has I drink to watch soccer (or maybe he was I don’t know?!), so, to me, you’re statement is unnecessary. I think the crux of his argument, and mine, was that there are WAY too many people who are ready to just jump ship for another team because we aren’t LA or Seattle. We are supporters, not just fans. Like John said, if you don’t want to buy tix or merch, that’s fine, but it’s kind of crappy to see so many fair weather fans.
If you want to root for NY go for it. It’s your loss.
And if you liked them since the 70’s (before I was alive, yes) then more power to you 🙂
No one is in a position to know a thing about me or how I support my Philly teams. I have been driving down from NY to see the Union since they opened at the Linc. I am a passionate diehard Philly fan and anyone who knows me would laugh like I did with regards to some comments. I’ve gone to some Sixers and Flyers games this year so I’m comfortable in my own skin and don’t judge other fans. I will go to NYCFC games or Cosmo games instead of making my usual trek if the Union ownership continue to treat the Philly fan base as if all we deserve is a 2nd rate product.
George H says:
If you hitch your wagon to Raul, I’m pretty sure that wagon is going to move very slowly 😉
For sure George but I bet he’s going to score a bazillion gols against the likes of some of those squads. Where’s Raul? I thought you had him? I thought you he him!
AD22 says:
I thought there were actually 2 draft picks involved in the MacMath deal. Union gets Colorado’s lowest 2015 2nd round pick now, and will get their highest 2016 1st round pick if the deal is made permanent.
At least, that’s what the team’s site says. So, really, who knows?
Dan Walsh says:
You know, we read the same thing, and I interpreted it a different way. In retrospect, you might be right. It’s worded in such a way that either could be right. We’ll follow up with the Union and find out. Thanks for pointing this out.
Adam S says:
You can argue that Union don’t need to make a quantity of big acquisitions. I will argue very strongly to the opposite.
This wasn’t a playoff team last year. They showed a brief flash of competency until teams figured out Curtin’s system and made adjustments. Since then, we’ve lost Okugo, Ribeiro, and Macmath, all who made contributions last year, and replaced them with Sapong, who pretty much just replaces Ribeiro. This team desperately needs a striker. Casey and the current crew cannot get it done over a whole game, let alone a whole season. We need a left back. We currently don’t have one. If Edu doesn’t come back, we DESPERATELY need a defensive mid, and if he plays CB, we desperately need one anyway, because Lahoud is simply not an MLS-quality player. We need better depth at a lot of positions.
This team was not a playoff team and let alone a championship contender. It needs serious talent infusion. Let’s not pretend otherwise.
Oh, I was just saying they didn’t need as many guys as they did last year. They definitely need help. I highlighted the big ones. They could definitely use a left back too — yeah, I left that out — but I think they can get by again with Gaddis and Williams. Not ideal, but can be done.
As for Lahoud, you’re just completely wrong. He is most definitely MLS quality. Maybe not a starter, but certainly good enough to contribute in the league.
Westmont Union says:
I think it’s fair to say that as the League gets even better next year (just look at the incoming players that are being signed versus last year), we are going to be seriously exposed if we don’t make at least 4 quality signings (quality being defined by Nog level talent). We need a LB, CM, Winger and Striker. I am banking of Edu being back, and Berry being healthy and ready to fight to get his ROY form back.
Adam S, Sapong is twice as good as Ribeiro, so I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised when the season starts.
Overall, I’m not panicking yet but if January 20th comes and we haven’t announced at least two signings, I’ll start to sweat
Yeah, that’s probably the right time to start sweating. 😉
However, your objectivity is clearly not a Philadelphia-esque trait!
neck label says:
screw ny
cszack4 says:
Ben T. says:
Excellent take.
kingkowboys says:
I am concerned that though we do not need a large quantity of big acquisitions, we need a large quantity of quality acquisitions. Sapong was one.
We need to add quality depth to this team. Players to push our starting 11. Pretty much every position except RB and GK this applies to.
We have LB, CDM, and ST as our thinnest positions IMO. A better younger CF option is needed. The CDM spot needs to be clarified or filled. Lahoud is not good enough to be named starter without beating someone out. Finally LB can be improved. I think there is more lost that realized without a true LB on our team. It certainly unbalances our offense.
Andy Muenz says:
Hopefully at the very least, loaning MacMath out freed up some cap space to make another deal.
You’d think it would considering he made $120k last season and he will be in an option year at the end of this one.
Good piece. Agree very much, particularly on the needs of the club this year compared to last and that I’m way happier a fan of the Union than what’s going on in NYC. At least our team isn’t named after an energy drink. IT would be like supporting “The Philadelphia TastyKakes.” Good God! If I were in New Your I’d give up on MLS at this point (though tbh, I’m really not that outraged by the Lampard thing — everyone with a brain saw that coming a mile away when he started to score goals for Man City.)
— Like I said elsewhere, I fully expect this team to contend for a top four spot in the east and will hold the team accountable if it fails to improve. I don’t see that as setting myself up for disappointment. I’ll get disappointed if and when I have a good reason to be.
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Fifth-graders take part in a quest-based game as part of Crystal Island, an NC State research project funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Find out why you should look forward to new Google Hangouts SMS integration.
AT&T Blocking Google Hangouts Video
Published on 16 May 2013, 11:32 EDT Updated on 16 December 2015, 16:17 EST
Stephen Schenck
iOS,
Yesterday’s Google I/O keynote may not have brought us the rumored Google Babel – at least not with that name, anyway – but we did learn of work towards a unified messaging system, only adopting the old Google+ name of Hangouts. The company announced Hangouts for web, Android, and even iOS, giving users a consistent experience across disparate devices. It all sounded quite interesting, but it wasn’t quite the comprehensive messaging experience we dreamed of, missing one key feature: connection with your phone’s SMS messages. Luckily, it looks like that’s essentially confirmed, and should be coming to Hangouts in the near future.
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Podcast – Politics of Choice in San Diego, Why Planned Parenthood Matters
Published by Ruby White
Nora Vargas led a wide-ranging discussion on the politics of choice in San Diego County, why Planned Parenthood matters, and plans for this election cycle. She also provided details on her start in San Diego activism and history with clubmember Anne Hoiberg. We encourage you to subscribe to our Podcast channel here. You can also find us on the iTunes Store just search for Point Loma & OB Dems or click here, as well as on Stitcher. Recordings used during the discussion do not contain explicit language. Music used by kind permission of the Oily Buoys. What are Podcasts? Our podcasts are edited recordings of our meetings made freely available on the Internet. They’ll usually be audio but we may make video recordings available as well. One-third of all Americans (12 years of age or older) have listened to a podcast according to Pew Research on Podcasts. Our podcasts are a great way to share information from our guest speakers for free and enable us to reach a wider audience. We hope you enjoy our podcasts. Let us know what you think in the comments.
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May 22 – Politics of Choice in San Diego, Why Planned Parenthood Matters
Nora Vargas, the VP of Community and Government Relations department of Planned Parenthood Action Fund of the Pacific Southwest will be speaking about the politics of choice in San Diego County, why Planned Parenthood matters, and she will share some of our electoral plans for this election cycle. Nora E. Vargas is an accomplished public affairs and political management professional, with over fourteen years of experience working with government entities, NGO’s, foundations, corporations, grass tops and grassroots organizing. Chair of the Board, Hispanics Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) Governing Board Member at Southwestern Community College District Vice President of Community Engagement at Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest Nora is a graduate of the University of San Francisco. She has completed graduate work in both Public Administration and Latin American Studies at San Diego State University and has a Master’s Degree from Claremont Graduate University. Growing up in the Tijuana-San Diego region, Nora Vargas’ mother and father (an economist and professor) stressed to their four children the importance of education. Vargas took it to heart, …
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Human Rights, Refugees, and San Diego
Whether we are talking about the rights of Syrian refugees, the rights of black Americans, child soldiers, girls being trafficked for sex, or students being shot while at school, a discussion on human rights seems very timely. Not just because it’s Human Rights Day, but because of the upheaval that is putting record numbers of people at risk in conflicts here and around the world. In his 1941 State of the Union address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt articulated what he called the “Four Freedoms”. He asserted that people “everywhere in the world” should have: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Events this year — whether in the wake of the uncertainty and violence in the Middle East or the heated rhetoric of the Presidential debates — are testing our values as a human and humane civilization. Countries from Venezuela to China silence political prisoners who dare to speak out. A U.S. presidential candidate advocates closing our borders and mosques to millions of Muslims. Floods of refugees flee war and violence that has decimated their lives …
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Dec 10 – Human Rights Day – Community Action for Refugees
December 10th is Human Rights Day! Join the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans – PANA and 20 other organizations 5pm downtown at the Waterfront Park (by the County admin building) to demonstrate support for refugees! County Center/ Little Italy trolley stop (Green line) MTS buses 280 / 923 / 83 We will be gathering as a community to lift up the refugee crisis, to stand up against hateful rhetoric, and to ask our public officials to take responsible action to welcome refugees. “California welcomes the most U.S. refugees each year, and San Diego is the #1 destination city. Every day, 10 refugees move to San Diego, and 80% are women and children.” Welcoming refugees requires that we ensure their inclusion in economic, social and political opportunities.
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Notes from September Meeting – Fight for $15 – Rabbi Laurie Coskey of the Interfaith Center for Worker Justice
Club President Susan Peinado called the meeting to order at 4:03 PM. Susan welcomed and introduced guests, including Lucy, Maggie, and Beth. She also welcomed new club members Jess Durfee, Phil and Debbie Currier, Brian Pease, Rena Marrocco, Laura Fink, Deanneka and Ricardo Flores, and Craig Roberts. She then gave a ‘rant’ on the conditions of club’s meeting location – the Point Loma Assembly – and the need for monies for air conditioning and a new electrical system. Susan then introduced elected officials and candidates and welcomed each to give 2 minutes of remarks: Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (who is seeking election to Senate District 39) provided a legislative update noting that legislation to increase the state’s minimum wage would come up in January or February; Todd Gloria (who is seeking election to Assembly District 78), provided a brief legislative update on City affairs; Georgette Gómez (candidate for San Diego City Council District 9); Sarah Saez (candidate for San Diego City Council District 9); Joe LaCava (candidate for San Diego City Council District 1); and Mara Elliott (candidate for San Diego …
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Sep 27 – Monthly Meeting – Fight for $15 – Rabbi Laurie Coskey of the Interfaith Center for Worker Justice
Rabbi Laurie Coskey of the Interfaith Center for Worker Justice will be with us to talk about what the Fight 4 $15 and raising the minimum wage means to real people living in our region. She’ll be joined by clubmember Steve Rivera and workers and organizers from the Fight for $15. In just 3 years what was started by 200 Fast Food workers has become an international Fight 4 $15 movement that connects generations of workers, cuts through borders, unites workers from over a dozen industries. We will have the chance to speak with workers and learn about this and other campaigns in San Diego that are seeking to win better wages, benefits, a voice on the job and a step out of poverty. We will discuss how the Point Loma Democratic Club can participate in passing the minimum wage ordinance and get more involved in exciting campaigns for economic sustainability. Here are two examples of how much this issue means to our community, the names have been changed and these are different stories from the ones …
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Koch brothers fire back at Belafonte after Ku Klux Klan comments
CNN's Jason Seher
Washington (CNN) - In a rare move, a spokesman for the Koch brothers made a statement defending the Republican super donors after Harry Belafonte likened the billionaire chemical tycoons to the Ku Klux Klan.
"Mr. Belafonte's comments are false and reprehensible," said Rob Tappan, a spokesman for the brothers. "His comments are divisive and destructive and are indicative of the type of hateful rhetoric that leads to the breakdown of a civil and respectful society."
Filed under: David and Charles Koch
Obama stumps for McAuliffe in Virginia governor’s race
CNN Correspondent Erin McPike
Arlington, Virginia (CNN) - President Barack Obama sidestepped talking about his signature achievement, health care reform, and instead focused on the politics of the government shutdown in a campaign rally to help Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe get over the finish line in Tuesday's governor's race.
McAuliffe, a best friend of the Clinton family, has been ahead of Republican Ken Cuccinelli, even if marginally, in every poll of the race taken since mid-July. A victory here Tuesday night could provide some cover to the Obama administration, which has been under fire for a month for the botched roll-out of the Affordable Care Act's sign-up website for the insurance exchange system October 1.
Filed under: 2013 • Ken Cuccinelli • Terry McAuliffe • Virginia
A year after the 2012 election, Romney talks 2016
CNN's Greg Clary and Jason Seher
Washington (CNN) – Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney dismissed reports that he passed over New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as his running mate because of Christie’s weight.
On NBC's "Meet the Press," the former Massachusetts governor told David Gregory that Christie's size and health had nothing to do with his not being picked for the GOP ticket.
Filed under: 2012 • 2012 VP Pick • Chris Christie • Mitt Romney • Paul Ryan • Ted Cruz
Schumer backs Clinton in Iowa: '2016 is Hillary's time'
CNN's Steve Brusk and Jason Seher
Washington (CNN) – There was no presidential contender at Saturday night’s Democratic Party Jefferson Jackson dinner in Iowa, but that doesn't mean 2016 news wasn’t made.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, used his keynote address in Des Moines to urge former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to enter the race, offering his full endorsement for her candidacy, proclaiming "2016 is Hillary’s time."
Filed under: 2016 • Charles Schumer • Hillary Clinton • State Department
Romney: Health care law ‘rotting’ Obama's second term
CNN's Jason Seher and Greg Clary
Washington (CNN) – Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said Sunday that the botched rollout of the federal health exchange not only proves the President "failed to learn the lessons that came from the experience in Massachusetts," but also threatens to derail the credibility of his entire second term agenda.
"The fact that the president sold it on a basis that was not true has undermined the foundation of his second term. I think it's rotting away," Romney told David Gregory on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Filed under: Mitt Romney • Obamacare • President Obama
McCaul: TSA, law enforcement need better coordination
CNN's Joe Sterling and Jason Seher
Washington (CNN) - House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said Sunday that Transportation Security Administration officers at the nation's airports need to work better with local law enforcement to help prevent incidents like Friday's shooting at Los Angeles International Airport.
"The coordination with the local police is key because, remember, TSA officers are not armed," the Texas Republican told CNN's Candy Crowley on "State of the Union."
Filed under: Homeland Security • Mike McCaul
Graham says he ‘shouldn't have to’ hold up nominations
Washington (CNN) - Sen. Lindsey Graham played the role of reluctant warrior Sunday, telling “Fox News Sunday's” Chris Wallace that he doesn't want to hold up every nomination in the Senate over what happened in Benghazi, Libya. But, he said, until the administration allows the Senate to hear testimony from survivors of the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission there, he’ll block the White House at every turn.
"I shouldn't have to do this," the South Carolina lawmaker said. "I shouldn't have to make these kinds of threats."
Filed under: John Kerry • Kelly Ayotte • Lindsey Graham • Obama administration
Ayotte wants ‘timeout’ on Obamacare
Washington (CNN) - Echoing her Republican colleagues in the Senate, Sen. Kelly Ayotte said Sunday that the entire country needs to slam the brakes on implementing the Affordable Care Act and re-evaluate President Barack Obama's signature health care law.
"It's time to call a timeout," Ayotte told CNN's Candy Crowley on "State of the Union."
Filed under: Kelly Ayotte • Obamacare
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Week 2 Q and A
November 4, 2015 November 4, 2015 Brad FranjioneBeau Bennett, Byfuglien, iCorsi, iFenwick, Mike Johnston, Penguins, power play, Q and A, Rick Tocchet1 Comment
It’s that time of the week!
Just as a quick note before we get going: since there aren’t too many Penguins games in a week, I am going to start doing the Q and A monthly rather than weekly.
Often times, there is not too much that happens in a week that becomes “question worthy,” and I would rather answer upwards of 10 questions in one huge article every month than answer around 1-3 in a week.
So the next Q and A will be published on December 1st regarding the Penguins progress up through the end of November.
With that being said, let’s get to this week’s questions.
Tyler Godwin: I know it’s early, but what are some positions the Penguins could look to improve through trade and who could they target for those positions?
Brad Franjione: The Penguins have been playing well as of late, but I really think they need a physical presence somewhere in their lineup. Enter Dustin Byfuglien.
I actually briefly mentioned Byfuglien in my previous Q and A article, but let’s talk about him a little bit more.
First of all, the Penguins do not have many physical players. David Perron is tied for 2nd on the Penguins in hits. That should not be the case. Perron should be more busy trying to score goals instead of trying to hit people…
Dustin Byfuglien is an absolute monster at 6′ 5″ and 265 pounds. He can hit, clear out the front of the net, and also be the guy that could even come to the aid of guys like Crosby and Malkin if need be.
The biggest upside of Byfuglien is that he isn’t just some big guy who can hit people and do nothing else. He is actually a smooth skater and has potential offensive upside as well. Byfuglien currently is a +4 with Winnipeg and has 6 points (2G – 4A – 6P) in 12 games. Pretty solid stat line from a 6′ 5″ guy weighing 265 pounds.
However, one of the biggest reasons the Penguins should go after Byfuglien?
He is a power play threat.
The Penguins power play, although it converted once in their most recent game, is still 28th in the NHL. Byfuglien would help their cause. He has a bomb of a shot, as you would expect from a guy his size, and can quarterback a power play quite well.
Although I love Kris Letang, he never really has proven himself as a good “power play quarterback.” That’s just my opinion. Although Pouliot is in the AHL, I would love to see him quarterback the top power play if and when he gets called up this year. I also would not mind giving Maatta that chance.
But if the Penguins acquired Byfuglien, I think he becomes your power play quarterback, and a guy that will help the power play numbers improve drastically.
So what do the Penguins give up to get Byfuglien? I would use Perron in the centerpiece of that trade. I mentioned this also in my previous Q and A. He is a good player, but just does not seem to be meshing anywhere in the Penguins lineup right now. He still does not have a goal, and is currently on a line with Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel.
The Penguins’ forward depth is outstanding, and although their defense could use a top 4 guy, the Penguins are tied 1st in the NHL is goals allowed per game (although this is partially due to the tremendous play of Fleury).
Byfluglien is a top 4 defenseman, a physical presence, a power play quarterback…
You fill all the potential “needs” of the Penguins with Byfuglien.
Doug Godwin: After the quick start last year, the power play has been horrible ever since. Besides just shooting the puck, what is the true issue here?
Brad Franjione: This is a great question. Actually, it is such a good question that I am not sure if there is a clear cut answer. That being said, I’ll let you know what I think.
So the Penguins have a top power play unit consisting of Phil Kessel, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, and Patric Hornqvist.
Last year, the Penguins had a similar top unit, except obviously excluding Kessel.
In the first 11 games of last season, the power play was clearly working. The Penguins scored on 19 of 46 opportunities, which is about a 41.3% success rate. Although I would love to see the Penguins with a power play consistently clicking at 41.3%, I think we all knew the power play was going to drop off. That being said, it dropped off way more than it should have.
After the first 11 games of last season, the power play only succeeded 30 times in 208 tries, which is about a 14.4% success rate. About 2/5 of the Penguins total power play goals last year came in the first 11 games of the season!!
Under Mike Johnston and Rick Tocchet (excluding the first 11 games of last year), the Penguins power play has succeeded 34 times in 243 tries, which is about a 13.9% success rate.
The Penguins have, arguably, the best forward corps in the NHL. Minimally, they are top 5 team in this category. Their power play SHOULD be at about 25% in my opinion. But they are not even close.
So, why?
Well, obviously they need to start shooting the puck more. You can’t score goals by just passing the puck around in the offensive zone all night.
So, besides that. What’s the issue? I see two main issues, personally. Again, who knows if these are the real issues behind this power play, but here’s what I think.
First issue, when the Penguins shoot, the puck needs to be on net. I watched a game the other night and it seemed like every shot or one-timer was fired high and wide, banked off of the boards, and went all the way out to neutral ice.
They can’t be helping the other team do their job.
Every shot that they shoot doesn’t have to go in, but at least hit the net with it. Even if it means taking a little bit of anger out of the shot.
Second issue, the Penguins need to shoot faster. And no, I’m not talking about the speed of the shot.
I mean they need to shoot the puck early in the power play.
Most teams while shorthanded will play in a box-type formation in the defensive zone. When they Penguins control the puck and refuse to shoot the puck on net, this box will stay in formation. The Penguins can pass and pass all they want, but that box will not move. What I do notice, however, is that when the Penguins DO shoot the puck early, that defensive box collapses, which opens the door for more opportunities.
If the Penguins power play is going to improve, they need to get the puck on net early and often, put it on goal, and get the other team out of position. This is how I think they are going to succeed.
Casey Chafin: Why is Beau Bennett still on this team? He should have been gone 3 years ago. Most injury prone players like Bennett typically make up for it by being really good when they are healthy, but he does not seem to do that. Considering we now have a new coach and GM, as opposed to the ones that drafted him and thought highly of him, why is he still around?
Brad Franjione: Well Casey, I see your argument here. I have not been a huge Beau Bennett fan myself due to his consistent injury problems.
The guy got injured celebrating a goal this season. Geez.
So, why is Beau Bennett still around? Here are some arguments in support of Beau Bennett.
First of all, he is only 23 and still has potential. I remember last preseason, Bob Steigerwald, one of the Penguins’ announcers, was quoted saying something along the lines of “Besides Crosby and Malkin, Beau Bennett is the most skilled player on this team.” That is saying something.
I know, he’s injury prone. But he is young. Give the guy a chance. Do you really just drop a young talented player like Bennett JUST because he has been prone to injury? That is a bit harsh…
Second of all, he is only signed to a 1 year deal at $800,000. To have a guy like him on your team for that cheap is huge. AND it is only a 1 year contract. The Penguins did not want to offer him anything long term because he has been injury prone. If Bennett had a 3 year deal woth 2 million a year, then yeah, I definitely see your argument, but that is not the case.
Thirdly, Bennett made some huge improvements in the offseason. He knew that he has been injury prone, and he wanted to get better and earn himself a roster spot. In the preseason, Bennett scored a team high 3 goals, and so far this year, he has 2 goals in only 6 games.
To put this in perspective, Malkin and Kessel have 4 goals each. They have played all 11 games. Past that, Hornqvist, Bonino, and Kunitz have 2 goals each, and they have also played in all 11 games. Bennett has more goals than Crosby, Letang, and Perron, all of who have played all 11 games.
Give the guy some credit here.
Let’s get into some advanced statistics. In the NHL, there are stats such as plus/minus, goals, assists, and points. However, I am going to look at iCorsi/60 and iFenwick/60 stats for Beau Bennett.
You’re probably asking yourself “what the heck is iCorsi/60 and iFenwick/60?” Corsi itself is calculated by the following formula:
Corsi = shots on goal + missed shots + blocked shots
iCorsi/60 is just basically an individuals Corsi for every 60 minutes that they play.
Fenwick itself is calculated by the following formula:
Fenwick = shots on goal + missed shots
Similarly, iFenwick/60 is just an individuals Fenwick for every 60 minutes they play.
Both of these stats, Fenwick especially, are strong indicators of possession, since a skater needs possession to shoot the puck.
So far this year, Beau Bennett has a iCorsi/60 of 15.84 and an iFenwick/60 of 13.2. Out of 13 forwards, his iCorsi/60 ranks 4th among forwards behind only David Perron, Daniel Sprong, and Phil Kessel. His iFenwick/60 ranks 3rd among Penguins forwards behind only Daniel Sprong and David Perron.
To put this into perspective even more, Crosby ranks 8th with an iCorsi/60 of 11.48 and Malkin ranks 12th with an iCorsi/60 of 8.73. In addition, Crosby is 9th among forwards with an iFenwick/60 of 8.97, and Malkin ranks 12th with an iFenwick/60 of 5.95.
You do not have to be completely sold that Bennett is some God-send. I am not making that claim. But for his salary that he has and his impact to the team, even with being injury prone, I do not have a problem with where he is, and would not be surprised if the Penguins signed him to a one-year deal after this season, even with a new coach and GM.
Thank you as always to those who participated this week! I will begin doing this monthly now, as stated in the intro, but keep updated with everything by following me on Twitter @FranjiPensPress and like me on Facebook at Franjione Pens Press.
My next article will be posted late tomorrow night after the Penguins battle the Canucks in Vancouver looking for their 5th straight win. Puck drop at 10 pm.
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29th December 2017 Kenn Jensen Album Reviews 0
Album Type:
Frontiers Records
Total Tracks:
Melodic Rock, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Metal
Swedish band Jono is much like their fellow countrymen A.C.T combining genres that on surface sounds like a very strange brew, in this case melodic rock, symphonic rock and progressive rock. But it works and the outcome is actually quite good and entertaining.
Life is their third album, but my first exposure of Jono, and I must say that the combination of genres makes this album sound like no other I’ve come across this year, which is rather refreshing and a pleasant surprise.
Life is a joyful journey; theatrical and vivid, with it ups and downs. And because of the strange mixture its also not an album that’ll sit well with everyone, and it needed its fair share of spins before all the finer details and nuances began to surface. But give it time and it’ll bring much joy if you like me like bands like A.C.T and Major Parkinson.
A fine album and pleasant surprise to end the year!
01. Sailors (4:01)
02. Crown (5:45)
03. No Return (5:11)
04. On the Other Side (3:57)
05. Downside (7:26)
06. To Be Near You (6:56)
07. My Love (4:52)
08. The Magician (4:55)
09. Trust (7:35)
10. The March (5:06)
Playing Time: 55:47
Johan Norrby - Vocals
Stefan Helleblad - Guitars
Leo Olsson - Guitars
Janne Henriksson - Bass
Nicka Hellenberg - Drums
Johan Carlgren - Piano & keyboards
About Kenn Jensen 434 Articles
When I kicked this site off back in 2003, I had no idea that it would turn into what it has become. I am very proud of what we've done and achieved over the years. Musically I have a soft spot for 80s inspired hard rock, but my favourite music and bands are all to be found in the progressive universe these days.
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Down ‘n’ Outz – My ReGeneration
24th September 2016 Kenn Jensen
When Marillion funded their 2001 album “Anoraknophobia” thru advanced orders, who would have thought that they set a movement off that is so important in the music scene these days? And the pioneers in fan [Read »]
Nad Sylvan – Courting the Widow
18th October 2015 Kenn Jensen
Nad Sylvan is probably best known for his contribution on Steve Hackett’s Genesis Revisited project and on Roine Stolt’s side project Agents of Mercy. And now it’s time for his first solo album in twelve [Read »]
The Enid – Dust
1st April 2016 Kenn Jensen
“Dust” is the conclusion of the trilogy The Enid began with “Journey’s End” in 2010, and continued on “Invicta” in 2012. As some of you might know this could be the last The Enid album [Read »]
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Finite-conical-well model for vertically adsorbed diatomic molecules
Yu-Tai Shih, D. S. Chuu, W. N. Mei
We present studies of the rotational spectra of a diatomic molecule adsorbed vertically on a solid surface. The hindrance configuration was modeled as a rigid rotor whose spatial motion was confined by a finite conical well. The eigenfunctions can be expressed analytically in terms of the hypergeometric functions, and eigenvalues were solved numerically. We found that the rotational energy levels and the confinement probabilities exhibit oscillatory behaviors when plotted as functions of the hindrance angle. The solutions were used to calculate the rotational-state distribution of the suddenly unhindered rotors and general features which agree with the previous experimental findings were obtained.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.51.14626
Rigid rotors
diatomic molecules
Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions
Electron energy levels
hypergeometric functions
rotational spectra
rotational states
eigenvectors
Shih, Y-T., Chuu, D. S., & Mei, W. N. (1995). Finite-conical-well model for vertically adsorbed diatomic molecules. Physical Review B, 51(20), 14626-14635. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.51.14626
Shih, Yu-Tai ; Chuu, D. S. ; Mei, W. N. / Finite-conical-well model for vertically adsorbed diatomic molecules. In: Physical Review B. 1995 ; Vol. 51, No. 20. pp. 14626-14635.
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journal = "Physical Review B",
Shih, Y-T, Chuu, DS & Mei, WN 1995, 'Finite-conical-well model for vertically adsorbed diatomic molecules', Physical Review B, vol. 51, no. 20, pp. 14626-14635. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.51.14626
Finite-conical-well model for vertically adsorbed diatomic molecules. / Shih, Yu-Tai; Chuu, D. S.; Mei, W. N.
In: Physical Review B, Vol. 51, No. 20, 01.01.1995, p. 14626-14635.
T1 - Finite-conical-well model for vertically adsorbed diatomic molecules
AU - Shih, Yu-Tai
AU - Chuu, D. S.
AU - Mei, W. N.
N2 - We present studies of the rotational spectra of a diatomic molecule adsorbed vertically on a solid surface. The hindrance configuration was modeled as a rigid rotor whose spatial motion was confined by a finite conical well. The eigenfunctions can be expressed analytically in terms of the hypergeometric functions, and eigenvalues were solved numerically. We found that the rotational energy levels and the confinement probabilities exhibit oscillatory behaviors when plotted as functions of the hindrance angle. The solutions were used to calculate the rotational-state distribution of the suddenly unhindered rotors and general features which agree with the previous experimental findings were obtained.
AB - We present studies of the rotational spectra of a diatomic molecule adsorbed vertically on a solid surface. The hindrance configuration was modeled as a rigid rotor whose spatial motion was confined by a finite conical well. The eigenfunctions can be expressed analytically in terms of the hypergeometric functions, and eigenvalues were solved numerically. We found that the rotational energy levels and the confinement probabilities exhibit oscillatory behaviors when plotted as functions of the hindrance angle. The solutions were used to calculate the rotational-state distribution of the suddenly unhindered rotors and general features which agree with the previous experimental findings were obtained.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.51.14626
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.51.14626
JO - Physical Review B
JF - Physical Review B
Shih Y-T, Chuu DS, Mei WN. Finite-conical-well model for vertically adsorbed diatomic molecules. Physical Review B. 1995 Jan 1;51(20):14626-14635. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.51.14626
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Sargent's carpenters' bevel
Over the years I've picked up two nice old Stanley bevels which I put back to work in my shop. The locking mechanism in them is very positive, unlike the typical wing-nut at the joint arrangement used today.
Last week I found another one:
No markings on the handle. However, after some judicious cleaning on the wire wheel, I discovered this mark on the blade:
I thought at first it might refer to J.B. Sargent who founded Sargent & Co. (now Rostra Tools) out of New Haven, Connecticut, who made very nice dividers among other offerings. No so. Instead, it refers to a patent issued to S.D. Sargent, who assigned the rights to the Stanley Rule and Level Company of New Britain, Connecticut (ironically, a competitor of Sargent & Co. in the tool trade.) This is clearly where Stanley got their original design.
According to an informative article on bevels on The Tool Shed:
"Samuel D. Sargent was issued a patent on July 22, 1873 for a butt-locking bevel, which differed from Bailey's lever-action design of one year earlier by having the rod offset to one side of the butt and a thumbscrew that when turned caused the rod to impinge on the blade and secure it. Sargent assigned the patent to the Stanley Rule and Level Company of New Britain, Connecticut, which manufactured and sold this tool as the No. 18 Eureka Flush T Bevel."
Of course, it is possible that S.D. Sargent was a relation of J.B. Sargent given that they were both working in Connecticut at the same time.
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We used to make things in this country #71: Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd., Toronto Ontario
From Bloor Dufferin in Pictures by Cynthia Patterson, Carol McDougal and George Levin. Published by the Toronto Public Library 1986
In 1914 the only aviation factory in the country, Canadian Aeroplanes Limited, opened a huge plant covering 6 acres at 1244 Dufferin St, south of Dupont Ave in Toronto. The factory operated 24 hours a day. Working twelve hour shifts (with a half hour off for lunch) its 2000 workers produced 2950 Curtiss TN4 aircraft in two years. The company also built Avro 504s and 30 Felixstowe F5L flying boats.
The site is now the location of what might be the most awful mall in the free world. Progress.
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Technological catastrophes: 1977 Chicago train wreck
Catastrophe! When Man Loses Control. Bantam/Britannica Books, 1979.
In 1977, a Dan Ryan route elevated train smashed into a halted Ravenswood route train in Chicago's Loop during rush hour. Two cars of the Dan Ryan train crashed 30 feet onto the street below. Eleven people were killed and 189 injured.
Mr. Glencannon and the Inchcliffe Castle
Years ago, I stumbled across the adventures of Colin Glencannon, a Scotsman and Chief Engineer aboard the tramp steamer the Inchcliffe Castle, described in "Scotch and Water" as follows:
"The Castle--Montevideo to Cardiff--was the tramp moored nearest the Brandenburger, and perhaps the rustiest, most disreputable craft currently South of Cancer. She was laded with hides and beef-bones which in stifling wafts made mockery of the "Spice-filled" allusion of the tourist company's literature. The "Tropical moonight" she disposed of with two 500 Watt lamps slung in the mouth of the port poop ventilator--lamps whose blinding rays blanked the puny lunar effort, flooded her deck, and made the surface of the surrounding waters as nastily bright as a sheet of new tin. Directly in the glare, their oil-soaked carpet slippers cocked at comfortable angles, their pipes distilling noisome juices, and their rugged faces wreathed in smoke and homesick wistfulness, sat seven alcoholized Scotsmen."
In the books, Mr. Glencannon's dialogue is also written phonetically, so if you read it aloud it sounds like you're speaking with a Scottish dialect. The insults are wonderful, and my favourite is, "Ye pewling Dunvegan gowk!"
The books were very popular during World War II, and one American B29 was even named after the fictional ship:
http://www.444thbg.org/678thsquadron.htm
The author was Guy Gilpatric, and he began writing these stories for the Saturday Evening Post in 1929. According to his Wikipedia entry, he was born in 1896, became a pilot and, at age 16, set an altitude record (4,665 feet) in 1912, and was an American fighter pilot during World War I. His life ended tragically. When his wife was diagnosed with cancer in 1950, they made a murder-suicide pact in which he shot her and then himself.
The books can be found in used-book stores, but are also still available through The Glencannon Press, which also publishes books on maritime and military history.
Ship Propellers
Fred Ott's Sneeze
The World Book Encyclopedia. Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, 1970
Now you can view it on Youtube. What a way to be remembered!
RIckman Metisse CR750
Poetry in motion. From the September/October 2011 issue of Motorcycle Mojo Magazine. Photos and story by Graham Clayton. His article provides a good history of the Rickman Brothers, Don and Derek, and the company they operated from 1962 to 1984/85, reporting that at its peak it employed 130 workers and built almost 4,000 kits per year. The Rickman firm was highly progressive. For instance, they worked with AP Lockheed to develop a hydraulic front disc brake, introducing it three years before the Honda CB750 came along. They also developed, with Weslake, an 8-valve head for Triumphs, and sold 300 of these bikes to the British police. The CR750 above was introduced in 1974. Business declined as the Japanese improved their frame designs, so Rickman turned to garden furniture, hospital beds and kit cars before finally winding down. If I can't own a Metisse, I'd at least like to have a Rickman garden chair!
Thomas the Tank Engine found!
A friend emailed...
"I think I have found Thomas the Tank, I wonder how he got here?"
Downtown, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island, Russia.
London Bridge 1870's
John L. Stoddard. Portfolio of Photographs of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings. Chicago: The Werner Company, 1893
John Lawson Stoddard was an American who traveled around the world between 1874 and 1876, and used his experiences to become a celebrated speaker on the American lecture circuit. Although he did not take his own photographs, he gave specific directions to his photographer and these photos offer a wonderful glimpse into life over a century ago. I'll be posting more of these photos from time to time.
The most sued company in America
Above, a hard rubber paper weight from "The Garlock Packing Company, Manufacturers of Quality Controlled Mechanical Packings." Around the outside, it reads, "The Standard Packing of the World."
Late in the 19th century, Olin J. Garlock came up with a better way to seal piston rods in industrial steam engines. In 1887 he founded Garlock Sealing Technologies in Palmyra, New York. (On January 19,1892, James T. Walker of Palmyra was issued a patent No. 467454 for a photographic camera. The camera was called the Takiv since the lens and shutter could be rotated to take 4 pictures on one plate. Although this camera has advantages over other plate cameras, Mr. Eastman had produced the first roll film Kodak camera in 1888 and Mr. Walker’s company could not survive the more efficient roll film model. Another of Palmyra's claims to fame is that 57 of the town's residents fought in the war of 1812). Back to Garlock. The company used asbestos in many of its products, which led to its putative title as the most sued company in American history. It introduced the use of PTFE gaskets 40 years ago, and continues to this day as a manufacturer of fluid sealing products for a variety of industrial applications, including nuclear ones.
Supercharged Ariel Square 4
There did not seem to a lack of supercharging experiments in the 1930s. Headgaskets were a big problem in this one.
From A Clubman at Brooklands by A.C. Perryman.
Haynes, published 1979.
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Fun with Cedar Shingles
Rockport, Maine
When phone numbers were only three digits
Also, when cottagers were protected by huge woodsmen wielding double bit axes.
Unusual Tools: Interlox Master Slide Rule
Pictured is a Number 106 Interlox Master Slide Rule made by the Master Rule Manufacturing Co., Incorporated of White Plains, New York. The ruler folds out to 72 inches and is marked in black on one side for "outside measure" and in red on the reverse for "inside measure."
The company apparently continued to make these unusual carpenter's rules up until World War II.
While the sheer quirkiness of this ruler is highly appealing, in practice it has a number of flaws. It would clearly have been complex and costly to manufacture, and the fact that each section slides over the one underneath acts to remove the varnish and erase the markings off of the wood. I can understand why zig-zag rulers were clearly more common. Anyway, the company eventually moved to the production of tape measures.
Popular Science, October 1948
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A Clubman at Brooklands
I just discovered this book by A.C. Perryman. Published by Haynes in 1979, it's a personal account of motorcycle racing in England in the 1930s and is, in the authors words, "a factual year by year account of the striving of a young man of very modest means, to enjoy himself in the very exhilarating pastime of motorcycle racing".
It's not loaded with technical information, or a history of the famous Brooklands banked racetrack, but a nice story of a motorcycle life before WW2.
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We used to make things in this country. #75: Engineering Tools & Forgings Ltd., St. Catharines Ontario
(The electrician's pliers above are stamped "Bulldog", the only example I've encountered of a model name on ETF tools, rather than just a model number.)
Pictured above, a selection of tools made by “ETF," Engineering Tools & Forgings Ltd. of St. Catharines Ontario. This company may have begun in the early 1930’s. During its heyday, ETF made a huge variety of tools including wrenches, monkey wrenches and cold chisels. In 1951, it acquired Canadian Warren Pink Co. Ltd., which had been formed in 1928 by the amalgamation of Thomas Pink Co. Ltd. of Pembroke ( a manufacturer of logging tools established in 1866) with Canadian Warren Axe & Tool Co. Ltd. The latter company had been incorporated in 1912 in St. Catharines, Ont., largely to manufacture in Canada the Sager line of axes then being made in Warren, Pa., by Warren Axe & Tool Company. They continued to manufacture the SAGER brand until 1965, when Canadian Warren Pink was purchased by its largest customer, Dominion Chain Company Limited of Niagara Falls, Ontario (itself a subsidiary of the American Chain Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut). Dominion Chain was in turn gobbled up by Fisher Karpark Industries (FKI), a British firm that had started in the 1920’s making parking meters, but which then expanded greatly in the 1970’s under its Halifax-born president and whose Canadian subsidiary (Welland Forge) still owns and operates a hammer and press forging business in Welland. Through all of this merging and amalgamating, it is unclear as to whether ETF was bought out by FKI or simply went under.
J.H. Ashdown Hardware Co., Ltd., Catalogue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1953/1954
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Seat belt bottle opener?
Beat this, Evel Knievel!
Sylvania TV 1958
Canadian Pacific Steamships pitcher
Soldier of the Future
Amelia Earhart and the Toronto Connection
Paris Vintage Meet
Old C-Clamp
Knapp Electric Questioner 1929
Vauxhall Envoy Vans from GM
Odd Suzuki B100P Special on craigslist
The World's Greatest Toolmakers 1938
Alfa underhood
Brass Petcocks
The Greatest Steamboat Race in the History of the ...
Home made loader
Dommi 99
Cool World War II Cover Art: 633 Squadron
Sunbeam 1937
Vanished Tool Makes: Seymour Products Co.
Schwerer Kraftrad mit Seitenwagen
Unlikely survivor, Chevette
Deutz 22 HP tractor
Nerds in Advertising
Hillman Hunter 1966
Boott Cotton Mills
The Farmer Takes a Tank
Ontario Regiment Museum Rollpast day
Welcome to Canada: Vancouver 1930
Famous People on Nortons: Mama Cass
I want to be just like Luke Anthony.
What to do with a dead Beetle.
Lowering uranimum fuel rods
Early PET Scanner
Polish Pliers
The Quadruplet
Repair-O-Matic Guide
MG vs your mother
Sammy Miller Suzuki Trials
Sunderland and the Berlin Blockade
Stock car racers
Mayhew Metal Products measuring tape
Napanee Ontario Market
Vanished Tool Makes: Damon Raike Germany
Vintage tractor restoration tip, painting
Casey Jones: A Song of the Railroad Men
Early car radio efforts
A well used Bugatti
Another job you wouldn't want to do: Testing elec...
We used to build things in this country. #76: Ca...
Allis Chalmers Speed Patrol Grader
AJS Stormer suspension
Office computing in the 1960's: The IBM 360
Vanished Tool Makes: The Dill Manufacturing Compa...
The big gap closes!
Take Off Your Hat to the Myers
Honda Trail 90 Trials
Before "smog" was a word
Vornado: the Plane that became a Fan
Ford keys
How the Jeep Began
We used to build things in this country #77.Lancas...
Heileman's Old Style Beer
BSA Gold Star
55 HP Deutz Locomotive- from a 1954 Brochure
The Wrights on a Rolls
The Cookery
Real American Steel
Kenzo Tada, IOM racer
We used to make things in this country. #78: Max...
Haying, done for another year.
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Trump was red with rage with what this Supreme Court Justice said about impeachment
Donald Trump, Politics 112
The Supreme Court is going to play a key role in the resolution of the impeachment witch hunt.
But one Justice will play a special role.
And Donald Trump was red with rage with what this Supreme Court Justice said about impeachment.
Chief Justice John Roberts will preside over the Senate impeachment trial.
It will be up to Roberts to issue rulings that shape the contours of that proceeding.
And Roberts just proved he was biased against the President in his annual message when Roberts attacked the spread of so-called “fake news.”
POLITICO reports:
Chief Justice John Roberts — who’s on the verge of an extraordinarily high-profile balancing act presiding over the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump — issued a warning on Tuesday about the dangers of misinformation in the internet era.
“In our age, when social media can instantly spread rumor and false information on a grand scale, the public’s need to understand our government, and the protections it provides, is ever more vital,” Roberts declared in his annual New Year’s Eve message summing up the work of the federal judiciary.
Roberts was not explicit about whether his call for increased civics education was intended as a rebuke of Trump, although some quickly read it that way. Trump has been widely criticized for repeating false information released online and for retweeting messages posted by conspiracy theorists and racists.
The view of Roberts’ message as a critique of the president was also reinforced by the fact that the two men have clashed publicly over a topic related to the chief justice’s year-end report: Trump’s tendency to label adverse court rulings he and his administration face as the work of judges doing the political bidding of previous, Democratic presidents.
It was impossible to read Roberts comments as anything other than a continuation of the so-called “mainstream” media’s lie that Donald Trump is using conspiracy theories and hoaxes to discredit the Democrats legitimate impeachment inquiry.
This is leading to worries among the President and his supporters that Roberts will be no impartial judge at a Senate trial.
Roberts will try to rig the impeachment trial against the President with biased rulings.
Fortunately these rulings are not final and 51 Republican Senators can vote to override Roberts most egregious decisions.
You won’t believe who Joe Biden just said would be his Vice President
A bombshell financial scandal just linked Joe Biden to this crime in Ukraine
Will you print it?
Roberts is a Deep State stooge!!! Remember Obama care??? Of course this turd is Bias because he is a huge rino. We need another Judge.
glock19fan
If Roberts is biased then he needs to step aside. Our President deserves a fair trial and any judge unable or unwilling to preside of a fair trial needs to step aside. I hate kangaroo courts!
Dolores J Adams
Find another judge for th hearing. Something happened to Judge Roberts that didn’t sit well. Unfortunately don’t remember what it was, so I dont trust him.
Vanita Gary
Judge Roberts SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PRESIDE OVER THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AS HE IS ALREADY BIASED AGAINST HIM & DOESN’T LIKE HIM…..
Tim Thompson
If it goes to the Senate and Robert’s is presiding over the Senate trial it will be so visible that he can’t enter in with his own personal likes or dislikes. Trump is being railroaded by the Democratic Communist Party and 2020 can’t come soon enough for Americans wanting to right the wrong they have been doing. Obama decimated his party but Nancy Pelosi and uck Schumer will be the final nail in their coffin. Vote everyone of them out folks we need liberty and they are the opposite of freedom and liberty they hate America by their actions and their words.
Patricia Oakes
What facts? They were never brought out and Mueller has railroaded alot of innocent people! You can be sure if he found something he would’ve jumped on it! They had 3 yrs of this crap! And those democrats claimed to start impeachment before his inaugeration before he even had a chance to do anything! They are angry because Hillary still lost inspite of all the massive voter rigging! They have done nothing while being in the house except to try to overturn the will of the people!
No, he just wants them to follow the constitution and not be in favor of the liberals!
In 2011. Putin went on the world stage and blamed Hillary Clinton for messing with his reelection. He blamed her for the Moscow riots. Google the New York Times article. He said the United States intervened in his election. What do you think he would do when Hillary ran for president ?? Yes he intetfered in our election against Hillary. He told us he would in 2011. Of course America would NEVER try to influence an election in a foreign country ! So we spend millions of dollars looking for proof that Trump asked the Russians to interfere in the 2016 election. The fact is that Putin would do anything to discredit Hilary. It did not matter who was running against her. There was no collusion. So I have to ask uou a question. What bothers you more as an American. Using the FBI to investigate a Presidential candidate or asking a Government to look into corruption in their own country ?
Fake Dan do yourself a favor and keel over.
Dan Tyree
Trump thinks ALL Supreme Court justices should be his “personal defense team”
Yes, sir, I make an immediate motion to dismiss based on no evidence, no witnesses, and no crime. Sustained, motion to dismiss is granted. End of impeachment. Ha, ha, ha. Roberts, what a schmuck, another lefty. Get rid of these “mooks” we didn’t elect them, we don’t want them.
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M.P. Born
Associate Professor, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Organizational Psychology
Associate Professor, IBBA
Emailm.p.born@vu.nl
1 Editorial work
Personal and situational determinants of personality responses: A partial reanalysis and reinterpretation of the Schmit et al. (1995) data.
C. Robie (Speaker), M.Ph. Born (Speaker), M. Schmidt (Speaker)
Personality-based person-organization fit: A longitudinal study
J.K. Oostrom (Speaker), P.V. Iyer (Speaker), A.W. Serlie (Speaker), M.P. Born (Speaker)
Personality-based Person-Organization Fit: A new perspective on personality assessment in recruitment and selection
P. Iyer (Speaker), A.W. Serlie (Speaker), J.K. Oostrom (Speaker), M.Ph. Born (Speaker)
Personality-based person-organization fit: A new perspective on personality in selection
Predictors of job search behavior among Turkish immigrants in The Netherlands
E.A.J. van Hooft (Speaker), M.Ph. Born (Speaker), T.W. Taris (Speaker), H. van der Flier (Speaker)
Pretest and posttest reactions to an in-basket exercise
J.K. Oostrom (Speaker), L. Bos-Broekema (Speaker), A.W. Serlie (Speaker), M.Ph. Born (Speaker), H.T. Van der Molen (Speaker)
Situational judgment as a framework for measuring social intelligence
M.Ph. Born (Speaker)
Situational judgment testing versus webcam testing: A comparison in terms of predictive validity and test-taker reactions
J.K. Oostrom (Speaker), M.Ph. Born (Speaker), A.W. Serlie (Speaker), H.T. Van der Molen (Speaker)
Situational judgment tests versus webcam tests: A comparison in terms of predictive validity
The adoption of new technology in personnel selection: A look at the individual level variables
J.K. Oostrom (Speaker), D. Van der Linden (Speaker), M.Ph. Born (Speaker), H.T. Van der Molen (Speaker)
The assessment center construct validation puzzle.
M.Ph. Born (Speaker), R.D. de Jong (Speaker)
The best man for the job (f/m): The wording of the personality profile in employment advertisements influences inferences of newcomers on the labor market.
M.Ph. Born (Speaker), T.W. Taris (Speaker)
The Explanatory Power of the Theory of Planned Behaviour for Employed and Unemployed Job Searchers
E.A.J. van Hooft (Speaker), M.Ph. Born (Speaker), H. van der Flier (Speaker), T.W. Taris (Speaker)
The predictive validity of implicit policies in situational judgment tests
The relationships between trust in supervisor, turnover intentions, and voluntary turnover: Testing the mediating effect of on-the-job embeddedness
D.E. Purba (Speaker), J.K. Oostrom (Speaker), M.Ph. Born (Speaker), H.T. Van der Molen (Speaker)
The relationships of trust in supervisor, on-the-job embeddedness, and intentions to leave: Testing the mediating effect of on-the-job embeddedness
The social context of personality
K.I. van der Zee (Speaker), M.Ph. Born (Speaker)
The theory of planned behavior in the context job search: Implementation intentions, action control, and procratination.
E.A.J. van Hooft (Speaker), M.Ph. Born (Speaker), T.W. Taris (Speaker), H. van der Flier (Speaker), R.W.B. Blonk (Speaker)
The theory of planned behavior in the context of job search: Implementation intentions, action control, and procrastination.
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N.J. Kolk (Speaker), M.Ph. Born (Speaker), H. van der Flier (Speaker)
The transparent assessment center: The effect of revealing the dimensions to applicants
N.J. Kolk (Speaker), M.Ph. Born (Speaker), N. Bleichrodt (Speaker), H. van der Flier (Speaker)
The transparent assessment center. The effects of revealing dimensions to applicants.
Three Barriers in External Construct Validation of Assessment Center ratings
Unproctored testing in a virtual world: Does it matter?
A.W. Serlie (Speaker), J.K. Oostrom (Speaker), M.Ph. Born (Speaker)
Validation of multimedia situational judgment test for social intelligence
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Category: Shuumatsu no Izetta
Shuumatsu no Izetta – 09
This episode’s opening act painted a rosy picture: with Germania not attacking, Izetta continues to build her image across the world by assisting the resistance movements of territories Germania has conquered, and the narrating Lotte is hoping the good times keep coming. Fine even tells Izetta a ceasefire could be in the making.
I didn’t buy this rosiness for a second, since it’s already been established that Berkman has Izetta’s number and has merely been biding his time for an assault, both the map and the crystal are in enemy hands, and even Muller AKA Sieg Reich simply isn’t giving off very trustworthy vibes.
A reckoning, then, was inevitable, and it comes later in the episode after Izetta ends up on the wrong battlefront and must be quickly transported to the right one. There, the one tactical advantage Eylstadt has over Germania—the White Witch—is taken away, by Germania’s own White Witch, a clone of Izetta’s descendant, Sophie.
The path that led to her creation is hastily told, as Berkman learns of Division 9’s research and cloning methods, and Izetta’s blood is gradually used to “awaken” Sophie from the doll-like clone. Eylstadt’s own recklessness with Izetta’s personal security indirectly led to Berkman’s success.
At first, Sophie tries to appeal to Izetta’s pride and duty as a witch, telling her what her own family told her: using her magical powers to help affect the outcome of war between non-magical countries is wrong.
But when Izetta insists she must fight for her archduchess and refuses to stand down, Sophie ditches the nice guy act right quick, turning on a dime into Izetta’s enemy, and the two duel in the sky as Germania’s superior military runs the Eylstadt forces roughshod.
Sophie ends up nullifying Izetta’s magic at a crucial moment, causing her to crash, then for good measure, employs magic chain bondage to crush Izetta’s insides. She’s taken prisoner, photographed and filmed for pro-Germanian propaganda, which is likely to kill morale in Eylstadt as well as anywhere where people oppose Germania.
Now that their “nuke” isn’t unique anymore, or even a threat to Germania, they’re free to attack Eylstadt’s capital, even bombing Fine’s palace. But the lack of chivalry in the assault mirror’s Eylstadt’s own desperate but ultimately foul play: when they couldn’t win with conventional warfare they turned to magic.
They put all their eggs in that basket, and now that basket’s been crushed and burned. It’s not looking good at all for Fine, Izetta, or Eylstadt.
Author braveradePosted on Sun, 27 Nov 2016 Wed, 28 Dec 2016 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2016, Shuumatsu no IzettaTags archduchess, berkman, britannia, chain bondage, cloning, 終末のイゼッタ, deception, defeated, descendant, die letzte hexe, enemy, evil, eylstadt, fanservice, feint, fine, germania, invasion, izetta, lotte, ortfine, resistance, ricelt, secrets, sophie, the last witch, war, weakness, white witch4 Comments on Shuumatsu no Izetta – 09
Pretty much the entire time I was watching this episode of Izetta, much of which centers on Berkman’s adjutant, Ricelt, as he parachutes into Eylstadt to gain access to the castle where the ley lines map is located, I thought to myself, “why do I care about this guy?”
While I’m cognizant of the fact that war usually isn’t as simple as black-and-white, or good-vs.-evil, I still couldn’t muster any sympathy for Ricelt and the fate he succumbs to. And that made it hard to get emotionally invested in this episode at all.
Forgetting the fact that he just happens to fall in a river just as Fine’s maid Lotte and Bianca are driving past…you know what, I can’t forget (or forgive) a coincidence of that magnitude, and I won’t.
Even in tiny Eylstadt, it’s ridiculous and extremely incredible that Ricelt would end up so close to these two, let alone that they’d so easily buy his half-assed cover story. Ricelt is only able to get as far as he does thanks (in part) to Bianca’s stupidity. This is war; any and all strangers who suddenly show up must be suspected, not flirted with.
Speaking of flirting, the show’s fascination with Fine and Izetta as some kind of quasi-yuri couple continues, with Fine dressing up as a dashing prince and Izetta serving as her girly date at Lord Redford’s lavish birthday party.
There, Berkman manages to not only meet up close with Fine and Izetta, but his “date”, who looks drugged and/or genetically manipulated in some way, even manages to draw near enough to Izetta to kiss her, drawing blood in the process (blood Berkman will surely use for research on how to neutralize Izetta).
That intel and security is so inadequate and lax that one of the German empire’s most dangerous men can get so close to Izetta, and vanish just as quickly, doesn’t bode well for the future of Eylstadt.
As for Ricelt, he and an inside man manage to make it to the basement of Eylstadt castle, snap pictures of the ley line map, and retrieve some kind of magical stone…but Bianca finally gets wise and Ricelt is caught red-handed. He stalls for time to let his colleague get away; Bianca shoots him, and another royal guard shoots the colleague.
And so, like Jonas, another young character I thought would have a greater role to play ends up dead, though the trouble he whipped up remains. Bianca, for her part, seems shaken up about the betrayal, but it’s not like they were lovers or anything; she’ll surely get over it.
As for that trouble, it would seem some random old man ends up with the camera containing photos of the ley line map, as well as the purple-pink stone. Yet again, someone is in just the right position at the right time to propel the plot forward…and I care even less about this old guy than I cared about Ricelt.
Keeping the pressure high is the fact the Atlantan (i.e. American) ambassador promises Fine and Izetta that he’ll recommend his government send troops, but doesn’t tell them that he considers Izetta to be nearly as great a threat to Atlanta as the Germanians, if not a greater threat. As such, those troops will be sent to take down both Germania and Eylstadt; not exactly what Fine wanted.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 26 Nov 2016 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2016, Shuumatsu no IzettaTags archduchess, berkman, birthday party, bonham, britannia, 終末のイゼッタ, deception, die letzte hexe, disguise, enemy, eylstadt, fanservice, fine, germania, groman, izetta, masks, ortfine, redford, ricelt, secrets, spy, the last witch, torpedoes, war, weakness, white witch
After a dull and appallingly animated opening scene where a bunch of old white guys from all over Europe (plus “Atlanta” AKA alternate-America) contemplate what to do about a new German aircraft carrier, their host Lord Redford introduces them to Fine and Izetta, with all the requisite magical theatricality.
The two don’t just come hat-in-hand, asking for troops, but with something they can do for them: Izetta will destroy the carrier, giving them one less thing to worry about (and commit precious resources to).
In what can probably be better described than as a “quasi-yuri” scene, after Fine teases and tickles Izetta they lie in bed together in their matching lilac negligees, gazing into each other’s eyes.
Fine repeats her guilt about asking so much about Izetta, but reiterates the importance of being useful to their allies; Izetta repeats her total commitment to Fine in all things. We get it, show: they’re very close. The two girls were, at least, far better drawn than all the stodgy men at the beginning.
Also well-animated (and staged): Izetta’s operation. With two Lancaster bombers as her escort, she takes command of four 760-kg torpedoes and heads to the fjord base where the carrier lies. We get some simply stunning views of her streaking through the air with her four ballistic buddies.
Alas, to her horror, the carrier isn’t there when she arrives: it’s started out to sea, and an ambush awaits her, led by the grizzled ace Basler in a shiny new inverse gullwing plane. Between him, the other fighters, and a cloud of flak from other surface assets, Izetta’s complement of four torps quickly dwindles to two.
Though Groman assured her she’d need all four to sink the carrier, she uses the last two in a clever way – sending one straight down, missle-style into the weak elevator area, and the other into the fuel supply. It’s mission accomplished for Izetta, but little does she know both Berkman and Ricelt accomplished their mission too.
The carrier was nothing more than bait, set to lure Izetta into an area with highly variable ley lines. Berkman observed sudden losses in Izetta’s magic as she flew through the invisible variations (she’s apparently unable to sense them).
Now the enemy knows (or is pretty darn sure) of her weakness. With that in mind, it looks like Germania came out on top on this one, since the carrier was essentially doomed anyway.
Author braveradePosted on Tue, 22 Nov 2016 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2016, Shuumatsu no IzettaTags aircraft carrier, ambush, archduchess, berkman, britannia, 終末のイゼッタ, die letzte hexe, disguise, division 9, dogfight, eylstadt, fanservice, fine, germania, groman, izetta, ortfine, redford, ricelt, secrets, spy, the last witch, torpedoes, war, weakness, white witch, WWII
While most of Izetta and Fine’s scenes this week are kept pretty lightweight, the episode also demonstrates how precarious Eylstadt’s situation remains despite the early success of the White Witch’s unveiling. It also shows the lengths to which the enemy will go to learn of Izetta’s weakness, and the lengths to which Sieg will will go to stop them.
As Berkman gains access to the Empire’s ultra-top-secret “Division 9” research “workshop”, Elvira attempts to stuff Izetta in a tight corset, then makes her practice dancing with Bianca. Finally, Fine and Izetta “disguise” themselves as townfolk in order to sample some desserts from a cafe Fine used to sneak off to before she was Archduchess.
Suffice it to say, this is extremely reckless behavior during a time of war, even if their disguises were any good (they were not). The episode tries to have Fine pass off their exposure as a good thing, furthering her popular tomboy image and such, but I wasn’t buying it; this whole detour to the bakery was nothing but problematic.
It’s Sieg who serves as audience surrogate when he says gently but firmly, “no more” to Fine regarding sneaking off into town. She’s not a precocious tomboy anymore, but the leader of a country that still hangs by a thread. One of the frays in that thread is swiftly dealt with thanks to Sieg and his crack counter-espionage team.
That means the death of Jonas and an uncertain fate for the Germanian spy who didn’t gain any information. I enjoyed Jonas as an everyman on the front lines to this point, but unless Sieg was as ineffective at protecting Fine’s interests as Bianca was this week, Jonas’ death warrent was signed the moment the spy knew he knew something.
With one problem taken care of relatively easily, Sieg leaves it to Fine and Izetta, travelling by flying gun on a circuitous route, to persuade the powers meeting in Britannia to do something about the Germanians, preferably before they unveil a secret weapon of their own from Division 9.
Author braveradePosted on Sun, 6 Nov 2016 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2016, Shuumatsu no IzettaTags archduke, berkman, bianca, britannia, 終末のイゼッタ, die letzte hexe, disguise, division 9, elvira, eylstadt, fine, germania, izetta, jonas, lotte, ortfine, PR campaign, propaganda, royal guards, secrets, sieg reich, spy, the last witch, tomboy, trickery, veile pass, war, weakness, white witch, WWII1 Comment on Shuumatsu no Izetta – 06
Fine’s coronation is also the stage chosen to unveil Izetta to the world, and it’s fun to witness medieval ritual juxtaposed with flashing still and movie cameras of the modern era, just as it’s fun to watch Izetta take care of business, wiping out the modern might of the Germanians with magically enhanced medieval weapons.
The first stage in Eylstadt’s strategy to, well, survive, is to make the world know and believe who and what Izetta is. But neither the Germanian king nor Major Berkman doubt whether she’s real. The king wants her, badly, while Berkman wants to cut Eylstadt’s propaganda off at the knees by identifying and exploiting Izetta’s still-unknown-to-the-enemy weakness.
While fun, the merging of eras is also jarring, just as it’s jarring to see Izetta unleash hell against the Germanian army in front of cameras, then return to the palace to be praised like a good girl who finished her chores. It’s a lot for Izetta to handle, but she has promised to serve ad protect Fine with her dying breath; she’s not the kind to back down just because things are tough…or weird.
More than anything, Izetta is a witch who has been used dwelling in the shadows and edges of the world. Now she’s the exact opposite: a global celebrity with a fairy tale story so compelling that the people want to believe. Not only does Eylstadt want them to believe, they need them to do so, in hopes of gaining powerful allies against Germania.
If this is to be merely a 12-episode show, I’m pleased with the generous pacing so far. Not only is Izetta unveiled and placed into immediate use in order to quickly build up her public persona as a magical force of resistance against a no-longer invincible-looking enemy, but the enemy strikes back just as fast, advancing on the Veile Pass – a place with no Ley Lines for Izetta to draw from.
The Germanian King’s adviser Eliot is sure to remind his majesty that the reason they’re invading Eylstadt is to gain supply routes between them and Romulus (i.e. Italy), not merely to capture a witch. This pass is part of that route. As it happens, Private Jonas is assigned to its defense, which won’t include bombings due to a.) the thick fog and b.) the fact the pass is worthless without intact roads to use.
Sieg Reich and Fine’s royal guards (who are all or mostly female special forces) draw up an intricate plan that serves to hide Izetta’s inability to use magic, by drawing upon stagecraft and showmanship in a battlefield setting.
A dummy Izetta is flown behind a plane, lands on a ridge, and is replace by the real Izetta (refusing to let them use a body double), who must talk a big talk before planted bombs are detonated, taking out the advancing enemy.
It works far better than it should have, thanks to an abundance of luck in both weather and geography. But conditions won’t be so favorable in every Ley Line-less area the Germanians target, so even though Berkman hasn’t found Izetta’s weakness yet, doesn’t mean he won’t eventually.
It may happen far sooner than Eylstadt thinks, thanks to some bad luck: Berkman has a spy posing as an Eylstadt officer who happens to be in the same outfit as Jonas. There’s every indication either he or Jonas overheard Schneider talking very loudly about Izetta’s weakness by a creek.
That’s the kind of carelessness that can lose a war, and I’m not optimistic Izetta won’t be re-captured by Berkman at some point.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 29 Oct 2016 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2016, Shuumatsu no IzettaTags archduke, berkman, bianca, bombs, coronation, 終末のイゼッタ, die letzte hexe, dummy, elvira, eylstadt, fine, germania, izetta, jonas, ley lines, lotte, myth, News, oftfine, PR campaign, propaganda, royal guards, secret weapon, sieg reich, spy, surprise attack, the last witch, trickery, veile pass, war, weakness, white witch, WWII
Word of Germanian defeat and rumors of a reborn White Witch travel all the way to Neu Berlin (where it seems they successfully built the Volkshalle) and the Germanian leader, who is excited by the news of a witch in modern times.
For the record, these guys don’t seem as bad as Nazis, but they are most certainly bad guys: arrogant bullies who pick on their weaker neighbors as part of a larger plan to dominate the continent and likely the world. Their power must have a check to avoid wholesale death and suffering.
So far, the show seems intent on keeping that potential check, Izetta, as modest and grounded as possible, befitting both her past status and her debt to Princess Fine for saving her from a mob. Izetta takes nothing for granted: not the bed she wakes up in, or the cheerful maid Lotte who is assigned to her.
Little does Izetta know that just by being there, she’s basically threatening to usurp the right-hand-woman position currently occupied by Bianca, who is still suspicious of Izetta’s abilities and motives. However, when Lotte slips off her stool and Izetta gets konked on the head by a stone jug, Bianca feels responsible for the injury.
This episode lacks any big battles, but sets the stage for an entirely new battle Eylstadt must fight—and win—to have any chance at peace: the PR battle.
To that end, Fine appoints her Grand Couturier, Lady Elvira (Hanazawa Kana in an adult role)—a kind of alternate-WWII version of Effie Trinket—to help polish Izetta’s image as the famed White Witch and saviour of the country. Elvira is also very handsy; quite inappropriately so.
Izetta reveals to Fine and her war council that her powers don’t come from within, but are dependent on a network of ley lines distributed through the lands. In some places, like the old capital, she cannot use her magic at all; in the old capital, the lines are dense, and the depths of the old castle they find a helpful map so they’ll know where she’ll be most effective.
That being said, Fine is keeping it the highest of state secrets that Izetta has any weaknesses at all: winning hearts and minds of both her own people and potential allies abroad is dependent on the lie that Izetta is invincible, and that is part of the burden both women must bear on top of actually fighting and winning more battles.
With the enemy not only well aware of Izetta’s existence but having previously had her in captivity, we’ll see what countermeasures they’ll come up with. In the meantime, Fine succeeds her recently deceased father as Archduchess, with Izetta the White Witch by her side. There’s no turning back.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 22 Oct 2016 Wed, 30 Nov 2016 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2016, Shuumatsu no IzettaTags archduke, bianca, bodyguards, coronation, 終末のイゼッタ, die letzte hexe, elvira, eylstadt, fine, germania, hayami saori, injury, izetta, ley lines, lotte, myth, old capital, PR campaign, princess, secret weapon, the last witch, train, war, white witch, witch, WWII1 Comment on Shuumatsu no Izetta – 04
Thanks to Papika Izetta, Princess Fine is free from the Germanians, but they’re not out of the woods. An enemy patrol spots the smoke plume from their transport and before long the two girls are locked in an alpine dogfight that’s a feast for the eyes.
Izetta sees no other choice but to break taboo and her promise to her granny and use her magic openly. The results are an astounding demonstration of her potential as a weapon against the Germanians, taking out three planes, but she runs out of mana before the lead plane is downed.
Enter a still-bleeding Fine, who reminds Izetta she’s not riding a broom, but a giant rifle, which they use to take out the last plane. After the sustained battle, Fine is out cold, Izetta’s tank is empty, and she has to ditch the gun and make for the Eylstadt fortress on foot.
By good fortune Izetta encounters a force of retreating Elystadt survivors led by Major Obermeyer, and their suregon fixes Fine up while also tending to Izetta’s wounds. Izetta is loath to accept any help, favor, or comfort, and it all has to do with the old scar the doc notices on Fine’s side, for which Izetta blames herself.
As the first episode hinted, Izetta and Fine had met before, and it wasn’t a dream. Izetta isn’t some scientific specimen or non-corporeal supreme being…she’s just a girl. A girl who happened to be the last in a line of witches. Her grandmother noted she was the most powerful in generations, despite being the last, and so had to take extra care not to get tangled up in trouble.
Things just didn’t work out that way, but it wasn’t all for naught: Izetta and Fine meeting was the best thing to happen to either of them, because they were the only ones who saw each other for what they were: not a witch to be feared or a princess to be fawned over, but two girls in need of best friends.
Fine received her side wound defending Izetta from an angry mob, doing as she’s always done: value the lives of others as much if not more than her own. She wants to save Izetta again by sending her away rather than using her, but Izetta won’t hear of it. She wants to be used, and she wants Fine to be the hope that drives her, just as it drives the desperate armies and subjects of Eylstadt.
Beginning with a thrilling aerial battle, leading to some vital backstory, and concluding with Izetta’s vow not to leave Fine’s side in the coming battles, this episode had a little of everything, and was as efficient in its storytelling as it was entertaining and moving.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 8 Oct 2016 Sun, 9 Oct 2016 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2016, Shuumatsu no IzettaTags action, aerial combat, alternate history, bodyguards, 終末のイゼッタ, die letzte hexe, dogfight, eylstadt, fine, germania, hayami saori, injury, izetta, nazis, obermeyer, outmatched, plane, princess, rifle, the last witch, train, war, white witch, witch, WWII3 Comments on Shuumatsu no Izetta – 02
Shuumatsu no Izetta – 01 (First Impressions)
What is it: A period historical/military action drama taking place in an alternate world during the equivalent of WWII. Princess Fine and her tiny duchy of Eylstadt becomes the latest victim of the Germanian Empire’s campaign of expansion. She’s eventually caught by Germanian officers, but while en route to Neue Berlin, the legendary witch Izetta, also aboard the plan, awakens and saves her princess.
Why you should watch: If you like historical anime that put a little twist on history (without getting to nationalistic about things). The tech here is strict WWII-era, with steam trains, dive bombers, and Luger pistols. The only fantastical element is Izetta, who will surely prove to be the one most vital to the survival of the protagonist Fine.
Fine is also voiced by Hayami Saori, is often called a “tomboy” by other characters, but is really just a badass who knows she survives because of the love of her people. Production values are slightly above average, and the score is fine.
Why you shouldn’t watch: If you’re kinda period-pieced out by the recently-wrapped 91 Days, or if you’re a little put off by plot conveniences like Izetta just happening to end up not only on the same train as Izetta, but the same plane as well, some time later. Perhaps, however, they’ve been drawn together by some particular bond between the witch of Eylstadt and its leader. The bad guys are literally Nazis. Well, quasi-Nazis.
The Verdict: A sturdy and steadily-paced opening episodes for a show with lots of promise, with a strong female protagonist at its core. If you like the idea of a tough underdog princess and her witch companion fightin’ off some quasi-Nazis and fulfilling her duty to her small country of people, this show is up your alley. I’ll be following it for now, since it’s the first Fall show I’ve come across.
Author braveradePosted on Sat, 1 Oct 2016 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2016, Shuumatsu no IzettaTags action, alternate history, bodyguards, 終末のイゼッタ, die letzte hexe, eylstadt, fine, germania, hayami saori, izetta, nazis, plane, princess, the last witch, train, war, white witch, witch, WWII11 Comments on Shuumatsu no Izetta – 01 (First Impressions)
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Category: She and Her Cat: Everything Flows
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows – 04 (Fin)
You’re lonely? Get a cat. They live thirteen years, then you get another one. Then another one after that. Then you’re done. —Katherine Olson, Mad Men
The devoutly-Catholic Kathy may only be telling her daughter this in response to learning she and her boyfriend have moved in together with no promise of marriage, but there’s a grim practicality to her advice, and it’s also oddly prescient of the events that close Everything Flows.
To whit: “She”, whom we learn is called Miyu, is lonely after her friend moves out and gets married. Miyu is so lonely and uncommunicative, in fact, her mother fears the worst when she gets a hang-up phone call from her daughter, and races over, which turns out to be a false alarm.
It would seem a concerned Daru inadvertently dialed Mom’s number, but the effect of the happenstance is profound: Miyu’s mother is relieved. Miyu sees her mother for the first time in a while. They share a laugh. Daru is relieved too: Miyu is going to be alright. He was hanging onto life until he could confirm that. When he has, he passes away, quietly, in her arms.
Then, a psychic explosion destroys Tokyo and initiates World War III. Just kidding! But that’s kinda what it looked like. That would have been quite the genre shift!
Naturally, there’s a mourning period for Miyu, whose eye-bags and fetal position recalls another famous, devastating film (only without the drugs). She even feels Daru rub up against her back, the way he did countless times in his life. It’s only a phantom rub, but it doesn’t plunge Miyu into further despair. Instead, she sits up, smiles, and moves forward.
Not wanting to worry Daru any further, she cleans up her place, finds a job, and faces the world with a smile once more. Then Daru apparently reincarnates as a white abandoned cat, which Miyu finds under a bridge and takes in.
But unlike Peggy Olson in her mom’s scenario of a life with three cats to ward off lonliness, Miyu will either need more than three—to combat the formidable longevity of the Japanese—or find a human. Either way, she’ll be fine. The world still moves, and we still travel upon it.
Author sesameacrylicPosted on Sat, 26 Mar 2016 Categories Anime Reviews, She and Her Cat: Everything Flows, Winter 2016Tags cat, depression, girl, hanazawa kana, lonely, making friends, moving forward, moving out, origin story, Pet, shinkai makoto, short form, slice of life, tomoka, unconditional love, wedding, 彼女と彼女の猫
She and Her Cat: Everything Flows – 03
Daru had a rough youth, about which he remembers only bits and pieces: he was a stray along with his mom and three siblings, but after a bird attacked, he was suddenly all alone.
And while the girl may have Daru now, Daru is getting old. Looming over this episode is the fact that one day he won’t be around, and the girl really will be alone in her apartment for two, which she’s seriously let go due to being so exhausted after work.
But more than that, Daru can only offer his particular cat breed of unconditional love and wordless support. But it doesn’t change the fact that the girl was always conflicted about moving out and leaving her mother alone, and now that Tomoka moved out to get married, she feels even more alone and lost.
She has no career, only part-time jobs; no romantic aspirations as she draws closer to the age people marry; and her cat is too old to even jump on the bed to comfort her as she stews in her depression, pleading for help, but with no one who can hear her.
Sure, it could be worse—her sociopathic crown prince brother hasn’t locked her in the palace dungeon—but she’s not doing so hot, and Daru seems like naught but a band-aid on a gaping wound.
Author sesameacrylicPosted on Sat, 19 Mar 2016 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 Categories Anime Reviews, She and Her Cat: Everything Flows, Winter 2016Tags cat, depression, girl, hanazawa kana, lonely, making friends, moving forward, moving out, origin story, Pet, shinkai makoto, short form, slice of life, tomoka, unconditional love, wedding, 彼女と彼女の猫
This was a brief but lovely, emotionally rich, gently-told story of how the girl and Daru met. A lonely, morose girl who just transferred to school, her busy mother thought it would be a good idea for her to have a companion for all those hours home alone.
Like everything at this point in the girl’s life, she’s initially skeptical. After all, even Daru knew then she had a large hole in her heart he wasn’t sure he’d be able to fill.
Still, Daru does his best to cheer her up, in a very catlike way: presenting her with a still-alive lizard, while breaking a mug her (apparently dead) father gave her. When the girl sees the cat take up precious few moments she has with her mother, she decides it would be best if both she and the cat were alone.
She puts him in a box with some toys and leaves him by the river…only to come right back when some schoolboys spot the box; she just couldn’t go through with abandoning the poor thing. And her change of heart is rewarded when Daru becomes a conduit for her to meet her first friend in her new town, who likes her cat.
A sunset in the present day reminds both the girl and Daru of the day they met. And now, though they can’t understand each other verbally, they’ve gotten to the point they know what they’re thinking.
Author sesameacrylicPosted on Sat, 12 Mar 2016 Categories Anime Reviews, She and Her Cat: Everything Flows, Winter 2016Tags abandonment, cat, depression, father, girl, hanazawa kana, lonely, making friends, origin story, Pet, shinkai makoto, short form, slice of life, unconditional love, 彼女と彼女の猫
This is the first installment of a compact four-part short-form anime, and the title says it all: this is about a female junior college student and her fluffy black pet cat. Specifically, the story unfolds from Daru the cat’s perspective, and he does the narrating (In a nice bonus, Hana-Kana is the voice of the girl).
Aside from the furry narrator, the show is highly naturalistic, with both time and space flowing much as it does in our own world. But by giving Daru a human voice (which the girl doesn’t hear, by the way), we are told that his love is not unconditional: there’s actually a good reason he loves his owner.
When we first enter their lives, the girl’s roommate is moving out to be with her boyfriend, leaving her alone with an apartment she can’t afford. She also struggles to find a job to pay the bills, and doesn’t consider moving back home an option. She’s not always happy and chipper. Sometimes, she’s downright depressed.
While Daru thinks there’s nothing he can do to quell her pain, I suspect that’s not true, because pets are a great comfort to their owners. What I’m not so sure about is whether my own cat or my roommates respect or love us for working hard and standing up straight and going out to face the world everyday (more likely they love us mostly because we feed them!) However, Daru does love his owner for those very reasons.
In any case, this was a short, sweet look into the life of a girl and her cat. A heartwarming little watch if you own or like said small furry idiosyncratic carnivorous mammals. Oh, and this may interest Hannah: The girl doesn’t get eaten by monsters at the end…so there’s that!
Author sesameacrylicPosted on Sun, 6 Mar 2016 Sun, 6 Mar 2016 Categories Anime Reviews, She and Her Cat: Everything Flows, Winter 2016Tags cat, companion, girl, hanazawa kana, lonely, Pet, shinkai makoto, short form, slice of life, struggles, unconditional love, 彼女と彼女の猫3 Comments on She and Her Cat: Everything Flows – 01
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2014 World Cup – “Itai!”
This photo kind of says it all. Things were surprisingly promising at the half, knotted up at one goal apiece thanks to a stoppage time equalizer by Okazaki Shinji, but then Colombia brought out the steamroller.
The match was another story of Japan’s impressive technical proficiency being nullified by apparent indecision in the box and physical domination by a larger opponent. Still, Blue Samurai fought hard and with heart.
This concludes RABUJOI’s very brief coverage of Japan at the 2014 World Cup.
(Photo ©2014 Ryu Voelkel/Howler Magazine)
Author rabujoistaffPosted on Wed, 25 Jun 2014 Wed, 25 Jun 2014 Categories Non-Anime, RandomTags blue samurai, brazil, colombia, fifa, football, japan, loss, okubo yoshito, soccer, world cup
2014 World Cup – KUSO!
Well, Japan was aggressive, hogging the ball a whopping 75% of the time and out-passing something like 5-to-1, but none of their shots went in the goal. Even though Greece was a man down, they seemed to be playing for a hold, which would net them at least one point, and not trying to win for three, while depriving Japan of two more.
After their scoreless draw, Japan and Greece share the dank basement of Group C. All is technically not lost, but Japan missed a crucial opportunity to control their own destiny, and it doesn’t bode well that they weren’t able to deliver a decisive blow to the weakest team in the group.They play Colombia next Tuesday, and they’ll be playing for pride…and a very slight glimmer of hope.
Author rabujoistaffPosted on Thu, 19 Jun 2014 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 Categories News, Non-Anime, RandomTags brazil, colombia, draw, fifa, football, goal, greece, group c, honda, hope, ivory coast, japan, samurai blue, soccer, world cup
2014 World Cup: “Jitaku iku katsu ka”
“自宅行く勝つか” is as close as we (with the help of Google) could get to saying “Win or go home”, which constitutes Japan’s remaining choices.
Beat Greece, and they’re still in Group C contention. Lose, and they’ll be eliminated (and we’ll only have one more post here commiserating their quick exit from the tournament, for those of you who don’t care about soccer).
The match starts at 6PM Eastern, or 7AM in Tokyo. Blue Samurai will be looking to play more aggressively, having only managed one goal by Honda Keisuke against Ivory Coast, which just fell to Group C leader Colombia 2-1.
Photo by Javier Soriano / AFP Photo
Author rabujoistaffPosted on Thu, 19 Jun 2014 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 Categories News, Non-Anime, RandomTags brazil, fifa, goal, greece, group c, honda, ivory coast, japan, samurai blue, soccer, win or go home, world cup1 Comment on 2014 World Cup: “Jitaku iku katsu ka”
2014 World Cup: 100 Seconds Short
At the end of a football-packed day in which Greece fell to Colombia in the first Group C match, Japan got an early goal by Honda to take a 1-0 lead that they couldn’t quite hold, as Ivory Coast equalized and took over the lead in a second half offensive burst in which both goals were scored within 100 seconds, the fastest interval of the tournament so far.
Japanese players and fans alike wore their hearts on their sleeves, as one should at such an event: alternating between the rapt elation of the goal and the deflated dejection of ultimately falling short of a victory.
Now Japan looks to even their record and gain some points against Greece on 19 June. Greece looked physically and mentally up to the task but seemed to lack the creativity to overcome Colombia’s set pieces. We’ll see if Blue Samurai can keep their hopes of advancing alive in what is still an open Group.
Photos, clockwise from top left, by Jamie Squire, Mark Kolbe, Jamie Squire, and Keith Tsuji, Getty Images.
Author rabujoistaffPosted on Sun, 15 Jun 2014 Sun, 15 Jun 2014 Categories News, Non-Anime, RandomTags brazil, fifa, goal, greece, group c, honda, ivory coast, japan, samurai blue, soccer, world cup
2014 World Cup: Our Team
A non-anime note: at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, we’ll be rooting for Japan in Group C, because…er…why not? It’s arguably the most wide-open group in the cup. They’ll face their first test against Côte d’Ivoire in Recife tonight. Ganbatte, Samurai Blue!
Author rabujoistaffPosted on Sat, 14 Jun 2014 Sun, 15 Jun 2014 Categories Non-Anime, RandomTags brazil, fifa, group c, japan, samurai blue, soccer, world cup1 Comment on 2014 World Cup: Our Team
Michiko to Hatchin – 04
While drinking at the Night Club Rumba, Michiko encounters the exotic dancer Pepe Lima. The next morning, the kids Michiko chased away return and bring her to their boss and owner of the night club, Rico, also Pepe’s lover. Rico makes her pay for one of his kid’s medical bills, and she acquieses. Later, Pepe visits Hatchin’s restaurant and invites her to come to her birthday party at the club, where she’ll tell her about Hiroshi.
As Hatchin gets drunk on juice and Michiko listens skeptically, Pepe tells them about her riches to rags story, and how she’s the only one left to take care of her sister, Lulu, and how she has a plan to escape their plight. After drinking her under the table, Machiko goes home with Hatchin. Pepe and Lulu steal Rico’s money and go on the run, but Lulu goes back for a photo Pepe wants. When she doesn’t return, she begs Michiko for help; Michiko refuses. Pepe’s cab is blocked by Rico’s kids, who open fire on her.
Brazil is massive: 200 million souls and more expansive than the lower 48 states, so there are many other duos like Michiko and Hatchin living within her ample borders, and it was only a matter of time before they ran into one. While they’ll both deny it outwardly, Michiko and Pepe really are alike, though the latter says she’ll trust people while Pepe is originally from money we’re guessing Michiko never saw in her youth. Notably, they also have younger girls to take care of. Pepe and Lulu are a mirror for our heroines, but Michiko ends up breaking that mirror, literally and figuratively.
We were as disappointed with Michiko’s decision as she seemed to be – but if when it comes to survival in the harsh, cruel world, staying out of it was the right choice. Hatchin gets drunk off orange juice, for crying out loud, and while she has a stout heart and will (trying to rescue Michiko was adorable, if foolhardy), a stiff breeze will blow her away. The kids Rico employs may not have great lives, but they have each other and his protection. Hatchin had her awful family, but it was still security, which Michiko took away. As she demonstrates when she pays Rico without a fuss, Michiko’s motto of “keeping things simple” has kept her alive so far; she can’t risk going against it for Pepe, lest Hatchin pay the price.
Rating: 9 (Superior)
Author rabujoistaffPosted on Tue, 1 Oct 2013 Tue, 1 Oct 2013 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2008, Michiko to HatchinTags brazil, drunk, exotic dancing, hana morenos, hatchin, little sister, lulu, michiko malandro, nightclub, pepe lima, rico
Michiko consults with a fortune teller who gives several prophecies to both her and Hatchin, she also sells a “miracle stone” that Michiko gives an unconvinced Hatchin. When Hatchin steps in dog doo, Michiko steals her a new pair of shoes. Hatchin convinces a Chinese restaurateur to give her a chance. As Michiko asks around for Hiroshi, Hatchin works for free to prove she’s serious. She runs after a dine-and-dasher to his favela (going against the fortune teller’s warnings) and is then chased by his friend with a gun. Cornered, she stuns him with her stone. Michiko arrives to pick her up and scare the others off. They go to the shanty where Michiko believes Hiroshi lives, but when a woman answers the door, Michiko storms off with Hatchin in tow, insisting it wasn’t her dad after all.
After shooting down helicopters riding motorbikes through windows and Rube Goldberg-like police chases through town, this episode is a lot quieter (there are some gunshots, but they’re poorly aimed). Now in a relatively safe place where they don’t have to be in survival mode, Michiko sets about her mission to find her man. It’s charming how much faith she puts in the old lady compared to Hatchin’s naked skepticism, and we knew when she started spouting off vague prophesies in her trance, that the episode would unfold much as she said, only with results different than Michiko and Hatchin interpreted them. We also see that Hatchin is still not ready to lead a life of crime, refusing to wear her shiny new shoes until she’s paid for them with a part-time job.
Hatchin’s oppressor-of-the-week is Ramu, but it’s different that she’s there by choice. Being a little kid with no ID, Ramu’s about as kind to you as you’d expect someone in his position to be (he also has a daughter). We also liked Hatchin shearing her pom-poms, a gesture symbolizing that the old put-upon Hana is gone (even if that’s not really true, at least not yet). Her enthusiasm in her quasi-job (she’s never actually paid) and her failure to heed the warning about “climbing the mountain” almost got her killed, but she finally gives in to the superstition, and her miracle stone flies true. As for Hiroshi, we’re guessing that really wasn’t him – just a white guy who resembled the sketch – we’ll know for sure if Michiko continues her search.
This is a show that keeps track of its days and locations, so we know it’s been nearly two weeks since Michiko escaped and not even a week since she and Hatchin teamed up, which explains why Hana and Michiko aren’t quite best buds yet.
Hana’s cat-and-mouse chase with the boy who stole lunch (and her shoes) was excellent, especially when the tables were turned and Hana became the mouse in the favela.
Where is Michiko getting all these outfits? Never mind, we won’t ask…
Like the previous episodes, the built-up, lived-in environs are exquisitely detailed. It’s clear Brazil itself (at least an animated version of it) will be a major character in this series.
Author rabujoistaffPosted on Mon, 30 Sep 2013 Tue, 1 Oct 2013 Categories Anime Reviews, Fall 2008, Michiko to HatchinTags baby daddy, brazil, favela, fortune teller, hana morenos, hiroshi morenos, michiko e hatchin, michiko malandro, prophecy, ramu, sneakers
Michiko Malandro stages a daring escape from prison during a storm, and later holds up a bank for cash. Hana Morenos is the ward of Father Pedro Belenbauza Yamada, and is perpetually abused mistreated by him, her adoptive mother Joanna, and her siblings Maria and Gabriel. She finally snaps and has had enough, beating up Maria and running away, but comes back before long. When Michiko calls Pedro saying she’s coming for her “daughter” Hana, Pedro arms himself with a shotgun, but Michiko drives her motorbike in through the window, snatching Hana up and taking her with her on the road.
Having aired way back in October 2008, this Manglobe series predates our blog by about three years. We were far less attuned to what was airing and when back then, but a friend who liked the look of it recommend we give it a belated look, so here we are. The first episode was one hell of a ride, wasting no time establishing two things: one, that Michiko is a consummate badass who won’t be caged or tamed, and that Hana is a downtrodden oppressed youth of Dickensian/Dahlian proportions, sniped at on all sides by her soul-crushingly sociopathic adoptive family. No trouble feeling empathy for Hana.
Michiko and Hana couldn’t be more different, except for one thing: they both want freedom. And don’t consider this a dig, but we couldn’t help but think of the first Harry Potter book/film when we watched Hana’s story unfold. This is a child whose “family” doesn’t give a shit about, except when it comes to government child support, most of which probably goes toward lining pockets than filling the stomach in her tiny frame. But those hellish times she never deserved to endure may be behind her. There will be other dangers on the road ahead, but there will also be hope.
We really dug the Brazilian setting. It’s a rarity these days for an anime to take place somewhere other than Japan, or a Japanese high school, for that matter. Automatic bonus points for thinking outside the archipelago.
Among the indignities Hana must endure: Gabriel riding her like a dog with a rope around her neck, while Maria sprays cleaner in her face and tries to apply a hot iron to it. Good times!
This was Yamamoto Sayo’s directorial debut, and we love her style so far. Michiko and Hana are voiced by two seiyus who only ever voiced those two characters.
Scrolling down the cast and staff, we were expecting to see Champloo/Bebop helm Wantanabe Shinichiro in a key role, but interestingly, all he seems to be responsible for is the music
We’ll be watching and reviewing more episodes whenever we have the time.
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Anna Seghers: War enthusiasm, brewed from equal parts of age-old memories and total oblivion
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From The Seventh Cross (1939)
Translated by James A. Galston
The very pavement began to vibrate. Shouts of acclamation could be heard from the end of the street. The Sixty-sixth Infantry Regiment had been quartered in the new barracks for several weeks. Whenever it marched through any section of the town it was given a new reception. Here they came at last: trumpeters and drummers, the drum major whirling his stick, the showy horse ambling. Here they were at last! People were jerking their arms up, holding them out in stiff salute…
What magic was this, brewed from equal parts of age-old memories and total oblivion? One could have believed that the last war these people had fought had only left happy memories, had carried in its wake nothing but joy and prosperity. Women and girls were smiling as though their sons and lovers were invulnerable.
How well the boys had learned the step in just a few weeks! At the sound of that march, mothers who were justified in scrupulously counting their every penny and in asking, “What for?” would readily give up their sons, or pieces of their sons. What for? What for? That was the question they would ask themselves softly as soon as the music died away…
“Oh, I can’t complain,” answered Paul. “Two hundred and ten marks a month. That’s fifteen marks more than I got in ’29; that was the best year since the war, and then I only got it for two months. But this time it’ll last…”
“Why,” said George, “it’s obvious even on the street that everything’s going full blast.” His throat grew even more constricted; his heart felt heavy.
“Well,” said Paul, “what do you want? That’s war.”
“Isn’t it a funny feeling?” mused George.
“What you said. Just think that you are manufacturing the things that will kill thousands of others over there.”
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David Vine| Garrisoning the Globe: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Undermine National Security and Harm Us All
September 15, 2015 · by Rise Up Times · in corporate globalization, mainstream media, Militarism, Military Madness · 1 Comment
Tomgram: David Vine, Our Base Nation
“As distinct from other peoples, most Americans do not recognize — or do not want to recognize — that the United States dominates the world through its military power. Due to government secrecy, our citizens are often ignorant of the fact that our garrisons encircle the planet.” —Chalmers Johnson
Posted by David Vine tomdispatch.com September 13, 2015
Introduction by Tom Engelhardt
It’s not that I knew nothing about U.S. military bases before I met Chalmers Johnson. In certain ways, my idea of the good life had been strongly shaped by such a base. Admittedly, it wasn’t in Germany or Japan or South Korea or some other distant land, but on Governor’s Island, an Army base just off the southern tip of New York City. In the 1950s, my father ran a gas station there. On Saturday mornings, I would often accompany him to work on a ferry from downtown Manhattan and spend a dreamy suburban-style day there amid zipping Jeeps and marching troops and military kids, playing ball, wandering freely, catching cowboy or war flicks at the island’s only movie house, and imagining that this was the best of all possible worlds. And yet between that moment and the moment in September 1998 when Johnson’s proposal for a book to be called Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire fell into my editorial hands, I probably never gave our country’s bases another thought.
In that, I was like millions of Americans who, as soldiers or civilians, had cycled through such bases at home and around the world and never considered them again. And we were hardly alone when it came to the hundreds and hundreds of foreign garrisons that made up what Johnson termed our “empire of bases.” Historians, political scientists, and journalists, among many others, paid them little mind. Our overseas garrisons were seldom discussed or debated or covered in the media in any significant way. No one in Congress challenged their existence. No president gave a speech about them. Though I hesitate to use the term, there was something like a conspiracy of silence around them — or perhaps a sense of discomfort that they even existed led everyone to act as if they didn’t. And yet they were the face of this country to significant parts of the world. In their profusion and their reach, they represented a staggering reality for which there was no historical precedent. Billions and billions of dollars poured into them. Hundreds of thousands of troops and their dependents were stationed on them. It should have told us all something that they were quite so unremarked upon, but until Johnson came along, they were, in essence, not so much our little secret as a secret we kept even from ourselves. As he wrote with a certain wonder in the second book in his Blowback Trilogy, The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic, “The landscape of this military empire is as unfamiliar and fantastic to most Americans today as Tibet or Timbuktu were to nineteenth-century Europeans.”
Johnson broke the silence around them — repeatedly. And yet, in an era in which such bases, still being built, have played a crucial role in our various wars, conflicts, bombing and drone assassination campaigns, and other interventions in the Greater Middle East, they remain a barely acknowledged aspect of American life. Why this is so should be considered both a curiosity and a mystery. Is it that a genuine acknowledgement of the existence of a vast network of global garrisons would lead to uncomfortable conclusions about the imperial nature of this country? I’m not sure myself. That they remain largely surrounded by an accepted and acceptable silence, however, continues to be an American reality.
Thank heavens, then, that, almost five years after Chalmers Johnson’s death, TomDispatch regular David Vine has produced a groundbreaking new book, Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World, which should once again bring that empire of bases back into the national discussion. Today, Vine offers an overview of what it means for this country to continue to garrison the planet 24/7. —Tom
Garrisoning the Globe
How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Undermine National Security and Harm Us All
By David Vine
With the U.S. military having withdrawn many of its forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, most Americans would be forgiven for being unaware that hundreds of U.S. bases and hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops still encircle the globe. Although few know it, the United States garrisons the planet unlike any country in history, and the evidence is on view from Honduras to Oman, Japan to Germany, Singapore to Djibouti.
Like most Americans, for most of my life, I rarely thought about military bases. Scholar and former CIA consultant Chalmers Johnson described me well when he wrote in 2004, “As distinct from other peoples, most Americans do not recognize — or do not want to recognize — that the United States dominates the world through its military power. Due to government secrecy, our citizens are often ignorant of the fact that our garrisons encircle the planet.”
To the extent that Americans think about these bases at all, we generally assume they’re essential to national security and global peace. Our leaders have claimed as much since most of them were established during World War II and the early days of the Cold War. As a result, we consider the situation normal and accept that U.S. military installations exist in staggering numbers in other countries, on other peoples’ land. On the other hand, the idea that there would be foreign bases on U.S. soil is unthinkable.
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Oddly enough, however, the mainstream media rarely report or comment on the issue. For years, during debates over the closure of the prison at the base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, nary a pundit or politician wondered why the United States has a base on Cuban territory in the first place or questioned whether we should have one there at all. Rarely does anyone ask if we need hundreds of bases overseas or if, at an estimated annual cost of perhaps $156 billion or more, the U.S. can afford them. Rarely does anyone wonder how we would feel if China, Russia, or Iran built even a single base anywhere near our borders, let alone in the United States.
“Without grasping the dimensions of this globe-girdling Baseworld,” Chalmers Johnson insisted, “one can’t begin to understand the size and nature of our imperial aspirations or the degree to which a new kind of militarism is undermining our constitutional order.” Alarmed and inspired by his work and aware that relatively few have heeded his warnings, I’ve spent years trying to track and understand what he called our “empire of bases.” While logic might seem to suggest that these bases make us safer, I’ve come to the opposite conclusion: in a range of ways our overseas bases have made us all less secure, harming everyone from U.S. military personnel and their families to locals living near the bases to those of us whose taxes pay for the way our government garrisons the globe.
We are now, as we’ve been for the last seven decades, a Base Nation that extends around the world, and it’s long past time that we faced that fact.
The Base Nation’s Scale
Our 800 bases outside the 50 states and Washington, D.C., come in all sizes and shapes. Some are city-sized “Little Americas” — places like Ramstein Air Base in Germany, Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, and the little known Navy and Air Force base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. These support a remarkable infrastructure, including schools, hospitals, power plants, housing complexes, and an array of amenities often referred to as “Burger Kings and bowling alleys.” Among the smallest U.S. installations globally are “lily pad” bases (also known as “cooperative security locations”), which tend to house drones, surveillance aircraft, or pre-positioned weaponry and supplies. These are increasingly found in parts of Africa and Eastern Europe that had previously lacked much of a U.S. military presence.
Other facilities scattered across the planet include ports and airfields, repair complexes, training areas, nuclear weapons installations, missile testing sites, arsenals, warehouses, barracks, military schools, listening and communications posts, and a growing array of drone bases. Military hospitals and prisons, rehab facilities, CIA paramilitary bases, and intelligence facilities (including former CIA “black site” prisons) must also be considered part of our Base Nation because of their military functions. Even U.S. military resorts and recreation areas in places like the Bavarian Alps and Seoul, South Korea, are bases of a kind. Worldwide, the military runs more than 170 golf courses.
The Pentagon’s overseas presence is actually even larger. There are U.S. troops or other military personnel in about 160 foreign countries and territories, including small numbers of marines guarding embassies and larger deployments of trainers and advisors like the roughly 3,500 now working with the Iraqi Army. And don’t forget the Navy’s 11 aircraft carriers. Each should be considered a kind of floating base, or as the Navy tellingly refers to them, “four and a half acres of sovereign U.S. territory.” Finally, above the seas, one finds a growing military presence in space.
The United States isn’t, however, the only country to control military bases outside its territory. Great Britain still has about seven bases and France five in former colonies. Russia has around eight in former Soviet republics. For the first time since World War II, Japan’s “Self-Defense Forces” have a foreign base in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, alongside U.S. and French bases there. South Korea, India, Chile, Turkey, and Israel each reportedly have at least one foreign base. There are also reports that China may be seeking its first base overseas. In total, these countries probably have about 30 installations abroad, meaning that the United States has approximately 95% of the world’s foreign bases.
“Forward” Forever?
Although the United States has had bases in foreign lands since shortly after it gained its independence, nothing like today’s massive global deployment of military force was imaginable until World War II. In 1940, with the flash of a pen, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a “destroyers-for-bases” deal with Great Britain that instantly gave the United States 99-year leases to installations in British colonies worldwide. Base acquisition and construction accelerated rapidly once the country entered the war. By 1945, the U.S. military was building base facilities at a rate of 112 a month. By war’s end, the global total topped 2,000 sites. In only five years, the United States had developed history’s first truly global network of bases, vastly overshadowing that of the British Empire upon which “the sun never set.”
After the war, the military returned about half the installations but maintained what historian George Stambuk termed a “permanent institution” of bases abroad. Their number spiked during the wars in Korea and Vietnam, declining after each of them. By the time the Soviet Union imploded in 1991, there were about 1,600 U.S. bases abroad, with some 300,000 U.S. troops stationed on those in Europe alone.
Although the military vacated about 60% of its foreign garrisons in the 1990s, the overall base infrastructure stayed relatively intact. Despite additional base closures in Europe and to a lesser extent in East Asia over the last decade and despite the absence of a superpower adversary, nearly 250,000 troops are still deployed on installations worldwide. Although there are about half as many bases as there were in 1989, the number of countries with U.S. bases has roughly doubled from 40 to 80. In recent years, President Obama’s “Pacific pivot” has meant billions of dollars in profligate spending in Asia, where the military already had hundreds of bases and tens of thousands of troops. Billions more have been sunk into building an unparalleled permanent base infrastructure in every Persian Gulf country save Iran. In Europe, the Pentagon has been spending billions more erecting expensive new bases at the same time that it has been closing others.
Since the start of the Cold War, the idea that our country should have a large collection of bases and hundreds of thousands of troops permanently stationed overseas has remained a quasi-religious dictum of foreign and national security policy. The nearly 70-year-old idea underlying this deeply held belief is known as the “forward strategy.” Originally, the strategy held that the United States should maintain large concentrations of military forces and bases as close as possible to the Soviet Union to hem in and “contain” its supposed urge to expand.
But the disappearance of another superpower to contain made remarkably little difference to the forward strategy. Chalmers Johnson first grew concerned about our empire of bases when he recognized that the structure of the “American Raj” remained largely unchanged despite the collapse of the supposed enemy.
Two decades after the Soviet Union’s demise, people across the political spectrum still unquestioningly assume that overseas bases and forward-deployed forces are essential to protect the country. George W. Bush’s administration was typical in insisting that bases abroad “maintained the peace” and were “symbols of… U.S. commitments to allies and friends.” The Obama administration has similarly declared that protecting the American people and international security “requires a global security posture.”
Support for the forward strategy has remained the consensus among politicians of both parties, national security experts, military officials, journalists, and almost everyone else in Washington’s power structure. Opposition of any sort to maintaining large numbers of overseas bases and troops has long been pilloried as peacenik idealism or the sort of isolationism that allowed Hitler to conquer Europe.
The Costs of Garrisoning the World
As Johnson showed us, there are many reasons to question the overseas base status quo. The most obvious one is economic. Garrisons overseas are very expensive. According to the RAND Corporation, even when host countries like Japan and Germany cover some of the costs, U.S. taxpayers still pay an annual average of $10,000 to $40,000 more per year to station a member of the military abroad than in the United States. The expense of transportation, the higher cost of living in some host countries, and the need to provide schools, hospitals, housing, and other support to family members of military personnel mean that the dollars add up quickly — especially with more than half a million troops, family members, and civilian employees on bases overseas at any time.
By my very conservative calculations, maintaining installations and troops overseas cost at least $85 billion in 2014 — more than the discretionary budget of every government agency except the Defense Department itself. If the U.S. presence in Afghanistan and Iraq is included, that bill reaches $156 billion or more.
While bases may be costly for taxpayers, they are extremely profitable for the country’sprivateers of twenty-first-century war like DynCorp International and former Halliburton subsidiary KBR. As Chalmers Johnson noted, “Our installations abroad bring profits to civilian industries,” which win billions in contracts annually to “build and maintain our far-flung outposts.”
Meanwhile, many of the communities hosting bases overseas never see the economic windfalls that U.S. and local leaders regularly promise. Some areas, especially in poor rural communities, have seen short-term economic booms touched off by base construction. In the long-term, however, most bases rarely create sustainable, healthy local economies. Compared with other forms of economic activity, they represent unproductive uses of land, employ relatively few people for the expanses occupied, and contribute little to local economic growth. Research has consistently shown that when bases finally close, the economic impact isgenerally limited and in some cases actually positive — that is, local communities can end up better off when they trade bases for housing, schools, shopping complexes, and other forms of economic development.
Meanwhile for the United States, investing taxpayer dollars in the construction and maintenance of overseas bases means forgoing investments in areas like education, transportation, housing, and healthcare, despite the fact that these industries are more of a boon to overall economic productivity and create more jobs compared to equivalent military spending. Think about what $85 billion per year would mean in terms of rebuilding the country’s crumbling civilian infrastructure.
The Human Toll
Beyond the financial costs are the human ones. The families of military personnel are among those who suffer from the spread of overseas bases given the strain of distant deployments, family separations, and frequent moves. Overseas bases also contribute to the shocking rates of sexual assaultin the military: an estimated 30% of servicewomen are victimized during their time in the military and a disproportionate number of these crimes happen at bases abroad. Outside the base gates, in places like South Korea, one often finds exploitative prostitution industries geared to U.S. military personnel.
Worldwide, bases have caused widespread environmental damage because of toxic leaks, accidents, and in some cases the deliberate dumping of hazardous materials. GI crime has long angered locals. In Okinawa and elsewhere, U.S. troops have repeatedly committed horrific acts of rape against local women. From Greenland to the tropical island of Diego Garcia, the military has displaced local peoples from their lands to build its bases.
In contrast to frequently invoked rhetoric about spreading democracy, the military has shown a preference for establishing bases in undemocratic and often despotic states like Qatar and Bahrain. In Iraq, Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia, U.S. bases have created fertile breeding grounds for radicalism and anti-Americanism. The presence of bases near Muslim holy sites in Saudi Arabia was a major recruiting tool for al-Qaeda and part of Osama bin Laden’s professed motivation for the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Although this kind of perpetual turmoil is little noticed at home, bases abroad have all too often generate grievances, protest, and antagonistic relationships. Although few here recognize it, our bases are a major part of the image the United States presents to the world — and they often show us in an extremely unflattering light.
Creating a New Cold War, Base by Base
It is also not at all clear that bases enhance national security and global peace in any way. In the absence of a superpower enemy, the argument that bases many thousands of miles from U.S. shores are necessary to defend the United States — or even its allies — is a hard argument to make. On the contrary, the global collection of bases has generally enabled the launching of military interventions, drone strikes, and wars of choice that have resulted in repeated disasters, costing millions of lives and untold destruction from Vietnam to Iraq.
By making it easier to wage foreign wars, bases overseas have ensured that military action is an ever more attractive option — often the only imaginable option — for U.S. policymakers. As the anthropologist Catherine Lutz hassaid, when all you have in your foreign policy toolbox is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail. Ultimately, bases abroad have frequently made war more likely rather than less.
Proponents of the long-outdated forward strategy will reply that overseas bases “deter” enemies and help keep the global peace. As supporters of the status quo, they have been proclaiming such security benefits as self-evident truths for decades. Few have provided anything of substance to support their claims. While there is some evidence that military forces can indeed deter imminent threats, little if any research suggests that overseas bases are an effective form of long-term deterrence. Studies by both the Bush administration and the RAND Corporation — not exactly left-wing peaceniks — indicate that advances in transportation technology have largely erased the advantage of stationing troops abroad. In the case of a legitimate defensive war or peacekeeping operation, the military could generally deploy troops just as quickly from domestic bases as from most bases abroad. Rapid sealift and airlift capabilities coupled with agreements allowing the use of bases in allied nations and, potentially, pre-positioned supplies are a dramatically less expensive and less inflammatory alternative to maintaining permanent bases overseas.
It is also questionable whether such bases actually increase the security of host nations. The presence of U.S. bases can turn a country into an explicit target for foreign powers or militants — just as U.S. installations have endangered Americans overseas.
Similarly, rather than stabilizing dangerous regions, foreign bases frequently heighten military tensions and discourage diplomatic solutions to conflicts. Placing U.S. bases near the borders of countries like China, Russia, and Iran, for example, increases threats to their security and encourages them to respond by boosting their own military spending and activity. Imagine how U.S. leaders would respond if China were to build even a single small base in Mexico, Canada, or the Caribbean. Notably, the most dangerous moment during the Cold War — the 1962 Cuban missile crisis — revolved around the construction of Soviet nuclear missile facilities in Cuba, roughly 90 miles from the U.S. border.
The creation and maintenance of so many U.S. bases overseas likewise encourages other nations to build their own foreign bases in what could rapidly become an escalating “base race.” Bases near the borders of China and Russia, in particular, threaten to fuel new cold wars. U.S. officials may insist that building yet more bases in East Asia is a defensive act meant to ensure peace in the Pacific, but tell that to the Chinese. That country’s leaders are undoubtedly not “reassured” by the creation of yet more bases encircling their borders. Contrary to the claim that such installations increase global security, they tend to ratchet up regional tensions, increasing the risk of future military confrontation.
In this way, just as the war on terror has become a global conflict that only seems to spread terror, the creation of new U.S. bases to protect against imagined future Chinese or Russian threats runs the risk of becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. These bases may ultimately help create the very threat they are supposedly designed to protect against. In other words, far from making the world a safer place, U.S. bases can actually make war more likely and the country less secure.
Behind the Wire
In his farewell address to the nation upon leaving the White House in 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower famously warned the nation about the insidious economic, political, and even spiritual effects of what he dubbed “the military-industrial-congressional complex,” the vast interlocking national security state born out of World War II. As Chalmers Johnson’s work reminded us in this new century, our 70-year-old collection of bases is evidence of how, despite Ike’s warning, the United States has entered a permanent state of war with an economy, a government, and a global system of power enmeshed in preparations for future conflicts.
America’s overseas bases offer a window onto our military’s impact in the world and in our own daily lives. The history of these hulking “Little Americas” of concrete, fast food, and weaponry provides a living chronicle of the United States in the post-World War II era. In a certain sense, in these last seven decades, whether we realize it or not, we’ve all come to live “behind the wire,” as military personnel like to say.
We may think such bases have made us safer. In reality, they’ve helped lock us inside a permanently militarized society that has made all of us — everyone on this planet — less secure, damaging lives at home and abroad.
David Vine, a TomDispatch regular, is associate professor of anthropology at American University in Washington, D.C. His book, Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World,has just been published as part of the American Empire Project (Metropolitan Books). He has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, andMother Jones, among other publications. For more information and additional articles, visit www.basenation.us and www.davidvine.net.
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While there are no freestanding foreign bases permanently located in the United States, there are now around 800 U.S. bases in foreign countries. Seventy years after World War II and 62 years after the Korean War, there are still 174 U.S. “base sites” in Germany, 113 in Japan, and 83 in South Korea, according to the Pentagon. Hundreds more dot the planet in around 80 countries, including Aruba and Australia, Bahrain and Bulgaria, Colombia, Kenya, and Qatar, among many other places. Although few Americans realize it, the United States likely has more bases in foreign lands than any other people, nation, or empire in history.
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A Slightly More Than Casual Fan’s Reaction to Avenger 4 Trailer 1
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WARNING! Spoilers ahead for Avengers: Infinity War, Ant-Man and The Wasp, and the trailer for Avengers: End Game.
Wow… Iron Man’s helmet really looks beaten… Because it was. And he was. Pretty severely when Thanos nearly snuffed out the life of Tony Stark. I didn’t expect Tony to survive that fight. In fact I’d prepared myself for the death of all the original team when going to see Avengers: Infinity War. But then Dr. Strange pulled the craziest rabbit out of Knowhere when he handed over the Time Stone. Thanos spares Tony and steps through a portal to Wakanda, where he snaps and turns half of us to dust. (I was spared by Thanos… [http://www.DidThanosKill.me/])
Back to the present day. We see and hear Tony power on the Iron Man helmet to record a message for Pepper Potts. He’s fairly confident his death is about a day away, drifting through the vacuum of space.
[pullquote]Gosh. Why must we be depressed even more?![/pullquote]
Cut to the Avengers’ base in Upstate New York. Cap, Black Widow, Banner, and Thor are all shown in mourning: which is normal and to be expected. They even show us a kinder, sadder side of Nebula, who lost Gamora, her adopted sister. Strange, considering she tried to kill her several times in both Volumes of Guardians of the Galaxy.
Bruce stands before displays of Scott Lang (Ant-Man), Shuri, sister of T’Challa (Black Panther), and Peter Parker (Spider-Man). It’s not clear to me why he would be torn over the loss of Scott. As far as we know, they’ve never met. Hulk wasn’t around during Civil War, and Banner likely wasn’t hanging out with a cat burglar before going on the run before the MCU kicked off in 2008. So there is no clear connection between Bruce and Scott. Not even Hank Pym. Bruce only knows that Scott exists from brief remarks between Black Widow and Cap.
Bruce being torn over Spider-Man’s Peter Parker makes a bit of sense. He did get to see Pete in action before he was dragged into space with Tony in Infinity War, though Banner didn’t see Pete go into space. It’s a loose bond, but a bond nonetheless. Tony trusted the kid. Bruce trusts Tony, and by extension, Peter.
Thor is likely beating himself up. We see him sitting all lonesome in a gray hoodie, in a cold-looking room. His head bowed. For a split second it looks like he’s removed the prosthetic eye. But… No… He just opened that eye slower, or delayed. The God of Thunder lost half of his Asgardian refugees when Thanos attacked, seeking the Space Stone lodged inside the Tesseract. Then he lost another half of them in The Snap. So we’re down to 25% of the Asgardians we saw escape from Valhalla in Thor: Ragnarok. We can only hope that Valkyrie, Korg, and Meek are still out there somewhere.
[pullquote position=”right”]Through all of this, Steve and Nat have been talking, voicing over these clips. They’re telling us what we know, and what we felt at the end of Infinity War, and still feel today.[/pullquote]
But what really gets me through all this… is Steve’s hair. It’s perfect. Like, it doesn’t make sense in the context given. He’s depressed, in mourning. His best friend, his allies, have died in front of him. The guy he disagrees with, but respects, is lost in space, and for all Cap knows, turned to dust as well.
Why then is his hair perfectly styled? Did he wake up depressed and decide, “Hey, let me gel my hair and shave the beard before I go and talk about the end of the world with Nat?”
Does this really matter? No. It’s a movie. I get it. But still. It’s out of place to me. I mean…Natasha is another story. Her hair is a bit longer and not styled beyond a quick brushing. It flaps around quite freely. Her hair fits. But his doesn’t.
…Back to what matters…
[pullquote]Finally Nat gives Steve a small pep talk, saying that, “This is gonna work, Steve.” He looks at her and replies that he knows it will. That, “I don’t know what I’m gonna do if it doesn’t.”[/pullquote] The Avengers “A” is shown being reconstructed from dust, followed by the full Avengers title beaming over, and the sub-title, End Game, dusting.
Then Scott Lang (the Ant Man) shows up at the front gate of the compound and asks to be buzzed in.
Wait… What? Wasn’t he lost to the Quantum Realm when Thanos snapped and killed the Pyms and Hope?
Cliffhanger!
Guess we’ll have to wait for the next trailer. Unless Marvel/Disney wants to torture us and not release another trailer. Just make us wait until the movie premieres. I’ll be at an opening night showing. How ‘bout you?
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The ability of a vehicle to navigate safely through any environment relies on its driver having an accurate sense of the future positions and goals of other vehicles on the road. A driver does not navigate around where an agent is, but where it is going to be. To avoid collisions, autonomous vehicles should be equipped with the ability to to derive appropriate controls using future estimations for other vehicles, pedestrians, or otherwise intentionally moving agents in a manner similar to or better than human drivers. Differential game theory provides one approach to generate a control strategy by modeling two players with opposing goals. Environments faced by autonomous vehicles, such as merging onto a freeway, are complex, but they can be modeled and solved as a differential game using discrete approximations; these games yield an optimal control policy for both players and can be used to model adversarial driving scenarios rather than average ones, so that autonomous vehicles will be safer on the road in more situations. Further, discrete approximations of solutions to complex games that are computationally tractable and provably asymptotically optimal have been developed, but may not produce usable results in an online fashion. To retrieve an efficient, continuous control policy, we use deep imitation learning to model the discrete approximation of a differential game solution. We successfully learn the policy generated for two games of different complexity, a fence escape and merging game, and show that the imitated policy generates control inputs faster than the differential game generated policy.
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Via the contest notification I posted about here, I just watched a very effective video they say was conceived, written and directed by a 10 year old boy. Watch it below, it is about a minute:
"Save It" Global Warming message by 10 yr old from 1skycampaign on Vimeo.
Not to be critical at all, especially not of a 10 year old who has not contributed to the framing of environmental debates yet, but it does bring up something that has been bugging me for a while. The whole "Save the Planet" meme is a bit misguided and I think presents a weak point for activists in the media circus that surrounds environmental issues.
The thing is, the planet will be fine. Even life on this planet will be fine when you consider the timescales the earth drifts through. No matter how horribly we screw things up, life will recover, even if it takes a million years. That is a tremendous amount of time when compared to the election cycle, but a million years is nothing set beside the 4.5 billion year age of planet Earth. No matter what toxic or radioactive crap we spew all around us, eventually it will slip back into the earth's mantle and be completely erased, sanitized by anihilation.
No, it is not the planet that needs saving, it is the humans! I think the more activists can make humanity, not the polar bear or the spotted owl, the balancing concern versus the economy, the more effective their arguments will be.
Re-framing 'Save The Planet'?
Interesting idea: "Save It" Global Warming message by 10 yr old from 1skycampaign on Vimeo. [Via - read the post as well]
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"We need to stop trying to 'save the planet' and start worshiping the God that created it"
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Unfortunately, humans (as a group) don't make such good charismatic mega-fauna (CMF), and Homo sapiens CMFs are normally not in a position to require much saving (at least the famous ones).
Okay, but enough of the snarkiness on my part. I think you have a good point. There are many people that don't really care about polar bears or spotted owls, nor see the connection between saving these CMFs and their well-being. Changing the argument from "save the animals" to "allow your grandchildren to live as you would like them to" or even "good Christians don't destroy the earth" might well have a greater impact. (At least in expanding the global warming framing conversation.)
By Umlud (not verified) on 31 Jul 2008 #permalink
Something that might be related:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/31/san-franciscos-grace-cathedral-goin…
I disagree on every possible level.
First of all, humans can degrade materials such that they won't be as useful - especially for tool using animals - and that is irreversible. To say people can't make irreversible changes is just wrong.
Second, screw the humans still trying to "win" by having their family, their race, their tribe simply have more bodies on the ground. If 10% fewer babies were born next year, that would deprive future generations of humans not a whit. If the polar bear and the spotted owl go extinct, THAT is a serious loss.
We don't HAVE a human shortage. We do have a biodiversity shortage, and getting worse.
And if everything but a few cockroaches goes extinct, that's actually a BAD FUCKING THING. And well worth eating into the profits of the super rich now to avoid.
By Marion Delgado (not verified) on 31 Jul 2008 #permalink
Why is a mass extinction, on the scale which has been caused in the past by things like supervolcanoes and honking great asteroids slamming into the planet, considered "the planet will be ok"?
"The planet" is more than just a ball of rock. It is the sum total of species organised into ecosystems, which themselves influence soil, water, and stone, too.
At every mass extinction, unique forms of life are lost which will never be seen again in the history of the universe, so far as we have any reason to believe; and we have no way of knowing what evolutionary futures were pinched off with those disappearances, so arguing that "life" reappeared afterwards is also morally meaningless. But when this happens as the result of an asteroid, for example, it might be a matter for a little bit of regret, but it cannot be considered a moral evil -- after all, there was no intelligence or intent (therefore no actual responsibility) involved in the action, and there was absolutely nothing anyone could possibly have done to avert it.
However, when it comes to a living species with intelligence enough to understand consequences doing that to the rest of the planet...how is this in any way excusable? We are not only able to understand what we are doing, we are able to make choices which influence the outcome. And whether we acknowledge it or not, that makes it an issue of responsibility.
And, think. We are prolific omnivorous generalists with a technology advanced enough to allow us to colonise just about every climate on the planet. Rats and cockroaches are only as successful as they are because they ride in on our coattails, and can take advantage of the conditions we set up. We are going to be absolutely the last species to go extinct, possibly after we have strip-mined every other ecosystem right down to the algae. We are not the species which needs "saving". Quality of life on that kind of world would suck, but anybody who thinks we are in more danger of going extinct than any of the rest of the species we are destroying is delusional.
If you want to make it about people, you can legitimately argue we are destroying our own comfort and security; but to say "the planet will be fine" is bullshit that dodges the real issue, and I get sick of hearing it from "environmentalists".
By Luna_the_cat (not verified) on 31 Jul 2008 #permalink
I happen to agree with you, Coby.
Also, Carlin said essentially the same thing a while ago. When he died, that is the piece of video that I happened to link/embed...(warning: some profanity contained therein)
http://yacketyyakia.blogspot.com/2008/06/well-miss-you-george-carlin.ht…
By Anonymoustache (not verified) on 01 Aug 2008 #permalink
Wow. What huge leaps in logic are being portrayed here.
The planet's biodiversity is maximized when the planet is warm and minimized during ice ages. We are currently in an ice age. We will continue to be until Antarctica moves away from the south pole. If we once again fall into a period like the Dalton or, God forbid, Maunder minimum, many humans will starve. Falling back into an ice age like we had 70,000 years ago would kill most of our species. Life on this planet needs warmth. Apparently, if it is our duty to ensure lasting biodiversity by increasing both the temperature and the amount of CO2 in the air so all plants and animals can prosper.
When it comes to appealing to giving your kids the kind of life you want them to have, most people think economically. That has been the problem with this message from an environmental perspective.
John M Reynold
By jmrSudbury (not verified) on 01 Aug 2008 #permalink
Meow, Luna;
I agree with everything you have to say, with the exception of the initial "bullshit" remark! And yet I stand by what I wrote. Hmmm....
By illconsidered on 01 Aug 2008 #permalink
I would like to refer you to this article in my sceptic guide.
The basic point being that it is not the final equilibrium state the climate will arrive at after we stop altering the atmospheric chemistry, the problem is the rapidity and extremity of the change.
coby: explain how you reconcile your statements to agreeing with me. I'm not seeing it.
...Oh, and it's not just the speed with which climatic changes happen, either. It's the fact that human interference with/destruction of various ecosystems has also left numerous species on "islands" with uncrossable habitat barriers between them and a climate or latitude which might suit them better, and/or many species populations are already considerably reduced because of various stressors on them (such as overhunting/overfishing, habitat destruction, or pollution) -- so far more species get pushed into extinction than might otherwise be during climatic fluctuation.
By Luna_the_cat (not verified) on 01 Aug 2008 #permalink
It's frankly naive for you to treat this as either a new or effective technique.
Anyone who would be moved to protect the environment because of future generations of humanity would, in all likelihood, already have been willing to protect the environment because of endangered wildlife. Likewise, the people who are willing to write off all those species and spaces that they themselves will never benefit from, are not likely to give a crap about some hypothetical people who might or might not be a bit worse off on some other continent sixty years from now.
Neither empathy nor callousness are zero-sum; as Christopher Hitchens noted, the people who care the most about any given topic beyond their own immediate personal interests are the most likely to care about other selfless topics as well. Hence the stereotype of weepy liberals chasing every cause in the world; it's largely true, and so is its inverse. You can't just turn a selfish git into an eco-warrior by re-framing the issue, because unless it really does become a matter of their own immediate personal needs they will never care about any proxy group of sufferers you could possibly name.
By TTT (not verified) on 01 Aug 2008 #permalink
It is not so much that our statements agree, but rather they are not in conflict. Maybe if I clarify a bit, also for Marion Delgado, that I do not personally believe it is morally or even practically okay to let things go to pot, to extinguish species and ecosystems, to destroy entire landscapes or to pollute the water systems. I value tremendously biodiversity and I do not want the spotted owl to go extinct. But when activists start talking about "destroying the planet" or "wiping out life forever" they are engaging in counter productive hyberboles and shifting the debate to a disadvantageous plane.
In case people did not watch or keep in mind the video that prompted my post, it depicted a vanishing globe to the sound track of a stopping heartbeat.
Make no mistake, humanity in its current behaviour is disease making the biosphere very sick. But if snowball earth didn't, and the Great Dying didn't, we will not extinguish life.
I took Luna's point to be mostly "so what, it is still terrible what we are doing" and with this I heartily agree. The earth will still be around and will be thriving again in a million years (what I said), but so what, no one I can possibly care about will be and in the meantime so many things I value will be destroyed (what Luna and Marion are saying).
Coby:
A good clarification, but you probably have to say many millions of years, not "a" million. Especially if all the clathrates come out.
To the obligatory denialist troll:
There is no research linearly associating temperature with biodiversity. Venus, at one end, and a snowball Earth, at the other end, would be maximally uniform and almost lifeless. (Side note to Coby, we don't KNOW there was no open water in the Cryogenic). Apparently, the warm end is worse than the cold end. It's also crazy to think more acidic oceans are more biodiverse. Most of the life in the oceans will be near to shore, by the way. This is of a piece with your either moronic or dishonest "C02 is life" crap. Tell that to the abundant plant life on Venus.
By Marion Delgado (not verified) on 01 Aug 2008 #permalink
coby: then you missed my point, actually.
I neither said nor imeant "The planet will be fine, but what we are doing is still terrible."
What I said, and meant, is "'The planet will be fine' is a stupid and completely inaccurate way to characterise the situatiation."
Just because we don't manage to extinguish life entirely doesn't mean that you can say "the planet will be fine."
"The planet" includes its species and ecosystems, and vast numbers of those are going to be dead and gone forever, not "fine". For the love of little green apples, are dinosaurs "fine"? Are trilobites "fine"? --Are the baiji "fine"?
There is still an earth, but what composes that earth is no longer the same thing, and it is not the same earth. There is more to the planet than a ball of rock occupying the same space around the same star, is what I'm trying to convey to you here. To say "the planet will be fine" is to gloss over and blow off the fact that the living composition which in fact MAKES the planet what it is, gets destroyed.
What pisses me off the most about it, too, is that I have actually seen this "the planet will be fine" trope USED, not just once but many times, by many different individuals on both sides of the political spectrum, as a justification for complete inaction. From the "conservative" (what a misnomer) side, "the planet is bigger than all of us, it will be fine. We're not big enough to destroy it." From the hard left wing side, "We should just let humans make themselves extinct, then the planet will be fine." Both ways, it is used as an excuse and a reason not to fight destruction of local species or environments, or alter any lifestyles.
I'm sure that is not what you meant. But if you want to talk about trying to influence people to not be so environmentally destructive, try not to hand them the phrase/play into a trope which is widely used to discount and ignore environmental destruction.
Besides, it is not something with which I agree on any level (I hope you understand that now), and I would be ashamed and disgusted to stand behind anything like it.
I don't know if it is constructive to pursue, but I will take one more shot at it...
You mentioned the dinosaurs. They did indeed go extinct, and they are indeed less than fine. But up until, say 10,000 years ago, wouldn't you have said that the earth was fine? Even without dinosaurs? I don't disagree that the Earth is more than a ball of rock, it is an intricate web of ecosystems. This is really just a question of point of view, is one ecosystem better than any other? If all the current ones extinguish (whcih BTW is entirely likely in even the most natural progression of events) but are replaced by different but equally intricate ones, has the earth taken as a whole on a long term view really lost out? I think from the point of view of Gaia, it will be right again.
It is the human point of view that will be seeing calamity. The current ecosystems are our ecosystems and we depend on them much more than people tend to realize.
Think of it like getting a very bad first degree burn. The doctor will tell you, that yes it hurts but you will be fine. All that dead skin won't be, and you will suffer for a while but you will be fine.
I agree that "the planet will be ok" is similarily misused by right wing talking points to justify destruction, what won't be misued? But I think it is so much easier to make that line look ridiculous by revealing the timescales involved and showing what we and our immediate descendants will have to live with until the earth recovers.
Anyway, you don't have to agree with my point, but I still think our argument is like arguing over the glass being half full or half empty.
I think you're presenting a false dichotomy. I would argue that preserving the current biosphere on the plant IS saving humans. We are part of the biosphere, and depend upon it for our existence, our standard of living, and our quality of life. Save the Planet = Save Human Life As We Know It. I think as a species we've got it pretty good right now, so can we please try to keep it that way? (i.e., let's stop messing with the climate before it starts messing with us more than we can handle).
I think you can use either half of the message (Save the Planet, or Save the Humans) depending on who you're talking to and what they care about, but I argue that it's still the same message.
By Chad (not verified) on 05 Aug 2008 #permalink
Hi Chad,
This is largely my point, that saving the biosphere is saving the humans. I am only saying that as a PR battle cry "save your children" is more effective than "save the biosphere".
On a tangential note: does it qualify as a false dichotomy if both positions are the same? Usually false dichotomy means there are more than two choices, here the problem is there is actually just one. If only there were some sort of giant listing of words and phrases together with their meanings...
By coby (not verified) on 05 Aug 2008 #permalink
5 years on I still have one more thing to add: it may just be anthropic luck that the Snowball Earth (which might not have been complete w/r/t open water) or any Great Dying didn't, in fact, get rid of evolving life. If it had, we wouldn't be having this discussion. What's actually unscientific and anti-scientific in the extreme is to assert, as they did in Jurassic Park, that "life finds a way." The point is .... until it doesn't. And then it's too late to un-take the risk.
By Marion Delgado (not verified) on 15 Nov 2013 #permalink
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[u]Hyakuji 2.0 Template[/u]
[b][u]Character Name:[/u][/b] Yamitsuki "Yami" Von Kaiser Metatron
[b][u]Gender:[/u][/b] Male
[b][u]Age:[/u][/b] 72,000, because of time looping.
[b][u]Height:[/u][/b] 7 feet tall exactly!
[b][u]Weight:[/u][/b] 200 pounds, almost all muscle.
[b][u]Theme Song:[/b][/u] One-Winged Angel (From Advent Children)
[b][u]Description or Image of Character Appearance:[/u][/b]
The first thing normal people look at on Yamitsuki is his birthmark, a terrifying skull on his cheek. It looks like a tattoo, but he was born with it. It scares people and makes them afraid of him pretty easily. Yami has silvery hair like moonlight spun into thread, but has roses weaved in constantly, to prick him with their thorns to keep him alert until it's time to sleep and he takes them out. He wears a trench-vest with the Japanese word "Shin" on the front lapels, which is worn over his dragon-scale armor with a demon face sculpted into it. Because of his blood, Yami has a pair of blank angel wings that emerge from his shoulders, and the feathers are actually rusty knives because he doesn't oil them enough. He wears a samurai hakama with a chrysanthemum pattern weaved in and wears samurai sandals too. Because of his Eyes of Hell's Gates, Yami has one eye red like blood and one eye that constantly shifts colors but has the pattern of two crossed katanas in the middle.
[b][u]Occupation:[/u][/b] Student, Chronosavant
[b][u]Grade Level:[/u][/b] Freshman
[b][u]Powers/ Abilities:[/u][/b]
Forsaken Blood:
Yamitsuki was originally descended from angels, but demons made him kill his also-angel girlfriend so he fell and became a demon himself. The power of his blood made him afraid to use his powers for a long time, so he trained to be a samurai in Tokyo, but he always kept his father's holy revolvers hidden in his clothes too. But his divine and demonic blood made him a target for a vampire, and when Yamitsuki was bitten, he became a vampire too, which made his blood even stronger. As a result of all this, Yamitsuki has angel powers like firing light beams, but also demon powers like using fire and darkness, and he can turn into a bat.
Sharpshooter Samurai:
Yami, afraid of his blood's powers, trained with his revolvers and got katanas too. Because switching weapons when he needed to was dangerous in battle, Yami had them forged together. He wields two katanas, one in each hand, and they have his father's holy revolvers in the hilts. Over time, as Yami killed people, the swords became demonic, especially because he was part-demon himself. They always burn with black fire along the blades, except when he keeps them in their sheathes. They're so evil that they'd possess anyone else who used them, but Yami is protected because of his strong will and his fathers' holy revolvers. They shoot blessed bullets made of platinum that Yami produces himself.
Blood Magic:
Yami's blood has a lot of power in it, and is ancient and powerful because it has angel blood AND demon blood, with vampire corruption later on too. If Yami drinks blood from somebody, he gets 10 times more powerful for the next hour. But because he keeps his body in shape by working out all the time and fighting, Yami is super-sculpted, and has a 98% muscle mass by weight, so he isn't a weak wizard.
Sacred Hellfire:
Yami is part angel and part demon, so he has access to a special power nobody else does called Sacred Hellfire. It burns anything because its holy and unholy at the same time.
Hacker Skills:
Yami learned a lot about computers and can hack into anything because he's so good with them.
Ace Pilot:
Yami was caught back in the time of dinosaurs for a few centuries becuase of his time loops and he invented the world's first giant mecha to keep himself safe, though he wound up fusing it with a Tyrannosaurus Rex eventually when it was super-damaged in a fight against time travelling demons that possessed 200 velociraptors at once. Yami can control his mecha, the Behemoth, with his thoughts alone.
Super Learning:
Yami knows a lot of skills because he's lived a super long time, but his Eyes of Hell's Gates let him learn any skill or action just by watching them for a few minutes. This makes Yami a powerful wizard who can cast anything.
Speech Languages:
Yami knows Japanese, Chinese, English, German, and Russian. He also knows how to speak Babylonian, Latin, and Martian, because he met aliens in the past who visited him because he was earth's best candidate who taught him how to speak it so he could be an interpreter in the future. Because he lived with dinosaurs for so long, he also knows how to talk to them and be understood.
Galaxy Destroyer Stardust Dragon Style:
Yami was learned his martial arts by watching lots of fights from all over the world, until he made his own style by putting together everything that did something the best. He can throw hadoukens and do the Shun Goku Satsu.
Super Handsome:
Yami is so handsome and good-looking that women get suspicious of each other and fight over him, something he always hates when it happens. He's tried to make this stop by sometimes wearing a mask or hood.
Destiny:
Yami is destined the save the whole world someday, Nostradamus told him himself, but Yami doesn't know when, so he's always worried about when the trouble might come.
[b][u]Equipment You Have:[/u][/b]
Yami's a computer genius too, so he always has an Alienware laptop he built himself with him.
Yami has the Jewels of the Planet, one of each birthstone that are said to be the most beautiful and pure versions of those jewels in the whole world. They each have a special power of their own, and Yami keeps them embedded in his fingerless leather gloves.
January: Garnet: Lets Yami control the weather.
February: Amethyst: Gives Yami psychic powers.
March: Aquamarine: Lets Yami breath underwater.
April: Diamond: Gives Yami super-strength.
May: Emerald: Lets Yami become Gigaplex Yami, having ultimate power for 10 minutes a year.
June: Pearl: Gives Yami the power to see 5 seconds into the future.
July: Ruby: Lets Yami teleport.
August: Peridot: Gives Yami control over plants.
September: Sapphire: Lets Yami take away someone else's powers.
October: Opal: Lets Yami make lasers out of light.
November: Topaz: Gives Yami control over nuclear radiation.
December: Turquoise: Lets Yami heal people.
The Behemoth:
Yami's mech he fused with a T-Rex to make a cyborg. It can transform into a motorcycle he rides around when he needs to get someplace fast, but The Behemoth can become tall as a skyscraper when Yami needs it to be. The Behemoth has a lightsaber chainsaw-whip and its own special nuclear reactor Yami built and perfected over time, so it has infinite energy to power itself with.
Stock Billionaire:
Yami, because of his time loops, knew how businesses would turn out in the end, so he made 500 billion dollars off the stock market. He gives lots of it to his friends if they need cash.
[b][u]Residency Request:[/u][/b]
[b][u]Schedule:[/u][/b]
Homeroom Teacher: Hiro
1)Advanced Demonology
2)Survival Studies
3)The Arts
[b][u]Personality Description:[/u][/b]
Yamitsuki Von Kaiser Metatron wants to be normal and wishes everyone wouldn't only envy his power and try to take advantage of him and make him do what they want.
[b][u]Personal History:[/u][/b]
Yamitsuki Von Kaiser Metatron has had a long, painful life. He was a descendant of angels, but demons made him kill his girlfriend who was also an angel, so Yamitsuki was banished from heaven. Before he was thrown out though, he was given his father's holy revolvers and one of his eyes.
When he first came to earth in the 1990's, Yami didn't know what to do, but wanted revenge on demons for what they did to him. So he killed any demons he found, but this got the attention of the president of a wrestling company in America. Yami became a champion wrestler, but he was too good. The president wanted to get rid of him and slander his image, because the fans only cared about Yami and none of the company's other fighters. The president was a vampire, so he bit Yami to make him unable to fight, but that only made Yami stronger. Yami fled the wrestling company anyway, afraid of giving in to his new bloodlust.
Yami keeps many secrets, and one of them is how he got stuck flinging through time over and over. He'd be randomly taken to one point in time, live there for a few hundred years or centuries, and then get taken somewhere else. This continued for 71,899 non-consecutive years. Eventually, it stopped, but he'd learned all kinds of things from civilizations all over the world, or even from before humans existed.
100 years ago in the past, it stopped, and Yami knew it. So he found himself living in Japan, and eventually helped found Hyakuji behind the scenes. He wanted to rest for a while, but realized he'd never experienced being a high school student before, so he disguised himself and started being a freshman.
[b][u]Mashed Potatoes?[/u][/b]
[spoiler]If you haven't figured out this whole thing is my (Pancake Mix's) deranged idea of a prank yet...well, you have now. If you're reading this, staff, I recommend gettting in on the fun and acting like you need a "second opinion" on the profile and asking someone else to take a look at it.[/spoiler]
[u]Hyakuji 2.0 Template[/u] [b][u]Character Name:[/u][/b] Yamitsuki "Yami" Von Kaiser Metatron [b][u]Gender:[/u][/b] Male [b][u]Age:[/u][/b] 72,000, because of time looping. [b][u]Height:[/u][/b] 7 feet tall exactly! [b][u]Weight:[/u][/b] 200 pounds, almost all muscle. [b][u]Theme Song:[/b][/u] One-Winged Angel (From Advent Children) [b][u]Description or Image of Character Appearance:[/u][/b] The first thing normal people look at on Yamitsuki is his birthmark, a terrifying skull on his cheek. It looks like a tattoo, but he was born with it. It scares people and makes them afraid of him pretty easily. Yami has silvery hair like moonlight spun into thread, but has roses weaved in constantly, to prick him with their thorns to keep him alert until it's time to sleep and he takes them out. He wears a trench-vest with the Japanese word "Shin" on the front lapels, which is worn over his dragon-scale armor with a demon face sculpted into it. Because of his blood, Yami has a pair of blank angel wings that emerge from his shoulders, and the feathers are actually rusty knives because he doesn't oil them enough. He wears a samurai hakama with a chrysanthemum pattern weaved in and wears samurai sandals too. Because of his Eyes of Hell's Gates, Yami has one eye red like blood and one eye that constantly shifts colors but has the pattern of two crossed katanas in the middle. [b][u]Occupation:[/u][/b] Student, Chronosavant [b][u]Grade Level:[/u][/b] Freshman [b][u]Powers/ Abilities:[/u][/b] Forsaken Blood: Yamitsuki was originally descended from angels, but demons made him kill his also-angel girlfriend so he fell and became a demon himself. The power of his blood made him afraid to use his powers for a long time, so he trained to be a samurai in Tokyo, but he always kept his father's holy revolvers hidden in his clothes too. But his divine and demonic blood made him a target for a vampire, and when Yamitsuki was bitten, he became a vampire too, which made his blood even stronger. As a result of all this, Yamitsuki has angel powers like firing light beams, but also demon powers like using fire and darkness, and he can turn into a bat. Sharpshooter Samurai: Yami, afraid of his blood's powers, trained with his revolvers and got katanas too. Because switching weapons when he needed to was dangerous in battle, Yami had them forged together. He wields two katanas, one in each hand, and they have his father's holy revolvers in the hilts. Over time, as Yami killed people, the swords became demonic, especially because he was part-demon himself. They always burn with black fire along the blades, except when he keeps them in their sheathes. They're so evil that they'd possess anyone else who used them, but Yami is protected because of his strong will and his fathers' holy revolvers. They shoot blessed bullets made of platinum that Yami produces himself. Blood Magic: Yami's blood has a lot of power in it, and is ancient and powerful because it has angel blood AND demon blood, with vampire corruption later on too. If Yami drinks blood from somebody, he gets 10 times more powerful for the next hour. But because he keeps his body in shape by working out all the time and fighting, Yami is super-sculpted, and has a 98% muscle mass by weight, so he isn't a weak wizard. Sacred Hellfire: Yami is part angel and part demon, so he has access to a special power nobody else does called Sacred Hellfire. It burns anything because its holy and unholy at the same time. Hacker Skills: Yami learned a lot about computers and can hack into anything because he's so good with them. Ace Pilot: Yami was caught back in the time of dinosaurs for a few centuries becuase of his time loops and he invented the world's first giant mecha to keep himself safe, though he wound up fusing it with a Tyrannosaurus Rex eventually when it was super-damaged in a fight against time travelling demons that possessed 200 velociraptors at once. Yami can control his mecha, the Behemoth, with his thoughts alone. Super Learning: Yami knows a lot of skills because he's lived a super long time, but his Eyes of Hell's Gates let him learn any skill or action just by watching them for a few minutes. This makes Yami a powerful wizard who can cast anything. Speech Languages: Yami knows Japanese, Chinese, English, German, and Russian. He also knows how to speak Babylonian, Latin, and Martian, because he met aliens in the past who visited him because he was earth's best candidate who taught him how to speak it so he could be an interpreter in the future. Because he lived with dinosaurs for so long, he also knows how to talk to them and be understood. Galaxy Destroyer Stardust Dragon Style: Yami was learned his martial arts by watching lots of fights from all over the world, until he made his own style by putting together everything that did something the best. He can throw hadoukens and do the Shun Goku Satsu. Super Handsome: Yami is so handsome and good-looking that women get suspicious of each other and fight over him, something he always hates when it happens. He's tried to make this stop by sometimes wearing a mask or hood. Destiny: Yami is destined the save the whole world someday, Nostradamus told him himself, but Yami doesn't know when, so he's always worried about when the trouble might come. [b][u]Equipment You Have:[/u][/b] Yami's a computer genius too, so he always has an Alienware laptop he built himself with him. Yami has the Jewels of the Planet, one of each birthstone that are said to be the most beautiful and pure versions of those jewels in the whole world. They each have a special power of their own, and Yami keeps them embedded in his fingerless leather gloves. January: Garnet: Lets Yami control the weather. February: Amethyst: Gives Yami psychic powers. March: Aquamarine: Lets Yami breath underwater. April: Diamond: Gives Yami super-strength. May: Emerald: Lets Yami become Gigaplex Yami, having ultimate power for 10 minutes a year. June: Pearl: Gives Yami the power to see 5 seconds into the future. July: Ruby: Lets Yami teleport. August: Peridot: Gives Yami control over plants. September: Sapphire: Lets Yami take away someone else's powers. October: Opal: Lets Yami make lasers out of light. November: Topaz: Gives Yami control over nuclear radiation. December: Turquoise: Lets Yami heal people. The Behemoth: Yami's mech he fused with a T-Rex to make a cyborg. It can transform into a motorcycle he rides around when he needs to get someplace fast, but The Behemoth can become tall as a skyscraper when Yami needs it to be. The Behemoth has a lightsaber chainsaw-whip and its own special nuclear reactor Yami built and perfected over time, so it has infinite energy to power itself with. Stock Billionaire: Yami, because of his time loops, knew how businesses would turn out in the end, so he made 500 billion dollars off the stock market. He gives lots of it to his friends if they need cash. [b][u]Residency Request:[/u][/b] [b][u]Schedule:[/u][/b] Homeroom Teacher: Hiro 1)Advanced Demonology 2)Survival Studies 3)The Arts [b][u]Personality Description:[/u][/b] Yamitsuki Von Kaiser Metatron wants to be normal and wishes everyone wouldn't only envy his power and try to take advantage of him and make him do what they want. [b][u]Personal History:[/u][/b] Yamitsuki Von Kaiser Metatron has had a long, painful life. He was a descendant of angels, but demons made him kill his girlfriend who was also an angel, so Yamitsuki was banished from heaven. Before he was thrown out though, he was given his father's holy revolvers and one of his eyes. When he first came to earth in the 1990's, Yami didn't know what to do, but wanted revenge on demons for what they did to him. So he killed any demons he found, but this got the attention of the president of a wrestling company in America. Yami became a champion wrestler, but he was too good. The president wanted to get rid of him and slander his image, because the fans only cared about Yami and none of the company's other fighters. The president was a vampire, so he bit Yami to make him unable to fight, but that only made Yami stronger. Yami fled the wrestling company anyway, afraid of giving in to his new bloodlust. Yami keeps many secrets, and one of them is how he got stuck flinging through time over and over. He'd be randomly taken to one point in time, live there for a few hundred years or centuries, and then get taken somewhere else. This continued for 71,899 non-consecutive years. Eventually, it stopped, but he'd learned all kinds of things from civilizations all over the world, or even from before humans existed. 100 years ago in the past, it stopped, and Yami knew it. So he found himself living in Japan, and eventually helped found Hyakuji behind the scenes. He wanted to rest for a while, but realized he'd never experienced being a high school student before, so he disguised himself and started being a freshman. [b][u]Mashed Potatoes?[/u][/b] [spoiler]If you haven't figured out this whole thing is my (Pancake Mix's) deranged idea of a prank yet...well, you have now. If you're reading this, staff, I recommend gettting in on the fun and acting like you need a "second opinion" on the profile and asking someone else to take a look at it.[/spoiler]
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Paul Hale
organ consultant · organ recitalist
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News posts in 2019
Monday 23rd December
It was a delight to be back in Southwell Minster on 23rd December, where we attended the first night of the Festival of Lessons and Carols. A lovely atmosphere, a packed cathedral, excellent singing and a wide range of carols. And no responsibility for it myself! Joy all round.
Waiting for the choir
Monday 9th December
Anne and I are still in a trance this morning after a profoundly moving and immaculately prepared performance by the Oxford Bach Choir and CBSO of 'The Dream of Gerontius' yesterday evening, a concert dedicated to the memory of Sir Stephen Cleobury, members of whose family were present. The Sheldonian Theatre was packed, Roderick Williams, Ed Lyon and Kathryn Rudge were on inspired vocal form, and Benjamin Nicholas steered his forces through the deep streams and flashing rapids of Elgar's masterpiece with calm aplomb and complete control. Intense detailed preparation of the score is all-important when it comes to conducting Elgar; few are as well-prepared as Ben Nicholas, who has an instinctive feel for just the right tempo at every moment. Totally inspiring!
The Dream of Gerontius / Oxford Bach Choir
We visited my parent's grave here in the beautiful Arboretum Cemetery in Bingham a couple of days ago — two years since Dad died — and as we stood there, a lovely little robin came and perched on the memorial stone. He watched and waited — beautifully still — whilst I took a couple of photos, then flew away. My mother would have been so delighted!
This evening I was part of a capacity audience at Westminster Cathedral for an extraordinary event. Seven Viscount digital organs had been installed, to augment the cathedral's two famous pipe organs, all in aid of the UK premiere of the late Jean Guillou's 'La Rêvolte des Orgues', which formed the last thirty minutes of the evening, and featured leading players from all over Europe. The nine instruments were put to good use in the first hour of the programme in music by Bach and Vivaldi, the percussionist necessary for the Guillou also playing the side drum in Pierre Cochereau's 'Boléro sur un thème de Charles Racquet'. Frankly, words fail me in attempting to do the event justice, but I would not have missed it - even if I never wish to hear the Guillou again.
Guillou memorial concert at Westminster cathedral
Monday 11th November
Today was spent at Radley College, near Oxford, a famously musical independent school which has recently signed a contract with Nicholson & Co for a new three-manual organ. The need has arisen because the chapel is about to be extended and the current organ will not be loud enough nor is in the best position in chapel to lead the singing. Today they took final measurements for the new case, standing proudly in the west gallery, the large Pedal section going in the existing organ chamber. The photograph shows work beginning on the chapel, which will gain a beautiful new East end.
Anne and I have just returned from a most enriching holiday in Vienna and Salzburg. By great good fortune we managed to get into the dress rehearsal of La Clemenza di Tito on our second night, and that good fortune remained with us for eleven days as we trod in the footsteps (and in the very houses) of Leopold, Constanze and Wolfgang Mozart, of Michael and Joseph Haydn, and, of course, of Antonio Salieri. A refreshing interlude was a wine-tasting day in the Wachau Valley, culminating in a visit to the glorious Abbey at Melk. Even the weather smiled upon us - and the flights were on time. We could ask for nothing more and returned home truly refreshed and inspired.
Franz Joseph Haydn's house in Vienna
Constanze and Leopold Mozart's grave, St Sebastian's churchyard, Salzburg
Shrine to Michael Haydn - St Peter's Church, Salzburg
I've not conducted a Diocesan Choirs Festival since retiring from Southwell so it was a real delight to do so in Henley-on-Thames parish church on October 12th. Numbering around 200 - with an impressive three rows of extremely well-behaved and thoroughly-prepared juniors - the combined choirs of the Diocese of Oxford made a well-blended and confident sound. The rehearsal went smoothly and the service was a delight, enhanced by the fine playing of Sebastian Thomson coping with the rather odd organ, and a thought-provoking address by the Incumbent, Fr. Jeremy Tayler.
I'm just back from a stimulating couple of days in Swindon, where last night I gave the inaugural recital on a singularly fine organ in the very well-attended Catholic church of the Holy Rood. Anthony Hall (of Clevedon organs) has been 'titulaire' there for some years and his firm has just finished enlarging and enhancing the 1930 Ainscough organ. A gorgeous terraced console designed by Anthony and made by Colin Peacock's team at Renatus was exceptionally comfortable to play and the large and enthusiastic audience made playing a real delight. I can't remember when I enjoyed playing an opening recital as much!
Sunday 8th September
It has been a stimulating weekend in Cardiff, where the RCO, IAO and BIOS have mounted this year's three-day Organ Fest. RCO President Gerald Brooks gave immaculately prepared recitals on the two splendid 3-manual Father Willis organs in the city, David Briggs performed an heroic programme on the majestic Nicholson in Llandaff Cathedral (to be broadcast later this month on BBC Radio 3), and a most interesting lecture recital was given in the National Museum of Wales, centred on the Snetzler / Green / Gray & Davison organ in its beautiful and unique Robert Adam case. Anne and I enjoyed all the music and also the social aspects of the weekend, meeting up with many friends. I took a photo of the wonderful Snetzler in the museum; the trip was worth the effort for this organ alone.
Williams Wynne Snetzler organ, National Museum, Cardiff
1887 Father Willis console, Eglwys Dewi Sant, Cardiff
Thursday 29th August
An enjoyable annual event, which I have had the honour to organise for the last ten years, is the Diocesan Organ Advisers' Conference, at which around 30 Anglican Diocesan Organ Advisers from all over the country (plus colleagues from other denominations) assemble for three days for a varied programme of talks, instruction, organ visits, and general discussion. This week, for the first time since the conference was founded some 60 years ago, we have been based in the Diocese of Leicester, at tranquil Launde Abbey. The conference was centred on the work of local organ-builders Stephen Taylor and Joshua Porritt, several of whose organs were examined and discussed. The photograph is of Taylor's last remaining untouched organ, at St Peter's church, Highfields.
Anne and I have just returned from five nights in Riga, Latvia, a city beautifully restored since Latvia regained independence from Russia in 1991. It was a pleasure to be playing five organ solos in two concerts given by the excellent choir of St Peter's church, Nottingham, under the genial guidance of Dr Peter Siepmann. The most memorable moments were on Sunday in Riga Dom, playing its monster 124-stop Walcker, complete with original 1880s console. A real challenge, but so worthwhile as the organ sounds utterly wonderful. Definitely one to remember.
Paul and presentation rose after his Riga Dom recital
Tuesday 6th August
The Arts Society, Trent Valley branch, visited beautiful Sledmere House in the East Riding of Yorkshire today. The house boasts a large Binns, Fitton & Haley (rebuilt and enlarged by Principal Pipe Organs) in the attic, speaking down boldly into the entrance hall and played by a three-manual stop-key console. I had great fun entertaining our friends in the group, whose monthly lectures Anne and I attend with enormous pleasure.
Tuesday 23rd July
It's been a busy few days, during which I took part in a celebratory concert at Southwell Minster, to mark thirty years since I founded the Southwell Minster Choir Association and to relaunch the Southwell Minster Old Choristers' Association. On Monday 22nd Simon Hogan conducted his final Evensong before leaving the Minster after seven years of stunning playing, following which the Minster Chorale and guests enjoyed a wonderful barbecue in the grounds of Sacrista Prebend (formerly the Choristers' boarding house). As if that wasn't enough, our dear friend Murray Somerville gave a splendid recital on the Selby Abbey organ today, followed by a most convivial buffet lunch. The summer has started well!
Murray and Hazel Somerville (centre) with family and friends
Tuesday 9th July
Anne and I have just spent a very happy few days on the Isle of Wight, where I played a recital on the beautiful Mutin / Cavaillé-Coll (restored by Andrew Cooper) in Quarr Abbey and gave some organ advice at Holy Trinity, Cowes. Wonderful weather and the Island was as delightful as ever: we managed two serious walks and rather more serious meals. Let's hope the former balance out the latter.
Sunday 23rd June
Well, that's it: all good things come to an end! Last night the wonderful Nottingham Bach Choir sang their hearts out in my final concert as their Musical Director - after 29 years at the helm. From the VW Mystical Songs, Parry's Blest pair of Sirens to Haydn's Little Organ Mass and Bach's exceptionally challenging Singet dem Herrn - all were sung accurately and stylishly, with expression in the romantic pieces, elegance in the Haydn and sparkling vivacity in the Bach. No conductor could have wished for more - nor for a more enjoyable and stimulating three decades with a choir. I wish all my friends in NBC the very best wishes for an exciting future with my popular and talented successor, Dr Peter Siepmann, to whom I - literally - passed the baton at the end of the evening. Au revoir, NBC!
Paul hands the baton to Dr Peter Siepmann
It has been a challenging week for our family. My lovely mother died, aged 93, on the same day that Notre Dame, Paris, burnt, my father having died (aged 98) at the end of 2017. On Thursday June 13th (their 72nd Wedding Anniversary) we buried their combined ashes in the peaceful Arboretum Cemetery here in Bingham, following a beautiful service in Southwell Minster, conducted by my old friend and colleague Canon Nigel Coates. Family and friends came together from all over the UK, from the USA and from Italy, so it was an amazing and enriching gathering. All went well, though we do now feel emotionally and physically drained, and it's odd - even at our age - being without parents.
June and Lawrie Hale on their Golden Wedding Anniversary
Flowers on June and Lawrie Hale's grave, 13 June 2019
It's been a while since I played the organ for an Organ Dedication service, so it was a special pleasure to do so at Barcheston today. The Bishop of Warwick dedicated the new organ—built by Henry Groves & Son in divided cases designed by the late Kenneth Tickell—and a glorious Choral Evensong was sung by a small choir of Oxford and London pros assembled and ably directed by Nigel Howells. This little Warwickshire country church will never before have experienced singing quite like that! A very happy occasion—as was the party which followed.
This weekend Anne and I have been staying in Orford, on the east coast, in whose parish church Benjamin Britten conducted the first performance of Noyes Fludde and of his Church Parables. It now has a fine organ, the 3-manual Peter Collins formerly at Southampton University, restored by Cousans Organs, which looks and sounds as if it had been made for its new home. There were three major concerts: I played the first, followed by Bernhard Haas (performing from memory) and then Catherine Ennis, whose vivacious performance of the Poulenc Concerto (with Prometheus Orchestra) brought the house down. A truly memorable weekend.
On Monday 15th April all my friends were glued to their screens watching in horror as the medieval roof of Notre Dame, Paris, burnt. For the Hale family, that came at the end of an already sad day in which my beloved mother, June, died. Aged 93, she had enjoyed 70 years of happy and fulfilling marriage to my father, Lawrie, who died at the end of 2017. Her last 16 months had been spent close to us in a Care Home, where it was a joy to have seen her regularly. She will be hugely missed but remembered with enormous affection.
Wednesday 3rd April
Nicholson & Co Ltd, organ-builders of Malvern, today put on a stimulating training day for Diocesan organ advisers. Attracting DOAs from all over England—Devon to Carlisle—the day was packed with sessions on all aspects of organ restoration and conservation, including how to approach assessing what work needs doing, actions, wind, soundboards, electrics, pipe restoration, voicing, casework restoration, and so on. Warm thanks are owed to Managing Director Andrew Caskie and his skilled team for giving up an entire day to this event.
Assembled DOAs studying soundboard restoration
Studying wind and action restoration
Saturday 30th March
Today will long remain in my memory, for it was the last time I shall conduct the 'St Matthew Passion' with Nottingham Bach Choir. Everything came together so well on the day—Orchestra da Camera (since my youth my favourite chamber orchestra for choral society accompaniment) on top form, along with all soloists, Rogers Covey-Crump delivering a memorable interpretation of the Evangelist's core role. NBC sang as well as or better than they ever have—they really worked hard since January on this. The long silence at the end proclaimed the effect Bach's stupendous masterwork had on everybody in Southwell Minster. And now on with preparing for my final concert with NBC, after 29 years conducting them, on June 22—Bach, Vaughan Williams, Haydn and Parry: yummy!
Had a lovely birthday today, following a superb week's holiday for Anne and me in Madrid and Toledo. Such wonderful art to be found, and the balmy weather allowed us to walk for miles around each city in comfort. The three monumental organs of Toledo's utterly magnificent cathedral are glorious to behold—not so lovely to hear. Here are two photos—the back case of the organ on the south of the Quire and the renowned Emperor's organ in the south transept.
Toledo Cathedral - Quire case
Toledo Cathedral - the Emperor's organ
Friday 22nd February
It's not all that often that one returns to give a second recital in later years, on an organ where one has acted as consultant and given one of the opening recitals. But today I played again on the 2005 Harrison & Harrison rebuild of the important 1928 Skinner-inspired Henry Willis III in the Memorial Chapel at Glasgow University. The organ sounded utterly magnificent, was a pleasure to play and—mercifully—nothing seemed to me a bad decision 14 years ago. A relief and a real treat!
What a wonderful day today! We spent the morning at the British Library looking at the 'Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms' exhibition, and the afternoon at Tate Britain going round the Burne-Jones exhibition. In the latter was a gloriously decorated piano made by Broadwood to Burne-Jones' designs. Here's a photo of it.
Saturday 9th February
Anne and I very much enjoyed joining the Leeds Organists' Association at their Annual Lunch today; actually the very first time I have eaten a meal at a golf course! It was a very happy gathering and we enjoyed both making new friends and also keeping up with old ones such as Simon Lindley and John Sayer. My speech seemed to go down pretty well; it majored on great Leeds figures in our musical world—Dr Spark, J. J. Binns and Donald Hunt.
Last November 5th I wrote about our visit to Florence and posted a collage of images of St Cecilia playing her portative organ. The sharp-eyed may have noticed that one image showed the pipes reversed—the bass pipes at the treble end—which would not work, of course (see Monday 5th November). Today I came across another such image, in a window in the beautiful closed chapel of the Old Brompton Hospital. We're trying to save the wonderful old Holdich organ—but that's another story.
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First Ave’s Replacements tribute turning into a Slim Dunlap rally
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The STrib is reporting that next week’s ‘Mats Tribute at First Ave is turning into, well, if you read the headline you know, Slim Dunlap rally.
“Already one of the most spirited annual traditions at First Avenue, next weekend’s tribute to the Replacements should have an even greater sense of purpose as organizers have officially turned into a fundraiser and rally for the band’s former guitarist, Slim Dunlap.
Starting this morning, the club is putting three of its balcony tables up for auction for the Nov. 23 concert, the money for which will go straight into Slim’s health fund. Proceeds from general ticket sales — which normally go toward the Twin Cities Community Fund anyway — will also be funneled toward his cause. Meanwhile, the 7th Street Entry side of the show will feature a revival of the Mad Ripple Hootenanny tribute to Slim, which Jim Walsh first hosted back in March with an army of local singer/songwriters at the Amsterdam Bar.”
Get the whole scoop over on the STrib’s site.
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I am the queen of the underground, a bad ungrateful bunny.
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Book Review – Worked Up
Book Review, Made in Jersey series, Tessa Bailey, Worked Up
I can hardly wait for you guys to meet Duke … he’s sitting at the top of my book boyfriend list and it is going to take a lot to bump him off 🙂
Worked Up
Made in Jersey #3
by Tessa Bailey
Genres: Adult, Entangled: Brazen, Contemporary Romance
Factory mechanic Duke Crawford just wants to watch SportsCenter in peace. Unfortunately, living with four divorcee sisters doesn’t provide much silence, nor does it change his stance on relationships. But when a fellow commitment-phobe stumbles into his life, getting him good and worked up, he can’t deny his protective instincts.
Samantha Waverly’s brother just put her in an impossible situation. The only way out? Marry huge, gruff, gladiator look-alike Duke—for show, of course. She doesn’t make promises—she knows too well how easily they can be broken—and this is no exception.
As the blistering attraction between them grows, the lines around the no-strings relationship blur. But Duke and Samantha’s marriage is only for show…or is it?
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CRASHED OUT (Made in Jersey, #1)
His inspiration. His torment. And his temptation…
Jasmine Taveras is the reason Sarge Purcell grabbed his six-string and bailed the hell out of New Jersey four years ago. She’s the fuel for every song he’s ever written-each one laced with bitter, hard-edged, hungry lust. Now, with his hugely successful band is on temporary hiatus, Sarge is determined to prove to Jasmine that this “kid” turned into every inch the man she’s always needed…
Men are slim pickings for a single factory girl in Hook, New Jersey…until tall, broad-shouldered hotness walks-or ratherstorms-into Jasmine’s life. Sarge’s return shouldn’t affect her this way. He’s her best friend’s much younger kid brother, and the kind of rough, gritty, sexiness Jasmine has no right to taste for herself. Even if he lets her.
But lust is a blinding, insatiable force. And when it crashes, it will take both Sarge and Jasmine down with it…
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THROWN DOWN (Made in Jersey, #2)
He has one last chance to deserve the girl of his dreams…
Overachiever River Purcell was never supposed to be a struggling single mom, working double shifts just to make ends meet. Nor was she supposed to be abandoned by her high school sweetheart, breaking her heart into a thousand jagged pieces. Now Vaughn De Matteo is back in town, his sights set onher…and River is in danger of drowning a second time.
No one believed Hook’s resident bad boy was good enough for River. Not even Vaughn himself. But he’ll fight like hell to win back the woman he never stopped loving, to keep the daughter he never expected, and convince himself he’s worth their love in the process–even if he has to rely on their fierce and undeniable sexual chemistry.
But even as River’s body arches under his hungered touch, the demons of the past lurk in the shadows. Waiting for Vaughn to repeat his mistakes one last time…
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Unbelievable. First, Duke couldn’t get a damn moment of peace in his house, now his only refuge, The Third Shift, had been invaded. Was it so much to ask in life for a sporting event to go uninterrupted by a woman? Granted, the doe-eyed brunette hadn’t asked for his assistance—and she was a far cry from the four sisters terrorizing his household indefinitely—but an interruption was an interruption, no matter how you sliced it.
He couldn’t help but notice this particular disruption was…pretty. Too pretty for him. Not that her appearance mattered one way or another to Duke. Facts were facts, though. She had a way of moving. Long, graceful moves that ran smack into uncertainty. As if she kept forming courses of action only to change her mind halfway through the execution stage. Ask him why he’d taken the time to form such a detailed observation and his answer probably wouldn’t make much sense. Unfortunately, noticing her way of operating had led to…other observations. Impolite ones that would’ve surrounded the freckles on her cheeks with pink instead of flawless ivory.
Good thing he wasn’t looking for a woman. Not for one night. Not for nothing.
With resolve firm in his mind, Duke focused on the problem at hand. Namely, the issue distracting him from America’s game. The two men harassing Doe Eyes were machinery mechanics who worked under him at the factory, and after his brief directive to fuck off, they wasted no time shuffling away, beer bottles held up like little white flags.
“Sorry, Duke.”
“No problem, Duke.”
He grunted, watching them enviously as they rejoined their friends in front of the giant flat-screen. At least someone would get to watch baseball now, huh? As for him, he appeared to be stuck. For as long as Doe Eyes graced The Third Shift with her not-from-around-here presence, that is. Because if it wasn’t the knuckleheads looking to purchase her drinks, it would be someone else. And after he’d watched her flounder over a simple drink order and whack her noggin on the bar, he figured she deserved some peace and quiet.
Which she would get, so long as she let him watch the motherloving game.
Duke grabbed the closest stool, flipping it around and repositioning it behind Doe Eyes. Trying not to wince over the loud creaking as he climbed on, Duke crossed his arms and went back to watching the game, bottle of Bud in hand.
He should have known the silence wouldn’t last. It never did.
“Did you just…set yourself up as a roadblock?”
Bet none of you see this coming … but I’ve not read anything else in this series *gasp*! Lucky for me, it worked out again because I don’t think anything from the previous stories really will impact you enjoying this one. It looks like Duke may have made an appearance or two but I didn’t notice anything missing.
Let’s start with how unbelievably HAWT Duke is for being a not so typical hero. He’s a terse, mountain of a man who isn’t built or handsome in the traditional hero way (he’s even hairy with a bit of a paunch), but there’s just something about him. For all his gruffness, he’s protective, hard working and dedicated to his friends and family. And he’s got a mouth on him … oh, man, does he know how to speak the dirty talk! Knows how to back it up too – whew, baby!
I think that some may find his high-handedness a little off-putting but it works for him and Samantha, which is all that matters. The insta-attraction might also be a no-no but I think that Bailey makes it work. While the timeline is very short, there’s something really believable about their interactions, developing feelings and motivations.
The other thing that definitely works is how absolutely adorable Samantha is. She’s quirky, funny and, while she’s distrustful of relationships, she had a huge heart that yearns for family. Meeting big softy Duke, who would do just about anything for his sisters and who takes her under his wing, has her conflicted on getting involved.
While they get together under unusual circumstances, Duke and Samantha quickly find themselves in a situation that is not what they expected … and maybe more they can handle. Funny, touching, sexy and sweet, Worked Up is a fantastically fun read that had me by the heart from the very first and never let go.
Tessa Bailey is originally from Carlsbad, California. The day after high school graduation, she packed her yearbook, ripped jeans and laptop, driving cross-country to New York City in under four days.
Her most valuable life experiences were learned thereafter while waitressing at K-Dees, a Manhattan pub owned by her uncle. Inside those four walls, she met her husband, best friend and discovered the magic of classic rock, managing to put herself through Kingsborough Community College and the English program at Pace University at the same time. Several stunted attempts to enter the work force as a journalist followed, but romance writing continued to demand her attention.
She now lives in Long Island, New York with her husband of eight years and four-year-old daughter. Although she is severely sleep-deprived, she is incredibly happy to be living her dream of writing about people falling in love.
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A MUST SEE (2015)
This tour performance started from KW Berlin, and formed a part of the series ‘THE PERFORMATIVE MINUTE’, curated by Adela Yawitz. ‘A MUST SEE’ suggested new frames for KW’s immediate surroundings. Showing and using natural stages she sees, the artist led this “situational choreography” loosely and directed the group’s attention to selected moments around them and to their own movement through them.
A MUST SEE (version A) and (version B) were both performed twice on September 3th 2015. Each tour took about 45 minutes.
Photo’s by Vesko Gösel.
Guides: Wouter Bernhardt and Elena Setzer.
Some reactions from visitors:
– I enjoyed looking at her in the way she made it bodily, physical but explicitly not-sexual and avoiding display of physical achievement. We were allowed to look in a specific way, not peeping or admiring, the set-up of body in relation to surrounding makes it an object in a way we are not accustomed to see it.
– We live in mitte and didn’t know where we were in most of the back areas. We were amazed to find new corners in our own area and see them in this special view.
– On the day of the performance and for a little while after, when I was walking wherever I had a feeling like I might see something running around the corner, or on the other hand like someone would be following me and my movements on the street were less random. During the performance itself this feeling was intensified from being in a group.
– The feeling that we, as a group of public, became one body moving together really tied us to each other for that hour. The silence was very effective, and everyone was relieved to move silently and be told where to go. The group was protective in the sense that if you were doing something strange with a bunch of people it was less strange. It created an automatic separation from the bustle of the street. These two simple differences, moving in a group and the silence, separated walking in the performance than any other walking. Being led created a freedom even in the middle of the city which was very peaceful.
– A thing that came up was your presence, which was very “everyday” on the one hand but then again it built up to become something you followed, imagined, and gained additional value in every time we discovered you.
– More than about the surroundings I had to think about the ambivalence of observing and
being observed. In some performances the artist is acting “weird” (or at least this is what people think who are not part of the audience and don’t know what is happening). But in this case the performer did rather normal things, like running and stretching and the weird thing was the audience who watched her. This made me feel a little awkward as it made me somekind of a caught voyeur.
– I liked the moments when we as the public were positioned in groups, looking at each other! Those were very powerful moments.
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Comprehensive Identity and Access Management in the Cloud
Bring Simple, Scalable Security to Your Landscape with SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance
by Sarma Adithe and Swetta Singh | SAPinsider, Volume 19, Issue 2
With digital technologies continuing to advance at an unprecedented rate, and the Internet of Things (IoT) projected to connect to more than 200 billion devices by 2020, businesses are faced with a rapidly changing technology landscape that has eroded traditional organizational boundaries. Increased adoption of various mobile devices and a growing number of digital identities are transforming business models, social norms, regulations, and the policy landscape across enterprises in all industries.
As organizations adapt to these new digital technologies, many are looking to the cloud to take advantage of benefits such as zero+ maintenance (having no infrastructure or application maintenance costs, except configuration), ease of access to applications, and the ability to choose and use the functions that fit your processes. Heterogeneous landscapes that span on-premise systems, the cloud, and assorted devices bring with them a range of security considerations, however, particularly when it comes to identity and access management. In addition, new and changing privacy regulations often require revisiting existing processes to ensure compliance.
To address these challenges, businesses require a comprehensive, unified, centralized approach to identity management and access governance. This article introduces security and compliance teams to SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance — a scalable, cloud-based solution designed to help organizations simplify, streamline, and optimize identity and access management across their on-premise and cloud-based software landscapes. It walks through each of the services provided by the solution and explains how they are used so that you can move forward with a governance plan for your own organization that can easily scale to meet the changing needs of your business.
A Cloud-Based Solution for a Digital Business Landscape
Built on SAP Cloud Platform and introduced in 2016, SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that integrates with your existing business applications to enable simplified identity and access management across heterogeneous system landscapes. SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance uses application programming interfaces (APIs) to retrieve data from a target system — either an on-premise system or a cloud-based system — and then analyzes that data using functionality provided by five different services. The functionality provided by the services is accessible through apps available in the SAP Fiori launchpad for SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance. Figure 1 provides an overview of the five services.
Figure 1 — SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance provides five services that can be used alone or together to simplify identity and access management across heterogeneous system landscapes
These services, which can be used alone or together as needed, include:
Access analysis, which is used to analyze access, refine user assignments, and manage controls
Role design, which is used to optimize role definition and streamline governance
Access request, which is used to optimize access, track workflow, enable policy-based assignments, and streamline processes
Access certification, which is used to review access, roles, risks, and mitigation controls
Privilege access management, which is used to enable account-based access, consolidate logs, and automate log reviews to assess fraud risk
The first three services are currently available with version 1711; the last two are under development and planned for future release. Let’s take a closer look at each service.
Access Analysis
The access analysis service delivers insights into segregation of duties (SoD) conflicts and critical access risks, and enables you to review and mitigate identified risks across your landscape. Figure 2 shows the access analysis overview dashboard, which includes an overview of compliance and access risk across your landscape. The view that shows the top users by risk score identifies users with the highest risk score based on access risk, access usage, and the number of mitigated risks. You can also view the most frequently occurring risks along with information on the business processes with the most risk violations. The views that show risk trend by quarter and risk occurrence by risk level provide an overall health check of how your organization is performing with access compliance.
Figure 2 — The access analysis overview dashboard
Access analysis enables compliance and security owners to follow a monitor-refine-mitigate cycle by using real-time visualizations to monitor and optimize access. Using the overview dashboard, you can select users to analyze and then customize predefined access policies and rules to remediate risks — for example, by refining user role assignments or optimizing user access based on changing business requirements, and by assigning a mitigation control to monitor for risk. The integrated control monitoring feature ensures that the controls are working as designed and flags any deficient controls that might be in active use and causing risk exposure. Every action is recorded in an audit log that can be viewed for a more detailed analysis.
Role Design
The role design service provides a comprehensive approach to designing, maintaining, and optimizing business roles that reduces the complexity of role administration and simplifies the process of access assignment. It enables a bottom-up role design and refactoring process that ensures business role compliance with organizational policies.
To help role administrators, security administrators, and process owners optimize the design and maintenance of business roles, the role design service analyzes role and authorization information in the target system. Based on this analysis, as well as rule-driven algorithms, the service then makes recommendations to optimize user roles and processes and to remediate risk. The role design service provides risk metrics and usage trends within a business context to enable an integrated reconciliation process so that you can evaluate the impact a user’s new role will have on existing assignments. Once you make the necessary role adjustments, affected users are notified of the changes.
Figure 3 shows the functionality provided by the role design service. This functionality includes the Business Roles app, which is used to create and maintain the business roles defined for your company, and the Role Designer app, which provides an overview of how roles are being used in your organization. It also includes the Create Candidate Business Roles and Select Candidate Business Roles apps, which are used to create more efficient business roles. The Role Design Administration app enables you to monitor and track the overall role design process.
Figure 3 — The role design service provides functionality for creating, maintaining, and optimizing business roles
The access request service provides self-service functionality that allows users to gain access to different application types (on premise and in the cloud), databases, and devices, and integrated security controls that approvers — managers, role and process owners, and security administrators — can use to mitigate any risks associated with these access requests. The service enables a unified process through which employees are granted access to only what they require to fulfill their job responsibilities, and provides complete visibility into the critical or sensitive areas to which a user might have access to help prevent security breaches. The access request process also allows organizations to stay secure by preventing occurrences of stale or orphan accounts that stay alive even after the employee leaves the organization.
When a user selects and requests a type of access, the service submits that request to the approver for review. The approver can then view identified risks via a simulation feature (see Figure 4), remediate those risks with mitigation controls, and then approve or reject the request. Once a request is approved, the service automatically provisions access to the user. The service also provides a complete audit history of all actions related to the request. Using the self-service feature, the user can check on the status of the request at any time, adjust it as needed, and then cancel or resubmit the request.
Figure 4 — The access request service identifies potential risks associated with a user’s access request
Access Certification
The access certification service is designed to prevent privilege creep, which happens when an employee’s job responsibilities change, but access privileges that are no longer needed are retained along with the addition of new access rights. Periodic recertification of access privileges helps establish a governance process to identify changes in individual usage behaviors and prevent the accumulation of unneeded access privileges, which can lead to security risks. This process can also be extended to enable periodic review of critical application access, roles, and policies to ensure efficiency and adherence to audit requirements.
The access certification service optimizes access and access governance, addressing complex elements such as critical access points, SoD risks, and mitigation. Security and IT administrators can initiate a review of the access certification, and then distribute these reviews to various approvers, such as managers, role owners, and risk and mitigation owners, depending on the type of content and the review cycle. The reviews can then be monitored for timely completion. At the end of the process, user access is automatically adjusted to best fit the needs of the business based on review proposals. All activities are logged to enable audit reporting.
This service is currently under development at SAP and is planned for future release.
Privilege Access Management
The privilege access management service is designed to flag not only who accesses sensitive or administrative transactions, but also what is being executed with these elevated authorizations. This enables an effective review of all administrative or maintenance activities with elevated privileges to ensure that nothing fraudulent occurs during these activities.
Privilege access management establishes a governance process to monitor and reconcile all elevated privilege activities. It secures business applications, enforces accountability, and provides intelligence. Suspicious activities are immediately flagged by leveraging machine-learning capabilities to analyze the logs and identify anomalies, behavior changes based on historical data, and enforcement policies. Security administrators and those responsible for emergency maintenance can then use this information to review and audit users with privileged access to remediate risk.
Effective, Efficient Governance
Access governance, compliance, auditability, and provisioning are key features of SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance. Through its services, it provides mechanisms for optimally designing access in a way that provides protection for your business without compromising productivity. For example, you can provide users with birthright access — default access privileges assigned upon hire — by using business roles as a container for all necessary access, and in this way, minimize the need for users to request additional access. You can also take advantage of its process-driven approach as well as its analysis and logging features to ensure compliance and auditability.
IT and security administrators are concerned about securely accessing business functions and having only the right individuals performing the right tasks, while business users want to have all the access that is required to successfully execute their business functions. SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance meets these expectations in a secure, effective, and efficient way, and makes it possible for identity and access management to be a business enabler rather than a business disabler.
SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance Resources
SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance product page
www.sap.com/products/cloud-iam.html
https://help.sap.com/viewer/p/SAP_CLOUD_IDENTITY_ACCESS_GOVERNANCE
SAP Roadmaps
www.sap.com/products/roadmaps.html
Sarma Adithe
Sarma Adithe (sarma.adithe@sap.com) is Chief Product Owner for SAP’s access governance solutions and is responsible for overall product development for SAP Access Control and SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance. He has more than 25 years of experience, 12 of which are in the access control domain.
Swetta Singh
Swetta Singh (swetta.singh@sap.com) is Director of Product Management at SAP, with more than 17 years of experience in the IT industry. Over the last 13 years, she has focused on SAP Access Control, SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance, and the security marketplace.
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Sarah Reviews… The Distance by Zoe Folbigg
Title: The Distance
Author: Zoe Folbigg
Publisher: Aria
Publication Date: 1st July 2018
This book was received from the publisher in return for an honest review
Under the midnight sun of Arctic Norway, Cecilie Wiig goes online and stumbles across Hector Herrera in a band fan forum. They start chatting and soon realise they might be more than kindred spirits. But there are two big problems: Hector lives 8,909km away in Mexico. And he’s about to get married.
Can Cecilie, who’s anchored to two jobs she loves in the library and a cafe full of colourful characters in the town in which she grew up, overcome the hurdles of having fallen for someone she’s never met? Will Hector escape his turbulent past and the temptations of his hectic hedonistic life and make a leap of faith to change the path he’s on?
Zoë Folbigg’s latest novel is a story of two people, living two very different lives, and whether they can cross a gulf, ocean, sea and fjord to give their love a chance.
What I Thought:
The Distance tells the story of three main characters; Hector, Cecilie and Kate. 3 people living their lives in 3 separate countries.
When we’re first introduced to Hector he is in his mid thirties, living in Mexico and about to marry. Hector as a character definitely grew on me as the story went on and we learnt more about his history and the changes he made to his life.
Cecilie was my favourite character within the story. I found her a really interesting character with an interesting family dynamic. I particularly loved her relationships with her best friend and her twin’s partner. She was certainly the character I hoped would get her happy ending. Cecilie’s chapters definitely left me wanting to visit Tromsø and see all the sights and experience the Northern Lights from the island.
Kate’s character confused me at first I couldn’t really work out how she fit into the story. Kate is a housewife living in the London commuter belt, whose children are growing up and feels a little lost. I really felt for Kate’s character, it seemed clear to me she wasn’t happy with the way her life was and I really wanted her to find some confidence and happiness by the end of the book.
The story was told in quite an interesting way, with chapters focusing on the different central characters. The story isn’t linear though so pay attention to the date changes at the start of some chapters! The timeline moves backwards and forwards through the years and it definitely caught me out on one occasion and left me slightly confused!
Would I Recommend?
I found The Distance to be an enjoyable summer read. There are some topics covered in the book that may be triggering for some people; suicide is mentioned, and drugs are also discussed with one character overdosing. I really grew to like Cecile and was rooting for her throughout the book. Does she get her happy ending? You’ll have to pick up The Distance to find out!
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Zoë Folbigg is a magazine journalist and digital editor, starting at Cosmopolitan in 2001 and since freelancing for titles including Glamour, Fabulous, Daily Mail, Healthy, LOOK, Top Santé, Mother & Baby, ELLE, Sunday Times Style, and Style.com. In 2008 she had a weekly column in Fabulous magazine documenting her year-long round-the-world trip with ‘Train Man’ – a man she had met on her daily commute. She has since married Train Man and lives in Hertfordshire with him and their two young sons. She is the bestselling author of The Note.
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Blog Tour – An Extract From First To Die
Sarah Reviews… Girls’ Night Out by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke
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Narrow Bridge by Robbi Nester
March 14, 2019 by Serena
Source: the poet
Paperback, 96 pgs.
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Narrow Bridge by Robbi Nester explores the degrees of fear we face throughout our lives as things change. The first section of the collection sets the tone for the whole, as each poem focuses on change — a desire to be something you’re not in “Mermaid to Woman” and a re-imagining of Beethoven as a whale in “The Making.” There is a certain fear in change, but Nester calls on the reader to see the beauty in being something different, something that evolves.
From "The Making" (pg. 3)
If Beethoven were a whale, he would
groan a song as monumental as his bulk,
one the waves would write -- always
in suspension. They would take an hour
to break along a shore so distant
none of us could fathom where it was.
Nester explores the changes that happen during childhood, traveling miles and moving to a new home, and how scary those moments can be. But there are times where the reader still sees the wonder of change as the narrator plays “capture the moon” with a compact mirror. Imagination takes center stage in the second section, and my daughter really enjoyed these poems when I read them aloud to her. She was reminded of the tents we made in our old house’s living room, and she began thinking up her own games to play in the car.
Section three explores the darkest reaches of fear, including a poem for the Sandy Hook school shooting. There’s also a lament for what America has become.
Sandy Hook (pg. 33)
...The teacher tries
to hide us, but bullets fly
so fast. Now she won't
wake up, no matter how
I shake her. No crayon
could ever be that red.
In the final sections, Nester explores the fears of the past and places them into context. She broadens the scope beyond the fears of a younger self about her unruly hair and the wiser self who sees those imperfections as par for the course of life. “My past/quivers beneath the lens of memory,” she says in “Picture of a Life.”
Narrow Bridge by Robbi Nester is an exploration of life — its bumps and moments of joy — to find the light. She reminds us to push through and “recognize the stranger” in ourselves. She calls on us to reach beyond our fears and ourselves into the unknown to find beauty in the vacillation and uncertainty of change.
RATING: Cinquain
About the Poet:
Robbi Nester is the author of three other books of poetry: a chapbook, Balance (White Violet, 2012), and two collections—A Likely Story (Moon Tide, 2014) and Other-Wise (Kelsay, 2017). She has also edited two anthologies: The Liberal Media Made Me Do It! (Nine Toes, 2014) and an Ekphrastic e-book, Over the Moon: Birds, Beasts, and Trees—celebrating the photography of Beth Moon, published as an issue of Poemeleon Poetry Journal.
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February 4, 2019 by Serena
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it.
It now has it’s own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and more.
Leslie, Martha, and I also will share our picks from everyone’s links in the new feature Books that Caught Our Eye. We hope you’ll join us.
National Geographic Kids: Make This! by Ella Schwartz and Shah Selbe for review.
This book is designed to inspire the next generation of engineers and supports all kinds of kid creators: those who prefer guided instruction, those who prefer to dream up and design objects on their own, and everyone in between. With thoughtful text and bright illustrations, kids get the tools and the know-how to tackle all kinds of exciting projects: building a kaleidoscope, designing a fidget spinner, planting a rain forest, creating a musical instrument, and more. Unconventional scenarios inspired by real National Geographic explorers give kids a chance to think outside the box and apply their maker skills to real life. Chapters are divided up by scientific principle, such as simple machines, energy, and forces. In each chapter, kids can start by following step-by-step activities, or get creative by tackling an open-ended challenge. Helpful sidebars explain the science behind what’s happening every step of the way.
Make This! is perfect for curious and STEM-loving kids, families looking for a fun way to play together, and anyone else who’s ready to get creative and start tinkering!
Narrow Bridge by Robbi Nester from the poet for review.
Carefully crafted, beautifully written, these poems are a bridge indeed between this world and the one that shimmers just beyond us. In one poem, the narrator is a small child trying to capture the moon in her mirror; when that fails, she catches it in a net of words, and that is what Nester does throughout this book in poem after gorgeous heart-breaking poem. These are poems that “sing for the joy of being heard.” ~Barbara Crooker, author of Les Fauves and Barbara Crooker: Selected Poems
In Robbi Nester’s Narrow Bridge, we are urged to be more open and fearless— Consider how a mirror tipped toward the sky captures the moon, if fleetingly; how “The voice of the bird/ in the maple/ is bigger than his body.” There are still passageways we can widen, if only we allowed wonder to make a bridge between our sense of fixity, and that refuge and home we could make again in each other. ~Luisa A. Igloria, author of The Buddha Wonders if She is Having a Mid-Life Crisis and Ode to the Heart Smaller than a Pencil Eraser
Filed Under: mailbox monday, meme Tagged With: Ella Schwartz, Main St. Rag, main street rag, Narrow Bridge, National Geographic Kids: Make This!, Robbi Nester, Shah Selbe
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Vans in Fashion
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Vans shoes have a long and strong heritage spanning nearly five decades long. Their selection of iconic skate shoes were adopted by Californian skateboarders during the early 70’s and later on, developed into an enduring craze for fashion enthusiasts. The range of Vans street shoes has become such a huge part of skate culture and modern fashion. For anyone who knows their shoes, Vans iconoclastic styles have been recently revived on the fashion scene, making them a must-have necessity this season.
From season to season, the cool and classic aesthetics of a white pair of shoes has been too hard to resist. Pure, simple and fresh, the Vans CSO and Authentic styles are the ideal look for summer. Team with an all white ensemble for chic and pristine style. Add a little bit of preppiness with a crew cut sweater and cuffed pants. This low-key look is sports luxe at its finest.
Tried and true, the Vans black and white Authentic is a dependable and timeless style. The original Vans lace-up has barely changed since its debut in 1966, and you can see why. These versatile summer plimsoll’s go with a range of clothing, from ripped skinny jeans to skater dresses. We love pairing our Vans Authentics with a 90’s inspired shift dress and denim jacket.
SK8 HI & OLD SKOOL
The Old Skool was the first skate shoe to bare the iconic Vans side stripe. From there came the Sk8 Hi, a reissue of the original Old Skool. These recognisable styles will give you the freedom of personal style. They’re a little bit rebellious and a little bit rugged, making them perfect for rough and ready denim pieces and a baggy tee. Contrast your Sk8 Hi’s with a floral dress for a look that’s as equally hard-hitting.
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Nintendo Switch - Grey
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The versatile Joy-Con offer multiple surprising new ways for players to have fun. Two Joy-Con can be used independently in each hand, or together as one game controller when attached to the Joy-Con grip. They can also attach to the main console for use in handheld mode, or be shared with friends to enjoy two-player action in supported games. Each Joy-Con has a full set of buttons and can act as a standalone controller, and each includes an accelerometer and gyroscope motion sensor, making independent left and right motion control possible.
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Tied frame
by shawbros9 » 07 Nov 2016 Read
If a player goes in off the black and the result is a tied frame, does the black remain in the position it finished in after the foul or is it placed on its spot?
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Re: Tied frame
by Dan-cat » 07 Nov 2016 Read
shawbros9 wrote: If a player goes in off the black and the result is a tied frame, does the black remain in the position it finished in after the foul or is it placed on its spot?
If it's a black ball game, a foul on the black ends the frame, regardless of score.
The match can't finish with a level score so my question is is the black re-spotted?
by PoolBoy » 08 Nov 2016 Read
Yeah, as Dan-cat states, whenever there is only the black ball remaining, the first pot or foul ends the frame.
So, in the original example, the tied frame would then go to a re-spotted black - so the black wouldn't remain where it was after the foul (which tied the scores).
It wasn't clear from Shawbros original post if it was a re-spotted black, or just that the scores were tied. Same outcome though as Poolboy states - a pot or a foul ends the frame.
by Wildey » 08 Nov 2016 Read
Different scenarios
Player A =68......Player B =61 only black left player A Pots the black and goes in off Score is tied at 68-68 frame then over BUT you cant end with a tied score so Black is re spotted and cueball in D.
Player A =68......Player B =61 only black left player A goes in off Score is tied at 68-68 frame then over BUT you cant end with a tied score so Black is re spotted and cueball in D.
Player A =68......Player B =61 only black left player A miss cues Score is tied at 68-68 frame then over BUT you cant end with a tied score so Black is re spotted and cueball in D.
Player A =68......Player B =61 only black left player A misses the black altogether (somehow) Score is tied at 68-68 frame then over BUT you cant end with a tied score so Black is re spotted and cueball in D.
All leading to the same conclusion
That's does make sense, thankyou.
by acesinc » 08 Nov 2016 Read
This question has already been thoroughly and accurately answered, but I will go ahead and chime in as there is an element which is a personal pet peeve of mine. It may not be the Oxford standard definition, but in my mind, "tie" and "draw" are not equivalent terms. To tie as in a sporting event is conclusive; to draw is merely temporary. A final score may end in a tie. A football (soccer) match can end in a tie. It doesn't happen very often, but as the good people of London recently discovered, an American football game can end in a tie. A frame of snooker may NOT result in a tie. Ever. After the final Black, it may be a draw, the scores level. But a winner will be decided. Likewise, a chess game may not result in a tie. A condition of "stalemate" may be reached (also a possibility in Snooker) so a game may be a draw with no effect on the ultimate match score; the board is re-set and the game is re-played.
A re-spot Black frame is fairly common when the Black is potted to draw the scores level so everyone always knows what to do. A fouled final Black whether by in off or failure to contact doesn't happen too frequently so people tend to be confused by it. So when this type of situation comes up on occasion, the best way to think of it is simply like any other sport...there is "regulation play", then there may be "overtime" (re-spotted Black). So what is "regulation play"? That has already been answered above, but to repeat for clarity using a quote from the Rules verbatim: "When Black is the only object ball remaining on the table, the first score or foul ends the frame..." and that applies ALWAYS. Now, in the event that the first score or foul on that final Black results in the scores being equal as we have in the original post, then we still have the end of "regulation play" and we move into "overtime". Overtime is always the same....spot the Black, flip a coin (or any other agreed method) to determine choice, White ball in hand. Play out the overtime again to "the first score or foul ends the frame." And we have a winner.
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P.S.- I will add to the above post because there has often been the question come up something like, "I was up four points with only Black left. Then I fouled by not contacting Black on a thin cut and my opponent said that he won. But he would only be up by three points so I say I could still win if I pot Black. Who is right?"
If you don't know the answer to this question, refer to the above post.
I got something right for once!!! :)
by Dan S » 01 Mar 2018 Read
Acesinc,
Snooker and chess are very different in relation to draws. In chess, a draw is an acceptable result and can come about from several different situations. The game is halved, points 1/2-1/2 each. In snooker, of course, this never happens.
Dan S
Dan S wrote: Acesinc,
Did you join the forum, just to say that?
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by acesinc » 06 Mar 2018 Read
I admit I am no chess expert so I learned something here. I just made an assumption about chess to illustrate the point that (in my opinion at least) there is a difference between a tie (which is or can be a final, conclusive result) and a draw (which is a temporary situation awaiting resolution).
acesinc wrote: P.S.- I will add to the above post because there has often been the question come up something like, "I was up four points with only Black left. Then I fouled by not contacting Black on a thin cut and my opponent said that he won. But he would only be up by three points so I say I could still win if I pot Black. Who is right?"
As there have been several "Why are things the way they are?" type questions of late on the Island, I will pose another. I was playing in a tournament a while ago (one of the very few available) and had a match with someone who seemed to have been around the game for quite some time. Unfortunately, short format Best of 3's, six red only so not the most thrilling of Snooker to be had. So it was 1 and 1, on the decider for the match. Down to the final Black and he fouled, White going in off. Of course, I offered condolences, "Oh, that was unlucky" and extended my hand. He refused it, retrieving White from the pocket and said, "What do you mean? I was up by three points."
You can imagine what followed. Literally, every single player in the place said, "End of frame" but my opponent insisted, "I have played in a hundred tournaments. I have never heard of this rule!"
For some reason, "First pot or foul on the Black ends the frame" would appear to be a Rule that defies intuition. It has been the way it is practically forever, certainly going back to the time that I learned the Game 35 years ago. Back then, I was taught that when keeping the scoreboard, say Player A pots final Pink to close the gap to three points or whatever, or perhaps takes the lead by three points or whatever, then proper procedure is to go to the scoreboard and simply zero out the sliders. There is no score anymore. Next pot or foul ends the frame. That is it.
But this way of thinking does not seem to have infiltrated the rest of the world outside the British and Irish isles. Of all the members and players that have passed through my club, every continent has been represented except Australia (Aussies would seem to avoid the USA?) and whenever I have played someone from the rest of the world and the frame comes down to the final Black, I slide the sliders to zero making the distinctive "click", and my opponent will look at me and say, "What is that for?" to which I respond of course, "Next pot or foul ends the frame. The score is irrelevant." There have been a few exceptions to this. Currently, I have two club members who never questioned zeroing out the scoreboard. One is an Englishman, one an Irishman. All the other exceptions over the years have also come from the Isles. The rest of the world it would seem would prefer to continue keeping the score even when the score has no relevance whatsoever.
So why is it that players' intuition is to continue keeping the score when the Rule is and has always been, "First pot or foul on Black ends the frame?" And more to the point of this post, why is the Rule what it is? If the leading player fouls so the score would say that the lagging player is now the leading player, why by the Rules is he suddenly declared the winner, rather than just the current leader? I have my opinion of course, but it is nothing more than an educated guess. I will keep my opinion to myself for now though and await any other responses there may be.
acesinc wrote:
acesinc wrote: ...
Yes!! this is exactly what my snooker mate does, and the swoosh and resounding clack of the sliders adds drama. 'Black ball game!' he announces. Well if I'm on the shot. If it's him who has cleared to the pink to force the black ball game then he doesn't interrupt his stroke. I do that. Swoosh. Clack. 'Black ball game!' Haha. It's a tradition now.
Asking why does this end the game is a bit like saying 'why is the yellow two points?' - someone decided it long ago (Neville?) and that became the game. I'm sure though that you Ace have a more detailed and exquisite explanation.
Actually while we are on this subject I let my chimp out a bit in our last BO17 tournament. He won it 9 - 7. However, two of those games were black ball games and he fluked the black twice. I was angry. Not at him particularly just at the snooker gods and the timing of the flukes. It wasn't even like we had a prolonged battle on the black either time, it was literally his first attempt at the black on each occasion. When going for a long pot on the black he tends to bash it rather, and I guess there is method in this as there is more chance of getting it safe. However, watching it career off four cushions and drop in the corner pocket nearly made me spit my dummy out -twice! Gaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh did that grind my gears. I had to take myself off to the bar and calm down. I was at one point leading the tournament series 4-1 (BO17s played over the last two years) and he had got it back to 4 all, and this tournament was for him to take the lead in the series for the first time. The fact that it was 4-1 to me was always a little unjust as we are very equal really. But now he leads 5-4 with the help two fluked black ball games!!!
Still sore about this. Waaaah! I'm off to make a calming cup of tea.
I think it is so that nobody can play on with the black on the table endlessly. An unsporting person might play on hoping his opponent eventually fouls but this would be detrimental to the viewers of the game.
Personally, if a game was drawn on the black I would be happy to see a 'blue ball shootout' like in the Shootout. I liked that.
Dan-cat wrote: ... (BO17s played over the last two years) and he had got it back to 4 all, and this tournament was for him to take the lead in the series for the first time. The fact that it was 4-1 to me was always a little unjust as we are very equal really. But now he leads 5-4 with the help two fluked black ball games!!!
9 BO 17's over the course of 2 years? My friend, you need to get more table time! The boy will be home from Uni for 9 days starting this weekend and I think that we will probably surpass your full tournament frame total barely halfway through that.
Ah you see we don’t always consider it a tournament session. Sonetimes it’s just a knockabout best of three or five, and we play a lot looser and it’s more of a practice session.
by Johnny Bravo » 08 Mar 2018 Read
Dan-cat wrote: It wasn't clear from Shawbros original post if it was a re-spotted black, or just that the scores were tied. Same outcome though as Poolboy states - a pot or a foul ends the frame.
This is a very stupid rule. Another one is that the frame ends when a player pots the pink if the points provided by the remaining black ball aren't enough for the other player to tie/outscore his opponent. Why can't he continue to play for a snooker behind a pocket jaw ??? In theory, it's achievable.
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Edit: double post. Proper post below.
Last edited by acesinc on 09 Mar 2018, edited 1 time in total.
Badsnookerplayer wrote: Nobody wants to watch for three hours as Fergal tries to angle David Gilbert
Actually, BSP, I think the scenario that you pose here would be quite a bit more thrilling than the scenario that I believe would play out in real life if the Rule were different than the current "first pot or foul...". Playing for the angle would actually be positive snooker but it would come at the greatest risk.
Put on your thinking cap....you are eight points down with only the black on the table. You "need snookers". (I have always disliked that phrasing; obviously, it is incorrect. What you really need are penalties from your opponent, but I am a salmon swimming upstream on this one.) So how do you go about attempting to weasel seven points in penalties from your opponent? There are two ways in fact; as usual, your yin and your yang.
Yin is the positive play that you propose....attempting to play for the angle forcing the opponent into difficulty and hoping to reap the reward. Truth is that an angled ball is nearly certain to be a single cushion escape, not at all difficult in most cases, certainly not for a professional. So you will probably need to succeed at several angles before one of them may bear some fruit for you. And then there is always the risk....every time you attempt to angle, you are putting yourself in danger of putting White in off and so the risk just barely justifying the reward. And lastly, to move White in such a way for the angle, this gives you less control of where the Black ball is going to end up on the table.....you MUST put White where you need to, therefore, Black will go wherever it has to. This means that within several angle attempts, you are likely to leave Black in an open, pottable position.
Your yang on the other hand is a completely opposite way of thinking. Rather than actively attempting to force your opponent into a foul with the angle, yang would be the method of feeding him the rope to allow him to hang himself. Your main concern would be to keep the Black ball on the table at all costs. Black goes down, frame over. So you must play a shot which it will be all but impossible for your opponent to pot Black. And what is the absolute safest shot possible? It is probably counter intuitive...it would be the close quarters shot. Touching ball would be ideal, but even White just very close to Black would mean incoming striker has no alternative but snicking the finest possible edge (no chance of a pot) and hey, maybe in the process, maybe the Referee may even call a "push" to allow you the penalty points you need.
So if allowed to play on, the lagging player would just play a roll up to Black every single time. The leading player then would simply put the White as far away from Black as possible in order to make the roll up to Black that much more difficult. So the lagging player always playing for close quarters hoping for a push or an in off at the response, the leading player always playing for distance hoping the lagging player comes up short or strong on his roll up.
The same strokes repeated over and over. What does that sound like? Stalemate. It would be like Groundhog Day, continuously repeating cycle. And I believe the same would be true if the "first pot or foul..." rule did not apply to what we traditionally call a "Black ball frame". The lagging player would constantly play the close quarters safety (must keep Black on the table), and the leading player would constantly play the distance safety. And with an occasional in off or push foul, the roles may occasionally be reversed but simply continue on.
Such thrilling game play would make watching a thousand point nursery cannon break seem fingernail bitingly exciting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOfg8o4gHrs
P.S. - I very much recognize the nearly unimaginable talent displayed in the above clip; simply making comment about how well the general viewing audience would accept that display of talent as entertainment.
by kolompar » 09 Mar 2018 Read
I also don't like that rule. Seems wrong that a frame could end with an object ball still on the table.
Think it would be fun to watch and wouldn't take that much for a foul or pot to happen, and not many players would play on anyway.
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by Lucky » 12 Mar 2018 Read
What would happen if one player potted the pink putting himself 8 points in front but angled himself. Would he have to play or just call frame. Sometimes players pot the pink put there cue down and shoot off the toilet or whatever whilst the ball is still rolling.
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That's a good one Lucky. I don't know for sure but think they would have to play for the black
by Deewee » 12 Mar 2018 Read
Don't think so and it wouldn't make a difference. They would just win the frame by one point if they missed instead of eight.
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Lucky wrote: What would happen if one player potted the pink putting himself 8 points in front but angled himself. Would he have to play or just call frame. Sometimes players pot the pink put there cue down and shoot off the toilet or whatever whilst the ball is still rolling.
"Fascinating!" - Mr. Spock
I thought I knew the answer to this one so I went to look it up to be certain. Section 3. Rule 4. End of Frame, Game or Match. And I discovered....it's not there! Scratched my head and thought, "Where else can it be?" When one is confused within the Rules of Snooker, the Definitions section is very often a good place to begin looking. And there it is, very first rule in Section 2.
Back to Lucky's scenario, for anyone who believes the striker wins the frame whether he plays at Black or not, you are wrong. For anyone who believes the striker must play at and contact Black for a legal stroke, you are wrong. So getting to the Rule that controls this situation:
...the frame is completed by:
(b) claim by the striker when; Black is the only object ball remaining on the
table, aggregate points are not relevant, and there is a difference of
more than seven points between the scores in his favour;
I like to think that the Rules parallel a legal document, attempting to be precise in the meanings of terminology; hopefully minimalist in nature (at least like the days of yore, not the bloated crap that gets shoved through our "parliament" this side of the pond these days); and continuously building a foundation the precedents upon which future rulings will be made. So this Rule, Section 2., Rule 1. clause (b) has non-obvious significance in that it lays down the precedent that there are situations that arise in which a player is forced to concede the frame to his opponent. The Rule does not use those words instead opting to say that the striker may "claim" the frame, but the point is made clear that the opponent off the table has no say in the matter whatsoever. Forced concession.
What does this mean? It means exactly what the most recent posts of this thread have been all about...that is, why is it that the Rule says the first pot or foul ends the frame when Black is the only ball remaining? The answer...based on the precedent of the above Rule, there is a time when forced concession is the proper end to a frame.
So let's back up a few paragraphs.....back to Lucky's question. There would seem to be only two possible answers and we are left to decide which is correct: 1) either the frame is over as soon as Pink entered the pocket, the stroke was deemed legal, and the difference was now 8 points, or 2) the striker having potted Pink must now endeavour to legally contact Black to conclude the frame. But as I stated above, in fact, both of these positions are incorrect. When you re-read the Rule above, it makes the statement that "claim by the striker" will end the frame. In other words, he may play at the Black if he wishes to, but it is not required that he do so.
So why in the world would he play at the Black when in doing so, he may foul giving his opponent seven points to put him back in the frame? You would not be likely to see this at the Professional level but I can imagine the following scenario in an amateur tournament. <cue wavy lines for imagination...>
Lucky's scenario, striker just had a very good break, nearly the best so far of the tournament in fact after potting the Pink ball. Six points short of the tournament high break which would carry a prize of a hundred pounds. The striker may claim this frame as his, place his cue on the table, and walk away if he wants. But if he is angled in the top left corner and the Black is perched in the jaws of the top right corner, he does in fact have a fair chance of potting that Black ball to take the high break prize. On the other hand, if he does not contact Black or perhaps puts White in off, then his opponent will be entitled to the resultant seven points penalty putting the difference at less than seven points and so play continues. Well now, what to do, what to do?......
So what this Rule means is that striker has the right to remain at the table if he wishes. If he does, he faces the consequences of the stroke whatever they may be. Or more likely, he can claim the frame in effect, forcing the opponent to concede.
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How to monetize your mobile startup
June 29, 2016 Misha Gasyuk
Finding ways to earn money is a pressing issue for any mobile startup owner. Before investing in MVP development you should think about how are you going to monetize your app. Today we will talk about banner and native ads, paid apps and in-app purchases as main means of earning money with your mobile startup.
Banner ads are pretty common and fairly easy to implement so it’s the first thing that comes into mind. For showing banner ads within apps Google recommends using AdMob and Apple — iAd. Banner ads are usually placed in the upper or lower part of the screen but can also be used for transitioning stages, for example when a user is saving a file.
Mobile app advertising in the form of banners is often seen in free-to-play mobile games since:
F2P can’t boast high user retention rates (66% of players ditch the game during 24 hours after the first launch) which means that developers have only so much time to make money.
Mobile games is one of the most popular types of apps (#1 in App Store by popularity) which means a huge amount of potential clicks on banners.
But if your app is oriented towards building a long-term relationships with users, it’s better to avoid aggressive banner apps and look towards other monetization options for your mobile startup. And so the next stop would be native advertising monetization strategy.
Famous services (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) with a lot of users dictate mobile advertising trends and are successfully using native ads in their mobile apps. This kind of ads look just like content normally seen in the app. For example, for Instagram it is photos with sponsored content and Sponsored indicator. Since this kind of apps look naturally, people are more likely to interact with them. But isn’t this monetization model for top players only? Hell, no. Native advertising is used to make money from apps:
Shazam — app helping to identify the name of the song by its melody. Shazam uses native ads and promoted content from singers.
Wattpad is a community of readers and writers where anyone can publish their works. Thanks to popularity among users service was able to implement native ads:
Paid version of the app
App Annie reports that in 2015 the number of downloads from Google Play was 2 times bigger than from App Store. At the same time developers selling apps via App Store earned 75% more than those distributing their products via Google Play.
What does it mean? Basically, a paid app business model is more suitable for iOS developers than for Android ones. For example, Next Keyboard managed to become quite popular despite being a paid app:
But you can offer Android users a trial version, just like Poweramp developers do it:
Startups with paid ads:
Workflow (automating actions on your cell phone)
Pocket Casts (player for podcasts)
Next Keyboard (improved mobile keyboard)
Dark Sky (a very accurate weather app that knows precisely when the rain or snow is going to start in your city)
How do free apps make money? In-app purchases (freemium) are the answer. They are great for startups that are focused on regular usage and need to become a habit (games, social networks, dating apps). Users tend to like freemium mobile app business model since:
Such apps can be downloaded for free and tried out
They have no ads per se
Sometimes users can get by without spending a penny on in-app purchase and use only basic functions
The last point is something you, as a startup owner, should think hard about. If free functions are too good, no one will spend money on in-app purchases so you’ve got to spend a fair amount of time balancing out free and paid functions of your freemium apps.
Startup owners offering freemium apps usually follow some variation of the following procedure:
Develop an app that looks and works so good that it’s hard to believe it is actually free. But mind to include only basic functions that won’t be enough for regular users.
Spent money on mobile marketing and attract users working with all kinds of available traction channels. For your apps to make money you need people who belong to your target audience and not simply a lot of random users.
Offer premium features with various pricing options: cheap, middle priced and relatively expensive. Here’s an example for a subscription-based service: users can get premium for $0.99 if they need them for only 24 hours, pay $5.99 for a week of premium access or spend $25.99 to enjoy those features for a month. Seeing a clear advantage of paying for a longer period of time users tend to spend more to enjoy a discounted price.
If in 2012 in-app purchases accounted for 11% of app developers income, in 2017, according to estimates, they will be responsible for 48.2% of money coming into developers’ pockets.
Freemium model is used to make money with apps:
Slack, corporate messenger
Vessel, an app offering early access to videos of a selected group of youtubers
Tinder, a matchmaking app
Headspace, a meditation app
Envoy, service offering visitor registration for offices
Above we have talked about making money on apps offering online services or products but if you need an Uber-like app, see our article about on-demand startups. Those kind of startups earn money by offering paid services offline and minimizing personnel expenditures (most of them hire contractors instead of regular employees). Apps themselves are free in their case.
How apps make money is changing over time: mobile banner ads used to be huge and now they are less common among the big players. Mobile startup owners should learn from Facebook and implement native advertising which is user-friendly and not subject to banner blindness.
By 2017 in-app purchases will account for a half of app developers’ income and now it’s time to think how you can use native advertising in your app. Since modern users are clearly ready to spend money on virtual goods in their favorite apps, what you need is a quality product to offer.
And we can help here — check out our portfolio: stfalcon.com develops MVPs for startups and mobile apps that satisfy the most demanding users.
Misha Gasyuk
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Research ArticleCancer Diagnostics
Inertial Focusing for Tumor Antigen–Dependent and –Independent Sorting of Rare Circulating Tumor Cells
Emre Ozkumur1,*,
Ajay M. Shah1,*,
Jordan C. Ciciliano2,
Benjamin L. Emmink1,
David T. Miyamoto2,3,
Elena Brachtel4,
Min Yu2,5,
Pin-i Chen1,
Bailey Morgan1,
Julie Trautwein2,
Anya Kimura2,
Sudarshana Sengupta2,
Shannon L. Stott1,2,
Nezihi Murat Karabacak1,
Thomas A. Barber1,
John R. Walsh1,
Kyle Smith1,
Philipp S. Spuhler1,
James P. Sullivan2,6,
Richard J. Lee2,6,
David T. Ting2,6,
Xi Luo2,5,
Alice T. Shaw2,6,
Aditya Bardia2,6,
Lecia V. Sequist2,6,
David N. Louis4,
Shyamala Maheswaran2,7,
Ravi Kapur1,
Daniel A. Haber2,5,6 and
Mehmet Toner1,7,†
1Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
2Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
3Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
4Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
5Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.
6Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
7Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
↵†Corresponding author. E-mail: mtoner{at}hms.harvard.edu
Emre Ozkumur
Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Ajay M. Shah
Jordan C. Ciciliano
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Benjamin L. Emmink
David T. Miyamoto
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Elena Brachtel
Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Min Yu
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.
Pin-i Chen
Bailey Morgan
Julie Trautwein
Anya Kimura
Sudarshana Sengupta
Shannon L. Stott
Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Nezihi Murat Karabacak
Thomas A. Barber
John R. Walsh
Philipp S. Spuhler
James P. Sullivan
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Richard J. Lee
David T. Ting
Xi Luo
Alice T. Shaw
Aditya Bardia
Lecia V. Sequist
David N. Louis
Shyamala Maheswaran
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Ravi Kapur
Daniel A. Haber
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Mehmet Toner
Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
For correspondence: mtoner@hms.harvard.edu
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Sorry Oklahoma, Urban Meyer thinks Indiana's defense is better
Nick Bromberg
Dr. Saturday October 6, 2016, 7:19 PM UTC
Urban Meyer’s team plays Indiana on Saturday. (Getty)
Urban Meyer had some high praise for Indiana’s defense during a Thursday radio appearance on 97.1 FM in Columbus.
“They’re the best defense we’ve faced this year and that includes Oklahoma,” Meyer said (via the Columbus Dispatch).
Hot fire from Meyer, right? He must be doing this to troll Oklahoma and coach Bob Stoops.
Or maybe he’s telling the truth while also making sure the Buckeyes don’t overlook a team it beat by just a touchdown in 2015. Let’s take a look at the numbers.
Indiana’s Nate Hoff (74) celebrates a key sack in overtime in the Hoosiers’ victory last week against Michigan State. (AP)
Oklahoma is currently 88th in the country in total defense, giving up nearly 430 yards per game and 5.96 yards per play. Meanwhile, Indiana is 51st in the country in total defense, giving up 373 yards per game and 5.13 yards per play. OU has given up 17 touchdowns while Indiana has allowed 10.
The competition the teams have played, of course, isn’t all that even. Oklahoma has faced Houston and TCU in addition to the Buckeyes. Indiana beat Michigan State and has played Wake Forest, Ball State and Florida International. The Sooners have played better offenses and have played a tougher schedule.
But it’s hard to defend the performance of the OU defense regardless of its schedule. The Sooners gave up three touchdowns in the fourth quarter vs. TCU on Saturday and all of the drives were 74 or more yards. Yeah, OU won 52-46, but there aren’t many Oklahoma fans out there thinking the defense is good. Which is why we think it would be hard for a Sooner fan — other than for allegiance purposes — to take issue with what Meyer said.
And besides, Meyer isn’t making this proclamation on statistics alone. His coaching staff has likely seen every minute of Indiana’s games so far (multiple times). There’s a fourth of the season’s worth of evidence to support Meyer’s claim. We’ll see if the Hoosiers will live up to his billing on Saturday.
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We listen to 630 all the time. Would love to have John Bachelor back. Still no signal today!
June 19, 2019, 3:47 p.m. GMT
Nothing on last night at all WTF? I need Red Eye Radio also Bring back the John Batchelor Show and Billy Cunningham.
June 19, 2019, 11:23 a.m. GMT
Nothing on last night at all? I need Red Eye Radio also Bring back the John Batchelor Show and Billy Cunningham.
At midnight the time being announced is 10pm. This also happens at 11pm. They need a new clock. Does anyone at the station actually listen to their own announcements.I doubt it!
Feb. 8, 2019, 1:54 p.m. GMT
Has anyone listened to the commercials on this station? They are repetitious, and, as far as Billy Cunningham's commercials throughout the week they constantly refer (and have for 8 months) to the same upcoming guest for the following Sunday night. No one at the station seemingly listens to the sta see more... tion. They need some fresh blood, i.e. new advertisers.
Jan. 29, 2019, 12:40 p.m. GMT
Bring back the John Batchelor Show and Billy Cunningham. Clark Howard is ok once a day but twice a day?
Jan. 23, 2019, 1:21 a.m. GMT
Why do you still have Chris Plante on the air?? He is the worst broadcaster I have ever heard. What a person to have to listen to, oh I don't I turn the channel. Get rid of his program !!
Jan. 8, 2019, 6:14 p.m. GMT
Why are you advertising the Billy Cunningham show during the week and then when it's to be on at 10 p.m. Sunday---there's dead air. Also, you're still running the ad for the 2018 Master's!
How come every Sunday night at 10 p.m. for the past number of weeks, the station goes off when Billy Cunningham's show should be coming on? The station is on at 11 p.m. and midnight for news bulletins and then comes on a 1 a.m. for that particular talk show?
Nov. 20, 2018, 1:30 a.m. GMT
I have NOT been able to listen to AM 630 in several days, what is the reason?
July 31, 2017, 8:33 p.m. GMT
Can not really hear the station wbmq, AM630. Can someone at the station fix this problem? ANy help would be useful for those of us who wish to listen to an on line version of the station.
April 29, 2018, 10:40 p.m. GMT
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Building A Network Of Rapid Buses — The Universe of Alternatives
By Alex Schieferdecker on June 12, 2019 in Buses, Transit
This past weekend, dignitaries and Metro Transit staff helped cut the ribbon on the C Line, the Twin Cities’ newest rapid transit service. The C Line is the second project in a planned set of five “Arterial Bus Rapid Transit” (aBRT) routes, the most exciting thing that is happening (and not happening fast enough) for transportation in the region.
Last fall, I wrote a review of the early success and possible future of Metro Transit’s Arterial Bus Rapid Transit (aBRT) program. The first aBRT route in the Twin Cities—the A Line along Snelling Avenue and Ford Parkway—increased ridership in the corridor by offering a superior transit product. With aBRT, buses come more frequently and stop less often. Stations are highly visible, provide real-time arrival information, and allow fare prepayment to enable all-door boarding and shorter dwell times. The result is first-rate transit service that experts rank among the best bus routes in the country. All of this was achieved for a cost in the tens of millions. That’s a fraction of the expenditures needed to boot up a new light rail or highway BRT line.
Metro Transit will hope and expect that the C Line service along Penn Avenue N, running from the Brooklyn Center Transit Center into downtown Minneapolis, is a similar success. Three more routes are currently in stages of planning and engineering. The D Line will also start from Brooklyn Center, motor along Emerson and Fremont Avenues in North Minneapolis, and along Chicago Avenue in South Minneapolis to the Mall of America. The B Line will start from the future Green Line West Lake Station, traveling along Lake Street in South Minneapolis, Marshall Avenue in West St. Paul, and possibly beyond to downtown St. Paul. The E Line will chart a course from Uptown via Hennepin Avenue in South Minneapolis, to the University of Minnesota via 4th Avenue SE and University Ave SE, and possibly further at both ends.
I started working on the #METROCLine 7 years ago this month. Pretty cool to be celebrating opening day today with the fantastic @MetroTransitMN team that made it a reality. pic.twitter.com/UgVTP33fi4
— Katie Roth (@katielynroth) June 8, 2019
Despite this obvious success, aBRT has been slower to scale up politically than hoped. This year’s legislative session moved to help Metro Transit fill its growing Metro Mobility funding obligations, but failed to deliver the money needed to build the D Line, nor proposed long-term funding for the aBRT program. These set-backs are frustrating, but there remains strong support for aBRT at all levels of government, especially among urban legislators. Over the next two legislative sessions, which will include a 2020 bonding bill and a post-election shift in power in 2021, there are reasons to hope for a breakthrough in time to complete this initial slate of very strong projects by 2024.
But what comes next? In proposing a new sales tax to fund bus expansion, Governor Tim Walz proposed to fund ten new BRT routes. In addition to the five routes already proposed, this could put MSP on the path to a network of fifteen aBRT routes by 2030, a goal I also proposed last year. That’s still possible, if local and state leaders commit to moving in that direction. The primary delay in booting up aBRT routes is not technical, but political. If funding were secured for the next five, ten, or fifteen routes, planning, engineering, and construction could proceed much more quickly. But because detailed engineering and construction are still well in the future for of these any new proposed routes, work should begin on the overarching planning for the next expansion of aBRT routes today.
The existing framework that the region has for bus expansion is the 2012 aBRT corridor study. That study is inadequate. The list of corridors studied is slapdash. Clearly inferior routes, like American Boulevard, are included, while obvious ones like Franklin and Lyndale are omitted. Meanwhile, other corridors (like Lake Street) are cut short in unhelpful ways, and natural corridor combinations (like Nicollet and Central Avenues) are not made. More worryingly, the Met Council is now promoting a “vision” for rapid transit in the Twin Cities that—and I take no pleasure in pointing this out—is galaxy-brain stupid, plotting BRT routes through fields of corn while neglecting the places that best support transit.
In short: there’s a compelling need to revisit the 2012 study, nip this new “transit vision” in the bud, and provide a better plan for bus rapid transit in the Twin Cities.
The first step is starting with the right premise. Just thirteen bus routes provide over half of Metro Transit’s local bus ridership. It’s realistic to set a goal for over half of bus trips to be taken via aBRT by 2030, and over half of all trips in the entire Metro Transit portfolio to be taken by aBRT sometime shortly after that. For about the same investment as a single light rail line, the Twin Cities could improve the quality of transit for over a hundred thousand weekday rides, and increase ridership along these routes by 30% or more. The proposition is too good to pass up. The future of rapid buses will be as the flagship transit service of the Twin Cities.
In order to achieve this, all future plans must first be comprehensive, beginning with the full universe of arterial roads in the best transit market areas in the metro. Next these routes must be measured against each other. After that, a future network can be illustrated, with lines that compliment each other and follow important, easy-to-understand routes. The last step is to develop a scheme to prioritize these routes and determine the order of construction.
This article is the first in a three-part series, going through the process outlined above, in a rudimentary way. It is not meant to be the final word. It is not peer reviewed research. What this series will be, I hope, is a conversation starter for what a future Twin Cities rapid bus network could look like, and how to get there.
Identifying Corridors
The core Twin Cities have a funny kind of symmetry; Minneapolis looks a lot like St. Paul turned ninety degrees counter-clockwise. Both cities also share a similar pattern of streets. As a general rule, arterial streets run in a half-mile grid. Because of this similarity in layout, both cities also have similar patterns of bus service, b Metro Transit runs its highest frequency buses on every downtown-bound arterial corridor (radial routes, every half mile), and runs decent bus service on every other crosstown arterial corridor (circumferential routes every mile). We can use this pattern to collect a set of corridors for further study.
South Minneapolis. The underlying grid provides the scale. Each line represents a quarter-mile, so two boxes equals a half-mile.
The purest expression of this form is in South Minneapolis. Hennepin, Lyndale, and Nicollet Avenues are each a half mile from the other, and support frequent north-south bus service towards downtown. In the perpendicular direction, Franklin, Lake, 38th, and 46th Streets are one-mile apart from the other, and support frequent or reasonable east-west bus service.
For the perspective of transit, this distribution makes some sense. Transit planners often describe a quarter-mile “walkshed” around transit stations, within which people can easily access that service within five minutes. For higher capacity transit, you will also see a half-mile walkshed illustrated. It makes sense to use intervals of a half mile to a mile when assigning transit routes and stations. In much of South Minneapolis, nearly everyone is within a five-minute walk of good transit service to downtown, and a ten minute walk of good transit service crosstown, with connections to the METRO Blue Line.
Although lakes, the river, and highways create some disruptions, you can find a similar pattern of streets and transit service across the other three quadrants of the two core cities.
North Minneapolis.
In North Minneapolis, Penn and the Emerson/Fremont pairing are slightly further than a half mile apart, and across the river, University NE is also slightly further from Central. But the deviations are minor. Johnson and Stinson resume the usual half-mile spacing. The two primary crosstown routes, Lowry and Broadway, are a mile apart. Closer to downtown, things are slightly more condensed. Just a half mile separates Broadway from Plymouth on the west side of the river, and E Hennepin on the east side, both important crosstown routes that also connect easily to downtown and carry bus service that behaves like radial routes.
West(ern) St. Paul
In West(ern) St. Paul, the pattern is also strongly apparent. Here, corridors in the north-south direction are the crosstown routes, like Cleveland S, Snelling, Lexington, Dale, and Rice. Each of these sits a mile apart from the next. East-west downtown-bound routes can be found every half-mile starting from the top with Minnehaha, University (LRT), Marshall, Grand, St. Clair, and Randolph. Only Selby and Ford Parkway (both slightly further south than expected) tweak the mold. North of the railroad, where there are some trans-MSP corridors, and where the the state fairgrounds and Como Park sit in the middle of the grid and make crosstown travel more difficult, Como and Larpentur are a mile apart.
In contrast to Minneapolis, St. Paul has far fewer high or medium-frequency routes. Its best transit service, exemplified by the Green Line, A Line, and #54 bus on W 7th, are extremely good. But there is a steep drop off. The #21 bus doesn’t serve Selby as well as it does points west across the river, Grand Avenue has only decent service, and the transit service on St. Clair, Randolph, Cleveland S, and Dale is a step above non-existent. Worst of all is Lexington Parkway, which serves neighborhoods that should support transit. But because of absurd laws that limit buses on “parkways,” and a bad northern terminus, the #83 bus is one of Metro Transit’s worst services.
East St. Paul is a tricky area, carved up by two highways and one pseudo-highway. It has the messiest roadway grid of these four quadrants. It is also already targeted for a lot of highway bus rapid transit. There are still important and well-spaced arterials, and some additions corridors to keep in mind. Edgerton and Arcade are a half mile apart, but the principle neighborhood drag in the area is along Payne, just one block east of the former. Maryland and Minnehaha are a mile apart, but it’s also important to pay attention to E 7th, which sits inconveniently in between them. E 3rd is a half-mile further south of Minnehaha. There are few crosstown routes in this area. Maryland and Larpentur Avenues come into this part of the city from the west. In the perpendicular direction, a mile east of Arcade is Johnson Parkway, which is a short, curvy road that terminates at Lake Phalen and isn’t covered by any bus. A mile further east is White Bear Avenue, which is a heavily trafficked road that has some transit but (like a lot of Ramsey County’s handiwork) just isn’t pleasant for anyone but drivers.
South of the river in St. Paul doesn’t fit so easily into my simple divisions of St. Paul, but there area is served by two arterial streets, Smith and Robert, which are one mile apart, and both lead directly to river crossings. Currently Robert has respectable transit service, and Smith does not.
There are thousands of roads in the Twin Cities, but only some of them make sense for transit service. Even so, our list of corridors is extensive. But to get a comprehensive network, you need to start by casting a wide net. While the aBRT process ultimately advanced a limited series of corridors, a fresh look needs to start from the full universe of arterial corridors in the core, transit-supportive areas of the Twin Cities.
A city map, and a look at Metro Transit’s existing local bus network provides the starting point for this analysis. But this fresh look needs to also be able to step outside of these sources. The current local bus network is fairly useful and comprehensive, but is undermined by low frequency branching, duplicative routes, and inadequate off-peak service. aBRT is a balm for a lot of these issues by providing direct, highly legible, all-day service. Both the A and C Lines provided the justification needed for deleting a counter-productive web of branches on the #84 and #19 buses respectively.
aBRT expansion must necessarily use the existing bus system as bedrock, but from there, we must have the license to ask questions about whether the current layout is appropriate. For example: Is it necessary to run the #11 bus on 4th St S, when the D Line becomes available on Chicago just a quarter mile to the east? Or: Why does Lexington Parkway and so much of West St. Paul have such poor service, and does that make sense? Or: Do the bends and jogs on so many East St. Paul routes hit valuable destinations, or only serve to confuse?
We can’t answer questions like these perfectly, but to start getting at the answers and more, the next step is to measure corridors against each other. Tomorrow’s post will tackle that challenge.
About Alex Schieferdecker
Alex Schieferdecker is from New York City, lived in Minnesota for six years, and now lives in Philadelphia. He is still unhealthily invested in Twin Cities politics and development. Please help. His twitter handle is @alexschief.
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Mike June 12, 2019 at 10:25 am #
The designation of “transit corridors” like Bryant, or W44th with their single lanes of traffic each way shared by bus car bike and pedestrians are terrible targets for the massive density increases called for in the 2040 plan. Reconciling the corridors to truly good candidates was feedback given and ignored by the planners.
Matt June 12, 2019 at 11:02 am #
So are you suggesting those streets are too valuable to leave space for cars and instead should be transit/bike/walk streets? That’s not a bad idea.
Eric Anondson June 12, 2019 at 11:49 am #
But “ … massive density increases …”
Mike June 12, 2019 at 12:12 pm #
Converting streets that are largely currently single family to 4+story multi lot apartment buildings meets Webster’s definition of “‘massive”. These aren’t triplexes or 2.5 story fourplexes. It’s a big increase in population on skinny roads Ill equipped unlike true transit corridor streets.
Adam Miller June 12, 2019 at 12:48 pm #
Except that no one is proposing that anything be converted. Those things are just allowed now.
Trent June 12, 2019 at 4:38 pm #
Unless you are aware of a lot of vacant land on these streets, to put up apartment buildings means you need to convert the little buildings there, like single family houses and duplexes, to much bigger buildings. Mpls2040 expects these buildings to occur, Lisa Bender said as much last week that (paraphrasing) “most of the increase in density will occur on the transit corridors”. You won’t get that without “converting” some small buildings to much larger ones. Is anyone going to be forced to convert their building? No, the eminent domain threat has been debunked, but it’s clear what the city wants to see and it’s not what is there now.
Adam Miller June 13, 2019 at 11:03 am #
No, it doesn’t “expect these things to occur.” It allows them to occur. Whether anything happens is up to the property owners.
Alex June 12, 2019 at 12:49 pm #
That’s only true if you convince yourself of it. 4-6 story buildings exist all over the world on skinny streets, oftentimes next to single family homes. It’s fine. The street can handle it (the secret is that residential structures like that don’t drive a ton of auto traffic, and what they do bring can be spread out as people adjust to slight congestion increases). Be honest, you just don’t like the idea of a 4 story building next door.
Bryant, 44th, etc have more than enough capacity to handle more people. We waste tons of street space on free parking, overly-wide lanes, etc. Let’s also not ignore the constant “XXX would be fine elsewhere” in land use and transportation planning. Plan a 4 story building on Lyndale and 34th (rather than your “skinny Bryant side-street”) and people still fight it. Want to put a protected bike lane on Hennepin Ave south of Uptown? People fight for on-street parking that obviates the better design for bikes. Want to build a high-capacity LRT line somewhere through SW Mpls? Good luck finding a spot that won’t meet years of lawsuits and resistance. There’s always a better spot somewhere else for whatever you want to build.
Brian June 12, 2019 at 4:24 pm #
So, what happens when your single family House is surrounded on three sides by 4 to 6 story buildings? The SFH would be like living in a fishbowl.
The property would likely have little resale value as an SFH. The only way the owner comes out whole at sale time is if a developer wants to buy it and build another apartment building.
Alex June 12, 2019 at 9:56 pm #
I count myself lucky that my city and neighborhood are so in-demand that this level of development has surrounded my lot. I enjoy what must be a crazy increase in local amenities like shops and restaurants supporting all these new people. I buy some window blinds and become okay with the idea that people might (but probably won’t) look at my family while we’re in the backyard.
I could also revel in the flexibility offered by a situation like this. I could choose to not invest in maintenance and upkeep on the property, knowing it would likely be redeveloped when I sell, and save on my annual ownership costs. I could choose to rent the house out entirely and move away, making money in the meantime before selling (one might call that “whole”). I could build a basement and/or attic and/or garage apartment unit while living there. All options afforded by a neighborhood that is both in-demand and flexible on zoning.
Mostly, I’d probably realize I live in a society and my selfish desires for a little more sunlight or privacy are not more important than letting other people be close to the parks, schools, transit, shops, jobs, and other things that make our location already desirable.
Monte Castleman June 13, 2019 at 8:09 am #
Isn’t is selfish for people to want to barge in and invade your privacy and block the sunlight out of your family home you might have lived in for decades just so they can live where they personally want?
Joey Senkyr June 13, 2019 at 10:20 am #
Jeb Rach June 13, 2019 at 10:46 am #
Nope. Buy the air rights if you want to control forever how tall other people build buildings on their property.
Mark June 13, 2019 at 10:53 am #
Just to be clear, residents have no right to their view; however, they absolutely do have a right to sunlight which is why shading studies are always included in development proposals. Now a 4-6 story building isn’t a big deal, but let’s be careful about throwing out the air rights claim.
Monte Castleman June 13, 2019 at 12:45 pm #
So by that logic my neighbors should be able to put a toxic waste dump on their property because it’s “their” property and I have no input into things that they do that would affect me?
Point is we have all kind of restrictions on properties due to their impacts on neighbors, everything from painting the siding to mowing the lawn to the form of their building. If the neighbors grass it too long should I have to buy out their property if I don’t like that? A six story apartment tower is going to affect my property a lot more than not mowing the grass every week.
Karen Nelson June 12, 2019 at 10:18 pm #
I lived in a traditional neighborhood in St. Paul that was built before disallowed such a mix and it was mix of single family homes and apartments and was wonderful neighborhood with high home values, when odker people left young families with young kids gladly bought the homes, somw.moving from less dense SFHs neighborhood I he city to this more sense are preciseky because it was more walkable.
There were SFHs next to very tall, large duplexes, four-plexes, six-plexes and much larger apartment buildings that had no private parking! It is a first class premium neighborhood, high in demand and SFHs on blocks mixed with apartments are just as valuable as on blocks that are all SFHs, no apartments.
Trent June 13, 2019 at 2:40 am #
You chose to move such a neighborhood. It’s great it was such a great fit for you. Having the neighborhood morph dramatically around you (not talking a few triplexes but big 4-6 story buildings) is different and it’s always striking how little appreciation the maximum density advocates have that not everyone who lives in the city wants their block to change so signifucantly.
Change will be gradual. If it gets to a state you don’t like, then maybe you choose to move. But it’s going to be awhile.
Meanwhile, the metro has tons and tons of SFH-only neighborhoods and not many mixed, dense ones, with the ones we have in high demand.
Bill Lindeke June 12, 2019 at 10:52 am #
One big reason why buses were limited on Lexington Parkway was a classic Robert Moses thing. The bridge by Como Park is too low to allow a full bus to pass underneath it, which is why they use the small van-based transit for the current service.
Christina Morrison June 12, 2019 at 11:23 am #
Yep, the bridge is the limiting factor. The parkways language in statute is specific to Minneapolis. Saint Paul has no law against it, e.g. many routes operate on Ford Parkway.
Alex Schieferdecker June 12, 2019 at 12:25 pm #
I stand corrected!
In Saint Paul, using the 2013 streetcar route plan as a basis for aBRT investment would be a good start. (https://streets.mn/2014/01/16/five-saint-paul-problems-that-streetcars-might-solve/) An aBRT line that went from Rice Street to Robert Street would be pretty huge for both of those corridors.
Yes! Please
Lou Miranda June 12, 2019 at 11:37 am #
Great article. A couple comments:
It would be interesting to overlay the early 1900s streetcar routes over your maps to understand why the streets with existing density have it, and how new aBRT is usually a reflection of streetcar routes of the past. As you know, transportation and land use are inextricably linked.
I hope you consider cities outside of Minneapolis and St. Paul proper. If our goal is to save the planet, encourage transit, and encourage density outside of the core cities, our regional transit plan has to address the suburbs. Suburbs can’t densify if there is no transit. Transit won’t work in low-density suburbs. The regional transit authority should reward suburbs that are trying to address climate change through better land use.
Eric Anondson June 12, 2019 at 12:07 pm #
I kind of imagine extending the 38th hypothetical west to Excelsior and Grand, Wooddale Station, Walker/Lake district, then maybe all the way west down Walker then 36th towards Knollwood and the neighborhood of apartments between 169 and the North Cedar Lake trail.
Matched with extending the Minnetonka Blvd hypothetical as far as the apartments in Minnetonka on 169 (turn around at Oak Ridge Rd), and two higher frequency bus routes would sandwich the lower income neighborhoods and apartments on Saint Louis Park’s western side.
Those are great ideas, Eric.
Alex Schieferdecker June 13, 2019 at 11:43 am #
I think there’s a case for extending a 38th Street aBRT service in three directions:
(1) Between the lakes and down France
(2) To West Lake Station and down Excelsior
(3) To West Lake Station and down Minnetonka
The best option probably ought to come down to how those corridors develop in the future.
This is part of the discussion in the third part of the series!
For the most part, I considered arterial routes within what Metro Transit labels as “Market Routes I & II”. That’s Minneapolis, St. Paul, Richfield, and narrow corridors to the southeast, west, and north. If other areas get serious about designing streets and zoning land to support transit, then they ought to be considered for aBRT-quality service.
Scott June 12, 2019 at 4:01 pm #
Nice article. Perhaps you’ll get to this in an upcoming post, but I do not understand why Hennepin and Ramsey County do not use the .5-cent sales tax for ABRT. Scrap or postpone the Blue Line extension and use that funding to improve bus service now.
Dan June 13, 2019 at 11:44 am #
Isn’t the Blue Line extension unlikely to happen at this point anyway due to the federal funding timeline that it would require? Could be an opportunity to plan something with a better route that doesn’t just skip over north Minneapolis…though that could mean a long delay before anything happens at all
Nathan Bakken June 12, 2019 at 4:58 pm #
The BRT project office is doing a new study to decide which routes need aBRT, because the 2012 study is outdated.
That’s good to hear! Hopefully this new study is more methodical
I eagerly await it!
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US VFR Sectional Chart coverage extends south to between the 28th and 24th parallel over Mexico. At 85W (just west of Cuba) the coverage extends south to between the 16th and 14th parallel.
Image 1: VFR Sectional coverage.
NOTE: WAC Charts have been discontinued by the FAA so are no longer available in ForeFlight Mobile.
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Individual Kastrians, Individuals with psychic powers, Distant past individuals,
20th century individuals
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Eldrad
Kastrian
Kastria
The Hand of Fear
AUDIO: Eldrad Must Die!
Main actor:
Judith Paris
Other actors:
Stephen Thorne
Eldrad was a Kastrian who developed many scientific marvels for his people. He regarded himself as the "creator of Kastria", such was his contribution to life on the planet. Eldrad's dreams of galactic conquest led him to betray his race and he was sentenced to death and obliterated.
Parts of Eldrad were scattered across space, allowing for his revival in many different incarnations. Both the Doctor and Mulkris, a Kastrian executioner, had a hand in destroying these remnants.
Biography Edit
Millennium War Edit
150 million years ago during the Millennium War against the Mad Mind of Bophemeral, Eldrad's Kastrian fleet was utterly destroyed and their own computers were turned against them, laying waste to Kastria. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel)
Scientific work Edit
In order to protect Kastria, homeworld of the Kastrians, from solar winds, Eldrad developed spatial barriers that allowed life to exist on the planet's surface and revitalised the planets earth and air. He developed a "crystalline silicon form" for the physical needs of the Kastrians.
Eldrad designed the regenerator chamber — a device that used irradiation to revitalise — and programmed it to his own ends, ensuring it could never be used to cause him harm. He produced an acid that neutralised the molecular bond of Kastrians when they were imbued with it.
Eldrad had a ring which contained a crystal with his genetic code. This allowed him to reconstitute his physical form from any radioactive material. He called it his "key to eternity".
Treachery Edit
Eldrad dreamed of galactic conquest, with the Kastrian race seizing all the planets in range of their spacecraft. However, King Rokon opposed him in this. Angered by this denial, Eldrad destroyed the barriers, allowing the solar winds to ravage the surface of Kastria.
For his crime, Eldrad was sentenced to death and place in an obliteration module that was launched into space. In order to ensure its occupant was completely destroyed, it had to be activated twenty-five spans from Kastria. However, as there was a risk the solar winds would leave Outer Dome Six with no control over the craft, it was detonated prematurely — at nineteen spans. (TV: The Hand of Fear) The composite parts of Eldrad were scattered across many worlds. The hand and the eye both ended up on Earth, the former doing so in the Jurassic era. (AUDIO: Eldrad Must Die!, TV: The Hand of Fear)
Revival of the hand Edit
One hundred and fifty million years later, in the late 20th century, blasting work at a quarry in England brought a stratum to the surface composed of blackstone dolomite — Jurassic limestone. The Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith were covered by the residue of the blast. Buried beneath rock, Sarah reached out to a hand she believed to be the Doctor's, but found it to be stone — the hand of Eldrad.
Sarah was the first person the hand had come into contact with since its arrival on Earth and she fell under the influence of Eldrad, hearing his commands in her mind. Waking in hospital, she used the ring of Eldrad to render Doctor Carter unconscious and took the hand. When he woke, he too was hearing Eldrad's commands.
Sarah travelled to Nunton Experimental Complex where she took the hand into the reactor room. Eldrad began absorbing radiation and the hand began to move. Carter, under the Kastrian's influence, attempted to stop the Doctor from interfering and fell to his death in doing so.
Eldrad's female form. (TV: The Hand of Fear)
The Doctor reached Sarah and took her away from both the hand and the ring. Driscoll, a worker at the complex, found the jewel and so became the new puppet of Eldrad, Sarah no longer being under his control. Driscoll took the hand into the reactor core where Eldrad regained a full humanoid form. It was based on Sarah — the first being it hand come into contact with — in order to appear familiar, and so was female. The military launched missiles at the complex, but they were absorbed by Eldrad to complete the restoration.
She read the mind of the Doctor to ascertain knowledge — specifically whether or not what he told her about the passage of time was true. Knowing him to be a Time Lord, Eldrad asked to be taken back in time to Kastria, but the Doctor refused on the basis of the Laws of Time. Eldrad told Sarah and the Doctor that a war between two planets had destroyed the barriers of Kastria and she had been discredited and sentenced to death in the wake of this. Professor Watson shot at Eldrad and she pursued him to the control centre and attacked him — intending to kill him — but was persuaded by the Doctor to let him live.
Back to Kastria Edit
The Fourth Doctor and Sarah help the weakened Eldrad to her regenerator chamber. (TV: The Hand of Fear)
Travelling in the Doctor's TARDIS, Eldrad returned to Kastria. The planet was now cold and barren as a result of solar wind activity. While attempting to access the thermal chambers, subterranean dwellings of the Kastrian people, Eldrad triggered a booby trap. It fired a dart at her containing the acid she developed. The traps had been devised by the Kastrians, who were aware of her possible return. Knowing there to be no antidote, Eldrad requested that the Doctor take her underground to the regenerator chamber. The Doctor and Sarah had to carry her most of the way — including over an abyss — and deactivated a further trap on the door of the chamber.
They placed Eldrad in the chamber and the Doctor activated it. Eldrad was restored to his male or, as he called it "true", form. The machine had been altered to function as a trap, but Eldrad laughed at this, knowing his own programming prevented it from harming him. Having received a message from Rokon, Eldrad searched the city for the king. He found his body and was angered, feeling he had been cheated of his destiny.
Eldrad decided to used the regenerator to recreate his species from the race bank, but on going there, found it empty. From another recording of Rokon's, he learnt that the Kastrian people had "[chosen] final oblivion" rather than have to face the subterranean existence the destruction of the barriers consigned them to. Furthermore, fearing that Eldrad would use the race banks to "wage eternal war throughout the galaxy" they elected to destroy them.
Eldrad receives Rokon's message. (TV: The Hand of Fear)
Earth was seen as an alternative by Eldrad, who hoped to harness the aggressive trait of the human race and have them worship him as a god. The Doctor refused to take him back. Eldrad requested that the Doctor return his ring. The Time Lord threw his magician's stick into the race bank, which Eldrad took to be the jewel, distracting him.
The Doctor and Sarah fled, pursued by Eldrad, who still hoped to be taken to Earth. The time travellers poised themselves next to the abyss they had carried the female Eldrad over and each held an end of the Doctor's scarf. Pulling it taut, Eldrad tripped and fell into the depths. The Doctor tossed the ring down after him. Back in his TARDIS, the Doctor doubted Eldrad was dead, being "very difficult to kill". Of Eldrad's different genders, Sarah said she "quite liked her, but [she] couldn't stand him". (TV: The Hand of Fear)
Revival of the eye Edit
The eye of Eldrad came to be called the "watcher". The Kastrian Mulkris, tasked by Rokon with finding parts of Eldrad and putting them into a stasis field, came to Earth in search of the eye. In 2013, she took control of Charlie Gibbs who bought the watcher from Rocco and handed it to Vislor Turlough, who was also under her control. Gibbs looked at the eye directly and fell under Eldrad's influence instead. Seizing the eye, it lodged itself in his forehead.
The Ambermouth harbour became covered in silicon quartz, the makeup of Kastrians, and part of Eldrad's plan to have the Earth become the centre of his galactic empire. The crystals would provide the planet, and the humans who were also infected, with a hard armour, making them suitable for war. Gibbs went to Mulkris and killed her with the acid Eldrad developed. The Fifth Doctor took Gibbs to Kastria, where he hoped to find Eldrad's ring and use it to restore his physical form. (AUDIO: Eldrad Must Die!)
Eldrads of the eye and the hand Edit
The Eldrad born from the hand survived the fall. He had dragged himself from the abyss and carved an inscription upon himself: "here lies Eldrad. I am alive, but unliving". Eldrad built a throne for himself and became a size twice that he was before. In his solitude, he became mad, talking to the dust that surrounded him, the remains of dead Kastrians.
When the Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Gibbs arrived on Kastria, they took him to be a statue. Gibbs ordered Turlough, who was under his influence, to take the ring from the hand. In doing so, he was woken.
Gibbs tapped into the power of the Doctor's TARDIS and channelled it through the dust, restoring Eldrad in his image by absorbing the resultant radiation. This Eldrad labelled his predecessor old, declaring his intent to found an empire centred around the Earth, leaving Kastria — a "tomb" — to the Eldrad of the hand. The old Eldrad used a dart of the acid to kill the Eldrad of the eye.
Connecting the presence of a TARDIS to his visitors, Eldrad identified the Doctor and recounted his dreams of their meeting again so he could kill his "persecutor". He attacked the Doctor, but was distracted by the arrival of Mulkris, restored by the presence of her own genetic ring in the TARDIS. Tegan and Turlough, armoured by crystals to the point where their arms were weaponised, destroyed Eldrad's ring. Mulkris then used the dart used to kill the Eldrad of the eye against that of the hand, killing him. (AUDIO: Eldrad Must Die!)
Other revivals Edit
On other worlds, Mulkris encountered "a hundred false Eldrads" who she killed. After the death of the Eldrad that grew from the hand, she invited Turlough to journey with her in search of further fragments, but he declined. (AUDIO: Eldrad Must Die!)
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2011 Steelers Preview
February 25, 2011 by The Chancellor of Football
Welcome to the casual Friday version of the Taylor Blitz Times. Time to look at what the Steelers have to address as we look into the crystal ball and figure what this team needs to address going into 2011. While it’s true Pittsburgh has made it to 3 Super Bowls in 5 years they do have a few things to address. The Steelers have another solid year of being clearly better than all but Baltimore in their division. The Browns are improving and the Bengals aren’t sure if they are coming or going, especially with the ongoing Carson Palmer saga. Yet a closer look and there are some positions where the Steelers are showing age and wear. This can haunt a team that is used to winning close games for a fickle bounce of the ball one way late can turn what would have been a win into a loss. So lets get started.
Quarterback: Big Ben Roethlisberger, who doesn’t play according to the quarterback ratings system and doesn’t seem to be a polished passer. He’s not in the Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning class right? Thats perception until you look at the actual numbers. In 2010 Roethlisberger threw for 17 TDs and only 5 interceptions and had a passer rating of 97.0. His TD to interception ratio is as good as any QB in the NFL. His never give up on a play attitude does lead to some sacks and turnovers but it also leads to breathtaking plays like the 59 yard bomb to rookie Antonio Brown, with 2 minutes to go in the divisional playoff with the Ravens. His comebacks are more schizophrenic than artistic yet his statistics are starting to show he belongs in the upper echelon of quarterbacks.
Going into his 7th season Ben is clearly in his prime. In 2009 he threw for over 4,300 yards and 26tds a season after throwing for a career high 32tds in 2007. Scrambling and making plays has masked a deficient running game a few years back and now a suspect offensive line. You have to give him credit he’s a winner. He had an off game early in Super Bowl XLV against the Packers, yet battled back in that one as well. Still on the upswing…
Offensive Backfield: The Steelers are set for the forseeable future with Mendenhall. A physical runner with quick, patient feet. No running back in football defines his team with his style of play. Although he’s had back to back 1,100 yard seasons, 1,273 in 2010, and he’s done so behind a patchwork offensive line which needs to be improved. Could challenge for a rushing title behind a better line. Entering his 4th season, he’s proven durable and may have his best season. He wants to make good after his 4th quarter Super Bowl fumble and you know he’s living with it this entire off-season. Look for him to come into 2011 with a serious chip on his shoulder. Mewelde Moore is a capable backup and can fill in for Mendenhall in spells yet is better as a back on screens and draws than off tackle plays. A little of Mendenhall has rubbed off on Moore who has run with more authority since Rashard’s arrival.
Offensive Line: A beleaguered group did hit a good note with the drafting of center Maurkice Pouncey. He can anchor the Steelers line for many years to come. Where there are issues is when you move out to Tackle. Flozell Adams was only a stop gap measure for the injuries to both Willie Colon and Max Starks. The Ravens Terrell Suggs had 3 sacks against this line in the divisional playoff also. When healthy, Starks has problems with quicker pass rushing ends and linebackers anyway. Look to the Steelers to draft some help here.
Contrary to popular belief, this line doesn’t get as much push in the running game as it seems. They have benefited from Mendenhall breaking tackles and making them look better than they have played. Much like Roethlisberger’s scrambles have helped their sack numbers. In the Super Bowl you could see this when Mendenhall was hit in the backfield 6 times on rushing plays including the critical 4th quarter fumble that sealed the Steelers fate. More and more drives depend on Ben making a play to keep drives alive than the Steelers powering the ball down opponents throats. That deficiency clearly comes from this line not getting much push. Need a serious upgrade and should use 2 draft picks here.
Receivers: After the loss of Santonio Holmes, I for one, thought this would be a weakness that would come back to haunt the Steelers. The emergence of Mike Wallace, who was a Pro Bowl snub, more than made up for Holmes departure. Wallace’s performance? 60 receptions for 1,257 yards and 10 touchdowns with a whopping 21 yards per reception and no Pro Bowl? Come on man! This deep, threat entering his third year, played better than expected and compliments Big Ben’s scrambling to put fear in rival defenses and will only get better. Rookie Antonio Brown started to emerge as the playoffs neared and should replace Randle El. He showed explosive speed as well and was a jolt to the Steelers special teams and will come into year 2 brimming with confidence.
Hines Ward has really slowed, he looked like a tight end through much of last year. He’s been a durable Hall of Fame receiver who may retire before we get to the 2011 season. The Steelers will need to develop a possession receiver or move to more 2 tight ends if Ward doesn’t come back. If he does look to teams running man under coverage and smothering him on underneath routes because he can’t get deep. He may need to be platooned and come out in certain situations. He’s slowed too much. At tight end Matt Spaeth and Heath Miller are the best one – two punch in football. Each block and are sure handed underneath receivers and bail Ben out on those 3rd and 4 scrambles. At receiver, the Steelers are really in good shape.
Defensive Line: Although this team was one of history’s most stout defensive fronts, this team can become old and give up yards in a hurry like the Steel Curtain of the 70’s did in 1980. DE Aaron Smith enters his 13th year along with fellow DE Brett Keisel going into his 10th. At NT, you have Casey Hampton entering his 11th season while his backup Chris Hoke is going into his 10th…Yikes!! They could be on the verge of a defensive collapse. They really had no affect in Super Bowl XLV. They did draft Ziggy Hood who has been a little more consistent as of late but 2011 could be the last hurrah with fingers crossed that 2010 wasn’t for this group. Face it from halftime of the AFC Championship game against the New York Jets on through the Super Bowl, this group was non existent. The Packers and Jets ran when they wanted to. Watchout…seriously
Linebackers: Don’t look now but the Steelers are getting a little long in the tooth at inside linebacker also. James Farrior has quietly been one of football’s best ILBs for the last six years. He’s been a consumate pro since he came over from the NY Jets yet he’s entering his 15th season. The Steelers brought back Larry Foote who played well last year and he’s entering his 10th season while they’re backup Keyaron Fox is entering his 8th. Fox also had a dumb personal foul call on the kickoff before the Steelers final drive that pushed them back to a point of desperation in the Super Bowl. The Steelers need to draft here to prepare for the enevitable.
At outside linebacker this team couldn’t be more set with former NFL Defensive Player of the Year in James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley. The best set of outside linebackers in football bar none. Even if one of them goes down, the Steelers have Lawrence Timmons out of Florida State, whom they play out of position as a nickel inside linebacker just to get him on the field. Harrison and Woodley are stout against the run and rush the passer as well as any set of linebackers in history. Their disappearance in Super Bowl XLV was puzzling….Woodley, Farrior, and Harrison combined for only 7 tackles in that football game. The Packers handled this team at the line of scrimmage and no one was used to that. Need to draft some inside linebacker help….
Secondary: The word for today kids is exposure. LOL Ike Taylor and William Gay were struggling to chase down Greg Jennings and Jordy Nelson in the Super Bowl. Do you realize had Jordy held onto the 3 passes he dropped he would have broken Jerry Rice’s Super Bowl receiving record for yardage? This bunch got scorched once the pass rush was stymied. Need legitimate help here. Taylor is a free agent and may leave, barring the team that tries to sign him not look at the Super Bowl footage, yet I digress. a stat was floating around that this was the 22nd best defensive backfield as a group yet it was the corners who were the Achilles heal. Help needed immediately
For the safeties are the best in football as a tandem in NFL Defensive Player of the Year Troy Polamalu and Ryan Clark out of LSU. However how long can these two play at such a high level? Polamalu is going into year 9 and Clark is going into year 10 and the pounding is taking its toll on Troy who has missed 5 games in the last two seasons due to injury. He rushed to come back and wasn’t the same player and you saw he couldn’t get to the corner to stop Aaron Rodgers throws over the corner. Troy just couldn’t get there. When healthy he is the most instinctive defensive players in the NFL and will go to the Hall of Fame. Has his physical style of play rendered his body to the point he can’t complete a full season anymore?? Hmmm??
Draft, draft, draft!! There are some needs everywhere from both the offensive and defensive lines, the inside linebacker position and cornerback. Age can really hit this team all at once. Although its not likely they just have to prepare. This is that last season where they are clearly better than the rest of the division. They are about to transition into being more of an offensive football team than that of a defensive one. The defense will need to be rebuilt in 2012. The Steelers have to get younger.
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In the shoes of a robot: The future approaches
by Università di Trento
Credit: Univeristy of Trento
Identifying with someone is an exercise that helps us understand them deeply, empathize with them, and helps us overcome mistrust and prejudice. And this occurs even when that someone is a robot. These interpersonal dynamics were confirmed by an experimental study that was published in Scientific Reports. The study is the result of scientific collaboration between Italian and French scientists.
One of its authors, Francesco Pavani, professor of Psychology at the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) and at the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science of the University of Trento, commented: "We have demonstrated that by 'beaming' a participant into a robot we can change his or her attitude towards the robot."
Pavani explained how this was achieved: "By 'beaming', we mean that we gave the participants the illusion that they were looking through the robot's eyes, moving its head as if it were their head, look in the mirror and see themselves as a robot."
This, as a result, made human participants identify with robots and empathize more with them: "Unlike exercises in which the participants couldn't t move the robot's head or do that in a coordinated manner with other body movements, in our study the experience of walking in the shoes of a robot led the participants to adopt a friendlier attitude, to perceive them as socially closer."
The study contributes to improving the relationship with technology and helps people overcome their fear of robots. Pavani underlined: "These aspects are very important, because one of the problems of robotics today is how to make robots more acceptable to humans. I am thinking about automated assistive devices, in particular, which will be used more and more to help people in their daily life, for example in the case of individuals with reduced mobility. In our study we demonstrate that experiencing how it feels to be inside a robot makes it easier to accept them and communicate with them."
The video demonstrates that experiencing how it feels to be inside a robot makes it easier to accept them and communicate with them Credit: ©Ventre-Dominey et al.
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More information: J. Ventre-Dominey et al, Embodiment into a robot increases its acceptability, Scientific Reports (2019). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46528-7
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Date: December 5, 2019, 21:55
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More than 140,000 people around the world died of measles last year, most of them children under the age of 5, according to a report published by the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday.
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A red flags hangs outside homes of residents who have not been vaccinated in Apia, Samoa, Dec. 5, 2019. Streets were eerily quiet as the government stepped up efforts to curb a measles epidemic that has killed scores of people.
In Samoa, the flags are intended to make it easier for health workers who are going door-to-door and vaccinating a community in the throes of a measles outbreak. At last count, 62 people have died, on an island nation of 200,000 residents. Almost all of those deaths were among young children.
Samoa’s story is one sliver of a larger narrative about a measles spike following more than a decade of progress toward eliminating the disease. In 2000, there were roughly 28,000,000 estimated measles cases worldwide. By 2017, that number had fallen to fewer than 8,000,000 cases.
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“In other words, we’re backsliding,” warned Dr. Kate O’Brien, director of immunization, vaccines and biologicals at WHO.
“There’s been an increase in both the cases and the deaths that have occurred from measles,” she said.
In 2018, Albania, Czechia, Greece and the United Kingdom, lost their coveted measles elimination status, meaning they’ve had continuous measles transmissions for more than a year after previously declaring the disease eliminated. The United States, which this year logged the highest number of measles cases in more than two decades, barely clung to its own status. Outbreaks in Brooklyn and New York State that lasted for nearly 12 months threatened to end nearly 20 years of having the elimination designation.
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D’You Hear About Todd? (Will Pickvance And Jonny Hartley / PBH’s Free Fringe)
By Olivia Sleet | Published on Wednesday 22 August 2012
This bemusing show begins with two men; one performing dark, introspective monologues about somebody called Todd, and a lighter character who can play the piano. The show considers the formalities of death and, with a few clever observations about human nature and abundant musical talent from Pickvance, it’s tolerable. The piano accompaniment over Hartley’s musings gives an interesting film noir saloon feel, but the comedic songs are somewhat jarring against the mood of the rest of the show, which struggles aimlessly through a variety of melancholy tangents. Somewhere, beneath the confusion over what’s going on (the composition of a requiem for the recently deceased Todd), there’s a reasonable show – but I had trouble finding it.
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When President Richard Nixon was facing allegations that he attempted to cover up the Watergate break-in, he initially declined to adhere with Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox’s subpoenas requiring that he share tape recordings of White House conversations he had kept, arguing the principle of executive privilege protected them. After Nixon’s subpoena appeals were denied, the former President offered to allow a Democratic Senator to review the tapes and provide Cox with verification that the summaries Nixon provided were accurate. Cox declined to accept Nixon’s proposed compromise, and was subsequently fired for this refusal, setting in motion the infamous Saturday Night Massacre that underpinned Nixon’s eventual resignation.
Michael Conway, an attorney who served as counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during its impeachment inquiry into Nixon, says Trump has gone further than Nixon in his attempt to control what information investigators have access to during their inquiry.
“Nixon was equally resistant to turning materials over and documents, but he did allow people to testify,” Conway says, referencing the White House’s urging that aides not comply with the Democrat-led investigation. “He was not as brazen about claiming some umbrella privilege for everything that is said by any of his aides.”
President Bill Clinton also tried to barter with investigators amid mounting concerns that he had engaged in inappropriate sexual relations with 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky and lied about their relationship under oath. Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr initially subpoenaed Clinton, but later withdrew the order after Clinton agreed to provide voluntary testimony under predetermined conditions. Prosecutors only had four hours to question the President at the White House, and Clinton’s White House and personal lawyers were permitted to be in the room with him.
Trump and Clinton employed similar strategies to combat the allegations against their administrations, with both leaders referring to the respective investigations as “witch hunts,” says Paul Rosenzweig, who served as a senior counsel under Starr.
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Of course, Clinton didn’t have his re-election to worry about, and neither did Nixon. As the inquiry centering on Trump’s conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky continues to unfold, Trump’s legal team has to ensure whatever action he takes — and whatever testimony he does or doesn’t provide — ultimately galvanizes his support base come 2020.
Given those stakes, Trump’s team of lawyers will do everything they can to keep the President from testifying at all, Rosenzweig says. “There’s no way that his attorneys are going to let him testify. They’ll throw themselves in front of him physically if they have to.”
Write to Abby Vesoulis at abby.vesoulis@time.com.
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Two collegians crushed to death under truck
TNN | Dec 4, 2019, 04.07 AM IST
RAJKOT: Two college students were killed when they were rammed into a truck near Taragdi village near Padadhari town about 15 km from Rajkot city on Tuesday afternoon.
The deceased identified as 21-year-old Luckyrajsinh Zala and his friend Shaktisinh Jadeja (23), both residents of Mota Vagudar village in Dhrol taluka of Jamnagar. They were returning home after appearing for a semester exam at Gardi College in Rajkot city.
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Police said that Zala and Jadeja were first year arts students of Padadhari Arts and Commerce College. They used to commute daily from the college to their village on bike.
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Lauren Dane’s Federation Chronicles Aren’t Just Great Erotic Science Fiction, They Are Amazing Science Fiction. Period.
Undercover (Federation Chronicles #1 – Brandt, Sera, and Ash) by Lauren Dane (Berkley, 2008)
That isn’t to say they aren’t erotic – they are damn erotic – but so much of erotic science fiction is heavy on the unusual penises or having some earth woman show an alien what love really is (and hey, I’m not judging since I read it). What gets missed in that emphasis is kickass world-building with deep conflict and political machinations which highlight the flaws in society, while hopefully giving the reader insight into the inequities in their own world.
Lauren Dane does all this in her Federation Chronicles. And she does it so well that it leaves me reeling and wanting more.
You do have to be comfortable with the erotic part, and a reader unused to a high level of steamy might find the first book a baptism by fire since it involves not just two people, but three and is heavy on a BDSM dynamic. But in case you’re worried this is going to be “who puts what in where,” don’t be. This is Lauren Dane, the writer who gave us contemporaries like the Brown Siblings series and the Chase Brothers series, and paranormal series like Cascadia Wolves, the de La Vega Cats and the recently concluded, terrific Bound by Magick series. Triads pop up all the time in her writing, sometimes accepted by the culture, sometimes not, and she deftly highlights those tensions while infusing the relationship with such emotion that you are cheering for everything to work out (and it does, thankfully, since it’s a romance novel!). While Dane has written this series so each book can be a stand-alone, with world-building like this, I’d strongly recommend reading all of them in order to truly appreciate the story arc.
Public domain image via Pixabay
The Federation is actually a federation of universes (or ‘verses as the citizens refer to them) settled by humans descended from Earth colonists generations upon generations ago, with a network of official Portals linking vast distances to shorten travel and enhance commerce. Comprised of millions of people and controlled by Houses, a handful of powerful families wield sole control over the masses. Think of the Houses as medieval aristocracy in terms of power and financial control and you won’t be far off. Members of the Houses are “Ranked,” meaning they possess tremendous status and privilege in addition to vast quantities of wealth at their disposal. While ranked men and women can have affairs with unranked people, it’s extremely limited in nature, with the more prominent ranked having to enter political marriages arranged (or at least approved) by the head of their House. Naturally with this arrangement, the men often have unranked mistresses, basically courtesans, and Ranked women are raised to think only of enhancing their family’s status through marriage as their destiny.
The first book, Undercover, focuses on Lieutenant Sera Ayers, an outstanding operative for the Federation military, known for using her facility with languages and cultures to good effect in undercover operations. Coming from an extremely modest background, she’s worked hard to find her place, but has finally achieved a level of respect from her superior officers and her peers and assembled a crack team which she leads successfully. When she’s called into her CO’s office and told that her team has been reassigned to someone else so she can work with the two men in front of her on a secret assignment, she’s both stunned and enraged, primarily because the one man, Ash Walker, is the ranked jackass who stole her heart ten years ago and then shredded it with the offer of becoming his official mistress when his arranged marriage was announced and finalized. She ran from him then and she’s going to run from him now, but not before landing a terrific punch to the face.
Ash Walker knew Sera was likely to still be angry with him, even after a decade apart, but he didn’t expect this strong a reaction. He’s never stopped loving her and while he knows that she is perfect for this mission, he also knows that he’s hoping that he can show her that they can finally have a future together. His sham of a marriage fell apart after only a few years, and the best thing he got out of it was the man sitting next to him, his once brother-in-law, Brandt Pela, who is not only his best friend but his occasional lover as well. Ash suspects – no, he knows – that Sera might be the final piece to bring the three of them together, if she would just lower her defenses.
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Brandt Pela might also be a wealthy ranked man but he sees what Ash stubbornly doesn’t, that Sera was so shattered by Ash’s treatment of her years ago that her lack of trust endangers their mission, especially since Ash constructed their cover so that Sera would have to pose as his mistress. Brandt knows that Sera is astonishingly beautiful and obviously a terrific soldier. Since he quickly decides he wants something more permanent with her as well, he offers to have her be his mistress on the mission, with the clear understanding that they will have to have sex and that the world they are traveling to is going to expect him to share her with Ash.
Sera hates Ash (and her reaction to him after all these years) but she doesn’t have a choice in this assignment. With the good-looking and considerate Brandt trying to make it work with switching the proposed roles, she accepts his offer, knowing that this mission is dangerous both physically and to her heart. When she discovers that her understanding of Ash’s choices ten years ago was not as clear as it should have been – and that the betrayal they are slowly uncovering on their assignment strikes at the heart of Ash and Brandt’s families – Sera decides she will do whatever it takes to fight for her world, even if it means having her heart broken all over again, this time by two ranked men.
I’ll be honest, this book is the most painful of the entire series for me to read since Sera and Ash are still both so raw from their loss of one another, even if it has been a decade. Sera was young and naive, at least to the point that she didn’t understand that Ash’s marriage involved the livelihood of tens of thousands of unranked people like her. Ash is an entitled ass who still doesn’t get it, but he is so in love with Sera and so tender with her as her relationship with Brandt develops that she is able to take the risk and be with him once more. Both Brandt and Ash are dominant, which works fine as Sera loves being a submissive to them (only in the bedroom, however), and the M/M action between Brandt and Ash *fans self* is quite steamy, even though Sera is their ultimate focus. Even though BDSM is not my thing, Dane writes it so well that it was clear the dynamic was about satisfying everyone’s desire to express their love and affection for one another, so it never made me uncomfortable.
I was so wowed by how Dane managed to figure out an HEA for these three since I spent a large part of my first reading desperately trying to brainstorm how on earth she could solve the problem of their status inequity. Yet these two ranked men use everything at their disposal to follow their hearts and find happiness, while also shedding the cover they’ve held for years of dissipated playboys, enabling them to be honest about both their undercover military service while at the same time honest about their love for Sera and each other. As tough as the first half of the book is, the last 30 pages always initiate a gigantic burst of warmth in my chest as it all comes together!
Relentless (Federation Chronicles #2 – Abby and Roman) by Lauren Dane (Berkley, 2009)
The second book in the series, Relentless, is actually my favorite (by a close margin, but still manages to move ahead). Centered on the Federation’s home world of Ravena, the focus of power and commerce in this polarized world. The powerful heads of houses and their heirs meet in councils to discuss issues and events, and the recent exposure of corruption in the houses of Walker and Pela (fortunately by two honored sons from those houses in the military) have stirred unrest among the unranked.
Heading it is the beautiful and dynamic Abbie Haws, a respected barrister and head of an organization which seeks greater representation for the unranked among the Houses. Abbie considers herself fortunate when she can get one of the House’s personal assistants to return her calls, but she draws attention when a nursemaid to one of the Houses is accused of stealing and fired, coincidentally right before she would qualify for her pension and retirement. The ranked members of the House involved are incensed, and Abbie is almost attacked in the courthouse. That near assault draws the attention of the most powerful man in the Federation, Roman Lyons, the head of House Lyons.
Lauren Dane mentions in her acknowledgements page that she wanted to specifically thank actor Daniel Craig since he was her inspiration for Roman Lyons, and I defy you not to think of that sexy actor as you fall for Roman. Married incredibly young at the age of 17 in a political union, Roman produced two wonderful sons quickly and then watched their mother waste away to a disease brought on by her last birth. Serious and intense, Roman has the weight of millions on his shoulders with literally the responsibility of hundreds of thousands of people directly working for the benefit of House Lyons.
Daniel Craig (the sexy beast). Whether he’s playing James Bond on screen or Roman Lyons in my head, he brings sensuality and incredible strength of purpose to the role. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.
So naturally he’s astonished when he meets the troublesome Abbie Haws in his office to discover that the two of them have an immediate, combustible chemistry, one he has literally never experienced before and which ends with her having an orgasm within 10 minutes of their meeting. (That is my kind of meeting!) The two of them recognize that there is something there but the need for privacy is vital as the press getting a hold of any whiff of anything between them would be disastrous. Considering the work Abbie is doing, work that Roman grows to respect and wants to foster, her reputation would be horribly undermined with the taint of sexual connection between them. Roman also knows that as the head of House Lyons, it’s his duty to negotiate another political marriage and strengthen his House.
Knowing that there is no future is no guarantee of not falling in love. Abbie takes Roman undercover to see the lives of the unranked he controls while she gains insight into the unbelievable pressures and responsibilities he has. The Roman Abbie discovers is a man who adores his two sons and is incredibly loyal to the people who work for him. In turn, Roman discovers the truth behind Abbie’s many scars and realizes that a woman who has every reason to despise the ranked instead confronts them daily working to forward the rights of average person. The more each of them uncover, the more amazing their connection, and a hopeless love develops between them, one that they both know must end. For Roman the agony is knowing he will have to deal with everything in his life without the joy and fire that is Abbie grounding him; for Abbie it’s knowing that she will need to go on with her life seeing Roman on the vids (video) and hearing about him at every turn, particularly after he’s married to someone else.
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Oh. My. God. There is no way you don’t come away adoring Abbie – the love she has for her family (and they for her), her handling her narcissistic and idealistic father, the older brother who almost went to jail for her before accepting a military position instead, the ex-fiancee who has remained a good friend. Particularly after hearing the crucible she went through at such a young age when she was assaulted, you will be ready to get BFF necklaces and take her out for a drink! Roman is actually her perfect match, as her playful demeanor offers him an outlet he never before possessed and his intense support with no agenda other than helping her is a welcome relief from the many people who demand a piece of her. Their heat is off the charts – muy caliente – and when that sensuality is combined with the tenderness between them, it’s enough to break your heart, particularly knowing how doomed they are.
Which brings me to the number one reason why I think this book should be made into a movie. Of all the books (and the whole series would be an incredible movie franchise if middle America wouldn’t flip out at the M/M action and the triad relationships), the ending of this book, literally had me standing up shouting “Yes, YES!!” the first time I read it (and I still do a fist pump with each subsequent re-read). Dane just surprises the hell out of me with her ability to pull an emotional yet believable HEA out of what previously appeared to be thin air. Suffice it to say that you’ll be so much more in love with Roman than you were before, if that’s possible.
Insatiable (Federation Chronicles #3, Phantom Corps #1 – Daniel and Carina) by Lauren Dane (Berkley, 2010)
The third book, Insatiable, stars none other than Abbie Haws brother, Daniel, who works for Roman Lyons’ chief military officer in what’s known as the Phantom Corps. In fact, Dane has created a mini-trilogy within the larger construct of the Federation Chronicles, continuing the story arc of political corruption within the Federation and demonstrating how the brave men and women of this elite undercover force ferrets out information and eliminates threats to the universes.
This book brings in a fascinating angle to the series’ story arc of the growing threat to the Federation by exposing us to the threat inherent in Imperial territory. The Imperial ‘Verses are the direct competition and insidious enemy of the Federation although no conflict is officially declared. One of the most powerful men in this ‘verse is a sick bastard by the name of Fardelle, who is about to marry off his twenty-three year old daughter Carina to further cement an alliance with one of his underlings.
Carina has perfected the facade of a shallow, stunningly beautiful woman just waiting to be married off to further her father’s agenda. Her mother, Fardelle’s first wife, has worked quietly behind the scenes to undermine her husband and support her children at every turn, for all the good it’s done her. Her oldest son literally disappeared and his name stricken from all records and portraits, her youngest son died suddenly of a mysterious and virulent illness, and now her daughter is to be married to a violent lecher who will make the rest of her life a hell. Stealing vital data chips from her husband’s home office, Carina’s mother convinces her to accept the coded data as a subdermal chip, intrinsically linked to her body’s system so that in order to extract the data, Carina must be alive. Contacting Federation forces, Fardelle’s wife arranges for an operative to ferry Carina to Federation territory and safely out of her father’s hands.
Carina agreed to be the carrier thinking that this would undermine her father’s evil while helping her and her mother escape, and she’s dismayed at the last minute by her mother’s announcement that she plans to stay behind. Carina fleeing a horrible marriage is believable versus the more treasonous implications of the two of them disappearing. When the handsome but bossy operative Daniel Haws arrives in disguise, Carina can tell she’s in good hands even if the agent in question treats her like an utter moron.
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Daniel is shocked at not only how beautiful Carina Fardelle is, but how her public face of a vapid, shallow daughter of wealth completely disappears and in its place is that of a vibrant and capable young woman eager to experience the world and feel her freedom. He must get her out of Imperial territory alive, however, and back to Ravena where the information on her chip can be decoded. Fardelle is suspected of trafficking in bioweapons with the goal to attack Federation outposts and the human costs could potentially be in the millions. Yet as he and Carina evade Imperial forces with the help of his fellow agents, Daniel finds himself sexually and emotionally pulled toward this brave young woman, all the while knowing that when they return to his home planet she will be inundated with proposals of marriage from ranked men. But Carina didn’t escape her father’s control to not take the reins of her own destiny, and she knows her future includes Daniel, if he can let go of his belief system to see it.
Dane does a terrific job showing us the phenomenal pressures of Carina’s life, pressures which force her to don an impenetrable mask in order to avoid detection. But although Carina is a virgin, she is a sensual, slightly naughty one with a propensity for voyeurism, so she has plenty of tricks up her sleeve and she plans on trying all of them with Daniel. There is no way for Daniel to resist her for long, at least not once his instincts confirm that this bold, courageous woman is the real Carina, and he knows she may just be one person he can never let go. I loved them as a couple, adored their heat, and felt that the sense of imminent threat to the Federation was so well done, I wasn’t sure what was making my pulse pound more – Carina and Daniel’s sexy times or the urgent need for them to get her information back to Ravena ASAP! Meeting the other members of the Phantom Corps helps understand the dynamics of their operation while introducing us to a few key people, namely the heroes of the next two books.
Mesmerized (Federation Chronicles #4; Phantom Corps #2 – Andrei and Piper) by Lauren Dane (Berkley, 2011)
The first fellow Phantom Corp agent with his own book is Andrei Solace, the enigmatic assassin who helped Carina and Daniel get to Federation territory. Now in Mesmerized, with the escalation of animosity from the Imperial forces a growing rumor – particularly with their use of mercenaries to traffic bioagents and ammunition – Andrei is sent back to his home planet to investigate. There is one mercenary in particular who he never forgot and who he is sure will help the Federation. But seeing her means confronting his past and, more importantly, having the strength to walk away…again.
Piper Roundtree thought Andrei might have died when he disappeared at age 17 and it broke her young heart. Always best friends, their affection for one another became an all-consuming young love which had them taking one another’s virginity. But Andrei and Piper both lived a hardscrabble existence on the wrong side of the law, and while Piper had her siblings, Andrei was alone after his mother died and his siblings were taken away. After his arrest, the Roundtrees never saw him again, only comforted by the occasional packets of credits marked with a single “A” that helped them survive in their isolated compound during the hard years.
But when Andrei turns out to be the mysterious sniper who just saved Piper and her family from annihilation at the hands of Imperial soldiers pressuring her to ferry illegal cargo, Piper has the realization that nothing has changed regarding her feelings for Andrei. Yes, he’s now a man when she loved the boy, but realizing the work he’s done and how he has made himself into a deadly soldier only makes her more determined to show him that he is loved exactly for who he is. Andrei knows that who and what he is will only stain this incredible thing that he has with Piper, but he can’t help needing her, even when he knows he should push her away.
Andrei was a sexy beast in Insatiable and had a demonstrated wry sense of humor, but seeing him revisit his painful past is worth it to find Piper again. She is so upbeat and stubborn (both in the best possible way) and most importantly, she knows him well-enough to understand all the shame and worries he brings to their renewed relationship, allowing her to blast past those barriers one at a time. For Andrei, being an assassin and spy is so much of who he is (and that part of him that he doesn’t want Piper to know) that for him to see her actively take part in his life – using her shady contacts, her ability to bluff and her amazing piloting skills to help him and the Federation – is this eye-opening moment where it occurs to him that his vocation doesn’t have to be separate from the love of his life. I adored them both and cheered for them to figure it all out, even when the ending of the book broke my heart with Piper’s loss during the plant raid.
Captivated (Federation Chronicles #5 ; Phantom Corps #3 – Vincenz, Julian and Hannah) by Lauren Dane (Berkley, 2012)
That final mission in Mesmerized had a big impact on more than just Andrei and Piper. In Captivated, we see the story begin back at the raid, as Vincenz Fardelle (Carina’s older brother who disappeared and then enlisted in the Phantom Corps) helps raid the plant in an effort to discover more about his father’s Imperial plans for bioweaponry. As he is making his way through the deserted labs, he spots a naked, filthy woman, clearly tortured, in one of the glass cells. Glancing at the lab’s information to insure that she is not infected or dangerous, he’s angered and horrified to discover that she has been subjected to an experiment for over a year at being deprived of touch or interaction of any kind other than experiments involving pain or violent treatment. He scoops her up and takes her to the transport to get her out of that hellhole prior to its detonation.
The woman, who is identified as scientist Hannah Black, is naturally terrified of doctors of any kind, reminded all too much of the experiments and pain inflicted upon her in her captivity. Vincenz, who has rejected his father’s name and taken his mother’s surname Cuomo, is in a relationship with fellow Phantom Corps member Julian Marsters. Brought together soon after Julian lost his best friend in the attack on Ravena in Insatiable, Vincenz and Julian discovered that their love for one another has pushed back the darkness they each carry. Perhaps because of this, they empathize with Hannah’s struggle to fight to gain back the pieces of her shattered memory and personality, immediately protecting her from the Federation doctors who want her in a hospital under their care.
In the weeks after her rescue, Hannah feels nothing but frustration at her fragmented intellect combined with intense affection for the two gorgeous men who protect her. Deprived of human touch for so long, golden Vincenz and the dark Julian keep her sandwiched between them at night, making sure one of them is always close by for her to hold if she needs them during the day. When it becomes clear that she was kidnapped for a reason by the Imperial scientists, Hannah agrees to undergo a painful experimental treatment which will hopefully amplify the piecing together of her memory in order to help the Phantom Corps with information. In the process, a part of herself she thought permanently lost – that of sexual desire – returns with a vengeance and is embarrassingly directed at the handsome soldiers who saved her.
While Vincenz and Julian may have begun their acceptance of Hannah into their home based on the need to protect her, the weeks of witnessing her daily bravery have deepened their feelings into much more and they both admit to each other that their feelings are quite carnal. Helping Hannah reclaim this part of herself as well is nothing but a pleasure to all three of them, but with Julian still withholding a part of himself over grief for his friend and Vincenz facing his father’s demons in an important mission, Hannah wonders if the feelings she has for these two men will have to come to an end.
Okay, this is the book practically tied with Relentless as my favorite of the series. Vincenz and Julian are both hot and sweet with one another – brainy, hunky soldiers with dark pasts who nevertheless find something precious and wonderful in one another. The development with Hannah is all the sweeter for them not realizing it was anything they needed or wanted, they just woke up one day realizing that her happiness was incredibly important to them and that she was a woman whose beauty, inside and out, made her an intrinsic part of their relationship.
Hannah is an amazing character and I think Lauren Dane is nothing short of masterful the way she conveys how Hannah’s brain has morphed into something truly different, yet how that change has simply revealed the core of her amazing personality. Seeing Piper and Andrei again was a pleasure, particularly when they both explain how Vincenz and Julian are seriously stepping in it and hurting Hannah. There’s no way you don’t have a smile on your face when Andrei lectures the two of them on how to treat a woman! Dane offers great further development of threat from the Imperial forces and a really exciting denouement when we return to the compound from which Carina escaped back in Insatiable. There is joy and heartbreak in the final showdown, but once again, an unexpected HEA that makes you cheer for this triad and the future they have together.
While Dane has made clear that while she is busy juggling other projects in 2014 (and I’m looking forward to them!), she’s is planning at least two more books in the series – Wil (the hot head of the Phantom Corps who we have already seen flustered by a woman back on Ravena) and Deimos (Roman Lyons oldest son who I carry a crush for based on how much he loves his father and how he wants to help Abby). Her website states that she’s hoping their books will come out in 2015, but luckily for us, these five books are so amazing that whenever I get itchy for fabulous science fiction, I just reread them!
There All Along by Lauren Dane and Megan Hart (Berkley, December 3, 2013)
I did want to address the cost of the books – the ebook editions are strangely expensive (like around $11) which I don’t understand at all, but there are mass market paperbacks for each of them with a normal price of $6, and honestly, whatever you pay, they are utterly worth it. I have most of mine in paper format, but considering where they rank in my list of favorite series, I’m going to slowly add the ebook versions since I like to have both formats for books I consider to be romance classics, and these fit the bill.
Many thanks to Lauren Dane for being such a kickass writer that she can do multiple genres with aplomb. She has another (what sounds like) science fiction story (unrelated to the Federation chronicles) coming out this week in a duology with Megan Hart, There All Along, and Dane’s story “Land’s End” about a lone gunman and the woman who’s town is attacked, sounds amazing – I’ve already pre-ordered it!
If you enjoy science fiction, love science fiction erotic romance, or just plain love Lauren Dane, do yourself a favor and get the Federation Chronicles on your to-read list ASAP. This a phenomenal series by a phenomenal writer – you’ll love it!
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Kendra Leigh Castle’s Amazing Dark Dynasties Series Stands Out In the Sea of Paranormal Romance
Dark Awakening (#1 Dark Dynasties Series – Ty and Lily’s story) by Kendra Leigh Castle (Forever, July 1, 2011)
Before you even start, yes, I am aware that the paranormal romance world is literally flooded with vampire books that are barely spell-checked to say nothing of actually comprised of vibrant characters and a well-drawn world of darkness. I’ve read some of them and threw more than a few across the room in disgust. Sister, I hear you.
Because, let’s be honest here, there are certain things we all expect from a vampire romance, right? First off, the hero (and it is the man who is the vampire, more often than not), has to actually be an honorable person. He can be a bad boy, but even bad boys have their own code of what’s right and wrong. Invariably he is strong and possesses a warrior mentality (how else can a vampire survive all those years?). He’s got to be a little damaged, maybe a lot damaged, but not past redemption. A sense of humor, even one long buried, is not mandatory, but helps bring out the sexy in our fanged friend.
Oh, and speaking of sexy? Vampire heroes have this one nailed (no pun intended). I don’t like a man whore (well, a reformed man whore, a la Bones from the Night Huntress series is more than okay), but he has to know his way around the sheets and have a skill set he can bring to the…ah…table. I want to see bursting into flames outside of exposure to the sun, if you get my drift.
The heroine of a vampire romance has a list of requirements she must meet as well. A good heroine has to have her own type of power to bring to the match so she and our vampire hero are on even ground at least in some areas. She must have heart, serious heart, involving the ability to love fiercely since the mark of the vampire hero is that he often doesn’t feel worthy of love after his years of loneliness. She can’t be cowed easily since Mr. Bossy Bitey-Man is likely to have gotten his way for far too long, and the heroine’s ability to stand up for herself will help the hero understand that he must treat her as an equal.
Renegade Angel by Kendra Leigh Castle (Harlequin Nocturne, September 1, 2010) – Hot Angels. Sexier Fallen Angels. And the occasional overworked hot vampire. Walk, don’t run, to your nearest bookstore and get this.
Are you scoffing at me? Telling me that these books are as rare as a clean port-o-potty during the last day of your state fair? Well, Ms. Skeptical, please look over here and let me introduce you to my new favorite author, the lovely Kendra Leigh Castle.
You might remember Kendra from my kvelling over her novella in the recently reviewed, Vacation with a Vampire, a novella which led me to the related novel she published, Renegade Angel (which was fabulous!!). Seeing the reviews for her Dark Dynasties series and also noticing the third book was available as an ARC from NetGalley, I decided to request it, and based on my faith in her, purchased the first two books in the series.
I was not disappointed! In fact, Kendra’s Dark Dynasties series just made my short list of books I will buy in pre-order and pay full price for since they are so damn well-written. Let’s take a look at the three books in this series and you can tell me what you think, eh?
Dark Awakening (Book 1) – Ty and Lily’s story
Hey, guess what is sexier than a vampire? A vampire with Fae blood running through his veins who can shift into a gorgeous black cat. And what’s even sexier than a prowly, sinuous, shape shifting vampire?
How about a SCOTTISH one.
Get your glass of ice water while you can because Tynan MacGillivray is not going to put aside his sex appeal because you decided to wear too many layers today. Ty is one of the Cat Sith, a vampire sired by a bloodline with a heritage from the Fae which allows its members to shift into beautiful and ferocious black cats.
Unfortunately, this ability is far from valued in a world in which vampires are judged by allegiance to the different dynasties. While once all were considered unique and equal, a hierarchy emerged centuries ago and the Cat Sith are considered the “guttertrash” of the vampire world. Condemned to either be at the fringe of vampire society or to work as slaves to powerful vampires, the majority of Cat Sith have accepted their fate to serve the cruel aristocrats, although their enforced servitude chafes.
Ty has been favored by Arsinoe, the beautiful female vampire who leads the Ptolemy dynasty. Once benevolent toward her Cat Sith subjects, times are changing and not for the better. With her highblood vampires being slaughtered and a powerful Gypsy curse blamed for the murders, Arsinoe has dispatched Tynan, her best Cat Sith tracker and assassin, to find a seer, a human capable of seeing beyond the grave.
Looking for almost a year, he has just about given up when he stumbles across a beautiful English professor, Lily Quinn. He is drawn by her scent to drink her blood and avail himself of the sexual chemistry between them, but before he can enjoy either pleasure, Ty spots an unusual mark on her collarbone, a mark that indicates Lily is claimed by another vampire dynasty rendering her untouchable. Her mind is also closed to him, a fact which marks her as a seer. Saddened by his assignment and the need to deceive her, he goes to her home to explain that he must take her to his vampire leader and deludes her into thinking she can return to her life.
But Lily and Ty find themselves under siege quickly – it seems that Ty isn’t the only one looking for the Seer. On the run, the two of them become painfully aware of the heat between them while learning more about one another. When an attack reveals Lily’s prodigious power, power no human should possess, an understanding of the mysterious dreams she’s experienced since childhood hint at a heritage that puts in her far greater danger than she was before.
I think what blew me away the most in Kendra Leigh Castle’s writing was the almost effortless introduction to the complicated world of vampire dynasties and its politics. The hierarchy of creatures with “highblooded” vampires as a tier of cruel aristrocrats bent on exploiting all other creatures captures the key facet of my top requirement for a paranormal world, namely how it must reflect to some extent the flaws of our own, and prejudice is a good place to start.
Lily is a special person who finds herself almost relieved to finally understand why she has been so different since childhood and the love she has for Ty helps her make the sacrifices necessary for his survival. For Ty, having found a person who sees him for more than his devalued heritage opens his eyes to the transformative power of love and gives him the courage to not only keep Lily safe, but attempt to challenge the very foundations of the only world he has ever known.
The captivating world and wonderful protagonists are actually equalled by the rich secondary characters introduced, characters we naturally want to see more of. Ty’s blood brother on the run, Jaden, and the lovely werewolf he insults at the Chicago safe house, Lyra, were clearly sure bets in the world of a series and the next book lets us into their world.
Midnight Reckoning (#2 Dark Dynasties series – Jaden and Lyra’s story) by Kendra Leigh Castle (Forever, January 1, 2012)
Midnight Reckoning (Book 2) – Jaden and Lyra’s story
Jaden is happy to have escaped the yoke of the Ptolemy dynasty and has pledged allegiance to the new Lilith dynasty which recognizes the equality of the Cat Sith. With the dissatisfied Ptolemy gunning for the newest vampires on the block, however, vigilance is everyone’s middle name.
When Jaden overhears an altercation during reconnaissance and investigates, he astonished to find the feisty werewolf, Lyra, about to be forcibly mated. Although he is not supposed to interfere in werewolf politics, he intervenes and she is able to escape, albeit after not demonstrating a tremendous amount of gratitude. Considering how rude Jaden was to her the last time they met this isn’t shocking, but when he finds the necklace she lost in the fight, he realizes that his animosity stems from the fact that he’s attracted to her.
This is a horrifying realization. Vampire and werewolf interaction, especially anything romantic is strictly forbidden by both species. In the world of powerful vampires the only creatures more looked down up than the Cat Sith are the werewolves. In turn, werewolves cannot stand “bloodsuckers” and consider them immoral opportunists with no honor.
Thinking that if he sees her again he can convince himself of the temporary nature of his attraction, Jaden heads to the small town in upstate New York that Lyra’s pack calls home. Discovering that she is the daughter of the alpha has pieces beginning to click in Jaden’s mind. He realizes she must be swamped with men attempting to mate her in an effort to annex her political and physical power for themselves.
But the problem goes deeper than that. Lyra’s father explains to Jaden that Lyra is bent on defying centuries of gender expectations by challenging for the beta position in the pack (and thus the heir spot to being the future alpha) and he knows that as good a fighter as she is, she’ll be killed. After seeing Jaden kicking ass vampire style, the desperate father asks Jaden to stay at their house and spend the next month teaching Lyra to fight in the hope that she can learn enough to survive and possibly win.
Lyra is irritated with herself for being so attracted to everything about this vampire, and having him under the same roof isn’t helping her REM sleep much. As Jaden reveals his past and lets her behind his cool vampire exterior, the more right and comfortable it feels to be with him, but she knows this path leads to disaster, for her and for the pack she wants to serve. The hot kisses they exchange ramp up the tension further, and stray vampires coming out the woodwork to kill Jaden only highlight the danger of his presence in pack territory. When all the conflict comes to a head, the fallout is like nothing you’d imagine!
Okay, I did NOT see the bad guy coming on this one! Kendra Leigh Castle displays a mystery/thriller writer’s mastery of weaving competing elements and story strands and giving a few of them a nice twist so you don’t see the unexpected outcomes coming down the pike. This is so rare for a romance writer, but an incredibly welcome talent (there are romantic suspense writers who could take lessons from her). Great continuing story arc from previous book of the Ptolemy vampires bent on causing trouble and I love the development of how Lily is leading the Lilith dynasty into a new era with her openness to alliances like those with werewolves and the Cat Sith. Jaden and Lyra are both hot and sweet together, with each of them filling an emptiness in one another that they didn’t realize existed.
Shadow Rising (#3 Dark Dynasties series – Damien and Ariane’s story) by Kendra Leigh Castle (Forever, July 31, 2012)
Shadow Rising (Book 3) – Damien and Ariane’s story
In the last two books, we met Damien, the Cat Sith who had pledged himself as a mercenary to the House of the Shades rather than be enslaved by the Ptolemy. On the surface a conscienceless rogue, he nevertheless has helped his Cat Sith brothers Ty and Jaden even when being paid to do otherwise.
As one of the Shades best trackers and assassin, he’s been contracted to find a missing Grigori, a rare breed of vampire characterized by their massive size, white hair and purple eyes. Little is known about them other than their desert dwelling habits and firm policy of non-interference – this is a dynasty of vampires known as the “Watchers” for a reason. Strange that one of them should go rogue, but Damien isn’t being paid to think about it.
Ariane has been a Grigori for over 900 years but she’s treated like a child by the other ancients in their desert compound, never allowed to go off the grounds and reduced to gleaning information about the outside world from books and the humans who are brought to them for sustenance. When her best friend Sammael goes missing and her archenemy Oren is charged with his return, she decides to break the rules and go searching for him herself.
Naturally she and Damien cross paths and both of them are shocked at the meeting. Damien has spent so long with a deadened heart that he’s amazed at the level of fascination both his human self and his cat are experiencing at the smell of this woman. Granted, even with her terrible wig, her lavender eyes (to say nothing of her body) make her the most beautiful creature he’s ever seen, but if there is one rule Damien religiously adheres to, it’s the one that states he works alone. The fact that she seems innocent enough to have grown up in a fairy tale tower seems like an additional complication.
But after Ariane displays how her centuries of near captivity have been spent in honing fighting skills, he’s willing to consider a compromise. Ariane is experiencing lust and desire for the first time and it’s all directed at this gorgeous British vampire with his sandy blond hair and roguish eyes. Damien is brutally honest with her about his many faults and is more than up front about his inability to form attachments, but she sees past the surface to the latent sense of honor and profound loneliness he’s battled for years.
As they both attempt to untangle their true feelings for one another, political machinations of the dynasties put everyone in danger. Other assassins are sent after Sammael and his brother Lucan with Ariane caught in the crossfire and the exposure of a Grigori secret threatens to destroy the world as they know it. With one vampire dynasty weakening and the others bent on protecting their power, it seems unlikely that Damien will be able to face his personal demons and find the happiness with Ariane she seems bent on offering him.
Okay, I’ve loved Damien for two whole books and it was NO surprise to discover this witty hedonist was a former (maybe Regency?) rogue whose father was an Earl. Ariane’s innocence was exactly what he needed to slide under the layer of defenses he’d erected around his heart. The progressing story arc of the continued dynasty struggle was interesting and I enjoyed the additional information surrounding the Empusae dynasty and its problems as well as seeing Vlad Dracul, the head of the Dracul dynasty. That blond, Romanian scholar prince has got some serious sex appeal and I cannot wait to read about his story!
Immortal Craving (Book 4) – Tasmin and Bailey’s story (due out in January 2013?)
The end of the NetGalley ARC had a delicious teaser for the next book in the series, which I totally didn’t expect but was elated to find.
This next installment will star Lily’s good human friend (and animal lover with a penchant for drooly dogs, like her black Newfoundland, Grimm) Bailey Harper partnered with Tasmin Singh, a Rakshasa, a breed of vampire shifter (who can turn into lions) long thought extinct. Immortal Craving, their story, is probably going to come out January of 2013 if the time between publication of the previous books is any indication. The Newfie isn’t the only one drooling in anticipation of this book!
Summary or have you bought them yet?
The only thing I love more than finding a good author is finding a good author with a kick ass series and Kendra Leigh Castle fits the bill. Yes, the whole vampire-as-shifter piece is unusual and sounds like it could be weird, but you probably are an experienced enough reader to realize that any unusual story in the hands of a good writer has tremendous potential. This author has demonstrated a writing style that melds fascinating world building, great characterization, and heart-thumping romance in one series that doesn’t disappoint. Isn’t it what we all want from a good vampire romance?
Take a look at Kendra Leigh Castle’s Dark Dynasties series and be prepared to remember why you liked vampire romance in the first place. She’ll renew your faith in inhumanity. 😉
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'WOEFULLY INADEQUATE': Driver fined $100 for parking accident that killed 5-year-old cancer survivor
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A $100 fine.
That maximum fine was “woefully inadequate” for the driver whose runaway vehicle tragically killed five-year-old cancer survivor Camila Torcato, said provincial prosecutor Jamie MacPherson.
Luana Barbosa Brambila, 31, was convicted under the Highway Traffic Act by Justice of the Peace Tina Wassenaar for failing to take precautions for a vehicle set in motion.
Brambila’s driverless SUV pinned Torcato and her father, Amilcar Torcato, by his vehicle, inflicting fatal injuries to the senior kindergarten student outside St. Raphael Catholic school in Downsview on Jan. 15, 2018. The father suffered no serious injuries.
Luana Barbosa Brambila arrives at the Old City Hall courthouse on Oct. 22, 2019.
Wassenaar imposed the maximum fine for the offence — $100. Brambila has six months to pay.
“This was a senseless accident that had a horrendous result,” said MacPherson. “This maximum penalty is woefully inadequate. No one is suggesting she intended this outcome.”
Brambila parked her Sante Fe SUV but left the engine running while she rushed to pick up her daughter at St. Raphael that afternoon.
While out of the vehicle, it moved towards Amilcar Torcato, 42, who had parked his 2003 Mercedes Benz ML500. He had picked up his daughter, Camila, and was about to put her into his car.
The unoccupied Hyundai travelled towards parked Mercedes and struck both father and daughter, jamming them against the driver’s side of the Mercedes.
Camila Torcato, 5, survived cancer but was killed by a runaway, driverless SUV. (Facebook)
“The car came and we couldn’t get out of there. I started screaming and the car was pushing against us,” said Torcato in a statement of fact read out in court. “There was nobody inside the car. The car was empty. And then this person came to take the car back.”
Teacher Salvatore Cigna heard Torcato’s cries for help and saw the father’s flailing arms as he was wedged between the two cars, court heard.
Cigna jumped into the Hyundai, reversed it and freed the Torcatos.
According to the statement of fact, Torcato said he spoke to Brambila and recalled her saying, “she was really sorry that she was ‘too medicated’ — and it was not conversation. It was just crying.”
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Brambila’s lawyer, Robert Geurts, described the tragedy as a “perfect storm” of circumstances.
“We are all potentially guilty when we leave our cars without putting on the parking brakes,” added Geurts.
“I defy anyone to say they always apply parking brakes. This tragedy has devastated my client.”
MOM CAN’T WAKE FROM ‘TERRIBLE NIGHTMARE’
The devastated mom of tiny Camila Torcato cannot blink because every time she does, she sees her daughter’s lifeless body.
Catarina Rodrigues De Almeida couldn’t bear to deliver her victim impact statement in court on Tuesday because the loss of her five-year-old daughter is still too fresh and overwhelming.
“You don’t know sorrow until seeing a photo of your daughter makes your heart sink into your stomach,” wrote De Almeida.
Camila Torcato (GoFundMe)
“And you don’t know heartbreak until you leave the hospital with only one child when you’re a mom of two. I’ll miss you forever.”
Camila was a fighter as soon as she born prematurely at 34 weeks, weighing only 2.2 kilograms, recalled De Almeida. Profound sadness swept across the courtroom as the poignant statement was read aloud.
Camila’s radiant smile was “dimmed” when she was diagnosed with cancer at age three. She “endured six months of chemotherapy, treatments and three surgeries, including the removal of a kidney, stated De Almeida.
The girl “was thriving in school and adored by her teachers and classmates. She was living a healthy, happy life and we looked forward to seeing her grow and become a kind, successful and strong young woman,” court heard.
“Our hopes for her were tragically cut short on the afternoon of Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. It doesn’t feel like 21 months since I’ve seen my daughter, kissed her soft cheeks but one miserable day with no beginning and no end,” she wrote. “It feels like one terrible nightmare I can’t wake up from.”.\
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KRYK: Bills' first draft need — help for QB Allen
John KrykMore from John Kryk
Updated: April 22, 2019 6:27 PM EDT
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Tight end Hockenson would be ideal
With their first pick in the NFL draft, the Buffalo Bills need to select the offensive player likeliest to help quarterback Josh Allen succeed this coming season.
Propping up Allen must be the club’s overriding priority in 2019. All year long.
In my opinion, that’s why 15 of GM Brandon Beane’s 19 veteran signings over the first six weeks of free agency ply their trade on the offensive side of the ball. Beane understands the urgency.
Ideally, in Round 1 on Thursday night, he should select the best pass catcher available. If not a tight end or wide receiver, then the top plug-and-play offensive lineman. As I’ll explain in a moment.
Why the urgency to help Allen? Indeed, why is this year so crucial to his development? Because his judgment clock is ticking. Fast.
As with any second-year pro who didn’t exactly blow the roof off the league aerially as a rookie passer, it’s integral the Bills don’t go into Allen’s third year still uncertain as to whether he can succeed long-term in the NFL. Such a predicament usually spells certain doom in today’s NFL.
Outside of the Jacksonville Jaguars with Blake Bortles and Miami Dolphins with Ryan Tannehill, NFL teams this decade typically have run out of patience with a struggling young QB before Year 4 — no matter how promising or highly drafted he might have been.
To wit, see the Jaguars previously with Blaine Gabbert, the Minnesota Vikings with Christian Ponder, the New York Jets with Geno Smith and Christian Hackenburg, the Denver Broncos with Paxton Lynch, the Cleveland Browns with DeShone Kizer, and even the Bills with EJ Manuel. All were drafted in the first or second round; all were benched or dumped before the end of Year 3. Never mind whether Bortles and Tannehill should have been, too.
Allen in 2018 was surrounded by arguably the worst offensive talent in the league. The line feebly protected him and, just as dismally, he was stuck with arguably the NFL’s worst group of pass catchers. Wideouts failed to get open most of the time, and when they did they often didn’t fight hard enough to catch good throws.
It didn’t help Buffalo’s attack that 30-year-old running back LeSean McCoy had a dreadful season, too often bouncing the ball outside into losses, and averaging a career-low 3.2 yards per carry.
The knock on Allen coming out of Wyoming, and heard in howls from Western New York after the Bills drafted him seventh overall last April, was his worrisomely low completion percentage (56%). Cannon of an arm, sure, but just too scattershot.
Last fall, with few of his Buffalo receivers ever open, and with him running for his life so much, Allen completed 52%. That’s bad. He threw more interceptions (12) than touchdowns (10).
But quarterbacking is so much more than mere throwing, and Allen at times stunningly showed he has the moxy, creativity, improvisation as a wicked runner, competitiveness and leadership to last a long time in the NFL — so long as he can get the throwing part down. The toughest hurdle.
Now, should Allen be judged harshly on his 2018 passing stats, with such a poor surrounding cast? And considering he was shoved in as starter in Week 2 despite not taking the lion’s share of first-team reps from May through August? Of course not.
Hence, the urgency to surround him with better players.
If Allen passes poorly again in Year 2, he would enter Year 3 facing immense pressure to significantly step up his play — at best in a maelstrom of negativity, at worst with everyone more or less already resigned to how this will play out. The Bills must avoid this at all cost.
That’s why it’d be best for all parties if the Bills gave Allen his best chances to max out his development in 2019.
If the Bills believe — as I do — that the most impactful pass catcher in this year’s draft is tight end T.J. Hockenson of Iowa, then light the fireworks and rush to take him if he’s still available at No. 9 overall.
In this Oct. 13, 2018, file photo, Iowa tight end T.J. Hockenson rushes the ball into the end zone to score during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Indiana, in Bloomington, Ind. Doug McSchooler / AP, File
If the Bills are concerned that either the Jacksonville Jaguars at No. 7 overall or Detroit Lions at No. 8 intend to snag Hockenson above them — as many reports and mock drafts are predicting — and if Buffalo brass really want him, then they should seriously consider pole-vaulting over the Jags and Lions by attempting to swap picks with the New York Giants at No. 6.
That is, as long as Buffalo could swing it at a cost that (a) isn’t ridiculous and (b) does not include a first-round pick next year. Third- and fifth-round picks this year, or a second-round pick next year and fifth this year, might do it. Or a fourth instead of a fifth.
Never mind the usual knocks on drafting any tight end high in the first round. Hockenson is seen by many as a rare, slam-dunk Top 10 talent — a generational tight end who can help an offence not only with his top-shelf receiving talents, but ably too as a feisty run-blocker. Hockenson has been described as the next Jason Witten.
Because the Bills want an offence founded on a potent rushing attack, Hockenson would not have to run pass routes to help the offence, and help Allen — as a wideout would. Hence Hockenson’s added value.
But, if the Bills instead believe a wide receiver can most help Allen right away — such as super speedy, diminutive Marquise Brown of Oklahoma, or that marvel of muscularity D.K. Metcalf of Mississippi — then Buffalo maybe could afford to trade down five, or even 10, spots and still get him.
What about an offensive lineman? Almost everybody’s top three tackles are Florida’s Jawaan Taylor, Alabama’s Jonah Williams and Washington State’s Andre Dillard. But none project as a ready-to-play left tackle with established, elite abilities as both a pass protector and run blocker. NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah says Williams is solid but might project best in the pros as a guard; Taylor is a mauler but is a lower-valued right tackle; and while Dillard is fabulous in pass-pro, Jeremiah says he’s raw and unproven as a run blocker.
The Bills should take the offensive player they deem who can supply the most instant impact. Because even if Allen in the end does not pan out, the Bills still might gain a good, possibly even great, offensive starter for years to come.
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Major Julian A. Cook, Infantry, distinguished himself on 20 September 1944 at Nijmegen, Holland. Major Cook, Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry, led his battalion with unparalleled bravery in the initial assault wave during the daring daylight crossing of the Waal River. Although his boatload suffered heavy casualties as a result of the incessant enemy small arms and artillery fire which raked the 250 yard wide stream, he guided the barge safely ashore. Although still under heavy fire, Major Cook remained on the river bank directing the remainder of his battalion coming ashore. On several occasions he plunged back into the river to pull damaged boats ashore and to care for the wounded. During the crossing heavy casualties were suffered, but Major Cook quickly reorganized the remainder of his battalion and led it successfully from objective to objective during the 4000-yard attack, until the north end of the Nijmegen bridge was reached and seized. Major Cook's thoroughness in effecting rapid reorganization and consolidation after the seizure of each intermediate objective was highly instrumental in the success of the entire operation. Major Cook's heroic actions reflect the finest traditions of the Armed Forces.
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Norwegian Air Tries to Fool U.S. DOT with Latest ‘Promises’
Remember that bad joke we told you in back in 2013? The one about the Norwegian airline that plans to register in Ireland and base its employees — hired through a Singaporean agency — in Bangkok? Well, it only gets worse — or more laughable, depending upon your level of cynicism.
Norwegian Air International (NAI), a subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, has tried time and time again to gain access to the U.S., undermine fair competition and avoid strong labor standards. In its latest attempt, the airline has “promised” the U.S. Department of Transportation that it will hire only European and U.S. pilots for its transatlantic flights. NAI further states that these workers, who will be employed under individual contracts, will have a “chance” for full employment at Norwegian 24 to 36 months down the road.
As if the DOT, members of Congress, American air carriers and airline employees would be fooled by such smoke and mirrors. NAI’s “commitments” are nothing more than unenforceable empty promises. They would do absolutely nothing to address the foundational problem with the company’s proposed flag of convenience business model: that it violates the 2010 US-EU Open Skies Agreement. As the old saying goes, you can put lipstick on a pig…
That’s why, together with the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA), the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and the European Cockpit Association (ECA), we’ve called NAI on their bluff and have once again requested that the DOT deny the company a foreign air carrier permit. We will continue to fight for the strong enforcement of our aviation trade agreements to ensure that U.S. airlines and airline workers are competing on a level playing field.
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The Riviera Palm Springs, A Tribute Portfolio Resort
1600 North Indian Canyon Drive | Palm Springs, CA 92262-4602 [SEE MAP]Palm Springs, CA [SEE ADDRESS]
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Every room comes with a private balcony or patio
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The retro Riviera Palm Springs, A Tribute Portfolio Resort invites guests to experience the property's fun, funky atmosphere and lavish amenities. The resort decor – which visitors love – is best described as chic and modern. Guest rooms come attached to private balconies or patios and floor-to-ceiling windows, and all accommodations feature complimentary Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs. The Riviera Palm Springs also features poolside cabanas and a pool bar that serves up tasty drinks and light fare. For a more peaceful ambiance, previous guests recommend spending some time in the spa, which houses 18 treatment rooms, a Watsu pool and offers a long list of treatments. As evening approaches, Cantala serves up California cuisine in a colorful atmosphere, but if you're looking for classy cocktails and a see-and-be-seen environment, head straight for Gypsy Rose. You'll find this Marriott-affiliated property, which participates in the Marriott Bonvoy loyalty program, just north of downtown Palm Springs.
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A party place built in 1958 and renovated in 2008, the Riviera attracts young, well-heeled, bikini-clad guests who hang out around the pool by day and the Bikini Bar by night.
Celebrity treatment includes the 12,000-square-foot SpaTerre, classic cocktails from the Bikini Bar, Circa 59's prix fixe menu, and the rejuvenating powers of this historic property.
The puzzle-piece-shaped pool is lined with cabanas and lounge beds perfect for posing or people watching. Music, both live and from a DJ, gets the whole place rocking.
A hotel's guest rating is calculated using data provided under license by TripAdvisor. A total of 2805 have reviewed the The Riviera Palm Springs, A Tribute Portfolio Resort, giving it a rating of 3.5, on a scale of 1-5.
Guest rooms at The Riviera Palm Springs, A Tribute Portfolio Resort are best described as contemporary in decor and retro-glam in style, with bold prints and color schemes spread throughout. All accommodations offer private patios or balconies with views of the San Jacinto Mountains, verdant gardens or sparkling pools. For a more restful stay, request a room away from the Soleil Pool, which often hosts parties with live bands or DJs.
Daily $35 resort fee includes in-room Wi-Fi access, local phone calls and daily newspapers
Standard room size: 305 to 350 square feet
The Riviera is located in Palm Springs' Uptown Design District, giving guests easy access to many dining, shopping and nightlife options in the area. The property is also conveniently situated between the San Jacinto Mountains and is only a few short miles west of many of the city's golf courses.
Hop on the Palm Springs Buzz Trolley for easy access to downtown restaurants, shops, theaters and galleries
Nearby popular attractions include the Palm Springs Art Museum and the Elvis Honeymoon Hideaway
About 5 miles northwest of Palm Springs International Airport
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24-hour self-parking (free)
The resort's main restaurant is Cafe Palmetto, which features upscale California-fresh dining for breakfast and lunch. Guests can grab poolside cocktails at the Soleil or Chiki bars or enjoy billiards and small plates at Gypsy Rose or the Landing Bar & Lounge. And those looking for an intimate evening meal can head to Cantala for dinner.
The Riviera has two pools: the Soleil Pool and the Chiki Pool. The Soleil Pool is best suited for those looking to party, as the pool plays music and hosts parties after dark, while the Chiki Pool offers a more relaxed atmosphere, making it ideal for families.
Ample lounge chairs and cabanas on deck
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The Azure Spa and Salon features 18 treatment rooms, a Jacuzzi, private steam rooms and meditation "nooks." Drawing inspiration from ancient Asian rituals, the spa also offers a Watsu pool and a Buddha Lounge, giving guests a unique relaxation experience.
Spa open daily from 9 or 10 a.m. to 5 or 7 p.m.
Full-service hair salon, spray tanning area and retail boutique
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This resort does not have a kids club, but use of the property's bicycles is covered by the daily resort fee. Kids can also swim in the on-site swimming pools or play billiards or board games at The Arcade.
Pack n' Play cribs available upon request
Life-size Jenga, Connect Four and croquet by pools
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The Riviera has a fitness center stocked with cardio machines and strength-training equipment. Use of the property's bicycles and participation in one yoga class are also covered by the daily resort fee.
Fitness center open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily
Complimentary towels and water
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The Riviera offers a variety of meeting areas, including the divisible 19,670-square-foot Grand Ballroom. The property's desert conference center has two smaller ballrooms, and boardrooms are spread throughout the property. Garden and pool areas can be rented out for events as well.
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Dogs are welcome to stay at The Riviera for a one-time fee of $100. Up to two dogs are permitted in each room. Dogs must weigh no more than 50 pounds total.
Property has two pet relief areas
Boasting more than 45,000 square feet of wedding and reception space, The Riviera welcomes couples for ceremonies and wedding-related events. The property's ballrooms are available, as well as 24 acres of landscaped courtyards, gardens and poolside terraces, all featuring views of the San Jacinto Mountains.
The Riviera's event planners specialize in ethnic weddings
Maximum wedding guest capacity: 1060
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Romantic Cabin Getaways in the Adirondack Mountains, New York
Raechel Donahue, Leaf Group Updated January 18, 2018
Tourists have flocked to the Adirondacks for decades. (Photo: Thinkstock/Comstock/Getty Images )
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The Adirondacks of upstate New York encompass about 6 million acres of mountains, forest and lakes and have been a vacation destination for more than 100 years. Whether your idea of romance is a luxury chalet, a cozy cabin, a lakeside retreat, or an off-the-grid hideaway, you'll find a place for a charming getaway in these dome-shaped mountains. A handful of choices are outstanding options in each of these categories.
Trout House takes cabin living to a new level. Whether you pick a cozy studio or a three-bedroom chalet, each will have a fireplace, gourmet kitchen, TV, telephone, jetted tub and private porch. On the shore of Lake George, once a destination only for the rich and famous, Trout House has its own beach and dock. Canoe, sail, swim or fish to your heart's content, and when evening comes you'll be ready for a romantic fireworks cruise on the Lake George steamboat.
Equally exciting in every season, the lakefront cabins of Lake Placid Lodge have each been furnished by Adirondack artists and craftsmen. By the stone fireplace, a hand-hewn log bed with a sumptuous down duvet faces an enormous picture window that affords an unobstructed view of the lake. Hold hands and ice skate on the frozen lake in the winter or take a picnic out on an electric boat in the spring. These intimate cabins seem far away from it all, but you can always nip up to the lodge for a lakeside eggs Benedict breakfast.
Creekside Cabin is a secluded getaway in the western Adirondacks. As the name implies, the privately owned cabin is perched on a bluff above Big Creek and has a clear view of the surrounding wilderness. You can canoe, fish and swim in the creek, or just relax in your Adirondack chairs and enjoy the sound of the water as you wait for sunset. The cabin has a fireplace, Wi-Fi, a DVD player - there is no TV reception - and a fully equipped kitchen with herbs and spices. Just bring your supplies and enjoy getting away from it all together.
Fourpeaks is situated in the High Peaks area of the Adirondacks between Whiteface Mountain and the Jay Wilderness, near the small town of Jay. The seven cabins are scattered over 700 acres and all are off the grid to some degree. Overlooking a brook and with a view of the mountains, Thoreau House is a replica of Henry David Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond. It has electricity, cold running well water - you have to heat water for the shower -- and a gas stove. Romantic Gypsy Camp has an outdoor privy, a sink with a pump, gas lighting and a gypsy trailer just for sleeping. This is romance for those who love the outdoor life.
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Restored Original Enterprise Model Docks in Washington, DC
| June 28, 2016 | By: Jared Whitley 54 comments so far
Millions of people every year will now be able to see the original model of the USS Enterprise at the Smithsonian – unfortunately for them, just like as Picard tells Data in First Contact, they won’t be able to touch it.
The 50-year-old original model of the Enterprise went on display today in the main lobby of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Previously, it had been at its sister museum in Chantilly, Virginia (displayed prominently in the gift shop) and then dry-docked for a couple years while it was restored to its former glory.
While the ship (excuse me, the model) has been redone to appear just as good – if not better – than it did in 1966, the restoration process left the visible electrical wires on its port side visible. The wires ran the lights on the ship, but were never filmed.
The Smithsonian has always endeavored to tell not just the story of advancing science and technology, but also of the people who were involved and the broader cultural impact, Dr. Margaret Weitekamp, curator for the Air and Space Museum, told TrekMovie.
“When you start to talk about pop culture and memorabilia, we can talk about Star Trek now, she said. Aerospace conglomerate Boeing provided much of the funding for the Enterprise restoration, part of a larger effort for the museum, so the Smithsonian has named the main lobby the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall.
The same exhibit space currently features a profile of Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, as well as the Star Trek Voyager communicator pin she received when she attended the show’s premiere in 1995.
An official public ceremony to celebrate the new addition will be held on Friday (which is also the 40th anniversary of the museum itself). The event will include several Star Trek glitterati, notably Michael and Denise Okuda, and a midnight screening of the film Galaxy Quest.
Legate Damar
Oh good. I was just at the Air and Space Museum a couple of months ago, and I was dissapointed that the Enterprise wasn’t there. I’ll have to go check it out soon.
The PW
I’ve seen several news articles dealing with the reworking of the studio model. ‘Fascinating’ does the team a injustice for the amount of love & labor they did to complete this event. Though I doubt I’ll ever go see her again, its still two servings of awesome sauce just to know they finally finished. Maybe my kids will (for their school trips to DC)…
Just Another Salt Vampire
Minor correction: the model had been displayed in the gift shop of the main Air and Space Museum on the National Mall prior to its restoration.
Really? Because about ten years ago I was at the Smithsonian and wanted to see it – and had understood it was out in Virginia (and I didn’t have time to get there). I did get to see Julia Child’s kitchen and Fonzie’s jacket, so there was that.
Yes, I saw it there in 2011. It was downstairs in the gift shop.
I\'m Dead Jim
I was there at the Air & Space museum in 1978 when they had the Big E hanging from the ceiling. She was the main reason I wanted to go there. Good to see that she is being treated well.
Thomoz
That’s where I saw and photographed it in 1979
This original model is VASTLY superior to JJ’s Enterprise in both style and beauty.
TMP Enterprise is the only one that came close!
dmduncan
I agree. The clean simple lines make it hard to date. Also, hard to improve on.
bryan with pointy nacelles and big disk
JJ’s Enterprise looks like a 50’s Buick, overly designed and way too much bling.
TommyHawk
Yes, we know Harry, you think J.J. is the devil…. come up with something new.
I don’t comment much anymore, so get off my back.
Andrew SD
Let’s keep it real, as much as we all love the original model it would look ridiculous in a modern film or TV show. There are aspects of the JJ’s Enterprise that I don’t like but it looks much more space worthy, interesting, believable and cinematic then 1960’s model as much as I may love it.
Gene L. Coon was a U. S. Marine. Stand at ease.
Respectfully, and completely disagree. JJ made sure that the Millennium Falcon was exactly the same. Here’s a quote from Wired magazine:
“Fortunately, as well as having on-set expertise from veteran crewman Mark Harris, who actually built the Falcon for Empire, Gilford’s team has access to all the original photographs and blueprints. “So we got to build the perfect Falcon,” says Gilford. “Making sure all the dressing, the ageing, every detail was as close as possible to the original.” http://www.wired.co.uk/article/star-wars-force-awakens-millennium-falcon
I refuse to accept the idea that the Enterprise had to be changed. I remember reading that exact rationale about the TMP Enterprise back in 1979, as the reason for her being changed. The difference being that the TMP Enterprise turned out perfect. JJ’s changes were unnecessary.
I think the original Enterprise would look just fine up on the big screen. It’s not about the little details (aztec paint job, or minute surface detail for instance), it is completely about the lines, and proportions.
Quarks factory refurbished tribbles
Looks pretty darned detailed to me, then again I do not make multi million dollar motion pictures for a living.
Richard Civil
Important to remember that this ship was made in the mid 60’s for television. Later ships for TV and movies would have more details on the ship due to the viewers ability to see more detail on movie screens and better televisions.
It’s also important to note that Matt Jefferies was an engineer and actually had a concept of what was needed for a space craft. The smooth, simple finish had to do with engineering principles. The Enterprise had to be and was believable as a long term space faring vessel.
As much as I like the -A, she started to add clutter but not enough to ruin her.
TrekMadeMeWonder
Thank you for pointing that out, Harry.
I think the exposed wires are very cool. Adds a very nice behind-the-scenes element to the display. My thanks to the crew who restored it. We all appreciate your work. Also thrilled that the Okudas will be there for the ceremony. I met them at a convention 25 years ago and they were both so gracious and kind. I still have Denise’s Voyager business card!
Trekboi
it’s appauling & embarassing. The central Icon for Star Trek, the future, with wires hanging out the side of it- so much for imagination.
Its ok to mention it in notes & show pictures of her during filming but to present her to the public like this some tragic half finished archeic … ugh I can’t go on.
I was so excited that she was going to get a more accurate paint job then they ruin it with this.
Anthony Thompson
Loosen up, homeboy. That’s the way the studio model looked and functioned. To ‘hide the wires’ would have presented a false / fictionalized version of the model.
AJinMoscow
Treat her like a lady, and she’ll always bring you home.
That actually brought a tear to my eye.
Truly she is soooo beautiful, that I would love to lay down next to her and rub her ample nacelles.
Ted C
Posting lines from Star Trek movies and shows is getting old.
Harry Plinkett
Sa-weet! That is one beautiful lady right there.
SirMartman
The Enterprise looks great,Ive read about other restorations and seen the god awful pics of them,but I really take my hat off to the Air and Space Museum for a job well done.
Another great job in Star Trek restorations is the great job done to the shuttle Galileo,
Amazing to have her back as for years she was considered lost.
http://www.space.com/22189-star-trek-shuttlecraft-galileo-houston-museum.html
If only someone could find the infamous “three foot model” of the Enterprise to clean her up too!
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Constitution_class_model_(original)
CmdrR
We DEMAND (beg) that this fine lady be used in the new series! It can be just a brief shot, but it would mean the world to fans. Maybe show her in her showcase at the Smithsonian and say someone is researching Kirk’s ship.
bmar
Even better with the lights on.
Danpaine
Excellent; thanks for that….
nscates
Yeah, that looks amazing!
Victor Hugo Carballo
I just wallpapered that picture, thank you!
AdmNaismith
>gaspchills<
Thank you for the pic.
Thank you to The Smithsonian, for taking this seriously and doing a superior job.
An iconic piece of design, to be outdone only by the TMP redesign.
I still think it's the most beautiful ship in SiFi-dom.
I have some misgivings about the added CGI to the TOS eps, but it beautifully shows off remarkable E.
Thanks BMAR, 50 more would be appreciated.
Hard to believe that the nacelle domes are held by visible acorn nuts. Starfleet must have some huge wrenches to turn that nut.
Why, yes. Yes they do.
TonyD
Now that is a proper restoration. I remember being just heartbroken when I saw that awful painting of a prior restoration with all the gaudy gridlines. This really takes it back to its original glory.
Dennis C
A much better video can be found by following this link with the Enterprise lit up like a Christmas tree, They did an amazing job. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa79FmRRgJ0
Amazing. Amazing. Amazing.
Very well done. Very beautiful. And very much excitement about the only fictional artifact in this exhibit.
Star Trek forever!
It’s really much better than I could have hoped for. The Ship that launched my imagination and love for all “starships”. When ST:TE was still an ongoing concern, that was my Trek pilgrimage. Now to see the original 1701 in all of her screen accurate restored glory will be my new pilgrimage.
Thank you Smithsonian for the amazing job. She truly is a beautiful lady, and we love her!
I lived in D.C. for fifteen years, and I’m proud to say I saw the Big E up close and personal three times. Usually hanging from the ceiling, but I had a chance to inspect her good. And from the looks of these pics, they did an outstanding job restoring her – never looked better. She saw some rough years at the Smithsonian. For those of you who have never seen her, the feeling is a wee bit overwhelming. You just gotta stand there, looking, and think, “My God, it really IS her…………..!” What a rush for a real fan.
So the beauty still has a bad side, huh? WHHHHYYYYY?! I will read the articale and closely examine the pics later.
Curious Cadet
Anybody know why it’s green? Was that paint color chosen because of the lightning and blue screen photography so it turned out the gray/blue color it appears on screen? You know like how the gold uniforms are really green?
That looks a lot better! Still seeing what looks like attempts at weathering (rusty around the base of the navigational deflector on the secondary hull and grid lines on the edge of the primary hull) but overall MUCH MUCH better than the grid line airbrush nightmare it had before.
The model looks fantastic. The Smithsonian staff did an outstanding job. Their devotion and dedication to preserving this model is just wonderful and inspiring. Now, as for this article, poorly written and that video was terrible. The music to loud and that voice….oh…that voice.
Model looks terrific.
But why the split glass panel in front? Kind of spoils the primary-side view. I don’t recall that from the gift-shop display…
I Khan Believe It An\'t Butter
Beautiful! Just Beautiful!
Shocked, I was so excited that she was going to get a more accurate paint job then they ruin it with this.
Its ok to mention it in notes & show pictures of her during filming but to present her to the public like this some tragic half finished…
People want to see her & imagine she was the ship that made all those journeys. how can the do that looking at a half painted model with exposed wires.
dep1701
The Smithsonian is a museum. Their function is to display artifacts and keep them as close to how they originally existed and looked as possible. This restoration is an excellent example. The studio model was never designed to be filmed from it’s left side. To have mocked up new port side details to complete the model would have destroyed it’s authenticity. If they were going to do that, they might as well have built a new one from scratch. This is as close as we will get to how the model looked in the ’60s…exposed wiring and all ( in fact, this new wiring is less of an unsightly mess than what WAS originally hanging out of her port side in the 60’s. For proof, go this website and take a look at the 23rd and 24th pictures in the series of the 11 footer; http://startrekhistory.com/models.html). It is being presented as what it was; a studio model.
chuckunit
They seem to have nailed it. Much better than the bad airbrush azteking of the last attempts.
Does anyone know what the “It’s Cloaked” sign is about and what it says?
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