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Messianic Jewish families often turn to Messianic congregations because they help children understand what it means to be a Jewish believer in the Messiah, and help kids feel linked to a faith community larger than their immediate family. It would be easy for Jewish children to become disconnected from their Jewish heritage in a Christian church. Similarly, many interfaith couples find that a Messianic congregation is the most comfortable home for both spouses, especially when it comes time to raise children.
Messianic congregations also emphasize the celebration of the Jewish festivals, which often become an event for members of the wider Jewish community who do not know Messiah. These outreaches allow Jewish believers to talk with their fellow Jews and answer their questions about how a person can believe in Messiah Jesus and still be Jewish. Connection with Jewish life through their Messianic congregations often eases such concerns.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/a-sip-to-sip-tour-of-the-sonoma-of-spain/2019/11/27/302d6cfe-fc13-11e9-8906-ab6b60de9124_story.html
Wineries north of Madrid start to come into their own as the 'Sonoma of Spain'
Amy Tara Koch, The Washington Post
Published 12:28 pm CST, Friday, November 29, 2019
The Abadía Retuerta winery in Sardon, Spain, produces award-winning wines in a picturesque setting on the southern bank of the Douro River.
Photo: Handout Courtesy Of Abadía Retuerta
Everyone knows about Napa and Sonoma, Tuscany and Bordeaux. For a lesser-known vineyard getaway, one heavy on juicy reds and masterful meals, consider Ribera del Duero, a burgeoning wine region just two hours north of Madrid.
Haven't heard of it? Except for noticing the appellation on a handful of esoteric wine menus, I hadn't either. So I decided to drop in on the area dubbed the "Sonoma of Spain"by oenophile Robert Parker of Wine Advocate.
After spending a night in Madrid, I hopped the fast train to Valladolid and headed north to commence my vineyard tours. Unlike California wine country, with its attractive farm stands and lively, shop-filled Main Streets, Ribera is rural, with one main road snaking through quiet one-bar towns. Further proof I was not in California: I could not locate a single coffee shop for a midday pick-me-up.
Though the road seemed flat, the terraced vineyards I was driving alongside were at an elevation of 3,500 feet, some of the highest in Europe. Punctuating the rustic landscape were unexpected flashes of modernity - a white cube, a terra cotta wave of arches, a celestial-looking Grecian moderne edifice - that housed the wineries. These bodegas, as the Spanish call them, are what draw tourists to Ribera del Duero. They peep out from beyond a medieval castle, behind an ancient monastery and between groves of fluffy-looking pine trees that seem plucked from "The Lorax."
My first stop was 3 Ases, which produces only 50,000 bottles of wine per year. At smaller wineries like this one, tastings are led by the vintners themselves. As we walked through the vines, owner César Arranz explained that the tempranillo grape, the backbone to Spain's well-structured red wines, had grown here since the Middle Ages. But it wasn't until 1982 that Ribera del Duero winemakers petitioned for - and won - their own Denominación de Origen (D.O.) appellation to compete with Rioja, the region's mighty neighbor to the northeast.
Ribera del Duero is now home to more than 300 wineries - some indie upstarts, others internationally acclaimed labels - that wind through the ancient provinces of Soria, Segovia, Burgos and Valladolid. Arranz poured "Joven Roble" and "Crianza" (different designations of the local wines such as Joven, Crianza and Reserva indicate how long the wines have aged in oak barrels and in the bottle), followed by a plucky, strawberry-forward rosé from a bottle bearing a label of a donkey wearing oversize spectacles. Producing easy-to-drink rosé in the land of classic tempranillo was progressive, he explained.
The move, plus the quirky label, was part of an effort to entice a younger generation of beerswigging Spaniards to drink wine. When I asked the cost of these wines, I thought my Spanish had failed me. Only 6 euros (about $6.60) for a bottle of killer rosé? And 8 euros (about $8.80) for the fragrant Crianza aged for 14 months in a French oak barrel? This was shockingly inexpensive, even considering the 5% price hike at retail.
Next I visited Abadía Retuerta in Sardon, a more expansive operation where award-winning (Wine Spectator, Wine Advocate, Wine Magazine) wines are produced on 500 acres of terrain that sweep from the southern bank of the Douro River up to 2,100 feet above sea level. I bounced over the rocky terrain for about 20 minutes in a 4x4 to see the vines - tempranillo, cabernet sauvignon, merlot, syrah, petit verdot - and the property's state-of-the-art gravity-flow irrigation system before taking in panoramic views of the Douro Valley from the property's craggy cliffs. Then came a tasting under a 200-year-old oak tree, where chief winemaker Ángel Anocibar pointed out the similarities between Napa cabernets and the wines of Ribera. Since both regions are adjacent to rivers and benefit from soil rich in gravel, sand and clay, Napa cabernets and Ribera's bold tempranillo-based wines are structurally similar, meaning they are full-bodied and taste of deep blue fruits like plum and blackberry. A few swigs of Selección Especial later, the comparison rang clear.
(Abadía offers nature-based activities to accompany tastings, such as e-biking and horseback riding through the vineyard, followed by a picnic lunch and a gardener-for-the-day experience in the property's biodynamic organic garden.)
Then off to Burgos, 50 minutes north. Bodegas Portia has received international acclaim for its edgy Norman Foster design, which is futuristic indeed. The steel-and-cement trefoil exploding from the earth resembles the Capitol from the Hunger Games films. Inside, a raised public gallery connects three massive wings to display different stages of the production process, from pulping to bottling. Sadly, the tasting room was full (note: definitely book tastings in advance), so I eyeballed the restaurant, Triennia Gastrobar, and took my leave.
Thanks to hearty soil, where there are vineyards, there is usually also standout food. I may not have spied casual restaurants in and around the towns, but, with direction from locals, I tapped into Ribera's sophisticated culinary scene.
At Ambivium, the gastronomic restaurant inside the stylish Pago de Carraovejas winery, I had my jet-lagged mind blown during a pairings lunch masterminded by chef Marina de la Hoz. Dishes like fatty ox tartare topped with white truffle shavings and wisps of blue cheese, slow-roasted suckling pig dotted with creme fraiche, and aromatic black rice infused with squid brought the bold flavors of Spain into sharp focus. The food is divine.
But dapper sommelier Guillermo Cruz, 34, steals the show. His zest for storytelling, explaining the nuances of pairing the aforementioned tartare with, say, three vintages of Barolo (1967, 1996, 2013) to underscore the Piedmontese inspiration, added a thrill to the meal. The cost of a 12-course lunch? About $70, $160 with wine pairings.
Another dynamic tasting menu unfolded at the Cepa 21 winery, where Alberto Soto, a chef who employs "trampantojo," or the element of surprise, deconstructs traditional flavors into high-concept small plates. To wit: His macaron de la Ribera del Duero looks like a cookie but is actually lamb pâté between two crunchy disks of dehydrated wine-flavored jam. Salmorejo, a classic creamy tomato soup with ham and egg, became, in his hands, a meringue-based, hand-eaten tapa filled with a dash of the cold soup. The price tag for this inspired 13-course meal was $66, $88 with wine pairings, much less than what such an experience would cost in Madrid.
Experimental cuisine is not the focus at La Serrezuela, a tiny restaurant in a tiny town called Montejo de la Vega de la Serrezuela in Segovia. Here, the culinary stars are just-plucked-from-the-earth vegetables, deftly smoked over coal and laced with zesty Spanish olive oil. Melt-in-your-mouth lechazo (baby lamb), smoked for hours at low heat, also dazzled.
As I drained my wine, I told chef Giorgio de Marco how much I wished to see one of the ancient underground bodegas popular in this area. A few minutes later, a neighbor appeared and led me up the street and into a door tucked into a rock formation. Inside, down a slimy path and through an iron grill, I entered a "Game of Thrones"-looking cell filled with musty wine barrels. Wine was siphoned directly from a barrel, and we (five fellow diners had trailed us to the cellar) raised a glass to good health. Most of these bodegas are private. A similar experience can be had at Bodega Don Carlos (in Aranda de Duero), where tastings and meals are served in a historic underground cellar.
I needed to splice gorging with recreation. Happily, the sloped terrain offered ample opportunity to hike. The Quintanilla de Onésimo Trail follows the River Douro for 8.6 miles on pathways trodden by fishermen hundreds of years ago through plains and vineyards. This can be made into an all-day trek if you continue up to Peñafiel castle and end at the stunning Castilla Termal Monastery of Valbuena, a five-star hotel within a preserved 12th-century Cistercian monastery.
One afternoon, I headed to Parque Natural Hoces del Rio Riaza in northeast Segovia, a spot celebrated for lunarlike terrain, specifically gorges formed by the Duratón River. The park, which offers superlative hiking and kayaking, is a famous breeding ground for birds of prey. As I descended into a juniper-scented canyon, there were griffon vultures, wings extended almost 9 feet, circling above the cliffs. Later, with the help of binoculars, I spied a peregrine falcon imperiously perched above a ravine.
The days flew by, a flurry of big flavors, bold wine and transcendental scenery. Whether you stay in Ribera del Duero or make a day trip from Madrid, this pocket of Spain gets high marks on hospitality.
-Fuente Aceña Hotel Boutique
Calle del Molino, s/n Quintanilla de Onésimo, Valladolid
011-34-983-680-910
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This stylish 22-room boutique hotel inside an old flour mill overlooking the Douro River has basic, comfortable rooms with terraces and a popular gourmet restaurant. Rooms from about $93.
-Abadía Retuerta
Sardón de Duero, 47340 Valladolid
abadia-retuerta.com/en
Tucked into 1,740 acres of lavender fields, olive groves and rolling vineyards, this winery offers myriad experiences such as a Michelin-starred restaurant and a spa with wine-infused treatments, in addition to tastings and tours of the grounds. Tastings and tours from about $44 per person.
-Bodegas Portia
Antigua Carretera N-1, 09370 Burgos
visitabodegasgrupofaustino.com/en/bodegas-portia
This winery boasts standout architecture composed of steel, wood, concrete and glass, and offers visitors a peek into the wine production process from start to finish. Guided tour and tastings from about $13 per person.
-Pago de Carraovejas Cepa 21
Camino de Carraovejas, s/n, Peñafiel, Valladolid
pagodecarraovejas.com/en/
Ambivium, the chic, light-filled restaurant inside Pago de Carraovejas winery, has an open kitchen and views of Peñafiel castle. Tasting menu about $70, from about $160 with wine pairings. From here: https://www.pagodecarraovejas.com/src/uploads/2016/10/ENG_folleto_eno.pdf Six Senses wine tour from about $99 per person.
-Nacional 122, 47318 Castrillo de Duero, Valladolid
011-34-983-48-40-84
cepa21.com/en/
An elegant, low-key restaurant nestled in the vineyards of the Cepa 21 winery with wraparound views. Tasting menu without wine pairing about $66.50.
-La Serrezuela
BU-V-9321, 27, Montejo de la Vega de la Serrezuela, Segovia
This intimate stone-and-wood space reflects the delightfully uncomplicated menu and fantastic selection of local wines. Entrees from about $17.
-3 Ases
Calle Alonso Pesquera, s/n, Quintanilla de Arriba, Valladolid
3asesvino.com/
A small, charming winery with 66 acres of vineyard. Ninety-minute wine tasting about $39.
-Parque Natural Hoces del Rio Riaza
Calle Conde de Sepúlveda, 34, Segovia
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A natural park of gorges, caves and canyons along the Duratón River in northeast Segovia. Guided nature tours can be organized through Abubilla Ecoturismo. Free park admission; guided experience about $21 per person.
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The Clintons Christmas card fail which may well be the best blunder of the year
A picture of the message has quickly gone viral on Twitter
Rachel Pugh
Ian JohnsonMultimedia Journalist
The card which sparked Twitter hysterics (Image: ChronicleLive)
If you get a card from Clintons this Christmas, you may want to double check the message inside.
Over 5,000 people have shared a photo of a card reportedly bought from a Clintons branch with a greeting which has been dubbed, well, a bit "niche".
Twitter user Joe J shared a photo of a card which read 'Merry Christmas to my wonderful brother and boyfriend.'
He told the Manchester Evening News he'd bought the card in the firm's Sutton store.
Captioning the post, and pointing out what could be deemed as a seriously 'inappropriate' error, he wrote: "I feel like they should definitely have the word ‘his’ before boyfriend."
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One Twitter user wrote: "Don't be so judgemental. If there's a market..."
"A niche market: the Lannisters," said a Game of Thrones fan.
"Keeping Christmas in the family," joked somebody else.
A fourth jested: "What in sweet Jesus were they thinking?!"
Clintons has been approached for comment.
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Andrew Cuomo’s latest sop to the progressive Left is to ban mugshots.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo is urging the exemption of mugshot photos and arrest booking information from public disclosure under New York’s freedom of information laws. This is understandable, given the impressive montage that might be made from mugshots of one-time Cuomo aides, advisors, and associates now on their way to prison, but it nevertheless raises serious civil-liberties issues around press freedom and public information—and it seems like yet another gubernatorial pander toward the Democratic Party’s crime-coddling Left.
Cuomo isn’t the only politician moving in this direction. Virtually the entire Democratic presidential field has embraced it to one degree or another, as has every elected Democrat of note in New York. And Cuomo is typical of the state party’s establishment. He long ago embraced sanctuary-statism. He has turned a blind eye to the wholesale theft of mass-transit services—that is, fare evasion—that cost the MTA $215 million last year. He’s on board with the refusal of most New York City district attorneys to enforce laws against the public use of illegal drugs, and he strongly backs the legalization of marijuana. He hasn’t said a word about the de Blasio administration’s effective abandonment of quality-of-life policing in the streets, or about the need for discipline in public schools.
These positions are rooted in the left-wing notion that “social justice” must take precedence over criminal justice when enforcement of certain laws falls disproportionately on favored demographic groups. It’s the doctrine of disparate impact, along with its cousin in the public schools, restorative justice—together, the two concepts are turning conventional standards of accountability on their head.
In practice, disparate-impact theory and restorative justice leave public spaces more dangerous and dysfunctional because criminals remain on the streets and disruptive students aren’t removed from classrooms. The irony: members of protected minority groups who obey the law and behave in class are disproportionately harmed by peers or classmates who don’t. The rest of the city suffers, too—witness Upper West Side and Union Square residents chipping in to hire private security guards. Cuomo’s opposition to mugshots is the latest variation on this theme, given the demographics of crime in New York. If we can’t avoid arresting people, he seems to be saying, let’s at least try not to embarrass them.
It’s a bad idea. Barring the public release of arrest and related information is not only a step away from long-standing tradition; it’s also a move toward corrupt law enforcement, to say nothing of Soviet-style secret arrest and prosecution. And it would deprive communities of necessary crime and public-safety information.
Cuomo’s mugshot proposal underscores a retreat from diligence when law enforcement clashes with politicized issues of race and ethnicity. The governor and his fellow progressive Democrats have much to answer for in this regard—especially since their devotion to political correctness is having tangible effects in other areas.
Cuomo’s recent State of the State message contained not one word, for example, about enhanced law-enforcement as a component in Albany’s so-far-losing effort to combat opioid abuse. To the contrary, Cuomo fulsomely praised his own efforts to reduce prison capacity—even as opioid-related overdose deaths are setting records and criminal gangs smuggling Chinese-produced artificial opioids are becoming more muscular in the nation’s cities, especially in the Northeast. It’s probably no coincidence that New York’s opioid problem began spiraling toward an epidemic around the same time that the state repealed, incrementally, its mandatory drug-sentencing laws—though that’s an argument certainly open to debate. What’s beyond doubt, though, is that mandatory-sentencing laws fell heavily on African-Americans, which helped initiate the “disparate impact” controversy and essentially foreclosed new criminal laws tailored to opioids.
Send an illegal opioid supplier off to prison? If Cuomo has his way, you won’t even be allowed to put his picture in the paper.
Bob McManus is a City Journal contributing editor.
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Published: November 12, 2019, 11:07 am Updated: November 12, 2019, 3:40 pm
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FHP: Driver failed to stop at red light in fatal crash in west Orlando
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Traffic alert: Fatal crash causes closure of State Road 417
8 vehicles involved in crash
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Northbound State Road 417 will be closed for hours after a fatal, multivehicle crash Tuesday morning, according to sources from the Orlando Police Department.
Authorities said two people were taken to the hospital in serious condition. Eight vehicles were involved in the crash, according to authorities.
All lanes were blocked by exit 17B and Lake Nona Boulevard around 9:30 a.m., according to transportation officials. With traffic backed up before Boggy Creek Road around mile marker 18.5, the off-ramp was shut down.
Crews were working to get traffic moving around 10 a.m. Authorities said lanes in the area would be closed for several hours.
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Bruce Lee Is Stoked: Rolls-Royce Unleashes Year of the Dragon Collection
Following up the China Edition Ghost that debuted at Shanghai, the Tangelos in Goodwood are paying further tribute to the Western World’s future Middle Kingdom overlords in the form of the Year of the Dragon Collection. The exterior features a dragon-embellished, hand-painted pinstripe—or, in Anglo-luxe parlance, “a dragon coachline”—inspired by the Forbidden City. Not bad-ass […]
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Following up the China Edition Ghost that debuted at Shanghai, the Tangelos in Goodwood are paying further tribute to the Western World’s future Middle Kingdom overlords in the form of the Year of the Dragon Collection. The exterior features a dragon-embellished, hand-painted pinstripe—or, in Anglo-luxe parlance, “a dragon coachline”—inspired by the Forbidden City. Not bad-ass and/or St. George–threatening enough for you? There’s more.
The Year of the Dragon Phantom also features the dragon repeated in the headrest embroidery (done by hand, natch), a dragon inlay in the passenger-facing dash panel, and LED-illuminated sill plates that read “Year of the Dragon 2012.” We’re just curious as to why Rolls is offering it now, given that the Year of the Dragon began on January 23. Then again, if there’s one thing we know about dragons, it’s that they appear when you least expect them.
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Puerto Rico officials say all of island now has power again
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Power has been restored to all of Puerto Rico for the first time since Hurricane Maria struck nearly 11 months ago, officials said Tuesday.
The island’s electric utility announced that crews working in the southern city of Ponce reconnected the last neighborhood that had been offline since the Sept. 20 storm knocked out the U.S. territory’s power grid.
Ponce resident Charlie Colon Nazario told El Nuevo Dia that he was looking forward to no longer having to use a generator to light his house.
“No more lamps, no more candles, no more extension cords,” he said as about two dozen power workers completed the connection to his home.
The Ponce neighborhood was the last to be reconnected to the grid because landslides and rough terrain made it difficult for crews from the electrical authority or contractors to reach the area to make repairs, said Carlos Alvarado, chief of technical operations for the power authority.
Utility crews used a helicopter to replace wooden power poles knocked down in the storm with steel ones that officials hope will do a better job staying up during future storms.
“They will have a more robust system,” Alvardo said.
Power company spokesman Gerardo Quinones said that some individual homes around Puerto Rico may still be without power because of repairs residents need to make and that the island of Vieques continues to rely on generators.
The island-wide outage was the longest continuous blackout in U.S. history. Repair crews are still working to make upgrades and outages are regular occurrences.
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AIDA Cruises seeks protagonists for new employee campaign
In spring 2019, filming starts for the cruise line's second reality documentary series that will give applicants on Instagram and YouTube an impression of the variety of career opportunities.
With a new reality docu-series to go live on Instagram and YouTube in the summer of 2019, AIDA Cruises wants to give those interested in starting a new career with Germany's leading cruise line an authentic look at life and work on board a cruise ship and to present diverse career opportunities. For the filming to take place in spring 2019, two weeks on board AIDAperla in the Caribbean, the company is currently seeking three protagonists from the occupational groups Guest Services, Gastronomy, and Sport & Activities who would like to be the new faces in the video series. Depending on their professional experience, the future video stars get to know interesting career opportunities on board in their respective work areas and also face various challenges. By the end of the exciting voyage, the protagonists may have even found their new dream job with AIDA. Applications may be submitted until February 10, 2019, online at www.aida.de/careers.
The new video series is AIDA Cruises' second reality documentary show. In April 2018, the company drew a number of applicants for a job on board the AIDA fleet with Germany's first Instagram series "The Crew." Under the motto "four weeks, six jobs, one goal," six AIDA Cruises employees shared their varied everyday lives at sea and their personal bucket lists for professional and private dreams that they fulfilled around the world.
AIDA Cruises is one of the fastest growing and commercially most successful tourism businesses in Germany and offers excellent career opportunities in an international team to professionals and managers from a wide variety of fields. Around 12,500 employees from over 40 countries currently work on land and on board the 13 AIDA ships. By 2023, the company will have put three further cruise ships into service.
All current job opportunities, exciting stories and vlogs relating to the various fields of employment at AIDA Cruises and highlights from the reality series "The Crew" can be found at www.aida.de/careers.
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Repenser la démocratie en Méditerranée. Genèse, transformations et construction nationale (1750-1860)
11MARS 2013
Coord. : Joanna INNES, Mark PHILP
Org. : École des hautes études hispaniques et ibériques (Casa de Velázquez, Madrid), Programme Leverhulme
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In what sense was democracy re-imagined in this period? In the middle of the eighteenth century, ‘democracy’ was a concept familiar chiefly to the educated, referring primarily to the ancient world, Greece and Rome. By the middle of the nineteenth century, it had been ‘re-imagined’ as an important category for understanding the modern world. We are interested in how people at the time used the term: negatively as well as positively, and to describe and interpret a variety of phenomena, social and cultural as well as institutional. We do not suggest that the term was central to political discourse at any point: only that tracing its uses provides an interesting perspective on change. We aim to illuminate changes in practice as well as in thought: people talked about democracy at this time not as an academic exercise but rather in an effort to understand and shape things that were happening in the world around them, as society and politics developed in unforeseen ways, and posed challenges to which past experience provided no easy answers.
Why the Mediterranean? We have previously held workshops exploring developments in the United States, France, Britain and Ireland, and will be publishing a collection of essays on developments in the North Atlantic region in 2013. In working on this phase of our project, we came to think that modern notions of democracy were not invented in one place and then exported elsewhere. Rather, in each region of the European world, people went through their own process of re-imagining democracy, in the light of local traditions and experiences. Our hypothesis is that certain contexts for this process were common across Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece, making southern Europe a coherent focus for study, though of course there were important differences too. One common notion at the time was that the region was backward, needing to catch up with (and then perhaps outrank) northern European powers, especially Britain and France. That ambition was complicated, though, by the fact that Britain, France and other powers (the Habsburg, Russian and Ottoman empires) all had their own interests and wielded influence in the region, sometimes directly subordinating local regimes. Politically, this was a period of flux and turmoil across southern Europe: especially in the 1820s and 1850-60s, this seemed the most fluid European region, a region whose shape and future were especially hard to predict. There was a sense of common project among local liberal and radical reformers: exiles and volunteers were among those who criss-crossed the region, sharing experiences and aspirations. Political and cultural traditions, and social circumstances however also varied.
Languages of discussion: English and French
Joanna Innes, Mark Philp, Maurizio Isabella and Eduardo Posada Carbo will briefly present both the larger project and this Mediterranean phase. They will explain why they want to set Spain in ‘Mediterranean’ context, their sense of the advantages and limitations of doing this. They will also explain what they hope to achieve during 2012-15, when they will be developing the project by holding a series of workshops in Portugal, Italy and Greece – and also Paris, Oxford and New York
DEMOCRACY: LANGUAGUE AND CONCEPTS
Historians have applied the terms ‘democracy’ and ‘democrat’ to the past in their own ways and for their own purposes. We want to get behind historians’ usages and develop an understanding of how contemporaries used the term and its cognates. Who talked about ‘democracy’ and its cognates in Italy at this time? To refer to what? What did it connote? To what extent was it used to talk about institutions, or about political culture, or about social phenomena? How was usage affected by the word’s classical inheritance and connotations, to what extent by the French revolution or other modern developments? Who called whom a democrat? Who positively identified with the cause of democracy – and why? In what social milieux was the term used – did it have any popular currency? Within what larger semantic field did it operate? How did patterns of use vary by region and change over time?
NATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND HISTORIOGRAPHY
When between the mid eighteenth and mid nineteenth centuries people talked about democracy, often they were commenting on, trying to understand or perhaps to shape what they saw happening in the world around them. Given the contexts in which we think the word operated, what contexts – political, cultural, social – do we need to explore further: what contexts will illuminate, and what might be illuminated by an enquiry into patterns in talk about democracy? What has been the shape of the historiography in the past century? What work is likely to be most useful for our purposes? Where are the major gaps in knowledge? Could they in principle be filled – what source problems might make it difficult to pursue certain lines of enquiry?
SPAIN AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
In what ways might it be illuminating and fruitful to set Spanish experience in broader Mediterranean context? What experiences did southern European states share during this period? What intellectual and cultural traditions were common? What forms of interchange existed? How did southern European states relate to the other parts of the Mediterranean region – islands, some in British possession; the Ottoman Empire, North Africa? What role did northern powers play– as states, cultures, sites of exile? How were the southern experiences viewed in London, Paris, Vienna?
FORWARD PLANNING
Participants will be invited to indicate if they have an interest in attending future meetings, in Spain or elsewhere, during the remainder of the project – and also to suggest names of other scholars whom we should seek to involve. It is intended to hold further, more formal workshops in Madrid during 2013-14 and 2014-15, the first probably further exploring Italian experience, the second having a more thematic focus. We will also be organising various workshops in Lisbon, Pisa, Athens – and also in Paris and Oxford. We would like to identify possible participants in these various events.
José ÁLVAREZ JUNCO
Gonzalo BUTRÓN PRIDA
María Teresa CALDERÓN
Gonzalo CAPELLÁN
Universidad de La Rioja
Rosie DOYLE
Timothy GRIBAUDI
Carmen DE LA GUARDIA
Joanna INNES
Annick LEMPÉRIÈRE
Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
Marta LORENTE
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
École des hautes études hispaniques et ibériques (Casa de Velázquez, Madrid)
Juan PAN MONTOJO
Diego PALACIOS CEREZALES
María Antonia PEÑA
Florencia PEYROU
Mark PHILP
Eduardo POSADA CARBÓ
Juan PRO
Jordi ROCA VERNET
Pedro RÚJULA
Pablo SÁNCHEZ LEÓN
Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
Romy SANCHEZ
María SIERRA
Juan Luis SIMAL
Louise ZBIRANSKI
Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (München)
Rafael ZURITA
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Cyclone Idai: Ravaged Mozambique Reports First Cholera Cases
By Gabriel Alabi - 9 months ago on March 27, 2019
Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique. Reuters
Government health official has confirmed Cholera cases in Mozambique on Wednesday following the natural disaster, the cyclone that ravaged the country
Concise News reported Cyclone Idai broke into Mozambique on March 15, unleashing hurricane-force winds and heavy rains that flooded much of the centre of the country and then battered eastern Zimbabwe and Malawi.
The Red Cross has previously warned of a “ticking bomb of disease” and called for the deployment of medicines and health professionals to avert a full-blown health disaster.
“We have five cases of cholera which have been confirmed. This is in Beira and the area around,” the health official, Ussein Isse, told journalists, referring to the city which bore the brunt of the cyclone’s force.
Cholera is a waterborne disease that thrives in conditions of poor hygiene and causes acute diarrhoea that can prove fatal if untreated.
“We were expecting cholera cases and we were prepared for this. We have put all the measures in place to try to mitigate the spread of cholera as much as we can,” said Emma Batey, a coordinator at the COSACA emergency aid consortium.
However, Stagnant water, decomposing bodies and lack of sanitation in overcrowded shelters in Mozambique could create breeding grounds for typhoid and malaria in addition to cholera, experts say.
“There will be more cases because cholera is epidemic. When you have one case you can expect more. We are implementing preventive measures to limit the impact,” added Isse.
UN humanitarian aid chief Mark Lowcock has appealed for $282 million (250 million euros) of relief aid over the next three months for Mozambique.
The UN’s World Food Programme said roughly 3,125 square kilometres (1,200 square miles) of land had been swamped.
Nearly three million people across Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe have been affected according to the WFP and 500,000 displaced.
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Gabriel Alabi is a graduate of the prestigious Nigerian Institute of Journalism. He is a sport enthusiast who loves to read and write. He is also witty and very intelligent.
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Sunday 11 November, from 10.15am
The guns fell silent 100 years ago on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, signalling war’s end. We invite all to join us for special commemorative activities on, and in the lead up to, Remembrance Day. Together, we celebrate the centenary of the Armistice of the First World War and pause to remember those men and women who have served and sacrificed.
(FROM 4 TO 11 NOVEMBER)
The 5000 Poppies Project returns to the Shrine with a contemplative walk of handmade poppies articulating The Ode from Laurence Binyon’s For the Fallen. Also, in an historic first, the Shrine will be illuminated red to remember this momentous event one hundred years ago.
REMEMBRANCE DAY AT THE SHRINE:
Pipers at Dawn: Pipers from across the world will join at 6am to mark this period in history.
Official Service: The Remembrance Day Service commences at 10.15am.
Choral Performance: Listen to a poignant vocal tribute following the official service.
Visit the Galleries: See the beautiful centenary wreath in our exhibition Flowers of war.
Massed Pipes Flag Lowering Service: The Shrine Guard will lower the flags at 5pm as the Last Post sounds. The Battle’s O’er, performed by massed Pipes, will symbolise the end of the First World War.
All are welcome to attend the following commemorative services.
4th Australian Field Regiment
Wednesday 7 November, midday
Wreath Laying at Memorial Tree C59
The Regiment’s annual pilgrimage to their memorial tree on the Shrine Reserve is in honour of all serving members and those that made the ultimate sacrifice. Students and staff of Caulfield Grammar School will support this service, as part of the Shrine’s Adopt an Ex-Service Organisation program.
Full list of Services
Monthly Memorial Service
Thursday 15 November, 12.30pm
Wreath Laying in the Sanctuary
This month we commemorate the following important dates:
2 November 1942 – Kokoda Airstrip Re-occupied
12 November 1943 – Final Japanese Air Raid on Australia
5 November 1950 – Battle of Pakchon, Korea
Gurkha/Nepalese Regiments
Sunday 18 November, 10.30am
Wreath Laying at Memorial Tree G55
Each year the service and sacrifice of the Gurkha/Nepalese Regiments is honoured at their memorial plaque. The plaque was dedicated on Remembrance Day 2007 and is located near the Legacy Garden.
9RAR Association
Sunday 18 November, midday
The 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR) was raised in November 1967 for service in the Vietnam War. The unit was deployed to Vietnam in November 1968 where it saw active service over the next 12 months as part of the 1st Australian Task Force (1ATF).
Programs, Talks and Events
Friends of the Shrine can attend public programs for free. General admission is $5 per person. Bookings essential.
Young Ambassador Program
Applications close next Thursday 8 November
We invite you to nominate your son, daughter, niece or nephew (who is currently in Yr 8 or Yr 9) for the opportunity to build confidence and learn through participation in Shrine commemorations. This youth leadership program is a great way to meet new friends and learn more about the importance of remembrance in honouring Australia’s service community and our military history. Includes an educational trip to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
Armistice in Australia, 1918
Thursday 8 November, midday
When news of the end of the Great War arrived in Australia late on 11 November 1918, the outpouring of emotion in the streets spoke not only to pride but to the deep relief that four years of torment were over. Join Dr Bart Ziino as he speaks to the Australian experience of the Armistice.
Friends Garden Luncheon
Friday 23 November, midday
Terrace Courtyard
An exclusive event for Friends of the Shrine members, join us for a festive end to the year and light luncheon in the Terrace Courtyard (weather permitting). Following the luncheon, Friends will be taken on a special tour of the gardens to view some of the plants that are featured in our centenary exhibition Flowers of war. Free for Friends of the Shrine. $30 for non-friends.
Spring Gardens Tour
Saturday 24 November, 10.30am and midday – Departing from the Visitor Centre
Explore the Shrine gardens on this special guided tour. Discover which of our plants and trees have been immortalised in the enamelled emblems of the centenary exhibition Flowers of war. The tour includes Devonshire tea (at the conclusion of the 10.30am session and at the commencement of the midday session).
Century of Emergency Relief
As fighting ceased on the Western Front in November 1918, the Australian military turned its attention to a threat closer to home. The Spanish influenza had arrived in the Pacific Islands and was taking a devastating toll on the populations of Samoa, Tonga and Fiji. Join author Dr Steven Bullard as he reflects on a century of Australian emergency relief missions.
Entry to exhibitions is by donation. All proceeds support our education programs.
Flowers of war
Now open – East Gallery
The appearance of cornflowers and poppies on battlefields at the end of the First World War symbolised for many the fragility of life and the hope of rebirth. This large sculptural steel wreath draws on stories of the First World War from local community archives and museums and considers the many ways people reflect upon the past.
Limited time only – Hall of Columns
Contemporary drawings of Craig Barrett are showcased in an exhibition inspired by the works of Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen; British soldier/poets renowned for their evocative and insightful war poetry reflecting their experiences on the Western Front during the First World War. Everyman makes a poignant return in the lead up to the centenary of the Armistice.
Until 4 August 2019 – South Gallery
Many Australian service men and women gave aid to the resistance, other Australians owed their freedom and their lives to it. Uncover the stories of those who through accident or design found themselves battling the Axis using unconventional means.
For Humanity
Until 24 March 2019 – West Gallery
What does it mean to save lives as others are taking them? Medics on the frontline give gripping accounts of their experiences. Stories of immense trauma are offset against moments of touching humanity. Sometimes when the stakes are high it is these flashes of compassion and humanity that endure.
We ship worldwide. All proceeds support our education programs.
Remembrance Magazine
November 2018—Centenary of the Armistice edition
This latest edition includes Revelry and relief by Dr Bart Ziino, coinciding with the centenary of the Armistice of the First World War. Another feature is Flowers of war by Toby Miller which offers insight into the creation of the centenary wreath that features in our latest exhibition of the same name.
Poppy Traveller Mug
A beautiful ceramic traveller mug ideal for your morning coffee or an ice cold beverage, all while saving the planet. Adorned with poppies, mark the centenary of the Armistice with this daily companion.
Little Armistice Flying Bear
An adorable bear to remember those who served with the Australian Flying Corps in the Great War. Also available in the collection are Little Armistice Digger, Nurse Bear and Sailor Bear.
Armistice Centenary Medallion
Peace is symbolised by doves among poppies in this special Armistice centenary medallion. The medallion comes complete with a presentaiton box.
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Oxalic acid caused milk tea deaths — police
May 10, 2015news
Oxalic acid, a colorless poisonous substance, caused the April 9 milk tea deaths of the ErgoCha teahouse owner and customer, police said.
The organic compound, commonly found in anti-rust products, bleaches, and metal cleaners, is much stronger than acetic acid.
Symptoms from swallowing it include abdominal pain, collapse, kidney problems, low blood pressure, mouth and throat pain, weak pulse, tremors, shock, and vomiting.
On Friday, the Manila Police District (MPD) charged Lloyd Abrigo with two counts of murder for the deaths of his father, William, and ErgoCha customer Suzaine Dagohoy.
The 23-year-old suspect is also facing one count of frustrated murder for the case of Arnold Aydalla, Dagohoy's boyfriend, who also took a sip of the drink but survived after receiving treatment at the hospital.
The MPD reportedly disclosed that the victims had ingested oxalic acid, based on the results of toxicology tests conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) crime laboratory.
Lloyd earlier denied he has something to do with the milk tea deaths and refuted their helper's allegation that he brought a foul-smelling liquid into the store's kitchen the night before the incident happened.
Adela Abrigo, Lloyd's mother and the registered owner of ErgoCha, said she was surprised that the MPD had "singled-out" her son and did not press charges against their helper.
The Abrigo family's legal counsel, lawyer Benedicto Buenaventura, also questioned the evidence cited by police.
Sources: Inquirer.net, Tempo, Medline Plus
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LORNA DUNKLEY: SKY PRESENTER & CORNISH LOCAL
PUBLISHED: 22:15 27 May 2014 | UPDATED: 13:20 30 August 2017
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Lorna Dunkley is a familiar face on our TV screens, but she never forgets her Cornish roots
Lorna Dunkley is a familiar face on our TV screens, but as ANDY COOPER discovers, she never forgets her Cornish roots
As the host of one of Britain's most dynamic 24-hour news programmes, Lorna Dunkley's brain is a constant blur of handling breaking stories, interacting with viewers and dealing with the instructions of producers in her ear.
But for Lorna, one part of her mind will always be on Cornwall.
For she is the classic case of the local girl makes good; in Lorna's case a journey which has taken her from dreams of being a local radio reporter while a student in Bodmin to presenting on some of the most compelling news events of our time on a high profile worldwide news station.
And yet despite the glamour and the excitement of her role as news anchor on Sky News, whenever there is downtime in her hectic schedule, Lorna likes nothing better than to cram her family into the car and head back to the country to the home of mum and dad David and Jean Dunkley, near Bodmin.
Cornwall will always be home to me and therefore always very special,' explains Lorna.' Although I was actually born in Cirencester, we moved down when I was aged six months with Dad's job and so I was privileged to have the most fantastic upbringing down here.'
The Dunkley family Lorna has two sisters, Anna who is older than her and Rosie, who is younger are well known in and around the Bodmin area, primarily through the work of David and Jean.
David was head teacher at Lorna's school, Bodmin Comprehensive School (now Bodmin College), where he taught for many years, first as head of humanities and then deputy head before taking over at the top.
Talking of her father, Lorna jokes not without good reason that he is 'far more famous in and around Bodmin than I'll ever be!'
Mum Jean, too, carved out a memorable career in the area, ending up as director of communications for Trading Standards in the county.
'We had such an idyllic childhood, looking back,' says Lorna. 'We settled in the countryside in a cottage on a farm near Blisland, and I remember my sisters and I having the run of the farm, playing in hay bales and looking after piglets and other animals.'
Not only did Bodmin School loom large in the Dunkley family thanks to David's work, Lorna also credits the school with first sparking her interest in a career in journalism.
'I had this fantastic English teacher called David Rowan who taught me throughout my GCSE and A Level schooling. In fact, hes only recently retired from the school.
'It was him who first sparked my real interest in writing and I would always credit him with awakening in me the fact I could potentially make a career out of it.'
After A levels in Bodmin, Lorna took a communications degree in Cardiff at the Polytechnic of Wales and then Cornwall came calling again both for a return to her home and her first big career break.
'My Mum sent me an application form in to do a post graduate diploma in broadcast journalism at was then Falmouth College of Art and Design,' explains Lorna. 'In fact, she had already filled it in for me and I just had to sign it!
'I was very lucky too in that because I was from Cornwall the county council paid half my fees, which was fabulous and persuaded me it was the right thing to do, to come home.'
While studying at Falmouth, Lorna did work experience at BBC Radio Cornwall and Pirate FM and then came the biggest break of all a three-week placement at Westcountry TV in Plymouth.
'I went to do my placement and was basically offered a job at the end of it', says Lorna. 'I went back to college to do my exams and then started as a reporter.'
That reporting career saw her criss-crossing the county to cover the county's major news stories, although she looks back fondly on her stint as the station's reporter based in Penzance.
'I rented an old gardener's cottage in St Buryan and I had the most fabulous time down there. I loved having that view of St Michaels Mount every day when I was at work.'
Then came another big break: one day the main anchor didn't turn up to present the evening news show, Lorna was on hand to step in and she took to the role like a Cornishman to a pasty.
It wasn't long before Lorna became a familiar face to Westcountry viewers, anchoring the main evening bulletin at a time when some of biggest news events were hitting the county.
'We covered the foot and mouth crisis, the Boscastle flood, the opening of the Eden Project; it was an amazing time to be covering news in Cornwall.'
Westcountry didn't only bring Lorna career advancement it was there that she met her husband Brad Higgins, who was working in a senior capacity with the station.
'It's been funny this summer having a husband named Brad Higgins when Bradley Wiggins has been all over the news,' she laughs, 'I have had to catch myself and make sure I say it right on air at times!'
In 2002, after ten years at Westcountry, Sky News made the call to Lorna which was to see her presenting the morning show Sunrise on the increasingly expanding 24 hours news channel. She has been there ever since and in that time has presented some of the biggest news events in history.
'It's bizarre, but I have been on air at the time both when Saddam Hussein was hanged and when Colonel Gaddafi was caught by rebels, she reveals. It means constantly having to judge what we can and can't broadcast.
'I can have anything up to ten people in my ear at one time and so I have learned over the years how to just cope with the information in front of me at the time and process it and act on it.'
In such a high-pressured television role, it makes downtime with the family all the important and Lorna is never happier than when jumping into the car to Cornwall with Brad and her sons James, four, and Ollie, two, although James age is now presenting something of a problem for the return journeys home, which often take place every six weeks from the family home in west London.
'James is now starting school and so it means we can't just leave everything and come back,' she sighs. 'We will all be getting serious Cornwall withdrawal symptoms now.
'We all love nothing more than coming back for two to three days off, away from all the pressures, and just going to the beaches. I miss being near the sea terribly and its always lovely to come back and it soon feels like I have never been away.'
Asked to name her favourite three spots in the county, Lorna is unequivocal: 'It has to be Polzeath for the family, Truro for the entertainment and eating out and I absolutely adore the area around Trevose Head for time for myself, just walking and taking in the views, which never fail to impress me.'
But it is to London where Lorna, 40, must return to continue with the career which started out from such humble beginnings in the county.
'I am truly living the dream and I never imagined my career would end up like this,' she explains. 'There will always be that link with Cornwall though. It has made me who I am. And in any case, there is always the family link there to draw me back.
'I sometimes come off air having been hard at it reporting some major news story and there is a text from Dad saying they have been watching me. I don't think they can sometimes believe how its turned out for me. And, to be honest, nor can I'.
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Crabbet Heritage
Celebrating the past, present and future of Crabbet Arabians world-wide
AHS Centenary Exhibition
From the Desert to the World
Newmarket, England – iconic home of the horse - is a fitting place to showcase and celebrate the centenary of the Arab Horse Society. The history of the Arab horse, even in the UK, predates this considerably but the zeal and determination of the early breeders, most notably the Blunts of Crabbet Park, led to the formation of the Arab Horse Society in 1918. Indeed Sir Wilfrid, although quite infirm by this time, was created the first president in acknowledgement of his and Lady Anne’s efforts in bringing the Arab horse to England.
Peter Upton, renowned equine artist, opened the exhibition formally and following this guests were able to view the exhibition in its special gallery upstairs. After months of collation and organisation the exhibition was a fine display of artefacts ranging from beautiful paintings to modern day photographs illuminating the many and varied talents of the Arabian horse.
As we entered the gallery we were treated to the sight of a large print of the impressive life size painting of the bay stallion Pharoah ridden by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, first president of the Arab Horse Society, painted by his wife, Lady Anne Blunt.
Artefacts in the first case included the antique bridle that once belonged to and was worn by the legendary Arab stallion Skowronek. Despite the silk threads fading over the years it was clear to see what a work of art this once was, with shells and intricate stitching adorning the headpiece and magnificent ostrich feathers topping it.
The newest edition of the historic Princess Muna Saddle of Honour took pride of place in the centre of the room. Introduced to demonstrate the strength and depth of Arab breeding through dam lines, echoing the Bedouin way of valuing their breeding, this class was always a highlight of the Arab Horse Society’s annual Summer Show.
The main feature of the next case was one of the original Crabbet Stud books, the first stud of Arabian horses in the UK. Handwritten by Lady Anne Blunt it lay open at the page listing Kasida, Lady Anne’s favourite journey mare during her travels to Arabia. The well-known painting of Lady Anne riding Kasida by Peter Upton hung nearby in perfect illustration.
Also in the case were several other fabulous artefacts including a beautiful artists sketchbook by MJ Stevens, some original cheques made out to Wilfrid Blunt in payment for Nureddin II and Fantass and some original hand written endurance records from the famous tests of 1920 & 1921.
There were also paintings of Manto by Madeline Selfe and Mesaoud by Peter upton.
Other notable exhibits included the fascinating genome map of Sambist, the exceptional Tersk bred racing stallion who whilst standing at the Gadebroook Stud became Racing Sire of the Year an unsurpassed ten times.
There were also two Lady Wentworth illuminated pedigrees of Raftan and Indian Gold.
The final wall contained a large set of photographs showing pure and part bred Arab horses competing in many disciplines over recent years, reminding us just how athletic and versatile Arab genes can be.
In addition to the exhibition there was also the launch of the Centenary Book of the Arab Horse Society, brainchild of Anne Brown, past president of the Arab Horse Society. Beautifully presented by Medina Publishing the book encompasses all aspects of the Arab Horse Society, past and present, a glimpse at iconic Arab horses and many pictures that bring the centenary and its legacy to life.
Before the evening came to a close all visitors were asked to sign the Centenary guest book.
All in all this is a comprehensive exhibition depicting the past hundred years of the Arab Horse Society with colour and clarity and is both informative and a feast for the eyes. Running from now until July it is well worth a visit to Newmarket, home of the Thoroughbred horse, descended in part from three Arab stallions –the Byerley Turk, the Godolphin Arabian and the Darley Arabian.
Words by Natalie Tindall
Pictures by Jackie Pringle and Mark Tindall
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What Free Speech Doesn't Give You The Right To Say
Aaron Kheifets ·
Freedom of speech is one of the cornerstones of our society, and it is absolutely a principle worth defending to one's dying breath. Unfortunately, complete assholes are also a cornerstone of our society, and will definitely be here until our dying breaths. And when the latter gets ahold of the former, they invoke it improperly and indiscriminately, like a toddler with a new word or a monkey with a shotgun. As Reddit announced plans to crack down on its "most toxic" users, Facebook started to cull fake news from its advertising networks, and Google looked to cut ad revenue to the same, the reaction was predictable. "Censorship!" "What about our freedom?" "It's almost as if the internet isn't a safe haven for disinformation and hate speech anymore!"
Does that mean the internet is abandoning our much-beloved free speech? Fuck no! It just means that the standards for free speech people use on the internet are finally catching up to all other forms of human interaction. But for the users bewildered as to why they're getting squelched in these forums, I'd like to offer two points.
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No, not those.
First, I'd like to point out that there are a ton of things you are legally not allowed to say. The example everyone is familiar with is that you can't yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater (everyone will kick your ass for talking during Rogue One). But there are many more examples of things you have no legal right to spout off. You can't incite people to violence, you can't slander (in speech) or libel (in writing) someone, and you can't say things that would make any reasonable person punch you in the face, because them's fightin' words (though telling someone you thought The Force Awakens was a good movie is still technically legal, for some reason).
Yet despite it being completely illegal in real life, people think they are allowed to threaten and harass people online. Leslie Jones received a mind-boggling number of inflammatory and threatening messages on Twitter, and zero people went to jail. Contrariwise, if someone (say, I don't know, maybe a Cracked writer) organized people to make a bunch of prank phone calls to a radio DJ, they would for sure go to jail. Just ask Cracked writer and jail alum John Cheese.
So just to be clear (and I can't believe this is a sentence that actually needs to be written), you aren't allowed to intentionally inflict harm on someone, even by just using words, whether via in-person chat, phone, email, Facebook, Instagram, telegraph, Snapchat, Tinder, smoke signals, singing telegram, carrier pigeon, words scrawled on a gas station bathroom wall, or even Reddit.
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Or whatever 12 new garbage apps got invented while you read that sentence.
The second point people often forget is that nobody owes them shit. Some people seem to have an unbelievably difficult time understanding that "free speech" does not mean "the freedom to say whatever you want without any consequences." If you say something fucked up in a public forum, people and businesses are exercising their free speech when they react to it. If a comedian makes rape jokes and people don't like them, that isn't the audience censoring the comic any more than someone not liking a meal is censoring the chef. Nobody has to support anyone else's shit sandwiches.
Similarly, a bunch of companies, including anti-masturbation titan Kellogg's, pulled their advertising dollars from the "alt-right" "news" outlet Breitbart. But rather than waging war on free speech, Kellogg's is simply keeping their brand from becoming synonymous with shriveled dog crap. Breitbart, champions of the free market (meaning free for them, not for advertisers) and defenders of harassment everywhere, responded with cries of "Censorship!" Their response article, in which they refer to themselves both as a "conservative media giant" and "one of the world's top news publishers," is like a Klein bottle of twisted logic -- it has no inside, no outside, and you'd think it would be impossible, but people are selling it on the internet. Note: In an effort to not further spread mental garbage around the internet, I'm very intentionally not linking to Breitbart here, but I will give you this weirdly gross animation of a Klein bottle!
First, they call Kellogg's bigots for not doing business with them merely because their site regularly attacks women, Muslims, and transgender people. And if they can't attack women and minorities, who can they attack?! But the absurdity goes further. They imply that a company not wanting to do business with them constitutes censorship. That suggests that the only way to preserve our freedom of speech would be to somehow force Kellogg's to pay for content that they fundamentally disagree with. It would take some Simone-Biles-level gymnastics to get your head around that.
But that impressively flexible thinking can be seen all over when businesses "silence" difficult people with the despotic technique of "not doing business with them." That's just as true of Reddit as it is for quaint physical businesses which will be gone after the Singularity. That guy who got banned for life from Delta airlines didn't get banned because he supported Donald Trump; he got banned for aggressively harassing a plane-full of people about it. The exact same thing would have happened if he were delaying a flight by shouting and clapping about puppies being cute. (It just would have been much less expected and much more entertaining coming from a guy in a Gas Monkey Garage T-shirt.)
Of course Delta banned him for disrupting their flight; they had to refund everyone else's tickets because of him. That makes him someone it's not worth doing business with. I hope I'm not shocking anyone at Breitbart by bringing this up, but Kellogg's, Twitter, Facebook, Google, and your mom's organic knitted cat fur store store on Etsy are all just trying to make money. If any of them become hotbeds of racism or sexual harassment or other "free speech," that limits their ability to appeal to a larger audience and hurts their bottom line. Of course they're going to ban WeedHitlerFan69. He goes against everything their company stands for. Namely, whatever their target demographic stands for.
Companies aren't taking moral stands to censor anybody; they're constantly reinventing their image to align with whatever teens were doing four years ago. Their desire for our dollars transcends political divides, good taste, and reason. With not a hint of irony, Subway had signature sandwiches for The Hunger Games -- a franchise about a starving dystopia with strong anti-corporate elements. Amazon, which just captured 31 percent of online spending over Cyber Weekend, had a product placement on Mr. Robot -- a show about bringing down the world economy as we know it. If it suddenly became fashionable to firebomb multinational corporations, Coca-Cola would run ads with dancing glass coke bottles becoming Molotov cocktails.
"Share a Coke filled with accelerant."
Free speech is a vital part of a free society. Shouting racial slurs at people until they're afraid to interact with the world isn't. You aren't entitled to free, uncontrolled access to Facebook's servers. You're free to ride a horse, but you're not free to ride a horse into an IKEA -- especially not a horse you don't own. And constantly crying "free speech" is beating that horse to death.
Aaron Kheifets can't believe he's linking to his Twitter at the end of an article about free speech on the internet.
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2016 is almost over. Yes, this endless, rotten shit hurricane of a year -- which took away Bowie, Prince, and Florence Henderson, and gave us Trump, Harambe, and the Zika virus -- is finally drawing to a close. So to give this bitch a proper viking funeral, Jack O'Brien and the crew are going to send out 2016 with Cracked's year in review. They'll rectify what every other year-in-review gets wrong by giving some much-needed airtime to the positive stories from 2016 and shedding light on the year's most important stories that got overlooked.
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Jeremy Phillips (www.jeremyphillipsconsulting.org) is an organizational change consultant who works in partnership with his clients to bring the best of themselves and their work forward to advance their vital missions.
Jeremy Phillips, M. Ed., has been a facilitator and trainer for mission-driven organizations locally, nationally, and internationally for over twenty years. He became an independent consultant in 2004 in order to most effectively engage with and support real impact for his mission-driven clients. Since then he’s guided dozens of organizations and coalitions through complex change processes that have led to innovative, tangible results.Jeremy was a senior instructor in the Master of Education Department at Cambridge College for ten years. He served on the Global Advisory Board of the Open Society Foundations’ Youth Initiative until 2013, and is currently on the Board of Directors for Voces de Cambio.
Jeremy’s Experience
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Gadgets. They are here to stay. Human history is threaded with invention and innovation, helping us with our many inefficiencies. It’s easy to believe in Friedrich Nietzsche’s Superman which was popularized further by playwright George Bernard Shaw, novelist H.G. Wells and other in the early part of the 20th century. …
My Dear Snubnose…
Sarah Arthur
My Dear Snubnose, I note with great displeasure that the human females are planning to start up their little group again. What can you have been doing during their “holidays”? For many long decades our Department for the Promotion of Frenetic Materialism has slaved away to ensure that the season …
C.S. Lewis Meets Pop Culture
Robert Velarde
C.S. Lewis thought reading the daily newspaper was a waste of time, did not watch television, reluctantly agreed to radio appearances, and only rarely went out to the movies. So what can Lewis teach us about popular culture? Although it doesn’t initially appear that we can learn much from him …
Tom-Foolery
“I know that many wiser and better Christians than I in these days do not like to mention Heaven and hell even in a pulpit,” says Lewis (The Weight of Glory). He goes on to say that nearly all the references in the New Testament about both destinations come from …
There and Back Again – Why Hobbits Still Matter for the Hunger Games Generation
Many twenty- and thirty-somethings came of age a decade ago, back when Frodo set off on his epic, three-movie quest to Mount Doom in The Lord of the Rings. The mere strains of the opening soundtrack are enough to evoke all the memories of that time: how we felt as …
Education and The Abolition of Man
“I wonder what they do teach them at these schools.” Professor Kirke, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe In his relatively recent book Achieving Our Country (Harvard University Press, 1999), the noted postmodern philosopher Richard Rorty describes the attitude of American pragmatic culture as the “refusal to believe in …
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Louis Markos
There are few characters in literature who embody positive goodness more powerfully than Aslan. In his presence, the children feel at once a sense of joy and fear, an ecstasy mingled with terror, an intimation of both the actively sublime and the passively beautiful. Aslan is neither a pretty object …
Letter to My Goddaughter
Dear Grace, I wish your godfather and I could be there for your confirmation next Sunday, but it looks like this letter will have to do instead (not that I could be any more eloquent in person). I feel rather like C. S. Lewis when he was writing to his …
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Following the study, the subjects re-took the AUDIT questionnaire when filling out the exit interview. The average starting score for the AUD was 16.1. The post study score average was 3.7. In addition, 90% of subjects cut back or quit drinking and also reduced or eliminated cravings. Seven out of 10 people had less desire for alcohol either physically or psychologically. Half of the group experienced better sleep, while 9 of 10 respondents felt better overall. Interestingly, all subjects said they would recommend Declinol to anyone attempting to gain control over alcohol.
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Galilee Center's event feeds 700 families in Mecca
The fifth annual event provided food to 700 families in the eastern Coachella Valley.
Galilee Center's event feeds 700 families in Mecca The fifth annual event provided food to 700 families in the eastern Coachella Valley. Check out this story on desertsun.com: https://desert.sn/1m5wuIY
Mauricio Pena, The Desert Sun Published 6:10 p.m. PT Dec. 21, 2015 | Updated 7:28 p.m. PT Dec. 21, 2015
A young volunteer hands out pears to an attendee during a food basket giveaway event at the Galilee Center in Mecca on Monday.(Photo: Lucas Esposito/The Desert Sun)Buy Photo
Anna Garcia arrived to the Galilee Center by 11 a.m. Monday, she wanted to be at the center early enough to make sure she’d leave with a few items to help prepare Christmas dinner.
“The beans and rice go a long way,” Garcia said in Spanish. “The turkey is such a privilege for my family to have.”
The 58-year-old Coachella resident was among the first to arrive to the Galilee Center in Mecca’s fifth annual holiday food basket event Monday, which provided more than 700 families in need with turkeys, chickens, rice, beans, fruits, vegetables and many other items to make Christmas dinner a reality.
“Me and my husband stretch our money as much as possible to feed our four children and pay the rent,” Garcia, a former farmworker, said. “This makes all the difference,” she added.
Gloria Gomez, Galilee Center co-founder, said the organization provides food baskets to families in need every Thursday, but the holiday food basket events during Thanksgiving and Christmas are extra special because donations allow for the organization to provide assistance to more families.
“The families who come out are needy, and are very thankful,” Gomez said. “Donations from various organizations across the valley make these events possible,” she added.
Beans were among the items that were distributed during a food basket giveaway event at the Galilee Center in Mecca on Monday. (Photo: Lucas Esposito/The Desert Sun)
Among the donors was Desert Empire Insurance of Palm Desert.
“It’s the time of the year to help others,” said Sal Sandoval, insurance agent at Desert Empire Insurance. “We have about 10 volunteers out today, some who have helped for the last three years,” he said.
“We just want to make sure everyone has a chance to enjoy a nice Christmas,” Sandoval said.
More than 75 volunteers helped to distribute food or helped load food baskets in cars parked on Hammond Road alongside the Galilee Center.
Phillip Carskaddan, 76, of Indio, and his wife distributed food for a second year in a row.
“Sometimes a lending a helping hand can help more than we realize,” Carskaddan said. “These people work so hard, and sometimes need a little extra help.”
Claudia Castorena, another co-founder of the Galilee Center, said the organization also provides food, clothing, baby items and other basic needs to low-income families in the eastern Coachella Valley.
“Sometimes, these families have to choose between paying rent or food,” Castorena said. “These events make a big difference to so many of families from Mecca, Thermal, Coachella, Oasis and Northshore.”
“It’s important that everyone has the opportunity to have a festive Christmas,” Castorena said.
People who had been waiting since mid-morning smiled as they filled their bags with beans, rice, tortillas, marshmallows and the choice of a turkey or chicken.
Karla Sanchez, 42, of Thermal, said the food baskets the Galilee Center has been a tremendous help for her family.
“This helps us where we fall short,” Sanchez said in Spanish. “I’m just grateful for the assistance.”
Connie Sandoval of Coachella echoed the sentiment from other people waiting in line for the food baskets.
“It’s a great help for people in need,” the 40 year-old single mother said. “You can tell the people here want to help, and it makes a big difference for so many families.”
A woman holds her son as they wait in line during a food basket giveaway event at the Galilee Center in Mecca on Monday. (Photo: Lucas Esposito/The Desert Sun)
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"Arantxa X. Rodriguez (AXR) was born and raised in Mexico City, she never thought of herself as an artist; for that same reason she ended up studying media advertising. In the agency she worked in, they pushed her to become an artist, saying that her ideas where too “arty” and that she should start showing the drawings she doodled in the office, little did she know, these doodles where going to give her an 8 year full study on fractals and explorations into sacred geometry."
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Arantxa Ximena Rodriguez is a Mexican artist currently living in NYC. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, including three solo shows in Mexico City, where she is from and group exhibitions in Mexico, USA, and Europe. Her work has been exhibited in Galeria Oscar Roman MX.
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Arantxa X. Rodriguez (AXR) was born and raised in Mexico City, she never thought of herself as an artist; for that same reason she ended up studying media advertising. In the agency she worked in, they pushed her to become an artist, saying that her ideas where too “arty” and that she should start showing the drawings she doodled in the office, little did she know, these doodles where going to give her an 8 year full study on fractals and explorations into sacred geometry. When she decided to resign from the agency with the intention of pushing this further, her ex-boss jokingly said “Hope to see you showing in NYC” very soon. Little did he know that she was going to be accepted in The School of Visual Arts NY a few years after that.
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AXR has always seen her work as spiritually oriented, with the fractal inspired work she explored notions of the universe, what are we made of and where do we come from. When AXR arrived to NYC, her mentor (Sheila Pepe) pushed her to leave the fractals behind and explore new territories, this crushed her but opened a vast new horizon in her work leading her into performance art. While she was in grad school she created three characters based on projects with different topics: “The selfie project”, “Becoming Green Tara” and “Delamer Ituarte”. With them she explored different aspects of herself and the world in-pair with the question about ways of looking at art.
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"Like an echo of this, she is emphasized in her uniqueness, accepting that past scars is what builds who we are today."
With “The selfie project” she took a deep dive into a analysis of herself while tattooing her face on her whole body with temporary tattoo selfies, she walked around art fairs such as Frieze London and interviewed people about the thin line between self-love and narcissism. One aspect of this project was a live performance with a tattoo artist getting her real selfie on her arm. Like an echo of this, she is emphasized in her uniqueness, accepting that past scars is what builds who we are today. She invited people to look at themselves and ask who they are, knowing this can be painful. With this performance she showed herself full of security, power and confidence, but she also wanted to show there is a place of vulnerability.
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"Dressed up as a female Buddha and tried to sink into her mind, as an exercise to accomplish an active meditation and question what would be living with a conscious mind in the present while helping others."
With “Becoming Green Tara” she carried on with everyday tasks but dressed up as a female Buddha and tried to sink into her mind, as an exercise to accomplish an active meditation and question what would be living with a conscious mind completely in the present while helping others, exactly as a Buddha would do. She took this project as more of her Buddhist practice than her artistic one.
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"Delamer makes the viewer doubt about what is real and what is not, leaving only one thing in the game: what is meaningful."
With “Delamer Ituarte” she plays the role of a gallerist who represents anonymous artists who plants their pieces in the streets of different parts of the world. With this project she aims to share a perspective into conceptual art and share the interpretation that she goes through whenever she encounters it. Delamer makes the viewer doubt about what is real and what is not, leaving only one thing in the game: what is meaningful.
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In her second year of grad school her work took another radical turn, she was challenged to create a completely new group of work and that is where she discovered her interest in string installations. This work can be interpreted as a series of wall-corner mind installations, paintings in space or architectural moments. Made out of multi-colored yarn, they are intrinsic representations of three alchemical elements in her life: her Mexican culture, Buddhism practice, and their inter-relationship which has influenced her artmaking. The strings come from Teotitlán del Valle,Oaxaca- Mexico. She went beyond the aesthetics of her work to also explore the energy of new materials. She does not plan how the pieces are going to turn out. Rather, each work emerges through the making. This is the current group of pieces she is still working on today. You can check out her full thesis on her website.
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It is hard for Arantxa to answer what she is passionate about because the world fascinates her. She firmly believes that every mind is a universe worth exploring, this is why she is a very people person and is eager and keen in helping and inspire every human in being the best version of themselves, she confesses that art is just an excuse to do this, her interest to become successful eradicates on this, in having a larger platform to reach people, she is not interest in people admiring her work, she is interested in helping people getting to know themselves better through her work.
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Arantxa graduated from SVA this past May 2019, lucky for her she was accepted to an artist residency called ProjectArt (Only 13 artists were accepted in this program), that consists in teaching an after school art program for kids. She mentions that this was surprising and rewarding because she felt a big need to give back to the community after grad school, since she felt NYC had been amazingly generous with her. As part of the residency AXR is also expected to develop a personal practice, where she is developing a series of abstract drawings accompanied by writing, AXR feels that this series of drawings are the catalysts for a larger project that will develop further after the residency in pair with her string installations. AXR got the opportunity to show one of her string installations at Untitled Art fair this past December in the span of Art week Miami, she mentions that this was the most important achievement in her career so far. She is also showing one of her pieces at Zibu Art Center Chicago as part of a collective show curated by Sergio Gómez and will be making an installation for Material Art fair NYC this coming March.
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The vast majority of civilizations that existed, are represented by their arts. Art is what creates culture in a large majority. AXR emphasizes that artists should be aware of this fact and think about what they are putting out there “The majority of us want to be remembered, want to leave a legacy, how do you want to represent the world that you are living in today and how would you like other people to remember it?” the artist explains.
She recognizes that there has been huge injustices in the art world towards minorities and is relived that things are changing today, things are slowly moving forward, but we are still way away from creating world peace, and the only way to accomplish this is through finding peace within ourselves first, even if this means finding a lot of crisis and catharsis to begin with, there is no real change without rupture, maybe this is why the world constantly brakes apart, but since this is a more devastating than hopeful though, every art that enables a deep change in her eyes is serving the world. “The art world has become more inclusive and less exclusive, more accessible to a larger public, this means that we have to take huge responsibility as our role as artists and realize the enormous power we have, as my former teacher Sharon Louden once mentioned. Contemporary art represents the current time, art in general represents culture, what are we summing up to this?”
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CWS roundup: Vandy, Miami win in walk-off fashion
Even when Jacob Heyward failed, he was a success.
CWS roundup: Vandy, Miami win in walk-off fashion Even when Jacob Heyward failed, he was a success. Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/1MGUuca
Published 11:21 p.m. ET June 15, 2015 | Updated 6:28 a.m. ET June 16, 2015
Miami's Jacob Heyward celebrates a go-ahead run after a series of throwing errors by Arkansas in the seventh inning.(Photo: Mike Theiler, Associated Press)
Omaha, Neb. — Even when Jacob Heyward failed, he was a success.
It was that kind of day for the Miami sophomore, who singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Hurricanes knocked Arkansas out of the College World Series with a 4-3 victory on Monday.
Heyward, the hottest No. 9 batter in the college game right now, was supposed to bunt before he delivered the walk-off win. He squared up twice and got down 0-2 against Zach Jackson. That forced Heyward to swing away. And it was a good thing.
"I've got to be honest, when we were bunting in the bottom of the ninth, he didn't get it over, and I was almost glad," coach Jim Morris said. "I just had a feeling he was going to get a hit."
Heyward hit a two-run homer and reached base all four times he went to the plate Monday. Heyward rounded first base, tossed his helmet high in the air and waited for teammates to mob him after Carl Chester scored the winning run. Chester pinch ran for Willie Abreu, who started the ninth with a double off the center-field wall.
"We were trying to win a ballgame, and it would have been terrible if I had struck out with a man on second base," Heyward said. "I had to have a good at-bat, and I tried to put the barrel on the ball. It happened."
The Hurricanes (50-16) move to a Wednesday game against Virginia or Florida. The Razorbacks (40-25) went two-and-out at the CWS for only the second time in eight appearances.
Bryan Garcia (6-2) earned the win after getting out of a bases-loaded situation in the top of the ninth. Jackson (5-1) took the loss.
Heyward, the younger brother of St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Jason Heyward, has reached base in six of eight plate appearances in two games.
"It looked like he was seeing a beachball out there, everything we threw him," Arkansas' Joe Serrano said. "He was handling the bat real well, and I wish him the best of luck the rest of the College World Series."
Heyward drilled a Jackson Lowery pitch into the left-center seats in the fifth inning for the first CWS home run between the power alleys in the five years the event has been held at the spacious TD Ameritrade Park. It was Heyward's fourth of the season.
"For us, huge win, huge win," Morrisa said. "Mr. Heyward's day, goodness gracious. He had an unbelievable day."
Virginia 1, Florida 0: Virginia's Brandon Waddell allowed two hits over seven-plus innings and got shutdown relief help from Josh Sborz in victory over Florida.
The Cavaliers (41-22), the 2014 national runners-up, took control of their bracket and are off until Friday. They need one more win to reach next week's best-of-three finals. The Gators (50-17) will play an elimination game Wednesday against Miami, the team they beat by 12 runs in their Omaha opener.
Florida starter A.J. Puk held Virginia scoreless on one hit through five innings, but the Cavaliers strung together three straight singles to load the bases with one out in the sixth. That brought on Taylor Lewis in relief to face Robbie Coman, who lofted a sacrifice fly to score Matt Thaiss.
That was the only run the Cavaliers needed, thanks to the work out Sborz after the Gators started to get to Waddell (4-5) in the eighth. Dalton Guthrie drew a walk and reached third on No. 9 batter Ryan Larson's liner into right center.
Sborz, who pitched three innings of one-hit shutout relief against Arkansas on Saturday, came on to face Harrison Bader with none out. Bader sent a hard drive right back at Sborz, who had his glove knocked off as he protected his head. Sborz gathered himself and threw to second for the force out. Richie Martin then lined out to second and Josh Tobias grounded out.
Sborz induced three groundouts in the ninth to earn his 15th save and end the Gators' 10-game win streak.
Vanderbilt 4, Cal State Fullerton 3: Freshman Jeren Kendall's two-run homer off Tyler Peitzmeier into the right-field bullpen in the bottom of the ninth inning gave defending national champion Vanderbilt a 4-3 come-from-behind victory over Cal State Fullerton in the College World Series on Monday.
The Commodores were down 3-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning when heavy thunderstorms Sunday night forced the suspension of the game until Monday afternoon.
Zander Wiel's RBI double on the first pitch from Chad Hockin after play resumed made it 3-1. Peitzmeier, who grew up 25 miles west of Omaha in Yutan and walked on to Fullerton, retired six straight in the seventh and eighth before Vanderbilt struck in the ninth.
Wiel doubled leading off and scored on Bryan Reynolds' two-base hit. Then Kendall launched Peitzmeier's 0-1 slider into the bullpen for the first walk-off homer at the CWS since 2009.
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Virginia 5, Arkansas 3
Florida 15, Miami 3
TCU 10, LSU 3
Vanderbilt vs. Cal State Fullerton (suspended)
Vanderbilt 4, Cal State Fullerton 3
Miami 4, Arkansas 3, Arkansas eliminated
Virginia 1, Florida 0
Game 7 — LSU (53-11) vs. Cal State Fullerton (39-24), 3 p.m.
Game 8 — TCU (50-13) vs. Vanderbilt (48-19), 8 p.m.
Game 9 — Miami (50-16) vs. Florida (50-17), 8 p.m.
Game 10 - Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 8 p.m.
Game 11 - Virginia (41-22) vs. Game 9 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 12 - Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 8 p.m.
x-Game 13 - If Game 9 winner also wins game 11, TBD
x-Game 14 - If Game 10 winner also wins Game 12, TBD
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Tuesday, June 23, 8 p.m.
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Apple could release iPhones with both Face ID and under-screen Touch ID in 2021: Report
Apple could launch an iPhone in 2021 with both Face ID and in-display Touch ID.
Touch ID is not included in any of the current iPhone models.
Kuo has also predicted an in-display Touch ID to make its way to Apple Watch in the future.
Touch ID was on its way out in 2017 with the launch of iPhone X and while many maligned the loss of Touch ID, no iPhone today has the biometric sensor for fingerprint scanning. However, this could all change in 2021. A new report claims that Apple could resurrect Touch ID in a 2021 iPhone model, but in a modern and tactile way.
According to Ming-Chi Kuo, a well-known analyst, Apple could release an iPhone in 2021 featuring both Face ID and Touch ID. However, instead of building a fingerprint sensor into Apple’s now-obsolete Home button, Kuo says Apple could embed a fingerprint sensor into the iPhone’s display.
Kuo’s prediction is based on Apple’s latest patents related to fingerprint on display (FOD) technology. The tech is being used in current Android smartphones, and Apple has never been the first one to implement a new feature. Hence, these predictions might turn out to be true.
Kuo told 9To5Mac, “over the next 18 months, a lot of technical issues will be resolved which will enable Apple to deliver the high-tier experience it strives for in its devices.” He also claims that the future Touch ID could be on one of Qualcomm’s ultrasonic fingerprint readers, which are similar to what Samsung uses in the Galaxy S10.
Furthermore, Kuo says, issues such as the size of the sensing area, power consumption, the thickness of the module, and low production yields of ultrasonic sensors are why Apple hasn’t incorporated the tech into current iPhone models. However, these issues are expected to be fixed by 2021.
Kuo has made another prediction for the future of the Apple Watch. He says that the development of in-display fingerprint sensor makes it “more likely” for Touch ID to make its way into the Apple Watch as opposed to a camera-based Face ID biometrics.
Moreover, there have been reports that 2020 iPhones could support 5G.
However, it should be noted that these are just predictions based on Apple’s current patents.
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Maliki agreed with Nujaifi to resolve a candidate
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Albzona: Maliki agreed with Nujaifi to resolve a candidate, provided the latter provided by the defense, not Allawi
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Baghdad (news) .. A member of the state of law and MP / National Alliance / Jawad Albzona, the agreement obtained between Maliki and Najafi resolving security ministries on the condition that the Najafi, not Ayad Allawi, nominated contacts and agree-Maliki on a candidate Najafi Department of Defense, saying Maliki’s refusal to for all candidates of the Iraqi former Ministry of Defence.
The House of Representatives has voted by majority to give confidence to the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, without the security ministries on 21 December last year.
He Albzona in a statement (for the Agency news) on Saturday: that all the candidates who have by the Iraqi List has been rejected by al-Maliki for several reasons, including coverage of some of the law of accountability and justice, and the other part is compatible to them the political blocs, and some belong to the parties and there are fears that follow the ministry policy of the party that forced Maliki to reject them.
He added that there is an agreement took place between the President Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Parliament Speaker Osama al resolving some outstanding issues, including the security ministries, provided that the names by the President of Parliament Osama Najafi and not from the existing Iraqi President Iyad Allawi.
He pointed out that Najafi will provide a total of names to the Maliki and approve al-Maliki on a candidates Najafi and will pass in parliament easily.
Earlier, the head of a block / coalition in Iraq / Parliamentary Deputy Salman Jumaili, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the National Alliance, to provide a candidate of the Ministry of the Interior, and the resolution of candidate defense.
Jumaily said in an earlier statement (the news): In case of continued non- approval of the candidate of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, and the lack of a candidate for the Interior, will be the crisis, and will continue the fragile security situation.
He Jumaili: not only on Iraq to resolve its candidate for the ministry of defense, but the National Alliance to settle the candidate of the interior, are always demanding the National Alliance decisively candidate of the defense, he has not decided yet for the internal candidate, so the national candidate, formally announced, the Prime Minister and to make concessions and to choose one candidate names to the Ministry of Defence.
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World of Disney Refurbishment
Downtown Disney is changing fast through 2018 and now the largest retail store in the Disneyland Resort, World of Disney, will become part of that change. Little has changed in the store since it first opened in 2000 but this reimagining will impact guests throughout most of the year. Be aware of what's happening so you won't be surprised when you visit.
Work on this major refurbishment will be completed in phases throughout 2018 but World of Disney will remain open during construction. Guests can expect areas of the store closed off either entirely or with walkways. The already crowded store will likely feel more crowded while work continues but Disney has recommended guests to other new retail spots in Downtown Disney such as the Disney Dress Shop, the Disney Dream Boutique or the upcoming Disney home store opening where D-Street was.
One thing to remember is that very little merchandise found in World of Disney is unavailable elsewhere in the resort. The reason World of Disney is so popular (and was voted the Best Retail Location in Downtown Disney and the Hotels of the Disneyland Resort) is because it's a central location that features most items found in other spots around Disneyland. If the store feels too crowded during construction then I would recommend that you search for souvenirs in the parks.
Along with this refurbishment, the new virtual reality experience at The VOID has just recently opened, Splitsville Luxury Lanes is due to open shortly, and several new restaurants are scheduled to arrive later this year. Keep your eyes open around Downtown Disney in the coming months as it transforms into a new destination.
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9/11 Health Settlement Outcome Delayed as Judge Issues Gag Order
By DNAinfo Staff on November 9, 2010 10:28am
Workers who suffered health problems after inhaling toxic dust at Ground Zero had until Monday night to agree to a landmark settlement with the city.
By Mariel S. Clark
DNAinfo News Editor
MANHATTAN — Ground Zero workers who joined a multimillion-dollar settlement against the city will now have to wait a little longer to know if enough people opted in for the settlement to go forward, according to media reports.
In order to collect on the $712 million settlement, 95 percent of the 10,000 plaintiffs had to join up and file notarized paperwork by 11:59 Monday night.
But with just hours to go, the judge presiding over the suit issued a gag order meaning neither side could say if the threshold was hit until all the paperwork had been processed, something that could take a few more days.
Manhattan federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein cited the "huge influx" of people joining as the deadline approached saying it "taxed the capacity to process" them on time, according to the New York Post.
They now have until Thursday afternoon to finalize the paperwork, according to the New York Times.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of thousands of workers who said they were sickened from cleaning up after the Sept. 11 attacks without proper protective gear or supervision by the city.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs reportedly said in emails that they expected to hit the 95 percent mark, according to the Daily News.
But they reportedly also urged any clients holding out to join before the deadline passed, the News reported.
"The more who accept, the less chance the defendants will keep the money!" said an email from Worby Groner Edelman & Napoli Bern, the firm representing the group, according to the paper.
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Blog Kiosk: 12/17/2018 - Dodgers Links - Some Odds and Ends
Check out this great, circa 1950's, vintage photo showing the exterior facade of Ebbets Field and a Brooklyn bus/trolley -- complete with kids getting a free ride on the back of the bus. Pic above via Dugout Legends on twitter.
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This Day in Dodgers History: In 1999, in what would be his final Major League season, the Dodgers signed free agent hurler and legendary pitcher Orel Hershiser to a one-year $2 million contract. He would not last the year, and be released on June 27th after going 1-5 with an 13.14 ERA. Overall, Hershiser would compile a 135-107 record in 13 years as a Dodger, with an 3.12 ERA, 24 shutouts, 65 complete games, 1456 strikeouts, an 116 ERA+, a 3.28 FIP and an 39.8 WAR. In 2004 Adrián Beltré leaves the Dodgers, after spending the first seven years of his career with the club, to sign a five-year $64 million free agent contract with the Mariners.
Happy Birthday, Bob Ojeda & Chase Utley!
There's no real news on the Bryce Harper front. Sure, there's a whole bucket-load of rumors; including talk that a deal is already done, but I'm sure we all know that none of these 'Hot Stove' items are real until officially announced.
Audio: Jon Weisman at Dodger Thoughts shares a recent interview with Charlie Hough (link here).
Congrats, Alex! Via Daniel Starkind at Dodger Blue; "Alex Wood Has Jersey Retired At High School In North Carolina."
Per Matthew Moreno at Dodger Blue; "Ross Stripling, Orel Hershiser & Bob Geren Lead Clinic In Dubai In Conjunction Of Partnership With Emirates."
Commentary: Per former Dodger GM Kevin Malone at the Las Vegas Review-Journal; "Time to attack the Las Vegas sex trade."
When I became general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1998, I made headlines for my off-the-cuff proclamation, “There’s a new sheriff in town.” Now I’ve set my sights on policing something much bigger — saving the lives of the children caught in this dark and barbaric industry. If I can do this, it will be my work as the co-founder and president of the U.S. Institute Against Human Trafficking that will be my most enduring legacy.
Charley Steiner signs a new three-year deal with the Dodgers, via a tweet from Larry King:
Congratulations to my good buddy #CharleySteiner, who just signed a 3 year extension to be the @Dodgers radio play-by-play announcer! Way to go, Charley!
— Larry King (@kingsthings) December 14, 2018
Justin Turner and the LA Marathon, via a tweet by the LA Marathon:
Justin Turner (@redturn2) will be returning for the second year in a row to be the official race starter of the #LAMarathon and to help raise support for @JTFoundation10! JT is LA Loyal, are you? Register today: https://t.co/ghg3MlkR6S pic.twitter.com/Y9BRRqRtOz
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A welcome for Joe Kelly, via twitter:
First Joe Kelly siting in LA, is in his home area of Rancho Cucamonga at his daughters school & with my friend, the teacher! #dodgers #RedSox @ChrisCotillo @BillPlaschke @ericstephen @THEREAL_DV @PeteAbe @kengurnick @JMastrodonato pic.twitter.com/Gz1dfuqkJj
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Dodgers News: Despite Needling, Gonzalez Believes in Team’s Direction
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For the Los Angeles Dodgers and their fans, Opening Day couldn’t really have gone much better. Yes, the Giants won, but a 15-run victory and watching the pitcher who got away get roughed up should suffice.
Well, maybe not for everyone, that is.
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The narrative having to do with winning now or eventually remains as omnipresent (and frankly, as annoying) as ever, no matter what players and executive say. The latest example: The L.A. Times’ Dylan Hernandez’s recent article in which he sits down for a lengthy back-and-forth with Adrian Gonzalez.
No matter what Gonzalez said to explain the state of the team, Hernandez had a story to tell, and he wasn’t going to let it go. Here’s Gonzalez on the advantage depth offers.
“If you look at every year, every team has major injuries,” Gonzalez said. “They’re going to go through a major injury at some point. And almost to a T every year — and it’s true, it’s not an excuse — the teams that don’t win the division will at some point say, ‘Well, injuries played a big role in why we didn’t win.’ Everybody in baseball has acknowledged we have the best [40-man roster] and the best farm system in baseball. That puts us in prime position to sustain any major injury.”
Look at Greinke’s current team. A.J. Pollock’s injury couldn’t possibly have been predicted, right? (No, the answer is no). Based on how Diamondbacks fans sounded, as that news dropped, the broken bone was a death knell for the season. They don’t have anyone to step in to provide even a fraction of their fractured centerfielder’s production.
You know who else sustained an injury no one could’ve possibly seen coming? Andre Ethier fouled a ball literally off the perfect part of his leg to take him out for a prolonged period of time. Now, obviously Ethier isn’t Pollock. That isn’t the point here.
The point is that the Dodgers’ depth meant there was another player to immediately step up when Ethier went down. Watching Carl Crawford flail around at the plate and play defense like this (courtesy of Chad Moriyama) wasn’t ideal by any stretch, but if he struggles, in steps Scott Van Slyke, Trayce Thompson, Kiké Hernandez or whoever. The point is: The Dodgers have options.
Carl Crawford playing left field in a nutshell. pic.twitter.com/y1As45hnod
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 5, 2016
Options are great, especially in a season that involves playing roughly a million games. Injuries happen. Slumps happen. Crawford happens. In the Times’ case, narratives happen, no matter how obviously flawed they might be.
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General Dog Forum
What do YOU say when someone tells you they're gonna breed?
canteloupe said:
When I was little, my family had a neighbor with a small defunct farm. He was elderly and his "farm" was mostly a big mud hole. He had a bunch of feral cats living in his barn and every year they had several litters of kittens. And you know what this guy did? He collected them in sacks and drown them. Over and over again. So when I was twelve my father and I put humane cat traps over there at night and went back at 3am and collected the cats. Then we took them to a vet (we had to find one who would handle feral cats) and got them spayed and neutered. We had to do this five times before we got them all.
I am glad you did this, although I don't condone breaking the law.
I know someone who always has a barn of kittens.They aren't feral (or hadn't gotten that bad the last time I was there... but that was a while ago). I rescued two kittens from this barn. The problems I had and am still struggling with are endless. These kittens have so many genetic and just plain medical issues, it drives me up the wall. I wish someone had trapped them and got them spayed neutered.
What do I say when someone tells me they want to breed?
It depends on who it is. If it's some random person at the grocery store, I don't waste my breath. The average BYB that you meet at the grocery store won't even listen to a word you say... and if they did probably would have no idea what you're talking about (c-section...what?! dogs need those too?... back yard wha?!?!.. pet overpopulation?!)
However, if it's someone like a close friend, or family member... I tell them the story my father told me about the time his parents wanted to teach him and my uncle about the miracle of life by breeding their Boston Terrier. Long story short... the two puppies were born inside out... my uncle decided he didn't want to be a vet after all, and my dad was traumatized for life. (I will go more in detail when explaining this to someone wanting to breed... maybe add some details if I think it might help).
'tasha
I tell them that if they love puppies that much that they should consider fostering first. If they want to do it for the money I give them some horror stories about the pups we've lost while fostering and I send them to the adoption center for the rescue we work with.
Erick Aguilar said:
Why care, they are not my dogs.. i will never know nothing else about that person, or dog, therefore it's like the problem never existed to me.
Why care? Because SOMEONE has to care or cruelty and irresponsibility will go unchecked. Plus, once you get a job, you start to realize that a big chunk of your tax money goes to euthanizing healthy, adoptable animals at your local animal shelter, purely because so many people are so irresponsible with their pets....and trust me, that makes me MAD. Taxes are hig enough as it is, and I don't want to pay to kill the results of some irresponsible dope's stupidity.
KenyiGirl said:
I care because I feel a social responsiblity not to bring more dogs into a world where there will not be enough homes for them, and I believe that all people should feel that social responsibility. I care because I've been to every dog pound in my city (there are 3 of them) and I've seen what people's irresponsibility and selfishness has cost the animals there.
^^ yeah, that.
If people tell me that they want to breed their dog, I usually go into a long spiel about how brave they are, being willing to lose their female, willing to pay big $$$ for a c-section, willing to have 12 puppies pottying all over their laundry room for 8 weeks, etc. Dunno if that makes any difference, but it's fun seeing the horror on their faces .
If they say they want to breed their cat, I just tell them good luck with that, it's nearly impossible to place kittens in good homes. And then I try to kidnap their cat (if she's allowed outside---it's legal to take a cat not on it's owner's property) and have her spayed. I wouldn't spay-nap an unspayed dog, but cats are fair game. Since they're considered "varmints" and all.
"Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man."
Arthur Schopenhauer, The Basis of Morality
canteloupe
Actually, far too little of our taxes go to animal control and animal shelters. It's seen as completely unimportant by the government and most of the public. In the city of Philadelphia, which has an enormous over-population problem, last year all of 3 million dollars went to PACCA (animal control) and PAWS (their animal adoption wing). In government terms, that's like a half of a penny.
So I think taxes are not the real concern here.
I mind my own business. Offering an unrequested opinion on any subject is generally seen as being a social faux pas.
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Glowing or light-up discs/balls?
I play a lot of disc and fetch with my dog but since I live at a high latitude it can sometimes be pitch black by 5:30-6p these days. I still get my dog out for exercise and he has no problem sniffing out a toy in the dark. But he has problems tracking it as it's thrown when it's a really dark...
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The Service Dog Thread
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Pagan priest wins right to wear goat horns in license photo, saying they are 'religious attire'
It doesn’t matter how many articles of clothing Phelan Moonsong puts on before walking out the door each day: If he’s not wearing his favorite pair of goat horns, the Pagan priest might as well be naked.
Unless the 56-year-old Millinocket, Maine, man is sleeping or bathing, his beloved horns are rarely far from his scalp.
It’s been that way since he first laid eyes on the horns at a Pagan men’s group gathering in 2009. A friend whose goat had recently died offered the horns to group members. Nobody else wanted the dead goat’s hardware; Moonsong couldn’t believe his luck
So he took the horns home, drilled small holes in each one and attached them to his forehead using stretchy, 50-pound fishing line that he wrapped around his head like an invisible skull cap.
His life was never the same.
“As a practicing Pagan minister and a priest of Pan, I’ve come to feel very attached to the horns, and they’ve become a part of me and part of my spirituality,” Moonsong said, noting that he periodically soaks the horns in patchouli and cedar oil to keep them fresh and leathery. “The horns are part of my religious attire.”
Moonsong feels so attached to his horns that he refuses to take them off for anyone — including the state of Maine. In August, Moonsong said, officials at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in Bangor told him that he would need to remove the horns to receive a state-issued ID.
When he tried to explain to bureau employees that he is a “Priest of Pan” — one who considers the horns his “spiritual antenna” — they were not moved. They told that the horns would have to be approved by Maine’s secretary of state.
“She told me that I had to send in some documentation or religious text to show why it was required for me to have my horns on,” Moonsong said. “I said, ‘Okay, I’ll go ahead and do that,’ but it seemed like an onerous requirement.”
Moonsong said he sent the state a personal essay explaining the importance of his horns, along with four scholarly works, including one titled “Pagan Religions: A Handbook for Diversity Training.”
Though he didn’t realize it at the time, Moonsong had joined a religious freedom battle that is being fought in DMV offices around the country.
At least 30 states offer residents high levels of constitutional protection for religious expression, some of them even higher than the protection offered by the Constitution’s First Amendment, according to Charles Haynes, the founding director of the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute.
“Generally speaking, even in states without a high level of protection, officials have to have a pretty good reason for saying no to a religious accommodation for a driver’s license photo,” Haynes said. “How strong that reason needs to be depends on where you live.”
But it also depends on the quality of the citizen’s case, Haynes said. When people argue for the right to cover their faces in a driver’s license photo — such as a Muslim woman who believes it’s immodest to uncover her face — states often have the upper hand because it’s in the interest of the state to assist police in being able to identify people.
“However,” Haynes added, “if the person’s religious garb doesn’t cover the face or obstruct law enforcement, those folks are likely to win.”
The American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Christian woman who accuses DMV officials of discriminating against her by refusing to make a religious accommodation. Yvonne Allen says she was forced to remove her headscarf — which she wears for religious reasons — to have a photo taken for her driver’s license, according to the complaint.
“When Ms. Allen explained her religious beliefs,” the complaint states, “the county officials responded with a remarkable claim: They admitted that there was a religious accommodation available for head coverings, but contended that it applied only to Muslims.”
“They also ridiculed Ms. Allen’s sincerely held religious beliefs, with the Chief Clerk informing her that she was herself a Christian and did not cover her head,” the complaint adds. “Left with no choice if she wished to renew her license, Ms. Allen — with tears in her eyes and feeling sick to her stomach over the violation of her religious beliefs — removed her head covering.”
Heather L. Weaver, senior staff attorney for the ACLU’s Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief, said DMV offices sometimes rule in favor of one faith and against another not because of bigotry so much as ignorance.
“Sometimes it comes down to them not understanding certain faiths,” Weaver said. “That’s when we come in to educate DMV officials about particular religious headgear and explain that something is a legitimate religious belief that should be accommodated in the same way you might accommodate a Jewish yarmulke.”
Allen’s case is ongoing, but Moonsong said he managed to avoid hiring a lawyer and filing a lawsuit.
After several months of waiting to hear from the state’s motor vehicle office following his initial visit, he says he informed the bureau that he was in touch with the ACLU. His ID arrived in the mail days later, he says.
A spokeswoman for the Maine secretary of state told the Bangor Daily News that Moonsong had not mentioned that the horns were religious in nature during his initial BMV visit.
“He did not cite religious reasons,” said the spokeswoman, Kristen Muszynski. “There are exceptions for religious headdress.”
The newspaper reported that the state of Maine follows American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators guidelines, which state that license photos “may only show the cardholder with headgear, if the cardholder is a member of a religion requiring the wearing thereof and provided that the headgear does not present as an obstruction or present a shadow and render the portrait inadequate for the identification of the cardholder.”
Moonsong, who changed his name earlier this year, said he was “elated” with the result of his BMV battle — not only for himself but for others who quietly share some of his beliefs.
“A lot of Pagans are in the closet and — as with the LGBT crowd — there’s a lot of misconceptions and discrimination that they face,” he said.
“Many practicing Pagans are afraid of being public,” Moonsong added, “but when they see my horns it reminds them it’s okay to be yourself.”
There are personal benefits to having an ID as well, he noted. Though he doesn’t drive, Moonsong will finally be able to use his ID to board a plane to California, where some of the best Pagan festivals are found.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/12/17/maine-man-wins-right-to-wear-goat-horns-in-license-photo-saying-they-are-religious-attire/?utm_term=.768c69dc7f2b&wpisrc=nl_most-draw8&wpmm=1
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Events in Hungary
A concert by Ecliptic at Opus Jazz Club in Budapest, Hungary
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A concert by the Slovenian-Italian jazz band There Be Monsters at Opus Jazz Club in Budapest, Hungary
8 January to 20 January 2020
Teja Reba (City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture) as moderator at a round table titled Increasing the Visibility of Female Artists and video interviews with Irena Tomažin Zagoričnik, Kaja Draksler, Maja Osojnik and Nina Dragičević, conducted by Tomaž Grom (Sploh Institute), at MusicaFemina International Symposium, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Central European University, Different locations in Budapest, Hungary
17 December 2019 to 18 January 2020
A group exhibition by Cvetka Hojnik, Marika Danč-Roth, Suzanne Király-Moss and Sabina Šinko, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Hegyvidek Galeria in Budapest, Hungary
13 November to 15 November 2019
Lynch, Kukla (Kукла), supported by MENT Ljubljana, and Peter Baroš (SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre), supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at the Budapest Showcase Hub in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by Jazoo at Szimpla in Budapest, Hungary organiser
A "junk opera" by the Tiger Lillies Shockheaded Peter, directed by Ivana Djilas and produced by the Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, at Weöres Sándor Theater in Szombathely, Hungary
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10 October to 12 October 2019
The screenings of My Last Year as a Loser, directed by Urša Menart (attending) and produced by Vertigo and co-produced by NuFrame, Sinhro Studio 100, and Radio-Television Slovenia (RTV Slovenia); Consequences, directed by Darko Štante and co-produced by Temporama, Zwinger Film, NuFrame, and Sinhro Studio 100; and I Act, I Am, directed by Miroslav Mandić and produced by Filmostovje, supported by the Slovenian Film Centre and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at the Slovenian Film Days at Toldi Cinema in Budapest, Hungary
9 October 2019 to 19 January 2020
The exhibition Code and Algorithm, featuring the work by Aleksander Drakulič, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Vasarely Museum in Budapest, Hungary
3 October to 6 October 2019
Photon Gallery presents Tomaž Tomažin, Žiga Kariž, and Nika Oblak and Primož Novak, in the Art Photo Budapest section, at the Art Market Budapest at 401), Millenáris (D in Budapest, Hungary
11 September to 17 September 2019
The screenings of Half-Sister, directed by Damjan Kozole (Vertigo), and the restored version of The Valley of Peace (1956), directed by France Štiglic (Triglav Film), at the CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival at Toldi Cinema, Zukor Screen in Miskolc, Hungary
The theatre performance 6, directed by Žiga Divjak and produced by Maska Institute and Mladinsko Theatre, at the International Meeting of Free Theatres Thealter in Szeged, Hungary
27 June to 10 October 2019
The exhibition Dates 9 by Radenko Milak and Roman Uranjek (Irwin, NSK State, Novi kolektivizem (NK)), featuring a talk with artist Radenko Milak, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Ani Molnár Gallery in Budapest, Hungary
25 April to 28 April 2019
Anja Mugerli presenting her novel Spovin, supported by the Slovenian Book Agency, at the European First Novel Festival at Millenáris in Budapest, Hungary
25 March to 27 March 2019
Screenings of Ivan, directed by Janez Burger (Staragara), The Miner, directed by Hanna A. W. Slak (Nukleus Film), Playing Men, , directed by Matjaž Ivanišin (Nosorogi and Restart), and a short film Fountain, directed by Goran Vojnović, supported by the Slovenian Film Centre and the Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia Szentgotthárd, at the Slovenian Film Days in Sobotel at Agora Savaria Cinema in Szombathely, Hungary
29 November to 1 December 2018
A lecture Ways of Listening and Sound Integration of Space and Time Within Contemporary Art Practise by Irena Pivka and Brane Zorman (Cona Institute); a lecture Constant Present. A Few Thoughts on the Contemporary Acousmata and performance event PARADISCO (flux hortus) by Petra Kapš (OR poesis); and a sound performance EMS by Brane Zorman, at the founding congress of CESSE Central European Society for Soundscape Ecology, at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest, Hungary
19 October to 16 November 2018
Unknown Proximity, an exhibition of Slovenian contemporary painting, featuring works of a number of Slovene artists, with the introduction by Atilla Pisnjak (Lendava-Lendva Gallery and Museum), organised by the Lendava-Lendva Gallery and Museum in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Próféta Gallery in Budapest, Hungary
Screenings of Ivan, directed by Janez Burger (Staragara); The Miner, directed by Hanna A. W. Slak (Nukleus Film); Playing Men, directed by Matjaž Ivanišin (Nosorogi and Restart) and Fountain, written and directed by Goran Vojnović (Arsmedia), at the Slovenian Film Days, supported by the Slovenian Film Centre and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Toldi Cinema in Budapest, Hungary
9 October to 14 October 2018
Presentations of P74 Centre and Gallery, GalerijaGallery, and Stolp Photogallery and Photon Gallery, presenting Goran Bertok, Marko Lipuš and Borut Peterlin, in the Art Photo Budapest section, at the Art Market Budapest at 401), Millenáris (D in Budapest, Hungary
The screenings of Consequences, directed by Darko Štante and co-produced by Temporama, Zwinger Film, NuFrame, and Sinhro Studio 100; at the Miscolc International Film Festival at Pressburger Screen, Zukor Screen in Miskolc, Hungary
11 August to 12 August 2018
Alien Express, a dance performance by Žigan Krajnčan and Gašper Kunšek, produced by Flota Institute and co-produced by Dance Theatre Ljubljana, at the Sziget Festival at Fidelio Theatre and Dance Tent in Budapest, Hungary
Opera Project, a series of walkabouts produced by Bunker Institute, at the Sziget Festival at Fidelio Theatre and Dance Tent in Budapest, Hungary
Venusian, a dance performance by the GrassW4 Kolektiv (Ajda Branc, Jerneja Fekonja, Ivona Medić and Anna Jacso), at the Sziget Festival at Fidelio Theatre and Dance Tent in Budapest, Hungary
14 July to 26 August 2018
OLoOP Design at the Design Without Borders Festival at New Budapest Gallery in Budapest, Hungary organiser
The exhibition Maribor - Perspectives of a City, supported by the Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia Szentgotthárd, at Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia Szentgotthárd in Szentgotthárd, Hungary
The Iliad, directed by Jernej Lorenci and produced by the Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, Ljubljana City Theatre (MGL) and Cankarjev dom, Cultural and Congress Centre, at the Madách International Theatre Meeting (MITEM) at National Theatre in Budapest, Hungary
Ivana Djilas presents her novel at the European First Novel Festival in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by guitarist Mak Grgić at the Szeged International Guitar Festival in Szeged, Hungary
9 April to 11 April 2018
Screenings of Nightlife, directed by Damjan Kozole (Vertigo), Houston, We Have a Problem!, directed by Žiga Virc (Studio Virc), The Famous Five at the Crossroads of the European Parliament, directed by Lucija Šiftar, and Nika, directed by Slobodan Maksimović (Nora Production Group), supported by the Slovenian Film Centre and the Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia Szentgotthárd, at the Slovenian Film Days in Sobotel at Agora Savaria Cinema in Szombathely, Hungary
A concert by the quartet Dissonance, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Zeneakadémia in Budapest, Hungary
Screenings of Nightlife, directed by Damjan Kozole (Vertigo), Houston, We Have a Problem!, directed by Žiga Virc (Studio Virc), and Nika, directed by Slobodan Maksimović (Nora Production Group), at the Slovenian Film Days, supported by the Slovenian Film Centre and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Toldi Cinema in Budapest, Hungary
7 September to 8 October 2017
MIG 21, en exhibition featuring over 50 works by 19 artists, curated by Nina Jeza and Peter Tomaž Dobrila (KIBLA Multimedia Centre), at Ferenczy Múzeumi Centrum in Szentendre, Hungary
A literary reading by Gašper Kralj at the International Book Festival Budapest at Petőfi Literary Museum in Budapest, Hungary
Peer Gynt, produced by the Slovene National Theatre Maribor, at Hungarian State Opera in Budapest, Hungary
A joint concert by the composition students of the Ljubljana Academy of Music and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music at Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary
8 March to 10 March 2017
Screenings of Šiška Deluxe, directed by Jan Cvitkovič (Perfo Production), Class Enemy, directed by Rok Biček (Triglav Film), and The Tree, directed by Sonja Prosenc (Mono O), at the Slovenian Film Days in Sobotel at Agora Savaria Cinema in Szombathely, Hungary
Mini Operas, performed by the Academy of Music, at tbe Opera Exam Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Liszt Academy Concert Centre in Budapest, Hungary
A Christmas concert in honour of the 25th anniversary of Slovenia’s independence by the Ingenium Ensemble, organised in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Matthias Church in Budapest, Hungary
A MENTprizent tour of Koala Voice, Čao Portorož and Blaž at Nappali in Pécs, Hungary
A concert by Jardier at the Budapest Showcase Hub at Gödör in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by Koala Voice at the Budapest Showcase Hub at Gozsdu Manó Klub in Budapest, Hungary
Zipped Worlds: Photography in Public Space, a group exhibition featuring works by Borut Krajnc, Eva Petrič and Metka Zupanič, co-curated by Dejan Sluga and co-organised by Photon Gallery, at FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture in Budapest, Hungary
Sabina Briški of the Creative Europe Desk Slovenia (Motovila Institute) at the Višegrad Animation Forum at the Primanima First World Festival of Animations at BABtér in Budaörs, Hungary
Screenings of Šiška Deluxe, directed by Jan Cvitkovič (Perfo Production), Class Enemy, directed by Rok Biček (Triglav Film), and The Tree, directed by Sonja Prosenc (Mono O), attended by director Sonja Prosenc at the Slovenian Film Days, organised in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Toldi Cinema in Budapest, Hungary
Writer Drago Jančar presents his novel I Saw Her That Night at the Margó Irodalmi Fesztivál és Könyvvásár, organised in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Klub in Budapest, Hungary
Photon Gallery, Stolp Photogallery, P74 Centre and Gallery, and GalerijaGallery at Art Market Budapest at Millenáris in Budapest, Hungary
7 July to 10 July 2016
Maribor Academic Choir at the Béla Bartók 27th International Choir Competition and Folklore Festival at The Kölcsey Convention Centre in Debrecen, Hungary
15 June to 29 June 2016
Három ország, egy harangláb, an exhibition by Borut Juvanec and Andreja Benko, organised in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Kemence Gallery in Pécs, Hungary
2 June to 31 July 2016
An exhibition by sculptor Ferenc Király, organised in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Várkert Bazár in Budapest, Hungary
Panel discussions featuring writer Dino Bauk, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at the International Book Festival Budapest at Európa Pont Millenáris, Lázár Ervin Hall in Budapest, Hungary
Jože Hradil memorial evening, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest, Hungary
The opening of the exhibition ZVONIK HARANGLAB HOLZGLOCKENTURM by Borut Juvanec and a small conference on bell towers also with Borut Juvanec and Andreja Benko, organised in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Association of Hungarian Architects in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by pianist Urban Stanič, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by the Slovene Chamber Choir, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Vigadó Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary
Vitomil Zupan: Schlagers and Songs from Prison, a concert by Vita Mavrič and Jani Kovačič, co-organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by Ludovik Material at A38 Hajó in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by the Jazz Punt Big Band at the Big Band Budapest Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at TEMI Municipal Cultural Centre in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by the Tzuma Arpad Quarted featuring tenor saxophonist Jure Pukl at Budapest Jazz Club in Budapest, Hungary
A book presentation by Polona Glavan and Suzana Tratnik, organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Massolit Café in Budapest, Hungary
9 October 2015 to 3 January 2016
The exhibition Ludwig Goes Pop + The East Side Story featuring works from the collection of Moderna galerija / Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana plus Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova at Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest, Hungary
Works by photographers Uroš Ambram, Stane Jagodič, Branko Lenart and Eva Petrič (Photon Gallery) and a presentation of the festival Photonic Moments – Month of Photography and the project Made in China with art by Alen Ožbolt, Jože Barši and Veli & Amos at Art Market Budapest at Millenáris in Budapest, Hungary
Follow the white rabbit, a lecture by Bogdan Benigar, director of the Ljubljana Jazz Festival, at the European Jazz Conference at Budapest Music Centre in Budapest, Hungary
Screening of a number of short films by director Karpo Godina, and short films on the life and work of Jože Plečnik, organised in cooperation with the Slovenian Cinematheque and the Slovene Film Archives, and supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Műcsarnok Library and Archive in Budapest, Hungary
12 August to 27 September 2015
The exhibition Jože Plečnik (1872–1957) - The Karst Man and the accompanying lecture Gothic Art and Modern Mysticism: The portrait of a 20th century architect by Andrej Hrausky, Damjan Prelovšek and Maruša Zorec, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Műcsarnok Gallery in Budapest, Hungary
7 August to 27 September 2015
Masters and their masters – Tradition and continuity in Slovenian painting, an exhibition featuring works of a number of Slovene artists, curated by Milček Komelj (Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU)), organised by the Lendava-Lendva Gallery and Museum in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest and the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, at Műcsarnok Gallery in Budapest, Hungary
Concerts by Ingenium Ensemble, the Slovene Chamber Choir, and the Maribor Academic Choir, at the 19th Europa Cantat Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Franciscan Church, Kodály Centre, Pirogránit Court in Pécs, Hungary
Manipulations, produced by Via Negativa, at the International Meeting of Free Theatres Thealter at Régi Zsinagóga in Szeged, Hungary
28 May to 29 May 2015
Representative of Creative Europe Desk Slovenia (Motovila Institute) Mateja Lazar at the international partner search meeting Creative Europe – Focus on the Danube at Budapest Capital General Assembly Hall, Design Terminal in Budapest, Hungary
An exhibition of contemporary Slovene architecture, curated by Kristina Dešman and Miha Dešman (DANS Arhitekti), accompanied by an opening lecture by Miha Dešman, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture in Budapest, Hungary
24 April to 25 May 2015
Novelist Davorin Lenko presented, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at the International Book Festival Budapest at Millenáris in Budapest, Hungary
24 April to 8 May 2015
Fokus Grupa: As It Once Was – the Art of Nation Building, an art exhibition curated by Alenka Gregorič (City Art Gallery Ljubljana, Tobačna 001 Cultural Centre), at OFF-Biennale Budapest at A.P.A. Gallery in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by jazz pianist Kaja Draksler, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Opus Club in Budapest, Hungary
A lecture and workshop by Saša Nabergoj (SCCA-Ljubljana Centre for Contemporary Arts), in the framework of the project Curatorial Dictionary: Case Studies at Mayakovsky 102 tranzit.hu open office in Budapest, Hungary
Mozart’s The Magic Flute featuring mezzo-soprano Barbara Kozelj at Palace of Arts in Budapest, Hungary
30 January to 31 January 2015
Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream by the Budapest Festival Orchestra also featuring mezzo-soprano Barbara Kozelj at Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary
29 January to 8 March 2015
Spielraum – The Nation Loves It, an exhibition by Jasmina Cibic, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest, Hungary
A screening of Class Enemy (Triglav Film), in the framework of LUX Film Days, at Urania National Film Theatre in Budapest, Hungary
14 November 2014 to 15 February 2015
Turning Points, an exhibition also presenting the video production of Laibach, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest, Hungary
Outbreak, a dance performance by Gregor Luštek and Rosana Hribar, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at MU Színház in Budapest, Hungary
17 October 2014 to 4 January 2015
Anarchy. Utopia. Revolution, an exhibition also featuring works by Marko Brecelj, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Ludwig Múzeum in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by Perpetuum Jazzile at the festival Café Budapest, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Vigadó in Budapest, Hungary
Photon Gallery also present works by Aleš Gregorič, Damjan Kocjančič, and Borut Peterlin at Art Photo Budapest, in the framework of Art Market Budapest, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Millenaris Park in Budapest, Hungary
An exhibition by Gigodesign at the Budapest Design Week, organised by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, in Budapest, Hungary
100 Years of Slovene Puppet Art, an exhibition by Mini Theatre, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Budapest Puppet Theatre in Budapest, Hungary
Class Enemy, directed by Rok Biček (Triglav Film), at the 11th Miskolc International Film Festival Jameson CineFest at House of Arts in Miskolc, Hungary
The concert Freedom OperaGala also featuring soprano Mojca Bitenc, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Hungarian State Opera in Budapest, Hungary
23 June to 24 August 2014
The Unnameable, an exhibition by Zdenko Huzjan, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Budapest Galéria in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by Broken.Heart.Collector with Maja Osojnik (Maja Osojnik Band) at Jazz Kocsma in Szeged, Hungary
An exhibition by Štefan Galič, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Várneged Galéria in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by N'toko, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest at A38 Ship in Budapest, Hungary
Jasmin B. Frelih presenting his work at the European First Novel Festival, and Aleš Debeljak attending the European Writers' Meeting, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at the International Book Festival Budapest in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by Laibach in the framework of the world tour promoting the release of the new album Spectre at A38 in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by Duo Furioso and Trio Rêverie (Academy of Music), supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary
A screening of Fruits of Our Lands and Framing the Space (Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana, Škuc Gallery - ŠKUC Association) followed by a lecture by the director Jasmina Cibic, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Capa Centre in Budapest, Hungary
2 February to 3 February 2014
The play Roberto Zucco, directed by Ivica Buljan and co-produced by Mini Theatre, at Maladype Theatre in Budapest, Hungary
16 December to 18 December 2013
A photo exhibition by Stane Jagodič and Marko Lipuš, organised by the Photon Gallery, at Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest in Budapest, Hungary
An exhibition featuring selected bronze sculptures from the International Fine Arts Colony Lendava, co-organised by the Lendava-Lendva Gallery and Museum and supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Pécsi Galéria in Pécs, Hungary
Did it Start with a Kiss?, a performance by choreographers Gregor Luštek and Rosana Hribar, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at MU Szinház in Budapest, Hungary
The play Roberto Zucco, directed by Ivica Buljan and co-produced by Mini Theatre, at Maladype Theater in Budapest, Hungary
28 October to 1 November 2013
Dual, directed by Nejc Gazvoda and produced by PERFO Production, at the Budapest Pride LGBTQ Film Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Toldi Cinema in Budapest, Hungary
Contemporary Slovene Animation including the comics exhibition I Feel Great and films Stripburger (Strip Core, Forum Ljubljana) in Motion, Patty, Short Film in Perverses, Work, Wall of Sighs, Chicory ‘n’ Coffee, EX PASSU, Lovesick, Katalena: Ta aldowska, Koyaa – The Extraordinary, and The Last Lunch, with Igor Prasel (Animateka International Animated Film Festival) as curator of the programme at the PRIMANIMA World Festival of First Animations in Budaörs, Hungary
Jure Novak’s Reasons to Be Happy, produced by Glej Theatre, at the Café Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, in Budapest, Hungary
Ewok perform at the Hangfoglalás / Soundquest Festival in Budapest, Hungary
5 August to 12 August 2013
Lyrical Minutes in the City, produced by Bunker Institute, at the Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary
Tristan and Isolde produced by Mini Theatre, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Maladype Theater in Budapest, Hungary
A screening of Small and Smart: Contemporary Slovenian Architecture on Film, produced by the Museum of Architecture and Design and ARK - Institute for Architecture and Culture, and lectures by Jeff Bickert (ARK - Institute for Architecture and Culture) and Petra Čeferin (Museum of Architecture and Design), supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Kino in Budapest, Hungary
Stanka Hrastelj with her novel "Igranje", a presentation supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest at the European Festival of the First Novel at 20th International Book Fair in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by Siddharta at R33 in Budapest, Hungary
A concert by Vlado Kreslin at Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest in Budapest, Hungary
An exhibition by Dubravko Baumgartner, organised in co-operation with the Lendava-Lendva Gallery and Museum at Hegyvidék Gallery in Budapest, Hungary
House D, a short film by Damjan Kozole, produced by Vertigo and the Museum of Architecture and Design at the 5th Budapest Architecture Film Days at Toldi Cinema in Budapest, Hungary
Pedal Parade, a concert by the Slovene organist Dalibor Miklavčič, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Budapest, at Bartók Béla National Concert Hall in Budapest, Hungary
The Igor Lumpert Trio and the pianist Kaja Draksler at the Palace of Arts' Jazz Showcase at Palace of Arts in Budapest, Hungary
8 November to 11 November 2012
Photon Gallery at the Art Market Budapest in Budapest, Hungary
The Toronto Drug Bust at the Sziget Festival 2012 at Sziget in Budapest, Hungary
Feri Lainšček and Vesna Lemaić participating at the European Festival of the First Novel in Budapest, Hungary
Identity of Slovenia – Designing for the State - Miljenko Licul's design solutions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Budapest, Hungary
P74 Centre and Gallery presents artworks and artists' books at the Art Market Budapest 2011 at Millenaris Parku in Budapest, Hungary
Sounds of a Playground Fading, a European tour by In Flames and Noctiferia, at Club 202 in Budapest, Hungary
23 September to 30 October 2011
Nataša Kramberger presenting her literature at the MS Stadt Wien Ship traveling from Rusa to Vienna within the Literature in Flux project organised by the Halma Network of Literature Centres in Hungary
14 September 2011 to 15 January 2012
Paintings by Franc Berčič Berko and Franc Mesarič at the East of Eden - Photorealism: Versions of Reality exhibition at Ludwig Museum in Budapest, Hungary
18 March to 3 April 2011
Persona directed by Janez Pipan and produced by Mini Theatre at the Budapest Spring Festival 2011 in Budapest, Hungary
28 February to 1 March 2011
Vesna Čopič participates at the The Contribution of Culture to the Implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy Conference at Hungarian Academy of Science in Budapest, Hungary
Forbidden Loves by Silvan Omerzu produced by Ljubljana Puppet Theatre and Konj Puppet Theatre at the Pécs International Puppet Festival for Adults in Pécs, Hungary
26 March to 30 April 2010
Beyond Everydayness – Theatre Architecture in Central Europe, a 2010 touring exhibition (Budapest–Prague–Warsaw–Bratislava–Ljubljana) co-organised by the National Theatre Museum of Slovenia in Budapest, Hungary
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Angels manager Brad Ausmus gives Shohei Ohtani…
Angels manager Brad Ausmus gives Shohei Ohtani a day off instead of having him face Yusei Kikuchi
Ausmus said he was aware he disappointed Japanese fans, but he preferred other matchups for Ohtani
Angels manager Brad Ausmus left Shohei Ohtani, right, out of his starting lineup on Thursday, denying fans and dozens of Japanese media members the chance to see Ohtani face Seattle Mariners lefty Yusei Kikuchi. (Photos by Getty Images and The Associated Press)
By Jeff Fletcher |
PUBLISHED: May 30, 2019 at 6:53 pm | UPDATED: May 30, 2019 at 7:53 pm
SEATTLE — Brad Ausmus is not a very popular person in Japan right now.
The Angels manager filled out his lineup without Shohei Ohtani on Thursday, denying fans and dozens of Japanese media members the chance to see Ohtani face Seattle Mariners lefty Yusei Kikuchi.
“Japanese baseball fans don’t like me,” Ausmus said with a smile. “Tell them I’m sorry.”
Ohtani and Kikuchi attended the same high school in Japan, although at different times.
“I feel like I am letting (the Japanese fans) down,” Ausmus said, “but that’s (making them happy) not my job.”
Ausmus said he decided Ohtani was going to get one day off in this four-game series in Seattle, and it would be against one of the three left-handed pitchers the Angels are set to face.
Ausmus said simply he preferred the matchup of Ohtani against the other two Mariners lefties, Marco Gonzales and Tommy Milone.
In his first season in the majors, Kikuchi has held lefties to a .234 average, while Gonzales (.271) and Milone (.256) have been easier on lefties throughout their career.
Kikuchi, whose fastball averages 93.1 mph, is also more of a power pitcher than Gonzalez (90.1 mph) and Milone (87.9).
PITCHING PLANS
Ausmus said Trevor Cahill will be pushed back to pitch on Monday, which is why the Angels have a hole in their rotation for Sunday’s series finale.
The Angels could go with a bullpen day, using all relievers, or they could bring someone up from Triple-A.
Two of the Triple-A pitchers will big league experience – Nick Tropeano and Jaime Barría – will have been optioned for less than 10 days, so neither could return by Sunday unless they are replacing an injured player.
José Suarez, who is on the 40-man roster, would be on turn to pitch on Sunday. Suarez, however, gave up six runs in 3-2/3 innings in his last Triple-A start, and Ausmus said he wasn’t even considered for Tuesday’s big league opening because they wanted him to get more time at Triple-A. Tropeano pitched instead.
Lefty Dillon Peters, who pitched 5-2/3 scoreless innings in his last outing at Triple-A, also could pitch on Sunday.
Kevan Smith, who is on the concussion list, began to feel some symptoms when he tried to take part in batting practice a few days ago, so he was shut down again. Ausmus said he resumed workouts on Thursday, and he will not be activated until at least next Tuesday, when the Angels return home. …
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JC Ramírez gave up three runs in 1-2/3 innings for Class-A Inland Empire on Thursday, the start of his rehab assignment. Ramírez, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery, is expected to be back in the majors by the end of June. The Angels haven’t decided if he’ll come back as a starter or reliever. …
Andrelton Simmons, who is out with a grade 3 ankle sprain, has begun walking without crutches. The Angels still have not given a timeline for his return, but based on similar injuries the normal rehab time would have him back in late July or early August. …
Zack Cozart, who is out with a left shoulder injury, was evaluated and began some treatment, but he is currently “in a holding pattern to see how he responds,” Ausmus said.
Angels (LHP Tyler Skaggs, 4-4, 4.40) vs. Mariners (RHP Mike Leake, 3-6, 4.93), Friday, 7 p.m., Fox Sports West
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ELECTION 2019: Liberal Democrat Stephen Kearney - 'The other parties have failed, vote for me if you want real change'
ELECTION 2019: Worcester Liberal Democrat Stephen Kearney - 'The other parties have failed, vote for me if you want real change'
ELECTION: Liberal Democrat candidate Stephen Kearney
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT candidate Stephen Kearney has urged the city to vote for him if they want to see 'real' change and said the other parties have had their chance and failed.
Mr Kearney said successive Labour and Conservative governments had not solved the basic problems the city faces and it was only the Liberal Democrats who could offer "real change" and stop the country from falling behind.
He said: "Our country needs change – at a national and local level.
"The Liberal Democrats offer real change, backed by a realistic budget, that will give the UK and the people of Worcester greater support and opportunities than ever before.
"Labour and Conservative both had opportunities to deliver change - and failed.
"We have more homeless, people in corridors at our hospital and a failing traffic system.
"We are stagnating and falling behind our nearest cities in growth and prosperity.
Mr Kearney, who is a Remainer, said the country's current deal is the best one and nobody had voted for reduced incomes or fewer doctors.
"Conservatives are lying about Brexit getting done. Brexit has only just begun," he said.
"I want to Remain because the best deal is the one we have. No one voted for years of negotiation, reduced family income, fewer doctors and nurses, or for this Tory deal, which will impoverish the many and enrich the few.
"If we win outright, we revoke. If not, we continue to call for a People’s Vote.
However, Mr Kearney said the election was not just about Brexit.
He said: "It’s about our nation, and the people we want to be. I urge people to vote for the change they want to see – if we don’t take a stand we will become like America, two extreme parties, serving themselves not the people.
"Let me serve you – vote for change and vote for growth."
Mr Kearney, who grew up in Worcester and went to school in Droitwich, said his heart is in the city and he wants it to thrive.
"I stand for a different politics, to bring a brighter future to the city and opportunities for future generations," he said.
"I am committed to a progressive politics, sustainable business development and cross-party collaborations that protect our young, weak and vulnerable citizens, tackle the climate emergency by bringing investment into new green business and infrastructure - that so many people are calling for - and restoring our public services for the good of all.
"Together we can change the way Worcester works – for good."
READERS RECOMMEND: Stores you want to see back on the high street in Worcester
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Jazz LP Charles Tolliver
Charles Tolliver
Charles Tolliver & His All Stars (aka Paper Man) (180 gram pressing – with bonus track)
LP (Item 909779) Strata East/Pure Pleasure (UK), 1968 — Condition: New Copy
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The first moment of genius from trumpeter Charles Tolliver – a set that wasn't originally issued on the Strata East label, but which really set the tone for all the genius to follow on Tolliver's label! At the time of the record, Charles was part of a whole new generation of hardboppers who were coming up in a world of new ideas – a time when Coltrane, Shepp, and Ayler were transforming the left side of jazz – while other musicians were pushing the boundaries of more familiar modes too. Tolliver worked with Horace Silver, Max Roach, and others at the time – and here, he's a brilliant leader right out of the box – set up with an all-star combo that features Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Joe Chambers on drums – perfect partners for exploring the new music that Charles brings to the record. Gary Bartz joins the group on the second half – another young player about to transform a generation – and the whole album's a dream all the way through, with the mix of soul and spirit of some of Woody Shaw's first records, or maybe Bartz's first few albums for Milestone. Titles are all Tolliver originals – and include "Household Of Saud", "Earl's World", "Paper Man", "Lil's Paradise", and "Right Now". Also features a bonus track – "Repetition (take 2)". © 1996-2020, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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Vinyl may be dirty, and can lack a fair amount of luster.
Vinyl can have a number of marks, either in clusters or smaller amounts, but deeper.
This is the kind of record that you'd buy to play, but not because it looked that great. Still, the flaws should be mostly cosmetic, with nothing too deep that would ruin the overall record.
Examples include a record that has been kept for a while in a cover without the paper sleeve, or heavily played by a previous owner and has some marks across the surface. The record should play okay, though probably with surface noise.
Good + (plus)
Vinyl may be dirty, or have one outstanding flaw, such as a light residue, which could be difficult to clean.
May have marks on all parts, too many to qualify as Very Good-, or several deeper marks, but the record should still be ok for play without skips.
In general, this is a record that was played a fair amount, and handled without care. A typical example may be a record which has been heavily played by a DJ, and carries marks from slip cueing. Depending on the quality of the vinyl, may play with surface noise throughout.
A record that you'd buy to play, cheap, but which you wouldn't buy for collecting.
Will have marks across all parts of the playing surface, and will most likely play with surface noise throughout. May have some other significant flaws, such as residue, or a track that skips.
In most cases, a poor quality copy of a very difficult to find record.
This is a grade we rarely use, as we try not to sell records in very bad condition, though in some rare cases we will list a record in such bad shape that it does not conform to the standards above. A "Fair" record will have enough marks or significant flaws that it does not even qualify as "Good", but is a copy you might consider for playing, if you're willing to put up with noise and/or flaws. An example might be a recording with surface noise so heavy that it is equal to the volume of the music. For records listed as "Fair", we will describe the extent of the condition in the comments.
Like "Fair", we rarely list records in this condition, as they represent the extreme low end of spectrum. These records typically have multiple serious problems, and we offer them as "relics" or "objects" only — for those who want to at least have a copy of a record, even if it is not really worthy of play, perhaps for the cover alone. For these records, we will describe the extent of the condition in the comments.
Used CD Grade
We have only one grade for non-new CDs at Dusty Groove — "Used CD". This grade is somewhat all-encompassing, but we choose it because we try to offer Used CDs in the best shape possible.
When you purchase a Used CD you can expect the disc to be free of all but the lightest of surface marks, the case to be clean (we often change the cases ourselves), and the booklet to be in good shape. Used CDs may show some signs of use but if there are significant details or defects we will list them underneath the item — just like we do with LPs — so look there for notes on cutout marks, stickers, promo stamps or other details.
All of our Used CDs are guaranteed to play without skipping or flaws. If you purchase a Used CD from Dusty Groove, you have 1 week to play it to determine that it plays correctly — and if it does not, then you may return it for a full refund.
Horace Tapscott
Live At Lobero Vol 1 (180 gram pressing)
Nimbus/Pure Pleasure (UK), 1981. New Copy (reissue)
LP...$34.99 44.99
A strong trio session from Horace Tapscott – recorded in Santa Barbara in 1981, with a trio that features Sonship on percussion and the great Roberto Miranda on bass! Miranda's tone is round and warm, and brings out some of the most soulful sides of Tapscott's playing – even when he's ... LP, Vinyl record album
Time Capsule (180 gram pressing)
Nodlew/Pure Pleasure (UK), 1973. New Copy (reissue)
One of the most beautiful records to come out of the early 70s – a tremendous indie effort from a young Weldon Irvine! Irvine put this album together as sort of a musical "time capsule" of his generation – an effort to capture the era's thoughts, feelings, and emotions ... LP, Vinyl record album
Gary Bias
East 101 (180 gram pressing)
A dream of a record from the LA spiritual underground of the 70s – and one of the only records we've ever seen from reedman Gary Bias! The date's got a soulful depth that makes it one of the most compelling albums on the legendary Nimbus label – a rhythmic pulse that's often modal, and ... LP, Vinyl record album
Linda Hill
Lullaby For Linda (180 gram pressing)
Nimbus/Pure Pleasure (UK), Early 80s. New Copy (reissue)
One of our favorite albums ever on the legendary Nimbus label – and the only set we've ever seen from pianist Linda Hill as a leader! The set's got the same open-ended, spiritually-expressive sound as Adele Sebastian's record for the label – and Sebastian's also a key part of the group ... LP, Vinyl record album
Cal Massey
Blues To Coltrane (180 gram pressing)
Candid/Pure Pleasure (UK), 1961. New Copy
The only session as a leader from trumpeter Cal Massey – a big influence on soulful modernism in the 60s, but an artist who showed up more in the liner notes for records than he did in the studio! The record's a really unique one – and a set that crackles with the best sort of ... LP, Vinyl record album
Billy Harper
Capra Black (180 gram pressing)
Strata East/Pure Pleasure (UK), 1973. New Copy (reissue)
One of the most spiritual recordings put out by the Strata East label – and the album that put tenor giant Billy Harper on the map! Harper leads a hip group here – one that features George Cables on piano, Reggie Workmanon bass, Jimmy Owens on trumpet, and Julian Preister on trombone ... LP, Vinyl record album
Stanley Cowell
Strata East/Everland (Austria), 1974. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)
A solo piano set from Strata East mainman Stanley Cowell – but a record that's got enough soul and spirituality to rival a full group recording! Although working alone here, Cowell's touch on the keys is astounding – often flowing and highly rhythmic, with a pulsating sense of energy ... LP, Vinyl record album
Descendants Of Mike & Phoebe
Spirit Speaks (180 gram pressing)
LP...$34.99 44.99 (LP...$319.99)
One of the most unique albums on the Strata East label – and that's saying a heck of a lot, given the creative energies flowing through that legendary jazz outlet! Descendents Of Mike & Phoebe is a righteous little project put together by Spike Lee's father, Bill Lee, and his brothers ... LP, Vinyl record album
Shamek Farrah
First Impressions (180 gram pressing)
One of the hardest to find records on Strata East, and one of the best – a darkly-crafted session of pure beauty, one that lives up to all the best promise of the label! The tracks are long, the sound is bold, and the whole thing moves at a pace that none of the bigger jazz labels were ... LP, Vinyl record album
Wendell Harrison
Message From The Tribe (180 gram pressing)
Tribe/Pure Pleasure (UK), 1972/1973. New Copy (reissue)
Genius work from the Detroit underground of the 70s – one of the greatest records ever on the now-famous Tribe Records label, and a masterpiece of soul, jazz, and righteous spirit! The session's headed by tenor player Wendell Harrison – and it's got an all-star Motor City lineup that ... LP, Vinyl record album
Matthew Halsall
Colour Yes (with bonus tracks)
Gondwana (UK), 2009. New Copy 2LP
LP...$24.99 (CD...$14.99)
A stellar second album from UK jazz trumpet talent Matthew Halsall – with a soulful depth that pushes him to the forefront of the contemporary British scene! There's an easygoing, but wholly passionate feel on his own solos, and to his players that really hits us deep – which include ... LP, Vinyl record album
Baroque Jazz Trio
Saravah/Souffle Continu (France), 1970. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)
Beautiful stuff – and one of the most stunning jazz albums ever recorded – a blinding mix of harpsichord, cello, and Indian percussion – with a sound that's unlike anything else we can think of! The album was the brainchild of the cross-culturally fertile Saravah records at the ... LP, Vinyl record album
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The Valachi Papers (1972)
Rating: 5.0/5 (<5 users) *New - please help rate it
Theater date
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$20.3 mil
Jill Ireland
Fausto Tozzi
Angelo Infanti
Guido Leontini
Dino De Laurentiis
Roger Duchet
Imprisoned and fearing assassination by the Mafia after receiving the “kiss of death,” Joe Valachi turns states evidence in order to protect himself. During a series of flashbacks, he tells his life story. We see his rise from street punk to connected insider. Valachi recounts various internal power struggles within the mob, as well as his role in an assortment of criminal acts including murder. One of the first mafia informants in history, he is called to testify during a Senate hearing. The conflict caused by violating his oath of silence and the knowledge that he was set up takes its toll in the end.
Release Date January 3, 2006
unavail
imdb: 6.2 PG-13
imdb: 6.9 R
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Pasture establishment and management
Native pastures
Pasture species and varieties
Silage and hay
Suggested pasture mixtures
Wallaby grass - a domesticated native grass
Users of agricultural (or veterinary) chemical products must always read the label and any Permit before using the product, and strictly comply with the directions on the label and the conditions of any Permit. Users are not absolved from compliance with the directions on the label or the conditions of the Permit by reason of any statement made or not made in this publication.
Domestication of native grasses is a relatively new idea for the improvement of Australian grasslands. Although there are over 750 native grasses from about 180 different genera in Australia, not all have desirable characteristics or will be suitable for domestication. While the domestication of native ecotypes is new in Australia, it is common in the US where approximately 50% of forage plants seeded into range and perennial pastures are native in origin.
During the 1980s there was a resurgence of interest by farmers in native grasses for several reasons:
Exotic species are difficult to establish in areas of low or unreliable rainfall.
Introduced species sometimes persist poorly, especially through drought.
Revegetating sites with exotic grasses is costly due to fertiliser and maintenance.
Aggressive exotic species can invade natural bushlands.
This increased interest has occurred at the same time as environmental issues and the conservation ethic are being widely promoted and discussed in the community. With more emphasis on sustainable agricultural practices, there is a growing demand for pasture species that are persistent and well adapted and which provide adequate ground cover, features with which many Australian native grasses are well endowed. They have evolved and persisted under harsh conditions of periodic drought and low soil fertility and withstood over 200 years of grazing by domestic livestock.
The potential of native grasses is increasingly recognised by non-agriculturalists for:
amenity and recreational purposes.
Also, landscapers and local councils are interested in establishing typical Australian landscapes on private lands and public areas. Wallaby grass is particularly suited to roadside, mining and land reclamation revegetation.
Wallaby grass (Austrodanthonia spp., formerly Danthonia) was prized by graziers at the turn of the century when it was thought to have good commercial potential, but interest was superseded by superphosphate application and imported pasture species. Wallaby grasses grow well under heavy grazing and while they respond to increased fertility they do not need fertiliser application for persistence. They are also winter green, providing valuable forage in winter and early spring when low availability restricts stocking rates in many native pastures. Comparative tests indicate that wallaby grass is only slightly lower in dry matter production and quality than other introduced grasses.
Seed-shattering and low seed production are major barriers to domesticating a native grass. Lack of seed retention is common in many species and initial improvements in seed production have been made by selecting types that have a seedhead architecture that allows seed to be retained.
Seedheads of wallaby grass - seed retention and production are improved by selecting types with compact seedheads.
In 1985, NSW Agriculture started a program to domesticate Austrodanthonia spp. (wallaby grass, white top) that occur naturally over wide areas of temperate south-eastern Australia. Over 2000 individual plants were collected throughout the Tablelands, Slopes and Plains of NSW. Plants were sown in nursery plots at Tamworth (pictured right)
and assessed over four generations for high seed retention and green leaf production. From these plants, 9 Austrodanthonia bipartitaand 144 Austrodanthonia richardsoniielite selections were identified.
Further evaluation resulted in the registration of two cultivars under Plant Breeders Rights in 1992 and their entry into the Register of Australian Herbage Plants in 1993:
Taranna (A. richardsonii)
Bunderra (A. bipartita).
Seed supplies are currently very limited and expensive.
The Austrodanthonia domestication program aimed not only to produce Taranna and Bunderra as cultivars, but also to undertake support research to provide information on key areas for their successful sowing, establishment and management.
Several other research programs are under way to domesticate species of native Australian grasses. The species of most interest are:
other wallaby grasses (mainly A. richardsonii and A. caespitosa)
kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra)
redgrass (Bothriochloa macra)
weeping grass (Microlaena stipoides)
wheat grass (Elymus scaber).
New cultivars — Taranna, Bunderra
Characteristics of Taranna and Bunderra:
persist under heavy grazing;
produce high yields of nutritious green winter feed;
have superior seed production and herbage yield when compared with most naturally occurring wallaby grasses;
are well suited to stabilising areas that require a persistent, low-maintenance perennial grass;
are fine-leafed and tussocky.
Pictured right is a comparison of Taranna (left) and Hume (right) wallaby grass. In well-spaced rows with adequate moisture, Bunderra grows to a height of about 120 cm, while Taranna is slightly shorter. Mature plants may develop tussocks with bases up to 30 cm in diameter.
Sowing wintergreen native grasses such as Taranna and Bunderra can markedly improve the composition of many native pastures so that productive, year-long green wallaby grasses can dominate where unproductive, frost-susceptible, summer-growing native grasses were once common.
Both species from which Taranna and Bunderra were selected occur naturally from central Queensland, throughout the Slopes, Plains and Tablelands of NSW, in many areas of Victoria and Tasmania, and in the south-east of South Australia.
Taranna and Bunderra can be grown over a wide range of rainfall zones, from 400 mm to 800 mm, on medium to heavy textured soils. Bunderra is best suited to heavy soils while Taranna is best adapted to medium and heavy textured soils. Taranna can establish on sandy soils but it may perform poorly.
Comparative tests have shown that both Taranna and Bunderra will tolerate acid soil. Taranna has about the same salt tolerance as perennial ryegrass, and is more tolerant than Bunderra. Both of these wallaby grasses may therefore have a role in acid soil areas and degraded recharge areas.
Sowing and establishment
Taranna and Bunderra should preferably be sown in April and May in most districts. Although the optimum temperature range for germination is 15°C to 25°C, germination declines when average maximum temperature is below 20°C.
Plants sown in autumn have a larger root system and will withstand the dry periods of the next summer better than plants sown in spring. Warm soil and adequate moisture allow seeds to germinate within a week of sowing. Seedlings should be obvious within 2 weeks.
Taranna seeds are one-quarter the size of phalaris seeds, while those of Bunderra are one-fifth the size. After removal of the fluffy floret, naked caryopses (seeds) can be sown into prepared seedbeds, direct drilled or aerially sown. When aerially sown, seeds should be lime pelleted to neutralise the acidic effects of superphosphate. When direct drilling, ensure that the seed delivery tube is behind the tine or disc to prevent seed burial.
It is most important that both Taranna and Bunderra are sown at or very near the soil surface. Sowing even as shallow as 10 mm can reduce emergence by up to 50%. Seed will also need to be treated with a registered insecticide to prevent seed theft by ants.
Sowing rates for pasture are 1–2 kg/ha. For grazing stands, densities of 20–40 plants per square metre provide good ground cover. Lower sowing rates (as low as 0.5 kg/ha) may be used, provided the paddock is locked up at the flowering and seedling regeneration stages to enhance establishment. Plants sown in May will produce seed the following spring. Thin stands can readily thicken up if seedlings are encouraged to establish by reducing grazing and weed competition.
Taranna and Bunderra will establish best when sown without a companion legume to compete with. Sowing these grasses on their own also makes herbicide selection for broadleaf weed control easier and less costly. If required, legumes can be easily sown into established wallaby grass pastures.
If sowing with a legume, wallaby grass establishment can be greatly improved by sowing the grass and legume in separate rows, as pictured right. Fertiliser may be banded with legume seed.
Application of fertiliser at sowing is not essential for wallaby grass since it is tolerant of poor soil fertility and has a competitive advantage over some weeds - the addition of fertiliser will often boost only weed growth.
Weed control at establishment
Ideally the ground should not have a history of annual grass weeds. If it does, these weeds should be controlled in the crops that are sown a year or two before the establishment of wallaby grass. Mouldboard ploughing (on suitable soils) and spray topping are other methods that may be incorporated into a clean-up program prior to establishment.
Grass weed management in young wallaby grass stands is extremely difficult because tests so far have not found a herbicide which is safe to the crop. Therefore it is essential that care be exercised in selecting suitable ground and preparing the seedbed.
If a serious weed problem occurs in the first year it may be best to delay chemical weed control until the following year. Weed control in second-year crops is much easier, since mature plants have a greater tolerance to herbicides. However, slashing first-year crops badly infested with annual and perennial grasses may be beneficial. Taranna and Bunderra plants sown in rows rather than swards will have a better chance of withstanding competition from annual grasses
Weed control in the early seedling stage is very important for establishing a persistent stand with adequate plant numbers. As a small seedling, Austrodanthonia has trouble competing with aggressive seedlings of other grasses and broadleaf weeds.
Herbicide use
There are no herbicides recommended for use prior to sowing Austrodanthonia.
Following sowing there are no herbicides that can be recommended to remove grass weeds without damaging Austrodanthonia, although several broadleaf control herbicides can be safely used on seedlings at registered rates.
A range of herbicides used for control of broadleaf weeds can be safely applied to established Austrodanthonia swards without greatly damaging plants. Established pastures are more tolerant of paraquat/diquat mixtures than they are of glyphosate. Consult your agronomist or consultant for further information on herbicides. Research results on herbicide use can be found under ‘Further reading’.
Burning or heavy grazing to remove dead stems does not harm plants or affect subsequent seeding. Burning may also have the added advantage of increasing the germination of wallaby grass seedlings.
To date, no major insect pests or diseases have been found which specifically affect sown stands of wallaby grass. Similarly, there are no known animal health problems (e.g. toxins or alkaloids) associated with these grasses.
Newly established stands should be allowed to seed before being grazed. Grazing at lower than normal rates with cattle in the first year will increase stand persistence. In comparative grazing studies, wallaby grasses set stocked at 10 dse/ha (dry sheep equivalents per hectare) have been the only perennial grasses to successfully recruit new plants from seedlings.
Stocking rates of 8–15 dse/ha have been reported in higher-rainfall environments from well-managed pastures consisting primarily of wallaby grass and a companion legume, such as white or subterranean clover.
The feed quality of wallaby grass is quite high. In one study at Glen Innes, an unselected strain of A. bipartita produced as much herbage as phalaris annually and had high digestibility, approaching that of fescue and phalaris. Crude protein levels of wallaby grass vary from 10% to 17%. Green leaves have protein levels of 6–17% and green stems 4–10%.
Seed production from Taranna and Bunderra is a specialised enterprise, requiring:
fertiliser application
specialised sowing and harvesting machinery.
For seed certification purposes, seed production stands of Taranna or Bunderra should be no closer than 50 m to natural or other commercial stands of wallaby grass.
Various methods of harvesting wallaby grass seed have been investigated, including brush harvesting, direct heading and windrowing. Harvesting removes the floret from the seedhead and the straw. Further processing is required for clean seed.
The Native Vegetation Act 2003 (www.legislation.nsw.gov.au) may regulate some pasture improvement practices where existing pasture contains native species. The released cultivars, when sown and while they remain dominant in the pasture, are exempt under the Act in respect of them being regarded as a native species subject to clearing restrictions (i.e. they can be removed from pasture as can exotic pasture species).
Livestock health disorders
Pasture improvement may be associated with an increase in the incidence of certain livestock health disorders. Livestock and production losses from some disorders are possible. Management may need to be modified to minimise risk. Consult your veterinarian or adviser when planning pasture improvement.
Pesticide use warning
Users of agricultural (or veterinary) chemical products must always read the label and any Permit before using the product, and strictly comply with the directions on the label and the conditions of any Permit. Users are not absolved from compliance with the directions on the label or the conditions of the Permit by reason of any statement made or omitted to be made in this publication.
The information contained in this Agfact arose from a program for the domestication of Wallaby grass, jointly funded by the International Wool Secretariat and NSW Agriculture. Brian Roworth (Technical Assistant, NSW Agriculture) and Andrew Schipp (District Agronomist, NSW Agriculture) provided invaluable assistance, dedication and expertise to the project.
Dellow, JJ 1998, Weed Control in Lucerne and Pastures 1998/1999, NSW Agriculture booklet.
Lodge, GM 1993, ‘The domestication of the native grasses Danthonia richardsonii Cashmore and Danthonia linkii Kunth for agricultural use’, I. Selecting for inflorescence seed yield, Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, vol. 44, pp. 59–77.
Lodge, GM 1994, ‘The role and future use of perennial native grasses for temperate pastures in Australia’, New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, vol.37, pp. 419–26.
Lodge, GM & Whalley, RDB 1989, ‘Native and natural pastures on the Northern Slopes and Tablelands of New South Wales: a review and annotated bibliography’, NSW Agriculture & Fisheries, Technical Bulletin No. 35.
Lodge, GM & Schipp, AJ 1993, ‘The domestication of the native grasses Danthonia richardsonii Cashmore and Danthonia linkii Kunth for agricultural use’, II. Agronomic and morphologic variation, Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, vol. 44, pp. 79–88.
Lodge, GM & Schipp, AJ 1993, ‘Effects of depth and time of sowing on the emergence of Danthonia richardsonii Cashmore and Danthonia linkii Kunth’, Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, vol. 44, pp. 1311–22.
Lodge, GM & McMillan, MG 1994, ‘Effects of herbicides on wallaby grass (Danthonia) spp.’, 2. Established plants, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, vol. 34(6), pp. 759–64.
Plant Varieties Journal, Australia, vol. 5, pp. 18–20, 20–1.
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, vol. 33, pp. 393–4, 395–6.
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DF Interview: Simon Spurrier battles the cliches of sword & sorcery in the broken fantasy world of Coda
From Eisner-nominated writer Simon Spurrier (The Spire, Godshaper) and artist Matías Bergara (Cannibal, Supergirl) comes the broken fantasy world of Coda.
In the aftermath of an apocalypse which wiped out nearly all magic from a once-wondrous fantasy world, an anti-social former bard named Hum seeks a way to save the soul of his wife with nothing but a foul-tempered mutant unicorn and his wits to protect him…but is unwillingly drawn into a brutal power struggle which will decide forever who rules the weird wasteland.
DF wanted to get the full 411 for you, so we sat down for a chat with scribe Simon Spurrier.
Dynamic Forces: Simon, tell us the impetus behind this great new 12-issue series from BOOM! Studios.
Simon Spurrier: It started from an abstract intention to -- sooner or later -- do a sword & sorcery epic. One of those bucket list things, you know? But in practice every time I tried to approach it as a viable project, I found myself getting demoralized. There’s just so much existing high fantasy material out there, and -- sorry -- the vast majority of it is appallingly bad. There are endless cliches clogging up the whole genre, and most of it takes itself waaaay too seriously. It felt like I couldn’t start without first tripping up on elements overused elsewhere.
Eventually I realized if I was going to do anything in that oeuvre at all, the kindest starting point would be to drag the whole heroic but tragically abused genre outside and shoot it.
So that’s kind of where Coda came from. I started by identifying everything about high fantasy which irritates me, and I murdered it. That ranges from my own minor grievances (the pomposity, the ridiculous names, the casual racism, the ham-fisted metaphors) right up to the single greatest genre element in there: Magic. In far too many fantasy stories, magic is this deus ex machina force which triggers plot elements without cost or repercussion. It’s a Get Out Of Jail Free card, and that’s led to the whole genre getting flabby and lazy.
So I got rid of all the magic. Well, not all. The better analogy would be that magic is to Coda as gasoline is to Mad Max. As in: you can’t rely on it any more. The Old World depended on it utterly, and now that’s not an option. So either you get busy trying to survive without it, or you spend your time fighting over what little remains. In Coda, both things are very much on the table.
So, yeah. This is a broken fantasy. A post apocalyptic tale, in a way, but don’t expect bleak and parched wastelands: this is a world full of life.
Anyway, the first thing I discovered when I approached fantasy with euthanasia in mind was that a whole new world of vibrancy and opportunity opens up when you make a step change like that.
DF: What can you tell us of the world you and artist Matías Bergara are trying to create? Certainly something very different than the norm, it would seem.
Simon Spurrier: Absolutely, yeah. I think the biggest factor is that nothing is easy in this world. A lack of universal magic means that nothing comes for free, so everything’s a struggle.
What you quickly discover is that when the whole world has had its metaphorical crutch kicked out from under its feet, all the big stuff which we usually associate with sword & sorcery -- Quests! Court intrigue! Kingdoms at war! Monster slaying! -- is immediately revealed as being thoroughly irrelevant. Instead everybody is forced to think in far smaller, hence far more human, terms. Day-to-day survival, friendship and love.
Which is perfect, because as a writer I’m far more interested in what characters do inside the world I’ve created than I am in the world itself. Anything else is just high-concept snakeoil.
I guess at the crux of Coda is a question about whether our various characters will define themselves according to what they were in the old world, or who they are in the new.
That gives us access to a bunch of quite dark comedy -- once a bloody paladin, always a bloody paladin -- but also some very focused emotional plot engines. Despite the enormous scale of the world we’ve built, and the incredible players within it, Coda is primarily a story about one man who’s desperately in love, trying to figure out what to do about it.
DF: What is the general storyline for this “relentless kaleidoscope of visual wonders and worries”?
Simon Spurrier: The central thrust concerns Hum, our curmudgeonly protagonist, trying to save the woman he loves. So far so Damsel In Distress, right? Well, that’s where the cliche starts and stops. See, Hum’s being a bit vague about exactly what’s happened to her. She seems to have been captured by a group of savage orcs out in the desert… but whereas Hum has a pretty good idea of how to save her, getting his plan up and running requires far more resources than he’s able to scavenge together. And there’s definitely a lot he’s not saying.
So this is one of those hoary, familiar old “quest” threads which we’re using to ease readers into the world -- only to flip the tables completely. Nothing is quite what it seems.
Anyway, the meat of the story revolves around the sh*t that Hum gets himself tangled-up in while following that central goal. With all the subtlety of a mutant minotaur in a china-shop, he blunders into the midst of a power struggle between several major players in this weird new world. On one hand, a town of survivors with an invaluable treasure; on the other, an itinerant group of bandits -- led by the last surviving giant -- and between them our hero’s old friend and ally, the Murkrone: a traveling merchant with links to all sides. Before long, Hum is enmeshed in sneaky schemes and attempted crimes, with pretty much everyone blaming him for everything.
DF: What more can you tell us about Hum? What challenges face him immediately as the series gets under way?
Simon Spurrier: I’ve taken to calling him “a lonely misanthrope.” As in: he really struggles to be around other people -- they’re untrustworthy, treacherous and frankly annoying -- but he can’t bear to be on his own for too long either. This particular dichotomy gets worse all the time.
He has two comforts. The first is the Nag, his reliable but insane mutant unicorn. (Well, technically a Pentacorn.) See, Hum is disabled -- one of his legs is missing from just below the knee -- so having a formidable vehicle, for fighting as well as running away, is super vital. As far as cute animal sidekicks go, the Nag belongs very firmly in the “playful psychopath” niche.
The other comfort is Serka, his wife. The one and only person he’s ever met with whom he could happily spend all his time. And now she’s gone. I think it’s fair to say he’s built her up to this -- frankly unhealthy -- pedestalled position in his mind. He thinks it’ll solve everything by getting her back, and he is of course fooling himself about that.
In the meantime – whenever he’s not riding or fighting or scheming for his life -- Hum’s grouchy observations tend to veer toward class. In the Old World, he was a bard who made his living writing overblown sagas about his various patrons: knights, lords and wizards. Pretty much all braggarts and out-of-touch assholes. As a result, he has a healthy disdain for any group still trying to cling to the social structures of the old order, and reserves a special revulsion for any boastful overclass which still think of itself as superior. Knights -- and in fact any use of the word “quest” -- come in for particular hatred.
What’s particularly lovely about Hum is that despite being a taciturn man of few words he has this deep wellspring of thoughts and feelings he’s compelled to share. His means of doing so is to keep a diary -- or, rather, to write unsendable letters to his missing wife.
So we have these two very different sides of the man: one stoic and grim, one expressive and deep. It’s a fascinating combination.
DF: What other characters do we need to know about to leap into this adventure? Can you introduce some of them to us, even generally, please?
Simon Spurrier: I think my favorite is the Murkrone, who I mentioned earlier. She’s this irascible old mermaid merchant who crisscrosses the central plains of our world in a wheeled bathtub, selling cheap crap at inflated prices. She has this tragic backstory where she laid all her eggs in the dark recesses of a sunken galleon down in the lightless depths of the ocean -- one single day before the great apocalyptic event which scarred the world. Amidst all the chaos a whole new mountain range rose up and sent the sea into retreat. So now the Murkrone’s brood sits, unhatched and vulnerable in the midst of “Dryfleet”: a stranded armada of sunken ships. Her grand goal is to blast a canal through the mountains, reconnecting her unborn babies with the ocean so they can finally hatch. That’s love!
The other character I’m very excited by is Hum’s long-lost wife Serka, about whom I won’t say much for fear of spoilers.
But, yes, we have a pretty wide selection of secondary players, from conniving mayors to bumbling knights, and from murderous ex-jesters to deranged ex-wizards.
DF: I know some authors don’t like to discuss subtext, but Coda has such a wonderful theme, at least to me – “with every death … comes wondrous new life.” Thoughts?
Simon Spurrier: I mean, I think you’re not far off the mark with identifying the central preoccupation there.
I won’t elaborate too much, except to say the same rough train of thought can be applied not only to the fantasy genre, or the story’s world, but to a bunch of more abstract concerns. For instance, one of the controlling ideas behind Hum’s core journey is the realization that one can’t move on until one lets go. From death, new life (the real trick being to identify precisely what you’re supposed to let go of, and where you’re supposed to be moving on to).
DF: Talk about the incredible art of Matías Bergara.
Simon Spurrier: It’s astonishing! The perfect blend of grit, expanse and eurovibe weirdness. The landscapes feel beautiful and dreamlike even when they’re deadly, and the character designs are perfectly tailored to suit the tone: post-cataclysmic vibrancy. Matias has made Coda his own with breathtaking aplomb.
DF: Simon, what other projects you are involved with might our readers like to know about?
Simon Spurrier: Oh heavens, where to begin? It’s been a very, very busy spell.
Okay, let’s see. I just finished the first arc of my creator-owned YA book Angelic, with Caspar Wijngaard’s mindblowing art, about the flying monkeys of the far future. The first collected volume for that drops in early May - that’s published by Image. We could not be prouder. More Angelic coming later this year.
At the more adult end of the spectrum, issue #1 of my hyperviolent sci-fi comedy about bounty hunting and maternal instincts -- Motherlands, co-created with the exceptional Rachael Scott -- is out in the wild, courtesy Vertigo. Delirious and foul-mouthed fun with a serious core. Issue #2 drops very soon.
I’ve been super lucky with work for hire lately, getting my grubby mitts on two very different but both ridiculously adored properties: an official Labyrinth sequel/prequel comic with Archaia at BOOM! Studios, as drawn by Daniel Bayliss; and Star Wars: Doctor Aphra with Marvel, with art presently handled by Emilio Laiso. In both cases, being invited in to play with the best toys imaginable.
And then there’s one pretty enormous new project which I literally can’t say a word about, which I think is going to be announced at ECCC in early March. No word of understatement when I say it’s going to be a bit of an industry-shaker. Watch this space.
Dynamic Forces would like to thank Simon Spurrier for taking time out of his busy schedule to answer our questions. Coda #1 from BOOM! Studios hits stores May 2nd!
For more news and up-to-date announcements, join us here at Dynamic Forces, www.dynamicforces.com/htmlfiles/, “LIKE” us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/dynamicforcesinc, and follow us on Twitter, www.twitter.com/dynamicforces.
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He fed his dogs, put food out for the birds and bought cakes as a treat for his wife - then an 'ordinary day' ended in murder
Peter Wrighton. Picture: Norfolk Constabulary
August 5 2017 was, as far as Peter Wrighton was concerned, going to be an ordinary day, a murder trial jury was told.
Stephen Spence said on that day, like most others, Mr Wrighton fed his two dogs Gemma and Dylan and put some food out for the birds.
He was going to take his dogs for a walk at East Harling woods, an area known as The Heath, which was very popular with dog walkers.
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He would usually stop at Banham to buy bread rolls for lunch but went to a shop at Kenninghall to buy some cakes as a treat for Anne, his wife of 53 years.
Police near the scene of the murder of Peter Wrighton in East Harling, Norfolk. Picture: Nick Butcher
Normally Mr Wrighton would return home at about 11.45am, after walking the dogs, and the couple would have lunch together.
But Mr Spence said that on this day, after arriving at the Heath Mr Wrighton was attacked “out of the blue” and murdered.
He was stabbed repeatedly to the back of his head and neck and finally through his left eye, in an attack which left his head “almost severed from his body”, Nottingham Crown Court heard.
As well as the fatal wound to his neck Mr Wrighton’s injuries included cuts to his hands which suggested he had tried to defend himself in woodland at East Harling on August 5 last year.
Alexander Palmer. Picture: Facebook.
Following the attack it is believed his body was dragged a short distance away to an area of brambles where the married father and grandfather was found by dog walkers.
They reported the gruesome discovery to police.
Former soldier Alexander Palmer, 24, denies murder.
The trial continues.
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Prince Harry Wants To Race Usain Bolt And No One's Ever Been So Ready To Lose
By Alec MacDonald
In Rio de Janeiro, Usain Bolt solidified his legacy by winning his third straight gold medal in three different events, each of which was a feat no track and field star has matched in the history of the sport.
At this point, the only thing left for Bolt to accomplish is, I dunno, curing arthritis or learning to fly faster than birds.
But until then, he's settling for just racing British royalty.
On Bolt's 30th birthday (last Sunday), prince Harry used the official Kensington Palace Twitter account (which is, apparently, a thing) to tell Bolt that he was "officially the greatest," which I'm sure Bolt needed some guy named Harry to explain to him.
Prince Harry then suggested they race, and Bolt, who never backs down from a challenge, accepted.
Congratulations @usainbolt - now you're officially the greatest you might be ready for a re-run! Happy 30th -H. pic.twitter.com/Wa0yOZMDc2 — Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) August 21, 2016
They raced once in 2012, where prince Harry won by cheating.
The Telegraph on YouTube
You just can't trust royalty. (Down with the monarchy.)
Bolt tried to get a rematch, but Harry told him he was "busy." So this race will be one for the ages.
The two seem to genuinely like each other. As Time points out, Bolt even suggested that he'd be down to "party with Prince Harry" after Rio.
Bolt told the BBC,
He's cool, very down to earth. When you meet dignitaries you think it will be difficult but he just wanted to laugh — it was an honor and a pleasure to meet him,
The only thing I want, in this life, is for Bolt to tell me I'm cool. I'd give my left arm for it. And my right arm. And most of my intestinal tract.
I guess all I have to do is become British royalty.
Citations: Time, BBC
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How Hip-Hop Artist Ryan Leslie Hopes to Transform Mobile Marketing
What if you could bypass Facebook and connect directly with customers?
Author, Consultant, Keynote Speaker, Media Personality
October 9, 2018 4 min read
What does the hip-hop music industry and marketing have in common? A lot.
While musical artists such as Kanye West and Jay-Z are no strangers to marketing their product or themselves, they are entrepreneurs, too.
At a recent conference keynote in Detroit, I had a slide in my presentation which read “social media marketing is like a rap battle,” implying that gaining visibility online today is similar to a musician going head-to-head with another to drive fandom.
When you think about the role of digital marketers for a business, they’re not only a promoter, but they too are an artist of sorts whose sole objective is to drive awareness and purchase activity through visual content.
Meet Ryan Leslie, a Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist, and producer who’s worked with the likes of Sean “Diddy” Combs and Brittney Spears, in addition to guiding Cassie to a Top 40 hit for 20 straight weeks with the hit “Me & U” – one of the biggest records in the history of Atlantic Records.
Today, Leslie is taking the lessons learned from his time studying at Harvard to learning from music industry giants such as Tommy Mottola and Sean “Diddy” Combs to transcend the world of tech marketing through his mobile messaging platform SuperPhone. According to Leslie, SuperPhone empowers brands, celebrities and online creators to have direct access to their followers on their mobile phones through text messaging, which goes beyond relying on social media or email marketing to reach followers and potential customers. In an era where social networks like Facebook are making massive profits by capturing user data and then reselling to advertisers, SuperPhone gives every user on social media access to valuable data of their own versus paying to reach their fans or followers.
So, how does SuperPhone work? It’s text messaging on steroids. Imagine being able to send a mass text message alert to hundreds or thousands of customers the next time that you have a sale or offer at your company -- that’s precisely what SuperPhone allows you to do. And you can capture opt-ins by having someone text you.
Shortly after meeting Ryan, I signed up at SuperPhone.io and was assigned the following number -- 1-646-846-1922 (try it, it works!). From here, I am now able to give out my phone number to my social media followers, include it in my email signature, and invite as many connections as possible to text me versus email.
With SuperPhone, you are also able to set up auto-response prompts and send out mass text messages similar to an email campaign.
When you think of the high volume of sales and marketing content people receive on a daily basis in their email inbox, it makes sense that sending a text message is still a highly effective way to get someone’s attention and certainly more effective than a single Facebook or Instagram post too.
Watch Leslie on the latest episode of Real Talk share his motivation for starting SuperPhone along with his vision for transforming mobile marketing.
In the same interview at Nasdaq’s MarketSite, Kerry Flynn (a reporter for Digiday) and Entrepreneur Editor-in-Chief Jason Feifer also join Ryan on the set to discuss the latest digital marketing trends including why entrepreneurs should make it a priority to own versus rent their audience by capturing valuable data points such as phone numbers for future marketing.
Watch more videos from Carlos Gil on his YouTube channel here. Follow Carlos Gil on Instagram @CarlosGil83.
The Digital Marketing Handbook
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Quickshot: Ovadia & Sons Updates J.Press
By Kurt Soller
Here's your first look at J.Press, the stalwart American line that was shown, fittingly, at the Yale Club of New York. This time, the powers that be commissioned the brothers Ariel and Shimon Ovadia — of the luxe-leaning line, Ovadia & Sons — to take the brand and make it more youthful. "It's great as a challenge," explained Ariel to The Style Blog during the presentation. "People don't need [our original line] for tank tops, so it's nice to work on that" he added, noting that designing at this sort of (lower) price-point freed the team's mind to think about pieces beyond tailoring and outerwear. Those casual items were key to the new J.Press, and also helped lighten up the preppy suits and tuxedos, pushing the brand's heritage ever forward.
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UIW upset bid falls short as Texas prevails
Sports // Longhorns
John Whisler Nov. 11, 2016 Updated: Nov. 11, 2016 11:40 p.m.
1of4AUSTIN, TX - NOVEMBER 11: James Banks #4 of the Texas Longhorns battles for rebound with Devin Wyatt #5 of the Incarnate Word Cardinals at the Frank Erwin Center on November 11, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images)Photo: Chris Covatta, Stringer / Getty Images
2of4AUSTIN, TX - NOVEMBER 11: Christian Peevy #4 of the Incarnate Word Cardinals shoots over Jacob Young #3 of the Texas Longhorns at the Frank Erwin Center on November 11, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images)Photo: Chris Covatta, Stringer / Getty Images
3of4AUSTIN, TX - NOVEMBER 11: Jarrett Allen #31 of the Texas Longhorns moves with the ball against Simi Socks #3 of the Incarnate Word Cardinals at the Frank Erwin Center on November 11, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images)Photo: Chris Covatta, Stringer / Getty Images
4of4AUSTIN, TX - NOVEMBER 11: Shawn Johnson #41 of the Incarnate Word Cardinals shoots over Shaquille Cleare #32 of the Texas Longhorns at the Frank Erwin Center on November 11, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Chris Covatta/Getty Images)Photo: Chris Covatta, Stringer / Getty Images
AUSTIN — Incarnate Word put itself on the college basketball map with upset victories over Princeton, Nebraska and St. John’s in recent years.
The Cardinals almost pulled off an even bigger shocker Friday night, leading No. 21 Texas in the final minutes before falling to the Longhorns 78-73 in the season opener for both teams at the Erwin Center.
UIW led 67-66 with 2:33 left but back-to-back turnovers and three consecutive missed shots proved decisive.
“We had a one-point lead and acted like it was 10,” UIW coach Ken Burmeister said.
UT survived after blowing a 15-point lead in the second half. Senior guard Kendal Yancy scored six of his team-high 19 points down the stretch to help the Horns prevail.
Jarrett Allen, a 6-foot-11 freshman center, had a double-double in his first game at UT with 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting and 12 rebounds.
“We were able to come back and show some poise after falling behind,” UT coach Shaka Smart said. “But there’s a whole lot of things we’ve got to get better at and improve on, certainly on the defensive end.”
Texas played without freshman guard Kerwin Roach Jr. and sophomore Tevin Mack, who were suspended for violating team rules.
Junior Shawn Johnson led UIW with a game-high 24 points, including 17 in the second half.
Burmeister said beating UT would have been the biggest upset victory in school history.
“I would think so, anytime you can beat The School in the state of Texas,” he said.
But it wasn’t to be. Both teams feature retooled rosters from a year ago. UIW — in its fourth season transitioning from Division II to Division I — lost its top four scorers from a year ago, while for UT six of its top 10 scorers from 2015-16 are no longer on campus.
Johnson said UIW let one slip away.
“We played out of our character (after taking the lead late),” he said. “We needed to take better shots. The (game) just fell out of our hands.”
UT had three others reach double figures besides Yancy and Allen. Guard Eric Davis Jr. tallied 16, while Andrew Jones and Jacob young both chipped in with 10.
UIW’s highly touted freshman guard Christian Peevy suffered a sprained ankle late in the first half and did not return.
Sam Burmeister, the coach’s son, was the only other UIW player to reach double figures with 12. His 3-pointer gave the Cardinals that 67-66 lead late in the second half.
“They’re a real scrappy bunch,” Smart said of UIW. “You can see why (Burmeister) has had a lot of success. He’s a good coach for a reason.”
UIW took a 5-0 lead to open the game on a basket by Tyler Singleton and a three from Johnson.
But the Cardinals missed eight of their next nine shots and fell behind 18-10. UT steadily pulled away after that, leading by as many as 15 in the first half before settling on a 44-31 lead at the break.
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John Whisler
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Whisler has been a reporter and copy editor at the Express-News since 1995. After a year on the sports copy desk, became a reporter covering the Iguanas hockey team. First started covering boxing in 1997. Has covered numerous world title fights over the years in Las Vegas, New York and Los Angeles. Other beats include the Rampage hockey team, Missions minor-league baseball and horse racing at Retama Park, as well as general assignment. Native of South Bend, Ind., graduated from Indiana University in 1977 with a degree in journalism. Moved to San Antonio in 1979.
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Dave Anderson to Deliver Industry Summit, Best Training Day Ever Keynote Address
August 14, 2017 • by Staff
DALLAS — Organizers of the annual Industry Summit announced renowned leadership trainer Dave Anderson will deliver the evening keynote address at this year’s event, which will be held Sept. 11–14, 2017, at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Dallas, in partnership with The Best Training Day Ever (BTDE).
Attendees will have the opportunity to meet Dave Anderson, amongst additional BTDE trainers, at a VIP dealer- and manager-only dinner event, hosted by the Best Training Day Ever, on Monday, Sept. 11.
“Dave Anderson is an elite, one-of-a-kind trainer and coach. He is a powerful speaker whose message resonates with anyone looking to learn and get better,” said Larry Dorfman, chairman and CEO of APCO/EasyCare. “I can tell you without hesitation that he has made a significantly positive impact on me personally and on EasyCare’s success over the last five years. He will definitely deliver a message that inspires and motivates attendees at the close of our first day.”
Anderson will present “How to Become a Game Changer in Your Organization” at 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Drawing on his personal experience as an automotive retail professional, entrepreneur, trainer, consultant and author, Anderson is expected to address the need for leadership in every organization and how dealers, managers, and sales and F&I professionals can make leaders out of themselves and bring out the leadership qualities of those around them.
“Game changer performance is more about the right mindset — mental toughness — than it is about talent, skills, knowledge or experience,” Anderson said. “In fact, toughness beats talent when talent isn’t tough. I’m excited to share steps for developing the game changer performance mindset that will transform your business and your life to ‘unstoppable’ status.”
Registration for Industry Summit 2017 is open on the event’s website. To discuss sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, contact David Gesualdo at (727) 947-4027 or via email.
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Cox Business takes Ethernet to the edge
Aug 6, 2009 7:47am
When Cox Business began offering wholesale fiber bandwidth to other carriers and business customers over a decade ago, few in the telecom industry probably would have thought the MSO would become a major player in Ethernet service. Yet the Atlanta, Ga.-based MSO now is the fourth largest Ethernet provider in terms of customer ports sold, according to Vertical Systems Group. To enhance its Ethernet service customer base, the MSO will deploy Alcatel-Lucent IP router products and services over both its sizeable fiber and existing Hybrid Fiber Coax-based networks.
Being a private company, Cox did not reveal any financial details on how many markets the new equipment would be deployed in other than to say that it will leverage the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router to deliver businesses services over a common routing edge platform. But the deployment was not just about the new platform alone. In addition to providing the routing platforms, Alcatel-Lucent provided necessary integration and testing services.
- here's the official release
- here's Vertical Systems Group's Ethernet release
Cox Business 2009: 16 percent growth, $1B revenues
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who were Slavic people?
how yes no 2
western linear pottery - Dniester and Danube spread
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Neolithic.gif
early Slavs - 500 AD - Dniester and Danube spread
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...igins_500A.png
http://www.euratlas.net/geography/eu...s/dniester.jpg
Dnieper
http://www.euratlas.net/geography/eu...rs/dnieper.jpg
http://www.euratlas.net/geography/europe/rivers/don.jpg
historic distribution of Slavic languages - supposed core - along Dniester, on east up to Dnieper
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ion_origin.png
Slavonic tribes 9th century - still far west from Don
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...romian-map.png
I2a2 core - Dniester and Danube spread, on east up up to Dnieper
http://www.eupedia.com/images/conten...ogroup_I2a.gif
R1a core - Don spread
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...7b/R1A_map.jpg
let's look at south Slavs to see whether they brought more R1a or I2a2
south Slavs
area_________________I2a2______R1a
Croatia -mainland______32.4%____34.3%
Serbia_______________29.2%____15.93%
Bosnia_______________52.2%____24.6%
Herzegovina__________63.83%___12.06%
Kosovo (Albanians)______2.65%____4.42%
Macedonians__________29.11%___15.19%
Herzegovina is place where Serbs initally settled
nearby Dalmatia is where Croats initially settled
those are areas with highest I2a2
common for all south Slavs is I2a2, while R1a varies a lot...
http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/conten...4/F2.large.jpg
haplogroup____Serbia____Montenegro
I1_____________7.8%_____6.2%
I2b1___________1.67%___1.73%
I2a2 __________38.5% ___29.2%
E1b1b _________ 17.3%___27.0%
R1a____________14.5%____7.4%
R1b____________ 4.5%____9.4%
J1______________0.6% ___0.5%
J2a ____________3.3%____4.7%
J2b ____________1.7% ___4.5%
G2a____________2.2%____2.5%
N ______________3.3% ___1.5%
Q _____________1.7%____2.0%
H______________2.2% ___1.5%
L_______________0.6%____1.2%
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...21235/suppinfo
very Slavic Montenegro has as high as 7.4% R1a
while nearby non-Slavic Albanians of Macedonia have 12.6%
FYRM
http://www.bjmg.edu.mk/UploadedImages/pdf/11-18.pdf
sample size was 211 ethnic Macedonians, 111 ethnic Albanians from Macedonia, and 21 others (Turks, Roma, Vlachs, Serbs ...)
_______________Macedonians__Albanians__other___tot al
E1b1b1a-M78_________15.6______28.8____14.3____19.8
E1b1b1b-M81 _________–_________1.8______– ____0.6
E1b1b1c1-M34________2.4________1.8______ –____2.0
G-M201______________3.8________2.7______4.8___3.5
H-M69_______________1.4________1.8_____14.3___2.3
1*(xI1,I2a,I2b1)-M170 __–_________1.8_____4.8___0.9
I1-M253______________1.9________6.3_____–_____3,2
I2a-P37b_____________27.5_______1.8_____–_____17.5
I2b1-M223____________1.9________1.8____4.8____2.0
J*(xJ1a,J2)-12f2_______3.3________1.8_____–_____2.6
J2*(xJ2a4b,J2b)-M172__4.7________2.7_____9.5____4.4
J2a4b-M67____________2.8________2.7_____9.5____3.2
J2b2-M241____________5.2________13.5____4.8____7.9
L-M22________________0.5_________–______–_____0. 3
N1c-Tat______________0.5_________–______–_____0.3
P*(xR1)-92R7__________0.5_________–_____4.8____0.6
R1*-M173_____________0.5_________–______–_____0.3
R1a1-SRY1532_________14.2_______12.6____4.8____13.1
R1b1-P25_____________11.4_______18.0____23.8___14.3
T-M70________________1.9_________–_______–____1. 2
TOTAL people__________211________111 ____21____343
In FYRM, R1a is roughly the same in non-Slavic Albanians and Slavic Macedonians, while I2a2 is quite different!
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ro2ijOk8JW...s1600/data.jpg
http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2008/05...aplogroup.html
Note R1a much larger among Greek Macedonians and on Crete than in any nearby south Slavic people
and that I peaks in Serrai (also known as Serres) which is from what I figured out area where in ancient Greece Seres (same as Serians) people dwellt and which was also the capital of medieval kingdom of Serb tsar Dusan
now pay attention to core of Slavs around Dniester (and up to Dnieper on east and Pripyat on north, and Vistula on west), and to directions of spread to northwest, north, and northeast from the core
location and directions of spread are very clearly seen in I2a2
but not in R1a whose core is around Don which is area that Slavic people still didnot settle in 9th century...
thus, it is obvious from previous posts that I2a2 is much better suited to be marker of original Slavic people than R1a
in my current opinion R1a Slavic people largely origin from ancient Hurians/Iranians/Oghur related people (Oghur related people include Bulgars, Hunnic, Avar, Khazar, perhaps Magyar...), while I2a2 Slavic people largely origin from original Slavs and those origin from western linear pottery culture, and from later Serians, Cimmerians (perhaps same as Serians?), Thracians and Veneti...
western linear pottery
Thraco-Cimmerians
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-Cimmerian.png
early Slavs
R1a is to be associated with steppe Kurgan and Dnieper-Don cultures and later Scythians, Sarmatians, Avars, Oghurs...
Dnieper-Don
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...hia_100_BC.png
according to manuscript of Bavarian geographer, state of Zeruiani (Serians/Serbs) was so big that all Slavic people origin from it....
19th century Slovak scientist Pavel Shafarik was based on studying historic data convinced that all Slavic people origin from Serbs and that Serbs was tribal name originally used by all Slavic people
if we look back at location for core of R1a, people who lived in core R1a area are Scythians, Sarmatians, Oghurs, Hunni, Bulgars, Khazars, Magyars...
or in fact mostly speakers of Iranian and Oghur languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oghur_languages
in south Slavs R1a peaks in Croats
historian J.B. Bury has no doubt that Croatian legend of origin is same as the one of Bulgarians and is about same Hunnic nation to which related tribes of Bulgars, Cotrigurs and Onogundurs belonged to...
http://books.google.com/books?id=wDI...page&q&f=false
Turkish historian Osman Karatay also speaks of turkish origin of proto-Croats and identifies white-Croats with white-Ogurs
http://books.google.com/books?id=h_Q...B.Bury&f=false
in fact, Oghur ( = Og + Hur) and H(u)rvat ( = Hur + vat) tribal names might both easily derive from same "Hur" basis as in Hurians..
note also: ak (turkic white = west) + Hur = AkHur = Oghur = west/white Hurians = white/west Croats
(white is color used to denote west in steppe cultures)
worth nothing is that among R1a there is also M458 branch that is present in Europe (along with other R1a branches) but rare in Asia. Therefore, this branch is considered marker of Slavic people... (although it is typically only around half of R1a in Czech, Poles, Slovaks..)
In Croatia however, out of 26.9% R1a only 2.8% is M458
http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/v...g2009194a.html
http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/v...g2009194x4.pdf
Although Magyars are not speakers of non-IE Oghur but of Ugro-Finnic non-IE lanuages, another word used for Magyars/Hungarians in Slavic countries is Ugri, which is same tribal name as Oghur... and looking at R1a spread it is clear that proto-Magyars must have been non-IE speaking R1a people...
in Hungary 4.4% out of 20,4% is M458
so, who says Hunnic/Avar related nations has disappeared from Europe....
possible relation of R1a to Turkic Oghur people also indicates why Scythian people are R1a while their culture reminds of Turkic people more than on Slavic people...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...pt.Skunkha.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...n_Warriors.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ithDragons.jpg
Scythian way of dressing we see today e.g. in Turkic Balkars
http://a.abcnews.com/images/icaught/...101209_ssh.jpg
The Balkars (Karachay-Balkar: sg. таулу - tawlu, pl. таулула - tawlula) are a Turkic people of the Caucasus region, one the titular populations of Kabardino-Balkaria. Their Karachay-Balkar language is of the Ponto-Caspian subgroup of the Northwestern (Kypchak) group of Turkic languages.
The origins of the Balkar people have not yet been definitively established: various hypotheses have associated them with the Huns, the Khazars, the Bulgars, the Alans, the Zikhs, the Brukhs, the Kipchaks (Qïpchaqs, Polovtsians), the Vengrians, the Chekhs, the Mongol Tatars, the Crimean Tatars, and Turkicized Japhetic groups. Some contemporary scholars attribute their origin to a cultural conglomeration of northern Caucasian tribes with the Iranian-speaking Alans and with Turkish-speaking tribes, among which the most significant were probably the Black Bulgars and the Western Kipchaks. Elements of Balkar culture indicate a long association with the Near East, the Mediterranean, the rest of the Caucasus, and Russia. In the pre-Mongol period (before the thirteenth century) the Balkars were part of the Alan union of tribes, but after the Mongol invasion they retreated into the canyons of the central Caucasus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkars
Balkars have 25.7% R1a which is significantly more than most south Slavs (with exception of Croats from Croatia) 2.2% of 25.7% of R1a in Balkars is M-458(thus 8.6% of their R1a is of European/Slavic origin) , which is very alike the ratio in Croats (2.8% out of 26.9% gives 10.4% of European/Slavic R1a in Croats)...
Unfortunately, there is no data for Bulgars, but I would expect similarly low share of M-458 as in Balkars and Croats because tribal name Balkars is obviously same as Bulgars, and legend of origin of Bulgars and Croats is according to historian Bury identical one...
while Croats are reach in R1a and reach in non-Slavic R1a (only 10.4% is M458 compared to up to 50% in Poles, Czechs and Slovaks)
Serbs are poor in R1a but have significantly higher ratio of Slavic R1a marker M458
4.8% M-458 out of 13.3% R1a in Bosnian Serbs (thus 36% of their R1a is Slavic marker M458)
3.5% M-458 out of 15.9% R1a in Serbia Serbs (thus 22% of their R1a is Slavic marker M458)
there is another big difference in non-Slavic R1a of Croats and non-Slavic R1a of Serbs...
the one in Serbs is according to Klyosov ancient old - much older than the rest of Euroasia (without south Siberia) taken together, while the one in Croats is not older than in the rest of Euroasia...
evidence has been obtained that the oldest R1a1 lived circa 20,000 years before the present (ybp) in South Siberia. There are two sets of data and these provide ages of 21,000±3,000 ybp and 19,625±2,800 ybp, calculated by two different methods, and 11,650±1,550 years ago appeared in the
Balkans (Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Macedonia). (c) Except the South Siberian and Balkans populations, present-day bearers of R1a1 across Western and Eastern Europe have common ancestors who lived between 3550 and 4750 years ago (the "youngest" in Scotland, Ireland and Sweden, the "oldest" in Russia (4750±500 ybp) and Germany (4,700±520 ybp),
http://www.jogg.info/52/files/Klyosov2.pdf
actually, I mention Thracians above
but Thracians are probably not related people
by comparing vocabularies of Slavic with preserved Illyrian and Thracian words, Illyrian language must have been much closer to proto-Slavic than Thracian...
http://www.eupedia.com/forum/showthr...548#post367548
this make sense as Slavic people are claimed to be of Venetic origin, and Veneti are in general considered to be somewhat related to Illyrians...
in the land of Scythia to the westward dwells, first of all, the race of the Gepidae, surrounded by great and famous rivers. For the Tisia flows through it on the north and northwest, and on the southwest is the great Danube. On the east it is cut by the Flutausis, a swiftly eddying stream that sweeps whirling into the Ister's waters. (34) Within these rivers lies Dacia, encircled by the lofty Alps as by a crown. Near their left ridge, which inclines toward the north, and beginning at the source of the Vistula, the populous race of the Venethi dwell, occupying a great expanse of land. Though their names are now dispersed amid various clans and places, yet they are chiefly called Sclaveni and Antes. (35) The abode of the Sclaveni extends from the city of Noviodunum and the lake called Mursianus to the Danaster, and northward as far as the Vistula. They have swamps and forests for their cities. The Antes, who are the bravest of these peoples dwelling in the curve of the sea of Pontus, spread from the Danaster to the Danaper, rivers that are many days' journey apart. (36) But on the shore of Ocean, where the floods of the river Vistula empty from three mouths, the Vidivarii dwell, a people gathered out of various tribes. Beyond them the Aesti, a subject race, likewise hold the shore of Ocean.
http://people.ucalgary.ca/~vandersp/.../jordgeti.html
we also have Russian primary chronicle that relates early Slavs with people living around Danube...
After the destruction of the tower and the division of the nations, the sons of Shem occupied the eastern regions, and sons of Ham those of the south, and the sons of Japheth the western and the northern lands. Among these seventy-two nations, the Slavic race is derived from the line of Japheth, since they are the Noricians, who are identical with the Slavs.
Over a long period the Slavs settled beside the Danube, where the Hungarian and Bulgarian lands now lie. From among these Slavs, parties scattered throughout the country and were known by appropriate names, according to the places where they settled. Thus some came and settled by the river Morava, and were named Moravians, while others were called Czechs. Among these same Slavs are included the White Croats, the Serbs, and the Carinthians. For when the Vlakhs attacked the Danubian Slavs, settled among them, and did them violence, the latter came and
made their homes by the Vistula, and were then called Lyakhs. Of these same Lyakhs some were called Polyanians, some Lutichians, some Mazovians, and still others Pomorians. Certain Slavs settled also on the Dnipro, and were likewise called Polyanians. Still others were named Derevlians, because they lived in the forests. Some also lived between the Pripet' and the Dvina,
and were known as Dregovichians. Other tribes resided along the Dvina and were called Polotians on account of a small stream called the Polota, which flows into the Dvina. It was from this same stream that they were named Polotians. The Slavs also dwelt about Lake Il'men', and were known there by their characteristic name. They built a city which they called Novgorod.
Still others had their homes along the Desna, the Sem', and the Sula, and were called Severians. Thus the Slavic race was divided, and its language was known as Slavic
http://www.utoronto.ca/elul/English/...selections.pdf
Russian primary chronicle is written in year 1113. In that time Bulgaria was around Danube till area of today Voivodina, and Voivodina was Hungary.... so, description of Bulgarian and Hungarian lands around Danube in fact is about whole lower flow of Danube from Hungary to Black sea....
this implies Thracian + Scordisci + Pannonians are proto-Slavs....
however, vocabulary of Thracian is foreign to Slavic, and Scordisci are supposed to be Celtic people...
actually, Thrace is not along Danube, Moesia is!!!
If Russian primary chronicle speaks truth then proto-Slavic people are not Thracians but in fact Moesi/Triballi and perhaps Dacians and Pannonians as nations that live along Danube, and Venetic people as people who Russian primary chronicle identifies with Noricans
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._territory.jpg
The large number of Dacian/Moesian davae (town names end in '-dava' or '-deva') across entire Moesia, parts of Thrace and Dalmatia, indicates a much closer linguistic affinity between Dacian and Moesian languages, than between Moesian and Thracian, hinting to a much closer connection between Dacians and Moesians. The distinctly Thracian -para and -bria endings for town names are mostly present south of Moesia, making Balkan Mountains (Haemus Mons), the linguistic border between Daco-Moesian and Thracian languages and cultures.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moesi
town names ending in -dava we can attest in Slavic name for fortress tvrdjava = tvrd (hard /rough /solid) + dava
interesting is that -dava is used in enitre Moesia, parts of Thrace (that would be north Thrace), but also in Dalmatia!!!
now, Austrian sources did use word Illyrians for Serbs...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbs#Name_and_etymology
my opinion is that this was not about Illyrians proper but about people of Roman province of Illyria that were according to Strabo Pannonians and Veneti... Illyrians proper lived more or less in what is now Albania and part of Montenegro...
worth nothing is that some Byzantine sources use word Tribali for Serbs
The term "Triballians" (in Greek or Latin) appears frequently in byzantine and other european writers of the middle ages, referring to contemporary events of their time [12][13][14]. Some of these authors explain clearly that "Triballian" is synonym to "Serbian". For example, D. Chalkondyles (1423-1511), referring to an islamized christian noble: "... This Mahmud, son of Michael, is Triballian, which means Serbian, by his mother, and Greek by his father."[15]. Also, Niketas Choniates (or Acominatus, 1155-1215 or-16) in his history about Emperor Ioannes Komnenos: "... Shortly after this, he campaigned against the nation of Triballians (whom someone may call Serbians as well) ..."[16].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triballi
there are attempts to reconstruct Dacian vocabulary
The Dacian language is poorly documented. Unlike for ancient Thracian, or Phrygian, there are no surviving inscriptions in the language.[citation needed] In ancient literary sources, the Dacian names for a number of medicinal plants and herbs survive in ancient texts.[3][4] that includes about 60 plants names with Dioscorides [5]. Some 100 Daco-Moesian placenames are documented and some 20 personal names.[citation needed][dubious – discuss]. Dacian language is also known through several hundred proper names [6], [7], about 900 toponyms [7], and one short inscription[6] [5].
Both Georgiev and Duridanov use the comparative linguistic method to decipher ancient Thracian and Dacian names, respectively.
Georgiev argues that one can reliably decipher the meaning of an ancient place-name in an unknown language by comparing it to its successor-names and to cognate place-names and words in other IE languages, both ancient and modern. Georgiev considers decipherment by analysis of root-words(Wurzeletymologien) to be "devoid of scientific value".[29] He gives several examples of his methodology, of which one is partly reproduced here:
The town and river (a tributary of the Danube) in eastern Romania called Cernavodă. In Slavic, the name means "black water". The same town in antiquity was known as Άξίοπα (Axiopa) or Άξιούπολις (Axioupolis) and its river as the Άξιος (Axios). The working assumption is, therefore, that Axiopa means "black water" in Dacian. According to the known rules of formation of IE composite words, this breaks down as axi = "black" and opa or upa = "water" in Dacian (the -polis element is ignored, as it is a Greek suffix meaning "city"). The assumption is then validated by examining cognate placenames. The axi element is validated by another Danube tributary called the Axios, which is today known as Crna reka ("black river") and by the older Greek name for the Black sea, Άξεινος πόντος (Axeinos pontos, later altered to the euphemism Euxeinos pontos = "Hospitable sea"). The opa/upa element is validated by the Lithuanian cognate upė ("water") an by the Romanian cognate apă ("water").[30] (N.B. This etymology was questioned by Russu: Axiopa, a name attested only in Procopius' De Aedificiis, may be a corrupt form of Axiopolis).[31]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacian_language
some of reconstructed words
1) *aba, apa[14] water, river *ab- ("water", "river")
ok, this is about river names....
Slavic ending for river is often -ava
example in ex Yugoslavia Morava, Drava, Sava, Tamnava, Mlava....
thus, 1/1
2) *akmon[17] stone, rock
Slavic kamen = stone, rock
*alda (noun),
*alta- (adj.)[21] swamp, waterlogged
I would say this is bad reconstruction as in Illyrian there is
alt = stream
Slavic liti = to flow
3/4 *alm- to flow, to stream RN Almus - no match
3/5 *amalas mistletoe PN Amlaidina - no match
3/6 *auras water RN Αύρας - no match
3/7 *axi- black PN Άξίοπα - no match
4/8 *baidas frightening, repulsive - bojati se (to be afraid)
4.5/9 *bal warrior bojnik / vojnik
5/10 *balas,*balos[24] strong [24] *bel ('strong')[24], - balast = carried weight
6/11 *balas white belo
7/12 *berza birch-tree breza
7/13 *bur, buris[28]
7/14 *brukla[29] cranberry
7/15 *buta(s)[31] house, hut, dwelling
8/16 *čuk-[34] peak, summit *ḱu- ("sharp", "pike") čuka = peak
8.5/17 *daba character, nature dobar = good natured
9.5/18 *dava city, fortress tvrdjava = tvrd (hard/solid/strong) + dava = fortress
9.5 / 19 *degis burning, shining PRN Degis
9.5 / 20 *dina place, area, plain PN Amlai-dina
this is Celtic ending!!
10.5/21 *dikas brave or strong, mighty dika = person we are proud of
10.5/22 *dita(s)[38] light (noun), bright (adj.)
11.5 /23 *drasda thrush (bird) drozd
12/24 *dribas, *drigas[40] wild, restless dripac - punk, corrupt person
12/25 *duia[43] swamp or mist, drizzle
13/26 *dumas dark brown tama = darkness
13/27 *galtis sheet-ice, frost
13/28 *genukla[45] pasture, meadow
13/29 *geras[47] good (-natured), kind
13/30 *germas hot, warm PN Γέρμαζα
13/31 *gilus[49] deep
14/32 *gira (giria) forest or mountain gora = mountain
14/33 *granda[51] plank
14/34 *griva[53] river-bed or river-mouth
14/35 kaga[55] sacred, holy
15/36 *kalas catfish? karaš
15/37 *kapas hill, slope
16/38 *karpa to cut, stone [58] krpiti = to sew, to put together
17/39 *karsa cave kras = carst
18/40 *katas stall, animal enclosure, fish-basin katun = shepards temporary house in hills
18/41 *keda chair, stool
19/42 *kerba swampy ground čorba = thick soup
19/43 *kerna bush
19/44 *kerta clearing in a wood
19/45 *kina dry place in a swamp
19/46 *klevas maple-tree PN Clevora
19/47 *krata swampy place or pile, heap
19/48 *kurta grove, glade
20/49 *lug- swamp, morass lug = grove
20/50 *maska pool, puddle
20/51 *medeka glade, small wood
20/52 *musas mould, moss
20/53 *nara(s) river, brook
20/54 *pala, *palma swamp, bog
21/55 *pil- to flow ploviti = to sail, to float
21/56 *preida pine-tree
21/57 *put- to swell, thicken
21/58 *ramus peaceful, restful - mir = peace
21/59 *rō(u)ka drizzle, fine rain
21/60 *rus- to flow
21/61 *san-apa confluence (of two rivers)
22/62 *sausas dry suvo = dry, suša = dry period
22/63 *sermas river, river-current
22/64 *skabas sharp, quick, lively
22/65 *skaudus painful, sad or powerful
22/66 *skuia fir-tree
22/67 *skumbras hill, down
23/68 *spirus fast, quick, rapid brzo
24/69 *stendas stiff, rigid, viscose stena =rock
24/70 *suka tear (ripped), gap
24/71 *suras salty
24/72 *taras chatterer, gossiper
25/73- *tauta people, nation, country četa = group of people (forming military unit)
25/74 *tiras bare, barren, desolate
26/75 *tut- blow, smoke duvati
26/76 *upa river
26/77 *urda stream, brook
26/78 *vaigas fast, rapid
27/79 *varpa whirlpool vir
27/80 *visas fertile, fruitful
28/81 *zalmo- fur, skin, shield šlem = helmet
28/82 *zelmas shoot (of a plant) zemlja = ground
28/83 *zud-as careful, precise
29/84 *zuras hot, shining zora = dawn
29/85 *zuv- fish
conclusion is that reconstructed Dacian words are much closer to proto-Slavic than Thracian words...
but still quite far away for continuity....
though we should keep in mind that this is reconstructed vocabulary....
but we do not really expect Dacians to be proto-Slavic
as Dacians map to earlier eastern linear pottery, while Slavic people map to earlier western linear pottery...
proto-Slavic would be Triballians in Moesia part of Danube flow, Pannonians in Pannonia and Veneti around Vistula and in Noricum... also Sarmatian Venedi (probably same as Antes) would be among Veneti
all these would be dominantly I2a2 people, perhaps with M458 R1a admixture
LeBrok
Some more quick matches. I could find more if I’m more creative.
7/15 *buta(s)[31] house, hut, dwelling – buda, a shack
8/16 *čuk-[34] peak, summit *ḱu- ("sharp", "pike") čuka = peak – ciukac, to hit with a tip of a nife.
9.5 / 20 *dina place, area, plain PN Amlai-dina
this is Celtic ending!! - rodina
10.5/21 *dikas brave or strong, mighty dika = person we are proud of – dziki, wild
15/37 *kapas hill, slope – kopa, a heap
16/38 *karpa to cut, stone [58] krpiti = to sew, to put together – karb, groove.
19/46 *klevas maple-tree PN Clevora - klon
20/53 *nara(s) river, brook – many rivers in Poland contain derivatives of nara.
21/55 *pil- to flow ploviti = to sail, to float - plyn
21/57 *put- to swell, thicken - puchnac
21/59 *rō(u)ka drizzle, fine rain - mrzawka
26/75 *tut- blow, smoke duvati, - trutututu, pretending to play on a trumpet.
I agree that Dalmatian looks closer to Slavic than Thracian and Illyrian. It was probably as related as Baltic languages, other words as long neighboring regions, or languages that had split from same one few thousands years ago.
From this region the Huns, like a fruitful root of bravest races, sprouted into two hordes of people. Some of these are called Altziagiri, others Sabiri; and they have different dwelling places. The Altziagiri are near Cherson, where the avaricious traders bring in the goods of Asia. In summer they range the plains, their broad domains, wherever the pasturage for their cattle invites them, and betake themselves in winter beyond the Sea of Pontus. Now the Hunuguri are known to us from the fact that they trade in marten skins. But they have been cowed by their bolder neighbors.
now, Huns as bravest race... one of two Hunish people Sabiri, other Altziagiri...
alziagiri is coin word altzia+ Giri...Giri is possibly about Hurians...Altzia could be about place name or side of world in some language...
thus, Hunish are again Serian/Hurian pair, same as Celtic Scordisci / Helvetti, early Germanic Sciri/Hirri, late Germanic Scirians / Heruli, and last Slavic Serbs / Croats.... interestingly those tribe pairs are mentioned in different times... first Celtic pair, than Germanic pair, than Hunnish pair, than Slavic pair....
Hunish people ruled over Slavic...but late Germanic Scirians and Heruli coexist on same places where later Slavic Serbs and Croats appear......
Hunuguri = Hunish + Hurians
are known for trading with marten skin...
Croats are known to have traded with marten skin in ancient times...
their money is now called kuna = marten
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian_kuna
now, let us remind ourselves of Seneca's mention of Serians
[369] Though kings should gather themselves together, both they who vex the scattered Scythians and they who dwell upon the Red Sea’s marge, who hold wide sway o’er the blood-red main with its gleaming pearls, they who leave unguarded26 the Caspian heights to the bold Sarmatians; though he strive against him, who dares on foot to tread the Danube’s waves27 and (whersoe’er they dwell,) the Serians28 for fleeces famous – ‘tis the upright mind that holds true sovereignty. He has no need of horses, none of arms and the coward weapons which the Parthian hurls from far when he feigns flight, no need of engines hurling rocks, stationed to batter cities to the ground. A king is he who has no fear; a king is he who shall naught desire. Such kingdom on himself each man bestows.
Seneca - Thyestes
27. i.e. the frozen surface.
28. The poet here conceives of the Serians as near by Scythia.
http://www.theoi.com/Text/SenecaThyestes.html
he Sabir people inhabited the Caspian Depression prior to the arrival of the Avars. They appear to have been a Turkic people, possibly of Hunnic origin. "The name Sabir has been linked by some scholars with the name Siberia (where it may have been an alternative name for the Ugrian-speaking Mansi/Vogul) and even with the far Eastern Hsien-pi".[1]
Near East in 500 AD, showing the Sabirs and neighboring peoples.
The Sabir lived predominantly in the Pontic steppe region bounded on the east by the Caspian Sea, on the west by the Black Sea and on the south by the Caucasus Mountains. Priscus mentions that the Sabir attacked the Saragur, Urog and Unogur tribes in 461 AD, forcing them across the Volga, as a result of having themselves been attacked by the "Avars". In 515 "they advertised their power in a huge raid south of the Caucasus, in which they attacked Iranian and Byzantine lands with scrupulous impartiality".[2] They eventually came into allegiance with Persia.
In 552 the Sabirs, previously allied with Sassanid Persia, switched their allegiance to the Byzantines and invaded the Caucasus. Soon afterwards, they were conquered first by the Avars and later by the Göktürks. By the 700s they largely vanish from the historical record; probably being assimilated into the Khazars and Bulgars.
The Byzantine document, De Administrando Imperio mentions that the Tourkoi (the Byzantine name for Magyars) were formerly known as Sabartoi asphaloi. This name is generally considered to mean "firm, reliable Sabir". However, Byzantine documents normally refer to Sabirs as Sabiroi.
Some modern historians speculate that a Sabir tribe or faction, called Suars, may have resettled in the Middle Volga region, where they later merged with Volga Bulgarians. Indeed, one of the foremost cities of Volga Bulgaria was called Suar or Suwar. Today, some Chuvash historians postulate that their nation is partially descended from Sabirs.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabir_people
Hunish Sabirs or Sabiri are probably same people as Serboi of Ptolomei in Asian Sarmatica...
they are Serians who live in Caspian mountains unguarded from Sarmatians in Seneca's time...
neighbouring Hunnic Kutrigur, Utrigur and Onogur people are in my opinion all Hurian derived people... same as Croats are likely Hurian derived people...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...es_ca_1770.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...x-NE_500ad.jpg
but there are in Seneca's time (1st century AD) also Serians/Seres who live in Europe around Danube...
and before them Serres people in ancient Greece upon mount Athos - mentioned by Aristotle as known for their longevity....
Howbeit, Aristotle writeth, That these Pygmæans live in hollow caves & holes under the ground. For all other matters he reporteth the same that all the rest. Isogonus saith, that certaine Indians named Cyrni, live a hundred and fortie yeeres. The like he thinketh of the Æthhyopian Macrobij, and the Seres: as also of them that dwel upon the mount Athos: and of these last rehearsed, the reason verily is rendered to be thus, because they feed of vipers flesh, and therfore is it that neither lice breed in their heads, nor any other vermine in their cloths, for to hurt and annoy their bodies.
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/holland/pliny7.html
from Serres who dwell upon mount Athos comes town Serres/Serai in Greek or Ser in Serbian
this town in Greece was medieval capital of Serb tsar Dusan and is distinguished from surrounding by high haplogroup I percentage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serrai
state of Zeruiani is so big that all Slavic people come from it, says Bavarian geographer...
Serians of Asia include Serres who live in Serica (northwest China) and produce silk, as well as
arc from China (serica) to India,,,, Serians from this arc are very likely Pasthun Sarbans of today.....
Serians in 6th century Europe are probably Scirians in Bavaria and Sorabi north of them....
their neighbours are Heruli....Heruli is another tribal name derived from Hurian...
Scirians and Heruli regarding their positions could be ancestor of today Serbs and Croats as this is location that matches the one from which they came to Balkan as written in book De administrando imperio
http://books.google.com/books?id=3al...page&q&f=false
could it be that originally Serians are I2a2, and Hurians are R1a?
e.g. Heruls on map above match white Croatia and also hotspot of R1a in south Poland
note also lack of R1a in Caspian highlands where Sabirs/Serboi or Serians of Caspian highlands lived...
Serrai/Serres area is hotspot of I in Greece (36%) ....Scirians might be cause of I2a2 hotspots in Bohemia from which Serbs came to Balkan... I2a2 is present in area where used to live Sabirs/Serboi... Chuvash people claim descend from Sabirs...it would be interesting to see their genetics... hotspot of I2a in Kurds in Asia minor is perhaps due to Cimmerians as it matches their location and supposed settlement in Cappadocia...tribal name Kurds might have same origin as Serbs, Sabirs, Serboi, Sarbans, Sherdana (sea peoples - there is place named after them Serbonian bog/Serbonis/Sirbonis in Egypt)...
iapetoc
Originally Posted by how yes no
Serres was capital of Dusan????????
comes from Sirris not serians an Anciennt Persian Godess, the older Pelasgic name of Godess Demeter
midlle eastern Godess, Remember Serres was the Boarder of Greeks and Persians
the Darnakes
as infact that I in Serres is connected with AGrinion, Agrianes Thracians etc
remember Paeon was son of Agrios, Endymion etc
Paeoni were Tracian, and Serres area and Syntike are considered Thracians,
if you can find a more Data mutation in Agrinion that could help you on who the thracians
(for me I people) were, comparing with Serres .
REad Herodotus E Siropaiones and Persians, Area Dari-naka (Darius Land)
http://www.darnakas.gr/darnakasonomasia.htm
and also find who were Trivoli people (trivoli is thorn plant) (Tribali of Dusan)
Besides Darnakochoria rea the virb eat is chlap-akias0 from Hleb-Hlap = Bread,
their dialect is very ancient and have mainly Greek-Aeolic but Thracian and Prsian words also plenty, and many unknown
they lived isolated marry only tribe members as pomaks do in Greece.
remember that Greek pomaks are genetically different that Bulgarian pomaks
as in Fact the Thracian name for Phylakai town is Surdi - Serdi (both mean guardians)
and town SerVia and next town is Gullea (Kulla - kale - Kelli) (fiortress)
surdi serdi curdi etc means guardians, Calla - Celli- means fortress that is known,
But for me it would be very interesting to find and compare Agrinion and east GR Makedonia I people (M-?? Dys etc)
besides Thracians in Gr Magnesia area Sesklo - Dimini before Pelasgians arrival had Linear pottery from 7000 Bc which means that pottery culture expand north in Danube as Thracians moved north,
remember Tharseis (thracians) is people that live that lived in Balkans and north before Javans (Yunans -Iayan - Pelasgic people)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesklo
it is interesting the change from Linear to Cardium, from Thracian to Pelasgic as the fact that Europe was invaded from south to North and not from North to south as many claim
The culture of Sesklo is crucial in the expansion of Neolithic into Europe. Dating and research points to the influence of this culture to other Balcanic (Karanovo I-II and Starčevo-Körös) which seem to originate here, and will be these which will stimulate the birth of the important Danubian Neolithic current. Also, it is thought[citation needed] that the differentiated settlements of pre-Sesklo can be, at least partly, responsible for the origin of the Mediterranean Neolithic (Cardium pottery). So it can be said that, with some geographically isolated exceptions, European Neolithic seem to originate here: in the Thessalia of Sesklo
The "invasion theory" states that the Sesklo culture lasted more than one full millennium up until 5000 BC when it was violently conquered by people of the Dimini culture. The Dimini culture in this theory is considered different from that found at Sesklo.
4800 Bc few centuries after Pelasgic invasion (est 5500 BC)
so I people were in Balkans much Before 7000 BC
it is obvius that Thracians +Pelasgic made Greek culture and language
and Thracians + celts make Illyricum culture
Thracians +baltic make Slavic language (old church slavonic)
and area of daci and Bulgaria Kept more the old Thracian, than Greece and Illyricum
the many attempts to put Greek to slavic languages has to do that is connected from ancienty,
that is because of Thracians, who for me were a proto-slavic language, and a proto Greek language
I gave many examples in many other posts
Slavic people are pretty sure Venetic in origin... not just because Jordanes said so...see:
in addition to Veneti,
Pannonians and Thracians/Dacians should be investigated regarding origin of proto-Slavic people...
Beckovsky
Don't forget the core Western Slavs
How yes no:
The core Slavic population - in terms of language, culture, ethnic consciousness - are people of Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, Belorus and Western Ukraine. R1a is clearly a dominant Y-DNA there. I understand your points about South Slavs and I2a2 - and their descent from one of the ice age refuges. But it seems to me that it is an accepted historical fact that the original tribes speaking Slavic languages came from the northern Carpathian, Visla lowlands and east towards Belarus and Dnieper river.
I am also familiar with Safarik's writings in the 19th century. He speculated that the tribal name Srb (Serbian) was one of the original terms by which the Slavs self-identified. One of them, but not the only one. The others that he considered likely were: Czech, Lech, Polan, ... The term Srb is still very widespread among Slavic nations - there are Sorbs (Srbi) in south-eastern Germany, there are numerous proper names that use Srb, and the use of consonant "r" as a middle sound is quite typical of Slavic proper names (see Praha, Brno, Trnava, Trencin, ....).
But why would you overlook the strong R1a linkages to the original core groups of Slavs? It is in my view unlikely that I2a2 Slav speakers would manage to transfer the language to this - seemingly - much larger group in the area where Slavic tribes originated.
iapodos
Slavic nations as we see them today are clearly I2a2 Dinaric +R1a1 mix. Ethnogenesis of Slavs were long process and various peoples were part of that.
It is clear that core Slavic homeland (Pripyat) is not only the highest freqency I2a2 region on the east, but also place where first and original Slavic hydronims appeared.
"Considering Ptolemy's Ouenedai and their location along the Baltic sea, a German linguist, Alexander M. Schenker, underlines that the vocabulary of the Slavic languages shows no evidence that the early Slavs were exposed to the sea. Proto-Slavic had no maritime terminology and even lacked a word for amber which was the most important item of export from the shores of the Baltic to the Mediterranean. In view of this, the very fact that Ptolemy refers to the Baltic as the Venedic Bay appears to rule out a possible identification of the Veneti of his times with the Slavs.[18]. Schenker's conclusion is supported by the fact that to the east of the Ouenedai, Ptolemy mentions two further tribes called Stauanoi and Souobenoi, both of which have been interpreted as possibly the oldest historical attestations of Slavs."
So there was Venedi (R1a1) on the northwestern direction from proto Slavs (I2a2). Synthesis of this two populations creeated a people of Slavs in the first centuries AD. Some of Slavic nations like Poles or Lusatian Serbs have more Venedic (R1a1) component, and others like Serbs(I2a2) more Slavic component. It is well known fact that western Slavs are known by the name Wends and south Slavs by the name Sklavenoi.
And about Antes, third group of Slavic peoples.
"The Tabula Peutingeriana, originating from the 4th century AD, separately mentions the Venedi on the northern bank of the Danube somewhat upstream of its mouth, and the Venadi Sarmatae along the Baltic coast."
So the Antes were probably some southern part of Venedi and closer to them (which means R1a1) than to Sklavenoi (South Slavs (I2a2)).
Originally Posted by Beckovsky
I do not say there was no R1a at all in early Slavs....some of Slavic tribes were R1a dominant like Vislanes and Croats...
From the 1st century and possibly earlier, the Vistulans (also known as the Vislanes), were part of the Carpian Tribe, which got its name from the area that they lived in, which was beside the Carpathian Mountain Range. In the 9th century, Vistulans created a tribal state, with major centers in Kraków, Wiślica, Sandomierz, and Stradów.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vistulans
Vislanes are thus Carpi, which may be about Croats....
I claim I2a2 was dominant in early Slavs because it shows clear match with location and directions of spread of early Slavs....
R1a doesnot show such a correlation also because there were many other R1a people around
500 AD
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...rigins_700.png
R1a hotspots match Vislanes (Carpi in origin), Croats (also Carpi in origin?), Balts, and Turkic Avars, Bulgars, Oghurs, Huns, Khazars...
my guess is that those are mostly Scythian people..... there are solid theories that relate proto-Croats with Bulgars and Oghur people...so even Croat R1a can easily be Scythian in origin...
Sarmatians do not fit in R1a because locations of Alans and in fact hole Asian Sarmatia seems to lack R1a...and their other area of influence is Ukraine that is I2a2 hotspot...
as for Venedi, I am convinced that they origin from Veneti and that Veneti were dominantly I2a2 people...some clues for this are I2a* found only in locations of Britanny Veneti and Adriatic Veneti....also in Capadocia bellow Paphlagonia (from where Eneti were expelled in times around Trojan wars due to their conquest with Cimmerians) is I2a island... this island of I2a2 is probably settlement of Cimmerians (as there are historical records indicating settlement of Cimmerians in Capadocia) and Cimmerians may easily be origin of later Sarmatians... which effectively means that Sarmatians and Veneti were from same stock... confirmation for this is that Antes are from same Veneti stock (their tribal name is clear derivation from Eneti) and also Sarmatians and fitting I2a2 hotspot... sure Venedi/Veneti/Antes had some R1a... but that is in my opinion from assimilated Scythians while core of early Slavs was Venetic I2a2 people
interesting thread regarding Slavic origin...
http://www.eupedia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26233
btw. where Gomer/Cimmerians are on map showing world known to Hebrews is now I2a island in Asia minor
Gomer is son of Japhet and thought to be ancestor of Germanic people....this shows that name Germanic was originally applied to all haplogroup I people....
One of Gomer's sons is Riphat... map puts Riphat in Paphlagonia ...in location of Eneti.... now if Gomer were haplogroup I peoploe that match island of I2a now in Asia minor, what would be people who originate from Riphat the son of Gomer?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...s_base.svg.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...sworld_map.png
Besides, we know that early Slavs are of Veneti race (Jordanes) and that Slavs origin from Japhet (Russian primary chronicle)
note tribal name Rosch among Schytians... and how neither Rosch nor Scythians are marked as Japhet's line..... also Taurus that matches R1a spread in Asia minor is not marked as originating of any of 3 sons of Noah...thus, story of Noah's sons is probably related to people from IJ haplogroups... perhaps R1a and R1b lived in times of flood probably northern from middle east area where the story probably originated...
anyway, Taurus being not Japhet and also correlating with spread of R1a....
makes me wonder if Taurus is name related to Hurians? because Hurians are in my theory proto-Croats
The Hurro-Urartian languages are an extinct language family of the Ancient Near East, comprising only two known languages: Hurrian and Urartian, both of which were spoken in the Taurus mountains area.
Hurro-Urartian was ergative-agglutinative. It was neither related to the Semitic or Indo-European language families of the region.
Proponents of linguistic macrofamilies have grouped Hurro-Urartian as part of an "Alarodian" phylum, together with Northeast Caucasian and further as "Macro-Caucasian", but these theories are without support in mainstream linguistics.[1]
Hurrian was the language of the Hurrians (occasionally called "Hurrites"), a people who spread to northern Mesopotamia probably coming from the Caucasus starting from 2500 BC[citation needed], and whose apogee was the kingdom of Mitanni (1450–1270 BC). The language was probably extinct by 1000 BC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurro-Urartian_languages
interesting question is whether Slavic language is originally language of some R1a people, some I2a2 people or some mix of the two....... I think it was language of I2a2 people but was passed to R1a people in distant past in area of Asia minor...
as for proto-Serbs..interesting clue is three-finger salute used by Serbs.... though this salute was reintroduced in recent times in 1990s it was inspired by picture from 19th century of famous painter Paja Jovanovic about gathering of people on which decision about uprising against Turks was made... so this salute might have longer history in Serbian tradition...
http://www.rts.rs/upload/storyBoxIma...ri%20prsta.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri_prsta
a wild guess is that it might have originally been of same origin as this one related to Thracian/Phrygian God Sabazios... or Thracian horseman.....now, Thracian /Phrygian God...this is where I2a spread leads to from Eneti area of Paphlagonia and Cimmerian/Gomer area of Cappadocia...to Phrygia and Thrace....
bronze hand used in worship of Sabazios
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...OfSabazius.JPG
Sabazios (Ancient Greek: Σαβάζιος) is the nomadic horseman and sky father god of the Phrygians and Thracians. In Indo-European languages, such as Phrygian, the -zios element in his name derives from dyeus, the common precursor of Latin deus ('god') and Greek Zeus. Though the Greeks interpreted Phrygian Sabazios[1] with both Zeus and Dionysus,[2] representations of him, even into Roman times, show him always on horseback, as a nomadic horseman god, wielding his characteristic staff of power.
It seems likely that the migrating Phrygians brought Sabazios with them when they settled in Anatolia in the early first millennium BCE, and that the god's origins are to be looked for in Macedonia and Thrace. The recently discovered ancient sanctuary of Perperikon in eastern Thrace is believed to be that of Sabazios. The Macedonians were also noted horsemen, horse-breeders and horse-worshippers up to the time of Philip II, whose name signifies "lover of horses".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabazios
clearly, Sabazios is coin word... it is about Saba+ Zeus = Serb God or God of proto-Serbs?
also look at these words from Thracian dictionary
sabazias ‘free’ [Old-Bulg. svobod' ‘free’].
suras ‘strong, brave; a hero’ [Old-Ind. súra-h ‘a hero, a warrior’, Avest. súra- ‘brave, courageous; a hero’].
http://www.wordgumbo.com/ie/cmp/thra.htm
thus, freedom was always very important to Serbs...
btw. "slobodni" = free in Slavic thus Sloveni = slo(bodni) + veni
(Veni being Veneti/Venedi tribal name, also root word of Finish name for Russians - Venäläiset)
Much later, the Byzantine Greek encyclopedia, Sudas (10th century?), flatly states
"Sabazios... is the same as Dionysos. He acquired this form of address from the rite pertaining to him; for the barbarians call the bacchic cry 'sabazein'. Hence some of the Greeks too follow suit and call the cry 'sabasmos'; thereby Dionysos [becomes] Sabazios. They also used to call 'saboi' those places that had been dedicated to him and his Bacchantes... Demosthenes [in the speech] 'On Behalf of Ktesiphon' [mentions them]. Some say that Saboi is the term for those who are dedicated to Sabazios, that is to Dionysos, just as those [dedicated] to Bakkhos [are] Bakkhoi. They say that Sabazios and Dionysos are the same. Thus some also say that the Greeks call the Bakkhoi Saboi."[12]
More "rider god" steles are at the Burdur Museum, in Turkey. Under the Roman Emperor Gordian III the god on horseback appears on coins minted at Tlos, in neighboring Lycia, and at Istrus, in the province of Lower Moesia, between Thrace and the Danube. It is generally thought that the young emperor's grandfather came from an Anatolian family, because of his unusual cognomen, Gordianus.[4] The iconic image of the god or hero on horseback battling the chthonic serpent, on which his horse tramples, appears on Celtic votive columns, and with the coming of Christianity it was easily transformed into the image of Saint George and the Dragon, whose earliest known depictions are from tenth- and eleventh-century Cappadocia and eleventh-century Georgia and Armenia.[5]
now, sculpture of this horseman God are found among Celts, in Lycia and upper Moesia.....possible Lycia connection with proto-Serb I have indicated before ( http://www.eupedia.com/forum/showthr...056#post367056 )..... and modern Serbs were named Triballi by some Byzantine sources.. Celtic link is possible via Scordisci...as upper Moesia between Danube and Thrace is where Triballi and Scordisci are...... also this area of upper Moesia is area where we find culture of of Thraco-Cimmerians and not Thrace.....
so, I think that proto-Serbs were I2a Cimmerians and proto-Slavs was about wider term Venetic people...
again, these are location of Thraco-Cimmerian findings
and these are early Slavs
now, look at this curiosity:
Among Serb opponents in the Yugoslav wars – Croats, Bosniaks and Albanians – the three-finger salute is usually perceived as provocation, especially when directed at them personally.[citation needed] In response, their forces used the V sign as a victory/defiance sign during the war.[citation needed]
In Croatia, the V sign represents the World War II-era Nazi movement called the Ustase. Extending two fingers into the V sign resembles the letter U, for Ustase.
During the Yugoslav Wars, Croatian troops and paramilitary militia used the sign as a greeting or an informal salute or menacing gesture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_sign
what is V sign than bull horns, sign of Taurus people or Hurians/Hurites?
and why would extra finger be offensive?
lol, this is funny, what is 3-finger salute than bull (V sign) with big "phallus" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus) ... it's a way to say, perhaps you are bull as you show V sign, but I am real male bull...
why I got this idea? well, look again at thumb of 3-finger salute bronze hand used in worship of Sabazios... and why bull?
Seri and Huri are two mythical bulls...they represent Serians and Hurrians...this division gives much later Serbs and Croats, but I guess also Germanic Sciri and Hirri (later Heruli?)... perhaps also Cimbri and Helvetti... in Balkan Celtic/Thracian Scordisci/Serdi and Illyrian Autoriatae
Serians are I2a people (also I2a1 and I2ab), Hurians are R1a (there are other R1a people though)
Turkic Oghurs are just Ak (turkic for west) + Hur = west Hurians ...similarly Hunnogur mentioned by Jordanes are Hunnish Hurians...
The sacred bull of the Hattians, whose elaborate standards were found at Alaca Höyük alongside those of the sacred stag, survived in the Hurrian and Hittite mythologies as Seri and Hurri (Day and Night)—the bulls who carried the weather god Teshub on their backs or in his chariot, and grazed on the ruins of cities.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_(mythology)
look at this post for better explanation
let me take this 3 finger / 2 finger distinction to earlier times and see about possible earlier meanings.....
it was suggested that Sherdana are distinguished from related sea people with bull horn helmets as they have sign in the middle of bull horns...
example Sherdana (people after whom lake in Egypt is named Serbonian bog / Serbonis / Sirbonis)
http://www.salimbeti.com/micenei/ima...apeoples14.jpg
some related sea peoples probably Lukka (Lycian)
this sign that Sherdana wear between bull horns could have initially been same in origin as sign carried by Isis...
look at sign carried by Isis and compare it with the one of Sherdana
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...isHorus.01.png
keep in mind that it is suggested that ancient Macedonians were also originally "horseman" or Sabazios worshipers... and that Sarapis is introduced as God with spread of empire of ancient Macedonians
Following the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great the worship of Isis spread throughout the Graeco-Roman world.[13]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis
because myth of Sabazios was matched to Oziris and to Hapis/Apis - bull deity....
thus, Serapis came to existance...
Serapis or Sarapis was a Graeco-Egyptian god. He was invented during the 3rd century BC at the orders of Ptolemy I of Egypt as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in his realm. The god was depicted as Greek in appearance, but with Egyptian trappings, and combined iconography from a great many cults, signifying both abundance and resurrection. His cultus was spread as a matter of deliberate policy by the Ptolemaic kings, who also built a splendid Serapeum in Alexandria.
Under Ptolemy Soter, efforts were made to integrate Egyptian religion with that of their Hellenic rulers. Ptolemy's policy was to find a deity that should win the reverence alike of both groups, despite the curses of the Egyptian priests against the gods of the previous foreign rulers (i.e Set who was lauded by the Hyksos). Alexander the Great had attempted to use Amun for this purpose, but he was more prominent in Upper Egypt, and not as popular with those in Lower Egypt, where the Greeks had stronger influence. The Greeks had little respect for animal-headed figures, and so a Greek-style anthromorphic statue was chosen as the idol, and proclaimed as the equivalent of the highly popular Apis.[2] It was named Aser-hapi (i.e. Osiris-Apis), which became Serapis, and was said to be Osiris in full, rather than just his Ka (life force).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serapis
In Egyptian mythology, Apis or Hapis (alternatively spelled Hapi-ankh), was a bull-deity worshipped in the Memphis region.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(Egyptian_mythology)
Osiris was the mythological father of the god Horus, whose conception is described in the Myth of Osiris and Isis, a central myth in ancient Egyptian belief. The myth described Osiris as having been killed by his brother Set who wanted Osiris' throne. Isis briefly brought Osiris back to life by use of a spell that she learned from her father. This spell gave her time to become pregnant by Osiris before he again died. Isis later gave birth to Horus. As such, since Horus was born after Osiris' resurrection, Horus became thought of as a representation of new beginnings and the vanquisher of the evil Set.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris
Why Pripiat marshes?
Iapodos/ How Yes No:
The theory of Slavic origin described by you is in my view too complicated and large parts of it cannot be verified.
Why Pripiat marshes? I have never understood why would many people always try to put the mythical Slavic homeland in the marshy and inaccessible area of Pripiat that was either unpopulated or very thinly populated until very recently. It is much more likely that the Slavic languages and tribal consciousness were originally from a much larger - and more livable - area of north Carpatians, Visla and Bug river valleys and probably some surrounding areas. Roughly the territories of today's eastern Poland, western Ukraine, northern Slovakia, and parts of Belarus.
I agree that the original Slavic tribes lived inland. But there is a huge area in central-eastern Europe that was inhabited since the last ice age and is much more suitable for habitation. Pripyat marshes are not. Maybe some stragglers lived there (I2b,...), but it is not a likely homeland for any large tribal confederation. Unless, the original Slavs had supernatural procreation and assimilation powers, they had to come from a more suitable environment. And there were clearly more of them.
What you say is also counter-intuitive. Given the large number of Slavs in modern Europe (up to 35% of European population), and given that fhas been the case for over a millenium, it is unlikely that a large, populous group like that had originated in a small, remote, uninhabitable area. The word Venedi is very widespread - it just means "stranger" in archaic proto-IE (like Celtic). Sometimes an explanation for a term found in many different places is that it means something to the surrounding people, not that the people with that name - or similar name - travelled around and are the same.
Something similar is true about the term Srb (Serbian). Any Slavic speakers understands that Srb means something like "feisty, fighting, warrior, even angry", we still have a verb "srdit sa" that means "get angry, start fighting". So the term Srb can simply be a term for the warrior bands living among other less feisty neighbors. The term Pole is obvious: "field dwellers", Lech means is a tribal chief, Chech means people living in the mountains, Slovien means the ones speaking our langauge. It seems to me that the very generic term "Slovien" was originally a term that meant something like "our people, people like us", since they spoke same or similar languages. In other words "nashi" :), or like Suebi among Germans.
That explains the R1a1 dominance in the Slavic homeland. It is likely that I2a were simply a remainder of the natives who lived there pre-Slav expansion. And that includes the Pripiat marshes. You cannot have the R1a1 dominance in the core Slavic regions without Slavs being largely descended from R1a1 forebears. I can also tell you that a lot of the non-R1a1 people in the core Slavic region can easily trace themselves to numerous groups that have moved there in the last millenium (e.g. Germans, Roma, Vlachs, etc...). When you test remote areas that have been largely untouched, the % of R1a1 gets much larger in the core Slavic areas.
. I can also tell you that a lot of the non-R1a1 people in the core Slavic region can easily trace themselves to numerous groups that have moved there in the last millenium (e.g. Germans, Roma, Vlachs, etc...). When you test remote areas that have been largely untouched, the % of R1a1 gets much larger in the core Slavic areas.
perhaps that holds for Russia that R1a is there marker of Slavic spread....but not in south Balkan...
as I have shown on many indications in first few posts on this thread, Slavs in south Balkan are clearly distinguished from non-Slavs exclusively by I2a2
while R1a is much more common among some non-Slavic people than in some Slavic people....
perhaps, best way to look at origin of Slavic people of today is as combination of Cimmerian/Venetic I2a2 and Scythian/Hurian R1a
Perhaps not
"perhaps, best way to look at origin of Slavic people of today is as combination of Cimmerian/Venetic I2a2 and Scythian/Hurian R1a"
Well, perhaps not. I was never talking about Russia, it is a territory that was settled much later, so it doesn't belong in this discussion.
Regarding Balkans: Slavs were invaders there, possibly a relatively small group that moved in from the north and east. So making assumptions about the origin of Slavs based on what you read into Balkan DNA data, is at a minimum, unscientific.
You are creating a largely false and speculative history that is unlikely and unverifiable. A much more probable theory of the origin of Slavs is the obvious one in front of us: large ethnogenesis in the northern Carpathian region from IE groups (including sme Iranians based on linguistics), from indigeneous surviving I groups, and from layers of other tribes that had passed through that territory.
Unless there is some strange atavistic agenda lurking behind your theories, I don't understand what your theories are all about. But if you want to be upfront and convincing, use fewer maps (they are only partial data at this point), and word associations, and answer the historical points that I listed above.
first part taken from thread about Macedonia
Originally Posted by iapetoc
now about the bull
I mentioned that cause
Bolinthros
same BOL
but muschar and telec
meaning that 1 is imported or fixed after
the most possible is that telec came with Slavic invasion to Thracian Bolo
and not the muschar wich is similar to moschos
actually, there is word Vol/Vo in Serbia
it is about ox
while bull is "bik"
it's about being male or not male bull
distinction between V sign and 3-finger salute
btw. key Slavic gods are Perun and Veles
Veles (Cyrillic: Велес; Polish: Weles;Czech: Veles; Old Russian and Old Church Slavonic: Велесъ) also known as Volos (Russian: Волосъ)? (listed as a Christian saint in Old Russian texts) is a major Slavic supernatural force of earth, waters and the underworld, associated with dragons, cattle, magic, musicians, wealth and trickery. He is the opponent of the Supreme thunder-god Perun, and the battle between two of them constitutes one of the most important myths of Slavic mythology.
Perun is in fact easily matched to Hurrian Teshub (same God as Zeus) as Teshub's name is in Hati Taru, and in Hititte/Luwian is Tarhun...
Teshub (also written Teshup or Tešup; cuneiform dIM) was the Hurrian god of sky and storm. He was derived from the Hattian Taru. His Hittite and Luwian name was Tarhun (with variant stem forms Tarhunt, Tarhuwant, Tarhunta), although this name is likely from the Proto-Indo-European Perkūnas[1] or the Hittite root *tarh- to defeat, conquer.[2][3][4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teshub
In Norse polytheism, Thor (from Old Norse Þórr) is a hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, destruction, fertility, healing, and the protection of mankind. The cognate deity in wider Germanic mythology was known in Old English as Þunor and in Old High German Donar (runic þonar ᚦᛟᚾᚨᚱ), stemming from a Common Germanic *Þunraz (meaning "thunder").
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor
Similarity of Taru to Germanic Thor indicates that Hati (pre-Hetite people in Asia minor) spoke language alike to Germanic people...
Similarity of Luwian Tarhun to Slavic Perun means that Hittite and/or Luwian people spoke language alike to proto-Balto-Slavic....
Anyway, Teshubs key enemy is Illuyanka - dragon like being from underworld, thus same as Veles...
He is depicted holding a triple thunderbolt and a weapon, usually an axe (often double-headed) or mace. The sacred bull common throughout Anatolia was his signature animal, represented by his horned crown or by his steeds Seri and Hurri, who drew his chariot or carried him on their backs. In the Hurrian schema, he was paired with Hebat the mother goddess; in the Hittite, with the sun goddess of Arinna—a cultus of great antiquity which may ultimately derive from the bull god and mother goddess worshipped at Çatalhöyük in the Neolithic era. Myths also exist of his conflict with the sea creature (possibly a snake or serpent) Hedammu (CTH 348). His son was Sarruma. According to Hittite myth, one of his greatest acts was the slaying of the dragon Illuyanka.
son of Teshub is Sarruma...let's repeat just this part...
His son was Sarruma. According to Hittite myth, one of his greatest acts was the slaying of the dragon Illuyanka
Sabazios is same as Sarruma? look at this part of text about Sabazios:
The iconic image of the god or hero on horseback battling the chthonic serpent, on which his horse tramples, appears on Celtic votive columns, and with the coming of Christianity it was easily transformed into the image of Saint George and the Dragon, whose earliest known depictions are from tenth- and eleventh-century Cappadocia and eleventh-century Georgia and Armenia.[5]
Sabazios / Serbs .... Sarruma / Serians....
this could be about nations...
but then if Sabazios is about Serbs, who is dragon/snake Illuyanka?
perhaps E-V13 Illyrians who were moving forward from middle East along south part of Asia minor accross previous Hurian-Serian spreads of R1a and I2a (previous Hati being R1b and perhaps some I or J haplogroup(s) )?
According to the Library and Epitome of Apollodorus, Illyrius was the youngest son of Cadmus and Harmonia who eventually ruled Illyria and became the eponymous ancestor of the whole Illyrian people.[1] Illyrius was specifically born during an expedition against the Illyrians on the side of the Encheleans.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illyrius
In Euripides' The Bacchae, Cadmus is given a prophecy by Dionysus whereby both he and his wife will be turned into snakes for a period before eventually being brought to live among the blest.
In Phoenician, as well as Hebrew, the Semitic root qdm signifies "the east", the Levantine origin of "Kdm" himself, according to the Greek mythographers; the equation of Kadmos with the Semitic qdm was traced to a publication of 1646 by R. B. Edwards.[21] The name Kadmos has been thoroughly Hellenised.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmus
and who is Veles/Volos?
Bolos - Taurus area? (after being overwhelmed with E-V13 people)
or Vlah (Roman people) as new historic time enemy?
key hotspots of R1a are in Russia along Don, in south Poland (or in what was white Croatia) and in Baltic republics...in Hungary, it is central Hungary where Magyars settled....while not in east and west Hungary that cluster with Serb-Croats and Ukraine....
non-Slavic Albanians of FYRM has 2x more R1a than Slavic Montenegro and roughly same as Serbs and Macedonians...while non-Slavic Macedonian greeks has twice more R1a than Slavic Macedonians, Serbs and Bulgars...
do you start to see my point now?
Slavs were invaders in Russia and Poland...
core of their spread is east and central Ukraine
in fact, Russian primary chronicle puts early Slavs in areas around Danube (Serbia, north Bulgaria, Hungary) and in Noricum, and claims that spread to Vistula came from those Danube areas after being pushed by Roman empire... mapping to previous people that would be Veneti derived people in Noricum, Pannonians in Hungary and Dalmatia, Triballi in upper Moesia and Scordisci/Serdi around Danube... now modern Serbs were in some Byzantine sources called Triballi...and relation to tribal name Scordisci/Serdi is obvious....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_Chronicle
I2a2 is clear marker of Serbs with tribal name sharing same root as for I2a1 Sardinians, I1 Swedes, I1 and I2b Suebi...
split between I1+ I2b and I2a2 explains easily split Germanic/Slavic languages...
Bavarian geographer manuscript speaks of Zeruiani whose state was so big that all Slavs come from it... I have shown in first few post maps that make obvious clear match of spread of I2a2 with spread of early Slavs...while R1a shows nothing alike......and you try to convince me that spread of I2a2 that shows clear correlation with spread of early Slavs has nothing to do with spread of Slavs but is about previous people?
Slavs are of Japhet race according to Russian primary chronicle... and we know that Gomer and thus haplogroup I is of Japhet race... sure you can say that Japhet had other sons except Gomer... but check time distance between split of branches of haplogroups...I doubt that there was tens of thousands of years between Japhet and some of his sons... very likely whole people derived from Noah story involves only IJ haplogroup...
on other hand, according to Klyosov R1a is oldest in Serbia and south Siberia..which may indicate that proto-Serbs were origianaly R1a people and original R1a people...also Sorbs are most R1a dominant people in Europe..
nope, as I stated in this thread the theory about R1a being Slavic originally is much more questionable...
and theories pushed of R1a as Aryans and PIE people...
brief look on spread of R1a shows that non-IE Etruscans had R1a as dominant... and ancient Macedonians...and also non-IE Magyars... and non-IE Scythians and very likely also Turkic people such as Oghurs, Khazars... also there is R1a in Vikings...
so, R1a cannot be taken as exclusively Slavic marker nor as exclusive Slavic marker...a part of it might have been in early Slavs.... and that's all...early Slavs have clear I2a2 signature as I have explained in first few posts...
my theories are search for truth....
R1a Aryan-Slavic-PIE theory is search for validation...
in ancient past, R1a is likely marker for Scythians....
whether Scythians were proto-Slavs is hard to say...
I think not...
seems like How Yes No find The Creco Aryan Approach, which fits better withancient civilizations, and overpass the Kurgan theory that fits modern times,
seems like genetic searches proves the Greco aryan
According that
G is the far ancient proto aryan speaking,
G gave language and culture to I and J and R1b of minor asia
J dna moved to levant and from them to mediterrean as pelasgic etrurian naval
I dna moved to Balkans as Thracian and from there spread North by foot
an ancient R1a is different than medieval R1a ?
I haven't found a good R1a explanation for Greece and Balkans
probably some of them were hunters of a Holy animal
Like Vikings moved to Iceland in search for holy Fish Salmon
some others were after Aurochs
The aurochs or urus (Bos primigenius), the ancestor of domestic cattle, was a type of huge wild cattle which inhabited Europe, Asia and North Africa, but is now extinct; it survived in Europe until 1627.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs
auroch fits suitable with greek-pelasgic tauros(h) and latin taurus
Aurochs were also known to have very aggressive temperaments and killing one was seen as a great act of courage in ancient cultures (bullfights)
The Swiss canton Uri was actually named after this animal species.
Uri - Churi etc
the paradise Urim is a phrase that Cristians say for happy times
the name Bos - auroch Bos is after Greek-Thracian Βους of koine, from ancient Bol-inthros,
probably there was a tribe or a nation that hunt them, as Indians the american Bisson
but i can not connect it with any Dna,
But crimea area had also name Taurica means auroch land, and argonauts had a bulls head trade mark in sails as good luck,
and many sacrifices as much as 100 bulls in a time, in troyan wars
Now back to theme, I believe that I Dna is the aryan branch that spread in inland Europe before, create cultures, upon which later R1a rulers came, so R1a accepted mainly local language and spread its own words, creating new languages,
the many devastasions of the roman empire fall simply was a fast but before, a connection of I Dna people (proto-slavic speaking) with R1a (baltic) before gothic movements and vikings invasions in Ucraine create a culture that connects linguistic both, in fact the linguistic truth is after Cyrill and Method who unify better differences, and create a Balto-slavic koine which is an artificial language upon living languages, just to purify differences, of older tribals mate, sharing same land and culture.
so for me, although I accepted before the R1a are the slav people, slavic language is the I2 dna language and R1a speakers were more baltic,
and I still believe that thracian is a pre and proto slavic
zanipolo
Just a few questions on the slavs as I find the issue of language to use as a fact on a races heritage very silly.
Q1. Is the slavic serbian language 100% the same as the slavic language of Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenian, Slovak, Poland , Russia etc etc etc? If not then we can assume that as the slavs entered into territory foreign to them , the slavs that entered, bulgaria or damatia etc etc would have accepted into their vocabulary hundreds of words from the area they settled.
This is the most logical answer. So to say that a slavic word is the same as one from a region means that the slavs where here a long time OR even worse still that they where originally slavs.
An example, a landlocked race who migrates to an area by the ocean and tasty salty water would have taken the name of this ocean from the local people they met.
This brings me to the Illyrian, Venetic, Trojan, Thracian, Epirote, Macedonian, Dardanian, Paeonian, odyssian to name a few , peoples that originated in the balkans and italy. These people where the original people.
To say any a slavic in the ancient times is pure speculation.
In the map of a previous post , the map noted as 500AD , we can see the Ostrogoth control of the italy and ancient illyria, this is where the I2a2 came from, and this is where the slavs inherited this DNA.
Q2. How many people in percentage and for how long ( generations)a period does it take to accept a DNA into ones society/race?
Q3. Let us not use linguistics to determine once race be it modern times or ancient times or else we can say the veneti are french as in apple in French is pom, in venetian its pomo and in Italian its mela. or that the English are veneti for using the venetian word of arsenale ( arsenal) or balot ( ballot) to name a few
Moesian
I can reply only to Q1 : All Slavic languages in the Middle Ages were very close and mutually understandable. The standard was established from the old Bulgarian - linguists call this language the Slavonic.
The Slavonic was used for translation of the holy books and permitted orthodox christianism has spread through the Slavic speaking countries starting from X c.
Regarding the Thracian words entering the Bulgarian - from the few words known to be Thracian - I can't see ANY relation at all with the Bulgarian.
We must be very careful about any research trying to prove the contrary because since the communist era some enthusiastic Bulgarian authors are trying to prove relation with the mighty Thracians to embellish the national identity of Bulgarians.
Of course many Latin and Greek words entered the Bulgarian language probably since the VII c and later. Did they trough assimilation of local inhabitants or from the vicinity of the East Roman Empire? It's very hard to tell.
Originally Posted by zanipolo
to first question is a remarkable,
in Bulgaria the Balkars that invade are considered Huns - Ogurs
not a massive slavic invasion is mentioned in Bulgaria, as it is mentioned in Serbia,
R1a which is considered slavic Dna is very small in south slavic to change language in 200 years from invasions times to Cyrill & Method times,
But in Bu;garia which is considered Slavic, as also in Romania we find thracian words, that can be considred as proto-slavic, as also the Dinaric-Illyrian ancient languages,
Probably From Herodotus times perhaps but surely in Strabon times I2 Dna people who spoke dialects of Thracian or Venedi lived next to R1a people (clear slavic Dna but with language more baltic), >700 years are enough to create dialects that are based in both languages.
so when Cyrill & method create the Alphabet also create a language that can be understood by both, due to co-exist, the balto-slavic,
the new language of cyrill and method was imported to every slavic and baltic speaking nations when accepted christianity,
that is why in Bulgaria where mainly entered the Balkars (huns) speak a dialect of slavic, before christianity, they had pre-slavic language (south Thracian dialect or remnants from Veneti walk through) and after they accepted the baltic elements and became more slavic in area were slavic invasions are not to be mentioned as wide devastation,
that means that cyrill & method Bible was a purification of ex slavic and baltic to mainly a new language common,
when a written language exists, linguists and rulers and people use the written and do not assimilate foreign,
it is imposible a 5 10 15% to change language of rest, except if the people already are familiar to a big % of that language.
so probably slavic R1a people lived, from strabo times, and perhaps before from Herodotus time, next each other with I2 people in north of Carpathia mt
the second part nations you say are the Pelasgians, pelasgians are considered Aryans non IE, pelasgian language relics can be found mainly in Greek, but also in Latin due to Etruscans, etc,
the 3rd and the Key is thracians.
probably thracians lived from ucraine to Greece,
Greek language koine is a mix of Thracian Pelasgian and Hettit-Luwan-Anatolian,
now about Venedi people I am not sure, and not familiar, but I know that they moved to areas of today Hungary Before Huns invasions, from areas of today slovenia, but they mainly passed balkans in ancient times from minor asia,
i don't want to say anything more cause i m not familiar to their story and language,
sorry i haven't understand your question,
dna is not accepted by a society, language religion, customs are accepted,
the more years and the more common memory, the more is accepted,
as an example the grinco in spainish, means foreigner, but comes from Greek colonization times, when the Iberians met the Greeks and the word Grinco is simmilar to stranger, (grico are the Greeks in Magna Grecia)
Originally Posted by Moesian
yes but old church slavonic is based upon slavic Koine of Cyrill,
to understand what I say, slavic people had Bible from 800 Bc in a simmilar to their own language although artificial by 2 monks, when Germans had in 1500 AD by M. Luther, when nations have written words they assimilate and they learn them if they sound familiar to them, so older elements are going to be lost,
as an example word Bog is same to all slavic,
we don't know if serbians had exact the word Bog, and polland also, and ucraine also,
before cyrill, cause they might use words like Vog, Bogu, Boka etc,
but after cyrill all use Bog,
Now about ancient Thracian, I know the difference of Daci-Moesians with Bulgarians and Greeks, in ancient thracian relicks like rings we found Greek alphabet, but not greek words, like the ring, the ring has another translation in dacian-thracian, another in Greek (polisteneas = Πολις τε Νεας means towns and harbour or ships)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...erovo_ring.jpg
as also the word Βουνο or Σβουνιο (sVunio)which according greeks is the thracian word for mountain etc, the ending toponyms of -essa greek or -ova daco-romanian -ica bulg cant help to find thracian origin language,
But thracians were from peloponese and minor asia (Phrygians) to Hungary and even far of ucraine (taurica) even north of Persia (massagaete), Not only in balkans. Even in 20th century the isolated thracians of Greece call Fyrom Trivoli (acient Tribaldi) and the Varna Bulgarians drisianous (Odrysse),
so any claim that a nation is pure Thracian for me is unaccepted, cause thracian language and culture was wide spread all over balkans and east europe, but the strongest Thracian area is among Fyrom Serbia Greece Bulgaria and south Romania. cause the turkish area have changed to turkish and kept only its dances and music from ancient thracian
the area that Epigoni named and ruled Thracia is not the area of ancient Thracian expansion, and surely we don't know if that area, is the last speaking Thracian, or the proto Thracian states,
simply when herodotus says about Thracians the biggest nation after Indians (greater than persians) surely does not mean the duridanov's thracia, or simply Dacia, but should be a wider area and poppulus enough, probably east of dinaric alpes and from Greece to north of carpathia, areas mainly inhabited by I YDNA and low R1a,
The daci-moesi approach to ancient Thracian is not wrong, simply it quides us more to illyricum words than minor asian myssian, it is difficult a more focusing approach and neads life time works and comparisons of word roots,
But as a fact we know that Daci-thracian are mainly affected by latin, while south-Thracian by pellasgic-anatolian and makes problem more difficult
Besides in another post of mime I spoke about Mycenae and Myenae
4 Mycenae (Mycenae, Myssenae, Mossienae, Makenae) peloponese, myssia moeasia makedonia
and another in west should exist but I dont know where, so create the sign of Deplic 3ε of 5 mycenae and 9 nine Minyans (5 lands 9 waters)
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Mature heart muscle cells created in the laboratory from stem cells
Achievement believed to be a 'first'
IMAGE: An adult heart muscle cell was grown in a newborn rat heart. view more
Credit: Kwon lab
Generating mature and viable heart muscle cells from human or other animal stem cells has proven difficult for biologists. Now, Johns Hopkins researchers report success in creating them in the laboratory by implanting stem cells taken from a healthy adult or one with a type of heart disease into newborn rat hearts.
The researchers say the host animal hearts provide the biological signals and chemistry needed by the implanted immature heart muscle cells to progress and overcome the developmental blockade that traditionally stops their growth in lab culture dishes or flasks.
In a summary of the work published Jan. 10 in Cell Reports, the researchers say their method should help advance studies of how heart disease develops, along with the development of new diagnostic tools and treatments.
"Our concept of using a live animal host to enable maturation of cardiomyocytes can be expanded to other areas of stem cell research and really opens up a new avenue to getting stem cells to mature," says Chulan Kwon, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and member of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's Institute for Cell Engineering, who led the study.
According to Kwon, cell biologists have been historically unable to induce heart muscle cells to get past the point in development characteristic of newborns, even when they let them mature in dishes for a year.
Those neonatal heart cells, Kwon explains, are smaller and rounder than mature adult heart cells and generate very low pumping force. As a result, he adds, they aren't the best model for heart muscle diseases, nor do they accurately mimic the biology and chemistry of adult heart tissue.
Kwon's group recently showed that cells kept and grown in lab dishes weren't turning on the proper genes needed to let the cells transition to maturity, a phenomenon they attributed to the artificial conditions of growing cells in a dish. But they also found that those genes were similar to those activated, or turned on, in the hearts of newborn rats.
In their initial experiments designed to overcome the developmental roadblock, the researchers first created a cell line of immature heart cells taken from mouse embryonic stem cells. They next tagged these cells with a fluorescent protein and injected about 200,000 of the cells into the ventricle or lower heart chamber of newborn nude rats -- rats with deficient immune systems that wouldn't attack and reject the newly introduced cells.
After about a week, Kwon reports, the fluorescent cells were still rounded and immature-looking. After a month, however, the cells looked like adult heart muscle cells -- elongated with striped patterns.
When the researchers compared 312 genes in the individual mouse cells grown in the rat hearts to the genes found in both immature heart cells and adult heart muscle cells, they found the cells grown in the rat hearts had more in common with genetics of adult heart muscle cells.
The investigators confirmed that the new heart-grown cells could contract or beat like normal adult heart muscle cells using a type of optical microscopy.
In the next set of proof-of-concept experiments, Kwon's team worked with human adult skin cells from a healthy human donor that were chemically converted back into a stem cell-like state -- known as induced pluripotent stem cells. A month after these cells were implanted into newborn rat hearts, the healthy human donor cells appeared rod-shaped and mature.
In the final proof-of-concept experiment, the researchers used induced pluripotent stem cells taken from a patient with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), an inherited form of heart disease and a leading cause of sudden death in young adults. These cells were of special interest because the genetic mutation that causes AVRC leads to symptoms only after the heart cells mature.
After a month growing the human ARVC immature heart cells in the rat heart ventricles, the cells began to demonstrate properties of heart tissue from patients with the disease, Kwon says. Specifically, they accumulated lots of fat and had more cells dying than healthy cells appearing.
This last experiment, Kwon says, proves that researchers can now consistently grow mature cardiomyocytes from patients with specific heart diseases to better study these diseases and identify treatments.
Kwon cautions that clinical use of these lab-grown cells is years away. But, he says, "The hope is that our work advances precision medicine by giving us the ability to make adult cardiomyocytes from any patient's own stem cells." Having that capability, he says, means having a way to test each patient for old and new drug sensitivities and value, and to have a scalable process to create large cell sources for heart regeneration."
Other authors that contributed to the study include Gun-Sik Cho, Dong Lee, Emmanouil Tampakakis, Peter Andersen, Hideki Uosaki, Stephen Chelko, Khalid Chakir, Ingie Hong, Kinya Seo, Gordon Tomaselli, Brian O'Rourke, Daniel Judge and David Kass of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Huei-Sheng Vincent Chen of Sanford-Burnham Medical Discovery Institute; Xiongwen Chen and Steven Houser of Temple University; and Cristina Basso of the University of Padua.
The research was funded by the Magic That Matters Fund; the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (2015-MSCRFI-1622); grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL-0119012, HL-107153, R01 HL111198); the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01 HD086026); a TRANSAC Strategic Research Grant; and the Foundation Leducq.
Vanessa McMains
vmcmain1@jhmi.edu
@HopkinsMedicine
Cell Reports
Magic That Matters Fund, Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund, NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, TRANSAC Strategic Research Grant, Foundation Leducq
Adult Heart (IMAGE)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2016.12.040
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Cibona Zagreb 79
FoxTown Cantu 86
Local time: 18:00 DRAZEN PETROVIC
FoxTown Cantu stayed undefeated and improved to 5-0 in Group A by downing end-of-the-table Cibona Zagreb 79-86 in the Croatian capital on Wednesday. Cantu stays as one of the two undefeated teams - along with Unics Kazan in Group G - left in the Eurocup after 5 games. Cibona dropped to 0-5 and registered its 17th loss in as many Eurocup games. Pietro Aradori paced the winners with 20 points. Michael Jenkins added 15 on 5-of-7 three-point shots, Joe Ragland had 14 while Maarten Leunen got 11 for Cantu. Matt Janning led Cibona with 18 points. Andrija Zizic added 16, Martin Junakovic had 11 and Darko Planinic got 10 for the hosts. Ragland and Aradori allowed Cantu to get a 14-30 lead late in the first quarter. A wild rally allowed Cibona to get the lead, 36-34, on a layup by Dario Saric, but a rain of three-pointer put Cantu back ahead, 42-48, at halftime. Cantu extended its margin to 57-70 late in the third quarter and then again to 67-83 with under 3 minutes left, enough for the guests to put yet another road win on ice.
Back-to-back dunks by Marco Cusin sparked a 2-9 opening run which Ragland capped with a layup that made Cibona call timeout. Saric and Marin Rozic stepped for the hosts and a jumper by Zizic kept Cibona within 8-12. Ragland kept pacing Cantu and got plenty of help from Aradori to boost their team's margin to 12-27. A jumper by Davor Kus and a layup by Planinic brought Cibona within 16-30 after 10 minutes. Junakovic and Janning brought Cibona back to life, 24-30, after a 10-0 run. Cantu kept struggling to score while Kus and Janning allowed the hosts to tie the game, 32-32. A layup by Saric completed the hosts' comeback, 36-34. Three-pointers by Jenkins, Roberto Rullo, Aradori and Leunen put Cantu back ahead, 42-48, at halftime. Jerel Blassingame and Planinic kept Cibona within 49-54 right after the break. Adrian Uter stepped up with consecutive baskets, however, and Marcel Jones gave the guests a 51-62 lead. Stefano Gentile joined the three-point shootout and Ragland made it a 13-point game, 57-70, but Janning answered from downtown for a 60-70 Cibona deficit after 30 minutes. Zizic gave the hosts hope, 64-70, early in the fourth quarter but three-pointers by Aradori and Jenkins allowed Cantu to seal the outcome, 65-78, with under 6 minutes left. Aradori downed a triple and veen when Zizic and Janning kept trying, it was already too little, too late for the hosts.
Referees: GARCIA, JOSE RAMON; VIATOR, EDDIE; VAN DEN BROECK, NICK
Cibona Zagreb 16 26 18 19
FoxTown Cantu 30 18 22 16
Cibona Zagreb
5 KUS, DAVOR 27:17 9 1/1 2/3 1/2 3 2 2 10
6 PLANINIC, DARKO 15:23 10 5/6 3 3 1 2 2 13
7 BLASSINGAME, JEREL 26:46 5 1/2 1/6 3 3 7 1 1 5 4
9 SARIC, DARIO 28:16 8 4/9 0/1 2 5 7 5 3 1 3 13
20 ROZIC, MARIN 16:35 2 1/3 0/1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3
21 JAGODIC-KURIDZA, MARKO 11:16 0/2 3 3 1 2
22 JUNAKOVIC, MARTIN 13:14 11 2/2 7/8 4 2 5 17
23 JANNING, MATT 32:26 18 5/6 2/4 2/2 1 2 3 4 2 1 3 26
24 STRAWBERRY, DJ 7:34 0/2 0/1 2 2 1 2 -4
31 ZIZIC, ANDRIJA 21:13 16 7/13 2/2 1 1 2 3 1 3 5 10
32 ARAPOVIC, MARKO DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
44 GABRIC, TOMISLAV DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Totals 200:00 79 26/46 5/16 12/14 6 24 30 26 4 8 0 2 18 21 99
Head coach: SPAHIJA, NEVEN
FoxTown Cantu
5 ABASS, AWUDU 4:11 1 -1
7 JONES, MARCEL 11:29 7 1/3 1/3 2/2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 6
8 UTER, ADRIAN 19:01 7 3/5 1/2 5 5 1 2 3 2 7
9 RULLO, ROBERTO 5:14 3 0/1 1/1 1 1 1 2
10 LEUNEN, MAARTEN 30:24 11 2/3 1/1 4/4 1 6 7 2 3 2 18
11 JENKINS, MICHAEL 25:42 15 5/7 1 1 3 1 1 17
20 RAGLAND, JOE 31:08 14 5/7 0/3 4/4 1 1 4 3 3 5 13
21 ARADORI, PIETRO 35:30 20 3/6 3/6 5/6 1 5 6 6 1 3 5 26
22 CUSIN, MARCO 18:24 6 3/5 3 3 1 3 2 3 1 5
30 GENTILE, STEFANO 18:57 3 0/5 1/3 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 -2
Head coach: SACRIPANTI, PINO
SPAHIJA, NEVEN
"Cantu has won a great game. They had a good shooting game that we could not stop. It was really hard to come back after 15 points difference in the first quarter. This is not how we should play and this is a serious situation. Cibona cannot afford this to themselves. During practice, guys are really good and I do not know where the problem is.“
SACRIPANTI, PINO
"We won five games in a row and we tried to stay in the first position. We stayed strong, played good defense, fast transition and we were aggressive. I tried to turn the third quarter to a fast defense. We played strong and were good in the pick-and-roll. We had some problems in the second quarter because of Cibona's zone. We played like a team, but there was a difference in playing the first and second periods."
Le Mans Sarthe 71
Telenet Ostend 80
EWE Baskets 91
Bilbao Basket 86
Banco di Sardegna 94
Belgacom Spirou 78
Paris Levallois 66
Cimberio Varese 77
BCM Gravelines 85
Belfius Mons Hainaut 57
Virtus Rome 75
Pinar Karsiyaka 81
Igokea 86
Khimik Yuzhne 84
Buducnost Voli 76
Alba Fehervar 92
Aykon TED Ankara 84
MZT Skopje 61
VEF Riga 64
Kalev Cramo 64
Maccabi Haifa 68
Spartak St. Petersburg 88
Neptunas 75
Panionios Athens 74
Bisons Loimaa 62
Radnicki Kragujevac 70
Besiktas Integral Forex 77
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2014-15Top 16Round 11
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 79
Local time: 21:05 MENORA MIVTACHIM ARENA
Pargo leads Maccabi to tough win over Zalgiris
Jeremy Pargo tied a career high with 26 points as Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv held off Zalgiris Kaunas 79-72 at Menorah Mivtachim Arena to improve its standing in Top 16 Group E. Maccabi improved to 7-4, while dealing a serious blow to Zalgiris playoff hopes as the Lithuanian champs fell to 4-7. Maccabi appeared to be cruising when it took a 12-point lead into the fourth quarter, however Zalgiris kept the hosts scoreless for six minutes in drawing within 66-60. Pargo ended the Maccabi drought and went on to score 10 points in the final four minutes to lead the champs to victory. Devin Smith added 19 points, while Alex Tyus scored 10 and Yogev Ohayon dished 7 assists for the winners. Arturas Milaknis made 4 of 7 threes in scoring 19 for Zalgiris. Lukas Lekavicius added 13 points and 6 assists, James Anderson tallied 12 and 6 and Paulius Jankunas corralled 11 rebounds in defeat.
First quarter: Pargo’s 10 points spark Maccabi
A tip-in by Edgaras Ulanovis and layup by Robertas Javtokas got Zalgiris off to the right start. Brian Randle found Tyus for an alley-oop slam and Maccabi’s first points. Pargo tied the score with a jumper. The visitors went back ahead on a Lekavicius rebound and layup. Maccabi took its first lead on a Tyus jumper from the foul line than made it 8-7. Lekavicius and Pargo traded threes to make it 11-10 midway through the quarter. Lekavicus split free throws to tie the score. Pargo drove through the Zalgiris defense for a layup and then drained a three to give him 10 points and Maccabi a 16-11 lead. Randle added a basket-plus-foul. After a timeout, Darius Sonaila sank a pair of jumpers to close the gap to 18-15.
Second quarter: Smith shines with 14 as hosts start to pull away
Sonaila sank another shot before Nate Linhart opened his account for Maccabi with a three-pointer. Will Cherry scored a tough layup in transition to make it 21-19. Ohayon lofted a pass to Randle for an alley-oop layup. The Randle set up Tyus for a one-handed slam. Cherry scored a tough basket to keep Zalgiris in the game. Tyus’s free throws made it a 6-point difference, Lekavicius kept Zalgiris in the game with a basket in the paint. Paulius Jankunas and Javtokas each missed from point blank range. Smith drained a jumper at the other end, Javtokas made it 29-25 midway through the quarter. Smith added free throwsm but his poor pass led to Milaknis’s fast break layup. The Zalgiris sharpshooter brought his team within 31-30 with a three-pointer. Smith banked in a shot and then drilled a triple as the hosts regained control. Songaila sank another jumper from the same spot as before, but Smith responded with free throws. Tyus rose high for a block of Lekavicius and Randle converted a layup at the other end. Smith’s triple gave Maccabi its first double-digit lead, 43-32, before Anderson’s floater made it 43-34 at halftime.
Third quarter: After Zalgiris climbs within 1, Maccabi difference swells to double figures
Milaknis opened the second half with a three from the corner. Ohayon drove for a Maccabi layup, but Anderson set up Javtokas with a no-look pass and the latter dunked. Then Lekavicius drilled a three to make it 45-42. Pargo fed Tyus for yet another alley-oop slam, but Javtokas scored inside and Jankunas made a baseline jumper to bring the visitors within 1. Smith recreated some margin for Maccabi with free throws and then a three-pointer for a 52-46 lead. Pargo added a basket-plus-foul. Milaknis tried to ignite the visitors with a tough layup and a three-pointer. Sofoklis Schortsanitis scored his first points in between. After Randle’s next basket, Schortsanitis free throws restored a double-digit Maccabi advantage. Anderson struck from downtown for Zalgiris, but Pargo matched him. Big Sofo spun for a reverse layup off the glass for a 66-54 cushion.
Fourth quarter: Zalgiris’s defense gives it a chance, but Pargo wraps up victory
Cherry drove for a layup and Anderson drilled a three to bring Zalgiris within 7. Jankunas split free throws to make it 66-60. The Zalgiris defense continued to shut Maccabi out, but its offense was unable to get going at the other side. After Anderson missed a contested fast break layup, Linhart rejected Milaknis. Pargo banked in a shot that ended a six-minute Maccabi drought. Milaknis kept Zalgiris in it with 2 free throws and a key offensive rebound. However a Pargo triple with 2:35 to go followed by a Randle steal seemed to restore the momentum to the hosts. Pargo free throws made it 73-62. Zalgiris came back within 7 on a Milaknis triple, but Pargo reached 25 points in helping Maccabi wrap up the victory.
Referees: DOZAI, SRDAN; BULTO, VICENTE; CHIARI, ROBERTO
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 18 25 23 13
Zalgiris Kaunas 15 19 20 18
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
4 PARGO, JEREMY 32:51 26 5/8 4/6 4/5 2 1 1 2 8 28
5 HAYNES, MARQUEZ 6:50 0/2 1 1 -4
6 SMITH, DEVIN 35:51 19 2/6 3/8 6/6 1 4 5 2 2 4 4 5 16
7 RANDLE, BRIAN 37:02 8 4/6 0/1 0/1 1 7 8 3 2 1 3 2 17
8 LINHART, NATE 16:06 3 0/1 1/1 1 5 6 1 1 1 1 5 1 6
9 TYUS, ALEX 26:43 10 4/6 2/4 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 8
11 COHEN, JAKE DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 OHAYON, YOGEV 29:49 6 2/9 0/2 2/2 2 3 5 7 1 1 1 8
14 HARARI, ARAD DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
21 SCHORTSANITIS, SOFOKLIS 12:56 6 2/3 2/2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 7
23 ALEXANDER, JOE 1:52 1 1/2 1 1
40 FORTE, JOSEPH DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Head coach: GOODES, GUY
1 CHERRY, WILL 12:57 6 3/5 0/1 1 1 1 2 3
4 LEKAVICIUS, LUKAS 27:03 13 2/3 2/4 3/4 1 1 2 6 1 3 3 16
5 VENE, SIIM-SANDER 10:24 0/2 0/3 1 1 -7
8 KARINIAUSKAS, VAIDAS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 SONGAILA, DARIUS 12:33 8 4/6 2 2 1 3 4 2 4
10 LIPKEVICIUS, VYTENIS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 JANKUNAS, PAULIUS 29:36 4 1/5 0/2 2/4 1 10 11 1 1 3 3 9
15 JAVTOKAS, ROBERTAS 28:01 8 4/7 2 4 6 3 2 1 1 3 2 11
21 MILAKNIS, ARTURAS 29:30 19 2/4 4/7 3/4 2 3 5 2 1 1 5 19
23 ANDERSON, JAMES 30:21 12 1/4 3/7 1/2 5 5 6 2 3 4 5 15
33 DIMSA, TOMAS DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
92 ULANOVAS, EDGARAS 19:35 2 1/2 1 1 1 2 2 -1
Totals 200:00 72 18/38 9/24 9/14 9 27 36 16 5 13 2 4 23 20 71
Head coach: KRAPIKAS, GINTARAS
GOODES, GUY
"I think we got a very important win today in a game which was not simple. We didn’t put on a great performance. We gave a lot of chances on defense. The fourth quarter was not good for us offensively and we didn’t get into the pace. But also these are the sort of games we need to play and win. Of course I want us to improve along the way because we will have more difficult games. But now we are one win from the [playoffs]. For us to get to where we want to go we need all the players to be focused. I am not angry, but I am concerned. I told the guys in the locker room. On one hand, well done, on the other hand I am not satisfied. I know we can play better and we have a lot of work to do."
KRAPIKAS, GINTARAS
"In the last quarter we had chances to close the game, but we were not able to do it and that is why we lost the game. On the side you are trying to do everything possible to give everything to the players, to convey your feelings and what you want to see. I think the players were trying to press with the hope to steal some balls. But when you have real good quality players like Maccabi has, it is not so easy."
PARGO, JEREMY
"We didn’t play our best basketball tonight, but at the end of the day you want to get a win. Fortunately for us we were able to do that tonight. We have a big game coming up and we look forward to it. The offense got stuck a few times. It is times of the games where we had small problems; we made mistakes which combined into big mistakes. As a point guard I have to clean up. As a team we have to clean up and win games, and luckily we were able to do that in the fourth quarter. We are doing our best to qualify, no matter who we play against."
SMITH, DEVIN
"We won and that’s what’s important – getting the win and that’s what we got. We just didn’t have a rhythm at certain points of the game and we have to do a better job of that. We have to come back and practice and work on better execution. I am taking it game by game, step by step. It was definitely a big win. We have to take care of the home games."
ANDERSON, JAMES
"When we made our run, instead of us adding the pressure on, we kind of slacked off and they took advantage of this and got the crowd back into it. No question it is a difficult place to play, but for the most part I think we can play better. I have played better this season and we had a chance to steal a win on the road.They made some big shots, Pargo made some big shots and really had it going tonight. Devin Smith had it going as well. They made more big plays than we did."
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Will Cherry - Zalgiris Kaunas
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Jeremy Pargo - Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
Darius Songaila - Zalgiris Kaunas
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SCIEX announces new BioPharmaView Software 3.0 for streamlining multiple-attribute methodology (MAM)
Complete and easy-to-use LC-MS-based solution for biotherapeutics characterisation and quality testing…
SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, today announced the newly released BioPharmaView™ Software 3.0 solution for the complete LC-MS Multiple Attribute Methodology (MAM) Workflow, that enables simple yet in-depth characterisation of biologics through powerful mass spectrometry. Moving to LC-MS-based MAM workflows has historically been challenging for biopharma labs and CROs due to unnecessary complexity in data processing and analysis caused by the lack of a single software platform. The SCIEX Workflow for MAM addresses this need, offering a unique, single software solution for routine running of a high-resolution LC-MS assay during biologics development.
The growing popularity of protein-based drugs as treatments for various illnesses has resulted in the need for new analytical methods that are faster and more cost-effective. The complex nature of biologics means that high-resolution, sensitive instruments are needed to identify differences between protein structures. The MAM Workflow has been specifically designed for use by biopharma researchers, with emphasis placed on making the technology easy to implement, learn and use. Biologics can now be characterised within shorter timescales and to a higher level of detail, including product quality attribute (PQA) monitoring, quantitation, and impurity monitoring. The burden of analysing these data and reporting final results has also been simplified by integrating all necessary steps in the BioPharmaView software.
The SCIEX Workflow for MAM combines the high performance of a state-of-the-art mass spectrometer with the newly upgraded processing software. Currently, two SCIEX mass spectrometers are designed to integrate well with the MAM Workflow. Firstly, the SCIEX X500B QTOF System, which provides robust and simple therapeutic analyses in a single, compact and easy-to-use platform.
Alternatively, the high-performance SCIEX TripleTOF® 6600 System can be integrated into the workflow. This powerful system’s flexibility makes it capable of performing comprehensive characterisation and quantitation while also allowing for MAM method development suitable for a biopharma laboratory.
BioPharmaView Software 3.0 comes complete with new features for performing a complete MAM workflow in a single software suite, along with the ability to automate core biologics characterisation workflows, such as intact mass, subunit mass, and peptide mapping analyses. The BioPharmaView Software 3.0 has been built based on customer feedback, simplifying and automating the intensive data processing steps to make biotherapeutic characterisation data processing faster, easier and more productive in a simplified view.
“Developing a powerful MAM Workflow for biotherapeutic product monitoring can provide orthogonal data to other conventional analytical assays, while providing deeper information on the biologic,”
said Susan Darling, Senior Director, BioPharma Business at SCIEX.
“In the future this may drive a reduction in the number of tests needed during biologic research, which may therefore have the effect of reducing development costs and accelerate the timeline and ensuring product quality.”
The development of the SCIEX solution for MAM workflow demonstrates SCIEX’s continual commitment to the success of the biopharma field. By requiring fewer characterisation methods to be performed in tandem, and instead performing them in one LC-MS run, SCIEX provides solutions to companies looking for alternative cost-savings.
To learn more about SCIEX Solution for MAM, please click here.
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Lara Stone shows off her supermodel figure in a Chanel mini dress at snow-themed Paris Fashion Week show in tribute to the late Karl Lagerfeld
· March 5, 2019 ·
Lara rushed to social media to pay tribute to the late designer following the news of his death as she posted a picture of the two of them with a broken heart emoji. … [Read more...] about Lara Stone shows off her supermodel figure in a Chanel mini dress at snow-themed Paris Fashion Week show in tribute to the late Karl Lagerfeld
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Claudia Schiffer and Naomi Campbell go arm-in-arm at Chanel’s Paris Fashion Week show as original supermodels, both 48, pay their respects to late designer Karl Lagerfeld
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Looted treasures from ancient Rome ‘could be linked to London art dealer’
· February 1, 2016 ·
But after his partner Christo Michaelides, a Greek shipping heir, died in 1999, Symes was involved in a bitter legal battle with his family. In 2003 he was bankrupted, and in 2005, imprisoned for contempt of court for seven months. … [Read more...] about Looted treasures from ancient Rome ‘could be linked to London art dealer’
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· February 25, 2017 ·
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Günter Behnisch obituary
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The one Behnisch building we were promised in Britain, a concert hall for Bristol in 1998, "would have been a masterpiece and ... the only public building in England designed and built by a visiting European architect," according to Richard Burton of ABK architects, but it was "cut short by a lack of understanding of its importance and significance". The last major building in which Behnisch had much personal involvement was Berlin's Akademie der Künste on Pariser Platz (completed in 2005) where he had to fight tooth and nail against a conservative planning policy demanding stone facades with regular window holes. He argued that as a public building it should be open and welcoming, and that formal conformity could be obtained in other ways. … [Read more...] about Günter Behnisch obituary
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Sky Brown: The 10-year-old skateboarder hoping to make Tokyo 2020
By Ben Snowball
14/03/2019 at 14:32Updated 14/03/2019 at 15:56
What were you doing aged 10? Perhaps you were praying your Tamagotchi lived another day, crying over a shocking Pokémon trade or stamping on your sibling’s Lego creation.
You probably (read: definitely) weren’t trying to qualify for the Olympic Games. But for the world’s youngest professional skateboarder, that lofty ambition is a reality.
Sky Brown is bidding to reach Tokyo 2020 after she was named in Great Britain’s squad for upcoming Olympic qualifying events.
The Japanese-born prospect, who will be 12 years and 12 days old when the Games get underway next summer, has already won a senior women’s competition in Estonia and appeared in Nike’s recent ‘Dream Crazier’ campaign featuring icons from women’s sport including Serena Williams and Simone Biles.
"I’m really looking forward to be given the chance to qualify for the Olympic Games," she said. "Although I like skating because it’s fun, it would be really cool to compete in the city where I was born [Tokyo]."
Brown would become Britain’s youngest-ever summer Olympian by appearing in Japan, eclipsing swimmer Margery Hinton (13 years and 43 days) who competed at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.
And if it doesn’t quite go to plan, Brown can always fall back on careers in dancing or surfing.
Brown won US show ‘Dancing with the Stars Juniors’ in December last year, while she is also dreaming of becoming a champion on the waves too.
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HOW WILL SKATEBOARDING WORK AT THE OLYMPICS?
Tokyo 2020 features two disciplines: street and park. The former will be held on a straight ‘street-like’ course including stairs, handrails, curbs, benches, walls and slopes. The latter takes place in hollowed-out arenas which resemble wavy bowls.
Riders are free to tackle the course/arena as they wish, with judges inspecting tricks, flow, speed, timing, stability and the ability to create the sensation of being suspended in mid-air.
For more information, head to the official website.
HOW DO YOU QUALIFY?
A skateboarder must be ranked in the world’s top 20 in their chosen discipline at the end of the Olympic qualification period, with points earned at various events in the run-up to the Games. Only 80 skateboarders will be in Tokyo – 20 men and women in each discipline – so competition will be fierce…
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Indiabulls Housing Finance bonds trade at unusually high yields
By: Bhavik Nair |
Ratings agency Crisil has reaffirmed the long-term bank facilities and debt instruments of Indiabulls Housing Finance at “CRISIL AA+”, while the rating on short-term bank facilities and the short-term debt programme has been reaffirmed at 'CRISIL A1+'.
Gagan Banga, vice chairman and managing director of Indiabulls Housing Finance, told FE that he believes these were freak trades.
Bhavik Nair & Anwesha Ganguly
Bonds belonging to Indiabulls Housing Finance traded at a higher-than-usual weighted average yield on Thursday, with the yields varying in the range of 31.51% to 43.04%, according to over-the-counter (OTC) trade data of listed bonds put out by the National Stock Exchange. This could indicate that either these were freak trades or the bonds were deliberately sold at a huge discount.
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Gagan Banga, vice chairman and managing director of Indiabulls Housing Finance, told FE that he believes these were freak trades. “Our credit rating has just been reaffirmed on Wednesday at AA+. We carry about Rs 18,000 crore of cash and cover our next 12 months of liability. I don’t see a fundamental reason why the bonds of a company like ours should trade (at these values).”
Banga said the company has launched an offer to buyback its bonds. It is not yet clear which bonds the company intends to buy back.
Ratings agency Crisil has reaffirmed the long-term bank facilities and debt instruments of Indiabulls Housing Finance at “CRISIL AA+”, while the rating on short-term bank facilities and the short-term debt programme has been reaffirmed at ‘CRISIL A1+’.
A bond dealer FE spoke to said these bonds might have been traded by someone who might not have owned them directly but were handling them for other investors. “This does not represent the true price of the bonds and I do not believe this may have a huge impact on the trades in upcoming days. However, only time will tell. What I believe is these trades could have been carried out by either a pension fund or a mutual fund. However, it is not yet clear,” the dealer said. FE could not independently verify the same.
NSE data showed there were three different trades where the weighted average price of the bonds traded stood in the range of just above Rs 60. The total value of the three trades stood at Rs 210 crore, according to NSE.
The bond dealer also said such kind of trades had happened in the past with bonds of other firms due to the tight liquidity environment and the stress in the non-banking finance sector. “We saw similar trades in the past. However, prices have stabilised despite those trades where bonds were sold at a discount,” he said.
Indiabulls Housing Finance bonds trade at unusually high yields
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Akira 1988, 124 min.
Katsuhiro Ôtomo • Starring: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Tesshô Genda
Action • Animation • Anime
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Catnapped! 1995, 77 min.
Takashi Nakamura • Starring: Noriko Hidaka, Hiroaki Hiro, Mayumi Iizuka
Adventure • Animal Picture • Animation
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Churches, Family Promise battle Central Florida homelessness
Mori, who is starting third grade, ended up with his family at Family Promise of Greater Orlando.
By Yvette Hammett | FLUMC
In the shadow of Walt Disney World, which calls itself the happiest place on Earth, there is another, far-different story taking place.
Family Promise of Greater Orlando is constantly scrambling to care for struggling families, a homeless phenomenon documented in the 2017 award-winning film The Florida Project. And it may be about to get worse.
The federal government is discontinuing much of its aid to Hurricane Maria refugees who made their way to Florida in the storm’s aftermath, and the churches involved in Family Promise are bracing for a surge in families needing help.
There is a bright light, however.
Damien, Daniel and their mom, Dee, found shelter at Family Promise of Greater Orlando, which serves struggling families in the Central Florida region who don't have permanent housing.
Family Promise, a consortium of churches in the Central Florida area, has partnered with the Homeless Services Network of Central Florida to administer a grant from Orange County. The money will provide rental assistance and funding for caseworkers to find more permanent housing for folks who need it.
“We haven’t actually felt the effects that strongly of the Maria refugees because it’s just recently they’ve been pushed out of motels and other shelter situations,” Family Promise Executive Director Tia Aery said. “They’ve been bridge-housed,” as the group calls it.
Still, everyone knows the influx is coming.
“We are part of the shelter program that has only limited space. We only take four families at a time, up to 14 people,” Aery said. “The capacity is quite small. But we are part of a bundle with a rapid rehousing project.”
That is the Orange County grant that allows Family Promise to partner with other agencies.
“We’ve been subcontracted to provide housing stability case management services (for the grant),” Aery said.
It will likely be used to help some of the Hurricane Maria refugees relocate. The bundle of help includes three case managers dedicated to this project.
“We are trying to take families directly off the street or from their cars and instead of putting them in shelters and helping them with parenting skills, we literally look for housing first,” Aery said.
“Once they are stable, we begin to work with them to, number one, either find or improve their household income and, number two, help them with other needs.”
Homeless Services has a housing locator team that signs landlords for the program. Rent payments to them are guaranteed and there are other incentives.
The county grant provides the first month’s rent, then charges on a sliding scale, based on what the family can afford. Average rental assistance is five to six months.
Over the past year, the project served about 150-160 families.
“About 85 percent of the people exit to permanent housing,” Aery said. “It’s 80 percent that has maintained their housing after that.”
The families come from all over.
“Just this past week we had four families, 14 guests in all, which included three families who would not ‘fit’ in traditional shelters. We had a dad with his 22-month old daughter and two moms with sons over 14,” said Alison Whitney, the Family Promise coordinator for Conway United Methodist Church.
“We had a family that consisted of mom, her three teenaged kids and her grandson, the 2-year-old son of one of the teenaged daughters. We had a mom with three kids including a five-month-old baby girl. “
Over the years the church has seen what Whitney calls a true cross-section of society. There was the mom and daughter who lost everything in an apartment fire, parents who fell into deep debt due to medical emergencies and job losses.
There are people who come to Florida to live what they believe will be the Disney dream, but can’t afford housing on what little money they make.
Family Promise churches sign up for three to four weeks a year, sometimes more, to take in families.
“We put the families in their own room. They are able to stay together. We get single dads, and we are the only program where they can stay with their daughters,” said Sandee Smith, coordinator for University Carillon United Methodist Church.
Katy Ann and her sons were taken in by Family Promise of Greater Orlando.
About 54 volunteers provide dinner for the family. Evening hosts sit and help with homework and play games with the kids, maybe read books. Overnight hosts stay at the church in case there are emergency needs.
There are about 22 churches and about 600 volunteers involved in Family Promise in Central Florida. Housing rotates from one to another. Twelve are host sites, and the others provide meals and other supports.
That’s an impressive total, but Conway said, “We still need more host churches.”
The need is that great.
“Our policy is it is a 30-day shelter, but we will look at how the family is doing,” Aery said. “We are trying to get them into rapid rehousing. It’s an avenue to housing.
“Typically speaking, families stay with us about three months. Kids are in school and parents are either already employed or they are looking for employment. In summer, the kids go to camp programs.”
Unlike in the past, Aery said, Family Promise now focuses on the neediest. All are placed on a list and served based on need.
“But for our assistance, some of them would die on the streets or not be able to self-resolve,” she said.
Even with Family Promise and the bundle with the county, the lack of affordable housing is a big problem in Central Florida.
“I think we are better prepared to handle this kind of influx (of Maria refugees) in that we have systems in place to register people and be able to think about where there are vacancies,” Aery said. “I don’t think there is enough shelter or enough housing available. We are struggling as it is.
“I’d love to say we have this wonderful plan, but the fact of the matter is we are already struggling to provide housing to the ones on the registry. The biggest gap is the lack of affordable housing all over. Central Florida is hit particularly hard because there is a lot of growth and the housing market has gotten tighter and tighter.”
Still, the cost of running the programs is minimal for what they provide because the churches absorb the costs of running Family Promise. Over the past ten years the number of donors has doubled.
“And we’ve been doing this program with the county for the last two years now,” Aery said. “So, we are starting through Central Florida to see the numbers are fairly stable, even potentially declining.”
—Yvette Hammett is a freelance writer based in Valrico.
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Icelandic Seachill to make 86 redundancies after M&S contract loss
By Michelle Perrett
23-Aug-2016 - Last updated on 24-Aug-2016 at 08:37 GMT
Icelandic Seachill is cutting jobs after losing a contract to supply M&S with seafood
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Icelandic Seachill, the seafood supplier, has revealed it is to make 86 redundancies and close its deli site in Grimsby in the wake of losing a large contract with Marks & Spencer (M&S).
The loss of the contract, which was worth around £50–60M, ended a 30-year trading relationship with the retailer.
Icelandic Seachill is a supplier of prawn cocktails, party food and fish cakes to the UK retail market. It also owns Saucy Fish Co.
The company confirmed that the deli site was expected to close at the end of March 2017 and the remaining products would be relocated to its coated site location, also in Grimsby.
Collective consultations
A spokesman at Icelandic Seachill said: “We entered into collective consultations with Unite the Union and elected representatives of our monthly paid employees.
“This milestone has now been reached and the consultations have now broadly concluded.
“Although any job losses are regrettable, we can report that the final number of redundancies will be significantly lower than originally envisaged, falling from 175 to 86.
“There is a possibility of this figure reducing further as employees take opportunities at our chilled site, however this will have an impact on the number of agency staff employed.”
Individual consultations continuing
While the collective consultations have concluded, the company said that individual consultations would continue until the end of August. The outcome of the selection process would be communicated to individuals directly.
“We appreciate this is a difficult and sensitive time for our employees, and our priority as a business is to support those affected by M&S’s decision,” the spokesman said.
“Icelandic Seachill remain in good shape with strong and continuing partnerships with our other valued customers.”
M&S decided to transfer all of its business with Icelandic Seachill to three alternative suppliers, in June 2016.
M&S confirmed to Foodmanufacture.co.uk in June that production of its coated fish products was relocating to Grimsby-based Five Star, owned by 2 Sisters Food Group.
Fish en croute meals manufacturing was going to Freshcook in Spalding, while prawn cocktail product would be transferred to Greencore in Northampton.
Last year, Young’s Seafood announced a possible 900 redundancies at its Fraserburg and Spey Valley following a loss of a major contract with Sainsbury.
In September 2015, Young’s revealed it was to cut 650 jobs and retain 250 after reviewing its earlier plans.
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Less is more—a superconducting synapse
It seems the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is more deeply invested into developing artificial brains than I had realized (See: April 17, 2018 posting). A January 26, 2018 NIST news release on EurekAlert describes the organization’s latest foray into the field,
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a superconducting switch that “learns” like a biological system and could connect processors and store memories in future computers operating like the human brain.
The NIST switch, described in Science Advances, is called a synapse, like its biological counterpart, and it supplies a missing piece for so-called neuromorphic computers. Envisioned as a new type of artificial intelligence, such computers could boost perception and decision-making for applications such as self-driving cars and cancer diagnosis.
A synapse is a connection or switch between two brain cells. NIST’s artificial synapse–a squat metallic cylinder 10 micrometers in diameter–is like the real thing because it can process incoming electrical spikes to customize spiking output signals. This processing is based on a flexible internal design that can be tuned by experience or its environment. The more firing between cells or processors, the stronger the connection. Both the real and artificial synapses can thus maintain old circuits and create new ones. Even better than the real thing, the NIST synapse can fire much faster than the human brain–1 billion times per second, compared to a brain cell’s 50 times per second–using just a whiff of energy, about one ten-thousandth as much as a human synapse. In technical terms, the spiking energy is less than 1 attojoule, lower than the background energy at room temperature and on a par with the chemical energy bonding two atoms in a molecule.
“The NIST synapse has lower energy needs than the human synapse, and we don’t know of any other artificial synapse that uses less energy,” NIST physicist Mike Schneider said.
The new synapse would be used in neuromorphic computers made of superconducting components, which can transmit electricity without resistance, and therefore, would be more efficient than other designs based on semiconductors or software. Data would be transmitted, processed and stored in units of magnetic flux. Superconducting devices mimicking brain cells and transmission lines have been developed, but until now, efficient synapses–a crucial piece–have been missing.
The brain is especially powerful for tasks like context recognition because it processes data both in sequence and simultaneously and stores memories in synapses all over the system. A conventional computer processes data only in sequence and stores memory in a separate unit.
The NIST synapse is a Josephson junction, long used in NIST voltage standards. These junctions are a sandwich of superconducting materials with an insulator as a filling. When an electrical current through the junction exceeds a level called the critical current, voltage spikes are produced. The synapse uses standard niobium electrodes but has a unique filling made of nanoscale clusters of manganese in a silicon matrix.
The nanoclusters–about 20,000 per square micrometer–act like tiny bar magnets with “spins” that can be oriented either randomly or in a coordinated manner.
“These are customized Josephson junctions,” Schneider said. “We can control the number of nanoclusters pointing in the same direction, which affects the superconducting properties of the junction.”
The synapse rests in a superconducting state, except when it’s activated by incoming current and starts producing voltage spikes. Researchers apply current pulses in a magnetic field to boost the magnetic ordering, that is, the number of nanoclusters pointing in the same direction. This magnetic effect progressively reduces the critical current level, making it easier to create a normal conductor and produce voltage spikes.
The critical current is the lowest when all the nanoclusters are aligned. The process is also reversible: Pulses are applied without a magnetic field to reduce the magnetic ordering and raise the critical current. This design, in which different inputs alter the spin alignment and resulting output signals, is similar to how the brain operates.
Synapse behavior can also be tuned by changing how the device is made and its operating temperature. By making the nanoclusters smaller, researchers can reduce the pulse energy needed to raise or lower the magnetic order of the device. Raising the operating temperature slightly from minus 271.15 degrees C (minus 456.07 degrees F) to minus 269.15 degrees C (minus 452.47 degrees F), for example, results in more and higher voltage spikes.
Crucially, the synapses can be stacked in three dimensions (3-D) to make large systems that could be used for computing. NIST researchers created a circuit model to simulate how such a system would operate.
The NIST synapse’s combination of small size, superfast spiking signals, low energy needs and 3-D stacking capability could provide the means for a far more complex neuromorphic system than has been demonstrated with other technologies, according to the paper.
NIST has prepared an animation illustrating the research,
Caption: This is an animation of how NIST’s artificial synapse works. Credit: Sean Kelley/NIST
Ultralow power artificial synapses using nanotextured magnetic Josephson junctions by Michael L. Schneider, Christine A. Donnelly, Stephen E. Russek, Burm Baek, Matthew R. Pufall, Peter F. Hopkins, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz, and William H. Rippard. Science Advances 26 Jan 2018: Vol. 4, no. 1, e1701329 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701329
Samuel K. Moore in a January 26, 2018 posting on the Nanoclast blog (on the IEEE [Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers] website) describes the research and adds a few technical explanations such as this about the Josephson junction,
In a magnetic Josephson junction, that “weak link” is magnetic. The higher the magnetic field, the lower the critical current needed to produce voltage spikes. In the device Schneider and his colleagues designed, the magnetic field is caused by 20,000 or so nanometer-scale clusters of manganese embedded in silicon. …
Moore also provides some additional links including this one to his November 29, 2017 posting where he describes four new approaches to computing including quantum computing and neuromorphic (brain-like) computing.
This entry was posted in neuromorphic engineering and tagged artificial brain, artificial intelligence, artificial synapse, brain-like computing, brainlike computing, Burm Baek, Christine A. Donnelly, human brain, human synapse, Josephson junction, Matthew R. Pufall, Michael L. Schneider, Mike Schneider, neuromorphic computing, NIST, NIST switch, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Peter F. Hopkins, Samuel K. Moore, Samuel P. Benz, Sean Kelly, Stephen E. Russek, superconducting components, SyNAPSE, Ultralow power artificial synapses using nanotextured magnetic Josephson junctions, US National Institute of Standards and Technology, William H. Rippard on April 20, 2018 by Maryse de la Giroday.
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Cruising Sydney Harbour
Written by: Marie Rea
Sydney Harbour AUSTRALIA
Cruising the world's largest natural Harbour is not just the best feeling. It is the ultimate in fun, entertainment and getting acquainted with the best that Sydney has to offer! This coming from someone who's cruised the Mediterranean, South Pacific, New Zealand, and many more. Yet there's nothing like sailing around this lucky city!
I booked our three hour, three course dinner with ABBA tribute show just a few days before the actual sailing. It came via a deal from Deals I love which I saw through an email sent to me. Both my husband and I haven't had the chance to shop for presents for each other. Hub gallantly said, I could "get" his gift for me. To which I did! So he couldn't complain.
The rest you will hear about ..now!
It is one of those spur of the moment things that has really paid off! Sometimes being spontaneous is a good thing. Despite the dodgy weather in Sydney, I feel it will still be going to be a good cruise, you cannot go wrong with an ABBA show anyway!
So the deal was for $49 per person. We would have loved for our two boys to come with us but teenagers as they were, they declined. Great! Some time for us then!
After paying through Paypal which was also handy, I printed our vouchers and made the reservations required by phoning. At first I was a bit skeptical as there must be a catch with good deals like this one. So it remains to be seen, I was told just turn up with the voucher and we would be given our tables there.
The tricky part was going to the city, to the Pyrmont Bay wharf. I did tell my husband before hand where we would be embarking, he said he knew where it was. My worry was the GPS would fail and he would end up getting lost! Now, was I being a psychic?
So after a few bickerings on where to go, which street to turn, etc., we found a parking at The Star's parking which was really my original plan. It was easier to get to than the car park at Darling Harbour. In the past, we just park there going to the city, like visiting the Australian Maritime Museum and other spots in the Harbour with the most!
A Tribute to ABBA at Rhythmboat Cruise
The embarkation point was also not so assuring as the instruction just adjacent to the Maritime Museum which was huge! So we figured it would really just be in that area. But we eventually saw a few people milling about before 6 so we were relieved. It helped that I asked a cleaner at the area where the Rhythmboat cruises would be embarking.
Hence, we queued up for the sail. Met a few nice people and at first I wasn't too happy with the seating arrangement. A little tight squeeze as there were 6 chairs to a table on both sides making 12 for each table. Luckily our table wasn't full so I was glad about that!
Food was nothing spectacular but still good and filling and served hot. I was warned by a friend who had cruised with the same company before not to expect too much by way of the food but it was pleasantly fine. As I predicted I was pretty sure our experience would be different, and it was!
Iconic Sydney Opera House AUSTRALIA
For one, the weather was perfect! Not too hot (though the dining area was a bit humid). No rains so far which was also a blessing. It was still very bright when we embarked and we could see fabulous views of all the iconic places Sydney was famous for- the Harbour bridge which never fails to take my breath way, the Sydney Opera House with its glittering sails as our boat move slowly through the calm and serene waters, some buildings brightly lit with Christmas lights, rich people's homes which made me feel a bit jealous and many more. We passed by Cockatoo island and saw lots of colourful tents perched along the water's edge, Fort Denison, etc.
Foodwise it wasn't that great but it wasn't bad either. It was just right for us, no wastage. The nibbles were crackers and cheese, cabanossi slices, with a dip and choices of julienned carrots and cucumbers and some foaccacia cut into finger sizes. If these are not to your liking, it doesn't matter, you are there for the views I tell you!
The main course was a choice of pork and mashed potatoes and gravy with steamed veggies or chicken breast with boiled potatoes with mushroom sauce and zucchinis, carrots and green beans. Dessert was a simple chocolate or sponge cake as far I have seen as we both got each a small serve of chocolate cake on a plastic plate. It was fine for me as I do no really eat a lot of sweets.
I am not expecting seafood, I am allergic to it! Sorry to seafood lovers, this cruise is not a buffet extravaganza the key is the view and the entertainment!
For entertainment, I cannot complain! ABBA has always been one of my favourite groups as their songs are universal. People would always love their songs and so it was a truly great evening for us. Our table mates were friendly Australians. So it was worth what we paid for and probably more with the million dollar views before us!
Cockatoo Island in Sydney AUSTRALIA
So I shall recommend you try this, not for the food but for the fantastic views, fun entertainment and potential great people you will meet. As always, it helps if you keep an open mind indulging in a cruise like this!
As of this writing, I have made quite a few new acquaintances and will be keeping in touch with some of them. Particularly as I have discovered the part owner of Rhythmboat is a fellow countrywoman. Marisa Seagg is a fine hostess, not overbearing and she and her friendly business partner Allan Berkopec have been operating it for the past 14 years. This is a testament that with wholesome entertainment, good organisation, decent food and good value for money, the enterprise is bound to be enjoyed by many for years to come.
As proof, I had the pleasure of speaking to its Captain, Tony who said he loved working for Rhythmboat and had been with them for the past 12 years! How was that for a glowing testimony?
The author and hubby enjoying the fab view of Sydney Harbour
Dress Code: Wear comfortable shoes, silly people still wore their stillettoes and looked really tired and uncomfortable! Smart casual is also great for both ladies and men. Young children are not recommended to join this cruise.
Address: near Australian Maritime Museum, Pyrmont Bay Wharf
Website: http://www.rhythmboat.com.au/
Marie is a Tasmania-based columnist whose writings appeared in journals and community newspapers in Australia. Her work "If I were a flower" won in a writing competition held in Melbourne. She is the founder of Global Citizens Care Movement helping needy children of her native country, the Philippines.
Labels: ABBA, Australia, australian maritime museum, cockatoo island, darling harbour, pyrmont bay, rhythmboat cruise, sydney harbour, sydney opera house
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West of Loathing, a comedy stick-figure wild west adventure RPG is coming to Linux soon
Posted by Liam Dawe, 4 August 2017 at 12:17 pm UTC | Views: 9,973
I learned about West of Loathing [Steam, Official Site] recently from Twitter and it seems like it could be a pretty amusing game, it release with Linux support on the 10th of August.
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Anyone else's eyes hurt after attempting to watch that? I suppose that's one way to do a trailer...
You will be punching skeletons wearing cowboy hats, customizing your stick-figure character, collecting over 50 hats and hopefully laughing at the jokes.
What's interesting, is that is has a turn-based combat, but it seems like the combat might be optional.
Quote Say howdy to West of Loathing -- a single-player slapstick comedy adventure role-playing game set in the wild west of the Kingdom of Loathing universe. Traverse snake-infested gulches, punch skeletons wearing cowboy hats, grapple with demon cows, and investigate a wide variety of disgusting spittoons.
Talk your way out of trouble as a silver-tongued Snake Oiler, plumb the refried mysteries of the cosmos as a wise and subtle Beanslinger, or let your fists do the talking as a fierce Cow Puncher. Explore a vast open world and encounter a colorful cast of characters, some of whom are good, many of whom are bad, and a few of whom are ugly.
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Expalphalog 4 August 2017 at 12:30 pm UTC
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I'll wait for some in depth reviews, but this has my attention. I love a good RPG, I find the art style charming, and it's been a long time since I have played a good western.
razing32 4 August 2017 at 1:38 pm UTC
Is this made by the same people that made Kingdom of Loathing ?
pb 4 August 2017 at 2:33 pm UTC
razing32 Is this made by the same people that made Kingdom of Loathing ?
Yes it is. The graphic style, the title - couldn't be a coincidence. It's even advertised on the website: https://www.kingdomofloathing.com/
It's a fun free browser game, for those who don't know. Try it. ;-)
Purple Library Guy 4 August 2017 at 5:39 pm UTC
Description says "set in the wild west of the Kingdom of Loathing universe" so I would suspect so.
Last edited by Purple Library Guy on 4 August 2017 at 5:39 pm UTC
Gnurfos 5 August 2017 at 9:21 am UTC
I enjoyed kol's jokes so much, this one will be an instant-buy, and even if it's just half as good, I'll be happy
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Years ago, when I was studying, I used to play KOL daily. It was great fun, and apparently still is, according to my wife and friends who still play. I plan on buying a copy as soon as it's released and I have some time on my hands.
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On election night, Hillary Clinton stands under real glass ceiling in NYC
NEW YORK - The symbol of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has been shattering that proverbial glass ceiling. And on Election Night, she's found one-- literally-- to stand under on what could be the biggest night of her life.
Clinton's Election Night party will take place inside the Javits Center in New York City, a building that is covered in glass-- and yes, that includes the ceiling. In fact, that glass ceiling is why her campaign picked the Javits Center to host the event.
By Tuesday afternoon, preparations were in full swing inside the Javits Center on what was a beautiful day in New York. Sun and blue skies shined through the ceiling, and press risers were already packed. The stage where Clinton and Tim Kaine are set to appear after returns come in was still being prepped.
Doors to the Javits Center are expected to open at 6 pm, with heavy security in place for those in attendance.
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Ousted prison official back in charge of internal affairs
Stephen Marschke is still trying to prove his removal in 2012 was retaliation for refusing to conduct a "witch-hunt."
Ousted prison official back in charge of internal affairs Stephen Marschke is still trying to prove his removal in 2012 was retaliation for refusing to conduct a "witch-hunt." Check out this story on Freep.com: http://on.freep.com/2ei7udj
Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press Published 11:24 p.m. ET Oct. 15, 2016
Stephen Marschke(Photo: Paul Egan/Detroit Free Press)
LANSING — Stephen Marschke, who has waged a long civil service battle with the Michigan Department of Corrections over the elimination of his job, is back in charge of the department's internal affairs unit, despite receiving another setback in his efforts to prove the state agency improperly retaliated against him.
Marschke's legal battle with the department continues, in part, because of the salary he lost over more than four years, his attorney Robert G. Huber told the Free Press.
Marschke lost his $111,000-a-year job as the department's manager of internal affairs in 2012, when he was escorted out of the building and saw his computer seized.
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Department officials said his position was eliminated as a cost-cutting measure. Marschke, who has been fighting his dismissal through the administrative hearing process, as well as the courts, said the move was retaliatory. One reason he cited was his refusal to conduct a "witch-hunt" search of employee computers to determine who was leaking stories to the Free Press.
Marschke, who after his removal took a lower-level department job conducting presentence investigations, was rehired in September as internal affairs manager after the official who replaced him, Ken MacEachern, retired, Corrections Department spokesman Chris Gautz confirmed. Marschke applied for the job though the civil service process and his hiring had nothing to do with the ongoing dispute over the 2012 elimination of Marschke's former position, Gautz said.
"Marschke simply applied for the job and had the most experience of any of the candidates, given he had such a job previously," Gautz said.
Though Marschke has the same title he held previously, the job is two civil service grades below the one he previously held, and it carries a lower salary of $105,360, Gautz said. When the position was abolished in 2012, it was replaced with a post even lower on the pay scale, he said. MacEachern, who was initially paid $75,961 as internal affairs manager, petitioned before he retired to have the job upgraded one civil service notch, he said.
In August, a Civil Service Commission hearings officer rejected Marschke's claim that former Corrections Department deputy director Randall Treacher perjured himself at a 2012 Civil Service hearing when he denied Marschke was under investigation by the department when his position was eliminated, and did not know or did not recall that Marschke's work computer had been seized, with its contents copied for departmental review.
The "banal reality," said Hearing Officer Matthew Wyman, was "an employer saving its work product and related information."
Having found that Treacher did not lie, "there is no legal or factual basis to further examine (Marschke's) personal-animus claim or disturb the previous decisions denying his claims of implied bad faith and whistle-blower retaliation," Wyman said in the decision.
Huber said he is appealing Wyman's August ruling to the state Employment Relations Board, arguing Wyman did not fully examine issues referred to him by an Ingham County judge, who ruled in 2014 that Treacher may have committed perjury.
"We're very happy that he got his job back," but in addition to the issue of why Marschke's position was eliminated, "there's still the issue of all of the back pay that he's owed for the 4½ years he was gone," Huber said.
Heidi Washington replaced Dan Heyns as department director in July 2015.
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Surviving Christmas--A Must See Movie !
Christmas movies have a special place in my heart, but not just any Christmas movie. Sure, I enjoy the sappy, heart-warming endings that most Christmas movies wrap up with (yes, pun intended), but I hate being talked down too, like a Hallmark greeting card. I want a bit of bite to my movies, a bit of angst, humor, and as in the case of my favorite Christmas movie, Surviving Christmas, some connection to the underground pop culture as well as loveable but totally wacked out characters.
Surviving Christmas came out in 2004 to horrible reviews and a 7% rating on the movie review website Rotten Tomatoes. It was considered a box-office bomb and was released two months later on DVD. Honestly, I wonder if critics even bothered to watch the movie. The reviews all echo each other claiming the film was a horrific waste of time, a movie with little humor and grace and to be avoided at all costs.
Featuring Ben Affleck as the eccentric millionaire Drew Latham who doesn’t want to spend Christmas alone and Christina Applegate as the snarky sarcastic daughter Alicia with James Gandolfini as the cantankerous father Tom Valco and Catherine O’Hara as his “so over it” wife Christine, the movie is hilarious from start to finish, with a stellar cast to boot.
Drew has avoided Christmas because of painful childhood memories and after his vapid girlfriend Missy breaks up with him when he presents her with first-class tickets to Fiji instead of bringing her home for Christmas to meet his family, he follows the counsel of her therapist and journeys to his childhood Chicago suburbs home to clear his heart and start afresh by writing his grievances on a piece of paper and setting them on fire in front of his childhood home, now occupied by the Valcos.
After Tom whacks Drew over the head with a snow shovel for displaying pyro tendencies, Drew bribes the family with $350,000 to be his family for the holidays, to which they readily agree considering the parents are getting ready to split up and have zero holiday cheer anyway. Drew sets about writing a script for the family to follow so it perfectly recreates his memories of his childhood Christmases past and pushes the family into re-enacting his demands with the threat of “breach of contract” hanging over their heads if they don’t.
Meanwhile, younger brother Brian stays sequestered in his room, watching porn on his computer. Look at the posters in the background of Brian’s bedroom and you will see Gearhead posters V/A Runnin’ On Fumes (the original art for this was featured also on the cover of Gearhead Magazine No. 19) and The Hellacopters Cream of the Crap (originally only available as an insert with the record but now for sale as a stand alone poster) as set dressing!
Coupled with a killer soundtrack featuring everything from Cherry Pie by Warrant and Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano Jingle Bell Rock by Chet Atkins, an off-key rendition of Oh Christmas Tree sung by Affleck and Gandolfini, and the classic Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses as well as a vintage cherry red Chevelle SS (guessing but not sure, 1970) the movie is not only smart and funny, but it has great pop culture references through out.
The script is well written, fast paced and just twisted enough to keep you laughing but not cringing. I honestly don’t know how this movie was trashed so badly unless the cretins writing about it were stuck in their own version of holiday hell. Maybe they hated it because Affleck is playing a pretty unlikable character. Or maybe because the movie doesn’t sugar coat the dysfunctional family dynamics brought out by the holidays. I have no idea, and I can’t really guess why they hated it so much.Everyone I have turned on to this movie loves it and thinks it's hilarious.
All I know is ignore the critics, track down this movie and enjoy some really funny clever moments with Surviving Christmas. And don’t forget to look for the Gearhead posters in the background!!
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The surprise loan of Glenn Middleton from Rangers to Hibs appears to signal a thawing in the icy relations between the clubs of late, but there will be little sign of that when the sides go head to head this weekend in a game which both sides will aim to make a springboard for their season.
Background to Game
Both come into the tie on the back of opening day victories but still very much with a point to prove. After an overwhelmingly positive pre-season, Rangers failed to convince with a laboured victory at Rugby Park which had an all too familiar feel to it. However, Thursday’s fabulous performance in Denmark has gone a long way to quelling those fears and putting the fans at ease again. Hibs had a similar opening day to Rangers when they left it late to grind out a win over a St Mirren side they would have expected to dispatch of comfortably at Easter Road.
Head to Head History
For a long time Hibs were not a side Rangers had to worry too much about. In 32 games between 1996 and 2005, Hibs recorded only one victory. The return of Walter Smith in 2007 saw this pattern continue with only 2 losses in 20 games. However, since Rangers were demoted Hibs have proven to be a thorn in their side, restricting the Gers to a mere 8 wins in 22 games.
This dismal record continued under Steven Gerrard last season as a poor Hibs side were allowed to land a severe blow to Rangers’ title hopes by holding them to three draws, costing the Ibrox men 6 crucial points. However the tide has started to turn and last season was the first season since 2011-12 that Rangers were unbeaten against Hibs and the one-sided games were a sign that the new rivalry between the clubs is not likely to last.
The Opponent
A change in regime at Hibs mid-season saw Heckingbottom take the reins and rescue their campaign as they embarked on an unlikely 10 game unbeaten run which lifted them from 8th to 5th place. This was the highest possible finish for the Englishman so it was a massive achievement. Lennon had built his house on the sand of loan deals and favours from Celtic and paid the price in his final season when the latter dried up after the John McGinn saga. Lennon was weighed in the balance and found wanting. Heckingbottom has had a summer to re-build and, in a break from the club’s previous strategy, he is building for the future. Lennon’s Hibs were propped up by the short-termist strategy of flooding the squad with loan players and in his final season he made seven loan signings. Remarkably, Heckingbottom has made only two loan signings and has preferred to utilise his extensive knowledge and connections south of the border to make 5 permanent signings who are all between the ages of 23 and 26. The signing of Scott Allan had already been agreed before he came in but is very much in keeping with this strategy.
Having said that, this season’s Hibs squad doesn’t look like the improvement over last season’s that the fans were expecting. The opening day performance was slow, laboured and lacking dynamism. The loss of Martin Boyle to injury was a huge blow in terms of the team’s attacking threat but Heckingbottom and Leanne Dempster were smart to move quickly to smooth things over with Rangers and secure Glenn Middleton on loan to replace him. Middleton has the ability to provide the pace and end product they are lacking but will not feature this weekend so answers will have to be found elsewhere.
Mallan and Horgan are both players with the ability to create and shoot from distance but the dangerman without doubt is Scott Allan. Rangers know all too well what Allan is capable of and everything Hibs did well against St Mirren went through him and it was no co-incidence that it was he who saved the day with an impressive winner.
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Despite Rangers’ midweek heroics, they still come into the game with a point to prove. Last season Hibs were a bogey team and Gerrard will be determined to vanquish any similarities to last season from the off, not least after the Kilmarnock game when the accusations flooded in that nothing has changed. Furthermore, dropping points ahead of the first Old Firm game of the season on the 1st of September is not an option. It is absolutely crucial that Gerrard takes his men into that game with the chance to go 3 points clear and give themselves a lead to defend and maintain from there on. This, more than anything, will signal to the fans and the country that this season is different.
The line-up is difficult to predict. Last season the goalkeeper was not rotated but McGregor is a year older and Foderingham was rotated in at Rugby Park after the Progres game last week and is likely to do so again on Sunday. The back-line was not rotated after Progres but Katic and Flanagan will be conscious of the competition and it wouldn't be a surprise to see Barisic and Edmundson start in a home game where we will dominate the ball. Helander didn't make the bench in Jutland and Gerrard has been wise not to throw him in and risk damaging his reputation before he is fit and ready. Davis is likely to return to the three in midfield but Kamara offered the fans a reminder of his quality and class in Denmark and this will surely leave Gerrard with another headache. Arfield will always keep his place unless he is unavailable but Jones can rightly feel under threat in a position with no stand-out player as of yet. The addition of Brandon Barker from Man City is likely to have more to do with opportunism than a feeling that he will significantly improve the team, but it will nevertheless make a few nervous. In any case, Ojo is likely to step in for Jones and this is another example of a position the club now have enough depth in to allow for fresh legs to be brought in after a European game. Defoe may also rotate back in after Morelos starred midweek and the option of bringing in a fresh striker after European excursions is brand new to Gerrard and could be a crucial factor in this league campaign. As important a player as Morelos is, he isn't the fittest player in the world and the aerially dominant Darren McGregor will not relish the prospect of facing a fresh and hungry Jermaine Defoe who scores his goals on the deck.
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Home News World Thomas Cook refund website sees 40,000 claims on day one
Thomas Cook refund website sees 40,000 claims on day one
Thomas Cook customers who had booked holidays with the firm have submitted 40,000 refund forms in the first hours of operation since a special website for the process was launched.
The Civil Aviation Authority said the process was now running smoothly after initial delays caused by high demand.
Customers had complained they had tried to submit the claim form several times, but kept receiving error messages.
The CAA blamed “unprecedented demand” and urged users to try later.
In total, the aviation regulator has to refund some 360,000 customers.
It will take 60 days for people to get their money back, the CAA said.
“We would like to thank Thomas Cook customers for their patience during the peak claims period earlier today,” the CAA said in a tweet.
Several people told the BBC earlier on Monday that they had completed the form, but when they tried to submit it they received a message telling them “an unhandled fault occurred while processing this flow. Please contact your administrator”.
Joly Shapley told the BBC he had tried to put in his claim at 08:16 BST, but with no success.
“At 8:20 am I called their helpline and after 10 minutes I got through to a call handler who… suggested I try later. She assured me [there was] no problem making multiple attempts but told me that she was not allowed to take my claim over the phone.
“Since then I have made seven further attempts to complete this online form. Sadly, although the CAA had extra time to prepare this process it appears to be too fragile for its purpose,” he said.
Sue Nicolson said she had tried to submit her claim a dozen times.
“The 60-day timescale for refunds only starts once they have received the claim, so how much longer are we going to have to wait for the thousands of pounds we are owed for a holiday we were supposed to depart for this Friday?,” she said.
The CAA said people who had paid by direct debit would get their money back by 14 October.
Anyone who bought a package holiday with Thomas Cook will be covered by the Air Travel Organiser’s Licence scheme (Atol). Customers would have received an Atol certificate when they booked. This means the cost of any holiday booked with the collapsed firm will be refunded.
The CAA launched the refund website as the final flight bringing holidaymakers back by emergency repatriation landed on Monday morning.
The few remaining passengers who did not return on a CAA-organised flight will have to make their own plans, although those covered by the Atol scheme will be refunded.
CAA chair Dame Deirdre Hutton said she was “deeply relieved” that “Operation Matterhorn”, the two-week operation to return 150,000 passengers to the UK after the package tour company collapsed last month, was over.
“Staff worked like Trojans 24 hours a day to help everyone, but that was only task one, now it’s task two,” she said, referring to the refund process.
Staff left without pay
Meanwhile, staff of the collapsed firm have not been paid for September and have to apply for their salary and redundancy related payments to the Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payment Service (RPS).
About 9,000 staff in the UK were left jobless when the business failed to secure a last-ditch rescue deal.
The travel firm collapsed in the early hours of 23 September, after failing to obtain rescue funds from its banks.
An inquiry has been launched by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, with MPs focussing on the directors’ stewardship of the company.
The Financial Reporting Council, the accounting watchdog, will also investigate the auditing of the company.
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TV Review | Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town Part One – “Death Checks In”
Posted on January 13, 2010 January 13, 2010 by Cameron Archer
The commercials for Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town (CBC: premiered January 10, 2010, 9:00 PM ET/PT) are uninspiring. This is Kids in the Hall‘s grand return to television, which calls for the blandest commercials ever.
What the hell are you thinking, CBC? You have mainstream North American interest at your fingertips, and you get your bland announcer to blithely promote Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town in the same tone as Being Erica and The Rick Mercer Report? It’s times like this that I miss Bob Boving. That man knows how to sell shit.
Death Comes to Town, at least in its first episode, is passable. Even granting that the Kids in the Hall castmembers are in their forties and fifties, they seem at half-ass with Death Comes to Town. Even Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, KitH‘s oft-maligned 1996 film, is more memorable.
John Doyle’s drive-by shooting of a review condemns Death Comes to Town as “inept.” It isn’t, but there’s something off about the show. Bad segments outweigh the good.
This isn’t unexpected, as it’s been twenty-two years since Kids in the Hall first debuted on CBC Television. The fact Death Comes to Town has a linear plot isn’t the reason why it sucks, at least so far. The comedy material just isn’t that strong. A retarded kid (Rampop, and he’s hilarious) should not be attracting 90% of the funny material.
To be fair, the original Kids in the Hall series had its fair share of shit (those “Steps” sketches, uggh), but Death Comes to Town doesn’t have a killer comedy segment. There’s nothing comparable to “Crushing Your Head” yet. Maybe Death Comes to Town will get the bug out of its ass by the middle of the series, as the first episode is all groundwork.
It’s nice to see Kids in the Hall back in some form. While Death Comes to Town‘s debut episode is disappointing, it’s foolish to expect the comedy troupe to come back as strong as in KitH‘s heyday. If at least three episodes of Death Comes to Town share the same level of suck, then there’s something wrong.
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Courthouse Junior School
Find out how Courthouse Junior School rates compared to other primary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead with our school ratings
Here Courthouse Junior School, Blenheim Road, Maidenhead, SL6 5HE, is put into focus to show its scores in relation to other schools in the area.
Blenheim Road, Maidenhead, SL6 5HE
The open date and status above indicate when Courthouse Junior School opened or when it changed to its most recent incarnation, with a number of schools converting to academies in recent years. Where schools have changed type recently, data for previous years covering their previous incarnation is included below as well - so a school may have a status of New due to converting to an academy but have data for previous years prior to conversion.
What type of school is Courthouse Junior School?
How Courthouse Junior School scores on each indicator.
Courthouse Junior School has been rated as Requires Improvement at its most recent Ofsted inspection.
How does Courthouse Junior School perform on each of the areas inspected by Ofsted? As of September 2012, a score of 3 changed from indicating Satisfactory to Requires Improvement.
In 2019, 68% of pupils at Courthouse Junior School reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
How have pupils at Courthouse Junior School done in assessments at the end of Key Stage 2 and how does it compare to local authority and national averages?
While pupils are generally aiming to be working at the expected level in reading, writing and maths, what proportion of children at Courthouse Junior School had a high score in reading and maths and were working at greater depth in writing, and how does this compare to performance at local and national level?
How do children at Courthouse Junior School with different levels of attainment at Key Stage 1 and pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds perform in terms of reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths?
How does the % of boys and girls at Courthouse Junior School achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and maths compare to the national average?
What is the pupil:teacher ratio at Courthouse Junior School and how does it compare to the national average?
At Courthouse Junior School, pupils had an average progress score in maths in 2019 that was -0.1 compared to the national average of 0.
At Courthouse Junior School, pupils had an average progress score in reading in 2019 that was 1.3 compared to the national average of 0.
At Courthouse Junior School, pupils had an average progress score in writing in 2019 that was -2.2 compared to the national average of 0.
In 2017/18, the most recent full school year, 3.3% of half-day sessions were missed by pupils at Courthouse Junior School. Nationally, primary school pupils missed 4% of half-day sessions.
What is the total school spend per pupil at Courthouse Junior School compared to the local average? (school is in blue)
How much does Courthouse Junior School spend per pupil on teachers and educational support staff and how does this compare to the average spending across Windsor and Maidenhead?
What percentage of the budget at Courthouse Junior School is spent on supply staff?
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Apple iPhone 11 Review: Computational Powerhouse
| Published: Tuesday, October 22, 2019, 10:20 [IST]
Just like last year, Apple released three new iPhones in 2019. The Apple iPhone 11 Pro and the iPhone 11 Pro Max are priced upwards Rs.99,990, whereas the iPhone 11 retails for Rs. 65,000. In fact, it is priced less than the launch price of its predecessor - the iPhone XR.
Camera Performance
Fast Charger Not Included In The Box
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With an almost similar looking design, the iPhone 11 might not look a much of an upgrade over the iPhone XR. But, the iPhone 11 brings a few notable upgrades. The internals are exactly similar to the Pro series and promises to last longer than the iPhone XR. So, how does the iPhone 11 perform in the real world? And how it is a computational powerhouse? Should one spend over Rs. 65,000 on this device? I've tried explaining the same in this detailed review.
Design – Subtle Changes That Make A Lot Of Difference
From the front side, the iPhone XR and the iPhone 11 look exactly similar to each other. However, turning these devices to the rear side reveals some of the design changes. The iPhone 11 comes with a bigger Apple logo and the obvious dual camera setup.
The phone uses a glass sandwich design with an aluminum frame and ships in six interesting colors, including the classics white and black. I have been testing the white variant of the iPhone 11 that looks premium and elegant. This time around, the square camera module has a matte or frosted finish, whereas the remaining back panel has a glossy finish. An untrained eye might confuse it with two different glasses fused together. However, the entire back panel is made using a single piece of glass.
The iPhone 11 is IP68 water and dust resistant and can survive in two-meter deep-water for up to 30 minutes. The phone is Qi wireless charging-enabled. However, unlike the competition, the phone does not support reverse wireless charging. Essentials like volume buttons and mute switch are on the right, whereas the power button (multi-function button) and the SIM tray is on the left.
The iPhone 11 looks premium from every bit. The dimensions of the phone make it easy to use and operate for those who have tiny hands. With various color options to choose one can always get the iPhone 11 in their favorite shade. Having a glass back has helped the company to incorporate features like wireless charging and water-resistant and the company claims that the iPhone 11 uses the world's toughest glass on a smartphone.
A glass is always glass and it can scratch and crack. It is always advised to use a screen guard and a case to protect its pristine condition. Besides, repairing this device would cost you a fortune. Overall, the iPhone 11 looks modern and has all the features that a user might want in a premium flagship smartphone.
Display – Good But Not The Best
Apple has done some serious engineering to curve an IPS LCD screen on all four sides to give it an almost bezel-less design. Compared to the Pro models, the bezels on the iPhone 11 are slightly on a chunkier side. The phone uses a 6.1-inch display with 1729 x 828 pixels, offering a pixel density of 326 pixels per inch and the company calls it a liquid retina display. Though the iPhone 11 has one of the best LCD screens on any phone, it cannot be compared to the OLED display used on the iPhone 11 Pro and the 11 Pro Max.
Coming from the OnePlus 7 Pro, I was able to notice a vast difference in color reproduction, contrast, and brightness. However, as I spent more time on the iPhone 11 and I completely forgot that it has a 720p resolution screen.
Though it has a lower resolution screen compared to its contemporaries, one might not be able to spot a difference unless the screen is compared hand-to-hand. As much of a disadvantage the low-resolution screen also has a few advantages as well. Both processors and the battery have to drive lesser pixels which results in an excellence battery life and performance.
Judging the phone by the specs sheet wouldn't be fair, as the iPhone 11's display is a good if not the best. The screen uses Apple True Tone technology that adjusts the white balance of the screen to match the light of the room, making it easy for eyes to look at the phone.
Sound – Stereo Setup With Dolby Atmos
The iPhone 11 like most of the recent iPhones comes equipped with a dual stereo speaker. The main speaker is on the bottom right corner and the earpiece acts as a secondary speaker. The iPhone 11 has a speaker that produces crystal clear sound even at the maximum volume and supports Dolby Atmos which can be experienced on apps like Netflix.
The built-in speaker on the iPhone 11 reproduced full-staged sound, where a user can easily distinguish between the vocals and different instruments.
Apple is one of the few brands that still pack in a wired headphone in the retail package that outputs decent sound quality. The Apple EarPods that ships with the iPhone 11 features a lighting port and is backward compatible. I used several wireless earphones and Bluetooth speakers with this phone and I did not face any issues with respect to connectivity or sound quality.
Storage And RAM
The Apple iPhone 11 comes in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB internal storage. Though the company has not revealed the exact amount of RAM that the phone posses, a few reports suggest that it has 4GB RAM. In the Android ecosystem, we now have phones that offer up to 12GB RAM. Apple yet again proves that the number only tells a part of the story and software optimization is as important as hardware.
Even after packing a mere 4GB RAM, the iPhone 11 did not show any unresponsiveness or lag even while playing highly demanding games (more on this in the latter part of the review) with a bunch of apps opened in the background.
Coming to the storage, I would recommend choosing either 128GB or 256GB storage variant especially for those who like to store a ton of offline movies, photos, and songs on the device. I am currently testing the 256GB storage variant and I had no issues with respect to storage or RAM whatsoever.
Camera – The Best Smartphone Camera
The Apple iPhone 11 uses a total of three 12MP cameras. There are two 12MP sensors at the back with a primary wide-angle lens with an f/1.8 aperture accompanied by an ultra-wide angle lens with an f/2.4 aperture and 120-degree field of view. Besides, there is a 12MP selfie camera at the front with an f/2.2 aperture.
The primary sensor is optically stabilized and all three sensors can record videos at 4K 60fps. The iPhone 11 uses HEVC and H.264 format to record videos. Even while recording a 4K video the camera can capture 8MP images simultaneously. On one side, OEMs are pushing cameras with 40 and 60MP resolution, while Apple is still using 12MP cameras with a good ISP and software processing that takes better pictures almost every time.
Portrait Mode – Takes It To The Next Level
Portrait Mode is easily the best camera feature for me on the newest iPhone 11. It works on both the primary camera and the selfie camera. The camera app offers different lighting conditions in this mode and the photo can be edited. The feature works on humans and animals. It offers freedom, where one can edit the lighting mode after taking the picture and the edge detection is on point. Out of all the different lighting modes, stage-light mono is my favorite and this picture explains why. These images can also be posted as 3D images on Facebook for more fun.
Standard Mode – Accurate Colors, Amazing Clarity
Though most of the modern smartphones are now capable of taking photos with a good amount of details, some of the phones tend to over sharpen and over saturate the images to make them pop. The iPhone 11 takes amazing landscape shots and even after zooming 100 percent into the image the photo can retain the details. This photo of Bengaluru taken from a rooftop is a great example of the same.
Night Mode – Software Magic
The Apple iPhone 11 is one of the first phones from the company to offer night mode that automatically kicks in depending on the lighting condition. There is no dedicated mode to toggle the night mode. Instead, the phone uses software to automatically select a pre-programmed ISO and shutter speed to capture an image that looks a lot better. This photo of the coconut tree was taken around 8:30 PM that retains most of the details.
Ultra-wide Angle Lens: Widens Your Field Of View
The 12MP ultra-wide angle lens on the iPhone 11 is one of the best complimentary sensors that I have seen on a smartphone. In most of the multi-camera smartphones, the color science of the ultra-wide angle lens will be completely different than the primary sensor. However, the iPhone 11's ultra-wide angle lens takes images that look as good as the primary lens. However, this sensor does suffer a bit in low-light conditions due to its smaller f/2.4 aperture. Here is a comparison image between the primary sensor and the ultra-wide angle lens.
Selfie Camera – Best On An iPhone
The iPhone 11 has the highest resolution selfie camera on any iPhone. The 12MP sensor can take good portrait pictures. Besides, it has a software-assisted ultra-wide angle mode as well. Selfies taken in normal lighting conditions look great with an adequate amount of detail. However, the selfie images tend to get noisy in low-light situations.
Video Recording – Buttery Smooth
All three cameras on the iPhone 11 are capable of shooting 4K videos up to 60fps. The videos shot on the primary camera look very natural in terms of color correction and the footage comes out to be amazingly stable even if the phone is held in hand. Hands down, the iPhone 11 is one of the best smartphones to shoot videos.
Overall Camera Performance
The iPhone 11 is one of the best camera smartphones of 2019. This credit goes to the software optimization done by the company. This camera is going to get better with a future software update, where the company is introducing a new technology called Deep Fusion that will further improve the day-light photography. Looking for the best camera smartphone? Don't look any further from the iPhone 11.
Performance – The Most Powerful Mobile Processor
Apple is one of the few brands that makes both hardware and software for its smartphones. The Apple A13 Bionic is a custom 7nm chipset from the company with its own GPU. The company claims that the iPhone 11 has the world's most powerful chipset and benchmarks like GFXBench, and AnTuTu does re-affirm the same. The single-core and multi-core CPU performance of the A13 Bionic makes sure that the phone has enough legroom for the future requirements.
The A13 Bionic is the second generation chipset from Apple based on the 7nm manufacturing process that makes it an efficient one. Besides CPU and GPU, the chipset also packs a dedicated neural engine that helps with AI computation. Here are the benchmark results of the iPhone 11 on several synthetic benchmark platforms.
Gaming – Best Mobile Gaming Experience
The market is now flooded with "gaming smartphones" that tend to pack in an overclocked GPU, liquid cooling solution and whatnot. On paper, the iPhone 11 might not look much like a gaming smartphone. However, in reality, it's the other way round.
I played some of the most demanding games like Call Of Duty: Mobile, PUBG, Modern Combat 5, Asphalt 9 for hours and I did not notice any performance drop and even the temperature was on well within the limits. The iPhone 11 can easily offer 60fps+ on any game without breaking a sweat.
If you are looking to get a smartphone to play some of the most demanding battle royale games, then the iPhone 11 is the one to go for.
OS – Fast And Furious
Out-of-the-box the iPhone 11 runs on iOS 13 and I have received a total of four software updates in the last few weeks that just show how committed the company is. iOS 13 is the latest iteration of the mobile operating system from Apple that is currently available for more than half a dozen iPhones.
I have been an Android user and the iPhone 11 is the first non-android smartphone that I have used as my daily driver. Thanks to the Android 10 gestures (inspired by iOS) getting used to the new gestures on the iPhone 11 was an easy task. As claimed in the advertisements, the iPhone takes security seriously. The new control center also offers to choose between different Wi-Fi networks and different Bluetooth devices without going into the settings menu.
Other than the typical features, iOS 13 has introduced a lot of new additions like screen time, where one can get total information on the time spent on the phone and the time is categorized into different labels like entertainment, social networking, and productivity. The built-in step tracker is also very accurate compared to the cheap fitness bands and it gives more insight by comparing the data with previous data.
The Shortcomings – Still Needs Some Work
Being an Android user for a long time I did miss the customization related features. Unlike an Android phone, there is no option to change the app icon, icon size, and fonts. Though the phone has plenty of internal storage, it cannot be used as a mass storage device to copy and move files directly from a Mac or a PC.
Networking And Connectivity – Top Class
The Apple iPhone 11 comes with dual SIM support. Unlike most of the smartphones, the device has a single nano-SIM tray and an e-SIM option. As of now, Airtel and Jio offer e-SIM cards in India and I am using the iPhone 11 with dual Jio SIM cards. Here is a detailed article on how to procure an e-SIM card from Jio for free.
As per networking and connectivity, I did not face any issues. Besides the dual SIM support the iPhone 11 also support Wi-Fi 6 or 802.11ax and is one of the first phones in India to do so. One of the features that I liked about the dual SIM management on the iPhone 11 is that the phone automatically switches from one network to another if the speeds get reduced. Of course, there is an option to disable this feature as well.
Battery Life – Can Last For An Entire Day
It is told that the iPhone 11's battery capacity is identical to the iPhone XR. With software tweaks, the phone can squeeze in an additional hour compared to the latter. The phone easily lasted for an entire day for the most part with almost 5.5 to 7 hours of screen-on-time. The battery sub-menu on the settings app does include complete information on battery usage.
The phone does support fast charging and wireless charging as well. However, the retail package comes with a 5W charger and it takes ages to charge the iPhone 11 (almost 3 hours). The company does include a fast charger with the iPhone 11 Pro and the iPhone 11 Pro Max and it should have done the same with this device as well.
As of now, one can buy a fast charger from Apple by spending almost Rs. 4,500 (for adapter and data cable). For wireless charging, one can use any of the Qi-certified chargers.
Verdict – Go For The Camera And Performance
The Apple iPhone 11 seems like a great device that has almost everything that a modern smartphone user aspires for. A great camera setup, modern design, water resistance, wireless charging, and a chipset that drives it all.
At the very beginning of the review, I said that the iPhone 11 is a computation powerhouse and here is the reason. All the aforementioned attributes of this phone are solely dependent on one thing - the A13 Bionic chipset. This chipset has a gigabit-class LTE modem, best mobile CPU and GPU, an ISP that processes images like a pro. On top of that, it is efficient, thus resulting in a great battery life.
If you are in pursuit of getting yourself a great flagship smartphone and do not want to spend in six figures, then the iPhone 11 is the phone for you. Yes, there are a lot of smartphones from Android that costs almost half as much as the iPhone 11 and offers double the hardware specifications (at least on paper). This phone is not for the specs-heads, instead, it is a phone for those who are looking for a reliable smartphone that can easily last up to three3 or four years without any major issue.
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Heavenly scent
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Gun Dog's Favorite Fall Memory
Rick Van Etten - August 16, 2013
Picking a single favorite fall memory is a little tough, but I'll go with the time I hunted birds in Montana with my three cousins, Randy, Doug and Ryan Clark. The four of us grew up hunting and fishing together in west-central Illinois; I was an only child and they neatly filled the role of surrogate brothers.
Flash forward several decades. Randy — who now works for the National Shooting Sports Foundation — was then manager of Diamond Wing, a hunting preserve near Ennis, and he invited Doug, Ryan and me to come out for a few days to hunt.
We flew to Bozeman and drove to Ennis and spent three days gunning pheasants, chukar and quail over a smorgasbord of bird dogs — a beautiful matched brace of black and white springers named Comet and Spike; a pair of strapping black Labs named Trapper and Doc; a racy young German shorthair named Pepper and her bracemate, a veteran Brittany named Gus who pointed his birds at distances that were nothing short of phenomenal.
Gus would lock up and we'd start to walk in'¦20, 30, 40 yards. We would glance back at Randy, who was acting as guide and dog handler, and he'd wave us forward. "Go on!" he'd say, and we'd walk another 20 or 30 yards while Gus remained staunch far to our rear. Finally the birds would get up and we'd shoot and the razzing would begin regarding each other's prowess with a shotgun.
That joking is what I remember most about the hunt — besides the outstanding dog work, that is, and it was outstanding, make no mistake. On our first morning, Doug, our resident comedian, had been quick to point out the huge black rock formation on a nearby mountain that bore a striking resemblance to a gorilla's face — the prominent brow, the jutting jaw, the frowning expression. Doug promptly christened the formation the Gorilla God and we subsequently attributed every hit or miss to the gorilla's whim'¦whether we'd done something to tick him off or were in his favor at the moment we pulled the trigger.
It's been more than a decade since I spent those three days with my cousins shooting birds over topnotch dogs beneath the Gorilla God, and the memories still bring a smile. Camaraderie like we enjoyed on that hunt is, after all, one of the primary reasons we go afield.
It's time for us to get together and do it again.
Two trips Loaded with Memories for a Lifetime
Fall has always been my favorite time of year. Here in the Midwest, the dog days of summer give way to Indian summer, where sometime in late September and early October shorter daylight hours, lower daytime temperatures, and cooler nights eventually trigger colorful fall foliage'¦
Of course, October also means the beginning of the false or early rut for whitetail deer, which is the only big-game animal we can hunt smack dab in the Midwest or Illinois. The corn and soybeans are being shelled or cut by those big $250,000 combines, and that means more deer will be on the move. And bowhunters are licking their chops, anticipating elevated levels of activity prior to the gun season opener in November.
But my favorite fall (and spring) memory actually takes me some 3,000 miles northwest to Alaska, the Last Frontier. And it's two memorable hunts, not one. The reason for two special and memorable hunts? Because both represented the opportunity to hunt two big-game species I had never hunted before, to hunt with industry friends, and to be the first to field test entirely new rifle cartridges.
On my very first trip to Alaska, a hunting trip I had dreamed about since I was in grade school, I had the opportunity to hunt Alaskan moose with Remington's Art Wheaton. Remington had just that year introduced the Ultra Mag series of cartridges, and I had a Model 700 in .300 long-action Ultra Mag that would prove to be perfect moose medicine. The rut was in full swing, and with my guide (Virgil Umphenour from Hunt Alaska) using a call to entice a bull to temporarily leave his cows; he brought me face to face with a heavy horned 1,600-pound bull in some very thick willows.
You have to understand that for a Midwesterner who had only hunted 150-200 pound whitetails in the woods, this four-legged critter looked as big as a locomotive weaving his way through the willows. Moving through thick brush and busting off willows and pine boughs at will, the bull was towering over all else and was a sight to behold. He was irritated and agitated, and he wanted to confront any challenger who wanted to 'œsteal' one of his cows. Given we were only 50 or so yards away from each other, you can imagine how nervous I was as I got in position, brought the 700 bolt action firmly to my shoulder, fixed the crosshairs on his front shoulder and squeezed the trigger.
The Ultra Mag and Model 700 did its part'¦moose meat to fill the freezer and a mount to proudly display in my game room.
My second trip to Alaska brought me to a hunting area near Norton Sound with my good friend Wayne Holt, who was with Hornady. It was another opportunity of a lifetime, hunting grizzly bear. Hornady decided to introduce the .375 Ruger cartridge, a round that basically exceeds the performance of the .375 H&H, and to prove its remarkable performance; they wanted us to try it out on dangerous game.
Again, long story short, my guide, Eric Umphenour, spotted a grizzly in open country that seemed to be heading in our direction. Fortunately, we had time to set up and then play the waiting game. Eric had perfectly read the bear's intention as he basically followed a drainage until he was only about 125 yards away. He was moving quickly from left to right, and when Eric whispered, 'œtake him,' I squeezed the trigger on my Ruger Model 77 Alaskan and heard the first 270-grain bullet impact.
The problem was, when the bear was hit, he went down in a dip in the ground and disappeared. The pucker factor on my index was off the charts. As we discussed what to do next, the griz suddenly resurfaced running full out from right to left'¦I had a split second to put a second round in him'¦. I did and he went down instantly.
Two great animals taken with two great guns and two new cartridges, with two special friends'¦.
Two trips loaded with memories to last a lifetime'¦
— Jim Bequette - Guns & Ammo Magazine
The Memory of My Boy's Little Pigfish is Huge
I took a bullet for my family last fall and went on vacation in the middle of the whitetail archery season. What I thought was going to be a sacrifice turned out to be a week of some of the best fall memories I've ever had.
We packed up the minivan as I said goodbye to my Mathews Z7 Xtreme bow, and headed to the Gulf of Mexico. The plan was to lounge on the beach and fish. I'm not much of a lounger, but I do love fishing, and so do my four boys. We traveled with two other families, who are our best friends, and stayed in rented houses on St. George Island, south of Tallahassee.
On the first day, we corralled all our fishing gear and headed to a local pier. I've had limited success fishing from piers in the past, but this one was on fire. We got lucky and arrived just as the fall baitfish migration showed up.
Kids from 5 years to 16 years, as well as the adults, were catching sand trout, sea trout, and sea bass, with your typical catfish, grunts and rays thrown in. But my youngest was having a hard time getting a bite. He smiled as his friends screamed with excitement at the bend of their rods, or as they swung another fresh Gulf game fish over the rail of the pier. But still, the 7-year-old fished the morning without anything to show for it except a half-empty bait bucket.
As family and friends caught more fish — flounder, sand perch, croakers, and a blacktip shark — my boy Danny started losing faith.
'œWhy can't I catch anything, Dad?' he asked.
'œJust keep your line in the water,' I said. 'œI bet it's just a matter of time.'
I watched him from a distance while I helped another kid unhook another fish. It was one of those times when you see your child struggling and your heart breaks for him. But I also knew that he'd probably catch a fish eventually, and his persistence would be an excellent life lesson. Sure enough, his rod tip bent low. I wanted to grab the rod from him and reel it in myself just to make sure the fish didn't come off the hook. I resisted the urge and watched helplessly, knowing profoundly how much emotion was riding on two knots in the 10-pound-test line and 20-pound leader.
When the fish broke the surface, it wasn't a thick, bronze redfish, hulking black drum, or silvery king mackerel; it was a lowly 5-inch pigfish. You would have thought it was the state record by Danny's reaction. He beamed with pride, and so did I. I picked him up and spun him around as he grasped his little success story.
We clicked as many pictures of that fish as we did of any of the trophies we caught that week in St. George Island. And it's that fish, and those memories, that Danny and I remember most clearly to this day.
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Fall is my Favorite Time of Year
As a boy growing up here in the Midwest, fall meant harvest time, football season, leaves falling and hunting season to me.
One of my fondest fall memories is the first time my dad and I hunted quail together. He let me use his old, bolt-action Mossberg Model 183 D-B in .410 Bore for that hunt. We hunted the edges of the small stands of timber and along the fencerows of my family's farm. We weren't lucky enough to put down any quail that day, and I'm not sure if we even saw any, but I will never forget the anticipation before and my sheer excitement during that hunt. I loved every minute of that outing.
— Joel J. Hutchcroft - Shooting Times Magazine
Fall Time in Florida
Fall is usually windy in Florida, which can limit your days offshore. But there's something really special about those days of calm weather we get between cold fronts. There's a richer shade of blue in the sky and the water and fish are migrating south for winter.
My buddy, Scott, released his first sailfish with me on one of those days. What made that trip especially memorable was that we were fishing on a borrowed boat, three counties away from our homeport.
We'd also had a tough time catching bait. If memory serves me, all we had were four mullet and a pinfish in the livewell. Sailfish are hungry in the fall — you put that bait in the right spot, they're going to eat it.'
— Jeff Weakley - Florida Sportsman Magazine
Fall, Paul, and Family
During a trip to my hometown, my friend Paul Schamber and I, met for a visit.
After recalling a few stories from the old days, Paul said, 'œSometimes I wish things wouldn't have changed. That catching fish, seining minnows, trapping crawfish, and shooting carp with our bows was still our number-one priority in life.'
An idealistic thought, though not a bad idea.
Back in those days, our only stress was being home in time for dinner and wondering what we were going to do tomorrow.
We spent our days catching walleyes, pike, perch, bass, and bluegills, and countless hours cranking in bullheads until our stringers were full. And if we weren't fishing, we were seining gallons of minnows or trapping dozens of crawdads.
Fall was our favorite time of year. We hunted doves, ducks, geese, and pheasants with our shotguns and whitetails with our bows, plus, our quest for walleyes never ended.
Times change. College and our careers drove us away from our daily routine of doing something almost daily together in the outdoors.
Through my career in the fishing industry, I've been blessed to travel on adventures throughout North America. I've discovered that ducks and geese are just as fun and challenging to hunt in Canada as they are in Louisiana and that North America is full of big fish. It seems nearly every huge walleye you catch in Lake Erie has a good chance of weighing more than the one you just caught. Northern pike in Canada are big, mean, and abundant. And, every fall, I'm haunted and taunted by the muskies that pass through my thoughts and trail just behind my lures.
Fall memories of the good old days with family and good friends, like Paul Schamber, have been with me since I was 5 years old. Those days simply can\'t be duplicated. However, like most good recipes, they can be replicated and the results are almost always good.
— Jeff Simpson - In-Fisherman Magazine
Best Fall Memory - November 2001
When you've been whitetail hunting for 52 years, naming your favorite fall moment is a challenge. But for me, one of the best occurred in November 2001, on a 29-acre tract in Atlanta's suburbs.
The property was just 2.2 miles from my house in Marietta, but it seemed a galaxy away. It was the home of my late friend John Manning, whose family had owned the land since the 1800s. The home had stood since before the Civil War, which was in itself noteworthy; the bloody Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought nearby, and the Union Army razed many structures on its sweep to the sea.
During Reconstruction and for many decades after, the Manning place was a working farm. John told of childhood days spent clearing rocks from the fields and in the process turning up Civil War Minie balls in such numbers that he toted the projectiles to the hardware store and sold them for 25 cents a bucketful. There they were melted for plumbing lead, some of which no doubt still is in local homes. And so another long-ago event in American history lives on, even if hardly anyone today knows it.
Suburbia grew up all around the home place. Over time, a high school, subdivisions and apartment buildings replaced neighboring farms and woods. But in the midst of it all, that old farm remained.
And so did whitetails. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield, on which no hunting is allowed, lies within a half-mile of the farm, and its prolific deer would range onto surrounding properties to feed and breed. The latter of those urges ultimately afforded me a chance to take the widest-racked buck I've ever arrowed.
I saw him for the first time on Nov. 3. I was out casually glassing for deer when I spotted the 8-pointer trailing some does. He was easily the biggest buck I'd ever seen on the hoof in Georgia, and as soon as I laid eyes on him, I knew I'd be devoting every spare minute to his pursuit.
Cobb County, like several others in the Atlanta metro area, has no firearms hunting for deer. So while most other Georgia deer hunters were toting their rifles, I kept plugging with bow in hand, hoping the buck would return. But day after day of hunting produced zero sightings.
He finally gave me another look on the muggy morning of Nov. 24. At around 9:30, I spotted the buck cruising for does out in a fescue pasture. Shortly after I rattled, he walked to within 12 feet of my stand in a leafy pin oak. My arrow sliced through his right lung and liver. I'd shot the whitetail I'd singled out to take.
As I admired the buck's inside spread of 21 1/8 inches, I realized that sometimes you don't even need to leave town to find a great hunting memory. In this case, one starring a special whitetail, a special friend and a special piece of land.
— Gordon Whittington - North American Whitetail Magazine
Fishing is My Fall Favorite
I am who I am, in small part, because during my most formative years of fishing, I spent dozens of nights each fall shuffling around in waders at the mouths of current areas, casting for those walleye monsters that move silently through the shallows in search of baitfish. Or I was sitting in a small boat, a long line out the back with a minnow plug running temptingly over shallow shoals.
I was there hoping and scheming, so much alone with my thoughts, until I began to find a way to make the catching happen. Drinking countless cups of coffee by the light of the moon. Some nights dark and threatening — rain, sleet or snow pelting my back. Spending time, too, on those perfect nights with the smell of smoldering leaves in the air and a harvest moon rising in the east. And, in other ways, defining and redefining the process — the rod, the reel, the line, the lures — until the process was a fine science of sorts.
Soon enough, having spent the time and paid enough dirty dues, it began to work so well, those senses so finely tuned in the darkness, so abruptly interrupted by a jolt in a dead-slow retrieve or trolling run — and then to be there with one of those monsters at net, flashlight beam reflecting the life in those marble eyes. These days, no more than a smile and a salute send the big ones on their way. Smaller fish, though, still fare well at my table — even two smaller fish, the focus of a fine meal.
Much of my life has revolved around this pursuit. Looking back I would not have had it any other way. And it is hopeless to expect change now. Last night was another of those nights. Arriving home at midnight, a couple of strips of bacon hit the pan. Bacon finished, a little butter added to season the bacon oil, then the fillets dusted in flour and corn meal, plus salt, cayenne and black pepper. Three minutes passing, turn those fillets, and add a couple of eggs to fry alongside. Won't be long now, so pour a glass of wine, tear off a hunk of bread — relive another good night passing.
My fishing life has not been defined so much by select moments, as by a lifetime of special moments along the way. The midnight trips to catch those fall walleyes are a little less frequent today. Still, I feel each full moon rising in these bones. I still lie sleepless on many nights, wondering how busyness can interrupt such essence in anyone's life. I rest easy. We fish, too, if only for a moment and at some distance, when we have hard-won experiences to remember and the hope of more to come.
— Doug Stange - In-Fisherman Magazine
A Favorite Father/Son Moment
Nothing in the outdoors compares to the scream of a rutting bull elk as it echoes through the high country on a calm morning. There's something ethereal, almost intimidating about such a raw, wild sound. It can strip you, at least in part, of whatever significance you may have assigned to yourself.
My son, Jason, and I were getting a double dose of that exhilaration as two bulls bugled their way toward my seductive cow calls. Their pace through the Arizona timber was deliberate and committed. Each feared the other would get to the cow first.
Jason lay in wait; arrow nocked, just 30 yards in front of me, with videographer, Larry D. Jones, rolling camera over his shoulder. Though our experience levels ranged from greenhorn to veteran, the three of us trembled with equal excitement. Screaming bulls, at close range, will do that to you.
I simultaneously called and watched through binoculars as the larger bull strolled into our ambush. Then, as if he'd walked into a sinkhole, the bull instantly dropped out of my field of view. Jason's arrow had struck the bull a bit high and severed its spinal cord, dropping him in his tracks.
I rushed to a scene filled with hugs, handshakes and maybe a touch of prideful tears. Jason seemed somewhat stunned at first, as though the moment hadn't really happened, but it was real. He'd taken a beautiful bull elk with his bow and I was thankful to be there to share the experience with him. Father and son moments don't get much better that that one.
Jason is a serious, dedicated hunter/angler. It's in his nature. And I'm proud of that.
— Curt Wells - Bowhunter Magazine
Going Big Time for the First Time
In life, there are just some 'œfirsts' you never forget — your first kiss, your first job, your first car. For those of us who hunt, I think it's pretty safe to assume your first really big buck is somewhere on that life list of unforgettable moments.
My big-buck moment came in September 2009 during an early-season bowhunt outside Kirksville, Mo. At the time, it had been less than a year since I assumed the editor's role at Petersen's BOWHUNTING, so the 2009 season marked the first time I was able to take advantage of newfound opportunities to chase big, Midwestern whitetails. Prior to that, the vast majority of my deer hunting had occurred in my home state of Pennsylvania, and while I had put plenty of whitetails on the ground, there wasn't a whopper in the bunch.
Needless to say, I carried sky-high expectations for what the Show-Me State would show me. During the first two days of the hunt, however, every archer in camp saw a shooter except me! And after a slow morning on day three, I was getting antsy. That's when I caught my big break. One of the other hunters in camp — someone who had several close encounters with shooter bucks but was unable to get a shot — had to head home early to deal with some work commitments. Call me an opportunist, but I graciously 'œvolunteered' to occupy that hunter's stand that afternoon!
Around 3:00 p.m., I climbed into a ladder stand set along the edge of a large clover plot where some big bucks had been making regular evening appearances. In addition to the clover, the large white oak where the stand was set was dropping bushels of acorns, making the setup absolutely ideal. I wasn't surprised when I saw a steady stream of deer and turkeys visit the plot that afternoon. It was clearly a great spot, and with any luck, one of the big boys would show up before nightfall.
A little after 7:00 p.m., I was watching a medium-sized 8-pointer to my left when the buck suddenly stopped feeding, raised his head high and stared past me at something coming from the bottom end of the plot. I slowly turning my head and was awed by the sight of the largest buck I had ever seen from a stand to that point in my life. My body was instantly supercharged by a rush of adrenaline, and I reached for my rangefinder as the big buck made his way steadily toward the smaller 8-pointer; a path that would take him directly past my stand.
With the buck now standing at 25 yards, I drew my bow, gapped the 20- and 30-yard pins and released a perfect shot that sucked right into the crease behind his front shoulder. The buck sprinted across the food plot, crashed into the woods on the opposite side and then'¦silence. I radioed back to camp for some tracking assistance, and as I sat there waiting for the others to arrive, I realized my perspective on deer hunting had changed forever. If there was a big-buck club, I had just joined it; the bar had been forever raised. We found my heart-shot prize 120 yards from the stand. The majestic buck sported 14 points, tipped the scales at 210 pounds (live weight) and scored 157 2/8 gross — easily my best ever.
In the three-plus years since that hunt, I've had many more opportunities to chase big bucks and even killed a few. But there's just something special about the first time you can never duplicate.
— Christian Berg - Bowhunting Magazine
Fall, for me, is Steelhead Time
It\'s a time to head to the Pacific Coast or the Great Lakes region to track down anadromous rainbow trout — born in a river, and hardened in the ocean.
My favorite fall memory is mastering a cast called the 'œSnap T.' Don\'t get me wrong, I\'m no expert on the Spey casts handed down from generation to generation, and from Atlantic salmon fishermen on Scotland\'s River Spey, to North American steelheaders. Spey casting is both a skill and an art. Like golf it can never be fully "mastered" — it\'s just too complex and there are always subtle ways to improve.
But last fall, on B.C.\'s Kispiox River, I had an "aha!" moment one blue-sky afternoon, where the anchor dropped into place without having to eyeball it into position, the D loop reached back over the rocks along the shoreline, and the rod shot forward in a straight line that sent a perfect loop reaching out across the beautiful lines of the Sportsman Pool. Not long afterward, a gorgeous steelhead — 1,000 miles from her feeding grounds in the Gulf of Alaska — came to my hand.
— Ross Purnell - Fly Fisherman Magazine
The Perfect Fall
As a kid I watched hard for the mailman in midsummer, hoping every day he\'d show up with the Cabela\'s hunting catalog, the signal that fall was coming. In those days — not being old enough to drive or hold down a job — what little money I had came from my winter trapline and, in the summer, selling seeds door to door and collecting scrap newspapers. Since I\'d long since spent my trapping money, I wasn\'t very well set up to buy much from the catalog (I was and am lousy at sales), but dreaming was and is more fun than actual buying.
These days, my dreams about fall involve what I'm going to do and where I'm going to go. In that spirit, I\'ve come up with a fall hunting schedule so jam-packed I couldn\'t possibly do it in terms of time or money. But that\'s what dreams are for.
August is not fall by the calendar, but if you go far north enough it might as well be. My first hunt of the year would be caribou, hiking across a carpet of tundra that\'s turning redder by the day and enjoying the tart ripeness of subarctic blueberries while glassing for the majestic deer of the North.
On Labor Day, I'd be sitting in the cornrows of South Carolina, sweating and swearing as doves swoop in and fly away unscathed despite rapid-fire blasts from the shotgun. Three or four boxes of shells might be enough to cook up a few dove kebabs at the evening barbecue.
A week or so later and it\'s on to the plains of Wyoming, where the antelope play catch me if you can and it's great fun to stoop, crawl, run — whatever it takes to get close to them. Now it\'s feeling like autumn under wide blue skies; while the temps may be high midday, mornings and evenings carry a chill.
It isn't far from there into higher country, where the aspens are beginning to yellow and the elk are beginning to rut. If there\'s a sound that encapsulates fall, it\'s the keening sound of a rutting bull. The hunting\'s hard, and just being in that country and hearing that sound are reward enough — although a cooler full of elk meat is a welcome bonus.
I wasn\'t a big waterfowler growing up, but I wanted to be. And one of the most amazing hunts I got to do in my later years was a trip to Alberta in mid-October. We lay in the fields under oversize decoys and watched through the slits as hundreds of geese swirling above us, stacked in holding patterns like jets at O\'Hare as they tried to get a look at our decoy spread — dekes we\'d set up in the dark as the northern lights danced tantalizingly above our heads.
About this time I\'d head back to my home state of Pennsylvania and take a seat against a big ol\' shagbark hickory, watching the limbs and trunks above my head for the flicker of a bushy gray tail. Or maybe open the door of the car and thrill to the sight of beagles bouncing out of the car as we start searching for the first cottontail of the day, the frost coating our boots as we cross the fields.
I was once asked what hunt would I do if it were my last one. Without hesitation I described what it was like to cruise the Allegheny Mountains in western Virginia, looking for fall turkeys — the scent of leaves and wood smoke from the few isolated houses in the hollows below tingeing the air as the chill early morning haze give way to a crisp blue sky. The excitement of finding fresh scratching's, the strategy of moving into position to break up a flock (or, more challenging, enticing an old gobbler to walk into shotgun range), the calls of birds reassembling...it\'s just the ultimate hunt to me.
It\'s still technically fall when Pennsylvania\'s buck season opens right after Thanksgiving, but it might as well be winter most years in the far northern part of the state. Back in the old days I would park myself against a tree and watch a deer trail crossing from first light to last, not moving. It was almost always cold, and those vigils were a test of will and taught me how to tough it out if I wanted to be successful. I wouldn\'t do it that way today; such a deer hunt would be more about getting together with family and friends to enjoy a tradition than about filling the freezer.
— Scott J. Rupp - Handguns Magazine and Rifle Shooter Magazine
My Best Fall Moment
As I am entering the autumn of my life (growing older but not necessarily wiser), I have realized something wonderful: There is simply no way on earth to pick a single, favorite, best fall moment as a friend requested for this essay.
For the lifelong hunter, fall brings the very earliest of all memories. Cold, clear days and a canoe being pushed into the water to bust thin skim ice, shooting squirrels and wood ducks from it on an old cypress swamp, daydreaming about the big, white-horned buck or sounder of wild hogs just around every corner of the creek as a boy's imagination runs wild. Old butane handwarmers, and deer stands made from actual two-by-four wood and plywood. Turkeys walking right up to me in blaze orange if I did not blink, toes numbing below a live oak tree. Huge, southern fox squirrels hitting the forest floor with a whump. A giant blacktail with 9-inch drop tines skidding to a stop in the black timber and heavy snow on Mount Rainier from a running neck shot, my first deer at age 15 with a .270. Tracking a tiny band of Roosevelt elk at age 18, bows in hand, with a close friend for seven hours, crossing a river five times and chasing bugles to see my friend make an 85-yard shot into the record books'¦ and the way that giant bull made my Toyota pickup sag, horns sprouting from the bed like tree roots. Bloody cougar tracks in the snow swinging down into the trail of the huge buck I was tracking in Idaho, giant whitetails and muleys on the Canada border in Washington too smart to let me catch more than a glimpse, circling back in my tracks. Snowstorms at 10,000 feet in Utah in August, giant velvet muleys always just out of reach.
Fall is a giant Texas whitetail that fled when, as a five-year old, I yelled, 'œLook, daddy, there's a buck,' as my father was trying to switch from birdshot to slugs in his old Fox double (and he almost made it). Smoking hot Eastern Washington duck shoots with dad and friends, with the first cool mornings of the year. And, of course, doves. Doves all over, in many states, their small feathers sticky with their blood on your fingers. And that one lucky bird that made the strafing run down the line of guns in September and lived to tell about it. Their breasts wrapped in bacon and kids running through the feathers all over the ground when the plucking was done.
Fall is giant black bears appearing like huge black cows in huckleberry patches in the Northwest while we were looking for mule deer in September, and the blistering foot pain from packing them out on foot because you could not resist making that shot. Grouse in the trail, fool's hens, killable with rocks and their berry-flavored breasts over the fire.
My fall memories are too many to list. And you can always find more. Most exciting of all, the best memories of fall are the ones coming up, and also learning there are really two fall seasons on this earth.
Down in Argentina this April, fall was settling across the land, cool nights squeezing the last greens from the lower grasslands, pushing to blonde and just starting to do the same to the trees. I'd waited my whole life to witness fall here, and hear the great red stag roar. And yes, it's true, they make our beautiful iconic wapiti whistle sound like feminine weaklings. Chasing screaming stags in the Andes while guys back home were calling turkeys is a bucket list memory no one can ever take away.
That trip blew my mind, the booming dragon roar in the black timber from stags that fight so hard entire beams are snapped off. Then we shot limits of ducks, and hooked trout in cold, clear autumn waters. The other hemisphere will be an unfortunately expensive new addiction to the best season, but it's sure amazing to really experience why fall is so wonderful God saw fit to make two of them.
— Skip Knowles - Wildfowl Magazine
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Gwyneth Paltrow shares a look inside her TWO beautiful homes
See where the Avengers actress lives
Jun 21, 2019 - 12:17 GMT Chloe Best
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Gwyneth Paltrow recently caused a stir when she admitted she doesn’t live with her new husband Brad Falchuk, even after they married. The couple tied the knot at Gwyneth’s home in the Hamptons in September, but Brad has continued to divide his time between his own property in Los Angeles and the two lavish homes owned by his wife.
As you would expect, the Goop founder's houses are luxurious and perfectly-styled; even her children's playroom is pristine, courtesy of professional home organisers, The Home Edit. Scroll through the gallery to see more of Gwyneth’s beautiful homes…
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Gwyneth shared a peek inside her office as she posed with her friend Reese Witherspoon's new book on Instagram. The mum-of-two stood in front of a large wooden bookcase that she has filled with an array of books, ornaments and framed family photos, including one of herself and Brad.
The actress' living room is flawless. The all-white room has marble flooring and a wall-mounted television opposite the sofa. A decorative rug and open log-burning fireplace keep the room cosy for a "lazy Saturday" like Gwyneth and Brad were enjoying here.
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Fans got a glimpse inside Gwyneth's kitchen when she enjoyed a morning coffee in this post.The room has a grey colour scheme and open glass cupboards, with a built-in wine fridge visible in the background.
The kitchen has an industrial feel, with silver cabinets, built-in appliances and a marble splash back behind the oven.
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This video surreptitiously filmed by Gwyneth's daughter Apple offered another glimpse at the kitchen, which has a marble-topped island in the centre, with ornate glass lights hanging overhead, as well as an array of saucepans. Open shelving allows Gwyneth to display her cooking ingredients, while floor-to-ceiling cupboards offer plenty of storage space.
Gwyneth shared a peek inside her dressing room after a night out, with floor-to-ceiling shelving and mirrored cabinets to store all of her essentials. The perfect place to get ready for a Hollywood event.
As the founder of her own lifestyle brand, it's no wonder Gwyneth's cabinets are filled with a vast array of beauty products. The 46-year-old shared a glimpse as she got glammed up for an outing, offering a peek at her amazing stash in the background.
The hallway has a pale grey and white colour scheme with wooden flooring. It's filled with natural light, and has a full-length mirror – ideal for taking selfies.
The garden at one of Gwyneth's homes has a huge trampoline where her children Apple and Moses can play with their friends. A staircase leads up to an elevated patio area, and there is also a large, perfectly-manicured lawn.
Gwyneth also has her own private swimming pool, which has a slide, sun loungers and seating around it, creating a great space for the actress and her family to relax and enjoy their downtime together.
The playroom at Gwyneth's Hamptons home was transformed by The Home Edit in 2017. Apple and Moses' toys were divided into zones with different categories for reading, games, arts, crafts and science – we wonder how long it stayed this neat!
Gwyneth enlisted the professional organisers to overhaul her pantry, too. All of her ingredients and food supplies have been displayed in glass jars and wicker baskets, making it easy for the actress to find what she needs and cook for her family.
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Scottish businessman missing after boat found crashed on reef near Egypt
By Herald Scotland Online
The SV Simba was found on a reef in the Red Sea on December 13. (Image: Boatwatch)
The wife of a Scottish businessman who lost contact with his family a month ago during a solo sail from Australia has made an emotional appeal for information on his whereabouts.
Colin Finnie, originally from Helensburgh in Argyll, had been aiming for Port Ghalib and was around 300 miles away when he last contacted his wife on December 7.
His boat, the sailing vessel Simba, was last known to be at Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean before it was found on a reef in the Red Sea on December 13.
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The 67-year-old was once the owner of the Great Northern Hotel in Aberdeen and previously had a boat in the marina of his home city.
Rosie Kinkead made an emotional appeal for her husband in the Port Ghalib Community group on Facebook for more information as to why he was not found on board the vessel when it was discovered.
She wrote: “My husband, Colin Finnie was heading towards Port Ghalib in sailing boat Simba, a Nauticat 44.
“I lost contact with him last Saturday 7th when he was 300 miles away from his destination. He was in storms and low on fuel.
“I have been in contact with Foreign Office and Coastguard and the Egyptian authorities are actively looking for him.
“I know it’s a long shot but I am trying everything.”
The Scottish Sun reported on Wednesday that Mr Finnie was planning to be back in Scotland for Christmas having been travelling from Australia in September.
The website Boat Watch has also appealed for information to help Mr Finnie’s family.
Mr Finnie's family have since launched an emotional appeal for information on his whereabouts.
An update on Tuesday said: “Out of respect, and at the specific request of the family, Boatwatch.org has not been providing additional information on the website.
“If anyone has pertinent information, or may be able to help or assist the family in any way, please contact Boat Watch at Eddie@Boatwatch.org and we will forward the information to the family.
“Thanks to all who have contributed information to the family.”
A previous statement from the day of Ms Kinkead’s appeal said: “The call sign for the vessel is 9MXL3 and MMSI is 440 016 150 and she flies the Korean flag.
“The hull is white fiberglass with a pilothouse and the name SIMBA on the port and starboard bow.
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“When a photo was taken of the vessel in a marina it had a full blue canvass cover. Two wind generators are mounted on the stern.
“She has a class B AIS transponder that last pinged at 08:23 hrs UTC, 25 OCT 2019 at position- —-10.43457 / 105.4925 or at Christmas Island, Indonesia. At that time the vessel was underway on a course of 267 at 9.1Knots.
“It is possible to obtain a satellite AIS position report and Boatwatch.org is investigating that solution.”
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Civic Innovation
GovTech Business Watch: SunGard Acquisition Closes at $850M, NIC Plots 2017 Growth
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Vista Equity Completes $850 Million Purchase of SunGard
Vista Equity Partners has closed the book on an $850 million deal that will create a new public-sector-focused software company in SunGard Public Sector.
SunGard has previously sold solutions for both education and government entities, but under the deal the two sides of the business will be split. The company’s public-sector offerings include justice and public safety tools such as ONESolution and NaviLine, as well as software for local governments such as the database-focused PLUS series and the land management solution TRAKiT.
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Vista purchased SunGard from the financial technology company FIS with plans to merge its education products into previously purchased companies. For Vista, the deal represents another step into government following its purchasing and subsequent merger of GovDelivery and Granicus last year.
The bulk of Vista’s portfolio remains devoted to business-to-business software firms.
In 2017, NIC to Push Digital Assistants, Expand Illinois Services
NIC got bigger in 2016, and expects to keep getting bigger in 2017.
On Feb. 1, the company announced net income of $55.8 million in fiscal year 2016, up 33 percent from $42 million in fiscal 2015. That was due mostly to growth in portal revenues, which the company reaps from fees tacked on for services like permit and license processing. Revenues for the year were $317.9 million, up 8.7 percent from $292.4 million the year prior.
In an investor conference call, NIC Chief Financial Officer Stephen Kovzan said the company expects revenue in the $323 million - $333 million range for fiscal 2017.
NIC faces expiring portal contracts with two states, Tennessee and Iowa, but signed Louisiana as a new client in 2016 as well. That added $3.3 million to NIC’s revenue total for the fiscal year. On top of that, NIC launched a recreational licensing system for Wisconsin called Go Wild in 2016 and streamlined services for Nebraska’s cattle industry through Nebraska Interactive.
During the investor call, NIC Chief Executive Officer Harry Herington said the company has won a bid to provide permitting and licensing services for the state of Illinois, but is awaiting a formal contract.
In 2017, NIC will continue pushing its digital government assistant product, Gov2Go. The assistant, which is meant to streamline government services into a single access point for constituents, is already in place in Arkansas.
Amazon Cloud Grows, Builds AI Capabilities
Amazon Web Services grew quickly in 2016, posting double-digit growth percentages for net sales in every quarter of the year. In the fourth quarter, AWS pulled in $3.5 billion in net sales, a 47 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2015.
More than 2,300 governments use the AWS cloud, along with 7,000 education institutions and 20,000 nonprofits.
According to a Feb. 2 press release, customers migrated 18,000 databases using AWS in 2016. The company continues to build its cloud-based artificial intelligence capabilities, launching image analysis, facial and object recognition and speech understanding capabilities last year. Those programs have already begun playing a role in government, with the states of Utah and Mississippi launching Amazon Alexa-based programs to help citizens engage with government.
Verizon “Digital First” Business Unit to Support State, Local Government
Verizon has announced the creation of a new business unit, Verizon Business Markets (VBM), to support its services to local and state government.
The unit is starting off focusing on managed IT services, IP networking, security, advanced voice and broadband, according to a Feb. 2 press release. The group’s strategy will be to take a digital-first, end-to-end approach to its business.
VBM will consist of people from business and enterprise groups, as well as resources from recently acquired XO Communications. Aside from serving state and local government, the unit will also serve educational institutions and local businesses.
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Portsmouth, N.H., Police Make Case for Expanded Drone Program
Police officials propose that a three-officer team manage the program, which would be used in emergency situations and for security purposes during large gatherings. The tools would also be available to other departments.
by Elizabeth Dinan, Portsmouth Herald / April 24, 2019
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(TNS) — Police officials on Tuesday heard plans for a three-officer team to lead a drone program, run by the Portsmouth Police Department, but available to area communities.
They also heard about plans to address privacy rights while using drones during emergencies and large-crowd events.
Police officer James Noury, Lt. Christian Cummings and detective Eric Widerstrom are starting the drone program with a $69,638 Homeland Security grant, it was announced during the April 23 Police Commission meeting.
Noury obtained his drone-piloting license and has been practicing with two of his own drones during his off-duty time, police said.
Cummings and Widerstrom began taking a training course in February and will take the licensing test in May. Cummings said the team is planning to purchase one large drone with two cameras; one with the ability to zoom in for surveillance purposes and the other with infrared technology.
Cummings said the drones will also provide situational awareness for members of the Seacoast Emergency Response Team deployed to high-risk emergencies.
"It's an eye in the sky where we wouldn't normally have one," he told commissioners Joe Onosko and Jim Splaine.
Commissioner Stefany Shaheen was not present for the April 23 Police Commission meeting and disconnected during an effort to attend by phone, so no votes were taken because of a lack of quorum.
During his presentation, Cummings recalled a 16-hour SERT event in Somersworth several years ago when the terrain prevented an armored vehicle from accessing one side of a building and a creek obstructed another side. He said police learned hours later that a suspect had gone out a window and fled, but if the SERT team had a drone, it would have seen the escape and "saved countless man hours."
Cummings showed images from a downtown Portsmouth stabbing scene last summer which, he said, took an officer 1 1/2hours to photograph. He said a drone could capture the same images in 9 minutes.
With drone-enhanced thermo imaging, Cummings said, suspects and missing persons can be found in the dark. Onosko said that technology will also keep officers safe.
In addition to the large drone, Cummings said, the police program will likely also include two or three "medium sized" drones. He said drone battery life is limited and with a couple of backup drones, surveillance during emergencies could remain ongoing. While a battery was replaced in one, he noted, another can be deployed.
If a large area is being watched, Cummings noted, more than one drone could be deployed at a time.
A drone could be perched on a rooftop and take the place of a "sky tower" police have borrowed to use during the past two Halloween parades, police said. Less officers would be needed to provide the same surveillance, he said.
Cummings said fire officials have expressed interest in adding gas-detection technology to a drone and the city has received the required FAA clearance to fly drones.
Noury showed the commissioners two small drones and said the SERT officers who have reviewed the technology call it "a game changer." Cummings said the drone team will operate like the SERT team, in that he'll review requests for a drone response and confer with Police Chief Robert Merner before deploying one or more of the team.
Merner said the program is being implemented with no additional compensation to the involved officers.
All data collected from drones will be stored in an encrypted manner on dedicated servers with no online access, Cummings said. Merner said the separate database prevents accidental and intentional access to the information.
For transparency purposes, Cummings said, every time a drone is used, it will be logged with corresponding details and the information will be posted on the Police Department website. He said every drone flight will be recorded with information about the time, the place, purpose, the officers involved and the type of operation.
"Anyone from the public can go and see that information for every use," Cummings said.
Onosko said the Police Commission will be monitoring the drone program to ensure privacy rights are respected "while using this incredible technology."
Police business manager Karen Senecal reminded that the Homeland Security grant, which pays for the technology and training, requires that it be available throughout the region. Cummings said Hampton police, thinking Portsmouth already had a drone, recently called for one so, "local agencies are going to be looking for our help."
Onosko said he's glad civil rights are being protected by the drone policies and procedures. Splaine asked how drone complaints would be addressed.
"Just like any other complaint," Cummings assured.
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KAPSBERGER Intavolatura di chitarone (Jonas Nordberg)
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Libro I d'intavolatura di chitarrone Jonas Nordberg
Giovanni Girolamo (aka Johann Hieronymous) Kapsberger Composer
Libro IV d'intavolatura di chitarrone Jonas Nordberg
Author: William Yeoman
In his Musurgia universalis, sive Ars magna consoni et dissoni (1650), that wildly imaginative polymath Athanasius Kircher all but proclaims Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (c1580-1651) the Apollo of the theorbo, such is his unqualified endorsement of the Italian composer and lutenist’s talent and originality. It’s hard not to agree with him. That Kapsperger’s music for solo theorbo, or chitarrone, is – if you’ll forgive the pun – endlessly captivating is due to its strangeness as much as to its beauty.
Indeed, taking Kapsperger’s toccatas alone, one recalls Kircher’s own bizarre, wide-ranging publications, all but Wunderkammer in print. The sudden shifts in mood, in rhythm, in tonality, in texture, often within a very short time frame, by turns bewilder and beguile. Especially when performed by a fine musician such as Jonas Nordberg, who even manages to remind us that the music of Kapsperger’s contemporary Frescobaldi is never far away. Norberg focuses on the quasi-autobiographical late works of Kapsperger’s Libro quarto d’intavolatura di chitarrone (1640), contrasting these with music from the composer’s first book of pieces for chitarrone, published some 35 years earlier.
The opening work, the Toccata primo from the fourth book, is labyrinthine, not because of any arcane counterpoint but owing to the alarming attenuation and compression of time itself, through rapid, serpentine figurations and slow, stately progressions, and everything in between. There follow equally novel passacaglias, galliards and other dances, an air and variations … even an actual self-portrait, Kapsperger. Upon all these Nordberg, playing a darkly pungent 14 course theorbo by Lars Jönsson after Tieffenbrucker, lavishes a rare artistry that not only Kapsperger but Kircher would surely have appreciated.
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Greater Anglia's safety innovation recognised at international ideas awards
Two innovations by train operator Greater Anglia were recognised at the International Ideas UK Awards on Wednesday (7 November) as ‘Ideas of the Year 2018’.
Greater Anglia’s Compliance Manager, Mark Briers, won the Health & Safety category for his innovative solution to modify the train operator’s on train coffee machines, by creating a cup holder to prevent catering staff from being scalded by spills.
The installation of free water fountains at Greater Anglia rail stations was named runner-up for the ‘Idea of the Year 2018’ in the Sustainability category.
The innovation was the bright idea of Desmond O’Dwyer, Greater Anglia’s Asset Management Project Manager, who came up with the idea to install a fountain at Ipswich, Colchester and Cambridge stations.
The three fountains have already saved over 50,000 single-use plastic bottles from being thrown away as well as helping to rehydrate customers for free during their journeys.
Greater Anglia’s Managing Director, Jamie Burles, said, “I am delighted that these innovations have been recognised by Ideas UK and would like to congratulate Mark and Desmond and thank them for their dedication and great ideas that are improving passengers’ experience, and helping colleagues.
“When we hear great ideas, we’re always willing to explore how we can put these into practice and have an innovation fund set up to achieve this, as part of continually improving the service we provide.”
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GreyStone Power named EMC of the Year and wins community service award
GreyStone Power was recently named EMC of the Year and presented the 2019 Georgia EMC Community Service and Volunteerism Award for consistent and continued support of Georgia’s active and retired military personnel.
“Supporting local veterans is part of GreyStone’s commitment to the communities we serve,” says Gary Miller, president/CEO of GreyStone Power. “These men and women have made great sacrifices through their service, and it’s a privilege to support them and recognize them in any way we can.”
According to Miller, the electric cooperative is a service organization at its core beginning with GreyStone Gives, a program which allows time for employees to support 501(c)(3) organizations.
In recent years, the co-op has established a number of ways to give back, and honoring veterans in the local community via financial and in-kind support ranks at the top of the list – from service programs such as Habitat for Humanity, scholarships, sponsorships/donations to causes and organizations dedicated to honoring military service, employment opportunities, and recognizing and showing appreciation for its own veteran-employees.
Specific efforts to recognize military personnel began in 2015, when GreyStone hosted an event honoring Vietnam veterans during the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. Since that time, the co-op has launched a number of other initiatives to recognize veterans, including an annual military service recognition breakfast for GreyStone Power employees, retirees and board members who are veterans or are actively serving in the military.
The annual breakfast, which took place on Veterans Day this year, includes gifts for the veterans and features a local veteran speaker. This year’s keynote speaker was retired Marine and attorney Ken Bernard.
To benefit a local war veteran, GreyStone employees landscaped a new Habitat for Humanity home for retired Engineman Chief Petty Officer Marilyn Clark in Veterans Place, a four–acre subdivision designated specifically for veterans. The goal of the planned community is to serve those who served.
“It takes a village to build a home, and GreyStone Power supported our organization and a build in one of only two veteran Habitat communities in the country,” says Jessica Gill, president/CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Metro Atlanta. During a day of service, the co-op provided 30 volunteers and donated $10,000 toward the building of the home.
“GreyStone Power is a true leader in the community and an example of an organization that understands what it means to offer affordable housing in our neighborhoods.”
The co-op also lends support to programs which encourage hiring of military personnel. GreyStone and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association joined forces through “Serve our Co-ops; Serve our Country,” a program which encourages companies to hire veterans. Through this unique platform, the co-op has already hired a number of former military personnel and expects to hire more through participation in job fairs targeted specifically to veterans.
In fact, GreyStone has brought several former servicemen into its linemen apprenticeship program and expects two additional veterans to join its apprentice linemen program later this year. Support extends to soldiers-in-training as well. The co-op recently presented $28,000 to the University of North Georgia, one of six senior military colleges in the U.S., to establish the GreyStone Power Corp. Corps of Cadets Scholarship. Each year, the program awards one $1,000 scholarship to promising students, with particular consideration given to a cadet from a county served by GreyStone.
The electric co-op received letters of recommendation and support from several community leaders and additional partners.
In recent years, the CSAV Award has been presented to deserving EMCs to spotlight outstanding efforts and initiatives of EMC management, individual directors and employees who are working to build stronger communities.
The award was presented to GreyStone Power President/CEO Gary Miller and Board member Maribeth Wansley during Georgia EMC’s Annual Meeting on Nov. 11 in Savannah. To commemorate the occasion, a donation in the co-op’s name will be made to a charity of its choice.
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Life is Better in the Cove!
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We offer Wet and Dry Storage for your boats and trailers. Dry Storage is available year around. We also have the capacity to store trailers both inside and outside.
More New slips will be launched in May 2020.
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During January 2014 we had a section of the roof to collapse under a heavy snow load. Dad wasn't in a hurry to repair it because it was winter and no one was using it. No boats were damaged. Then with all the guidelines imposed by the USFS it was more than an 82 yr old could handle. For years I had helped him at the marina and with the USFS. In early 2016 we started handling it for him. He passed away on 5-31-2017 while we still waited on the USFS to renew our permit. Before his death we made a promise to him to rebuild it. We have done a complete demolition of the original dock and we are building a new one. I am his daughter Lisa. My fiance (Mac) and I are continuing that promise. After waiting over a year for the permit and getting help from Mark Meadows office we opened Memorial Day weekend 2018. One year after his passing. In May of 2019 we launched additional slips. I think he would be proud. Please come by and see what we have done.
Bear with us during our construction period. We still have a lot going on.
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We would like to express a heartfelt Thank You to all our customers for a wonderful summer season this year. A special Thank You to our customers that have been with us continually thru the 3 closed years and the rebuilding. Loyalty is something hard to find in this day and age.
We are adding additional slips along with a new fueling station for our 2020 boating season. Our slips are 10x25 with a 12 inch roof overhang. This accommodates mosts boats that you will find on Hiwassee
Our marina is being built by Mac Daddy Docks with all cuts and welds being done onsite. He also builds private docks. You can reach him at the marina number or 828-557-9883.
If you would like to have information feel free to give us a call or email us.
My parents purchased this marina in 1955 when in only consisted of 10 open slips and 10 sets
of lockers which fishermen needed to keep their fishing tackle in. The original location was in Bear Paw. Then it would have been similar to a Norman Rockwell painting when we had a less complicated lifestyle. They wanted the marina to run 6mo and close when the lake levels dropped. In 1974 they decided to move it out of the cove at Bear Paw and closer to their home near marker #3. The home they built on top of the mountain above the marina is still where my mother lives today. Over the years our returning customers have met my two sons Andy and Brad when they worked summers for my Dad. Pictured above are their sons.
Meet the 3rd generation of lake lovers, their sons. They are pictured with me above enjoying Hiwassee Lake. Meet (l to r)Chase, Colt, Cade and Connor! We love these guys and want to continue a family tradition.
The physical location is 400 Harbor Cove Lane with our email address being lisa@harborcovemarina.com
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MS plantation venue owners: National wedding website boycotts won't hurt business
Pinterest and The Knot announced that they are no longer promoting plantations or using them as vendors or advertisers on their sites
MS plantation venue owners: National wedding website boycotts won't hurt business Pinterest and The Knot announced that they are no longer promoting plantations or using them as vendors or advertisers on their sites Check out this story on hattiesburgamerican.com: https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2019/12/06/knot-pinterest-plantation-wedding-venue-boycott-wont-hurt-ms-venues/2617908001/
Lici Beveridge, Mississippi Clarion Ledger Published 4:00 a.m. CT Dec. 6, 2019
Mississippi is home to plenty of antebellum and plantation homes that have brought celebrants from near and far to enjoy the wedding of their dreams.
But some national websites that help brides plan their special day are no longer promoting plantations or using them as vendors or advertisers on their sites.
Vicksburg Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said people and businesses are entitled to their opinions.
"I'm not going to criticize a private website or publication," he said. "But we tend to look at all history as what it is — history. If we continue to live in the past, we’ll stay in the past."
George Flaggs Jr. is the mayor of Vicksburg. (Photo: Rogelio V. Solis, AP)
Ron White, owner and operator of Grey Oaks Plantation in Vicksburg, said he doesn't expect the move will affect his business.
“They’ve never done me a bit of good to begin with,” he said. “I think it’s a poor choice on their part to take a stand, especially in our region."
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White said the venue focuses on Southern charm and the architecture of the South, not the historical aspect of the plantation. His clients are looking for a romantic spot that will make their special event memorable.
"Grey Oaks is my residence and it is something I enjoy sharing," he said. "I think it is extremely well-received. I don't think it pertains to anything having to do with the Civil War or racism.
Dunleith Plantation in Natchez was built in 1856 and was previously operated as a commercial bed and breakfast facility since 1976. Dunleith, which has been closed, was a venue used for weddings and large parties throughout the years, according to the Natchez Democrat. (Photo: Special to the Clarion Ledger)
"It's about Southern style, grace architecture and charm."
The move was first noted by BuzzFeed, an online news website that focuses on trending and breaking news.
Pinterest and The Knot Worldwide were among the groups that received a letter from Color of Change, a civil rights advocacy group, urging them to drop the practice, BuzzFeed reported.
While Pinterest and The Knot still have searchable results for plantation wedding venues in Mississippi, the company does not actively promote those facilities.
“Weddings should be a symbol of love and unity," a Pinterest spokesperson said in an email to the Hattiesburg American. "Plantations represent none of those things. We are grateful to Color of Change for bringing attention to this disrespectful practice.
"We are working to limit the distribution of this content and accounts across our platform, and continue to not accept advertisements for them.”
Other websites reportedly received the same letter, but have not yet committed to following suit, according to the BuzzFeed article.
A call to VisitMississippi officials seeking comment was not immediately returned, however VisitNatchez Director Jennifer Combs said the organization doesn’t know of any venue romanticizing slavery.
“We just heard about Pinterest and The Knot no longer promoting content for ‘plantation style’ weddings,” she said in an email. “We certainly understand and respect the efforts to make people more aware of slave history, an incredibly tragic time in our nation’s history.
“However, we’re not aware of, nor would we condone, any of the many wedding venues here glorifying that history in any way.”
The history of slavery is something that should neither be celebrated nor forgotten, Flaggs said.
And in Vicksburg, it's difficult to ignore. The city was the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River. Along with the Battle of Gettysburg, the fall of Vicksburg marked a turning point in the Civil War.
"It is incumbent on us to make certain the history does not repeat itself," he said. "Young people need to recognize it and understand it. It is a part of our history we don't ever want to celebrate.
"We don't fly the flag for the city of Vicksburg, but we don’t interfere with the private sector or what the museums or parks choose to commemorate."
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Mississippi plantation home owners said they don't think many people seek a venue because of its ties to slavery and the old South.
However, Mississippi has one unique place that had once been slave quarters that is used as a wedding venue.
"I don’t think it’s going to hurt us at all," said Debbie Cosey, who owns and operates Concord Quarters in Natchez with her husband, Greg Cosey. "If a girl — it doesn’t matter who she is — if she wants to have a plantation wedding, then that’s just a girl's dream. That’s never going to change."
Even though the announcement may not affect her business, Cosey said she sees how some people may not view plantation homes favorably because they are a symbol of slavery in the past.
"Maybe they’re not overreacting," she said.
Concord Quarters is a bed and breakfast inn and wedding venue located at the original slave quarters built around 1820 behind the Concord mansion.
The Coseys are African American, but Debbie Cosey said she believes a woman should have the wedding of her dreams, no matter where it is.
"When we are talking to potential brides, we let them know who we are and what we are," she said.
Cosey said the Concord Quarters is the only freestanding slave dwelling in the state.
"We have a very unique property here," she said.
White said while the old South's economy was built around slavery, it proved to be unsustainable and is a thing of the past.
"Obviously that failed," he said. "But Southern architecture and charm — that's timeless."
"As ugly as it was, it was such a romantic period," Cosey agreed. "It makes for a beautiful wedding."
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Contact Lici Beveridge at 601-584-3104 or lbeveridge@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @licibev.
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Responsibilities of a Critical Care Anaesthetist Critical care anaesthetists have a broad range of professional responsibilities relating to preparing patients for medical procedures. Their primary responsibility is to provide anesthesia-related medical care to patients in a variety of situations including Preoperative care Surgical consultations Monitoring vital signs during surgery Creation of pain management care plans Airway management Life support care during operations Post-operative care Assisting in ICU management The new model where ICUs are staffed by critical care intensivists have reduced costs and improved mortality rates. This has been accomplished by introducing new standards and protocols in ICU treatments. Acute lung illnesses and injuries, for example, can now be treated much more effectively with new ventilation and lung volume control strategies developed by critical care intensivists. Related to this, keep in mind that critical care anaesthetists and other intensivists have more time to focus on ICU patients without the distraction of seeing patients on other floors of a hospital or off site.
Part of the new trend in critical care toward specialized, intensivist physicians working in the ICU, critical care anaesthetists work with trauma surgeons and other highly trained specialists to provide appropriate anesthesia during surgical procedures and for critically ill patients during recovery. More and more hospitals are switching to the intensivist ICU model, meaning critical care anesthesiologists are in great demand today.
Their primary responsibility is to make sure that the critically ill patients are suitably anesthetized for surgery or to control the pain after surgery or due to trauma.
Most anaesthetists work as part of a private practice, and are supervised by the management board of the practice. Those who are direct employees of hospitals and clinics typically report to a mid-level administrator or clinical director.
Critical care anaesthetists are often responsible for overseeing anaesthesia for all patients in the ICU. Senior ICU anaesthesiologists often train and evaluate residents, therapists and technical staff. Some also become members of hospital medical committees or on the management board of their practise.
All physicians first get a bachelor’s degree and then complete medical school to earn an MD. New doctors who want to become anaesthesiologists then undertake a four-year clinical residency to learn from experienced colleagues.
Following their residency, anesthesiologists who are interested in working in the ICU will complete a one-year fellowship in critical care medicine.
Keep in mind that all practicing medical doctors must register with both the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) and with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
Responsibilities of a Critical Care Anaesthetist
Critical care anaesthetists have a broad range of professional responsibilities relating to preparing patients for medical procedures. Their primary responsibility is to provide anesthesia-related medical care to patients in a variety of situations including
Preoperative care
Surgical consultations
Monitoring vital signs during surgery
Creation of pain management care plans
Life support care during operations
Assisting in ICU management
The new model where ICUs are staffed by critical care intensivists have reduced costs and improved mortality rates. This has been accomplished by introducing new standards and protocols in ICU treatments. Acute lung illnesses and injuries, for example, can now be treated much more effectively with new ventilation and lung volume control strategies developed by critical care intensivists. Related to this, keep in mind that critical care anaesthetists and other intensivists have more time to focus on ICU patients without the distraction of seeing patients on other floors of a hospital or off site.
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Lorna's Story: There's No Fast Cure
Lorna's story
Is housework bad for you? Ask Lorna what she thinks. You'll get a lesson in how to tackle those chores—and how not to.
"I never had back problems, and then one Saturday I bent over to scoop out the cat box," she recalls. "When I tried to straighten up, I could hardly do it."
Lorna didn't have a severe episode. She counts herself lucky.
"Some people can hardly move, but I could stand and sit, although it hurt," she says. "It felt a lot better to lie on the floor. But I still could do things with friends and around the house."
She also found help close to home—at home, in fact.
Getting right on it
"My husband has back pain and knows what to do. I put a warm heating pad on it right away, took some ibuprofen, and slept that night on my side with a pillow between my legs."
Lorna got active the next day, taking short walks as recommended. Although her back still hurt, she went to work on Monday as usual. And to Lorna's surprise, her back hurt all week.
"I thought, 'Okay, it will hurt for a day or two, and that's it,'" she says. "But it lasted a lot longer. It took about 3 weeks. I guess we're used to fast cures. We take aspirin, and the headache goes away. We take the antibiotic, and the infection disappears."
But Lorna stayed patient, and the pain and stiffness left. Things are now back to normal—almost.
Lorna now thinks about how she moves. She no longer bends at the waist to empty the cat litter. She no longer bends. She now squats, bending at the knees to pick things up.
"It's really something how a small movement can end up in back pain. But it's also amazing how posture and watching how you move can prevent back pain."
This story is based on information gathered from many people living with low back pain.
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IRIS Learning Trust was formed in June 2018 and is based in the North East of England. We are proud to serve our communities and aim to offer outstanding educational provision.
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At Highfield, our community is our family. Our motto – Children Come First - was chosen by our families and staff because it illustrates why we are all here - to keep our children at the forefront of all we do.
Everyone in our school community is treated equally and with respect. We are interested in the views of our children, who are represented by the school councillors they have voted for. We work hard to form meaningful partnerships with our parents and carers. We make sure we share successes, support families when they need it and understand any worries or concerns they have. We listen carefully and, because we listen, we build up trusting successful relationships with everyone.
Trust lies at heart of every great partnership and we have discovered, through regular questionnaires and feedback, that families and children love our school.
In school, we ensure our children belong. They have a strong sense of belonging within their friendships groups, classes, houses and as individuals.
We come together to make up a huge, happy family.
We enjoy a busy and bustling school week full of exciting learning, sports, crafts, performing arts (including street dance, music tuition, and acting), our breakfast club which is open every day, as well as our weekly celebrations and rewards.
Our school council were elected at the start of the year, by their classes, to represent them and communicate whole school issues.
We are a Unicef Rights Respecting School and have achieved our bronze award! Our school council are the steering group for the work we are doing together to promote the rights of the child at Highfield.
The school council organise competitions, plan our fundraising events, lead the work of anti-bullying and contribute to decision making within school. All our councillors take their job very seriously and set an example, investing their time to make our school better.
Anti-Bullying Buddies
Our anti-bullying buddies were introduced by the school council this year during anti-bullying week. Their main role is to work with the staff in school to ensure play times are a happy time for every child at Highfield. Children interested in becoming a buddy applied for the role or were nominated by a friend in school. Selected pupils were then given training by the school councillors before working alongside staff on the yard.
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Highfield House Captains are made up of representatives from each of the school Houses, these are Dawson, Swan, Doxford, Clanny and Hartley. The House Captains lead and motivate the children in their house to work hard as they act as good role models for all pupils.
The names of the Houses were chosen to celebrate our proud heritage on Wearside. We want our children to know their history , understand their heritage and contribute to a great future for themselves and our region.
Our Curriculum Aims
Our exciting, engaging curriculum aims to:
Develop lively and enquiring minds
Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
Learn the essential skills of life, including number and information technology
Explore and understand the world in which they live
Develop an appreciation of the interdependence of individuals, groups and nations
Express themselves creatively and enjoy the creativity of others
Express an appreciation of a wide range of achievement
Develop personal, moral and spiritual values including respect for others
Be prepared for the opportunities and responsibilities of life in a changing world
Learn how to learn and regard learning as an enjoyable, lifelong activity
Develop a wide range of interests and appreciate the need for a healthy lifestyle
Set high personal standards of achievement and value excellence
To achieve these aims, the curriculum is:
Broad so that it provides a wide range of knowledge, skills and experiences
Balanced so that each subject has sufficient time to contribute effectively to learning
Relevant so that learning can link the pupil's experience to applications in the world at large
Coherent so that topics can be linked to make the whole learning experience more meaningful
Progressive so that what is taught builds in a systematic way upon what has already been learned
Differentiated so that what is taught and the tasks that are set are matched to the aptitude and ability of each pupil
Accessible so that there is equality of opportunity for all
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Meet YOSHI, the 16-Year-Old Visionary Shaking Fashion to Its Core
By Adam Mark in Features
This story is from the Issue 03 magazine of Highsnobiety Japan. Buy it here.
A boy of humble beginnings, YOSHI is the 16-year-old artist and visionary trailblazing a path for Asia’s next generation. Born to a Chinese father and Japanese mother, he caught the attention of Virgil Abloh at an Off-White™ store opening in Tokyo’s Aoyama neighborhood – an encounter YOSHI regards as one that completely changed his life. A figurehead of today’s zeitgeist, Abloh’s catalytic nature was enough to ensure that a single photo helped cement the young man’s trajectory.
Mimicking the all-encompassing creative approach pioneered by the likes of NIGO and Hiroshi Fujiwara, YOSHI is ushering in a new precedent for achievement in the 21st century. At only 16 years old, he exemplifies the contemporary polymath, defining his personal style through a multitude of creative outputs; designing, painting, singing – the list continues, almost indefinitely. YOSHI is testament to the benefits of relentless drive.
Having walked for the likes of Yoon Ahn’s AMBUSH and Helmut Lang, the young dreamer is projected to become synonymous with the contemporary fashion circuit. Parallel to this, YOSHI has also released an album, SEX IS LIFE, and recorded a video for one of its songs together with 88rising. As if that weren’t enough, he also made his acting debut as Tarō, the lead character in Tatsushi Ōmori’s Tarō no baka (Tarō the Fool).
Read the full interview below to learn more about YOSHI and his unchartered rise to the top.
Highsnobiety / Mitsuo Okamoto
What sort of environment did you grow up in?
People ask me this a lot – to be honest, nowhere special. I am from a normal family. My mom works at a local company and my dad is a product designer.
How and when did you decide to begin working in this industry?
One year after meeting Virgil [Abloh], I began noticing that this was a place where I could be. Until then, I was just another “fashion kid” and never really thought of communicating this to the world. However, once I began receiving feedback, it started to make me feel as though this was where I could express and develop myself best.
How would you describe your personal style?
I am not entirely sure. Recently, I met a lot of different people, and I always based my personal style on how I felt about their philosophy, and whether or not I could sympathize with it. These ideas of how I feel about people – or see them, for that matter – may not be right, but this quality has something very YOSHI about it. People who earned their names through social media tend to stay in a sort-of box. This box is the digital world. But life happens outside of this box… you really exist! It’s important for me to shape myself in the real world.
What are your opinions on the fashion industry?
To be honest, I feel like it has grown to become very uncool, and I think this all starts and ends with accessibility. Nowadays, everybody can attend shows, not just A-listers or people who actually work in the industry. This makes me want to activate the Japanese fashion scene more. I want to bridge the gap between Japan and the rest of the world, so that I, and many others, can continue to work abroad.
How does what you do match the international market?
My agency’s president told me that I could be bigger than Justin Bieber… which Asian has ever been bigger than Justin Bieber?! I would like to prove with the work I do that Japan’s people can reach levels like this, too. The goals you set have to be updated as you go. Now I am doing whatever I can do freely, constantly striving to figure out a new style and define a new me. I believe that all teens should do the same!
As you are also deeply interested in art, could you tell us what you think about this industry?
Even though most people around me told me to study art, I believe that art is a sense or feeling natural to everyone, controlled purely by ourselves. Such a sense is not earned through studying, right? Some people talk about the logic in art, but the practice of it is more instinctive.
You recently released an album, SEX IS LIFE. When did you start working on it?
I had my first recording session on 18 May, 2018. I wasn’t thinking of releasing an album at the time, I was just in the studio with Matt Cab [the J-Pop/R&B singer-songwriter who produced the album] and it all happened rather spontaneously. We just did it.
What’s your process like?
I decided on the themes, we crafted the lyrics together, and Matt designed the sounds. But I want to change this process, because I remember Miyashita-san from TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist saying that he sketches where his mind takes him before deciding on a theme. Music is free, and deciding on a theme early on might limit its advance somehow.
Songs like “CHERRY BOY” are very aggressive, yet the album also features more groovy, gentle R&B numbers. Did you plan on including so many genres?
I wanted the album to be genre-less. An album is much like a film – it’s hard to explain, but stories follow one another before connecting to create a single narrative. Some songs come from me, and others come from me seeing myself from a different perspective.
If you could say anything to the people of your generation, what would it be?
I want them to do whatever it is they love to do. It doesn’t matter what other people think.
For your debut, you played the leading role in the film Tarō no baka. This is quite a big leap for a new actor…
The director never told me what I should do, or how I should be. He simply told me the role I was playing, and from that point I understood exactly what he needed. At first I was worried, but after we shot the first scene, I felt very confident.
Are you worried about what the critics might say?
I am merely a performer. The people will always decide what is good and bad. I also don’t feel it’s about me, necessarily, but more about how the audience feels and talks about the film. But yes, maybe I am a little concerned about what they could say.
Is there anything you are planning to do to help create a better world?
I think before I can begin creating a better world, the world first needs to understand a little more about me. But of course, eventually, I would like to be credited as that guy who helped create a better world.
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What Are Email Headers? A Comprehensive Guide
Emails don’t come without any downside – you may be vulnerable to spam, phishing, and other malicious attacks. To know where those attacks come from, you need to learn about email headers. What is it and in how many ways can it benefit you? Keep reading to learn the answers.
What Exactly Is an Email Header?
An email has two parts – the body (the part where your message is visible) and the header. Now, many people think that an email header is where you can see the subject line, the recipient, and the sender.
They’re not wrong – but it’s just on the surface-level. Actually, an email header contains much more information related to the transmission process of an email – the metadata.
There are many pieces of information contained in metadata such as “from” and “to”, content type, the browser used to write the email, the date of delivery, etc. – more on the metadata in a minute.
To give you a clearer idea of what an email header looks like, take a look at an example below.
How to View An Email Header?
As you can see from the example we have shown earlier, an email header can be extremely long and tricky to understand. Your email client most likely won’t just show it out of the blue – there are a few steps to take before you can access it.
While it may take technical skills to make sense of the information it contains, getting your hands on an email header is not that hard.
Each email client has different steps and we’re going to show you how to view an email header for Gmail, Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, and iCloud Mail.
Viewing An Email Header on Gmail
Either you’re on Gmail or Google Apps (such as GSuite), the steps are the same. Follow the instructions below to access an email header on Google products.
Open your Gmail or Google App and click on the email you want to see the header for.
Search for the reply button, click the vertical three-dotted button on the right, and choose Show Original.
You’ll be directed to the overview of the contained information. Scroll down a bit and you’ll find the whole email header, along with the option to download it in .eml (email message) format or copy to clipboard.
Viewing An Email Header on Microsoft Outlook
Due to the many yearly releases of Microsoft Outlook, different versions may have a different approach on how you can view the email header.
However, the steps are not different for the most recent ones (Office 365, 2019, 2016, 2013, and 2010).
Open Microsoft Outlook and double click on the email to access the full message.
Click File -> Properties
You can see a few sections such as Security, Settings, Delivery Option, etc. Scroll down a bit until you see a small scrollable panel containing the email header.
Copy it and paste it to a text editor to see all the information at once.
For Office 2007, the steps are a little bit different. Here is how you do it.
Open the email message that you want to see the header for.
Go to the Message tab, find the Options section, and click the small button on the corner to open a dialog box.
The Message Options dialog will pop out – find the Internet header box and you’ll see the email header.
Viewing an Email Header on Mozilla Thunderbird
You can also access your email header using Mozilla Thunderbird. Follow the steps below to do it.
Open your Mozilla Thunderbird email client.
Double click on the message of your choosing and it will open a new tab.
On the menu bar, click View -> Headers -> All and you’ll see the full email header on top of the message. This is a toggleable option – you’ll keep seeing more information on the header unless you turn it off by selecting View -> Headers -> Normal.
Alternatively, after you open an email, you can also simply press Ctrl + U on your keyboard to view the message source – containing even much more information than the full header.
Viewing an Email Header on iCloud Mail
If you’re an Apple user, you may want to know how to do it on iCloud Mail. The process isn’t that different from other email clients. Take a look at the steps below.
Open iCloud Mail, choose an email and open it by double-clicking.
From the toolbar, click the action symbol that looks like a gear, then select Show Long Headers.
Similar to Mozilla Thunderbird, this is a toggleable action so you can click it one more time if you no longer wish to see the message header.
Understanding The Metadata
If you want further details on the email you receive or send, viewing the metadata is the right course of action. However, you may have to take it with a grain of salt – metadata can still be forged.
That’s right, almost every line (especially the “from” line that shows where the message comes from) is susceptible to forgery – except for Received. In fact, it’s the number one indicator to validate the authenticity of your email.
Received is the line that’s created by your computer, so you should have no problem trusting it completely. It’s also possible for an email header to have multiple Received lines – those lines show you the servers your email travels to until it reaches its final destination.
Also, earlier, we have mentioned a bit about what’s in an email header, right? Below is the list of all the information that the email header includes.
From – this is the line that can be forged easily. It contains information on where the message comes from.
To – the receiving end of the email (it doesn’t necessarily show the recipient’s email address, though)
Subject – think of it as the “title” or the topic that the sender sets on their email.
Date – it’s the date and time when an email is written.
Return-Path – also known as Reply-To, it contains the address where the reply of that email will be sent to.
Envelope-To – it’s kinda similar to Reply-To. It shows that the email was sent to the address on this line.
Delivery Date – this is the timestamp when an email client receives the email.
Received – this line shows the servers that an email has gone through in order to arrive at the recipient’s mailbox. To read it from a chronological point of view, you must read it from the bottom (where the email was originally sent from) to the top (the final destination of the email or in this case: your computer).
DKIM signature and Domain Key signature – DKIM stands for Domain Key Identified Mail. Along with the domain key signature, they both are a part of an email signature identification system.
Message-ID – it’s a combination of unique letters and numbers that are created when the email is first written (also forgeable).
Mime-version – MIME is an internet standard that extends the format and the functionality of an email. You can attach videos, images, and other files thanks to MIME.
Content-type – it tells you whether the email is written as plain text or HTML.
X-Spam status – it tells you the score of an email. If it reaches more than the threshold, then the email will be considered spam.
X-Spam level – its level depends on the score of the email’s x-spam status. For every point it gains, the x-spam level will show one asterisk.
Message body – it’s the main content of your email – the actual message that you want to get across.
Does It All Matter?
You still can use email to boost your efficiency in communication without viewing the email header – so, does it matter whether you know all the metadata or not?
Well, knowing all the information can help you troubleshoot the problems related to your email transmission process. Here below is how you can benefit from an email header.
Protect your mailbox from malicious attacks. Despite the convenience that email offers, you still have to guard yourself against phishing (an attack that can steal your sensitive or classified information) and spam.
Evaluation purpose. When you ask the technician of your office or email provider for help, they may need to get a hold of your email header. That’s why knowing how to view an email header is important.
Email tracking. You can even make use of the data in your email header to track the source of a message by obtaining the sender’s IP address. This is useful if you receive malicious attacks and want to find the identity of the one responsible. The process is also easy – just simply copy your whole email header and paste it on a trace email tool. After you receive the IP address, you can use it to find the sender’s physical location.
Even though most people usually don’t have any reason to view an email header, it has its benefits.
At least, by knowing the use of an email header and how to view it, you won’t be completely blindsided when you suddenly receive a malicious attack in the future. Well, you can’t know for sure, right?
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What's inside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
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Alix Martichoux , SFGATE April 15, 2019
1of71Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral. The holy crown of thorns worn by Jesus Christ during the Passion. (Photo by: Godong/UIG via Getty Images)Photo: Godong/UIG via Getty Images
2of71Reliquary, 1862, treasury of Notre-Dame cathedral, Paris, France, 19th century.Photo: DEA / C. SAPPA/De Agostini via Getty Images
4of71Smoke rises around the alter in front of the cross inside the Notre-Dame Cathedral as the fire continues to burn on April 16, 2019 in the French capital Paris. - A huge fire swept through the roof of the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky. The flames and smoke plumed from the spire and roof of the gothic cathedral, visited by millions of people a year. A spokesman for the cathedral told AFP that the wooden structure supporting the roof was being gutted by the blaze. (Photo by PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL / AFP)PHILIPPE WOJAZER/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Philippe Wojazer, AFP/Getty Images
5of71Smoke rises in front of the altar cross at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019, after a fire engulfed the building. - A fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said.Images posted on social media showed flames and huge clouds of smoke billowing above the roof of the gothic cathedral, the most visited historic monument in Europe. (Photo by PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL / AFP)PHILIPPE WOJAZER/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Philippe Wojazer, AFP/Getty Images
6of71Notre Dame de Paris. The Catholic cathedral Notre Dame de Paris, on the edges of the Seine on September 20, 2015 in Paris.Photo: Frâ©dâ©ric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images
7of71A picture taken on June 28, 2017 shows the inside of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, as the monument needs a huge restoration.Photo: AFP Contributor/AFP/Getty Images
9of71Interior view of the historic Cathedral. Notre Dame Cathedral, Notre Dame de Paris (Our lady of Paris) is an ancient Catholic Cathedral whose construction began during the Middle Ages.Photo: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
10of71Notre Dame de Paris. The Catholic cathedral Notre Dame de Paris, on the edges of the Seine on September 20, 2015 in Paris.Photo: Frâ©dâ©ric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images
12of71Statue of St. Landry by French sculptor Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Dechaume standing in front of a grisaille stained glass window by French painter Edouard Didron in the Chapel of St. Landry inside of Notre-Dame Cathedral on March 21, 2017 in Paris.Photo: Waring Abbott/Getty Images
13of71Interior view of the historic Cathedral. Notre Dame Cathedral, Notre Dame de Paris (Our lady of Paris) is an ancient Catholic Cathedral whose construction began during the Middle Ages.Photo: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
14of71Statue of Hyacinthe-Louis de Quelen, an Archbishop of Paris, inside of Notre-Dame Cathedral on March 21, 2017 in Paris.Photo: Waring Abbott/Getty Images
15of71Statue of St. Landry by French sculptor Adolphe-Victor Geoffroy-Dechaume in the Chapel of St. Landry inside of Notre-Dame Cathedral on March 21, 2017 in Paris.Photo: Waring Abbott/Getty Images
16of71A picture shows the inside of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris on November 30, 2012.Photo: PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images
18of71A view of the grand organ inside the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on November 30, 2012, in Paris.Photo: PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images
19of71'Appearance to Thomas' and 'Appearance to the apostles by Lake Tiberias', parts of 'Appearances of the Risen Christ', a chancel screen inside of Notre-Dame Cathedral on March 21, 2017 in Paris.Photo: Waring Abbott/Getty Images
20of71Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said.Photo: Francois Guillot, AFP/Getty Images
21of71This photo provided on Tuesday April 16, 2019 by the Paris Fire Brigade shows fire fighters working at the burning Notre Dame cathedral, Monday April 15, 2019. Experts assessed the blackened shell of Paris' iconic Notre Dame Tuesday morning to establish next steps to save what remains after a devastating fire destroyed much of the cathedral that had survived almost 900 years of history. (Benoit Moser, BSPP via AP)Photo: Benoit Moser, Associated Press
22of71This photo provided Tuesday April 16, 2019 by the Paris Fire Brigade shows fire fighters working at the burning Notre Dame cathedral, Monday April 15, 2019. Experts assessed the blackened shell of Paris' iconic Notre Dame Tuesday morning to establish next steps to save what remains after a devastating fire destroyed much of the cathedral that had survived almost 900 years of history. (Benoit Moser, BSPP via AP)Photo: Benoit Moser, Associated Press
23of71The steeple collapses as smoke and flames engulf the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. Photo: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP/Getty Images
24of71The steeple of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral collapses as the cathedral is engulfed in flames in central Paris on April 15, 2019. -Photo: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP/Getty Images
25of71This photo provided Tuesday April 16, 2019 by the Paris Fire Brigade shows a fire brigade truck parked by the burning Notre Dame cathedral, Monday April 15, 2019. Experts assessed the blackened shell of Paris' iconic Notre Dame Tuesday morning to establish next steps to save what remains after a devastating fire destroyed much of the cathedral that had survived almost 900 years of history. (Benoit Moser, BSPP via AP)Photo: Benoit Moser, Associated Press
26of71Flames and smoke are seen as the interior of the Notre-Dame Cathedral continues to burn on April 15, 2019, in the French capital Paris. - A huge fire swept through the roof of the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky. The flames and smoke plumed from the spire and roof of the gothic cathedral, visited by millions of people a year. A spokesman for the cathedral told AFP that the wooden structure supporting the roof was being gutted by the blaze. (Photo by PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL / AFP)PHILIPPE WOJAZER/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Philippe Wojazer, AFP/Getty Images
28of71Smoke rises in front of the altar cross at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019, after a fire engulfed the building. - A fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said.Images posted on social media showed flames and huge clouds of smoke billowing above the roof of the gothic cathedral, the most visited historic monument in Europe. (Photo by PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL / AFP)PHILIPPE WOJAZER/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Philippe Wojazer, AFP/Getty Images
29of71An image taken from a television screen shows an aerial view of the Notre-Dame Cathedral engulfed in flames on April 15, 2019, in the French capital Paris. - A huge fire swept through the roof of the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky. The flames and smoke plumed from the spire and roof of the gothic cathedral, visited by millions of people a year. A spokesman for the cathedral told AFP that the wooden structure supporting the roof was being gutted by the blaze. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)STRINGER/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Stringer, AFP/Getty Images
30of71French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte walk outside the Notre Dame Cathedral where a fire continues to burn in Paris on April 16, 2019. - A huge fire swept through the roof of the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky. The flames and smoke plumed from the spire and roof of the gothic cathedral, visited by millions of people a year. A spokesman for the cathedral told AFP that the wooden structure supporting the roof was being gutted by the blaze. (Photo by PHILIPPE WOJAZER / POOL / AFP)PHILIPPE WOJAZER/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Philippe Wojazer, AFP/Getty Images
31of71Firefighters assemble their hoses as they gather at the River Seine near Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral as flames engulf the roof of the cathedral on April 15, 2019, in the French capital Paris. - A huge fire swept through the roof of the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky. The flames and smoke plumed from the spire and roof of the gothic cathedral, visited by millions of people a year. A spokesman for the cathedral told AFP that the wooden structure supporting the roof was being gutted by the blaze. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Stephane De Sakutin, AFP/Getty Images
32of71A huge column of smoke stands above one of the world's most famous landmarks - Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. The mayor of the French capital speaks of a "terrible fire".Photo: Christian Böhmer/picture alliance via Getty Images
33of71The steeple engulfed in flames collapses as the roof of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral burns on April 15, 2019 in Paris. - A colossal fire swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, causing a spire to collapse and raising fears over the future of the nearly millenium old building and its precious artworks. The fire, which began in the early evening, sent flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the Paris sky as stunned Parisians and tourists watched on in sheer horror. (Photo by Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP/Getty Images
34of71A fire fighter uses a hose as Notre Dame cathedral is burning in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. A catastrophic fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris' soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations Monday, threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the Western world as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)Photo: Francois Mori, Associated Press
35of71Firefighters tackle the blaze as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke is filling the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash is falling on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)Photo: Michel Euler, Associated Press
36of71Bystanders look on as flames and smoke billow from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. - A major fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky, the fire service said. The flames and smoke plumed from the spire and roof of the gothic cathedral, visited by millions of people a year, where renovations are currently underway. (Photo by FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP)FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Francois Guillot, AFP/Getty Images
37of71Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said. - A major fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky, the fire service said. The flames and smoke plumed from the spire and roof of the gothic cathedral, visited by millions of people a year, where renovations are currently underway. (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP)LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Ludovic Marin, AFP/Getty Images
38of71People look a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris from the banks of the Seine river on April 15, 2019. - A fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said. (Photo by Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP/Getty Images
39of71People kneel on the pavement as they pray outside watching flames engulf Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. - A colossal fire swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, causing a spire to collapse and raising fears over the future of the nearly millenium old building and its precious artworks. The fire, which began in the early evening, sent flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the Paris sky as stunned Parisians and tourists watched on in sheer horror. (Photo by ERIC FEFERBERG / AFP)ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Eric Feferberg, AFP/Getty Images
40of71People react as they watch flames engulf the roof of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in the French capital Paris on April 15, 2019. - A colossal fire swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, causing a spire to collapse and threatening to destroy the entire masterpiece and its precious artworks. The fire, which began in the early evening, sent flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the Paris sky as stunned Parisians and tourists watched on in sheer horror. (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP/Getty Images
41of71People look a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris from the banks of the Seine river on April 15, 2019. - A fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Thomas Samson, AFP/Getty Images
42of71Flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. - A fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said.Images posted on social media showed flames and huge clouds of smoke billowing above the roof of the gothic cathedral, the most visited historic monument in Europe. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)STRINGER/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Stringer, AFP/Getty Images
43of71Smokes ascends as flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019 afternoon, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said.Photo: FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images
44of71Flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. - A huge fire swept through the roof of the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky. The flames and smoke plumed from the spire and roof of the gothic cathedral, visited by millions of people a year. A spokesman for the cathedral told AFP that the wooden structure supporting the roof was being gutted by the blaze. (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON / AFP)THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Thomas Samson, AFP/Getty Images
45of71Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said.Photo: LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/Getty Images
46of71Flames and smoke engulf the steeple at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. - A fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said.Images posted on social media showed flames and huge clouds of smoke billowing above the roof of the gothic cathedral, the most visited historic monument in Europe. (Photo by Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP/Getty Images
47of71Flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. Photo: Patrick Anidjar, AFP/Getty Images
48of71Notre-Dame de Paris, a Catholic cathedral founded in the 11th century, has caught fire.Photo: Stoyan Vassev/Stoyan Vassev/TASS
49of71Flames rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke is filling the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash is falling on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)Photo: Thibault Camus, Associated Press
50of71Smokes ascends as flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019 afternoon, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said. Photo: Francois Guillot, AFP/Getty Images
51of71People watch Notre Dame cathedral burning in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke is filling the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash is falling on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)Photo: Rafael Yaghobzadeh, Associated Press
52of71Smoke billows as flames destroy the roof of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019. Photo: Francois Guillot, AFP/Getty Images
54of71Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said. Photo: Ludovic Marin, AFP/Getty Images
55of71Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said. Photo: Francois Guillot, AFP/Getty Images
57of71The landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral is engulfed by flames in central Paris on April 15, 2019. Photo: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP/Getty Images
58of71Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said.Photo: FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images
59of71A woman reacts as she watches the flames engulf the roof of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019.Photo: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP/Getty Images
60of71People watch as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke is filling the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash is falling on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)Photo: Thibault Camus, Associated Press
62of71Bystanders look on as flames and smoke bilow from Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. Photo: Edouard Magrino, AFP/Getty Images
63of71Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris, France on Monday, April 15, 2019, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said. (Jerome Domine/Abaca Press/TNS)Photo: Jerome Domine, TNS
65of71Flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. Photo: Ludovic Marin, AFP/Getty Images
66of71Smoke and flames rise during a fire at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, potentially involving renovation works being carried out at the site, the fire service said. Photo: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP/Getty Images
67of71Flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019. Photo: Thomas Samson, AFP/Getty Images
68of71Flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame Cathedral on April 15, 2019 in Paris, France.Photo: Chesnot/Getty Images
69of71This aerial photo provided Tuesday April 16, 2019 by the Paris Fire Brigade shows Notre Dame cathedral burning, Monday April 15, 2019. Experts assessed the blackened shell of Paris' iconic Notre Dame Tuesday morning to establish next steps to save what remains after a devastating fire destroyed much of the cathedral that had survived almost 900 years of history. (Benoit Moser/BSPP via AP)Photo: Benoit Moser, Associated Press
70of71Firefighters talk near the rose window of Notre Dame cathedral Tuesday April 16, 2019 in Paris. Experts assessed the blackened shell of Paris' iconic Notre Dame Tuesday morning to establish next steps to save what remains after a devastating fire destroyed much of the cathedral that had survived almost 900 years of history. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)Photo: Thibault Camus, Associated Press
71of71People react as they watch flames engulf the roof of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in the French capital Paris on April 15, 2019. - A colossal fire swept through the famed Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019, causing a spire to collapse and threatening to destroy the entire masterpiece and its precious artworks. The fire, which began in the early evening, sent flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the Paris sky as stunned Parisians and tourists watched on in sheer horror.Photo: Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt, AFP/Getty Images
After a massive fire broke out at Notre Dame Cathedral Monday, it was clear the exterior of the structure had been devastated. But as the fire continued to burn for hours, people feared artifacts and priceless art inside may have also been destroyed.
Notre Dame was undergoing renovations at the time of the fire; scaffolding was visible amid the flames around the building's roof and spire. On Thursday, 16 religious statues were removed from the peak for the first time in over a century to be taken for cleaning, and therefore escaped the blaze. The statues represented the 12 apostles and four evangelists.
ALSO: Pictures, videos show massive fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
As firefighters tried to stamp out the growing flames, Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire told BFMTV first responders were trying to salvage the art and other priceless pieces stored in the cathedral.
What exactly is housed inside Notre Dame Cathedral?
The 850-year-old cathedral is home to irreplaceable works of art and is one of the world's most famous tourist attractions. Among the most celebrated artworks inside are its three stained-glass rose windows, placed high up on the west, north and south faces of the cathedral.
Its priceless treasures also include a Catholic relic, the crown of thorns, which is only occasionally displayed, including on Fridays during Lent. The crown was believed to be placed on Jesus' head leading up to his crucifixion.
A piece of the true cross, the cross on which Jesus was said to be crucified, was also kept inside the Notre Dame.
The cathedral was immortalized in Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," published in 1831. Its gargoyles and bell towers were featured by the Disney movie of the same name.
The crypt, which housed numerous Gallo-Roman artifacts and remains of a house from Lutèce, the Roman city that stood where modern Paris is now. The organ inside was one of the most famous in the world. Installed in the 13th century, it has five keyboards and 8,000 pipes. Its fate is not yet known.
The treasury inside the Notre Dame also includes artwork, silverware, and other relics.
Read the latest on the fire at Notre Dame, which at time of publication was still burning.
Read Alix Martichoux's latest stories and send her news tips at alix.martichoux@sfgate.com.
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Unnecessary death: Calgary woman given 3 years for not getting help for sick son
Lauren Krugel CP
CALGARY — A woman who failed to take her son to the doctor for a strep infection has been sentenced to three years in prison — a punishment a Calgary judge says fits the grave crime that resulted in the seven-year-old boy's painful death.
Tamara Lovett, 48, was convicted in January of criminal negligence causing death.
Justice Kristine Eidsvik said it wasn't Lovett's fault her son Ryan got sick, but she had several days to get him proper medical care. The trial heard Lovett gave Ryan dandelion tea and oil of oregano when he developed the infection that kept him bedridden in their Calgary home for 10 days in 2013.
"Ryan suffered terribly from this inaction." she said in her sentencing decision Friday. "He died an excruciating, unnecessary death.
"Her failure to bring him to a medical doctor caused his death."
She noted that Lovett is still suffering terribly from grief and has admitted what she did was wrong.
"Her remorse, I believe, is genuine," said Eidsvik.
But the judge said she's not sure there has been a sincere shift in Lovett's beliefs that made her skeptical of the medical system.
The Crown had called for Lovett to spend up to five years in prison while her lawyer proposed one year behind bars and one year probation.
Prosecutor Jonathan Hak said outside court the sentence sends a clear message.
"If your child is not getting better, you are legally and morally bound to take that child to an actual doctor for actual medical care."
Defence lawyer Alain Hepner said Lovett's prison term will pale in comparison to what she has already suffered.
"She's received a life sentence already for being responsible for the death of her child," he said outside court.
After Lovett's conviction earlier this year, Hepner argued the case should be dismissed because it took too long from the time Lovett was arrested until her conviction in January.
Last year, the Supreme Court of Canada set out a 30-month time frame for superior courts in what has become known as the Jordan decision. But the high court allowed some flexibility for cases in which charges were laid before its order in July 2016.
Lovett's case took 38 months to run its course, but Eidsvik said she subtracted six months for delays she attributed to the defence.
That still leaves 32 months, but Eidsvik ruled the transitional exception applies.
"The parties were clearly operating under the old regime," she said Friday. "In my view, it would not be just to set aside a conviction here and enter a stay."
Eidsvik said during the trial that Lovett "gambled away" Ryan's life by treating him herself and not seeking medical help.
Lovett said she thought he had a cold or the flu and didn't think his swollen lymph nodes, an oozing ear infection and jaundiced eyes were anything she couldn't handle.
The trial heard that Ryan was dead well before his mother called 911 to say he had stopped breathing.
Alberta's chief medical examiner testified the boy's body was full of group A streptococcus bacteria, which caused most of his major organs to fail.
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General Home Safety
Bad Effects of Insecticide
By Cleveland Van Cecil
Insecticides help control insects in the home garden or landscape. But, insecticides contain dangerous chemicals that are dangerous when misapplied, spilled or disposed of improperly. Follow the safety and application instructions on the packaging label of insecticides to prevent bad effects to yourself and the environment.
Spray insecticides when there is little chance of rain and no wind to prevent the chemicals from drifting.
An acute allergic reaction can occur within 24 hours of exposure, according to the University of Missouri Extension's website. Allergic reactions usually include difficulty breathing similar to an asthma attack, skin and nose irritation and watering of the eyes. Allergic reactions do not occur in all people who use pesticides, even in some people who are sensitive to chemicals.
Chronic Poisoning
A person who is exposed to small amounts of insecticides over a long period of time can experience the effects of chronic poisoning. This type of insecticide poisoning often causes physical and neurological effects such as nervousness, slow movement, twitching and a decline in good health. Chronic poisoning may be difficult to treat, especially if the source of the poisoning is not known.
Insecticide runoff occurs when chemical pesticides are sprayed onto eroding soil or when heavy rain falls right after an application. Insecticide runoff is dangerous to water supplies and local wildlife. A person who drinks water contaminated with insecticide from runoff can experience acute to chronic poisoning effects. Insecticide runoff can also negatively impact surrounding wildlife by killing or poisoning food supplies such as insects or plants. Excess runoff from insecticides may also kill fish.
Cleveland Van Cecil
Cleveland Van Cecil is a freelancer writer specializing in technology. He has been a freelance writer since 2008 and has published extensively online, writing articles on subjects as diverse as boat motors and hydroponic gardening. Van Cecil has a Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts from Baldwin-Wallace College.
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