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Reel Review: The Grudge (2020)
Tags: Andrea Riseborough ghost films Ghost House Pictures J-Horror remakes Ju-On Nicolas Pesce Remakes The Grudge
Despite the significant talent involved in front of and behind the camera, “The Grudge” (2020) is a disappointing, snore-inducing reboot.
Two years ago, my then-fiancée and I decided to bypass an actual ceremony and elope. It was a special day for us. And though we eventually had our ceremony, that spur of the moment decision became one of the most memorable dates around.
What does this odd intro have to do with Nicolas Pesce’s 2020 reboot/sequel of The Grudge, you ask? Well, having just spent my anniversary, sitting down, watching what can only be labelled as one of the most miserable experiences I’ve had in quite some time, I can only think that January 8th will forever be known as the day I looked at my wife and asked, “Why did I do this to myself?”
Pesce burst onto the scene with 2016’s The Eyes of My Mother, a film that was helmed by what felt like a true auteur. The film felt like a cross between David Lynch and The Texas Chain Saw Masscare. And Pesce’s 2018 follow-up, Piercing showed that the talented director could do a colorful contrast to the black and white, dreary debut he brought to us.
Between those first two films, Pesce showed that he had such a talent for creating films that got under your skin and lived there.
This put him alongside up and coming but already legendary filmmakers like Ari Aster and Robert Eggers. Auteur-driven horror can be so profound to experience. And after The Eyes of My Mother and Piercing, the big question was, “What would Nicolas do next?!”
When it was announced that he was helming a reboot/sequel to The Grudge, quite a few people were left scratching their heads, but if anyone could turn a series that had grown quite stale into something personal, something lasting and something fresh, Pesce would be the guy to do it.
Any skepticism was put to rest when the director gave us a cast that was filled with actors who were at the top of their game, with Mandy’s Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin, genre legend Lin Shaye and Jacki Weaver, some of the most impressive actors working today.
How could it go wrong? Well, sadly, it did.
Telling the very non-linear story (an approach very familiar to the series), 2020’s The Grudge takes the auteur-driven approach Pesce utilized in his first two films and completely throws it out the window, giving its viewer a story that never quite lands with its audience and relies so heavily on jump scares that my daughter looked over at me at one point and said, “Dad, I’ve already lost count of how many times something has jumped out for no reason whatsoever.” She’s nine.
Following Riseborough’s character, a recently widowed single mother trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, The Grudge feels more like a series of short films, haphazardly thrown together and labeled as a cohesive film. Partnered with Bichir’s weathered detective, who had previously had a partner that went crazy after entering a house in which those who enter are cursed, Riseborough spends the running time seeming like she’s about to fall asleep.
And if there’s a theme to The Grudge, it’s just that.
The film is filled to the brim with GREAT actors phoning in performances from a script that just doesn’t work. We’re given the horror equivalent to Pulp Fiction, with stories involving Cho, Weaver and Shaye coming and going. But instead of feeling like the horror Pulp Fiction, it’s closer to a horror version of Two Days in the Valley in terms of quality.
It’s difficult to write this review, because as I previously stated, Pesce is truly a great filmmaker. But one can’t help but to think the overabundance of jump scares must have been forced onto the filmmaker, because the restraint that he so eloquently showed in The Eyes of My Mother has been traded in for what could only be considered a bigger budget, straight-to-video remake that happened to hit theaters.
The scares are predictable, the tone is unsteady, and the film itself just drags and drags — until a finale that you can see coming a mile away. Here’s hoping that Pesce isn’t put into any silly director’s jail because of The Grudge, because he has chops. And The Grudge is filled with great actors.
But if there’s one thing this experience has taught me, it’s that even great actors can’t save a REALLY bad movie.
Overall Rating (Out of 5 Butterflies)
For the past decade, Jerry Smith has been a writer, director and awkward podcaster within the horror community, having acted as the Editor of Chief of veteran site Icons of Fright for years before writing for Fangoria, HorrorHound, Delirium Magazine and his current magazine jobs of Scream Magazine and Fantasm Presents. He bows at the altar of John Carpenter and Halloween is his religion. Hopeless defender of all things horror franchise, thinks THE EXORCIST III is better than the original film and spends his days giving his wife and kids high fives and his nights writing until he passes out. Makes depressing films. Read Full
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As relevant today as it ever was, Sidney Lumet's brilliant, multiple Oscar-winning satirical exposé of the men and women behind the television networks stars Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, William Holden, Robert Duvall, and Ned Beatty. When Howard Beale (Finch), the dean of newscasters at the United Broadcasting System, is forced to retire, network executive Max Schumacher (Holden), Howard's best friend, must deliver the bad news. Beale can't stomach the idea of losing his 25-year post as anchorman simply because of age, so in his next broadcast he announces to the viewers that he's going to commit suicide on his final program.
Howard Gottfried
Fred C. Caruso
Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, Arthur Burghardt, Bill Burrows, John Carpenter, Jordan Charney, Kathy Cronkite
© 1976 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The Making of NETWORK:
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By Walter Cronkite
Critics Consensus: Driven by populist fury and elevated by strong direction, powerful acting, and an intelligent script, Network's searing satire of ratings-driven news remains sadly relevant more than four decades later.
Los Angeles Free Press
Ruth Batchelor
Network is a staggering and jolting attack upon the networks and corporate structure.
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Jesús Fernández Santos
A corrosive and poetic story about the world of American television. [Full Review in Spanish]
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Asher Luberto
[Network] regularly finds itself at the pinnacle of "Best Movie" ratings. In a world where ratings...
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With a powerful performance from Peter Finch, the satirical Network is relevant more so today than...
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Jennie Kermode
It deserves to be credited for [its] accuracy... and overall it's still great fun to watch.
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Paddy Chayefsky's 1976 satire about network television, directed by Sidney Lumet, was amazing then...
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Rob Vaux
It was the height of satire in 1976: dark as hell, but patently absurd and surely nowhere close to...
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No performance is less than brilliant, with Dunaway particularly effective in the film's showiest...
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This tale of a failing network that feeds on the mental breakdown of one of its anchors, cannibali...
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Network is neither fair nor modest. It's full of bile, travesty, scolding -- and wry humour.
Biting '76 satire with a media-literacy lesson.
Parents need to know that this film, made in 1976, is for adults and mature teens only. There is considerable profanity throughout: "f--k," "s--t," the "N" word," "whore," "goddamn," "piss," "dykes," and more. Characters discuss and engage in adultery. Actual sexual activity includes kissing and one scene in which characters undress (a brief flash of female breasts is included) and have sexual intercourse while the woman talks non-stop. Alcohol is consumed on numerous social occasions and two men get very drunk in the film's opening scene. Some smoking.
Genre:Comedy, Drama
Release Date:November 27, 1976
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Post-season legend Carlos Beltran helps the Cardinals walk off victorious in the 13th
By Bill BaerOct 12, 2013, 1:38 AM EDT
In a battle of squandered opportunities, the Cardinals squandered one fewer. Between the fourth and the twelfth innings, the Cardinals and Dodgers traded zeroes — one part effective pitching, one part curious managerial decisions, one part offensive futility.
Beltran was the heart and soul of the Cardinals tonight. His two-run double in the third inning tied the game at two. His tenth inning throw home from right field to nail Mark Ellis at home preserved a 2-2 tie. And his 13th-inning line drive RBI single to right sent the Cardinals home with a 1-0 lead in the NLCS.
By Win Percent Added (WPA), a statistic that shows exactly how much a player contributed to his team’s chance of winning, Beltran’s two hits and his throw combined for .853 WPA:
3rd inning two-run double: .235
10th inning catch and assist: .318
13th inning RBI single: .300
Mattingly’s decision to save Kenley Jansen for the very end is one that will be second-guessed for quite some time. There were plenty of opportunities earlier in the game for Jansen to come in, but Mattingly opted for inferior arms such as Ronald Belisario and J.P. Howell. And rather than let Jansen start an inning from the wind-up, Mattingly brought him in after Chris Withrow had put runners on first and second with one out. Jansen struggled out of the stretch against his first batter, Beltran, falling behind 3-1 before giving up the game-winning hit.
The Dodgers certainly had their opportunities. Michael Young came to the plate twice after replacing Adrian Gonzalez at first base and was responsible for four outs. He hit the fly ball to Beltran when he made the great throw home, and grounded into an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play in the 12th. That was a direct result of another questionable Mattingly decision. Carl Crawford led off with a single, and Mattingly had Mark Ellis bunt him to second. With first base subsequently open, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny had Lance Lynn intentionally walk Hanley Ramirez — a vastly superior hitter — to bring up Young, who has historically been very prone to grounding into double plays.
Game 1 was by no means a pristine game of well-played baseball. Rather, it was chock full of mistakes, but in the end, it was an entertaining, tense affair that sets up the NLCS well. If the rest of the games are as competitive as Game 1, we’re in for a treat.
Tags: Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Chris Withrow, Hanley Ramirez, J.P. Howell, Kenley Jansen, Lance Lynn, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Ellis, Michael Young, Ronald Belisario, St. Louis Cardinals
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And That Happened: Wednesday’s scores and highlights
By Craig CalcaterraAug 20, 2015, 7:41 AM EDT
Orioles 5, Mets 4: Henry Urrutia with the walkoff bomb to cap a night in which the O’s rallied from 3-1 and 4-3 deficits. It was Urrutia’s first big league homer. A Mets fan caught it and gave it back to him, after which Urrutia said “That’s the best gift for me tonight. Now I can give that baseball to my son.” If this was a bad 1980s action movie the terrorist with whom Urrutia served in special forces back in the day would now kidnap the son, causing Urrutia to go on a rampage after him. In the final battle, Urrutia and the terrorist would exchange some one-liners, the terrorist would say something like “we’re not so different, you and I” and then Urrutia would kill the terrorist with the actual baseball from that homer, and the credits would roll as he hugged his son. Man, they don’t make good movies anymore.
Rangers 7, Mariners 2: Derek Holland came back from four months on the disabled list and allowed two runs while pitching into the seventh inning. Mitch Moreland, Mike Napoli and Elvis Andrus all went deep as the Rangers keep pace with the Angels and Astros in the west and the Angels and Orioles in the wild card race. Still not quite believing the Rangers are in the thick of things, but they are.
Brewers 8, Marlins 7: Remember when I said a week ago or so that the only time I notice Khris Davis is when he hits two homers in a game? It happened again. A two-run shot and a three-run shot for a man with the most specific and odd super power of all the comic book heroes. Not as useless as Aquaman or anything, but still very esoteric as far as these things go.
Yankees 4, Twins 3: Pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa Pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa, pa pa pa pa Papa, ooma mow mow Papa, ooma mow mow:
Athletics 5, Dodgers 2: Paragraph from the AP game story:
After the low-budget A’s won 5-4 in 10 innings Tuesday night, they beat baseball’s biggest spender again to win consecutive games following a seven-game skid on a recent road trip through Toronto and Baltimore.
Fun fact: there is basically no correlation between payroll and playoff contention this year, with just as many low budget teams in playoff position as high budget and just as many big spenders near the bottom of league standings as poor sisters. It’s always fun for baseball writers to talk about payrolls, but it’s fair to say that the A’s disappointing season is just as much a function of their bad decisions as their payroll this year. As such, it’d be just as insightful to say the “green-wearing team beat the blue-wearing team” in the above passage.
Padres 3, Braves 2: The Padres complete the three-game sweep of the Braves, for whom San Diego has become a personal hell in recent years. But at least the opposition beating up on my boys looked sharp as hell yesterday:
Phillies 7, Blue Jays 4: Aaron Altherr, which sounds like a name some underaged kid makes up on the spot when questioned by campus security about where he got that beer, homered, doubled and drove in three runs. The real story here, however, is that this was the first Phillies game in nearly a decade and a half in which Chase Utley was not a member of the team. Which is causing some feelings among Phillies fans, you should know:
Pirates 4, Diamondbacks 1: J.A. Happ pitched six shutout innings. Not gonna say there was a lot going on at the trade deadline, but I completely missed that Happ was traded to the Pirates. Hi, I’m Craig Calcaterra, baseball news man.
Red Sox 6, Indians 4: David Ortiz, Travis Shaw, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Ryan Hanigan all homered. It was Dave Dombrowski’s first game as team president following his, I dunno, inauguration, or whatever it was that happened yesterday. As Bradley hit that homer, I assume he was fondly remembering all of the times he flipped peaking outfielders for way better value in trades when he ran the Tigers. I almost feel bad for Dave Stewart, because the odds of him getting fleeced out of a great player when Dombrowski calls him this winter have been taken off the Vegas boards.
Royals 4, Reds 3: Ben Zobrist had four hits. And, for the first time in my baseball-watching life, some dude tried to score from third after the infield fly rule was called. Jason Bourgeois of the Reds, specifically. He was tagged out. What in the heck? Bourgeois was also picked off first base early in the game. Not the best day on the basepaths for him.
Cardinals 4, Giants 3: Yadier Molina hit his 100th career homer to put the Cards over the Giants. He also had an RBI single in the game. I suppose this will cause Cards fans to renew that whole “Molina is better than Posey” argument that always makes me smile. Posey has 99 homers in his career, for what it’s worth. In five fewer seasons.
Tigers 15, Cubs 8: Tigers starter Daniel Norris homered but he also suffered an oblique injury, so a decidedly mixed bag for him last night. A worse bag for Jon Lester, who got pounded by Tigers hitters to the tune of three homers and seven runs in two and two-thirds innings. Nick Castellanos homered twice and drove in five.
Astros 3, Rays 2: Carlos Correa homered and hit a walkoff single in the 13th inning. It’s so cool to watch a star being born. Two straight walkoffs in extra innings for the Astros over the Rays. An .895 OPS and a 20-homer pace for Correa, who will end the season playing in around half of his team’s games. This kid is going to be incredible.
Nationals 4, Rockies 1: As I’ve been watching Nationals fans melt down over the past few weeks, two of their favorite targets have been Stephen Strasburg and Jayson Werth. Here Strasburg pitched seven strong innings and Werth hit a tiebreaking triple in the eighth, so I guess they get a day off of abuse.
Angels 1, White Sox 0: A sixth inning homer from Carlos Perez was all that happened with the bats here. Jered Weaver pitched shutout ball into the seventh. That homer was all that Jeff Samardzija let happen. In light of that, how this game went nearly three hours is a mystery to me, but I guess not everyone is Mark Buehrle.
Tags: Ben Zobrist, Boston Red Sox, Chase Utley, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, David Ortiz, Detroit Tigers, Elvis Andrus, Greg Holland, J.A. Happ, Jason Bourgeois, Jayson Werth, Jeff Samardzija, Jered Weaver, Jon Lester, Kansas City Royals, Khris Davis, Los Angeles Angels, Mark Buehrle, Mike Napoli, Milwaukee Brewers, Mitch Moreland, Nick Castellanos, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Ryan Hanigan, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, Stephen Strasburg, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals, Yadier Molina
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Fox World Travel Inc to become new NU travel agency
The University of Nebraska announced Thursday that effective Feb. 1, 2020, Fox World Travel Inc. will become the university’s official travel management company.
“Travel is integral to the university’s missions of teaching, research and outreach,” said NU Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Chris Kabourek, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Bill Nunez, University of Nebraska at Omaha and University of Nebraska Medical Center Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Doug Ewald, and University of Nebraska at Kearney Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Jon Watts in a letter to faculty and staff.
“As you indicated in a recent survey, having a trusted travel partner is important to you as you engage the university’s many constituencies across the state, country and the world… We are confident Fox World Travel will be a good partner going forward.”
NU this spring issued an RFP to travel agencies interested in partnering with the university. A 13-member, university-wide committee representing faculty and staff from all four campuses evaluated the proposals, and recommended Fox World Travel based on excellent scores in areas including best practices, cost savings and pricing. Fox World Travel also is experienced in working with major universities including the University of Wisconsin and the University of Chicago.
The committee’s recommendation was supported by the chief business officers. The selection will be reported to the Board of Regents at its Oct. 25 meeting.
The university’s current travel agency, Travel and Transport, will continue to provide travel management services through January 2020. The chief business officers thanked Travel & Transport for its longtime partnership.
More details about the upcoming transition will be provided soon. Faculty and staff may contact NU’s travel office at traveloffice@nebraska.edu with questions.
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When Steve Aoki first envisioned the Neon Future concept back in 2013, he saw it as a meeting point for his fascinations with music, technology, sci-fi, and graphic novels. While author and inventor Ray Kurzweil popped up on Neon Future I and Bill Nye appears on this third installment, pontificating about life on Mars, Aoki’s fifth studio album is more than just a forum to drop, uh, science over EDM beats. It’s really an exploration of dance music’s possibilities. The LA-based producer/DJ/label head tells Apple Music how he and his far-flung list of collaborators folded country, rock, pop, hip-hop, and reggaetón into his already genre-blurring take on dance music.
How did you approach artists from other genres to work with you on this?
I always wanted to do a record with a country artist, but it had to be natural. With Lady Antebellum, they were equally as excited to work with me. That was one of the very exciting curveballs on the album. It took over a year to finally get it to the place where we’re both like, “Okay, we’re done with it.” I think it’s important to do that, when you can sit on a record and the song still feels fresh and new because it’s not, like, married to a trend.
How about with Jim Adkins from Jimmy Eat World on “Golden Days”?
This is a really great story: Back in '97, '98, I was in college and Jimmy Eat World played in my living room and my kitchen! Like, two different times! I remember the first show we had them play, in the kitchen, to like 15, 20 people. Back then, I was in bands, so I looked up to Jimmy Eat World and would try to play guitar like that. So the musical-collaboration dream ended up happening 20 years later. I wrote that song with Calum Hood from 5 Seconds of Summer, Mark Hoppus, John Feldmann, and Travis Barker. It all started in a real raw, live studio space—me with, like, some of the greatest minds in rock right now.
What excites you most these days, musically speaking?
I need diversity—not just in the world, as a human being, but musically. The more diverse I see things, the more colors are added to the palette, the more I can think outside my own box. There’s definitely a strong convergence with a lot of Latin sounds, like reggaetón, and EDM. When I play in Spain, "Azukita" [with Daddy Yankee and Elvis Crespo] is the biggest song in my set. When you try something different and your fan base follows that, it's a really amazing feeling.
Neon Future III Steve Aoki
Neon Future III (Intro)
Just Hold On
Steve Aoki & Louis Tomlinson
Waste It on Me (feat. BTS)
Be Somebody (feat. Kiiara)
Steve Aoki & Nicky Romero
Pretender (feat. Lil Yachty & AJR)
A Lover and a Memory (feat. Mike Posner)
Why Are We so Broken (feat. blink-182)
Golden Days (feat. Jim Adkins)
Our Love Glows (feat. Lady Antebellum)
Anything More (feat. Era Istrefi)
Steve Aoki & Lauren Jauregui
Do Not Disturb (feat. Bella Thorne)
Lie to Me (feat. Ina Wroldsen)
Azukita
Steve Aoki, Daddy Yankee, Play-N-Skillz & Elvis Crespo
Hoovela
Steve Aoki & TWIIG
What We Started (feat. BullySongs)
Don Diablo, Steve Aoki & Lush & Simon
Noble Gas (feat. Bill Nye)
Released: Nov 9, 2018
℗ 2018 Ultra Records, LLC
MardiMay , 11/03/2018
Waste it all on Steve and BTS
Love Waste It On Me ft BTS. It’s a BOP. The rest of the album is probably going to rock as well.
crazyniiiccceee , 10/31/2018
Every time I hear waste it on me I want to scream the lyrics as loud as I can
tonieah , 10/28/2018
We 💜 u. Steve Aoki.
More By Steve Aoki
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Cudi the Kid (feat. Kid Cudi & Travis Barker) [Remixes] - Single
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Turbulence (feat. Lil Jon) [Remixes]
4OKI - EP
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Take a trip back in time with The Sixties Show at The Ridgefield Playhouse on February 1st! : Take a trip back to another time and place where an AM radio blasts the latest hits from a convertible, on a warm summer starlit Saturday night on any street USA. You can revisit, or encounter for the first time,
The Rotary Club of Ridgefield: Connecting the Community and Helping Locals in Need: Editor's note: Ridgefield resident and Rotary Club member Geri Blair shared this beautiful story on Facebook. The Rotary Club of Ridgefield does so much to help locals in need. Yesterday, during their monthly Food Drive, they received a generous donation
Ridgefield Police Warn Residents of Recent Phone Scam, Caller Seeks Donations: ***Scam Alert*** It has come to our attention that Ridgefield residents are receiving calls requesting donations on behalf of the police department. The Ridgefield Police Department does not solicit donations by phone. The Ridgefield Police Union and The Ridgefield P.B.A only do
Services planned for Ridgefield resident Georgianne M. Kasuli, 72: Georgianne M. Kasuli Georgianne M. Kasuli, 72, of Ridgefield, wife of Richard A. Kasuli, died on Friday, January 17, 2020. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, January 22, 2020, at 10 a.m. in St. Mary Catholic Church,
Candid Conversations at The Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield on Jan. 22: The Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield, in collaboration with the Ridgefield Prevention Council, will be hosting the second session of their 4-part series entitled ‘Candid Conversations’ on Wednesday, January 22 from 7 to 8:30 pm at the Club. This interactive gathering will focus
Ridgefield KofC Sponsors Free Throw Tournament on January 22: Ridgefield Knights of Columbus (KofC) Marquette Council #245 sponsors a FREE Throw Championship for Boys & Girls Age 9-14 on Wednesday January 22, 2020 at 7:00 PM in The Nancy Bossidy Gym & Recreation Center, St. Mary School, Ridgefield. All boys and girls
Mahfouz makes history as Enforcers hand Tricks 5-2 loss: Ahmed Mahfouz needed just 5:06 of gameplay to notch career points 798, 799 and 800 in his illustrious FPHL career. The Enforcers captain potted two goals and an assist in the early moments of the game to cinch both his
Art in the Meetinghouse, Opening Reception Tomorrow in Ridgefield: Art in the Meetinghouse - Ridgebury Congregational Church Opening Reception Sunday, January 19th, 2-4 pm. Abstraction: The Fusion of Art and Spirituality - One-woman show by Polly Castor January 19, 2020 - March 22, 2020 PowerPoint presentation: The Spiritual Roots of Abstraction - Tuesday, February 18th at 7
Ridgefield Resident Jordan Kegler Named to the Becker College Dean's List : Jordan Kegler, of Ridgefield, was named to the Becker College Dean's List for the Fall 2019 semester. Kegler is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interactive Media, Game Arts Concentration. The Dean's List recognizes all full-time students (24 or more
Now Popping at The Prospector Theater: $15 Mission Buckets All Weekend Long! Happy Popcorn Weekend!: This Sunday is National Popcorn Day and The Prospector Theater is celebrating all weekend long (Saturday, Sunday, and Monday) with a special $15 mission bucket! Grab some popcorn and taste the sparkle! Now on screen: Dolittle 1917 Little Women Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Purchase your
Members of Ridgefield's ECDC Meet with Connecticut State Officials in Hartford
Published on Wednesday, 20 November 2019 10:41
Written by Amanda Duff
Members of Ridgefield's Economic & Community Development Commission Meet with Connecticut State Officials in Hartford
Members of Ridgefield's Economic & Community Development Commission (ECDC) met with Connecticut state officials in Hartford on November 19th. On the agenda for ECDC commissioners John Devine, Geoffrey Morris and Amanda Duff was discussion of H.B. 6939, the "cultural districts" bill originally proposed by State Rep. John Frey which will allow municipalities to create designated cultural districts to create awareness and promote economic development; grant opportunities for Ridgefield organizations and businesses at both the state and national level; ways to increase Ridgefield's presence among state tourism initiatives, including those carried out by CT Visit; and more.
The engaging discussion included Liz Shapiro, director of arts, preservation & museums for the Connecticut Department of Economic Development; Mary Dunne, state historic preservation officer and Certified Local Government & Grants Coordinator; and Randy Fiveash, director of tourism, State of Connecticut. The meeting had many wonderful outcomes. The ECDC looks forward to working closely with the state on the implementation of the cultural district bill. The commission will continue to work with the Connecticut Office of Tourism to ensure Ridgefield maintains a steady presence in state tourism efforts and will work with local organizations on the application process for additional state and federal funding programs.
The Ridgefield ECDC is a commission of seven volunteers who are all Ridgefield residents and are appointed by the Board of Selectmen. The ECDC's mission is to strengthen the economic environment for existing businesses, attract new businesses and visitors, and improve the quality of life for the entire community. The ECDC meets monthly at Town Hall, often on the first Monday of the month, and the public is welcome to attend all meetings.
Pictured left to right: Geoffrey Morris, Liz Shapiro, Mary Dunne, John Devine, Randy Fiveash, Amanda Duff
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September 23, 1938 - March 12, 2019. Helena Dorene 'Dody' Renner Stanton 80, of North Plains, died Tuesday evening March 12, 2019.
Helena Dorene "Dody" Renner Stanton 80, a longtime resident of the North Plains community, died Tuesday evening March 12, 2019. Helena Dorene "Dody" Renner Stanton was born September 23, 1938 in Portland, Ore., the daughter of the late Roy V. Renner and Dorathea I. (Dethman) Renner. She was raised and received her education in the Hillsboro community. She was united in marriage to LeRoy L. Stanton May 6, 1955 in Portland, Ore. Following their marriage, they made their home in Hillsboro, Ore. prior to moving to North Plains, Ore. Her husband of 45 years preceded her in death April 21, 2000. She was also preceded in death by her daughter Linda L. McGauvern of Cornelius, Ore. and granddaughter Trinity Miles of Clarksville, Tenn. Survivors include her daughter Pam Smith of Forest Grove; two sisters, Jane Peterson of Beaverton and Kathryn Alford of Clackamas; brother Roy Renner of Hillsboro and his wife Denise Renner. Also surviving are 5 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, 1 great great grandchild and numerous nieces and nephews. A private family gathering will be held. The family suggests remembrance, may be contributions to the North Plains Senior Center or Bonnie L. Hayes Animal Shelter.
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Baylor 73, Alabama 68: Bears bamboozle Bama on boards in bubble battle
Jan 26, 2019; Waco, TX, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide guard Riley Norris (1) looks downward as he leaves the court following a game against the Baylor Bears at Ferrell Center. Baylor won 73-68. Mandatory Credit: Ray Carlin-USA TODAY Sports
In an entertaining, hard-fought game between NCAA bubble teams, host Baylor surged ahead in the closing minutes and downed Alabama 73-68 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.
What did we learn today?: Skill and tenacity can outrank size when it comes to rebounding. The Bears didn’t start a player taller than 6-foot-5 but became just the second team all year to edge out Bama on the glass. And the real killer was offensive rebounds, with Baylor getting 16 rebounds off its 37 missed field goals, an incredible 43.2 percent. That gave the Bears 10 extra shots from the field and an 18-9 edge in second-chance points. In a game where neither team led by more than six points, that was a killer. Donta Hall tied Baylor’s Mario Kegler with a game-high seven rebounds, but only other Crimson Tide player (Kira Lewis with five) had more than three boards.
What were the biggest concerns?: John Petty followed up two great outings with his worst game of the season, going 1-for-7 from the floor with a rebound and two assists. There have been games this year where Petty couldn’t score, but he was at least contributing on defense or with rebounding or playmaking. But in Waco he reverted to the worst habits of last season, including trying to make all his shots from behind the arc despite getting his only two points on a drive to the rim. It’s the latest example of a frustrating trend in the Avery Johnson era. A player (or sometimes the entire team) will string together a week or two worth of games that have you convinced they’ve made a breakthrough and are capable of playing at a higher level. Then they don’t merely just revert to the mean but instead bottom out so violently it makes you feel foolish for daring to put any faith in them.
What was the best part of the game?: Especially in the first half, the Tide gave a clinic in picking apart a zone defense with cuts and interior passes. Alabama’s first 26 points all came from inside the paint and virtually all of those came from no further than three feet from the rim. After the Bears packed the defense in tighter, Tevin Mack in particular made hay with mid-range jumpers from just inside the foul line and finished with 15 points.
Who was the star?: Riley Norris made all six of his shots from the floor, including four 3-pointers on a day where his teammates were a combined 1-for-13 behind the arc. His team-high 16 points were the most he had scored since hanging 17 on LSU in February 2017. Also of note, Lewis outdueled Bears point guard (and one-time Alabama enrollee) Jared Butler, with Lewis producing 15 points and six assists.
What’s next?: Back to Coleman Coliseum, back to league play and back to another pressure cooker against a tough opponent. No. 22 Mississippi State comes in Tuesday night for a 7:30 p.m. scheduled tip on the SEC Network.
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Clark Residents Reminded To Lock Up After Rash Of Car Break-Ins
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CLARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A rash of car burglaries in one Union County neighborhood has residents making sure they lock their doors.
As CBS2’s Meg Baker reported, surveillance video shows the foursome working fast. Three men roll out of a grey sedan and creep up to cars parked in a driveway — they got lucky, multiple cars were left unlocked.
“On May 1, we had fourteen vehicles entered on three streets. All the vehicles were unlocked,” Clark Twp, Chief of Police, Pedro Matos said.
The getaway driver waited in the car for the thieves to snoop around, but the thieves had no idea they were being watched.
Clark police said fourteen cars were burglarized between 5:30 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. on May 1, on Thomas Drive, Whatsheaf Road, and Grove Street.
“Not much was taken out of the vehicles, just some expensive sunglasses,” Matos said.
They also got away with some small electronics and loose change.
“Since the burglaries, I’ve been keeping mine locked. Actually my son had his car broken into,” Bob Cieslak said.
Cieslak lives on Whatsheaf Road.
“Couple people around here had been broken into. We get texts from town, and it seems to be this area where they seem to be coming,” he said.
Neighbors said it’s usually a safe area.
“Quite unusual. Usually people outside the neighborhood,” Paul Paulino said.
The chief said the town had five car thefts last year, this year there have been twenty-eight, fourteen of which were in one morning.
“Video is at a distance, so hard to see faces, but really hoping that through body language someone can recognize the individuals involved,” Matos said.
The chief said it’s very possible the suspects were looking for car keys that might have been left inside to steal the cars.
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Police released surveillance video of a man they're searching for after an attempted rape in Corona. CBS2's Aundrea Cline-Thomas has more.
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NYPD Looking For Missing 1-Year-Old Girl In The BronxPolice in the Bronx are looking for a missing toddler who was taken by her father.
Trump's Legal Team, Impeachment Managers Preview CaseLess than 72 hours before the start of the impeachment trial, the president's new legal team and impeachment managers are previewing their case; Nikole Killion reports for CBS2.
Woman, 7-Year-Old Boy Killed In New Jersey House FireFlames ripped through a New Jersey home Saturday, killing a mom and her 7-year-old son; CBS2's Christina Fan reports.
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Broadway Buzz: 'A Soldier's Play' Arrives On BroadwayIt's long overdue, but on Tuesday, "A Soldier's Play" will officially open on Broadway, nearly 40 years after the play premiered off-Broadway; TV 10/55's Valerie Castro reports.
Thousands Take To NYC Streets For 2020 Women's MarchWomen took to the streets coast to coast Saturday for the fourth annual Women's March; TV 10/55's Dave Carlin reports.
Woman, Child Die In Nutley, NJ House FireA woman and a child were killed Saturday afternoon when flames ripped through a house in Nutley, New Jersey; TV 10/55's Christina Fan reports.
Drivers Say Low Visibility Caused Crash On Bronx River ParkwayPolice are investigating a multi-vehicle crash on the Bronx River Parkway that happened Saturday afternoon, likely as a result of the snow; CBSN New York's Christina Fan reports.
'A Soldier's Play' Cast Talks Working On Broadway, NYC TheaterThe Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "A Soldier's Play" opens on Broadway on Jan. 21. CBS2 spoke to David Alan Grier, Blair Underwood, Jerry O'Connell, and Nnamdi Asomugha about working on Broadway and New York City theater.
Volunteers Start 72 Hours Of Service In Honor Of Martin Luther King Jr. DayVolunteers in Brooklyn are celebrating the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday this weekend by giving back; CBSN New York's Nick Caloway reports.
CBSN New York 1/18 Evening Forecast at 5PMCBSN New York's Jeff Berardelli has your weather forecast for January 18 at 5 p.m.
Thousands Take To Manhattan Streets For Women's March“Rise and roar” was the rallying cry at the fourth annual Women’s March through New York City.
New York Weather: 1/18 Saturday ForecastCBSN New York's John Elliott reports. Remember last Saturday? Almost 70 degrees! A week later, and snow is moving in. It’s not a major storm, but enough to make for slick travel.
Women's March Calls For Justice, Economic Rights, EqualityThousands of women will descend on Manhattan on Saturday to "Rise and Roar." CBS2's Nick Caloway reports.
LI Man Arrested For Stealing Money From Elderly WomanPolice say 31-year-old Ahmaad Moore claimed a 77-year-old woman's granddaughter had been arrested following a car accident and $9,800 as needed for bail money. Investigators allege the suspect made another call for an additional $19,000, raising the woman's suspicions. CBS2's Cindy Hsu reports.
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Top 10 Best Mutual Funds for SIP to invest in 2018
October 9, 2017 Suresh KP
In the next 3 months, 2017 year would end. I have been recommending Top 10 Best Mutual funds to be invested through SIP every year. There are new additions based on the latest market trends. Some of the top SIP mutual funds recommended by me in the last few years gave as high as 30% annualized returns. Now its turn to look at Top 10 Best Mutual Funds for SIP to invest in 2018 in India. These Best mutual funds are filtered based on several key parameters and one can make it as a model portfolio and invest in these funds. These funds are suitable to moderate risk to high risk investors. Lets Review Top 10 Best Mutual Funds to invest in 2018 in India.
Also Read: Best Sector Mutual Funds to invest in 2018 in India
How I filtered Top 10 Best Mutual Funds for SIP to Invest in 2018?
These top 10 mutual funds to invest in India have been filtered, analyzed and shortlisted based on key parameters.
These mutual funds are picked based on highest returns received in the last 5 years, including when market was bearish / down trend.
Mutual fund Schemes rated by Crisil as Rank-1, Rank-2, Rank-3 and Rank-4 are picked for these top funds list which indicates consistent performance in all market cycles.
Value research Online (VRO) rated these funds as 5 star, 4 star and 3 star. Highest star rating indicates that these funds can perform well compared to its peers in various stock market cycles.
Filtered based on Mutual fund AUM (Assets under management) which has > 1000 Crores. This refers that more and more investors are investing in such funds create investor confidence about the fund.
Some of the funds would be a repetition from my earlier recommendations as they continue to perform well.
List of Top 10 Best Mutual Funds for SIP to Invest in 2018
You might be low risk investor or high risk investor. Since these Top 10 Funds are selected across various market capitalizations, you can go ahead and invest in these Top 10 mutual funds in India.
Top#1: SBI Blue Chip Fund
Fund Objective: The scheme would invest in stocks of companies whose market capitalization is at least equal to or more than the least market capitalized stock of BSE 100 Index.
Fund Performance: This is one of my favourite large cap fund. This fund has beaten all its peers and provided 18% annualised returns in last 5 years. If you have invested Rs 1,000 per month through SIP for 5 years, your total investment would have been Rs 60,000 and your investment value would have grown to Rs 96,000 now. Since Inception it gave 12% annualized returns. If one would have invested Rs 1 Lakh 5 years back, the invested amount would have grown to Rs 2.3 Lakhs.
Why to invest: Fund performed well in various market cycles. This fund beats all its peers and provided 18% annualised returns in the last 5 years compared to the S&P BSE 100 benchmark of 12% in a similar period. Risk Grade is low and Return grade is high. Crisil ranks it as Rank-1 and Value Research Online (VRO) as 5-Star (5 out of 5). This is one of the best mutual funds to invest in for long term of 10-20 years.
Top#2: Aditya Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity Fund
Fund Objective: This mutual fund scheme aims to generate long term growth of investment, through a stock portfolio with a target allocation of 100% equity aiming at being as diversified across various industries and or sectors.
Fund Performance: This is another fund which is my favourite. This fund has beaten all its peers and provided 17.7% annualised returns in last 5 years. Even in the short term of 1 year, it gave 15% returns which proves it as good short term fund too. If you have invested Rs 1,000 per month through SIP for 5 years, your total investment would have been Rs 60,000 and your investment value would have grown to Rs 91,000 now. Since Inception it gave 22% annualized returns. If one would have invested Rs 1 Lakh 5 years back, the invested amount would have grown to Rs 2.25 Lakhs. This has been one of the top performing mutual funds in India in the last 5-10 years.
Why to invest: Last year the asset size was Rs 12,000 Crores and currently this is over Rs 18,500 Crores. Fund performed well in bull markets and reduced losses during bear markets. This fund beats all its peers and provided 17.7% annualised returns in the last 5 years compared to the S&P BSE 200 benchmark of 13% in a similar period. Risk Grade is below average and return grade is above average. Crisil ranks it as Rank-2 and Value Research Online (VRO) as 4-Star (4 out of 5). This is one of the best mutual funds to invest in 2018 for SIP to invest for medium to long term of 10-20 years. If you want to just invest in Top 5 Mutual Funds for SIP, you should make this mutual fund scheme as part of your portfolio.
Also Read: Top Rated Equity Mutual Funds to invest now
Top#3: ICICi Pru Focussed Blue Chip Fund
Fund Objective: This mutual fund's objective is to invest in 20 large cap companies from the top 200 stocks listed on the NSE on the basis of market capitalization and since it has already crossed Rs 1,000 Crores asset size, it invests beyond Top 200 Stocks in NSE.
Fund Performance: This fund has beaten all its peers and provided 16% annualised returns in last 5 years. If you have invested Rs 1,000 per month through SIP for 5 years, your total investment would have been Rs 60,000 and your investment value would have grown to Rs 90,500 now. Since Inception it gave 15% annualized returns. If one would have invested Rs 1 Lakh 5 years back, the invested amount would have grown to Rs 2.1 Lakhs.
Why to invest: Fund performed well in various market cycles. This fund beats all its peers and provided 16% annualised returns in the last 5 years compared to the S&P BSE 100 benchmark of 12% in a similar period. Risk Grade is below average and return grade is above average. Crisil ranks it as Rank-3 and Value Research Online (VRO) as 4-Star (4 out of 5). This is one of the good mutual fund for SIP to invest for long term of 10-15 years.
Top#4: Reliance Small Cap Fund
Fund Objective: This scheme aims to generate capital appreciation by investing in smaller companies. This is just 6 years old scheme. However, in these 6 years, it has beaten its peers with high returns.
Fund Performance: This fund has beaten all its peers and provided 30% annualised returns in last 5 years. If you have invested Rs 1,000 per month through SIP for 5 years, your total investment would have been Rs 60,000 and your investment value would have grown to Rs 136,000 now. Since Inception it gave 21% annualized returns. If one would have invested Rs 1 Lakh 5 years back, the invested amount would have grown to Rs 3.7 Lakhs. This is one of the top mutual funds india which proved its performance in just 5 years time frame. This is one of the best performing mutual funds in India in the last 5 years.
Why to invest: This smallcap fund has performed well in just 6 years of its history. This fund beats all its peers and provided 30% annualised returns in the last 5 years compared to the S&P BSE Small Cap benchmark of 18% in a similar period. Risk Grade is above average and return grade is above average. Crisil ranks it as Rank-2 and Value Research Online (VRO) as 3-Star (3 out of 5). This is one of the Top 10 Mutual Funds for sip to invest in 2018 for medium to long term of 5-10 years.
Top#5: Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund
Fund Objective: This fund aims to generate income and capital appreciation from a diversified portfolio predominantly investing in Indian equities and equity related securities of companies which are not part of the top 100 stocks by market capitalization and have market capitalization of atleast Rs.100 Crores at the time of investment.
Fund Performance: This fund has beaten all its peers and provided 29% annualised returns in last 5 years. If you have invested Rs 1,000 per month through SIP for 5 years, your total investment would have been Rs 60,000 and your investment value would have grown to Rs 128,000 now. Since Inception it gave 24% annualized returns. If one would have invested Rs 1 Lakh 5 years back, the invested amount would have grown to Rs 3.65 Lakhs.
Why to invest: This midcap fund has performed in various market cycles making this as unique fund. This fund beats all its peers and provided 30% annualised returns in the last 5 years compared to the NIFTY Free float midcap 100 benchmark of 18% in a similar period. Risk Grade is low and return grade is high. Crisil ranks it as Rank-1 and Value Research Online (VRO) as 5-Star (5 out of 5). This is one of the best midcap mutual fund for 2018 for SIP to invest for medium to long term of 5-10 years.
Top#6: Franklin India Smaller Cos Fund
Fund Objective: This fund’s objective is to generate long-term capital appreciation from a portfolio of mid-cap and small-cap companies. It invests upto 75% in smaller companies.
Fund Performance: This fund has beaten all its peers and provided 30% annualised returns in last 5 years. If you have invested Rs 1,000 per month through SIP for 5 years, your total investment would have been Rs 60,000 and your investment value would have grown to Rs 120,000 now. Since Inception it gave 16% annualized returns. If one would have invested Rs 1 Lakh 5 years back, the invested amount would have grown to Rs 3.7 Lakhs.
Why to invest: This small cap fund has performed well in various market cycles. This fund beats all its peers and provided 30% annualised returns in the last 5 years compared to the NIFTY Free float midcap 100 benchmark of 18% in a similar period. Risk Grade is low and return grade is average. Crisil ranks it as Rank-3 and Value Research Online (VRO) as 5-Star (5 out of 5). This is one of the top mutual fund for SIP to invest for medium to long term of 5-10 years. This is one of the best performing mutual funds in india in smallcap segment.
I have recommended Principal Emerging Bluechip fund (part of midcap/smallcap) last year as part of top 10 funds. This fund too performed well by providing 29% returns in the last 5 years, however since the above 3 midcap/smallcap funds are comparatively better, this fund has been pushed to 4th position in midcap/small cap position. In case you have invested in this fund, continue to invest in such fund.
I have also recommended DSP BR Microcap fund last year which is running well. However since the size of the fund is increasing they have stopped fresh investments. Existing SIP's are continuing. Hence I have recommended this Fund now. If you are invested, continue to invest in this fund. This one of the top peforming mutual funds in India in small cap segment.
Also Read: Top 10 Sector Based Mutual Funds for 2017-2018
Top#7: Franklin India Higher Growth Companies Fund
Fund Objective: The fund seeks to achieve capital appreciation through investments in Indian companies/sectors with high growth rates or potential. It will focus on companies offering the best trade-off between growth, risk and valuation. The fund managers will follow an active investment strategy and will be focusing on rapid growth companies which will be selected based on growth, measures such as Enterprise value, growth rate, price/earnings/growth, forwardprice/sales, and discounted EPS.
Why to invest: This diversified fund has performed well in various market cycles. This fund beats all its peers and provided 22% annualised returns in the last 5 years compared to the NIFTY 500 benchmark of 14% in a similar period. Risk Grade is average and return grade is high. Crisil ranks it as Rank-3 and Value Research Online (VRO) as 5-Star (5 out of 5). This is one of the top and best mutual fund for SIP in 2018 to invest for medium to long term of 5-10 years.
Top#8: Kotak Select Focus Fund
Fund Objective: The mutual fund scheme aims for capital appreciation from a diversified portfolio of equity and equity related instruments, generally focused on a few selected sectors.
Why to invest: This is one of the best diversified fund. This fund beats all its peers and provided 20% annualised returns in the last 5 years compared to the NIFTY 200 benchmark of 13% in a similar period. Risk Grade is average and return grade is Above Average. Crisil ranks it as Rank-1 and Value Research Online (VRO) as 4-Star (4 out of 5). This is one of the good diversified fund among Top 10 Mutual Funds for sip to invest in 2018 for long term of 10-20 years.
Top#9: ICICI Pru Balanced Mutual Fund
Fund Objective: The scheme invests in equities and related securities as well as fixed income and money market securities. It invests 60% minimum in equity and balance in debt related instruments.
Why to invest: This is one of the best diversified fund. This fund beats all its peers and provided 18% annualised returns in the last 5 years compared to the Balanced Fund category benchmark of 13% in a similar period. Risk Grade is below average and return grade is Above Average. Crisil ranks it as Rank-2 and Value Research Online (VRO) as 4-Star (4 out of 5). This is one of the top and best balanced mutual fund for SIP to invest for long term of 10-20 years.
Top#10: HDFC Balanced Fund
Fund Performance: This fund has beaten all its peers and provided 17.7% annualised returns in last 5 years. If you have invested Rs 1,000 per month through SIP for 5 years, your total investment would have been Rs 60,000 and your investment value would have grown to Rs 95,000 now. Since Inception it gave 15% annualized returns. If one would have invested Rs 1 Lakh 5 years back, the invested amount would have grown to Rs 2.25 Lakhs.
Why to invest: This is the second best balanced fund. This fund beats all its peers and provided 18% annualised returns in the last 5 years compared to the Balanced Fund category benchmark of 17.7% in a similar period. Risk Grade is below average and return grade is Above Average. Crisil ranks it as Rank-1 and Value Research Online (VRO) as 4-Star (4 out of 5). This is one of the good balanced mutual fund for SIP to invest for long term of 10-20 years.
Also Read: Best MIP Mutual Funds to invest now
Complete list of Top 10 Mutual Funds to invest for long term in 2018 are given below
Last year, I have recommended apart from some of the above listed funds. You should continue to invest in them. If you would like to add more funds, select some of the new funds indicated in this article.
Conclusion: These funds are the Best SIP to invest for highest growth for medium to long term. This is standard portfolio which is designed for all kinds of investors like high risk investors and moderate risk investor. If you are a high risk investor and expecting higher returns, you can add more funds from mid-cap/small-cap segment. If you are moderate risk investor, you can add more funds in balanced mutual fund category which are little low risk compared to other funds. If you simply want to invest in a diversified portfolio, go ahead and invest in these top 10 mutual funds to get high returns in coming years.
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International Journal of Hypertension
International Journal of Hypertension / 2016 / Article
AbstractIntroductionMethodsResultsDiscussionConclusionAcknowledgmentsReferencesCopyright
Volume 2016 |Article ID 2014201 | 13 pages | https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/2014201
The Hypertension of Hemophilia Is Not Explained by the Usual Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Results of a Cohort Study
Richard F. W. Barnes ,1 Thomas J. Cramer,1 Afrah S. Sait,1,2 Rebecca Kruse-Jarres,3,4 Doris V. K. Quon,5 and Annette von Drygalski1,6
1Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
2Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
3School of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
4Washington Center for Bleeding Disorders at Bloodworks NW, Seattle, WA, USA
5Orthopaedic Hemophilia Treatment Center, Orthopaedic Institute for Children, Los Angeles, CA, USA
6Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
Academic Editor: Claudio Borghi
Received03 Jun 2016
Background. The etiology of the high prevalence of hypertension among patients with hemophilia (PWH) remains unknown. Methods. We compared 469 PWH in the United States with males from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to determine whether differences in cardiovascular risk factors can account for the hypertension in hemophilia. Results. Median systolic and diastolic BP were higher in PWH than NHANES () for subjects not taking antihypertensives. Those taking antihypertensives showed similar differences. Differences in both systolic and diastolic BP were especially marked among adults <30 years old. Differences between PWH and NHANES persisted after adjusting for age and risk factors (body mass index, renal function, cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, Hepatitis C, and race). Conclusions. Systolic and diastolic BP are higher in PWH than in the general male population and especially among PWH < 30 years old. The usual cardiovascular risk factors do not account for the etiology of the higher prevalence of hypertension in hemophilia. New investigations into the missing link between hemophilia and hypertension should include age of onset of hypertension and hemophilia-specific morbidities such as the role of inflammatory joint disease.
About 1 in 5,000 male births in the United States results in hemophilia which is an X-linked bleeding disorder. In the 19th century, hemophilia was a rare disease in adulthood, with a median life expectancy of 11 years. Life expectancy increased when clotting factors were developed in the 1960s, with many patients surviving into middle age and beyond [1, 2]. The emergence of HIV in the early 1980s dramatically increased mortality among patients because the virus was disseminated in blood products. Today, with the advent of virally safe clotting factor preparations in the early 1990s, life expectancy approaches that of males in the general population [2, 3]. This has unmasked new comorbidities, such as the hypertension in hemophilia, that are incompletely characterized and poorly understood [4–8].
Bleeding in hemophilia most frequently manifests as spontaneous joint and muscle bleeding, resulting in progressive joint degradation. The most serious complications are intracranial hemorrhages (ICH) which are 20 to 50 times more frequent in patients with hemophilia (PWH) compared to the general male population [9] with a mortality rate up to 20% [10–12]. Hypertension is a major risk factor for ICH because the risk of ICH increases steeply with the stage of hypertension [9–11, 13, 14]. This is of particular clinical concern since there is increasing evidence that hypertension is more common in PWH compared to the general population [4–8, 15]. The reasons for the higher prevalence of hypertension in PWH remain obscure.
Hypertension in the general population is associated with age, BMI, cholesterol, kidney function, diabetes, smoking, HCV, and race [16]. Age, BMI, and diabetes were correlated with hypertension in PWH in two studies [6, 7], and renal function was inversely associated in one [7]. If hypertension is more prevalent among PWH than the general population, then it is reasonable to assume that one or more risk factors must be higher in PWH than among the general population. Alternatively, higher blood pressure among PWH could be explained if it increases more rapidly with a particular risk factor—the slope of blood pressure on the risk factor is steeper—than for other males. Our objective was to analyze the association between blood pressure and each of the usual risk factors to determine whether one or more risk factors could account for the hypertension of hemophilia.
Hypertension is a categorical variable that is derived from measurements of blood pressure (BP). We chose to analyze systolic and diastolic BP measurements, which are continuous variables and therefore provide greater statistical power [17]. We examined BP trends in relation to the usual cardiovascular risk factors by comparing a cohort of PWH against a randomly selected sample of males from the population of the United States. While previous studies have compared systolic BP or prevalence of hypertension against the general population [6, 8] or compared BP against the general male population adjusted for age in the Netherlands [5], this study focuses on a comparison of BP values adjusted for age between PWH and the general male population of the United States. In addition, we analyzed subjects treated with antihypertensive medications separately from untreated subjects.
2. Methods
2.1. Patients with Hemophilia
A retrospective data collection was performed for all male patients with hemophilia (PWH) aged 18 years and older seen regularly at three hemophilia treatment centers in the United States: University of California San Diego (2004–2014), Tulane University (2008–2011), and the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital (2005–2012). Patient confidentiality safeguards and data acquisition methods were approved by the Institutional Review Boards of all three institutions. Only patients with complete data on age and race (Hispanic, white, black, and other) were included (). Data extracted included demographic information on age, ethnicity, hemophilia type and severity, positive tests for hepatitis C (HCV) or HIV by serology or reported history thereof, medication history, and smoking status.
Laboratory values of nonfasting patients were obtained during regular clinic visits. Data pertaining to diabetes (HbA1c, random blood glucose) and serum creatinine were recorded. The diagnosis of diabetes was defined according to the 2010 American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes as medication use for glycemic control, HbA1c > 6.5, or presence of ≥ 2 random glucose levels above 200 mg/dL [18]. Age, BMI (kg/m2), and creatinine were recorded at the patient’s final clinic visit. Renal function was determined by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) calculated using the CKD-EPI equation [19].
Blood pressure in all clinics was measured in accordance with the current recommendations of the American Heart Association [20]. In brief, blood pressures were obtained by licensed staff using calibrated automated manometers with subjects in a chair at rest, arm supported at heart level. The 3 most recent blood pressure measurements were used for analysis (the mean number of measurements was 2.6, 2.4, and 2.9 for University of California San Diego, Tulane University, and Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital, resp.).
PWH were divided into two groups: treated (those taking antihypertensive medications, ) and untreated (those not taking such medications, ).
2.2. Control Population
We compared the PWH to males drawn from the adult population of the United States during National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES). This is a series of surveys to evaluate the health status of the nation [21]. The data are freely available to the public (http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/index.htm). Three cycles of NHANES (2007-2008, 2009-2010, and 2011-2012) were combined to give a large sample.
The age distribution of patients suffering from severe hemophilia is underrepresented in the older ages, and blood pressure varies with age as well as by race [16]. Therefore, in order to ensure comparable age distributions, we randomly selected untreated NHANES subjects to match untreated PWH by race (Hispanic, white, black, and other) and age-class (18–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, and 70–79 years) in the ratio of 5 NHANES subjects to each PWH. Similarly, for treated PWH we selected a comparison group of treated NHANES subjects in the same manner. Because there were few NHANES subjects under 40 being treated for hypertension, the actual ratio for treated subjects was 4.6 NHANES to each PWH.
2.3. Statistical Methods
The values of SBP, DBP, and continuous covariates were shown as medians and interquartile ranges because most were not normally distributed. Their values were compared by Wilcoxon tests. Categorical variables were compared by tests.
We used analysis of covariance to test the proposition that the difference between the BP of PWH and NHANES subjects was due to one of the risk factors [22]. The outcome variables were log SBP and DBP. We used log SBP because it gave normally distributed residuals while SBP resulted in skewed residuals.
A binary variable distinguished NHANES subjects [] and PWH []. The covariates were BMI, creatinine, glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), total cholesterol, diabetes (yes/no), HCV (yes/no), HIV (yes/no), smoking (never/former/current), and race (Hispanic, white, black, and other). HIV was dropped because too few NHANES subjects were positive. BMI and total cholesterol were transformed to logs and creatinine to log (1 + creatinine).
The BP analyses were run separately for young adults (18–29 years) and older adults (30–79 years) because exploratory analyses had shown differences between them in the associations with some covariates.
For each covariate the regression model was log SBP on , , age, and the interaction . When DBP was the outcome we used the quadratic form of age [23] with centered age, Cage, to avoid multicollinearity [22]. Thus the regression model was DBP on , , Cage, Cage2, and . If for interaction then an analysis of covariance was not possible because the slopes for NHANES subjects and PWH were not parallel [22]. If for that interaction then the slopes were assumed to be equal and an analysis of covariance tested the hypothesis that the mean of the outcome, after adjustment for and age, did not differ between PWH and NHANES subjects. That is, if the regression coefficient for differed from zero then we can assume that this particular risk factor could not account for the difference in BP between PWH and NHANES subjects. On the other hand, if the regression coefficient did not differ from zero then the higher BP value for PWH may be due to that particular risk factor.
Finally, having tested each covariate individually, we ran a full model with all covariates to test the proposition that these risk factors in combination explain the difference between PWH and NHANES subjects. Again, all interactions between and each covariate were tested. If it appeared that a particular covariate caused the difference between PWH and NHANES subjects to disappear, then we also ran the full model without in order to observe the effect of all risk factors with and without .
3.1. Demographics
There were 469 PWH of whom four-fifths had hemophilia A and 56% suffered from the severe form (see Table 1). About half were white and a quarter Hispanic.
Race White 249 53.1
Black 53 11.3
Hispanic 115 24.5
Other 52 11.1
Hemophilia type A 371 79.1
B 97 20.7
Unknown 1 0.2
Hemophilia severity Severe 263 56.1
Moderate 65 13.9
Mild 139 29.6
Inhibitor Positive 28 6.0
Negative 402 85.7
Not tested 39 8.3
Demographics for the patients with hemophilia ().
3.2. Blood Pressures and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Both SBP and DBP values were significantly higher among PWH compared to NHANES subjects, whether subjects were taking antihypertensives or not. In PWH not taking antihypertensives median SBP and DBP were 125 and 78 mmHg (118 and 72 mmHg in NHANES) (Table 2), and in PWH taking antihypertensives SBP and DBP were 134 and 84 (127 and 76 mmHg in NHANES), respectively (Table 3); all . While PWH and NHANES subjects showed similar trends in BP by age, PWH had higher median BP values and 10th percentiles (Figures 1 and 2). The difference in 10th percentiles was particularly marked for DBP among treated PWH.
Variable NHANES PWH
Median (IQR) Median (IQR)
Systolic BP (mmHg) 118 (112–125) 1710 125 (118–134) 342 <0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 72 (64–78) 1710 78 (73–83) 342 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 26.9 (23.7–30.5) 1703 26.1 (22.9–29.3) 323 0.016
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.92 (0.82–1.02) 1613 0.90 (0.75–1.00) 326 <0.001
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) 107 (94–119) 1613 112 (100–124) 326 <0.001
Cholesterol (total) (mg/dL) 188 (162–217) 1618 170 (146–196) 205 <0.001
(%) (%)
HIV Positive 7 (0.5) 66 (20.5) <0.001
Negative 1464 (99.5) 256 (79.5)
HCV Positive 30 (1.9) 208 (63.8) <0.001
Diabetes Positive 100 (5.9) 5 (1.5) 0.001
Smoking Current 473 (30.8) 42 (18.1) <0.001
Former 300 (19.5) 37 (16.0)
Never 765 (49.7) 153 (66.0)
NHANES indicates subjects from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of the general United States population; PWH, patients with hemophilia; IQR, interquartile range; BP, blood pressure; BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; and HCV, hepatitis C virus.
Comparison of untreated (not taking antihypertensive medications) PWH and NHANES subjects.
Systolic BP (mmHg) 127 (119–140) 539 134 (126–141) 118 <0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 76 (67–83) 539 84 (76–89) 118 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 30.6 (27.3–35.0) 534 27.7 (24.8–31.0) 115 <0.001
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.99 (0.86–1.12) 508 0.90 (0.80–1.10) 116 0.007
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) 89 (73–101) 508 98 (74–108) 116 0.005
Cholesterol (total) (mg/dL) 186 (160–214) 509 164 (137–193) 85 <0.001
Negative 281 (99.3) 79 (70.5)
HCV Positive 17 (13.4) 91 (81.3) <0.001
Diabetes Positive 178 (33.0) 31 (26.3) 0.188
Smoking Current 109 (20.2) 16 (18.6) 0.166
Never 238 (44.2) 47 (54.7)
Comparison of treated (taking antihypertensive medications) PWH and NHANES subjects.
Systolic blood pressure as a function of age. Systolic blood pressure was higher among patients with hemophilia (PWH) compared to men of the general United States population (NHANES) at all ages, whether or not the subjects were taking antihypertensive medications. PWH are shown by solid lines and NHANES subjects by broken lines. Tenth percentiles, medians, and 90th percentiles are shown. The lower percentile lines show the 10th, while the upper percentile lines show the 90th. (a) Systolic blood pressure for untreated subjects. (b) Systolic blood pressure for treated subjects (taking antihypertensive medications).
Diastolic blood pressure as a function of age. Diastolic blood pressure was higher among patients with hemophilia (PWH) compared to men of the general United States population (NHANES) at all ages, whether or not the subjects were taking antihypertensive medications. PWH are shown by solid lines and NHANES subjects by broken lines. Tenth percentiles, medians, and 90th percentiles are shown. The lower percentile lines show the 10th, while the upper percentile lines show the 90th. (a) Diastolic blood pressure for untreated subjects. (b) Diastolic blood pressure for treated subjects (taking antihypertensive medications).
Despite their higher BP levels, PWH had better risk profiles, with lower BMI and total cholesterol and better renal function as reflected by creatinine and eGFR levels (Tables 2 and 3). Fewer PWH had ever smoked, and there were fewer diabetics among the PWH. On the other hand, as a consequence of virally contaminated blood products in earlier years, the prevalence of HCV and HIV was much higher.
In the regression models with adjustment only for age, log SBP and DBP remained higher among PWH than NHANES subjects, whether they were treated or untreated (Tables 4–7). When adjusting for age, BMI, renal function, cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, HCV, or race, only HCV emerged as a potential explanation for the higher BP values among PWH and then only for untreated subjects over 30 (Tables 4 and 6). The difference in BP between PWH and NHANES subjects was especially marked among the younger adults (Tables 4 and 6).
Covariate Regression coefficient for (PWH versus NHANES)
Young adults (18–29 years)
No covariates (age + only) 0.069 0.050, 0.088 <0.001 0.085
log BMI 0.073 0.058, 0.088 <0.001 0.177
log (1 + Creatinine) 0.068 0.052, 0.084 <0.001 0.110
eGFR 0.068 0.052, 0.084 <0.001 0.110
log TotalCholesterol 0.079 0.060, 0.098 <0.001 0.094
Smoking status 0.071 0.052, 0.089 <0.001 0.087
HCV 0.066 0.048, 0.085 <0.001 0.104
Race 0.068 0.053, 0.083 <0.001 0.101
All covariates 0.081 0.057, 0.105 <0.001 0.159
Older adults (30–79 years)
HCV 0.012 −0.015, 0.039 0.384 0.051
All covariates 0.005 −0.027, 0.036 0.769 0.121
All covariates except HCV 0.049 0.029, 0.069 <0.001 0.111
indicates the binary variable that distinguishes PWH from NHANES ( for PWH, for NHANES); PWH, patients with hemophilia; NHANES, subjects from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey of the general United States population; , regression coefficient for representing change in log SBP per unit increase of the selected covariate; CI, confidence interval; , square of the multiple correlation coefficient; BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HCV, hepatitis C virus.
Age, log BMI, eGFR, log TotalCholesterol, smoking status, HCV, and race.
Analyses of covariance comparing log SBP values of untreated (not taking antihypertensive medications) PWH and NHANES subjects after adjusting for age and each covariate.
No covariates (age + only) 0.047 0.017, 0.078 0.003 0.020
log BMI 0.038 0.011, 0.065 0.006 0.022
eGFR 0.044 0.018, 0.070 0.001 0.023
Diabetes 0.042 0.016, 0.068 0.001 0.024
Smoking status 0.042 0.012, 0.072 0.006 0.027
HCV 0.046 0.002, 0.090 0.039 0.023
Race 0.041 0.015, 0.066 0.002 0.041
All covariates 0.053 0.001, 0.104 0.045 0.087
Age, log BMI, eGFR, log TotalCholesterol, diabetes, smoking status, HCV, and race.
Analyses of covariance comparing log SBP values of treated (taking antihypertensive medications) PWH and NHANES subjects after adjusting for age and each covariate.
Covariate Regression coefficient for Z (PWH versus NHANES)
No covariates (Cage + Cage2 + only) 9.03 6.80, 11.25 <0.001 0.113
log BMI 8.59 6.80, 10.38 <0.001 0.167
log (1 + Creatinine) 8.91 7.06, 10.76 <0.001 0.159
eGFR 8.92 7.08, 10.77 <0.001 0.159
log TotalCholesterol 8.97 6.66, 11.28 <0.001 0.123
Smoking status 8.28 6.13, 10.43 <0.001 0.121
HCV 8.18 6.01, 10.35 <0.001 0.156
Race 8.52 6.77, 10.27 <0.001 0.162
All covariates 10.38 7.43, 13.33 <0.001 0.163
No covariates (Cage + Cage2 + only) 2.99 1.21, 4.77 0.001 0.035
log BMI 4.54 3.04, 6.03 <0.001 0.083
log (1 + Creatinine) 4.18 2.62, 5.73 <0.001 0.049
eGFR 4.10 2.54, 5.65 <0.001 0.047
log TotalCholesterol 4.03 2.14, 5.91 <0.001 0.050
Smoking status 3.15 1.43, 4.87 <0.001 0.039
HCV 2.45 −0.14, 5.04 0.064 0.045
Race † 0.062
All covariates † 0.121
All covariates except HCV † 0.116
Cage, Cage2, log BMI, eGFR, log TotalCholesterol, smoking status, HCV, and race.
†race interaction was significant and therefore ANCOVA cannot be performed.
Analyses of covariance comparing DBP values of untreated (not taking antihypertensive medications) PWH and NHANES subjects after adjusting for age and each covariate.
No covariates (Cage + Cage2 + only) 6.40 3.75, 9.05 <0.001 0.165
Diabetes 6.60 4.34, 8.85 <0.001 0.179
Race 6.68 4.42, 8.95 <0.001 0.175
All covariates 6.68 2.26, 11.10 0.003 0.239
Cage, Cage2, log BMI, eGFR, log TotalCholesterol, diabetes, smoking status, HCV, and race.
Analyses of covariance comparing DBP values of treated (taking antihypertensive medications) PWH and NHANES subjects after adjusting for age and each covariate.
3.2.1. SBP for Untreated Subjects
The comparison between SBP curves for PWH and NHANES subjects illustrated that the difference between curves is much greater for young adults (18–29 years) compared to older adults (≥30 years) (Figure 3).
Systolic blood pressure for untreated subjects as a function of BMI, cholesterol, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). The solid lines are the regression lines for PWH while the broken lines are for NHANES subjects. The value for the difference between PWH and NHANES is shown.
For young adults, after adjusting for age and each covariate alone (BMI, renal function, cholesterol, smoking, diabetes, HCV, and race) and then for all covariates together, the difference in SBP between PWH and NHANES subjects remained (Table 4). Similarly, the difference in SBP between PWH and NHANES subjects remained for subjects ≥ 30 years after adjusting for each of age, BMI, creatinine, eGFR, cholesterol, smoking, or race (Figure 3 and Table 4). However, in contrast to the young adults, the difference disappeared when the model was adjusted for HCV. When all covariates together were in the full model there was no difference between PWH and NHANES. When HCV was removed from the full model the difference reappeared, indicating that among the tested risk factors it was only HCV that might explain the difference in systolic BP among older adults not taking antihypertensives.
3.2.2. SBP for Treated Subjects
There were too few subjects in the young age group taking antihypertensive medications ( PWH) to justify analysis. For older adults taking antihypertensives the difference in SBP between PWH and NHANES subjects persisted after adjusting for each covariate alone and with all covariates together (Figure 4 and Table 5).
Systolic blood pressure for subjects treated with antihypertensive medications as a function of BMI, cholesterol, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). The solid lines are the regression lines for PWH while the broken lines are for NHANES subjects. The value for the difference between PWH and NHANES is shown.
3.2.3. DBP for Untreated Subjects
After adjusting for age and each covariate alone and then for all covariates together, the difference between PWH and NHANES remained for young adults (18–29 years) (Figure 5 and Table 6). Also, the difference between PWH and NHANES remained for subjects ≥ 30 years after adjusting for age, BMI, creatinine, eGFR, cholesterol, or smoking. However, as seen above with SBP, adjusting for HCV reduced the difference for subjects ≥ 30 years (Table 6). The interaction between (the binary variable that distinguished NHANES subjects from PWH) and race shows that the difference in DBP between PWH and NHANES subjects also depended upon race: the largest differences were among whites whereas black, Hispanic, and “other” did not show differences between PWH and NHANES (Table 8). When all covariates were included (the full model) the differences between PWH and NHANES for blacks, Hispanics, and “other” disappeared, but not for whites. The differences between PWH and NHANES reappeared when HCV was removed from that model (Table 9), indicating that among the tested risk factors it was only HCV that might explain the difference in diastolic BP among older adults not taking antihypertensives.
Outcome Variables in model Race Difference between PWH and NHANES (mmHg) 95% CI
DBP , Cage, Cage2, race, race White 5.88 3.39, 7.88
Black 3.04 −2.95, 9.02
Hispanic 1.76 −2.57, 6.08
Other 0.80 −4.95, 6.54
DBP , Cage, Cage2, log BMI, eGFR, log TotalCholesterol, smoking status, HCV, race, race White 4.98 1.13, 8.84
Hispanic −0.31 −6.25, 5.63
DBP , Cage, Cage2, log BMI, eGFR, log TotalCholesterol, smoking status, race, race White 8.43 5.64, 11.22
Black 3.34 −4.98, 11.66
Other 3.17 −3.82, 10.17
is the binary variable that distinguishes PWH from NHANES ( for PWH, for NHANES); CI indicates confidence interval; Cage, centered age; BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HCV, hepatitis C virus.
Estimated differences in diastolic BP between PWH and NHANES subjects by race for those models that had a significant interaction race; older subjects (30–79 years) not taking antihypertensive medications.
Outcome Age-class Treated? for for HCV
log SBP 18–29 No <0.001 0.452
log SBP 30–79 No 0.769 <0.001
log SBP 30–79 Yes 0.045 0.668
DBP 18–29 No <0.001 0.327
DBP 30–79 No 0.905 0.010
DBP 30–79 Yes 0.003 0.466
is the binary variable that distinguishes PWH from NHANES ( for PWH, for NHANES); HCV, hepatitis C virus.
Comparison of the effect of and HCV on blood pressure models after adjusting for all other covariates.
Diastolic blood pressure for untreated subjects as a function of BMI, cholesterol, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). The solid lines are the regression lines for PWH while the broken lines are for NHANES subjects. The value for the difference between PWH and NHANES is shown.
3.2.4. DBP for Treated Subjects
There were too few subjects in the young age group taking antihypertensive medications ( PWH) to justify analysis. For subjects ≥ 30 years, the difference between PWH and NHANES subjects persisted after adjusting for each covariate alone (Figure 6 and Table 7) and with all covariates together.
Diastolic blood pressure for subjects treated with antihypertensive medications as a function of BMI, cholesterol, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR). The solid lines are the regression lines for PWH while the broken lines are for NHANES subjects. The value for the difference between PWH and NHANES is shown.
4.1. Blood Pressure Trends
Here we report the results of a large cohort study showing that the usual cardiovascular risk factors do not account for the higher blood pressure readings in hemophilia patients. We examined BP measurements while adjusting for age because the causes of hypertension are more likely to be revealed by examining its components—the two BP variables—than by examining hypertension itself. Furthermore, using continuous variables as outcomes is more likely to bring relationships with risk factors to light than if we were to use a binary outcome like hypertension [17].
This is the first study to examine systolic and diastolic measurements for PWH in separate treated (for antihypertensive medications) and untreated categories. PWH showed higher systolic and diastolic measurements than the general male population no matter which risk factor was included in the model.
Blood pressure measurements were higher for PWH even for subjects treated with antihypertensives. These observations imply that PWH are less responsive to such drugs, assuming comparable adherence to medications in both groups. However, since the treatment variable for PWH was based on charted use of medication, some patients may not have used the drugs as prescribed, while NHANES was self-reported drug use.
Although the 90th percentiles for PWH were similar to those for NHANES subjects, their 10th percentiles were higher. This indicates that the frequency distribution of BP covers a narrower range for PWH, with similar maxima but fewer low values. Among PWH the BP did not fall as much in diastole as among NHANES subjects, suggesting greater stiffness of the vascular walls. This phenomenon was particularly noticeable in treated subjects. These observations are new and are consistent with previous observations describing impaired flow-mediated vessel dilation and decreased vascular endothelial function among PWH [24]. Thus PWH may suffer from systemic vascular changes that require further investigation. Towards that end, vascular remodeling in joints with evidence for systemic mediation was recently described as a unique feature of hemophilia [25], indicating vascular abnormalities of uncertain etiology that may be linked to the hypertension in PWH.
An unexpected finding was the marked elevated BP of the youngest age group, which is an alarming and worrisome finding, warranting future investigations in youth and children with hemophilia. With the exception of results from a small cohort study in the 1980s that found increased BP values in PWH [5], contemporary information regarding BP trends in PWH on a larger scale does not yet exist. Consequently, results from this study contribute important new information.
4.2. Risk Factors for Elevated Blood Pressures
Next, we examined whether one or more cardiovascular risk factors could explain the higher BP in PWH. First, one would expect to find at least one of the risk factors for high BP to be elevated in PWH. However, the converse was the case: PWH weighed less and had lower serum cholesterol, their serum creatinine levels and eGFR levels showed better kidney function, and they had lower rates of diabetes and smoking. Others have also found PWH to have better weight and cholesterol profiles [5, 26, 27], although one large study of PWH also noted that their diabetes and smoking rates were similar to the general population [26].
Second, BP levels were positively associated with cardiovascular risk factors such as age, BMI, and cholesterol, as would be expected. However the BP curves for PWH and NHANES subjects rose in parallel, and for all risk factors the BP curve for PWH was always above that for NHANES subjects. Higher BP among PWH cannot be explained by a steeper slope than for NHANES. Therefore, none of the usual cardiovascular risk factors could explain the higher BP in PWH.
Hypertension is well known to be one of the many consequences of HCV infection that include hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, left ventricular mass index, disturbed lipid metabolism, endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, and vessel damage as well as greater vascular stiffness [28–33]. It is therefore not surprising that HCV appeared to contribute to some extent to higher BP. Interestingly, HCV only explained the higher BP in untreated PWH over 30 years. Subjects in this category infected with HCV had higher BP values than uninfected individuals after adjusting for other covariates. However, HCV did not explain higher BP among treated PWH where HCV prevalence was high (82.2% in PWH compared to 3.4% in NHANES subjects) or in young patients, where HCV prevalence was lower (36.4% in PWH compared to 0.5% in NHANES subjects). Thus, for PWH the associations between BP and HCV varied with both age and treatment status and possibly with race. While HCV infection may contribute to higher BP in PWH, it does not fully explain the differences between PWH and NHANES.
The association between hypertension and insulin resistance (IR) remains obscure [34, 35]. Possibly a third factor may promote both IR and hypertension; for example, catecholamines are implicated in both carbohydrate metabolism and vascular resistance [35–37]. We could not examine the association between the homeostatic model assessment (HOMA) index, which is a measure of IR, and blood pressure because insulin concentrations were not measured in our cohort of PWH. However, the lower prevalence of diabetes among PWH suggests that IR may be less common compared to NHANES. Nevertheless, IR and its association with HCV should be examined in future studies of hypertension in PWH.
There is a long-standing debate whether PWH have poor renal function, possibly linked to renal bleeding [38–40]. We specifically examined this topic since hypertension is associated with poorer renal function in the general population [16]. As previously observed [7], PWH had superior renal function despite having higher BP. This reinforces the argument that elevated BP levels in hemophilia are largely independent of the usual cardiovascular risk factors. However, since some studies have not found associations between hypertension and renal function in PWH [5, 6, 15], the questions concerning renal function, renal bleeding, and hypertension in hemophilia remain unresolved.
This study, like several others [4–6], was limited by the small number of patients because hemophilia is a rare disease. However, it contributes significantly to the accumulating evidence that the hypertension of hemophilia is an important comorbidity. Also, several other limitations have to be mentioned. First, BP measurements for NHANES subjects were taken on one day while PWH had frequent follow-up [26]. On the other hand, NHANES subjects with their single measurements outnumbered PWH by 5 : 1 and the large differences between PWH and NHANES subjects at all ages are strong evidence for higher values in hemophilia. Second, BP measurements were made by a large number of different people using a variety of equipment. It is unlikely that one group (PWH or NHANES) would have a systematic bias in one direction. But the variation in measurements is greater than if each group were measured by one provider using a single instrument, and that would reduce the power of statistical tests. Third, our regression models accounted for only a small proportion of the variance in SBP and DBP: much of the variation in BP for both PWH and NHANES subjects remains unexplained. Fourth, while HCV may explain some of the difference, we must be cautious since few NHANES subjects were infected.
We examined systolic and diastolic blood pressure in subjects that were divided into those taking or not taking antihypertensive medications. This study demonstrates that PWH suffer from higher BP levels than the general male population at all ages whether or not they are treated for hypertension. Further, their elevated BP levels cannot be easily explained by the usual cardiovascular risk factors. From a pragmatic clinical standpoint these findings are important since care paradigms for PWH need to develop a stronger focus on BP control to avoid the risk of mortality from ICH [9–12]. These findings are also important from a basic scientific standpoint: the etiology of the “Hypertension of Hemophilia” remains largely unresolved. Abnormal vascular stiffness and vascular remodeling in joints have been described in hemophilia [24, 25] and may be mediated systemically and are possibly related to the hypertension. Also, higher systolic and diastolic values seen among PWH in their twenties highlight questions about age of onset and, again, underlying etiology. New studies will be required to unravel the interrelations of vascular abnormalities, BP, and age of onset of hypertension among PWH.
Doris V. K. Quon is a member of speakers’ bureaux for Baxalta, Biogen, CSL, Grifols, and Novo Nordisk and also participates in advisory boards for Baxalta, Bayer, Biogen, and Novo Nordisk. Rebecca Kruse-Jarres is a paid consultant and participates in advisory boards for Baxalta, Bayer, Grifols, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, and Roche and also receives research funding from Baxalta, Pfizer, and Roche. Annette von Drygalski has received honoraria for participating in scientific advisory board panels and for consulting and speaking engagements for Baxalta, Bayer, Biogen, CSL-Behring, Novo Nordisk, Grifols, and Pfizer and is also a cofounder and member of the Board of Directors of Hematherix LLC., a biotech company that is developing FVa therapy for bleeding complications. The remaining authors declare no competing financial interests.
This work was supported by funding from Biogen (“Prevalence and Etiology of Subclinical Joint Bleeding and Joint Microbleeding in Adults with Hemophilic Arthopathy”) and from Baxalta (“Cardiovascular Health in Hemophilia”), by a Career Development Award from the National Hemophilia Foundation/Novo Nordisk (Annette von Drygalski) and a scholarship from King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Saudi Arabia (Afrah S. Sait).
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24 Miles of Canals at Ocean Shores
By William May
Published: 01/22/16 Topics: Ocean Shores WA Comments:
I know you’ve heard places referred to as the Venice of the north or the Venice of where ever but in the case of Ocean Shores, the comparison is apt. Here me out before you accuse me of hyperbole: when they were building a town out of this sand bar, they built in 24 miles of of canals!
That’s 24 miles of canals in a town with a population of less than 6,000. There might be more miles of canals than roads downtown. So it’s not trite to call Ocean Shores the Venice of the West Coast.
Unlike Venice though, these canals aren’t crowded with oil slicks and boats! They’re slow moving pristine fresh water, despite the whole town being a peninsula between the ocean and a saltwater bay. That means you can tucker yourself on the ocean beach, either riding horses in the salty spray, or flying kites in the sand, and then the next day relax in a canoe for a mellow day on the canals.
Where did this canals come from? Well up until the 60’s there wasn’t much going on in Ocean Shores. Some farms and ranches here and there, mostly people that thought their ocean beach was the best kept secret in the world.
Soon or later, word got out about the seemingly endless dunes and beaches on the Washington coast, and the tourists came. Somebody had the bright idea of building world class nightclubs, and all of a sudden, the Hollywood jet set was partying it up in Ocean Shores!
But none of this has anything to do with the canals right? Well when you’re catering to celebrities that have been to all the fanciest places in the world, you’ve got to class the joint up a bit! Canals it was then, surely using Venice as the inspiration. But unlike Venice, Ocean Shores has roads too, so you don’t have to abide a nasally Italian tenor.
The canal system is centered around Duke Lake, which is a big long green body of water running north to south the whole length of the town. The Grand Canal runs parallel to Duke Lake, and many tributary canals flood out in all directions from the Grand Canal, with each smaller canal being the focal point of a residential cul-de-sac.
Don’t forget then, that even though the town is appropriately named Ocean Shores, and there is tons to do on the ocean beach, there is plenty to do on the bucolic Ocean Shores canals.
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Occupational health and valid work exposure tools are keys to improving the health of ageing workers
Alexis Descatha1,2,
Yves Roquelaure3
1 Versailles St-Quentin University, INSERM U1168 UMS011, Villejuif, France
2 Occupational Health Unit, AP-HP (Paris Hospital “Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris”), University Hospital of West Suburb of Paris, Garches, France
3 ESTER UMR1085, INSERM University of Angers CHU Angers, Angers, France
Correspondence to Professor Alexis Descatha, Occupational Health Unit, Université de Versailles St-Quentin-Inserm U1168 UMS011 APHP, Garches, PA 92380, France; Alexis.Descatha{at}inserm.fr
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Many countries have increased the legal retirement age due to economic constraints and ageing populations.1 One important obstacle to raising retirement age is premature ageing caused by difficult and arduous working conditions.2 3 Nevertheless, even for some countries with retirement ages that may vary according to working conditions, it is particularly challenging to define an optimal retirement age that consistently and fairly determines which workers may be granted earlier retirement due to difficult working conditions.
France started by defining exposures in terms of their consequences, that is, the presence of a specific recognised occupational disease or injury.4 In 2014, the government introduced a new rule requiring employers to evaluate the extent of workers’ exposures to multiple working conditions. The workers could retire earlier depending on the …
Contributors Both authors participated to write the letter and approved it.
Funding This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
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© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.
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“for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man’s vulnerability”
Padron, Galicia, Spain
Notable award(s)
Nobel Prize in Literature 1989
Camilo Jose Cela was born in the Galician town of Padron (province of La Coruna), the May 11, 1916. His father (Camilo Cela Fernandez) Galician and his mother was English and Italian (Camila Emmanuel Trulock and Bertorini). He was the firstborn of the family Cela Trulock and christened with the names of Camilo Jose Manuel Juan Ramon Francisco de Jerome in the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria la Mayor of Adina (Sanxenxo). In 1925 the family settles in Madrid and Camilo studied at the college of Scolopi of Porlier. In 1931 he had to be placed in the Sanatorium Antituberculoso de Guadarrama, which would build on later to experience one of his novels. The periods of rest that his illness would be imposed employees in intensive readings of Ortega y Gasset and the collection of classical Spanish Rivadeneyra, as account. In 1934, finished his secondary studies at the Institute of San Isidro and launched the career of Medicine. It has not been enough to abound on the activities that nurtured its accumulated intellectual (academic influences, friends, travel, language or reading) with which the young Cela cementing his erudition. It is known that the listener likes to attend classes in Spanish Literature Contemporary Pedro Salinas in the new Faculty of Arts. There he became a friend of the writer and philologist Alonso Zamora Vicente. It also seeks to Miguel Hernandez, and Maria Zambrano, whose house in the Piazza del conde known in gathering the Barajas Max AUB and other writers and intellectuals. Of right-wing ideology, the Civil War caught him in Madrid with 20 years and recently convalescing from tuberculosis. He escaped with regard to the national area could be hit in the face and hospitalized in Honolulu. Visited three daisies room No. 5 at a cart carrying gifts. -Soldiers, I will decorate with a scapular of the Sacred Heart so you can preserve of all evil, look what I said: ‘Stop, bullet, the Heart of Jesus is with me ‘-. The gunner Camilo was pale, he escaped across the color of the face. – ‘No, no, thank you very much, decorations you to another, I beg you, we’ll ask Please, I wore a raincoat with a turned in the warrior and not yet A month ago I got in the back, I say with all due respect, lady, but for me that the Sacred Heart is gafe ‘-. Mazurka for two deaths. pp. 183 At the end of the war shows great indecision in his studies and come to work in an office of Textile Industries, where he began to write what they will be “The Family of Pascual Duarte.” “I started to add up action on action and blood and blood on what I was like a firecracker.” Back in the’50s, Cela began his memoirs. Then drew up a comprehensive project called “The cucana.” Of that plan will only be issued in book “The Rose” that ends in the memories of childhood. Volume II is published in 2001 covers part of childhood, adolescence and youth of the author. Cases in 1944 with Maria del Rosario Conde Picavea with whom she had two years later, a son Camilo Jose. Camilo Jose Cela Conde Rosario was divorced in late 80s to get married in 1991 with Marina Castano, a journalist with which he has shared his last years. Oriented literature and ambitious, launched in full autarky a mechanism that the poet Dionisio Falangist Ridruejo defined as a “strategy of fame, the cult of personality and willingness imperative.” He used a three-pronged strategy for this long-term political cooperation with the regime, striking literary style and public image epatant.
Works in Spanish:
La familia de Pascual Duarte – Madrid: Aldecoa, 1942
Pabellon de reposo – Madrid: Afrodisio Aguado, 1943
Nuevas andanzas y desventuras de Lazarillo de Tormes – Madrid: La Nave, 1944
La colmena – Buenos Aires: Emece, 1951
Mrs. Caldwell habla con su hijo – Barcelona: Destino, 1953
La catira – Barcelona: Noguer, 1955
Tobogan de hambrientos – Barcelona: Noguer, 1962
Visperas, festividad y octava de San Camilo del ano 1936 en Madrid – Madrid: Alfaguara, 1969
Oficio de tinieblas 5. – Barcelona: Noguer, 1973
Mazurca para dos muertos – Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1983
Cristo versus Arizona – Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1988
La cruz de San Andres – Barcelona : Planeta, 1994
Madera de boj – Madrid : Espasa-Calpe, 1999
Poetry and drama:
Pisando la dudosa luz del dia – Barcelona: Ed. del Zodiaco, 1945
Cancionero de la Alcarria – San Sebastian: Norte, 1948
Maria Sabina – Palma de Mallorca: Papeles de Son Armadans, 1967
El caro de heno o El inventor de la guillotina – Palma de Mallorca: Papeles de Son Armadans, 1969 – (Homenaje al Bosco ; 1)
Maria Sabina ; El carro de heno o El inventor de la guillotina – 2. ed. – Madrid : Alfaguara, 1970
Poesia completa – Barcelona: Circulo de lectores, 1996
La extraccion de la piedra de la locura o El inventor del garrote – Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1999 – Homenaje al Bosco ; 2)
Collections of short stories and miscellaneous writings:
Esas nubes que pasan – Madrid: Afrodisio Aguado, 1945
Mesa revuelta – Madrid: Ediciones de los Estudiantes Espanoles, 1945
El bonito crimen del carabinero, y otras invenciones – Barcelona: Jose Janes, 1947
San Juan de la Cruz / as Matilde Verdu – Madrid: Hernando, 1948
El gallego y su cuadrilla – Madrid: Ricardo Aguilera, 1949
Santa Balbina, 37, gas en cada piso – Melilla: Mirto y Laurel, 1952
Timoteo el incomprendido – Madrid: Rollan, 1952
Baraja de invenciones – Valencia: Castalia, 1953
Cafe de artistas – Madrid: Tecnos, 1953
Ensuenos y figuraciones – Barcelona: G. P., 1954
Historias de Venezuela : La catira – Barcelona: Noguer, 1955
El molino de viento y otros novelas cortas – Barcelona: Noguer, 1956
Mis paginas preferidas – Madrid: Gredos, 1956
Cajon de sastre – Madrid: Cid, 1957
Nuevo retablo de Don Cristobita : invenciones, figuraciones y alucinaciones – Barcelona: Destino, 1957
La rueda de los ocios – Barcelona: Mateu, 1957
La obra literaria del pintor Solana – Madrid: Papeles de Son Armadans, 1957
Historias de Espana : los ciegos, los tontos – Madrid: Arion, 1957
Recuerdo de don Pio Baroja – Mexico City: De Andrea, 1958
La cucana : memorias de Camilo Jose Cela – Barcelona: Destino, 1959
Cuadernos del Guadarrama – Madrid: Arion, 1960
Los viejos amigos – 2 vol. – Barcelona: Noguer, 1960-1961
Cuatro figuras del 98 : Unamuno, Valle-Inclan, Baroja, Azorin, y otros retratos y ensayos espanoles – Barcelona: Aedos, 1961
Gavilla de fabulas sin amor – Palma de Mallorca : Papeles de Son Armadans, 1962
Garito de hospicianos o Guirigay de imposturas y bambollas – Barcelona : Noguer, 1963
El solitario y los suenos de Quesada / Camilo Jose Cela, Rafael Zabaleta – Palma de Mallorca: Papeles de Son Armadans, 1963
Toreo de salon : farsa con acompanamiento de clamor y murga – Barcelona: Lumen, 1963
Once cuentos de futbol – Madrid: Nacional, 1963
Las companias convenientes y otros fingimientos y cegueras – Barcelona: Destino, 1963
Izas, rabizas y colipoterras : drama con acompanamiento de cachondeo y dolor de corazon – Barcelona: Lumen, 1964
Paginas de geografia errabunda – Madrid: Alfaguara, 1965
A la pata de palo – 4 vol. – Madrid: Alfaguara, 1965-1967
Nuevas escenas matritenses – 7 vol. – Madrid: Alfaguara, 1965-1966
Madrid – Madrid: Alfaguara, 1966
Calidoscopio callejero, maritimo y campestre – Madrid: Alfaguara, 1966
Diccionario secreto – T. 1-2. Madrid: Alfaguara, 1968-1972
Al servicio de algo – Madrid: Alfaguara, 1969
Barcelona – Barcelona: Alfaguara, 1970
La Mancha en el corazon y en los ojos – Barcelona: EDISVEN, 1971
Obras selectas – Madrid: Alfaguara, 1971
La bola del mundo : escenas cotidianas – Madrid: Sala, 1972
A vueltas con Espana – Madrid: Semanarios y Ediciones, 1973
Balada del vagabundo sin suerte y otros papeles volanderos – Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1973
Cuentos para leer despues del bano – Barcelona: La Gaya Ciencia, 1974
Prosa / edited by Jacinto Luis Guerena – Madrid: Narcea, 1974
Rol de cornudos – Barcelona: Noguer, 1976
Enciclopedia del erotismo – Madrid: Ed. Sedmay, 1976
La insolita y gloriosa hazana del cipote de Archidona – Barcelona: Tusquets, 1977
Los suenos vanos, los angeles curiosos – Barcelona: Argos Vergara, 1979
Album de taller – Barcelona: Ambit, 1981
El espejo y otros cuentos – Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1981
Los vasos comunicantes – Barcelona: Bruguera, 1981
Vuelta de hoja – Barcelona: Destino, 1981
El juego de los tres madronos – Barcelona: Destino, 1983
El asno de Buridan – Madrid: El Pais, 1986
Dedicatorias – Madrid: Observatorio, 1986
Conversaciones espanolas – Barcelona: Plaza y Janes, 1987
Diccionario del erotismo – 2 vol. – Barcelona: Grijalbo, 1988
Los caprichos de Francisco de Goya y Lucientes – Madrid: Silex, 1989
El hombre y el mar – Barcelona: Plaza y Janes, 1990
Galicia – Vigo: Ir Indo, 1990
Discurso para unha xove dama amante dos libros – Vigo: Ir Indo, 1991
Cachondeos, escarceos y otros meneos – Madrid: Ediciones Temas de Hoy, 1991
Desde el palomar de Hita – Barcelona: Plaza y Janes, 1991
Paginas escogidas / edited by Dario Villanueva – Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1991
Torerias: El gallego y su cuadrilla, Madrid, Toreo de salon y otras paginas taurinas / edited by Andres Amoros – Madrid: Espasa Calpe, 1991
El camaleon soltero – Madrid: Grupo Libro 88, 1992
El huevo del juicio – Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1993
Memorias, entendimientos y voluntades – Barcelona: Plaza y Janes/Cambio 16, 1993
El asesinato del perdedor – Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1994
La dama pajara y otros cuentos – Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1994
El color de la manana – Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1996
Diccionario geografico popular de Espana – Madrid: Comunidad de Madrid/Fundacion de Camilo Jose Cela, Marques de Iria Flavia/Noesis, 1998
Historias familiares – Barcelona: Macia & Nubiola, 1998
Travel books:
Las botas de siete leguas. Viaje a la Alcarria – Madrid : Revista de Occidente. 1948
Avila – Barcelona : Noguer, 1952
Del Mino al Bidasoa : notas de un vagabundaje – Barcelona: Noguer, 1952
Vagabundo por Castilla – Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1955
Judios, moros y cristianos : notas de un vagabundaje por Avila, Segovia y sus tierras – Barcelona: Destino, 1956
Primer viaje andaluz : notas de un vagabundaje por Jaen, Cordoba, Sevilla, Segovia, Huelva y sus tierras – Barcelona: Noguer, 1959
Viaje al Pirineo de Lerida : notas de un paseo a pie por el Pallars, Sobira, el Valle de Aran y el Condado de Ribagorza – Madrid: Alfaguara, 1965
Nuevo viaje a la Alcarria – Barcelona : Plaza & Janes, 1986
Translations into English:
The Hive / translated by J.M. Cohen in consultation with Arturo Barea – New York : Farrar, Straus and Young, 1953 – Translation of La colmena
The Family of Pascual Duarte / translated and with an introd. by Anthony Kerrigan – Boston : Little, Brown, 1964 – Translation of La familia de Pascual Duarte
Journey to the Alcarria / translated by Frances M. Lo?pez-Morillas – Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1964 – Translation of Viaje a la Alcarria
Pascual Duarte and His Family / translated by Herma Briffault – New York : Las Americas Pub. Co, 1965 – Translation of La familia de Pascual Duarte
Mrs. Caldwell Speaks to Her Son / Mrs. Caldwell habla con su hijo, in the authorized English translation and with an introd. by J. S. Bernstein – Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1968 – Translation of Mrs. Caldwell habla con su hijo
San Camilo, 1936 : the Eve, Feast, and Octave of St. Camillus of the year 1936 in Madrid / translated by J.H.R. Polt. – Durham : Duke University Press, 1991 – Translation of Visperas, festividad y octava de San Camilo del ano 1936 en Madrid
Mazurka for Two Dead Men / translated by Patricia Haugaard – New York : New Directions, 1992 – Translation of Mazurca para dos muertos
Boxwood / translated by Patricia Haugaard – New York : New Directions, 2002 – Translation of Madera de boj
Literature (a selection):
Zamora Vicente, Alonso,Camilo Jose Cela : acercamiento a un escritor – Madrid, 1962
Ilie, Paul, La novelistica de Camilo Jose Cela – Madrid, 1963
Kirsner, Robert, The Novels and Travels of Camilo Jose Cela – Chapel Hill : Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1966
Foster, David William, Forms of the Novel in the Work of Camilo Jose Cela – Columbia, Mo. : Univ. of Missouri, 1967
Huarte Morton, F., Ensayo de una bibliografia de “La familia de Pascual Duarte” – Madrid, 1968
Suarez Solis, Sara, El lexico de Camilo Jose Cela – Madrid : Alfaguara, 1969
Urrutia, Jorge, Cela: la familia de Pascual Duarte : los contextos y el texto – Madrid : Sociedad General Espanola de Libreria, cop. 1982
Hernando Cuadrado, Luis Alberto, Camilo Jose Cela y el lenguaje popular venezolano – Madrid : Castalia, 1983
Charlebois, Lucile C., Understanding Camilo Jose Cela – Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 1998
Perez, Janet, Camilo Jose Cela Revisited : the later novels – New York : Twayne, 2000
Garcia Yebra, Tomas, Desmontando a Cela – Madrid : Ediciones Libertarias, 2002
Umbral, Francisco, Cela: un cadaver exquisito : vida y obra – Barcelona: Planeta, 2002
Gibson, Ian, Cela, el hombre que quiso ganar – Madrid : Aguilar, 2003
1989: Nobel Prize in Literature.
Presentation Speech:
Presentation Speech by Professor Knut Ahnlund, of the Swedish Academy, December 10, 1989
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Camilo Jose Cela has written upwards of a hundred books, a veritable library in itself, filled with the most astounding contrasts, popular, crudely humorous tales side by side with some of the darkest and most desolate works in European literature.
Once Cela was a young poet in a Madrid on the verge of civil war. More than almost any writer he was at the center of those agonizing events, both as one of those responsible for them and as a resistance fighter. It was after serving in the trenches, being wounded and lying awhile in field hospitals, after the war was over and he had come home and Spain had embarked on her many dreary years under the new regime, that he made his debut – as a prose writer. In high quarters there was a desire to see edifying books, preferably cheerful and sunny ones. Cela’s first novel was about a multiple murderer who relates his life history before his execution. La familia de Pascual Duarte, Pascual Duarte’s Family, was printed secretly in a garage in Burgos in 1942, and by the time it had come to the authorities’ notice the edition was almost sold out. Gradually the censors became resigned; next to Don Quixote it must be the most widely read of all Spanish novels. This story of a matricide can be read as an allegory, a fairy tale about Spain’s monstrous sufferings and furious internal strife.
It opened the sluice-gates. Cela’s works grew in range and splendor. If they had anything in common it was the swarms of characters appearing in them; it was hardly a matter of the hierarchy of main characters and secondary ones that is customary in novels. On the stage where the author lets dramas of life and of Spain play themselves out under grim starlight, one could argue, with only slight exaggeration, that there were only secondary characters.
La Colmena or The Beehive, with more than 300 characters, depicts Madrid life during the first sad years of the Franco era. It was Cela’s boldest challenge hitherto to the authorities’ repression of free expression. Although it was translated into many languages, the Spaniards themselves were long denied access to it.
Eighteen years later, in 1969, when Cela published his novel San Camilo 1936, the mesh of censorship had numerous gaps and tears in it, so this book was at last published where it was written. To some extent, the Madrid of The Beehive still exists in San Camilo 1936, but illumined by streaks of visionary light, and swatched in an apocalyptic glow. The action takes place in Madrid during the week immediately on the eve of the Civil War. Here we encounter the young man with the sad burning eyes, see him mingling with the city’s crowds or staring into the mirror of his own bitter reflections. To a great extent the narrative is an incantation, an exorcization, an invocation, and so it points forward to the work which must be Cela’s most obscure, Oficio de Tinieblas 5 – a poetic apocalypse, a major poem eleven hundred and ninety-four verses long, an overall vision of life’s dark absurd anti-logic, arranged in a form similar to the Mass.
In Mazurca para dos Muertos, Cela, after his forays into the border lands where language and existence meet chaos, came back to the realities of Spanish life which he had depicted in so many facets. It is an account of the lives of ordinary people in the green and damp Galicia where he lived as a child. But most of all, perhaps, it is a tale about Death, an imagistic fresco depicting the tumult, insanities, comedy and tragedy of human life, always against the background of death, which in the end gathers everything and everyone to itself. Its great, crude humor is part of a tradition that goes back to Aristophanes, Rabelais and Shakespeare, yet it resembles nothing we have ever read in that line.
In his classical travel books from the forties and fifties, redolent with a quieter humor, we meet a more gentle pliant Cela; Cela the vagabond, looking for milieux and cultures that at the time were in the process of disappearing.
As a whole, what we have before us is an extraordinary rich, weighty and substantial body of writings that possess great wildness, license and violence, but which nonetheless in no way lack sympathy or common human feeling, unless we demand that those sentiments should be expressed in the simplest possible way. Cela has renewed and revitalized the Spanish language as few others have done in our modern age. As a creator of language he is in the tradition of Cervantes, Gongora, Quevedo, Valle-Inclan and Garcia Lorca, Spanish has not really been quite the same language since those writers have put their marks in its great book.
Dear Camilo Jose Cela,
I have devoted a few brief minutes to describing a body of work so great and varied as to defy any summary. Your contribution to the rights of creative imagination spans nearly half a century, including long periods under difficult conditions, but in the end it won out. In recent years the wealth of Latin American literature has been widely discussed everywhere. Perhaps too little attention has been paid, however, to its counterpart in the country where Spanish was first spoken. Personally, and on behalf of the Swedish Academy, may I congratulate you most cordially, and may I ask you to receive from the hands of His Majesty the King this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature.
Nobel Lecture:
Eulogy to the Fable
Distinguished Academicians,
My old friend and mentor Pio Baroja, who ran out of the Nobel Prize because of the success candelita not always shines head of the fair, had a clock in whose area wore some sobering words, shattering a slogan that declared the passage of the Hours: All injured, the last kills. Well: they have already many bells sounded in my soul and in my heart, the two handles that ignores the clock back, and today, with one foot in a lot of life that I have left behind and the other in the hope, I come before you to speak words of the word and think, with good will and we will see if they also lucky, freedom and literature. I do not know where they can lift their customs border of old age but, just in case, I shield in the words of Don Francisco de Quevedo: all want to get old and all refuse to have arrived already. Because I know well that there can be no return to face the evidence, and because neither am aware that the timetable is inexorable tool, I have to tell them soon, I must say, without leaving the slightest loophole or the inspiration or improvisation, these two notions that disdain. In this trance in which today I am speaking to you from this podium so hard to achieve, I doubt whether the brightness of the word, in this case, my word – there will not be able confused about my true merit, I think it is extremely low for the high award that you have distinguished. It is not difficult to write in Spanish, that gift of the gods of the Spaniards but we do not have very vague news, and I am encouraged about the idea that one has wanted to reward a glorious language and not a humble officer of it and what server that it can be expressed: for joy and lesson for all men, that literature is an art of all and for all, although written without obeying anyone and without hearing more than the dull and anonymous rumor of our corner and our time . I write from loneliness and I speak also from loneliness. Matthew German, in his Alfarache of Guzman, and Francis Bacon, in his essay Of Solitude, they said, and more or less the same time that the man who seeks solitude has a lot of god or beast. I am encouraged the idea that I have not searched, but found solitude, and I think that since she and work and live-and-write and speak, I believe that with calm and an almost infinite resignation. And always accompanies me in my solitude the course of Picasso, also my old friend and teacher, that without a great loneliness can not be a lasting work. Because I go through life disguised as a belligerent, I can speak of loneliness without empacho and even with some grateful and painful illusion. The biggest prize that is achieved is to get to know you can talk, which can emit sounds articulated words and say-ing states of the objects, events and emotions. Historically, man has been defined by the philosophers of the throwing hand helped middle of the next and gender-specific difference, ie, referring to our animal and origin of the differences. From Aristotle to zoon politikon reasonable Cartesian soul, those signs have been essential to distinguish between raw and human. Well, much as the ethologist could call into question what I’m going to hold, it would be difficult to find sufficient authority to put into the trait of language that the ultimate source of human nature that makes us be, for better and for worse , Different from the rest of the animals. We are different from animals and, from Darwin, we know that come from them. The evolution of language is thus a paramount issue that we can not ignore. The phylogeny of the human species includes an evolutionary process in which organs that produce and identify the sounds and the brain that provides them with respect, will be formed in a slow time that includes the very birth of mankind. None of the subsequent events, from the Song of Mio Cid and Don Quixote to the theory of quanta, is comparable in significance to that marked the first time by naming the most basic things. However, pursuit and obvious reasons, I will not refer here to the evolution of language in the original and fundamental sense, but in another, it may be that more secondary and accidental, but the relative importance far greater than those we were born in a community with literary tradition rather than secular. In view of such illustrious as etnolinguistas A. S. Diamond, the history of languages, of all languages, navigating through a sequence in which the prayers began, in its most remote origins, being simple and primitive to end the long complicated both in its syntax and content semantics that are able to offer us. By extrapolating the trend historically verifiable, it also assumes that progress towards the complexity goes through a moment in which the majority of the burden falls on communicative verbs, to the current situation in which they substantive, the adjectives and adverbs are those who give dot density and the content of the sentence. If this theory is true and if we fly a little imagination, we could think that the first word was a verb in its most immediate and urgent use, that is imperative. The imperative has yet clear is, a considerable importance in communication and is a difficult time with the verb to be taken very carefully because it requires quite know in detail is not always simple rules of the game. Nial placed an imperative can lead to results exactly opposite to those desired, because in the triple distinction that John Langshaw Austin hi / .o famous (language locucionario, ilocucionario and perlocucionario) and was exposed to sufficient wisdom of the thesis as the leading language perlocudonario to provoke a certain conduct in the interlocutor. Serves no purpose to order something if those to whom the mandate is directed disguises and just doing what you want. From the zoon politikon reasonable soul to have been sufficiently defined the fields where the pace beast or man sings, not always very warm voice. Cratilo, in the Platonic dialogue which lends its name to Heracloto hiding among the folds of her tunic. On the face of his interlocutor Hermogenes spoke Democritus, the philosopher of the full and empty, and perhaps also Protagoras, the antigeometra, which in its wrongdoing came to argue that man is the measure of all things: of which are in they are, and which are not, as they are not. A Cratilo was concerned with the problem of language, so that is all what it is like what is not, and it extends into pleasant conversation with Hermogenes. Cratilo think that the names of things are obviously related things. Things are born, or are created, or are discovered or invented, and in his soul inhabits, since its origin, the proper name that identifies and distinguishes it from others. The signifier – seems to want to tell, is pristine concept born from the same egg every thing, except under reasonable conditions to move the etymologies, the dog is a dog (in each language old) from the first dog and love is love, according indications from the first love. The edge of paradoxical thinking Cratilo, contrafigura of Heraclitus, it was agazapa in the rabbet of the inseparability or unit-of-the contrary, in the harmony of the opposite (day and night) on the move permanent and reaffirmed its substance — the words too, as objects in themselves (no dog without a cat, there is no love without hate). Hermogenes, by contrast, thinks that words are no more than conventions established by men with a reasonable purpose to be understood. Things appear or are presented to the man, and man, faced with the thing newborn, the christening. The signifier of things is not the source of the forest, but the hole dug by man. The boundary of the parabolic-feel and-tell of Hermogenes, mask and Democritus bouts of Protagoras, is overheating in many points: the man, that it measures (and means) each and every one of those things, gender or the individual?; the extent of those things, is it not a concept rather than epistemological? things, are the only physical things or feelings and concepts? Hermogenes, to be reducing the apparently disgorging to the truth in the cradle, in return, accept the proposition as the only possible by making the man and of itself, does nothing more true-and-true that much of what it is true as to what is not. Remember that the man, as famous aporia Victor Henry, gives its name to things but can not snatch: you change the language, and yet can not change it at will. Plato, to talk, perhaps too cautiously, of the rightness of names, it seems like tilting your sympathy, albeit implicitly, to the position of Cratilo: things are called as they have to call (theorem professional and respectful to the brink of admission, in pure reason, as postulated) and not as men agree, as the winds that blow, to be called (a corollary swinging or, better still, fluctuating according to the direction of changing the present circumstances, not every pre – case). In this second originally romantic attitude, and in its consequences, demagogic, departed the Latin poets, with Horacio at the helm, and came all the ills that since then, and in this area, hubimos of suffering that we could not remedy. In the Ars poetic verses 70 to 72, will sing the triumph of use on the future (not always, at least healthy) of language. Renascentur fine quae IAM cecidere, cadentque quae nunc sunt in Honor vocabulary, if usus phase, quem penises arbitrium est et ius et loquendi rule.
This bomb-grata, however, in its apparent charity was very complex and subsequent effects: Finally, assume that the language makes the people and, fatally, anyone but the people, without which nothing worth the efforts, which must be saved in advance, to reduce the language to standard logic and fair and reasonable. This assertion Horacio risky in-use is the dock, law and the rule of language became, to go into labor weeds, the real shortcut on the way, and he left the man with the flag of language release tremolo the wind, obstinate in the triumph confused with servitude which their mere appearance. If Horace had his share of reason, we have not regatta here, and its ballast of unreason, which also does not have to hide in this trance, and also to Cratilo Hermogenes, refine its purposes, we must give them what is theirs. The position of Cratilo it comes to what is called natural language or ordinary or language, the product of a historic road and nearly eternamnente psychological journey, and if it suits Hermogenes what we understand as artificial or special language or jargon, the result of an agreement more or less formal, formal or otherwise, with a rationale but without psychological or historical tradition, at least at birth. The first Wittgen-Stein-the-Tractatus is a well-known example of the position of Hermogenes today. In this sense, it would be ridiculous to talk about language cratiliano or natural or human language hermogeniano or artificial or parahumano. Obviously, I mean, as was Horatio, the first of the two, that is, the language of living and writing: no strings attached or defensive techniques. Also the language we now call cratiliano alludes Max Scheler, and in the phenomenologist-general when he talks of language as words or as an ad or speech, and Karl Buhler in ordering the three functions of language: the words, the appeal and representation. It goes without saying that the language naturally hermogeniano admits his original artifact, while the language cratiliano suffers when you want to rock in cribs that are not peculiar and which often are somewhat agazapan contingencies beyond its diaphanous spirit. It is risky to admit, at all costs, that the natural language, the language cratiliano, born from the magical nuptials of the people with the chance. No, the people did not create the language: what conditions. This is not with few reservations, the people, in a sense, guess the language, the names of things, but so hybridized and adultery. If the people do not gravitate contingencies beyond those shortly ago alluded to, raising the issue would be much more immediate and linear. But the object is not proposed and which, however, the egg is hiding the truth of the problem and is a determined and is not in my power, nor that of anyone else, change it to the other. Cratiliano language, the language, structure or system of Ferdinand de Saussure, was born in the village – more among the people that it-is fixed and approved by the writers, and is governed and guided by the academy in the majority of cases. However: these three estates, the people, writers and the academy-not always comply with its peculiar duty, and often invade or interfere extraneous orbits. It would seem that the academy, writers and people do not represent your taste but prefer paper, but not competence, the role of pretending that the other – could be that even on grounds of principle is always blurred and blurred and, which is worse, ends up blurring and ensure the very object of their attention: the language, the verb that would require essentially transparent. Or algebraic and as a mere instrument, with no other value than for its own use, in the end Unamuno of Love and pedagogy. A final factor determining the state, without being exactly what the people, nor the writers nor the Academies, to all conditions and constrains, Venezuelan per thousand ways to influence dispersed (the administrative jargon, the speeches of leaders, television , Etc.). On the problem by adding more-for his bad example by their confusion-inhibition disorder and chaos to chaos. On the excesses popular, literary, academic, state, and so on. No one is pronounced, and the language is not going where you want, which in principle would be appropriate channel, but where the forces that impel those found she converge on. The people, because he repeated the verses of Horace at every turn, thinks that the whole mountain is oregano and seeks to introduce voices and modes and sweepers not guessed it-intuitive or subconsciously that might be, or at least be valid and plausible – but deliberately and consciously invented or, even worse, imported (and destiempo Contrary to the good sense). The writers, to use trailer, often vicious, its outline (Indicate each time the exceptions you want), support and authorize forms of uncomfortable to say the very essence of language or, what is even more dangerous, divorced the spirit of language. The problem of the academies is determined by the axis on which fluctuate: his conservative tendency and the fear that they face in check. The erosion of language hermogeniano on language cratiliano widen more and more as time goes on, carries the risk of dissecting the living, artificializar of what is natural. And this risk can, I repeat, both on the path of pure invention by the incorporation of the gratula or the resurrection or vivification to destiempo. Reasons very insensitive policies seem to be the engine that drives and moved all languages, all languages, to falter, with a smile on the lips, face repeated attacks of those who plague. I understand that the risk is run out of proportion to the benefits, rather utopian, that in an uncertain future may arise and, without worry purists who are very far from my mind, I would like to alert the writers, rather than out, the Academy , In tracking, and the State, alternatively, to put an end to the chaos that awaits us. There is a continuum of language that jumps over the rankings that we want to establish, without doubt, but this evidence does not authorize us to do tablarrasa of its natural boundaries. Suppose it would be admitting defeat so much as it has not yet taken place. Sharpens our wits in defense of the language – I repeat, of all languages – and always remember that confuse the procedure with the right, like taking the letter for the spirit, but does not lead to injustice, a situation that is the source – and at the same time , Sequel – has the disorder. The thought, with its appendix inseparable from the language, and freedom, would probably also join certain linguistic and conceptual forms, form a sort of umbrella under which all human endeavor can be: they are intended to explore and expand boundaries of what is human and also those who, on the other hand, but do not seek to abdicate the very condition of man. The thought and freedom founded by the same spirit of heroes and villains. But that obscures the general need for further clarification if we have to end up understanding what it means, in fact, think and be free. Think, to the extent that we identify the phenomena of consciousness, it is for men “think about being free.” Have been consumed multitude of arguments to establish the extent to which this freedom is something true, or to what extent is but another of the phenomena that taimadamente wedges human thought, but this is probably a futile dispute. A Spanish philosopher has been able to warn that both the mirage as the image of real freedom mean the same thing. If the man is not free, if it is subject to a causal chains that have their roots in the base material to study psychology, biology, sociology or history, also as a human being with the idea, perhaps illusory but absolutely universal, their own freedom. And if we believe to be free, we will organize our flooded with a very similar way as we would if ultimately results be. The architectural elements that we have been supporting, with varying fortunes, the complex fabric of our society, establish the fundamental tenet of human freedom, and we believe in him, exalted, denigrated, punish and suffer: the aura of liberty as the spirit that infuses the moral codes, the political principles and legal regulations. We know that we think and think because we are free. It is actually a fish that bites its tail, or rather a fish eager to catch his own tail, which binds the relationship between thought and freedom, because being free is both an immediate impact as an essential condition of thought. When you think, man may soon wish to disassociate itself from the laws of nature: it can accept and submit to them is clear, and on that easement based its success and prestige that the chemical has crossed the limits of the theory of flogisto. But in thinking it is the kingdom of nonsense on the same side of the rule of logic, because man is not only capable of thinking about the meaning of real and what is possible. The mind is capable of breaking into a thousand pieces and rebuild their own machinations after an aberrant image so different. May well add to the interpretations of the rational world events subject to any empirical alternatives come to the whims of those who thinks, above all, under the premise of freedom. Free thought, in this restricted meaning that opposes the empirical world, has its translation in the fable. And the ability of fables would appear, therefore, as a third partner able to add in the human condition to the thought and freedom, thanks to that pirouette that gives real character to what, until the presence of the fable, was not even simple lie. Through the thinking man can go round to discovering the truth hidden by the world, but also you can create a world far different from his and the words that come to desire, since the presence of the fable is permitting. Indeed, thought, freedom and fable are well linked through a difficult relationship, and sometimes suspicious of a dark passageway that contains not a few misunderstandings in the form of trail – and even the maze – which is not ever leave. But the threat of risk has always been the biggest source of arguments to justify the adventure. The fable and truth are no scientific ways of thinking, but contrasting, entities that are not more heterogeneous and impossible to comparison Mutual since that appeal to different codes and are subject to many different techniques. No one would therefore raise the banner of literary in the task ahead of the release of the spirits, if there is lomarlo that in return for this newest slavery of science. I think, quite the contrary, it is very unwise to go with diligence distinguishing between those that science and literature, the alimon, locked the man inside the walls of rigid control that ends up crashing the whole idea of freedom and determination, and courage in contrast to those other scientific and literary experiments intended to stick to the waiting / a. The absolute confidence in the superior sense of freedom and the dignity of man versus those suspected truths which eventually dissolved in a sea of presumption should be to testify to having gone a step along the way. But not enough. If anything we have learned is that science is not only unable to justify the claims of freedom, but also of the need crutches to enable it to support the exact opposite. The demands of the deepest values of freedom and human desire are the only ones able to substantiate the science and enabling it with such weapons, escape from a utilitarian who can not resist the trap of the number and extent. In that idea appears to recognize that literature and science, although heterogeneous, can not remain isolated in a prophylactic work of defining areas of influence. They can not do so for two reasons, which caters to both the status of language (the basic tool of thought), as the need to be limiting and distinguishing what is both laudable and praiseworthy as that on the contrary, have to suffer the denunciation of all who accept the commitment to their own being. I think that literature, like machine fable, rests on two pillars that form the framework necessary for the literary work is valuable. First, a pillar aesthetic, which requires keeping the story (or poem or drama or comedy) above some minimum quality that mask, beneath them, a world in which subliterario creation is difficult to match with the emotions of readers. Since the socialist realism to the many vagaries allegedly experimental, the lack of talent makes this aesthetics subliteratura in a monotonous crimps of words unable to achieve any valid fable. But a second column, this time of ethical spirit, looming in the consideration of the literary phenomenon, with the aesthetic quality a supplement that has a lot to do with everything said so far regarding the thought and freedom. The budgets are not ethical and aesthetic, it is clear, neither identical nor equal sense worth. The literature can be installed in a delicate balancing on a single aesthetic dimension to justify art for art’s sake, and it may be that the aesthetic quality of the emotion is, ultimately, a condition that the longer life ethical commitment. We can still appreciate the Homeric poems and songs medieval epic, while we have already forgotten, at least in the form of automatic connection, a sense of ethics that were in Greek cities and European fiefdoms. But art for art’s sake is in itself a difficult exercise, always threatened to use spurious able to distort their real meaning. I think the ethics budget is the element that makes the literary work into something truly worthy of the exalted role of the fabulacion. But should understand well the meaning of what I’m saying, because the literary fable, as an expression of those bonds that united the human capacity to think with the experience of perhaps utopian to be free, can not reflect any kind of ethical commitment. I understand that the literary work only supports the ethical commitment of the man, the author, with his own intuitions about freedom. Clear is that any man, and the most astute and balanced literary authors, is never able (perhaps be better to say: it is not always able) to overcome their own human condition; any man, I mean, is threatened with blindness, and the sense of freedom is sufficiently ambiguous as to be committed in its name the darkest errors. Neither the aesthetic quality can be learned according to outlines of the manuals. The literary fable is doomed to succeed both in their intuition in ethics as its aesthetic commitment, because only in this way may have a meaning beyond acceptable in terms of a possible fad or confusion quickly amended. While the history of man is mobile and sinuous, neither ethical nor aesthetic intuition can easily anticipate. There are authors whose sensitivity to capture collective emotions lead them to become great examples of the prevailing collective wave, and give his work a matter of conditioned reflex. Others, by contrast, lay on their shoulders the task and often not enough to put applauded freedom and human creativity a little further up the road that might not lead anywhere. It is useless to say that only in this case literature is fulfilling its role more accurately identified with the compromise marked by the human condition and, if we demand an absolute rigor in this thesis, only she could be called with all the honors real literature. But human society can not be linked not only to the geniuses, saints and heroes. In this task of finding free status, the fable has the obvious advantages it provides precisely the malleability of the internal literary tale. The fable does not need to adhere to any taxation that may limit ambitions, developments and surprises and, while this is so, as you can afford any other means of maintaining the well-thought high the banner of utopia. Maybe because it treated the most brainy of political philosophy have decided mask in the shape of those proposals utopian literary tale that once would not have been readily accepted without the clothing of fiction. A fable has no limits in Utopia, while it is anchored on the need for utopian condition. But not only the ease with the utopian proposal has the advantages of literary expression. The internal plasticity of the story, the malleability of the situations, characters and events, it is a wonderful melting pot for venture without major risks throughout a workshop or, if preferred, a laboratory in which humans tested their behavior in terms unbeatable for the experiment. The fable is not limited to indicating utopia, it can also carefully analyze and discuss what its consequences in all those alternatives, since the forecast until the brainy nonsense, that creative thinking might suggest. The role of literature as an experimental laboratory has been highlighted many times thanks to science fiction, to speculation about future seasons then we have had to live. The criticism has been repeated ad nauseam his admiration for the talents of pro-novelists who have managed to include in their fables basic coordinates of a world that has certainly followed the pattern set forth therein. What truly useful as a crucible of the fable is not the pilot’s success story in anticipation technique, but the portrait, both direct and timely as negative, capable of trasmutar the colors of a possible world, whether present or future. It is the act itself of the search for compromises human, tragic experiences and situations capable of bringing to light the need to always ambiguous opt blindly to the stresses of the world around us, or you can rodearnos, which consists of the cool literature as a laboratory experiment. In fact the value of literature with behavioral experiment has little to do with the expectations because the behavior of men just past, present and future in a specific and limited sense. There are other fundamental aspects of our way of being that are, by contrast, a staggering permanence, and so allow us to move with an emotional narrative radically alien to us in terms of time. It is the “universal man” who has the biggest prize of the literary fabulacion, in an experimental workshop that knows no borders or no time. They are the Quixote, and the Othello donjuanes who teach us that the fable is nothing more than a thousand times played chess with different pieces that destiny can at any moment to show. Might be the most absolute of determinations as a substrate of the purported that I’m pregonando freedom, and thus undoubtedly happen in the absence of the presence of that being flawed, fickle and confusing is that the author as man, while person. The magic of a Shylock would not have ever occurred without the great bard whose memory is much more dubious inconsistent, of course, that the character who gave their lives and deprived, the alimon of death. And what about the anonymous minstrels of the clergy and those who do not keep more than the result of his talent? There is certainly something that deserves to be remembered above all as much determination sociological or historical imponersenos want: that so far, and to the extent that we can imagine the future of mankind, the literary work is closely subject to the need to an author, a single source of those ethical and aesthetic intuitions to which I referred earlier, as the flow filter that will undoubtedly come from the entire society that surrounds it. It is this connection between man and society that perhaps best expresses the very paradox of the human being subject to the pride of their status as individual and tied themselves to a collective of the casing that can not safely get rid of insanity. It might be possible to draw a moral: that drew the boundaries of what literary as those who are precisely the boundaries of man’s nature and teach beyond the status, identical on the other hand, gods and demons. Our thoughts can imagine the demiurge, and the ease of human cultures to invent some religions is a sample of it, our ability to the fable can provide the basis for literary illustrate useful, something that from the Homeric poems we have not failed to do. But even so we could get to confuse our nature and end once and for all with the faint flame of liberty that beats in the intimate awareness of a slave to whom one may be compelled to obey, but not to love, and suffer until death, but not to change their deep thoughts. When the blind pride rationalist was able to renew the temptation minds illustrated Bible, the last sentence that promised “You will be like gods” did not take into account that humans had already managed to go much farther down that road. The miseries and proud that they had for centuries marked the task of becoming like gods had already taught the men a lesson best: that through the effort and imagination could get to be like men. And I can not fail to proclaim with pride that in this task, indeed pending in a considerable part well, the literary fable has proven to be a critical tool at all times and under all circumstances: a weapon able to teach men where it can be followed in the endless race toward freedom.
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Major NLE Updates Coming at NAB? What Adobe and Avid Should Do to Improve Their Products
NAB is an exciting time of year for us filmmaking folk. While there are certainly some exciting things on the horizon in terms of cameras, rigs, lenses, lights, and what have you, I'm making an educated guess that this will be another significant year for NLE development, especially from post-production giants Avid and Adobe. Avid is likely to make the jump to version 7 of its flagship Media Composer, and if they follow their previously mentioned product cycle plan, Adobe will release version 6.5 of their popular Creative Suite. With much of the editing market still undecided between the three major players in post-production, these new updates could be a crucial stepping stone into the future for these companies.
First and foremost, I should mention that these are the two NLEs which I use regularly. Premiere has taken over as my go-to editing platform, and I use it for most, if not all, of my personal work and for smaller films. Avid, on the other hand, is generally my tool of choice on larger scale productions where media management tends to be a little more unruly, or if it's something I'm collaboratively editing with another person. So as someone who uses both of these on a consistent basis, I have a solid idea of what I would like to see out of the programs in future versions. So without further ado, let the speculation begin.
The folks at Avid have found themselves in a peculiar predicament as of late. They still dominate the high-end broadcast and film markets with their various software solutions -- as evidenced by their near sweep in several post-production categories at this year's Academy Awards. Despite this seeming success, however, Avid has been hurting financially for the past several years as their sales have continued to decline. This financial downward spiral seems to be boiling over for the company, seeing as how they recently postponed the release of their 2012 4th quarter earnings, something widely regarded by both the business and editing communities as a desperate move.
It seems to me that if Avid really is in desperate financial trouble, they're going to need to make a splash at NAB in order to stimulate new sales of their software solutions. For them to accomplish this, they are going to need to implement a major overhaul of the Media Composer interface and make it more accessible to younger editors, while simultaneously maintaining the level of professional precision that has made the application an industry workhorse for the past 20 years -- and they're going to have to do all of this while significantly lowering their price points.
Beyond these exterior changes to the software, Avid is going to have to heavily refine the way the software works internally. While they've subtly been doing this for the past 2 or 3 years with features such as AMA linking, OpenGL support, 3rd-party I/O options, and most importantly, 64-bit base code, Avid is still lagging well behind both Adobe and Apple in terms of performance and taking advantage of modern hardware. They need to follow in Adobe's and Apple's shoes with OpenCL support and background rendering. Beyond that, they need to bring resolution independence to both their project settings and to individual clips so that editors aren't restricted to the standard TV and film options that Avid currently offers.
However, despite the fact that a revamped version of Media Composer would likely get Avid's software division back on the track to profitability (especially if they could do the same with Pro Tools), whether or not the company has the cash or credit to cover the costs of the sure-to-be hefty research and development for such an overhaul is highly questionable. If the new version of Media Composer fails to gain traction in the broadcast and film communities, and Avid continues to lose money, it's likely that we could see some kind of company restructuring or even the sale of the company or its individual parts.
Adobe, unlike Avid, seems to be thriving these days. After having snatched up many an editing professional after the Final Cut Pro X conundrum, and with the potential downfall of Avid, Adobe is now in a position to take the lead in the professional NLE market. In order to do this, however, they're also going to have to keep innovating with their suite of video post-production tools.
First and foremost, and I don't think I'm alone in this, it's time for Adobe to develop and embrace their own proprietary codec, a la ProRes or DNxHD. While the success of codec independence is part of what makes Premiere great, the performance of certain native codecs within the program is not what it could or should be. With a proprietary codec, Adobe would be able to completely optimize the performance of the software for that codec, as opposed to having a piece of software that deals with some codecs well, and others not nearly as much. Considering that many narrative-style films already transcode their raw camera data for both dallies and offline editing, it would be fantastic for Adobe to develop something to aid in that process. Sure, Cineform has been a decent 3rd party solution to this point, but it's time for Adobe to step up their game and cater to both independent folks as well as high-end professionals.
I would also like to see better integration of the Production Premium suite with its newest member, Adobe SpeedGrade. The acquisition of SpeedGrade from Iridas last year was an excellent move for Adobe in terms of putting together a comprehensive suite of tools for the video professional. However, the implementation and insertion of SpeedGrade into the suite has been clunky, to say the least. If Adobe can manage to integrate the program with the same dynamic linking technologies that have made it a breeze to shoot back and forth between Premiere, After Effects, Audition, and Encore, then they'll finally have a complete, integrated set of high-end tools for the video professional. As it stands now, it's just as easy to take a sequence from Premiere into Resolve as it is to take it into SpeedGrade. This needs to change if they want SpeedGrade to become a more viable option for the folks already using their products.
What do you guys think? What would you like to see out of the new versions of Media Composer and Premiere Pro? What would Avid have to do with Media Composer to keep it relevant and profitable? Conversely, what do you think Adobe would have to do to catapult Premiere Pro into industry dominance? Let us know in the comments.
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Speedgrade is wonderfully intuitive but about as stable as a drunk on roller skates.
I ditched it for Resolve lite, which is less intuitive but more powerful in my opinion.
Even with a high end PC, the transfer between Prem. pro and Speedgrade was abysmal.
While I stand by Adobe for Prem. Pro and After Effects, they're going to have to pull a miracle out of the bag to get me interested in Speedgrade again.
March 14, 2013 at 4:09PM, Edited September 4, 11:21AM
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Agree on the Speedgrade thing. It needs brought up to speed with the rest of the suite immediately. I've tried using it and like Ben said, it's just terrible to get anything from Premiere into Speedgrade, Speedgrade crashes constantly, it's just not a stellar program at the moment. There's so much that could be done to improve it and its integration into the suite.
Rick McClelland
That's about how I feel as well. Resolve Lite really has taken over as my go-to color application, and that doesn't seem likely to change any time soon. However, if Adobe can implement dynamic linking and make it as seamless as it is with their other programs, they'll likely get quite a few more people staying exclusively within the Creative Suite.
Founder of Filmmaker Freedom
This. SpeedGrade needs Adobeization I am all-in for Adobe these days. More often than ever, I've found myself ingesting and logging in Prelude, editing in Premiere, integrating graphics through AE/Photoshop through dynamic link, mixing in Audition, etc., etc., etc. What's missing is an equally smooth connection to SpeedGrade. I really like SpeedGrade, too... but the round-tripping is clunky right now. I'm sure Adobe will Adobe-ize it, but right now it feels like Apple Color in FCS.
I haven't learned Resolve Lite because, frankly, I want to stick with Adobe. If my hotkeys, GUI cues, etc. can all be the same when I have a quick turn around of projects at work... hey, I'll take that over almost anything. It's not fanboyism or loyalty or anything like that—it's about keeping things seamless, fast and easy to move between.
Even a few years ago, going between FCP or Avid and AE slowed me down, because it was difficult to shift my mind between hotkeys.
The realities of media nowadays it's better to be as software and platform agnostic as possible. Not everything advances at the same place. And then there are the odd missteps that throw everyone for a loop.
That doesn't mean you shouldn't have your own preferences.
Speedgrade is still very new and it will become very intuitive and improve immensely. I couldn't tell you that timeline though
March 15, 2013 at 9:37AM, Edited September 4, 11:21AM
I agree. I am using Resolve for all my color needs right now, and the integration with Premiere (which when you think about it, there is none) is better than the integration with SpeedGrade. I would love to see SG brought into the DynamicLink family. Why can't I open a sequence in SG, grade and correct it, and have it linked back to Premiere so that I can dynamically color correct?
That would also solve another problem I have with color grading: it takes up a lot of space. I usually end up with 2-3 versions of each clip as it moves through the production workflow. With resolutions and file sizes continually increasing, Adobe needs to find a better way to non-destructively color correct. If they could use XMP data for color correction (similar to Lightroom) and have Premiere do the final render it would give us all greater edibility and less storage space occupied.
I'm and Adobe fan, but ultimately I will use whatever tool is best for the job. For color, right now that is DaVinci.
March 15, 2013 at 11:32AM, Edited September 4, 11:21AM
Guys, feel free to make feature requests here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Kevin Monahan
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March 18, 2013 at 10:46PM, Edited September 4, 11:21AM
I would love to see them come out with a controller application of their own (Like controller+). Also one that would work with speed grade rather than spending thousands on a controller board. I completely agree with integrating some sort of dynamic link to speed grade
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Zachary Murray
You can make a feature request for control surface support: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
I just want a split and unlink shortcut key in Premiere Pro... :/
Antony Alvarez
Do you mean a shortcut for linking and unlinking clips within the timeline? Because you can definitely map your keyboard to do that.
You can. "G" will unlink. Coming from Vegas, I remapped "Add Edit" from CTRL + K to "S". It will now split any tracks that are selected
Most of my projects have extensive use of VFX and I don't use AE, I end up having to render plates clip per clip from my timeline to use in my 3d and compositing packages, then I have to re import back into my timeline the vfx rendered plates, I'd love Premiere to have it done in a easier way, just like The Foundry Hiero does.
What's software are you using? ThanKs.
Bellina mikael
Maya and Nuke
Tell us how you want it to work here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Adobe missed the boat BIG TIME not buying out cineform. To let them be snapped up by go pro who lets face it, until now have no real use for the codec, was the biggest f-up this century. But maybe they have something else up their sleeve?
What they REALLY need to fix is the completely broken multicam workflow. Currently there is no way to flatten a multicam timeline or export it as a readable XML meaning you can't use it in speed grade, resolve or even after effects. FCP7 had this, avid has it as well but Premier Pro does not and neither does FCPX.
I'm agree with you the multicam is a bit weird if you want to use IT with after effect. It exports In after effect all the média and not only the part you sélect.
And I want something more efficient between the multi camera monitor and the timeline.
You have to click inside the multi monitor and click play because if you do In the timeline all the camera won't play. IT saves some power but lot of Time wasted to switch between the multi camera monitor and the timeline.
And is there a way to improve the performance In not using proxy media.
If you want a better intermediate codec and improved multi cam workflow, let us know the particulars here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Ugh, please no Avid Media Composer X.
If Avid does decide to go in that direction, they'll really have to make sure that the new product is still appealing to current Avid editors. That's absolutely key, in my opinion. I'm sure both Avid and Adobe learned exactly what not to do with their software releases from Final Cut though. I'm also fairly confident that we won't see another fiasco like that again, especially not from a company like Avid which is wholeheartedly devoted to their professional users.
"If Avid does decide to go in that direction, they’ll really have to make sure that the new product is still appealing to current Avid editors." This is especially true, since Avid is one of the few platforms with people who have been sincerely using it for decades. There are some VERY old school editors using it, and they would not like any drastic change.
What I want from Adobe:
New pro codec. YES! great idea.
After effects shortcut customization. after effects is still locked into its archaic shortcuts. its not a stand alone product anymore, its very integrated. as such, it needs to be allowed to be customized to the same keys as other software, namely premiere.
premiere media broswer that understands the sub-folder organization that modern cameras do when they record video. as it stands, media broswer chokes up on all the other files / metadata that the camera records to the card.
functioning premiere media manager? literally the premiere one does not work at all. three hours of "copying your files over" and then error. useless.
one-click online / offline, proxy editing. its great that premiere can edit native avc, but 14 layers of avc? nope. Proxy editing should not be abandoned. make a way for us to easily toggle back and forth, online / offline, to maximize performance.
I say ditch speedgrade altogether. Integrate it right into premiere. the idea of "going back and forth" between edit system and color correction is outdated. find an intelligent way to do this in premiere. so you can go back and forth between editing and CC with ease.
Integrated Speedgrade would be fantastic indeed.
hansd
I completely agree about the media browser not knowing what's going on with sub-folders and metadata. That absolutely drives me up a wall, and it would be great for Adobe to fix those issues as soon as possible.
Also, I like the idea of integrating Speedgrade into Premiere. It would very easily solve the integration issues, and it would push Premiere's already strong color tools even further. I like that idea a lot.
Just curious; What formats do you have difficulties with? I have lots of different material, and have not encountered any problems. I just want to know stuff. :-)
Jarle Leirpoll
I wholeheartedly agree on the Project Manager. That actually needs to become a piece of usable software. For one, Adobe does not copy over any dynamically linked Ae Comps upon archiving. If you don't think about that, you can easily end up with major holes in your archived projects.
And, let's not forget the Titler. If they can only make it remember it's position. Plus - ability to export to .srt or .sub format would be great, so you can actually use it as a subtitling tool.
Richard van den...
Being able to do a bit more in Premiere of what currently has to be done in AE would be v helpful, like simple compositing, masking, decent titling. These you can either do properly in AE which entails a lot of faff going back and forth (and this is sold as a virtue - "round tripping", yeah right), or do badly in PPro.
Similarly you can do all sorts of great stuff in AE, but forget about having scopes! And how about being able to play a comp contain one clip in real time? No - can't be done?
So you get two apps that are mostly brilliant with just enough crapness to each to make most jobs just that little bit annoying, so you go into it knowing it should be dead simple but that in reality it's going to be a pain in the arse sooner or later.
It's like having two cars. Both are perfect but one has no air con and the other has no heater. So for any journey over a certain duration you have to tow one behind the other and swap as the weather changes. Not the most elegant analogy, I know.
Graham Kay
That's a fantastic analogy haha!
I too like the analogy and often find myself thinking the same thing... Smoke is taking this route on the higher end and I'd love to see AE and Premiere Pro merge, especially now that everyone buys the bundles or Creative Cloud subscription so there's really not much money to be made by selling them separately...
Ryan Koo
No. Merging Premiere and After Effects would be bad.
Using the car analogy, Premiere is a sports car, it's about speed and maneuverability. Get to your destination fast. After Effects is a rugged pick up, designed for heavy lifting.
If you merge the two, you get more of a mess. After Effects users can typically have multiple nested comps with dozens of layers each. Throw in effects, expressions and 3d layers, and you can really slow down even a fast machine.
I've seen how badly this can turn out in Final Cut Pro with some users who decided to do everything including effects in it.
I think it would be better for Adobe to create a unified plug in architecture, so that Premiere and After Effects uses essentially the same plug ins. It could be like how Final Cut X uses Motion for effects generation.
Merging the two will just become a more awkward beast that won't benefit anyone.
Smoke was designed with client interaction in mind, and was more hardware integrated like Flame.
Perfect analogy for Premiere & AE. I'd like to see Speedgrade and Premiere merge instead of roundtripping. That will give Premiere a huge advantage over other most other NLE's.
At the very least, instead of merging the two programs, which can be potentially very difficult to do, if Speedgrade can simply open up a pproj and write to it, that will be more than sufficient!
Ditching SpeedGrade and having it integrated into Premiere is fine for those who work alone, but not in a collaborative environment.
Adobe needs to bring core features of SpeedGrade into Premiere, so do as much as possible in Premiere. For those times you need to go into Speedgrade, any color settings already applied will carry over.
It's time Adobe created a unified plugin architecture, so effects in Premiere, SpeedGrade and AE are the same.
"Ditching SpeedGrade and having it integrated into Premiere is fine for those who work alone, but not in a collaborative environment."
Why? If the colorist could open Premiere, choose the Color Correction workspace, and just use the grading tools - then what would be so horribly bad about that?
If you want us to develop an intermediate codec or have better interoperation with existing ones, customizable keyboard shortcuts in After Effects, better native camera support, a better media manager, proxy editing, and better SpeedGrade integration, let us know: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Sorry you had trouble with the Project Manager. In the future, please bring your problems to the forum: http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere/premierepro_current
Better Premiere to Speedgrade workflow.
Yes, we all want that. Vote for it here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Great article Robert, I find myself agreeing with your thoughts; I believe that Avid is a bit more dependent on what Adobe does, than it can rely on itself. If Avid doesn't do an overhaul and stays true to its current workings, then eventually it might fade, as more Adobe users find their way into the industry. Lets face it, Avid works and plays like a 10 year old software. However, if they do decide to have a makeover, then a lot of people who love Avid will be pissed about the change (Some people have a problem with technological advancement in this industry).
So I believe that if Adobe really pushes themselves forward to show why they can be the most high-end professional tool for editing - Both in aggressive marketing and in tech, then Avid may be in deep trouble.
Daniel F
avid: total agreement. it has improved a lot, but still seems archaic in many respects.
adobe: huh? you ask for ANOTHER codec? i get what you are saying re. NLE + preferred codec working together to increase speed, but it would have to be the mother of all codecs to have me welcome yet another to the fold.
speedgrade v. resolve: yes to the drunken skater, yes resolve kills, yes improve the roundtripping, yes, yes.
j williams
Lend your voice to product improvement here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish We read all feature requests, swear!
I can't believe you're recommending that Adobe comes up with a proprietary codec! That is exactly what we don't want them to do! I am happy that Adobe's recent formats have most been focused on being open source. If they could come up with an open source codec that beats ProRes 4444, I'd be much more excited about that.
Harry Pray IV
Cinema DNG is open source, but Adobe barely supports that. There were very enthusiastic when they introduced it a few years ago.
They do need a mastering codec, it's not about being proprietary, it's about optimizing their software and hardware advantages.
Adobe will be always patching problems if updates of ProRes and DNxHD break something.
I'd like to see Adobe announce OpenCL for AMD hardware outside of the two MBP models it supports. I have a Windows 7 workstation that I use CS6 on, right now it has an AMD graphics card so no OpenCL in my Mercury Playback Engine, If Adobe and AMD don't come up with something my new graphics card will be Nvidia.
Ashley Hakker
OpenCL performance (on Mac or PC) will not likely come close to the performance of CUDA architecture.
In the future, it's possible that ATI cards could be better.
It makes sense for Adobe not be tied to one brand.
Make your request for more supported GPUs: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
I'd be down with more supported GPUs!
I use adobe and It's good but the performance are not enough... I've got a gtx 680 and It's almost never use... You still have to do lot of render... Render In background with the graphic card would be great like fcpx? But something which doesn't slow down the Pc.
I would like to see all the effect with gpu accélération. Some effect like stabilization don't use all the core and take a while...
So I want more speeeeeedddd.
I still use color correction inside Pp because I don't like the workflow with speedgrade so yes a big improvment on this part would je great.
+100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Make all your requests known to us here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
I know it's not a priority for everyone, but some hotkey advances with Adobe Prelude would be killer for me. I love how they built it to be keyboard driven for the sake of speed, but when transcribing, I need a handful of new hotkeys to make it even faster.
Great idea, David. We will read your feature requests here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Oh, and Adobe needs to not kill off support for the BMD camera codec. That camera might seriously take off in the next few years, and PP would be left behind due to just not supporting a codec. That would be a huge bummer for them.
It's supported over many of our products, and you can use it right now in SpeedGrade, After Effects, and more if RAW plug-ins are installed. It is not a great codec to edit with in Premiere Pro, however. You would need some very beefy hardware to deal with files like that in editorial, however, feel free to make your request: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
There's a growing but silent base of pros, self included, who have really gotten to like what FCP X has to offer. I'd be happy to switch to Premiere (mostly for the realtime AE functionality) if it had something resembling the dynamic timeline or the intuitive event/asset management workflow of X.
Swested
There are definitely quite a few folks out there who love the features in FCPX, and it's not a stretch to say that Adobe is watching very carefully. My guess is that some of those revolutionary features (or something very close to them) will show up in CS7. As much as I was irritated by FCPX to begin with, I really do think that it will help facilitate the pushing of our NLE's into a completely new direction. And that's a great thing, in my opinion.
Agreed. X has come a long way since that messy 10.0.0 release. And if its successful evolution pushes Adobe and Avid to finally innovate with their admittedly ancient NLE platforms, then it's beneficial all-around.
I would argue many already are. See: hover scrub, metadata, etc.
We listen to all reasonable requests. Make yours here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Nothing is outlandish, IMHO.
I want Creative Cloud to offer render farm solutions for Ae. Upload your project file + footage to the cloud and download a rendered version a few hours later, w/o need to hog resources on your local system. But that would require CC space to grow beyond the 20GB they currently offer. More like 1Tb-ish for video Pros.
Since so many in the industry currently depend on Quicktime and ProRes, since I'm on PC, I want to be able to write to that format (not just read it). Or, indeed, a new codec altogether. The arrival of 4K might just be their way in. On the other hand, I want PPro to continue to handle all codecs, because that's one of it's key advantages. Not having to transcode is a huge time and disc space saver.
Furthermore, I want PPro and its effects to be agnostic to dimensions of either footage or sequences. Right now, Warp Stabilizer requires the footage to match the sequence, which is cumbersome if you're creating a film aspect ratio (2.35 to 1) sequence with 1080p footage. Currently, once created, you can't change the dimensions of a given sequence.
Better SpeedGrade integration - agreed. Have not had a serious look at the programme.
Also, I want better round tripping between Audition and PPro. Create a mix in Audition and be able to toggle back and forth, just like the brilliance between Ae and PPro.
I've actually had a ton of success going back and forth between Premiere and Audition. You can right click on your piece of audio, send it to Audition, make your changes, then hit save. The audio is automatically replaced and updated in your timeline. It's never failed me once.
I would be thrilled, however, if they could incorporate some kind of batch processing for audio within Audition, because in the past I've had to send each individual clip to Audition, apply some presets (generally noise reduction, EQ, that kind of thing) and send them individually to Premiere. If I could just select all of the sound files, then select my desired presets and let it go, that would be a magnificent time saver.
You can kind of do that by recording a favorite for the settings that you want. You still have to send each clip from PP to Audition, but once there you can batch process all the clips with your favorite, then save all. Head back to Premiere and voila! your audio is golden.
Sure you can roundtrip between PPro and Au, but it's not dynamic. Every time you click the Open in Audition feature, a new clip is created. I want to have just a single link open which can be instantly updated just like between PPro and Ae.
That'd be quite awesome, but frankly I don't think we're there yet in terms of broadband capacity (at least in the US). One can hope and pray for Google fiber lines, though...
Adobe has never been great with distributed rendering. The other problem is that using a render farm only works well with image sequences.
One of the advantages of Apple creating ProRes has been the ability to use distributed rendering.
Adobe will definitely need their own mastering codec to be able to do that. I don't know how much of a priority Adobe will give it.
I like your render farm over the Creative Cloud idea. Submit it here: http;//www.adobe.com/go/wish
I would like to see Prelude use CUDA for better previewing of AVCHD and also transcode direct into a premiere pro project that acts like Log and Transfer. SpeedGrade needs external monitoring to be taken seriously as a grading tool. Prelude is a great application that I don't think people use very often or understand fully what it can do.
Erik Naso
YES. It's absurd (in my opinion) that our Black Magic monitoring devices are supported by AE, Premiere Pro, etc.... but not on SpeedGrade. They need to fix that asap.
Keep in mind that SpeedGrade came in pretty late to the game. We know that users want better monitoring support, but be sure to add your voice: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
I haven't been able to work with Prelude. I much preferred OnLocation. I found it very easy to log and organize footage, but I haven't been able to grasp Prelude yet. Any tips for finding an easy workflow?
Joel, here's some videos to help you get started: http://tv.adobe.com/product/prelude/
Hi Erik, Sorry you aren't finding everything you need in Prelude. Let us know all your requests here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
I normally use PP and AE, but have been playing with a relatively new piece of software called Hitfilm Ultimate. While still a little on the primitive side, the thought behind it is more like Smoke. It is a NLE that also has the ability to create composite shots and integrate them into the main timeline AND play them back in real time. It looks like its going to take some time for it to mature, but the potential is there.
Uh... " a breeze to shoot back and forth between Premiere, After Effects". Well, you can go easily from P to AE, but getting back? You'll just get one solid file, certainly not the project you had before.
You know what I do? I duplicate the clip before sending it to After Effects so I always have a copy of my original clip in line in case I need to start from scratch.
I'm still learning to make the most of PP 6.0. I am loving the adjustment layers. I do my colour grading on one layer. All clips below it are affected and I can easily copy and paste.
If I were really asking for the moon, I would like to have a PluralEyes-type feature in PP.
I would also like the blade tool to have a sort of snapping effect so that I know it has really snapped, the way FCP 7 does.
I'm not sure that it needs its own codec if it's able to handle whatever comes out of all the major cameras.
Yeah the blade tool should snap ala FCP7. Super annoying. You should also be able to sort clips by name. I can't tell you how many times I've imported files and then had to delete them because they were in reverse chronological order or worse not in any sort of order. I hate that you can't have a real time monitor of multicam on a second monitor and does hitting that record button really need to be necessary ?
Mike Hendzel
Glad you love the Adjustment Layers, me too! If you want a built in "Plural Eyes" style feature and snappier snapping, let us know: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Avid's customer support is horrible, they make Adobe's look wonderful by comparison.
moebius22
Brilliant idea, an industry standard alternative to ProRes and DNxHD will be great! Cineform, while great, isn't widely adopted. It's maddening not being able to use ProRes on both Mac & PC -it's the year 2013 and we're still having issues like this?? Yes, I know it's possible encode Prores on PC if you try hard enough, but it's not nearly as easy as it should be. It'll be even better if Adobe creates an open industry standard rather than a proprietary one. Similar to what they've done with camera raw formats and the DNG format. They certainly have the influence to encourage wide spread adoption, especially if implemented well.
To add a bit, our studio is Mac based and we archive our projects as a ProRes 4444 master. However, it will be nice to be able to have a similar format that isn't platform specific, has long term longevity, has industry wide adoption, and doesn't require a license to use!
That is a fantastic idea. The industry really is starving for a new standard, and one that's truly platform agnostic.
All great ideas, please add your voice: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
The single, most important feature editors REALLY need for Premiere, is the ability to remap the same shortcut across various keys or combinations. It's EXTREMELY irritating. They have to start thinking about ergonomics!! I usually edit and move around an editing program with a single hand on the keyboard, without ever having to reach for the mouse. Avid can do it, so can FCP (don't know about X). What's the point of being able to remap keys, if they're not flexible about it. Just plain stupid and inefficient. Also, they need to add a keyboard design when mapping the keys (in conjuction with the clunky text interface). I mean, it's all good once you've designed your new remapped keyboard, but doing so is BY NO MEANS as fast as it is with Avid or FCP.
Brandon_07
I couldn't agree with this more. It's frustrating as hell trying to map keys in Premiere, and I've had to do it a bunch of times because, for some reason, it's insanely difficult to get different versions of the program on different machines to read the .kys file that stores your keyboard settings. It's one of those things that's so easy in both Avid and Final Cut too, so it doesn't make sense that it's such a pain in Premiere.
Robert, I improved the Help document that tells you how to transport your .kys file to another computer. Check it out here: http://adobe.ly/WAfgCZ
I seem to remember there is a "Use Final Cut Pro" scheme feature in Edit>Preferences> Keyboard Shortcut>... strange.
Brendon, yes, we definitely hear the request for a customizable, mappable, keyboard with drag and drop control. Feel free to add your voice for this request here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Mapping the same command over different keys? I'm trying to think of an example where I have done that in the past, but nothing comes to mind. However, you can make a request for that too.
Digital noise reduction without having to use a third party plugin would be great, I think it is something very essential and always wander why it is not part of the standard package (and not requested more frequently...)
Make a request here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
And one more thing adobe. Why do I have to add my video card to a text file to get pp to support open cl. It's annoying that the software can support a whole mess of cards and all it takes is adding 10 stinking characters to a text file to unlock a better rendering experience. C'mon Adobe.
While we'd like to, it is difficult to support every video card under the sun. That said, you can suggest more GPUs for us to test out: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Keep in mind minimum requirements for any GPU running the Mercury Playback Engine.
Avid is crap. Too expensive and not intuitive at all.
It is too expensive but learn how to use it properly and it's the most pleasant free flowing editing experience there is. To just say it's crap is niave.
Neill
I agree, Avid is not an easy piece of software to learn, and it requires a completely different frame of mind than the other NLE's, but once you get into it, it's probably the fastest, most precise editing software out there.
I think that's the problem. Avid does some things very well like the Composer Window, but I find my self having to go through additional steps to getting done when other NLEs don't require this.
I'll put in the time because the market where I work uses it, but I see many students choosing PP over Avid. Like I said before, if Avid wants wider adoption independent users like me, they really need to step up their customer support. When something goes wrong with the software, it's really a pain to get the help you need.
That is more a statement about your abilities than the software.
You don't have to like using it, but you have to respect the fact that it's being used everywhere by a lot of people on lots of high profile projects.
I don't agree with the assertion that Adobe needs a proprietary codec... part of the reason the Premiere Pro CS6 and After Effects utilize hardware playback so well is that they use the native video element from the two Operating Systems. (MS-DV playback on Windows) and (Quicktime MOV on Mac)... I have my own custom intermediary editing settings that use the native support for P2 playback for HD footage... which makes DSLR footage fast when you have the recommended nvidia hardware. Building an Editing system around a proprietary codecs would make P.Pro less versatile... besides why waste money on a proprietary codec when they could us On2 VP8 from Google for Free?
How does that P2 custom setting work - sounds like something I should try?
What about some proper support for raw DNG files? We're already seeing the beginning of a new era of raw availability with the BMCC, D16 and the Kinefinity offerings yet the process of getting DNGs into Premiere (despite being their own codec) or just about any NLE is far more time-consuming and processor-intensive than it should be. Surely this can't be a difficult fix?
Adobe created Cinema DNG, but seemed to have lost interest lately. They made it open source, but haven't has as much enthusiasm like when they first introduced it.
Guys, here's the state of Cinema DNG. http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2012/09/cinemadng-in-after-effects-c...
Cinema DNG is not a codec you'd want to edit with in Premiere Pro, IMHO, however, make a request if you like: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
1. Proxy editing a la After Effects - In AE we can go in and select low-res files (even stills) for each clip. But there's no way to do anything like that in Premiere. Well, ok, you can trick Adobe with multiple folders and renaming folder-names. But it's not exactly intuitive.
2. A real noise-reduction tool without any need for third party solutions. One of the biggest reasons for me to not get into speedgrade is that I usually need to denoise footage. I do this with Neat in AE, and while there I see very little reason to not slap on Colorista II while I'm at it. And speedgrade just feels superflous. I would absolutely LOVE it if prelude could use Neat or the like so I can actually use it to batch-process the files like I want to.
3. EDL-viewer in AE. Just to watch the comp in it's context without having to switch and dynamic link.
4. File effects - With this I mean effects that I can apply on files without having them tied to a single sequence.
jmalmsten
1. Proxy - I think this will only increase in need as RAW files become more common for editors. I certainly second this idea.
2. This is an interesting idea I haven't considered. I suppose with all the DSLR/large sensor cameras out there, and people's increased desire to shoot in low-light, this is something that would be good. I like this idea. It would be great if Adobe just bought out an already-functioning option (like Neat) instead of building there own, kind of like they did with Automatic Duck for CS6. I would also love if Prelude did something like this as a batch process... and while we're dreaming, it would be cool if they also snatched up FilmConvert and gave you the option to apply that in Prelude.
You can make a feature request for these items: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
I'd like to see the addition of handles to dynamic linked videos being sent to AE. Having to pull the shot out of the timeline to add handles to facilitate a cross fade is very irritating.
Also, and this just might be me, but have the cursor not try to be so freaking helpful all the time. Leads to having to zoom in multiple times just to select an effect is very time consuming. They're trying to get it to do too much simultaneously and it often leads to it doing none of it well.
Regarding workflow with Dynamic Link: Fair enough. You do need to add handles but only if you are creating a transition in and/or out of the dynamic link comp. The same is true for nested sequences. I'm sorry you're annoyed by the tools, at the proper zoom level, they behave better. Please make your feature requests, though: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
This article hits Avid pretty hard and shouldn't. Avid has stood by its users since the start. I don't think they need to mess around with the interface. A lot of complaints people have with Premiere are not even issues in Avid. And Avid won't go away. With FCP gone, there are more licenses for Avid than before. Why? It'll run on PCS and Macs, a boon for schools and small production houses.
As an 10-year Avid user and former user of Premiere and FCP, I prefer the way Avid is now. I think that Avid is the best at rendering on the fly than the other 2 products, especially Adobe. Adobe is trying to push a realtime, on-the-flying paradigm which is the wrong way to go, burdening the systems.
Codecs in cameras are going to keep changing; it only makes sense to transcode into the editing system's codec; to rely on AMA is a recipe for disaster as well as problems throughout the edit. What happens when RAW truly hits? Expecting a perfect RAW workflow from camera-to-timeline-to-output will take some time until computer catch up. History is repeating itself: the Red Rocket is the current Adrenaline box.
Expecting that type of workflow now with all these codecs is ludicrous. How hard it is really to transcode into the Avid codec and edit? Premiere is a joke because it doesn't do this. But it does plug into After Effects really well.
Until the BMCC and DBolex appear, challenging the workflow of every editing system, we'll never really know what the future holds. The next version of the Mac Pro will be a bigger indication of performance we can expect moving forward.
Sathya Vijayendran
Believe me, I actually really love how Avid is set up, and I love how it works, but the fact that they're in some serious financial trouble in regards to their software department is undeniable at this point. I only threw an opinion out there to see what other people thought on the matter.
Thanks for the article and your response. Hopefully Avid makes a splash at NAB and implements your ideas.
Robert, Avid makes most of their revenue from hardware, not software. I doubt much of anything in Media Composer will change that. I've even read some analysts say the MC price drops are not only pointless, but hurting their revenue further. They need to drive Isis sales for example and, apparently, it's not.
As a side note, I believe Adobe may have said they're dropping .5 upgrades. I don't doubt another big upgrade but I think it'll be v7.
I suspect FCPX will have a major update around NAB.
Don't underestimate EditShare who will be previewing Lightworks for Mac. My hunch is that their long term goal is to position Lightworks and EditShare as a competitor to Avid's MC/Isis. I imagine having a free NLE that at one time held some measure of "Hollywood" support, getting it into more hands than MC, is part of their marketing and market share objective.
Craig Seeman
If some advancements were made to integrate AE and Premeire in a greater way - that would get me excited.
That said, in looking forward as a one-man-band for much of my work - I'm very hooked into Adobe. Even if Avid came out with a glorious update to their interface (upon which I have edited hundreds of TV programs) - I wouldn't make the jump. I'm not a fan of the Avid workflow. Adobe makes more sense to my brain. Yes Avid works well for many, but I always found it a chore rather than a pleasure to use. But, since I was offline editing for a Symphony suite, I had no ther option.
With the introduction of the Creative Cloud, I would be hard pressed to jump ship to another application, when for my 50 bucks or so a month, I can always have Adobe's latest. Creative Cloud is genius - it stops many pirates and gets people hooked into the upgrades, guarantees Adobe a steady income, is less expensive for the production companies etc. -Adobe may not be in the top level editing houses, but they have continued to innovate, improve and are now building a larger user base with steady cash flow coming in - I suspect they'll continue jumping ahead. We do, however need Avid and FCP to stick around as competition spurs innovation.
Lane, I'd be curious to hear how you would like to improve dynamic link between Premiere Pro and After Effects. Leave your feedback here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Is anyone else intensely annoyed by the lack of pitch correction when fastforwarding (with JKL) in Premiere? I spend a lot of time listening to interviews at double-speed in FCP 7, and now that I've just switched to Premiere for a project, the chipmunk voices are really getting to me... Is there a plugin to deal with this? (And I do know about Shift-L to get smaller increments of speed increase, but that still isn't satisfying to me.) I love Premiere in many ways, but this is something I'm not sure I'll ever get used to.
In premiere pro on Mac you have the keyboard shortcut preset like in FCP7 or MC6.5
It doesn't bother me, but it drives my wife crazy when she edits. She definitely wants pitch correction as an option in CS7.
Hi Ben, regarding pitch, it's exactly how Media Composer treats it. However, if you want FCP style pitch as you JKL, you can make a feature request: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish That said, I use the Shift key and tap J or L 4 or 5 times to hear FCP style pitch. You can also slow down the speed by pressing Shift J 3-6 times when going forward or Shift L 3-6 times when moving backwards. Kind of like a variable shuttle.
I hate pitch correction in FFWD through interviews. I want to hear every word, not skip a bunch of them so that the blips I hear sounds lower in tone.
Asside from Speedgrade, Premiere would kill to do background rendering, and Render farm support. Speedgrade also needs to support more I/O Cards
David Sharp
Please make your feature requests: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
Adobe has been promising Speedgrade Mac support for output to a calibrated monitors since NAB 2012.
It never happened despite acknowledging that such was recognized as a very important need.
Judging grading on a calibrated monitor is a BASIC requirement of grading. But here we are a year later and no solution despite the promises.
Moved on to Resolve. Too slow a response from Adobe.
Love the rest of the Suite though - CS6 is fabulous. Said goodbye to FCP7 long ago.
i love adobe since i got my first PC, in my opinion if Adobe upgrade their software would be nice if an online editing software (may be like wirecast - w/wo streaming capable) for online editing use(directly to Adobe premiere timeline just like Media 100). this is really helpful for some users....i thinks its better if the company got billion users event they are small fish...compare to the only one whale
hannreuhieck
Along those lines, check out this video: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/adobe-anywhere/introducing-adobe-anywhere-for-...
Being a small freelancer that has bought into the creative cloud, I can say that adobe will be getting my dollars for a long time to come. What I would really like to see are a few more after effects features come into premiere such as 3d camera tracking or make the dynamic link a little easier to use. I feel that with the dynamic link, you could really have a complete hybrid program that allows you to simply switch workspaces to add effects to a premiere timeline.
The number one thing I feel is lacking is an effective colour correction solution. The three way colour corrector is improved, but the secondaries still suck. I find that I am usually building several layers with masks, or eventually going to AE to do simple colour work. An interface such as colorista would put me in absolute colour heaven with Adobe.
Alex, please make your requests, we read them all: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish
I can't find the website now, but I remember looking up how much of Avid's profits come from Media Composer/Symphony. It's about a third. Yes these are important products, but it's not their only source of revenue. ProTools is still killing it and every news division I know has an Interplay/ISIS. Avid doesn't have the money/engineers that Adobe and Apple do. Major rewrites take loads of time and money. But because they are now at 64bit you will see a lot of small changes that make a big difference. I would expect them to continue to "steal code" from Protools (ala SmartTool) and continue to give us audio improvements. They know they are the only solution for multiuser and 3D, so they may double down on that. They know Symphony's color corrector needs an update, but with limited resources you might see more integration with Baselight.
Sam Zimman
One of the reasons and there are many, that Ileft AVID and moved to PP CS6 is the Ken Burns effect in avid took so many clicks. Premiere Pro is super simple to move a picture or even multiple video clips with just a couple of clicks.
I do wish that premiere pro would indicate end of clip in the record monitor for those of us that prefer editing with keyboard short cuts as apposed to dragging and dropping.
Final Cut and Avid both let you know when you are at the end of a clip or at the beginning of a new one.
Sean Nipper
I gotta say, major props to Adobe for being involved with forums, including the comments here. I've been impressed with how active staff are on CreativeCow, and of course on the Adobe forums... but commenting here and replying to a lot of these gripes/requests definitely won them some points from me.
How great is it that a representative from Adobe is taking the time to address our concerns here? While I don't expect all of our issues to be solved overnight, and I realize they probably have a huge list of things to fix/improve, it's cool to see that at least one of these companies is paying attention.
Derik Savage
Agreed, Derik! Thanks for stopping by, Kevin.
No problem, guys. Glad to be here. I am taking notes on all your requests too, BTW.
Since jumping ship from FCP7 the one thing I miss is the simple ability to arrange the imported clips from my DSLR in chronological order. I know there is a work around the convenienceof the 'Arrange' option would be great.
I'm not an editor, but I run a small production devision for start up company, and according to my editing team, the only thing that stops us from switching to Premeire is that it currently doesn't have the ability to open more than one project at a time. This still a restriction for the platform?
You can't have more than one project open, but you can import one project (or just selected sequences from it) into another. That should take care of most needs for working on several projects at once? I do it often.
I would definitely NOT like to see Adobe develop a proprietary codec. I remember the difficulty I had trying to work on footage with my Windows system that had been touched by a Mac (stupid Apple Intermediate Codec!). The last thing we need is footage locked in to an application and unusable without it.
Damian T. Lloyd
I would REALLY love it if Adobe could fix whatever it is in Premiere Pro that produces "End of File" errors in clips once they get to Encore. Premiere Pro is great, I love it and am certainly going to keep working with it but these End of File errors are killing me. For the love of all that is holey could Adobe PLEASE fix them. They occur in Encore for no adequately explained reason due to something that is put into the clips that are exported from Premiere Pro. Encore does not identify which clip, let alone where in the clip, the error occurs so that you can go back to Premier Pro and fix it. I literally spend days just trying to find which clip is producing the error in Encore, days that I could have spent editing, so I can fix the problem and get the end product out to customers. In every forum dealing with Adobe software there are people trying to find solutions to the problem that apparently has been around since CS2. There are two problems going on I suspect, which is what makes it difficult, the fact that Encore is so sensitive that it has this problem with clips out of Premier Pro even though EVERYTHING else can play them, and the fact that something in Premiere Pro is so incompatible with how Encore needs things to be that these errors appear in the files in the first place.
Haydn Allbutt
I agree it should work, but why do you export files in the first place? Have you tried File > Adobe Dynamic Link > Send to Encore?
Hopefully this responds correctly, pressing reply just took me to the "Leave a comment" window. To answer your question Jarle, I work with exported files from Premiere Pro rather than dynamically linking because for several reasons:
1) There is two of us working on the editing at once, one of us works on the videos in Premiere Pro, exports them and the other then authors the DVDs with those clips while the first is editing the next DVD worth of clips; we are parallel processing in other words
2) We have also specialised in the software, I am our Encore specialist and my wife is our Premier Pro specialist - so we tend to divide our labour that way rather than both working on separate discs at once
3) One of our computers is a lot more powerful (and therefore faster) than the other, so we aim to do the rendering step on that computer
If Avid can revisit a the The dv Express pro option with Media composer offering a functional entry level 1080 HD editing @ $1200.00 mark. With the option to upgrade features as you need them like a modular Lego made to order. That way people can get in with Avid when they are just starting out and upgrade as they need too or can afford along the way.
I have been editing with PP since the CS4 version and am now using CS6. At this point I would not consider using anything else as I have my workflow nailed down and it functions nearly seamlessly especially between PS, AE and Encore despite the occasional hiccup. Now to Speedgrade, what a great tool for color grading, at least I was amazed, however taking the results of it and getting it back into PP is so painful that I can not really integrate it into my present workflow without adding a lot of additional time and HDD space, which is most unfortunate really. It would be a great boon if the program was able to work within PP like a plug-in without all the hassles. To me it was released too early and not integrated very well like AE, or especially PS. I guess I should be writing this to Adobe, whose tutorials make it seem so easy but it has not been so in my experience. Maybe I should consider something from Red Giant...
Yazis
Pr needs to up the game when it comes to I/O. I have a Black Magic Studio Pro and have endless preview quality problems. This was reported when CS6 came out and nothing has been done (and adobe admitted that they knew about the issue). I also agree that speedgrade needs to be more user friendly, It takes for ever to work on a big project..
WOW NOBODY MENTION HOW YOU CAN'T EDIT CinemaDNG FILES On adobe or avid .. That a must
I second that. That needs to change pronto! There's no good excuse for Premiere not to support DNG sequences. I would also like to be able to move in and out of camera RAW with image sequences on the timeline. Just like you can do with Red footage. In my opinion there's no better CC software and I'd like to be able to use it in a flexible manner. Also in AE.
Interesting article. As someone who has recently moved to AVID, it seems to be in a bit of a mess. There seems to be various ways to do simple tasks which obviously was implemented one way and overhauled but the old infrastructure not removed. This makes things very confusing for someone new coming into use a bit of software where there is no obvious right way to manage assets and export video. PP however really seem to have nailed it as late.
Sorry point being, I see AVID slim lining in the near future.
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The EU project that SINTEF’s Ove Grande has been coordinating, will raise the limits about how many unpredictable sources such as wind and solar power can be incorporated into the domestic power system. Photo: SINTEF/Gry Karin Stimo
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Scandinavian experiment receives prestigious sustainable energy award
By Svein Tønseth
Note published 15.06.16
The EcoGrid EU project, an energy-market concept empowering households to manage renewables, wins one of the EU Sustainable Energy Awards 2016.
EcoGrid wins the Consumers prize, one of three prizes awarded in Brussels on June 15 to innovative energy projects.
The EcoGrid EU project has been coordinated by SINTEF and was carried out on Bornholm – a Danish island connected to the Nordic electricity market.
This is what an EU press release following the awarding says about EcoGrid EU:
“This project gives a large-scale demonstration of a market concept that supports active user participation to manage smart electricity distribution networks that rely on renewable energy. The project aims to remove the barriers that currently prevent small-scale consumers from participating in the power-balancing market.
Worldwide, the share of wind and solar in the energy mix is growing, and is expected to continue to grow. However, these energy resources are highly variable and difficult to forecast. That creates a challenge in making sure there is enough power to meet demand or that all the energy from renewables is used.
Bringing consumers into the market and activating their electricity demand create additional capacity to keep the power system in balance and operate it more securely and economically.
In the EcoGrid model, consumers use automated power-management systems that respond to real-time power price signals. These signals are based on current prices in the conventional power-balancing market. Signals are created every five minutes, with prices increasing when there is a power deficit in the system and going down when there is a power surplus.
The project’s concept can be applied generally. It reduces the need for production side flexibility, which is more expensive, and can compensate for traditional balancing power and services from replaced conventional generation. And for customers, it makes renewable energy more reliable, while helping them keep control of their bills.”
One of several options
In a statement SINTEF research scientist Ove Grande, who has been coordinating the project, says:
” The demonstration has proved the feasibility of using a 5 minutes price signal automatically controlling flexible load up or down dependent of the imbalance situation in the system. The EcoGrid EU concept should be considered as one of several options in the on-going harmonisation of the European power markets.”
Geminireseachnews.com
An award that puts Norway on the international map
Cybernetics professor Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen has been awarded the BODE prize for her groundbreaking research in underwater robotics. It is one of the most prestigious technology prizes in the world.
Prestigious EU grant to create the world’s smallest network
Professor Dennis Meier and the research team he leads will create the world’s smallest electronic network. Dennis Meier has been awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant to conduct this research.
Breaking glass to make it safer
Our craving for daylight has accelerated the use of glass in modern buildings. However, for people concerned about safety, our passion for the light comes with a dark side.
MORE NORWEGIAN SCITECH NEWS
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Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fur.
For thousands of years, man has farmed animals for their fur. It is believed that the first animal to be domesticated was the sheep, and we have been keeping sheep for their fiber and meat ever since then. In the new world, devoid of sheep, man domesticated the alpaca; a relative of the camel for its high quality fiber. We typically think of wool as that itchy fiber that your great aunt made you a pair of socks out of in 1993- but it’s so much more than that! Both wool and alpaca hair have numerous uses, both in the home and industry.
Photo by Katriona McCarthy
Wool has a bad reputation for being hot, itchy and uncomfortable, but that’s not entirely true. Many manufacturing and processing techniques can make wool soft and comfortable next to the skin. Wool also wicks sweat away from the skin, helping you stay cool and dry. It’s a highly durable fabric, so it can worn in a variety of situations, and activities. Like wool, alpaca fiber is very durable and breathable. It’s good for cold environs, due to its ability to hold heat in. alpaca fiber is also softer than wool, and requires less processing.
Photo by Henry Burrows
In addition to all this, they’re also fire-resistant. Yes, ladies and gents, sheep’s wool and alpaca fibers are virtually fire-proof. Wool is the preferred material for firefighters uniforms, and alpaca fibers meet US consumer safety standards for fire resistance. As a craftsman, I deal with hot materials frequently, whether I’m doing pyrography or welding, so it’s good to have something to keep me safe.
Photo by Ari Bakker
When I’m doing gas metal arc welding, often sparks will fly up, and hit my scalp, causing considerable pain to your truly. In response, my mother made me a special welding cap out of alpaca fiber. Now, I wear practically any time I weld. It’s protected my thinning scalp from welding sparks since.
All this is to say that while we as humans have created a number of useful synthetic fibers, natural fibers still have important application to our daily life, and really can’t be replaced.
Countdown to Comic Con: A Monster Find + Doll Story
The Facebook Marketplace can be a wonderful place. While surfing there some weeks ago, I came across a selection of Monster High dolls for sale, a huge collection! I found two I liked especially: A pretty cute little Draculaura and a Gil Webber. When I told the Monster girls I already had that Draculaura would be on her way, the squeals were deafening. However, I never got the chance to explain about Gil to Lagoona. To know that Draculaura was on her way back to them was enough. When Gil and Draculaura arrived, Gil took to hiding. He was a shy, sweet monster (Quite fitting for a river monster) who had been separated from "his" Lagoona, and was terrified of meeting another. My "resident" dolls did their best to make the new dolls feel welcome. Rosabella Beauty, the daughter of Belle and the Beast felt a kinship to Gil and decided to help him get his confidence back.
"Oh my ghoul, what happened to ya hair!?" yelped Clawdeen
"I know! Is it that bad?"
"Nothin' a little hot water can't cure!"
"Let's try a brush first. that should help."
"Oh my gosh, your hair is sticky! What kind of gunk did they put in it?!"
"What are you looking at?" said a voice behind Gil. "Yah!! You made me jump out of my scales!"
"I'm sorry about that. My name's Rosabella Beauty." "Gillington Webber, but my friends call me Gil."
"Gil, that's a nice name." "Bet you think I look kind of weird, right?"
"Me? Nah, my dad used to be the Beast!"
"You mean you're- oh, man..."
"Oh, don't be shy! You're fine!"
"So, what were you looking at?"
"I'm pretty sure they don't bite."
"It's Lagoona, isn't it?" asked Rosabella. "She's the sweetest of the bunch!"
"Yeah... She makes me so nervous... I mean, I... lost my Lagoona... We were separated."
"Oh, Gil. I'm sorry." "It's okay."
"I mean, do I want to be with Lagoona to replace *my* girl or because I like her for herself? Anything less would be selfish."
"Come with me, my good monster, and meet my best friends. They might be able to offer you some advice!"
"Put your back into it, Onua!" demanded the red robot.
"What do you think I've been doing, Tahu?!" barked the black robot.
"Brothers, please!" pleaded the blue robot, who had a soft, feminine voice.
"So, are they actually related, or-?" asked Apple, quietly. "No, Mulan explained it, that's just how they refer to each other." said Darling.
"Hey girls!"
"Hey, Rosa! Who's your friend?"
"Ladies, meet Gil!"
"Gil, this is Apple, Darling and Raven,"
"And over there, that's Tahu, Onua, and Gali, the Toa Nuva. They belong to our Girl's brother."
"I don't think I've ever seen toys like them before." said Gil "That's because they're," Rosabella lowered her voice to a whisper "Vintage. Shhh."
"I know they're a little strange," said Darling. "But they're a good bunch, and who knows more about construction than a Lego?"
"Whoa! Careful!" shouted Tahu.
"Oh, be careful you three!" cried Apple. "You guys need help?" called Raven. "Pull the floor towards you, Gali!" "Right, I think we've got it now!"
"Onua, a boost, if you could?" "Thank you guys for all your help." said Darling. "Think nothing of it, dear ladies." "You've been hanging out with the Transformers again, haven't you?" snarked Onua. "Manners matter, Onua." said Gail.
"We won't keep you any longer. Thank you again!" "See you later Darling!"
"Well, what can we help with... my good fish man...?" stammered Apple. "Merman, I think," said Raven. "Merman, definitely." "Gil, well, has a problem. There's this girl..." explained Rosabella. "Lagoona." said Gil.
"And you want to impress her?"
"Well, yeah, but it's complicated..."
"Boy's got it bad." said Raven. "Mmm-hmm." nodded Darling.
"Well, there's only one thing to do then. We have to get them together! We could organize a ball!" exclaimed Apple.
"I know it would be very last minute. Get the Bionicles back here, they can spread the word among the action figures."
"Apple, I don't think Gil's quite ready for that!"
"It's too late, Apple's gone full Princess mode!"
"Umm, I-I don't have anything else to wear!"
"Oh, don't worry about that, our girl is BRILLIANT with clothes!"
"Apple, maybe we should listen to what Rosabella has to say."
"Wait, girls, I mean... it's not like I'm not grateful, but..."
"I don't want to force it."
"Oh, Gil. Any girl would be so lucky to have you. Don't worry, we'll help you!"
Over the next few days, Apple, Raven, Darling, and Rosabella laid their plans, enlisting the help of the other monsters to surprise Lagoona. Gil wasn't sure that a surprise reveal was quite a good idea, but went along, thinking that girls must certainly know more about such matters than boys. Gil consulted some of the other toys, but got all kinds of answers. One of the Boy's action figures started reciting some sort of poem, and was shouted down by another telling him to cut it out. Li Shang, the husband of Princess Mulan was rather unsure on the subject. The Lego Knights, though generally helpful, were confusing. Gil read books and listened to music trying to understand what it was that girls liked. He scrolled the Girl's YouTube playlists and watched the videos he found there, thinking that so many of the guys were like him; just as lost and confused as he.
"Make sure Lagoona doesn't find out, try to keep it to yourself."
"Can you try to keep it under your hat, Frankie?" "Not gonna be easy, but I can do it!"
"Ah course I'll help! They are gonna look so cute togetha!" exclaimed Clawdeen.
"I think you and I are a lot alike, Draculaura, so can you try to keep everything low key? Gil's freaking out already." Draculaura tried to muffle her giggles of excitement but nodded.
"Draculaura, keep it togetha! This isn't the time to fan-ghoul!" "It's so exciting though!"
"Shhhhh, here she comes! Be cool, be cool!"
"Oh, hi, Lagoona!" "Sorry, I was just..." Draculaura stammered. "She got a case of the giggles!" finished Cleo. "Yeah!"
"I'm glad I ran into you ghouls! I've just met the most fascinating toys upstairs..."
"Alright girls, it's almost go-time. Do we all know the plan?"
"Darling and I are to watch for people." "Shouldn't be a problem with the Boy and Dad both gone."
"I'll be providing music, so Lagoona and Gil don't feel like they need to fill up space with talking."
"Rosabella, you'd better watch Gil. I think he might have cold feet."
"Yeah, I spotted him talking to Shang the other day." "He went to Shang for advice?!" "He is older than all of us put together. Doesn't mean he gets women!"
"It's almost go time Gil. How are you doing?"
"Rosa, I'm a wreck! Look at me! I'm a water monster, I'm not supposed to sweat!"
"You've got this Gil! All you needed was a little confidence."
"Shazzbot, they're early!"
"I know it sounds cliche, but be yourself, and you'll do fine."
"Why am I covering my eyes again, Clawdeen?" "Keep 'em covered! It's a surprise."
"Okay, open your eyes!" cried Draculaura. When Lagoona saw Gil, she didn't know what to say!
"H-Hi, Lagoona." In the background, Raven began to play her guitar and sing "My name is Ariel and I want to be free,/It is your sorrow that's made a slave of me/Forgive me, forgive me, but you are all I know!/Forgive me for leaving..."*
"Ah, umm, it's a little hard to hear you with this on. Does it come off?"
"Ahh, sure. Just a second here..."
"There, isn't that better?" "Yeah, I think it is."
"Let the wind and ocean water/Wash across your hands!/Wash away a thousand footsteps,/Wash us all away,/Like sand."*
*Special thanks to Emil Adler and Julie Flanders of October Project for these beautiful and inspirational lyrics from "Ariel.
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van Loon, Metaphors in the Discussion on Suffering in Job 3–31
Metaphors in the Discussion on Suffering in Job 3–31
Visions of Hope and Consolation
Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 165
Author: Hanneke van Loon
In Metaphors in the Discussion on Suffering in Job 3–31, Hanneke van Loon offers a new approach to the theme of suffering in the book of Job. Her analysis of metaphors demonstrates that Job goes through different stages of existential suffering in chapters 3–14 and that he addresses the social dimension of his suffering in chapters 17 and 19. Van Loon claims that Job’s existential suffering ends in 19:25, and that chapters 23–31 reflect a process in which Job translates his own experience into a call upon the audience to adopt a new attitude toward the unfortunate ones in society. The theoretical approach to metaphors is based on insights from cognitive linguistics.
A surprise about Jerome's biblical canon?
THE ETC BLOG: Jerome’s Bibliology and the Greek Additions to Esther (John Meade). There appears to be evidence that Jerome's Old Testament canon was more flexible in practice than in principle.
Cross-file under Old Testament Apocrypha Watch.
BHD on Maresha
BIBLE HISTORY DAILY has a couple of new essays on the excavation at Maresha:
Tel Maresha Caves Reveal Lost World of the Idumeans. “Dig for a Day” & Israel Antiquities Authority excavate subterranean metropolis. This one gives some background on the site and the excavation. It also links to a relevant 2013 Biblical Archaeology Review article that is behind the subscription wall.
Tel Maresha Caves Reveal Hellenistic Treasures. Bible and archaeology news. This one discusses the recent discovery of more than a thousand bullae (seal impressions), some inscribed with images and writing. It also notes some other finds in other rooms which have received less media attention.
Scads of Seleucid coins!
THE AWOL BLOG: SCADS: Seleucid Coins Addenda System. A huge interactive database. Cross-file under Numismatics.
For PaleoJudaica's interest in the Seleucid Period, see here and links.
Covenant, circumcision, and women
ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Covenant without Circumcision? What to Do with a Woman (Jill Hicks-Keeton).
Circumcision, famously, is understood by ancient Israelites and Jews as a central marker of belonging, the sign of the covenant forged with their God. Some adherents to the God of Israel in the Second Temple period reasoned that gentiles too could choose to worship this God. If they surrendered their foreskins, they gained inclusion. Others disagreed. But what of those whose bodies did not have penises and were therefore erased from the conversation entirely? What of the unequipped, unqualified? What about, for example, women?
More from Professor Hicks-Keeton on her work on Joseph and Aseneth. Background here and links.
When does a day start in the Bible?
IT'S COMPLICATED: Does a Day Begin in the Evening? (Dr. Hacham Isaac Sassoon, TheTorah.com).
Close reading of the relevant biblical texts uncovers friction, maybe momentous historical reform.
International Journal of the Platonic Tradition
THE AWOL BLOG: Open Access Journal: International Journal of the Platonic Tradition. I've had a trawl though the TOCs of this journal and it looks very interesting. Its focus is on Plato, the standard Platonic philosophers, and the history of the interpretation of Platonism. It deals with ancient Judaism only occasionally, but it also has some articles on Gnosticism, Orphism, popular Platonism, magic, and other aspects of late antique philosophy and religion.
Kim, Reanimating Qohelet’s Contradictory Voices
Reanimating Qohelet’s Contradictory Voices
Studies of Open-Ended Discourse on Wisdom in Ecclesiastes
Author: Jimyung Kim
Ecclesiastes, also known as Qohelet, is a fascinating text filled with intriguing contradictions, such as wisdom’s beneficial consequences, God’s justice, and wisdom’s superiority over pleasure. Under the paradigm of modernism, the contradictions in the book have been regarded as problems to be harmonized or explained away. In Reanimating Qohelet’s Contradictory Voices, Jimyung Kim, drawing on Mikhail Bakhtin’s insights, offers an alternative reading that embraces the contradictions as they stand. For Kim, Qohelet’s or the protagonist’s contradictory consciousness is dialogically constructed by his contact with a complex web of discourses. Instead of harmonizing them or explaining them away, Kim identifies various dialogic voices available to Qohelet and demonstrates how those voices constitute Qohelet’s contradictory utterances and construct his unfinalizable identity.
Josephus' Galilee as space
Josephus’ Galilee and Spatial Theory
Taking a fresh look at Josephus’ writings through a deliberately spatial lens can yield new observations. If Josephus’ history is laden with his own ideologies, is there any reason to assume that his geography is not?
See Also: Mapping Galilee in Josephus, Luke, and John (Brill, 2016).
John M. Vonder Bruegge, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Religion
Northwestern College
Sefaria update
TALMUD WATCH: The quest to put the Talmud online (Noah Smith, Washington Post).
The Internet of 2010 contained many things, and free of charge. It had the full works of Shakespeare. It had robust English translations of classical Greek philosophy. It had just about every Miley Cyrus lyric.
But when Joshua Foer, author of “Moonwalking With Einstein” and creator of the travel website Atlas Obscura, sat down one day to find a modern, complete English translation online of the Talmud, or Jewish Oral Law, he came up mostly empty, save for some pirated PDFs and a host of anti-Semitic sites.
Frustrated, he called a friend he had met a decade earlier on a trip to Israel, Brett Lockspeiser, an engineer who had worked at Google, to see what he thought about putting English translations of the Talmud and other foundational texts of Judaism in one place online that anyone could access free.
This article is more about the Sefaria website than about the specific project to put the Talmud on it. I first heard about Sefaria in 2014. And the effort to add the Talmud to it has been in the works since at least 2015 (see here, here, and here). They seem to be still in the process of uploading the whole Steinsaltz Talmud.
Keddie, Revelations of Ideology
Revelations of Ideology: Apocalyptic Class Politics in Early Roman Palestine
Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, Volume: 189
Author: Anthony Keddie
In Revelations of Ideology, G. Anthony Keddie proposes a new theory of the social function of Judaean apocalyptic texts produced in Early Roman Palestine (63 BCE–70 CE). In contrast to evaluations of Jewish and early Christian apocalyptic texts as “literature of the oppressed” or literature of resistance against empire, Keddie demonstrates that scribes produced apocalyptic texts to advance ideologies aimed at self-legitimation. By revealing that their opponents constituted an exploitative class, scribes generated apocalyptic ideologies that situated them in the same exploited class as their constituents. Through careful historical and ideological criticism of the Psalms of Solomon, Parables of Enoch, Testament of Moses, and Q source, Keddie identifies an internally diverse tradition of apocalyptic class rhetoric in late Second Temple Judaism.
Biblical archaeology MOOC coming
THE AWOL BLOG: Coming Soon: MOOC: Biblical Archaeology: The archaeology of Ancient Israel and Judah, Aren Maeir. With a video trailer!
Professor Aren Maier directs the Tell es-Safi/Gath excavation and posts regularly on The Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project Official (and Unofficial) Weblog. PaleoJudaica has linked to this blog from time to time.
The oldest nunnery in Israel?
ARCHAEOLOGY AND TRADITION: Earliest Convent in Israel Found at Grave Site of Samuel's Mother Hannah Monasteries abound in ancient Israel, but the 1,600-year-old nunnery and women's graveyard built where the miraculously impregnated Hannah, mother of Samuel, is believed to lie are unique (Miriam Feinberg Vamosh, Haaretz premium).
At the top of a silent, pathless crest in central Israel lies Horvat Hani, where archaeologists have identified the ruins of the first convent ever discovered in ancient Israel, and a burial ground exclusively for women and girls. That cemetery would remain in use for over a thousand years, plied by both Christian and Muslim women in the region.
The ruins at Horvat Hani may go back as much as 1,700 years, to the days of early Christianity in the Holy Land. The nunnery and cemetery were built on what the faithful believed to be the grave of Hannah, who the bible says became mother of Samuel by divine intervention.
The case for the site being a nunnery founded in the fifth century looks persuasive, if perhaps not conclusive. The case for the third-century church having a connection with a traditional site of the grave of Hannah sounds more speculative. But it isn't presented in detail in this article. And any connection with the actual burial site of the biblical Hannah, if there was such a person, is very speculative and would be very hard to prove.
To read this article, you need a free registration with Haaretz.
Does the body or the soul cause sin?
FOR YOM KIPPUR: Body or Soul: Which is Responsible for Committing Sins? (Prof. Ophir Münz-Manor, TheGemara.com).
To illustrate the body and soul’s responsibility for sin, an early midrash presents the parable of the blind and lame watchmen. Curiously, this parable later shows up in Piyyut and in a Christian text. What might this teach us about the spread of rabbinic texts and ideas in late antiquity?
Incidentally, Epiphanius is quoting from the (now lost) Apocryphon of Ezekiel, so cross-file under Old Testament Pseudepigrapha Watch.
Bucur, Scripture Re-envisioned
FORTHCOMING BOOK FROM BRILL:
Scripture Re-envisioned: Christophanic Exegesis and the Making of a Christian Bible
The Bible in Ancient Christianity, Volume: 13
Author: Bogdan G. Bucur
Scripture Re-envisioned discusses the christological exegesis of biblical theophanies and argues its crucial importance for the appropriation of the Hebrew Bible as the Christian Old Testament. The Emmaus episode in Luke 24 and its history of interpretation serve as the methodological and hermeneutical prolegomenon to the early Christian exegesis of theophanies. Subsequent chapters discuss the reception history of Genesis 18; Exodus 3 and 33; Psalm 98/99 and 131/132; Isaiah 6; Habakkuk 3:2 (LXX); Daniel 3 and 7. Bucur shows that the earliest, most widespread and enduring reading of these biblical texts, namely their interpretation as "christophanies"— manifestations of the Logos-to-be-incarnate—constitutes a robust and versatile exegetical tradition, which lent itself to doctrinal reflection, apologetics, polemics, liturgical anamnesis and doxology
The Tel Dan Inscription
BIBLE HISTORY DAILY; The Tel Dan Inscription: The First Historical Evidence of King David from the Bible. Tel Dan inscription references the “House of David.” A good, quick over of the state of the question concerning this important inscription.
For some past PaleoJudaica posts on the Tel Dan Stele, see here and links (cf. here). Cross-file under Northwest Semitic Epigraphy.
Yom Kippur 2018
YOM KIPPUR, the Day of Atonement, begins this evening at sundown. An easy fast to all those observing it.
Last year's post on Yom Kippur is here. For background and previous posts, follow the link from there. Posts on Yom Kippur in the last year are here, here, and here.
On the Mesha Stele
NORTHWEST SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY: When God Wasn't So Great: What Yahweh’s First Appearance Tells About Early Judaism. The oldest extra-biblical reference to Yahweh is in a 3,000-year-old Moabite stele, which boasts of defeating Israel, may mention King David – and paints a very different picture of God than the one we know (Ariel David, Haaretz premium).
While the events narrated in the two texts appear quite different, one of the most surprising aspects of Mesha’s inscription is how much it reads like a biblical chapter in style and language, scholars say.
Mesha explains that the Israelite king Omri succeeded in conquering Moab only because “Chemosh was angry with his land” – a trope that finds many parallels in the Bible, where the Israelites’ misfortunes are invariably attributed to the wrath of God. It is again Chemosh who decides to restore Moab to its people and speaks directly to Mesha, telling him “Go take Nebo from Israel,” just as God routinely speaks to Israelite prophets and leaders in the Bible. And in conquering Nebo, Mesha recounts how he massacred the entire population as an act of dedication (“cherem” in the original) to his gods – the exact same word and brutal practice used in the Bible to seal the fate of Israel’s bitterest enemies (for example the Amalekites in 1 Samuel 15:3).
Although there are only a handful Moabite inscriptions out there, scholars had no trouble translating the stele because the language is so similar to ancient Hebrew.
The story of the discovery of the Mesha Stele/Moabite Stone would make a fair Indiana Jones movie. This article has good coverage of that story and of the historical importance of the inscription.
By the way — cross-filed under Cosmic Synchronicity — isn't it cool that the name of the author of this article is the same as a particularly mysterious phrase in the Mesha Stele?
Again, you need a free registration with Haaretz to read this article. For past PaleoJudaica posts on the Mesha Stele, start here and follow the links.
The Talmud on Torah calligraphy
THIS WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET: Finding Meaning in Calligraphy. In this week’s ‘Daf Yomi’ Talmud study, why even the crowns of Hebrew letters matter. Plus: The biblical Moses is relegated to the eighth row of a rabbi’s class, for not understanding the lesson.
The Gemara goes on to give the most detailed rules for writing a Torah scroll that the Talmud has offered so far. When writing a Torah verse for a mezuzah, we learn, each letter must be perfectly formed. “Even the absence of the thorn of a yod” disqualifies the text. In addition, each letter must be separated from the next: “Any letter that is not encircled with blank parchment on all four of its sides is unfit.” And “seven letters require three crowns”: there are seven letters of the Hebrew alphabet that must be written with ornamental strokes or “crowns” on top.
And there are some good stories in this week's readings.
LaCoste, Waters of the Exodus
Waters of the Exodus
Jewish Experiences with Water in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt
Author: Nathalie LaCoste
In Waters of the Exodus, Nathalie LaCoste examines the Diasporic Jewish community in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt and their relationship to the hydric environment. By focusing on four retellings of the exodus narrative composed by Egyptian Jews—Artapanus, Ezekiel the Tragedian, Wisdom of Solomon, and Philo of Alexandria—she lays out how the hydric environment of Egypt, and specifically the Nile river, shaped the transmission of the exodus story. Mapping these observations onto the physical landscape of Egypt provides a new perspective on the formation of Jewish communities in Egypt.
The e-book version is already out. This work was featured on AJR a couple of years ago when it was a doctoral dissertation.
The three locks on the Zohar
ZOHAR WATCH: Exposing the Zohar's Secrets: First-ever English Translation Unlocks the Gates to Jewish Mysticism. The first-ever complete translation of the seminal work of Jewish mysticism grants access to English readers who were heretofore unable to grasp the brilliant stories rendered in its original Aramaic and medieval Hebrew versions (Omri Shasha, Haaretz). Excerpts:
The Zohar is the crowning peak of Jewish mysticism, and is in many senses the cornerstone of kabbala – the place from which it emanates and to which it returns. The depth of its conceptual, psychological and religious ideas, which arise from its splendid homilies and from its dynamic stories, have made the Zohar one of the pillars of Jewish culture for hundreds of years. The Zohar entered the Jewish canon alongside the Talmud and the books of the Bible (in fact, more manuscripts of the Zohar have come down to us than of the Talmud, which indicates its circulation and centrality in the pre-print age). But for the contemporary reader, hundreds of years after the coalescence of the Zohar literature, the tension between revealed and concealed has been determined; regretfully, this canonical composition is sealed with secrecy for the average reader by three “locks.”
Herein lies the great marvel of the latest edition of the Zohar, whose 15-year process of publication has now been completed by Stanford University Press under the title “The Zohar: Pritzker Edition” (referring to the family that funded the project). Its 12 volumes constitute a monumental enterprise that sets out to cope with the three hurdles mentioned above, which separate the contemporary reader from the Zohar. Over two decades of painstaking labor, Prof. Daniel Matt, who headed the project, translated the Zohar, line by line, into English. He has also provided continuous, accessible annotation of the Zohar’s symbolism and homiletics, and refers the interested reader to additional commentaries, Zohar parallels, ancient sources in the rabbinic and kabbalistic literature, and in some cases to the research literature as well. (Three of the volumes, which contain discrete Zoharic texts, were translated and annotated by Joel Hecker and Nathan Wolski.)
This is a long and very informative article on the new Zohar translation, perhaps the most informative one I have seen. But it is also quite accessible to nonspecialists.
This is also a Haaretz premium article. You can access six of these for free per month with a free registration. My experience is that the registration isn't particularly easy to use and seems to malfunction a lot. But that may be me rather than Haaretz.
If you are interested in the Zohar and the new Matt translation, this article is worth a registration and a read.
There are many, many PaleoJudaica posts on the Zohar. Start here and just follow those links. Many of those have to do with the Matt translation, whose progress PaleoJudaica has been following since 2003.
Biblical songs and music videos
REDACTION CRITICISM: Moses Wrote Down this Song, Deuteronomy 31:22 – Which Song? (Dr. Rabbi Tzemah Yoreh, TheTorah.com).
It seems obvious that the song referred to in God’s speech in Deuteronomy 31 is Ha’azinu, though some verses in this chapter imply that it might be the Torah itself. A redaction critical look at God’s speech suggests that neither of these was the original referent.
On the one hand, I tend to be skeptical of redaction-critical reconstructions, since they generally involve a good bit of circular reasoning. Sometimes they are persuasive, but more often they just seem possible – at least to me.
On the other hand, most of the songs in the Pentateuch and the Deuteronomistic History do seem to me to have been written earlier than their prose contexts and not necessarily for the purpose given in those contexts.
I like to think of the prose context of a biblical song as the music video that goes with the song. Often the video gives the song a new frame and imposes a meaning quite different from what seems to be intended in the song itself. Likewise with the prose framings of the biblical songs.
Retrospective from a Sifting Project staff member
THE TEMPLE MOUNT SIFTING PROJECT BLOG: Goodbye Jenn! Jennifer Green reminisces about her experiences working on the Sifting Project:
To all of our supporters and follower and lovers of archaeology,
There comes a time in every person’s career where they have to take a new opportunity even if it means leaving a place and people that they love. Unfortunately for me, that day is today and it is with deepest melancholy that I have to say farewell.
I have been blessed to have spent the last 2 ½ years with the Temple Mount Sifting Project. You may not know me, but I am the person behind most of our blog posts, newsletters, and social media, with a little grant writing, donor relations, video editing, and research added in for good measure. I also led many of the tours in English at the site in Emek Tzurim.
I cannot express in words how fantastic this project is, the importance of the research being done here, or the truly amazing people who work here. Instead, I thought I would share some of my favorite memories from the past few years as an insight into the people and the project that I love. So in no particular order: ...
For many, many PaleoJudaica posts on the Temple Mount Sifting Project, start here and follow the links.
PhiloLogic
THE AWOL BLOG: Welcome to Perseus under PhiloLogic, 2018. Perseus Project Texts Loaded under PhiloLogic. Final season for PhiloLogic 3, Summer 2018. A search engine for Classical Greek and Latin texts. It includes material mostly from the Perseus database, but also from elsewhere. Looks useful.
Brown (ed.), The Interactions of Ancient Astral Science
BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: Zoroastrian and Ancient Iranian Astral Science. Notice of a new book: Brown, David. 2018. The Interactions of Ancient Astral Science. with contributions by : Jonathon Ben-Dov, Harry Falk, Geoffrey Lloyd, Raymond Mercier, Antonio Panaino, Joachim Quack, Alexandra von Lieven, and Michio Yano. Bremen: Hempen Verlag.
As the book's title indicates (and the blurb at the link explains), this book is about ancient astral science worldwide, including, for example, the West Semitic world. The TOC indicates that there is detailed treatment of relevant material from the Qumran library.
Satlow, Judaism and the Economy
NEW BOOK FROM ROUTLEDGE:
Judaism and the Economy
A Sourcebook
Edited by Michael L. Satlow
Judaism and the Economy is an edited collection of sixty-nine Jewish texts relating to economic issues such as wealth, poverty, inequality, charity, and the charging of interest. The passages cover the period from antiquity to the present, and represent many different genres. Primarily fresh translations, from their original languages, many appear here in English for the first time. Each is prefaced by an introduction and the volume as a whole is introduced by a synthetic essay.
These texts, read together and in different combinations, provide a new lens for thinking about the economy and make the case that religion and religious values have a place in our own economic thinking. Judaism and the Economy is a useful new resource for educators, students, and clergy alike.
This book contains much of interest for the study of ancient Judaism. Announced by Professor Satlow on his blog here.
The archaeology of the riot at Ephesus
BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Biblical Riot at Ephesus: The Archaeological Context.
According to Acts, the riot would have occurred at the end of the missionary visit of Paul at Ephesus (around 55 or 56 C.E.). How accurate is Luke’s description of Ephesus at this time? In “Archaeology Gives New Reality to Paul’s Ephesus Riot” in the July/August 2016 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, James R. Edwards, the Bruner-Welch Professor Emeritus of Theology at Whitworth University, describes how archaeological evidence fills in the historical context for Luke’s account of the riot at Ephesus.
As usual, the BAR article itself is behind the subscription wall. But this essay gives you a taste of it.
IAA Library catalogue online
THE AWOL BLOG: Israel Antiquities Authority Library Catalog Online.
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Berkowitz on "Execution and Invention"
ANCIENT JEW REVIEW: Execution and Irony (Beth Berkowitz). AN AJR RETROSPECTIVE ON EXECUTION AND INVENTION: DEATH PENALTY DISCOURSE IN EARLY RABBINIC AND CHRISTIAN CULTURES (OXFORD UP, 2006). Excerpt:
The ironies of criminal execution were my interest in Execution and Invention: Death Penalty Discourse in Early Rabbinic and Christian Cultures, my 2006 study of the early rabbinic laws of capital punishment. One chapter deals with the apologetics of past scholarship on the subject, another with the Mishnah’s ritual of execution, a third and fourth with the key players in that ritual, the next with how the Rabbis subvert Roman forms of punishment, and a final chapter with how the Rabbis’ representation of execution compares with that in early Christian martyrdom narratives. My concern throughout was the criss-crossing between criminal execution and other cultural currents such as can be found in Nebraska’s recent execution, where one of the most pressing crises facing the country – the opioid epidemic – meets one of its most contentious moral questions, capital punishment.
Another review of Balberg, Blood for Thought
H-JUDAIC BOOK REVIEW:
Sanders on Balberg, 'Blood for Thought: The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature'
Author: S. Mira Balberg
Reviewer: Seth Sanders
S. Mira Balberg. Blood for Thought: The Reinvention of Sacrifice in Early Rabbinic Literature. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2017. xi + 287 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-520-29592-6.
Reviewed by Seth Sanders (University of California, Davis) Published on H-Judaic (September, 2019) Commissioned by Barbara Krawcowicz (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Read literally, the Torah looks as much like a cookbook as an origin story: much of Leviticus consists of God's commandments on how to prepare and offer animals to him, and the right and wrong way to sacrifice is a key theme from Cain and Abel through Deuteronomy. Yet Jewish animal sacrifice ended almost two thousand years ago, long before the Talmud was written. How did Judaism, a religion founded on performing God's commandments, abandon these religiously central commandments? Balberg's provocative but well-supported answer is: It didn't.
Past posts on the book are here and here.
Rabbinics job(s) at University of Chicago Divinity School
H-JUDAIC: Job: Rabbinic Judaism (open rank), University of Chicago, Divinity School. Review of applications began on 15 September, so if you want to apply, don't dawdle.
Happy centennial to the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago!
A CENTURY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST: U. of C.’s Oriental Institute celebrates centennial (AARON GETTINGER, Hyde Park Herald).
The Oriental Institute celebrated its centennial with a black-tie anniversary gala on Saturday, giving guests a chance to view galleries renovated with a greater emphasis on accessibility.
It has been an eventful 100 years. In 1919, archaeology was overwhelmingly focused on ancient Greece and Rome. Professor James Henry Breasted founded the OI with a then-groundbreaking emphasis on the Near East, or Orient.
Read on for a brief history of the OI. There will be a public celebration on Saturday, 28 September.
A royal steward's seal from ancient Jerusalem
NORTHWEST SEMITIC EPIGRAPHY: Tiny First Temple seal impression found with name of Bible-era royal steward. Inscribed with ‘Belonging to Adoniyahu, Royal Steward,’ a clay sealing from the 7th century BCE uncovered from earth excavated at the foundations of the Western Wall (Amanda Borcschel-Dan, Times of Israel).
The article mentions the royal steward's tomb at Silwan. The name there is damaged, but could be restored as Adoniyahu. In other words, it could be the tomb of the owner of this seal. At least that is chronologically possible. A past post on the royal steward's tomb is here.
And for many, many past posts on the Temple Mount Sifting Project, which discovered this seal, start here and follow the links.
Review of Frankfurter (ed.), Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic
THE BIBLICAL REVIEW BLOG: Review: “Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic” edited by David Frankfurter (William Brown).
Overall, the volume is an excellent introduction to the theory of magic and ways that magic is practiced through time and space. Notable contributions include each introduction to regional forms of magic (illegitimate ritual) in chapters 4-11, David Frankfurter’s discussion of “magic” as a form of local ritual drawing from an authoritative tradition, and Sarah Iles Johnston’s discussion of the relationship between theurgy and magic. Though readers may have minor quibbles concerning points by authors, by and large Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic is an excellent volume for a detailed overview of studies of magic in the ancient world. Therefore, I will focus my criticisms on points of possible improvement evident throughout the entire volume. Additionally, below the body of this review is a summary of each chapter and occasional comment about contributions.
I noted the publication of the book here.
On Taylor on the Copper Scroll
BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Dating the Copper Scroll. Ancient Jewish scroll -- and treasure map (Megan Sauter). As usual, this is a summary of an article in Biblical Archaeology Review. It is in the current issue and is by Professor Joan E. Taylor: "Secrets of the Copper Scroll." The article itself is behind the subscription wall, but the summary is worth reading.
For a great many PaleoJudaica posts on the Copper Scroll, start here and just follow those links.
Surprising salts on the Temple Scroll
TECHNOLOGY WATCH: Unique Salt Coating Helped Preserve 25-Foot-Long Dead Sea Scroll. Analysis shows that the unique processing of the Temple Scroll’s parchment kept it intact (Jason Daley, The Smithsonian).
To understand how the Temple Scroll survived all those years, a research team was given access to a 1-inch fragment of the parchment—itself just 1/250th of an inch thick—from The Shrine of the Book, a museum in Jerusalem that holds the scroll. Besides being super long, the scroll is unusual in several ways, Nicola Davis at The Guardian reports: The text is written on the flesh side of the skin, which is uncommon. The thin parchment may be an animal skin that has been split in two. And the text is written on a thick layer containing lots of inorganic minerals pressed into the collagen.
It seems that the results were unexpected. But the implications are unclear. Does this mean that the Temple Scroll was produced somewhere at a distance from the Dead Sea area? Maybe. The article at The Guardian collects a range of views from scholars.
The Smithsonian article covers the somewhat technical story in detail and it also links to the MIT press release and to the specialist article in Science Advances.
One point to underline is that this analysis used non-invasive and non-destructive technologies. As I have said many times, this is the way of the future.
Cross-file under Material Culture.
CFP: World in Crisis: Reflections and Responses from Antiquity to the Present (BAJS)
H-JUDAIC: CFP: World in Crisis: Reflections and Responses from Antiquity to the Present - British Association for Jewish Studies Annual Conference. Follow the link for further particulars. The conferences takes place at the University of Southampton and the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations on 13-15 July 2020. The deadline for paper proposals is Wednesday 15th January 2020.
David Stacey (1943-2019)
SAD NEWS: The Agade list has shared the sad news that archaeologist David Stacey has passed away. I quote from Jack Sasson's e-mail:
Dr David Stacey passed away on 20 July 2019 in Cambridge, UK. David worked in Israel for many years, having first arrived for the Masada excavations as a volunteer. He worked under Ehud Netzer in Jericho, Herodium, and Masada, and also excavated in Tiberias, Ashkelon, and many other sites. Recently, he wrote extensively about Qumran.
David and I were both staff (he senior and I very junior) at the Asheklon excavation in the late 1980s. We roomed together with another archaeology student for one season during that time. David had endless entertaining stories about the inside world of archaeology and his own adventures in that world over many years.
He and I got back in touch in the early 2000s and we continued to correspond, mostly about the archaeology of Qumran. You can find some relevant posts in the PaleoJudaica archives.
May his memory be for a blessing.
On ancient cosmology and theology
IS THAT IN THE BIBLE? The Structure of Heaven and Earth: How Ancient Cosmology Shaped Everyone’s Theology (Paul Davidson).
The Bible is often difficult to make sense of without the proper conceptual framework. Why is Paul concerned about mysterious angels, principles, powers, forces, and archons in his epistles? Why are interactions with demons at the forefront of Jesus’ ministry in Mark? Why is heaven sometimes described as having different levels? Why does Paul describe people under the law as being enslaved to the elements? What motivated early Christians to worship a heavenly saviour? It’s hard to answer these questions without a detailed understanding of ancient Jewish and Greek cosmology, so I’ve spent a great deal of time reading the best books I can find on the subject. Much of what I learned surprised me; perhaps it will surprise you too.
The Talmud on being "cut off"
LAST WEEK'S DAF YOMI COLUMN BY ADAM KIRSCH IN TABLET: Captive Among the Gentiles. This week’s ‘Daf Yomi’ Talmud study suggests contemporary secular Jews have a lot to atone for.
... Last week, Daf Yomi readers began Tractate Karetot, the section of the Talmud dealing with the laws of karet, and it opens with a catalogue of 36 sins that are punished by karet, including Shabbat violation, various types of incest, breaking the Yom Kippur fast, eating bread on Passover, and profanation of the Temple sacrifices.
In characteristic fashion, however, the rabbis don’t begin at what might seem like the logical beginning, by defining exactly what karet consists of. ...
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OrthoBuzz
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Gait Mechanics After ACL Reconstruction Differ According to Medial Meniscal Treatment
Knee osteoarthritis risk is high after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and arthroscopic meniscal surgery, and higher among individuals who undergo both.
Full article: https://bit.ly/2LPna91
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An Increased Lateral Femoral Condyle Ratio Is a Risk Factor for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between distal femoral morphology and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, ACL reconstruction (ACLR) failure, and contralateral ACL injury. https://jbjs.org/reader.php?source=The_Journal_of_Bone_and_Joint_Surgery/100/10/857/abstract&id=30301&rsuite_id=1666295#info #JBJSInfographics #VisualAbstract
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Sports Medicine Update
Every month, JBJS publishes a Specialty Update—a review of the most pertinent and impactful studies published in the orthopaedic literature during the previous year in 13 subspecialties. Click here for a collection of all OrthoBuzz Specialty Update summaries.
The May 17, 2017 JBJS Specialty Update on Sports Medicine reflects evidence in the field of sports medicine published from September 2015 to August 2016. Although this review is not exhaustive of all research that might be pertinent to sports medicine, it highlights many key articles that contribute to the existing evidence base in the field.
Prevention of Musculoskeletal Injuries
Autograft vs Allograft ACL Reconstruction
Anterior Shoulder Stabilization
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New JBJS CME Subspecialty Exams
New subspecialty CME exams are now available from The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery in the following topic areas:
Adult Hip Reconstruction
Adult Knee Reconstruction
Each exam consists of 10 questions based on articles published in JBJS within the past 12 months. Exams can be used for study purposes at no cost. Each exam activity may be submitted for a maximum of 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
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What’s New in Sports Medicine
This month, OrthoBuzz asked Warren Dunn, MD, a co-author of the April 20, 2016 Specialty Update on sports medicine, to select the five most clinically compelling findings from among the more than 30 studies cited in the article.
–What happens to asymptomatic rotator cuff tears over time? According to a long-term prospective study of patients who had an asymptomatic tear in one shoulder and a symptomatic contralateral rotator cuff tear, the asymptomatic tears enlarged in almost one-half of the patients over a median of three years. Those patients who experienced tear enlargement tended to have an onset of new pain and progressive degenerative changes within the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles. The authors concluded that many formerly asymptomatic tears will progress to become symptomatic.
–Does tendon repair yield better outcomes than physical therapy (PT) when treating rotator cuff tears? A randomized trial of 103 patients with tears not exceeding 3 cm found that 12 of 51 patients (24%) in the PT group subsequently underwent secondary cuff repair over a 5-year follow-up period. Statistically, patients in the primary repair group had significantly better group-mean improvements on the Constant score, ASES score, and VAS for pain and patient satisfaction than those who underwent secondary repair, but the authors noted that these differences “may be below clinical importance.” Thirty-seven percent of those treated with PT only experienced a >5 mm increase in tear size, which was associated with inferior outcomes.
–Are estimates of Propionibacterium acnes colonization rates in surgical shoulder wounds accurate? A controlled diagnostic study examined P. acnes colonization in 117 open shoulder surgeries that utilized the deltopectoral approach. In 20.5% of the procedures, at least one surgical specimen was positive for P. acnes growth, but 13% of cultures from sterile-sponge control samples also had positive growth. This led the authors to surmise that prior estimates of P. acnes incidence may be higher than actual because of frequent culture contamination. Male sex and preoperative corticosteroid injections were associated with a higher likelihood of bacterial growth.
Knee/ACL
–Most people who undergo ACL reconstruction experience significant improvement in physical quality of life and quality-adjusted life years, but who is more or less likely to benefit? A 2- and 6-year longitudinal analysis of a multicenter cohort found that those who underwent revision, smoked cigarettes, had lateral tibial plateau chondromalacia, or had less education were more likely to score lower on the Physical Component Summary of the Short Form-36. Those who tended to have higher postoperative functional scores were those with higher baseline function, younger age, lower BMI, and either no lateral meniscal treatment or >50% lateral meniscectomy.
Hamstring Injuries
–Hamstring injuries are common among soccer players. A Level I randomized controlled trial among 579 high-level amateur soccer players found that 13 weeks of participation in Nordic hamstring exercises significantly reduced injury incidence and risk for injury compared with a control group over a 1-year period. No differences in injury severity were found.1
van der Horst N, Smits DW, Petersen J, Goedhart EA, Backx FJG. The preventive effect of the Nordic hamstring exercise on hamstring injuries in amateur soccer players: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Sports Med. 2015 Jun;43(6):1316-23. Epub 2015 Mar 20.
Not So Run-of-the-Mill Running Injuries
Lower-extremity stress fractures account for an estimated 16% of all injuries among runners. The April 2016 “Case Connections” article sprints forward from an April 13, 2016, Case Connector report about a stubborn running-related stress fracture of the inferior pubic ramus that did not respond to the usually successful conservative approach.
It’s often challenging for orthopaedists to make a diagnosis in a patient group in whom multiple musculoskeletal injuries or ailments may exist. Patients with suspected stress fractures may have radiographs with subtle, easily overlooked findings. A bone scan and/or other advanced imaging are often required to make a definitive fracture diagnosis.
Continued running due to a missed diagnosis or a patient’s ardent noncompliance can culminate in complications that may eventually require surgical intervention. The best outcomes are perhaps achieved in a setting that fosters strong collaboration between the surgeon, patient, physiatrist, and/or physical therapist with expertise in the mechanisms and physiology of running.
In a postscript to this Case Connections article, JBJS Case Connector co-editor Tom Bauer, MD describes his fateful experience with a calcaneal stress fracture while running the 2013 Boston Marathon.
It Takes a Team: Head and Neck Injuries in the Helmeted Athlete
Increasingly, the care of patients with musculoskeletal problems is being provided by teams of providers with varied professional backgrounds and diverse types of experience.
On March 1, 2016, JBJS Reviews presented its inaugural “team approach” article, entitled “Treatment of Head and Neck Injuries in the Helmeted Athlete,” by Diduch et al.
The article summarizes updated recommendations for on-field and in-hospital injury evaluation, spine-boarding, and equipment removal. Throughout, the authors stress that initial and follow-up steps in the process are a team effort that may involve the athletic trainer, team physician, EMS provider, and emergency, orthopaedic, and primary-care physicians.
Insisting that team collaboration should begin prior to any athletic competition or event, the authors strongly recommend preseason training and pregame time-outs for all members of the sidelines medical team to clarify roles, responsibilities, and communication strategies.
Diduch et al. also discuss in detail the team approach to concussion evaluation and management, including team-based decisions about the need for and destination of emergency transport.
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A Conversation with Dr. Jo Hannafin, President of AOSSM
Here are a few excerpts from the JBJS conversation with Dr. Jo Hannafin, President of AOSSM (American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine).
JBJS: You were recently elected the first woman president of AOSSM – what significance do you see in that fact?
Dr. Jo Hannafin: My election to the AOSSM presidency reflects the breadth of membership in the AOSSM and the slowly changing face of orthopaedic surgery. Our goal as educators and surgeons is to bring the best and brightest medical students into our field and this includes men, women and individuals with diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.
JBJS: What are your key goals for your presidency?
Dr. Jo Hannafin: My goals as president are to increase engagement of the membership in the AOSSM via volunteerism (committee involvement), attendance at specialty day and the annual meeting, and by providing continued opportunities for community education by our members via the STOP Sports Injury program started by Dr. James Andrews.
JBJS: How do you think JBJS can best address the needs of the members of AOSSM and other sub-specialty organizations?
Dr. Jo Hannafin: JBJS can address the needs of orthopaedic surgeons by partnering in webinar programs and by continuing to publish high quality manuscripts in subspecialty areas.
JBJS: What trends in orthopaedics/sports medicine are you most intrigued by?
Dr. Jo Hannafin: The identification of biomarkers with early association with trauma or sports injury has the potential to modify the development of post-traumatic arthrosis. This idea is particularly compelling in sports injuries such as the acute ACL. The frequency of this injury continues to increase, and we are seeing younger athletes sustaining this injury. The continued attention to the development and validation of injury prevention programs provides opportunity for risk modification.
The use of biologic therapy in sports medicine, such as stem cell transplantation and PRP, may have the potential to treat sports injuries, but the clinical use of these treatments needs to be carefully studied and validated.
JBJS: What at are your expectations of changes to come as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
Dr. Jo Hannafin: The ACA is an extraordinarily complex document and quite honestly, with a few exceptions, I don’t think we know what it will bring. The ACA will provide health insurance to a large number of previously uninsured or uninsurable people (those with pre-existing conditions). The volume of patients seeking care will increase, and that has the potential to stress the existing system. Reimbursement for orthopaedic care will likely be modified and requires the careful attention of our members, hospital systems, specialty organizations, and the AAOS.
JBJS: Looking ahead to the next 20 years or so, what do you think might be three significant advances or changes in orthopaedics?
Dr. Jo Hannafin: I anticipate that scientists will be able to identify biomarkers associated with acute injury and physicians/surgeons will have the capacity to modify the response to catabolic agents, thus preventing the development of post-traumatic arthrosis. The field of biomechanical engineering will provide surgeons with improved scaffolds which when combined with biologic therapies will permit restoration of bone, cartilage, and ligaments. The field of total joint arthroplasty will benefit from continued interaction with scientists to optimize interface mechanics and prolong the lifetime of arthroplasty implants.
JBJS: You recently participated in a webinar co-sponsored by JBJS and JOSPT. Do you see benefits from greater teamwork among different types of health-care providers? If so, what are the most important benefits? What barriers remain to greater collaboration?
Dr. Jo Hannafin: Teamwork and interaction between providers of musculoskeletal care will continue to grow and will be necessary as the volume of patients treated increases. We need to define the scientific benefits of conservative and surgical treatments for musculoskeletal conditions, and this will require interactions between scientists, physicians, surgeons, and physical therapists. The questions posed during the adhesive capsulitis webinar reflected input from both surgeons and physical therapists and helped each group to understand the issues associated with treatment. The ultimate benefit of this interaction is improved patient care, which is important to all of us. The biggest barrier is time!
JBJS: You have recently overcome some serious health issues. It’s great to hear that you are doing well. Has this experience changed the way you approach your patients?
Dr. Jo Hannafin: The last two years of my life have been marked by highs and lows. My election to the presidency of the AOSSM, and the associated opportunities, has been personally and professionally fulfilling. In April 2012 I was diagnosed with early multiple myeloma, which was treated at Dana Farber Cancer Institute with chemotherapy followed by an autologous stem cell transplant. The experience was the most difficult challenge that I have faced but I received incredible support from family, friends, patients and AOSSM colleagues from across the country. I am happy to report that my health is excellent and I have been back to a normal schedule for almost one year. The experience reinforced the need for careful and thoughtful communication with our patients.
JBJS: What is your favorite thing about your profession?
Dr. Jo Hannafin: As a sports medicine specialist, I love taking care of athletes and active people of all ages. While many sports related injuries do not require surgery, it is especially gratifying as a surgeon to restore function via repair and reconstruction of injured structures, permitting return to sports or fitness activities.
JBJS: Thank you, Dr. Hannafin for sharing this time with us. We look forward to speaking with you again in the near future.
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Chantilly, Va.— January 7, 2020—Perspecta Inc. (NYSE: PRSP), a leading U.S. government services provider, in partnership with PRA Health Sciences (NASDAQ: PRAH), a leading contract research organization (CRO) and health sciences company, today announced the successful launch of the Software as a Service (SaaS) recruitment, enrollment, engagement and feedback (REEF) solution the company delivered to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to meet the modernization needs of the agency’s Million Veteran Program (MVP).
MVP is a national, voluntary research program funded by the VA Office of Research and Development. The goal of MVP is to partner with veterans who receive care in the VA health care system to study how genes affect health. To do this, MVP is building one of the world’s largest medical databases by safely collecting blood samples and health information from more than one million veteran volunteers.
Officially known as MVP Online, the online application was built by Perspecta on Clinical6, PRA’s SaaS mobile clinical trial platform for patient enrollment, engagement and data collection. MVP Online will enable veterans to find additional information about the program, read testimonials, enroll and electronically consent into the program, complete surveys, and generally replace the existing paper processes through a single website. MVP Online will also allow the VA to better engage, recruit and increase retention in the MVP program.
“While it is always gratifying to see our hard work come to fruition—seeing the potential reach and positive impact of our work is most fulfilling,” said Mac Curtis, president and chief executive officer, Perspecta. “MVP Online will be an incredibly useful tool for the VA today, but will also serve as a platform to allow current veterans to help transform health care for future generations of veterans to come. We are proud to support the VA in their continuous endeavor to support the men and women of the armed forces who have selflessly served our nation.”
“The MVP Online program and the data coming from the program has the chance to drastically improve the health and wellbeing of our country’s veterans,” said Kent Thoelke, chief scientific officer and executive vice president at PRA Health Sciences. “As health care continues to evolve, it is essential that we focus on impactful ways to engage with veterans digitally from their homes or anywhere in the world, so they can enroll in research faster, stay engaged with their caregivers and get better overall treatment.”
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Actor Shia LaBeouf Begins 4-Year Donald Trump Protest Live Stream
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PHILADELPHIA (CNN) –– Shia LaBeouf is planning to protest President Donald Trump for the next four years.
The actor and performance artist has installed a camera at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York that will run a continuous live stream for the duration of Trump’s presidency. LaBeouf is inviting the public to participate in the project by saying the phrase, “He will not divide us,” into the camera.
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“In this way, the mantra ‘HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US’ acts as a show of resistance or insistence, opposition or optimism, guided by the spirit of each individual participant and the community,” read a description of the installation on LaBeouf’s website.
Actor Jaden Smith was among the people visiting the project on Friday.
Last year, LaBeouf spent 24-hours streaming a shot of himself in an elevator. In 2015, he watched a marathon of his films with a live stream focused on his face.
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Stone’s ‘City Tap Takeover’
March 24, 2014 Phil 8 Comments
Stone ‘w00tstout’ — a collaboration with Drew Curtis and Wil Wheaton, and therefore mandatory
Late-breaking news that beers from Stone, a legendary but rather isolationist Californian brewery, would be available “legitimately” in this part of the world was greeted with some surprise by local beer geeks. Stone have never exported to New Zealand (nor even to all parts of their own country) and Greg Koch, co-founder and figurehead of the brewery, is famously opposed to “grey market” imports and goes out of his way to encourage that the consumption of beer be “fresh-and-as intended, or not at all”. And indeed, plenty of the incredulous reaction was vindicated; in the end, it transpired that an announcement of impending distribution was a tragic (and strange) miscommunication. But what we Wellingtonians did get — and what Melburnians soon will get — turned out to be a super-sized, double-venue’d, fairly-freakin’-serious tap takeover. There was a subtle lingering awkwardness in that the night’s hosts — Malthouse, and its younger brewpub sibling, Fork & Brewer — have always dealt in the kinds of mainstream offerings and parallel-imported beers1 that Greg so righteously rails against, but still. The result was a shining example of How To Pub:2 the beers I had were only uniform in their excellence, and the mood in both bars was wonderful to partake in.
One of few real criticisms of the night was that each venue’s beer lists weren’t published anywhere and you had to fall back to scouring Untappd / Twitter / Whatever for clues, if ping-ponging between bars seven hundred metres apart seemed inconvenient. But just before leaving work, I spotted (somewhere online) that Stone’s new sessionable ‘Go To’ IPA was on at the F&B, so I headed there first. I did technically already own, waiting for me at Malthouse, a glass of the ‘w00tstout’ Stone brewed in collaboration with Drew Curtis (of Fark.com) and Wil Wheaton (of, well, Plenty Of Awesome Things) having stopped by the bar earlier keen-bordering-on-paranoid not to miss out on it but equally conscious of its over-ten-percent punch and the work I had left to be done — including driving a delivery van. In any case, starting with an Imperial Stout doesn’t often bode well, so thankfully the unexpected prospect of a midstrength hoppy pale was enticing enough to distract me.
Stone’s relatively-new ‘Go To’ IPA
After an alarmingly-shaky start a few years ago (in both the brew~ and ~pub departments), the Fork does seem to be finding its feet. Co-hosting events like this — and doing so rather well — can only help to demonstrate that. Meanwhile, ‘Go To’ was delicious and exactly what I felt like: a properly thirst-smacking lush golden body with a massive hop aroma hurtling up the nose to shock a fading brain back into alertness — and also to cut through the worty wafts of a brewpub in mid-brew. The Americans in general have a reputation for their superboozy beers (lacking a ramping-up excise tax regime to discourage them), so it was gratifying to see a sub-five-percenter go against the trend — and then to spy another (the ‘Levitation’: a maltier, smoother and calmer affair, utterly perfect for pint #2) and to have that, too. I then wound up helping a friend work his way through a flight of tasting glasses, having sips of four much-madder beers — white wine barrel-aged ‘Cali-Belgique’; Matt’s Burning Rosids,3 brewed in honour of an employee killed in an accident at the brewery; Perfect Crime; and Vertical Epic 11.11.114 — which were all well put-together, diverse, interesting, storied, and at least a few leagues North of merely “good”; great fuel for sipping and rambling.
But my w00tstout kept calling from down the road, and didn’t disappoint once I retrieved it. I think I spent a full hour with it, a massive thing of madness and deliciousness with plenty going on — the collision of two of my own particular kinds of geekiness in such a lovely beer made for an utterly sublime experience. A few more tasters from the relatively-bonkers end of the spectrum followed — a white-wine barrel aged saison called ‘The Tiger Cub’; and the red wine barrel-aged version of the ‘Cali-Belgique’ I’d previously tried — which both just went nicely with more sipping and rambling with regulars and colleagues from my Malthouse days. I switched back to having pints of the saner stuff, afterwards, and found the everyday Pale Ale and IPA both to be buckets of fun and just as worthy as the weirder ones, in their own ways. The bar was in absolutely fine form, and despite the critical eye that a former staff member would naturally have, it probably still hasn’t been equalled when it really gets a run-up and goes in for full-noise beer events.
Stone Takeover taps
The beers were all good. They were stupidly and consistently good, forming a range of genuinely impressive scope with properly skillful execution. But one of the surprising lessons learned from having a cross-section of such legendary things in front of me was that we’re doing pretty damn well, here. It’s one thing to leap at the chance to try them, to let yourself be blown away by them, and to drift blissfully through a fair few glasses — but don’t despair that they’re not more-readily available down here. Even with only a token factoring-in of scope and history, the local (and here I mean “Australasian”) breweries are easily pulling their weight.5 Damn right I’ll be visiting Stone whenever I find myself even vaguely in California’s orbit, but as these beers were running out one by one last week, I wasn’t mourning; I’m not even close to done learning about the things within reach to worry very much. ‘Go To’ was great — but so are Liberty’s ‘C!tra Junior’ and Panhead ‘Quickchange’, just for example; I could go on.
“Just what I feel like right now” is — I relatively-humbly submit — another good ending for a sentence that starts with “‘Fizzy yellow beer is…”
Close to midnight, I went in search of a suitable nightcap, and found it in the form of Stone’s 2010 Imperial Stout; a giant velvet exclamation point to end a lovely evening. Epic Brewing’s Luke Nicholas6 was commandeering the sound system (for better or — occasionally — worse), as he does, and Greg Koch jumped up on the bar for some old-timey-style evangelism, which was kind of adorable and awesome but also put me back in mind of a few misgivings. I’m all for broadening peoples’ notions of what beer can be, but there’s an uneasy inconsistency in Stone’s off-and-on-again absolutism about some things: Greg’s fanatical anti-grey-market stance is awkward standing in front of a fridge featuring more than a few such bottles, and preaching about the unenlightened “on this very street” is a little strange in a bar that will happily — and rightly — sell them a faux-import Heineken right now. The event could’ve been staged in collaboration with (if not at, for reasons of scale) Hashigo Zake, for example, if moral purity was a paramount concern. And against all that reaching-out rhetoric, something like “Fizzy Yellow Beer Is For Wussies” clashes horribly. Not least because of the simple fact that several of the Stone beers on offer that evening were objectively-speaking both a) fizzy and b) yellow — nor the even-better point that, with everything in its right place, even the simplest, blandest, most-unfashionable and “mediocre” beer can be just the thing for the moment. The real problem here is a simple breach of the Ethics of Comedy: the Fizzy Yellow Beer line makes fun of the mainstream drinker, not the often-duplicitous producer, and amounts to the sin of “punching down”. If we’re going to be evangelising — and please, let’s — we’d be better off not trying to snark and smile at the same people simultaneously. Beers as good as these actually do very well at speaking for themselves, anyway.
Diary III entry 11 part 1: City Tap Takeover
Diary III entry 11 part 2: City Tap Takeover (cont.)
Original notes:7 City Tap Takeover 13/3/14 @ F&B, to start. 1) ‘Go To’ IPA 4.5% just as Colin, Luke + Greg arrived. The place is jumping — but very worty as Lester is still going. Fucking delicious, hugely hoppy, golden + fabulous. Massive, uppy, but not angry. Gorgeous. Nice to see this place crammed with happy — if starstruck — nerds. 2) ‘Levitation’ 4.4% Another session beer spied, and therefore ordered. Really nice comparison; vastly maliter, less hoppy, less spiky + fizzy in presentation. Glassphemy, too, in a Coopers glass — sure sign of a busy bar. Loads of good people + good vibes. (Helping with Kit’s tasters: Cali-Belgique (White Wine) 8.8% Matt’s Burning Rosids 10.5%, Perfect Crime 6.8%, and Vertical Epic 11.11.11 9.4% Just shows a great breadth. 1) is like unpuckering Funkonnay, says Kit, and he’s on to something. 2) is like a jasmine bonfire, serious but lovely. 3) more forgettable after just a sip, but you quickly get that in a crowd. 4) Holy hell, #freshisnotbest. Big explosion, despite its age. Spicy, which might help it on that front.) 3) @ Malthouse, now. W00tstout! @wilw’s beer, among others. I bought one at 2pm, out of sheer FOMO. Which wasn’t necessary in the end, but totally worth it. The only plausible case for insurance, really. So good. Tonnes of smooth, boozy flavour. Pecans evident but not obnoxious. Just sublime. It took over an hour, and it was marvellous. Then two little tasters: The Tiger Club (White Wine) 8.9% and Cali-Belgique (Red Wine) 8.8% — And, fuck it, a pint of the flagship Pale 5.8% Everyone’s having a grand time. The staff are in their element, and the bar is — as it always did — kicking arse in Beer Event mode. The a Stone IPA because why not. Greg’s on the bar, and Luke’s on the sound system. It’s vintage Malthouse, and it’s bliss. And then, while I was looking for a nightcap, a sour-face-inducing Gueze came out, for the VIPs, I guess. 6) Imperial Stout 2010. There we go. That’ll do.
Greg Koch and me, just barely — I was taking photos in the bar when he borrowed my camera for an impromptu selfie, with the settings evidently way out of whack for such a thing
1: And rightly so I hasten to add, for reasons that flow from their physical locations, market niche, and from the fundamentally-usually-rather-overblown nature of the anti-grey panic in the first place. The scare-quotes are very firmly only “legitimately” in this post’s first sentence because, despite Greg’s fevered use of words like “illegal black market” (see the footnotes of the above-linked entry), the sale of his beer here has always been legal under NZ law whether he likes it or not — and whatever the valid concerns there might be with the practice. (Also, to pre-emptively split hairs, I’m not certain that the F&B stocks / stocked grey beer, but they definitely trade in mass-market stuff.) ↑
2: Without meaning to imply that there’s only One Way, of course; I just had a surpassingly wonderful very quiet-and-civilised night at Golding’s, drinking plural Panhead beers, eating delicious pizza, and watching the Cosmos re-make. ↑
3: It turns out that the Rosids are a group of flowering plants, including — no surprise, in context, once you learn the first half of this sentence — our friend the hop. ↑
4: One of those joyful-and-t00-rare moments when the Americans’ maximally-stupid middle-endian month-first date notation won’t drive me mad. ↑
5: I’m fairly sure it was Luke Robertson who nudged me into keeping this in mind, but I can’t remember if he did so on the Twitters, his blog, or in his podcast. I recommend you follow all three. ↑
6: Who must’ve been a contributing cause to this event happening in these places, friend and collaborator of the manager — and fellow oddball hophead to Greg Koch — as he is. ↑
7: I’m on to my third actual Beer Diary, but the power cord for the scanner has fritzed out, so I’m having to make do with somewhat-difficult-to-stage photos, for now. ↑
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Stu as "Stu" says:
Great, balanced piece. I’m partly sad I missed this but I’ve missed even more exciting things this year… there’s an opportunity cost every minute of my life.
I’m totally with your uneasy thoughts on on/off absolutism… but it’s certainly better than always on absolutism! I’m far less easy with that. On/off absolutism probably just means, like you and I, they are still trying to figure out who and what they are. And that ain’t a bad thing at all.
And I am so glad for the existence of Stone, just as I’m glad of Sam Adams and Brew Dog and Little Creatures etc… because they have opened so many people’s minds (and still continue to do so). Someone said it so perfectly to me in Scotland. Without them all we’d probably still exist but we’d be far less noticed.
Tim Nicholas (@timnicholas) says:
Excellent post Phil.
I was very amused by the evangelism. I’m not sure if an American audience would have had the same tone of sniggering and nervous laughter.
I’m disappointed I didn’t get to FAB to try the lower strength beers. Should have popped by there earlier on the day.
CaliBelgique (red wine) was great.
Ale_of_a_time says:
Someone has to keep the bastards honest, right?
Then that someone often tries one of their beers and says “oh, it’s actually pretty good”. As one of those somes. I guess it’s all part of the ride.
I still think it’s strange. Even though the takeover sounded incredibly exciting; and I’m going to do my best to try a lot of their beers – It’s not exactly the best way to keep demand for gray imports low.
(oh and thanks for the footnote Phil. I think it’s my first ever)
Good point about stoking demand as a side-effect. I’m sure some enterprising people will be poised for that…
It was nice to try the beers “as intended” and be comforted that the hype isn’t all mere hype. These near-mythical beers always make me wonder how much Emperor’s New Clothes is going on. These were reassuringly tasty; I’d be chuffed if Stone was my local – and then I’d also get more chances to grump at their annoying marketing. But then, I’m chuffed-enough with my current locals!
Fantastic Mr Fox (@myleftkidney) says:
The raw sex appeal of ‘w00tstout’ merely having been thought of by Will Wheaton was enough to drag us in the doors. Then all the other beers for sampling just happened to get a going over. What terrible lives we lead ;D
Special mention to the gear for purchase. Nabbed me some hot sauce !
Peter M says:
Nice piece Philbert.
FYI it’s called ‘The Tiger Cub’. I know this because it was my favourite.
Oops. Thanks; I’ve amended that upstairs.
I guess this is an inherent limitation of relying on notes — if they’re wrong (through bleary-eyed misreading or dodgy-penmanship), then you’ll stay wrong. Until lovely people stop by the blog and help out, of course. Cheers!
Stone is quite the tour de force in SoCal, having a number of outlets, the brewery/bistro (definitely worth the trip) and the largest craft beer distributor in the region. I met Greg when we were there and he seemed like a pretty decent bloke, hooking me up with a discount on gear as I was a brewery worker at the time, as well as suggesting the batch of Crime made with the chillies from his own garden. I think he’s definitely fighting the good fight, even if he’s a bit bombastic for Kiwi tastes.
On another note, I get a perverse kick out of drinking pilsners whilst wearing my “fizzy yellow beer… ” Arrogant Bastard tee.
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OnePlus 5 with Snapdragon 835 SoC & Dual 16MP Cameras Spotted on Antutu
Teja Chedalla
OnePlus 3 is one of the best selling flagship smartphones for 2016 and even its upgraded variant, OnePlus 3T made a mark for itself. The OnePlus 3 is also the first smartphone to sell with a 6GB of RAM on a global scale. As we mentioned last year, the company will be launching the 2017 flagship device as OnePlus 5 instead of OnePlus 4. The number 4 is considered as unlucky in China, and even the OPPO and Vivo which are part of its parent company BBK also skips using the number 4. OnePlus recently posted an image on its Weibo account with the number 5 which unofficially confirmed the upcoming device to called as OnePlus 5.
The device with the model number A5000 already got certified by the 3C in China. Today, Antutu has posted few key specifications of the OnePlus 5 on its Weibo account. As rumors suggested, the device will be equipped with dual-lens cameras featuring two 16MP sensors. We expect one sensor to be the RGB sensor whereas the other one will be the black and white sensor. It comes powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 octa-core SoC built on the 10nm FinFET process. This is the same processor that also powers the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Xiaomi Mi 6. Even the upcoming HTC U 11 also uses the same 10nm processor.
With the Snapdragon 835 SoC, the device also supports 1Gbps LTE download speeds and Bluetooth 5.0. However, the company will be using its own Dash Charge fast charging technology instead of the Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 4.0. We also expect to see the same metal built unibody design as seen on the OnePlus 3. It will be running on the latest Android 7.1.1 Nougat based Oxygen OS out of the box. Though there won’t major changes to the UI, OnePlus 5 will be making minor tweaks to improve the productivity of the device. The device also packs 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. As seen with the OnePlus 3, the OnePlus 5 might also come in 128GB storage variant.
We might also see the physical home button on the front that comes integrated with a fingerprint sensor. The company might also stick to the 5.5-inch screen size, and Antutu confirmed the device to launch with Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) resolution. Since the Google Daydream works better with the minimum of Quad HD resolution, the OnePlus 5 might misses the official DayDream support. This is the same thing happened to the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T while receiving the Android 7.0 Nougat update. Talking about the benchmark scores, the Snapdragon 835 equipped Galaxy S8 scored 162,101 points which are lesser than the 174,155 points of the Exynos 8895 powered variant.
Talking about the pre-release variant testing, OnePlus 5 has reached till 176,000 points. We also expect to see the USB Type-C port and the alert slider on the upcoming OnePlus 5. While the Xiaomi’s new flagship device, Mi 6 skipped the 3.5mm audio port to make it water resistant, we don’t think OnePlus has that COURAGE to do that. The device is expected to be officially launched by the end of next month, so stay tuned on PhoneRadar for more details.
Meizu M5 Smartphone with 5.2″ HD Display & 13MP Camera Launched in India
Moto X4 Smartphone Might Come With the Newly Launched Snapdragon 660 SoC
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Christians in Ethiopian Town Hit by Unexpected Attack
Posted on April 17, 2010 by particularkev
Orthodox church members strike two evangelical worship buildings, beat evangelist unconscious.
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 15 (CDN) — Evangelical Christians in an area of Ethiopia unaccustomed to anti-Christian hostility have come under attack from Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) members threatened by their existence, Christian leaders said.
In Olenkomi, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, two church buildings were attacked by an EOC mob in Olenkomi town, Oromia Region, on Jan. 27 – leaving one evangelist unconscious and other Christians fearful of Orthodox hostility. Area Christians fear the assailants will not face justice due to the EOC’s powerful presence and impending elections.
A Mekane Yesus Church building was destroyed in the assault, while a Brethren Church structure suffered damages.
Attacks against evangelicals in the area are rare, but recently Christians have come under immense pressure as they face isolation and verbal threats, church leaders said. Located in the West Shoa Zone of Oromia Region, Olenkomi is a small town where most people there and in surrounding areas belong to the EOC. All officials in government are EOC members, and evangelical Christians encounter difficulties obtaining land for church buildings, church leaders said.
The attack followed an accidental fire from liturgical candles that burned an EOC building. EOC members blamed evangelicals, and in the ensuing assault evangelist Abera Ongeremu was so badly beaten the mob left him for dead. Another three Christians also sustained minor injuries.
Ongeremu was visiting from Neqemite, 260 kilometers (161 miles) away. After the mob stoned the Brethren Church, they next targeted Mekane Yesus Church, where Ongeremu was staying in guest quarters. A member of the mob took a Bible from his guest room and told him to burn it.
“How can I burn the book that showed me life?” the shocked Ongeremu asked.
He said that he told the mob that they could do anything they wanted, but he was not going to burn the Holy Bible. The attackers tied his hands and legs together and threw him back into the room, sprinkling diesel on the walls and roof and locking him in before setting it on fire, he said.
“I thought it was my last,” Ongeremu said. “I now understand nothing will happen to you without the will of God. That was not the day God allowed for me to die.”
Some of the assailants argued that Ongeremu should not die by burning, but by beating. Two of them dragged him out of the room and continuously beat him, covering his face in blood. He sustained wounds on his skull and right arm.
“After repeated beatings I lost consciousness,” he said. “I didn’t know how and when they left me. I only recall they argued about how to kill me.”
Premeditated?
Federal police were summoned from Ambo – the nearest town some 50 kilometers (31 miles) away – to disperse the mob, but too late to avert the injuries and damages after their rugged journey of nearly three hours.
Prior to the attacks, according to church leaders, there was no substantial build-up of tension between the two groups, though EOC priests had expressed anger about the expansion of evangelical churches and had questioned why teachers from evangelical backgrounds were prevalent in the high school in Olenkomi.
Most of the teachers at Olenkomi Secondary High School are evangelical Christians, according to church leaders, who said this circumstance was solely coincidental. Although teachers of evangelical faith are prevalent in the school, they are forbidden by law to promote their faith in class.
The EOC members had been constructing a building for a church in Olenkomi, but because of funding shortfalls they revised the plan and built a temporary structure. Evangelical church leaders said EOC priests had seized the land without formal process, but sources said the EOC’s strong presence in the area kept evangelical church officials from protesting brazen construction efforts.
The EOC’s small structure was being used for liturgical purposes.
“The shelter-like house has faced fire disaster in various incidents,” said a church leader in Olenkomi. “The materials used to build it, and the curtains they hung on walls exposed the shelter to several fire incidents. The [candle and lantern] lights the priests used for liturgy were causing problems. We heard that a number of times the fire had lit curtains, and the priests stopped before it spread.”
Such a fire broke out on the day of the attack, this time out-pacing the frantic efforts of the priests. The fire consumed curtains inside the house and spread to roofs and walls. To douse it the priests went to a nearby government-owned water tank operated by an evangelical woman. She granted them water, and the structure did not burn entirely.
When they later returned to wash, however, they put their hands inside the tank and sullied the public water source. When the operator objected, the EOC members spoke derogatorily of her as a “Pente” and began to spread the rumor that she was responsible for the burnt structure, church leaders said.
EOC members quickly formed into groups of various sizes, sources said, and rolled into town chanting, “This is the day to destroy Pentecostals and their churches!” They first went to the Brethren Church, located by the side of a highway that stretches through Olenkomi to western Ethiopia.
“When we first heard stones falling on the roof, we thought the wind was tearing up iron sheets,” said one evangelist. “We also heard a loud noise from outside. It was around 12:30 p.m. I opened the main door to check what was happening. The whole compound was filled by men and women who carried stones and sticks. It was a very scary sight.”
They were stoning the church building, forcing the praying believers to escape through a back door. The assailants continued breaking doors and windows, thinking worshippers were trapped inside.
Local police arrived, the evangelist said, but they failed to disperse the violent mob.
“Despite firing into the air, the officers didn’t do anything serious to stop the mob,” he said. “They later said it is beyond their capacity and would call Federal Police from Ambo town. The anti-riot police arrived two and half hours later, practically after the mob effectively carried out all the destruction.”
Of the attack on Mekane Yesus Church, one church leader said the mob broke in and set fire on everything they found.
“They gathered benches, office chairs and tables, documents, musical instruments, public address system, choir uniforms and other materials and set them on fire,” he said. “They also lit fire to the church building, which reduced it to ashes.”
The mob was not finished. They proceeded to the high school, where they attacked Christian teachers as students rushed to defend them. Church leaders said the targeting of the school was evidence that the attack had been planned before with well-considered aims.
With Ethiopia scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on May 23, government officials don’t want to upset voters by punishing those behind the attacks, church leaders said. It is likely that officials would pressure church leaders from both camps to settle for the sake of stability, but Christians fear that in doing so their complaints will be overlooked.
Some suspects have been identified, but church leaders don’t expect they will be punished.
“It is like hitting a fire ball,” said a church leader from Brethren Church. “When you hit the fire, it would round back to you. It can even burn you. You may also distribute the fire to new places.”
In spite of the violence, evangelical Christians have engaged in “fervent witnessing ministry and prayer,” he said.
“It awakens us to think, pray and unite,” he said. “There is no good in persecution. But God turned it around for the good of us. The persecution was intended to destroy our commitment, but it rather built our faith.”
As election day draws closer, said the leader, EOC priests could easily motivate followers to attack.
“That would be bad times for believers,” he said. “Let’s pray for people in Olenkomi to know the will of God and repent from evil from which they assume to serve God.”
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“Wilkes Guys” Come Through
February 19, 2016 February 19, 2016 Brad FranjioneBennett, Bonino, Crosby, Fehr, first NHL goal, Fleury, Kessel, Lovejoy, Mrazek, Penguins, Pens, Red Wings, Sheary, Wilkes guys come through, Wilkes-Barre, WilsonLeave a comment
Last night, the Penguins defeated the Red Wings at Consol Energy Center by a final score of 6-3. It was a great game for the Penguins’ offense, and more importantly, their young guns came through.
Scott Wilson scored his first NHL goal, celebrating by immediately skating to Conor Sheary, who set him up with a beautiful pass in the slot, which Wilson fired 5-hole on Mrazek, giving the Penguins, at the time, a 4-2 lead.
Ben Lovejoy after the game was asked about how he felt the Wilkes-Barre guys were contributing to the Penguins’ success. His response was easily the quote of the night for me: “They’re not Wilkes guys. They’re Penguins now. They’re Pittsburgh Penguins.”
Kind of reminds me of the Mighty Ducks movies…and in that regard, these guys are finally “Ducks,” and absolutely deserve to be wearing that sweater. That being said, the Penguins have some bottom 6 guys injured, such as Fehr, Bonino, and Bennett that will be pretty much guaranteed a spot back in the lineup when they return. So unfortunately, some of these guys will be demoted, but that does not take away from their impact on this team.
They bring energy, passion, speed…exactly what the Penguins need. We’ll have to see how Rutherford handles that situation when the time comes.
Anyways, back to last night’s game. The Penguins announced their lines before the game on their official twitter account, and nothing seemed different than the previous couple of games in regards to lines. Then, Crosby’s line started the game, but he had a new right winger, whose name is Phil Kessel. Sullivan, minutes before the game, broke news to Kessel that he was going to swap him with Hornqvist in the line combos, giving Phil his first legitimate chance with Sid on a line since October 22nd.
The good news: it worked. For both guys may I add.
Ben Lovejoy, surprisingly enough, got the Penguins on the board early. The Hornqvist-Cullen-Hagelin line was out on the ice, and Cullen carried the puck into the zone. He took a shot, but it was blocked by a Detroit skater. The puck bounced over towards the boards to the right of Mrazek, and Hornqvist beat 3 Detroit Red Wings to the puck, eluded 1 guy, and ripped a pass over to Lovejoy at the right point. Lovejoy corralled the puck and put a quick wrist shot on goal that deflected off of the stick of Helm and went 5-hole on Mrazek.
Detroit would answer and tie the game at 1. Athanasiou came flying into the zone right down the slot, and then dished the puck off to the right to Nyquist. Athanasiou’s speed drew the Penguins toward him in the slot, and then Nyquist made a brilliant pass to Jurco who was flying down the slot wide open, and fired one past Fleury.
Later in the period, the Penguins were in the offensive zone battling behind the net for the puck. Hornqvist would win the battle and get the puck up to Trevor Daley, who some have criticized in recent games for not shooting as much as he should. Well, this time he did. Hornqvist deflected the shot which was stoped by Mrazek, but Cullen buried the rebound to give the Penguins a 2-1 lead that they carried into the intermission.
Early in the 2nd, the Red Wings once again tied the game at 2. Quincy carried the puck into the zone and dropped it off to Glendening at the blue line. He fired a shot on net that was blocked, but the first man on the puck was Red Wings young superstar rookie Dylan Larkin who made a quick backhand move on Fleury to score.
Just 24 seconds later, Phil Kessel gave the Penguins the lead right back. Crosby was being hounded by 4 Detroit defenders, including one of the best defensive forwards in that of Datsyuk, but Crosby was able to shed them all off and give a pass to Kessel who was flying into the zone on the right side. He ripped his shot far side on Mrazek to give the Penguins a 3-2 lead…he wasn’t done.
Then it was Scott Wilson scoring his first NHL goal to give the Penguins a 4-2 lead. Although Wilson scored the goal, I give about 90% of the credit of that goal to Conor Sheary. I mean this, he looked Crosby-esque on this shift. He turned a 2 on 3 into a 2 on 1, then battled for the puck behind the net against 3 Red Wings, then somehow got control, and whipped a pass out to Wilson. Easily the best shift I’ve seen Sheary play. The Penguins would take that 4-2 lead into the 2nd intermission.
6:26 into the 3rd, Kessel would strike once again. Kunitz passed the puck to Maatta at the point who put a quick shot in on Mrazek. Kunitz deflected the shot, and Kessel pounced on the rebound. The puck was on edge, and Kessel did not get all of his first shot, but he continued fighting and found his own rebound and buried it, giving the Penguins a 5-2 lead. Mrazek was pulled as a result of the goal.
Zetterberg closed the gap a little bit late in the third. He received a pass cross ice from Abdelkader and made a backhand deke right in front of Fleury and roofed it. It was a pretty goal I admit, but the good news is that it only made the game 5-3.
Crosby would add an empty net goal to cap off the victory, and the Penguins would win 6-3, scoring 6 goals without superstar center Evgeni Malkin. Now try and tell me that’s not impressive?!
Hornqvist had 2 assists and Kessel had 2 goals as a result of the new line change. Until Geno comes back, expect Kessel to be with Sid and Hornqvist to be with Cullen. Even when Geno comes back, there is a good chance Kessel stays with Sid if Kessel gets going in these next few games.
The Penguins are now 8-3-1 in their last 12 games under Mike Sullivan. 7 of those games are without Malkin, and almost all of them are without Fehr, Bonino, and Bennett. Column on Sully late tonight/early tomorrow.
This marks the 3rd time in 8 games that the Penguins have scored 6 goals, which is a season high.
Fleury may have allowed 3 goals but I actually felt that he played excellent. He made a couple of huge saves, and the goals he did allow were simply beautiful plays by Detroit that Fleury could not do much about.
The Penguins play back-to-back afternoon games at 12:30 against the Lightning at home on Saturday and then against Buffalo on the road on Sunday. I would expect Fleury to start on Saturday against TBL and Zatkoff on Sunday, given that Zatkoff was in net against Buffalo earlier this season when he stopped 50 of 53 shots.
Penguins Can’t Fly
November 16, 2015 November 16, 2015 Brad FranjioneBylsma, Cole, Crosby, Dumoulin, Farnham, goals against, goals for, Johnston, leader, Letang, Lovejoy, Malkin, Penguins, Penguins can't fly, Rutherford, Sprong, tradeLeave a comment
I want to take you back in time for a second…
It was 2009, and the Penguins were at one point the 10th seed in the Eastern Conference. They had to do something about it. Shero obviously felt that the players were not the problem, so he brought in a new coach: Dan Bylsma.
We all know what Bylsma did that year. He brought the Penguins from 10th to 4th in the conference, and led the Penguins to their first Stanley Cup since 1992. After that, however, Bylsma could not bring the Penguins back.
In 2010, the Penguins had a 3-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference semi-finals against the Canadiens, but they were stoned cold by Canadiens goaltender Jaroslav Halak in the final 3 games, and failed to win one of the final 3 games to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.
In 2011, the Penguins were without Crosby, Malkin, and Staal for the majority of the season. That being said, the Penguins managed to take a 3-1 series lead against Tampa Bay in the first round of the playoffs, but once again, blew the series lead and had an early exit.
In 2012, the Penguins had an early exit in the playoffs once again, this time to the Philadelphia Flyers. This was the series, if you can remember, of “which team is going to win 8-7.” Flyers won that battle.
In 2013, the Penguins were riding Tomas Vokoun into the Eastern Conference Final, but the Penguins forgot how to score goals against the Bruins, who swept the Penguins and advanced to the Cup Final.
In 2014, the Penguins, for the 3rd time under Bylsma, had a 3-1 series lead and blew it, this time to the Rangers.
Everyone, including myself, knew that big changes were coming.
Interestingly enough, the Penguins fired Shero first, and kept Bylsma. However, when Rutherford was hired as the new Pens’ GM, his first order of business was to fire Bylsma, due to his lack of success with the Penguins in the playoffs.
But, at least he was able to get the Penguins to the playoffs consistently, often as a top 4 seed in the conference (4th seed 4 times, 2 seed once, 1 seed once)
The Penguins were a top 5 team in goals for per game under Bylsma in the regular season, with the excpetion of the 2010-2011 season when they were without Crosby, Malkin, and Staal for half of the season. They actually finished 1st in goals for per game in back to back seasons (2011-2012 and 2012-2013).
That being said, Rutherford felt that Bylsma needed to go.
Rutherford continued making moves, as he traded James Neal to Nashville for Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling. He also made the decision to hire Mike Johnston, who had success coaching in the QMJHL with the Winterhawks, but never had NHL coaching experience.
The Penguins had a new coach, new GM, a ton of new players, and a ton of questions entering last season, the 2014-2015 season. Well, the Penguins started that season 12-3-1, and it really looked like the Penguins were rolling.
Ever since that, this Penguins team has looked terrible.
Pardon, embarrassing.
Similar to 2009, changes need to happen, and they need to happen fast.
Despite early season success, under Johnston, the Penguins were the 8th seed last year, making the playoffs by beating the lowly Buffalo Sabres on the last game of the season, and currently sit in the final wild card spot this season.
Tough to have success in the playoffs if you can’t even get there.
I was listening to 93.7 the fan this morning, keeping in mind that this is a Steelers Sunday here in Pittsburgh, and they were talking about hockey. Yeah, I’m not kidding.
I heard multiple fans call in, most saying that they have been die-hard Penguins fans since the 70’s. Many of them, if not all of them, said that this Penguins team is the most embarrassing thing they have ever seen. They feel embarrassed to watch the Penguins.
Wow. That’s powerful.
See, I’m not crazy! This team is really just pathetic, and it seems like a ton of people have the same opinion as me. This includes the players.
Josh Yohe of DK on Pittsburgh Sports asked Malkin what is wrong with the Penguins, minutes after a 10 minute closed-door team meeting after the Penguins were pathetically defeated by the Devils 4-0. Malkin responded, “Everything. We don’t play right. We don’t play hard, we’re mad at each other.”
Malkin is right. Everything is wrong.
Rutherford made it a priority to create an offensive juggernaut in Pittsburgh. He traded for Phil Kessel to give Malkin and Crosby an all-star winger to work with. He signed Eric Fehr, a solid bottom 6 player. He traded for Nick Bonino, a quick, electric 3rd line center who can kill penalties. He drafted Daniel Sprong, who has arguably been the most energetic and dynamic Penguins player (more on him later).
How have the Penguins responded?
By scoring 36 goals in 17 games. Those 36 goals rank 27th in the NHL.
A team with Crosby, Malkin, Kessel, Hornqvist, Sprong, Bonino…ranks 27th in the NHL in goals for.
However, this lack of goals is not a new problem. It’s an ongoing problem.
According to DK on Pittsburgh Sports (great site, I recommend you subscribe), the Penguins have averaged 2.18 goals for per game in their last 82 games, representing a full season.
Additionally, the Penguins this season are scoring 2.12 goals per game. On average, NHL teams are scoring 2.67 goals per game. So the Penguins are scoring .5 goals less than an average NHL team any given night, and their record is somehow 10-7. The Penguins should be thankful that they are at least in a hole that they can dig themselves out of.
To put these goals for per game stats in perspective, the 2003-2004 Rico Fata/Dick Tarnstrom Penguins scored 2.32 goals per game. They finished 30th in the NHL. Last place.
Yeah, it’s that bad.
Sidney Crosby has only 2 goals and 7 assists (9 points) in 17 games. Even Evgeni Malkin, who leads the Penguins in points, only has 12, with 4 goals and 8 assists.
Sidney Crosby was putting up a 1.41 points per game clip under Therrien, and was putting up a 1.43 points per game clip under Bylsma. Both of these figures would be fourth best in NHL history behind only Gretzky, Lemieux, and Bossy, according to DK on Pittsburgh Sports.
Under Johnston? Crosby is down to .99 points per game, including a .53 points per game clip this season. This means Crosby is on pace for 43 points this season, and that’s if he stays healthy and plays all 82 games.
Even Evgeni Malkin is only on pace for 58 points.
Oh, and Bobby Farnham, a fourth line guy that was placed on waivers and was picked up by the Devils, currently is tied with Crosby for goals, and has more goals than either Kunitz or Perron after his goal last night. I love Farnham, but let’s just say he is not necessarily a gifted goal-scorer.
Both Malkin and Crosby need to start producing the way that they can, and it starts with being more selfish with the puck. I still believe in Crosby and Malkin. They are still both 2 of the best players in the game today. But they need to PLAY that way.
When I say play selfish, I don’t mean they should never pass the puck, but these players need to realize who they are. When Crosby first got drafted by Pittsburgh, he was pretty much the only thing the Pens had at that point. He knew he had to step up. He had to be selfish. That’s not the case any more.
Now Crosby has Letang, Malkin, Kessel, and Hornqvist just to name a few. I get the feeling that all of these players have that feeling of “spreading the wealth” around, and so they force passes and force plays instead of just playing the way they are capable.
Crosby, and even Malkin for that matter, could be right atop the scoring race if they just played more selfish. They cannot put their talent to waste, especially on a team that is so dependent on these guys producing. Want an example? Watch guys like Vladimir Tarasenko, Alex Ovechkin, or Patrick Kane play.
Heck, Tarasenko predicted himself to score 50 goals this year. That is confidence. That’s selfishness. And I LOVE it.
So Malkin said everything is wrong, and I just talked about offense.
So, what else is wrong?
Well, the power play is pretty bad. Scratch that, really bad. Pathetic, actually. *Insert other adjectives here*. The Penguins rank 29th in the NHL, as their power play is only clicking at 12.3%, scoring only 7 times 57 opportunities. The so-called first unit has scored 5 of the 7 power play goals, but then again, who knows which unit is the Penguins’ top unit at this point.
I think the power play improves by having guys like Crosby and Malkin be selfish with the puck. Watch teams that are good on the power play. It is so simple. One or two passes, and a quick low one-timer on net. The Penguins power play is more like 10 or 12 passes (if one of them does not get picked off), and then someone misses the net on a wide angle shot and the puck clears the zone.
In addition to the offense and the power play, the defense has not been good.
Wait, what? But the Penguins have only allowed 2.18 goals per game, ranking 4th in the NHL! How has their defense not been good?
Well, the reason is because Marc-Andre Fleury. He has been absolutely spectacular for the Penguins, and even Zatkoff has looked solid in his few starts. Without this goaltending tandem, the Penguins could easily be 5-12, if not worse. Goaltending has been the only consistent bright spot for the Penguins up to this point in the season.
The Penguins’ top pair of defense, Letang and Cole, are at a plus/minus of -12 and -11 respectively. And it took Mike Johnston until 2 games ago to realize that this defensive pair was clearly not working. This, considering that Letang noted multiple times that he felt as though he and Cole were never on the same page.
Remember that Lovejoy guy that everyone complained about us acquiring last year? Yeah, he’s been our best defenseman this year. Although I am very happy to see Lovejoy playing well, he should not be our best defenseman, but right now, he is.
Dumoulin is close behind him, and him and Lovejoy have actually looked excellent.
Past that shutdown pair of Dumoulin and Lovejoy, Maatta is inexistent, Letang is taking bad penalties and cannot run the power play, Cole is playing way more than he should in a role he should not be in, and Scuderi is just slow and should not even be in the NHL at this point.
I would start giving Clendening more chances to play, and even consider calling up Pouliot. The Penguins need to get something going, and both of these players are young, fast defensemen, and Pouliot is known to be a power play quarterback. It won’t happen, but just a thought…
So now I’ve talked about defense and offense, but once again, Malkin said that everything is wrong.
What is the biggest problem for the Penguins right now? It should be pretty obvious at this point: the Penguins need a new coach. Right now.
So let’s talk about what’s wrong with Mike Johnston.
First of all, he has made so many questionable moves within his lineup.
He has played Adam Clendening once, who was arguably one of their best defenseman during camp. He continues to play Rob Scuderi, who pretty much scored the first goal of the game for the Devils last night.
He kept Ian Cole and Letang together for 16 games when they clearly continued to struggle.
He took Hornqvist away from Crosby, right when Hornqvist was finally finding his groove.
He has not given Daniel Sprong, probably the most electric Penguins forward that actually plays selfish, a chance to play with Crosby or Malkin. Why not?
Look at the Hawks, clearly a team that has succeeded in recent years to say the least. Last year, they had a young rookie named Teuvo Terravinen. No one knew who he was, and then the Hawks let him play with Toews/Kane in the top 6. He ended up playing a huge role in their Stanley Cup win.
This year, the Hawks have a rookie named Artemi Panarin. Who is he? He leads all rookies in scoring, and plays alongside Patrick Kane in the top 6.
Why aren’t they giving Sprong this chance?!
He has a terrific shot, he is quick, and has some slick hands. I had a twitter conversation with Dan Kingerski of 93.7 the fan, and he said that if Sprong played with Crosby/Malkin, he would get discouraged.
Discouraged?! He would get discouraged by playing with Crosby, who is projected for 43 points?! If anything, I think Sprong would help Crosby and discourage HIM, because Sprong would actually shoot the puck and focus on creating offense, and would probably be successful at it.
Even with Hornqvist hurt, Sprong is never going to get that chance, because it makes way too much sense to let him play with Sid.
In addition, Mike Johnston is so neutral. He does not have any energy as a coach, no fire, and clearly has these players playing poorly.
I hear all these reports about how Malkin’s defensive game has improved this year. Yeah, that’s great. How about let Malkin score some goals and creating offense rather than focusing on defense.
So the Steelers should probably teach Ben Roethlisberger how to play linebacker, and practice his tackling ability in case of a turnover right?
If Mike Johnston was the coach of the Steelers, let’s say that I wouldn’t be shocked.
Seriously, watch this guy behind the bench (if he s able to live another day with the Penguins). He looks so disinterested and disgusted. One of the most important jobs as a coach is to help your team through adversity.
As a coach, if your team goes down 2-0, call a timeout. Talk to your team at intermission. Get them pumped up. The game isn’t over yet…well, it is under Johnston.
Even the Penguins announcer has been less enthusiastic while in introducing the Penguins onto their home ice at Consol Energy Center. I think Mike Johnston is depressing this guy, and he isn’t even on the team.
I don’t know. Look at Mike Johnston and try to tell me he is a guy that could pump you up. If your answer is yes, try again. You’re wrong.
This supposed offensive juggernaut can’t score goals because they’re trapped playing a defensive minded system. It’s that simple. Johnston needs to go, and it needs to happen sooner than later.
Even Jim Rutherford, before this weekend’s epic collapse, said that he was not pleased with how the team was playing. This was after the Penguins’ 10-2 run in 12 games. He sees it, and he knows it.
Jim, make your move, and do it now while you still have the chance. Please. He even said he wants to make a trade for a top 3 or 4 defenseman. Sooner than later would work better, because the Penguins need something to jump-start them right now. Maybe that is it.
I do want to say this: I do not think Mike Johnston is a bad coach. He isn’t. He is a bad coach for THIS team. He just does not fit.
That being said, since Mike Johnston is about as energetic as me walking to my Monday morning classes at Duquesne, the Penguins players need to step up. The role players need to step up. Now.
Evgeni Malkin did. He told the media straight up that this team is not playing right, and that they need to show more effort and grit moving forward. He called out the Penguins, and every player on this team needed that.
Crosby talked with the media as well, but did not call out the team nearly as strong as Malkin did.
I think Malkin is the true leader of this team, and there are times, especially now, where I think Malkin should be wearing the “C.”
Hear me out. I know that Sid is the franchise tag, and he is a great player, but Sid has never struck me as a “put the team on my back” kind of player. He just doesn’t seem like a TRUE leader to me sometimes. But I see the leadership qualities in Malkin.
If the Penguins made that switch (which again, will never happen), I think Crosby would get a wake-up call. I think he would really feel like he has to earn his place on the team, and I really believe that Malkin is the leader here.
Remember a few years when Malkin said “Relax,” and the Penguins went on some huge winning streak? This isn’t coincidence.
I cannot control what Rutherford does, what Johnston does, or what any of these players do, but what I will say is that they need to respond. But I do not just mean against Minnesota on Tuesday night.
This entire season needs to be a response, from the GM, coaches, and players, and it needs to start now. Can the Penguins do it?
Who knows, but don’t get your hopes up, because Penguins Can’t Fly.
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An energetic homecoming
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Ryan Macnamara, Director of Pricing, NorthStar Energy.
Four years after embarking on an experiential quest, Ryan Macnamara is armed with the knowledge and know-how to help propel NorthStar into its (sustainable) future.
By Hilary Reeves
Ryan Macnamara was still studying marketing at Western Washington University in Bellingham when he decided to pursue an internship to help launch his career after graduation.
“I had a deep respect for Mike Garvey, whom I’d known from childhood, and I was interested in coming to join the Saltchuk family,” he said. “I reached out to him, and he put me in touch with a number of companies.”
It was Delta Western, Macnamara said, that most excited him – and the feeling was mutual. He began his decade-long stint with the company in Seattle a week after he graduated in 2004. By 2014, Macnamara was happily managing a bevy of accounts.
“I put my marketing degree to use learning the Alaska business, but after 10 years spent learning contract creation and management, the different types of accounts, and how to manage the relationships, I recognized that my primary gap as a professional was related to my limited operational experience,” he said.
In the early years, the solution seemed obvious: when the time was right, Macnamara and his wife would move to one of the company’s terminals in Alaska so he could begin a more “hands-on” phase of his career. But once the eldest of his two sons reached Kindergarten, he knew a move to Alaska wasn’t in the cards anymore.
“There was a time period where it would have worked, but by the time I really needed to make a change, we couldn’t do Alaska anymore,” he explained.
Enter Covich Williams, a local, family-owned Chevron marketer.
“I was approached by Covich Williams and I was immediately struck by how similar their business was to one of Delta Western’s Alaska terminals,” said Macnamara. “The company’s general manager of 30 years was leaving, and they needed a new GM to step in and manage inside and outside sales, the warehouse, drivers – everything I was looking for in terms of experience and exposure.”
Delta Western’s management was encouraging and left the door open – so Macnamara took the job.
“I learned a heck of a lot. I’m happy that I did it,” he said.
Bridging the gap with a new team
Four years later, Macnamara is back in the Saltchuk fold – this time at NorthStar, Delta Western’s parent company, working as a Director of Pricing under VP of Supply and Logistics Don Stone.
“This year, the time was finally right,” he said. “Under new NorthStar leadership, Delta Western was making big changes. I’d heard that a shared service model was being rolled out whereby critical business functions were being done at the parent company level in order to strengthen the role of site managers at the terminal locations, allowing them to focus on their strengths, take greater ownership over the performance of their local businesses, and know that they have a supportive team behind them at NorthStar.”
Macnamara has been in the office for just a month but said he already feels a synergy between his past experience, both at Delta Western and at Covich Williams, and his new role.
“With my new understanding of operations from Covich Williams I saw a perfect opportunity to join Don (Stone),” he said. “Don needed someone experienced who could take the lead developing pricing strategies for each Delta Western terminal. I would be able to have an immediate, measurable impact on the business overall, and for each one of the sites.”
Macnamara, who knew Stone from his years at Delta Western, said he’s always admired Stone’s ability to see opportunities in a complex network of interconnected, moving parts.
“He could make things come to life that other people weren’t able to even see, and you wanted to be a part of that,” he said. “Don was building up a new group dedicated to finding supply efficiencies on behalf of existing markets while probing growth opportunities in entirely new places. This team would allow me to make an impact as a connector between that global supply strategy and the local markets that I knew well. I’m excited to be a part of bridging the gap between those two worlds.”
‘A bit surreal’
One thing that’s been brought to the forefront in the years since Macnamara left is that NorthStar is an energy company chock-full of energy solutions.
“I now have the opportunity to explore energy alternatives that are a focus of this new NorthStar-Delta Western regime more than ever,” he said. “The change that thrills me the most is bridging the gap between the energy of today and the energy solutions of tomorrow. I’m thrilled to be supporting site managers so directly as a connector between the parent company shared service model and the boots-on-the-ground operations; I truly care about our sites.”
One thing that hasn’t changed, Macnamara said, is that everyone wears a lot of hats.
“It’s been a big whirlwind – a bit surreal. There’s a completely different team in place. I’m still learning about the team and the different roles and how things have changed. There’s a lot to tackle. Luckily, we have someone at the helm in Bert (Valdman) who’s a real visionary. I’m just loving being back.”
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International Trademark Filing in India – The Madrid Protocol
India adopted Madrid Protocol in 2013
The Madrid Protocol is a WIPO administered treaty to simplify the process of filing trademarks across multiple jurisdictions
Trademark applications can be filed in India under the Madrid Protocol when India is either the origin country or the designated country
If India is the origin country, the Indian Trademarks Registry (TMR) will receive the applications for international registrations of trademark
If India is the designated country, the international trademark application is filed with WIPO selecting India as the designated country
ADVANTAGES OF THE MADRID SYSTEM
Single application based system in one language (English, French and Spanish) with a strict time limit established under the Protocol. Thus the procedure becomes more cost effective, faster and with wide ranging international application.
Further chance of extending geographical application of the trademark along with any other changes, is recorded by the International Bureau and have effect through a single procedure.
No local limitations towards the trademark unless the contracting country raise objections. Thus allowing a necessary removal of local intermediaries and making it a smooth functioning system, internationally.
Replying to Provisional refusal in India under Madrid Protocol
International Trademarks and Brand Protection
Provisional refusal in India under Madrid Protocol Services
Provisional refusal in India under Madrid Protocol: Although, it is not possible to register a particular brand as “International Trademark”, the Madrid Protocol system provides an easy solution to the companies and individuals if the country in which they want to register their trademark has signed up the Madrid Protocol.
India signed up for Madrid Protocol With WIPO in the year 2013. Madrid System, including Madrid Agreement and Protocol relating to Madrid Agreement, is an international treaty to facilitate international registration of trademarks and management of trademark applications worldwide.
How Madrid Protocol Trademark System Works in Favour of Brand & Trademark Owners
It can be used to file and register the trademark in the home country, for example, resident of India will file trademark in India first and subsequently be able to secure wider trademark protection globally. Once the Indian trademark application is filed before the Indian Trademark Office, one can extend the trademark registration in other countries by using a single trademark application. The details of the single trademark application should include desired countries in which you want to seek trademark protection.
Overall costs for filing trademark under Madrid protocol will depend on the applicable official government fees of the designated countries in which you are applying to register your trademark brand, and the number of trademark classes.
Filing International Trademark Applications Under Madrid Protocol With WIPO – Procedure, Cost and Requirements for Indian Trademarks
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Madrid Agreement and Madrid Protocol – Governing Treaties
The treaties provide an easy and cost effective way of filing international trademarks. Once the trademarks are registered by respective designated offices, the Madrid protocol further provides simple procedures to manage international registrations.
Provisional refusal in India under Madrid Protocol: Office of Origin
The trademark office that receives application under Madrid protocol is known as office of origin.
Provisional refusal in India under Madrid Protocol: Designated Offices
The trademark applicant can designate one or more trademark offices as contracting party, which is then notified about filing of trademark application under Madrid protocol by WIPO.
Provisional refusal in India under Madrid Protocol: Madrid Protocol Application – General Procedure
Usually, once the international trademark application is filed with designation of countries with the office of origin, the contents of said application are verified by said office of origin. Once done, the application is forwarded to WIPO, which is then published by WIPO and subsequently, WIPO notifies all the designated offices. Thereafter, each designated office examines the trademark application as per respective trademark laws, rules and procedures.
Madrid Trademark Application in India
The Indian Trademark Office is authorized to receive an international trademark application under Madrid Protocol.
Madrid Trademark Application in India – Requirements
The basic criteria to file Madrid Trademark Application in India requires applicant to be eligible to file said trademark application, which essentially requires the applicant to be an Indian national or having a place of business in India. In addition, the Indian trademark office requires an existing trademark application, known as the basic application, and designation of one or more countries wherein international trademark protection is required.
Documents Required for Filing Trademarks in India
The Indian Trademark Office requires an international trademark application under Madrid Protocol to be accompanied by an application form, power of attorney, payment of handling fee, and payment of international designation fee (in Swiss Francs) payable to WIPO.
Madrid Trademark Application – Role of Office of Origin
During the process of receiving an application for international trademark registration under Madrid System, the office of origin plays an important role. After receiving the application, the office of origin verifies the contents, certifies the application and forwards it to WIPO for publication and notification to designated offices. Subsequently, the office of origin receives details of irregularities in the application, if any, and further communicates with WIPO regarding status of basic trademark application.
Responding to Provisional Refusal from the Indian Trademark Office under Madrid Protocol
The Indian Trademark Office examines every international trademark registration designating India received from the International Bureau of WIPO. An International Registration Designating India (IRDI) number is allotted by the Trade Marks Registry to every International Registration in which India has been designated. The trademark examiner examines the Brand trademark on the ground of non-distinctiveness and similarities to registered trademarks and pending trademarks before the Indian Trademark Registry.
While examining the trademark application, if there is any objection for protection of such trademark registration in India, a provisional refusal is notified to the International Bureau of WIPO within 18 months from the date the international registration was notified to India.
General objections raised by Trademark Registry in India | Trademark Objections under Provisional Refusal In India
9(1){a) under Indian Trademark Law- The objection is raised under S 9(1) (a) of the Trade Marks Act 1999, as the mark is non-distinctive and as such it is not capable of distinguishing the services of one person from those of others.,
11(1) under Indian Trademark Law – The objection is raised under S 11 (1) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999, as the mark is identical with or similar to earlier marks in respect of identical or similar description of services and because of such identity or similarity there exists a likelihood of confusion on the part of the public.
The provisional refusal includes an Examination Report containing objections. The International Bureau records the provisional refusal in the international register and provides the details of such provisional refusal to the trademark applicant of the international registration.
The provisional refusal is recorded in the International Register, together with an indication of the date on which the notification was sent. The provisional refusal is also published in the WIPO Gazette, with an indication as to whether the refusal is total (i.e. relates to all the goods and services covered by the designation) or partial (i.e., relates to only some of those goods and and services covered)
Responding to Provisional Refusal Issued by the Indian Trademark Office under the Madrid Protocol
The trademark applicant can respond to the provisional refusal by engaging a trademark agent or an Indian trademark attorney having address in India by executing a Power of Attorney in the favour of the agent/attorney.
Follow the Deadline Dates | Trademark Response Deadline to Respond to the Objections:
The normal deadline to respond to trademark objections raised by the Indian Trademark Office is 1 month from the date of receipt of the provisional refusal notification by the trademark applicant. Technically, once the trademark applicant receives the provisional refusal notification from the International Bureau of WIPO the last date to respond to provisional refusal can be calculated.
Note: If you have opted to receive notifications from the International Bureau of WIPO by paper mail, it is advisable to retain the postal receipt. So, if there is a delay by the post the date of receipt of the provisional refusal from WIPO, the postal receipt will act as documentary evidence.
What to do if you miss the deadline / extension of timeline to respond to trademark objections raised by the Indian Trademark Office?
The Indian trademark attorney can file an application for extension of time and the same is at the discretion of the trademark office. The Trade Marks Registry (TMR) office of India then considers the response of the trademark applicant of the international registration and may either confirm the refusal or move for advertisement of the international registration in the Trade Marks Journal.
Amending detailed description of different trademark goods/services:
Any amendments in goods/services in respect of the Indian trademark application needs to be made only at the International Bureau of WIPO and the same needs to be notified to the Indian Trademark Office by the International Bureau of WIPO.
Relevant legal provisions in Indian Trademark Law for International Trademark Applications Filed under Madrid Protocol
Section 36E (2) of the Trade Marks Act 1999
Rule 67H of the Trade Marks Rules 2002
Articles 4 & 5 of the Madrid Protocol
Rules 17, 18 & 18ter of the Common Regulations
A new interpretation/definition clause has been inserted in accordance with the Madrid Protocol in Indian Trademark Law (S.36B read with Rule 67A).
Applicant or registered proprietor of trademark under section 18 or under section 23 (‘basic application’ or ‘basic registration’) of the Act may make an international application in Form MM2 (E) along with prescribed fees in Swiss francs.
The Registrar shall certify & forward it to the International Bureau within two months from the date of receipt of the said application & for this, a fee of INR 2000 is payable to the Registrar towards handling charges (S. 36D read with Rule 67E & 67F).
A separate record for international registration where India has been designated shall be kept by the Registrar called the ‘Record of Particulars of International Registration (S. 36E read with Rule 67G).
For a period of five years from the date of an international registration, if the initial basic national application/registration ceases to have effect, through a withdrawal, refusal, cancellation following a decision of the Office of origin, or Court, or voluntary cancellation, or non-renewal, the international registration will no longer be protected. After the expiry of a period of five years from the date of international registration, the registration becomes independent of the basic registration or basic application (S.36D & S.36E).
Provided that, where an appeal is made against the decision of registration nd an action requesting withdrawal of application or an opposition to the application has been initiated before the expiry of the period of five years of an international registration, any final decision resulting in withdrawal, cancellation, expiration or refusal shall be deemed to have taken place before the expiry of five years of the international registration. (Provision of Sub-section 5 of Section 36D).
The Registrar shall examine the application within 2 months where India has been designated. If grounds for objection are found during the examination by the Registrar, or if an opposition is filed, the Registrar can declare a provisional refusal (within 18 months of receipt of the application’s notification from the International Bureau for India) for protection of the mark in that member country (S.36E read with Rule 67H).
The international registration of a trade mark at the International Bureau shall be for a period of ten years and may be renewed for a period of ten years from the expiry of the preceding period and subject to payment of a surcharge prescribed by the rules, a grace period of six months shall be allowed for renewal of the international registration (s. 36G).
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New Bestseller Reveals Liberal Women Carried the Day for Kavanaugh
Ken Blackwell · Jul. 15, 2019
Pundits credit different events for turning the tide on now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s contentious Supreme Court confirmation. Some point to Kavanaugh’s impassioned testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Still others say it was Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) fiery speech, in which he lambastes his Democratic Judiciary Committee colleagues for withholding the allegations against Kavanaugh and then leaking those allegations at the most politically opportune time for Senate liberals.
As Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino detail in their just-released bestselling book, Justice on Trial, Democrats might have succeeded in derailing Kavanaugh’s nomination if it weren’t for the courageous women who bucked the progressive groupthink and stood true to their moral compass — namely Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), traditionally more moderate and left-of-center than her Republican peers, and registered Democrat Leland Keyser, a childhood friend of Kavanaugh accuser Professor Christine Blasey Ford.
“I think [Sen.] Collins … did more to expose the ugliness of the controversy around the Kavanaugh [nomination] process than any other senator,” then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) tweeted after Sen. Collins delivered a 43-minute statement explaining her rationale for voting to confirm to the Supreme Court now-Justice Kavanaugh. “I commend [Sen.] Collins for her thoughtfulness [and] am proud to have her support for such a well[-]qualified nominee.”
Sen. Collins' speech covered a lot of ground and systematically addressed the allegations against the judicial nominee, his credentials, and firsthand analysis of the longtime litigator and judge, including commentary from Lisa Blatt, an abortion proponent and former clerk to left-leaning Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
“Lisa Blatt, who has argued more cases before the Supreme Court than any other woman in history, testified, ‘By any objective measure, Judge Kavanaugh is clearly qualified to serve on the Supreme Court. His opinions are invariably thoughtful and fair,’” said Collins. “[Blatt] also observed that Judge Kavanaugh is remarkably committed to promoting women in the legal profession.”
Indeed, Kavanaugh is ahead of the times and his peers when it comes to putting women on his payroll. As Erin Hawley, associate professor of law at the University of Missouri and a former clerk to Chief Justice John Roberts, said in a Chicago Sun-Times column ahead of Kavanaugh’s confirmation, he “has hired more women as law clerks than men. Eighty-four percent of those women have gone on to clerk at the Supreme Court. And he is the only D.C. Circuit judge to have ever hired four women in the same year for a clerkship.”
Kavanaugh’s sterling legal credentials and history of supporting women in the legal profession, however, isn’t all that was necessary to quiet the partisan fury stirred up against the nominee. Kavanaugh’s future on the Court hinged on whether the allegations against him could be prosecuted in a court of law. In other words, could others back up the allegations? As it turns out, nobody could back up Blasey Ford’s story, and star prosecutor Rachel Mitchell said as much in a memorandum for members of the Senate Judiciary Committee after cross-examining Blasey Ford.
“Dr. Ford identified other witnesses to the event, and those witnesses either refuted her allegations or failed to corroborate them,” Mitchell says. “All three named eyewitnesses have submitted statements to the Committee denying any memory of the party whatsoever. Most relevantly, in her first statement to the Committee, Ms. Keyser stated through counsel that, ‘[s]imply put, Ms. Keyser does not know Mr. Kavanaugh and she has no recollection of ever being at a party or gathering where he was present, with, or without, Dr. Ford.’”
It was Blasey Ford’s word against Kavanaugh’s, and our American tradition of “innocent until proven guilty” reigned victorious in the end thanks to Keyser’s statement — and thanks to Sen. Collins who, in good conscience, couldn’t torpedo the confirmation of a man with an otherwise outstanding reputation based on toothless allegations that a “reasonable prosecutor” wouldn’t even bring before the committee. Likewise, as Justice on Trial reveals: Despite being Ford’s friend, despite her desire not to see Kavanaugh on the court, and despite being pressured to lie in order to sink his nomination, Keyser’s integrity won out.
As Sen. Collins said, “That such an allegation can find its way into the Supreme Court confirmation process is a stark reminder about why the presumption of innocence is so ingrained in our American consciousness.”
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New Details: inFAMOUS Second Son
Posted: August 22, 2013 in PS4, PS4
Tags: bioshock infinite, delsin rowe, gamescom, Infamous, infamous second son, laura bailey, ps vita, ps3, ps4, Sony, suckpunch productions, travis willingham, troy baker
What’s up All-Stars? We’re in the midst of a massive flood of information, spilling out of the Gamescom 2013 dam. Most of the new info is regarding Sony and it’s PS4. As many of you know, inFAMOUS is my favorite franchise in gaming, and a personal favorite of Podcast Infinite team. I’ll break down new details that I gleaned from the Gamescom trailer of inFAMOUS Second Son. Here we go!
A new voice actress –
Is that…Laura Bailey, I mean Laura Willingham?
Delsin Rowe, the main character of inFAMOUS Second Son, is played by the illustrious, Troy Baker. Delsin meets a new character, who just so happens to be a conduit, in the Gamescom trailer. Her name is Abigail Walker (no, not related to Ryan), aka Fetch. Now, by listening to her voice and simply looking at her face, I can tell you with 99.999% certainty that she is played by Laura Bailey. Who is Laura Bailey, you ask? Well, she’s Lady Comstock in BioShock Infinite. But more importantly, she’s married to Travis Willingham. Troy Baker was Willingham’s best man in his wedding. And, Willingham plays Delsin’s (Baker) older brother in inFAMOUS Second Son, Reggie. So, even though Laura Bailey has not yet been confirmed as Fetch’s actress, you heard it here first. inFAMOUS Second Son is like one big star-studded family affair!
Delsin’s new power –
Delsin is a conduit, just like Cole MacGrath was in the first two inFAMOUS games. But unlike Cole, Delsin’s real ability isn’t locked to just one specific power. Delsin’s true conduit ability is to absorb the powers of any conduit he comes into contact with. As mentioned above, Fetch is a conduit herself. At first glimpse, it looks like her power is electricity just like Cole MacGrath. But, why is her energy pink in color? It’s because she’s a girl, right? Wrong! Delsin touches Fetch and absorbs her powers and it’s still a pink hue for him, as well. Hmmmm. Well, SuckerPunch has since confirmed that Fetch’s power involves neon. Yes, neon. You know, neon signs. However, there is no word as to how you actually use neon as a power. We do know that you can recharge your neon powers by absorbing neon out of those classic vibrant bar signs.
Delsin’s two confirmed powers are smoke and neon. He is able to recharge his smoke power by passing by exploded cars, buildings on fire, etc. He can also disintegrate and dodge enemy attacks, fly, pass through chain-link fences and air ducts, and suffocate enemies with his smoke abilities. I’m sure there will be much, much more things Delsin will be able to do with his smoke powers, and vastly different things with the other powers he gains…like neon.
Neon Delsin
inFAMOUS Second Son’s release date –
It has been confirmed that inFAMOUS Second Son will be released in February 2014. The exact date is still unknown. With the PS4 launching in North America on November 15 of this year, February is a mere 3 months after launch. However, many of us agree that those will be the three longest months of our lives.
A return to comic book cut-scenes –
In the Gamescom trailer, we briefly see the infamous comic-book-style cut scenes that started in the original inFAMOUS. There was hardly any in inFAMOUS 2, and it’s that amazing art style that helps tell the overall story! Good news, it looks like they’re back in full force. Well done SuckerPunch!
Cut-scene from inFAMOUS 1
What does Second Son mean –
At this point, we only have two trailers and a brief gameplay demo to gather as much information on inFAMOUS Second Son as possible. But, let me start to decipher what “Second Son” might mean.
1. The main character, Delsin Rowe, has an older brother, Reggie. That makes him the second son in his family…literally.
2. The only other main character in an inFAMOUS game has been Cole MacGrath. This makes the brand-new Delsin, the second playable character in the inFAMOUS series.
3. In the first two inFAMOUS games, there was a group of people called “The First Sons.” These people were responsible for the development of the Ray Sphere (what gave Cole his electric powers). Without spoiling the games, The First Sons were quickly villainized in the story-line. So who are The Second Sons? Who knows at this point. Just know that The First Sons played a major role in the two previous inFAMOUS games.
Second Son!
For more on inFAMOUS Second Son in the coming months and all things PS4, PS3 and PS Vita keep it here on Podcast Infinite.
The Infamous Cole MacGrath
Posted: July 7, 2013 in Blogs, PS3, PS4
Tags: ashley johnson, Cole, Game, Infamous, infinite, PI, playstation, podcast, podcast infinite, ps2, ps3, ps4, Sony, Sucker Punch Productions, troy baker, video games, vita
I am on the record saying that The Last of Us is now my favorite game of all time. But, the inFAMOUS franchise is my favorite in gaming. It’s my favorite franchise for various reasons. I’ll explain why, by diving into Sucker Punch, Cole as a hero and open-world games. Let’s get to it!
Sucker Punch’d
Sucker Punch Productions, the developer of inFAMOUS, is my favorite gaming. Sucker Punch is based in Seattle, WA, and is one of thirteen Sony-owned studios. They are currently developing inFAMOUS: Second Son for the PS4. A few years ago, when Nate Fox and company began working on Second Son, Sony broke the bank and spent a ridiculous amount of money on Sucker Punch, in the form of a state-of-the-art motion capture studio. This mo-cap set is very similar to what Naughty Dog (another Sony-owned studio – made The Last of Us) has had at their disposal since the Uncharted days. This technology allows developers to literally capture performances from the character voice actors. It’s game changing. Sorry for the pun, but it really is. No longer do you have voice actors statically sitting in a sound booth. Now, it’s much more like a movie or a theatre show as the acting is both oral and physical. The biggest difference in games that use effective mo-cap are the subtleties in the characters. If a character is broken, you’ll see watery eyes and a tense mouth. It’s stunning. This leads to character depth and complexity. And in the end, a more believable illusion on your television. Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson have set the bar for mo-cap performances in The Last of Us and the slyly talented folks at Sucker Punch are ready to challenge that with Second Son. Guess who’s playing the lead male role in the next inFAMOUS? Troy Baker. Game on.
Troy Baker & Ashley Johnson in the mo-cap studio for The Last of Us
Cole MacGrath might be the most believable hero in any video game I’ve played. Before the events of inFAMOUS, Cole was just a normal dude. He was a mail courier. He lived paycheck to paycheck with his girlfriend, Trish and his witty best friend, Zeke. One day a package he was carrying had the Ray Sphere in it. This Ray Sphere was packed with immense energy and it exploded in Cole’s hands. It killed thousands. It demolished a good chunk of Empire City. Miraculously, Cole was not hurt. Actually, quite the opposite: he gained electric superpowers. Yes, the ability to shoot electricity out of his hands. So much for showering ever again… So Cole gains these powers and can use them for good or evil. Haven’t we heard this story before? It’s straight out of a Marvel or DC Comic, right? Wrong! Cole is a very reluctant hero. The greatest irony of inFAMOUS is that he gains these godly powers, yet he loses so much. He loses just about everything from his “mail courier life.” There’s something dark about that. There’s something real about that, even in this fictitious world. How would you respond if your world were to instantaneously change? Cole doesn’t want these powers. Neither would most of you. He acquires the “why me” syndrome. I admire Cole. A lot. He has been chewed up, spit out and to hell and back, but he still pushes forward. A reluctant embrace of his powers makes him a believable and rigid character. He has real problems, both inside and out. But, that’s okay. We all do. He’s three-dimensional, just like every one of us. Without spoiling, Cole does something (if you play with good karma) at the end of inFAMOUS 2 that puts the exclamation point on his story arc. This action shouts one thing: hero.
The hero: Cole MacGrath
Open-world Games
I’ve been on the record say that open-world games are my favorite type of video game to play. I’ve spent hundreds of hours running around in the Assassin’s Creed games, Empire City (inFAMOUS), New Marais (inFAMOUS 2), the latter three Sly Cooper games (the OG Sucker Punch franchise), Far Cry 3, Tomb Raider, etc. It’s great fun to take on challenges and missions whenever YOU want to. Of course the games I mentioned above have linear stories, so you have to advance the narrative at some point. But, it’s so easy to get lost in these vistas. And that’s what makes open-world games so special. Beautiful and believable worlds. Worlds that feel like a main character. Worlds that live and breathe. There’s hustle and bustle, everywhere. The environment only adds to the narrative, telling a supportive story in it’s own right. All you have to do is look around. Look at the graffiti, look at the architecture, look at the people. Listen to the sounds and take in the sights. One big criticism of open-world games is that all of your freedom as a player takes away from the story because you can stall it out for as long as you want. I agree with that, up to a point. Typically open-world games are packed full of collectibles that enhance the overall story being told. Side missions/objectives that are well done will again add to the overall narrative the game is telling. It’s easy to get lost in such worlds, but when they are fully realized, getting lost is a good thing. A good thing that only adds to your experience as a player. You feel like you’re there in that place and time. It’s magical. Games boil down to gameplay. Gameplay that is tight and fun is all a gamer desires. It’s simple: inFAMOUS is fun.
New Marais – inFAMOUS 2
The inFAMOUS franchise is packing a stellar resume. From a brilliant development team, to a believable and complex protagonist, to my favorite style of gameplay. It’s a creative and deep game that gets just about everything right. It’s a very special franchise to me. It touches me deep. So, naturally I am optimistically anxious to see what inFAMOUS: Second Son is all about. From the demos and previews I’ve seen and read, we’re teetering on ground-breaking territory when it comes to actor performance in an open-world game. And I can’t wait! In Nate Fox and Troy Baker we trust. February can’t come soon enough.
Thanks for reading, guys! We’re excited for where Podcast Infinite is going. We’re just a group of friends who share a common passion, video games. Our website is really coming together and the future is very bright indeed. Email us at podcastinfinite@gmail.com to be a part of the podcast or to provide discussion topics for us! For all things Playstation, weather, hockey and food, follow me on the Twitters: @WxManKyle. I still have a few spots left on my PSN friend’s list, add me and we’ll play something! ABitOfLuck151
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Beachfront Cottages Historybrandon2017-04-27T13:52:31+00:00
Historic Beachfront Cottages
1998 marked the 100th year since Alexander MacMillan (“A.M.”) Allan and his wife Satie Allan, my grandparents, purchased the land and built the ranch at Point Lobos. All of us — the six generations who have spent parts of their lives here — appreciate their foresight. A.M. Allan purchased this property in 1898 as part of a former Spanish Land Grant, which included what is known today as Point Lobos State Reserve.
Enjoy the rich history of whaling, dairy operations, abalone fishing, and canning operations which were among many thriving businesses that A.M. Allan operated on this historic property.
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Palin's advice on debt ceiling: 'Reload with reality'
(CNN)-Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had sharp words for both President Obama and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell late Wednesday as she criticized their handling of the looming debt ceiling deadline.
"It's absolutely nonsensical the lack of planning that our leaders are exercising and showing their constituents coming out of D.C. right now," she said.
The 2008 GOP nominee for vice president pulled no punches in an appearance on Fox News when it came to the actions of the president, whom she blamed for "big government job killing policies" and "fearmongering tactics" or McConnell, who proposed a short term plan she claimed "makes no sense."
"It does cede power to our president and takes away that authority that is inherent in Congress to control the economic decisions that have to be made when it comes to debt," Palin said of McConnell's short-term strategy to increase the debt ceiling in three increments.
"We cannot afford to back off and hand him a white flag saying, 'Here Mr. President we trust you you take over, you do it' because our president has failed in that area," she continued.
And though there's blame to go around, for Palin, the buck stops with Obama.
"Our president is essentially suggested the other day that he's not able to prioritize, as the chief executive of our nation he can't prioritize," she stated.
Palin, who said she'll decide on a bid for the 2012 GOP nomination for president by August or September, also gave advice to Republicans engaged in debt negotiations with the executive-in-chief.
"We cannot default but we cannot afford to retreat either, now is not the time to retreat. It's the time to reload and we reload with reality," she said.
Filed under: 2012 • Debt • Deficit • Sarah Palin
What happened with that nationwide bus tour? She quit that too?
July 15, 2011 12:57 am at 12:57 am |
I really wish she would stop making gun references every time she speaks.
July 15, 2011 01:07 am at 1:07 am |
GaryGuitar
Everybody keeps saying Palin has nothing to offer, and I'd like to set the record straight. She has a lot to offer, well, I mean she has something, er, okay she has not so much, well, I mean, Palin has, well, okay, but she is good looking and talks in that down-home Alaska way that is kind of different. Yeah, she is different. That's what she has to offer. Case closed.
smedley jones
what exactly is this cartoon character? a former governor, who quit her elected position to pursue big bucks? a former reality-show host, whose show was canceled? an "author", whose ghost-written book sales tank after the initial buying spree by "the base"? a mother to face-changing trailer-trash offspring? she's a strange, desperate media creature who is only fully functioning when the PR machine is cranking and the cameras are rolling. pitiful.
You tell 'em, Sarah. You got my vote and those of my family and friends. It's pathetic what has happened in the country since the 2008 election. We need you, someone who has guts and the experience to get us back on track.
Lee Bartholomew
Oh dear, she just used a gun reference again. Reload. Gun fanatic.. The smart republicans will get screwed by the dumb ones. And then voted out of office.
Brendan H., San Antonio, TX
Perhaps the POTUS should encorage his daughter to get knocked-up, go on the offensive defending it, quit his job to write books and pimp them, raise cash for a defense fund, and then pretend to have a clue?! Be proud GOP, she's yours......
pacman357
If this sub-moronic nitwit gets elected president, I will seriously talk with my wife about possiby moving to another country. But only because moving to another planet is not yet an available option. If I had met her at a bar at a time when we were both single, I'd likely have gone up to talk to her. Then five minutes later, I would fake a heart attack just to get away from her. Frankly, as vapid and empty-headed as Paris Hilton is, I think even she would make a better president than Palin. Come to think of it, if I were Michael Palin, I would seriously consider having my name legally changed. To anything without Palin in the name.
Kris Wood
Does she just freeze up when journalists ask her what SHOULD be done? ...oh, nevermind, I forgot, people aren't allowed to actually ask her things she hasn't pre-approved.
What I found funny and ironic were the words 'Nonsensical' and 'Sarah Palin' in the same sentence...
ddrew78
I must say, usually she scares me, but she's right with that last line: "WE CAN'T DEFAULT". Maybe there is hope for Sarah yet. Now, if she only applied that kind of brain power to everything, she may actually make a viable candidate.
Barry from Wisconsin
As usual, nothing that comes out of Palin's mouth makes any sense. Why CNN bothers to cover her at all is a mystery. WAKE UP, CNN. This country would never elect the Governor who quit to anything…. All the network is doing is giving her a forum to make more money.
johnmenacherjr
I did'nt vote for any of this. i am sick of it and i say let it ALL collapse just get my money out of the bank first. Not worth any more of any ones time. The conservative pacs run everything screw it!
kontraxed
The liberal's favorite pasttime – bashing Sarah Palin. Well, I think she's right on this topic. Debt will destroy this country. The Chinese practically own Washington D.C. right now. Let's get real. Expenditures have to go down. Pull all the troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq. Stop our involvement in the Libyan "non war". Eliminate foreign aid except to true American Allies and then only in cases of real need. Stop the huge give-away programs at home. Make people work or let them starve. It will be on their heads. If necessary, raise taxes, moderately. How about getting creative? Don't raise my taxes, take a mandatory contribution to US Savings bonds – in other words, the government would take a loan from the people rather than just imposing taxes. Finally, no more debt. So, go ahead, bash Sarah. I just wonder what your personal credit card balance must be?
She needs to put an big S on her chest because she is so right!!! Wow, it's amazing how easy it is to say things about events that already happened. Why doesn't she tear FDR a new one for not joining the war effort earlier, or tell McNamara going into Vietnam would be a bad idea. She's got my vote, run Sarah RUN!!!
Why does any news organization keep quoting this one note band? She has long lost her ability to stir up people with her poor, fire-breathing rhetoric,
hjs3
Nonsensical sound-bytes are no longer even half amusing...
Joe from CT, not Lieberman
And I bet if it were a Republican President and a Democratic Congress she would be screaming the opposite and demanding that Congress hand the President a blank-check to do what he thinks is needed.
Yes, and when you learn to put a sentance together, we'll let you play with the big kids...go back to your igloo.
Hilarious that the "death squad" liar is criticizing someone for "fear mongering"!
But... She can win!!! Yeah, right!
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Schwarzenegger asks, ‘What would Ronald Reagan have done?’
CNN's Gregory Wallace
(CNN) – Were Ronald Reagan in office today, some Republicans would “start looking for a ‘real’ conservative to challenge him in a primary,” Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote in an op-ed published Saturday evening.
The former California governor said that the man who held that office 30 years before him – before becoming president - is becoming more a distant memory than a model to some Republicans on the “extreme right.” They are playing the role of “ideological enforcers” rather than seeking inclusion and solutions, wrote Schwarzenegger, himself a Republican.
Filed under: 2012 • Arnold Schwarzenegger • California • Ronald Reagan
Schwarzenegger to address United Nations
(CNN) – Arnold Schwarzenegger will jump into the mix of world leaders convening in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly.
The former California governor, who backed strict emissions controls while in office, is set to discuss clean energy practices Tuesday at a forum focused on combating climate change in the private sector.
Filed under: Arnold Schwarzenegger • United Nations
Maria Shriver files for divorce
CNN's Alan Duke
Los Angeles (CNN)– Maria Shriver cited "irreconcilable differences" in a petition filed Friday to dissolve her 25-year marriage to former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The move comes more than a month after Schwarzenegger acknowledged that he fathered a child outside of his marriage.
Filed under: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Palin: Schwarzenegger's behavior is 'disgusting'
Washington (CNN) - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin slammed former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger late Wednesday over the recent revelation that he fathered a child with a household employee while married to Maria Shriver.
Palin called his behavior "irresponsible" and "disgusting" when asked to weigh in on the scandal during an interview on Fox Business.
Filed under: Arnold Schwarzenegger • Sarah Palin
Person close to Shriver: She is not adrift
CNN National Political Correspondent Jessica Yellin
(CNN) - A source close to Maria Shriver tells CNN it would be a mistake to assume that the former California first lady is a wreck in the wake of revelations of her husband's infidelity.
"It's a misperception that Maria is adrift, that she's lost trying to figure out where to go next," this source says, adding, "This is an empowered woman. Even her decision to leave (her husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger) was the choice of an empowered woman who knows where she's going and what she wants in life."
Filed under: Arnold Schwarzenegger • Maria Shriver
Tweet of the Day: Granholm weighs in on Arnold
@GovGranholm Another guy guv admits 2 cheating on his wife. Maybe we need more women governors. Guys: keep ur pants zipped, for Pete's sake. #Arnold
Filed under: Arnold Schwarzenegger • Jennifer Granholm • Tweet of the Day
Schwarzenegger tells LA Times he cheated
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver split
Los Angeles (CNN) - Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver announced Monday that they are "amicably separating," but there was no mention of divorce in their joint statement.
Confirmation of their split came just two weeks after the 25th anniversary of their marriage and four months after Schwarzenegger left the California governor's office.
Political Circus: Schwarzenegger drops $200 million
CNN's Ed Hornick
Washington (CNN) - Politics is serious business - but not all the time. From the halls of Congress to the campaign trail to the international stage, there's always something that gets a laugh or a second glance.
Quite an expensive investment ...
Arnold Schwarzenegger - bodybuilder turned actor turned politician - says his time as California's governor cost him at least $200 million, Reuters reports.
Filed under: Arnold Schwarzenegger • Political Circus
Well-known governors prepare to leave office
CNN Senior Producer Kevin Bohn
Washington (CNN) - Beginning Saturday and continuing over the next few weeks, some of the nation's most prominent governors will be leaving office as a new crop of state chief executives are sworn in.
Among the more well-known governors who will be leaving office: - Republicans Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, Charlie Crist of
Florida, Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and Mark Sanford of South Carolina - Democrats Bill Richardson of New Mexico, David Paterson of New York, Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania, Ted Strickland of Ohio and Jennifer Granholm of Michigan.
Filed under: Arnold Schwarzenegger • Bill Richardson • Charlie Crist • David Paterson • Ed Rendell • Gov. Mark Sanford • Jennifer Granholm • Ted Strickland • Tim Pawlenty
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Grosset Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2016 ~ Clare Valley, South Australia
James Halliday 96/100
The Wine Front 93/100
ACO certified organic
Just 800 cases of this vintage released
James Halliday ~ "Year in, year out, the most distinguished semillon sauvignon blanc blend from the eastern half of Australia, and often challenges the best Margaret River can offer. There is a particular tactile quality to the wine, and an intensity to the mix of herb, gooseberry, passionfruit and citrus that sets it apart."
Jancis Robinson ~ "Very pure fruit expression and great balance. ....Excellent extract and opulent finish."
Decanter Magazine ~ The World’s Top 10 White Winemakers #6 Jeffrey Grosset
"When the young Jeffrey Grosset launched his own winery in the Clare Valley in the early 1980’s, he was swimming against the tide. Back then, Chardonnay was the rising star of Australian Wine. But Grosset wanted to make Riesling, and to focus on letting the grapes speak for themselves. The rest of the Australian wine industry has, of course, caught up with Grosset since, thanks in part to the example set by this focused, restlessly intelligent winemaker. By consistently producing arguably Australia’s two best Rieslings – the flowery, lime-rich Watervale and the steely, firm Polish Hill – Grosset has not only helped steer the reversal in this variety’s fortunes, but has provided one of the country’s most powerful arguments in favour of the reality of terroir"
Grosset Wines are an independently owned winery producing highly regarded premium wines. Established in 1981, the winery is situated in the historic township of Auburn at the southern tip of the Clare Valley, 100 kilometers north of Adelaide.
Jeffrey Grosset, owner, and founder, has always been an innovator, challenging tradition and questioning accepted practices. He campaigned to institute the legal integrity of the Riesling grape in Australia, was a leading proponent for the introduction of screwcap closures and privately funded research into the subject.
Grosset Wines’ philosophy has remained steadfast over thirty years. The emphasis is on the purity of fruit. The estate vineyards, which are ACO certified organic, are hand tended and each bunch of grapes is harvested at optimum ripeness.
Grosset has found an amazing synergy between Clare semillon and Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc and produced a white which is significantly different from the same blend from Margaret River. 2015 is an excellent vintage of the wine – fresh, bright and vibrant, redolent of gooseberry, lychees, fresh garden herb flavours with some lemon citrus notes, a fine, tight palate that is lively, cleansingly crisp and, importantly, dry. It is a delicious, thirst-quenching white blend which lingers – fruity and long.
Sauvignon Blanc – Semillon is a classic white wine blend. It is most widely produced in France (most notably Bordeaux's Graves district), where both Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon are well-established varieties, and has more recently caught on in Australia.
Clare Valley is the northernmost wine region within the Mount Lofty Ranges zone of South Australia, located 81 miles (130km) north of the state capital, Adelaide. It is one of the most picturesque wine regions of Australia, with a tradition in winemaking going back to the early 19th century when the first vines were planted.
Grosset wines are suitable for vegans.
Others You Might Like
Republic of Wine Sauvignon Blanc 2017 ~ South Australia, Australia
Crowded House Sauvignon Blanc 2014 ~ Marlborough, New Zealand
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Best Camera for Hiking Leica D-Lux 7 Digital Camera 19116
Camera Gear August 17, 2019 Andrew Schur
2020’s Best Camera for Hiking Leica D-Lux 7 Digital Camera 19116
Sources: Adorama, Amazon,
Poised as the ideal pocket camera, the Leica D-Lux 7 is a svelte, compact camera characterized by its large sensor design, versatile lens, and sleek styling. The 17MP Four Thirds MOS sensor offers impressive performance with a sensitivity range up to ISO 25600 along with an 11-fps continuous shooting rate and UHD 4K30p video recording to suit multimedia shooting applications in a variety of conditions. Balancing the imaging capabilities is a flexible DC Vario-Summilux lens, which offers a 24-75mm equivalent focal length range along with a bright f/1.7-2.8 design for controlling depth of field and working in difficult lighting conditions. This lens also utilizes optical image stabilization to minimize the appearance of camera shake in order to realize sharper handheld imagery.
Leica D-Lux 7 Digital Camera 19116
Complementing the sensor and lens attributes is a travel-friendly physical design, which incorporates both a 2.76m-dot electronic viewfinder and a 3.0″ 1.24m-dot rear touchscreen LCD. These assets are backed up by built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, which work in conjunction with the Leica FOTOS app for seamless wireless sharing as well as remote camera control from a linked iOS or Android device.
17MP Four Thirds MOS Sensor
A 17MP Four Thirds MOS sensor affords notable resolution and the larger physical size offers a high sensitivity range up to ISO 25600 along with low noise levels and vivid color and tonal rendering. The sensor’s design, with 21.77MP total resolution, also supports working in multiple aspect ratios—4:3, 3:2, 16:9, and 1:1—while maintaining the same field of view. The sensor and image processor also enable continuous shooting at up to 11 fps and UHD 4K movie recording.
Vario-Summilux Lens
The built-in DC Vario-Summilux 3.1x zoom lens offers a 24-75mm equivalent focal length range, covering wide-angle to portrait-length focal lengths to suit working in a variety of shooting situations. Its bright f/1.7-2.8 maximum aperture range also suits working in low-light conditions and offers improved control over depth of field. Additionally, also benefiting working in difficult lighting, optical image stabilization minimizes the appearance of camera shake to help render sharper handheld images.
UHD 4K Video Recording
In addition to the versatile still shooting modes, the D-Lux 7 also supports recording UHD 4K video with either 30p or 24p frames rates at 100 Mb/s in the MP4 format. Full HD 1080p60 is also supported, in both MP4 and AVCHD formats.
4K PHOTO Modes
Utilizing the D-Lux 7’s video recording capabilities, a trio of still shooting modes are available for recording continuous 8MP stills at a 30-fps shooting rate:
Burst: this mode will allow you to continuously record, making it ideal for instances where you need a fast frame rate in order to capture the best moment.
Pre-Burst: this mode is ideal for times when you’re unsure of the critical moment to press the shutter button and will record images one second prior to and one second after pressing the shutter button in order to give you 60 frames to choose from.
Burst (S/S): this mode most closely follows the video recording process, and allows you to playback your video, pause at the chosen moment, and use the shutter button to mark a chosen frame from the video and save it as a single 8MP frame.
Bright electronic viewfinder has a 2.76m-dot resolution for clear eye-level viewing, even in bright sunlight.
Rear 3.0″ 1.24m-dot LCD features a touchscreen design for intuitive menu navigation, image playback, and for selecting AF points while shooting.
Included hot shoe-mounted external flash can be used to provide additional illumination when working in low-light conditions.
In-camera charging of the BP-DC15 lithium-ion battery is supported via an optional USB-connected power bank or when connected to a computer or AC adapter.
Wireless Connectivity and Other Camera Features
Built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, when used in conjunction with the Leica FOTOS app for iOS and Android, permits sharing imagery directly to a linked mobile device and also enables remote control over the D-Lux 7 and remote shooting via a live view image.
Post Focus allows users to select the point of focus after an image has been taken. An electronic shutter function avails a top shutter speed of 1/16,000 sec. to better enable working in bright conditions and with wider aperture settings.
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The Documentary Life - The Documentary Life
11 – Desktop Documentaries with Filmmaker Faith Fuller
On this International Podcast Day (yes, there is such a thing!), it’s only appropriate to bring you another installment to our monthly conversations with documentary industry people. This time out, I spoke with documentary filmmaker (Briars in the Cotton Patch) and founder of Desktop Documentaries, Faith Fuller.
I’ve been following the Desktop Documentary website for a couple of years. The site is a wonderful all-encompassing resource for documentary filmmakers. Desktop Documentaries has been a passion project for Fuller and it’s grown leaps and bounds since it’s inception, nearly a decade ago. Recently, it underwent a massive re-brand and overhaul of the site, including the just-released Documentary Filmmaking Learning Center.
Among other things, Faith and I talked about how her tv news reporting and then her video producing for world re-nowned humantiarian organisation Habitat for Humanity International, best set her up for success in the documentary film world. We also discussed her EMMY award-winning doc, Briars in the Cottonpatch, including the importance of connections with one’s subjects and how documentary filmmaking transforms who we are are as human beings.
And of course, as we always do with these monthly conversations, we delved a bit into how Faith herself lives and leads her own documentary life!
As mentioned in the show, Faith and Desktop Documentaries have just released the brand new Documentary Filmmaking Learning Center. I encourage you to try out the platform FOR FREE with the brand new Documentary Starter Kit Mini-Course.
One of the great new features is direct access Q&A’s with the course instructor to help guide you through the filmmaking process. Plus everything can now be accessed with one simple login.
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Posted: August 25, 2013 in PC, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360
My first review, My first full Splinter Cell game. Only played one other and never completed it. That one being Splinter Cell Conviction. Backstory, someone in the PI group kinda needed to review blacklist and I was the only one interested in the game though I only ever really played a portion of one Splinter Cell I still liked what I saw from Blacklist at E3. So there was really no other choice. I can say having played Blacklist now it is one of the toughest games I’ve played in my lifetime and I’ve actually said that about the last of us. I never played a Splinter Cell game really though so I don’t think that distinction ever held up. Now I know these games are hard if you want to be stealthy. At least they are for me. It’s not cause the stealth is bad more so I’m just bad at it in this game.
I’m not going to do what my colleagues did and call the game out on graphics or anything because that sort of thing in gaming isn’t a big deal to me. If the graphics are gorgeous great, but if they look fine then they look fine. I’m not picky when it comes to this sort of thing because certain colors don’t even come up to me. Kind of a warning for other reviews I do as this will be the only time I post it. Maybe as a disclaimer in others but no promises. So this review will mostly consist of what you truly care about. The gameplay, Is it good? The story, Is it entertaining? And does the game have lasting appeal? All of these questions will be answered sort of in this review. I am no expert at doing reviews but I’ll give it my best effort.
I’ll start with what is my least important aspect of the game that I listed. That’s the story. I’m not saying story isn’t important mind you, I’m just saying that a game with a great story and crappy gameplay is not as fun as a game with an ok story and fun gameplay. So, the story in Blacklist as always casts you as Sam Fisher. Resident hero of the Splinter Cell franchise. You are charged in the story with basically bringing down this terrorist organization, I wanna call it, called the blacklist. Hence the name blacklist I guess. And that’s really the just of it.
The game’s story isn’t really a highlight. It takes you to interesting locales and interesting things happen, but nothing that is really that mindblowing. And as a matter of fact, nothing that I haven’t really seen before already. For this reason, the story is ok. Nothing to special at all about it. The best part about the story to me was how it took you to interesting locales. Not just in other countries but in America itself. You go to Philadelphia, someplace in Louisiana, and at one point and this was my favorite part of the whole game, Chicago.
See, you being here means you likely listen to the podcast but if you don’t you should know this meant a lot to me because I’m from Chicago. It was the city I was born and raised in. And I absolutely love the city. So seeing it realized in any video game in video game form is truly jaw dropping for me. So when Sam Fisher first arrives in Chicago I instantly recognized where I was and that was Navy Pier. It was so cool for me to know, holy crap I’m visiting something in a video game that I’ve actually been too in real life. A bit surreal. It takes the cake for my current favorite moment in video games.
The story though kinda does something that pisses me off royally. It takes away some of the freedom that you get in the game in some of the missions. To use an example. In one area you are completely forced to not kill anyone until a certain point in the mission. You are also forced to not get detected by anyone. This is really hard to do considering the ridiculously inconsistent AI that the game has. This kind of thing is what side missions are used for. Side missions restrict what the character has to do. The main story should be used for player freedom and choice in a game that has it a lot.
These instances happen 5 times throughout the game. And every time it happens it gets frustrating. But it’s okay as the gameplay is still solid for the most part throughout. One other highlight in the story for me was an actual enjoyable “final boss” fight. It’s not necessarily a final boss fight but it has the vibe of one. You have to be sneaky in this fight or you die literally instantly. The thing about this was though that I wasn’t expecting a final boss fight here. Maybe that’s why it was so good for me. Also because it was different from every final boss I’ve ever fought. Not about shooting him a ridiculous amount of times till he finally dies. No you be sneaky and that’s it. That’s the fight. Simple.
I don’t know if this is really story related but it’s a highlight. Checking in with the crew of the paladin, those being Charlie, Briggs, grim, your daughter, Sarah, and an unnamed person I won’t spoil was also a highlight for me. Hearing the conversations they would have with Sam about the stuff happening in the story was pretty cool to me. My favorite dynamic was with his daughter. I had to go check on her every time I completed a mission to make sure everything was still good.
One final thing the game does with choice was giving you the option to kill or spare certain people in the story. I’m not sure if it changes anything up in the story because at the end it seemingly doesn’t matter either way. I will say though that some of the ways that people die in the kill option are pretty brutal. One in particular that I won’t spoil. That’s all for the story bit of the game. Solid, but not mindblowing to sum it up.
The Gameplay
So for me this is the most important aspect. And it will kind of tie in with the lasting appeal bit. There is a lot to do in Splinter Cell: Blacklist. Or at least for a game of its nature. Being a stealth oriented third person shooter, you like me would probably expect some linear story telling and as a result a lot of go here and kill this guy type of fights. If you are thinking that is what you’ll get in Blacklist, you’d be wrong. See the main appeal for me in blacklist has been I can play Sam Fisher the way I think Sam Fisher would act. As if I’m literally Sam Fisher. Not in the sense that there is player choice but in that you can go through the whole game much like my game of 2012, Dishonored, without killing a single person. How this is possible, don’t ask me because I don’t do that kind of thing. I do stealth all the way up until the shit hits the fan and then I go in guns a blazing. Then back to stealth. You can choose to do this, you can choose to go full stealth but killing people or you could choose to go the whole game guns a blazing like people do in a lot of games.
The way the game puts you into Sam Fisher’s shoes doesn’t just stop there though. Already good enough for me and it goes further. The entire game is accessed right from the start and every thing that you can do, be it co-op, single player, or multi player they are all accessed from the single player hub. You press the start button and you see it all and can access it all immediately. I think this is a great technique and more games should use it. It’s kind of innovative, never really seen it before. But from that main hub you can leave the screen and walk around on the paladin. Go and upgrade the ship, buy weapons, find other missions that the group gives you and such. This is also a really cool idea I just wish it could have got put to more use. I’d like some conversation options so I could learn a little more about my crew a la Mass Effect. No romance or anything just a little bit more knowledge about the team is fine.
Back to playing how you want to play. You can customize your Sam Fisher to be the best Sam Fisher YOU personally want him to be. Not a lot of options but it’s still a welcome addition. What I mean is you can choose the loadout you go onto the field with. The game never forces you to go into battle using this. It recommends items but it never forces you explicitly to do so. And you can customize Sam’s outfit. And no this isn’t a cosmetic thing either. The outfit customization actually adds added benefits to Sam’s abilities. Such as equipping him with a new pair of pants helps him be more stealthy. I don’t really think I need to understand why that makes sense. It’s a great addition.
So that’s basically all I got to say about letting you play how you want to play. Now I’m going to talk about the core gameplay. What you’ll be doing in blacklist a majority of the time is killing people. Not playing dress up, or customizing your guns. So is the killing of the people fun. And I have to say for me it varies a little. When the game becomes a gun fest it gets kind of boring. But when you are sneaking around trying to find the best way to either take out the enemy without being seen or kill the enemy entirely with as little noise as possible. The most effective way to do this is by melee. Luckily melee gives you your execute attack instantly. And execute is a good way to take out a group of enemies and is the coolest looking thing in the game. Unfortunately I thought the coolest looking thing in the game would be melee kills. All the melee kill animations are repetitive for the most part. Non-lethal takedowns consist of Sam taking the enemy down and either choking him out with his knee or arm, or knocking them out. Cool the first few times but it never really changes as you go on. It’s so on and so forth for the other things. Nothing impressive in that animation department. I’m not saying it’s a big deal though. Sure you will melee a lot in a stealth playthrough but whatever. Meleeing gives you those oh so satisfying execute moves.
So if you don’t know what executing is. I think it was a brand new thing brought in to Splinter Cell in conviction. The basic idea being that you mark a set amount of people and then press a button and it becomes a sort of cinematic moment where Sam kills said amount of people in rapid fashion, most of the time without missing. This is what I would like to call the easy button. If you are struggling to find a way out, kill this group of enemies. Well you can just execute them and move on. It’s never really that simple but still. Mark and Execute is an awesome thing to do. It feels so satisfying to do it and is dependable.
Now, the hard part about it is, I played through blacklist on normal as I do with most games. And struggled early on. Having never played a Splinter Cell game. Figuring it would be like most stealth games. You now be stealthy and if I get spotted well I’m strong enough to tank some bullets. Not here. If you are spotted you either run or die. That is if you are stealthy. Keep in mind that I didn’t build a “tanky” Sam Fisher. Every time I was seen and I didn’t get away. I was dead within two bullets and was back looking at the dreaded loading screen. Speaking of the loading screen it’s almost nonexistent unless you die a lot. So that’s good. Anyway, every enemy situation you encounter, it will never be just one-three enemies. Sorry never that easy. It will always be in a pretty open area giving you options and forcing you to think especially if you are stealthy.
All this stuff is extremely appreciated from someone like me. I like the challenge that comes from deciding what’s the best way to take everyone out without alerting everyone. But the enemy AI can be kind of bad…and when I say kind of bad I mean pretty bad. In some situations it was understandable but in a lot of them it was just sheer stupidity. For example there was a moment in a side mission where I was hanging off a dock and threw a guy off it right in front of his buddy. Then his buddy who saw it all happen. Walks over to check what happened. Of course you can guess what happened to that guy. Sure it’s good for a laugh but it’s still kind of disappointing that the enemy AI isn’t a little bit smarter.
And while I’m talking about problems with the game I’m going to bring up the numerous bugs that I encountered in the game. To highlight a few. My favorite being an enemy henchman stuck in place walking on top of a piece of cover and never attacking me. I stood up in front of him and he didn’t attack me. So he basically became broken. Every game has this kind of bug. It’s funny, you know it wasn’t meant to be there but you get a good laugh out of it. Then comes a weird graphical bug. One where you melee kill an enemy through a door. So I first encountered this in the same side mission I killed the two idiots by the dock. I lured a guy to a door and he opened it but because I was standing right where the door would open the door shut again right on his face. But I pressed the square button and I killed him. Problem being that we were both on opposite sides of the door. Sound funny? It was. And it happened numerous times to the point where I was practically abusing it. It’s not gamebreaking but it’s still kind of irritating to see. Couldn’t Ubisoft have tested this? Why is this a possible thing. And to further illustrate the stupid AI at times. In those same situations they would open the door and it would close on their face. And then they would open it again and it would close on their face. The process would be repeated until finally I killed them. Problem here is that there are a lot of doors that are double. So if it’s not opening on this side, for one that should probably be investigated, then you should probably go to the other side and check the problem. And one final bug just to illustrate my point. This happened near the end of the game so if you plan on picking it up don’t click the video. My friend recorded this and it was quite funny when it happened. The quality is a little bad but bear with it.
So yea that was just one of the many bugs that happened in game. Pretty funny but also pretty saddening that they didn’t test that kind of thing out.
But the thing that irks me most about this is that the AI is really inconsistent. To the point of frustration. The AI can be really smart in a lot of places. Again using my own example. In a sort of waves and waves mission I was spotted and ran to an area. The people who spotted me went to that area and then their teammates flanked me and killed me. Problem lying here is that you have a last known location indicator if you do get spotted in blacklist that basically tells the AI to keep shooting there because you may still be there. Yet sometimes the AI is somehow smart enough to know you won’t be there and flank you right in the area you are going to be.
On the sound and detail side of things. There are some subtle things that go along way for a gamer like me. You can open doors, windows, and such in blacklist. I know right, innovative thing there. And when you do open these doors and the AI comes back it questions how it got open or if he left it open or something along those lines. It’s really cool to me and goes a long way. Also if you don’t kill an enemy, just non-lethal take them down and an enemy finds them, that enemy will wake up the guy who’s unconscious and that’ll be another head you have to deal with. And banter will happen when this ensues so it’s all cool and kind of frustrating at the same time.
Small complaint that I have is with the controls. Not something I’m used to. Pushing the right thumbstick in to reload, X to run, climb, and everything. R2 marks people, and Triangle I think serves the purpose of just being used to execute. The shoulders being your ADS and shoot buttons. Square being your melee attack and I’m not exactly sure what O does. The meleeing and Shoulder button inputs are fine but everything else just seems weird. I don’t know, maybe I’m just use to using Square as the universal reload button and now that I think about it O not really being used for anything important. Jokes.
Lasting Appeal
Finally, the game has some nice replay value. It offers a co-op campaign, a competitive multiplayer and multiple singleplayer side missions. Not to mention you can go back and play that single player again on each of the different styles. Those being Ghost, Non-Lethal, Undetected. Panther, Lethal, Undetected and Assault which is basically just F.E.A.S(Fuck Everything And Shoot). Each completed thing has challenges and such that give money to unlock upgrades for Sam or the paladin. This is the stuff for true completionists, sure but it’s still there and it’s still appreciated.
There are also multiple collectibles hidden throughout the single-player and cooperative campaigns. Giving more replay value in going back and finding them. And as I said there are single-player or co-operative optional missions you can do. Never necessary but they are there. They offer a swerve on the normal gameplay though. You have to play the mission a certain way. For example in one you can’t be seen while you are placing a word that escapes me on certain equipment. Again never needed but fun anyway and adds a bit of replayability.
The true replayabilitiy comes in the form of the competitive multiplayer. Spies vs Mercs. Pitting as expected one team against the other with certain match objectives. Sure they say it does stuff for the campaign but I personally don’t know what. Maybe just give you some money to further upgrade the paladin and purchase new weapons and upgrades for Sam. That’s cool it’s welcome and thankfully in at least my time with it Spies vs Mercs was actually quite fun. And it needed to be otherwise the game probably would have lost a population pretty quickly.
Big negative for me and a pretty substantial reason for why the scores not going to be a 9.2 or whatever. The co-op campaign is a massive disappointment. It had a lot of potential to be good but it just wasn’t. For one you can’t play it with an AI which unless you have a friend to play the co-op with is the next best option. We’ve said it on PI. People are assholes over the internet. They don’t care about doing what you want just getting the mission done. So a lot of the time the “randoms” you’ll get paired up with be “rambos” which is to say people who run and gun. That’s fine and all but it doesn’t make the game fun. It might be fun if you have a partner. Emphasis on might. Because in all honesty the co-op bits felt a little like COD to me. You have a partner and he helps you kill and stuff and then you break through an area and move on to the next. Co-op bits felt extremely linear to me and didn’t feel executed on properly. Also at the end of the first mission you and your partner take control of a UAV and provide covering fire for your teammate just like COD has done in the past.
Another negative thing is with the side missions. Not that they are necessarily bad but more so just repetitive. You get side missions from the crew of the paladin. And each crew member has a specific gameplay style side mission. For grim, it was undetected, plant three things in certain areas. And when they say undetected, they really mean undetected. For Charlie you have to fend off waves and waves of enemies till you can extract and let me tell ya. In splinter cell, the waves and waves thing, it don’t work. For Briggs you have exclusive co-op only side missions that work kinda like the single player only with a partner. And then there is one more person that gives you side content but I’m not telling you about that. Point being any side content you could do just boils down to doing the same thing over and over and over to the tune that it gets boring.
So that’s my review of Splinter Cell: Blacklist. Or at least the parts of it you probably don’t care about. The true thing you care about is the score and to be honest I thought the game was great. Game of the year candidate, no, but a fun game nonetheless. Only if though you are into stealth games. I advise if you aren’t into stealth stay away from this one. So the score i’m giving it may not be a great score like other places have given it. I may just have a different opinion. Aren’t that what all reviews are though?
+ Fun but Challenging Stealth Gameplay
+ Tons of Replayability
+ Entertaining Competitive Multiplayer
– Very Poorly Done Co-op Campaign
– Extremely Inconsistent AI
-Repetitive Side Content
-Graphics Aren’t Really That Great
Splinter Cell Blacklist: 7.4/10
*I know I said I wasn’t going to say anything about the graphics and frankly I didn’t I just thought I’d point out at the end that the graphics in the game aren’t stunning. To be honest they don’t really look that good at all. They look like they came out of the early PS3 and Xbox 360. Most games look much better now. Maybe it’s just me but yea. Also I know this may be a little different from how Nooch and Kyle do their reviews but what are you going to do? I also realize it may not be at the quality that Nooch and Kyle do their reviews but hey. I tried. Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day!
– Ryan
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Pelosi Reminds Trump He Is ‘Impeached for Life’
Rolling Stone — Peter Wade
“This president is impeached for life,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said of President Trump, “regardless of any gamesmanship on the part of Mitch McConnell.” The speaker’s words, which she said on ABC’s This Week on Sunday, immediately caused the hashtag #ImpeachedForLife to start trending on Twitter.
During the interview with George Stephanopoulos, Pelosi defended her decisions around impeachment, including holding back sending the articles to the Senate. Pelosi had been postponing because she did not trust that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would allow a fair trial or allow witnesses to testify. She also spoke about the Democratic Caucus voting this coming week on when to send the articles to the Senate.
“We’re confident in the impeachment,” Pelosi said. “And we think there’s enough testimony to remove him from office. However, we want the American people to see the truth, and why are [Republicans] afraid of the truth?”
Asked by Stephanopoulos whether she had “any second thoughts” on holding back the articles, Pelosi responded, “No, no, no. We feel that it’s a positive result in terms of additional emails and unredacted information that has come forward. [Former national security adviser] John Bolton has said that he would testify if subpoenaed by the Senate, [and] other information has come forward.”
Additionally, Pelosi did not rule out adding more articles of impeachment but said she wants first to see what the Senate does.
Stephanopoulos also asked Pelosi about a tweet the president sent out moments earlier calling her “Crazy Nancy.”
Doing some armchair psychoanalysis on Trump, Pelosi responded, “I don’t like to spend too much time on his crazy tweets, because everything he says is a projection. When he calls someone crazy he knows that he is. Everything he says you can just translate it back to who he is.”
Pelosi then pivoted, saying, “Let’s be optimistic about the future, a future that will not have Donald Trump in the White House one way or another. Ten months from now we will have an election if we don’t have him removed sooner. But, again, he’ll be impeached forever.”
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15th March 2018 Tommy Sonne Skøtt Interviews 0
In Vain
Interview with Johnar Håland of Prog Death Metal act IN VAIN
PoM: Here’s a chance for you to tell our readers about your new album Currents. But could you please start off by introducing the readers to the band and give a short version of the biography?
(Johnar): In Vain is a Norwegian band that plays progressive extreme metal and was formed in 2003. Andreas (vocals), Sindre (vocals) and myself (guitar) are the founding members, while Kjetil (guitar) joined the band in 2009 during the recording of the Mantra album. Our bassist Alex has been around since 2013 and we currently have a session drummer. So far we have released four albums and two EPs. Our latest album Currents was released on 26 January 2018 and we just came back from a european tour with Orphaned Land, Subterranean Masquerade and Aevum.
PoM: And now onto Currents… track-by-track, what inspired you, what topics are you dealing with, what do you want to express with this song etc.
1. Seekers of the Truth:
(Johnar): Seekers of the Truth has a very direct musical approach, which goes well with the lyrics and the song title itself. First, In Vain has always been seekers of the truth. By that we mean that we have always stayed true to ourselves, and we have never made any compromises in our art. Thus the song title reflects upon us and the artistic vision we crafted more than 15 years ago. Secondly, the lyrics also speak about standing up against all sorts of conformity, daring to walk your own path, to gain knowledge and uphold a healthy scepticism to what media, leaders and politicians want you to believe. We have released a lyric video for this track, made by our cover designer Costin Chioreanu.
2. Soul Adventurer:
(Johnar): This song has a real atmospheric feel to it. I really like the verses which has an intricate, yet catchy rhythmic riff with some soaring melodies on top of it. Matthew Heafy from Trivium is a guest singer on this one. This is also the first In Vain song ever to basically only feature clean vocals. We felt that clean vocals were the ones that worked best with the riffs. The lyrics are in short about exploring our own potential, looking into your soul and the answers that are inside you.
3. Blood We Shed:
(Johnar): This is a real badass death metal headbanger which also incorporates a beautiful and melancholic acapella singing part. The lyrics are about our very own real-life experiences from being in a band for more than 15 years. In Vain has had our fair share of trouble, struggles and fights throughout the years.
4. And Quiet Flows the Scheldt:
(Johnar): And Quiet Flows the Scheldt is one of my definite favourites from Currents. It is a doomy and melancholic hymn that works really well as a breather between the more up-tempo and aggressive songs on the album. The lyrics are special to me as they relate directly to my time spent living in Antwerp during the autumn of 2007. The river Scheldt is the river that runs through Antwerp.
5. Origin:
(Johnar): I have read that many hold this as their favourite from the album. It is a song that merges a lot of different subgenres in metal, lots of different vocal techniques, etc and it has a very cool rhythmic beat that acts a red line through the entire song.
6. En Forgangen Tid (Times of Yore Pt. II):
(Johnar): This song is a continuation of the song Times of Yore from our album Ænigma (2013). The lyrics are this time in Norwegian, but deals with the same theme. It is a slow and powerful melancholic hymn about a bygone era.
7. Ghost Path:
(Johnar): Perhaps the most avant garde song of the album. It has a real eerie feel to it with gloomy guitar passages combined with quite experimental vocals. The song also has a mid-section with what is in my opinion some of the very best guitar riffs of the entire album.
8. As The Black Horde Storms:
(Johnar): This is the ferocious black metal attack of the album. The song starts off very intense, but later breaks open into a more accessible chorus and a melodic part with the most catchy lead guitar on the album in my opinion.
9. Standing on the Ground of Mammoths:
(Johnar): This is a heavy and groovy track which is a perfect ending to the album. It also has a really nice and quiet jazz part, with a guitar and a saxophone in a nice duet.
PoM: Could you please tell us a bit about the artwork – who made it etc. and how important do you feel it is to have a cool artwork?
(Johnar): Costin Chioreanu designed the artwork and he did an absolutely amazing job! The album title, Currents, reflects on the colossal shifts and changes of our time. The present world is characterized by continental flows of people, traditions, and cultures. Migration of people across continents and borders. Cultures merging. These are all currents – movements that distort old patterns, create tensions as well as new opportunities. This topic exists in both the lyrics and the music. However, we touch upon it in an abstract way with a top-down view. It is important for me to clarify that we do not have any direct political views on this matter reflected in our lyrics. When it comes to the music we have got more twists and turns than ever and you can look upon these as musical currents. For the cover we had a vision of visualizing people on a migration, and in addition we wanted a wave as a symbol of the album title Currents, which also links to the musical currents the album has to offer.
PoM: Who and what has inspired you musically on this album?
(Johnar): I am influenced my all kinds of music and I have a very wide musical taste. Besides that I am influences by life in general, other kinds of art, travels, etc. There was no particular artists that influenced me more when I wrote the music for Currents.
PoM: Is there any track that means something special for you on the album?
(Johnar): They are all special to me, but I cannot really say that there is one track that means more than the others.
PoM: How different is your latest album in comparison to your previous ones?
(Johnar):Our musical playground has been very big since the beginning. We have songs that are borderline black metal, songs that are death metal and also doomy songs, plus most of our songs utilize a wide range of subgenres combined. I do not think you can find one In Vain song and say “this is In Vain in a nutshell”. You would need several songs to give a proper representation of us because our music is very diverse and the songs differ materially from one another. I do not believe Currents is that much different from our previous work, but there are some changes. The production is more organic. There are some songs that are shorter. Finally, there is more death metal and clean vocals, and less black metal.
PoM: Why did you decide on two versions of the album (the bonus tracks included on the special edition are a must-have imo)?
(Johnar): We had nine tracks recorded and our label and some of us felt that one hour of music might be too long. From time to time in the past, we sometimes got the impression that 1 hour of music is a bit too much to digest. Especially for reviewers and people who are new to the band. That said, we knew that our long-time fans wanted as much music as possible and that is why we decided to make a special edition with all nine songs included. From the outset we were very clear in our communication that the special version is the real album. The two extra tracks were not left-overs, if so they would never been released at all. In fact, one of them “And Quiet Flows the Scheldt” is perhaps my favourite track from the whole album. In a retrospect, I regret releasing two versions. It seemed to have created confusion and many fans never heard the special version, but only streamed the normal one unfortunately.
PoM: The list of guest musicians joining forces with you on this album is massive. How do you feel they contribute to the overall sound of In Vain? Can we expect new guests or familiar faces from previous albums on future albums?
(Johnar): Actually the guest list is much shorter time around than on our previous albums. We have always had guests and brought in extra forces where we feel it is needed. So you can expect that to continue if we feel there is a need for that.
PoM: What’s next on your list, any upcoming tours and gigs planned?
(Johnar): We just came back from a European tour with Orphaned Land, Subterranean Masquerade and Aevum. We covered London, France, Spain, Arnhem and Essen on this trip. Our hope is to do another tour later in the year where we cover the countries we did not have the chance to go to on this tour. Besides that we will play some shows in Norway and some festivals.
PoM: Thanks a lot for your time. Any last words for your fans and our fellow readers?
(Johnar): Thank you very much for your support, we appreciate it! To the readers; keep supporting great music, have a go at our new album “Currents”, and stop by our FB page at https://www.facebook.com/InVainOfficial/ for news, music, tour dates and other stuff.
Currents - 2018
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China's Security Risks Rise as Energy Problems Mount
An analysis by Michael Lelyveld
Chinese workers install pipes at a natural gas gathering station in China's Henan province, July 31, 2016.
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It seems that nearly everything that could go wrong has gone wrong for China's energy security following a decision to ban coal-fired heating in northern cities and switch to natural gas.
Under a joint government and municipal action plan last March, 28 northern cities were told to stop burning coal for heat this winter to avoid another "airpocalypse" smog crisis in Beijing.
But final orders for switching to gas or electricity came from the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) only in late August, allowing little time for making connections by the start of the winter season on Nov. 15.
Thousands of homes, public facilities and some power plants were left without heat or fuel until Dec. 4, when the MEP acknowledged the government's mistake in an "extra urgent" notice that allowed coal-fired heating to resume.
In the meantime, spot prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) soared to record levels.
Xu Bo, a senior analyst for the research arm of state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), estimated that the fuel switching initiative could add 20 billion cubic meters (bcm), or nearly 9 percent, to the country's gas demand, the official Xinhua news agency said.
As sudden shortages swept through the region, northern Hebei province next to Beijing stopped approving coal-to-gas conversions until more gas could be found, Bloomberg News reported on Jan. 29.
The combination of gas shortages and backtracking on the coal ban rippled through China's energy markets as inventories ran low at coal-fired power plants.
Thermal coal futures in China rose to a record 687 yuan (U.S. $108.49) per metric ton in early February, Reuters said.
After snowstorms drove up demand and slowed transport, major power companies reported that coal inventories at some plants fell to two or three days of supply.
On Feb. 5, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) responded by trying to cap prices, ordering China's Qinhuangdao main coal port to bar trading in standard steam coal above 750 yuan (U.S. $119.39) per ton, Platts energy news said.
Gas imports disrupted
Disruption of China's gas imports from Central Asia aggravated the situation.
On Feb. 2, the CaixinGlobal.com news site reported that CNPC had launched an emergency plan after volumes on the Central Asia Gas Pipeline system fell by half due to equipment failures in Turkmenistan and cold temperatures in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
The reference to weather conditions in the two transit countries suggested the possibility that diversions of China-bound gas may have taken place.
On Feb. 3, the Communist Party-affiliated Global Times said the troubles had brought the pipeline's supplies to "the brink of collapse," citing earlier reports by independent thepaper.cn and CNPC.
Authorities in Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, and Henan provinces immediately implemented measures to reduce gas use, the Global Times said.
The convergence of problems highlighted China's growing reliance on imported gas and its vulnerability to energy security risks.
Last year, gas imports of 92 bcm (3.2 trillion cubic feet) accounted for 38.7 percent of China's 237.3 bcm of consumption, according to NDRC figures. The proportion is likely to climb with the spike in demand this year.
While China's domestic gas output rose 8.5 percent in 2017 from a year earlier, consumption jumped 15.3 percent and imports soared 27.6 percent, the NDRC said.
The pipeline disruptions may be short-lived, said Lin Boqiang, director of the China Center for Energy Economics Research at Xiamen University, as quoted by the Global Times.
"The incident nonetheless taught China a valuable lesson about self-reliance rather than 'pinning hopes on someone else,'" the paper quoted Lin as saying.
The report represents a rare official recognition of the energy risks that China faces as it pursues its economic and environmental plans.
As large as China's import dependence is for gas, it pales in comparison to its reliance on foreign oil, which reached 67.4 percent last year, according to CNPC.
The ratio is headed for 80 percent by 2040, the Paris-based International Energy Agency said in its annual World Energy Outlook report.
A Chinese firefighting vessel sprays foam on the burning oil tanker Sanchi at sea off the coast of eastern China, Jan. 12, 2018. Credit: AFP/China's Ministry of Transport
The risks of transporting oil on ocean routes from the Middle East came into sharp relief when an Iranian tanker collided with a Hong Kong-registered cargo ship in the East China Sea on Jan. 7, killing 32 sailors and causing one of the region's worst oil spills in decades.
The sinking of the Panama-registered tanker Sanchi also ignited a public dispute with one of China's key oil suppliers after Iran's Naval Commander Hossein Khanzadi charged that China delayed visas for special forces seeking to rescue 30 Iranian crew members, according to the MEHR news agency.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Lu Kang, called the charges of inadequate rescue efforts "untrue and irresponsible," Xinhua reported.
Taken together, the troubles of the past three months may not add up to an energy crisis, but they may serve as warning signs of greater energy security risks to come.
Mikkal Herberg, energy security research director for the Seattle-based National Bureau of Asian Research, noted that much of China's LNG supplies must travel the same ocean routes as its oil imports, compounding uncertainties.
Yet, little high-level attention has been paid to China's growing vulnerability to energy disruptions.
Official policy statements on the rise in import dependence have been conspicuous in their absence.
The government has yet to issue a white paper on energy security. The National Energy Administration (NEA) has been silent. The National Leading Group on energy and environmental issues has also had nothing to say.
In the case of the sudden spike in gas demand following the coal ban, Herberg said the government was simply caught by surprise.
"This surge in gas import dependence has happened incredibly fast," he said. "Particularly with this LNG surge along the coast, I think the leadership is just behind the curve in seeing how fast their dependence is growing and how these markets work."
China's problem with reliance on gas imports has now become almost as serious as its dependence on foreign oil, Herberg said.
The interruption of Central Asian pipeline supplies, which represented about 42 percent of China's imports last year, may serve as a wake-up call for senior leaders.
"I think they're playing catch-up. They haven't grasped how big their gas import dependence has become, and so absolutely critical," Herberg said.
"There will be a huge reevaluation, and I would be willing to bet there will be a white paper on gas import dependence and energy security before long," he said.
Heavier reliance on Russia
In coming years, China will rely increasingly on Russia for new supplies of pipeline gas. Deliveries from Russia's giant U.S. $60-billion (376-billion yuan) Power of Siberia pipeline project are scheduled to start in December 2019, eventually ramping up to 38 bcm per year.
On Feb. 6, Russia's Gazprom said it had completed 1,480 kilometers (919 miles), or about two-thirds of the linear section of the pipeline, Interfax reported.
Gazprom hopes to capture 10 percent of China's gas market by 2025, an official said.
Growth in import dependence may be inevitable. But part of China's problem stems from incomplete reforms in its domestic gas market, Herberg said.
"These markets still don't work. They're heavily controlled by administrative pricing, by CNPC's practical monopoly over gas pipeline infrastructure and slow-moving response to building pipes that need to be built to move gas more effectively," he said.
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Mobility Pricing: What U.S. states are doing
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Mayor's Council Mobility pricing plebiscite Province of British Columbia referendum TransLink
The Sun editorial board continues its thoughtless, lazy attack on mobility pricing in one of those fatuous editorials that has no other purpose than riling up public opinion (tax grab!) – including a gratuitous reference to bike lanes causing congestion. Its suggestion: have another referendum – and good luck with that.
The American states, meanwhile, pursue research and demonstration projects, knowing that with the accelerating decline of the gas tax, alternatives are imperative and inevitable..
Here’s a summary of recent progress.
From Governing.
Congress included $95 million in grants in its last five-year highway funding law for states to study mileage-based fees and other alternatives to the gas tax. States must match the federal grants 50-50. In the first two years of the program, the Federal Highway Administration has doled out money to eight states …
The states’ work varies greatly. Minnesota is exploring the idea of imposing taxes on transportation companies like Uber and Lyft, rather than individual drivers, with the idea that individuals may be less likely to own their own vehicles as ride-hailing, car-sharing and autonomous vehicles become more common. Colorado, where gas tax rates have remained the same for 22 years, recently wrapped up a four-month test with 150 drivers that explored different ways of tracking mileage for motorists. Missouri explored adjusting its vehicle registration fees to reflect their fuel efficiency, and it is now getting public feedback on equity and data security issues.
Some of the most intriguing work comes from California. The state conducted its own test-run of 5,000 vehicles a year ago, the largest experiment of its kind in the country. Its test run lasted for nine months through March 2017, and it included trucking companies along with motorists from every county in the state.
California gave participants seven ways to track their mileage, including odometer checks, permits for a set number of days, permits for a certain allotment of miles, plug-in devices, smartphones and in-vehicle telematics like OnStar or Acura Link. The various methods were meant to give users options that protected their privacy – one of the biggest stumbling blocks in selling the mileage-charge systems to the public. But 62 percent of the participants in California’s study chose options that tracked their location anyway.
The state’s report on the pilot found that the options with the best privacy protections – like odometer checks – would also be the hardest to enforce. The most reliable methods for tracking mileage were plug-in devices (that fit into a ports in vehicles that are often used by mechanics to diagnose mechanical problems). But those devices are also likely to be obsolete by the time any widespread mileage fee could be imposed. …
One idea is to have connected vehicles pay the fees through a “wireless handshake,” when the vehicle pulls up to get gas, an idea that Honda and Visa have explored for traditional gas purchases. But the agency wants to do it without having to retrofit every vehicle or every fuel station in the state. …
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Arno Schortinghuis says:
If provincial gas tax and TransLink tax were replaced with distance based mobility pricing, then my guess is that a majority of drivers would pay less tax. Add distance based insurance and a majority would pay less insurance. It would be interesting to see research on how much the average driver could save under a good mobility pricing scenario. Carbon “tax” is similar. This could be a financial win for a majority of drivers. Bonus is reduced congestion.
Alex Botta says:
Automobile dependence is assessed in terms of its direct and indirect costs for 37 global cities. The data show that cities with the most car use, road provision, and urban sprawl have the highest road expenditure, the least transit cost recovery, the most spent on commuting, the highest external costs from road deaths and emissions, and the largest proportion of city wealth going into transportation. As well, the newly developing Asian cities are showing that their automobile-oriented planning is proving to be costly in economic and environmental terms. The costs of automobile dependence in a globally competitive urban environment cannot be simply rationalized away due to apparent or perceived benefits of automobile-based lifestyles.
From ‘The Cost of Automobile Dependency: Global Survey of Cities’
Jeff Kenworthy, 1999
http://trrjournalonline.trb.org/doi/abs/10.3141/1670-04
Automobile dependency is defined as high levels of per capita automobile travel, automobile oriented land use patterns, and reduced transport alternatives. Automobile dependency increases many costs: higher vehicle expenses, reduced travel choices, increased road and parking facility costs, congestion, accident damages, and a variety of environmental impacts. Beyond an optimal level, excessive automobile dependency may reduce economic productivity and development. A more balanced transportation system can provide many benefits to consumers and society.</p
Todd Litman, 'The Costs of Automobile Dependency and the Benefits of Balanced Transportation', Victoria Transport Policy Institute, 2002
Obviously, road pricing is not new since folks like Kenworthy and Litman did the math and found that private transport costs society dearly through its huge drain on public resources, and encapsulates a powerful net impact on the environment where remediation invariably involves a high degree of socialized costs.
It is no surprise that the Sun editorial board assumes a pro-car stance while grudgingly acknowledging the importance of transit from the other side of their collective mouths. Not only do they publish entire sections dedicated exclusively to advertising for cars and trucks, but at one point or other members of the board were Fraser Institute alumni who regularly publish "analysis" of egregious expenditures of tax dollars that incoherently stops short of one of the worst culprits of all: the road system.
jolson says:
Metered travel will choke the economy and hobble the ability of perhaps half of the population to earn a living. Metered travel is an inequitable intervention into the lives of everyone.
For some contractors and others who use their vehicles for work, perhaps.
But the intent is to use the funds largely to get people off the roads by improving alternates like transit. In that regard, it makes perfect sense to charge the private users in direct proportion to their level of use of the public road system, the full capital or operating cost of which is not covered directly by drivers. In effect, people who drive less are subsidizing the heaviest users through levies and property and income taxes.
Alternatively, transit recovers about 50% of its operating costs through the toll … er …. farebox, and is orders of magnitude cheaper, more efficient and environmentally friendly on a per capita basis. Moreover, transit and cycling lead to healthier citizens who require hospitalization far less than people who are over-dependent on cars, and transit-oriented neighbourhoods create more humane cities.
Thomas Beyer says:
We “meter” today indirectly by gasoline taxes, but with ever more fuel efficient and hybrid, and soon, electric cars that is too crude and far too low a road toll. Metering makes sense, as does add’l fees for choke points like bridges/tunnels/busy intersections !
Metering with modern devices, based on GPS and/or odometer like mechnical systems ought to be implemented.
I’d go even as far as having a box that shuts the car off if insurance or road tolls are unpaid, or if criminal. Modern systems allow all that. That data could be collected for a month or 2, then deleted as privacy protocols are important. A car is a very dangerous weapon if not used prudently [ which is what we told our kids in their then teens ] and as such certain restrictions on weapons are totally ok with me. One such restriction is a box that allows you to drive, for a fee, in certain places, like MetroVan. No box, no access. Tourists could buy or rent such a box upon entry.
I can’t wait to get less cars on the road so the traffic actually flows. Many folks would happily pay to get less folks traveling by car and thus, better flow.
I’d like to see trucks heavily tolled as a lot of US bound or originated traffic pays 0 gasoline taxes here. Loads of wear and tear too.
We ought to learn from European or US tolling models.
This MetroVan proposal so far makes a lot of sense to me. Car use is indeed far too cheap in MetroVan. Once you put a hefty price on things, people start to behave differently, i.e. travel less, earlier or later, move or chose a different mode ie bus, train or bike.
Of course, as always we need to look a efficiency of spending and we have a major disconnect right now between public servants lavish wages & benefits vs private sector employees. These discussions about public sector waste / inefficiencies are conveniently brushed under the carpet in the “increase taxes and fees” debate, but needs to urgently happen in parallel, as does more investment into RAPID (and not just slow and often wobbly) transit options !
Thomas, there might be a solution to your personal dilemma about the negotiated contracts for public servants: Have Tim Hortons take over the public service.
Just imagine, you could apply for a building permit or passport and order a double double with a gooey glazed maple donut at the same counter. Each Timmys franchise could devote an entire back room to a local branch of the CRA with part-time workers reviewing your tax return amongst the mops and paper towel supplies at minimum wage. You may have to put up with coffee stains and sticky fingerprints, not to mention the odd rounding error and document mix-up, but who cares when you’re saving the cost of a cappuccino a week on your taxes that would otherwise go to public salaries?
If you have a fire or a medical emergency, just run on over to the nearest Timmys drive-through window and cross your fingers they don’t misplace your address with the previous guy’s coffee order. Maybe the order taker will have a beginner’s first aid course or a 5-pound fire extinguisher he can lend you.
Seriously, not to knock the honest and good-intentioned workers at Tim Hortons who do not have a lot of choices, but if anyone needs a union, it is them.
“We “meter” today indirectly by gasoline taxes, but with ever more fuel efficient and hybrid, and soon, electric cars that is too crude and far too low a road toll.”
That statement is total baloney.
Gasoline is sold and taxed by the litre. When it comes to cars a litre of gas will take you anywhere you want to go at anytime for varying distances depending on the engine efficiency of the vehicle. As an aside you also pay this so called in your words ‘road toll’ to run an all terrain vehicle, a boat motor, a skidoo, a paraplane, various pieces of construction equipment, a generator, a lawn mower, a chain saw, and numerous other gas burning machines which have nothing to do with roads or congestion on roads. So no, a gas tax has nothing in common with metered kilometers.
The purpose of the gas tax is to generate revenue for transit. It is a blunt but effective instrument which we have come to accept as a method to fund transit.
Road pricing or what I prefer to call ‘metered kilometers’ only recently became possible through advances in technology. Proponents are of course keen to profit from the deployment of these technologies and so we see the rise of an argument that goes something like this: electric vehicles as they become more popular will reduce the amount of gas tax collected, therefore we need road pricing. But is the argument correct or fallacious? Well, in Canada the market penetration of EV’s as a percentage of all vehicles is so low that it cannot even be calculated, so the argument is a false argument. The growth of non-car uses of gasoline likely far out paces the market penetration of electric vehicles in any case.
The argument then flips to Plan B: Metered kilometers will reduce congestion. Is the statement true or false? Well we don’t know, but what we do know as implied by the statement is that this is a user pay scheme which will force people off the road i.e. reduce congestion through forced attrition. Who would support such an inequitable proposition?
It’s time to give the boot to the meter man and add a line in the Provincial Transportation Budget for the expansion of Skytrain infrastructure, a system which benefits all British Columbians in one way or another.
Jeff Leigh says:
You may choose to purchase fuel with the road tax on it and put it in your non-road vehicle, but that is a choice, not a requirement. Fuel sold without the road tax has a red dye added so its use in a licenced vehicle can be confirmed.
Fuel taxes, cost per km distance based charges, road tolls, pay zones, etc, are all forms of mobility pricing, which is what the commission is studying. No need to pick one to support your straw man.
Also, there is a provincial motor fuel tax that goes to general revenue, and a dedicated tax that helps to fund transit, in specific areas. Two different taxes. Your claim that fuel taxes just fund transit is incorrect.
Jeff Leigh
The topic under discussion is “with gas tax in peril more states study alternatives” i.e. metered kilometers.
Its’ very difficult to find colored gas.
I did not claim that all gas tax goes to fund transit
Jeff Olson: “I did not claim that all gas tax goes to fund transit”
Agreed. What you actually said was:
In fact, the purpose of the fuel tax is to fund transit (in specific areas), to fund the Transportation Financing Authority (primarily, but not exclusively, roads), and to fund general revenues. Transit is only 17 cents of the 32 cents per litre in Metro. And outside of Metro, you would pay fuel tax of 21 cents per litre, with no specific transit component applied. How can it be that the purpose of a gas tax is to generate revenue for transit?
So I will revise my statement. Your claim that the purpose of fuel taxes is to generate revenue for transit is incorrect.
So jolson, are you saying that the current gas tax is sufficient? Or, if we have a congestion problem are you advocating for increased gas taxes?
jolson – So how fair is the current system? How effective? I currently subsidize almost all drivers and transit riders in the region. Congestion and related crashes and ill health are probably the biggest transportation related costs we face. How would you fix our current unfair and dysfunctional transportation system? Fresh ideas are required.
I didn’t realize you had so much money!
Exactly what is unfair about the transportation system?
Chris Keam says:
Ask a fifteen year old girl trying to get home from babysitting after dark.
The blinders some commenters have regarding those demographics that lack a voice in these conversations only serve to solidify the challenges non-motorists face in getting equitable access to public space.
The question is put to Arno who posted the statement not to Chris.
To Chris:
How is the transportation system unfair to the babysitter?
FYI the transportation system is not public space.
The public realm is public space in which all kinds of activities occur.
jolson – I am not paricularly rich, but research from UBC
http://discoursemedia.org/urban-development/full-cost-commute
shows that when people cycle, they provide a net social benefit while transit is neutral to slightly negative and motor vehicles are a large net cost to society. Therefore, much of my tax contribution goes to transportation modes that I rarely use while when I use my mode of choice I make a net contribution to society. Is this not unfair? For a more fair system, more investment should be made in cycling and transit while drivers should be encouraged to pay their fair share. The net result would be a system that is more fair and which provides more modal choice and less cost for everyone.
If we are worked up about who is answering questions etc, then Arno has a couple of queries ahead of yours in the queue that require your attention.
Arno;
The more one pays into a transportation system the more one contributes $’s to an economy. Additionally, if I purchase a vehicle for $50,000 a whole lot of people (society) will benefit. This simple fact is missing from your full cost accounting example, which suggests that the analysis is not really full cost accounting at all but skewed to suit a particular narrative. The automotive industry and its’ roads (which you sometimes ride on with your bicycle) form a large sector of the economy. There are numerous examples of bicycle economies in underdeveloped countries.
As for your tax payments we have all agreed as a democratic society to spend our tax dollars in certain ways and there is nothing unfair about it.
OK Chris,
Anyone hiring a baby sitter should also provide for the transportation. It is the right thing to do.
A flippant response to a real issue for young people in the workforce.
@ jolson
I doubt your $50,000 vehicle with parts sourced from at least five countries benefits as many people as you like to pretend. Let’s see your sources on that.
On the other hand, the $1.5B (today’ dollars) spent on the Expo Line has stimulated orders of magnitude more value in development (i.e. local jobs, local tax revenue, local multipliers…) over the last 30+ years with no signs of slowing a generation later, and the cost of providing that service is covered through the farebox.
Name one road that has done anything close or cost as little per capita.
See my first comment. Fees could be much, much lower for a majority of residents.
bob tanner says:
Jolson == The existing metered travel ( transit fares ) have not choked the economy or hobbled the ability of transit riders to earn a living.
A few contractors? Baloney! Do you have any idea who uses roads?
Roads and vehicles are the foundation of the Canadian economy. Roads are the network of everywhere to everywhere connecting people with home and economic opportunity in all sectors of the economy which are widely dispersed throughout the lower mainland. Mass transit does not go everywhere and it only serves a select few of the population that are able to take advantage of it due to home location and work location.
Here is a partial list of sectors by %GDP that generate travel for business owners, employees, customers or clients: 13.04 Real estate, rental and leasing, 10.36 Manufacturing, 07.10 Finance and insurance, 06.69 Health care and social assistance, 06.33 Public administration, 05.66 Wholesale trade, 05.52 Professional scientific and technical services, 05.41 Retail trade, 05.28 Educational services, 04.44 Transportation and warehousing, 03.11 Information and cultural industries, 02.55 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services, 02.27 Utilities, 02.17 Accommodation and food services, 01.93 Other services (except public administration). To this list I would add tourism and agriculture. These sectors are spread across the lower mainland and up the Fraser Valley.
The commenters on this blog have a very simplistic view of traffic as if it all consists of a commute into the downtown core and back out again in one huge unacceptable congested daily pulse which can be solved with a cash meter. Not!
As with most debates it is always the simplistic view that dominates the conversation.
We all need to try a little harder to grasp reality.
Roads and vehicles are the foundation of the Canadian economy.
Humans and interaction between humans are the foundation of the Canadian economy. The highest performing economic generators consist of dense employment centres (downtown, central Broadway + UBC, the seven town centres …). The six largest Canadian cites generate 50% of the nation’s GDP. If per capita kilometres of asphalt were the only measure of economic performance, then rural Canada would be putting out trillions a year.
Further, many of your above-referenced economic sectors are located downtown where over 50% of people commute on foot, by transit, by bike and by digital media, and where 40% of the population does not own cars. The situation in the dense town centres is similar.
Now, let’s go to the actual users of roads. During the initial planning of the Port Mann expansion one transportation planner posted his counts and research on the bridge traffic (the source is lost now, but appeared in the Livable Regions blog). They found that 71% of the traffic consisted of SOVs of which a tiny fraction were commercial vehicles. The bulk of SOVs were two-times-a-day commuters to employment centres where transit options do exist, with the rest dispersed to warehouses and office parks.
So, with today’s distribution I think it’s fair to say about 1/3rd of the daily traffic on major arterials are justifiably in vehicles used for commercial or business purposes outside of rush hours. The unfortunate reality is that decision makers keep mistakenly thinking that rush hour capacity is supposed to be the standard design capacity. That has been one of the most costly errors society has ever made.
Roads are the network of everywhere to everywhere….
Only since 1950. Before that it was Native trading routes like the Grease Trail, sailing ships, rivers and voyageurs, Red River cart trails, national railways then urban streetcars. The build out of the road system represents one of he largest net drains on public and private resources ever invented (Newman & Kenworthy 2015, Saunders 2017). It is not sustainable at current scales and levels of urban and energy dependency and has resulted in external forces beyond the comprehension of early road planners, like debt and environmental repercussions at a planetary scale.
What’s next? Asphalt will cure cancer?
G.S.deAuxerre says:
Well, since (a) senior gov’ts are highly sceptical, (b) rationale seems focussed on “it seems to work somewhere far away in another country … in theory”, (c) TransLink is exerting more analysis on how to spend the revenue, rather than the reason for it, (d) it’s not entirely certain the system would benefit congestion – and may worsen it in places and (e) the only true certainty established is that it funnels huge sums into TransLink accounts ….
… labelling it a ‘tax grab’ at this point is fair description.
Dan Ross says:
Mileage tracking requires a lot of extra administration for little benefit relative to just raising the gas tax or throwing up some cordons and tolls. Those latter two aren’t as “surgical” as per-kilometre fees but do at least have the benefit of being marginally feasible.
Voters will only be angered by re-establishing tolls over major crossings, but it can be done over a weekend. Cordons and tolls will take 1-2 years of on-cue caterwauling but can fit within an election cycle. Any government that commits to a mileage tracking scheme will not last. There are too many moving parts. If everything goes absolutely perfect it’s a minimum 10-year commitment to plan and implement. This is not considered crisis enough to sustain that kind of political commitment and capital.
I agree that continuous mileage tracking is a big step, and there are issues around visitors without electronic tags, privacy, and so on. But it doesn’t have to be just continuous mileage tracking vs a cordon of drive by scanners. It is very possible to have more than one cordon. When driving on autostradas in Italy, it is a distance based system that works by figuring out how many cordons you went through. There are variable charges based on the distance.
If there was a single cordon we would have an easier implementation, but the risk of unfair boundaries (the reason the zone fares are a challenge with transit). But with more granularity it is possible to get closer to distance based pricing without in vehicle tracking devices.
Its easy in Italy or France (and now Germany, but so far only for trucks) as every entry and exit has a ticket booth (or now an electronic system). Not so easy across MetroVan. One needs a GPS based system, or one that reads the odometer within a certain area, based on GPS coordinates. Unclear what the state of the art here is in various jurisdictions.
Perhaps we should track what Oregon is doing, what works and what didn’t work:
http://fortune.com/2015/07/17/oregon-road-usage-charge/
https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/133100
http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Planning/Documents/OHP-Tolling-Pricing-Policy-Amendments.pdf
If the scanners one drives under are oriented in a line like a fence, then that is a cordon.
If the scanners one drives under (same scanners) are oriented in a series of lines, then they have the ability to measure distance. Not precisely, or directly, but it depends on how many you install.
You don’t need to go to Italy. The toll roads around Chicago work the same way with a transponder. The more of them you drive under, the more you pay.
Even a GPS is often a series of measurements, not a distance counter like an odometer. A GPS just uses a much more frequent sampling interval.
So no, you don’t need GPS. If you don’t like transponders without GPS, use an odometer monitor without GPS.
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Pacifico Energy Forms Its 2nd Solar Fund
Consisting of 216MW of solar plants
The Kinugawa Shinrin Solar Power Generation Office (source: Pacifico Energy)
Pacifico Energy KK (Minato-ku, Tokyo) announced Nov 28, 2019, that it has structured its second fund for solar power generation (PV) projects (Fund II).
The fund is scheduled to be composed of five solar power plants with a total output of 216MW. As the first closing, Pacifico Energy obtained one solar power plant in Shioya-machi, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It plans to acquire the other four plants in 2020.
Nomura Securities Co Ltd and Goldman Sachs Japan Co Ltd dealt with the private offering of the fund and obtained a commitment of ¥29 billion (approx US$266) from institutional investors in Japan. Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) became the legal adviser for the fund. Pacifico Energy provides asset management services for all the power plants included in the fund. The period of fund management is 21 years from the date of the structuring of the fund.
The first plant is "Kinugawa Shinrin Solar Power Generation Office," which has an output of about 35.1MW and started to sell electricity in May 2018. The solar panel and PV inverter employed for the plant are products of Yingli Green Energy Holding Co Ltd and Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corp (TMEIC), respectively.
Pacifico Energy structured its first fund targeted at solar projects (Fund I) in September 2019. It consists of five solar power plants with a total output higher than 100MW. It raised an investment of ¥15.5 billion. As of now, it has realized a performance higher than the initial target yield. When combined, the Fund I and Fund II are expected to realize an effect of eliminating 160,000t of CO2 per year.
Pacifico Energy will continue to form renewable energy-related funds consisting of its own projects and projects acquired from other companies. The total output and total investment of its funds including existing funds are expected to be higher than 1GW and ¥150 billion in two years.
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We should start by allowing drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas. Mac Thornberry
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Mazda Japan has just announced that it will launch the Spirit R version of the RX-8 on November 21st in Japan. Like for the RX-7 back in 2002, the Spirit R marks the final limited edition version of the rotary four-door.
“Mazda’s iconic rotary engine recorded its famous victory in the Le Mans 24-Hour endurance race 20 years ago,” said Takashi Yamanouchi, Mazda’s Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO. “Throughout 2011, we have been celebrating the 20th anniversary of that victory by demonstrating the winning 787B racecar at Le Mans’ Circuit de La Sarthe and various other events around the world. At each one, the screaming rotary engine and the sight of the 787B have enthralled everyone from young children to race fans who witnessed its victory in 1991. These events have been a powerful reminder of the widespread passion for the rotary engine. Although RX-8 production is ending, the rotary engine will always represent the spirit of Mazda and Mazda remains committed to its ongoing development.”
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David Lloyd Dudley hosted the 5th Racketlon County championships, with 11 teams competing for the UK title and the right to qualify for the Racketlon Champions League in Vienna this September. Teams featured top ranked players from both the Men’s and Women’s UK rankings, including Calum Reid (UK Number 1 and World No. 3), alongside the usual collection of supremely keen highly feisty players from across the Racketlon categories from Juniors to Vets. Certainly the calibre of all the teams showed that everyone saw this as a great opportunity to open their 2014 Racketlon accounts. Or, for some couples, it simply offered a great opportunity to have a romantic Valentines weekend in Dudley!
Middlesex were definite favourites, with Kent, Essex and Surrey 1 all filled with a collection of strong players, and what of The North* and South Wales, debutant counties who held the potential to put pressure on the established counties?
After a chaotic start, with fresh road and rail chaos (in the South, the Northerners and Welsh were fine...), the ball got rolling, as the preliminary matches got underway. Wins for Surrey 1 (over North 2), Cambridgeshire (over Surrey 2) and Surrey 3 in the biggest shock of the day, edging out Essex. These three went through to join Kent, Middlesex, North 1, South Wales and Herts in the quarterfinals, while the remaining 3 squabbled over the minor places.
The quarterfinals, saw Cambridgeshire narrowly defeated by Herts, missing out by a single point over the course of the 4 rubbers. Surrey 1, with a fresh taste for beating Northerners, edged out North 1, in a tie which was tense, until James Simpson exerted his dominance in the Squash over Alex Du Noyer (and some other players during the course of the day). South Wales, up against the favourites Middlesex, battled hard but to no avail, the favourites not getting lost in the valleys. Kent managed to avoid the Essex stumbling block of Surrey 3 to complete the semi final line up.
The semi finals pitted Kent against Surrey 1, whilst Middlesex took on Herts. The semi-finals were keenly contested, with some wonderful match ups, James Simpson edging Ray Jordan in an enthralling tie. In the end, it was early starters Surrey 1 and favourites Middlesex who progressed to the final.
The final was a fiercely contested affair, Callum Reid pulling a shock in his match against James Simpson (namely being the only person to take a point off him (7 in total) in a game of squash), however James couldn’t shock the World No. 3. Middlesex took the crown, not choking on the heavy burden of being favourites. Both Middlesex and Surrey 1 will progress to represent the UK in the Champions League and will certainly be teams to contend with.
Across the rest of the draw, Kent saw off Herts to claim the final podium spot, whilst Cambridge were edged out by The North 1 who claimed 5th place. With 8 counties represented, including entrants from what is normally in Racketlon circles an unheard of place (The North) and a strong Welsh squad ahead of the Welsh Open, these County Championships have shown that Racketlon is truly spreading its roots across the UK. Certainly, the friendly South Wales team have many of us excitedly looking ahead to the trip to Cardiff for St David’s Day. With Irish events in the calendar to come, plus a Yorkshire Open, a Universities Championships and the show piece event of the World Championships in August in Surrey, the UK is in great shape.
Finally a huge thanks to all the County captains, for raising the squads and organising them on the day. It is not a trivial task to set up these teams and the event would be nothing without them. Additionally, thanks to Ray Jordan (and others) for ensuring despite travel chaos that the tournament was quickly up to speed.
* The North – A region that exists closer to the magnetic North Pole of the planet Earth than London contained within the land borders of the United Kingdom. The exact location of “The North” has never truly been established, some state it starts at the Watford Gap, others the north bank of the Thames. That said, northerners claim Nottingham is distinctly southern.....
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Home BREAKING NEWS Guinea Trains 40 Women On Elections Process
Guinea Trains 40 Women On Elections Process
NO fewer than 40 Guinean women carefully selected from all the strata of the country’s society have received a gender sensitive elections training and are now catalysts for participatory governance and development.
Based on their training, the women are to be drivers of an even, participatory political process and help to deliver good governance through sensitisation of the people on the challenges of electioneering faced by women in particular. They are also now expected to be in the vanguard of advocacy for gender sensitivity in that country.
The training workshop which uses the Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections, BRIDGE, model held from the in Conakry, Guinea, October 1-3, 2015. It helped participants to identify some of the deficits in the advocacy capacities of women while incorporating elements of political leadership and dialogue skills meant to further drive the move for gender equality in national political representation.
The day-long, robust training exercise also saw the emergence of Fatimata Fafa Balde as a qualified fully accredited BRIDGE trainer. Balde was adjuged as one catalyst who met all requirements within the period and therefore appointed as one of the trainers.
Diaby Fatoumoita Sylla, secretary general of the ministry of Social Affairs, who stood in for Sanoiboi Koiba, her minister, brought in a message of hope from the Guinean government to the women at the closing ceremony. Koiba said that true friends are usually known in difficult times. She stressed that ECOWAS had always stood by the women of Guinea at the period of their great suffering and thanked the ECOWAS Elections Division for promoting women advancement while also acknowledging the quality of the training given to them.
Koiba disclosed that her ministry had now recommended that the same type of the BRIDGE training should be given to other ministries, government agencies and more women across the inner recesses of Guinea as a guarantee that knowledge gained would be shared.
Beneta Tarr, speaking on behalf of Sintiki Ugbe, director of gender, who represented Fatimata Dia Sow, ECOWAS commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender, thanked the Guinean government for the cooperation and positive attitude displayed throughout the training and asked the beneficiaries of the training to regard themselves as game changers in the assuredness that the ECOWAS Commission would support of their goals and aspirations.
Balde, an exemplary new trainer, expressed her gratitude to all for being selected to lead in the new task for women. “I am very happy for this opportunity. It is good for the women of Guinea. It is a call to pay back to the people of Guinea and the government for what I have been able to learn. My joy is to be able to reawaken the participation of women in development and in democracy in Guinea,” she said.
The BRIDGE election module featured training on how to handle such critical issues such as nature of electoral cycle, election integrity, barriers in electoral process, role and expectation of stakeholders in the electoral process as well as electoral security and the role of women in the prevention and peaceful settlement of electoral disputes among others.
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About Radix
Funnel!: A brief history of the world’s first content marketing strategy game
Steve George – August 5, 2015
Back in 2014, one of the Radix team suggested we make a board game about the role of copy in content marketing. So we did. Steve relates the epic tale of how Funnel! was born.
If you’re a very, very lucky person, you may have received an interesting package recently. I am of course talking about Funnel! – the content marketing strategy game that’s been landing on literally tens of desks around the world.
For us at Radix, it’s so much more than a board game. It’s the culmination of more than a year’s work, it’s proof that we can turn our hands to creating just about any type of content and make it great, and it’s a living testament to the diverse skills, ideas and personalities that make our team amazing.
It’s also a project that I’m immensely proud to have been a part of. But, as I sit here marvelling at the finished product in my hands, it’s interesting to reflect on how a team of copywriters went from a single passing comment to a highly playable representation of the industry we work in.
We thought it was time we shared the full story of Funnel! with the world. So if you’re sitting comfortably, I’ll begin.
What a long, strange trip it’s been
It’s February 2014. There’s a spirit of opportunity and possibility in the air. A team of energetic and ambitious copywriters convene to chat about Joe Pulizzi’s book, Epic Content Marketing.
After discussing Joe’s thoughts on “breaking through the clutter”, we started thinking about how we could make some noise of our own. “Why don’t we write a book?” a voice suggested. “But Joe says we need to do something different. We need to make a board game!” Kieran replied. Ever the wit, his comment garnered responses ranging from a chuckle to a sharp exhale. But one person wasn’t laughing.
The sound of a lightbulb pinging on drew everyone’s attention to Fiona, who then uttered the two most dangerous words in the history of mankind: “Why not?”
With a raised eyebrow and a wry smile, I turned to George, offering the kind of knowing look that you used to give your best friend when the teacher said you needed to find a partner. He gave me a single nod in return. Game on.
This was happening. We were going to make a board game. We had the idea and the ambition, we just needed a team that was up to the task. Fortunately, at Radix we have a hugely diverse range of skills and backgrounds. For some of us, it was time to dust off talents that we hadn’t put to use for quite some time.
As some of you may or may not know, Radix is also blessed with a disproportionately large geek population. George has genuine game design experience, Emily has designed, created and consumed a huge volume of game-related content, and I spend every moment of my free time analysing, writing about and playing popular card game Magic: The Gathering at a competitive level.
With skills like that at our disposal, the core game design team shaped up quickly. But creating and publishing a board game is a lot more complex than simply making a balanced game that plays well and feels fun. There were a lot more moving parts to consider.
At our first meeting we pinned down all of the roles that needed to be filled, and dished them out accordingly:
George’s game design experience made him a natural choice for Project Leader
Emily’s graphic design expertise landed her jobs in both concept art and marketing
With the intention of leveraging my connections in the UK tabletop gaming community, I volunteered myself for the role of procurement, budget and logistics manager
We decided freelance artists would be responsible for final art designs
Because we all had something to contribute to design, the final design team consisted of George, Matt, Kieran, Steve, John, and Emily
As guardian of the budget, Fiona oversaw us all as Project Sponsor
With the roles locked down, we set ourselves the ambitious final delivery date of March 31st 2015, giving us a full year to complete the project. Various milestones were laid out along the way, but by that date, we wanted the final product in our hands.
Our newly appointed Project Sponsor Fiona set the project budget at £6,000, ensuring we could deliver a professional-looking final product that feels like something you’d find on a store shelf.
Mapping themes to mechanics
With the formalities out of the way, it was time to have some fun. A series of meetings were scheduled to discuss various formats that the game could take, but the first task was pinning down the messages we wanted it to get across – and coming up with creative ways to do it.
After some discussion, a few key themes and ideas emerged:
Theme #1: Good copy/strong content converts prospects
Luckily the industry already has a recognised way of representing the prospect conversion journey – the funnel! It was decided upfront that player progress in the game would be indicated by moving prospect tokens through the funnel somehow.
Theme #2: The importance of choosing the right writer/team for your content
This was suggested to tie in with Fiona’s wildly – well, moderately – successful blog post (now also a hit stage show) the seven types of B2B copywriter. The message here is that choosing the wrong writer for your content can have terrible, terrible consequences.
We started thinking of a way to translate that into the game, and settled on having players assemble a team consisting of writers, designers, marketers, and support staff, each with their own stats, clearly indicating that they are better at some tasks than others.
Theme #3: Representing and responding to key industry trends
As content marketers, we are driven by trends and changes in popular thought. We wanted the gameplay of our board game to be altered by major events in the industry, and by key trends and concepts such as Mark Schaefer’s theory of Content Shock.
We decided that these were best represented in two different ways:
Named panels around the board for players to land on
A deck of “event” cards for players to draw at random, each with a unique effect that could impact the progress of everyone, or an individual
On the gameplay side of things, we also had some boxes that we were keen for Funnel! to tick:
It had to be relatively simple to learn
It had to be unique enough to stand out
Players needed subtle ways to interact with each other and derail each other’s strategies
It had to cast our industry in an amusing light while still conveying some serious messages
It had to be FUN(nel)! (I’ll see myself out…)
The build phase begins!
With an arsenal of great ideas in hand, our creation was beginning to take shape. The bare bones of the game were laid out, and it was time to go into prototyping.
We spared no expense on research and development, arming George with some marker pens, some thin card stock and the back of an Amazon delivery box. He worked his magic, though, and soon the first iteration of Funnel! came to life.
One of the most important parts of Funnel! is the cards. They represent a player’s team, the projects they want to complete and as previously mentioned, major industry and workplace events. There are a lot of them, and luckily for George’s writing hand, we knew of a handy piece of software that could help us create and print basic prototypes.
With the prototype built, it was time for the moment we’d all been waiting for – our first playtest!
Given that the core testing team was comprised of game designers, reviewers, connoisseurs, and competitive players, we were a tough crowd to satisfy. Our passion for balanced and enjoyable games kept Funnel! in testing for a long time – unfortunately, a little longer than we’d anticipated.
Before long, our timeline was in jeopardy – and it wasn’t just because we wanted to test and refine the game more! As the months got busier in the Radix office, it was becoming harder to fit testing and development time into our diaries (something about writing copy for clients? I don’t really know. Probably best to ask someone in charge).
It soon became clear that to get the game up to the standard we demanded, we were going to need a bit of extra time. Following the lead of some of the greatest game developers of our time, our tentative new deadline became “it’s ready when it’s ready”.
Refined game, unrefined gamers
As testing progressed, many of the core gameplay elements were tweaked and new ideas were constantly flowed into the game. Key concepts and gameplay mechanics were locked down for the cards, and slowly but surely our finished product began to come together.
With the end in sight, we reflected on the game as it stood and what we’d learned from playing it. We were nearly there, but we had some precise changes to make that could have a major impact on gameplay:
Players were given cards at the start of the game (previously everyone started with nothing) to speed the game along and get to the action faster
Some abilities were either changed or removed from cards completely because they were either too powerful, too complex, or exploitable to the point that they effectively ended the game on their own
The number of different cards was cut down significantly due to expected production and illustration costs, but it also helped to streamline the game and make it easier to learn
A new challenger appears
With the game content largely wrapped up, it was time to start making our creation look beautiful. The process of hiring and liaising with an illustrator was new to many of us, but after a short amount of searching we found the perfect partner in local artist, Keith Sparrow.
Keith loved the idea of our game as much as we did, and was happy to fill in some of the artistic blanks that we had overlooked. He got straight to work, and after a couple of meetings and a few tweaks to his illustrations, we had completed board, box, and card art for Funnel! – and it looked amazing.
Seeing Funnel! come to life with the help of Keith’s vibrant and eye-catching art gave us a huge morale boost. It was coming together, our board game dream was becoming a reality, and we really were going to make this happen.
The clock returns, and it’s ticking
2014 turned into 2015, and before we knew it we were already a couple of months in. There was still a lot to do to finish the game off, but fortunately we gained an extra pair of hands in the form of Account Manager Chloe.
With my diary consumed by client work and design input, Chloe picked up the slack on the procurement side of things and quickly found us a production partner in Shannon Games. The company came well reviewed, but production was going to cost a little more than we’d anticipated.
After a chat with our project sponsor, we decided that the best thing to do was to cut our required unit count from 100 to 50. Our exclusive game just got significantly more exclusive.
We agreed to do business with Shannon Games, and not a moment too soon, as Fiona then sprung it on us that she was going to talk at June’s B2B Marketing Summit – and required a finished copy of the game for her presentation!
The final stretch: welcome to the crunch!
Shannon Games sent us through the design templates we needed to flow our art into, and after a few more last minute tweaks to card copy, game rules and mechanics, we were ready for the final stretch.
With the game art and print layouts in hand, it was time for Emily to jump into action. She persevered through the unenviable task of creating card templates and fitting all of the art and copy into them. It was no simple task, but she did an incredible job in a short time.
The cards came out looking as fantastic as everyone imagined, and through diligent and focused design work, a job that threatened to slow us down significantly was completed without a hitch.
This was a huge blessing. Our new deadline that was dismissed by many as being unrealistic and unachievable was all of a sudden looking a lot more possible. Within the space of a few short days, the final template art came in and we were ready to get it all out of the door and onto the printing press.
Now we play the waiting game
With our final designs sent off, we faced a few tough weeks of waiting. Fortunately, this gave us some time to think more deeply about the logistics involved in getting our finished games out to 50 of our favourite people around the world – a welcome distraction from the nail-biting tension over how the games would turn out.
This kept us occupied for a while, and before we knew it, a knock came a-rap-tap-tapping at our door. In rolled an exhausted courier driver pushing a trolley of unmarked boxes. Heads rose from computer monitors around the room and great excitement blended with palpable fear as we opened up the first case of finished games.
But, it didn’t take much inspection before the fear was banished. The games looked fantastic, everyone was delighted, and we got our first opportunity to revel in the majesty of what we’d created. It was almost surreal to see our idea in its finished state, but it was a hugely satisfying feeling and one that I won’ forget for a long time.
We now had a little bit of time to create some useful collateral behind the game in the form of a new microsite. Drawing on the video creation and editing talents of Emily and her partner Paul, and the sharp presentation skills of George “Handsome George” Reith, we put a couple of tutorial clips together to help people get to grips with the game quickly.
While this was going on, each box was thoroughly checked, and a personalised cover letter was added to each one as we prepared to ship them off to their new homes around the world.
After discovering that Sarah and Matt’s buggy built for two unruly children could also comfortably seat 8-10 content marketing strategy games, a low-tech plan was devised for getting them all to the local post office and off out into the big wide world.
Breaking news: people love Funnel!
One of our major ambitions for Funnel! was that people would love receiving it and be eager to share it with others. It wasn’t long after they went out the door that we started seeing a stream of amazing and encouraging social feedback pour in. From tweets and photos of people enjoying playing the game, to blog posts inspired by our idea, the response from our friends and influencers has been nothing short of incredible.
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Images from @gg_hart, @earnestagency, @dougkessler and @SonjaJefferson
It’s a brilliantly satisfying feeling to see a project of passion be so well received. This was something out of the ordinary for us: we took a risk, we did something we’d never attempted before, and ultimately we used our unique skills and abilities to create something truly different. To see that go down so well within our industry has been one of the most rewarding feelings I’ve had in this job to date.
With the Funnel! project now complete, everyone here is kind of wondering what’s next. We’ve acquired a whole new set of skills outside of what we’d usually do, but when are we going to put them to use again? Or which fringe content format is next on our list to conquer?
Maybe one day we’ll explore the idea of Funnel!’s awkward sequel, but until then, if you want some help creating a board game that’s going to turn some heads and get you noticed, I know the perfect team of highly-skilled geeks for the job. You can find us by calling +44 (0)1326 373592, or emailing the team at funnel@radix-communications.com.
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Tags: content marketingcontent shockEpic Content MarketingfunnelJoe PulizziMark Schaefer
Steve George
Steve first discovered his passion and flair for marketing while studying Business at Bournemouth University. He joined Radix in January 2013 as part of a graduate work experience programme, and has since become a full-time member of the team. Outside work Steve is a keen hobbyist and has produced informative gaming content for a range of notable organisations including Alienware and Scan.
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Quality of life of young adults who survived pediatric burns
Marta Rosenberg, Patricia Blakeney, Rhonda Robert, Christopher Thomas, Charles Holzer, Walter Meyer
Ninety-five young adult pediatric burn survivors, ages 18 to 28, who were an average of 14 years after massive burn, were questioned about their quality of life. The Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ) by Evans and Cope was used to assess their long-term adjustment in diverse environmental settings. Results revealed burn survivors as a group rated their overall quality of life lower than the normal population. They also had differences from the normal population in some subdomains of the QLQ. When analyzed by sex, only one difference was seen with females rating their involvement in sports activities lower than males. Analysis of the effect of age showed that male burn survivors had improvements with their quality of life with age and the further they were after burn. In conclusion, the ability to detect distress among burn survivors will provide targets for related treatment and subsequent assessment of efficacy of intervention.
Journal of Burn Care and Research
https://doi.org/10.1097/01.BCR.0000245477.10083.BC
Rosenberg, M., Blakeney, P., Robert, R., Thomas, C., Holzer, C., & Meyer, W. (2006). Quality of life of young adults who survived pediatric burns. Journal of Burn Care and Research, 27(6), 773-778. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.BCR.0000245477.10083.BC
Quality of life of young adults who survived pediatric burns. / Rosenberg, Marta; Blakeney, Patricia; Robert, Rhonda; Thomas, Christopher; Holzer, Charles; Meyer, Walter.
In: Journal of Burn Care and Research, Vol. 27, No. 6, 11.2006, p. 773-778.
Rosenberg, M, Blakeney, P, Robert, R, Thomas, C, Holzer, C & Meyer, W 2006, 'Quality of life of young adults who survived pediatric burns', Journal of Burn Care and Research, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 773-778. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.BCR.0000245477.10083.BC
Rosenberg M, Blakeney P, Robert R, Thomas C, Holzer C, Meyer W. Quality of life of young adults who survived pediatric burns. Journal of Burn Care and Research. 2006 Nov;27(6):773-778. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.BCR.0000245477.10083.BC
Rosenberg, Marta ; Blakeney, Patricia ; Robert, Rhonda ; Thomas, Christopher ; Holzer, Charles ; Meyer, Walter. / Quality of life of young adults who survived pediatric burns. In: Journal of Burn Care and Research. 2006 ; Vol. 27, No. 6. pp. 773-778.
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The Room: Greatest Comedic Failure Ever Made
Let me paint you a tale of the worst movie ever made. Or would it be the greatest? Either way, Tommy Wiseau went there. In The Room, (Directed, Produced, Written, Starring Tommy Wiseau) we are given Tommy Wiseau’s greatest masterpiece. The Room, a story of a love triangle between a frumpy woman, a up and coming porn star, and a deranged mental patient escaped from Croatia. In actuality, the means to the end of one of the greatest dramadies ever created. And it’s so heart wrenching and inspiring that I can’t stand it.
But really, Tommy Wiseau released this film in the high hopes it would become an example of a great drama or, as he claims, a dark comedy with the humor as intentional. Let me tell you, anybody who saw that movie, in theaters, really was in for a treat. And I wish I had been one of them. This movie, in all respects, utterly fails. Whatever thought Tommy Wiseau had in his mind about this film, any idea of it as a
"Youre tearing me apart Lisa!"
respectable film at all, should have been thrown out the window the second he spoke. Or rather didn’t speak. Almost every single one of Tommy Wiseau’s lines was dubbed after the film was shot. It makes for one of the funniest aspects of the film.
Let’s just go through how this movie fails, and in that way, how it succeeds. First of all, Tommy himself stars in this film as Johnny. He’s the man who’s being cheated on by his fiance with his best friend. His best friend. But Mark (Greg Sestero) is his best friend. This point will be driven home about every 10 minutes. Juliette Danielle plays Lisa, Johnny’s disgusting wife. Really, I don’t know why either guy in this film wants to bang her. And speaking of banging, the first 40 minutes of this film is a softcore porno. And, to make things worse, Tommy Wiseau jumped on Danielle within the first day of shooting. She really would’ve been better off trying to start her career in porn and failing miserably.
But the first 40 minutes is wherein lies the beauty of the film. The soundtrack. You will be serenaded to a handful of tracks as both Johnny and Mark mount
Whats going on here... Possible sex scene?
Lisa from the side and the top, in that awkward angle where all you see is Tommy Wiseau’s tanned and wrinkling buttocks. It’s quite strange. I really hope that he never intended for those sex scenes to come off as anything more than some twisted ego trip to force people to stare at his glorious body naked, on screen. But yes, we are given Boyz II Men quality R&B love ballads as Tommy does his thing all over Lisa, and then he does it again, and then Mark, and then Mark again. You really don’t know what direction this movie is taking within the first half an hour.
The rest of the film is fantastic. We are introduced to Michelle and Mike (Robyn Paris & Mike Holmes. Wow.) the couple who love to perform chocolate oral sex in other people’s living rooms, and then get caught by an old woman. And that old woman? Claudette, the breast cancer ridden nagger who is relentlessly trying to convince Lisa, her daughter, to stay with Johnny forever. If only for money. And from the looks of their apartment and how retarded Tommy Wiseau is, I would say there is no financial security in that man. She comes over, from I don’t know how far away, to have 3 minute talks in Johnny’s apartment. What kind of a mother is that.
Favorite character hands down? Denny (Philip Haldiman) This kid really brings the film together. Denny is the financial egg and complete dependent of Johnny and Lisa and makes it a point to come over. All the time. For no
Look at Denny, that creep.
reason. He’ll just pop his head in with a football. Break in and make his way to the roof. All sorts of creepy shit. It’s really bothersome. And he has a thing for Lisa. AND Johnny. He wants them to both have sex in front of him, just for the pure pleasure of watching. And he doesn’t even look young enough to play a high school/college student. There’s just something not right with that weirdo.
And you can tell this movie wasn’t good. A ton of anonymous members of The Room came out and said terrible things about the movie. Another great part of the movie was when Peter miraculously and inexplicably becomes Steven. Peter (Kyle Vogt) dropped out of the film and was replaced by Steven (Greg Ellery). And there are no attempts to explain why some random guy comes over and tries to help Lisa with her relationship problems. This film has more holes than a block of Swiss cheese. And smells worse when its grown mold. Just hilariously awful.
I mean, what else is there to say about The Room? Terrible actors. Covered. Terrible director/producer/writer/actor. Check. The bad Boyz II Men tribute soundtrack. The actors that fall of the face of the earth like the Rock of Gibraltar. The sets. OH THE SETS. This movie takes place in 3 locations. Bedroom, apartment roof, living room. That’s it. And you can tell that thoser sets haven’t been used since the 70’s. You can tell that they’re sets! As Johnny and Denny throw the ball around like 3 year old girls, you know they aren’t ballin’ it up on a roof. They’re ballin’ it up right next to the set of Full House. Pathetic.
And therein lies the genius of this film. If you can call what Tommy Wiseau egotistically calls a tour de force of drama. But let’s imagine, if you will, for a second. What if Tommy Wiseau released this film, with the hidden intention of solidifying his film as the worst movie ever made? Just 8 short years ago, good ole Tommy got the idea to break the boundaries of what is considered a film and put together the worst one possibly conceivable. Then what a genius he would be. Every critics review would turn into amazing praise for the God that is Wiseau. He would be winning Oscars left and right, for years past 2003. That, in truth, would be the work of a true film aficionado. Sadly, I feel that this mentally deficient, psychotically narcissistic sociopath could not have concocted such a brilliant plan. If he did, 10 out of 10.
Really. Enough said.
But he didn’t. 0.1 out of 10 (Although for humorous purposes, I would give it a 6.3 out of 10.)
And here’s the best scene. You’re my favorite customer.
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Preview: Acaratus (2017)
Acaratus is a medieval steampunk tactical turn-based RPG which I think many will either love or hate.
NB. This is an early preview and so does not warrant a review score. A full review will be available once the final game is released.
Acaratus is a tactical turn based strategy game set in a medieval steampunk world from Swedish developer Nodbrim Interactive and has spent four years in development, with one year in early access. Although initially interesting, this is a game that I am not sure will be for everyone. The rather slow pace and storyline make it somewhat underwhelming but it is saved by the fact that as a tactical game it is tough and certainly gets you thinking.
Acaratus’ campaign begins with a short history of the world in which your character, Adina, lives. After a great war known as the Valerian conflict, where soldiers fought in mechanical battle suits, a bit of a crazy emperor takes the throne (classic, it’s always the crazy ones). In order to keep power and slaves under control, mech suits are outlawed for everyone apart from his troops. Adina however, kept a battle suit but is reported by one of her slaves to the guards. The troops are told to kill everyone within the household however, so the slave then decides to save his master.
This slave then proceeds to help Adina escape in her battle suit which conveniently the slave can control. I mean, if I was that slave, I’d be escaping and getting rid of Adina pretty swiftly in the process, but hey. From here he then somehow convinces her to begin some sort of slave uprising which initially she isn’t particularly into. As a storyline it isn’t the most gripping, which isn’t helped by the inclusion of various cheesy and somewhat distasteful jokes which I think it could do without.
That said, the gameplay is pretty tough. The battles themselves are in a chess style piece by piece move in which you must destroy all the other team’s mech units. This can be done using a variety of combat choices which is up to you. You can equip your mech suit with melee or range weapons, and when accruing more suits this opens up more tactical play options depending on what you equip them with.
Items are purchased using either merchants or blacksmiths or looted from defeated enemies. Purchasing through the blacksmith is some sort of strange slot machine. You have to pay and pull a lever in order to randomly see what items you’ll be able to purchase. For me it’s an odd one and fairly unnecessary, but a bonus if you like gambling though, right?
There are also cards which you can purchase in order to help you in tougher battles which will do things such as repair your health. These are definitely necessary if you overextend and attempt harder battles too early. Based on what I have experienced so far fights can also get fairly repetitive, but there is a variety of map types, and a fairly basic campaign map means that the major strong point of the game is in the battles themselves. It isn’t what the game sets out to do and is perhaps unfair of me to say, but it is hard to compete with the other main stream TBS games out there such as the Total Wars or Civilisations, but Acaratus is what you would expect.
Acaratus is essentially going to be a game that does what it says on the tin. For TBS fans this is a game which may interest you, particularly if you like medieval steampunk worlds. Playing on harder difficulties will certainly keep players entertained due to the challenging nature of the game – if easy is anything to go by they will be bloody tough. Overall though Acaratus is still fun and with access to skirmish and online modes there is a fair amount to do, although in my opinion I think players might have a rather love/hate relationship with the game.
The game is currently still available in early access but officially releases on the 25th of May.
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REVIEW of Watership Down (Netflix TV Show)
Rose Spears (Rosanne E. Lortz) January 19, 2019 February 3, 2019 Film
Hazel’s little brother Fiver has had a vision–their rabbit warren at Sandleford is about to be destroyed and the rabbits must emigrate to a new home before it is too late. Laughed at by most of the group, Hazel leads a small group of buck rabbits away from the tragedy about to strike. Treading a dangerous path among crows, foxes, and other elil, they make their way to a new home which they christen Watership Down.
A new problem arises, however, as the male rabbits realize they need does to propagate their kind. They discover a neighboring warren called Efrafa which seems to have a surplus of does. Led by the despotic General Woundwort, the rabbits in Efrafa live in fear of him and of the soldiers who routinely bully them into submission. Hazel’s rabbits concoct a plan to infiltrate Efrafa and help the does escape. They send in Bigwig, one of their strongest, to join Woundwort’s cohort. Then, with the help of Kehaar, a mouthy and somewhat unreliable seagull, the rabbits make a daring escape. Woundwort will not be made a fool of so easily, however, and the story moves inexorably to the final showdown on the hill of Watership Down.
Throughout this four-part miniseries, the story seamlessly weaves the mythology and lore of the rabbit world into a tale of action adventure. Frith, the sun-god who created the world, is who the rabbits live by and swear by. El-ahrairah, the legendary trickster rabbit, inspires them all with stories of his cunning. And the Black Rabbit of Inle is death itself, a mysterious, grim, but beautiful phantom that comes to claim those whose time for running is over.
Although the plot is compelling, it is the characters that make this TV show something special. I especially loved the character arcs for Bigwig and Hazel. At the beginning, Bigwig seems like he’s no more than a hotheaded bruiser–a good bodyguard and a bit of a bully. He questions Hazel’s ability to lead and causes the viewer to wonder whether he’ll stage a coup. When Bigwig infiltrates Efrafa, however, we see another side to him as he shows his cunning. And when he fights General Woundwort in the halls of the main burrow, we see his absolute loyalty to Hazel whom he has accepted as his Chief Rabbit.
Hazel’s own character journey begins in self-doubt. Why should the other rabbits follow a perfectly ordinary rabbit like him when he’s not the fastest runner, not the best storyteller, not the strongest fighter? Over the course of the four-part miniseries, however, Hazel proves that strength is more than the physical and that leadership is best achieved through humility and sacrifice. He listens to those around him, he binds himself in loyalty to those he loves, and he perseveres despite all odds, earning the right to bear the name of Hazel-rah.
One can’t discuss a TV adaptation of a “classic” without discussing what changes are made from the original book. It’s been twenty years or more since I’ve read the novel, but as far as I can remember, the general tenor of the story is the same. Some of the characters’ attributes and relationships were transferred to other characters. While the importance of possessing does (to keep the future of the warren alive) is highlighted in both the adaptation and the novel, the does are much more important as characters in the TV episodes than they are in the original pages.
One quibble I had with the production value of the show was the awkward way the rabbits hopped. I cringed a little each time we saw them loping across the fields. Other than that, however, the animation of the show was superb. The scenery was gorgeous or gloomy or menacing, whatever the situation called for, and the rabbit faces were humanized just enough to show emotion well. The soundtrack, with its suspenseful undertones, kept us sitting on the edge of our seat. We elected not to have our children watch this show, even though it was rated PG, because one or two of the boys would have been frightened by the intensity of it. Despite being about woodland creatures, Watership Down is a tale well-suited for grown-ups, a tale of loyalty, cunning, freedom, and sacrifice. Recommended.
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Africa :: Mali
The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly made up the Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali. Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in 1991 by a military coup that ushered in a period of democratic rule. President Alpha KONARE won Mali's first two democratic presidential elections in 1992 and 1997. In keeping with Mali's two-term constitutional limit, he stepped down in 2002 and was succeeded by Amadou Toumani TOURE, who was elected to a second term in 2007 elections that were widely judged to be free and fair. Malian returnees from Libya in 2011 exacerbated tensions in northern Mali, and Tuareg ethnic militias started a rebellion in January 2012. Low- and mid-level soldiers, frustrated with the poor handling of the rebellion overthrew TOURE on 22 March. Intensive mediation efforts led by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) returned power to a civilian administration in April with the appointment of interim President Dioncounda TRAORE. The post-coup chaos led to rebels expelling the Malian military from the three northern regions of the country and allowed Islamic militants to set up strongholds. Hundreds of thousands of northern Malians fled the violence to southern Mali and neighboring countries, exacerbating regional food insecurity in host communities. An international military intervention to retake the three northern regions began in January 2013 and within a month most of the north had been retaken. In a democratic presidential election conducted in July and August of 2013, Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA was elected president in the second round.
interior Western Africa, southwest of Algeria, north of Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso, west of Niger
17 00 N, 4 00 W
slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Border countries: Algeria 1,376 km, Burkina Faso 1,000 km, Guinea 858 km, Cote d'Ivoire 532 km, Mauritania 2,237 km, Niger 821 km, Senegal 419 km
0 km (landlocked)
none (landlocked)
subtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy, humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November to February)
mostly flat to rolling northern plains covered by sand; savanna in south, rugged hills in northeast
Lowest point: Senegal River 23 m
Highest point: Hombori Tondo 1,155 m
gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, gypsum, granite, hydropower
note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited
Arable land: 5.53%
Permanent crops: 0.1%
Total: 6.55 cu km/yr (9%/1%/90%)
Per capita: 545.4 cu m/yr (2000)
hot, dust-laden harmattan haze common during dry seasons; recurring droughts; occasional Niger River flooding
deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching
Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands, Whaling
landlocked; divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the northern, arid Saharan
Noun: Malian(s)
Adjective: Malian
Mande 50% (Bambara, Malinke, Soninke), Peul 17%, Voltaic 12%, Songhai 6%, Tuareg and Moor 10%, other 5%
French (official), Bambara 46.3%, Peul/foulfoulbe 9.4%, Dogon 7.2%, Maraka/soninke 6.4%, Malinke 5.6%, Sonrhai/djerma 5.6%, Minianka 4.3%, Tamacheq 3.5%, Senoufo 2.6%, unspecified 0.6%, other 8.5%
note: Mali has 13 national languages in addition to its official language
Muslim 94.8%, Christian 2.4%, Animist 2%, none 0.5%, unspecified 0.3% (2009 Census)
15-24 years: 19% (male 1,489,830/female 1,638,995)
55-64 years: 3.7% (male 307,167/female 306,470)
65 years and over: 3% (male 246,084/female 245,001) (2014 est.)
Total dependency ratio: 100.9 %
13.22 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
BAMAKO (capital) 2.037 million (2011)
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006 est.)
540 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
Total: 104.34 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 111.04 deaths/1,000 live births
100,300 (2012 est.)
Degree of risk: very high
Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
Vectorborne diseases: malaria and dengue fever
Water contact disease: schistosomiasis
Respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
Animal contact disease: rabies (2013)
Total: 9 years
Female: 8 years (2012)
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
Total number: 1,485,027
Percentage: 36 % (2010 est.)
Conventional long form: Republic of Mali
Conventional short form: Mali
Local long form: Republique de Mali
Local short form: Mali
Former: French Sudan and Sudanese Republic
Name: Bamako
Geographic coordinates: 12 39 N, 8 00 W
Time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
8 regions (regions, singular - region), 1 district*; District de Bamako*, Gao, Kayes, Kidal, Koulikoro, Mopti, Segou, Sikasso, Tombouctou (Timbuktu)
22 September 1960 (from France)
several previous; latest drafted August 1991, approved by referendum 12 January 1992, effective 25 February 1992; amended 1999; note - suspended briefly in 2012 (2012)
civil law system based on the French civil law model and influenced by customary law; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court
has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
Chief of state: President Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA (since 4 September 2013)
Head of government: Prime Minister Moussa MARA (since 9 April 2014)
Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister
Elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); the election scheduled for 29 April 2012 and delayed following the March 2012 coup took place 28 July 2013 and a runoff election was held on 11 August 2013; prime minister appointed by the president
Election results: Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA elected president in a runoff election; percent of vote - Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA 77.6%, Soumaila CISSE 22.4%
unicameral National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (160 seats: 147 seats elected in single seat constituencies and 13 seats elected by Malians abroad; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
Elections: last held in two rounds on 24 November 2013 and on 15 December 2013 (next to be held in 2017); note the scheduled July 2012 election was cancelled due to a coup d'etat and the Tuareg Rebellion
Election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FDR coalition 64 (RPM 61, PARENA 3), ADP coalition 42 (ADEMA 20, URD 18, CNID 4), FARE 5, CODEM 5, SADI 4, ASMA-CFP 4, Yelema 2, independents 16, other 5; note - 13 seats were from voters abroad
Highest court(s): Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of 19 members organized into 3 civil chambers and a criminal chamber); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members)
Judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court members appointed by the Ministry of Justice to serve 5-year terms; Constitutional Court members selected - 3 each by the president, the National Assembly, and the Supreme Council of the Magistracy; members serve single renewable 7-year terms
Subordinate courts: High Court of Justice (jurisdiction limited to cases of high treason or criminal offenses by the president or ministers while in office)
African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence or SADI [Oumar MARIKO, secretary general]
Alliance for Democracy or ADEMA [Dionconda TRAORE]
Alliance for Democracy and Progress or ADP (a coalition of political parties including ADEMA and URD formed in December 2006 to support the presidential candidacy of Amadou TOURE)
Alliance for Democratic Change (political group comprised mainly of Tuareg from Mali's northern region)
Alliance for the Solidarity of Mali-Convergence of Patriotic Forces or ASMA-CFP [Soumeylou Boubeye MAIGA]
Alternative Forces for Renewal and Emergence or FARE [Modibo SIDIBE]
Convergence for the development of Mali or CODEM [Housseyni GUINDO]
Economic and Social Development Party or PDES [Jamille BITTAR]
Front for Democracy and the Republic or FDR (a coalition of political parties including RPM and PARENA formed to oppose the presidential candidacy of Amadou TOURE)
Movement for a Common Destiny or MODEC [Koniba SIDIBE]
National Congress for Democratic Initiative or CNID [Mountaga TALL]
Party for Democracy and Progress or PDP [Mady KONATE]
Party for National Renewal or PARENA [Tiebile DRAME]
Patriotic Movement for Renewal or MPR [Choguel Kokalla MAIGA]
Rally for Democracy and Labor or RDT [Amadou Ali NIANGADOU]
Rally for Mali or RPM [Ibrahim Boubacar KEITA]
Sudanese Union/African Democratic Rally or US/RDA [Mamadou Bamou TOURE]
Union for Democracy and Development or UDD [Tieman Hubert COULIBALY]
Union for Republic and Democracy or URD [Younoussi TOURE]
Yelema [Moussa Mara]
Other: the army; Islamic authorities; state-run cotton company CMDT
ACP, AfDB, AU, CD, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Chief of mission: Ambassador Al Maamoun Baba Lamine KEITA (since 8 January 2013)
Chancery: 2130 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
Telephone: [1] (202) 332-2249, 939-8950
Chief of mission: Ambassador Mary Beth LEONARD (since 7 November 2011)
Embassy: located just off the Roi Bin Fahad Aziz Bridge just west of the Bamako central district
Mailing address: ACI 2000, Rue 243, Porte 297, Bamako
Name: "Le Mali" (Mali)
Lyrics/music: Seydou Badian KOUYATE/Banzoumana SISSOKO
note: adopted 1962; the anthem is also known as "Pour L'Afrique et pour toi, Mali" (For Africa and for You, Mali) and "A ton appel Mali" (At Your Call, Mali)
Among the 25 poorest countries in the world, Mali is a landlocked country that depends on gold mining and agricultural exports for revenue. Economic activity is largely confined to the riverine area irrigated by the Niger River and about 65% of its land area is desert or semidesert. About 10% of the population is nomadic and about 80% of the labor force is engaged in farming and fishing. Mali remains dependent on foreign aid. The country's fiscal status fluctuates with gold and agricultural commodity prices and the harvest; cotton and gold exports make up around 80% of export earnings. Industrial activity is concentrated on processing farm commodities. Mali is developing its iron ore extraction industry to diversify foreign exchange earnings away from gold. Mali has invested in tourism but security issues hurt the industry. Mali experienced economic growth of about 5% per year between 1996-2011, but the global recession, a military coup, and terrorist activity in the north of the country caused a decline in output in 2012; growth resumed at a slow pace in 2013. The main threat to Mali’s economy is a return to physical insecurity. Other long term threats to the economy include high population growth, corruption, a weak infrastructure, and low levels of human capital.
Imports of goods and services: -34%
cotton, millet, rice, corn, vegetables, peanuts; cattle, sheep, goats
food processing; construction; phosphate and gold mining
Industry and services: 20% (2005 est.)
Highest 10%: 25.8% (2010 est.)
Revenues: $2.868 billion
Expenditures: $2.948 billion (2013 est.)
9.3% (31 December 2013 est.)
$NA
-$737.5 million (2012 est.)
cotton, gold, livestock
China 52.9%, Malaysia 11%, Indonesia 5.3%, India 4.1% (2012)
petroleum, machinery and equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs, textiles
France 11.2%, Senegal 9.9%, Cote dIvoire 8.7%, China 8.6% (2012)
$2.75 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
$848.2 million (31 December 2012 est.)
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar -
500.7 (2013 est.)
510.53 (2012 est.)
472.19 (2009)
483.6 million kWh (2010 est.)
0 kWh (2012 est.)
304,000 kW (2010 est.)
4,994 bbl/day (2011 est.)
742,300 Mt (2011 est.)
14.613 million (2012)
General assessment: domestic system unreliable but improving; increasing use of local radio loops to extend network coverage to remote areas
Domestic: fixed-line subscribership remains less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular subscribership has increased sharply to about 70 per 100 persons
International: country code - 223; satellite communications center and fiber-optic links to neighboring countries; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean, 1 Indian Ocean) (2010)
national public TV broadcaster; 2 privately owned companies provide subscription services to foreign multi-channel TV packages; national public radio broadcaster supplemented by a large number of privately owned and community broadcast stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2007)
Narrow gauge: 593 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
Paved: 5,522 km
1,800 km (downstream of Koulikoro; low water levels on the River Niger cause problems in dry years; in the months before the rainy season the river is not navigable by commercial vessels) (2011)
River port(s): Koulikoro (Niger)
Malian Armed Forces: Army (Armee de Terre), Republic of Mali Air Force (Force Aerienne de la Republique du Mali, FARM), National Guard (Garde National du Mali) (2013)
18 years of age for selective compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2012)
Males age 16-49: 2,848,412
Females age 16-49: 2,981,106 (2010 est.)
demarcation is underway with Burkina Faso
Refugees (country of origin): 12,897 (Mauritania) (2013)
IDPs: 151,150 (Tuareg rebellion since 2012) (2014)
Current situation: Mali is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; women and girls are forced into domestic servitude, agricultural labor, and support roles in gold mines, as well as subjected to sex trafficking; Malian boys are found in conditions of forced labor in agricultural settings, gold mines, and the informal commercial sector, as well as forced begging both within Mali and neighboring countries; Malians and other Africans who travel through Mali to Mauritania, Algeria, or Libya in hopes of reaching Europe are particularly at risk of becoming victims of human trafficking; men and boys, primarily of Songhai ethnicity, are subjected to the longstanding practice of debt bondage in the salt mines of Taoudenni in northern Mali; some members of Mali's black Tamachek community are subjected to traditional slavery-related practices, and this involuntary servitude reportedly has extended to their children; reports indicate that non-governmental armed groups operating in northern Mali recruited children as combatants, cooks, porters, guards, spies, and sex slaves
Tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Mali does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; although the government enacted a comprehensive anti-trafficking law in 2012, it did not demonstrate evidence of overall increasing efforts to address human trafficking over the previous year; the government has failed to prosecute or convict any trafficking offenders, has not provided any direct services to victims, and has not made any tangible prevention efforts; the government continues to cite a lack of personnel and resources as reasons for its inability to adequately identify and rescue child victims of forced labor in the mining industry (2013)
Flag of Mali
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), yellow, and red
note: uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the same as those of neighboring Senegal (which has an additional green central star) and the reverse of those on the flag of neighboring Guinea
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Ebola Virus Disease & Marburg Virus Disease
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali MINUSMA
International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti MICAH
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West African Development Bank WADB
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DNA microarray analysis of transforming growth factor-β and related transcripts in nasal biopsies from patients with allergic rhinitis
Decreased activity of anti-inflammatory cytokines like transforming growth factor (TGF)-β may contribute to allergic inflammation. In vivo effects of TGF-β-effects are difficult to infer from local concentrations, since TGF-β-effects depend on a complex system of regulatory proteins and receptors. Instead the effects of TGF-β might be inferred by examining TGF-β-inducible transcripts. In this study DNA microarrays were used to examine local expression of TGF-β, TGF-β-regulatory and -inducible transcripts in nasal biopsies from patients with symptomatic allergic rhinitis and healthy controls. In addition, nasal fluids were analysed with cytological and immunological methods. Nasal fluid eosinophils, albumin, eosinophil granulae proteins and IgE, but not TGF-β, were higher in patients than in controls. DNA microarray analysis of nasal mucosa showed expression of transcripts encoding TGF-β, TGF-β-regulatory proteins and -receptors at variable levels in patients and controls. By comparison, analysis of 28 TGF-β-inducible transcripts indicated that 23 of these had lower measurement values in patients than in controls, while one was higher, and the remaining four were absent in both patients and controls. In summary, TGF-β and a complex system of regulatory genes and receptors are expressed in the nasal mucosa. Low expression of TGF-β-inducible transcripts may indicate decreased TGF-β activity in allergic rhinitis. DNA microarray analysis may be a way to study cytokine effects in vivo.
Mikael Benson
Björn Carlsson
Lena M S Carlsson
Petter Mostad
Chalmers, Institutionen för matematisk statistik
Per-Arne Svensson
Lars-Olaf Cardell
Immunologi inom det medicinska området
Bioinformatik och systembiologi
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Book Review – Sexy Beast
Posted by romanticreadsandsuch in Blog Tour, Book Review, Sneak Peek
Book Review, Piper Rayne, Sexy Beast, Single Dads Club series
Get ready to fall in love with an oh-so-sexy dad!
Single Dads Club #3
by Piper Rayne
Release: July 17, 2017
Model: Jacob Rodney
Photographer: Wander Aguiar
Cover Design: RBA Designs
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Time to get a life.
Time to start over.
Time to move beyond the past.
The guys in the Single Dads Club would tell you it was time years ago, but until recently, the risk of hurting my little girl outweighed the benefit of getting a piece of ass.
Now that I have a tween daughter on my hands? It’s becoming more apparent with every poster hung on the wall, every fight over wearing make-up and every uncomfortable conversation about puberty, that at least one of us needs a female touch in our lives.
Jesus. I can’t even think the words ‘female touch’ without thinking of her.
Charlotte Rose. Charlie.
She’s everything I shouldn’t want, but someone needs to tell that to my damn libido because every time she’s around I have a constant case of blue balls.
There’s a list of reasons why I shouldn’t give into what I feel—she’s my best friend’s little sister, she’s seen me at my most vulnerable, and the biggest one—she’s the first person in twelve years who has the potential to break me.
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5 Star Review – “Holy Mother of Men! Hands down the best book of the series and Garrett is definitely one sexy beast!” – Fictional Rendezvous Book Blog
5 STar Review – “OMG! So let me start off with this amazingly gorgeous cover! I have to say that this one is hands down, without a doubt my favorite of the series (although I love them all), but the only thing that would have made it even better is just a little more #GroinCleavage.” – Whoo Gives a Hoot
5 Star Review – “This book was so, so yummy. The sexual tension between Garrett and Charlie is insane and when they finally give in to their desire, the sexy times are melt-your-kindle HOT!” – ViolinVixen
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We end up in the teen area and I’m amazed at the selection. No more just white, tan, and cream cotton bras with a pink bow in the middle. This stuff is actually fun and fashionable.
“I’m loving these bralettes.” I put one up to my chest. A chest that would most definitely be pouring out of one of these.
“They’re all so cute, I can’t decide,” Sydney says from inside the fitting room.
“I love the mint green lace one that criss-crosses,” I say, sitting down in the chair.
“Me too, but there’s a rainbow striped one that looks like a unicorn that’s awesome, too.”
Sydney’s usually been so quiet and reserved when I see her, but seeing this side of her is nice.
“Well, let’s get four to start you off. So, get those and pick two others.”
“Really? Oh great.”
“It’s on your dad, so no worries.”
We both laugh.
My phone chimes with a text and I look down at it in my hand.
Garrett: Buy something for yourself as a thank you for what you’re doing.
I smile, my thumbs typing out my response before I can think better of it.
Me: You can pick it out if you’d like.
I imagine his cheeks reddening and him running his hand along his beard. Was that pushing the envelope too far?
Garrett: Send me a picture and I’ll okay it.
Apparently not. I smile to myself.
Me: Would you prefer me to model it?
The three dots appear and then disappear and reappear again.
I second-guess sending the cheeky text and quickly brush off my unease. What’s a little flirting between friends? If you can even call us that…
“Syd, are you good?” I ask, still staring down at my phone as the three dots continue their disappearing act.
“Yeah, I have about six more to try on.”
“Okay, I’m just going to look around the store.”
I head into the store, finding a black push up bra and see-through panties on display. Snapping a picture, I send it off to Garrett.
Again, the three dots appear and then disappear.
Garrett: Whatever you like.
Me: I’m undecided on this set or…
Before I can even take a picture, he responds.
Garrett: No more pictures, just buy whatever.
I snap the picture of a red lacy half cup demi bra and thongs panties.
Garrett: Enough, Charlie.
Me: Maybe I should model them for you?
Garrett: Vance would kill me.
Me: Vance is in LA.
Garrett: Just buy both then.
Me: I don’t want to spend all your money. I’m happy to have you be the decision maker.
Garrett: I have enough money, buy both.
I laugh to myself and decide to head back to the dressing room to check on Sydney. On the way I see a pink bodysuit with a slit down the middle that reaches all the way down to the naval. It’s lacy and see through. I snap a picture.
Me: Maybe this would be more flattering on me?
Garrett: Jesus. How the hell am I going to hide this hard-on in the FOOD COURT?
Me: Is that a compliment?
Garrett: Take it however you want.
Me: I’ll take it as a compliment. As long as it’s me you’re imagining in the lingerie and not someone else.
Garrett: You know exactly what I’m envisioning. Vance would string me up by my balls if he knew.
Me: Vance is in LA and I’m a grown woman, remember?
Garrett: I don’t have to remember. I see your grown womanhood every damn day.
“There you are,” Syd says as she comes up alongside me.
“Oh.” The phone drops from my hands and falls to the floor. “How did you do?” I bend down to pick it up.
“You okay?” Sydney’s eyes widen. “Your face is flushed.”
“I’m fine.” I shove my phone in my back pocket and eye her items. Cute and preteenish. “Perfect, so you’re all set?”
“Um…yeah.” She’s still eyeing me skeptically but seems to let the topic go.
“Let’s go. Your dad is waiting for us.”
Sydney glances at the bodysuit her dad and I were just discussing.
“Eyes forward.” I snap my fingers in front of her face and her head turns in my direction.
“Um…okay,” she says with a strange look on her face, but follows me to the register anyway.
I’m pretty sure that I missed out a little bit by not having read any of the other books in the series. Piper Rayne does a great job of making sure that you have all of the pertinent details but I think that these characters and their connection were built up over time and not having that history meant that I didn’t have that going in. On the other hand though I didn’t have that going in so I was able to make my own opinion of their romance 🙂
I love the idea that Charlie has had a thing for Garrett for a long time, that she’s been there to support him. The sibling’s best friend plot is one of my favorite and it is handled well here. But there’s more going on here though and I think all of it is done with a deft hand.
Garrett has spent years taking care of his daughter and mourning his wife. He’s thrown himself into being a dad and avoided relationships to keep from getting hurt like that again. It took him years to start doing anything more than survive, even with a baby to take care of, and he’s not looking for anything more. But he should know that Charlie isn’t the type to give up easily.
Together these two are a lot of fun. Charlie is spunky and willing to tweak Garrett when she needs to, while Garrett is all sorts of sexy when he lets himself be. There’s a lot of struggle in the beginning before he finally decides to give in, so be prepared for a decent amount of back and forth between the two. But when he does decide that he’s willing to get involved … whew! He definitely doesn’t hold back 🙂
A friends to lovers story with a lot of heat and sizzle, Sexy Beast also shows itself to be an emotion driven read about learning to face your fears and being willing to open yourself to love again.
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Book Review – Maybe This Summer
Book Review, Colorado Ice series, Jennifer Snow, Maybe This Summer
Maybe This Summer
A Colorado Ice Novella
by Jennifer Snow
Always a wingman . . .
Owen McConnell is used to being ignored. After all, it’s only when he appears as the Colorado Avalanche’s team mascot that he gets all the attention. When the costume is off, women tend to gravitate toward his famous hockey player friends. But after he meets lovely, damaged Paige Adams, he knows he can be the star player for her. She’s raising funds for the hospital burn unit, and Owen’s determined to help her out—and sweep her off her feet.
The burn unit has been near and dear to Paige’s heart ever since the doctors helped her after a vicious attack. Yet the scars—both emotional and physical—haven’t faded as much as she’d hoped. She’s closed herself off from relationships, and the thought of opening up is terrifying. But Owen’s sexy charm might be just the push Paige needs to start loving again.
Not having read anything else in this series, I’m not sure why Owen never gets the girl. He’s sexy, funny, and caring. Sure, it would be easy to get overlooked by the puck bunnies who are only after the players but I would think that there would be some lucky woman out there who was looking for something a little different.
Lucky for Paige, he hasn’t been found yet. Instead he turns all of that heart, charm and determination on her. And he’s going to need it because she’s a tough nut to crack. Having been the victim of a brutal attack she’s not quite gotten her confidence back. Years later she is still covering up her scars and hiding from the world, afraid to put herself out there in any form. But when Owen sets his mind on winning a date, she finds it harder and harder to resist.
It takes some doing but eventually he’s able to convince her to give him a chance. (The way that he gets her to agree to go out for drinks is CLASSIC … and so is the crash and burn that came next 🙂 ). And with some help from her mom, there may be hope that he can claim her heart. And help her find her belief in herself again while he’s at it.
Because the story really focuses on Paige and her issues with getting involved it didn’t matter much that this was the first in the series that I read. It’s going to be emotional for her but it’s definitely time that she let her past go and embrace her future. Not an easy thing to do but with a bit of help she can find a way to embrace the strong, beautiful woman she is today.
Book Review – I Dared the Duke
Anna Bennett, Book Review, I Dared the Duke, Wayward Wallflowers series
I Dared the Duke
A Wayward Wallflowers Novel
by Anna Bennett
DARE TO FALL IN LOVE
Alexander Savage, the Duke of Blackshire, is known throughout the ton for three things: the burn scars on his neck, his ornery disposition, and the trail of broken hearts behind him. None of which would concern Miss Elizabeth Lacey in the least—if she weren’t living under his roof. As his grandmother’s companion, Beth is all too concerned with the moody and compelling duke. Incensed by his plans to banish the sweet dowager duchess to the country, Beth refuses to do his bidding. If Alex wants her help, he’s going to have to take her dare…and grant her three wishes.
Alex adores his grandmother, which is precisely why she must leave. A string of unfortunate incidents has him worried for the safety of everyone around him—including the dowager’s loyal and lovely companion, Beth. But the notorious wallflower isn’t as meek as she appears, and as their battle of wills heats up, so does Alex’s desire. He’s dangerously close to falling in love with her…and revealing secrets he’d rather keep hidden. How can he convince her that his darkest days are behind him—and that, for the first time in forever, his heart is true?
I Dared the Duke continues Anna Bennett’s Regency-era romance series, The Wayward Wallflowers.
This is the first of Bennett’s books that I’ve read and I really enjoyed it. It’s been a while since I’ve read a historical romance and this one reminded me why I enjoy them so much.
As is typical, Alex displays Duke-ish behavior and keeps too many things to himself and if he’d only share it would take care of so much of his troubles. Instead Beth makes a lot of assumptions, very few of them good, and gets herself into the occasional bit of trouble.
The whodunit part isn’t a huge part of the story, other than as a catalyst to these two getting together and living HEA. But when the truth comes out it definitely is an interesting revelation and works well with the rest of the story.
Together, they make a great couple – trying so hard to avoid their attraction but with a lot of sass when they inevitably fail. Cute and fun, with some laughs and a few moments of danger, I Dared the Duke is a light-hearted read for those who like their men in cravats and their women hiding backbones under their corsets.
(Can easily stand on its own)
Book Review – Light Up the Night
Book Review, Cottonbloom series, Laura Trentham, Light Up the Night
Cottonbloom #3.75
by Laura Trentham
When a police chief who craves stability meets a free-thinking, colorful college professor, neither anticipate the fireworks that light up the night…
After a mugging in grad school left her with an irrational fear of the night not even her PhD in psychology has helped overcome, Sadie Wren is sure she’s found an idyllic, safe place in Cottonbloom. When a break-in at her house shatters her sense of safety, gruff, protective Thaddeus Preston storms into her life. On the surface, they have little in common, but a loneliness she’s only too familiar with hides behind his infrequent smiles. But based on her knowledge of the human psyche, Sadie is convinced her infatuation with Thad will burn out as quickly as it flared.
As the Chief of Police of Cottonbloom, Mississippi, Thaddeus Preston maintains a strict control on everything in the small town—himself included. With an older brother serving time for a crime Thad committed when he was just a kid, he lives a life of penance, not allowing anyone to get close. When a reported lurker turns into a real threat, Thad is determined to restore order as quickly as possible and get back to his virtual jail.
But Thad’s brother gets out on probation just as Sadie and the town turns to him for protection. His tidy, barren life spins into chaos, and the only thing that makes sense is the one woman who shouldn’t.
I really don’t think the blurb gives Sadie enough credit … or maybe it’s just me that sees “free-thinking, colorful” and automatically thinks hippie 🙂 And she totally isn’t. Yes, she’s got dyed streaks in her hair and she’s a little (ok, a lot) more bubbly than the oh-so-serious police chief but she’s definitely not the wild child I thought she’d be. She’s smart, funny and a good foil for the taciturn man in uniform who comes to help her after a break-in.
Thad has put himself in his own kind of prison after his brother went to jail. They were both young and stupid and he hates that he’s free while his brother is in a cell. He’s turned himself into an all-business cop who doesn’t have a life outside of his job and no real friends to speak of. And women are definitely not in his orbit. Until he meets Sadie and she has him thinking about things he hasn’t in years.
I adored these two together. Thad is great at settling Sadie when her fears get too much. His steady, strong presence helps her calm down enough that her professional mind can help her work through her issues. On the other side, Sadie touches a part of Thad that he’s locked away and helps him find the man under the uniform. She brings out laughter and fun that he’s been missing for way too long.
My only complaint, and this is common for Threntham’s stories, is that I definitely didn’t get enough! Even her full-length books are over too soon so you know that her novellas, while complete and satisfying, will always need more pages. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing missing in the story – the characters are well-crafted and the plot is believable & thorough, I can’t help but want for more when something is this good! I’ll definitely be first in line when the next book comes out this summer knowing that Trentham just owns it at delivering the quirky small-town romance 🙂
Book Review – A SEAL’s Courage
A SEAL's Courage, Book Review, JM Stewart, Military Match series
Trent is going to definitely heat up your summer!
A SEAL’s Courage
Military Match, Book 1
by JM Stewart
Forever Yours eBook, $3.99
A sizzling new series about three friends looking for love-and the sexy SEALs who are ready to fulfill their craziest fantasies.
He’s a man on a mission.
Navy SEAL Trent Lawson isn’t a man to back down from a challenge. Ever since he opened his eyes in that army hospital to learn the men from his unit were gone, Trent has been determined to live life in their honor. Even if that means facing his most terrifying mission yet…dating.
She’s done playing games.
Lauren Hayes has standards. In fact, she’s got an entire list of them. There’s only ever been one man to come close to making the cut-Trent Lawson. Except her best friend’s too-sexy-for-his-own-good brother is strictly off-limits.
When Trent and Lauren find themselves matched up by a dating service, the chemistry between them is nothing short of explosive. They both know getting involved is a huge mistake, but life is too short to walk away from something this good.
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“Then be my first.” Lauren drew a deep breath and pressed herself into his arms, sliding her hands up his back. “It’s not like I’m asking you to do me right here and now. It can happen at whatever pace you need it to.”
He cupped her chin in his palm, brow furrowed, gaze intense. “You’re okay with that?”
She lifted onto her toes, trying to close the space between them. “I’m okay with that. If it makes you feel better to put a label on this, consider us friends with benefits. When it stops being mutually satisfying, it ends.”
She’d just have to be sure to keep her head in the right place, so that her heart didn’t get broken in the end. This was a fling with a sexy guy, no more, no less.
He let out an agonized groan and brushed his mouth over hers, so lightly she shivered. “God, I can’t resist you anymore. I have a few requests.”
Her heart hammered in giddy anticipation. She hadn’t expected him to accept. That he had sent myriad thoughts flying through her mind, all of which settled low in her belly. “Okay.”
He pulled back. For a moment his gaze dropped as his fingers idly stroked her shoulder, like he couldn’t help but touch her. “You can’t tell Mandy.”
Lauren rolled her eyes. “Trent, she’s my best friend.”
“Yeah, but she’s my sister. The last thing I need is her privy to the intimate details of my prowess in the bedroom.” He brushed his nose against hers, amusement glinting in his eyes. “I recall overhearing a conversation about size once.”
Heat rushed into her face, but Lauren couldn’t contain her grin. She recalled that exact conversation. They hadn’t discussed him, exactly, but she remembered distinctly wondering.
“All right. On this I’ll concede, because you have a point.” She rubbed a circle over his chest. “What else?”
“I want to put a time limit on this. A month. When it’s over, we go back to being just friends.” His hands looped around her waist, pulling her flush against him. Heat flared in his eyes. “I also think we should ease into this. So my last request is no sex.”
Lauren dropped her forehead to his shoulder with an exasperated sigh. “I’m never going to lose my virginity that way.”
He chuckled and hooked two fingers beneath her chin, tilting her gaze back to his. His eyes blazed at her. “At least not right away. I’m proposing we do everything else first. Because I was thinking…you want the full experience, right?”
She shrugged. He had her there. “I guess.”
“And that includes things like kissing. Touching.” He leaned down, his voice lowering to a husky rumble against her mouth. “Tasting.”
A hot little shudder moved through her as her mind filled with the possibilities: his rough hands closing around her breasts, fingers sliding into her panties, stroking her sex.
His warm mouth buried between her thighs.
“I like that idea. Doing it all. How ’bout, since you stayed last night, instead of lunch today, we start with dinner tomorrow night?” She pinned him with a direct stare and arched a brow, attempting to look fierce, but one corner of her mouth twitched, betraying her. “You still owe me a date.”
How these two thought this would work out boggles the mind. Don’t get me wrong, I feel for them but it wasn’t the smartest decision ever made 🙂
Trent came back from war with scars inside and out. He suffers from survivor’s guilt, a little PTSD, and a bum leg. It’s his heart that gives him the most trouble. His wife left him while he was away and added to the guilt he feels for letting his team down causing him to pretty much turn inwards. He’s making the motions but he’s not really living life. The bright spot for him is his sister’s friend Lauren. She’s the one that seems to understand what he needs during his recovery and he definitely doesn’t want to lose that. He may be attracted to her but he doesn’t believe he’s in any shape to give away his heart again and she definitely doesn’t deserve anything less.
Lauren has always had a crush on Trent but he doesn’t see her the same. She’s been hiding her feelings for a long time but when they get set up by a dating agency it seems like maybe it’s a sign. Only he’s not willing to risk their friendship (and the support she provides him). But when their attraction starts getting the best of them they make an agreement for a month of sex … yeah, see what I mean? They are both old enough to know that that can’t possibly go well.
There’s a bit of back and forth at the beginning leading up to their agreement, which gives you a good feeling for where they are coming from. And then they definitely bring all sorts of the sexy for their month together. It’s the feels that happen afterward, though, that will definitely capture your heart and keep you coming back to see their HEA. And have you looking forward to the next book.
J.M. Stewart is a coffee and chocolate addict who lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, two sons and two very spoiled dogs. She’s a hopeless romantic who believes everybody should have their happily ever after and has been devouring romance novels for as long as she can remember. Writing them has become her obsession.
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Book Review – Mister Hockey
Book Review, Hellions Angels series, Lia Riley, Mister Hockey
I dare you to come meet Breezy and not want to be friends – she is such a doll 🙂
Mister Hockey
Hellions Angels #1
by Lia Riley
Releasing July 11, 2017
Avon Impulse
Her biggest fantasy is about to become a reality…
Jed West is Mr. Hockey. The captain of the NHL’s latest winning team, the Denver Hellions—and the hottest player on the ice—at least according to every magazine. .and Breezy Angel. Breezy has been drooling over Jed at games for years, and he plays a starring role in her most toe-curling fantasies. But dirty dreams don’t come true, right?
Then Jed saunters through the doors of her library, a last minute special guest for a summer reading event, and not only is he drop dead gorgeous up close, his personality is straight up swoon-worthy. He even comes to the rescue when she has an R-rated “Super Book Worm” costume malfunction. But when he mistakenly assumes she’s more into books than pucks, she’s too flustered to correct his mistake. And then comes a big kiss, followed by a teensy-tiny problem. Jed’s dating policy is simple: Never date a fan.
So what’s a fangirl going to have to do to convince her ultimate crush that he’s become less of a perfect fantasy, and more like the perfect man. . .for her?
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Jed West’s stomach curdled faster than overheated hollandaise sauce as he squinted at the menu for Zachary’s, Denver’s most popular all-day breakfast hangout. Ghost-like shadows haunted the specials list, blurring the descriptions for peanut butter French toast, country fried steak benedict and sweet potato pancakes. Ah, shit. Not fucking now. There went the prices too–the dollar signs and numbers blurring until barely legible.
No point blinking. He knew the drill. Jaw tight, he reached for his orange juice, took a swig and waited. Short bouts of double vision had dogged him ever since Game Seven, the pattern the same. After a minute or two, his focus would snap back to normal as if nothing had happened. Until then, he needed to follow one of coach’s favorite axioms: “Suck it up, Buttercup.”
Who cared about the damn menu anyway? He pushed it to one side, having already ordered the “Manwich”, chorizo and eggs smashed between a jalapeno cheddar biscuit–the kind of breakfast that wanted to kill you in the best kind of ways–and crunched ice. Too bad the cubes didn’t pass on their chill, because this. . .situation for lack of a better word, was getting under his skin and it shouldn’t.
No–Scratch that. It couldn’t.
Unexplained double vision wasn’t a walk in the park, but facts were facts. And the ugly truth was that if he didn’t quit batting his lashes like Scarlett O’Hara with a fly in her skirt, The Post’s toughest sports columnist would glance up from across the table, mistake his tic for a cheesedick wink, and go Lord of the Flies on his nut sack.
At least for the moment, Neve Angel was occupied. She hunched over her digital voice recorder, dark bangs obscuring her sharp gaze as she fiddled with the control settings. Her lips moved to the upbeat Buddy Holly song piping over the sound system while she plucked a mic from her messenger bag. His vision came back online in time for him to read the orange button pinned to the front.
Had a Ball at The Rock Creek Testicle Festival.
Christ, looked to be an authentic souvenir too.
Slamming his knees together, he forced a grin, the one that had potential endorsements lined up around the block, eager for him to shill everything from vitamin infused coconut water to shaving cream. He unwrapped the paper napkin from around the fork and knife, and began tearing the corner into neat strips.
No doubt the eye thing was fatigue-related, an inevitable toll from the grueling NHL season and subsequent hard-fought playoffs. Everything would be all right in the end. If it wasn’t all right, it wasn’t the end.
“You plan on telling me what’s up with Mount Napkin Shreds?” Neve leaned her elbows on the recycled wood tabletop, a signal they were shifting into interview mode. Her brows arched beneath her thick-cut bangs. “Nervous about being in the hot seat, princess?”
“Yeah, terrified,” he answered laconically, not missing a beat. Hiding his true feelings behind a mask of confidence was a reflex; it came with the territory of having the “C” stitched on the front of his jersey. A good captain never showed fear to an opponent. “A jackal’s bark is worse then it’s bite.”
“Jackal? Don’t tell me you’re using Gunnarisms now.” She rolled her eyes. “And I’d so wanted to enjoy my bagel without gagging.”
The Hellions Head Coach, Tor Gunnar, had a reputation for dismissing the press as “jackals.” He fostered a tense relationship with journalists, in particular, the tiny woman sitting opposite. Neve had run a piece on his divorce a few years ago. He retaliated by refusing to call on her during press conferences. Neve hit back with increasingly critical op-eds. Their mutual enmity had devolved to the stuff of local legend.
Poor Breezy! She meets her biggest crush in quite an embarrassing manner, but Jed (like us) can only be charmed by her. She’s fun loving, funny and so very real. Every time something awkward happens I just want to give her a hug.
Jed knows there is a version of himself that most people see and it is so appealing to be seen as just a guy. A hot, sexy guy but just a guy. He’s got a lot on his plate between family pressure and some issues with his career, so having found Breezy gives him that bright spot that he needs at a difficult time.
You can totally relate to both Jed and Breezy – why he wants to be seen as him and how she ends up hiding her fan status from him. You know that it isn’t going to go well, that something is going to happen to blow things out of the water. The best you can do is hope that Jed gets his act together and figures out what a great catch he has in Breezy. I have to say that he does do pretty well for himself 🙂 (Can’t wait to see what comes next … Riley has set us up for quite the doozy of a stand off between Breezy’s sister and Jed’s coach!)
After studying at the University of Montana-Missoula, Lia Riley scoured the world armed only with a backpack, overconfidence and a terrible sense of direction. She counts shooting vodka with a Ukranian mechanic in Antarctica, sipping yerba mate with gauchos in Chile and swilling fourex with stationhands in Outback Australia among her accomplishments.
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Book Review – No Excuses
Book Review, Nikky Kaye, No Excuses
Y’all, I love the imagination that Nikky Kaye has when she’s creating her books!
by Nikky Kaye
Maddie’s rules for attending a work retreat:
1 Pack the right clothes. Especially extra underwear.
2 Don’t try to school your insanely hot boss on acceptable trust exercises.
3 Be prepared for the extracurricular ropes course.
4 Make sure there is a safety net when you fall, because you will fall hard
Gage doesn’t appreciate how hard it is to be his right hand woman—especially when I’m spending so much time with my own right hand, fantasizing about him. My demanding, control freak boss is testing all my limits, and I don’t know how long I can stay professional.
No Excuses is a hot, full-length contemporary romance, featuring blindfolds, rope play, food fights, and sexy architectural features like wainscoting. As in all Nikky Kaye books, cheating is not allowed, but some funny stuff and a HEA are non-negotiable.
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He moved close to me, our bodies nearly touching. I kept my eyes on his chest as he gently draped one of the ties around me, cool and soft on the nape of my neck. The tiny hairs under my ears stood up at the feel of the silk sliding across my skin. Every sense I had was on high alert.
He smelled like fresh laundry, and a trace of something else lingered on his skin. It was almost like the scent of paper, or an overworked photocopier. I felt the heat from his hands close to my throat, and the hairs on his forearms tickled my collarbone for an infinitesimal moment.
My attention remained focused on the buttons of his shirt. I was very worried that if I met his gaze, my hyper awareness of him would shine out of my eyes like a flashlight.
“We’ll just leave this here for now,” he murmured, flicking one end of the tie against the underside of my chin. “Are you ready?”
Not even remotely.
I nodded mutely, but I let out a little gasp when his fingers touched my chin and tilted my face up. It was so tempting to screw my eyes shut, like a little girl trying to pretend that something didn’t exist if she couldn’t see it. I’d had plenty of practice with that before.
But he wouldn’t let me retreat. He looked at me directly and without guile, as usual. What was a little different this time, however, was the way his eyes darkened into stormy seas.
“Trust me.” His simple words wormed into my heart as his warm breath landed on my lips.
My voice cracked as I said, “Mister Gage.” It wasn’t an answer or a question, a protest or a plea. I honestly didn’t know what I wanted to say, and whatever was building in me halted as he lifted the other piece of fabric to my eyes.
He smoothed his thumbs across the strip of silk over my eyes, spreading out from the bridge of my nose to my temples. The tie was held firm between his fingers—those nimble fingers that paused in my hair briefly before they met again at the back of my head.
“Is that too tight?” he asked as he pulled the half-knot.
The sound of the silk rubbing against itself whispered in my ear. I shook my head. His hands clutched my hair and held me still.
“I’m not done.” His fingers tangled in my hair as he finished tying, pulling a few strands just enough to make me suck in a breath.
He froze. “Did I hurt you?”
“No.” My nipples hardened into tight buds as his breath washed over my forehead. “I, uh, no,” I repeated.
Gage had never touched me this much in the whole time I’d been working with him. Just the memory of his hands in my hair was enough to make me wobbly in the knees.
He dragged his thumbs across my covered eyes again, like a parent wiping away their child’s tears. Tracing his index fingers lightly over my eyebrows, he made an indistinct but satisfied noise.
“I can’t see anything,” I complained.
I was so blind that I flinched when his mouth dipped to my ear. “Good,” he chuckled.
Reflexively I swayed toward him, like a flower toward the sun. He pressed his thumbs gently into my cheekbones, then his fingertips left a trail of fire down my jaw and neck. On the journey he slipped the other tie from where it dangled around my neck, and pressed it into my trembling hands.
“Tie me up,” he ordered in a low voice.
Yeah, those were words I definitely never expected to hear from my boss’s mouth.
What starts out as a boss/secretary fantasy novel quickly turns into something more. Maddie’s adoption has left her with some issues regarding her self-worth as well as her ability to apply herself. Gage has some pretty serious social interaction issues (enough that I’m kinda curious how he’s been so successful in business so far). Both of them are good at making the other one better. Maddie helps smooth out Gage’s rough edges, helping deal with people with more humanity. And Gage believes that Maddie can, and will, do great which means she starts to believe it too.
There’s humor and heat in Nikky Kaye’s work. She’s fantastic at taking a traditional storyline and giving it a little twist 🙂
Nikky Kaye is almost my real name. I’m a former Film professor who likes more than her movies to be black and white. Sadly, the world doesn’t work that way. I have worked with movie stars, Ivy League brainiacs, and the United Nations—all of which means that I’m familiar with ass-kissing, power struggles, greed and faking it. In my spare time I parent 5 year-old twin boys, serve on the board of an independent cinema, and run a medical consulting company.
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Spotlight – Home Field
Home Field, Laurie Winter, Warriors of the Heart series
This one is in my TBR pile … and I think I might need a couple of tissues too 🙂
Home Field
Warriors of the Heart #1
By Laurie Winter
Age category: Adult
Release Date: 30 June, 2017
One year after her husband is killed in action, Julie Ellis is back in her hometown and focused on raising her young son. Then Reagan Harrison bursts into her life—a cocky, charming linebacker who leaves her off balance.
As a successful, professional athlete, Reagan believes he has it all. But after meeting Julie, he finds every excuse in the book to spend time with her. Despite his best efforts not to fall too hard, Reagan envisions a future with Julie, along with the little boy he’s come to love as his own.
While Reagan’s protective love begins to mend Julie’s spirit, she can’t suppress her continued deep devotion to her late husband’s memory. And when a letter arrives from beyond the grave, Reagan resolves to provide her with the answers she desperately needs to heal. Now Julie must choose either to keep her heart closed off or remove the lock and fight for a future with Reagan. Can a second chance at true love be just as sweet?
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“Thanks for understanding me.” Julie softly kissed his cheek. The rough stubble tickled her lips. “Even when I don’t understand myself.” She went to sit in her chair to finish her cup of coffee.
At that moment, she noticed the kitchen. What an unbelievable mess! Who’d actually cooked breakfast…a class of rowdy five-year-olds? She gave Reagan a sideways glance, to see him moving a last piece of waffle around his plate, collecting any remaining egg and syrup. “Did you use every bowl I own?”
He was the messiest cook she’d ever seen. A huge pile of dirty dishes sat on the counter, covered in dried waffle batter and egg. Bits of syrup-laden crumbs dotted the kitchen floor, like a sticky breadcrumb trail.
His smile held no hint of guilt, and he shrugged. “Nobody’s perfect.”
No, not perfect—but he was pretty darn close.
Laurie Winter is a true warrior of the heart. Inspired by her dreams, she creates authentic characters who overcome the odds and find true love. She keeps her life balanced with regular yoga practice and running. When not pounding the pavement or the keyboard, she’s enjoying time with her family, who are scattered between Wisconsin and Michigan. Laurie has three kids and one fantastic husband, all who inspire her to chase her dreams.
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Spotlight – Jane of Manchester
J.G. Dow, Jane of Manchester
This one is getting some fabulous reviews on Goodreads and Amazon!
“A cross between Coronation Street and Bridget Jones…many laugh out loud moments.” Top 500 Amazon UK Reviewer
“An impressively fine first novel.” Top 100 Amazon US Hall of Fame Reviewer
Sit a spell and fall in love with Jane.
Jane of Manchester
by J.G. Dow
Jane is a thirty year old woman living in the city and enjoying her social life but she really would like to get settled down at some point and have a bit more stability. Fun and easy reading chick lit novel with a few laughs along the way!
Jane’s life on the face of it isn’t really too bad…she has great friends like party girl Natasha who’s always up for a laugh and her close pal Polly, always there for her and of course her loving parents, but things could still be better…
Most people she knows are either married or have kids and she has been single a while now and wonders if a good man is ever to be encountered again. The single life is far from a quiet one for Jane however, as she is constantly getting dragged to night clubs and bars by Natasha and the crew as well as enduring a particularly boozy weekend away at the seaside!
Jane loves a lot about her life, disregarding rude plumbers in her flat and dealing with annoying superiors and a smug sister, but as a certain someone takes her eye, is everything about to change and get a whole lot more serious or is the single life determined to keep her captive a while longer yet…
I was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire and went to University in Manchester which gave me a good knowledge of the city for me to write about it. I like doing a bit of walking in my spare time and play guitar as well as reading and listening to a wide variety of music.
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Book Review – Finding Home
Book Review, Finding Home, Meg Harding
Y’all, I just love Jaden and how real he is … especially in all his awkward glory!
by Meg Harding
Cover Design: Garrett Leigh @ Black Jazz Design
Jaden Matthews has never known his father or his father’s family, but he’s about to get a crash course on having siblings. With the recent passing of his grandmother, he’s discovered he has three half-brothers and part ownership of a gym. In Serenity, Florida. His life in New York has hit a rocky road, so maybe this is the vacation he needs to get things back on track.
Chase Michaels lost his future in a car crash almost ten years ago, and he’s made a new one for himself in Serenity. One that doesn’t include getting emotionally involved with people who are just passing through. But Jaden makes his common sense flee and his gut react. He’s got one month with the man who made him believe in taking a chance.
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“Is everything all right?” asked a warm, very male voice from behind him. It sent a shiver racing down Jaden’s spine. Huh. That was weird.
He turned.
Standing on the shoulder of the road was a Calvin Klein model. He was taller than Jaden, probably some insanely genetically gifted six foot something, and his legs…. Jaden’s mouth might have watered a little. They were really long and very shapely. His jeans were molded to his thighs. His big, muscular thighs. Jaden swallowed heavily. His plain white shirt clung to an equally wonderful chest, outlining defined pecs and hinting at the type of abdomen Jaden watched porn to see normally. He was tan, with a chiseled jaw and high cheekbones, big, luscious pink lips. His eyes were hidden by his sunglasses, Ray Bans, and his hair was a silky ear length fall of chestnut.
Jaden had to wonder if he’d passed out in his car from the heat and this was all a fantastic hallucination. If the guy took his shirt off, that’d answer the question.
Maybe he should cut back on the porn….
“You okay?”
He blinked. The guy’s shirt was still on. So this god was actually here to be his knight in shining armor. Wow. Too bad he was about to make himself look like a giant dumbass. “My car is out of gas,” he said. “And I don’t know where I am.”
The man smiled. He had dimples. Two of them. One in each cheek.
Jaden’s knees felt weak. Man, the heat was really getting to him. He leaned against his car for stability. Sweat was trickling down his neck, under his collar, and over his spine. When he licked his lips, Jaden tasted salt. So he was lost and grossly sweaty on the side of the road. Definitely the picture one wanted to present to the hottest man he’d ever seen in person.
“You’re on State Road 22, about ten miles outside of Serenity.”
Jaden’s jaw dropped. “You’re kidding me, right? Ten miles? All this car needed to make it was ten more miles?” If he had a junk car like Mr. Hottie, he’d kick it in frustration, but he drove an Audi so he settled for stomping his foot. Unreal. He was so close to his destination.
“I’m gonna go out on a limb and say you’re headed to Serenity, then?” asked the man, and he may have been beyond sexy, but the smirk on his face was starting to irritate Jaden. Jaden’s frustration wasn’t amusing, damnit.
“I am,” he said.
This got him a thorough head to toe evaluation from his potential rescuer. He straightened, trying to make his shoulders look broader. He ran a hand through his hair, trying to fix the sweat dampened mess. He felt like he had to be coming up wanting in this man’s judgment. In his ear, the operator asked, “Can I let you go now, or would you like me to keep wasting my time?”
He hung up on her. If he ended up dead, his ghost could haunt her.
“I can give you and your small horse there a lift to the gas station and back,” he offered, holding out his hand to Magneto, who cautiously walked toward him, black and white ears slicked to his skull and nose twitching. He’d never been a fan of strangers. It’d taken him weeks to get used to Drew, simply because Jaden had been the one to pick him up as a puppy from the shelter. Originally, Magneto was an intended birthday gift for Drew. Jaden’s plan backfired, but he couldn’t say he was sorry about it. As Jaden watched, Magneto tentatively sniffed the proffered hand and then his large tongue flicked out and left slobber in its wake. The man smiled and laughed, crouching to put himself face to face with Magneto. The next kiss landed on his cheek.
Jaden guessed that answered the question of if he could trust this guy. Obviously his dog did, and that probably meant something. “I’d appreciate it. Thank you,” he said. He shifted awkwardly. Should he offer to pay him for the assistance? Maye once they were at the station. Caution urged him to wait to reveal his wallet.
Just on the off chance Magneto was displaying poor judgment.
“You’re welcome.” He directed his blinding smile at Jaden, scratching behind Magneto’s big, floppy ears all the while. “I’m Chase Michaels. What’s this guy’s name?”
“Magneto.” Chase Michaels…. Why did the name sound vaguely familiar? Jaden couldn’t place it. He shook his head. It was probably nothing. “Like the X-Man.” He tacked the line on automatically now, to beat the other person to the inevitable question. Magneto trotted over at his name, abandoning Chase’s attention for Jaden. He rewarded him with an under the chin scratch. “And I’m Jaden. Matthews.”
Chase wiped his slobber coated hands down his jeans as he stood. Jaden winced. “Nice to meet you. Want to get going or do you need to get anything from the car first?”
“Let me grab his leash.” While he picked the leash up, he slipped his wallet into his pocket. He remembered at the last second to take his keys. Locking himself out would be the cherry on top of his day. He didn’t like cherries.
The first thing Magneto did when he jumped in the backseat of Chase’s car was drool all over the far window. Jaden stared at the smears in dismay. “I’m sorry,” he said, trying to head off any unpleasant attitude. “I’ll pay for you to get your car cleaned.” Drew had refused to allow Magneto in his car, and he’d always thrown hissy fits when Magneto smudged all the house windows trying to watch the squirrels outside play.
Jaden was a master window cleaner now. Maybe if he couldn’t get another accounting job, he’d switch to that. He could run his own company and do the the books for it.
But Chase laughed, not looking at all disgusted by the mess it had taken Magneto all of two seconds to create. “It’s fine,” he said. “I’ll roll them down for him.”
His car smelled like apples, and a discreet glance around found the culprit to be a smoothie sitting in the middle cup holder. It was a not so appetizing oatmeal color. He expected country music to come over the speakers, so he was pleasantly surprised to hear something else. Indie rock maybe? He’d never heard this song before, but the beat was good and the singer had a clear voice.
Should he make small talk and ask who this was?
“What brings you to Serenity?”
Finding Home is not a fast paced book, and that’s OK. It’s a slow build between Chase and Jaden as they have a chance to get to know one another and, from that, take a look at themselves as well.
Jaden is definitely a fish out of water – not just in Florida but with his brothers. His city up-bringing with an overly-analytical scientist for a mom definitely didn’t prepare him for the laid back lifestyle he finds in Serenity. I loved the quirkiness of Jaden trying to fit in and his awkwardness, especially with his feelings towards Chase. He quickly touched me and I was rooting for him to figure his stuff out.
Chase has things a little more in hand. Everything but his personal life. It’s not that he’s afraid of commitment or his sexuality, but living in a small community definitely has its disadvantages 🙂 A life that he loves doesn’t necessarily mean that there isn’t something missing and meeting Jaden brings that point home. I love how Chase is supportive and understanding. He can see past Jaden’s neuroses and find him just as charming as I did, which made me love him even more.
I only had a couple of issues with the book. The main one was with the story because I really wish we’d spent some more time on Jaden getting to know his brothers. It’s there but that was a big part of why he went to Serenity and I felt it got glossed over for the romance with Chase. Not that the romance isn’t a big deal because it really helped Jaden come into himself and was very important for him. I just wish that we’d gotten just a bit more with the brothers too.
The other was a few word choices (and probably just a personal problem). Giggle is just one of those words that doesn’t work for me – don’t care if you are a man or a woman, it makes the person seem vapid or silly. I know it is a valid word choice but it ranks up there with simpering for me. Dainty was also used somewhere and just struck me as a strange. But it’s all minor and may not even be a thing for someone else – like I said, personal problem.
A discovery piece for Jaden as he works to figure out who he wants to be and what kind of life he wants for himself, Finding Home is a lovely read with characters you want to know and a small-town you want to visit. It’s sweet, and a little bit sexy too ;), but with almost no drama. (Those three brothers definitely need a HEA of their own so I’m hoping to see more from Ms. Harding!)
Meg Harding is a graduate of UCF, and recently completed a masters program for Publishing in the UK. For as long as she can remember, writing has always been her passion, but she had an inability to ever actually finish anything. She’s immensely happy that her inability has fled and looks forward to where her mind will take her next. She’s a sucker for happy endings, the beach, and superheroes. In her dream life she owns a wildlife conservation and is surrounded by puppies. She’s a film buff, voracious reader, and a massive geek.
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Book Review – Snow & Secrets
Posted by romanticreadsandsuch in Blog Tour, Book Review
Book Review, RJ Scott, Rozenn Scott, Snow & Secrets, Stanford Creek series
I’m so happy to bring you the next book in this series. We’ve seen Notes & Roses and Love & Hope – now we get a m/m romance involving that one brother that is obviously hiding something … it’s time to find out exactly what 🙂
Snow & Secrets
Stanford Creek #3
by RJ Scott writing as Rozenn Scott
Publisher: OmniLit/AllRomance
First comes trust, then love… then the fight to stay alive.
Pop star Tyler Hart is desperate for peace after a humiliating public scandal. It seems like Stanford Creek may well be the place to lay low. After all, it worked for his friends and former bandmates, Cody and Danny. He borrows a cabin and settles in for a quiet Christmas…well, not quite.
Garrett Campbell is on the run. Wounded in the line of duty, he escapes to the only place he feels safe, Stanford Creek and his brother’s cabin. Only he doesn’t realize he’ll have a roommate, and a sexy one at that.
Amid snow falls and winter winds, passion burns bright. When danger threatens to follow Garrett, he has to decide whether to run again before his secrets could kill him and the man of his dreams.
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Stanford Creek Series
Notes & Roses
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Love & Hope
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Let me start by saying I was REALLY looking forward to getting my hands on this book. I’ve read the first two books (although it isn’t required because this will mostly stand on its own) and I was super curious to find out all of Garrett’s secrets 🙂
Returning readers know that he’s hiding something but we aren’t really sure what and I think that Scott handles it well. He’s not James Bond but he’s hiding things for a reason. Unfortunately his last outing ended badly so he’s home to recover and recenter. What he doesn’t expect, but something he’s going to take full advantage of, is sharing his brother’s cabin with his crush.
Tyler is also in Stanford Creek to get his feet back under him after a very public, and very embarrassing, scandal. He thought he’d be spending most of it alone, with a few visits with his old bandmates, but he finds himself in close company with a very rugged and handsome guy. Getting involved might not be smart for either of them but they have a connection that can’t be ignored.
I will say that there are two things that I feel weren’t delivered as well as they could have been. The first is the life-threatening situation that is suggested in the blurb. There is some danger related to Garrett’s job but it doesn’t take up very many pages, so don’t expect a lot of it. Instead we focus on Garrett and Tyler getting to know one another, opening up about themselves, and exploring their growing friendship and the attraction between them. Which I really appreciated – that slow build to something special.
The other is related to Tyler. He seems to have some anxiety issues which is what sends him running, and while he & his brother understand how to address it, it’s not as developed as it could have been. What it does give us is a look at the bond between the twins, a closeness that is so touching and continues even across the miles.
I’m definitely curious where Scott takes us next. She’s fantastic at creating well-matched couples with emotional journeys so she’s bound to keep putting out delightful reads.
RJ Scott is the bestselling gay romance author of over ninety MM romance books. She writes emotional stories of complicated characters, cowboys, millionaire, princes, and the men who get mixed up in their lives. RJ is known for writing books that always end with a happy ever after. She lives just outside London and spends every waking minute she isn’t with family either reading or writing.
RJ also writes MF romance under the name Rozenn Scott.
The last time she had a week’s break from writing she didn’t like it one little bit, and she has yet to meet a bottle of wine she couldn’t defeat.
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Book Review – Love & Hope
Book Review, Love & Hope, Love and Hope, RJ Scott, Rozenn Scott, Stanford Creek series
It’s been a hectic week so I’ve not been around as much, but I’m super thrilled to be back and able to end the week with the latest in the Stanford Creek series. We saw the first book, Notes & Roses, earlier this year and I knew I wanted to get my hands on Danny’s story. And I’m pleased to say that he didn’t disappoint 🙂
Love and Hope
Stanford Creek Book Two
by RJ Scott, w/a Rozenn Scott
Publisher: All Romance eBooks
Date of Publication: 9/1/2016
Cover Artist: Erin Dameron Hill
Falling in love can be easy if you want it badly enough.
Danny Hudson has finally found a place to stop. With his daughter Hope in his arms, and his place in the music group Hudson Hart gone, he has a future to plan and a family to raise. Staying at his friend Cody’s house is hard enough, but finding a home of his own is impossible. A place to stay over the coffee shop in town is a godsend, but it comes with one proviso—he must work the cost of the room off in redecorating and rebuilding.
Rachel has secrets that she doesn’t even want to admit to herself, let alone her close-knit family. Dating the wrong guys is one way to protect her heart, but meeting Danny could change all that.
Can Rachel ever get past the reasons why she thinks real love isn’t possible and realize that love is the only thing that actually matters?
For a few seconds he stood absolutely still, resting his head back on the wall, looking up at the squares in the ceiling. The door to the bathrooms opened and he immediately straightened, no way was he letting anyone catch him looking like he’d just got bad news. His eyebrows raised when he realized it was Rachel coming out from the ladies, her heels in one hand, an empty bottle of wine in the other, and she looked disheveled. He’d never seen her go in, so she’d probably been doing whatever girls did in bathrooms for such a long time, talking, or whatever. But no one else came out after her. And yeah, she looked wild-eyed and messed up. He couldn’t think of another word for it, her dress creased and rucked up on one side, her eyes bright, and a wide grin on her face.
“Hey sexy-Danny,” she slurred and gestured with the bottle which missed his arm by an inch. “You waitin’ for me?”
Danny pocketed his phone and relieved her of the bottle, placing it carefully on the floor before she beaned him with it. Then he took her arm when she wobbled dangerously.
“You’re drunk,” he announced.
She blinked up at him like this was a new thing to her, then giggled. Yep, full on giggled, before leaning on him and grasping his shirt in a fist. “I know.”
He held her so she wouldn’t fall, which necessitated one hand on her left arm, the other on her right hip. She was just the right size for the hold, fit into his arms just perfectly, despite the fact she was swaying. Then she moved, and ended up with her cheek on his chest, her heels dropping to the floor.
“Your chest,” she murmured against him.
“My chest what?” he asked, although he knew he wasn’t going to get an answer. He looked around in the vain hope someone was here to help her.
She pulled back, and he supported her again, and she looked up at him, her jade eyes swimming with tears. Then, in a messy uncoordinated movement, she went up on tiptoes and placed a wet kiss on his lips. Her aim was a little off, it was more half lip half face, but there was tongue, and Danny had never had such a sexy, unsexy, kiss before in his life. Didn’t matter that she was gorgeous and Danny really wouldn’t have minded a kiss. Nope, she was drunk, and needed her family, not some exhausted dad with brittle walls of protection.
He pressed her away gently, even as she chased for the kiss, and held her at arm’s length. She frowned at him.
“What’s wrong? Everyone wants to kiss me,” she announced.
This was clearly some kind of post trauma thing going on here. That confrontation with the guy in the garden had probably caused it. “I’ll get your mom.”
“Megan?”
“Hell, no.”
“Kyle then.”
She yanked herself away, stumbling back and righting herself by leaning against the wall on the opposite side of the corridor. “Him? No,” she said.
She closed her eyes momentarily then opened them as she sighed. “Why don’t you want to kiss me?” she said.
“Because you’re drunk.”
Rachel pulled herself straight, and took the two steps to get back into his space, shoving him a little, and he was in the small alcove by the emergency door, his back to the glass.
“No. I’m. Not,” she said, very deliberately. Then she wrapped her hands around his neck. “I just need a kiss,” she murmured. “A nice one from a nice man.” The last she said really quietly and he had to strain to hear the words. And then he couldn’t think anymore. She pressed her lips to his, but not sloppy drunk and off target. No, this was calm, gentle, her tongue tasting the seam of his lips, and pressing for entrance. He could fight it, he could extricate himself if he wanted to, but his head spun with the bad news he’d gotten from Sam, and Rachel was as sexy to taste as she was to touch.
His lips parted and he deepened the kiss; he tasted wine and Rachel, and it was every bit as good as he’d imagined it would be. Call it the emotional intensity of that phone call or call it proximity, whatever it was, he was hard so damn fast. Hard and needy, and all he wanted was more of whatever Rachel was offering.
She pressed closer, his hand caught between them, he only had to move it a little, and he was caressing her belly. A little lower and she pushed at his hand so he cupped her mound, and she moved against him sinuously, a moan low in her throat.
And it was that moan that had him crashing back to reality. What the hell was he doing kissing a woman who was obviously drunk, and pressing against her like that?
Gently but firmly he disentangled himself and eased her away. She chased for the kiss, her eyes closed, but he couldn’t let this go on. She opened her eyes on a small sigh, and he could see the moment when reality crashed into her thoughts. Her eyes widened and she stepped back, a hand covering her mouth.
Then she slid her way down the wall, smoothly, until she was on the carpet. He crouched down in front of her.
“I’ll get some water.”
“No, don’t go, I don’t do this, not since college,” she said, so quietly he had to strain to hear.
“Getting drunk, you mean?” he asked.
“Yeah. It’s scared.”
It’s scared? “What’s scared.”
I’m impressed that Rachel has been able to keep up appearances as long as she has. She loves her family and is very supportive of every one of them but when it comes to men, she seems to be the easy party girl … except she’s hiding something.
We know that there is more to Rachel than she’s letting on, but that gal is holding on to a whole lot of stuff. I’m thrilled that Scott has her getting professional help for it because it is definitely not something she’s able to work through on her own. However, I’m not sure that she’s quite ready to start a serious relationship. But if anyone can handle her issues it is Danny.
He may have made a few mistakes but he’s trying to get his life in order and he’s got an awfully cute reason to do it. Hope may only be a few months old but she’s adorable enough, and Danny loves her so completely, that she makes a big impact. Regardless of what he was like before, now he’s patient, kind and intuitive. All characteristics that he needs as a new single dad … but also what he needs to be able to handle Rachel.
But he needs her support too. He needs someone to believe in him and see him for the good guy he is. His ex is an absolute terror and she helped do a bit of a number on his life. He may not know where he’s going next, and just needs time to think and regroup, but he may have found a new place. And a new extended family to be there for him. He’s been under a lot of stress and he needs someplace that he can recover.
I love this story for finding Danny a home for him and Hope. For giving him a group of people who are there for him and who will help him figure out what he wants to do going forward. But there is so much more depth there with Rachel overcoming her history and addressing some long held, but not really addressed, issues. Her’s is not an easy story but it is one that she needs to confront in order to move on. And Danny is definitely a guy worth doing it for.
Scott is a new author for me, but based on these two stories she’s going to be one that I’m keeping my eye on. Complex characters, fun interactions interspersed with heart touching moments, and an interesting storyline had me turning the pages … and just like with the first book I was done before I knew it, looking for more 🙂
RJ Scott is the bestselling author of over ninety romance novels and novellas. From cowboys to millionaires, SEALS to cops, her stories are passionate, sexy, and always come with a guaranteed happy ever after. RJ also writes as Rozenn Scott for her new line of strong men and women who find that it’s always worth overcoming obstacles to find a forever love.
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Book Review – Notes and Roses
Book Review, Notes & Roses, Notes and Roses, Rozenn Scott, Stanford Creek series
This one had me glued to my e-reader!
Notes and Roses
Stanford Creek, Book One
by Rozenn Scott
Date of Publication: June 1, 2016
Cover Artist: Erin Dameron-Hill
It’s time to stop running and take a stand…for love.
Former boy-band singer CJ Taylor is starting a new life. His stalker is behind bars, he’s taken back his birth name, and he’s bought a house in a small Vermont town. As Cody Brennan, he finally feels safe and wants to write new music and forget about his tragic past, but an accident nearly ruins everything.
Florist Megan Campbell is horrified when a stranger, covered in blood, collapses in her shop. Cody’s erratic behavior startles her at first, but as he recovers she becomes very attracted to him. Her family thinks she should curb her feelings, and worries about her safety—she worries about her heart.
From her amber eyes to her tempting smile, Megan is everything Cody promised himself to avoid. The more he gets to know her, the more he wants to stay. When his past begins to catch up to him in the form of violent threats, will they stay safe long enough to fall in love?
Megan Campbell stepped away from the cash register of Notes & Roses and leaned against the back counter. She put her right hand in her jeans pocket and, as carefully and unobtrusively as possible, removed her cell phone and scrolled to Justin’s name. What should she text her brother? Help sounded like a good start. Or possibly, there’s a man in my shop and I think he’s drunk or stoned.
Yep, text something like that to Justin, and he would come in guns blazing. Then he’d pin the weird guy to the floor and read him his rights. And the man currently staring at a wall didn’t look dangerous, just lost. Homeless, maybe?
Something more specific then, like, there is a vagrant in here, and he needs help, what should I do? The man moved a little. Away from her side of the store, the “roses” part of the setup, and over to the “notes” side. He was peering at the shelves, a collection of stationery and household bits and pieces like cushions and local crafts. He stumbled a little, turned to the side, and looked up at the posters displayed on the far wall. Landscapes of Vermont: rivers, small towns and red high-sided barns with gently rolling hills of emerald green.
“That’s wrong,” he said.
“Sorry?” Megan asked—but he didn’t reply.
He’s talking to the wall now. Should she add that to the text as well? This was going to end up being a hell of a lot of typing to explain what he was doing. Despite how odd it all looked, the visitor wasn’t threatening her. Also, Rachel would be back soon. Maybe between them they could sort this out?
He hadn’t even spoken to her, but something wasn’t right. Maybe it was the way he’d been standing, his hands fisted at his sides, staring now at the new Valentine’s wall display of flowers and hearts. Maybe it was the way he was dressed; dark jeans caked in mud, heavy boots that had tracked in the same mud. Not to mention the black hoodie with the hood partially hiding his face from her view.
Or maybe it was the despair in his hunched shoulders, the utter defeat in the way he had to support himself to stand.
Whatever it was, Megan was faced with two options. Talk to the strange man in her shop while she was alone in here, or call in reinforcements in case things went south.
Her visitor moved, not his feet but his fists, unclenching and bringing his hands up to knuckle his eyes and then cover them. Megan’s cop brother liked to explain these things to her, but she didn’t need his help to recognize when despair in someone turned to anger.
She sent the standard 911 text, startled when she looked up and saw the stranger had stepped closer to her while she’d been distracted.
“Where am I?” he asked, his voice very soft.
“You’re in my shop.”
He shook his head. “I need the music. Someone took it, and I need it.”
Okay, this was so not going the way she wanted it to go. He was incoherent. Maybe he was homeless and needed a place to get out of the persistent snow that had plagued Stanford Creek the last few days. He’d evidently been somewhere slushy and muddy, if his clothes were anything to go by.
“I don’t understand, sir; what music do you need?” she asked, and waited for him to acknowledge her question. Instead, he took another, shaky, step forward, and covered his eyes again. “Hello? Can I help you?” she repeated when he didn’t look at her.
That finally got his attention. His hands came down, and she got her first clear look at his eyes and face. What she saw had her reaching to send another text. He had blood on him, smeared down from his temple into his wild beard, and his blue eyes were bright with something. Drugs maybe? Long, dark hair hid some of his features, and he looked like he was about to keel over.
“Where’s the music?” he mumbled, his voice low and urgent. He gripped his temples hard and stumbled back, knocking a display of greeting cards to the floor. The sound was a loud clatter in the otherwise quiet room. “Shit… I didn’t…”
“Sir?” This time she was within reaching distance as he rounded on her, his lips pulled back in a snarl—or a grimace of pain, she couldn’t be entirely sure. Whatever, it wasn’t the look of someone who wanted to be spoken to. Time to leave. She glanced at the front door, imagining the steps between here and there and whether or not he would lurch her way. When she focused back on him, all she saw was a situation that could get out of hand. He was a good six inches taller than her five-nine, broad and built, with tattoos curling around his wrist, disappearing up under the sleeve of the hoodie.
Everything about him looked wrong. He didn’t move again, or even acknowledge her; all he did was stare with bright sapphire eyes, focused on a point behind her, scary and intense and so damned fixated with his expression in that scowl.
“What happened?” He groaned and covered his eyes again. “Call… Zee…”
She texted without looking, only glancing at the screen briefly to make sure she was sending another text to her brother and not some random person on her list. 911. Again. The standard sibling instruction for help me right the hell now, reserved for having one of her brothers rescue her from one of her many dreadful first dates. Garrett wasn’t even in town, so there was little point texting him, and Justin may not even be in the sheriff’s office. She hoped to hell he was, though, and had read her message. She’d know soon enough because the small sheriff’s office was close.
And still the stranger stood there, staring at her. At least he hadn’t moved any closer.
He closed his eyes and wiped the blood that was trickling down his face, looking down at his hand and staring at the red that streaked his skin. Megan thought she heard a sob, but couldn’t be sure. Compassion welled inside her. Vagrant or not, dressed in soiled clothes and with the hood up, he didn’t have to be a criminal.
“Sir? Do you need help?” She held out her hand, but he stepped closer to her and damn it, she may have had self-defense training but she wasn’t stupid. If the man was hopped up on drugs, she had to stay out of reach. The door opened and Justin stepped in, all uniform and pissed-off attitude.
“Two 911s? This had better be good, Megs.”
Megan inclined her head to the man Justin evidently hadn’t seen in his dramatic entrance. Justin could handle himself, and he had a gun; he’d know what to do.
“What the hell?” Justin said as he assessed the situation, his hand automatically resting on his holstered weapon.
“I think it’s drugs,” she said loud enough for Justin to hear. The man looked at Justin and then to her, before shaking his head a little.
“No.” The voice was raspy, little more than a growl. “Not those.” He appeared to be struggling to talk, and he pressed his hands to each side of his head. “Just the music; Zee will know,” he added, but his voice slurred, and he coughed and doubled over.
Justin pulled his weapon and held it to one side, his other hand held in front of him as he stepped closer. “Sir? Are you hurt?”
Megan saw her brother’s hand on the sidearm, the other placating and suggesting and warning at the same time. She’d seen him stand like this when he broke up the fight at the drugstore. Not that he’d drawn his weapon then; he’d dealt with it by intimidation alone, because everyone involved lived in the town and no one messed with the sheriff. Megan looked at her brother, who teased her, who’d hidden her dolls and pulled her pigtails as a kid, but who was now in a situation that was serious. He was all business.
“What’s your name, sir?” Justin asked.
The stranger stepped back from him, straight into a pile of notebooks this time. The shelf shuddered and some of the display tilted. The movement translated into Justin grabbing the man’s hoodie to stop him falling as he flailed and attempted to stay upright.
He took a swing at Justin, who ducked and swerved. The attempted hit missed Justin by a mile, and the man followed the momentum he had begun, smacked his fist against a shelf edge, and collapsed in a heap on the floor. Then he didn’t move, was absolutely still. Justin holstered his weapon and crouched next to the prone form of the hooded man, checking for a pulse and then talking into his radio.
“Dispatch, 390D, medical assistance required at Notes & Roses.”
I was so surprised when I realized that I’d already gotten to the end of this book. The story held me captive and I just kept turning pages as quickly as I could!
For all of the secrets and problems that these two have, the story is pretty simple. They meet, have a connection and start dating. There isn’t a lot of emotional drama or setbacks for them. Megan handles it well when she finds out Cody’s secrets. He’s had a rough couple of years and is understandably wary (and weary), but he’s not a bad man and Megan knows that.
I love the simplicity of it … and then Scott throws us a few curves to keep things hopping. It’s not horribly drawn out, and I like that as well. It’s wrapped up smoothly and I am super excited to see what else is coming in this series. Between Cody’s bandmates and Megan’s family there are bound to be some great stories coming … hopefully soon 🙂
RJ lives just outside of London, and has never met a bottle of wine she can’t defeat.
For more information on other books by RJ/Rozenn, visit her website: www.RJScott.co.uk
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On Nov. 18, Pope Benedict makes his 22nd Apostolic Voyage. He travels to the country of Benin to present bishops with a special letter about the Church in Africa. Join our host Alicia Ambrosio and guest Fr. Stan Chu Ilo, who will lead us step-by-step through the Pope’s entire visit. Fr. Stan Chu Ilo will offer ...read more
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In my time covering the Church, I’ve had the opportunity to meet bishops from around the world, of all different leadership styles and personalities. I’ve often been struck by stories I hear from bishops in Africa. I’ve been told that in Africa, the bishop is not just an authority figure. He walks with the people; ...read more
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Grand Reopening September 26–28
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Join us for the Museum's grand reopening and debut exhibition Ai Weiwei: Bare Life, September 26–28!
Celebrate the expanded and renovated Kemper Art Museum with special events for members, the Washington University community, and the public.
Experience new and reconfigured galleries and new commissions by acclaimed artists Tomás Saraceno and Dan Graham. And view artworks created over the last two decades by Chinese dissident artist and activist Ai Weiwei, one of the most important artists and humanitarian voices of our time.
Bunny and Charles Burson Visiting Artist Lecture: Q&A with Ai Weiwei
5:30p | 560 Music Center (live event) and Edison Theatre (livestream remote viewing)
Renowned artist Ai Weiwei joins Sabine Eckmann, William T. Kemper Director and Chief Curator, for a conversation on Ai’s wide-ranging and critical practice.
Free and open to the public; tickets required (limit 2). Live event is sold out, but tickets are available to the livestreamed remote viewing. Details here >>
Exhibition Preview and Reception for Kemper Circle Fellows and Benefactors
7p | Kemper Art Museum
Kemper Circle Fellows and Benefactors (members at $2,500 and above) and a guest are invited to an exclusive preview of the expanded Museum and debut exhibition Ai Weiwei: Bare Life, featuring a reception with Ai and priority reserved seating at the artist Q&A. Invitations will be mailed. Find out more about the Kemper Circle and how to join here >>
Member and WashU Community Preview
5–9p | Kemper Art Museum
Museum members and Washington University students, staff, and faculty are invited to this special preview of Ai Weiwei: Bare Life and the reinstallation of the Museum's collection.
Public Opening and Celebration
11a–5p | Kemper Art Museum
Celebrate the opening of Ai Weiwei: Bare Life and the reopening of the expanded and renovated Kemper Art Museum.
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Ai Weiwei (Chinese, b. 1957), Forever Bicycles, 2011. Installation view, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, 2011. Courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio.
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The 'news' and 'nntp' URI Schemes
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) F. Ellermann
Request for Comments: 5538 xyzzy
Category: Standards Track April 2010
This memo specifies the 'news' and 'nntp' Uniform Resource Identifier
(URI) schemes that were originally defined in RFC 1738. The purpose
of this document is to allow RFC 1738 to be made obsolete while
keeping the information about these schemes on the Standards Track.
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/5538.
This document may contain material from IETF Documents or IETF
Contributions published or made publicly available before November
10, 2008. The person(s) controlling the copyright in some of this
material may not have granted the IETF Trust the right to allow
Ellermann Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 5538 'news' and 'nntp' URIs April 2010
modifications of such material outside the IETF Standards Process.
Without obtaining an adequate license from the person(s) controlling
the copyright in such materials, this document may not be modified
outside the IETF Standards Process, and derivative works of it may
not be created outside the IETF Standards Process, except to format
it for publication as an RFC or to translate it into languages other
than English.
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.1. 'nntp' URIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2. 'news' URIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.3. Query Parts, Fragments, and Normalization . . . . . . . . 5
3. Syntax of 'nntp' URIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Syntax of 'news' URIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6. Internationalization Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8.1. 'snews' URIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8.2. 'news-message-ID' Access Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Appendix A. Collected ABNF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Appendix B. Detailed Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1. Introduction
The first definition for many URI schemes appears in [RFC1738]. This
memo extracts the 'news' and 'nntp' URI schemes from it to allow that
material to remain on the Standards Track if [RFC1738] is moved to
"historic" status. It belongs to a series of similar documents like
[RFC4156], [RFC4157], [RFC4248], and [RFC4266], which are discussed
on the <mailto:uri@w3.org> list.
The definitions for the 'news' and 'nntp' URI schemes given here are
updates from [RFC1738] based on modern usage of these schemes. This
memo intentionally limits its description of the 'news' URI scheme to
essential features supposed to work with "any browser" and Network
News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) server.
[RFC3986] specifies how to define schemes for URIs; it also explains
the term "Uniform Resource Locator" (URL). The Network News Transfer
Protocol (NNTP) is specified in [RFC3977]. The Netnews Article
Format is defined in [RFC5536].
The key word "MUST" in this memo is to be interpreted as described in
[RFC2119]. UTF-8 is specified in [RFC3629]. The syntax uses the
ABNF defined in [RFC5234].
2. Background
The 'news' and 'nntp' URI schemes identify resources on an NNTP
server, individual articles, individual newsgroups, or sets of
newsgroups.
User agents like Web browsers supporting these schemes use the NNTP
protocol to access the corresponding resources. The details of how
they do this, e.g., employing a separate or integrated newsreader,
depend on the implementation. The default <port> associated with
NNTP in [RFC3977] is 119.
2.1. 'nntp' URIs
The 'nntp' URI scheme identifies articles in a newsgroup on a
specific NNTP server. In [RFC3986] terminology, this means that
'nntp' URIs have a non-empty <authority> component; there is no
default <host> as for the 'file' or 'news' URI schemes.
Netnews is typically distributed among several news servers, using
the same newsgroup names but local article numbers. An article
available as number 10 in group "example" on server
"news.example.com" has most likely a different number on any other
server where the same article is still available. Users allowed to
read and post articles on "their" server may not be allowed to access
articles on an "arbitrary" server specified in an 'nntp' URI.
For these reasons, the use of the 'nntp' URI scheme is limited, and
it is less widely supported by user agents than the similar 'news'
URI scheme.
2.2. 'news' URIs
The 'news' URI scheme identifies articles by their worldwide unique
"Message-ID", independent of the server and the newsgroup.
Newsreaders support access to articles by their "Message-ID", without
the overhead of a URI scheme. In simple cases, they do this directly
as an NNTP client of a default or currently used server as configured
by the user. More general user agents use the 'news' URI scheme to
distinguish "Message-IDs" from similar constructs such as other URI
schemes in contexts such as a plain text message body.
The 'news' URI scheme also allows the identification of newsgroups or
sets of newsgroups independent of a specific server. For Netnews, a
group "example" has the same name on any server carrying this group,
exotic cases involving gateways notwithstanding. To distinguish
"Message-IDs" and newsgroup names, the 'news' URI scheme relies on
the "@" between local part (left-hand side) and domain part (right-
hand side) of "Message-IDs".
[RFC1738] offered only one wildcard for sets of newsgroups in 'news'
URIs, a "*" used to refer to "all available newsgroups". In common
practice, this was extended to varying degrees by different user
agents. An NNTP extension known as <wildmat>, specified in [RFC2980]
and now part of the base NNTP specification, allows pattern matching
in the style of the [POSIX] "find" command. For the purpose of this
memo, this means that some additional special characters have to be
allowed in 'news' URIs, some of them percent-encoded as required by
the overall [RFC3986] URI syntax. User agents and NNTP servers not
yet compliant with [RFC3977] do not implement all parts of this new
feature.
Another commonly supported addition to the [RFC1738] syntax is the
optional specification of a server at the beginning of 'news' URIs.
This optional <authority> component follows the overall [RFC3986]
syntax, preceded by a double slash "//" and terminated by the next
slash "/", question mark "?", number sign "#", or the end of the URI.
2.3. Query Parts, Fragments, and Normalization
Fragments introduced by a number sign "#" are specified in [RFC3986];
the semantics is independent of the URI scheme, and the resolution
depends on the media type.
This memo doesn't specify a query part introduced by a question mark
"?" for the 'news' and 'nntp' URI schemes, but some implementations
are known to use query parts instead of fragments internally to
address parts of a composite media type [RFC2046] in Multipurpose
Internet Mail Extensions (MIME).
There are no special "." or ".." path segments in 'news' and 'nntp'
URLs. Please note that "." and ".." are not valid <newsgroup-name>s.
URI producers have to percent-encode some characters as specified
below (Section 4); otherwise, they MUST treat a "Message-ID" without
angle brackets for 'news' URLs as is, i.e., case-sensitive.
3. Syntax of 'nntp' URIs
An 'nntp' URI identifies an article by its number in a given
newsgroup on a specified server, or it identifies the newsgroup
without article number.
nntpURL = "nntp:" server "/" group [ "/" article-number ]
server = "//" authority ; see RFC 3986
group = 1*( group-char / pct-encoded )
article-number = 1*16DIGIT ; see RFC 3977
group-char = ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "+" / "_" / "."
In the form with an <article-number>, the URL corresponds roughly to
the content of an <xref> header field as specified in [RFC5536],
replacing its more general <article-locator> by the <article-number>
used with the NNTP.
A <newsgroup-name> as specified in [RFC5536] consists of dot-
separated components. Each component contains one or more letters,
digits, "-" (hyphen-minus), "+", or "_" (underscore). These
characters can be directly used in a segment of a path in an
[RFC3986] URI; no percent-encoding is necessary. Example:
nntp://news.server.example/example.group.this/12345
A <wildmat-exact> newsgroup name as specified in [RFC3977] allows (in
theory) any <UTF8-non-ascii> (see Section 6) and most printable
US-ASCII characters, excluding "!", "*", ",", "?", "[", "\", and "]".
However, [RFC5536] does not (yet) permit characters outside of
<group-char> and so, to keep the syntax simple, the additional
characters are here covered by <pct-encoded> as defined in [RFC3986],
since most of them have to be percent-encoded anyway (with a few
exceptions, such as ":", ";", and "~"). Example:
nntp://wild.server.example/example.group.n%2Fa/12345
In the form without <article-number>, the URL identifies a single
group on the specified server. This is also possible with an
equivalent 'news' URL, and the latter is better supported by user
agents. Example:
nntp://news.server.example/example.group.this
news://news.server.example/example.group.this
4. Syntax of 'news' URIs
A 'news' URI identifies an article by its unique "Message-ID", or it
identifies a set of newsgroups. Additionally, it can specify a
server; when the server is not specified, a configured default server
for Netnews access is used.
newsURL = "news:" [ server "/" ] ( article / newsgroups )
article = msg-id-core ; see RFC 5536
The form identifying an <article> is the <msg-id-core> from
[RFC5536]; it is a "Message-ID" without angle brackets. According to
[RFC3986], characters that are in <gen-delims> (a subset of
<reserved>), together with the character "%", MUST be percent-encoded
(though it is not wrong to encode others). Specifically, the
characters allowed in <msg-id-core> that must be encoded are
"/" "?" "#" "[" "]" and "%"
Note that an agent which seeks to interpret a 'news' URI needs to
decode all percent-encoded characters before passing it on to an NNTP
server to be acted upon.
Please note that "%3E" (">") is not allowed; <msg-id-core> is
otherwise identical to
id-left "@" id-right
as defined in [RFC5322].
The form identifying <newsgroups> corresponds to the [RFC3977]
<wildmat-pattern>, a newsgroup name with wildcards "*" and "?". Any
"?" has to be percent-encoded as "%3F" in this part of a URI.
Examples (the first two are equivalent):
news://news.server.example/*
news://news.server.example/
news://wild.server.example/example.group.th%3Fse
news:example.group.*
news:example.group.this
Without wildcards, this form of the URL identifies a single group if
it is not empty. User agents would typically try to present an
overview of the articles available in this group, likely somehow
limiting this overview to the newest unread articles up to a
configured maximum.
With wildcards, user agents could try to list matching group names on
the specified or default server. Some user agents support only a
specific <group> without wildcards, or an optional single "*".
As noted above (Section 2.2), the presence of an "@" in a 'news' URI
disambiguates <article> and <newsgroups> for URI consumers. The new
<message-id> construct specified in [RFC3977] does not require an
"@". Since [RFC0822], the "Message-ID" syntax has been closely
related to the syntax of mail addresses with an "@" separating left-
hand side (local part of addresses, unique part of message
identifiers) and right-hand side (domain part), and this memo sticks
to the known [RFC1738] practice.
5. Acknowledgments
Henry Spencer was the driving force to adopt MIME in Netnews; he
registered the MIME 'message/external-body' access type
'news-message-ID', discussed below (Section 8.2), in 1993 as recalled
in "Son-of-1036" [RFC1849].
"The 'news' URL scheme" [GILMAN], by Alfred S. Gilman (March 1998),
introduced additions to the original [RFC1738] 'news' URI scheme.
Some of these ideas are now widely supported and reflected by the
revised 'news' URI scheme specified here.
Thanks to Alfred Hoenes, Charles Lindsey, Clive Feather, Chris
Newman, Ken Murchinson, Kjetil T. Homme, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen,
Martin Duerst, Matt Seitz, Nicolas Krebs, Paul Hoffman, Pasi Eronen,
Roy T. Fielding, Russ Allbery, Stephane Bortzmeyer, and Tom Petch for
their feedback, contributions, or encouragement.
Bill Fenner's _xml2rfc validator_ and _ABNF checker_ were a great
help in the creation of (not only) this memo. The same goes for
various great _IETF tools_ written by Henrik Levkowetz.
6. Internationalization Considerations
The URI schemes were updated to support percent-encoded UTF-8
characters in NNTP newsgroup names as specified in [RFC3977] and
[RFC3987].
The Netnews Article Format in [RFC5536] does not yet allow UTF-8 in
<newsgroup-name>s; therefore, well-known Unicode and UTF-8 security
considerations are not listed below. For an overview, see [UTR36]
and [RFC3629].
The work on Email Address Internationalization (EAI), started in
[RFC4952], is not expected to change the syntax of a "Message-ID".
7. Security Considerations
There are many security considerations for URI schemes discussed in
[RFC3986]. The NNTP protocol may use passwords in the clear for
authentication or offer no privacy, both of which are considered
extremely unsafe in current practice. Alternatives and further
security considerations with respect to the NNTP are discussed in
[RFC4642] and [RFC4643].
The syntax for the 'news' and 'nntp' URI schemes contains the general
<authority> construct with an optional <userinfo> defined in
[RFC3986]. As noted in [RFC3986], the "user:password" form of a
<userinfo> is deprecated.
Articles on NNTP servers typically expire after some time. After
that time, corresponding 'news' and 'nntp' URLs may not work anymore
depending on the server. While a "Message-ID" is supposed to be
worldwide unique forever, the NNTP protocol does not guarantee this.
Under various conditions depending on the servers, the same
"Message-ID" could be used for different articles, and attackers
could try to distribute malicious content for known 'news' or 'nntp'
URLs.
If a URI does not match the generic syntax in [RFC3986], it is
invalid, and broken URIs can cause havoc. Compare [RFC5064] for
similar security considerations.
8. IANA Considerations
The IANA registry of URI schemes has been updated to point to this
memo instead of [RFC1738] for the 'news' and 'nntp' URI schemes.
8.1. 'snews' URIs
This section contains the [RFC4395] template for the registration of
the historical 'snews' scheme specified in [GILMAN].
URI scheme name: snews
Status: historical
URI scheme syntax: Same as for 'news' (Section 4)
URI scheme semantics:
Syntactically equivalent to 'news', but using NNTP
over SSL/TLS (SSL/TLS with security layer is
negotiated immediately after establishing the TCP
connection) with a default port of 563, registered
as "nntps"
Encoding considerations:
Same as for 'news' (Section 6)
Applications/protocols that use this URI scheme name:
For some user agents, 'snews' URLs trigger the use
of "nntps" instead of NNTP for their access on
Interoperability considerations:
This URI scheme was not widely deployed; its
further use is deprecated in favor of ordinary
'news' URLs in conjunction with NNTP servers
supporting [RFC4642]
Security considerations:
See [RFC4642]; the use of a dedicated port for
secure variants of a protocol was discouraged in
[RFC2595]
Contact: <mailto:uri@w3.org> (URI mailing list)
Change controller: IETF
References: RFC 5538, [RFC4642], [GILMAN]
8.2. 'news-message-ID' Access Type
The MIME 'news-message-ID' access type was erroneously listed as a
subtype. IANA has removed 'news-message-ID' from the application
subtype registry, and has added it to the access types registry
defined in [RFC4289].
[RFC4289] requires an RFC (preferably on the Standards Track) for the
access types registry. To provide a definition meeting this
requirement, the following paragraph is reproduced verbatim from
[RFC1849]:
NOTE: In the specific case where it is desired to essentially make
another article PART of the current one, e.g., for annotation of
the other article, MIME's "message/external-body" convention can
be used to do so without actual inclusion. "news-message-ID" was
registered as a standard external-body access method, with a
mandatory NAME parameter giving the message ID and an optional
SITE parameter suggesting an NNTP site that might have the article
available (if it is not available locally), by IANA 22 June 1993.
Please note that 'news' URLs offer a very similar and (today) more
common way to access articles by their Message-ID; compare [RFC2017].
9. References
9.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC3977] Feather, C., "Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)",
RFC 3977, October 2006.
[RFC3986] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R., and L. Masinter,
"Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax",
STD 66, RFC 3986, January 2005.
[RFC5234] Crocker, D. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax
Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234, January 2008.
[RFC5536] Murchison, K., Lindsey, C., and D. Kohn, "Netnews
Article Format", RFC 5536, November 2009.
Ellermann Standards Track [Page 10]
9.2. Informative References
[GILMAN] Gilman, A., "The 'news' URL scheme", Work in Progress,
[POSIX] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
"The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6",
IEEE Standard 1003.1, 2004 edition.
[RFC0822] Crocker, D., "Standard for the format of ARPA Internet
text messages", STD 11, RFC 822, August 1982.
[RFC1738] Berners-Lee, T., Masinter, L., and M. McCahill,
"Uniform Resource Locators (URL)", RFC 1738,
December 1994.
[RFC1849] Spencer, H., ""Son of 1036": News Article Format and
Transmission", RFC 1849, March 2010.
[RFC2017] Freed, N. and K. Moore, "Definition of the URL MIME
External-Body Access-Type", RFC 2017, October 1996.
[RFC2046] Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types",
RFC 2046, November 1996.
[RFC2595] Newman, C., "Using TLS with IMAP, POP3 and ACAP",
RFC 2595, June 1999.
[RFC2980] Barber, S., "Common NNTP Extensions", RFC 2980,
October 2000.
[RFC3629] Yergeau, F., "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO
10646", STD 63, RFC 3629, November 2003.
[RFC3987] Duerst, M. and M. Suignard, "Internationalized
Resource Identifiers (IRIs)", RFC 3987, January 2005.
[RFC4156] Hoffman, P., "The wais URI Scheme", RFC 4156,
[RFC4157] Hoffman, P., "The prospero URI Scheme", RFC 4157,
[RFC4248] Hoffman, P., "The telnet URI Scheme", RFC 4248,
[RFC4266] Hoffman, P., "The gopher URI Scheme", RFC 4266,
[RFC4289] Freed, N. and J. Klensin, "Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures",
BCP 13, RFC 4289, December 2005.
[RFC4395] Hansen, T., Hardie, T., and L. Masinter, "Guidelines
and Registration Procedures for New URI Schemes",
BCP 35, RFC 4395, February 2006.
[RFC4642] Murchison, K., Vinocur, J., and C. Newman, "Using
Transport Layer Security (TLS) with Network News
Transfer Protocol (NNTP)", RFC 4642, October 2006.
[RFC4643] Vinocur, J. and K. Murchison, "Network News Transfer
Protocol (NNTP) Extension for Authentication",
[RFC4952] Klensin, J. and Y. Ko, "Overview and Framework for
Internationalized Email", RFC 4952, July 2007.
[RFC5064] Duerst, M., "The Archived-At Message Header Field",
RFC 5064, December 2007.
[RFC5322] Resnick, P., Ed., "Internet Message Format", RFC 5322,
[UTR36] Davis, M. and M. Suignard, "Unicode Security
Considerations", Unicode Technical Reports #36,
Appendix A. Collected ABNF
In addition to the syntax given above, this appendix also lists the
sources of terms used in comments and the prose:
newsgroups = *( group-char / pct-encoded / "*" )
authority = <see RFC 3986 Section 3.2>
host = <see RFC 3986 Section 3.2.2>
pct-encoded = <see RFC 3986 Section 2.1>
port = <see RFC 3986 Section 3.2.3>
gen-delims = <see RFC 3986 Section 2.2>
msg-id-core = <see RFC 5536 Section 3.1.3>
reserved = <see RFC 5536 Section 2.2>
userinfo = <see RFC 3986 Section 3.2.1>
message-id = <see RFC 3977 Section 9.8>
UTF8-non-ascii = <see RFC 3977 Section 9.8>
wildmat = <see RFC 3977 Section 4.1>
wildmat-exact = <see RFC 3977 Section 4.1>
wildmat-pattern = <see RFC 3977 Section 4.1>
ALPHA = <see RFC 5234 Appendix B.1>
DIGIT = <see RFC 5234 Appendix B.1>
article-locator = <see RFC 5536 Section 3.2.14>
newsgroup-name = <see RFC 5536 Section 3.1.4>
xref = <see RFC 5536 Section 3.2.14>
Appendix B. Detailed Example
Here is an example of a mail to the <mailto:tools.discuss@ietf.org>
list with "Message-ID" <p0624081dc30b8699bf9b@[10.20.30.108]>.
<http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.ietf.tools> is one of the various list
archives; it converts mail into Netnews articles. The header of this
article contains the following fields (among others):
Message-ID: <p0624081dc30b8699bf9b@[10.20.30.108]>
Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.ietf.tools:742
Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.ietf.tools/742>
The "Xref" roughly indicates the 742nd article in newsgroup
<news://news.gmane.org/gmane.ietf.tools> on this server. An 'nntp'
URL might be <nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.ietf.tools/742>. For
details about the "Archived-At" URL, see [RFC5064].
The list software and list subscribers reading the list elsewhere
can't predict a server-specific article number 742 in this archive.
If they know this server, they can however guess the corresponding
<news://news.gmane.org/p0624081dc30b8699bf9b@%5B10.20.30.108%5D> URL.
In theory, the list software could use the guessed 'news' URL in an
"Archived-At" header field, but if a list tries this, it would likely
use <http://mid.gmane.org/p0624081dc30b8699bf9b@%5B10.20.30.108%5D>.
Using domain literals in a "Message-ID" could cause collisions. A
collision might force the mail2news gateway in this example to invent
a new "Message-ID", and an attempt to guess the future URL on this
server would then fail.
Author's Address
Frank Ellermann
EMail: hmdmhdfmhdjmzdtjmzdtzktdkztdjz@gmail.com
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Connecting Emotions to Extreme Sports & Next-Gen Media
The Art & Science of Measuring Emotions in Extreme Sports, and how it applies to the Future of Media Experiences and Society.
First published on Medium, this is an in-depth look at the processes and outcomes of our project. The original project blog post is here.
In early 2016 I was handed a project brief that I instantly knew would consume my life for the foreseeable future.
Red Bull Media House had asked us to figure out how our technology could be used to create a new level of emotional connection between media audiences and the extreme-sports athletes they follow. We framed the entire project with the question, ‘how does it feel to be a Red Bull Hero?’
When the brief landed on my desk, my brain instantly ran in two opposing directions:
‘Holy shit, this is going to be the coolest thing I’ve ever worked on!’
‘Holy shit, there are a lot of ways to screw this up’.
If successful, we would have pioneered a novel form of immersive entertainment, broken new scientific ground, solved a ton of technical problems, and prototyped a set of innovative tools for empathic human-machine interaction. And we would have done so in partnership with one of the slickest brands on the planet.
But there were sooooo many things that could go wrong. As a taster, how about:
Wiring the athletes up to physiological sensors without distracting, injuring or killing them.
Extracting a clear data signal from unreliable wireless tech while it is being hammered by vibration, moisture, cold temperatures, excessive transmission distances… you name it.
Handling a huge pile of data, HD video and audio — for recording, storage, processing, communication and analysis.
Identifying emotionally triggered biometric changes (eg. a rise in heart rate) while the performers are already in a state of heightened exertion.
The outcome was The Hero Feeling, a prototype world-first ‘bio-emotional’ VR experience, and Sensum SYNC (now replaced by newer solutions) – a suite of new beta tools for ‘bio-emotional’ productions. They’re all free so please dive in and play with them.
Now that we have finally been able to release some of the fruits of this endeavour, I want to share some lessons learned from coordinating the project, and take a brief look at the future of empathic media.
The Three ‘S’s of Empathic Technology
We have an in-house framework we apply to complex projects like this. Well, maybe nothing so structured as a framework — more like a motto:
Science > Software > Story
And it always starts with the science.
Measuring emotions is still an exploratory field, especially in the field, beyond the luxury of lab conditions, out there where people live and breath. Collaborating with our friends across the road from us at the School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast, we set out to build a model of the emotional journey an ordinary person takes in an extreme activity. Then we would have a base model, plus the insights gathered from our field trials, that could be developed for elite athletes performing extreme sports.
First stop was at the sports science lab at Ulster University, sampling athletes’ biometric responses to some simple exercises, to establish our base and gain some real data on how people’s bodies respond under exertion.
Gathering biometric data from athletes at Ulster University.
Next we wanted to build a generalised model of extreme emotions, that could be applied across various activities. So we threw 40 members of the public down a zipline and round a 4x4 racetrack at an outdoor pursuits centre. I know, fun.
It was a gamble. There doesn’t seem to be much relevant literature to lean on, and we were out in the cold Northern Irish wild with a load of unpredictable kit and no certainty of finding any significant data. What could possibly go wrong?
Besides everything?
Well, pretty much nothing in the end, because we planned the crap out of it. Nevertheless, one thing that nearly killed the experiment was believing that students would get out of bed to participate in it. Consider: we were offering to pay, feed and transport them for a day-trip to an adventure centre. Not a bad offer. But two-thirds of those who registered didn’t show on the day.
Kit will fail. Bring plenty.
This is why you have to budget for redundancy and screw-ups. As the Navy Seals say:
‘Two is one and one is none’.
Having over-planned and over-subscribed, we got a full quorum of 40 participants. And the experiment worked. Half of the group did a short warm-up exercise before each activity, raising their heart rate to give us an ‘exertion’ state, for comparison against the non-warmed-up half. In the end, we could see emotional data, primarily in heart rate and skin conductance, peaking over the fuzzy noise of both exertion and environmental factors.
It’s not a bad day when you can go zip-lining for SCIENCE.
It was around that time that our main advisor on emotions science, Dr Gary McKeown from Queen’s University, was musing on how good the data would be if we could put an amateur and an expert through an identical and simultaneous experience. We could compare their biometric and emotional responses to explore the experts’ ability to control their feelings under pressure. He suggested tandem skydiving as an example. We’re so glad he did.
Not only did we get to leap out of a plane 4,000m up in the Irish summer air, but the manager of the airfield had an additional suggestion. ‘If I’ve understood your experiment correctly, it might also work in a stunt plane’, he said. So we also got to ride with a European aerobatics champion, as he put us through aerial manoeuvres at up to 8g.
Damn, Science, you never told us you could be that much fun.
Incorporating the scientific method into your client projects can slow down and complicate your service delivery (read: increase budget). But there’s an inherent value in approaching your work with a scientist’s skepticism and taking a first-principles approach to solving problems. You never know what you will get to discover or invent, and you build a foundation of knowledge that you can stand by in future.
Not only did we get the model we wanted for our extreme sports context, we discovered some intriguing evidence about human physiology and psychology as we went, some of which we’ve already been able to publish for others to build on.
Software: Inventing the Tools for the Job
The technological challenge was daunting. We needed to build a mobile app that could simultaneously control all the sensors around the athlete: biometric (eg. heart rate, skin conductance), media (eg. video, audio) and contextual (eg. location, speed). It would then need to record and synchronise the incoming data from all those sources and tag them with key events. Lining up metadata with media content is a long-standing problem in the production industry so we had to invent a new product to solve it.
OK, three new products: the mobile app, the data pipeline to connect with our cloud-based platform, and a media production plugin to make creative use of the processed data.
The simplest word for the overall software build was ‘sync’, and the name stuck. Hello, Sensum SYNC.
CONNECT > CONTROL > CAPTURE > CREATE: a product suite for bio-emotional productions.
As with most of the emotion-measurement projects we’ve worked on, building the tools was only half the battle. In the field, if the software gives you trouble (which it always does) the hardware will find ten times more ways ways to ruin your day. Bluetooth connection is usually top of the list. Different Bluetooth devices have their own idiosyncratic ways of making and dropping connections, exacerbated by anything from the signals of other devices to weather conditions, to… ah hell, Gremlins? Who knows?
If you can record your data on your mobile device, to mitigate for the case of communications loss, do it. In fact, record it on multiple devices just in case. And contextually tag the shit out of it: start/stop points, key events, etc.
Furthermore, capture more data streams than you need. It’s hard to know which ones will give a good signal on the day, or which ones will provide unexpected insights. This is similar to how we approach emotion measurement in general: compounding multiple data streams to reduce uncertainty and increase reliability. It’s basically how us humans interpret the world too: paying attention to the mix of sensory input that is most available and appropriate to the situation.
Story: Telling an Emotional Tale
At our company, Sensum, we attempt to stay balanced while straddling the creative boundary between the art and science of empathic technology. We keep a foot buried in hard science while recognising that cold biometric data is worth little without a story to explain it. Narrative brings the data to life. And emotion lifts the narrative to a more human, immersive level.
Emotion gives the story wings.
Since launching the world’s first emotional-response horror film at South by Southwest (SXSW) back in 2011, we have exploited every opportunity to explore new forms of storytelling through emotion AI and empathic technology. For this project, the last of the three ‘S’s — the story — materialised primarily through the production of The Hero Feeling VR experience.
Empathic media content can broadly be divided into two types: one in which the emotion of the audience is measured to feed back into the media experience (like we did in 2011 with Unsound), and the other where it is the emotions of the actors or scenes that are connected to the audience in some way. For The Hero Feeling we wanted to trace the emotional journey of the ‘Hero’ — the athlete performing in front of the camera — and relay to that to the viewer. The viewer would get to ‘feel’ what it’s like for an elite athlete hammering down a mountain-bike trail.
To get our content, the project culminated in a three-day exercise we call a ‘data shoot’, combining various sensor tech with movie production. This time it took place on a bleak mountainside in Ireland, in December. Brrr.
We found four professional mountain-bike riders to be our heroes. The riders and their bikes were wired up with sensors measuring a range of biometric, contextual and media signals, including heart rate, breathing, skin conductance, skin temperature, location, speed, voice audio, ambient audio, contact audio from the bike frame, and PoV video.
We extended our scientific approach into the data shoot, controlling the conditions of each run down the two bike trails under expert supervision, and repeating each run to collect robust data. At the same time, we shot the event in HD (flat), while Red Bull sent over a team to shoot in 360º format.
Screengrab from the VR experience, showing real-time biometric & emotion data in a head-up display.
For the resulting VR video, we overlaid visuals showing some of the data that was recorded from the mountain biker, using our custom-built Adobe plugin to manage the process. This includes a visualisation element that runs from Vulnerability to Control, which demonstrates the rider’s emotional control in this context. Control (also referred to as power or dominance) is one dimension of scoring used by psychologists to place emotions in a multidimensional space, with scores like arousal (how excited or relaxed you are) and valence (how positively or negatively you are responding) on the other dimensions.
If you were expecting labels like happy, sad or scared, I’m sorry to disappoint you. We often avoid that kind of ‘discrete’ labelling, as it can be inherently vague, subjective and misleading. It’s also not very relevant in the kind of ‘iceman’ scenario you get with trained performers keeping their cool while doing something they’ve done thousands of times before. Moreover, an activity like solo mountain biking is not a socially communicative context so we wouldn’t expect much expression of the kind of things most people think of as emotions, like smiling when you’re enjoying yourself. It’s worth pointing out that this is a very common issue, as we spend much of our lives engaging in activities that do not lend themselves to social communication, such as driving, consuming media or using a computer.
In the end, what the viewer gets from The Hero Feeling is a point-of-view experience, seeing the mountain through the eyes of an elite biker, with a synchronised feed of biometric, contextual and emotional data. Plus we introduce dynamic audio effects, the internal sounds of the bike, as well as other little bonuses.
Emotion is a fuzzy topic, clouded in misinterpretations and bullshit presented as science. We needed to walk through these extreme environments before we could run in them. Only then could we build the wings to fly.
Welcome to a World Where Media Can Feel
Examples of empathic media are emerging all around us.
Already people are experimenting with things like music playlists that respond to your current mood. We have done a lot of research that examines the precise points at which we become more or less engaged while consuming content, in order to edit it or change its delivery method for optimal impact.
In gaming, where narrative can be adjusted on-the-fly more readily than in media like video, your emotional response could control the experience you are presented with in real time. In our own trials of this concept the results have been immediately impressive.
As we increasingly allow machines to read our moods, we will see our interaction with media shifting. It’s likely we will soon be connected to the content that produces the strongest emotional responses, either in the performers, their audience, or ourselves. I suspect we will freely hand over our emotional data in return for more emotive media experiences, just as people share their heart rate with fitness apps now. But in so doing we are for the first time communicating some of our hidden, nonconscious emotional states with both software and each other. This is unprecedented in the evolution of our species.
Pushing our emotional buttons has always been the aim of media creators. We want to go on an emotional journey with our heroes, empathising with their experience without actually having to go through the pain of it. Now that we can measure the audience’s emotional response in a more immediate and granular fashion, we can tweak the content to push them further and faster. Ultimately, we may be able to induce desired emotional states on command.
Along with the development of empathic media, we advance our ability to manipulate our audience. Done right, this could be delightful. But it also opens doors for exploitation. Media producers share a responsibility to walk this road hand-in-hand with their audience, practicing transparency and consent.
With the right ethical norms in place, we can look forward to a near-future in which we get to join our heroes on their emotional journeys.
Special thanks to the wide range of people and organisations who contributed to this project, your creativity and energy is an inspiration. Apologies to anyone I've missed out:
Todd's Leap, Jungle NI, Tandem Skydive Centre Ireland, T13, East Coast Adventure, all the guys at Kilbroney & Rostrevor parks, our extensive crew, and everyone in between.
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Empathic Technology: A Decade Past & Future
As the twenty-first century finally grows out of its teen years, we look back over the emergence of a whole new field of innovation and interaction, welcoming the coming age of empathic technology. With a near-decade’s experience of problem-solving in this new space, we also share some big changes we expect to see through the 2020s.
Sensum’s Inception
Back in 2011, I walked into the office of an innovative production agency called Filmtrip, which consisted of four people in one room on the top floor of a shared office building in Belfast. Filmtrip’s founder and CEO, Gawain Morrison, was a hell of a sight, sporting a vast crop of hair and a plaited beard that ran down to his belly. And he was a force of nature – full of drive and creativity. We hit it off immediately, and were soon rapping on various ways that technology could help us build a positive future for our world. At the time, Filmtrip was developing a portfolio of three or four major production projects, each incorporating a unique tech angle to its design.
One of the projects over which we strategised, in an endless mural of whiteboard scribbles and sticky notes, was called Biosuite. It was a collaboration with the world-class Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) at Queen’s University Belfast, literally a stone’s throw from the office windows at Filmtrip. The concept was very cool: a short horror movie that would play out differently depending on how the audience felt at the time. I attended the trial screening of Unsound in SARC’s unique 360º audio lab. Shortly after that, the movie premiered at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
Unsound – the world's first emotional response horror film.
Nobody could have predicted that Unsound’s creative media experience would evolve into Sensum – a standalone company pioneering empathic AI solutions for some of the world’s biggest brands. Around when Unsound was launched, I went off to work with other clients before coming back to a full-time role at Sensum in early 2016. But I recently dug up my old notes from those early days of consulting with Filmtrip, and was pleasantly surprised to see how well they stand up to this day. Some of the grand concepts we’re now dealing with in our work at Sensum were outlined in ink back then. At the heart of these big ideas was what Gawain called the ‘digital self’, by which he meant the digital extension of a person’s existence, as they interact with connected technologies, and leave a footprint of identity, behaviour and actions in their wake. Our thinking coalesced around a shared belief that data should belong to the human who generates it, and that a vibrant tech future could exist in which we are all empowered to protect or exploit our personal data however we wish. We still hold firm to that belief.
Measuring Human States Over the Years
Some highlights in our history so far.
With each project that Sensum tackled, there was always a new technical problem to be solved. New sensor and data types, new environments and scenarios, new visualisation and interaction methods. It was never simple, because the questions our clients were asking had typically never been answered before. Even in 2016, when we looked back over that work, we realised just how far our solutions had travelled, summarising it like this:
It didn’t feel like a stretch, therefore, to claim ourselves ‘world leaders at measuring human states in the wild’.
Over the last couple of years, the tide has shifted. Across all relevant industries, the prevailing attitude towards empathic technology has changed. What had been generally viewed as an exciting but vague concept for the future, is now widely considered to be an important inclusion in AI-enabled systems currently in development. And nowhere have we found this thinking to be more prevalent than in the mobility sector – automotive, in other words. This is now where the vast majority of our work resides. Automakers are sailing into a perfect storm of converging factors that are driving global disruption, transforming the market’s primary commodity from steel to services.
For a bit of background on this tectonic reshuffle within the mobility industry, read The Role of Human Emotions in the Future of Transport.
In the third quarter of this year, we completed a major drive to pack all that accrued experience into a single kit that would allow our customers to start measuring multiple modes of human data in minutes rather than months. And while the Synsis Developer Kit is far from our first product, it feels like we have finally reached a point where we can provide organisations with the tools to let them do what only a handful of pioneering empathic AI outfits have done until now: get out in the wild, measure how people feel, and design products that respond to those insights.
From a groundbreaking horror movie in 2011, to a comprehensive human-state prototyping kit in 2019, we’ve come far. That’s a long time for a startup to persist at launching a breakthrough innovation. So now, as we leave the second decade of the twenty-first century, and perhaps enter the maw of the fourth industrial revolution, it feels at last like the world is opening its arms to technologies that understand how we feel. I hope you’ll join us for the next part of the journey, it should be the best yet.
A vision of smart infrastructure, enhanced by AI at the edge.
Nobody can know the future, and hindsight is always twenty-twenty. But, looking ahead to the decade of twenty-twenties, we will try here to lay out a few key developments that we expect to see in our space.
1) Empathic Tech will Move from Projects to Products
The next few years are likely to bring on the widespread adoption of empathic AI into consumer technology. Until now, innovation in this space has sat mainly in the realm of experimental projects. There has been plenty of enthusiasm for the technology but little understanding of realistic business models and use-cases. Now we are seeing many organisations taking empathic tech seriously, testing various outcomes in order to design optimal product & service implementations. In the first half of the coming decade we can expect to find cars, phones, computers and many other ubiquitous products imbued with varying levels of empathic measurement and interaction capabilities.
2) Adoption Will Start at the Edges and Move Inwards
Right now for instance, many smartphones can detect their users’ faces and offer a range of silly selfie filters that are tracked to the users’ facial features. But consider that Apple bought the facial-coding startup Emotient back in 2016, so the same software that tracks your facial movement could feed emotional measurement algorithms in your mobile. So why doesn’t your iPhone respond to your feelings? Are Apple and others waiting for the ‘killer app’ that could introduce empathic AI gently and enjoyably, without freaking out their customers? Soon we expect to see many examples of soft, toe-dipping exercises, as brands cautiously roll out empathic features.
From the other end of the spectrum, look at perhaps the primary impetus for the growing interest in empathic tech in the automotive space: driver monitoring for safety. With the Euro NCAP Road Map 2025 endorsing the implementation of driver monitoring systems in vehicles this coming year, the automakers are seeking advanced monitoring capabilities to save lives. We predict that the human-state modelling features in vehicles will spread incrementally from life-saving safety functions over to comfort and experiences.
3) The Technology will Disappear
We have seen increasing demand, and concurrent innovation, in ever less intrusive sensors for collecting human data. Heart rate, as a key example, can be measured accurately via a sensor strapped to the chest. Failing that, you might use a wrist-worn sensor. But now there is a growing set of contactless solutions such as ultra wide-band and millimetre-band biometric radar, or biometric imaging techniques such as infrared and transdermal optical imaging. These increasingly accurate and inexpensive technologies, combined with clever product design and ergonomics, will continue to reduce the ‘footprint’ that the sensors impress on the user, eg. by being embedded invisibly in your seat or keyboard.
4) Empathic AI will be Infused in the Connected World
There is one major innovation that feels inevitable but it is hard to predict when and how it might emerge. While organisations are currently developing empathic technologies largely in isolation from each other, there are obvious advantages to connecting with other services in an integrated digital ecosystem. As people move from, say, their car to their office and back to their house, they could be carrying a persistent digital profile that allows each device or interaction to perform better due to the rich information that is generated by the user’s ongoing activities.
Maybe this kind of cross-platform connectivity will be contained within separate brand ecosystems, like the way Apple or Samsung offer advantages to customers who purchase multiple products from their lines. Maybe instead there will be solutions that provide a handover capability, for the customer to move between multiple providers with a seamless continuation of service.
This kind of data ecosystem model, which is being explored seriously in projects such as smart cities, could provide a utopian technology environment that supports a raft of lifestyle advantages for the humans that use them. However, developing such solutions is not just a complex challenge, the ethical implications are pressing. Potential abuse of this increased connectivity, by oppressive governments, aggressive marketing outfits, cyberterrorists and others, cannot be ignored.
5) Empathic AI Ethics Will Move into the Public Conversation
No sane person wants Black Mirror to become reality, or The Matrix, or The Terminator, or (insert your favourite sci-fi trope here). Artificial Intelligence could generate the greatest boost to human flourishing since our species spread out from Africa, or it could trigger our demise. There is a growing body of arguments for outcomes that lie along every point of that spectrum. Now, with the introduction of empathic processing, whereby AI-enabled systems can infer and respond to their user’s feelings, our interactions with machines will become more intimate than ever.
As these new sensing capabilities have been growing, there has been a parallel increase in public discourse, and backlash, against some of the technologies’ effects, both real and potential. For example, there has been a surge in news stories about facial recognition systems in the last year, urging caution about their misuse. And although facial recognition is very different to face-based emotion measurement, the two could understandably be conflated in the public mindset. In any case, similar levels of concern might be starting to arise for wider empathic processing methods, including facial coding, voice analysis, physiological signals and beyond.
As empathic AI starts to enter the public discussion, it feels like we are at crucial balancing point. The potential problems that this technology could trigger need to be discussed, and both governments and organisations alike have a responsibility to act preemptively to protect people. However, it would be a great loss to society if smart technology, boosted by empathic processing, was derailed by misguided assumptions or unethical actors.
We’re a small company but we are trying to get out ahead and take a strong ethical stand while our tech is still in a relatively contained, experimental stage of adoption. Our involvement in conferences and debates with the likes of RightsCon and Bangor University, as well as the launch of a new global standard for ethics in empathic technology with the IEEE, has been a great privilege and a step in the right direction. Expect more from next year.
6) There will be Increased Sophistication in Understanding Human States
Following on from the AI ethics point above, we predict that there will be a better understanding – both in public and in organisations – of the latest thinking on what emotions and affect really are, and how empathic technology could work. While there are very reasonable concerns about the potential misuse of technology that can measure emotions and other human states, there is also widespread oversimplification and misunderstanding about what those states are, and how effective such technologies are capable of being. Take for instance the recent critique of facial coding and the six ‘basic emotions’, which attempts to unpick long-standing notions and clarify where the science of emotion is going.
Our industry, along with government, academic institutions and others, have a responsibility to educate our stakeholders and the public to help them make more sophisticated judgements about this kind of technology. Psychology is a relatively young science, and the fields of emotions and affective computing are still quite green. We must manage expectations if we are to avoid a well-deserved backlash.
See You in the Future
Mural by Belfast artist KVLR in our backyard at Sensum HQ – the art & science of emotion.
Now, as we enter a new decade and look forward to the widespread adoption of some amazing innovations, all that is left to say is: seasons greetings, and here’s to a fruitful few years!
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Partial Hormone Resistance in Mice with Disruption of the Steroid Receptor Coactivator-1 (SRC-1) Gene
Jianming Xu,
Yuhong Qiu,
Francesco J. DeMayo,
Sophia Y. Tsai,
Ming-Jer Tsai,
Bert W. O'Malley*
Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Jianming Xu
Yuhong Qiu
Francesco J. DeMayo
Sophia Y. Tsai
Ming-Jer Tsai
Bert W. O'Malley
The in vivo biological function of a steroid receptor coactivator was assessed in mice in which the SRC-1 gene was inactivated by gene targeting. Although in both sexes the homozygous mutants were viable and fertile, target organs such as uterus, prostate, testis, and mammary gland exhibited decreased growth and development in response to steroid hormones. Expression of RNA encoding TIF2, a member of the SRC-1 family, was increased in the SRC-1 null mutant, perhaps compensating partially for the loss of SRC-1 function in target tissues. The results indicate that SRC-1 mediates steroid hormone responses in vivo and that loss of its coactivator function results in partial resistance to hormone.
Sex steroid hormones have central roles in the control of puberty, sexual behavior, and reproductive functions. Their receptors belong to the nuclear receptor superfamily of ligand-dependent transcription factors (1,2). Upon hormone binding, steroid receptors undergo conformational change, bind to their cognate DNA response elements on nuclear target genes, and recruit coactivators and general transcription factors (GTFs) to form an active transcriptional complex, resulting in site-directed chromatin remodeling and enhancement of target gene expression (1, 3-8). SRC-1 is a coactivator for the steroid receptor superfamily; it functions in transcriptional activation through its histone acetyltransferase activity (HAT) and multiple interactions with agonist-bound receptors, other coactivators such as CBP or P300, other HAT such as p/CAF, and some GTFs such as TBP and TIFIIB (7, 9-11). SRC-1 is a member of a gene family that includes SRC-1, TIF2 (also termed GRIP-1 and SRC-2), and p/CIP (also termed RAC3, ACTR, AIB1, and SRC-3) (6, 9-16). Cell-free and in vitro transcription experiments have indicated that the SRC-1 family members enhance receptor-dependent transactivation of nuclear genes (6, 9-16). AIB1 is amplified and overexpressed in many breast cancers and thus could have a role in tumorigenesis (16).
To dissect the physiological role of SRC-1 in vivo, we used gene targeting to disrupt the endogenous SRC-1 gene in embryonic stem (ES) cells. The targeting vector contained 3.5-kb (5′) and 2.5-kb (3′) mouse SRC-1 genomic sequences flanking a GLVP cassette (17) and a neomycin-resistance gene (PGK-neo) (Fig.1A). In addition, the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) gene was located outside of the SRC-1 sequence and served as a negative drug-selection marker. After correct recombination, the targeting event inserted an in-frame stop codon at the Met381 position and deleted ∼9 kb of genomic sequence extending downstream of Met381. Because the oligonucleotide sequence corresponding to Asp816 to Thr826 was detected in an Eco RV–Xba I fragment within the 9-kb region, targeting deleted the SRC-1 exon sequence encoding at least 446 amino acids (Met381 to Thr826). Except for the NH2-terminal basic helix-loop-helix and Per-Arnt-Sim (bHLH-PAS) domains, all SRC-1 functional domains for transcriptional activation, HAT activity, and interactions with nuclear receptors CBP, P300, and p/CAF were disrupted by the targeting event (6, 7, 9,10, 14, 18).
Targeted disruption of SRC-1 gene. (A) Targeting strategy. The cloned mouse SRC-1 genomic DNA (27) was mapped by the indicated restriction enzymes. The marked ATG codon for Met381 was mutated to a stop codon by site-specific mutagenesis in the targeting vector. The vector was linearized by Bam HI digestion. The SRC-1 sequence on both sides of the GLVP cassette (17) and theneo gene are indicated. The position of the HSV-TK gene is also indicated. (B) Genotype analysis by Southern blotting. Genomic DNA was isolated from ES cells or tail samples from wild-type (+/+), homozygous mutant (−/−), or heterozygous (+/−) mice (19). DNA (15 μg) was digested by Xba I (A) and separated in a 0.7% agarose gel. The blot was analyzed by the 5′ probe A. The same blot was also analyzed by the 3′ probe B and the neo probe. (C) Genotype analysis by PCR. The same genomic DNA was used for the PCR template. The locations of specific primers (P1 to P4) are indicated in (A). The paired primers P1 (5′-caaccagcaaaggctgagtcca) and P2 (5′-agtacctcctgaggggttagag) detect a 309–base pair exon region that represents wild-type SRC-1. Primers P3 (5′-tgccgacgcgctagacgatttc) and P4 (5′-acacagcaaagaactggaggtg) detect a 687–base pair fragment located in the GLVP cassette, which represents the targeted SRC-1 locus. Results from PCR were consistent with those from Southern blot analysis whenever the same samples were assayed by both methods. (D) Absence of SRC-1 protein in homozygotes. Whole tissue lysates were prepared by homogenizing kidney (K) and liver (L) in 1× reducing sample buffer for SDS–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (7.5% gel). The blot was analyzed with a monoclonal antibody to the activation domain of SRC-1 (7). The endogenous mouse immunoglobulin G (IgG) from the tissues was detected by the secondary antibody, goat antibody to mouse immunoglobulin G conjugated to horseradish peroxidase (Bio-Rad).
After electroporation and drug selection with geneticin (G418) and FIAU (19), we identified 16 correctly targeted ES cell lines by Southern (DNA) analyses (Fig. 1, A and B). Three independent lines of chimeric founders were generated by microinjecting targeted ES cell lines into blastocysts donated from a C57 strain. We used two lines to inbreed with a 129Sv mouse strain and outbreed with a C57 strain to produce offspring. SRC-1 genotypic analyses by Southern blotting and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed that SRC-1–specific heterozygous and homozygous mutants were obtained (Fig. 1C). Heterozygotes appeared to be normal and were indistinguishable from wild-type mice. In homozygotes, both the 8.5- and the 6.5-kb SRC-1 mRNAs were absent when analyzed by Northern blot analysis (20). To confirm the absence of the COOH-terminus of SRC-1 protein in homozygotes, we used a monoclonal antibody (7) specific to the region of amino acids 840 to 947 in protein immunoblotting extracts prepared from kidney and liver. The SRC-1 protein was undetectable in assays with extracts from the homozygous mutant (Fig. 1D). Although the RNA encoding the bHLH-PAS domain was expressed in the mutants at a level similar to that in the wild-type mice (20), it would not have a dominant negative effect because this domain interacted with neither the full-length SRC-1 nor other SRC-1 family members such as TIF2 (21).
SRC-1 null mutants exhibited no obvious external phenotype. Both male and female homozygotes were fertile and showed growth rates similar to wild-type mice. We therefore examined steroid action in target organs including uterus, prostate, and mammary gland. Uterine response to mechanical traumatization (decidual stimulation) is a progesterone receptor (PR)–dependent process (22). We treated ovariectomized wild-type and mutant mice with a high dose of progesterone and a low dose of estrogen, followed by mechanical stimulation of the left uterine horn of each animal (22). The unstimulated right uterine horn served as a control. The decidual response, exhibited as an increase in uterine horn size, was consistently observed in the stimulated left uterine horn in wild-type mice, but the uterine horn of the SRC-1 null mutant revealed only a partial response (Fig. 2, A and B). We also examined estrogen-induced uterine growth in SRC-1 null mutants. Wild-type mice responded to estrogen treatment with a 4.3-fold increase in uterine wet weight. Uteri of homozygous SRC-1 mutants showed a smaller increase of about 2.8-fold (Fig. 2C). Thus, SRC-1 appears to be required for maximal uterine response to steroid hormone in vivo.
Uterine responses in SRC-1 mutant mice. (A and B) Uterine response to a decidual stimulus. The decidual response was measured as described (22). Eight-week-old females (10 +/+ and 11 −/− animals) were ovariectomized on day 0, treated with estradiol (0.1 μg per mouse per day) from day 10 to day 12, and treated with progesterone (1 mg per mouse per day) and estradiol (6.7 ng per mouse per day) from day 16 to day 23. Mechanical decidualization in the left uterine horn was done 6 hours after hormone injection on day 18. The whole uterus was dissected 6 hours after hormone injection on day 23 (A). The ratio of the weights of the stimulated to the unstimulated (control) horn was calculated. Statistical t test showed a significant difference (P < 0.01) in the ratios from +/+ and −/− mice. The weights of the control horns from either +/+ or −/− mice were similar. (C) Uterine growth stimulated by estrogen assessed as described (23). Eight-week-old females were ovariectomized on day 0 and treated with estradiol (E2) (0.8 μg/kg/day) or sesame oil (solvent control) from day 15 to day 17. Uterine wet weight was measured on day 18. The ratio of uterine weight to body weight was calculated. The t test showed a significant difference (P < 0.01) in E2-treated +/+ (n = 11) and −/− (n = 11) uteri. Data in (B) and (C) represent two independent experiments (mean ± SEM).
To assess androgen receptor function, we measured prostate growth in castrated male mice after they were treated with androgen. Eight days after castration, prostates in both wild-type and mutant mice regressed. Injection of testosterone for 7 days stimulated prostate growth in wild-type animals; a smaller response was observed in SRC-1 mutant mice. The ratio of the weight of prostate and urethra to body weight revealed a 34% reduction in steroid-stimulated growth in the absence of SRC-1 (Fig. 3A). Although histological analysis did not reveal a structural disorder, the testes were smaller in homozygotes. The average ratio of testis weight to body weight was 19% lower in the SRC-1 mutants (Fig. 3B). Smaller testes also were observed in 3-week-old null mutants. Thus tissue responses to testosterone are also reduced in mice lacking SRC-1.
Impaired response to testosterone in mice lacking SRC-1. (A) Stimulation of prostate growth. Twelve-week-old male mice (10 +/+ and 11 −/−) were castrated on day 0 and treated with testosterone (3 mg/kg/day) by subcutaneous injection during day 9 through day 15. The total weight of prostate and a section of urethra between bladder and penis was measured on day 16. The urethra section was included for technical reasons. Then the ratios of prostate and urethra weight to body weight were calculated. The t test showed a significant difference (P < 0.01) in hormone-treated +/+ and −/− mice. The data represent two independent experiments (mean ± SEM). Without hormone treatment, the ratios of regressed prostate and urethra weight to body weight were similar (∼5.5 × 10−4) in +/+ and −/− mice. (B) Smaller testes in SRC-1 null mutants. The body weight and testis weight were measured for 12-week-old male mice (23 +/+ and 19 −/−). The ratio of testis weight to body weight was calculated (P < 0.01 byt test). (C) Analysis of mRNA expression for TIF2 and p/CIP (RAC3). Total RNA (30 μg) from brains (B), mammary glands (M), testes (T), and uteri (U) of three +/+ or −/− mice was separated in each lane of the gel. Its blot was analyzed with 32P-labled human TIF2 or RAC3 cDNA probes. Cyclophylin (Cyc) served as a control for RNA quantity. By densitometry, the density ratios of TIF2 RNA bands to the Cyc band were 0.27 (+/+) and 0.45 (−/−) for brains and 0.71 (+/+) and 1.34 (−/−) for testes. The density ratios of RAC3 RNA bands to the Cyc band were 0.20 (B), 0.33 (M), 0.41 (T) and 0.23 (U) for +/+, and 0.29 (B), 0.23 (M), 0.42 (T), and 0.31 (U) for −/−.
We also tested whether endocrine feedback control systems were affected. We measured estradiol, progesterone, and testosterone concentrations in serum from age-matched wild-type and SRC-1 null mutants. Estradiol and testosterone concentrations in female null mutants were 1.2 and 1.5 times those in wild-type animals, respectively. The SRC-1 null mutation does not elicit the typical hormonal changes exhibited in animals with disrupted estrogen receptor or PR (22-24). These results may reflect redundant coactivator function among multiple SRC-1 family members (14,25). Indeed, a twofold overexpression of TIF2 mRNA was detected in certain tissues such as brain and testis in SRC-1 null mutants, but expression of the p/CIP (RAC3) gene was unchanged (Fig. 3C). Thus TIF2 might compensate partially for the loss of SRC-1 in the null mutants.
Mammary development is tightly regulated by steroid hormones. Although prenatal morphogenesis of female mammary gland is relatively independent of steroid hormones, extensive growth of mammary gland during puberty requires estrogen. Physiologically, both estrogen and progesterone are essential for alveolar development during pregnancy (26). In 8-week-old wild-type females, mammary ducts grew extensively and occupied almost the entire mammary fat pad. In contrast, the extent of mammary ductal branching as well as the number of branches was substantially reduced in the mammary glands of age-matched SRC-1 null mutants. The ductal tree occupied only half the area of the mammary fat pad (Fig. 4, A and B). By day 18 of pregnancy, alveolar structures in wild-type mammary glands were highly developed and appeared on all ductal sections, filling the interductal spaces. In the SRC-1 mutant mammary glands, alveoli were much less developed in terms of number and size of alveoli, and very few alveoli were observed at the ends of ducts at the same stage of pregnancy (Fig. 4, C through F). Although mammary glands of SRC-1 null mutants can still produce milk, our results suggest that SRC-1 is required for normal mammary ductal elongation and alveolar development in vivo.
Mammary gland development in SRC-1 null mutant mice. Whole mounts of mammary glands were prepared and stained as described (22). (A and B) The fourth pair of mammary glands from 8-week-old virgins with the indicated SRC-1 genotypes. (C and D) The fourth pair of mammary glands from mice pregnant for the first time with the indicated genotypes. (E and F) Higher magnification of the ducts and alveolar structures of the mammary glands in (C) and (D), respectively. (G and H) The fourth pair of mammary glands from 13-week-old females treated with progesterone and estradiol. Eight-week-old females were ovariectomized on day 0 and then treated with progesterone (1 μg per mouse per day) and estradiol (50 μg per mouse per day) from day 14 to day 34. Whole mounts of mammary glands were prepared on day 35. (I andJ) Higher magnification of the mammary ducts and alveolar structures from (G) and (H), respectively. Scale bar in (A) also applies to (B); scale bar in (C) also applies to (D), (G), and (H); and scale bar in (E) also applies to (F), (I), and (J).
We also analyzed mammary gland development in response to estrogen and progesterone treatment in overiectomized adult mice. Estrogen and progesterone stimulate a complex ductal arborization and extensive alveolar formation in mammary glands of wild-type mice (22). This differentiated phenotype mimics a stage of mammary gland development in early pregnancy. In the mammary glands of SRC-1 mutant mice, only partial ductal growth was observed after hormone treatment (Fig. 4, G through J). Thus SRC-1 is required for efficient proliferation and differentiation of the mammary gland in response to estrogen and progesterone.
Our results demonstrate that a steroid receptor coactivator (SRC-1) is required for efficient steroid hormone action in vivo. Loss of coactivation function in the SRC-1 null mutants may be partially compensated by increased expression of the closely related coactivator TIF2. Certain clinical syndromes of partial hormone resistance in which receptors are intact might be explained by impairment of nuclear receptor coactivators.
↵* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: berto{at}bcm.tmc.edu
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Phage clones were identified by screening a 129Sv mouse genomic DNA library with a human SRC-1 cDNA probe. Inserts were excised by Not I digestion and subcloned into pBluescript II SK plasmid (Stratagene). Regions corresponding to specific amino acid sequences were defined by sequencing or by hybridization with oligonucleotide probes.
We thank K. Bramlett and L. A. Hadsell for technical assistance; C. Funk, Y. Wang, Z-Q. Ma, F. A. Pereira, and N. McKenna for discussion; P. Soriano for the mouse genomic library; A. Bradley for ES cells; D. P. Edwards for the SRC-1 antibody; P. Chambon for the TIF2 cDNA; and J. D. Chen for the RAC3 cDNA. Supported by a NIH NRSA fellowship (J.X.) and NIH grants (B.W.O.).
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Animal Behavior and the Microbiome
Vanessa O. Ezenwa1,
Nicole M. Gerardo2,
David W. Inouye3,4,
Mónica Medina5,
Joao B. Xavier6
1Odum School of Ecology and Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
2Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
3Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO 81224, USA.
4Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
5School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, CA 95343, USA.
6Program in Computational Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
All authors contributed equally. E-mail: ngerard{at}emory.edu
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Vanessa O. Ezenwa
Odum School of Ecology and Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Nicole M. Gerardo
Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
David W. Inouye
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, CO 81224, USA.Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Mónica Medina
School of Natural Sciences, University of California Merced, Merced, CA 95343, USA.
Joao B. Xavier
Program in Computational Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Human bodies house trillions of symbiotic microorganisms. The genes in this human microbiome outnumber human genes by 100 to 1, and their study is providing profound insights into human health. But humans are not the only animals with microbiomes, and microbiomes do not just impact health. Recent research is revealing surprising roles for microbiomes in shaping behaviors across many animal taxa—shedding light on how behaviors from diet to social interactions affect the composition of host-associated microbial communities (1, 2), and how microbes in turn influence host behavior in dramatic ways (2–6).
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Feedbacks between microbiomes and their hosts affect a range of animal behaviors.
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Original 'Candyman' star Kasi Lemmons reveals connection to reboot (exclusive)
Tom Beasley
Yahoo Movies UK 19 November 2019
Candyman actor Kasi Lemmons isn’t appearing in the new reboot of the horror franchise, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t linked to the movie.
Promoting her new directorial effort Harriet, Lemmons told Yahoo Movies UK that the reboot of the gory classic will be helmed by one of her former students.
Nia DaCosta is set to direct the new outing, which is produced and co-written by Get Out and Us filmmaker Jordan Peele.
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Lemmons, who portrayed the ill-fated Bernadette in the 1992 original film, said she has worked with DaCosta before.
“I teach at NYU grad film and I've worked with Sundance for years,” said the filmmaker.
“So this director, Nia DaCosta, has come through Sundance and I actually mentored her — not on Candyman, but on her first film [2018’s Little Woods].
Film director Kasi Lemmons played Bernadette in 1992 horror film 'Candyman'. (Credit: TriStar Pictures/Tibrina Hobson/FilmMagic)
“First of all, I'm thrilled that this young woman is getting to direct this. It's really exciting. I think it's great.”
Lemmons added that she is not involved with the new film, unsurprisingly given her character’s violent demise back in 1992.
“My character is very dead,” she said. “Spoiler alert if you haven't seen the first Candyman. I was eviscerated. She's gone.”
Read more: Lupita Nyong’o on being called “too dark” for TV
The new take on Candyman is due to arrive in cinemas next summer, with Tony Todd returning as the hook-handed killer who emerges when his name is spoken five times into a mirror.
Tony Todd holds onto Virginia Madsen in a scene from the film 'Candyman', 1992. (Photo by TriStar/Getty Images)
Aquaman star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is also involved, with initial reports suggesting he would be taking over from Todd in the title role.
Lemmons is in the director’s chair for the first time in six years with Harriet, which traces the story of iconic American abolitionist Harriet Tubman, played by Cynthia Erivo.
Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman in 'Harriet'. (Credit: Focus Features)
The director described Tubman as “a real American hero” who is a beloved figure in history.
Read more: David Oyelowo defends Erivo casting
She said: “It was really doing the research that I came to know her intimately and then it became quite wonderful and urgent for me to do it.”
Harriet arrives in UK cinemas on 22 November.
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A clearinghouse of shared mobility knowledge
The Shared-Use Mobility Center works with cities and regions across the nation to help reduce reliance on private autos, mitigate traffic congestion and emissions, and expand mobility options for all. Drawing on original research, statistical modeling, and decades of experience in shared mobility operations, SUMC’s collection of research and hands-on work serve as a catalyst to help cites establish a vision, set mode shift goals, and chart a path forward toward a more sustainable future. You can learn more about our experience through SUMC’s published work.
NEW: Equity and Shared Mobility Services: Working with the Private Sector to Meet Equity Objectives
The shared mobility industry is in a period of rapid experimentation and change. It is a fertile time to apply the experiments and channel the changes to support low-income and transportation-disadvantaged communities. In this paper, we communicate best practices for public-private partnerships that put equity initiatives into practice and support mobility for all. Equity and Shared Mobility Services is beneficial for any agency or group considering a mobility partnership, and includes a checklist for developing equity objectives, an equity analysis for low-income groups using shared mobility, and case studies with practical recommendations.
Objective-Driven Data Sharing for Transit Agencies in Mobility Partnerships
A primary challenge in implementing Mobility on Demand (MOD) solutions has been reaching an agreement between public and private partners over data sharing. Drawing on lessons learned from the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) MOD Sandbox program and beyond, this paper supports the decision-making process of transit agencies that are considering deployment of MOD or similar integrated mobility solutions in partnership with private-sector mobility service providers.
Based on observations from both inside and outside the Sandbox, approaches are available to agencies to address these challenges, and subsequently, obtain and analyze the data that are necessary to meet project goals. This white paper and the executive summary feature a decision tree to help guide agencies to an agreement that provides secure and useful data.
When Uber Replaces the Bus: Learning from the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority’s “Direct Connect” Pilot
The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) was the first public transit agency to sign a service provision contract with a private transportation network company (Uber) to provide subsidized first/last-mile connections to transit stops. A 2019 case study by SUMC and Transit Center details the reasons why the agency took this step, how they responded to internal and external challenges as their pilot developed, and lists lessons learned with recommended actions for pilots going forward.
While PSTA was the first to embark on such a partnership, today they are numerous and are increasing in both variety and scope. The Direct Connect case study is a valuable tool for agencies in any step of the pilot process that illustrates some of the challenges with partnerships between transit agencies and transportation network companies (TNCs) and helps to shape agency approaches for future projects.
Four Steps Towards Mobility Integration for Public Agencies
New technologies promise new means for people to get around faster, cheaper, and more conveniently. More private companies have entered the marketplace, compelling public agencies to react to ensure that their services serve the public good. How can public agencies evolve to bring different modes together and make transportation systems more connected, complete, and convenient?
Participants from public and private entities addressed these topics at a policy workshop held at the 2019 National Shared Mobility Summit. This SUMC brief draws on that discussion, focusing on the challenges for agencies to integrate modes and how they might approach mobility integration. It is organized into case studies and recommendations with model frameworks to guide public agencies as they move towards more equitable, environmentally sound, and sustainable transportation systems.
Mobility Hubs: Where People Go to Move
This 2019 guide by the Shared-Use Mobility Center serves as a planning and design resource for the creation of mobility hubs—places where people can seamlessly connect with multiple modes of transportation in a safe, comfortable, and accessible environment. Features include strategies for implementation, a breakdown of key design elements and amenities with detailed descriptions, references from sites around the world, and conceptual examples using sites in the Twin Cities.
Electric and Equitable: Learning from the BlueLA Carsharing Pilot
In 2016, the City of Los Angeles embarked on an electric vehicle (EV) carsharing pilot project through a grant from the California Air Resources Board. The city’s grant proposal, “L.A. Leading by Example: Partnering to Pilot EV Carsharing in Disadvantaged Communities,” was developed with support from lead technical partner SUMC and submitted to CARB in April 2015. It emphasized serving low-income residents and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Although implementing a progressive shared mobility pilot in a historically-steadfast car culture such as LA would prove to be challenging for a variety of reasons, BlueLA EV Carshare has already begun delivering results to Angelenos by reducing GHGs and providing a new mobility option. This case study evaluates lessons learned in Phase One of the BlueLA project, which concluded in spring 2019.
FHWA Global Benchmarking Program Report – Shared Use Mobility: European Experience and Lessons Learned
In early 2018, SUMC and the Federal Highway Administration released an international benchmarking study for implementing shared mobility services. The Report reflects over a year of research in which the team performed a study tour of three European cities: Munich, Germany; Paris, France; and Brussels, Belgium—areas with established and innovative shared mobility projects including bikeshare, mobility hubs, Mobility as a Service (MaaS), and other practices considered “new” in the U.S.
Filled with case examples and key findings, the group met with transportation experts from transit agencies, mayors’ offices, departments of transportation, universities, shared mobility operators, regulatory bodies, and EU representatives to observe and discuss effective strategies for application across the board.
Bay Area Carsharing Implementation Strategy
SUMC teamed with UrbanTrans to produce the Bay Area Carsharing Implementation Strategy in February 2018. Developed as part of MTC’s Climate Initiatives Program, the Strategy focuses on specific approaches for growing carsharing membership and usage in the Bay Area as a way to reduce solo driving and vehicle miles traveled and meet overall emission-reduction targets. To support factfinding, the research team documented best practices, opportunities, and challenges in carsharing, reviewed relevant policies and studies, interviewed regional stakeholders, and held workshops with public, private, and community representatives.
2017 Shared Mobility Action Plan Score Card
In 2016, SUMC partnered with regional stakeholders to develop the LA Regional Shared Mobility Action Plan. The Action Plan established a goal for removing 100,000 vehicles from the region’s roads by 2021 and identified associated strategies, actions, and targets for growth in transit ridership, carsharing, bikesharing, and ridesharing. The 2017 Action Plan Scorecard documents progress on these strategies and actions from the past year, describing important milestones along with up-to-the minute data on metrics and goals.
TCRP Report 196: Private Transit: Existing Services and Emerging Directions,
While private transit services such as airport shuttles, shared taxis, and private commuter buses have operated for decades in American cities, business innovations and technological advances that allow real-time ridehailing, routing, tracking, and payment have ushered in a new generation of private transit options. These include ridesplitting products like UberPool and Lyft Line, “microtransit” services, and a variety of public-private partnerships that are helping to bridge first-/last-mile gaps.
A 2018 SUMC-authored report published by the Transportation Research Board’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP), Private Transit: Existing Services and Emerging Directions, explores the effects of these services in the US, addresses concerns over safety, equity, and other impacts, and proposes a way forward for agencies and jurisdictions to account for, regulate, and incorporate private transit into their planning.
TCRP Report 195: TNCs and Public Transit
An early 2018 study by SUMC for the TCRP, Broadening Understanding of the Interplay between Public Transit, Shared Mobility, and Personal Automobiles, explores the relationship between TNCs like Uber and Lyft with long-standing modes such public transit and solo driving. Findings such as the fact that peak use of TNCs occurs on weekends and evenings, not during rush hours when public transit use is highest, were based on one of the first uses of origin-destination trip data provided by a major TNC.
Shared Mobility Action Plan for the Twin Cities
With assistance from the McKnight Foundation, SUMC worked with leaders in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region to develop a Shared Mobility Action Plan for the Twin Cities to help scale up shared mobility and public transit to offset congestion and other challenges related to impending population growth, while maintaining the region’s affordability, livability and freedom of movement. The plan also features several strategies to help ensure that more transportation options reach disadvantaged neighborhoods. Specific recommendations in the plan are being implemented by the SUMC-led Twin Cities Shared Mobility Collaborative.
Shared Mobility Action Plan for Los Angeles County
Developed with input from numerous regional stakeholders, SUMC’s 2016 Shared Mobility Action Plan for Los Angeles County is designed to help the region capitalize on its expanding public transportation network and address ongoing challenges related to greenhouse gas emissions and traffic congestion. Following the release of the plan, SUMC has also continued to lead stakeholder engagement efforts in Los Angeles to build support for expanding shared mobility.
Shared Mobility Toolkit and Report
In 2016, SUMC released an interactive toolkit to help cities expand bikesharing, carsharing and other forms of shared mobility throughout their regions, including in disadvantaged communities where transportation options are lacking.
Developed in partnership with 27 North American cities through the Urban Sustainability Directors Network, SUMC’s Shared Mobility Toolkit includes a Shared Mobility Benefits Calculator, a Shared Mobility Policy Database, and a Shared Mobility Mapping and Opportunity Analysis Tool. The Shared Mobility Toolkit Report acts as a guide and reference.
Research Analysis: Shared Mobility and the Transformation of Public Transit
SUMC completed a research analysis for the American Public Transportation Association based on information generated as part of the Transportation Research Board’s TCRP Report 188: Shared Mobility and the Transformation of Public Transit, which featured the first independent, multi-city evaluation of Uber trip data. The in-depth analysis draws from a wide variety of sources, including interviews with public officials, a survey of shared mobility users, and an analysis of Uber and transit demand in seven cities.
TCRP Report 188: Shared Mobility and the Transformation of Public Transit
SUMC completed this pioneering study for the TCRP to examine the evolving relationship between public transportation — including paratransit and demand-responsive services — and tech-enabled forms of shared mobility such as ridehailing. The report covers opportunities and challenges for public transportation as they relate to new mobility services and potential actions that public agencies may take to promote cooperation between public and private mobility providers.
Shared-Use Mobility Reference Guide
SUMC developed this comprehensive reference guide in 2015 to provide government, business and community leaders with an introduction to shared mobility and help prepare them to address the rapid changes taking place in urban regions across the nation. An industry first, the guide includes definitions for new modes of shared transportation, analysis of changing local government roles and policy choices, and recommendations for growing shared mobility services in ways to better serve all residents.
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Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.
Forces and Interactions
This standard is part of: 3.FI
This standard is derived from: 3-PS2-3
Assessment is limited to forces produced by objects that can be manipulated by students, and electrical interactions are limited to static electricity.
Examples of an electric force could include the force on hair from an electrically charged balloon and the electrical forces between a charged rod and pieces of paper; examples of a magnetic force could include the force between two permanent magnets, ...
Examples of an electric force could include the force on hair from an electrically charged balloon and the electrical forces between a charged rod and pieces of paper; examples of a magnetic force could include the force between two permanent magnets, the force between an electromagnet and steel paperclips, and the force exerted by one magnet versus the force exerted by two magnets. Examples of cause and effect relationships could include how the distance between objects affects strength of the force and how the orientation of magnets affects the direction of the magnetic force.
Test objects for their conductivity and classify the materials based on whether they conduct electricity (conductors) or do not conduct electricity (insulators). Choose which materials would be used to construct a circuit and justify your choices.
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Some materials are magnetic and can be pushed or pulled by other magnets.
Recognize magnetism as a force that attracts or repels a variety of common materials and identify the physical property of materials that makes them attracted to magnets.
3.2.F
The energy of electricity is transferred to electrical devices through simple closed circuits (simple series or simple parallel circuits).
3.2.G
Some materials allow electricity to flow freely (conductors), while other materials inhibit the flow of electricity (insulators).
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It Takes Strong Roots to Achieve Climate Justice
By Camilo Sol Zamora and Alvina Wong -
Sol2Sol banner. Photo by Rose Arrieta
On Nov. 8, just two months after a coalition of indigenous and frontline communities gathered in the Bay Area to work on community-led solutions to the escalation of climate change and its severe impact on housing and land, the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in 100 years burned with ferocious intensity in Butte County, California.
The Camp Fire completely destroyed the towns of Paradise and Concow, home to almost 26,000 residents, burning through 153,336 acres and leaving 85 people dead and wiping out almost 19,000 structures. It burned so fast residents had very little time to escape, some with flames licking at their heels.
Dead trees, infested by bark beetles—the result of California’s drought—served as tinder for the fire. The fire pushed heavy smoke and toxic pollution into areas as far as Santa Cruz and the Central Valley, and residents in the Bay Area and Central Valley dealt with school and business closures for days. People scrambled to find masks and air purifiers, all of which quickly sold out.
Just the year before, the Tubbs Fire whipped through Sonoma County, destroying 5,636 structures, burning through 36,807 acres, and killing 22 people.
In the aftermath of these disasters, thousands of people are now left without a place to live. And sadly, as environmentalists, climate justice advocates, and indigenous people have warned, our landscape is changing and this is becoming the “new norm.”
Sol2Sol banner at the Sol2Sol climate march. Photo by Hunter King
As grassroots housing and environmental justice organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area, we and thousands more people from indigenous and frontline communities around the U.S and the world gathered in San Francisco this past September for It Takes Roots’ Solidarity to Solutions (Sol2Sol) convening.
We know that the fight for truly affordable and safe, dignified housing and tenants rights is intrinsic to the fight for our planet. Through base-building, we empower Black, Latinx, Asian, immigrant, and refugee communities to create positive, healthy change in our cities. We organize across the state so people can remain in their communities and have resources and access to dignified, safe, and truly affordable homes.
Throughout the week, we shared community-led solutions, such as community-owned and managed renewable energy resources, community stewarded food projects, and land trusts for affordable housing and sacred sites that are stewarding a just transition away from an extractive economy that poisons the land and people for profit.
Concurrently, at the Global Action Climate Summit hosted by outgoing California Gov. Jerry Brown, corporate executives and elected officials advocated for profit-driven approaches to climate change. Instead of reducing pollution, extraction, and harm at the source, California is considering expanding the state’s cap-and-trade program to continue allowing big polluters to poison working-class communities of color in exchange for “credits” created by programs that privatize indigenous forests and genetically modify critical food sources.
Hundreds of activists blockaded the summit to demand that elected officials follow the leadership of communities fighting climate change on the front lines. This means phasing out oil and gas production and investing in community-owned, 100 percent renewable energy resources starting in the neighborhoods that corporations have poisoned and polluted.
Climate Justice —Weathering Storms
Affordable housing and safe housing are deeply connected to climate justice.
“In the wake of the California fires and other disasters, the same corporations and folks fueling these false climate solutions are the same ones who started rent gouging and plotting corporate land takeovers after disasters, such as here in the North Bay, Puerto Rico, Texas, New Orleans, and Haiti,” said Alma Blackwell, veteran housing rights organizer at Causa Justa :: Just Cause.
After a climate crisis, residents under threat of displacement lose the ability to take care of one other and rebuild. These plans exacerbate the injustice that already exists because the communities with the fewest material resources to prepare for and recover from disasters are often the worst hit. Climate capitalists descend like vultures with enormous rent hikes, buying homes from traumatized residents, razing them and constructing expensive housing.
But when people have been living somewhere long enough, they are can rebuild their communities faster and stronger. In New Orleans post-Katrina, the Vietnamese community rebuilt quickly—not because they had the most resources—but because they had built deep relationships.
Strengthening Ties
The Sol2Sol convening included tours that highlighted the organizing work done by local organizations connected to climate justice, a Just Recovery model, food sovereignty, housing, anti-criminalization of our communities, and immigrant rights.
From left, Amee Raval, Miya Yoshitani, Mei-ying Williams, and JingJing He of APEN. Photo by Brooke Anderson
Elders with the Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) and CJJC members attended the Shellmound action in Berkeley, where they learned about the sacred land the Ohlone people are fighting for. This education grounded the delegations in the long, ongoing struggle of indigenous peoples with those of other groups around the world.
Causa Justa :: Just Cause took participants to Bayview-Hunters Point where homes occupied by mostly Black and Pacific Islander residents are located near a Superfund site. Many residents have experienced cancer, asthma, and other debilitating diseases connected to the area’s soil toxicity and bad air quality. To this day, much of the land there is still toxic. APEN and other members of the Our Power Richmond Coalition led delegates through Richmond and West Contra Costa County where six major refineries are operating and looking to expand in order to refine tar sands oil.
Nathanette Mayo of the Black Workers for Justice and Fruit of Labor World Cultural Center in North Carolina. Photo by Brooke Anderson
“All of these movements are interconnected. For example, if you are looking at workers in a workplace … the chemicals they may be using are not only poisoning themselves but end up poisoning the community. We look at connections like worker rights, housing rights, gentrification, [which are] going on around the country and workers are not able to live in the cities they work in—they cannot afford housing. We have to be active on several fronts and mindful of that and in alliance with various types of organizations,” said Nathanette Mayo, president of UE Local 150, NC Public Service Workers Union; Black Workers for Justice and Fruit of Labor World Cultural Center in North Carolina.
Transforming Our Future
At the heart of our movement is discussion of how we can free the commons: how the people who are most impacted get to develop plans, make decisions, share governance, and move away from ownership and the private market toward real democracy.
Our vision is an economy rooted in principles of solidarity, participation, cooperation, and reciprocity to transform development in our communities, our cities, and beyond. We have the solutions and now, need more people to invest in them instead of those that harm communities and the environment.
From left, Kitzia Esteva-Martinez and Alma Blackwell, Causa Justa organizers. Photo by Hunter King
“We are committed to the struggles of our people in unity and solidarity. Our struggles are similar and rooted in racism, capitalism, imperialism, militarism, all the ‘isms.’ We believe in the power of the people that is rooted in love, unity and solidarity,” said Alma Blackwell of Causa Justa.
Throughout the six-day Sol2Sol convening, indigenous people from the occupied U.S. territories and lands from around the world led many of the actions and activities, especially those who were directly impacted by some of the harmful proposals discussed at Gov. Brown’s Summit.
Chief Ninawa, president of the Federation of the Huni Kui people. Photo by Rose Arrieta
Chief Ninawa, president of the Federation of the Huni Kui people who traveled from the Amazon Rainforest of Acre, Brazil, said, “. . . the truth is, we can transform reality. We can change this world because we are the majority. Our prophecies told us that this is a difficult time, a challenging time but it is also a time of great hope precisely because of our unity and precisely because of the power of the possibility of our journey forward together.”
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Camilo Sol Zamora
Camilo Sol Zamora is the Housing, Land & Development Campaign co-director at Causa Justa :: Just Cause.
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Vocal ensemble is all that JAZZ
March 21, 2012 by shiftsync media
Bryce Fraser
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From left: Jessica Dacpano, Maryam Mirbagheri and Jonathan Blum of the advanced American River College Vocal Jazz Ensemble performing at a concert in the American River College campus theater on March 14.
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The American River College Vocal Jazz Ensemble accompanied by the Natomas Charter Vocal Ensemble, filled the room with the sound of jazz with a dash of a surprisingly Latin flavor on March 13.
The audience was a mixture of people attending the concert for normal reasons and some that were a part of the jazz history class. The ARC Vocal Jazz Ensemble was directed by Dr. Art Lapierre and was made up of the beginning vocal jazz ensemble and the advanced vocal jazz ensemble.
“I always love the Vocal Jazz Ensemble; they’re always a good time and it is cool because there are always new faces in the beginning ensemble that you know and you probably have friends up there that you don’t even realize until you go,” said Valerie Dickenson, an audience member who came to see the show.
The ARC Vocal Jazz Ensemble has won many awards, including being voted Best Jazz Group by Sacramento Magazine in 2010. Singing with the ARC Vocal Jazz Ensemble was the Natomas Charter Jazz Ensemble. The director, Jacosa Limutau, used to go to ARC and was Lapierre’s student. She said she loves working with the ARC Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and that Lapierre was her teacher for many years and that she learned a lot from him.
“The advanced ensemble had a bossa-nova feel,” is what Lapierre had to say about the night’s concert. Lapierre has been directing the ARC Vocal Jazz Ensemble and said the reason for the Latin-sounding jazz is because the current ensemble is recording a Latin-style CD that will be available on their website ic.arc.losrios.edu/~vocaljazz/.
Alto singer Maryam Mirbagheri of the advanced ensemble came all the way from Persia and decided to go to ARC because of videos of the ensemble she watched on YouTube. “I knew every single one of the members before I moved and I knew Lapierre. I knew everybody and it freaks them out when I tell them.” She also said, “The main reason why I moved to Sacramento was for Lapierre.”
Advanced ensemble soprano singer Jessica Dacpano said the night’s concert went well and it was good preparation for the main goal in attending the Monterey Jazz Festival. The Monterey Jazz Festival is an event that will have around three thousand musicians. The ARC Vocal Jazz Ensemble will be competing against ensembles from different universities. The Monterey Jazz Festival will be held at the Monterey Fairgrounds on September 21-23, 2012.The ARC Vocal Jazz Ensemble will perform its end-of-the-year concert at ARC on May 9 at the American River College campus theater.
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311 dials in an indecent performance
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311 lead singer Nick Hexum reaches out to a sold-out crowd on March 7 but fails to connect.
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The alternative funk rock band, 311 (pronounced three-eleven), played Sacramento’s Ace of Spades on March 7 to a sold-out crowd spending a mere 90 minutes performing a 23-song set that was an “ugly disaster,” to put it in terms that 311’s aging fan base can easily identify with.
The five-member band formed in 1988 in the heart of the mid-west; Omaha, Neb. After releasing demos and hammering out a sound that infused hard punk rock with reggae and funk, 311 released their self-titled album in 1995 that produced three hugely successful singles compelling 3 million people to purchase the record that put 311 in the coveted amber spotlight cast by instantaneous fame.
The band’s second song of the evening, “Prisoner,” summed up the evening for me as I navigated the smoke-filled club anxiously waiting to hear at least one of my favorite songs.
Is that too much to ask from a band that has a combined 23 albums and DVDs (the sum of which have sold over 8.5 million units in the United States)?
Past performances from 311, comprised of vocalist Nick Hexum, rapper/disc jockey S.A. Martinez, bassist P-Nut, guitarist Tim Mahoney and drummer Chad Sexton, have all been head-bangingly energetic and engaging.
This particular evening, Hexum and company choked out a concert that was uninspired and just “Plain” (a cut off of 1993’s album “Music”).
All right, now that’s enough of using their song titles as adjectives for the purpose of this critique, I promise.
Do realize though that with the exception of a couple of crowd-pleasers, every other song performed this evening was recorded pre-1995 when 311 was just a band earning college credits by winning over young adults who really enjoyed their “Grassroots” (Damn, there I go again. Or wait – they didn’t play “Grassroots” so I get a pass).
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A bridge in Brooklyn
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“Don’t be fooled. I don’t work for the interests of Big Oil or the Energy Industry. I work for the interests of Southwest Missourians …”
So says purveyor of cheap bridges, Roy Blunt. But:
Peabody Energy, formerly Peabody Coal, is the largest private coal company in the world. In the 2008 election cycle Peabody gave more money to Blunt than to any other member of the House of Representatives — $14,200. During ’08 cycle Blunt also received more money from Peabody Coal then all but two senators– both of whom were from coal producing states. Peabody owns no mines in southwest Missouri.
And those contributions are just the tip of the iceberg. There’s another 54 thou he got from the oil industry in the ’08 election cycle.
Hey, Roy? Your campaign donation slip is showing.
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merch said:
Anyone know how much his pals at Ameren UE have added to his campaign coffers? After years of neglect, AUE started trimming trees again. Their ‘community relations’ teams are speaking to neighborhood group as they try to justify an 18% rate hike to expand service on their decrepit grid system.
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Why were Ten Percent of Sicilian Babies Abandoned?
Posted on August 27, 2015 September 3, 2015 by VDG
I was excited last month to get a pressie from one of the leading experts in Sicilian genealogy. A novella, set in olden-days Sicily.
Angelo Coniglio
The author, Angelo Coniglio, usually helps people people in America trace their Sicilian roots, and turn up a thousand or so relatives who all want to feed them more than their body weight in food when they visit the motherland.
One day while researching, however, he found something in a Sicilian birth record which set his imagination on fire, till he had to write down a story that could explain it.
In the late 19th century, even married women in Sicily were sometimes driven to abandon their babies through sheer poverty. One child in ten was handed over to the church at that time, by desperate parents who could not feed them. Despite knowing this, the priest who named the baby and the clerk who registered the birth would give the child a name chosen deliberately to stigmatise and mark them out as a foundling. It may be Proietto (thrown away) or Esposto (exposed) or it may simply be a ridiculous word like Fieramusca (horsefly) or Milingiana (aubergine or eggplant). There was always a woman who ran the church orphanage, and her name was recorded on each child’s birth certificate.
What Angelo found was a record where the woman running the orphanage had a foundling’s name herself.
After reading Angelo’s book I was hooked on this topic, so I interviewed him to find out more.
What first inspired you to write The Lady of the Wheel?
I was doing research involving the town of Racalmuto, and I found a record reporting the birth of an abandoned child who was presented for registration by a woman who herself had a foundling’s surname.
What writing experience did you have before tackling this book?
I am a retired engineer and engineering professor used to writing reports. In addition, for years I have written genealogy columns for newspapers and on-line venues, including Times of Sicily.
The story has an Italian subtitle, La Ruotaia, a term which even most Italians are unfamiliar with. Could you explain what that means?
From the 16th through the late 18th century, most Sicilian towns had a “ruota pubblica”, a public wheel set in the outer wall of a house, church or hospital. It was used for mothers to abandon infants they could not or would not care for, without being seen by the wheel attendant. The attendant was variously called “custode dei esposti” (guardian of exposed infants); or “ricevatrice dei proietti” (receiver of castoffs), or simply “la ruotaia” (the wheel lady, or the lady of the wheel).
What is the story basically about?
The trials and tribulations of a poor Sicilian family in the 1860s, and the harsh choices they made in order to survive.
Sicilian sulphur miners – the book focuses on a sulphur-mining community in Racalmuto, Sicily
Some parts of the book touch on emotive subjects and a lot of suffering among Sicilians in the past. What feelings did it provoke for you to write about them?
I cried a lot.
Is the book inspired by a true story? How much is inspired by your own family history?
As noted above, it was inspired by actual Sicilian records, but it is fictionalized. The events it describes were experienced by thousands of Sicilian families. My “home town” of Serradifalco is mentioned, but the tale is NOT about my family, though some of the vignettes are taken from stories told by my family members.
What made you decide to write the Lady of the Wheel as a novella rather than a straight history book or memoir?
The book essentially “wrote itself”. I gave little thought as to whether it was to be a full-fledged novel or a novella. After the first chapter, the rest of it simply fell into place, It’s not a memoir, nor is it a history book, as it is fiction.
There’s clearly a wealth of historical knowledge that has gone into the book. How did you go about researching it?
The information came from civil and church records of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths that have been filmed in towns all over Sicily and elsewhere, by the Mormon church. These records are available to researchers at low cost, with no proselytization, at Mormon FamilySearch Centers. My research was at a Center near me and on-line at the free Mormon site www.familysearch.com and the subscription site www.Ancestry.com
Do you have any photos from that era? Maybe of your family?
The average Sicilian family of the era described could not afford tom own a camera, nor have a photo taken. I have only one image of any ancestor previous to my parents, and no photos of my parents while they were in Sicily. That doesn’t mean I have no documents, and readers can see those for many of my ancestors by going to http://bit.ly/HeritagePath and following the links.
Sicilian children in the 19th century
Have you got any plans for other books?
The Lady of The Wheel is set in the 1860s, in Racalmuto. I am planning a similar book set in my ancestral town of Serradifalco, but covering a much longer period of history. It will be a full novel entitled “The Mountain of the Hawk”, which is the meaning of “Serradifalco”. I am also planning a book entitled “Discovering Your Sicilian Ancestors”, a compilation of my genealogy columns that will tell “how to” determine immigrant ancestors’ towns of origin using censuses, naturalization records and passenger manifests, and then how to find, translate and interpret original documents in Italian and Latin, to build a “pedigree” or family tree.
If you personally could travel back to any place and time in Sicily’s past, where and when would you go? Why?
I would go back to 1860s Sicily and do all I could to reject Garibaldi’s conquest of my ancestral land. Why? Not only to shed the yoke of Bourbon rule, which Garibaldi promised to do, but to prevent Sicily from being subsumed into “Italy” and suffering the same deprivations that had been inflicted by other conquerors. Garibaldi failed miserably in that promise.
What would you say it means to be a Sicilian living outside Sicily today?
It means that a son of Sicily should do everything possible to celebrate its unparalleled history and culture, and inform others, including non-Sicilans and even Sicilians themselves, and their descendants, of the wonderful heritage of “La Bedda Sicilia”. And not to glorify and imitate the thugs and hoodlums who unfortunately receive the lion’s share of notice by others.
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I found this fascinating and may buy the novel, although I know how desperately poor the Siciliani were in that period: so too were many from Basilicata and Campagna. Thank yo for interviewing the author.
The book really evokes the grinding poverty suffered by many. By creating characters to tell a story it is made much more “real” than a simple historical account.
egesta says:
Thank-you for introducing me to Antonio Coniglio’s book. It is a subject that has long fascinated me, indeed we have a restored ‘wheel’ in Calatafimi, and it haunts me whenever I see it. Shall buy book.
That’s fascinating that you have a wheel preserved there – I would love to come and see it. Where is it exactly?
The subject absolutely fascinates me now the Angelo Coniglio has introduced me to it – I had never heard of it before reding his book.
cindyfisherwoman says:
Wow! Excellent! Def getting that book too!
Anthony & Ellen DiLaura says:
Fascinating topic. Will definitely get ” Lady at the Wheel”. I was told by my late dad
Giaquino (Jack) DILaura that his father Antonino was the oldest of eight children and at age seven was sent to live with his paternal uncle and wife as they were childless and was raised by them in the same town of Caltavuturo, Palermo. I thought of this after reading your interview on Mr. Coniglio. Thanks for your continual feedback about life in Sicily.
Would appreciate at some future point information regarding the Sicilian language,
which to my understanding predates the Italian language by many centuries. Have
recently come across information that the writings of Dante, who is credited with
being the ” father” of the Italian that is spoken today, was influenced by Sicilian
poets. It may be a stretch therefore to say that the Italian language is a dialect
of Sicilian. Ironic indeed. This would certainly shake things up on the mainland.
A friend, who was born of Sicilian parents told a very funny story of his trip to
Italy years ago. In preparation for his trip he took a course in Italian, offered
in night school and studied the language diligently. Within a few hours of arriving
in Rome as he checked into his hotel he spoke to the desk clerk using the Italian
he had recently studied. The clerk’s immediate comment was: ” you must be Sicillian “. You can take the boy out of Sicily, buy you can’t take the Sicilian out of the boy “, might be a good way to describe it.
Ha ha! I love the story of your Sicilian friend learning Italian!!!
You are right, Italian is indeed heavily influenced by Sicilian. The German King Frederick, who was called Stupor Mudi (the Wonder fo the World) by the Sicilians) filled his court with Sicilian poets and their writings were so moving they heavily influenced Dante at the time he was having a major influence on the then evolving Italian language.
I wrote a blog post about it some time ago when my blog was hosted on blogspot
http://siciliangodmother.blogspot.it/2012/05/chat-in-sicilian.html
Joe DiLaura says:
Anthony, Just came across your post (3 years later)… I am a DiLaura who’s roots are deep in Caltavuturo. While myself and my father Joseph DiLaura were born in the US. My Grandfather Vincent (James) DiLaura was born in Caltavuturo as was my grand mother Catherine Giambrone DiLaura. Both have of course passed. My Grandmnother only a few years ago at 99 years old. Many DiLaura’s still live in Western NY. Would love to swap stories as there are not many with the name ‘DiLaura’ and if your kin is from Caltavuturo then we are most certainly relations. Joe DiLaura
Anthony DiLaura says:
My dad, born 11/19/1908 in Caltavuturo, birth name was Giaquino but known a Jack. He was the son of Antonino(B.1878) and Loretta Latona DiLaura(B.1884 in nearby Cerda) and died January 4,1996. Born the first of 8 children, his siblings were:
Salvatore, (San MD)
Giuseppe (Joe)
Carolina(Lena)
Francesco, (Frank, MD)
Giuseppina(Josephine)
Rosa(Rose)
Michele(Mike), Attorney
My grandfather Antonino was one of eight, having one sister and six brothers. The men’s names were:
Vincenzo(Jim)
Colagero(Carl)
Francesco(Frank), also Angelo and Michele(Mike). Most of the family lived in Niagara Falls,NY. One lived in Buffalo and two brothers in Groton, CT, who worked in New London for the Electric Boat Co, manufacturers of submarines. Hope this fills in some of the blanks regarding any questions you might have about our side of the family.
Ishita says:
I always learn a lot from your posts ❤ thanks!
Ange Coniglio says:
Thanks for the great interview, Veronica. I invite your readers to learn more about foundlings at http://bit.ly/Foundlings
Rafaele says:
Veronica – I always enjoy your postings – I am striving to find as much as possible about my ancestors from San Fratello. Thank you
Thank you – I am glad you like my blog!
You may find some helpful guidance by reading Angelo Coniglio’s genealogy column in the Times of Sicily
http://www.timesofsicily.com/category/lifestyle/sicilian-genealogy/
And through that you can also contact Angelo for professional help if you need it!
carlbenvenga says:
If you would like to read an in depth history of this topic then I recommend the book “Sacrificed for Honor: Italian Infant Abandonment and the Politics of Reproductive Control” by David L. Kertzer. He is a professor of anthropology and history at Brown University in the USA.
If you are interested in an in depth history of this topic then I recommend the book “Sacrificed for Honor: Italian Infant Abandonment and the Politics of Reproductive Control” by David L. Kertzer.
DeCarmine says:
Not to shamelessly plug Sicily Memory Roamers , but I have to! While you could do research online/by yourself, Loredana and Orietta are 2 Sicilian natives and you support them. They are payable via PayPal and i just thought their research was spectacular. They included the street in Cattolica Eraclea (~ 70 Via Collegio) where the ruota degli esposti was. And then I Google Earth’d the street to see it as it is today.
Amazingly, the church is still there on that street. They also told me that the state supported the boys until about 5-6 and the girls until about 8. If no one adopted them, they were kind of on their own! Pretty shocking to imagine my 6 year old bisnonno apprenticed to a dry goods merchant, but that’s what happened. Their fee was about $250 and well worth it. Then by joining a Lecarese Facebook page, i posted my nonna (Lecarese) family chart and some distant relatives reached out.
They were all Mislmeri but moved to Lercara for the sulfur mine work. I would say if you have the spare $, want to support 2 lovely Sicilian girls, and are super lazy (like myself), the service was great. If you google: ruota degli esposti–the Wiki page is awesome. One of the popes had dreams of dead babies in the Tiber–so put ruota all over the place. That’s one crazy island you live on. Good luck!
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Samm Henshaw Shows He Definitely Has An Old Soul On New Song ‘Our Love’
By Elle Breezy|2017-02-01T16:15:27-05:00April 29th, 2016|Music, R&B Music, UK|
Here’s the latest vintage-sounding offering for Columbia Records signee Samm Henshaw called “Our Love.”
Like his previous releases, Samm authentically channels old soul, his gritty voice way beyond his 21 years; “Our Love” features the classic 70’s soul feeling, and was inspired directly by Samm’s childhood growing up in South London, and the experience of his parents (who are originally from Nigeria).
“I wrote ‘Our Love’ about a story my Dad tells from when he first started dating my Mum: his family didn’t approve, but he didn’t care,” Samm explains.
“Our Love” is the first song to be taken from ‘The Sound Experiment 2’, the follow-up to Samm’s debut EP.
Watch Samm Henshaw’s Dope Jam Session ‘Our Love’ Video
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PURCHASE, N.Y. — Two goals in the final five minutes of the game weren't enough for the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) women's soccer team (6-5, 1-2) at Purchase College (5-3, 2-2) on Wednesday night, as the Bears fell 4-3 in a Skyline Conference matchup.
All of St. Joseph's goals came in the second half with junior Anisah Molic (Staten Island, N.Y./Susan E. Wagner) scoring early while classmate Deserae Sequeira (Clark, N.J./Arthur L. Johnson) netted goals in the 85th and 89th minutes.
The first half was uneventful early on as sophomore keeper Reem Shaban (Brooklyn, N.Y./New Utrecht) saved the Panthers' first two shots of the game within the first five minutes. Both sides traded shots until PC's Rebecca Colgan netted her first of four tallies on the night in the 42nd minute, assisted by Brett Robison.
Colgan put in an unassisted score just a minute later and two minutes before the break as Purchase carried a 2-0 bump into intermission. SJC's offense was much more aggressive in the second half, outshooting the hosts 14-8, as Molic scored the period's first goal unassisted in the 58th minute to bring her team within one. The one-goal deficit didn't last long, however, as Colgan did it herself once again nine minutes later and put in her fourth tally of the game with 83:23 on the clock.
Despite trailing by three, the Bears refused to quit as Sequeira took over scoring with five minutes to play and netting a penalty kick goal with less than two minutes remaining. Shaban saved a PC shot second later and Sequeira attempted one more, but it was blocked and the Bears came up short on the road.
For the Bears
Sequeira fired a game-high nine shots leading to her fifth multi-goal game of the season.
Molic scored on five shots, three of which were on goal.
Christina DiBartolo (Middle Village, N.Y./Forest Hills) assisted on Sequeira's first goal.
Shaban came away with seven saves in a losing effort.
The Bears outshot Purchase 19-17 on the night and line up two more corner kicks than the hosts (4-2).
Another conference tilt returning home to face Manhattanville on Saturday (Oct. 5) beginning at noon with live stats and video streaming at SJCBears.com/live.
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The Downton finale: The wrestling match!
An honest-to-God wrestling match between two men in dinner jackets!
By Dan Kois
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Dear Abbeys, dear Abbeys,
Was I satisfied by this finale? To misappropriate the words of poor Lady Rosamund: “Please forgive me, but damn.” That was a hell of a conclusion, I thought, full of drama, romance, suspense, and an honest-to-God wrestling match between men in dinner jackets. I think my favorite thing about it was that it, well, concluded this season—offering resolution to any number of plot points and leaving very few of its characters dangling off cliffs. We saw Mary dump Sir Richard, Matthew propose to Mary, Daisy come to terms with William’s ghost, Thomas become valet, Isis return safely home. Bates remains in prison, but at least the finale didn’t leave him with the noose around his neck waiting for news of a reprieve from London’s most incompetent attorney.
Speaking of Mr. Murray! I have to assume that in the England of 1920 it was totally normal for defense attorneys to go to trial without ever having seen the statements the accused made in custody? Because that’s the only way to explain the fact that every single Downton resident who came up to the stand was caught completely off-guard and ended up incriminating Bates. (And how did, for example, anyone know about Mrs. Hughes overhearing that conversation? Ah, better to just let it go, I think.)
“Don’t make yourself ridiculous!” Rosamund’s nefarious maid snapped at poor bankrupt Lord Hepworth when they’re exposed as the world’s most inept fortune-hunters. I’d urge Julian Fellowes and everyone else behind Downton Abbey never to listen to such advice. If they did, we’d never witness such wondrous scenes as Thomas stumbling through the woods with Isis on a rope, or Matthew downing a whiskey in preparation for his dance with O’Brien. (But why, oh why, did we not get to see Sir Richard giving clues at “the game”?) And what could be more wonderfully ridiculous than the Ouija board delivering the words of poor dead Lavinia Swire at the very moment of Matthew’s proposal? Of course it was Lavinia, June; didn’t you hear how her message—“May they be happy”—was opportunistically echoed by Matthew just before he went down on one knee? (Were it Mr. Pamuk’s spirit, I like to imagine the message would be “I REGRET NOTHING!”) I only wish the shade of Patrick Crawley had come to Downton as well, to remind everyone that he’s actually dead and not a conveniently burned Canadian.
As for Sir Richard, of course we’re meant to think him a boorish clod, but leaving that aside, did no one besides me feel he had a point? Mary is as slow as a glacier in setting a wedding date; she does seem to despise spending time with her fiancé; Matthew does seize every opportunity to spend time with her. It’s the last that rankled, a bit; Mary couldn’t have an argument with Sir Richard without Matthew barging in. Mary’s a capable young woman, and I’d have liked to see her have a chance to take on Sir Richard all on her own without Matthew riding to the rescue. And it didn’t even help! Of course Matthew showing up in Mary’s defense just made Sir Dick madder! It demonstrated that he was exactly right. Hence: Penguin fight.
That thoughtful final scene between Lady Mary and Sir Richard allowed the newsman to retain a bit of his dignity, and decency, and leaves open the possibility that perhaps he won’t expose the various Crawley family follies to which he’s become privy. I imagine the restraint at which he hints will evaporate the instant he hears that Mary and Matthew got engaged like a week later.
Find a cowboy in the Middle West and bring him back to shake us up a bit,
Dan Kois, Seth Stevenson, and June Thomas will be chatting with readers about the Downton Abbey finale and all of the highs and lows of the show’s second season. Join them on Facebook at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21 to take part in the chat.
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The XFL announces draft with assigned quarterbacks and other unconventional rules
Liz Roscher
October 7, 2019, 6:53 PM UTC
The XFL has announced the rules for its upcoming draft. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
The XFL, the football league you probably forgot about and never really needed in the first place, still exists and is holding its inaugural draft next week. The league announced the draft rules on Monday, and they’re ... different.
XFL draft basics
The basics are normal enough. It’s a two day draft which will take place Oct. 15-16, and the results will be announced as they happen on the XFL’s website and various social media channels. Each of the eight teams will choose from a pool of approximately 1,000 players to populate their 71-man rosters.
Then things get weird.
Assigned QBs
Before a single player is chosen, each team will be assigned one quarterback. In its press release, the XFL didn’t reveal who the eight quarterbacks will be, how they will be chosen out of the XFL’s large pool of draft-eligible players, or how they’ll be assigned to each team. There’s likely a wide range of talent in the QB pool, and depending on how the XFL is rating those players, these QB assignments could doom a team before it has a chance to pick a player it actually wants.
Five-phase snake draft
The actual draft will be separated into five different phases, with each phase dedicated to a different subset of skill players. Here’s how the draft will be divided, from the press release:
1. Skill Players (QB, RB, WR, TE)
2. Offensive Line (OT, OG, OC)
3. Defensive Front Seven (DL, LB)
4. Defensive Backfield (CB, NB, SS, FS)
5. Open Draft (all remaining players after positional drafts, in addition to P/K/LS)
Each team will pick 10 players per phase through phase 4, and then in phase 5 they’ll each pick another 31 players to complete their 71-man rosters.
The draft order was determined by blind lottery, and instead of using a linear format like the NFL does, the XFL is going with a snake draft. That means that the draft order reverses every round, so the teams that pick early in one round will pick late in the next one. In addition to that, the teams picking in the middle of the order will get a chance to pick first (and also last) in rounds 3, 4 and 5.
Maximizing fairness
The point of all of these rules is fairness. Commissioner Oliver Luck told ESPN that this particular structure will "maximize parity and equity between the teams," which makes a certain amount of sense. This is a brand new league, so structuring it like the NFL draft isn’t practical — you can’t order these teams by results, and the snake format makes sure that even the teams with the unlucky 7th and 8th picks get to pick early in the next round.
The rules do seem arbitrarily weird and a tad excessive, but it is a new football league — why would they want to do things exactly like the NFL?
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Smorgasbord Laughter Lines – Observations on Life – Old Farmer’s wisdom and Centre of the Universe!
Posted on April 24, 2018 by Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life.
Some of life’s observations
“I am” is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that “I do” is the longest sentence?
What hair colour do they put on the driver’s licenses of bald men?
Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don’t they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen can look for them while they deliver the mail?
Whatever happened to Preparations A through G?
An Old Ranchers advice
Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight, and bull-strong.
Keep skunks, bankers, and lawyers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered…not yelled.
Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Every path has a few puddles.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen, anyway.
Don’t judge folks by their relatives.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin ‘.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin’.”
Always drink upstream from the herd.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.
If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.
http://www.emmitsburg.net/humor/archives/humerous/humorous_28.htm
A silent order
A man joins a Trappist order and is told that he is allowed to say just two words every five years. After five years he speaks his two words to his superiors. ‘Bed hard,’ he says. He is promised the problem will be looked into. Another five years passes and this time his two words are: ‘Food cold.’ Again his superiors promise to take care of the problem. Five years later his two words are ‘I quit’. His superiors look at each other wearily. ‘We are not in the least bit surprised. You have done nothing but complain for the last fifteen years!’
Even for a Genie it can be complicated.
A man was walking along the beach and found a bottle. He looked around and didn’t see anyone so he opened it. A genie appeared and thanked the man for letting him out. The genie said, “For your kindness I will grant you one wish, but only one.” The man thought for a minute and said, “I have always wanted to go to Hawaii but have never been able to because I’m afraid of flying, and ships make me claustrophobic and ill. So, I wish for a road to be built from here to Hawaii.”
The genie thought for a few minutes and said, “No, I don’t think I can do that. Just think of all the work involved with the pilings needed to hold up the highway and how deep they would have to be to reach the bottom of the ocean. Think of all the pavement that would be needed. No, that is just too much to ask.”
The man thought for a minute and then told the genie, “There is one other thing that I have always wanted. I would like to be able to understand women. What makes them laugh and cry, why are they temperamental, why are they so difficult to get along with? Basically, what makes them tick?”
The genie considered for a few minutes and said, “So, do you want two lanes or four?”
I hope you have been amused by the funnies today and please feel free to share.. thanks Sally
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33 thoughts on “Smorgasbord Laughter Lines – Observations on Life – Old Farmer’s wisdom and Centre of the Universe!”
Bel on April 24, 2018 at 3:41 pm said:
As always your post made me laugh 😊 I love the center of the universe line 😂
Thank you Bel… me too… x
PaulAndruss on April 24, 2018 at 3:51 pm said:
THanks for the laughs Sally! xxx
Happy to oblige Paul.. I take it that it is raining with you too.. if not why not! hugs xxxxx
PaulAndruss on April 24, 2018 at 11:44 pm said:
tis raining… miserable. Finishing Delius! Pxxx
koolkosherkitchen on April 24, 2018 at 3:55 pm said:
Made my day, Sally – thanks!
Great Dolly thank you… hugs xx
Olga on April 24, 2018 at 4:09 pm said:
Love humor that is funny, but makes one think also. A lot of interesting wisdom coming from the old rancher. 🙂
I agree Olga.. you cannot beat experience, which is why 21 years old Life Coaches do not quite hit the mark! hugs
Qui Talks on April 24, 2018 at 5:40 pm said:
I love this post. The questions in the beginning are actually some things I’ve thought about. Also the advice are amazing…..my favorite…..”Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen, anyway.”
Glad you enjoyed and pearls of wisdom like that are priceless… thanks for commenting. Sally
The Story Reading Ape on April 24, 2018 at 9:05 pm said:
Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life. on April 24, 2018 at 10:23 pm said:
Thank you for sharing Chris.. ♥♥
The Story Reading Ape on April 24, 2018 at 10:25 pm said:
👍😃❤️❤️❤️
davidprosser on April 24, 2018 at 10:35 pm said:
Thanks Sally, four lanes I think.
Me too.. I am sure we would all want to be on that highway to Hawaii… xxxx
OIKOS™-Redaktion on April 24, 2018 at 11:19 pm said:
LOL – Great as ever! Thank you Sally! Michael
dgkaye on April 24, 2018 at 11:31 pm said:
Cannot even pick a fav today Sal. But guaranteed chuckles, so thank you. ❤ 🙂
lisakunk on April 25, 2018 at 1:46 am said:
A really great collection of fun stuff. Just what I needed tonight. Thanks.
Carol on April 25, 2018 at 3:19 am said:
Come on WP…Where is the Haha or Love it! Button..xxxx Or just awesome will do xxxx
K. D. Dowdall on April 25, 2018 at 3:50 am said:
Sally, this is hysterical! The one with technical box and the men have one button and the women have dozens!! So true!! Thank you so much for sharing…I really needed a good giggle and laughter! Karen 🙂
The Owl Lady on April 25, 2018 at 1:52 pm said:
glynhockey on April 25, 2018 at 4:03 pm said:
Reblogged this on glynhockey and commented:
Pure words of wisdom.
Thank you for sharing Glyn.. glad you enjoyed.. thanks Sally
Wonderfully amusing.
Jennie on April 26, 2018 at 11:46 am said:
Thank you Jennie…x
Jennie on April 26, 2018 at 11:10 pm said:
You’re welcome, Sally. Keep those laughs coming! 😀
Rae Longest on April 27, 2018 at 1:23 am said:
Reblogged this on blogging807.
Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life. on April 27, 2018 at 9:03 am said:
Thank you Rae… appreciated.
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The House With A Clock In Its Walls Review: Enchanting, Creepy and Festive
By Something Cinematic on January 29, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )
The fall season upon us and with it a number of various movies hitting the scene. Some movies become surprises while others tend to be forgotten. The movie in question may in fact be a latter which is the new fantasy film known as The House with A Clock In Its Walls. Directed by Eli Roth the movie is based on the 1973 novel by John Bellairs. With its sense of magic this adaption looked to be an enjoyable fantasy film for the fall season, and after watching The House with A Clock In Its Walls I can say that the new blockbuster was just that.
The story centers on Lewis (Oscar Vaccaro) who moves in with his estranged uncle Johnathan (Jack Black). There Lewis discovers that things are not what they seem as not only does the boy learn about magic but finds out about a mysterious clock that plagues his new home. The plot was a simple tale but an effective one nonetheless. While things may have been simple the plot executed its concepts in a adequate fashion.The mystery behind the house was investing as it kept me engaged throughout the entire movie A surprising factor for the story was how well paced it was. The movie took its time to tell the story at hand and it never felt like it was dragging itself along nor did it rush itself either. At its core the plot of The House with A Clock In Its Walls was one that focused on mystery and magic, and the for most part the movie succeeded in bringing these supernatural aspects to life.
The film featured a small cast but that seemed to work to the movie’s favor. While the character of Oscar was a solid one it was the duo of Jonathan and Mrs.Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett) that really stole the show. Both characters were sound in their traits and progression, but what really stood out to me was their chemistry. The duo’s banter was invigorating as was their confidence in each other, and it was surprising to see just how well Jack Black and Cate Blanchett were able to work off each other. The supporting cast was decent enough and they certainly did there jobs, but there was very little to this group that made any significant character stand out. In the case of the villain there was a little more to Issac Izard (Kyle MacLachlan) then I would have anticipated. Although Isaac was not a show stealing antagonist, his presence and motivation provided the dark warlock some dimensions that made him more than just a typical villain.
When it came to spectacle The House with A Clock In Its Walls was better than expected. Seeing the effects in the trailers I was not in awed by what this movie had to offer, but after seeing the final presentation the film’s cgi turned out to be efficient as it meshed well with the film’s cinematography. Equally as impressive was the movie’s use of practical effects which certainly helped to bring the horror aspect behind the story to life, and it blended well with the movie’s vfx. The score by Nathan Barr was fitting for the movie as it provided dynamic music with a sense of fantasy to it. Technical aspects aside an intriguing factor to this movie was its tone and how well balanced it ended up being. The movie could feature light hearted moments seen in a family friendly genre as well as have dark moment reminiscent to that of a horror film, and not once did the atmospheres clash with each other.
The House with A Clock in Its Walls was a delight. Although the film could be pretty standard in the likes of story and characters its delivery more than made up for its shortcomings. When it came down to it there was a sense of creativity behind this adaptation and that aloud the movie to stand out from the rest. The House with a Clock in Its Walls may not have been the most glamorous of blockbuster but the movie was a fitting one for the season and at the very least an entertaining fantasy film.
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The Mars Rovers: Curiosity
The Short Answer:
The Curiosity Rover
Curiosity is a rover that was sent to Mars to determine if the Red Planet ever had the proper conditions for microbial life to survive.
On Earth, where there is water, there are living things. We know that Mars had water a long time ago. But did it also have other conditions life needs?
To find out, NASA sent the Curiosity rover to Mars. Curiosity is the largest robot to ever land on another planet. It is about the size of a small SUV.
Because Curiosity is so big, it also has bigger wheels than the previous rovers. This helps it to roll over rocks and sand without getting stuck. However, even on a long driving day, it still only travels about 660 feet.
At 20 inches in diameter, Curiosity’s wheels are much bigger than the wheels of previous rovers.
Curiosity landed in Gale Crater. This crater is special because it has a tall mountain in the middle. The mountain has many layers of rock. Each layer is made of different minerals from different time periods. These minerals could tell scientists about the history of water on Mars.
The landing sites of all four Mars rovers on a map of Mars. National Geographic Society, MOLA Science Team, MSS, JPL, NASA
An up close image of Gale Crater, from above. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
The rover uses many scientific instruments to study the rocks in Gale Crater. Curiosity used its drill to make a hole in a rock that once was mud at the bottom of a lake. One of its other instruments studied the powder drilled from the rock. This information helped scientists learn that the Gale crater had ingredients that ancient life would have needed to survive.
A hole on Martian rock drilled by Curiosity. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Scientists sent Curiosity to Mars to measure lots of other things, too—including radiation. Radiation is a type of energy that can come from the sun. It travels in high-energy waves that can be harmful to living things. Curiosity found that Mars has high, dangerous levels of radiation. NASA will use Curiosity’s radiation data to design missions to be safer for human explorers.
Curiosity brought 17 cameras with it to the Red Planet—more than any other rover. It uses some of its cameras to take photos of its journey. Cameras also act as Curiosity’s eyes, helping it to spot and stay away from danger.
One of Curiosity’s cameras—at the end of its 7 foot long robotic arm—even acts like a sort of “selfie stick.” It can hold the camera two meters away and take a selfie to send back to Earth!
A self-portrait of Curiosity on a Martian sand dune. At this site, it used instruments to scoop up and study sand samples. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
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London Fringe: Talented tale tellers share their prowess at three-day event
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The London Free Press (London, UK), November 3, 2016 Summary: The London Fringe’s Story Telling Festival debuts this Thursday through Saturday and includes: Author/filmmaker/recording artist Ivan Coyote Traditional storytellers Diane Halpin and Ellen Secci An Indigenous Walk in downtown London led by Jaime Koebel a free Children’s Storytelling Mob London Fringe producer Kathy Navackas said…
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To Absent Friends, a people’s festival of storytelling and remembrance
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Bereavement Care Journal, Volume 36, 2017 – Issue 3, November 2, 2017 Summary: To Absent Friends (TAF) is an annual Scotland-wide participative festival of storytelling and remembrance. Its purpose is to reduce the social isolation of bereaved people, At TAF, people can remember, tell stories, celebrate and reminisce about people they love who have died. TAF may be…
Cooperation and the evolution of hunter-gatherer storytelling
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Nature Communications, December 2, 2017 Summary: This is an anthropological study of the impact of storytelling on the Agta, a Filipino hunter-gatherer population. Their stories contain themes promoting cooperation, sex equality and egalitarianism — common to other foraging societies. When there are good storytellers, cooperation increases.
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Chicago Tribune, December 24, 2017 Summary: Story Squad, a storytelling program of the YMCA of Metro Chicago’s Youth Safety and Violence Prevention (YSVP) initiative, empowers youth to channel their experiences through personal stories that are shared within their community and throughout the world. After a public showcase with about 100 friends and family members of program…
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1244 St. Paul’s Church Road | Pennsburg, PA 18073
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Upper Perkiomen Child Care Center
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HISTORY of ST. PAUL’S
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Red Hill, is one of the oldest congregations in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The exact date of its founding took place between 1730 and 1739. In the first record book of the congregation, baptismal entries were made in 1736. From 1739 there are systematic records of pastoral acts and congregational activities.
The congregation, it seems, had its origin through John Henry Sprogell, who donated six acres of ground for cemetery purposes near East Greenville. On this ground near East Greenville, St. Paul’s and the Reformed Church (now New Goschenhoppen United Church of Christ) joined together as a union church. Records show that St. Paul’s sold their share of the ground to the Reformed congregation and moved east of Pennsburg and Red Hill, where the present church building now stands.
In 1750 the first church was built of wooden logs on the present site. From this site the congregation of St. Paul’s has continued to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ for more than two centuries. In 1803 the original “six corner” church was built with local brown stone. It was a handsome and substantial building for its time, and was a great attraction for people who came to see it from long distances. The third church was erected in 1878, the old building having been outgrown by a growing congregation. This third church building was equipped with a basement which provided space for Christian education. The first Sunday Church School was organized in 1869. The third church was destroyed by fire on December 1, 1895, due to a faulty heating system and the present building was erected in 1897. The educational building and fellowship hall were added in 1957.
The founding of the Upper Perkiomen Child Care Center in 1986 offered the Upper Perk community the first weekday early childhood education and school age programing to children from six weeks to fourteen years of age. A re-visioning process beginning in 1993 guided by Pastor Vanderslice in partnership with parents, staff and congregational leadership provided for significant growth in the Center’s mission, weekday program and service to the community. A new curriculum along with staff development contributed to the growth of the Center’s enrollment from 60 children and 12 instructors to 150 children and staff of 25 classroom instructors by 2001.
Weekly celebration of Holy Communion was introduced in 1992 along with first communion instruction at the elementary age level. In 1997 the congregation added a praise and worship service in addition to its traditional liturgical services.
A three phase capital improvement plan from 1995 to 2011 provided for the following:
• Renovating the console for the pipe organ.
• Renovating of the church nursery and educational building classrooms.
• Constructing a covered entrance to the lower classroom area of the educational building.
• Resurfacing of the lower parking lot and installing exterior lighting.
• Air conditioning the Fellowship Hall.
• Installing a fire alarm system with 24 hour monitoring.
• Building a pavilion for use by congregational ministries and community programs
• Installing and landscaping a circular drive at the main church entrance.
• Air conditioning the sanctuary.
• Renovating of the lower and upper levels rest rooms.
• Replacing the windows and doors of the 1957 educational building.
• Replacing of the windows on the ground floor of the 1897 church building.
• Securing grants to computerize and network the offices and child care classrooms.
• Computerizing church and cemetery records.
• Repainting of the sanctuary and restoring of the original sanctuary tin ceiling.
• Installing a new sound system to the sanctuary, fellowship hall and pavilion.
• Repainting and carpeting of the educational classrooms, library and office areas.
• Replacing the oak doors to the 1897 church narthex.
• Installing stained glass windows to the church narthex and educational building doors.
• Securing a grant to install fencing for a child safe area around the original cemetery and recreational areas.
• Renovating the 1800 church residence used for intern housing.
• Preserving church records from 1739 to 2008 through digital photography.
• Enclosing the Frye Road entrance with a stone foyer.
• Replacing the roofs on the educational and church buildings.
• Replace original ceiling light fixtures in the Fellowship Hall and educational wing classrooms.
• Repairing and preserving the exterior crown molding of the 1897 church building.
• Improved lighting to the Frye Road Parking Lot.
• Renovating the church library.
• Installing an elevator in 2011 to offer increased accessibility to all three levels of the church facility.
The rich historical heritage of St. Paul’s can be attested to by those who became leaders within the Lutheran Church. Fourteen members of the congregation have entered the ordained ministry. The congregation as a teaching parish has also supervised over fifteen pastoral interns in preparation for ordination in the church since 1995. The congregation in 2001 served as the first parish in Southeastern PA Synod to participate in three year immersion program by providing pastoral supervision and offering an pastoral internship to a seminarian raised in Communist East Germany who was preparing for ordination in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The congregation in 2009 welcomed a seminarian from Kenya as a pastoral intern.
A commitment to social ministry has led congregational members to respond to local and global hunger concerns, disaster relief, participation in the annual home repairs ministry of the Appalachia Service Project, Victory House Soup Kitchen, and Prison ministry by relating to chaplaincy programs in six correctional facilities in the Commonwealth of PA.
Click here for the Elevator Dedication and brief history of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church – Red Hill, PA.
Click here for a more complete history of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church – Red Hill, PA.
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Pastors of St. Paul’s
John J. Birkenstock 1739-1743 John C. Andreae 1743-1752
Frederick Schultz 1752-1756 Frederick Reis 1756-1764
George F. Neimeyer 1764-1771 Conrad S. Roeller 1771-1775
John Schwarback 1775-1789 Charles B. Dannapfel 1789-1790
Christian Espich 1790-1793 Frederick Geissenhainer 1793-1808
Jacob Miller 1808-1829 Frederick Waage 1829-1868
Oswin F. Waage 1868-1918 Alfred M. Stump 1918-1925
Howard H. Krauss 1925-1953 Theodore E. Getz 1953-1960
Walter E. Schaefer 1960-1963 Donald R. Jacobs 1964-1968
Burlington B. Latshaw Jr. 1968-1975 David S. Fritch, Assistant Pastor 1974-1975
R. William Phillips Jr. 1976-1990 H. William Bixby, Associate Pastor 1986-1990
Andrew J. Evenson, Associate Pastor 2007-2009 William A. Vanderslice II 1991-2015
Wayne Shelor, Intentional Interim 2015-2016 James Heckman, Interim Pastor Jan-May 2017
Wayne Moritz Jun-17
On Sunday, July 10 2011 the community at St. Paul’s – Red Hill had the first opportunity to use the newly installed elevator that provides increased access to the church facility.Elevator Project | Completed July 10, 2011
Following a year–long feasibility study in 2010, the congregation approved the evator project. Construction on the elevator project began in the hallway of the educational building in January 2011 utilizing a stairway access that connected all three levels of the church facility. The assembling of the elevator and related components began in March once the elevator shaft and electrical work was completed.
The elevator eliminates barriers that were not considered when the present church building was constructed in 1897. This two story church structure placed the sanctuary on the second floor to maximize heating efficiency when a coal furnace with center floor heating grates allowed the heat to rise throughout the building.
Today’s church facility from 1897 is the fourth building on the present site used by the congregation since it moved from East Greenville to its current location in the 1730′s. An educational wing was added to the church facility in 1957 to accommodate the expanding congregation’s mission to the community.
We are grateful to all those who have made a financial commitment toward this project. Their generosity provided the inspiration to act on this building improvement.
We also thank the members of the elevator task force consisting of Mr. Frank Grim, Mr. John Sheeran, Mr. Loren Schultz, Mr. Charles Woertz and Pastor William Vanderslice who provided oversight to the study and construction stages of the project.
Elevator Dedication | Recognition of Service
A special combined worship was held on Sunday, October 2, 2011 to dedicate the new elevator, recognize service ministries within the life of the congregation and celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Rev. William A. Vandersice as pastor of St. Paul’s – Red Hill.
The Rev. David Genszler, a retired pastor of the Evangelial Lutheran Church in America, who was baptized at St. Paul’s was the guest preacher. Pastor Vanderslice presided at the dedication of the elevator, along with Vicar Ryan Ferwerda.
Service ministries recognized on October 2, 2011 included:
Christian Education and Sunday Church School Staff
Elevator Committee
Internship Support
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Social Ministries – Appalachia Service Project, Health Advocates, Victory House, Prison Ministry
Worship and Music – Musicians, Altar Guild and Altar Flowers, Christmas Decorations, Coordinators of Paraments, Communion Assistant, Communion set-up and wash up, Ushers
St. Paul’s – Red Hill is a community of faith that continues to grow spiritually as the body of Christ. The congregation since 1991 has ventured into new styles of worship, explored small group ministries, opened its doors to host a variety of community service organizations, mentored eighteen pastoral interns in preparation for ordination, and completed two capital improvements projects, including the addition of an elevator to make the building more accessible.
In 2011 the congregation celebrated twenty-five years of home repairs ministry through the Appalachia Service Project, and twenty-five years of providing quality preschool and school age programming through the Upper Perkiomen Child Care Center.
In 2014 the congregation gave thanks for 275 years of faithful witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and service in the Upper Perkiomen Valley.
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by PolicyFellow Mar 29, 2012 12:18 pm
Undergrads for unlimited donations: A group of Duke University undergraduate students started their own super PAC for a class project. Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Yesterday was created to highlight “the absurdity of the process”, according to one of its founders. (The Hill)
Candidates stick to super PAC pledge? The attempt by Massachusetts Senate candidates Scott Brown (R) and Elizabeth Warren (D) to discourage independent attack ads might be working. This week, Brown announced he would pay the agreed upon penalty after the American Petroleum Institute ran ads on his behalf. (Washington Post)
Gingrich losing his allowance? Sheldon Adelson, the primary donor to the pro-Gingrich super PAC Winning our Future, appears ready to cut off his support. Adelson speculated that Gingrich “appears as though he’s at the end of his…line” at an event on Wednesday.” (The Hill)
Door revolves to public interest group: Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps joined the board of Public Knowledge, a public interest group focused on telecommunications and media issues. (National Journal)
Big bucks for big data: The Obama Administration is committing more than $200 million to a “Big Data Research and Development Initiative” focused on building technology to collect and use data. (Gov Fresh)
EU seeks open gov feedback: The European Parliament posted a draft of its open government declaration online and is seeking citizen comment. (Gov Fresh)
The Glass is fully transparent: El Vaso, a new blog from Chilean transparency group Ciudadano Inteligente, highlights technology and government transparency. (Global Voices)
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Hearing to examine S.2219, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities. Senate Rules and Administration. 10:00 am. 301 RSOB. Full Committee
A Responsive and Efficient Government: The Case for Case Management. Government Executive. 7:30 – 10:30 am. Ronald Reagan Building, Hemisphere Room, Concourse Level, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20004.
Dialogue on the Future of Content 2020. Aspen Institute. 8:00 am – 6:00 pm. Aspen Institute, One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036.
SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, 3/30
Technology, Community and Public Interest Research: Open Sourcing the Global Integrity Report. SAIS. 10:30 am – 12:00 pm. Rome Building Auditorium, Rome Building, SAIS, 1740 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036.
Informing Consumers About Smart Disclosure Summit. NARA, The White House. 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. William G. McGowan Theater, The National Archives, 700 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Wathington, DC 20408.
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You may have read recently that Tasker Insurance Group (TIG) along with all their subsidiaries have launched a new visual brand to the world. The historical orange has gone, being replaced with the much more sleek black and white simplicity that is the new Tasker Insurance Group brand family. Or rather, the Tasker & Partners branding seems to have evolved one step further and spread throughout the Group, with our own logo’s refresh being to simply add in the elusive ampersand. You would be forgiven for thinking that visually, not much has changed for Tasker & Partners. However, for us it really is more than just an ampersand.
Tasker & Partners was born out of a passion for broking and the hunger of an independent brokerage. Established in 1999, within 6 years we successfully registered as one of now 301 Lloyd’s Brokers– a huge achievement for such a young company. Nearly 20 years on and we are now part of a much larger independant intermediary, Tasker Insurance Group, along with our sister companies MGA Gresham Underwriting and specialist retail broker Tasker Insurance Brokers. In September 2017 CEO Rob Organ, previously of Bluefin, joined the business to drive the Group forward with an accelerated growth and acquisition plan. A key element of the strategy was to align the Group’s service proposition and to ensure our clients fully understood the capabilities and expertise within the business.
Through a series of specialist consultations, it was revealed that Tasker & Partners has established the strongest brand image within the Group. Tasker & Partners was receiving a higher rate of organic traffic to their website than the other brands within the Group. We also appeared in more search queries and had optimised our digital footprint via social media outreach.
It became evident that due to our reputation as trusted specialists, offering innovative solutions within the Lloyd’s broking market, Tasker & Partners had become the most recognisable. It was felt that the ethos associated with Tasker & Partners accurately represented the Group as a whole and the decision was made to enhance the strength of this brand by affiliating the rest of the Group.
We are strong believers in the term ‘if it’s not broken, don’t fix it’. So we didn’t break it. Instead, the decision was made by the rest of the Group to create a brand architecture leveraging the Tasker & Partners branding . Visually the brands within the Group are united and provide a recognisable proposition across the wholesale and retail broking markets.
But what does it mean for Tasker & Partners? For us, being part of a Group means working together to provide the best service possible to our brokers. It means supporting our sister companies, and developing joint distribution strategies to benefit our brokers. Overall, it means finding ways to increase the service that we can provide to our brokers from being part of an independant Group, and the new brand architecture of the Group helps bring all of this work and ambition to the forefront. As a business, we are focused wholly on our brokers and will be using our expert market knowledge as trusted advisers to enhance our delivery of specialist risks and capacity placement – this will be enhanced through our new digital approach and communication framework.
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5 Tips For A Flawless Facebook Ad Campaign
Chip Espinoza June 25th 2017 12:45 pm
A TV or newspaper ad used to be the best way to reach an audience. You knew who it would reach based on what media you selected and spent more or less depending on how conveniently timed or sized your advertisement is. Today, that has changed. With 70 percent of Americans on social media and 77 percent owning a smartphone, social media sites like Facebook and Instagram have become increasingly popular mediums for businesses to target potential consumers.
A whopping 76 percent of social media users check Facebook daily, and the younger they are, the more often they check it multiple times a day. You now have an unbelievable amount of access to your customers, which makes advertising on Facebook a financially savvy move. But to develop a Facebook ad campaign, you have to keep in mind key tips to best take advantage of the site’s available ad space.
Figure Out Your Target Audience
When you launch a Facebook ad campaign, you now have the option of selecting what demographic and group of people your advertisement will target. Thanks to Facebook’s Audience Insight, you can research into different demographics in order to learn what their interests, political leanings, budget and willingness to spend as a general group is. This allows you to hunt for audiences best suited to your message and research what audiences exist for you to reach out to.
In addition, you have the option of developing a targeted ad campaign for a particular demographic, which is guaranteed to have more success than a campaign made generically to appeal to as many groups as possible.
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Once you have a solid insight into the audiences Facebook has mined, you can develop multiple aspects to your advertising campaign that appeal to multiple demographics. For example, by using Facebook’s tools you can select between audiences based on their gender, age, location and registered interests on Facebook.
You can target women in their 30s in the midwest interested in sports, or men in their 20s in an urban city interested in bars. And if you want your product to appeal to multiple demographics, you can develop different ads or tweak your standard ad campaign depending on which audience you’re targeting in order to best appeal to them.
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Facebook has a 20 percent text to image ratio – that is, only 20 percent of any images you use can be text. This encourages you to develop a bold visual that stands out, and let the text be added to your post or advertisement.
Take this rule as a chance to search for an eye-catching image that focuses on strong visuals in order to attract attention. Something with a strong central focus, a dramatic color scheme or a unified look will draw and please a viewer’s eye, encouraging them to give you more of their time and attention. A striking image will put more eyes on your advertisement.
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Facebook has you bid on ad spots in order to earn them. This can be a tedious and expensive way of winning ad space. But by using Facebook’s Optimized CPM tool, you can set a maximum budget and specific goals and desired outcomes and allow Facebook to take care of the placement for you.
This ensures that your spending always remains where you can expect it. But it also limits where your ads will end up. You should evaluate your Facebook ad reach based on your budget and determine if it’s not hitting as many customers as you need it to in order to consider raising your advertising budget.
Link to Your Main Page As Much As Possible
Linking to your landing page rather than directly to a product or sale can give customers an extra chance to absorb your business information, like your page or interact with your other copy before continuing on to whatever task your advertisement enticed them to complete. By bringing customers here, you increase the likelihood that they’ll Like or Subscribe to your page, which can drastically increase the chances of a repeat purchase.
Your typical marketing campaign is not suited to Facebook. Instead, your Facebook ad campaigns should take into account the tools the site offers, the way people use the website and what access you have to customers through this medium. With smart planning and insight, your Facebook campaign can be a significant boon to your business.
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TP-Link Deco M4: Wi-Fi for everyone, everywhere
Victor Philip Ortiz
Let’s check out TP-Link’s new mesh router.
Mesh networks have started gaining popularity in recent months, and for good reason. It now allows you to have full coverage and speed on a large area without the need for extenders and the like. It’s simple to set up as well, meaning that even tech newbies won’t have a hard time using it.
Enter TP-Link’s Deco M4, it’s part of the company’s new line of mesh routers that are being sold in one, two and three-device configurations. Taking it out of the box the Deco M4 looks like desktop speakers, or as my friend calls it, ‘that thing that sprays stuff inside the bathroom’. I chuckled for a bit, but the white exterior of the routers are simple and can be placed anywhere in your home.
The TP-Link logo at the top is also backlighted, which alerts you to the status of the router. At the back of the Deco M4, you will find two gigabit Ethernet ports plus the power and reset button below.
On the technical side, the Deco M4 has two dual-band antennas that support 2×2 MU-MIMO and sports the 802.11ac Wave 2 standard. TP-Link states that you can reach a maximum bandwidth of 300 Mbps on the 2.4 GHz and 867 Mbps on the 5 GHz band.
Setting up the Deco M4 requires you to download the TP-Link Deco app on your smartphone (available for iOS and Android devices) and connecting it via Bluetooth. While it’s easy to use and configure the Deco M4 using the app it, unfortunately, doesn’t support a web-based user interface so expect to use the app a lot if you’re doing a lot of configurations on your network.
The rest of the setup process is pretty much standard. Once the first router is configured it will just automatically copy and configure settings on the other routers you’ve added.
As mentioned, all the configurations happen inside the app, from port forwarding to LED lighting control. There’s also Parental Controls, where you can limit usage on any device connected on the network and even block some website from being accessed.
We got a steady connection from across a room separated by a wall. Tests revealed that we’re getting an average of 98-102 Mbps on both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz band. I set up two Deco M4 routers on a two-bedroom flat, placing one on the edge of one room and the other one in the middle of the apartment.
Connections were stable all throughout, and almost all devices registered at the same speed offered by my ISP. It also didn’t have trouble regulating bandwidth for the users in the network and no bottlenecks have occurred despite multiple devices streaming on Netflix and YouTube.
The Deco M4 also includes integration for services like Amazon’s Alexa and IFTTT (If This Then That) where you can use voice commands to initiate functions on the router.
Overall the TP-Link Deco M4 does what it promised: a fast and stable mesh network in your home. While it lacks a web interface that would suit advanced users, this router still delivers a decent performance.
We Love:
+ Decent speed
+ Easy setup using the app
+ Support for Amazon Alexa and IFTTT
We Hate:
– No web-based user interface
Final Rating: 4/5
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by Victor Philip Ortiz
Tech Enthusiast and Movie Buff. Passionate for all things tech - you’ll normally find him tinkering with the latest gadgets and computer peripherals. He is an avid collector of Blu-ray discs and occasionally plays on his Xbox.
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The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) IMDB Top 250 Guest Review
Today’s IMDB Top 250 Guest Review comes from Niall of The Fluff Is Raging. Thanks so much for all the reviews, Niall! 🙂 Now let’s see what he has to say about The Bourne Ultimatum, IMDB rank 182 out of 250…
There are still some movies up for grabs if anyone wants to do a guest IMDB Top 250 review. You can find the list of remaining films HERE. See the full list & links to all the reviews that have already been done HERE. Also, if you’d like to add a link to your IMDB review(s) on your own blogs, feel free to use any of the logos I’ve used at the top of any of these guest reviews.
*review written in shaky-cam*
“People, do you have any idea who you’re dealing with? This is Jason Bourne. You are nine hours behind the toughest target you have ever tracked.”
Pamela Landy
When I still watched TV the old-fashioned way, The Bourne movies seemed to be on all the time. They were on so much, in fact, that they began to blur for me and become one long, furiously-edited, shaky-cam mess of people speaking spy-jargon while looking at banks of computer screens, vicious hand-to-hand combat and incredible car crashes. Mostly, they provided a much-needed exciting jolt to the action genre.
There is a lot more to the Bourne movies than just action, of course, which is probably why they were so successful, touching as they do on ripped from the headlines topics like surveillance, rendition, sleeper agents, intelligence leaks, and torture. They are, in short, action movies for grown-ups and, if memory serves, they’re a lot better than the Robert Ludlum potboliers that are their source. They’re spy capers, but they are realistically grounded spy capers. After Wikileaks and Edward Snowden, the amount of eavesdropping going on in The Bourne Ultimatum is truly frightening.
To do justice to the third in the series, The Bourne Ultimatum, you really should watch the first two. A quick catch-up on The Bourne Identity: an unconscious man is rescued by fishermen in the Mediterranean. He has no idea who he is, nor why he has a microchip with a Swiss bank account number embedded in him. He heads to Europe to find out, meets a nice girl who helps him get to Paris, and then the baddies come after him.
Mayhem ensues. Wash, rinse and repeat.
The second film, The Bourne Supremacy, is both a retread and a continuation of the story, with Bourne cracking bones and crashing cars in Berlin and Moscow. The film has an added twist of vengeance – they kill his girlfriend, and we learn more about the secret government assassin programme, Treadstone.
You may recall that after a climactic car chase in Moscow, The Bourne Suprenacy ends with Pamela Landy (Joan Allen) in New York, speaking to Bourne on the phone, unaware he’s watching her from a rooftop. “Get some rest, Pam, you look tired.” The Bourne Ultimatum begins several weeks earlier, with Bourne still limping around Moscow, before stopping off in Berlin, London, Madrid and Tangiers. In real life Euro-railing is nowhere near as exciting as this.
The Bourne Ultimatum is a fitting end to the series. It’s a chickens coming home to roost story, as Bourne tries to find out who he really is and who started all this. I really don’t rate the follow-up The Bourne Legacy at all, and am dubious about the possibility of another Bourne film, even if it will reunite Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass.
Who started it all is Dr. Albert Hirsch (Albert Finney, seen in woozy flashbacks) as a psychiatrist who specialises in behaviour modification, and who erased the identity and personality of Capt. David Webb to create the hitman Jason Bourne as part of a secret project called Blackbriar. (except nobody would ever be so gauche to call him a hitman: in government-speak he is an asset – until, of course, he becomes a liability.) It’s inevitable that the two are going to end up in the same room together, so most of the film is about getting Bourne to New York.
Landy, meanwhile, is trying to help him, and playing office politics with a shadowy CIA operative Noah Vosen (David Strathairn). Their scenes together are every bit as thrilling as the chop-socky fighting stuff.
There are several exciting sequences including Bourne performing a brilliant piece of tradecraft in a crowded Waterloo Station; a rooftop chase in Tunis that ends with the most brutal fight in the entire trilogy; and a thrilling Manhattan car chase.
Okay, it’s still a big Hollywood movie, and even the smartest movie can have dumb moments. There are an awful lot of coincidences in The Bourne Ultimatum. It’s mighty convenient that the hunt for Bourne is actually a news item (would that really happen?) allowing for him to meet a Guardian journalist, Simon Ross (Paddy Considine) who provides some necessary exposition. Bourne finds a photo of Finney that accidentally falls out of a file.
And it really helps that Bourne`s old handler, Nicki Parsons (Julia Stiles) is now stationed in Madrid, where Bourne meets her at the CIA office. I`ve always liked Stiles as an actress, and she has never got the breakout role she deserves; she does very well in a small but important role. It’s heavily hinted that she’s in love with Bourne. There’s a moment in this film that a lesser movie would turn into a love scene, but the closest we get to romance is the following brief exchange:
Bourne: Why are you helping me?
Nicki: It was difficult for me … with you.
They stare at each other silently for a long moment.
Nicki: You really don’t remember anything.
Bourne: No
As for Damon, he’s great as always in the role. He looks weary and hollowed out, not the relatively spry youngster he was in the first film. He doesn’t smile once. He trained for months for the fight sequences, and he does look like he could handle himself in a scrap. The fights were choreographed by Jeff Imada.
Of course, one of the reasons why these films are so exciting is how they are shot and edited. An awful lot of information is crammed into two hours, and the film seldom stops for a breather. And it’s urged along by John Powell’s score. Even a mundane moment like Bourne picking the lock on a door is given urgency by how it’s filmed and edited (four shots in less than two seconds). There’s a fascinating interview with the film’s editor Christopher Rouse here.
Spare a thought for Dan Bradley. He was the second unit director and stunt coordinator on the film, and many of the movie’s more memorable action moments are down to him, including the Tangiers rooftop chase and the Manhattan car chase.
Niall McArdle
http://www.ragingfluff.wordpress.com
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Founded in 1995, Tachyon Publications LLC is a publisher of smart science fiction, fantasy, and horror, as well as mysteries, memoirs, young adult, and literary fiction. We champion the creative storytelling of authors who inspire us through intelligent prose and imaginative worlds. Our titles are consistently unique, thought-provoking, and entertaining.
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